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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Tom W. Trelford Jr-, travelling
freight agent Of the |. & G. \, will
be in the city a few days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Sam Patton, Of Hubbee. Nebraska.
who has been in the city for some
time, left yesterday afternoon for
Corpus Christi. From there he will
ctu to his home in Nebraska.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

II. L. Green. who buys vegetables
for a Chicago commission firm, vent
north yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Rich Of Mis-
sion, who have been visitors in the
city for the pas week. left yes,er-
day morning in their automobile for
Mission
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08
Barrels Growing S,

Barrels Growing Scarce-Ship-
ments of winter vegetables are be-
coming so numerous that the queg-
tim Of getting a suficient supply
Of empty barrels is rather a hard
one- About sixty empties came i'm
by express on the south bound train
yesterday noon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08
E. W. SEABURY, LAWYER

Practices in all State and federal Courts. Regular attendance o Dis
trRt Courts Of Cameron, Etdalgo. starr and Nueces Counties. Land titles
and water rights Investigated. Office: Herald Bid, Brownsville, Tex
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

VIM. Briggs Of McAllen was a
Brownsville business v~isit1r yester-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Miss Esther Springs, Of Charlotte.
n. o., arrived in the city yesterday
to visit her friend, Miss Louise
Grant, the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. IL. Grant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

The Union Bakery Booth is To-
Gated across from the Armstrong
building on 18th street, where we
will be pleased to serve the trade.
3-6-3t.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

DR.. Albert J. Caldwell-Diseases OF
the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. CITY
National Bank Building, Corpus
CHRISTI, Texas 3-1-10t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Phone 1913. Brownsville Electric
o.. for any electric installation or
repairs. 2-19-tf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Fresh vegetables and cold storage
mea at American market. Phone
23S. 3-7-2t
A marriage license was issued yes
terday 10 Serafin Pineda and Juanita
Quiroz.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-08

Fidelity and Surety BOnds.-W
K. Mendenhall. Phone AZ. l-10-t
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
WELL IT'S 0VER AND IT SURE WAS SOME CHRISTMAS FOR LITTLE CHIMNEY KIDS

aay, not one went away empty handedi
Today my mind is pleasant chaos wherein | must
now Try to restore sort OF order regards the
OF yesterday.
FIRST then, there the biggest tree that
was brought the day before by the Chicago & Mil
waukee with the OF the Cascades still upon IT, and
set up IN Deamand where its tasseled top swept the
rafters
And there were the lights upon the thousand
twinking. multi-coored lights hid cunnngy in the
tnseed foliage
And there Santa Caus-big III the
lReporter Black is feet and the proprietor of the
Costume Shop, Fifth avs who loaned the suit. had TO
ransack his stock 10 find uniform iii hm)-viewing
the tree IN awed amaxement and telling Mique Fisher that
IN all his experience he had never tree to compare
with il.
And there was Wagner's band OF 80 men, each blow
ing at his particular instrument with Titan fury make
the maximum OF harmonious noise
So much comparatively clear. The stage is set
And the tlechimncy children come.
! did count them Mique Fisher estimates their
number at 5000 II So there twice that many paper
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

