Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 131, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 8, 1917 Page: 2 of 6
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SATI’KDAY. DEPKMBKK » PUT.
A BI’SINKSS TICKET.
With the city election only ;i few days
off. and the withdrawal of the People’-
ticket from the race. Brownsville doubt-
less may feel n-snred that the ticket which
was announced about ten day- ago. with
Mayor A. Albert Browne at it- head will
constitute the eity commission for the'next
two years.
The Herald feel- that it will Ik* well for
the welfare of Brownsville if this shall
prove true. The ticket is. in truth one of
the I test that eouid have lu-cii selected. lt-
'pcf-onnrl ffrnmws the city a thorough
bii-inc-- admiui-tration with honest con-
scientious service thr ughout. No city
government |»erhup- is ever perfect or can
lw entirely free from the danger of mis-
takes or oversight—so long as the service
of the members of the government is given
without remuneration and by men who
have |tcrsonul business affairs that natur-
ally must engage their attention the
greater part of the time. But The il«t|ald
believes that the men who compose^!he
ticket which is presented for the coming
electjon will give tin- city a clean intelli-
gent and progressive admiui-t ration. We
believe that these men will be nn-etfi-h
• Hough to eoli-ider the gem ra! go«nl of mil
people and will be guided by a -incere de-
sire to place Brownsville in the front rank
n- a modern progres-ive city.
The ticket i- in no -cn-e political. It
i< a bn sine-- ticket. Tlie-e men are prac-
tical -iiccc—fnl business men. Those who
make a suece-s in directing their own af-
fnirs should Ik* capable of carrying on the
public bnsine-s with cpual -access. let
us forget politics for oiu-e and give our
hearty support to the men who have erm-
sciited to give their time and attention to
the work of carrying on our eity govern-
ment* provided the citizen- choose to diet
t hem.
Til K Til HI FT STAMI*.
Tin* limit -lamp pi;u*e* within Mm* reach
of every one to help win the war. The
price twenty-five cent-. i- -o -mall that
a Into I any chihl can extend that -mall
aid to the country. Farcr.t* ami teachers
should nil*** the children to <l<i tin- much
for the tlvlcn-c of the flag. The Ic-son of
thrift which max l*c taught by the -ax’fng
of -mall change for the purpo-c of buying
thrift -iniup- will Im* of never ciuling value
to the children. I tv put ling ju-t sixteen
xpiarterc -axed at odd time- into the
stump*. and the addition of only twelve
cent- cash at any lime during December
and January- or l»v tin* addition of one
eeiU more for each succeeding month dur-
mt.' the vi nr lulls. one inav obtain a five
doll ar war -axing- certificate at any po-l
ofii •* or hunk or other agency appointed
.tor the -ale oi the .-tamp-.
Some merchant- have patriotically
adopted the plan of accepting thrift
•amp mi exchange a- money tor n..*r-
••handie. Xou do not lose a cent xvhen you
b.iv a thrift -tamp. You will get your
money hack with interc-t. and you will be
helping your country to win the war when
you buy a thrift -tamp.
Hie very knowledge that by becoming
the owner o| a tlirilt -tamp one hccoinc-
a ta< tor in tin* work of winning the victory
I. t ..nr country in the great World War
x.ill help to make it- more alive to the fact
that every one of u- can do something for
oar country. The thrift -lamp will cuu-c
the pureha-ers to realize more than evei
that they are citizen* of ;l great republic
which depend- for it- tinal -iicce— np<>n
the loyally of all ol it* jicople.
The appalling disaster at Halifax has
east a gloom over the entire country.
Americans Toil t!.i> IcrriMe catastrophe o?
keenly as if it hail occurred within their
own boundaries. The American R*sl Cross
already with its accustomed pronipjitude
has sent substantial aid to the stricken
city.
