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TEMPLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11,1917.
VOL. X. No. 265
Issues Statement Immediately Following Formal Appoint-
ment as Administrator—To Whip Speculators in Line.
Idea of Saving Supplies Particularly Stressed.
ENTENTE FORCES II
E
FIGHTING RENEWED AM) GEN-
KRAL OFFENSIVE MAY BEGIN.
FRENCH SCORE GAINS.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Both the British and French armies
facing the Germans in Flanders have
again struck hard blows at their an-
tagonists and have been rewarded with
further gains in the line of Crown
Prince Itupprecht of Bavaria. While
the fighting has occurred only on iso-
lated sectors, it seems evident that the
heavy artillery duels in progress all
along the front from Nieuport to the
Franco-Belgian border, are the fore-
runners of a resumption of the big al-
lied offensive which the rain and the
accompanying mire, stopped almost at
its inception, more than a week ago.
Driving eastward from the sector of
Ypres in the early dawn of Friday,
Field Marshal Haig's forces took tor
their own all the German first line po-
sitions east of Hooge, between Frozen-
berg and the YYpres-Menln road, in-
cluding the village of Westhoeke and
held them in their entirety notwith-
standing the usual counter attacks
launched by the Germans under an
extremely heavy barrage fire.
French Take Machine Guns.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. — The
American government today assumed
control of the country's food supply
with the signing by President Wilson
of the administration food survey and
regulatory bills.
Formal announcement of Herbert
C. Hoover's appointment as food ad-
ministrator was made at the White
House soon after the measutes were
approved and tonight Mr. Hoover set
forth the aims of the administration
In a staten-.ent declaring its purp<>:®
will be to stabilize and n >t to dis-
turb conditions.
Every effort will be made to cor-
rect price abuses made possible by
abnormal times, Mr. Hoover said, l«it
drastic measures will not Le attempt-
ed until it is seen the purpose of the
administration cannot be accomplish-
ed through constructive co-operation
with food producing an I distributing
industries.
Hoover Issues Statement.
Herbert C. Hoover's statement out-
lining the government's purpose in
food legislation follows:
"The hopes of the food administra-
tion are three-fold: First, so to guide
the trade in the fundamental food
commodities as to eliminate vicious
speculation, extortion and wasteful
practices and to stabilize prices in th:
essential staples; second, to guard our
exports so that against the world's
shortage, we retain sufficient sup-
plies for our own people and to co-
operate with the allies to prevent in-
flation of prices; and third, that we
stimulate in every manner within our
power, the saving of our food in or-
dei that we may increase exports to
tured several farms held by th» Ger
mans and also have taken a number
of machine guns from them. While
these gains are characterized as
"slight" they nevertheless are another
forward step eastward toward th« Os-
tend-Lille railroad, toward which the
British drive from Hoogo also W
pointed.
The Canadians lying in their trench-
es at the doorstep of Lens and the
British forces holding trenches south
of the famous Vlmy Ridge are coming
in for intensive shelling by the Ger-
mans.
On the long neglected front near St.
Quentin the Germans delivered a sur-
prise attack of considerable propor-
tions but were unsuccessful in gaining
ground anywhere except some weak
points In the center of the French line.
Otherwise the fire of General Petain s
men put down the sally, inflicting con-
siderable casualties on the Germans.
Likewise on the Aisne front the Ger-
mans have delivered onslaughts against
the French but here also they met
with the same result that has marked
the previous attempts of the German
crown prince to pierce the French
line—defeat. At several points the
Germans managed t omake their way
Into isolated trenches but met death
later in hand to hand fighting or were
captured. Aside from the front in
France little fighting of . moment is
taking place except in Gallcia, Buko-
wina and southern Moldavia.
To the north near Bixsehoote and ... . ... ...
Langemarck, French troops have cap-j""r a"les ,0 a P. which will en
- -- - - 'able them properly to provision their
armies and feed their peoples the
coming winter.
After Speculators.
