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USED CARS
FOR SALE -- -.
JESSE DENNETT W. R PUTEGNAT"company 11
VOL. XXVI. NO. 37. BROWNSVILLETEXAS FRIDAY AFTERN( >c )N AUGUST 15.1919. ESTABLISHED 18037
COMPLETE DETAILS OF
PAVING PROGRAM GIVEN
TO PROPERTY OWNERS
The meeting at the Board of City
Development last night cuiled by the
city commissioners for the purpose
of obtaining public opinion upon the
paving program arranged by the city
was not largely attended but those
who were present evinced much inter-
est and offered many valuable sugges-
tions. City Manager Anderson had
arranged a tape map setting out the
locations of the various kinds of pave-
ment proposed—high grade bitum-
inous tarvia and gravel pavements
—and proceeded to explain to those
present the reason for the selection of
various locations for the different
kinds of paving. The program sub-
mitted by the commissioners gave
ample proof that they had devoted
much time to arranging the pavement
with a view of getting the best results
and service at the minimum of cost
and though several suggestions were
offered and some slight changes may
be made in the program yet as a
whole it made a very favorable im-
pression.
Mr. Anderson and Commissioners
Spero and Dennett placed special
stress upon the fact that this is mere-
ly the initial paving program; that
future paving plans had been taken
into consideration ar.d that where
tarvia or gravqj paving is used it will
be put down with a view to furnishing
a basis for a future high grade pav-
ing. They explained frankly that the
city has not sufficient funds to carry
out a more extensive paving program
much as it would be desired but their
plans had been formed with the ob-
ject of getting the best results from
the money available and to lay the
foundation for a future paving pro-
gram which will doubtless be far more
extensive in its scope.
Three Kinds of Paving.
The high grade bituminous paving
will be used on the most important
streets and will cost approximately
$2.00 per square yard in addition to
the cost of graveling where it w ill be
necessary to place a gravel founda-
tion. The tarvia paving will cost 50
cents per square yard in addition tc
the base and all of the streets to be
tarvia ted already have their gravel
base for the foundation. The gravel
will cost 77.8c per square yard and
this will comprise the greater part
of the paving program. The gravel
in all cases is to be nine inches in
depth when applied loosely and pack
ed and rolled to a depth of seven
inches which will give a perfect foun-
dation for any future paving which
may be desired. Mr. Anderson called
attention to the fact that when grav-
el is applied to this depth the street
will be very easy to maintain and
there will be no danger of deep ruts
as is often the case on a graveled
street or road where only three or
four inches of gravel have been used.
According to the program submit-
ted at the meeting the three classes
of paving will be distributed as fol-
lows:
High Grade Bituminous.
Elizabeth street — Boulevard to
Tenth 10 blocks 40-foot width.
Washington street — Third to
Tenth 7 blocks 40-foot width.
Tenth street—Wavhington to Ad-
ams 1 block 28-foot width.
Twelfth street—Adams to Mon-
roe (principal street to county court
house) 3 blocks 28-foot width.
Adams street—Tenth to Thir-
teenth 3 blocks 40-foot width.
Thirteenth street—Adams to Wash-
ington 1 block 28-foot width.
Eleventh street—Levee to St.
Charles 1 block 28-foot width.
Total high grade paving 26 blocks.
Tarvia Paving.
Levee street—St. James to Tenth.
11 blocks 40-foot width.
Elizabeth street — Boulevard to
Mesquite street (principal roadway to
West Brownsville 13 blocks 20-foot
width.
Mesquite street—Elizabeth to city
limits 1 block. (At this point the
tarvia paving will join the county road
running north to San Benito.)
Total tarvia paving 25 blocks.
Gravel Paving.
Third street—I^evee to Washing-
ton 2 blocks 28-foot width.
Fourth street—Levee to Washing-
ton. 2 blocks 28-foot width.
Fifth street—Levee to Washington
2 blocks 28-foot width.
Sixth street—Levee to Washington
2 blocks 28 foot widths.