Spot the spies and the traitors. Kvcry
loyal American man woman boy and girl
should consider himself or herself a mem-
ber of the country's secret service and
keep close watch for any act of treason
or of treachery. The country is thick
with spit's. Spies are believed to he •'elid-
ing out information regarding the coun-
try at will. Watch for them and if you
>ce anything that looks suspicious gu toll
the government about it._
A MAJOR AND HIS PUBLICITY AGENT.
AGENT.
(Fort Worth Record.)
Publicity i- tin* tiling. A publicity agent
who know- hi- business i- a valuable ad-
junct to -tatesinen. politicians preachers
professor- actor- singers heroes or
sages. Printer’s ink is the power that
rules the world. William Randolph llear-t
affirm- it and Lord Xort-cliffe proudly
admits it. The Chicago Herald prints tin
following story:
Bad Texans Who Would Tar Him.
Major Clinnin Whips Three Armed
I Ion-ton. Tex. Nov. 23.— ( Special. 1
—There are three -adder and wi-er
cattlemen in South Texas tonight. Two
day- ago one of them threatened to
tar and feather Major .lolm V. Clinnin
of the Idl'd Infantry and la-t night
he with two other- -farted out to
their hip- and blood in their eye-
make g»*od tin* threat.
They came with gun- -trapped on
When lliev left the blood \va- running
from their no.-e- and down their
check-.
A la »u t three week- ago the tir-t ent-
tleman roinpluined to Major Clinnin
that -oldier- were burning thon-and-
ot dollar-* worth of hi- property near
the title range where Major Clinnin i-
a--igned. The major found there was
no ha-i- for the -tntement. Thi- an-
gered the eattleman.
* When the three raneher- arrived
tonight and -tarted after Clinnin lie
droptied what In* wa- doing and
thrn-hnd the three of them tir-l eol-
leetively and tlien individually.
For year- Major Clinnin held the
heavyweight boxing eliampion-hip of
the Kir-t lllinoi- Infantry now the
131-1 while a- a football player there
were few in Chieago that had mueh
on him.
Who ever heard of a Texu- eattleman
threatening to u-e tar and fentiier- * Who
ever heard of a Texa- eattleman going on
the warpath tor an enemy with hi- “gun
-trapped on hi- hip.*** Who ever heard of
three Texa- eattlemen armed to the teeth
going on the warpath for a lone -tranger?
lai-lly who ever heard of a Texa- eattle-
man with a -i.\--hooter handy who would
permit a major from lllinoi- or even Fha-
dam to hlaeken hi- eves make pulp of hi-
no-e or bloody hi- faee ? Thi- doughty
major inu-t he a wonder. First he took
them Indian fa-hion and put {he Texan-
out in one. two and three order. Then he
-food them up and whipped the trio eolleet-
ively. Now they are “-adder and wi-er.*’
Did lie relieve them of their weapon-? Did
he remove their s|.‘ Did he eonfi-eate
their Itowie knive- Did lie eoniuuilnieer
their Wild nm-tang-? Did he make them
pri-oner- ot war? Did lie e-rape without a
-erateli and who i- hi- puhlieity agent—a
native or a newrnmer?
SWITZERLAND.
i Waco Times.Herald.)
Have you ever thought what a wonder*
Till country is Switzerland*
Not giogpra Ideally—she is truly won-
derful here—hut politically.
There she sit* n real democracy in the
midst of < n»wne<l head*.
The oppressed of all Kuro|icaii lands look
longingly toward Switzerland.
The great studs who are misunderstood
in France or Italy or Russia nr Germany
find asylum in Switzerland.
In Switzerland there i~ never snppres-
sion of free speech anti anarchy is tin
known save only as it i- nursed hy some
one who has brought it there hut never
i' it made manifest.
In Switzerland there i- never nttempt
t<» direct the intlivitlual in his |*crsonal
hahils. and disortler is a> rare as the
atmosphere on the mountain |icuks.
Kvery man in Switzerland takes train-
ing in a military camp Imt militarism and
military caste are unknown to the peo pie.
\s was said ut ancient Gaul. Switzer
land is divided into three parts- that i~.
into three racial divisions one French one
German and one Italian hut all for their
common country.
