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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
The Legion Convention

Texas this week is host TO American Legion. From
All parts y. the United States the ex-service men have
invaded San Antonio. each train bringing hundreds Of
delegates to swell the thousands already assembled.
With the exception Of the democratic national national
convention ~ the largest assemblage Of its kind ever
convention is the largest assembling Of its kind ever
held III the Lone Star State.
The impressions those thousands Of Legion men will
carry home with them depends upon Texans. They
have been greeted with typical Southern hospitality.
San Antonio has opened wide its doors; the city is pro-
viding every necessary accommodation for the thou
sands. and u Is safe to predict that their impression q
Texas and Texans will in no wise be derogatory.
Following the convention. several hundred Legion
men viii tour the Lower Rio Grande Valley as guests
Of the Valley LcEionnaires and escorted BY Valley Lee
gion leaders. The Valley. experienced in extending
hospitality to such groups. should make a special ef-
fert in behalf Of the Legionnaires, assuring they will
carry home with them a very favorable impression Of
the garden spot Of the Lone Star State.
T. H. men Of this type whom the Valley desires to
attract. Almost without exception they are in the
prime If life; they represent the finest type Of AmerI-
can anhood-progressive energetic. imbued with the
highest ideals Of Americanism. Every Legionnaire who
can be induced to become a citizen Of the Valley be
a real asset.
And the Valley will prove very attractive to men Of
this type To the majority Of ex-service men the de-
velopment Of this region will have considerable appeal.
They will be given the opportunity to visualize the re-
wards the Valley holds for men OF energy, perseverance
and intelligence. rewards such as are offered in no
other part Of the domain under the Stars and Stripes.
The Legion is representative Of the spirit Of the
pioneers who hewed the paths for civilization ana
progress from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
snow-bound prairies Of the north to the semi-tropic
valley Of hte Lower Rio Grande. That spirit still en-
dures. and TO men az that type no region has a greater
appeal than the Lower Rio Grande Valley, where Ma
ture has been exceedingly generous in providing the
requisites which assure a rich reward for intelligent
application Of energy.
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Election Statistics

Frank Sullivan. New York writer. after a careful
review Of the political situation in the IS states. has
presented the most comprehensive forecast on the gen.
eral election that has been submitted to the American
public. Mr.. Sullivan admits that political conditions
are decidedly chaotic, but predicts the election OF
Smith, presenting the following reasons therefor:
Roughly speaking, there are 25,000,O00 voters IN
the republic. OF this number 10.0O0,00O are married.
Now the 100000 wives in this group will ten their
100000 husbands how to vote, which will cause the
husbands ~ ret out and vote the opposite way. Like
wise the husbands will tell their wives how to vote.
with the same result. % the net result will be that all
the wives will be voting opposite to III their husbands.
which will automatically cancel those 100000 votes
unless someone has committed hiGamy.
we therefore hive only 100000 votes "a consider.
viii Beebe, the naturalist. will vote for Smith on
account WI the New York governors zoo, - that we
now have only l4,999999 votes to consider.
These votes are mostly those of republicans ~
Democrat. Now. unless the elections Of Harding and
Coolidge were just 4 couple Of terrible Nightmares, the
republicans have had a majority in the national cleo
lions during the eight years. Correct rs II we are
wrong.
"of the republicans. nr. Nicholas Murray Butler has
shown signs Of voting for Smith. hut those other re-
puhlcans, the Messrs. Harry D%augherty, Albert b. rail
and Harry Sinclair will vote the straight republican
ticket as always. Straight Or crooked, they always
vote the ticket.
ION the other hand. Mrs. Glenn Shaver, wife Of the
former chairman " the democratic national committee,
will vote for Hoover. In other words. there are no
party lines this year.
"Lot Us therefore assume that all the republicans
will vote w Smith and al the democrats for Hoover,
except in the solid south, whica will remain democratic.
FIN that case, assuming that the republicans gen
orally get what they want IN national elections, We
may safely predict that Smith viii win by twice as
many votes as Cox and Davis lost by, divided BY three
and reduced 70 the last common multiple"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08
THE wETNEss OF CONVENTIONS
beaumont Enterprise).

