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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Unclaimed Letters.

The following ii~t eft letter remain uu-
claimed "a the Brownsville posi- office for
thr week ending April n Same viii hn
forwarded tu thc division wy drad letters III
not claimed within two week
Grutlrmcn-Ccl Alrila. Crnnhip Gas
tonic Fernando. Julian Florc-. Alberto NJ.
Garcia. .lo,cn Guadalupe Garcia. Guada-
iuIv Garcia. lhcn~r Gurciu. Niartm CARA.
jesus Gnuzai,~. GRAY 4 GRAY. MI n.
IIrdurk. Ramon l%lurrtu. tlrnitn lara
milo. lur~ JuramiIl". Marianne Manrillu,
Carlos saba Mirr. Moore 4 Son. AnylocIu
Murvia. Aialauo Paron. Guadalupe liami-
.rcz. Florcutiuo Ramos. Apol"nIo SANCHEZ.
Amad" Scrua. Franklin Nturiiyant. Ahra-
ham Tucin. Antonio Nilunu. simon Villa
real.
Ladic--Sta. Alhiua AIhurldu. Sta. Brr-
narda Anzaldua. Sta. Marciana Barron.
Mr.. Gail Bcauford. Sta. Pillar Cortez,
Francisco VI. Nda dc Dmas, Sra. Guada-
.lupc Garcia. Sta. Juana Garcia. Sra. Clara
Leal. Sra. Je~u-a Lope~. Sra. Sofia Lozano
H. Martinez. Miss Ruby Megchee. Sra. Fe-
licita- Ortis ~ Mendoza. Sta. Paula Oil
wares. Cirla NJ. ~ Ramirez. Carlota =. A.
Reyes. Cruz >ala~. Mrs. Sophia Smith, sta.
Consuela Soils. Isabel Saurez, Sta. Pc
fugia Cara Trego. Sra. Teresa War; al.
When calling for the above letters please
state advertised giving date. Mrs. Jesse
Wheeler. postmaster.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Celery Being
Shipped Out In
Express Lots
Especial 10 The lIcraldl

San Bcntu. Texas, April celery
shipments are going ont Ia express lot,
thr past few days. this product netting
rom ~l.4l ~ $3.50 per crate ~ four
dozen lunches. Local celery compares
very tavorably with California celery, and
while the local production - tar j. on a
small scale. being more "f an experiment
grower with thr prulurt Nv sufficient -
expect an increased production N the
future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Berlin Schnnl Children Helm

Correspondence nf thr N--pciItrd Prr~~.l
Berlin. .Anril !. Berlin school children
are doing their plrt toward raising war
relief funds. Each SUNDAY about 1000
pupils from the public >cho"lS gather nj
a local thcater and present q musical
program that includes "a series of quar-
let songs and chorus numbers. The ii
n%ancial returns from the concerts are
considerable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Maccabee Ladies Meet.

San Antonio, Tex. April The an.
uuul convention ut the L.udic- uf the Mac
rahrr~ M thc World. Texas jurisdiction.
began here TODAY tn continue three day.
THE principal business to-day wa~ election
IN three supreme delegate and three AZ
tcruatc-. Tomorrow there Nill be- team
drill exhibitions. \ deputy of school m
.-tucii"n wa~ un tho program Tor thc rl"--
n- Iuv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Danish Steamer Has Live TORPEDO

Correspondence NJ the Associated Pre~~.l
Copenhagen. April a small Danish
steamer which has arrived here. brought
with il n live German torpedo. about
twenty inches in diameter. complete with
net cutters attached. had been float
ing / a the middle Of thJNorth Sea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
First French Ship Through Channel.

Panama. April The iirst vessel llv-
ing the French flag through the Panama
Canal was the steamship Saint Andre.
which made the trip on March IL. She
was bound for Tahiti Ia Glasgow with n
cargo oi various ores. She is a steel
freight ship 81 feet long and was built
ia 1872 al -. Nazaire for the Pacific
trade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Federal Reserve 10 Name Governor
BN Associated i'r H.

