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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-25

Finishing Inside.-Work on the
inside of the Jose Bestiero build
ing, being erected across from the
market square, wa sgoing ahead
rapidly Monday.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

FRYE -BRUHN'S BABY BEEF is unexcelled.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
SUDDEN DEATH

Sinka Esai, about g, son of Esai at Big River, in the Kusko- kwim regian, came to sudden death near his home about March 19. He is reported to have been chasing fox on the river, during which he collapsed. He is thot to have broken blood vessel, the hemorrhage following undoubted- ly, causing his death.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

QITATITY DEVELUPINEs PRINT NC AND ENLARGING. SchalIer- CTS Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

PURE UNADULTEKATED ICE 'REAM 50 c. PINT S1.OO A QUART. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
AT TIE HOTELS

VAN GILDER-J. c. Black, K. o. Scribner, w. Erwin.
 SEWARD-Paul Koneger, Hilbert Olsen, c. Lockhead, J. Hoffman, F. Knege, Leo Koslosky, Mike Dee gan.
 OVERLAND-O Glatz Mrs. E. F. Bettuis.
 SEAION-W. R. Johnson, Robert Michaelson, Fred Matz. Sid IT. Lohr.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
STRONG APPEAL MADE BY VISITOR
 FUR PROTECTION
EASTERNER WRITES TO CON- GRESSMAN BURTON URGING
 COAST GUARD SERVICE

The following letter, which is
 self explanatory, was received by
 the Seward chamber of commerce.:
 Congressr1an Theodore Burton,
 Washington, ID. c.
 Dear MT. Burton:
 The writer recently completed trip to Kodiak Island and other western Alaska ports and was greately impressed with the lack Iof coast guard service afforded shipping in Alaskan waters.
 During my short stay at Sew ard last October the passenger motor ship Discoverer which pIyS between Seward and Seldovia, be- came disabled. Its passengers and crew were at the mercy of the waters for five days before being rescued at a distance of only 50 miles from the city of Seward with no ship in port to go to it's rescue.
 The Steamer Starr, passenger and mail boat which operates be- tween Seward and the Boring Sea had to be rescued twice in the past three or four months by pas senger steamers that race two or three days off their course to res cue this ship within less than 100 miles off Seward or Cordova.
 Three weeks prior to the Starr's | last rescue by the steamship Ala meda, two fishing boats were lost in these waters with loss of a16 nen and the Cordova Times statis- ,ics stated over $4,000,OO0 worth of boats have been lost in the North ! Alaska gulf waters in the past few years to mention nothing of tn e .arge number of lives lost in those waters.
 T have been informed by ac- luaintanceS in Alaska that they are trying to make a general ap- peal to congress and the Coast f Guard service and are asking the aid of disintereSted citizens of the States who have been in these waters to try and have some dras- tic action put in operation so that 3 Coast Guard Cutter can be sta tioned in the North Alaska Gulf to protect American lives and prop erty.
 If in in connection with your many arduouS duties you can give the above matter a little of your time, I know you will be produc- ing good service for the protection of American lives and commerce in the aforesaid waters.
 T know that it will be appre- ciated by many of our grateful citizens your constitutients and the citizens of Alaska especially of the territory bordering the upper gulf of Alaska"
 Respectfully yours, International Metal Hose Co.,, Inc.
 Rv Wm H Miller Vico Proc
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
MOVED IN EQUIPMENT

Yesterday was an exceptionally active one insofar as the Seward Fisheries, Inc, forces were con- cerned for cannery and fishing equipment was moved from the plant on the Seward dock to the new plant beyond the foot of 1st avenue.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
RAILROAD JUNK

Thousands of tons of junk, gath cred up from yards, shops and sections of the Alaska Railroad, will be bid for, at Anchorage, ac- cording to General Manager Ohl- son, and will probably be shipped to Seattle in the near future.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

