The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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american dead are
not to be exhumed industrial issues
new conference on
French Proposed Low Did Not
Pasi at Last Session of the
Chamber of Deputies.
Austin. 'IVx There are I Mr. ;'Ts pvj.
pits iii the Btate of Texas, while ne-
gro anil Mexican, beside* a few other
To lustruet tlit- army of
small ones there are l!i ,«iu 1 ti achers of
• II grades.
Iti the elementary achnols there are
23.252 teacher#, anil 111 the high
school* a,749 Of the elementary teach
era 8,6i!9 are In the independent or
urban school districth anil I I 722 in the
common or rural ami • enil rural com
inanities
In the common school <|istrl« ts at-
tended hy white teachers thero arc 1 I,-
690 teachers and in the Independent
districts 10,255. In the common school
districts for ncgroet there are 24!tl
aiiil In the independent negro districts
there are 1565 teachers, u total of 24,-
•>15 white and 4.056 negro teachers
now In the service.
Of the teachers In the schools for
the common school districts X108 are
::ien and 1.1,.sis are women: of the
teachers In the Independent white dis-
tricts JD21 are men anil it8110 are wom-
en
There are B,22i male and 23.772 fe-
male teachers in the public school sys-
tem.
President Names 17 Men Who
Will Make Another Effort
Toward Peace.
Parir- The €5,000 American dead In
France must be left lu the graves they
now occupy until the French are ready
to exhume their own dead, which, it
is hoped, will be before Jan. 1, 1922.
The foreign office has promised to
consider the latest request of the
American government lor the return
of its fallen soldiers, but later the
following announcement was made:
"It has been definitely decided that
allii s w no feil together for the same
cause should remain together In death
until circumstances permit of the re-
turning of the bodies to the families
fur whom they sarr'ficed themselves."
The proponed law forbidding the
exhumation of the soldier dead for
three years did not pass at the last
session of the chamber of deputies,
but thi foreign office expects that It
will be adopted soon. This bill spe-
<ifU t> a delay In exhumation of three
vyeai> trom the .ironiulgatlon of the
law, but it is expected that this period
Will be vhoi teneil
At the foreign office It Is said to be
probable that the exhumation will be-
Kin considerably before January, 1922.
Plea !s Made to Save Life
of General Felipe Angeles
New York. A plea for the life of
<5eneral Felipe Angeles, Villa's lieu-
tenant. who was captured by Mexican
federal troops, was made by telegraph
Friday to President Carmtnzu of Mexi-
co by I lienzitles Garza, governor of
the federal district of Mexico under
Mbdero Garza appealed for clemency
on the ground of the fidelity of '.on-
ttal Angeles to the cause which Car-
. rauza and Gaiza supported during the
'tragi. week" marking the overthrow
of tin Aladcro government.
"Too much Mexican blood." Senor
Garza declared in his message, "has
l ■•en already spilled. For the sake of
memory of your wife, whose remains
s:e perhaps still warm, for the mem-
ur> of your brother, sacrificed on the
altar oi political pa -kIoii. for the mem-
ory of the Apostle Madero, divine fore-
run' , of civil redemption In Mexico,
' , flot permit the blood of the ill-
yen. loyal o his country and to ii.s
principles to be spilled. Honor your
ancestors, glorify that movement of
emancipation, uplift yourself by par-
ing the liie of General Angeles, whose
fate is entirely in your hands '
flecorrls Show l,24.'i,27S
Pupils in Texas Schools
Trial of Gen. Felipe Angeles.
Juarez, Mexico. Iti iterating his en-
t 'y resident Curran/.a, but ex-
I it ^sli^Fumfldonee that Ju t . • • will
I meted out to him, General Felipe
Vngeles. the Villa loader captured re
. ntly near I'arral, Chihuahua, was
brought to trial before a court martial
nt < hihualiti:i ''ity Monday. The lo'.ir- i
liie will last at least three or lour
jla>-, It win mid. Three thousand
to the trial were Issued by
,rJ^eral Manuel M I Meatier, command
er ol military operations In Northern
Mexico. according to a report brought
to Juarez Tuesday by u newspupor
man of t'hlhuahua City.
