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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
DEMOCRATS REPLY To CHALLENGE
political ADVERTISEMENT

Reply to challenge article in Yesterdays Herald. first pace. first column.
4. II. More. ). l. Workman. Amos Rich and l. Cobchni-
From the moment III your announcement NJ vour agreement ~ meet
the Democratic nominees at the Wilson school house last SATURDAY. night.
lngen YOU again renewed Your efforts 10 avoid that meeting. and agaln
failing. deliberately refused 70 70 further after hiring ccn'cyancc- Ior
How can YOU now expect your unsupported offer. and challenges 10
pct the intelligence Of this COUNTY 70 place any confidence n your in
oenty Of your challenge. the euneNness NJ Your statements. cr believe
meesI
You make the statement that the independents challenge uncondtion-
ally. This i false You state conditions You state: "Mc~-r. Natr-
and Walton are lodging the issue Just j. County judge Natr- b. fer
S %sSrn 2 %te 1a Tf" e lodging TM and d G,S%s ir0" the representative oil '' m
County Judge Yates has been out campaigning n We candidates al
have. but all four Of YOU gentlemen whose names appear > ned u the MI
tcle referred to above. and the chairman NJ the independent party also.
were in Harhngen last SATURDAY.. October -. 1914. and YOU all knew that
'udge iaes was aDoW Tour miles away waiting - debate "Nh on ad
YOU didn't 70 on. to Zee him. On the 9th three dy- later. YOU saw. "hc
of yours was and j. untrue! The fact l.. gentlemen. that iron Monday.
October &c, shortly before noon. until the Herald went TO press Tuesday
lisa SLIGHT ExAeGERATioK FOR YOU j"~' N'N'' ''""' '"~'
Yates and Walton are lodging the issue" Are we. when We beg
You and implore YOU to trot out our opponents to discus. the issues with
\ saw YOU are. You gentlemen ere yellow clear through. and Nv Nv
Your candidates for county Judge and county tax collector. and Won are
afraid and ashamed to have them meet the Democratic candidate, Tor
the anne Offices: and they. Browne and Brccu. are afraid and ashamed
= meet ~. Yates and Walton. lou -av Az candidate tor county nudge
a dy that he a ot of your sight and ] reply that Your candidate for
Of a Joint debate.
"The citizens" YOU saw. ~f t, county are not interested IN hearing
any particular individuals speak. They are Interested in hearing the issues
Of the campaign discussed That statement l. a u insult to the decent
Interested N seeing and hearing the men from whom "a November 3 they
viii select their official for the next two vear~; far more than in seeing or
J. not q candidate and therefore whose appearance before them N suuer-
iuous. unneeessary. unwanted. unwi-hed and mmatcnaL Ye. gentlemen.
YOU make a mistake in Judging the thinking people 81 Cameron county
bv our " perverted tastes.
A. to the charges that the Democratic administration 81 Cameron
county affairs has been and a. Inefficient and corrupt reply that such
q charge ! cowardly and think too much Of YOU gentlemen to believe
Name the official who j. corrupt and state what the corruption j.. IL
You are men, p else plead guilty % being merely Safeguarding G-hwivc-,
W. B WALTON.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
IN
GERMAN ARMY HAS
POUR LEMER|T"
Not Since 1856 Has This Decoration Been
Given a Lieutenant In the German
Army-he Received Il for a Signal Act
Of Bravery and Courage at Namur.
WITH 4 MEN he CAPTURED FORT
BEFORE ARTILLERY ATTACKED IT
How Ne Accomplished the Feat Is De-
scribed In a Letter to HIS Parents in
Germany-Was Ordered to Advance
Against Fort With 500 Men.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
The Hague, Oct. 2S.-Not since 1866
has the decoration known as "Pour le
Merit" been given a lieutenant in the Ger
man army. For this reason the bestowal
Of this order upon Lieutenant Otto Won der
Line, serving in the Fifth guard regiment,
is on interest. He was awarded this very
high and coveted distinction because on
August "a with four men he took Fort
Malonne at Namur before it had been sub
lected to artillery fire.
How Lieutenant Won der Line accom-
|plished this has been described by him in
a letter to his parents:
al was ordered to advance against the
fort with 500 men, our course lying across
an open field without cover" he said.
Everywhere loopholes stared at u. and
| expected that if we were not annihilated
from them, the many mines about the fort
would take care of u. Many officers vol
unteered for the task Of attacking the fort,
but | was picked out &, do it.
ARRIVING near the fort | took four men
and approached in goose march, picking
our way carefully through the field of
mines. The ~drawbridge was up, and the
broad moat filled with water made it i'm
possible for u To get into the fort.
"We soon saw the commandment, and |
shouted To him that | had a whole regi-
ment of artillery in a nearby forest and
that bombardmeDt would with
IN a minute in ease he did not surrender.
After that the commandment ordered the
drawbridge down and we entered.
81 then ordered the garrison of the fort
before me. Every man was searched and
disarmed. All rms had to be left in the
fort. | ordered. All this was done with
my four men ready to shoot. We took five
officers and twenty men prisoners. while
another 400 had already taken to their
heels. a. ! learned afterwards.
This done | ordered my detachment TO
come to the fort. You should have seen
the faces of the officers and men when
flag was hauled down and one of my men
made "A German flag from a Belgian pair
of black pants. a white skirt and a French
red sash. This we hoisted. Meanwhile
we had Inspected the wine cellar and so
were able to celebrate our victory with n
Few bottles Of champagne. The cork>
popped wonderfully.
"The fort had not been bombarded and
| held 1T until ! was relieved for other
work. We took four heavy 2l-centimeter
guns. a large number of small caliber
pieces, about 100 rifles and revolvers, 500
hand grenades and several thousan,
rounds of rifle ammunition"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
SYSTEM
TAKEN TO TASK
Leading London Newspaper Attacks Gov
ernment's System EditoriaIly, Saying il
is Due to WelIingtOn's Assertion that
Spanish Campaign Troops Were Scum.

