The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 215, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1923 Page: 2 of 6
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U. S. OFFICIALS
WARN AGAINST
STOCK SHARKS
Sharpers Secure Liberty and
Victory Notes in Exchange !
for Worthless Stocks and
Bonds
U'y The Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY Mo. Feb. 8.-per-
sistent tsnd increased effort on the par*
of unscrupulous brokers and financial
.sharpers to secure control or pos»c-
sion of maturing Victory Notes and
Mar Saving® t ertificates in exchange
'for questionable or worthless bonds
.and stocks has impelled the United
States Treasury Department to repeat
.the warning issued by Secretary Mellon
at the first of the year to holders of
. such government securities. John A.
Prescott president of. the Investment
• Bankers Association t*f America said
there today.
In addition the Department ha?
• strongly endorsed the action of the In-
1 ve8t™«?nt Hunkers Association of Amer
ica which recently adopted a resolution
‘prohibiting its members from conduct-
ing campaigns for the trading out «t
Liberty Bhnds. Victory Notes and M’at
•'Savings Certificates into other securi
ties added Mr. Prescott who received
today the government’s endorsement
•and approval of the Association’s action
The President asserts that the pres
ent redemption of Victory Notes and
War Savings Certificates amounting ir
the first ca e to a total of STOO.OOO.O'M
and in the other’ to the sum of $027*.
000.000 lends a fertile field to the ac
tivities of such unscrupulous stock pro-
* motors.
“These maturing government securi-
ties are held bv a large number of pea
T*le who invested in them during tin
War from patriotic motives but whe
have never before made any invest
raents and who then-fore have little or
fio experience in such matters" say
President Prescott. “It is this clas< of
men and women who are being impo«e i
upon by the promoters of fraudulent
securities.
“To protect people who apply t<
them for advice in the matter many
bankers are strongly recommending thi
reinvestment of such funds in other
government securities or other sound
investments of proven worth.
“The resolution adopted by the In-
vestment Bankers Association of Amer-
ica declares ‘all members of the A-so
ciation are hereby requested to refrain
from any campaign conducted either by
by public appeal circulars advertise
ments. or the concerted action on th
part of salesmen which have for theii
purpose the inducing of owners of Uni-
ted States Government securities to ex-
change same for other forms of invest-
ments and that all members of this A
sociation are urged to use all possible
influence in causing others to refrain
from using similar campaigns.- '*
“The folloaring simple rules have been
suggested by investment bankers of
wide experience as an acid test for in-
vestors :
“Rule 1 Never p rmit a salesman tc
rush yej into buy by the argument
that the securities will be sold over
night.
“Rule 2 Take the literature and th<
salesman's statements to your invest-
ment bank** for analysis and investi-
gation.
“Rule 3—Confine your investment
transactions to investment houses and
bankers of established reputation am!
Responsibility.
“Rule 4—l»o not deal with tota’.
strange rs.
“Rule 5—If your commercial or in
vestment banke r's recommendation is tc
let the securities alone do -o.
“The Treasury department statef
that there are still more than $200000.-
000 of U. S. Victory 4 3;4 per cent
Notes of the Series A B. C IH am
F which were called for payment on
December 15th but have not been pre
sented for payment.
The Treasury department further an-
nounces that it will retire th- uncalled
Victory Notes at any time at 100 am!
accrued interest if presented for pay-
ment.”
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PREHISTORIC BONES
FOUND IN CHINA ARE
. CLASSIFIED ASjilG FIND
UPSA LA. Sweden Feb. R.—Up-
sala universiy has been interested b>
news that the Swedish Paleontologic
al Expedition in China has made re
markab'e discoveries of the skeleton
of prehistoric animals which will bt
sent to the natural history depart
•ment here for mounting and preser
vation. These finds are characteriz
ed as of “great significance to al
international paleontological re
search.
* The Swedish expedition in C'hina
which has divided the field by agree
ment with the American expeditioi
headed by Roy Chapman Andrews i:
under the personal direction o:
Professor J. («. Anderson. Research?
are carried on in the remote stretth
es of Mongolia as well as in the re
gion about Shantung.
Professor Anderson reports that i
mesozoic deposit has been fount
near Shailtung containing dinosaurs
turt'es and fishes and a larg<
eocene deposit containing reptile;
and mammals. Similar remains hav*
been discovered at Paotechu ant
have been dug out by the Swedisl
expert Dr. Otto Zdansky. Thest
finds will be shipped to Upsala Uni
versity.
In connection with these reports il
may be recalled that the Swedish ex
plorer Dr. Seven Hedin has announ
ced his intention of heading a nev
expedition through unknown parts oi
Asia with an entire staff of Swedisl
gxpert*.
