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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
CANAL
MEETING NEXT
AT RIO GRANDE

announcement has been made that the
next meeting of the Gravity Irrigation as
ISOLATION Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
organization committee will he held at Rio
Grande City on October p. at which time
a Starr county auxiliary to the general
association will he organized. County
Judge J. X. Monroe of Starr county is the
Starr county director in the general or
ganization. and il j. probable that he will
be- placed nj the head of ne Starr AUX
iliary.
Judge Monroe. who left 90 hi home a.
Rio Grande City today after a short busl-
ness visit IN Brownsville. J. probably one
of the most enthusiastic supporters the
gravity proposition has aligned with it. He
believes that the construction Of such "A
system will be- the salvation of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley and the making Of
Starr county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Washington. ID. C.-Reorganization of
post office stats IN n score of large cities
- that po~tma>ter> viii be deprived. of all
except executive functions. and the per
sonnet If the ~taff~ changed Ia put ex-
perienced men in charge "f rae direct work
"f handling the mails was announced yes
terday by Postmaster General Burleson,
effective first at Cleveland. The office of
assistant postmaster may be abolished in
some cities. a was recently ions herr.
Many promotions and demoiions are in.
vclved. The new plan calls for creation Of
separate finance and mail handling divi-
>ions IN each office. The ~postmasters
hereafter viii not have any duties directly
affecting handling of the mails. but will
be confined TO purely executive functions.
The Offices affected are Philadelphia, Bal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Want Administrator for Campbell Estate.

~. Louis. Mo.-A move to take the
$4,000 900 estate of James Campbell out
of the hands of the executor IN the Camp
bell will. was made in the circuit court
here Wednesday when attorneys for West
Virginia ncphews and nieccs Of Mr.. Camp
bell. who are coniestIng the will, asked
for the appointment Of an administrator
Festus J. Wade, president of the Mercan-
tile Trust company, executor. testified that
la take the estate out of the hands of the
trust company would ieopardize it a it.
holdings are complicated and need the ad-
mlnistratlon Of some one familiar with the
property. Part Of the estate. he said, con
sisted of stock IN a Mexican gold mine
which the Campbell estate held in trust
for John Scullin Of -. Louis and for II.
+. Yoakum of Newt York. To appoint a
new administrator. he sand. would imperil
interests 1T Scullin and Yoakum.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Women Protest Killing Of Horses.

Atlantic City. y. J.-Reports that
American horses are being sent To be
slaughtered on the battlefields of Europe
stirred delegates from various societies
Interested in the prevention of c~ruelties to
animals at yesterdays session If the
American Humane association. Mrs. $. J..
Won Hoesen of P~lainfield. y. j.. and other
women declared IL seemed ludicrous to
spend thousands of dollars for tine pre-
%vention of minor injuries to horses here
while thousands are being shipped abroad
to endure much greater suffering. Presi-
dent Stillman declared that 1T j. our bust
ness to get the facts and force the govern
ment "a act II these things are true"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
DECADE
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES IS IN

Dallas. Texas. Oct. 9-The period be-
tween 1910 and l9.n will b. known in
the future a. the building decade of
the comparatively small life insurance
companies. according Ia j. II. REYNOLDS
of Kansas City, president of "A life in
surance company with headquarters
there. Mr.. REYNOLDS addressed the Am
crican Life Convention. here today ~
Western and Southern Life Insurance
Companies" describing the field and
methods Of life insurance companies in
the West and South. and discussing their
development and prospects.
While he said MANI companies were
organized before 1900. Mr.. Reynolds as
serted the period between 1900 and 1910
was known n the organization decade
hut that today the trend Of life insur
ance business was toward building up
companies already organized. rather
than toward organization of so many new
ones.
To the influence of the Western and
Southern companies Mr.. Reynolds as
cribcd the general introduction Of the
preliminary term method Of valuation"
which he said fixed a standard Of sol
yencv. prevents waste IF funds and i'm
| >UTtS >ViNtUtN. wv Nv w E"'' h''
been recognized by law in all states save
Massachusetts.
Curtailment Of policy restrictions In
regard ia place Of residence. travel and
manner of death. 80 that the general
clause now in use il this policy l. ali
solutely free from conditions n To resi-
dencc. occupation. travel. time or place
If DEATH il due To smaller companies,
asserted the speaker.
Mr.. Reynolds also praised the smaller
companies as tending to keep money m
circulation throughout the country and
prevent its piling M in one locality"
and asserted the federal government rec
ogrizcd the need for this in establishing
a number If reserve banks instead Of one
central bank.
According To figures the speaker sub.
mitted there were on December Il. 1890,
sixteen life insurance companies estaS
lishcd south Of the Potomac and west Of
the Mississippi. with S31l.S16.l2l. insur-
ancc in force. and in the same section.
liz companies with Si.i.i.iSS.000 worth
Of insurance in force. according IL data
complied December II. 1919.
The same figures. he Said. showed the
combined capital increased in that time
from S5S.s53,591 To $70s. i59.9l9.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Five Shot in Street Fjuht.

