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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

IGNORANCE A MlSFORTUNTE-NoT
A CRIME.

1rue TO his conviction that this great re-
public, founded upon the principle Nj free
dom and Justice for an. should offer n
haven To All men and women OF worthy
character, whether great or small. rich NJ
poor. educated or u~neducated, President
W lson has for the second time vetoed the
s0-cailcd "iteracy bin which. iii ii be-
came a law. would exclude all immigrant.
who are unable 10 read or write their own
language. The president il right. lenor-
antc Is no crime. Ii b. = misfortune. There
nave been counties men aud women ia
tins country who could not read or write.
hui who were nevertheless good citizens,
kind OF heart, honest and la~w-abidmg.
Statistics show more men ia our prisons
who are literate than men who are unable
TO read or write. An ignorant person may
be rETe-e 81 mind andeheart. Ignorance or
the part of foreigners probably IN most
Instances indicates, not inability to learn.
not stupidity. but lack of opportunity o.
learn. Therefore, IL II quite possible that,
on coming o. America. where education IN
free. they may IN time become able To read
and write the language 81 their new found
land The new movement for the purpose
of providing education of a rudimentary
nature. ut least. for the foreign immi-
gr.nt who IL unable to speak ~ read ~
write English has resulted in the c~tah-
liohment Of schools for his special nur-
pose III yariuu~ Eastern citic-. which wiil
20 4 great way tuward ramclvinr tly ml--
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

| eloR%iAy |
R0MANeE |
Presented By George Dei.s
np~z@i rrssrs1rzu tzh " ATr<sG. ~
Supported BY HENRY k0IKR
AMotion PirsurcNSra byhr!iirz
RUPERT HUGHES

fIe left her.
Gloria studied the blue gown Tor a
moment. then Snatchesl IL from " r.
ronahS. threw ii On the anor ia wrai-l
and burst into tears.
The maid WAS M n loss. She pom
1crcd. then went again 90 the iressin:
rOein anc brought forth another s.own.
-Here. Miss GlOria. siaar. here's your
little black tulle dress with Che gold
ami black bracane bodice. Mr.. STAFF
ford won't mind that and you'll feel
better II n. too
Gloria pntted Burroughs on tire
shoulder tenderIy. Yes. that viii have
w do She murnured sorroWfully, and
She let the maid dress her.
Then She went slowly down the
stairway. Her father met hes aud
they catered the dining room together.
The table. laden with its lace and
silver, was aliGht with CANDLES; the
butter was waiting; a man stood be-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31
"A LITTLE MORE TIME LEFT TO
PAY THAT POLL TAX.

According to announcement ~ Tax Col
fcctof Walton, thc poll tax window Viii bc
open until Tx O'Clock this cvcmne-and
no later. Ii You have not already paid
your poll tax. his tin leaves you 4 mar
gin Of IN hoHr or 80 ia which to retain
your right 60 vote during the present year.
When We consider that our torcfathers
fought, that many 1T them laid down their
lives, fer thi~ sacred privilege Of the bal
lc!. Il j. difficult indeed 70 understand
how any self respecting, truly patriotic
American citizen an, for the sake Of n
paitry dollar OF two. or through sheer in
difference, willingly and w~ilfully forfeit his
right to vote for the whole period Of a
year.
In view Of the fact that the state 81 Tex
rs probably viii have to vote this year on
the submission OF = prohibition amend
meit. and that other highly important mat
tiers of statewide interest are likely "a b.
submitted to a vote. IL j. incumbent upon
best for his state 10 retain his right to
vote this year.
II Is, indeed. more than a right. 1t j.
truly 4 sacred obligation which no true son
Of Texas can fail to perform.
There may be some who nave put off the
payment 81 their poll tax until the last
moment. " YOU are one OF these. lose not
a single moment more, for BY six o'clock
thc poll tax window will he cloSpd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