When the last dolI-there were 500 dols-was
gone the last wooly dog the last game the last apple
and orange the last box OF candthere were two tons
OF eandy-the real fun began
saw family squattng their heels beneath the
tree, while Santa Claus smiled bcnignly down. They
were opening and exploring their bags There hun
dreds Of such groups
What you got" asked the boy
Two dolls and set OF doll dishes What you gotl"
~ game and set OF tools Wheew
well, | neverr sighed the mother,
The baby sucked orange.
! two little sisters who had lost their mother
The older one had big safety pin with which she fast
ened the younger ones skirt 10 hers The ttler
was weeping but the foodgates OF grief closed
when somebody put big doll in her And big
policeman rescued the pair and pioted them to their
pchininny yard high with his arms full Of bags.
executed rag around the tree and everybody laughed,
though Tagging is strictly prohibited at Drcamand.
partment found three year-od lady who had lost her
mother She got doll big herself, and Chief stet
OF the fire department, respendent in blue and
brass took her home in the official buzz-wagon. She
was smiling when she left.
Meanwhile Mayor Cotteril was making a speech
from the platform. 1t the biggest tree he had
seen. he said And the biggest Santa. And he glad
he came lie said some nice things about The Star
Then DR.. William A. Major. OF Bethany church,
made speech The greatest thing that anybody could
do, he said, make little children happy There
was septural authority for this And he called for three
cheers for The Star and three for Mique Fisher
And then the band struck up again, every mothers
son of the 10 blowing if his life depended it. And
Major Fred A. Bennei the phonouiist gave whistling
solo his clear and shriy sweet notes rising high above
the camor Of the throng
Cynthia Grey had her hands full. Hers the task
OF finding the right little chimney kids for the best toys.
There for instance the 8nch doll which the clerks
oi Mannngs Coffee Store public market had bought and
made She selected for this wonderful Of dolls
era candidates
Ultimately the doll Ruth Murphy, Second
av and &th w. Cynthia says she gave the doll to
Ruth because both pretty and have brown hair and
grey eyes A woman's reason
There another candidate who almost got the
doll.
"I.e, her have IT, said Ruth Il don't mind"
But, when Cynthia put the doll in Ruths arms, 1t
seemed fit. and Ruth said, simply: Il had a
BIG doll before
There than 200 other dolls, however. al
wonderful dolls lovingly dressed by hearted
big-chmncy folks and dolls houses; and dolls dishes;
and dolls beds and elaborate games and sets OF tools
for boys-and Cynthia gave them away wisely.
And when il all over, and the little chimney
kids were gone, and there wasn't toy a box OF
candy left Mique Fisher shook hands again with Santa
Claus and said:
"We1l do il again next year. ehl
And the year after Santa Claus answered, and the
rear after that"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

employed to guard the Renton
mines. where a strike is on. He
was drunk. he said. when he got
homo Wednesday. His dress to-
day testified TO this.
when the taxi drove up 10 the
Motor Apartments ! was Just com
Ing out" he said My wife stepped
out and passed some remark that
wasn't getting decent Christmas
treatment Before | could say any
more the chauffeur jumped onto
me. and so did Miss Patterson. and
that is all | know about Il.
When arrested Curtis did not
have weapon. To his father-in.
law he is reported 10 have said,
after the shooting:
you always hated me. and I al
ways hated you. Now I've given
you something TO hate me for"
AUTO COMES TO HOUSE
The Curtises made their home at
the Patterson residence previous TO
moving to the Motor Apartments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
YOUNG WIFE, SHOT in TAXI, TRYING TO
SHIELD HUSBAND BY KEEPING SILENT?

Did Fred Curtis. Motor Apart.
ments. s2fn rike st.. angorcd by
an cscapadc OF his young wife.
which he discovered upon unox.
pectedly returning from trip to
Kent. shoot her "Wednesday night
In the taxicab in which she was re.
turning homeT
And II HIS wife. denying from her
cot NJ the city hospital that Curtis
shot her. only trying 20 shield him
from the consequences OF the law
Or was the shooting done by an
other mang
The detective department today
was wrestling with these questions.
following Curtis' arrest Wednesday
night NJ the home OF his fathcrin.
law. J. w. Patterson. 4l2T Aurora
street.
Curtis had been ont of town. He
came home and found hls wife
away. About 9 o'clock In the af.
ternoon taxicab drove up in front
OF his apartments II had come
from the Milwaukee hotel. Inside
were Mrs. Curtis and her 1s.year-
old sister. Miss Marjorie Patterson.
From this point the stories differ.
TELLS OF BATTLE
Miss Patterson told the police a
story Of a thrilling fight there on
the street. how Curtis had seized
his wife when she stepped out OF
the taxi, Of q general melee, In
which Miss Patterson and the
chauffeur. George Boyd. mixed II
furiousiy with the husband, and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