The following letter, which is self explanatory, was received by the Seward chamber of commerce: Congressman Theodore Burton,
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

Jack Lean, one of Alaska's best known of guides and big game hunters, left today for lower Ke- nal lake where he has lived for many years.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

Harry Ravelle, licensed guide and big game hunter-one of the youngest in the Territory-left to- day for Cooper's Landing, lower Kenai lake.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Episcopal church choir will meet for song practice at the home of MT. Macpherson, Friday at 2 D. m. All high school girls interested in joining are invited.
 w. R. MACPHERSON.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

Tomorrow's SPECIAL at the Union Cafe will be Shoulder of Mutton with mint sauce, salad, 6Oc; Creamed Cod Fish, salad, soc
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

Clyde Elliss, assistant U. s. dis trict attorney, departed today for Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18
TOMORROW's TIDE

MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN. Scha,- erer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-04-18

Golden Wheel Lighters, S7.sO an, D. SChALIERER'S ALASKA SHOr
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Red SchooIhouse Stood for Teaching
system Revealed as Maker of Criminals
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to do those things which he could do
well, so that he might enjoy success
in some constructive way. Almost i'm
mediately his whole attitude toward
school. his associates and life in gen.
eral changed. He really preferred the
position of helpful leader in the school
to that of gang bully. With his new
feeling of pride and responsibility, his
resentment toward books departed; he
began to study, and learned to read
and write creditably. He became, in
time, self-supporting and independent.
The right kind Of education had
changed him from a potential gangster
to a useful citizen.
! could give many examples duplicat-
ing the experience of Michael, examples
Of boys and girls who were failing, I'M
ruly and delinquent in the graded
schools, where the standards of study
did not fulfill their needs or conform to
their abilities, but who, when they were
changed to the special classes or schools
and allowed to engage in purposeful
activities in which they could succeed
and forget their sense of inferiority,
became happy, trustworthy and capable
of taking care of themselves on their
own social and economic plane. Their
former sullen resentment and defiance
of authority will be understandable to
us If we try to imagine ourselves forced
to attend a school where promotion de-
ponds upon the ability, let us say, to
write a series of sonnets or compose a
symphony! How many of us would
tamely submit to such a regime?
The cure for this evil condition in our
present-day system of education seems
to be to try to adapt education to the
individual, rather than to try to force
the individual into a set educational
mold. The idea of always holding be-
fore our children a standard which ex-
ceeds their grasp is an interesting poeti-
cal idea, but psychologically it is bad
business. 1t is like asking hurdle run
ner to keep up his enthusiasm in a race
In which the final hurdle is always lust
little In front of him and never
reached. The better idea is to place be-
fore him series Of hurdles, each one
little higher than the preceding one.
out all within his abilities.
These are, generally speaking, the
IDEAS followed out in the special un-
graded classes and special schools Of
Newark. Practically every large citv
IN the country today has made some
sucn effort to meet the problem. The
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trouble is that they have not gone far
enough: they have only scratched the
surface. Although under our present
system OF public education, between 20
and 80 per cent OF the school children
need some sort of special personal adj
justment In their school work, this spe-
cial attention is being given, at present.
to only per cent. How far it falls
short Of covering the ground may be
realized when We learn that in Newark.
according to the last annual report, "a
per cent of the school children were over
age Tor the grade of work they were
doing. In other words, the facts failed
OF meeting the theory by nearly one
iourth; and 1t is important to remember
That the one-fourth were not just figures
In book, but human beings.
They were boys and girls, for instance,
like Liza, the "incorrigible," whose
mother violently opposed having her
sent to . special school because she
feared that no one would want to marry
q girl thus singled out as different from
other girls. When Liza finally finished
her school course and left to go to work
the mother came to us and said with
deep gratitude: You took my worst
and have made her my best"
The opposition to a revision of our
ideas Of public education comes from
three general Sources--the taxpayers,
who imagine that it would involve extra
expense. not realizing the wastefulness
OF the present methods and not know
ing that what Is chiefly needed is not
extra buildings and teachers, but SIM
ply new attitude on the part Of the
entire system; the parents, who still
labor under the old misconception and
