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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
MAN DIES IN HOTEL

WV i"' - "ITIT'I TT'N~T
BEAUMONT. May ; james VI.
Green Dallas district manager. ~ tine
y ". Case Tlov WORKS aul Thrc~hiu-
Machic company WAS found dead iu his
room at y incHl hotel Suud.t, night The
body Was found over haif-Vrittcn
letter tp hi~ Wife, iii which hr had writ
ten:
III ann uot doing So we'll tonight but
hope tu ir-i better tomorrow u cor
ourr'~ verdict pronounced death due 10
natural causes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
GARNER BILL FOR
EQUITABLE USE OF
RIO GRANDE REPORTED
lRv ~ As ncInIcl Prt.sl

WASHINGTON. May "a senate bin
authorizing appointment of commits
sion to cooperate with representatives
~ Mexico in study of the equitable
use for irrigation purposes uf waters Of
the Rio Grandc River below Fort Quit
man. Texas, was reported today TN the
house foreign affairs committee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
METHODISTS WOULD
RAISE THE BAN ON
WORLDLY DIVERSIONS

lbv The ASSoctatcI frcS
- FLp. Mass. May 5-The
)dly amuscmc1ts NJ th Nr-
|scopal church should bc life
"it ha- rot corrected thc
cd ~ detrimental w thc r"-
life our pcopl !" The ad-
thc board VI bishops tu The
Yni.l general conference of the
recommends
n those amuscm ,nts (which = not
Denjoyed in the name M Jesus Christ"
Yhould be barred according to THE .d-
dress which was presented.
The bishops observed with grave ap-
prehens ion "thc growing spirit NJ
worldincss. agreed II was ucc a.y to
correct this evil. hut asserted thc meth
cd used 10 this end hitherto h.d been
inefficaciou- ana an cmharr >smcnt to
many pastors. especially among the
young people Nj tha church.
Endorsement was voiced of THE union
of the nations in the cause MI rcecc and
the union NJ the Methodist churches il
America into the world court.
Declaring that a frightful condition
existed IN relation "a divorce. the ad-
dress recommended Standardization of
divorce laws
The bishops declared prohibition hao
Iccreased crime and misery. All ffortN
10 modify 81 change the laW would fail.
nauus said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
ALLEGED SLAYER OF
WIFE and CHILD IS
FOUND DEAD IN RIVER

GRAHAM. Texas. May >. W ~
Cfick. "A farmer charged with Staying his
wife AMI five year Old son with ham
mrr last Friday ~ hiS farm ten miles
srlfhca-t Of Graham. WAS found dead
WV thc HrHzos River Yesterday about
go veards from the scene Of the doubl"
Staying. a posse searching fur Crirk
found hi- hat on the river bank. Dyna-
mite was used and his body came 10 the
surface Of the river
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05

~ - IT .NNNWf-IIFFU T'fV~N-I
II. PASo. Texas. MAY sc. s.
ihumm. veteran engineer ~ the South
ern fhcific was killed this morning ut
N:t' o'clock when the Golden State
i.imii"d passenger train went into the
ditch one mile east of the Lordsbury.
y. NJ. station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
PIRATES SEIZE BOAT

HoNGKCNG. May 5.-The passenger
motor boat Oporto. sailing for Canotn
from Honeymoon. was seized today by
pirates who killed the Portuguese skip
per and an Indian guard and kidnapped
forty passengers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
Conservative Forces Win in
German Election Sunday; is
Approval of Dawes Report

HEl'll\ May >. The promised big
coalition" ui thr mudrrat.S. comprising
me Sociaii>t. clerical. democratic and
peoples PARTIES IN regarded ~ assured
"n thr basis VI partial returns from yes
irrday'~ parliamentary election.
Thus thc people have apparently
placed their seal IF approval on the
Dawes rcnarafiun report. ~ the leaders
"f the mod"ratr~. including Foreign Min
lister Strc~rmann. based their campaign
on the adoption and exc utinn of the
report N q sure cure for the country :
ailments
While the counting of ballots is
nrre> -arily slow. due I'M the large num-
hor ~ pariy tickets III tho field. indica-
tlnn~ are that the coalition will have
sufficient seats IN the reich tag ~ force
through the enabling legislation required
TN thc Dawes report with little help
from Tie independent factions
The nationulists and communists made
some gains hui TIA vote polIcd by Gen
cral Ludcndorffs ultra -monarchiSts did
net come up to expectations and the re-
suit indicates Dc isive failure Of the re
dictionary and radical campaigns.
Returns from twenty-five az the ~
electoral districts showed election Of
2il candidates including - socialist
democrats -; communists. II democrats.
~ ccntri@f@. - German peoples party.
~ nationllists ana l3 Havurian peoples
party. The remainder were distributed
among the various other parties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05

