The Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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HROWMYOOI) TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 1(1 V.il 1.
FRENCH PROGRESS ALONG COAST
TURGOS NOT ALWAYS PITILESS
SEARCHING FOR SPIES IN BELGIUM
TODAY'S BE
wees.
official ixxorvmiEXT today says field of action
LL1ES LEFT WING EXTENDS FROM YPRES TO THE
GERMANS HAVLXG FALLEN HACK.
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run w -m 'XMwSmm
That the French Turcos are not aiway the ferocious savages they have
been called is evidenced by this photograph. 1n which some of thcru are seen
caring for a -wounded German soldier.
RilRMfiRIWF SJNK
m
umiuii iluull
M'Mn.s AkllX LNTEK NORTH
"I A AND DESTROY BRIT-
ISH CRUISER.
350 OF -CREW ARE KILLED ;
U 'lnarine Fired. Tned. at
Cruiser lint Tls'sed It
Xark..
nt)N. On 16.-4A German sub
i :n sank the British cruise:
' i .v ke stcrda jn ihv North Sa.
y fi:t uf th- ex w f four i.it.
ti on ti t f uiseT.eit saved.
: a. .
ty si.
OT
"'7'".
th -
-iUd Was (if
artied-.i
;-rfuI hi
."" tons c:t-
1 2 itK-h iiunt.
- 'j Hii.i'ler
- r . ' ti.'iu- iliHi t.. Hiiik'
- i';Tuarine" fifd a tortwdo-
cn.ir . "Tl5e;H'-. bur
FARM MANAGEMENT AND
MARKETING DISCUSSED
BY PARMrQ9 PnPSrC?.
I rAllitlCrio uUnUflCuO
FOKT WoltTH. Te.-as O- :. 1.
; .PesM.m i-: ih- I.niWh National
nress 1 : . iiuMitded . :tter on
.I'm nian.c.'uieiit. ijoopejrative . mar-
t;ng. L. rural hi0' question th1
Ttii;ma -anal. ?i?n1c!tur?il iH-r!
situation Zet! :id Dofniuu.-.. a.
i' 141.1 wi - l T Cif t J
- i- Hew to Soh- the Oottrm Prob-
''! with t' f Aid of Corn.'" Th Ag-
. '.iltural isis'" was tfa- MMj "f
aj-. i u. j: S'ockhridge nf At-
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
MADE OUT AFFIDAVITS
FOR MAILING YESTERDAY
M'STIX. Tevas. Oet i Yester- 1
. was tie last day on whirk 17.-
. fonledernte iK.hsloner of Texas
...Id iwn. uMib x.ot their quarter-1
afftda.rt. "and malH aem direct
f Col -Oe -iree W Kvaer. commhimi
. oi pensions. Delay in Uiis ne-es--
dte delay in rhi payment of $22
: pension quarter cmnng aov
aid that thousands I
I" 1S14. It -i s;
'f old soldiers every quarter fail to
u-k out the affidavits properly.
i ficient number of bales now on hand
TSIXG TAl' FORTS "!to last two year the mills running
UDER BOJfBAKDMEXT. jfull time A large attendance at the
TOKIO OcL 16. Japanese and j meeting or its kind o be held in
Hritish warships bombarded two I flallinger the firut having been at-
Tsing Tau forts Wednesday and
a Japanjese axeslane with
"Dombs destroyed a -part of the
battery .of one fort.:-
- -4 4-
LONDON FEARS TO
LIGHT HER STREETS
WHILE ZEPPELIN S FLY
HM. SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO AS:
sist traffic is Allowed
IN. CITY.
I j J k ). Oct . tr. . tf resiKnd-
Tlie Afrciochtrei! Press. 1 Not
ele-nric llKht suoplauted
j gas has London-twn. iso sombre at
Second !t)i"'!l at Pst vfain the tfcr-
i man Z-ipelin fleet i not an Unlikely
visitor.. The ilhmnnatd signs of
Pkadtlfy Circut the lamp-studdtni
s.!l' -trunis if Leiipirstcr -Square have
! n extinguishwi. o more light is
alluu.l than is H'H'Ssary to traffic
iiis: thr jn.un of London.
Ti.;fMdfi' db- and F! t streets; Uie
Strand and Oxford stru ts compris- j to attack- the. American (."Uitt m r'
ina tiie principal fjnaacial. and' shopjlasMt nigai atfswl a.V3tr. n;ih'ii!!;; of
li.-tri t. only evfry ihiTT street ait
lamp is ix obv and the up.per bvef-
.- are Jnasttec" with black paint
tft '' do;n .a ehe "f Wefn
on tU roatfsmy. If is on th'e lins
ihtt tii" Bank of Kimiand. St. Paul'si
f ai h-d i;.l.-.Ttafals&r moiiuuioin. tin-
Xjt'-fi:ii raJJery awl. the British mu"
Miit n. ..TNi ' suburbs -;'here .the.
