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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
HUGE WEALTH
REPORTS DENIED

WEST ORANGE, ~. j.. Oct. so. up
Thomas A. Edison provided for
his widow with the utmost generos-
ity," their son, Charles Edison said
in a statement today.
Charles Edison's statement was
issued as the result Of a published
story specializing on Mr.. Edison's
wealth. He said the amazing collec-
ton OF misstatements in that story
comprises n of the widest flights
Of r%eportorial imagination and ex-
a%ggeration / have ever read"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
Garner Favored

MUSHROOM, Mich. Oct. 80. Up
Rep. James q. Mclaughlin, re-
publican, Of the ninth Michigan dis
trict, In "a statement today predicted
that the democrats will organize tho
house IN the coming session w con-
greSs and that Rep. Garner OF Texas
VIII be named speaker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
River Drying Up

ATLANTA. Ca. oct. 30-lP-
The glamour OF the Sevanee river
is endangered.
r. VI. Lufburrov. Georria state
forester. saws drought has affected
its flow and It Is gradually drying
I'D.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30

BEAUMONT, Oct. 80. P)-Failure
OF three persons TO return from a
fishing trip to Trinity bay resulted
In coast guardsmen and friends in
stituting a search for them today.
1t was feared the party he'd met
with q mishap.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
Sleeping Service
Air Line Planned

CHICAGO. oct. 80. -P- An
airplane service with sleeping &C
commodaticns between Chicago and
Los Angeles is soon to be inaugural
ed, II. q. McCarroll. experimental
engineer Of Detroit said today.
The line. he said. would be oper-
ated BY a railroad with four huge
planes which are being rebuilt al
the General Motors Corp, plant
near New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
MARKETS
AT GLANCE
NEW n

NEW YORK.
Stocks strong. rails and
pivotal industrials In demand.
Bonds strong. corporate Is
sues gain.
Curb steady: narrow changes.
Foreign exchanges irregular;
sterling says.
Cotton steady; large weekly
exports; absence hedge selling.
Sugar barely steady: favor
able European crop advlces.
Coffee lower: trade selling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
CHICAGO:

Wheat strong: bullish south
west crop reports: large export
sales.
Corn higher: firm cash mar
ket. bull!sh weather conditions.
Cattle steady.
Hogs lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30

Nelson Rusen Velle. editor OF the
Panama-American. newspaper In
Panama, arrived o. ths l2:4O plane,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
TIE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cooler
Friday night; Saturday ..artly
cloudy or fair md moderately cool.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30

AAAAAAAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

there was no better man or more devoted
soldier of the Confederacy than this gallant
young brother of the Lady Of the White
House"
TN order to picture in our minds the wretched
condition Mrs. Lincoln was In to receive this
additional sad news we must go back q month
or two and read what Mime. Adelina Patti later
had to say Of aAer visit TO the White House
shortly after the death Of Mrs. Lincoln's son.
It is from the urier-JournaI OF Louisville,
KY. OF which "Marse" Henry watterson,
native washingtonian, was editor for many
years, and until his death, q few years ago.
This is what Nine Patti had to say:
The following afternoon my manager took
me to the White House and we we're received
by Mrs Lincoln in one Of the big parlors. The
Presidents wife was handsome woman, almost
regal in her deep black and expansive crinoline,
only an outline of white at throat and wrists.
Her manner was most gracious without par
ticle Of reserve stiffness. My dear, 1t is very
kind Of you to come to see u.s. she said. Taking
both my hands In hers and smiling in my
face, she added I have wanted to see you, to
see the young girl who has done so much who
has set the whole world talking Of her wonder
full singing
Then the President entered the room. He
greeted Us cordially, and again mentioned the
great change in me since the Ole Bull concert.
I shall always regret, Mary that you were not
with me at that time he said turning to his
wife. I, too she replied, have regretted it.
without waiting to be asked, volunteered to
sing for Mrs Lincoln. Thank you so much
my dear she said. drew on my gloves and
went to the piano. Mr.. Strakosch accompanied
me In q couple Of rather fIorid things. Then
sang TO my own accompaniment The Last Rose
Of Summer When I had finished the last
long-drawn-Out note Of the song I turned to
have look ut my audience. Mrs Lincoln had
risen from her seat and was standing at q
window In the back part Of the room with her
back toward me. could not see her face but
I knew she was weeping. The melancholy
strains OF the ballad had set her heart aching
with renewed sadness. felt had made an
awkward choice"
Nine Patti further states that President
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majority of his guests, was necessarily engaged
in shaking hands and acknowledging the con-
gratulationS and promises Of support, and his
countenance would brighten now and then with
pleasure as he greeted old friends and heard
their fervent God bless you Mr. President
Mrs. Lincoln stood at the side of her husband
a proud and happy woman, cheerful, smiling
and attractive to all who sought her ac-
quaintane."
MRS LINCOLN had not even partly recov-
cred from the shock of little wiIlie's death
before word was received of the death of her
half-brother Samuel who was killed in action
at the Battle OF Shiloh (Tenn), April Z, 1862.
OF this a Richmond, Va, paper says:
1.-The day before the Battle of Shiloh was
fought the writer and several others gave a
dinner TO some half a dozen Of their personal
friends Of the Crescent Regiment. Washington
Artillery, etc. and Sam Todd was one of the
favorite guests jovial Sam Todd Who that
knew him can ever forget hin-all soul-all
fun and fire, too-he was q gay, happy youth
of splendid address and fine social position,
handsome in person and very popular. Being
an ardent Southerner, his standing among his
friends was not injured by his being a brother
in-law OF the President, or Old Abe Is Lincoln
was called.
The diners separated for the march and the
next day by sunrise were in the midst Of battle.
The first day. though the battle was fierce,
desperate and hotly contested, the Confederates
were happy at scoring victory. They slept
on the field in q drenching rain with logs for
pillows. In the morning they were all up and
in line. Before advancing. while some one was
boiling coffee and others were boiling q pot Of
potatoes. . young fellow in the uniform Of the
Crescents came up and expressed q wish for
one Of the Murphys' when they were done.
It was Sam Todd, who was congratulated Oh
his good fortune In the fght-before Sam got
the Murphy the order came to fall in ct once
as the Federals were advancing in force It
was the new troops OF Buell. and Nelson. Sam
Todds regiment was promptly thrown to the
front and Sam, with q bullet in his forehead,
was one Of the first to fall. The Confederates
were driven back and still farther back, leaving
their dead on the field to be buried with grim
and hasty funeral rites by Grant Among them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Ne7O Harper Prize No0el, |tBrothers in the
West, ''aVi0id, Human Sto,y-Ne7U Dog
Book Notes on Current MagazineS.

