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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Second Extra Meet
of Legislature Was
Shorthand Simple

AUSTIN, July Alike the annals
of the poor, the chronicle of the
second special legislative session is
short and simple.
The house heard impeachment
charges against Land Comm. j. t.
Robisn. After taking voluminouS
testimony, at a cost of over $4,000,
it decisively refused to adopt the
charges and exonerated the veteran
official Of them.
The four two-year general appro-
priations bills were the main
achievement of the session, with
the fate of the largest one, the
educational bill, slightly in doubt
at the opening Of the sessions last
day. Gov. Dan Moody will have 20
days after adjournment to blue
pencil out items from those bills,
OF to decide whether he will veto
them entirely and convene another
session The legislature set a new
high record in rural school aid, ap-
propriating S $500, 900.
This session adopted a new
prison concentration bill, after Gov.
Moody'S veto of one on the subject
of the previous session. It re-
enacted a bill for an appointive
board of education, and further
corrected the pension bill. The leg
islature assured itself of a third
called session next January or ear
lier, to review a prison relocation
committees report.
The session increased the gaso-
line tax from two to four cents.
effective on Gov. Moody's approval
Of the bill, and reduced automobile
registration fees so per cent, effect
i've next Jan. l.
The session condemned Mrs. Her
bert Hoover's tea for the wife of
Oscar De Priest, negro congress-
man, and rebuked Texas democrats
who voted for Hoover. It passed
two bills to make the search and
seizure law and the evidence clause.
thornS in the sides of the bone
drys, conform to court decisions.
1t spent approximately $4,000
as It's costs for the 30-day session.
1t defeated the proposed west Tex
as water priorities bill and an eff
Tort to provide an estate office
building near the capitol. 1t grant,
cd money to pave Austin streets
about state institutions.
The session had before it APPROX
imately 235 bills.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Gotke VIII Have
Charge of Special
Program Al College

AUSTIN, July 4.-"SchooImasters,
Night" will be inaugurated at the
University OF Texas Monday, july
O.. when more than 100 school men
OF Texas and other states who are
serving on the summer faculty OF
are taking summer work at the uni
versity will meet together at 3
downtown hotel for a dinner, an en-
tertainment program and an jn-
formal smoker, according to G. w
Gotke, who is chairman Of the com
m1ttee in charge of the affair.
I'VE have long felt the need for
a means whereby the men interest
ed IN education could meet each
other, form new contracts and de-
velop a Texas spirit" Mr.. Gotke
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
HOSE THREADS
ARE ENLARGED
Plugs Here Standardized
So They Can Be Inter-
changed

Threads on all hose connections
in the Brownsville fire fighting sys-
TEN are being changed to national
standard in order to further STAN
dardize the local department.
Special tools have been purchased
and the threads on the hose con-
nections and in the fire plugs are
beinC changed from 8 1854 to an
inch to 3 1-6, national standard.
This work got under way Mon
day and is expected to be complet-
ed within two weeks. Due to the
closeness Of the threads used here
and the national standard, no new
couplings will be necessary.
The national standard has been
adopted in order that visiting fire
departments may be able to use
the fire plugs in any city. Should a
fire break out in Harrington. the
Brownsville fire department will be
able to aid them in fighting the
blaze. Before the national standard
was adopted a wide variety of hose
connections were used and it was
often found to cut off possible out
side aid in times of large blazes.
The rethreading here is being
done in blocks and there will be no
danger of equipment being tied up
in case of fire, Chief Roy Weller
states.
An Inspector from the state de-
partment is expected here within a
few days to officially inspect and
accept the local fire alarm system.
A four-cent reduction in the fire
rate is expected to result from the
alarm system.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
TO COMPLETE
COAST TRIP BY RAIL

CLOVIS, N. M, July 4-(P-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lind
bergh, arrived here at l a. m. today
from Amarillo, Texas, where they
had stopped en- route from Wey-
noka, Okla.
The colonel left instructions at
the field for servicing his plane pre-
paratory to a flight to Albuquerque
this afternoon.
Mrs. Lindbergh will take a train
here for the remainder Of the trip
to the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Physics Hardest
In Edison Tests,
Texas Boy States

