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THE FLOOD I'M CALIFORNIA
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Hundreds Of men, women and children are over
whelmed BY a flood which sweeps in a wall Of water
seventy-five feet high from the broken st. Francis dam
through a high wooded canyon and out into the Santa
Clara valley.
The people Of the valley had no chance. Even now
the total Of the dead is not known. A heavy layer of
silt covers the floor OF the canyon. It is one Of thu
worst flood tragedies in American history. Despite
their great economic losses the Mississippi and the New
England floods Of the year were at but incidents insofar
as loss Of life is concerned.
This is the climax Of a series Of dam disasters which
have struck the Los Angeles city water system since
1924 The others were due to deliberate dynamiting in
the long fight between the city and the farmers Of
Owens valley. The Owens valley war recently was set
tied. Now comes the loss Of a 1s344.000.0 O0-gallon res
ervcir, and the city is likely to suffer this summer as
a result.
Five miles of water was pressing the dam when it
broke on either wing and fell outward under the terrific
pressure Il was midnight. Death in the shape OF q
huge wall Of brown water roared down the valley.
Hundreds Of persons died in their sleep without know
ing what had happened. Some awakened to struggle
for 8 moment, perhaps believing that they were in the
grip Of some nightmare. Then darkness-and the hun
cry waters tossed them down the valley in that terrific
tumble Of wreckage which the flood carried through
the canyon.
Two thousand died In the Johnstown flood IN 1889;
5000 at Galveston in the tidal wave and hurricane Of
1900; in 1913 1872 persisted in the Dayton flood and 500
on the Brazos; 500 lost their lives at Pueblo, Colo, in
the Arkansas flood Of 1921; $50, including those who
died from indirect causes. were credited 70 the Missis-
sippi floods Of last year and 100 to the New England
floods. Now comes the midnight horror Of st. Francis
canyon and again men learn that when they seek 70
harness the forces Of nature they must make the har-
ness strong enough for the safety Of those who live in
the shadow Of great dams.
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The World and All
UNFRIENDLY BIOGRAPHIES

There has been much talk and much writing about
the new biography. The new biographers have been 50
industriously showing off their n~ew-found powers that
Il is difficult to find anyone who ever rose above the
rank Of hod-carrier whose biography hasn't been writ
ten at least once or twice during the last five or six
years.
The new biographers arc characterized by their will
ingness to admit that their subject was not a saint.
They tell how George Washington swore, and get head
lines for il. They tell how Benjamin Franklin held the
gay ladies in his lap. and get great sales for 1t.
But I've found something newer than the merely
new biography. II is aubrey Beardsley," BY Haldane
MacFall. Here is a biography done in q positively IN
friendly and sometimes vindictive tone. Here is 4
biography written by one who was apparently one of
the subjects enemies in life and is certainly an IN
charitable critic after the desth Of his subject.
Aubrey Beardsley deserves a biography. and a fair
and authentic one. He was a wonderful artist. He
did some truly remarkable work. And he died at the
age Of twenty-five. in March. 1898. Most Of his best
work was done during the last five years Of his life, in
the very shadow Of death.
Beardsley was always delicate. and from about the
time he learned that he had real artistic power he
knew that he also had tuberculosis. He lived in and
near London, where the climate Is most unkind to per-
sons suffering from this disease. So early death was
practically inevitable, and yet the young artist kept on
striving to express his imaginative soul through draw
ing and writing.
When he knew he must die very soon. Beardsley
kept on drawing. and was ambitious to take on more
work even when his fingers were too weak to hold the
pen.
The present B~eardsley book is a beautifully design
ed and executed piece Of printing and publishing. 1t
contains f~ifty-four excellent examples Of the artists
work, and hence is a valuable book. But the writing is
bad. helter-skelter and often vituperative. II abounds
in amateurish repetitions.
The author didn't evar M e. a.. ..n.lt- 4. "a. ~
anything about Beardsley's father, whom the average
reader certainly would like to know. There are many
gaps in the story, but the author tells in detail how he.
