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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-04

THE SAVOY,
1904 14th ST NV.
See these apartments today. Redecorated
Open and lighted until pm. 24-hour ele-
Vator service. - .,s
S large rooms, foyer, bath, $65 and sTo.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
(Continued.)
AMAZING LOW RATES.

SELECT 10th 81. M 1 ,.
New bldg largest and brightest rms. mag.
nificent outlook; 4 rms, din. r.. X. and
bath. elec. refrigeration, $3.50: one left.
Tile bath, shower, garage, elev., phone. etc.,
3 r. s45 5 r. $50 Phone Adams 500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Politically Speaking Texas Has
Gone Urban

Politically speaking has Texas gone urban? A re-
view of the election totals will convince a doubling
Thomas that the major cities of Texas together with
the leading towns or county seats played a very
prominent part in bringing about the defeat Of Mrs.
Ferguson and the nomination of Ross s. Sterling by
a majority that nearly touched the 100000 mark.
-Four Texas cities piled up huge maiorities for the
chairman Of the state highway commission. In all
the campaigns and elections of the past the editorial
writer's and newspaper correspondents told Of the po-
tential. nay, dominating force Of the votes Of the boys
at the forks OF the creeks"
Now close observers Of political happenings and Of
fetal voting figures predict that the boys at the forks
Of the creek may be looked on in the future as largely
a myth with a minority voice in the elections of the
future.
Cities are growing at a rapid rate. For years the
drift has been from the country side to the city and
town. -Four counties, with four OF the largest cities
have a combined population Of 100000 or more
There are IL counties with a combined population and
potential voting force that easily holds the balance
Of political power in Texas.
IN addition party lines are not 50 holding as in
bygone years. party pledges are not binding. party
ties are easily severed and court decisions make ii
impossible to discipline a voter who bolts the nomi-
nees Of his party and takes the next dance with the
other side, meaning the enemy" Political evolu-
ton Is on the way. Urban political control is on the
way. Gone is the erstwhile political terror-the vot-
ing force to be found at the place where the creeks
fork.
First the Indian disappeared. Then the buffalo
and the deer and the wild horse. Now the creek po-
litical terror Of the old-time politician has gone to
join the dodo. Many political landmarks are smash
ed In the wild rush CT the car OF progress and many
economic changes are TO take place In the coming
years
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07

be able to get his money back and "the SIS would be
a loan with the bale OF cotton as security"
He stressed two points in his proposal: first. that
the governors appeal be addressed, not only to the
south. but 70 the whole nation; second. that dis
tressed cotton not under contract by cooperatives
be purchased.
This Is a reminder that cotton Is a non perishable
commodity. Properly stored it may be held for years.
This is e matter of history. 1t is not a matter Of
speculation or idle conversation. Federal government
relief and Red Cross relief should make it possible
to relieve actual distress or actual want in all sec
tons OF this very wealthy and philanthropic land.
Organization begets prompt action and where there
is distress. where men and women and children are
facing actual want. succor should be given in the
~twinkling Of an eye. Moodys slogan. Buy a Bale
caught on. Cotton is a non-perishable staple.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
National Advertising Representatives
Cotton at Pre-War Prices

Gov. Dan Moody OF Texas launched his buy a bale
OF cotton proposal and now harvesting time is on.
That is they are buying bales in every American
cotton state and responses are coming from the states
where cotton never blooms. All this is a reminder
that the great Southern staple and its low price is an
international topic of discussion. All the leading
newspapers Of America are devoting space TO cotton
and the cotton industry. A writer contributed to the
columns Of the New York Times this interesting in
formation.
The fall Of spot cotton to III cents a pound last
week d~isthMctly a pre-war price. called forth many
chronological comparisons. Only once since the war
has this low price been matched; that wax for a day
or two in the deflation prices Of 1921, when the price
once got to 10 7S cents. II fell 10 II l8 III Deem
Der. 1926. after a crop. had been harvested greater
by IL per cent than any other on the record. The
sudden stoppage of orders for cotton when the war
began. followed production of what was then a rec
ord American crop, carried the price to 7 Ia cents
In December. 1914. A study Of the records for the
half dozen pre-war years showed that the lowest
price in the calendar year 1913 was lilo and In 1910
was 1850 and that In none Of the other four years
did It get below 920. whereas In each of the six
years it sold at some time at Is cents or higher
All men who are interested in the cotton indus
try, whether as growers or buyers or sellers should
place the Times contribution in the office scrap
book. There was a terrific slump In 1914 and then
for the first time a buy-a-bale movement was
launched IN Texas. Now in 1880, with an estimated
yield Of 100000 bales. the governor has launched
q second buy-a-bale movement in order that $780,
600 bales may be purchased by individuals or corpora
lions and stored until there comes a hike in prices
in the markets Of the world. History merely re-
reated Itself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Gov. Pollard of Old Virginia