correspondence of the Associated Press.l
London, Oct. 2S.-Five shillings IA week
10 thesoldier's wife who has lost her hus-
band in fighting his country's battles.
With this exclamation one of the leading
London papers attacks editorially the gov
ernmcnts pension system which il saws
l. due 10 the old tradition summed M IN
Wellineton's assertion that his troops in
the Spanish campaign. were only 1.-THE scum
Of the EARTH The war office, according
10 the writer. fails 10 realize that times are
different now and that the vast majority
OF volunteers are men who in civil life
earned good wages in factory, field, Office
and shop.
Indignation has also been expressed IN
parliament, 80 that il j. not unlikely some
reform ~ pensions may follow.
In the British army the pay Of officers
and men l. dependent on the regiment.
There l. no standard scale of pay a. in
America. Commissioned officers, a a rule.
receive "A sum impossible to live on-about
$50 a month. They must have Independent,
means. and in the crack regiments. such
a. Scots Grey> or the Grenadier Guards.
they must be wealthy. with polo ponies.
Wallets and expensive uniforms. But in
certain of the colonial troops doing police
duty in lands bordered by savagcs. they
get as good pay a American officers and
do not have to keep up expensive establish
ments.
The ordinary infantrvmen in the new
army of a million men, pledged
TO foreign service, are started off at 81 Is
a week. clear of expenses. Married men
are allowed in addition separation pay for
their families at the rate Of $l.90 q week
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
HORSE IGNORANT
ARE UHlANS, SAYS
A K~ENTUCKIAN

Correspondence of the Associated Press
London, Oct. 2S.-However effective
the German army may be in other respects,
it, cavalry men, even the Uhlan>, do not
know how to take care of horses says T.. a.
Cantrell of Newport, KY, who has arrived
in London after an exciting trip through
the German lines in Belgium. Every raw
airy horse he observed seemed to suffer
from sore back. The returning cavalry
men generally led their mounts with saddle
loosened. Some of the backs were quite
raw. This is largely due, he thinks, to the
way the Germans have of turning them
selves around in their saddles to ease their
positions when on the march.
The German artillery and equipment I'M
pressed Cantrcll a being perfect. There
was not a detail lacking. The men all fit
their places and seemed in the Best of
spirits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
OF
GERMANS GIVEN
y Fe RECOGNITION

