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What a Farce Were it not tragic, the appeal of the officers of the Citizens Military Camp for protection against bootleggers near Ft. Harrison would yo humorous. They appealed to 'Sheriff Hawkins, who promptly answers that he has no deputies to hunt out the venders of booze, now tempting with brazenness, the young men Avho are training themselves to defend the country and the country's honor, presumably its laws, upon the field of battle. The present sheriff has another job, aside from his official one. He is now the county chairman of the Republican committee in this % county, placed there by Boss Coffin. His particular job at this time is the election of his successor, who will, if elected, also have charge of prohibition and other enforcement in this county. And this candidate whom Hawkins is tryag to elect holds the job of Federal prohibition director for the State. He is charged with the enforcement of the Federal liquor laws and has a force of men at his command. Just what his men have not been doing and why is one of the mysteries that are not explained. - Presumbably if the man who wants to be (sheriff had been on the job, the man who is sheriff would not have to explain that he cannot send men to protect men in uniform from the seductions of the bootlegger. Os course, the answer is that these civil officers do not wans to enforce the law at this time. When bootlegging is so safe that the army has to cail for help to protect men in uniform, the thing becomes a little more than a farce. And the sheriff who has no deputies and the prohibition director who hopes to be his successor are the pets of the professional dry leader of the State. Gosh! Smith Is the Man ' Alfred E. Smith is the man. His nomination for President by the Democratic convention seems assured. This will be a victory of common sense and fair play over prejudice and hysteria. The Democratic party will remove the stigma that it deprecated the sacred principle of religious tolerance upon which Thomas Jefferson based the constitution of the United States. Smith’s exceptional ability and personal honesty are attested by all. Only two charges have been made against him, charges that until now have barred him from his rightful leadership of the party. He is accused of being a Catholic and a wet. He proudly replies in the affirmative. In nominating this man the Democrats will be choosing consciously and deliberately a Catholic and a wet, and one who will permit no shame, no slurs on his church or his convictions. Why wil lthis party, which is perhaps predominantly dry-Protestant, choose such a leader? Because he is a great American and a great Democrat. Because as a great American, he understands and practices his religion as that which never can divide his allegiance to his country, but which does strengthen his consecration to civil duty. Here is his creed: "I no power in the institutions of my church to interfere with the operations of the Constitution of the United States or the enforcement of f the law of the land. I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and in equality of all churches, all sects, and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and not as a matter of favor—and I believe fn the common brotherhood of man under the common fatherhood of God.” No plank nor counsel of political expediency make him equivocate in word or purpose. On the very eve of this convention he proved that. Other wet candidates were pussyfooting. His enemies boasted that a frank wet statement by Smith would prevent his nomination as it did four years ago. He was asked if he had changed his views favoring modification of the prohibition provisions. He replied: “I have not.” In that three-word declaration of independence he rejected nomination or flection to the presidency Except on terms of his known principles and record. It is that record of public service which makes him today more powerful than his party enemies. " Bom of poor American parents, a newsboy, a laborer, twelve years an assemblyman of New York (State, one year a delegate to the constitutional convention, one year sheriff, one year president of the hoard of aldermen and four times Governor. Always he has run far ahead of his ticket, in the pne year of his defeat of the Harding landslide polling for Governor more than a million more State votes jhan the Democratic presidential candidate. _ Why this confidence of the people? Because he has been frank as a man, honest as fen official, constructive and brilliant as a legislator and executive. He is a liberal. His basic interest is Jn human rights and welfare. He is a protector of the fatherless, an advocate of the equality of women, (Champion of economic Justice for farmers and organized labor, a defender of public resources against predatory wealth, a guardian of the Bill of Rights of she Constitution This newspaper has expressed repeatedly its belief that, all things considered, Hoover by training end experience in national and international affairs |s better fitted for the presidency than Smith. But we are not partisan in our support. We are . for Hoover, rather than against Smith. jjU Therefore, we bespeak for the Democrats a united Kind clean party, an honest platfomva fair campaign, Kprthy of Alfred E. Smith. BjMBK ,