large it is the insight of this story; it Is the
close following of the trail that moves it out
from the class OF current entertainment and
places 1t with the intricate subtlettes Of mental
reactions, of social implications-both away
from the surface current of the good story"
Maybe the young Princeton man viii tighten
up a bit next time. Let us hope not however,
for here Is the way that he Is, Individually,
seeking. And in a measure he has found 1t.
Though not If he is dreaming even vaguely OF
popularity.
DARKE FLAME BY Nevis Shane New York
G. P. Putnsm's Sons
COMPLETELY modern in tempo and theme.
- Interesting to those who like to follow
troops Of pleasure seekers from one European
resort to another, either in envy of their oppor-
tunities or in condemnation of their foolhardi-
ness Naturally there is center to this ram
page OF excitement. 1t is the who stands
in place of hero to most novels. handsome,
rich maynard fellow, who likes to appear some
thing of mystery Merely way he has. stu,
one night he did rather Guido himself-that
night when he stepped out and married girl
come upon by chance in the street This Is a
good place to leave the matter, though you viii
find him much later explaining himself. That
is If a man can explain himself, especially
clear fool of man.
Nevis Shane can write il he wants to. Maybe
he will want to when he thoroughly RECEIVERS
deIectation of minds Of nit-wit caliber. Some
thing ought to be done about it-reafy ought
when writer deliberately spois good talent.
However the blame rests take 1t, with readers
wise shopman FITS his wares to the bulk OF
BUYERS. SO, the crafty entertainer. Too bad,
all the same. BY the way, Nevis Shane may
be woman writer, not man at all. The
fiber of the text makes no revelation and
Nevis is one of those epicene cognomens
apparently meant to conceal the sex Of the
performer.
LITTLE BLACK DOG. BY Robert HerTick.
Chicago: Thomas Rockwell Co.
A GOOD dog story. The dog intelligent in
n purely canine way. No effort is made to
make Mickey either human or supeThnman, as
so many feel under obligations to do as soon
as they see q dog lift its ears or wag its tail
/ promise you that this is q simple, everyday,
account Of family life wherein Mickey does his
part and no more. He has no pedigree OF other
disabling perQuiSitss. Just dog. Therefore,
friendly and understanding. Quick OF wit and
lightning in action. A rather disquieting
knowledge Of what the folks are thinking about,
particularly that one TO whom he owes prime
allegiance So the days go by in the average
way of keeping up with life Mickey playing all
manner of subordinate parts. And these, In
sum, incline one toward dogs and away from
the others This is the reason that offer
Mickey He is entirely helievable as dog.
He is a fine change in subject matter for enter
tanning literature on Summer day. Try
Mickey.
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the Seven Cities of Cibola built of gold and
silver and turquoise and sapphire and jade,
found instead only the gray desert and the
native Indian.
Since this is a true story, it is. therefore,
record of hardship and disappointment and
defeat. story of treachery and cruelty.
Nevertheless, it is, all. Of so picturesque an es-
sence with such implications of grandeur and
personal heroism and gorgeous dreams, that the
reader amazed at the true substance OF this
patch Of his own national history sits down 10
it like the child with fairy tale. Yet this Is
q completely sober record. II the word sober"
could be used IN respect to it. A sober state
meht drawn from archives and woven into
unity Of pattern and effect. It's first chapter
is a storehouse of history. The coming of the
horse, the "caballo." In its effect upon the life
of the Indian The relations of the Spaniards
with these natives The Outstanding efforts
of the priests and the monuments still standing
in proof Of their jealous work. The founding
of the old town, Santa Fe. focus of many a
long trail from every direction. La Villa Real
de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Assist" the
Spanish sonorous roll of sound, cut down TO
practical usage by busy people
ITO the memory Of my father, who loved the
old town." bespeaks the authors own intimacy
with Santa Fe and her own love for 1t. And
it seems to me that in surprising substance
has Mrs. Barker turned the history of the re-
eion over to readers at this moment peculiarly
quality of the. work 1t sings. 1t chants 1t
is like a saga. In time you will be intoning
it aloud Well, maybe not That is as it may
be- A beautiful book of great worth, adding TO
the growing literature of the Southwest, where
Frank Dobie and others are working so adj
vantageously for all of concerned in our own
national beginnings.
THIS OUR EXILE. BY David Burnham. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
A STUDY rather than story. Therefore
n unintelligible to the average reader. Over
taxing to the indolent one. Not large class
remains TO enjoy this drama of reality in its
harsh impact upon oversensitized natures.
Upon the exclusives, the shielded the super
refined the exiles from reality In its bare
cruelty from it's demands upon personal courage
or understanding even An American family
bears the burden Of this situation. shielded
and highly cultivated family interesting and
charming as American families are, or may be
under favoring circumstance 1t is only when
q sharp shock comes that these are shaken,
not into intimate touch with actually, but into
a consciousness that they are, in fact, aliens
to every aspect of the life around them, to every
one Of it's reasonable demands upon them. The
death of the head of the house, a successful
banker, is the preciptating cause Of the family
disaster or the exile which David Burnham
depicts here in an understanding minuteness
cal significance, to a social document, almost.
Not pleasing thing to say, when young au-
thor sets out 70 write a novel. Yet, by and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Fruits HarbOr Pine Enemies

THE beauty lover who found TO his dismay
that the bsrbeFry which he priced highly
for decorative use around his house the
host of the black stem rust so damaging to
wheat now has q brother In the epicure who
delights in the tart flavor of the current and
the goosebeTy. 1t has been proven beyond
any doubt that another rust, the white pine
blister rust maintains its life cycle through
the current and the gooseberry. The spores
are deposited on the berry bushes and there
reach maturity before attacking the white pines.
An eradication campaign Is being carried on
in the white pine areas just as a barberry
eradication was undertaken successfully IN the
wheat belt. Tests have shown that the rust
will carry for 10 miles and that ell trees within
a radius of that distance from a current or
gooseberry D0 \ are subject 10 rust infection.
Heretofore the elimination of the bushes
was attempted by the hand method-pul1ing
or grubbing them out. Now. however. the
Department of Agriculture has worked out a
spraying method which is much quicker and
fully as satisfactory the hand method.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
DrVe on Predatory animals.

