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»AN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1918.
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tlt.Jllihll .It THE AOMlClATl " l'KKMS.
State of New York idlers of any class
are not to bo tolerated, the law apply-
ing to the "gentlemen of leisure" who
are able to dress well, the same as to
the seedy tramp who Is a walking ex-
ample of thriftlessness and idleness.
A/inouncement has been made that
deputy sheriffs and policemen will in-
vade, not only the liquor saloons and
pool rooms and other resorts in which
loafers and idlers spend a considerable
portion of their time, but those estab-
lishments where jass ba-iids have been
holding forth while flying feet were
tripping to the music. Even the club
man who has no better employment
than sitting in the club windows and
indole.ntly observing the passing show
will not be immune under the new act.
The law does not excuse a man tor
being an idler simply because he his
inherited money or is able to live with-
out work. And he cannot escape by
merely paying a fine, if he is a healthy,
able-bodied person, capable of active
employment. If he cannot find em-
ployment tn suit himself the authorities
will find work for him to suit them.
More than ever, the men who con-
gregate on the street corners and loiter
on the sidewalks are to be told to
"move oji" and the idlers who com-
plain that they are unable to find em-
ployment will have employment found
'ilia Associated 1'resn is exclusively^ eu^ j ^ t|Km jnjq distinction is to be made
titled lo the use lor republication
news dispatches credited to It or not other- i between individuals of the loafer class
uS rnKs'iilibu'slielhi'te'ln' "" " "" 8 ,hc theory being that the rich idler i
All rights of republication of special tlis-
pntcnes nere are aiso referred.
for enlistment In the army who would
be glad of an opportunity to go to
France in a useful capacity and there
is not a doubt that Mr. Robertson's
company of railroad construction men
will be quickly made up.
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
' CAR MEN AGAIN GET AN
INCREASE IN THEIR WAGES
WHAT THE POLITICIANS LACK,
THK I'fcOPLE POSSESS.
The passage of Senator Overman's plans for the building are being perfected
bill to empower the President to re-
organize and co-ordinate the various
offices of Government into a more
practical, more effective system of war
conduct would mean, according ro Reed
of Missouri, that the President "would
exercise such powers as the held cf
the military forces, and that would tc
a dangerous thing for the cou itry."
Because—"these powers are confc red
upon the commander-in-chief, rather
than upon the chief executive, r.nd this
bill substantially puts the country un-
der martial law. It is expressly de-
clared and intended for the more effi-
cient administration of his duties as
commander in chicf of the land aid
naval forccs/ "
A startling discovery! A sensation-
al charge! An argument as weighty
as that which would demonstrate the
difference between tweedledum and |
twecdledce! If the President of the j \
United States is not at once, inter- I
.u-., Houston and Galveston Workers Pay
Thirty-rive Year* Ago I oday— IHH.l. hum*, «-aa«a
While Hun Antonio, ult.li lier .10,000 tieo Roll lioosted $50,000 a
pie, lias been content with lex* than half Ynnr
enough hotel loom, Aiistln, with scarcely ! icar.
mole than hair as many people, If to have . — >—•
a hotel structure second to Uone**In the I ftpechil Telegram to 'The Kxpress.
Smith, t'ul. .1. I. Drisklil Is thy projector, I jhm ST'o.N. 'lex. April *js Trainmen of
and Messrs. .1, .\ Preston A: Son, archl- ,, . . .. .. . ,
t.-ts. of san Antonio mid Austin, have Ml° Houston Fled,, < outturn.v ;.rnl the
drawn the plain and will have luo rooms, OnIveslon-Houston Flc-tric Railway Com-
wltli modern kitchen, laundry, etc. Mliai ; pjjny have received an Increase ill waitcs <»f
three cents an hour, effective .May I.
This is tile fifth Inchest Increase in the
wages of the trainmen of the two com-
panies in the past twent.v-eight. months.
The raise announced Saturday closely fid
lows a two cent per hour increase on Feb-
ruary I last, making a total of five cents
per hour since the first of the present \ear,
(iud will imIiI to the payroll «>f the com-
panies approximately per ye;
The trainmen of the Houston Klectrie i
I'ompan.v will start Willi JU) cents per icon. J
their Wages being Increased a «ein in hour i
gradually until iu five years and there
after they \\ill receive cents per hour. |
The Internrbnh trainmen will start at
cents per hour and work up to cents in
five years' time.
_VV.8.8.
Tlie offertory in SU Mark's Catiiecirai
todwy will be "for the suflerers Irom the
c,\ clone in .Mississippi. A horrible catas-
trophe has befallen the people of that
State and relief is greatly needed.
♦ ♦ ♦
The race between the horse, ten miles,
and man, seven miles, which was arranged
In take place yesterday Afternoon, tailed
to materialize because of a hitch ill the
production of the purse.
♦ ♦ ♦
Tom Mullaly and <II. Kills left >es
tcrda.v i• u IbtlvcMou with the race horses,
Little Jlddle and IMck, to participate in
the noes during the Matfest of that • ity
hexfc week.
♦ ♦ ♦
The latest catalogue of the Maine State
Agricultural College shows twelve farmers
out of ISO graduates. This is made the
basis for ;i spirited attack on the value
of such institutions.
♦ ♦ ♦
The l ulled Stales courts in some por-
tions of tfae 'Miinir.v have erased bllliuOIH
Imm use the appropriations to meet ex-
penses are exhausted.
♦ ♦ ♦
The great bridge spanning the Ka-d Hiv
cr and connecling New York with Mrook
lyn, will be formally o fie lied to the public
May _l. The Uovernors of all the States
and hundred of other prominent men will
be present.
