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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-11
us. CONSUMES
A FIFTH OF THE
WORLDS SUGAR
SMALL PORTION OF SUGAR THAT IS
CONSUMED IN UNITED STATES
IS RAISED ON MAINLAND.
BUREAU OF COMMERCE FIGURES OUT
PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
OF SUGAR IN AMERICA.

Washington, Oct. IL. WV More than
one fifth Of the 40 billion pounds Of su-
gar that represent the worlds porduc-
ton last year was consumed In the Uni
ted States. The consumption Of sugar in
the United States exclusive of its sugar
producing islands during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1915. has been calcu.
lated by the Bureau Of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce, Department of Com
merce. as $3.50 million pounds. or Sc
pounds per capita.
Of the sugar in this coun-
try in 1915, 1.941 million pounds were
producted on the mainland. 1,2S1 mil
lion i'm Hawaii, $50 million pounds in
Porto Rico, 327 million pounds in the
Philippines. and the remainder Ass mil.
lion pounds i'm the last fiscal year, that
quantity being nearly four times as
much as that from Hawaii and eight
times rs much as that from Porto Rico.
Beet sugar % leads cane sugar BY
nearly one billion pounds in the yearly
domestic product. having reversed the
conditions which obtained twenty wears
ago. In 1895. for example. according to
the Statistical Abstract Of the United
states. the domestic sugar product TO-
tailed approximately 775 million pounds.
the share Of beet sugar being only As
million and that of zane having de-
net had increased to 1.9I1 million pounds
the share of beet having grown to LAS
million pounds. In 1915 u sugar prod
creased TO 1913 million pounds. Meantime
beet sugar has practically disappeared
from our imports. Eighteen years o
when the Cuban supply of cane sugar
was cnt of by war. w imported n:ar;,
: billion pounds Of sugar. After the re-.
turn Of peace in Cuba our imports of
beet sugar fell of sharply. and in the
last fiscal year beet sugar imports
amounted to less than n million
pounds.
The cutting of Of the sugar SUNNY NJ
European countries has resulted i'm n
remarkable expansion Of our sales Of
sugar to foreign countries. For the fiscal
year 1918 they aggregated 49, million
pounds. as against 22 In million pounds
IN 1900 and ~ - million pounds in 1854
The following table presents the lead.
ing changes in the economic position Of
ugar in 1?ll-15 as compared with the
preceding year.
millions IF noupdS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-11

Boston. Oct. 9.-The Earl Of Aberdeen
and the Lady Aberdeen will be royalty
entertained here merit week when they
arrive in America on their way 10 the
Panama Pacific exposition. 4 reception
will be held on Monday. and other func-
lions are planned in honor Of the illus
tri0us visitors.
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WANTED at once, n steward. Apply Mil
Ter hotel. tf-17
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Ballinger. Tex, Oct. IA tick eradi-
cation election is being held in this run
nels) county today. Many dipping watts
have already been built near here, while
the purpose Of the election is to decide
where further eradication methods are to
be used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-11

Luling. Tex. Oct. 11--Ray Sullivan, o
popular young farmer. reared just north
OF Luling, left this week for the border
where he will join Captain j. j. San
der's company Of rangers for active ser.
vice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-11

An ant can carry a grain Of corn ten
times its weight on it, own body, while n
man or a horse can carry a burden Of only
their own weight.
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PERMANENT POSITION WANTED by
young man to assist in office as clerk. Ex-
perienced in craftsmanship, competent to
keep books, and assist in conducting cor
~respondence. Speaks Spanish as well rs
English. Other propositions considered.
References given. Business Man. care
Herald.
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street. 4G
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or more on Rio Grande Valley irrigated
or ranch lands. Describe your property
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
LOAN NOT

Administration Will Not Interfere With
Allies Billion Dollar Credit.
Observation-Disclosures that the
administration considers the proposed
billion-dollar loan or credit to the allies
by American bankers within the linn
its of neutrality and will not interfere
was reported from the White House
Sept. Is.
The administration, it is understood.
regards the loan as merely a necessary
detail in the transaction, by which the
allies r purchasing supplies in the
United States, and that the credit Is to
be used largely in meeting debts al
ready incurred and that it is not pro-
posed to give the allies money for use
elsewhere.
The administration, it is said, sees
no difference between the proposed
loan and the floating of $40, 000, 900 of
German securities in this country some
time ago, except In size.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
mExIcANs KILL TROOPER
Private Arthur Kraft, Twelfth Cavalry,
Shot Dead in Early Morning Bat
tie on Border.