then a dash TO escape. Mrs. Curtis
aud she jumped inside the vehicle.
she told. and Boyd hoped to the
drivers scat.
As they started. Miss Patterson
declares she heard Curtis scramble
on behind. He ciung there. she
says, for some distance. then began
10 fire through the back OF the taxi
at them. There were four shots.
One OF them struck Mrs. Curtis in
the hip.
Boyd. guiding the speeding ma.
chine. heard n scream and OWNED
what had happened. He drove to
the Seattle General hospital, where
Mrs. Curtis received medical at.
tendance. Later she was removed
70 tho city hospital.
While the police were this morn.
ing attempting yainly to draw a
confession from Curtis. Mira. Cur.
tbs stoutly denied he had shot her.
SAYS ne WAS DRUNK
Fred did not shoot me-" she
declared.
who did. ,hon7" she was asked.
Who else could haye7"
There are lots OF men who have
guns she replied, shortly.
She would say nothing OF the af.
fair beyond that Her injury Is not
serious.
Il did not shoot my wife" Curtis
said. when interviewed at the city
Iail this morning. Il love her.
She's only little kid. I'd do any.
thing for her. wouldn't harm her.
Curtis said he had recently been
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
BY FRED L ROALT.

Scandal todays Though hall the husbands of Seattcs
seven hills flying with their affincs and half the
wives seeking soace of their tame cats and every
body suing everybody else for divorce the condi
ticnaarming enough in all eonseiencewould receive
scant notice this page.
Crime todayl II every other house in
burged in the night while stiok-ups in progress
every corner every madman and badman from Ballard
to Columbia City and from West Seattle Beaux Arts
Village were running amuck with guns and knives and
dynamite bombs the epidemic OF crime would get but
siingy mention here.
Business today? The nation may be on the road to
commercial supremacy financial ruin Let the bulls
chase the bears. the bears the bulls Or let them
turn and rend the ambs-as they often do-untl Wall
St in a shambles and the Stock Exchange lehal
chamber.
International politics todayi Kings may abdcatc.
Thrones may totter Nations may go TO war.
These things the pne
The big news-the deserving premier position
tcday-is that yesterday Christmas and that OF all
the lit,e-chmney kids who Dreamland yester-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
DR.. FRIEDMAN In
FEAR OF FAKIRS;
HOLDS UP CURE

By United Press Leased Wire
BERLIN, Dec. 26.--In answer to
hundreds of letters. kilograms and
cablegrams to DIR. Frederick Franz
Friedman, asking when he will give
out his now famous tuberculosis
cure to the world. Or. Friedman de
cIared today that he had not yet ar
rived at a decision as to what plan
he would follow In making his rem
edy available In all parts OF the
world.
One thing which is making DR..
Friedman slow 10 give out his dis
covery was the experience OF Prof.
Ehrlich, discovcrer Of "Goe" II is
claimed the moment Ehrlich an
nounced he had given out several
phials OF his serum to physicians,
scores OF unscrupulous doctors In
America advertised that they were
treating with "806," and as high as
5000 an injection was charged,
when, as matter OF fact, they did
not have a drop Of tho remedy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
GUEST AT HOTEL
FALLS 6 FLOORS;
LANDS In LOBBY

bounding from side 10 side
as he fell through an open stairway.
his body striking the bannisters at
every floor. William Dewitt. sales
man for the White Sewing Machine
Co. crashed unconscious into the
lobby of the Plaza hotel. Fourth nv.
and WestIake. at 1870 this morn
Ing
He was picked up with fractur-
ed skull. crushed chest and bruises
all over the body, and is now In the
city hospital. probably fatally In
jured.
How he happened to fall ls not
known. When last seen. he got out
OF the elevator at the sixth floor
In few minutes Night Clerk n. A.
Kellard heard a cry and Dewitt fell
to the lobby floor, narrowly missing
several other guests.
The staircase at the Plaza winds
from side to side, from the first
floor 10 the sixth. leaving an open
shaft In the center.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

bags big ones and each containing toy two boxes Of
candy. ffui, and nuts
From this point on the narrative is sketchy. They
entered past the ranks OF stawart smiling policemen
and two, boy and girl stepping music. The line sep
arated, boys way girls another and marched round
and round the blazing tree
Big boys and little boys big girls and little girls,
mothers and babies the line heightened and moved
the polished floor endlcssly, while the mountains Of
papcrbags dwindled TO hills, from hills mounds and
from mounds 10 nothing all
The affair has been criticized Some Of the little
chimney kids who received gifts il has been charged.
were not worthy Some Of them got too much
There are vile and wicked women in the world;
but, heaven us heard Of an unworthy"
kid, bigchmney little. Nor do believe possible
for any kid 10 get "ioo much" for Christmas
And II there was here and there greedy little boy
who hid his bags under his coat and coaxcd third
or even fourth. from the dwndng heaps who caresl
For in his starved and barren life he received not
too much" but enough
The important thing is that littc-chimney
kid turned away
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

