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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
U,S,ORDERSAN
INQUIRY into
HIGH COST OF
LIVING THRU
GRAND JURY
MANY CITIES

WASHINGTON, u. G., Dec. 9.--Attor-
ney General Gregory today ordered federal
grand jury Investigations Of the high cost
Of living to begin Mt once in New York,
and in Detroit next week Investigations
are expected to follow in Cleveland, Kan
sas City, 81. Louis, Minneapolis and other
points.
Reports "a the Department Of Justice
from it, field force of investigators irlh-
cate, officials said. the widespread I'M
ence of q combination Of brokers and deal
erS in food stuhs and coal 10 force prices
upward The activities VI the alleged food
and coal spectators are said 10 hcw
tended n far south RI the Mexican hor
der and to have included virtually all see
tions Of the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
LL0YD-GE0RGE
N0N-PARTISAN
CABINET WILL
MEETPOPULAR
WANT, BELIEF

LONDON. Dec 9-David Lloyd
George cabinet IS generally expected to-
day to meet the popular demand for bus
mess government. through the choice q
Arthur Balfour NJ foreign secretary
rated high as belonging 10 the ''wait and
aroused some protest from those who are
see" school. and the retention Of Lord
Robert Cecil as his assistant j. criticised
The choice Of Bonar Law for chancel-
lor Of the exchcquer and Lord Derby a.
tho head Of the war office and ,he other
appointments are generally approved
Lord Curzon viii have one Of the high
est post, and will be leader Of the govern
ment in the house Of lords. Colonel Win
ston Churchill apparently remains out in
the cold. The proposal Of Sir Edward
Carson for the admiralty meets with some
protests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Mexican Policeman
Refused Huge Bride

MEXlCO CITY, Dec. ar-Wooden guns,
fac similes Of the guns used In the army
have been presented TO the students Of the
National Primary School here, by General
Juan r. Merigo. with the hope that the
militar yspirit might he Included in even
the youngest public school students
The guns were made bv prisoners and
the children proudly drill with their newly
acquired toys.
MEXICO CITY. Dee. 9.-Franci-co lIu-
erta. officially known a gendarme No. 7i3
was recently commended publicly for dill
cence. astuteness and honesty.
Having noticed a suspicious looking par
ty .ndeavoring TO sell diamond necklace
to the proprietor of a store bearing the
name The Are of Noah" the gendarme
arrested the would-be vender and started
with him 10 police headquarters En-
route the necklace was offered as breach
for release but refused.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
EZRA OF CRIMES"
IN C. CHIHUAHUA
FIRST PAPER REACHING BORDER
SINCE RE0CCUPATI0N TELLS
OF VILLA OUTRAGES

FL PASO, Tex Dec. 9-The first Chi
huahua City newspaper reaching the bor-
der since the city was recaptured by the
Carranistas says that Villas occupation
of the state capitol was an ''era OF crimes
inamies and assassinations.
Foreign ships. principally Chinese and
rabian. were looted. ii says and among
the murdered were many wives Of soldiers
who remained with their husbands through
the battle Daudeho Uribe. the ''ear cut
ter the paper says, led in the slaughter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Anti Jap Campaign
Cause For Shame

ST. LOUIS, No, Dec. o.-The nnti-Jsp-
anese campaign in American was chnrac-
ferized az "a cause for shame and sohci-
tudc" IN the report of the commission on
relations with Japan, presented 70 the fcd-
eral Council of Churches Of Christ today.
..Truc Christianity knows neither east nor
west- saws the report. "The Golden
Rule appleg alike ~ individuals, nations
and races
Opposition ~ military training ~ nigh
schools was the basis of Restitution SUD
mitted TO the federal church council today
b. the commission on peace and arbtra-
ton. The commission also urged the
American government to invite European
bclligercnts to state the terms On wnicn
they are willing 20 negotiate peace.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
SandOvaI Indicted
On Sedition Charge