Seventh street—Fronton to Madi-
son. 8 blocks 28-foot width.
Eighth street—Fronton to base hos-
pital 16 blocks 28 and 20-foot
widths.
Ninth street—Fronton to Madison
8 blocks 28-foot width.
Tenth street-—Fronton to Levee
S Adams to Madison 5 blocks 28-fool
width.
E.eventh street—Adams to Madi
son 2 blocks 28-foot width.
Twelfth street—Monroe to Har
rison 3 blocks 28-foot width.
(Continued on page 6)
RAILWAY MEN
WILL GET BACK
ON THEIR JOBS
(I?y The Associated l'ress)
CHICAGO III. Aug. 15.—The
• trike of the federated railway
ihopmen’i union which was inau-
gurated on August 1 has been call-
ed off and the men will return to
their work Saturday morning. This
action was in compliance with the
demands of the international lead-
ers who took the view that no
• trike should be called until the
railroad administration has had an
opportunity to work out the wage
problems involved in the demands
submitted by the unions.
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MANY SOLDIERS
RE-ENLISTED FOR
! REGULAR SERVICE
* Rv The Associat's! 1‘rcsst
WASHINGTON D. C. Aug. 15.—
The first hundred thousand re-
cruits have been secured for the per-
manent regular army according to an
announcement made this morning by
General March chief of staff. In
this number are included 68003 men
who have re-enlisted in the service.
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MEXICAN OFFICIALS
DENY REPORTS OF THE
CHIHUAHUA MUTINY
(By The Associated I’ress)
. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Ang. 15-
Denial of the sensational reports
recently circulated to the effect
that the Carranza garrison at Chi-
huahua City had mutinied with the
intention of going over to the Vil-
la forces was made today by the
Mexican embassy.
SA YS CHANNEL PROJECT
RESPONSIBLE FOR NEW
SPIRIT OF DEVELOPMENT
“The completion of the channel
fund and the assurance that Browns-
ville will soon have direct water con-
nection with the great markets of the
world has already wrought great
changes here” remarked a prominent
business man of Brownsville yester-
day. “It has seemed to magnatize
everybody and everything with a new-
life. and while no tangible change has
yet been affected yet you can notice
that everybody seems to feel differ-
ent; to view things in a more optimis-
tic light—in fact it has imbued every-
one with new life. It is not a change
you can see but it is a change you
can feel; don't.know just what it is
but you know it is there. 1 am not
psychologist enough to say what it is
from a psychological viewpoint; but
I am business man enough to know
that it is merely the result of the vic-
tory won after a long and hard fight
combined with the knowledge that it
means to Brownsville and the Valley
development such as they had always
longed for. hut never been able to at-
tain because of the stranglehold of
high freight rates.”
This statement by one of Browns-
ville’s most conservative business
men is a good criterion of the change
which has taken place in Brownsville
since the channel fund was completed
and deep water assured. There is not
a business man in town who has not
noticed it and has not commented
upon it. “It is not a change you can
see but a change you can feel" ex-
presses it most clearly.
In the few days since the channel
I fund was completed rumors of ail
.kinds of improvements in this section
of the Valley have been rife -and
while some of these rumors are with-
out basis of fact there are others
which will eventually materialize. The
assurance of deep water at Point Isa
bel has attracted the attention of
many men who are acquainted with
the possibilities presented here when
lower rates are obtained and some of
them are wasting no time in “getting
in while the getting is good.” De-
velopment projects of various kind.*
and of various magnitudes are being
contemplated and it has been assert-
ed that within the coming month or
six weeks deals will be consumat^d
which will be highly important fac-
tors in the development of ail parts
of the Valley.
These rumors of hig development
plar.i are by no means confiv I to
this section of the Valiev Fror.;
Brownsville to Rio Grande City the
progressive element is preparing to
take advantage of the opportunities
which will be presented through the
medium of cheaper rates for Valley
products and for Valley imports and
it is freely predicted that before the
first of the year the Valley from one
end to the other will be the scene of j
nessed in south Texas. And if these
predictions materialize it will be deep
water which originated and made
possible the carrying out of the de-
velopment plans.
