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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29

Houston, Texas, july 29.-Looking far
ahead IT, Houston Chamber NJ Commerce.
last week fixed March u, 1915, a. the datp
Tor what u termed "a trade excursion ~
the Spanish Main" The "Trip wall gc tu tine
Latin American countries on the Garth
bean ~ea. nv that time n j. expected that
the Houston ~hip channel will have been
completed and that about 1000 feet az
dock will ~ IA operation along the turning
basis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29
CONFESSIONAL
BARRED BY LAW
IN NUEVO LEON
Military Governor vilIareaI Issues a De-
cree OF a Very Severe Nature, Limiting the
Scope Of the Catholic Church In His
State.
SAYS CHURCH IN MEXICO
F0RGETS ITS MISSION.
Declares II Has Consecratcd Itself Prin-
cipally to Conquest in P0Iitics-PubIic
Is Prohibited from Entering Sacristy-
Drastic Orders.

Tampico. Mexico, July q (via Laredo,
Texas, July 27.)-A decree limiting the
scope of the Roman Catholic Church IN the
State OF Nuevo Leon was issued today BY
Antonio /. Villarreal, Governor and mill
tary commander, as follows:
"ln the interest of public health. nor
atty and Justice, the State 81 Nuevo Leon
will limit the scope of the Catholic Church
During the life of the nation the church
has been a pernicious factor IN di~rupting
and diseord and has entirely forgotten IL
spiritual missi0n-itS sole right to be- rec
ognized by modern society. The church has
consecrated itself principally Ia conquests
in politics"
The most drastic feature 81 the decree
is the prohibition Of confession. Nillar-
real gives a. his reason for this the charge
that the confessional and the ~acri~ty IN
Mexico have become q menace to morality.
Drastic DEGREES issued.
The decree issued IN Monterrey makes
the following orders ion government 81
Catholic schools and churches.
II. All foreign Catholic priests and
Jt~uht~ vi "HAtTNtt uhlf'HttlN VIII ne rN-
PEELED from the state Of Nncvo Leon.
-. OF the remaining Catholic priests
those who cannot prove their complete alb
s~tention from politics will be- expelled.
%. Churches will remain open daily
from 6 IN the morning until | in the after
noon. Only priests having permission to
do % will he permitted ~ oiiciate.
-. Confession j. prohibited.
IS. The public j. prohibited from en-
tering the Sacri~ty.
20. Church bells shall ring only to ccle-
brate t~iestas. in honor of the country or
for t%riunphS Of the arms u The Con~titu-
tionalistS.
-. Catholic colleges shall be closed
which do MOI obey programs and texts or
dcred by officials and which 10 not have
al their head some professor who j. \
graduate of the normal schools 81 ~.
country, who will be- responsible IL the GOV
eminent Tor any infraction cf the rules.
IS. Any infraction Of these laws will ~
punishable by a fine Of sl0O 10 $500 and
arrest and Imprisonment from two to -four
months, or both fine and imprisonment. III
event OF a second ofiense the school will Ne
closed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29
Explains Ms Order.

Explaining the grounds for this action
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29
by Associated Press).

Texas City. Texas. july 20.-Beginning
August ] all expenses for lighting the big
mobilization camp here will be borne by the
Inited States government. Heretofore
some Of the officers have paid for their
own electric lights in their tents. The
camp, under the new arrangements, will be-
wired throughout, both for electric lights
Tor men and Tor officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29
u. G. VS. Have a 3-Day Picnic.
fBy Associated Prcssl-

Mount Vernon. Texas, July pa three
DAYS picnic for Confederate soldiers was
arranged 10 begin here today. The picnic
was FOR soldiers from this immediate vicin-
ity primarily. Visitors from other parts
Of the State were expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29

Austin, Texas, July 29.-Governor Col
quit gave out the following statement rela-
tive TO the election of Mr.. Ferguson:
"~Ferguson's nomination for Governor l.
a great victory for the masses. II shows
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-29

