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5, NO. 213.
UNIVERSITY
CARRANZA TO SEEK
NEW
LANDTOBESOLD
WAR WITH U. S. TO
UNDERNEWLAW
ESCAPEVILLA’SGRIP
N PEACE
With This Country.
MAIN BLOW OF BATTLE NEARWiLLKNOW RESULT BYFEB. 15
BONOS WOUlDBRING INCREASE
BREAK MAY COME IN A MONTH DIPLOMATS HOLD CONFERENCE
Mackensen’s Aim Is to Clear! Managers Profess to Fear No
Opening the Fight.
wAsuIGTOX, Dee.
29.—Oonn.
dential
a little bit pompous, puffed up and
This was the information received
ANNA, CARL AND PETER DOE LG ER
PEACE PROSPECT
ENDBYPUBLISHERS
PRAISEFORWLSON
7 Regarding this
"It’s time the university land*
Newspaper Men Tell Trade Authorities Beginning to Admit
ball
eusena
■Mum
WASHINGTON, Dec.
Amer-
with the United States.
to realise that it is of extreme im-
portance, however futile it
may now
short
sou ri
AVERY L RECTOR IS
commander, who promised to begin
tion between the warring nations.
JAP STEAMER IS
WRECKED AND 300
LOSE THEIR EIVES
J. Raymond Hoover.
tall
UNDERSEA MAIL
know whether the
SERVICE TO U. S.
Mr. Davies explained that the
ing.
brought to
20.~The
he
The news of his death
received about 11 o’clock and
. • i.
Gerok Hurls Back Russians
Thirteen and a Half Miles.
don Talk With Foreign Of-
fices; Details Not Given.
Taxpayers and Entire State
Would Be Benefited by Dis-
posing of Great Sections.
KILLED ON POST ROAD;
CAR GOES INTO DITCH
Representative McFarland Ex-
plains How Institution Is Los-
ing by Holding Property.
Commission of Extortion by
Makers of News Print.
Serious Outbreak Monday if
Law Is Not Enforced.
American Note Is Free From
Pro-German Influence.
Children to Get $54,166 Each
After Breaking Relative18 Will
Texas Congressman Defies Bos-
ton Speculator to Prove There
Was Leak on Peace Note.
States senator
This individual
if Villa succeeds in taking Ta mpic
and the rich oil properties there.
the border by Mexicans at the Ken-
tucky troops near Hart’s Mills, has
ordered his soldiers to dig trenches
as a protection from the American
lieves
duties
toward
gers After Vessel Grounds,
Says Tokio Dispatch.
Circular for Referendum on
Attitude of Railroads.
peace,
sin-
vssess'on of
re making
Son of Judge and Mrs. N. A.
Rector Found Dead Be-
neath Automobile.
be-
its
where,
hers.
have been in close touch with their
agents in Mexico.
The information set forth that Car-
ranza’s declaration of war against the
United States was certain within nine-
ty days and might take place within
a month, but that the taking of Tam-
pico at any time would be the signal
The excuse will be the retusal of ths
land.
The railway managers
, —
Eea Tm«
partly cloudy
Territory of Muscovites and
Sweep On to Sea.
IL M. McFarland to a witty Scot,
grown wittier because he has spent
his life in Texas.
On ons occasion he met a United
inter-
legiti-
towns taken by Villistas.
General Murguia, the new Juarez
75,000 STATE TROOPS
TO STAY ON BORDER
IN MARKET SCANDAL GERMANS TO START
1500 RUSSIANS LOST
WHEN SHIP IS SUNK
“PUT UP OR SHUT UP,”
HENRY WIRES LAWSON
and Denmark Sold Nota I
to Belligerent Powers.
THE
DOELGER
CHIVDREN
To those who have -come to read
between the lines of the Berlin of-
were not dis- is driving small, weak publishers out
or I to thia decision Friday, following a
flat rejection of their demand upon
commission is not yet in po
all the facts it needs befot
a final decision.
ing desirous of avoiding any
ference which might offend 1
mate sentiment.
"The Norwegian government
0
quietly advanced the gentleman from
Alpine. Brewster county. •‘Why, air.
All Communications Must Be
Marked “Submarine Letter.”
Other Countries Included.
PRICE 1
looked down on Texas, called it wild
and wooly. uncultivated and unre-
generated.