A N extensive drive was opened on July by
y the Biological Survey tending toward the
control Of predatory animals the elimination
of certain types Of rodents and strict control
of others.
For years aware of the damage done by the
various rodents the hands Of the survey have
been more or less tied, but the last Congress
provided for a 1o-year program with annual
appropriations of 81 600 600, to rid the country
Of the annual loss brought about by the rodents
and predatory animals. The common brown
rat, the most destructive of all animals, will
be bAttled in particular, with considerable at
tention given also TO cotton rats pine mice and
pocket gophers
The prairie dog is in for tussle. as 1t Is
estimated that the prairie dogs consume between
10 and 30 per cent of the succulent grass near
their villages, and this forage is needed for
livestock.
The survey has no intention Of seeking to
eliminate any forms Of wild life which in
teresting, but will eonhne its efforts to eradi-
eating them in localities in which they do great
damage to crops. stock and beneficial forms OF
wild life, It is anticipated that much may be
accomplished during the operation Of the 10
year program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Iridium Costly

NJ the platinum family Of metals iridium
~ is by far the most expensive. although ii
ranks third in production, For last year plat
mum averaged $44 an ounce with a high OF $40,
while iridium averaged $179 with high of
$3.50.
Comparatively little of the platinum used in
this country comes from sources within the
United States. Last year of the 43 500 ounces
Of platinum metals recovered. 284 ounces, came
from the United States proper and 5f3 ounces
FROM. Alaska. 4 Colombia supplying .;4g.5p2.
ounces, was the, main solrce, or supply Win
Russia. shipping in two ounces mt The DO &Orl
Of the list
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Books ReceiUed

LIFE AND LINGO, BY Marie Mackenzie and
Trix Mackenzie. Boston The Stratford Co.
WILD GRAPE. BY Louise Plat Hauck, author
of Partners" etc. Philadelphia: The Penn
Publishing Co.
THE FLAME OF ETHIRDOVA. BY Hector
Bolitho author of Judith Silver" etc. New
York: D. Appleton g. Co.
THE GOLDEN CHIMNEY. BY Clifford NJ
Sublette author of The Scarlet Cockerel,"
ETC. Boston: Little, Brown & Co
PERSONAL MAID. BY. Grace Perkins. New
York: Covici-F riede, Publishers
YOU LITTLE MATCHMAKER. BY Anne Ar
rington Tyson, author Of "Magdalen and
Other Poems" New York: The Knicker~
booker Press. -.
BABY. BY GenevieVe Nolan New York.
Brewer, Warren & Palmer, Inc.
DIARY OF SYLVIA McNEELY. New York: ).
Longmans Green d Co. - .5s1eo., .a ,,s.
THE SILVER ,FIuTE,. BY Ida, IAErimOfest
author of THE Wagon and the StaEs" &C.
PhiIadelphja;; Maeree Smith CO. .s,.e7 ..etg !
MAYOR HARDING or NEW YORK, by !
Stephen Enaieott, New, York The MOhaWk =
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
MiIk Of Magnesi0 Pure

CLAIMS by one manufacturer that his
- milk Of magnesia was the only product on
the market of high grade has led to a COM
plete investigation by the Federal food and drug
administration with the result that not a SIN
gle sample was found in any way to be below
the standard set for this product. At no time
the ADMINISTRATION reports, has any medicinal
prpNpct been ta1nd Of y. npifoTm purity. The
mappfactHte ct piIk Of magnesia IS simple and
the inETedientE Cheap enough to eliminate any
temptation 10 Substitute tnferior Substance
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N|EW[

BROTHERS IN THE WEST BY Robert
Reynolds New York: Harper & Bros
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22