"The food administration is called
into being to stabilize, not to disturb
conditions, and to defend honest en-
terprise against ,il!e«itim»enmp..-
titlon. It has been "devised to correct
abnormalities and abuses that have
crept into trade by reason of the
world dsiturbance and to restore bus-
iness as far as may be. to a reason-
able basis. I do not believe drastic
forces need be applied to maintain
economic distribution and sane use
of supplies by the great majority of
the American people, and I have
learned a deep and abiding faith in
the intelligence of the average lousi-
ness man, whose aid we depend upon
to remedy evils developed by the war
which he admits and deplores as
deeply as ourselves. But it there be
those who expect to exploit this hour
of sacrifice; if there are men or or-
ganizations scheming to increase the
trials of this counrty, we shall not
hesitate to apply fully the drastic, co-
ercive powers congress has conferred
upon us.
No Host of Punitive Measures.
"In enforcing the measures of the
act it is not our intention to proceed
with a host of punitive measures, but
rather by co ordination with vari-
ous trades, effect such constructive
regulations as will render gambling,
extortion and other wasteful prac-
tices impossible and will stabilize
prices. Indulgence in profiteering in
this hour of national danger is far
from the wish or the will of the vast
majority of our business people, and
I am convinced that while we must
have ready in reserve the corrective
powers given us, we shall by these
powers free the great majority from
necessity to compete with operators
whose sole effort is to inflate prices
and bring into disrepute the majority
of honest traders. We propose to
proceed as rapidly as possible with
constructive regulation in various
commodities and to announce each
program as quickly as it is properly
formulated. We hope within the next
few days to ^announce the method of
wheat and flour control.
Great Needs of Allies.
"The deep obligation Is upon us to
feed the armies and the peoples as-
sociated with us in this struggle. The
diversion of forty million of their
men to war or war work; the addi-
tional millions of women drafted to
the places of their husbands and
brothers; the toll of the submarines,
all have conspired to reduce produc-
tion so that their harvests this aut-
umn will fall 500.000,000 bushels of
grain below normal production. Al-
ways dependent upon import from
other countries for a substantial part
of their food needs, our western Eu-
Dalbis Alan Is Honored.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 10.—The
American life insurance convention
named Parry L. Sea, Dallas. Tex., pres-
ident today at the final session of its
annual meeting here.
i mrnm will
SIMMONS EXPLAINS KEDllAFT OF
THE Br:\ ENCi: BILL.
fcajf, Fi- 'Hs Tl.at Have Earned Millions
Must Disgorge Ko-nc of Their
Profits—Debate Begins.
(Assocla'vv! t-r*ss Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.--- Chair-
man Simmons, explaining to the sen-
ate today the finance committee's pur-
poses in redrafting the war }ax bill de-
clared changes made wll« greatly in-
crease "he taxes on big corporations
which have profited from the war.
In a detailed statsiewt Senator Sim-
mons jaid the committee had weighed
every schedule carefully in weeks of
cotis deration, aid the bill as now pre-
sented would p:ac« the tax where it
oelonped lvitneur working Injustice to
anyone Tie did not complete his
itatetnent and will continue tomorrow.
WlrAont nen'iomrig his name, the
North CaioPna senator replied at
length tc Chairmtn Kit chin of the
house ways and nears committee,
who leeonMy cnarged that the senate
committee t ad rewritten the house hill
bo as io favtr prcpetous corporations
and Individual* On the contrary the
senator Insisted tho senile revision
vouK tax the prosperous r.iuch more
heavly t.-.an had the i.ouso bill. The
house, he said had been frr too len-
ient with those who MO. "reaped this
harvest of gold."
' Ctu n corpor*u«*s in this coun-
try tre solns to bo irsdo to disgorge
in order to pay tie ecpens^s of this
wir, a very con.ilenble propottion of
tist'r mcoTe," s»id Senator Simmons,
"the 1'»1 ♦> war profi's exceeded three
bi.l on dol'n.s. fiio house bill pro-
Tijc.'d a ridiculously small sum from
Lie swollen profits.''
Many .enators ha-c prepared
epeec'.es and a .ong debate is ex-
acted. Senator EaFollette is prepar-
ing a minority 'report in conjunction
uli'i Senators Thomas and Gore and
i>oii-s lo le able to present it tomor-
row.
(Continued on Page- Two.)
