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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
Tennis Courts At Army
Post To Be Improved

Work viii begin at once ut Fort Brown on
improving the tennis courts fronting the
commanding Officers headquarters. The
court which has been in constant use will
be seraped and otherwise improved, and
one new court will b~e-arranged.
Civilians for the past three years have
maintained a court in the army post, and
officers 1T the post are now arranging for
the organization Of a tennis club. There
are many experts among the Third Cavalry
and Fourth Infantry organizations. and 4
series Of lively and interesting matches are
anticipated.
Major Paul Wolfe Of the infantry i
among those agitating the organization OF
Il tennis club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
LYf0RD.S FIRST
BALE SOLD AT
AUCTION; 1854
1ESSE X. JONES IS PURCHASER At
si.56 PER POUND-SoLD At
HOUSTON ON SATURDAY.
BALE UNUSUALLY LARGE COMPARED
WITH FIRST BALES OF PREVIOUS
YEARS.-SECOND BALE.
fHouston POST

The first bale Of cotton Of the 1916
.rop. and likewise the earliest bale to
re marketed in the United States was
sold at auction by Secretary j. i. Bur
we'll in the lobby Of the Cotton Ex-
change Saturday morning, Jesse III.
Jones beiny the successful bidder. The
price paid was $3.50. or about $1,JG per
pound.
The bale was unusually large Gem.
pared with first bales received in pre,i-
rus year and classified higher than first
bales ordinarily do. The exact weight
was 60S pounds, while the previous ear.
ly record bale, which came in 49,. weigh.
ell only 493 pounds. The 1916 bale was
ciassed strict %middling, good STAPLE, by
a committee composed Of j. l.. Jester
Hartman; = j. Balm, T.. X. MacLain
Howard and Sam Mcneil.
If the season was made into 4 great
The occasion Of selling the first bale
celebration for the cotton trade. Long
before III O'Clock, "A big crowd of men
representing cotton and other interests
gathered Oh the floor of the exchange
anG examined the bale. which was on
display in the center of the lobby. ii
bore u poster. on which was inscribed
an huge red letters: First bale from
deld Of - acres. cotton crop of 1916-17
Shipped by II. +. Deyo. Lyford, Texas
to William ID. Cleveland A sons. Hous
ton, Texas"
john W. Sanders was the first 10 bid
Offering $500. :. Samucls raised j. q
5000. Bidding was m.rc, spirited until the
price got mp above $500 and then less IN
tercst was displayed. A. W. Pollard
mead oi the cotton department Of william
y. Cleveland X Sons, to whom the bale
eaS consigned. bid up 10 S925 but when
Mr.. Jones raised ii 10 $3.50 the bidding
ceased. and the bale was knocked Gown
10 Jesse II. Jones. In 19li. on .jnnc -.
the earliest bale ever sold up 10 that
time. was bought ut a similar auction
by Mr.. Jones. when he paid the high
record Of II .Ol5 for it.
Secretary i5urwell was he auctionccr
at that time and A. r. Nelms was pcs
ident of the exchange the same two Of
ficcrs being in charge of the exchange
now.
Following the auction william ID.
Cleveland & Sons acted * hosts 10 'lln
assembly Of business men and walters In
white coats served 10 gallons of delicious
punch. Cigars were passed around 10
everybody and a pleasant socia! occasion
was enjoyed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
RIO Crande City Guards
To Have Machine Gun

RIO GRANDE CITY. Tex. June Il.
The Rio Grand@ City home guard riI
rlna has hecn organized with hf;. men.
brrs and officers and has the supaorf ~
the military authorities. The company
will b. equipped with army rides and
side arms and have one machines run-
The ompan has rendered itself Ia the
civil authorities and sheriff rs nm m
auxiliary force in the event ~ an inva-
sion Or any disorder. raids or riots.
The sheriff has announced that al
suspicious characters aud yaerants will
he immediately a~pprehenied anal hat
any person known a. engage in imriiinE
race trouble ar creating any Disorders
will IT, Immediately and a~Aequ'teN dealt
with.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