M IDLE WORKMEN PARADING IN BUDAPEST
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<)ixu of the huge parade* of idle warkuuu that umrk the rule of the cutuitiuulala in Budapest the capital of liuu-
gary.
i
ENGINEERS ARE
FOUND ft MILES
FROM THE POINT
_
Captain Reed of Life Saving
Station Sends Surf Boat
to Help Them Out.
WERE STUCK IN SAND
—
Had Camp Equipment and
Suffered no Hardships.
—
The crew of lour engineers who
I left Aransas Pass at nine o’clock
Wednesday morning to make an auto
trip to Point Isabel for the purpose
of making depth measurements on the :
bar at Brazos Santiago have been
found. Thursday afternoon when no
news could be obtained as to their
| whereabouts. Captain Reed of the life
saving station at Brozas Santiago
sent a surf boat up the coast of Padre j
Island and the engineers were locat-
! ed at a point about forty-five miles j
above Point Isabel. Their two autos
! had become bogged down in the loose I
sand and it was impossible for them j
to either go back to Aransas Pass or
to make their way through to Point
Isabel. Fortunately they had a com-
plete camping outfit with them in
their two cars so they suffered no
serious inconvenience. Captain Reed '
who accompanied the searching expe- i
dition up the coast took along a large i
amount of supplies which he turned i
over to the marooned engineers. If
they had not taken supplies with them I
from Aransas Pass their forty-eight (
hours on the hot sands of Padre island .
would doubtless have had bad results
and Captain Reed who was not aware
that they had camping equipment
with them was greatly worried.
Mr. Ridenour the chief of the engi-
neers returned to Brazos Santiago
with Captain Reed in the surf boat
the other men remaining at the place
where they made their camp. Cap-
tain Reed arrived at Brazos Santiago
shortly before noon today and im-
mediately sent a man with team of
mules up the coast to assist in bring-
ing in the stranded autos. The re-
mainder of the engineering party is
expected to arrive at Point Isabel to-
morrow afternoon.
RESTITUTION OF
SHANTUNG WILL
NOT BE DELAYED
Will Enter Into Negotiations
with China Upon Ratifica-
tion of Peace Treaty.
NO DELAY EXPECTED
Japanese Government Report-
ed in Accord with Plan.
TOKIO Japan. Aug. 15.—The res-
:itution of Shantung without unnece
to China without unncessary delay
will be made by Japan according to
in announcement made today by
Premier Taknshi Sara. lie added that
the statement recently made by Vis-
rount Uchida minister of foreign af-
fairs was considered to represent the
policy of the Japanese government
and that while the restoration would
depend upon China’s attitude it is
expected that arrangements can be
made for the restitution of the ter-
ritory as soon as the Versailles treaty
tas been ratified by Japan.
The statement recently made by
discount Uihidas was to the effect
hat Japan was perfectly willing to
restore Shantung to China and that
negotiations would be entered into
vith this object in view as soon as
he peace treaty had been ratified by
he Japanese government. The state-
ment of Uchida was accepted with
»onu* reservation in many quarters
>ut the announcement of the Japan
?>e premier confirming the Uchida
itatement should definitely settle
•ontruversy and speculation upon the
future course of Japan.
Premier Sara and other high gov-
•rnment officials today discussed
frankly the wave of anti-Japanese
entiment in America and they were
dainly disturbed by the reports which
showed uneasiness in this country re-
tarding Japan's attitude relative the
shantung which they typify as the
ause of the discontent among
rriends of Japan. They felt that Ja-
ian’s repeated assurances regarding
restitution combined with the state-
nent of the premier should clear the
»ir and present a deplorable misun-
lerstanding.
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FINDING OF LOST
AVIATORS HAS NOT
BEEN CONFIRMED
(Hr The Associated Press.)
