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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12

houses Of the Valley. G. G. Womack.
the president and general manager of
the new concern, has been connected
with Swift a. Company in an eXecu-
tive capacity for "A number of years,
and his experience will prove invalu-
able in promoting the success of the
new firm.
"We propose to give the merchants
of this section a service uneXcelled,
stated Mr.. Womack, when discuss
ing the launching Of the new firm.
1--WE have arranged connections with
the factories and industrial centers
which assures up a big line Of high
grade goods, and we are going to be
prepared to meet practically every de
mand the trade may make upon US.
| consider Brownsville the best point
in the south for the Inauguration OF
"A business of this character. and
feel assured by confidence in the fu-
ture growth of the city and its busi-
ness development will be fully justi-
fled. We are now organized and pre-
pared to go after the business, and
am confident we will get it,"
Brownsville, as the distributing
center for one of the richest sections
Of the south, would prove an ideal
location for business Of this character,
and Mr.. Womack's confidence in it,
future prosperity merely reflects the
opinion of scores of others of other
sound business men who have examin-
ed this field in the past few months
and convinced themselves of the az
ricultural and industrial development
which will ultimately be attained in
the Valley and in northeastern Mexi
co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
CUNNY
OI,ANZAS

Vacation days in The country
And lazy time in The hills.
Oh. for 4 rest without worry
But who's going ~ pay the bills?
Oh. for trip 20 the seashorc
Where the mighty ocean thrills,
Oh, for a month cf loafinr-
But who's going to pay the bills
Oh, for week Or fishing.
Afar from the grinding mills
And drudgcry Of the city
But who's going to pay the bills 7
But I've secret I cherish
I'm going to tramp some dny:
And then can laugh IA worry
For there'll be no bills a. Ray.
Justin Fair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
ANOPTIMISTIC
OUTLOOK FOR
SETTLEMENT
Strike Conditions Throughout
Country Continue to I'm
prove, is Report.
MEN Are RETURNING
Thousands Of Men Will be on
Jobs Again by Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 12-While
only few Of the striking shop
men in the Chicago district have
returned to work. railroad Off
cials are optimistic today over pros
poets of an early resumption of
work pending settlement Of the
strikers wage demands or the re-
suit of the strike vote ordered by
the international officers Of the
federated railway shopmen. Many
of the strikers here have expressed
a determination TO hold out, but
reports from various parts of the
country indicate that thousands Of
men have already returned to work
or would return today or tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
SAYOFFICIALS q
WORKACAINST
EFFICIENCY

WASHINGTON. ID C.. Aug. 12.-
a. b. Garretson, former head OF the
American Brotherhood Of Railway
Conductors told the-house interstate
committee today that the operating
officials Of the railroad during the
period the government has been n
control were actuated BY a desire 70
demonstrate that government owner
ship was not best for the country. The
same operating force that built up the
great surplus before the war he said,
had also created the great deficit dur
ing the war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
ALLIED COMMISSION is
READY TO REPORT ON
DISORDERS AT FIUME

ROME, Italy, Aug. l2-The allied
commission appointed by the supreme
council to investigate the recent dis
orders in Fiume has concluded its in
vestigation and evolved a solution for
the difficulties satisfactory to France
and without Offending the pride and
dignity of Italy, newspapers here
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
GAMBLING EPIDEMIC is
REPORTED ON INCREASE
THROUGHOUT GERMANY
(By The Associated Press)

FRANKFORT, Germany, Aug. ~.
Gambling is increasing throughout
Germany, according to reports pub
lished in the German newspapers.
This is said to be due partly to the
higher living Of individuals who have
made tremendous fortunes during the
war on government munitions con
tracts or otherwise. At Badnauheim
three gambling houses are now run
ming day and night, and the German
newspapers frequently refer to the
place as second Monte Carlo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
ARREST BOLSHEVIK
GENERAL STARTING
A new REVOLUTION

