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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-29
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Partly cloudy
tonight and Sunday; not much
change in temperature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Sunday: probably show
ers in north portion; cooler tonight
in northwest portion; cooler IN IN
terror sunday.
Moderate to fresh southerly winds
en- the coast.
River Forsa
There viii be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood PreSeit "a Hr. ~ ar
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-29
RUSSIANS EXECUTED

MOSCOW, Oct. %. - R Three
former Russian millionaires, the
brothers Vladimir and Cyril Prove
and their brother-in-law, Korepanoff,
sentenced TO death on charges OF mill
tary espionage were executed today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-29
BISHOP DIES

Los ANGELES. Calf. Oct. o9.-
Rt-Bishop J. Harty Of the Catholic
archdiocese of Omaha who mas been
critically IN at the st. Agnes recIors
here for several days, died today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-29
Parts of Body Found
On Bottom of River

The heart, stomach. one shoulder,
loins and part OF the chest or "a man
were found In "a burlap bag i'm the
Hudson River here today. Bricks and
stones had been used 70 weigh the
bag. The pieces OF body had not
been i'm the water long. officials
said and there was nothing 10 aid /,
IN Identification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
Discretion.

Lieut.. Oskar Omdal Of Norway hates
inaction. He likes TO he doing some.
thing all the time. Omdal is an air.
plane pilot and mechanic. He has been
with Amundsen on two North Pole
airplane expeditions, and is 10 go with
Comdr. Byrd on the proposed South
Pole trip next Summer. He Is in this
country on two years leave from the
Norwegian Navy so that he may &C
company the BYRD party on its next
venture But Lieut. Omdal is not salts
fed to sit around idly until Byrd
starts, and has signed up for the nice
warm weather job" of plotting Mrs.
Frances Grayson's amphibian plane
Dawn across the ocean this Winter.
With all due credit to Mrs. Grayson
and the capabilities of her ship, II
would appear that Lieut.. Omdal might
better save his energies for the Byrd
scientific expedition than 10 dssipate
them on what the world has come To
look upon IS publicity attempt. Mrs
Grayson. with another pilot, has al
ready made three false starts in her
heavily laden plane to span the Allan.
tic. Twice it was necessary to dump
gasoline in a hurry to avoid forced
landings, and the third time motor
trouble developed some four hundred
miles out, and the ship barely limped
back into port.
Furthermore, with all the difficulties
attendant on an Atlantic flight, it
seems almost suicidal to add the
further obstacle OF bitter cold weather,
when ice and sleet cling to the plane
and make an additional burden for
the engines to support. So, enterpris-
ing and active as the young Nor
wegian lieutenant may be. it certainly
appears to be the part of discretion to
wait as patiently as possible for
Comdr. Byrd TO give the word for the
start to the South Pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
The Navy Program.

The Navy building program sub
n1itted to Congress yesterday with the
approval of the administration calls
for construction of about seventy-one
new ships of war at an estimated cost
Of S725, 900, 900. 1t represents the Sec
ond largest building program ever sub
mitted to Congress, exceeded only by
that Of 1916, the year preceding the
entrance of the United States in the
World War. 1t is, of course, subject
to two interpretations. One is that
failure of the Geneva conference has
spurred the United States to feverish
activity in shipbuilding. The second
is that the ships contemplated are
those needed to bring the American
NAVY TO the standard required by a
power occupying the position in the
world held by the United States today.
Although the program as a whole is
not definite enough to permit Of
minute comparison between the Amer
lean Navy as planned and the British
Navy five years hence, it is interest
ing to compare the cruiser status of
the two navies under the program sug-
gested to Congress yesterday. Great
Britain last Spring had flfty-seven
cruisers built or building, thirteen of
them being of the heavy, 10,000-ton
class. At the same time the United
States had in commission ten modern
cruisers of the Memphis class, rang
ing around $500 and 5000 tons, and
eight of the 1O,000-ton class appropri-
ated for. The twenty-five cruisers
asked by the Navy in its program
submitted TO Congress yesterday
would bring the cruiser strength Of
the United States Navy to forty-three
thirty.three Of them being of the mod
ern, 10, 000-ton class, the class of ships
advocated by Navy men as being nee
cessary TO patrol the far-flung coast
line of the United States today, 1t can
be seen, therefore, that in cruiser
strength the United States would
compare 1dNOl dDiS Will vi cat LII 'LcAli'
if the building program suggested is
carried out But this strength would
be neither excessive nor threatening.
Congress is left to decide whether
the program submitted by the Navy
yesterday is to be carried out over
five years. This program, in addition
IN the tWentv-fVe cruisers cOntem.
plates construction of nine destroyer
! leaders, thirty-two submarines and
five aircraft carriers, is referred 10
as the five-year program, with the
! thought that appropriations to make
| it effective will be spread over the
next half decade. In addition. there
is the twenty-year Navy program
! which has not been submitted TO Con
gress, but upon which the Navy has
been working kPr some time. 1t con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
A Safeguard for Indy.