CORSICANA, July 4.-[P-The
hardest of many tests put to Thur
man Evans in his successful contest
for the honor Of representing Texas
in the national Edison contest was
the physics examination.
"We had u choice of chemistry
or physics and I chose physics" he
said, after returning to his home
here from Austin where the elemin-
atoms were filed. "The answers to
all the questions were in the book
but I had forgotten most of them"
"They gave us standardized intel
ligence tests for about three hours.
The hardest one was a technical one.
me-. To answer it correctly required
a knowledge Of carpentry, mechan-
les, mathematics, chemistry, cleo
tricity, shop practice and practically
everything else"
1.-THE papers were graded and the
highest one-fourth Of the boys were
called back. I went to Austin and
the IS boys who returned were in
terviewed separately by the commit
tee. They asked us personal oues-
tons as well as technical ones. I
was examined second so 7 was not
in suspense as long as most of the
boys. White awaiting the verdict,
we discussed general relatively, the
atomic theory, X-rays and every
thing else we could think of, in
Guiding girls"
When the examinations first began
the entries were numbered and Il
got number 49," Evans said. The
last day Of the contest it was an
nounced that number Is had won
and number 4, Clifford White. of
Fredericksburg, was second. White
will be the Texas alternate in the
national contest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04

phrase maker; he can put a volume
into a paragraph and a paragraph
into a word. He packs, as we say,
a nasty punch.
Get this one. 1t came at the end
of one of his speeches, in which he
dealt with the debt creating ability
of the Conservative party, attribut-
ing to his erstwhile friend Churchill,
the latter's last will as the dying
minister of the exchequer: IT give
and bequeath to my beloved friend,
John Taxpayer, all my debts for his
sole use and enjoyment"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Intention Filed

The following couples filed no
tees OF intention to marry in the
office Of the county clerk during
the past "a hours.
Josefa Cervantes and Julian Her
nandez OF Brownsville, Pedro Flores
and Dolores Trevino Of San Be
INTO, Esperanto Gomez and Abram
rodriguez of San Benito, and Eve
Iyn F1gel of Houston and Paul l..
Mills of Harrington.
Marriage licenses were issued to:
Candelario de los Santos and
Monica Perez, Rosario Mireles and
Josefa Abrego.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Bill Smith Plans
Last Birthday at
His Tourist Camp

LIBERTY, Texas, July 4.-(P1-
Bill Smith will stage his last birth
day party at his tourist camp near
here July 10 and he expects $500
persons to eat barbecue with him.
Smith will be 60 years old. For
nine years he has held his feast
Of brotherly love-" Last year the
picnic was held at the tourist camp
for the first time and before that
the celebrations were at his farm.
They're getting too big for me
to handle" Smith said in announce
ing his Abandonment of the prac-
tice.
A fiddler Of no mean ability Smith
will do his own entertaining and
speeches will be taboo. His farm,
IA miles from here, will supply the
food for the crowd.
$4,000 TO SERVANT
DONCASTER, Eng.-George T. w.
Fry ~bequeathed his entire 100000 es-
tate to a servant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
Secretaries To
Take Up Exhibit
At Farley Friday
(Special to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, July 4-Chamber
of commerce secretaries of the
Valley at their next meeting, Fri
day night of this week, will take
up the question Of placing an ex-
hibit in the State Fair at Dallas,
according to a communication re-
ceived here by John T. Floors,
manager Of the Valley Fair, from
G. G. Richardson Of Brownsville,
president Of the Valley secretaries.
Floore has suggested that the
secretaries place an exhibit Of cit
rus and other Valley products at
the state fair to compete with the
exhibits of citrus placed there by
Florida and California.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
MEYER IN VALLEY

NDPtCIdI 20 1ne HeraIdD
HARLINGEN, July Al. v.
Meyer. agricultural agent of the
Missouri Pacific lines, is in the VAL
ley after spending several weeks in
Other parts of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
BIG DONATIONS

SHERMAN, July 4.-P-Rice
Maxey. general chairman of the Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey memorial fund
today announced donation of SIS. 600
py j; H., Kirby, Houston capitalist
and lumberman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
u BROUGHT FOR
OF %
(Snecial to The Hera1dl

SAN BENITO, July ASerum has
been secured here for treatment Of
John Adams, age Is, bitten earlier
in the week by a mad dog. The
serum came from San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04
ELEVEN

