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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1916,
GOVERNOR AM) ADJITANT (JF.N-
ERAL EXPECT EARLY TROOP
MOVEMENT.
ORUESEDOW CASE 4 AMERICANS ARE
TOGIVEEVIDENCE
■hrtrwrrxn "Advices txad to
| FEAR THEY WERE KILLED IN
WRECK OF ENGLISHMAN.
BE
Verdun Is Reported Afire
Under Heavy Bombardment
FORMER ROOKEEPER EXCUSED
ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.
ASSISTANT TESTIFIES.
AIILL NO! CI DETAILS
The Kxpiens Austin lUircau.
AI'STIN. Tex., >f«n h St. The trial of
Karl L. DrueseUow. County Tux Collector
! of Harris County, continues in the Travis
I County Criminal Court. Druesedow is
. ' charged with having wilfully and fradu-
j lently failed to pay various ninounts of
.. „ State taxes, aggregating y^'iS),758, into the
fc*l)Pes* Anstin Buivuu State Treasury within the time specified
Al ST IN. Tex., March St. -Twenty nine j hy ,aw
State couvfets arrived here today from ; A. \V. Tabor, chief bookkeeper in the
Huutsvllle mid ,,re encamped at Camp
Mubry, west of tins cit\. in uwnuc <»l j ,n0|K,v wus remitted, today
Colonel John A, McCalinont, Assistant Ad I gav« testimony to tlie effect that the money
jutit 111 (icncral, ami Colonel .1. A. Stockton. [ nad recenly been paid Into Uiq State
Quartermaster General, and will go to work Treasury.
! C. C. Quillin, former chief bookkeper in
I the Comptroller's Department^ now under
| nine *" 11 " • * ' ~*
cleauing uj• Camp Mubry. Thirty convicts
Mere assigned, but one was taken ill before
leaving and later will come alone.
All of the men arc trusties and will work
without guards. They are obligated for a
sfxty-day service, after which they will be
given lull pardon and liberated here with-
out expense to the State. Cpon completing
1 a term convicts are given a suit of clothes,
transportation to the county In which the.v
were convicted and rash.
Adjutant (reneral llutchings said today
that the cotiviets will grub Camp Mubry
of all mesquite and underbrush and make
I: ft clean in every way. ready for occu-
pancy by troops. There arc a few more
than 400 acres in the tract, half of which j
is ownqrl by the State and half by the
Federal Government.
The rifle range of twelve targets is on
the land owned by the Federal Government.
This is considered a lar^e range and takes
in the standard distances up to 1,000 yards.
An important and significant announce
. inent by General Hutchings today was that
estimates have been asked for doublfng
the rifle range at ('amp Mabry. He did not
; know that the work would be done, but
, rather intimated that *uch was the inten- j
tton of the military authorities.
This is taken to mean that a consider- i
able number of troops may lie brought to
the Camp Mabr.v reservation, indudfntf the \
National Guard* of Texas, Oklahoma and j
Arkansas and possibly other Southwestern :
States, besides some regulars held here for
' any emergency.
In announcing the completion and oeeu-
. pancy of the S'jo.ooo arsenal built at Camp
Mabry. General Hatchings said that war '
; supplies to the amount of $2o0.000 were!
now stored in the building and that a sys-
tem of spur tracks had been put In which
would enable flu cut fro battalion to entrain
at once without blockading traffic on the 1
main line or switch track.
ndictments in connection with the
alleged misapplication of State funds, fe-
ll'used to answer questions on constitu-
. tional grounds and the court sustained
his position., whereupon he was excused.
L. 11. Sinllie, former assistant bookkeeper
in the Comptroller's Department, testified
today relative to mouey paid him by cer-
tain persons under indictment, payments
having been made here and elsewhere.
He also testified that he had divided
some of the money with one of those un-
der indictment, lie said one large pay-
ment was made In cash at a certain place
oil the third floor of the Capitol. Suiilfe
is said to have been promised immunity.
During Tabor's testimony he said that
one of those under Indictment admitted j , . , . .
having gotten and spent the monev and biintiu, have served to unsettle the subina-
that the man said he would be willfug to I rim' situation again and raise possibilities
give $.r»,000 I
By Associated Prwi.
WASHINGTON. 1). C., March 'St. Consu-
lar reports to the State Department today
fifty the Dominion Line steamer English-
man, sunk near the British Isles, was tor
pedoed and that four Americans ,.re miss-
ing. The Englishman was a horse ship.
The missing Americans are I'eter McDon-
ald. a horse foreman, of r>H Cherry Street,
Hostou; George McDonald, a trimmer at
Common Street, Lawrence, Mass.; l\
Huekley and M. A. Burke, addresses tin
knowju.
The dispatches to the State Department
were from American Consul Armstrong,
at Bristol and said the Englishman was
torpedoed at an unknown place and time
ami that thirty-three survivors nad been
brought into an unnamed British port.
The American citizens known to be
aboard the ship were not among the sur-
vivors.
The consul also reported .hat sixty
more persons who were aboard the ship
were believed by the British authorities
to have been saved. If sixty more persons
were saved, eighteen persons remain unac-
counted for, according to the dispatch.
The dispatch, dated today, added:
"Englishman was bound for Portland,
.Maine. Left Avoninouth -1st inst. Trans-
ported horses to St. Nazatre, France, for
Northwestern Trading Company, New
York. Was not on government business."
