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TEXAS LEGISLATURE
ACCOMPLISHES MUCH
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES.
CARRYING APPROPRIATIONS.
PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES.
RANGER FORCE INCREASED
Trie Texas Ranger Bill, Carrying An
Appropriation of $250,000, Was
Passed in Senate—Other
Legislation.
Austin, Tex Moth branch**!* of the
legislature made substantial progress
Tuesday and the finishing touches will
be put on al important bills Wednes-
day.
With very little opposition the n ri
ate passed Tuesday the bill by Mr. Me-
folium providing for absentee voting
In primary elections in the slate. Mr.
Gibson's bill amending the state ware-
house law and the departmental ap-
propriation bill also were passed final
ly. The bouse deficiency bill, which
was practically the same as the sen-
ate bill, was passed finally without
change. The conferees on the judic-
iary bill reached an agreement after
adding $28,01)0 to the senate bill, rnak
ing a total of approximately $'-'.44:1.000
in the bill reported back to both
$ houses for final passage
The Mc.'ollum absentee voting bill
was passed finally after the adoption
ol an amendment by Mr. l.attimore
changing the Maimer In which ballots
are to be procured and voted.
The departmental appropriation hill,
as passed finally by the senate, carries
a total of $3,120,781 for the two years
The governor submitted to the leg
Islature Tuesday the matter of making
certain changes in the st;ite ware-
house and marketing law, follow ing
which Mr. Qibson iniroduccd a bill in
the enate, amending the law in sev-
eral Instances. The bill was passed
finally at the afternoon session and
wept to the house, where it was pass
<*d to a third reading. The most Im
portnnt change is that which makes
tne sampling feature optional. The
bill proposes an amendment providing
for one sample not lens than tour nor
more th ,n six ounces, to be taken by
the ginner, unless requested h> the
owner not to do so, and makes it op
tlonal for hi" own protection, if the
first sample is demanded.
The senate passed the house hill
making an appropriation of $62,150 the
first year and $91,105 the second year,
for the promotion of vocational educa-
tion In the public schools of the state,
to enable the state to participate in a
fund provided for tin* sain • purpose in
the Smith Hughes act recently passed
by congress.
The senate miscellaneous bill was
finally passed, with a total appropria
tion of approximately $ t lT>.o(m for
claims and $48,111 for Interest Mis
celiancous Items totaling approximate
ly $15 ,000 were added and two reduc-
tions totaling $ 11!Ij,000 were made The
latter consisted of complete ellmle:*
tlon of $7.1.000 to pay in county wit
ness fees, since the law providing for
the payment of such fees was repealed
at the regular session, and the reduc-
tion from $50,000 to $20,000 of an item
to pay refunds o*i liquor licenses
where thev are revoked or surrender
cd before expiration,
The house again defeated the Pill
absolving Chambers county from state
and ad valorem taxes for a period of
ten years.
A score of local bills were railroad
ed through Tuesday. Mr. Swope's bill
giving to tin* owner of real estate sold
under execution the right to n^ieetn
within one year of sale, provided that
the sale price nnd interest are paid,
was pi.ssed finally, as ,vas the senate
Morris loan bank hill, commonly
known ns the "poor man's bank bill"
The leproserv bill, appropriating, as
amended, $25,000 lor segregutiir: and
building a home for those suffering
fit m leprosy, was finally passed
I'rovision for housing those who en
ter the school of ligation which the
war department Is to establish at the
I'nlversity of Texas within the in xt
fortnight was mad" Tuesday when the
house passed a lull conveying to the
university the title to the present
grounds and buildings of the blind
asylum, upon the completion of the
new blind Institute buildings.
Au.-itln. Tex.— Die ranger Mil, carry-
ing $'-•'> I."00. was parsed in the senate
Mou'J>)v and the ran-er force will be
#f 4^^ ''' '
*;tee textbook bill, as amended
" tij t'tu senate, was favorably reported
Monday by the house committee on
education with corrective am- ndmcnts.