the belief that the verbal type of edu-
cation is somehow socially superior to
any other kind, even though an attempt
to force it on their children may push
them directly into the penitentiary: and
the educators themselves, traditionally
conservative.
From the pupils there comes very
little opposition to the new ideas. or
course, after they have been transferred
to the special schools they do not all be-
come angels overnight. and a certain
percentage of them are not rehabili-
tated; but most of them are far happier
and more contented in their work than
they ever have been before, and, many
struggle to be allowed to remain In
school, after they have passed the school
age. as valiantly as they formerly strug-
gled to get out. They have discovered
that there is, after all, a place for them
In world which they had imagined
was completely hostile.
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mark on the subject of beverages It is
that gin, in England, is the drink of
charwomen and not Of intellectuals. The
conceptions OF genius as a dirty eXpa-
triate who creates masterpieces between
drinks may be fascinating to the youth
of the Middle West, but it Is an illusion.
Artists and writers, like architects and
merchants. are not dependent upon al
cohol to the extent acclaimed by ex-
cited Greenwich villagers. Bernard
Shaw once wrote a superb essay, "On
Going to Church" It was in reality a
short treatise on architecture. Shaw
advanced the theory that going to
church was a stimulant, and that where
another man might take drink, he
himself went to church. 1t is a sound
theory 1t may be offered, slightly modi-
fed, to those who insist that life in
America has become impossible for any
save mediocritieS.
1t has become fashionable to blame
America for sins that are the common
heritage of mankind. Behind the SIMS
ter and grotesque figures of George F.
Babbitt and John T. Torquemada the
stream of authentic American life flows
on. To the eXpatriate from Europe 1t Is
a stimulating experiment to compare
the past with the present. Occasionally
he OF she Will 1eel sudden nostalgia
for the ordered placidity of English
life, for the mellow loneliness of ancient
French towns. At such moments the
question will come out: But honestly.
wouldn't you rather live over there?"
Honestly, the answer must be given, I
would not. At its best, life in Europe
affords magnificent vistas of culture
and freedom; but at its best it is only
for the wealthy few. In America every
thing that makes human life worth
while is available to the great majority.
Captured Imagination.
1t may be objected that these views
are too rosy that special circumstances
have colored the prospect. The impress
sion of visiting Europeans and the
American expatriate have received so
much publicity that people have be-
come incredulous of their own expert
ence. The haste with which citizens
flee to Europe on vacation has been
taken to indicate a Subconscious aver
sion to their normal existence in the
United States. Recent fiction describ-
ing the habits and haunts of some
Americans in Europe has captured the
Imagination of the young. But without
seeking to deny or to decry the cultural
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Nationalist China Is Building Navy
To Meet Trends of Modern Regime
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Hsueh- Yung, with two training ships.
the Tungchi built in 1895, and the
Kingsui. a more modern vessel built
In 1911, together with small trans
port. Two gunboats are being con-
verted into airplane carriers, showing
the desire of the Chinese admiralty
to keep up with the times. They will
only be large enough to carry two
seaplanes apiece, with one four-inch
gun forward. The Northeastern Naval
Squadron Is under the command OF
Admiral Shen Hung-Leih. 1t boasts a
cruiser, the Haichi, with two eight-inch
guns, built in 1897, and the training
ship Cheng Ho, built in 1911, with two
six-inch guns, with smaller guns also.
and half a dozen gunboats and
destroyers.
Nationalist Ambitious.
Nationalist China already has made
q start toward a new navy. A pro-
gram calling for the construction of
20 or 80 river gunboatS has been APP
proved, and as soon as fundSsAre avail
able, it will be completed. One OF the
new river gunboatS went into commits
sion this year, named the Hsein- Ming.
It was launched by Gen. Chiang-Kai-
shek. who thus gave evidence that the
leaders of the new China have be-
come sea-minded. This ship contains
q powerful armament for her size, a
4.7-inch gun being the largest. 1t Is
built of steel. and has a bullet-proof
pilot house. 1t has been so constructed
that it can be used in the upper
stretches of the Yangtse.
In choosing British officers as in
structors of the new navy, the Ma
tionalists are merely following a prece-
dent of the past. Britain has before
this provided help for the Chinese
navy, and some of the ships have
been built in British yards. China has
not the money to embark upon a very
ambitious naval program, but she has
the nucleus for an effective navy. What
is most needed is discipline and morale.
As never before, the fighting man has
come into his own in China. In past
generations the soldier has ranked be-
low that of nearly every other profess
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Expatriate Tells Why He Prefers to Live
In America Rather Than Other Countries

