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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
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CAPITOL

Three Of the most exciting words
in the English language compose
the title Of the Capitol theater fea-
ture for the 4 days, starting tomor-
row. 1t is The Studio Murder Mys-
terry and the story Is as exciting
and thrilling as its title. A cast Of
stars, many Of them highlights of
the Broadway stage, act this strange
and highly entertaining drama OF a
mystery originating in the dim sha-
dowS Of a moving picture studio and
involving six Of HollyWood's most
absorbing characters.
Most of the action OF the drama
takes place within the studio itself
and the highly interesting processes
that 60 into the making of talking
moving pictures are revealed in de-
tail TO the public. This Informative
angle is cleverly worked into the
plot Of the picture. 1t is merely an
incident but an enlightening one.
The new technique of talking pic
lures is new even to Hollywood and
in The Studio Murder Mystery
the whole method II revealed 70
moving picture audiences.
Then there are two murders. The
story deals with the search for a
bold killer who covers up his tracks
so cleverly that six persons are sus-
pected and accused and one is con-
victed Of the crime he committed.
Suddenly the guilty man Is unmask-
ed in a most surprising and uneX-
pected manner through the efforts
Of a hangeron Of the studio. The
mystery II sustained to the end and
IL IS, indeed. a mystery. The fact
that Frank Tuttle who made that
gripping melodrama. Something
Always Happens directed This
Studio Murder Mystery" insures the
most startling surprises.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25

But he failed to show up and
the girl became worried.
Monday. the father and son we're
at the courthouse. About l o'clock
in the afternoon the father of the
girl in the case came into the court
room. spoke to his neighbor and
said he was ready to consent to the
marriage.
The notice OF intention was filed
at once, and the marriage ceremony
will be performed at my home Fri
day. Until then. the boy will re-
main with his father on the farm,
and the girl will be at my home.
The girl is very happy now as a re-
suit Of her fathers decision" SAID
Kowalski.
This is a great example Of the
teeth in the new marriage law.
There can be no clipping. If the girls
father had not appeared. / should
have had to apply to Judge Dancy
for a guardian for the girl. Luckily.
everything came out all right. but
some Of these days a youngster IS
going to find himself facing SER
ious charges as a result Of an at
tempt to elope with q minor, and II
may 60 hard with him. MY advice
to young people contemplating a
quick wedding is this: read up on
the state marriage laws before YOU
take action" the judge concluded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25

on Sundays. and I didn't know the
law had been changed"
And now I don't know what 20
do with you" admitted the Judge.
And then he started thinking. He
looked at the boy and girl. He
talked to them. AT last he was con-
WINGED Of the sincerely Of both.
Il thought of sending the girl
back to her home, but I couldn't
make up my mind to do that. Her
parents are good, God-fearing peo-
pie, but they are stern. She was
afraid to go back. She declared
they would disown her"
1t was after midnight and some
thing had TO be done about it.
Finally" continued the Judge.
II hit upon the idea of sending for
the fathers Of the couple and gain
ing their consent to the match.
1t was after 3 o'clock when the boys
father entered my home. Il am
ready to stand by my boy through
thick and thin" were his first words
and he meant II. We waited until
almost five o'clock in the morning
but the girls father did not put
IN an appearance.
The girl became f~atigued and I
sent her to share a room with my
wife. The boy. his father and I also
retired, believing the girls father
would arrive sometime Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
VALLEY
COMMENTS

OUR ANNUAL PICNIC for pres
ent and former students will be
held at Olmito. near the Parker Ca
sino, tomorrow, "Wednesday, from
400 TO 900 p. m.
All former students should phone
IA. and get definite information.
Come. let us have a pleasant eve
ming together.
Roy Berry has accepted an aman-
uensis position with the Humble Oil
Company in San Benito.
The Summer Term work Is NOV
ing along nicely with several new
students in both day and night
classes. Others should enroll from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
PROPOSES TO
HOLD DRY FUND
Former u. S. Official Sees
Solution In Not Aiding
States Lax in Law

