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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1918.
Wan Antoaia €xprw?s
"IGNORED."
By fbf Express Finishing fMmi'tny
FRIDAY, NOVKMllER 1, 1M8
Unteieil 111 the lJo»totf Ico ut San Autonlo,
Texas. a* Second-claaa Matter
JfOKl-lt.N AIHtB'll»l\(l urUI'Kfc
Ktw York—The John Budd Co., liurrell
Winding. _ _
Chicago— The John Budd Co., Tribune
Building. _ ,
8t. Louie—The John Budd Co., Chemical
Building.
At.fc.STM AMI lOllllhhl'OMIKNTS.
Wualmigtoa. l>. C.— Wlufleld Jouus, Dis-
trict Natluuul B;iuk Building.
Austin. Tex.—Ed S. Newton, .1'? E««t
THE business men's committee that conferred with, and protested to the
Bexar County government relative to the projected tax rate of 55 cents,
received from official sources the understanding and agreement that the tax
rate would be fixed at 52 cents, for all purposes. This is the claim of certain
members of the committee.
But the county government proceeds to fix the tax rate not at 52 cents,
nor even at 55 cents, but at 57 cents.
The business men's committee was ignored.
The county government's final dealings with that committee were ignored.
_ The Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, Article 7564, Section 5, require that
Sixth street, "brt8kiii Hotel Building, old ^ "whenever the board of equalization shall find it their duty to raise the assess-
Austin circulation office—Jo»eph Hoff j ment of any person's property, it shall be their duty to order the county clerk to
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Building, old l'liune U&S.
Traveling Ageuta—E. J. Eliea, It. A.
Padon, G. \V. James, William li. Meyer.
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patches here are also reserved.
A CALL TO THE ESSENTIAL
SERVICE OF COUNTRY.
Q
As consistent with the spirit of true
patriotism and the practical necessi-
ties of our wartime servicc as any
"drive" for volunteer military recruits,
or any detail of draft registration and
selection, is the Government's current
call for men to give up their non-essen-
tial occupations and enlist as workers
in the munitions factories of the coun-
try.
The local organization of the Worn-
! sn's Working Reserve, co-operating es-
pecially with the employment service
of the Federal Department of Labor, is
charged with the highly responsible
duty, the pressingly important duty, of
conducting a campaign to enroll 500
San Antonio intn, by November 20, in
this essential lask of the war pro-
gram. In the Nation's scheme o:
unitions production, men arc urgent-
t needed; and myriad able-bodied men
e engaged stiil in employments that
re in no wise essential to the conduct,
and the winning, of the war. The ex-
lanation of this call sets forth not
and for several days, at least, it has
been plainly apparent that she cofild
not hold out; but the dual monarchy
njy the patriotic obligation, but the was dying hard and resisting to the
^personally advantageous opportunity j ;asti instead of bringing matters to a
give the person written notidfe who rendered the same, that they desire to raise
the value of same." The practice is to give not less than ten days' notice of hear-
ing in such cases, by said written citation.
But in advertising those district meetings of taxpayers, last July, the
"Board of Equalization" proclaimed:
"The taxpayers of Bexar County and the City of San Antonio are hereby
notified to IGNORE all citations or notices sent out by the Board of Equaliza-
tion calling on them to show why their assessments should not be raised or
lowered, as the case may be. They are also notified to keep a close watch upon
the daily newspapers for advertisements requesting taxpayers whose property
may be included in an area or section described by street boundaries, to appear
at the courthouse and discuss, and themselves fix, the values they wish to place
upon their properties for assessment and taxation purposes."
In most cases, those district meetings of taxpayers with the "Board of
Equalization" were called, by such advertisement, on a very few days' noticc.
Thus the practice of sufficient notice was ignored, in this particular.
Those meetings did not bring about, unexceptionally, a discussion and i
fixation of the values of individual properties by the individual taxpayers them-
selves. Thus not only the statutory form of "equalization," but even the an-
nounced purpose of the meetings, were ignored in this particular.
Those meetings certainly did not bring about such a popular discussion
and fixation of values for assessment and taxation, nor such an expression
of the consensus of the taxpayers' opinion, wishes and sentiments, as would
inspire a $23,000,000 increase in the assessed valuation and a 2-cent increase
in the tax rate. Quite the contrary!
Thus the purpose, the sentiment and the result of the public's participa-
tion in this business of assessment and tax rate, were ignored.
By the "Board of Equalization," farm values were ignored. If a farm that
was assessed at $9,000 last year is assessed at $29,000 this year, its intrinsic
worth must have been officially ignored at some time or other.
Residence property values were ignored. If a lot that was assessed at
$1,800 last year is assessed at $12,980 this year, its intrinsic worth must have
been officially ignored at some time or other.
Business property values were ignored. If a building that was originally
assessed at $25,000 is assessed at $13,050 this year, its intrinsic worth must
have been officially ignored at some time or other.
Personal property values were ignored. This must be so when the assess-
ment of a second-hand automobile is raised to ten times the rendered figure,
and to more than twice the figure at which the machine can be bought new from
the maker.
The interests and the friendly regard of non-resident taxpayers were
ignored. This must be so when the assessment of a non-resident taxpayer is
increased to more than four times the assessment placed on the adjoining
property of a resident taxpayer.
The market values of realty were ignored. This must be so when property
is assessed at more than twice the sum for which it sold.
Are the business men, the taxpayers, the voters of Bexar County, desirous
of being ignored still further by their "Board of Equalization"—their County
Judge and Commissioners—in the matter of heavy demands upon their pocket-
books?
Are they pleased to plan for and count on a 52-cent tax rate—and then have
a 57-cent tax rate thrust upon them without warning?
Are they content to meet a $23,000,000 increase in assessed valuation dur-
ing a year when the valuation of the highest-assessed county in Texas is in-
creased by only $6,000,000?
