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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
Flashes of Life

NEW YORK.-A days gleanings
Of big city news ".
DR.. w. Vernon Little, department
head at Depauw university, Green
castle, Ind, Mrs. Little and six chill
dren. the youngest Is months old,
arr students at Columbia. The baby
is in the nursery school.
Mrs. Pearl Ascher sues for divorce
because her husband was lust too
handsome" 1t seems other women
agreed with her estimate.
Oldest savings account ir Amer
ica-$I5 deposited in 1Sl9-20-now
totals S2,788.86. Heirs of John S.
Thorne, the strong-willed depositor.
are letting it ride.
Conductor Edwin Goldman CON-
planned to a Jersey airport that g
low-flying plane had interrupted
his park concert. The aviator not
only apologized but viii take him
for a long ride as compensation.
It isn't the cranial convolutions
but the spinal spirals that truly in
dictate character. says Instructor
william H. b. re of Columbia's
Teachers college. He has complet-
ed an exhaustive study Of pastures
as disclosing latent characteristics.
s. s. lie de France-The next bear
raid on Wall street may indicate Q
rough sea. only, rather than under
lying economic causes. Stock trad
view Of the market waits to be
ing at sea Is In operation; the ef-
feet OF Nal De Mel on a raiders
view of the market waits to be
shown.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.-The young
er set may wonder why the great to-
do over Wilbur B. Huston's victory
in the Edison c ntest: all he has
gained apparently Is the right tc
take another KAN at Massachusetts,
Tech. And President Stratton r.
authority for the forecast it will be
q stiff me-.
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras.-Thr
explanation Is lacking Of the chauf-
feur who was driving the a OF
President Moncada Of Nicaragua
when il overturned On a cliff. Nc
one was injured. but as soon as that
fact was determined, the driver
promptly fled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
new FL PASO
ROUTE FLOWN
c. a. T. Plane Makes First
Trip From Border City
To Torreon

Flying Of the first plane on the
new line connecting FL Paso with
Torreon was announced Thursday
by j. M. Grajales, vice president OF
the G. A. T. lines. Official OPEN
ing Of the line will be made on Sat-
urday, when the regular service
connecting Torreon with Mexico
City win be instituted.
Brownsville viii have a second
line connecting with Mexico City
when regular service between Tor
reon is initiated, the c. A. T. lines
from Brownsville to Mazatlan and
T. Paso to Mazatlan i~ntersecting at
Torreon.
The fast new Lockheed Vega
planes recently ordered by the c. A
T. are TO be used on these lines,
and viii cut down the time from
Brownsville to Torreon by nearly
half, according to the test flight
made by Theodore T. Hull, presi-
dent of the company, who made a
survey Of this trip in 2 IL hours.
as against the five required with
the transport planes now in use.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
RIyOLI SAN BENTTO

The Southern accent which she
packed away in vocal moth balls o
few years ago, was brought out for
an airing recently by Mary Brian.
dark-eyed screen actress.
Miss Brian, heroine Of many Q
romantic part in the screen drama
plays the role Of Lucy" in the
Buddy" Rogers starring picture
River of Romance" which comes
TO the Rivoli theater Friday for a
2-dey run.
Miss Brian was born in Corsi-
cana, Texas. In the four years that
she has forged ahead In pictures,
achieving the front rank as a Para
mount featured player, her Dixie
drawl has become almost impercep-
tibIe. But when the first shots" OF
River Of Romance" were made, II
was clear to all on the set that Miss
Brian had had no difficulty in res
directing her lolling, limpid lingo,
sub.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
p MONTE: \
ii SiDEIlGHIS D
AT TEXAS

