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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21

TOKYO. Sept. q. -P1-More
japanese troops moved from the
Korean border today toward Man
churia. where soldiers OF the EN-
pire we're holding the southern
portion OF the Chinese state In a
military wise.
As the troop movements contin-
ued, the Japanese cabinet met in
extraordinary session but adjourn
ed without reaching any decision
regarding the Manchurian situa-
ton.
Question Acute
1t was disclosed. however. that
the war office and the foreign Of
flee were not in accord on Man
churian policy. and that the
question had become the most
acute in many years.
The chief point considered by
the cabinet, acco- ling to vernac-
ular reports. was whether develop
ments had justified the sending Of
reinforcement to Manchuria as
proposed by Minister of War Nina
mi.
For four or five hours the cab
inc. debated Minami's proposals
to send more troops from Korea
to Mukden, which was occupied by
the Japanese early Saturday after
a clash with Chinese troops who
allegedly had attempted to destroy
a bridge of the japanese controlled
South Manchurian railway.
Propose More Troops
1t was proposed that additional
forces be used particularly to pro-
tect japanese subjects at Chen
tao. Manchuria. a city Of 100000
persons. including 1900 japanese.
Japanese troops were sent there
early today after an outbreak Of
rioting in which Chinese burned
several buildings.
Reports here we're that the
Chientao stu. On was gradually
becoming worse. Troops sent from
the Korean border this morning
were moved under a. order by the
commander Of the Korean district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21

home az Chequers by the Prince
Of Wales. Prime Minister MacDon-
aid hastily convened a cabinet
meeting last night and 1t was de-
cided that the gold redemption act
Of 1925 should be suspended to halt
alarming Withdrawals of gold by
foreign investors.
Parliament is expe d to- pass the
enabling legislation tonight, after
which IL will 60 to King George in
Scotland for his approval.
Bank Rate Raised
The bank rate was raised from Az
per cent, a figure which was set In
July. II has not been I'D TO s per
cent since Oct. 1929. The highest II
has been since the war was z per
cent and the highest during the
war period was 10 per cent, set two
days before the declaration of hos
tilities or Aug. 3, 1914.
Pending action by parliament IL
was decided to close the London ex-
cnange and those throughout the
country TO hold the market stable
during the transition. IL was en-
phasized that banks would be open
as usual and that business would
continue on a normal basis.
Prime Minister Macdonald issued
a statement calling attention TO the
fact that more than 1000. 600. 900
had been withdrawn from the Lon
don market since the middle Of July
and that about $4,000. 900 had been
Withdrawn in Saturdays halliday Of
trading. He emphasized that his ac-
ton was only temporary and that
n nations enormous resources
would save the day II the public Co
operated.
His majesty's government have
arrived at their decision with the
greatest reluctance" he said, "but
during the last ten days the inter
national financial markets have be-
come demoralized and have Deen
liquidating their Sterling assets re-
CARELESS OF their intrinsic worth. In
the circumstances thege was no
alternative but to protect the IL
nancial position or this country by
the only means at IN disposal"
Bullion Price Set.
The section read as follows:
The Bank OF England shall be
bound to sell to any person who
makes demands In that behalf at the
head office Of the bank during office
hours OF the bank. and pay the pur-
chase price IN any legal tender. gold
bullion at the price Of three pounds.
IL shillings. 10 1-2 pence per ounce
troy Of gold OF the standard of fine
ness prescribed for gold coin Uy
the coinage act OF 1870. but only in
the form OF bars containing approx
mately 400 ounces Of fine gold.'
The summoning OF an interna-
tional trade on a better distribu-
tion of gold and 10 place interna-
tional trade on a better footing was
predicted by the press in comment
ing on the governments action.
The papers expressed the belief
that British trade gradually would
revive under the suspension. that
main industries would be stimulated
and that unemployment figures
would drop and that stock values
would improve.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Dempsey Is
Granted Divorce