benefits of a short fling in Europe, or
even a year ut a European university,
one NAV doubt the wisdom of the per-
manence of an adult Americans pas
sion for q European residence.
On the other hand, it Is surprising
how rarely one discovers European re-
nouncing his American habitat. With
the members of large racial groups,
credited with important social and po-
litical significance. this, perhaps, Is not
surprising. Conditions among the
poorer Immigrants in their countries of
origin evoke strong emotions OF graft
tude and enthusiasm concerning their
new home. But the Englishman, even
when he is an artisan or in some sub
ordinate commercial position, mingles
more freely in the general American
life. He is more often an anonymous
isolated unit, and his experience as an
expatriate is more illustrative Of the
flexible American civilization than is
that of other nationalities. It is an
amusing thing to witness the astonish-
ment and even incredulity OF Ameri-
cans who learn that such outstanding
and typical citizens as Edgar Guest,
Bishop Manning and Samuel insult, the
Chicago utilities magnate, were all born
in England
What then, can one conclude from
Ine peculiar phenomenon OF men aDan-
dontng an ancient and splendid heritage
for the violent and explosive American
life? The greatest minds Of the past
and present agree in their admiration
of English institutions. Philippe de
Confines described them as dispensing
the most good and offering the least
violence to the citizens. Montesquieu
said England was the freest country in
the world. Emerson'S shrewd common
tarieS win, one feels, outlast some Of the
more recent and superficial judgments.
The solution lies. no doubt, in that very
isolation from his compatriots which
has been diagnosed as the English ex-
patriate's characteristic. He is able to
bring England with him because he has
left the English behind. He can make
the best of both worlds because he sees
them in their true perspectives; because
he understands that the important
thing is not intellect or a noisy patriot
ism. It is not even fanatical adher-
ence to an impracticable idealism. He
aware of the Anglo-Saxon
point Of view in all ethical perplexities.
Life for him should be blend Of in
dustry, tolerance and a sense of humor.
The expatriate in America who has
achieved this combination possesses the
keys of the citadel.
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sion. The result has been that the
army has never cotton the best ma
terial available in China.
Foundations Of New Order.
This Is changing, as the Nationalist
are laying the foundation of q new
order in China. If the profession OF
arms becomes respectable in China the
navy will share the BENEFITS. The
Chinese have shown the ability to
master the science of modern naviga-
ton and under British instruction a
great improvement may be expected in
the morale and the efficiency Of the
Chinese fighting forces afloat Many OF
the men who hold commissions in the
present Chinese navy have been edu-
Gated in America, though American
naval officers are not expected to share
in the work of training the new navy.
The Washington administration has
no objection to the work which the
British have undertaken, provided the
navy remains Chinese and Is not con-
trolled by the British admiralty. japan
might object, but it is dificult TO see
upon what basis except fof the fear
that the Chinese feet might become
an auxiliary Of the British navy in
protecting the Singapore base. What
the Nationalist seem most anxious TO
do Is to build and train a feet that can
take over from foreign gunboats the
task Of patrolling Chinese rivers and
the sea coast and can made those waters
safe for peaceful navigation.
For the present the plan TO build Q
new Chinese navy does not foreshadow
any great change in the balance Of
international sea power. 1t does, how
ever. point to the probability that be-
fore many years a new factor must be
reekoned with in Far Eastern affairs.
The Chinese fleet in 10 or 20 years,
trained by British officers and taught
the methods of modern warfare. with
airplane carriers of its own. may have