The federal grand jury has rctrrncd a
bill indicting Felipe Sandoval ON charge
of scdtion IN connection with the raid east
Of San Benito on June II last when band
Of raiders. after relieving a Mexican far
fer Of his team, fled Ia the Rio Grand
across which they were chased and follow
cd into Mexico by troop Of United States
cavalry under Lieutenant Newman. This
led to the June Is expedition into Mexico
that created crisis IN the Mexican situu
ton on the lower border.
Sandoval. who j. said 10 been with tho
band, appeared later at the home Of
Mexican farmer al Las Ycscas. where hc
was turned over "a civil authorities. He
has been IN Jail In Brownsville since.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Landholder a visitor.-Guy Shields

LandhoIder a visitor.-Guy Shields of
the advertising department of the Chicago
Daily News. Il in Brownsville for a few
davs Mr.. Shields Is interested in lands
in the Little Indiana section and In the
Donna neighborhood. This is his first
visit 10 Brownsville in three years, though
previous 10 that time he was an annual
visitor for seyeral years. Mr.. Shields no
ted MANY improvements IN Brownsville
since his last trip. notably the new Cam
eron county court house and the new high
and public school buildings, a. well a the
Travellers hotel Mr.. Shields was also
rlcased with the seeming Improvement IN
the Mexican situation. a situation he be-
hcves that makes much for the future OF
Brownsville and the lower Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
DIVORCE COURTS
TELL SMALL PART
MARITAL TROUBLE
COMMISSION ON FAMILY LIFE SAYS
H BELIEVES ONE MARRIAGE liz
TEN BROKEN IN COURTS.
MAJORITY OF DIVORCES NOT HASTY,
BUT AFTER YEARS OF LONG DELHI
GRAFTON, COMMISSION FINDS.

ST. LOUIS. Dee. o-The divorce courts.
as busy as they are. reveal small pro-
portion of the martial infc'icity in this
country, says the Commission Of Family
Life which reported at today's session of
the quadriennial meeting Of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America. The report included statistics
and discussions Of many Of the cornplex
problems of marital relations
As to divorce it SAYS: AT tlis moment
il is thought that one marriage in ten is
broken BY divorce. and that in some states
the proportion may be as high as one IL
four
at Il q stirling fact" the comm;s ior
says. that in the majority of divorce eases
dissolution of marriage has occurred. not
hastily after a brief trial, but deliberately
after a considerable period Of marriage;
the average exceeding six and one half
years. Common observation will show
frequency of divorce among people who
have been married twenty years or more
The commission believes that the en-
trance of women into the industrial field
plays an important part in the increase MI
divorces. Ii dcslorcs the fact that unfor-
tunatelr the large part Of humanity in
AreIhIca, as elsewhere. are strangers to tue
lofty viCws which the church entertains of
marriage.
''When we are seeking therefore rene
dies for the evils of our lax marriage and
divorce practices our ultimate and most ef-
fective method will be found in such IN
struction a. the churches may give to their
edhcrcnts. supplemented by such work A.
the educational Institutions of the country
may be induced 10 undertake. This in
struction will bear upon the ideals of mar
rage. ID will teach that marriage j. not
contracted a. q mere conveience and for
prudential reasons, that II II not even pri-
mariy intended solely for personal nap
il j. indispensable To the proper filling ont
az the life of human beings, that it l. one
ct the mots effective methods of develop
ng character. and that the preservation Of
the integrity of marriage and OF the fam
ily institution as n whole l. the only pro
cess by which n truly divine order for so
cctv can be maintained.
mo legislation. however sagaciously
framed, can ever effect complete cure OF
marriage Embellishments, but such pre-
vcntIve measures a give promise OF dimin-
Shlng the evils which are now so abun-
dani will commend themselves to thought
ful persons. The fact that in twerty- three
states what are known a. common law
marriages." IN which d man and q woman
take each other for husband and wife with
ont the services of a civil officer or
Clergyman and frequently without any wit
nesses are recognized as valid, calls for
serious condemnation, and on reform Is
more needed than legislation declaring
such unions to be null and void everywhere
in. the United States
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09

PARIS, Dee. 9.-Paris editors comment
today on British cabinet changes and de-
clare there Il popular demand that the re-
organization Of the conduct Of the war be
both rapid and radical. Stephen Pichon,
writing in the Petit Journal. says: There
are sopts where a clean sweep must be-
made to make way for absolutely new
work. II j. perfectly clear that the pres
cnt situation cannot last
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Austrian Emperor
Sees Brother Kings

BERLIN, Dee. Emperor Charles Of
Austria has visited the German general
headquarters. where hc conferred with En-
peror William. Field Marshall Won Hin
denburg and Field Marshal Conrad Won
lIoctzcndorf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Wants Government
Control of Radio

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Dec. Com
mander Il. ". Todd, director Of naval COM
munications. will seek 10 have congress
authorize a government monopoly Of radio
communication between ship and shore
station by the purchase of all private ra-
dio stations, II was announced today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
May Argue Adamson
Case Week Of Dec. l8

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dec. o.-The su-
preme court j. expected to announce Mon
day ifs-decision on the motion TO expedite
the hearing of the Missouri Oklahoma &
Gulf railroad case to test the validity Of
the Adamson Act. Indications point TO
an assignment Of arguments to the week
Of December IS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
NO WORD FROM CARRANzA.

United States Consul J. ii. Johnson SAID
today that he has had no word Vet from
General Carranza in regard to the Ricardo
Solis ease. tie said that unless Carranza
reverses Governor Caballera's order Soils
will be taken To Victoria IN the next two
or three davs. but not earlier than Mon
day
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Injunction Against
Ford is Lengthened

(By Associated Pressl
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 9.-The
temporary injunction granted
Dodge Brothers restraining Hen
ny Ford from using the Ford Mot
or Comapny's profits to develop
its business, today was EXTENDED
sixty days In order that further
arguments can be heard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
PROHIBITS PRlMING PAPER.
tBy Associated Press,

PARIS. Dee. a.-The French govern
ment has decided to prohibit the importa-
ton of priming paper, according TO semi
official announcement today, so TO help
raise the exchange and encourage the
French paper industry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Galveston and NO.
Are Only Open Ports

CHICAGO. H., Dec. 9.--Announcement
today that all eastern railroads were in
the embargo on shipments to the Atlantic
coast left only New Orleans and Calves
ton as the commercially practicable trade
routes Ia Europe for the middle west mum
tions makers and other war goods produc-
ers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
FLASHES

tbN Associated lreSS.l
LONDON. Dec. "a ship cap
tain arriving here today said his
vessel was held up in the Atlantic
by a German light cruiser, indi-
eating that the British Gordon in
the North Sea had been evaded.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. &c. /.
PerkinsOn, former county att0r-
Eey, was shot and probably fa-
tally wounded in an encounter on
Main street in the heart of the
business district this afternoon.
Clarence Pratt, with whom Per-
kinson quarreIed early in the day,
was taken into custody.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The cot
ton market was almost dem0raIiz-
ed today following yesterdays
big break. At one time March cot
ton contracts held up twenty-five
points under last nights close with
the general list fully fifteen dol
lars per bale below recent high
records.
FL PAS0, Tex, Dec. 9.-Gov-
ernment agents this afternoon
have reports that Carranza and
Villa forces are fighting near Pal
OmaS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
Bidding For Johnson
Goes Up to $4,000

BOSTON. Mass. Dee 9.-~he Boston
American league club owners SAID they are
willing to pay 100000 for Pitcher Walter
johnson, Washington. today when told that
the Cleveland Americans would offer 500
600 for the player.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
NEW UNTITLED ORDER RECORD.

NEW YORK, Dee o-Unfillcd United
States Steel Corporation orders for the
month ending November 80 were ll.O5s.-
5i2 tons. new record
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
TINE WEATHER FORECAST.