Washington. Another effort to
bring industrial peace to the country
is to be made bv a conference of form
er federal und state officials, business
men and economists, ihe personnel of
which was announced Thursday at
the White House
Unlike the National Industrial Con-
ference. which cs'.ne to grief over the
question of collective bargaining, the
new body will represent no distinctive
group, but will undertake to act In the
Interest of the people as a whole It
w ill meet in Washington on December
l, the dnt'' of the beginning of the reg
ular session of congress.
In his letter of luvltation to the ev-
enteea men who are to make up the
new gathering President Wilson said
the "new representatives should have
concern that out industries may be
conducted with such regard for Justice
and fair dealing that the workman
will feel Induced to put forth his best
efforts; that the employer will have
uu encouraging profit, and that the
public will not suffer at the hands of
either class." •
N'o procedure was outlined for the
gathering, and this will he determined
by tho conference Itself. No repre-
sentatives of labor were Included in
the personnel, nor will their, be any
representatives of capital as such Sec-
retary of l.abor Wilson beaded the
list, which Included three former cabi-
net officers and two former federal of-
ficials. but the president did not ap-
point any of the men who served !n
the first conference.
Tho personnel of the conference fol-
lows Secretary of Labor Wilson,
former United States Attorney Gener-
als Thomas W. Uragory and Oeorge
W. Wlckersham. former Food Admin-
istrator Herbert Hoover, former Sec-
retary of Commerce Oscar S Straus,
Henry M lioblnson, Pasadena, Cal.;
Professor Frank M. Taussig former
chairman of the t tiff commission,
former Governor Samuel W. Mct'all of
Massachusetts. former Governors Mar-
tin II Glynn of New York and Henry
C. Stuart of Virginia. I'r W. O. Thomp-
son, Ohio State University; Hiehard
Hooker. Springfield. Mass.; George T.
Slab*. St Paul: Julius Rosen wald,
Chicago. Owen it Young, New York
City: 11 J. Waters of Manhattan,
Kan . uud Stanley King of Boston.
Mexico Makes No Reply.
Wa hitigum Although the note
nent I > the American government to
the M ii< an government Wednesday
demanding the Immediate release of
William (i Jenkins, American consu-
lar agent at I'uebla. ssas delivered to
the Me dean foreign office the same
evening, the Mexico City press Sun-
day said Jenkins still was In the peni-
tentiary, it was announced Monday at
'lie state department No reply to
the American note lias been received
and there was no indication w lieu ou<j
would be made.
Killed in Legion-Labor Fight.
Mogaiiisa, i.a Three men wei.
kllleu and two were wounded here
Saturday In & battle between labor
union men protecting a negro and
member* of tbe Loyal Legion, which
has been conducting a campaign
against radical agitators in this sec
tlon The negro was alleged to have
been stirring up members of his own
race The dead: L. K. Williams, la-
bor leader; A. Bouchlllnn. carpenter;
Thomas Gaines, carpenter
15.384 Officers and Men Decorated.
Washington From the passage by
congress In July. 1918. of an act au
thorizing the acceptance of foreign
medals and Insignia 15.HS4 officers and
enlisted men of the American army
have I), en decorated by powers associ
nted with the United States in the
world war, the annual report of the
adjutant general, Major General P. C.
Harris, issued this week, shows.
Britain May Cet Imperator.
Washington Settlement of the con-
troversy over the disposition of the
German Imperator was Indicated this
week by shipping board officials, who
intimated the ship would be tendered
Immediately to Great Ilrltaln.
Bolshrvikl Bombard Omsk.
Novo Nikolaevsk The bolshevik!
have bombarded Omsk from the oppo
site bank of the Irtish Itlver Between
the periods of bombardment fit'
broke out In the town, which is re-
ported to have been half destroyed.
Oil Fitfd Holdings Change Hands.
Rastland. Tex Sule ol Cosden's
holdings in the Desilemona field for
$2,500,01)0 to Maxwell A Artel! of Fort
Worth, was announced Friday.
