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ESTABLISHED 1871
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Vol. 48; No. 155.
News While It Is News
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WHISKEY IS SEIZED
TO DEFEND COUNTRY
ENTHUSIASM IS HIGH
anything ap-
were Grant, Sheridan and Sherman.
1 proaching action.
It is true that the
Shirk it.
against the great Apache chief, Ge-
ton drug stores for the month of Au-
establishment, awaiting orders
body be sent to that city, the message
Will Shortly Return to
Old Job.
Last Year.
tenance of way and shop workers rep-
"We theerfore have
a
mer employe of the
could invent.
far in that.”
One arrest was made last night by
structions and to see that the order
compared with 1,038,078 running bales,
Ginnings by States follow:
Alabama.
PRICES BEGIN TO SOAR.
was said.
By Associated Press.
WEATHER FORECAST.
RATIFIES SUFFRAGE.
received from Camden, S. C., the flier's
home, this morning, asking that the
claim a total of more than 4600 names,
however, since only thirty of the 160
Federal officer stated, "we find that
each prescription is for the maximum
amount of one quart allowed under the
Survivor of six battles without re-
ceiving a scratch, O. E. Smith, for-
sou-
re-
Peace Treaty to Be
Reported to Senate
At Noon Wednesday
Albanians Chafing
Under Italian Rule;
Demand Autonomy
IN COTTON GINNED
PRIOR TO SEPT. 1
resented receive less than $2.50 a day.
An increase of wages of 31 per day per
man is demanded.
from
was
Peterson-Davis Plane
Found by Mexicans;
Will Be Sent Back
brain of one of these one-time Indian
fighters of Pershing's type.
a major general.
He came back today with four stars
sale prices went to 75 cento a gallon,
an increase of 10 cents.
LUCKLESS AVIATOR
KILLED NEAR HERE
LOST IN DARKNESS
By Associated Press,
PARIS, Sept. 1.— Anti-Italtan dis-
WOMAN IS HELD
FOR VIOLATION
MORALITY LAW
The date of the election upon the
33,500,000 bond issue in Travis county
may be changed from Thursday, Octo-
ber 16, to Saturday, October 18, county
commissioners stated this morning.
The petition, as presented, asks that
the election be held upon October 16,
but the commissigrers state that it will
be difficult to get school houses for
polling places upon Thursday.
The entire morning was spent by the
commissioners working upon the order
Probably Flew Wide of Mark
in Seeking Kelly Field at
San Antonio.
ANOTHER STRIKE
OF RAILROAD MEN
NOW THREATENED
houses for Poll on Thurs-
day Claimed.
CARRANZA REPORTS DECISIVE
VICTORY OVER VILLA FORCES
MAY CHANGE DATE
FOR ELECTION ON
ROAD BONO ISSUE
yet been made.
A youngster was brought before the !
Says Three Doctors Alone Write
Four-Fifths of All
Prescriptions.
Second Oldest Paper
in the State
Order Stops Sale of Booze for
Medicine in Texas
Cities.
Secretary of War, in Behalf of
President Wilson, Extends
Official Greeting.
Declare They Will Assume Men ‘s '
Duty if the Latter
Should the Maintenance of Way
Brotherhood Go Out Tie-Up
Win Result.
By Asmoctated Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.- Herbert S.
MsGill, an American citize.n. was killed
by Mexicans at Coapa, in the S* Ve of
Chlapas, Aug. SO, according to ndvices
received today by the State Depart-
ment
High Dignitaries of the Nation
Hail Great Soldier as
Voyage Ends.
AUSTIN SOLDIER
IN SIX BATTLES
WITHOUT INJURY
guard over the wreck of the plane
three miles north the the city. Fight- |
seized whiskey owned by drug stores’
in Houston and this is being held for
the government.
3000 In One Month.
Judge Walker had on his desk this
morning a report of liquor sales which
he had received from one of the Hous- j
Her; Other Cases in Police Court
Are Transferred.