Finally passage of the miscellaneous
appropriation hill, the salary, the
emei ency appropriation and the rnng
.•r I III. nnd numerous other bills of
lesser Importance marked a busy day
In the house The four important bills
bad been set for special order and
were given final passage under su
pension of the lilies
A number of amendments to the
miscellaneous bills were adopted and
the bill as amended carries >624,054.16
for 11118 and $305,541 for 1919
An amendment appropriating $:<,000
for marking the old king's highway
with granite posts was killed by being
postponed indefinitely. A message
from the governor was read, asking
for this appropriation, which would
have completed a desired amount of
$5,000 for the purpose, the Daughters
of the American Revolution having
already raised $2,000.
Hy a vote of 42 to 71 th*' house de-
feated au amendment striking out an
approprlatl'iii of $100,Ooo to pay all a<-
crued fees of county witnesses In fel-
ony cases, as provided for by an act
of the thiry third legislature. An-
other amendment cutting from the
hill an appropriation of $116,150 for
expenses aisr* fees of district Judges,
attorney, sheriff and '"ther court of
1'ici ,'s was likewise defeated
Final passage was given to the
emergency appropriation bill, carrying
$146,132.
An amendment by Mr Peyton, cut-
ting out the $40,000 appropriation for
the maintenance of the runger force
fron. April to August, 1917. was de-
feated.
Mr. Woods of Navarro ordered an
amendment to the ranger bill, cutting
down the appropriation from $250,000
to $150,000, but It was defeated and
the bill passed finally.
Moth the senate "poor man's bank
hill*,'" known a: the Morris plan bank
and the leprosorlum bill, were en-
grossed, but the latter *v is amended,
reducing the appropriation for the
lepers' home from $100,000, as passed
by the senate, to $25,000
Austin. Tex -Both branches set a
new record for speed when a bill was
passed before noon Saturday creating
a state council of defense, after a mes-
sage had been received from the gov-
ernor recommending such legislation.
The bill was passed in the house first
and 'hen taken up and passed in the
senate. It authorizes the governor to
name such a council, to consist of for
ty men from the various Industries
and vocations of the state, to co-op-
erate with the national council for de-
fense. and to take steps for the organ
iy.uti<«i of the state's industrial, eco-
nomic and military resources for de-
fense, An appropriation of $10,000 for
t.'ie first year and $15,ooo for the sec-
ond year, to cover expenses, was made.
Members of the council are to receive
no salary or per diem, but may re
ceive reasonable traveling expenses.
The senate took up and passed with
a viva voce vote, and without discus-
sion. tin1 Hcc textbook hill as amend-
ed Friday.
The hill by Mr. Oayton. contemplat
Ing ■ ompulsory military training in
all the public free schools of the state.
Including the Fniverslty of Texas and
state normal schools, was killed on a
point of order'by Mr Malley that the
matter of no such legislation had been
submitted In any message from the
governor, and that it could not be
considered.
The senate passed the university
budget without change and the A and
M College budget with the addition
of an Item of $2,000 for each year for
salaries and traveling expenses of
local foul brood inspectors for the
agronomy division
Mr. I'a :e's hill, making it Illegal for
anyone not a bona tide member of
some branch of military service to
wear the regulation uniform, was pass-
ed finally.
The senate passed a number of local
bills before adjournment, including the
Dalton independent school district in
Kills county.
The house engrossed the penlten
tlary bill Saturday after adopting two
amendments bv Mr Woods of Navar
ro The first amendment reduces
from $175,000 to $125,000 the amount
which may be kept o.i hand subject
to check by the penitentiary commis-
sion. The second amendment makes
t necessary for "first offenders" to
be taken only to the lluntsvllle pris
on, and there be subjected to mental
and physical examinations.
