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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-11
PANAMA JOINS AGAINST AUSTRIA.

PANAMA CITY, Dec. lI.-Panama de-
clared war on Austria yesterday. The
government in cooperation with The canal
authorities is interning Austrans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-11
THE WEATHER FORECAST.

The following forecast for the lover
gulf coast and .he Lower Rio Grande
Valley il issued by the United States
Weather Eurrau at New Orleans:
Tonight cloudy rain; "Wednesday fair
not w cold. light s"uthrrly winds un the
coast.
Local Observations.
The following are lu,nl weather uh~rr
vatiunS. covering the III hour Irrriud
ending at N. m.. today. taken hy thr
iu,al United States Gather bureau. IN
charge NJ Mrs. A. W. Reed:
Maximum temperature ....-......IG IGI
Minimum temperature ..-.-....... .,5.5
Raramestric pressure. ! u. III. . .5n.33
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-12-11
Judge Dismisses
All State Cases

nv Associated Pres y
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SYNOPSIS:

The story opens in the West Crest pri-
vate hotel. in m English seacoast town.
when England has been at war one month.
Mrs. Sanderson. the proprietress: her son.
rally: Mr.. Pollock, the Justice of the
peace: his daughter. Molly, nineteen;
Christopher Brent, MolIy's fance: Mrs.
Miriam Lee. widow Of thirty-flve. the
latest arrival at the hotel; Miss Myrtle,
q spinster: Fraulein Schroeder. color
less little German woman claiming
twenty years Of English naturalization;
Pennieufk. Young English soldier and
Fritz. a servant in the house. are the en-
tire occupants os the hotel. Christopher
Brent Is looked upon by all the other
hotel occupants, excepting Molly and Mrs.
Lee. rs an irresponsible idiot, due to
acts and conversat ton he Affects. especial
ly when war talk, which is urperEiost
in all conversation, is conducted In his
presence. \ Young English girl, hys-
terical enthusiast. breaks in on the hotel
party one morning. CARRYING basket of
white feathers. one Of which she Is going
to present To every man she meets who
has not enlisted. Molly makes known her
engagement IL Er"Et. hat states that
when the war broke ont her father took
n dislike 20 him hPrausc he had not en-
listed. Brent counts something of q
mystery in tie household In II CONVEX
saticn with Mrs. Lee. Brent brings up
TIE SUBJECT OF carrier pigeons. Brent
tells Molly he knew Mrs. Lees husband
IN South Africa yenrs before Brent
starts 10 light the crate fire. when Fritz
rfishcs into the room and Puts out the
hlsze. saying. Madam never permits
this FIRE to De LIGHTED" Mrs. ,Sard"rson
introduces her son Charles to Brent
Brent is noticri by Mrs. Lae while he is
examining The frpplHre. The two find
wireless outfit connecting with the
fagpole, and receive n message regard
ing troops. Mrs Sanderson and her son
discuss their wireless outfits, when they
find The detect"r smashed Pigeons are
very much in evidence on Mrs. Sander
son : promises. many of which sre served
III pics and others served rs carriers a
fact observed snA roisd at once by
Miriam and Brent
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since her conversation with Chris that
morning, she had been endeavoring to
stItie. Now it would not be denied.
Pain. heWildernent and pathetic look
Of helplessness showed in her face for
al her attempt ut pride.
My dear Mrs Lee" she said loftily,
Il don't understand this mystery at all
One thing | do know, and that is thai
YOU have any right to do. Kindly let
me pass"
81 can't" said Miriam.
Molly was young and strong and
quick of eye and hand. She made dart
past Mrs. Lee, and with a quick jerk
unlatched the window AS she did so
Fritz came quietly into the room by the
door Having for the moment lost sight
OF Mr.. Pollock, he was once again
searching for him.
Why. there's Chris" exclaimed Molly,
strain.ng her eyes across the lawn in
the growing dimness. Just strolling
about with his airsun. Oh. what's he
doing? He's shot pgeon,"
The next instant Fritz had rushed to
the window. forgetting all sense of de-
corum. almost knocking the two wom-
en- aside.
What do you say?" he cried. "Vot
"oh. Fritz" cried Molly. "how you
startled me. I'm afraid Mr.. Brent has
shot one Of your pigeons. He must
have done it by accident"
dashed across the veranda. his face
white as paper.
Molly stared after him. II think
Fritz is going OF his head" she an
nounced. forgetting for a moment her
grievance against Mrs. Lee.
Miriam wrung her hands. "Oh, Miss
Pollock, Miss Pollock" she cried, why
wouldn't you do as l asked youo When
wall You see that you don't understand
eVerytfiing?"
Molly famed round at her. ct under
stand quite enough" she cried. IT I'M
derstand that you and Chris" she
was interrupted by Chris himself, who
came running toward them.
lie looked angricr than Molly had
ever seen him and did not notice her
presence.
My dear Miriam, what on earth have
you been up to-" he demanded. Il beg
ged you not to let any one pass. You
knew how important. IL was and
yct---' Here he caught sight of Molly
what. you're here?" he exclaimed. for
once losing his self-possesslon. But 1
thought you had gone for walk with
your father. Why haven't you?"
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T-Ionly came to say goodbye to
you first" replied Molly. her lips trem-
bling uncontrollably. land now I wish
I hadn't. I think you are perfectly
hateful" She burst into a passion Of
tears, and. although her words had been
childish, there was sound in her
crying that no one who knew her
would have recognized. She turned and
ran from the room
Brent stood looking after her, his air
gun dangling from his hand.
"Damnation! Well, the fats in the
fire now he said automatically, but
with emphasis.
ut wasn't my fault. Kit I did my
best, but she would insist on coming
out to find you. We quarreled over 1t as
1t was and then Fritz came in and
heard her"
"Oh, WELL it can't be helped now. Hero
you'd better take this for the moment"
And he handed her a tiny package ex-
actly like the one he had shown her
before he left the room. IT only Just
had time to get 1t Off the birds leg
and the other one in its place." he
went on, before Fritz pounced on me
like wild beast. Well, I hear voices:
they're all coming down on me now
I'm in for 1t. Miriam. You scoot through
the window"
She had hardly gone before Fritz and
Mrs. Sanderson came in together at the
door. Fritz's face was still very white,
the dead bird lay Imply across his
ptliUS- MIS-. SanGerSOnS lace was flush
ed a deep. even brick color. Her bosom
heaved under it's tight black satin, she
could hardly contain herself.
There he is said Fritz, NOW he
shall tell me. See what he has to say"
Brent lounged forward in his best
manner. IT'S about that poor little
bird. Mrs. Sanderson, 1 suppose" he be-
gan: Il am really most awfully sorry.
/ can't tell you how sorry I am. Honest
~, 1T wasn't my fault. Mrs. Lee was
chipping me about my shooting, so
went out and aimed at the first bird
/ saw. Never thought it was one of
your pigeons. Thought It was a gull or
something, Ard. by love. hit 1t!
First time in my life I ever hit any
thing. Just my rotten luck"
Fritz was glaring at him unbeltey-
ingly. Nine pest, mine beautiful pird,'
he moaned; you shot him on purpose"
Look here. Fritz" retorted Brent. be-
ginning to show signs of irritation.
Il can't say more than that I am most
frightfully sorry, and. of course, I'll
make your loss good and all that sort
of thing. but I really think you forget
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Green

