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Friday, March 15, 1935
That Life-Saving Comma
Nearly four years ago, three officials of a defunct
Inortgagi company in Cleveland were convicted of
fraud charges in connection with their company's
•ale of partial payment gold trust bonds.
The conviction didn't end the matter. It went to
the state supreme court, which ordered a new trial
on the ground that the judge erred in his charge
to the jury. The other day the retrial finally began.
Then the defense attorneys argued that the indict
ment in the case was faulty—because of a misplaced
comma They argued so well that the trial judge
was obliged to agree with them and the men were
freed.
Addressing the Jury, the judge remarked that
“this should illustrate the fallacy of making a crim
inal case a game instead of a method of arriving at
Justin -
That’s putting it mildly. Here we have a criminal
case that had dragged out tor four years—and it is
final!" disposed of because some typist put a com
ma in the wrong place! Is it any wonder that
laymen grow Impatient with the technicalities of the
law?
St. Patrick’s Day at Port Isabel
In spite of slight dissatisfaction expressed by some
of tne “Ould Sod" Irishers of the Valley, it appears
that Port Isabel's 8t. Patrick's Day event is moving
to the same success usually enjoyed by functions held
at tire seaport city. As a matter of fact, it may be
imagined that the dissatisfaction expressed by the
“Ould Sod" over too few Insh names appearing on
the program la more in the nature of an advertising
stunt than real concern over the program as arranged
All this, of course, in fun.
Valley folks will throng to Port Isabel on Sunday
as they always do throng to Port Isabel, and the
lame good time will be had by all.
Port Isabel has the happy faculty of knowing how
to entertain, how to make folks enjoy themselves, a
faculty of which the Valley is well aware as evi
denced by the well known slogan—"Never pass up a
party at Port Isabel.1*
\ _
A New Green Fruit Law
Early shipments of Valley grapefruit will be cut
down materially under the terms of the bill which
has passed both houses of the legislature, making
more stringent the tests to be applied under the
“Green fruit” law.
For yean the same old cry ha* gone forth, that
early shipments of immature grapefruit have ruined
the market for the ripe fruit It was thought that
the difficulty had been solved when the first "Green
Fruit” law was passed, but the passage of yean has
proven that the tests applied by the law were none
too severe and that fruit that passed the tests was
not of necessity edible fruit.
So Representative Homer Leonard introduced a
Mil providing tests that are tests, and it passed the
house and senate. We may expect that early fruit
shipments will be curtailed,and thai unedtble fruit
will not spoil the fair reputation of ripe Texas grape
fruit.
He Ought to Be Re-elected
For no other reason than that he summoned the
nerve to tell a constituent to "please take two run
ning Jumps and go to hell". Congressman John 8.
McGroarty of California should win a unanimous
renomlnatlon and re-election.
Chided because he had failed to carry out a cam
paign pledge attempt In his first two months in
congres . the California representative answered the
chiding constituent as quoted above, and we imagine
has the unqualified backing of every senator and
every representative on Capitol Hill.
Ri f c i!ous as many campaign pledges are m the
light of tijeir possible fulfillment, they are not half
as ridiculous as the demands made upon our repre
sentatives by perhaps well meaning, but surely hslf_
cracked, voters who reside in their districts.
Per taps a few more answers like that given by the
California Irishman who sits in the House of Rep
resentatives, would solve the problem.
Find Right Weather
For An Active Life
By OK. MORRIS F1SUBE1N
Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
If you've ever wondered why westerners are so
breezy and active and optimistic, science has the an
swer ft’s the weather, the atmosphere in which these
people live.
Recent ie*earch ha* shown that growth and bodily
development are greatly influenced by the atmos
phere in which animals — and persons too—live.
For instance, continuous moist heat leads to devel
1
opment of lean, stringy types of animals, with low
heat production. Such animals stand chilling poorly.
They are also easily infected. •
The investigators found, however, tltat a few hours
of r ruling each d*y would overcome this condition
and bring about definite changes In body functioning.
Prolonged periods of heat and the constant stimu
lation of retieaied storm changes keep people in the
northwest, for example, living on a high energy level
and full of vitality and pep.
