Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 116, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 8, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXX.—NO. 116.
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SHERMAN,
GERMAN SPV LED IN
IN K WORLD'S WAR
HANS WILLET, ALIAS CAPTAIN JOHN
WILLIAMS, MISSING SINCE ARMISTICE
DAY, IS CAPTURED AND NOW HELD
PRISONER—SAID TO HAVE " ' S|
CONFESSED.
V *
12 CHILDREN
BITTEN BY DOG
AT CLEBURNE
AfehocialcU PrcHH DepuUhi
Cleburne. Texas, Dec. 8-rTwelve
Cleburne school children were tuk-
en to the Pasteur Institute at Aim-
tin last iil^lit for treatment for
hit ex received from a dog on Fri-
day. Tl.e .state Ih'iilth (Htieer
tolegraplied from Austin last night
that examinatiolu of the dog's
bead showed it was ^suffering
from rahies. The ehildren were
I
bitten hy the dog while playing on
the school grounds here.
Anwv luted Prefix Dlspnh hi
N« ty York. I>ee. ft—Hans Willet,
all.is Captain John ' Willlajrsv com-
WatMler I, "iStli Cnlted States Infantry
during the war. was held in Castl?
William. i> Governors'; Island, today
ii Xa 11 imr action by army officials on a
confession lie is alleged to have made
to police detectives here yesterday
that ho was a German spy.
Although he had been sought as a
deserter, alleged to have absconded
soou after the armistlee with $0,000 In
company funds, his eonfession of e>.
plena ge came as a complete surprise.
Hugh J. Ilanuigan a former lieuten-
ant under his command. on whose]
identification Dillet was arrested.
wild not a man under the captain's
command had ever susplcioned he was
a German sympathizer.
Makes Full Confession.
Willet said, according to the detec-
tive. Hint he was one three hundred,
eidets who were trained in (IrrmanyJ'lrod weajKHis—eonslsting
and were sent to this country to enlist
in the United States army. The
scheme, he is alleged to have said, was
for the cadets to. load units of soldier*
'to France and expose them in danger-
otis positions for slaughter. Willet
protested vigorously at first that he
was not the man sought for desertion.
but. after two other former officers
of his company corroborated Hanni-
gm's identification, he sank down
in a chair and murmured: "You've
got me'"
A few minutes later he became calm
mkI deliberate and saiil: "I have noth-
ing to regret. It Is just the fortunes
Weapons Hunk in Sea.
Aitoriatcd I'rctt Dispatch
{
New York. I>ec. H— Fourteen hum
of macliim
guns, revolvers, daggers, black jacks,
brass knocks, razors and ether noiide
script articles—collected, by the poller
from criminals during, the year, today
fie at the bottom of the ocean lieyouo
the three miles limit. The collection
included many weapons of murderers
sentenced to deatli during the jreai
The "burial at sea" Is decreed by law
Arkansas Transferred.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Washington, Dec. S—Arkansas lias
been transferred from the Fourth army
of war. Luck was against me and I'll corps district to the Seventh corps dig
have to pay."
His wife was formerly a Miss Craw-
ford of Chicago. They have lived for
mole than a year on Riverside Drive
she said.
triet. It was said today at the war
department that the change was made
for tactical -reasons having to do with
the allotment of national guard
troops.
CONGRESS READY TO
GET DOWN TO
REAL
, WORK OF THE SESSION
T. & P. SUNSHINE
SPECIAL GOES
IN THE DITCH
Amn'-intrtl Pre** ffftpatrh
Washington. Dec. H. With prelim!-]
naries over and the President's annual j
message out of the way. Congress to-J
day got Into its regular business I
stride. In the Senate. actual debate
was ex|>ected to begin with tne taking
up late in the day of the .111 "asure de->|
signed to regulate the meat packing
industry. There also was a likelihood |
the proposed farmer relief legislation, j 4^xn,iatcrl Pre** I) I watch
femporalily blocked yesterday, would
be called up for action.