"A-KEReEEE ■ ^uns ^oar And Thousands
LIQUOR AS DRUG Cheer As Victor of Argonne
And St. Mihiel Returns
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — Investiga-
LOUISIANA SUGAR CANE
CROP WILL BE SHORT
SENATE PROBERS HEAR
CHAMPION OF CARRANZA
When Congress conferred the per- pedition to Mexico after the bandit
manent title of general upon John J. Villa, he became the only living of-
Pershing he was the fourth man to fleer of the American army who had
hold that coveted title in the army---t-- . ■ -
of the United States.
JOHN J. PERSHING
-------AMERICAN HERO_______
city hall until she can make bond. - 20 A, :
Hearing of her case is set for Friday. 1 the hands of the Federal District At-|
Houston and the other cities men- i tember 1
tioned. I have sent a revenue officer • less than
to these cities to carry out my in 1
the convention. of the Houston drug stores have been
It is claimed 25 per cent of the main- [ doing a big business, but a third. whose
me-e- *-* cher w-kere "en- permit has not been revoked has sold
The body of First Lieutenant Mal-
colm A. Bateman, who was killed when
his plane crashed on a farm north of
: Austin Saturday night, is still being
held at the Rosengren undertaking
W ord was
prominent part in the pacification of
ton drug stores for the month of Au- , the Philippine Islands and how Presi- I
gust, the report having been submitted dent Roosevelt made him a heiendiaw
.. ... .. .. ... .. cene-o1 -a. . Lt__
in compliance with the war-time pro-
hibition law. The communication con-
sisted of fifty typewritten pages, car-
seers swarmed to the scene of the
crash early Sunday morning and began
carrying away parts of the machine for
souvenirs. A wrecking detachment will
-
Wives of Carranza’s Leading of-
cers Express Desire to
Take Up Arms.
wire message
By Associnted Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Rept. 8—Tha
Louisiana sugar crop of 1919 promises
not to be above half of a n rma
yield, according to John R. Denne ot
the United States bureau of cercp es-
timates, who issued a statement her:
today based on conditions through the
belt Sept. 1.
ANOTHER AMERICAN
KILLED BY MEXICANS
the American Expeditionary Force on Beven seas, sturdy tugs, gaily deco-
the western front* and in the armyrated ferryboats, excursion craft of
of occupation in Germany. One little every kind, and the sirens of factories
spont on his left hand where he wasoh shore joined in a discordant salu-
touched by "mustard” gas in battle tation.
As the central American figure in
the world war, with the single excep-
tion of President Wilson, so much
has been written about Pershing, and
and his life and history are so fresh
in the public mind that it is difficult
MEXICAN WOMEN |
PROPOSE TO FORM
‘DEATH BRIGADE’
BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 8-Prac-
4e444**d******4444+4 tl rally all dairymen in Beaumont to-
♦ i day increased the price of milk to 25
♦ , cents a quart. In pint quantities the
4 cost was boosted to 15 cents. Whole-
American idea. 1-------—--- —-------------------
based on travel in Mexico and other ( two rangers and county and city
Isatin-American countries. Revolutions officers kept guard over the wreck of
in Mexico, he thought, had brought to the plane at Ray farm to keep ----
the top young men who had been edu- venir hunters away. *” *
rated in mission schools.
. By Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Sst. 7—A
| patriotic manifesto was issued by the
’ National Council of Mexican Women.
It declares the organisation "consid-
i ers the country as -sacred as the home
and prefers Mexico dead to Mexico un-
worthy.”
j Mexican women, the manifesto de-
clares, "will assume the men’s duty to-
ward the fatherland if the men fail to
do so.”
