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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
ARRAS RAZED BY WAR.

ARRAS. France. Nov. 9.-Onlv 22H
buildings ol "a former total oi l.52l rr-
main intact w Arra~. During me two and
y half YEAR w more " les continual
hombardmcnt. o. buildings were complete
In demolished. 1885 were damaged hcv"nd
repair. while 1853 only can hc made IN
habitablc without rebuilding from thc
urauud
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
so 900 BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED.

PARTS. Nov. a.-More than 10000
building had been demolished in France
and more than 100000 more III les dana
aged IN bomhardment- and l%Hccndlary
fires during the war. according 10 -tItI~-
ties completed M IA the end W May.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
Is Named -GermanI
Vice hanCeIIOr

AMSTERDAM. Holland. NOV. g.-Fricd-
rich Won Payer. n progressive leader has
been designated tire German wee chanccl-
Tor. according to Z -cmi-oiticial Berlin
telegram. N adds that the appointment of
Herr Fricdbcrg, leader II the national lb-
erals. or vice president Of the pru--ian
State ministry, " considered probable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09

What n world Of love tho baby brinEHi
Thousands Of women for over ihrcc sen
c~rntions awaiting motherhood have Them
yclyer riven nature " hc'piny hand IVY the
daily use OF the time-honnrei external
rrcnaratinn. Mothers FRIEND. nv us
regular use tho tcndons and lgamcnts are
made elastic ana the tendency g morn,
inr sickness III avoided. Stretching and
bearing down pains usually arc not lSlt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09

and the muscles relax easily when baby
arrives. 10 not 80 a single night with
out aDnlyinx ~. By assisting nature. tho
crisis n one az less pain AMI danger. ASK
far 4 bottle ~ Mothers Friend nj your
druggists today and write for valuable
boob brimful ~ information, "Motherhnnd
and the Baby. n ~ free. Address Inc
Bradncld Regulator 90. Dept ~ 500
Lamar building, Atlanta, Ga.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
% $1&d&Ia9&

The Friday Bridge Club was To- meet this
afternoon a. 3 O'Clock a. the home Of Mrs..
q. :. CLANCY. 90 Leyee street.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
SOUVENIR WAS
CAUSE FIRST
U.S.CASUALTY
EAGERNESS TO OBTAIN BIT OF NEW
ly EXPLODED B0CHE SHELL PUTS
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER OFF
FIGHTING LINE FOR MONTH.

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
FRANCE tNia London. by Maiu, oct. TT.
- have Just witnessed one vi tie first
casualties suffered by the American forces
on the battle front. We had spent the day
visiting scattered camps Ut cur engineers
and finally headed for the most advanced
post. Il was my privilege IL accompany
Major General Biddle on inspection no one
"elo-e up camp. Our engineer formed
m thin review lines wv w. not tO attract
the attention " German sausage" bal
looms controlling artillery within hort
range. Now and then would come the
"gluug' al stray Boche shells feeling Tor
a hostile battery. That splendid line Ut
American ewes never wavered.
: major stopped IN front nj 4 -iaiueSduc
ngine from II. Louis. These" be said.
handling two disks that hung ont ot the
mans coat. "arc Identification tags. They
are W the British system. which Ne have
adopted. When this man b. killed. the adj
varcing dressing station or the casualty
clearing station clips of the red tag.
When he ~ buried. HI green one IVY taken"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09

look like museums. so cluttered up are they
with carefully labelled helmets. bayOnct>.
broken rifles. bits of wrecked tanks. cart
ridge ease and personal trInket> left by
she'll disturbed skeletons. A. the engineers
work 81 constructing an doperating supply
railways near the front keeps them con
~~tantly ON celebrated battlefield~. they
have great chances for gathering wan me
menioe~. Their f~avorIte game j. pitching
horse shoes with war souvenirs - stake.
Bv the way. nj the camp where | found
the It. Loui~ regiment. George Paiullo VI
the Saturday Evening Post. who accom-
panied me. asked If there were any II hi
brother Texans on the job. The ranking
colonel looked over hi regimeutal roll,
and came Ia the name NJ 4 lone Texan.
We'll look him up. said the colonel. After
4 short search the Texan wa~ located be-
tween two grim guards breaking rock Tor
a camp roadway. Tie had been II bad boy.
tie had slipped ont ~ camp one night and
picked hi~ WAY over shell ~crater~ and flat
tened villages 10 the terminus ~ a British
transport line. Here. under the camon-
flage. he had rui-tercd. a. he had. until n
most unSoldierlv hour. The Tommic~ must
have asserted themselves u entertain him
Tor ne could still laugh ~uproariou~ly when
thought ot ill.,. You're "a Texan AL
said hi brother Texan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
Ready for Winter.

