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Robison on the Rack This newspaper has said repeated!” that Land Commr. Jas. T. Robinson should resign and retire to the shades of private life. He refused to take the ad vice and now he is on the rack and faces impeach ment. A special legislative committee was appointed while the first special session was grinding to In vestigate a thousand and one rumors relative to the handling of the lend department and the land affairs of tht^commonwealth. This committee employed ac countants for an investigation of revaluation transac tions and the finances or rather financial methods of the land commissioner. These accountants investigated and they made a report to the legislative committee. That committee returned its findings to the legislature. The report sweepingly condemned certain practices of the land commissioner as well as the alleged methods employ ed In the handling of the land department. Commr. Robtson refused to retire. He defended his actions. He threw down the gauntlet to the lawmakers. Now the lawmakers must face the issue. They have a duty to perform. They are the servants of the people- They are the legislative guardians of the Interest cf the people. It Is for the lawmakers to de cide the action to be taken and the program to be followed until the finish ccmes. There should be no delay. A public office is a public trust. If the land com missioner is innocent, of the charges he vindicated If he isn’t he should be ousted from office. --.-— • • No Hope for Peace Josephus Daniels was the World war secretary of the American navy. He was one of the pillars of the Wilson administration for eight years. He sees no hope for world peace. In a recent address he said: “We have the spectacle of Great Britain tied to the body of death in its slavish belief in the outworn slogan ‘Mistress of the Seas ’ and the United States ' equally chained to the corpse of the fettering pa rochial slogan ‘No Entangling Alliances.’ Josephus is pessimistic. He declared that just as long as the two nations cling to those beliefs the Geneva conference and all other conferences will fail of their “high and holy aim ” Man has been a fight ing animal from the beginning. He has fought for women: he has fought for gold; he has fought for land: he has fought for all the treasures of the earth: ! he haa insisted from the beginning that might makes right. If Josephus Daniels has the correct viewpoint, the apostles of the Nazarene have failed in their mission. Josephus may be mistaken. Peace, world peace, may come some day. But just 50 long as Great Britain arrogates to itself the right to control the seven seas of the world, the farewell address of the father of his country will be the spiritual and political guide book of millions of American men and women. They, like Washington, will battle against en tangling alliances with foreign nations and foreign people. Women Are Given Warning Mrs. Mary P. Norton, democrat of New Jersey, is one of the eight women in the house of representa tives. She believes a new tariff bill will do more to force women into politics “than all the academic dis cussions of the past, present and future.” She pre dicts that if the republican tariff bill becomes a law “we are going to find everything we eat. drink and wear selling at a price beyond the means of the av erage woman.” Mrs. Norton represents an industrial district j Speaking of farm relief she made this declaration: • Many sins have been committed in the name of the farmer, but the tariff bill is the greatest sin of all. i When the farmer finds that his family will be taxed 50c for every 10c worth of protection that he re ceives. I believe he will begin to reallae that he is really the big sufferer in this game of hypocrisy.” Makers of things are the masters in the halls of congress. Growers of things have been the pack- j horses of the makers of things for 50 years. As for the growers of things they appear to like it. Wisconsin’s New Labor Law Wisconsin has a new labor law. It was enacted , by a progressive republican legislature It was signed by Gov. Walter J. Kohler, a millionaire employer of labor. It is known as the Yellow Dog Contract bill, j It had been rejected by the legislatures of every other state. It voids all contracts in which employes agree j not to join labor unions or whereby farmers agree ! not to become members of cooperative marketing or- ; yanizations. Wisconsin has repealed its state dry en- | iorcement laws. It has enacted the most drastic labor law of any American state. ... The way to keep young, says Dr. Mayo, is to live vith young people. And the way to grow gray is to ry to keep up with them —San Diego Union. ______________ It seems, too. as if the federal commission ought j lo devise some way to make the radio behave itself ahen company is present.—Indianapolis News. A University of Chicago professor says man may ! live as long as he finds the world amusing. Then let the professors continue their funny sayings—Kay v’eature*. The projected Chicago sky-scraper of the record | height of Just over a thousand feet is believed to be ' she outcome of an increasing desire to get away from Ihe underworld.