RENO, New, Sept. 2l-P1-The
married life OF Jack Dempsey
terminated abruptly today after
six and one-half years when he
was granted a default decree OF
divorce from Estelle Taylor Judge
Thomas r. Moran enterrl his de-
cree following a lengthy hearing at
which the wife or the former
heavyweight champion was not
represented.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Horse Race Betting
Charges to Be Filed

FORT WORTH. Sept Fl. Up
Test cases % decide whether the
option system Of betting on horse
races Is legal will be filed this after
noon in Judge Dave McGee's county
court against O. O. Franklin, YER
non. and p. l.. Coulter. Arlington.
They were arrested at Arlington
Downs Saturday by Sheriff Wright
in pursuance Of an agreement to
create the test cases.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21

AMARILLO. Sept. 2i-Fl-Mrs.
jeanette Harter, former teller OK
the National Bank OF San Angelo,
convicted I'm federal court here
today on a charge or ~embezzIing
81 1863 and sentenced To serve m
year and a day In a West Virginia
institution for women.
She was alleged 10 have embez-
zled the money from the bank over
a period OF three years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Laguna Channel
Application Made

Notice OF filing OF an application
for permission to cut a channel
from the Laguna Madre 10 Boca
Chica. along the west side OF Brazos
island. has been received mt tho
chamber OF here from
Maj Milo p. Fox, district II. ..
army engineer nc Galveston.
The application was filed BY Col.
Sam Robertson, developer or the
Del Mar project at Boca Chica.
The channel will be- 10000 fees
long.
IL will be five feet deep. and "a
feet across az the bottom.
Objections TO the channel from
a standpoint OF navigation must be
In the hands OF the army engineers
not later than sept. 20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21

Three pleas OF guilty on liquo-
charges were taken In the criminal
district court Monday morning and
five year suspended sentences were
given in each case.
The defendants were Luciano Vas
quez- Librada Sosa and Euesebio
Perez.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Valley Bananas
Placed on Display

"A fine bunch OF bananas. one
Of the largest seen In this section
this year. was brought I'D the cham
Der OF commerce today by Father
Lewis. pastor or the Sacred Heart
church. The bananas were grown
on N plant on the old Forto place.
They were placed on 1splay 40
the chamber of commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Frank Newman Dies
At Wisconsin Home

Word wa received here today of
the death OF Frank Newman. father
Of Mrs. X. X. Goodrich. at Blooming
ton. Wis. late Sunday evening.
Mr.. Newman. who has visited tho
Valley annually for the past 20
years. Is well known In this section.
He had been III for some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
WASHINGTON EXPRESSES
CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN

- tile ASSOrldltQ fItSS1
Faced with Great Britain's tenn
porary suspension Of the gold stand
ard. world financial circles today
moved swiftly to protect the inter
national financial structure.
Stock exchanges in London. Ber-
lin, Brussels. Oslo. Stockholm. AM
sterdam. johannesburg and Calcutta
were closed. The Montreal exchange
decided TO open on a restricted bas-
is"
The bourse in Paris remained
open. but the official exchange mar
ket was closed and no official cu--
rency quotations we're made.
New York Oxen.
The New York stock exchange also
opened as usual, but the governing
board issued a notice prohibiting
short selling.
While Great Britain's drastic step
in suspending the gold redemption
act of 1925 to halt alarming with
drawals or gold came with drama
tic sudGeness confidence was ex-
pressed in numerous quarters that
Britain would weather the financial
storm successfully.
j. p. Morgan. in reply to questions
by the Associated Press In London.
expressed optimism regarding the
situation and declared that Great
Britain's action was a hopeful and
not a discouraging move" Financial
figures abroad expressed similar
views.
Price Increase.
In washington no adverse re-
action OF major Importance was ex-
rected and confidence was expressed
hy treasury officials that England
would extricate herself quickly from
the confusion.
Prices on commodity exchanges
in London increased and on the
metal exchange copper rose more
than IL a ton. Tin was nearly LIS a
ton higher while at Liverpool cot
ton advanced almost a half penny
. pound to just over four pence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21