In the House, the day's proceedings
promised to be confined chiefly to
cmimittee activities. The members
of (If Ways and Means Committee
were expected to meet to discuss a
legislative program with rcs|xM-t to
colonic:ce and Industry, and the naval
affairs committee had been called in
WILL AFFILIATE WITH
NAL
BOA
STATE
AND NATIONAL REAL ES-
TATE BOARDS.
FARMING NOT!
MEN ARE
JMm CITIES
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real
The Sherman Real Kstate Board
was organized At a luncheon ntteudod
by about fifteen real estate men and
women of the city, held ut the Cham
her of Commerce auditorium at noon
Wednesday, at which Frank It. Mc
Neny of Dallas, president of the. Dallas
Real Estate Hoard and a vlee-presi
%
of the National Association of Real
f ''"
Estate Boards was present, and spoke
on the desirability of real estate meii
organising. v %
Mr. McNeny potnted out that
estate represent* sixty per cent of the
wealth of the Nation, and bear* seven
ty per cent of the taxes, and that real
estate men an* the • guardians urn.
agents of this wealth, and that as such
should be In position to express them-
selves in a united way on measures
and movements for the weril of the
community, State and Nation. They
should especially study local measures
such as bond issues for public im-
provements, and In every case take a
decided stand for or against the meas-
ure. Real estate men and women are
natural leaders of such movements as
city planning and can oxert a whole-
some Influence for such civic move-
ments.
Explains Purposes.
Mr. McNeny explained the purposes
of the organisation of the local roHl
estate lioard to l e established and
maintain elevated standards of ethics
In the real estate profession In order
to hold the confidence and respect of
owners and purchasers of'real estate,
and itr-pfwrhle an orgnnlaed center
of effort for adequate Social and civic
development.
It was unanimously decided by the
realty men and women present to or-
ganise a local lK ard. and this action
was followed by the election of Rowan
Mills as president, It. G. Hall as vice-
president. Miss Maydee Barron, socrc-
tary-treasUrer. and Ora Belden, Na-
tional committeeman, with N.
Crass, T. F. Newell and J. P. Geren
to act with the four officers elected on
the board of directors. The matter of
presenting to the membership a com-
mittee. which will report to the inem-
bershlp nt the next meeting, at noon
next Wednesday.
wm BE
Organisation
as Well as
AdVI
W sivcr*
AiM
ousands 4t
gainst the
the tltrune,
v; ;i
County
WA.
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wJ:
.
ex-KWg CSuistantine
UtbT
ndoiii
ernment tippa
its hwam and s
lem* to leave
stanthic's return Mo
the ex-King hlms«tlf.
r ;mmmm
ers-Jmemsl lo t
Kn&*Vt' Chin
mi thods. at the
afteruoou, and
one ntid a IttAf
tlieir iutjwWt hi
speaker
questions Ik1
and live stock p
thmally. fr r |
utes was sjienf in this way after Mr.
Kroh had finished his talk, the sp >n k-
tv answering tbf^ questlona fired Wt
htm with a rap
which assured a
his ability, Ids Rfusp of th#l|fresent m,.„t )lHM IH|^
fa rmirig problems, and his l*liet In
the ability of th^ farmer to solw Ms
problem*. „ . '
Mr. Kroh wms brought to Texas a >1
to Sherman by the State Hankers' As-
sociation and the Antomottve Dealers'
Association. He was introduced to
his Sherman audience fty {layden W.
Head, who sahi thai the pt«ople suj>-
isirting Mr. Kroh fti his present work
realise that their own prosperity de-
i ends upon lb* proaiierlty of tl^e furm-
ers of the Nation, lie asked those srho
heard the sis-nker to take
il'ylHtP!1
fpP|l e Plana
i
m
....
!tty ^.nd «1 n<wily *>
who heanf him >t\ |,HrlK ^
King Couatanf!
(%u< immediate
cr<Wn prince,
Allien^ ttslay,
of value lu the tnl^d to 1
rc#f ;"tb accept fhe
Mr. Kroh wit boat; reference to who
lie was* or who Is supporting him It)
his work. , i
Farming Must Be Profitable.
