Laredo Weekly Times from Laredo, Texas • Page 8

From Daily. CONFESSION OF FAILURE. According to a despatch from an independent source. Nikolai 1 the Soviet Russian premier if a halt, pending the peace negotia- 1 lions, and the French forces were fret to attempt the reduction of the city of Paris, held by the As the despatch In the of that date said, slaughter was wfu! and it was only by a stern lost save honor," and that soon will to wipe out anarchy at go glimmering. The soviet the head of the government of the bow declared bankrupt, and the chief of the now asks approval of unlimited return of capitalism and the recall to Russia of the members of the oppos ing political parties who were expelled by Lenine and his followers.

all costs that the French Republican army was able to triumph, although the triumph was in the midst of defeat by a foreign foe. During that have elapsed, the French people have thrown off the shackl of enslavement to royalty imposed by the Second Empire. They have educated The entire idea Bolshevism is people so that even the based upon a rejection of the old terrible were loyal to capitalistic system, and the failure of patrie" during the recent war. They the soviet system is a confession that have taught the youth of the country the old system was superior to the while it is permissible to play new, which has produced nothing but with politics and to trifle with deficit, the murder of many tbous anarchy, communism and unds and the destruction of ail that of each French man, wo was detent and respectable. man or child there must be the de- This will be another blow to those termination to stand by the govern who, in various countries, as well as ment in time of peril, regardless of our own, held that "Bolshevism is farmer political affiliations, right.

In principle, no matter how it is for that reason that France ubused by those who are using it for pas had no trouble with communism, private socialism or Bolshevism during the If a system that started off with past two years, while all the rest of the confiscation, not only of all gov- Europe has been shaken to its foun- ermnent but of all private dations, il, cannot succeed in its The French learned their np way will thing wr Russians taxed on were un With stood if others taken fr has bed iiot pay earning was barely The thus long Hit deficit, with that is ha vi be Bo ter th of tho lb the iti Fili CUSCO a man merely rmitt she tha abb its ties BOU la to id Hi to to be di to Rratj it t) of prl the i hornet in It lesson in jo me the 70s. They found their cost that ysiem. The while they were threatened from foes more heavily without it was no time for Internal viki than they dissensions. They who once trembled at the shouts of communist mob and the screams of the are now secure in knowledge that Frenchmen of every class will rally defense of the country over it is in peril. They need fear no conspiracy which includes French members of an for the French 1st is for France first and the rest of the world afterwards.

France has gone through several periods of unrest, but today it Is the hare of all nation of Europe which can boast of solidarity. It began its present course when the people saved their sous toward the payment of the Prussian Indemnity In 1871, and it has continued ever steadfast when menaced by a foreign foe. Ministries may come and go; political parties in time of peace may thunder forth their pronundamentos; class may oppose class and the squalid cellars may vomit forth theT vile spa of Apache an i outlaw. But the first menace from abroad them ail feel that they are From h. first, last and all the time.

Through trials and tribulation France has risen, from the aches of the past, and today it. is By Associated Press, one of the strongest nations of tin world The French love their conn trv and they will fight for It. ANGUS P. SPOHN DEAD AND BODY TAKEN TO ZAPATA 17TH INFANTRY TAKES LEAD BY DEFEATING THE LAREDOS JUDGE OF ZAPATA COUNTY LEGION TEAM DEFEATED ASHER- DIED HERE LAST NIGHT. TON IN THE FIRST GAME.

Had Resided in Texas Since 1875, Coming From Canada; Ingrowing Toenail Cause of Blood Poisoning. Blaney Got a of the Sulks In the Game Yesterday and the Fans Were Disgusted With Him. Slauuing of the Laredo League; Team. Played Won Lost Per. 13 9 692 13 8 5 .615 13 5 8 .385 13 4 9 .208 County Judge A.

