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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
COTTON CONSUMPTION
DURING PAST MONTH
SHOWS SMALL DECREASE

WASHINGTON. y. c. Dee. if.--Cotion
consumed curing November amounted tc
ri .G3l rrnrirr hnles n lint. and 49,
H-a talcs of lirtrrH ~ compared with
-ti S25 rairs VI lint and SIPS Enters IN
October cf this vra~. md 57a 100 bates
81 iint end 55l2s liutcrs ii Nov mbeF
Of l~~s yc1r. ste census bu.eau anncuEc-
ed this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
CHARTER FOR WOMEN {. OF g.

AUSTIN Texas. Dec. 1.-THE Texas
Noman'S Chamber of Commerce of
Dallas was incorporated here today
The organization has no capital stock.
The announced purpose If the organ
ization H. -lhr fostering and promotion
of harmonious relations and cooperating
with other organizations and individuals
IN the general welfare AMI building up Of
communities Of Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14

Los ANGELES. Calf. Dee. IA Ncxi
can Consul Cara Leal of his city has
deelsred that attempts have been made
By the revolutionary forces in Mexico
70 establish consuiatcs re and in san
Francisco.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
Girl PRISONER
SUICIDES In JAIL
AT AMARILLO, TEX.

AMARILLO, Texas. Dec. lA.-Frances
Mat.cson. age IS. ended = life ~ me
county Jail here today by hanging.
She was placed in the county jail two
days ago after having been adjudged
juvenile delinquent. and was awaiting
assignment to stat institution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14

FL PASO Texas. Dec. i4.-Rsports cf
scv X fighting between the outTosts or
the advancing rebel army from Vera
Cruz and the federals entrenched in the
path Of march toward Mexico City were
received h.fe today by Senior Salvador
Fsias. special representative ~ hc dg
Ia Hucrta provision government here.
Scnof Frias was advised that the ~ bcl
army had captured Oriental after severe
fighting and is now engaging the o.
regon forces 1t San Marcos. General
GaHegos in the state OF GGanaiaio has
sevolted and captured the town cf &C.
laya.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
ORIENTAL CAPTURED BY
TROOPS Of DELAHUERTA,
VERA CRUZ ANNOUNCES

The revolutionary forces have taken the initiative prccipag
federal according
al Vera The
ceded with rapdty
fallen
AT Thursday the General Pedro
the advance the
dres Chachecmua the Of Puebla
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
INTRODUCE BONUS BILL

WASHINGTON. ID. G. Lee. 1.-THE
solaier bonus bill which passed Con-
press last year and was veto q b.
resident Harding was reintroduccd
Thursday hv Representative Mcncnzc G
II publican veterans in the housc. 4.
casries only minor changes from the
oiieiaal bill.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14
Official Weather Reports


Brownsville and vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued cold tonight; Sat
urday probably fair with slowly rising
temperature.
East Texas: Cn.tally & fair tonight;
not quite NJ cold; frost in southeast
portion except the Lower Rio Grande
Valley and west coast. Saturday fair
with rising temperature. Light 70 mod
crate northesly TO esatg rly winds on the
coast.
Weather Conditions
"A l-rrn. enrrlc high e-sr-h rrna
covered the entire country from the
-Rockits~ ~ ths Atlantic coast, with
relatively high pressure also ever the.
southcwcstern portion Of the United
states. and mode rately low pressure
over tht Canadian Nsr.hws X. Fair, cold,
weather prevailed throughout the United
St1tss since the last report except that
ligh: rains fell Yesterday IN portions OF
the west aad middls Gulf states and
moderately heavy rains and SHOWS IN
the southeastern and northeastern
states. III was colder to much colder this
morning from Texas To the New Eng
land states exc pt Florida. but temper
atures are moderating throughout the
northwest.
The lowest readings lest night az
Texas stations ranged from lf az Am
ariilo ~ AI M Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14