According TO Mrs. Gregory. who
runs the Motor Apartments, a party
OF men and women drove up in an
auto and visited the Curtis resi-
dence Tuesday afternoon. after Cur
It's had gone.
Miss Patterson. according to the
police, said her sister and she went
TO the Milwaukee hotel. Their
names do not appear on the hotel
register.
The Curtis residence today gives
the appearance of a cyclone having
struck II. Chairs and tables are
overturned. drawers emptied, cloth
ing and papers and beer bottles
and glasses on the floor.
Curtis is said by the police, to
have been involved In q SHOCKING
affair year ago. when he II al
legged to have barely missed hitting
May Polet a former chum OF Mrs.
Curtis. Miss Polet refused TO pros
ecute. the police say.
Curtis is 30; his wife "a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

and safety from arsssers. w. would
help the rest os the citizens In keep
ing the town clean.
we will keep the streets free Of
women who prey upon men.
we will do away ~ssh the roise
and disorder Of the ~hite-iloht sec
tions-
we will expose. from time 20
time. all the cadet masters who
have young girls working for them
against their willis
we will see that girls under age
are kept out Of the section.
Under such a controlled regime
there viii be absolutely no graft. no
scandal. no cadeting and no forced
holding OF girls. There viii be
nothing but the vice itself. kept to
its minimum.
That IL unacceptable. Ask any
man of the world--any really big
man--in your city. and see what he
will aay."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
LEAVES HIS HOME,
GOES TO HOTEL TO
SHOOT HIM

r. +. Bergeon, 4b, real estate
dealer, 1908 2ist av., was found
dead. with a bullet hole In his left
temple. In a room at the McFar-
land hotel at 1890 this morning.
lie had shot himself. The revolver
he used was at his side.
Scattered on the floor was n
quantity OF strychnine. A glass,
half emptied. contained a strong
solution OF the drug. He had evil
lantly taken q big dose OF II, then
shot himself.
Bergeon registered nc the hotel
at 1890 last night. When found,
he had been dead 10 or ~ hours.
The bed was untouched.
Ills wife could give no reason for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
CHRISTMAS GIFT
MISSING? MAYBE
IT'SSTILL ON WAY

II you didn't get all you thought
was coming to you for Christmas,
cheer up There is still the hope
Santa Claus has extended the
happy surprises OF Christmas day
until the end OF the week. Gifts
from distant relatives and friends
Will continue 10 come to you In the
carriers bag for the next two days.
Postmaster Russell believes the
enormous amount OF mail which
has piled up In the office on ac
count OF the delay OF mails from
the East will be cleared by Satur-
day. All records have been broken
this year in the amount of mail
handled by the local postoffice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
HUSBAND AND WIFE FIGHT
REVOLVER DUEL In INDIAN
STYLE FROM BEHIND POLES

house. the woman ran up 10 her
rooms and secured revolver.
Coming down again, the quarrel
was renewed. Stepping behind a
telegraph pole, Freeman drew bis
gun.
The woman also found pole,
and the shooting commenced. At
the fourth shot. Mrs. Freeman re-
treated to the Collins park play
field. In the meantime the police
had been notified, and Motorcycle
Officers Follrich and Sequa were
dispatched TO the scene. Follrich
captured the woman and Sequa
nabbed the husband. Both are
abeut 35 years old.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

4 revolver duel between a man
ma his wife took place at o'clock
uils morning, when Morton Free
nan and bis wife, negroes. fired
tour shots at each other from be-
n'nd sd telephone poles at ifth av. and
nain st. The eight shots went
Wild.
The duel was the result OF a quar-
Iei between the couple, which start
g when they left the alI-nisht
aance given at the Manhattan club
= me southern part OF the city. As
9e pair nesred their home. which
= 70 the Emil apartments. at 18th
Sna Jackson. their words grew hot.
Upon realA1ng the apartment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