Beauty Set Town on Fire
"7 K°lP* t0 burn * clty n honor of Helen Gambrfll. moot
beautiful girl in Baltimore. But It will all be in the movie* when Musa
Gambrill will be rescued from fire and flames by Baltimore's police and
fire department. .
| How About the Game Supply
*
(By Ray P. Holland Editor American Game Bulletin)
What is the status of your grime
supply? Is it increasing or decreas-
ing? How do you know?
The only way most states have of
celling whether or not their conser-
vation department is efficient in con-
serving the breeding stock of our
wild lif * is by takng the sportman’s
word for it. We do not wi-h to dis-
credit the honesty of the sportsman
but we do in^i-t that his word which
is only a guess in a matter of such
vital importance is not sufficient.
His answer is too apt to be based
entirely on the resdlts of his shooting
trips. If he was out two or three
times and made good bags each time
the game has increased. If he struck
unfavorable weather a fid had two or
three unsuccessful hurts he is sure
it has decreased.
The tendency of such an estmate
is toward reporting an incrruw in
game. The days you have made good
bags are planted much more firmly
in your memory than your unsuccess-
ful trips afield. We believe also that
unconsciously most sportsmen shy
from the facts when the game sup-
ply is on the decline. A« a class they
are far too optimistic. Some of them
believe we can keep on taking out
forever and still have our original
stock without ever putting any back
or exerting ourselves in the game’s
protection.
In the case of the increase' of mi-
gratory birds since the passage of
Federal laws giving them adequate
protection we believe the sports-
man's judgment can be relied upon
for the reason that men of independ-
ent judgment have reported increas-
es from practically every section of
*he United States. Men who former-
ly opposed the stopping of spring
shooting bitterly and men who were
antagonistic to this law for other
r.-ason- are now almost uniform in
their praise fyr it. having seen re-
sults almost unbelievable.
With local game the situation is
different and while a record of the
migratory species killed i* of wonder-
ful assistance such data relating to
local species is absolutely essential.
The Right Idea
several times nave i commented on
the wonderful system in vogue in
several states in the Union whereby
the annual kill of game is recorded
onrh year. Minnesota lends in thi«
new and splendid* endeavor. The law
in that state requires that each gun-
ner must swear to the number of
each species of game killed by him
every year before he can secure r
hunting license for the following
season.
A census of the living game ovei
a large area is impractical hut i
count of the actual kill is possible
■ and such data gathered year aftei
year will give pretty conclusive evi
i deuce as to increase and d -crease
This system answers another purpos*
1 fully as Important. Funds are neces
5 sary for the purchase of refuges foi
the hiring of wardens and other nc
► cessary expenses to give our garm
the protection it deserve*.
You go before the averag • stab
legislature and ask for mi appropria
i tion for game protection and you im
I mediately strike many . members o1
i your lawmaking body at exactly righ’
' angles. They will tell you flatly thal
1 they do not believe in appropriating
any money for the sportsmen; thal
I the people they represent are not in
> terested in sport; the growing ol
' crops and breeding of hogs ami cat-
tle can go ahead very nicely without
th- state conservation department.
How are you going to get around
! such men to convince them that
j game protection is worthy ami that
* the stale’s game is an asset they can-
not afford to sacrfiice? You cannot
I do it by talking sport. You cannot do
' it by talking recreation or the train
ing with firearms which 0..* youth of
the nation pet* when hunting game.
There are dozens of other good ar-
guments good to you and me but
you cannot reach this fellow with
them.
What He Should Know
Tell him however that this game
has an actual food value. Show him.
as Pennsylvania can do that the kill
of the licensed hunters in that state
totaled 10000.000 pounds of deli-
cious nutritious food worth easily
$5000000; or show him a* Minne-
sota can do that over 200000 wild
ducks and geese are killed in that
state each year and that a conserva-
tive estimate of their value as food
would be a dollar per bird. Go to
him with this tangible evidence of
worth and the chances are ten to
one he will listen to you and vote for
your appropriation.
Maryland is the latest state to join
the ranks of those adopting a system
to limit the annual kill of game.
Every state in this Union if it is im-
possible for them to take a census of
the living stock on hand should at
least know what the gunner is tak-
ing each year and from that reliable
estimates can be arrived at showing
whether or not certain species must
be more rigidly protected if their de-
crease Is to be prevented.
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now and will be glad
to explain to you its
advantages. When
you know what
this tire means in
mileage and econ-
omy you will want
it on your car.
