Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THITRSI).\Y AHit sT Hi. 1‘U7.
LADIES KMT YtH R BIT1
Xow il ever the women ami girl* «*t
America have the chance tu -how their
patriotic devotion to tlicir country.
Ladie-’ read the telegram received by
\ our home Red Fro— « diopter today front j
the director of the I Suit' Divi-ioii ol tin
American National Red fro-- puldt-hedi
il-ewhere in t hi- evening’* 11 era hi. and
ce what i< a-ked of you.
(lentlenten read the telegram and urg<-
< very holy that you know to take tip thi-
j res-ing work for the -ake ot our -"I
dar- and -atlor-.
Think of our soldier- -hivering with
i<-y feet in tho-e fro/m Irene lie- in
France next winter!
>hall we not do our he-t to help tho-a
brave fellow* to -land the bitter cold to
w hich they will be expo-ed ?
This i* the ta-k of our women and gtrl-
!>o not tell u- that you don’t know how
to knit. Everyone who can knit will tell
you that nothing i- ea-ter than to learn
?o knit. Surely you can learn thi- n-eiul
accomplishment a.- easily anyone el-e
Surely you will do it for the -ake of out
-oluiers and sailors.
u m i • fra n ala* I? *•« \ I * _f 'li ivf of i — o _ L
» ♦ tl to kmt tlu* following articles:
Five hundred sweaters.
Five hundred mufflers.
Five hundred pair- of wri-tlet-.
Five hundred pair- of -ock-.
Ladies will you do it?
The Herald feel- -lire that you will.
The chapter -ewing committee will take
immediate -tep- to organize knitting cir-
cles. The wool and needle will he ob-
tained. Thn-e who know how to knit will
be solicited to give their -erviee- to teach
those who do not know how.
Red ( ro-- member- everywhere are go-
ing to knit. Knitting will be the m
tn-hionable accompli-hmcnt a girl rati
have^hi- winter. Rio Grande Valley worn
• i and girl- will not lag behind in thi-
r-ork. The Herald i- -lire.
Kvery chapter and ev ery auxiliary ill
• non he knitting it- bit.
Sow that the capital which wa- mve-t-
e.l iu the liquor btisine— m Brown-ville < an
. la* u-ed no longer tor -m-h puriw-e it
might he a good plan to endeavor to m
ffrest the former -aloon owner- in mve-t
litents of n different nature. There are
amide opportunilie- for inve-tment here
and the tt-e of this money m mdu-trial en
'< rpn-es uil serve to keen it in circulation
aril help to make bu-me-- better m all re
» d-. A ga- plant tor the • itv would be
.• remunerative enterpn-e. and the amount
• i capital required would not be very large
An iron foundry ha- been mentioned n-
. n iiidll-try that would pay well here.
i- -aid that not over t'Umiu or *|u.imio
would he nece—arv to finance if. Wliv
Hould not our Board of t'itv Hevelopmeut
make all effort to intere-t lit#* -aloon met!
■it -ome -ileh enterpn-e-. Ooiibtle-- tho-e
Muni Vould he glad to he «• ( 11-e if 1 helping
to build up the city indu-triallv. The
ivi r kly pay roll of the hand- to w hom such
plants would give employment would help
to keep the money circulating m Brown-
xuile and make the town pro-perou-.
The philo-ophv of requiring the Ana ri-
c;iu -teel manufacturer- to -ell tbnr pro-
duct- to our Kurofiean allie- at the -ame
pr.ee as that paid by our own government
is -elt evident. In the fir— t place our
■. oVi rnuicut i- allowing the -te«! men a tail
pr dit. That i- all that they should ex -
pec!. Why -hould our armie- he -cut to
France to tight while the -teel im-t fat
ten- on it- munition- and arms contrad-
ii the expen-e of the very eoiintrie- who
ar • lighting w ith No truer aid could
** < xfended to our allies than to see that
.btain the needed war -applies at fair
t <*- and when we help our allies we are
lie pmg oiir-elves. We -hould he very m-
degnant it French manufacturers -hould
charge exorbitant price- lor such -upplie-
a we may purchase in that country for
■n r own armies. The principle i- the .same
.n both instances.
