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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01
"0ur Country! In her intercourse with
foreign nations, may she always be right,
but our country, right or wrong. Stephen
Decatur.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER |, l9le.


The inadcqnacy of Brownsvlle's postof-
fice-the building-to meet the require
ments of the heavy mail business handled
at this city, will become even more impress
-ive when the Christmas parcel post bust
ness sets in. One need not be expert in
postal service matters TO understand that
Il will be utterly imp e~ihle To handle the
space now allotted 60 the postal service.
The handling of Christmas cards and other
FIRST class mail daring thc holidays. it j.
easy 10 h%ellcvr. will nearly swamp the mar
row floor pace "l the present po~toffice.
The entire FIRST floor M NE federal build
ing would not hy aay means be too large
for the needs 81 liruwn-ylllc'- pn,toftice.
c~l,rcinlly -inrc abe troop have been sta
toned hrrr. without taking INTO con~idera-
Ion he lSpYtcd heavy Christmas rush.
The lropt ol'Er6an.viIle and their friends
~ Nhcr Cities could help the situation
some ~ dung their ln-ima- sending ear
~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

Tcutoaic allies hogan invasion III Monte
negro.
Russians retook Czcmowitz. capital ~
Bukowina.
British army defeated near Bagdad by the
Turks IL forced ~ retreat toward Kut-
cl-.Amara.
American Ambassador P~cniield renewS de-
mand upon Austrian government m
Vienna for explanation Of iorpedoine
Of Italian steamer .Ancona.
Twenty-one allied and neutral merchant
men. including the Ancona. on which
30 lives were lost. reported sunk Nv
An>tro-t;crman submarines IN the
Mediterranean during November. 1915.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

Checks should be- made payable 10 The
Brownsyille Herald Publishing 90. Business
communicated should b. addressed t. the
company. and items, letters. etc, intended for
publication sheuld b. addressed t. Editor, The
Herald, Brow nsyille. Texas. Letters intended
for puilicfiiiuf. should be- signed with the full
name ~ III. writer. The name will not b.
printed II MT desired. but il win be evidence II
good faith IN the part a the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

Il don't suppose you have any wolves
around heresr
mo. not exactly" chncklcd the farmer.
hut II you want M zee the next best thing,
ie~' stay here till | open the dinin' room
duor>-"-Chicagu News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

! conldn't bring myself to correct him. |
instlet il Stand that way and told him such
was the arrangement Joe saw swift sat
isfaction play across Strve.~ face. lie had
4 bandage around his head not much dif-
fcrent from this one our friend here H.
wearing. But he said hc was scratched
~ \ fuirf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

nj republican sectional campaign crv.
The South ! IN the saddle doesn't an
pear TO have made Hughes many votes.
The West Il riding, too.-Cnicago Herald,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

In looking around for -cmc one to whom
To- be- % Santa 4 laus Brownsville people are
reminded not to forget ia, Charity Home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01
The War In History
ECEMRE 1. 1914.

lsebel General Christian he Wet captured
by the British IL Bechuanaland.
-Four kInds present IN the hines ot battle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

"A large number If Brownsville people
mary Of them Observation-Disclosures
in the turkey hnycott Thanksgiving Day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

The trouble about the boycotfed turkey
j. tina; vou can't bovcolt 1t and ca it too.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-01

There are lu+t twenty four days left il
which to DO Christina, shopping and send.
ing.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
MAX EN- ROUTE. With
FORTtsIIl'l. /. TRUNKS
- s,A'H 81
French Photopiss Comedian at
Last on His Way to
America.

Max Under. retired French soldier,
but an active photopiay comedian Of
international reputation, is on his
way to America with forty-six trunks
OF clothes. He IL expected to arrive
In New York November IL. having
stopped for a few weeks In England.
George X. Spoor. president Of the Es-
sanay company, 10 now In New York
and will meet the FRENCH comedian
and escort him to the Essanay stu
Linder has signed Q contract for
one year. with the option Of renewal
He is engaged to put out twelve
comedies, two reels In length, In q
year.
Max. as no is universally known.
Pathe company, for whom he worked
he quit his work and Joined the army
as an aeroplane and automobile scout.
serving two years. He was seriously
wounded and was sent 70 the mill :
tary hospital AZ Contrexvilis; u was
opened negotiations for his services.
my country. but believe I can serve
her better by giving the salary, which
seems fabulous to me. to her cause,''
was Mr. Linder's answer.
He was honorably discharRed. and
after q month spent In Switzerland TO
recuperate started for TIE United
statss ch.rastsristiS Of s,o Linds
he was leaving France with forty-six
trunks of clothes. his wardrobe con-
sisting. OF the most up-to-date styles
OF Paris.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
Alan Hale, Actor, Began
Life as an Osteopath

