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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
Former Bell County
Residents Plan Picnic

Especial 10 the HeTaIdY
WESLACO. July 20.-W. "A. Schu-
Ter. y. IT.. Head. r. T. Taylor Of
Donna. DR.. M. A. Childress. Har-
lingen. and other former Bell
county residents. plan a picnic 0f
former Bell county people iii the
Lower Rio Grande valley t0 be held
the last week In july OF the first
week In August.
The Weslac0 Chamber ~ Com
merce asks ffmer Bell county
people write their residence ard
address. even though they would De
unable TO make the picnic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
Delegates From z Nations Assemble to Air German Financial Condition

in charge of the troopers. as IN sue
cessful e~xtOrti0nlst. He was not
found.
The raiders based their belief that
the men were waiting To greet Dla-
mond with gun fire on reports that
the Schultz gang has been pOaching
OH Diamond beer territory" in ami
about Kingston. Diamond has been
missing from hls CatSkili farm
since his nCquittal at Troy last week
of charges growing out Of the state
Investigation 0f racketeering In the
CatskillS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
Drouth Broken

WICHITA FALLS. July ~. F-
Slow rains. which NEE LIS
inches here in the past KIN ra days.
continued this morning. definitely
assuring end Of a months drOu.h.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
/. 0. o. r. Installs

Especial TO The Herald.D
SAN BENITO. July 20.-Tnstalla-
ton OF officers or i. q. Cd. F..
lodge go. San Benito. will ~ held
Monday night. Work In the first
degree also will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Canals and Quakes.

The Managua disaster has revived
discussion as to the feasibility of a
-isthmian canal through Nicara-
guam territory. General Brown, chief of
engineers, has stated that the earth
quake will have no effect so far as the
Army is concerned on It's pending report
as to the advisability Of constructing
such a canal. The canal, he says, has
little to fear from an earthquake. Sew
eral shocks have been felt at Panama,
but none has ever dented the canal
locks there. He does not go so far as
to say that a shock would not conceiv-
ably injure a canal, "but they would
have to be extraordinary"
In this connection it is recalled that
when Congress was considering the
question Of undertaking canal construc-
ton, the earthquake argument was used
effectively against the Nicaragua
route. A postage stamp of Nicaraguan
issue was exhibited before the Senate
Committee then discussing the measure
which is said to have had some in
fluence in turning the decision toward
the Panama project. This stamp showed
an active volcano in vigorous eruption
1t is recognized that another canal is
needed or will soon be urgently required
to accommodate the rapidly increasing
water traffic, II the Panama Canal itself
is not enlarged. The Nicaragua route,
which was originally contemplated and
was very nearly adopted for the initial
American project, is strongly favored by
some engineers. Whether the forth
coming report on the subject will APP
prove 1t Is now q question, though Gen.
eral Browns remarks suggest that the
immediate seismic disturbance at Mana
qua will not affect the recommenda-
| tons.
The Panama Canal cost about $378,-
! 900 900 and was completed in ten years
In the opinion of some engineers the
Nicaragua Canal can be cut in the
same time at about twice the cost Of
the Panama waterway. The Nicaragua
route is one hundred and seventy-sever
miles long as against fifty at Panama
A preliminary estimate has placed thu
cost of an enlargement of the Panams
Canal at el00, 900 600. Advocates Of tn
Nicaragua route contend that the saw
ing Of mileage would compensate for tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

accompany these phenomena 1t is quite
impossible to capture this sensation.
It is said to be the habit Of those
who live In earthquake zones whenever
the first tremor Is felt, II indoors, to
go at once to a doorway and stand be-
meath the frame in the opening, which
is regarded as the safest place Of all,
the frame serving as a protection. In
tropical countries, which chiefly are af-
flicted with these disasters, people who
are out of doors at the time flee to the
shelter of palm trees, the roots Of which
prevent the dangerous breaking of the
earth, or 10 bamboo plantations, which
serve in the same way.
In the great Japanese disaster Of 1923,
which was conferred in the cities of To-
kio and Yokohama, the first shock was
brief, but was followed by others. 1t
occurred at almost exactly twelve o'clock
noon, when most Of the people were at
their midday rice" sitting around
charcoal braziers in their homes. These
fires were strewn about and ignitsd the
straw mating with which the floors
were covered. and thus started the con-
fiagration which took the heaviest toll
of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
There Are Lives at Stake.

