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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
WITNESS SAYS WAS GIVEN
So AND TOLD TO GO VOTE
MEXICAN ON STAND IN CORPUS CASE
POINTS TO MAN WHO He SAYS
CAVE MONEY AS A PRESENT"

CORPUS CHRISTI Texas TO the
y the fed
a IN and iuv
the medium speak the English
language the days
stand nTonR the
der On direce
told
he Brownsville heb hd
III Taownsv He
voted here the 1914 Ed Caehr him
the old he ecameto
~ Ben Grands Leopard where there number
lie said he
know any one else lie said Ctberry kei him it he had he
ed Ca=teherry back q prcsento of
showed IN poll
Making morning he
\ ht Inonuc
er'l election Of 1914 The Ramudo
told o b hrought back
"a and n
he gave him
PRESENT"
PcI Tax Corners Clipped
The sand the h poll clipped
ason hedid nok
Todayz IT the interesting
clerk who Tuesday, testimony showed " carry
the hill the Mexican Wa
filed elected office the election.
IS
The Jri MIemo rcour comment
lle at large elected
nttd He called w testify
special order the he and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
lRv Assncinted press-l

Washington. y C. Sept S-PoSi-
tive advice have been received that an
American named ~ Wolf persisted on
the steamship lIc-peuan. recently
blown uP IN the Irish Sea lie was
listed a- = member Of the crew and
was from Newark. n. ~. and of
Dutch parcntagc
The American Government today
asked Amba -ador Gerard at Berlin
to Get any official Information Ger
many offer IN the sinking II the YES
-pI
Advice from Queen say there
Is absolutely NO doubt that gun was
mounted ON the deck of the IIe.perian
fnv rannnn. 4 tour point seven. was
plainly visible. and no attempt at con
ceaImrnt Wa- made
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
MERCEDES MAYOR
CALLS MEETING
VALLEY MAYORS
MAY MAKE REPORT or SITUATION
DIRECT TO PRESIDENT Will
SON TODAY.
VICE MAYOR or BROWNSVILLE
LEAVES TO ATTEND GATHER
ING or THE MAYORS.

I report ot the Situation on the lower
border may be made direct To President
Wilson hy mayor of all the towns of the
Lower Rio Grand Valley Mayor f.
| Evans NJ Nercede- sent \ letter ~ the Val
lcv mayor inviting them to attend 4 meet
inc TO b. held IN hi~ office at Mercede- AT
2 O'Clock his afternoon. IN the advance
of n, explanation ioi the causes Of the
meeting. " was tair,i that the mavur-
r,uld lrotahlr consider ,ppealng direct
t. President wilson & take personal
hand IA the -''u1llau ~ this section.
Mayor Il. Albert E.'wnc of Brownsville
TODAY dr-r4natcd Nr, Mayor VI n Putc-
rnat to attend the meeting W. hi- repre-
sentative. the MAYOR BEING unable 20 leave
the city TODAY Bt -ido~ the Blown vile
man there D. expected 20 be IN attendance
the mayors ~ san Berito. Harlncen. Iv-
ford. Merccde7. Mission, McAIlen. Pharr
aud Edmhurg Mayor Lyons of San H.
INTO i- representing hl~ city. and prominent
citizens ot san Brnito are also m attend
-tn.a al the fsss-s.sal--s
Thc meeting wv also due ~ receive -uf
ducri amount w publicity " the American
pre-. a. beside a representative Of the
A=~oeiated Pre- there are present thi-
afternoon in Merccde- representative of
the Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Daiv
New
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
FERGUSON WON'T
CALL SESSION
SAID HE D0LS NOT BELIEVE n A
DUTY TO SPEND SI5O,OOO TO
REDlSTRICT STATE

Abilene. Texas, sept S-No extra .e.-
sion ri the legislature win be called l'.-
fan. say Governor Ferguson. acocrdinr
judge Jim Cunningham Of this city No
talked with the governor last night -
Swcetwater The governor said he did not
believe i " ~ hi duty % spend tl50,cnD
To rediStrict the state. There l. not much
else to consider IN the way Of legislation.
it Is said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
FRE.NCH-CERMAN
CREW, SHIP Is
STILL NEUTRAL

Corpus Ch,isti. Texas sept S. Thr
da X, Of the Port Aransa> Channel and
Dock 60. presented an unusual appear
ance today. with a ship which was
strictly neutral 1t was one Of the
large Gccan going liners. aud had 2
German name The beat lnd arrived
f-lm Scotland and was en route to
Frame afirr leaving Texas. II was of
ficcrcd hv English and German seamen.
while II crew contained motley aggre
CATION. including 4 number If Cinnamon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08