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Another Confession Citizens who have in the past followed blindly the advice of Rev. E. S. -Shumaker, head of the Anti-Saloon League, ought to be warned by the latest confession of the professional -reformer. When he sent telegrams to the Democratic •convention, urging that Evans Woollen be kept off the Democratic, ticket as a candidate for Vice President, he revealed very clearly that he is a politician, a machine Republican politician, and not a sincere leader of a cause. If he were earnest he would be expected to urge the placing of men who believe in law’ enforcement and in prohibition in places of power. , Mr. Woollen s principles and practices on the dry question are well known. He had been an advocate, a sincere one, of prohibition. He has been the friend of that movement. It would seem to the ordinary citizen that the leaders of the dry movement would desire just such men as Mr. Woollen in every position of power—and the vice presidency is one of the great potentialities. In A country where fanaticism and bigotry is growing and increasing, it is of unusual importance. Asa presiding officer over the Senate, it has its influence upon all legislation. Certainly, then, the objection of Shumaker to the candidacy of Mr. Woollen as a vice presidential possibility, was not based on any thought that if he were elected he would injure the cause of prohibition. It was a different motive which actuated him. What Dr. Shumaker feared was that the name of Mr. Woollen upon a Democratic ticket this fall might result in the defeat of Senator Robinson and Harry Leslie, those' candidates of the twin forces which have disgraced the State. This leader of a cause, theoretically independent of politics, was playing politics of the most sordid kind when he tried to stop a real friend of his own cause from any possibility of obtaining a high office. There has been no time that the dry leader, has not sacrificed principle in order to advance the interests of Robinson, who talks for fees and expenses for the Shumaker organization. It will be remembered that in the recent primary evety principle was sacrificed in order to advance the interests of the machine with which Shumaker is allied. It will be remembered that he indorsed Watson in order to keep the Watson followers in line for Robinson. It will be remembered that he indorsed the prohibition director of this State for sheriff after he had promised members of his own “advisory board” that he would recommend one other Republican candidate. Whatever else happens, the people of this State who have followed Shumaker ought to be sufficiently warned. His effort to stop Woollen is the final admission of his insincerity.

-David Dietz on Science.

Great Bear in Bible

- No. 87*

REFERENCE to the constellation of the Great Bear, of which our familiar Great Dipper is a part, are to be found in the literature of all ages, so great an impression has this group of bright stars always made. There is a mention of the Great Bear in the great Biblical drama, the Book of Job. The evil misfortunes have fallen upon Job. His herds and flocks

have been stolen, his sons and daughters killed, and he himself attacked by sickness. Then Job sits down among the ashes and curses the day that he was bom. First his friends try to make him change his view and then finally, according to the Biblical story, the voice of the

Lord speaks to him out of the whirlwind in that wonderful passage which begins: “Where wert thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?” And among the questions asked of Job is this one: “Canst thou guide the Bear with her train?” Biblical students consider this a reference to the constellation of the Great Bear. They think that the people of the Biblical day regarded the bowl of the dipper as forming the bear and the three stars in the handle of the dipper which the Greeks regarded as the bear’s tail and the Indians as three hunters, as biing three cubs who follow in the trail of the mother bear. The great Greek poet, Homer, refers to the constellation of the bear in the Odyssey, the poem which recounts the wanderings of Ulysses. Ulysses was wrecked upon an island because his men had slain some of the sacred cattle of the sun god, so Homer tells. Everyone perished but Ulysses himself. The beautiful sea-nymph Calypso helped him build a raft and then directed him to: “Hold the Bear, called else the Wain, Continual on his left through all his course.” In other words, she wanted him to steer his raft due east. It will be remembered that the Greek often called the dipper “the wagon,” just as the English called it “Charles Wain.” The ancient Greeks usually steered their ships by the Great Bear or dipper. Manlius, Roman poet and astronomer, wrote: “Seven equal stars adorn the Great Bear, And teach the Grecian sailors how to steer.”

