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GIVE RELIGION A FAIR CHANCE.
PROF. HARTURGES SOCIOLOCISTS
Most Investigators Believe Concepts OF
Supernatural Arose From Magic,
He Declares.

men to control events and the elements
by various devices founded on the aSSo-
citation of ideas.
Most orthodox anthropologists," he
said, follow Frazer in explaining magic
as misapplication OF the association of
ideas-minitic magic found ON asSocia-
ton by similarity, and intimate connec-
ton magic on association by contiguity.
Sickness, death, healing and other
psycho-physiologic effects admittedly
produced necessitate recognition that
magic is a system of practical social
psychology. But instances reported by
various scientists involving suggestion
at a distance, activities of mysterious
power external to the individual, telep-
athy and veridical crystal visions re-
quire, If authentic, the hypothesis that
genuine forces not accounted for by
the present laws of physics, biology and
Continued on Page 2, Column %
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BYRD MEN FIND AMUNDSEN
CACHE ON MOUNT BETTY
WITH NOTE LEFT In 1911
Gould Party Discovers Message Written
on Return From Pole in Can Buried
Under Rock Cairn.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

By Ia n e. ork Times.
LITTLE AMERICA Antarctica, December 27-Capt Roald
AmundSens betty Heberg
Glacier
geological party in the Queen Mountains
note written by the famous Norwegian explorer dcoveer
of the South Pole found buried
where had been placed 18 his return Journey
The mountains to the east AXe Heberg have
be much different from those
Admiral Byrd today that the mountains Marie
of the 150th meridian they did
holding Plateau
flooded down from above the Barrier into
ridges SO miles out from the
discoveries that possibly the
the hitherto copper min
erals in the eastern mountains
on 8
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RUM RUNNERS WAR
AIDS COAST GUARDS
Smuggling SIumps as Rival
Detroit and Buffalo
Gangs Battle.
Ru the Associated prass

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, December 28.-Ri.
val Detroit and Buffalo liquor-running
gangs were declared by Federal agents
today to be engaged in war to the
death for control of the ontario liq-
uor output.
G. M. Gramer, special invt st:gator
of the Treasury Department, has been
assigned here to look into the situation
which already has resulted i'll the mur-
der of one Dssrnt liquor smupgltr
and the mys. sriors disapp, ,lran If
three otacrs.
The iquor war started with the dc.
scent upon the Ontario ports of Bridge
burg, Port Coiborne and Fart Erie OF
gang OF Detroit smugglers who
promptly proceeded with offers OF
higher wages to lure away some of the
Buffalo gangs best liquor traf1ckers.
Causes Smuggling Slump.
One result of the war between the
two gangs has been a decrease in the
amount of snuggled liquor, as cross
ing the Niagara River has been made
more hazardous with smugglers forced
to evade their rivals in addition to the
Coast Guard and the ice foes.
Rum-running operations have been
somewhat curbed also by the fatal
shooting last "Wednesday night of Eu-
gene F. Downey, jT, by coast guards
men.
One of the men vino disappeared
in the war between the rival rum-run-
ming gangs is jeremiah Sullivan, who
was last seen starting across the river
from the Canadian shore.
SmugglerS say the river swallowed
him up. but the Government appar-
emily thinks differently, for Gramer
has been sitting all available facts
and rumorS. Then former Detroit
man. identified as smuggler, was
Continued on Page 2, Column IL
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BY CAPT. Riser LARSEN.


