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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03

AFlar more than \ century M existence
a. \ man institution. the College ~ Pny-
~iciaD> and SurgeonS-ihc medical school
OF Columbia Univer~iiy-hcs opened it,
doors 10 women.
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FOR RENT
SAN CARLOS APARTMENTS.

Two Blocks West OF Postoffice, Phone No. 20
Desirable furnished apartments af TWO. three
and four rooms, al equipped with four piece
plumbing fixtures. No. ID.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03
LOST

LOST-Between Mission and san Benito on
Auto road. September 2ith, ran snit case.
Name on tag Reasonable reward for return
70 w. Ii. Matthews. Deputy Collector, Corpus
Christi, Texas. No.3
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FOR SALEH

LAND - RENT-Thirty acres under irri-
cation; cleared; small house: six miles from
san Benito. VIII rent a. suitable tenant.
Write or ser VI. :. rrid"r. Brownsville. Tex
~. No. =
FOR SAI.E-Tlousehol furniture ~ the piece.
ur the lot. Apply 81 Washington -. No. I'D.
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WANTED

NA\TED-5G0 men 10 get a hair cut 2Je.
or shave l5c. 1T California Barber Shop. No A
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03

etc, rs remedies for the great fall in prices
and the depression of trade Of which there
were loud complains. The ferment cnlmi-
mated III 1896 in the famous BRYAN free
silver" campaign.
ls96-19l4.
But. by the irony OF fate. scarcely had
the country become excited over falling
prices when the movement turned upward
again and, with few exceptions, IL has been
upward ever since. The old cry of too
little gold, Of too low prices. Of depression
Of trade was forgotten and. the opposite
complaint Of the high cost of living grad
ually gained strength. Meeker's index
number of the United States shows "A rise
between 1896 and 1914 from 90 10 100 or
about 80 per cent.
The most remarkable fact H. that the
course ~ price, up "a the outbreak ol the
war wa~ ~trikin.ly similar in All gold
standard cuuntrie~ for which ~ have sta
~ti-tIc~. namely: The United States. Can
ada. England. France. Germany. Austria.
Italy. Switzerland. Russia. sweden. Den
marx. Holland. Belc um and even. though
les ~trikingly. m tar away Australia. New
Zealand. Japan and India.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03
MISCELLANEOUS 80!

REGISTERED JERSEY BULL, 4 years old.
for sale. Extra fine breeding. and a splendid
individual. Pedigree furnished. Address w. Il.
Sparks. Dinero. Texas. No. -.
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LOANS

LOANS maze III approved names ~ ~ccllater-
ais. Applications should ne Accompanied by
9 complete description az collateral. TAT
BANK X TRUST COMPANY. Brownsville.
Texas. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-03
THE FLAVO

And will manufacture and puVev to the public through regular trade channels n
complete line of Bakers Staples ard Pastries
Made of our W. -four from the choicest wheat should insure FlAvO Baker,
Products to he far superior 10 the ordinary kind~-Amone wheh will he
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
Cut the Ship In Two.

~ WIS passenger on one Of the
old fashioned sailing steamers going
from London To Australia In lStS."
said y traveller. I'm the Red sen we
rau plump into vessel and our boat
cut II entirely In two. 81 neatly that II
might almost have been done with
huge knife. We went clean through
her, aud the men On the vessel struck
stepped from the two halves Of that
ship an 10 our deck The injured ves.
sci went down within few minutes
after II had been struck The thing
was W strange TINT when the captain
Of the vessel We had struck went hack
TO London an investigation was held,
aud II WAS substantially proved that
the officers had with design got In the
immediate track of our vessel In order
to bring about n collision Ia the hope
that they could collect lnsurancc mon
ey The captain and some OF the OH.
GERS we're punished by Imprisonment"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
MAN AND THE APES.
And the Anstor,iosI Flaws In the
Theory OF Evolution.

