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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-19
North Shivers in
Heavy Snow Storm

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 19.-The middle
west is wondering if the popular quo
tation should not be changed to read
if spring comes, can winter be far be-
hind"
For today one of the winters heav-
lest snowfalls covers sections where 2
few days ago balmy breezes set small
boys playing marbles and inspired
adult hopes that the worst was over.
Continued on Page Two.)
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CBy The Associated Press J

MUNICH, Feb. 19.-Fifty members
of cult called 'the friends of light"
have pleaded guilty to charges Of
prancing about the wooded Bavarian
Alps, clad in costumes of Adam and
Eve. Each was fined from 100 to $50
marks for disorderly conduct.
A jealous wife, her husband mem
Der, oblivious to the high ideals pro-
fessed by the cult, notified the police.
A raid followed while the men and
women were singing and dancing in
the moonlight on the shores of Lake
Tegern, their clothes hanging on
nearby bushes. The "The Friends" pro-
tested against the rude interruption,
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INHERITANCE TAX
WILL Be RESTORED
(Bv Me Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 19-An
early agreement between the conferees
on the tax bill by which the inherit
ance tax will be restored to the meas
ure was freely predicted today after
another two hour conference Of rep
resentatives of the senate and house.
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MEETING TONIGHT.

The Epworth League will hold its
regular monthly social meeting tonight
at the residence Of Rev. ]. E. Lovett,
presiding elder of the Brownsville dis
trict. on Elizabeth street,
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TRUCK MARKETS

BY Naval Radio to The Herald from
U. S. and Texas Agriculture Depart
ments.
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hdian faith Dealers holding forth
B the cemetery at Nuevo Laredo
$ico, are being besieged by long
] of ailing Mexicans who have be-
e believers in faith cures.
4 pt so strange that Mexicans in large
sbers should seek faith cures.
hericans do the same thing. ke-
hber Coue of every Day in Every
y Am Growing Better and Bet
i fame? Remember how his bit of
biology brought him thousands on
Islands for time?
townsville should have a building
ector.
18th construction in large quantities
ing for the near fture, there will
n inclination to build often along
not entirely safe from fire and
r standpoints.
kery city has a qualified building
fector. Usually he is an engineer
man who has had building expe-
Zee.
metimes a contractor, in trying to
as low as possible will go be-
"A the zone of safety in his construc-
soils such as we have particularly
e should be no question as to the
ility of the foundation.
Fouble is, when one begins to think
he many, many things that Browns
does need he becomes appalled,.
stops wishing.
he Methodist ladies of Brownsville
a way Of their own in helping to
nee the completion of their splendid
Ia Continued from Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-19

IN OUR
VALLEY

NOW lies deep today on the streets
of Chicago.
THE heaviest of the winter.
Snow in large quantities fell yester-
" at the Missouri Kansas s-Arkansas
Ener.
Down here in the Lower Rio Grande
Ere was a disagreeable but temperate
|gh wind yesterday and early last
fht, yet not cold enough for topcoats.
Early this morning the wind died
{wn. The temperature minimum was
The sun came out from a clear
D, and little wind was considered a
|recast for continued pleasant wealth
and warm.
And February promises to go out
|th smaller amount of rain, if any,
Pm has been recorded since last Au-
And nice weather forecasts a splen-
4 potato crop.
Cameron county last year became the
ding potato producing county in the
&te.
I passed the Wharton district in pro-
ftion. At Wharton a peculiar blight
reduced the potato acreage to where
is no longer competitor of Cam
In County.
This blight has the faculty of get
& into the Wharton soil and remain.
there. It has appeared in Cameron
pnty at times, but has never sur
ed year. Our climate the reason
cameron potatoes will have no COM
itor. 1t will beat the Alabama crop
the market. The crop of extreme
thern Florida brings only small
lers. So small they yield to the
heron product when it goes on the
Eket.
ow Jared your fruit trees that were
tected by cornshock?
low Jared your fruit trees that were
tected by tula grass?
Ind have you checked up the re-
Is on the trees you banked with IS
hes OF dirt.
nd how did the three compare?
Zee if you did not have better sue
with the banking process than with
Aother.
ese questions have been passed
to this column, with the result
covers give the suggestion that
is the preferred method Of
Evening star., 1926-09-27