OSLO, December 27-Capt. Lutzow-
Holm, my companion flyer with the
Norvegia Antarctic Expedition, and ]
have discovered new land between
Coates Land and Enderby Land in the
King Haakon VII Sea.
We have taken possession OF the new
land for Norway, according to the usual
procedure recognized by international
law. In one of our two seaplanes Capt.
Lutzow-H Holm and / took Off from the
Norvegia, which lay 100 nautical miles
offshore. We landed in a stretch of
open water near the new land. From
this iead~we made our way on skis over
the ice to land. There we unfurled the
Norwegian colorS and took formal pos
session of the land in the name OF
Norway. The ceremony completed we
few back to our ship.
The Norvegia. the research ship from
which Capt. Riser Larsen and his COM
panion hyer from the royal Norwegian
Navy took on in their discovery flight
reported above, is owned by Mr.. Lars
Christensen, one Of the leading men
in Norwegian whaling in Antarctic
waters. Since 1925 the Norvegia has
done exploration and research work
IN the unexplored waters of the South
Polar region.
Islands Are Rediscovered.
Earlier in the year the Noryepis
party rediScovered Bouvet Island and
Peter Island and claimed them fol
Norway. The new land reported TODAY
by Capt. Riser Larsen lies between
Coates Land, the eastern shore of the
Weddell Sea and King Haakon VII
Sea, which borders that part of the
Antarctic continent which faces the tir
of Africa and the Southwest Atlantic
Across the Weddell Sea lies Hearst
Land. which was discovered by Sil
Hubert wilkins. Weddell Sea is on the
opposite side of the Antarctic continent
from Ross Sea, where Admiral Byrc
and his party are quartered.
The Norvegia was last reported of
Enderby Land, the quadrant lying east
erly from the Weddell Sea. This Dor.
ton of the Antartic continent is
virtually unexplored, navigation being
very dangerous because of ice and
weather conditions. 1t was in this
region that Shackleton came to grief.
Copyright, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
SERGEANT FULL OF SKEPTICISM;
PRISONER FLEES BY MESMERISMl
Officer Hintz Was Sadly Hacked to Learn His Quarrys
Vanishing Act.

The mesmerist's eyes flashed with a
strange light. His long fingers wiggled
through the air, as though weaving
rosettes from imaginary spaghetti. He
intoned:
"Abadaba! Oscaloosa! Eeny, meeny
miny mo! Bark"
The sergeant did so.
Pretty good,'' said the sergeant. "but
felt a. bark coming on anyway, SC
that doesn't count. What else do you
do?"
An said the mesmerist, II viii
demonstrate my piece de resistance
Close your eyes and count to 1000"
Sergt. Hintz laboriously climbed the
numerical scale and finally, with tri-
umphant shout, sounded 1000"
He opened his eyes. The mesmerist
was gone.
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BRITISH GIANT R-101
TO UNDERGO OPERATION
Dirigible Will Be Cut in Two to
Have Gas Bag Sewed in for
Additional Lifting Power.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 28.-As a result
OF its recent trials Great Britian's new
giant dirigible, the R-l01, will undergo
among otter notifications a surgical
operation.
The big ship will be cut in two parts
and section rs foot long and con-
tainining gas bag capacity of 100000
cubic feet inserted before the halves
are 'Sewed" back together again.
The length of the new ship will be 800
feet, which will make 1t larger than its
twin, the R-100, and hence the largest
dirigible In the world.
J The new section will give the ship an
additional lift of is tons. The gas bag
wiring will also be charged and fittings
which the trials indicated were not par
ticularly useful win be removed.
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WILL END CABLE SERVICE.

SHANGHAI, December % (P.-In
connection with the Nationalist gov
ernment's recently announced intention
of seeking a readjustment of agreements
with foreign cable interests operating in
China before the end of the year, a
government committee considering the
problem today announced that it has
been decided that China's contract with
the Commercial Pacific Gable Co.,
which expires in January, 1881, will not
be renewed"
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b the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 28.-The long
count for Gene Tunney at Soldier Field
was nothing compared with the one
sergt. Tony Hintz of the Calumet city
police station took last night.
The sergeant had arrested fellow
who turned out to be mesmerist.
"A mesmerist?" said Sergt. Hintz. Il
don't believe it,"
You grieve me-" said the prisoner.
There is nothing so. provoking to a
hieh-claSs meSmerist as to have people
intimate that he trifies with truth.
However. will gladly demonstrate"
That's k.o. with me- said the SER
Eeant. do your stuff"
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PRISONERS QUESTIONED
IN JAIL LIQUOR PROBE
Capt. Barnard Plans to Go to
Bottom of Charges of
Smuggling.

