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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16
ON WAR.PATH

PHILADELPHIA.-No Indian is
going to get tough with him. John
Birch vows. He assured a jrdge be-
fore whom he was hailed that the
Indian, a wooden one at that. at
tempted to hit hin with a bunch
OF wooden cigars as he passed a
cigar store. In defending himself,
Birch broke up the wooden redman.
He denied having swallowed any
thing stronger than one-half OF one
per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16
COPS ROPE GATORS

ST. LOUIS.-There's no telling
what strange duties may befall the
lot OF policemen. as three OF the
local cops have fortrd. Very early
In the morning they received a
call from Richard p. Grossenheider
that two alligators had broken out
OF a pen In the rear OF his home
and were wandering about the
neighborhood. The policemen grab
bed ropes and after a struggle sue
ceeded In roping the gators much
In the fashion of a cowhand roping
a calf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16
LONG and CYR
TO LET COURT
SETTLE AFFAIR

BATON ROUGE, La, Oct. i6. R-
Louisiana's gubernatoriai revolution
apparently . going to be decided by
battles purely legal.
1ov. Huey +. Long, the besieged.
Les.ec his armed guard OF state
highway police today following he
announcement Of his lieutenant
governor, Paul N. Cyr. chief pre-
lender TO the executives chair, that
ne would leave the matter to the
courts.
Cyr Avoids Trouble.
Cyl. who voluntarily took the
governors oath at Shreveport and
demanded that Long abdica.e be-
cause OF his recent election to the
" .. senate, said last night he had
n intention Of going to Baton
Rouge to start trouble"
he made the announcement In q
campaign speech at Alexandria The
is seeking election to IT, governor
ship In the next voting) and added
ne was going ito abide by decision Of
the courts because I am : law abid-
ing man."
The third claimant to the COVER
nor's office, Walter L. Aldrich. un-
employed resident Of Shreveport,
who took the oath after Cyr and
he. too. would file an custer suit
against Long, remained silent 20
day. He previously said he was COM
Ing here to take possession Of the
office.
Meanwhile. there was an open sc n
son on the office Of lieutenant COVER
nor.
Alvin 0. King OF Lake Charles,
president pro tempore Of the state
senate. was on the payroll as lieuten-
ant governor after Long had Cyr's
name struck off as he laid claim TO
the governorship. But he was only
one OF those who said the Job was
theirs. He has taken the oath.
Its Open Season.
L. d. Smith OF Benton claimed ne
had as much right to the office as
King and also took the oath to be-
come "one % the lieutenant COVER
nors.- Z. II. Reed, q Shreveport gro
Aceryman. remarked that times we're
ksort Of hard" and that ne also ex-
.pected TO take the oath for l~ieuten-
ant governor because "the third
governor ought to have a lieutenant
governor"
Cyr Is seriously continuing his
denunciation Of Long and his plans
for filing his custer suit. At the
capitol Long called the situation a
comedy Of modern politics"
Yesterday Long said his fear Of an
invasion of his administration BY
Cyr, should the chief executive leave
the state. now was gone. "Cyr," he
said, "Is out"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16
PRECEDENT FAvORS
LONG

WASHINGTON. Oct. l6. Up
Ample precedent exists for the posi-
ton OF Huey p. Long Is retaining his
post a governor of Louisiana after
his election to the senate.
Half a dozen senators in the past
are shown by records at the capitol
TO have continued serving as COVER
nors OF their states after being
chosen for the senate.
Sen. Robert NJ. LaFollette OF Wis
consin. father OF the present senator,
chose to continue as governor more
than a year after his election TO the
senate and nearly a year after lis
team began.
Others who did likewise were
Sen. johnson. republican. California
former Sen. David B. Hill. OF New
York: former Sen. Hoke Smith oil
Georgia: former Sen. James l.. Al
corn. Of Mississippi, and former Sen
Philip Allen. Of Rhode Island.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16
OFFERS SELF FOR 500

LOS ANGELES.-JameS Walker
has put himself or the slave mar
ket. Out OF work and In debt TO the
extent OF 500. walker Is offering
to sell his services for that amount
for one year. He Is an experienced
chauffeur, gardener and bookkeeper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-16

