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.vJLUME XXV No. 311 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THURSDAY EVENING JULY 11 1918 * ESTABLISHED 1893
COWARDiCf OF
ROUMANIANS
LOST HOPE
OF IRLY
VICTORY
(Hy Associated Press.!
London July 11.—That Kouniania lost
an opportunity to annihilate the German
and Bulgarian armies m Dohmdja in l!M(i
was admitted hv the German General
von Muekensen who commanded the Ger-
man rive in the recent Roumanian peace
parleys. Politic ails at Bucharest recall-
ed the attack by Roumanians at a time
when they had the advantage.
Von Maeken-en declared that the fail-
ure of the Roumanians to press the ad-
vantage they had gained changed the
whole course of the war. lie said that his
entire army could have heen pocketed and
eom|N‘lled to surrender. The politicians
who called Averseeu the Roumanian gen-
eral. hack timidly preferred a defensive
policy to a daring offensive.
In September 101(5 General Averseeu
hail crossed the Danube into the enemy's
faintly with lour divisnjns and had
found a clear way into the heart of the
German-Bulgarian army and had j>ene-
trated it for a depth of 15 miles with a
view to cutting off all communications
and striking them from the rear.
Averseeii’s position was safe for be-
hind him lie had eight divisions of sup-
port troops. He neglected however to
cut the wires to his capital. Peremptory
orders came for him to withdraw. He pro-
tested hut to no avail. The officials at
I Bucliare-t feared that the German army
on the other side would break through
and cause damage while Averseeu was
far away.
SUBMARINES HEMMED IN.
1 Itv Associated Press.!
London. July 11.—Sir Kmc Geddes
first I urd of tin* admiralty announces
that mines are gradually hemming in the
submarines.
jMiXI 0 WILL
GET EXPORT
FROM II. S.
(I tv AwMMiiitnl Press.)
Washington July 11.—In giving “con-
crete expression” to the “friendly senti-
ments for Mexico expressed by President
Wilson to Mexican editor- ait the White
House recently the state department an-
nounced today it haul air ranged for the
exportation to Mexico of 1500.000 hush-
el- of corn manufactured articles of iron
steel zinc and copper agricultural ma-
chinery aind curtain foodstuffs.
Kxport licenses for the commodities
wdl he granted freely it was announced
' subject only to the restrictions imposed
by the laiw- and regulations of the United
States traiding with the enemy.
Articles for the cxploitation of mine
aim! mining machinery will Ik* exported
aind arrangements are being made to li-
een-e for export ai eon-ideraible amount
of railway equipment the character of
j which it i- ainnounccd has been eontnmni-
! < ;itcd to the Mexican government.
The -tate department ainnounccd that
the li-t of articles for export made public
today both here and hy the American
ainihais-ador ait Mexico City “i- not meant
to he exclusive.”
“The government of the United St;itc-“
saiid the announcement.' “will Ik* glaid to
I consider carefully and in ai most friendly
-pirit any requests the Mexican govern-
ment may make*for the inclusion of other
article- on this list.
“The United Staites hats been compelled
to eon serve certain commodities indispeji-
sahly required for its own use and for
the use of the governments associated
with it in the wair which in normal times
would he lively cxjHirled from the United
Staite- to Mexico hut as ai result of the
efforts of the United States government
to -t initiate production the li-t id' such
con-crved articles wi’l gradually contract
ami conditions of trade aind intercourse
lietween the two countries will it is
hoped soon become normalized.
“In talking thi- friendly position toward
Mexico the United Static- government has
■ no doubt tlrnt the Mexican government
will continue to allow commodities not
imperatively deeded in Mexico to he ex-
j ported to the United States
CONSERVATION CONGRESS ENDORSES
3 VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
* _
Mexico Treaty Automobile High-
way And Railroad From S. Antonio
To Valley To Be Pushed By Com-
mittee-Means Much Lower Border
San Antonio Texas July 11.—Three i
important things were accomplished at the j
meeting of the board of director- ot the t
Rio Grande Con-ervation t'ongre-s held i
at the (’handier of Commerce. These i
things will at'feet every person living along I
the R;o Grande river and in the Valley
proper a- well a- all |w»int- lietween. |t
The fir-i thing wa- this.
Looking toward getting a treaty he- 1
tween the United State- and Mexico 1
whereby the water- of the Rio Grande '
an be impounded to irrigate the Valley a 1
committee on international relations was:1
ap|Niinted who-e bu-ine— it will be later
to proceed to Washington to lay the mat •! 1
let before the government. It will have'
chatge of all preliminary survey- and
contracts that* may Ik* necessary* The
« member- ap|K»inted were A. D. Struthers.
of Lytord. \V. D. Gla-seoek of McAllen
If. jl. Creager of Brown-vil'e. Lon Hill of
Harlingen. W. T. Potter of Austin. E. L.