There is one way in which the people of Bexar County cannot be ignored,
and that is the way of their exercise of citizenship.
They cannot be ignored on election day.
They cannot be ignored as voters.
Their right to elect a business government that will not ignore their in-
terests, cannot be ignored.
Let the voters exercise that right at the polls next Tuesday.
Let them change their county government.
In voting against the present political machine they will vote for their
own interests.
WHAT EX1
FELL OF
LOSOYA PROPERTY
TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION TO
RECONVENE ON DECEMBER 2
LOT 9, BLOCK llt», ADVANCED
I KOM $8,560 TO
Thirty-flv« lear* Ago Today—lMMtt.
J if (Suit City baseball club of Ualveaton
in arraiitfiuff for a game with the Muiisct
flub of this City, to lie plaMnl here Novem-
ber 8.
T ».
l»r. I . kulteyer celebrated liis 00th birth
ua.v aiiiiiverHary and the twenty-sixth an
niversary of lis engaging in business in
this city. IHm first day's sales aggregated
on y ;;r. cents, but since then iila estab
iishtneut ban become one of the most im-
portant in the city.
mi
l he next great event in the sporting
world will be the international wrestling
Juateh for th" championship of the world.
between the French champion. Mainon. and
Kd Jlibby, to take place in New York
November D, Graeco-Itomnn.
The Utah Commission has submitted It
second aunual report, but if doe.s not ap
pear that much progress lias been made In
the direction Intended the suppression of
polygamy.
in assuming command of the Depart
men of Texas, (leuera I Mackenzie can feel
assured that the people of Western Texas
would not extend a more hearty welcome
to any officer of the army. In addition t«»
the friends he made by bis magnificent
service on our frontier, our people have
a sort of "tomahawk claim" oh General
Mackenzie as a citizen, lie owns a splen
did residence in San Antonio ami a fine
ranch in Kendall County.
Austin.-
handed to
show that
Including
August fir, iw4, wm be about .r-'.i.so,- I VmT/1' ,h"1u'' ;',u
000, and that this will not be met by the ot, '
receipts except through using the cash bal- v l's? , ;• -I •
ance now on hand. ' A>°* '• l,loc* '• f,t
Fifteen Years Ago Today—1908.
During the executive session of the of-
ficers and directors of the Husincss Men's
Club, Congressman Slayden suggested that
it would be proper for the club to take
some action relative to the construction of
the canal between the two oceans. H« said
that Indications are that no overtures will
be made by parties behind the Panama
proposition that will be acceptable to
either House of Congress, and as the com-
mercial interests of the South, particularly
Texas, will be better subserved by the j f , . f fl nt-
construction of the Nicaragua Canal, ''» ! The Washe p | 5 •►40.
With Adoption of Physics and Latin
Books Board Still Has Supplemental
Headers and Drawing 1 looks.
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Ti n TCxpr*«H Austin bureau.
AI ST1N, Tex., Od. .'il When the btate
Text Hook Commission adjourns this week
It will be to reconvene on December to
consider books submitted under bids to be
received up to noon of >'ovember I
twecn the reception of the bids and ti."
reconvening of the commission the State
Teat-hers' Assoeiati"U will hold It* aunmii
session In Dallas, which will draw teach
ers from all over Texas.
With the adoption «»f the physics and
F.atin books this w- k toe commis don I»;i -
the supplemental readers and drawing
books to adopt. There are eight sets of
supplemental renders to be selected. It. is
not obligatory on the school* to use sup-
plemental readers, but if they should be
" " .1,,u .l|.'. ".I'1', Vom^Ton! ml'Ml,|»te appropriations aro made to propa.
SITHA I.N TEXAS WATERS RAPID-]
f.V DISAPPEARING, SAYS
WILL W. WOOD.
Tbe I \r.t. Austin Purpa'i.
AI'STIN. Tex . Oct. . Will W. Wo<
State Game, l isn and Oyster Commlssioql
• hi re from the ■ east w In re he actirJ
ly directs the work of the fish and oyste]
end of the department.
Mr. Wo<
MI rounds a warning that unles
Examples of assessments raised fr
o.4e hundred to as high as seven hund
iter cent may be found in almost any of
t.he tax bo<>ks in the offl< e of the County
Assessor, Some of *'»e high increases to
be found on record n-««:
George C. Saur.ls the owner of lot No.
city bliek 4Id, west side of Losoya
Street, comprising 4o>a feet, raised from..
• \50tj t#» ."j!2H,0lO: Improvements raise I grade so as not to employ words beyond
from ?4,50O to $4>-0. Twenty-five feet i the pupil's vocabulary; they broaden the
-1«1J. lnlug on the west, corner Losoya and child.
<*ollege Streets, city block lid, was raised The commission fulled to adopt a set .
from $.",000 to $1 L'.PlO, or a total raise ou driyvlng books, tiie vole having stood T» to . iJ^nry j Sa I ley. State Game Warden, ad
approved by the T.-xt H<»ok
A large number are given approval and
the schools have the option of using any
of the eight sets to be approved, but It
is optional as to their use. Supplemental
omitrislng 4o>._. feet, raised from , readers are coincident ^ with the child'
Improvements raise I J grade so as not t
fjtite fish ami oysters on the Texas coasl
iexas waters and reefs will be deplete[
Jf'tnln i four years. He says ill
situation Is becoming worse and somethuBfc
should be done to maintain this splendil
source of f00d supply. Prote<ft?Pi and rM
• rowing of oysters and fish cultural plautV
the lots of mo. Total frontage, goj
feet.