The officers of the organization are
wives of prominent Mexican generals.
| The Mexican war department today
issued a circular to its troops along the
I border to flash red, vhite and green
• signals as a warning to American avi-
i a4 rs who have crossed the frontier and
are flying over Mexican territory.
of troops so
- commanded any ody
The other three large as a brigade in
ing completion, but the time of its ♦ 4
uresen tation has not been determined. 4444444440444444444444444
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.— Lateness
of the cotton crop, V nging generally
I from two weeks or more throughout
| the cotton belt except where the plants
ceived in the city of a motor truck and
...___________ strong faith 8a)vage detachment from Kelly Field,
in Mexico’s ability to werk out her own but until mid afternoon none had ar-
problems if given the proper friendly 'rived.
assistance,” he said, and called at ten-J The pilot was under orders to fly
tion to the fact that the revolution in j from Laredo, where the plane had been
China began about the same time ns ' doing patrol duty, to Kelly Field, San
did that in Mexico and that in China Antonio. Lieutenant Bateman probably
one also sees signs of unstable con- flew wide of San Antonio in the twi-
ditions. i light. The Liberty-motored De Havi-
"As for Carranza," he said, "I believe . land in which he was traveling cruises
he is an honest man. He has been i at an average speed of 125 miles an
called a liar and thief and almost hour. and this speed was probably add-
everything a cert part of the press ed to by the southwest trade wind,
could invent. I believe he is not anti- which is usually blowing at high alti-
American. He is pro-American. He J tudes in this part of the country,
has tried to work out a policy of Mex- I Hence the difference between Austin
ico for Mexicans and he has gone too and San Antonio is a matter of only
GRATEFUL NATION GREETS PERSHING
-- :---------------------------—1 —— g *
Bv Associated Press.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 8.
Three hundred and fifty bandit follow-
ers of Francisco Villa are dead on the
battlefield and 800 cavalry mounts arrive in the city today from San An-
have been captured from the Villa tonio to salvage* as much of the plane
command as the result of a three days’. as can be used and destroy the remain-
battle between the guerilla chieftain ing parts. _______
5576: Arkansas, 32; California, 547;
Florida, 1055; Georgia, 77,756; Louisi-
ana, 560; Mississippi, 1011; North Car-
olina, 1384; Oklahoma, 111, Routh Car-
olina. 16.465; Texas, 34,417; Tennessee,
—; all other S’ntes, 79.
Ginnings of sea island were: Florida,
11; Georgia, 19; Routh Carolina, —.
Her husband will appear as witness
against her in the case, according to
the police office. No additional ar-
rests in connection with this case have
for the election. There are a number
। of details to be worked out, especially
; since there will be five new voting
boxes in the city.
Asks Count of Petition.
A delegation appeared before the
commissioners and asked for a count
of the name upon the petition. An
official count showed 807 names. When
the petition was filed by C. E. Leonard
and Thurlow Weed they estimated that
it contained 500 to 700 names. They
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—The peace
treaty will be reported to the Senate
next Wednesday noon. Chairman Lodge
of the foreign relations committee an-
nounced today. It is planned to call
lowers. The message adds that all of
Villa's equipment was captured and
an enormous amount of ammunition.
and Mexican federal forces in Duran-
go. according to as official report re-
ceived today by the Mexican consul,
Meade Fierro. “It is the most im-
portant battle to occur in Mexico
since the battle of Celaya, in which
General Obregon triumphed for Car-
ranza over the biggest army Villa
ever assembled.** ‘
The fighting occurred over a period
of three days and three different bat- i
tiefields were selected by the fleeing1
Villa command for resistance, accord- i
about thirty-fve mnutes. There was
no one else in the plane besides Lieu-
tenant Bateman.
City and county officers are keeping
Indian wars. He entered a campaign
, - ----- —- -- — --------- From the time Pershing graduated
• to tell the average American any- from West Point in 1886 he had his
thing new about the man who com- full share of active and valuable serv-
handed the great army on the buttle- ice in the army. Like his classmates
field of Europe. I he immediately was plunged into the
When some of Pershing’s friends ’ -**
newspapers here, it being reported ttat
a detachment of 300 Italians rnnl-
hilated at Kastrali recently. Advices
say that the Albanians intend to send
delegates to the peace conference to
demand that their country be grarted
autonomy.
