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KANSAS CITY CASH GRAIN

KANSAS CITY, Sept. l4.-4l-
Wheat: No. 2 dark hard 1870; NO. 2
hard l25 10 1876 l-2: No. , red l.26
to 1.31. nominally; Sept. l.28 ga;
Dec. 1.36: May LA Ia.
Corn: TO. ? white 100; No. . yell
low 100 10. No. 2 mixed So l-2;
Sept. 100 IL; Dec. ST IL: May
l.O4 SD.
Oats: NO. . white 81 l-2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-15

NEW ORLEANS. sept. l4.-tRI-
CottonSeed Oil futures ruled steady
today. Prime summer yellow oil
closed unchanged at 8.35 and prime
crude closed at 7.62 l-2c. Futures
closed steady. Sept. $40; Oct. SAG;
Dec. ass; Jan. $50; March $50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-15
CROW HUNTER KILLS
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

FL PASO. Texas. Sent. i4-Pl-
Hunting crows TODAY. Jesus ueran-
de7 accidentally killed his daughter
in-law. Sahina Hernandez. near
Tornillo. Texas. The coroner held
the shooting inadvertent and Her
nandez was not held.
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continued from rage Onel
under way for its development
Interest in Tract
The Adams tract has been re-
ported sold many times in the
past and its sale is Of considerable
interest 10 Cameron county and
especially TO Harrington and Ia
Feria. Opening Of that large area
to agricultural development
would greatly increase the pop
ulation IN the trade territory OF
both towns and it would mean
considerably increased valuations
to Cameron county in addition to
other benefits.
The Mercedes office of the Pro-
greso Development Co. said they
had no information concerning
the reported sale and that they
doubted If IL was true.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-15
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. Sept. lA-P-Wheat:
no. ? hard 1873 10; No. l northern
spring 1.34.
Corn: NO. 2 mixed 1.03: No. 6 yell
low i.0i "a.
Oats: NO. . white 40 81 to 81 IA.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-15
INUNDATED WIFE

ST. LOUIS. Mo.-Mrs. Minnie
Coleson won a divorce when she
testified that her husband rad
their maid eat with them and
forced his wife to wait on the ia
bic.
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NEW YORK STOCK LIST

NEW YORK. Sept. I4-tAPl-Sales
din hUndredsl. h-gn. low. and closing
quotations On the New York stock Ex-
cnange today.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Multiplicity of Crime
Probes i'm u. S. Found
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
After carrying through a notable sur
vey of surveys, the Johns Hopkins In
stitute Of Law announces that the
United States now has under way ap-
proximately 1900 Investigations into
law, law enforcement, crime repression
and related subjects. Sixty-eight uni
versities are engaged, 81 foundations
and national, State and municipal COM
dence of the painful way in which the
prevalence of crime, the Slowness OF
justice and the ineffectiveness of law
have impressed the American people.
It is as If we realized some cancer is
eating at the national breast and were
making desperate efforts to find q ure
Probably no other subjects in American
life today are being investigated so
thoroughly and expertly.
To Mr.. Hoover's Commission on Law
Enforcement, which rises in Importance
above all these bodies, the news that
1900 Investigations are under way
ought to carry a special warning. The
chief danger this commission faces is
that 1t will threSh over a lot Of straw
that is already being failed and re-
failed by others, and in so doing will
neglect the one subject which the lesser
bodies unanimously surrender to it
prohibition. The enforcement of other
laws and the general improvement of
justice are getting plenty of study. But
the enforcement Of prohibition and the
more vital question whether prohibition
is really enforceable or not are for Mr..
Wickersham and his associates to deal
with. They will lose their best oppor-
tunity If they do not make these topics
their chief study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Louvain Library Architect
Stirs American Protests