On the other hand, such stimulating regions seem
to produce a little earlier menial and physical break
down than are met with in places where the climate
drive is less Intense
• • •
Investigations of relationship between wealth and
health have brought out some exceedingly Interest
I ing facts. Diabetes is less frequent and less trouble,
some in the south than in the north This disease is
especially associated with excessive drive.
That form of breakdown of the adrenal glands call
ed Addisons disease also is seen far more frequently
in northern areas, where the drive is intense, than in
the south.
Of especial interest to many people are the figures
relative to distribution of rheumatic disease. It Is
generally well known that people with this type of dis
ease find their greatest relief during the hot summer
weather and suffer most during the late winter and
early spring months, when weather changes are most
sudden.
• • •
A study of the human body shows that the pains in
the joints also are associated with a lessening of the
blood supply and that sudden changes in temperature
intensify this change In the circulation.
In general, chronic rheumatic conditions attack
people in the latter half of life, which is particularly
the time when all physical activities of the body tend
to become more sluggish and inactive.
Under such circumstances, people need more pro
tection against the rigors of our norther In storm
seasons, since their ability to adapt themselves to
changes in the weather is greatly lessened.
However, when people make a change of climate and
begin to feel better, they must not take it that the
condition is cured. A return to the climatic conditions
under which they formerly lived Is likely to bring
about a return of the symptoms.
— — -
Private shipbuilders will soon come to grief if they
continue to feel that there’s something immoral and
unpatriotic about the government building Its owm
ships. — Senator Homer T Bone.
Academic freedom should be the freeaom of the
learners to learn and not the freedom of the profes
: sor to profess or to indoctrinate. — John W. Stude
! baker. U. S commissioner of education.
It is not sufficient to be known as “good citizens;”
we must be good for something. Our greatest prob
lem is the number of intelligent people who are mor
I ally unemployed. — Bishop Ernest M Stires.
__
Organize and demand equitable distribution of the
earnings of the automobile industry, which made mil
lionaires of owners through exploitation of workers,
j — William Green. A F. of L. president, to St. Louis
1 workers.
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News
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d per** untie* is end nit 01
the new* written by a group «
ear lea* and tnfc-meu newspaper
men of Waebinglon and New
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should not be interpreted aa re
flecting the editorial policy at tbia
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WASHINGTON
By GEORGE Dl’RNO
Crash — Organized minorities.
several of which have nothing par
ticular In common, are welded Into
a temporary bloc here that has up
set the entire White House legisla
tive procram As a result, much of
it promises to go overboard for the
S6S610T1.
Reading from left to tight — and
thr expression is used advisedly —
are Long, Coughlin & Oo„ spear
heading the whole antLadministra
tion drive; the Townsend plan and
EPIC backers; the Inflationists; the
American Federation of Labor,
which feels It has been sold down
the river; the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, de
manding cash bonus; the American
Bankers’ assoc tv>n and the Am
erican Liberty league, opposing
bank reform legislation, and the
power lobbv. which verv much does
not want the Wheeler-Ravbum bill
abolishing holding companies pass
ed
And to this, where It doesn’t na
turally synchronize, the republican
minority which has been giving aid
and comfort to the extent of nor
mally unexplainable vote* And
then toss in the progressives, who
have now’ decided to go their own
way.
• • •
Freedom — The 40 left-wing ltb
I erals who organized tnto a bloc in
the house under guidance of Rep
resentatives Paul Kvale <T-L).
?;inn.. Gerald J. Boileau <P>. Wis..
and Merlin Hull <P». Wis.. are indi
cative of the new political order—
althorwh this group concedes it
wont be able to do much but make
noise. Existing house gag rules will
limit that.
When Boileau finally produces a
statement of policy, he being in
charge of that, it will bear a pre
amble allowing anv bloe member to
dissent from legislation generally
endorsed therein.
Those who are for everything else
will not stomach the Frazler-Lemke
farm mortgnee refinancing bill. A
few will not go along for still more
public works There may be some
defections on the proposition of gov
eroent ownership of all natural re
sources and monopolies vested with
public Interest.
• • •
Liaison — The house malcontents
' do think they have an outside
chance to soften the stringent dis
charge rule so that 145 members,
instead of 218 majority, may again
force legislation out of committee
for a vote. Veteran observers doubt
thev will get to first base.
Representative Kvale. a« bloc
chairman, points out for Instance
that he personally Is opposed to the
Townsend cV age pension plan. Yet
he feels it should be met squarely
and voted down by the house be
cause of the widespread following it
has enticed with its Utopian for
mula.