lbedumOub LutciPLlSCJ.
The prohibition plank in the republican party plat
form is SO worded as to catch both wet and dry votes,
but il is doubtful if Senator Joe Robinson helps the
democratic cause any by asserting, as he did In =
speech at Muskogee. Okla, that half Of them (the
committee that drafted the republican %platform) prob
ably we're half intoxicated when they wrote it."
Everyone who knows anything at all about national
political conventions knows that they are pretty vet
affairs. Prohibition has made no difference in the
habits Of convention delegates. Liquor flowed freely
at Kansas City. 1t is possible that some of the gentle
men who helped to frame the prohibition plank in che
republican platform were more or less under the influ-
ence Of liquor. But it flowed just as freely at the dem
ocratic national convention at Houston.
Some Of the delegates at Houston who were loudly
demanding-in public-that the democratic party adopt
a bone-dry prohibition plank were privately accepting
anything in the way of wet refreshments that was Of
fered The bootleggers stated, confidentially, of course,
that business was excellent both at Houston and at
Kansas City. Whose house Is Of glass, must not throw
stones at another"
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Timely Views
CANADAS sYSTE OF DISPENSING LIQUOR
FAVORED FOR 4. s.
By EMANUEL CELLER
Congressman From Brooklyn, ". Y.

Emanuel Celer was born at Brooklyn. n. ",
May 6. 1sss. He is a graduate Of Columbia uni
versity and began practicing law in New York City
IN 1912. He organized a retail meat industry and
the Reliance investment company in Brooklyn and
the Madison State bank in New York. Elected 10
congress from the Tenth New York district, he is
now serving his third term. He is a democrat and
president o the United Jewish Aid societies).
! favor an amendment to the eighteenth amendment
to the constitution, 10 the end that in the interest Of
the states autonomy, each state may determine for
itself whether it shall permit, under government dis
pensary. a system similar TO that in rogue in Quebec.
Canada, the sale and distribution of intoxicating bev-
erages. Furthermore such an amendment to the eigh-
teenth amendment shall be ratified not by the state
legislatures, but BY the other method offered in the
constitution, to-wit, by conventions convened in the
states. to which the people directly elect delegates.
Legislative ratification has usually been at the crack
Of the whip Of paid lobbyists. The people should have
the right to ratify.
We, in New York. resent the domination Of such
dry states as Georgia, or Idaho. and the infliction Of
their VIII upon US. On the other hand, it would be un-
faIr to have states with predominant wet sentiment
force their will upon dry states like Mississippi. or
Kansas. An enactment like the former webb-Kenyon
Dill should be passed precluding the shipment of LIQUOR
from a wet into a dry state. This enactment could .e
successfully enforced because there would he tho brs.s
Of public opinion unfolding such n law. There would
be a healthier and cleaner attitude towards such n
statute, in the interests Of better enforcement.
1t has been suggested that the government, use
poisoned gas in the closing up Of speakeasies. The pro.
hioition department authorizes the use Of poison to
denatured alcohol. The government chemist AZ the New
York L. S. attorneys office. testified in n SENATE M
vestigation, that 90 per cent Of the samples examined
OF seized liquor contained traces of poison. Thousands
Of citizens are thus murdered. Furthermore. probihi-
tion agents and coast guardsmen r~uthlesslv kill ner.
sons on the public highway. who refuse to do their hid
oing' Illicit distiils and homebrewing abound every
"here' Georgia one Of the dryest Of states, has the
largest number Of stills seized each year. California
prospers more than ever before. Its rich GRAN. -, y
used 70 making wine.
The sins Of prohibition are limitless. II is no longer
"A noble experiment" 1t is quite ignoble and as 'or
its being an experiment, We have had Il for over *
years. Its fallaeies have been proven time and again.
Canada. Norway, Sweden, Russia and many other coun-
tries have tried it out and thrown it out the window.
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more presidents to the White House.
And there's going to be a lot of
trouble about locating their birth
places for preservation purposes. IL
was extraordinary that Roosevelt's
birthplace stayed put until he got
into the White House. Il won't hap
pen again, for New York changes too
fast. In most apartment houses
older than 10 years now, leases are
granted only for n year with a
six-day removal clause, in case the
building is sold and the purchaser
wishes TO raze il and erect another.
In the future, tablets will appear
here and there in New York say
ing, Somewhere in this district
President Blank Blank was born"
or in Apt. KY, on the 32nd floor
Of a building that stood on the site
many years ago, our present presi-
lent was born" or "In a hospital
that stood somewhere ~hereabouts,
the 57th president Of the United
States was born"
The story is told that a business
man living in the Fifties had N
breakdown and went TO Europe with
strict orders that he was not to be
communicated with under any cir
cumstances unless IL was a matter
of life and death. When he returned
four months later, he hired n taxi
which drove him TO the address he
gave. "A new History apartment
building had been erected in his abb
sence on the corner that had been
occupied by the building in which
he had lived. IL was Sunday and he
had to 90 10 a hotel and wait until
the following day to communicate
with his office and find out where
he lived.
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Other Papers
TIE HEsr Is NONE TOO GOOD