Just four years ago. Alan Hale, a ma
tive OF this city. was graduated from
the Philadelphia School Of Osteopathy
with a diploma emitting him to practice
has chosen profession. Today. in ammo
domini 1915. Hale Is finishing work In q
William Fox photoplay In which he IL
Mr.. Hale was born here, but most Of
his education was acquired In Philadel-
phia, and most of his career mapped
out there. He had such a spiendid
istic trainer OF the University OF Penn
sylvania, selected him for development
into a champion strong man.
Mr.. Hale says that his earliest am
billion was to become q singer. He was
p'l have rec Recovered a0 Il SINCE You might
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
Manager Of Washington Square
Players Tells How Pictures
Help Drama.
INFLUENCE IS FOR GOOD
Actors and Actresses Learn to
Express Emotion Without
Resort to Words.
BY EDWARD CORBETT,
Washington Square Players.

1t is in the revival OF the
pantomimic art, through the de-
velopment OF pantomime In people
Who have no stage experience, but
hitherto undiscovered acting ability.
that ] believe the motion picture 10
20 be of tremendous benefit to the
70 that degree the pictur. play
offers an almost unlimited field OF
study and observation for the actor
OF the manager of any. theatrical
the head of the vitagraph Company,
] believe, who first made use OF un-
trained workers In Aim productions.
Once when his company could not
hnd In professional players just the
part Blackton bethodght him Of an
explosive grocerman OF his ac-
duaintance.
He secured the services Of the
grocer who, In his roly poly body,
his round and Joviai face reflected
dynsmicsiiy Within" C Which the 0y part
demanded. The grscer made good
and is now. / understand. a motion
picture, actor Of high attachments
and salary.
From my experience with our own
company Of players In their indie
pendent venture in theatrical affairs.
I should say that pantomime lays
q foundation upon which an artist
can build a career that will be sue
cessful In attainment. at least.
Once Was Essential.
To express emotions without
words was once as important to
the actor as sonorous speaking
voice with which to declaim the
classic blank verse. 1t was con-
sidered essential fer an actor or
an actress to be thoroughly
grounded In pantomime.
In the development OF the star
system and the type system of
casting parts. pantomime was
dropped because II required tedi-
Gus training for an actor to per-
feet himself In the art. II was re-
Earded as a help, but not an essen
tial feature.
The motion picture appears to
me to be destined to bring II back
as an essential because the mo-
ton picture Is developing some
thinS that Is more than mere ges-
ture in the pantomimic interpre-
tation of emotion.
In the Washington Square Play
ers, who are lust closing their en-
eagement in Washington, the local
motion picture patrons have seen
a demonstration OF the practical
application of pantomime to the
speaking stage. in the presenta-
tion Of Maeterlinck's little trag-
In this play the majority OF the
characters do not speak word.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04

they are inside the house and are
seen through the large Windows
The people who gather on the out
side and look in do all the talk
ing. But those four people VINO
about the natural tasks OF such
people. They do not Resticulate,
they do not talk-but they per-
form the essentials OF real panto-
mime.
Develops New Players.
do not believe this play would
be as effective as It is had 1t not
been for the opportunity our players
had to study motion pictures! l 90
not mean by that 10 say that the
players in "Interior" got their IN
struction from motion pictures. BUT
what do mean Is that the forms on
expression that have oeen prousns
these peopie have seen from time to
time had a subconscious influence on
their work In this play. ,. =.
Also / believe that the CHIEF at
traction Of the Washington square
Players-their spontaneity ana their
usiasm-is duplicated In the peo-
pie we see In motion pctu wss, WI" we
might call a dramatic zero to high
places of artistic preferment:
II In because OF this fact that pe-
,,eye the players Of the stage who
have gone into motion pictures VIII
return to the stage with a much
better understanding of pantomime
and a way Of enforcing their lines
with action that Will make tnea
work twice as effective, that ] say
the pictures will revive pantomime
and benefit the stage. am con,
vinced this is so by the people l
have seen who have worked In PIC
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
FOUND MISSING BOY
IN WAR NEWS FILM
Pittsburgh Mother Locates Sor
In British Army She Thought
Was Dead.