GIN MAN IS CHAMPION
KNITTER AND POTATO
GROWER OF L0CKHART
spt . inl 'J'elpgrnm to The Express.
LOCKHAltT, Teg., April JS—Robert
l imb, a prominent gin man here, one
of the county's most patriotic eUiaens,
has taken ou knitting while he I* not
otherwise engaged in potato raising
and other war measures. NlllCe Bob
began his knitting he has completed
three sweaters which were turned over
l<> the Red Cross Hob became Seine
what famous some time ago by beat-
ing a,n car of corn that bad red. white
cud blue grains running in every direc-
tion, but showed a uniformity of the
three National colors.
Mr. Lamb is also the grower of a
four acre Irish potato patch here that
is said by experienced gflhlehers to not
have an eijual ill this section.
I I ft ecu k\ crtrs Ago Today—-l!HI3.
islant Cit\ Attorney Thomas .I. New-
ton yesterday tiled condemnation proceed-
t t ing in the County Court against the Kl
' deDendcntly, the chicf executive and i im-ii'lori ' im- i.m|ipity uecpiimiry r..r
as much of a loafer as the most | , i 1 tlu- "i«"u'«K <>( Uuiibi'»u sirppt. lhp iiro-
the commander-in-chief of the land |,««.u extonsum is from Aubrey Sti-cot
GERMANY'S WAR LOSSES.
wretched specimen nf the panhandler.
The New York law is far-reaching be-
cause it takes in the whole State, but
it is not more drastic than are the re-
cently enacted laws in some of the
other States along the same line. In
Maryland, for example, the law re-
quires that every man able to work
shall employ at least a part of his time
in some useful employment, regardless
of his financial status. When cited
tinder the anti-loafing law, he must
show that he is employed in some use-
ful occupation at least six hours a day
on an average of five days a week, un-
less he can offer a good excuse for
being idle a greater part of that time.
Complaint will naturally be made
that this is an interference with per- |
sonal liberty, that every citizen should
have the right and privilege of consult-
ing his own convenience and his own
desires in the matter of working or
not working, if he is able, financially,
to do so. That was the idea that gen-
erally prevailed jn peace times, but
now the country needs the services of
all its citizens, rich and poor alike,
and is iji no mood to tolerate loafers,
is the contention of the makers of
these anti-loafing laws whose popula'-
ity appears to be spreading.
naval forces of the Nation, then all
men who are not Reeds have misread
and misunderstood their Federal Con-
stitution for six-score years and ten.
It has never occurred to them that, in
Article II, the first paragraph of the
first section and the first paragraph of
the second section were based on en-
tirely different practical circumstances
and on entirely different sets of politi.
cal facts and procedure!
But this suggestion of a possible
novelty in constitutional interpreta-
tions and limitations is artificial, fatu-
ous and unimportant. The essential
point is, most of the American people
possess that which Reed and the poli-
tical ilk so glaringly lack -an abiding
confidence in the wisdom, judgment
and honor of their war President.
With or without such special emerg-
ency legislation as the Overman bill,
they are confident, certainly, that Com-
mander-in-Chief Wilson or President
Wilson has no intention of placing the
country under martial law, of evoking
a rule of the military court, of destroy-
ing the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion or any other highly important of-
! fice of Government, and of descending
According to a statement said to
have been made by General Schulze
before the main committee of the Ger-
man Reichstag, Germany's losses i'i
ahe war up to that time aggregated two
million men in killed, wounded and
captured.
Of the sick and wounded, he esti-
mated that 750,000 have been able to
return to the service, while 629,000
Have been discharged as unfit, includ-
ing 70,000 cripples. This leaves only
621,000 as the number actually killed
or taken prisoner.
The estimate of the number of killed
and captured must appear to any one
who has taken note of the conflict as
it has progressed as ridiculously small,
but it is as near to exactness of state-
ment as any Hun authority could be i
expected <o come in acknowledgment | ou( ,heif dra(,nets amJ gafherl„g ,hefll , ,f ^ ^ .
I °
saults ihe Huns have suffered enorm- ! ^ ! cise of his extraordinary, indispensabl
ous casualties, as the allies have, in
practically all of their venturesome of-
fensives. The French announce a loss
There is no such law on the statute j to any or all of those possible rank
| books of Texas as that quoted above, | abuses of executive power which have
but there are city ordinances concern-
ing vagrants that if vigorously en'
forced would cover the case of loafers
and idlers who ought to be drafted intd
>ast to (harden. The opening of this thor
oughfare will call for a bridge across the
river between Aubrey and (larden Streets.
.1 1*. Barclay, l-'. C. Davis, llarry Cun-
ningham were appointed a commission
to assess the damages.
♦ ♦ ♦
The thlryt fifth annual meeting of the
State Medical Association Is being held in
Turner Iiall. Dr. .1. S. Lankford, vice
j chairman of tlie committee on arrange
meiits, called the session to order. Hon .1.
10. Webb, representing the municipality,
delivered the address of welcome, and was
followed by Hon. William Aubrey, on the
part of the citizenship; Dr. I rank Pas-
chal, on behalf of the medical profes-
sion of San Antonio. Dr. II. A. West,
secretary, read his annual report, which
was referred to a committee consisting of i
Drs. T. ,1. Hell, W. Shropshire and It. K.
I.. Miller. Dr. N. c lied presented his
annual message, which was referred to a
committee comprising of Drs. M. M. Smith.