CORPUS ChrSti Callcr).
The American LcEion's campaign for greater appro-
priations by congress for aviation development, and
specially for the adequate training Of an adequate army
air forces. viii strike a chord Of popular approval
wherever people believe that foresight is better than
regrets.
The campaign. or, rather. the idea Of the campaign.
j. nothing especially new. Military observers have
long pointed to the i~nadequacy Of funds being spent
for the training Of military air forces. Anticipated
planes have been used, a constant threat TO the lives Of
army ayiators. funds have been 50 short at times that
it has been necessary to restrict sharply the hours Of
flying a pilot may have because there was not suffici-
ent money to buy gasoline. Maps have been. and still
are, inadequate because there was not a large enough
fund to provide them. Newest types Of planes have
not been adopted generally for the same reason. Old
ships which served their purpose during the days Of
the war because emergency made them suffice have
been retained, and young student filters have gone to
their doom because Of il.
Commercial aviation is fast outstripping military
aviation. Perhaps this is at it should be. But the
army and navy should be in a position. at least. to take
advantage Of the improvements that have been made IN
Hirplans design and equipment by commercial aviation.
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VISITING ROYAL FOLK MAKE
POLICE SWEAT

WASHINGTON, Oct. s-The Prince
Of Piedmont Is talking o. visiting
the United States.
This would be a great event.
First-cisss princes. on the active
list. are scarce in these DAYS W re-
organized government in so many Of
the old-time monarchies.
His Highncss Of Piedmont i one
If tho worlds major royalties. When
King Victor Emmanuel dies. his so7.
Young Piedmont. will occur the
Italian throne-if Premier Muzsciini
approves. Of course.
Hardly an heir apparent. ,ut The
Prince ~ Wales ranks young Hum
her. IL Piedmont IN imrortlnce--ar i
re-hrrs Prince Chichihn NJ Japan
Prince Alfonso Of Spain u dis
~tirctlv Of second consequence.
Small f-v. such as Princess Jul
;qna of Holland ard the Duke Of
Brabant. next in line in Belgium, are
almost nowhere.
Upon the state department will
fall the awful resuonsibilitv of en-
tertaininr the Prince Of Piedmont
md looking after him generally. IL
he does rome.
Naturally. the departments ev-
merits on the subject are already
giving the matter their best consid-
Grafton.
They are not by any means
FRIGHTENED ~ the prospect. The
Prince of Wales himself has been
numbered among their visitors. and
~ has Chichihu Wales a couple Of
times. IN fact. Having proved salts
factory for Wales ard Chi-hihu's
comfort and welfare. N II unlikely
that tho will fall down on Pied
mont. still e~~h guests are not 10
received lightly.
Visiting royalty in the land II =
good deal Of a load on the govern
mert'S mind. and no joke.
Aside from all the ceremonial and
formalitv involved. il would he a
heck IF n note IL some widowed
radical were 70 take n shot. or q
iab. m chuck = pineanrle M one Of
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followed it. Chiffon stockings OF
bright Jade, black lace over satin Of
the same hue. Jade earrings and a
great Spanish comb in her hair. gave
her a diablerie which was to cause
Mn. Hardy's heart to lose a beat.
when ne beheld her a few moments
later. In fact, it did more than that.
When she opened the door Of the liv-
ing room in response to his vigorous
knocks. he PAUSED for a moment and
then. without warning, attempted to
fold her in n great, bearlike hug.
Jane. knowing his impetuous nature.
was prepared; she eluded this con-
crete manifestation OF his Joy at see
ing her, with a quick laugh, and put
out her hand.
"Ben." she said. "This Is nice.
Haven't you grown up yet. or are you
Just as big a boy as ever?"
He kissed her hand with eXagger-
ated courtesy.
Shouldn't think Of growing ur.
until you do" he replied. "Why.
saw you last-the night I hooked
the family jewels. Well. I've got
them all back again." He swung his
MdNLl lIUiU HIS 1Hdils lrUkllHE lHt
gold ornaments which hung from il.
They cant keep a good man down."
Jane laughed with him, and they
went down TO the cab.
go you've been successful out
west?" she said. more to make con-
versation than from any very deep
interest in his affairs. She liked Ben
Hardy because he amused. interested
her: she liked him when he was
without a cent, and would continue
to like him. if he suddenly turned up
with n million. The seriousness with
which he replied to her remark sur
prised her.
"Ycs-I guess I've been successful.
all right" he said. "More so than I
had any right to expect. That's the
big news | wanted 10 tell you. When
I'd been out in Montana less than
six months I ran across something I
guess you never heard ola potash
mine. I'm not going TO explain TO
you what it's good for-all farmers
kno~-but I will say that I sold nv
interest in the deposit for over half
n million dollars. with n royalty be-
sides. So 7 guess your little plsv-
mate hasn't been asleep az the
switch. has nc
"Half a million dollars" Jane
rasned.
"Just SO. fair one. Five hundred
thousand little frogskins. all laid
away in good. non-taxable bonds. So
let's play a while. while the PLAYING
is good. The sky's the limit. Will
YOU dine on goldfishes' tongues. or
bird of paradise wings a la finan-
ciere. Your friend Benny Is here to
paw the bill"
well. Of all things" Jane burst
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Washington Letter
BY CHARL p. sTEwART