The motion picture news pictorial
has entered a new field. II has To-
Gated n missing son for his grief
stricken parents, who long believed
him dead.
Six years ago Earl Blsscker, of 226
lara street, Knoxville, a suburb of
Pittsburgh, Pa. oined the United
States navy. He remained in the
service four years, and was one Of the
sailors who carried the caskets OF the
Maine heroes at Arlington Cemetery.
At the outbreak of the European
war young Biescker Joined the Brit
ish army. his term of service in the
United States navy having expired.
His letters came regularly until six
months ago. Then they abruptly
ceased. All inquiry failed to reveal
his whereabouts. and he was finally
given up as dead. The family went
into mourning.
The Olympic Theater. in Pittsburgh.
last week showed the international
Film Service news pictorial contain
Ing views OF the burial Of the Zep-
psiin dead In England. 4 neighbor
1a ' oeenin ssc dsy lie %as st.rtied e
see Earl Biescker in the frst row OF
the casket bearers.
Notified the Mother.
Before arousinR the hopes OF the
family he remained for the second
performance. Then. positive OF the
Identification. he hurried to the
Biescker home, where he told the
Boys mother. She went to the thea
ter and almost collapsed from Joy
when she saw her son. Norman
Biescker. the boys father. Ii an en-
sineer on the Pennsylvania railroad
< TELEGRAM summoned him home. and
The, too, Identified his son. You can
not realize my feelings" said Mrs
! Biescker, when l saw my boy again
1 his features and expression SO plair
that there was no mistakins the idsn.
| life alton, The agony and heartacnel
az these long months were instantly
| swept away. for know now that m,
\ bow In still alive"
| Mr.. BiesclSer Immediately sent let
| ter 10 the British war office. relatinf
| the circumstances. He believes tina
| h. this way he will be able TO aaair
| get in communication with his SON.
REDUCED FARES FOR VOTERS
Southern Railway. Consult Agents
l -Advt
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
TODAY'S BEST FILMS.

Strand. Ninth and d streets-Enid
Markey and Howard Hickman In
civilization" produced by Thomas
Fl. Ince.
Leader. Ninth between E and F
streets-Mary Rickford In Ma
dame. Butterfly" adapted from
the play by David Belasco, based
on the story by John Luther Long
(Famous Playersl.
Masonic Auditorium. Thirteenth
street and New York avenue-E.
II. Sothern and Peggy Hyland in
"The Chattel." directed bv Fred
erick Thompson (Vitagraph).
Penn Gardens, Twenty-first street
and Pennsylvania avenue-Valeska
Suratt in THE Straight Way"
(Fox Film Coz
Garden, 423 Ninth street-Richard
Bennett In philip Hplden-Waster"
(MutuaD.
Loew's Columbia. Twelfth and r
streets-Jack P1ckford and Louise
Huff in Seventeen" adapted from
the story by Booth Harrington
(Famous Players).
Circle. 21O5 Pennsylvania avenue
Alice Brady and Irving Cummings
in THE Gilded Cage" world Film
Corp.).
Crandall's, Ninth and e streets
Mary MacLaren and Phillips Small
ley In Saving the Family Name"
produced by Lois Weber (Univer-
sail.
Savoy, Fourteenth street and CO.
lunibia road-Valentine Grant In
THE Daughter Of MacGregor"
Famous Players).
Apollo, 624 II street northeast-Pau-
line Frederick in 1.-THE Eternal
City" adapted from the novel by
Hall Game Famous Players).
Avenue Grand. 645 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast-Pauline Freder-
lex in 1.-THE Worlds Great Snare"
adapted from the story by z. Phil
lips Openheim (Famous Players).
The Washington times., 1916-11-04

The Sunday Evening Times has
all the acknowledged advantages OF
evening newspaper circulation with
none OF the Disadvantages of Sunday
morning newspapers Of many actions.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04

concluded facetiously, but those IN the
dressing rooms who hear me rehearsing
believe H."
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
Ethel Barrymore In Film
Written Westinghouse

Ethel Barrymore's next appearing IN
motion pictures vii be In Aim adapta-
ton Of The Awakening Of Helena
Richie" The play has been adapted
to the needs OF the nlm by Charles NJ.
Msigne. formerly Washington news
Of The Times.
Mr.. Maigne has made a very careful
adaptation OF the story with the abilities
Of Miss Barrymore particularly In mind
for the star part. The result has been
more has appeared. John w, Noble. the
director responsible for the exquisite
Bushman- Bayne film production OF
Romeo and Juliet" directed the produo-
the latter part of November.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04

fair and blue-eyed. the other dark with
soid-brown curis-in Faith" the third
Of Mary Miles Winters charming
Mutual pictures which VIII be released
October %.
While the two charming young sisters
have appeared together on the stage. Il
has never been their good fortune to
play in the same picture.
Their features are somewhat alike,
though their coioring Ia distinctly diff
ferent.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
Sisters Star Together.

