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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

for NATIONAL liberty, look to the Central
Powers to make them a present Of IL, but
do not greatly concern themselves about
helping to win H..
Voluntary enlistmentS Of Poles in the
armies of the Central Powers have un-
quStionahly been very meagre. Definite
figures arc naturally unobtainable. In the
first flush Of enthusiasm after the open
ing of the Warsaw University some S00
students are said 10 have signifed their
willingness 10 enlist. Their enthusiasm
cooled. however. before the time for mus
tering came, and only a few appeared.
Extravagant estimates have been pub
lis,ied Of the number Of soldier, that the
Central Powers expected to raise IN Po-
land. The figure has ben put as high a.
500. 600 Ia 100000. There are reasons for
believing that the German military author
lilies counted on obtaining, roughly, two
army corps. or some So 00 To LOG, 600
men.
A highly Pole with whom the CORE
spondent talked defended his countrymen
against The charge Of indifference.
1--WE are waiting To have some guaranty
for the future before We act.' he said.
AS vet we have no king and nothing else
TO build on. III the Central Powers will
select q king-preferablv Karl Stephan
or, even better. his son-we shall know
where we stand and can 20 ahead and DO
our part. But we are naturally averse to
buying 4 pig in a poke"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

Arctics, or elsewhere, in science, invention and manu-.
facture in America or Europe. in business and COM
merce in the North. South. East or West. Whatever
or wherever your interest may lie, you will find it
ably treated and most likely graphically pictured in
this ably edited weekly magazine OF the worlds news.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17
OBJECT
OF UNCERTAINTY
PROCLAMATION OF KINGDOM OF P0-
LAND RECEIVED WITH ENTHU-
SiASM BY ALL GERMANS.

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 1.-THE proelama-
tion Of the Kingdom Of Poland has no.
been received with enthusiasm by all Ger
mans. n has been discovered by n CORE
Spondent'S recent visit Ia Berlin. There.
are, IN the first place. the ultra annexa-
tlonists. who want Germany to retain
those parts of Poland which il now oc
cupieS. Another considerable group ~
poses any strengthening Of Polish mflu-
cnce in the affairs of Prussia or Ger
many, and il convinced that such Il
strengthening would result from the cree
ton of n Polish kingdom, even without III.
annexation of IN portion of the country.
Another objection To the pr, posed new
kingdom j. 4 fear held in some kqnarter~
that. no matter how independent such r
state might be in theory. and no matter
how much 1t might owe it, independence
10 Germany and Au~tna-iiungary. W
would still he so strongly subject Ia Rus
sian influence. either open or secret, that
it would continually remain an apple 81
discord. full OF potcntialitieS for future
mischief.
\ possible strengthening of the miln-
ence in Austria-Ilungary Of the non-Gcr
manic races i also feared by some.
Finally. the alleged Indifference If the
Poles themselves has exasperated MANY
of those who originally favored the cree
tion of the new kingdom. The complaint
j. general that the Poles, while ihir~tine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17
TOP PRICE FOR
CABBAGE IS $11O
SAN BENITO BUYERS YESTERDAY
PAID FARMERS HIGHEST FIG
URE IN VALLEY HISTORY.
SAN BENITO LiGIIT).

The record price for cabbage in San
Benito was again exceeded Yesterday
when the local Unit quoted $40 a ton.
Except for the price Of Sl0j paid Friday
by j. q. .Adam~on Company. the price ior
the past week was 800. As high as 65
cents = hamper wa paid for some oi the
best quality lettuce.
Some Of the buverS were Of The opin-
ion that there was no limit 10 which the
price of cabbage could 20. Others con
~Idered that the consumers would do with
out IT before they would pay more than
the prices now in effect.
The cool, damp weather of late has beer
of great benefit 10 the lettuce. it j. stated.
Many of the farmers are planting biz
crops of miscellaneous vegetables in cx-
pectation Of 4 good spring market.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17
Illiterate Aliens Barred Q,

congress Ovcrrldes the FrcslGIntaI V
Where German-Anlericans Stand
Japan's insistence on LanG- Rights
Karl |. Is Houseciean;rg
Two Ways of Marketing Food
Can We Foresee the Future?
Nitrate Plants for War-Need3
The Languishing British Stage
England Can Not Be Starved
A Fine Collection of Interest,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17
Sarcasm at the Opera.

