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Dante’s Inferno Eclipsed by Ohio
Holocaust
Dante’s Inferno, masterpiece of all the ages of
horrors, has been put in eclipse by the Ohio prison
holocaust. It is so gruesome that it congeals the
blood in the veins of the most virile body anc car
ries Its own lesson as well as Its own warning. Hun
dreds of convicts, in the flame of a living hell, could
not escape from their cells. They died in the suf
focating flames and added another chapter to the
hideous horrors of history. An outstanding feature
was the inability of the guards who had not become
panic stricken to locate the keys to the prison cells
in this Ohio house of death. How did it happen?
Why did it happen? What was the underlying cause?
This Is the answer:
In the 1929 handbook of the National Society of
Penal Information a chapter was devoted to this
famous Ohio penitentiary:
“The ancient plant at the state penitentiary In
Columbus, one of the largest prisons in the country.
SUFFERS FROM A CONDITION OF OVERCROWD
ING WORSE THAN THAT IN ANY OTHER PRIS
ON
“THE NEED OF ANOTHER INSTITUTION IN
TEE OHIO PENAL SYSTEM has been apparent for
many years, but the state Is only now taking steps to
alleviate the conditions at Columbus.
“NOT ONLY CAN COLUMBUS NOT CARE FOR
AN INCREASED POPULATION. BUT IT IS AL
READY TOO LARGE A PRISON TO BE OPERATED
ON ANY OTHER LINE THAN THOSE OF BLANK
ET TREATMENT. Even with the completion of the
present building program, It will be able to care for
It* present population only under conditions that fall
below accepted modern standards for housing pris
oners.”
Man's Inhumanity to man may not be applicable
to the case, but man’s indifference to man has a vast
deal to do with the case. Texas has prison problems
Texas has an ancient system of housing and caring
for convicts. Texas has overcrowded prisons. Texas
prison conditions have been told in the columns of
this newspaper time and again.
It is damnable, to say the least, to enact laws for
the punishment of criminals, enforce the laws, and
then treat the convicts Just as wild beasts are treated
In the overcrowding of prison bastlles, in the quality
of food provided for convicts, in keeping the impris
oned ones in enforced idleness, In treating lncor
rigibles and first offenders alike, and in failing to give
heed to the recommendations of humane penologists.
Including men and women who have given years of
study to crime and criminals as well as the recom
mendations of those who believe that these wards of
society who have expiated their misdeeds and atoned
for their sins against the laws of God and man should
be given an opportunity to begin life anew and wine
aut, evil records of other years.
Governor Moody made a gallant fight for prison
reform. Many law makers made a gallant fight for i
the elimination of ardent systems find programs un
der the skies of Texas They fought and were de
feated. but the battle did not end when those who
voted to keep the rat holes open were successful in
preventing the enactment of legislation which would
have made a clean sweep of all the relics and meth
ods of the ox cart civilization of Texas In dealing with
those who found themselves within the walls or on
prison farms for flouting the laws of the common
wealth.
Prison reform in Texas, is on the way. Sane men
and women, humane men and women, are in the
maloritv in Texas when they declare themselves at
the ballot box. and they are going to declare them
selves In the near future.
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-THE CAPTIVE DENTIST”
OR
“TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY”
(Copyright, 1930, by The Associated Newspapers.)
(“Mexican bandits kidnap American dentist.”—news
item.)
Bandit Chief (as the dentist Is seised): You’re
next.
Dentist (pretty frightened): I think IH come back
some other time, er, if you don’t mind.
Bandit Chief (sharply): Come on now. Don't be
like that.
Dentist: I, er, really don’t care to be kidnaped
today. I've just thought of a business appointment.
I’ll be back tomorrow.,..
Bandit Chief (a little soothingly): Now, don’t talk
that way. It won’t take long. There’s nothng to be
afraid of.
Dentist: I’m not afraid....really I’m not_I’d
Just rather have you kidnap me some other time.
Bandit Chief (cheerily slapping the dentist on the
back): After it’s all over you’ll be glad you did it
cow instead of putting it off. Won't he, boys?