WASHINGTON. May 9Th lines IN
the income tax reduction fight become
more clearly defined ia the senate to-
day as the second day VI debate w th
provision in tn revenue bill got under
~ay. with leaders MI 10Th parties still
negotiating Tor support of the republ-
San insurgents. who held IN balance Of
power
Some insurgents have declared
against any reduction in tha present
maximum surtax rate Of 30 PER cent As
2 result democrats hav. anticipated re-
ceiving their support for the Simmons
plan. which calls for maximum sur
tax of forty per cent WV against twenty
five per cent recommended by Secretary
Mellon and pprcv by the finance com
mittce republicans.
WITH the issue developing practically
20 straight party proposition. how
ever organization leaders have express
81 hope of working out an ayr ement
similar 70 the schedule adopted by the
Rouse. This placed the maximum surtax
nj W IL per cent and was supported by
republican insurgents OF that chamber
when the normr rates were cut below
those provided in the Mellon plc1. Some
oi TINS bargaining has been made on tn I,
OASIS Of, republican organization sun
port for the McNary Haugen farm bill
~ return for insurgeat and farm bloc
support for republican tax sch duIe.
Leaders Of both parties are striving
TO dispose ~ the entire measure this
week brt the probable loss of full
aay tomorrow in consideration Of 90
lutions dealing with the internal rev.
enue bureau Investigation have some
what dampened their hop :.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
fSnecial 20 TIE HeraldD

CoRSl'A ANA. Texas. May 5.-Arthur
fhars. III. died here today from an in
jury received when his AUTOMOBILE was
wrecked yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
Texas County Conventions
Tuesday Absorb Attention
ofLeaders; M'Adoo Strong


DALLAS. Nav >. Joining ~ ali
forces in Texas opposed 70 William q.
McAduo a- the democratic presidential
candidate both in the county demo ratio
conventions tomorrow and state conven-
tion May ~ was predicted ~ w. T.. Lea.
Texas manager for senator Oscar Tn
dervood today. Mr.. Lea also declared
that the claims Of the McAdoo leaders of
victory IN Texas We're misleading.
Settlements ~ the McAdoo leaders
are very misleading he said. inasmnch
~ they talk about - many precincts be-
ing for McAdoo II must be remembered
that in the three biz counties which
certain for McAdoo. Harris, Dallas. and
Tarranf. there are more than :;niO pre-
cin t~. ana " Bexar county ~ for Me-
Adoo as a unit il adds another hundred.
They NV. talking III precincts. not dele
gates They claim total of ass pre-
cincfS among those heard from. The
~ uthArs reported w. ~ for Under
wood and -; uninstructed represented
scattered precincts uut of various couD-
ties.
-If viii not ~ until the delegates are
elected tomorrow that an adequate est-
mate can De obtained, and my word 10
thr unin~fructcd Hnd Underwood for -
against McAdoo j. not 10 be deceived by
claims of victory on the IIrt ~ the Ne
Aduo leaders. who are hoping 10 bring
the uuinstrucfrd into the band wagon by
overwhelming claims.
There j. NO doubt all forces in Texas
opposed tO instructions FIR McAdoo will
join in an effort 10 defeat the purposes
nf the MrAdun leaders in Texas both in
the county ANA state yonventions:"
DALLAS. May l.-Demncratir county
10 be held III Texas Tuesday
IN which actual instructions may be
given delegates ~ the state convention
May - were absorbing the interest Of
political leaders today.
The majority Of the Saturday pre- met
heard from expressed
preference for William A. McAdoo a. the
president candidate. the number If pre-
,inct~ remaining silent IN the question Y
of preference being second and recon-
~ instructions for senator
Underwood being third. OF the 923 pre-
cinct~ heard from up a. this morning.
IgT were favorable ~ McAdoo. :;33 non
rommittal and % for Underwood State
headquarters NJ both the candidates had
40 new figures today. Practically all
the larger counties were represented in
ihe figures.
The county conventions e. he held
tomorrow Afternoon will nam" the l2J6
delegates to the state convention. Ne
Adun leaders predicted they would have
\ safe majority i'll the convention ana the
Texas delegation would be- instructed to
uppurt their candidate. AT Underwood
headquarters il was announced that the
Underwood forces would muster nil their
delegates ut the county convention.
The larger counties Of the state, IL
hey follow the recommendations uf the
precinct meetings will instruct delegates
w thc state convention ~ work for
delegation instructed for Me-
\dun. Among these counties are Rexar
NTH ~ votes: Harris with ~ votes;
Dallas -; votes Tarrant II votes. and
IcI.rnnnn 80 votes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05
SECOND DAY OF
DEBATE ON INCOME
TAX RATES BEGINS