—Punch. 1 Th® Omc® Ov«ir By H. L PHILLIPS 1 .. . - <» THE NOBLE SPORT OF HORSE-RACING Horse-racing 1* a game of chance conducted en tirely by ear and designed to prove that a man will believe anything be hears In a whisper. It is a red-hot form of speculation conceived in rumor, reared on false Information and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created gullible. It is the one sport in which anybody will swallow anything provided the news comes sotto voice. Tell a man that Dorothy Oish Is a cinch to whip Jack Dempsey, that the Rutgers eleven can’t miss against Yale, or that One-Eyed Connolly is a sure bet to defeat Hoover In the next election and he will chase you out of the office. But put your hand to your lips and hiss that Three-Legged Jane is a sure thing to beat Blue Larkspur In a stake race and he will welcome all the misleading details and cry for more. There is something about two or more horses run ning around a circle carrying midgets in gay silk blouses that makes a man believe In Aesop. Kris Krmgle, the gold-pot at the end of the rainbow, fairy godmothers and pearls in oysters. The average man will cross-examine you sternly and skeptically on any Investment proposition net ting six per cent or better and tell you to come back next Thursday, but he will knock you down in his rush for a bookmaker at the mere suggestion that it is all set for* Oreaseball III to win the Derby at 100 to 1. It is the Sport of Kings, but it Is supported by the Jacks. Deuces and Jokers. All you have to have to get in is a simple trusting nature, an aversion to hard < facts and a firm belief In dreams, hunches, supersti tions, shush-stuff and those bedtime stories put out in table form and called form charts. The racing addict may doubt the story of Genesis, the law of gravitation and the Einstein theory, but he believes with all sincerity that all horses un attached to wagons are charity-workers and that the big idea back of thoroughbred breeding is to provide new shoes for baby. Nowhere else in the world can as much credibility be found within a given area as at & race-track and under no other conditions can as many wrong guesses find a receptive audience in a isngle afternoon. Tips from prosperous appearing spectators are welcome at any track, but the great bulk of popular information comes from strangers needing a shave, a hair cut and new heels. It never seems to dawn on a racing bug that he can get just as much reliable information listening to a leaking tire or the murmer from an electric fan. It’s a great pastime, but you can’t look on without wondering why the customers aren’t in the stalls ' eating the hay. and the horses out on the lawn wear- j ing the admission badges. - • * • • NAVIGATION MENACES Col. Lindbergh <to his bride*: Pardon me Just a few minutes; I think there is a newspaper man caught in the propeller. » • • » The trouble with the young people today is that they spend too much time studying the tariff and reading the reparations agreement and never getting any fresh air or outdoor exercise. • • • • King Zog of Albania is said to be the hardest working king in all the world. He presumably takes four swings at the golf ball instead of the customary three. 1 • ‘ —— .. """ — ' ' 1 I - - - ■ ' ~ I Washungtoni L®ftft®r By HERBERT C. PLUMMER WASHINGTON, June 14.—Out of the Washington navy yards into the Potomac river the other day chugged a beautiful 40-foot launch. On board was Mrs. Herbert Hoover. In the after cabin with her were three or four friends. In the channel the launch turned Its noae down stream. And then gathering speed to around 13 knots per hour it soon was lost to sight in the direction of Mount Vernon. The No. 10,090 was making its maiden voyage un der the Hoover regime. President Hoover ordered the yacht Mayflower into exile, but No. 10.090 was kept in Washington in the event he ever felt the desire for recreation on water. The launch was a part of the Mayflower's equip ment. It was built for President Harding. Coolidge made use of it during his administration. In the language of the navy It is the presidential "barge.'’ It was used when the president desired to leave the yacht when on a cruise. President Coolidge : made liberal use of It during his administration when he inspected the fleet. When not In use the launch was carried on the Mayflower. It was hoisted to its position amldship on the port 6lde. • # # • FANCY CRAFT The No. 10.090 was constructed by the govern ment and quite a controversy arose at the time it was being built. It bears the insignia of the president of the United States, and is luxuriously furnished. It has a capac ity of 37 people, including the crew of four. The launch is constructed of white cedar plank. The deck Is spruce, and the frame Is of white oak. The cabins are paneled with mahogany The seats and side ladders ere distinguished by hand carving. Silver plating enhances the beauty of the craft. The seats are of real leather, and beautiful cushions are scattered around. The after-cabin (for guests) is finished in duralu min an aluminum alloy. It is the type of material used in the construction of the Graf Zeppelin. • • * • CREW OF FOUR Its crew is composed of four men The coxswain is in command. The other three are the engineer and the bow and stern hookmen. The craft was built in the nary yards at New York and designed by the naval bureau of construction and repair. Its sister, the No. 10.091. was constructed at the same time, and was assigned to the commander-In chief of the battle fleet. This one. however, is by no means as luxuriously outfitted as the president's craft. With the Mayflower decommissioned In the navy yards at Philadelphia, the No. 10.090 bids fair to rival its parent In popularity during the Hoover adminis tration. Probably 1929 will go down in history as the year In which the farmer was relieved of the idea that he was going to get relief —Macon Telegraph. %, . Life la very difficult, and If you run through the amber light the policeman nabs you. and if you don't the car behind bumps into you.—Ohio State Journal. Every day is mother's day—happily for the rest of he family.—Christian Science Monitor. Believe It or Not By Ripley ■ * ^ m ^ ^ m m m m, m, m m »»•» m m m m m • ■ ****<»*•* ■»«■ the m Swoose f > CROSS BETWEEN A 5WAN AND A GOOSE. s P I T SATAN PADUCAH //ORA Z. ITUATION spoke tactile Continuous/.-/ Yu PAWN onoiw \ NAILS Tor 37 hours - 7 months-old H 0 E /Iai r' N tel-lui, ^ SPE^ AS WELL A £u>. T^tce. ANY 6-YEAR-OLD CWLP.e „ *'**£!?!<* OUTrur^K&m, /•.£ i«gr. Kic-SAS. r \ 'J§0^5L A DRAB LITTLE I MOTH FLIES TO HAPPINESS - c Bv Alma Sioux Scarberrv#. author or*MAKt up*etc. ,*c. j READ THIS FIRST: Vivian Matthews, shy and unhap py because she was a doorstep baby, is called a flat tire’’ by the younger set of Bender. Kentworth Hillman Johns III. to secure his grandfath er’s fortune, offers her one hundred thousand dollars and a divorce in Paris at the end of a year if she will many him and, secretly in love with him. she consents. In New York, Vivian attracts Mann Bar kow, famous artist, and he flies to Kansas to paint her. Aurelia Dov ie” Jansen, who Jilted Kent to mar ry Count Von Popper in Paris, has returned mysteriously without her count. She has a frank talk with her mother about ways and means of getting Kent back into her net again. While Vivian is posing in the stun ning white flying outfit Barkow hac brought her. Dovle calls at the house and is met and thoroughly upset by "Pat Sullivan, Vivian'3 best girl friend and a former chorus girl Mrs. Jansen, alarmed at the news Dovie brings back of the changed Vivian, decides to call on Kent and "fix things." Vivian sees Kent go to the Jansens that night—and sends for Barkow. He is puzzled, but comforting and flattering. Vivian buys Mann's small ship and begins learning to fly. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) • • • CHAPTER XX Although Kent did not openly go to the Jansens’ again, he was gone ao often until late at night in the car she felt certain that he was meeting Dovle somewhere. By this time all Bender knew that she was posing for the great artist from New York, and that he was teaching her to fly. It had be gun to look as though if he had come to see little Pat Sullivan he had strayed from the fold and been captured, quiet boldly, by her best friend. Pat knew this and frequently warned Vivian that she should not be so open in her friendship with Mann. "Why not!” Vivian blew up once. "Kent quite openly is carrying on with Dovie Jansen. I certainly owe him no consideration." Cuddles began to feel as If she was quite let out of It. Only once, In two months had Vivian and Bar kow taken her for a flight. Once a small doubt crept into her mind— but she hurriedly put it away as disloyal. Vivian could never be like that, she told herself. Celeste, standing in the back door one day when Kent was in the kitchen, saw Dovie in the Jansen back yard. "Ze fat girl nex’ door—she get fat ter and aftter ever’ day,” Celeste pointed to Dovie. Kent exploded. "What! Fat? You’re crazy.” , "But monsieur, she ees fat, Celeste know ze type. She be great, roun’ ole woman like a barrel. Madame —idle weel nevair be so. She is so beautiful, so slendair.” "Who is so beautiful?” He looked up at Celeste and asked blankly. Kent looked after her and scratched his head. She’s not so strong for me. something tells me! But lord, she’s what I call a hot looker, he said to himself. Vivian was floored when she walked into the living room early one afternoon and found Dovie. Dovie got up with a swagger. "Hello. Vlv! You bad girl, you didn’t return my call! So I thought being old neighbors, and knowing you are VERY busy these days. I’d run over.” “Yes.’’ Vivian was tongue tied again. <Oood grief, why couldn't Pat come in. No one to save her this time.) “I’m—I’m glad you did. I’ve been very busy." Dovie raised her brows. "Ah ha! The quite little mousle Is a heart breaker these days. I*ve been hearing things about you.” “You have?" Vivian wished the; floor would open up and swallow her. She looked at Dovie, try ing to figure out why she had come. But Dovie was all sugary smiles. “Yeah, I'll say so! Who is the handsome man I have seen you with three or four times—the artist? Now dont’ deny It, beautiful." “Why.'' Vivian struggled to be nonchalant. "That is Mann Bar kow. You know. Pat told you he is painting my picture.” “It sure is taking him a long time.” Dovie laughed as though it were a priceless joke. Suddenly Vivian burned with an ger. The disgustedly rude little cat! Trying to take her husband away from her—and then coming right into her own home to try to stir up trouble and find out things. She found that she had control of herself. 8he decided to give her trick for trick. “He is—simply wonderful—Mann Barkow,” she sighed. “I never have met anyone who intrigued me so.” "That's always the way,” Dovie sighed flippantly, “when it's too late.” “Oh. maybe not,” Vivian shrugged and stretched comfortably on the divan, making a striking picture, with her close fitting gray gown clinging to her. Dovie suddenly sat on the edge of her chair. Her eyes round, her innocent look in full play. “Whatever do you mean, you wicked girl!” Vivian chuckled inwardly. ‘This is 1929. my dear countess, y'no.” Dovie was too enthusiastic. tShe isn't as clever as I gave her credit for being) Vivian thought to her self when Dovie blurted out: “Oh. I'm glad to meet somebody in this dead old town that’s mod em enough to say that ! I feel Just the same way. If I was married to one man. and wanted another man. I'd go after him—you just bet I would—and I'd divorce my hus band in a minute for him!” Vivian laughed then. "You don't mean it. Tut! Tut! Who would ever think of it?” But Dovie did not get the iauglv or the sarcasm back of the remark. Instead, she confided in a low tone: “I was just so unhappy I had to come home a while. European hus bands demand so much of their wives, my dear. I’ve thought very seriously of getting a divorce. I should have known better." "You ARE thinking of getting a divorce,” Vivian feigned surprise' “Well, If I fell in love with another man, that's just exactly what I'd do But I didn't dream you would. I sort of thought you would stick a bad bargain out. Of course 'I'm fickle” “Kent doesn't know about your seeing Mann Barkow so much, does he?” Dovie was her innocent self once more. Goodness! I hope not!” Vivian wanted to laugh right out in her face. "Wouldn’t it be terrible if he found it out—and him thinking the dew is still on the rose of his romance? I think he’d die.' Dovie looked at her sharply. (Poor silly Vivian! Well, it was just as well she thought he cared for her until all their plans materialized.) This time mamma Jansen waited for her daughter and the news of her visit to Vivian was not quite such a blow. Dovie ran breathless ly Into the house and told the whole thing—with exaggerations, shieking with laughter. “Oh. mother. I got it out of the little fool just as easy ! She is crazy about Barkow—and thinking very seriously of doing something about it—I do believe. And she doesn't suspect Kent and me at all. I gave her a good ear full." Vivian, when Dovie left, sank back on the divan and vowed to herself that she would not fight Dovie or her plans But a moment later her mood changed and she felt like go ing over and tearing eevry blonde curl from her empty little head. Then Celeste called her to the phone. (TO BE CONTINUED) _ WOMAN’S WILL BARS FAMILY; IS BROKEN CONGLETON. Eng . June 14.— When Miss Lucy E. Chaddock died in 1925 she thought that she had taken steps to prevent her relatives getting any part of her $87,000 estate. A legal fight lasting nearly four years, however, has resulted in her will being broken and her family will receive the bulk of her fortune. Owing to a quarrel. Miss Chaddock had been estranged from her rela tives for 38 years preceding her death. SHREWD WOMAN SAVES $20,000 PARIS—Pretending to faint. Mme Helene Drainer fell across a box containing jewels worth $20,000 and two burglars failed to see it. REVELER S PLAINT CHICAGO—Robert Pringle re fused to pay ‘‘the exorbitant fine of $50 for a single drunk' and was sent to jail. When your Children Ciy for It Baby has little upsets at times. All your care cannot prevent them. But you ran be prepared. Then you can do what any exj»erienced nurse would do—what most physicians would tell you to do—give a few drops of plain Castoria. No sooner done than Itaby is soothed; relief is just a matter of moments. Yet you have eased your child without use of a single doubtful drug; Castoria is vegetable. So it’s safe to use as often as an infant has any little pain you cannot pat a»ay. And it's always ready for tiie crueler pangs of colic, or constipation, or diarrhea; effec tive, too, for older children. Tirenty |ire million bottles were bought last year. Health and Right Living BY ROYAL S. COPELAJTI, M. D. \ Fortner Commissioner