FARIS, July 4@P1-A Havas
dispatch from Belgrade. JueosIavia
says II persons were killed in a
Storm In Bosnia. Floods have
Haused considerable damage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04

MANACLED MAN ESCAPES
MADRID[Though heavily man.
acIed, Alfonso Torbida, a murderer
escaped from his guard at BARGE
Iona.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04

natius contemplated her for a mop
ment and then with O. quick gesture
hid her face forever with a black
veil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
Packard Sales Gain,

DETROIT. May (SpeciaD .--Infor-
nation was forwarded to stockholders
in the Packard Motor Car Co. by COM
pany officials today stating that retail
deliveries in April totaled 5000 units,
a new high monthly record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03

conditions. A sharp bump In the road
at the proper moment would send the
ball 10 feet into the air, even though
it was aimed at the gas tank or the
tires.
Meanwhile, however, what is the off,
Ger supposed to do? Simply motor along
behind the enemy, in easy shooting dis
lance Of snipers sitting in the rear seat
or the fleeing car? (That very thing
happened in this city since this Incl
dent. And occasionally shoot at ran
dom into the air? Unless the answer
is in the affirmative, it appears that
Oh1cer Rouse did his duty.
Trigger Work Involved.
"In this liquor business there is a
lot of hair-trigger work in evidence.
When the bootlegger shoots. he takes
aim. 1t requires extra courage to trail
along after one Of their cars when you
know there are others in the car besides
the driver"
A committee was appointed to select
the most typical case of law enforce
ment on the pages of history, in any
country, and to bring in its report at
the regular meeting next Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
PRECEDENT CITED
IN MELLON INQUIRY
Former Secretaries of Treas
ury Tell of Holding Office
as Stockholders.
By the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| Reports from former Secretaries oil
! the Treasury under Republican and
| Democratic administrations stating that
they held corporate stock while in Of
flee have been placed before the Sen
ate judiciary committee, which is con-
sidering the right of Andrew w. Mel
Ion 10 hold that post.
The reports were put before the COM
mittee in opposition to the contention of
Chairman Norris that Mr.. Mellon, as
stockholder in various enterprises, is
serving in violation of the law forbid
ding the Secretary of the Treasury to
be interested in carrying on trade or
commerce.
The committee thrashed over the
question: at its sixth consecutive meet
ing today and when adjournment was
taken until tomorrow leaders of both
sides believed a decision could be reach
ed at the next meeting.
The reports from the former Secre-
tarieS are understood to include George
B. Cortelyou, in the Roosevelt cabinet
Franklin MacVeagh, in the Taft cabi-
net, and William G. McAdoo and David
Houston, in the Wilson cabinet. A let
ter from Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary
under President Roosevelt, also is be-
fore the committee
The committee also has before it a
letter written by Alexander Hamilton,
the first Secretary of the Treasury, dis
closing that he disposed Of his Gov
eminent bonds before he took Office, but
held his corporate stock. Senators said
that in one letter, Hamilton expressed
the view that the statute under which
the judiciary committee now is proceed
ing was hastily drawn and i'll advised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
BOARD BACKS NAVY
IN GR|D|RON POLICY
Refusal to Play Army Teams
Is Supported in Report
of Group.