Rice Pie-Line deep pie pan with a rice
crust. Boil half cup rice in half.pint milk
and water until soft and rub through a
sieve. Add half pint milk, three beaten
|eggs, pinch Of salt and cup Of sugar. Bake
twenty minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

IL the body that lives that counts.
Every man has \ letter "a credit writ
trn wv hi~ farr."-TharkrrN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

To fill an off -date Manager Jimmie
Stacn of the Browns. Sunday afternoon
took on the Texas Lunch team and
trimmed it 10 a tune of five To one The
Texas Lunchers, which is considered one
of the strongest Mexican teams in the
Valley, had been trying for some time
to get a game with the Browns. Ycster-
days contest, despite the top heavy score
was a very fast game. Federoff. the
Luncher's star twirIer. was unable To
appear Yesterday afternoon. The Browns
developed a find" i'm Matthews. = new
man in the Fourth infantry. Matthews
showed real pitchers form Yesterday and
will no doubt, prove a valuable addi-
ton to the Browns staff.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
Browns Win One And
Lose One In Week End

The Harlingen Cubs were too much
for the Browns Saturday afternoon and
succeeded III anneXing one more run
than was chalked up To the Browns.
Galbraith entered the box for the Brow
MES but was relieved in the second in
ming by Nichols. Clements at short>top
and Galbraith in left field pulled OF
star work for the Browns. ko0AS pitched
the early part of the game for the Cubs.
but was taken out for JefTrics in the
last innings when the Brownsville bat
tiers commenced falling on his offerings
too frequently. The final score was IIar-
lingen g., Brownsville ).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
Look for the Stingaree.-adv.

Health brings happiness-sickness sor-
row.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

Serge coats are trimmed with shirred
bands Of taffeta.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
Democratic Committee
Is In Session Today

DALLAS. Texas. June IA meeting Of
the state Democratic Executive Committee
was called to order here today hy Chairman
Paul NAPLES of Fort Worth for the pur-
pose. among other things. of selecting the
meeting place of the regular August state
Democratic convention, following the July
primaries. This il considered one of the
most important political meetings of tie
year.
Dallas will he \ candidate. it is under
stood for the convention city. Usually
between four and five thousand delegates
attend these meetings, which last from
three to five days, according to the amount
of business To be transacted.
A man is known by his lawyer, a woman
IS known by her doctor.
men.have sufficient confidence In
fheir own veracity to believe all they say,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12
TEXAS
Results Yesterday.
MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Washington o. Chicago ).
New York |. Detroit T..
Philadelphia >. Cleveland Z.
ST. Louis Boston, rain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

Filth breeds flieS-flie~ carry fever.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

Quill~ and wings are Of the first impor-
tance in the trimming of the big sailors.
especially slender pointed wings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

A mar is known by his lawyer, a woman
IS known by her doctor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-12

~ men4have sufficient confidence in
their y veracity to believe all they say
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
HUMORs OF SOME GREAT MEN
John Murray in London Lecture Draws
Amusing Pictures of William
GIadstone-Dean Stanley.

