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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
NEW INSPECTOR
DALLAS MAN. JOSEPH :. MYERS Is
APPOINTED TO POSITION GOV
ERING LINE FROM BROWNS
VILE TO CALIFORNIA.

Dallas. TrXa June 23.-.Joscph -
Myers Of thif city has been notified of
his appointment TO the position of in
spcctor of immigration, with headquar-
tcrs at I'll PaSo. The appointment be-
comes effective July |. Mr.. Myers and
his family will leave shortly for FL Pa
so To make their home. The duties will
require attention 10 the line from
Brownsville "a the coast Of California.
The territory includes large part of
Texas. al of New Mexico and Arizona
and the southern half Of California.
The duties will Le along the line Of
regulation Of immigration. the preyen-
tion Of any infractfDn Of the contract
labor law in immigration and the car
rying out of such other regulations as
the commissioner Of immigration may
direct.
Mr. Myers j. a member Of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Fircmcn and En-
ginemen. and for many years has been
lcliyc in organized labor matters. He
was engaged ia the democratic national
campaigns i'll 1905 and 1912 in the Mid
die West. and j. said 70 have been high
u effective in his work for the democrat
ic tickets in both those years in Ohio.
Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin.
Considerable training that will be
useful in the new work has been gained
by Mr.. Myers from his work ~ commits
sioncr Of labor in Texas under Cover
nor Thomas NJ. Campbell. from Sept. 1,
1909 To 1911.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
TRAIN STRUCK AUTO WHILE
CHAUFFEUR WAS ON HOOD
THROWN TWENTY FIVE FEET.

Alex Merriweather of Brownsville
just escaped death or serious injury by
a hair last night at midnight when the
southbound st. l.. i. 4 N. passenger ran
into the car he was driving and smashed
it into scrap.
lie had taken two fares to- Il point
several miles out Oh the Military road.
and was returning to Town As he came
to the embankment of the roadway he
threw the machine out of high speed to
second in order to climb the rise and
in doing SO by some means killed the
engine.
He saw the train coming. but knew
to easily clear the track His engine
however, went dead with the car stand
ing right across the track.
He jumped to the ground and cranked
the car and then jumped back in with
the hope Of still clearing the track in
he ,o0kcd up and the train was only
about twenty-five feet from him. He
climbed out on the hood Of the radiator
and waved his hands at the engineer
His car had been standing in the light
of the engines headlight, all this time.
according to his statement. and the ell
einccr did not seem to slow up at ALL Be
fore he could jump from the hood To the
ground the engine hit the car entirely
demolishing it. Mr. Merriwcather was
thrown about twenty five feet one way.
and the car was thrown in the opposite
but escaped with only 4 bad
burn and few scratches. The car was
IN f.. VI. T. 80 cost new about $3.50 and
was the property of Perry Perkins Of
Mercedes. Mr.. Merriweather said that
If the car had a top or even windshield
il would have been impossible for him
70 have gotten out in time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23

The committees Of the Congress 10
which legislation of this character i
referred have devoted careful and dis
passionate study to the means of accom-
plishing these objects. They have hon
ored me by consulting me. They are
ready to suggest action. have come
To Won. as the head of the government
and the responsible leader Of the party
in power. 10 urge action now. while
there is time TO serve the country de
liberately and as we should. in "A clear
air of common counsel. | appeal to You
with a deep conviction of duty. | be
Iieye that YOU share this conviction. i
therefore appeal To You with confidence
| am ut your service without reserve e
play my part in any way you may call
upon me to rlay il in this great enter
prise of eXigent reform which IT viii
dignity and Distinguish Us to perform ana
discredit u to neglect.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
COUNTY ATTORNEY OF KLEBERG

Gus kOwalSki. the former Brownsville
boy. who is slated 10 be the county at
torney Of klcberg county. the newly or
ganized county Of which Kingsville i
he capital. spent the week end in this
city with his parents. and returns to
kingSvilc this afternoon
The election has been called TO be held
next Friday. as Il result Of a proclama
tion bv Governor Colquitt. and for the
office Of county attorney there j. only
one contestant. Mr. kowalski. and he
therefore feels that he is practically the
winner of the Office. Up 10 a few days
Office hut hc withdrew in favor Of Mr.
kowal>ki
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
PINCHOT'S PLAN

Washington, June 23.-Gifford Pin
chot'S plan for national rivers com
mission was introduced into congress to-
day by Representative Temple, of Penn
sylvania as Il progressive measure. 1t
would make il commission to regulate
floods the pollution of water. power.
etc. with MANY members from various
walks in life all serving without pay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
WE MUST SET
BUSINESS FREE
WILSON URGES CONGRESS- TO
FREE BUSINESS OF COUNTRY
FROM TRAMMELS OF IMPER-
Feet CURRENCY SYSTEM.
NOT ENOUGH TO STRIKE THE
SHACKLES FROM BUSINESS.
CRAFTSMANSHIP NOT MERELY
NEGATIVE
(Bu Associated Press.)