NoGAl-ES- Arizona. Dee. 1i.-Fed-
elai troops at Teui and Nayasif have
reiahen that city and have routed the
rebel forces and arr pursuing them to-
ward IaliSro. according ~ official ad-
vices received Aara iosaay. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14


ward IaliSro. according ~ official ad
vices received Aara is,lsy. ~.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dee. H.
Fre~idrn Ohrcgon is now al the head
IN federal troap~ marching a. attach
'inlaahajara tisy. now held M THE rcva-
.,isioni~i~. ~. or inE 10 I'M official fclr-
eram from Mcxiro Cily. rc eivcd here hy
Consul Generals Amaro and Amarillo.
The telegram stated thai the troops are
~ high spirits RcrSfabIiShment of rail
traffic to the north ami ~ AguacalicnieS
ard tiIdad Inarcx was also announced.
HAVANA. Cuha. Dec. is-Amcricans
are leaving Vera Cruz rs rapidly as pos
sihie. except the old time rcsid nts. ac-
cordinE tc passengers arriving here to-
day On the French liner Espagnc. While
absolute TRANQUILITY rcirncd IN Vera
Cruz when the Esp1gae left on p cem-
be- II. Americans feared that should
dc la Huerta forces suffer defeat.
locting and banditry might begin, ac-
cordinE ~ Herman r. Smith. vic -presi-
dent of the United States Rubber Ex-
po.t Company, who :.rivSd on the liner
FL PASO. Texas, y c. ls.-General
Sanchez, military chief Of the rebel
movement. continues "a receive tcif-
GRAMS M adhesion to the revolt, the
provisional governor cf tn state ~
Vera Cruz. Jose Prieto Lauters de-
elares in telegram received hrc. and
tha; General st-ada IS continuing his
4Lrancs toward the capital.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-14

Many carloads in stock 20 fill
your order. Cur stock is the best
All sizes, shapes and kinds We
are Headquarters
ALAMO IRON WORKS
san Antonio.
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
Unfailing Test

The executive secretary and
treasurer of the American branch
is J. w. Hamilton, who is a men,
Der of the editorial staff of The
English speaking World, publish
ed monthly in New York as the
organ of a dozen British propa-
ganda agencies.
This Magma Charta Day As
ISOLATION is connected up with
the alteration Of our school his
tories directly and definitely.
One link is Matthew Page An
drews, whose name stands at the
head of the list of American Com
mitteemen of the Magma Charta
Day Association. He is the same
Andrews who already has been
thoroughly exposed through the
Hearst newspapers as author Of
three American school histories
into which he stealthily has
transplanted from a hostile his
tory the assertion that our civil
war was due to perfidy and
broken promises of Lincoln.
Andrews is also a director in
the English Speaking Union, an
other British propaganda agency
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
Not Mere Error

Such risparagement in revised
school history is not mere unin.
territorial error. 1t is to be
shown, in facts which cannot be
contradicted and which will carry
conviction, that these and other
gross alterations recently made
in ten of our school histories, are
a direct result of definite design
and organized propaganda.
One of a dozen or more British
agencies created in London and
operating in our country is the
Magma Charta Day Association,
which advocates our national OBJ
servance of June Is, as the natal
day of free government, instead
of, or at least in eclipse Of, the
Fourth of July.
Another Legal Holiday" is the
significant slogan which the or.
ganized boosters of Magma Charta
Day observance carry at the top
of their letterheads and circulars.
1t is significant because general
adoption Of their theory regard
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

busily operating in our country.
Results of the activities and in
fluences of these propaganda or
CARNATIONS may be traced in this
direction distinctly. The touch
stone for unfailing test is the
Anglicized school history, which
is propaganda product that is so
definite and so secure'v trapped
as to be incapable Of escape from
thorough analysis.
The Mclaughlin and VanTyne
school history, first published in
1911, contained then no mention
whatever of Magma Charta. This
grant of rights to English barons,
made in the year 1915, and now
suddenly put forward as "the
great outstanding event in The
history of World Liberty was
not recognized at all by this pair
of historians so early as 1911.
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

he Tipped the inebriate 5O-cent
piece.
That was the beginning. Every
time he was seen on the street,
after this incident, some booze
guzzler approached him with the
age-old storya dime for sCme
food and lodgingy-and managed
to talk the judge out OF some
change. In almost every instance
the man was brought into court
the next day for being drunk.
The Jail send-off of the rum hound
was generally solemnized by long
sermonized reprimand. The cul-
prits candidly admitted that they
had taken unfair advantage Of the
charity OF the. judge and assured
him that they would not repeat
the offense-a promise hardly ever
kept The Judge, moreover, did
not expect them to.
One woman according to Po-
lice Court records, had been ar
rested forty-six times during
the thirteen years of Mullowny's
administration. A few days be.
fore the expiration Of his term,
the woman was arraigned for
being disorderly. The Judge de-
cided to give her clemency.
Mary" he said, what would
you do if 1 were to let you go
this timer"
Let me go, Judge, yer honor"
piped Mary, believing that the
court was joking with her, why
I'd faint, 1 sure would"
"Then faint" said Judge Null
lowry.
Mary didn't faint, but when she
heard the clerk of the court
grinding out-''that you be placed
on probation'-she stood in a
.dazed condition, and stared blank
ly into the Judges face.
Doesn't I go to Jail, Judge"
she asked, tears winding down
through the crevices Of her
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

