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BULLETIN
?1
THE DAILY
VOLUME XV. )
"SURVIVORS TELL BACHELORS MUST
HOW SHIP Ml SERVE IN ARMY
Nr
MOTHERS WHO WENT BELOW
DECKS FOR CHILDREN"
NEVER RETURNED.
MKT SUFFERING FROM GOLD
Wilsea and Laasing Confer Over Sit-
uation; Will Await Receipt of .
Fall Details.
LONDON Jan. 3. (Balletin.)
The American Embassy here to-
day learned that the Rev. Homer
Salisbury an American was -on
hoard the l'era when it sank
His name Jins .not' been included
anions; the list of survivors and '
it is firmly believed that he per-
Mica.
Gerard Is Busy.
Berlin .Jan. 5.-p-Anierican Ambassa-
dor Gerard .today conferred with the
Foreign Office here ' regarding . the
sinking of the steamship Persia' by a
submarine. . He -is malting an effort
to determine the nationality of the
craft. .
London. Jan. 5. Survivors of the
Persia are now at Alexandria Egypt
according Io the Reuters Telegram
Company correspondent there. They
state that the tragedy was enacted so
rapidly that few of the passengers
realized what bad happened. Only
those who left their seats in the sa-
loon immediately had any chance to
escape. Some of those who reached
the decks lost their footing and were
swept into the sea. . Mothers who went
telow decks fo seek their children
never returned and only two children
were saved.
It is believed that the captain sank
MUi the Persia. The survivors lost
everything they owned during' the
thirty hours they spent in the lifoj-
boats and ail of them- suffered in
tensely from the cold.
SITUATION IS GRAVE
. -
President WHsea .Sretary 8BS.
In? Discuss Crisis
Washington Jan. 5.-President Wil-
.Snn srptrv T.m nnfflrH
for an hour today' over the submarine
crisis. No additional facts -beyond' the
ITTlrtTpLS!S
by the state department until a late
hour this afternoon. No action "Trill
be taken unUl fuller advices are re-
Reived.
Back of the determination to dellb-
erate however officials say there is
nn intention nf acting nnv th. loan "
efirmly and promptly if the facts war-
rant it The president and all his'
advisors are represented as realizing lease or sixty sections of school lands
to its full extent that the submarine in quarter-section tracts for oil
controversy drawn over nearly a year rights. This is by far the greatest
with perplexing and critical negotia. Jetting the commissioners Jiave grant-
fions often brought to the breaking ed and will he the last under the
point now is at the most critical stage quarter-section plan. In future school
it ever has assumed and their inten- lands will be let for oil leases only
tion is that the next step shall place in bulk as the small tract plan has
fne government in a position where "flot proved a success. Exploration
it will be able to maintain the prln- Tor oil in Oklahoma has greatly in-
ciples of international law and hu- creased since the advances in prices
manity. They are representees in- tbegan this .year. . .
tending that all the facts shall be'sdj. : : :
fully developed that when a move is-i' FIfFY IMTTFF irvV mvvt '
r ade it will withstand whatever even
tualities are expected to follow;
The possibility that any action
taken will affect the relations of tho
t'nlted States not ionly with Au8trla
1-ut with all the central power as
aPJes are not being left out of con-
sideration. In the background Of the whole
lies the continued destruction of TjhipB
with loss or life after both Germany
and Austria have given the United
states assurances that passenger ships
vould not be attacked without warn-
ing or opportunity for their non-tom-batants
to find places of safety; This
roader phase of the situation ivther
than the one case of Hie Persia may
Uecorae the ground for thts next move
PERi.'USON DEFENDANT
IN OIL LAXD SUIT
HOUSTON Jan. 5. Governor Jas.
E. Ferguson and thirty-nine other de-
fendants are named in a suit on trial
here today for oil lands in the Hum-
ble field worth millions of dollars.
Heirs of the man who owned the lands
forty years ago allege misrepresen-
tations in signing the deeds.
HAITIEN REVOLUTION
t IS -QUICKLY. REPELLED
iORT AU PRINCE Haiti Jans5.
JnsUrrectos created ' a ; disturbance
"with a free .revoluUona'ry outbreak
today aimed at the American marines t
Tne rebelsnwer recalled after one i
native had;kiled' vTherc were t
no AaerfcM casualties. I
LONG-EXPECTED COMPULSORY
SERVICE BILL INTRODUCED IN
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON Jan. 5. A compulsory
service military service-bill was in-
trqduced In the House of Commons to
day by Premier Asquith. There was
the greatest assemblage of members
present since the Avar began and
much interest was manifested.