ner or agent ten per cent Of his win
nings. There is a variant of the game
called "bolito." based on the third
digits of the two totals, and paying
~ to /, with actual odds of 80 to /.
These games have become so pop
ular that they are played now by all
ages and all classes of people. School
children gamble their pennies. Fa-
'thers and mothers bet quarters and
dimes. The numbers are sold open
~ in shops throughout New York.
One establishment has an amplif1er
on the sidewalk which announces that
numbers" are for sale within. This
is an illegal game. but little seems to
be done to stop it. The police are
making n show of enforcing the law.
but it is stated that only about eight
gamblers are arrested daily. while
tens of thousands are actually play
ing. OF course, the people who should
be arrested and Jailed are those who
are running the game and not the
unfortunates who patronize it.
Evening star., 1926-09-27
A Criminal Gang.

Washington discovered yesterday
that 1t harbored a typical big city"
criminal gang. gang that does not
hesitate to shoot it out" with police
when faced with capture. Early yester-
day morning a '1ook out" was flashed
for band of automobile bandits, ac-
cused of perpetrating two hold-ups on
the Washington Baltimore road in a
stolen car. "A few hours later two
policemen In the Northwest section
Of the city were accosted by four men,
who inquired for telephone station.
Eecoming suspicious, the officers de-
cided to arrest them. Instantly, how
ever, the men backed away and opened
fire, which was promptly returned by
the police. In the battle which fol-
lowed both policemen were seriously
injured, one perhaps fatally, and two
of the men We're wounded by police
bullets. In a city-wide search imme-
diately afterward ten men and two
women were arrested, charged with
being members of the gang suspected
of committing the hold-ups and being
involved in the fight with the police.
Washington has had its murders it's
robberies and other crimes of various
degrees of seriousness but seldom in
its history has it had to deal with a
gang of the size and viciousneSS which
in hn
probable cost of a policeman's life.
Gangs have evidently found the Ma
tional Capital an unhealthy and un-
profitable place to operate, and the
local police have had comparatively
few experiences with them. 1t is
probably this fact that caused the sus-
pected men 10 get the drop" on their
captors.
At any event, now that Washington
must deal with the same kind of
gangs that terrorize such cities as
New York and Chicago. nothing
should be allowed to interfere with
quick and drastic punishment. 1nex.
perienced as Washington is in
matters of this kind, an example can
be set which will go a long way to
deter future criminal orga MIA ton.
These men should be given the limit
if they are convicted, and if that is
done there is still hope that the Ma
tional Capital may avoid. for a long
time to come, the unenviable reputa.
ton of being big city in criminal
parlance
Evening star., 1926-09-27

