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Sanitary Districts
For City Of Mexico

FIN -tT@V1HTIFN TTF~S.T
MEXICO CITY. Mex. Dee. 22.-Eight
sanitary districts. each in charge of a ply
stefan have been established here, III which
there are eight relief stations with ambul
ance service. BY this Innovation, il j.
hoped To stamp out epidemics which have
existed in many barracks and thus prevent
coniaglon.
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could wish, and plenty Of II, and a real
live Santa Claus has been booked for the
occasion Ia distribute the presents. Mr..
and Mrs. Gerry expect TO be present and
preside M the dinner.
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WANTED TO RENT.

WANTEp-Tn rent furnished house or apart
nepts with az least two bedrooms. HOUSE
required January .. Call Lieutenant tulonc'
i II 4. Hartman. Phone t,i. IA
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ROOMS FOR RENT.

UnFURNlSHED ROOMS IN vIvIER
RIIIpING. APPLY ROOM 10. s.,
this city three weeks ago.
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POSITIONS WANTED.

WANTED-Position as stenographer and type
writer. or combination Office man: employed
DURING day, To work evenings. References
Moderate salary. Address by letter. r. T.. e.
Herald. I.3l-s;rt
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NOTICES.

The regular annual meeting of the stockh"ld
ers If the STATE Bank \ Trust Company. uf
brownsville. Texas. Will hr held ~ it, banI iug
house 90 Tuesday. January 9th. 1917. ~ 3:un
n. IN. for tn r@lcrtiun ~ directors and The
transaction 80 such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
e. $500 y .ASHIIEiM. Cashier.
The regular annual meeting nf the stock
holders of the Merchants National Eank ~
brownsville. TeyaS. viii ~ held al its bank
ing house ~ Tuesday. January 9th. 1917. AZ
800 i. M. for the election of directors and
the Transactions of such other business as MAY
pr"perly come before the meeting.
ii2 a-3Iti JOHN GREGG. Cashier.
The regular annual meeting If tic stock
holders NC brownsville Bank and Trust Go.
will ~ held N its banking house On Wednes-
day. January 10Th. 1917. ~ 80 r. M. for the
election ~ directors and the transaction 81,
such other business as may properly come he
fore the meeting. H. a. MciAf.Y.
a.. ban Vice President.
The regular annual meeting II the stock
holders ~ The First National Bank IL Browns
vile. Texas. will Lc held 1T It's banking house
on Tuesday. January 9th. 1917. at . o'clock
y. m. for the purpose Of e~lecting directors
and the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
A. WAYNE WOOD, Cashier.
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FURNISHED ROoMS-Single ami apart
ments. hight housekeeping. IN and near bus
mess center of city. Strictly first class fur
nished rooms one block from MI city banks.
for people with references. Apply NJ q. Her
aid II
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POULTRY

RARY CHICKS AM Ett.S-White Ieghorna.
egg producer. money maker: best chicken for
the Valley. i. X. Axson. brownsville. Texas.
-,
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WANTEH-To h,y OF rent rooInins h"us'
Prefer furnished. f'hone rnd. Call Mr.. lee.
-
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FOR SALE~it Room house in West Browns-
VILE. two story garagr. uuthuildlnSs and
three let's. VIII sell for cost II improvements.
Must sacrifice ~ once. owner changing iuri-
ton. A,tlv N.Y.. Herald " 81
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AUTOMOBILES.


-~CLASS-REA LESTATE q SALE
TO cell on most liberal terms. 2Hl
acres Lying four and un-- half miles North ~
brownsville, adjoining leading ~ Itch ana rail-
road. All clea AIRED. on NJ. | county drainage
canal. having been in cultivation and under irri-
CATION. -Four Room tenement house. Srleu-
did opportunity f"r good man. Address j. T.
Doyle. IaI-iI0 South Wabash Ave. Chicago
.D
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GOAT SKINS WANTED.