We are not disposed to take much stock
m the rumor that Chicago j. going TO lock
up all her crazy people. Where would she
lind accommodations for the purpose7-
Norfolk virginian Pilot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

the bill was to put the bureau of edu-
cation in an advisory capacity to the
school system OF the country much in
the same relation as the department
of agriculture occupies toward farm
ing.
The decisive vote against the
measure. however, indicates the sort
of treatment that will meet the grow
ing movement to secure federal aid
for the common schools of states.
The debate, however, served to
bring out the very interesting educa-
tional work done in Rowan county,
KY, by a woman. Mrs. Stewart, sup
erintendent OF the schools of that
county. Rowan county is in the noun
tains and there was high percentage
OF illitc7acy among adults until Mrs.
Stewart took hold OF the work. She
has practically eliminated illiteracy
from Rowan county by a system of
moonlight schools" conducted for
mountaineers after their daily toll is
done. 1t only took her a few months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
HIRE A HALL.

Further evidence that the peopl
are more and more inclined to reserv
the right TO do their own thinking wa
given at Peoria yesterday when tn
resolutions committee of the Illinoi
miners convention, which is beinl
held in that city to consider the new
wage scale, presented the following
resolutions:
Whereas. There have been thou
sands of dollars wasted in time
and in paying delegates to listen
to speeches, and i'll feeling has
arose among state and interna-
tional officers, and also delegates,
and,
Whereas, The men at home with
the picks do not get any advance
in wages or conditions hearing
what Duncan Mcdonald thinks
of Samuel Gompers. or Adolph
Germer thinks of International
Board Member Harrington, or
hearing chloroform speeches that
do not pertain to mining questions
at all; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That We send all
these questions to an outside laun-
dry to be done up hereafter, and
delivered after the convention ad-
journs, therefore saving a consid-
cradle sum OF money to the men,
bership; and be it further
Resolved. That the chairman of
this convention define to the dele
gates of this convention what the
convention is called for, to fix a
wage scale and mining conditions:
and be IL further
Resolved, That If these orators
wish to be heard. that they secure
a hall and invite all the delegates
to come and hear them some eve
ming; it will save time and ex-
pense, and delegates will not be
compelled to listen to 4 lot OF
brainstorm speeches.
While the resolutions evidently were
not drawn up by a scholar they are
pertinent and hit the nail on the head
and the convention will do we'll &c
give them serious consideration. Rep
OF labor unions who meet
to transact their business are Otter
like members OF the United States
senate and other legislative assemb
lies in that they are willing to lei
really important matters wait while
they listen to a man with an object
OF his own.
II the miners rebuke this practice
they will do a real service not only
within the union but outside OF 1t a!
well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
DOING THINGS AT SPRING
FIELD

Here are some of the things tina
an investigator for the Chicago Even
I ing Post found out about the operation
/ of commission form government IL
/ Springfield:
Graft has been eliminated.
The people are in control of theil
government.
THE short ballot is in use.
The city business is transacted
swiftly and efficiently.
Responsibility has been concen
trated.
"The ward boss has been stripped OF
power
Every official stands in the lime
light.
"The buck has been killed; it no
longer passes.
Economy and saving have been
substituted for stealing and waste.
The city's credit has been reestab-
lished.
The information and the intelli-
gence of the people, their capacity for
self-government. has been definitely
enlarged"
II has not been many years since
Springfield held the palm for munic-
fpaI misgovernment in Illinois. The
new form OF government is still devot-
ing a good share OF its energies to I'M
doing the bad work of the old form,
but in spite OF that It is making good.
and there is no disposition on the part
of the great majority OF citizens to re-
turn to the cumbersome and inefficient
aldermanic rule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

