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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
ROTARY HEARS
BOND SPEECHES
COLONEL DAVID j. BAKER AND LO-
CAL MEN DISCUSS SECOND LIBERTY
LOAN AND URGE INVESTMENT.

Colonel David y. Baker. commander NJ
hr Brownsville district. wa the honor
guest and principal speaker III "Thc Sec
ond Liberty Loan at the Liberty Lunch
con" ot the Rotary Club III the Miller hotel
lining rnom thi~ afternoon. Colonel Baker
stressed the Importance MI financing the
slider MI the army and the sailor WI the
ga IN thI~ greatest VT al wars
Guests of the club who were introduced
during the luncheon were. Captain William
Kelly MI Brownsville. Nh lnr Glen VI Fdecr-
ton NJ Fort Brown. Captain George Mavo
III Fort Brown. Captain l.. T Gerow MI
Fort Brown. II. =. Burrows III Brownsville
4. J. Boothroyd WI the constitutional Lines
III Mexico. FL FL Munoz. Frank rabbi and
Lonl~ CnhoIin
nl.lberty Bond" talks were made IN John
Gregg. president NJ the Merchants National
Bank. A. Wayne Wood. ca-hiey III the Fir-i
National Bank. together with short talks
IN other members of the club. President
David Spcro made the Introductory talks.
By the courtesy WI Jr~-r bennett. patri-
niic members were Observation-Disclosures
otir numbers were played on the Edison
phonoeraph including "Amcrica" "Ameri-
IN. Here " Mv Boy "Where 10 We 60
From Here. BOYS" and "Star Spanglcd
p.rpnr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
APPEALS FOR REPRESENTATION FROM
VALLEY AT COMING WATERWAY NEE !

tinuc ~ pay th- unequal diticrcntial int"
thr Golfer ni the road
Will YOU not prefer to attend the Corpus
Christi convention and ~ voice and vote.
III home soil. 10 your utmost % place water
IN competition with rail, not only ~ 4"
away with the dlffcrcntaI. but place your-
selves "a m equal basis with other points
having water competition. This would not
only dcmove the dificrcntIal, but lower
freight charges Brownsville for instance
ha- lower freight rates than Harrington,
ba-ed on old Point Isabel wafer compct
ton. though the haul ~ - miles further. u
Il estimated that the removal of the dii
Iforential. and equalization o. rates would
mean saving % the valley ot IA least
one million dollars 4 year. ! invite youI
views. and am ready 10 aid in an organ
,zed valley attendance. Very truly yours
LINDSAY WATERS,
| Member Tx. Committee. Texas.
w Mission, Texas, Oct. %, 1917.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Edison Photograph
Branch is Opened

Jesse bennett announced today the early
c-tahli ~hmeni III Brownsville ~ an Edi~un
phonograph house under the name ~ The
Edison Phonograrh Company III Browns
Vile. with I'LL Graciann, formerly "a San
Antonio. IN charge. The quarters al ll3h
Elizabeth street have been secured. and
will ~ fitted up a. 4 first class phone
graph display establishment. Mr.. Gra-
ciano L. an experienced musical in-tru-
San Antonio ~ Brownsville and make hi-
home here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. oct. II
Emperor William returned ~ Berlin lat
night prepared ~ hc.n dealing mme-
diateIy with the political crisis. partirulrI,
A. II affects the imperial chanccllrr~hin
Prince von Buclow H. again being strongly
advocated for chancellor I'm The cnn~rrva
tye~ The ~nriali~t~ announce that II feh
emperor asks the opinion ~ the rcich~tar
parties they will not hesitate ~ ten hin
their untavoral,le opinion oi vpn Bmclnw
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
RAYMON'vILLE
CAPITAL TO
ESTABLISH
ENORMOUS
HOG FARM