Washington. ID. c.. June 23-Long
before the capitol doors opened today
hundreds ined up in Il steady rain hop
ing to hear Wilson deliver his currency
message. The attendance strictly limit
ed to one card issued by each member
of the house and senate. but even with
these restrictions ratings have been
erected at capitol doors and guards all
stationed there.
There were many absentces from house
members when Wilson read his message
He motOred from the White House i'm
a steady rain.
In Il low. even voice which pcnet rated
every corner of the chamber he read his
message. 1t took just nine minutes The
message was an appeal TO every member
of the house and senate to lay aside
considerations and sacrifice comfort and
even health if necessary. to secure eur
rencv revision at once. Only in that
manner he said conld the country secure
;hc benefit of revision The address was
notable for its vigor and strength.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
HAYS LEADS BRUNDAGE
(By AssOcidted Press J

Little Rock, Ark, June 23.-Judge
George w. Tlays. still is leading former
Congressman stephen III Brundage in
Saturdays gubernatorial primary. Re-
turns Of 2000 votes. Brundage does not
conccde his opponents victory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
OJEDA SURRENDERED
(Bu Associated Press.

Douglas. Ariz, June 2.-tieneral
Fedro Ojeda. federal commander, who
fought three days battle in and
around Osiz against Obregon, reported
mere I'd have surrendered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.

Mr.. Speaker. Mr. President. Gentlemen
of the Congress:
Ii is under the cOmpuiSi0n Of what
seems TO me clear and imperative duty
that | have Il second time this session
sought the privilege of addressing YOU
in person. | know o. course. that the
heated season of the wear is upon u.s.
that work in these chambers and in the
burden as the season lengthrnS. and
that every consideration of personal
convenience and personal comfort. per
hapS. in the cases OF some of us. CON
>iderations of personal health even
iictate an early conclusion of the de
ilberationS of the session: but there are
occasions of public duty when these
things which touch us privately seem
very small when the work 10 be done
is 80 pressing and 50 fraught with big
consequence that We know that We are
not at liberty to weigh against it any
point of personal sacrifice. We are now
in the presence of such an occasion. II
is absolutely imperative that we should
give the business men of this country a
banking and currency system by means
Of which they can make use Of the free
dom of enterprise and of individual in
itiative which We are about To bestow
upon them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
RECEIVED BOOSTERS
(By Associated Press.)

Galveston. June 23-PrcSident Cabe
III of Guatemala yesterday. accorded
the Texas trade boosters the unusual
honor of a reception.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23

Chicago. June 23-.Iack Johnson was
granted an appeal from verdict Of one
years imprisonment for violating the
Mann white slave act.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
HEARINGS POSTPONED

(By Associatcd Press.l
Beaumont. Texas. June 23.-The Tex
az Oklahoma penalty hearings here are
poxtponrd until tomorrow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-23
THIRD DEGREE
FOR AMERICAN

Third Degree for American.
RIPPETAU, AMERICAN ACCUSED
By REBELS OF BEING A SPY. VIC
I'll MOE CRUEL TREATMENT 1T
IL SAID
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19


Long time ago the Captain with the
foresite of a CRATE genneril began to lay his
plans for an onslaught to capture that To
ger. He Realized that he must organize
his forses, and with rare polytical accumin
he saw that if he had no forses to organize
the next best thing was to organize sum-
boldly elses forses and call 'em his. He
Realized that the plain peepul must be Doc
tored and educated up to sertain veew
point, and the plain peepul being composed
of a varius and sundry conglommerate of
veews and opinions that it would take
also varius and sundry line Of dope in or
dur that evvery individduel mite apply to
Old Doc Hobsun and be perrninintly cured
of all or emmy polytical ailmint. He then
bizzied himself in the preparrasion of
CRATE line of reel dope that would pass the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