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C.( March 25.—De-
struction of the British steamer English
man. with the possible loss of American
lives and the explosion of the channel
liner Sussex, carrying American passen-
gers. coining close on the alleged attack
on tlie I'atrla and the sinking :>f the Tu
SURVIVOR DECLARES SHE SAW
MISS BALDWIN'S BODY TOSSED
HIGH IN THE AIR.
Continued from rage One.
the Alcantara to the bottom. The British
captured some 120 Germans from the
raider.
There has been no renewal of the Ger-
man attacks on Verdun fortress, but ons
artillery had been notable active Paris re
ports. According to the German War Of
rice Verdun was set on fire by German
' shells during the artillery exchanges.
On tho Uusslnn front the German lines
I.ate been subjected to further heavy at
t«.cks both northwest and south of Dtlnsli.
Berlin, however, declares that all the Rus-
sian attempts to advance were complete
failures.
get it past thi
illfng
grand Jury.
A. Dezavala. vice president and cashier !
of more complications with he central
of a Houston bank, testified that his bank
had been paying $100 per month for the I
deposit of a certain Harris County official.
10 REPORT ON PARIS FIRE
American Consul Armstrongs prelimi-
nary report, received today from Bristol,
that the Englishman was torpedoed and
that four Americans were missing from
the rescued, presented the most serious as-
pect of the situation.
Germans Finance War
for Another Half Year
Members of Fire Commission to Col-
laborate on Lesson From the {
Tragic Conflagration.
The 12xpress An?tin Bureau.
AI'STIN, Tex., March
F. Baker.
This is taken to indicate that Camp Ma - j .
bry is being made ready in every way, not t inspector in the State Fire Insurance Com-
• only for the reception and training of 1 "mission, is buck from Paris. State Fire
troops, but for an expeditious outward ' Marshal S. W. Ingllsh will return Monday, i tures bv long-term loans.
movement in the event of a hurried call as will Chief Engineer ii. B. Godley Jr. " — " *
from the border. I They will colloborate in making a report
Early today Governor i-erguson and Gen- | and recommendations to the people of
era 1 Hutchings reiterated that they had not Texas based on the lessons of the Paris
received any request from Sheriff Peyton
Edwards of EI Paso County to dispatch
militia to that place. IJotli officials de-
clared that immediate movement of State
troops is contemplated, but could not j fire.
conflagration. A. If. Andrews, member of
the commission, will go to Paris Monday
for an Investigation with reference to in-
surance rates and lesson learned from the
. know what developments would occur.
Captain K. R. Lewfs of Bay City, who is ;
County Judge of Matagorda County, was
here today ami called at the Adjutant i
General's Department. Captain Lewis com-
mands Company G. Third Texas Infantry.
MAY RAISE INSURANCE BATE
Estimates That Fire Loss for ThreeI
Months Will Equal Half
Year's Gross Premiums.
The commission has always waged war
on shingle roofs and says the Paris fire
lias proved the extreme hazard of that kind
of roofing, as the blowing fire brands !
caused shingle roofs to ignite in various !
liarts of the city and put the fire beyond '
control. Metal and slate roofs did not Ig-
nite in that manner. It Is probable that 1
the commission will amend its rate ached- 1
■He* in the future to add to the additional
charge now exacted on shingle roofs.
BANK EXAMINER RESIGNS
State Employe Accepts Similar Position
With Federal Government. i
Dj Associated Pre««.
LONDON, March 25 111:35 u. in.).—
Further details of the address before the
Reichstag of tne Secretary of the Imperial
Treasury are forwarded by Ileuter's Am
stardom correspondent. He quotes Dr.
lleifferich a» follows:
"The financing of the war for another
half-year is assured. ♦ * •
"Germany is the only belligerent power
which lias covered her total war expendl-
That a nation
of 70,000,000, cut off from the outer world,
should have borne for twenty mouths the
heavy burdens of the war and should now
1>p offering more than 10,000,000,000 marks
(the third war loan) to the Fatherland,
signifies our strength Is unbroken, our
confidence in final victory unshaken and
that the German people stand united as
one man."
L MEET
Executive Committee of the Fifteenth
District Calls Primary at Del
Rio May 13.
of
est 1
Coin
> dur
' | jj The Hxpress Ai'.Ptiu Bureau.
i|| AUSTIN, Tex J March 'St. It Is
V mated in the State Fire Insurance
] mission that the fire loss in Texa:
: ing the first three months of this year {
, will equal 50 per cent of the gross pre- ;
; : miums for the entire year of lint;. With
y nine months to follow, it is expected that
^ v the fire companies will be more heavily
t hit in Texas than in any recent year.
{|i Some of the experts on the commission
|| say the los>i this year is really equal to
U per of what the total premiums
i; will be for Mil.
I* If this is true the companies stand to
lose as a net loss every risk burned clur-
lng the remaining nine months of 11»1C>.
. I hat is the basis used by the companies.
