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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

Everyone begins the story a friend of mine.' but when one politely inquiries the name of the friend there is always the reply: Well, she is not really friend of mine. but one of my friends knows her.
 "One hates to spoil a perfectly good story. but the truth will out. The Red Cross sweaters have no pockets This disposes once for all of the lady oe the sweater but that the rumor is widespread ts quite evident by the number of letters and telegrams re- ceived daily at Red Cross headquar- ters.
 While these stories may be repeat ed more as idle gossip than with any malicious intent, nevertheless each person who passes it along uncon- sciously displays an unfriendly spirit to an organization that is doing every thing in it's power to contribute to the welfare and comfort of men serv- ing in the army and navy.
 The organization of the Red Cross supply service Is so planned that i'm cidents of this nature are absolutely impossible.
 "The Red Cross is divided into di- FAotO1AS dAlo SuU0AN1uS0 lAtO CklapL0TS and branches. Each chapter has jur- isdiction over the branches within its boundaries, and is responsible to the division headquarters. When sup plies are needed an allotment Is giv- en by headquarters to 8 chapter. The chapter calls for a certain number of articles from each branch. When these are completed they are, turned in to the chapter, which. upon orders direct from headquarters, either ships them abroad or sends them to the di- vision supply service for distribution through the military relief depart ment.
 At every camp and cantonment there is Red Cross representative who determines the need for supplies, makes reQuisition to headquarters, and distributes supplies as they are received. @
 Local chapters may give knitted articles to men leaving for camp, but only on a written roquisition from the commanding officer of the troops This method of distribution makes in cidents like thos reported quite i'm possible. and any woman who send. 1 in sweaters, wristlets or socks may feel confident that they will reacf some man in the national service, ant I that ewilI not pay for them. Int Red Cross gives; 1t does not sell
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
A.ropI.ne speeiaI pslix.rx.

I do not think the aeroplsne will supplant the steamship and railroad as, mail carrier because it VIII b too, expensive. 1t would take very large number of flying machines, pexhaps al hundred, to carry as much maf1 @ we now get into mail car. You can cas- fly figure how this would increaBe the expense It will have the same advan- tage in carrying mails as in carrying passengers, and that ts speed. This statement also needs some Qualidca-
 ton, for when it comes to quick com mmication the aeroplane can never supplant the telegraph and the tele- phone. But we shall probably have . special rapid mail service by aeruplane. for which we shall pay higher price and buy a special stamp. The flying machine will give a ten hour service between New York and Chicago shd . two day service from the Atlantic to the Paciac.-Orville Wright in Har- per's Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

place in the narrow Trentine valley. fed by a single railway system
 However, it is possible that the Central powers, fearing further Ital- ian successes along the Lsonzo front, have massed a considerable number of troops in an effort to check the Italian advance and, if possible, re- gain some of the terrain lost during recent engagements.
 An interesting summary of troop movements in the United States shows that since the present mobilization began 914 ,195 persons have been trans ported by the railroads for the War Department, of whom 256, ,815 were transported in standard, or tourist, sleepers, the remainder in ordinary day coaches. This vast movement has been conducted by the railroads of the country without single serious ac- cident, and the cooperation between the railroads and the department has been most cordial and effective
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
London Through sk. Ages.

London Through the Ages.
 The occupation of the site Of London dates back much farther than most readers are aware. The city that Julius Caesar found occupied Q site which had been inhabited for unpum- bered thousands Of years. It is now known that during paleolithic and neolithic times-the two great diyi- sions of the stone age-man dwelt on the site of London, but it first became the settlement of community at the opening of the historic age, when it was stronghold of the Celts. The remains of it's Roman period are the finest of the kind in Great Britain The Angio-Saxon and Danish periods are finely represented. and even later periods, such as the Tudor. furnish rel ics that have been buried by that strange process of supertncumbcnt growth which makes the soil under q great city resemble the fossiliferouE strata of geology.-Youth's Companion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
Didn't Win by His Teeth.