Forty Hard-boiled Bandits (In chorus): You bet
he will!
Dentist (now very alarmed): But It's late and I’ve
got another appointment. If you’ll Just....
Bandit Chief: Don’t be a baby. It’s nothing at
all, nothing at all.
Dentist (pleadingly): Take somebody else first. I
can wait.
Bandit Chief: 8tep right this way.
Dentist: But. er. can't you give me something so
I won't feel it?
Bandit Chief: Give you something so you won’t
feel It?
Dentist: Yes. gas or something.
Bandit Chief: Don’t worry. Just leave everything
to us.
Dentist (still seeking a way out): Now really, I’ll
go now but I’ll be back later.
Bandit Chief: Now this isn’t going to HURT you
a bit. Is it boys?
The Bandit Gang: Not a bit!
Dentist: You wouldn't fool me?
The Gang: Naw-w-w-w!
(The curtain will be lowered to denote a period of
several days during wnich the dentist is held hostage,
tortured and nearly murdered. As the curtain rises
the ransom has been paid and he is being released.)
Dentist (as the bandits let hi mgoi: Is It all over?
Bandit Chief: Yes. And YOU DIDN'T MIND IT A
BIT, DIDJA?
CHARMS
When Old Boy Pluvius gets gay
And feels like having fun,
And keeps you guessing all the day
Regarding rain and sun;
When clouds are acting doubtfully
And skies are shadowed over
Reject the rabbit’s foot P. D.;
And can the four-leaf clover
These won't bewitch the rain or hail,
So listen to me. fella—
There's only one charm that won't fall—
A good old-time umbrella.
Walter Hatfield Bock.
Well, the delegates to the naval limitations parley
have sailed for home on the Leviathan, but are there
enough liners In the transatlantic service to bring
home the photographers?
Incidentally, what a grand and glorious feeling
must be that of an American delegate when he rolls
out of bed and realizes that he won’t have to listen
to a single speech through an interpreter?
John D. Rockefeller will get a refund of $356,378.
Will the government give It to him—in view of the
business situation—in nickles or dimes?
Possibly Babe Puth signed that London treaty
agreeing not to do anything for six years.
The Literary Digest returns from Greater New
York are In. and an attempt Is being made to find
the man who voted for enforcement.
A statue has been dedicated to the Pioneer Wo
man. She deserves It. The things she was able to
do without electric sewing machines, vacuum-clean
ers. set tubs and taxicabs are amazing. And bear In
mind that In addition to her other tasks she had to
do up her hair.
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CHAPT t 18
Elanda walked Into the program
director’s office with a large bun
dle. She tossed It on his desk, pert
ly;
"Mr. Piske, I brought you a little
present.".
Hc looked at it in astonishment;
“You—what? It looks like a
Ch-istmas turkey.”
Elanda sat down on the edge of
her chair while he untied the string.
His excl nation of amazement was
so violent that Elanda laughed.
It r hundreds of letters—ad
dressed to Miss Elanda Lee or to
"Miss La Paloma." Piske sat back
his hand on his forehead—weakly.
“I'll be! When did thse come in?”
“They all came in since Friday
night when I san Suwanee Collier’s
song. I think people have suddenly
gone crazy. But there you are.
Now don’t say I never brought you
any fan mail.”
Fiske shook his head and began
to read. In a little while he looked
up:
“Did you count them?”
“I stopped when I got to over four
hun^ad,” Elanda shrugged. “I’m no
certified public accountant. There
must be nearly twice that many."
He sat back and drummed on his
desk. But it was not violently this
time. And he did not seem so cold
as she had always found him.
“You sec.” he reminded her. “I
don’t like to say ‘I told you so,’
That* a woman's phrase. But it’s
true, Miss Lee. You wouldn’t have
lasted any longer than your con
tract If you hadn’t come down to
earth and spoken the language of
the fifty million Americans who
can’t be wrong.” *
She agreed, making a little face:
“I suppose you're right. But it
takes a lot of nerve when you’ve
always said you positively wouldn’t
do something, then get Into a tight
place where you have to. I hope I
wasn’t sassy. But I certainly died a
thous nd deaths when I took the
first plunge.