hot upon the chase, but by all other
inquiring minds anxious to solve 4
mystery of which so estimable a won.
an has been the unfortunate victim A
problem is presented to the police
There Violet stopped.
When. not long after, the superb
Limousine of Peter Strange stopped be-
fore the little house in 18th street.
though dressed in her plainest suit,
Violet Strange looked much too fash.
ionable and far too young and thoughts
less to be observed without emotion
entering scene Of hideous and brutal
crime. Even the young man who ac-
companied her promised to bring Q
most incongruous element into this
atmosphere Of guilt and horror, and,
the man beside him, might much betts9
have been left behind in the car
But Violet WAS great for the pruDr5s,
eties and young Arthur followed her
in.
Her entrance was a coup du thsater.
sidewalk and her interesting features
and general air of timidity were very
fetching. The hall into which she now
stepped from the most vivid sunlight
had never been considered even in its
palmiest days as possessing cheer even
light infused through 1t by the colored
glass on either side of the doorway
seemed to promise yet more dismal
things beyond.
"AIust I go in there?" she asked,
pointing, with an admirable stimulation
door at her left. lis there where It
happened? Arthur, do you suppose that
there is where 1T happened?"
No, no. miss" the officer made haste
to assure her: IF you are Miss
" hat ha Afp IN,
her bedroom. The door beside you
leads into the parlor. or as she would
have called 1t, her workroom. You
needn't be afraid Of going in there.
You will see nothing but the disorder
of her boxes. They were pretty well
pulled about. Not all Of them though"
headed, watching her as closely as tho
dim light permitted. There 10 ono
which gives no eign Of having been
tampered with: It was done up in
you. which in itself would not have
seemed worthy Of our attention had
not these lines been scrubbed on It in
a mans handwriting! Send without
opening"
How odd" exclaimed the little mink
with widely opened eyes and an air Of
guileless innocence. "She was employ
ed to do this work by Nine. Prot"
Didn't you know that 1t was to be
done here""
NO. 1 tnOuSht NINE. tlrOLS own SlIl1
did her embroidery for her"
The earnest. half-injured look with
which she uttered this did its appoint
ed work. The detective accepted her
for what she seemed and. oblivious 20
the reporters satirical gesture. crossed
to the workroom door. which he threw
wide open with the remark:
Il should be glad to have you open
the box in our presence. It Is undoubt-
eddy all right. but we wish to be sure.
You know what the box should con-
tain?'
''Oh. yes. indeed: pillow cases ana
sheets. with a big embroidered on
them." said she. her eye flashing quick
ly about the room before settling
down upon the knot he was deft1y
loosening.
Her brother, gazing indifferently Ia
from the doorway. hardly noticed this
look, but the reporter at his back did,
though he failed to detect its pene-
trating quality. @-r
"Your name is on the other side" obN
CONTINUED on Fifth Page.J
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" say! Fancy picking up
fraulein's sketch book under her very nose
and looking at it,
Wen. she's got nerve, too" replied
Brent. she sat there and blinked at me
feather"
Did you learn anything from it,
"Oh. it's no use to us. You see, we
can't prove anything. She's played the
old dodge. stuck in trees instead of forts
and fagpoles instead of lighthouses.
Might be anywhere. What we want are
the jolly little tracings she'll do, with
notes and all sorts Of interesting details.
1;canwhile.. Miriam. l have had one of
ray flashes of inspiration. I have
thought of who. OF rather what. Uzz is
kit. what is 1t? Do tell me-"
We'll, of course. ought really to have
thought of it sooner. In nearly all codes.
as you know. the same signs stand for
letters and for numbers. A might be /,
e. = C g. arc so on. or again they some
times reverse it and make / and A O.
sometimes they work in a similar way
from the opposite end of the alphabet.
running from Q TO Il or from z to Q. In
this ease I think Il stands for l. Now
:.
ri don't" mu.lnured Miriam. ''U one
one"
Try L elavcr.'
Kit. i s,;Anaa-iae.'
Exactly" agreed Brent airily. "a Ger
man submarine. And they intend to
signal to it from here don't know how
YET. hut we shall soon find out. Anyhow.
I thought it worth while to wire the adj
miralty and there VIII be L couple of
cruisers in the bay tonight.
Did you warn the admiralty about
Charles Sauderson?" asked Miriam.
