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ftp HammstsHle Herald Established July 4, 1892 entered as second-class matter in the Postoffice Brownsville, Texas. HIE BROWNSVILLE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rates—Daily and Sunday (7 Issues) e Year .$9.00 : Months .$4.50 ree Months .5^ -5 e Month .A.75 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use publication of all news dispatches credited to it or t otherwise credited in this paper, and also the al news published herein. TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE Foreign Advertising Representatives Dallas, Texas, 512 Mercantile Bank Building. Kansas City, Mo., 306 Coca Cola Building. Chicago, 111., Association Building. New York, 350 Madison Avenue. St. Louis, 502 Star Building. Los Angeles, Cal., Room 1015 New Orpheum Eidg., 1 S. Broadway. San Francisco, Cal., 318 Kohl Building. Seattle, Wash., 507 Leary Building. Why the Wirtz Bill Was Vetoed Governor Moody vetoed the Wirtz bill, otherwise town as the party loyalty bill. Following the pass e of the bill this newspaper predicted a veto. Gov nor Moody is a regular. He totes the democratic :ket straight. He led the regulars in the campaign 1928. He believes in peace and harmony all along e line in the camp of democracy. He believes that onomic problems should be solved in Texas by the ople and their lawmakers and governor. He .believes in a forward movement for Texas. He lieves in education reform; in tax reform; in high ly building that will make Texas first; in the equal ition of the burdens of government; in prison re rm in order that the penalogical methods may be odem, the system may be self-supporting and the nvicts given a chance to become law-abiding citi ns instead of outlaws of society. He believes in party peace, party harmony, party lity and that the men and women who call them Ives democrats shall turn their eyes to the rising d not to the setting sun. There are nc birds in last year’s nest. What has .ppened in party affairs in Texas is ancient history | history as dead as the dodo. If there is a future r the democratic party the governor insists that tolerance or reprisal is not the method of obiain g party success and that above all things the needs the commonwealth in the solution of economic oblems should come first and receive the undivided tention of voters who call themselves followers of fferson and Jackson and Cleveland and Wilson, le veto message speaks for itself. It follows; “The effect of this bill is to amend article 3107, amended by the acts of the Fortieth legislature, ■st called session, in a manner to give the respective ate executive committees of political parties the m^er to determine the qualifications of their respec ire members; that is to say, it would give the respec ve state executive committees of the several politi 1 parties the right to determine who may vote or herwise participate in their respective primary elec >n and who may become candidates for their re lective nominations. “Under article 3107 os it was amended by an act the Fortieth legislature in its first called session, le state executive committees of the several political irties have this power as regards their respective irties except that the article provides that ‘no per >n shall ever be denied the right to participate in a lmary in this state because of former political ews or affiliation or because the membership or jn-hicmbership in organizations other than the po ical party.’ “The purpose of this bill is to give the powers entioned to the democratic state executive ccmmit e and it may as well be discussed from its effect on ie democratic party and thereby its effect on the ate at large, in view of the fact that thn democratic irty has been, is now and I hope in the interest of se genera! welfare will continue to be the predomi ant political party cf this state. "I have nothing to say about parties controlling leir own destinies as volunteer organizations. Un ?r ordinary circumstances a bill of this kind would ;cite little interest and it would have my approval, owever. the bill conies at this time as one of the ln rcct results of the division which occurred in the tmocratic party in the campaign preceding the re *nt general election. It appears evident to me that the bill becomes a law it will prolong the bitterness hich that campaign aroused and will continue and