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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
Entire Army Reported Captured.

III Pa,o, Texas. june 25-Reports of
Villas victory here say that practically
the entire federal army capitulated uncon-
ditionaly ai Zacatecas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
sUFFs DAMAGE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Tried to Burn Edifice al Town Near Bel
fast Last Night-Building Damaged.
(By Associated Press.l

Belfast, Ireland, June 25.--Suffraeet4-
badly damaged an Episcopal church la.
night al town near here. They tried 4.
burn A.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
K. c. Branch Affected.

Kansas City. Mo-. June 25.-The Jones
store here, q Claflin concern, went into
receiyership today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
To MAKE PUBLIC
CORRESPONDENCE
on ALIEN LAW
(By Associated Prcss,.

Washington. ID. g.. June 2J.-Corres-
ponden'e with Japan over the California
anti-alien land law will h. published
simultaneously tomorrow in the United
States and Japan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
Chinese City Is Sacked.


Shanghai, China June 25.-Kaleai. n
city north Of Peking. was sacked last
night by bandits. There are no details.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
'ssssSssSsSSssySxx,
c0L0uITT LIBERATEs
80 C0NvicTS VINO
HAVE TUBERCULOSIS

Austin, Texas. June .5.-Gor.r
nor Colquitt today liberated thirty
eonsicts who are in advanced
stages OF tuberculosis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25

No man has ever lived long enough 10
find out Why his neighbors dislike him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
LAREDO SHIPPERS MAKE
PROTEST MEXICAN ATL
REFUSES BRIDGE TRANSFER
I Bv Associated PrcSS)

Austin. Texas. June 25.-Laredo
shippers today protested 10 the rail
road commission because the Ma
tional Railways OF Mexico refuse to
ship goods across the international
bridge compelling merchants 10 haul
by teams
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
HASTE.


Why should woman ~. a hammer
to drive tack if there is hairbrush
handy.
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ring in that same separation case, in
which Mrs. Briggs charged her hus-
band with cruelty.
Cruelty" he exclaimed. why she
threw a settler bottle at me. Fortu.
nately she was poor shot, but it
showed her violent temper"
Really explained Mrs. Briggs, 81
didn't throw any bottle at him. did
squirt little settler at him. He was
i'll n very hot temper, and wanted
to cool him off,
After thinking it over, Mr. Briggs
said that he might have borne all
this, but one evening he came home
and found his wife dancing before an
open window CARRIED only in her pos
ing costume.
After the Innocence" incident Mrs
Briggs said: 1T is perfectly absurd
that my husband should object 4
that painting. Why, he knew that
was posing for pictures more or less
classical. have posed for Harrison
Fisher and many other noted artists
It's purely matter Of business"
At the same time, according to Mr.
Briggs testimony, he was turning his
SO weekly pay envelope over TO hel
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Why the Red Trousers Of the French Waste Lives War Whose Aim Znvy
EpORTS from Europe indicate that
the French soldiers are paying

tn EPORTS from Europe indicate that
R the French soldiers are paying a
- tremendous penalty for, the VAN
iiy of being equipped with redT trousers
These spots of red make perfect targets
for the Germans. and as a consequence
military mathematicianS figure that al
least one-third more French are killed
than would be ii their uniforms were
less conspicuous.
The cables regarding the red trous.
!erS of the French and their effects on
battlefield mortality turn attention 10 the
peculiar and dominant factor of invis-
Utility in this war. Ii is. as far as pos
sible. All invisible war In this creates;
of struggles man has gone back TO the
Old principle of protective coioration"
that is the greatest weapon Of insects,
birds and some OF the loweN animals in
their struggle for existence against
stronger enemies.
The British soldier is clad in uniform
OF yellOwish dirt coloreG khaki in order
that he may harmonic with the land
scape and be as nearly invisible as pos
sible
The Germans, with the same idea in
view, are uniformed i'll gray. Even their
helmets are covered with the same gray
cloth-an eXpedient entirely new in the
present war. Theirs is an army Of shad
p"S, ne iHei Hat'i 10 ulStliSulSH iToH
grass background or from the trees of
forest out Of which they advance. They
make poor targets to shoot at.
1t has been seriously suggested that a
khaki-colored breed of horses might be
developed for use by cavalry. Quite pos.
sibly this may yet be done. Meanwhile
attempts have been made<to dye horses
khaki tint with solution the chief in,
gredient OF which is permangenate OF
-
suits have been obtained from these ey
perimeHts.
lii tne army OF the United States khaki
has been replaced To q great extent by
7iniform material OF another color, known
as "olive drab. 1t is considered by our
War Department decidedly preferable TO
the yellowish dirt color. larmonzng much
better with most landscapes. The PIC
lures presented by war; like those OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01