AUSTIN. Sept. 2iZR-WlIliam
W. Sterling, adiutant general. said
today he had been IN communica-
ton with persons all long the
Mexican border and there was no
fear Of Mexican bandit invasions-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Man Shoots Self Another Beaten
Britain Wrestles
With Nedr-C Crisis

LONDON. Sept, 21-R-Abandoning the colo
standard, raising the Bank of England discount rate to
per cent, and closing all stock exchanges, Great Britain
wrestled today with the most critical financial situation
since the World war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
JAP TROOPS
ORDERED OUT
TO MANCHURIA
War-Like Situation
Tense, Rioting
Reported

PEIPING. China. Sept. a.
(P1-A Chinese official radio
dispatch from Kirin, Manchu-
ria. said that city was occu-
pied by Japanese today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
Flashes
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
First game:
Detroit .-...... 100 600 1902 III o
Philadelphia ". 0l0 lO1 Oix-3 8 1
Hogsett and GrabowSki: Rommel
and Heving.
First game:
So. Louis .-.... 900 900 000-0 3 0
Boston .....-.. 002 600 00x-2 9 2
Coffman and B~engDugh: Dur
ham and Connolly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-21
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy and continued warm
Monday night ard Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
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TRIBUTE OF ALLIES
April 20

IN April %, 1917, the British
~ and French high commissions.
sent by their respective govern
ments to honor our entrance into
the war, visited the tomb of Wash
1ngton at Mt. Vernon.
1t was one of the most impos-
ing and significant episodes during
the sojourn Of the delegates. The
two former premiers of France and
Great Britain, Viviani and Balfour.
standing before the tomb of the
first President, spoke with deep
emotion of the common fight for
freedom in which all three were
engaged.
General Joffre, marshal of France.
laid on the marble sarcophagus a
bronze palm wound with the French
tricolor.
A card attached to huge wreath
of lilies placed beside the French
palm bore the following words in
Balfour's handwriting:
dedicated by the British mission
to the immortal memory of George
Washington, soldier, statesman. pa
triot, who would have rejoiced to
see the country of which he was by
birth citizen and the country his
genius called into existence, fight
ing side by side to save mankind
from military despotism."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
Porto Rico Wants to Know

When the Caribbean pot stops boiling in other quar-
.ers and the administration has time to think of
something besides Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti and
cuba, 1t should remember that Porto Rico has a
grievance
That grievance just has been stated in San Juan
oy Dr. Jose Padn, commissioner of education man
Of high esteem on the island and in this country.
Some Porto Rcans have been demanding indie
pendence During the Coolidge administration the
sland legislature sent, through Lndbergh, to Wash
ngton its famous -liberty-or give us-death
memorial
Probably a majority Of Porto Ricans would be sat
shed with dominion or free state status. Others
want only the right to elect their governor Few
are satisfied with the status quo.
But Dr. Padin was voicing the virtually unanimous
demand when he asked that decision be made one
way or the other. Porto Rico not begin to solve
It's problems-whether political economic or educa-
1ona-until it knows the kind OF country it is going
to be in the future the kind of government it is going
to have.
For what are We preparing Porto Fico?' DR.. Padin
asked "Inasmuch as congress has the right and the
power to say the last word, I submit that it should
be at the earliest opportunity to make declaration
Of the ultimate political status of the island and on
the requirements that the people of Porto Rico must
fulfill before they are accorded recognition.
Having defined the objective congress should give
Porto Rico ample freedom of action to work out
program and reach the goal by its own effort"
]. That Is fair demand. X
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
The OMAN Incident