Thomas II. Cray Is the owner of lots 10
tor salt water fish is badlv neetled, accord
of in*,' t<» Mr. Wood.
books, the vole having stood f» to Henry itoiley. State (lame Warden, i
rules require that before a book vi^es that in seven arrests for killing d
adopted it must receive six af- ".i( °r r1f:ls"u s'x pleaded guilt.v and pi
Its ru
can be
urinative voces. Tbe drawing books may
not be considered again until the full conl-
misslon is present. One member is absent,
Miss Lizzie Harbour of IJrownsvlIle.
In December the commission will select
fiuos. These occiirirwil in Kant TpxasT AItoI
four persons paid fines for killing tloveffl
"tit of season. Mr. Hallev says the de-
partment is extremely an Jous for some
one to test out the qv.estioii of jurisdiction
the basal readers, which teachers consider ' over the open season for doves as it has
the most Important part of the work. There " number ol cases dependent on that test,
aro seven readers to be adopted, one for 'Specially in Jte.xar • unity. The State
i.i i i.u'j* . - i 1/ ■' • — . - ---. ■ • " - j . ii... t-mii;
iadi grade. It is probable that the se- 'aw says they shall not be killed before
e. tion of the supplemental readers will oecemher 1 in S'>uth Tevas and the Fed-
»e deferred until De'ember, as some mem- ' tra' 1,1 gratory game regulations permit
the equalizers. These lots
raised to $1,400. Lot
y block 4024, also as-
| sessed to Mr. Sartaiu, was raised from
$1,000 to *7,l!L,0.
The Alamo Water Supjily Company also
was efjuallzed, upwards to the amount of
•Vrj.330. The company is the owner of lots; supplemental books offered
r»o t.o 01 and *'"» to !W. block 2, city blovk !
(>29d. raised from SIT,rg>0 to $20,890. COLORADO A<-AIN* ON It
Joske's corner, assessed to Joske Ttroth- The Kxpress Austin Bureau.
ers Company, including lot 2. block 1.11, AUSTIN, Tex., 0< I 31.—The Colorado any one da.v
on the eust side of South Alamo Street. River is 09 another rise here as the result i*njIt tor
si 7-10 feet in all, was raised from $81,700 of heavy rains in West Texas. The rl
bers of the commission do not think they
have hmi sufficient time to study all the
se.
. • • •'wKuii'iio permit
tlieu) to be Siiot in this States alter Octa-
ne r j,).
The deer and quail season will open to-
morrow. it will be lawful to kill three
buck deer between now and Januarv 1.
As many as fifteen quail may be taken In
However, the maximum bag
..... ---- feathered game in Texas is
fifteen. 1 Imt means that if eight ducks
to $t02,-J40; h't block 151. the northeast is feported to have come out of Mie Concho nre killed^ only seven quail may be shot
corner of Alamo and Commerce Streets, Rivef.
was raised from $135,000 to $176,000. A
said the people of Texas should bring ail
possible iufluence to bear to secure the
selection of this route.
Building permits: David W. Ilartfield,
cottage. North IVuier Street.
♦
J. P. Nelson, who has the contract for
building $484,000 worth of i»e.xar County
road«, will begin active work in a few days,
probably on the Somerset or Frio City-
Roads first, 11s gravel is most accessible
there and liberal donations have been made.
He has announced that lie will not. pay
less than $1.50 a day for road hands, but
that they mtist earn that amount or bo
dismissed.
Secretary Vance and his rtaff of assis-
tants are at work 011 the books making
out statements of the accounts of indi-
vidual exhibitors, with the view to is-
suing a statement on the financial result
of the fair. Contributions to the Fair As-
sociation continue to come in. A number
of exhibitors have presented it with the
amount of premiums awarded to them, and
Editor McCaleb of Carlzzo Springs and !
Editor ,T. Uuy Heed have presented It
with receipted bills for advertising due <
them.
♦ -♦
Chicago.—Mayor Carter Harrison has de-
cided tn become a candidate ifrr the demo-
cratic nomination for President next year.
He says the Democratic nominee will have
a good chance to defeat Itoosevelt ami
lu that event he (Harrison) will be the
logical candidate for the office.
W.S.S.
orn r. assessed to Mrs
Lois I. Terrell includes part of lot No. J.
'•a the southeast side of Commerce and
South Alamo Streets, city block UO*. This
was raised from $47,250 t.o $57,000, whMo
Austin Social Events
The Express Austin Bureau.
in a single day.
According to Commissioner Wood and
Deputy Ha I ley n strict watch Is to be kept
and violators summarily punished where
found. Che killing of does and l'awns is
to be prevented, as well as excessive bag
limits. Deputy Cauie Wardens mav bo
searching game bag- for evidence of ;,over
the south side of part of lot No. 1, on! AUSTIN. Tex., Oct. 31.—Mr. and Mrs. the limit." also for doves before December
- ' ' ve come from Garland, 1 iu South Texas.
Fast Commerce Street, block '.KW, was
raised from $15,750 to $22,M90. A total
raise f:>r this property of $17,080.
• W.H.S.
FAILURE OF GERMAN LOAN
J. K. Vanarsdale ha
Tex., to spend the winter In Austin with
their daughter, Mrs. George W. Beaver,
011 Congress Avenue.
Lieut. John Elmer Maud arrived In Aus-
tin the parly part of the week after spend
iug the last few months in France on the
firing line, lie has been sent home to re-
cuperate from injuries and from the ef-
fects of being gassed. He was married
to Miss Evangeline Small, the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Small, just
a week before be was ordered to Fran- c.
Lieutenant and Mrs. .Maud are now spend
lug a few days in San Antonio and will
return to Austin and be with the bride's
parents for a few weeks' visit.
Miss Theresa Martin is the guest of
Miss Florentine Crisp In Cuero. Both 01
the girls are I'l Mus and attended the uni-
versity at the same time.
| Miss Sarah Harlan will continue her
, visit with her aunt, Mrs. Uruek in St.
, Louis until after the influenza epidemic.
