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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Newly Weds Are Not
Exempt in Chicago
DRAFT BOARD IGNORES EXEMPTION
CLAIMS ON GROUND THAT WE'D
DED SINCE DRAFT LAWS.
fBy Associated Press.l

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug 23.-Seventcen
newly welded men, all of whom it j. said
to have been married during the past Two
months will have to join the new national
army, according TO the rating of Cook
County Appeal Board No. %. They bad
filed claims for exemption on the grounds
of wife and in some eases n possible
heir. Members of the board announced
the men had married since the draft law
was passed and that their pleas would be
ignored.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
CHAMPIONS WAR
TOFULL VICTORY
WOMAN FAMOUS FROM REVOLUTION
OF 1905 JOINS RANKS OF RUSSIAN
WOMEN IN WAR TO THE END.
tAssociated Press Correspondence. }

PETROGRAD, Aug. 23.-Marya Spiri-
donovo, famous from the Revolution Of
1905. has joined the ranks of women cham
pions of war till victory" Mile. Splrldo-
novo nineteen year old student at a see
ondary school. was 80 mortified by the
floeging OF Tamboff peasants by Assistant
Governor Luzhenow>ky. that she shot the
oppressor dead. She was arrested. drag
ged from place 10 place IN a cattle truck,
and tortured. The gendarme officer who
acted a jailer stripped her naked and
held burning matches against her skin. Her
case provoked international protest.
Mile Spiridonovo has been in ''katorga,'
the most terrible form of penal prison, and
spent three years in chains. After her re-
lease by the revolution. she lay i'll IN Tchita.
East Siberia. the inhabitants of which IN
vited her 10 become candidate for elec-
ion a. mayor. On her way home to Eu-
rope. thousands of Siberlans met and ac-
claimed her al the railroad stations, and
she replied by begging the men 10 fight
for liberty, and begging the women 10 IN
cite their husbands To battle.
Speaking at Om~k, She told deserter sol
tiiers that Americas entry into the war
should make them blush with shame. a.
American llberationist sentiment had been
"A powerful factor in her favor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
NEW HEAD FOR
LOCAL SCHOOL
ST. JOSEPHS COLLEGE WILL BE CON-
QUOTED THIS YEAR UNDER DIREC-
TiON OF BROTHER FUMEAUx.

st. Jo-eph's College. one of Brownsville'-
oldest and best known sectarian in>titu-
tion,, viii open it, school year on Septcm-
her 4, came also the announcement that
Brother Nitalian Fumeaux has arrived in
the city to take charge Of the school for
the coming scholastic year
Brother Fumeaux will be assisted in
conducting this long established school by
Brother Edward Xypolius.
Brother J. f. Faure, who conducted the
school for the past six years, has taken
over the operation of the Mari~t school AZ
Tucson. Arizona, and has left for that city
This j. newly established Marlst Broth
ers college.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Boil Worm Zone
Bill Submitted

AUSTIN. Texas. Aug. 23.-The GOV
ernor yesterday sent to the legislature
"A message recommending the enactment
Of a law providing for the prevention Of
an invasion of the pink boil worm into
Texas. The bill was prepared by Rep
resentatve Tillotson and was submit
ted at the request of Congressman j. II.
Buchanan and others.
It provides for zones ~ the South
and Southwestern portions Of the state
along the Mexican border. and carries
an appropriation ct $4,000 for carry
ing the law into effect.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
O(a1Sh CHGiNS SV Of ff4IN MINE
H0LLANOERS CLAIM THAT ExPERl-
MENTS CONDUCTED THERE WITH
DEVICE ARE A SUCCESS.
(Associated Press Correspondence