Six thousand head of hogs annually will
Raymondville IN The First National Hog
Company. the organization of which has
lust been announced IN W. A. Harding. Of
realty firm operating in the Raymond
lille section. and whose headpnarters are
at Minneapolis. MINI. The company has
already been organized with capital
stock Nj S350,o0o. NJ which over one-third
ha~ been subscribed.
The company ha~ bought tie tract of
1.5nn acr,-~ near Ravmondville. and ID
Ilun~ to construct the largest and most
modern hog farm IN the world The COM
panr viii star with 500 head Nj brood ~owS
The hog viii be raised largely upon
pasture plots and mesquite wood lots ~own
M grasses The plots. containing twenty,
forty and sixty acres. will ~ alternately
planted ~ root crops. peanuts. sweet pota-
toes. cane, rye. oats and other feed crops,
and the hog~ will ~ finished off uu other
plots planted to corn. peanuts. 10Y beans.
cow peas and similar crops, the hogs ''har-
ve~tine their own crops"
The lit ~ improvements that viii be
established on this giant hog ranch iu-
Cube three ranch houses that will cost
$500 each: five houses for laborer~. to
cost 5000 each: 10000 rods woven wire
fencing: two large barns and machine
she'd: 2 blacksmith and repair shop. two
cement ~iloS and Il corn crib: N cement
grain elevator. equipped with dump. etc,
estimated ~ cost SGnnn nrteSinn well and
watering system ~ ail parts ~ the ranch;
cement feeding floors, troughS and auto
matte gates, while the working equipment
Will include two tractors with plow@ small
tractor that will disc. harrow or cultivate:
six-ton hauling truck equipped with
double deck and light rnnabout truck:
complete line ~ farm implements. tnclnd-
Ing threshins outfit. ten teams ~ mules.
ten head M milch COWS and 100 ewes will
also hc kept for ranch use.
The ranch will ~ under the personal
supervision NJ Mr. Harding. who. before
coming to Texas operated 4 large hog
farm near Wncbago. Mimi. and since
coming to Cameron county IN ha~ been en-
gagged III the hoeh industry on the Harding
l.inilhl tract. east III Raymondylllc.
CIV. Stephenson. who has been cashier
II the Ravmondvile State Bank has sew
cred hi- connection with that institution
to ~ secretary and treasurer M the First
National Hog Company.
The work MI the First National Hog
Company IN producing hogs on an cnor-
NOUS stale such a~ that announced. will br
wathed With the greatest MI interest TN the
farming Interests rf thc lower coast re-
ron. II ha- been pointed ou that climatic
conditions III this section. a~ well a. the
fact that II has been Fortunate III being free
MI hog diseases that have proved de~ruc
tive ~ hogs when raised MI large scale
IN The north, are splendid for such M in
II Iu-frN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
To The Herald !:

To The Herald:
The Interstate Inland Waterway League
NJ Louisiana and Texas will meet IN Cor
pu- Christi on November - and p. Rail
way special rates are gwen and everyone ~
your reader who H. interested III fair
transportation rates " urged 10 bc pres
go Now l. the opportunity for the Rio
Grnnde Valley. ~ large. representative
attendance, ~ place Itself on record
against th. nIpuItou- diitcrcntial south ~
Robstown, and request that this Valley he
removed from the desert" classification
contained IN the Brownsville railroad char
ter under the assumption that We are non
productive. The railroad has a preteren-
iial rate south Of Rnbstown which 10 Har
llngen u IL per cent IN addition 70 III,
original freight rate; and the devennc iron
this rate l. collected mostly from the in
Ginning and outgoing freight, south and
west Of Harlngen. How long viii you con.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Cuba Will ExpeI
Trouble Makers

HAVANA. Cuba. Oct. 2i-Prc~idcnt
Mcnocal ISSUED proclamation last night
warning ~ t.lrsner~ who In~ll-aIc ~
rnctinrsVe efriFeI I'll the sugar producing
regions that they viii y. considered per
melons foreigner. and expelled from Cubs.
The president deciares that there are ~
the Island foreign citizens who have been
endeavoring to ferm-nt strikes with the
intention II iecpardizing the production Of
sugar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
City of Brownsville
Takes $4,000 Bonds

The application Of the city OF Browns
vile for $l0,0C1 in Liberty Loan Bonds,
the subscription for which was authorized
at the meeting Of the commissioners last
Thursday was filed at the First National
Bank, the city depository, today. The ap-
nIicaton. signed by Mayor A. Albert
Browne. and Commissioners c. N. More, r.
3. Rcnttro, {. G. Garcia and VI. H. Pute-
gnat, was filled out by Commissioner More
and the city's check for $500, being the two
per cent first payment. was turned in.
The amount will be taken from tbe city's
sinking fund
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Days
ObSERvANCES
BRING TOTAL
FIGURE TO
$364,7'00

