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PROGRESSIVE
I
WHO’S WHO IN SERVICE OF COUNTRY
Texas."
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VOLUME
M.
Wire
Service.
5 Complete Cabtea from all Foreign Capitate
MANY REGISTRANTS
Daily and Sunda:
answer
the outset
PRESD
MEDICAL BOARDS TO ACT
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school
f ot. the publishers.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1918.
Private Kelly was hit in the
when
pretty close shooting.
ripening in the Germar empire.
son’s Wii
We killed both of them after they had fired five
them
would
party
hav e got us very casy
hey had run off the raneh;
the
the question of
pro-
fraud or evasion
of John O.
Mr.
to do
per
the public is asted carefully
only from men in class one.
c an -
su"ar
was
food #4 dministration as not e acceding
poune
SENTIMENT CHANGES.
Austin, commnissioner of in-
Hhould
n
land
ORDFRED TO REPORT.
taining to hoarding.
In
fine
exe eeding
k
terference
FARMEKS ASSI RED OF SFED.
4
all
own.
Q.
BUTCHPRS TO MEET.
CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS.
Mrs,
Morely.
3
Medical
ns
factured
TAYLOR,
Flick, a blacksmith of thin city.
go.” Mrs. J. J.
fiospel
",
have
4
AMERICANS, EAT ONLY WHERE YOU SEE THIS SIGN
big DNIVI
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4
VA -:3. %
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W. E. Long. Food Administra-
tor in Austin, Has Question
and Answer Box.
Doughty, state superintendent of in-
struction.
Major John C. Townes, Su-
pervisor Selective Service
Law, Suggests Remedy for
Situation.
Mayor and Mrs. King Call At-
tention to Filth and Squalor
in Former Aristocratic Man-
sion.
There
the
W. F. Doughty, State Superin-
tendent, Says It Is Important
They Be Not Shortened.
officials to
Saturday,
And
spring
Johnson
afternoon
conferred
Insurance i
i atta« ked about ♦
Two of the mnules
"It is important that the public
free schools of Texas should not dis-
continue or shorten their terms for
Milton Morris Also Confined to
His Home and Council Takes
Up Only Routine Matters.
to
the
WAND NALFS ANI LFASFS
IN MONTH OF JAW V ARY.
in
it
Simple Rules for Grocers
Will Solve Many Problems
DISTANCES IN TEXAS
MAY BE HARDSHIP TO
in
At
gi ocers
morning
per-
pun-
at them,
ahots at
THREE TFXAS CORPORATINS
INCREASF CPTTAL M1MX.
CHANGFS PROPOSED IN
INSIRANCE AGENrS• AFFIDAVIT.
o'clock that afternoon and had five mules killed
wre saddle mules and men were riding them at
• ‘oulter .
Message
Forecas
fair, risin
equa
tutes
which
not *
he <
wit
TEXAS PUBLIC FREE
SCHOOLS MUST HOLD
TO TERM SCHEDULES
the
was
> to
Flake’s
England."
Fisher's
A Cent a Pound.
"The profit that a r* taile
suran e•
Thu rsday
course,
is a
"Of .
duction
times;
The
stition
. K.
em-
By--
Propaid
A
A
JOHN 0. JOHNSON, CITY
CLERK, SERIOUSLY ILL
►r is per-
has been
will mai
cabinet.
to gnor
which
vs. Super-
the Congo, '
TURKEY RAISERS HAVE
PROFITABLE SEASON
$ .25
.65
1.25
2.50
Mail Sunday Only
1.95
3.76
7.00
binet,
?cailers, 1
- to what
He
he w
r ■
| INDEPENDENT
I —
have had their examinations.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN WOMEN
TO STI DY MISSION WORK
milled to make on
definitety fixed by t
ridden right upon them uni they c ld,
brought bark fifty-five head of horses "
Missionary.'* Dr. Kinney.
"Fetishism," Mrs. Barr.
"Women and Children on the Con-
would be shown to other employers
of labor if the city raised the wages
of its own employee.