Taylor Hudson and J. D. Ofsborn. Last
night the association enjoyed a barbecue
at Hot Wells.
♦ ♦ ♦
P.uibling permits: Theo Ahr two-story
brick building, west side of Main Avenue;
A. Sarabia, frame house, west side South
Krio Street; Manuel Vturrl, repairs, east
side Garden Street.
♦ ♦ ♦
Austin -The most significant statement
uiHoe at the hearing of the charges ngaiust
the San Antonio »V Aransas Pass Hallway
Company, held before the Railroad Com-
mission, was that of Judge It. S. Kovett.
general attorney for the Southern Pacific
Lines in Texas, to the effect that there
Is about to be a change In the ownership
of the defendant railroad. He said the
sale of the property to another company
is to be a bona fide transaction. It was
inferred from .Judge Lovett's remarks on
the subject that the negotiations for the
sale of the road were already practically
consummated and that a formal announce
incut of the deal may soon be expected. It
will be remembered that ir was announced
a few weeks ago that the Prii-co would
probably acquire the Kerrville branch and
use it to obtain a direct, entrance Into San
Antonio, connection to be made with the
line by extending the Fort Worth & Hio
Grande division of the Frisco from Brady,
FATAL SHOOTING RESULT
OF LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
S*|ipcinl 'ivicgrnm to The Kx|ire*«.
ItALLIXuKIt. Tex . April > The w rd
"slacker" in connection with failure to
buy Liberty bonds is declared to have been
the direct cause of a fatal shooting on
the main street of Winters, eighteen miles
north of here, Saturday, as a result of
which Jim Itodgers, wealthy farmer, i^
dead and W. II. Marker, a tenant farmer, is
In .in11 at Ballinger.
The two men are Mid t«» have beet)
good friends. Kacli gave two sons to the
ai my. Itodger^ Whs Well t" Mo, While Ba
ker, a renter, lias experienced two succes-
sive crop failures from drouth. The shoot
lug occurred while a committee of women
was oil the streets of Winters urging the
purchase of bonds. After the shooting
Baker immediately surrendered to officers
and was brought here, lie came from Bell
County a few years ago.
LEAGUE IN CONFERENCE
Delegates From West Texas to Meet
in Yoakum.
STOCKS OF COTTON SEED
ARE DIMINISHING FAST
Total on Hand at All Mills in United
States March .'51 Less Than
.100,000 Tons.
spciial Telegram to Ihe Kxpiess.
WASHINGTON. I >. ('.. April A re-
port on cotton seed and cottonseed flroduets
issued by (lie Department Of Cammerce,
Bureau of the Census, shows that on hand
at all mills in the I tilled States Maren
;;i. there were only 401,771 tons of cotton
seed, (if tills tidal 10H,0<15) Ions were in
Georgia, while in Texas the total was 47,-
li i tons. Texas mills received from Au-
gust I. |!H7, to March Jll. 191^, a total of
1.01 .»•;»,]•;i tons and crushed 1.0,7,1,04!>, or an
average of lM.OIH) toils monthly. The stock
I o£. need oti hand at Texas mills MarchSil
was. acordinu to the eciisus figures, less
than two Weeks' supply.
— WJ.B.
KANSAS MONEY SLACKERS
DENIED RIGHT TO START
A NEW NATIONAL BANK
By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo . April 28. -Failure
to subscribe to Liberty Loans or give to
the Bed Cross in proportion to their re
puted wealth has resulted In six men of
a Western Kansas town being refused right
to organize a National bank, Fred Itobert-
son. District Attorney for Kansas, an-
nounced last night. ,The application had
boon approved b.v the Comptroller of Cur-
rency at Washington and was rejected
after an investigation had shown, accord-
ing to a letter sent by the Comptroller of
ncy to all National banks, the six
W.S.!
SpPi ial Telegram to The Express.
LncKlIAItT. Tex. April -V The Kp-
wortli League of the West Texas conference
will meet in the city of Yoakum May .'10
and will be in session four da^'s. Klabo-
rate arrangements are being made for the
entertainment of a large number of dele-
gates from the lo.". leagues in its bounda-
ries.
Dr. Parker, a very popular church work-
er, is on the program. Miss Dcchard of
the missionary field and Paul Kern of the
Southern Methodist I nlvcrsity are among
1 lie most prominent on the program so far
arranged.
Mrs. Einil Kuebne of Austin is president ;
.¥ M. Thompson, San Antonio,, vice presi-
dent ; Miss Ada Hartsfield, Gonzales, sec- j
retary treasurer; Miss Mary Dawe. (Jon- By Asxiciafpti F'ies-«.
stales, superintendent of the junior depart- I WWASHINGTON. I) C., April 28. An of
nient. The district secretaries are: Miss ! fort to prevent a Nationwide strike of
/uia Humphries, dum; Miss Johnnie Smith, j paper mill workers called for May 1 will
Stockdale; Miss Bessie League, Staples; be made by the National War Labor
Mrs. Leo Hankie, San Antonio; T. L. .\J<•- Board when it meets Monday, members
(Manahan, Laredo; II. 11. Washington, Aus- I of the board announced on their arrival
M'AUOO SAYS MEN Wflt) TI
SOU. ARB AWAKKNINO TO
GRAVITY OF WAR.
By AuMnclfltptJ press.
CHICAGO, April 2«. Praise for the sup-
port given the Third Liberty Loan by
farmers and railway employes was voiced
on Ills arrival today by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo in reviewing his trip
through the South, Southeast and Middle
West.