Mrs. Sam Harlan Jr., Is here with Mr.
land Mrs. Sam Harlan for au indefinite 1 Atistln Bureau.
sta.v. Si in, Tev.f Oct. ->1. -The influent
The flng at Fort Sam Houston wa* at Miss Nell Morris has returned from a '•|tuatton continues Improve throughout
half mast Thursday. Lieut. John L. Fitz- i visit with her parents. Judge and Mrs. 'exas according to reports received at the
gcrald of Kelly Field died at the liase j \ed Morris in Palestine, and is at the State Health Department. The total mini
11">-.pital ut the I'ost of influenza Wed ties- Woman's Building awaiting the opening of 'M ; V'-i u,w c,,s'•' reported yesterday was
day night. The quarantine will be kept ; the university. Inlluenza and -II pneumonia cases. The
upon the Post ax both Col. W. T. Wilson, j Miss Louise Johnson was the guest, uumber of deaths was ti'.t. A statement
dc|>artmcnt surgeon, and Gen. D'lt. <'. Thursday of Miss Louise Storey en route. Is*«"<i by the Stale Health Department
Cabell, i-ominaiidant of the Southern De- [ to her home iu San Marcos after a week's today was that influenza was dec lining
partmcnt decided in conference Thursday ; visit with friends In Waco. I ;i,r »hllene. Amarillo. Keaumout, Cleburne
morning that such a precaution was nece- ► Mrs. William Hamilton Ponder, who i ' "'pus' » hrlsti, Dallas, 1.1 Paso, Paris,
ary b«'<-ausi> of tin* prevalence of the*epl- 1 was recently married in Sun Antonio has 1 ;^;UI Angelo. San Antonio, Sherman and
LIEUT. JOHN L. FITZGERALD DIES
AT ARMY POST BASE
HOSPITAL.
REPORTS SHOW INFLUENZA EPI-
DEMIC RAI'IDLY SUBSIDING IN
PARTS OF TEXAS.
That Germany's ninth war bum Is a
failure finds support beyond the reports
that only $i77.0<)o,<x>0 has been subscribed,
where {8,760,000,000 had been offered at
the clone of the eighth loan last April.
It is further evidenced iu reports of pop-
ular hoarding of currency, in runs on
banks and iu panics and men.tig away of
values <m the securities markets.
The Herman people now understand that
Germany cannot win the war. No in-
demnities are t<> be exacted from enemies
with which to bolster up tin ir government's
credit and ease for themselves the burden
of their colossal war debt.. There are to
be no great profits from trade with other
nations ou their own forced terms. They
must bear the full burden themselves, anil
that is involved in the popular cam-
paign to augment greatly the number
of workers in the munitions factories:
"Men from 18 to 45 years old arc
Iwanted. They must be in good health,
[and if they are capable of being trained
| to do skilled labor they will be ac-
cepted. They need not be of American
(sirth. Good pay is promised all work-
rs and, contrary to popular belief that
lunitions manufacture is extra-hazar-
dus and that the workers must go to
Northern factories, it is stated that the
kreater part of the work entails no
■lore risk than any skilled manufactur-
Ig operation, and several of the fae-
ries for which men are wanted arc
liuated in the South. An especial et-
prt will be made to enroll men wno
trmerly have been employed as wait-
Is and clerks, but whose places are
fpidly being filled by women and
flf>. Any man who will enroll for
his work may obtain full particulars
the office of the Department of La-
or, 122 Main Plaza."
These details deserve the strongest
ossible public emphasis, because not
uly is the public's response to this
npaign absolutely necessary, but the
erests of the men who enlist will be
nply cared for, and the campaign it-
is well arranged. The general of-
ers and disttict aides of the Worn-
l's Working Reserve, and the organ-
Ition of the Department of Labor in
Antonio, should have the hearti-
support of the people in this r.eed-
phase of their National service,
[lie chief consideration is that the
nmunity shall fulfill its patriotic
in this as in all other particulars
Quired by the Government's war
gram, both by enlistment in the
nitions work to the extent desired,
by the intelligent inducement of
men to enlist. And by proper presen-
tation of the fact that this essentiil
occupation will substantially benefit the
rn who respond, the campaign to en-
i roll 500 of them here should encounter
serious difficulty.
head at once in the only way open to
her. As a result, Austria suffers the
humiliation of seeing the empire di-
vided by internal dissension, and is
facing the horrors of internal revolu-
tion. Now she is compelled to do what
ihe should have done soon enough to
save many thousands of her peopie
from needless slaughter, after the last
hope of successful resistance was gone.
There has been no let-up in the
fighting since the first proposal of an
armistice was put forward, and there
was no ground for hoping or expecting
there would be until the terms of Pres-
ident Wilson and the entente allies
were acceded to, and these terms were
plainly unconditional surrender. It is
now up to Germany to meet the condi-
tions which she cannot escape, without
making any further sacrifice of life
and treasure, or risking the fate that
will overtake the people beyond the
Rhine if Germany persists in carrying
on the war in blind adherence to a
lost cause. The Hohenzollerns ana
their autocratic associates are at the
end of their row, and it would be the
part of simplest wisdom and discretion
for them to surrender quickly, plead
guilty, and throw themselves on the
mercy of the court.
Deserted by her allies, beaten and
battered by her enemies and without a
friend in the world, Germany might
still be able to keep up the struggle fl>r
a bfief period after being driven into
her own confines, but it would be of no
and Inflexible terms oil his crowning re- | the result Is n panic rush of the people to
• i guve himself who can
Germany's funded war debt, exclusive
of the latest loan, is over $L'2,(KK).b(H),0(X).
There are additional a floating debt of
$4,000,000,000 in uncovered lieit hsbauk notes
and another of JfL\0p0,0uo,000 iu pawnbrok-
er's money, or issues of loan banks, and
how much more In varloun other devices
»f monetary Inflation no one precisely
joinder.