different species thriving in this vi- cinity-two large species and twelve small The laboratory is a miniature weather station. Daily temperature and humidity records are kept and conditions as nearly as possible ap- proximating the out doors are maintained. Beside his studies of the local species, pr. Tulloch is experi- menting with repellants and combat, ive solutions. Definite findings and conclusions, of course. will not be available before fall,
 Under q microscopic lens the high ly despised mosquito becomes quite a fascinating little insect. Its anatomy is as intricate as it is delicate. Its life history reads luke a story.
 Mating takes place in the fall. The males then die and, the females hiber- nate. Being cold-blooded animals, they can adapt. themselves to their surroundings. They may even freeze, but the spring sunshine will put life into the magain.
 It is generally believed by. biolo- gists that the female requires animal blood before she. can lay eggs. After filling the intestinal tract with blood, it takes about week for digestion to take place. Eggs are then laid in "rafts' 'on the. surface of the water. (This is true of the species most common here; other. species lay their eggs on damp leaves or grassy The raft" is about the size of finger, and usually contains 300 to 400 eggs. After ayling their eggs the female dies.
 Wiggly, caterpillar-like larvae emerge from the eggs. On the tail of the larva is breathing tube and every few moments the larva goes to the surface of the water, head down, to get supply of air. When the outer shell of the larva becomes too small for the growing organism in side of it, a new shell is secreted and the old one "molts." This takes place four times before the larva passes on to the pupa stage, The latter form is rather round and has two little horns on the head for breathing. From the pupas emerges the adult mosquito.
 a- The chief difference between a male and female mosquito is that the antennae and stinger of the male are feathery and the male never bites. In fact, we never see male mosquito, for they do not come near humans The stinger of tn efemale is smooth and yellowish. It is enclosed by a sheath which folds back during the Stinging process. You have perhaps noticed, if you were that patient when mosquito was biting you, that the stinger appeared bent. The fore intestine of the insect is divided into three sections. The middle section pumps the blood, and the two outer sections, composed of fungus plant supbstance-an instance of a plant within an animalsecrete. a fluifd which injected into the blood stream of the human or animal being stung, prevents coagulation of the blood being sucked by the. mosquito. It is this saliva-like secretion that poisons the skin and causes irritation and itching.
 Two to four generations of mos- quitoes breed in season. On a basis of two generations, two mosquitoes could produce upwards ;ofs DOC, ,OOO offspring in a single season. But Ma ture has control methods. Qf her sown. Mosquitoes must have water in the egg, larva and pupa. sstage.s and the evaporation of pools.and swamps be-
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22

fore complete development destroys thousands of them. There are some species of mosquitoes that do not bite in the adult stage, but in the larva stage destroys the larvae of the bit ing mosquito
 The dragon fly in it's lnymphal stage eats. mosquito larvae and the. adult dragon fly, also, destroys the. adult Bmosquito. In pools where dragon fly nymphs. are. found are found in num- .bers, mosquitoes are seldom found, Among other predacious animals which prey ,,on mosquitoes are beetles, red water mites and swallows.
 Some mosquitoes fly long distances or, are carried by the wind. Others never wander more than 200 or 300 yards from their breeding place. In considering control measures this is an important factor and is one of most difficult phases of the problem on which to obtain accurate data. .Dr. Tulloch has. also. found that certain species of mosquitoes in this vicinity prefer acid water to alkaline. A posi- tive segregation. of this. kind would aid materially in coping with the problem.
 When we see swarms upon swarms of mosquitoes and think. of the streams and pools. in this part of the country that are veritable mosquito incpbators. the. task pr. .TuIloch and his assistants have before them, seems an impossible one. But the. same pest has gone down to defeat before the onslaughts of scientists in other parts of the. world,. and we have hope that eventually mosquitoes in this section will be. as. scarce as the proverbial hens teeth.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
Takotna.. Alaskas.9ngast 22,.s l93E-
CONTROL 0F. F.MosQtIF0ES4
 AIM OF RESEARCH BODY
(Fairbanks News Miner1

tFalrbanks News Mlnersl,
 That unwelcome ubiquitous. little animal, the mosquito. will be "a less less frequent summer guest if the ef- forts of the Fairbanks. Exploration Company and. ,the Bureau, of Ento- mology. prove. fruitfnl. An investiga- ton is being carried .on this summer under the dir sction of Dr. George s. Trlfoch, of Harvard University, to de- teImine' the, feasibility pf amosquito control in this, section of Alaska. pr. Tulleeh condpsted,,a similar .investiga- ton in, .Mass.&vhusetts when, he swas copsuiting :entonologist for the state.
 Before, any eantrol measures can be recommended, ha kinds and numbers of mosquitoes must be determined, their habits, t.tir life histories. In short, the biology of the,loealsspecie must be 'studia5 and aa,alyeoz before remedial measures. can.be1instituted. :.
 In his lahora sorya at Fox Dr;; .TuI loch has mosquitoes of all kinds and descriptions in, al stages of develop ment. Already he has found fourteen
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