something to say about the balance Of
international power in the Far East.
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Story The Week
Has Told
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can the cowardly and pernicious pro-
tests have of those few whom we had
the weakness not to line up against a
wall in front of our firing squads in
October, 1922? Today, after seven
years, we are as young, as strong and
as implacable as ever. We once had an
instrument which you loved very much
and which was very, efncacious; You
have probably understood what !
mean" (His auditors had under
stood very well) They shouted:
Yes, yes, the club; the Fascist club"
The Duce continued:
1T has recently become somewhat
dusty. 1t will be SUFFICIENT to dust it
q little. But today besides that tnstru-
ment, you have rifles, you have machine
guns. you have all the weapons with
which to fight great battles"
The Duce fell silent. The vast throng
abandoned itself to a frenzy OF en-
thusiasm. The Duce smiled, raised his
hand in the Roman salute, and retired
into the palace.
RUSSIA.-The Russian all-metal
monoplane Land OF the Soviets ar
rived at CurtiSs Airport, Long Island,
on November !, having flown hitherto
from Moscow. The four myers deserve
admiring congratulations.
Execution of Russian recalcitrantS-
"Kulaks," etc.-goes merrily on. the
number in the seven days ended Octo-
Der 90 was 100. There Is every lndica-
ton that Nikolai Bukharin, heresiarch
of the Right, is about to get his, not
execution, but, Of course, somethlng
pretty stiff He is charged with "cnam.
pionship of Kulak intranSigence ana
blasphemy against the fiye-year social
cation program" The Moscow govern
ment announces great success in grain
collection.
CHINA.--Adyices OF October 70
state that Yien Hsi-Shan had aoan,
doned his neutrality ana hao declared
definitely for the Marking government
that the Marking state council nae sp-
pointed him assistant commander IN
chief of the National army and tnat
he MANNED descending from Shansi 10
attack the Kuominchun in rear.
One hears that Kukien Province has
declared for the rebellion. The situa-
ton on the Northern front is obscure.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sorego, as controversial matter too deli
cate. comment on the negotiations Pc
tween washington and Berlin looking
to payment by Germany direct OF her
debt to us upon the account OF the costs
of our Army Of Occupation in Germany,
instead of through the Bank Of Inter
national Settlement part of the Young
plan machinery as contemplated by the
Young plan.
Nine. Marie Curie, co-discoverer with
her husband) of radium, was recently a
guest at the White Hol.se for several
days. Being among the worlds great SCI
enttfic discoveries and benefactors, she
is, of course, the peer Of Presidents and
Kings, and she was entertained rs Such.
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France Has Air Police.

Air-police patrol has been established
over France to control the movement
of the large number of planes that
pass over the country daily. Pilots
violating international air regulations
planes warn erring pilots by flring
smoke bombs, and all aircraft being
signaled in this manner are required
to follow the police ship to the ground
and land alongside it.
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China. Relief societies are transferring
q few thousand refugees IS immigrants
to North Manchuria from Honan and
Shantung provinces Arrangements are
being made for their care there until
the next planting season.
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Until chemists learned to free the
kernel of the apricot seed from its Bit
ter quality 1t was considered waste ma
terial. Now, owing to its similarity in
taste to the almond, extract from the
kernel Is used in faVoring macaroons.
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Flood Refugees Moved.

While acute famine conditions no
longer prevail In the flooded districts
between Peiping and Tientsin, China. 1t
is possible that more extended relief
NAV become necessary later in North