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: “No One Is Talking Politics Here Unless He Has To. The Prospect of Trouble Has Faded Out of the Picture.”

HOUSTON, June 27.— We are through with the preliminaries. They have been varied, enjoyable. Sunday we went forth, 20,000 strong, to advertise to Heaven that the convention hall had been completed: Monday night we went forth 5,000 strong to see Ed (Strangler) Lewis do his rabbit punch; Tuesday noon we opened the show with a good old southern song, and Tuesday evening we wero “keynoted.” The “keynoting” was not so bad as many had expected. Indeed, it was rather good. Bowers painted a vivid picture of the sorry state to which thus country has descended under Republican rule. It should have made us gloomy, but insteac., it only roused our enthusiasm. We cheered when Bowers told us how corrupt this Government had become; cheered when he described prosperity as a myth, and would have cheered at his failure to drag prohibition into the limelight if someone had only given us the cue. His speech was '-designed for cheers, but that hardly covers the situation. We were in a cheering mood. Everyone is, for that matter. Harmony has become the watchword. You never would guess that the crowd had come to Houston for any more serious purpose than to have a good time. If it were not for the badges and what you read in the papers, you hardly would guess that a national convention were in session. You certainly would not guess that the K. K. K. came near wrecking the Democratic party four years ago, or that such a man as “Tom Tom” Heflin were in existence. tt * a Fight’s Over No one is talking politics here unless he has to. It is a mystery to me how reporters get so much copy. The only reasonable explanation is that it was prepared vance. The prospect of trouble has faded out, of the picture. You cannot start an argument, much less a row. The nearest approach to a disturbance we have had came when an irate guest at the Rice Hotel shot the glass out of an elevator door after the elevator had passed him by. Hearing shots people ran hopefully in the streets, or leaned from the windows of surrounding buildings. The disappointment was universal when it was learned that no one had been killed. But even that failed to put a crimp in the allpervading good nature. tt n a Everyone Pleased This town and its guests simply refuse to be sore. The heat, the crowding, the inconvenience and even the realization that he show has flopped leave them absolutely unruffled. The prospect of Governor Smith’s nomination causes no ripple of bad temper. A masterful leader could do most anything with this aggregation. If eastern delegates had the nerve, they could write Volstead’s death warrant into the platform with the crowd still cheering, but nerve and harmony do not go together. Something is bound to be lost when you please everyone. The absence of jarring voices and opinions is delightful, but it seldom gets anywhere. * tt tt a Pleasure Before Business Having lost hope of political thrills, the crowds turn to more frivolous forms of amusement. Some go to Galveston for a swim, some take a trip down the ship channel, some play golf and some play poker. You even see staid old politicians sidling into the booth where “Snake” King of Brownsville has a gorilla on display—“the largest In captivity—was Darwin right—ls cents.” I happened to meet Senator H. L. Darwin of Texas in front of this very booth. He is running for Lieutenant Governor, and a friend tells me that he is somewhat worried for fear his name will lose him the anti-evolution votes. He should find consolation in the spirit prevailing at Houston. It suggests nothing so distinctly as the collapse of those prejudices which cut such a figure two or three years ago. nun Ultimatums Just Talk While Senator Darwin and I were talking, Senator Charles Murphy came along. These two staged a filibuster in the Texas legislature some time ago. When it looked as though they might have to stop talking for lack of something to talk about, Senator Darwin rose and said: “Senator Murphy, why not tell us something about the Irish situation? I am of English descent. My ancestors have been hanging your ancestors by the neck for 300 years. I think it would be an appropriate subject to discuss at this time.” “It is quite true,” replied Senator Murphy, “that your ancestors hanged my ancestors by the neck, but I infer from your name that before that the? hanged themselves by their tails.” That story is worth telling, because it illustrates the spirit uppermost at Houston. Do not pay any attention to the- threats and ultimatums you read about. They are little more than conversation. Alfred E. Smith of New York will be the Democratic candidate for President and he will be furnished a prohibition plank with which no one can quarrel. The probabilities are that Senator Robinson of Arkansas will be his running mate, though William Allen White, veteran Republican editor of Kansas is trying to start a boom for Senator Norris. Senator Norris might have some chance if harmony had not become the watchword, but when they go out for harmony, the Democrats cannot afford to entertain the idea of nominating a Republican for anythin*, .