THANK GOD, I HAVE RETURNED IN TIME /!
ted to see old Zebedee and that Ada
Paine had sent her away with burning
| cheeks and anguished eyes.
Since then Olivia Deering and Ada
Paine had not been on speaking terms.
Now Ada's black brows- drew togeth-
/ er in q frown when she saw Olivia s
| dignified form moving through the
crowd.
"Some folks amt got any sense of
delicacy,'' sneered Ada in stage
| whisper.
| Il expect likely she wants to buy
some of little Zebedee's belongings for
keepsake" Uttered Louise Ramsell,
| the sharp tongued village dressmaker.
There amt going to be any personal
| belongings put under the hammer
said Ada hastily, not knowing that at
that very moment the auctioneer's
jealous assistant had just dug out
from hiding place in the garnet an
old mahogany workbox which had be-
longed to Mrs. Zebedee Paine and
which Ada had hidden there herself
long years ago.
And in the next room TO the one in
which Ada was now whispering to
watching the auctioneer with a pallid
face as he held the mahogany workbox
high in the air above the curious
crowd.
And now this here mahogany box.
locked fast, to be sold sight unseen.
What am 1 offered:''
AS in a dream Olivia lived the next
few moments. She heard her own
voice bidding steadily against that of
some unknown person. For some I'M
explainable reason she wanted that
workbox more than anything in the
world. Then, because Wayboro folk
preferred to know just what they were
buying and very many of them pos
sessed ancient workboxes similar to
the one offered for sale. the other bid
der dropped out, and Olivia found her
self the possessor of it for the sum of
$40.
Somehow after this purchase Olivia's
interest in the sale ended, and, wrap
ping the box in her light summer
shawl. she left the house. Her tall.
graceful form hurried up the street.
turned at n corner and went up a
grassy road, where her little white
painted cottage stood in a lovely gar.
den at the end. From the white cot
tage Olivia could glimpse the sell, and
winter and summer for twelve years
'+s distant murmur had seemed to
whisper some message to her from the
lost lover OF her youth.
Now. she tossed aside her hat and
sat in the window overlooking the sea. /
The mahogany box was in her zap. 1
and her shapely fingers rested lightly |
upon it.
The box was heavy. Something moy-
ed about within il. Very likely il had /
not been opened since Zebedee went
away to sea. Olivia recollected that
Zebedee had told her that his diving
mother had given him her workbox
for hts very own. and he had whis-
pered that he kept Olivia's letters in
IL and curl OF her haiy and she first
roses she had ever given his.
Then all at once Zebedee had gone
away to sea.
Without word to Olivia he had left
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
The Daily Story i
oLIv1A's PRIZE pAcKAeE-BY cLARIssA MAoKry.
fopvrishteo. 1919 by Literary Buree
Copyrigbteo. 1914 by Associated Literary Bureau.

The red auction flag huttered from n
tree over the front gate and told to the
village of wayboro that the household
effects of the late Zebedee Paine would
be sold to the highest bidder
Ada Paine, a niece of the dead man
and his only known representative and
heir. was here, there and everywhere.
whispering word of advice to one
concerning some especially choice ar
ticle. finding a comfortable seat for
some good gossip Of the nefghborhood
or detailing her own future plans to an
Interested group of listeners.
Miss Paine had been Zebedee's house
keeper for fifteen years preceding MS
death. 1t was Ada who had soothed the
old mans last hours and some people
said that Ada Paine was now reaping
the reward for which she had so ar
IDENTIFY labored. Others said that young
Zebedee Paine would never have ieft
home and lost his life in the sea IL 1t
had not been for his black eyed cousin
Ada's sharp tongue.
Olivia Deering walked slowly up the
path and bent her head to enter the
low, old fashioned doorway. She was
n tall, stately woman with abundant
brown hair lightly f1ecked with gray at
the temples: her skin was clear and
rosy and her hazel eyes shining and
Iustrous She wore a simple white
lawn dress and plain hat
People turned and stared and nodded
at Olivia, aud many Of them wondered
how many years had passed since
olivia had been under that roof. 1t
was known that once she had called
to see old Mr.. Paine concerning the re-
ported death Of his son, and it was ru-
mored that Olivia had not been permit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAVENNER
CONGRESSMAN from che Fourteenth CistrIc,