Mr. Kroh is known throughout the
Nation, especially for his work among
the farmers of North Carolina. In se-
curing greater diversification of crop*
there, ns a result of which crop val-
ues have lucressed from $t5(^000,tX>0
In 4014 to *170,000.000 In 1010. lie
owns a farm near Aa^arlllo, Texas.
Mr. Kroh nt the outset cut id!
strings t y declurlug that he could of-
fer a solution to the present agrleid-
tuml problem, but that his hearers
might take it or reject it. Ilcfore his
The following real estate men and was flidsbcHl there were cries
women were present, at Wednesday's.«< "H«rwh for Kroh" from Urn audi-
luncheon: Rowan Mills. T. F Newell>"*. «'•« ^ere other indications
Miss Maydee Barron, J. P. Geren. J. <" / Hu«,e who were listening to the
P. Grady, It. G. Hall. George Copley. T.| d;^
F. Aston. Ora Belden, G. A. Ilolliday.
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to
t
In favor of
ys a dlsimteh
" ir 'Ti
SNHH
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A. It. Melton. S. W. Porter, N. Z.
Crass. F. I/. O'JIanlon. I . S. Thomp-
son and W. E. Cobb, the latter of Van
Alstyne.
Mr. Mills eXjilalned that all real
estate men of the city were Invited to
the luncheon. An Invitation was ex-
tended bs-al real estate men by Mr.
McNeny*to attend the State conven-
tion of real instate board delegates at
Sjni Antonio next Monday and Tues-
day.
said, although some of 1t was directed
at their own shortcoming*. A force-
ful, convincing talker. Mr. Kroh
launched Into bis discussion without
preliminary delay.
4aaootote« Prtu DUpateh .
Genoa. Dec. Search of the steam-
i r America upou Its arrival here from
New York yesterday revealed a quan-
tity of tolmcco, sugar and coffee,
which. It Is a 1 legist, was being handled
by smugglers.
In a<Vllflou, the officers found 400,-
000 rubles in the custody of the wire-
bus qperntdr. He declared the money
way not to used for political pur-
poses but Islonged to speculators, The
money and goods hnve been sequestrat-
ed by the police. ,
Ginning Report. j '
AHwoetafisI Pr« « FilnpaKhl
Washington, Dec. 8—Cotton glnms)
prior to Dei'cmlM'r t ainounttsl to 10.
14-1,021 running bales. Including !101,
087 round bales, 48,'JOH bales of Aj|nerl
cati-Rgyptlan and 1,111 bales of - Hca
Island, the census bureau announced
today.
A*M>«t«t0d PriMii Dlapatah)
El Figio. Tex.,^ Dec. Ts.—Jfv f#.
Smith, father of Clara Smith, to-
day said be had been In El Paso
for two months and tbat he had
not talked to any law firm In Fort
Worth or In any other city ^re-
garding hia daughter.
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r THE WEATHER.
| AwwiUted Pwm Dltpstck] S ,
|::'v Washington, Bee.
I partly cloudy, rtalng tempera
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the
m'ST {i■.
In
Jako L.
and Republican
man of Oklahoma
the Hsu
interview dated i
HMMM AT
(Continued on !|
Fire at Houston.
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Business Men Worried.
The banks, Mr. Kroli declared at the
outset, are as much worried over the
present situation lis are the producers,
j Stony have lent more money on cotton
and other agricultural products than
those products will now bring. The
(Continued from page one:)
Houston, Texas, Dec. H—Officials of
the Southern Pacific today estimated
at *a75.ouo the loss siwtalned 1
•w^lch last night destroyed a portion
of the road's shop* here/ Of this
amount f2tft,n00 Is said to Is- coveted
by Insurance. About 100 men will be
T >
thrown out of work temporarily.
ER M
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rir wwr^
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Texarkami, Texas,
& Pacific Sunshine
bound, was wrecked
1 >i*c. 8.—Texas
Special, North
five miles South
of Texarkaua early this morning, the
engine, one baggage c-ir. one sleeper,
and the dining car overturning, in
juring three negroes slightly and sen
ottsly injuring Knglneer Wyman of I.lt
session to outline its program for the ||f, nn(| Fireman Dortle, also of
Little Hock. Ark.