Notwithstanding the pressure of other
work and the demand for early compile
ton Of elementary school buildings that
have swamped the municipal architects
Office, one may readily sympathize with
the Impotence manifested by the
Washington tuberculosis Association
over the apparent delay In commencing
work on the Childrens tuberculosis
Sanatorium.
Conditions demanding the early COM
pletion of this institution, land for
which has been bought and money for
which has been appropriated, are de-
plorable and reflect no great credit on
the community. One health school, for
white children, is overcrowded, with a
number Of children who should be in
attendance there forced into the regular
classes at other schools. The other
health school, for colored children, Is
inadequately housed and should have
been abandoned long ago. 1t is also
forced to turn away children who
should be in attendance. The fact that
some children, suffering from q non
communicable type of infection, are not
isolated and are allowed to attend reg
ular classes may not be alarming In
itself, as the health officials are. OF
course, cogniZant of the situation and
permit it. The fact is, however, that
these children should be receiving cor
rective treatment in specially equipped
schools, under expert supervision, and
they are not receiving that attention
now. The health schools, moreover, are
taking care of children who should be
receiving twenty-four- hour treatment,
instead of spending a few hours in ideal
surroundings, only to travel long dis
tances to and from their homes.
The existence Of these conditions,
however. has been known for a long
time. They led 10 the final victory for
those who have been insisting for years
that the sanatorium should be built.
Now that the land has been acquired
and enough money has been appro-
pIldteQ 10 peTulG d gnu StdII Oil VAC
buildings, it is disappointing to learn
that the priority schedule of public
works, as adopted by the municipal au-
thorities, will not permit the completion
Of preliminary" plans and studies for
the institution until next September 80.
After that date there must follow the
draft Of working plans, the submission
Of bids. the letting Of contracts, with
another year or more intervening be-
fore the sanatorium will be built.
The Washington tuberculosis Asso-
citation has appointed a committee to
call on the Commissioners with q re-
quest that work on the sanatorium be
expedited. The nature Of this work
deserves all possible speed, for delay
might well be reckoned in terms of
human lives. It is difficult to conceive
Ct any demand for the planning and
construction Of any ordinary school for
we'll and healthy children that would
place it ahead Of the tuberculosis San
atorium on any priority list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Six Seconds of Shock.

