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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10

with the BROWNSVILLE QUILT, get IN
touch with Mig or Spit Clark at the
BatS7l-W Wells sporting goods house.
Jimmy Garcia, who always heads a
San Benito club, is getting his play
ers lined UP once more. The San
Benito G. p. a. L. PentagonS are
likely candidates also. The Penis
had a good club last season, but
= number Of their stars have
scrawled their names on the dotted
line with the Harlingen nine. The
McAllen Legionaires always place a
good crew Of horsehide wallpapers
in the field. Another perennial out
fit is the Mission Rifles, There
are plenty OF clubs in tt Valley to
form a league if they e fit to en-
ter.
MISS MARGARET VALENTA,
who directs girls athletics in The
Brownsville public school system, is
back following two months spent
in Europe. This means a boom IL
girls athletics. A basketball team
will likely be former in the near
future. The popular school main
was crossing he Atlantic aboard the
Majestic when the Brownsville
Eagles and Port Arthur met on the
grid at Houston. Friends radioed
her the result. She says her trip
was almost ruined. Miss Valenta,
her mother and father made the
trip in order to be present at her
brothers graduation from the
University Of Rome. Afterward
they spent some time in touring
the continental countries.
GEO. SANDERS, lively manager
OF the fast moving San Benito
Saints. doesn't take stock in the
prediction that his club will be noSec
out OF runner-up position in the
lower bracket of the Valley Amateur
Basketball league. Even If the. Har-
lingen Methodists were TO win a
pair from the Saints. his club would
still be very much in the running
| George says. Further, he's not sc
certain that the Methodists will be
able TO cop this pair. These two
teams meet at San Benito Tuesday
night in the most important game
in the league. They tangle again
Friday at Harlingen.
ACCORDING to the rules laic
down at the beginning Of the season
the Brownsville Junior college
Scorpions are not eligible for tho
championship round-robin. ever
should they nose out San Benito
However. local school officials have
thoroughly scanned the bylaws anc
constitution and have not founc
anything that would bar them from
this series. j. w. (Red( Irvine, To-
cal athletic director. plans to take
the matter up with the president OF
the federation in san Antonio
shortly.
VALENTINE
Dearest Doug. athletic magician,
We hereby present requisition
Deliver N brood Of champ Eagles
Make our enemies look like beagles
Devotedly yours.
Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
Walsh No Cub

CHICAGO. Feb. l0-,P-The
connection Of pitcher August Walsh
with the Chicago Cubs. which
started after the 1929 season closed
is ended. Walsh was obtained from
the Los Angeles club Of the Coast
league. early this winter, and has
been transferred back to the An
gels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10

The Editor,
Brownsville Herald,
Will you be kind enough TO bring
to the attention of your readers the
situation that has developed in con-
nection with the mid-winter polo
tournament at Fort Brown.
The generosity of the Brownsville
and Lower Valley people has made
possible each Of the last few years
a polo tournament at Fort Brown.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

BY The Associated Press
FLORENCE, Italy-Roberto Rob-
erti, Italy. knocked out Buff. Ital-
ian heavyweight champion, "a,
championship.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
VALENTINE

Dearest Doug. athletic magician.
We hereby present our requisition !.
Deliver one brood Of champ Eagles.
Make our enemies look like beagles
Devotedly yours.
Brownsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23

are blessed with more vision than
eyesight.
The self-styled intellectuals claim
for themselves leadership in prog
ress they do not possess. "See what
dust we are raising" said the fly on
on the cartwheel. Progress gets its
slow momentum from the mass, which
in turn originates in the self-improve-
ment of the individual through the
means at his command. Existing
means of self-improvement are too
much neglected in the pursuit of de-
vices expected to make men virtuous
and efficient in spite of themselves.
Scientists claim that human life
has existed for three hundred thous-
and years. Those who contemplate
that fact and then conclude that tlISy
can by some political or economical
process revolutionize in jiffy are
seized with an egotism difficult to
comprehend. They may be able to
explode society but they cannot thus
promote the natural processes of
progress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
A Choice, Between Civilizations

