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LUME 33
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TARY BAKER FAVORS UNIVERSAL
MILITARY SERVICE; MAYBE CONSCRIPTION
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United Press Report.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Secretary of War Baker
tells the house military committee that the Nation-
al Guard as reorganized under the national defense
act, has not had sufficient trial, and that it has
shown remarkable development.
In the event of ultimate failure, the secretary fav-
ors higher universal service of selective conscrip-
tion.
TUESDAY, DEC. 19, 1916.
MS
KING OF MONTENEGRO.
Nicholas In N,tlv« Dr*M
•• Ms A»p*ar« In Paris.
UNIVERSAL NEED ERECT MONUMENT
OF ARMY TRAINING IN EAST PRUSSIA
Guard System Woefully Inad- Local Committees Meet
equate, Says Chief of Wednesday, Dec. 27th,
at Cardinal Club.
Staff.
Washington, Deo. 18.— Advocates
tnd opponents of a system of uni-
versal training for military service
to replace the volunteer system as
tie mainstay of the nation's defense,
bid a hearing today before the sen-
ate military committee on Senator
Chamberlain's bill for universal
training, which is supported by the
army general staff.
While representatives of organiza-
tions to be headed by Walter I...
Fisher, formerly secretary of the in-
terior, gave their reasons for oppos-
ing it, Major General Scott, chief of
staff of the army, detailed to the
eommlttee, while the general staff
considered tho volunteer system
wholly broken down, inefficient and
Bieless, and urged that it be dis-
carded for a universal system of lia-
bility to training and service.'
General Scott, disclosing much of
the army war college material hith-
erto regarded as confidential, shows
. tfeat tie army general staff now be-
lieves that instead of 500,000 avail-
able men, which is considered as suf-
leient as a start to guard the na-
tion against invasion, the country
Should have 1,500,000 fully trained
men at the beginning of a war with
a like number ready to follow in
ninety days.
The change is based upon the de-
velopment of the British army, the
organization of great Canadian forc-
es and the British alliance with Ja-
pan, To provide a first line of de-
fense, Mr. Fisher suggested that the
pay of the army be doubled, that
service training which would fit the
Ken for civil life be compulsory, and
that as rapidly as they could be
trained, men be discharged into a
citizen reserve, liable for duty in
war.
President Wilson told callers to-
fay he had reached no decision on
universal training and will not do
*> until definite measures have been
laid before him. He said idea was
^tractive, but that it depended on
definite plans. He does not agree
that the national guard has failed.
The committee In charge or the
proposed monument. In East Prussia
erected by citizens of Washington
county, will hold a meeting at the
rooms of the Cardinal rlub (Schmld
building) on Wednesday evening,
Dec. 27th, for the purpose of devis-
ing ways and means of raising funds
to finish the work.
German ministers of this county,
officers of the German-American
Bund locals throughout the county
as well as lending citizens of Ger-
man descent throughout the county,
have been notified to be present.
As the reader is doubtless aware,
it is proposed to erect a dwelling in
one of the cities nf Kast Prussia
which has been devastated by the
invading Russians. Said building
will bear a doorplate with the In-
scription, "Erected by Citizens of
Washington County, Texas, U. S. A."
and will cost approximately $1200.
All parsons interested In the
movemfcib.tfTe invited to be present.
BAND
HOME ON
Brenham Soldier/A** Enjoy-
ing Every Comfort at
Corpus
Prof. F. J. NavratU, director of
the Second Infantry Band, stationed
*t Corpus Chrlstl, arrived home Mon-
day at noon on a fifteen days' fur-
i louth.
The Professor reports that the
Hrenham boys In the band and In
Company |„ ar« enjoying every
comfort at the ciunpe at Corpus.
Warm tents have be«m provided, all
are well-floored, and a stove In each
I '
°«e provides sufficient heat.
Just how long the Texas troop*
are to remain In camp is uncertain.
The fact that 16,000 or the militia-
men from other states ha*e been or-
dered home, leads the Texas troops
,to believe that they will be the last
to receive orders to muster out.