While the whole world is aCclaiming
the Incompatible Lindbersh on the
completion Of his epochal fight from
Washington to Mexico City. a great
part Of the world is still perturbed
over the fact that the flying ambassa.
dor" Of the United States does not
carry a parachute on his remark
able Journeys. Although none viii
question the air judgment of the
youthful colonel and none would wish
the smallest feeling of fear to take the
place of the joyous self-confidence
that is Lindbergh' s. nevertheless there
is a feeling that Indy, with hun
bred million mothers and fathers
throughout the world all solicitous of
his welfare, should take the greatest
precaution in his hazardous under.
takings
slim" is the idol of the civilized
world. He has attained a place no
one has ever occupied before, and it is
with deep concern that he is wished
universal Godspeed every time he
steps into his plane. If anything hap
pened to Indy, the crumpling of his
ship or a dead motor over mountain
Gus country. it would he an interna-
tional calamity. That is why feeling
will not down that to a certain degree
the flying colonel owes it to his pub
lie to use every care and every modern
safeguard when he scars aloft.
Indy is past master in parachute
jumping. He has made four emer-
gency life-saving leaps from his ship,
but since he bought the famous Spirit
of st. Louis, which carried him to I'M
dying fame across the ocean, he has
found that space limitations do not
permit him to wear the bulky appa-
ratus. The Spirit of st. Louis has
been a trusty vehicle. 1t mas never
failed him yet. Its motor has hum
med sweetly over ocean, desert. noun
tain and city. Its frame has stood the
incessant vibration without apparent
decay. Indy has spent something
like three hundred and fifty air hours
in the tiny cabin. and he knows his
ship probably better than those who
built it.
But superhyer that he is and good
ship that the Spirit of st. Louis has
proved to be, there is no telling at
what moment fate may intervene and
plunge a world into sorrow. Perhaps
the famous planes cockpit can be
changed so as to accommodate Indy
and a parachute. That would be a
solution. But if Indy cannot carry
a chute when he gets into the Spirit
of St. Louis then it should be re-
luctantly abandoned by its owner
to the end that a modern safeguard
can be thrown about the life of one
who has the world at his feet. Indy
should have the best and newest in
plane and equipment, so that, regard
less of luck, he may continue to be
the worlds inspiration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
The "Lindbergh Story

