The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 11.
RULES GOVERNING DRAFT ABILENE SELECTED FOR
OF THE NATIONAL ARMY WEST TEXAS COLLEGE SITE
* o Exemptions Except Dependency
Appllet At Clatt Immunity—Status
Must Be Absolute.
Washlngton President Wilson M"n-
tiny created ami set Into motion ihe
gigantic machinery of the draft. By
proi ittinu!Ion the president started tlie
iiuge labor of singling out the tnan
hood for America n now armies.
The regulations fixed '.he genera,
clabb of men free from military service
and M-t up exemption boards, Only a
ver) small group of classes of men
aro exempt. All others must appear
before the tribunals if they wish to
be exempt I'pon the hearing of evl
den e they will be discharged or draft'
"d
Every action of the exemption
boards will be hedged about with
double safeguards against utifairnesB
The regulations have taken up a I'
of tii * lost motion and reduce the pro
<edure to the minimum The hoard?
*i« 'X per ted to get under operation
within ten days and begin the listing
of ret istered ones and the passing
upon <• xemption claims which are tc
be supported oy affidavits.
< tie million men will be drawn in
the first levy.
following are the general exemp-
tion classes:
Married men with a wife, child 01
children solely dependent upon them;
men with aged parents solely depeud
-U'. men with orphaned brothers oi*
s.*' !•> under a certain uge, depend
eru.
Workers in industries necessary to
the maintenance of the military organ
i/ati<.ris of maintenance i.t the nation
b! interests. Onl> men Indispensable
to the comInuatice of such industries
are to be exempted.
Offl< ials, federal, stale and county.
M **n in the military service ol
Ann'rii a
A liens
Workmen In arsenals and navy
)ards of the I nited States.
Mall clerks ami other postoffice em
pioyes
Pilots and mariner:^ in the merchant
uiarin«- of America
I'riniinals convicted of a felony, and
thcrs morally defii ient
Affidavits will be required from
, laimanis to exemption, affirming that
% w 'i-. children. parents or other rela
lives arc wholly dependent upon the ui
(or a livelihood \fter investigating
'lie evidence the local exemption
ooards may grant exemptions oti these
if rounds
T ie regulations fall to specify what
Industries art* necessary to the main
tenain e of iii•• military organizations
ui the national interests or which men
ate indispensable to those industries
The entire power of decision upon this
point Is left in the local and appelate
board> hand'. The burden of proving
lie indispensable to a vita! Indus
try will rest upon the applicant.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
REWRITES THE TAX BILL
T-'t Estimated Income Reduced and
No B.jnd Issue Is Authorized
in Senate Measure.
Washington V tidoubt ns to
% nether cotton i to he controlled un
1>M tile terms ol the food I.ill Was re
moved Monday v\ lien the senate adopt
..I an amendment, offered h> Senator
iiratulegee of Connecticut making cot
' n oi ' ol tie produc's rtver which the
■"■' I uOmiuisMatoi will have jurisdie
n Thus cotton is to be placed in
t. same classification with wheat,
• otii and oilier products, although
neither fool, feed not fuel.
Washington Revision of the $1,-
SOU,000,000 wat tax bill pussed by the
house five weeks ago was completed
Saturday by the senate finance com-
mittee The measure virtually was
: (written mid reduced to $l,fi">l!,170,000
lth no authorization of additional
botidH. The filial draft was sent to
the printer ami will be given formal
committee approval this week.
Incomes and excess profits will bear
nboul two thirds of the new lax bur
dens under the revised bills ulioilt
Jiioo.oito.ooo each with a large share
o' the remainder secured from liquors
and tobaccos. Many house taxes were
Distention Hat Arisen Among Mtm-
bert of the Board Over Voting
for Site.
.f.-elv eliminated by the committer
' ' A
^ others ttcMIed
idical changes of taxes on war ex-
■ ess profits of corporations, partner
ships and individuals, decided upon
Saturday, enabled the committee to
dispense with the suggestion made of
an additional bond issue of from $500,-
eeO.OOO to $1,000,000,000.