P. Spohn of Zapata county, who had his right foot amputated just above the ankle on 17th Infantry May 20 following an "infection of the Laredos toe four years ago as the result of Amer. Legion an ingrowing toenail, and which later Airdrome failed to heal and caused blood sonlng in the foot, died at Mercy Legion Defeated Asherton, Hospital last night at 9:40 In I 1 surrounded by his wife and daughter, header at Caliche Par yes or ay a 1 prominent officials and citizens of tcrnoon between the Arnem his home county and others, all ex and the Asherton teams, the Legion a.de a cigarette in my pecting the end as the result of the waa victorious batting their steady sinking of the aged patient way tr a vie ory over during the past two days. i Asherton team, and uapra had the The body was removed to the viHitors at his mercy. eg on Jackson undertaking establishment folded well, naking one erio last night and prepared for burial.

while the boys irom This forenoon it was taken to Car- seven errors. Cockeran behind rlzo, Zapata county, and the funeral the bat for the Legion is proving will be held there tomorrow. Quite a timber, not on as at op, number of persona accompanied the for Bhe way is poum mg remains to Zapata, county, including ot the garae by the family and those who had come nn nss 8 wht ruling class, -1 entire surplus and ali because it did levote his time to scanty amount he retain and which his daily needs. it capitalism are in the wrong. A that all tnd that the state ihould have been the soundness of id it begun busi- ties.

abrt And that neon estiy floe 1 1 first On ing more tha the re all gov ipitali- tic aya have iifcl toll! th entire rich Ruggini is; it di-own jewels md those ividtiais; It sold the res of art a well as and statua ry in the idividuals. il I It com which If Vf army it paid the per scrip, printed by ed its worth! egg prom- or relmburs 1 rr of their 'is. It had train an no liahili- money that an was for the nsap: i 1 1 ft 'At. U--JJ The Camel idea born then. It was the exclusive expert Camel blend that revolutionized cigarette smoking.

That Camel blend of choice Turkish and Domestic tobaccos hits just the right spot It gives Camels such mellow mildness and fragrance! The first time I smoked Camels I knew they were mane for me. I knew they were the smoothest, hn cigarette in the world, at any price. Nobody can tell me anything different here to attend the bedside of Judge Spohn, Judge Angus Peter Spohn was a of Toronto, Canada, where he was born in and attended school in his native city. In j875 he came to Texas, locating temporarily at Corpus Christi, where a cousin, the late Dr. Arthur Spohn, resided.

From Corpus ChriHti shortly afterwards lie went to the ranch of his uncle, Dr. Henry P. Spohn, in Encinal county, and in a short time engaged in general merchandising, establishing a store at the town of Encinal, thirty-nine miles north of Laredo Here he remained until 1887, Amer. Legion Asherton 122 450 ,202 100 .000 200 Batteries: Capra and Alexander and Brown. R.

H. E. 13 I 5 7 Cockeran; Infantry Defeated Laredos. i The real excitement came off in the second game- -a battle for the top between the Laredos and 17th. Laredo did not support Rodri guez as well is the 17th did Blaney, outside of great catch in the first.

There were no fielding stunts similar to the ones pulled by Gragg, Crisp, Mille and Husky for when he was appointed as a mounted R. J. HE WO. itvli-Oa "tacco Co. N.

C. inspector in the customs service and assigned to Carrizo, in Zapata This position he heid until 1893, when he was appointed county super-! intendent of schools of Zapata eoun ty. Following the death of Judge Jose Blaney displayed a lack of sports manshlp. His attitude after Laredo scored its second run after two were down in the 4th, owing to the ball getting away at 3rd, and was permit ted to continue in the box, pitching A. Navarro in 18iL Mr.

ispohn. much to the dlspFas- was appointed by the commissioners of many of the fanH wb0 pay court of Zapata county as county theil. to see a ball came, not and ex-officio county suporin- to witnegg a display of Sensa- tendent of schools, which position he; tlonal fielding behind Blaney saved held at the time of his death. game. The st ore by Innings Throughout his life Judge Spohn I 8howed: was a strong Republican, and as aj politician of the old school he had; no superior in Texas.