Checks should be made payable 10 The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co. business
communication should be addressed 10 the
company. and items, letters, etc. intended FOR
publication should be addressed ~ Editor. The
Herald, Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
for publication should b. signed with the full
name Of III writer. The name will not BE-
printed IL not desired. but il will be evidence Of
good faith GA the part II the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

hind each chair. Seating themselves
Fierrnnt tools up his cocktail glass ana
lifted it on drink t0 Gloria. who picked
up her own glass with a PARKWAY look.
Suddenly. it was n- lf Frcueau stood
beside her. She Imagined he WAS put.
ting his check close re hers u SIP
from Ihe Same hrim. Sn wildly dii
she f lu~ presence fhat she gave 2
startled gasp AMI put down her glass.
Tier father half rose. "What I'm X.
honey? You look Is pale as 2 ghost"
Gloria ,hivcrcd at the word ghost"
bur summoned v smile t0 reas-urc him.
"Its nothing. Gad. mn hr as right in
4 minute. ANA raising her glass
again. SPA nut it Nh her Iins.
Tia butler III Ole serving table hand-
ed the soup plates to me second man.
who conveyed Thorn nm Gloria's side.
pierp1nt chattcd j~oyially ro entice
Gloria to " cheerful mood. She tried
TO b. gay with him, but her heart
would not respond. She tried IN cut.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

The present legislature may make the
mistake of refusing to submit the suffrage
question to a vote of the people, but they
will only proIong the agony by doing 80.
For when the women make up their mind
they are going to have a thing-MelI you
know just how il i.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

Subscribers in the city of Brownsville who
fail to receive The Herald regularly are re-
quested 20 notify the Office promptly. Telephone
No. Z. New subscribers should receive their
first paper not later than the second day after
the order is ia the Office Of The Herald. Every
subscriber even in the most distant sections Of
the city, should not receive his paper not later
than 600 p. nj.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31


but food was distastefuI w her, and,
dropping into q reverie again. she.
seemed " see Freneau as she had 50.
'oftpn seen him, enter the room ana.
greet her.
Again the vision became almost
real II was a. Ii he put his arms
about her ard embraced her. then her
eyes fen ~ her left hand, which their
engagement ring had adorned, and Its
nakcdress rehuked her. She seemed
10 see the look NJ anguish and re-
preach On FreBeau's face as he took
acccunt Of IT'S absence.
She put her hands before her face.
Pierpont looked Up anSiousiy. then
Went 10 her side. She shivered with q
chill, TN sorry. daddy. 10 spoil your
dinner. Please let me 70 70 my room.
iii ruil myself together after q bit.
It's isst a lit Of No, don't
come with me. I'm ull right. Finish
vnur dinner. dear don't mind at all.
III be III right"
She dragged herself weariIy away
FROM him and 81 up to her cwn room.
She threw herself down upon the hei
moaning: They've even taken your
ring from me. Q Dick. Dick, come
back and help me-"
(TO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31
Why Boys Leave the Farm.

The 1t. Louis Globe Democrat tells "A
whole lot in few lines when It says: 'Bc>t
reason we have heard yet why boy leave
the farmris because Wiliie'~ calf grows ~
be pas ow."-Sherman Democrat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31
OversuppIied With Bad Actors.

Congress j. capable 81 providing III own
vaudevill without assistance from Thorn
III ~. Lae-on.-New York World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

Why didn't Persliing get villaf Because
Villa is NJ longer in the land Of the iv-
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31
More Truth Than Poetry.

ASK and " shall receive" But what
ever il j., depend upon it. you will nave 10
pay war prices.-Nebraska State Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

Entered as second class matter in the post
office at Brownsville, Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-31

According t. Chairman Il. ;. Lovett Of
the cxscriiyc toard Of the Union Pacific
railway y,fcm, Texas has the poorest
ra~iiroaf.s In the Ir;or. and this condition
viii col tinuc uniil rate are raised on Tex
a. railroa.a~.h Maybe Chairman Lovett j.
correct. lut ral;il thr ilerald'S bank ac-
count rceovcrs from the effect of the pay
ment tf $3.50 freight on it, last ear Of
papcr. just received from New York, it
cannot quit, agree with him.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