"yes. hi nrs.ter's up all right. A
couple o: glaiu clothes men will come
doan III tao s"U2c train with him. and
later OF they VIII give him the surprise
of his life. l say. Miriam, we are going
TO have sonic fun"
We'll. what can | do. Kite
"Just at the moment you might give
me a hand with this" answered Brent.
taking from his pocket a coil of wire
which had a small disc attached at
either cpd and showing it to her. This
little fellow he said, uncoiling it.
Knight be truly called the eavesdrop-
per's friend. It's a sort Of super-tele-
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es]H[ +: !; : :..s ,...' tn, .s. '' cas-.
Is q winch for the last few
days has provided the papers with such
conspicuous headlines.
Il 90 not read the rapers. l have not
looked at one in a whole week"
Miss Strange. your social engage
meuts nust Je of a very pressing
nature just now?''
To this she made no reply save by a
slight toss of her pretty head II her
employer felt nettled by this show Of
indifference he did not betray it save
by tho rapidly Of his tones as, without
further preamble and possibly without
real excuse, he proceeded to lay before
her the case in question.
Last Tuesday night a woman was
murdered in this city; an old woman.
In a lonely house where she has lived
for years, Perhaps you remember this
house? 1t occupies a not inconspicuous
site ia 15th stgeet-a house Of the
olden time
no. do not remember
Then VIII describe il
she looked around for chair and
sank into II. He did the same.
1T has :; fanlight over the front
door" She remained i;npassive.
And TWO old-fashioaed strips of
partl-coio-el glass en- either side
And y knOciSer between It's panels
which may briaG lGaasy some day."
on. you 90 resleaOe!. / thought you
would, Miss Strange"
Yes. Fan!ishts over doors are be-
coming very rare iii New York"
''NcEy we'll That house was the
scene OF Tuesdays tragedy The woman
VINO has lived there in solitude for
years was Ioully murdered. l have
since heard that the people who knew
her best have always anticipated some
such violent end for her. She never al
lowed r.atd az friend to remain with
her after i've ia the afternoon; yet she
had money-acfac think a great deal
always IN the house,
Il am Interested III the house. not in
her
yet, she was = chsratcter-as full OF
whiInS and CFotclUtg az 4 nut is OF
meat Her death was horrible She
feuEht-her dress was torn from her
body in rags. This happened. you see
before her hour for retiring: some
think as early as in the afternoon
And'-here he made = rapid gesture
to catch Nio.ets wandering atten-
tion-'In spite os this struggle: in
spite of the fact that she was dragged
from room 10 roorI--that her person
was seaTched-and everything in the
~
pulled OUT of bureaus-doorS wrenched
OF OF cupboa rds-china smashed upon
the ftoor-whole shelves denuded and
not spot from cellar to garnet left
unransaced. no direct clue To the perpe-
traitor has been found-nothIng that
gives any idea OF his personality save
his display of strength and great Gu
pidity The police have even deigned
to consult mean unusual procedure
but | could find nothing. either Evil
dences of fendish purpose abound
Of relentless search-but no clue to
the man himself. It's uncommon, isn't
it, not to have any clue?'
Il suppose So" Miss Strange hated
murders and it was with difficulty she
could be brought to discuss them. But
she was not going 10 be let off; not this
time.
j You see." he proceeded. ins,stently,
ITS not only notifying to the police
but Disappointing to the press, espe-
cially aSfsew reporters believe in the
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manded. Molly had never spoken with
such icy dignity in all her life before,
Miriam gave her one Of her peculiarly
charming smiles which. not unnaturally.
still further
Il know that my behavior must seem
extraordinary to you" said Miriam,
but not even you must disturb Mr..
Brent now"
The sfckenfng dread. the suspicion
that all was not as he had told her be-
tween Chris and Miriam welled up in
Molly's mind. 1t was q dread that,
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lately sent out such work to be done"
Yet it was your name--your whole
name. and perfectly written - your
whole name. Miss Strange. / saw and
read it myself
But l gave the order to Nine Prot,
on 5th avenue. How came my things TO
be found in the house Of this woman Of
whose horrible death we have been
talking?"
Did you suppose that Nine. Pirot did
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An Intangible Clue