As finally drafted the much-debuted
publishers tax section proposes a 5
per cent tax upon publishers' profits
over $4,000, yielding $7,500,000 reve-
ille |
Austin. Tex.—At the conclusion of a
meeting of the locating board of the
West Texas A. and M. College at Aua
tin Friday the announcement was
made by the several members of the
board that Abilene had baen selected
us the location for the institution.
Abilene won the college over twenty-
two other WestTexas cities and towns.
The initial cost of the college Is to
be $.*<00,000.
There were five members of the
commission to locute the school. Tbeat
five met in executive session In th
office of the governor and agreed that
nothing save the announcement of tjie
result was to he made public.
Rut three of the five members—a
majority of the commission have
since made statements that they did
not vote for Abilene on either the
first or the second ballots; that an-
nouncement was made uftvr the s«e-
ond ballot that Abilene had received
three votes and that they then agreed
to making the action unanimous.
Coventor Ferguson asserts that Abi-
lene was unanimously selected on
the thiru ballot and has Issued s
lengthy statement giving the reasons
why the location was decided upon
Governor Ferguson and Superintend-
ent Doughty voted for Abilene on both
the first and second ballots; Lieuten-
ant Governor Hobby, Speaker Fuller
and Commissioner Davis voted for
Abilene on neither of the first two
ballots; and voted on the third only
because of the announcement made
that Abilene hud received three votes
on the second ballot
The site which Abilene offered com
prises 2,00') acres and Is valued at
1120,000. It is to be sold to the state
for $40,000. It la situated Just south
of the town of Abilene and near the
Kate epileptic colony. The city of
Abilene Is to furnish free water for
all purposes, including irrigation ol
fifty acres, this water to come from
a dam across Kim Creek to twenty-foul
mlleh above the city. A railroad
switch Is to be built to the site and
a depot erected. Tile street cat line
is to be extended to the ground. Nat
ural gas is to be furnished tlie instl
tiition at the rate of 12'ie per 1,000
feet. A motor line is to be operated
between the college grounds and the
city.
The citizens of Abilene will execute
a bond of $50,000 to obligate them
selves to furnish all of the benefits of
fered in their bid to secure the college
Not until an adequate water supply
is fully developed at Abilene will a
brick be laid In the construction of
'he new West Texas Agricultural and
.Mechanical College, Is the opinion ex-
pressed by a member of the board of
directors of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, which *111 have Jur-
isdictiou over the new institution.
Governor Ferguson gave out a state-
ment Fridu> ill which he describes
Abllene's advantages and expresses
the opinion that the commission made
a wise choice. Says construction Is to
begin at once and "it Is possible to
build at Abilene an agricultural and
mechanical college that will be the
pride of Texas.'
RETAIL FOOD PRICES ADVANCE
Government Bureau ot Labor Stat stict
Gives Out Percentages of In-
crease for Year.
Washington Retail food prices in
the I'nlled States ads.nice d on an avei
age 5 per cent from \prll 10 to May
15, as shown iti ligures complied Frl-
day by the bi'-eau of labor statistics.
During the year ending with May li
they ill' feu ed pel c etlt
The biggest Jump during the month
w.i. in flour, which advanced per
cent The increase in corn meal was
15 per cent beans, II per cent, bread,
tit per cent, and rice, I! per cent The
only drop in prices was in onions. KG
per cent, and butter. 9 per cent
Some of the month s increases tire
given as follows
lleef, to 4 per cent; bacon, haul
and lard. S to 10 per cent, hens, 1 per
cent, salmon, 10 per cent, eggs, ! p"r
cent; cheese, ;j per cent, milk, J per
cent, potatoes, ii per cent; sugar, 5 per
cent; coffee and tea, l per cent
The greatest advances during the
year were made oy potatoes, which ad
vtinced in price 1 PJ per cent, and lu
flour, l-'2 per cent.
lu the lust four years retail food
prices generally (lave advanced 50 per
cent.