humanitarian instincts and the senti-
ment OF interest OF man for his fellow
man.
The national officers of the Ameri-
can Red Cross are a president. vice
president, : treasurer. counselor, and
secretary. The President of the Unit
ed States is always president of the
Red Cross. The Central Committee.
of which ex-president Taft is chair
man. consists of eighteen members
and includes the Secretary of State
and Surgeons-General of the Army
and Navy. This committee delegates
its responsibilities TO Mr.. Eliot Wads-
worth. who is acting chairman, and
whose office is at the National head
quarters.
Under this Central Committee are
two divisions. that of Military and.
of Civilian Relief. The Director
General of Military Relief is Colonel
jefferson r. Kean, U. 8. A. who is
largely responsible for the magnin-
cent medical organization known as
the Medical Corps. u. S. A. The Di-
rector General of Civilian Relief is
Mr.. Ernest T. Bicknell, who is known
internationally through his work in
cooperation with the Rockefeller
Fund in relief work in warning Eu-
rope.
The Department of Military Relief Is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05
Great American Nursing Organization Began Two
Years Ago Mobile Base Hospitalsfor Army and
Navy : Today 1t Could Care for Sick and
Wounded of Army of One Million Men.
Copyright, 1911. by The International syndicate.

who have labored increasingly for the
past two years and over to bring its
present state about that, whatever else
IS unready, the Red Cross f. prepared
for war; and. thanks to these laborers.
no mother who has a son about to
enter need fear that he VIII suffer
from ineficiency. neglect or made
quate hospital equipment If he should
become sick or wounded. for the
American Red Cross is TO
meet all ~exigenc.es or war. and Il
making every effort 70 safeguard the
sick and wounded military men at
every point.
Possibly the most remarkable
achievement Of the Red Cross within
the past two years has been the or
ganization and equipment of IS mobile
base hospitals for the Army and
Navy. which will follow the move
ment of the service and take UP their
stations where they are required. They
are ready and can be, put into opera
ton en- a few days notice-equipment.
medical ard nursing staff enrolled for
work. This is the beginning Of a
chain Of base hospitals which will
eventually spread throughout the
country from coast to coast. In re-
spect to preparedness the American
Red Cross today stands ready to care
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

for the sick and wounded of an army
Of 1000, GOO men. and to bring instant
relief to the dependent families of
volunteers.
Despite the fact that it has distri-
buted millions in money and supplies
and sent splendid units of medical
kill and trained nursing to the aid OF
warning Europe. it has built up a
magnificent enrolment of physicians
and surgeons. with g list Of 700
trained nurses, carrying on their pri-
vate work in times OF peace but
pledged to give it up at the call Of
the nation for war work.
The Red Cross is the great Official
organization through which volunteer
relief service is rendered to the Army
and Navy in time of war. 1t is he
only organization SO designated by
Congress and acting under Q charter
by the Government. The very act of
its incorporation prescribed that its
central committee shall have upon it
representatives o. the Army and Navy.
and the President OF the United States
is its official head.
Management And How Sustained.
The American Red Gross is sus-
tanned solely by the voluntary contri-
of the American people. 1t
can make no official call upon them.
however relying solely upon thei
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

dietetics, home care of the sick and
the making OF surgical dressings. The
ours IS intended to qualify women
for service as aids in hospital wards.
but the Red Cross has also placed on
file the names OF those whom the
instructors have found especially
adapted for service in supply stations.
linen rooms, diet kitchens, rest sta
tons and n co~nvalescent homes. Pro-
vision has been made for the assign
limited number Of these women who
Will serve as nurses aids without pay.
Civilian Relief.
When the citizen soldiery OF the
country is called into military service
the American Red Cross stretches its
arms to the care of the needy fami-
lies and crippled non-combatants.
This is undertaken by the Department
of Civilian Relief. IN commenting on
how this branch of the Red Cross is
prepared for e%ventualit1es in every re-
spect save the urgent need of funds.
Mr. Eliot Wadsworth. acting chair
OF the Red Cross Central Com
said recently: This depart-
laent alone may need a million dol
airs a month in the event of a serious
,risis to care for dependent families
II soldiers orr experience with the
recent mobilization of the National
Guard shows that caring for the d.
pendent families of soldiers impos
l heavy burden on the department
Relief.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