Today, Liberty Day. J. being observed
by the people of Cameron county. In
Brownsville. in particular. the day re
port BY the various hanks Indicated. II
o'clock this afternoon. that Liberty Day
would materially increase the totals ~
Liberty War Loan Bonds subscribed by
people Of Brownsville and Cameron coun-
~. Al some Of the banks il was stated
that applications 10 he taken this after
noon would show sharp increases IN the
totals.
AT | o'clock this afternoon. the total
figures for Cameron county. including
Fort Brown and the various army branches
totals. we're ~:,64. 700. which j. still Sl3o,
400 short of the amount Cameron county
i expected to invest in Liberty War Loan
Bonds. OF this amount SlT5.050 has been
subscribed through the Brownsville banks
$4,000 through the banks Of the county
outside of Brownsville. s125.350 through
the army branches. The county'S total j.
So39. $50, including 100000 announced to
be taken by the county Of Cameron. but
application for which has not yet been
filed.
Two applications for $4,000 each in
honds were filed today. one by the city Of
Brownsville, through the board Of city com
missioners, and one BY the Gulf Coast
Lines, through Mayor A. Albert Browne.
Both applications were made through the
First National Bank and increased that
hanks total figures to s76,95O-
Brownsville Is observing this afternoon
as holiday, to promote the sale Of bonds.
Various committees planned this afternoon
to make campaign through the city for
additional bond applications. and business
men announced that they would Join in
the campaign. The banks closed NJ
o'clock this afternoon. and several officials
placed blank application in their pockets
and went ont on the patriotic duty Of in
creasing the connty's subscriptions to Lib
ery Loan Bonds, bringing interest al the
rate Of four per cent per annum.
The headquarters detachment Of The
Fifth United States Engineers at Fort
Brown. consisting Of fifteen men, claims
the per capita record in the southern de-
partment for bond purchases. This de.
tachment has bought total Of $3.50 in
bonds. or $lGS per capita. The next rec
ord. 20 far as known here. j. held lv !
large organization at Fort Sam Houston
with $l38 per capita.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
APPROACHING WEDDING ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Benieno CchalaS have an
nounced the approaching wedding NJ their
daughter. Miss Eudnzia CchalIo-. IL Lncio
y. CARA. son of Mrs Fcrmina dc III
CARA. The civil and religious ceremony
will BE- held m Il 30 o'clock on the after
noon of October - NJ the Church of the
immaculate conception. The bride 10 be
~ the daughter 1T M old and well known
Brownsville family. while the groom ha-
since hoyhood been employed IN the me
chanical departments Of the local news
papers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

DALLAS, Texas. Oct 2a.-'In modern
wars the longest purse must chiefly deter
mine the vent"-George Washington.
To pay-pay and prepare-or prepare"
Robert norris, superintendent of finance
during the Revolution.
We must all hang together. or, most
assuredIy. we shall all hang separately =
BENJAMIN Franklin. at the signing OF the
Declaration of Independence.
Time has proved the true greatess, the
true understanding, possessed by these no
BILE and capable men. Fellow citizens, will
you heei The advice OF the men who made
this country?
From the grave they call to you, to save
yourselves from defeat by financing this
war. From the grave they call 10 you 10
heed the warning that you must pay and
prtpare. or suffer ruin. From the grave
thty call 10 you for unity and concerted
aciion against a foe, who has sworn to
crush rs unmeScifully.
The voices OF the mighty dead call TO you
from dim past. The silent voices OF Eu-
ropes aqoni1ed millions call g. you from
across teh seas The handiess arms OF tor
turei children are raised 10 you In suppIi-
cation. The most popular president tha
this country or world has ever seen. ap.
peals 10 YOU TO act. and act quickly, Il
over subscribe the Liberty Loan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
German Officer Is
Executed By His Men

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Oct. 24.--ln a redoubt cap
tured from the Germans Monday, the Brit
ish troops found German officer who had
been executed by his own soldiers. Many
tales are going the rounds among the Brit
ish soldiers indicating much dissatsfac-
ton among the various bodies OF German
troops.
The German officers hands were tied
behind him and he had been shot many
times. Soldiers charged with desertion and
other violations of the military law escape
with slight punishment. according to pris-
oners. This is something new for Prus-
sian militariSm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
American Destroyers
Are Ready For Cold

BASE or THE AMERICAN FLOTILIA
IN BRITISH WATERS. Oct 2i--All
American dc~troyrr~ and men have been
equipped fnr the cold day~ ahead. The
issue vi winter clothing III the men ha~
taken place and the fast little ships have
been uycrhanlcd and have had several
'gadect~" added ~ their equipment ~nch
~ non hrcakahle glass windows TOR the
hridg,.-. more crows nests and extra life
RATS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Southwestern Summary.