At Goodyear Service. Station
i Dealert we tell and recom-
mend the new Goodyear Cord
Withthe beveled All-Weather I
Tread and back them upwith
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ONLY 4 STATES
HAVE NO RECORD
OF LYNCHINGS
Three Out of Every Four Per-
sons Lynched in U. S. in
Thirty-Five Years Have
Been Negroes
WASHINGTON Feb. H.—“Only four
j states in the Fnioii have never had n
j lytn hiiijc. " molding to a statement is
siM'il today by the ('oinmissioii on the
M huieh anil 1C o e ICeliitioiis of the Fed
(‘*al Council of ('liurebes. They are
I Mas'ui husetts IChode Island .New
Hampshire and Vermont.
I here are only three other stales thsit
have lunl no lynching* sin-e 1sn«» «fvcw
i Jersey I tah and Connecticut.
Nine oilier states have had a Hear
f rt old during the last ten years. They
jii.e Nevada. Colorado Minnesota. Iowa
| Wisent;siii. Miehigan. Indiana Delaware
and I’ennsyIvatiia. This means that only
•si per cent of the stales of tile Fllioil
have net had a ly in hing in the hi't ten
years. At the same time it is pointed
• in that sCl women have keen Ivin bed
i* lire Isvjt. The ehill< lies are cliglli:is|
in a imt i hi wide campaign against lymli
it.k* and fai t* are being gathered.
‘‘ I he total number of persons lynch*
ed by year* gives a startling picture of
Jlawb tiess." tin* statement continues.
"There was a slow decrease from iIm-
• lintiix in l.sjrj and Isjgj down to 1‘mis'
1'iiing the latter year ami Itaifi there
i was an increase then another slow de
cre.i-e until ljtlv when a tendency to
inereiise was again manifested.
Ill** *cx n[ nit* \ Minus ui III** cases
where a rei ord has been made show* an
alarming number of women. Sim •• I*»**•«
I her* have been VI women. 17 white and
• is colored killed by mob--. Some d
them were put to death with ttavag** tor
• utes. such as barn mg and dixemliow >*l
ing. Stub brutality might he expect***!
in pagan times or it* at hen countries hut
by no means in a civilized land today.”
I .very three out of four of those
ly n* hed during the period from lss*» ti>
11•— 1 »**re black. In this connection
the statement says:
"The list of victims «*f m**h
violence reveals that from lss*. to
l!*!M inclusive. I.•*■_*> whit** persons an*
• !.tHit» colorist persons were shun In
lyncher*. The number of white vic-
tims. however ha* rapidly decreased
since ItMai Among th** victim* class***!
as whit** were a Hetman t"luring th*
wart. Italians. Mexican* tux! .few* imli
‘-tiling tliat lawlessness spri-nd* where
prejudice abounds. Kxcept in two years
since !!*£! the number of white vic-
tim- ha* been less than ten **a> h year.
Th** number of negro victims during the
same peri**d l a* fluctuated slowly down-
ward to range between SO ami ItHt ex-
cept i*i Ilttrj when the number rc|*crte*
««* 1*M an<! in lt»17 whorl the number
.•port**'! wa* dS. There is some evi-
dence to indicate that during r**r»*in
years negroes have hem lynched and the
fa*!* • titieealed from the press so that
no r* <ord ha* been secured.”
l'rot isiant * hurche* thmtighont tl>*
• otitttry will observe Sunday. February
11. a* Kit e ({elation* Sunday when they
viil begin a campaign of education
against lynching.
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frier to IH97 paper of all kind* was
made in America by hand.
YOUNG TEXAN LOST
MEMORY IN BATTLE;
NOW RETURNS HOME
(Rv The Associated Press.)
SYPN'KY N. 8. W. 1 eh. H A remark-
able ease of laps* of memory has come
to light in Queensland.
Early in 1917 at the age of 19. i'< r I
j gus K. Kemp presented h roself at the
I recruiting office in his home town in
i Texas 11. 8. A. and was accepted for1
service abroad. In July of the following
year he took p«rt in the operation that
broke the tesistanee of the Herman
army. In this action Lieutenant KeAtp
was wounded in the head hv a piece ftt
srhrapnel. When he recovered con-
! sciousncss as a prisoner of war in the
Herman line . hi mind was absolutely
blank lie could rot remember who he
was or how he came there. .
I A fortnight later he escaped in the
uniform of a sentry whom he hit on
♦ he head with a heavy sentry hoot and
after three days reached the British
lines. Other than that be was a - ol
dier arid had been captured by the Ger-
mans he could give no account of him-
self. He did not even know his own
nationality. Eventually the harassed of-
ficials told him he was art Australian
n«l that his name was Arnold Williams
ar d after being pinched up he was sent
“home to Australia.”