"Subscriptions show that the farmers of
Ihe Ftilted States are awakening to Hie
gravity of the war and are determined to
back their country to the limit in this
great struggle for human liberty," lie said.
"I am very proud, too, of the splendid
work the officers and employes of the rail-
roads are doing. Their enthusiasm and
loyalty have been conspicuous. In fact,
all classes of the people everywhere I have
been are showing a wonderful degree of
ent husla«m.
"But six days of the Third Liberty Loan
caihnaign remain. The two billion dollar
mark has been passed, hut nearly one bil-
lion dollars remain to be raised if tin.
Nation is to reach the minimum of threw
bililohs dollars set for tills loan. America,
however, will not lie satisfied with Hie
in Hi I in tint. This war cannot be won with
minimutiiM. l itis is a war of maximums.
"IMiring the remaining days of the cam-
paign 1 earnestly hope that the men, wom-
en and children of the Nation will throw
themselves into this battle for liberty witii
the whole hearted enthusiasm and self-
sacrifice displayed b> our noble soldiers
ami sailors. Ffforts must be redoubled
all along this line.
"America lias never failed to do any
great job which she has undertaken auih-
she will not fail now if everyone does his
full duty."
Mr. McAdoo declared tlmr the allies' line
In France will hold, in addressing a mass
meeting tonight.
"We are daunted, fellow countrymen, by
what is happening in Europe," he said.
"We are not discouraged because the lines
of our gallant associates have been bent.
We are not afraid that they can break-
through that Western front. We are not
discouraged because Kussia bas collapsed
and that freed Prussian soldiers are now
fighting on the Western front.
"Those things are discouraging, but they
are not fatal to America's cause. I have
not the faintest doubt in my heart that the
day of reckoning for the Kaiser is going
to come. I have not the slightest fear that
his horde With all their brutal and despic-
meti together had contributed to the Bed
u,'V,,"'"1 1,1 Ubmy Loan" ivrx
upon defenseless women and children
LABOR BOARD TO CONSIDER
MANY DISPUTES TOMORROW
It. has now come to the point where
China has got to give Bussia a piece of
her mind or a piece of her territory.
W.s.s.
been so freely suggested by Reed and
other contenders against the Overman
measure!
And Senator Townsend of Michigan
the army of workers, if not into the | jg a|armecj because the President "has,
army of fighters. Dallas, Fort W orth, j noj djsc|c>sed Ihe purposes of this j CUPID SCORES AGAIN IN
j Houston and other cities are throwing ^ mcasure nor changes he intends to
nf r.pnnan war lnsces ' It is well 1 """" " " ' make if '• should be passed." In
Of uerman losses. it is wen in The poiice commissioners are tell- „.nrri, In ,u fvpr
known that tti it's maQ^pd infantrv as- 1 , 1 t)tticr word?, \VC suppose, in tflC CXCT-
Knoun mar in its massed inranrry as j in^ ^at they must go to work or \ . . . .. ...
cet out of the town. There is work for , _ , . r ^
* , powers as leader of a warring country,
them on the farms and if they are not ; , ,
, \ the President s details of reorganizing
wlllijig to become producers they must , Miss ,.:u , .
land co-ordinating the branches of the; 11 1
not be allowed to be consumers. We' ' •' •• '
LONG DISTANCE DRIVING
Special T« legraiu t<» i'lie Express.
FAGJ.i; PASS, Tex., April -V Cupid
scored again in a long-distance drive when
Wallace w. Kirk land, assistant secretary
of the Army Y. .M. c. A. at Camp Filglo
ucille FrMaud,
of 1,300,000 killed, and it is well J have got to win the war and we must
known that they have never sacrificed j have the help of the idlers, willy, nilly.
life with such reckles§ disregard as
have the Germans in their efforts to ;
break through strong defenses. The J
British havcjinade no sevet of their
losses, but have frankly announced the I
casualties, in the same manner as have j
the Americans.
It ha£ been reported that Hinden-
burg gave it out that he would pay the
cost of a million men, if need be, for
the success of his violent western of-
fensive by which he hoped to end the
. war in a victory of the German arms,
hxperts who have kept close tab on
official and semi-official reports from
the front estimate that the German
losses in the first month of that offen-
sive exceeded half a million men and,
as comparatively few prisoners were
taken in the desperate fighting in
which the Germans threw themselves
against the rifle and machine gun fire
of the allies, the probability is that
the killed constituted a very large part
of the lost.
The military staff at Berlin will
never permit the people at home to
know how serious have been their
losses, so long as the war lasts. When
they admit a loss of two million men
it probably v ill be safe to multiply
the figure by two, at least, tn arrive
at a proper estimate.
AM1-LO.\FING law .
The outside world will note with
some degree of interest the success at-
tending enforcement of the ne* anti-
RAII.ROAD CONSTRI CTION MEN
WANTED.
Sam Robertson, who built
Brownsville railroad and the
, , , . , . , , . - li the way from Passaic, N\ .1.,
war system should be submitted for; were pronounced husband and wife in
the "O K M nf the Senate' reuirHieiv 1 !"i!' 11 "r n,lr Hu'loemer »«' this city
tne u. tv or tne senate, regardless (,|(. U,.(iuj,u „1N originally set for Tin.n»-
of facts which may develop and cir-! !,;l 11 thrnugh delay in transportation
tin.
Delegates from the Lock hart leagues have
been selected.
W.S.S.
WOUND CHEVRONS WILL BE
GIVEN MEN OF ALL WARS
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, I). C . April _'s Author-
ization of special insignia for wounds re-
ceived in action was intendel :<» bo retro-
active, the War Department decided today.