The board of visitors to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis has given strong
support in its report to the policy of
the Naval Academy in refusing to play
West Point in foot ball until the Mil
ltary Academy conforms to the three
year rule enforced by Harvard, Yale
and the Naval Academy and leading
universities in this country.
Though the report has not been pub
llshed, it was learned today that this
is one of the recommendations which it
contains. The board completed yester-
DAY Its annual inspection of the Naval
Academy activities.
Feel Cadets in Error.
Members of the board feel strongly
that West Point is in error in refusing
to adopt the three-year rule and in in
sisting on playing on it's team for three
years players who have represented the
varsity teams of other universities be-
fore entering West Point. The board
has recommended that Secretaries
Adams and Good confer in order to
iron out the differences between the
two service schools.
The board feels that this is the only
hope for West Point-Annapolis game.
one member of the board suggested to-
Gay that solution of the difficulty be-
tween these two schools would be to
have Harvard, Yale and other univer-
sites refuse to play West Point unless
the Army puts into effect the three
year rule.
Other recommendations.
The Board of Visitors made several
otner recommendations, one of which
is that the policy of sending naval Of
ncerS 10 civilian institutions for post
graduate training be continued and ex-
tended. Another is that the head. of
each Academy department, whether a
naval ot1cer or civilian, be kept at
the Academy for long period of years.
MOST naval officers stay as instructors
at the Academy for few years only
ana are then sent to sea or given other
details. The board feels that there
ought to be one man in each depart
ment who is there on a permanent
status and who thus is familiar with
the department over a period Of many
years.
Auditorium Is Urged.
The board also recommended that
Congress be induced to provide the
Academy with an auditorium, a build
ing which it believes is now urgently
needed.
Representative Andrews of Massa-
chusetts, member of this years board
returned to Washington today after
Jour days at the academy. He was a
member Of the subcommittee on tech
meal education. He reported that he
found high state Of morale and en-
thusiasm for work among the corps OF
midshlpmen."
The board also has suggested that at
least one-third of its membership be
reappolnted each year in order that on
1t at all times may be some men with
previous knowledge of Naval Academy
problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
FIRST AMERICANS
COMMEND ROUSE
Stars Editorials Approving
Fatal Shooting Are In
dorsed by Order.

The Order of First Americans, meet
ing in the Odd Fellows Temple We'd
nesday night, adopted a resolution com
mending The Star for two editorials
printed recently in support of the action
of Policeman Clyde O. Rouse, who re-
Gently shot and killed bootlegger try
ing to escape with the aid of a smoke
screen.
The Order Of First Americans is an
independent, fraternal and benevolent
national organization, whose members
Vikings who sailed to this Continent
in 1000 A. D.
"In the first place" the resolution
read, sit is easy to sit in ones room
and figure out just how you are going
to apprehend your bootlegger when he
runs-for the victim in this case was
a bootlegger, and he ran; he also useo
smoke screen. 1t is another thing to
find out on your beat. and without a
moments warning, that you either
have one of them on your hands. else
you are in the hands of one of them.
"At that moment it becomes neces-
sary for you to decide just what you
will do. The first thing to do, of course,
is to command the violator of the law
to halt. This, doubtless, the officer did.
Instead of hating, the motorist ran
and started smoke-screening the officer.
Officers Courage Commended.
cat this point another decision must
be made by the officer. He can either
let the man go. as several have zone
since this latest incident (because o;
the cry of protest that went up from
Sympathizers of the victim), else give
chase. Officer Rouse gave chase, for
which we commend him as a coura-
geous, honest guardian Of the peace
and safety of the community.
"Once he set out in pursuit of the
vanishing automobile, it was necessary
again to make a decision-either to
bring the car to a standstill, else let
it ramble along.
mo sane person will deny that it was
the officers duty to bring the automo-
bile to a standstill. This, it must be
granted, he attempted to do-and by so
doing he was attempting to do what he
had sworn to do.
ut is very we'll. at this late hour, to
declare Just how the officer should have
shot at the car without actually shoot
ing into it, or something to that effect.
It isn't as easy for an officer in opening
fire under such conditions to take as
perfect aim as he might under other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
TinWare Gets Sick.

The subject of corrosion is as much
of mystery to the men of the metal
industry as cancer is to the medical
fraternity. Tin is used as coating to
protect the iron base on which it is
placed, as for instance, in the manufac-
ture of tinware, and yet tin itself is
subject to corrosion of an entirely diff
ferent character. This corrosion is
harmless or almost so, but the subject
is one of great interest to metallurgists
In a recent discussion of this subject
it was disclosed that although tin is
rapidly becoming rarer it is still the
most practical and economic metal for
preserving food products. Eight billion
tin cans are used annually in the United
States alone for this purpose. Tin is
subject to an infectious disease known
as tin pest" which can be propagated
by incubation. Museum coins invariably
suffer from this, he said, and even
sound tin may become sick in a manner
analogous. to that of the human organ
ism when attacked by bacteria, and
once infected the whole mass is in
danger The risks of poison from the
disease and the other forms of the cor
rosion are very remote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
SPEED BOATS TO CARRY
TOURISTS ON POTOMAC
Permission Granted New Firm to
Operate; Start Schedule in
10 Days.

