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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
Central Power Chiefs
View Valley Property

SAN BENITo. Feb. li.-Five Of
fieialS Of the Central Power &
Light company. from Dallas and Chi
csgo. visited here Saturday. and
spent a day going over part Of the
Valley property Of the concern.
The party included G. A. Mills.
Dallas. and j. c. Sanderson, James
III. Buell.. b. Sehraeder and ]. r. Per-
sons. all of Chicago. and all con-
neeted with the engineering division
Of the company.
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Weman Bit By Dog
Thought to be Mad

AhoUe NOON saturday y GOS, be
llepra 10 be suffering from fseaeS,
ha = servant employed ~ y honic
81 Harry RsGlk "a . ore q thS
xlriS hands severely hctore y
could escape The animal had pres
NtouSty AttacGed three other people
living in TIC sane nctghhorhcoa,
bot Was finally killed hy Mr. tsHlS.
Reports on the head, which was
sent 60 Austin. Will be received sun
aav evening here. Treatment will
10 administered TO the victim ae-
corainVly after the word has been
received.
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yALLEYIrE CHOSEN

DONNA. Feb. ll.-Miss Lola fluf-
ence Hardin. daughter of Af- M
Mrs. John Hardin of Donna was one
Of the new members selected hy Nh
HistoFicai-LiterarY society q baylpr
college.
Membership qualifications are
based cn Echclarship. peEHcHalAEys
and Leadership ON the cnm~nn-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
CITY FLOWER
EXCHANGE TO
open MONDAY
Distribution of Orna-
mentals and Flowers
To ~Inaugurate Beau
LITIGATION Drive

"We want every resident OF
Brownsville who II interested IN
Identification Of the city to aid in
making the flower exchange, which
will start Monday and continue 70
and including Thursday. a success.
was the statement OF Mrs. Albeit
Smith. chairman Of the Civic League
city Identification committee.
The exchange plan, adopted by the
League 70 inaugErate lis annual
yard Identification contest. u de-
signed rs q means Of distributing
plants and ornamentals throughout
the city. Amy person having a sur
plus Of plants. poinscttIa cuttings.
>hvbiscns. palms or other ornament
ais are urged TO bring them 70 the
exchange for distribution. The eN-
change sill be held al the chamber
or commerce and viii be oPen each
morning q . O'Clock
Poinsettia cuttings arc especially
desirable az this time. Mrs. Smith
said. The week ~ February ~ 70
iS. has been officially designated nv
the Civic League rs ~Pcirsettia
Week" in Brownsville. anGH NH resi-
dents OF the city are urged % plant
poirSettins ard such other rrnE-
nsentais an6 plants rs they may c.
sire Thousands cf p0insettia cut
tizrs werc set ont last spring. and
the League hopes I'd exceed the Rec
ord rhis year
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rni- arrtaa Mrs Saith said. and
all cuttings shczld hc brought ~ tte
exchange. We expect IN heavy EE-
mad fer these hezutifzl plz-tE.
which hare become ONE rf tr-mnEt
nep1lzr paintings In BrsrsTiiie
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HEAT RECORD

KANSAS CITY, Feb. IA new
high temperature record for Febru-
AIRY II was established here when
the mercury went up to 6 IL de-
grees this afternoon. Previous high
records for this date. the weather
bureau said. was on February III.
1915. when the temperature reached
O. degrees
Evening star., 1928-04-01