Wound chevrons, therefore, will b.» issued
to veterans of past wars as well as to sol
(tiers who serve in France. The only
requisite is that the Injury must hav been
received In action with the cnein..' j.nd must
have necessitated treatment by a inedl-al
office!.
W.s.s.
TURKS ARE USING METHGD
IN ARMENIAN SLAUGHTER
By Associated Press.
PA1UH. April -K Poghos Nubar Pasha,
president of the Armenian .National Dele-
gation, who is now in Paris, said today
that he Iwul received news from Armenia
confirming the recent reports that l urk y
was taking methodical measures *o itiui
hllate the race in every locality which the
Turks have reoccupied. All Armenians are
being put to death, he stated, an I unless it
is possible to intervene at an earlv date the
Armenian race may lie exterminated.
w.s.s
cumstances which may change.
Meanwhile, however, there will be
I no paucity of adverse senatorial
] language on the score of present de-
the | fects in organization and present needs
San j of co-ordination, and most of this ver-
Benlto gravity canal, and was an im- ' biage will come from the antagonists
portant factor in the building of the | of the Overman bill who profess a
city of San Benito, is now a major in I feeling that it is not safe to entrust the
the United States Army and superui- President with blanket authority to do
tendant of construction of light rail- | whatever may be best for the Nation's
ways with the army in France. j welfare, under the stress of war times!
He has written to his brother, .—
r. S. Robertson, suggesting the or- |t i00ks as jf every little British
ganization of a company o( old-time ! tank can <>get" a bunch of Boches all
railroad construction men to be sent jts ow n.
to France at once for work that is des-
perately needed there and, needed at j Hindu Kills Hindu.—Headline. A!-'
once. •x^'SK literatively and efficaciously
Promptly responding. Mr. Robertson 1 should be followed by the news that
i has sent out a call for volunteers and | Hun Kills Hun.
j if there is a man anywhere in Texas
not over 45 years old, who has had |{ jS irarnestly to be hoped that
experience in railroad construction I garon Rhondda will not vacate the
work and is willing to go to the front j p0S( 0f British Food Controller. So
and do his "bit Mr. Robertson would i strong has been his control that over- i
like to hear from him as soon as pos- | fe(j Britons are as rare as the under-
state. The Brownsville railroad was j fC(j
built very largely by Mexican laborers
and these men are wanted as 'aborers
in
. GERMANS INVADE MUSEUM
' "iisi'i' ' ion with I nele Sam these days. 1
tie I". i«. could not arrive for that date j
and postponement was the result. A •-
company ing tie bride was her mother, ; ju Associated Press.
Mrs. George L. Freeland. who at the wed — ---
TO GET ENOUGH GOLD COIN
ding which was solemnized by chaplain
Smith ci the oil Infantry, gave the bride
away. The church was filled with trletius.
which included army officers and ladi#;
ami civilians, and the wedding ceremony
was a prettv one.
There was uo best man nor maid of
honor, but .Miss Fstelle Smith acted as
junior bride* ma id and Miss Fii/abetli Pan
ford and Mis> Mary Peed Simpson as
flower girls. Gertrude Jackman waft ring
bearer. Captain Kline and Captain Free her
were ushers and Secretary Ilarrv ltrow-i
of the Arm j ^ M c. a.. pr< sided at the
organ. Following the ceremony a recep-
tion was held at the rec tory at will' I
the 'Id Infantry orchestra furnished t!.e
music, the otfjecrs' weekly hop at th/1
Country ' Iu I, being < ailed off on a« couut
of the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkian i
tot»K the uight train for Corpus ' hristj on
| a brief lioiieyni(»oii trip and will be .it
home in Faglc Pass next week.
-W.S.S -
ltall> nt Court House.
in The Kxprefln
PKINGS. Tex. April 2^
Liberty Loan Day was observed tlirnugli-
oilt the cunty, several of the towns going
over the top in sales, a rally was held at
the courthouse iu Carrizo Springs and sev-
eral addresses were given by .?. <). FtOdsp,
A. P. .hiiuison. Mrs. D C. Itlchev and Miss
Ina Pntler. Several hundred dollars was
subscribetl. going over the top for Carrizo
Springs.
W.H.8.
HIGH COIRTS
•hu l S|ir 11 1 -1
,ni* 1 Al; I:I/I '
in France. It is not improb ible tnat ; a line commission for proving himself
Mr. Robertson will be able to raise h.s a "good fighter." And doubtless each
member of his flock deserves similar
recognition as a very good fighter.
company in a very short time from the
great number of "old-time railroad con-
struction men" outside the draft age i
who are willing to perform a -service In affecting to sound a clarion call
in helping to win the war quite us im-1 of warning against martial law at the
loaluig law recently enacted by the ! portant as that of the men on the fir-i hands of the President, Jim Reed of
Legislature of New York. | ing line.
There are vagrancy laws in practi-I It may not be necessary to go cit-
cally all the States, and in all the cities I side of that part of Southwest Tex.is of
persons who have no visible means of which San Benito is the center to ob-
support may be treated as vagrants and
put to work on the streets, or else be
made to leave town on short notice, but
the laws and ordinances do not cover
tie case of idlers who are simply such
by choice becausc they arc able to live
without working.
Under the new law adopted by the
C:v.', Appeals. Second District.
Special Teh cr.cn to The Express.