Dallas. Tex. April T. Directors If the
Dallas Federal Reserve bank were % meet
here today. Principal business was lo hc
thr selection ui \ governor ten lhr Dallas
bank. There arr sand tu hr several raudi
iitr- i"r fhc place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
OF STATE PLANNED
BY A SUBCOMMITTEE
Iiy Associated Press.

Au~tin. Texas. April y. The sub com
mittrr w TIE legislative committee 90 49,.
preparations. new ia session here. plans
q tour uf the >taic to Get first hand inl"r
nation ~ to the uer4i> of the state rlrr.
m">,uar, and educational institutions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
LONE FLYER BRINGS
DOWN GERMAN TAUBE
by Associated Press

Paris. April .. Adulph Pcgoud. q
French aviator. who Wa the first to fy
upside down. has alone attacked aud
brought down lHuther German Taubr. il
H. reported here. I'rguud nlrr Idy has
been decorated fur similar work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
WEATHER FORECAST.

The following weather forecast for
the lower guilt coast and the Lower
Rio Grundc Valley " issued IN the
United States weather bureau I'D New
Orleans Tonight and Thursday nm
settled. moderate to fresh -outherly
wind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
SECRET SERVICE MEN
WERE AT RINGSIDE
Bv Associated Press.

Chicago. April II. Initri States
District ATTORNEY tllHr announced that
hr hati >r-rrf ~rrNirr men al the llava-
ua rIug>Idc. H. would not SAY why.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
MASKED ROBBERS MAKE
HAUL AT HANDY, TEX

Handy. Texas. April Two masked
men early TODAY forced the son of Villa
q. Mackrchncy 10 open his store and safe
for them They secured $40 81 which
-1un was pn>tnnirr funds. They gagged
the hoy and then escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Local Weather Observations.

The following local weather uh~rr-
vutIun-. covering ihr ~ hour period
ending at a. m. to-day. are furnished
~ the United >tat,~ weather bureau
station. Brownsville:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-07
Note Will Be Published.

Nv Associated Press.)
hipston. ID. C.. April The Uni
- d note To Great Britain about
III commerce TO and from Ger
be published tomorrow.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
KISSES
Figure Largely in Suit for Di-
vorce Instituted by Mrs.
WeaverSOn.

NEW YORK, July .s1.-Mrs. Brownie
Rathbone Weaverson, the Aazdazan-
ist, whose husband, Frederick Viewer
son was secretary for Mrs, Caroline
". Frame a wealthy Christian Scien-
fist, has filed her bill of particulars IN
her suit against Mrs. Frame for $780,
900 for alleged alienation OF the af-
fections of Mr.. Weaverson.
Mrs. Weaverson merely mentions
times and places to substantiate her
original charges of familiarity be-
tween Weaverson and Mrs. Frame.
Mrs. weaverson alleges that on one
occasion Mrs. Frame said to Weaver
son: How wonderful it is that God
has sent you to me-
At other times Mrs Frame is al
legged to have told Weaverson that Mrs.
weaverson was an unsuitable wife,
not in harmony with him in spirit or
mind and hindrance to him in his
work. interfering with his progresa
socially" Mrs. Weayenson alleges
also that many times while the three
were travelling Mrs. Weaverson caught
her husband kissing Mrs. Frame.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

we'll. 1t is the Hopeweh gospel mis-
sion, conducted by the Rev.SC. O. Par
do and Professor McElroy, two young
men Of the Presbyterian faith TO
whom men OF all faiths tell their
troubles. Services are conducted ev-
erv night and four times on Sunday
in an open air tabernacle, the benches
of which when not occupied by wor-
shippers serve as beds for the weary
and footsore. men who have joined
in the rush to Hopewell and can ind
no other resting place.
Aside from the demimondes. there
are but few women living in the heart
of Hopewell. Such as are there are
mostly of Italian births and wear the
costumes OF their native lands, w1icn
make them. look for taliathe world IKE
the picture postcard women OF Naples
and Palermo
of the 10000 men employed by the
Du Pont company 1000 or 5000 have
secured quarters in Petersburg. They
go to the plant and back every day
on special trains, it usually Aking
two trains of fifteen coaches each to
handle the commuters when the O:3O
O'Clock shift is made The rest OF Int
employees live in Hopewell, some in
the cottages built by the company,
others in the compapy's shacks. 9TH
ers in the so-called hotels and not a
few. like the Italians, on the ground
or in tents pitched wherever there is
room to pitch them.
Altogether it is one of the most
carefree cities in existence. II any
one there ever thinks of the danger
of the place being blown up, the idea
lis soon forgotten. Then. too. money
mad men and hungry men are heed
less of danger. AS one of the hungry
variety expressed it when asked why
he had gone there:
"Weii. had to do something sard
/ would as soon be blown up as
starved to death any day"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
AGED COUPLE
Separate ] by Quarrel Seventy
Years Ago Are Now
Married.