Endeavoring to learn whether more
than one guard was involved in the
smuggling of liquor into the District
jail, Capt M. M. Barnard. superintend-
ent of the District penal institutions.
visited the jail today and questioned
numerous employees and prisoners.
Capt. Barnard told reporters his in
vestigation still was in its preliminary
stages. He added he would report his
findings to Commissioner Taliaferro as
soon as possible. He said he planned
to "go to the bottom of the matter"
Walter I. Malone, guard, was dis
missed several days ago after a bot
sion. Ofhcials quoted him as having
said he had no intention of giving or
selling the liquor to prisoners. His dis
missal followed reports that several
guards had been smuggling whisky and
narcotics into the jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
MACHINE CURE OF 81 DISEASES
HELD TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
Trade Commission Suppresses Joseph P. Sereas Adver
tiSed Claims to Violet Ray.

price OF the "so-calIed volet-ray ma.
chine" as $35, but had offered to sci;
1t for SIS to all comers in order that
they might share with him the ben.
flts 1t would provide.
1t said that the list of diseases,
which included such naladies as dand-
run, deafness, diphtheria and falling
hair, freckles and frost bites, had been
copied by Sereda from a list appear
ing upon a circular which came into
his possession"
Furthermore, the commission added.
the machine might give forth a violet
color, but it produced no rays which
are in any way similar to ultra violet
rays" and its application was found
merely to furnish a mild superficial
stimulation such as might be obtained
by application of turpcntire or an
ointment containing red pepper"
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Give God fair chance in the court
of science.
Such was the appeal of Prof. Hornell
Hart of Bryn Mawr College. speaking
before the American Sociological So
ciety here today.
There are three schools of thought
among psychologists and anthropolo-
gists. he said, as to how religious con-
cepts first arose among men. If two
of these are true, he insisted, "the very
essence of the highest modern religions
is delusory."
The first, and now widely held, scien-
tiflc belief, he said, is that the concept
of the supernatural arose from magic
the efforts of the primitive medicine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
By the Associated Press.

by LHt hSsUCIaIeu PTbSS.
One Joseph P. Sereda has a machine
which he contends will cure "a dis
eases which range the alphabetical ga
NUT from asthma and birthmarks to
writer's cramp.
The Federal Trade Commission and
Mr.. Sereda, however, are at odds over
the alleged virtues OF the machine, and
the upShot Of 1t all is that the commits.
sion has just had the last word, or
rather words. They were, IN brief.
that Mr.. Sereda should "cease and de-
sist."
Nor was this all the commission said.
It said that Sereda, whose home is in
Chicago, had advertised the regular
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CRIME BOARD PLANNED.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, December 28
R.-Fifty men and women of Jack
sonville will be invited to help Sheriff
w. B. Cahoon enforce laws in Duval
County.
They will be members of a crime COM
mission now being appointed by the
sheriff and will investigate crime con-
ditions in the county and recommend
methods of law enforcement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
Spain Cuts Naval Budget.

MADRID, December % (P).-The
minister of the navy today said that
naval experts have suggested the build
ing of submarines and armored. war"
ships AS suitable for Spain. The budget
for naval building. however, has bess
cut, as the government wishes to curtaN
It's expenditures. The new plan calls
for yearly outlay of 81 ,O0O, 900 pesetas
instead of 1o0,000,O0O pesetas as hereto
fore
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WICKERSHAM is SILENT.

NEW YORK, December % Pl.--
George w. Wickersham, chairman OF
president Hoovers Law Enforcement
Commission, last night declined to
comment on dispatches from Washing
ton saying the commission was plan.
ming to make a preliminary report of
its findings.
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Wales Answers Call of the Hunt.
arrr r0AY nrOxuppAu

MELTON MOWBRAY, England, De-
cember % (P).-The Prince of Wales
came into the hunting field today for
the first time in several months and
rode with the Belvoir hounds. He came
over from Sandringham with his
brother, the Duke of Gloucester, after
Christmas spent with King George
and Queen Mary at family reunion.
The call of the hunt" apparently
has proved too strong for the prince
after his quiet Christmas at Sandring-
ham. 1t had been supposed that he
had foresworn hunting to hounds as
well as croSS-country horse racing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
GALES SOUGHT FOR POST
Will Be offered Presidency of Mil
1ion-Dollar School.

MEXICO CITY, December % (P).-El
Universal Graf1co today said Gen. Plu-
tarco Elias Gales, former Mexican
President, would be offered the presi-
dency of a million-dollar industrial
school where beggars would be taught
a trade.
The paper quoted J. Elguero, official
of La Beneficencia Privada, under
whose auspices the school is being con-
Structed outside the city. The plan is
to rid the city's streets of beggars and
place them in school, teaching them
useful occupations.
There was no indication whether Gen.
Gales would accept the post, which
would be largely honorary.
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MORSE A|RMEN FIND
ANTARCT|CA LAND
Larsen and LutzoW-HoIm Fly
From Ship and Trek Over
Ice to New Claim.