“You like it now. don’t you?" he
leaned over and looked at her close
ly. “Lock at me! You were just
being smartie, weren’t you?"
He see /d in such a friendly,
honest mejd, that Elanda co;/dn’t
fib t J^im. She looked up slyly:
“I like the fan mail—yes. But I'm
not saying I don’t think your ’fifty
million Americans who can't be
wrong’ shouldn’t have better taste."
“How some people do suffer for
their art," he roared, agreeably, and
lit a cigarette and leaned back puf
fing speculatively.
He blew a ring and smiled:
“Thus by little quirks of fate are
peo; ‘ made famous. I suppose you
know that, in so far as a radio car
eer is concerned, you are practically
made. Providing you keep it up.
You've found your cue. Stick to it.
Cut out the stuff that's over your
head. You haven't the voice.”
Elanda gasped at his frankness
and felt an angry retort coming to
her lips. But he stopped her:
“My child, you're too young—and
you haven’t had the training. We
hav some of the most celebrated
Metropolitan opera prima donnas of
this age signed up to compete against
little girl singers like you The com
petition is too severe. You might
be a great prima donna some day.
But it woui* take years more of
study.
“I'm not telling you not to keep on
with the better things. But I doubt
that you are a Bon or a Ponsella.
I'm saying it in a spirit of the deep
est gratitude for the way you have
saved our La Paloma program. Bury
your foolish, childish pride and croon
your way to fame and fortune.
“In the four months your La
Paloma program has to run I’ll
make you an artist in your line that
can command a thousand dollars a
week. This isn’t empty chatter. I’ll
have Suwanee Collier coach you
He’ll be happy to do it. He knows
more about what the public wants
than any other man in radio today.
He has proved it in his own career.”
That was wormwood and gall to
Elanda—the last few words. Su
wanee to coach her! True, it had
been his own song that had, in one
if ening. saved her from defeat, but
she certainly didn’t feel she could
bear the thought of her whole career
depending upon him.
When she remained silent, Flake
went on:
“It will be easy to find three num
bers a week suitable for you to do.
I’ll put Collier on that, too. He likes
to do favor* for people. Best na
tured chap I’ve ever done business
with.
"I'm going to call the La Paloma
people right now and tell them the
good news. The advertising man
ager dropped in this m or rung and
said they'd been getting lots of
comment on the Friday night pro
gram and your number. He said the
orders for soap had been pouring
in. Well, little Soap Queen, what do
you say?”
She shrugged amiably and showed
her little teeth in a grin:
"What have I to say? I am but a
poor working girl—caught fast in
the net of commercialism. You old
capitalist, do your worst!”
He laughed heartily. Then he
sobered:
“You’re quite human when you
take off your high hat, Elanda Lee.
I thought there might be a heart
beating under that cake of ice
somewhere.”
She was shocked. He laughed
again.
“Go on, freeze up again. La Pal
oma. You're beautiful when you try
to look dignified. But you're nicer
when you grin.”
She grinned. He held out his
hand:
“Now, that I’ve got your number—
and we understand each other per
fectly. I hope it wort be necessary
for me to act like a wise-eyec! old
hard-boiled executive when you
come into my office. That was a
pose, too, you know. Oh. yes. I pose
Just as women do. I have to, to
make people take me seriously, too.
If you keep on being so human I
may even invite you to luncheon
with me some day.
She opened her gray eyes wide:
“Oh. Mister. Hbw good you are
to me!”
“All right. Elanda—I’m even going
to call you by your first name after
this. I'm happy we’re friends. Run
in when you need any heavy fatherly
advice and I’ll put my feet on the
waste paper basket and take a few
minutes off anv time.”
They shook hands and she went
mit smiling. But she walked slowlv
*own the tiallwav waging an inner
battle with herself. Tt was *»c^ne to
bitter medicine. Having Suwanee
her and decide the verv num
she was to do. But—well!