The following weather forecast for
the lower gulf coast states and the
Magic Valley Is issued IS the United
States weather bureau NJ New Orleans.
Tonight, fair: Sunday tair and warm
err. with hight ea~terly to southerly
winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
MACKENSEN'S
EYE MAY Be
TURNING TO
SAL LON|KI;
ENTENTEIS
FOREWARNED

LONDON. Dec. 9.-The situation in
Greece again commands the attention of
military stratcgsts. Decisive action by
the entente Is urged il it il supposed To
he the purpose Of the central powers 10
turn important sections of General Won
Mackensen's huge army in Roumania upon
the entente forces in Saloniki.
The continued retirement Of the Russo
Poumarian forces n Eastern Wa'lachia
It ro~o--ed, 18th rc-ln claiming several
Thousand more PRISONERS in Western Rou-
mania and asserting that since December
first the Roumanians lost more than T.
000 men. There has been violent fighting
900 men. There has been violent fighting
on the Somme front, also in the Carpath-
ians.
Santos and Refugio Trevino, brothers
Try Associated PressD
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dee. 9-Ambas-
sador Sharp at Paris today notified the
state department that the entente block
ade of Greece began at 5 o'clock Friday
morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09
local Weather obserya.ian.-

The following local weather observa-
tions sc issued today by Mrs. A. ". II. ed.
Vniteds States official weather observer al
Brownpvi'le. and covers the period Of
twertySfonr hours ending at A. N. toisy:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-09

OF The HERALD is Lager than that
Of any Paper Published in Extreme
South Texas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
SEEK TO TIE UP
 ALL NEW YORK'S
 SURFACE LINES

New York, July 27.-Upon the arrival here of w. D. Mahon, president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Railway Employees of America the motormen and conductors of all the street railways in the city may be asked to join the trolley strike which has tied up lines in the, Bronx and in Westchester county. Presi- dent Mahon is expected to come from Detroit today to take charge of the situation.
 All the trolley cars on 50 miles of trackage in the Bronx stopped run ming at o'clock last night. The street railway company insisted that there had been no strike in the bor- ough and that most of the men who stayed away from work did so be- cause they were intinidated by union organizers. Edward A. Maher, gen. eral manager of the Union Railroad Company, asserted that the trouble might be extended to all surface lines in Manhattan if police did not give the employees better protection.
 The employees demand the right to join the national organization and seek increase of pay of five per cent. and better working conditions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
NEW FOUNDLAND PREMIER SEES ALLIED VICTORY
 IN BATTLE FOR VERDUN

Paris, July 27-Sir Edward Morris, premier of New Foundland, in an in- terview today with a representative of the Havas News Agency, declared that the Germans were beginning to realize that the war is virtually fin ished. Premier Morris has just re- turned from the section of the Somme front where the New Foundland de- tachment is stationed.
 Before leaving for the front he was asked by President Poipcaire and Premier Briand to express to his peo- ple Frances gratefulness to them. In part he said:
 'sThe war is virtually finished and the Germans are beginning to realize it. The battle of Verdun, the great est battle in history, is a victory for France. It is the finest of all her glorious exploits and gives new inn pulse to the whole nation.
 German prisoners with whom talked, officers wearing the Iron Cross, told me that the emperor and his staff seem to fear that Germany has lost the game. The collapse of Ger many is only a question of time. When tha tday arrives we must see that the victory won by our arms is not lost by diplomatic negotiations. |"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
Bulgarians Suffer \!
 Shortage of Shoes

Berne, Switzerland, July 27.-Ac- cording to reports here, the Bulba- rians and Germans have about a half million men ready for an attack upon Salonil<i. The greatest difficulty the Bulgarians have had to contend with is the lack of shoes. A Swiss doc tor just returned from Sofia says that fully half tue Bulgarian forces are without shoes, which civilians also find with difficulty at prices running from eight dollars a pair upward.
 Bulgaria, without shoe factories and tanneries, is also short of hides. The entire stock on hand has been dis tributed among the troops. The sol diers are cutting them up themselves and make crude kind of sandal such as served as footwear for 300,- 900 Bulgarian, Serbian and Turkish soldiers during the Balkan wars.
 Tourist and military boots sell for $23 to $30 pair when they are to be had. The government has advertised for leather, offering four dollars a pound, without avail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
English Aero Officer
 Flies Race With Bird

LoRdon, July 27.-A thrilling race between an officer of the Flying Corps in an aeroplane and swallow caused him to doubt whether their reputed flight of 200 miles an hour was cor rect.
 CT was up in the air last week one day V hen observed a swallow flying high in front of me-" he said. 'T resolved to test its speed. y went cut full tier it, and the swallow also put on full speed. The bird dived; so did I. It went up, and I followed. We were at 1t hammer and tongs for a quarter of ah hour, diving, rising and racing and gained on it foot by foot. Finally one of the wires on my ma chine struck the bird and ir went down. was sorry and felt selfish thus to take, the birds life for spcrt."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
Gold continuesto
 Pour into Bank4of
 French Government.