COPENHAGEN, Aug l2.-Gener-
al Nititas, commander in chief of
the bolshvik forces, and his chief of
staff have been arrested by the boil
sheviki government upon the charge
NJ attempting 10 start a counter rev.
olution. a Helsingfors dispatch. quot
ing Pctrograd dispatch, says The
counter revolution has probably been
completely broken up by the arrest
Of the leader.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
DEMANDS CHANGES
BE MADE in WHEAT
STANDARD OF U. S.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. l2.-
Demands that changes be made in the
government wheat standards under
the price guarantee act. as to not
penalize every wheat grower, were
made in a statement by Representa-
tive Gronna Of North Dakota. chair
man Of the house agricultural com
mittee, and representatives of farm
organizations. The senate agricultur-
al committee concurred in the de-
mand
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
ADDITIONS TO THE
SUBSCRIPTION LIST
FOR CHANNEL FUND

Following l. an additional list Of
subscriptions To the channel fund:
A. +. Anderson, .. S25. 90
City Hall Employees. ... S92. 90
Jesse bennett, $500. 90
George Hamilnk . $500
\. PechecO, ......... $3.50
Pierce-Fordyce Oil Company $4,000
III. flenn, ........... SZ0.Uu
The subscription Of the city hall
employees includes practically every
employe in the city hall, and they
state they are going TO increase the
subscription still more
In response To a request from Mata-
mosos citizens n delegation from
Brownsville has gone to that city to-
day for the purpose Of securing sub
scriptions. Matamoros has indicated
that the people Of that city would
like to add something to the channel
fund. and u j. probable that several
hundred dollars will be subscribe
thue.
Kingsville has also subscribed $3.50
20 the channel fund, and deposit sliT
was received this morning from II
Feria signifying that another $50 had
been placed IN the bank there To the
credit Of the fund.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
Local Paper Calls Attention to
Great Advantages Browns
vile Wholesalers Will Get.
MUST GET BUSY NOW
Says City Must Prepare to
;, Meet New Rates.

The following article from the Cor
pus Christi Evening Times clearly
demonstrates the impression the pro-
ject of deep water at Point Isabel
creates in Corpus Christi, and is a
criterion of the effect it will have
upon business expansion IN Browns
vile:
Corpus Christi is liable to wake up
most any morning to discover that
three-fourths of her wholesale bust
ness has left her.
Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley now pays a differen-
tial of twenty-seven cents per hun
dred on all the freight that moves
into that country. The ordinary pub
lie may not know what differential
is, but this is the way it works:
Corpus Christi is now the farth-
est south Of any city that enjoys the
basis rate. On class "E" freight this
is 72 cents per hundred from eastern
markets. The effect Of these rates
is such that it is cheaper to bring
wholesale lots of goods to Corpus
Chrkti on this cheap rate and then
re-ship in smaller quantities to the
cities about, than to ship direct from
the eastern markets. In other words,
it is cheaper to ship to Corpus Chris
ii and then re-ship than it is to ship
direct from the eastern markets to
Brownsville.
Brownsville has now met all con-
ditions required by the government,
and deep water will be obtained at
Point Isabel in a short time. This
means at the very least that Browns
vile will get that differential of
twenty-seven cents knocked off and
will get the basic rate of ~ cents. Ii
may mean and probably will mean
that Brownsville will also get the
water rate of 55 cents.
IF Brownsville gets the differen-
tial removed and nothing more, she
will pay the 72-cent rate and Corpus
Christi will pay the same. One whole
saler in Corpus Christi told the Times
representative that seventy-five per
cent of the wholesale business going
out of Corpus Christi goes to points
below Raymondville
IF Brownsville gets the ~ cent,
rate that seventy-five per cent Of our
wholesale business will go to Browns
vile direct from eastern markets.
Corpus Christi may retain the other
twenty-five per cent.
'If Brownsville gets the water rate
of 55 cents it will be cheaper for the
wholesalers to ship direct to Browns
vile and then supply the Corpus
Christi market and other cities about
here from Brownsville than it will be
to ship to Corpus Christi direct. In
that case Corpus Christi will cease to
be a wholesale center.
Corpus Christi is "only" twenty
two miles from deep water. San An
things, have purchased sites in Aran-
sas Pass for buildings and will make
that the center Of their wholesale
shipments.
"Why?
Because with the deepening Of the
channel at Port Aransas, ocean-going
vessels can unload on the wharf or
Harbor island and the freight car
then be moved by rail to Arkansas
Pass.
This matter is of vital importance
to Corpus Christi and she cannot af
ford to allow the matter to 90 with
out attention until the problem j:
solved and the way to solve it Is tc
get deep water"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
BRAZIL PERMITS
GERMAN FIRMS TO
RESUME BUSINESS

