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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
MEN
TO FIGHT FOR
8-HOUR DAY


Chicago. DE. lU. The Western bran
rhc> IT the four bic railroad brother
hnod@cnginccr~ fircmcn. conductors
and hrakcmcu have sent delegates W.
iu Important gathering here to-day XXX
ioin i'll the nationwide movement Of the
railroad workers for an Gig Nd ur dIN-
a. committee viii bt chosen il ~ expect
cd ID cooperate with the committees uI
the southern and Eastern branches of
he bYuthcrhoods. md a general meeting
here next Wednesday. at whi-h tim" tht
nlans for the fight tI obtain thr eight
hour agreement will ~ formulated.
More than 3In.nnn lrainmcn ar' iu
vOlved in this movement TO shorten the
hours of work. and they comprise tIe
'-air crews uu aIl ihr Steam %Taiiru I,
Of the country . An cight-hour-dat Will
hc demanded tO suppitu mai the pt-uHt
Sl >tcm Of working hours and thr train
men viii demand that The same wage KY,
Itlid for eight hours az now pail fnr fr'
hours. Time and 50 half for rtrr t'W,
work will also W. included.
The bic meeting or d"lcoItc> h.rc u-N.
week will prepare the ballots few
e%rcndun. The tabularium of thr votes
viii hc completed ~, March I irI uu.
der The agreement thc roads Wit i
thirtv days I'LL which tr answer fhc dr
mands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
LIABILITY ACT
PROVING OUT
PROVING ELECTIVE TN PROJECTIONS
OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN
The STATE or TEXAS.

Austin. Texas. Dec. TO-. That The
Employers Liability Act ~ Texas i~
proving effective III the protection M
industrial workers il shown br the fac.
that during The first three months of Tho
present fiscal year September. October
and November ~iij.n52 was paid in
workmcn'> compensation insurance Inv
insurance COMPANIES writing that class
Of insurance. according I'd oni ial iig
urr, Just made available. The actual
q, improvisation Insurance paid Wa~ $50.
90. the compilation shows. aud tu this
II added ~2j.iJ1 for medicinal cNrrudi-
lures doctors hospitals aud other incl
dcntals. During this period 1.2i1 ar
.ridcnt> were reported. twenty-five W.
which were fatal. ami 100 claims werc
filed with The State Industrial accident
Beard. The cou~titutiunalitv Uf The arf
which H. still pending before the state
supreme court iS not affecting The .rti
siticS Of the board.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
WANTED TO BUY.
Notice Of Special City Election for the City c
Brownsville. Texas.

NN
Under and hy virtue mi. and IN accordnnc
with the laws of Oh" State M Texas. in sue
cases made and provided. and pursuant to z
order &c the CITY Council re the City Z"
Brownsville. Texas. made En- it~ regular >cSsio
upon this date. ordering ann providing for
~ Brownsville. in Cameron County. Texas. NJ
ticc Is hereby given that Z special city clcctio'
IN ana far th" city uf brownsville VIII Tyr hel
IN thc tcpud Tuesday IVY December y. !
1915. thc Same being thr tith duy 'f I.remh,
A. -. 1910. fur th" nUrHr~" Oi th' adoption +,
rejection uf th" Charter u~ prepared hv N
Commission vt Fifteen Srltlrd hy ttr quail
irl electors MI thn tIfy nt brownsville Uu tl
IOth day NJ July a. ~ 1919. and reported I
the Z tF Council M th" CITY uf Brownsville. "
the -Ith day MI October. A. II. 1910. aul 4,
the Election NJ q Mayor and four Commission
crs. designated as commissioner M. N. Conn
missioner Nu. :. Cummi~sionrr M j nud Con
missioner IN. !: q" ~'rve a~ y Board nL Con
missionors nj thc city nj lirawnsvillr und'
said Charter. ~h"nid th" same he ainntnd
the qualified voters "a the CTS MA Brownsville
To-. S.
That said election shall ho held i'm each I'd
the four 80 wards EFF said city iu acrnrdanc
with aud a~ prescribed hA thr law uf the Stat
&c TcNa>. I'D such cases madr and provided. an
I'd, following places arc hereby designated q
polling places and th" parties hcrcinaftr
n ami f.r each of the respective wards IA sai
First Ward
said rleciou shall hc hald in thc First War.
nf Said CITY. at 2 frame hol~" belonging Z
Ramon CIV ra. M thr north sii" of Adam
street. corn'r M Fourth street.
Presiding officer. \. =. Cole.
special election I" hr bella iu and frr "a" Git,
Judge. Frank Siavijchrckc.
.Jldg, y. r. Allen.
Judge, Albert Snyder. -.
Second Ward
Said election SHALL ~ lell ~ ihc Sccon,
Ward at what Fly aunVn as thr "Dhrrrus Han
between Ninth aul Tcnth streets. "n the mort
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
FOR
MRS. BATES PLAN
SAN ANTONIO WOMEN URGE THAT
FORMER BROWNSVILLE W0MAN'S
MEMORY Be HONORED.