Just what you find when you prick pretty toy
balloon Nothing
And these circular people have such way of
believing all you tell them. Tell them that tadpoles
turn to butterflies and they swallow the story. tad
poles and all
1t is distressfu thing.
ming zigzag
Folks cut by that pattern go crooked, no matter
how you manage.
You can't get hold of them. They stretch and
get out of the way before you can pin them down to
anything.
All through life they go their crooked miles and
smile their crooked smiles
Don't depend them, or let them get anything
YOU For when the time comes to ante up, they
simply do their little stretching and slipping away
act.
Remember they are cut on the bias.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
DR.. Hobson In His "Dope" Shop

closest inspectsion under the Pure Food
and Drug Act, and with the abull assistance
of Cheef Kemmist Monnett, began to put
them on the market The first of theese
was "Hobsun's Crate Destroyer" for use
ON prohibissionists; three applicasions is
guaranteed to make the average prohibi-
sionists see things without the aid Of emmy
stimmulints Whatsoever. If. taken strick-
ly according to directsions, if Pasient ever
takes anuther drink exsept upon such oc-
casions as he feels like it, mummy will be re
funded.
is'Vote for Hobsm for the SENT - 3t-swf
The next issue was Hobsun's s famous
long ranged Votes for Wimmin'' dope.
This was labullel sshyly dangerus and han
die with ear; only to be used in Alabama on
feebulled mindedsmale persuns and at judi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

Then there's another pattern which would ma
very pretty geometrca figures 1t is partly in curs
and partly in straight lines
And that pattern makes the really INTEREST,"
people They keep you guessing. You strike cur
and you think you've found nice. smooth cirel
Then you strike straight line and the jolt thro
all off your base and you find you've got bel
over and operate different schedule. Then j
as you get yourself adjusted the straight line u
find another
And there you again You don't know
how to be consistent with the situation.
You never know what that person is going
say, or do, think about anything-ther curves II
angles run into each other Unexpectedly. So 4
keep guessing whether they made from the
terms that shape the square boxes, the circle
tern. And you find it very interesting.
However, it was the same hand that shaped
these patterns, and it wouldn't be bit surprsin'
all the patterns were cut from the very same pape
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
What Pattern Were You C11t?---By Kari Kaffer

WY HEN God makes all there isn't separate
w pattern for every single individual
Oh, no.
If there were, what terribly impossible place
this world would bel
Even as matters stand there quite number
Of patterns. We may flatter ourselves that we
rather unique but the fact remains that there are
many others who have gone before-there are many
now, and there many to come who are produced
from our own special and individual pattern.
Doesn't she remind you strongly OF Mrs. z.!"
"How he does make me think of Cousin Ned
Did you ever see two people more aike?" You often
hear remarks like that
Did you ever fold piece of paper number of
times, and then with few snps Of the scissors cut
Dut a string OF dolls yard long? Well, clip those
los apart and scatter them to the four winds, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

there you are-you and your duplicates. scattered
about all over the world.
And these patterns from which we are cut are
truly various in shape and design.
First there's the pattern! cut entirely on the
straight line We get squares and angles from that
pattern. We get those people whose lives and man
ners and morals are built like q square box or
neatly and accurately pointed triangle We know
what they are going to do before they do it. and we
can answer what they are going to say before they
say It And these little square boxes sail down fes
stream in a current Of deadly proprety, and never
by any means get themselves grounded on the shcals
OF the unexpected or the unconventional
They just right
All Of which is perfectly proper but deadly bore
some for person who never makes mistakes is q
fearful thing N ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

And to be perfectly frank there is really nothing
very interesting about square boxes. And being one
is hard thing to live down.
Then there is the pattern which is cut in circle.
And oh, the many people fashioned from the circular
pattern
You meet them and on first acquaintance you
only to the edge Of their little horizon. So
about them.
And you go runnig round the circle, finding SIM
ply monotonous curve; and finally you get back to
where you started from, and you don't know any
about them than you did when you started
Because there is nothing to know.
Then you get puzzled this bland, smooth,
circular person You wonder what's beneath the sur
face.
You scratch their skin in some way to find out.
And you find
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