MaeFall, wrote a criticism Of Beardsley's work that
brought a singing rejoinder from the young artist. and
how the critic replied with a note that he insists upon
considering much better and wittier than Baardsley's.
Wei' anyway, MacFall has the last word. BeardsIev l.
dead. But this book is a combination of the best draw
ing, designing and printing and the worst biographical
writing that l have ever seen.
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Peters Adventures

any further signs OF flying at him.
Il don't see what you are getting so
mad about, you have the longest bill
OF any bird / have ever seen, and
certainly you must know that your
short tail doesn't balance IL very
well. And how do you ever manage
to walk about with those little bits
Or feet2"
Kingfisher made a queer noise in
his throat that sounded as much
like a rattle rs anything could For
a second Peter feared the bird was
working himself up into a fury anc
making ready, il might be, TO fly AZ
him. Then 60 his a~mazement, Peter
saw KingfiSher WAS paying no at
tention to him at all. With crest
erect the bird cluaG 70 his perch and
stared with bright unblinking eyes az
the clear stream beneath him.
This time kingfisher was not at-
hiring his own image in the wafer
mirror, the boy was quite sure Of
that. There was something about the
birds manner that made Peter think
Of old White the cat, when the latter
sat in front or a mouse hole waiting
for the unsuspecting mouse 10 peek
out.
Kinvfisher was watching some
thing. The birds expression told
that. Then quite unexpectedly
Kingfisher did a curious thing. Peter
had expected the bird To pounce
down from his perch upon whatever
he was looking At, but the bird did
nothing of the kind. Instead King
fisher flew up into the air for . short
distance, then folded his wings close
to his sides and, swift and straight
ms an arrow, down he dove, beak first
into the water.
In a wonderfully short time King
fisher was back upon his branch and
In his beak was a small wriggling
fish. Not long was the boy left In
doubt a. to what was going TO be-
come Of the struggling little trout.
Throwing back his head Kingfisher
tossed the fish into the mir. Peter
expected 10 see the trout fall back
into the water but quick as a streak
az lightning the bird thrust forward
his open beak. the fish dropped into
Il head first. and Kingfisher swal-
lowed the trout whole, scarcely seem
ing 10 move his throat a. he did So
Next-"The First Catch"
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With world rubber prices slumpinr. with cva.,
Britain apparently undecided whether to continue re-
striction Of production in British Malaga and Ceylon.
the American automobile industry is following deveI-
opments with great interest. while the Department of
Commerce. which has been foremost. through Herhar.
Hoover, in attacking restrictive policies. refuses ~
comment, but issues a careful statement Of facts show.
ing how carefully it is keeping in touch with the deli
cate ~Anglo-American issue.
The event which precipitated the latest develor-
ment was the statement Of Stanley Baldwin. british
premier, on February s, that he had asked The .o~r;.
tee Of civil research to consider the operation ma IL
fleets OF the temporary restrictions now in force on the
exports Of rubber from certain territories in IN. .m
pire, and to consider the question whether tbess -
strictions should not be continued in their present
form, modified or removed, and to submit information
both as to the policy to be adopted and As to the stars
to be taken to carry it into effect.
To this announcement, Premier Baldwin added ,h,.
mo changes Will be made in the existing scheme nerd
ing the consideration Of the government Of the rene.
Of the committee" Following this statement rnhber
prices tumbled from 81 cents a pound 10 8 cents. almost
5 per cent.
The department of commerce will uno,...ur
feel that il has achieved a first class victory II i.
Interpretation put BY the stock market on the R.la-;-
statement should be correct and British restr;.,;o,
which has long been opposed BY American tire 49,
ufacturers, is withdrawn.
The restrictive policy Of the British vovsrr~.-.