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Hardening of Arteries Sign of Body Wear

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of thr American Medlral Association and of Hyxeia, the Health Maxaxine. THE arteries are the • blood vessels that carry th< blood directly from the heart to the farthest portions of the body. In order for the circulation to go on. the blood must leave the hear•„ with a considerable amount of pressure. The walls of the blood vessels are composed of muscle and of elastic tissue. There is about twice as much elastic tissue as muscle in the largest arteries and much less in the smaller ones. The amount of stretching in the vessels and the amount of resistance to the passage of the blood stream are factors which influence to some extent the blood pressure. As the human body becomes older the elastic tissue of the blood vessel walls tends to diminish both ;n amount and in its ability to stretch, exactly as the rubber in any elastic preparation tends to weaken with age. As the elastic tissue breaks down, its place is taken by other fibers known as fibrous or connective tissue. As these develop In the walls ol the blood vessels, the walls become thickened and resist stretching. Naturally this resistance to stretching tends to raise the blood pressure. It is one of the reasons for the gradual rise in blood pres-

Bridge Play Made Easy BY W. W. WENTWORTH

(Abbreviations: A—sce;K—king: Q—?neen; J—ack; X—any card lower than 0.) THE bid has been opened by your opponent, who is South, You are West. The auction is proceeding. What should you do? Should you pass? Should you bid another suit? Should you bid a no trump? Your opponent has waved a red flag in front of you. You krfow that the opener holds at least two quick tricks. Have you the necessary strength to oppose the bid? Are you “snowed under” before you start? The object of bidding Is to make game or to prevent opponents from making game. This may be accomplished by capturing the bid or by “boosting” so that the opponents are forced to bid beyond their yntracting ability. 9 “Boosting,” however, must not be accomplished at too great a sacrifice, for it may act as a boomerang. You may become the victim, suffering severe penalties instead of inflicting them on your adversaries. It is of the utmost importance to know when to bid. It is equally important to know when to remain silent.' f Bidding Is influenced* by the score. When your adversaries have made a partial score they may be tempted to bid on less than the minimum requirements for an Initial bid. Do not permit yourself to succumb to this temptation, for it is never justifiable. No matter what the state of the score, your initial bid must be sound and must contain two quick tricks. After opponent has made a bid, however, the above inhibition does not apply. By making a defensive bid you should not deliberately deceive your patner. You should endeavor to save the game. This, however, must not be attempted in a hit-or-miss fashion. You must respect your opponent’s bid, especially when it Is no trump. You need not become speechless or collapse merely because opponents have bid, but as a basic guide before making a defensive suit bid, always ask yourself the following question: “Does my hand contain approximately one and one-half quick tricks?" * a If you answer the question in the negative, be a good sport and pass. It is not ordained that .you should play every hand. (Copyright. 1938, by the Ready Reference Publishing Company).

That Ought to Hold ’Em!

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

sure as the human being becomes older. This process is not. however, the same as the hardening of the arteries that sometimes is called by the technical name “arteriosclerosis." In that condition there is a deposit in the walls of the blood vessels of substances which indicate degeneration and breaking down of the tissue. Under such conditions fatty materials deposit and also calcium salts. Such calcification tends to strain a blood vessel, which resists even more the necessary stretching associated with the passage of the blood and thereby brings an extremely high blood pressure.

