New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1916 Page: 1 of 10
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NEW ULM ENTERPRISE
VOL. 6. NO. 42.
NEW ULM , TEXAS. JULY 7, 1916
$1.50 A YEAR
TIME HAS ARRIVED TO ACT IN MEXICO
By Beverly D. Harris
(New York Journal of Commerce)
Beverly D. Harris, vice presi-
dent of the National City bank,
who recently returned from a
trip to Texas, his former home,
discussed the Mexican situation
with a representative of the
Journal of Commerce. From
his studies of conditions he said
he was firmly of the opinion that
every possible influence should
be brought to bear for immediate
intervention. He suggested the
establishment of an American
protectorate over Mexico.
‘‘Mexico as it stands,” said
Mr. Hanis, “is a nettle which
will always continue to sting us
unless we grasp it firmly. Be-
yond the shadow of a doubt the
time has come to take the initia-.
tive with the utmost aggressive-
ness and strike hard. We should
take immediate possession of all
railroads and ports of entry,
place an embargo on munitions
and supplies and establish a rigid
blockade.
“The Mexicans are in no con-
dition, financially or otherwise,
to carry on a war with us. There
is no use putting off the evil day,
and to a time less opportune.
We now have every justification
and merit, on our side. If we
have to develop a big army of oc-
cupation. so much the better—
we need to develop it and main-
tain it hereafter, and no better
condition could exist for doing
so, taxing them ultimately for
the expense.
“It is unreasonable to think
that if we will not go into Mexi-
co and protect the lives and
property of our own citizens and
those of other countries, that
we can’t continue to uphold the
Monroe doctrine without force
of arms behind it, or that other
countries, if we do so, will per-
mit this condition to exist indefi-
nitely.
“The Mexican trouble, if per-
mitted to contihue, may develop
into a basis of armed aggression
in the future from any strong
nation or nations, and we will be
fortunate under any circumstan-
ces to preserve and maintain the
cordial good will and friendly re-
lations with those countries now
engaged in the European war.
“In my opinion, we should
bring every inf luence at our com-
mand to bear for immediate in-
tervention, not only as a national
necessity, but as a greatest bless-
ing that we could confer upon
the republic of Mexico.”
Mr. Harris expressed the opin-
ion that the Mexican forces are
very poorly trained and organiz-
ed, having little knowlege of tac-
tics, and lacking generally in
the qualifications that go to'make
up good soldiers. He defined
sentiment on the border as
strong in the belief that the Am-
erican army could easily handle
the situation, and said that there
was no disposition to doubt its
ability to promptly dispose of
any military forces that might
assemble. Reports of interior
conditions in Mexico, he said, all
tended to show that the masses
of the people are destitute and
practically starving; that their
military leaders are bandits like
their followers, representing the
idle and vicious elements of the
population, and preying upon
such as are disposed to work.
Under existing circumstances,
Mr. Harris stated that he had
good basis for the belief that to
attempt farming as virtually im-
possible, as crops, livestock and
all personal property were at the
mercy of the Mexican soldiers.
He asserted also that there were
plenty of indications that the
people as a whole were tired of
present disorder, and would wel-
come intervention if peace and
prosperity might be restored,
although there existed a natural
aversion to conquest by an alien
power. The Mexican people
have a superstitious fear of what
might follow such action by the
United States, Mr. Harris assert-
ed, but this is not so formidable
as to withstand a few months’
beneficial experience under
American regulation.
“There is no danger of running
American cattle over to the Mex-
ican side,” said Mr. Harris, “as
Carranza money is worthless and
nothing could be obtained for
the cattle over there. On the
contrary, there are large num-
bers of Mexican cattle along the
border which could be ^aken
over to this country and sold but
for the ban which has been put
on livestock or other exports by
the Carranza government. About
the only live stock that is in any
danger from thieves is horses,
which are needed, and are in de-
mand on the other side.”
Mrs. Kauffman Dies of Grief;
Follows Her Husband
to the Tomb-
Five months ago L. E. Kauff-
man, a well known Houstonian,
passed away. Yesterday, while
visiting relatives in San Antonio,
Mrs. Kauffman followed her hus-
band to the great beyond. Those
who knew her best attribute her
untimely death to grief. Follow-
ing her husband’s death she be-
gan to decline and for months ef-
forts for her restoration have
been unavailing.