MARFA. Texas Ang. 15 — Mili-
tary headquarters here is without of-
ficial confirmation of the report that
he lost airplane which carried two
iviators into Mexico Mandoy had
:>een found. Many parties are search-
ng for the men and if they have
l»een found the fact has not been
.’ommunicated to headquarters.
LUXEMBURGERS STONE
PARLIAMENT BUILDING
TO SHOW DISPLEASURE
LI XEMriURCI Aug. Aug. 15.—
The parliament buildings were stoned
by several thousand workmen yester-
day during a demonstration because
they deem the indemnity voted by
the chamber to meet the high cost of
living was insufficient.
CARRANZA NOTIFIED THAT U. S.
WILL CHANGE POLICY UNLESS
1 MORE PROTECTION AFFORDED
FOUND ENTIRE
CREW DRUNK ON
OCEAN STEAMER
i lt_v The Asawlnted Press)
LONDON Air. 15.— A wireless dis
patch received at Queenstown fron
the British tanker Warkham says th<
tanker has picked up another steamei
in mid-ocean findinir the entire crew
drunk and the captain incaputiate*
from injuries and some of the othei
officers in irons. The crew of tht
Warkham arrested the mutinous crew
and supplied men to take the steamei
into port at Brest. The name of the
steamer on which the crew had mu
tined could not he deciphered fron
the wireless dispatch received al
Queenstown.
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WILL HOLD AUSTRIA
RESPONSIBLE FOR
COMMUNIST LEADER
GENEVA Aug. 15.—The allied
governments have informed the Aus-
trian government that it would be
held responsible for the safe keeping
of Bela Kun the Hungarian commun-
ist leader and his delivery later foi
trial by an allied tribunal according
to a dispatch from Innsbruck. Belli
Kun made his way over the Hungar-
ian frontier immediately after he was
deposed as dictator in Budapest and
has since been in the custody of Aus-
trian officials.
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REPEAL OF DAYLIGHT
SAVING LAW HAS BEEN
VETOED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON ll. C„ Auk. IS.—
President Wilson today vetoed the
bill repealing the daylight saving law.
This will effectually prevent the re-
peal as congress cannot secure
enough votes to override the presi-
dent’s veto on this measure.
President Wilson stated that he re-
turned the bill without approval with
some reluctance because he realized
the very considerable and in some re
speets the serious inconvenience tc
which the daylight saving law ha?
subjected the farmers of the country
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COLUMBUS STREET
RAILWAY IS TIED
UP BY STRIKERS
COLCMIlllS. Ohio Auk. 1*.—Sir-
vice on the Ohio electric interrubar
railway operating throughout Obit
and eastern Indiana was halted to-
day when five hundred trainmen went
on strike for wage increases.
EAST ST. LOEIS. 15.—Motormer
and conductors on the city ami inter
urban railways struck today for high
| or wages tiring up the service hen
and also in thirteen other cities am
! towns.
-
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON 1). C Aug. 15.—Warning
that there would be a radical change in the policy
ot the American government regarding Mexico it
the Carranza government continued to tail to pro-
tect Americans in that country was contained in a
1 note sent to the Mexican toreign office July 22 and
^ which was made public Thursday afternoon. That
the note had been dispatched was disclosed late
I hursday afternoon by the state department to-
gether with the information that in its reply the
Mexican govrnment had stated that everything
possible was being done to protect foreigners there.
• 1 here was a suggestion that unless foreigners con-
centrate in the more populous places it would be
impossible tor the Mexican government to afford
them the protection demanded.
ITALIANS HOLD
GEN. CARDONA
RESPONSIBLE
9
(Ity Tin* Asttorialiil Press.)
ROME Italy Aug. 15.—General
Cradona the Italian commander in
chief in October 1917 and General
Porro Capelin and Cavaeiochi are
Jheld mainly responsible for the great
j disaster which befell the Italian army
which resulted in the famous retreat
to the Piave river according to an
official report made public* today. The
military causes of the disaster in-
cluding depressed morale and entire
lack of reserves the report says
brought about the Italian defeat when
the Germans and Austrians broke
through the line. The report admits
that socialist and clerical propaganda
played no small part in lessening the
morale of the Italian troops.