: .trt:-t':-ns arc-easier are. now the
NritrhH's! ."t-arts of. Lohdou
TU
Avar ita imt. a.'iJtiiifr on Lon-t
is i wu 1
or saloon. must shut doors
nt -Ivven ai night instead of 12:30 as
. fottu'T:iy. The itquor r'gulatU)n ha?
To-i1" VcMwHy" ended
! M"T"r f h
th- theatre
t l tav noieis. iiipi
j Jvslittirattt. tiawt q is oernned m gen-i
jeral There nr still 22' thratrs run- '
( njng. whose husiness depends not on j
. the sUit of Uie weather but on how i
.' Uie. war news goes. Cood
uu wr mws Rons (toou in-vs moans
i-'Hd business while.a bad reverse to
ompty.'
Th peopb- nr ht not nervous and
trust to th Keareh "rights whicii jilay
oter Ixndon at night- to save them
tvoni the Zeppelins
BALLINGER FARMERS TO
OISCUSS ELIMINATION
nc 1Q1K pnTTnu nonD
Ul lulO UUIlUn UnUr
Imsi-h'
Roiuiels county farmers and
j "4 SS nH" wil1 in "anger Sat-
j "rdily afternoon to discuss wys and
mean8 f rcdwi"Z lI Un
l;f'mif?"" Thc h ''.-en call-
jert bq it. j . Williams county chair
man for the Southern Cotton Cor-
poration. It is the intention or Mr.
WilliafK to introduce a resolution ask-
in iUfi fannur o Central XVest Tox"
tas to ennunate the production ot cot-
.ton next year entirely it is claimed
l by some members ol the. Southern
I Cotton corporations that there is auf-
tended by about 400 farmeis last Sat
urday when it was proposed that the
entire number of farmers present
agree to reduce their cotton acreage
materia.lly . .;
FRENCH PENETRATE TO
Effort Is Belntr Made to Cut Line f C "omniintifiit ion of Crown
Vnny. the Line Extending a Hundred Miles Duo East From
dun Across French Border Into German Tcrrilorj-. 1
PARIS ).-t. 16. An official- an-
j nouneetncut this afternoon says that
I the progress indicated in yesterday
dispatehes has been confirmed. On
tiu' French left the field of action of
!the allies extends from Ypres to the
-ea. ...
' The French have advanced to with -
in almost a cannon shot of the great
' German fortress of iletz. during the
- uiok"s heavy fighting east and south
i t Verdun " A part of the Crown
P m.- army however still main -
BEN. AGUILAR
siMLi.. i)i;T:ch.!Ent of hi
.T-UOOI'S T1NJUATKN AT-TAi'l .
ON VEKA .CUI "..
TOO MUCH WHISKEY CAUSE
iiioricnii Liue. Altont Vera Crur
Stremrlliened and Jlen Are Read v
to Flirlit Off Ala-k.
V1:RA CRlTZ . Mexico. Oct. 1C. -vidfet
preparations by ; smiifl. d--talunent
of Goherjil -Aguila-'. tifwips
th.. hues - ' : .
Two Utliulrexl iNlexlcitus htif. v n.-rt- )
from the wtrfo&W uVo mo.ii.ir. !
ipuns traihed oii tlilf.Awerik-an It if
l.riiwfd. -thfit Ujefr; warlike" activity isiivu ".'ot jmiuim of tfb;t. o a year
ihu- to ait irer-iud.illgehee in wiiikfy ' t.vM j)aJ )u tav b.-ing graduat-
lt ir reported . aval -Agtiilar has mad
j wac'r "that" hr. 'wnld take break
fast i-this-city Sfindaj
Hrs -forces
ium!' rir un&i-six uiowsatifl m n
i . - "
Vaquis . Almndun Fiirht."
rta Kosstia 1ex1co. i;ct. it.-.;
Aricaa Reiir Admiral Howard .
mrns that the Y.iqui Intiians will
abandon tlndr
attemj't 'onquer
Jow-r
California for Mayinri jM.
IS BEFORE HOUSE;
FAVORABLE PROSPECTS
COM MITTEE ILL LIKELY EN
DORSE
KlilM CTION
PER CENT.
OF
'. AFSTLX Oct. 1(5 The House he- j
j gan a debate on the cotton acreage !