of Health I am not sure that I ever told you? anything about peritonitis. Fortu nately it is not a common ailment But it is too important to overlook. To be frank about it. acute periton itis is always a serious disturbance. All the cflvlties of the body are lined with a delicate membrane. The abdominal cavity is no exception. In this region the lining membrane is called the peritoneum. This delicate structure covers the inner side of the abdominal wall . Likewise, it is reflected upon the in testines and all the organs In the abdomen. There is enough moisture to lubricate the surface of the peri- J toneum so that all the movements of the organs within the abdomen are made without friction. They move freely one upon another The peritoneum is normally a thin, glistening membrane. It “may aptly be compared to a coat of var nish applied to the inner aspect of the abdominal walls and to the sur face of the contained viscera." Like every other part of the body, the peritoneum may become in flamed. This is the condition which mav be general or it mav be con fined to limited portions of the per itoneum. In peritonitis, no matter what its cause, severe pain in the abdomen and tenderness to the lightest touch, are prominent symptoms. In stinctively the victim lies on his back with his legs drawn up. He takes this position in order to re lieve the pulling of the muscles upon the sensitive abdomen. For the same reason the breath ing is shallow. Every effort is made to keep from moving the abdom.nal muscles and aggravating the pain. These are the signs of a general peritonitis. If the inflammation is definitely localized, the pain and tenderness and tenseness of the muscles are not so prominent. The patient has fever. Tt; pulse is rapid. In every way the symp toms indicate Illness. There are a good many causes for peritonitis. Needless to say. a per forating wound of the abdominal wall is very likely to cause infalm matlon. It follows rupture of the pus-filled appendix or of the gall bladder. Certain female ailments may have peritonitis as an accom paniment. Once in a while this disease may accomnany some of the infectious or contagious dise~:es. Blood poison ing has it as a symptom. If there is a pus-forming Inflam mation of the stomach, bow-els. gall bladder or womb, peritonitis may follow An ulcer of the stomach or intestines which results in perfora tion. produce peritonitis. Usually there is great swelling of the abdomen. It becomes quite like a small balloon Likewise there is a drum-like rigidity of the abdom inal muscles. If you have p.ny re--on to suspect that a member of your household has peritonitis, you should call the physician at once. The patieit should be kept propped up in bed with the legs drawn un and the shoulders raised. Perfect quiet should be maintained until the doc tor comes. • • • Answers to Health Queries M A. T. Q—Will frequent use of a fine comb injure the scalp? 2—What will cure dandruff’ A—No. 2—Brush the hair daily and use a good tonic. • • • Subscribed Q—What causes dark circles under the eyps? A—This mav be due to a number of causes, such as worry, constipa tion. lack of rest, low- blood pressure, anaemia. • • • Mart- R Q—What causes a pain in mv right arm’ It feels lam** and I can hardly hold anvthing with it A—This mav he due to neuritis The cause mu«t first b*» remoied be fore the troub’** ran be cleared up • • • L D Q—T am a vnune man of 30 troubled with falling hair—what do yeti advise? A—The condition of th** scalp and hair dtnends upon tb** state nf the health in genera! Careful sham pooing and rinsing and the use of a twJ ha'r fonlp should be helpful if the health is good DFNOT^NCES FOOTBALL HYMNS BLAFNAVON Fng -Rev. D. T Jones denounced from his pulpit the practice of singing hymns at football games. WIDOW' FOR 82 YEARS LEEDS. Eng—Mrs. Anne Hill, who died at the age of 100. rtis widowed when 18. Who am I? What Is my right name? Whom did I many recently? Who was the inventor of the wireless telegraph? What physical affliction did the poet Milton have? "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Where is this passage found in the Bible? Today’* Horoscope Persons born on this day are close in money matters but are generous to their friends. They are faithful in discharging their duties. Star Lore Astronomy Marges into Geology By Arthur DeV. Carpenter Geology is a department of Plane tary Astronomy: Astronomy formu lates the theory of “Dynamic En counter" to account for the birth of the earth and planets; the astron omer and geologist both see the ad justment of matter within the earth: While the earth was liquid and vlscious. matter of greatest dens ity gravitated to its center, and the less dense materials found their re spective normal upper levels. And so the earth has what the geologist calls the barysphere or central core —probably iron and nickel — next overlaid bv the lithophere (stone > that bubbled up: then the hydro sphere (water), around whioh is the atmosphere. 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