Preparations for winter are soing on n
iii camps and schools. Cold-iight bar
racks for our infantry are being erected
bv French labor battalion~. The barracks
ut the engineers are portable English nuts
Certain engineer companies have spent
their Nunday- following dug out~ ~ the
side Of a hill. These they call 'adobe
chateau General Biddlc showed me one.
the Chateau de Wooden Shoe. wv named
because ~ \ wooden shoe nailed "a the
front door. that was sold by one company
10 another for about 100 francs. about SIS.
1--WE still nave time. Won see. for n little
real estate ~peculation~," smiled General
Biddle.
These dugout~ are not only clean and
warm but are practically bomb proof. "a
comfortable fact because of Borhc aero
planes that sail overhead frequently. Il i~
also because II the Boche that none of our
flags cam Pc displayed. However. the
standards are planted mt The entrance to
camps. with The Stars and Stripes and the
regimental flags III storm covers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
With a Great Bang.

Well. after pressing closer and closer to
the gun blasts. we finally reached Amer
ica'- hottest position M date. was chat
ting with y group ~ our boys when there
came Che -izzIe ol . shell and q great bang.
n take- am ordinary human being ut least
two minutes to recover hi- breath after one
."t those terrifying crashes. a corporal ~
The group required only lime To- steady his
steel helmet. Then ho wa- in the thick
.ot the smoke. making for sometime. hc had
seen while the rest ut u- l-pcJkine for my
self were blinded ~ the noise.
III another moment We heard \ shout Of
pam. IIe had found what he was after
"A bt ol shell tor 2 -ouvenir-but hc had
found ID red hot. The corporal Will not
bc using hi~ right hand Tor y month ~ W..
W hen ! reported tins first victim ~ he
war 60 other regiments If engineers ~ we
were returning 10 general headquarters.
they were very much annoyed they had not
+id the distinction w having the first
wounded.
Are Gathering Relics.
The tents and barracks of the engineers
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09

The Thursday Bridge Club wa, enter
tanned yesterday afternoon 40 the home
Of Mr.. Oliver Hick-. Refreshments con
sisted Of chicken salad. -andwirhe- and
tea. Nj Mayme Browne received the
prize. which aa- ! pretty box II haudker-
chief. Mr.. King Mason will entertain
the club next week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09
Didn't Worry Him.

tndcr the same circumstances. Go have
been confronted publicly with these simple
details for my funeral and surrounded ~
thar monOtOnou~ stretch Ut battered. burn
ga, bli~tered country that still occasionally
shook and heaved with terrific explosions.
Inn afraid would have tainted. Al amy
rate. | would have wobblcd. That Missouri
engineer laughed outright.
There we're the usual ugly pock~ and
plmple and eczema-Ik ~ore--a~ tar u@
the eve could reach in this war-di~ca-ed
country that marked Shell cratcr- and
abandoned trenchv-. What ! didn't Ike u
See was that many ot thc nearby she'll pits
were newly made. they mad mol Vet been
covered with the blankets on peoples that
nature likes 10 pull over the remains Ny
these once beautiful French Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-09


La-l evening 'he = ~ NJ" M
tere7thG entertainment ai i"e !
81 me attractions Na7 'he -h-'A- III
""if
-. ~. ~ uf. ANIL
", NJ 1880, .t,~..,o,
!, tbe no., entertainment. Nj Florne
Pierce gave some wonderful piano -elec-
tons. and met with hearty applause.
30
Captain and, Mr.. A. \. Stacey. United
state army iH'"i'"i '"ii' Z "'"
I'm NJ
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1917-09-02

l.sfNiNhN. Aus li The tuial ~
British casualties on an battle fronts,
se Reported or Aueust o. h4sil iI-
Wounds officers i1i> men ioesg,
woaoder ~ mi~sinr. cffiCcrs si.e. mon
ts.see.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1917-09-02