Then she began to worry about
Dixie. She was harrilv ever home
!n the evening anv n- ■» Thinking
about it. Elanda went with a
heavy heart.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Old Locomotive To
To Be on Display Here
The first locomotive to travel over
one of the oldest railroads In the
state of Texas has been obtained
by the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce and will b<> on permanent
display on the chamber of com
merce grounds lit the near future.
The locomotive, an old wood
burning engine, is number 1 of the
Rio Grande Railway, and has been
stored in the local engine rooms of
the company.
The engine, remembered by early
pioneers in this section, will be
painted and partially repaired.
It is said to be around 60 years
old.
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Illinois Association
To Hold Meet May 4
(SDcrial to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 30—All Illi
noisians are Invited to the semi
annual picnic of the Illinois asso
ciation here &Iay 4.
Casino Park orchestra will fur
nish the entertainment. The pro
gram begins at 3 and will be over
by 4. A permanent plan of organ
ization will be proposed and acted
upon.
Mission Woman Dies
fSpecial to The Herald)
MISSION. April 30—Mrs. George
Holliday, wife of a prominent con
tractor and builder here, died in
San Antonio Sunday.
The body will be forwarded to
Pennsylvania for burial at the' old
home.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK. April 30.—Manhat
tan's particular Lllliput Is the thea
trical boarding house in the west
Forties.
Here, during these months when
the carnivals and circuses are gath
ering together their performers,
come swarms of midgets. Because
this particular place caters to the
Tom Thumbs of the amusement
world, the colonies of ant-like hu
mans invariably take quarters there,
being almost certain of finding their
fellows there—if they look hard
enough.
Unlike the transient actors and
freak show folk, whose appetites and
bill dodgings drive landlords in pur
suit of the sheriff, the midgets take
up but little room. and. so goes the
wheeze, if they get really hard up.
they can go out and steal bread
crumbs from the Library Square
pigeons.
If worst comes to worst and they
begin to take up too much room, the
landlady can park half a dozen of
them in a top drawer.
Naturally, any number of gags
and whimsical nonsense have been
spread concerning the goings on in
this midget boarding house.
There’s the tale of the performer
who sneaks a couple of them out
In a suit case and thus dddges their
board bill.
There’s the tale of the Janitor
who couldn’t figure out why his va
cuum cleaner wasn't working, and.
upon Investigation, found he’d pick
ed up a Lilliputian.
There’s another to the effect that
an entire family arrived and de
manded a special rate because the
entire crew occupied only half a bed.
There’s the one about the land
lady who comolained that the tooth
ere disappearing from the
d was told that one of her
needed a wooden leg.
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There’s still another about the
midget whose eye could Just reach
the keyhole—but I better not tell
you that one. And there’s one
about the little guy who got hold
of some speakeasy gin and went
through theh alls looking for a
stepladder so that he could get his
key in the lock.
There are any number about ways
and means by which the tiny
boarders evaded paying their room
rent; how, on one occasion, three
of them walked out under the apron
of a kindly housekeeper.
And there’s another of the land
lady who couldn’t account for the
disappearance of some moth balls,
only to be told that some of her
guest* had taken up bowling.
Oh well—originate a few of your
own I
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As a matter of fact, the children
of Lilllput are considered far bet
ter pay than their larger brothers
of the show world. They are seldom
out of work, since circuses, carni
vals and advertising stunts are al
ways open to them.
Most of the Tom Thumbs of the
circus world come from a certain
province in Hungary where, due to
some water content which has a
marked effect on glandular func
tionings, the average member of the
population can be measured with a
yard stick.
About a year ago it was reported
that the midget population was fall
ing off and scout3 for circuses had
great difficulty rounding them up.
At one time an actual scarcity oc
curred and some time passed before
any were imported to this country.
Their value leaped considerably and
the wise gents of the "tiny town"
abroad demanded considerable sums
of money before agreeing to leave.