Preliminary estimates by the food
administration indicate farmers re
celved an average price of $1.50 *
bushel for their last year's wheat crop,
against 98.4c the year before and 97c
the year before that
Twelvemonth Clip Sells at 60c
San Angelo, Tex The shot- clip
this week is selling at from 40< to 50c
per pound, while the twelvemonth clip
is briuglng JO^ttOc
SOUNDING THE KNELL OF AUTOCRACY
(Copyright.)
TWENTY-THREE STATES RAISE IN FREIGHT
NOW ABSOLUIELY DRY RATES IS REFUSED
Violators Will Be Severely Punithed.
Texat Among States Which
Are Partly Affected.
Washington. Twenty-three States
went into the "bone dry" column Sat-
urday midnight, June .10, the effective
hour of the Heed amendment prohibit-
ing shipment of liquor into any terri-
tory where its manufacture or sale is
prohibited Kiev en other States are
partially affected b) the legislation,
which has been bailed by temperance
advocates as the greatest single step
toward abolition of the liquor traffic
yet taken in the nation's history.
The law bars from prohibition areas,
whether Stales or smaller corpora-
tions, all mail matter containing adver-
tisements, a provision designed to aid
lu enforcing the ami shipment feature
by suppressing the activities of mail
ordei houses in dry territory.
Justice and postoft'ice department
officials have made extensive prepara
turns for enforcement of the statute,
rnited States marshals and postal In-
spectors everywhere have been in-
structed to be on the lookout for vio-
lations. There are heavy penalties for
violations
The language of the anti-shipment
section is ver> cotupr*hen -iv •, luipos
ing a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment
for six months, or both, on any person
who shall "order, purchase or cause
intoxicating liquors to be transported
in interstate commerce except for
scientific, sacramental, medicinal or
mechanical purposes into any Slu'e or
territory the laws of which State or
territory prohibit the manufai ture or
.sale the,-tin oi intoxicating liquors for
bever'sire purposes "
The a.in* penalties an* prescribed
for violators o> the auti-a ivcrilsement
section
Following are the States wholly ai
fee ted by the act
Alabama. \ri/.ona, Arkan-.us, Colo
rado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa Kansas
Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon. Rhode Island, South < '.irolina,
South Dakota. Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington and W. ^t Vir
glnia.
Those partially affe- t d at--
California, ConnectiC''", Delaware,
Louisiana, Maryland. Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Yoik, .Va 1,'ainp
*hlre. Ohio and Texas
Part of Highway Law Invalid.
Austin, Tex Tl-.e act of t !iIn -.t
legislature providing that "every re-
pair 'hop of whatsoever kind or gar ;
uge within the state engaged in re
pairing, rebuilding or r -painting of an-
'oniobile- oi crv tie .criptiou. or any
repair shop engaged in electrical work
In connection with automobiles ol
ewry description shall keep a regis
ter of every material repair or change,
in or on automobiles ot even dcscrlp
tion," ami provides tha a failure to
comply with the act shall be a mlsdc
meanor and prescribing penalty, has,
been declared invalid by the court of
criminal appeals
Old Trail Drivers' Reunion.
San Autoulo, Tex Scenes charac
teristic of fronti'i times wer- r< >'ii
acted in San Antonio Tuesday with
the opening of the third annual r<
union of the old Time Trail Drivers
Association Sunburned men of the
plains, with broad brimmed huts, flam-
ing bandanas,heavy gold watch chains,!
open vests, high '.op boots and jingling i
spurs went over again the old stamp i
ing grounds that they bad covered so!
often In their younger dayv The fol
lowing Officers were elected George
W. Suundera, president. J B Murrah,
vice president, l.uther A Lawson, ec-
retary (reelected); R B. Humphrey,
treasurer.
Interstate Commerce Commctsion Sua-
pendt Tariff Providing for Same
Until October 28.
Washington -The interstate com
rnerce commission Friday denied the
plea of the railroads of the United
States for a horizontal increase of 15
per cent in freight rate .