Up to the time jjaredo GERMAN QUARANTINE, atti which it had to buy to war of extermination, asset was almost net. million- -really billions- ifiscatcd would have been any government that hon- ipted to carry out wn and to establish them at ich should have been the of the soviet. which not mention ne among the causes of the robbery by individuals resources. Some are said to have WE CALLED CONFERENCE FOR NEXi THURSDAY NIGHT Berlin, May 31. Cows Germany by American farmers being held in quarantine at Hi Experqts say that blood tests disclosed bacteriological able of transmitting Texas fever but that the animals otherwise In good The Bureau of Animal Industry in ing distributed among tlio poor children of Bremen.

The situation, however, has again donated to revived discussion of the advisability are of donating -own to Germany, where there is such a shortage of feed that native livestock is suffering. FORT MclNTOSH NOTES. of the warm fight between the Republicans and Democrats for control of Zapata county in 1914, the vote of that county was always solidly Republican and Judge Spohn was always the main factor in delivering; 123 458 789 10 ..010 luO (HM) 2 5 7 17th Infantry 000 000 200 1 -3 8 3 imen. have cap Notice. The County Commissioners County Judg 3 of Webb County, Texas, will reconvene as board of equaiiza- lmm) The Memorial Day services were tjlf.

county to the Republicans, held yesterday morning at the Post; while the lost their Band Stand. Splendid rlljt, ()f Zapata's vote for made by the Commanding Republicans and the an(j Colonel Cochran, and Chaplain Isbell. a fajr showing with their conn were rendered by the organiaztion that began with the Batteries: Rodriguez and Cornejo; Blaney and Jacoby PROCESSION OF BOY SCOUTS MOVED ALONG THIS MORNING START FOR CAMPING GROUNDS AS HAPPY AS BOYS CAN BE. i fight in 1914, nevertheless even in, the last election Zapata county cast Large Crowd Present to See Scouts WILL MEET WITH MEXICAN HIGHWAY ENGINEERS NOW HERE. The Post team retained their lead a big majority for the Republican Off and They Departed Amid Blow Meridian Highway Officials and Rep resentatives From Several Counties Expected to Attend Meeting.

It art of their loot abroad. nib' be a bilged real uni of the of the depoi-i where of their being have a orgies of di have a great their own country for ability when the evict ended That of Itself an arraignment of the system. The accusation of tho soviet against capitalbm was that the capit ID robbed the workingmen and coined the of tho Into gold. But at leant the capitali st gave employment to the working men, while the soviet has decreed Ululile in case flee. Others il in shameless while others Utod In future avail- ruined and that all men to go to the all alike.

Capitalism tetad after th th being th ork. the prore be divided aim ot yet been causo of all lodali am to THF DIFFERENCE. The Galveston New Years rriblo burn tie tri in lit column a short re- then It in ita bl hi though great rn steadily port of the 1 existing in Pari: city is places, and the part of the cei. triets seams to government gained ground, tor ts The ed tbO Republic, while still attempting to poverty, having committed the abuses In the way of destruction as were used in the world war. The the were then called, being the same organization which finally evolved into tho Russian soviet, tho I.