For the first time in their lives the
two dainty little sisters, mary Miles
Minter and Margaret Shelby. VIII ap-
pear together In a photopiay.
Picturegoers Will see them-the one
The Washington times., 1916-11-04

Quickest Service to Baltimore.
Every hour on the hour. Baltimore q
Ohio. H.76 round trip. Saturdays and
Sundays $l.50-Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-11-04
LOCAL MENTION.

WE WOULD like to double your income-may
Mgr, Southern bldg. Good terms TO producers.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
Officials Disclose How
Gang Lured Rich Men
into Traps.

- .a4
Nmv WORK. Ian. 2s,-The operax
-. ...m.s. sosos
uohs oi SUE tsul, nf7 ''a' v
900 since last snring by black maihus
IwealtAy yiolators OF the Aipnn white
IsIAvesIla w bAya Sbean disclosedE6y
!, aIas ~ ,r,tfsa
assn = ~ wv s
WHO lot SIX months hayos peen unsMS-
H~cessfullys trying to- get evidence that
wnnld enable Sihem IA nut the crooks
"a, ~ N, 81, !, r,or "a
~.
women te Y teapmopy mat wousu
wreck Neir Iepusae'ons MA peenasn
insurrhounta0le obstacle to- prosecl-
I3Ion.sa
Mo i ma bo,o,. !, Nav york pm.
adairh,s A]tisnt,c c,,y and ~ NJ
49, I, 80 = .nrm,o rssorts have Man
HI $500 20 tha ].ssiast vrhama n
u. m,aiisns ~. M svor come A.
asA ,oSors avsnis Ssos
nm mia tas. ssisncs bslnr ! not ~.
~ sn,o,,nt mn yictim ~ the eahs
was Invariably only too glad to Eet
away, les cheaply and attempts cf
agents to persuade them to testify
have resulted In vigorous denials that
he. was every blackmailed. t
The ~rbputatlons OF the federal agents
have also been Mt stake. for In each
Instance tho victim Of the gang was
made 70 believe that he had been ar
rested on q federal warrant and that
bis release was only the result OF pay
ing over hush money.
blank Warrants Found. I'll
~. rro, :, erat, h.,o cn,rs a. a.
h.th an Nss, v"., ana Shiisaa,rhts
omc.s y, donar,msnt ~ inst,ce
onS W osh,nS,on hscama interestaT
The efforts Of Frank A. Garbariho.
head Of the P~hiladelphia ONCE. spur
rad nm nv tho outside suspicion that
hin men had a finger Nm the pie, have
boon devoted to the task Of rounding
I'm the rang since last June without
his being able to get a single com
ulaint.
uh., .r,o aoy, o,o a. ! rata XII
n A,;drhnr ovsnre . trnHF
ras sornd IN which ,vors seveTsi
dress suits. under which were con-
cealed blank state warrants and twetE
ty blank warrants bearing the name
OF the department OF justice. GahRf
rIno b~elleyedlthat at last he had SOME
thing to work. on. The find came
about as a result Of the arrest Of four
men and three women on a charge OF
robbing coin boxes Of the New York
Telephone Company, and was entire
|1y unexpected.
The trunk bore the name OF COZ
Inns. and the con,ents wore turned
over 10 Captain Ofley. Of the locsf
branch Of the department Of itistica
With the aid of The local nolioe Cain
rino came 10 tho Conclusion mat inc
trunk belonged to non Colllns. who
ma n lonr record az arrests and wii6
was out oil S2,500 hail On n charge a
extortlon made by George Bancroft
Jr.
cnIllns sfFtssiAd.
oolnss Wy ss1l = - Wy
case snu na,a' art
~ or..hs IN
prisoners e4ceps MN were NV
ma cnalse, ous woinns WV aeia w
sa,,.s - q mn. ha% ~
Arslre hplnns - 4psu
OK tne plackmaliins sans, ana WIZ
the prlsoners were atrsisnea ! ~
West sloe ~ ne nag wosOL ~
wealthy men VINO nave even up none
10 members OF tne gang IN
an attempt 10 get la~enlincatlons w
were unaple OF reiuctanl 10
Collins.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