The council meeting was short. due
Proposal ft
Dcpartm
Alsso Cc
- tive Ban
i
N,Y STIR
- IN LE
i
a
Sen tor Hit
Openly D
Be Guide
but there never was a time
CHIEF MORRIS APPOINTS
POLICEMEN TO REGISTER
. ALL ENEMY ALIENS HERE
r their mettle
REC
sergeant. Captain Fink and myneir had a
E ■ An, erroncous refleetion upon the charaster
E0-=
Eaterad at the postoffice, Austin. Texas
vhamiesfimhe"imazh
afie,d"Noronvic Prenident
J. B. Hewer- ...... Secretary and Treasurer
Saturday Schools Not Encour-
aged, for Period of Training
Young Should Not Be Cut.
others got away on their horses. € troop mum mounted while we were
fighting and when we took the hill they started aft* r the Mexicans
trying to get away on their horses. C troop charged them with their
pistols and killed thirteen of them. The rest that got away made
straight for the mountains, and we chased them about six mile
Finally they made their last stand at the foot of a big mountain
They were well fortified when we got there—big ror ha aand small
canyons that they could get in. We fought them until it got dark.
"and then we started back, in the last scrap I think We killed about
i ran Lensed
Imt
Fipuud Every Mornlne. Dally ana Sunday
i Dab Mornhe Negspaper at Texa. Suu
Carital
t LArgest Cireulation la Austin and Central
Texas.
Herr ¥cheidemann says a demo-
hue state is due tn Germany. Well,
re are waiting.
the disposition on
AMERICAN HISTORY READINGS.
r formed by the majority and
minority socialists against the
Is one demand the entire
the schools
the I nited Kia tew
one rent
of the commission.
It was believed the
WEATHER BUREAU CHANGEN.
CITY LABORERS WILL —----—----;“
RECEIVE $2.20 A day, News From the Capitol
WOOLDRIDGE DECLARES
believed', he said.
The meat market men of the city
will meet W K. Long, food ad-
ministrator. this afternoon to dis-
cuss the ciosinr of butcher shops on
meatlesn days. The meeting will
pound
Five-Pound Parkages.
"‘Sugar should be sold in not ex
ceedin- five-pound quantities to the
city or town customers and not ex-
ceeding ten-pound quantities to rural
or country eustdmers.
drawn up yesterday
also a pack train of four mules belonging i< merchants they had taken
from the store at Hright’a ranch We erossed back into Texas at
13:30 that night, and. beileve me, we were sure u fired bunch of men."
Jan 31.—A.
be the annual
ployed with ft. F. Hornsby A (on-
pahy’s shop on West Fourth rtreet,
had one of his eyes put out in an
accident this morning
Mr Flick was engaged in cutting
kindling wood at his home on West
Fourth street at an early hour, when
a sliver of wood flew up and strut k
him in the eye.
the bhaki-clad boys and
et it may
camouflage.
‘ Curiously
Business period.
Bible study. Rom
Austin city deliveries are payable to carrier.
Mali subecriptions strictly cash in advance. ,
"TSubscribers wishing their addresses changed
will please state both old and new addresses.
Subscribers will confer a favor by advisins
this office at once of any irregulerity in de-
livery cither by carrier or by mail
EFFICIENCY STANDARDS —•—
ARE TO BE MAINTAINED WOULD EMPOWER LOCAL
’The dealer shall not buy, store
or sell any food commodities for the
and Fetish on
5 iolat ion and I ine.
"A consumer buying food commor-
itiesin excessive quantities is violating
is rye flour to be sold on
International News
ishable by
amount of anv flour srhsti-
IOSES EE IN ACOIDST.
UL'
close call also. We were riding down in a little ravine on our way to
G troop when we jumped two bandits hiding in sume brush, one of
them stuck hh head up a little too high and Sergeant Cook saw him.
We were about 1 50 yards away, mo we dismounted and started firing
be held at the Driskill hotel at
o’clock.
taught on
of sue h commoditiem.
Wa-te and Detefioraiton.