I,indbergh flies without stop from
Washington to Mexico City. A sim
pie statement of another remarkable
feat. 1t thrills the reader of it almost
as greatly as did the flashed news of
the successful flight across the At
lantjc last Summer. Why does it
continue thus to arouse the emotional
reaction of millions to learn that this
gallant young ace has scored another
triumph over the air? Why is the
"Lindbergh story" just as great a one
now as it was nearly six months ago,
when he scared overseas alone?
1t is because of the manner of man
that Lindbergh is and the manner of
flying that he does. He steps into
his machine, saying, I'm starting
now" and gives the word to let his
plane go forward, steps on the gas,
manipulates the controls and sails
away without ceremony. whether for
q short fight from one city TO anoth'
er. or for a long distance overseas
goal. or for a foreign capital on this
same continent. across two thousand
miles of country, including a high
range of mountains.
It is because, with all the success
that he has achieved, Lindbergh Is
still modest and self-effacing, earnest,
intent only upon the importance of
the immediate task, concerned with
the arousal Of interest in aviation,
always flying safely, without aero
battles or spectacular stunts, unique
example of the supreme specialist.
1t is because the people of this coun-
try have formed a deep affection for
this young man, admiring his techni.
cal ability and his character. apprais-
ing his performances both as flyer
and as an unofficial diplomat. 1t is
because there is an apprehension of
disaster to him, a wish that he would
stop flying. a fear lest his string OF
'1ucl" may snap at any moment.
But Lindbergh's luck" is not a
matter of chance alone. For he takes
small chances, if that can be said of
any one who leaves the ground to ma.
nipulate the air currents with a frail
machine. He has proved himself mas.
ter of his plane and Of the elements.
He may, of course, encounter a storm,
be forced to land in adverse conditions,
or crash through the collapse Of some
vital part Of his ship. That is always
a possibility. Yet here he is today,
pioneering from Washington to Mexi.
co City, a distance of 1000 miles, in
shorter time than was forecast. and
striking his goal unerringly, though
he had never before traversed the
course. Truly, a remarkable man and
truly the subject of continued. UNI
abated interest and enthusiasm and
worthy Of the biggest headlines and
the fullest space of printed matter
descriptive of his exploits.
That is why the "Lindbergh story"
remains the biggest in the news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15

templates replacement of battleships
and the construction of auxiliary ves-
sells not included in the five.year pro-
gram submitted yesterday.
Speaker Longworth a few DAYS ago
characterized the attitude of the
House toward Navy building as en-
thusiastic. And there is little doubt
but that the country will accept the
new program in the same way. The
position of the United States as
world power allows no further tenn.
PORTING with it's first line of defense.
The position has brought increased
responsibilities. The United States
must be prepared to shoulder them.
The United States has no motives to
conceal. 1t has made them known to
the world Building up the Navy,
not TO attain supremacy of the seas,
but to protect our position on the
seas. is a necessity founded on com
mon sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15

to provide the first large unit of the
proposed municipal center from the
time the first legislative move is
made It will probably take the form
Of an authorization for the prepare.
ton of detailed plans and the acqui'
sition Of the site. Meanwhile the
Governments own program will be
developing.
1t would perhaps be advantageous
10 couple the Municipal Building prof.
ect with the pending bill for the pro-
curement Of the entire Mall-Avenue
triangle, so that these two elements
in the Capital-making plan may ad-
vance simultaneously. Inasmuch as
the first step toward providing the
District with a permanent and ade.
quate administrative establishment
will be an authorization to obtain the
site. the joining of these two propo-
sitions in one measure would be log
ical and practical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

