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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12

Mayor James n. Preston Of Baltimore
has announced to the NigiIates, 4 society
Of writers and artists organized ut the
Harvard club, New York, to encourage
patriotism throughout 1.-The country that
Baltimore will give $1,000 to the person
who will write or design a suitable phrase
which may be used a. a national creed.
The mayor of Baltimore believes 1--WE are
in need of some succinct statement Of
things we stand for and are a. Amerl-
cans" and he would like To see the people
give something. a sort Of brief creed, about
which they may rally. a creed that will be
symbolic Of the greatness of the count-
ry,' but which also will hold before the
people ''the high moral truths upon which
this nation was founded" All this l. very
well. and il certainly give every patriot u
chance not only To win a goodly sum. but
TO stir the heart Of the country with a
slogan of which all may be proud. There
are those. of course, who de>pi>e the value
Of war cries or the emotional Significance
Of mere words, but they have won their
way before IN history and will again. By
all means, let the Baltimore idea become 4
living fact.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12

I2 cuapctcrt ti.ht.na force or Il mass ~
men t. be slaughtered by the highly discip
lined and trained soldiers that they will en-
counter.
In so far as the opposition TO the select
i've draft system il based on So-calIed po-
itlcal principles. il will not withstand u
reasoned examination. The bill offered in
congress with the Endorsement of the pres
ident contemplates conscription only a a
temporary and contingent measure. The
law would be operative only for the dura-
|tion of the war, so that it, enactment
would not comm. the country To the pol
icy of compulsory military service in time
|of peace. Moreover, il would authorize
the president TO exercise the power Of con
script only in the event the number of men
volunteering their services should not sat
|lsfy the need of the naticn. Thus no one
would be put under compulsion unless it
became necessary TO save the nation from
defeat. VIII any one say that such a dire
emergency would not afford adequate oc-
|~casion for drafting men whose patriotism
has shown itself unresponsive to the call
Of the nations perils CONSUMPTION under
the provisions Of the pending bill would
remain a precept 20 long "a the supply of.
volunteers continued adequate to the need.
II would become a practical actuality only
under the vitalizing influence of national
need. The News believes the president de
%clares the truth with his wontcd conscrva-
Itism when he said that ''the safety Of the
nation hangs on the action which congress
shall take with respect to this bill" Con-
that of ambition governors whose isnor-
ance is equaled only by their lust of pat
ronage with which TO reward their political
friends.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
Send Thousand Copies
OF New Bulletins Out

AUSTIN, Tex, Apr. l2.-Fivc thousand
copies of n new b%ulltinc. entitled 'Sclccting
and TtcSting OF Seed Corn has lust been
issued by the State Department Of Aericul-
ture. for free distribution among farmers
and corn growers Of the state. The bul
lctin was compiled by q. w. Goodman, an
expert on corn culture.
Commissioner of Agriculture Fred ".
Davis said that lack of rainfall durin.
1916. combined with the high price of cot
ton and the immense omunt Of corn that
had to be shipped into Texas, has caused
countless farmers to inquire Of the state
department of agriculture for more defin-
lie information relative to the growing Of
corn in Texas. These inquiries prompted
the compilation of the bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
Members To
Form Military Unit

AUSTIN. Texas. April l2.-Organiza-
ton of u military company composed Of
the younger members Of the faculty Of the
University Of Texas i now we'll under
way, and drilling already has commenced.
There are now nearly 100 member to the
company and it expects to get 80 more
soon.
When this company has mastered the
rudiment- Of military tactics and !, able
to make proper showing, il j. understood
it, services will be- offered to the war de-
partment to be attached 60 any other unit
now under call prokably the Texas nation
al guard.
John A. Lomax. -ccretary of the faculty,
said that among the members Of the COM
pany are several men who have held COM
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
With Other Editors
Seventy-F Five Years of Service.

