Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 16, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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FAIR TOINjIGHT AND
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P EESTINE DAII.l
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Member
Associated Press
Vol. XVI. No. 168.
Palestine, Texas Thursday Evening. November 1. 1917
EIGHT PAGES
p Til |p TV A ID P| AMCC |N ! Former Palestine Man j A Week of Prayer
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f 1 nin 1! nIH! wnllL : III Is State Secretary By Missionary Society
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(By Associated Breas t
London, Nov. 1—About thirty
airplanes, in seven groups, took
part in last night's air raid. Threw
of the planes penetrated the heart
of London, says today's official
report. Slight damage was done
by the raiders. The Germans
‘took advantage of the clouds to
prevent any decisive engage-
ments. Eight persons were killed
and twenty-one wounded.
Shopmen Back to
The Old Hours
Big Ben boomed on the old sched-
ule this morning, and many Pales-
tine people were awakened at 6
o’clock by the usual sound that has
brought them from their slumbers
for so maim years. For the past sev-
eral weekfcfce I. & G. N. shop forces
here had t)*en wording under a new
contract *vith a stipulation that start-
ed their day at 8 o’clock and ended
It at 5, but many of the men,
most of them evidently, did not like
the new hours, and a movement was
begun to get back on the old sched-
ule, with the result that the change
has been authorized and was made
today
| Strickland Resigns
| From Investigating
Board—Comes Home
Hon. J. J. Strickland, one of the sen-
ator members of the probing board
i selected by the last legislature to go
j into an investigation of state govern-
| mental affairs, has resigned. His
| resignation was accepted yesterday,
I and Senator Lon H. Smith of Hender-
son, Rusk county, was appointed as
his successor.
Mr. Strickland said his private law'
I practice here demanded his atten-
I tion, and that he wished to be ex-
1 cused on that account, as he could not
I serve with the committee witho .t
I great personal sacrifice.
Seymour Stafford
To Aviation Camp
Transport Torpedoed
But Made Port Safe j
-------'SrJtTes.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1.—The
transport Finland was recently tor-
pedoed while returning to the United
States, but was able to return to
foreign port under her own steam.
a :
I
Seymour Stafford, well-known Pal-
estine young man who stood the ex-
amination several days ago as a vol-
unteer for the army aviation forces,
has just received his orders to report
at the government aviation school at
the State University at Austin, and
will leave tomorrow evening Tor his
new headquarters. He will be under
training there for several weeks, and
will be assigned to further
This young man has been
trying for several months to get into
the aviation division of the army,
and seems delighted that he has fin-
ally succeeded.
- Boy Was Injured.
Houston Boyd, a messenger boy for
the Western Union, was the victim of
a collision accident yesterday after-,
noon, in which he suffered some flesh
wounds, though nothing of a very
serious nature. The accident occurr-
ed at the corner of Queen and Lacy
streets, where a car collided with
vthe boy on the wheel.
Kansas Coal Mines
Are Idle Today
(By Associated Press.)
Pittsburg. Kan., Nov. 1.—Twenty-
one Kansas coal mines are idle today
because of a miners’ strike, which is
said to be due to the fuel administra
tion's objection to the miners and
operators’ Kansas City agreement.
George Howard, a former Palestine
man. born and raised here, the son
of Treasurer A. It. Howard of the I.
& G. N. Railway Company, has been
named as secretary of state by Gover-
nor Hobby. The young man's many
Palestine friends will be glad to hear
of this honor bestowed on him, and
know lie will make good. The Hous
ton Chronicle has the following no-
tice of the appointment, and of Mr.
Howard:
George Howard, a prominent young
attorney of Houston, has been ap-
pointed secretary of state by William
P. Hobby, governor of Texas.
Mr. Hcftvard is a native Texan, the
son of A. R. Howard, treasurer of
the International & Great Northern
Railway Company. He was born c£
Palestine, August 19, 1889, and is tLe
youngest man to hold the position of
secretary of state in Texas.
He began his caiver in the boiler
shops of the railroad shops, in whic t
his father holds an important posi-
tion. .He started right at the bot-
tom in order to gain -a working
knowledge of the business. He then
studied civil engineering and grad-
uated from the Renssler Polythechnic
Institute at Troy, N. Y. Returning
to Texas, he was appointed as a civil
engineer in the maintenance of way
department of the International &
Great Northern Railway, which po-
sition he filled with marked ability.
At the age of 21 he decided to
take up law as his profession in life
and finished at Washington College,
St. Louis, with high honors. He
took a course of law at the Univer-
sity of Texas and flung his shingle
to the breeze in Houston In 1912.
Later he became a member o
law firm of Howard, Vinsojv &
ard, from which position he resign-
ed one year ago to take a position
with the Beaumont Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company, which position
he was holding when notified of his
call to the service of the state by
Governor Hobby.