Why is the strange syllable Jaw
universally used by mother to pre-
fix the call of their little ones?
Jaw, Janiep' shrieks Mother, stand
ing on the front steps, anXiously scan
ming the landscape. Jaw, jamie. Aw,
jamie"
Now it would he far easier, and
more productive Of results, TO below
simply the little girls name.
"Ja-a IA .nie"'
There is a cry that might resound
over a whole neighborhood, able to
inform Miss Jane. at no matter what
distance, that Mother wishes her home
instantly, or even quicker, If that Is
possible.
Mother. however, seems to feel that
it would not meet the approval of the
neichbors il she thus called her child.
There seems to be some inner com
pulsion about the use of Jaw" that in.
trigues one to delve into its origin,
history. and subsequent use.
Notice the calls Of the mothers, and
let us know If you ever hear one with
out the preliminary Jaw"
~
II can hardly he a contraction Of
the good word awe" meaning the
reverential fear felt for the Divine
Being.
Mother is not telling Johnnie that
he must he filled with awe. when she
calls from the back porch, Jaw,
John.eeee"'
Mrs. Templeton Jones. making the
welkin ring for young Temp Jones.
does not believe that there is anything
particularly awful about herself, as
she shouts:
Jaw, Junior"
There must be some other reason
What can it be?
After all, mothers are not so much
linguistic students as practical users
of the mother tongue.
1t is true that middle English had
the forms, owen, awen, for our pres
ent owe. The monosyllable Jaw" too,
is given in some of the large diction-
aries as obsolete for awe.
Yet Mother does not bother her
busy and pretty head about that but
goes after results. She finds it help
full to prefix sons name with Jaw"
Again one asks why?
Knowing women TO he intensely
practical, let us look in the direction
OF use. For all their love of nice
things, women are born utilitarians.
They believe in cause and effect.
They look to the consequences, keep
their eye on the main chance, watch
out for the sequel.
II mother invariably chooses to pre-
fix juniors correct first name by such
n strange sound as Jaw" much in
the same manner that we use that
equally queer term, Mr." before Dad
dy's last name, then one is right in
supposing that she must have some
mighty good reason for it.
y
The real reason must be this:
That the preliminary exclamation is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
Federal and Local Building Sites.

A favorable report has been made
to the House of Representatives on
the Elliott bill. providing for the i'm
mediate and complete acquisition of
the land within the Mall-Avenue tri'
angle for public building purposes.
This measure, which the House had
passed at last session, failed of en-
actment because of the Senate block
ade caused by the filibuster which
marked the closing hours. It's failure
then, however, did not materially af-
feet the Governments building pro-
gram, and the bill as it now stands,
with the approval of the House
committee on public buildings and
grounds, includes a square that was
previously omitted from the provi-
sions, assuring the taking OF all the
space in the triangle. The square &C.
cupied by the Southern Railway Offices
is incorporated, whereas in the proceed.
ing bill it was omitted from the pro-
gram of acquisitions.
The passage OF this bill at the pres
ent session may be regarded as as
sured, as it is recognized that the
Government must have a clear way
to the grouping of its projected nous
ings in accordance with the adopted
plans. The piecemeal taking Of
squares is a most costly proceeding.
pay the United States to buy the whole
tract Immediately and TO utilize it as
specific building plans are developed.
Had this policy been pursued twenty
years ago, when the five-square tract
at the western end of the triangle
was bought, the total cost would have
been less by several million dollars.
The District has direct interest in
this matter, for the Government S
plan contemplates the eventual utili-
cation, though not necessarily the re-
placement, of the present Municipal
Building for Federal housing purposes.
This, Of course, entails its replacement
in other quarters, and tentative plans
are now in preparation for the estab'
lishment Of municipal center on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue
between Third and Sixth streets.
1t is urgent that this municipal cen
ter plan be formulated definitely and
speedily and that early authorization
be granted by Congress for it's devel
opment. Upon conservative estimate
-four If not five years will be required
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