The News Is seventy-five years old to-
day (April III. II enters the threshold
of it, fourth quarter of a century with a
modest pride in the achievements of the
past, and with an u%naSsuming confidence
that n il grows older in the service of
its city and state and country. its c~fficen-
shall correspondingly enhance and it,
opportunity for the performance Of good
works, enlarge. Accordingly. il j. with
eaeerness and zeal in a lofty cause that
the News goes forward into the new year
and into the new epoch Of it, life, for. a.
from the beginning, it, chief concern. it,
genuine happiness, i in the service of the
people who look TO il for encouragement
and support in the promotion Of their well
fare and enterprise.
The course Of the News throughout
these scfcnty-five years j. told in the pa
per we issue today. The progress of Gal
weston from the condition Of the little vii
lage of 1912 to that Of the great city Of
today il likewise wildly revealed in word
and picture. The two have kept even step
over all the wears and enter the final quar-
ter of their century of life, together and
encouraged and supported by the others
good Will and helpfulnesS. Thus will they
continue, and rejoice in achievements up
on which they, at their centennial. shall
look back. that seem a. great by contrast
with the accomplishment of the present
day az that -eeras by comparison with the
triulnpl~ uf II uuurter Of a Gentry ago
Galveston News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
Democracy on Trial.

In the face of danger we find the work.
ingmen taking. on the whole, a sar-sighted
and patriotic stand. They have not al
lowed the p~acifiSt virus to enter their
blood. If they have not yet accepted the
idea of universal service IL j. largely be-
cause the ease for universal service has
not been put Ia them in convincing fash
ion. Moreover they are right in consider
ing that compulsory service should include
con>cription Of wealth. In the main, the
workingmen are sound AT heart. We can
not BE- - sure of wisdom Of the employer
class and the press which always caters
TO that class. They talk loudly Of patriot
ism. but they are not prone TO practice
that Self-Sacrifice which i the true flow
er 81 patriotism. II will be a melancholy
thing ii we must nave 4 serious war in
order to teach them the lessons which
they might 20 easily learn by the expert
ence of Others. The peoples that are
fighting for liberty and democracy are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
State Prepares to Buy
Before Further Rises

AUSTIN, Texas. April l2.-Anticipating
that the price of foodstuffS and merchan-
disc generally will continue 10 advance
"a the war progresses with Germany.
State Purchasing Agent George Leavy has
announced that bids for the purchasing al
approximately II, 750, 600 of various com
moditics for the varionS eleemosynary and
educational Institutions, will be opened this
year on May ;, which H. six weeks earlier
than the previous year.
These supplies are contracted for the
fiscal year beginning September |, 1917.
Last year the contracts aggregated 81
500, 900 but since that time many com
modities nave been gradually advancing
IN price. Among the commodities To he
purchased will be 1000, 600 pounds of
meat. $4,000 worth OF dry goods, 5000
00e Of groceries. S50.0000 Of farming i'm
pIemcnts and Sl5O,000 coal and other fuel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
Resolution On State
Convention Proposed

AUSTIN, Tex, April l2.-Prohibition-
lists in the legislature who insist that a
constitutional convention should be held in
Texas, will make an effort TO have a reso-
luton on this subject adopted at the com
inc special session. despite the action of
the governor in v%etoing the McNcalus res
~olution in this proposition.
They are to attempt 70 pass the resolu-
tion By Il two-thirdS vote Of the house and
senate in order that this point cannot
again be raised by the governor.
Should il pass by Il two-thirds vote, then,
il i pointed out, there would he no nece~-
sity for the governor to approve It as il
could be easily passed over his veto.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
MORTUARY

PEREZ-Thc funeral service of Santos
Perez, who died nj his home here We'd
nesday morning, vii lhe held this after
noon AZ four o'clock. Mr.. Perez was fifty
nine years Of age and has spent practi-
cally MI his life in Brownsville. lie j.
survived by his widow two daughters
,Juana and Maria Perez and by three q y
Francisco. Isabel and Jose. One Of the
sons. Jose. has been connected with the
printing department Of the Herald for 4
number Of years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
Dallas Negroes Become
Interested In War

DALLAS. Texas, April l2.-Dallas ne
groes have become interested in prepara-
ions for war and Il former negro officer
has ~inaucuratcd u movement to conduct
civilian drills two or three evenings each
week. Upwards of one hundred and fifty
negroes participated in the first drill held
recently.
The officer in charge said that if ii
were possible 10 provide uniforms for the
negroes the ranks of those drilling would
soon BE swclled to many hundreds. They
all like to wear uniforms and parade, he
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
April Il, 1915.