Correspondence of the Associated Press
Rome, Oct. 2S.-Recognition J. given
German discipline BY Luigi Barzini. war
correspondent with the French ne Ro-
man Corriere Della Sera, in lent ar
ticle on the fighting about Chamur,.
"Along the road 81 Chambry a story MI
a combat Of man against mar was told By
the dead" wrote Mr.. Barzini. "a troop Of
Germans who had been left behind to guard
the rear had taken cover in the ditch along
the road, from where they had replied t.
the fire of the enemy.
"The Germans offered resistance to the
very last-the last dead Frenchman lay
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28
W. Il. WALTON.

three meters from the ditch. Then the
storm passed over them and killed the hat
one. Stabbed through aud through with
The bayonet, the German soldiers lay
against the embankmcnt IN a row. Bent
bayonets and broken rifle spoke of the
violence u the desperate struggle.
"fhc first ~ the row was the sergeant
who had left part ~ the small force. II
seemed hat even ia death he still uttered
commands. Another group of dead Iav
about the body ~ the officer who had been
~ command. The similarity ~ expression
cn the faces OF the dead was striking. ONLY
ihe Uniform told the private from the Of
h"cr. There WA a sort ~ fraternity
among them All even IN death.
"The dead Germans It'll had their khan.
sacks ~ their backs, were Splcndidlv
dressed. and appeared u be ready for
parade"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-28

FOR SALE-Twenty acres choice land, 3
miles south of Mission, Texas. Fully
paid water right; $50 per acre, $500 cash,
balance in five annual payments at 6 per
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AGENTS-Sell guaranteed hosiery; 20
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FOR SALE-On easy payments, to re-
sponsible parties, two or three fresh young
Jersey COWS. Frank Phillips, San Benito,
Texas.-l0l27ltf.
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SALE-Slightly used books for
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for the wife and two pence a day-or %
cents q week--for each child. In the coun-
ty of London they are given a further sum
Of 80 cents a week, owing to the higher cost
of living.
All married soldiers serving abroad are
obliged to allot at least So cents a week
to their families out of their own pay.
Worked out on this scale, the lowest sum n
soldiers wife without children can receive
is % shillings a week in the ease of a war
rant officer, % for a reeimental quarter
master sergeant, 16 Shilling~ 6 pence for
a corporal or private. III the wife has four
children TO support, she viii receive, on
the same scale, a sum ranging from "a to
% shillings.
Widows Of those who die on active scrv-
ice receive from five To ten shillings n
week, according To the rank and pay of
the husband. But the mass Of them will
not get over five shillin.s 4 week. An extra
allowance varying from 40 To 30 cents a
week for each child i given, however.
While there are no government homes
for old soldiers in Great Britain. "a in the
United Statcs(1 there are certain homes
maintained by private charity. OF these.
the largest and most famous il in Chelsea,
London. The garden party given at the
Chelsea home for it, benefit is one of the
big social events of London's spring sea-
son.
Much suffering was caused by tkr gov
eminent deferring the payment of the sep
aration allowance To soldiers wives during
the first two months of the war. Not until
October | wa this money put into the
hands of the destitute women. War office
red tape also held up pay allotments.
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The girl who steals a mans heart II
liable 10 get a life sentence al hard labor.
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PIANO for sale, cheap. 2OO6 Levcc street.
%1OI27I5t.
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The girl who is a good cook usually
a better husband than she gets.
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It's easier 10 make q bad matter worse
than il j. To make a good matter better.
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Some men feel their importance-0ther
wise they would never know they had any.
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FOR SALE.

WE HAVE buyers for good land, well To-
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details, price and terms, in first letter. A.
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Building, Dallas, Texas.
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GROOM HOUSE; all conveniences; els
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
PENN ATHLETICS
 TO BE REFORMED
Bar Graduates in Order to Get Back on. Harvard
 Schedule.