A small but wen chosen cast. q
good story with flawless direction
and excellent photography make
The Ridin' Demon" a Universal
Western Feature starring Ted Wells
which opens tomorrow at the Texas
theater one Of the best and fastest
Westerns turned out by Universal In
some time.
Wells is r. the first time called
upon to play a dual role. The story
Is an exceptionally strong one with
brotherly love as its theme. Wells
plays twin brother roles, one OF
whom Is an exemplary young man
and the other a backyard. AT no
time does the versatile young star
overact his part.
AS the best thrsIl rider on the
G en-. Wells gives more than his
usual display Of excellent riding. In
scene after scene he literally brings
the audience to their feet by the
man er in which he and his horse
perform.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16

vitaphone process In Drag" and q
beautiful. haunting song entitled
NY Song Of the Nile" Is played
and sung by q large stage ensemble.
In the story, Barthelmess writes
and composes a musical production
called "The Love Prince" This Is
produced by the Women's Guild ~
Paris, Vermont. Later In the story.
when the star is faced by q critical
moment In his life, The Love
Prince" comes to his rescue and
gains for him the independence s.
necessary to his happiness.
drag" is based on the novel by
William Dudley Pelley and was d.
rected by Frank Lloyd. It is l0(
per cent dialogue production ard
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16

the second talking feature in which
Barthelmess has appeared. The first
was the sensational hit. Weary
River" The supporting cast In
Drag" includes Lila Lee, Alice Day
Katherine Ward, Lucien Littlefieid,
Tom Duean, Margaret Fielding and
others.
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AT CAPITOL

In the role of David Carroll, q
young newspeperman. Richard Bar
thickness writes a musical play in
Drag" his newest First National
Vitaphone production which comes
to the Capitol theater on Sunday.
A complete scene from this musi-
cal production is reproduced by tie
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
STATE + FOR
OIL TAXES

AUSTIN, Aug. 16.@tP-The state
settled its suit against johnson and
Fraser of Wichita Falls for $500,
Assistant Attorney General Rice M
TilIey announced. The suit was for
delinquent taxes, penalties and in
terest due the state for l928-29 as
gross production taxes on oil pro-
duced in Archer county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16
San Benitc Appoints
Two Fire Policemen

SAN BENTTO, Aug. 16.-Addition
Of two special policemen to the po-
lice force here was announced by
Chief Luke Waters, the new men
being Bill Scholes and Fred Turner.
The two were recommended by
Fire Chief l.. A. Teddleh and depu-
tized by the police chief.
They will act only in time Of fires
directing traffic in the neighbour
hood of the fire. and otherwise act
ing as policemen in handling the
situation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-16

CAVE HERMIT SUFFOCATED
DONCASTER. zng..George Baw-
try, a hermit, who lived in q cave
for 20 years. was suffocated by
smoke from his fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11

central coloress its luminous and its out
side zone Of carbon doXide and water vapor, remains
constant in form and structure in spite of ever
changing content
1T is constantly taking in new materials, trans
forming them into flame, and giving of products Of
combustion and energy in the form of heat and light.
why is this not fully example of metabolisnl?
Certainly the analogy is very close and if the ability
do this sort OF thing the sole criterion of life
the candle fame would be alive. But can the candle
fame grow and reproduce other candle flames like
itself?"
1t will be therefore, that the first three char
acteristcs of living organisms, namely their chen-
cal composition their physical nature and the process
of retabolsm things which duplicated in the
inorganic world.
But as Dr. Newman suggests metal olism is not the
only sign of activity in the living organism.
The next two on the list which must be consid-
cred are growth and reproduction
There are others we'll which usually grouped
under the heads of rhythncity response to stimuli,
and adaptability These will all be discussed in detail
later.
But it seems as though must regard life from
the physical standpoint as the total of all these
things 1t may be that the unique thing about life is
the combination of all these properties rather than
any single one.
This is a point of view, however which admits Of
considerable discussion and Interpretation.
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An Official Appraisal