these notables. on a tour in our
midst.
Consequently the most elaborate
sort of protection has to be pro-
vided.
The secret service folk sweat
blood whenever they have n Job of
department is all Of n twitter and
everybody Is moro or less anxious
until il is over with.
Some princes are easier 70 watch
over than others.
Wales liz one az the easy ones.
he has a trick Of shutting himself
M in n closed automobile and driv-
inE 30 fast that nobody realizes he
is in the reighborhood until his car
n already disappearing in the dis
lance.
II GUST suits the fly cops. but II
spells the prince MS n spectacle for
tho gasping multitude.
Queen Marie Of Roumania drove
the dicks nearly crazy when she
was here Her visit wss n regular
iamboree. Crowds mobbed her ev-
cry time she showed herself-ani
she was always showing herself.
There was not n minute without dan
ger Of an unpleasant incident" all
the while she was IN America. Marie
evidently liked IL. but II nearly gave
the state department nervous pos
~tration-the Roumanian legation
also.
King Fuad Of Egypt recently let
i be known that he would accept an
invitation 70 drop in on President
Coolidge-oa certain conditions.
The conditions related TO the form
Of entertainment Fuad wanted.
Solomon In all his glory can hard
lv have received the Queen of
Sheba In fancier style than lis mai
esty suggested for his own benefit,
during his proposed stay on this
side OF the water.
A mobilization of the bulk OF the
United States army. 70 give him an
opportunity TO review IL. in his hest
bib and tucker. was just one rather
minor item on the program he had
in mind for himself.
The state department has discreet
" deferred thus far from extending
the invitation.
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New York Letter