period of enlistment IS four years un-
less soone discharged. For such en-
listment. applicants must be between
the ages OF 18 and as. and must meet
the physical educational and practical
requirements which may be pre-
scribed.
The Bureau Of Nursing Service Of
the American Red Cross has under
its direction the organization of the
nursing STAFF and certain supplement
tary personnel which will be needed
for base hospital units. Navy detach-
of nurses, and such other nurs-
ing units as may be required in the
event of military necessity. This
bureau las as its head. Miss Jane A.
Delano, who has given voluntarily
seven years of tireless work to the
task of enrolling nearly eight thou
sand trained nurses to be ready on
call in case of war. The requirements
Of the Red Cross for the enrolment
OF nurses include not only graduation
from a training school for nurses OF
excellent standing, but also in States
where registration is provided for by
nurses must be registered.
To supplement the work OF the
nurses a special Organization
lay ONE has been under instruc-
ton for the past fifteen months, the
being open to women who have
expressed themselves as anxious to
serve as aids to the nursing service
Of the Red Cross in time OF stress.
This course Of instruction for lay
women includes elementary hygiene. /
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

comparatively new. having been the
direct result of the Preparedness"
movement. The object of its crea-
ton was to furnish the machinery by
which the American Red Cross would
carry out the urpo of its charter
50 far as concerned the furnishing of
volunteer aid to the sick and
Of armies in war aaG as a Medium of
communication between the people Of
the United States and their Army and
Navy.
The organizations created by the
Red Cross to assist the medical serv-
Ice Of the Army and Navy in time of
war are usually spoken OF as military
units. OF these the most important
is the base hospital because, being To-
Gated at the military base behind the
service at the front. It is the first real
hospital encountered by the wounded
soldier in his journey from the firing
line toward home. There for the
first time he finds a good bed and a
trained nurse.
The Medical Bureau of the Military
division Of Red Cross work. which is
under the supervision of Major Robert
v. Patterson, U. s. A, has general
charge of the male personnel of the
organizations. Red Cross base hos
pital units are organized for service
with the Army and Navy. and when
reported by the national headquarters
of the Red Cross a. ready for service,
they are placed on q roll In the Sur
Generals office OF the branch
of service for which enrolled.
Men To Enlist In Medical Corns.
A class known as Male Administra-
tive Personnel includes all men who.
when the unit is called into active
service, will enter the service of the
Medical Department OF the Army by
enlistment. At least fifty are required
for enrolment in an army unit. The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-05-05

g Government IS charging It's
A Army and Navy and making
WV intensive efforts to equip
them to fight its battles. guard its
ports n man It's feet. and while II
is diverting the service Of its young
men in civil life from Office. shop and
field. inspiring them to "go down into
the deep in ships" and to 60 UP in
the air on wings. in the vital cause of
their country, there IS a service which
has been quietly and effectively pre-
pairing for the breaking of the cloud
burst here since the line that Eu-
ropes sky became darkened by the
smoke OF war.
This great branch OF war service Is
the American Red Cross. the arm on
which the American Government Is to
lean when its soldiers and sailors are
sick and wounded. It is the branch
OF war work in which every man.
woman and child of the nation NAV
have It's share. and through which
those who may not fight may do their
bit as Loyalty as the soldier at the
front.
Ready To Meet AN Exigencies.
It is to the everlasting credit OF
the small band of men and women
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The Benson signal., 1917-08-04