The compulsory service bill as pre-
sented today provides for military
service for all males between the
ages of eighteen and forty-one- years
who are bachelors or widowers without-children
dependent upon - them.
Ireland is excluded from the terms
of the measure..
lu presenting the biH Premier As-
quith 4 said that It "could be supported
even by those oppqsod to conscription
and a tribute of praise was given the
enlistment campaign" conducted re-
cently by Lord Derby.
: An. amendment to the munitions
act was. also introduced: Lloyd-
George' urging the adoption o the
amendment said that the output of
munitions should be facilitated be-
cause everything depends -on it to
.bring the. war . to a' successful close
this year. -The
British Casualties.
The British casualties in the battle
of Loos. France last September to-
taled 2300 officers and "T.0ftd men.
I according to an announcement in the
I House of Commons today. . These
casualties were sustained between
.September 25 and October S.
Organizing Fight
On Birds and Other
Small Crop Pests;
SWEETWATER" -Tex.. Jan Deh
jkates from ilft Tcxaa rmmtlns in .-Mp1i
t. Nolan county is central
.. are here today to inaugurate
against small animal nnii hirH
which cause damage to crops The
meeting today Is under the auspices ;
UI lue siaie aepartment or agriculture
nd tJudge Ed R' Kone. - former com
missioner of agriculture and now con
- w'ith th! department will be
hfre to co-operate with the 'county an J
thorities who attend. Most of the
delegates are county commissioners
from the various counties affected. The !
4' uruiric uogs.
Tabbit3- rats and ravens-
OKLAHOMA SCHOOL fiANDS
T LEASED FOR (HL
OKLAHOMA niTV -flkln .Tan .V"
The commissioners of the School Land I
Office today will open bids for the
. I
CLEBURNE. Tex.. Jan. The
t Texas Jersev Cattle Club was-tn mnnt
tniUv hPrn n .nTinn ftrvenlt rnr
r
a fWo-flaYR se.ssinn. A nmirrnm rT nrl-
drcsse3 by. authorities on the "subjects
to the delegates has been prepared and
the entertainment plans
inclnde-
banquet.
HIGHWAY. DIRECTORS MEET
McATTesteR. Okla'. Jan. o.The
dlr victors of the National Jefferson
Highway Association were to meet
here for the purpose of giving the
newly created project a permanent
organization. Delegates al30 will be
present from Craig Mayes Wagoner
Juskogee Mcintosh Pittsburg Atoka
md Bryan counties.
SCHOOL DISTRICT YOTKS
ON PROHIBITION TODAY
CA.MEftON Tex. Jan. 5. Voters of
he Yarrellfon school district "this
"county today will decide whether
.here .shall be any saloons in the dis-
trict. The election . was ordered-ljy
lie county commlssioness on Dec 1"
st.
FRY CASE REVERSED
AND REMANDED BY COURT
AUSTIN. Jan. 5. The Cour
Criminal Appeals today reversed and j
remanded the case of E. W. Fry from
Wichita Falls. Fry was given two J
years for forgery but the .case Is sent
back for. a new trial because oT the
misconduct of the Jury.
BROWNWOOD TEXAS
Rumors of Robberies
it
Keep Officers Busy
.
Last Night and Today
Rumors of hold-ups and attempted
hold-ups and burglaries are becoming
common in Brownwood. Last night
the officers of both city and county
began receiving telephone calls re-
porting attempted robberies before
their supper had" been digested ' and
the rumors continued all day today.
The hold-up editor of the Bulletin has
been chasing clues all day and there
are Still others unchased. A summary
or the information-gained may be slv-
en in the brief statement that no.body
lost any money in robberies last night
A milk deliveryman last' night saw
two suspicious-looking characters- and
had visions of a hold-up. He hastened
away to get a gun and when- he re-
turned tlu4 robbers " bad vanished.
A young man who had started home
last night about nine o'clock noticed a
stranger following-him along the side-
walk. The stranger passed the young
man and a few blocks farther' was
seen to -stqp behind a telephone pole.
It looked very-much like a robbery
was about to be staged. But a friend
in- a buggy camevalong and gve the
young man "lift." and another mys-
tery was averted.
One citizen's slumber was disturb
ed by the sound of half a dozen pis-
Commercial Preparedness
As Important as Greater
Military
V
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. How the
United' States through the accident of
a world war has moved from Its pla?e
. ... .
as a commercially provincial ana sec-
j ondary power to the rank of first im-
vortance among the great nations ofwere deserved uur exporters have
the world economically industrial- j leen hampered by the lack of these
fr is told in. detail . in the first an- facilities. More Important' than. this.
uuai reuori oi nr. cawara v. rrau.