II was with bated breath that the spec
tator- Wy thc crowded court room durin-s
the election trials Tuesday afternoon wait
ed for the first question 20 be put to the
first wltne N TIM MD important case. This
first witness wa= III, III Headley. superin-
tendtnt of the Corpus Railway & Light
company, who has been in Corpus Christi,
he sand. for the past FIVE years. and has
taken an interest in local politics since the
first year he came here
IT, told the Jury that 10 his knowledge
II had always been the custom 10 "cn-
tighten" MeNicans now to vote in an clec-
iion-. and that the political workers NJ the
various parties and the candidates friends
usually had this work TO do. He said +
was present at q meeting in the office of
County Judge Timou last October. before
the general election under surveillance.
with number oi the defendants H. said
one ot the defendants, naming August
Uehhnger, candidate for county clerk ut
the time, asked Judge Tmons how much
he believed N would require to Garry the
hlll. a5 THE Mexican portion VI the city N
called IT, -ad that Tlmon replied u
would require between - 800 and $4,000.
and that they would have'to hustle"
Headley likewise testified that there
wa- an independent lit ot candidates Ill
the election. and that they were referred
to m the meeting as running a strong race.
m opposition % the nominees on the coun-
Nth democratic ticket
IirldH wa the first witness N wv heard
and when h- te timonv was finished w
was excused. Court recessed II about
> so until tins morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08

OF hc International Association FOR th
Prevention of Smoke Many cities ar,
represented in the gathering. Experts
on Smeae elimination are present from
all parts of the country. Oh the pro
.rammc are discuss sons on furnace con
Struction. proper Stroking, lp'o1o ~,
and steamboat firing. boiler constr ,ctipn
selection of fuel and other angles ha
Ing to do with the creation If smoke
Louis &. Towner If Grand Rapids
presiding over the meetings. which vii
continue tomorrow and Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
GRAND DUKE TO
BE V|CEROY OF
THE CAUCASUS

London. Sept S.-The Russian car.
who yesterday assumed command Of an
the armies ha- transferred the Grand Duke
Nicholas. lately III supreme command, to
the southern front where he Will be- vlceroy
of the Caucasus aud comamnd the armies
there Already an order issued by the
Grand duke indicates that be l. being sup
planted Nv the emperor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Ieff McLemore is Present.
JURORS WHO WILL DECIDE
ON NUECES ELECTION CASE

Farmers and -tockmen predomnate :
among the Jurors selected to pas on :
the alleged election fraud eases now :
being tried IN Corpus Christi before .
Federal Judge Waller T. Burn The :
: jurors are
Claude McGlll. stockman, Jim Well :
county
George Clegg. stockman. Jim Wells :
county
=. U. Peal, farmer. Duval county
: "A. II. Hensley. farmer Faliurnas,
Brooks county.
Murray N. Oubose, farmer. Duval .
county.
John Cvpher. merchant Kine-vile. .
Kleberg county
Y. n Stoltzfu-. merchant TuIcta,
Bee county
}. J. Dabbs, merchant. Beeville, :
Bee county.
W. NJ. Carter. real estate agent, :
Three Rivers, Live Oak county
T. " Frels. stockman. Beeville.
Bee county
Il. II. Bowman, farmer, Falfuuias,
Brooks county.
Charles Frels. farmer. Beeville-
: Bee county.
49, - - -. - - q. -. %, - 4.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
THE WEATHER FORECAST

The following weather forecast for
the lower gulf states and the Magic
Valley i issued by the United States
weather bureau AZ New Orleans:
Generally fair tonight and Thursday:
moderate south winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Artillery Fighting on Whole Front

10y -fNStfi+ifth if'NN-f
Paris. Sept. S-ArtIllerv fighting con
tinues along the whole front from Bel
gum ~ the Wocvrc district German ava
tors bombarded towns N France and allied
aviator have been throwing down bomh-
AZ O@iend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
AMERICAN WAS
AMONG DROWNED
ON HESPERIAN
IN BERLIN SAY BELIEF
POSITIVE STEAMER NOT
SUNK BY GERMAN.
GOVERNMENT ASKS AM
BASSADOR TO GET ALL or
FICIAL INFORMATION
lRx Associated Prrssl

Berlin, Sept. S.-Per-on@ in author
lty mere assert their positive belief
that the Allan line steamer Hcsperian
Wa not sunk by German submarine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08