Cause
of the
wreck wiurf'unknown at an early houi
t .
OF COTTON ACREAGE 5
A *ru Ulteri Pr« pispctch
coming year.
Investigations on the Program.
Investigation of War Department jj,|s morning.
payments to steamship owners for re-i ^
<onditionlng ships us<sl n« trans-,
P..ri« .i.trii.n th- *jr. "Will « WILL WORK FOR REDUCTION
ycsterdiy hy the s)s*cinl war expendl-1
tures investigation > eomniit'ee. con-
tinmd with officer* of the transMo.t
service «« wit tr eses.
Th- Immigration evlr.«lon bill, ro- j
garded by itx supporters as oik- of th"' Memphis, Terjn., Dec. 8.—On re<ord
most imi*ortant matte s t< '•«■ dealt as favoring the revival of the War Fl-
with at tlds session, w il! not b" takes nance Corporation as nil Immediate
up until Tbiirsdiy. wh 11 it will be the relief measure, the conference ot
special order of bu.«ln< « in the llouse Southern planters, bankers and mer
— * ♦*" | chants In session here today took up
Hogs Ikrriine. _ plans for a cotton acreage reduetiot.
and crop diversification campaign as
Fort Worth. Tex.. Dec. H.—Hogs a n)Pnn« (,f fitnhllizlng c^mditlous in
made a slight decliii^ on the marketjj|H, (l(^|nn growing Industry lieffirp tin*
w. vll
AiwoclaUd Prwi Dtupatcta)
Jersey City, N. J.. Dec. &~-M!«ke>
Shannon, a heavyweight Isncer of
Pittsburgh, who waa knocked oilt In a
bout here last night with A1 Roberta
of Btaten Island, died In City Hoapltal
shortly after 5 o'clock this morning.
Shannon received the fatal blow In
the sixth round suffering Internal
hemorrhage at the base of the skull,
He never regained consciousness v
Roberts was a rested on a charge of
atrocious assault and battery upon
leaving the ring, but was paroled hi
custody of bis manager, Billy Gibson,
pending the outcome of Shannon's
Injury. At thgt time, County Judge
Richard Poherty, who; granted the
parole, said In case of Shannon's
death, the charge against Roberts
would be changed to manslsughtet.
No such charge had been reported
agalnat him early todift' •'
that he be-
here today, selling for 15c.
1021 marketing season.
PLANTING MEMORIAL OAK AT ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE '
' l"boma Edl9°n and memben of the New York Bird and Tree Club planted a memorial oak near the gravs
rof the late Col. Tlteodore Rooaevelt, at Oyster Bay, on the sixty-second anniversary of his birth. Mrs. Edison
read a letter from her huabamj expressing M regret that be waa not able to be present—then threw the first
shovelful of earth.
- Wanted In Oklahoma.
, Fort Dodge, la., t*c. h—Hatrey
JohiLion, alleged to have murdcreil a
man In Oklahoma seven years ago, left
Fort Dodge frslay In fnstoily of Sheriff
Uogan <ot Dela#aro County, hotynd
for Oklahoma, where he will
Hi
Marloln
to the
waa'M
consfructire wprk on
ig ad
Washington
he felt out
and lie le
be was well
suit, lie told hi*
llctW his Ideal
i.ndVcOmmon n
furthered by his
leath*^ in atnl
that i^s canvass
Ing an kftaoclatioii
particularly eneoy
itnaiors Will VM4
The work donO ^ ^
purely preliminary,
least some of the Senators
he dlseusecd foreign a
to Marlen later to
leagtie conferences t
tlOUs nbunt selections for the 1
will continue, and It Is not
tiiat the final Hat of appointments
Mr, ipMpV- official family
much
j Ihtrlng the remainder
week the Pi
vote his attention a
ftfNtfpiMte&r that ha
since lie left for Ms
lier «. He alao bop*-.
t unity to
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during Ma
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