SHtS of rd iciconndential ftcu. of our merchants
gurate a ight'CommcrCe B"rcau of the Department and manufacturera have been open
tnd nird nests of Commerce. to the scrutiny of our competitors.
What the country has gained tern-'
Parlly through the fortunes of the .
CUIUUUI CU1"" aJ xepun u
can nope io norain tne commercial
struggle that will be resumed at the
conclusion of peace only by the most
far-slghtetl commercial preparedness.
Tn'o grave problems face develop-
ment and 'maintenance of foreign
trade. The first is declared to be
that of finance and the second that
of trainlne men for the work. " j
"The financing of our
trade." it says "and in fact by far
thc.'larger part of the financing of the
world's trade has hitherto been
f00 through London. During the
St hundrl ycars Lo10" has been
frin It'Arln'a f 1 r o n I -r nrlni Clin nnn
n fh"
the world's financial market. She has
held her position not because of ores'- i
tige merely but because the nations
of the world needed an International wc are prepared to loan capital to
clearing houae and London supplied foreign nations and to foreign enter-
that. At the same -time London be-jlrises- Tnc bls Prlze ln foreign
came the clearing house chiefly be-' trade are public -and private develop-
causo she supplied a large part of wonts or large proportions the huild-
the capital needed for public Improve- inK of railroads construction of pub-
ments and large private enterprises -i ic service plans improvtmonts of
"The United States never has taken
any large part' in financing foreign
trade because of the compartively
small part of that liusiness' carried
onl here and because also or the un-
familiarity of many of our bankers
with the methods of international fl- develap their resources. The coun-
nancc. Nor has the United States try which furnishes the capttnl usual-
taken any hirge part in. supplying 1h niaterlats and does the
"capital to other countries. On ac- Avork The coiintrv that wants the
count of more profitable investments business must finance the purchases
at home we nave chosen to ' invest Tho 8ame thing is true. but. less di-
herc rather than abroad. .This also rcctly. in tho case of " government
has been true because of our position oan3- But there is no doubt that the
as a debtor nation but probably al-J loans of the nation to another form
so to a considerable degree because; the strongest kind of economic bond
of n 'mental debtor-nation attitude j between the two. It is commonly
on the nan of our financiers said that trade follows the flag. M
"On
account of the war this sit -
uation is rapidly changing. Tho vol
wine of foreign business done through
New York is continuously increasing
and New York banks arc rapidly pro-
viding faci'ities for Americans ' who
.wlRh in nvnnrt Dnllnr RvMifiniro
thlng-practlcaljy unheal of prior V10 " the need he says or if they
this year is assuming constantly en-' ? have f"lIed t0 Bve th& uBni
forging importance in the financial
world and is rapidly becoming -popular
as a moans of meeting interna-
tional obligations."
- Two provisions Jn tho Federal Re
serve Act the report says have been. It ig.poa8lule; hc Eays "that when-
of material assistance to the foreign I tho wnr nnd th0 immediate readjust-
trade. One is the introduction of .; rif. niii t
)URTjthouse of . acceptance and. the. other
t of permission granted to national banks
i ' to pstahlish foreicn brnnnboa
to establish foreign branches.
'"In thus establishing branch banks l
in foreign countries" thereport con-
tinuea "wo are following Ahe lead of
England Germany and. other- Euro-;
pean countries which have used their l
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5 1916.
tol shots in' the downtown section
about midnight -last night. So far as
can be ascertained no one was wound
ed.
An attempted burglary that. looks
like the real article was reported this-
morning. Harp Hart and' family who.
live near the Vine street subway were
disturbed three times last night by
some one' who was trying to effect an
entrance into the house. The bur-
glar finally gave up the attempt and
left. Al-bert Depreera neighbor of the
Hart. family found this morning that
one of the screen doors at his resi-
dence had been unfastened last night
some ontf having used a hat pin to
pry -open the fastening of the door.
The hat pin was left as a souvenir.
So far no arrests have been made.
T-h-e "long man and the short man"
are still at lar.?e seeking- whom 'they
may' hold up and rob. Ninety-nine
per. cent of the men of the town are '
ready to ma.Kc 'oath that they never
carry a cent in their pockets and-
that robbers would be sorejy disap-
pointed if they were held up. Not
since that eventful day when the pet-
riffed man was- found near Brown- congress mat administration omciais
wood has there been- such mysterm acted in the interest of foreign busi-
nnd such excitement in. Brownwood. ness firms in uring the passage of the
Defense for.V. S.