Serene ill the midst of a raging storm
that's Switzerland during these past three
yea fs.
War InHisory
December 8 1914.
German fleet destroyed hy British fleet
off the Falkland Islands.
December 8. 1915.
German troops reached Greek frontier
east of Monai'tir.
December 8 1916.
Roumanian army surrendered to General
von Muckcu~en‘s forces. j
READY TO AID
U. S. IN ITS
SUREY PLANS
LIFE INSURANCE MEN OF UNITED
STATES NOT ONLY READY TO
HELP IN ARMY INSURANCE
BUT EAGER TO GIVE AID.
NKW YOUK Dee. 8.—Lite insurance
men of the I'nited Stales are ready and
eager to give all assistance in their power
to make the government's insurance sys-
tem for soldiers and sailors a 'UH'fs> de-
clared (ieorge K. Ide of New York at the
annual convention of the Association of
Lite Insurance presidents here. Mr. Ide
is a member of tlie executive eominittee of
the association and i- chairman of the in-
surance men's eominittee appointed bv
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. Il<-
described the government insurance sys-
tem as “colossal.”
“During the progress of the framing ot
this law much was said as In the danger
to the life insurance companies from what
was tinned ‘the entering of the govern-
ment into life insurance business’'* said
Mr. Ide. “In tin1 form m which the bill was
finally passed I -ee no such menace and
I have felt that that menace was greatly
exaggerated during the preliminary dehate
and discu—ion. Kven the optional insur-
ance feature of the hill i- not like any or-
dinary governmental insurance. It was
simply intended. I believe by it- promoter-
to provide a plan by which tin enlisted
men -ln..dd pay a nominal |>en<-e rate and
receive war indemnity the government
(laying the difference thus restoring to
him what was termed his ‘insumhilitv.* 4
“All danger that tlu- "iteration of the *o- |
called life iu*uruucc urliele may Ik- u*cd
in the I ut lire a* a ha*i* for argument in'
favor of governmental in*nrance will in m\
opinion lie eliminated if the adnnni*tration
realize* the neee**ity of handling tin* new I
department o* a ha*i* o| credit and dcht
*imilar to that which i* compul*or\ in tlu
management of private corpora t ion*
charging the war insurance with all ex -
|ien*c* incurred
“No one can realize how much i* going
to he accompli*hed in an educational way
when the de|tcndent* of our *oldicr* find
theni*elve* receiving tlu* enornim* hene-
tit* which inu*t accrue under tin* hill and
w lu n they begin to r» ali/e a* the\ nni*t.j
that thi* eido**al mea*ure made neee**ar\ !
Jhy our present war condition* i* *imp'\
an endor~eim*nt of the value of tlu under-
lying principle* of life and di*ahiliix in-
*uranee. The government ha* hy tin* law
given to our hu.*ine** an eiidor*ement not
of a theoretical chnr»w:ler liut an iudor»e-
nu*nt hacked up by a iinaucial guarantee
tlu* magnittide o» which no one can prop-
erly estimate.
■ I he tut lire piroldcm lie lore the private
lilt* insurance corp Mirations is h> demon-
strale by results that which is firmly he-
lie\td l»\ insurance t'.\|M*rt> ot ex|ierien<*e.
namely.- that the insurance business »-au |M.
handled most wisely and economically bx
private eor|»orallotis managed by men who
have made the subject a life study. Kor
one. I have no tear of competition bv the
government provided the same rules and
restrictions apply to it as to the private
corporations. It the government conducts
this business without administration or
overhead charges without taxation of anv
kind without restriction as to investment
and without departmental supervision fair
comparison is out of the ipucstion. One
iin|M»rlnnt fact will however lie forced ul-
timately upon the attention of all namely
that all administration ami clerical ex-
pense that all losses in fact all outgo not
covered by actual income must he borne
hi the last analysis by the nation and that
the individual tax payer must foot the
Mil. cSomething can uol he created out ot
nothing even by the government and ti-
naneial camouflage will not long deceive
the |»eo|lie.