A Philadelphia dentist had the nerve to publish a picture of Washington with this statement underneath:
 Our first president owed his wonder full health to sound teeth"
 assume that the dentist knows more about teeth than he knows about his tory. Washingtons teeth were his one physical defect. They amounted al most to a facial .blemish when he smiled, and one sour critic of our first president who knew him well said the reason he so rarely laughed was his dislike to showing the ravages of decay in his mouth Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
2,OOO LABORERS
 ON ARSENAL QUIT

Watertown, Mass, Oct. 2s.-Two thousand union building laborers em- ployed by three firms of contractors who are erecting 12 buildings at the Watertown arsenal were under union orders to quit work today. in addition to the 800 who struck yesterday. The mo nobJect to the employment of non union labor by one of the contractors and demand double pay for overtime u crlr .f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
FALLING BRICK
 STRIKES LABORER

Louis J. Muller of 29 Fairview ave. nue. Walnut beach, is in St. Vincent s hospital suffering from shock and lac erations of the scalp as a result of being hit by a brick this morning while digging in the new interceptor sewer in Railroad avenue, near Iran istan avenue. Muller was at work and the brick was dislodged from the top of the embankment, hitting him on the head and knocking him out. He was taken to the hospital by Dr. J. F. Keegan in the ambulance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

The fact that some of the college professors will be dropped on account of shortage of funds, does not prove that the football coaches will lose their jobs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

' The Lord sends rain on the just and the unjust, and if he would send a little on the Unjust in Belgium just now, it would be a little easier to drive 'em out of their trenches
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

Fl ORAL BOUQUETS
 AND DESIGNS. ToHN RECK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

Another United States loan of s25,. 100000 was made to Great Britain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
Allied Drive To Continue
 All Winter

Bakers Guarded Review Hints American Troops Will Soon Participate in Great Offensive - Bad Weather Only Handicap on West Front in Effort to Smash Crumbling Mor- ale of Germans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
ALMANAC FOR TODAY

Four more women pickets were ar. iested at the White House gates.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23

sarmer Want Ads. One Cent Word
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
Second Iowa Will Have Best of II.

When the troop movements scheduled for
next Thursday are accomplished the See
ond Iowa infantry will havc the distinction
Of being the only iowa unit on the border.
The men of the regiment are divided a. 10
the value OF such 4 distinction but those
who nave returned TO the billiards Of the
Hawkeye state after enjoying the winter
IN the lower Rio Grande valley. say the
Second has truly an advantage.
OF course the men OF the Second will
not be the first 10 tell their experiences
and a. 80 many Iowa troops have gone
home ahead of them the people will b.
getting rather tired of border stories when
the Second does return. Yet the members
Of tins regiment have the advantage of the
longer period Of service and ii the YARNS
they spring when they return are complr-
.atvcly bigger. III return tor the guol-nat-
.urcd kidding" they took from TIE members
OF the regiments that preceded them. they
will. when they retHrn. hc able 10 hand hack
10 their comrades who returned ahead OF
them. We'll, il you had STAYED on The bor-
der ~ long a. ! did" etc, etc. "a iufin-
ltum.-lowa GuardSman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
With The Other Editors
Cotton and War.

"War Scare of the last two years have
always sent prices iumhling on the stock,
cotton and wheat markets.
The actual break with Germany was ex-
60 produce the most sudden and sen
%~ational tumble of them AL.
But, - FAR II least, nothing Of the sort
has happened. The markets are holding
their own. Cotton. the product in which
the South feels the most aifectionatc inter
est. advanccd on news of the diplomatic
break.
Perhaps there i still 4 fall IN prospect.
Since the war broke out prophets have
learned. through bitter experience, to do
I'll their ~prophe~ying after the event.
Bnt the present indication is that trou-
bic with Germany viii not mean financial
disaster, nor even 4 financial rifle, for the
South. The markets feel an apparent con
fidence that G~ermany'S skull-and- cross
homes campaign will not shut American cot
ton out Of the English market. and that
onr "ileecy staple" will still be IN excellent
demand.-Dallas Times-lIerald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1917.
CARRANzA,s PLAN TO END THE WAR