inscription on the edifice which would
indicate the undergraduates of the gen.
erous giver.' That the Americans who
responded to the call for funds for the
restoration of the library did so In q
spirit of generosity and not as a rebuke
to the German people" is the declara-
ton of the Asbury Park Evening Press.
Though the charge of such wanton
destruction will flame in all histories
throughout the ages" in the opinion Of
the Columbia State, 1t agrees that it
should not remain on the library"
"All nations in war have done things
they cannot Defend Is the thought Of
the Charleston Daily Mail as it ex-
claims, God save the day when we
dare not admit the reality Of things!"
and suggests that while there should
be no objection to stating the exact
facts in an inscription, there Is no need
to add an insulting epithet."
The Baltimore Sun sees in the OBJ
jections raised to the inscription the
realization that it was "the expression
of a spirit which has no place In q
great library nor in a new and, as 30
many hope, more decent world" while
the Duluth Herald, noting that, though
the inscription will go up, there is
nothing to prevent the university au-
thorities from removing it the next
day." expresses the hope that they viii
do that very thing, "and put in its
place something that fits this time
rather than the hateful days Of 1914 to
1913"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Skill and Caution.

A thrilling story of escape from
death has been added to the history of
aviation In the United States by the
safe return to civilization Of the ive
occupants of the tri-motored Western
Air Express, which had been marooned
in the New Mexican wilderness for
nearly thirty hours. On its regular
scheduled run eastward the big plane,
With two passengers and three of the
crew aboard, encountered a heavy snow
storm. All vision was cut OF and it
was apparent that a landing must be
made II disaster was to be averted. The
pilot, with more than two thousand
hours in the air to his credit, searched
warily for a place to set the big ship
down. Eight inches Of snow covered
the ground and It required skill Of the
highest order to make a landing. This
accomplished. the party, by this time
cold and hungry. contemplated the sit
uation with dismay. No habitation was
visible. Finally. two members Of the
SAC" NOAhAAVCCASU W cCOA dNus N ckIOI v
distance away they discovered an aban-
doned cabin and soon q roaring fire
was bringing comfort to the marooned
air travellers. The next morning the
storm abated. a take-of was made and
the Western Air Express slid down to
the landing field at Albuquerque Just
thirty hours from tt time It was re-
ported lost.
Thus by sterling airmanship the pilot
saved his ship and its occupants and
by this exhibition showed the way in
wisdom to all transport pilots. Caution
should be the watchword Of the air.
Sometimes it is not, and fearful risks
are taken to reach a destination on
schedule. No passenger will object If
a pilot leans to the side of safety, ven
though it means unexpected delay. To
James e. Doles, therefore, must go
credit, not only for expert handling Of
his ship, but for caution Of q high de-
gree. It is such as he who promote the
cause of aviation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
" TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