The funeral occurs at 4:30
o’clock this afternoon, with bu-
rial in Glenwood. Rev. F. E.
Fincher of the"Second Presbyte-
rian Church will read the service
at the home, 603 Elgin Avenue,
and at the grave.
Mrs. Kauffman, a native of In-
dianola, was in her forty-first
year. She is survived by four
children, Herbert, Constance,
Helen, and Louis; her mother,
Mrs. L. C. Lehmann. The five
brothers are 0. F. Lehmann of
San Antonio, Oscar and Emil
Lehmann of Houston, Ed T, Leh-
mann of Joplin,. Mo., and O. H.
Lehmann of Portland, Ore. The
sisters are Mrs. C. F. Weigle of
Galveston, Mrs. F. F. Andree of
San Antonio; Mrs. N. B. Judd
and Mrs. P. 0. Gagne of Houston
and Mrs. L, A. Ladow of Mill-
ville, N. J.
The pallbearers will be L. B.
Carlton, H. Y. Howze, F. A.
Brown, J. T. Qualtrough, John
T. and W. O. Monroe.—Houston
Chronicle, July the 4th.
NEW ULM WINS.
Bartay Pitches a Shut-out Game.
After our defeat at Schoenau
last Sunday, the Post Oak Point
boys came over on the 4th to ad-
minister the same treatment; but
—thereby hangs a sad tale. For
what our boys did to them was a
plenty, and then some. At the
close of the game the score stood
7 toO in favor of the home team.
In only one inning of the game
did the visitors threaten to pass
the counting station. With the
exception of this inning they nev-
er got a runner any farther than
the “key-stone” station, and in
the first three innings they went
out in one, two, three order.
The New Ulm team had rear-
ranged its regular line up and
was trying out a new battery.
How well it worked is shown by
the above score; in fact every
thing went along as if it was a well
oiled piece of machinery. All the
credit should not be given to the
battery, although it did its work
well; for it received fine support
from every man on the team.
Even Meyer who is a weak batter
found no difficulty in connecting
with the offerings of the flinger
who bears the same cognomen as
himself. “Fritz” took advan-
tage of his half holiday to show
that he knew something about the
art of base ball, only striking out
one time. "Tt would take up too
muclE^paco <to-giv& full details in
regard to the individual players,
for each one contributed his part
towards the winning of the game.
It would not be fair to close
the write-up without mentioning
the fact that Meyer and Rinn,
for. Post Oak Point, played an ex-
ceptionally good article of ball.
Meyer really deserved a better
fate than fell to his lot; for he
twirled a good game, and only er-
rors on the part of the in-field
kept him from making a good
showing. The out-field did very
creditable work behind their
pitcher. The majority of the
team played a good defensive,
but a poor offensive game.
The following is the score by
innings:
Post Oak Point 000 000 000—0
New Ulm 132 010 OOx—7
The batteries were as follows:
Post Oak Point, Meyer and Rinn;
New Ulm, Bartay and B Kot-
in ann. Umpire Bruno Frnka.
An Auto Collision?
Friday morning between nine
and ten o'clock two autoes collid-
ed at the intersection of the
streets immediately in front of
the Enterprise office. The only
damage was to the smaller car
which had a tire knocked off and
deep indents made on the body
near the center of it. The heav-
ier car was running about 8 miles
an hour when the mishap occurr-
ed, but it pushed the lighter one
for about 12 feet before it was
stopped.
Some of the spectators put the
blame on one driver while others
claimed that it vzas the fault of
the other one, but it would be
hard to tell just who was respon-
sible for the accident. Fortunate-
ly no one was hurt and there will
be no attempt made to attach the
blame to any one. However, if it
results in drivers using more
caution while on the streets of
the city, it will have served a
good purpose.
HON. JOE H. EAGLE SPEAKS AT NEW ULM
Wednesday afternoon a repre-
sentative crowd of New Ulm bus-
iness men motored over to In-
dustry to meet and act as escort
to this place, Hon. Joe H. Eagle,
the congressman from this con-
gressional district. He was
scheduled to address the people
here at 8.30 that evening, but ar-
rived in town a few hours before
the time set for his talk which
gave him a chance to meet and
mingle with az large number of
the citizens.
A little before nine o’clock Hon.