Bill for Insuring the Lives of Men In
Army Before Congress; Dependents
May Get First Grab at Pay Envelopes
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.- The
administration's program for in-
suring soldiers, sailors and ma-
rines was placed before congress
today in identical bills introduced
by Senator Simmons and Repre-
sentative Alexander. Committee
hearings will be held soon and the
measure probably will be taken
up in the senate and house as soon
as the war tax bill has been dis-
posed of. In its general features
the insurance program varies lit-
tle from previous outlines, chief
innovation being a proposal to
compel men and officers to allot
a minimum of $ 15 a month out of
their pay to dependent wives
and children. The bill proposes
to give war and navy departments
authority to compel such pay-
ments. Authority also is pro-
posed to compel the men to be
insured to deposit, at 4 per cent
interest, with the government arid
the ■t'serotlon of the war and
navy departments, so much of
me.r pay as u represented by the
difference between the J15 family
allotment and half their regular
pay. Provision is made in the
program for the payment of gov-
ernment allowance to families of
men in the national armed forces.
The proposed allowances vary be-
tween >5 and $50 monthly. In-
demnities for partial and total
disability would vary from *10 a
month f( r privates to $200 for
higher officers. Education of in-
jured men In vocations by which
they could earn a livelihood a I <o
is provided. I'nder the bill sol-
diers. sailors and marines could
obtain life insurance from $1,000
to $10,000 during the war, the
government taking the risk and
the men paying the premiums.
The rate would he approximately
$8 per $1,000 insurance. Premi-
ums would be payable by install-
ments out of pay. The cost of
carrying out the progratif is esti-
mated by Secretary McAdoo at
approximately $167,000,000 for
the first year of the war and
r 380,000,000 for the second. "Wie
bill provides no method of ob-
taining this sum, and a bond is-
sue to cover it may be determined,
later. I
74 Men Certified for Draft
Army From Temple District
Eighty-Eight Physically Disqualified in First 346 Called.
184 Want Exemption—Must Have 99 Now to Make
Up Quota of District—Board to Consider Claims.
IX AFTER THEM
Three Members of Exemption Board
in New York fitjr Removed ami
Records Given to the Police.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Three mem-
bers of loeal exemption board No. »9,
In the heart of the East Side, were
summarily removed tonight by Dep-
ut\ Attorney General Conklin, acting
under orders of Adjutant General
Stotesbury. who Is in charge of the op-
eration of the selective draft machin-
ery in New York state. The records
of the board were placed in charge of
the police.
The members of the board are Louis
C'hery, l>r. L. H. Grohl and Dr. S. J.
Bernfeld. The formal order for their
removal announced that the drastic
step had been decided upon by Presi-
dent Wilson "be. Hise of the irregu-
larities reported to have occurred."
These charges have been under inves-
tigat'm for several days by agents of
the department of Justice. There have
been reports that efforts have been
made to bribe members of the exemp-
tion boards in this city to grant reg-
istrants exemption from service.
The order transmitted to Mr. Conk-
ling by General Stotesbury, acting
tinder instructions of Governor Whit-
man. directed "that the charges now
made lie prosecuted to the fullest
extent."
WACO LANDS CAMP
FOR ARMY AVIATORS
(Associated Prwi Dispatch.*
WACO, Tex., Aug. 10.—-The Waco
chamber of commerce received of-
ficial notice from Washington tills
morning that the propoaed site for
un aviation camp tendered by this
city l»«d been accepted and Col. B.
1). Fftuloia, in charge of the avla-
tioff, dvi«n>«wnl al 'Washington,
asked that a re|>rescntHtlve ol the
chamber of commerce be sent to
the capital to close the lease. Pres-
ident Pcnluiid of the chamber of
commerce will leave this afternoon
to perform that duty. The tract of
land adjoins Camp MacArthur on
the southwest, and contains «««
TAFT IMPROVING
Former President Aide to Fat and
Talk More Than I'sual—Has
Had a Pretty Good.Fast,
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
CLAY CENTER, Kan., Aug. 10.—
"You can tell the friends of Mr. Taft
that he is a great deal better; he has
Improved wonderfully today." That
was the statement given out tonight
by Dr. B. F Morgan, attending for-
mer President Wm. H. Taft, ill of in-
testinal disorder at a local hotel.
Mr. Taft asked for food today, the
first time sine? Monday, when he was
given a soft boiled egg and some
toast, but according to Dr. Morgan,
he did not relish it. Not only is his
physical condition improved, but his
mental attitude has brightened. He
was quite cheerful today and was
more talkative than usual. The prin-
cipal news events were read to him
and he commented briefly.