* that when the loss ratio exceeds (m per
». 4*eut they lose money to the extent it goes
over that percentage. They estimate that
I their expenses represent between and .>
'" !»cr cent of the gross premiums
'js Jl he loss ratio foi ltil.% is between UO and
|, <V> per cent, as against 81.0 per cent in
}«l!ni. The companies lost money in U»H
jj and barely broke even In lftlfi. In HMO thev
*» are destined to lose money and no lneon-
sum. as there are nine months
, .vet to go.
j The aggregate fire premiums in Texas in
; 1?I13 were $lo..VKi,(HMi: The insurance loss
; in Paris is said to be from $-1,000,000 to
I $0,000,000. I litis that single conflagration
. brings the current loss ratio up to more
| than 50 per cent of the estimated pre-
? • iniunis for this year. The Memphis com
♦ press. McKinney compress. Detroit and
: «»ther large tirev in Texas have also ma-
* icrially increasfMi the insurance loss for
t 11)10. These large fires, with the immense
j; insurance loss in l'arls, Is easily thought
to bring the loss ratio to <!."» per cent.
1: , ,f umy In-come the duty «if the Insurance
111'omniission to raise Texas fire rates, es
Ji»ecially on dwellings and single-roof
I structures. The old Fire Rating Hoard
:* reduced f!ie rates on dwell! ig* mid tliere
f-j is a demand, based on lo«s reports, that
|j the rates be returned to their old basis.
TO MAKE SULPHURIC ACID
(Sugarland Man Asks for Reduction in
Freight Rate to Houston.
* 1 lie express Austin r.ureiu,
AI'STIN. Tex.. March J'rcnldeut V.
T. Kldrldge ol tUe Kugurlaud Uailroad Ihih
filed Bpplii'atlOU with the Hiiiiroud Coin
tulKsioii for a reduction in the tate* on
sulphuric acid from Sngarland to Hous-
ton and later an application will t». sub-
mitted to reduce the rate on sulphur from
I'reeport to Suearlnnd. The -o'liniltislon
will net hoth matters for hearin;;.
Nearly all mlpburlc ai-iil used' In Texas !
comes from Atlanta, tin., and a lar'-'c plant '
in to lie put in al Snearlaud. where the .
. acid will be manufactureal.
In order to Bet a direct route for the
• sulphur it Is proposed to build six miles
of railroad to connect the Houston A
Dray.OS Valley with the Suifarland ltail !
road. Now the sulphur would have to
Tile Express iiurean. , Telegram to The
! AUSTIN, Tex., March ^5,—I., it. Bttchau- ! DKL 'lIU' Tfix" ^l,ir<l1 26.—The Itepub-
nn of Dallas ha« resigned as a Stale llank j lk'"" Executlv<> Committee of the Fifteenth
Kxaininer to become a National ltank Kx- I Congressional District was held in Del Kio
morning, attended l:y n ma-
following committeemen: It.
... — - — . - ■ 1'nlfurrias; (Jeorgc MeUoni-
fne years. He will be succeeded by \V. I gle, Urownsvllle; 1). ('. Ktcbey, C'arrlio
r.xamiuer ro Decome a -National ltank Kx- I
a miner, his appointment having bien made | on .Saturday tnori
! by the Comptroller of the .-urrency. Mr. I jority of the folio
Ilucliauan has been a State examiner for ! Molntyre. I'nli
He will _ ,,
Ii. Tyler, cashier of the Klrst S|Ute 'itunk
of ltislng Star.
Welfare Board Is Endorsed.
International News Service.
AI'STIN, Tex., March 2.1.—Through the
efforts of the late Dr. T. 11. Simpson, lost '
In the mountains of Colorado, thj Central
Welfare Hoard has been orir'inlzed and ,
placed on a firm basis. It has been en- !•
dorsed by the United Charities' and the
Travis County Humane Society, which
means thnt all local charities work will
probably ultimately be administered bv the
Welfare Board. Its directors are: ii. L.
liewlr.v, president; Ed II. Velster, secre-
tary: .1. Ureitg Ilill. rathe ~
Nelson Diivis
bocker.
mii. I'ather .1. Klliott Ross, "f V"', Vel
}iti(| i),,.. || it- r,'„inb«» ' the county cc
and IU>x. 11. Is nicker- , Mfly 1?> |lt oV
School Bonds Approved.
By Associated Prr»SB.
AI'STIN, Tex., March 'Jo. The Attorney
General's Depart inent today approved an
Issue of Menardvllle Independent seho<d
district bonds- $17,500 In 40-10 5 pr cent.
Saturday's Charter Business.
Tie* Kxpress Ate tin riareau.
AI'STIN. Tex.. March iff».—Chartered today:
<;uif roant Oil r<>rporNtii)a of Iloneto'i, rapitnl
stork $90,000. Incorporators: It. C. Huff. W.
t . TariilK.w «nd Kalph H. Foa^in.
* Burton Mercantile Touipany of Mount Selman,
Cherokee (ounty, capital Mock fl'.OO'). Incor-
l»t»ratorn: T. Burton. Mrs. A. K. Wade and
M. W. Burton.
IIigKinlK»tliaui TradiriK Company of Crow
PlaiiiN. Callnhan County, capital nto-K $75.(K)0.
Inct»rporatorH: It. W. IliKKlntMjthaui. J. M. lli«
ginbotham, B. T. Ui|rglniK»thuiii Jr.
Forhen Murkhain Company of Koase. capital
sto< k $1 .".(MMi. Purpose, merchandising. Incor-
porators: W L. Forbes. Paul Norman. John S.
Markhatu.
Kenedy f.lght and Tower Companv of Ken-
■dy. •atiital #tt»ck IIO.IHW. Incorporators: K.
Felirf*ukamp, Fred Fahrenkemp and M. A.
B.
Nh esc her.
