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successful athletic career in Trinity
university at this place. He was In
school here during 1903-4-5. and In
1904 and 1906 was captain of the
Football team In the last year Of
his playing he was selected as half
back on the all-southwestern team.
He likewise made a good showing at
baseball In the summer of 1905 he
signed with the Fort Worth Pan
Tiers and played third base He was
traded to Dallas for George White
man and played with Dallas in 1906
until illness caused him to retire
| from baseball. In the fall of 1906
he coached the Daniel Baker Col
lege football team, going from there
to Baylor where he coached football
| and baseball for two seasons He
went back to Daniel Baker in 1909.
! During the season of 1884 he was
athletic director and coach at Trim
/ ity. He made good in every position
!! he held. Here he landed his base
| ball team second in the inter-collegi-
! ate pennant race.
/ The Trolley league baseball cir
cult was organized largely through
| Burleson's efforts. He was manager
I Of the Waxahachie team for q
! greater part of the season. Illness
caused him to retire and he turned
the position over to his friend D.
Poindexter. But few men know the
baseball business better than I.uth-
er Burleson. This fact was evidenc-
ed by his selection as scout for the
Dallas team, a position he filled well
for time. .Burly" has developed
many a good baseball player. He
also has the good will and close
Friendship of the people among
whom he has lived, lie is clean, up
right and a lover of fair play. He is
one coach who has refereed many
games wherein his team was contest
ing and his decisions under such
conditions gave satisfaction. Hi;
friends congratulate Temple upor
securing such a good baseball mar
and useful citizen in Luther Burle
son who will manage their team ant
become permanent citizen of thu
town.
, In speaking of the Temple team
) prospects Burleson said he> hat
signed a great many, who will SHOW
up there next week for try-out. II
) the list is found Osborne, who wa!
with Hillsboro last year. Also Nc
i Connell. Edmondson. Dennis, Fasal
and Allison OF the last year TEN
! pie team Greffeth of Britton Train
: ing School at Cisco is a new nral
upon whom Burleson counts strong
: ly for place on the team TH'
new pitchers signed by Temple ar
! Frank and Jim Angel. who playe'
7 with Corsicana last year. Wilt
t of Cleburne is said to be goot
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AS TO MURDER POLICY"

In the opening paragraph of your contribution to the Chronicle you
a that "a time has now come when in cold blood, with every possible
restraint one Is justified in saying that since the most lbarbarous cam
of Ava in the lowlands, or the excuses of the thirty years war,
there has been no such deliberate policy Of murder as has been adopted
In this struggle by the German forces. This is the more terrible since
these forces are not Ike those Of ARa, Parma, Q THY bands Of tnrbu-
lent and mercenary soldiers, but they are the nation ITSELF and their deeds
are condoned or even applauded by the entire national press"
Haungly owing t o a meager knowledge Of the German language, but
pretty faithfully for more than three months, have followed the reputable
Cologne and Aaehen papers on the war, and / have neither read nor heard
read any such condonement or applause, Naturally, what they do not
concede they do no. have to condone, and the German press does not con
EIDE that German troops have outraged the laws oil civilized warfare.
o.
You say in your next paragraph that war may have a beautiful as
well al a terrible side and be full of touches of human sympathy and
restraint which mitigate its unavoidable horrors" and
CITES CASE you cite instances of this from the mediaeval wars
OF GERMAN between England and France and from the campaigns
SYMPATHY in the peninsula in proof of that assertion.
And then you ask:
could one imagine Germans making war in such a spirit as this?'
/ can not only imagine 1t but I have seen It.
Il thought 1t a beautiful thing to see my friend Capt Franz Won Kempis
az the K0nigin Augusta Garde grenadier regiment No A. standing uncovered
81 4 chill October afternoon before the grave of the French officer who
today is known throughout the German armies In northern France as the
brave Alvares" That soldier was commander Of the Fort des Ayvelles
ner Gainesville, and when the garrison refused to make the stand against
The Germans which he felt its honor demanded he killed himself The
.ictors buried him with military honors in a lovely evergreen grove behind
the fort, and over his grave they erected a beautiful cross fashioned with
patient skill from wood. And that cross bears this inscription In Ger
man text:
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Y CITES NO NAMES.