California will gain the largest mum
ber--6.
The States that will be thrown for q
loss, so to speak, are: Alabama. /; Iowa
2; Indiana. 2; Kansas. /: Kentucky, 2:
Louisiana. /; Maine. /; Massachusetts,
!; Mississippi. Q: Missouri, 4: Nebraska
]; New York. Q; North Dakota, 1: Ten
nessee, L; Vermont. /. and Virginia. /.
The States that will gain these ~
seats In the House are: Arizona, /:
Connecticut L: California, 6: Florida
/: Michigan. A. Montana, /; New Jer-
:ey, 2; North Carolina, /, Ohio, 3:
Oklahoma. /; Texas, 2. and Washing
ton, l..
That the new bill has opposition is
shown by the fact that 1t was reported
favorably from the census committee
by a bare majority vote Of 10 to g.
That this opposition may be most for
midable Is indicated by the further fact
that the Is States whose representation
in the House will be reduced by the bill
II 1t becomes law have q combined
membership OF 1T in the House as that
body is now constituted. while the IL
States that would gain the "a seats can
muster but l34 votes. States not af-
fected one way or the other have l24
votes.
II the issue Is essentially between the
States that will lose and those that win
gain under the proposed reapportion-
ment, the former have a decided ad-
vantage. for they need but Al votes To
have clear majority Of the House,
whereas the latter must win over 10
their side 81 votes. And In the trading
and log-rolling that may be done TO line
up disinterested members for or against
the bill. the group that has lit votes TO
dicker with is naturally In the stronger
position
The cohesive force uniting the 1T
members for such fight is that each
one may well think that the new ap-
portionment would mean his own poiit-
ical funeral-that Is. one or more men,
bers from his State win lose out and In
the redistricting Of his State he might
find himself In district where he
would not have a ghost of a chance of
winning nomination and election to the
House. The lS4 members from gaining
States. on the other hand, have no such
tmpeiling fear to drive them to support
the new measure.
The chief factor favorable to the
passage OF the bill Is recognition that
sooner or later there must be O reap
portionment and that when IL comes
some of the States inevitably must lose
seats and others gain them.
Evening star., 1928-04-01

sponsible for the experiment of estab-
fishing a camel corps for the United
States Army on the Southwestern FROM
tier. This occurred during the decade
Of iS5o-60. Or rather 1t was Congress
which was responsible and Secretary
of War Davis carried out its orders.
He detailed Maj. Henry 9. Wayne.
u S. A., considered an authority on
the then little known animals. to 90
voyaging of for information and for
the beasts themselves It proved diff
ficult and tedious mission and the de-
tails of It's history form mixture of
comedy and hcart-breaking work. He
finally reached Indianola Tex. with a
herd Of thirty-four. He made another
trip and brought back forty-four more
The trial did not turn out badly. BY
1860 the Army had established quite a
caravan system In the Southwest, while
a Virginia City. New, packer sent of
for twenty Bactrian beasts from Gen.
trail Asia and used them successfully
in salt transportation. But just as the
experiment began to show It's greatest
promise 1t was dealt death blow by
the Civil War. The Confederates seized
the camels and a number of them wan
dered away Following the war the
Federal Government sold all 1t had at
thirty-one dollars apiece. most OF them
going to zoos and menageries. The
privately owned BactrianS were turned
loose in Arizona. From then on their
history is rather clouded. AS late as
1908 one is said to have been exhibited
which bore the Army brand on Its
flank. All sorts OF weird and impossi-
BILE tales have grown up about them
Some Westerners still firmly believe
that their descendants even now wan
der In uninhabited sections. The best
story of all is that a hunter reported
several wears ago that he had glimpsed
reddish-colored camel bearing a sad
die to which was lashed human skele-
ton. The consensus however. is that
the animals eventually disappeared. the
victims finally OF beasts. Of hunters or
of unsuitable conditions.
It viii be interesting to note the
opinions of other scientists to whom
the recently found skull with the ad-
herring flesh may be submitted. II
they all agree that this is an entirely
different animal. then that flesh will
take lot of explaining. In the mean
time Westerner layrnen and all those
who know that seventy years ago the
Southwest contained considerable
number of the imported variety will be
pardoned If they persist In the belief
that this skull is relic Of the results
obtained by the intrepid Mai. Wayne
In his expedition to relieve the Army
mule of some of his more disagreeable
duties.
Evening star., 1928-04-01