BRITISH LABOR VOTE
Conference Decides by Big Vote to
Send Delegates to Sleeting to Be
Held in Stockholm Soon.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
LONDON, Aug. 10.—The confer-
ence of the British labor party hdd
at Westminster today voted to send
delegates to the Stockholm consulta-
tive conference by 1,046,000 to 55,000.
The conference was in an uproar,
which ended only when the result
of the card vote was announced.
FULL STRENGTH NOW
Regular Army Composed of 300,000
Volunteers—Twenty-Three of the
States Fill Their Quotas,
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.—With the
volunteers the regular army was raised
to its full war strength of 300,000
since April 1st, more than 183,898 vol-
unteers having been enlisted. Twenty-
three states filled their quotas and
twenty-five did not.
;
Suffrage Banner Addressed
to "Kaiser Wilson" Flaunted
fAfiiocUted Press Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—A
banner displayed at one of the
White House gates by a woman's
suffrage picket addressed to
"Kaiser Wilson" was torn down
today after an indignant crowd
had jeered and hisseid the suffra-
gists for several minutes. The
banner was carried by Miss Lucy
Burns, who figured in scleral of
the previous demonstrations in
front of the White House. It was
Inscribed: "Kaiser Wilson, have
you forgotten your sym|tathy with
the poor Germans because they
are not self-governed? Twenty
million AmerJeau women are not
self-governed. Take the beam out
of your own eye." It Immediately
drew a crowd which gave free
voice to its indignation. There
was no concerted attack on Miss
Burns, but James P. Dcianej, navy
department clerk, tore the banner
from the pole, shot out through
the crowd and up Pennsylvania
avenue before anyone could touch
him. He was not pursued.
W
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THE WEATHER
:
Forecast.
East and west Tex**:
Saturday and Sunday.
Partly cloudy
Definite information concerning the
fates of those who are in the first
army draft is now coming from the
local exemption board at Temple. De-
lay in reaching this stage of the pro-
ceedings has been due to the much
clerical w ork necessary in order to
proceed in un orderly way and with
all the records strictly correct and in
an intelligible and convenient form.
Yesterday the board passed on 74
ittmen of those tvhj had elthef foot
claimed exemption or who had not re-
sponded to the call for physical ex-
amination. They were men who
"passed" the rigid physical lests and
who were declared qualified to make
soldiers in the finest army in the
world. There were but few who were
automatically drafted owing to the
failure to appear for examination.
Also there was individual considera-
tion of 88 names of those who had
failed to pass the physical tests, and
who were recommended for discharge.
These "P. D's." (ire discharged from
obligation to enlist, and while they are
subject to recall for further examina-
tion, the greater number of them are
exempt from military duty for the full
period of the war.
Percentage of Acceptance.
So far as shown, the percentage of
acceptances to the service, based on
the 310 called, is 21.7 per cent. Those
discharged on account of physical de-
fieiences, based likewise, is 25.4 per
cent.
There remains about 53 per cent to
be passed upon. All these, are claim-
ing exemption on grounds other than
physical deficiences, and from the
number, 184, there must be 99 ac-
cepted for service to fill this district's
quota of 173 men on the present call.
If the 99 are secured from those claim-
ing exemptions there will he no need
for more names being listed to report
for examination, otherwise the hoard
will continue on down the list of
drawn numbers until the required 173
are secured.
Those Chosen for Army.
Following are the names of those
who are even now certified to the war
department for service. They are the
men who did not claim exemption and
who passed the physical test:
1,44*. Oscar William Bland, Troy,
12.
1,752, Sidney Lester Turner, Pen-
dleton, 13.
1.117, Wilmer Williams, 508 South
Seventeenth slreet, Temple, 14.
1.572, Helton P. Jones. Heldenhei-
mer, 15.
1,748, Everett Theron Bouldin,
Fentdttori, 10.
2,036, Adolph Geistman, Boute No.
1, Burlington, 11
276, Jrio. Alexander Scott Jr.. 11
North Seventh street. Temple, 22.
2,148, John Truett Smith, Rogers,
31.
107, Sam Ewing Ossenent, 204 North
First street. Temple, 41.
1,563, Earnest Smalley, Sealy, Tex.,
43.