Such things, sr, I have seen.
In your article in the Chronicle you cite many instances OF atrocities,
but in not one statement do you give the name of either the accuser or
the accused.
In the citation Of humane deeds / can be more explicit than that l
can give you the name Of MRS. Mannesmann, who struck to the heart by
man superintendent hospitals Of Hrson and Laon, undertook a pernous and er
haustng journey back to Germany in order to purchase the serum for tetanus
and convey 1t back to France. She is the wife of one of the brothers
Mannesmann of the great German firm of MannesmannAIulag. That noble
fish al you or i car write, was able to talk undartandngy with her
During our talk she uttered not one rancorous word concerning the Eng.
lh or the French. Indeed, sir, It is only within recent weeks of the war
that have heard opporbrous words fall from the lips of Germans when
they spoke Of the allies.
Let me also give you the name Of Miss Bessie sommervrne, al English
governess In the family Of Baron Mumm Won SchwarZensein of AaChen.
That lady wrote a letter, which was forwarded with letters written by
English prisoners of war to their families in England, and in it she said:
Il wish you would let the English papers know the kindness and con
furious and at the same time sad, to read the things that are being said of
Germans in English papers, l mean how they treat their prisoners and so forth
They ire vile lies 1 have plenty of opportunity Of knowing how Belgians,
French, and English prisoners are treated. I have heard only of kindness
must say the same. | only hope the Germans will have the same to say
when they return from England could write much more, but space
doesn't allow"
1 hoped that Miss sommervines letter would be printed in the London
PAPERS because 1t seemed to me that 1t would bring comfort to many an
anxious, aching heart But / have been unable to find
1t in any of the numerous English journals which have UNNOTICED
come under my eye / sent ii to the paper which | BY PRESS
serve and my editor gave II a conspicuous position OF BRITAIN.
Another little incident from AK:
Baron Mumm asked Capt Lyster, al English officer, who was prisoner
at AK, what could be done 10 make him comfortable. Better than any
thing ese9 the captain replied, Il would like a bdar pipe and some
tobacco-and he named a fayorte mixture. Baron Numm spent some
time in seeking the brand and when he returned the captain asked, "HOw
much do / owe you for ths?'
Nothing at all, my dear fellow" said the baron. TN happier times
you and | will have a good dinner together at the Carlton and this will
be pleasant to remember then"
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Here Is another BIZ Of testimony from an English subject whom SANDER
OF the Germans has rckened. He Is Capt j. b. George OF the Royal Irish
regiment, and he wrote from Mons in September:
II had bad mek 1 was Knocked out IN the first half AN ENGLISH
hour was two days In a Gernhn hospital They OFFICERS
could not have treated me better had ] been The crown TESTIMONY
prince, from the lowest orderly 10 the senior medical
officer / hope you viii tell this 10 any one who ih running down tho
Germans3
And here is testimony from a French oucer-sugoon Major Dr. suave.
Rue Luxembourg Paris:
II have been IN the German hospitals AT somepy and Azure, the French
wounded receiving exactly the same treatment as the Gcrman. may add
that not only the French wounded but also the French prisoners whom
! saw we're very we'll looked after"
With the following letter cannot give you names, but have no
reason 70 believe that II Is a forgery. l. was first printed IN newspapers
published at KMl, and Is said 20 have been given 20 the press OF that
town BY relatives Of the German captain mentioned in the letter II was
then copied by several other German papers, among them the extremely
cautious Cologne Gazette, from the Nov. 8 issue of which J. translate H.
a French baroness living In. Lille writes to a German captain who has
been bfeted at her house:
"Lfhe, Oct 20-Dear Sir; J must tell you / pray God may guard YOU
until you again see your mother. who surely has given you O tender and
careful upbrngng Twill care for your officers as II they were our own.
Believe me, dear sir with deepest feeling, Barone de-
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OF BELolANs.