J-reduction proposition today with the
awu'aranc" 11 f:lVoraI rort froni
tlic commiUHe oiiil bill requiring a re-
ductton of 2;" )er cent based on this
year's acreage. The Senate-adopted
1avora.ble rejtort of tlx? committee
oti the gjn and oil mill divorcement
bill. '
ROCK ISLAND i)S VEROE
OF RECEIVERSHIP AND
FACES COl'RT ACTION.
Xi:V YORK Oct. IU. The State'
Supreme Court" has ordered the Rock
insula railroad to snow cause- way a
receiver should not be appointed for
the road and why creditors should
not sue the road's dire. .'tors for dam-
ages '
GERMAN'S LIVE IX IIOL'SK
RESEMBLING A FORT IN
ONE OF LONDON'S SUBURBS.
LONDON Oct. 16. The police have
discovered a liouae In the suburbs
here with a heavy concrete roof the j
whole structure resembling a fort.
Twenty-two Germans living in the
house have been arrested.
enrol
GERMAN FORT AT METZ
-Prince's
Ver-
tains a position threatening Verdun
The French are trying' to cut . the
i Crown Prince's line of cou.munica-
j tidn between Metz and Verdun and '
' captured the village of IStain after
' a brilliant bayonet charge. They i
; then lost the village and later re-
captured it. -
j The battleground in all this section
is hilly and heavily timbered. . The
j French used gatling guns concealed
in the tree tops so cleverly that the
- ! Germans could not locate them.
: vrATi: (ompi.etes jieasuke;
EXCEPT A.MENIUIENT FOR -
f VOTTON RELIEF FUNDS. j
TAX ON WIRE COMMUNICATION
Toltaceo and ines Coi
me in lor l.anre
nare oi I exa.s i mier p('c
i.u ncifiiue iwii.
asiiiaii uct. Mi---Tli seu-i
ife today coniideted the war tax bill.
a bond issue of n quarter million dol-
Inra lor the relief of cotton. Ta;ves
w-ere' plac-d mi .tel.-photi" 'and tele-
graph messages.
Fnr a nr r.vUi... r .).
iw - tifis. tobacco manufartUrors mak-i
t
up to
$2.W1 on
2o.oom ooo
annual sab's ex-
Cigar.;
ttnan it.i. turis sidling lOw.noo
cigars
. would pay while rtjosc selling $Jo.-
.WHijhio or ni'irc would pav S2.19C.
.Mahufaf tin i-ri; selling "J!l(iO(on cigar-
-ttes would b taxed $12 and sales ex:
ceding 1.0000000 42.49tL
The wiju section as proposed by the
committ.-e. would tax all still wines
ight cents a gallon and In addition
1 would- tax the grape brandy used in
' tb fortification of sweet wines fifty-
t five cents a gallon. The committee
julso wrote into the wine schedule
(taxes of twenty-five Cents a quart on
j champagne ten cents a' quart on ear-
boiiatrd wines and twenty-four rents
a gallon on cordials.
HONOLULU WIRELESS
; STATION ORDERED TO
IUI1R T1V Rll I I80GUE
tins! inn uill
UGLV IS COMPLETED-
i -
. I ..
ULUot Ur UH CArLAIn!notp i"riKrlln to boar a aptaitrst
j signature. The officer left for furth-
i er investigation whereupon Ridley j
U'ASHIXOTOX. Oct. P The Mai'
conl v iri less station in Honolulu has
been ordered closed unless it can ex- j
plain satisfactorily why it sent a rues-
S'aae announcing the preience of the
German gunboat Oeier there. Jap
uarthips are now rat ing toward !
I louolitlu
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
ENDORSES ST. LOUIS
PLAN FOR LOANING FUNDS
AUSTIN. Texas. Oct. 1 The Tex-
as legislature has given the approval
to the St. Louis plan of raising $150-
000000 for a cotton loan fund. Hy a
proviso in an act just passed by the
special session Texas state banks
are permitted tp borrow money and
participate in the plan and this with-
out reference to capital'stock or sur-
plus.
Commission Collier declares
the plan one of the moat expedient i
and practical devised for relieving; the j
present situation.
Sfnco the discovery of Germau spies in sacks supposed to contain vege-
tables the Belgian soldiers run their bayonet through all packages and ban-
dies on wagons papsing along the roads.
A
TRIGK OH ARMY AND !
KEEPER OF HOTELi
rooiv HAi;E. OF :!0I) M EN AND 1
.MVDE nniSELF AT HOUE j
AT CD TNT I! Y IX V. t
LOXDpX. oa. 1G. (Correspond-
:
me of ru' Associated PressJ A
rogue with a seiwe of nompr has .
played a double ' trick on a. militftry
officer and on the landlord of Work- '
iiipiiw-n'ti imcii! at ?hrfi'ii it'tt?i
I has ina1(. hoU. men
Uie laughing
.stick of York-Shir.