Times Readers Voice Views

The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 300 words will receive preference. Editor Times: The writer thinks that prosperity still is around the corner, as far as the working class receive any prosperity. The writer was over to the rubber works this morning (Monday> at 7:15. Eightythree men were there looking for work. Have the politicians gone deaf, dumb and blind to ail people and interested only in Big Business? Where are the newspapers that tell the truth all the time? I, for one will not vote this year for the grand and noble and superior iften who will run on the old party tickets. What fine men these men are, these politicians. That is, before election. Afterwards, they know nothing but Big Business. Then

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This Date in U. S. History

June 27 1778—Sixth session of the Continental ' Congress adjourned after 272-day session. 1800—Population of the United States estimated at 5,308,483; center of population eighteen miles west of Baltimore. 1829— James L. M. Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, died in Genoa, Italy. 1884—Bureau of Labor in the Department of the Interior established bjr Cangrees.

When the current of blood is sluggish in its flow or when it is interfered with by inflammation of the blood vessel wall, block'ng of the vessel, may take place. Sometimes the blood vessel breaks and if it breaks in the brain the person has apoplexy. Apparently many causes are associated with the changes that go on in the blood vessels and with the bringing about of high blood pressure. All of these causes are of the type that put increased wear on the human body either by overwork or by the production of poisons which are difficult for the tissues to handle The control of such conditions depends on a suitable hygiene throughout life.

why say every one should go and vote? Should we go and vote for conditions to stay as they are, with thousands out of work and with no way to make a living? My, how these politicians and newspapers fool the wage workers and the farmer! Can you name anything that has been done to better the condition of the farmers and wage workers in the last twenty-five years? Has anything been done to stop unemployment? If so, the writer would like to know it. If there has I have not heard of it. Then whyvote for these politicians? I hope you are not afraid of the truth and will publish the truth, for that is what the people want to hear from The Times about prosperity. OSCAR JOHNSON. 728 N. Alabama St.

the western hemisphere south of the Rio Grande. It includes Mexico, Central America and the continent of South America. The term Latin America is applied by reason of the fact that the Spanish language, which is spoken in those countries Portguguese in Brazil) is derived from the Latin and partly because Latin Is the language of their religion, which is largely Roman Catholic. Who is the author of the phrase. “With a nation as with a ir.an, the worthiness of life depends upon the way in which everyday duties are done.” Theodore F,oosevelt. Who played the leading roles in “The Covered Wagon?” J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson.

Mr. Fixit Vacant Property Condemned Following Plea by Property Owner.

Let Mr. Fixit, The Timei' representative at city hall, present your troubles to city officials. Write Mr. Fixit at The Times. Names and addresses which must be given will not be published. The board of health today condemned a vacant property on W. Morris St., on a plea from Mr. Fixit. Dear Mr. Fixit—l have property on W. Morris St. Next door is a property which has been condemned and every time the building commissioners put a condemned sign on it the real estate man takes it off and puts on a “for rent” sign. Our property is vacant two-thirds of the time because of the insanitary place next door. The cistern is uncovered and other conditions afe bad. We have tried to get something done for a year, but it seems they pay no attention to our complaints. So we are taking this opportunity of writing you to see if you can not help us. Thanking you for future favors. F. M. Board of Health Inspector J. E. McGinnis ordered the rental agency not to remove a “condemned sign on the property you wrote Mr. Fixit about and advised the building commissioner of the conditions. You should have no further trouble.