About 20 per cent OF Chosen's
54.432. 100 acres is under cultivation.
Japan owning nearly one-half OF
the titled land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

are paying approximately II per
cent Of all the taxes in the state, .
Bowman commented. This is a
very substantial item in taking care
OF local budgets. In some taxing
units In the state the railroads
pay more than half the expenses of
local government.
THE total mileage OF electric
railways dncluding street railways
in Indiana reached the peak in the
year 1916 when the main track
mileage was 2,o83.94 miles. The
total mileage shown by the reports
Of March /, 1881, is 1,63531, which is
of March l, 1881, is 1881, which is
per cent in fifteen years.
THE total assessed valuation Of
all electric railways in Indiana
reached the peak in the year 1919
of almost S70,000.000, which pro-
vided one-eightieth OF the total
revenue of the state. In 1881, the
portions of taxes levied on this
class of property will be one two
hundredth.
THE coming of automobiles,
buses and trucks has taken a great
toll from the gross income of rail-
roads, and as a result, presents
a serious problem in the question of
taxation. In some instance on
branch lines OF railroads, the
operation of the railroad is not
justified"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

are coming to command . majority
in 5-to-4 decisions, due to the ac-
cession to the court Of Harlan, Fiske,
Stone and Owen w. Roberts. They
both frequently side with Holmes
and Brandeis.
The test case for Hughes as
liberal came in the decisions regard
ing citizenship applications Of Pro-
lessor Douglas Clyde Macintosh OF
Yale divinity school, and Marie Az
eril Bland, both of whom saw non
combatant war service in France,
but who refused, in seeking Ameri-
can citizenship. to promise to bear
arms. Both had religious scru-
pies.
Professor Macintosh said he
would not promise to bear arms in
any war he thought unjust.
Five justices upheld lower courts
in refusing citizenship, holding
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
MORE SLASHES
IN RAIL VALUES
ARE SCHEDULED
Tax Board Likely to Cut
Figures 5 to 7 Per Cent,
Says State Chief.

Having already cut more than
s25,o0o,00O from steam railway valu-
ations in Indiana, James E. Showalt-
er, state tax board chairman, an
nounced today that with final hear
ings, it is expected the board will
have cut the total from 5 to Z
per cent below the 1880 figure.
A per cent cut would mean
s26, 706, 331.25 from the 1890 total of
S534136,4 25 and 7 per cent would be
S37 1888, 54975. In counties where
much revenue has been derived from
railroads the reductions will put the
local governments up against the
proposition Of reducing expenditures
or raising the already high tax rate,
it was pointed out.
Annual drop in valuation of the
roads has been made by tax board
reductions from the peak in 1919
when the total was set at $685.
56l,570, the highest in history. But
this years reductions are more
drastic than ever before, the cut
in 1880 being but 1921. TAB below the
1929 figure.
Explaining the tremendously in
creased reduction this year, it was
stated that the tax returns show
that the depression, which now is
prevalent in industries, has affected
very seriously the earnings of rail
ways.
According to a financial state
ment and comments in the tax
board bulletin, edited by l.. S. Bow
man, secretary of the board, the
assessed valuations of electric rail-
ways has decreased to almost ONE
third that of 1919, while the auto
mobile licenses issued has increased
almost threefold.
Truck and bus competition is one
of the principal causes of the de-
Ginning values of both electric and
steam railroads, it is admitted. The
bulletin tabulation discloses that
this is possible because of the lesser
tax paid by the bus and trucking
industries.
"The steam railways Of Indiana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26
HUGHES TAKES
LIBERAL ROLE
IN HIGH COURT
Former Conservative Meets
Test in His Opinion on
Educators Citizenship.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press staH Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 26. -
Though his appointment wsLs fought
last year by senate progressives
who regarded him as too conserva-
tive, Chief Justice Charles E.
Hughes has become an outstanding
champion of so-called liberal prin-
ciples in recent decisions of the SUI
preme court.
His dissent in the conscientious
directors cases is the latest and
most vigorous instance.
He has taken his place on the SUI
preme court with that famous pair
of dissenters, Oliver Wendell
Holmes and Louis D. Brandeis.
The dissenters, more and more,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

there could be no reservations to
the pledge of allegiance.
Four Observation-Disclosures, Stone,
Holmes and Brandeis. Hughes
summarized the philosophy of the
liberals in this passage OF his deci-
sion:
when ones belief coilides with
the power of the state the latter is
supreme within its sphere and SUBJ
mission or punishment follows. But,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-26

In the forum OF conscience duty 10
moral power higher than the
state always has been maintained"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
STUDENT PAPER
LASHES Wilbur
Thinks Absentee Stanford
Chief Shouldn't Return.