The: nfllcer . in coinitiaiMi at
the
daj-
ShefTfeld barracks receivod one
telephone
! to bUJt M tile at a
tu biljet 34H recruits at a new work-
' inman' 'hwu-l owned by a
promin-
m ('"in nte - otter was ot
.fj - ouwe. a eep(ed. The thaimger of
tU Uf by Ue
aiu vol. and orderwl to iwephre
uuarter t weH a supper for 300 re-
. -ruit und.T His XTalestya transport
t-officer .Ridley. The men arrived ami
did the' -ihyWfrious. lTfatiaport Of-
fict'-r Ridley" who thereupon chse
i one n-cruit t shave aim. another to
! . -lean -hj.s .boots while a third was
placed as sentry at the door with or-
ders to keep . absolute qiiie't in the
hall while the roinmander slept.' Rhl-
L ley's next order was to post this no
tice:
''This is a military institution and
tbe men are under the authority of
Mr. Ridley transport officer
calls upon any man to penonn any
"action he is hound to do so etec he;i.lls kind j the state and the plaa is
will be guilty of a crime against mili- t0 make t annual. The purpose of
wry law. for which he will be pun- jtnt la is to spread the idea of civic
ished by the military authorities." beouty. and at the same time to let
'Pi!i 11 trtrt Cf f T? 5r1 1i v rnm?l in r
r (
several days in unquestioned com-
nnml u-lmn hn hi.Mmr. ill A he
As he 1
t reftised to have a- doctor the manager
of the hosfel telephoned to the bar-
v mfn r.ni
I lilt nr. t i t 1 'M"' i im-h 1
iio oiil-iirliteii hiiu. Uidlov produced a
It 11 111' Tll'lt I tliHt ll I1 1 ' l . l l 11
OSTEND NOT TO BE
TAKEN WITHOUT A
DESPERATE BATTLE
l l'l( l I ItlM'I'ICII u tirvuipu II?
J
PREPARING TO ASSIST IN
DEFENSE. :
LONDON Oct. 16. it is now be- j
Moved that the Germans although !
they are within ten miles of Ostcnd.
can not occupy that important place ( terday afternoon easily defeated Brit-
without a desperate fight. It Is re- ! ton Training School the rnr hi.
ported that a number of British war -
shins are preparing to participate in
the defense of Ostend"
Petrograd claims that the German
movement on Warsaw has been stop-
ped and the strong fort Przemysl is
on the verge of capitulation. News
from German rources is extremely
.scarce today.
II
S. COTTON
TO PAY DEBTS
THE
UNITED STATES OWES EN'G-
I.A N'D $."0000000 G0L1
BASIS.
COTTON EXPORTS TO PAY IT
t t-i.;. n:t. i. w ...n n.
E-vcliequer Here to Study Fi-
nancial. Conditions.
NEW YORK Oct. 1C Sir George
Paisji adviser to. the British chan-
cellor of the exchequer arrived
i NTow
York City at noon today to in-
: v-tiate th- financing of the cotton
t
cfop
The. visitor said that the United
s slin England about fifty
uiillion dollars gold and that the
cotton shipped to England this season
should balapce that debt if financial
arransments can lie made.
OKLAHOMA OBSERVES
FLOWER DAY; SCHOOLS
TEACH CIVIC BEAUTY
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 16 This
If uMs flower day in the public schools
. of Oklahoma. .It is the first dar of
iur cunuren siuuy piant lite in a
"eiitific way which may be of edu-
.:"Ull.tt U'Uf'll lO ineiU.
J "
j QPUfini UfllKC fllY IU
ounuuLnuuoL uni in
TEXAS BY OROER OF
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
AUSTIN. Texas Oct. 1G. -This was
Sehoolhouse Day in Texas. The Su-
perintendent of Educatiou announced
; that the object of the day was to
arouse interest in education and par-
ticularly in such problems as may be
; handled by legislathe action. The day
vvns designated by the. Conference for
Education in Texa.-
DANIEL BAKER WINS
EASILY FROM BRITTON
TRAINING SCHOOL TEAM
The Daniel Baker football team yes-
41 to 0.
Touchdown were made as
Prentice Anderson 3 Tur
(follows:
ner 2. Adams klcxed five goals in
six trials. Britton held the Hill BHI-
ies fairly well In the first two quar-
ters but weakened during the laat
half of the game. Hickman and Putt-
lips played at Atlback Instead of Cap-
tain Glbbs.
)
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