DR.. Mattoon NJ. Curtis. professor OF
philosophy In Western Reserve univer-
slty, protests IN II letter 10 Science
against the assertion. still common in
current scientific literature. that man
Is descendant Of The apthropoid apes.
He quotes Professor Duckworth. the
leading authority In this field, who
wrote IN his "Morphology and Anthro-
pology9' ff ~ At ~
I'VE must conclude that the exist
ing anthropoid apes. constituted as
they now are. did not figure in the
ancestral history OF man.
And he points ont some Of the fun
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
WARTIME SIGNALS.
A Clever Device Tha, Mas Used BY
the Ancient Remains.

In view uf The varied uud scientific
signal methods used Ia inodcrn war
fare u description Ut the ancient sIg.
mailing methods fund in llio writings
OF rolybius will prove ui Interest,
This writer had observed The opcra
tlons of the l,om1u grnrrals before The
full of Carthage in l!G Il, G. aud says
they provided their silal stations with
all respects aud'Gtiul with coohs which
allowed the Nn,rr U escape AT the
same rate. They were carefully test.
ell Ia make sure of lie lasi require.
meut Corks ot smaller diameter thIn
the vessel were dn,itcG ~ them. bear
iDg rods. upon which were marked at
distance NJ three nu'crs apart the
simplest and most urgent military MES.
sagcs. They wcrc ueG Us follows:
The sending station raised "a torch
The receiving station. seeing it, did
likewise This was signal FOR both
stations 10 open the corks oi their wa
Ter Jars. When the rod al the sending
station had sunk 81 that the desired
message appeared ut the edge OF the
jar another torch was raised. and the
receiving station shut of It's cork and
read the message on the rod. marked
identicnlly with that ai the sending
station. Detroit Free Press
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
STATE FIRE MARSHAL REVEALS
GRANTS PASS FIRE CONDITIONS

second pump located at the base OF
the hrst pump and drawing water
from the we'll located ON lower
level OF 20 feet. The second pump
leeds the first pump. the nrst pump
feeds the reservoirs, which are To-
Gated san feet northwcs, Of wator
works on hill at an elevation OF
1870 feet. above the city,
The reservoirs consist of two con
crete tanks, holding respectively
$4,000 and i's,ooO gallons Of wa.
ter The reservoirs are supplied by
a ls-inch main, The city water
mains consist OF IL. 10, \, 4. t-inch
main. the majority Of which are l..
Inch as is shown below by the mum.
Der of i-inch main feeding fire by.
drants.
- hydrants are fed by i-lnch
mains.
fire hydrants are fed by S.inch
mains.
fire hydran,s are fed by 6-Inch
mains.
fire hydran,s are tod by iO-inch
mains.
fire hydrants are fed by is-inch
mains.
Making u total OF as hydrants con-
slsting Of seven different makes. -
of which have two outlets. and ~
having ono outlet. The static pres
sure at fire plugs on the south side
OF town will average 80 pounds pres
sure. but on the north side Of the
city the pressure was taken with the
following results
9Th and School streets, ~ pounds,
Sth and private streets. 40 pounds
9Th and ID streets. 60 pounds,
9Th and Evelyn streets, as pounds,
Iawnridge Ave. and vanDyko
place, 81 pounds.
Second and 4 streets. 80 pounds.
Hydrant at Central School &?
pounds
Third and ID streets, 5b pounds
Third and Y streets. rs pounds.
High school hydrants. ~ pounds.
Sixth and F streets. 80 pounds
Sixth and G streets. IS pounds
The last two hydrants are In the
business district Take any one OF
the above hydrants and attach two
lines Of hose consisting OF 500 feet
each and we doubt II they would be
able to develop enough pressure 10
break windows In "A two story house.
which proves that Grants Pass Is al
the mercy OF the fire fiend.
We trust that the city council and
the citizens who are interested In
protecting their property from the
destruction OF fire. will investigate
the present conditions. IT an inves-
tigation Is made we are sure that
they will make some arrangement
whereby additional means will be OBJ
tained to secure adequate pressure
to meet any future contingency. This.
We consider serious and should be
given immediate attention.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
Tanning an Elephant.