Chicago, M.-Five men were wounded in
"a street fight here Wednesday. They are
Barney Bertsche, politician, recently con-
victed Of operating "A confidence game
William Egan and James Monaghan, de-
tective sergeants; Nathan Spira and Ted
Owens. The detectives had just taken
Bertsche into custody when he broke loose
and dashing into the middle of the street,
opened fire on the officers. The detectives
replied, and in all twenty shots were fired.
Spira and Owens were shot accidentally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
HERE
TO FIGHT HIS
SECOND MATCH

Jack Shelton arrived in Brownsville this
afternoon from San Antonio ~ fight hiS
second match IN Matamoros, this time
against Bobby Mason " San Francisco.
Since be left here Shelton has had two
fights and has been in constant training.
lie looks quite "fttin" and his friends
predict that he will be strictly on the Job
when he goes IN for the twenty round bout
in the Teatro Retorma. MatamoroS. sun
day afternoon IN Il o'clock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
vounq Woman Snake Bitten.

Bolton, Texas.-While picking cotton on
the Bauman farm, about three miles west
Of Bolton, Tuesday, a girl about Is or Ii
years of age, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
M. Barrett, was bitten by a rattlesnake.
Prompt medical attention was given and
the young lady is thought to nc doing very
well. Twenty-one ~rattlers and one copper
head snake have been killed on the farm of
Bryan Denman, near Sparta, this county.
during the past seven months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Man Accidentally Shot.

San Antonio, Texas.-T. Clint Written.
a young ranchman of Floresville. was
found in "A rooming house suffering from
a pistol wound from which he i, not cx-
pected 10 recover. No one heard the ~hot
which inflicted the wound. When several
OF his friends happened to enter hi room
they found him bleeding on the bed. lie
explained that he had fired the shot acci-
dentally. A pistol was lying on the dress
ing table with one cartridge discharged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Lexington, Ky.-A worlds record Of
/ 80 l-2 for a third heat was established
yesterday by Directum ! in the Tennessee.
which he won in straight heats from a
small field. Directum II mile il the rec
ord for the Tennessee, being a full second
faster than the mile of Minor Heir in 1905.
For the first time in many years. the dis
tance was waived in the third heat % that
Directum | would not be likely to distance
the other starters. For the second time in
his long career Earl Jr. won second money
in the event. William will start tomorrow
to beat his own worlds record for I year
old PAGERS Of 2 90.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
~ENERYRODY-S DOING 1T.

The chief was herating a patrolman.
why did You let that crock get ava,
from YOU" h. demanded. ~You saw him
enter the house,
And Won saw him rom out
Yes. chief"
Then why didn't YOU dance right after
him.
l did dance after him. protested the
patrolman. but YOU see. he wasdoing
the tango and i was using the hesita-
ton. s..a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

San Antonio. Texas.-Habeas corpus
proceedings in the ease Of Victor T.. lines
and wife, charged with the killing of Mrs.
tloi>e Nelms Dennis aud her sister.
Beatrice Nelm>. wns postponed to October
10 by agreement Of counsel for the State
and the accused. Ten witnesses. making
twenty-five IN all. were examined ~ the
grand jury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Anti Hog Cholera Serum a Preventive.