Who, then, is so "deeply concerned"
with the imaginary dangers and injus-
tices of our President's final message
to the German people?
Not the French government, press
or public; not the British government,
press or public; not the inter-allied
Supreme Council at Versailles; not the
inter-allied conferees on the terms ot
the armistice that Germany must ac-
cept; not a vast majority of the Ameri-
can people, nor the greater part of the
American press.
The mismated, uncongenial pair of
wheel-horses now harnessed to the G.
O. P. bandwagon are very much con-
cerned; so is Senator Lodge! so is any
Republican in either house of Congress
who fears for his job; so is Chairman
Hays, to the point of insulting, boorisli
language against the high-minded, bril-
liant President in the White House,
whom American soldiers and civilians
t.'.ike trust and follow.
These mistaken, most untimely temp-
ests of partisan bias and selfishness
that are blowing out of Washington
were bad enough before, but yester-
day's gratuitous gust from Taft and
Roosevelt makes them still worse. Is
there no way to stifle the non-essential, j to l'rairie View Normal November <;
distracting industry of producing a;| total oi' forty twn men are hkIioiI for fr
this political wind ?
tieuile iii San Antonio
The number <>f influenza cases which
developed In the Southern Department
showed a slight increase. <!olonel Wilson
said that this was due to the fact that re-
en t-. are now being received Into the
. .imp and some passing through on trains
an taken oft at the base hospitals en
rout".
At Fort Sam Houston only seventeen
cases of influenza were admitted and five j
developed pueumoula ati.i theVe vere two I
deaths There is a total of 1 L't',.", cases In j
the hospital and ninety-five m n were re- |
turned to duty within the last twenty-four
hours.
Kcports Show Increase.
lienor!• ;it the Base Hospital, ("nmp
Travis, showed 111 admissions and 1TJ of
these were recruits, only three cases of
pneumouia developed, two deaths were re-
ported and eighty-two patients were dis-
charged.
Reports of Ihe Southern Department are
as follows: El Paso, 1 death; Arizona. 17
cases of influenza. 1 of pneumonia and 1
death; Hig ltend, 22 cases of Influenza, 1 of
pneumonia and 1 death ; Kagle Pa: s. G cases
of influenza and 1 death: lort Clark, 1
•ase of pneumonia and 1 death; Fort Mc-
porl.s having been rec-ived from
ties. It was stated that
knows- but a stupendous total, ami all de- i lutosh, 0 cases of In'iuenza; Fort Sam
pending tor any value upon faith lu the
government, which long since was disap-
pearing in neutral Europe and Is now
fast fading lu Germany itself.
The German government Is in desperate
straits. Current war taxation is not eipial
to the task of paying Interest on the fund-
ed debt. The public credit In support <>f
the huge non-interest-bearing debt is going
and gone, and this Is what strikes panic
Into the opening eyes of ihe people.—New
York Wcfrld.
W.S.S
175 REGISTRANTS ARE
CALLED FOR NOVEMBER
Houston, l.*> cases of influenza, 8 of pneu-
monia and 2 deaths; Camp Stanley, o cases
of Influenza; Brownsville, 34 eases of In-
fluenza, 2 of pneumonia and 1 deaths;
Camp Mabry, I death; Fort Uliss, 2 cases
of Influenza, rt of pneumonia ami I deaths.
Deaths at Fort Sam Houston were:
Lieut. John L. Fitzgerald, Kelly Field;
nearest relative, Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald,
Waterbury. Conn.
Walter R. Johnson, munjclan; nearest
relative, Mrs. Amelia Johnson, Hound Rock,
Texas.
Deaths at Camp Travis were:
oine to Austin from Camp Funston, Kan., { , .
to spend the winter with her sister, Miss •J'1 °* ! v BmW„ tU|fV
Margaret Downie aud aunts, the Misses I "'M s,°n, Fort Worth and Austin reports
Downle. i f110 so irregular that no comparison can
Miss Mary Whitehead and Private Roy be made as to theve cities.
McWhorter were quietly married Monday j 1 ,ie diseaso has practically died out at
afternoon at the home «»f the officiating urange.
minister, ltev. K. II. Mays. They are at
present visiting the bride's sister," Mrs. A. 1
tioued?eW U"tu Mr' M, wl,ort"' ia INFLUENZA QUARANTINE AT
Mrs. .T. W. Burke is enjoying a visit from
her son, Lieut Window Burke of Mont
gomerv, Ala., one of Austin's most popular
army boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bryant and family
have taken the N. O. Brenlzer home ou
Congress Avenue for tbe winter. Dr.
Brenlzer and sons are ull iu tin* army and
Mrs. Brenlzer will be with her (laugh-
ter, Mrs. Will Caswell, during their ab
sence.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cloud have returned
home from a visit with friends lu San
Antonio.
Miss Kate Epmvrlglit Is spending the
week in Manor w ith her parents during the
closing of the university.
HIGHER COCRTS.
AUSTIN TO BE ENDED SUNDAY
The T'xprovs Austin Bureau.
ai stin, tc\., g.-i. ;:i.- The city Council
today passed au ordinance lifting all qu.ir
autlne regulations now in force effective
Sunday morning at t5 o'clock. The o*dl
n.iuce was presented by Mayor Wooldrldgi
j on the ad le« (,f physicians who stated
; that influenza epidemic had abated and
there was no further danger. Public
: school of the city will n- open Mondav
land tee university v. Ml do likewise, ,t is
;aken for £ .int. t! President Vinson Is
• ut of the city. Two weeks ago he an
! n« un ed that the university would not
open until the physicians in charge there
Mate 1 that it was : afe to proceed. It Is *
* ieved that such assurance
Quotas for San Antonio and Bexar
County Received by Local Boards.