The ultimate type of civilization de-
veloped in this country will be de-
termined by the final attitude taken
by the American people upon the pro-
hibition question. Ultimately the is
sue is not merely how much alcohol
may we be permitted in legal bevera-
ges, but whether the nation will con-
tinue to develop our high pressure in
dustrial civilization or, abandoning
this, revert to some modification Of
one of the various cultures" preva-
lent in Europe.
Compared to the ancient civiliza-
tions in the wine countries of the
world, American life may seem crude
to some. Mass production is one Of
the keynotes of our life. Standard
zation is a shibboleth. We have set
our tempo not to the measured pace
of an historic past-although we
have, through inheritance,g an equal
claim upon those legacies of history
bequeathed by the past generations of
Europe-but to the present and the
future. In that quickened pace of
swiftly moving men and machinery,
there is no place for the retarding
enemy of speed, beverage alcohol.
America may make herself pale
copy of Europe on magnified scale
with the wine and the beer which
hitherto have been one of the. signifi-
cant factors in the character of civili-
zation Europe has developed. We
may turn from our high-pressure in
dustrial methods to the slower speed
by. which European workers earn
from. one-fourth to one-tenth the
amount an American worker receives
for a days work. Instead of our
present ratio of 1 automobile for
every people, we might reduce this
number to the ratio of 1 to each "a
people, which prevails throughout the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23

tial sites for so or more manufactur-
ing establishments which leaders of
the improvement plan say will doubt
less be taken up.
Daley to Attend Meeting
AS an evidence of it's interest in
the project, the War Department will
send Colonel E. L. Daley, formerly
district engineer at Pittsburgh, to the
meeting Monday as an observer.
Others, in addition to Wyant, Ken
dali and Kelly, who will be there will
include Charles R. Shaw, McKeesport
banker, president of the Youghioghe-
ny Improvement Association; Major
John X. Blake, of Connellsville; A. M.
Stevenson, of West Newton, and Maj.
]. E. Moorehead, of West Newton,
technicl adviser of the association.
Among the active supporters of the
canalization of the river are the Nc
Keesport Tin Plate Company, Nation
al Tube Company, Carnegie Steel Co.,
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
Crucible Steel Company, Wheeling
Steel Corporation, Weirton Steel Cor
poration, Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company and the American Steel and
Wire Company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23

world outside of the United States.
Instead of democracy, we might de-
wise a stately, although parasitic,
aristocracy. We might turn savings
accounts into debts and exchange the
widely diffused comfort and ease of
the average American worker for the
less enviable condition of his Euro
pean fellow. We might substitute for
the gateways of opportunity the
swinging doors of the debit, the tav-
ems, the inn, and the wine shop. 1t
could be done. More, it would be
done if the apologists for the vintner
and the brewer should have their
way. But in the way of realization
of their aims there stands the cold
common sense of the American citi-
zen who prefers crude American pros
perity with prohibition to the alterna-
tives presented by the wine lands of
the world. 20.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
RUSSIAN RECOGNITION
AGAIN

An effort has been made by propa-
gandists for Soviet Russia in the I'm
tied States to make it appear that
two recent occurrences have made it
clear that in failing to recognize So
Wet Russia the American government
is making a mistake,
The first of these episodes was the
arrogant reply made by the soviet
government to the United States as
the result Of the American note to
China and Russia calling attention to
their mutual agreement with the I'm
tied States and ffty-two other ma
tions to abstain from war as means
of settling International controver-
sizes. 1t was said that we were speak
ing out of turn because We had not
recognized Russia. But we had ex-
perimentally recognized Russia to the
extent of entering upon peace pact
with her and when violation occurred,
we were told in effect that Russia re-
CARDS such pacts as one-sided ar
rangements binding on the other ma
tions but not on Russia. That being
true, we are on notice that Russia
does not not regard herself as bound
by international law or agreements
and recognition Of such government
with the establishment of diplomatic
relations, becomes fsrce.s
The second episode was the call
upon Soviet Russia for aid in finding
American flyers lost in the Arctic. 1t
was said that it was most unfortunate
that we were unable to ask for help
in rescuing them through diplomatic
channels. But it will be remembered
that a few weeks ago the American
coast guard saved the lives and the
machine of the soviet flyers off the
coast of Alaska without its, being nee
essary for anybody to make re-
quest, and Canada, without sugges-
ton from the American government,
set rescue expedition in motion for
the American flyers.
The Third International, which con-
trolls the soviet government, persist
emily broadcasts to the world its in
tention of overthrowing by armed rev.
olution all non-communist countries.
This is in effect a declaration of war
against all non-bolshevik govern
ments. Recognition of Soviet Russia
merely implies the admission to this
country of an agency publicly COM
mitted to the fomenting, Of armed in
surrection in the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
FOUR DISEASES CAUSED
60 PER CENT OF ILLNESS
Influenza, Pneumonia, Tubercu-
losis, WhoOping Cough Listed