Springs; L. F. Merl, Pearsall; II. M Wurz-
bacb, Seguin; S. K. tiarcia, llebbronvllle;
T. It. Keck, Cotula; J. I). Heck, Kn«le
1'ass: (}eor;;e A. Mi(rkhouse, I'loresville:
I\ Martinez, Sail Vgnacio: H. H. Jefferles,
Laredo: C'. I'. Wood, Sabinai: U. S. Sal-
mon, Spofford, and K. McDowell, Del
j Klo, and the following cull was issued for
| a convention to meet In Del Ui0 on the
IStli day of May, litltl:
By direction of the Itepubllcan KxecutWe
Coniuiittce of the Fifteenth Coni;iesBionai
District of Texas, a delegated unvention.
to 'be composed of delegates eleteed by
each county. In said district, is hereby
called to meet in the city of Del Rio,
county of Val Verde and State of Texas,
otlrtlioime on Saturday,
j ->j" > irt, in ji o clock a. in. for the pur-
pose of electing two netegates, Mid two
] alternate delegates from said districts, to
I attend the Republican National conven-
| tion, called to meet in the city of Ohlcaco,
■ in the State of Illinois, on Wednesday,
•tune 7. The further purpose or tald con-
vention is to nominate a presidential elec-
tor. to be voted for at the presidential elec-
tion, on Tuesday. November 7. aud to
trausnct sucli other business as may prop-
erly come before it.
The delegates are to be elected by a pri-
mary convention as provided 111 article
j 317.-, Revised Statutes of Texas, and not
by all-day primary, as provided by article
3.TO-A, Revised Statutes, and to conform
with the general elections laws of the
State of Texas, the rules governing the
Itepubllcan party In this State, anil the
call of the National Republican t'immlttee,
where aptillcable. except as otherwise pro
vided and directed In this call.
The basis of representation shall be one
vole for each county, nnd an additional
vote for each itXl votes or major fraction
thereof, cast In each respective county for
John W. l'hilp. Republican nominee for
Governor in 1914.
The said delegates to the said i ongres
VESSEL WAS T0RPED0EE0
j International News ':ervj<-e.
j PARIS, March 25.- About fifty lives were
■ lost by the torpedoing yesterday of the
■ erosos-channel steamship Sussex, according
to the latest official advices. Some esti-
mates of the number dead run as high
i as eighty. Most of those killed were
i French women.
Little doubt exists at the American em-
bassy tonight that some American lives
were lost. Several Americans are known
to have been badly injured. Twenty-five
of the 380 passengers aboard had been
otficially registered as Americans.
About twenty persons, it is stated, were
killed by the explosion, which literally
tore away the bow of the ship where many
passengers were gathered. Numerous wll
nesses agree that an American girl was
among those killed by the explosion.
The girl la believed to have been Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin, daughter of1 Professor
James Mark Baldwin of Baltimore. Her
mother, Helen Baldwin. Is now In the hos-
pital at Boulogne.. Her father was saved.
All accounts agree that the steamship
war, torpedoed without warning. Affida-
vits to this effect were received by the
American embassy tonight from Samuel
Flagg Uemis, a Harvard research, man;
John H. Hearly, a newspaper correspond-
ent of Albany, N. Y.. and T. S. Tulbert
son of Pennsylvania.
The French Minister of Marine also an-
nounced offirialv tonight that the Sussex
was torpedoed. The official announce
ment failed to state whether she was
armed.
Despite statements that good discipline
was maintained, it Is evident that panic
reigned after the explosion. Many pas-
sengers Jumped overboard. More than
half of those who leaped Into the water
are believed to have lost their lives.
There was a wild scramble for the boats.
The second boat lowered was overturned.
It contained forty persons. Passengers sav
that fully hall' the persons in this boat
wen drowned.
Great difficulty Is being experienced in
ascertaining exactly who were saved and
who lost. This lias been caused by the
fact that British destroyers, which 'came
to the rescue of the passengers, took about
seventy of them to I>over. About 150 oth-
ers have been, landed at Boulogne. There
:s now no means of knowing who is miss-
ing until the various lists of the survivors
can be put together.
8,,,p waa torpedoed at 3:05 p. m.
off Dieppe. The torpedo tore the fore
part of the ship away and it seemed In-
evitable that she would sink. She was,
however, saved by her water-tight com
partments and floated, helpless, for several
hours before other ships were encountered.
The explosion wrecked the wireless appara
tus, rendering the calling fur help im-
possible.
The wireless operator rigged up a tem-
porary contrivance, but it failed to work
well and when It did work he »ave the
wrong location to would-be rescurers.
Miss (iertrude Warren of New York and
St. Louis was one of those who saw the
torpedo before It hit the Sussex. She said
tonight;
"I was sitting aft on the upper deck
leading when the commotion caused me
to look seaward. There I saw a ripple
on the water showing the track of the on-
coming torpedo. I shrieked a warning
but simultaneously there was a terrific
explosion.
"A column of water rose high above the
boat and crashed on the deck. The missile
tore at least twenty-five feet of the deck
away.
"The captain immediately shouted an ,
order ,to close the water tight compart-
ments. Fortunately the fore bulkheads
kept the steamer afloat.
"Miss Baldwin, who was seated on thq
fore part of the upper deck, was hit by
the full force of the explosion. I saw
her mangled body rise high in the air.
It fell back on the deck with a sickening
thud.
"She had been killed outright.
"There was an instant rush for the
boats by some of the passenger* who them
selves cut the boats clear. I'nfortunately
a number of people Jumped into the water,
mostly women, which accounts for most of
the loss of life.