~Las7F
 Philadelphia, March 11-Sweeping reforms in the University of Pennsy1- vania's athletic eligibility syst enn were put into effect esterday-reforms which, had they been put through some years ago, might have prevented a break in football relations with liar ward. The faculty committee on ath- 1etics adopted a rule barring all men who have been graduated from other colleges from competing on any var4 sity team at PennsylVanias
 The new move has been long and carefully considered I and is in line with the general policy now in effect under T. Truxton Hare, sone of Pennsylvania's best known athletes!
 The break with Harvard has Y gone hard with the. Quakers, and, the Red
 and. Blue has never sdespaired of once more getting a. place on the Crimson football schedule. .sf
 The entente eordiale has been re- vived in other branehes of soorts and the Quakers are anxioussto make their rules conform as closely as possi ble to those of the Crimson, so that there will never be another ZeigIer 4caSe-s However, should the Quakers once more appear on the Harvard schedule it would not be for period of at least two years since the Red and Blue has concluded home and-home arrange ments with Dartmouth that takes Pennsylvania. to Boston in I91 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
It's All Here
TAUGHT
 TO FIELD BUNTS ssx As
Manager Chance Enthuses
 Over Playing of Maisel At Third.

Houston, Texas, March 11-Accord- ing to Manager Frank Chance. one of the most yaluables assets a pitcher can have is to, know how to field his posi- tion. For that reason the New York manager put his pitchers through a long practice in fielding bunts, which gave his batterS5a. great deal ofAbunt- ing practice. This was the most i'm portant item of the work sterday, an hour being taken up at this kind Of work.
 tsI think I will give the boys the same kind of a workout frequently,' . said Manager Chance. tsMany a ball game is lost because of the inability of4tI1e pitchers to field bunts: Many pitchers have dropped out of the big league sbecause they lack ed the art of fielding. I think the time for that sort of practice is well spent
 The player in the Yankee infieId who is creating the most attention at Houston sfss Fritz Maisel. the little third-sacker. There is no doubt that Chance has secured a brilliant ball player in Maisel,
 been working all over the ipfield. was placed at second base with Roy, Hart zeI1. While Chance is in doubt as to who will play second base, HartzeH is showing such brilliant work that it seems that Roy will begin fhe1 season at the second sack. There have been rtnors that Peckinpaugh may be shifted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
BRIDGEPORT BOY IN COMMAND OF BASEBALL
 CLASS MEN AT YALE

candidates reported last night at a mass meeting of men who intend try ing for class baseball teams at Yale. According to the head coach, Frank Quinby, class baseball will be the most important unit in Yale's new system. From the class teams candidates for the varsity wilt be obtained.
 On April 1 the men will be taken to Yale field, where six new diamonds. recently completed, will be placed at their disposal. These fields are part of the new playing grounds of which the Yale bowl is the center. Whit comb, of Bridgeport, will be in charge of class baseball drill
 Whitcon1b is a former B. H. s. star, who has. been prominent in baseball work at Yale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
SWEENEY SIGNS
 WITH N. Y. TEAM
Will Receive Largest Salary of
 Any Big League Catcher.

Big Edward Sweeney, the hefty young man who has backstopped for the New York Americans with more or less skill since 1908. is once more a Yankee in good standing and will again don the big nsitt in the service of Chance next season.
 In 1910, when the Tanks finished second, Sweeney looked like one of the best young catchers in the coun- try, but he lost much of his pep play ing with the 1owIy Ki1ts of 1912 and 1913. Sweeney is no Meyers with the bludgeon, but he carries a. pretty nifty punch. and is a. real dangerous man in the pinch. He also is built on such lines that he can catch at least 125 games a. season.
 Sweeney left Chicago for Houston yesterday, where he will relieve Dick Gossett as first catcher. Gossett is a pretty good voting prospect, but he is too weak a. clubber to fill the duties of first catcher. There is no doubt that the club will be strengthened by sweeney's determination to stick it out with organized baseball.
 Later advices from Chicago last night quote Ban Johnson as saying that Sweeneys contract calls for the highest salary paid any catcher in or ganized baseball However, Johnson would not name the amount From this is looks as though Sweeney's dick ering with the Feds bore plentiful fruit. Messrs. Archer, Meyers, Sehang and SchaIk may be interested in John sons announcement about Sweeney being the highest paid backstop in captivity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
CHARLEY MURPHY HAS ONE SHARE
 IN CHICAGO CLUB