The celebrity with which pastors Of his own
faith, alumni of De Paw and citizens gen
orally resented the attack upon DR.. G.
Bromley Oman, the president of that uni
versity, is one of the inspiring incidents of
ocal history.
That attitude suggests that it is no long
Il possible for professional patriots and
agents of privileged interests to wave the
red flag Of sovietism to destroy those whose
contribution to the times is an open mind
and courageous facing Of facts.
1t is because these professional patrioteers
fear minds that are open and rely upon
prejudice to further their private and pro-
fessional aims that such men as Oman are
dangerous to them.
If this government is ever destroyed it
will not be through the teachings of the Ok
nams but through the acts of such men as
those who resent him.
AS sequel to the attack, there might
well be concerted drive in two directions
The first of these is to discover how far
the utility barons of this state were respon-
sible for supplanting forgery for legislation
in the passing of bill by the last legisla-
ture through which the shackles of privilege
were frightened just little more upon the
people. Here was a real destruction of gov
eminent, real treason.
The second might be long-delayed re-
port on just what happened in the building
of state armories, an investigation of which
was ordered by the legislature of more than
two years ago. These were built in defiance
of law. There was a huge profit. These
topics are of much Importance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
The Bland-MacIntosh Cases

The legal intercession of Quakers and of Epsco-
palan bishops in behalf of Miss Marie Bland and
professor Douglas Macintosh, whose pacifst cases
are before the United States supreme court is an
other evidence of liberal ferment within the churches
These cases are tests, marking how far we have
progressed since war days Miss Bland an Episco-
paLan war nurse was refused naturalization because
she declined to swear to bear arms, on the ground
that war is not according to the ethics of Christ
Professor Macintosh, Baptist teacher Of theology
at Yale, is not an absolute pacist In reply to the
question as to whether he would take up arms in
defense OF America he replied candidy that first he
would want to be free to judge the necessity"
Both OF the Canadians are intelligent high-minded
Christians The very fact that they applied the yard
sticks Of their reason and conscience to question
usually perfunctorily asked and answered should in
itself recommend them as American citizens.
AS MacIntoshs counsel John w. Davis said: eve
want more people in this country who will stand out
against the crowd"
The government had to go out of its way in chal-
longing these two Miss Bland could not if she wanted
to, bear arms Macintosh could be exempted under
the draft act as religious conscientious objector.
So it is an issue of free thought right guaran-
teed by the Constitution.
IF there is any principle of the Constitution that
more tmperativey calls for attachments than any
other it is the principle of free thought" wrote JUS
tice Holmes in the minority schwinmer opinion. mot
free thought for those who agree with u.s. but free
dom for the thought We hate.
I think that we should adhere to that principle
with regard to admission into as well as life within
this country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
HEALTH
Humidity Effect on Hay Fever Shown

These experiments prove not only
the direct relationship between
sensitization to pollenS and the
symptoms of hay fever, but offer
also some practical advice to suf-
ferers from this disease.
Obviously the person who suffers
with hay fever should try, so far
as possible, to stay indoors and to
prevent the inhalation of pollens
on days that are dry and hot.
On the other hand, the individual
can be much more comfortable out
doors on days when there is plenty
Of rainfall and a high humidity.
OF course, the best possible advice
is for the person with sensitivity to
ragweed to get away from the dis
trict where ragweed is profuse at
the time when he suffers most with
his hay fever.
He also may try the effects of
desensitization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
More Commissions

NOW that Hoover has created another commission
there probably will be revival of the wse-cracking
on that subject Like most wise cracks, this over
worked one is funny because it is an exaggerated
half truth.
Not all the politicians combined can ruin the COM
mission method of government administration Gov
eminent daily becomes more complicated. And the
more complicated it grows the more need there Is
for commissions of experts to handle technical prob
LENS which are beyond the province of the old-time
political appointee
No one now would think of scrapplng an nde-
pendent governmental agency like the interstate COM
MERGE commission Even an agency so VIGOROUSLY
misused for partisan purposes by a succession OF
Presidents as the tariff commission has proved itself
indispensable.
Perhaps the chief reason for current ridicule of
the commission idea is the Wickersham organization
Certainly popular cyncism in that partly is ustl-
ned. The Wickersham report recommendations on
prohibition were dishonest and contradcted the body
of the report.
Nevertheless the body of the report ITSELF the data
gathered by the experts and the individual reports
of the commissioners were on the whole remarkably
well done
The point is of course, that any type of gov
ernmental machinery can be misused. The Wicker
sham commission was not misused in the matter of
AAeSVASAtAA
politics is not involved so directly in prohibition
for example the study of crime statistics, the Wicker
sham commission has done more in two years to put
the government on the right track than the depart
ment of justice has done in two decades
Public attention is focused again on the commits
sion idea because on Monday Chairman Woods of the
Hoover emergency committee for employment an
nounced his resignation and the President announced
that he had created a new commission federal
personnel administration.
Many persons are saying that the emergency COM
mittee for employment failed. 1t did not Hoover
failed to permit it to function fully But the COM
mittee both in the data it collected and the ideas it
provided, did a good job.
That the administration suppressed much of its
data and rejected many of Its expert ideas, was not
the fault of the committee nor the commission
method.
So with the new commission on federal peconnel
administration, no one deny the need for such
commission after the long failure of existing agencies
and departments to solve the personnel problem But
whether Hoover will get the best out of this particular
commission remains to be seen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