"Many hours passed before aid came,
this being due to the fact that the explo
slon put the wireless out of action.
Eventually a trawler took us off. Then a
destroyer came along and conveved other
passengers, mostly wounded, to England.
CAKI> OF~THANKS.
We herewith extend our heartfelt aud
sincere thanks to our friends who so kind-
ly assiated us during the illness and death
ef our beloyed wife and mother. Mrs. Hel-
en Onpermann; also for the beautiful flor-
al offerings and especially do we thank
the Kev. A. L. Wolf.
n. OPPKUMANX AND CHILDREN,
Mil. AND MItS. ALBERT CHAVEZ.
LOST THEIR LIVES
U. S. EMBASSY AT PARIS BUSHES
ASSISTANCE; DEPOSITIONS
TO BE TAKEN.
By Aaaoclated Pr«sa.
PARIS, March 25 (8 p. m.).~Scarcely
any doubt exists nt the American embassy
tonight that some American lives hate been
lost In the disaster to the steamer Sussex.
The American Ambassador, William <*.
Sharp, sent Naval Lieutenant Bernard L.
Smith by automobile to Boulogne this
afternoon to investigate the cause of the
disaster and assist any Americans who may
need help.
The depositions of some of the American
survivors who have arrived at Paris are
being taken by the embassy: they will
l)e forwarded to the State Department at
Washington.
From thirty to fifty persons, according
to the estimates here, out of <'i80 pas
sengers and the crew of fifty-six were
lost* Most of them were Fren-jh women.
Some twenty, it is said, were killed by
the explosion which wrecked the vessel.
Two Americans are supposed to have
been killed, but nothing so far has been
learned here as to their identity. One
American at the station who would not
give his name said he had seen a torpedo
coming toward the Sussex. He added:
"There was no warniug from the sub-
ma ri'ue."
SAW TORPEDO, SAYS PASSKNGER
American Survivor Declares Pilot
Tried to Avoid Missile, but Failed.
International New, Berrlf*.
DOVER, England, March 25.—"The tor-
pedo which struck the Sussei was seen
by the captain and helmsman of the
ship," sold C. T. Crocker, one of the
American survivors. "The pilot tried to
avoid the torpedo and uearlv succeeded.
I was talking to Miss Baldwin when the
explosion came. She was badly Injured
and died In a short tluia. The dining room
wa* smashed."
Among the American passenger* w»s a
Miss Barnes of New York, a buyer for
Wanamsker's. It is reported there was
"u very high English personage" on board
the Sussex, which may hare oeen the rea-
son for the attack.
By United Press.
PAl.IH, March 28.—Samuel F. Bemis of
Medford. Mass.. a passenger on the Bus-
sex, said today that lie s»w plainly and
unmistakably the wake of a torpedo com-
ing toward the steamer.
OFFICIAL AMERICAN LIST
State University Co-Eda "Get Out"
Regular Edition of Daily Texan.
San Antonio Girl Editor.
The Kxprcftsi Auatiu Buraati.
AI'STIN, Tex., March 28.—The co-eds of
the t^nlverslty of Texas published unas-
sisted today's Issue of the Dally Texan
Miss Marlon Hill of Snn Antonio, a fresh
man, was issue editor, aud Miss Ruth Ran-
snme, also a freshman, from L'leburue, was
assistant.
It was necessary for the girls to work
at the downtown print shop until after 1
o'clock to see the laat line of type set.
Francis McQueen of Austin wrote the lend
ing editorial, and Annn Muckleroy of Aus-
tin and Horothy Rentck of Waco wrote the
paragraphs.
For the first time in the history of the
Tfxan, Mrs. Helen Marr Klrby, dean of
women, wrote an article for It. In com-
parison with some of the articles by the
yfiung ladles It showed the conflict of
the Ideas of the olden days with the
threatening Ideas of modern women. It
read ns follows:
"Dear young women of the university:
To those of us who look back over many
serene years, the unrest of the present
tline seems appalling. With bowed beads,
but with hopeful hearts, we note the pass-
ing of cherished Ideals. That Is why 1
am compelled to write this word of loving
solicitude. That 1s why I so wish as 1
watch with Interest your various activities,
to say to vou, 'Steady, steady, steady.'
"To those of you who enter professional
life, I bid you God-speed, but I beg you
to carry with you Into the world, womanli-
ness. I beg you to cherish all those uuall-
tles which rightly belong to womanhood;
gentleness, modesty, patience and the rest.
They are qualities of the soul and are
eternal.
"To those who are so fortunate as to
be able to devote yourselves to the making
of a home, I beg you to make It the cen-
ter of happy contentment and useful serv-
ice. This. In my opinion, more than any-
thing else, glorifies the life of woman.
Vour loving friend, Helen M. Klrby."
I WON BATTLE
CHALLENGER INSISTS BE CAR-
RIED FIGHT TO CHAMPION
THROUGHOUT CONTEST.
Official Reports Issued
by Countries at War
More Than Score of Residents of the
United States on Ill-Fated Sussex;
Correspondent Among Number.