are to be 100 feet long and 400 feet
wide.
@. What Is necrophilism?-P. r. 8.
A. This pathological term is defined
as an insane fondness for dead bodies.
@. For whom was Peru named?-
d. +.
A. Biru was the name of a chief who
ruled a part of the South American
country in the sixteenth century. Peru
is an adaptation of his name.
Q. How many family lighthouses are
there on the Maine coast?-N. H. p.
A. The Bureau of Lighthouses says
that there are 10 lighthouses in Maine
with resident keepers.
@. When will the Mardi Gras cele-
bration be held in New Orleans?-R. B.
A. The New orleans Association OF
Commerce says that the New Orleans
Mardi Gras will take place from Febru-
airy 81 to March 4, 1880.
@. Can the color Of an amethyst be
restored?-F. H.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
that genuine amethysts do not lose
color unless they have been heated. II
the color has been lost, there Is no way
of restoring it.
-
@. Are the conditions under which
wheat is raised in Argentina similar to
those Of the wheat belt In the United
StateS?-R. S.
A. Argentina is a country Of great
extent, and wheat is raised there under
conditions similar to the wheat belt OF
the United States and Canada. The
weather conditions, rainfall, ETC., are
much the same.
@. How many Jews are there in the
United States?-S. r.
A. The Jewish Year Book of 1929
gives the Jewish population Of the
United States as 4~,22s,02s.
@. Is the number of libraries in the
United States sufficient to serve the
whole population?-A. G.. w.
A. The American Library Associa-
ton says that only Sc per cent Of the
population of the United States and
Canada enjoys library service.
Q. What is the significance Of the
name "Prospice," the title Of one Of
Browning's poems?I. M.
A. It is interpreted - meaning
Look forward"
O. If cellar windows are left open,
does it take more coal to keep the fur
mace at a temperature to heat a house2
H. E. S.
A. In severe weather it will take
from one and a half times to twice as
much coal. In mild weather the differ
ence in coal will be very little.
@. Please give a brief biography Of
Thornton Wilder.-J. v. B.
A.. Thornton Wilder was born April
II, 1897, in Madison, Wis. He spent
his early years in China, where his
father was consul general, and later
prepared for college in California. He
was graduated from Yale in 1920, after
which he spent two years at the Amer
lean Academy in Rome. His first novel,
1.-THE Cabala," grew out Of his expert
ences of these two years. After this he
| taught at IIawrenceville, then spent
some time studying and writing at the
Princeton Graduate College. A play,
1.-THE Trumpet Shall Sound" was pro.
duced in New York during this time.
He then started to Europe, where he
wrote The Bridge of San Luis Rey,"
and is now back again at the scene OF
! his college days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Those who should know state that 1t
Is; that no country has gone further
in It's enthusiastic adherence to mod
ernistic standards, and that out of q
hundred pictures no other ratio could
be hoped for, because In Belgium the
conservative artists are today as little
esteemed as they are few in numbers.
This is a pity, on the principle that
any sort Of one-sidedness is q pity.
without in the least seeking to de-
tract from the Importance or the gra-
ciousness Of the idea underlying an in
ternational courtesy Of this sort, it may
safely be said that the selectors of the
paintings might, through slightly less
enthusiasm for an art which appears
to have no kinship with any art Of the
past, have availed themselves more
fully Of a remarkable opportunity. To
the majority of those viewing this dis
play the underlying motives and the
mode Of expression Of such an art must
prove as little understandable as would
be the non and the creations of some
newly discovered primitive tribe.
Notwithstanding all this, there does
exist today a strong m~odernistic and
radical tendency in art which has
gained more or less impulse all over
the world and which can in no way
be ignored. To Americans is now Of
fered ample opportunity to view what
are considered outstanding foreign
specimens thereof and to learn some
thing, II possible, about what 1t all
signifies. Those who visit this exhibit
ton may not like it; may fail to I'M
derstand 1t, but will come away better
informed. 1t needs must be a far o
inexplicable collection which could
alter the esteem we feel for the Bel
CLANS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Lawyers Are Blamed
For Jury System Evil
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the chattanoosa Times.
With every convention Of lawyers and
from almost every bench in the country
the public is treated to a discussion of
the need of Jury reform" So ineffec-
tive, however, has been the effort to
secure it by mere wordy declarations
that some needless publicists have adj
vocated the adjustment of the system
altogether. Like most of the things
that afflict society, the abuse Of the
system is the direct result of a lack of
united and cooperative effort on the
part Of official and lay leaders in i'm
pressing the people by the presentation
OF a plan OF reform that will meet their
necessities.
The jury system is all right and its
principle is so firmly fixed in the minds
OF the people as the best guarantee of
justice and protection to them In their
rights and privileges that any attempt
to substitute any other method Of an
plying the laws-especially in criminal
cases-would be resented and would
create conditions worse even than they
are now.
not be passed that will eliminate the
worst features Of the present method of
selecting and installing jurymen. AS
often been declared and rarely de-
MED, it Is next to impossible to secure
men of intelligence, of open minds and
of unselishness for Jury service.
Therein is perhaps the prime reason
why justice so often fails in the courts
OF law. Lawyers are largely, If not
altogether, responsible for the most
offensive failures of the system. with
a bad case on their hands they do
not want intelligent and open-mindeG
Jurymen: rather do they prefer the OBJ
poSite kind And under the laws ss
now obtaining they can generally secure
q panel they can count upon to defeat
the ends of justice. Technicalities and
legal complexities are more to blame
for the failure of juries to do justice in
many instances, therefore, than the
quality of the personnel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
A Meritorious Public Servant.