'The dealer shall not knowingly
commit waste or willfully permit de
teriorution of anv food commodities.
to the serious illness
Johnson, city clerk.
ties mowing to the consumer in
will be called in groups until
without reasonable justification, espe-
cially if tending to result in a higher
price to the « onsumer. will be dealt
agents who came from various parts i * ith as an unfair practice
of the state relative to changes pro- No Hoartling-
posed in the form of affidavit which
must be made by insurance agents
before they are licensed
It is proposed to make the affi-
davit more rigid.
"Men. Women and
Thirty-Day Rule.
"The dealer shall not knowingly
m-II any consumer a quantity of any
foodstuffs in excens of the consum-
J W.
period of
mood example
The state treasury reports
"Beginnings of Now
The Missionary’ society of the Cen-
tral Christian church will meet in
the church parlors at 3:30 p m.
Friday. Following is the program:
sales and leases for the month of
January amounting to $245,621. Vari-
ous available funds were credited
with 8171 638 and permanent funds
with $73,990.
The available school fund receive.
$87,275 and the permanent school
fund was increased 3<•.54A.
10 11-15. Ps.
history of the world
more necessary for 1
enough, the coalition
in regard
the part of
have school
follows All other manu-
flour* (except rye flour).
for planting this
in no
from the
the ‘time. That was
47:1-7. Mrs. J. W Kerns.
Npecial prayers.
Topics:
• 'The Witch Doctor v
Unitea states department of agricul-
ture The government Im prepared
to furnish the farmers most any kind
of seed they desire and the list in-
cludes prat tienlly everything that ran '
be grown in the west. All seed are
guaranteed to be of the finest grade
Spec lai toThe American.
NAN ANGELO, Texas. Jan 31. —
I. G. Sumrall, agricultural demon-
stration agent for this county. is as-
sisting the farmers in securing seed
Majo John C. Townes Jr., super-
visor selective service law, has ad-
dressod a coulunica tiou to ail local
ana district and medical advisory
boards in Texas relative to physical
examination or registrants. Hr says:
"'1 his department has a number of
letters from different boards in Texas,)
inquiring if there isn't some way by j
Which registrants transferred for
pnysical examination under section
141 of the regulations, might be ex-
amined by the examining physician of
the local board nearest to the regis-
trant.
loong Distance to Go.
"As will be seen from the provi-
sions of section 141, and our circular
letter No. 1 422. dated January 21.
1318. quoting telegrams exchanged
by and between this office and the
provost marshall general. all such!
transferred registrants must be exam-
ined by the nearest medical advisory I
board in many instances the med - i
leal advisory board is further removed 1
from the registrant than his local1
board, for the reason that there are •
only fifteen medical advisory boards'
in the state, and for the further rea-
son that Texas is a state of such great
magnitude, covering an area equai al- 1
most to that of Germany itself. To!
require such registrant, in the alter-
native, to go to the nearest medical
advisor board would probably work
as great a hardship to him financial-
ly as to require him to return to his
local board when called.
the United States food law’s
the present
The feeling gatns that there is
Emuch smoke in Germany which is
Efhkely to become the omen for a
Esoctalist irritation. the kind the
Ekaiser will not like. Press reports
I are becoming daily more authentic
F that the seed of Bolshevikism is fast
(MFACO, I
and neve nteen
day In a drive
the city of eri
WASHINGT
Wilson today
house th* de
senate and de
•ions of a m
a war cabinet
Defianc c
Hitchcock e‘
nounced he
with bit speet
notwithrtandir
president's or
"It is a lona
tried to order
President V
UM only said
tall hia cont
be vetoed, t
opinion was
tat ion for wai
ugement to (
it is stated, ti
between cong
departmenta 1
nition for Gei
resent tbs niti
litchcock Ma
Senator Hi
playing a lone
lone hand, in
When the r
capitol plans
to have one i
the admintstr
which Renato
'holeoom e re-
All enemy aliens in Austin must
register on Feb. 4 to Feb. 9. The
department of justice has appointed
Chief of Police W. J. Morris chief
in charge of registration, and the
chief yesterday appointed G. E. Mar-
tin and M Q. Ogletree of the de-
tective force as his assistants.
The registration will take place
at the Eighth Street fire hall, and
the hours will be from 6 o'clock in
the morning to 8 o'clock at night.