Movement Begins Nov. (i.
''ause rpHet for November HI: T. II. Stone
, al vs. W. J. Jackson et al, from Jat>uor t unty.
j First District.
, , • , . _ . I The Supreme Court transferred from Section
.lenry Jorgenmm, cook; nearest relative, ^ of the Commission of Appeals to Section K
Mrs Henry Jorgenson, San Antonio. I the cam of Hereford Fire insurance Company
lrlvate' I red Bauer; nearest relative, jot al v«. J. L. Walker, from Tarrant Conntv
Mrs Mary Murpbey, Jonesvllle, La. : Sixth District, and the cn-« Mas set for >ub-
I'rlvate Oscar H. Bishop; nearest rela- mission in Section B for November 21, lVlls.
tive, Mi> Oscar H. Bishop, San Antonio, j The case of J. I.. Walker vs. National t nloa
Private Samuel B. Hogii; nearest relative, Fire Insurance Company, from THrranr County.
W. A. Hoge. *San Antonio. I Se«s»nd District, will be permitted to be ar-
Prlvnto Clab« Mootiy; nearest rela- | K.aed on the same date if desired by eoun*.
APPEALS COMMISSION. SECTION B. i lilra a ml "That ' tlit; '' w
11Ai'vrTv"1' .v.,W4i' Th, , ,, , ! fluently renume lis regular work, nil but®-
t, i , V 1- i , f.illowlny pro. lujts liuvlm; Liern 1 11iui ulrt'a'lv mu-
r;111T^;rKr:,f.X:feottlou"uf «"•Comml" \\z<&vtUiX sliowa BettlD# ^
Causes submitted: Paul Mortlin'T vs. Dora j
Jackson, from Itexar County. Fourth District; ' ———
Henry James, receiver, vs. Roberts Telephone .
and^ Electric Company et al, rroiu Taylor, Sixth INFLUENZA DELAYS TAX ROLI.
Motion to postpone submission granted and I - ;
the. Mr., Lurine Moody, Lawton, Okla.
l'rlvr.te Kdu n H. llenkln; nearest rela- ^
tive, ll«jiry Kenkin, Sin Antonio.
vv.s.s.—
Quotas for the November draft caJN.
new and reinstated, on San Antonio a i i
Bexar County, weie received Thui>da> b\
four of the local draft boards, bin- 111111*
dred and seventy-five dratt registrants wnl
be affected. 1* irst niovemeui» are sched-
uled to begin ou the sixth.
The quotas are as follows: 1
Board 3. Two whites to CaiUf Mabry, , . . , n , n .
movement begiuuing November »>; thirLy- Local I napter 01 Ivt'd cross laying
three whites to Camp Travis, movement! p 1 n
beginning November 11; four whiter I »ans ior
to Camp Truvis, movement beginniug
November 11; two whites to Camp
Bowie, movement to begin Novei.i i
her 11; one negro registrant w ill te nt Among th • Important announcements of
Thursday was one to the effect that the
War 1 »e, irtment has choseu the Red Cross
to act in a campaign to make 1 Mirvev of
tbe uur«1ng resources of the country*, to
: the
juestluus.
Epidemic Hampers Work of Tax Assas.
sors Throunhout Slale.
The EJrprpss Anstln Bureau.
AI sTIN, Tex., Oct. 31. -As a result of
Influenza among employes in the of ices
of County Tax Assessors there has been
delay In* the filing of tax rolls in the
state < o.'.iptroller s Department, and for
that reason the estim ite of property valu-
<"ll tnc nuuir unif- il «l- 'H 'I IJJ 1 vujl-r. . - - - I . - - | . » u I M"
two cases Involving practically the. same atioii iu Texas will bo considerably de-
SURVEY OF NURSES TO
BE MADE THIS MONTH
Work.
j Board 3. Two of the culls laud" ou Board
I 3 were new ones. v F
I Board 4. One white registrant will bet be from November 1 to This will iu-
& a. /*..... .. fr ^.... t. x* 1 _ 1 1 . .1,1.1.. ... ..,.,1.. 1. t .. . 1 * _ 1.. t. 1
The Turks already have expresse
their opinion of the German system of
uaging "war," and now the Magyars
are denouncing the Austro-German al-
liance! 0, Germany!
"The German lines ol defense re-
8E7ENTH COURT OF CIVIL APPEAIS.
Special Telegram to Tbe Expre*«.
AMARILLO ~ *
the Court
Supreme J
Motions
8trator,
Karnest et al. vs.
Junction.
Affirmed; W. B. Mines ^9. Fir«t National
Bank of Wichita Falls, from Wichita; Beltrl h
Menke vs. First Natlonsl Hank nf Amarillo,
from hotter; City of Lubbock v*. Standi But-
veil, from Lubbock; J. W. Ma lone vs. D. L
Butter, from Beaf Smith.
Reversed and reman.led; California State
Lifh Insuranre Company vs. J. 1>. Krlnc, from
Potter; Mary Reynolds Moore vs. O Pelt,
from LubNick; Peoj le's Savings Bank vs. lx>n
!►. Mares, from Potter.
Consolidated: J. I. Walk' r et al \s. Parlin
layed this year, a< -ording to a statement
made at the < '1 mptroller's Department t«»-
day. Information reaching that depart-
ment Is that a number of Tax Assessors
Board 1 is asked for one white regis-
trant to *'amp Bowie November 11. two
whites to Camp Bowl" November 11; <.110
oamLi„ ^ •» 11 k i negro t<» Prairie View, '-all reinstate*;
. cmblc trie brincn of a tree. Prob- - jwu whites to camp Mabry, call rein-
cvail, and the cost uould be tremend* j at>jy the poisonous upas tree i r 1 1 K i,
... . . Boaitl r». local board for B-\ar Comity.