II your fifth paragraph you say

In your fifth paragraph you say:
"As to the treatment of Belgium, what has it been but murder murder,
all the way?' and you add ut is said that more civilians than soldiers have
fallen in Belgium"
should not be surprised If that second statement we're true. There
Is a reason why it should be. 1t would not have been SO, l am confident,
had the population of Liege of Louvan, and of towns and villages lying
uniforms. gone into the army a soldiers My observation in September
and again in October in northern France convinced me that the civil popu,
Eaton OF Belgium and not THE Belgian army was the principal cause Of
Belgiums woes.
For in France the German army encountered very few francireurs, with
the result that there weref ew instances Of repsal against citizens, Village
after village passed through in 1.-THE track of the German army, and
nothing at all was destroyed. In scores Of inn paHors I have sat while
German officers and prvates ate The landlady and her daughters would
go busly and politely about the serving of food, and at the end of the
meal not only was the food scrupulously paid for but the girls would receive
really handsome tips. This 1 saw so often that came to take it as a
matter of course as, in truth, it was,
A liberal estimate as to the part of Louyain that lies in ruins is one
seventh. More conservative observers are of the opinion that onetenth
Of the entire city is destroyed. I am inclined to accept
ONESFVENTH the larger estimate. Far from being "a city of the past
or LOUVAIN Louvain is coming out Of the heavy bewilderment which
is IN RUINS. its sorrows laid upon it and, under German auspices
and with German assistance, is making good progress
in clearing away the wreckage. In the daytime the people move freely
through the streets and do not seem terorzed
German officers and officials with whom have talked have never
spoken lightly of the sufferngs of Belgium and they are sorry for Belgium.
"You have been in Dinant" said the secretary ofthe German foreign Office
war, and it is tenfod more dreadful when the civil population takes a
hand in it,"
And when it comes to the kind Of resstance of reprsal-one cannot
call it war-whlch the franctreur makes, you Arthur, know what the
Waloons of eastern Belgium are. Turbulent truculent, and unschooed,
they fght-no. one cannot say fight but hre-from cellars, from atdcs, and
from behind hedges, using the while protection civilian garb confers on
vedtabie noncombatants. but not accepting the honorable risks that go with
the uniform of a veritable soldier
The Belgium government felt q lively apprehension Of the suffering Of
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niqin bes Sentiments" feierts aegenz
uber Dem spinDigen, eitIeu, bdRosI=
iii9tigen. raitloien uno ii6erempfinoz
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malls ben gr0Bten @in6rud auf bic
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uno SeeIenFdrte, nit gefeitigten Rers
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anerfdiitteriiden WeltonThauung
beraus gslpfageneA Aprisn bieri
.rsibt.
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ltd fit sipei WlillioHen pfunb 4ni.
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(igeu.
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May / give you another specific incident with names and places? An
English woman Of prominence who is a cousin of Sir Edward Grey and
is a large land owner and president of the Red Cross in a northern county
was enabled through the good Offices Of Robert j
AN ENGLISH which took her to a military prison in Germany She
WOMAN confessed that she came through Belgium with fear
and loathng of the Germans in her heart She returned
over the Dutch frontier with tears of gratitude for what she described as
"the unfaiing courtesy and kindness of German officers" who she said,
had not only allowed her to visit q captive English officer who was under
suspician of espionage but also had given her opportunities to accomplish
her mission in the fulest possible way.
She viewed the prison and observed the treatment its occupants received
and she remarked several times, why, II II just like a boys school in Eng.
landt" And she later told the consul how her countrymen had their play
grounds. their sports, their money, their servants, and their newspapers.
She was full of admiration for the perfection of the system and for the
human, brotherly feeling which characterized the working Of IT,
The consul told me he could never forget the tears and the deep,
womanly feeling Of this lady as she expressed herself In parting on the
dark, stormy night when he took her over the German border into Holland.