Each alien enemy must bring with
him four photographs. Ten days
following the registration each man
who registers will be given a permit
to thch will be attached his pho-
tograph and a sot of directions.
Mrs B. L Dillingham.
"Congo Homes." Mrs. Q. M. Mc-
Greggor
"Consecration of Money,"’ Mrs. W.
(' Mec’all
Hostesses, Mrs. Tom Davis. Mrs. J.
D. Copeland, Mrs. J. W. Kerns.
Special to The American.
KAN ANGELO, Texas. Jan. 31 —
H I*. Roddie k Company, commis-
sion merchants of Brady, within a
period of three weka shipped 15,773
dressed turkeys to northern and
eastern markets The number repre.
sents an approximate weight of 168,-
350 pounds and brought the turkey
| raisers of that section something lke
$38.590. Most of the shipments wen:
to the Chicago and New York mar-
kets.
2 "Al fer Austin ." "True
TThe dermans may have had an op-
ortunity to gloat over thp reported
olitical turmoil at Washington, but
Wr hilarity was short-lived. The
fesident has spoken.
iota in various countries have
that the war will end this
Now that Americans are in
however, it is deemed a safe
< that the end will not come
• Huns have had a tussle or
and banking,
with leasing
of the intent and
junkers »» called the "workmen’s
right thigh in th* first fight Th* park train was
Simple rules fe r retad
A usueXFfca n
Special to The American
BAN ANGELO, Texas. Jan. 31.—
The Tom Green county exemption
board has ordered sixty men In-
cluded in class 1 to report for physi-
cal examination in Kan Angelo on
Tuesday. Feb. 3., According to mem-
bers of the board, the men of class 1
maintain their standards of effi-
ciency than at the present.
Keep the Schools Open.
"In August of last year, the na-
tional commissioner of education,
with the approval of the adminis-
tration, called the state buperinten-
dents of the nation to Washington
city for a conference, for the pur-
pose of considering ways and means
of keeping the schools open through
the period of the war and of main-
taining present standards of educa-
tional efficiency.
not see how any fraud or wrong-do-
ing whatever can be perpetrated by
any such registrants.
"Therefore, if you so desirn, this
will be your authority to so transfer
such registrants for physical examin-
ation through thin procedure, where
unusual hardship will likely result to
the registrants to be required to either
appear before your board for physical
examination or beforc the neurest
medical advisory board."’
Terms of Subscription
By Carrier
is Austin
One month 4 65
Three months. 1.95
Six months. ... 3.90
One year....... 7-3®
Foo < ontrol Juriuliction.
"Whether you are licensed or not,
yon must conduct your buninens ur.
der the rule* and regulations of the
Lnited States food administration.
thereby making it possible for the
term to close early in the spring.
Superintendent Doughty observed:
'This movement is doubtless in-
tended purely as a war measure, to
supply farm laborers who nave been
materially reduced in numper b- the
operation of tne draft. It is very
easy in this time of stress and na-
tional depression, due to the exi-
gencies or the war., to cut short the
period of training for young people.
the question of pro- "In seeking a remedy for this situ-
very vital one at all l ation, a scheme we have devised.
. so necessary is production towhich we believe to be feasible, and
the welfare of the people that the I one that will work no ground for
education of their children should "
er‘s requirement for
thirty (30) days.
be closely connects*! with production.
“Teachers and school officers are
■ ailed upon to devise wavs and
means whereby production may be
increased to the highest limit pos-
sible without. Interfering with the ed-
ucation of the children to the
schools.
Must Maintain Ffficiency.
"Wo do not want this war to in-
terfere with the education of the
children, for, if it should, we might
possibly experience a repetition of
the conditions prevailing immediately
following the close of the war be-
tween the states, when the efficiency
of the schools, through force of cir-
cumstances, was greatly reduced.
'The schools must play an impor-
tant part in bringing this war to a
successful and speedy termination.”
said Superintendent Doughty, "but a
war which has for its purpose mak-
ing the world safe for democracy,
must also carefully safeguard and
promote the education of the youth
of the land.’*
as and anv violation of three rules is
purpose of unreanonably increaning
the price or restricting the supply
direct a line as practicable and with-
out unreasonable delay.