By Soripps-Hotoard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, May 18.-When
Stanford university's absentee pres
ident-Interior Secretary Ray Ly-
man Wilbur-returns to California
in July for a months visit, he will
find his campus a prey to rumorS,
irritations and ineptitudes," accord
ing to Hinkley Lyon, editor of the
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Argonaut, old and coriserva-
tive but waspish weekly, has begun
biting and candid series on the
absent treatment that Stanford is
receiving from its president. The
paper even asks whether Wilbur
should return to Stanford at all.
eve think, to put it bluntly,"
says the Argonaut, that the time
has come to decide whether Stan
ford university exists for the glor-
iflcation of DR.. Wilbur and his CO.
absentee overload in Washington,
or whether DR.. Wilbur should exist
or non-exist as president for the
benefit of Stanford university. :.
IF DR.. Wilbur is big enough to
be president OF Stanford then he
is too big to be spared. If DR..
Wilbur is so obviously the only COM
Potent person for the post, as it
would appear since it has been
held open for two years awaiting
his convenience to return, then
Stanford has suffered by his alb
Sence."
AS a matter of fact, the Argonaut
says, Stanford has suffered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
800 MILE PIGEON RACE
WON BY TWENTY GRAND
Mrs. Beckham's Bird Is First in
Dash From Chattanooga.

Twenty Grand, racing pigeon
owned by Mrs. Margaret Beckham,
3145 Northwestern avenue, placed
first in race Sunday from Chat
tanooga, Tenn, to Indianapolis, $50
miles as the pigeon flies.
In the weekly race, sponsored by
the indianapolis Racing Pigeon
Club, birds of other members fin
ished as follows: Pigeon owned by
Mrs. Beckman, second; third, H. H.
Carter, 3-45 Northwestern avenue;
fourth, Charles Schwert, $50 West
Thirtieth street; fifth, E. c. Foul
lois, 1909 Evison street, and sixth,
H S. Wyeth, $3.50 College avenue.
A bird owned by G. F. w. Hustled,
1880 North Dearborn street, won the
Monumental City Racing Pigeon
Club race from St. Louis, distance
of 235 miles. Race next Sunday will
be from Rolla, Mo, to this city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
FAST COP NABS
TWO ON LIQUOR
COUNT IN CHASE
Fleeing Driver Is DoWned by
Officer Who Witnessed
Corner Crash.

New record for the half-mile run
oy a police officer in uniform was
claimed today by patrolman Thomas
Naumsek.
Due TO his ability to cover the
distance, two men we're in munich
PAL court facing q series OF charges.
Clarence Willoughby, Gil West New
YORK street, viii be tried May %
on charges Of reckless driving,
transporting liquor, blind tiger and
speeding, and William Davey, 1909
south Meridian street, on vagrancy.
Naulnsek was pulling the box at
Michigan and Blake streets Sunday
when a car driven by Willoughby
crashed into au auto driven by Mrs.
Dorothy White, r. r. 8, Box l65. Be-
fore Naumsek could drop the phone
receiver Willoughby's car had turned
over twice.
The OFFICER ran toward the car, be-
lieving he would be needed to ex-
tract an injured driver.
Instead, Willoughby came from
under the car. took a hop. skip and
jump and wss of. Naumsek pursued
him through alleys and back yards
and streets. As Naumsek nesred
the half-mile mark he exerted him
self to a Charlie Paddock lunge-
for-the-tape and grabbed Wiuough-
by by the nape of the neck.
Returning with him, he found
Davey standing at the car. Davey.
according to Naumsek, claimed
ownership of the auto. Naumsek
paid no heed but, holding Will
loughby, searched the car for a
flve-gallon can that had been there,
he said, before the track work.
1t was gone. Naumsek cast a
suspicious eye on Davey and both
men denied knowledge of its pres
ence, so, Of course, the same applied
to its disappearance.
Naunsek placed Davey under
arrest. Mrs. Waite was not in.
jured and Willoughby suffered not
a scratch, although the car was
wrecked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
Frog Legs!
They Carry BudWeiser to
Victory in Historic
Jumping Classic.