Primarily, the “Mavericks" — a*
the ; 'w group Is called with a Texas
democrat of that famous name whq
is a member—nlan to establish clos
er liaison with senate progressives.
Senators Norris of Neb., LaFollette
of Wise. Cutting of N Mex.. Shin
stead of Minn., and others are said
to have encouraged the bloc’s incep
tion.
Burks — For months the country
watched the New Deal make some
of the strahgest bedfellows tn no
Mtical history. Now. by the same
token, it is witnessing the end of
some beautiful friendshios
Witness the verbal battle between
Senator Bill Borah and Chief Co
ordinator Don Rich berg over the fu
ture of NR A This pair of former
iberals who saw eye to eye for years
have gone to the mat like a couple
crrudce fighters
Ever since Borah came roaring out
of the west to belabor trusts and
-special privilege during considera
tion of the Pavne-Aldrich tariff bill,
he has been lifting his eloquent
voice against monopolies. So It is
small wonder that Don penetrated
Bill's epidermis when he hung the
“friend-of.monopoly” tag on the
™-»hoan because of his fight against
NRA
On the other hand. Richberg rose
to national notice as a labor attor
ney (although he now makes it
clear he always was on a straight
retainer! and a supporter of the late
'Fighting Bob’* LaFollette. For
vears he was regarded by many as
a Taming radical if not a “danger
ous Red.- Now Borah says he is
the friend of big business, and the
pair are stlred to bitter words.
I • •
Water —It makes a lot of dif
ference whose ox is being gored. Un
der ordinary circumstances the tes
ty and able Senator Carter Gla*s.
of Va . would fight with all the
amaxlng strength within him
against any proposition to apply gag
rule to that "greatest deliberative
body on earth, the U. 8. Senate."
But when a man's pet aversion
happens to be Huey Long, and the
Louisiana Kingfish takes up hour
after hour of the senate's time talk
ing about ships, shoes and sealing
wax. that makes a difference
The Glass proposal to make sen
ators confine themselves to germane
subjects when debating appropria
tion bills Is doomed to failure but it
partially expressed the Virginian's
views on what should be done about
the Delta Dictator. It was so much
water off a Klngflsh's back
AAA
Safety — Chairman Jesse Jones of
RFC Is out to show mortgage invest
ment concerns how to make money
He is organizing a mortgage corpo.
ration to lead off In the business of
handling government - Insured mort
gages The new corporation will
deal In mortgages on businees prop
erty and apartment houses — a
branch of business that has been
stagnant for several years.
Under Title in of the Federal
Housing Act the government en
courages organization of mortgage
investment corporations. A new
act authorizes the Reconstruction
Finance Corooration to invest as
much as 1100.000.000 in the securi
ties of these corporations. With
mortgages insured by Uncle Sam
a distinct loosening up of the real
estate and construction business Is
reported. Banks, building and loan
associations, and contractors have
found a way to do business safely.
The sooner they catch on to the new
system the better for employment.
• • •
Notes — Dozens of banks are add
ed dally to the number that are
lending money on real estate mort
gage* insured by the Federal Hous
ing Administration — and building
operations are increasing ... All
official reports indicate improving
business conditions - . Represen
tative Welch. Rep , of California.
Joins the insurrection against Lead
er Snell... Tariff concessions grant,
ed to Belgium in the new trade
agreement are extended to over 50
other nations.
An important branch of education
in Japan is the artistic arrange
ment of flowers. This subject Is
taught in elementary schools and
even has its place in college courses.
THE PRAJADHIPOKS ARE LIVING NEAR LONDON
DARLING —
WAYBE YOU
SHOULD HAVE
KEPT THE
TWENTY-FOUR
UMBRELLAS
DARK BLOND
_4_CaPLETQN Ken DRAKE e vv$
CHAPTER 1A
CHE stood to front of the mirror
^ giving finishing touches to her
face, and thinking of Drimgoid'e
strange confession She might have
known It was something like that
No man who was guilty of the pet
ty. chiseling tactics Georgs Dr1m
gold used could be quite the pillar
of society that be liked to simulate
She snuggled Into her fur coat
■cooped np the math snapped en
elastic band around the pack of
letters, took care to throw the
spring lock on the door Into posi
tlon. nodded to the assistant lanl j
tor as she stepped out into the cor
rid or.