A nervous man nj the opera sat behind
q pair of those persons who explain the
plot until hiS endurance was exhausted.
Then he leaned forward and said:
'Excuse me. will you speak 4 little loud
er! Sometimes the music prevents my
hearing what Won -aN.''-New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

woman shall be substituted for the less
courteous titles VI woman and Girl"
Some Of NJ. Malvy's friends are appre-
her>ive that this reform III q distinctly
democratic usage may affect his popular
ity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

donstiratcd bowels. 1t doesn't grippe w.
cause Inconvenience all the next day like
violent calomel. T;.kefa dose Of calomet
today and tomorrow You will feel weak.
sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day.
work! Take Dcdson's Liver Tone instead
and teel fine. full Of vigor and ambition
ADV.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17
1t Will Take You Around the World in Sixty Minut

In one hour reading of THELITERARY DIGEST
each week. you may get a clear understanding of
what is happening in all parts of the globe. You
may SIT in your easy chair n home while your mind
travels to all Countries. Whether you are interested
in the war. politics. exploration and discovery in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

Don't worry about u peeved man. ,Jus
let him alone. He'll Get over It.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

There isn't enough modesty in this well
known world IL keep the spotlight from
being crowded q good deal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-17

When fortune smiles on you dom wait
for 4 formal introduction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

tent on the lawn. In the evening Mr.:
and Mrs. Cravath gave dinner and
small dance for the bridal party and
a few Of the younger set in the neigh
borhood.
The bride, WHO was given away by
her father, wore a gown of white silk
bridal net, with plain white satin in
the front and back, in panel effect.
The sides were of duchess and point
lace worn by the brides mother on
her wedding dress. She wore tulle
veil fastened with barrette Of orange
blossoms, and she carried q sheaf bou-
quet of white beauvardia.
Miss Evelyn Scott was the maid Of
honor The other attendants were
Miss Elizabeth l.. Kirlin, Miss Sarah
Z. Larkin, sister of the bridegroom;
Miss Fredcrika Peterson, Miss Olive
A. Trip, Miss Gertrude n. yelling
and Mrs. George VI. P. Thatcher.
Lieutenant Larkin's best man was
his cousin, Ernest R. Tilton, ir., and
the ushers were Henry Bahnesen, Nor
ris McKim Pryor, Captain Gaillard F.
Ravenel, Lieutenant John Alden Cook,
Captain John Marsh and Frank ~
Watrous.
Lieutenant Larkin is under orders
to report at Camp Upton, Yaphank,
L. l., on August 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Mayor Asks Baker
For Labor Reform
Wires Secretary That Condi-
tons on Uniform Contracts
Are Objectionable