From Secretary Of State Fifed comes an
appraisal of the worth of many of the mem
bers Of the legislature, which, being somewhat
official, may be accepted as accurate.
That official announces that the law makers
are fighting to get on his pay roll at $50
month to serve as judges in the machine which
is being set up for the announced purpose Of
enforcing the drivers license law.
1t needs but this added incident, and the
fact that the law makers are getting the jobs,
to suggest that the framing of the law was
done with at least additional objects to the an
nounced one of protecting the public from
unsafe driving.
The people had believed that they were
protected by the Constitution against the crea-
ton of Jobs by legislators to be filed later by
themselves That belief is dissipated by the
ruling of the attorney general that the law
makers, having enacted such laws, can take
the jobs and the salaries by automatically
ceasing to be members of the legislature Of
course their duties are now over They have
no more power. They can hold the jobs until
the next election, run again and if successful,
take few months vacation from the appoin-
tive jobs and perhaps raise their own salaries.
That our laws have been made by men who
would fight for $3.50 month job, and the
word of the secretary of state is given that
there is this keen competition, may explain
the character of the legislation passed at the
last session.
The drivers license law is one of these bits
of law making that requires that type of mind.
It was designed to drive every person who OPP
crates an automobile into some favored agency,
usually presided over by county chairman
or political leader, there to give up % cents for
the license and an additional quarter to the
politician for acting as a notary public.
Through The Times, some 10000 citizens
escaped that imposition Through the example
of The Times, many more thousands did find
a way, even at some inconvenience, to escape
Plying their good money for bad politics.
As to the propriety, even if there be no
illegaIity in giving these jobs to the men who
made the law, there can be but one verdict.
Especially is this true in that the salaries are
being paid from the license fees, collected I'M
der the law and passed by these men who now
get the jobs and distributed largely at the dis
erection of the secretary of state.
Perhaps the law has some value. 1t has
given an official appraisal of the caliber Of
some legislators. If these men are fighting for
the $15O-a-month job, as the secretary of state
declares, it may indicate that they are worth
less in positions more competitive
The answer may be a closer scrutiny by the
pulc Of legislative candidates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
Lost Liberties

The Constitution is in danger. not from the in
nnistesnal band OF socalled Reds, but from govern
nent officials and great employers who violate the
Bill of Rights and use terrorist methods against labor
and liberals.
No less an authority than Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes of the United States supreme court stated in
his recent dissenting opinion in the Schwimmer citi-
Eenship exclusion case:
If there is any principle of the Constitution that
more lmperatively calls for attachment than any
other it is the principle OF free thought not free
thought for those who agree with us, but freedom
for the thought We hate"
just how imperative" as Justice Holmes would
say is the need for observance OF these constitutional
guarantees of individual freedom, the American Civil
Liberties Union shows in its annual report. The
report reveals that this country, in respecting the
rights Of its citizens has made progress in fields
but has slipped far back in others.
On the credit side is the decrease in lynchings -
only eleven in 1928 the lowest figure the fifty years
of record. Also with the virtual collapse OF the Ku-
Kux Khan the hundreds of of mob violence di
inshed to one such case last year. Fewer aliens and
political prisoners were deported
On the debit side is the increase in censorship n
police interference with meetings free speech prose
cutons and in the use of anti-labor injunctions
Police broke up four times may meetings as in
gatherings of the workers party and leftwng strike
manifestations to mild academic discussions of the
guarantees of the Constitution.
Censorship flourished before in peace time.
Books and plays from Voltaire TO Upton Sinclair were
put under the ban as obscene" The pamphlet of
education by Mary Ware bennett, more highly COM
nended by physicians ministers and educators than
any book on the subject. was denied the mails and
its author convicted by federal court. An anti
Fascist newspaper was barred from the mails, and
envelopes banned which carried scker protests against
marine intervention in Nicaragua.
In the courts the record was equally discouraging
The United States supreme courts refusal of citizen
ship to Nine. Rosika Schwimmer because of her
pacism blow at the rights of conscientious and
religious directors usually recognized and respected by
all civilized governments
That this decision revoking the traditional Amer
lean attitude. should be made while Quaker is
President and while the government boasting of its
new treaty denouncing war; made it all the more in
comprehensive
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The Tariff Makers