fASSptfHttu IrtSS Y correspondence
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands. Aug. 23.-
Experiments with a newly invented device
intended To eat the anchor chains Of fioat.-
ing mines and TO prevent them from com
ing in contact with a vessel passing
through a mine field, has been conducted
here, il j. claimed. with success. The
contrivance was invented by Rear Admiral
Goedhart OF the Dutch navy.
II was affixed to a steamship Of the Ba
tavier line for a series of tests. The YES
sci steamed through a field of harmless
mines mines with the result il j. asserted,
that every mine which barred her course
automatically was pushed aside and it
anchor chain cut.
The invention consists of n steel pro-
longation of the ships bow, which l. easI-
ly hoisted or slowed away. Ii extends
eighteen feet under the water and i de
signed to push the mine anchoring chains
or cables aside To n distance of fifteen feet
from either side of the vessel. At that
point the cables or chains are clipped and
the liberated mine rises to the surface
fifteen feet from the vessels side. Ilav-
ing once been passed safely, the plan j.
to explode the floating mine by shooting
at it.
After the clipping of the chain of one
mine the apparatus l. intended automatI-
cally To become ready to deal with the
next.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
RED CROSS WORKER A VISITOR.

Mr.. W. II. McG rath Of Pharr i an
interested and enthusiastic Red Gross
worker who visited Brownsville today. be
ing guest at the Miller hotel. Mr.. Ne
Grath j. treasurer of the auxiliary at
large at Pharr. She reports that this aux
iliary has completed a large number Of
hospital garments and surgical supplies
and will make it, first shipment IN very
few days. She visited local Red Gross
headquarters today and eagerly sought in
formation on all lines Of Red Cross work
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
'LAB0RSTATUS
ON BORDER IS
AGAIN TOPIC

Alarmed over the labor situation in
the lower Rio Grandc Valley, especially
since the renewed exodus since the draft
become operative. the Brownsville Board
of City Development today appealed To
Senators Charles a. Culbcrson and Nor
ris Sheppard and Congressman John y.
Garner. in an effort To obtain some relief
in view Of the probability that farming in
terests will suffer The following telegram.
signed by Mayor A. Albert Browne. John
Gregg, president of the Merchants Nation
al Bank, +. g. Forto. A. Wayne, chairman
of the Board of City Development, and
Louis Cobolini, it, secretary, was sent To
Washington last night:
'The governor of this state inStructs
the local exemption board that men other
wise eligible for service will not be ex-
empted because of inability TO speak and
understand the English language, and who
have families dependent upon them for
support. This j. largely our agricultural
and laboring class and great numbers are
daily going into Mexico and their parents
are following them. These men are badly
StructionS are wrong the facts should be
a>certaincd and published al once, and the
local board authorized To- release such men.
This question j. one of very grave import
ance to the government and To the Mexi-
can border n all development and food
production will be stopped. This j. a con
servativc statement of the situation and
your immediate assistance i asked"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
RE|CHS IS
TO HAVE WORD.
IN PEACE TALK.
(By Associated Press.)

BERLIN, Aug. 25.-The liberal press
points ont as significant feature of
Tuesdays session of the main committee
of the reichstag Chancellor Michaelis'
statement that the government would not
take final action on the papal peace note
without consulting and advising with the
committee. This j. being received a. a
pledge that the government henceforth in
tends To collaborate with the reichstag
factions in dealing with the chief prob
lens of the nations foreign policy and
that it would continue to work in harmony
with the committee in the direction of
achievign peace or reconciliation and
mutual understanding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 23.-Hogs
Receipts 2500, closed 35c 10 soc lower.
Top $500, bulk $17.0OM17.75.
Cattle: Receipts $500, including 1000
calves. Market steady. Beef steers,
S6.50@9.50; cows, Si.50@7.50; heifers
$600MS.0O; bulls $i.50@6.OO; calves
slow, top $1,000, bulk S6.5OMS.3O; stock
er stuff steady, steers S6.OOG7.75; bulls
$5.O0G6.50; heifers, $4,000 $50; calves
$6OO@S.5O.
Sheep: Receipts 600, steady.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
US. Consul Is
Object of Attack
H0OLIGANS AT ODESSA SURROUND
HIM AND INSULT HlM-P0LlCE
COME TO THE RESCUE.

ODESSA, Russia. Aug. 23.-During a
manifestation here yesterday member Of
the Bolshevik attacked American Consul
Ray and knocked off his hat, whereupon
a number Of hooligans surrounded the
consul and declared they would shoot cv-
eryone who failed To take off their hats
in their presence. The police interviewed
and the disturbers disappeared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Long Abandoned Ship
FIoated, And in Port
CBy Associated P-ess.)