WASHINGTON. My 5-The demo
cratic income taN schedule Was arrruv-
cd today ly tie sen te.
n calls for Y maximum surtaN rate y.
forty Ter nj and fifty per cent cu,
in normal income taxes under $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-05-05

LONDON May AN agency dis
patch from Berlin gives the distribution
of the seats in the rei.hstag as the re-
Srlt ~ yesterdays election on the basis
of available returns as follows:
Social democrats and independents 81.
German national peoples party TG. Com
munistS ~. Central party II. German
peoples party ~. Popular and national
socialists 10. National socialists 20.
Democrats -. Bavarian peoples party
III. Ravarian peasants union q, National
liberals .. Ilanoverians ).
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04

val program which VIII be staged In
front Of the grandstand. Events like
the Sterling type of Agee's Horses,
one Of the greatest equine acts ever
conceived, viii be uncurtained for the
edidcation and enlightenment Of the
thousands who win occupy the stands
and the paddock.
An important addition this year will
be the new annex to the grandstand
occupying the site Of the old bleacher
which was destroyed by fire last win
ter The new stand built in complete
harmony with the older structure
which is model Of its type VIII pro
vide seating accommodations for more
than 5000 patrons giving full stand
capacity Of more than 10000
1t is the purpose Of the Trenton
Fair to sponsor each year an exhibi-
ton Of paintings and sculpture OF such
excellence as to inspire interest and
cooperation OF artists Of the highest
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04

100 paintings and Is pieces Of sculp-
ture, with the object of showing a
small but exceptionally choice coIlec-
ton, representative of the best art of
today.
The free vaudeville program In front
Of the grandstand is to be an epochal
entertainment, if quantity and quality
are considered. Here the principal
events will be the famous Agee
Horses. A dozen or more other
events Of equal power will be offered
in the free open-air vaudeville pro-
gram.
There viii be enlarged exhibits in
all departments, with keener contests
than ever before sor the 100000 in
cash awards given the most meritori-
Gus exhibits. Hors3 racing will be a
feature the first four days and auto
mobile racing the last two days. Auto
polo viii be played daily on the track
So eager are exhibitors and conces-
sionaires to securs ground space for
the exhibition that all records for the
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Ducks Use oF Wings

Do ducks use their wings while
swimming under water? The question
is discussed frequently among sports
men ard nature students and opin-
ions sometimes differ Testimony Of
reliable authorities, says Popular Me
chanics, Magazine, supports the belief
that various species Of ducks and
grebes, looms and other diving birds do
not use their wings when swimming
beneath the surface for food or in
trying to escape capture. A ruddy
duck was observed on Lake Michigan
not long ago, feeding in fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet of clear water. AS it got we'll
started on its downward plunge the
wings, about two-thirds extended, were
used in quick, short strokes, at the
rate Of about one a second, to assist
in propellipg it and in rising to the
top, as wen
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Scotlona Made Game of
Golf National P0stin1e

Three months before the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs left Deftshaven James VI ap-
proved the contract for the first mu-
nicipal golf links at ST. Andrews, Scot
land. Golf may have started in Hol-
land, where game called "kolf," a
cross between golf, hockey and bowl
ing, was played on the ice, within COW
cred courts and even in churchyards
If the Scotch did import the sport thex
changed it greatly. Links" for exam
pie Is the Scotch term referring to
rolling close-cropped shore fields which
have become the model for all golf
courses. "Bunkersa are really cut
banks such as are found along a
graded country road Such banks with
sand pits are natural to the Scotch
shore st. Andrews cut banks are now
artifcially created on golf links wher-
ever golf is played. For many years
the original Scotch course consisted of
II holes, a match being two rounds, or
% holes, but in 1764 it was decided to
eliminate two holes, SO today the
standard course is in multiples of nine.
National Geographic Society.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Excm,ple. Of fhe Bee