She went to the elevator, dropped
her letters down the mail chute
pulled her coat tightly around her
figure as she met the cold wind
of the street The tingling air felt
good to her skin.
She pushed the door and entered
the welcome warmth of the tea
room.
She hung op the fur coat where
•he couid keep an eye on it. dropped
her puree to a chair beside her and
consulted the menu
She could, she saw. get some
chicken croquettes snd tea and atitl
leave a 10-cent tip for the waitress
out of the FO cents Drimgold bad
given her.
Millicent decided on the ero
* queues, and gave her order. She
took a clgaret from her purse and
was bolding a match to It when her
eyes suddenly snapped to qnlrk at
tentlon. A woman, with a coat of
black ermine wrapped around her.
had entered the tea room. She
walked with quick, nervous steps
Mlllicent couldn't see the face, but
she could glimpse a coldly baleful
•ye.
Then the woman In the ermine
coat swept past her and'took the
table lust back of the one where
Mlllicent sat
• • •
jipLLICENT ate In slow, thought
1 A ful alienee. The woman,
dressed as a gypsy, whose duty It
was to tel! fortune*, cam* across
the room toward her.
“1 teel." she said, “that you're
going to have * very interesting
fortune. Have you finished your
tear*
Mlllicent smiled wanly. “Really,",
•he said. "I'm not particularly in
terested. and 1 haven*' any money
for a tip If you should give me a
good fortune,*
The woman sank into a chair be
side her. pulled Militant's tea cup
across the table.
8he stared steadily down Into the
few tea leave* in the bottom of the
tea cup.
Milhcent felt a sensation of
▼ago* uneasiness creeping over bar
“Look.” said tho fortune teller
“Look at the way those leaves are
arranged See bow black they are
and notice this leal which has
twisted Its edges.”
“What do they mean?" Millicent
Inquired.
“Dark deeds of violence,” the for
tune teller said. "There's murder
In the tea cap.”
“Murder!" Millicent exclaimed.
"Not yours." the gypsy said has
tlly. “The murder of someone
who's does to yon. There's danger
to you. but you're not going to be
murdered. The danger comes from'
a woman. I cant see her clearly
She's menacing you. and yet she's
the woman you'd least suspect.”
Millicent hastily pushed the tea
cup away.
"I’ve heard enough.” she said lr
rltably. “I'm tired and nervous
and 1 don’t want to bear any more
of your p-edlctlons."
The gypsy scraped back her chair
from the table.
"I’m sorry,” aha said. “Gannloo j
Millicent Craves.
ly sorry. Ft* only told you because
I thought you should be warned.'
Millicent flashed her a quick
glance and saw that the gypsy's
face was white and strained
"Please forgive me.” she said.
Millicent left a tip for the wait
ress. picked up her check, her
gloves and purse, strode to the
door.
m • •
T'HE fresh bite of the wind helped
1 to steady her nerves. She wen
sorry that the walk was not longer
As she turned into the lighted lob
by of the office building, she signed
her name on the night register and
was swept up to the 17tb floor She
walked down the flagged corridor
with quick, nervous steps, the
sound of her heels decking in
echoes from the sides of the eorrl
dor. She paused before Drimcold‘s|
office and opened her purse. i
Consternation gripped her.
Millieent turned the purm over
in her band and stared at ft curl
ously. It was an exsct duplicate
of her purge—even to the Initials.
"M. G..** mom granted on the
leather.
i With the quick mental processes
of one who has wntked for a living
and who, then re. has grown ae
rustomed to re* ponsibt titles. Mill! j
cent Graves, standing before Drim
gold's door, made hasty mental In
ventory of the situation.
Shs bad made up her face befo.e
leaving Drimgold's office She knew
therefore, that she bad taken her
own purse when she left the office 1
The substltutioo must have taken I
place at the restaurant The woman
In the black ermine coat with the
high collar, in taking the table tm j
mediately behind Millieent must |
have left her own £ur«a near Milii
oaoi% ‘
Mlilieent tucked the puree under
ber arm. whirled and almost ran
toward tbe elevators.
