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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-07

MISSION, Texas. April S.-The girls of
the Junior Home Economics club went tn
| Mercedes Saturday 10 a club meeting. They
were chaperoned BY Miss Ina Myers, their
superior. A delightful luncheon was served
BY the girls of the Mercedes Economic
club, after which the regular business
meeting took place. The girls returned
Saturday night reporting a lovely time.
Ms. Thos. Mcbride entertained the
members Of the Wednesday Bridge club in
addition TO y few extra friends at her
charming home on the river Monday.
Bridge was the entertainment for the af-
ternoon. The club prize was awarded 10
Miss Agnes Voltz.
The Twenty Eighth infantry band gave a
dance at the Knights Of Pvthias hall Fri
dag nikht. The excellent music was en-
loved by about fifteen couples.
Thursday night a delightful party was
given BY Miss Helen Mcbride III her homo
in honor of her sister, Miss Mcbride, vho
is leaving for Elgin, Ill. Bridge was III,
entertainment of the evening. Ecli.hfful
refreshments consisting Of a salad course,
ripe olives. waters and coffee was ser, ed.
The ladies' guest prize was won by Mrs.
Sterling, the club prize by Miss lady Cary
Armstrong and the mems sue7. prize by
Mr.. II. Smith. Those present were: Mes
DANES Fred Noltz, Sterling Earl Sievuri.
Homer Smith, Misses Agnes Noltz, Emma
Coronet, Jewel Miller, Lady Cary Arm
strong, Messr~. Fred Noltz, Earl Stewart,
Homer Smith, Fred Morgan, III. +. Moore,
Frank D.w. Rowland, =. B. Smith and
Richard and Al Noltz.
Miss Ina Myers spent the week end
with relatives in Mercedes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hood Boone left for IIous-
ton Sunday. Mrs. Boone will go from
there to Navasota, Texas, where she will
visit her parents for several weeks.
Mrs. Roy Conway has as her guests this
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HARLINGEN.

H~ARLlNGEN, Tex, April s.-Dr. 5. X.
Hallam of the Border City was a visitor
here Wednesday.
T. s. Sutherland has returned home af-
ter n visit TO Bolton. Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Beamer are the proud
and happy parents of a big baby boy
born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Brooks and Mrs. and
Mrs. j.. L. Dyer motored 10 Point Isabel
Sunday, where they spent the day.
L. +. Larrabee and family of Denver,
Colorado, arrived here last week to spend
several week in Harrington. They motorcd
here from Denver and report a most en-
ioyable trip and no motor trouble. Mr..
Larrabee owns considerable land AROUND
Harrington and makes visits here about
every year.
Mrs. Nj. Publ of Fredericksburg, j. a
guest at the Gibbs home.
T. +. Daniels of Dallas visited friends
here last week.
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MERCEDES.

MERCEDES. April s.-Yesterday r. G.
Thaxton, who j. a graduate Of the Nj. ~
and j. d second lieutenant. left for New
Orleans TO join the marine corps.
The Parent Teachers association met
Thursday evening III the high school audi
forum at which time important business
was transacted after which an enjoyable
musical program was carried out. Dainty
refreshments were served by Mesdames
Stuart. Reese, Wilmer and Sives. assisted
BY two of the teachers. Mrs. Christner and
Miss Schwartz. The melting was presided
over by Mrs. Claude Armstrong.
Miss Beulah Blackwell gave Il lovely
dinner party at the Mercedes hotel last
evening in honor Of Miss Helen CarlocE
Misses Effie Sawyer. Mary Ellen Silver.
Beatrice Dhiel. Pearl Herring, Marion
Reiss. After a delicious repast an auto
mobile party was gotten up which ended
the evenings enjoyment.
The following circular was distributed
last evening in town in reference to to-
days election: "On June 81, 1916. page
l93 OF boards records, the board of edu-
cation denied the request of u few of our
citizens To use the schol auditorium for
q dance and went on record a. against the
use of the auditorium for dances. On
December %. in view of the unusual con
ditions here tthe presence of the army,
the board voted to permit the use of the
auditorium until normal conditions should
prevail. but did not alter it, position of June
%. 1916, under normal conditions. Normal
conditions now pervail and the action of
the board of education of June 81 il now
in force. The public i asked To instruct
the board on this question. The board viii
honor The prevailing public opinion. "What
farmer or merchant will discharge an en-
ploye aS soon a. he shows efficiency?'"
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The Difference.