A-ostln, Tex Working with a hare
majority of two votes, opponents of
text book legislation at this session
of the legislature practically rewrote
the lice textbook bill In th;* senate
Friday, changing the* bill in many **s
scntials, M'ter twenty-five amend-
ments bad been adopted, the bill was
engrosred by a viva voce vote, but an
effort to suspend the rule to permit
i the tinal passage of the bill tailed and
lit went over until Saturday
Many important changes were made
in the bill as originally drawn The
first was an amendment by Mr. Buch-
anan of Scurry, making it compulsory
with the commission to extend pres-
1 ent contracts where the publishers are
willing, the period of extension to l
not less thSbt,pue year from date ot
expiration, wjr Itiore than ix years,
I the len, th of flnie within these limits
I to lie discretionary with tlu* commis-
sion.
The hill extends adoptions to all
high school textbooks, the commission
to make the high school adoption in
1918.
RUTHLESSNESS
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TURKEY WC'JLD OPEN THE ESPIONAGE BILL IS
DARDANELLES TO RUSSIA PASSED BY THE SENATE
d ouyi ikiii i
CAMP SITES ORDERED
SELECTED IN THE SOUTH
Conscript Men to Number of 156,000
Will Be Trained in Texas, Okla-
homa. Arizona and New Mexico.
San Antonio, Tex I'nder orders re
ceived from the war department, army
boards will at once be named In the
Sou'hern depart mailt to select camp
sites for six divisions of troops to bo
trained In this department.
Five of the divisions will consist
of National Guardsmen as follows:
Kleventh division, Michigan and Wis-
consin; Twelfth division, Illinois;
Thirteenth division, Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Ne
braska; Fourteenth, Kansas and Mis-
souri; Fifteenth. Texas and Oklahoma.
The Sixth division will consist of
men called to the colors under the
conscription bill, and each division
will have a war strength of 2ti,oii<i
men, making an army of 156,000 to b
trained in camps to ba located in Tex
as, Oklahoma. Arizona and New Mex
ico. One division will be stationed at
Camp Wilson, San Antonio.
It is believed that as soon as the
camp sites are selected and canton
inents built the mobilization wi'l be-
'jin, and it Is expected that ail of the
units will be undergoing training by
the middit of September.
Kach one of the divisions will be
under the command of a major general
to he named, and although no details
of the plan are given out, it Is prob-
able that governors of the various
states w ill appoint * near as can he
learned, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa and Kansas each will have a
major general.
Officers for the national army dl
vision probably will be named from
the regular army and the training
camps for officers now being held
One board of army officers to select
sites In the department from thy I'ecos
river east is to be headed by Brigadier
General Charles O Morton, and will
recommend one site in Oklahoma and
three In Texas. Other members of
this board are Lieutenant Colonel Mer
.rltte W Ireland, Lieutenant Colonel
W. .1 Harden, Major Howard L. Lau-
bach and Captain M. H. Hilgard.
The other board to work from the
I'ecos river west to Yuma Is headed by
itrlKadler Genera! Ilenrv A. Greene,
and Is to recommend one site In Ari-
zona, one In New Mexico and one in
Texas. The other members on this
hoard are Lieutenant Colonel M. L.
Kalker, Lieutenant Colonel Jatnes M
Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel William
M Bertscli and Major II C White-
head
Expect to Arrest All Spies.
San Francisco Vigorous action for
the overthrow of the German secret
service In America and tie arrest of
the ringleaders and subordinates
throughout the country was begun
Tuesday by the federal authorities art
ing on information they said had been
fuml-hed by fctmlolph Flamlndinghe,
alleged German master spy on the I'a
citlc coast Flamlndinghe, under nr
rest In Los Angeles, is said to hava
given the government agents In ormn
tion which it is believed will uisult In
the immediate roundup of virtually
every German secret service opera
tlve in the Cnited Stall's
In Gulf Coast Oil Fields.
Houston, Tex Interest in oil elr
clea of Texas and Louisiana the past
wuek was centered in Demon Mound,
in Brazoria county, where a gusher
came in, producing between 8,00(T aud
10,000 barrels dally
(ioose Creek was the banner produc
ing field of the oil section and, bar-
ring Damon Mound, was the scene of
the biggest completions of the week,
this completed well mnklng 1,700 bar
rels a day Humble reported one new
well, making between 700 and 800 bar
rels, with another well coming in at
the rate of 8,000 barrels for twelve
hours and then falling off. Humble
lost about 2,000 barrels per day In pro-
duction, while Goose ( reek fell off
3,000 barrels a day.