Aahft AhNfcN,
ht M sching eS shn PAS.
"a, lN Is Is. 90 snd b ~
~nre'aN sehcol epcns AZ $50 a ~
The Sunheams and CNis' AuNlnsrs
'iH meet es 8 81 m
fhn Baptist Nonng pooric's trniar
icets a. D.. m
cnrael inNltstlon Is extended "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

The man who made the
first joke about the slow
footed messenger b oy,
thereby putting the clan
under a cloud it has never
quite been able to diSpel,
ought to be COMPOUNDED
by this picture of Earl
Conner. Earl is a mes
Senger in Hanover, N. H.,
and for purposes of get
ting about speedily in
winter has provided HIM
self with a pair OF skis.
please wire fifty" says
his hurry-up message
making you wish he had
fallen into a Snowdrift.
O. international Film Service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

Forty enthusiastic
young candida t $
for commissions in
the Officers Reserve
Corps are complet-
ing their course in
military science, be-
gun at Plattsburg,
with drills-broom-
stick drills-at Gov
ernor S Island. I'm
fortunately, t h e y
haven't any rifles.
They were going to
get some from a
church, but didn't.
Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt took one
look at them a week
ago and hurried
away.
@ Underwood
Underwood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
AmcriedH Press Associss,

Up at Tuxedo, where there seems always to be plenty
snow for any desirable purpose the youngsters are all
cited over snow diving contests 10 make a snow dr|
you stand on porch commanding nice, deep pile
snow and hur yourself into it head foremost your
are as short as those of Bedford Dave the stubby yo
man with the critical stare, somebody pulls you out
your feet The other juvenile divers are Thorn King leH
Louise King and Preston Davie. @ Ui e8S 1T Uaas
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

cue expedition. 1t was a business
proposition-just as much of neces-
sity, an unpleasant necessity, as clear
ing a farm of rattlesnakes or ranch
country of horse thieves. The Amer
lean people wanted to live after its
own fashion, not interfering, not be-
ing interfered with. Germany would
not leave them alone. This is our
world" she said, in effect. "You must
do as we tell you or we shall hurt
you" Then the patience of the
United States was exhausted. Every
well, if you will have it so, we will
fight" said the United States. And
without hurry, at a steady marching
pace, making preparations for a vast
effort and for long time ahead, the
United States came into the war.
Nothing businesslike about the uni
forms of the French soldiers at the
beginning Recollect the red trous-
ers which made the wearer a con-
spicuous target at long range. Lying
out on a battlefield, and watching
them, | argued with French friend
on this topic in the first weeks of the
war. eve shall never give them upl"
he cried. "They are our tradition,
our inspiration, our panache." Of
course, they gave them up.
The other allied nations made war
like amateurs. The Americans make
war like business men.
Amateurish, the refusal of the Brit
ish war office to speed up the provis-
ion of machine guns, when it was
clear to every one who saw anything
of the fighting that this was going to
be a machine gun war. Worse and
worse became the unbusinesslike con-
duct of Britain's war when the men
sitting at desks in London missed the
| most important aspect of the change
from open field fighting to trench
| fighting, and persisted in believing
| that earthworks could be destroyed by
| shrapnel, when from the front came
the demand week after week in urg-
ent terms for high explosives.
| All unpreparedness, all lack of fore
sight, all scratching together of made
quate resources in the moment of
| peril, these be the marks of the am
ateur. These defects l was obliged
to admit in England. l saw them
paralyzing the efforts of France and
Russia. The French army modified
in the wrong place, and the German
army entered France through Bel,
GUM, as all sound military opinion
had held that it would.
The Russians divided the RESPONSE
bility for keeping their troops sup
piled with arms and munitions into
compartments so completely separate
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