%recapture trenches ut lie Mort
IIomme, Nerdun, after terrific battle.
Spanish steamer Santandcrino sunk with
outont warning.
Trebizond. famous port on Black sea, tax
en- by Russian troops from Erzcrum,
supported by the fleet.
Great Britain maintains that bclliccrcnts
n~-combatants seized on American
steamer China near Shanghai were
plotting against British authority in
India.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Apr. l2.-IIogs
Receipts 1000: market steady top, about
$500; bulk, Sl5.25m15.50; not many sold.
Cattle: Receipts 1000. including 300
calves; market steady. Beef steers, S9G
1912; COWS, $6MS.60; heifers, $S.50@1O:
bulls, S6.50MS.5O; calves, strong, $4,000
IL. StockorS: Steers. SOFAS; COWS. $3.50
@7.50; h%eifers, seas; calves, S6WS.50.
Sheep: Receipts none.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12

Checks should be made payable to The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co. Business
COMMUNICATION should be addressed to the
company. and items. letters. etc. intended for
publication should be addressed Ia Editor. The
Herald. brownsville, Texas. Letters intended
Tor publication should be signed with the full
name Of the writer. The name will not be
printed il not desired. but il will be evidence Of
good faith ON the part Of the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the car. There 10
only one way 70 cure catarrhal dcafntss.
and that in BY a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness 10 caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube IL
innamcd you have n rumbling sound or i'm
perfect he.rlng. and when IL IL entirely
close. Deafness is the result Unless the
inflammation can be reduced and this tube
rest~r.d 20 its normal condition. hearing
will dc q estroyed forever. Many cases Of
deafness are caused BY catarrh. which IL
an inns -1cd condition OF the mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system
We viii give ono Hundred Dollars for
any Gaze OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
BE- cured by Hairs Catarrh Medicine. Cir
cClars free. All Druggists. s5c
v. J. CHENEY a co. Toledo. O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
War in History
April II. 1916.

Ambassador Bcrnstorff, in note
to state department, ignores the presi-
dent and calls upon the American
people 10 stop the exploration of arms
TO the allies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12

"~e "r~Arailv forcing ahcai in the pres
ent world war. And the future is going
TO be in the hands of the nations that put
labor on IN equal footing with capital
II. J. Whieham in Metropolitan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-12
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

ANY erroneous reflection upon the chsrac-
ter, standing or reputation Of any person, firm
or corporation appearing in the columns Of The
Herald will be gladly and promptly corrected
upon the same being called TO the attention Of
the publishers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
AGRICULTURE ON VAST SCALE
Argentine "Estancias" So Large They
Are Measured In Leagues In
stead of Acres.

If is when the traveller has made a
nights run from the strictly mountain
towns and wakens to look out of the
windows of the sleeping-car to behold
the vast pampa of level and productive
plain unrolling before him on all sides.
that the real Argentina begins TO be
tangible. 1t is like sailing on an almost
perfectly level sea that bends away to
the horizon with naught to obstruct the
vision save here and there q clump OF
poplars, which signifies the ranch
buildings of a big 'estancia."
One is struck with the absence Of
woods, but as one proceeds and stud
les the landscape he sees great herds
of cattle, immense flocks of sheep, and
here and there gray patches which, on
nearer view, are discovered to be COM
posed of Argentine ostriches. Then
there are the stretches of grain fields
which seem TO reach everywhere and
have no undaries-thousands of
acres of wheat and corn.
One has reached the country where
farms are measured not by the acres,
but by square leagues. If you ask the
size of q farm, the answer will often
fairly appall you, for these vast feudal
"estancias" comprise all the way from
1900 to 100000 acres, and agriculture
is on d scale that would seem fabulous
even to our farmers in Kansas and
ebraska.-Christian Herald.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
CALL GUESTS BY PHONE
TO ENSIGN'S WEDDING
IF. CiIkinson Of Naval Reserve Force
Marries Miss Anahid KazaBjian,
Red Cross Worker.