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-New York Is
more than three centuries old, yet in
all its confines there are less than
10 landmarks, such as st. Paul's
church, Frances Tavern and the
Jumel mansion, that have been pre-
served for as long as a century.
This doesn't include the jokes in
new new musical shows.
Burton Rascoe, who is one of the
judges OF the Literary Guild and has
a lot TO do with writers, nevertheless
thinks being able to read and write
is an unusual accomplishment, for
he reports, bursting into the office
laden with is manuscripts, a demon
~strator down the street forming
words with a fountain pen in a show
window is drawing such a~ppreciative
audiences that the sidewalk has 10
be kept open by police.
The largest Turkish bath establish
ment in the world IL not in Turkey.
but in New York. IL is located in
an east side region where there are
more than 1000 apartment houses
and tenements in which there are no
bathrooms.
incidentally, one may walk in 41st
street, between 9th and 10th avenues
any Saturday afternoon, and see
long lines of men, with towels and
underwear slung over their shout
ders, waiting to get into the munich
pal bathhouse.
IL il surprising how clean persons
keep in New York, considering how
hard il is to keep clean.
II is reasonable 10 suppose that
New York will contribute several
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out laughing. ben. | certainly am
glad. You deserve IL. And | hope
you'll hang on TO what you've get, and
not let the bright lights turn your
head. What YOU really need Is a
guardian"
II know It, sweetheart, and | want
you to take the job He caught her
hand in his. Think you could man
are it1'
You're just as rattle-brained as
ever" Jane told him. releasing her
fingers. Where are we going 70
dine? ?"
Il told him the Ritz. Never been
there. but IL has a Ritzy sound. You
look too impossibly lovely not to be
shown Off"
why not the old Brevoort? We
used to have such good times there,
before you wen away
THE Brevoort 1t is lie spoke TO
the driver. Look here, Jane, you
might Just as well understand that
I'm dating you up for every night,
including sundays and holidays, from
now on"
Isn't that rather a large order? n
JaIt hAu UN liNEANAhH u UahtNE any
such blanket engagement. but il
fitted in well with her plan. 10 see
IS little as possible. from now on, of
Tony Hull. Whenever she thought
Of him, Of that CHASTITY moment in
the bungalow over Irene Shirley's
picture. her heart gave a sickeninG
jump. The gay humor Of Ben Hardy
helped her 10 forget.
"No order IL too large" she heard
him saying. where you are rom
cerned. Don't you know I've been
thinking ~ you EVER since | left
New York;"
Thinking is good" Jane laughed,
81 noticed that after the first three
months you stopped putting your
! thoughts in writing
He only grinned az this.
"Too busy. my dear. looking for
potash. But my heart WAS in the
right place.
BE sure you keep il there, then
"Oh-it isn't in my keeping. You've
had charge Of il for ages
"All right. Then it's up % me "a
make il behave"
IF you can" he laughed, and bent
TO kiss her.
Look out" said Jane. "Here VIC
are at the hotel" In spite Of her
warning. however. Mr.. Hardy did
manage TO land a fleeing peck upon
her cheek.
CTO RI CONTINTrFn-
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CHAPTER XXI

I'M r. A@h-NA
II was not yet six, and she found
him in his room. On learning her
name-he had not expected, he said,
70 hear from her so soon-he almost
burst into cheers.
Jane Dare, You dear. sweet,
adorable thing! TO call me up the
very day you got my letter. | could
kiss you for ID. You can't imagine
what il means 70 a stranger in town,
like yours traly. I haven't been in
New York for over two years. Every
body | used to know has either died
or moved away. You understand
how ii ~. Gee. gosh. but I'm glad
20 hear your voice. Last night ] was
SO lonely | tried to get the telephone
Girl in the lobby 10 dine with me. but
she gave me the razz. ] wonder II
she hears me now. | hope 70. for
want her 70 know that tonight ! am
going TO take dinner with the most
beautiful lady in the world"
"Oh, you arc" Jane said. laughing.
I'm glad you're so lucky? ?"
Hold on now adorable thing It's
you I'm going 70 dine with. If you
have any other engagement. break il.
I'm the whitc-haircd boy tonight.
How long will il take you to get
dressed? And where am ! to call for
you? Pencil and pad all ready.
Shoot"
"Why"-Jane gave him the address
fare YOU quite sur you want me
| thought perhaps tomorrow
THAT tomorrow stuff Is out. I'll
be at the shack in a large. angry
taxi. in Just thirty minutes. soup and
fish and all. How about IL? Will
you be ready"
"Bettcr make IL forty-five." Jane
replied. infected ~ his caiety. ~
Just got in. and want to make myself
pretty"
absolutely unnecessary. delectable,
unless you've changed since ] saw
you last. On with the dinner things
and make IL snappy. I'm hungry
for n sight Of you. So long"
Jane smiled as she nut up the re-
c%eiver. For the first time in a week
she felt like smiling. Dear old Ben
always so enthusiastic, so over
whelming. spending his money like
water for the sake Of an evenings
amusement. taking no thought Of the
morrow. n delightful companion
always, but beyond that not to be
taken seriously. Certainly not as
seriously as she had taken Tony
Hull. Her eyes hardened as she
thought of him. Then. darting into
her bedroom. she shed her suit Of
silk jersey. her filmv undergarments.
in a veritable cascade, and turned on
q cold shower.
The wisps of lingerie sSe presently
drew about her slender figure were
no more pink than she was herself,
after the cold bath, the rub which