the stage. are made up of actors and
scenery. For military purposes it is de.
sirable that the actors shall match the
scenery as closely as possible Khaki
matches desert first rate hut most land.
scapes are dark green.
The invisible man in modern warfare
occupies an Invisible house. The tents
of the German troops now operating in
French territory are gray. like their
clothing. Those in use by the British
army are OF khaki color. Thus the up
to-date military camp presents a far less
conspicuous target than the white city"
Of an old-fashioned army. Like the in.
dividual soldier it hides from view.
In former days, as in our own civil
war, officers in battle we're readily dis
tinsuishable by large epauettes and
other insignia Of rank. The enemy's
sharpshooters We're thus enabled TO pick
them Off. In order. that this may not
happen, such insignia nowadays are re-
duced i'll size as much as possible. Even
chevronS on the sleeves of the mon
CONS" are much smaller and less conspic-
nous than OF old.
Even the war balloons are made as
nearly invisible as possible. This might
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01

sight. Far in the rear, and sunk in deep
pits underground. are groups of 12-inch
mortars. The marksmen in charge OF
them do not see the enemy. but deliver
their fire in response to orders as to
range and direction, given from dis.
lance by officers who are provided for
the purpose With mathematical observing
instruments.
At the present time. by the way. our
own War Department is establishing Il
formidable battery of such mortars in The
crater of an extinct volcano on the Island
OF Oahu. in the Hawaiian archipelago.
II is six miles east OF Honolulu, and the
Volcano, lutting out into the sea, is called
Diamond Head. Hidden behind the era
ter's rim, these mighty weapons, dis
charging explosive shells toward the
sky at an angle of forty-tive degrees, can
throw them with such accuracy as to drop
them with fair certainty upon the deck
OF an enemy's warship six miles away.
Forts in former times were huge struc
lures of masonry. with enormously thick
walls. They could not stand agains
modern high-power guns, which are cas-
lily capable of wrecking any physical OBJ
stacle that man can create. Hence, il
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be deemed out of the question. a balloon
being so conspicuous an object in the
sky. hut experiments have shown thai
much may be accomplished by making
the envelope" of suitable color The
French have found that balloons OF a
pale blue tint so harmonic with the hue
of the heavens as TO be relatively in.
visible
The Germans, however have decided
upon neutral gray as hes, for the
purpose. Al dusk especially a gray bal
loon is an obscure object at a moderate
distance. and not easily fired at with
accuracy The same idea is applied to
the wings OF aeroplaneS. Even the bodies
OF the Tanbe flying machines used as
scouts for the kaiser's troops (somc OF
which are armored beneath for defense
against rifle bullets) are painted gray.
everything in modern warfare tends
toward concealment of the lighting man
ana the lighting machine. The great
cams in the formidable Qualifications
which defend the city of Paris are mount
I'D ON disappearing carriages" Tho huge
weapon, weighing perhaps forty tons, IN
lifts itself above a parapet discharges q
projecti!e and Immediately sinks ont OF
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fastened TO the ships side, covering and
hiding the batteries, and so painted as
exactly TO represent some particular YES,
sci OF one OF the commercial lines plying
between New York and Europe.
The advantage 10 be gained from such
clever contrivance is obvious, as it
enables ship, on sighting an enemy OF
greater power or speed, to don G peace
full, innocent disguise and evade pursuit;
or, on the other hand, TO approach
weaker adversary without exciting
suspicion
"The navy yards in the United States
have been working steadily on this
problem since last November, and sew
eral OF the large cruisers are already
equipped i'll the manner described. The
New York will impersonate the Kaiser
Wilhelm l., Of the North German Lloyd;
the cruiser Columbia is to represent the
Fuerst Bismarck, OF the Hamburg. Ameri-
can Packet Company and the cruiser
Minneapolis will be disguised as the Um-
bria, OF the Cunard line. We have not
obtained an exact list of the rest, but
suffice it TO say that each warship of the
United States will be able when desired
to assume tho aspect Of some well-known
peaceful merchantman."
Nonsensical, Of course. But in this
world the real often transcends the
purely imaginative. Thus an almost
weird interest attaches to certain ex-
periments actually made "a short time
ago by our War Department in the treat
'lnent Of field artillery for invisibility. It
Was found that such artillery, when
painted in vertical stripes Of red, blue
and yellow, disappeared entirely from
view mt a distance of only 1000 yards!
In Woodland, among the trunks and trees,
they are intirely invisible at even short
distances Here is a hint which the com.
batants iii Enrope might perhaps utilize
TO great advantages.
One should not forget the fact that
submarine boats are designed primarily
for hiding under water. Whether on
land or sea, wherever methods of fight.
ing are concerned, the aim in view is ali.
ways concealment from the enemy- In,
visibility first. -
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rred to Simple Mrs. Briggs That
Her Artistic Posing
BY Her Husband