I lie duty ot the insurance fraternity is
clear. We must do all tu our |Miwcr to siipi-
port iu a whole-hearted patriotic wav
every war measure.**
—-on-
SPECTACLE OF SOLDIER LIFE.
NT.W Dee. S.—To raise money to
hmld a gymnasium and theater at Camp
I plan -soldiers ol the National \rmv have
arranged an elaborate military sp»ertaclc to
tie presented toiiiorro night at the hippo-
drome. "Your llo>* 1 lav's Work" i~ the
title ol the 'peetai i li will lie an exhibi-
tion of eamt' lif« t- in the time the -oldier
rist?s in the morniug until he retires when
tapis is sounded. More than Mini men. now
in training at Camp Kplon. will take part
in the spectacle.
-no
HOW WAR SAPSl
GERMAN VITALITY
• l m
Socialist Organ Sounds Grave
_Alarm Regarding Some Life
Conditions. 7
• - -"?**
BLOCKADE HURTS HEALTH
Marriages and Births Grow Fewer
While Deaths Increase in Num-
ber—Food Shortage Influences
T Infant Mortality.
a.
Amsterdam.—IIow the war Is sap-
ping the vital strength of the German
nation not only on the field of battle
i»ut at home. Is told In an illuminating
article in the Chemnitaer Volkskinue
a prominent German socialist organ a
copy of which has Just reached here.
The pa|**r citing facts and figures
sounds u grave alarm and warns the
government that “certain concessions
to the poor premiums on babies or in-
surance schemes'’ will not suffice if
the nation is to survive.
The article follows:
Since 1915 the number of deaths in
Germany'has exceeded that of birth.
The decrease in the birth rate since
1913 is considerable.
In 1914 this decreuse was 18.500; in
1915 It reached (in comparison with
1913) the 423.000 mark or 23 per cent;
In 1916 it was 725.500 or 40 per cent.
This decrease in the birth rate has
consequences even more far reaching
than the loss of life on the numerous
battlefields. The effect Is partially
counterbalanced by the fact that the
mortality of infants has considerably
decreased. The year 1914 marked a
rise In the death rate of infnnts
amounting to 20.000; but in 1915 then’
was a decrease of 01000 and in 1916
one of 110.000. or 40 per cent.
Marriages Are Decreasing.
These last figures throw f. clear but
sad light upon tin* social consequences
of the war. The fall in the birth rate
Is self-explanatory. Many who In nor-
mal times would have been happy to
hnve children are restricted by the
circumstances of wart.me from enlnrg-
ng their families. Besides the war has
considerably reduced the number of
marriages and It Is a well-known fact
that young people contribute to re-
nopulatlon more than others.
During the first month of the war
marriages were very numerous; there
Is n tendency to believe that since that
time marriages have not ceased to be
more numerous than in |»ence times. In
August of 1911 there were In the cities
of Prussia three times as many mar-
riages as In the month of July of the
same year; but then* this increase
stopped. As the war dragged on. with
Its long campaigns marriages became
fewer and fewer.
In the w hole empire the Initial ahun-
iance of marriages was followed by a
sharp diminution which continues to
this day. We have not yet at hand the
3gures for the whole of the empire hut
we know that In Suxon/ there were
26.300 marriages In 1915 as against
10.300 in 1913.
In Hamburg the corresponding de-
rrense amounted to 2.300; in Berlin to
5000. and in Bremen to 1.000.
Birth Rate Cut Seriously.
Since It may l»e assumed that the av-
erage young couple has one child at
the end of the first year it Is seen that
‘his diminution of marriages leaves a
serious cut in the Mrth rate.
The food shortage naturally Influ-
ences Infant mortality. Looking sim-
:>ly at the figures one Is tempted to re-
joice over the decrease In fchis mor-
tality. hut when one considers It In
"onuectlon with the situation on the
whole It presents a gloomy picture.