to do it. The story of Rowan county
was told by Congressman F1eios VI
Kentucky. who gave as his opihion
that what Mrs. Stewart has done can
be duplicated in every mountain ois'
trict in the eastern United states.
To Boycott Unsafe Steamboats,.
Word comes to Washington that
there is in process of formation
Safety at Sea Society" whose neIh'
bers viii be those who do great deai
of transatlantic travelling. The mem
bers of this organization will take
pledge not to travel on boats which
do not provide life boats for all ABOARD
and which do not furnish two able
seamen for each life boat.
Such an organization, If 1t attains
strength, will probably have Dig eI'
feet on the shape in which the La
Toilette seamen's bill gets through
congress, since that measure requires
precisely the kind OF life protection
for which this society stands. Let
any number of travellers join this So
ciety and the opposition to the La
Toilette bill will melt away.
Already, lit is said, one OF the big
lTdnS-AtidltiC lines Is cduiPPhS AsS
vessels as would be required by the
La Toilette law, and a coastwise line
of steamships is following the ex-
ample.
Possible Railroad Economies.
Additional methods by which the
railroads can save s5O,O00,000' per
year, instead of raising their freight
rates to gain that amount, are being
brought out before the interstate COM
merce commission.
Inspectors report that the New
York Central was paying to the Ma
tional Sugar company the expense of
loading sugar at the door of the car
and sweeping the floor of the sugar
shed afterwards. This was regarded
as a transportation expense and one
payment came to $6.147.15. The ba--
mana trust collected s7,4SO for loading
fruit The beef trust and other large
industries have enjoyed similar privi-
leges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

That they have to bear who fall
Woman always gets the blame,
Woman is behind IT sill.
But when some man rises high,
When he wins applause :.
When for him the banners fly,
Do we guess the cause?
Do we tell each other then
That some woman made him great
That for her he rose Ger men,
Toiling early, striving late?
Yet without her who would win,
Who without her do his best?
Why blame woman for the sin
And withhold from her the rest!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

TlEulS lhdt bCicot
ed the bill in the
house providing
for a federal inyes-
tigation OF Hitter
acy in the United
States and meth
DDS by which 1T
can be eliminat-
ed. Many republi-
cans voted against
the measure and
their votes, COM
bined with those
of democrats who
feared an invasion
of states rights,
defeated the bill.
There seemed to
be nothing in the
bill but what any
democrat might
subscribe to. The
prime purpose Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

Sir Max Leonard Waechter, native
OF Germany but naturalized and knight
ed in England. has founded the Euro
bean Unity league to promote unity
among the nations and effect reduc-
fion in the burden OF military expens.
es. He puts at $500. 100000 warlik'
exc aditures for Europe and estimates
that the 5000, 900 men comprising the
armies OF Europe might earn in peace
fuI pursuits an equal sum. The real
cost OF preparations for war Is there
fore the staggering sum OF s5.0O0.0OO.-
eco
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

=- Few farmers in this revenue district
are said 10 have turned in income tax
schedules at Peoria. Monday being the
final day for this unless valid excuse
OF illness or absence was presented.
The reason that farmers. even If their
incomes happened 10 be a few hun
dred above the minimum, are not TO be
generally taxed, is that their receipts
for 1913 were largely from the 1912
crop. Inasmuch as the law cannot be
retroactive in operation. the well-to-do
farmer has escaped this year. Next
year he Will catch IL. however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
GEoRGIA'S SHAME.

A state which approves the destruc-
ton OF child life in cotton mills IS
hardly a state which would be expect
ed to treat fits convicts humanely-
When one thinks OF barbarous cruel
ties under the forms OF law one thinks
II Georgia. Backward and benighted,
u is the last OF the states TO con-
Tess a humanitarian obligation TO its
Unfortunate people.
A Georgia grand jury which recent
~ probed charges OF savagery on the
part OF jail keepers, reported that the
conditions in Fulton county convict
camps that have been disclosed 10 the
grand Jury are horrible. They are be-
Sond belief One prisoner before the
Jury showed marks from recent whip
pings that made US turn sick at the
stomach. His back was raw and
bleeding, and that prisoner had a can
Ger on his chest as large as mans
Thand. and he was whipped because he
didn't do a task that was heavy for
well man"
The surprising fact in this announce
ment IS not so much that prisoner
was brutality treated but that Georgia,
moth declarations made in
her behalf some six years ago. stu
maintains convict camps Perhaps II
has not escaped memory that when
the facts were brought out about the
brutal beating OF a woman in such a
camp and the whole country was NOR
tiled and shocked at the disclosures,
promise was made that the camps
would be done away with at the ear
iieet practicable date and that no
further brutality or needless severity
would be tolerated. Yet, as the pres
lent scandal diselosss, the camps are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
March 4 in Americsn
History.