BIG LAUREL. Va, July 81
George W. Hayden, retired farmer
of this place. and Larestia Fulton
of Lipps. were married at the home
of the brides son, Henry Fulton.
few days ago. The bridegroom was
some few days past 90 years of age
and when the knot was tied and the
bride was lacking a few days 1of
being 81.
About seventy years ago, Hayden
and Miss Helt (the brides maiden
nance, were engaged. but quarreled
and both married other parties and
reared large families. HaydenA
wife died eighteen years ago and
Mrs. Fulton was left widow thres
years ago.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
GRATITUDE
EXPRESSED Thirty-Five Years
After Man is Saved from
Browning.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, July 31.-R. c.
FraIick, this city, has received the
thanks of Walter H. Heidweller. OF
Trenton, n j., for saving the latter's
# Fralick, who is a local business
man. some time ago had occasion to
write letter to. Mrs. R. W. Jackson.
of this city. who was visiting in the
New Jersey city. He called attention
to the fact that he had rescued small
boy from drowning in Trenton thirty
Years ago, at the same time giving his
a niece of Mrs. jackson. who heard
Fralick,s letter read, recalled having
met Heidweller some time ago. She
began a search and soon located him.
He was overjoyed to hear from the
man who had saved him from wat
ery grave in 1885. and Immediately
wrote, expressing gratitude for the
service rendered.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
Blind Man N is Expert
Telephone Operator

ERIE. iii. July s1.-Despite total
blindness, x. S. Thompson, of this
city is an Efficient telephone opera
tor. He says it is much easier for
him to hold his position than it was
for him to get it in the first place the
telephone company having been doubt
full as to is ability to make good.
Thompson overcomess his handicap
by a keen sense of hearing and by
some added touches to his exchanges
equipment In plugging In" he de-
ponds upon brass points along aspec-
iaI designation strip. Sense of touch
makes it possible for him to perceive
which line he is plugging in on, and
it is said that he makes fewer mis-
takes than are made by the usual full
yisioned operator
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
NEVER SPANK
Children Says Woman Who is
the Mother of Twenty
One. a

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 31.-The
secret of raising children correctly,
applied by Mrs. Dellie Dill, of Kansas
City, Kan. who at AZ has. been mother
of twenty-one children, seventeen of
them living, is that she always sends
them to bed on time, but never fol-
lowing spanking.
Mrs Dill isn't at all troubled nor
worn out nor wrinkled nor. bothered
with gray hair. She has counte-
nance radiant with smiles and she is
about the happiest looking woman
that can be found. Her heart was
touched when she read an appeal of
two deserted children who wanted a
home. She offered to take care Of
Never whip a child" MIS-. Dill said.
"If 1t doesn't behave. put it to bed. =
Besides rearing her own eight sons
and nine daughters. she is helping
care for two grandchildren.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01