RIO DE JANIERO. Aug. IA
presidential decree, signed August s,
and just published, permits the Ger
man banks and insurance companies,
which had been compelled to suspend
operations during the war. to resume
business Immediately.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
LIBERALIZATION
WORK COMPLETED
BY OCTOBER LAST
lRy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. I2.-
The rehabilitation Of the army. so
far as combatant troops are concern
ed, will be completed by the last of
October, according to an announce
nent made today by Secretary Of
War Baker Many men will be re-
tanned in the service to care for the
large stores of equipment remaining
on hand, he explained, and these men
will be demobilized as rapidly as con
iitions permit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
STRIKERS HIRING
OTHER MEN TO DO
THE WORK FOR THEM

GENOA, Italy, Aug. 1.-THE
Genoa longshoresmen recently con-
verted themselves for striking
workmen to employers after OBJ
tanning through a strike a daily
wage of $3.50. The following day
they hired men to do the work at
$500 per day. They are now liv-
ing life of ease and collecting
the $3.50 per day on the other fell
lows labor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
HOME
POSTS FOR U. s.
ARMY ESELECTED

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Aug. 12.-
Permanent home stations for the reg
ular army divisions returning from
overseas are: First, Camp Taylor
Ky; second. Camp Travis, Tex.
third, Camp Pike, Ark; Fourth, For;
Dodge, Iowa; fifth. Camp Gordon
Ga; sixth, Camp Grant, ILL.,; seventh
Camp Funston, Kan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
SUGAR SHOULD NOT
SELL AT MORE THAN
l2CENTS ABOUND

CHICAGO. H., Aug. 12.-Henry
Bishop, member Of the federal food
administration sugar bureau, made
The statement today that twelve cents
per pound il fair price in sugar to
the consumer He declared that re-
tail prices on excess Of this figure are
rank profiteering. A number Of re-
tailers have been charging as high as
sixteen cents pound in this city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
PERSHINC WILL
VISIT ITALIAN
BATTLE FIELDS
CBy The Associated Press)

PARIS, Aug. 12.-General Perish
ing. after a tour Of Belgium, will Wis
it the Italian battlefields. according
to an announcement made today. The
present plans call for his departure
for Rome Saturday. He will spend
two days inspecting the scenes Of the
great Austrian offensive against the
Italian lines. General Pershing is ex-
pected to return to Paris on August
%, and will leave for the United
States the first week in September.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
LARGE AMOUNT OF
LIQUOR is BEING
BOTTLED IN EAST

CHICAGO, Aug. l2.-Acting upon
instructions from Washington, the
collector Of internal revenues in this
district, which includes Peoria, has
issued orders permitting the recti-
flying of whiskey AS a result thous-
ands Of barrels are being bottled by
dealers preparatory to sale when the
wartime prohibition Is lifted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
DENIES GERMANS REFUSAL

BERLIN, Aug. 12.-Dr. George
Michael, former imperial chancellor,
has issued statement declaring that
Germany did not refuse to negotiate
with England through the vatican in
1917.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
LETTERS TO GERMANY.

tEv The Associated TrpssA
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 12.-NeNco
rcopened postal relations with Ger
many on July 10. coincident with the
resumption of such relations between
the United States and Germany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
HERBERT HOOVER
NOW AT PRAGUE
WITH HIS EXPERTS
(By The Associated Pressl

PRAGUE, BOHEMIA, Aug l2.-Her-'
bert Hoover. the head Of the inter
allied relief mission, arrived in this
city today unannounced. He was ac-
companied by his large staff Of ex-
perts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
LABOR ORGAN MAKES
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
AGAINST GOVERNMENT
nkv The Assnciated rressl

LONDON, Aug. 12.-That the
British government j. organizing a
sinister plot against labor and con
Quoting systematic spying activities
on workers is the statement contain
ed in a sensational charge made by
the Daily Herald, labor organ, to-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
BANK OFFICIALS ON
STRIKE IN HAMBURG;
BANKS ARE CLOSED
CRv The Associated Press. }

HAMBURG. Germany, Aug. 12.-
All banks in the city of Hamburg
have been closed today because of a
walkout of the bank officials. As a
result practically all business is at a
standstill.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
AWAIT A REPORT
ONSITUATION
in HUNGARY