The first earth shock at Managua, it
It is stated In the dispatches, lasted
only six seconds. That seems very
brief period within which such terrible
devastation can be wrought. Six seconds,
barely time enough for person to walk
across an average size room! Yet in
that brief span of time the earth
retched and CAPPED and quaked. Houses
were crumbled, walls crashed 10 the
ground and many hundreds Of people
were slain.
In almost all such disasters the period
OF actual quaking is brief There has
been scarcely single great seismic dis
turbance extending over more than a
minute In the spasm Of acute deStruc-
tiveness. In some cases there are re-
current shocks after intervals Of quiet.
Sometimes the greatest loss Of life
occurs in the secondary shocks when
people are In panic and are caught by
the crumbling OF already broken walls.
Those who have never been in earth
ouakes have no concept of the sensation
caused by the sudden unheralded vibra-
ton Of the crust. There Is no warning
The room in which one is sitting begins
TO move; the bed In which one is lying
acts In hammock fashion; the ground
on which one Is walking heaVes. In
stantly one knows, usually even with
out previous experience. that a quake
has occurred. Then the tremor con-
tinues, and it seems to be many min
utes before it ceases and actually. as al
Managua, it is probably only few Sec
onds in duration.
To appreciate the breyity Of the period
Of quake such as at Managua, one
should count six seconds with the eye
closed, six slow beats, and then try Il
= conceive a sudden crumpling OF tn
world in such span. Without the act
ual shaking Of the ground and tn
crashing of buildings. falling Of wall
end tia terrifying roazs that usualE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Keeping out Of the way of doctors
Is an excellent amusement for the Gu
rious mind.
This relieves the individual pocket
book, and frees the doctors for more
serious cases, for any one who finds
himself able to be his own M. D. is
not very i'll. of course
The man with the true curious
mind, who is able, in a sense, to doc
tor himself, knows enough to stick to
simple cases and simple remedies.
He Is a believer in the century-old
maxim, "a man is either fool or his
own doctor by the time he is thirty
years of age"
He feels, in discovering plain rene
dies which work in his own case, that
he Is helping the medical profession,
since there will always be plenty OF
more serious work for them to do.
Thus. in keeping out of their way,
he is their friend, helper and aid and,
incidentally, their best booster, because
he reserves them for times Of trouble,
when the experience and training
which they alone possess must supple
ment his personal study of himself.
k% X
Most Of such a mans methods re-
volve around the old saying, IAN
ounce Of prevention Is worth pound
of cure"
Medical men know the value of this
saying, but also they have full knowl-
edge of how difficult it is for the aver
age person to put 1t into effect.
Therefore the person who makes a
determined effort to care for himself
may take a certain satisfaction, so long
as eh uses common sense, in being a
bit unusual.
He must be willing at all times, In so
far as he is able to nip oncoming mala-
dies in the bud, as they may arise.
Where the average person falls down,
in this respect, is in his ability, or
what seems his inability, to take him
self firmly in hand, when the necessity
arises.
We speak not so much of habits as
Of human Discrimination 10 slow down.
Consider the common headache, or
the beginning of cold, or that feel
ing of illness which often manifestS it
self in "blueness."
There are several simple remedies on
the market, available to any one, which
may be taken In the case OF headache,
and which most often will work" with
astonishing celebrity, If one will give
them half q chance.
What they must have to help them
Is exactly WIlaU neQlca1 expert WOulQ
order. and what the individual must
order himself to do, and that is to rest
while the remedy gets in its effect.
#
Rest Is Natures great medicine.
The animals know how to take It.
What does any old dog do If it happens
to get run over or become sick?
1t rettres under a porch, somewhere,
or hides away in the woods until such
time as the healing powers Of Nature
get in their good work.
All domestic animals the moment
they become i'll seek shelter and rest,
and plainly show their illness to the
world before everything else by their
lack of activity.
Man alone Of the animal kingdom
seeks to override this desire Of Nature
for rest. He in his wisdom often feels
that rest is weakness.
An engagement Of some sort, he
claims, must be kept. The theater is
awaiting him and the curtain will not
come up unless he Is there.
So he disregards the red flag Of warn
'ng-let us say, headache-and goes
to the play. When he gets back his
headache is worse, and the simple home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

what DO you need 20 known Il there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles your Is there
something you want to know without
delay2 Submit your question TO Frederic
j. Haskin, director Of our washington
Information Bureau. He Is employed
to help you. Address your inquiry to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j.. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. c., and inclose 2 cents in coin
or stamps for return postage.
@. How many automobiles were In
use IN the United States last year?
a. The total registration Of auto
mobiles in 1880 was 26,71S,000. OF
this total, 100000 were motor cars
and 3,518, 900 motor trucks. The num-
Der Of motor buses In use was e5, 900.
@. What is the Governments pay
roll In the District of Columbia ?-W. w.
A. Its yearly pay roll within the
District is estimated at $1o6,OOo,oOo.
q. Upon what date was Nathan Hale
executed2-B. c.
A. Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy
on the morning of September az, 1776.
Q. How long has the word electric"
been used flguratively, as an electric
thrill" or electric f1ash"?-G. G. NJ
A. The word electricity was first
used by W. Gilbert In his treatise de
Magnetic 1900" The adjective "elec-
tric'' in this sense was used as early az
1898 by Colericge In hts Songs Of the
Pixies" in which he says, "The electric
fash that from the melting eye darts
the fond question or the soft reply" In
1881 Carlyle In "Sartor Resartus," said,
wait little till the entire nation is in
an electric state"
@. I was under the impression that
Lent lasted 40 days. Why is it longer
than that from Ash Wednesday TO
Easter Sunday?-O. D. @.
A. The period of Lent Is 40 days Of
fasting or sacrifice in addition to the
Sundays occurring in the period, which
are not counted. There are six Sum
days In the Lenten period of this year,
one In February and five in March.
q. What boat was the first to 60
through the Panama Canal?-w. H.
A. The first steamer to pass through
the Panama Canal was the Crane boat
Alex La Valley on January 7, 1914.
Commercial traffic was inaugurated with
the passage Of the steamer Anoon on
August is, 1914.
@. How many registers has the sing
ing voice?-L W. q.
A. The voice may be divided into the
lower or chest register, the higher or
head register, and the small or falsetto
register In singing, the voice changes
In volume and In quality in passing
from one register into another.
O. In what part of the ocean does
the octopus liver VIII 1t attack man?
&C. H.
A. The octopus Is found In tropical
seas near coral reefs. Some forms spread
their limbs IL or II feet like great
spiders and might, under favorable
circumstances, hold under water per-
sons whom they had seized until they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Anril RainhnRN.