from each other that headquarters did
not know what the war office was do
ing, and the war office did not know
what was the capacity of the NUM-
ton factories and the war minister
kow-towed to a grand duke who was
in charge of the artillery department,
and the grand duke did nothing to
spare that unhappy country the open
ing series of disasters which led
directly to its present wretched state.
In four months this country has
raised very large army, sent abroad
many regiments which were partly
trained already and has begun to train
the men who have never done any SOL
diering. For this purpose vast camps
have been set up. The railways have
had to study how to move nearly
three-quarters of a million men. Most
striking of all to me, when l recollect
that not even Lloyd-George dared to
lay hands upon the liquor trade in
England, in the forbidding of drink
ing in public my men or officers in I'M
form. At the camps all sellers of
liquor within five miles are ordered to
clear off.
There are differences of opinion as
to whether this is not too severe. But
the point / want to make is this
whatever the government believes to
be. necessary it enforces.
Other allied governments are afraid
of this party or of that interest. The
government of the United States
does not seem to be afraid of any
thing or anybody. 1t is not thinking
about politics. 1t is thinking about
winning the war.
The other allied nations made war
like politicians. The Americans are
making war like business men.
The first act of the president after
this country had declared war was to
call for the assistance of it's best
known and most capable men of bus
mess. Numbers of them are giving
their services-have been giving
them for some time past.
How long did it take US in England
to see that it was essential to mobi-
lie talent? Mr.. Asauith did not want
to introduce outsiders among the old
gang of politicians. Lord Kitchener
tried to do everything himself, would
hardly let officers of ability and ex-
perience do anything to straighter
out the muddle at the war office, let
alone business men, whom he dis
trusted and disliked. More than two
years passed before this attitude was
changed.
have heard many grumbles abou,
the slowness of Washington to seek
out and set in order the measures
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

needful for the success of the Amer
lean arms and the security of the peo-
pie who stay at home. Slowness? I
should smile! Do these grumhlers
think that the measures in question
are so simple, so clearly indicated, SO
easy to enforce? 1t is not difficult to
put up a tall building. Architects
and engineers can calculate accurately
the strains and stresses, the quantity
of material required, the rate at
which work can be pushed on. You
can speed up the manufacture of
motor cars. You can, if need be, lay
railway in hurry. In all the ac-
Invites there is exact knowledge to
go by. But who has calculated ex-
actly the strains of war;? Who can
point to the bases of any science of
warfare?
All that the United States govern
ment can do is to guess at what will
be needed, at the time the war will
last, at the methods which will best
aid in winning it. These matters can
not be known. The Germans thought
the war would be settled under water
by the U-boats. Some of us in the
allied camp think it may be settled in
the air. But nobody knows. Under
these conditions it seems to me that
this country has acted both with wis
dom and with speed in doing so much
as it has done within the short space
of four months.
| saw the steady advance of famine
in Russia and in Roumania-simply
for lack of foresight. / saw England
hesitate and tumble over food control,
even when hunger had begun to
threaten her poor. Here the saving
of food has been made an urgent duty
already after four months of war.
Coal is being conserved"
Yes, the other allied nations made
war like amateurs. The Americans
are making war like business men.
Advertise in the Star
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06
MAKING WAR LIKE
BUSINESS MEN