By United Press ..----
A NIGEL CAMP, Cal, May 10.
N Fame such as has come
to no frog since Jim Slniley's
marsh denizen was loaded with
buckshot and couldn't jump, was
heaped today upon Budweiser, a
veteran leaper who won the an
nual Calaveras jumping contest
in 1928. and proved that cham
pions sometimes do come back
by winning again at the 1881 re-
newal of the jubilee.
AS $1,000 jewellers Of the
Mother Lode country cheered,
Budweiser jumped Sunday a dis
lance Of II feet s inches, beating
last years champion, San Joaquin,
easily, and becoming the only frog
ever to win the contest twice.
Budweiser failed, however, to
break San Joaquin's all-time
record.
The veteran, owned by L.
Fisher Of Stockton, won by pure
skill, concentrating on for
ward movement while the other
frogs expended their energy
jumping up.
Height doesn't count &C
cording to rules laid down by
Mark Twain in his classic story
of the first jumping contest in
which Jim Smileys frog was
beaten by trickery three-quar-
tiers of century ago.
The frog race and the dedi-
cation of a monument to Twain
were high lights Of the annual
jamboree.
A miscreant spilled water at
the starting line just before Pud-
die Jumper, unfolding the honor
of Oakland, was to perform.
Puddle Jumper, couldn't get
traction until they spread a can
vas and he went IL feet l inch
to take second place.
Doe, owned by Joe Cesa of
Antioch, jumped 10 feet 6 inches
for third place.
Zenobia and Smoke, the Caro-
lima hoppers, finished fourth and
fifth. Zenobia made 8 feet 6
inches and Smoke went z feet 1
inch.
His sponsors, the Washington
IN. c. fire department, explained
Smoke was accustomed to leaping
at the sound of a siren, and
Angel Camp affords only fire
bell.
The i'll luck of Fritzie, the i'm
ported German expert, was pa
thetic. Fritzie understands only
German, and by the time some
body could be found to tell him
''go" in German, he was too tired
to jump more than 4 feet 8
inches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
DENTISTS CLINIC
TOLD Of TESTS
FOR new TEETH
Chewing Characteristic of
Cow, Deer Basis of
Experiments.

Wearers Of false teeth-or profile
NAUTICAL ones-can moo" with con-
tentment in the future for the VOL
hshness of artificial molars is being
taken out by the dentists.
And that literal moo" is
truism for, at q dental clinic today
at the opening Of the Indiana State
Dental Associations meeting in the
Claypool, the alfalfa -munching COW
and the scissors-cutting deer have
joined bicuspids to give man bet
ter break at chewing his beefsteak.
Drs. S. K. and B. w. Avery of
Hammond. and Whiting, Ind, respec-
lively, demonstrated the new false
teeth that are cross between a fat
Jersey heifer and a does.
ITS still in the experimental
stage, but we believe that man can
benefit from the chewing surfaces
Of lower animals" the dental broth
ers said.
"SteaI' From Lower Animals
MANS teeth have a lock-bite
similar to VOLTS. We're taking
the lock-bite out Of the teeth we
make and modelling molars with
the chewing action of a deer and a
cow they say.
And the doctors even prepare a
brief with which the plug chewing
husband can defend himself when
the frau" finds a slice of flne-cut
in his hip pocket, for they assert
the cheWer Of tobacco has q more
ideal teeth than the cigaret-dangler.
'Tne tobacco cheWer hasn't the
lock bite to his molars that the
non-cheWer has. He hasn't as much
of the wolf in his teeth" they de-
clare.
Teeth Of COWS, horses, jack rab-
bits, deer and wolves with the
masked face Of a man chewing a
grinning mouth of false teeth are
used in the clinic to explain how
man can well afford to steal bit
Of the n1unching activities of the
so-called lower animals.
Dental examinations yearly with
all teeth X-rayed were urged by
DR.. Clarence o. Simpson Of st.
Louis. Mo, in an address at this
afternoons meeting Of the associa-
ton.
Urge Regular Examination
''NTost dental disorders could have
been prevented by prompt discovery
and treatment" he said.
He declared that the average per-
son lost some teeth at the age Of
80 and all at the age of so, but fore
cast the longevity of molars could
be heightened by periodical exani-
nations.
DR.. w. I. Mccullough of Indian
apoIis became president of the as
ISOLATION with the opening Of. the
meeting. He succeeds DR.. Frederick
r. Henshaw Of Indianapolis. A
president ELECT will be named at
the final business meeting Wednes-
day
The sessions Of the Indiana State
Association of Dental Assistants
opened this afternoon. Approx
mateIy $50 dentists and their as
sistants are attending the two con-
ventions.
A large exhibit of model dental
Offices, equipment, and supplies is
shown on the mezzanine floor Of
the Claypool.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18

the Northwest Always Of Min
neapolis, was killed instantly
when he failed to right his plane
after diving 1000 feet and turn
ing it over as it flashed in front
OF a grandstand packed with
10000 persons.
The 300-horse powered Laird
plane, the same in which Hol-
man won his surprise victory at
the national air races last sum-
mer, was reduced to a mass Of
wreckage, rolling over and over
and twisting itself into a tangled
heap. His body was found in
side the wreckage.
Two general theories were
advanced as to the cause of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
Doom CaUaIYy
Horse Soldier to Lose His
Mount and viii Be
Placed in Tank.
BIZ Unftef Press