San Antonio. Texas. Dee. l0-AS an
expression cf the general grief occiS-
Toned by the death of Mrs. Mabel Mus.
Scv Bates in AlLr Tuesday night. the
women IF San Antonio are plannin. Il
memorial in her honor. the idea being
to p%crpctuatc her usefulness ami loving
thcu.htfrlnc>S III some fitting work. ~
this end. 4 meeting of all The womcn of
san Antonio. particularly those VIII"
knew Mrs. Bates and worked with her ~
club and league and organization HIS
been called for > O'clock Monday after
noon at 10 East IlDl~top street. the
room which iS ~ ~ used ~ Christmas
Cheer headquarters.
Though plans are 10y ~ means formed
lud viii nct he until after the meeting
Monday afternoon. II il suggested Tim
hr memorial work hc ~Omcihin. in run
l|crtiun with children. One suggestion
received has been that N childrcu'> ward
II the new Robert T.. Green Memorial
Hospital * fitted a. i'll her honor 'nd
Do work arricl on in her namr-
Whatever plan is adopted. however.
the idea H. "a pcrpetuatr in continued
leeds something 81 the spirit of useful
lc>S II her life. Fvrrtulr interested IL,
l>kcd to meet at : o'clock Nundav arr
rnoou 1t 2-5 East Houston street.
Mrs. Bates funeral was held III 81
Az "Wednesday afternoon. attended ~,
lurg" number AZ hrr san Antonio
~%icirf>. Tho members NJ the Barnard
Bee c'rptrr. of which >hr Wa~ pres
lcui until two months ago lvft the con
cntinn an The I'uuohtor~ ~ the Con
dcracv then in session at Austin
ore which Mrs. Bates Wa> tu have been
nominated for state president and came
y san Antonio thinking her fIHrr.
vas " TX held here
Tho senate chamber in the state cap
tol where tine convention H. being held
4 drancd with mourning w The time NJ
n.y. funeral W Mice. IT, flags on the
courthouse the public h"ol~ and 9th
r public buildings Toatnti at halfm1~t.
Mrs Bates was ~uurriNtcuIrut ,f pub
IL instruction in Jim Wells county.
Mr.. VI hrl NI'>~r, Bates formerly
c>id.d M nruvi~,ill" her husband hay
ng NJ one time been deputy United
'tatr> marshal here. Her husband IA
brother Dr Representative ~. M. Bates
NV Nrihnr Bates ~ BroWn>yi''. 7"
anil removed to San Antonio from
Brownsville seven years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
Great Gulf Coast Highway is Plan.

Mobile. Ala. nee. 10. Proposing w
ink all the rational trunk line tourist
i~ghNaN~ east of the Mississippi River
MI form n great highway along Ihp
ulf coast. delegates from the Gulf
tatc~ gathered Fly convention here e..
iay. Mobile business mel originated
hr plan ana called The present meeting
which ~ to map out the route and YET
hc ball rolling ror ;hc PERI atultion 1m'l
Xtcn>ion of thr Old Spanish Trail
ianN Improvements along The coast are
Promised IN thc yJriuI> ~rIpprt> and
~ rcal enthusiasts believe that thp
grcat highway along the coast from
mi tn New Orleans ,Hn hr accomplish
I'd by cooperation Of the gulf states
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
HAS
A BUSY DAY AT
COLUMBUS, 0