1-anks as trade outposts - European
exporters have been able because
thevbad their 'own banking Institu-"
incZr t. i . .n.
nuuo u mi- giuiuiu. iu t-va-uu cicth
t0 their customers when such credits
.".-"" ..w......lt .
' Iias oeen a rare signt to see
letters of lyrM"c
-- ...
utiv-i"ii"- uuuc ma uuomcso
In pounds sterling often paying the
cost of serverslon. The Inauguration
of branch banks obviates the necessity
91 ins pracuce ana manes u possmie
to do business in dollars. With an
increasing volume of dollar exchange
ana wh an increasing numtien... or
branch banks and American banking
fJ institutions .dollar exchange will be-
o . . i
vuiue mure suiuit. ai prtseui uuwur
exchange is preferred In the money
markets of the worid. Whether It will
be after the restoration of normql
CILn nevbr hPe to realize 'the
really big prizes in foreign trade until
narDors anu uocks anu- nigging oi
canals
'.New cvuntriGS' generally are poor.
They look to older and richer coun-
tries fo- supply them with the capital
0 wake their improvements and to
It.. .....rtV i.. imitn'hn trtn1 fhla ' f tortinnn find thn Pntl
' - 11 " "ai ".7.1
iohows me investment or uie loan.
Dr. Pratt emphasizes the need for
trained men to handle foreign trade
problems and urges their education
along special lines Schools and Col-
leges so fur have seeniod -uuwilMng
instruction .necessary.
Commercial preparedness advocated
by Dr. Pratt would foresee that war
profits are not permanent' nnd that atj
the end of the war new markets must
rbi" smiffVit tiv Amnrimn business.
part of our pregm exports tvIII cease
t0 fl0w to EUrpe. it is probable I
i ... t..-
that Europe -will !bo unprepared to re-1
sumo 'her purchases from the United
State3on ArScale as large as before
the war. Moreover the sales that will
ho made will. be probably largely on
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
Russians are Making
Advances Against
Austrian Defenses
LONDON Jan. 5 The Russians are
making desperate onslaughts on the
Austrians before Czernowitz and are
'effecting an advance. Berlin reports
mention only mining and artillery en
gagements on the Franco-Belgian
front today.
The Greek government has protest-
ed to the Entente powers against the
arrest of Greek subjects- at SalonikI
demanding thea release 'of all who
are now held prisoner.
An official statement says that de-
tachments of Bulgarian trops are pil-
laging Greek villages along he bor-
der. CONGRESS FREED OF
E
Cammittcc Reports Find Charges
Rustless and Exonerate Ship-
pin!.' Interests.
WASHINGTON Jan. 5 Charges
circuited 'during the last session of
government snip purchase bill ' are
held baseless in the majority and min-
ority reports of. the enate Investiga-
tion committee.
The reports submitted today also
found the shipping interests blameless
I of any illegal activity inoppdslng the
NOMINEE ANNOUNCED.
WASHINGTON Jan. 5 President
Wilson today nominated James Y.
Callahan of Woodward Okla. for the
7 -T Zr of xhTlznd
r?thHP "
nee at uutnrie.
of-
SACRED EDIF.ICE CLOSED
BECAUSE OF SUICIDE
ROME. Jan. 5. Because a young
man committed suicide and therefore
. nnm ! unuiM nr
pe. tha s acred ece wa.
u reconsecrated
whfch fc fae tomorrtfW.
probably
rOSTOFFICE DYNAMITED
$640 TAKEN BY ROBBERS
CLEBURNE Tex.;' Jan. 5. Robbers
last night dynamited the poToffice at
Rio Vista near here obtaining six
hundred dollars worth of stamps and
forty dollars in currency. There is no
clue aa to the identity of the safe
blowers.
THREE BOYS GIVEN
PRISON SENTENCES
One More Felony IidktMCUt Is Se-
taraed by the- Grand Jary;
Chaadler Trial Tomorrow.
- Trt graqd jury is still grinding
awayr one more indictment jhaving
been returned since- noon yesterday.
This indictment was ; on a . feloriy
charge and since no arrpst has. been
made no information regarding the
"the county Jail for some time.
Three cases were disposed of yes-
terday afternoon. They were:
Henry Lafferty. charged with burg-
larizing. Gilliam Bros store; .plea of
guilty and punishment fixed at two
years in the state training school at
Gatesville. Lafferty has been held in
thci.county ail for some time.
Ray CavanaUgh artd Albert BurieA
son charged with burglary in con-
nection With entering Looney's store
a short while ago. Each was found
guilty and punishment fixed at two
years fh tho state training school.
It was expected that a Mexican
charged with assault to murder would
.l:: ZT'r'Z:.
iuuuiw L-iiau ua uvuu soi tut wiuui-
row morning.