By Associated Press.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 8.—Whether
there will be declared a strike that, it
is claimed, would tie up ah .ail trans-
portation in this country and Canada,
will be decided at the convention of tne
Internationa! United Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes and
Shop Laborers which was to open here
today.
With from 2000 to 3000 delegates,
representing, it is stated, 600,000 main-
tenance of way and shop workers, at-
tending the convention is readv to con-
sider action on the strike vote can-
vassed last week which stood 325,000
for and 5000 .against the proposed
turbances continue to spreal Ln Al-____ _
banla, according to dispatches to petitions in circulaiion have been filed.
dicinal purposes on the presentation by ; are infested with boll weevil, has re-
| the^ buyer of < HPaFEhat"rDurfilths o suited 1,1 exeecdinsly small ginnings
Husband Appears as Witness Against by1 niy three doctors. To sKop these; ning report of the season the census
। evasions I have revoked the permits bureau today announced that only 138,-
granted to those drug stores both in i 993 bales had been ginned prior to Sep-
Houston and the other cities mentitember 1. That is about 87 per cent
* less than ginned to that date last year
and one of the smallest quantities gin-
the city police in connection with the ' stru ctions.a nd. tozee, nar,tne.oreer ned to September 1 on record. The crop
alleged violation of the morality ordi- I revoking the permits is enfor cedAS of 1903 was a very late one and in that
nance of the city and the alleged vio- for any changes to befiled 48 ain:st , year only 17,302 bales had been ginned
lator, a woman, is being held at the these.d octors and drug 8tolre i, he d ad- . to September 1. This years crop was
, ed, that matter hag been placed in ; forecast at 11,230,000 bales by the De-
. L - L---- --e - I-t-in* A- .....
ing to the message. The first fight | Difficulty of Getting School-
occurred five days ago at Durango; J o
Ctty, where 100 Villistas were left
dead. The next engagement was at
smmis
a™ -—
aKeorwhi hpproyedorpftpecutianyvalne Sad ot tace, stern ana Impassiva, a
entitle modern WarPre in France and I splenaid.tigurenora soldier, he mikht
Belglum ' nave been thinking, as the famiular
hev wes taueht the art’or ... I,t.' landmarks of New York came Into
ing. ot trailing and ot prrect seit - yiew,.orthe daytwenty-Beveninonine
reliance in the"school beyond the ken 1 450 when, he lipped secretiy. Jut ot
ct any European sotdler and manylthesharbon.onhis,wax.tozrence.t
a midnight raid by the Americana into werare. 'followAy Thenthe. hosts tha
no man's land doubtless found its "5.1 ruiiow; Then he was o )y
inception and clever execution in the
speak of his rise to a position of great
military importance in worl annals,
they refer to a story quite commonly
told of Charles M. Schwab, the iron-
master, who is said to hive remarked
to his old Scotch gardener, a friend
of his childhood:
"You never expected to see me in
this place, did yu‘?‘
And the gardener is said to have
replied:
"You never expected it yourself.”
Still a Captain at 40.
As late as the time of the Russia-
Japanese war in 1904, Pershing, over
40, still was a captain in the regular
army. His associates say he never
grumbled, but always kept plugging
at his job. Reams and reams have
been written about how he took a
THESTATESMAN
__.___AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS
late eGneral Funston commanded more
than a brigade on the Vera Cruz ex-
pedition but Funston’s troops never
got into action.
In the Indian War.
vations of any interpretative character.
Senator Lodge declined to predict 1
how long the Senate would require to1
dispose of the treaty. It will be con-
sidered article by article, and, Mr.
Lodge said, the first amendment to be
tagen up probably will be that pro-
riding for equality of voting between
the United States and Great Britain.
The majority report of the commit-
tee on the treaty is said to be un-
usually brief, comprising about 2500
words. including texts of all proposed
amendments and reservations.