A
Brownsville womeu will put up luitehc*-
(or our tieparting soldier hoys that will he
remembered hv the box ' when oil duly
•Somewhere ill Franee." Those Itiliehes
will he seasoned with love ami good wislo-s.
I nele Sam ha* got the lood trusts on the
run. Perhaps they’ll he somewhat thinner
hy the time they haxe run a while.
Kerensky In Favor
Stockholm Meeting
DECLARES IF ALLIED GOVERNMENTS
OPPOSE IT. THEY WILL BE PLAY- “
ING INTO GERMAN HANDS
||ty Asmm-kU* d Press. *
BONBON. Aug. Hi. A Petrograd di-
pateli s;\s that Premier Kerensky deniet
that he lol«t A llwrl Iboinu*. soeuili-l
memhtr «»1 the Frem h war eouneil that
he personally opposed the Stoekh.dm run
fereiiee. On the contrary he -aid. In
thought it very important thoug hit would
have ht-eii more iiu|M»rtaiit it held when
tin Russians were advaming instead «»*
under present eondition*. He deelaretl
any op|Mtsitum to tin.nfereiiee hy the
allied gt»vt rntnents and any dittieulties put
m the wax of delegate w.is 'imply play
uije hi ilit* li.iiiti" ol IIiij
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Hears Its Citizens
Forced Into U. S. Army
MEXICO STATE OFFICE INSTRUCTS
AMBASSADOR TO INVESTIGATE
ALLEGEO REPORTS FROM U S.
i lli Associated Press )
MKXH’O t I TV Aug. Hi. Sub-Sore
tarx t»f St.lit- O Fen*/ totl.ix sent uistrue
tioiis to \mhassjidoi B<*lidi;is hi W ;>Ii
iugtoii to investigate alleged reports that
Me\n an- are being lor< ed into the I oiled
States army. A number ot mendiers ot
the ehuudter ot deputies e.illed on Pr» si-
dent t'arran .1 to ;i>k that aelnui l»e lakei
on same.
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Holding Mexicans
For Extradition
CORPORAL AND CUSTOMSHOUSE EM-
PLOYE ARE CHARGED IN MEXICO
WITH SHORTAGE OF $60000
Ti l SON. Arix. Aug. It». Ant«mi«*
K|oa-. a in the Mesiean army
and Kme-t Mettule- all employe of the
I eu-lomhou-e at Nogales Soiptra were m
re-led here U«t* ye-terda\ tn • onnectioti
with the alleged -hortuee of -till.tMMt Hi
the sieeoiint- of the Mexican eu-loin-
hou-e at that (••11111. and arc held m jail
here tor |M»--ihle extradition to Sonora.
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HEARD IMPEACHMENT HEARING.
State (Juarantim* Officer Mr \Y S. spi
vey ha -returned from n -ever.il day- vi-
it to Aii-tin and San Antonio. While in
Ail-till Or. Spivey attended the Fergus ip
iinpea hnieiit pro edmg- and declare-
tliat tin. feature alone made hi- vi-it
Wl 1 rt h U hile.
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UNDERWENT AN OPERATION
Auguetitie Browne ir. -on ol Muym
Browne ha- returned trom* San Antoni"
(where he underwent a minor oj a-rat ion in
a -antlariimi. The o|ieraln'1 wa- to have
a deteet halting him tro pit he army re
moved.
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MEXICO WATCHES GERMAN AGENTS
I Itv .\ss<n-iut<‘<l Press. 1
MK\h tt < ITY. Aug. ItJ. thin>at-
liave Imi- ordered to make a careful patrol
jot the gulf shore to -top any attempts to
violate M# vieo*- neutralitv hv Oeriuari
1 agent-.
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Nevi r give ti|»— utile-- it’- a lotielx -pot
land the other tellow ha- a -aiidhag or a
revolver.
BANKRUPT S PETITION FOR DIS-
CHARGE.
Jultan YillaVeal doing business under the
11rin name of J. \ illareul A; Bro. In
Bankruptcy No. -.
To the ll.inonilile Waller T. Burn-. Judge
ot I lie Dl-lrict t'olirt ol the l’idled
States tor the Southern lh-triet ot'j
Tega-.
IMat-edo Y ilia real ot Harlingen in
the eoiinty of Cameron and Stale
nl Texas in -aid di-triet respect-i
tally repre-ents that on tin* Jnd day o!
June A. D. 1017. la-1 pa-t. he vva- duly
adjudged haukrupl under the aet- of i on-1
•ire— relating to bankruptcy; that lie lia-
duly surrendered all his property ami
rights of property and ha- fully complied
with all the requirement- of -aid aet- and
jot* the order- of the court touching hi-
hnukruptcy.
Wherefore lie pray- that he may he de
creed hy the court to have a lull di-eliarge
I rout all debt- provable agaiu-t hi- c-»ate
under -aid bankrupt act- except such
debt- a- are excepted hy law from -ueh
discharge.
Dated tin- lltli day of Augu-t A. 1).
1 ill 7.
IM.At JIMl Yll.l.AKKAD.
Bankrupt.
ORDKK OK NOTH K TIIKRKON.
Southern Di-triet ol Texa- --!
On the lath day ol Augu-t A. D. 1tM7.
on reading the toregoiiig petition it i- or-
dered hy the court that a hearing he had
upon the -auie mi the l^lli day ot Septeiu
her. A. D. 1017. before -aid court at the
oft lee ol Kohl. A. Kil« lieu. Referee in
Bankruptcy. Brown-ville. Texas m -aid
district at 11 o'clock hi the forenoon; and
lli.it notice thereof la* pubii-hed in The
Bro» n-\ die Herald a new-paper printed
in -aid di-triet and that all known credit-
or- and other pcr-oii- in iulcre-t may ap-
pear at toe -aid time and place ami -how
caii-e. ii any they have why the prayer of
the -aid pit tamer -lumld not he grunted.
And it t- further ordered bv the court
that the clerk -hall -end hy mail to al!
know n creditor- copie- ot -aid petition
ami tin- ord« r addre—ed to them at their
place- ot n -ulcttcc. a- -tated.
Witm •- the Honorable Waller T. Burn-
judge ot the -aid court ami the seal there-
of. at Brown-ville in -aid di-triet on tie
lltli dav ol Augu-t. A. D. 1017.
I. t . MASTKKSOX. t Jerk.
Bv K. A. HINOJOSA Deputy.
Till M -!n«‘t t <iurt ot tlie I lilted >>l ate-.
Southern Ib-trict ot l<\a-. In Bank
ruptey.
In tin* lustier ot the K-liite ot Julian Vil-
lareal. ilitinc hu-im — under the tirm
name ot J. V tiiareal A Bn*.
I’l.uetlu Villareal Petitioner.
Han Irrupt*- Petition for IH«teharffe.
Filed ’ 1th dav of 101 <
I. C. MASTF.IISOV clerk.
By V. A. »IIN«lJOS\ Iteputy.
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BANKRUPT S PETITION FOR DIS-
CHARQE.
Juluin Yillar*nl Joins lui-im—- under the
linn name ot J. V illareal A Br»*. in
Bankrupt! v. Vo. 1.1.
To the llouorahle Waller T. Burn-. Judue
ot the Ih-triet Court **t the I’nitnl
Stale- tor tin Southern Ih-triet ot
I cxn-.
Julian Villareal of llurlinyen in
the eoiuit \ ot Cameron and Slat*'
•>t Texu- in -aid di-triet re-pect
tally rcprc-enl- that <>u the '22ml day ot
May. A It 1017. la-I pa-t he »a- *1 tilv
i**11ti*I”«•«I bankrupt umler t!»«* net- ot i on
jjre— relatui*: 1** bniikriiptcv that be ha-
dtilv -urrembreil all hi- properly ami
riyht- ot properly and ha- tally complied
with all the reipiireuient- !*t -aid net- ami
of the Older- ot the eourt toip'hin^ hi-
bankruptey.
VV lieretoi'** he pray- that lie may be de
erred by the court to |mve a lull di-charye
J from all ileht- provable a^ain-l hi- e-tnte
j under -aid bankrupt net- except -ueli
I J;:f .
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debts a- are excepted by law from >m*U
di- charge.
Dated ihi- lltli day ot Augu-t A. D.
1917.
JULIAN VILLAREAL.
Bankrupt.
ORDER OK NOTICE TIIEKKON.
Southern Di-triet ot Texa- —:
On the loth day <>t August A. D l'»l7.
on rending the foregoing |«etitiou it i- or-
dered by the eourt that a healing l*e had
upon the siiiH.. on llie lMh day ot Septem-
her A. D. 1917 before -aid court at the
office of Kola. A. Kitchen Referee in
Bankruptcy. Brownsville Texas m -aid
di-triet at II o'clock in the forenoon; and
that notice thereof he published ill The
Brownsville Herald a new-paper printed
in -aid di-triet and that all known credit-
or- and other per-oii- in interest may ap-
pear at the -aid time and place and show
cause if any they have why the prayer of
the -aid petitioner -liould not be granted.
And it i- further ordered by the court
that the clerk shall -end by mail to all
known creditor- copies of -aid petition
and this order addressed to them at their
place- ot residence a- -toted.
Witness the Honorable Waller T. Burns
judge ot the -aid court and the -cal there-
ol at Brownsville in -aid district on the
15th day of Aiigu-t A. D. 1917.
L. C. MASTKKSON. Clerk.
By K. A. HINOJOSA Deputy.
Court No. 43.
The lli-trict Court of the Cnited Stales
Southern District of Texa-. In Bank-
ruptcy.
in the matter ol Julian Villareal doing
business under the linn name of .1.
Villareal A Bro.
Julian Villareal Petitioner.
Bankrupt*- Petition tor Discharge
Filed 1 till day of August 1917.
L. C. MASTKKSON. Clerk.
By F. A. HINOJOSA Deputy.
BANKRUPT S PETITION FOR DIS-
CHARGE.
.luliun Villareal doing hu-incs- under (lie
11rill name of J. \ illarcal & Bro. In
Bankruptcy No. PI.
To 1 lie Honorable Waller T. Burns Judge
of the District Court ot tiie l nited
States ti.r the Southern District ot
Texas.
J. \ illarcal and Bro. a firm composed of
Julian Villareal and Plaeedo \ illarcal. ot
Harlingen in the county of Cameron and
State of Texas in said di-trict respect-
fully represents that on the 2nd day of
June A. I). 1917 last past lie was duly
adpidged bankrupt under the nets of Con-
grc's relating to bankruptcy; that lie lias
duly surrendered all bis properlv and
rights ol property and h.i- fully complied
with all the requirements ot said acts and
ol the orders ot the court touching his
bankruptcy.
Whcretore he prays that he may lie de-
creed hy tin- court to have a lull discharge
troll) all debts provable against his estate
under said bankrupt acts except >ueb
debts as are excepted by law from stub
discharge.
Dated this Hth day of August A. D.
PU7. »• -
J. Villareal & Bro. Bankrupt.
By J. VILLAREAL.
Bankrupt.
OKI)KK uK NOTICK THKKKoN.
Southern District ol Texas ss;
On the 15th day of August. A. D. 1017
on reading the foregoing petition it is or-
dered by the court that a hearing U- had
upon the s;mic oh the lHth day ot Septem
her. A. D. 1017 la*fore -aid court at the
office of Koht. A. Kitchen. Referee m
Bankruptcy Brownsville Texa- in -aid
district at 11 o’clock in the forenoon; and
that notice thereof he published ill I he
Brownsville Herald a newspaper printed
in -aid district and that all known credit-
ors and other person- III interest may ap-
pear at the said time and place ami show
cause if any they have why the prayer ot
the syid petitioner should not la* granted.
And it I- further ordered by the eourt.
that the clerk shall send hy mail to all
known creditors copies ol said petition
and this order add re—>ed to them at their
places ot residence as staled.
Witness the Honorable Waller T. Burns
judge ot the said court and the seal there-
of at Brownsville iii said district on the
1 viIt dav ot Aiigii-t A. I). 1**17.
L. C MASTKKSON Clerk.
By K. A. HINOJOSA Deputy.
The District Court ot the I’nited States
Southern District of lex.is. In Bank-
ruptcy.
in the matter ot the K-tale ol Julian \ il-
lareal doing business under tin* firm
name of J. Villareal k Bro.
The firm of J. Villareal A Bro. Petition-
er.
Bankrupt’s Petition for Discharge.
Filed lltli dav of August 101«.
L. C. MASTKKSON Clerk.
By P. A. HINOJOSA Deputy.*
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EXPECT ORDERS TO LEAVE SOON
Acocunts appearing iii the state pnjver-|
of the progress being made in preparing:
the Port Worth camp sites has given rise
to the belief among the officers and men
of the two Brownsville national guard or
gam/atioiis that they will leave the ear1
part of the week for the mohi|izati<#
camps. Although no order- have been re-
ceived to that effect pre- opinion i- to the
effect that the guard troop- will he mo-
bilized b\ August 25th one week trom Sat
tirday.
In one respect the Dodger- and llie
Braves are very much on the twin order.
Kmch oil!|U ytyp.a pennant and t|o-n turn-;
ed around and Iteut ^il JpV.Uiy “al-o” di-
vision. _ _ _
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PIPE! PIPE! PIPE!
WHY EXPERIMENT WHEN YOU CAN GET THE BEST?
GENUINE READING IRON PIPE AND CASINO. 4
The Only Pipe and Casing That Has Stood the Severe Test of the Coast
Country for Twenty-five Years.
E. H. CAT.DWELL A' SON
CORPUS CHRISTI. TEXAS I
DISTRIBUTORS.
We also have a large stock ol SUel Pipe Fittings Valves Etc. Etc.
HOUSTON CAF£
Twelfth Street. Across Travelers’ Hotel
Best Regular Meals in the City 35c
CHOP SUEY. ALL KINDS OF CHINESE AND AMERICAN OISHES.
BEST SERVICE. REFINED FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE PAINTS WE OFFER (ACME QUAL-
ITY)
are tin* very he>t known to the trade. They
are warranted both hy the maker' and hy
onr-elve'. There are *|ieeiul paints for
every ih>. l or exterior painting or in-
door emhelli'hing. For floor staining tor
furniture poli-hing tor enameling hath tuh
or 'ink. We 'hall t»e glad to advi>e you as
to the Im*'I 'Oft to U'e tor your purpose.
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VALLEY DISTRIBUTORS FOR ACME
QUALITY PAINTS.
Eagle Pass Lumber Company
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. PHONE 318.
BROWNSVILLE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
GUARANTY FUND BANK.
THE BANK OF THE MONEY SAVERS.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND TIME
DEPOSITS.
SMALL ACCOUNTS WELCOMED.
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Merchants National Bank
i Brownsville Texas
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CAPITAL STOCK 'r/::::“:J200.000.00
f (Earned) $110000.00 '
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Four Per Cent Interest Paid On Time And Savings Deposits
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The First | National |.Bank
Of Brownsville Texas
United States Depositary
CAPITAL ^ d*«id i»)B£ $100000
SURPLUS ... - $200000
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GUNTER HOTEL
San Antonio Texas.
Absolutely Fireproof Modern European.^
RATES $1.00 to $3.00 per day.
A HOTEL BUILT FOR THE CLiMATEV
A RENDEZVOUS FOR BROWNSVILLE PEOPLF.!|
Percy Tyrell Manager.
Official Head-Quarters A. A. A.
Exceptional business chance j
LABORDE HOTEL FOR RENT
At Rio Grande City
TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING 24 VENTILATED BEDROOMS IN UP-
PER STORY LOWER STORY HAS PARLOR DINING ROOM. LUNCH
COM-
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