Brownsville, Texas.-One American
trooper is dead and two seriously
wounded as the result Of an early
morning fight at Santa Maria, Texas,
about 26 miles above Brownsville. on
Sept. 13. Ten American soldiers of
Troop A, Twelfth cavalry, and be-
tween 20 and so Mexicans were en-
gagged. the battle lasting about 80
minutes. The number of Mexican
casualties, If any, is not known.
Private Arthur Kraft was killed by
a shot through the head and Trumpet
er Harold T. Forney was shot through
the abdomen. Sergt. j.. J. Walsh, in
command Of the 10 American troop
ers. sustained a gunshot wound in the
leg.
Col. A. P. Blocksom at Fort Brown
made a dash in IN automobile to the
scene OF the fight, calling out large
patrols, and placed officers to search
the vicinity. He also made vigorous
demands on the Carranza authorities
for the arrest Of two known bandit
No~i~an- siae-of tina
A1postman was shot and
wounded near Edinburg, about
20 miles from the scene OF the fight.
The fight, beginning in the half
light of dawn, was one Of the nerviest
Of American soldiers in Dor
Ter records. Ten soldiers started the
fight; seven were left in action at the
end and one of them was hurt. Two
were seer tO mitch Orward
on their faces during the fight, but
their comrades removed all the Mexi
can wounded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
TRAGEDY At CARLISLE, ARK.
Four Dead As Result OF Negro Killing
Wife.-Murderer Suicides Rathen
Then Be Captured.

Four Dead As Result OF Negro Killing
Wife.-Murderer Suicides Rathen
Then Be Captured.
Carlisle, Ark.-Two white men are
dead, q third is dying and two negroes
are dead here, the result of the MUIR
der by her husband of the wife of a
negro, Pat Bowers, on Sept. II, the
subsequent chase of the negro, who
barricaded himself in his home and
took his own life rather than be cap
tured by the mob.
The dead are: DIR. C. L. Crawford, i.
X. Johnson, Pat Bowers, negro; Pat
Bowers wife.
Fatally injured: Chester Crawford.
Bowers wife had left him and was
living with a negro named Nichols
and the former went to the Nichols
home in an effort to force her to re-
turn to his home. Nichols and the
Bowers negro quarreled and Nichols
drew a gun which Bowers took from
him and turned on his wife, killing her
Instantly. The Nichols negro fed. Al
ter the killing Bowers left for the
home of his father, three miles north
Of Carlisle, where he expressed his de-
termination not to be taken alive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
coNscRlp1loN CONSIDERED
Premier Asquith Makes Official Ad.
mission That British Cabinet has
Had Idea Under Discussion.

Premier Asquith Makes Official Ad.
mission That British Cabinet has
Had Idea Under Discussion.
London.-Oficial admission that the
cabinet is seriously debating the SUBJ
ject of CONSUMPTION was made publicly
for the first time in the House of Com
mons on Sept. IA.
The subject was raised when the
motion for adjournment was made. It
was brought up by both the opponents
and advocates Of CONSUMPTION. Pre-
mier AsQuith finally arose and an
nounced:
This is not a matter which has es.
capped the attention of the government.
When the government, without undue
delay and with the due elaboration
which the gravity of the subject de-
mands, have arrived at their conclu-
sions they will be presented to the
House and will then become the sub
ject OF parliamentary discussion"
The premier expressed regret that
the expression of the best way I'm
which this country shall meet the call
to bring the war to q successful conclu-
sion" had become q matter Of public
controversy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
ENGLAND VOTES
ANOTHER BIG LOAN
PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL WHICH
MAKE TOTAL WAR CREDIT
OVER SIX BILLION.
WAR SITUATION
Three Million Men Have Enlisted in
Army and Navy Since Outbreak
Of War.-60o,o 900 Are MAKING
Munitions.