The minoritv report also la near-
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—General
Permits to sell whiskey for medic-
l inal purposes allowed under the war-
। time prohibition act effective since
July 1 of this year have been revoke 1
so far uh drug stores in several cities
of Texas are concerned, by the order
of A. S. Walker, Federal Revenue Col-
lector for Texas, made public at the
Federal building here today. Two
Houston drug stores, and one in Gal-
veston, one in Humble, and one in Vic-
toria are affected. The action of the
Federal oftice was taken to stop ex-
cess sales of liquor under the medic-
inal purpose clause of the war-time
prohibition law, which it is alleged
these drug stores are making.
In addition to this order stopping
sales. Federal revenue officers have
only five prescriptions. Incidentally
of these five prescriptions four were
written by one doctor, who is a ne-
gro.”
To Stop Evasion of Law.
"Under the war-time prohibition
act," he said, this affice is authorized
to issue permits to drug stores allow-
ing the sale of whiskey for purely me-
By Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept 8—The
By Associated Press. ■ movements of teh tropical storm in
I EL PASO, Texas. Sept. 8.—The De the eWst Indies and the extremely
Havilund biplane which was wrecked small ginning returns to Sept. 1 were
and abandoned by Lieutenants Harold responsible for a buying wave on the
Peterson and Paul H. Davis south of opening of the cotton market today.
for debate beein......
enator SImmons, Democrat North! rurnepropurhomtpuebi K -----*-----
Seyonat Mnle he favored ratification asorann"enenareeoamtags"dt am Whew! High Cost
of the treaty without amendment or night from military headquarters in1 ner:.Ic: D I
reservation, he was convinced that Chihuahun city. , Of Living Given Boost
conceselons must be made.to. The plane would be taken there, re-I „ , N .
favoring reservations, and that he had paired and then shipped to El Paso for: Beaumont Dairvmen
been discussing with Democrats • delivery to the military authorities, It —‛nmA—d1e
compromise on conservative reset-1 was said. ------
headquarters. A
.. .. partment of Agri ultrre in its Septem-
torney at Houston, who is the proper i ber report.
authority to attend to those affairs. ' I ______
A delegation of citizens from Gal- • By Associated Press.
veston headed by Mayor Sappington of ( WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.Cotton gin-
that city called at the office of the red- j ned prior to September 1 amounted to
! eral Revenue Collector In connection jjSM3 running bales. Including 1129
police judge this morning, charged with j with the sale.o laiuor by a drug store rouna bales and 30 bales of sea island,
carrying a pistol, and his case was of that cit today and filed a protest compared with 1,038,078 running hales,
transferred to the juvenile court. The "gainst the excess sales of whiskey including 53,178 round bates and 296
juvenile officer, L. J. Bailey, will dis- which the drug store was alleged to sea Island to that date last year, the
pose of th. ca^. ... . .__________ bemexingunderrtnpermitpdr Wa• 1 census bureau announced today in its
Another case in which the defendant J er informed them that the permit held j first report of the season.
Is charged with the theft of less than by that drus store had been revoked ------------- -
150 has been transferred to the jus- j by his order and the sales whould be
ice of the peace court, where it will discontinued. No complaints were re-
come up for trial tomorrow. ’The de- ; ceived from any of the other cities af-
fendant in this case is out under bond. fected b¥ the
Dawn barely had roken when the
Leviathan loomed through the mists
________ ... off Ambrose channel lightship. Steam-
McKean-Eilers inE slowly through the narrow pas-
Company, arrived in Austin today on saseway, the great steamship was
his way to his home in Llano, where greeted by a convoy of six destroyers,
he. will spend a short vacation before ’ while seaplanes circled overhead. The
returning to his position with his for- | forts which guard the harbor boomed
mer employer, which has been held' • Eenerals salute as the ship which
open for him by Mr. Eilers. Mr. Smith ‘ once was the pride of Germany crept
nerved with the Third Division, Reg- pest quarantine and nosed through
ular Army, in France, from Aug. 1,1 the Narrows into the harbor under the
1917, until Aug. 22, 1919, on which shadow of the Statue of Liberty,
date his division landed in the United • While the guns still echoed, the whis-
States after two years’ service with ‘ ties of merchant vessels from the
By Associated Press.