FOHT WMltTH. I. x . April 2H -The follow
in* pr«•< eetiinKs were had In the Court of CItiI
! Appeals ill »»:,•! for the Second Supreme Judicial
With the American Army in France,1 ,,"fri't ,f 1 ,N1 rt wort»« Saturday:
• | - . • i . . ,1 ..It. „ . : Motions met ruled: YV .1 Ilefley x*. W
on the light railroad construction v ork a regimental chaplain has been offered i n for r. ,(.-arn« Marvin seott .«»
' t«. Ail >.i.mi~ ll'xpital. for rehearing; i. I.
Deehw Pill IIu«-k<T. f<»r rehearing. .
I'hm'S affiroi'-l: Sopreme I.'n1^<» Knlghta of.
Pytldas vs Mollle Wilwin. appeal front Tar-
rant ( "t:ni,v . -t. L. Anderson t». I.. K. Wil-
son. fr-iu Archer County. W*. I,. Hardin *•*.
tJ. C. Hamilton ot at. from Comam-he County
Ta^es Hf firmed in part «nd r*tpr<«»(| and
rendered in part: (; (J. Thomas »>t al ts.
A'le Wilson f t al. a|»penl from Cooke Count*.
Cases reversed and remanded: J. I.. Lan-
caster et al. r«-«eivcr. ti«. Ka>tu<»nd Settle. ;ip-
p. ai from Parker County
Civil Appe&ia. Fifth District.
Special Teiegrani to I he Klpress.
PA 1.1.AS let Ap'M -v. Ihe following pro-
ceeding" were had In the Court of Cltil Ap
peals. Fifth District, at P.ilta< Saturday^
Affirmed: John Katea «»t al John A.
Ferguson et al. appeal from IM! C<«ini.<*
Motion* «li«pn«ed of: J. W ltn«*ey r*. A.
W. \Vils«»n et al. rehearing. nverrnIM; tlsorn#
P. (JiTinan *• r, I.. r^rkln*on et al. afflr i
on certificate. »u*talned; Clark Pt«c A. *.
M.-.r A Co.. dismiss writ of error, overruled.
W I,. Clatim h t- IW rtha C1aun«*h. adraree
granted; l< \a« Port at»d Oment Company v*.
Naiden I*. I.-imparoff et al affirm on «*r
tlfleate. overruled and motion to aat*|e
ord« di-Ti i;: t'.e *|p il granted; J«^phlt»e
Pruitt et al t- F c IMerl et al. affirm '»n
certificate. ^id-ration «.f motion |"»stiion«-d
until "uUnii»-.en ff «-aie«, Hoi^tmi A Texas
Central I.'ailway c,,mp«nv v< SotiVrn Arcbt
t.-cttnal c«-nn rt st«*»« (..mpanv aul»-
mtmuvm to Maj 20, granted.
AMSTKKDA.M, April 2* Lately the tier
man Mnsetun and priv.ito owners of coin
cubing have given tip their gold eolns,
harrlng tho most Imporlalit pieced indls
pensnbie t«» numismatic studies, to the I in
perlal Bank at the current metal valin
der an arrangement whereby
will be returned to tlie
months after the coucluftta
agaillst a refund of the sum originally re
celved.
w.s.s.-
STREET CAR (OM)l( TOK KOHBKI)
PI asked Meh tlel *."» on Rio (• ran fie Slreet
Line.
The Express Au*tih Rurertii.
ACS TIN. 1 e \., April L'^. Three masked
tneli. believed to be negroes, held up and
robbed Conductor .1 S. Mobie.x
of si "one-man street car' «.n the Hio
(Irande Street line of the Austin Street
Railway Company, about 11 o'clock hist
night. The loot taken < oiisisted of all the
fates in the box and $."» taken from tlie
conductor. The robbers escaped an«l the
officers bare failed so far to find a (due
to their Identity
Mobley was operating his < nr toward the
north end of the line when otic of the men
pulled the trolley rope from the < >ntie.t
itig wire mu«I cHiisttl the mr to be left
iu darkness. No one but the conductor
was «m tlie < ar.
Conductor Mobley opened the door to fix
the trolley, when one of the men. whos«
face was partially covered with a handker-
• hief, shouted "bauds up." Mobley at
first thought it was mere hor«rplay. but
de» Ided to raise Ills hands when the
masked man became insiaten^and shoved
n pistol in the conductor's fuee. The con-
ductor was relieved of all of his money, am
here today.
The War Labor Hoard will consider
also during its sessions a statement from
s .1. Koenkamp, president of the Commer-
cial Telegraphers' 1 nioh. members of
which are threatening a strike; the De-
troit street car dispute; the labor situa-
tion in St. Louis where there are already
half a dozen strikes in essential war in-
dustries and others threatened, atlil labor
disputes «»n interurbau railways in Mis
sotiri and Kansas.
W.S.S.
RETRENCHMENT POLICY IS
IN EFFECT AT SAN ANGEL0
Special 'Telegram to The lux press,
s.\i\ ANUEIjO, Tex., April 2K. The eon
solidation of all departments of the city
government in order to et'otiotniise on ex-
penses during the period of the war was
begun here today when tlie City Commis-
sion accepted City Manager K. L. Wells'
reeominendatlons. They include I lie divi-
sion of the duties of the fire marshal, san-
itary inspector and assistant health office
between the city engineer and chief of po-
Ihe. The City Manager will also take
over much of the work heretofore done bj
the city secretary.
Louis !•'. Heitzler resigned as fire mar-
sh,i| and sanitary inspector and Miss Ma
mie llarfleid. bookkeeper, was appointed
(lly secretary, to succeed A. C. Mchonafd.