Washington. ID. C.-Encouraging re-
suits from the use of anri-nogh cholera
serum in the South are shown in reports
the department of agriculture has made
public from agents in fifteen States. The
department points out that the serum j. re-
garded in the light Of a preventive rather
than a cure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Man Kicked BY Horse.

king~ville. Tcxas.-Sam Smally Of ri
cardo. Texas. received "A severe kick by a
horse yesterday. His nose and jaw were
badly fractured. Two surgeons and n
dentist were required to attend to his in
%jurics.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Yorktown. Tcxa~.-The IL year old son
Of Herman Piske was kicked by a horse
and received a big cash in the forehead.
An operation was performed in the hos
pital and the physicians claim that his
condition j. critical.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

timore. Boston, Minneapolis, st. Louis, San
Francisco, Detroit, Cincinnati, Buffalo.
indianapolis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Louis
Vile. Portland. Ore. Seattle, Richmond,
Nashville. Spokane, Jacksonville, Salt
Lake City and Little Rock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Mexia. Tcxas.-A few days since J. NJ.
Patton Of thi> city shipped a ear of cotton
seed to a mill in Houston and he has re
ceived "A letter from the mill telling him
that a ladies gold ring wu- found in the
ear, engraved +. +. l.. Mr.. Paften thinks
that the owner can be found.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Little Rock, Ark.-Deputy sheriffs last
night arrested Mrs. john B. Anderson,
widow, aged 40, of a wealthy Waco, Texas,
real esate dealer, who was fatally in
jured by a fall from a Frisco train near
Forrest City last Friday night. Mrs. An
derson was on the train on which her hus-
hand lost his life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

San Augustine, Texas: Mr.. Doggett,
living In the Bland Lake community, was
killed by his team running away with him.
IL seems that he was thrown on the tongue
Of the wagon, which about the same time
struck a tree, pinning him between the
tree and the front axle Of the wagon. lie
was Instantly killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Gonzales, Texas.-A double wedding
took place al the residence of II. X. Rich
ter in this city last night when his two
daughters, Clara and Mary, were united in
marriage to two brothers, Buster and Bas-
sic Irle, respectively.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Dallas, Texas.-Fred Davies. who
pleaded guilty to two indictments charging
robbery and four indictments charging
forgery, was sentenced to eighteen years
in the penitentiary by the jury in Judge
crawford's court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
Snake Bites Cotton Picker.

LIano, Texas.-Luther Mobiles, while
picking cotton on his farm in Tow Valley
IN the eastern part of the county Monday,
was bitten ON the knee by a large rattle
snake. The attending physician reports
his condition n very serious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
$500, 900 for SUFFRAGE.

New York.-The sum bequeathed BY
Mrs. Frank Leslie. who died recently, to
the cause of woman suffrage j. in excess
of $4,000 in the opinion OF William Mel
son Cromwell, one of the executors of the
estate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

AustweIl. Texa>.-Whilc several per.
sons were examining an automatic revolver
Wednesday night about 10 O'Clock the gun
was accidentally fired and Eiisamio Rivas
was instantly killed. The bullet struck
him in the temple. An inquest will H. held
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Corpus Christi. Texas.-Rev. II. r.
South. pastor II the First Baptist church
II this city for the past twelve years. has
announced that he will resign the passionate
as resignation TO become effective Novem.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Europe ha~ placed an order for 5oo.oo0
sheets in this country. The buy-a-bale-
of cotton crusade l. winning out in the
one sure way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Brain food was invented for men who
like to feed their vanity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09

Some women put on airs and others tr,
to whistle them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-09
NEWS OF DAY

Der /. He Is undecided "a to his future
plans.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