independence is represented to be
largely plagiarism from writings
of the Englishman, John Locke.
This is put to our children thus:
Locke had expressed essentially
the same ideas. This sounds very
much like what we read in the
American Declaration Of Independ-
ence. Page 1919. ,
In this new vision and new ver-
sion of 1919 this pair of revision
lists discerned and inserted in their
new chapter the theory that the
American Constitution is a mere
written copy of the unwritten Brit
ish constitution, developed from
Magma Charta. They now teach:
"How the English ideas Of gov.
eminent affected our Government
can best be seen by reading our own
Constitution in that most Of it is
included in a single document,
while the English constitution is
made up of many laws, court deci.
sions and customs" Page 1877.
A half dozen other school history
revisionists, in recently Anglicizing
their texts, have turned to teach
ing this misunderstanding theory.
Muzzey, Greenlaw, Ward, O'Hara
and Everett Barnes teach it, and
West teaches that the American
Bill of Rights, the Declaration
and the Constitution call go back
to ancient English characters, even
for their wording
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

their own. If all this means any
thing at all, what can it mean
but British-American union, in
mind, soul and body? The Seven
Nations" is only a new, sweeter
and more seductive sound.
Any lingering doubt as to the
the fact that the British Com
mittee at the head of this asso.
citation consists of Lady Astor,
the Rt. Rev. j. E. c. Weldon and
the Rt. Hon. Sir Gilbert Parker,
Bart.
Parker alone is enough to char
acterize the organization. He was
chief official British propagandist
in our country during the war
and long before we were in it.
He has boosted in magazine
article how by one device and an
other he won over our universities
and colleges, pulpits. clubs and
newspapers.
He since has spent a long
period of service at Hollywood.
Cal, supervising the production
of British propaganda films, go
900 Of which. the London Times
says, are being shown throughout
the United States. The indefa-
tigable Sir Gilbert recently has
been once more in our midst on a
lecture tour.
He is the most able and per-
sistent Of all the advocates Of
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

liberties would automatically elm
mate the Declaration of Independ-
ence as an epoch-making docu-
ment and render any celebration
Of July 4, indeed, foolish"
An outlined purpose Of the as
ISOLATION is "by means of Magma
Charta Study Clubs to encourage
the widespread study of the origin
and development of our liberties"
and ito promote an annual day Of
commemoration by the Seven Ma
tons"
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
A Pronouncen1ent
rhe official announcement de-

The official announcement de-
clares:
Magma Charta is the great
outstanding event in the history
of World Liberty.
1.-THE Magma Charta Day Asso-
citation seeks to develop a greater
sense OF unity of thought and
purpose of the SEVEN NATIONS.
ut is important to have in mind
THE ESSENTIAL AND ACTUAL
SOLIDARITY OF THE SEVEN
NATIONS-the United States and
the six other nations of the Brit
ish Union - Great Britain and
Ireland, Newfoundland, Canada,
South Africa, Australia and New
Zealand"
The striking capitalization IL
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

publication is typical Of the
burlesque made of Judge Mul.
lowny's ruling:
eff"
"You should wake up in the
middle of the night and find your
wife shaking the loose change
out of your trousers pockets
and transferring 1t to the place
where women keep their finances,
and you should say Indignantly:
what are you doing?'
"And she should reply:
I'm just loving you up. Go
back to sleep
What would you know about
that?
HOW ABOUT LETTERS?
"And If the decision of the
Washington police Judge, who is
believed to be a bachelor, is up
held in the higher courts, st.
Louis tailors would not be sur
prised to see the fashions in
trousers pockets turn a double
somersault. Overlooked husbands
would want their valuables dis
tributed over their persons in
such way that a diagram would
be necessary to find a nickel
for carfare."
On the heels of this ruling, how.
ever. the Judge shattered the
hopes OF many prospective
Divorces lit must be remembered
that to obtain a divorce in the
early nineties was as difficult a
task as passing a soldiers bonus
bill today when, in another case,
he declared that while it was a
wife's prerogative to extract
money from her husbands trou-
sers, under no circumstances
could she remove letters written
to him by other women. This de-
cision, though ridiculed by the
deadlier species, caused the men
to foi get their scorn and rally to
his defense.
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
By CHARLES GRANT MILLER.