Est PRICES PAID Telegraph re-
ding quantity aud quality offer. J ais"
asr ores. metals and minerals Of al kinds.
respondene. solicited. l.. C.. Butter. Il
I'm Street. New York City. SIS
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WANTEIb-Messenger boys 1T Western Union.
Aiust speak English and Spanish. -39
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FINANCIAL.
MISCELLANEOUS

AUTOMOBILISTS going through San Benito
get their supplies nj the Mayer x Taoian
CaraRe. -16
Evening star., 1916-12-10
THE SPORT OF KINGS
By ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE

"That is evasion, MIR. kernan" said
Soren sternly. "Have you any evidence
to substantate your charges?"
al have the evidence of my own eyes,
sir l said hotly. "All through the past
two weeks I've thought that O'Toole has
been acting queerly. I've noticed that
Mr.. Classon's horses got all the best of it
in every race. But | thought it racing
luck. A pretty long streak of luck, but
well, l put it down to that But three
days ago l saw Starter O'Toole enter the
house of Mr.. Classons trainer, Marshall
Connors, in Flatbush. | stopped my car
and waited at the corner for an hour.
At the end of that time O'Toole came out
of the house. After O'Toole had disap-
peared rang the bell of the house, and
Connors came to the door. asked him
what O'Toole had been doing there. He
denied that O'Toole had been there.
Gentlemen, my eyes do not deceive
me; | don't suffer from delusions. That
visit might be innocent; but if so, why did
Connors deny the visit? There's only one
answer. sir. Connors is the trainer of the
Casson stable; the Beaumont starter has
been favoring the Casson horses. He
pays a secret visit to Connors Why?
Isn't the answer easy?'
why didn't you make a report to the
Stewards" demanded Soren.
Il admit, sir, that that is what ! should
have done,' | answered. "But | was hot
under the collar. My own horses had
been done out of two races by Classon en-
tries solely because the winners got the
best of the start. And I-well at dinner
in my hotel that night reporter from the
Bugie asked me for track news, and-well,
made the statement that the Classon
stable was getting all the best of it from
O'Toole.'
"You didn't tell the reporter what you
have told us, though, said Soren.
"As soon as began talking to Williams
of the Bugle realized that was letting
my temper get away with me- said |.
$50 | stopped after I'd merely stated
Evening star., 1916-12-10

my belief in the favoritism shown. +"
For the first time, Classon spoke.
"Merely," he said, glancing around at
his fellow stewards.
Then he resumed his gazing out the
window. But his word had it's effect.
"Did you ask Williams not to print
what you had said in anger" asked Soren.
flushed. mo; sir, answered.
"Why not?'
at is not my habit to retract anything
that is true told him.
But you had nothing on which to base
belief that your charges were true!' ex-
claimed Soren. "Connors had denied
O'Toole's visit; you had made mistake.
AS to the other,-the success of the Clas-
son entries,-tha is the fortune of racing,
Mr. Herman. l thought you were too
good sportsman to play the cry-baby
because another horse got away better
than your own
"If the other horse got away first on its
own merits, or the merits of it's jock, I'd
not whine, snapped. But when there s
colusion between starter and trainer"
Soren cut me short angrily:
"Nlr. Herman, we stewards are amply
able to look out for the honesty of this
track. We need no jealous trainers to
show us our duty. You have scandalized
Beaumont by your unfounded charges;
it is your duty either to prove them or to
apologize for having made them
"I've tried to prove them said
"Ive told you about O'Toole visiting
Connors, and the latter's denial of it."
CLASSON looked at Soren.
"Kernan's bit hipped because his
horses haven't been in the money he
said sneeringly: "but, just the same, let's
not make star chamber out of this.
Naturally. l was as much surprised as
any one else to learn that my stable was
being shown favors. I'd rather thought
had the better horses and possibly the
better Jockeys and trainer. But brought
Connors over here with me to-day; |
Evening star., 1916-12-10
December 10