In 1913 Mr. Howard married Miss
Garland Bonner, daughter of Mr. j
and Mrs. B. F. Bonner, and at pres-
ent lives in Montrose Addition, but
will move to Austin to take up the
duties of his new position within the
next few days.
The fllowing invitation lias been
issued:
“You are cordially invited to at-
tend the special week of prayer ser
vices of the Missionary Society of
Centenary Church, Nov. 5-11, 1917
Leaders for Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday: Mesdames D H Hotch-
kiss, Frank Bailey and A. G Green-
wood. Topics: Our Objectives, Med-
ical Work in China, Gulf Coast Work.
Our goal, $25,000. Mrs. R M Dunn,
president local auxiliary."
ARE HOLDING 11
Fred Johnson Is
Now War Aviator
sell!
oAthe
Phillip’s Troubles
Are Now Multiplied
Ticket Agent Phillips was this
morning wrestling with the new war
tax exactions as applied to railway
tickets; and his troubles were multi-
plied He says it will take a good
mathematician to h^dd down a ticket
agent's job now. For instance, mile-
age, script, etc., are sold at varying 1
discounts, and for each trip the hold- j
er makes the tax of S to 10 cents i
must be figured on the net amount of
the fare used. If the mileage has j
been sold at a discount of 6 per cent,
he must first figure off the six per
cent to ascertain the net mileage |
price, and then add to that the tax
of 8 or 10 cents on the dollar's worth i
used. With passengers crowding |
around the window this morning the I
usual smile on the countenance of the
affable Ben Phillips had disappeared,
and great drops of perspiration stood j
out on his manly countenance, as he |
.
figured and figured, while the pas-
sengers fidgeted and fidgeted. Yes, .
selling tickets is some job now.
"But the traveling public can help j
e if it will. Mr. Phillips asks the ,
Herald to request all who come to buy ^
tickets to please bring pennies with !
them, a$. it w'iTT assist him in making j
change, and he says change of the
penny variety is hard to get. Be |
game and help the ticket agent as ,
much as possible. '
With the train of aviator? and sol- :
diers going north yesterday was Fred !
Johnson, of Palestie, now war avi- !
ator. These troops will soon be in j
France. Johnson has graduated from ,
the camp near San Antonio with hun- j
dreds of others who will compose a ■
great airplane corps.
Painful Accident
Child Loses Finger j
Early this afternoon at the home ui I
his grandmother, Mrs. Welch, on j
South Sycamore street, Master Har- j
vey Welch, the small son of Beggs j
Welch, lost a finger through an un |
fortunate accident. He and a little I
cousin, Matthew Carswell, were play
ing out in the yard, and Carswell was
cutting some limbs witn an axe, and
in some way the other child got the
finger in the way of the descending
axe. Both children were thoroughly
frightened by the accident. A doc-
tor was called and the injured hand
given prompt treatment.
(By Associated Press.) »
Italian Headquarters, Wednes-
day. ijct 31.—As the bulletins of
General Cadorna, the Italian com-
mander. indicate the Itattmt
troops have been perfectly reor-
ganized and are now holding
back the enemy at a distance at
seven miles west of Udine.
Submarine Tolls
For Past Week
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 1.—Fourteen English
vessels of more, and four of less,
than sixteen hundred tons were sunk
during the past week.
Wants Names of All
Who Refuse to Sign
Food Pledge Cards
(Special to The Herald.)
Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1.—All workers
in the food conservation pledge card
campaign, now being waged through-
out the United States, are natrocted
by a telegram received at the DsSgU .i
office to keep a careful record of the
name and address of all persons re-
fusing to sign the pledge card, anl
forward same to the Dallas office.
Mr Hoover states that in this hour
of peril the nation’s enemies most be
known.
j The eighth district, with Amarillo
headquarters, reports forty per cent
of its quota signed, and the city at
Amarillo reports one hundred per
cent of its quota already signed. The
North Texas district, embracing sev-
enty of the best counties In Texas, is
very slow Patr^it or not a patriot is
the question being asked of every per-
son in America today. What will the
answer be for Texas?—Unite 1 Sta|A
Adm ini
Campaign Director
7 ' :
Indicted For Murder.
(By Associated Press.)
Concord, N. C., Nov. 1.—Gaston B.
Keans has been indicted by a grand
fury for the murder of Mrs. Maude A
King, a wealthy widow, last August.
French Lost Three.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 1.—Two Prencn ves-
sels of more than sixteen hundred
tons and one of less tonnage were
sunk during the last week.
Reports Says Cou
Hertling Is Rejected
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED
WHEN AUTO AND
BICYCLE COLLIDE.