In connection with the rubber output was nlarad I.
effect November 1, 1922. in British Malay and caxioo
and rubber at that time was at the very low fvurs 90
20 cents per pound The price began to soar. A.;
can manufacturers protested, but. in July, 1925. pr;ce.
reached the maximum Of $12l per pound. The average
for the year was about IS cents per pound. Throughout
the next year prices began TO drop, and the 1927 price
was well stabilized at 37-Ss cents a pound.
When the restrictive measures went into effsc,
the British rubber interests indicated they we're undsr
the impression they had complete control Of the attn.
alton. They overlooked the characteristics resoureeful-
ness Of the American manufacturers. The British in
terests reached the height Of their power in 1925 when
the price OF rubber was advanced to sl.2i n pound hpt
the falling off Of American orders soon changed the
situation. The rubber conservation campaign. inauru-
rated 70 offset the British monopoly. was responsible
for the gradual reduction Of the price to = moderate
Laval. and the recovery Of rubber, which has been
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Timely Views



BY WILLIAM E. BoRAH. Senator from Idaho.
William - Borah was born in Fairfield, III. in
1865. He was graduated from the University Of
Kansas. Borah was admitted to the bar in 1889
and practiced law at Lyons, Kan, for one year.
Later he opened a law office at Boise, Idaho. Bo-
ran has been y. $. senator from Idaho since 1901.
We are now approaching the most important even,
OF the political affairs Of the nation-the election Of
2 president One Of the most serious questions con.
neeted with that event IS whether the election shall Be
Oy u minority or a majority vote, whether the people
As . whole will take an interest. or whether IL will BID
lett 70 only a small portion Of the people.
IN late presidential elections IS high as 81 ner cent
7 tne voters IN some states have remained away from
'ne polls What is the remedy? The first and primary
'emeny Is Tor candidates and political parties to speak
Sanuloiy and plainly to the people upon subjects In
"Heh ene people are interested. The most demoraiiz-
ing ana e~orrupting fundamentally in American mill
: y that Of great political parties deliberately
naneuvering and sidestepping with reference 70 oues-
tons Of great public interest.
Inc people are not indifferent to these puhI;- !.
Aney are baffled and discouraged because thew
"no. &c. them squarely and fairly presented. Com
~ = Piatiorms and campaigns and the presentation
= issues years ago with the recent years ana = w,I
nave no trouble in determining why the people los. -.
'erest and stay away from the polls.
a candidate who has no views y r,hl;. -.
tons is unfit, q candidate who has view. ana !. .fr.;s
. state them y unsafe. A voter Is entitled 10 an CO.
portunity 70 record his vote In accordance with hs con-
Isietion and il Is impossible for him 10 do that unless
the issues are fairly presented.
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New York Letter

Tables are filled during late after
noon. and from I 10 q o'clock In the
morning.
The proprietor, while recognising
the value OF such W clientele. never
theless keeps a sharp eve VIVA thp lock
out for deadheads. A tez4sea6 IA
one who occupies n chair and eats
nothing. Walters constantly rtHrnA
late, and in NO uncertain trEtmt ~
those who have no dish before tfen
70 move on There are aerap vfifaf-
ers 10 talented ns tD make A hMm
sandwich Last three hours.
On one occasion the proprietor
finding his place filled with aeA1-
heads, earnestly appealed wv thHif
better natures, piled up chairs eH tAe
tables. turned out che lights sna
finally wns forced to thrnu wide thA
| doors and admit the chill winter Asr
before Ne could persuade the assems
BLEED 60 leave.
One w the more audarlcus come
dies Of the season appeared the eth
er evening when The Bachelor
Father" written INV Edwmrd Chilis
Carpenter and produced hy David
Belasco. came 20 town. Some W the
lines were designated by the ladies
behind me ns 'EAsprrs ri aH N
consequence tho piece Nv naturally
slated for a successful run. IN fherc
In anything a Manhattan audience
delights lin. Tx IN sheer audAcity in
enc treatment of Che drammtist's
favorite topic. sex. What shocks.
affronts and offcnds in a smaller and
more conservative city is f0ndly &c
cepted in New York. don't mean
70 say that "The Bachelor Father
per se In a shocker. To Just contains
some bold and bra1an hnek-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-20
Washimgtom Letter
By CHARLES r. STEWART

il. who positively can't disguise his
feelings.