..... w ..... i sional convention are to be elected from
.i ,..i?*in i Jmi° i „ r ot *hll"'''V, <«pl'»l ! I he various counties of said district in the
Ml"n"11 h"m!h„mf,2r;^uu,11 nuhr rrv.rr r,s|
WtHKlsboro State llond<id Wai-fhoii'* Companf ! ff! £ 4 w /J? V'* • M 'o**
«»f Woodsboro. mpitai atook »1.dOO. incorpora j ventlon. at 1 ort Worth, lex.. May
tr*. A. F. Scbuljie, I'. J. ItensinW. H.
llaertlf*
IVrniit to do htisinpfc* in wis granted
lo lhe Savage Tl» Corporation of J'jn l»icu<..
Cal.. capital Mock $10,000. Texa* Headquarter*
at San Antonio.
An amendment wan filed by the Wort ham
Auto Supply Company of Wort ham. increasing
its capital atoek from 9600 to $.'..000.
Prosperity From War
Missed by Farm Hands
-it
International News Service.
WASHINGTON. I). I'., March ^5.—Tile
... , large general increase in laborers' wages
move via Houston, u most circuitous move- | during the past year, due to a large ex
utent. Mr. Bldriilge informed the i-ominis tent to the l-:uro|rean war, did not extend
"Ion that the six-mile gup is to be close.1
and that large industries will be developed
in that section of Texas.
Judge Rice Is Endorsed.
By Associated Press
Al'KTIV Tex.. March l'.'j. Judge II. H.
Rice, senior Associate Justice of the Court
of Civil Appeal*, who has announced for
re-election, has been endorsed |>y the bars
of numerous counties In his district. Kn-
dorsements have been revived from the
bars of Comal. Hays, Caldwell. Travis,
Llano. Bell. Falls. McLennan. Milam.
• "orjell. Hamlltoa. Brown, t'oienian. Ilmi-
^tlielis. Tom Green. Sterling and McCul-
f loch.
Assiirnn.-es have likewise been received
nt similar »eMoii bv several other •■oun
Me*. He has already served a 'enn and
!-h«lf or the court, coining from Mar-
, Falls CvUBtjr.
lo the man on the farms, according to
statistics compiled by the Culted States
Department of Agriculture. And this de-
spite the geueral increase in the price of
; raw products.
The fellows who are trying to make two
ears of i-oru grow where only one grew
before are getting on an average of one
'cut more a day than they were a year
ago. The average paid farm hands, ac-
cording to the bureau, is 11.47 without
board, and $1.13 with board.
Farm wages vary greatly in different
parts of the United States, according to
the figures. In the New Kngland States
the average farm hand gets t~!.71 a month:
in the Fast North (Vntral States. IIM.TS;
in the West North Central States. **7.nS:
in the far Western States, ?T..S0; In the
South Atlantic States. II.1.01: and |1A.1«
in the Sontli Central States. Generally
speaking, the wages tend to laerease go
Ing from Fast to We.t and froai South
j M North.
! per call of the chairman of the State Fx
I ecutlve Committee, on March ft.
c. k. Mcdowell,
I Chairman Republican Kxecutlve Com mil
| tee. Fifteenth Congressional District of
the Stiite of Texas.
MURDER CASE IS SET
| Mexican Ls Charged With Killing Po-
liceman at Fort Worth.
; Special Teleffram to The Expres*.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. March 25.- After
having been in jail more than six months.
Lonl* Flores, Mexican, will be tried in the
Seventeenth District t'onrt April 10. on a
charge of mnrder in connection with the
killing of Policeman I'ete Howard in the
R;'ttercake Flats district on Franklin
Street, the night,of August 16.
Florcs was indicted along with Joe
Kstoppa. a Mexican, and Wesley Williams,
a negro, in coune< tion with the fatal stab
blng of the policeman. Williams was ar
reeled on the following day, while the
Mexicans left the city under corer of dark
nes#. Flore* returned about ten days
later and was arrested. He said .Toe Estop-
pa was innklng his way toward the Mex-
ican border.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
MRS. H1LDEOAKD HAASS.
Mrs. Hlldegard Haas, died In San Auto-
nlo at ft:S0 o'clock p. ni., March 26, 1918,
aged <10 years. Fnneral will take place
from late residence. 1512 South Laredo
Street. Monday. March 27. at 8:.*> a. in.
Reqnlm mass at St. Joseph's Church at
9 o'clock a. m. Friend* and acquaintances
are Invited to attend. Interment In St
Mary's Cemetery.
Ice Cream Cone Rate Fixed.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AI'STIN, Tex., March 25.- Railroad
Commission has authorised Wells-Fargo
Express Company to make merchandise
pound rates under rule 14 with 2ft cents
minimum on ice cream cones. Effective
Mi>i ell 25.
Thirty Hurt in Crash.
By Associated Press.
KXOXVI 1,1.1', Tenn.. March 2ft.—A local
passenger train from Knoxville to Mld-
dleboro, Ky., on the Southern Railway to-
day collided with a freight tratu at Powder
Spring.-, twenty-seven miles north of this
city. About thirty people were Injured,
three possibly fatally.
Be Rid of Piles
A Ttm Trial ot Pyramid Pile Treat-
ment Will Asian Tan With
Ita Xaralta.
"Tab* Mr
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r»«aUN>
It !■ oolr fair t* rouraaif to TIT
Pyramid Hl» TwatmeBt—the moat popu-
lar home pile treatment ta>ha wor&
today and one that baa ■toodtaa Mai
of time.
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luUTiistlonal News Service.
LONDON, March 25.—Following is the
official list: of Americans who were oil
board the Sussex, as made public tonight
by the American Embassy:
Gertrude W. Warren of New York and
8t. Louis.