Interesting II true. Us o phrase ap-
plicable 70 the verdict OF Prof Alfred
3. Romer. palaeontologist Of the UNI
yergity OF California. that native Ameri-
cen can1els. believed 10 have become
extinct ages ago. lived in what IL now
the Western part Of the United States
until comparatively recent times 1t
seems that some one hss found q camel
skull In Utah 70 which fragments Of
flesh still adhere, indicating that the
beast had been alive perhaps within
the past century.
The most obvious explanation OF this
strange discovery would be that the
skull Was a remnant Of one Of the
Asistie eanlsis purchased by the Gov
eminent seventy years ago for use In
the Western desert country. Close ex~
animation of the skull. however, IL said
10 reveal that while It's owner was nn-
doubtedly camel. IT differed IN NUM-
ber of important particulars from the
modern Asiaslc animal. and In no i'm
portAnt feature from the other known
skulls OF the prehistoric creature which
Is supposed 10 have been the ancestor
of all csueiA, both OF the Western and
Eastern hernisphereg The cave In
which the skull was found is stated by
eeol0gists TO have been formed In the
fourth glacial epoch. That IL a long,
long time sgo for flesh stilI 10 be on
the bones, provided the camel were oi
ttle ancient times.
1t was jefferson Davis, who did a
number ot interesting things besides
heading ths confedsTscy, VIM was re-.
Evening star., 1928-04-01

been shot lying on the sidewalk Of one
OF the main streets. He promptly
hailed cab, but the taxi driver re-
fused to take the injured woman to the
hospital because Of the danger Of soil.
ing the interior Of the Car. Whereupon
the policeman pulled out his service
revolver and with the exclamation, Il
do not want to live longer in such a
selfish and base world" shot and killed
himself A brother officer, hearing the
explosion. ran up and on being ap-
prised of what had happened, took the
still-smoking pistol and likewise COM
mitted suicide. The dispatch does not
state --hether the woman survived the
experience or whether the hard-hearted
taxi driver. his feelings reached at last
by the two deaths, Jumped in the river
to end 1t all,
Vienna is doubtless better off with
out policemen Of this type, II they, tn
stead of shooting themselves, had sho.
the driver. they might have been able
to get off all right Murder has so
many different interpretations when 1t
reaches the court room stage that per-
haps a slap on the wrist would have
been considered sufficient punishment
Women in Vienna hereafter should be
~"reful not to be the recipients of bull
let wounds. If taxi drivers refuse to
take them to the hospital and police
men shoot themselves as soon as they
learn about 1t. there is practically no
chance for them to live to tell who
did it.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES &. FREEMAN. D. D.. L. D..
Bishop OF Washington

impractical dreamer, Is 1t foolishness.
To those who regard Him who hung
upon 1t as one Of the many idealiSts
that history has disclosed, whose ideals
were too far beyond the comprehension
Of mankind, Is II another spectacular
demonstration OF futile endeavor
after the impossible. To those who
beheld Him on that fateful Good Fri
day centuries ago. there was no evi-
dence Of anything more than the tragic
climax. that has again and again re-
peated itself. OF one whose ways and
habits OF life we're out of consonance
with human thinking and practice.
SelfishnesS, cruelty. ambition, lustful
passions, all conspired to destroy Him
and to render the cause He represented
impotent The same human elements
that gathered about the cross that first
Good Friday are conspicuous In the
life of our own age. While the world
at large recognizes in Jesus OF Nazareth,
the crucified man upon the cross, the
high-souled exponent Of philosophy
OF life that has never been surpassed,
nevertheless He belongs in the category
of those who. while they appeal to the
imaginations, do not fit In with the
ways of human thinking and doing
On the other hand, to those who rev.
erently behold Him as the supremest
exponent OF life's loftiest end and
purpose, as the divine Messenger to
mankind, the Revealer of the eternal
heart of the Father--yes, as the Savior
and Redeemer, as well as the Discoverer
of that which Is divine, and hence i'm
mortal in man---is He the power OF God
unto salvation. The cross Is the high
est approximation OF selfiess service,
the mlghtieSt witness of devotion and
self-giving That its power has per-
sisted through the long centuries In
spite of human cupidity and human
weakness Is one Of the most self-evi-
dent facts OF history It's power Is as
manifest today as it ever was. In
spite of all orr self-Seeking, In spite OF
all the evidences of unleashed passions
1t still holds its sovereign place, and
multitudes of men and women behold
ing 1t see In 1t the realization and full
fillment Of all their highest hopes and
expectations All our contentious and
speculations are silenced in its pres
ence. The power that proceeds from
1t is the most beneficent the world has
ever known. Here oppressive burdens
are hghtened, here sins seem to lose
their overwhelming sway. here sorrows
are mitigated, here the disappointed
and disheartened see in life a new
meaning and feel the pulsings of q
finer and higher endeavor Yes. the
cross Is stifl to those who behold 1t with
understanding hearts and minds the
power OF God unto salvation.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
"Thc cross Is to them that perish.
toonshncss: but unto us t0htch are
suped IL ts the po,oer OF God" q
Corinthians, i.fS).