Schmidt of Eagle Pa— and Selig Deut-ch-
ttum ot San Antonio.
jt i- hoped to have the matter of the
7 treaty before the United States and the
Mexican government hv the first of the
v.ar.
'n the me;t*iwhile Is.*fore •be committee
is called to Washington it. J. ;Ctu ‘ lo.*al|
civil engineer who is thoroughly familiar
wi.ili the irrigation need *d. -hail pr<H*ct.l
early next week to Washington to work
with the reclamation department. He will
help it to assemble out of hi- v.i-t nota-j
tious all necessary data conrenrug the
a. project >o thaS by the lone the treaty isj
brought before the government the de-j
pnrtment of the interior will In* m posses-
sion of all physical information couerrn-
* '
*0
1 I
ii- (lie plan. Mr. Hand will uorl. in ron-i
unction w ith ('. Blanchard reclamr.-J
ion agent who was at the Rio (Jrande1
onservainui meeting at MeAl'en a fiwj
reeks ago and who looked over the eoun-i
rv and il-> need- at that time.
The second thing of iiii|Miiinne • done a*
he convention was this;
A committee was appointed who-e husi-
i**ss it shall he at »m*e to take up with
lie local military authorities the question
*f whether or not all the automobile
•*»ads between here and the Rio 'Jrande
•iver should not he made permanent as a
nilitnrv nece--itv both from the stand-
point of military movements and that of
moving wartime foodstuffs over them.
I’hese roads are those running to Corpus
t'hristi Laredo Kagle Pass and D.d Rio
It the co-operation of the military hrads
is enlisted it i» planned to take ttie mat-
ter up with the goemment so that enough
money can In* obtained to do the work.
The committee named which will con-
sult with the military men at ane» is; J.
C. Fowler member of the State High-
way Commission; Harry Miller ehnirmaii
of the highway division of the Chamber
of Commerce; William IT. Furlong secre-
tary of the highway department of the
same organibation; Martin Wright chair-
man of the good roads committee of the
Conservat on Congress and Selig Deut>eb-
man. All of these men are experts on
roads and expect to push matters as rap-
id'y as possible.
The third thing the executive meeting
accomplished was:
By resolution the members decided
Continled on page 2
HAM FINANCE DISCUSSED
AT MEETINB UF DELEGATES
Representative Men From Every Town
In The Lower R.Grande Valley Gathered
At Isabel To Talk Improvement ‘ Facts'’
A DEMOCRAT
FOR RUSSIA
ANDWARON
GERMANS
PURPOSE
t Bv Associated I'n ss.i
London. July 11.—The objects of the
new Siberian government inelude the re-
pudiation of the Itrest-Lltovsk treaty tli*'
establishment of a ItU'-ian republic an
autonomous Sib« ria according to a dec-
laration made by a member of the gov-
ernment in a Japanese d -patch. It is pro-
posed to rehabilitate the army and send
it against Germany.
White Soldier Is
Hanged At McArthur
illy Associat'd Press!
Waco Texas July 11.—Nat Hoffman
a white soldier was hanged early today
at ('amp McArthur f<*r a criminal assault
on a school girl last April.
Hoffman's mother resides in Pittsburg
Pa. she has been not fieri of the execu-
tion of her son. Huffman said little except
that he deserved his fate.
French Capture Town
In Night Attacks
t Ily Associated Pres*.!
Paris July 11.—he French last night
captured the town of Cerov southwest of
Soi—mi' according to the official state
merit* They also took a chateau and tin*
farm of St. Paul south of town.
The capture enlarges the French posi-
tions east of Ifeix forest.
BANDITS LOOT IS 'SMALL
Muskogee Oltlii. July 11.— The bandits
who hold up and robbed a Ivaty train hist
night near Paula Kansas gut very little
of value according to \V. I*. Colton the
mad clerk win* register'd the packages
none ot which are believer! to have eon-
t a itied va Inahh*^
It i» doubtlul if ever in the history of
>he Lower Ciulf Const counties has then*
' een a more iuqiortant meeting held than
the one that is ill progress at Point Isabel
today- The gathering is composed of rep-
resentative men from every town in the
Valley from Brownsville to Hio (innate
L’ity. Tiny are gathered to tell what each
section will do to finance the digging o!
a ship channel from Brazos de Santiago
Pass to the end of the pier in Point Isa-
bel. When the meeting adjourns tonight
jit is expected that each town will be au
! thorilativcly pledged to Hiiltocr.be to the
| amount oi -lock necessary to linance the
I harbor and place the Lower Hio (Irandc
) VaPay s*qw*r«or t«* trans|»ortafion ditti-
cullies.