Her last words to him were renewed assurances Of her gratitude to the
courly German soldiers"
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Il seemed 70 me a beautiful thing 70 see French soldiers kissing the
hands ~ German doctors who mhnistered 10 them in the hospital at LaonI
and have seen few finer, sweeter deeds In my life
than the action OF a German doctor who placed an MUSTERED
Hhder the back OF a suffering and dauaught TO ENEMYS
frenchmans and drawing him 70 his breast said. II WOUNDED
you my word that you are not going TO die, but
you must help me 10 make you well by keeping yourself calm"
Two big tears rolled down the Frenchmans cheeks, and there was a
look Of Infinite gratitude In HIS eyes when the doctor gently lowered him
TO the pillow.
thought Il beautiful and touching to see two big German soldiers
sitting in the front room Of a house in the town Of Bethenyile, not many
leagues from Reims, while a little French girl, perhaps II years old, gave
them a lesson in French. II was they who s.shed inc ctaarA and she
the adult so awkward and simple and attentive were they, and 80 monitor
like and strict with them was She.
The French children who were begging penngs with pathetic, pretty
hstronsm from the princes, generals, majors. captains and private soldiers
who came and went through the railway square in the French town where
great headquarters OF the German armies re located seemed 70 me 10
afford decisive enough proof that these little ones were not much afraid OF
Mr. Kiplngs "iuns" ! noticed with pleasure that amort never did They
meet with refusal
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And again, ! could not convince myself that much personal rncor was
existing between German invaders and Belgian non combatants when a
German officer, whose automobile was already well
COURTESY filled. stopped the car o. a country road to ask a Bel
SHOWN A gmn doctor whether he could not give him a lift TO his
BELGIAN. destination.
And in desoated Dfnant l both wondered and
smiled when l saw Over Lieut.. DR. Lehman OF Dresden busny helping the
Belgian mistress Of the inn set the dinner table when a party Of shtyeTing
officers and correspondents arrived unexpectedly one chill night in septem
ber The eager officer was perhaps more O a bother than a help to the
hostess, but she took his activity in good part and there was much laughter
and chatting between them. He had made his quarters at the inn for many
days, and every Belgian about the place seemed fond o him A month
later / was there again for a night, and the first thing I did was TO ask
for the over lieutenant 20, he Is departed is gone these many days."
cried all the women folk in chorus, and seemed genuinely sorry
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Here rests the brave commandment He was not able TO
live longer than the fortress intrusted to hin,
BY this simple CROSS Of wood the German soldier honors
In thee the hero Of duty.
SECOND ANDWE PIONEERS COMPANY OF THE
EIGHTH ARMY CORPS.
September, 1914.
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It was at Dnant too, that 1 twice studied the method by which the
German army is daily providing 500 destitute families Of the town with
bread, meat, and coffee, charging them absolutely moth
ing, while families which can pay obtain food at cost SAW COO
Meat is delivered to the local butchers, and German DESTITUTE
sergeants stand by in the shops to see that the people FED FREE.
ire not overcharged. In Brussels / had heard an assist
ant to the Belgian burgomaster ask the German eommandant Of the city,
Mai BeyeF, for 10000 sacks Chat Is 100000 pounds) of flour for the poor.
heard the official stamp come crashing down on the typewriter request
which the official also submitted, and saw the paper returned to the Bel
ghn functonary with a smile Of acquiescence.
To go back to Dtnant ! saw little human tokens, lkethe words chalEed
in German on the door OF a poor Belgian house, Here lives a grandmother,
9S years old; keep out" and on the door Of another Belgian house the
words. also in German, Here is a new baby; be quiet"
Within stones throw Of the first Of the forts which the Germans took
in the fighting around Lege saw in October the grave of a Belgian soldier
II was sbewn with green boughs and above it was q wooden cross on
which had been lettered in black paint Here lies a Belgian soldier" The
humble but, as the times CO. sufficient memorial was the work OF German
soldiers now guarding the ruins of a fort around which was some of the
hardest fighting of the war.
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LETTER TO SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
J Tribune Syndicate)

Some day I'm happier times hope 70 show you the photograph OF this
shrine place under the evergrccnB IN late October the German watch.
mesler IN charge OF the little force guarding Ayvelles was keeping tho
grave green with fresh boughs
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