o"GA w Noos
In his monumental book, "Founda-
tions of the Nineteenth Century"
Houston Stewart Chamberlain makes the
statement. 1T Is not the churches that
form the strength of Christianity, but
that fountain from which they them
selves draw their power, the vision OF
the Son Of Man upon the cross"
One OF the strangest facts In human
history Is the unfailing and continuing
power of this symbol of defeat upon
which the Savior OF mankind was
lifted up. It is the fulfillment Of His
own word wherein He said, II, II ! be
lifted up, will draw all men unto me-"
Thus. the symbol OF defeat has been
made the supreme symbol Of triumph.
Thus. that which was designed to mark
the end of a martyrs way has be-
come to those who believe in 1t the
open sesame to life itself Through
the long centuries men have been
seeking to define its subtle power and
influence. Students have pondered 1t
and the uplifted man upon 1t. seeking
to unfold to their consciousness Its
profound meaning and significance.
Artist poet and seer. all have con-
spired to interpret 1t and its uplifted
Lord. At times men have Stunned it
yes, they have despised 1t. They have
sought to put 1t out of their memory
and still 1t persists. It is perfectly safe
to say that more people will reverently
bow before 1t this approaching Good
Friday than at any time In human his
tory. What II means to the sufferer,
the sinner. the respondent, the dying.
who will dare TO say? Only where the
church has recognized and honored II
as Its supremest symbol, only where 1t
has sought to emulate the mighty
virtues of Him who hung thereon. has
1t risen to power and ever-expanding
influence. Only as individuals have
knelt to behold 1t have they been able
to say with the poet:
The dearest idol have known,
Whate'er that idol be.
Help me to tear 1t from Thy throne.
And worship only Thee"
The influence Of the cross upon sue
ceeding generations and civilizations
only the closest study Of history dis
closes.
To those who look upon the cross as
the logical climax of life given to an
ideal that is beyond the reach OF the
human mind and who see In it nothing
more than the inevitable ending of an
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Pressure for Passage of
Design Copyright Bill
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Fashion Is to be made an exclusive
dame indeed II Congress can be induced
to pass the design copyright bill which
Is hammering upon It's doors this ses-
sion.
One hearing on this bill has been
held by the House committee on pat
ents and Its companion committee of
the Senate In the near future plans
to hear what proponents and opponents
OF the measure have TO say. There Is
promise OF much to be said on both
sides. for this Is one of the most highly
controversial questions presented the
lawmakers In some years,
The idea that this bill interests only
the ladies Is far from the fact, for
1t reaches out to include also the male
OF the species. not only as to his
attire, but furthermore. and very TIM
portantly, In the drab but fascinating
pursuit OF manufacture and trade.
Briefly. the bill seeks TO provide
inal designs, whether the design be
that OF the gay pattern of piece
OF cloth, the cut and drape OF that
cloth In a mans suit or womans dress
or the less colorful ornamentation OF
stove door.
\
Design patents may be obtained un-
der present law, but 1t has been con-
tended that this operation In slow and
somewhat costly and. after oil. I'M
perfect. Hence. for some years there
has been an insistent demand for
legislation which would permit tho
creator OF 4 new and attractive de-
sign TO get speedy protection against
the kidnapping OF hts BRAIN child,
1t appears 10 be agreed that soma
legislation IL needed, but how TO draft
II without putting burdens upon COM
merce which would increase the cost
Of living and without opening the
doors to fraud has perpiexed more
than one Congress
Extensive hearings were held two
years ago on bill OF this character,
The question of style came forward
strongly, with a large delegation oi
women present To inform all that here
was path where mere man well might
tread softly, And, 10 illustrate the
contrasts caught In the net al this
proposal. there also we're present q
number Of foundrymen ready 10 do
battle against anything which would
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