MeFarlane, plain man that he is,
spread
of his
others
log sold off Of course those
who have long term lessee
Senator Newlands regched Wash,
ington late at night end said that he
were accepted as hopeful indication*.
— — — in* ad n < in le re rlow nde
it Plain that no matter how a
couraging the peace outlook may be,
every possible diplomatic pressure
will be brought to bear on the beisig-
erents.
By Is V. B. RECKER
Staff Correspondent of Intel national
News Service.
EL PASO. Texas, Dec. it.—Mexico
will declare war aga at the United
States within ninety days or sooner
elusion is inescapable, upon a glance
at the map, that this means: "Here
to be
The Amenran'g circulation in Aus-
tin and Austin’s trade territory ex-
reds by more than 50 per cent
that of any newspaper ever pub-
baked in the Capital city.
ure he
Mat Benson, one
friends. and several
If Bandit Takes Tampico, First Scandinavians, Norway
Chief Will Open Hostilities
nouncement was forthcoming as
the result of these discussiona r
toward its own people and
all humanity i: it did not
be in bringing about
trienda here,
had placed
itner was plying between Abo andiqutekly.
Marianay clomem
DIM, SAYS ROME;
can publishers are up in arms against
what they allege to be the news print
paper trust. This trust, they declare.
comparable only to the castastrophe - ---- ----
after Mackensen’s "break through'* when the law was framed."
d^SHrsPSt
oDote L tho fasE Things wee
presidene had hoped. It “eK.“nidg
FPiy, as reported, that they cannot
enter, a. conterence without advance
knowledge of germany lorms the
statement or those terms will be
forthcoming. " "0A
it can be said on (he nehese
authority that the German terms do
coosk for.the annezntlon of any
territory whatever to Germany.
we wil strike our main blow."
To General Gerok evidently has
fallen the chiet part in Mackensen’s
plan to "roll up" the entire Russian
southern wine, to clear ucuthern
Galteta, the Bykowtna, the Car-
pathian, and Tranayivanta of hue
covites and to make possible the
purring of the Sarath Une ana the
nubaequent drive at Odessa.
From Rimnicu-Sarat, Falkenhayn’s
troopa, 'instituting the now famous
ninth army, are hantentng at top
speed northward to reinforce Gerok
revenue, would be the final rimion.or practicelly identic notes
0w to the du facto chief frantNorwa. Sweden and Genmark
....... tndorsine the proposais of the United
Stat es.to the belligerent Maori 12-
fore.the new year begins diplomaHo
Washington believes that the I1..-
American nations will join the more,
ment and the belligerents will be '
confronted with a peace kemand
from practically the entire neutral
world.
Peace conferences between the
ambassadors at Berlin and Londene
and representatives of their respec-
tive foreign offices were reported in .
advices received here, but no an-
” *
Refusal to Withdraw Pershing Ambassadors at Berlin and Lan- !
Will Be Made Pretext for
it would be lackin in
lice V. L. Morris, was
Austin.
From all indications.
from Rhode
was inclined
Although his busneas
his headquarters elie-
vas a frequent visltor
placing the remainder of the public -
school land on the market on terms
As if only the field marsha”s
"vorwaerts" had been needed. this
column pushed promptly forward. I
driving due east (far in the distance,
203 miles almost due east lies Odes-
it is not expected that the result of
the new referendum will be in the
hands of the leaders until Feb. 15,
1917, or later.
The brotherhood heads issued a
statement tn the afternoon in which
they charged that the roads have nul-
lifled the Adamson law by their pend- !
ing litigation.
No recommendation whatever was
made in the circulars, according to
Warren 8. Stone, chief of the engi-
neers. He also refused to give fuller
explanation of the statement.
"Is the strike vote still n effect y
he was asked.
”I don’t care to say anything about |
that,” was his reply.
It was said that the four chiefs may I
give out another statement In Cleve-
association, demanded
by the demand o.
attorney for ami
managers that the Adamson eight-
hour law be placed in operation day
after tomorrow.