Resale Forbidden.
“Resales within the same trade
Transfers Must Be Guarded to
Prevent Any Attempt to
Evade Military Service.
■ I do no» «
propriety of
pimply say it I
King Knute
the rising tid
to observe. W. F. Long of Austin,
food administrator of the Fourteenth
distri t, has made coplrs of these
rule* to be sent to all grocers. They
are as follows:
No I nfair Profit.
“The dealer shall not manufacture,
distribute, sell or other* ta« Handle
any food conmodities un an unjust,
exorbitant, unreasonable, diserimina-
tory or untalr commission or profit
Quick Servie.
“The dealer. In selling food com-
modities, shall keep auch commodi-
five or six We only had on • man hit.
women could not do the work in the
various departments apart from the
positions of stenographer and type-
writer. a* well as the men, but the
result has convinced the doubters
that most lines of office work can
be performed by women as satis-
factorily as by men. and increased
calls for women have followed.
The commission declares the sur-
vival of the fittest will prevail. How,
then, do ideas change. Not long ago
it was regarded almost improper for
women to go to college, to engage
in business, and—with hushed voice
we say it—to vote. But all these
things have changed and women w ill
enter the competitive business mar-
ket on the same plane as the men.
It is evident that with all the
complaints which have come out of
Washington because of delays In the
military organisation not one com-
plaint has been directed toward the
women, many of whom are holding
high office of importance. This is
not because of any latent chivalry,
but because the women as a whole do
their work well.
said W. F.
J W. Kerns
Mayor A. P. Wooldridge has defi-
nitely decided to raise the wages
of the city laborers from 32 to
$2.20 a day. This he decided upon
yesterday afternoon when he drew
up a resolution which will be pre-
sented to the city council at the ear-
liest moment
The mayor took this action follow-
ing a visit with Mrs. M. Z. King of
the United Charities to an old Aus-
tin mansion which now houses forty-
two Mexicans in a state of filth and
squalor. The Mayor and Mrs. King
told the council of the visit, and al-
though no definite action was taken,
it is believed there is sufficient pow-
er in the departments of Austin to
remedy the condition.
Commissioner W. B. Anthony prof-
fered generous assistance to Mrs.
King, who said she would be able
to use the power vested in the city
health department, the sanitary de-
partment, the police department and
the United Charities.
Nine families live in the house, in
which there are seven rooms. In
one room a Mexican suffering with
tuberculosis lives with his 14-year-
old daughter and his two sons.
Three mothers gave birth to babies
within the last week.
“No picture could properly vivify
the filth and dirt," Mrs. King told
the council.
The mayor in an interesting way-
told the commissioners that no per-
manent relief could be expected un-
less the working people were given
more wages and shorter hours. He
[ Aheerrine AsnentinK Telephone 114
I PSiteriap.ctz.Nex.w. Telephone 41 1
us. If this sergeant had not
The capital stock of two Houston
corporations has been increased and
all of both new issues has been taken
by Jesse H. Jones of Houston, and
paid for in cash. He* had previovsly
owned control of each. The two
companies are:
Jesse H. Jones Lumber company.
Increasing capital stock from $100,-
000 to 3200.000. Increase all paid in.
and the Southern Loan and Invest,
rnent company Houston, increasing
capital stock from 3200.000 to $1,-
000 000. Increase all paid in.
The Fort Worth Home Investment
company. Fort Worth, has filed a
charter amendment increasing the
capital stock from 34000 to 34 5.409.
with $23,250 paid in
Circle No. 1,
leader.
F'rayer, Mrs
doe n proposa
Th* deleg
kaowledze of
belligerent s
preasure will
tall off hia •
Kenai or HI’
War as omma
No proponal
democ ratic set
ator Wadawo
to speak Tues
who has arra
date later, sh
dresses
The plan, I
dissunde deme
from speakins
hope that ti
speeches migh
Kenatots wh
white house
I emocrati
Thomar, Gerri
James, Jones
and Smith of
One report,
the president
power for him
partmentn so
gain as them
•ary without
one
The presenc
Phelan and TI
that the pres
to accept hia
nervation prog
heretofore tig
too friendly t
vchool of thou
lkewise, it '
Smith and Sei
erwood of th
committee wer
Hon on the (
hill. Nhortl;
the capitol, th'
was agreed to.