COTTON REPORT
Spots.
New York 12-.45 5 up sales Q600
Doc.
New Orleans 12c 6 up sales 445
iJOC.
'Houstpn 12.45 15
up sales 1400.
Brownwood 12c 121-2 up..
! Fntures." -
Close
N
M
ew Tork: Open
Close Yesterday
12.58-59 12.46-4S
March . ....12.57
May
.12.78
12.79-SO
12.93-95
12.42-43
12.68-69
12.80-81
121-32
July . ..'...12.93
Nerr OrleftHS:
March .' ... .12.39
-May . 12.66
12.70-71
jjuly . ' 12f.83: f2.86-87
12:75"-79:
CORRUPTION
NUMBER 69
ATLANTA VOTING
ON MAYOR RECALL
XEXPHIS POLITICS IX BADLY
XUDDLED MESS; SIX MEN
ARE INDICTED
ATLANTA Ga. Jan. 5. The recall
of Mayor Woodward and five Atlan-
ta commissioners is being voted on to-
day at a special election in which a
heavy vote Is being polled.
Tire ouster attempt is based upon
the reduction of the chief of- policeitjr
the position of captain in the .police vjf
force for alleged insubordination;
Memphis Political Mess.
Memphis Tenn. Jan. 5. Two" mem-
bers of the municipaj commission
have resigned and six men have been.
indicted for alleged election .frauds
in the recent democratic senatorial
primary. '
Thomas yies commissioner of putte
lie utilities against whom ouster pro- .
ceedings are pending and Ennis
Douglas commissioner of finance
tendered their resignation at a meet-
ing of the board of city commission-'
ers late yesterday. Bothresignafions
were acceDted. Leo. Goodman assist
ant city attorney was elected by the
board to succeed Commissioner Dies
and Dabney Crump a relative cf
Former Majror E. H. Crump was
made commissioner of finance.
Brief argument was heard in chan-
cery court earlier in the day on a.
motion to suspend Dies from office
pending tho hearing of an ouster pe-
tition which alleged failure to enforce
prohibition and other state laws and
charged that property owned by Dies
had' been used for illegal purposes. .
Counsel for Mr. Dies urged continu--.
ance of the motion until the state
supreme court had decided the ap-
peal taken by Former Mayor Crump
and other city officials from recent-
chancery court orders suspending"
them from office on their "legal ad-
mission" of charges made in ouster
suits. The motion was taken under
advisement
W. E. LILE IS MADE
CITY FIRE MARSHAL
City CohhcII Atteais to Reatine Bas-
iaess Matters aad Disc asses
Fire Issuance Sates.
The City Council last night found
time rather heavy on Its hands and."
finally closed the session without tak-
ing action on any Important matters.
In fact no important matters were
presented untess a change in the of-
fice of fire marshal may be regard-
ed as important; and it probably Is.
Mayor Abney presided last night
with Aldermen Walter Howlett Ter-
ry McGown McClelland Gresham amd.
Turner present. Committee reports
on various routine matters were first
taken up after which J. J. Timminsv
Of the State Fire Insurance Board
was permitted to address the Coun-
cil. Mr. TImmins has been in Brown-
wood for several days visiting wfth
home folk. He stated to the council
that Brownwood has a credit rating
of three cents In Its fire rating and
that .to retain this rating an active
fire marshal must be engaged ty
make regular reports. The present
fire marshal L. H. Ragan stated
that he did not enre to retain the of-
flee since the salary paid is not suf-
ficient remuneration for the work re
quired and after a discussion of the.
matter WeMon Lile was appointed
fir marshal' with a salary of $100
per year in addition to his salary -as
a deputy city marshal. The "City-
Secretary was instructed to notify S.
W. Inglish State Fire Marshal of this
appointment. "
The water committee was request-
ed to secure written Instructions
from the state fire insurance depart-
ment at Austin relative to the duties
of the fire marshal and other matters..
connected with the key rate of .the
city.
On motion B. S. Boysen was given
permission to build a switch fromrthe.
Santa Fe to his slaughter house.
. The water superintendent made a
'.eroal report of work In -his depart--menf.
He stated that the work of
lining the-Round Mountain reservoir
has been begun and is proceeding
nicely. The asphalt for filling in be- .
tween the bricks has been ordered
and it is expected that the work wil
continue without delay. While this
work is being' done the water con-
sumers are belagy protected with" di-
rect prei sure- from" the pumping sta-
tion.
Tafitraarfreport wa3 received
and ffl4ittfr -with reports of oik-
er officers.
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