'The men are gradually coming to
the conclusion that the rail roads are
determined to make them victims of
a bamboozling scheme,” heatedly as-
serted a representative of the fur big
brotherhoods. "It was made plain at
today's unsatisfactory conference that
the railroads intend to block indef-
initely the placing in operation of the
Adamson act. This without regard to
TOKIO, Dec. 29.—Three hundred
persons perished in the wreck of the
Japanese steamer Sankaku Maru, on
the Chinese coast, acreruing to a dis-
patch Friday.
After the vessel went aground she
was attacked by Chinese pirates, the
dispatch added. Some persons aboard
were drowned and others were killed,
according to survivors.
An earlier dispatch reporting the
grounding, stated she carried 400 pas-
sengers. including two Americans.
Hence editorial comment has
fire. American soldiers on this side
also are digging trenches and placing
machine guns as a guard against fu-
ture sniping and attacks against their
outposts.
that he
hearings Friday in the news print
paper investigation which it is making
at the behest of congress.
H. J Blanton, president of the Mis-
the national conference of railway
I Vida’s promise to fight for Mexico
in case of war with the United States
also i* relied upon by Carranza, who
hopes by the declaration of war to
unite all factions. The loyalty of Gen-
eral Murguia's troops is being ques-
tioned seriously and the first chief be-
lieves that the Chihuahua comman ler
would rettrn to the Carranza fold full
of renewed loyalty in case of hostili-
„ .ties with a foreign country.
ROME, Dec. 29.—Prospects of an Carranza also hopes Obregon, with
early peace are not being entertained whom he has had serious difficulties,
here. The newspapers, however, are I would aid him and that he could en-
besinning to admit that President list the forces of Felix Diaz. General
Wilson's peace note is entirely free I Robles and the Zapatistas in a war
from any pro-German influence and with the United States.
University Iaands.
He knows land and will take a
prominent part in land legislation
at the coming session. He ought ito
know land, too, because he repre-
sents a district about as large as the
state of Massachusetta, the home of
"kultur, cod and beans and Gussie
Qardner.
One of McFarland’ first steps will
be to introduce a bill putting all uni-
lands on the market and sell
good your
went at midnight to Buda to bring
the body back to Austin.
Only his father, Judge N. A. Rector
of Austin, and n sister, Mrs. Jasper
Wooldridge, survive him. His sister
lives in Ei Paso and was notified by
wire early this morning.
Judge Rector and a number of
United States to withdraw General
did not like this arrogance. “You
lie officials or make
charges.”
Mr. Henry announced
at the Dunajec in 1915.
Failure, on the other hand. would
probably mean abandonment of the
entire campaign against Moldavia
and Bessarabia and would throw the
Teutons upon the defensive.
would reintroduce his bill next Tues-
day to regulate the New York stock
exchange.
“If Mr. Lawson states the truth
about Wail street and an alleged
leak,” he said, “it shows that the bill
introduced by me in the sixty-tbird
congress to regulate the New York
stock exchange should be specaily
passed and should even be made
more drastic.
‘This short session ahould find a
way to protect the Americaa people
against such crimes as the one just
perpetuated by Wall street, if Mr.
Lawson is anywhere near the truth.*’
kan
guard still in the federal service for
an indefinite stay on the Mexican
border.
The precaution was ofticially on-
, - .. strued as the first effect of the re-
brought to Austin at l o clock this
morning Among these were Mayor fusal of First Chief Carranza to rati-
Jhnwnlity the protocol agreed to by the joint
and Rev, a Frank Nmith. I commission
that the federal body would help
them, but were weary of long wait-
tourdecision or the tederal supremmne These three children and their two brothers will receive
.."There are those of us who behteve $54,166 each as their share in the estate of their grandfather, I Pershings punitive expedition.
" "o"" an Ernest G. Woerz, it has been decided by the surrogate’s court. L. The real reason for such * move is
New York City. The grandfather, who left an estate estimated nessLrd o banSarranzal nwuine
at $2,500,000, willed them $5000 each, but their father, Charles posea by Va. The os or the rich
P. Doelger, sued to break the will and the surrogate has just Tampico, oil fields, Carranza’s caiet
authorized the executors to settle the action on’the basis4 of crurhing Ioenue,.woula be th. finai
$54,166 for each of the children. The fact that Villa is near to taking
| this town is strengthened by reports
that Saltillo has fallen into his hands.