Germany.
Men have drifted into the place from
the worked out gold fields of Alaska,
| from Calgary and the Barbary coast.
from Cape Colony. Cheapside, Drury
Lane and Piccadilly, from Monte Car
Ito. Cairo and Constantinople. Some
have gone there to get work, others
have gone there to keep from working.
AS is usual in such places, one-half
the population makes its TWINS by the
sweat of its brow. while thes otner
half lives by its wits.
No man remains stranger IN
Hopewell for any length OF time. Nor
are there many evidences of anything
approaching class distinctions. The
lnear-dandy who once paraded4 beneath
the bright lights of Broadway seems
perfectly willing to be friends with
the man who makes his living digging
sewers or carrying nod. Even the
color line is not strictly drawn.
A Paradise for Negroes.
The negro. by the way, exultantly
happy beneath a sun that fairly blis-
tiers, is there by the thousands. With
its freedom from restraint, its devil
may care atmosphere. its opportuni-
ties for making good wages and for
spending them to his own liking. 1t is
a place that suits him to perfection
He spends his time, when he is not
y
in his bunk or mayhap shooting crap
in some secluded spot where there s
but little chanceAof deputy sheriH
[interrupting his pleasure.
| ,Hopewell has its Greek cabarets,
its Italian cabarets and its American
cabarets, its Greek restaurants, its
Italian restaurants and its American
restaurants. Each is characteristic
of the nationality 1t represents, but
it is telling nothing more fhan the
simple truth when the statement Is
made that the Greek and Italian places
seem to be more decently conducted
than are the American.
At night Hopewell is not unlike a
county fair Bankers, standing upon
dry goods boxes in front of the tent
shows and music halls. proclaim the
virtues or lack of virtues of what is
going on within. Gypsy women appear
for the opportunity to tell fortunes.
On all sides one can hear tin-panny
nianos resounding to the humping of
weary and sometimes booty PROBES
sors." Comets. slip horns and screech-
ing violins help to make the place
chamber of horrors.
HoId-Ups Are Common.
And if Hopewell snacks or the
frontier and Babel combined, it also
smacks somewhat as may be mag
ined from what has been said, OF Sod
ON and Gomorrah. In other words, 1t
is what is known in American par
lance as a wide open town. Hold-ups
are common. They occur regularly,
according to those who ought to know.
every time the Du Pont company pays
off its men. Men are drugged and
knocked on the head almost every
day.
Petty thievery is going on all of the
time whiskey and beer are sold
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
Big BATS I
Attack Man While He is Elk.
pIoring Old Cave in
Colorado.

DENVER, Col, July S1.-while ex-
ploring a cave on Lookout mountain.
+. G. sKlauder. a chauffeur, was at
lacked by a swarm of bats. In throw
ing his arms wildly about his head to
ward them off. he caught one of them
in his right hand. He managed to
get it by the nape of the neck be-
fore it had a. chance to bite him, and
placed it ina pasteboard box.
It is an extraordinarily large speci-
men. measuring twelve inches from
the tip OF one wing to the other, and
Klauder declares the cave. is full of
them. He thinks he has found a. to-
tally new species, peculiar to Colo
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
LIGHTING
Strikes Man and Knife in His
Pocket Melted by the
Bolt.

BANGOR. Pa. July 31.-F Francis
Wagner. a farmer of Upper Mount
Bethel, struck by a bolt of lightning
during terrific storm that passed
over this section lives to tell his
story, but he will be marked for life.
Wagner was sitting in the kitch-
en-, reading paper when the bolt
of lightning struck section of met
al spouting, entered the bathroom
window and went iato the kitchen
by way of the stove pipe.
From the stove the lightning hit
Wagner on the right leg. then
crossed diagonally to his left shour-
der On the way it came in contact
with knife in his pocket. which
was partly melted by the bolt. The
lightning left reddish streaks over
his body and he was badly stunned.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
EULOGIES
of the Kaiser Published on An.
niversary of the Cession
of HelgoIand.
t.y A..oe,A-rp ps.ss,

AMSTERDAM. July s1-The Ger
man. newspapers publish long eulogies
of the German emperor on the occas-
ion OF the twenty-ffth anniversary or
the signing of the agreement with
Great Britain for the cession to Ger
many of the island of Heligoland.
The editorials pay tribute to the
island, without which the present de-
Tense NJ the German coast and tho
development of the German navy
would have been impossible. Had
the emperor not taken Heligoland.'
remarks one editor, the present war
would have been impossible for Ger
many" i
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
Hold-up Men and Scarlet Wo-
men Scramble for War
Order Money.
Loss OF LIZ is ENORMOUS
GREAT Struggle Brings into
Play Many New Weapons
of Warfare.