sial intervals when we want to make hit
with the skirts-verry effective on Chltaw-
qua Sircuit. When used at all apply gently
to the Pasient, and if he squrms, take it
back and deny that tits "local remmedy."
"Vote for Hobsun for the SENT" Adv.
Then cum the big Navy" dope. This
is Doc Hobsun's CRATE patryottic remmedy
to be used on the persuns who is the Yeller
Peril evvery time they pay there laundry
bill, or get little bilious. 1t is labulled
"Old Doc Hobsun's Big Navy Tonnic-
guaranteed pure, maid frum Navy Beans,
a Sure Shot for YelIer Perrils-Ye Yeller Jaun-
dis-A Yeller Streek- and also good for
Cramps-in the dividend departmint of
the Ship Bilding Trusts.
"Vote for Hobsun for the SENT. Rats.
The next remmedy he put on the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
fake a Hobson Pill
and You Win Vote
for Him for Senate

maid big hit It was .'Fedderel Pensions
for Confederate Soldiers-Pills.' . These pills
air perfectly harmless, being composed of
compressed air. and damfoolishness, mixed
in equal parts.
They air designed to be used exclusive
ly in giving the old Confederate soldiers
the ''absent treetmint '-the fedderel pen.
sion aforesed being absent
''Vote for Hobsun for the SENT. 4"
Then the Captain started on his famous
tower of the State Introducing his sellebrat-
ed "Boll-weevil and Edducasional Oint-
mint" guaranteed to eliminate the boil
weevil and illitterasy and endorsed by the
Departmint of Agriculture.
''Vote twise (if you can get away with
it) for Hobslm for the SENT"
Then cum his organnizasion: In EVERY
county, ward, presink, Beet and Ballywhack
there must be organized at eest one of Hob
sun IS famus ''Blocks of ten, consisting of
an outur Gard, and Inner Gard, a CorporeI
and uther varius and sundry offisials, all Of
whom must be expurt in diagnosing the po-
lytical ills of there Naybors and knowing
exactly how to act accordingl is
whether to give them dose of the "Grate
Destroyer" or "Votes for Wimmin'' or
,a,,
sions for Confederate Soldiers Pills. or
"Boll- weevil and E,ducasonel Ointmint''
or to Mock him in the he'd with pile driv-
YER
Do not Gentul Reeder-Oh [ pray you,
do not let yourself be deserved by the tone
of this letter. | am not poking fun at the
Captain--l am not sarcastick-and do not
seek to riddicule. [ am struck with admi-
rasion-I am intintly watching the outcum
of this CRATE campain. l have myself been
cannydate and | can see and fully appre-
STATE my shortcummings. | was indeed
PIker, and the result was that was unnan-
nlmously endorsed by the plain peepul as
Piker and requested to refrain frum surv-
'''S ohoh III puDllcK cdDdSSlty-dQ0
being accommodating I did so. But I am
lernnlng frum the Captain and if he lands
the Grapes, perhaps l may take few dots
and be abull to +" Cum Back y Far be it frum
me to Mock Captain Hobsun. | newer mock
persun of whom know so little exsept by.
reputaslon. Our paths newer cross-as IL
keeps me blzzy and on the hump to tllrr
out my feebul efferts frum Washington
while the Captain can fit into town and ge,
INTO the Congressional Record and skin OH
again bfore his Secretery can scattur thu
news. He's like Number Three four hour
late" Yonder she Gums and Yonder sh
goes.''
Indeed what little | have seen of th
'aptain admire very much. If he is elect
ed to the SENT perhaps he will spend an en-
tire day in the City and hope to get on ret
intimate TURNS with him. | feer alas fee
however, that it will newer be.
Yours trooly,
BILL VINES.
I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

mIsTUR EDDITUR: The polytical
ks1ya situasion in Alabama is beginning
to bear close resemblense to an in
turrupted beef stew We air in the throws
of CRATE struggle which is cawsing intense
embarrassmint to large part Of the popu-
lasion Of the State; sed large part of the
population aforementioned being the can
nydates. Evvery few minnits sumthing
new and entirely unexpected happens and
puts evvery boldly on the Kee Wee, and it
is disagreeabull experience to the plain
peepul to be put unexpectedly on the Kee
Wee, especially as the plain peepul air not
as rule on fami1er TURNS with Kee Wees
in genneril. What the plain peepul want
moor than emmy thing else is not to be put
guage like that, but they earnestly crave
to be .sput onto' the cannydates them
selves. During the time that is to elapse
between now and the prymerries in the
Spring, perhaps they will be abull to get
"onto" to sum of the fansy curves of the
big leegers now engaged in the contest for
the pennint-sed pennint being the Sena-
toryal Toger tagged alabama" and which
hangs labbulled sOwner Unknown in the
arrives of the Nasionel Capitol
SevvereI Of our most promminint states
men have airnless ewandurred by the spot
where hangs this Toger and arrived at the
hasty and abrupt conclusion that they
would look we'll in it. 1t gives them crate
pain to see it there unused; they air per
fectly willing that it should be drapped
around there manly shoulders and they
therefore Loyalty offur, at CRATE persunnel
sacrifise, to be the goat; they weep when
they see it there alone and think of the
sallerv voucher going to waste. Ennyhow
there air two beluvved Alabamians who
have deturmed that they will submit the
questsion to the peepul as to which will look
the best in that perfectly good Toger. Both
air men who have attracted nasion wide
commint and have on varius and sundry oc-
casions occupied the limelite. Of the two
one has Just resently entured the lists-and
'sOur Osker'' the tariff maker and the
hope of the South for the White House. OF
him we will speek on sum future date We
would fame now speek of him who has been
scratching gravvel aftur that Toger evver
cents the Merrymack went to the bottum
undur the Spanish guns at Sanity Argo-
and he it's brave and intrepid commandur
escaped without even puncture in his I'm
ion suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