Mayor Mitchell yesterday telegraphed
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
asking him to take immediate action
TO the end that army contracts fol
uniforms include specifications fol-
proper conditions of labor and that ex-
listing contracts be reformed. The
Mayors telegram follows:
at is two weeks since the Mayors
National , Defence Committee called
your attention TO the serious condi.
tons in the city surrounding the
manufacture of uniforms for the
United States army.
"The undermining of decent labor
standards, the existence Of home WORK
in tenements. the recurrence of sweat
shop conditions, low wages, long hours
of employment and the neglect Of the
New York market in the distribution OF
contracts are striking, and the uni
forms of our army are being manu-
featured under very Objectionable con-
ditions.
Moreover, New York, the largest
needle working market in the country
is threatened with dangerous strike
conditions and with an increasing de
gree Of unemployment, which the City
Bureau of Employment reports 20 me is
due TO the methods under which con
tracts for uniforms have been distrib'
uted and manufactured in this city.
"0n behalf Of thousands OF workers
and in the interest of the commerce
Of the city. ] urge that immediate &C
ton be taken by the War Department
to the end that army contracts for uni
forms include specifications for proper
conditions of labor and an effectiv,
machinery for enforcing them and also
that existing contracts be thus re-
formed.
"My committee on national defence
is at your service to assist in every
way in the enforcement of contract.
embodying just labor and Commercial
standards"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
The Sinews of War
More Than a Hundred Big Ships Are
Being Built on the Pacific Coast-Com-
Wandered Vessels Include Wooden as
Well as Steel Tonnage
By THEODORE M. KNAPPEN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-
War is a wonder-worker. 1t is the
prince of gamblers. 1t turns the ma
ton into a colossal roulette table,
For instance, shipbuilding in gen.
e-al and particular. The wheel
spins, the marble rolls in the war
game, and Uncle Sam draws a big
merchant marine. The Shipping
Board was considered a Jonah and
turns out an indispensable instru-
mentality.
Steel ship building on the Pacific
Coast was considered an anomaly,
kept alive by local pride, repair
work and government favor.
War comes. The result: The his
toric Union Iron Works, builder Of
the faithful old Oregon, suddenly be-
comes in this ironless and coalless
region one of the greatest shipbuild-
ing plants in the world. In its two
plants on the Bay of San Francisco
there are building at this moment
twenty steel merchant vessels of a
total of 100000 tons. This wonder
of the war furnishes one of the
mightiest spectacles of the war.
Only the roar of a battlefield is
comparable to the roar Of the strug-
gle of ten thousand men to work I'M
willing steel into towering ships.
And a ship never towers as it does
when it is on the ways. The colossal,
forward looking frame, the swarm
ing ants of men, the lofty scaffolds,
the ponderous surface and aerial
cranes, the green lights Of the oxy-
acetylene drills, the ceaseless rattle
Of the compressed air riveters, the
acoustic background of composite
and all pervading industrial noise,
vast symmetry arising out of ap-
palling chaos-all this awes and
thrills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
War Of Merchantmen
Against Submarine

Nothing so typifes the industrial
nation at war as a great shipyard
under working pressure, and never
before in any war so much as
this. For this is the war o.
the merchantmen against the sub.
marine. The great steel bulks are
war units. They fight by Willingly
taking the chance of destruction.
They hope to achieve victory by Of
fering themselves faster than the
sea-wolves can devour them.
They represent the effort Of pa
tient construction to defeat ruthless
destruction. 1t is the battle Of the
whale against the shark. Can the
whale exhaust the shark before he
dies of the wounds he cannot es-
cape? Sometimes the enormous ex-
tent of the killing job is too much
for the shark. Until a successful
submarine offensive method is found
this is the nature of the struggle
for the mastery Of the seas.
So some of these majestic fabrics
of steel that take shape day by day
are surely doomed to early destruc.
ton. Already their sister ships are
lying on the oceans floor. Boats that
were iron ore a short time ago and
then plate and fabricated steel in
these yards have already completed
the cycle of their existence. That is
modern sea war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Lieut.. Larkin Marries
Miss Vera Cravath
Driven from Church in Same
Brougham Brides Parents
Used Is Years Ago

Miss Vera Cravath, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul D. Cravath, was married
to Lieutenant James S. Larkin, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian H. Larkin, yes
terday afternoon in St. Johns Church.
Lattingtown, L. l. The ceremony vas
performed by the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ.
Stires, rector of st. Thomas's Church,
this city, assisted by the Rev. Charles
W. Hinton, rector of st. Johns.
The newly married couple were
driven from TIE church to VIBRATION,
the country home of Mr.. and MIS-.
Cravath, at Locust Valley, in the same
brougham in which the brides parents
left st. Thomas's Church after their
wedding twenty-five years ago. Re-
Treatments were served under large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Mayor and Aids
May Be Called in
City Land Inquiry
Were Members of Estimate
Board That Voted to Buy
Rockaway Park Plot