New land has been discovered IN
Antarctica by Capt. Riser Larsen and
aviators attached to the Norvegia
Antarctic expedition. Capt Riser Lar
sen distinguished himself in the rescue
dispatch was written exclusively for The
Star and associated papers of the North
american Newspaper Alliance by the
Norwegian aviator
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WEATHER.

90. S Weather Bureau ForecaStD
Partly cloudy, slightly colder tonight;
minimum temperature about "a degrees;
tomorrow partly cloudy.
Temperatures-High So, at $3.50
pm. yesterday: lowest, Al. at 8 am.
today. Full report on page Z.
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SAN BEN1TO
OPEN HOUSE :

OPEN HOUSE
Thursday evening about seventy
! guests were pleasantly enter
tanned when T. Ward School
rarent-Teachers Association held
open house at the South Ward
Guests viewed the colored prints
=, the art exhibit and enioved a
peasant Program. The Junior Boy
ocout quartet sang two popular
@ongs. MIL Lillian Harl read from
zen Hur and Louis Valentine sang
swo solos, Barbara Barriers two
socaI numbers were also enjoyed.
81 encore were sung by the senior
Doy scouts quartet. Refreshments
ing. VIC e'eH-
The exhibit was closed late Fri
Gay afternoon after five days sue
ceSsIuI showing. Through the ten
cent ices collected and the GEN
crosby Of visitors, there is a suf-
xlclent sum Of money on hand
from the exhibit to purchase a
picture Tor the ward school. Chi
ture Club members have also prom
sec Q picture. Officers Of the as
soclatlon and teachers in the school
nave expressed deep appreciation
-or the support that has been Civ
en tne exhibit and particularly
WISH 70 thank those who wired the
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brought expulsion 10 eight mem-
bers or the fraternity and 10 an
other student involved. The fra
ternity itself was ordered 70 show
cause why it should not be dis
banded.
w. J. Sherman or Crown Point,
md. who was fined $500 and cc AM
after pleading guilty 10 possession
OF the IL gallons OF liquor con-
fiscated In the raid Sunday, was
one Of those expelled Other fra
ternity members TO meet the same
fate from the student council OF
administration were: "A. ~ With
WV, Hibbing, Mimi: ~. ~. Lang
bonds, Marion. I'LL; A- Butwellu
Cicero, Ill: R. III. Hughes Burling-
ton, Ia.; j. r.. MCCLELLAN, Carthage,
III: Charles Binkert. Quincy. Ill;
and Robert j. Hartley. Toulon, III.
Infractions Of other University
rules brought the days total Of II
students either expelled or K lspend-
eel.
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RIO GRANDE CITY
BRIDGE-LUNCHEON

Mrs. Fred d. Guerra entertained
a group OF friends Saturday with
a bridge luncheon at her lovely new
home.
AS this was the hostess's first OPP
portunity to receive socially since
the completion OF the Guerra home,
the occasion was in the nature OF
a house warming. the guests being
shown over the house by MeSdameS
j.. J. Guerra, J. Wallis and +. B.
Mason.
American beauty and radiance
roses were used in baskets in the
living room. dining room and
entrance hall. adding a rich note
of color to the reception rooms
where the guests found their places
at ane o'clock. Seated at the bridge
tables. the guests were served a
delicious two course dinner.
Bridge formed the diversion FOR
the afternoon with Mrs. Harold
Smith winning first prize, q mod
ernistic smoking set. Mrs. Walter
Hamilton won second high. which
was silk lingerie. In the cut for a
special favor. Mrs. Ralph Lewis
was the lucky winner Of a box oil
imported bath salts.
Among those present we're: Mes
danes: y. Wallis r. r. Mason, g
j. Martin. Il. X. Brooks. Y. y
CarutherS Jr.. q. G. King. Hood,
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CHoKEs WOLF TO DEATH