TINE papers carried story the
l. other day about young man
from France who tried to get him
SELF Struggled into this country
while hiding in a packing case.
And day or two later I read
of an undesirable alien" who
jumped from moving train and
swan across an icy river in the
effort to remain here and escape
deportation.
don't know just what this par
ticular alien had done to render
himself undesirable. Nor am in a
position to state that the young
man in the packing case necessarily
would be an excellent citizen of this
nation.
But in general I feel a sympathy
for all those who go to desperate
lengths in the endeavor to join us
here. At least, they possess some
thing of the pioneer spirit.
Undoubtedly it is not practical to
say that any stowaway of sufficient
ingenuity should be admitted re-
CARELESS of the law. Nevertheless,
it is distinctly complimentary when
anybody risks Suffocation or life and
limb to gain entrance to this land.
The very fervency of the wish
would seem to take some of these
volunteers quite a distance on the
road to Americanization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
England Is Game

CHANCELLOR SNOWDEN's
~ plan of balancing the budget of
the British government is simple
and direct. First, he proposes to
levy a new land tax amounting to
2 cents on each SIS valuation; second.
to increase the gasoline tax from
s cents to II cents a gallon; third.
to withdraw $1o0,OO0,OOO now held in
New York as an exchange reserve;
and fourth, to advance the date of
income tax collection so that $780,
100000 will be added to this years
revenue.
Hard as times may be in this
country, you don't have to look far
to find that they are just as bad,
if not worse, somewhere else.
Englishmen already pay higher
taxes on land, incomes, inheritances,
and gasoline than we do. The fact
that the house of commons cheered
Snowden's proposals ought to make
some of us ashamed Of the way we
are whining.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BEoGS

amplc set by your great President
still was preserved in the perform
ances and policies of the Republican
party. Is that true?
Tell me. 1 want to know. Am
coming to a land where liberty
always is maintained and upheld
in every circumstances"
think any such question might
give the immigration inspector
pause. 1t is quite true that not
every alien who knocks at our door
is good enough for our purposes.
However, I can conceive of a re-
verse situation. 1t may well be in
certain cases that some man or
woman from a far land has made
terrific sacrifices to come here in
search of something which we do
not possess in full purity.
It is well to remember that the
national achievements to which we
point with pride are by no means
the sole and exclusive creation OF
those born within our borders.
The instruments Of government
bv which we live were from the
very beginning enormously affected
by foreign thought.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
If They Queried7

DUT putting the whole matter on
O a broader basis, I think that we
have become little snobbish in our
attitude toward the immigrant. We
act as if the risks involved were
wholly ours.
We want to know whether or not
the newcomer is likely, by any
chance, to become public charge.
We look intently at his political
views and his moral philosophy.
1t seems to me that it might be
no more than fair to allow the i'm
migrant a few counter-questionS. In
many cases his knowledge of us and
our institutions is largely hearsay.
Suppose he raised his voice at Ellis
island and said:
"Now, I've told you all you want
to know about me. But how about
you? In our small village in Aus
tria I read in a book that this was
the land of equal opportunity.
read the life of Abraham Lincoln.
"And the author said that the ex-