Gov. John Garland Pollard Of old Virginia prompt
ly telegraphed Gov. Dan Moody Of Texas that he
would Join southern governors In a nationwide ap-
peal to buy a bale OF cotton. Gov. Moody, IN for
mulsting his buy a bale of cotton plan, estimated it
would be possible TO take 100000 bales Of cotton off
the market. stabilize and increase the price Of cotton
and add $4,000 to the pocketbooks OF southern
farmers.
1t would be a philanthropic gesture as well as a
financial investment he declared as the investment
to individuals over the nation would be approximately
SIS. the cost G. one bale. and took the success Of the
similar movement Of 1914 as a criterion. Gov. Moody
predicted that every person who bought a bale would
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07

A crop OF 5000 bales OF cotton rewarded the efforts
Of the growers on the Texas prison farms. Then
the price Of cotton hit the bottom. If the 1899
prices would have governed the income would have
paid the expense Of operating the present system.
Why grow cotton in competition with the farmers
OF the state? why 20 broke raising ~cotton?" There
Is a prison labor problem. II Is a tough nut 70
crack a new administration will come in In the
not distant future. Will the incoming governor and
lawmakers pass i up OF face an issue which has been
uppermost in Texas for more than 50 years?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Yale College Building Program

Yale college building program, that Is. buildings
actually begun or definitely announced, has a total
value Of nearly s28lOo0.OOO. This is one Of the largest
reminded that there are many millionaires who
contributed the building fund. Sons Of Texas u. are
amasSed great fortunes In Texas while bona fide citi-
zens or other commemorative. Many mighty for
tunes have been amassed BY the developers or the
natural resource wealth of Texas who kept their hold
ever undertaken by any university. Sons Of Yale
ings and their voting certificates In far away states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
what happens M

what happens"
"Oh. yes l do"
Then stop calling yourself a
hack writer. You know very well
that a hack writer couldn't write a
play like yours
well. nobody bought it. He
grinned.
"Oh. you're too unreasonable to
argue with" she said impatiently
you're hopeless
"Bull-headed. eh?" and at her
despairing head shake he became
serious once more. explained that
the play really meant more 10 him
than she thought.
Its come to mean too much,
Anne. III IL isn't accepted I think
Ill-Ill cut my throat or some
hing. That's the way ! feel about
Ii now
Anne watched him light N ciEa-
ret. watched him with a wistful
little smile trembling on her lips as
he blew out the match and dropped
i il the ash tray. She said. as he
lifted his eyes. They'll accept
m. Dan
II they do" he said. I'll sure
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07

celebrate. His blue eyes tw1nkled
again. And I'LL begin TO sleep
regularly again
IF II was accepted. he was think
'ng. he'd have a suggestion 70 make
10 Grand United. But Anne need
not know about that until later.
Ito Be Continued
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Van Lear Blacks Fortune

Van Lear Black was known as the wealthiest man
In the state Of Maryland. He was a Baltimore pub
Usher and capitalist and a renowned world flyer. He
disappeared from his yacht while cruising and then
his story ended. He carried life insurance for $780,
600. His will disposed Of an estate Of many millions.
Was It suicide or did the spectacular air globe trotter
lose his balance and meet death BY drowning? Dead
men tel no tales and the secret Of his passing will
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
THE Nam STEM
Intimate Glimpses Of the Valleys Alley
BY J. r.