A reductiou In the police department was
ordered and the assistant chief is no.v
Serving until someone is appointed to suc-
ceed L \ Snow, police chief, tlier offI
eers reappointed today were Citv Kngiueer
C C Smith, Ueeorder It. M. .foiieS, ity
Attorney A. W. Loveland. Fire Chief John
rarker and City I'hysb lan A C lieLong.
W.S.S.
TAINT KIR K tISKR'S FRlKM>
frond in Kxeelslor Springs. Mo., Applies
YellOtv Coat to lionster.
Ity Associated Press.
I'i X< TO LSI Oil SPRI.NM4S, Mo., April 28.—
(»tto Scharf. au orchestra leader of (Mnaba,
Neb., and ltudoiph iJusloff, proprietor ot
'he Nebraska Hotel here, were given coats
break that Western front. I have no doubt,
that those lines will hold and 1 thank <»od
that America's valor is now asserting itselr
upon that front."
Mr. McAdoo praised the part taken by
the wotiKHi of America in the war, urged
the necessity of the utmost economy in thu
Use of food, wooj ntiri leather.
W.S.S.
DEWITT DEFENSE COUNCIL
WILL AID IN SOLVING
WAR'S LABOR PROBLEM
Special Teleerfltn to The Express.
CUERO, Tex., April 28. The enthusiastic
response that lias been given in the Council
of Defense work in this county has en-
couraged Field Marshal o. Fills of tlie
State Council of Defense to use DeWiit
County as a model for other counties.
The DeWitt County Council of Defense
has been in existence here for some months,
with Alex Hamilton as chairman; Walter
lleiffert, secretary; C. (i. Itreeden. I W.
.laeggli. L. A. Walker. M. (J. T.vkhardt,
Tom Burns, D. B. McManus, ,1. I-. Flder
and M. 1j. Johnston, directors.
Recehtl.v the council was reorganized
with members from each of the forty five
School districts In the county, iieshfes the
members of the Council of Defense, each
school district has its home war conn il
to cooperate with the council member in
looking after community matf
The Council of Defense will teach the
doctrine of "our country first." It will
be ready at all times as a whole and
through its branches and individual mem-
bers to aid tiie Red Cross, the Army
Young Men's Christian Association, seek
to obtain publicity and advertising lor
Uoveriimetit needs, to a i • i % ill food conser-
vation and food production measures, as-
sist iu pushing the sale of Liberty bonds,
war savings and thrift stamps and lie
ready to handle labor conditions.
In the last phase of the work the < mtu-
oil of Defense will bean effective organi/.;i
Hon in itself. Any school community \.lll
report to the secretary of the Council of
Defense any labor shortage, and If tlie
needed labor cannot be supplied from sm-
other community where a surplus may ex-
ist, the report will find its way in a nat-
ural channel to Washington.
In reporting on labor, communities ar®
expected to mention their surplus as well
as any shortage. Idleness and loafing will
be a thing of the past in war times. In
a real lanot* crisis on the farms, arrange-
ments may be perfected to transfer factory
labor to the farms during harvest times,
or military uuits in training may bo used
upon occasion.
This county is already thoroughly or-
..I...,.i i....I, *1... <■ i ■..p
• i. ■ . ■ , .. ^ i , in i iiai.i j i (its , > >, i 11 i■ • - ui i '.nil i 11 ■ 11 w 11 j.. 11 |\ > 1
•rcny tne coins j ,,f yellow paint here Saturday by members ganlzed both as to the greater Council of
owners tt\ei\e of the local C'oUtlCU of Defense. Scharr Defense and home war councils and will
sum or later was arrested and taken to Kansas I serve the tfovernmcut to the best of iu
City by a deputy t'ulted States marshal.
Scharf is said to have declared that Fin
peror Wilheim is n personal friend of his
and that he hoped tip- American army now
going to France would not reach its des-
tination. These alleged expressions were
reported to the Council of Defense and the
paintings and arrest followed.
A large crowd of cheering townspeople
ami visitors witnessed the painting of
ability toward winning the war.
W.S.S.
SHOES WITHOUT SOCKS TO
BE ARMY'S SUMMER STYLE
,fi Idternltlhnal News Service.
hargc Scharf- before theijhotel operated by (ius- j WASHINGTON. L). ('.. April 2S. I liou-
Ioff and where Scharf was registered, tins. I sands («f American stddiers. at training
loll hurried out and entered a protest and '"'"ps and iu the field, will go soekless
the . rowd suggested that he be painted th,s summer. Army experts have adopted
also. the suggestion of allied leaders and will
W.S.S
Roerne ('ledges Loyalty,
Sp« i ;il T« I'gram to The kinrws.
miFRNF, 'lex., April JH. A very en-
thusiastic loyalty meting was held here
Thiwsdav night at orth's Ilall, the chief
speakers for the occasion being former
Senator liillu« Real of Kerrville. who made
a patriotic appeal to the people to stand
shoulder to shoulder and work for the win
ning of this war. He was very frequently
applauded. Several Mlier speeches were
made by local men. All citizens were III
vited to sign the loyalty pledge, and pra-
ti- ally every man end women over L'l years
(dd signed. A large number of new mem
hers for the Red ( loss were secured ami
some Liberty bonds sold, dot Withstanding
the fact that Kendall County lias over-sub-
ribed her ((Uota and word has been re-
tain all the volunteers that may be
needed to fill the quota, but it is un-
derstood that recruits from any quar-
ter of the State will be acceptcd if they
apply in time and have such physical
qualities and experience as will make
them acceptablc. There are scores of
mCn in the State past the age limit
Mlzzoo only succeeds in making a
noise something like that produced by
badly-blown bagpipes.