1T4S-count CaSilDir Pulaski. s.,n.
patriot in the Revolution, a
died near savannah, Ca. i'''' :
wounds received In battle ,,,i,.
17S9-At the FIRST meeting OF tne -.
ed States congress under 'ue W.. s
stitution there was not quo.ss,.
aud no business could he tran -,
ed. The government was WIZ
an executive head. ID
1SSS--Alexander III. Stephens -
president OF the Confederate s'sN
of America, died; born ISL a.
19I3-w Woodrow Wilson inaueara'ss ~
the twenty-eighth president %
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
No Ordinary Affair.

Yes. when Josiah and me got mar
ried we had an awful fine weddin'."
'I suppose it was a church AFFAIR."
Indeed It was, I'll never forgit 1t
till my dyin' day. / guess everybody
for miles and miles around was there.
We had music on the organ and
bridesmaids and a best man and all
them kind of things. you know, and
when the paper wrote 1t up the next
mornin' it said right in the headlines
that we plighted our troth."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
Road Work Brinos Freedom.

milton of good work done on the pub
lie highways, Governor Dunno yester-
day committed the sentence of Charles
Jarzanbroski to expire at once. JAR
zanbroski was convicted in March,
1900, in the criminal court of Cook
county of larceny and given an indie
terminate sentence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
Sure of Her.

Would you permit your wife to
wear a harem skirt"
"Oh, yes, if she wished to wear
one" ~
Il thought you had more respect
for her than that.
81 have respect for her. That's why
/ say / would permit her to wear a
harem skirt if she wished to do SO.
I am sure she would never put one on,
If it is permissible to refer to harem
skirt as one"
You never can tell"
"Oh, yes, 1 can. In this case I'm
sure OF her"
why do you feel so confident?"
well. suppose 1 ought not to tell
you. but / will. Don't let it go any
further. My wife is bow-legged."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

still in existence and the offenses OF
keepers are as hendish as before
The grand Jury. in an effort to ex-
press the extreme inhumanity of the
guards. says that the latter wouldn't
have dared to beat mules as they beat
these prisoners. The conditions are
disgrace TO civilization"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

The Peoria Star says Rock Island
man will be the heaviest taxpayer In
this revenue district, though several
Peorians have incomes of 100000 a
year or better. Inasmuch as the rec
drds OF the collectors are rigidly kept
secret, and the Star is only guessing
I'VE are disposed TO accept the odiunl-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

The Hastings. Neb.. travelling man
who actually got his name on the front
pages OF the newspapers for two days
with a recital of a tale OF being KID
mapped and robbed by women in Kan
sas City either is a much abused cit
lien or a monumental prevaricator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
THE REAL THING.

81 had quite a
remar k a b / e ex-
p e ri e n c e last
night"
In what way?"
Il met a pretty
young widow who
had not been de-
prived of her hus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04
Sinful Woman

What's the hrst
thing people say
When a man goes
wrong?
There is one conclu-
sion they
Who make UP tho
throng
Always straightway
come to when
Any man goes
tumbling down.
When he rohs his
fellow men.
When the ones
who praised him
frown-
When his honor and
his prlue
End in bitterness
and shame,
Do we not at once
decide
That some woman
was to blamef
When a Christian
falls from grace
All the world de-
clares
There's a woman In
the case
w h o has spread
her snares.
When a banker fees
We know,
Though her name
m q v n IT b Q
heard.
That some woman
rou 9 h { him
low.
And we pass along
the word,
For the wrongs men
do, the shame
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

~ TERMS-Ten cents per week BY car
Fier. IN Rock Island: SO per year by mall
"a advance.
Complaints OF delivery serviee should
be made to- the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
Instance where 81 s. desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have NO
authority In the premises.
Z; Ali communications OF RrGument.tive
Character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
tion- No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island l45. 1145 and
.sI4s-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

j. The first reduction OF % per cent in
the duties on sugar became effective
March l To speak in exact terms,
the duty. formerly s1.34. is now 81,
and there will be a proportionate re-
duction until in 1916 the entire duty
WIFI disappear. In the meantime the
consumer will profit in reduced prices
OF sugar. That IS one benefit OF the
new tariff which viii not be denied
f1fm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-04

A remarkable duel was fought in
France the other day. The unusual
feature of the affair was the fact that
real blood was spilled. although the in
turtles sustained are of trivial nature
For real brutality, next TO slap on
the wrist, the French duel has all hu-
name society records beaten.