K'inp has not lo.it his Texas plains-
man’s knowledge of horses anil soon
found work on a cattle station in
Northwest Queensland. There he itayed
until a month ago when his memory
suddenly returned.
It took the young Texan three weeks
to collect his check and reach Brisbane
whence he cabled his mother telling
her he was coming home after an ab-
sence of six years.
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MOTHER! MOVE
CHILD’SBOWELS
“California Fig Syrup" is
Child’s Best Laxative
7s r
Hurry mother! Even a cross sick
child loves the '‘fruity” taste of “Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup” and it never fails to
open the bowels. A t<-aspoonful today
may prevent a sick child tomorrow. If
constipated bilious feverish fretful has
cold colic or if stomach is sour tongue
coated breath Imd. remember a good
cleansing of the little bowels is often all
that is necessary.
Ask vour druggist for genuine “Cali-
fornia Vig Synip” which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must
say “California” or you may get aa
imitation fig syrup.
ENGLISH SCIENTISTS
EXPLORE SOUTH SEAS
LONDON Feb. P.— A 2000-ton
schooner is being fitted out for a
ten months-voyags of adventure and
research in little known parts of the
world by the Scientific Expedition-
ary Research Association an Eng-
lish Association of scientists of a 1
classes. The vessel probably will sail
from London in July. She will take
50 passengers and already the ap-
plications are in excess of this num-
ber.
From London the tentative route
is to the Canary Islands Isthmus of
Panama (lalapagos Islands Easter
Islands then westward to a series of
islands within the tropics and back
through the Panama Canal.
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I ‘nw * can In* identified bv their no-e
print* s* human being* are identified
l;y iheir finger-print- net-online to the
superintendent of the Colorado bureau
•if eriiitinal blent if teats n.
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I A LAXATIVE FOOD
I t y
People who never eottld eitt' bran be-
cause of its dry .taste and. because its
sharp texture irritated the intestines
1 can now really enjoy bran oith per-
fect safety in * Port’s ftr'an Flakes
with Other Tarts o£. Wfhcat^the non-
j irritating .relief for constipation. At
1 your grocer’s. i ’
NOW—YOU LL LIKE. BRAN!
CITRUS LANDFOR SALeT
' j j-**' * J ft
fit acres );tti«| t! miles from Browns-
j vide. Will '•!!• Hftcr* f it if sold
| one-third luilai.ee one two
i ;d«l three years ft |»er cent. Jf. N. Mo-
|to wild. Edna. Texas owner or se©
Item fro A (Vile attorneys.
I
I'ntess you aw* the name “Raver” on
package or on tablet* you are not pet-
ting the genuine Bayer product pre-
acribed l*v physicians over twenty-two
years and proved safe by millions for
cold* headache. toothache earache neu-
ralgia. lumbago rheumatism neuritis
and for pain in general. Accept only
“Bayer” package which anatoms proper
directions. Handy boxes of twelve talv
leta c*t few cents. 2>ruggi»ts also nil
bottles* of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture ol
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
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Tailor-Made Advertising
()nc great fact must be remember-
ed by those who have made the de-
cision to advertise. The advertis-
ing plan must fit the business to
winch it is applied. There are no
ready-to-wear advertising plans;
each one must be tailor made.
The purpose of advertising is to
increase business and not to re-
lieve any one of bis arduous duties.
"I'lie manufacturer’s salesman who
regards advertising as a substitute
for bis own efforts has missed the
point. llis efforts are needed
more than ever to support the ad-
vertising and put it across. His
reward is larger sales.
Likewise the merchant who
chooses the advertised brands be-
4b
cause tliev are “soft and ease”
* *
selling has overlooked tile essen-
tial idea. Certainly they sell eas-
ier; but this i> not the hig import-
ant truth. Rather he should see
that the manufacturer’s advertis
ing is an instrument put into bis
bands for increasing his volume
and speeding up bis turnover.
Looking at the matter in this light
be will bend every effort to co-op-
erate with the advertising and seek
to make it pay him additional pro-
fits.
Advertising is not a form of per-
petual motion that goes on forever
without human assistance. The
biggest problem any man has to -
settle after he has determined to
advertise and decided to adver-
tise and decided now to advertise
is this: ! low can I use my advertis-
ing so as to get the most out of it ?
Without close-linked co-operation
it dissipates its force into air.
It must he hitched on to a busi-
ness properly. Then it must be
utilized with intelligence. When
these conditions are fulfilled it
does a type of work for which
there is no efficient substitute.
(Published bv The Brownsville Herald in co-operaton
with The American Association of Advertising Agencies)
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