This is a horse-racing story
that requires no knowledge
Of horse-racing TO under
stand; and a lore story that
you don't hare TO be IN lore
to appreciate. Something
startling happens on epery
page Of epery instalment,
right straight through to
Evening star., 1916-12-10
9

the end. The author ,crote a
novel called "Loot," Which
created something Of a SEN
sation when ii was pub
ished earlier in the year,
and is nor numbered
uith the best sellers. Start
this story. It's a good one.
THE EDITOR.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

read Mr.. Kernan's charges in the BugleS
Well, to-day he's gone further than that.
He claims that you two have met in your
house, Connors.
Hes crazy said the trainer
O'Toole smiled contemptuously.
THAT will be ALL" said Soren. They
withdrew, and Soren turned to me.
"It's hard to believe that Kentucky
gentleman would let jealousy overcome
sportsmanship, he said slowly. 4It's
hard to believe that Kentucky gentle
man would forget his honor and
"DON'T say it, sir, interrupted
quietly "If you don't care to believe
me, we'll and good. But don't say l lie,
please.
Soren looked at Classon.
4Mr. Classon,' he said, "this is mat
ter before us stewards. Personalities
must be dropped, forgotten. All should
act as one body. Yet-inasmuch as you
have personal interest. aside from your
interest as steward in seeing that Beau
mont is kept clear from scandal-will you
kindly tell us what action you think We
should ,take?'
ClaSS0n purSed MS npS.
"Of course he said. "my inclination
would be to bar Mr. Herman from the
turf. But-having, as you say, a personal
interest in the matter-I should hate to
seem vindictive. Let me suggest that Mr..
Herman make personal apology to me
for having dragged my name-my stables
name-into nasty scandal, and that he
further comply with our request to make
public retraction of his charges
"Very fair, exclaimed old Soren. THAT
all right gentlemen?
The other stewards nodded assent. The
old financier looked at me.
"Mr. Herman, he began, "this is very
sad occasion. / knew your father, sir.
No more honorable gentleman or fairer
sportsman ever came out Of Kentucky.
1t has been my great pleasure to defeat
him and to be defeated by him. He was
Evening star., 1916-12-10

didn't suppose he'd be
needed, but -OToole's
here too, isn't he??'
Soren nodded.
bring them in," said
Classon.
Soren pressed a bell.
A moment later Starter
O'Toole and Trainer Con-
nors were in the room.
@Mr. O'Toole," asked
Soren, "did you ever pay
a visit to MIR. Connors'
house?"
O'Toole's eyes opened
wonderingly. He shook
his head.
4Why, sir, l barely
know Connors.
"Connors, did O'Toole
ever call at your house,"
asked Soren.
mo, SIR said Connors
innocently.
"Of course, you've both
Evening star., 1916-12-10
WAS on the carpet
before the stewards
of the Jockey Club.


- Around huge ma
hogany table they sat,
frowning heavily at me.
No one had offered me
chair; so l stood there,
feeling like a school-boy
summoned, for various
misdemeanors, before the
faculty of the school. In Hlustrafi
fact, the present situation A. KeI
reminded me of one of
those all too numerous
occasions back in mill
tary school in Covington, -T
Kentucky, and grinned
Soren, at the head of
the table, scowled.
"This is very far from
a laughing matter, Mr.
Kernan,' he said.
The others nodded,
coughed, cleared their
throats, grunted what took to be assent.
l quit grinning; it was not laughing
matter. Soren tapped the edge of the table
with the newspaper that he held.
"Mr. Herman, he said, at is now three
days since you made the charge-to
newspaper-that Starter O'Toole is too
friendly toward the Casson entries. Day
before yesterday you were requested-in
writing-to prove your charges, or to re-
tract them as publicly as you made them.
| have seen no withdrawal in the papers,
and you have forwarded no proof of your
allegations to the stewards. Am | right
in presuming that you have brought
proof with you?'
THE battle was on.
"The facts speak for themselves, sir,
| replied. ain every race during this
present meeting at Beaumont in which
there has been an entry from the Classon
stable, Starter O'Toole has given the
Classon horse far and away the best of it.
He has allowed the Classon jocks to
crowd, push, and hinder the other starters.
There has been neither warning nor pen
atty inflicted on the Classon entries.
Starter O'Toole's conduct in showing such
open favoritism to the Classon stable is
the talk Of the meeting, sir
"Yet there has been no complaint made
to us, sir. said Soren.
"Mr. Francis Classon is one of the
stewards, sir, retorted. And looked
squarely at Classon, sitting next to Soren.
He pretended not to see my glance and
looked idly out the window.
"What do you mean, Mr. Kernan?"
asked Soren.
IL mean that most owners and most
trainers are careful not to make charges
that involve one of the stewards. But,
under the rose-there's been talk enough"
"Can you bring before us any other
trainer or owner who speaks as you do?'
al don't care to get other people into
trouble" said I. "l can fight my own
battles y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-16