1,369, Jos. Marion Woolley, Route
3. Oenaville, 45.
1,266, Emory Hewitt, Route 1,
Heldenhelmer. 49.
600, Witlam K. Huffman, 1111 Sec-
ond street. Temple, 54.
810, Barney H. Ray. Route S, Tem-
ple, 56.
309 Joe Abtier Lipscomb, 118 East.
Barton, Temple. 60.
43, Wlllice Griffin, North Seventh
street, Temple, 64.
1,014, Harry Hieronymus, Forty-
first street and West Avenue A, Tem-
ple, 72.
1,685. Carrol Anderson, 516 Essex
street, San Antonio, 82.
1,323, George Chapman. Route 3,
Oenaville, 85.
1.723, Robert Houston, Belleville,
Tex., 91.
739, Lewis McCan, 405 South Fifth
street, Temple, 101.
601, LeRoy Dedrick, 910 South
Tenth street, Temple, 103,
1.322, Emll Haverland, Route 3,
Oenaville, 104.
1,020. George A. Al twine. 1218
South Nineteenth street Temple, 114
1,099. Otis Adolph Kopisch. 918
South Eleventh street. Temple 116.
117. Ben Adams, Central fire sta-
tion. Temple, 122,
2,330, Allen Camby Wells, Rogers,
,;3' ^
(Continued on Page Two.)
•STRONG FOR fclOETHALS
Entire Legal Staff of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation On it In Body.
Itlg Lawyers Concerned.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The en-
tire legal staff of the Emergency
Elect corporation has quit 111 a body
because id' sympathy. It Is said, with
Maj. Gen. Geo. W. Goethals, whoso
resignation as general manager of
the corporation, was accepted re-
cently by President Wilson.
On the stuff arc some of the coun-
try's best known lawyers. They ate
George ltublee. a former member of
the federal trade commission, Joseph
1', Cotton, George C. Savage and
Charles I'. Howland of New York!
and Edward It. llurlin of Chicago.
All except Mr. Savage were serving
without pay.
i\ FR Y 11> ()l"sVlAl7LPO\
Migration of Southern Negroes to Chi-
cago Causing Some Alarm on Part
of the City Health Officials.
(AgiiucliUed Press Dispatch.)
CHICAGO, III., Aug. 10.— Migration
of southern negroes to the north since
the European war began threatens to
result in an epidemic of smallpox, in
the opinion of Dr. John D. Robertson,
Chicago health commissioner, who to-
day linked tly city council for 185.000
to conflict u house to' house vaccina-
tion among them.
"There have been 218 cases of small-
pox in Chicago since January, as
agai tsl 47 for the entire year of 1916,"
he suld. "The Immediate cause is the
Influx of unvaccinnted negroes. Of
the 218 eases this year, 161 were
negroes. Of the last 114 cases only
12 were white persons. The disease
has permeated the districts occupied
by negroes."
STREET ( All STRIKE
Traffic in Kansas City Tied I p Pend-
ing .Settlement of General Walk-
out Made l.ast Wednesday.
(Associated Press Dttf|>nteh.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 10.—Kan-
sas City's streets still were free of
street cars tonight, the result of a
strike called Wednesday morning by
employes of the Kansas City Railways
company because of alleged refusal of
their demands to the right to or-
ganize and the reinstatement of cer-
tain employes declared by them to
have been dismissed because of sus-
spected leanings toward organization.
Officials of the two Kansas Cities
met with the street car representa-
tives todny In an effort to alleviate
the situation. The meeting was post-
poned Iweuty-four hours at the re-
quest of I he company conferees.
No violence ha* been reported.
I)AM WASHES OUT
Gigantic Wail of Water Released in
Ouachita River When Licks Give
Away—No Serious Damage.
(AKHoclatptl I'roHS Diapntcli.)
MONROE. La., Aug. 10. The west
section of lock and dam No. f> In the
Ouachita river, two miles below Mon-
roe, washed out early today, releas-
ing a glganUc wall of water Into the
lower river section. No reports of
damage In the path of the flood have
been received here, but government
engineers estimated hte damage to the
dam and lock and th caving In of a
large section of river bank would total
$250,00 . Engineers attributed the
break to water seeping under the con-
crete foundations.