An international trade against the United
States virtually is predicted by protests of foreign
governments if the Hawey bill the highest tariff in
history" becomes law.
Members of congress who have to face their con-
stituents next years election might be able to stand
that foreign roar but that isn't the only noise that
will assail their ample ears The domestic roar will be
nearer and louder and it can carry its noise to the
ballot box.
The average American family may not be able to
master the intricaces of Of the schedules but
can understand sugar going up several cents pound
and shoes going up from so cents to 81 pair and the
farmer will be able to with the naked eye the ex-
he will have to pay for what he buys, while he
won't be able to with microscope any increase
in what he sells
1t is easier to sit in Washington and make tariff
schedules than is to explain them to the folks back
home.
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TINTED STATES STEEL crossed
~ 200 and if it goes up another
500 points I'll be almost even on my
poker losses.
But I don't suppose the directors
can be blamed for my failure ever
to fill a flush or make two pair
stand up. Still one can't be sure.
When I find that one of the biggest
paint companies is also in the food
business I begin to wonder whether
Simmons Bed is not really a loco
motive works.
Indeed, the young woman famous
in the advertisements who thought
that f1let mignon was a fish has a
brother who never knew Phelps
Dodge was a copper.
see by the papers that the
Standard Oil Company of New York
is about to engage in the sausage
business as a side line, and it would
not surprise me in the least to learn
that United States Steel conducts
a correspondence school through
which suckers may learn by mail
how to win at cards in ten easy
lessons.
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The knee then becomes locked in
a half-fexed position, and until the
swelling goes down, it is impossible
to move the joint satisfactorily.
The condition tends to recur when
a sudden turn is made with the foot
fixed, and in many instances tennis
players have been incapacitated for
the game by repetition Of this acct
dent.
Surgeons have developed an
operation which involves removal
of the cartridges, or at least of the
broken portions, whereby the con-
dition is promptly cured.
The demand on the feet in ten
mis- is as great as in any form Of
athletics. The tennis player has
to be on his toes. Flat feet and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11

TT is inconvenient, unpopular, and
4 difficult to develop new methods
of selection and admission which
will decrease the thoughtless food
of youth to college. If, however,
the principle is sound, the method
should, in spite of all, be developed
for the sake Of youth itself.-Dr.
G. C. Little, president University Of
Michigan. CThe New RepublicD
Il
The pay check is important, but
not half the story. No one ever
has disputed the fact that boxing
champions have cleaned up far
greater amounts than any other
professional stars. But after col
lecting his million, John L. Sulli-
van died in poverty, and most Of
the others since his day have fin
ished broke and disillusioned-
GrantIand Rice. (Collier's0
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HAMILTON SHOT IN DUEL
,JUIv II


I'm July II, 1904, Aaron Burr
~ vice-president of the United
States, and Alexander Hamilton
the famous statesman, fought duel
IN which Hamilton was MORALLY
wounded.
Because Hamilton had prevented
him from being made President
Burr challenged Hamilton.
The latter feeling that by refusing
to acknowledge the accepted code
of which he strongly disapproved, he
would lose his influence, accepted
The duel took place at Wee
haWken, N. j., and Hamilton fell
MORALLY wounded, at the first fire
having, it is said discharged his
own weapon in the air. He died
the following day.
Having failed to satisfy his po-
litical ambition in the east, Burr
got together soldiers and adven-
turers from the western states ano
sailed down the Ohio and the Mis-
sissippi rivers to carry out some
scheme not fully understood. 1t i;
thought that his plan was to estao-
lish a personal government in the
southwest, possibly including the
Spanish possessions in Mexico.
In due time he was taken and
tried for treason, but was acquitted
for lack of evidence. He died in dis
grace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
Quotations of NOtabIeS