In Its decision the commission indl
cated its willingness to Increase cluss
rates lu the Eastern district approxi
uiately 14 per cent. Since about one
fourth of the freight handled is moved
under class rates, the decision virtual
ly allows the Knstern lines about 4
per cent increase in gross freight
revenue. Increases sought in rates on
coal, coke and iron will be granted
The commission found as a result ol
the extended hearings that the cm
iters generally show a substantial ami
Inceastiig prosperity, and that they
have ample resources with which t/
conduct truusportutlon.
Kittle sympathy was given the a'
guinents of the roads that they wer
victims of war prices, the commission
holding that the carriers have profiled
by the mobilisation of troops.
The commission suspended the pro
posed tariffs until October 28, but it
indicated that no reheuring of the
case will be of value at this lime, and
suggested cancellation of the tariffs
Commissioner MeChord dissented
and Commissioner Meyer dissented In
part.
Commissioner MeChord said
"The Issue is in reality ratl'ier om
of governmental policy than a ques
tion whether the rates sought are re a
sonable for the service of transporta
t Ion."
The commission, in announcing the
decision, said:
"We are led to the conclusion thai
no condition of emergency exists as in
the Western and Southern carriers
which would justify permitting a gen
eral Increase in tlielr rales to lic-oin •
effective.
"In the Western district incrensmi
rates have recently be n peimittcd to
become effective generally on bitu-
mlnouh coal, coke and iron ore We
t hiti k that i in Hit r Increases may prop
erlj be permitted in the Southern 0i-
triet on coal, coke and Iron ore, and in
the Western distric t on coal and coke
"lu the Southern district the pro
posed Increased rules on coal are on
the l.asi • of l > per c e nt, with a mini
mum of liic a ton. These tariffs we
shall permit to become effective"
Russians Take German Prisoners.
Prisoners e\cc dim; In.una and the
capture ol the village of Kotiincliy
und strongly fortified positions sontu
west of Mrxe/.any are the llrst fruit of
the new offensive movement of th"
Itusslan forces In Kastern Gnlk-iu
north of Kotiiuchy the Ku sinus have
attacked and fresh haul* arc In pi-o-
gress
Auto Registration to Begin July 15
Nustln. Tex I h State highway
commission ha. extended for a period
of 15 days the enforcement of the high
way commission law This act be
came effective July I The inability
of the commission to Issue all regis
(ration licenses is the cause for exten
sion to July 15. This ruling also up
plies to the law requiring automobiles
io be equipped with dimmers.
Socialiatt' Parade Cautet Riot.
Itoston, Mass. itiotous scenes Sun
day attended a socialist parade au
nounced as a peace demonstration
The ranks of the marchers were
broken up by self organized squads ot
uniformed soldiers and sailors, red
flags and banners bearing socialistic
motto* were trtmoled
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
President of Association Designates
Members Who Will Have Charge of
Affairs for Entuing Year.
Richardson. Tex —President Slier
wood Spoils of the Texas Press Asso
jiatlou has named the committees
who will have charge of I he affairs of
j the organization for the ensuing year
He also designated a list of delegates
who will attend the National PldHorial
Association which will be held lu Mln-
i neapolis, July 9-12.
Personnel of the various committed
ii id delegates follow;
Committee on Permanent Home foi
Newspaper Men Charles M. Bsinen,
Southwest Fanner and Investor, Han
\ntouio; Prank P Holland. Farm and
Kauch, Dallas; William A Howen,
Journal, Arlington; L. J. Kountreu,
('ommercial, Georgetown.
Printing Committee Sam P Har
ben. Kcho, Richardson: .1 D Boy kin,
Times, Parmeraville; W. W Aiken,
Courier, Crockett; S D. Chesnutt, Ad-
vance, Kenedy; Carey L. O'Uryan,
Times, Chandler.
legislative Committee G II lloyn
ton, Herald, Hamilton; Sam Pore, Jr.,
Chronicle Journal, Ploresville; D. K
Hall, Messenger, Gatesville; Oscar C.