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 23.-The
Merchants & Miners steamer Powhatan,
sunk in collision with the British oil tank
er Telena December 4, on Horseshoe
Shoals, at the head of Chesapeake Bay,
abandoned and sold To wreckers, has been
hoated and reached an Atlantic por! to-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Manufacturers Son
Killed BY Pollen

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 23.-R. ID
Whltelaw, son of manufacturers here
was slain in running battle with Patrol
man Bert Stanley this morning after he
an dtwo other men had held up the bar
tender and six men in a saloon. White
laws companions escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Bernstorff Nephew
Captured By French

PARIS, Aug. 23.-Among Xix hun
dred prisoners taken by the French in the
hollow recesses Of Dcadmans Hill was a
battalion commander with hi staff, in
cluding Count Eugene Bernstorff, nephew
Of the former ambassador to the United
States
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

PARIS. France, Aug. 23.-At 10 90
0 clock Sunday evening two German avi-
ators flew over two hospitals behind Yer
dun.
Four incendiary bombs set fire to three
wooden wards crowded with wounded. As
nurses were endeavoring to save survivors
not killed by German projectiles the Ger
man airmen returned and. from low al
titude, turned machine guns on the nurses,
killing seven and wounding twenty.
Red Cross markers on the building could
be plainly seen in the light made by the
fire, but third time the Germans return
cd and dropped bombs and fired their ma
chine guns.
Seven wounded soldiers were killed in
their beds and two nurses in the wards al
30 were killed.
Two other hospitals were similarly
bombarded, resulting in a number of vic
Tins.
One camp whore German prisoners were
collected also was bombed, many Germans
being killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
SHOWING
IN EXAMINATION
MEN REPORTING TODAY At ExEMP-
TI0N BOARD BETTER PHYSICALLY
AS A WHOLE THAN YESTERDAY.

A more creditable showing i being made
by the registrants undergoing the physi-
cal examination by the physicians of the
selective draft board today. The men re-
porting today are of much better type
than those reporting yesterday.
At the firts days examination thirty
one men out Of eighty-sX passed upon
proved to be physically defective. APP
proximately sixty-five were examined this
morning and of those only eighteen failed
10 qualify. The percentage Of exemptions.
however. j. equally large and only five
men passed and made no claim for eN-
emption making a total Of nine secured in
the first two days of the test.
1t j. probable that the board will exam
inc a much larger number of men than re-
ported at Wednesday, session. From the
number examined this morning and from
the crowd in the corridors ii j. probable
hat more than one hundred men of the
200 summoned to appear will be passed
upon.
Tomorrow will mark the close of the ex
aminationa for men summoned on the see
ond eel and the board will Immediately
commence preparations for third call
To bc mfde a soon a possible after the
present lists are forwarded To the district
loarl.
The nine men who have passed and
claimed no exemptions are:
---Ph-l-r ". fsrouks. -st'rn- -Bcnito.
William q. Li~ton. La Fcria.
Halle Jones. Harlignen.
Thomas b. Goodykoontz, Harlingen.
Juan Garcia, Brownsville.
Jesse Nomen~en, San Benito.
Wilbur Streater. Lyford.
Egbert Cooke. San Benito.
Gordon Hill, Harlingen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
OverCOat And Cane
Indicate His Death
fBy Associated Press

LONDON. Aug. 23.-IIubert Henry Da-
vic~. the dramatst, who has been recu-
perating on the Yorkshire coast after a
long illness following hard period Of
hospital work in France has disappeared.
Ills overcoat and cane ahve been found on
top of a cliff. and the belief j. he fell over
Il cliff and was drowned
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
PUBLIC is ASSURED OF BEANS.