Saltillo is only fifty miles from Mon-
terey, which is expected to be occu-
pied by the bandit forces with litte
trouble. Saltillo is the second town
between Torreon and Monterey taken
by Villa, San Pedro having been cap-
tured last Monday.
Investigators report that this situa-
tion explains the first chief’ obdurate
stand on the protocol framed by the
joint Mexican-American commission
at Atlantic City.
It is not believed that an attack
will be made upon General Persh-
ing's column. But that towns west of
Brownsville will be raided and the
country looted, the garrisons having
been weakened by the withdrawal of
the national guard. It also to pre-
dicted that no attack will be made
upon El Paso, the Mexicans devoting
themselves only to isolated ranches
and towns.
Serious concern is felt for the
safety of a party of Americans and
foreigners who fled from Torreon and
who are believed to be isolated by
Villistas at San Luis Potosi. The
town was reported taken again yes-
terday by bandits. A telegram re-
ceived here today said the party in-
tended to depart today for the bor-
der. It was learned later that the
bandits cut the railroad in both di-
rections from the town. The Amer-
icans have several hundred thousand
dollars in bullion which they took
from Torreon which inereases the
alarm felt for them here. The mes-
sage received said nothing about
quartermaster general of the army
was notified Friday to prepare the
75,000 members of the national
mered down in the last few days and
lost much of its early bitterness.
Socialists and clericals are singing
the praises of President Wilson. The
former declare there is great signifi-
cance in the fact that peace notes
have been sent the warring powers from
two great republics that are the moat
democratic countries in the world,
namely, Switzerland and the United
States. More credit is given the Swiss
note here, as it is thought that Swit-
zerland has been a greater sufferer
through the war than America. It is
considered very unlikely that America
will enter the war.
Newspaper comment here is varied,
though keen. The Journals d’Italia,
said to be the organ of the Sonnino
party, frankly admits the importance
of the American peace note. The Idea
Nazicnale, the imperialistic organ,
wishes to know why Mr. Wilson de-
sires the belligerents to state their
conditions of peace.
It is generally agreed here that in-
somuch as the central powers have
accepted Mr. Wilson's suggestion, I
some sort of a reply will have to come '
from the allies. if nothing more than
that would attract investors and home
makers. Instead of one-tenth cash
and one-tenth yearly, as now required
and 5 per cent interest, he would
sell these holdings for one-fortieth
cash and one-fortieth annually with
9 per cet interest. "This law if
enacted will soon dispose of these
lands to desirable citizena," said Mr
McFarland in discussing the bills he
proposes to introduce.
"The sale of these school lands.”
asserts the author of the contem-
plated law, "would encourage settlers
to buy them because they would be
given time in which to improve and
pay for them.
"These tracts, along with the uni-
versity lands, would also bring in a
revenue by being assessable for taxa-
tion. Home of the conn? Ies would
then have money to make the neces-
sary improvements and the individual
property owner would hav his taxes
reduced.”
be protected. They should
ficial reports in this war the on-
The president will keep his sego. 7
tiations in progress no matter waat. 53
the reply of the entente allies to his
peace note may be, hoping that even
if peace is impossible at this time,
he will be able to force considera-
tion of peace terms during the ferth--‛
coming year.
The ministers of the Scandir avian
countries declared that the notes
transmitted were the result of joint
action by Norway, Sweden and Den-
mark and that the three nations
took the same friendly attitude to- 5
ward the president’s peace efforts. ’
The Norwegian was the first sub- 1
mitted to tne stat departoept and
read as follows:
"It is with the most keen interest d
that the Ncrwegin government has
learned the proposition whkh the S
president of the United States lias
just made with a view to facilitate 5
measures toward establishing a last- -2
ing peace, at the same time
friends met the body when it wks
•a), capturing height after height, , --------------------
and driving the surprised Russians that this question of decent hours and
further and further against the decent wages will never be settled
middle Sereth. Fourteen hundred until our organizations give the ratl-
Russians fell as prisoners into Gerok's roads a taste of their power. It is
hands in the initial onrush of his for ths reason that a circular was
army and eighteen machine runs sent out today which amounts prac-
and three cannon were captured tically to a new strike referendum."