He lived across the Hudson River
in Weehawken. In Weehawken, he
led her 10 the marriage altar on Octo.
Der so, 1912.
The records in the Case do not
specify why, but on January 30. 1918.
they went through another marriage
ceremony in New York.
The first public sign that the mar.
rage was not success was Mrs
Briggs petition for separation filed
in the Supreme Court tearly last
Spring. She had left the WeehawSen
domicile and was living on Riverside
Drive, New York. But before this
case came to hearing Mr.. Briggs
filed a counter suit for annulment OF
the marriage on the ground that
Charlotte Mayburne's divorce from
her former husband was defective.
The papers stated that on Scptem.
Der IL, 1906, Miss Mayburn had mar
ried Harold Porter in Buffalo; that
she forsook Porter and Buffalo and
moved to another city, where all
Ohio court granted her a decree OF
divorce, and that the same was de-
fective because Porter was never
served with copy of the complaint
In the hearings of the two cases
and in the statements by Mrs. Briggs
made for publication, it appears that
Mr.. Briggs. was an easy husband to
have become reconciled with up to
the time that he was transfixed with
indignation on seeing painting
called Innocence" displayed in the
show window OF a New York picture
shop. 1t was a startlingly accurate
portrait of Mrs. Briggs in sitting
pose clothed only in her innocence
was the garb of a standing figure
upon canvas entitled September
Morn
Worse yet, with Mrs. Briggs full
knowledge and consent, an art firm
was putting published copies OF the
picture on the market. This awful
prospect just at the time when he
had great hopes OF reconciliation!
Could he ever endure the idea Of his
wife as Innocence" displayed in
every shop window as the rival Of
September Morn lie rushed of
and put it 10 her just that way.
Why" said she, Its a work Of
art, . classical painting. If the
Velasquez 'Rokeby Venus was Il
sitting instead of a reclining figure
you would notice their resemblance
in classic purity OF purpose and de-
sign. The painting is al, that it
claims to be-'InnoCence.
ITS got my wfes face" said he
land it doesn't wear any clothes"
When Mrs. Briggs, from her art
studio viewpoint, remarked with sar,
casm that there was nobody but the
man in the moon there to notice il
all chance OF 4 reconciliation van
ished. Mr.. Briggs, who, it appears,
had already made some investigator
into her former marriage and divorce,
rushed oil and filed his counter suit
for annulment. This caused Mrs.
Briggs 10 be interviewed. She said:
Il met Harold Porter In Canada
when he was In college. was four.
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teen and lie was nineteen. We got
married and he went back to college
and | went back home. | divorced
him in Cleveland because his parents
wanted me to do so. don't know
anything about the legality Of the
decree.
But there is no unfriendiiness be-
tween Mr.. Briggs and myself. The
last time he sent me alimony he i'm
closed this poem:
''tf you and Just you and
Should laugh instead of worry;
If we should grow-just you and +
Kinder and sweeter-hearted,
Perhaps in some near by-and-by,
\ good time would get started.
Then what happy world 'twould be
For you and me-for you and me-
The alimony referred to had been
paid by mutual agreement i'll the
separation proceedings before limo
cence" had inspired Mr.. Briggs to sue
FOR annument Itappeared TO repre-.
sent Mr.. Briggs desire for Il reconci.i.
alton, which Innocence" cffectually
disposed of.
Still, there was some lively spar.
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works The guns and mortars are in pits
called ''emplacements''-un ground.
All that appears TO tie eye is an arrange
lnent OF well-kept lawns.
Such fortress cannot be destroyed
except by actual capture. To attack it
successfully with artillery. the EN- cmy
would be obliged literally to batter
down the landscape. It is congeries
OF little forts, each emplacement with
its group Of guns OF mortars being inde.
pendent II one should be taken by th..
Zoe, the others would all concentrate their
fire upon it Immediately and drive the
enemy out
The strongest Notifications In the
Western Hemisphere defend the harbor
OF Halifax, n. S., yet to the view there is
only rolling greensward, with clumps OF
bushes here and there, the whole effect
suggesting rather the work Of the skilled
landscape gardener than that OF the mill.
tary engineer.
The aim is always invisibility. In the
great war now going OH i'll Europe the
gunpowder used is all of it of the smoke
less kinda device for concealment. It
does not reveal to the enemy the where
ahoVts OF the marksman. II renders the
hidden snarpshooter doubly dangerous,
by reason OF the fact that he cannot be
located. His bullets strike, but it is not
known whence they come.
To-day all of the warships OF the Pow
ers engaged i'll the European conflict are
painted gray. 1t renders them invisible
at night, and relatively inconspicuous
in the day time To SHOW however, how
imagination i'll such matters may go
ahead Of facts, it is worth while here to
quote some remarks made by the lead
ing newspaper of Santiago CUBA, in It's
issue OF March 3, sos. commenting on
the naval preparations Of the United
States. 1t said:
"Of all the improvements that are
being introduced in the United States
navy perhaps, the most curious are the
DISCUSSES for their warships for use i'll
time OF war.
"These DISCUSSES consist of painted
srreens of wood and oilcloth. so fixed