The daily average of the gulf coast
fields during the past week stood at:
Goose Creek, 32,500; Humble, 20,500;
Vinton, 10,200; Sour Lake, 10,000; Da
mon Mound, 5,500; Kdgerly, 4,000;
Saratoga, 2,400; Batson, 2,000; Evan
gellne, 1.200; Spindle Top, 900; Mark
ham, 550, making a totul of 80,750.
State Board Buys School Bonds.
Austin. Tex. The state hoard of ed
ucation bought al! the school bonds
offered at Thursday's session of thr
hoard, the aggregate amount being
$56,300. The bonds purchased were
us follows: Bexar and Guadalupe com-
mon school district No. .'Ill, $12,000;
Collingsworth and Wheeler No. 7.
$1,500; Comanche No. 29, $300; Co-
manche and Brown County Line No
10, $800; Crosby No. 14. £2,000; Ham
11 ton and Lampasas No, 32, $1,500;
Jones No 17, $200; Jones No. 52, $200;
Ochiltree No. 12. $1,000; Sail Patricio
No 9, $500; Shelby No. 47, $1,500; Up
shur and Harrison No. 4 i, $3,400; No
Ian No. 9. $1,500; Grayson No. 121,
$2,000; Hutclilnnoti No 8, $2,000;
Throckmorton No. 21, $6,000; Dallas
No. 100, $1,100; Dallas No. 97. $1,500;
Hallos No 9, $4,000; Cement independ-
ent, $"),00o; Devine Independent, $8000.
Full War Strength Orders Issued.
Washington. Orders to bring the
regular army to its full war strength
of 293,000 men were announced Mon
| day by the war department. Organ
l/.ation of forty four ik-h- regiments
will begin at once with further efforts
{to stimulate recruit and bring in tin*
) 116,455 men needed to fill up the
; ranks Since April 1, 67.443 men have
been accepted and officials are confi-
dent that the full number will have
been enrolled as wartime volunteer?
before June 15
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Raids Arkansas Wine Cellar.
Llttie Hock. \rk Wli.., was said l^y
authorities to be flu* largest seizure
of wine since the statewide prohibi-
tion law went into effect January I,
1916, was made Sunday when 100 bar
rels of home-made wine were discover-
ed in the cellar of Robert Heinke, a
crape crower, of Marblehead, by sher
iff's officers The wine was confis-
cated and Heinke was arrested charged
with scllitu' intoxli ants, lie v as held
in default of $10,000 bond
More U Boats Out of Action.
Paris Both French and Itritish sta
tlstics on submarine sinking during
'he last week show a certain improve-
, ment in the situation, says Marcel
I tut in, a well Informed writer on the
subject I'. adds "I understand that
tin* number of submarines put out of
| action in the last few days has riser
in a very satisfactory manor."
Retail Meich'ants' Convention.
Fort Worth, Ten Warn whs utiunl
mously awarded the 1918 convention
ol the Itetail M rchants' Association |
of Texas Thursday at the final sex
slon of the three-day convention. San
XntOliio, Galveston, Wichita Fulls, Dal
las and one or two other cities were
candidates for the gathering next year
S. L Itobertsou of lllllsbom
chosen president.
Adopts Non-Use Amendment.
Washington. The first leulslatlv*
step toward conservation of the cut
lion's food resources and a long ad
vatic** toward an absolutely dry Cnited
States was taken Saturday by the sen
• ite In approving 38 to 32, an amend-
ment to the administration esplona •**
hill forbidding, during the war, the use
of cereals or grain in the manufacture
of Intoxicating liquor
The Fighting in Francs Has Been of
a Desperate Character—British
Take Builecourt.