In Ceylon the natives capture wild
elephants by lassoing them aud tying
their hind legs 10 trees Thus tied, thev
are left 10 struggle for fonr or Ave
days. II the ropes he well secured and
knottcd the animals struggle in vain.
for they are unable to exert their full
strength toward getting free. When
they have grown tired Of the fruitless
fight they are tied by the neck between
two tame elephants and marched OF
to the tea plantations or the railroad,
where they are put 10 work. Under the
tuition Of tame elephants they learn
rapidly to perform the labor that Is re-
quircd Of them and snon are able to lay
railroad ties accurately.
Calling cards at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04

dnmcntal differences between man and
the apes. differences which defy any
theory ~ evolution To explain Among
these differences are thus' IN the form
Of The skulls. the shape " the most
ancient skulls that havo been found
hring substantially the same M the
shape ~ the skulls uf today.
Professor Curtis pleads that sound
sclcurr aud sound education be based
upon actual facts and such theories us
grow ont OF them rather than upon
mere specnlations
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
Pope's Initials.

Alexander Pope was victim ~ his
initials. After the publication Of the
Dunciad one OF the poets enemies. who
had suffered severe tromclng in the
satire. declared that If you took the
initial letters OF Popes name and add
ed the final letter of his surname you
had his character
The Jest caught on. aud in LIS
appeared pamphitt entitled Pope
Alexanders Supremacy and infallibil-
ity Examined" The lrontispiece 10
this now forgotten paSauinade repre-
sented Pope in the forIa of an ape.
with his head resting ou his hand and
his elbow placed upon a pile NJ his
own works.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
The Correct Word.

"Old Brown won't live long. He has
dne foot IN the crate already"
You mean one foot IN the grave"
"No he's going TO be cremated."--
Poston Transcripi
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04
Quite Lively.

city Boy But is Il not bit lonesome
here? Country Roy oh. not at all.
why, only yesterday ! was almost run
over by nn automobile with ak people
in III Life.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-11-04

~ man who does yon wrong has
nccl ~ pity
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
ARE HIGHLY PRAISED
t.v MORNING Jousr.L SPECIAL .rAsso WIRE,

Paris, Dec. 21.-The conduct of the
American engineers at Cambria was
praised in a letter written by Gen. j..
B. Seely, commanding Canadian
cavalry brigade, to Wilson Cross, vice
president of the American Chamber
of Commerce in London, which was
read today to the American Luncheon
club by f. b. Powell, the chairman.
Il am at home for a few days"
General Seeley wrote, "and before re-
turning to France | cannot help tell
ing you of the extraordinarily gallant
fight put up by handful American
railway engineers during the second
phase of the Cambria battle. ! hap
pened to hear of it first hand and the
facts are worth relating.
"They were running their train for
ward at dawn and laying line in
front of it, when they found them
selves surrounded by Germans. No
man thought of surrendering. Some
fired with rifles to cover the retire.
ment and others fought nd-to-hand
with crowbars and picks. Not one
man of the party fell unwounded into
the hands of the enemy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
Mobs Parade Streets of
Buenos Aires Shouting Death
to President Irigoyeni Final
y Dispersed,
GOVERNMENT Is NOT.
TRUSTED BY CONGRESS
Explanations Of Luxburg Note
to Be Insisted Upon; TeutonI
Property Is Closely Guard
ed,
tst MORNING JoussAL srscl,L LEASED w,srl