She pressed ber flowed finger
against the bell which summoned
the elevator. It seemed ages be
fore It swept Into view. When It
did she saw. to her surprise that
tbe man at the controls was not the
Janitor at all. but a well dressed
individual of suave manners, who
swung open the doors for her with
something of a flourish, sod. at the
same moment, raided bis bat
“You'll pardon me." be said, "but
I found the elevator on tba 16th
floor. 1 was in something of a
hurry to go down 1 rang several
times for the Janitor. He didn't
show up. *ao 1 decided to take a 1
hand at the controls myselt 1 fig
ured tbe Janitor could wait down
16 flights of stairs better than 1
could Then I beard you ringing
from tbe 17tb floor and couldn'1
conscientiously abandon you to a
long climb down tbe Mslrt. Would
you care to share lu my adven
ture?"
DERTURBED as aha vai, MUM
L cent nevertheless recognized the
man's inherent strength of charac
ter. was moved by his magnetic
personality.
“Are yon." she ask* a "quite ear
tain that you know bo * u» operate
itr
“Oh. quite." he told her. "After
alb It Isn't too complicated."
As she entered the cage the man
moved a lever the door clanged
shut He pressed over on the con
trol throttle and the elevator shot
downward.
"The trick." be said, smiling
"lies In knowing lust when to stop
And then, before tear could griff
tils m Pua&eti m CQOUoi 1
hack into oautra) and tha cage slid
smoothly to a stop. Ha moved tha
lever which opened the door
‘Permit me. he said and taking
her arm escorted her to the street.
“Yon go this way?" ha asked, nod*
ding toward the right
"Yes.' she said, hardly knowing
whether It waa proper for her to
continue the acquaintanceship an
Informally begun.
“Welt" be said, to her rellat “I
go the other way. You wont tall
the Janitor about tha elevator, will
you?"
He raised bis hat and. emllings
turned to sweep down oo the wing*
of the cold night wind.
Mllllcent almost ran through tfca
swinging door Into the tea room**
Her eye encountered the gypsy gtrL T
“My purse." she said breath lean
ly. “What became of the woman
In the black fur coat? The black
ermine with the collar around the
neckr
The fortune teller atared at MfV
llceot strangely.
“She crossed to a table back of
you." rbe said, "and only stayed for
a minute or two. She wasn't
served."
"Do you know who she was?" /
"No."
\ f I LUCENT GRAVES stared
down at tba black leather purse
she held In her bsnd.
“If." she said, “she comet tn. tell
her to get in touch with Miss
Graves, at Mr. Orimgold'a oflce as
the 17th floor of the WolgamoCS
building."
The fortune teller nodded.
"f’ll tell her." she said.
MIlMccnt flung away Impatiently,
fled out of the door.
She was within some SO feet of
the entrance to the Wolgamotl
building when a figure, garbed is
whits came rushing out of the
lobby. She recognized the man ae
the assistant Janitor.
As aba looked at his whits,
frightened fees conscious of th*
cold perspiration on bia forehead,
of tha manner tn which tba night
wind whipped his hair about hit
forehead, he screamed the sing)*
word, "ulurder!" Then he turned
and ran down the sidewalk as fast
as he con Id go. the wind at hla
back helping him In bis burst of
speed.
Millicent Graves, filled with soma
suddea premonition of impending
disaster. In turn raced toward the
lobby of the building Sha found
the elevator open and deserted Bbe
had remembered enough of the
manner In which It should be opem
ated to work the leve. which eloeed
tba door, and pushed the throttle
over to the left
It took her a moment of fumbling
with the controls to get the cage
stopped at the 17th floor. Then,
having opened the door, the ran
down the corridor.
The door of Drlmgold’a private a
office * as open. w
Drlmgold lay on the floor. A bu>
let hole In the center of bla form
head welled a thick, red stream
across the carpeted floor. A bait
opened purse was clutched In the
Angers of his left hand. The com
tents were scattered over the floor.
One ewift look at the pane, and
she recognised ft (t was her ow«
puraei The things which were
strewn about tba room were her
own-^llpstlck. compact handker*
chief keys, visiting cards
She felt panic tighten her throat.
Moved ny Impulse, she ran to the
window, flung It open and looked
dorn the 17 floors
The white-garbed assistant Jant»
tor was Just rounding the corner*
and. *ll«h»iv behind him ran a i"l»
formed i> ■•♦■uum