Lands Changing Ownership.
l*here is much activity in Ander-
son county lands just at this time,
and the clerk’s office shows many
deed transfers. The bigger part of
the trading appears to be among
home men, in many instances tenants
buyig faffns of their own
Let the Herald Job department
print your stationery—printing that Is
classy and distinctive.
British Capture
City of Beersheba
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 1.—The city of Beer-
sheba, in Palestine, has been captur-
ed by the British, it was announced
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Richmond, Texas, Nov. 1.—Tues-
1 day afternoon while W. O. Mock of
( Damon was driving his car toward
; Rosenberg he collided with Herman
| Talley, a boy about 12 years old, who
J was riding a bicycle toward Rich-
| mond, killing him instantly. The
| child was the son of T. F. Talley,
! who lives near Rosenberg.
(By Associated Press.) \
London, Nov. D—Count Hertling
has been rejected as German chan-
cellor by the reichstag majority lead-
ers, according to Amsterdam <
patches, which construe this as a
buff to the emperor and a victor^ for
parliamentarism. The message®, how-
ever, were apparently written before
the German wireless statement
sent out announcing that Hertling
had been offered the place and was
consulting reichstag leaders.
Keep posted by reading The Herald
Notice.
Mothers' Club of Lamar school wltt
meet tomorrow afternoon nt 3:36.
I^t every member be prssent.
Reporter.
GERMANS KILLED
(By Associated Press.'
Washington, D C., Nov. 1 —
Thirty thousand German soldiers,
lncluuding two generals of di-
visions. were killed in a great
battle on Bainsizza Plateau, ac-
cording to cable reports received
here. It is further stated that
General Cado&a is pushing up re-
verses rapidly toward the Italian
front, with every prospect ot
checking the enemy’s advance.
Assurance that British and
French support will be immedi-
ately forthcoming have been giv-
en by a war council held in Paris
yaaterday. »
Many Submarines
Have Been Destroyed
(By Associated Press.)
London. Nov. 1—-Between forty
and fifty per cent of the German sub-
marines operating in the North Sea,
the Arctic and Atlantic since the be-
ginning of the war, have been sunk,
said Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
admiralty, in the house of commons
today.
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Texas, Nov. 1—Ac-
cording to strike leaders here ful-
ly ten thousand workmen in the
sixteen oil producing Texas and
Louisiana fields went out at
midnight Wednesday. The strike
leaders say every union went
out “one hundred per cent
strong.”
At Humble there lias been no sus-
pension of work, the operators say,
but at all other places activities have
been generally suspended. The strike
lias spread to the Markham field.
No disorders are reported.
Keep posted—Read The Herald
Repairing Buildings.
Contractor Moffett is remodeling
the buildings, formerly known as the
K. of P. property, on Main street,
and which were damaged by fire some
time ago. The property now belongs
to the Guaranty State Bank. The
wreckage is benig moved out, and a
new roof is to be put on the walls,
and the interior rebuilt.
Lieutenant Gardner Well and Happy.
Judge B. H. Gardner is just in re-
ceipt of another letter from his son,
Lieutenant Howard Gardner, from
“somewhere in France.” The lieuten-
ant said he was still attending bomb
school and was getting along fine.
The young man expressed a desire to
get into the trenches and get some
actual fighting experience.
MORE PRISONERS
FOR GERMANS
The Herald wants your printing.
Place your order for printing with
the Herald. Phone 441
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
I like to 54sp out tX one.
5ide of my life.
And look z.t tke pb.st rmd
tke future ?tnd tken
Vben Ive rested a.wkile.
and adjusted my mind
I 5tep ri^kt
b^ck in and
start living
adain.
Sixty Negroes Enter
I Pleas of Not Guilty
(By Associuted Press.)
t San Antonio,* Texas, Nov. 1.—Sixty-
three negroes of the Twenty-fourth
! Infantry, charged with mutiny and
murder in connection with the Hous-
ton riot on August the 23rd, pleaded
I not guilty at the opening of the court
! martial trial. One of the defendants
1 was not present on account of illness.
Three Cents on Letters.
Keep in mind that commencing to-
morrow it will require a three cent
stamp to carry your letter, where two
cents has been used heretofore.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, Nov. 1.—The Austro-
Germans invading Italy have cap-
tured more than one hundred
and eighty thousand prisoners
and fifteen hundred Italian guns,
the German war office announces.
The statement says the teuton
fourteenth army yesterday gained
another great victory. Portions
of the Italian retreating forces
made a strong stand at the Tag-
liamento river. Bridgehead posi-
tions at Dignane and Codreipe
were captured by the Germans,
and the Germans penetrated rear
guard positions of the Italians
east of the lower Tagliamento,
where they cut off and captured
sixty thousand Italians.
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 16, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1917, newspaper, November 1, 1917; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024641/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palestine Public Library.