OUS. How long Will the deluded peopl- — - . — is asked for eighty Whites t<« Fort Crockett
November 21; forty-five whites to Camp
sent to Camp Travis November 11 ; fit i < Bide everyone who has bad trainThg In
teen whites to Camp Bowie November 11; 1 a 11 y decree.
three whites to Camp Bowie November 11. l-lnrolimcnt must, be made at the Red
In the reinstated calls. Board 4 has been Cros-. headquarters with the executive se< -
asked to send one negro registrant to retary, notaing service, .Mrs. Boy Camt»-
P#a#lo View Normal, two whites to Camp bell, or any of the special committee of
Mabry, twelve whites to Camp Travis, two downtown booths.
whites to Fort Crockett and four whites The spe« lal committee appointed by Mrs.
to Camp Travis. Schedules for these tails J- Stevens, chairman of Bexar County
have not been received. nursing, is <<.tnpo-e,l of Mrs. K. T. Brient
I»r. J. II. Biftgar, Mrs T. J. Walthall, Mrs.
Daii'Lcary an 1 Mrs. Peterson.
Other 'ononlttecs appointed bv Mrs.
Stev.-rs arc Miss K. T. Bri. t ♦. * I»r. .1.
"I Blirt'ar, Ws. T. .1. Walt hn 11 \lr
Tex.. Ort. 30.—-ProceedInga of have been greatly handicapped by the
l'f. S k s,,v,Mn1fh Influenza, together w ith the drafting Into
odvern,l.M"lr a' A. iSS,« TTt "fhlrtrV,"■"f-''"'?"1 T"
"• C' '• T^MST.1. for £: have f«i:«.l to*«fe tbeir
SISTFR AFKELIA HETl HNS HOME.
The I'.v, ■ -1 m lluren i.
AC STIN, Tex.. Oct. 31.—Sister Aurella
of St. Vincent's Hospital, Sherman, is
returning home after a month's strenuous
work at Sbton Infirmary, Austin, nursing
sick soldiers wllh influenza r.nd pneu-
monia. Both inst tutlous ire Sisters of
Charity hospitals and Sister Aurella is
well known in North Texas. While here
site bad charge of the overflow patients
A- orenderff Implement Company et al. an-1 housed in tents clustered around the ln-
\\* w. Warren et al. v?*. Parlin A Orendorff Urmary buildings. • if these there were
Implement Company et al . both from Deaf ;'W soldiers cared for.
Sm'th.
Dismissed: L. J. Oskley et al. vs. Fred
Roachlnskey, from Wheeler.
TO l.O OVERSEAS SOON.
SIXTH COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
Special Telegram to Tbe Express.
TEX ARK ANA. Tex., Ort 31.—The Sixth
Court of Civil Appeals disposed of the follow-
ing business today:
Motions overruled: Commercial Credit Com-
pany v*. Ellis dies, appeal from Fannin Conn- .
tv arpe'lsnCH motion to certify and to certify probably will go oversea-- coon. < aptsln
to* the -Supreme Court. Stewart was In the first officers' training
Motions granted: American Life anl Acci- camp nt • •« ti Spring*, rev iving a ee ono
Captain Stewart, After \ Isit in Austin,
Leaves for Hoboken, N. J.
Th^ Express Austin Bureau.
AC ST IN. Tex . Oct. ;sL—Capt. Frank M.
Stewart. ^11 of .1. W Stewart, of th State
Comptroller's Department, after a brief
visit here, has gone to Hoboken, N. J. He
of Germany stand for such sacrifice,
now that they have come tn realize the
truth so long concealed from them?
WHO 13 "CONCKRNED?"
nearing the exo.
ria surrendered unconditionally
she found that the jig was up,
made mn end of it without any
BtlMt could not possibly
advantage to her.
appear* to have surrendered
understanding and appre-
the consequences, and with
that tbe allied fleet enter
and land troops to
These three extracts from press dis-
patches of the past week tell the story':
1. In their signed statement, yes-
terday, urging the people to elect a
Republican Congress, Ex-Presidents
Taft and Roosevelt asserted:
His (Mr. Wilson's) exchange of notes
with Germany has caused a deep concern
among our i»eople, lest he may. by his par-
leying with her, concede her a peace
around a council table instead of a sen-
tence from a court.
2. A few days ago the Associated
Press sent these advices from Paris:
The pr*vall« In (r'n»r*l omnn*
Fren<h offieials thnt the note from
the Preubb-ut of the 1 nited States is Just
what the Allies have been wauting to fores
upon the euemjr.
It is devoutly to be wished that the Travis November 21; eight whites to Ca:ap
Italian armies will save the American ^te StV lV.: «
Government the trouble of any further <\l,,n"1 to !urn.isl! T,""1..11"" "
. . 3 the other local boards for the month of
correspondence with the Vienna pin- November, a total 06 seventy
heads 'have been asked
ncaui. The wort
carried on
! This work has
The cognomcn of Major General Physical examin.
- „ . , taken up again
Treat also expresses how his appear- soon as possible
ance on the Italian front is regarded by
the Italians. SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
IN INTERESTING CONTEST
bo II!
defend
nnrc<>«- Mm \i.i - ".V from to lK>«t|
. . !ui . \ia>. h. practl- ,ip.;' T'nlon Co operstlTe t. lea ring House ts
V« if'-i1 ,in !'T^raduate nurses; Mrs. H. >. c;unn. from lM*k. to p«»«:pon« submission;
MulhHV'n. volunttH-r ii.ir«« - at cantonments; <• ji. firabaui et «1 vs. W W. Whltfieii,
•1 rni- • • ■ ■ ■ 1 •• . s. 11.» u l j. -
'Tiiiin at the tlrae he eutered the officers' train-
lug camp, lie is 24 years old.