What had been everywhere thought
(o be a commencement of a strong of
fenstve by th** Germans against the
British along the Lens St. Ouentin line
and the French from the region north
west of frissons into Champagne, ap
parent ly was only one of the sporadic
counter attacks which the Germans
have been throwing against the fronts
since the spring offensive bewail.
The Italians have assumed the of
fensive against the Austrians in the
Ison/.o region along a front of nearly !
twenty-five miles. Following extreme- 1
ly heavy bombardments the Italians
loosed their infantry In frontal attacks
and made considerable progress at va
rious points, according to the Italian
official communication.
Russia still looms in the eyes of the
world as a portentous obstacle to an
early successful issue of the war for
the entente nations and the United
States over Germany and her allies.
With a far fron' satisfactory state
of affairs existing between the coun
cil of workmen's and soldiers' depu-
ties and high Russian government of-
ficials which in the last few days have
resulted in the resignation of com
mander of the forces in f'etrograd and
the minister of war and marine, comes
a renewal of the rumor that Turkey Is
following in the footsteps of Germany
and Austria Hungary and endeavoring
to effect a separate peace with Rub
sla.
The compensation said to hove been
offered by Turkey embraces a thing
that has been the life dream of Russia
—the complete opening of the Darda-
nelles to Russian ships, both merchant
men and men-of-war. Turkey also
would be agreeable if Russia would
consent to lay down arms, to consider
a satisfactory settlement of the Ar-
menian question, long a thorn In the
side mankind ami likewise deal
with h."*r various subjects on the prin-
ciple of the nationality.
While there hove been rumors iliat
the council of workmen's and soldi* rs'
deputies has called for an armistice,
official denial of this is made by the
council. On the contrary. It is stated
by the council that an appeal to iho
soldiers is being drawn up declaring
against a separate peace.
After days of intensive fighting, in
whicji positions have changed hamrs
numerous times, the British troops
have recaptured the greater portion of
the village of Builecourt and repulsed
violent counter-attacks delivered by
Germans east of the village.
Along the Scarpe river to the east
of Arras there also have been san-
guinary encounters, but against the
advantage rested with Field Marshal
llnig's forces. Portions of the village
of Roeux have been taken by the Hrlt
Ish and another step forward has been
gained by them on the western slopes
of Greenland hill.
There has been no let-up In the air
fighting which has been going on
since the spring offensive began.
Klevcn German airplanes were ac
counted for Saturday by the British -
ten of them in air battles and one by
an anti-aircraft gun. The British
themselves lost six machines.
The Germans Sunday morning made
strong attacks on tin* plateau of
Craonne, on. the sector north of
Rlielrns, and in the region of Maisons
de Chanpagne. Not oniy did the
French put down all three attacks,
causing heavy casualties, but they
pushed back the German line and
made prisoners.
There still is no Indication of the
approach of any fighting of moment
between tin* Austro-Germuns and Rus-
sians on the eastern front from the
Baltic sea to Roumania.
In Macedonia violent artillery duels
are in progress along tin* entire front,
with the preponderance in the gun-
power apparently on the entente side.
The problem of salving ships sunk
by submarines is solved, according tc
the Hamburger Fremdenblatt, which
says that German naval engineers have
perfected a progress of raising shins
from the bottom of the sea. Details
are withheld, except that specially
equipped salvage vessels will be cm
ployed, and that they will be able to
operate even in stormy weather
Five Russian officers and one prl
vale lost their lives Saturday wlnn a
big Russian airplane in which tiny
were flying fell to the ground at
Monasteryskn, northeast of Star.!- au.
In Galicia, from a height of 9.ooo feet,
says the official statement issued hy
the Russian war department
The Spanish government h , ^■ nt a
note of protest to the German rovcrn
ment concerning the torpedohn of the
Meiuncr Carmen, which w.i, sunk with
, in Spanish territorial waters, I'he
, Spanish govt rntnent, It is announced.
also will establish a i-.iirol by destroy
; eri between the Cantabrian coast and
Franc**
Measure Was Stripped of Prevision*
of Press Censorship and Pro-
hibition Amendment.