JUNE 27, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY TjOUSTON, Texas, June 27. H with a Smith harmony nomination in prospect and the keynote fireworks out of the way, the Democrats today are fighting over a platform. Like all such fights it is expected to end in compromise. The importance in this close campaign year of planks, which would be ignored by voters in less critical times, impresses a minority of the convention. But not the majority, Prosecutive acceptance of the liberal and clear-cut A1 Smith as the candidate apparently is as much as the conservatives can swallow in one convention. Though Smith forces control the nomination not all of their supporters will go the full way on principles. On the prohibition issue especially, a large number are voting for the man despite rather than because of his wetness. Leaving aside the Klan fringe and extremists, who use this issue to screen their opposition to any Catholic, the convention is sincerely and apparently irrevocably divided on prohibition. nan ON one side is the bone-dry group headed by Governor Moody of Texas. ex-Secretary of the Navy Daniels of North Carolina, and Senator Glass of Virginia. On the other side is a group fai voring modification by Congress of j the Volstead act, on the ground that it violates individual liberty and the constitutional power of the States. This group holds that each State should determine the percentage of alcohol in drinks. A centrist faction favors postponing the issue; keeping it out of national politics. They believe a direct referendum is undesirable at this time and impossible in a presidential election when many other factors of principle and personality are involved. For the sake of party harmony a majority of leaders have agreed therefore, upon the law enforcement plank which In some form or other has served both parties since enactment of the prohibition law. ! With this the temper ol the resolutions committee in session today, j it was uncertain whether the coni vention which will vote tonight or I Thursday would let the full bittcrj ness of the struggle show on the I floor. The leaders will give the boredry advocates opportunity on the floor to “square themselves with the folks back home,” but the leaders will try to stop the debate before it reaches a bitterness which would endanger a successful harmony election campaign. The strategy is, If necessary, to counter the bone-dry demands on the floor with open demands for a wet plank, and on the basis of this apparent deadlock force the convention to accept the compromise enforcement plank of the resolutions committee. n n u THERE is similar division over farm relief. A minority desire to approve the equalization fee principle of the McNary-Haugeu bill, which President Coolidge veJ toed as unconstitutional and fallacious and with which the LowdenDawes alliance tried unsuccessfully to block Hoover’s nomination At Kansas City. All of the Democratic politicians, of course, want to catch the farm vote and take full advantage of the propaganda that Hoover is an enemy of the farmers. But they do not agree on the McNary fee or upon any other specific solution. Therefore the convention probably will accept a general plank declaring simply for the equalization of agriculture with other industries. The Republicans’ failure to meet the problem will be deplored, and Hoover may be denounced by name. On the related issue of free trade, which many believe to be a necessary basis for farm prosperity, the Democrats at Houston are not united as of old. There Is a western farm group urging the Borah Republican remedy of higher tariffs on all agricultural products. Democrats of Louisiana want high, tariff on sugar and those of North Carolina want protection for manufactured textiles, and so it goes. nn n • /COMPROMISE so far has defeated the liberals ■who want to use Smith’s' record for State control of hydro-electric resources and the Federal trade commission's expose of “power trust machinations under the Republican administration” as a major campaign issue. The conservatives are trying to prevent a definite platform commitment to the Boulder Dam project and to the Muscle Shoals Government operation bill pocket-vetoed by Coolidge. Whether the platform will straddle on the issues of imperialism, including Nicaraguan intervention, is still to be determined. Likewise labor’s demand iorf protection against abuse of court injunctions and “reign of terror” of company and State police in strike areas. There is really only one main plank on which all the Democrats are agreed and on which, therefore, they probably will fight the campaign. That is alleged Republican corruption and inefficiency. In the words of “Keynoter” Bowers: • “The American Democracy has mobilized today to wage a war of extermination against privilege and pillage. We prime our guns against autocracy and bureaucracy. We battle for the honor of the nation, besmirched and bedraggled by the most brazen and shameless carnival of corruption that ever blackened the reputation of a decent and eifrespecting people.” What is the average weight of any. of the big breeds of bulls? Among the larger breeds they weigh 2,000 pounds or more. There are records of steers weighing 3,600 pounds, but that is unusual. Who said “It is best not to swap horses when crossing a stream?” Abraham Lincoln made that'remark when he replied to congratulations on his renomination for President June 2, 1864.