London.-Premier Asquith, in the
House OF Commons, and Earl Kitch-
ener, secretary of war, in the House
OF Lords. gave an exhaustive survey
Sept. Is of the financial and military
situations, both making candid state
ments of what has been done and of
preparations for carrying the wal to a
successful conclusion"
Both houses were crowded with
members and spectators, who followed
with deepest interest Mr.. Asquith's
plain and business-like statement in
asking for another vote OF credit,
which brings the total to $3.50, 600, 900,
and to Earl Kitchener's reading of a
carefully prepared, and optimistic
speech on the military operations and
needs.
The premier had to deal with huge
figures to explain the financing of the
war and warned his hearers that al
though the expenditure was now more
than SIT, SOC, 900 daily, there was a like
Hhood OF its increasing owing to the
advance to the allies and to the do
minions-which had reached $780,
OOO-and provision for munitions.
Since the war began nearly 10000 0
men, he said, had enlisted in the army
and navy. Besides 800, 900 persons
were now engaged in the manufacture
OF munitions. But both figures would
have to be increased, and he appealed
to the women to give their assistance,
believing they would make ga gigantic
stride towards the solution of one Of
the most pressing promlems."
Reviewing the military situation, Mr..
Asquith stated that in France and
Flanders the position of the British
troops had been strengthened every
where by large re-enforcements Of men
and munitions, and that there had been.
a considerable extension of lines taken
over from the French.
In the Dardanelles, he continued. the
British had made Substantial gains,
though they had not succeeded in DIS
lodging the Turks from the crest of
the hills. The British now hold a
'front.' of more than twelve miles.
In h east, Mr.. Asquith said, the
Russian army remains unbroken. He
asserted that the superiority of the
Germans was only in artillery and that
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4ar-np1
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
lIuExHCUTED q
URB|EA OFFICERS
DETAILS or MExIcANS' sLAucH-
TER VISIT TO RANCH HOUSE
REcouNTEp.
SENT A DEc0Y TELEGRAM
Urbina and His Followers After Their
Surrender Are Taken to chihua-
hua" by Exeeutioner in
Short Time.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Eourteen staff Off
GERS of Gen. Urbina's force were exc
cuted with Urbina as the result of the
recent visit Of Gen. Villa to Urbina's
ranch as Las Nfevas, accordiny to an
American who has arrived here, who
said he had accompanied Gen. Villa on
the trip.
Gen. Villa" said the American, al
Jiminez put one Of his own operators
in charge OF the telegraph line which
runs from Parral to the Las Nievas
ranch. A message was then sent Ur-
bina as follows. supposedly from one
OF the operators loyal to Urbina:
villa and bodyguard have passed
through Bermejillo en- route to Las
Nievas to interview you. How will
you receive him?'
"Urbina replied that he would vel
come Villa with bullets. Villa then
ordered Gen. Rudolfo Fierro to ad-
vance before him on the march to the
ranch. The party arrived early Friday
morning and surrounded the ranch
house, whereupon Urbina and his staff
opened fire from the windows.
villa arriving, ordered a charge
upon the house. AS his men entered
by the windows and doors Urbina tried
to cover Fierro with his pistol, where
upon Fierro sent a bullet through Ur-
bina's right arm and Urbina surren-
dered and ordered his staff to follow
suit.
villa took charge of Urbina> and
reprimanded him for treason, and told
him he would have to die. 1t had been
Villas plan to send Urbina to Chihua-
hua for execution as an example, but
he turned him over to Gen. Fierro. Five
minutes later Fierro returned and re-
ported he had taken Urbina to Chi
huahua.'
Fourteen of Urbina's officers wers
caught in the ranch house. 1 did not
see them executed, but every little
while Fierro would take one of the off,
GERS from the house and return shortly
with a small piece of rope with which.
the officers hands had been tied"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
SEEK LOAN OF ONE BILLION
Angio-French Financial Commission
Want Huge Sum On Government