Take it—or don't take it—from Sen-
ator Brandcgce of Connecticut, "Presi-
dent Wilson is a poor judge of men."
Public opinion, however, pronounced
ihe President a good judge of sonic
men in the Senate when he held them
up to public examination in the closing
da>s of the Sixty-fourth Congress.
then the masked man jerked the "changer" I
the nh ke| plated affair whi- li conductor.^ , , ,.jVed that the honor flag has been sent.
use to hold change from the conductor s ( w.s.s.- —-
twenty Hurt m (<dli-jnn.
TRAM* t OtfiTt URMI.RS TO «KF.r. ; %)"xAlVkAXA." T.-T . April 2« Twenty
.. ,. " " . „ . . persons were injured here tonight when
>!••» Contention rii*«da.t \\ ill ., ntrinc of freight cars, being switched in
* roldem. j t|,n .Mitt«duri Pacific yards, struck a street
, , ! far at a grade crossing. The street car
Al . I IN. lex., April . . Count \ Judge ^Hg |-noi.ke,j twenty feet and turned over
; on its side. Mrs. K. V. Blue is in a dan-
rons comlitiftti. the injuries ranging fnun
cuts l»y broken glass to a broken collar-
Dave Pickle lias railed :i mass meeting of
farmers of Travis County to be held ;it the
County Court House Tuesday afternoon for
the purpose of disctisydug the farm laiior
problem. In his call for the meeting. Judge
l*i« kle said that be had been requested by
leading farm* i s t«. take sm h a« tlon.
"It Ls of vital importatie to everyone
that tlie farmern of this (titinty should be
rendertM *11 the assi«tatice that w can
give, so that an abundance of feed ami
food mil t»e raised, and for that reason we
a«k that every citizen. i»oth from the fdty
of Austin and the county. «ome to the
nicotinic to discusw w«v> and means to
render aid." ways the official rail.
w .s 8.
Paymaster Is Kolthrd.
p.v AfMoriafHl Pre^H.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. April JS The pay
master «»f the Sb»*s stieffieid Siecl a lid
Irou Company at Cardiff, nag robIted of
iT.'.wio Saturday, aeeordln^ to reports
received in Blrminahani. Officials of the
company have received no notice «if the
roltl»ery up to thi* time, but sa> that the
a mount rc|w.rted taken is the mount the
cvuipany »cut to Cardilf tvvia>.
bone. Twelve of the injured are negroes.
w.s.s.
A*k t *»e of Drum Hull.
Htnff special to The MxpreiM.
WASlllNOTON. IApril 2*. Brnwnv
vllle officials have complained to the War
Hepartment that army commissaries will
not sllow drum fMli t«» be used ill the
csmp kichens throughout Texas on the
grounds that other fish are more desirable.
Tpi* t ttmpialhi is beinc considered by the
I* s. l'i«h Commission.
_W.s.*.
Lndar«e Jiiflae Thornn*.
Sracial Tele*ram to The fciprem.
1 LORFSVILLK. Tex April 2*. At a
called meet ina of the Wilson County Bar
Association held here Friday, resolu-
tions were passed endorsinb in strong
terms the candidacy of IMstrict Judge C. C.
Thomas of Cotulla. candidate for re-election
,,f this judicial district. The resolution
was «ignefl by every uicuilwr of the bar In
Ihe couut*.
banish the heavy gray sock during tho
Warm months, in the belief that sockless
soldiers' feet become toughened and fit
to withstand the rigors of winter weather
iu the trenches.
It is plahucd to serve out ifght socks
in the place of woolen ones. In souk?
cases the men will wear silk socks, al-
though the "light" or "cotton" sock is
popular. The men will lie instructed • >
grease their feet well and wear the light
sock as Ionic as possible. Ry the time tho
light sock Is thoroughly worn out. it is
believed tlie men's feet will have become
toughened to an extent which will per-
mit t lie in to go through the summer with-
out socks. When cold weather returns
the men will be given larger »uoes an-i
two pairs of woolen socks.
— W. S.S ——
COLON KL TO INVAUK W ISCONSIN
Will >lake Spanking Tour in Behalf of Na-
tional Security League.
International n«-v»s Service.
NFW YORK. April -S. Colonel Roose-
velt. the National Security League an-
nounced today, will put the concluding
touches to tiie league's Americanism drive
with a speaking tour of Ohio, Michigan,
Iowa and Wisconsin next month.
Only persons of German birth or parent-
age will have seats on the platform with
the cdlonel at most of the meetings iu the
principal ritie>. The meet ing of May -j
will be at Wittenberg College, Springfield,
Ohio, and Dr. Charles T. Heckert, presi-
dent of the college, has consented to act
as chairman of the reception committer.
After a meeting in l>es Moines tin May -(>.
the colonel will go to Wisconsin. A meet-
ing has been arranged for May JS by facul-
ty members of the I'niversify of Wisconsin
and on May 2S a meeting will bp held m
Milwaukee.
W*fL—
Odd t-'ellow* Celebrate.
! Special Telegram to Tie- Expres*
NIXON. Tex.. April L'v Nixon Odd 1 vf-
1 ow> and Rcbekah Lotlge <<elebrated the
ninety ninth anniversary of I. O. o. 1\
fchip here at the I. O. 1». F. Hall Thursday
night. Quite a large crowd was present
and a food program was rendered by mem-
bers ami friends. After a delightful eve-
ning, refreshments, which consisted ot war
cake and punch, were aenred.
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