NN4iffNdl lN lf ilfINlt.l
Columbus Ohio. Dcc ~ Il pro
CRANE oi activity i> mapped utt for
President Wilson's visit ~ Columbus
today. the ohiy ( nr lie ,i>it i> to speak
at the annual meeting or the .Vrruti,.
oonmittcc uf the Federal Council W.T. thr
Churches NJ Christ I'LL America Thr
president has promised to give hi> t."v~
on important matters under cnr~idrra
tiun 10y that ii0Iy. cu" IN th' rr cili
nation of the work w The many nation
VI organizations in Protestant church .~
and the other hi Christian work Nj rural
communities. Efficiency i'm Christian rt
fort IL expected w ~ the thrra c' ihc
president.
The visit or the chief rNrrI'.ar hg-
created much political intcrr>. fr hr
has consented ~ hc Y guest ai Y political
reception and the leading Ohio dntio-
Gratis are here fu greet him it IN r>p"-t
eel that President Wilson Will speak IVY
his admirers ANA IN" wi>.lrrc, cannot
* low az o,r n, il tnuchin- nn ,hc
great I>>EC> mi tir cav.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10

WANTED TO TRADE-Wll trade Della
ware farm NJ l6l acres. well improved.
two miles from railroad station, close wv
good market. tor smaller place IT. Rio
Grande Valley. For further information
write ID. r.. care Herald. -2l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
LAND FOR SALE.

FOR SALE OR ENCIIANGt-l2Nl10 lo'.
with combined -torc ard dwelling. of oc-
mcnt brick. Building leased t"r "rc year
for $50 per month. touant paving ii2ht. vl-
ter and upkccp. A-o tuo--tory ryd brick
eleven room apartment house. Steam heat
and all mo,crr couvcnttucc-. Screened
sleeping porch Y" c''h room. On main
street in prominent eiiN New NrNi.p. A
good deal. r. y. care Herald. tl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
VENDORS LIEN NOTES
FOR a

actual cash value Tor vendors lien notes.
800 East Pecan s.. san Antonio. Tcx.-l5
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10

FARM FOR EXCHANGE 2~o arrr farm.
III arkansas: a. acres n cultivation.
Good three room house aud orihnu~r-.
Plcnt of water ami fruit. -urh a~ cherries,
peachc~, arnlc-. nlru- and -ralc-. Rail
ING oats, wheat, clover. ytc. ~ Straw
numbered hand. III. i. care Herald. NJ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR SALE.
SCRAP METAL DEALERS.

SOUTHWESTERN IRON METAL COM
pany-Dcalcrs in scrap iron. metals.
rubber. RAGS. bottle, bones, etc. JOS
Lcvee street. 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10

ADVERTISING
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tThe Herald will publish. free II charge. foi
2 period of three days. until the head. OF "po-
sitioas Wanted advertisements fnr persons
ont ~ employment who are seeking employ.
mcnt. Sugh persons are III liberty 70 uSc the
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-10

A vote for the school bonds is a vote for
Brownsville children.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
The Earnest and Respected Pastor of Successful Church.
Suddenly Urn1asked, Defiantly Sneers al Morality
and Holy Matrin1ony and <s7hose Absurd
Conventions That Are Called Lauus.''

MINISTER Of the Gospel In jail charged Govern
n with violation OF the White Slave the
case Of the unique among
brought against the former OF the Unitarian Church
Kenosha Wis., he had broken all clerical breaches
OF conventional morality and had thrown his parish
But do not imagine that the Rev Darnel crushed
these misforunes this
shows himself standing bay defyng the
unfolding his theories them
worthy Of Divine In the meantime unmarried
mother aheres child pathetic hither
and thither upon seas.
In Nathaniel Hawthornes Scarlet letter. book
pied with characters drawn from actual life Colonial
there mother child,
the Gospel Is responsible summary of the
printed here Read and observe the
guilty Dimrnesdae sefustiaed
duct OF the Rev. MI. Darnell
Miss Ruth Soper formerly Of Owatonna Mimi,
bandless mother In the Rev Darnel fellow
students at the Chicago University that
Miss Soper went back to her Minnesota disgrace
The clergyman presently received Wis.,
Ruth child joined him
OF the aud accepted by members the congregation
the Rev. Mr. Darnels wife. His preaching eloquent,
and Ruth Soper and baby endeaed themselves
OF his flock.
November 1914. shortly after he had become do
kehosha the Rev. Mr. Darnell visited Chicago
married TO Miss Doris Vaughn, girl
to kenosha the following leaving
her belongings and enjoy series
When she finally arrived in Kenosha
she found the occupied
to reach this climax The newly married Mrs Darne
the parsonage and took the train back Chicago
ing her to the station.
Returning from the station the Darne directly
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

