El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24
Did He Lie When
He Said He Lied
or Didn He Lie2

regarding a statement one had made,
which was plainly a falsehood, as
they sat in san Jacinto plaza The
first fatty accused the second OF "
Fan right" said No. two. I'm a
(which gives rise TO another ar
gument" said No one III you are a
liar. then your statement is the truth
and, speaking the truth. you do not
lie But If YOU are not a liar, then
your statement is a lie and. speaking
a lie, you are liar.
A policeman overheard He scrotch-
ed his head in a puzzled way Then
he took refuge in the policeman's
usual refuge-authorlty-
Move on, you two he ordered.
different. as he undoubtedly would
not have let the new continent rest
in peace
For some reason this is what the
two Portuguese did They reported
the results Of their voyage TO Al
fonso, Henry's successor. but they
seem 10 have made little Of the new
land and TO have kept the discovery
Of it secret. either for political rea-
sons or because they hoped to use
their knowledge for private gain and
the times were not then propitious
for them to exploit the new land.
First Trust Effort.
Whatever the reason. they dropped
out OF sight with their secret. Hamem
never TO appear again, and COrtereal
not until Columbus had landed after
his third voyage. Then. however. old
Cortereal bestirrsd himself. He wrote
2 letter 70 Alfonso which is one of
the most Important documents in Dr.
Larsen's array Of proofs In II he
asked for certain grants, rights and
privileges in the new land. and says
Ia nj 81 70
over and rediscover the continent
which he had discovered 20 5ears be-
fore. This letter, says Mr. Bay. was
PROBABLY the first attempt 10 form
a universal American trust. Alfonso
granted his requests, Whereupon he
promptly died
his two sons went over in 1900
and reached the coast Of Labrador.
"the part Of the country comment
the Portuguese archives. where pre-
viously people came IRON the North
land, led by the captain, John Scolvo-"
One OF the sons died there. and the
other, after returning TO Portugal,
set out again and was never heard
from It is this snuffiug out Of the
family Of Cortereal which accounts
for the fact that Scolvo's discovery
~ America dropped from sight in
the excitement Of other and more
widely heralded voyages It is not
believed. Of course, that Columbus
knew anything Of the earlier trip to
the western continent so he may still
be regarded as discoverer Of Amer
lea. although, according TO Mr. Bay
and other students, he is not the dis
coverer.
The Urge to Discover.
Little is known OF John Scolvo eN-
cept that he was a brave sea-faring
man his name. ScolvO or Scolf, an
ancient Norwegian one meaning man
that lives in the outer island" is ap-
propriate in another sense as we'll.
He exists now only on the outer
border OF mans consciousness He
has the shadoWy. mythical existence
which the distant undiscovered lands
he helped 10 find formerly had In
fact, for hundreds Of years he was
nonresident except in the old. buried
archives which Dr. Larsen has Just
brought 10 light again
Nevertheless he stands for one OF
the most romantic qualities CT the
human race, that urge which drives
men on through any hardship OF dan
ger, farther into the Unknown IL is
Mr.. Bays theory that mans discon-
tent with life around him. his desire
to find a Happy Island, OF a virgin
land where he can begin all over
again unhampered by his own mis-
takes and his ancestors, are the real
driving forces which urge men over
the earth's surface. II this is So il
may be that America Is not really
discovered vet. we have made tne