Unheraloed as they were, because Of
their unobtrusive character, the services
rendered to this country by Judge Ed
win B. Parker, who has Just passed
away in Washington, deserve grateful
public recognition. 1t fell mainly to the
lot Of the Texas jurist, as umpire of
the Mixed Claims Commission, to liqui-
date the aftermath of the World War,
as far as the United States and Ger
many were concerned.
He acquitted himself in that task
with conspicuous capability. The Ger
man Ambassador to the United States,
Herr Won Prittwitz, pays Judge Parker
a deserved tribute when he says that
"a great and successful protagonist in
the cause of international arbitration and
understanding has departed from u.s."
No eulogy of Judge Parker's judicial
qualities could testify more ~eloquently
to his talents than the manner in
which he became the head of the
Mixed Claims Commission. Ordinarily
former belligerent governments choose
their respective members to serve on
such bodies, and these, in turn, select
a third or neutral member, who custom
arily functions as umpire. Judge
Parker had been appointed to act for
the United States. Germany had desig-
mated mi of her nationals to represent
the Reich. But later on, having ex-
perienced his incorporating impair
| TALLY and fair-mindedness in adjudi-
cation. the Germans moved to have
the American made umpire Of the
commission. He served in that post for
more than six years.
Judge Parker probably viii rank as
the foremost American arhitral author
ity Of his day. He was taken from the
! busy scene while acting not only as
umpire Of the United States Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
War Against Credit
Crooks Is Favored
From the Miami Herald.

From the Miami Herald.
One reform that will benefit. all con.
Sumers of goods that are sold. and that
just about includes all the population,
is being attempted by the National AS
ISOLATION of Credit Men. A fund OF
S l ,750, 900, to be spent in five years, Is
being raised and will be used In prose
cutting credit crooks.
This form of thieVery has increased
tremendously In recent years. Crooks
have been buying stocks Of goods on
credit, disposing of them at cut rates
and then disappearing Or going through
fake bankruptcy proceedings. The losses
have amounted to millions. Four years
ago the National Association Of Credit
Men began prosecuting these crooks,
and already TIT convictions have been
obtained and goods worth $1,315,000
have been recovered.
Losses suffered by wholesale houses
have to be made up in some way, and
this way is the increase in prices and
a wider margin of profit. This means
higher prices all around to be paid by
the ultimate consumer. All honest men
can wish more power to the credit men.
Any reform that they effect will be felt
in time by the buyers of all the luxuries
and necessities that pass through retail
stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Bonds With Belgium.

The recent opening of the Belgian
Art Exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery
of Art here in the National Capital has
proven as pleasing an international
event as could be imagined. Arranged
for some time ago by the Belgian Am
bassador, and happily sponsored by a
President and a King, 1t will uldCubt-
edly prove another bond between two
already friendly peoples. 1t is a genu-
inely amicable international gesture
and worthy of emulation, for the more
one racial group knows about any other,
whether it be its politics oil its art, the
better friends they will be. Not the
least gratifying aspect of the affair Is
that it is but the first of several SINH
lar foreign showings scheduled for both
sides of the ocean by the European and
American Art Committee, under whose
auspices it is presented. The United
States will return the compliment in the
near future.
Following an extensive showing here
the display in question VIII tour other
art centers, with the result that resi-
dents Of this country interested in art
will gain an adequate idea of the
recent artistic progress and the ar
tistic tendencies of a people with whom
they feel more than ordinarily SYM
pathetic.
A remarkably large proportion OF the
paintings presented are exceedingly
modernistic-more so, perhaps, than
any hitherto shown In Washington
Some Of them, to the person Of av-
erage intelligence an. imagination, are
practically inexplicable. The sculpture:
and specimens of graphic art are, how
ever, much more conservative and, II
may be frankly said, much more beau
tiful. The question arises as to why
so large q proportion Of paintings Of
such character were included, and 1
the present showing is truly reflective
of the relative Importance Of conserva'
tive and Of radical art In Belgium
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
HOOver's Waterways
Views Are Praised