marked differences. Those differences
may be accounted for by climate, or
they may be due to different origins
No more fascinating study presents
itself today in the field Of archaeology
and ethnology than this Of tracing
the origins of the American races. 1t
Is enlisting the attention and the en-
ergies and the resources of science.
Great advances have been made to-
ward the disclosure of the record, but
still much remains to be done. for
the field is vast and the covering laid
upon the records and works of early
dwel!ers by countless centuries ts
deep and battling. Still, more has been
done to the end of full development
of this great human story during the
past quarter of century than ever
before. and at the present rate of ac-
complishment the immediate genera
ton may learn the secret before it
passes.
Evening star., 1926-09-27
Quotes Prohibition
Prosperity Figures
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
From current reports Prohibition
seems to be a fearful handicap to
country. Yet, little old U. S. A. has
muddled along In spite of It.
Total number Of students in colleges
and universities in 1919. wet. was $685.
69i. and in 1923, after four dry years.
had jumped to 726.124-in spite Of
prohibition. This Nation, with per
cent Of the earth's population, now
has more students in colleges and uni
versities than the rest of the earth
in spite of prohibition. Life insuranc
in force in 1919. wet. was S29. $50 .000,-
600, and in 1924, S5o,5s5, 900 ,000-in
spite of prohibition. Autos produced
in the United States in 1919, wet, were
1874. 900. and in 1924. 3,617 900, and
the 1925 production showed sharp in
crease-in spite OF prohibition. The
United States owns more than 80 per
cent Of the pleasure cars of the world
in spite of prohibition.
In 1919. wet. there were 1,2Gc .0e0
Bell telephone stations. and in 1925,
I1.242. .000-in spite of prohibition. The
last FIVE wet years the consumption
of milk increased three-tenths of a
gallon per year. while during the first
I'VE dry years 1t increased 5.4 gallons
per ys6y@in SPITE q prehibition. Bank
cleaxtness1n lSt1 1nra 4aas. s.ns2 zoo. 600
Evening star., 1926-09-27
Florida Storm Unlike
Isolated Catastrophes
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courler-Journal
The disaster that wreaked such
havoc in Florida and left in its wake
trail of death, suffering and finan-
cial loss is not to be compared with
isolated catastrophes like the San
Francisco earthquakes or the Calves.
ton flood. The hurricane over the
southern part of the Southern States
selected no single point on which to
vent its fury. In a wide swath it
swept across the width of the PENN
sula. Cities and pleasure resorts.
farms and marshes, orchards and
gardens. harbors and ships and rail-
roads, bore the brunt of the Bahama
storm.
Miami was the worst sufferer, and
for this reason the analogy with other
stricken cities is made, but Miami was
only a focal point. The beautiful city
that jumped from the village class
with the opening of the East Coast
Railway some 80 years ago was the
first to feel the lash of the gale.
dale. Moore Haven on Lake Okee-
chobee. Hollywood, Dania. Hollan-
dale, Fort Myers. Pensacola and
Mobile-were in the path of the hur.
ricane and suffered damage.
The total losses will not he ascer-
tanned for some time. The dead. the
! injured, the homeless will be known.
as well as the damage to buildings
and homes. Just what injury has
been sustained in agriculture and
horticulture, however. will be slow in
developing. That it is considerable is
indicated by the estimate that the
grapefruit yield of the State was re-
duced 75 per cent and that the crop
of oranges will be only one-third a
| normal yield. Many of the groves. no
doubt, have been SO badly damaged
that new trees will have to be set out
| to take the place of the old ones.
| which will entail not only diminished
| crops this year. but for several years
| to come.
The Florida disaster is therefore not
to be confined by any city limits. 1t
is a catastrophe that affects a large
part of the State. AS it embraces
| many tourist centers. 1t will mean,
also. bereavement to families in other
States.
But Florida will soon outlive this
calamity. II is a land of too many
attractions to be permanently hurt by
| such a storm, to which any other
part of the country may be subject
ed. and which may never be repeated
in Florida.
Evening star., 1926-09-27