Payne, Holland's, Dallas; E. A. Car-
lock, Post, Paducah.
Program Committee Thomas B.
Kusk, News Herald, Italy; It. W. Barry,
Bee, Beevllle: D W. Campbell, Mirror,
lllllsboro; W, II. Hawkins, Umpire,
Stephenvillc; G. L. Ingllsh, Keader,
Stamford.
Memorial Committee 10. C, Hunter
Democrat. Sherman; T. K. Arterberry,
Star, Savoy; J. W, Harrell, Citizen
Journal, Atlanta; E. E. Allen, Herald,
Alto.
Committee to Adopt Associatioa
Label H. IV Nelson, Banner, Green
vllle; Henry Edwards, Banner, Troup;
Jstnes I.. Crosby, II eru Id, Detroit.
Committee to Compile Minutes R.
A. Alford, News, Granger; II E. Fan-
bioll. Messenger, Marble Palls; Will li
Mayes, Texas Journalist, Austin.
Delegates to National Editorial As
sociatron, Minneapolis, Minn., July
9-12, 1917 .Mrs. W. T. Thomas, Pour
Slates Press, Texarkana, E. Poston
Hamilton. Enterprise. Kewisville;
Frank Chancellor, Record, Iredell;
Gay L. Tufts. Progress, Anahuac; Jack
II Estes St, Kouis Dallas; H. C May
Graphic, Leonard; A. II Shields
Times, Clarion; Mrs. Francis E Suth
erland. Times, Smlthville; T. R
Suimp. News, Nocona; II M, Skelton,
Times, Brownsville; R. W. George.
Rustler. Blooming Grove; James E
Kelly, Star. Frost; A. It. Crawford
Star. Normangee; Richard E Zieske
Times, Beevllle; George II Whitley
laingview. W. !,. West. Polk County
Enterprise. Livingston; C. C Watson
Reporter, Midland. Thomas J. Waggo
iter. News, Claude. L. tJ Waggoner,
Chief, Miami; P. N Thomas, Wood
County Democrat. Quitman. M K
O'Neill, Journal, Frisco, Clara May
j McKee, Citizen. F'rankston; W. D
Hart, Review. Cooper W G Hnyden
Herald. Big Spring \ G Hichardsoti.
News, McLean; William A. Rowcn,
Journal, Arlington.
STATE LUNACY LAW IS
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Austin, Tex.—The lunacy statute1
Which was enacted by the thirty third
legislature providing for the trial ol
persons charged with being Insane by
a commission of physicians, was Mon
day held by the supreme court to be
unconstitutional. The opinion was
written by Associate Juntice William
E. Hawkins and was from El Paso
county a habeas corpus proceeding
The lunacy statute was upheld by
the El Paso county district court, but
on appeal to the eighth court of civil
Appeals iwas declared to be void
I'nder tin provisions of the lunacy
act. und upon unanimous report of six
physicians sitting as a commission,
and without a trial before a court or a
common law ot a statutory Jury, per-
sons are adjudged lunatics.
The court holds that a trial by Jury
means something more than u hearing
before a commission such as is pre
scribed by the act In question. "Ob
i vlously the commission is not a Jury,"
says the opinion. The manner of i's
selection and Its composition are «s
sentiully different from that of a >nry,
! under other statutes, tor the trial of
! other civil cases. Many of the func
lions of the commission are widely dtf
ferent from those of a Jury. The find
Ings of the commission are final, und
are conclusive of the issues as to the
sanity of the respondent. They may
not. be set aside by the court or judge
Moreover, upon the findings of the
commission, a judgment of a stated
character must be en," *od, and from
such Judgment the respondent can in
no event appeal, and. consequently,
can not have a Jury trial In the district
court."
SOLDIERS PUT DOWN
RIOTS IN ST. LOUIS
Government to Aid Investigating Riot*
in Which Negroes Were Killed
and Hornet Burned.