such work with her own hands. or even
had it done in her own establishment?
Mrs. Doolittie was universally employ
ed. She worked for a dozen firms. You
Will find the biggest names on most of
her packages. But on this one~-I al
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lude to the one addressed to you-there
was more to be seen than the name
These words were written on it in an
other hand: Send without opening.
This struck the police as suspicious;
sufficiently so. at least, for them to de-
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Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
syuGicate.t
nn5 e AVE you studied the case?'
6el( ",'of /"
iii Not studied the case
Is q which for the last few
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-30
PRESENT LIENS ARE WORTHLESS

Talking to of the gentlemen opposed to the adop
tion of of the proposed ordinances yesterday he
expressed the opinion that the ordinance permitting the
ressessment of costs all right but that he op-
posed to making it possible to foreclose such liens
were created by the law Asked how the liens could be
collected he replied that they were cloud on the title
and would have to be paid before it could be Sold 1t
true the lien cloud to speak, but if it is not collect
able it is hardly dense enough to in that class 1t
would answer better to the appelation of mist. When
the city has to pay the interest the bonds which should
have been paid by property owners it finds itself in
acty the condition the gentleman spoke Of All it has
pay with far the property is concerned is "a cloud
the title and the who have put up the money for
the bonds and paid for the street improvements refuse
to take the cloud part payment 1t is too much
like person ordering beefsteak being told to satisfy
his appetite by looking at the picture of fat steer
lien that cannot be collected is lien at ALL 1t is of
more value security than assignment Of ones
interest in the paving of the New Jerusalem and that
certainly outside of the jurisdiction of the Oregon courts
The three ordinances necessary to put the city on
it's feet and get its street improvements on business
basis. Making the liens enforcbe does not that the
city will at jump onto every property owner; but
that those who have not paid must make arrange
ment for doing AS it is many have paid for the i'm
in front of their property and yet they are
taxed to pay the interest the debt caused by others
fusing to pay. Making the liens enforcibe will at least
provide the interest in the future and take this load
off the balance of the city, Property uninl
proved streets taxed to pay the interest inn
provement in front of others property This is unjust
and should be corrected Of what would it be to re-
assess costs of Improvement and give the city lien on
the abuttng property if the lien not worth the cost
of recording t Of what to change the rule to
the majority would rule when no money
could be had for the Improvement if unanimously
asked for?
If the amendments passed. and will stand the test
of the courts which it is presumed they will since the
supreme court has held similar ordinances adopted byl
the city of Medford were constitutional those who have
had their streets improved and have refused to pay their
portion will be compelled to pay If the ordinances are
passed. either the city at large will have to pay the
BILL or those who put up the money at the cys request
will stand to lose it. and the latter alternative hardly
likely to be the that will follow. There is only one
sensible solution to the vexed and vexng problem, and
that to adopt all three amendments, at least those
permitting reassessment and making the cost of improve
ments lien the abuttng property There is other
solution but that is not worth considering at this time
for last resort and can be applied if the amendments
should fail of adoption
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-30