'ifN Associated l'rrs-i
La Rochelle. Sept S.-The British
steamer Garony was fred on and sunk by
O German submyine last night The crew
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
SAN BENIT0 MEX|CANS GIVE UP
ARMS VOLUNTARILY, AND WILL
COOPERATE WITH AMERICANS

The today important step yet IN
the complications
giving officer command actions of civilians on the bank
peace participate
the fire Of Mecan from the south d q The river II some the %
e have the Texas
held battle with them the International ine
Hereafter the vi" handle all situations of whatever
on the RIO Grand There double "r pose n this tTfa'z' authorities have
pressing there divide, authority they
they have to deal only with American -odc~.
1r 1 tr away way & % ] tn. a, T. 10 10 & & & H. 7 % tb % E % FREE % @ ,hI % @ %
namely within immediate ef te rernatn, h expected that further
l % u % t" t; % @ % ~ r @ ~, " ,,or InI m ,ba ,r4 f. ,r5o
1%s T MFS"n ,ry%5 @ To- To eI% from The @ e G % - % ~ % % " %
300 mile % dnc wooded
bank to guard.
army army orasr 'atng .'n, % Z 'oi Y m .'I ' [ t " ~ " " " ranger
One COMPANY ranger 'oda,
searching for bandit who are bcrye e h"' been among the y 3" the
Army officer. @ TO-DAY that contrary @ :" rg % & ,, % % doe % not mean
that the var department : exercising he right ~ # '' Government
San Benno izen- believe they problem
the holding of meeting that town lat night attended by more than 200 Mexican
Valley railroad for many Year heavy S% EN- ] Nl2n @ labor ana who 1n %
town Mr. Roler gn orsrl the M',n, % to i I % l % tue @ ~ p m & 5
in the hottest implicated IN
At the announced that Tuesday between 50 and
oo= and others Voluntarily turned
pistols hsu end other weapons were deposited san Bno oak and receipts
issued their owners e be turned over e them when h troubles are
Me1i had offered to turn their and
the Bento could
addressed the audience with Miguel
o issued proclamation which he
of san Bemto
to Mar hal Frank
sherf Beno will
of thcra and
without permit by the city marshal This action
stated revna
andw =
that
Ito
by tle city marsh andm IN
JwoM Bandits Killed at FreSnoS.
News bandits killed late
pinth ~ Whh
astw eek ktcr,riz Y killing two Americans
Of Plots Uneatfed
n
evidence IN Mexn
the American X ~
hional IN acal and
of san
in obtained circular letter ad
and
and the plan an participants battle will be well paid
NUISANCE of ne International Association Tor tn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Germans Capture Russ City.

Berlin. sept. s-German forces battling
the Russians near Bielovieh have captured
the city VI Nolkowy-k. says headquarters
IN it. announcement today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
WOULD ABATE SMOKE NUISANCE
Movement in United States Has Grown 10
Great Campaign.

Ciu.innati a.. Sept. 8 Th" move
rnt to abate the smoke nuisance in
i.r cities of the United States has
grown 10 a big campaign. according 90
the interest manifested today at the
opening of the tenth annua convention
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Local Weather Observations

The following local weather obser
yallon7, covering the "a hour period
ending at 2 a. m. today, are furnished
by the United States weather station.
Fort Brown:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Morqan Liner is Aqain AfIoal.

Galveston, TexaS, sept s.--The Nor
gan liner III Sud which has been aground
since the tropical storm. wa~ floaied today
under her own steam, and rests III the
dock. Part of the cargo was taken off
first.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
Weather Forecast For a Week

The following weather forecast for
the week beginning today ~ ISSUED "a
the United States weather bureau al
Washington, and covers the West
Gulf States: The week will be one Of
generally fair weather and normal
temperatures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08

Eagle Pa. Texas. Sept S-Twelve
hundred tarranci occupied Pledras
Neera~ Yesterday without a fight The Vii
h,ta9 fled ~ The hill This H. the fifth
time that Piedras Negras has changed
hands since 1913 without 4 6rht.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
.PIEDRAS NEGRAS
is CARRANC|STA
VILLA FORCE ELEES TO HILLS AND
FORCE or CARRANZA MEN
TAKE POSSESSION
IRv Associated Press. !