iden'the break in the democratic party. I am cf the >inion that the welfare cf the party and that the elfare of the state are to be advanced by promoting armony among those whose views are in accord with ie principles of the democratic party. For the rea ms stated it is my opinion that the interest of the ate and the Interest cf the democratic party is best rved by vetoing this bill, and I therefore, herebv !to it.” Coming events are said to cast their shadows bo ne. There is a large army of Texas democrats who dieve that the campaign of 1930 should be waged pon economic lines and for the great reforms which ave been recommended by the governor and those he fokew his flag. There are ultra partisans who ddom think along economic lines. They place what ley call “personal or moral Issues” first. Thomas B. ove will be a candidate for governor. He has sour.d ! his message. Around him will gather those who re unwilling to let the dead of 1923 bury their own ead. Lieutenant Governor Barry Miller will be a candl ate. Around Miller’s standard will gather those who re unwilling to forget the bitter incidents of the impaign of last year. It goes without saying that emocrats who believe in placing Texas first, who elieve in the solution of economic problems which mcern all the people are not in sympathy with the ead issues of yesteryear, do not care to revive issues hich wrecked the party and who look to the rising id not the setting sun. These democrats, who believe in going forward id in doing something substantial for their state nti all its people, should draft a candidate who rep jsents their views to carry their standard in the impaign that is to come next year Preferably the resent governor should not be drafted. He has been rafted many times. He has responded nobly to the ■I!. He is for peace and harmony and progress and' [eng economic lines for honest government and wise k-penditure of the money of the people, and unless ie political signs of the times are misleading, his iewpoint win be the viewpoint of a majority of the emocrats cf Texas in the primary campaign which ; to come and at the general election next year for ie control of the government of Texas. THE TABLOID WALL STREET NEWSPAPER Plans are reported under way for a Wall street newspaper in the tabloid style. The only big prob lem is sex appeal, there being no John Gilbert on the Federal Reserve Board and not even an application so far by Greta Garbo for a seat on the Stock Ex change. This, however, may be worked out somehow. • * * • Headlines will, of course, be the main dependence and the following treatment is certain: DECEIVED BY MELLON, SAYS BOND CULT Treasury Daddy's Advice To Buy Now Cost Them Money. LURED ON, IS CLAIM * • * • BLAME PLUNGES ON “GLANDS” - ?■ # Thyroid Trouble Behind Weird Market Act, Says Crash Victim. * * * * HINTS EVIL EYE IN CASH CRISES --- Big Bankers Hexed By Federal Reserve, Is Startling Charge. WEIRD RITES CITED “Raised Money to 20 Per Cent Under Spell; Then All Went Black,” Says Mogul. • • * * RADIO HIS SOUL MATE R. C. A. His Baby Doll, Says Mike (“Peaches”) Meehan, Citing Spirit Pact. Letters Prove Tryst. * * * * “INNOCENT” CRY OF BEAUTY, BROKE BY STOCK PLUNGE “Didn't Knot It Was Loaded,” Says Fair Market Novice—"Struggled With Johns-Manville, Then All Went Black.” * * * • YOU NEVER CAN TELL Q—What's that noise? A—What noise? Q—Sounds like crashing glass. A—That’s a congressman getting off a boat. • <* * * * Congress is going to inquire into the stock mar ket. It will live to regret the day it does so. The minute you begin looking into a thing like that you’re sunk. • • • • • 1 Ben Schwartzberg says he knows a man who wanted to buy Major Segrave's record-breaking auto mobile. but found it had no electric cigar-lighter. • * * * And he adds that the Mexican revolution may have been caused by the fact the Mexican president i was heard whistling ::Sonny Boy.” ._ Waslkiiffigftom By HERBERT C. PLUMMER WASHINGTON, April 6.