CARRANZA'S PLAN To END THE WAR
The plan proposed by General Carranza
10 end the war IN Europe. by concerted
refusal on tho part of n%puiral~ "a export
either munitions Or food supplies t. the
warning countries sound NOT only imnrac-
ticable, but also inconsistent. coming from
the source whence ID comeS. Considering
Mexico'~ own ease. it would appear VIZ III
sha would have more az 4 FELLOW feeling
for the countries engaged in the Great
War. Her W vigorous protest against
the American embargo upon the eyporta-
ton Of arms and ammunition 10 that coun-
try should cause her ~ |sympathize with
the situation ~ thc bclligerent countries in
thi, respect. And what would have been
our neighhor'- plight iii she had been de-
med The privilege oi obtaining food sup
piles from foreign onrc, during her re-
cent year- NJ war,
The chiefs plan. II II could be
put ,nto effect absolutely. might event
uallv end the war, indeed. but u would be
an act of inhumanity 10 withhold food
supplies from those countries. The laws
or war permit nations III war ~ blockade
each other aud destroy their cnemy'~ cpm-
mcrre u iheN can dn -, hut y" rules ~
wnr or 81 peace could warrant or Justify
an act ON the part ST 4 neutral country
which would mean starvation Tor h'Iplesr
womcn and children and aged persons ~
any war-strcken land.
There may be some good arguments m
Withholding the expectation Of arms and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

pierpunt Stafford, with his daughter
Gloria, is winterlng at Palm Beach. Clio
riI is 4 viyaclOls but willful young lady
Who chales under the restraining hand or
a RONrrncHs nom whom sire repeatedly
ESCAPES. Tier childish capers cause young
Doctor Royce TO fall Ia love with her.
Becoming lost IA the everglades she falls
into tie NaluS ~ the Seminole Indians.
Gloria falls "a love with her rescuef, Free
nean. Five years later she leaves SCHOOL
and meets PIE, eau at the t~iieateT. lie has
forgotten Gloria. later Freneau per-
sNasics TER 10 itr give hum. Gloria's sis
ttr-ln-law. Lois. .rpmes intensely teal-
Gus aud Doctor II. 90 discovers in her
AN ally. Ftvl4eal likes leave OF Gloria.
She sees from her window an attack made
upon him. Doctor Royce conylnces her 10
II a deiirium. A telegram followed by "A
letter. comes from Freneau. Size replies
but her kilograms are returned. She ac-
ci iently sees tile supposed suicide OF Ere
ncau reported III the paper. Gloria swears
to find the murderer OF her lover. Royce
tells what lie knows ~ Freneau TO Mr..
Stafford. They seek To prevent scandal
from rnvelopiug Gloria. She accuses
them Of conspiracy against her. Gloria
sets about to run down Freneau's muir
derer. Royce warns Mulry To tell Gloria
nothing. Gloria calls on Mulry and there
sees Lois who l. also worried. Gloria's
suspicious are aroused. Royce endeaN-
ors To show her the difficulty she faces.
Gloria goes TO David's country home. She
NETS Mulry who fees AT once. Gloria In
sists on going 10 Palm Beach. Again she
sees Mulry there. lie leaves for the
North. She IN recognized by her onc-tlme
captor the young Indian chief. He tells
her that Royce and not Freneau was her
sescuer at that time. Gloria attends night
court. she sees Mulry there. also the
tramp who attacked Freneau. But Judge
Freeman releases him. She follows tie
tramp when he leaves the court and falls
into the hands of hold-up men. She finds
herself In a low saloon dance hall, and is
selected by one 81 the patrons A. his part
ner. Doctor Royce. however. follows her
and when he attempts a rescue. calls
down a riot on their heads. The hall Is
ralded and the crowd. including Gloria
and Royce. Is arrested and taken before
Judge Freeman The newspapers feature
Gloria's arrest. Reporters surround the
house. IaSimir arrives with the child
Gloria promised TO adopt. She orders
Royce 10 take Casimir's wife 10 the stat
ford home. She follows Trask and lands
on a househoat 10 hear him accused OF
Freneau's murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
FIFTEENTH EPISODE
The Murderer at Bay.