WASHINGTON. June 25. Fl-
Calling for a fair and square show
down." with a view to more effec-
tive prohibition enforcement. Wade
II. Ellis. assistant to the attorney
general during the Taft administra-
ton, has advanced the proposal
that federal government funds for
this purpose be withheld from states
which are not cooperating in up
holding the dry laws.
His plan. he believes. would in
spire "a greater sense Of personal
and local responsibility" under the
concurrent power for enforcement
granted in the eighteenth amend
ment and would have an imme-
date and electrical effect all over
the country"
1T means. he explained In @ radio
address broadcast under the aus
pices OF the District OF Columbia
sons Of the American revolution,
merely that where the people Of
any one of the states show. by their
legislation and administration. tnaI
they want the bootlegger or the Sa-
loon, the United States government
will let them enjoy the company
Of their choice.
almost Immediately. or as soon
as they realize that the problem
had been squarely put up to them,
they would set about TO solve 1t.
Those states would be forced TO do
one or two things: Either. first
they would try TO induce other states
to join them in repeating the eight
zenith amendment: or, second. find
ing themselves in the clutches Of a
law which they could not repeal,
and Of an outlaw which they could
not regulate. they would conclude
TO enforce the mandate Of the con-
stitution."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
Make Surveys For
Proposed Road From
Victoria to Border

Final surveys Of the proposed
highway between Victoria and Mat
amoros are now being made. accord
ing TO word received today in Mata-
moroS from PEDRO J. MendeZ, en-
Eineer Of the highway department
OF TamaulipaS.
Accompanied by a representative
Of a Los Angeles road building firm.
Mendez is travelling over the road
10 obtain estimates.
Final details of the tentative con-
tract between the state and the ca
ifornia firm will also be worked out
for presentation to the state legis-
lature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
Martin Sisters To
Appear on Rotary
Luncheon Program

Misses Beatrice Mae and Mildred
Martin. the Valley sisters. who are
10 appear in concert at the Harlin-
gen municipal auditorium Friday
evening. will contribute several
numbers TO the program of the Ro-
tary club at the regular weekly
luncheon here Wednesday.
Announcement that the talented
sisters would appear at the cir.
luncheon at Hotel FL ,Jardin was
made Tuesday by officials.
The girls. since announcement or
their Valley debut was made sever
al weeks ago. have devoted many
hours to rehearsals. but they have
found time to appear before a num-
Der OF service clubs in the Valley.
This will be their first Brownsville
appearance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
Plan Monument To
Mexicans Who Lost
Lives In World War

A subscription campaign among
Texas Mexicans to erect a monu-
ment in Austin to men OF Mexican
descent who lost their lives in the
World war has been started in the
Valley following a meeting in Nc
Allen of the United Latin-American
citizens.
j. T. CanaleS of Brownsville is IN
charge of the campaign.
AT the McAllen meeting dele
gates from ii cities were present.
Alice, Robstown. F~alfurrias, Corpus
Christi, La Grulla. San Antonio,
Brownsville. McAllen. Mission
Sugarland and Edinburg we're re-
presented.
The monument fund will be OBJ
tanned By setting aside one dollar
from each initiation fee for that
purpose.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
Popular Music To
Feature Concert
At Post Tonight

Popular music has a large place
on the program of the 18th Cavalry
band which will play tonight al
Fort Brown according to announce
ment Of G. F. Waddington, director
The program follows:
March. The Avalanche" Thomas,
Selection, "Mary's Lamb. Carlo.
"PiZziato Polka" and "Valse Ler-
te." Delibes from Sylvia"
Excerpts from " Katinka." Friml.
Serenade. "Mauresque." Chapi.
March, Persian" Langey.
Danse Automatique, The Doll
Dance" Brown.
March, The Rifle Regiment, 7
SouSa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
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HUNTED IN CAR