Four diseases-infiuenza, pneumo-
MIA, tuberculosis and whooping cough
were responsible for sixty per cent
of all of the reported illness from
communicable diseases in the State
in 1929, DR.. R. H. Riley, Director of
the State Department of Health
pointed out in summarizing the re-
port prepared by the State Bureau of
Communicable Diseases of the cases
of sickness recorded by the Depart
ment last year. The remaining forty
per cent were distributed among ap-
proximately fifty other diseases on
the "notifable" list.
A total of 60,722 cases of communi-
cable sickness-32,5 15 in the counties
and 28,207 in Baltimore City-was
reported in 1929, in comparison, with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23

52,716 in 1928, when 1883 occurred
in the counties and 34,378 in Balti-
more City. Influenza was responsible,
in 1929, for 24,121 cases, 17,434 in the
counties and 6,687 in Baltimore City;
pneumonia, for 4,54O cases, 2,423 in
the counties, and 2,117 in Baltimore
City; tuberculosis, for 3,102 cases,
1925 in the counties and 1,450 in Bal
timore City; whooping cough added
4,713 cases, 1,155 in the counties and
1858 in Baltimore making a total
of 36,476 cases of these four diseases.
In 1928, influenza was responsible for
1914 cases, 1,640 in the counties and
2,174 in Baltimore City; pneumonia
for 4,098 cases, 2,037 in the counties
and 2,061 in Baltimore City; tuber-
culosis, for 5000 cases, 1857 in the
counties and 1878 in Baltimore City,
and whooping cough for 3,771 cases,
533 cases in the counties and 1928
in Baltimore City, making a total of
14,713 cases of the four diseases.
There were marked decreases in
the total number of cases of measles
and diphtheria reported in 1929 in
comparison with the number reported
in 1928, and an equally marked in
crease in scarlet fever. There were
1,052 cases of diphtheria reported in
1929-505 in the counties and SAT in
Baltimore City-in comparison with
1889 in 1928-710 in the counteis and
829 in Baltimore City. A total of
3,104 cases of scarlet fever was re-
ported in 1929-1,572 in the counties
and 1852 in Baltimore City in COM
parison with 2,469 in 1928, when
1,432 occurred in the counties and
1,037 in Baltimore City.
There were nearly $50 fewer cases
of typhoid in 1929 than in 1924 to-
tai of 544 cases-443 in the counties
and 101 in Baltimore City, in 1929, in
comparison with 789 cases in 1928
65 in the counties and 1874 in Balti-
more City.
Tularemia-rabbit fever-increased
from II cases-6 in the counties and
5 in Baltimore City in 1928, to %
cases in 1929, with IS in the counties
and 10 in Baltimore City. Other dis
eases in which increases were note
included undulant fever, of which w
'cases-12 in the counties and in
Baltimore City-were reported in
1929 in comparison with II in 1928,
all occurring in the countless. and ty-
plus fever, with 6 cases in 1924
in the counties and 2 in Baltimore
City in comparison with in 1925
8 in the counties and 2 in Baltimore
City.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
N.DA'YI,s! OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