~ ATRIoTIC Americans are to
- learn with amazement and
- indignation how Anglicized
school history is teaching our
children that the Declaration Of
independence seems now to be
largely unreasonable" and
Fourth of July iubilation fool
ish': and how these teachings
are directly traceable to definite
foreign influences.
The Mclaughlin and Van Tyne
History of the United States for
Schools" distorts the glorious
meaning of our great national
holiday and discredits the Decla-
ration it commentaries, thus:
1.-The reason we celebrate the
Fourth instead of the second of
July is that most men thought
more about the day Congress
voted to accept a declaration
drawn up by Thomas Jefferson
explaining to the world the rea-
sons for making the resolution of
independence. A list OF twenty.
seven grievances was given, some
of which seem unreasonable now,
but others constituted real
wrongs. Pages 1894.
Among the Wings, or Patri-
OTIS, the news was joyfully re-
ceived. Some thoughtless people
went too far and did foolish
things, like burning an effigy of
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

Many District inhabitants re-
member the trial well.
Despite the fact that police
court judge is rarely called upon
to give a decision on any weighty
matter, Solomon Mullowny set
tied one Of the greatest problems
confronting man since the in
vention of trousers pockets. The
edict OF the court, probably not
yet forgotten by older Washing
ton residents, came in the case
of a Mrs. Ridgeway, who COM
planned that her husband had
beaten her because she had taken
the loose change from his trousers
while he slept.
At the trial, the husband argued
that he was justified in striking
his wife, az no law gave her the
right to go through his pockets.
He showed, logically and con-
clusively, that as long as the
trousers were his, the pockets, be-
ing part of the trousers, were also
his, and therefore the money in
them belonged to him alone.
Mrs. Ridgeway contended that
when they were welded, she had
promised to share in his trials,
troubles and tribulations: then,
why wasn't she entitled to his
pockets as well! Judge Mullowny,
who had but year before en-
tered on the powerful proverbial
sea of matrifhony, took issue
with the mans reasoning, and
decided in favor OF the woman.
Whereupon he sent the offender
off with a warning and reprimand
in which he said:
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
"A woman who does not go
through her husbands pockets
does not love him. It shows that
a woman loves you; it shows she
has an interest in you. You have
been married long enough to
know that a woman has some
rights" Then turning to Mrs.
Ridgeway, your husbands
pockets are as much his property
as they are yours, and so your
pockets, if you have any, can be
searched by him.
Like wildfire, newspaper COM
ment on his opinion swept the
Nation. The story was trans
lated into foreign tongues and
carried to Europe. Cartoons in
many of the leading American
papers depicted women rifling their
husbands pockets. Others por.
trayed husbands getting suspi-
cious of their wives, because they
found everything in their pockets
intact each morning. Hundreds
of letters Of protest from angry
husbands and an equal number
Of letters Of eulogy and praise
from joyous wives poured in
through the mails daily for many
weeks.
The following from a st. Louis
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
It Is Not History

1.-THE American Constitution is
the most wonderful work ever
struck off at a given time by
the brain and purpose Of man."
With all due respect for Magma
Charta, patriotic Americans must
agree with Gladstone. and indig-
nantly protest against the teach
ing to our children Of the theory
that human liberty consists In
set Of specified rights for Eng
lish barons, granted by Q scared
King.
Thus American spirit must in
sist, instead, that our children
shall continue to be taught, as in
the past, the real, distinctive
American doctrines by which our
liberties and ideals Of self-gov-
eminent must continue to be in
terpreted If they are to endure
unimpaired.
Copyright. 1s2s. BY Charles Grant Miller.
The Washington times., 1923-02-04