Alcng Elizabeth Sunday Again Go To Church VIII
Highway No. IL Get Victim No. Ia Today? .- Tattle Talk.
RoIo the Rodent Raves Again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
lnsuring the Lives of The
Employees

"A group life insurance program Of the federal re-
serve bank Of 81. Louis has been increased from sS07.-
600 to s1l615.O0O bringing the coverage Of the lives
of 1902 Of six federal reserve banks to approximately
SO rapidly throughout the United States that al pres
ent. with an aggregate coverage Of approximately
s20.000.O00. II Is said that group insurance has grown
SO .0O0.000.o00 II exceeded the total OF all life insur-
ance coverage Is years ago. Man insures against fire
loss and losses by all the elements. Why not against
death loss?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Weekly Question
TattIe

Anthony Miltenberger. In ethel
words TONY the Barber. OF the
Gateway Barber Shop. IS celebrat
inE,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
DR.. Harry K. Loew prominent
physician. dressed in the latest
from Fashion Row. walking along
.... Gilbert vidaurri.. the young
est Of the Viduarri family. wear
ing a new pair OF pants Friday.
talking with Uriah Stegman....
Uriah, by the way. is one Of u
leading Boy Scouts. Mrs. Mar
shall watson. informing a re-
porter that Mr.. Creager Is out Of
Brownsville land will rot be
back for several days, thank YOU
"A. Wayne Wood. distinguished at
torney 1. climbing down the steps
OF the First National Bank. ...
then we find Joe Sandoval.
....of the Cisneros drug store d.
sweating while he dresses windows
and Lito Ramirez. Eagle Phar-
macy employee. smoking a cigaret
between customers. Billy Burnett
1850. talking to friends. at the Old
Rip Bowling Alley. Red" Irvine
.... driving along in his new car. y
thinking deeply. N. possibly trying
to figure out some new plays 70
spring on the Eagle football team. !.
Another Sunday
Believe II or not, another Sunday
has arrived.
Weeks are passing rapidly, ana
about the time one gets used 70
working again. IL Is time to lay off
and 90 to church.
Talking about time passing, *
reminds US that Fall viii be on
hand Immediately If not sooner.
Overcoats will he on the program,
felt hats and dark and heavier
suits.
Weekly Question
And we may as well insert our
weekly question here It's as good
a place as any.
Who will die today on Highway
No. 1872
Will the Crash O Meter click? II
SO. how many times?
Will Highway No. u claim .1c-
tim No. "a today7
Tattle
Anthony Miltenberger. In ether
words TONY the Barber. OF the
Gateway Barber shop. IS celebrat
! ING,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07

Tony has been a barber for SO
years, and Is still going strong. he
said Saturday.
Tonsorial styles have changed
many times during his career as
a barber, he said. and methods used
by the BARRIERS themselves have
changed.
II Is said that Spite" Clarke.
sport fan and football referee. sent
a button to Fritz Schmidt Of the
Brownsville Tailoring company with
this note attached:
Dear Fritz: Enclosed you will
find a button. color. brown. Kindly
sew a coat to 1t and return i'm
mediately."
Mrs. j. s. Duncan. Victor Radio
shop, was saying harsh things
about Mr.. Jimmy Duncan. friend
husband.
Il wish he would stay in one
place long enough for me to write
to him. I mailed a letter 10 him UP
In Pennsylvania and II was return
ed TO me-"
RoIlo the Rodent
hello
we rodents are going to have to do
something q serious menace has
arisen
in the past automobiles offered no
obstacles to US OF course a car
takes
up half the road and sometimes
takes this
half down the middle but to Us
rodents it
meant nothing a tire Is only y
few inches
wide you know and two tires make
about eight
inches and We could easily avoid
betting run over but now on now
these
baby arr that have been placed
on
the market are a seriuos menace
the other day l tried to dash
under
one Of them and received a nasty
nick on the noodle from the
front axle something must n
done about il
roll
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-07
BLEEDING GUMS HEALED

The sight OF sore gums Is sicken-
ing Reliable dentists often report
the successful use OF LETO'S PY-
ORRHEA REMEDY on their very
worst cases III you will get N bot
tie and use as directed druggists
vii return money II II fails. CT
neros Drug Stores. adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
TAXES TO REMAIN
AT $1.7O PER $10O
Commissioners Hold Rate,
Although 1t Leaves No
Surplus in 1882.