WASHINGTON, ID. g., Aug. 23.-Bcan
growers and dealers after q two days
conference with the food administration
announced .oday that they would coop
crate with the government in seeing that
the public receives - large a supply of
beans n possible at a reasonable price.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
WEEDS cARRANzA'S DAUGHTER.
(By Associated Press. }

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23.-General Can
dido Aguiar, cx-foreign minister of Mex
ter Of President Carranza, will be mar
ried at Queretaro today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Aug. 23.-Defnite success can
be recorded today for the latest British
operations east and northeast of Ypres,
where the German resistance made the out
come uncertain yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
s332,75o AWARD FOR SALvING SHIP

tAssociatrd I'ress Curr0s10lIlcnccl
LONDON. August 23.-The admiralty
court awarded S332.75O for salying tine
steamer San Onofre which eot into diff
culties in the ice-field- of the North At
lantc III March 1916.
The steamer A-htahula which assisted
in the salvage was awarded SlS2.1l0. and
the san Grcgorio received SlJO.UuO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. %
The Vienna Neue Frier Presse learns to-
day in well informed circles that Count
minister. will answer the pope's peace
note soon, perhaps today. The paper
says the note has created a favorable i'm
preston in leading circles in Austria Hun
gary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
WOMEN TO WORK IN WAR PLANTS

Nv Ass0CiHtru TT Hsa.I
WILMINGTON. Del. August 2i.-The
DUPONT Powder company today announced
that II will employ women muuition work
ers at the ''war'' plants Nj Cuuey's Point,
New Jersey. where the bulk of the smoke
les powder j. made for tins country and
the allies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
EMBARGO ON SULPHUR EXPORTS

WASHINGTON. u. e.. Aug. 23.-An cm-
barge ha- been placed WI exports VT sui
phur to Canada 10 conserve the supply Tor
the war needs Of the United States. The
Canadian wood pulp mills Will WV seriously
affected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
GERMANY FINDS NEW COAL FIELDS
(Rv Associated Press.

AMSTERDAM. Holland. Aug. 23.-Nast
coal fields have been discovered in Sill
cia. according to German reports. In
some places the vein Is twenty-five meters
thick. 1t j. expected that the coal fields
will be developed at an early date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

ROME, Italy, Aug. 23.-FuriOus fighting
continues on the lsOnzO front. The Ital-
ians gained on the northern and southern
wings, it is officially announced.
More than sixteen thousand prisoners
were taken
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
ARGUMENTS IN
IMPEACHMENT
TO END TODAY.
VOTE To COME.
DURING FRIDAY.
(By Associated Press }

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 23.-Arguments in
the Ferguson hearing are expected to be
completed today and vote will be taken
on the contest tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
$4,000 PERSONS ARE HOMELESS
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON. Aug. 23.-A Reuter- dispatch
says that 10000 persons are homeless as
a result of Sundays fire at Saloniki.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Peru Takes Allies -
Side in Conflict

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.-The Berlin
Nossische announced yesterday that Peru
has sent an ultimatum To Germany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

PETR0GRAD, Aug 23-The Russians
on the northern end OF the Russian front
where the Germans began an offensive yes
ierday retired under pressure, it IS Of
fGiaiIy stated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
Turn Machine Gun
On French Nurses
GERMAN AvIATORS FIRST FIRE HOS
PITAL WITH BOMBS, RETURN FIR
ING ON WOMEN AND WOUNDED.

on THE FRENCH FRONT, Aug 3D.
Incendiary bombs dropped by German ayi-
ators Sunday on two hospitals behind the
Nerdun front killed ten wounded men, one
woman and nineteen trained male nurses.
Many others were wounded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

PARIS, Aug 23-In the week ending
August i9 five steamships of more than
sixteen hundred tons were sunk by mines
or submarines, II is officially reported.
Four of lesser tonnage were sunk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
yoAKUM MAN is AMONG WOUNDED

OTTAWA. Canda. Aug. 23.-The Cana
dian ca~ualtie, VT wounded issued last
night contain the name of !. n. Curtis ot
Yoakum. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

NEWTON, Kans., Aug. 23.-Robbers
blowed the safe of the Walton State Bank
northwest of here early today and escaped
with $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
british Operation
EAST OF YPRES NOW
ADEF|N|TE SUCCESS