mo. sub, judge, / didn't cut
him." said a negress before Judge
A. "A. Browne Of the Corporation
court Monday in an aftermath Of
a June 'Teenth celebration that
waXed a bit too hilarious.
The negress and q cut-up boy
friend, both drunk, were brought
into the police station on the night
OF June Teenth. The woman free
ly confessed to using a knife on
the man. His wounds were dressed
amid groans Of I'm gonna dieI
Wait until I get that woman back
to HarlingenI"
But Monday afternoon as they
stood Judge Browne, the man
could not remember" whether the
woman cut him or not and she de-
clared that she did not do 1t. In
view Of the fact that they were
celebrating the Emancipation Proc
lamation. only charges OF being
drunk and disturbing the peace
were lodged against the man. The
judge fined him SIS. The negro
did not have enough money. His
girl friend" went down into her
pocketbook for the remainder Of
the sum-. They departed arm in
arm.
The cutting occurred just after
they recroSSed to this side of the
Rio Grande. Customs officers
stopped the car and asked If the
occupants had any liquor.
Sure; got 200 bottles" the pie
eyed boy friend declared. That
called for a search that made ID
necessary for the negress to get
out of the car. This she resented
and is what caused the cutting.
The car contained no liquor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
HORSE FIT ONLY
= = \
FOR PLOW' WINS
= X y
NATIONAL DERBY

BUDAPEST, June 25-tP-Con-
demned and sold a few months
ago by his former owner for $40
because he considered him Fit
only for the plow," a three year
old horse named Rabalo, today
won the Hungarian national der
by and a $4,000 prize against a
field OF q Of the country's thor
ougnbreds.
When Rabalo's old master con-
signed him 10 the farm. he was
bought by a local tavern keeper
who found him TOO short TO hitch
to a cart. He turrtd him over to
2 friend who after a Few months
training prepared him 10 rare
again. the action eliminating to-
day when ne assumed the proud
est place on the Hungarian tu-f.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
MEXICAN OFFICIALS
BOX LAW

Matamoros officials are expecting
a visit from a representative Of The
Mexican immigration department
following receipt OF word from Sub
secretary Felipe Canaies that a
member of his department is tour
ing all border ports.
The announced purpose Of the Wis
it IS to study the probable effects
Of the Box law, whNCn goes into ef-
feet July i.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
RECORD WOOL YIELD

JASPER, Texas, June 25-tPl-A
record for wool from one sheep is
being claimed by r. NJ. Griffin,
Peachtree community. who sheared
Is pounds from a Lincoln ram pur-
chased in West Texas. The aver
age production is three pounds per
head.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
City Briefs

Special prices on high grade cedar
shingles, felt roofing. and roof
coating. Hardware Sales, Fronton
stTeet.-Adv. q.
Cotton sacks, six foot sacks. eighty
cents. Hardware Sales, Fronton
street.-Adv. q.
silk Hose Repaired by the Knit
A-Run method at Amaya's Mill
nery.-Adv. 25.
stop Dandruff Immediately and
prevent its return by applying I'M
perial Remedy: pleasant odor, not
greasy. Your druggist.-Adv. d.
Steel wheel wagons, fifty-nine dol
lars. Hardware Sales, Fronton
street.-Adv. 81.
Harrington Irrigation district is one
Of the most efficiently managed
water districts in the Valley. Water
only dollar ten per acre watering
and low flat rate. I have land in
the Harlingen district at very low
price, also have land in the San
Benito district TO exchange for Har-
lingen land. Box I59, san 3enito.-
ADV. q.
The Panama Canal used Atlas
Portland Cement. For sale in San
Benito at Phillips Lumber Yard
Adv. q.
Bar solder, wire solder, blacksmith
coal. mechanics tools. Hardware
Sales, Fronton street-Adv. q.
Now is the time to reshingle.
Special prices on shingles and wall
board. Phillips Lumber, San Benito.
ADV. q.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25

week TO week.
Our landlord, Mr.. c. p. BARR
has given school quarters a
good painting and calcimining SO
that we are pleased with the re-
newed effect. Visitors are always
welcomed. Come, see our school
work, and find out Just what our
successful students are doing.
Carl Henshaw has accepted q
bookkeeping position in the office
Of the Armour Packing Company.
Remember, President Moothart VI
anxious TO send his FREE BOOHV
LET OF information to all intel
ested.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
Mayor Orders Street
Flowed In Burrows
To End Fast Driving

HYSHAN. Mont, June 25-H9-
No longer will tourists on their way
&c Glacier National park speed
through this town In q swirling
cloud OF dust.
Mayor w. L. Wright, yesterday
plowed long burrows down the main
street. which also IS The state high
way.
And II that doesn't stop 'em
Il make EN- bigger and better fur
rows he averred as he finished.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
CANDY