NEW TEXAS CHARTERS
LAND NEAR LAREDO WILL BE
INSPECTED FOR GOVERNMENT
« ,, , , IN INTERESTING CONTEST 4 , ——
Big Bill and Little Teddy make a pjrtv which win include p. a. Weitv,
_^_ , , A, . ' 1 nlted St.it*-*> (tiivernmrat engineer * Mai >r
poorer team than ever in their present Vie With Other in Putting sani {• ,kil of S;,n Antonio ami chamber
performance for the benefit of the 1)own Concrete
C- °- P- Walk.
In twenty days, otberwl«w Judgment r«'T»r^. 1. cap.ml ►t"-k. SI < <0. I'nr;»ose msnufsctnre «.f
Western "Vnlon Telegraph Company vs. M~-\ : sa autofn^' :»• -s-vi, .. Ia. r;..,r,Tt.,rs: j,m? Mc
I.hum Armstrong, et al, appeal fnaa Titus t'unn, r KHis ac.d^W. S. Hay.
Coantf.
A 1 aU'12 *nt •.* a- filed y the Alum Cre-k
OU •. (Troy . f >";i Actoa'.o hi.-raising It* esal-
t:jI <!<•.!. tr v> coy tn $100,000 and by tao
First stnt« Hank f Vurdon. b>creasir.g Its cspl-
- A Rons vs. C. O. Harris, tsl ft--k fr«»m $10.00«i (,» ij.-.tAKi.
w.s.s.— •
1 pe. -nil .Ihj-k In,.Lin,- over hin.l ami
1 able fir Uo\eminent |.i:r--|jnsp. Mr. \\>|t
»ine to thl« rity sevl-ral it.yi r*-»V"froili"Brrtr fottlitr: nffirmed. Oplalou
f .. 4 . . ♦ t a n.. n . u.»n in l> _ - . . a - . ^ 1aa W lT U a ri IllT.'T' .
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS
Motions a« t«-d on;
M II. Wagne- _
anix'Sl from niuimlt County; u;otion for <-r-
Uerarl to |*rfe^t record; grsnted.
Mr* .T I). Richardson ts. IWn F ni-le«*.
appeal fr"»tu Hexsr County, motion to dlsmisj
writ of err--r; overruled.
acted on:
UI»1on An to r»n.r»ny• w. n«rM_AM.ne yp.
Soldiers and civilians held a «<>nte.-t at Informatte® eoncernin^ large tra th of lan l ' »*> Aawlate Justice
soldiers ts, —— P- —— 4-
one half dav ti«e Mddiers put d«>« o Aoornng t.- Mr \\*dfy the Innd. if it
D,j hse var.|« ,.f .l.lrwatk. It »a« > ost..mar: f..r »n »- P" —<• 1,1 'tr«.t». v III b-
.. . .. .. a ,,, Ked-bloofledtoersons »i,l not be hor- :«y <uu jar.u ia .> • ■" ,i ,,n. .
3. About the saaic time, the 1 A'M lified at the ^inzeestion that when Brit* wh»l* iia> 1 ^i!"Tits .sni.iu-r.
— ... .. i 'M** .1. II. A1|*HW| then e„n. elrtsi ti.« 111,1 - v t :| ,i !al(. u.(
ish prisoners^ Germany are feieased, i.iea <*r ijaimg r..ut.->t% u.e .,ne i. i>i inuins h.t the » ,r i ..r ibi- pur:.. .
t. ■ . rburo-iar »»» 'l"- lir»ta^^«rle« whl-h Or.Terameit «lll hrr ». inueh a, u.-,-
tue> ^MyJHpermitted to dur^K Ot 1.1««"W" » re« In the t Kite ' States.
ith their *Bha v *«rt H™ stated that tbe ik>rerumect wtil
t llu| consider the pnrvba.se .1 no ira<t of laml
tors. that '• 'bar. acres, cad wt'l
»rnc for tract* of from 30 000
.Mall Gazette (London), was thus j
b/iization of Uic <jw>»ed on this side of the Atlantic:
Air (car that the Presideat's deliberate
method of dealiL* with the Gerawn be-
. tokeaed a mitigation of the Allied de-
| maadt aad the foncotac of
**!• W II.-™ w T. Ve«Mt. appeal Iron,
flesar Celn!y: atflrnx-.!. Op iiSpii Kr a»«.late
Jn«tice MoOTTund.
of Sac Antonio vs. >Speaim et ix.
snt^sl from Be\sr Couatr:
re^er-sl Miirt r.inlered In part./ a t* »«■
"TrX/nn? H»V- "■
Wooil Company. «PP*^^
firmed. Opinion by ChM ,Jn Li r«. an.
Francisco com vs. Guadalupe Cow. ap-
peal from Bexar ^
instroct'oDs. Opinion by
remanded
justice
MEN WHO SPEAK GERMAN CAN
HELP RECEIVE PRISONERS
A touch of re.il homeliness !s lnr-)u<uA*
In plnns for the r»v'e:»Tl(»n of <«ernisn prWt.
oners by the ISth Division at Camp Travla.
Men who know not only the meaning of
-ksmera 1." but an abundance of other 0»r-
w.ia words, are wante.' for the sorvi'-e and
may. if thej successfully pass exHiuIna-
tIou<. I»e ranked fls coiumissioneil or non-
«*ommi«.-ioi»ed offi"cr^. Tl<eJr task will he
to talk prlsom . \ ^nowledue of «!er
man ' riot :»!<«» i>- e>-entlal. OamlMat"«
with «!ight pbyni al defect* will not !«t
tarred. .
W.S.S.
1)111 ri$lf DtSlKOYKR SUNK.
Bv Ass<M*l*r*d Press.
'LONDON. Oct. 31.—A BritUb destroyer
V
/
ssnk following a collision with a merchant
ship on Tuesday, the Admiralty announced
this evunlnjf. There were no casusltlsa.
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