(fy Associated Press
UDINE, Italy. Aug. 23.-The enemy
losses during the first two days OF the
Italian offensive are calculated at 10000
in killed, wounded and prisoners.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

BERLIN, Aug 23.-Tne German forces
yesterday occupied without fighting the
Russian positions west of the River Aa
TO 0ding-Beguan line on the Riga front,
il is officially stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 23.-The issue of
whether the governor could be forced to
disclose the names of the persons from
whom he borrrwed Sl56,000 TO save him.
self from bankruptcy, while argued as
legal question. was essentially otherwise
The fight upon that issue presents as clev-
er planning upon both sides a. has been
known in Texas. During the celebrated in
vesfigation of Joseph W. Bailey. United
States senator from Texas, nothing to
compare with the battle which has been
staged in Austin this month ever occurred
The end of the Bailey investigation was
known from the beginning. And the pros
ecution had not been able to marshal the
facts with reference to Baileys finances
In any such thorough manner "a has char
acterized this investigation
The opponents of Governor Ferguson are
today able TO determine from the record
every cent he has taken in and paid out
for period of several years. And for
large part of the time he was governor they
can even tell what he spent to maintain the
dining table in the mansion.
They had reached the point where the
only financial obligation he has that they
didn't know about in minute detail was the
loan of $l56,000 by various friends in
various amounts. The money was paid to
the governor in cash and whatever form
the security exists in has not been dis
closed Ii any paper giving details were
placed on record in this state il j. safe
assertion that the opponents of the gov
- a.
ty-four hours. Such l. the strength and
completeness of the organization working
against him.
The governors enemies even know that
he had been depositing rather large sums
of currency and it has been common rumor
over the state.
To such an extent are his private affairs
watched. When he testified on direct ex-
animation that this money was borrowed
from friends il was certain that he would
be asked what friends. And it was Ger
tain the answer would be demanded. The
enemies of the governor felt certain that
they were about to force their quarry in
to the difficult position of pleading that to
answer would incriminate him.
But the counsel and supporters of the
governor had also foreseen this PROPOSE
tion and they were ready for the situation
with the argument that the Si56.OO0 loan
is not an issue in the present hearing be-
cause the governor l. not charged with
accepting a bribe or being corrupted by the
loan.
1t is contended that if the loan j. not a
subject touched by the charges il becomes
an immaterial issue and to force him to
20 into that topic in detail constitutes un-
warranted search and seizure "a set out in
the bill of rights and the constitution.
Able lawyers argued the matter on both
sides. As the argument developed, two
new matters were injected. One of them
was that tn egovernor went on the stand
voluntarily and one direct evidence told
about the Sl56,000 loan 80 that it could
not be denied that his opponents have the
right TO cross-examlne him. The answer
To this presented by the friends of the
governor is that because a man surrenders
part of his constitutional protection he
cannot be forced TO surrender all of IT,
4ngk-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23
XS1e sa4Ss sSNs 80 .
The WEATHER FUREcAST.

The following weather forecast for
the lower gulf coast states and the
Magic Valley il issued by the United
States Weather Bureau AZ New Orleans:
I Tonight and Friday fair; light westerly
winds.
North Texas. generally cloudy. -
Central Texas. generally clear. IS.
Gulf Coast. generally clear 10. rain NJ
Beaumont last night.
West Texas. generally clcadv. ~: rain
threatened at Wcatherfnrd: rain al Wich-
il aFalS last night.
Arkansas. generally cloudy. ~.
Louisiana, generally cloudy. -.
Oklahoma. general clear, -.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 23-Judge John
nj. Mathis of Brennan has resigned a
member of the board of regents. it became
known today when resolution was intro
duced in asking the governor to send the
name of his successor for the confirma-
tion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

BERLIN, Aug. 23.-In the fighting yes
terday in the verdun region the French
gained a footing only in the German fore
most trenches on a small front west OF
vacherauviIIe- Beaumont road, il is 0ffC-
tally stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-23

PARIS. Aug. 23-The French have TAX
en- prisoners on the verdun front in the
present offensive 1859 men. the war Of
flee announces. The French last night
captured a fortified German position
north of Mortmont farm