The decrease In the birth rate Is
*nsed upon peace-time figures. It In-
rludes children who should have hern
yorn. hut who had they come to life
luring the war. would have been most
pxposed to premature death. Hut there
s a much smaller number of llh>gitl-
unte children and It Is especially the
poor people who are abstaining from
rnlarging their families.
The Infant {porta lity therefore
thmild have fnllcn off in a much great-
er proportion than the birth rate. Now
this Is not the ease; the fall In the
birth rate exceeds evgn by 1 per cent
the death rate of children of tender
ngo.
These figures show us that the wal^
makes Itself felt not only on the flel«|
of battle but that It reaches out
strike at the root of the nation—tlh]
birth rate.
The blockade \\ hlch I'nglnnd find
her allies have established against ltd
with a touching solicitude for humanU
ty has greatly reduced the standard o9
our national health. The number oC
births shows that the growth of thd
population Is being retarded at ltd
roots much more gravely than we aU
lowed ourselves to believe at the onto
sot.
The situation Is very serlraiSL Bt
In the event that the war should ch<S
favorably for us in military and po-
litical respects It will have sapped thti
strengtl. of our population unless
master the tasks that will confront
Corset Saves Her Life. ™
Houghton. Mich.—The life of Mrs.
Frederick Lundroche of Hancock was
probably saved by a corset stay. Her
husband arraigned in court on a
charge of non-st*pport. asked for per-
mission to speak to his wife. This be-
ing granted he pulled a revolver and
final twice. One shot went wild the
other was deflected by the corset slay.
MEATLESS AND WHEATLESS DINNER
CHIC.mn III. IN.—What will |»rtil».
I ahiy be the tir^t strictly meatless . aud
IRRIGATION
MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
E. H. CALDWELL & SON
CORPUS CHR1STI TEXAS
BROWNSVILLE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
v „ GUARANTY FUNS BANK.
THE BANK OF THE MONEY SAVERS.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND TIME
DEPOSITS.
SMALL ACCOUNTS WELCOMED.
Merchants National Bank
Brownsville Texas
ML STOCK from Earnings $100000.00 $200000.1
SURPLUS FUND (Earned) $110000.00
Four Per Cent Interest Paid On Time And Savings Deposits
The First National Bank
Of Brownsville Texas
United States Depositary
CAPITAL <p»m '») $100000
SURPLUS --- - $200000
GUNTER HOTEL
San Antonio Texas.
Absolutely Fireproof Modem European.
RATES $1.00 to $3.00 per day.
A HOTEL BUILT FOR THE CLIMATE
.1 RENDEZVOUS FOR BROWNSVILLE PEOPLE.
Percy Tyrell Manager.
Official Head-Quarters A. A. A;
STAMPS and ICE
- *7 « v w. HAVE ADVANCED IN PRICE.
The advance iu the price of paper forced the government to raise the price of
stamps—the advance in the cost of fuel oil has forced us to raise the price of icc.
PEOPLES ICE & MANUFACTURING CO
! SAN ANTONIO UVALDE & GULF RAILROAD
THE LINK LINE
i Announces the opening of A
breight and Passenger Depart-
ment Office in Brownsville.
A. B. Holliday T. F. and P.A.
in. charge.
Office Kith AmfEo n telizabelh reets.
Teleph124
uheatle» menu ever .-crveil at a l>au<|iu‘t
in Chicago will be a feature of the annual
dinner of the Indiana Society ot Chicago
which i^ to lake place at the Cmigre^'
hotel tonight. The eoiuinittee in charge
plan- to make the attnir one of the lug pa
triotie events of the year.
THE STARS ON THE FLAG
Wh\ du the .-tarsi m the Atneriean flag
represent I lie 'lar^ in llie lien veil' ?
IteeuUse il is Iteyond tin- power of nuv
nation on earth to pull them down.—R. (j
Aligm ra.
. oo- -. —- * *
While the Red Sox have held the edge
for enlistments the White Sox led by Kd-
die. Collins have Dow started to line up in
the big game for l’tide Sam
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