The following ~ summary w weather
} conditions throughout the southwest at
J dlybreak this morning:
, North Texas. generally clear -: Cen
) tral Texas. generally clear. ~; Cur~icana.
} clear. 49, light frost. Fast Texas. Erner-
} ally clear. ~. TrNarkana clear. ,;.Ai frost
) last night; Gulf Coast generally clear ~
> Beaumont clear 80. light frost: West
) Texas generally clear. ~; Arkansas gen
) orally clear. - Louisiana. generally clear,
. .,.;. heavy frost. oklahoma. generally
. clear ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Rain Storm Prevents
Liberty Day Parade

NEW YORK. o. 3i- The -pcrta-ular
parade which New York plancnd today -
ti~mulu~ t. the purchase II Liberty
worst raIn~torm this season. The stock rx-
change and other markets in the financial
district closed ~ noon ~ planned
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
First War Ration
Is In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS. La. Oct. 2i-The
first war ration since the United States
went into the war went into effect here
when the retail stores throughout the city
restricted the sale of sugar H. from two
H. five pounds 10 each customer at 10 and
III cents pound
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
New City Secretary Mi~

New City Secretary Mi Tram Pollock
arrived in Brownsville today and wiil I'M
mcdiatcv take up thc duties a- citN -ecrr-
tary. which office ha- been vacant since
the resignation ~ Santiago Garza. MIS-
Pullark w nat stranger M Brownsville
a- ~hc spent ihr winter here four years
agn with her father. III N. Pollock. lint ter
the past three wears ha~ been M cmplovr
w the Home National Bank III Arkan~a-
CITY. Kan She viii make her home with
her father and sister. Ms Laura Pollock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Food Prices Since
War Nearly Double

WASHINGTON, ID. g.. Oct. 2i.-Focd
prices a. q whole have advanced forty
seven per cent since ever a year before
the war The United States hsrean 81 tn
tisties compilation shows that food prices
were six per cent higher on August IL,
1914, just after the outbreak of the war.
than on the same date IN 1919
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
American Officers
See French Attack

WITH TIE BRITISH ARMIES I'm
FRANCE. Oct. "a Several American ia
telh.cn,r Officers watched the success iul
attack made IN the French Yesterday nn
the front northeast VT ~ni~-nn-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

BERLIN. Oct 2a-An Austr0- German
offensive has hen instituted on the Italian
front, army headquarters announced. The
German and Austrian infantry this MORN
ing captured foremost Italian positions
near Fitch and T0iminO and In The north
ern portion OF the Bainsinna plateau.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

PETR0GRAD. Oct. 24.-AIni-ter of the
Interior Nlkitin IN proclamation to all
the commissioners throughout Russia. ex-
horts all classes of the population to unite
against increasing anarchy which j. dfiv
ing the country Ia ruin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
. . . sSs SSXX
the WEATHER FORECAST.

The following forecast for the lower
gulf coast and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley NV issued IN the United States
Weather Rurean AZ New Orleans.
Tonight and Thursday fair. warmer.
light rn~trrr wv ~nutherly winds
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

ROME. ITALY. ort. 2i-Thc An~trian~
have concentrated strong forces on the
Italian front TOR offensive purposes. army
headunarter- announce A large portion
~ these troops are Germans.
The material employed l. likewise ~
German origin. The war office declares
that an enemy blow will find the Italian
troops ''steadv and prepared
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
KAISER IS IN
CAPITAL TO
DEAL WITH
CRISIS IN
AFFAIRS
tEy Associated Press. !

LONDON, Oct. 24-Dr George Michae-
lis, the German chancellor. has placed his
portfolio in the hands OF Emperor William,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch given
out by the Wireless Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
Japan Munitions Ship
Rams Lumber Ship

AN ATLANTIC PORT. nrt. 2l.-A
japanese steamship ladnr Nilh munitions
steamer katahdin here late lat ni-it. One
man from the ~unkc-l vessel wv missing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
locai Observations.