—Before we quit talking about Calvin Coolidge and what he did while he was in the White House, mention must be made of one more thing—he gave more animals to the national zoological park in Washington than any other presi dent. And this is not excepting Theodore Roosevelt, the famous hunter. Perhaps Coolidge's gifts to the zoo exceeded those of his predecessors because more animals were given inm and Mrs. Coolidge. Be that as it may, the fact irmains that the zoo collection of rare animals was increased materially in the administration just con cluded. • * * * CHOICE COLLECTION For instance, there's the cinnamon bear from the American northwest. Any day he may be seen nacing m his cage along bear walk. There Is the pigmy hippo from Liberia, a rare animal in captivity, the gift of Harvey Firestone to the former president. Perhaps the most outstanding gift Coolidge made to the national zoo is the fine pair of lions, known as the President’s lions. They are in the first cage of the lion row around the corner from Baby N’Gi, the gorilla. The pair was sent to the White House by the mayor of Johannesburg. South Africa. There are numerous others, smaller or less famil iar to the zoo-going public, but just as valuable to the collection. Incidentally, one of President Roosevelt’s gifts continues to reside at the zoo, and is one of the most popular inmates. It is the ostrich presented by the late King Menelik of Abyssinia. The bird is now blind, but so perfectly does he know his way around the cage and the outdoor enclosure that the casual visit would never suspect his condition. * * * * ADVICE SOUGHT Coolidge's gifts to the national zoological park comprise a part of the more than 2,300 mammals, birds and reptiles housed there. The zoo functions as a national institution just as any other government bureau. Each week’s mail brings requests for help and advice in regard to animals from all over the country. That it enjoys a nation-wide popularity is 6hown by the fact that attendance last year totalled some 3.000.000 persons, including hosts of school children in organized classes, coming from practically all of the states in the union. * • • • EXPENSIVE CATERING A force of 85 men is employed by the government to take care of the animals. Congress pays their board bill, and a glance at the statement of food con sumed last year proves that these charges of the gov ernment have anything but delicate appetites. During this period there was consumed 49 tons of meat, 20 tons of fish, 168 tons of hay, 3,500 pounds of onions and 1,000 pounds of salt rock—as much salt roek as sugar. Each month the baker uses 15 pounds of flour to make a special kind of bread the bears and some of the other animals eat. Their fondness for milk and eggs is shown by the fact that 700 dozen eggs and 216 dozen cans of con densed milk disappeared over the 12-month period. •i Believe It or Not By Ripley j I GEORGE: BAKE j MADE A "PROFIT IN Z DAY5 qf ^32,000,000^ J ►I Tohn A. j Poioelson. jl . Submitted |y UNK ty.S. Adam} 3r. MEEHAN S. ('-Cjith LoyoU Prfcp) y PITCHED *^5%^ HO-HIT-NO-RUM games m succession Submitted by • 5«k Dempsfey fH£ NAKED'^NDI AM 04 Ihe.UtAW HILLS DID NGT WEAR CLOTHES Winter or summer FoR30VRS HE SLEPT UNCOVERED IN THE SNOW AND ICG. This is a daily feature of The Herald, and authenticity of the above, if questioned, may be had from Mr. Ripley, in care of this paper. UNDERGROUND MYSTERY STORY v. If By J.Jefferson Farjeon Copyright, 192?. by Central Presa Association. Tne. f _ READ THIS FIRST: The plot concerns some weird noises that no one can fathom. They are underground sounds, be neath a house in By ford Moor peo ple say is haunted. While eating in a King’s Cross restaurant, Brown, a romantic young clerk, overhears a rough-looking man “After her! And—if she's trouble some—don’t be particular what you do to her.” Brown meets two young men, Rupert and Charlie, while trailing the girl, and they decide to accompany him to the haunted house. Arriving there at night, they meet a sort of tramp called Ted, who has been hanging around the house all day. Ted tells them about the underground noises, and the boys decide to investigate at cr.ce, especially since Ted has seen the girl entering the house a short time before. Groping their way about the dark house, the boys hear someone 'approaching. (Now Go On With The Story) CHAPTER IX It was a girl. Obviously, the girl they were chasing—the girl who had drawn them across half of Eng land. Incongruously she stood there, a wonderful, soft creature in the midst of terrors unnamable, shedding far more than the light of an electric torch into the dark cor ners of that house. Charlie could only distinguish her faintly, but what he could distin guish gave him a sudden under standing of Brown, and a sudden comprehension of the whole adven ture. He