When recently announcement was
MADE OF the invention Of q fuelleSs
Y..1v,. motor memories were revived
~>e~1' OF the famous Keely motor
Motor. half . century ago. This
perpetual motion" machine,
the exploitation of which cost a larSe
number of Americans a great sum OF
money without results. remained a
mystery for number of. years. The
following description Of the inventor
and his methods Is printed In The
Star Of March IS. 1878:
The news that Keely has made great
Improvements in his motor and that
something wonderful In that direction
may momentarily be expected. again
brings up the question Is Keeiy a
fraud?' Judging from descriptions OF
the appearance. dress and peculiar
language OF the man. one might hasten
to give an Affirmative answer. But as
the directors Of the motor company
have induced the singular inventor 10
modify some of his actions In con-
tormity with the popular ideas OF wha,
Is expected from him. and as hard
times and temporary lack OF confidence
in him have compelled q retrenchrnent
In the profusion OF diamonds with
which he was wont to decorate his
person. some OF what are generally re
fraud have been removed. and the
intense earneStneSs OF the man, his
seeming confidence in his invention,
and his willingness 20 part with his
beloved Jewelry. In order TO continue
MS laoorS induce one 10 believe that
II there Is deception In the matter
keely himself Is also deceived. ne
directors, who for q long time believed
themselves duped. have regained con-
ridence In keely and are providing him
with money, So that whether or not
steam is to be superseded 6y a nav
motor viii probably be determined be-
fore long"
The absorbing question. Does the
sun novee.'" says The Star Of March
pro.har ~. 1878. continues to asi-
1'1V'"VA tate Richmond, srother
Jasper, Ss,eTss cSsprsa Oh san,,ss sns M0aas zsSn
who has never read any book but the
Bible, and who has demolished 10 the
satisfaction OF his congregation the
new tangled astronomical ideas OF the
present day. Is the prominent figure
IN the controversy. The words OF the
Bible and the evidence Of their own
senses are convincing proof 70 Broth
or Jaspers charges that the sun rises
and sets and goes around the world
hrother Draper, another enlcred divine,
has attempted 60 reply to JasperS
arguments but the opinion OF the exA-
ored population Is that Jasper gets
all his facts from the Bible and Quotes
men We know, but Draper QpsseS books
and talks about men we N4t know
anything about The fght has not
ended yet and additional rich ccntriHu-
tons to existing theological and AstlSo-
norntcal knowledge may be expected
tren Richmond, II was not 81 very
LONG ago that the whole world believed
with Brother Jasper and = contraES
opinion was deride1. and cur own ideas
VIII m An likelihood be the laughtsas
stock or some future age. The unuualis
ned and literal acceptance Of the worSlS
OF the Scriptures hy Brother JMspe,
though leading him into false aslro.
nomieal notions Affords an equilibrium
10 the modern tendency to entlrely dis
regard revealed truth" ,
Evening star., 1928-04-01

In the event of anything so criminal
~ foolish as another world war, the
mortality among the fighting men
would be small compared with the de-
struction of innocent victims. The new
motto for indiscriminate bombers of
cities would be "r<iil the women and
children firstl"
Evening star., 1928-04-01

There is lofty -mindedness In Ameri-
can statesmanship that permits mans
most earnest antagonist to become the
warmest eulogist when the man has
passed from the mortal contest into
enduring fame.
Evening star., 1928-04-01

The Oklahoma billiard champion
who, until the tins OF his death. mas
queraded as a woman measured popular
interest cleverly. There is always fas-
cination In contemplating q woman's
achievements as q rival Of men In the
world of sport.