Moreover, from the Petrograd war The circular signed by Messrs. Shep-
office came the ominous admission pard. Stone, Lee and Carter, the In-
that in this area "the enemy's ad- ternational News Herv.ce was in- _____
vance continues at several points.** formed, stated that it was the belief | *
The German official report makes of the brotherhood heads that the A R Tr (T 11/A A
it clear that this sudden offensive railroads intend to block the attempts Ug DU U VP% A4)
between the Carpathians and Tran- of President Wilson to "give us a | H| I ll I III 1.1 | If MH
sy I vania to "in co-ordination with square deal” and added; ■ I ll LH II1WI Ilf ill
movements in Great Wallachia." "Does this situation, as explained to .g
“ “ you, warrant a renewal and immediate | 111 1111111111 TH
enfortement of the general strike or- I ll KF I
derrprni,the hands of your chlers IU DL lUUuni IU
gressman Henry of Texas today sent
a telegram to Thomas F. Lawson,
former copper king, demanding that
ho "put up or shut up." Lawson
recently accused the congreesman of
speculating in stocks on information
regarding the president’s peace note.
Henry defies Lawson to come to
Washington and testify.
”Put up or shut up,” aaid Chair-
man Henry's telegram "Cease slan-
dering and libeling congress and pub-
was not sufficiently acquainted with
the new developments in the strike
situation to discuss IL He cleciared,
however, that he was vreparer to ex-
pedite to the greatest extent possible
the president's legislative progran, in-
cluding the compulsory investigati»n
bill.
”I am convinced that this legisla-
tion is badly needed,' said Senator
Newlands, “wen outside of the pres,
ant situation, and I shall make every’
effort to hasten its consideration. I
hope that neither side of the railroad
controversy will precipitate trouble
while the matter to in the courts and
before congress The committee will
begin work on the railroad legislation
promptly.”
that the trade commission sieze the
1 paper mills and operate them for the
benefit of the publishers. Represen-
tative Cramton of Michigan, a news-
paper publisher, declared that the
commission should fix the price of
paper because it is a necessary com-
modity which has been monopolized
and, therefore, is beyond competitive
influences.
Ernest C. Smith of Wilkesoarre,
Pa., declared that small papers tn
Pennsylvania were often unable to get
paper at any price while H. E Trout
of Mannheim, Pa., declared prices ran
as high as 10 cents a pound in his
part of the state, while New York
state publishers were getting paper
for from 1 to 4 cents a pound.
Ths trade commission announced it
will work continuously on the prob-
lem of clearing up the paper muddle
and will make an announeement,
probably Jan. 2. Commissioner Davies.
In the course of the hearrng. said that
if the commission finds itself unable
to solve the problem it will turn the
question over to some other branch
of the government. It was generally
understood that Mr. Davies had in
mind prosecution by the department
of justice. This is known to be un-
der consideration now.
Mr Davies" statement was evoked
Carranza's idea to that he will fare
better at the hands of the United
States at the end of a war than he
would at the hands of Villa and that
it would be less humiliating. Those
close in touch with internal affairs
declare that the fall of his govern, not
ment is close at hand. however
express its most profound sympathy 59
for the efforts which might con-
tribute toward bringing to an end
the progressive accumulation of suf-
fering and the moral and material
losses it entertains the hope that
the initiative of President Wilson will
bring about a result worthy of tne *
noble spirit which inspired it.”
furkey joined with her Teutonic al- 7
lies in their suggestion for an "imme- |
diate” peace conference in a note re- J
ceived here Friday. The Turkish re-
ply to the president's note was prac- j
tically the same in a general way as I
the replies of Germany and Austria. I
There was a disposition in diplomatic 1
circles to regard the Teuton reply aa j
more favorable than at first sup- |
posed. As the German embassy .3
pointed out, President Wilson’s note
did not specifically ask that the United 2
States be acquainted directly with the g)
peace terms of the belligerents. It 49
simply asked that ths terms be mades3
known.
Diplomatic Washington took the
view that Germany could comply
the president’s demand by secret ne-
gotiations, cither directly or through ps
the United States, which would place,
before the enente powers some form
of peace terms. The conferences it
the American amhassadors at Berlin,
and Loudon lent some strength to thia
view, although both the state depart-g
ment and the belligerent embassy flat-
BERLIN, Dec. 2 9 (via Sayville wire-
less )-- Undersea mail service to about
to become a fact. The German postal
authorities today made public a list
of rules and regulations which are to
govern the transmission of "subma-
rine mall” from all parts of Germany
to the United States, Mexico. Central
and Routh America, the West Indies.