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I Out Our Way.By Williams
T Ofy, HEROES ARE MAOL - KJOT BDPm
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The Main Stem
Intimate Glimpses of the Valley’s Alley
—-BY J. R.-i
Along Elisabeth <
John Armstrong ... with his eagle 3
eye watching traffic violaters . . .
percolating along in his car . . .
Bill Brown waiting for a red light (
to turn green . . . looking as If he (
would like to jump the light . . . ,
and break the law . . . Judge James (
A. Graham . . . waiting for trans
portation. home . . . and his two
lawyer sons . . . Ted and Franklin
T. . . . looking for their wives . . .
Ed Randell . inspecting the dam- 1
age the rain did to his baby golf
course . . scratching his head . . .
Miss Margaret Wainwrlght . . .
blonde ... going home to dinner ... ‘
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Gifts
Tuesday it was announced that a 1
gift consisting of five tubes of gar
denias had passed through Browns
ville, going from one presidential
household to another.
Two of the tubes of flowers were
addressed to Mrs. Henry Ford. And
three to Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
• • •
J. G. Philen, Jr., local broker,
handled the transaction at the spe
cial request of President P. Ortiz
Rubio, who wired him personally
the day before their arrival in
Brownsville by airplane.
• • •
Never having been president, and
never having been a president’s wife, j
we do not know’ the regular pro
cedure Kirs Hoover will follow in
acknowledging the gift. A nice lit
tle telegram, or a letter, possibly.
9 9 9
But for Mrs. Henry Ford, we would
advise her to wrap up one of friend
husband’s ten million flivvers, put i
a two-cert stamp on it, and send
it by airmail to Mrs. Ortiz Rubio.
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Snakes
Doubtless you read in Tuesday's
Herald of the man who ordered
three boa constrictors and upon re
ceipt of the shipment, found about
53 instead. The snakes had become
mothers during the voyage. Take it
from us, 53 snakes is many snakes.
However, it served the man right.
We have our opinion of anyone who
orders snakes.
• » •
How nice it would be to open a
letter which started off. "Enclosed
you will find check for—” and find
that the check had hatched out a
lot of little checks. That would be
more like it.
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Sideglances
On the highway north of the
country club, a truck and a trailer
turned turtle about noon Tuesday.
No one injured, but the dignity of
the 3-ton truck suffered. It re
mained in the ditch about an hour.
• • •
The two miniature golf courses on
Elizabeth street, one in town and
the other in West Brownsville, were
under water Monday and Tuesday.
Play was suspended until someone
could bail out the links.
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The Terrace, popular confection
ary in West Brownsville, is scheluled
to open its doors today. Free ice
cream for one and all. (How about
a second helping for this.)
• • •
A certain traffic coup bought a
new car Saturday, and the follow- j
ing Monday traded it in for an
other make. That is changing one's
mind with a vengeance.
• • •
J. K. Mr Davit t is suffering with
an infected hand. He is reported
better Wednesday, but has not been
able to work for several days.
• • •
It is considered probable that the
Texas women’s golf tournament will
be played in Brownsville at the
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:ountry club. No definite date as
efc.
• • •
“It can be done, but It will mean
»rd work,” said Gordon Street,
commenting on the possibility of a
citrus college In Brownsville. Land
o the extent of 20 acres has been
jffered by James-Dickinson.
* * *
Owen P. White, famous author, is
itill In Brownsville waiting for the
ibel suit to open.
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History
On this, the last day of April, the
bllowlng events occured In the past:
tprll 30—
1542 House of convocation ap
rroved the “King's Book” whose
creed became the standard of Eng
lish orthodoxy.
1789. George Washington inaugur- ,
ated as first president of the United
States. And here's a question we bet
you can't answer: How many presi
dents has the country had to date?
1798. U. S. Navy created. And now
they're trying to sink It.
1803. Louisiana Purchase made.
1853 Santa Anna became presi
dent of Mexico.
Chicks Shipped
Shipment of baby chicks by air
occurring so often these days that
It Is not news any longer.
Approximately 700 baby chicks
passed through Brownsville Tues
day heading for Mexico City.
The Taste Tells The
Tale
Anthony’s Waffle
Shop
517 12 St Phone 983
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