The tax rate on real and personal
property for the current fiscal year was
fixed at $1.70 per 500 of the assess
ment by the District Commissioners to-
day. This is the same rate that was
in force last year. The $1.70 rate has
been in force continuously since 1928.
The rate will be applied on the real
and personal property tax bills payable
next September.
No statement was made by the Com
missioners i'll fixing the rate and their
action followed the course that had
been freely predicted. But there are
some conclusions that may be drawn
from their decision to stick to the 81 10
rate.
Their fiscal adviser, District Auditor
Daniel j. Donovan, warned them at the
time that their department heads made
known their estimates of fiscal needs
during 1882 that they would start 1882
with no surplus beyond the requirements
of keeping cash balance in the Treas
ury for working capital. Apparently
they have decided to accept this situa-
ton, and fix the 1882 rate at figure
which will take care of their estimated
1882 needs. The only way to start
1882 with surplus would have
been to raise the tax rate now. This
the Commissioners had power to do.
Continued on Page 2, Column Sd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
HARTMAN QUITS
AS RAIL COUNSEL
Utilities Vice Chairman Acts
to ForestaII Criticism
of Connection.

Harleigh H. Hartman, vice chairman
of the District Public Utilities Commits
SlSn, today announced that he had
withdrawn as associate counsel for the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Co. and subsidiaries. in
the railroads mandamus proceedings
against the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Mr.. Hartmans name APP
peared as counsel for the railroad,
which filed suit IN the District Supreme
Court, July 3, asking that the Inter
state Commerce Commission be COM
PEELED to include in its evaluations GER
tain perpetual leases on terminal prop
erty belonging to other carriers.
Mr.. Hartman win have as his substi-
tute for local counsel p. Michael Cook
a local attorney, in private practice.
Mr.. Hartman said that he would receive
no fee from the railroad for having
acted in the matter of filing the petition
nor would he have anything further to
do with the case.
The action was taken, Mr.. Hartman
explained, in order to forestall any
criticism of a member of the local COM
mission acting as counsel for a foreign
utility. He said that his only connec-
ton with the case to date has been
that he filed the petition in the Dis
trict Supreme Court as resident counsel
in behalf of a firm of Boston lawyers
which represents the railroad corpora
ton. He would have taken no active
part in the case when it came up for
action, he said, but he decided TO with
draw after some question had been
raised as to the strict propriety of Serv-
ing the railroad corporation in any
capacity whatsoever.
Mr.. Hartman said further that the
position taken by the railroad in this
case was identical with that taken by
the local commission in the Capital
Traction Co. rate case. He said that
the evaluation of the railroad was in
progress when he was an examiner with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and that the point now raised in the
proceedings had not been raised while
he was with the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
CUNNINGHAM'S PILOT
HANDLES LEWATHAN
William Mclaughlin Only Man in
New York Regarded Compe-
tent to Control Liner.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 16-The United
States liner Leviathan went down the
bay today with pilot on the bridge
for the first time in several voyages.
Capt. Harold A. Cunningham thinks
that William Mclaughlin is the only
pilot in New York competent to handle
the big ship and he has decided to have
him or none.
When strange pilot boarded the in
coming liner five trips ago the captain
refused to let him on the bridge and
since then until today has done his own
plotting This morning Mclaughlin
was not assigned to the Leviathan, but
ne traded with another pilot.
Mclaughlin always used TO take the
Leviathan in and out, but the Pilots
Association recently decided on rule
of rotation which would give all pilots
turn at every ship. Since then Capt.
Cunningham has taken advantage of
the loophole in the State law which
permits a captain to decline the serv-
ices of any pilot he considers ncom-
peJent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
Crew of Nonstop Ship Jump
to Safety in Parachutes
as Fuel Is Gone.