SuI oI0OdOAI 1OPOA Wv VIZ AAAAAE
ing of a, hens egg in his hen house
that measured in circumference six
and one-half inches by eight inches
and weighed four ounces.
The ravages of the grip was re-
ported with large number of victims
in town and the vicinity, but it was
thought to be abating.
An excursion to Washington, D. c..
for January 30 over the Baltimore and
Ohio, was advertised at the low rate
of $500 for the round trip.
Comment on weather conditions was
made as follows: "This unusual and
wholly unnatural winter weather has
been made the subject both ofremarks
and theories. If we are to have any
cold weather with snow and good sled
ding during the present winter, it is
still to come. Lilac bushes have put
forth their leaves and are the size of
squirrels ears and on all sides are ev-
licences of spring instead of mid
winter"
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Miss Mollie Mccall, Oak street, mar
rowly escaped death last Thursday af-
ternoon because of fumes of gas es-
Gaping from a stove in a room. loccu-
pied by the young woman. She had
fallen asleep in her room and was in
semi-conscious condition when dis
covered by members of her family
DR.. Legge rendered medical aid
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Hammond left
Oakland on Monday for Florida where
they planned to spend the balance OF
the winter. q
Mr.. George D. Browning, Swallow
Falls, was registered at the Ffantz
Hotel as a guest. I
w. A. Smith, Meshach Mattingly
Jos. H. McRobie, Clarence V. Guard
]. M. burst and William Miller were
named directors of the Garrett Coun-
ty Telephone Company. Mr.. Smith
was elected president; D. S. Custer
vice-president; C. V. Guard, secretary
and J. A. Dewitt, treasurer.
Shortly after the curtain went up
for the first act in the comedy-drama
"Sunset Rancho" produced Wednes-
day night in the Oakland Opera
House by travelling troupe, the lead
ing lady accidentally shot herself in
the hand. Fortunately the revolver
was loaded with a stage shell, and
after a delay of a few minutes the
riay was resumed with the injured
woman taking part.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
Questions to Be Asked in 1890
Census

Following are the questions to be
asked in the 1880 population census:
/. Relationship to head of family,
including a statement as to the home
maker in each family.
2. Whether home is owned or is
rented.
8. Value of home, if owned, or
monthly rental, if rented.
4. Radio set? Eyes or no).
5. Does this family live on a farm ?
Eyes or no).
6. Sex. ....,
7. Color or race.
s. Age at last birthday.
9. Martial condition.
10. Age at first marriage, For
married persons only. 4.
II. Attended school or college. at
any time since September 1, 1929?
(Yes or no). .
IL. Whether able to read and
write! (IeS or no..
10. Place of birth of persons.
IA. Place of birth of PERSONS
father? Estate or country. So.
Is. Place of birth of persons
mother? Estate or country.
16. Mother tongue of each of for
eign born person.
II: Year of immigration to the
United States. (For foreign born
only.
10. Whether naturalized. (For for
eign born only.
10. Whether able to speak English
(For foreign born only.
20. Occupation of each gainful
worker.
81. Industry in which employed.
%. Whether employer, employee, OF
working on own account.
%. Whether actually at work. (For
each person usually employed but re-
turned as not at work, additional in
formation will be secured on a special
unemployment schedule).
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23
Miner Hurt In Mine Rock Fall

Peter Evans, 81 years old, miner
employed by the Vindex Coal Com
pany at Vindex, Garrett county, sus-
tanned probable fractures of both his
legs last Friday afternoon when he
was pinned beneath a fall Of rock
while at work in the mine. ST
He was taken to Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, where he was placed I'M
der the care of DR.. William A. Oracle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-23

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baker, of
near Mountain Lake Park, visited The
Republican Office yesterday afternoon
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10

things she even dislikes hearing 9TH
ers mention. During the past nifty
years, she hasn't had days serious
Tn the fall of 1928, Mrs. Madison
discovered her eldest sister living IN
Weedsport, NY. She paid her visit
while "Porgy" was playing in Roches-
ter. 1t was their first meeting since
1888. Mrs. Victoria Northup is the
name of her sister. She is the wife
of Solomon Northup, the slave who
assisted Harriet Tubman in bringing
the slaves through the Underground
Railway.
children, and her sister is the Oldest.
She is an invalid, surrounded by her
children, grandchildren, and great.
grandchildren, whose parents are OF
both races.
When Ella Nopinson-rIadison was
a small girl her pet name was "Ploge:.
Her sister now sits by a window WALL
ing for "Pidge" to return from Dublin,
where she last remembers her golng'
since her mind is feeble.
Mrs. Madison endeavors to get as
much joy out Of life as she possibly
can. She has a dog whose full name
is Florence Rochet Matilda Madison.
But Matilda, is what she is called.
No dog receives greater care.
Once Mrs. Madison went to pur-
chase a license for her pet. Upon be-
ing asked the name of the dog, she
said: Florence Rochet Matilda Madl-
SON." The clerk at the desk quite
sternly replied: Il don't want your
name, but the dogs" She is saving
a large portion of her earnings Tor the
day when she is too old to care tor
herself. Then she will take Matilda,
and 90 "over the hills to the old folks
home" where she will pay for them
to be we'll cared for, that they may
always be together. But at present
that day is very far off, since she is
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10