ST PAUI, Minn., Hept. 8.—The Min-
nesota House of Representatives,
shortly after the special session opened
today ratified the national suffrage
amendment.
is the only mark be bears of his ex-
perience overseas.
Mr. Smith served in eix battles, all
of whirh are enumerated on his dis-
charge. Chateau Thierry, Ht. Mihiel,
Aisne defensive. Champagne-Marnede-
tensive. Mr use-Argon ne offensive, and
the Aisne-Marne offensive.
Prayed for Soldiers.
"With the return of Smith,” Mr. Eil-
ers. his employer, said, "all of the
men from this firm who serfed in
the army have returned and not one
of them has been injured. Ot this we
are truly glad. Every day at 11 o’clock
during the war we held services and
prayed that the men in the army
would survive uninjured and our
prayer was answered.” Mr. Ellers
had two sons, one son-in-law, six
nephews, one nephew-in-law, and
twelve employes from his store in the
service during the war. All have re-
turned to positions held open for them
during their absence.
O. E. Smith, who returned today, is
not the only one of the firm’s employes
who naw major engagements against
the Germans and survived unscathed
M. V. Harris, who is now at work
for Mr. Eilers, participated in eight
battles and has only a few gas marks
on his body, which he says he ac-
quired as souvenirs of his experiences
in fighting against the Germans. He
has been back in Austin for several
weeks, having returned with the Rain-
bow Division, when that unit war re-
turned to the United States earlier in
the year.
the station of San Gabriel, where Villa
lost 160 men, and the last was at,
Nombre de Dios, where 96 were killed, i
General Manuel Dieguez. in com.- j
mand of the cavalry pursuit, has hopes
of capturing or killing Villa and it
is said that this is the best oppor-
tunity that has ever been offer?;! to
put an end to the career of the famous
bandi. . 1
According to the message received
here, Villa and his second in com-
mand. Martin Lopez, have escaped for
the time being into the mountains,
with between seventy and ninety fol- '
♦ By Associated Press. ♦
♦ East Texas: Tonight and ♦
♦ Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy. ♦
♦ probably local showers in east 4
♦ and south portions. 4
♦ West Texas: Tonight and ♦
4 Tuesday partly cloudy, probably 4
4 local showers in southwest por- ♦
♦ tion. ♦
tion of pe Mexican situation by a com-
mittee of Senators headed by Senator
McFall (Republican) of New Mexico,
which is expected to continue several__3_____. ____--------e-
months, was opened here today whe. being signed by S. F. Braisington,
the committee heard Dr. Samuel G. mayor of Camden.
Inman, of New York, an officer of the । A message was received by Justice
League of Free Nations, who defended George Mendell, who held the inquest
Carranza. I Saturday night, from Lieutenant M. H.
Dr. Innaan declared his belief that ' Guilbert of San Antonio, asking that
armed intervention would hold back 1 the dead officer's papers and othr
indefinitely development of the Pan- effects be sent to b's wife, who resides | strke, should wage demands of the _______________ ____________ .. _________
His observations were at 304% Carolina street. Sun Antonio, brotherhood be denied. Director Gen- I jaw and we find also that rour-firths
eral of Rallroads walker d. Hines is | or thereabouts have been issued by । Total Nearly a Million Bales Served With the Third Division,
expected to address the men during , three doctors of Houston alone. Two i ' |
Below the Same Period Will Shortly Return to
! The first thirty were filed, they claim,
because they wished to avoid delay in
' setting the data of the election.
| "if any one wants to contradict our
[statement about the number of names,
1 we have got the goods,' said one of the
good roads advocates
rying the names of the buyer, the
amount of whisky sold under the pre-
scription presented to the drug store, qnrRIr AvnIAgA s Ar
and the name of the doctor who issued Ki il 1 \HKliJK AmT
it, sixty such items to the page mak- UllUH I VAAUIIVNNVL
ing a total of 3000 for the month of
August. The report for the month of
July was practically as voluminous.