The least practical thing about the
American university Is the pracucal
courses it gives.
I have lust talked with the father Of
a son who is slated for a business
career. He doubts the wisdom OF
sending the son to university for
training in it's school of commerce.
why. I've had graduates Of schools
of commerce come into my business,
he said who couldn't manipulate
comptometer. Their heads were fun
of a lot of impractical economic bunk,
but they had learned nothing prac-
teal. Wouldn't they have been better
off il they had plunged Immediately
into business?"
Here is the great American illusion
that early and exclusive specializa-
ton in the mastery of practical tech
niques makes practical men.
/ call to the witness stand the dis
tinguished English scientist, Prof.
Karl Pearson. whose mind was sin
gularly free from romantic nonsense
about education.
II have been engaged for Is years
in helping to train engineers" he
said, land those OF my old pupils who
are now coming to the front in life
are not those who stuck to facts and
formulae. and sought only for what
they thought would be useful TO them
in their profession
"On the contrary. the lads who paid
attention to method, who thought
more of proofs than Of formulate, who
accepted even the specialized branches
of their training as a means Of de-
veloping habits Of observation rather
than of collecting useful facts'-these
lads have developed into men who
are succeeding in life.
And the reason of this seems to
me. when considering their individual
cases. to be that they could adapt
themselves to an environment more
or less different from that of the exist
ing profession; they could go beyond
its procedures, its formulate and its
facts and develop new ones.
Their knowledge of method and
their powers Of observa ton enabled
them 10 supply new needs. to answer
TO the call when there was demand.
not for old knowledge, but for trained
brains.
THE only sort of technical educa.
ton the nation ought to trouble about
is teaching people to see and think.
What we want are trained brains,
scouts in all fields. and not a knowl-
edge Of facts and processes crammed
into a wider range OF unframed
minds
If we want our sons to he more
effective in practical action after they
leave our colleges and universities,
we must make our liberal education
more real, rather than coaching our
sons from the start in the manipula.
ton OF comptometers.
copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten "eo Ago To-day

war Department announces plan 70
spend $50 600 to build explosive
plants to supplement output Of prl-
Vate firms. Gen. PershinS ar
ranges for soldiers graves. Regis,
tratlon service is organized and lahu
for cemeteries, given by France Is
plotted. Ephstments close IN
Regular Army for draft-age men WIN
a total of 3S7,247 men obtained. loS.-
34S more than war strength.
Secretary Baker announces the forhla-
ton of Military War Council to De
composed of the Secretary of War ana
his assistant and five high ranking Oh,
ficers of the Regular Army. WIN
devote itself to problems of supply Tor
American forces in the field and may
also act as sort of supergenerdl
staff in matters of strategy.
Col. House and members OF the
American Mission arrive secretly ana
unexpectedly on transport at an
American port. Claim complete sue
cess of Missions work for co-ordlna-
ton. but decline to comment on any
or naval matter. Ital-
lans holding firmly on their northern
battle line against 1200, 900 Austro-
Germans. Austrian losses are heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
He Will Be Excused.
-om the Reno Evening Gazette

From the Reno Evening Gazette.
1t was right for the controller gem
eral to tell the Secretary of War
during the Mississippi flood relief
measures that there was no authority
to divert two millions of dollars from
unallotted river and harbor funds
1t was equally right for the Secre-
tary. since there was such urgent de-
mand for the money, to cut the Off l.
cial red tape In any way he could de-
wise. His annual report to the Presi-
dent shows that it was done by
checking the 100000 against Mis-
sissippi navigation.
Nobody will find fault with Secre-
tary Davis OF the War Department
for his action. There are times when
It is the duty of an official to act quick
ly on his own responsibility, and this
was one of them. II will be recalled
that similar steps had TO he taken
at the time of the San Francisco
earthquake and fire to provide funds
until Congress could authorize the
use Of public money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-15
Naming of Boulevard
For Lindbergh Favored
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
We have bestowed praise and un-
stinted applause on our great hero,
Col. Lindbergh. He is acclaimed the
greatest discoverer since the time OF
Columbus.
Col. Lindbergh is not only a dis
coverer, but exempt gratia in dar
ing and rage-unlike Columbus,
he few into the inky darkness-just
We" between the clouds with the
heavens above and the mighty ocean
beneath, cleared thousands of miles
alone,
The potentates of Europe, quick 20
note the moral courage and stole
character. tempered with modest APP
probation of the great value rendered
his country. lavishly, enthusiastically
acknowledged our hero youth and
heralded to the world the fact that
sentiment and love for the beautiful
are honored and lauded the same as
of yore.
AS fitting testimonial | feel Wash
ington, as the Capital of these United
States, could immortaliZe our hero
Col. Lindbergh, by naming the new
boulevard about to be constructed
from the Union Station through
the Capitol grounds. "Lindbergh LIE
Triomphal." II. NJ. O'CONNELL.