Buenos Aires Dec. 21.--As the re-
suit of the publication of the tele-
grams sent by Count Won Luxburg,
former minister, to the Berlin foreign
office, it again has been necessary to
call out mounted patrols to dispense
crowds of people who demanded a
rupture of relations with Germany.
The mob, which was shouting Long
live the republic!" and Death to
President Irigoyen!" was dispersed
after fight with the mounted police
in the Gale Florida.
Heavy guards again have been
placed over the property owned by
Germans in the city and mounted men
also are guarding the office of the
newspaper La Union for which Count
Won Luxburg obtained a subsidy.
In political circles certainty is ex-
pressed that congress will demand eX-
plantations from the government re-
garding the state of affairs as exposed
by the Won Luxburg kilograms. The
general belief iG that the publication
Of the documents will lead to new
tions with Germany, congress having
already refused to sanction the budget
appropriation for continuing the Ar
gentine legation in Berlin, which was
insisted on by the organs of President
Irigoyen. 49,
StreetHeomment indicates that the
public is not satisfied with the gov
ernment's statement which accom-
panied the publication of the Won Lux
burg kilograms.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
ENEMY ALIEN ACCUSED
OF BOMB PLOT WORK

'Hf ~oNNtNo JouHNh sPHCiAk LHABED WiNHf
New York, Dec. 21-Another enemy
alien alleged to have been implicated
in incendiary bomb plots to destroy
sugar and munitions steamships and
start water front fires. was arrested by
federal agents here today The pris-
oner described himself as Charles Ilg,
80 years old, and said his home was
to be an associate of Franz Won Rinte-
len, one of the most notorious German
agents in the United States, who was
re-indicted today for placing an in
cendiary bomb on a British steamship
According to the federal authori-
ties Ilg was an agent of Karl Schim
mel a lawyer who was convicted of
fraud and of practicing law illegally
in this city, now reported to be either
in Germany or Mexico. 1t is alleged
that in 1916 Ilg advertised in Brook
lyn papers offering German reservists
work and after careful investigation
as to their devotion to Germany sent
them to the office of Schimmel, where
they were supplied with bombs.
With the arrest last October of three
men charged with conspiracy to de-
stroy ships in the port of New York
and en- route to allied countries
members of the bomb squad said their
investigation of the gangs operations
revealed that a meeting was held in
Schmmels office in March, 1915, at
tended by Won Rintelen, Otto Wolpert
subscribed to pay men to place bomos
on allied steamships. Fire department
records show that Schimmel was re-
fused a permit at that time to keep
explosives in his home in the Bronx.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
.PERSH|NG' 5 MEN
CABLE GREETINGS
TO HOME FOLKS
Huge Christmas Tree Is Plan
ned, One Machine Gun Bat
TALON Contributing 5000
Francs,


With the American Army in France,
Thursday, Dec. 20 (by the Associated
Press) The rush of Christmas cable
messages from the American soldiers
to their homes began today. Com
pany commanders sent to the tele-
graph office thousands of messages
for the soldiers mothers, wives, sis
ters, sweethearts, relatives and
friends.
The first of the Christmas concetrs
and entertainments for the children,
especially the little refugees, will be
held Sunday in a theater in a town
where the correspondents have their
headquarters. The entertainment has
been arranged by the American off
GERS and the sub-prefect of the town
and a noted singer will be brought
from Paris through the efforts of the
French staff.
There will be a Christmas tree pre-
sided over by Pere Noel, or Santa
Claus, who on other days is an Amer
lean officer. Many American soldiers
contributed to the fund for the pur-
chase of the gifts, one machine gun
battalion alone having raised 5000
francs.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
In Face of Terrific Artillery
Fire General Diaz's Troops
Retake Territory From Aus
tro-GermanS.
COMPARATIVE QUIET ON
BRITISH, FRENCH FRONT
Are That BoISheviki
Are Losing Ground in Rus
siai Germans Reported to
Have Rejected Peace Terms,