Mrs. Tullioet Fennell.
Lflltan 0. 8. Harde.
Edna S. Harde.
Samuel K. llemis of Medford, Mass.
Henry lleer of New York.
Ida Beer. t
Edward H. Huxley of New York.
Francis K. Orake.
(Jeorge Herbert Crocker Jr. of Fltch-
burg, Mass. .
Charles Thomas Crocker.
Wilder O. Peufleld of Wisconsin.
Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
.loshua I). Armitage.
Edna Frances Hilton of New York.
Miss Dorothy Hilton.
Tlnglewood S. Tnlbertson.
Daniel Sargent of Boston.
Edward Marshall of New York (war cor-
respondent).
Edna Hall of New York.
J Mark Baldwin.
Helen Ilaldwln (reported in hospital al
Boulogne).
Mies Blfttabeth S. Baldwin (reported
killed).
Alice W. Ruiz
John W. Hearly of Albany. N. Y
(iertrude L. Barnes of New York
Other Americans who are reported to
have beeeu on board but whose names do
not appear in the official list are:
Mrs. Clarance W. Handy of New York
P. W. Culberson of Pittsburgh
Oeorge Henry Parker.
ft ls probable that these names have
been confused in telegraphic transmission
with similar names on the officfil list.
International News Service.
PARIS, March 25.-The Minister of Ma-
rine, In an official statement Issued to-
night, says:
„J.The "rltlah steamer Sussex, carrying
8*0 passengers, was torpedoed in the chan-
nel by an enemy submarine. The captain
saw the torpedo 100 meters away and tried
to avoid It, but the missile struck the vessel
in the buw.
' The shock partly destroyed the wireless
nppsratus. Help was delayed by the wire-
less operator sending in an Inexact loca-
tion.
"Most of the passengers were landed at
Boulogne. Others were carried by British
destroyers to England. The Bussex was
towed to port.
"There were about fifty victims."
STEAMER SALYBLA SUNK
British Veaael oil Way to London From
Barbadoes Is Wrecked.
LONDON. March 23.-11:17 a. »-A
Lloyd a report says the British steamship
Salybin has been aunk. The passengers
and crew were saved
"" H42 feet long, was built
in If** and waa owned In London. She Is
reported as havfng left Barbsdoes on
March 3 for London.
^
Libraries to War Victims.
Iiiternattoosl New. Service.
BERLIN, Mrrch 25.—When the Russians
invaded Bast Prussia thev destroyed every
library In tne villages and cities tbey o«.
cupled so the Inhabitants are left without
booas. The Berliner Ooethebnnd has
Started a subscription to restore the boeks.
llerr Krnpp headed It with »1,250.
Heroism la Rewarded.
International Xewa Service.
RICHMOND, VS.. .March 25— For gsl-
Untry in action on the Flatulent front.
Jamet* H. Drake Jr.. «eeond Htntenaut In
the Hrltlftl) army and mi of Qeaeral
Freight Agent Drake of the ffantkfrn Rail
way with headquarters bare, has Watt
FRANCE.
PARIS. March 25.—Midnight official; "In
Belgium we hare bombarded tha German
trenches east of Boeainghe and around Hetaaa.
"In the Argonne there were rather rlolant
artillery actions today on the sectors of Le
Four do Paris, Coutea Chauasees and the Haute
Cherauchee.
"There wa« heary artillery activity weat of
♦ he Meuae against our aecono line and east
of the Meuae, In the region of the Cote du
Poivre (Pepper Hill) and Donamont and in
Woevre on the sectora of the Meuae slopes.
Noi tefsntry action took place during the day.
"Calm prevails on the reat of the front."
OE&XAVT.
By Jlsaoclated Preta
BERLIN, March 25 (Via London. 8:35 p. m.)
Verdun la In flamea, according to today's of-
ficial statement by the German army head-
quarters. The statement follows:
"Western theater: There have been no ac-
tual changes In tha situation aince yesterday.
In the Meuae dlatrlct artillery duela were espe-
cially lively and in the course of these engage-
ments Verdun was set on fire.
• Eastern theater: West of Jacobstadt the
Russians again opened an attack after having
bvonhgt forward freah Siberian troopa and
after strong artillery preparation had been
made. The attack broke down with heavy
losses to the Russians. Minor enemy advances
southwest of .Tacobstadt and southwest of
Dvlnsk were easily repulsed. All ihe enemy's
efforts, even those reported during the night
against our front north of Viazy, were com-
pletely unsuccessful.
"Further to the south, in the ieglon of
the Naroca Lakes, the enemy yesterday lim-
ited his activity to artillery bombardments.
"Balkan theater: During an aeroplane at-
tack one enemy machine waa brought down
after an aerial battle between the lines nnd
destroyed by artillery."
VISIT WAR FRONT
President Poiitcare and Crojrn Prince
Alexander of Serbia at Verdun.
Intarnattoaal News Service.
PARIS, Mnrch 2B.—Accompanied by
President Poincare. Crown Prince Alex-
ander of Serbia visited the Argonne and
Verdun fronts yesterday.
News of the visit was given out today
by the War Office.
Crown Prince Alexander took a Serbian
medal from his uniform nnd pinned it
upon the coat of (Jeneral Petalu. Presi-
dent Poincare distributed a number of
decorations.
By FRANK MOHAN.
Interns tional News Service.