. The following are local weather ohsrr
. vatiunns. covering the 20 hour period
ending at : a. M. today. taken TN the
local United States weather bureau. IN
charge of Mrs. A Nv. Reed:
Maximum temperature .-...-.-.-Ii.5
eNIinimnm temperature .--...-... iiS,
= BarnmrStrir pressure. Z a m. ...- 3ulT
" ~ " - - ~ - XK v - u n ~ lKX -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

been % great in IIidalgo county. the banks
Of that county are making a good showing,
according 70 telephone reports from InSti-
tutIon~ IN that county 10 The Herald today.
and II could not ~ reached TN telephone
this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

berlin. 0ct. 2i-pn Wide front he
TWEEN The Gulf ~ Riga and The Dyina the
German troops have been Withdrawn with
out interruption from the enemy. army
Headquarters announced today The with
draral took place Sunday night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP u

FRANCE. Oct. 24.-Gcncral Per~hing ne
companled one 1T the French generals yes
irrday a. far ~ the second German line IN
the trcw.h attack on the Al~ue 'front.'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

PETROGRAn. uct. 24.-Fhe newspapers
~ay that Premier kercn~kv wil' rclinqni-h
most III the work IL commander in chiei
III the Russian armies IN General Bcnk
Iionu III the end VI the. week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24
FRENCH HAVE
TAKEN 5000
! PRISONERS
SOISS0NS
SECTION

PARIS. Oct. ~ The number NJ pri~
onsr~ taken ~ the French ID their attack
northeast Ut >oi~-on~ has reached 5000
the war office announces. The Germans
Attempted ~ counter attacks nn the Ai-r,
front during the night. IN the Nar"ur
~r,Aor the Germans made \ vIrcnt attack
III French positions north ~ ili. 3li. hui
were beaten back,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

HIDALGO BANKS SELLING BONDS.
While the impetus of bond sales has not
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-24

1SSSS Ys6YSSs SSsS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-02
DILLON GETS
JOB AGAIN
FOUR YEARS
Deputy United States Marshal Makes No
Application lsi Rtsprsin.nsni Erl
Siaats Solely Oh Record

Derufy q s Marshal James r. Di-
lon yesterday received nouce OF his
appointment 10 That office from
rnited States Marshal Enloe Of The
eastern district 81 Oklahoma
This appointment came 70 Mr Dill
Ton without opposition and withou. his
having applied for the reapnolntment
which fact IS evidence that Marshal
laloe Is entirely satisfied wiih the ei
neiency OF his denuty il this cify
= did not apply for the re-appoint-
meat ana did nor ask Tor the endorse.
ment % anyone. because / thought
that ifamy services had been sailsfac.
tory. would be appointed. said Sir
Dillon ~If my work had not been SAT-
isfactory ! did not want the appoint
ment want 70 stand on my merits
0r NOT ai an II Is very gratifying TO
me % know thar although ! did not
ask IL, several business and profess
sionai men in this district stated 10
me some time ago thar if needed en-
dorsements. they Rcre ready 10 make
any recommendation necessary J ap-
preciate the appointment from marc
than one angle and want % give ass
sufance that ! Win render TIE most
e6liFienas efficient service ,hat s.
within ms power
Az Dillon h4 hoia iha office for
four se4rs and ihe appointment COW
ers tAe neriod Of service of the Unit
"a states marshal % tha eastern dts
triei. q until thar oaleai sees III 70
replace him hg making another ap
polntment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-02
sIues SIGN Of LImI,atInnn

The blues are usually related 10 Inn
iaiion. il we have them ii is a sign
that we are limited people. And. as a
rule it is hard for Us to cure our
selves u our limitations because we
are so pleased with them and So proud
ef their possession. IF we weren't we
shouldn't assert .iem S. much and let
them do us So much hahn. ~Woyk il
all 1 care about in the Ncrld.r When
we hear anyone make remark OF this
kind we nlay be- sure that he is on The
NroEs roaG- He is q particular foolisi.
k'ad of reflector. Think Of All the fue
things be doesn't care about Ia tie
way Of human relations and healthy in-
terests and enjoyments The chances
are that one of these days work viii
turn on him a0d give ,ii'a Staggering
blow ia lie face. Long beforehand
however ii Viii give isaf bad ATTACKS
Of The blucs.-Exehanse.