CALGARY. Alberta - Attacked
by a wolf. Henry Dalton choked
the animal to death with his bare
hands after being badly injured
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Valley Society
Telephone z
Telephone 2

hall for lighting Thursday night
and others for their music.
An especial expression Of gra-
titude has been voiced In appre-
citation of the assistance given BY
four local women's clubs which
took charge Of the exhibit for one
day each.
ORGANIZATION MEETS
San Benito and McAllen tied In
attendance at the semi-annual Val
ley Men-of-the-church Presbyter-
ian organization. meeting at DON
ma Thursday night of lat week wfh
% persons from each city present.
There were 156 present altogether
with every Presbyterian church In
the Valley represented.
The organization passed a resolu-
ton In which the Valley Mid
Winter Fair association was ask
ed to observe the Sabbath during
the forthcoming exposition.
DR.. j. Z. Purcell of Atlanta,
Georgia, president OF the Men-of-
he-Church Of the United States,
paid a glowing 1--WE are exper-
fencing the greatest prosperity in
the history Of the United States
and OF the world" DR.. Purcell sta
ted. Or. Purcell talked about
church work and the necessity for
organization, definite program and
Leadership.
Rev. Herbert McDermott OF DON
IA welcomed the visitors and Cleve
Tandy of Brownsville responded.
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CaScara is Good for the system

What do YOU do when a slug
Eish system tells you the bowels
need a little help?
The best thing yet discovered
for the purpose is still the little
candy Cascaretl Take one when
ever the liver and bowels are not
functioning as they should.
Cascarets are pleasing to the
palate, and pleasant in their &C
ton. You eat them just like
candy. They work while you
sleep. Gentle, but thorough. Cas-
carets don't strip the stomach
or upset the system. But they
cleanse the entire thirty feet of
bowels in one comfortable, thor
ough action that leaves the sys-
TEN clean and sweet; leaves you
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game an interruption came In the
form OF a hoarse laugh on the back
lawn. Miss Zelma Morgan. dress
ed as the devil. scattered the mem
bers to all sides of the lawn by the
use Of a pitchfork. A prize was
presented to her for keeping her
identity the longest.
Fortune telling formed an enter
tanning period OF the evening fol-
lowed by a refreshment curse.
The following guest enjoyed the
social evening: Misses Alma
Whatley, Zelma Morgan. Lillian
Moore, Jessima Council. Helen
Statler, TomaSca Soils Marjorie
Dolls. Wilma Moore. Letha Lee,
Gabrielle. Pomna. Mary Johnson.
and Shelby Pollard. Chester john
son, Lupe Villareal and Jack and
Jay Brown.
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with an untainted breath, TN
coated tongue, and clear head.
Cascarets are made OF cascara
long regarded one OF the most
beneficial laxatives known TO med
zeal science. They are sweetened
with pure cane sugar and flaw
ored with real licorice. Children
love them. So do most grown
upsl Why take anything harsh
when constipation threatens?
Whenever a dull headache, las
situde, or sick stomach with loss
of appetite warns you of poor
elimination, a Cascaret or two IS
the most harmless form Of help
you could give a tagging system.
Take a candy Cascaret tonight
and see how fine you'll feel in the
morning-and for days after.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-20

j. y. Guerra, John. a. Pope Jr., =,
Owen Scott. III. Z. Taylor. Ralph
Lewis. Walter Hamilton, Rossiter
Clarity, Edward NJ. Pickett, G. wv
Richmond, II. l.. Kidwell, John
Hinojosa, Harold Smith, w. w.
Shuford, Mary H. Edgerton,
George B. Marsh and Miss Alicia
Soils.
TUESDAY CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Ralph Lewis OF Fort Ring
gold was hostess to the members
Of the Tuesday Bridge club on
Tuesday afternoon.
Due to the absence of several
members only four tables of play
ers were present. Mrs. B. G. King
was winner Of high score and
Mrs. L. B. Caruthers Jr., Of second
high.
PERSONALS
DR.. and Mrs. c. j. Martin and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Mason motor
ed to San Antonio on Armistice
Day and returned Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace p. Guerra
and SOM Jose and Virgilio. are
in San Antonio this week.
Mrs. Elodia Monroe, who has
been the guest of her daughter
Mrs. Miguel Garcia OF Browns
vile for several weeks has return
ed home.
Mrs. C.. Soils was IN Brownsville
last week.
Mrs. E. Owen Scott was the
guest OF the Mission Tuesday CIut
last Tuesday afternoon at which
time they had as their guests the
members OF the Atheneiem Clut
OF San Benito.