Dubose and Dorothy Heyward's play
"Porgy."
So one day during the early fall
of 1927, She entered very quietly the
rehearsal room at the Guild Theatre.
Reuben Mamoulian, the Eusso-Ar-
menian director of "Porgy," asked her
to sing some old Negro folk-Songs for
him. She asked for guitar. One
was found.
Then in charming and graceful
manner this old lady with lovely white
hair and smiling countenance, sat
on stool in the center of the room
and played gay tune known as, "All
the Gold IN the Mountain" This
song is sung in the scene of the play
showing the return from the picnic.
AS she sang and played, one heard
ether prospective members of the cast
SAY: "She has her job" And it was
so. For the director of the play and
other officials Of the Guild realized
that here was one of the finest actors
for their play.
During the rehearsals of "Porgy,"
Director Mamoulian discovered Mrs.
Madison was having some trouble re-
tanning her lines in the part Of Annie.
Whenever she was given her que to
speak, she came back with line that
was not in the script, but one that was
nevertheless very clever. So it was
finally decided that she would be al
lowed to create her own lines and bits
of atmosphere if they fitted in.
One Of the finest bits in the play is
that between Annie Mrs. Madison)
and Jake, the fisherman (Wesley HID
during the scene Of the return from
the picnic. She also has line in
the second scene of the last act that
always brings roars of laughter.
"Porgy" IS now ending its long run
OF. two years and a half, being ire
mendous success wherever it played.
This includes year on Broadway,
and part of last season on the road,
selling for London later, where it
played for three months. This sea-
son it has repeated its success on the
road
During their long run, Ella Madison
has become Mother" to every mem
Der of the cast. She speaks of them
as her children. Two of her birth
days have been celebrated by the cast
the first one in Philadelphia, at the
Garrick Theatre in May, 1928, where
a party was held on the stage; an
Majesty's Theatre, where she was pre-
sented large cake and flowers.
When "Porgy" sailed on March %
1929, for its London engagement, Ella
Madison went abroad for the tenth
time. She stood the voyage like reg
ular seaman-illneSs being one Of the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10
THE STAGE is HER s'HOME''
By EDWARD PERRY

Exclusively ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION
W0HE grand old lady of the Negro Theatre is Mrs Ella
Robinson Madison She is seventy-five years
III old. In the New York Theatre Guilds production
"Porgy," she still active.
Ella Madison born Ella Robinson at Saratoga Springs.
NY in 1854 Her mother free born Negro. At the
age of fifteen she to New York City 1t here she
marched in the last 18th Amendment Day parade.
1876 made her first stage playing 1opsy produc-
Cabin" House New City.
old Uncle and Mrs G. G. Howard played the part
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again over England and the CONT
nent. Coming back to the States in
1891. During these years of travel
abroad Ella Robinson sang before
many crowned heads and other arts
tocrats. She received numerous dec
orations, jewels and money.
There was an interlude-her mar
rage to John Madison, who was
groom for the famous sportsman, Bob
Stickney. One child was born to
them, girl, who died in her early
teens.
After the death of her husband,
Ella Robinson Madison again started
out to take care of herself, and has
done so up to this day. But from the
grandeur of those early days when
she was beautiful, acted, sang and
danced in famous music halls and
theatres, she became house-cleaner
and nurSe-maid.
It was while she was employed as
nurse for the children of William
zorach, the famous modern artist,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-10

Just a "girl" of seventy-fve, with :
number of producers offering her con-
tracts to grace their productions with
her charming manners.
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>that she was brought to the attention
of an executive of the Theatre Guild
! for their then proposed production OF