He has to trust to himself IN
peculiar sense.
! If Wordsworth could have become
as a little child again he would have
been an even greater poet than ne
was. He was, indeed, too much
child for many of his own day. They
poked fun at his Drink. pretty crea-
plicity of expression.
We may quarrel with a poet for mis-
choice of themes. but often we over
look their sublimity, searching for
moral or some effect to knock us
cold" as we say.
| Great poetry comes from the neart
of sentiment. and If it does not reach
to the readers heart, then 1t Is not
great poetry-to him. The prepon
derating opinion Of those qualified TO
Judge is what gives the best poetry
It's status.
"Give me great readers, too said
Whitman.
There are at all times, in the world.
far greater number of those able
to appreciate than those who can
create. Emerson brings this out IN
his usual way in his essay on His
tory" Sublime expressions In litera'
ture, he says, are regarded by the
average reader as natural. He mas
no trouble in realizing their great
ness. He. too, II he could write. would
write Just that way. Similarly the
cultured person appreciates great
statues. and paintings. and songs: "A
song of Schubert gives him exquisite
| satisfaction. The fact that ne has
the sense of satisfaction puts MIN at
one with the creator. He has his
share of greatness. in that he can ap'
preciate greatness.
Poetry has been degenerated, in our
day and age, by striving for erect
Sophistication of a people leads to
search for something new. ana re.
suits in the bringing forth OF old
forms slightly charged and paraded
as "the latest"
So.called free verse" is as old as
the hills. The English translators of
the Bible achieved Il in its best form
best because essentially the simple
expressions of the heart of man.
Now there is in process a glorinca'
ton of every possible odd and un'
usual thing that can be brought tortn
by some ambitious publisher In pook
| form. Comic strips and movies are
held up as 1.-The lively arts" Perhaps
the lively part Is correct, but we
doubt the authenticity OF the term
! ARTS"
Jazz, if we are 70 believe It's proph'
cts, is something absolutely new In
music. The blues" have got to the
dignity of huge great book. printed
in formal far excelling anything
usually accorded Mozart.
The thoughtful person will take
/ care that he is not mentally STAN
peded by any of these strivings after
effect.
The great is the simple, If it have
in IT inspiration from the heart OF
| things.
we need our poetry straight today.
because we stand in more need than
ever of simplicity. of human nature
unadorned, of men and women with
| the hearts of children. open minded.
ready to wonder at the great mys.
| teries. and who, like little Ben. would
like to see God take that thing up
into the sky"
Evening star., 1926-09-27
Mall.Avenue Park Treatment.

If the plan now favored by leaders
Of the administration is carried into
effect by legislative and appropriative
action. the Mall-Avenue triangle, con
cerning which there has been mucf
discussion for years, Will be treated
as a whole for the emplacement OF
public buildings. but without com
plete covering of the entire space WITH
constructions. Certain buildings are
now designed for emplacement within
the triangle. not eXhausting ali of the
area. bat leaving spaces vacant that
are to be treated as parks.
In principle this is precisely the
treatment of the Mall-Avenue triangle
when the first purchases were made
ct the western end. 1t was then
urged that only by treating the tri
angle as a whole could the public
buildings of the future be satisfac'
torily situated without congestion
Street lines. 1t was proposed. should
be ignored to allow for possible en-
largements as the business of the
Government increased
This present plan. it would seem,
does not so TO the extent of ignoring
existing street lines. The project IA
vored is to develop as. parks the
squares that lie between the public
buildings. This will preserve the rect
angular arrangement which prevails
at present, but will still leave possible
future expansion through the closing
of streets and the utilization of the
perklike spaces.
AS the plan is now favored, the eff.
feet of group of public buildings
within the Mall--Avenue triangle sep
arated by turfed spaces would be of
a large park set with structures. II
would be more effective in that aspect
than a solidly built stretch.
The prospect is distinctly encourae-
ing for the early Consummation of
this lonS-cherished plan. 1t fits in
with the Immediately contemplated
series of constructions. 1t is in con-
formity with the city planning project
in contemplation. 1t is in accordance
with the highest concept of capital
making. Finally. it is move of econ
onny. 1t should be definitely legislated
and appropriated for at the next ses-
sion Of Congress.
Evening star., 1926-09-27
The New Lottery"