that they can be lowered overheard and
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evidence compelled the court 10 fnd
that Charlotte Mayburne, owing to {.
defective divorce from Howard Por.
Ter. never had been Mrs. Briggs AT all.
SO you see what paradoxical results
Innocence can bring about---in spite
OF the high esteem in which inno-
cence is held by the great poets. Aa
for example:
His best companions, innocence
and health oliver Goldsmith in
The Deserted Village"
When faith is kneeling by his bed
OF death,
And innocence is closing up his
eyes E.
Michael Dray,on. away back in
1880. eq
20 mirth and innocence. o milk
and ater."-Lord Byron in Repro"
And daIlies with the innocence OF
ove.'-Shakespcare in Twelfth
Night"
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N.R GUILD YOU believe that any
&M woman's innocence could
Wv get her into trouble? Isn't
innocence the most ideal of all her
possessions? Don't ali the poets and
preachers make of innocence the sum
of all feminine virtues? Why, even
crusty old DIR. Samuel Johnson, who
compiled the first really useful Eng
lish dictionary, could forgive AN age
that melts in unperceived decay and
glides in modest innocence away"
And yet Mrs Charlotte Davies
Briggs can show by records OF the
courts that she has been twice the
victim of her own innocence.
First, her outward appearance of
innocence was so striking that cele-
brated painter was inspired to perpet-
uate it III picture called limo
cence." copies of which were scat.
tered broadcast over the land Be-
cause this Innocence" was quite
innocent of clothes, it got Mrs.
band.
But Mr.. Briggs agreed TO pay her
counsel fees and $25 week alfmony.
Then, all of sudden, her innocence
yictimized her second time. This
Was her innocence about divorce
iaws, which has caused alimony to
fade away beyond hope OF recovery.
On Tuesday. October -. Justice
Leonard Giegerich. OF the New York
Supreme Court, signed a final decree
annulling the marriage OF Victor Har-
pey Briggs and Charlotte Davies
Briggs, on evidence that Mrs. Briggs
had never been legally divorced from
her first husband.
This decree restores what the law
yers call the status quo anticipating
Charlotte Davies Briggs back where
she was, matrimon1aliy, before she
? went through that marriage cere-
mony with Victor Harvey Briggs.
According to the decree set
ties 1.-THE said Victor Harvey never
was the husband Of the said Char
lotte Davies. AS one can't divorce Il
woman to whom one never was mar
ried. Of course one doesn't have to
i pay dllIuOuy 10 lhdl WOHidn. %
Charlotte Davies Briggs account with
her own Innocence" and innocence,
is all on the debit side. and may be
summarized thus:
Goodby, wealthy and generous Vic
tor Harvey BRIGGS!
Farewell, alimony!
Yet there appears to be credit
side after all, for she who lately was
called Mrs. Briggs remarks:
I'D rather be happy than married,
anyway
The foregoing are the essentials of
the story. Some OF the details are
interesting, even picturesque.
AS Charlotte Mayburne, Cleveland,
Ohio, society girl and prize beauty
she was first known TO fame. a
local beauty competition brought it
about She came to- New York and
served Harrison Fisher and other ar
lists as model Victor Harvey
Briggs, manager for a New York
firm of printers and bookbinders
met her Amd fell III love with her
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What are you going to do about
ito he asked.
j, "I am thinking ii over | replied,
and I'll have to think whole lot
before ] make up my mind.
Justice Giegerich's decree annuiling
the marriage appears to, indicate
either that Mrs. Briggs mind was not
easily made up, or that overpowering
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they met by accident. Her
statement goes on:
He was pleased to see
me, and asked me to go
into the Waldorf and have
luncheon with him. was
huEgrySand consented. We
were soon seated at q cor
ner table. He was smiling
at me and | was smiling ut
him. he said that he had
forgiven me for posing.
and wanted me 20 come
nnnl. md fnrunt 4. Ill
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r2mes about that modern forts are al.
most wholly under ground. They hide
themselves from view. Defending the
harbor of Boston, for example, are some
OF our mightiest seacoast fortifications,
established on several islands But to
the view of anybody aboard steamboat
passing by there is no sign OF defensive
". Great Britain Rights Reserved
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regularly. He also put in their joint
names his banked savings OF $500
and the rapidity with which IL melt.
Ell away was astonishing.
One incident after the annulment
proceedings were begun was de.
scribed by Mrs. Briggs as indicating
how hard MIR. Briggs desire for a
reconciliation died. One afternoon
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How the Gray Uniform of the Germans "Fades"
Into the Background. Making Them Difficult
Targets. Below, the Blue and Red Uniforms of
the French Standing Out Dangerously Clear
Against the Same Background.
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Mr.. Briggs was transfxed with indignation
on seeing painting called Innocence" dis
played in the show window of New York pic
ture shop. It was startlingly accurate por-
trait of Mrs. Briggs in sitting pose.'
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v.9OULD you believe that any
EM woman's innocence could
VV get her into trouble? Isn't
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-03-30