to his study masterpiece OF his
1t delivered from his pulpit the next morningwhIch
Sunday-wh of eoquence and conviction that held
the entire congregation 1.-THE Man
Down and Out"
He declared that pathetic
that the world had to deal wfththe
without fundsthe without friends--the
without He told priest who
fatal mistak and lower
until drunken debauched,
found him when washed his face and discovered
his Identity priest said: Leave
not know it, replied the old woman but already
What need to wake that life which
real ife Danel declared his interested
that people spiritually and
outand that in homey old
to wake them
He spoke his fvelnonthsold boy, and he
hoped that this would Join the
should time that gutter
along with the priest to feel feel that
there would would wake up and cali him
to the and higher life.
The occasion impressive that tears to
the parishoners minister his
the benedicton-"God witness between and
separated, and give you peace"
Had the Darnell reading
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

where the Rev Mr. Dimmesdae breaches moving
OF his life the Sunday morning
the night the piory, with Hester
Did he realize that he about officers
OF his church?
Figurativey. that Is what happened day For the
Chicago bride had returned to Kenosha and told
alnight session of the church Dane was
permitted to tell his stowhich three
into his irregular fe The
had followed him from Avon, Ill., lived with
him there. unmarried, while he pastor OF an Owaonna
church.
Then came the Chicago University and Ruth soper.
MED original responsibility in silence
at the time had been compelled acknowledge the child
his. and TO take mother child Kenosha He
declared that he had married anybody
He was permitted to resign He disappeared
h Soper and her baby disappeared also
them was when the clerk of the Minneapolis
license to marry Ruth Soper the ground that he
divorced man-d1vorced from
Next came the of Darnells by Government
agents In Chicago charged having brought Soper
there for immoral purposes The taken custody
IN and held principal
The latter city appointed the place Of trial. charged
also that Darne had violated the Mann law bringing
Soper from Owatonna Mimi, to Kenosha, Wis
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

Kenosha acquisition OF three perhaps
wives whose accidental discovery Husbands" pro-
cfvty for multiple marriage being forced TO
resign the passionate the Kenosha the
obtaining of divorce by the wives nstigaon
of Federal investigations of public
morality
"rm ahead times perhaps" he admits, land may
have to penalty of kind infringing
conventions that are called laws But ready
will be martyr. gladly II sacrifice will grain
OF sense to conventionmad society"
In the Mr. Darnen ad.
United, with as little hesitation himself
pioneer in the new fe"a ideal and be.
lever in trial the husband of at
IT. He his pr private l his
is is s s ns1s he 5 that ed
a % as @ can wherein chooses bind the
No quams troubled him last sumner the Rev.
onna MINI in the and introduced her apd b OF pwa
the cd men and women Of Kenoss his wife
T xNd, her and ahough hat time girl
hvon III tne Spurgeon by name claimed the right
His conscience was at when later on the
So tsosHst Doris Do to the
ss a1 ns ss m o his three s
church permitted him vsis to Avon and
~ was honest with myself" he said was honest with the
o b. TO Ten best
e would have was doing
RSd as to ss' which would
the seovey e shs
his marriages the indignation the
divorce obtained by Doris Vaughn Darnel
and other 9th the clergy
d the demand OF the public that he punished the in
dignity its morals had " 49, 80
It all emphasized the soundness his philosophy he said
All the clamor all the haste OF
Ing their pedesals OF virtue and denouncing as black
sheep all the hue and for vcm-a obeisance
to the great god Convention" - ~
The Rev MI Darnel philosophy IN four para
graphs " - p"'"
It's no trying feter Cupid 1t can't be done The
instant that loving made duty loving tits
ensavemelt ~ 'Ae' ~ 80
He who loves and will Hive another day
Some girls know how others how to talk
and'look pretty The hard job is girl can cook
talk well and - $500
Modern society hypocrfsy II reoufres Of TIA
voares that they live lifelong lie and the wonder OF It in
that the most or them manage to live It,
you know awful lot the MARI
parson remarked "a few lecture delivered
oy one OF the best known professors the University
cago He talked Of the "
He said In the remarks that in short time all
women would nave learned the important
Is q possession or greater value than virtue
The class OF sentiment vigorously
YET Drought race TO face with the
the minister hitched his chair his
interviewer He ran long, slender his fine
brown hair fixed his magnetic point wall Just
oeow the ceiling and continued his soft slightly accented
voice: :' N
Il don't believe free love- vulgar should be ac
cepted but do believe in the and every
woman to md his her mate
or any alliance that to be other mating OF
soul units " ~ 'e W
tits crime universities teach yoinr mon and
women modern ideas of life independent
TO spout to classes Of free
or a disposition to be free by hailed with
screams public denuncaon cours
the socaed offenders to fine imprisonment Perhaps I'm
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
Rev Mr.. Darnell's Brazen Confession.