Pierp0nt Stafford cherished his ma
jestic country place principally be-
cause il furnished him an ample sol.
itude. He could wander about II for
hours and never meet a soul. III he
wanted company. there was room for
IL ia the palace and In the formally
gardened grounds. And he could look
down on the tremendous peace Of the
Hudson river, admiring its strength as
n strong man hoes another. and com
plimenting liz on the efficiency with
which il did such a. big business with
So little fuss.
He asked few persons 10 visit him.
and those few only when the mood
moved him. In his everyday life as "A
man ~ biz affairs h. met so many peo-
pie and was 50 pointed out when he
walked the streets that he acquired u
kind IT ShyneSS In his hours OF leisure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Now. femme see,' said the rural JUS
thee. figuring on the back Of an old en-
vrlopc. Your bill will come to Jest S47.'
"fortv-sevcn dollars" echoed kiggle-
thorpe. why. iudge. the fine for over
speeding j. only So"
"Na-a~. ! know" said the %iuStice ''thc
~thuity-two dollars j. for contempt o.
court"
"But ! haven't expressed any contempt
for tins court" protested Wigglethorpe.
Not VT. We haven't srinned the JUS
tice, but We will, my friend: vet will he
fore We cit q mile ont o. town. I've made
the fine putty stiff sos { give We plenty O.
room 10 move round in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
FEBRUARY Is. 1916.

Tie INST shipment oi medicines, food and
clothing for the stricken Jews of the
war countries sailed irom America on
n L. ;. collier.
British orders ia council issued in regard
10 taking over war plants and mum
lions by government: royal proclamu-
ton mtS ImpOrtationS, with more
stringent control Of shipping.
ElIhn hoot, ~ republican keynote speech,
excoriateS President Wilson's suhmar-
inc policy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
TO DANCE FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

In behalf of the families IF disable sol
dierS. Brownsville society IS invited by
it, army fricnd> ~ dance at the pavilion
IN Fort Brown un the evening 81 The 10Th
Instant. For the same cause. Brownsville
citizens have been invited To- contribute
Of their means to the Army Relief Fund.
Every regiment Of the army has ltS relief
fund. which il used for III" benefit Of tho
families of soldiers who have been dis
abled in the service. There are few Ameri-
can towns-probably not one-whieh
would refuse to help 2 cause S. worthy.
IN these times az mrrrta MY. via ile
probability ct war III tay uc.r t~' 't-
ing the country, tAcr, -. .ciIeih md
which should command q more g~cnrais
support The soldier i the countrys de
fc1~e. Tie ready Fl any time to expose
hi life for hi~ country. His family suf-
fcrS when lie suffers. Therefore his fam
ily should he the charge If his country.
Situated as ii i@ on the border. and c~per-
ially in view OF the fact that the safety Of
Brownsville has hecn assured by the mere
presence af the troops On the border dur
mo to- INST few months when war with
orr m ehhar country seemed p%erllously
near at iilc~. Brownsville ~ particular
has 4 warm spot IL hcr heart f-r the sol
der. Therefore il IS to be expected that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

lie was touched in a tender spot
when he heard that his scapegrace
daughter Gloria had invited three
guests to make his sacred retreat their
more or less permanent home. She
had not consulted him and the guests
were the last people In the world he
would have invited. Ii was nice
enough for Gloria to take pity on "a
poor waiter and his forlorn child. IL
was sweet OF her 10 adopt the child.
Pierpont had even forgiven her by now
for compelling him 10 hunt employ
meat for the waiter. But then what
followed? Gloria invited the boys al
most hopelessly invalid mother and the
boy and the father to make themselves
at home In Pierpont's own sanctuary
That move was far more than too
much.
This has got to stop. and Tn going
10 stop t." Plerpont stormed TO Doe
tor Royce. who had. at Glorla's COM
mand, transported the three TO Pier
points country place.
Royce smiled. Pierpont grew more
furious.
"Gh, I'm not afraid Of her Just be-
cause She II only n child. She's got TO
obey Inc and get rid Of them"
Tell her 50. sir" said Royce.
amused at the old mans helpless blus-
ter.
oh. Ill tell her, I" Pierpont swag-
gered. 'NYhcre Is she?"
No n knew. Royce suggested that
she Ind -~6bsfhla "A to m. countrv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