W. and the kindred or gitnizations throughout the was determined to ruin France first and then attack the other govern- their return merits An important conference of Men dian Highway officials and represen talives from Bexar, LaSalle, Frio Webb counties, along the route of the Meridian Highway, has been called to Elks Club in ibis chy on Thursday evening to confer Itn the three Mexican highway engineers, Me jr Nunez. Philippi and Ortiz, of department of communi- eations and public ot Mexico, who arrived in Laredo Sunday from Mexico City logging the proposed highway from Mexico City to Laredo to a connection with the Meridian Highway, The conference here on Thursday evening will be In the form of a smoker and will be attended by members of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, Rotary (Tub and Kiwanis Club, additional to the various highway representatives of Texas and Mexico, At this conference plans for the building of iho great highway from Canada through Texas to Mexico City will be discussed, suggestions will be asked by the Mexican and various phases of the work dficuaaod, aa tlv Mexican representatives are very anxious to learn tho method of road con tructlon employed by the American and to that end they have been in conference with County Highway Engineer Spence of Webb countv and want to get from the road other Texas communities. Washington has held that the tj0n at the Court House thereof at quito which transmits Texas fever in- pi M. Monday, June 6th, lection does not exist in Germany, ujvi and remain in session for two hut the here have decided weeks.

1 a noaaibilitv that mosquitos J. A. RODRIGUEZ. were brought over with tho cows and rp-rk, Co. Court and Ex-officio Clerk of fast baseball to decide nover can forecast how Zapata (hat the entire Com court, Webb Co, wo" will vote." Only Judge Spohn be in ommunal Mayrt.b, stables in the cities.

The German Red Cross, which is a directing the distribution of the gift cows, ha a consented to this arrangement and milk from the is be- iri the Laredo League by winning presidential although it gave from the fast Laredo team yesterday Democratic state ticket a similar by the close score of 3 to 2. It took majority. As the saying went never a and in the tenth, Blaney won his county ill a single that scored the winning run. The Laredo team play- leaders knew. ed a rather loose game, making many Deceased was married in Encinal Blaney pitched for the to yjjKS Juana Estrada, who, with one! Watch THE TIMES everyday for while Rodriguez was on the mound daughter, Mrs, George Haynes, sur- ing of Bugles and Cheering.

ipportuniUea. per month. for the Laredos. JJEMEMBER to ask your grocer for Calumet Baking Powder and be sure that you get Indian head on theorange label. Then forget about bake day failures.

For you will never have any. Calumet always produces the sweetest and most palatable foods. And now remember, you always use less than of most other brands because it possesses greater leavening strength. ber- Aiways Use him, also ether About four years ago Judge Spohn Miller and Buekey played the star 8Uj-f, an infection of a toe on the ball for the Post, Miller making twoi right foot from an ingrowing toenail, piendid catches in center, while was amputated. The wound covered in excellent fUuy pealed, and on May 20 he tyle, a bit of nerve when, ha(J llis in fielding a ball, he was hurt, but ankle.

continued to play the ball until the runner was out and then gave up. foot amputated above I he The 18th Cavalry is due ut the Post about noon today. This organization made the hike from Han Antonio in splendid time. They will go into 1 camp on the drill ground, whore all arrangements have been made for them by the regiment. THE SCHWARTZMAN FAMILY HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE ACT QUICKLY.

'S wrr av ttst of ALU ET BAKING POWDER FIRST SQUADRON ARRIVES ON HIKE FROM SAN ANTONIO (jf Paris had reslst- nent of Third the Prussians were France to Squadron of 16th Cavalry Forenoon; Squadron of 13th Cavalry Arrives Tomorrow, The squadron of tho Ifith Cavalry nn Fort Ham Houston, in command of Lieutenant Colonel Trumbull, arrived Fort McIntosh about 11 this forenoon on their hike world, from San Antonio and will rest up here several days before leaving on from 13th Cavalry, on armistice had been signed which Fort Hark brought the hostilities betweeu the a tc hike, will arrtv, at ort and the French armies to Iritosb tomorrow morning. There is no waste, If a recipe calls for one cups of half a cup of milk all you use. You never have to re-bake. Contains only such ingredients as have been officially approved by Food Authorities, is the product of the largest, most modem and sanitary Baking Powder Factories in existence. Poundjianjof Calumet contains full 16 oz.

Some baking powders come in 12 oz. instead of 16 oz. cans. Ik- sure you get a pound when you wantjL Calumet Columbia Muffin Recipe sifted flour, 4 level Calumet Baking Powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, 4 cups of sweet milk. Then mix in the regular way.