Gus Voigt, our postmaster, intro-
duced Mr. Eagle to the crowd
which had gathered to hear him.
Congressman Eagle then took the
floor and sketched briefly the
business which he had been com-
pelled to attend to since becoming
a congressman, and which had
kept him from visiting this part
of his district before this time.
He said that congress had been
in almost continuous session
since he had been chosen as rep-
resentative from this section and
that fact made it impossible for
him to be absent from Washing-
ton. He took occassion in his in-
troduction to state that his op-
ponent was claiming that he
would beat him 3 to 1, but that
hs would be a badly disappoint-
ed man when the returns from
the July primaries are all in.
Mr. Eagle remarked that it was
utterly impossible for his oppo-
nent to get a vote of such dimen-
sions as he had in his previous
race received more thap double
the number of votes than the
man now opposing him had been
favored with; consequently he
did not believe that public senti-
men had undergone such a radi-
cal change since that time.
While speaking lie said that
this district is one of the hardest
in Texas to represent to the Sat-
isfaction of all concerned, and
gave the following reasons to sup-
port his statement: three of the
counties are anti, while five are
pro; second, nearly all nations are
represented among the citizens
who make up the population- of
the district; third, the sentiment
of the urban population conflicts
with that of the rural districts.
All of these combined forming a
combination that no one could
represent with satisfaction to all.
He made a special appeal to the
voters of Austin county because
he had voted as they instructed
in the following matters: Against
national prohibition; For an em-
bargo on the shipment of arms
to the European couaitries; And
supported the Jeff McLemore
resolution in regard to riding on
neutral ships. As he has work-
ed energetically for the success-
ful outcome of all questions di-
rectly effecting the people of
Austin county, he feels that he is
entitled to their support.
During the speech he stated
that there were two forces at
work in Washington which would
destroy the democratic form of
government unless some means
were found to overcome these
dangers.._ The things to which
he referred are the tendency
toward a government monopoliz-
ed by the moneyed interest and
the socialist sentiment that pre-
vails.
Congressman Eagle said that
he was not. seeking the office for
any pecuniary gain that might
be derived therefrom; for he is
well established financially and
independent of the office, and any
man that sought the place for the
salary attached to it would be
greatly disappointed to find that
the renumeration is just barely
sufficient to pay alt the expenses
that go with the holding of such
a position.
In closing his remarks he paid
a compliment to thez people of
German extraction by saying
that representative government
had its beginning among the
Teutonic people, and spread from
them into England and France.
His address ended with an appeal
for the support of the people
here; provided they thought that
he was making good as their rep-
resentative.
Mrs. Katherine Graeter of
Shelby Dies.
Mrs. Katherine Graeter, wife
of Mr. John Graeter, died at
Shelby on Thursday, June th^|
28th.. „ When.rfitirffig.foj: the eye JI
ning she remarked to her hus-
band that the change in the weath
er had caused her to feel much
better, but the next morning the
children aroused their father to
tell him that their mother was
dead; this being the first intima-
ation he had of his wife being ill.
She was enjoying almost perfect
health up until the time she pass-
ed so peacefully away, and the
idea of her death was far remov-
ed from the minds of the mem-
bers of the family.
She came to this country from
the Province of Wurttenburg,
Germany, 23 years ago, with her
husband. Their family consisted
of seven children of whom three
preceded their mother to the
grave.
The funeral services was held
at Shelby on June the 29th, the
Rev. Brossard conducted the cer-
emony. The Schoenau Helvetia
assisted in the services by sing-
ing appropriate songs.
A large concourse of. sorrow-
ing friends and relatives follow-
ed the body to its last resting
place. The Enterprise extends
condolence to the' bereaved fam-
ily and relatives.
Monday afternoon Mrs. A. L.
Krueger of the Post Oak Point
community had the misfortune
of being bitten by a horse. As
the animal was sick at the time,
he was killed and his head was
sent to Austin for examination
by the officials of the Pasteur In-
stitute. It is to be hoped that
the examination will show that
the animal was not effected with
the rabies. *
The Frelsburg Ideal Band, A.
L. Laake manager, took the trairf^
Monday night for’ Sffiithville,
where they have a two day’s en-
gagement to play for the 4th of
July celebration there.
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Glaeser, Edwin. New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1916, newspaper, July 7, 1916; New Ulm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1189211/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nesbitt Memorial Library.