The London correspondent of the
Boston Transcript. speaking of lee
ture delivered by the publisher. Mr..
John Murray. said:
Mr.. Murray drew an amusing pic
ture of Gladstone in bed. THE last
time | was at his house" he said, Il
had breakfast early and alone. as
was going to Scotland. When | had
finished, was told that Mr.. Gladstone
did not know that | was leaving so
early, and that he wanted to have an
other talk with me. went to his bed
room-a very large room with dou-
BILE bed in it.
Gladstone was dressed in a night
gown, with a brown Shetland shawl
round him. He was lying fiat on his
face, his head at the foot of the bed
and his feet on the pillows. In one
hand he held a cup of coffee and there
was book in the other. | shall never
forget that interview and the conf
cality of the great lion head popping
up as | went toward him
The lecturer next alluded to Dean
STANLEY, WHOSE WlillHS was 80 pdu
that he could not read letter he him
self had written. and whose contrac-
ton of Jerusalem" into "Jerus" re-
suited IN the compositors setting it up
as Jones"
Two friends once dined with the
dean, and there was cold duck on the
table. The dean carved; but he was
so engrossed with the conversation
that he first let the duck slip upon the
table and then upon the floor. One of
the guests, knowing that the duck was
the only thing they had for luncheon
shouted. "! see a cat in the rooml"
All" said the dean. you need not
be afraid of the duck! have my foot
on it,"
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ness, unless it was entirely out of rea.
carefully noting everything and OBJ
jecting to nothing.
OF course. the conspirators were
anxious to get a strong deposition
from the witness, Ead, therefore, he
was permitted to describe the man
Miles, for whom he was supposed to
have written the will. Ills description
of the dead man was p-rfect. and the
st. Louis lawyer keps nodding his
head brilliantly. When the witness
had finished his description of the late
Mr.. Stephen B. Miles to the thorough
satisfaction OF the conspirators, he
took the purported will and examined
it carefully.
THE handwriting on that document
looks like my handwriting" he said,
and then added, in loud, clear voice.
but | did not write this or any other
will for Mr.. Stephen B. Miles, or any
other person. | have never met the
man Stephen B. Miles, nor the men
that | have just described. | was In
structed to give the description that
l have given here by these lawyers"
pointing to the st. Louis and Kan
sas City lawyers, both of whom were
present-"and | was expected by them
to testify that had written this will.
and | was promised five thousand dol.
lars If | would do So
The CONSERVATION that reigned
among the eonspirators at the explo-
sion of this bomb in their midst can be
imagined better than it can be de-
scribed. Our man left the stand and
the further taking of testimony was
discontinued
Mr.. Miles and his attorneys beliey-
efforts of the conspirators, but later
they produced another man who, they
claimed, had written the second will
for Stephen B. Miles. He was a young
man, also a lawyer, and had at one
time lived in st. Louis. He had after
ward gone to Mexico. where he was
discovered by the lawyers from Kan
sas City, and he was induced to return
to Chicago, where his deposition was
taken He claimed to have written
the will for an old man in st. Louis
but either he was afraid to describe
him or else he could not do SO, and
therefore his testimony amounted to
nothing
The conspirators tried to break the
original will until it was finally pro
nounced legal and valid by the SUI
preme court of Nebraska. and Joseph
II. Miless rights were thoroughly and
legally established,
During the course of all this It'll
cation two of the parties in the con
spiracy died, and the others were
not prosecuted for their completely in
the affair. although their actions had
put Mr.. Joseph H. Miles to consider
able trouble and expense. They had
approached him several times, making
indirect propositions looking TO com
promise, but, needless to say, he had
! promptly repealed all of them.
Harbaugh's connection with my
service has long since been severed
and he is now in the employment OF
Mr. Joseph H. Miles. as manager oil
his large stock range in Nebraska
where | understand that he Is doing
we'll
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

names of ali who were connected with
the scheme. One of these men was
| a prominent lawyer in Falls City, Neb
Another WAS a man of considerable
prominence in Omaha, having a big
political pull throughout the state.
Still another was at that time in good
standing at the st. Louis bar.
What will 1t be worth?" inquired
Harbaugh.
I'VE shall be willing to pay you a
fee of ten thousand dollars as soon as
the will is broken" the lawyer answer
ed furthermore, we will send you
to the Paris exposition. paying your
fare and all expenses up to the value
of $4,000
We'll" answered Harbaugh thought
fully, you'll have to give me few
days to think the proposition over.
It's too big thing for me to decide
offhand."
The lawyer agreed to that. and Har-
| baugh left that evening for ST. Louis,
where. the next morning, he came to
me and told me of the proposal which
had been made to him, asking me
what thought he had better do about
| it.
There seems to me TO be only two
things that can be done In this mat
| ter" I answered. One is for you to
| ignore the proposition completely, as
/ there can be no doubt of the rascality
OF all the parties who are In any way
/ nannaaynd with tho GHhpn1n The her
and. In my opinion, the right thing to
do is to try and locate this man Jo-
seph H. Miles, and apprise him of the
! conspiracy that is being worked up
by these lawyers and his own brother.
/ If we keep quiet and ignore the mat
ter. they WILL in all probability, secure
a man who will accept the proposition.
and We would be parties to this con.
spiracy because we failed to expose
it."
Well" answered Harbaugh, you
are the boss. and it is up to you.
! have told you all / know about the
matter told this lawyer that his
proposition was very important one,
and that should require few days
to think it ever. He approves of this
and expects an answer from me in
/ about a weeks time
at once set to work to locate Jo-
/ seph II. Miles. and succeeded after the
lapse of about twelve hours. | found
that he lived at Falls City. as l have
said. and that he was president of the
First National bank in that place. He
had a bank in another Nebraska city
and a large interest in a bank al
York, Pa He was very we'll known
and much esteemed After locating
him | wrote him letter. which ran
as nearly as l can recall. as follows:
Mr. Joseph II. Miles.
"Falls city, Neb.
Dear Sir: If you are the son of the
late stephen B. Miles, and have a
brother by the name of Samuel Miles
and a number of nephews and nieees
who reside in Kansas and Nebraska
have important information for yoa
and Will impart it personally if yor
viii come to St. Louis.
4 would suggest that you bring YOU
lawyer. as believe my information
important enough to justify you il
so doing.
ION receipt of this | wish that yol
would telegraph me, stating when 20,
will leave Falls City, and at what timt
you will arrive in ST Louis On arriv
ing at st, Louis, go to the Planters
hotel, look at the register. where yol
will find my name. and you can theI
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Had An Eye to Business.