coming an extravagant luxury when its
population increases three OF four
times.
We do not need the stock to keep up
the fertility of the land. A heavy crop
of clover turned under will do more
to help the soil than two coats of ma
nure. The straw scattered right back
on the land at threshing time will do
more good than if first put through
the COW.
The child who grows up to maturity
without having ever tasted meat is just
as handy, healthy and intellectually
strong as the meat eater. Some people
have a mania for eating meat and
think they can not live without it. But
it is o heavy strain to break away from
any long standing custom. j.
What should appeal to the writer or
the article in question is the fact we
should no longer have the loathsome
criminal inhuman work of killing or
butchering, these animals to perform.
E. M. PBTTYCREW,
Nortons, Lincoln County, Ore
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-30
OPEN FORUM
INHUMAN WASTEFULNESS
+ i y 4 Il 4 * J: i y X X x y

A couple of weeks ago there was an
open forum article in the Journal in
regard to the inhuman wasteful slaugh-
ter of calves at birth. I would like
for the writer of the article to please
explain how to get around or solve the
following problems:
Everything produced on the farm
seems in some way to mysteriously dis
appear. Some one says the farmer
shouldn't sell his produce but feed it
on the farm and sell it in the form of
stock hogs, poultry, eggs and cream.
The implication is, that when the farm
er sells it, it is used for some other pur-
pose. Now l would like the writer to
tell me what becomes of the produce
the farmer sells.
Last winter was hard one in the
eastern part of the state and thousands
Of head of stock died of starvation.
The owners shipped in many train loads
of hay TO save their stock. If the
farmers had kept enough stock on their
own farms to eat up all their hay, what
would the ranchers in the range country
have done9 Is it a greater sin to knock
a calf in the head the day it is born
than it is to let it grow up and then
starve it or some other animal to death
to pay for it? Should we stop breeding
the cows and do without the milk rath-
er than raise more stock than we have
feed to care fora Why is it more
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-30
LIBRARY EXHIBIT

"Patriotism thru efficiency is the
KEYNOTE of the book display placed in
the window of the H. w. and Nj. h.
Meyers store this week. 1t is intended
to be suggestive of ways by which those
who remain at home may show thelr
patriotism by increasing their own eff
ficieney and perhaps adding to the ma
tion Is resources. Among these are 70
be found such books as: Rose s g Feed
ing the family and Saint-Maur
''Self supporting home.' Perhaps the
best grasp of what patriotism really
means, is to be obtained by knowing
the life of some patriot. Therefore the
biographies of our patriots are given
prominent place in this collection,
Why not read life of one of our real
patriots of the past9 Life is more fascl-
mating than fiction.