NTncJlNEUCHT
CREEL'S BUREAU IN CONFUSION
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The committee on public informa-
tion, beaded by Oeorge Creel, cost the
government about .tyijtOO.tsK) on the
face of Its records, according to olllclnl
reports now before congress, which say
the committee's nfTuirs cannot be
wound up for six months because of
the contusion.
Chairman Creel ami other officials
of the committee nre charged with
gross negligence in handling the gov-
ernment's funds in a report by K. K.
Kllsuorth of the council of national
defense, appointed to liquidate the
committee's affairs.
"It appears that Immediately after
the signing of the armistice," Mr. 1011s-
worlli said, "practically all of the "(11
cials of the committee threw tip their
jobs and retur I to private life, leav-
ing but a few minor officials In charge."
The committee Issued hundreds of
checks for individual expenses far In
excess of the maximum limit
"xed by congress, the report says. Tliey ranged, it
• too, mid were issued to between !•*) and 500 poiv. ,
tA.*r
to 5.AX-),
1 I 'HI
LEWIS: HEAD OF THE COAL MINERS
elected vice president. For the
Ills accession to the place of
John 1 Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
the man who leads some half a mil-
lion bituminous coal miners of the
United States, was born at Lucas, la..
In lNStl. He recc'ved only a publli
school ed r ation ami entered the coal
mines early. Thereafter he studied
at home. He has an extensive knowl-
edge of mining, both In practice and
theory, ile is a lluent talker and ex-
hibits a M. le knowledge of current af-
fair? nnd of present-day Industrial,
economic ■ ml political Issues.
For a number of years prior to
1010 Mr. Lewis was legislative rep-
resentative of the mine workers. In
1011 ho ' ...mi,' associated with the
American Federation of Labor, aciing
as general field agent for the national
body. In 1017 lie became vice presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America.
In December. 101S. he was re-
last six mouths lir lias been acting president,
power followed the resignation of President
GRAYSON: MR. WILSON'S PHYSICIAN
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rear ad-
S„ IT. S.
anything.
A man who can serve one presi-
dent as naval aid and physician Is en-
titled to consideration. A man who
can serve three presidents so different
in temperament as Theodore House-
volt, William II. 'I'a ft and Wood row
Wilson can justly claim credit for
great professional skill and an even
higher mark of distinction for diplo-
macy of the very first order.
Carey Travis Cray son.
mlrnl. M. D„ Ph. <i., F. A. «
N , doesn't claim credit for
As a mutter of fact, lie is au unusually
modest person when it is considered
that upon 111n sturdy shoulders has
fallen the burden of keeping three
presidents in physical trim and restor-
ing them to normal health from the
wear and tear of ofllce cares.
You never would know that the
quiet, unobtrusive man with the strik-
ing features of no Indian, who comes
and goes unostentatiously about the
White House, was the chief physician of the president of the United States
and probably the most conspicuous man In the public eye during the present
Illness of the chief executive.
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ADMIRAL FISKE WRITES A BOOK
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Hear Admiral liradiey A. Flake, of
whom i bus often been said that he
did more to Increase tho power of na-
vies i! i any other one man, has Just
ptil>1 i-Ii I ids autobiography, '"From
Midshipman t'> Hear Admiral. A Hoc-
orti of Forty-Nine Wars in the U. S.
Navy." Admiral Fiske, In addition to
belliu* I'i'efounilly in love with his work
as ii in Mil olllcer was a born Inventor.
With chapter -'H begins what he
Inter d 'scribes as "the unhapplost
period of my life." This was when he
assio d the duties of aid for opera-
tions at the navy department February
s, l' i days before Joseplius l an-
iels b mic secretary of the navy, lie
devote- seven chapters to tho history
of Se tary Ihiniels' trentment of iiiui
nii>I ti controversy that arose over
Mr. I iniels' statement that he never
had -i''ii Admiral Fluke's now famous
memorandum of November 5, 1014.
Ii. says In his preface; "Navy
exact reverse •'! the truth, and that I was 'not
| in harmony with the department' because I continually urged certain meas-
ures of preparedness. They also know thai 'hose measures were afterward
adopted, and that It was because they were eiopteil that the navy was well
prepared for war and well handled during the war. 1 owe it to myself, to
my family and to the navy to slate the exact facts of the case, and with such
| fullness as the small limits of a book permit: this 1 do."
first session of release of jenkins
66th congress ends is demanded by u. s.