East St Louis, III. A federal Inves-
tigation of Monday's race riots lu East
St. Louis, lu which thirty-three negroei*
and four whites were killed, and ap-
proximately ;ilu negro homes wern
burned, was begun Wednesday by
Colonel George H Hunter, chief quar
lerniaster of the Central division o£
the United States army Colonel Hunt-
er Is under instructions to make a
General Thomas II. Barry at Chicago,
full report of the trouble to Major
commandant of the Central depart-
ment.
For the first time since the rioting
began Sunday midnight. East St. l.ouitt
was absolutely quiet Wednesday. No
trouble of any kind was reported and
the fire department, which was kept,
busy constantly Monday ntgtit and all
day Tuesday fighting fires in the ne-
gro districts did not receive an alarm
Residents of the city spent a dreary
Fourth of July, for the most part re-
maining in their homes. More than
two thousand Illinois National Guards-
men. including new companies from
Chicago, Springfield and Alton, p
(milled the streets in every section of
the city, armed with riot ammunition
and under strict orders to fire If nec-
essary.
The only excitement of the day was
the finding of three negro bodies, bad-
ly mutilated, in Cahokia creek, bring-
ing the death list to thirty-seven.
Civil authorities begun the work of
collecting and preparing evidence t i
be presented to the St. Clair county
grand Jury when it convenes July >
Only two of the ninety seven men ar
rested Monday night on charges of in
citing to riot, are being held. The
others were released on the ground
that there was Insufficient evidence
against them. The authorities say
that the ringleaders of the mobs are
known and tliut action will be taken
against them at the proper time.
Estimates w >re made by the uuthorl
ties Wednesday that more than half if
the city's negro population has depart
ed. Many negroes escaped over the
bridges into St. Louis, Mo. during
Mondax night's severe rioting and
thousands were escorted out of the
city by the military authorities Tues
day. Scores of homes iu the negrj
sections are deserted. It is estimate!
that before the rioting more than tweu
ty thousand negroes lived in East St.
Louis.
Mobs After Negroet in St. (L,ou>S.
St. Louis, Mo Five negro sections
of I he city were fired by mobs Monday
night, terrorized negroes fled from
their burning homes only to meet bul-
lets from the guns of the rioters; sonn
were shot, by snipers and two were
lynched One white man was killed
by a negro sniper and before the burn
ing begun four negroes and one white
man were killed. This includes the
detective sergeant, whose death ut the
hands ot a negro mob lute Sunday
night was the direct cause of the out-
break Monday night Estimates of the
number of dead run up to one hundred
and higher, but. these estimates ar->
purely conjectural The exact nutn
her slaughtered possibly never will bn
known, as it is thought, many bodies
were consumed in the flames. The
race riots began shortly after midnight
Sunday when a mob ol 200 negroes,
most of them armed, llred on an auto
mobile loaded with pollcemeu.
Weekly Submarine Toll.
London. The weekly shipping sum-
fnarv issued Wednesday shows that 1
British merchant ships of more than
1,000 tons were sunk and f> vessels of
less than that tonnage were sent to
the bottom. Eleven fishing vessels
ulso were lost.
Rutsiana Capture Germans
During Sunday and Monday, th-*
first two days of the new drive, the
Russians captured .100 officers and IV
000 men and Tuesday and Wednesday
probably added several more thou-
sand to the total Twenty nine guns
and thirty-three machine guns were
taken from the Austro Germans
Rain Stops Fire at Robsto*n.
Corpus Chrlsti, Tex.- A heavy show-
er, starting Wednesday, stopped a fir**
that threatened to engulf and destroy
the business section of Kobstowu, tt
town of 3.000 population
Air Raidert Drop Qombt.
London \ squadron of German sir
raiders Wednesday dropped bombs on
Harwich, a seaport town in Essex.
Eight persons were killed and twenty-
two others were Injured
Suffragists Create Disturbance.
Washington A suffrage ilemonstra
tion by members of the women's par-
ty In front of the White House on
July 4 resulted In a riot and eighteen
were arrested
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