Judge Walker said.
"In chckmgoxer these reports," the
on his shoulders—the fourth man since
Washington to Wear them under the
American flag.
Soul-Stirring Welcme.
The welcome given han would have
quickened the pulse of the hero of a
Roman triumph. Fresh from the cap-
itals of allied Europe, where honors
had been heaped upon him, it remained
for New York to show the first Amer-
ican to lead an army across the At-
lantic that "Home, Sweet Home" has
a meaning deeper than "Hail to the
Chief.”
No foreign throats could voice the
cheers, no alien hearts could pulse
the greeting that was General Persh-
Ing’. here today. There wan a hint or
tears n the welcome for those who
gave it knew that not even the plau-
dits of a grateful people could banish
from the sad-faced soldiers mind the
memory of his own life’s tragedy.
Escorted by Destroyers.
Beginning with Monday’s issue, the noon edition of The States-
man makes its appearance on the streets of Austin, carrying the
full report of outside news received over the special leased wire
of the Associated Press up to the hour of going to press. In
addition all local happenings of the morning will be given to
readers of this issue almost as soon as they occur, as well as
any special news that is obtained by the staff of reporters.
The noon edition will appear on the streets during the hour
when the business men and women of the city are going to
lunch, at which time they will be enabled to read the news of
Austin and the outside world fresh as it happens.
Austin has long felt the need of a midday edition of The
Statesman, and this issue initiates the new enterprise that
will satisfy this want. News while it is news will be given
to the readers in best newspaper style, and with its enlarged
staff of reporters The Statesman will cover Austin news “like
a blanket.” The price of this edition will be 5 cents, and will
be on sale at every newsstand in the city and by every news-
boy on the street. Get one.
SUPPORT THE PAPER THAT SUPPORTS YOU.
Thousande Lina tha Shores.
The shores of staten island, Brok-
lyn, New Jersey and Manhattan were
lined with thousands whose shouts of
greeting came faintly acroas the
waters of the bay to the familiar fig-
ure on the bridge. They made up the
vanguard of the vaat army of wel-
comers who had already packed Bat-
tery Park and overflowed into the
streets beyond. Waiting until Gen-
eral Pershing had been greeted by
Vice President Marshall and the Sec-
retary of War and was ready to cross
the river to the great city that was
eager to pay him tribute.
The great liner came up to her pier
at 8 o’clock and as she was being
warped Into her berth there was a tre-
mendous volley of cheering from the
crowd Assembled there. General Persh-
ing. stlling In appreciation, with hsad
bared, bowed repeatedly in response.
Once he forgot his dignity in his
enthusiasm at returning home and
waved his cap as he saluted the happy
throng.
High Officials Greet Him.
At the pier were many dignitaries of
nation, state and city and it was
there he was welcomed on behalf of
the Nation.
The First Division's bsnd of 100
pieces on board the ship, the mem-
bers of which had served throughout
ell the fighting in which the veteran
unit had been engaged, began playing
in response to the welcoming strains
from the pier and Hall. Hall, the
Gang’s All Here’’ and other airs min-
gled with the cheers.
The Leviathan docked at S:M.
in welcoming General Pershing, Sec-
retary Baker said:
Baker Voices Official Welcome
“About two and a half years ago,
by the President’s direction. I had
the honor of designating you to lead
the armies of the United States in
France. Today you return, your mis-
sion accomplished, with victory writ-
ten on the banner, of the greatest
army the Nation has ever had and
with the priceless foundations of lib-
erty and freedom saved for us and for
the world, as the result of our zar-
Urination in the world war.
“The task entrusted to you required
all the imagination, all the energy, and
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dent Roosevelt made him a brigadier I It is recorded officially of Pershing
&5 nera./umping him over the heads that at the beginning of hid earear.
senior: to‛him:ont her mrn.who, were for instance, he was coniplimented by
When Pershing took the punitive ex- (Continued on Page Two.)
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