Germany now proposes 70 "starve" Eng
land. She has a perfect legal right to do
it, just as England had a perfect legal
right To "starve' her; just "a she had q
perfect right 10 starve Paris in 1870, in
which ease she brought about not a fig
u~rative starvation, but an actual famine
for food. But she has not right to kill
n%eutral~ or destroy their property in the
course of that starving process. That i
the difference between her blockade and
England'S, and il j. the reason why the
United States protests-not at all against
her starving process, but against her
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71 B&Sc EH5 B!3 $&[5SM f
New Discovery! Dodsons Liver Tone Acts Like CaomeI But Doesn't GRIPPE,
SaGWae or Make You Sck-Dont Lose a Days Wok-HamIess Liver
Medicine for Men, Women, Chldren-Read Guarantee! 4

right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I
want you to 60 back to the store and get your
money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the
sale Of calomel because il is real liver medicine;
entirely vegetable. therefore it can not salivate or
make you sick.
| guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver
Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and
clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system and making
you feel miserable. ! guarantee that a bottle Of
Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family
feeling fine for months. Give it to your children.
1t is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like its pleas
ant taste.
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Ughl Calorlel makes you sick. It's horrible!
Take a dose of the dangerous drug tonight and
tomorrow you may lose a days work.
Calomcl is mercury or quicksilver which causes
necrosis Of the bones. Calomci. when it comes in
10 contact with sour bile crashes into it. breaking
it UP. This is when you feel that awful nausea
and cramping. If you are sluggish and all
knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels
constipated, or YOU have headache. dizziness, coated
tongue. ii breath is bad or stomach sour. just try a
spoonful Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store
and get 4 so cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone.
Take a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications. az they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There II
only one way TO cure catarrhal deafness.
and that is by n constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
tnfamed you have a rumbiing sound or Inn
perfect hearing. and when IL 10 entirely
closed Deafness In the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored TO its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh. which 10
an infamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces Halls catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hairs catarrh Medicine. Cir.
culars free. All Druggists. tic.
". j. CHENEY AZ CO. Toledo, q.
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Illuminated Crosses
For Easter Celebration

NEW YORK, Apr. 7.-Easter will be
celebrated this year by 4 blaze Of ilIum-
mated crosses shaped by lighted windows
in office and factory buildings along the
wafer fronts and principal thoroughfareS.
Ii j. planned 10 have a. many buildings a.
possible display the 'cross of light" on
Easter eve and Easter night.
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Increase of Food
Crops is Object
(By Associated Press.)

ATLANTA, Ga, April plans for an
extensive campaign to increase food crops
of the South as a war measure are being
laid today in a series of conferences par
ticipated in by the Atlanta and Georgia
Chambers of Commerce, the Southern Cat
tlemen's association, and the Special Food
Crops Agricultural School, an organiza-
ton of women.
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Crop Deficiency in
World is Alarming
ti,y Associated Press.)

ROME. Italy, April The worlds food
crop j. deficient and the situation i be-
coming alarming, according 10 David Lu-
bin, the American representative to the
International Institute of Agriculture. LII
bin j. here 10 report the facts to Presi-
dent Wilson through Ambassador Page
and is urging the imperative necessity Of
the mobilization Of American agricultural
resources.
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MICHIGAN NINE GOES SOUTH.

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Apr. The
baseball team of the University of Michi-
gan gets away today for it, spring trip in
the south. In the course Of the coming
week the team j. scheduled TO play games
with the mines Of The University of Geor-
sio, University Of the South and Wander
bilt university.
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HAD MAPS, IS UNDER ARREST.


COLLINSVILLE, Tex, April Ga man
was arrested here today possessing maps
Of the Texas 4 Pacific railroad, highways,
and plans of the Panama canal.
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M'ALLEN.

MALLEN, Texas, April 5.-Mrs. Harry
May entertained the Friday Bridge club
last Friday. Mrs. Mechanics was the win
ner of the club prize. The guests were
Mrs. j. b. Dribrell jr., Mrs. j. h. Glasscock.
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Cause for Generalization.