1t is very important TO remember,
says John Burroughs, the great natu-
ralist, that the bee does not get honey
from the flowers; it makes honey from
what it gets from the flowers What
it gets from the flowers is nothing but
sweetened/ water The bee gets its
sweet water, retires, thinks it over and
by a private process makes its honey.
So many nature writer's fail to profit
by the example of the bee. They go
into the woods and come out again and
write about their experience-but they
don't give us honey. They don't retire
and subject what they find in the
woods to a private process. They give
us just little sweet water, pretty
thoroughly diluted. l have tried for
many years not to give the world just
a bare record. but to flavor it with my
own personality
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Some PreIin1inGries TO
His Good Nights Rest

Courtlandt Blocker. at a dinner on
Fifth avenue, was talking about the
high prices in Europe since the war.
Yes, they are high sometimes, but
most Of 1t is travellers ties. That
reminds me that l heard a good one
recently. 1t was a tale about Ceylon.
An American had just arrived at a
Colombo hotel and the chambermaid
said to him, as she put his bedroom in
order: Have you asked at the Office
for your frog, sir2 My frogY gasped
the American, what do you p
The frog to kill your aeockroaches,
sir Make them give you a young,
lean, muscular frog, good jumper;
one that Will clean out the cock
reaches thoroughly. Then, afterward.
when the cockroaches are all gone, you
must go down to the office again and
get your snake Snake? Holy
Moses Why a shaker a snake to
eat the frog, sirl' replied the maid.
And then. as soon as the frog Is
eaten you must get out Of bed and
kill the snake with club; after That
you'll be sure Of good nights rest. ="
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04

sale of accommodations have been
shattered While several choice loca-
tions yet remain, prospective exhibit
ors are advised by Secretary Mar
gerum to make application at once in
order to avoid disappointment.
The poultry show, presented in an
enlarged building; livestock exhibit,
with its unprecedented display Of Jer-
seys, Holsteins, Herefords, Durocs,
Berkshires, etc. and the display in
the agricultural horticultural, art, do
nestle science and home and dairy
products and the manufacturers and
merchants departments viii be offer
ed to greater advantage than ever.
Excursion rates viii be announced
by the Pennsylvania railroad and
Philadelphia and Reading railway,
running from ali points Of the east to
the fair grounds. which are the most
accessible grounds Of any fair in
America.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Redbird Got It's Name
From Church Dignitary

At first thought 1t is difficult to see
the relationship between the common
redhsrd, or cardinal. and the hinges of
the front door. The explanation is
simple enough, however, when the
words are traced to their source. The
redbird was originally called card
inal because his plumage bore the
coloring of the hat and cassock Of a
cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church. The use of the word "cardi-
nal" as denoting a dlgnitary of the
church came about through the poetic
fancy Of an early pope, who spoke Of
the cardinals as 1.-THE hinges By which
all things are moved" in connection
with church government. In the Latin
language "cardo, cardinis," is the
equivalent Of the English hinge :"
For this reason the dignitary was
called a cardinals as signifying his
function as one of the "hinges" Of the
church. From this early usage card
fnal" came to be applied to anything
Of prime Importance, including the
cardinal numbers, the cardinal points
of the compass and the cardinal yir-
tues. The use Of the word as apply
ting TO a color came about from the
fact that the color was the striking
Feature Of the dress Of cardinal.
fThis explains the use Of the word IN
banning the redbird.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Early NaUigasors Dared
PcriLs of Every Sort

It is a little more than 400 years ago
since man made his first-known trip
around the globe. The first voyage
took three years, and they were years
of great privation and discomfort. The
early successful navigator was ]. S.
del Cano, a Spaniard. He returned to
port on September 6, 1922. The expe-
dition numbered five vessels, and of
the $50 pioneers who set sail only 81
returned-ragged and broken. One of
the objects of the adventure was to
test the theory that the earth was
round, and the ships took a westward
course to discover a passage to the In
dies. Ferdinando Magellan, a Portu-
guese, after whom the straits are
named, was a leading spirit in the ex-
petition. When the task was almost
accomplished he and 40 others were
killed by natives in the Philippine is
lands. Only one ship, the Vittoria,
under del Cano, completed the journey.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
A MANS Prayer