War FASTENED the wedding of En-
sign James Franklin Gilkinson, y. ;.
\. r. F., and Miss Anahid Soma
Kazaniian, of New Rochelle, n. T.,
which took place in Christ Church,
Pelham Manor, yesterday afternoon
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Albert F. Tenny. The brides
only attendant was her mother. who
acted as matron of honor. The best
man was Ensign Raymond Earle
Baldwin. and the ushers were Ensign
Samuel Moffatt, Ensign Eugene !.
Moves. Avery Hallock of the French
ambulance. Boatswain Louis Comp
ton. Machinist Mate Bruce Sheldon
Ouartermaster James c.. Cleary, BE-
dros Kazanjian, Jr., Frederick Irev-
ethvck. and Seaman William Arnold.
Mr.. GiIkinson, whose home is IN
Middletown. Conn, is a graduate OF
Yale University and was studying law
al Columbia University when he vol
unteered in the Naval Reserve force
and received his certificate last month
from the Naval Academy after three
months intensive training.
When he received his commission
last month. the wedding date was set
and invitations sent by telephone and
telegraph. The couple met four years
ago at Rosemary School, Greenwich,
Conn. where the bride was student
and where Mr.. Gilkinson visited as
member of the Yale Glee Club.
The bride is worker in the New
Rochelle branch of the American Red
Cross, of which her mother. Mrs.
Bedros Kazanjian is chairman.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09

1t is possible for ship to reach a
point in the ocean where it is 1000
miles from land in any direction. In
fact, this can be done at several points.
BY leaving San Francisco or Vancou-
yer and sailing into the North Pacific
a spot is reached where there is no
land, not even an islet. for a thousand
miles in any direction. So, too. sailing
from the southern point of ancient
Kamchatka southeastwards, ship will
reach point more than a thousand
miles from land. the nearest to the
north being the Aleutian islands. and
TO the south the Sandwich islands, or
Hawaii. In the southern Indian ocean
it is possible to sail thousand miles
out from the southern points of Aus
tralia and New Zealand, and still be
as far away from any other land; and
the same may be done in westerly
direction from Cape Horn.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
WELL TO START AT BOTTOM
Reasons Why Lowest Runs of the
Ladder Is Frequently Better
Than the Middle One.

There is plenty of room ar the bot
tom. 1t is better 10 start there and
climb TO the top than to start half
way up and stick.
$50 many boys and young men are
getting the wrong start" says a mer-
chant in the New York Times. "The
salaries paid by most of the Wall
street houses are high, believe, be-
cause. first of all, the business just
now can afford them; and, secondly,
there must be some premium for the
lack of opportunity. Ia other words,
the boy is paid high wages TO start,
because he can't get much higher from
the position he fills"
In the mercantile field, says the
writer-who himself has several posi-
lions open which he has been unable
to filI-there is unlimited chance for
the young man who wants TO make
something out of himself. For, once
he has learned business from the
bottom up, he has training that will
pay better in the end than the job
with the high salary at the start.
at is more profitable TO start low
and have your salary grow every year,
than to stick around the same mark
or lose ground as time goes on. As
fur as hours go, we have a long day.
But IL the work is congenial and the
employee knows he is getting ahead,
hours don't count. We generally turn
down the applicant whose first ques-
ton is, What hours do / have to
workr'n
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
BIG STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO-
WARDS DOUBLING THE FLEET
DESTROYER Contracts Awarded APP
proved By Congress Before
Adjournment.