LONDON-As male inmates OF
Wandsworth poorhouse are given
tobacco weekly, the women are to
receive candy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25
FLIES INTO DIVORCE

PARIS - Capt. Raoul Garvaine
flew here from Toulon to visit q
woman and as a result his wife got
evidence for a divorce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-25

treasurer: w. w. Ball, secretary;
Alfonso Escalante, steward; w. j.
Vertrees, guard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-06
Drive Them Out

There is one extremely important angle Of the senates
investigation Of Washingtons lobbyists that has not re-
ccivcd much attention in the papers. That concerns the
higl-pressurc, slick-tongued gentlemen who infest the
capital and collect huge sums from various organiza-
lions for the favors which they arc supposed to be able
TO uhccdle from government officials.
In virtually all cases these men have no influence with
anybody, and make little or no real effort to exercise
any. But they collect fat retainer fees and lead a lot
of people to expect that they are going to accomplish
their ends in a more or less underhanded way.
To be sure, If an organization wants to hire such a
man for such a purpose, 1t doesn't deserve much SYM
pathy If it gets swindlcd. But the activity of these
men has a distressing effect OH the Washington at
mosp.lcrc. It leads people to think that our government
officials arc much more venal than they arc. The
senate will do the country a good turn If it drives them
out Of business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-06
MATERNITY

Il has been estimated that $4,000
mothers die from childbirth in the
United States every year. In spite Of
the wonderful hospitals and skilled
obstetrical care. probably here more
mothers pay the supreme sacrifice
while giving life than in any other
nation of the world.
There are some countries who lose
only half as many mothers as We do.
A mother in Italy. the Netherlands.
Sweden or Norway stands only so per
cent OF the chance Of death that the
mother In America has to stand. HOl-
land wins the honor by having the
lowest death rate of all since for
every thousand babies born only %
mothers are lost. In this country,
for every thousand babies born alive
g. mothers die. The rate for Scot
land is So. then comes Germany with
So. England has lowered her rate
to 3.8. Italy's rate is 81. In Scan
danavia the rate is well under 3.
In white women between the ages
OF Is and A., motherhood comes as
& cause Of death second only to tu-
berculOsiS. Is there any reason why
we cannot lower this death rate ct
least TO that of Holland? Sixty five
per cent Of the maternity deaths are
clue to blood poisoning. These cases
occur more often to city women than
to women OF the country. The usual
cause OF scpticernia has been laid to
the door of the doctor who is in too
great a hurry. and delivers with in.
s%tru!nents, lacking the patience to
wait until nature attends to the de-
livery.
A patient with faulty habits Of eat
ing and elimination who is run down
is. Of course, more likely to develop
a case Of infection ever when the in
struments are highly sterile.
I believe that the greatest factor
in reducing the deaths from cfiiid
bearing is the prenatal care. The
mother should be carefully examined.
measured, and her habits Of living
adjusted. She is the one person above
all others who needs to live wisely.
to eat the right things at the right
time. to get enough sleep and exercise.
Every hamlet In America should
have its center where instruction on
these subjects car be given.
The young woman who is willing
to have a baby. to 60 through with
the ordeal Of its birth. to care for it
and cherish it. to make q home for
il where it will be cared for. and to
lavishGpn it all of the tenderness and
which has made the name
of Mother the grandest name in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-06
Editorial Comment
Halloween and Witchcraft
Washington Starr