Irr.nortant Legislation Was
Exacted at Extraordinary
Session.
Mexico Warned Against Fur-
ther Molestation of Con-
sular Agent.
Washington. While consideration
of the treaty of Versailles was the
out 'sliding event of the first session
of the sixty-sixth congress the first
in : x years in which republicans have
controlled both brauches -considera-
ble important legislation was coinplet
i d and many other measures prepared
for disposal when the regular meeting
I • gins Pec. 1.
The session closing Thursday was
an extraordinary one convened May
l!i under a call cabled from Paris by
President Wilson to consider, primari-
ly, tlic appropriation bills which failed
at the session ending last March I!.
Among the principal legislative
achievements were:
Submission of the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment to the states
for ratification.
The prohibition enforcement bill,
providing for enforcing wartime and
constitutional prohibition, passed over
Piesident Wilson's veto,
'!• act repealing the daylight sav-
ing law, also passed over the presi-
dent's veto.
Providing for return of telegraph,
telephone and cable wire lines to
private operation.
Continuing government control o'
dyes to Jan. 15 next.
Extension of the Lever food and
fuel control law to clothing ami other
necessaries and penalizing hoarding
and profiteering.
i;ranting permanent rank to General
Per hiug.
Providing for demobilizing the army
to a peace basis of approximately
.".00,00b men, pending permanent peace-
time legislation.
Authorizing completion of the gov-
ernment rallioads in Maska
*'cntinufnr, wartime fwssport restric-
tions so as to prevent an influx of
radical aliens.
Ten appropriation bills, aggregating
about $3,(urn,000,00", also were passed.
'I'll'included $750,000,000 for the rail-
read administration, $772,000,000 for
the army, $tl 16,000,000 for the navy,
and a sundry civil budget of $013,-
0< ii.OOO.
The French treaty, providing an
American guarantee to assist France
in the event of unprovoked (lerman
aggres.-ion was submitted to the sen-
ale by the president July alter
demand from senate republicans, but
viili remains in the foreign relation;)
i ommittee.
\nother treaty, the Panama Canal
settlement with Colombia, proposing
payment of $"5,000,000 by the United
Stat* >, al o remains in committee.
Several Import ant legislative meas-
ures went over for final action at tho
regular session.
The oil, i nal, gas and phosphate
land leasing bill was passed by both
bodies and remains in conference, as
does the Kdge bill authorizing organ-
ization of corporations to help finance
American export trade
The Kseh railroad hill passed tlie
house and will be taken up with the
senate interstate commerce commit-
tee's hill nt the December session. The
house also passed and sent to the
senate bills providing for development
of watorpower projects, for the ostab-
li 'mient of a federal budget system,
and providing a permanent govern-
ment shipping policy.
dlici
Know that this Is tin
Washington Mexico was warned
Friday by the American government
that anv further molestation of Wil-
liam o Jenkins, the American consu-
lar agent at 1 iiebla. who recently wsi
kidnaped by baudtts, would "seriously
affect the relations between th« Unit-
ed States and Mexico, for which th*
government of Mexico uiust assume
sole responsibility "
Coupled with the warning was a tie
mand lor tho immediate release of the
consular agent, who was rearrests
Tuesday on charges in connection with
his abduction and ransom in the «um
of $150,000 gold. Official reports that
Jenkins ha'1 again been imprisoned at
. uebla reached the state department
Wednesday from tho Americas em
bassy at Mexico, which was Instruct-
ed to transmit a note demanding his
release. Mho department's action was
made known in the following an-
nouncement;
"The department of state today sent
a note to ihe Mexican foreign offlc«
through the American embassy at
Mexico City, calling for the Immediate
release of William O. Jenkins, the
American consular agent at Puebla
"The note, which is based on the
rearrest of Consular Agent Jenkins at
Puebla. points out that the United
Slates government Is surprised and in
censed to learn of the relmpHsonment
of Mr. Jenkins, particularly in view of
the suffering and losses already sus-
tained by him in coin ectlon with his
kidnapping through isi k of protection
by the .Mexican authorities and in con
neetion with his first arrest by Mexi-
can officials.