va "a AO AO"CHUHSA
That remark is: Hell soon be
back"
So frequently has this predic-
ton been a true prophecy that
a man once branded a real news
getter is never quite thoroughly
accepted as anything selse, even
though he overtake greater finan-
cial rewards through publicity"
the movies or the magazines.
Somehow the first love seems
60 stick.
Perhaps it is the same strange
lure of the fist affection that is
at work in the lives Of two for
mer Washington judges. Once
judges. they seem to thrive most
happily in the atmosphere Of the
very courts over which they once
presided. Changed in role, they
now plead for unfortunates
OF the same type that they once
studied from their judicial seats.
TWO FORMER JUDGES.
Thus, today, visitors to police
court frequently recognize at the
counsels' table the familiar faces
Of former judges A. r. Mullowny
and James L. Pugh.
Old-timers who in their careers
have wondered what was going
20 happen to them as they faced
these men and murmured Good
morning, judge" well remember
the now historically famous ver-
diets handed down particularly
by Mullowny.
There is q saying around Police
Court that il you remember
Coxey's crusade to Washington,
Il you remember Coxey's trial
In Police Court, it is pretty GER
tain that you remember Alexander
Richard Mullowny, assistant Dis
trict Attorney In 1894.
Mullowny first attracted ma
SAOu-WAoO a(SCAbAOAA 1S PAOSCCaS1l6
attorney in the famous Coxey
case. Jacob Coxey. leader Of the
"Commonweal Army" later call
ed Coxey's Army, and two OF his
associates, Lieut.. Gen. Carl
Browne and Commander Christie
pher Columbus Jones, had been ar
rested for crossing the Capitol
lawn, carrying a banner. The
charges emanating from these
offenses, though of minor i'm.
portance, were heralded in the
newspapers throughout the coun-
try.
WHOSE POCKETS.
The defendants were represent.
Cd by two Senators, Allen of
Nebraska and Stewart of Nevada,
and a large number of Represen-
tatives. Against these odds, Mr..
Mullowny succeeded in convinc-
ing the jury of the Common
wealers' guilt, and as a result a
verdict against them followed.
The dispatches from Washington
In almost every journal in the
Union gave Mullowny prominence.
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
HAS A WIFE RIGHT
TO co THROUGH HER
HUSBANDS POCKETS?
EYES," Was MuIlOWny's IJnheSitating Answer
When HE Was Called Upon to Decide the
Question, and That Meant More National
NOtice-But HE Wouldn't Give Wives Any
Rights Over Letters They Found.

~ + E 3 4
roughened and Drowned cheeks.
mo. not this time." answered
the court.
JAIL FOR REVENUE.
OF the inebriates who faced
Judge Mullowny, one woman
Lizzie, we will call earned"
a great deal OF money from her.
arrest. Whenever Lizzie needed
money, she purposely committed
some sort Of misdemeanor that
caused her arrest. Unaware of
her motive. Judge MuIlowny con-
victed and fined her. OF course,
she did not pay it, but in a
piteous tone, begged the Judge to
let her go, az she was poverty
stricken and a jail sentence would
mean sure death to her frail body.
Newspaper men around the court
sounded her appeal for aid, and
at times she would receive more
than five times the amount OF
her fine, but she refrained from
paying her way out. When her
jail term was up, she squandered
the money on booze and other
worthless connections.
Judge Mullowny's first case, as
recounted in the newspapers Of
that time; was that Of two women
arrested for passing through
residential section during the small
hours of the night and arousing
the slumberBng community by
their loud laughter and lingo.
The women were old offenders,
records showed, and having seen
the cold grey walls and gloomy
interior Of the workhouse on many
previous occasions did not espe-
cially crave a return. Seeing a
green" judge, they told q melliflu-
ent tale of how their respective
husbands had beaten them and
thrown them from their homes.
They said they were only weeping
when the officer arrested them.
1t seemed as IL the policeman
who had taken them into custody
had trumped up a story, when
Judge Mullowny took hand. The
women broke under his examina-
ton, admitted that they had acct
dentally taken a few drinks too
many, and were fined IS each.
BOOST" IN PRESS.
While it is unnecessary to COM
ment on Mr.. Mullowny's sound
judgment and ingenuity in the
handling of Police Court cases, one
need but turn back the files of
newspapers. In one publication,
dated 1905. a long article was
printed, part Of which follows:
After less than a months ex-
perience of the quality of Alex
ander r. Mullowny the habitues
of the Police Court are constrained
to indorse the Presidents appoint
ment, and to admit that he has
once more hit the nail on the head.
Which, of course, will bring con-
tentment to the soul of Theodore
Roosevelt.
1.-THE new police court judge
for the District of Columbia has
not been long on the bench but
he has already developed the in
dividuality and personality which
add considerable interest to the
days routine there. Those who
The Washington times., 1923-02-04
5uCLZED HISTORY SLURS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Such is not American history:
it is British propaganda invention.
All real history rebukes and dis
proves it. These jealous seekers
after obscure sources Of our Iiber-
ties. who contemptuously disparage
the American Declaration and Con-
stitution, must necessarily over
look the verdict Of world states
manship summed up by their own
Gladstone. who said: