Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 88, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1915 Page: 2 of 6
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ARE TRAINMEN HUMAN BEINGS?
The management of the Chicago surface
lines, following the recent strike, sent a let-
ter to 12,000 employees, including all train-
men- Says its half-page ad. in the Chicago
Tribune:
"The letter stated that we were going to
buy some advertising space in the newspapers
for our employees, and would ask them to pre-
sent to the public their own suggestions for
the improvement of the service. Here is the
first letter received in response to ours. We
believe it contains a suggestion which will
appeal instantly to every one."
And here is what vthe employee wrote to the
management: "Your letter meets with the
hearty approval of the trainmen in your em-
ploy, and has already taken the desired ef-
fect. If you will permit me to offer a sug-
gestion which may be beneficial to all con-
cerned, I am sure the best results can be ob-
tained. As the people to write of any cour-
tesies extended by conductors or motormen
that are worthy of mention, the same to be
used as a mark of credit to the said trainmen.
I assure you, you will be pleased with the fu-
ture service of the trainmen, as there has been
a marked improvement already."
The management's comment on this letter
' from a conductor is that "it goes to the heart
of the whole matter of service in a very di-
rect way."
It is right that complaints be made by the
public to the management of anything which
' goes wrong. Common carriers belong, in
theory at least, to the people. The people
have the right to demand good service, and
to keep it good it is often necessary to com-
plain of it when it is bad:
But how about praising it when it is sat-
isfactory? How long is it going to take peo-
ple to learn that other people's minds work
just as theirs do? That if a passenger does
his work better for a little praise for merit,
it's only human nature that the conductor will
do the same? The passenger knows the glow
and enthusiasm which follow approbation,..
He knows how much more efficient he is when
appreciated. He knows the black feeling of
"What's the use?" following continual unmer-
ited complaint- Is the trainman made of dif-
ferent clay?
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AMERICAN EFFICIENCY IN BELGIUM.
It is gratfiying to learn that the German
military governor of Belgium has agreed to
let the entire grain crop this year go to the
Belgian civil population. Tv«at promise is
strictly kept will partly redeem the record of
an invader whose confiscation of food supplies
for the use of the German army was the chief
factor last year in reducing Belgium to star-
»vation. It is gratifying, too, to note that the
German government's agreement to keep
hands off is due chiefly to the American com-
mission that has been relieving that starve
tion. ' . .
The commission has won the respect and
confidence of everybody concerned by its ab-
solute fairness and efficiently in handling sup-
plies and helping the natives to regain their
capacity for self support. The commission
has not only fed the hungry. It has system-
atized the distribution of food from all sourc-
es, among all elements of the population. It
has provided seed and looked after the sow-
ing. It has arranged to take charge of the
new harvest and distribute ' it regularly
throughout the ensuing year ,making good by
contributions from abroad whatever is lack-
ing.
The feeding of Belgium will remain in
American hands, apparently, until the war is
over, by joint consent of the conqueror and
the conquered. American benevolence is
playing a big part in it, and yet a subordinate
part. The outstanding fact is the triumph of
American business efficiency, coupled with
ican honesty and fairness-
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cry is still for war, but he
has not tjie slightest intention of making a
target of his precious body.
He is in evidence in this country now on
every side. He would make it appear that
he is specially solicitous about his country's
"honor" and prudence, the calm consideration
and careful study and the statesmanlike meth-
ods of a-great president is to him a cause of
irritation and vexes his patience, and he cries
out for the call to arms. *
If he is of that age that he cannot remem-
ber the events of '61-'65 he should read his-
tory, or what wtmld bfe better, hav^ some
survivor of the campaign of the Shenandoah
Valley under Jackson depict for him the
scenes which met the eye there in those days.
The pen of the historian pr the brush of the
painter dftmot truly interpret them to the
minds of men, but the "jingo" who rides
adown that historic talley now in these days
can behold on every side scenes of pastoral
and agricultural peace and beauty and pros-
perity. Happy homes cluster all over the
valley and the wheat is waving like seas of
amber under the summer's sun ;the corn is
deeply green, and the fat cattle graze on the
rich clover or rest under the apple trees.
Let the "jingo" then read but for a little
while about the war in Europe, the devastated
lands, the fields plowed by war's red furrows,
the rows and piles of dead rotting in the sun,
the houseless, homeless, penniless millions, the
widows and orphans that no mean can num-
ber, the maimed and crippled and mangled
ones doomed to a life of suffering and help-
lessness if they live, and then let him hush
his senseless, heartless cry for war.
His is a discordant note. It jars upon the
ear. It recalls painful memories, and if it
met the response he professes to desire it
would presage horror and heartache, suffering
and sorrow.
Peace broods over this land like a benedic-
tion, and for that blessing heaven be praised.
—Houston Chronicle.
Leading American bankers at New York
City think the end of the war will be brought
about sooner than most people imagine by the
collapse of the financial organizations of1" the
various belligerents. The currency of the
warring nations is sinking to lower and lower
levels of value on the American -market day
by day- Only the other day France floated a
comparatively small loan of fifty million dol-
lars in New York, and financiers in this coun-
try insisted upon first-class American railway
bonds fyeing put up as security. While the
depreciation of their financial strength may
•\ compel the belligerents to depend more upon
thir internal resourcs it will scarcely have
any effect on the duration of the war in our
opinion. The European nations are not fight-
ing this war in terms of dollars and cents, and
until the manhood of one side has vanquished
the manhood of the other side there will be
no peace, market quotations to the contrary
notwithstanding.—Galveston Tribune.
th^ pot is not simmering in
thing has melted.
Mexico.
The movement looking to the erection of
warehouses for the storage of cotton is easily
the most important of the several movements
that are on foot in Texas just now, in the
opinion of the News. It is also the most exi-
gent, since it ,is necessary to make use of ev-
ery moment if storage facilities are to be made
ready against the time of their need. If it
were necessary Texas could well afford to put
all othr public projects in abeyance that this
one might be expedited. It will not be nec-
essary, of course, to do this, and the idea is
advanced merely as a means of emphasizing
our sense of the importance of this particular
movement.—Galveston News. {
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A tight shoe is better than a "tight" head.
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Thanks, like banks, pay golden interest.
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These wars and rumors of yvars have at
least one saving grace- They are keeping the
Thaw case off the first page. '
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Even our old reliable
sumed with envy.
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volcanoes are con-
When you elevate your work the work will
elevate you. '
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Between Europe, Huerta and the devil, Un-
cle Sam is getting peeved.
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Take another track, brother, To tell your
enemy to go to hell is but to expose your ig-
norance of modern conditions.
Expected to Reach Washing-
ton Today or Sunday.
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General Undertone Among
State Officials Is One of
Disappointment.
Berlin, July 10 (via London).—
The perman reply to the American
note regarding the Blnking of the
Lusitania and submarine warfare
has been delivered to James W. Ger-
ard, the American ambassador in
Berlin.
Certain paragraphs embodying the
principal features of the Oerman of-
fer already have betfn sent to Wash-
ington. The note is of considerable
length.
The text of the note meanwhile
will be withheld from the newspaper
correspondents and permission for
the transmission of summaries is
being withheld. This is done to give
the official version the right of way.
Text May Oonw Today.
Washington, July 10.—Delivery of
Germany's reply to the American
note on sifbmarine warfare to Am-
bassador Gerard in Berlin should
bring the official text to the state
department, here probably today and
undoubtedly by Sunday.
President Wilson is expected to re-
turn from toe summer White House
at Cornish to jaf the reply before the
cabinet at a meeting Tuesday. All
officials here, realize there probably
has been no essential change from
the form in which the reply was out-
lined by the Berlin foreign office to
Ambassador Gerard. On the basis
of that outline the American gov-
ernment declined to engage in any
supplementary negotiations, because,
it was believed, the United States
could not accept the German propos-
als without sacrificing many of Its
rights.
Tone of Disappointment.
State officials would not comment,
but the general undertone was one
of disappointment. What the presi-
dent's course will be no official would-
predict, but It was evident that an-
other critical stage in the relations
between Germany and the United
States was at hand.
One course, which some considered
probable, would be to reject the Ger-
man proposals and notify the Berlin
government, in effect, that the Unit-
ed States intended to insist on the
principle of visit and search for all
unarmed vessels of any nationality
carrying Americans and that specific
violation of these, rights would deter-
mine the .next step in the American
policy.
As for the LuBitania case, howev-
er, failure by Germany to admit lia-
bility for the loss of more than 100
American lives is a phase of the sit-
uation on which there were today
few suggestions as to what the Unit-
ed States should do.
Some of the president's' advisors
repeatedly have counselled that the
breach of international law was so
flagrant that It remained only for the
United States to have no diplomatic
intercourse with the German govern-
ment unless the intent of the act was
denied and reparation was promised.
v One effect of th$ ravages of war
has been a call' from Europe for
American artificial limbs. George
E. Marks, one of the leading Amer-
ican manufacturers of artificial
limbs, recently returned from a trip
to England and France, having
twren invited there to confer with
leading surgeons, and his report
agrees with those of the United
States department of-commerce, un-
der dat6 of April i and June 12,
which indicate there is now a tre-
mendous opening in the European
markets for legs and arms made
here.
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England, Prance and Russia have
not enough makers of artificial limbs
in their dominions; to supply 10 per
cent of the number required. France
seems to appreciate this oonditlon
more keenly than the other countries
involved in the war, and Vf was
from France that the sail came to
Mr. Marks to go over and aee what
arrangements could be made to meet
the situation. '
"In Paris and its suburbs,4* said
Mr. Marks yesterday, "there a thoroughly enjoyed themselves
month ago 15,000 soldiers who had ~ "
nl* and will
They will be guests of
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Dr. W. H. Langhorne, i
son, Willis, left .tfhuMday for
exposition.
Miss Eloise Mercer has r«kyrne<f
from Sealy. She was a guest of Mrs.
Jackson.
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Mrs. Clay'Smith and Mrs. J. A.
Mercer are visiting their sister, Mra
John Jackson of Sealy.
Chappell Hill now has an airdome.
Mr. Atwood, the proprietor, was
burned on hands and arm when the
machine exploded.
Misses Julia and 8udie Routt have
returned from Hempstead .where
they were guests of their cousin,
Mrs. C. O. Weir.
Mr. Jim Fife of Houston ran up
to spend the day with his mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Fife.
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Joe and Howard 6arlisle, Luther
Knight and Mrs. Maude Miller took
in the barbecue at Kenney.
Mrs. Joe E. Routt gave an enter-
tainment for the Library association.
A fine program was rendered, after
which 42 held the boards. The chil-
dren fishyl for peanuts. Every one
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lost one or more limbs, and many of
these were waiting for prothetic
treatment. Mind you, that does not
include the number in the remain
der of France. It is by no means
an exaggeration to say that with the
war not yet a year old, the number
of soldiers with amputated limbs in
all the belligerent countries already
is not short of 50,000. Compared
with the figures of the war between
the States, this is appalling. That
conflict, which lasted four years, and
was regarded as unusually sangui-
nary, left 11,000 amputated surviv-
ors on the federal side, and if we
afeume that the same number *of
Confederates were left maimed, ap-
proximately 22,000 persons.were in
line for artificial limbs at the close.
SUBMARINE ACTIVE
Two Steamships Are Sent to
Bottom by German
Torpedoes1
Registered at the Anthony.
J. E. Semple, Navasota.
H. V. Gudgion, Dallas.
J. Fielding, Chicago.
H. C. Hale.
J. A. Felts, New Orleans.
H. McGee, Sterling.
Haas, Dallas.
J. W. Ragsdale, Caldwell,
J. H. I^yon, Houston.
O. M. Reed, New York
L. K. Fisher, Houston.
J. T. F. Flanigan, Baltimore.
T. R. G&nt, Sterling Green Co.
London, July 10.—The Russian
bark Marion Lightbody was sunk off
Queenstown today by a German sub-
marine. The crew was saved. The
bark, which was of 2176 tons gross,
left Valparaiso March 23 for an Eng-
lish port.
The Wilson line steamship Guide,
from Hull for Archangel, Russia, was
sunk off the coast of Scotland yes-
terday by a German submarine, The
crew of the Guide was saved.
The steamer Muskogee, from New
Orleans to Gothenburg, Sweden, has
been detained and taken to Kirkwall
for examination. The tank steamets
Pioneer and Polarine have been re-
leased.
This is the second detention for
both the Muskogee and the P.'oueer.
The Russian steamer Anna, from
Archangel, Russia, for Hull, was
shelled by* a German submarine in
the North sea. The crew abandoned
the ship and landed at Peter Head,
Scotland, today. The Anna is re-
ported still afloat.
w. o. w.
Regular meeting of Walnut Camp
at 8:30 Monday evening, i2th inst.,
and every Woodman invited to at-
tend.—Adv. 87-lt.
Aug. Lindemann, Clerk.
Second sheets, all colors and
weights, can be socurod reasonably
and quickly at the Banner-Press of-
fice. Ring 241.
"Friendship Links" for bracelets.
Get them from H. W. Arp,. watch-
maker and jeweler; next door to
postoffice.-vAdv. 88-11.
WANTED—Clean white rags. We
pay five cents per pound for them
delivered at the Banner-Press office.
Adv.-tf.
Give uo a trl$" 4ft your next ordet
of stationery and we will'both be
pleased. 'Phone 241 v.hc Hi er-
Press.
Brenham Lumber Co., Bole agents
tof the High Grade O. K. Cement.--
A Am* or ox
Adv.85-8t'
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Miss Henrietta De Chaumes whA
has been a guest of Miss Anne Lide
has returned to Houston.
Woodie Fife and son have left for
Bryan.
Mrs. Emma Thornhlll and family
have moved to Navasota. We re-
gret to lose them.
Order of the Eastern Star.
The following officers wer** stall-
ed in the W. H. Campbell Chapter,
No. 345 O. E. S.
Worthy macron, Mrs.^knna Scha-
er, worthy patron, Henry Schaer,
Sr.; associate matton, Mrs. Nellie
Winfleld ; secretary, Mrs. Fannie A.
Campbell; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Rein-
stein; conductress, Miss Cella Win-
fleld; associate conductress, Mrs. Lil-
leon Hines; chapiin, G. Conway
Booth; adah, Miss Bertha Brandt;
Ruth, Mrs. Annie Jacobs; ^sther,
Miss Valeria Brandt; Martha, Mrs.
Mary R. Shaver; Electa, Mrs. Bettie
Brandt; Warder, Jake Winfleld;!
sentinel, Wm. Reinstein; organist,
Miss Lillie Schaer; marshall, Miss
Annie Shaer.
STORAGE DISCUSSED
Meeting at Luling Takes up
Cotton Warehouse Prob-
lem.
Luling, Texas, July 10.—A meet-
ing of the farmers and business men
of this vicinity was held in Longer
park Thursday for the purpose of
changing the present warehouse so
as to comply with the State laws re-
garding bonded warehouses to en-
able the farmer to obtain money at
a low rate of interest upon his cot-
ton from the banks by presentation
of the proper slip issued by the
manager of the warehouse.
The following representatives of
the chamber of commerce of San An-
tonio addressed the meeting: Thom-
ss E. Mathews, cashier of the State
Bank and Trust company; Charlee
Cain, representing peden Iron and
Steel company; u. c. Walker, pre*
ldent Walker-Moore' Grocery compa-
ny, and ask for the hearty co-opera-
tion of the farmers, bankers and
business m9n. Considerable enthu-
siasm was shown and a committee
composed of the following, D. M.
Day, H. L. King and W. M. Sander*
was appointed to get in communica-
tion with the State warehouse de-
partment and further agitate the
question. F. W. Spielhagen, repre-
sentative of the State warehouse de-
partment, was scheduled to address
the meeting, but failed to arrive.
My 'phone number is 531 w H
Durderf city Do»r,rt!r.^w*r._A<1;a-
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Buy O. K. Cement—it lasts forever
Brenham Lumber Co.' Phone 39 anvl
time.—Adv.86-3t any
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Shepard, Nelson M. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 88, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1915, newspaper, July 10, 1915; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth489662/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.