10y IHt NNSOFIaItW ITNNs.T
PARIS, Aug. 12.-It was aPpar-
ent at the peace conference today
that no further steps would be TAX
en- in the Hungarian situation un-
I'll the allied military mission sent
to Budapest has made a detailed re-
port. Reports from Budapest have
been so ambiguous and confusing
that no definite action could be
taken on them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
RUSSIANS WANT THE
ALLIED TROOPS TO
REMAIN WITH THEM

ARCHANGEL, Aug. I2.-An
appeal to the allied nations not to
withdraw their troops from Russia
has been issued by the municipality
Of Archangel and the district eoun-
ellis of the Archangel province.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
ESTABLISHED 1893.
SEN. LODGE MAKES A vITR|OL|C
ATTACK ON LEAGUE COVENANT
Bv The AssocIated rress.l

tBy The ASSOCIATED IreSS-l
WASHINGTON, August 12.-De-
scribing the League of Nations as a
"deformed experiment upon a noble
purpose" Senator Lodge, chairman
Of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee. speaking in the senate today.
declared there are some features Of
the covenant which America could
never accept. eli said il il creating
not a league but is merely embracing
many provinces in war covenant
He asserted il would Kill the Monroe
Doctrine and nullify any possibility
Of withdrawal from membership, and
would impair the sovereign power Of
nations in deciding domestic ques-
tions. eli also maintained that the
adoption of teh covenant would mean
that the United tSates would be
plunged into every controversy and
conflict on the face Of the globe.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. l2.-
The plan for the League a Nations
used as basis for discussion at Yer
sailles was not any of of the drafts
submitted by the United tSatcs, Great
Britain, France or ItaIy, bu. was a
cont ination of all Of t1eri, David
hunter Miller, legal ADJ '-r u tho
Lcrgue commission, to.i the senate
fc,eiEn relations committee this af-
.tnoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
CAMP BOWIE AT
EQRTW0RTH NO
LONGER EXISTS

lRv The A,snrlated Press. }

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. Ia
| Camp Bowies, established here in
August / I. 1917. and which was known
throughout the period of the war az
one Of the most important training
camps in the United States, was for
mally closed today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
GOVERNMENT RAISES
CENSORSHIP ON THE
FRENCH TELEGRAPHS
nv The Associated Pressl

PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE government
censorship of telegraphic communica-
tions. which has been maintained for
the period of the war, is to be abro-
gated Friday, according to a state
ment appearing in the Paris Temps.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
In The Associnted Pressl

WASHINGTON, d. q, Aug. "a
The International labor conference
provided for in the peace treaty has
been called by President Wilson to
convene in Washington on October
20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
CBy The Associated Press)

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. r.
The striking shopmen on the Frisco
road returned to work today and all
embargoes on freight shipments have
been lifted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12
WEATHER
Tonight and Wednesday partly
cloudy; light southerly winds.

ll, following arc thc Iryai vratil
observations for the .4-hour period cu1
inu at n n. bio. tndHv. nuI which Hrr sIr
Piled Il Mrs A NM Reed t' S U..H-
trrr weather observer lt ErOWu-yI..r:
Maximum temperature ......-9 $500
Minimum temperature .TT.5r
Barometric pressure .........3U.02
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12

Temperature at noon today 5000
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-12

BUY PUMPING MACHINERY
Ia to Is III. r. Fairbanks-Morse ar1
Kruger Atlas Oil Engines in stock.
\. Centrifugal Pumps.
w. Fl. PUTEGNAT COMPANY
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-07-17