southwest OF Dodge City. the first en-
forcemont OF a prohibition law in that
section without doubt.
1t was this enforcement Of the pro-
hibition law that caused Chief Sa-
tanta to have trouble with the white
man, and he was driven finally to his
death. q tragic death by suicide In
captivity. Satanta, as chief Of the XII
owas. led his tribes in the warfare
against the white man in the sixties
and seventies in western Kansas, The
very name OF Satanta had an unsav-
DRY reputation among tho early set
tlers and plainsmcn,
In fact, when the Santa Fe railway
company a couple Of years ago named
one OF the new towns OF the Elkhart
exclusion, In the edge of Grant coun-
~, Satanta, after the Indian chieftaln,
there was a protest and an effort to
have the name changed, the settlers
objecting to having the town named
for such a bloodthirsty and cruel saw
age. sf
And yet Judge Victor, OF Larned,
pictures Satanta in an entirely DIFF
ferent light. A.
az knew Chief Satanta, and liked
him mighty WE'LL said Judge Victor.
'Ffe was a fine man, even II he was
an Indian-large, portly, well formed
and handsome, and the soul Of honor.
! knew him before he got In bad with
the government, and / happen to know
Just how It came about. a trader
wanted to start a store upon Satan
ta's territory.
".All right said Satanta, YOU may,
but don't sell any Of my children Are
water. II you sell irewater to any Of
my children'-Satanta spoke Of all the
members OF his tribe as his children
Il will kill you. i have spoken
"The trader started his store and
prospered. but one day he sold n quart
Of whisky to three Of S%atanta's war
riors and they got drunk, A few days
after that Satanta came to the trad
er's store and called the trader out
and said to him.
You promise me you nc sell fire.
water to my children. You lilo, now
you die
"And Satanic killed him. Then, leay-
ing the store and the rest Of the white
people unmolested he left. Word OF
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
She Forgets Even That Rented
Wedding Gown Was Soiled
as Jail Doors Open.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The doors Of
Ludlow street Jail swung open la'o
the other afternoon and a little IN IN
named Morris Beer. very much ng'-
tated and very idgetty, dashed ONO
the stoop, stopped, hesitated on the
first step, looked at a certain sight be-
fore him, screwed his face into a reg
ular typographical may Of wrinkles
and suddenly turned about showing a
pair of shaking shoulders,
Papa cried a buxom young wori-
an whose cheeks were as pink as
cherry blossoms.
Zach, Morris, my man." called a
very stout frau, holding out one hand
and dabbing her eye with a handker-
chief in the other.
MY dear p%ap-in-law. Ach, meh
Colt! The-es list too much" .
The last exclamation came from a
Young man who turned as he spoke
from his father-in-law to tho two
women, then to the heavens above and
at last bolted up the three steps to
The top of the stoop and grasped Nor
ris Beer in his arms.
BY this time. as any ore maysguess
who knows anything about the immi-
grafton problem, there was a throng
OF spectators, There were Russians,
there were Poles, there were Germans,
H~ungarians, Austrians, Bavarians,
lTurks-ln short almost every variety
OF European humanity. But to all of
this Cherry Blossom, her papa, her
mamma and her bridegroom were OBJ
liyious, They threw their arms around
each other in turn and then they all
threw their arms about each other to-
gether. n.
They spoke inarticulate phrases and
pretty soon all walked of together,
arm in arm. !.
Brooklyn. A very dingy tenement
At 1888 Rochester avenue. 1t Is some
days ago, say December IS. 1t -
Cherry Blossoms wedding day. OF
course, there is great commotion, no
less, let 1t be understood, than II Nor
ris Beer were one hundred times a
millionaire instead Of an all but penni-
less tailor.
This is the state Of affairs when the
doorbell rings and a boy from Mr..
Rosenthal's store brings the wedding
trousseau. A rented dress for the
bride, SIS; a rented dress for the
mamma, SO. An enormous expendi-
ture, to be sure, hut 1t is an enormous
occasion.
But what is this, the wrong dress!
land a greatly inferior dress; a cheap
dress and a soiled one, IN fact. Cherry
Blossom breaks into tears. She Is IN
~consolable. Who would not be?
There is no time for a change. Tho
welding must take place and 1t does.
9r. how the blossom fades from tho
check and how the chin quiyerB as.
tho ring on her finger. the bride sur
yeys the w~rctchedness Of her apparel
apc thinks Of the incomparably span
gled gown that she should have worn
at SIS.
The next day Mr.. Rosenthal calls
for the trousseau. Just resentment mas