Paris. s.sJu1ysz7- of gold
 For paper at the Bank of France con Etinuk atvfhe remarkably uniform rate IA committee has now been organized under the presidency of M. David Aennet,S president of the Paris Cham Eber of ComMerce. to give greater inn |petug to fhe infux- Tho committee (fncludes the presidents of all the |chauborBsof commerce in France and )fhe most authorized representatives of every branch of art, industry and Ibusdneas. The object of the commit ltee is to- co-operate with citizens in every localffy in France inc system ! afic education of the people in the 1 great advan1aeee to the country in ihay1ng aH the gold in the Bank of
 ramce.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
Cyclone" Davis Loses His Fight
 For Reelection

Washington, July 27-Representa- tive Cyclone Davis, members-at- large from, Texas, read the primary returns from that state and then said: "Booke, poodle, big business and the refusal of the state chairman to car- ry my name Cyclone on the ballot, have defeated me for renomination."
 MT. Davis is one of the most pie turesque figures who ever sat in the House. He came here last Decem- Der without a collar. Subsequently he formed the habit of wearing an upstanding collar and an occasional white shirt. Usually his shirts were of flannel He did not discard a broad -brimmedj black, hat or an old fashioned swallow tail' coat that flops about his knees. He is more than six feet tall.
 q was carried on the ballot as J.. H. Davis.'" he said. q tried to man damds the state chairman and force him to write it J. H. (CycTone) Da- wis., like I sign my name. am su- ing him for $5o.OoO damages, too. I believe that lost thousands of votes Davis. I received letter from one or my pest ITlcHUS Sdylu6 hO oAuA recognize my initials.
 '"There were three Davises on the tickt for various offices.
 "Well, I don't suppose I'll ever run again. I've just figured it up and it has cost me $750 so far to be mem- Der of Congress. That is, my cam paign expenses for both campaigns and my living expenses in Washington have exceeded my salary by that sum.
 i've hammered away at things for sufficient number of years any way. I guess I'm entitled to rest, whether want it or not.
 "I have lived to see much of the Ocala platform written into law. When I proposed that platform, more than twenty years ago. I was called an anarchist, and yet the country has come around to it. Roosevelt advo- cated the initiative, referendum and recall and social justice four years ago.
 .T have been fighting the liquor in terests for years and liquor and big business combined against me. The whiskey folks are about to take Texas and run away with itf'
 Although Texas is, mainly dry, MT. Davis says that the fact that ex-Gov- ernor Colquitt led the Senatorial tick et shows how the "wets' are getting the inner hand. ,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
sHRArsIE1D NOTES.

r Mss Julia Hollywood, telephone operator at The Stratfefd. is spending Ia two weeks vacation at the Hotel Maplewood, Pfttsheld. Mass With Mis- Hollywood are her nieces. the Misses Dorothy and Bernadine Carney | of Waterbury.
 James Gallagher, proprietor of the newsstand at the hotel, is motoring in New Hampshire for a week. Joseph Delaney, head porter, is at lReddinggR1dse for a week. Morrist Greenspun of the newsstand win spend the first of next week at IBantam Lake. later motoring to lF1ttsne1d, Mass, where he will spend Ifhe remainder of his vacation. Edwzrd Carver. wine clerk. is va- jcat1Oninx for month in New Hamp-
 1hfro.
 1 Mi1s Kathryn Horton, cashier at
 the dining room, has returned from a
 tvo weeks stay in Wickford, N. Y. { Floyd Bidwell of the office force,
 win. leave for Philadelphia next week
 hor . fortnfkfft;s vacation 1 Max Sclaire. who has charge of the
 sbagenge department, has returned
 hroms "A stay at his farm in Rowayton.