Notice is hereby given that the State
Land Board of the State of Oregon will
receive sealed bids at its office in the
Capitol Building at Salem, Oregon, up
to 10 100 o'clock a. M, September 2,
1919, for all the States interest in the
overflowed lands hereinafter described,
giving, however, to the owner or own
ers of any lands abutting or fronting
thereon, the preference right to pur-
chase said overflowed lands at the
highest price offered, provided such
offer is made in good faith, and alsc
provided, that the land will not be sole
for, nor any offer therefor accepted OF
less than ST. so per acre, and that the
Board reserves the night to reject any
and all bids.
The lands are situated in Hood River
County. Oregon, and described as fol
lows:
Beginning at point in the west line
of Sec. 30, T. 3 N. K. II f. w. NJ,
l995.S4 feet north of the southwest
corner of said section, thence n. 81
deg. 30 min. E. 374 IS feet along me-
ander line which is the northerly boun-
dairy of Nathan S. Benson d. l.. C. No.
81; thence S. rs deg. E. 463. SO teet
along said meander line; thence S. 60
deg. 10 min. K. 549.78 feet along said
meander line; thence S. "a deg. f.
1872 feet along said meander line !,
thence S. 10 deg. as min. K. 379 so feet
along said meander line; thence S. 81
deg. east 1863. 90 feet along said mean.
der line to the northeast corner of saio
Nathan S. Benson claim; thence North
40. 90 feet to low water south bank Of
the Columbia river; thence N. 81 deg.
l3 min. W. 382. 20 feet along low water
line; thence n. "a deg. 04 min W.
3l4. AT feet along low water line thence
n. As deg. 81 min. W. 10000 feet along
low water line; thence n. SO deg. 80
min. W. 593. 53 feet along low water
line; thence N. rs deg. Is min. W,
| las. 10 feet along low water line thence
n. 68 deg. 80 min. ". 1000 feet along
low water line to point in west line
of said section 80; thence along said
west line of section South 564. 90 feet
to point of beginning. containing con
tanning 693 acres and lying north of
the Nathan S. Benson d. l.. c. No. 81,
T. 3. N. R. II E.
Applications should be addressed to
g. G. Brown. Clerk State Board, Sa
lem, Oregon, and accompanied by bid,
an marked "Applieation and bid to
purchase overf1owed land. "
G. G. Brown,
Clerk State Land Board.
Dated at Salem, Oregon,
June %, 1919. y3s26
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-07-17
MANY FRUIT MEN
VISIT HOOD RIVER

Hood River has never been such q
mecca as during the past week foI
prominent factors in the boxed apple
industry Shippers AMI market mer
were here from all parts Of the eOun-
try.
b. A. Perham. formerly sales man
ager Of the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors and until recently general
manager of the Earl Fruit Company OF
the Northwest, was here calling on
his former associate, c. ". MeCullagh,
former sales manager Of the Yakima
Fruit Growers Association. Z. f.
Clark. Mr.. MeCullagh's successor al
Yakima. has been here looking over
the local crop. Mr.. Clark was accom-.
panied by is brother. Edwin Clark,
cashier of the Yakima National Bank.
John NJ. Walker, of the Chicago firm
Of Walker Bros, and Jake SchOenberg,
who recently formed partnership
with Tom Peppers for the distribution
of apples in eastern markets, were
here on purchasing expeditions and tC
see the scenery of the Northwest.
1t was coincidence that CIV. Hook.
er. of Los Angeles, W. NJ. Dickerson,
of San Francisco, and Dwight l.. Wood.
ruff. of New York city, three district
managers of the Association in their
respective markets, and who also han
die the 'Y" brand of Yakima, hap
pened to be making their annual visits
TO headquarters simultaneously and tC
get first hand information for the com.
ing season.
Following conferences of the visiting
apple men and MIR. McCullagh. the lat
ter is Of the opinion that jobbers and
principal shippers agree fairly well or
price conditions. 1t is still too early
to forecast the general market condi.
tlon because previous years experience
has shown decided reduction at har.
vest time over earlier estimates. The
quality of fruit is expected to be above
normal because of ideal growing condi.
| tions.
Northwestern boxed apples. it is de.
clared, are today considered staple
commodity by dealers. and the trade is
coming more and more to consider
the apples food value, compared with
/ other staples. The Standardization
pack and the assurance of steadness
in supply, as result Of organization,
has made the boxed apple moneymak,
er for jobber and retailer alike. anc
the consumer, it is said. is taking tC
4 the product because of its low cost
compared with other foods.
Mr. McCullagh, after the week s re.
sumo of Northwestern apple conditions
expresses the belief that estimates OF
the Northwestern crop have been to,
high. In his opinion the total yield Of
all districts will not exceed 25, 600 cars
The. respective tonnage of differen
districts is placed as follws: Yakima
$500 cars; Wenatchee, $500; Oregon
$500; Idaho, 800; Spokane district
500; Walla Walla and Milton Freewatel
districts, 500.