General Leonard Wood very natural,
declines 10 discuss the proposal Of The
president 10 jump DIR. GraySon over the
heads Of the entire medical corps of tho
navy. The general doubtless feels Il deli
cacy in criticisins such an act by the chiri
executive. in view of the manner in which
he himself was elevated 10 the rank 81
major general of the army.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
Wilson Cutting Out Red Tape.

President Wilson i said To he cutting
out al red tape IN order 70 get quick action
IN public matters III the departments. II
| ncle Sam could get entirely rid III III, red
tape worm IN Washington, he would add
greatly to the governments efficiency and
subtract largely from the expenSc.-IiouS-
ton Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
STOPS.

rs absurd 10 worry about thine ynu can
help, or the things YOU can't.
Adam had his troubles. hut he missed the
dressmaking and millinery bills.
fou have no right Ia complain about the
dull edge ct a borrowed tool.
MOI everyone can succeed. but everyone
might try. which j. more than most ~ ~
do.
ii It's np To some enterpriSing scientist To
convince the summer girl that freckleS are
beauty spots.
Most mistakes are due either to a lack of
knowledge or a lack Of sense.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
Business Troubles.

10y. ov. ~nrh n pecSinesSt'
"Nat'~ m. CohenStein ~
ave soldt a man q set of teeth NIT q
gold plate for four dollars down and two
i week. und he hasn't made az second
payment"
IVY don't Won take de teeth away from
him!n
I've can't; he's got lockjaw."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Anyway, Texas should pay it, governor
a higher salary. Ten thousand n year j.
not too much remuneration for u man
worthy 70 hold a position 50 high and %
r. -nnpSiLIe
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Oar idea at = Joke j. 4 newspaper that
lion that the national guard~lnen will be- ON
The border for several months and then
puts out An extra u few hours later saving
the boy ere going home."-Iowa Guards
man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
War in History
FEBRUARY Is. 1915

Austrian fleet hombarded Antiyari.
Gcrman~ claim advance along the Ni,tula
and NJ YpreS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Chcrke Should le made payable t0 The
Brownsville Herald Publishing 90. Bnsinesa
communication should he addressed ~ the
company. and items. letters. etc. intended for
publication should hc addressed a. Editor. The
Herald. Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
for publication should be signed with the lull
name ut fhe writer. The name will not he
printed II Hst desired. bar Il viii he evidence ~
good iaith on the part M the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
the benefit for the Army Relief Fund will
be supported literally By our citizens.

Another chicken salad and punch sensa-
ton al Austin,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
NOTICE. 10 LIE PUBLIC.

Any erroneous reflection upan the charac-
ter. standing ~ reputation pf any person. firm
or corporation appearing jan the columns of The
Herald VIII De gladly aud promptly correcte,
nnon The same hrnlg called 90 the attention ~
the nnlli.heIa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15
A Laugh Or Two
At the Inquiries Bureau.

Excited Touri~t-lnformation gwen out
here?
Tired Altendant-It has.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Subscribers IN thc city IL brownsville who
fail 10 receive THE HERALD regularly are r.
questsd a. notify the office promptly. Tric-
phone NJ. !. New Subscribers should receive
their first panor not later than the second day
after the order rs in the utIIre ~ THE HER
Alb. Every subscriber even Ia the most dis
tant sections III the city. SHOULD not receive his
paper later liam 6:00 b. Oh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-15

Entered as second class matter in the post
office III brownsville. Texas.
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