<fT Owe under the espionage chaperones marriage
all Its ensaving welded life until death 8 %
49, part with woman OF whom you may tire or whom
to hae-its all wrong conventions
inane conventions that shape ends Destiny nothing
do with It. 1t is Anticipated conventions I them!"
Thus Darnel marrying parsonD OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

little IN advance OF my time, but not much"
with the frankness which astonished the
Renosha church when they confronted him
conjugal duplicity and demanded his resignati
parson related his marital adventures and in
the three "wives" he will take as his life Z
Federal and the Wisconsin md Illinois autho
to go his way.
Now, take my first love affair" he began
forget It, believe the girl was fourteen and J.
MAD DON boon to some sort OF problem play T.
marriage idea first displayed on the stag
the name of the production. but IT Impressed {.
pressed me. We got to planning n trial MARI
out somebody learned OF our plans and we we
Il am glad Of it. because whom look back
used cosmetics and rice powder. like n chorus
only fourteen years old Our tryout would ha
cant stand woman who paints her face
NOW, there was Bthcl Spnrgeon That q
thank me for her freedom. She could not have
me- We had good many things in commoi
ways were antagonistic 1t didn't take me Ions
! am sure that 1t did not tako her any longer
mere were the usual tears Or occasions like
ones nature weeps and the other side rejoice
=. Ihere Is no reason why Ethel should not ma
In the world. She Is ono of the best women.
Take the affair with Doris Now. although v.
oeheVe It, Doris. although she IS only seyepteer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-05

CONTINUED from Page Four
is 1890. approximately 10 jitneys
would be required TO give the same
carrying capacity as one street car.
In Oakland. 20 handle the above traffic
requires ga cars with a Roadway OF
rs seconds. To move the same traffic
with jiincys az Is TO 1 would require
900 cars
No further argument need be ad-
vauccd as TO the necessity for fewer
and larger transportation units in the
cnngested districts during rush hours
or normal hours OF large traffic.
The logical conclusion from the
committees report Is that II the pub
lie continues 20 support the iitney. and
thereby weakens the street railways
and ultimately put them out OF bust
ness. they must expect a zone system
% fares. because the small jitney can
not operate over a much longer route
than three miles AZ a profit The
American cities have reiigiously fought
the rome system on account OF the de-
Etruction OF property values and the
congestion OF population
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-05
FARMING NOTES.
Nof Conc Wheat Mad.

Evidently American farmers have
not gone wheat mad. The temptation
vas severe. but ~ has been resisted
In the light OF that experience which
warns our farmers against putting all
eggs in one basket The earliest crop
forecAs, sees about SIS. 600. 900 bush
els os winter wheat IN favorable con-
di,ion. TO harvest time. while last
years harvest was estimated AZ $751;
600 600 The winter Eas not been IN
usually severe on the crop. so far as
reports show. and u i- therefore safe
90 conclude that farmers have not
been s,ampeded into an excessive
acreage OF winter wheat. by reason OF
the extraordinary war demand They
have evidently elected 20 nurse the
even tenor OF their way with due re-
gard 10 the rotation. convinced that
In the middle course lies the greatest
safety II is probable that the spring
whea, area will be somewha; enlarg-
ed. but the long range crop view OF the
government oficlais-and IL IL very
long range view ss regards the spring
crop-contempla;ss about the same
total Yield OF ~hea, as last year.
Whether the world faces war or peace
conditions ~ the harvest. prospects
are bright for high prices The sta
bili;y OF purpose manifested by wheat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-05

growers may well serve as a hint to
stock farmers The allurements OF
high prices have not served TO inter
rupt the orderly processes of Ameri-
can agriculture. BY the same token
the disbursements OF an unpiece-
denied disease situation should not
throw stock farming out OF balance
Breeders Gazette OF Chicago.