After he's had an outburst. I sur
mise that his conscience sometimes
pricks him. and he swesrs that he
made it all up-"for a purpose"
It's somewhat difficult 10 try "a
interview Il vice president on his
presidential prospects, when he isn't
A candidate for the presidency
when Frank o. Lowden. also Of
Illinois, is his choice for the nomi-
nation.
tried 20 get at II by ~indirection.
We all know that the vice presi-
deney always has ranked as about
the nearest 70 nothing that exists In
politics, unless. OF course. ID opens,
through the presidents death, into
the White House.
IL hasn't done this in Vice Presi-
dant Dawes case, and yet he has
managed, for the first time on rec
ord. to make it an interesting office.
What l wanted TO know was wheth-
er the general considered that II was
pretty much the kind Of job that the
incumbent makes Of it-or whether
he regarded IL rs a berth intrinsical-
~ without any valuable possibilities,
a place that an ambitious young
politician always will do we'll TO
steer clear Of.
My dope was that he might thus
be tempted into revealing something
significant and maybe Of historic in
terest-
"No sir" rasped the general.
SLOW can | answer a question like
that without making IL appear that
my predecessors, all Of them, were
no good and I'm a marvel, or that
they were all right and I've botched
IL.
aFolks think they can come IN
neutrality-suspicious. I'll unbur-
den my sorrowful soul on any and all
subjects.
"Yes, I know-that's the way I've
been advertised.
sIt's a mistake, I tell you
In the background, once more the
lady giggled.
The truth seems 20 be that the
general, having himself started the
HelI-'n'-Maria business. ~ getting a
little sick Of II. He wanted an oc-
casional teaspoonful. and the chron-
iclers have given him . hogshead-
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Fiv True Bills Are
Returned I'm Hidalgo

EDINBURG, Mar. 2O.-county and
city officers Tuesday were taking
the necessary steps for the arrest OF
persons charged in five indictments
returned by the grand jury here
Monday. None or those named I'm
the bills were under arrest. but
polies said their apprehension would
be only a matter Of ID short time.
The bills were the first returned
by the body since last week. and
brought the total for the session 10
Ia.
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Exclusive Central Press Dispatch 4,
The Herald

Exclusive Central Press Dispatch 10
The Herald
NEW YORK, March 2O.-What sort
of adults, ! wonder. will spring from
the present generation of children IN
New York? With mo thought or dis
coursing on the younger generation,
! am yet moved to such speculation
by the following incident:
Two little girls, CARRIED IN the
eternal primnesE Of infant clothing.
ask a fellow passenger in a sub
way train, how they can SC tD A
certain street uptown. He, d swarthv
young man, obliges and one Of the
girls, who Is about ten years ola.
thanks him politely. IA moment later
the fellow turned and explained that
by changing 10 a different train. the
children might reach their destina-
ton more quickly He expanded On
the topic.
The little girl who had first in
CURED regarded him both suspi-
ciously and ccldly.
NO." she said, shortly. swell stay
on this train, thank you" And she
turned away hauRhtfIy, Just INV 4
grown woman might snub an imper-
tinent stranger. The chilly look.
coming from under the infant, chin
cniiia trimmed bonnet, was nothing,
IL not grotesque.
whether he knew II or not, the
Young mar was under suspicion Of
entertaining evil designs ON the chill
dren- Not for nothing does the mod
ern child read the tabloids.
|
just 20 bring our w directory Of
Greenwich Village up 10 Dire.
A delicatessen cafeteria, on Sheri-
dan square. IL now the recognized
gathering place for local talent.
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There was no doubt about 1t. King
fisher had all the dash and splendor
Of n royal cavalier as he sat upon
the branch. And the bird was quite
as we'll aware Of this fact as was
the boy. Kingfisher leaned over and
gazed at his image in the water.