Washington, ID. C.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-13
ATTORNEY DONAHOE
IS FOUND GUILTY
Court Fixes Fine at $4,000;
Appeal Will Be Taken;
Stiefel Goes Free.

CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Attorney Dan
iel Donahoe, charged with conspiring
to defaIne Clarence S. Funk, former
general manager Of the International
Harvester company, was found guilty
tonight and fined $4,000. Detective
Isaac Stiefel, tried on the same charge
Of conspiracy, was found not guilty.
Donahoe and Stiefel were indicted,
charged with conspiracy to defame, aft
er suit charging Mr.. Funk with hav-
ing alienated the affections Of Mrs.
John G. Henning. had been dismissed.
Heuning, in whose name the suit
against Mr. Funk was brought, had been
a bellboy. He disappeared after the
trial, but was arrested in Minneapolis
Just before the trial OF Donahoe and
Stiefel began. He and Mrs, Henning
were the chief witnesses for the prose.
cution.
The names of both former Senator
Lorimer and Edward Hines, millionaire
lumber merchant, were mentioned In
the Donahoe trial by Funk, who re-
lated the substance OF testimony given
before the United States senate. Mr..
Funk testified that Edward Hines had
said: 'fWell, we put Lorimer over, but
it cost 100000"
Testimony given before an Illinois
legislative Investigating committee re.
suited in the opening Of the case Of
former Senator William Lorimer, and
at that hearing il was found that Mr..
Lorimer had not been legally elected
to the senate.
Edward Deuter, bellboy, who ties.
titled for the state. aud who was listed
as a witness in the alienation suit, tes-
titled that he had called at Donahoe g
office and the attorney had asked II
he had read of suit started by Ed
ward Hines against Funk.
"'We're NIL in the same crowd, the
bellboy testified Donnhoe had said TO
him.
The jury deliberated nearly SIX hours
before returning its verdict tonight.
Attorneys for Donahoe appealed from
| the verdict,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-13
.POOLROOM IS RA|DED
BY NEW YORK POLICE
Bookmakers Discovered in
Sixth Avenue Loft Building
After Long Search.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Headquarters
for an army Of bookmakers, who oper-
ated in all parts of Greater New York,
were discovered late today by Inspector
Gillen and squad of detectives who
raided two floors of Sixth avenue loft
building, a complete telephone exchange
for private wires indirectly connecting
the rooms with the principal racetracks
of the country were found. Hats and
coats scattered about the rooms after
tbe police had battered down the doors,
indicated the hasty exit Of the EN-
Telephone bells continued to ring af-
fer the entrance of detectives and when
answered by detectives, boekmakers IN
various parts of the city requested that
bots be recorded
work ON the part Of the police In run
nino down the location OF many tele'
nbones which had been removed from
oifices in which they had been Installed
hv the telephone company. THESE tel
o22bones the police discovered, had been
ramove5 TO the Sixth avenue building
witbont detection by the telephone com
nanv which continued to give them ser
vice. =, ~ ,,o
INSPECTOR Gillen said that the place
r,ust have been in existence for at least
ION Years as some Of the telephones had
hean placed in the building about that
iona ven 400 He declared 1t was the most
onmnie}elv equipped poolroom he had
aver ever raided and flat its discovery would
undoubtedly put many bookmakers out
NJ business and inconvenience hundreds
Of persons who depended on the place
for plaving the races.