LOCATION OF NEW J). S M. IS
Hobby and Davis Testify They Did Not Vote for Abilene
on the Second Ballot—Fuller to Take Stand—House
Recesses Until Monday—Proceedings in Full.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 10.—Two of the
five members of the locating board of
the West Texas A. & M. college testi-
fied at this afternoon's hearing of
fpeaker F. O. Fuller's charges against
Gov. James E. Ferguses that they did
not vote for Abilene as the site on the
second billot They were Lieut. Gov.
W. 1'. Hobby and Fred W. Davis, com-
missioner of agriculture.
Speaker Fuller, who has already
made affidavit that he did not vote
for Abilene on the second ballot, is
expected to take the stand and tes-
tify about the A. & M. selection meet-
ing some time Monday, to which day
the house committee of the whole re-
cessed at 8 o'clock.
Fuller to Tukc Stand.
Fuller, among the other charges he
made against the governor on Aug. 1,
alleged that when the committee on
location met, "It was announced that
three votes were cast for Abilene.
Three members of that committee
have signed affidavits that they did
not vote for Abilene at the time it was
so announced and the governor has
refused to reconvene that committee,
thus depriving the people of Texas of
the right to have the college located in
accordance with law."
Both Hobby and Davis testified to-
day I hut before the location meeting
on June 30 they talked with Governor
Ferguson, who argued strongly for
Abilene. They testified that the meet-
ing was executive and after the sec-
ond ballot, when Secretary Thomason
read off three ballots as being for
Abilene, the vote was made unani-
mous. That night Davis, Fuller and
Hobby made statements that they had
voted for other towns on the second
ballot.
Later, the witnesses said, they were
told by the governor that Fuller had
mlm'tted that he had voted for Abi-
lene.
Statement tilven Out.
After a time, their testimony ran,
there was a meeting at which a state-
ment was signed by Fuller, Davis,
Governor Ferguson and W. F.
Doughty, saying that the June 30th
ny>etlng had located the board fairly
and squarely, and tlie matter was
closed.
Hobby was not present at this meet-
Ing. He said the governor called him
by long distance, and told him of the
statement. He testified that he did
not want to sign it at first, but ulti-
mately authorized his signature on the
governor's stating that Fuller had ad-
mitted voting for Abilene.
Davis testified that Governor Fer-
guson, after talking over the telephone
to Hobby, said to the committee:
"Hobby would give a dollar to sign
this."
Prior to starting the Inquiry into the
A. & M. matter, the committee of the
whole today considered again the gov-
ernor's relations with the Temple
State bank and the operation of the
state penitentiary system.
The Day's I'riK-eedings.
Prior to the meeting of the house
ommittee of the whole, <Chairman
John J. Peyton of the house appro-
priations committee explained that
while there appealed to be no special
reason why the university bill should
be reported in a hurry, action could
soon be expected. The senate bill
would speedily be in the committee's
hands, he said, and then it could pro-
ceed.
"Just be patient, gentlemen," he
concluded.
Vinson on Stand.
Dr. Vinson was re-called to the
stand at the start of today's session,
lie was asked If any other charges
were ever filed against Dr. leather*
than the one presented at the Oct.
10, 1916, meeting of th» regents, that!
ho had profited from the university
co-operative society. This charge wns j
disapproved.
Dr. Vinson said there were otlvrl
charges, but that these were differ, nt •
from the ones spoken of by Gove;-,
nor Ferguson in a convention on
June 20, when he had said that Math-
ers "mii't go."
Cofcr oil Sluiid.
Dr. It. E. Cofer, who will ceas.) !..
be professor of law. at the university
Aug. 31, next, took the stand 1L
told of attending a democratic coun-
ty convention in III 16 when 1'resident
Wilson's candidacy for re-election was
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BROAD AUTHORITY GIVEN THE
CHIEF KXECl'TIVE TO DEAL
WITH SI'PPLY PROBLEMS.
Manufacture and Importation of Dis-
tilled Liquors May Be Forbidden by
Order from the White House—Dras-
tic Powers for Guaranteeing Prices
for Producer and Consumer Given.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The ad-
ministration food control and food
survey bills were signed today by
President Wilson and became law.