Hamilton Fyfe, a noted English
war correspondent, writes as follows
for Lord Northcliffe's papers:
have seen Britain begin war,
France begin war, Rumania begin
war l saw Russia in the early Stages
Of the world upheaval; I saw Italy
after the Italians had made up their
mind they we're in for a long struggle,
not for the short campaign which was
in the thoughts Of most of them
when they began. Now | have added
to my memories that of the United
States beginning war. | am not sure
that, when in some future day | look
back upon these memories and see all
that has happened in its true perspec-
tive, | shall not then set down my
American experiences as the most in
teresting of all.
Britain went to war in a hurry;
France, with sigh Of apprehension.
Russia sang marching songs with a
fierce lit in them and wondered what
it was all about. Roumania light
heartedly fancied that occupying
Pennsylvania would be no harder than
the taking of Jericho after its walls
had been trumpeted down.
l found Americans neither up in the
air nor down in the depths. They
neither sighed nor sang. They had no
illusions about the war being quickly
finished off, nor were they in doubt
as to the reasons for their entry into
it. They were not hurrying. They
were treating war as matter of bus
mess and applying the ordinary rules
of business to it.
The other allied nations began like
adventures. The Americans began
like business men.
The allied nations which have been
in the war from the beginning-I can
say this because | belong to one of
them and because | have had unusual
opportunities to Judge of their spirit
and ideas-plunged into war as into
an adventure. They ran to stop the
ruffian who had determined to disturb
the worlds peace and the other ruff
fans who were persuaded to join in
the ringleader's attempt to gain world
| dominating power. They ran because
they saw that their homes and lives
were in danger. France hoped to
save herself from invasion. Britain
hoped to save Belgium. Russia hoped
to save Serbia. In spite of their run
ming they were too late.
Of the allied nations which Joined
| in later both Italy and Roumania
found, also too late for the avoidance
| of bitter disappointment and heavy
defeats, that they had not prepared
as they ought to have prepared for
meeting so dangerous and so desper-
ate foe as Germany. They had done
more wisely to wait still longer, until
they could strike heavier blow.
The United States did not run to
war. This country has never cared
for European entanglements and
would have left the European nations
to settle among themselves whether
| Strength should rule and not Justice.
For long time it bore patiently with
the insults and injuries of the Hun.
Only when these became unbearable
did the American people rise and
with the gesture of a man who only
fights upon strong provocation, draw
it's sword and set to work to grind it
throwing the scabbard away. II
would not begin before it's weapon
was edged and formidable.
War to this American people was
no high adventure, no crusade, no res
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

We hear much of generals these
days. General So-and-So" has tax
en- an important position. General
Somebody Else" has stormed GER
tain height and captured hundred
pieces of artillery. 1t all sounds very
fine, and new pictures of the success
full leader appear in the newspapers
and magazines.-Bartow Record.
The Record man had better read the
Associated Press dispatches. They
do not contain any such CUFF as that
he quotes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

"Roman hierarchy" We confidently
expect that when judgment day ar
rives the responsibility for burning
Chicago will be fixed on the pope.
The fire was started by a cow who
kicked over lantern in her stable.
The COW belonged to lady whose
name was Mrs. OLeary, and was
therefore evidently Irish. All Irish
except about thirty per cent Of them
are Catholics, and the Catholics never
do anything except what the pope
tells them to do. 1t is therefore evil
dent that the pope sent orders to Mrs.
O'Leary to put the lantern where her
cow was sure to kick it over and
thereby start the fire that devastat-
ed Chicago. This may not appeal to
critical people as sensible argu-
ment, but it is about on a par with
the average stuff that a garden"
hands out.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

Rumblings from Tallahassee show
the possibility of special session of
the legislature to rsapportion the
state. In case the supreme court de-
cides that the tax commissioners can
not legally be paid any more salaries,
there is not much doubt that there
will be special session before long
Plant City Courier.
State is taxed heavily enough now
without having to blow in $4,000 or
more on an unnecessary session of
the legislature.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06

1t is impossible to refrain from
commenting on the news constantly
sent out from Tallahassee. A few
weeks ago the Tallahassee Democrat
contained an alleged interview with
an army officer, who was on special
duty at the state capital, in which the
said officer was credited with several
remarks regarding the appointment
of young Captain Cats. 1t seemed
to the Star very strange that an
army officer should talk like poll
tician or real estate promoter, and
it commented to that effect on the
interview. Congressman Clark had
the matter investigated with the re-
suit that the officer said he had made
no such remarks
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-06


Some of the Cats papers are
shrieking that there is a move on foot
to elect legislature pledged to i'm
peach the governor. We do not think
any such move is contemplated, and if
it is it has no backing from sensible
men. The Cats papers are simply
trying to work up sentiment for the
governor by creating a feeling that
he is being prosecuted. We think the
people of this state are going to be
more particular than ever before
about what sort of legislature they
elect. If Cats behaves himself the
balance of his term, it will not inter
fere with him. If he returns to- the
course he started out on, and keeps
it up, almost any sort of legislature
would impeach him. He has behaved
very well the past few weeks, and
for the sake of the state let's hope he
will continue to do So 1t is no credit
to state to have a governor the
legislature has TO impeach.