II the grand jury continues its In
vestigation Of the sale Of Rockaway
and Dreamland Park sites TO the city
along the lines that il has followed the
last two days it is probable that Mayor
Mitchell, Controller Prendergast and
others who were members Of the Board
of Estimate in 1913 will be called to
testify.
The members Of the Board of Esti-
mate who voted on the proposition 70
buy the sites from ex-senator William
H. Reynolds and his realty associates
included John Purroy Mitchell, pres!-
dent of the Board Of Aldermen; Con-
troller Prendergast, George McAneny,
President of Manhattan Borough;
Lewis II. Pounds, President of Brook
lyn Borough, and Cyrus Miller, Presi-
dent of The Bronx Borough. Mr..
Miller protested against the purchase.
The late Mayor Gaynor did not vote.
II these officials are called by the
grand jury they will be asked to cx-
plain why they voted to purchase land
on options.
Another phase OF the situation which
the grand jury may inquire into will
be the reason why the city appointed
William P. Rae. an associate director
with Reynolds in the Realty Associates
Company, as appraiser of the proper
ties TO be purchased. IL was also
learned that the officials will be asked
whether they rad knowledge of the
alleged secret agreement existing
among Reynolds, Frank Bailey, vice
president Of the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company; Patrick II. McCarren,
Frank Hurley and Mrs. Adelaide b.
Roberts, dummy director OF the West
Rockaway Land Company, whereby the
dummy title of the Rockaway tract was
to be transferred to the Neponsit
Realty Company, which sold the land
to the city.
Mr.. Bailey was again witness be-
fore the grand jury yesterday. He was
asked on Tuesday TO bring with him
the records of his purchase of Roy-
nolds's interests in the Neponsit COM
pany, which Reynolds said he sold be-
fore the Board of Estimate voted to
buy. Mr.. Bailey refused 20 state, when
he left the grand jury room, whether
he produced the documentary record
of the transaction.
az am not on trial" he asserted.
"However, ever il IL were legal for
me 10 disclose the secrets Of the grand
Jury room, do not think it would be
right for me 70 do so. I'll be glad TO
make 4 statement soon"
Assistant District Attorney Black.
who has charge of the inquiry. visited
Rockaway Park yesterday. He used
his automobile and got stuck three
times in the sand dunes before he
reached a point from which he could
survey it properly.
Mr.. Black said he found that pedes-
trians have TO walk about mile and a
| half from the streetcar terminus to
reach the "choice" beach sections, end
the sand is ankle deep all the way. Mr..
Black said he doubted very much if the
| soil would support a single tree.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Miss Bishop a Bride

A wedding Of much interest to So
ciety was hurriedly arranged yester-
day. It was that Of Miss Augusta H.
Bishop, daughter Of James Cunning
ham Bishop, Of this city and Torres
dale. Penn. 10 Lieutenant David Rives
Sigourney, CT Boston. The ceremony
was performed in the presence Of a
few relatives and intimate friends by
Father McQusde, Of st. Patrick's Ca
,hedral, at the home of Mrs. Belmont
Tiffany, 1853 East Sixty-second Street.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Mary c. Bishop, and Henry j.
Sigourney was best man. Lieutenant
and Mrs. Sigourney will sail for
France in a few days. Lieutenant ST.
Courtney received his commission last
week at Plattsburg. He is a graduate
Of Harvard, class of rs, and was cap
tain Of the varsity swimming team.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Plan to Measure
Gas by Heat Unit
Public Service Board to Con-
slider Change in
Standard

Because at least so per cent of the
gas furnished in this city is used for
heating and not for lighting. the Public
Service Commission has set down for
September Is, at $3.50 p. m. hearing
TO determine whether the standard for
gas measurement should not be changed
from a candle power to heat unit, or, in
other words, whether the price to be
charged for gas should not be based
on the quantity of heat units furnished
with every 1000 feet. At present the
price is fixed by statute on a basis of
1000 feet of gas with a standard of
% candle-power.
Commissioner Travis H. Whitney, on
whose motion the hearing was set, filed
a memorandum in explanation, in which
he said:
This commission on March 2. 1916.
adopted hearing resolution for an in
vestigation to determine and fix stand
ards for the measurement OF illuminat-
ing and heating power of gas manufact-
ured, distributed or sold by gas COM
panies within the First District This
hearing order was served on all the
operating gas companies in the city,
and hearings were held on March 81
1916, and at subsequent times.
Thereafter the commission author
lied its gas engineer to establish test
ing stations sufficiently scattered and
distributed throughout the city. so that
there might be tests for considerable
period of time Of the gas furnished by
the various gas companies of the city.
"The tests have proceeded so that BY
September the commission will have
adequate data. The testimony is in
agreement that a heating standard il
now preferable to a candlepower stand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