1t makes no difference If the picket
ing done be ten or a thousand feet
away. If it comes to a show down it
will not matter if the picket is FIVE miles
away If it is necessary to beat the strike.
In striking labor can only win by vio-
lating the law. AS a lawyer Pm not
supposed to say you should break the
law, but want to see labor win.
Let's assume that violence is used in
a strike. Is one not entitled to twelve
men or must he sneak up to one man
a judge.
The courts are the law bulwark in
this fight and they'll construe laws they
are to decide unless we make it abso-
lutely clear that they can't issue in
functions.
Much of the viciousness of this
preachment lies in the fact that the law
yer must have known, or at any rate
should have known, that he was dan
gerously misleading his hearers. He
must have known that he was falsely
interpreting TIE law. He should have
known that he was melting his hearers
to lawlessness and disregard for the
very courts that have time and time
again conserved the interests Of the very
men to whom he was preaching.
There is absolutely not word or sug-
gestion in the laws Of the state of Mich
igan that prevents any man or body of
men from quitting work in any shop or
plant anywhere in the state. The law
does, however, seek to protect the en-
ployer against the violence of an aggre-
CATION of men who see fit to leave his
employ.
There is absolutely nothing in the
laws of Michigan that prevents one man
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OriqIn of the Cannon.

1t is a curious fact that the first can
non was cast at Venice. 1t was called
employed by General Pisani in a war
against the Genoese. The original bonn
bard, which bears the date of 1890, is
still preserved and stands at the foot
of Pisani's statue at the arsenal. The
lombard threw a stone hundred
pounds in weight, but another Venetian
general. Francisco Barde. improved it
until he was able to handle charge
of rock and powders weighing 5000
pounds. 1t proved disastrous to him.
however, for one day during the siege
of cara while he was operating his ter
rible engine he was hurled by it over
the walls and instantly killed.
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Sugar, it is not a question Of guilt; the
guilt is self-evident. The proposition is
to so fix the law that such violence
cannot be interfered with.
The ranks Of organized labor are
filled in the main with honest, consci-
entious, industrious, patriotic workmen.
In their very hearts the vast majority
of these men have deep respect for the
majesty of the law and for the property
rights of an individual, be he an en-
ployer or not. The deplorable thing is
that they will listen to unscrupulOus
agitators; that they permit themselves
to be led by men who are no re-
specters Of law and order and who
preach violence and spread discomfort.
In the ranks of organized labor in
Michigan today are thousands of men
who if the nation issued a call to arms
to avenge the wrongs committed against
American citizens on American soil by
the Mexicans, would lay down their
tools and take up arms in defense of
their flag. Yet the Labor Meas delib-
erately insults their intelligence and
belittles their patriotism, and also in
suits the colored men who have enrolled
for service under the stars and stripes,
by publishing this statement:
African troops are marching into
Mexico. Will this be the beginning of a
war of conquest? A cry is already
going up for the annexation of part of
Mexico. Who wants it? Otis, that
"grey wolf" that notorious open shop
per of Los Angeles, and his pet son-in-
law, Chandler.
It is time that organized labor threw
off the CALLING yoke.
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The Suicide of Hannibal,

Defeated at Zama, Hannibal fled to
the east to avoid falling into the hands
of the Romans and found temporary
security in the dominions of Mithri-
dates. He melted this monarch to en-
gage in a Roman war, and, his advice
as to its conduct being rejected, the
war proved unsuccessful. and Mithri-
dates was required as one of the condi-
lions of peace to deliver up Hannibal
to his enemies. the Romans.
The unfortunate Carthaginian heard
of his approaching fate, swallowed the
poison which for years he had carried
about his person and expired just as the
ENJOYS arrived to take him away as a
prisoner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-16