The food control bill establishes,
during the war, broad government
control over foods, feeds, fuel, fuel
oils, natural gas, fertilizer and its in-
gredients, tools, utensils and equip-
ment required for the actual pro-
duction of all such products, desig-
nated 'necessaries."
In establishing government con-
trol, the bill authorizes the President
to enter into any voluntary arrange-
ments, create or use any agency or
agencies, to accept services of any
person without compensation, to co-
operate and to co-ordinate their ac-
tivities.
To ApiKtint Hoover.
In pursuance of such authorization.
President Wilson plans to appoint,
Herbert C. Hoover food administra-
tor. Control of other necessaries
named may be accomplished through
other agencies, The house provision
for an Individual food administrator
was enacted only after the president
had prevailed upon the senate and
house conferees to eliminate a sen-
ate amendment, instered by two over-
whelming votes of 83 to 19 and 60
to 23, proposing a board of food of
three subject to senate confirmation.
Comprehensive powers are given in
the bill, passed as a war measure,
to assure adequate supply and equit-
able distribution of the named neces-
saries. to facilitate their movement;
to prevent, locally and generally,
scarcity, monopoly, hoarding, injuri-
ous speculation, manicplctlon or pri-
vate control affecting uipply, distrl-
button and movement.
Minimum Wheat Price.
Other provisions of the bill fly •
minimum price for wheat beginning,,
next year at not less than $2 per *
bushel; provide for coal and coko
price fixing, commandeering and
government operation of factories and
mines producing necessaries; for gov-
ernment purchase, sale and requisi-
tion of various necessaries, and for
federal licensing of agencies produc-
ing and handling them.
The hill appropriates f-.r a fund of
$150,000,000 to be used in Its admin-
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If the paper is labeled as a morning publication, you are
entitled to the news up to midnight, or after, of the day
before. That is what the Telegram, labeled as a morning
newspaper, gives you—and the Telegram is the only morn-
ing newspaper in the territory bounded by Dallas, Fort
Worth, El Paso, San Antonio and Houston that carries the
full day and night report of the Associated Press. Certain
papers published in some of the above-named cities circu-
late what is termed a pre-dated paper; that is, they close
up their forms with the news coming in through the morn-
ing and afternoon, then date the paper as though it were
published the next morning, put it on the train and start
it toward you maybe before sundown. It reaches you early
the next morning—dated as a morning paper, whereas it is
merely an afternoon paper with the date of publication ad-
vanced twelve hours beyond the actual time of its publica-
tion. In other words, you are given stale news under the
guise of real news. As proof of this, take the town in
which the paper was published, determine the train sched-
ules from that particular city and see if it is possible for a
paper published in that city after midnight to reach you
by daylight the same morning.
PARTK CLARI.V SEVERE IN AH-
R \H.MN<; St)( IALISTS.
Says One Peace Resolution Is Worth
More to the Kaiser Now Than
I .Olio Men on the Front.
(Associated Pressi Lms|.k!';p.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Arouved
by the pacific meeting yesterday In
the capital, Charles Edward Russell,
former socialist and now member of
the returned commission to Russia,
today denounced ali person* propos-
ing peace at this timo or Jailing In
unswerving support ot the a.:, illustra-
tion. Mr. Russell was piirfl-iulariV se-
vere in his criticism of socialists and
members of congress Aidiny the pev'e
propaganda. Incidentally, he de-
clared, as a result of peace activuvs
in the United States soc!»!isU haie
absolutely ruined '.hea' paily. Mr.
Russell said the yarty now consists
of little mora than mi t'iei: pro tkr-
tnan element.
"One peace resolution ofCtred In
the Unit»d States congie.is today Is
a greater asset to the Uaiser thai) a
thousand m«n on the iuvt line" Mr.
Itusseii said. "Any socialist that
does not undor"t-' ad that this is ihe
last final decisive struggle between
autocracy and dcmecracy is too blind
or too dull to understand anything
about socialism.
"If the men who are talking this
most peculiar peace auff are igno'-s
ant of the effect of the.r work. t!wy
are too hope't l> igTio.vnt to be al-
lowed to ?au- any pari in p«blic life
and should he retired f.oh) it ii.'j'ant-
ly. If they are no' ignorant oi the
effect of the i work they a*« con-
scious traitors and should have at
once the pr, nipt at'e..'.on of the
nenn-t Pi.iteU States atlornCJT."
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