From the Great Falls Tribune.
The railroads and associated interests
in the East, which are so vigorously
opposing the development Of the st.
Lawrence Seaway and certain inland
waterways, will find little solace in
Vile, KY, upon h occasion Of cele-
brating the completion of the 9-foot
channel of the Ohio River from Pitts
burgh to Cairo. In his address the
President reiterated his conviction that
it is the Federal Governments duty to
assist In the undermining of every part
Of our waterways which will show eco
nomic justification in aid Of our farm
erS and industries"
81 far developed "are not competitive
but complementary to our great and
efficient railways" Then he called at
tention to the fact that it is the history
of transportation that IAN increase Of
facilities and a cheapening of transpor-
tation increase the volume Of traffic"
The most persistent opponent of the
development of waterways is e. E.
LOOMS, president of the Lehigh Valley
Railway. He is ~endeavoring to make
the public believe that waterways will
divert traffic that rightfully belongs to
railroads, with the result that the roads
will be forced ultimately to charge
higher rates or sustain losses that will
put them out of business.
Such a view, of course, is unduly pes
simiStic. It does not square with mod
ern economics. Volume Of traffic is no
longer a fixed quantity to be fought for.
Rather, it is continually expanding and
increases in proportion to our increased
production, which, in turn, is depend
ent, to a degree, on cheap transporta-
ton.
Gen. w. w. Atterbury Of the Penn
~sylvania Railroad recently said: Look
ing back over the past 35 years Of rail-
road history. no fact stands out more
sharply than the almost limitleSS ability
of the American public to absorb a con-
stantly increasing volume Of transport
tation service. Instead Of reducing
railroad usefulness, automobiles and
better highways have enlarged it. The
lettering of transportation facilities of
every sort has meant a constant growth
of prosperity, with more travel and
greater business, and in that prosperity,
with its greater amount of travel and
business, the railroads have played their
part and secured their share"
President Hoover'S attitude on the
waterways question is based on the same
broad national outlook expressed by
Gen. Atterbury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Way to Bar Canned Heat
AS Beverage Suggested
To the Editor OF The star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
A phase Of the prohibition question
which is attaining alarming proportions
is the widespread traffic in the sale of
so-called lotions-bay rum and canned
heat-to a certain element for beverage
purposes. These concoctions are readily
for sale in most 10-cent stores through
out the country. The extent of this
traffic al be judged by the fact that,
not long since, n of I'LL Western
communities, aroused over conditions.
gathered a truck load Of empty canned
heat tins and paraded same about the
streets, displaying a placard reading,
This is what becomes of the dimes
that you give to the beggarS."
The question arises, is there any pro-
cedure by which this state of affairs
can be abolished? Yes, there is a way,
In theory at least. Enact a law requir-
ing that these external preparations,
most especially canned heat, contain a
certain percentage Of ipecac. This
strong and yet harmless emetic, while
in no way lessening the properties of
these products, would Immediately pro-
hibit their use for beverage purposes.
You truly, T. H. SIMPSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Ohio River Becomes
Big Commercial Factor
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ohio River points from Pittsburgh to
Cairo are celebrating the completion of
the chain Of dams and locks that will
keep the river open to transportation
all year round. For the first time in
its history the river is navigable both
up and down for the entire distance.
The works just completed are intended
to keep it so.
In 1910 this mammoth project was
undertaken with the expectation that
it could be completed in ten or a dozen
years and at a cost Of approximately
500, 1000, 600. The cost to the Government
now that the work Is completed was
close to $150,000, 900.
The Ohio will now ~re-establish itself
as one of the leading waterways Of
the Nation. With the uninterrupted
service that is now assured, it will be-
come a highly important factor in the
commercial life of q great industrial
and agricultural area. In the last year
or two the steel industry in and around
Pittsburgh has shown a new interest in
water outlets for its products. The
Ohio improvement will be a boon to 1t
and to other industries as well