Lotteries, once established with
legal sanction and operated in this
country openly and under official
auspices - frequently as recognized
means Of raising public revenues
have long been under the ban of the
law. But other forms of gambling on
a broad scale have taken their place
and have fiourished, TO the enrich
ment OF their promoters and the i'm
poverishment of the majority of their
patrons The race-track betting sys-
TEN has furnished means of daily
betting on supposed uncertainties. Oc'
casional sporting events have supplied
gamblers with chances to get other
peoples money. The stock market is
in some aspects an effective gambling
machine.
When the lottery was abolished the
game OF policy" fourished for a long
time IN this city and the South. II
was q mysterious sort of gamble,
which only its addicts understood. 1t
was virtually a lottery. in that the nu-
merals that governed the winnings
We're selected by a process Of chance.
But as in lottery, as in practically
all other organized public gambling
games, the chances favored the
bank" the managers, the operators.
Large winnings were possible, but they
were few. Almost all of the players
-. Nd fns-
quite a long period has not been heard
Of in this part Of the country. The
Handbook" has practically taken its
place as lure.
Now a new sort of daily gambling
game has developed in New York, par
ticularly in Harlem. the population of
which has within a few years been
swelled by a heavy Southern migra-
ton. II is called numbers" which 1t
Is said for unfairness of its odds against
ehe PLAYER and crookedness of its oper-
alton puts the old policy game far in
The shade. II has been estimated as
the result Of a recent research that at
least 500, 900 is daily risked at this
game, which has spread from Harlem
into all parts OF the city. The game is
based on the daily New York bank
clearings and the New York bank bal
ance. The player guesses a number
from 1919. The winning number con-
sists Of the second and third digits of
the total bank clearings and the third
digit of the hank balance. With that
number the lucky guesser wins 500
TO /. The odds are actually 9?S 10 !.
But the PLAYER who wins does not
get ssso for his one dollar. but only
so.ebecause he.hasr4ospaysthe- -xun'
Evening star., 1926-09-27
Press Sees Cause for Pride
Tnll.OOO MilliOnaires in u. $.

was valued at million dollars" re-
marks the Williamsport Eun. he
was regarded with awe by persons OF
less means, but nowadays a man
must do more than make his million
TO be regarded as an unusual indi-
vidual" The Schenectady Gazette
adds the comment, THAT In this
country / 900 persons have been able
to achieve a state where they have
81. 900. 900 or more. shows that never
ending opportunities exist here for
those Capa BILE of taking advantage Of
them"
Distribution of the wealth is studied
by the New York World, which. While
stating that "a fourth of these mil
lionaires live in New York state and
81 per cent of them are 10 he found
in six States nevertheless observes
that even some of the States less i'm
portant industrially have number
of citizens who have accumulated
their millions through the exploitation
of some natural resource like min
erals or timber
THE contribution of war profits ~
Americas Golfers has been much ex-
aggerated." according to the San An
tonic Express, which believes ethat
"as compared with the total II is
small item. The true wellspring nf
this country's wealth is its natural
resources" continues that paper; 1T
has more land, oil. coal, iron. copper,
forests and other raw materials than
have fallen TO any other people" The
Dayton Daily News sees "a squeezing
out of hundreds of our war-made
milionaires,' and finds that many of
them have totally disappeared from
the income tax returns. while others
are making returns on earnings Of
but a few tI1ousan dollars each. The
greatest financial secret is not in how
TO make million dollars" as viewed
by the News. but in keeping IL after
you've worked for it
The increase in these past three
years is no more striking than the
decline which preceded IL in the years
Transcript. I'm 1917 millionaires We're
at their peak of numbers. There
were 500. The shrinkage 70 5000
ny 1923 squeezes into a nutshell Of
dry statistical evidence the whole SEN
sational story of the rise and fall of
many war fortunes" The Arkansas
Democrat. viewing the statistics for
all the States. remarks: What
ponderous volume could be written
ABOUT thOSe HEureS. Within that
tome could be told the story Of the
politics. the science. the religion, the
manners, the morals. the customs.
the past, the present and the possible
future Of these United States"
+
THE city pins its faith. however
on its 300, 900 common people. partic-
ularly upon its home owners, who un-
derstand that their individual pros
perity is closely linked with the prog
ress of the city," asserts the ST Paul
Dispatch. while the Albany Evening
News. quoting Chauncey NJ Depew
to the effect that lin his youth there
were only two millionaires in Amer
ica." concludes that tone need not
be a misanthrope now TO say that
with all the increase in millionaires
and in wealth generally, the sum Of
human happiness is no greater now
than IL was then