When Charles Webb Murphy agreed to sell controlling interest in the Cubs to Charles P. Taft he retained one share of stock to avoid legal compIications, it is said. This share will be included in the stock that Taft is preparing to sell to John T. Connery.
 As Chicago sceptfcs insist that the retention of Secretary Charles Thom- as means that Murphy still has a fin- ger in the pie there is every reason to believe that Thomas will be allow ed to go elsewhere. When Murphy was the Giants press agent Thomas was in the clubs employ as clerk, and they have been together ever since. Thomas recently asked Taft to make him president of the club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
DE ORC DEFEATS EAMES IN GREAT
 BILLIARD MATCH

Alfredo De Gro. worlds champion three-cushion biIliardist, made an aus picious start toward retaining his title in his championship match with Fred Flames of Denver, the challenger, at Doy1e,s Academy, ,ss New York last night. The conditions of the match call for 50 points to- play each night for three nights ,and De Gro won the opening block by the score of 50 to 20
 The playing of both men was far below the championship standard Each had been showing up so strong ly in the preliminary games while preparing for the title match, that
 much better work was expected. In flashes each man played spectacular billiards and showed wonderful knowI- edge of angles and great command of the spheres, but for the most part they were failing shots that were much simpler than many which were successfully executed. W
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
It's All New
M'GRAW ASSUMES
 CHARGE IN TEXAS
Cuban Pitcher Gets Pounding In Game Between Two
 Squads.

Marlin, Tex. March 10-The Giants yesterday completed their preliminary course of training under the tutelage of Richard F. Kfnsella, who turned over the command to McGraw this morning. As a grand finale in the KinseIlat curriculum, the two teams, known as the colts and scrubs, played a seven-inning game. H
 It was the best and closest exhfbd- ton of the series. the colts winning with two out in the seventh, after the scrubs had taken the lead in the first half of the inning. The score was to 4.
 The scrubs got away in front and led up to the fifth inning. They de- served to win in the seventh but Unn- pire Conte ruled out twoJbase hit that Bescher made to start the i'm ming. The ball was two feet fair, but Conte guessed wrong from his posi- struck out. Burns and Murray follow ed with hits, scoring one run.
 Senor Palnero, who pitched the last three innings for the scrubs, could not win with a oRe-run advantage. Singles by Marquard and Piez, a dou- fbIe by Harrison and sacrifices by Snodgrass and Grant put the two runs across.
 Jack Murray came to the front as the best hitter on either team. Mur- ray has been getting in shape slowly. but yesterday he belted the bsn for two doubles and a single, driving home three runs altogether.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
JENNINGS WISHES HE HAD SLUGGERS
 OF OLDEN TIMES

Hughey Jennings is down in Gulf port this spring with one of the most youthful squads Of ball players ever sent South by a major league club. Hughey Is trying to whip them into a pennant-winning aggregation and he may repeat his 19O7-O8-O9 trfumphs- and then he may not. But in any event 1t is doubtful If he will be able to present to the Michigan city a team like the one that batted to a cham pionship twenty-seven years ago.
 That's digging up ancient history to make the comparison, but perhaps there are not many fans nowadays who remember that Detroit in 1887, then in the National League, had a team on which there was not a play CT who batted under 300. The team's batting was BAT, too. These are facts. Last yearsthe Tigers batting average was .265.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-11
PING EDDIE IS
 WITH SOX AGAIN

: . s
 Chicago. March 11-tt-Ping'' Bodie. the hard hitting outfelder of the Chi cage Americans, has signed 1914 contract according to a message from Sacramento. Pitcher Eddie CIcotte is the only one of the Sox who has not yet signed, and it is understood he is holding out for an advance in salary because of the g6od record he made last year Cicotte is said to have been offered place in the Federal League.
 The Federal League has already be- gun it's campaign to get players under contract with the American and National leagues, according to special dispatches from Southern training camps Manager George StovaI of the Kansas City Federals and other outlaw agents were reported at Tampa, and St. Petersburg. the neigh boringsfraining camps of the Chicago Nationals and St., Louis Americans, and admitted that he was after play CTS