China, the Dutch indies and the Phil-
Ipptnea.
The maximum weight of letters is
to be sixty grams Two marks (about
50 cents) will be charged for each
piece of mail, and extra postage for
each twenty grama above the maxl-
mum. All,letters are to be sent to
Bremen and must be marked "sub-
marine letter.'*
BERLIN. Dec. 29. (via Rayville
wireless). — An entire kussian regi-
ment of coast artillery — about :500
men—with the exception of fifty men.
was lout when tho Russian steamship
Oihonna struck a mine near the tuir
of Finland, according to a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Frankfurter
Zeitung. One thousand horses also
were drowned.
Many persons loot (heir lives in the
sinking of another liner in the Fin-
nish bay, the dispatch says. Both dis-
asters are attributed to "badly fixed
Ruaslan mines."
The Oihonna was a Russian team-
ehip owned in Helsingfors. She dis-
placed 1076 tons and was built in
1998 The vessel was en route from
the A aland Island to Helsingfors, and
sank in a few minutes. The second
bore himself like a peacock. He
Friday night from mining inen who
was headed south on the l’ost road
His car swerved to the right, went
into the ditch and turned turtle, pin-
ioning him beneath tt. In the auto-
mobile was a suitcase with his in-
itials, and in the packets of his
clothing were found letters and cor-
respondence, which identified him.
He was alone in the car.
Mr. Rector was unmarried and a
member of the Austin lodge of B I*.
O. Klas. He was a cotton buyer, and
formerly made his headquarters in
New Braunfels, but recent I v had
moved to Taylor, where he war buy-
ing for a large cotton firm. He was
reared in Austin and had a host et
an announcement of their intentions
to remain firm.
But even this will not be in vain. , 4 , --—
a* It paves the way for future note, an investigation of the aniping across
and makes possibie ultimate arbitra-
Mr. Rector
Chinese Pirates Attack Passen- recsod When .Abro docometganund
clients were bouyed up by the hope
The momentum of the Teuton of-1 NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—No general
tensive against the Sereth line r.as strike will be culled on the country’s
suddenly switched far to the northrailroads Monday or within two
of the seen* of the great fit e-day | months of that date.
"break through” battle. With the I But a second strike vote of the 250,-
---culmination of that battle, consist- 000 railroad employes will be taken.
Island, ins in the capture of the big rail- I The four brotherhood chiefs came
head Rimnicu-Sarat, the period c.
Btrgtesic "feelers"" was terminated
and within the last thirty-six hours,
Mackensen, prompted by the swift
succession of events furthering his
plans, “showed his hand.”
From the mountainous region
around the tbwn of Sosmezo, just
above the northernmost tip of the
Transylvanian Alps, there was set
reprenent the state or Rhode Islana," getuypownerrarlKorEauordayestnnem-
. - “--i ---..--------1 fantry under General Gerok
furbed by the action of the men's | of business and gouging richer ones
t0dera sad one of the representa- tor extortionate price. lor paper. The
Th.ro may be minor outbreak, publishers want the federal trade
Monday, but no general strike is commission or some other branch of
feared the government to take drastic and
th,‛Statementdybetwaanrthauyynepeot immediate steps to remedy the situa-
celve that the brotherhood heads are tion- •
losing their former enthusiasm for the These were the sharp developments
Adamson law. They cealize that un-as tne trade commisson resumed its
der Its provisions we can enforce an
eight-hour work day upon passenger
as well as freight employes, "This is
something that did not occur to them
supporters of Lloyd-George hav# vi
orously criticized the conduct of t
British embassy here, bomparing
unfavorably with the work done I
Count von Bernstortf. German aa
bassador. Diplomatic Washiagte
however, believes that Spring-Rict
services have been of a nature whh
would make his departure entirely
matter of his own desire.