Contracts to put into immediate
force the $3.50, 600, 900 destroyer pro-
iect, approved by Congress just before
adjournment, were made ready to be
signed by Secretary Daniels today.
Preliminary contracts made with ship,
boiler and engins building companies,
providing for the completion of the
big job in not more than 18 months,
were of tentative nature and some
minor changes were necessary.
The plan, in a general way, is to
build additional shops and shipyards,
at which destroyers enough to more
than double the present American
feet, built or building, will be laid
down. Probably more than half of
the appropriation will 60 into plant
construction.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
Woman cantures EAGLE.

Mrs. Winthrop Rowland of the Eel
Chivar Goat ranch in Live Oak Canyon
came out victor in a battle with a gold
en- eagle and the big bird is now a
captive at the ranch, says a Redlands
(Cai.) dispatch. Mrs. Rowland noticed
the bird alight in a peach tree. 1t
appeared to be exhausted so she
grabbed one leg and then the battle
started.
Mrs. Rowland saw that she was in
for fight, and not daring to let loose
of the bird, made a dive for its neck,
and was lucky enough to get hold of it.
She was thus able to keep the bird
from biting her. but it beat at her with
its wings. She managed to get it into
a pigeon corral and then found that
she was almost exhausted by the fight.
The eagle is a large one. and meas
ures about six feet from tip to tip.
When Mrs. Rowland made an examina-
ton she found that she had been
wounded, but not seriously.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
Bad People In Literature.

Hildegarde Hawthorne in speaking
of some juvenile criticisms of Steven
sons kidnapped" in prize contest
says some of the writer's seemed to
think that a book must have only
good people in it, and because kid
mapped" has so many bad or half
way bad folks In it, it was, by so
much. mistaken. As a comment on
this she adds:
"There is no such thing as n viii
lage or town or house or world
that is all full of good people; because
there is not so much as single one
of US that is entirely without fault.
And in wild and bitter circumstances
you will find wild and bitter men, and
in times of stress tempers win crack
and sad things will happen" Miss
Hawthorne's statement is as appli-
cable to a class of grown-up readers
as to children. 1t is very common to
hear il said of book that 1t is OBJ
jectionable because it has bad peo-
pie in it.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
REGULAR ARMY INCREASING
Recruiting Sends Total 10000 Above
Maximum War Strength.

The. regular army of the United
States is now about 10000 men in ex-
cess of its maximum war strength.
On April l the army needed 1S3,S9S
men to reach war strength of 100000
men. Up to the close of recruiting
last night 223,52S men had been re-
cruited since that date, which means
that when the recruiting offices open
ed this morning the government had
obtained $1,000 more men than were
necessary to round the army out to
war strength.
A total of 1852 men was obtained yes
terday. More than enough were OBJ
tanned today to give the excess of 49,
600 over 100000
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09
MISS RANKIN GIVES HOPE
Member Of Congress Says Prospect for
Suffrage Is Brighter.

Congressman Jeanette Rankin was
at the headquarters of the Suffrage
parade workers. Is East Fifty-ninth
street. New York, yesterday after
noon, and assisted in arranging the
100000 signatures of women who
want to vote which are to be carried
in the parade. Miss Rankin said that
the prospect of women getting the
vote had never been so good as at
the present time.
"The women will surely be given
the vote in New York" she said, "and
that will be an aid in the Congress
sional work. | do not think that the
action of the pickets has injured the
cause. All work for suffrage helps
to push it along.s
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-09

Ladies of the congregation of Edge
water M. E. Church, South River
near Edgewater postofiice, will hold an
oyster supper tomorrow and Thursday
nights at the church
A delicious supper will be served
for forty cents. The church is within
easy motoring or driving distance from
Annapolis over boulevard, and many
Annapolitans should patronize the
good cause.