MADISON SQUARR GARDEN, NEW
YORK, March 25.—I think I won tiie fight.
I curried the fight to the champion all the
way. After WiTlard made Ills spurt in th>!
seventh round he was done. He didn't
have a bit of strength or science left. He
couldn't have knocked me down in a mil-
lion rounds. Johnson hit me harder than
Wlllard did. I would like to fight Jess
over a championship route, and if I do,
you can wager you nil that I'll win the
title.
'
East and Central Texas Visited by
Heavy Downpours—Two Inchea
Fell at Haslett.
Special Telegriin to The Express.
FORT WORTH, Tex., March 25.—Rain
reports received by the railroads Satur
day showed that a good rainfall occurred
all over Kast Texas and ns far south as»
Taylor, while very little rain fell in South
or North Texas.
Reports were late In coming in, owing
to the large number of poles blown over
by the heavy wind, the Texas & Pacific
having 136 poles down between Fort Worth
and Mlngus, a distance of forty-five miles,
as well as at other points along the line.
Outside of the resultant wire troubles,
the railroads had no difficulty lu main-
taining tbeir schedules.
The only town reporting damages wax
Haslett, where It rained an hour and a
half, precipitating a rainfall of approxi-
mately two Inches.
C. K. Mitchell a farmer residing at Has-
lett, who was here today, said the wind,
which was from the southwest, wns the
hardest residents of that locality had ever
felt, and that tell windmills In his vicinity
had been blown over, outhouses moved
from their foundations and thut the chlui
ney of the home of G. Perry had toppled
over, causing considerable damage to the
roof and that the house and barn of Charles
Maloney had been badly damaged.
Mr. Mitchell said that even though con
slderable damage had been done at Has-
lett, there was not one complaint, all the
farmers wanting rain, regardless of ei
pense of property damage.
STORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Interurban, Telegraph, Telenhone and
Light Service Crippled.
Special Telegram to The Express.
DALLAS, Tex.. March 25.—Interrupted
Internrban, telephone and electric light,
service throughout the district surround-
ing Dallnls waa caused by the heavy rain
nnd wind storm last night. The Texas
Traction Company was the heaviest suf-
ferer with telegraph and telephone com-
panies coming next.
Retween Anna and Melissa, on the Texas
Traction Company's line, thirty poles car-
rying the high tension electric wire were
blown down nnd Interurban service north
of Anna was suspended throughout Sul
urday. It Is expected that normal service
will be resumed Sunday.
South of Dallas the high tension line
broke between Ferris and Wnxahachle, but
the break was repaired nnd service was
<<nnttnued interrupted. More than one
hundred miles of telepraph poles were re-
ported down on various railroads running
into Dallas. Construction crews were sent
out this morning, however, and service was
resumed this afternoon.
Zlzlk Undertaking Company, auto and
horse-drawn livery. (Adv.)
Bad Day for Favorites.
International News Ser*ir:\
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., March 25.—Favor
ltes hud n bad day on the OsiklnaM oval.
The heavv rain of last night made the
track slow and in only one rnce. the flrsi.
a four and one-half furlong dash, did the
l'avorltc Justify its friends. In tills event,
Marie Miller, with Murphy up. had things
nl her own way. The mud larks swept
the balance of the card.
There Are Many Uses For The
Valuable Tonic-Stimulant Duffy's
COUGHS AND COLDS weaken the system and
open the way for more serious ills if negiccled.
The prompt treatment of a cough or cold with
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as directed, usually
brings relief pnd may often forestall grip and
pneumonia.
I-- if i
way with headquarter* here, baa Ww rec-
ommended for the Victoria Croes aad aba
for prmnetloo, according te word froaa
London.
BRAIN FAG is usually the result oi overwork,
causing mental and physical depression. The use
of a mild tonic-stimulant such aa Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey stiri the vital organs to activity and
helps the system to throw off the poisons accumu-
lated in all parta of the body.
EMERGENCIES frequently arise (usually in the
night, when least expected) requiring immediate
relief, and when a physician ia not available. The
Uof Duffy's Pur* Malt Whiakey in an emer-
gency aaaures prompt relief as it is a stimulant
made for medicinal use only. It is dependable—it
ia pure.
CONVALESCENCE or the period of recovery
from illness is uaually a trying experience. The
aystem being in a run-down condition does not
alwaya respond with the desired effect. The use
of Duffy's Pure Matt Whiakey as directed, assists
in strengthening the system by its stimulating ac-
tion and may be retained by the most sensitive
stomach.
OLD AGE does not necessarily mean a state of
feebleiteaa. Nature's machine merely alowa up in
the work and the uae of the mild tonic-stimulant
Duffy's Pure Matt Whiakey, as directed, acceler
■tea the vital functions to a healthy action, there-
by assisting the stomach in ita important duties
TRAVELING is a pleasure to many, but the
changes of climate, drinking water and food, some-
times affect the digestive organs and cause slight
indiapoaitiORS. Prompt relief is obtained by the
mild stimulating action of Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiakey, if taken as directed. The traveler's bag
should contain Duffy's.
"CM Daffy's and Kitp Well."
Sold in SEALED BOTTLES ONLY. Beware of imitations.
Daffy'a from yo»r ImI drvagiat. grocer or
1011 leaUr, SI.** ac* bottle. It bo emaaot lately Vmu.
write M. Sead for aMtal hoiaohoM booklet free.
The Duffy Malt Whiakey Co., Rochester, N. Y.
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