~ HhStN@ - tf@FF@k WaHss
Mn Nary Gooae Is an astonish-
~ figure. Coming forth from the
elndervorif" OF the metropolis, a
0Ren. forcefll woman. a graduate OF
thYee colleges. she asks New York
suihorities to accept vice for what
4 is-a necessary component OF
Me"-and TO put II on recognized,
legal basis.
Goes 20 the Homes.
And the most remarkable thing
abont Il II that the aldermaufc COM
nztiee that Ia wrestling with the
yice problem Is taking her advice
seriously District Attorney Whit
man In marshalling witnesses be-
fore the grand jury In a vice trust"
probe based on her statements.
and powerful and respectable worn-
q leaders Of New York society are
inviting this ''Mrs Warren" 20
heir homes TO discuss with them
AeT plan Of legitimatising the so
eiai svii' and Kidding the red light
district" OF its worst features.
She talks to them as an equal.
fnnk and unashamed. telling of
vics as she knows II from the In
side For she. too. Is a reform
e.
The point IS" says Mary Goode.
you can only CURB vicc. You
CANNOT CURE 1T. have met
ysee face to face. and know, But
J know, too. that you CAN cure the
es9ls that surround Il. And with
ueee gone. vice ceases to be the
Semitic menace II IL now.
~immorsiIsy 10 here. u can
nes Be put away BY our snnuoIy
eeuyInQ its existence. But once
univsrssily recognized. IL can be
p6t upon the right basis- u
en- b segregated, disease can
= kept In sbeyance, II can be
Kept from prowging the virtu-
eus streets, and, what 10 more
important than all, II can be
Md 10 its normal slxe.
As soon aa II is under strict
eommissional control. police and
--~< t'Ntf NtAAtEfr viii ttnHt W
prV upon the women who are In
~ tolls"
Proposes Commission.
The New York vice trust she
esc1ares, 'is controlled by perhaps
: hundred men. They are liquor
men, high police officials and ward
D04Gfa and thew hav. as rolfactora
patfolmen, detectives and others
There ss just one way to do, and
only ore way.
we must take these houses out
y NE control Of the POLICE and
~ them under the Jurisdiction Of a
COMMISSION. They should be
segregated so as TO keep the clean
psrts OF town clean forever.
IN return for such recognition
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
SANE ANSWERS TO
FOOLISH QUESTIONS

Please tell me how to smoke
hams7 PoRKY PEGGY.
II depends on whether you pre-
fer Old English curve cut or fine
cut. Lasso the ham, run Il through
a corn shredder. carefully remove
all warts, and water well before
smoking.
How do you roast a turkey7
MABEL.
Stand II In a corner and cuss Il.
Whore can I get an Idea for a
fiashy story7 TALENTED TESSY.
Study the electric sign boards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
HOW ANY CITY CAN
MANAGE ITS VICE;
WOMAN HAS PLAN
College Bred Denizen of the Under
world Proposes Solution of World
Old Problem.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-tSpi)-Amcrica shocked a
m years ago by Mrs Warrens Profession, George Ber
Shaw play having for its heroine scarlet woman with
cut shame who Haunted her business legitimate.
Popular indignation drove the play from the stage
And a REAL Mrs Warren" has startled New York
nd conferred attention vice problems that every big city
1. = n.cith
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
LOGGER HANGS SELF

When a chambermaid az the
Mattson hotel. 619 9Th nv. s..
opened the door 10 a room occupied
by Ell Toby, a logger. at 1890 to
day. she found Toby's body dang.
ling from the end Of strap. fas-
tened over the door An over.
turned chair told the story OF the
mans suicide. Toby was broke
and despondent. He was so years
old
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26

his suicide. She said he left her at
2 o'clock In the afternoon, appar.
emily in the best OF spirits. He told
her he was going TO hunt up some
OF his old pals. Bergeon had three
daughters, all married.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-26
How to Pull the
Stumps Is the
Problem

There are many thousands of acres of fine land
In this which could be transformed into rich
farms as soon as the stumps removed The
problem has been to get a method that would
them only quickly but economically
The Pacific Mfg Co.. whose ad appears page
in today's Star, believes it has solved this problem
with the Pacific stumppuler. They tell you how
and why in this ad. which it will pay you well to
look up if interested in the subject of clearing land
Star want ads just powerful pullers in
their way as the machine told of above Back of
every want ad in The Star you have guaranteed
circulation of more than 10000 copies daily. You
just can't help but get results from such vast
army of readers. Phone Main 9400 or Elliott ~ or
call at the downtown office, 22e Union St, with the
Souvenir and Curio Shop.