knew now why Brown had been spurred to embark upon an irnpossible enterprise and to take ridiculous risks. He knew why Brown, undignified and incoherent in the station waiting room, had somehow contrived to imbue two sane strangers with his enthusiasm. F^r fat Charlie, like thin Brown, dreamed his dreams, and it was not his palm-reading cousin in Leices tershire who figured in them. It was just such a girl as this—a girl with a figure as perfect as bis own was absurd, whose hair curled in just that intriguing way around her ears, and whose elusive charm and radiant femininity made him al most sob in his pillow when he woke up to the dull, prosaic day! And here she was, before him! And here he stood, wondering how he could be of use to her without frightening her away! And then, all of a sudden, some thing leapt upon his back, and he staegered behind the curtain again. “Got you!” gasped a voice. Charlie struck out fiercely as the darkness rose up at him. For a few moments he and his assailant seemed to be tied to each other in knots. Then a little light flicked above him. and he found himself staring into the eyes of Rupert, while locked In his hug were the chest and face of Brown. “What’s happened?” demanded Rupert, sharply. “I didn't know it was him,” pant ed Brown, as Charlie loosened his grip. “Someone hit me—and when I came to, I thought—” “Quick!” cried Charlie, struggling to his feet. “The girl! She’s here!” They dashed the curtain aside. The hall was empty. They ran intn the room opposite the head of the stairs, the door of which was no longer ajar, but wide. It was a dismantled bedroom, with an over turned chair. And it was empty, like the hall. “Where ’did you see her—where was she going?” cried Rupert. “She wras just outside the room, and she might have been going any • where.” replied Charlie. He turned balefully to Brown. “It’s YOUR fault, you know! If you hadn’t jumped on me like that, and given her a scare—” “Go on!” retorted Brown. "How did I know it was you? I dessay you’d have done the same, if you'd been in my place!” “Stop quarreling!” ordered Ru It was the girl. pert. “We've got to FIND her!” They searched the upper floor as well as they could, but thorough ness was impossible owing to the speed of their search and also to the fact that their matches were giving out. Then they descended the stairs, and continued the search there, looking into rooms, groping along passageways, feeling behind furniture, and calling. They found nothing. But just as they were striking their last match, a head appeared at the window. It was the head of Ted, the laborer. “ ’Alio,” said the head. “Here! Don’t do that!” exclaimed Charlie, galvanically. “Give us a warning or something!” “Sorry/* replied Ted. "Any luck?” "That depends upon what you call luck,” answered Rupert. “Have you seen anything?” “Me? Blimy, I'm beginnin’ ter see so much, I've stopped countin’,” retorted Ted; then, suddenly, he raised his head a little. “Ah— there she goes!” “What? Where?” cried Brown. ‘Listen, and you’ll ’ear. Boom! Boom! Pretty, ain’t it?” Beneath them sounded the strange, dull intonation they had heard before. ‘Do you know,” observed Charlie, “I don’t think I like this house.” “ ’Oo would?” remarked the la borer. “It’s ’aunted proper.” Rupert gave an exclamation of annoyance. “I asked you if you’d SEEN any thing?” he repeated. “Tills isn't the moment for drawing room con versation!” Ted turned his eyes upon the speaker. “Now yer menshuns it.” he re sponded, “I DID see something. But I thort—” “Was it the girl?” interposed Ru pert. “Gall. Oh—that woman. Nah, it weren't ’er.” “Then who was it?” “Well—I thort it was one o’ you.” “What do you mean? We’ve been here all the time.”' “ ’Ave yer? Didn’t one of yer come out a minit or two ago?” “No.” “Well, that’s queer, that is,” mut tered Ted. “ ’Cos some ’un passed me an’ w-ent. into the road—” He stopped speaking. A sound had come from the road. “Good Lord—our car!" shouted Rppert. He raced for the window, the others followed him. Ted was swept aside, but five seconds late: he, too. was at the gate. The road was empty. Round a corner, a car was heard entering high gear. In the little shed, by the dim light of a candle-end which the laborer produced from his pocket, they held a council of war. “It seems to me,” said Rupert, opening the debate, “that we have reached a sort of a dead end, and that