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GOVERNOR OF OHIO
ISSUES WARRANTS
FOR PROFITEERS
(Ity The Assix-iated Press. |
COLUMBUS Ohio Aug. 15.- Gov-
ernor Cox announced today that forty
warrants had been issued by the state
against profiteers and that a vigorous
campaign would be waged from now
on to rid the state of the class of
dealers who are taking undue pro-
fits from customers. lie also an-
nounced he would request the federal
government to confiscate over two
million pounds of meat and poultry
! which is being held in cold storage
in that state for the purpose of tak-
ing advantage of anticipated higher
i prices.
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WANT TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
Fou r WORTH. I < . \ i .
The Texas Petroleum Association the
Texas fruit anti produce dealers and
the Texas Chamber of Commerce
have asked Director Hines of the rail-
road administration to appoint a spe-
eial traffic director fur the oil and
I grain belt.
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{MAKING PLANS
TO NATIONALIZE
THE NEW PARTY
i It-. Tin* A-s.N-int<<l Pr«*s«)
FORT WORTH. Texas Aug. la.—
Plans for the nationalizing of the new
American party organized here yester-
day by a group of Texas democrats
who are dissatisfied with the old
party will he put into effect on the
appointment of a special committee
for that purpose it was stated at the
headquarters this morning. The other
faction of revolting democrats
{which has determined to confine
themselves to reconstruction within
the old party are outlining a defi-
nite line of attack under the leader-
ship i f Former Senator Hailey. Judge
'(Ireenwood the Pallas chairman of
{the Hailey meeting is expected to ap-
point an executive committee which
will set the time and place for the
state convention and determine the
future course of the faction.
WASHINGTON. D. C.f Aug. 15 —
The C. rrnnia government will not b*
permitted to import further arms and
munitions frnm the United States
for the present at least. This was
learned following the publication of
the notes in which the American gov-
ernment threatened to change its
policy unless Americans in Mexico re-
ceive more protection.
The state department’s latest note
to Mexico warning the Carranza gov-
ernment that if murders and indigni-
ties against American citizens con-
tinue the United States would be
forced to adopt a radical change in
its attitude toward that country was
the* chief topic of interest and dis-
cussion in offitial and diplomatic cir-
cles today. While official announce-
ment concerning the change in policy
is lacking it is generally believed that
pressure from foreign governments
and demands from congressional cir-
clcs for protective action hastened
the government’s action.
WILL SECURE A
RECORD OF THE
CONFERENCE
11 tv The .\ssoii.iti*(l I'ress)
WASHINGTON I>. C. Aug 15.—
Stenographic records will be made of
j the conference between President
Wilson and the senate foreign rela-
tions committee regarding the peace
treaty. President Wilson informed
Chairman Lodge in a letter made pub-
lic today. In order that the commit*
tee may have a full ami trustworthy
record the president said he would
have a stenographer present and also
suggested that the committee have a
stenographer. It is understood the
official transcript wdl be made pub-
lic.
H. FORD IS GIVEN
A JUDGMENT FOR
6 CENTS BY JURY
j .MOUNT CLEMENTS Mich. Aug.
! 11. Counsel on both sides in the
Cord-Tribune libel suit have express-
ed satisfaction over last night’s ver-
I diet in which the jury awarded Mr.
j Ford six cents damages. No state-
I merit has ben made by Mr. Ford.
DEMANDTHATGRAND
JURY INVESTIGATE
t I’y llic Associated I‘res t
HOUSTON Texas Ang. 11. Uni-
ted States attorneys throughout Tex-
j as were called upon today by E. A.
I Peden state food administrator to
begin immediate grand jury investi-
gation of violation «>f the food con-
| trolling hoarding and price fixing
Peden also addressed a letter to the
] district judges in the principal cen-
j ters of population requesting them to
convene juries to determine whether
the state anti trust laws are being
I violated through combinations w hich
might effect prites of necessities
particularly meats sugar and shoes.
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