Customer-"Ive called about the
cough mixture l bought. The first
dose cured me" Chemist-"The in
Simultaneous effect of that preparation,
sir, has been remarked by everybody
Customer-"It's amazing; and, as
there's only one dose gone, l thought
perhaps you'd change what was left
for some Photographic plates. -
Punch.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
FROG FOUND ALIVE IN ROCKS crnr..

i've rog probably centuries old solid
= fU1'ieS' n'e nieS west VI
Within " minutes had
NH was puheo almost 20
bhnks with perfect oike
werefa eoeAio 49,
The frog closely resembles
the shape of its head and in its hind lighter ade n tho
ordinary fros and and ss
"nN aeio9'
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

the But Fuchs didn't
chuGing the
lie started out wit" his band but he They
a
SO fuhs sought further Through attorney o
started suit Wtezk
damages alleging that Wezek had musical talents
= cant nothing
like baby
be able - -s
him until his troubles - '
want TINS ng settled she said Il don't
head or anything wedding bells
Nlczek who
for power once more TO play his and hand
Meanwhile the other oornd
for leader to assume the duties he heartroken Ionic
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
CAKE NOT UP TO HIS EXPECTATIONS

Having heard that the
Columbus nion
VISIONS OF the nd ms mother
strawberries IN between and was hidden He
remembered now
cake that mother made Of
Ju linen ou could
While he dreaming
SO looked twice to md it, on TON
the whole proposition lied thu before
Here exclaimed .tok tis abb, ~, ans
it."-Indianapois News "Ne ei's e'Ae Out anu
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

through
beside
heard the little girls and amid falling embers smoke dense
quickly
his rushed
The
flames, but Joe and his burden
of
the girl his cheer broke
the of the neghborhood had been
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

home at Mckees Rocks was destroyed
by fire.
Yeda was in a frst-foor bedroom
when the fire began. As the flames.
which started on the second floor. ate
their way quickly through the thin
partitions and floors of the dry frame
building, the child remained in the
room. for the moment forgotten by the
frantic mother and the excited neigh
bors.
Then, discovering it was difficult
To hrnafhn In the faSt-thic keni no smnk q
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Safety First

Bacon-Luther Crawford of West
Fairview, Pa, born without hands, has
of his home town.
Egbert-In some towns | think It
would be safer to make man like
that treasurer.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Point of View.