Then for the first time, Peter noticed
that the fellows beak ~as d~readfully
long, and his tail funny and short.
AS for his feet. they appeared weak
far too tiny to bear a bird 50 big.
Without thinking the boy remarked:
But beautiful as is your plumage,
the rest Of you seems 10 be all out
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Today marks the anniversary. in
i775, Of the delivery of a famous
speech at Richmond, Va, including
the lines: Give me liberty or give
me 6eath," Who delivered the
speech7
Who is the United States N
bassador TO Germany?
"A great historical event was made
possible by the aid Of Ferdinand and
Isabella. Can you name it,
Name the four countries that COM
prise Scandinavia.
and again / say unto you. IL Ia
easier for a camel 20 20 through the
eye Of a needle. than for a rich maj
to enter into the kingdom Of God"
Where does this passage appear in
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DAWES IN NEW LtCHA
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Vice
President Dawes had Just finished
reading a not altogether fiattaring
magazine article about himself when
I dropped In.
II wasn't an suspicious moment.
III ever any man was peeved all
through, it was General Charles G.
Dawes, at that particular juncture-
That he was peeved wasn't 80 sur
prising.
The magazine writer had set forth
that, while General Dawes is reason
ably great. he isn't a. great ms he
thinks he is.
The general was placed in the light
OF very generously over-estimating
himself, which is enough to peeve
anybody. The funny part Of 1t was
the perfect freedom with which the
vice president made 10 known how
peevish he felt. I'D have though
he'd have tried to hide il. But not a
bit of IL. There's no c~oncealment
about the general. Anything he has
on his mind, he publishes.
The reason I know General Dawes
had been reading this particular ar
ticle was a remark which was made
proving it, conclusively.
The general already had several
visitors in his private office when
poked in, including n very nice
looking lady. As ] say, It was per-
fectly evident that the vice-president
had had an awful Crouch on, the in
slant he opened his mouth to let out
one of his nest sarcastic utterances.
"Tee-heei" giggled the lady, imme-
diateIy adding, with infinite tact,
"Not as great as he thinks he Isl"
@That's all right, too" growled the
general. obviously crestfallen-
re wasn't q first-class comeback,
but It appeared ia be the only one
General Dawes had handy-and il
was his turn 20 say something.
All Of which leads up 10 the con-
clusion that I'm no very firm be-
lever In the popular theory that
Charles G.. Dawes is a wonderful
actors really mild man, who puts
on" all his Hell-'n-Maria stuff, for
the sake Of emphasis.
He acts rather. to my way OF
thinking. like a vice president with
an extremely primitive-not 20 say,
acknowledgements, and lots Of
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poser Of songs.
2. Patrick Henry.
3. Jacob Gould Schurman.
4. Columbus first voyage to Amer
lea, which they financed.
5. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Iceland.
9. St. Matthew xix. ca.
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"'Tis liberty alone that gives thu
flower of fleeing life its lustre ans
perfume; and we are weeds withou|
II. "-Cowper.
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Persons born under this sign have
much keenness Of perception and
some fire in their composition. They
are strong in their affections, but
are masterful. dictatorial and some
times impatient.
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TIE AK AND CAUGHT 1T ~ HES
OPEN 6EAk
Of proportion. You look ~top-heavy!"
Kingfisher raised his crest threat
eningly. The bird was very angry,
and for a moment the expression on
his face was almost cruel.
How dare you say a thing like
that ?" shrieked he. ~ have a good
mind to punch you in che eye. II you
once get n taste OF my heak. Boy,
you will be careful what you say
hereafter"
ct was your beak that was think
ing Of when / spoke" The boy made
ready 10 ran II Kingfisher showed
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All Of which leads up TO the con-
clusion that I'm no very firm be-
lever In the popular theory that
Charles G. Dawes is a wonderful
actors really mild man, who puts
on" all his Hell-'n.Maria stuff, for