Der aunsabms Der SdupttaIerne uno
3tpeier tleineren &aIerner. sSn Den
uerfloHenen "a Stunben ioa @sneral
9iIla gerro DC Ga Cruz unb 0te Sic
berei in 3prreon befeBt 5aben.
2aut elmer ipeitsren Sepeite piro
5uaeitdnoeH, pab Der 8erluit Der Res
belen ii6 nGbrsab Der psrfIoTenen
feds Gage duf 900 Sobte unb Der
pun6ete belief, ipdbrenb bic Reeies
runastruppen 2000 Mann an Sobteu
unN 8erDunoeten bdtten.
Bie es beibt, iperben Die 8emeinen,
Die aIs arisssseFunsens in bic SGnbe
Der Re6ellsn faaen, am Geben geiafien,
lpGbrenb esfunsens Sffiaisre Der Ge.
aisrunsstruppsn iofort etidoiIen pers
ben. sE fsi benn. lie leiitsn ben RebsIs
len unusrsusIia ben SrsusiS.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-03-30
ben gaeils abiolut iinipsabar gema4t

ben Weile u6iolut unips96ar gema4t
iporben.
Dumpfes @etSie seigt, 6dB bic rut-
fdsnbe 8srgmafe an @ei4pinoigfeit
geponnen fat unb bic gepobner Der
ga9barf9aft fliidten aus ibren Sdus
fern. Die Hegierung bat Sngenieure
geianbt, bic bemiibt iinb, Die 5elsmaife
am ipsiteren Rutiden gu Oerbinoern.
asine Ra4ri6tsn BON
Utf[d.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-03-30
l2 Geitel,
lHetterberimf.

Sbio: Sriibes Mettsr unb allsr
Wahrfdkinlidteitj nad Ressn am
Wontag uno Disnitus; ssmabiste,
berdnbsrlihe Winbs.