Washington After nearly three
weeks of debute, ranging over Innum-
erable problems of the war, the sen-
ate, by a vote of 77 to 6, Monday pass
ed the administration espionage bill,
pronoun* *'d one of tha most drastln
and all-inclusive measures in Amerl
can congressional history.
A similar bill has passed the house
and virtual redrafting of many of the
moat important provisions Is nxpected
In the forthcoming conferences
During Monday's final consideration
the senate stripped tJie measure ea
tirely of provisions for newspaper cen
sorshlp and restriction upon manufac
ture of grain Into intoxicating liquors;
and rejected an amendment deslgimd
to curb speculation In food products,
although sentiment obviously was
overwhelming in favor of such legis
latlon later.
As completed the senate bill's prln
clpal sections provide:
"Authority for the president to em-
bargo exports when l:t finds that 'the
public safety and welfare so require
<M* t in the house measure.)
"Authority for the postofflce de-
partment to censor tunlls and exclude
mail matter deemed seditious, anar
chlstlc or treasonable, anil making IU
mailing punishable under h* avy penal
ties. (Not it. the house bill.)
"For punishment of espionage de
fln^l in most detailed terms, Includ
ing wrongful usu^if military infortna
tion.
"For the control of merchant vessels
in American waters.
"Punishment for conveyance of false
reports to interfere with military op
••rations, willful attempts to cause dl
affection In the military or naval
forces or obstruction of recruiting.
"For the seizure of arms and muni
tlons and prohibition of their exports
tlon under certain conditions.
"For penalizing conspiracies design
ed to harm American foreign relation!
or for destruction of property within
the United States.
"For Increased restrictions upon is
su'Mice or passports with penalties foi
their forgery or false procurement,
and for material extension of the pow
or Issue search warrants for irv
sp'-' tion of premises."
American Commission to Russia.
Washington. The state department
Friday announced the personnel of the
American commission to Russlas as
follows: Klilni Root of New York,
chairman; Charles R. Crane of Illinois.
Chicago manufacturer and business
nmn; John R. Molt of New York, gen
eral secretary International commit-
tee of Young Men's Christian Associa
tion; Cyrus McCormick, Chicago, pres
ident International Harvester Com-
pany; Samuel R. Bertron, banker, of
New York: James Duncan, vice presi
dent American Federation of Labor.
Charles Kdward Russell of New York,
author and socialist; Major General
Hugh Scott, chief of staff. tJ. S. A..
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon, U.
S N.
Texas Coal Dealers' Meeting.
Fort Worth, Tex—Officers of the
Texas Coal Dealers' Association were
elected Monday, and Amarlllo was s«
lected as the next convention city.
C. H. LI 1 ley of Fort Worth, president.
W. R. IsarriBon of Hereford, first vice
president; Mr. Wallace of Cleburne,
second vice president, and W. R. Har
rison of Dallas, secretary-treasurer
Corporal Instantly Killed.
Laredo, Tex—Corpora! David C.
Wright, aged about 25 years, and a
member of Company II Thirty seventh
Infantry, and formerly of the Ninth
Infantry, fell from an army truck
Thursday loaded with provisions and
was instantly killed when the heavy
truck passed over his chest.
Railroads Close Rate Case
Washington The Western roads
Frirtay closed their case in the hear
Ing.-* before the Interstate commerce
commission on i proposed country-
wide increase of 15 per cent in alt
freight rati-s. and a rec .s was taken
until May 23, when shippers ayd
others will present their side of the
question.
Mexico Forbids Food Exporting
Laredo, Tex It was learned from
a passenger arriving Monday irom
Mexico tl at the Mexican government
has i^ued official orders placing sn
embargo on exportations of foodstuffs
from t,hat country to the United St ne
and other countries.
Another Zeppelin Destroyed
London Rrltish aud naval forces
destroyed Zeppelin L-22 in the North
sea Monday, according to an official
latenient issued by the admiralty.
The destruction of the L-22 marks th«>
fourth attempt at Zeppelin raids wICi
m the lasi year «lvlcli has endod I<4
disaster
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