'sY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wtREl
The Italians on the northern line in
northern Italy between the Brenta
and Piave rivers have ceased, for the
time being at least, their defensive
warfare against the attacks of the
Austro-German and assumed the of
fensive with signal success on several
sectors.
Attacking the positions which the
enemy earlier in the week captured
near Monte Asolone General Diaz's
troops have regained a considerable
portion of the terrain and held it, not
withstanding the terrific artillery fire
that was turned upon them.
Berlin Bclittles Gains.
The German war office, in endeav-
oring to belittle the success of the Of
fensive which it asserts was repulsed.
shows that the effort of the Italians
was a determined one, the troops to
the west of Monte Asolone delivering
seven attacks against the enemy front
Admission is made in the German
communication that the Italians also
have taken the initiative in the fight
ing on Monte Pertica and Monte So
laroloa but it is declared their attacks
on this sector as on Monte Asolone.
were without success.
Comparative quietude still prevails
on the British front in France and
Belgium and along the4sFrench line
running from the region of st. Quen-
tin to the Swiss border, except for
bombardments and minor infantry op-
erations.
Active at Verdun.
From the Verdun region to Hart
mannsweilerkopf in Alsace the artil-
lery action has been pronounced on
various sectors.
The situation in Russia continues
obscure although such reports as ard
coming through indicate that the Boil
sheviki movement is losing ground in
the face of opposition that is being
imposed by the Ukrainian Rada to
the Bolsheviki demand that the Ulk-
rainians cease aiding the Kaledines
forces and given the Rada an oppor-
tunity to reconsider its action.
Compact Is Reported.
As indicating that the Rada has
finally declined to give heed to the
dictates of the Bolsheviki is a report
that a definite alliance has been form
ed between Kaledines' followers and
the Ukrainians.
A dispatch from Petrograd says an
unofficial report in circulation in the
Russian capital is to the effect that
the Germans have rejected the peace
terms put forward by the Bolshevik.
delegates. Recent dispatches have
indicated that the peace pour parlers
in progress at Brest-Litovsk were
merely preliminary to the peace con-
ference which Is to assemble there
next Tuesday and which is to be at
tended by the German and Austrian
foreign ministers
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22

London, Dec 21--It has been i'm
possible thus far to confirm the un-
official report from the Petrograd
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company that the Germans
have rejected the peace terms of the
Russians but long dispatch from
the Russian semi-official news agency
reveals that the Bolsheviki realized
how far apart were their ideals from
those of the Germans. The dispatch
is an appeal to the socialists of the
central powers to bring their infu-
ence to bear on their rulers. 1t says
that the socialists in all countries
must understand that between the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-22
HUGE FORCES Of
AUSTRO-GE ERMANS
MASsED IN |TALY
French Army Experts Believe
Teutonic Armies Have Been
TrebIed Since Withdrawal of
Russia From Fighting,

With the French Armies in Italy,
(Thursday), Dec. 20.--A careful COM
pilation of the strength and disposition
of the tremendous Austro-German
forces which, originally concentrated
for the Italian offensive, probably
have been augmented by tropos from
the Russian front, has Just been COM
pleted by the French and military au-
thorities.
The summary shows that between
the middle of November and the mid
die of December the bulk of the enc
my forces has been steadily shifted
from the lower Piave line TO the sec
tor between Vidor. on the upper Piave
and the Asiago plateau--the part that
is held by the French--until the
forces which are now trying to batter
their way into the northern Italian
plains have been nearly trebled. This
army, the summary states, is all the
stronger because of the fact that it
includes fully seven German divisions
known to be engaged against the al
lies.
Gain Valuable Position.
This formidable strength of the in
vaders accounts for the scattered
gains that have been recorded during
the last fortnight, eliminating in the
capture on Tuesday of Monte Asolone.
These positions are only few miles
fiom the plain proper and therefore,
as in the case of Col Della Beretta,
captured a few days previously, their
acquisition is valuable Positions
thanking other mountains are held
stubbornly by the Italians, although
the enemy is able to enfilade move
ments to and from otherwise strate-
gic heights.
In gradually relinquishing a few
points and falling back in this sector
upon a new line, the Italians are
again strongly and strategically To-
Gated.
Enemy Pays Dearly.
They have made the enemy pay
dearly for each yard of ground gained
and have put determined de-
fense that augurs Wen for the future,
especially since the French are sue
cessfully holding every foot of their
line and have strong reserve forces
behind their battle front.
The Italian troops by the end of
October had increased forces on the
Asiago sector and by the middle of
November the sector from Asiago to
stelvio had been vastly strengthened.