Ansio-French Financial Commission
Want Huge Sum On Government
Bonds.-Neutraiity Involved.
New Yorh.-The present plan of the
joint A~nglO-French financial commits.
sion, it has been reported, is to Dor.
row one billion dollars in the United
States on straight British and French
government bonds without any col
lateral.
II this vast sum of money is OBJ
tanned, it was said, 1t is to be spent, to
the last cent, in the United States for
wheat, cotton, meat and other com
modify shipments, including NUM-
lions of war. It will therefore, in the
opinion of financial authorities, be
classified as a commercial loan.
Whether the neutrality of the Unit
ed States would be questioned, in case
the bankers financing the loan should
accept straight British and French
government notes as security, has
been given serious consideration. It
was said financiers familiar with the
plan had every reason to believe
Washington would not. interfere.
The twaar obf gust weres that seam,
ion whether Washington would re-
gard unfavorably the issuance of a
based on British and French gov
srnment bonds as being 'unneutral,
md whether the banks Of America
could assimilate such a loan without
In some quarters it is be-
ieved that the banks could do it. II
30, it will have been neither equaled
approached in the history Of
American finance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
EASTERN BATTLE RACES

Austro-German Forces Making Slo>
Defensive Ausan>~I~ l-~1-.~s-
London.-There Is still no sign OF
waning in the battles which r being
fought along the eastern front that
now runs almost directly north and
south from Riga to the Roumanian
frontier. From Riga southwark to the
Galician border, the Germans and Aus.
TRANS, who are continually receiving
re-enforcements and supplies of mum
lions by railway and river, are ndeav
oring to force their way to the Dvina,
and the main trunk Of the important
railway lines.
The Russians continue their often
sive and, according to their accounts,
with excellent results. The Austro'
German offensive is making slow but
steady Roadway, particularly along the
road to Glonim and Pinsk. Elsewhere.
the German official reports daily re-
count the capture of a few thousand
prisoners with machine guns.
The Germans big effort, however, 1t
is expected. will be made against Vii
ma and Dvinsk, westward OF which
town heavy engagements are being
fought. Having reached the Dvina al
Friedrichstadt, and drive the Rus
slams across the river. the Germans
are in a better position to advance on
Dvinsk, as there Is no danger of any
out1anking movement. The slowness
Of the operations probably is due
largely to the condition OF the coun'
try md tho heavy roads.
Every days delay is giving h Rus
SLAMS a breathing space and enables
them to make preparations for great
resistance on chosen lines protected
by marshes and swollen rivers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
hlIlST0Rm KILLS
FISH IN TEXAS
Rain Makes River Muddy, Fish
Rise for Air, Hailstones
Hit EN-.
TRUE, SAYS 0LD-TIMER
Pioneer Ought to Know, for He's
Watched the Stream Grow Up
From q Creek to q Full.
Grown River.

New York.-Colonel Zebulon Taylor
from the Panhandle" as he signed
himself on the register. was talking
about things down In his part OF the
country.
"A peculiar thing happened recent
~ down in my section Of the state"
he said. land though this Is the first
time I've heard OF 1t, l understand
that 1t happens right along.
You know. there's q little river
down there called the Rio Bravo. It
amt much Of q stream at best. but
there's always plenty OF water in 1t
and. what's more. it's chock full OF
fish.
But those fish have been having a
bad time. One time last year when
some irrigation sharps tried to swing
q dam across the river the flsh got
spread all yer the country and there
was q terrible mortality. Along came
lone of those sudden rains and the
dam backed the water up and il
flower all over the countryside. tax.
ing scads Of fish with it. When the
flood went down-most of 1t went
down into the soft soil-the fish wer'
left stranded high and dry.
But This Was Worse.
This was bad enough. but the real
trouble, the one I was going to tell
about, happened just before l came
North. We had what was the worst
storm I eve saw, and I've been living
round those parts for a good many
years.
1T came up suddenly and after the
main part of the heavy artillery was
over, it just naturally got down to bust.
ness, and there never was so much
rain since the flood.
We'll, the Bravo flows through soft
coil, and this was the cause of the
tTagedy that happened. The heavy
drops of rain, coming down SO hard,
washed mud and silt into the river
until 1t looked like a long strip of
chocolate. It's slow enough at best,
but the muddy water seemed to stand
still. AS sometimes happens, the
rain was followed by a short but very
hard hailstorm.
When the hail quit, and it only
lasted about Is minutes, the sun came
as usual. My little boy went out
to paddle in the wet, and pretty soon
he comes in and asks II he can go
down TO the river. He says that all
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
Warshlps to Mexico.