Manners in Colonial Times."
Fiske's “Dutch and Quaker
Colonies in America.”
Fiske's 'The American Revolu-
tion.”
Lecky's “American Revolu-
tion."
Lodge's "Story of the Revolu-
tion."
Fiske's "Critical Period of
American History."
Schurz’s "Henry Clay.”
Wilsop’s “Life of George Wash-
ington."
Turner's “Rise of the New
West-
Bogart's “Economical History
of the United States"
Wilson's "Divsion and Re-
union."
Brown's 'The Lower South in
American History."
Morse's “Abraham Lincoln."
Dunning's "Reconstruction, Po-
litical Economic."
Dewey's "National Problems."
Iatane’s "America as a World
Power."
Haworth's "America in Fer-
ment."
Any citizen of the United States
is eligible to join in the reading
courses in history or any other of
the courses. Information is beisg
furnished on application from Wash-
ington.
In this connection there is a feel-
ing of regret for the ordinary citi-
sen who would continue his studies
Austin is still without a library of its
Where do we go from Washing-
ton? Thousands of women clerks
who are working in war service as
stenographers and typewriters are
asking the civil service commission
this leading question.
The civil service commission has
answered:
It seems certain that there
must be a reduction of force
when the war ends, but it is
equally certain that the United
States government can never go
back to the before-the-war
status. The new appointees are
in competition with the older em-
ployes. and when reductions of
forces become ecessry the sur-
vival of the fittest will prevail.
drfinilrlv filed at from RS cents to
31 29 per barrel, if distributed in
original packages if not distrtbutee
in original packages, the profit shall
have been particularly popular be-
cause of the present war.
The list of books was selected by
a committee of prominent university
professors from universities and col-
leges of the north and south, east and
west. There is a decided and wholly
gratifying absence of sectionalism in
the list of books chosen, which In-
cludes:
Cheyney"s "European Back-
ground of American History." •
Thwaites' 'The Colonies."
Parkman's "Montcalm and
Wolfe "
Fiske's "Old Virginia and Her
Neighbors."
purpose of the selective service act, in
all cases where the distant registrant
cannot appear before the nearest med-
ical advisory board for the reason
above stated, is to have his classifica-
lion and all future proceedings in re-
spect of him transferred to th* near-
est iocal boar, with the request that
such local board of transfer concur in |
the classification of such registrant
as made by his original local board. I
and then proceed in the « ase as pro-
vided in section ill of the regula-,
•ions
< onfined 10 < las One Men.
"Of course, very great care should
be taken by local boards to whom ap-
plications for transfer are made to in-
ure that the application is not made
for the purpose of evading military 1
service. Transfer.should be granted ।
oniy where hardship would follow its
refusal. However, as all of such re- ’
quests a* referred to herein will com** 1
rice, corn meal, hominy, grits, buck
wheat and oat meal. Where any of
the above are not available pota-
toes and beans mny be substituted
"The retailer may take into consi-
eration the quantity of substitutes his
customer has on hand, or has vur-
chnsed elsewhere. Rye flour may be
sold without substitutes
lmitation of Profit.
I "The profit on flour has been
A Nt. Louis youth has been award-
ed the first certificate in the
American history' course of the
United States bureau, department of
the interior, for completing a course
in reading on American history.
The commission of education re-
cently began eight courses In
American history to encourage the
reading of good books by older boys
and girls, and by men and women
who were more or less out of reach
of other educational opportunities.
Twenty-three text books are used tn
the courses, many of them having
ith wars of other das. These' went home Wednesday
$5000 or two years imprisonment, or
both.
Hcavy Penalty.
"Any dealer knowingly selling any
excesnive quantity of foodstuffs to a
consumer is violating section 3 7 of
the penal code of the United States,
and is punishable by a fine of not
exceeding 310.00ft or two years im-
prisonment, or both.