1 11 • A * * . '
t ii»iu\ s uimiii” is in n<> sense a "reu
lro‘1|iru|MMitioii. There are no men pres
!uit ti» he convinced as to the teasihihl>
of the project the recent \isit t« the
\ alley ot Colonel J. B. Sanford and Ma-
jor It. ('• Sinead convinced them of that.
The meeting is sold} tor the discussion of
i (wanting a pro|M»sition that is Imth feas-
ible and necessary. The meeting i» be-
ing he'd in the Point Babel hotel.
The meeting was arranged through the
eitorts of Brownsville men who met with
Colonel Sanford and Major Sinead during
the several days they were here. These
men supplemented the visit to the up|ier
I Valley by the engincring officer- and ar-
ranged the meeting. Every town visited
hv the delegation informed them that the
need for greater traiis|»ortation and es-
pecially water trans|N>rtution was 'keenly
) felt by them and that they were Mpiareiv
behind the project submitted by D. A.
O’Brien ami pronounced practicable In
the engineers.
Representing Brownsville at the meet-
ing are I). A. O’Brien Mayor A. A.i
Browne c. I. Jess up E. L. Howard and
Secretary Win. T- Burnett ot the Board
ot City Development.
I The delegates motored from their(
homes to Point Isabel.
Train Bandits Trapped
In Kansas Wood Patch
(It.v Associated Brews. I
PAOEA Kits. July 11.—A |m»ssc of 2<m»
men are patrolling tlu* hanks of the Ma-
jdris de Cygne river awaiting a signal to
rush a large patch ot timber here it is
i believed that the men who held up and
robbed ?i Katy train and shot three {ample
are in hiding in the forest.
The ho'd-iip was staged in true frontier
style. The train was shot up and tin*
passengers terrorized hut not robbed.
The bandits were all young men familiar'
with train schedules and handling cars.
I R
LADIES l
BROWNSVILLE
AND
THE VALLEY
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY YOU
MAY ENJOY THIS NEWLY ACQUIRED
PRIVILEGE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU
COME OUT STRONG TOMORROW AND
AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE PRIVILEG-
ES OF FRANCHISE.
This space contributed to the cause of
Woman Suffrage by
BROWNSVILLE HERALD
I »
WAR PARTY IN
GERMANY IT
VONKUELHMAN
(Hy Associated Hreftw.l
London July 11.— The tall of Oermai
Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann was ar
ranged hy the German army headquarter-
and is regarded in Germany as the intro-
duction of an opeu pan-German regime
says a Holland d'spateh. It i' descrilieti
;i> the higge»t of a series of pan-Germat
victories.
Reports of the appointim-nt of Admira
I von ILnxe as a sum** or to von Kuehl
maim has been accepted as final 1*v tlie
pan-Germans. They contend that his ap-
Iaiintment means no change in polie\
'I his is denied and the soe alisf» art
threatening to deny war credits hecaus#
of him.
Albanian Advance Still
In ProgressEnemy Retreat
i Hy Vrt nn j
London July II.— Italian troop- con-
tinue to advance in Albania -ay- a Koine
di-patch |o ih** Central new- agency. The
Au-t»ra llnui'{r|ttn- a?v laflmu back on
I In* Skiunbi river. mile- north ot Herat.
A Koine di-patch -ay- that Herat i~
the objectve of the Italian- in Albania.
Prom the Vovu-a the itlninn- have carried
all position- t<> the Semeni in an advance
• «t tit teen miles over a fit I-mile trout.
Govt. Warehouse For
Tex Cotton Planned
• By Associated press. I
Bo-ton .July 11.—The e-tablisiiment of
n chain of warchou-e- financed partly
by the federal government in lieu of the
Texas BaiLccr- A—oeiation’- plan for the
creation of a corporation to buy for the
piverument account was advocated (by
the cotton manufacture- here today.
Return Of Short Line
Extension Bill Vetoed
* Ily .\ss*s-i.-it* (| Press. i
Washington !>• (.. July 11.—Pre-ident
AA '-on ha- vetoed rlie re-olution extend-
ing the time iri which the railroad admin*
i-lratioii may relimjui-h control of lines
not wanted in the federal -ysteni.