Washington, D G., Sept 8-lJn-
offlclal reports say that the Villa
fcrces evacuated Torreon at which
General 0hregon and his CarranciStas
have been driving The Villa forces
will probably retire to Chihuahua.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-08
French Steamer is Torpedoed

~ 'NNS''ifti'u . I'N~.f
Pans. Sept. S.-The French steamship
Guatemala wa torpedoed and sunk near
Belle Isle The crew wa- picked up ~ \
British steamer and taken to Mazaire.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
WESTERN

Governor Spry signed the dry ter
ritory' bill passed by the recent Utah
legislature.
Miss Ethel Shoemaker, Beachey's
fiancee, was not told of his death at
San Francisco. She believed him to
have been only injured.
Guatemala's pavilion at the Panama
Pacific exposition was dedicated with
forInalities which We're given color by
native songs and the music of the ma
rip2ba, a native instrument
Two women are dead, a third fatal
ly burned and many others injured as
result of a fire which burned through
the upper floors of three-story frame
apartment house at Los Angeles
Banknotes amounting to $151 1928
were stolen from Gabino Viscaro, a
banker of El Paso and Mexico, on ar
rival at Galveston, Tex, on the
steamer City of Tampico from Vera
Cruz.
Mrs. Peter Veuve, who was Count
ess Jeane De Madre, once belle of
European courts and a friend of En-.
tage in South Bend, Ind. She was SO
years old
All Russian reservists in Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Mon
tana and Alaska are ordered home to
join the colors in an order issued by
Nicholas Bogoiavlensky, Russian con.
sui general at Seattle.
Eleven prisoners, held under SEN
tence of death at the state peniten-
tiary, Will be electrocuted, three of
them this month, as a result of the
failure of the Legislature to pass n
bill aboiishing capital punishment, it
was announced at Little Rock, Ark.
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court announced il
would take its usual Easter recess
after giving decisions March 90 and
would re-assemble on April 5.
Frederick zerbst, deputy warden at
Leavenworth federal penitentiary, has
been chosen for warden of the peni.
tentiary at Atlanta succeeding War
den Meyer.
President Wilson's Colorado Coal
Commission, consisting of Seth Low.
Charles w. Mills and Patrick Gilday.
has postponed its visit TO Colorado un
til autumn.
Under the new, law creating the
grade of admiral in the United States
navy President Wilson designated as
admirals Rear Admirals Fletcher
Howard and Cowles, commanders-in-
chief, respectively of the Atlantic Pa
cific and Asiatic fleets.
Congressional approval is all that
is needed for the establishment of
government aeroplane manufacturing
plants at Philadelphia and New York.
Plans for such factories have been
prepared by the navy department.
each to cost about $4,000.
Representatives of the American,
Adams, Southern and Wells-F Fargo ex-
press companies asked leave of the
interstate commerce commission to
file petition for rehearing of the ex-
press rate case. Ii declared that the
low rates in force prescribed by the
commission have been disastrous.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
COLORADO NEWS
HERED FROM
All Parts of the State
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

sept. 21-Oct S.-Meeting international
Dry Farming Congress at Denver.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
D. A. R. Elects New Officers.

Greeley.-The annual conference of
the Colorado society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, ended here fol-
lowing the election of officers and the
selection of Boulder as the next meet
ing place. Mrs. Charles S. Thomas,
wife of the Colorado seuator, was in
1orsed as candidate for vice president
general of the national society, which
meets at Washington. The new Of
ficers are: State regent, Mrs. Win
field S. Tarbel, Denver, reelected;
state vice regent, Miss Kate McElroy,
Greeley; retiring state regent, Mrs.
Freeman l.. Rogers, Pueblo, re-
elected: recording secretary, Miss Wi
mona Jewell, Salida; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. A. Malcolm Rucker,
Denver, reelected; treasurer, Mrs. E.
l.. Preston, Colorado Springs; consult
ing registrar, Mrs. Franklin r. Car
penter, Denver; auditor. Mrs. Free
man l.. Robbins, Colorado Springs;
historian, Mrs. Walter l.. Leslie,
Boulder; chaplain, Mrs. Lucinda Ing
ham, Loveland.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Ex-senator o'connerr Passes Away

Denver.-Bernard J. O'Connell.
former state senator and mining
man of Georgetown, for forty years,
died at Mercy hospital following an
attack of ptomaine poisoning. O'Con-
nell was 90 years old and had been
i'll for three weeks. Three attacks of
pneumonia which he had suffered,
coupled with grief over the death of
his daughter three months ago are
thought to have weakened his powers
of resistance. Miss Sarah O'Connell
was killed on December 2S when a
bowlder plunged down hillside near
her home and clashed through the
roof. She was killed in bed.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
SPORTING NEWS