Mrs. George L. Hubbell, yesterday af-
ternoon on the lawn of the Peters home
at Garden City, Long Island. The cere-
mony was performed by Dean Trader.
of the Cathedral Of the Incarnation.
Miss Helaine Peters was the maid of
honor and Captain George L. Hubbell,
Jr., was his brothers best man. MolIie
Brown and Argyle Parsons served as
flower girls.
The wedding was to have taken place
in the fall. but the bridegroom was
accepted for the National Army and
the wedding was FASTENED. The brides
father is present Of the Long Island
Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Miss Matthew a Bride

Miss Catherine r. Matthew. daughter
of Mrs. Anna Maria Msthieu-Lola. was
married 10 the Rev. James c. Healey
Yesterday afternoon at the home of the
bride. 626 West 139th Street. The Rev.
DR. George 5. Webster. secretary Of
the American Seamen's Friend Society,
performed the ceremony. Mr.. Hesley
is chaplain of the American Seamen's
Friend Society and in charge OF the
Sailors Home and Institute on the
North River waterfront. He was grad
usted from Princeton in 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
VIII Fight His German Uncles

There was a time when young Will
liam Durr, whose father is a wealthy
contractor in New Rochelle, expected
70 salute his four German uncles over
the top of a stein. Right now. though,
he is looking forward to making their
acquaintance over the top of trench.
william, with the hearty approval of
his German-born, but thoroughly Amer
lean, father, has enlisted in the regular
army for overseas service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
DIPLOMATS Invited to Speak

The French Ambassador. j.. J. Jus
serand; Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Riee.
British Ambassador. and the other dip
lomntic representatives OF the Allied
nations have been invited TO speak on
international reconstruction at the an
nusl banquet Of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress at the Hotel Astor on
October i6. President Wilson and ex.
President Taft also hFve been asked
IN snsak 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

With nerve-strain and muscle
WEAKNESS a thousand men work
with feverish haste for year or
more, aided by steam, electricity,
complex machines and willing CAPT
tai. For all that time this great con-
struction is the essential life of
those thousand men. Finally, the
triumph of their industry glides into
the waiting waters and sails away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
THE NEW WAY

II lovely night;
star all n their places
In the Questionable democracy OF heaven
The murmurous breeze
Brought % my sense the dim romance
flowers. yielding TO the magic
OF the hour.
Then in the clingng closer moved
fShe and y,
And whispering spoke 70 herr
"The fragrance OF the might have come
From magic easements, opening on the foam
OF perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn"
And she re,
Flekng with her finger piece Of tinfoh
~ the cat
Why poor FISH,
That amt the at all
That's me-"
contrib writes that at his hotel in Washington the beds
sGsm
MS H. SIS suggestion "The House with the Mezzanine
= "hsr Stories" might best seller 1t simply floors
Nag pushing ahead looks though the Germans
-N Be forced % kick
ne nsr Son appears be George w. Cohans "Oyer There
lie slseksrs song: over Thirty-Ons" FRA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

The Kaiser's Stevenson

II once was very nice to think
III. world was full OF meat and drink,
With little children saying grace
IN every Christian kind OF place.
4 Diplomat ne'er says what's true
Nor speaks when he is spoken to;
And always tries to spread fable
At least as far as he is able.
7 saw YOU toss the fields on high
And blow the homes about the sky;
And all around / heard you pass
ike Hades' skirts across the grass.
Oh, VIII, ALLOWING all day long
Oh. viii, that sings so loud song!
The children sing in far Japan "
As children sang OF late;
But all the babes in Germany
Are singing songs OF hate.
How do you like to go up in Yep,
Up in the air so high?
oh. think that is the pleasantest step
Ever a man can fly! :
J-p in the air and over the wall,
Till can bomb so wide
Women and trees and children and all
Over the countryside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Miss Peters Marries
Daughter of Long Island r. R.
Head Weds j. P. Hubbell

Miss Dorothy Peters. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Peters. was married 70
John Plat Hubbsll. son Of Mr.. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Drama

eyes of YOUTH" play in three
acts, by Max MARGIN and Charles Guer-
non. Presented with Marjorie Ram
beau by A. II. Woods, at Maxine FL
liott's Theatre.