"The note expresses the view, based
on information in possession of tho
department of state, that his r* arreat
is absolutely arbitrary and unwar-
ranted and warns tho Mexican govern-
ment that further molestation of tin
consular agent will seriously aifect
the relations between tbj United
States and Mexico, for which the gov-
ernment of Mexico must assume sole
responsibility."
Many Perish In
Fire in Louisiana
Ville Platte, La Twenty-eight per-
sons, mostly women and girls ar«
known to have perished In h burn-
ing building Saturday night when 300
attending a dance became panics!rick-
en and stampeded down a narrow
stairway, fifteen are known to have
been critically injured. Ten bodies
were burned beyond recognition and
Identification was possible only
through remnants of clothing and Jew-
elry
Twenty :dx of the dead have been
identified They are Miss Anna Ho
hori, Mrs. Octave Dalre, Miss Ltta
Dalre. Miss Kllena Uulllory. Curley
Soilleau, Mrs. Odettti Sollleau, Mrs
Durand Soilleau, Miss Liza Soilleau,
Andrew Vidrlne, Ml** Lily r'ontenot
Miss Arrnido Ortago, Calver West,
Odette Vililon, Jean Itaptiste Deinour-
elle, Mrs Fusbe Manuel, Paul Manuel,
Mrs. Theodatte Soilleau. Miss Attilie
Soilleau, Miss Azs Devllie, Miss t>Hi-
phlne Fontenot, Kvnus Soilleau, Alle
Vldrine. Misa Atrice DevPle, Mis*
Moise O'Connor, Mrs Cyrus Foet.
Several mothers w ho were chaperon-
ing their duughterj saved twenty ha
Ides in a nursery room of the dance
hall, but themselves perished, accord
ins to one report.
Former State Salon Killed.
Temple. T"x Former State Sens
tor Hugh Harris was fatally Injured
Saturday, when Ids car was struck on
a crossing several miles west of town
tiv an interurban lie died fow hour*
later !u a Temple hospital.
Big Air Freighters Planned.
New York. The fin t of four uerial
freighters, capable of carrying from
;meo to (ii)OO pounds, is under construc-
tion for the air mail service at Col-
lege Point, Long Island, it was an-
nounccd this week.
Drummer Boy of Shlloh Dies.
Peoria. Ill J II. Monroe, known
ufter the war between the states as
"th« drummer boy of Shlloh." is dead,
at the age of 70 years He entered
the Northern army at the age of 10
yi ars, from Purlin..ton, la., and served
as a drummer bo.v.
Voting in Hungary Compulsory.
Basel Voting is compulsory in the
Hungarian elections on December 20,
at which members of the new nation-
al assembly will be chosen.
Mounts for Quard Cavalry.
Austin, Tex Authority was recelv.
«d this week by the adjutant genera!'*
department of Texas for the issue of
; :it)0 mounts to the Third, Fifth and
Seventh Cavalry of the Texas Nation-
al Ouard. Thirty-two mounts are to
lie issued to each of the follow inn nr
ionizations: Troop A, Third Cavalry.
Waco; Troop L, Third Cavalry, Kl
Paso; Troop B, Fifth Cavalry. McKin
ney; Troop L, Fifth Cavalry, Green
! ville; Troop A, Seventh Cavalry, Hons
I ton; Troop It Seventh Cavalry, Hous-
ton; Troop c, Seventh Cavalry, Hous-
ton; Troop l>. Seventh Cavalry. Hous-
ton. Troop H, Seventh Cavalry, t'o
luntbus; Troop I, Seventh Cavalry
Nacogdoches.
Callan Admits 8hooting.
Fort Worth, Tex James Callan,
former president of the i e*a ( mi'Im
Kaiser's Association, and on oi the
state's bust known cowmen, admitted
• at his preliminary hearing in Mena*-d
Friday that he killed \ It ntilinrs,
| young ranchman from Hewitt < .iunty
I Callan testified lie believed his lit*
was in danger ltillnms was taking
some hoi -tes through the Cai'nn ran eh.
when the killing occurred a we.ik a* >
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