The baseball season opens in Rocky
Ford, Colo, Sunday, April 4. when a
game will be played with the Nit
chells of Pueblo.
The annual Colorado state golf tour.
nament will be held at the Lakewood
Country Club, Denver, on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, August 10, 20,
and 81.
A bill permitting twenty-round
fights in Nevada upon payment of a
500 license fee is before the COVER
nor. The measure passed both House
and Senate.
A hundred and fifty miles an hour
was the speed Lincoln Beachey. killed
at San Francisco, estimated he could
get out of the monoplane whose col.
lapse sent him to his death.
Fred Eames of Denver defeated less
Lean of Chicago by a score of 80 to
As in seventy-nine innings in the first
game in the world championship three
cushion billiard tournament at Chica
go.
Promoter Jack Curley announced
that the date for the Johnson VII.
lard battle for the heavyweight cham.
pionship of the world, has been def.
nitely set for Havana, Sunday, April 4.
The fight is scheduled for forty-five
rounds.
In the face of a storm of protests
the Jockey Club, England's supreme
racing authority, decided to continue
racing throughout England for the
coming season. though it was given
out that the meetings at EPSON
Downs and Ascot will be somewhat
curtailed
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
EARLY TAX PAYMENTS
REPORT BY COUNTIES OF STATE
SHOW GAIN.
Collections During Month of February
Total $1e3,7s1, as Compared With
$113,633 Year Ago.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-If promptness in paying
taxes is an indication of business pros
perity, then the books of the state
treasurer seem to show that the state
is in an unusually good condition and
that money is abundant.
The forty-four counties which have
made returns up to March Is, for Feb
ruary collections, have remitted $685.
7S1.53, as against $113, 1886 from the
same counties last year. Nearly every
county shows handsome increase
over a year ago. The total average is
approximately 10 per cent. Following
is the list:
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Pays 50 Dividend on 100000 Shares

Colorado Springs.-A dividend of 81
a share on the capital stock of the
Golden Cycle Mining Company was
paid, according to formal announce
ment issued by A. E. Carlton, new
president of the company, and E. F.,
Smith, treasurer. AS the company is
incorporated for 100000 shares, this
makes a total cash distribution of
SO, 200, 900, which is believed to be the
largest single dividend ever paid by
any company in Colorado.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Fifty Men Hunting Lost octosenarian

Grand Junction.-Fifty men in
autos and on horseback secured the
Grand valley for Ira Woodwork, so
years old, local resident, who is mis-
sing and it is feared has met with
foul play or has lost his mind and is
wandering in the wild part of the sur
rounding foothills. Woodwork was
first missed when he failed to keep
an appointment with an insurance ad-
juster to receive his check for a re-
cent fire loss amounting to over
$1,000.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
FOREIGN

A daughter was born to the wife of
Dr. Paul Samuel Reinsch, United
States minister to China.
The British admiralty announced in
an official statement that the German
crusier Dresden had been sunk.
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters
Telegram company says that in Feb
ruary $4,000 German and Austrian
prisoners passed through Kiev.
The famous Industrial fair held an
nually in Leipsic, and dating back
nearly 600 years, is to be duplicated
this year as far as possible in England.
The Swedish steamer Gloria, carry
ing a cargo of corn from La Plata. Ar
Sentina, to Stockholm was halted by
German warship and conveyed into
Swinemunde, on the Baltic
Reports from Rome show that all
Italy is aflame with a demand for war
because of reports that Austrian and
German troops are concentrating on
the border, menacing Milan.
Baron Newton suggested in the
House of Lords in London that the
American government be asked to
make inquiries concerning the treat
ment of British prisoners in Germany.
The Chinese government has official
Information to the effect that the sec
ond japanese squadron. conveying two
divisions of approximately 10000 sol
dierst, has sailed for China.
Count Carl Bernadotte. son of Prince
Bernadotte, eldest brother of King
Gustav, was married at Stockholm,
Sweden, to the daughter of Baron de
Geer, colonel of the kings horse
guard.
Boy scouts are now engaged in the
British navy for signaling and are re-
ceiving more pay than midshipmen.
More than 1900 scouts have entered
military service of one kind or another
and 1000 more who are nearing the age
of enlistment are in training.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Governor vetoes Prison Workers Bill

Denver.-Governor Carlson vetoed
House Bill No 61, "an act to regulate
the working hours of mechanics, work
ing men, laborers and employees of the
penal institutions" In returning the
bill to the House without his approval,
Governor Carlson explained that he
was forced to veto a meritorious meas
ure because the state has not the
money with which to pay an increase
in salaries at this time.