3 PETERSBURG Va, July 81
There are other ways, in addition TO
its unsightly streets its rough pine
shanties and its horrible stenches, in
which Hopewell bears a striking re-
semblance to some of the western
mining towns that have sprung up
much after the same fashion. 1t, too,
has its gamblers its bunco steerers,
it's confidence men of all sorts, its gun
toters and its wagering deputy sher-
ifs who are supposed to maintain or
der. Hopewell is the place where
the Du Point Powder Company is turn
ing out explosives for the warning
nations of Europe.
Its lawlessness. however lacks the
rather manly holiness which char
acterizes lawbreaking on the from
tier When western desperate robs
a man he does it at the point of
pistol. The Hopewel robber prefers
to drug his victim or beat him over
the head with a blackjack. The west
ern gambler plies his trade in the
open: the Hopewell gambler runs
his game behind closed doors.
After all. this is to be expected. for
Hopewell in addition to being very
much like a frontier town, also pre-
sents many of the aspects of city
SUM 1t has been called the melting
pot OF Virginia, and certainly If hui
man melting pot exists anywhere on
this earth 1t is in that city. built UP
among the pine trees. wnere men Of
all classes m;ncle together, regard
less of race color of previous con-
iition of servitude.
A Cosmopolitan Community.
On its streets college professors,
university students doctors, lawyers
and preachers rub elbows with muir
derers, sneak thives. pickpockets and
crooks of every known description
though which is which and who IS
who the stranger will never know I'M
less someone tells him, for all men
dress alike in Hopewell. 1t is blue
shirted overalled .cnatlesss procession
that surges through the streets of
this unusual city.
Not only is Hopewell peopled with
men of all classes. but also with men
of nearly all nationaities. Few places
are anything like so cosmopolitan in
their makeup. There are men there
from every state in the union. from
Alaska Mexico, Argentina. Brazil.
Chile. Central America. Cuba Eng
land. France. Switzerland, Norway
Sweden, Denmark. Holland. Greece.
italy and from almost every other
country one can think of. except China
and perhaps Austria, Hungary and
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
SECOND WIFE
of Colorado Farmer Threat
ened-With Harm by His
Daughter.

COLORADO SPRINGS, July 81
Jacob Fry, 70, wealthy retired farm
er, has been forced to ask the courts
for aid SO he may enter his own home
with his bride. He has filed forcible
detainer suit in the county court here
asking that his daughter, Alice Fry.
be further prevented from restraining
his wife. whom he married last jan
uary, from occupying his residence
with him in Colorado City.
Fry charges that his daughter
threatened to abuse and injure his
new wife if she came into the prem
ises. 4a
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
BLIND BEGGAR
Robbed by Man Who substi
tutes Iron Washers for
Money.

LEXINGTON. KY, July 31.-A fine
that 200 times the amount OF The theft
was assessed in police court by Judge
Riley when Elsie Peak was accused
of stealing a dime from 9 BLIND col
ored beggar.
. Peak had used unique scheme to
escape suspicion. He had provided
himself with number of iron wash
ers about the size of five cent piece.
and as he passed the colored man,
who had taken his stand for the day
on Water streets he dropped three OF
the iron rings into the cup and took
out the only dime collected by the
beggar that afternoon.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
POSES As BOY
Girl Arrested after a Trip to
Europe on a Cattle
Ship.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. July BIZ
After FIVE years of roaming about
this country and Europe. posing as
boy. Edna Puffer, Is years old. ar
she was about to hop on a freight
train for New York. was thrust back
into petticoats as soon as they could
be procured She said she had tray
eled to Europe on board cattle
ship.
Convinced that Franklin Shaw.
the sailor who was arrested In her
company, was unaware of his conf
panion's. sex. although he had been
with her for nearly three months,
Judge Booth in the city court con-
tinued both cases.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
MILK DIRECT
From Cow to Kitchen is the
Scheme of An Ohio
Dairyman.

LoRAIN, o., July Blink direct
from the COW to the kitchen, with an
the lost motions eliminated, is the
chief feature of dairy operated here
by Julius Binder.
With the permission of the city
board of health, Binder drives Jer-
sey COW about the city, milking her
at the door of his customers, accord
ing to. their needs. Binder was re-
quired by the city to wear white
suit, put a bell on his COW, and to
keep his dairy at all times in sani-
tary condition.