April RainbowS.
The rainbow is prophetic
OF Earth's hopeful kindness.
Calculations theoretic
Contradict this, more or less;
But we greet the April shower
With the faith we've always shown.
Every drop that finds the bower
Holds q rainbow of its own.
Every sunbeam shining brightly
Brings a sign Of promise new.
When the mist 1t touches lightly,
1t win make rainbow, too.
So well cease the dull repining
And we'll sing our little song,
For billion rainbows shining
Cannot possibly be wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Combating Wage Reductions.

Bitter experience has made millions
familiar with the vicious circle that
accompanies, as cause or effect, such
Industrial depressions as that from which
the nation is slowly recovering. With sus
tanned or increased buying power es-
sential to keep industry moving for
ward, overproduction is followed by the
layofs, the closing of plants and the
unemployment which serve only to
diminish buying power. There is no
recovery until the buying power re-
turns, and the buying power does not
return until wages are flowing into
the pockets Of those who can buy.
There is much more than politics
involved in the reported efforts by the
administration TO stem what has been
characterized as movement, originating
from variously described circles In the
East and Middle West, to begin wage
cutting campaign based on the drop in
commodity prices. If there is any such
movement 1t is short-sighted, a quack
remedy destined merely to complicate
the industrial problems that face the
country. at would indeed be unfor-
tunate If employers generally took ad-
vantage Of the present situation to en-
gage In a wage-slashing movement"
Col. Arthur Woods, chairman Of the
Presidents Emergency Employment
Committee, has declared. And Col
Woods and many others know that "un-
fortunate" is putting it mildly indeed.
One of the first steps taken by Mr..
Hoover in his efforts to diminish the
effects Of the depression was to call
into conference industrial and labor
leaders in an effort to bring them to an
informal understanding that while
everything possible would be done to
maintain the standard Of wages and liv-
ing on the one hand, agitation for wage
increases and the resultant industrial
disputes must be discouraged on the
other, at least until the crisis following
the stock market crashes was past. At
best the agreement" was the informal
acceptance Of theory based on good
slogic. 1t prevented what might easily
have turned into q panic with catas-
trophic effects. But even If the crisis
that threatened is now past. it is as
essential as ever to stick to the theory
that the return Of prosperity and the
advance of our American standard Of
living depend upon retaining an ade-
quate wage scale. II Is more important
to lift the level Of commodity prices to
the now accepted standard Of wages
than to lower the standard of wages to
the level of commodity prices.
Wage cutting and reduction Of work.
ing hours have doubtless been the last
resort Of some concerns to stave OF
greater evils, and in the competitive
world Of industry 1t must be fine
theory indeed to convince an employer
that his responsibility extends beyond
the limits of his individual problem.
The task facing the administration,
charged with the Nations well-being, is
to create a sentiment that will prevent
isolated cases Of wage reductions and
other such expedients from attaining
the proportions Of a concerted move
ment, extending throughout industry
as q whole. The situation calls for
frmness and courage, based on COM
mon sense as well as idealism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