They were standing on busy cor
ner of the great city. What hard
time men have running around try
ing to make little money remarked
the pessimist Yes" rejoined the
optimist, but look what good time
women have running around trying Is,
spend it"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

book was placed in the safe and the
clerks notified to look out for the
owner.
For several days it was noticed
that one of the seryitors was wearing a
mournful look, but his associates
thought he was laboring under the
burden of some great tragedy. He was.
He was wondering who had found his
bank book. 1t was quite by accident
that the waiter, who Is a firm believed
IN the tipping system. overheard the
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

the walk, at peace with the WorIu. Lie
was even singing. Suddenly ne
stopped; small garter snake mad
wriggled across his path.
The song ended. The man ciosed
his eyes, and laughed foolishly. Then
he opened them again. This time
there were two snakes on the walk.
The man threw his hat at them
laughed nervously, and walked on;
And every few feet he saw more
snakes.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
The Reason.

4 am tired of this annual peach
crop talk"
We'll, since the peach crop is a
staple, 1t ought to riyet attention"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

stared udy Ut the 'nah' 'i W 49,
A wit screamed that he WIS
boys OF the ooch' Tue
morning on MAN street.
put t 10
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

Of
official and dfhdenty asked
the head that
him to retire on his income
had this
officials of hotel
all wearing deeply thoughtful
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06

NIIVAVk DtCaTHe OIIenued at a piece
Fuchs and his band were playing.
Wilczek became so angered that
he struck Fuchs over the head and
drove out all of the latter's musical
talents
Wilczek was arrested for this act
and fined $50 in police court. The
crowd in the courtroom was surprised
when pretty young woman stepped
up and paid his fine.
We're going to be married soon
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Heroic Seyen-Year-Od Boy Saves Baby Cir

D PA rescued the grrrl but it wasn't nohn brave
with Robert Capass
HE Of le ye Johnston when the Johnston
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Wrong Tune SiIenced Detroit Wedding Bella

DETRoITloue Fuchs wants get back the head of
II but he can't Joseph Wtlczek
little alteration which occurred
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Tins and "War Babies" Form Rich Combination

NEW YoRK-Ie the War Babies have increased the
of the Plaza hotel
found bank deposits of $1,000 tie turned 1t over
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-07-06
Whv Snakes Roamed in Classic Chicago Suburb

rHCAGo-It was Evanston the classic inus
minutes the time when a great INDUSTRY
In Chicago closes un for a The thIeke nan was ans ' s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-05
War Summary

Desperate fighting is in progress
north of Verdun where the French
three days ago took the offensive and
have scored notable gains in the effort
to drive back the Germans who had
been hamering at the gates of the for
tress for more than five months.
After pushing to the outskirts Of
Fleury, three miles north of Verdun,
on Wednesday night, the French bril-
liantly attacked the place yesterday
and carried It by storm. Last night
the crown princes troops launched
furious counter attacks and succeeded
in retaking the southern section Of the
village.
The French in an attack on the
three mile front east from the river
Meuse pushed north along the river
toward the Vacherauville wood and
the Cote du Poivre and further east at.
tackled and gained possession of the
Thiaumont redoubt. They were COM
PEELED to withdraw from the Thiau-
mont position, however.
Meanwhile fighting on the Somme
front has dwindled to minor opera
tions. London reports the gain of
some ground west Of Pozieres.
Russians in the Stokhod region have
succeeded in effecting new advance.
Petrograd today announces the cap
ture Of the village Of Rudka- -Miryn-
skaia on the Stavok, tributary of the
Stokhod. This success brings them
within nineteen miles of Kovel, the
objective Of their Volhynian campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-05
MOOSE WILL NOT
NAME CANDIDATE

Indianapolis, Aug. AT a meeting
Of leaders attending the progressive
party conference here yesterday 1t was
decided not to nominate a candidate
for president, but to appoint an ex-
ecutive committee of fifteen to perpe-
tuate the party and adopt resolutions
criticising the national committee for
indorsing republican presidential NOM
inee Hughes in Chicago June 26. Ac-
ton was taken on motion of Judge
Albert D. Nortona, of Missouri.
When representatives OF the party
who disapprove the action Of the ma
tional committee in indorsing Charles
r. Hughes for president met here at
noon to consider the advisability Of
calling another convention to nomi-
nate candidate for president, senti-
ment Of the leaders was divided In
regard to what action should be
taken.
A majority of those present favored
putting third ticket in the field, but
several influential leaders doubted the
wisdom Of the action.