TAKE the protection of the
i law away from the en-
ployer's property! Make it r.
possible to destroy the en-
ployer's factory and his goods E9
if he does not accede to any N
demand made upon him Tie &c
and gag the circuit judge to
prevent him from coming to y
the assistance of workers upon Es
whom felonous assault is being "
made Mob the employer and w
all his defenders, but do not let M'
the law intervene These are ~
the preachments and the de- W
mands of organized labor in ~
Michigan today. vi
A referendum petition is be- 9
ing circulated throughout the 20
state for a constitutional ~
amendment taking away from ~
the judges the right to issue an "
injunction in labor disputes. ~
Were this amendment to be- ~
come part OF our constitution, "
it would be impossible for the n
employer to appeal to the court =
for protection, though mob of
strikers were assaulting his
workmen, preventing the en-
ployment of other help, de- (
stroying his property and ruin
ing his goods The amend
ment would make it impossible
for him to stay the hand of the
mob until such time as an
amicable agreement could be enterC
upon or the difficulties adjusted
Organized labor would have it that
private individual, apprehensive
injury to his property or person, mig
avail himself of the protection of ;
injunction; but if an employer, in di
pute with his men, no matter how INN
nent the danger to his life, limb or pro
erty, this prohibitory protection shou
be unavailable.
The injunction, admits organic
labor, makes it possible for the employ
to hire whom he will conduct his ov
business as he deems best; operate h
own factory as he thinks it should
operated exercise his rights as fire
born American citizen. Such is t
complaint of organized labor against t
law.
Counsel for organized labor even go
SO far as to preach the vicious doctri
to the militant union, that in substan
the law as administered today compels
man to work for whatever wage an er
ployer wishes to pay him; compels hi
to work against his will; compels hi
to submit to any and all conditions h
employer may take a notion to impo
upon him. Note for instance the stat
ments of one Maurice Sugar, who is
lawyer, according to Detroit Lab
Meas. In a recent address to the d
troit Federation, he said:
Probably 999 out of thousand m
in Mexican today think that the wor
ingmen have right to strike, but
hasn't. The law of Michigan doesl
give him the right to strike. No Ia
taking that right away has been Passe
but the courts have made it.
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Louise Colet and the Fever.

Louise Colet. the French poet. novel
list and general writer. was born at AK
in 1910 She was better known in life
than to posterity not only by her writ
ings, but from various incidents with
which she was connected. One of the
most trying was when she intended to
winter in the isle of Ischia. in the gulf
Of Naples. No sooner was she estab-
lished there than an epidemic broke
out. The people thought it must be the
stranger who had brought the trouble.
She was threatened and narrowly es-
capped death by the devotion Of friend
who got her away in yacht. Strange
as 1t may seem, when the "tenth muse
had left the island the fever disap-
peared
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AN ANCIENT CHURCH.
IL Has Been In Use In France For Over
a Thousand Years.

Before dinner we walked for q little
In the gray evening and came to an old
church--One of the oldest in France, it
is said, built in the ninth century and
called st. Michael's. cat Nantua, in
the French JurasJ 1t is more than
thousand years old and looks it. 1t has
not been much rebuilt, | think. for in
vasion and revolution appear seldom to
have surmounted the natural ramparts
Of Nantua, and only the storm beat and
the erosion Of the centuries have writ
ten the story of decay. The hand OF
restoration has troubled it little.
We slipped in through the gathering
dusk and tiptoed about, for there were
q few lights pickering before the altar,
and we saw the outlines of bowed
heads. Presently priest was silhouet-
ted against the altar lights as he cross
ed and passed out by side door. He
was one of long line that stretched
back through more than half of the
Christian era and through most Of the
history of France.
When the first priest passed In front
of that altar France was still under
the Carlovingian dynasty - under
Charles the Fat, perhaps, and William
of Normandy was not to conquer Eng
land until 200 years later. Then nearly
400 years more would creep by-dim.
medieval years-before Joan OF Arc
should unfurl her banner of victory
and martyrdom
You see how far back into the m.sts
we are stepping here And all those
evenings the altar lights have been lit
and the ministration of priests has not
failed-Albert Bigelow Paine in Har-
pers Magazine.