The administration flatly declin
to comment on pence in any tot
until the reply of the entente to t
president’s peace note to received. A
vices from abroad today said that tl
reply of the entente to lerman
original peace proposals would I
furthcoming promptly and that
would probably be handed to tl
American ambassador at Paris 4
Wednesday to be transmitted to Qe
many through the United tatem 9
is expected that with the reply on
of the way, the answer to Prende
Wilson’s note will be framed at one
Avery I. Rector, nged about 17
years, a son of Judge N. A. Rector,
was killed when his automobile
turned turtle about one mile
south of Buda, Friday night about
10 o’clock. Tho body was found
about one hour after the accident
by some boys who telephoned for Dr.
W. E. Holtzelaw.
Death was caused, said the physi-
cian, by concussion of the brain and
was almost instantaneons. His face
and neck were burned by the radiator
He was found beneath the car, which
had to be lifted before the body could
be reached. It was thought at first
his neck was broken, but ‛nter exam-
aminations found this was not the
case.
The body was taken to the Huda
station, and after an inquest by Jus- l
Special to The American.
WASHINGTON, I ec.
X- the Mexican who cleans up my back
yard presides over more territory
than you represent. Rhode Island
7 would hardly make us Texans a good
radish patch. It s just a mouthful
for one hungry longhorn. A lively
. cowboy couldn't exercise ms pony tn
it without slopping over into severs!
7, other states." With these few r-
’ marks McFarland turned, walked
away and bought a ticket a mile long
for Alpine, Texas.
Out there they decided that "Mac"
ought to go to the legislature and
.. ft to rapidly becoming a habit with
his constituents to send him to Aus-
tin.
ly declined to di so uss these confer-
ences in any way. - -1
Rumors that Sir ecil Spring-Eice,.5
the British ambassador, was to leave
his post were revived and they, met
with the usual interesteu reception tn
diplomatic ctreles. These rumorshave
been resurrected with each change i
ministry in England and they
weight through the fact that
should the Russians stop him, as
they will undoubtedly try to do. Al-
ready Bavarian and Austro-Hungar-
ian troops under Krafe von Del mens -
ingen, on the left wing of the ninth
army, have pushed thirteen and a
half miles beyond Rimnicu-Sarat, to
Dumitresci, some forty-nine miles
from where Gerok to driving east-
ward.
With their oft-tested '•pincer" tac-
tics. the Teutons are endeavoring to
close in gn Focsami, a vital fortified
point north of Rimnicu-Sarat. and
thus render the whole fortified line
Focsami-Galati untenable.
Success of this pian would not only
mean the crumbling of the Ituossian
Sereth line, but would smash a wide
gap in the whole southern front of
the czar’s forees, spreading disaster
publishers, to
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AUSTIN, TEXAS. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1916.
— —tkeai
b, allowed to retain their holdings
until their ume expire* or -houla be
peid tor all improvements they n«ve
inade on tha land,
T believe this university '.and sale
ahould be in the hands of the land
commtsnioner nnd not be managed
by the untversity regents
Would Hring Revenue.
"Untversity lands pay no taxes and
couptiee in which they are located
•utter from luck of revenue Home
counties are nearly one-half taken
over by university lands and citizens
have to pay a high rate of taxation
to meet their county expenses. If
these lands parsed under private
ownership the purchasers a fluid have
to pay taxes
"The holding of immense tracts of
untyersity land retard* development
and prevents Investment and im-
provement The practice keeps the
country from being settled by those
who wound make real homes
The state of Texas now has atout
2.200,000 acres of university land
bringing in an income to th. school
of only »15».0«« If the land was
■old and the money invusted in
bonds ths returns would be immense-
ly Ereater. Ifa Ume we were getting
down to a busdneus basis and sell off
them university land-.
Would AM Farers
”We need more agricultural devel-
opment If the untversity lands
pemed into the hands of many own.
err stock raining would boon bo re-
placed to wome extent by ktowing
field* of foodsturts. Thia would also
add greatly to the revenues of the
etate and people"
Mr. McFarland is also in favor of
* preliminary to a
be mgexeyaa °Lpogangenew
through a dipiomatie rpreeu
of A neutral country.
h. The German pence terms have
heen communicated to Amba=
derard under the pledge of M
WASHINGTON. Dec,
GERMANS,BYQUICK STRIKE PUT OFF
CHANGE,BEGINNEW UNTLNEWVOTEBY
DRIVE FOR ODESSA. 050,000 IS TAKEN
T I ' _
Powerful Infantry Force Under: Brotherhood Chiefs Send Out
By J. E. CROWN
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