Apple Cider Contains
Alcohol Is Complaint
i |tv Associated Press. I
Aii'ln. Texas Jiry pi.—Analysis <|
two samplfs ot apple eider at Ballinger
shows that it contains ti\«* and six per
cent nhdiij. The Kunneis eonnty attorney
has heen asked to prosecute.
_____________________
Chinese Provinces Are
Devasted By Soldiers
t By Associated t'ress. I
Shanghai July 11—The North China
News continues to publish accounts from
correspondents ot the devastation caused
bv the northern troops throughout the
province of Hunan.
t Hu* correspondent saysi * l^ng a
prosperous town is now a lm.p of ru ns.
There i~ not a single house that escapedj
damage bv fire or otherwise. The mi—ion-
arics escaped only with difficulty.
“TVaking aftor changing hands four
times was effectively sacked by north-
ern troops on May 12. The premises of
the Asiatic Petroleum Co. the Standard
(hi Co. and Singers were badly damaged
an«l looted.
••While great solicitude was shown by a
staff officer in protecting a German mis-
sion there is a growing anti-foreign tem-
per manifested toward the Allied mis-
sions. Wherever the troops pass they
spread min desoltion and murder.1'
The News urges that the Allies should
make further insistent representations at
Piling and Canton ‘‘against the devasta-
tion of China’s fairest provinces.”
LONDONERS IN
FAVOR OF TH •
PRISI NT
LEAGOIOF
|j
IIty AfiMK'iatnl I’rass-A
London July 11.—At a dinner given by
I five hundred Fngli-hiuen for Ainerieun
J officer* the dinner resolved itself into an
'ovation tor President Wilson. Former
Premier A.-spnth in a -peeeh -irieertdy
| prai-ed Prc-wlent \\ i'son's leader-hip in
the war and hi- (dun- for a league of na-
tion-.
\ ice Admiral Sims of the American
navy announced that the -uhinanue men-
ace was now ended a- the construction
exceeds the -inking of vessel* (ienerai
Middle revealed that American soldiers
jw»i* training in seventy or e ghty points
j in Kngland and Scotland.
Asijuith -aid that “the world probably
owe- it- grente-t debt to Pre-ideut Wil-
j son tor lic'pmg iin*n to see beyond the
'blur o| flattie ha- caused.” He said that
{ President Wil-oii hail done more than
any other -tate-man to concentrate the
' mind- ot the people on a League of Na-
tion- a- Allies a- a dominating war aim.
”\\ e -bouId realize that u League of Na-
il <01- i- neither a vague political abstrac-
tion nor a theoretieuj formula but i» <t
*!«■ t nite <}.in fate idea’ *’
Three Texas Soldiers
Injured In Train Wreck
<H.v Associated I*r*«s.i
Shreveport Lit.. July 11.—Two soldiers
| were injured tin- morning when a Vicks-
burg-Shreveport Pacific train wrecked
near-ficre. The men who are in u aeriouft
condition are:
Sergeant Joseph Allen of Tatum Tex-
a- T. 1*. Hu-ton of Caldwell. Texus and
Tom Guernsey of Laredo Texu>. The sol-
dier- were jmrt of the 141 -st mfluntry
[Texas national guard.
Tabriz Consul And
Party Reach Safety
I By A <m iai«| Press.)
Washington I). (’. July 11.—The safe
arrival at Teheran of Consul Paddock of
Tabriz is announced. Paddock with a
party of Americans ieit Tabriz a month
ago fearing the urk'. Shortly afterward
the Turks sacked an American hospital
and seized the sonsulate.
BALL PLAYERS BEFORE BOARDS
I My Associated Mress.)
Salt Lake City Ctah. JlUv 11.—Ten
members ol tin* lolal club of the Pacific
Coast League have Iwen ordered to re*
port to local boards and show cause why
they should not he placed in Class One
or get essential work.
British Make Gains
South Of The Somme
i By Associated Press.)
London July 11.—The British have
improved the.r positions south of the
Somme and east of Yillers Bretouneux
during the night according to the offi-
cial statement.
ISUALTIES
• By Ah*mh iated Pr< s* )
Washington D. C.» July 11.—The army
casualty list contain* ttH names divided
a - follows:
Killed in action 5.
Ibed of wounds 10*
Died of accident and other causes 1.
Wounded severely 2ti.
Wounded slightly. 1.
M ssing in action 23.
The mar.ne list contains 35 names di-
vided as f**llows:
Killed in action 13.
Died of wounds 4.
Wounded severely 18.
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