With ladies shoes in Houston now bring
ING @l5 per pair and the prediction freely
made that they will be worth $40 in anoth-
or sixty days. there j. cause for congrai
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I They're some corn flakes J

week Mrs. j.. A. Rickler, he mother and
Mrs. y. +. IIav, her sister
Mrs. o.. Perkins has as her guests her
mother, Mrs. Shinn, and her sister, Miss
Ruth Shinn.
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corns Loosen of
With Magic "Gets.lt"
9 Drops Do the Work, fainlessly.

IT tell you. before l heard OF
'Gets-It' / used to try one thing after
another for corns. 1 still had them.
] used bandages and they made my
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ulation that barefoot time is not far away
Houston Post.
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toe so big IL was murder TO put On
my shoe / used salves and other
things that ate of more of the toe
than they did the corn. I'd cut and
dig with knives and scissors. but
now no more fooling for me. Two
drops of 'Gets-It' did all the work.
It makes the corn shrivel and get 50
loose that you can Just pick 1t right
Off with your ~hngersi"
There has been nothing new dis
covered for corns since "Gets-It"
was born. It's the new way-the
common-sense. simple. sure way.
"Gets-It" is sold everywhere. CSC
n bottle. or sent on receipt Of price
by T.. Lawrence a. Co, Chicago, Ill.
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Sold in Brownsville and recommended as
the worlds best remedy, by w. G. Whitman
and The Eagle Pharmacy.
The sun., 1917-09-09
GERMANY HIT
HARD BY ACUTE
COAL SHORTAGE
Berlin Theatres Asked to
Halve Number of Perform
ances to Save Fuel.
HOMES MUST RETRENCH
Problem OvershadOws That Of
Food Supply-Miners
Can't Be Supplied.

BERLIN. Sept. s.--The problem OF the
uniform apportionment Of coal for the
coming winter has suggested retrench-
ments In numerous directions previ-
ously thought unnecessary. The ma
tion's natural coal resources are virtu-
ally inexhaustible. but the shortage OF
miners has created a situation OF acute
stringency. and the fuel problem now
seems to be giving greater concern than
the question Of the food supply.
The mines. even under war conditions.
probably would have produced SUFFICIENT
to supply the nations domestic demands.
but obligatory shipments to neutral
countries have made heavy inroads upon
the normal supplies and have called for
economy In home consumption.
The suggestion Is now made that the
theatres cut down the number of their
weekly performances for the purpose of
contributing to nationwide effort to
save Illuminating and heating fuel. The
Berlin playhouses. which opened for the
fall and winter season this week with
capacity business. are protesting against
the proposed movement to limit them
to half their usual number Of perform
ancea The managers point out that
since the food situation has forced an
aband~Bment OF the custom of keeping
open house and OF entertaining at home
and because OF the further circumstance
that the public cafes no longer offer suit
able diversion, the theatre Is the only
rcmaining medium through which war
weary brains may be relaxed.
The Berlin managers generally predict
record business for the fall and win
ter.
The sun., 1917-09-09
SWEDEN, LNlNASKED, SHOWN
AS GERMANY'S SECRET AID
IN SINKING UNARMED SHIPS
Proof of Sweden's Diplomatic Per6dy
Barred to World by Secretary Lansing
Special Despatch TO THs Sus.

ASHlNGToN Sept s-Copies Of three communications from
~ Count Luxburg the German Charge Buenos Ayes the
Berlin Foreign Office and through the Swedish legation
cipher from the capital made public by the State
Department to-day in the following statement:
Department of State has secured certain telegams from
Foreign Office at Berlin despatched from
Buenos by the Swedish their official
addressed to the Stockholm Foreign Office.
THE following transatons of the German text
MAY 49, 1917 No. 49, This Government has released
has been change public feeling will in future
Argentine ships Palmas small
Oran 3st of which sailed
3l 800 which Bordeaux with
change the flag be possible sunk without
being left ("spurlor versenkt'). LUXBURGi
Juy g. 1917 No So learn from reliable source that the
phe declared in session Of the Senate that Argentine would
agreed relations would be broken Off
if necessary calling in the mediation of Spain LUXBURG
July g. 1917 No. 6 Without showing tendency to make
reply until Of further
Ministry probable. Argentine
steamships either compelling them back sinking
all quite small. LUXBURG'"
The sun., 1917-09-09
RICA'S FALL BRINGS WARS
END NEARER, SAY KAISER
Tells Eighth Army Germany Is Assured of Food by
Present Harvest and Predicts Ulti-
mate Victory.