Roles for Flour.
"Flour should be sold in eighth
to quarter barrel quantities to th*
city or town customers, and in quar-
ter tn half barrel quantities to rural
or country customers, but sur h"
amount must not be in excess of 70
per cent of the customer's nominal
requirements
Must Go Fifty-Ufty.
"Also for each and every pound
of flour wold there must be sold an
“The French soldier who asked,
wi they hold out at home?" is now
Eminded that congress is still in
50-50 basis? •
A By Itself a* a substitute.
9 "an a man substitute potatoes
or beans?
A No potatoes or beans . «n be
uwed a. snbstituten in Travis or the
surrounding counties in the fourteentn
district.
Lerture Here Soon.
.(tne of the food administrators who
have been commissioner to Europe
will visit Austin m March, Mi Long
learned yesterday. He will have a
motion picture reel and some lantern
slides of European scenes with which
to illuntrate hla addrens,.
Facto of the war will be given first
hand.
feeling badly, and was unable to at-
tend the council meeting yesterday,
the first meeting he has missed in
many months. Milton Morrie, city
auditor, to also confined to his home.
J. A. Warren was depttized »ec.
und assistant city clerk. He spent
most of the day drawing up vouch-
ers and attending to matters of rou-
tine.
The major road notices from the
state board of water engineers of a
hearing to be held Feb 35, when
three applications for the diversion
of water from the Colorado river
will be heard. Two of the projected
diversions are below Austin. In this
county, and one, a large one, above
here, near Ballinger. Judge T. s.
Johnson, special assistant city attor-
ney. will represent the interests of
the city.
The mayor has received the re-
ports of all the Austin fire insur-
ance men. giving the net premium*
of insurance written in 1917 and the
losses suffered, all of which he has
made into a report, to be submitted
to the state fire insurance commis-
»ion. on the basis of which Austin
hopes for a subatantial credit on its
19! 3 insurance rate. The total of
insurance losses sustained in Austin
was $50,434; the net premiums.
3175,274 The credit for good fire
record is based on the last three
years.
Representative Eugene Black of
Clarksville, Texas, is being hailed
with acclaim in the east because he
returned 315014 left over from his
appropriation for clerk hire to the
treasury department.
Representative Black to reported to
have shattered all precedents,
created a class all by himself, and
set officials of the treasury depart-
ment to gasping in surprise.
Texans have a way of shattering
precedents sometimes and showing
they are on the dead level.
Joe Polhemus, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Polhemus of
Austin, born and reared in this
city and a former high school
student, has been on duty along
the border with the Eighth
United States cavalry for three
years. In a letter to his father
Joe l'olhemus tells of a recent
brush with bandits, his letter
revealing something of border
conditions. He wrote:
"Our Christmas celebration
was put on the bum. Christ-
mas morning fifteen of us
from Candelaria came down to
spend the day with the troop
and while we were eating u big
turkey dinner a message came
in that fifty bandits had crossed
the river and ridden thirty-five
miles up on the Valentine road
and raided a ranch and post-
office Wo had to pack up
and leave right away. The
bandits killed three Mexicans
who worked on the ranch and
also the old Irishman who
drove the mail wagon between
Valentino and Candelaria. We
left about 1:30 and struck their
trail in the Rim Rock moun-
tains about 5 o'clock that aft-
ernoon. We trailed them all
that night in the mountains and JOE i"OLHMMS of AusEn-,
at 7 o’clock the next morning Ou border duly with 1. $- Cavalry,
we crossed the Rio Grande. G
troop and the puck train wus with us also We trailed the Dand11
twenty-five miles into Mexico and ran Into them at a little V11a85‘
where they had gone into camp it was about 12 o'clock When.We
jumped them and the fighting started They were on a big hill whie
we were down to a clear flat, mo you see they had the advantage
of us at the first of the fight. They started firing before we had dis-
mounted. and. believe me, there was pure a confused bun* h o‘ 2"
for a while. After we had dismounted and our horses were token
back to a little draw we began our firing it took us about an hour
to capture the hill, but when we did we surely had the Mexicans going
When we got on tov of the hill there were ten dead ones, while th**
punishable by having your supplies
of any of the lh ensed commoxities
rut off"
Que~tons and \nswers.