By United Press
XKTASHINGTON, May 49,
VVCavalry that deserves the
name is soon to be no more, so
far as the United States is con-
cerned.
Announcement to this effect
was made Sunday by the war de-
partment, after long study by
General Douglas Macarthur, chief
of staff, and after exhaustive tests
of modern substitutes for the
horse.
"Cavalry'-the words de-
rived from the Latin "caballus, Z"
meaning an inferior horse. That
is what the cavalry private has
said for years.
Now the caballus, except for
small units and perhaps for cere-
monial purposes, is to be retired
permanently, and the modern
'cavalrynlan" will have to find
some other object for his inpre-
cations.
He probably will find it in the
light, feet tanks, heavily armed,
capable Of going almost anywhere
a horse can go and probably some
places where a horse would balk;
capable OF going there and COM
ing back without being ham
strung-and without being shot
down by an enemy sniper. 1t
takes a powerful s11iper to bring
down a tank.
Cavalry. the World war re-
vealed, was so much cannon fod-
der - spectacular with lances,
sabers and pennons, but obsolete.
The thrilling charges of the
Unlans, the Deaths Head hus-
sars, whose net result was pri-
marily the destruction OF horses
and riders, will have no future
counterpart in the United States
army.
United States cavalry now
numbers only 5000 men. The new
tanks, for which bids have been
asked, will have a speed range Of
from twenty-five to forty miles
an hour. They will be the nucleus
OF the new cavalry"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18

The dip of the paddle and the
chug Of the underwater exhaust is
making sweet music these days for
the city's boating fraternity on
White river. In the top photo,
White rivers winding course has
drawn M. w. Shellabarger, Sid
ney, o., and Miss Ardelle Brown,
Of Dayton, in the approved canoe
style. So heavy was river traffic
Sunday that Motorcycle Officer
Fred w. Titus took a precarious
post on the prov of the Italian
gondola Center photo and waved
stop and go at the "sea feas."
In the craft, obtained from the
Wheeler estate, William Lowe,
manager of the White City boat
house, has supplanted the singing
gondolier with an cupboard motor.
Below, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c.
Fulke, motor boat enthusiasts, are
pictured in their trim craft. And
right, toes tell Beverly Zoe Zobezzi,
ID, Of 1886 College avenue, that it's
still a bit too early for comfort
able bathing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
TREASURER TO TRIAL
Impeached Official Is Be-
fore Missouri Senate.
By United Press

By United Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 1S
Larry Drunk, suspended state
treasurer, charged with high crimes
nisdemeanors and gross n1iscon-
duct in office, faced trial today be-
fore the state senate.
The house of representatives voted
to inpeach Brunk on nine separate
counts, including charges he di-
verted state funds to his personal
account and allowed the bank in
his home town to pay the state in
sufficient interest.
Permanent removal from office
and loss Of citizenship rights would
result from conviction.
The trial will be the first i'm
parchment procedure against an
elected state official in the history
Of Missouri.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
CROWD NABS killer
Negro BIazeS Away a
Local Ball Game.

A Negro killed another Negro and
wounded two others, one of them
critically, in a baseball crowd Sun
day at Washington park. He is held
for the grand jury.
AS the crowd filed out OF the seats
at the end of the game, Frank Coe,
rs, Of 1901 North West street, drew
his gun and blazed away at Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Harrison, 2402 Highland
place.
William Woods, "a, of 1916 Yandes
street, was killed, and Harrison fell
with critical chest wounds. Bebee
Hockett, GA Torbett street, was shot
in the arm.
The crowd seized Coe and held
him for police. He said the quar-
rel was about Mrs. Harrison, with
whom he formerly kept company,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
DEMANDS WAR ON REDS
Communist Warning Sounded by
State Chief of V. of F. w.

Active resistance to the spread Of
Communist propaganda was urged
by Edward c. Schaub, state COM
manler Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, in an address Sunday at the
flag raising ceremony of LaVelle-
Gossett post, No. 90S. V. F. w, at
post headquarters, King avenue and
Walnut street.
unless we awaken from the apa-
thetic attitude toward the growth of
Communism, pledges We make an
nually to the honored dead are in
vain" the commander declared.