(SopyIlSnL lSIf' ny lIIo NC"
Dick got a letter from Harry this
morning. He is in Germany. He
wants us to stay in his house until
Eliene comes back to town.
will you do this as particular
favor to me, old MANI" he writes. ct
would make me feel very much hap
pier to know that you and Margie
are there.
you both have been such staunch
friends to me, and, while l know that
you both did not in any way approve
of the many kinds of fool l made of
myself, yet that did not keep you
both from trying your best to help
me out of the scrape l had gotten
into. Now the feeling that you two
good friends are living in my house
seems to bind you closer to me, and,
Dick, haven't so many friends just
now that can afford to lose any of
them.
81 wish Margie would write me
letter and tell me all about Eliene.
l have not heard word from her
since l left her that morning in the
New York station. l write her very
often and have vainIy begged that she
would write me just one little word.
81 suppose it is impossible to make
any woman understood the complex
heart of man.
81 think most of us can love one
woman devotedly and yet be untrue
to her daily, but as yet no man has
ever made his wife understand this.
ct will not seem strange to you,
Dick, when l tell you l have never
really loved any other woman than
Eliene. l only permitted that other
poor Observation-Disclosures to love
me and make me comfortable when l
tired of all the convention and snob-
bishness Of my idle life.
"Since have been over here have
become much interested in forestry,
and when l get home l am going to
MT some 0f the THINGS I am 1nar0ino o.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

'PdpSI EnL6I Prise HSSOCidlIOH'J
the estate my father left me.
''Pm going to try and come back
Dick, to not only decent living, but
decent thinking, but, first, know l
have got to prove to Eliene that l am
not the worst man in the world.
Sometimes when l am alone can
see her sitting there with those two
boys aud l feel that l will never be
able to make reparation.
But I'm going to try, old man;
I'm going to try
Don't you think we had better
stay here?" said Dick after showing
me the letter.
Decidedly not" I answered. ''It
was splendid for Eliene and Harry to
lend us this house while l was i'll and
charming of them to extend the in
vitation, but it is neither sensible nor
becoming in us to go on living here
indefinitely.
''In the first place, Dick, the luxury
of this home is, am afraid, making
us fall into bad habits. We cannot
afford motor, and both you and l
will miss HarTy's after we leave here.
1--WE must get back, Dick, to living
on our own income. l am going to
begin looking for a house today, and
as soon as can find one that suits
think we had better move.
"And now, dear, let's go back to
the old partnership"
What do you want of two hun
dred dollars a month when we are
not paying board?" asked Dick
quickly.
There will be moving expenses
and l will have to buy many things
for the new house." l explained.
well, I'll buy them and pay the
bills" answered Dick.
mo, you WON'T said as my face
grew hot. you know you can never
make your salary stretch over our
expenses, and while was doing the
cOondiDo Wo CoVnd a 1itt1a looO1oo11
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
DICK INTENDS TO SPEND HIS OWN MONEY
Copyright 1914 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
The Washington times., 1914-09-28
What War MOUeS Mean
By ]. w. 7. MASON.

NEW YORK, Sent. y III a. M
may prove a forerunner of the most
important development in the battle
of the Aisne. At Mons. the German
battle line running north from the
Aisne, begins to turn northeastw
and moves through Belgium.
Between Mons and Antwerp is the
northwest corner % the German
square. Won Kluck is defending the
southwest corner OF the square so
successfully that there seems To he
no immediate prospect OF the allied
armies dislodsing him by direct as
sault 1t has been suggested in this
column that, in consequence of Won
kluck's success. the allies would
turn to the northwest corner of the
German battle square and try to
break through there. If the reported
destruction OF Mons is true. II prob
ably means that this northwestern
attack is beginning TO develop.
Won Boenm's corner is there and
Mons which has been persistenly re-
ported as a German headquarters. is
probably the military residence of
Won Bcehm's staff Here the Ger
man line is very close - the main
raflway which supplies the troops
along the southern front A seri-
Gus threat against Won Boehms cor
ner would require q strong re-en-
forcement of the German army in
Belgium If this reinforcement can
be sent from the interior of Ger
many, the battle line as now dis
posed will not be weakened But,
OTHERWISE a h1sty redistribution OF
the troops now engaged to the south
will have to be made with the pos
Sibilities Of weakening the battle line
The German attack on the Meuse
fortresses has been moderately sue
The Washington times., 1914-09-28