bEhLIN. via London, Sept. Sin
thanking the Eighth German Army for
'he capture Of Riga Emperor William
IN an address to the victorious troops
at Riga on Thursday. asserted that such
victories as that at Riga increase the
prospects that the end of the war will
come soon. The Emperor, according to
an oiiicial report. spoke as follows:
riga is free. When this news ran
through all the districts of Germany a
storm OF tubilation and enthusiasm arose
everywhere In the fatherland and in the
foremost trenches In the enemy country.
rms town. founded by the spirit OF
'he old German Hanseatic League, with
'ier'nan history and which always has
endeaNored to maintain its German ORR
gin' mas gone through heavy times by
the German Army, in which Is iucor-
porated all pe German tribes. this town
again is liberated from long oppression.
The operation, which by the COM
mand or the supreme army comma nder
ana under the direction of Prince Leo
pold OF Bavaria was begun and under
taken with confidence In the efficiency
OF the troops which In over three years
of war SO brilliantly have stood the
test. has been carried through by all
The sun., 1917-09-09
NEWS WSASHOCK
TO ARGENTINA
German Charge is Accused Of
disappearing Com
municatiOns.

BUESos AYREs. Sept. s.--The director
of the Argentine Foreign ONCE when in
formed to-day OF the revelations OF the
State Department at Washington. in-
volving the Swedish Legation here in
the transmission Of certain German com
munications. expressed great sstonish-
ment.
He declared that he had had negota-
tions with Count Luxburg, tho German
Charge. respecting the communications
the substance of which, as described to
him. was apparently not the same as
that revealed by the text OF the des-
patches made public In Washington.
President Trigoyen. informed OF the
matter. said he would at once call upon
the Foreign Minister for n statement.
After a conference with the President the
Director Of the Foreign Office said II
would be impossible to discuss the reve-
latons until he had received confirma-
tion from Amba ssador Naon at Wash
ington.
TIE evening editions Of the newspa-
pers express surprise at the disclosures
and declare the situation is grave for
the Swedish Legation here. The public
At first doubted the accuracy of the
reports but the American Embassy has
confirmed them
Count LuA5urg and tho Swedish Min
lister arc absent from the capital over
tho week end
1t Is expected the Foreign ONCE will
demand an explanation from the Swedish
legation when official confirmation of
the Washington exposures is received
from Ambassador Naon.
The sun., 1917-09-09
POLISH REGENCY
TO BE DECLARED
Provisional Government Will
Have Council of Three
Ministers.

BERLIN, via London. Sept S.--The
official discussion between Or. Michaelis.
the Imperial German Chancellor, and
Count Czernin. the Austro- Hungarian
Foreign Minister. during the latter's
recent visit TO Berlin included a fur
ther proposal for a Polish government
on the lines laid down In the proc
Full agreement has been reached OIL all
points
1t is expected that within few days
an important statement on the question
Of the Polish constitution will be made
by the German and Austrian Enperors.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. S.-A proclama ion
will be issued probably on Monday next
by the German and Austrian Emperors
embodying the agreement regarding the
Polish constitution reached by Chancel.
lor Michaeiis and Count Czernin, the
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister. ac-
cording to the Berlin Vossi,che Zeitung.
AT first the forecast OF the procla ma
tion says there will be a provisional gov.
ernment comprising a regency and a
council OF three members which will
select Minister President. Later the
formation Of a Cabinet will be proposed
and IL this is constituted orders will b.
issued for the election OF a Reichsta2
Delegates from Poland. including rep
resentatives of the Russians and of the
Warsaw Council. are meeting In Stock
holm TO discuss ways and means of OBJ
tanning for Poland as sovereign nation
the right to be represented at the con-
ference which will conclude peace. Last
night the Polish delegation gave a ban
quet in Stockholm to the Entente Minis
ters, all of whom we're present. with the
exception Of the representatives Of Japan
and Rumania.
1t is reported in Copenhagen that
Nikolai Lenine. the radical Russian
propagandist. is attending the Stockholm
conference ircognito.
Two Of the Polish Russian delegates
at the conference do not appear to have
been particularly fitting selections. NJ.
Radek was expelled from the Polish
Socialist party for personal irregulari-
ties and was attacked openly by Philip
Scheidemann, the German Socialist
leader. 'as police agent Another OF
the Russian delegates. Gonazky, also
known an Furstenburg. is among those
indicted for treason In handling Ger
man money in the organization of the
recent Maximalist uprising in Petrograd.
The sun., 1917-09-09
HAS FOOD ENOUGH"
Germany Assured Of Years Bread
supply, Saya waIdOw.