BUENOS AIRES WAS GOAL
OF REFUELING ATTEMPT
Preparations Had Been Made to
Take on Gas Four Times
on Long Hop.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTWICK, Ga, July 16.-Tht
monoplane K of New Haven crashed
here today but the occupants escaped
| by use of parachutes. The plane wa'
en- route to South America.
Jimmy Garrigan, one of the pilots
said the ship got beyond control after
it consumed all it's gasoline and thai
he and his companions decided Il
desert it, All three f1oated to safety
mile from here.
The ship was demolished.
I'VE will return to New York and try
all over again." Garrigan said.
He said they flew through "beastly'
weather last night and the ship used
more fuel than they had anticipated.
Left New York Yesterday.
The ship left Roosevelt Field, New
York, yesterday on a refueling non
stop flight to Buenos Aires.
Bostwick Is a village about 81 miles
east of Atlanta.
Garrigan was accompanied by Gar
land Peed, another pilot, and Randy
Enslow, a pilot and radio operator.
They planned to fly down the sea-
board with necessary refueling contacts
and thence to Havana for another re-
fueling before heading for South Amer
lea. The ship last was reported over
South Carolina, and swung slightly
westward into Georgia before it crashed
The flyers were taken to a hotel
They were not downhearted, Garrigan
said, and are determined to try again
I'VE just had to jump" he said. I'VE
didn't know where we were exactly
and the ship was out of control. The
visibility was bad, so We took to the
chutes and let her fall
Help reached the flyers soon after
they landed. Their ship plowed into
the ground about mile west of Bost-
wick.
The men had planned to reach
Buenos Aires in four days, with Pana-
ma, Lima and Mendoza among the re-
fueling points along their 9,o0o-mile
route.
Used $50 Gallons of Gas.
The ship had 125 gallons of gasoline
in, its tank when it left Roosevelt field,
making a total of $50 gallons taken on
the hop to Havana, another scheduled
refueling point.
Inc myers laCer WenG 10 MoLEOe,
larger town, Is miles from here.
Enslow said they would rest few
hours and then make plans for the
return.
I'VE are tired out" he said. land
probably will stay in Georgia two days
before leaving for New York.
I'VE are in the best of spirits and
consider ourselves lucky to be alive. For
eight hours last night we could not
even see the tips of the ships wings
and had no idea where we were. When
We got into trouble this morning with
our gas tanks empty we just decided
to Jump and trust to luck.
ct was our only hope. The ship
was hopelessly out of control and if we
had tried to land her we all would have
probably been killed. We couldn't see
anything when we leaped, the visibil-
ity was so poor. None of us was
scratched"
Word of the accident spread rapidly
here and soon about all the populace
was at the scene where the three men
landed. They came down almost to-
gether. They examined the ship be-
fore coming into town. None of the
ship can be salvaged, they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
WARSH|PS ORDERED
TO EGYPTIAN PORT
ENGLAND Acts to Protect For
eigners After Riots in
Alexandria.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 16.-The British gov
eminent has ordered the battleships
Queen Elizabeth and Families to pro-
coed to Alexandria for the protection
of foreign lives and property endan-
gered by disorders at that place.
Prime Minister Macdonald, in an
nouncing the dispatch of the vessels,
also informed the House of Commons
that Sidky Pasha, the present Egyptian
premier, and Nahas Pasha, former
premier and Nationalist leader, had
been warned they would be held re-
sponsible for the protection of foreign
lives and interests.
The prime minister was peppered
with supplementary questions prin-
cipally by E. Thurtle, Laborite, who
asked him if he was aware that the
governments action in sending two
ships to Alexandria was likely to be
misinterpreted by the Egyptian. people
The speaker of the house interviewed 70
prevent an answer. however, as he DID
in the case Of several otEer questions
designed to draw out expressions oil
opinion from the premier.
During the rioting in Alexandra
Yesterday Is natives and italian were
killed and many natives were injured
in clashes between Egyptian soldiers
and police and strikers.
The Families is 30,000-ton vessel
and is armed with eight 15-inch guns
while the Queen Elizabeth is $1,000
ton ship and also carries eight l5-lncn
guns.