Birth control improves the status
of women, since constant child bear
ing and rearing is an excessive
strain on women and robs them Of
their youth and strength and eco
nomic independence, which birth
control enables them to retain.-C.
Y. Drysdale. Current History
II
It has become the custom to So"
lutte each of the great industrialists
as a genius. I quarrel with that,
because there seems to be so many
Of them and when one dies or steps
down another moves forward TO
take his place.-Heywood Broun.
(The Nation)
Business has been quick to seize
advantages Of group action and slow
to assume group responsibility.
Owen D. Young.
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II
Be Fit Before You Take Up Tennis

broken arches are impossible for a
player in this game.
If the shoes are developed i'm
properly for the tennis player, they
tend to break down the arch and
to form callouses and corns which
produce pain and make the playing
of the game impossible.
Improperly fitted clothing may
produce rritations of the skin
which result seriously in any one.
Therefore, this sport, which places
such demands upon the human
body, must be begun with proper
equipment, proper training and a
proper study as to the physical con-
dition before one even can hope to
reach the heights of championship
tennis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
Good in Humanity

THE unhappy fate Of George
l. Mosher Jr. serves to bring out
one thing, and that is the latent
good in humanity.
Last April this 15-year- old boy
was attacked by mysterious
disease, which Slapped his blood and
left no hope of recovery except
through TRANSMISSION. His people
were too poor to pay those who had
blood to sell, while the hospital
lacked funds.
Under such circumstances, there
was nothing left but to send out a
general call for help.
More than $1,000 was contributed
and nearly 1000 people offered their
blood without charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
Price of Submarines

TINE HAT is the eleventh sub
Il marine to have gone down since
the war. England has lost three,
the United States two, Italy two,
and France one.
Counting the three who died on
board the LIZ when she struck the
Hat, and assuming that the twen-
ty-one on board the latter ship are
dead, 489 persons have persisted in
connection with these eleven dis
asters.
Considering the number of sub
marines in commission, that seems
an enormous price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11

The Submarine Is 100 Per
Cent Devil - Whether IN
Peace or War.
SAYS:

BOSTON. Mass,-Vihljalmar Ste
~ fansson, famed Arctic explorer,
and his friend, r. NJ. Andersen, lived
on meat for year and did well.
Other people could be found who
have done quite as well without
meat for year.
Man is so constituted that he
does not need a great variety of
food.
Otherwise, he never would have
been able to work his way out Of
the jungle.
The Babylonians did very we'll on
onions and cucumbers, the Scotch
on oatmeal and the South Sea
islanders on fish.
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CAUGHT in Jam

NEVERTHELESS and notWith-
~ standing, 7 want the giant
corporation to know that 1 was in
the cheering section when the trick
was turned. But I must confess
that I displayed a good deal Of i'm
patience before we made the grade.
Will Rogers once remarked that
the average New Workers. day IS
consumed in crossing Fifth avenue
twice and Steel behaved precisely
as if a fierce traffic cop we're stand
ing right on the 200 ridge.
Times without number I watched
our shares creep up to 1898, but in
each instance the red light flashed
and forward progress ceased. In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
Flash of Air Be9c0nS

THE Pathfinder follows the Vel
Il low Bird from Old Orchard to
Spain, while endurance records fall
so fast that one can hardly keep up
with them. But all that is only half
the story.
The other half consists of what is
being done and accomplished in a
business way, in the merging, con-
solidating and organizing, in the
creation of three thousand airports,
in the flash of beacons clear across
the country.
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Adventure in FIying

MEN worked as hard to perfect
4VA submarines as they did to fly.
Tt was a mistake. Birds are SUI
perior to fishes. If we must copy
Nature, let us select the higher form.
Aviation promises not only ad-
venture, but achievement.
There is more to flying than speed.
The establishment Of mail and
passenger lines brings business into
the picture.
That is what thrills youth, what
makes the conquest of the air not
only dramatic, but appealing.
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Human Hardness

MECHANICAL progress means
4V1 little, except as it promotes hu-
man happiness. What we can do is
less important than why we do it.
Back Of the performance, deter
mining whether it makes for good
or evil, is the mysterious force
known as human character. It re-
quires the same kind of knowledge
to make an expert safe-b breaker as
it does an expert locksnith.
So, too, it requires the same kind
of skill and courage to operate a
submarine as it does to fly an air.
plane.