Teach me that 60 minutes make an
hour, 10 ounces a pound, and 100
cents dollar Help me to live so that
I can lie down at night with a clear
conscience and unhaunted by the
faces of those to whom I may have
brought pain. Grant that I may earn
my meal ticket on the square, and in
earning it I may do unto others as I
would have them do unto me. Deafen
me to the Jingle of tainted money.
Blind me to the faults Of other fell
lows and reveal to me my own. Guide
me so that each night when / look
across the table at my wife, who has
been a blessing to me, win have
nothing to conceal. Keep me young
enough to laugh with little children
and sympathetic so as to he consider
ate of old age. And when comes the
day of darkening shades make the
ceremony short and the epitaph sim
pie: Here lies a man. "-Herrington
Sun.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Bowls Were Not Allie

"a man selling pottery came to
Salem and raped at a certain lady's
door," says the Boston Globe He
was asked in Just as he got inside
the door he dropped one OF the bowls,
supposedly by mistake, and it did not
break When in the kitchen he dropped
another, and then remarked to the
lady that his bowls were guaranteed
not to break. She bought some, to be
paid for when delivered. When they
came she put them away to wait until
some of her friends would appear and
she would drop one for a surprise. A
friend finally arrived. The lady took
a pot from the shelf and dropped it
accidentally on purpose. 1t shattered
into a thousand pieces-quite unlike
the rubber samples"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
CauIs Conceded TO Be
First Makers Of Soap

Made from goats tallow and beech
wood ashes, the earliest forms of soap
were used by the ancient inhabitants
Of Germany to give a reddish color to
the hair, according to the records Of
the historian, Pliny the elder. AL
though mixed into hard and liquid
material it was not known as a
cleansing substance, but was often
employed in the treatment Of skin
troubles.
The Gauls, it is said, Introduced it
into other parts of the world
Today the yearly production in the
United States is estimated to be
two and one-half billion pounds Not
until about the Second century OF the
Christian era was the product used as
a cleansing article, it is claimed and
an ancient factory for manufacturing
the material unearthed in the ruins OF
Pompeii still contained a quantity of
it in a good state of preservation.
Northern Spain and Marseilles later
became the chief centers of the in
dustry and produced large amounts of
the CASTLE variety from olive oil and
I've. Earlier accounts of the existence
of soap among Asiatic peoples are
believed to refer to some kinds of
mixtures which were devoted to pur-
poses entirely apart from those Of
dyes or cleaning substances.-Pop
Mechanics Magazine
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04

has not been overlooked and to which
the management points with pride.
Every year effort is exerted to blend
the Institutional and diYerting events
in q manner that viii carry pleasure
to all tastes. The Fair tries not to
be 0bliviou7 Of any single department
The 1924 Fair will occupy a space
Of six days and four nights like last
year. The four a hts exhibition is
made up of gigantic pyrotechnic
spectacle, entitled Tokyo, Through
Quake and Fire, ana an Ernie Young
Revue with more than 80 beautiful
and shapsly singing and dancing girls
in the cast. These viii constitute
the major portion Of the night
program, on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights
In the daytime there will be daz-
cling array Of features that should at
tract the commentator Of the most
blase amusement seeker All the ma;
tions Of the world contribute to a
monster outdoor vaudeville and carni-
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-09-04
Poisonous FIower Bulbs

Daffodi bulbs, which specifically
resemble onions, have sometimes been
eaten for them by mistake and have
caused serious poisoning. A case was
reported not long ago In Edinburgh,
where a cook took a daffodil bulb for
an onion and used 1t to flavor a stew
subsequently eaten by five persons.
All were made acutely sick before the
end of the meal. All recovered In a
few hours and apparently suffered no
after effects of the dose The poison
Ing is supposed to be due to a prin-
ciple known Aas "narcissine," found In
the bulbs of daffodils and jonquils.
Persons keeping daffodil bulbs in the
house should take care that they are
not confused with onions.