the position needs reviewing.” “Hear hear,” agreed Charlie. “But what IS the position?” “The POSITION is,” replied Ru pert, “that we have traveled hun dreds of miles to rescue a young lady from some mysterious danger, that we have tracked her to this house, and that now we can’t find her. The QUESTION is—do wo go on looking for her?” “You haven’t stated the position fully,” interposed Charlie. “We haven’t only lost the young lady. We’ve also lost a motor car in which is our baggage. Do we go on looking for THAT?” “You can go and look for the car,” suggested Brown, “and I’ll stay and look for the girl.” But Rupert shook his head. “I don’t think it'd be safe for you to hang ’round here alone, old chap,” he remarked. “You’ve been laid out once. Next time they may make a better job of it!” “Let ’em try!” “I'm afraid they will.” “Well, I’m not going to quit, any way, retorted Brown, definitely. “So that’s that!” “For that matter I don’t intend to quit, either,” added Charlie. “I’ve seen her—like Brown, here. I’m all on her side.” Rupert frowned. “Who’s talking of quitting?” he demanded. “We’re none of us go ing to quit. But it’s an open ques tion whether we’ll help her bj playing hide-and-seek all nighl long in a house she isn’t in. Damr it all, she’s not likely to die in the next few hours! Perhaps, if we fine a comfortable inn and get a bit oJ a rest, wre may wake up tomorrow refreshed and with a better per spective.” There was a short silence. Ru pert’s suggestion did not seem verj popular. i “Well—what’s your alternative?’ Health and Right Living BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. Former Commissioner of Health, By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. U. S .Senator from New York Former Commisisoner of Health, New York City In the very nature of things as they are at present, there will be children to have measles, and adults to have influenza or hard coids. The time will come when these diseases will disappear, but that glad day has not arrived. For a long time doctors will be needed to deal with these ailments. It is fortunate we have the medical men. But here is a problem: Why do not people realize that it is the aftermath of these ailments that is dangerous? Indeed, the after-ef fects of the troubles I have men tioned, as well as of other diseases, are far more important than their immediate effects. Nobody dies of measles, or influ enza, or colds. If anybody dies, it is because of a ’’complication,” of an effect produced by the original dis ease. The pus germs, the germs of pneumonia, the germs of tubercu losis, are always watchfully waiting. They are all ready to pounce on the body weakened by disease. The most important thing about measles and influenza and such ailments, is to get well of the measles or influenza without getting something else. For that reason, the after care of a patient is in many respects vastly more import ant than his care in the height of the disease. In olden times., it was announced in triumphant tones, “The fever is broke.” Yes, the fever may be broken, the immediate danger may be passed, but there is much left to do. The weakened and emaciated and debilitated victim of disease must be restored to strength, vigor and renewed resistance. I have in mind now a dear woman who first had influenza. Then she developed broncho-neumonia. After the acute symptoms of the latter disease disappeared, she failed to “get up” as she should. About that time I happened In for a neighborly call and was asked for a professional opinion. Since her own doctor had gone on a vacation. I undertook an examination. This revealed a dullness in the upper part of the right lung. A doctor doesn’t like this condi tion. When it is associated with oc casional elevation of temperature a degree or two above normal, cough ing spells, loss of apnetite and red cheeks, it means infection. What sort of infection? Probably tuber cular. That was what happened in the case I have described. Lowered re sistance and the weakened lung, had nrepared the way for the germs of tuberculosis. Let me say in strongest terms: Don't consider yourself well and ready for your ordinary duties un til the last evidence of disease has disappeared. It is a great mistake to go to work too soon. You may count yourself a loafer if you stay in after the acute symptoms have gone. You may thing you can “work off” your ailment. This is foolish. It is worse than foolish—it is positively danger ous. Make sure your patient Is really well from measles, influenza or a hard cold, before he is permitted to get back to hard work. ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES T. R. B. Q.—What should a girl aged 14, 4 feet 9 inches tall weigh? A.—She should weigh about 103 pounds. he rapped out. “Say something, one of you, if you’ve got any suggestion to make!” “What about the police?” pro posed Brown. "What shall we tell the police?” inquired Rupert. "I should think there's a lot to tell them,” exclaimed Brown. "Such as?” Brown was silent. "There you are,” said Rupert. "We've got nothing, barring the theft of the motor car, to tell them. Tell them that remark you over heard in the restaurant. Brown, ana they’ll say you heard it wrong, or misinterpreted it. Anyway, they wouldn’t act on that. How could I they? Tell them of your journey,! and they’ll laugh at you—like the station master did. Tell them that you pulled a man out of a train, and they’ll wonder whether to ar rest you for assault. Tell them that the man you pulled out of the train was the same man that wTas found later at Newcastle, drugged, and they may arrest you for something worse.” “But it was the girl who drugged the fellow.” interposed Charlie. "Exactly! We think so! And will I % Savings I |7 We bffer Attractive M ONTHLY SAVING CERTIFICATES ■ ■ 1 PREPAID CERTIFICATES ■ | FULLY PAID CERTIFICATES | / Loans I I We Will Lend You Money , I M TO BUILD II TO REPAIR 9 TO REFINANCE H TO BUY A HOME I Attractive monthly repayment loans. Quick jg; snappy service! Yes or no without delay. H 1 I Valley Building & Loan Ass n. SB , B Resources over $600,000.00 I 9 I i Main Office McAllen, Texas |t lriv *'7''sV " Sr. ^ I READER. Q.—What can be done for an acid condition of the stom ich? A.—You should correct your diet. Who am I? What position do I hold? What relative of mine held a cabinet position under Coolidge? Who wrote “Soldiers of Fortune?’* What candidate for the presi dency of the United States was fm prlsoned during the World war? “Be not deceived: God Is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sow eth. that shall he also reap.” Where is this passage found in the Bible? Today’s Horoscope Persons born on this day are Im pulsive and they undergo much suf fering. They should not take life so seriously. Horoscope for April 7, 1929 Persons born on this day are ex tremely sensitive and their feelings are easily hurt. They should nv.t take themselves too seriously. Star Lore Why Winter is Coldest in Early February By Arthur DeV. Carpenter The shifting of the sun angle away from our northern latitudes in fall and winter, gives us cold weather. But the sun turns north ward again the middle of December. However, the coldest weather is not when the sun is farthest south, but about seven weeks afterward, dur ing the first half of February. In early February northern latitudes received longer days of solar radia tion. but nights are still much logg er than the days, and the sun ajk? yet too great to counteract Tie * earth's radiation at night. With the arrival of about February 15, the sun reaches an altitude northward that gives it a slight advantage over terrestrial radiation, and the weath er begins to soften. (More Tomorrow) Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. Ray Lyman Wilbur; Secretary of the interior: my brother. Curtis. 2. Richard Harding Da via. 3. Eugene V. Debs. 4. Galatians vi, 7. we help the girl by getting the police to think so. too? Why, work it out, and that girl has acted most suspiciously! After drugging the man—if we're right in that assump tion—she leaves the compartment, slips out at Newcastle, hides her self, drops a blood-stained hand- < kerchief, boards another train for Byford Moor, comes straight to an empty house, and in that house, when we follow her, Brown is at tacked, and—” He stopped, and shook his head. “No, if we’fle thinking of the girl, I can’t see how we’re goin gto help her by telling the police. SHE could do that if ’ she wanted to, couldn't she? She may do so yet. Meanwhile, we don’c even know whether she’d thank us for the trouble we’ve taken, or for oiir interference.” (TO BE CONTINUED) IW. It MONTGOMERY \\ At /Orney at Law j» President Ilidalgo Guarantee <! Abstract Company <! Edinburg State Bank Bldg., ![ Edinburg, Co., Seat Hidalgo Co.