COPENHAGEN. Sept. S-Herr Won
Waldow. president Of the German Food
Regulation Board. Is quoted In Berlin
advices to-day as declaring in a state
ment to the press that the supplies of
bread grain for Germany for the year
are assured. The prospect Of the potato
harvest is satisfactory and the harvest
will b. considerably better than that of
last year. the statement adds. while the
supply OF fruits and vegetables has re-
Gently improved. Plans have been made
for the seizure Of all milk products.
with complete certainty it may be
anticipated that the diff,culties OF the
fourth year OF the war will be over
come" concludes the statement.
Difficulties with the winter supply OF
fuel in Germany are being felt. The
era of voluntary or compulsory selec-
tion OF the fttest establishments for
survival In various branches OF trade
and industry already has opened and
business will he concentrated in these,
while the others will shut down, except
those supplying heat and light.
Butchers favor keeping their places
open late two afternoons a week, other
wise to close with the sun. The jewellers
plan to keep open on those days only
when artificial light is unnecessary,
which. during the North German winter.
are very few The city of Stettin has
suspended street lighting entirely on ac-
count Of the lack of coal.
Farmers are proclaiminE an abandon
ment OF the compulsory administration
OF the cnop and of maximum prices and
the return TO the system Of commercial
supply and demand az sole panacea
to insure the necessary supply for human
consumption.
Urbanites on the contrary mainta in
that unless me Government persists in
its determination to seize all potatoes
the profitable pig and steer will get
most OF them, because in no year during
the war has there been such an incentive
TO use potatoes for fodder as in this yea-
of the very unfavorable fodder harvest
and humans would get potatoes only at
prices impossible for the poor.
Iorcderts demands an immediate in
crease In the potato ration OF ten
pounds weekly at a reduction In the
price and declares that II Is impossible
to work and sustain life on the proposed
ration of 81, pounds of potatoes. 1850
grams OF bread. $50 grams OF meat
and so grams Of fat. Vorpderts points
out that this year the scanty harvest
OF oats and barley will not permit OF a
supplementary ration of oatmeal and
grits by which alone the people tided
over last spring.
The sun., 1917-09-09
ARTILLERYMAN DIES
AS HORSES STAMPEDE
Animals Maddened by Gun.
fire From Hidden Battery.

FORT SILL. Okla. Sept S.-Private
Joseph Lawrence of Cincinnati, a mem
ber of r Battery. Eighth Field Artillery,
was killed instantly to-day when sixty
horses. frightened by heavy Gunfiring
stampeded. Eleven soldiers were in
jured. Privates Peter Dyle, Malby, Pa
and Ray Davis. Converse. s. c.. are not
expected to survive internal injuries.
Private Lawrence was knocked down
by the horses and the wheels Of heavily
loaded artillery caisson passed over his
body. Among the others injured are:
Daniel Riordan. New York, and George
Scarpanita. Lodi. n. ].
The gun crews Of the battery had put
their pieces In position and had retired
with their horses to point several
hundred yards from their battery.
Another battery a short distance away
was hidden by clump OF bushes and
it's presence was unknown to the men.
When the hidden battery began firing.
the horses ran. The men, taken Off
their guard. were trampled under the
hoofs and crushed by the heavy caissons
and limbers.
Gen. Cox Snow, Post Comma andant,
ordered an investigation.