had drowned, at the same time biting
them with their horny parrotiilS0 Jaws;
no doubt such accidents have occa-
sionally happened to pearl divers ana
the like. Ordinarily, however, the
octopus does not attain one-half these
dimensions and many species have
bodies no longer than an ordinary pear.
@. Into how many races is the human
race now divided2-C. B.
A. According to DR.. Hrdiicka Of the
United States National Museum In
Washington, three main human races
are recognized todav-the whites, yell
low-browns and blacks. Each one Of
these has number Of subraces or types
which are often called races also. The
principal Of these are: Whites-thA
Mediterraneans, the Alpines and the
Nordics; yellow browns Mongoloids,
the MalayS and the American Indians;
blackS-t1e NegTitoes, Bushmen and
African Negroes. Some authorities
classify the American Indian as 0
separate race.
@. Is honey a llealthful food?-E. B.
A. It is wholesome It contains both
vitamins and mineral substances.
@. Is there law In Virginia that for
more than one man at the same time?
y. r. r.
A. The idea that there may be such
law Is probably based on the story OF
Cicely Jordan, charming and wealthy
widow, who engaged herself to marry
two men, Capt. William Farrar and the
Rev Greville Pooley, the latter of whom
sued her for breach Of promise. The
suit was lost. but the Governor and
oil of oil
over the affair that they issued q
proclamation against woman's engag-
ing herself to more than one man at
time. Wilstach, an authority on Vir-
ginia lore, says there is no known rec
ord that this edict has ever been re-
voked.
Q. How are coffee trees raisedG-
A. Coffee trees are raised from seed
grown in nurseries, and when Of size
to endure variations Of temperature,
usually in about six months time, they
are transplanted to the coffee orchard,
where they begin to bear when years
old and bear fruit for about 20 years.
O. How many children are there Of
school age who, although not blind, see
so little that special classes are need
ed for them?-C. B.
A. There are about so 900 children IN
the United States with such serious
eye difficulties that, after everything
else has been done for them, they either
should not OF cannot make use Of tn
regular school equipment; they COM
prise, fortunately, comparatively
small group, averaging about one In 500
of the school population.
O. What proportion Of the vessels on
the Great Lakes fly the American nag?
IT. N.
A. Eighty per cent OF the number ana
IS per cent Of the tonnage Of Great
Lakes vessels Of 1000 gross tons and
over on January !, 1881, were Of Amer
lean registry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Observations by President Willard Of
the B. & o. Railroad at the University
Of Pennsylvania referred to faults in
the system Of capitalism which has
held so important part in this coun-
try's development. In order to correct
faults. their existence must be made
known, and If Experience is entitled to
her reputation as a teacher, there is no
man in the United States who knows
more about the railroad business than
Daniel Willard.
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greater cost Of the more northerly canal,
IL being about Ave hundred miles above
Panama.
Whatever Is done in the matter Of
enlargement or q new canal, It Is evident
from a study Of the figures Of canal
trafilc since Panama was opened to COM
merce that in a few years the present
facilities for the passage of ships be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific will
be inadequate The Panama Canal is
now a paying business for the United
States Government and another canal
or an enlargement Of this present route
would undoubtedly soon pay It's own
way in returns upon the investment cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

An effort will be made to essen the
hardships Of homecoming tourists next
Summer when they are met by customs
inspectors. The tourists themselves can
facilitate matters a great deal by re-
sisting the temptation to try little ex-
periments in smuggling. A few in-sd-
vised travellers can cause an immense
amount of delay to those who harbor
no sinister intentions whatever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Mai. L'Enfant was a great man, but
ne was no prophet and could not an
ticipate the needs for parking space
Washington, D. c., would eventually ex-
perience. City building is always an
uncertain enterprise which makes pres
emit perfection a transient condition in
volving a constant program Of expensive
readtustment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Steadfast purpose Is q quality that
benefits its possessor and his friends
and neighborS as well. 1t is agreeable,
in the midst of all kinds of problems, to
know that Sir Thomas Upton is still
studying yacht building with view to
lifting the Americas Cup. A fine bust
ness man on his own account, Sir
Thomas is also one Of the best of the
statesmen of good will"