lis the night Of ghosts and witches.
For several generations Halloween festivities have
taken the form OF q noisy. spirited burlesquc Of ancient
superstitions. But recently a strange phenomenon has
been under way in the United States. described by tho
,ate Or. Edwin =. Slosson as "a revival OF witctcraft.'
During the past year three witches" have been MUIR
dered IN widely separated parts Of the United States.
inns rcvlva! does not always go under the name Of
wltchcrait. II we could resolve the confusion Of nomen-
clature. 1t Is likely that the belief would be found far
more fundamental and widespread than is generally
supposed. the violent acts Of q few psychopathic in
dividuals are merely surface indications.
A witch may be defined as any person believed capable
OF exercising 9 supernatural, inadvertently potent control
over the welfare Of others. Witchcraft, according to
the above definition. Is fundamental in most culture
patterns, especially IN times like the present. when the
human mind IS IN q state Of philosophical confusion.
The characteristic picture OF the witch changes. OF
course, IN accordance with the culture pattern Of which 1t
forms 2 part. N one generation It is that Of an old
woman riding the storm on q broomstick. In another
It may be that Of . gentleman In evening" clothes lectur-
ing TO 2 gathering Of pseudo -intellectuals.
OF beliefs from which ~witchcraft evolves, is not confined
to the poor ana ignorant. It Is q phenomenon Of crash
Ing realities. q transference Of confusions. Such influ-
ences as the new physics Of Einstein and De sitter.
presuming. as they do. a reality transcending the senses.
have contributed much to the philosophical confusion
OF lne age: Inc same may Be said for psychoanalysIs,
Philosophy has broken loose from its mornings ia the
sheltered harbor Of the five senses.
The result y = great number Of cults whose relation
TO ~wttchcraft IS dangerously close. Belief in the ABILITY
Of the individual to WELD q supernatural benevolent con-
troll over others-such as IS exemplified Ia the pow-Wov
cult Of Central Pennsylvania-is only . Logical step away
WELD . malevolent control. Given : slightly disordered
mind. and this belief becomes pure and simple witchcraft.
The present witchcraft revival seen by 81. slosson %.
parently results from . union Of two intellectual currents.
One flows out Of the past from Isolated communities
such as are found In the West Virginia mountains, where
the old beliefs have never entirely broken down. Find
ing its way through the mountain passes. " Joins the
great current q philosophical confusion. The result
= the new witchcrafk
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-06
The Corn Show

lna;orn is king, Where this agricultural monarch wleida
wv sccptrc there il prosperity. His domains arc titled
liu.h abundance. His waving pcnnons Of green and so
Trk the course OF empire,
lneking Corn has come out of the great m!d"estern belt
tloannex the entire Northwest. He has flung his lcgiona
tear North DAKOTA and claimed the land by the tongues.
mo crops. Other contcnders have had to yield to his
.hcance as agriculture has come to recognize the wis
sacn or the survival of the fittest and has based a diver
sailed system largely OH the fact that il IS possible to
Ivy SC corn here.
adSo North Dakota has made corn ono Of its staples and
corn il has built up that rounded out type OF farm
that combines livestock. dairying and poultry with
- once dominating production OF wheat. Since then
rohas not nlattered SO much that sometimes the great
saith crop Of wheat has fallen short. Beef and GARY
leatlc, hogs, cream. butter. eggs and poultry have brought
lccthe steady flow Of checks to pay expenses, meet debts
nesM.il provide the deposits in the banks.
th,n 1923 despite the comparative regency of regarding
inas one OF the leading crops worth raising. corn to the
70 cunt OF $4,000 900 bushels was produced in North
-kota. In part it sustained other important items OF
49, states agriculture and in the items Of $4,000 hogs
scd, s5l.Gc0O0o worth Of dairy products and sl7.5OoOOO
nrth Of poultry marketed. the feeding element OF corn
r.rst be given considerable credit.
lliJorth Dakota agriculture is an immense gamer from
irn production, and as the quality of the corn improves
III the methods of growing and using it become more
entific. SO docs the agriculture of the state thrive more.
corn having assumed such All important place III
nth Dakota farming. the annual State Corn show has
cine into existence. It is intended to stimulate inter-
M in more and better corn and it has been fulfilling
..aat function with such effectiveness that here It IS
pch us again today for the rest Of the week.
lit is good to see the interest the annual show has
!,ouscd among the corn growers and the way they rally
hit with exhibits and competition for its prize awards.
lat shows that 1t is serving its purpose, that corn grow
~ must more and more advance as a farming activity
il the state. The farmers cannot afford to let any in
difference to its show creep in.
MWith the realization OF a community building next
Mar, North Dakota should have a corn show here, bar
The. How to make 1t such has been made the study OF
&c directorate of tho Association of Commerce, which
lis been fostering the exposition. A committee sent to
ll:N.tchcN. South Dakota, brought back some cxcellc..
seas iii the way Of entertainment to add to the exhibit
SSn. II the show is staged III a community hall and these
Sw features are added to it, North Dakota will see ono
81 its great stimulators of agriculture flower here III
81 State Corn show.