Mr. Iong got in telephonic commu-
nivation with Food Administrator E
A F’eden, and received the following
replies to questions asked
Q Mutt other cereals on the 55-59
bamis be soid by weight or cash value?
A By weight
W Can cunned corn and hminy
be substituted on the 50-50 basis?
A No
4 Must other cereals be sold *3-5 9
with the war flour?
A No
Q Can the customer get flour from
on* merchant and meal or cereals
from another ?
A Only provided he can show a
cash nil p from the other store.
Q. How is a man to get flour who
has raised his own corn?
A He can get flour.
Q. Can Graham flour be sold alone
and not on the 53-59 bastsr
A. • No Not alone.
Q. How mm h sugar ran a board.
Ing housekeeper get who has ieventy.
five boarders? Doos the restaurant
and hotel rule apply here?
A Only five pounds. (Mr. Long
said ha would take this up with the
food admin tot rator when he attended
th* meeting at Houston next week.)
H’
—-Many will recall that in the late
*73*. when President Rutherford B
Hayes banished liquor from the white
house that the country was divided
tn approval and disapproval of his
cqrse it was an established cus-
tom, and many considered a depar-
fare from this in bad taste, while
thers insisted that it .bowed
eurage and food sense on the part
e the president
H A wonderful change In sentiment
has taken place since that day. Con-
berming to sentiment in the Do-
■Inion of Canada on the liquor
kuestion, the Duke of Devonshire,
Eovernor general of Canada, has or-
Bared that the wine cellars of Rideau
Han, bls official residence, be sealed
hin the close of the war.
Leouncil," organized to reconstruct the
Eparty on the lines of the Russian pro-
H’lotype. Strikes are being reported
1 more frequency than before, and
Keren the Krupp big gun and muni-
Etons plant at Essen are said to be
Edrtlally tied up. Disturbances are
E reported everywhere.
C The seeds of hunger are undoubt-
gadiv sowing their crop of discon -
Btent. and yet the world is loathe to
Ebende that anything but strong
Eprpafatns are being made for the
■spring drive. Scheidmann made a
Estrong speech a few days ago, but
KMere was too much of the ponder-
Fosity and wordiness so much a part
E of the makeup of the German diplo-
Eirat.
; E’The principal causes for the un-
MEet as given in tbe dispatches are
Edie food shortage, the opposition to
Ethe lengthening of the a ar for pur-
Epomes of conquest, the delay in grant-
Bing the Prussian franchise reforms.
■ and the failure of the government to
Eten frankly what it purposes to do
Ewuh regard to Belgium.
■"There is one demand the entire
Eworia is waiting for—the abdica-
Edon of the kaiser and the collapse
E of tbe house of Hohenzollern.
' Advertising accepted with the guarantee of
2 vstnsepcutnelxuait“safuztin, Cireulation.
1 xeYofk ty:.. Feopizs
Benjamin a Kertnor Co.. Adverttsins Repre
- r#E SPRING CAMOCFLAGE:
a few other d
hold M nator
bitterest debat
tory m »y foll
lorn pointed <
had made the
party mater
« rat* to the
Aelmini-tration
P’resident W
phaib ally rep
• niated recent
the aninist
modify Ito po
WoMES WIN ANOTHER VICTORY.
Special to Th* American.
TAYLOR, Texas, Jan. 31.—H E.
T nger, for th* past year local ob-
server of the United Ntates Weather
Bureau station, is preparing to lenve
Taylor on or about Erb 13, having
been transferred and exchanged with
the observer at the government
weather bureau at Davenport, Iowa
J I’. McAuliffe of Davenport, will
arrive here at that time to succeed
Mr Unger.
Mr. Ung<r will be accompanied to
Iowa by his wife and baby, and Mr
Davenport will be acompanied in
Taylor by his wife and two chil-
dren.
me to forego
•ure hr wotl
heard only in
whie h he is •
delegation of
1 Stands for W
"My opinior
bill i* as MU
and that it
Amcrican of fl
when nuch X
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