When Their Car Turned Turtle on Zapata Highway Last Evening; Occupants Were Only Shaken Up. 4 ---------Mr, and Mrs, A. Schwarz mann, their four children and two nephews, In the Bulck car owned by Mr. Schwartzmann, had a narrow escape Do the right thing ut tho right fPora a tragic death on the new Za- Act quickly In time of danger. l)ata highway about six from In time kidney danger, Laredo yesterday afternoon when the Kidney Pills are mont effective.

the road and tumbled over your neighbor! the badly dam- of Laredo evidence of their aging the car, but luckily none of the worth. suffered nerlous injury. Joe Cluley, 1918 Lincoln Laredo, jt said that they were coming says: time ago I was troubled down a steap hill at a fairly good with backache. 1 was annoyed day of speed when the driver lost and night and when 1 over, 1 control oi ihe steering wheel and the could hardly raise up again. My kid- chi loft the road, turned over twice neya acted irregularly causing me to and landed below the high grade, get up to puss the secretions, The occupants wore picked up and which wore highly colored and burn- rushed to the hospitil here, and ed like scalding wuter in passage, 1 while Mr.

and Mrs. Schwartzmann bought a box of Kidney Pills ware dazed from the impact of the at the Ideal Drug Store, and on car with the ground, none of the them, 1 was helped from the first, other ejx suffered and Just one box of cured me aud paries. However, all wore soon on i been troubled the road to recovery after recovering Price 60c, ut all dealers. their equilibrium. It was a very for- Binipiy ask for a kidney tuuate thing that someone was not Doan's Kidney same that injured, as the car turned turtle very Mr.

Cluley haft. Foster-Mi)burn unexpectedly, but all the occupants Headed by Scout Commissioner A D. Bordeaux and George W. Derby, member of the Boy Scout Council, as in an automobile, the procession of two Ford six Republic trucks carrying six troops of of the Laredo Boy Scouts in charge of their scoutmasters, one truck iad en with baggage and Joe C. Netzer in Ihs car bringing up the rear, started for the Bov Fcouts cam pin.

grounds near CotuUa at about 7:30 this morning, the procession moving from in front of the federal building in the presence of several hundred assembled there and amid great hilarity by the Boy Scouts, who departed with bugles blowing and the youngsters cheering most hap pily they moved away. The that carried the Boy were furnished by the J. C. Netzer and the scouts go to join the which left here last week to prepare the camping one and one-half miles from Cotulla. -The scouts will have a ten day tailing in the live oak grove near Cotulla and there will bo plenty of diveision vided the The procession expected to reach Cotulla by 2 this afternoon, traveling at rate of about ten miles an hour.

known as named in honor of August Rich ter, president of the Laredo Council. A program of have been arranged to make outing hoth uBeful and pleasurable. (in Sunday a big barbecue will be given at Camp Richter and a number of people from Laredo, especially Urn and of the Hoy Scouts, will attend, going from here by both auto and train to spend Sunday with the youngsters. Buffalo, N. retained their until it came into impact with the ground.

New Location, Juan Lopez wishes to announce to incorporation have been issued to the Independent Order ofj Maids and Bach elorB, which has beerf organiedz at his friends that he is now located al Logan.sport, for the purpose of tiie Laredo Barber Shop, DIB Flores promoting acquaintance among those 1 avenp, where he will he pleased to eligible to matrimony, I have call. 6-23-lni Summer Classes. Owing to many and for the benefit of those pupils wore obliged to odhty in reserving lesson periods, Mrs. Flora Dllgarde Anderson has consented to continue her classes In piano and winging during the summer. Anderson will accept a limited number of pupils in the art of accompanying.

Studios 204 Alexander Bldg, Residence telephone 458. Fall Term begins September 12. 6 26 8c.