Washington.-The ~battleships Kear-
sarge and Kentucky have been order
ed from Philadelphia to East Mexican
waters. 1t was explained by Secre-
tary OF the Navy Daniels that the pur-
that they may relieve the Louisiana
and the New Hampshire, which have
been for some time on the east coast
of Mexico. Mr.. Daniels says 1t is
desirable that the ships of the Louis
lana and New Hampshire class be in
American waters
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
UP 70 \


WaShtngtOn.-Prospects for q favor.
able adjustment Of the controversy
between the United States and Ger.
many depend entirely on the attitude
which the foreign office will take to-
ward the recommendations made Sent.
IA by Count Won Bernstor6, the Ger.
man ambassador, as q result of his con-
ference with Secretary Lansing.
Details of the conference became
known throwing light on the critical
point that had bean reached In the re-
lations between the two countries.
The Washington government was al
most ready to diplomatic rela-
lions, but decided to delay taking any
step until Germany could be furnished
the evidence in its possession on the
Arabic case
F~riendliness and candor are under
stood to have characterized the con-
v~ersation between Mr.. Lansing and the
ambassador. The ambassador has been
given an opportunity to communicate
freely with his government, so that 1t
may be clearly understood In Berlin
why Washington is convinced Of the
torpedoing OF the Arabic could not
have been a mistake. justified or un-
justified.
1t was made clear to Count Won
Bernstorn that the United States
wants a disavowal Of the act. Arbitra-
ton cannot be an issue for considera-
tion until the attitude Of the German
government oward the act itself is
put on record. Later the American
government may take under consider.
alton a proposal to arbitrate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17

The steamship SAINT Anna OF the
Fabre Line. which left New York on
| Sept. 8 with between 1000 and 1,7Oo
Italian reservists and about so women
and children passengers aboard for
Marseiiles and Naples, has been re.
ported on fire nearly due east Of New
York and due south OF New Found.
land.
n wireless station t Cape Race,
on the southeast tip OF New Found
land, has picked up q wireless mes
sage from the SAINT Anna and has
sent out a powerful wireless appeal to
all steamships to hurry TO the aid of
the burning steamship.
This wireless message, as received
by h Marine Department here at
$50 o'clock on the morning of Sept. Is,
reads:
Steamer SAINT Anna in distress, on
fire and in need OF assistance. Posi-
ton. latitude 1923 north; longitude
47.30 west"
1t is believed that this message also
has been picked up by steamships
nearer to the SAINT Anna than the gov
eminent vessels in the harbor here
and that they are on their way to the
vessel in distress. However, the gov
eminent Is preparing to send relief
vessels from here.
Fear is expressed here that If the
fire is SO serious that a distress call
was sent out the steamship is in the
gravest danger. If, indeed, the worst
has not happened.
As the SAINT Anna was on the south
ern route for the Mediterranean she
far from the move travelled route
to the north, used by vessels plying
between New York and England
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
Robbers Quarrel; One Killed.

Sioux City. Iowa--As q sequel to
the daylight robbery OF the Farmers
and Merchants Bank Saturday after
one member Of The band which
neld up Ralph M. Tritx, assistant
cashier. Is dead, having been killed
during q pistol duel following q quar-
rel over the division OF the spoils.
The dead man was identified by the
cashier. Charles NJ. Ford. one Of the
mon said to have been IN the house
where the murder occurred. was ar-
rested.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-09-17
ON DAMS BRINK FIVE HOURS
ton After Remarkable Experience
Hanging to Tree Stump.

York. Pa--Caught in the current OF
the SusQuehanna river while fishing
Saturday. Charles p. Anstadt. Q pub
fisher. war being swept over the York
Haven power dam when he grasped Q
tree stump ard held securely.
Fof nve hours he chung to the stump,
and when rescued BY Alvin Brouthers.
who went after him IN Q motor boat
.Austadt was almoe1 avhaue~s~-