July 11.-Russians seize town of
Kalusz.
July Widespread labor disorders
in West caused by Industrial Workers
of the World; German agents suspect
ed. Chang Hsun, leader of Chinese
monarchists, flies to Dutch legation in
Peking.
July 13.-British bring down 30 Ger
man airplanes on west front in big
| gest air battle so far
July 14.-Chancellor Bethmann-Holl-
veg resigned and Dr. G.. e. Michaelis
succeeded him. Germans took French
posts south Of Courcy. House passed
$64O, 100000 aviation bill.
July Is. - French took important
| hills positions from Germans south of
Reims.
July 16.-Russians took LOdziany
from Austrians, but evacuated Kalusz
July II. - French took German
trenches near Melancourt. Three
| members of Russian cabinet resigned
riots in Petrograd suppressed. Shake
| up in British cabinet.
July 18.-Increased activity on Rou-
manian front. Russians took part OF
| NOvica.
July 19.-Great German attack De-
| tween CraOnEe and Hurtebise partly
successful. Chancellor Michaelis de-
clared for submarine warfare. Rus
slams driven back in Wilma region. Teu-
tons make advances in Galicia.
July 2O.-Draft for American Ma
tional army held. Premier Lvoff of
Russia succeeded by Kerensky. Ger
many called 100000 of her youngest
men to the colors.
July 21.-Senate passed food control
and aviation bills. Russians in disor'
derly retreat, burning villages.
July 22.-German aviators raided
England, killing II in coast towns, but
were driven away from London. Siam
declared state Of war with Germany
and Austria-Hungary.
July 2S.-Kereesky given absolute
powers as dictasor of Russia. Ger
mans lost heavily in attacks along the
Chemin des Danes.
July 24-Goethals, Denman and
White out Of shipping board; Rear Ad-
miral Capps, e. N. Hurley and Balm
bridge Colby succeeded them. Nc
Adoo asked congress for $5,OOO,OOO,OOO
more for war. Russians evacuated
Stanislau, their whole line periled.
French defeated Germans on Craonne
front.
July 25-Division of traitrous Rus
sian troops blown to pieces by own
artillery as part of General Korniloff' s
measures to restore order. Lenine,
Russian pacifist agitator, captured af-
ter greatest man hunt Russia ever
knew
The Benson signal., 1917-08-04
100 MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS IN GREAT WAR

June %, 1914-Archduke Ferdinand,
heir presumptive to Austria's throne,
and wife aSSaSsinated at Serajavo,
Bosnia, by Slav student, Princip, CIV
ing the pretext for war.
July 23.-Austria delivers famous
ultimatum to Serbia, charging assas-
sination plot was Matched on Serb
soil.
July 28.-Serbia having agreed to
all Austria demands save one, Austria
declares war.
August Germany declares war on
Russia.
August 3.-Germany declares war on
France and invades Belgium.
August 4.-Great Britain declares a
state Of war by act Of Germany.
August 21-24-Battle of MonsChar-
leroi; Germans victorious.
August 23.-Japan at war with Ger
many.
August 27.-Germans burn Louvain,
Belgium.
August 29.-Russians crushed in
battle near Tannenburg, Prussia.
September 5-1O.-Germans turned
back by French and British in the
battle Of the Marne.
begins.
October 9.-Germans capture Ant
werp.
October 21-31.-First. battle Of
Ypres.
October 3O.-Russia declares war on
Turkey.
November 1.-Germans sink Ad-
miral Cradlock's British fleet off Chilli
November 1O-12.-Second battle at
Ypres.
December 1.-German General De
Wet captured, ending South African
revolt.
December 5.-Serbians defeat Aus
trians.
December 8.-British sink German
fleet off Falkland islands.
January "a, 1915.-Naval battle in
North sea; German cruiser Bluecher
sunk.
February 8.-Russians suffer Sec
ond great defeat in East Prussia.
February 17.-Germans begin sub
marine blockade, despite American
protest.
March 22.-Russians take Przemysl,
Galicia after long siege.
April 22.-Gas first used in war by
Germans at Ypres.
April 25-Allies land at Darda-
nelleS.
May 4.-Beginning Of great German
offensive against Russia.
May 7.-Lusitania sunk unwarned by
U-boat; 1000 die, Of whom more than
100 are Americans.
May 22-Italy declares war on Aus
tria.
June 2.-Teutons retake Przemysl.
August 5.-Germans capture War
saw.
September 1.-Germany promises
United States to sink no more liners
without warning.
September S.-Czar succeeds Grand
Duke Nicholas in command of Russian
armies.
September 15.-Germans capture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-30

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