Permission has been granted a COM
mercial firm to operate speed boats from
Hams Point in East Potomac Park to
Mount Vernon and other points, Lieut.
Col. U. S. Grant. Sd, director of the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, announced today A newly or
ganized corporation, the Potomac Speed
Boat Corporation, with Offices at IT'S
H street, will operate the service, which
will start in week or 10 days, officials
said.
John G. Walling, treasurer of the cor
poration, said the firm is now launching
a sightseeing service in speed boats
whereby tourists and others may view
the Speedway. harbor, Army War Col
lege and the Naval Air Station at Ana
costa from the water. Mr.. Walling said
it is planned to run a regular schedule
from Hams Point to Mount Vernon
utilizing speed boats. The boats, he ex-
planned, will be capable of making 40
miles an hour and will carry seven or
eight passengers. Each is to be in
charge of licensed pilot, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
SPRING FESTIVAL
WELL UNDER WAY
Series of PIayIets Success
fully Inaugurated at Neigh
borhood House.

Getting under way with the first Of
a series of operettaS and playlets yes
terday afternoon in connection with its
annual Spring festival. Neighborhood
House, $40 N street southwest, is pre-
pared for the presentation of another
operetta, together with other features
this afternoon and evening. Mrs. Her
bert Hoover has been invited to attend
the affair this afternoon, which begins
at 4:3O o'clock. Yesterdays program
was forced indoors by the rain.
A feature of the program yesterday
afternoon was the presentation of the
operetta, Peter Rabbit" while the
operetta, "Blue Butterfly" was pre-
sented in the house last night. An
other operetta, Rose Dream" will lea
ture the program this afternoon, with
the repetition of the presentation OF
Peter Rabbit" tonight.
Other Features in Program.
Other features both yesterday after
noon and evening, which will be held
again this afternoon and evening, in
ciude games and folk dances by the
bows and girls clubs of the Neighbor-
hood House.
The annual May day procession, the
feature of the annual Spring festival,
will be held at the house tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock, with the United
States Marine Band furnishing music
for the occasion. The queen of the
May will be a feature Of this event.
The three operettaS presented on other
occasions during the festival are to be
presented tomorrow night, along with
other features, bringing to close this
years festival.
Those taking part In the three
operettas are as follows;
The Rose Dream.
Little Rose, played by Helen Riley;
Queen of Fairies, Grace Taylor; fairies
Gertrude Poore, Betty Carver, Mary
Cheseldine, Grace Helwig Jean Robin
son, Betty Hall and Elaine st. Claire;
Door Fairy. Theresa Hennessv; Hop-O'-
My Thumb, 'Thelma Hodgkins; twins,
Martha Price and Lillian Kramer: roses,
Virginia Hinson, Katherine Poore,
Blanche Knell, Cora Nickel, Mildred
Bowen. Helen Schwaner. Gladys Wells
and Theda Wells; Rosebud. Dorothy
Wells. Mary Sanalito, Olive Phillips,
Martha Phillips and Sarah Gippk1ns;
Giant Forgot, Helen Schlorb.
Peter Rabbit.
Peter. Margaret Highsmith; mopsy
Katherine Hart. fopsy, Lorraine Dow
ney; cotton tail, Mary Kuntz: peas
EVELYN Hanburough. Helen Hutton
Mildred Brown, katherine Helwig, LII
Ian Hinson and Eleanor Edmundson
carrots, Alice Kuntz, Agnes Hodgkins
Irene PENN and Mildred Boswell;
mother, Dorothy Downey; McGregor
Marguerite Hayhoe; beans, Mary Gal
lagher, Edna Zirkle, Agnes Hennessy
and Sophia Giveson; lettuce, Louise
Brook: Blanche Schriver, Ethel Showal-
ter. Thelma Conner. Louise Peter and
Regina Mcconnell.
Blue Butterfly.
Blue butterfly, Nellie Mullen; shep-
herd boy, Marguerite Koehler; Henri
eta, Regina Flynn queen mother
Mary Hennessy; little girls, fairies. rose
buds, Adele Hayhoe, Eloise Reed, Kath-
crime ODea, Mary Gallagher, Katherine
TWiford and Alice Hernessy. and yell
low butterfly, Anna Lee Nickel.