caDitated. The child's legs were severed
above her knees.
This bomb fell in most fashionable
section of Paris, not far from the
American church. the American en-
bassy. and the statues of Washington
and Franklin.
Three bombs lsrded in different
streets in the Trocadero quarter, and the
nth fell in the Bois du Boulogne. ex-
plcdinS in herd of cattle pastured
where ariStoCrats stroll in peace times
This bomb killed a COW.
The German aviator apparently flew
at n great height, and was invisible.
When the bombs began to shower on
the fashionable residences at l:30 a. m.
the detonation was deafening.
The first bomb thrown. the one
which landed in the Avenue de Tro-
Cadero, wrought deadly havoc. Wor-
shippers were thronging out of the
American Church and the Church of
st. Pierre du Chuillot, near by. when
the death-dealing missile fell among
them and exploded with a fearful crash.
The body Of the man who was killed
was terribly riddled. Women wept as
the injured child was taken to a hos
pital.
A few feet away the facade of the
Prince of Monaco's mansion was shat
tered by the shrapnel from the eX-
ploding bomb
The American church. about a hun
uFeu SdruS Instant, was shaken to ttS
foundations by the deafening explosion.
Frank Gould's residence and the statue
OF General Washington, also near by,
were within range, but escaped undam-
aged, and the same is true of the chan
ceLory of the American embassy and
Ambassador Herrick's mansion, where
pictures and furniture were shaken as
II by an earthquake.
The second bomb fell on the roof of
house formerly occupied b. Baron
Schmatzer. an Austrian. 1t demolished
two chimney pots. Attached TO the
missile was an orifiamme ~ the German
colors five feet long. The bomb was
in the form OF small sauce pan. and
a warning card attached read:
Be careful. Catch only by handle"
OF the other bombs. in the Trocadero
section. one fell in the Rue Vineuse.
near the Benjamin Franklin statue and
the residence of Georges Clemencea;
one in the Rue Marignan, off the
Champs Elysees. and one in the Rue
des Bordes-Valmore, near the Chateau
de la Muette. the residence of the En-
press Josephine. These bombs sX-
ploded too soon to do great damage.
The Washington times., 1914-09-28
FRENCH SHOOT DOWN
THEIR OWN BALLOON
CareIessIy Worded Telegram
Leads to Fatal Mistake at
Rheims.

LONDON. Sept. 2s.-Reports from
RheiIns tell Of fatal mistakes made 0y
! the military authorities. One day they
, received a telegram from the Paris
| military authorities saying that "a diri-
gtble would pass U"er Rheims about 30
?: M This culrably csrelessly worded
disnatch was taken as a warning that
a Zeppelin had been seen starting FROM
The German lines. and when the expect
ed long, metal hcdv bore In sight ut a
conN"n'entl" moGcrstc altitude. i. Was
immediately shot down 10y the Rheims
gar. SON
Ifen 1t Was discovered that the .IiriE-
ibl" raS - French one. and that the
mistake had cost Tho life OF at least ore
French officer. shot through the throat
no" many others wPro wounded has
not H'''n allowe'! T." become known
! n" dlriFihl" waS doubtless the French
HpelSS t,allOon. Presented some wears
az" 10 the War ofr'ca by tho inventor.
SP'!ss. = loyal FrenChnan. VIII. took
on, patents for n metal bodied diriEihle
bai divided into sections some TN.
before Count Zeppelin began building
Oh the Same lines.
The Washington times., 1914-09-28
War Oddities

PETRoGRAD-The Moscow's Bar
hers Guild has offered to shave and
cut tho hair Of wounded soldiers
free Of charge. Wilma 1.5n cab
drivers offered their services for
transport OF the wounded.
PARIS-No matter how great the
danger British soldiers will not he
kept from their bath or their tea.
Between two recent attacks on a
town the British officers took tea
and the men had a tub" in the
river.
LONDON-WhiIe fishing off st.
Abb's Head "A trawler brought up Il
box Of books and documents which
went down with the cruiser Path
finder. when that vessel hit a mine.
The papers were practically un-
harmed.
PARIS-After passing through the
censor hands the "Intransigcant'
appeared recently with the head lines
IN the first column OF an article on
German trademarks. The signature of
the writer. Leon Bailby, also ap-
peared. but the entire text of the
story was missing. The column was
simply blank.
LONDON-The war office has is
sued orders that until further notice
troops meeting the King and Queen
snail not draw up at salute, but
march on. merely giving the urdi-
nary marching salute.