But for the fact that the members
of the hand are kept away from
hotm\ the army life would be Ideal,
according to the Professor. Good |
meals are served, and with the ex-
cuptlon of a rehearsal of an hour and
a half each morning, and a "review" j
"No Peace, Withom
Reparation"--Lloyd-George
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL
DISCUSSES THE WAR
Photo by Ameilcan Association.
AMERICANS LOST
IN SUB DISASTER
Allies Mutt Ctom the Rhine
To Win World War, Say.
Prof. Masaryk.
(By Wilbur 8. Forrest, United Press
Staff Correspondent.)
London, Dec. 1 (by mall)—"The
only way (he Allies can win the war
Is to cross the Rhine. Germany
otherwise will fight to the blttei
end."
Professor Masaryk, called member
of Austria's parliament, now in l/on-
don, Is telling British pacifists today
thai no mere blockade ever will beat
jthe Central Empires,
"I think I know the Germans."
sail Masaryk today. "1 understand
at evening, the band boya have little th*
HENRY WARNASCH
DIED AT LATIUM
mustering militia out
Ntaaouri Artillery May Reach Home
by Christmas.
ft>rt Riley, Kan., Dec. 19.—The
toree units of the Missouri Held ar-
tery, A, B and C batteries, return-
from border duty at Larelo,
Texas, detrained here Monday, and
*ent at once into quarters at the
ailitary post. The work of muster-
"t the men out of the federal serv-
started Monday morning, and
be rushed so that the men pos-
"foly may reach their homes by
Christmas. It was explained the
hoopers were brought here to be
"Watered out, rather than to Neva-
Mo.( because the permanent bar-
here would be more suitable
k ®en who spent some monthB In
warm climate of Texas than
*°»ld tents at the Missouri encamp-
RECEIVE8 NEW OAKLAND
M«"rs. Botta & Hotlng, local
*tenta for the Oakland automobiles,
*** today unloading a carload of
***•• Popular machines. One of the
They
Brcn-
Llnnstaedter,
Pioneer Citizen of the County
Succumbs to Paralysis
Tuesday Noon.
At the family home at Latium at
12 o'clock noon Tuesday occurred
the death of Henry Warnasch, aged
72 years, one of (he pioneer resi-
dents of I hat section of the county.
Besides the widow, fourteen chil-
dren are left to mourn his death,
live son* and nine daughters
are Mrs. llenry Wunderllch,
ham; Mrs. Albert
Greenvine; two daughters at York-
town; Arthur Warnasch, Port Ar-
thur; William Warnasch of this city,
Henry and Ernest, both of Shelby,
Otto of Greenvine, Mrs. Otto SVharn-
berg of Shelby. Miss Emma, Shelby.
Sketch of Career.
Deceaged was born in Germany on
Oct. 23, 1844. At the age of sev-
enteen vears he emigrated to Shelby.
Vhere he engaged in farming pur-
suits. Here he was united in mar-
riage to Miss Justine Wegner, the
daughter of a prominent family at
that place.
— he
British Horse Transport Sunk
by Sub in Mediterranean.
to do.
The Second Infantry band has sus-
tained the reputation it earned prior
to the mobilisation ordure, and dur-
ing the past several months has been
'highly complimented by officers of
the militia as well as the regular
army, and at regular Intervals is
asked to play for lb# eltlaens of Cor-
pus Christl.
United Pres« Report,
London, Dec. 19.—-England ucd her allies do
not propose to enter into peace initiations with'
out a full knowledge of Germany's proposals, ac-
cording to Premier David 1 io; 1 Cootp, who ad-
dressed the House of Coram oris this eft**.noca.
"Britain has endorsed every wora (I t« ./
and France's answer," declnr*,J! th*s IV** t r Oil
cheers. He announced th(' . •• ■ mr»l n«>ls < juwa-
ing Germany's proposals v ' * k* < ompletea in a
few days, and would be giv .; U. f»»n.ric an em
bassy for transmission to P-
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London, Dec. 19,—Seventeen
American muleteers have been killed
and eleven members of the British
horae transport ship Russian, which
was sunk by a submarine In the
Mediterranean, Bee. 14. Tho Brit-
ish admiralty makes this announce-
ments _ v. . . ..
"Tho empty westbound British
horse transport ship Russian was
sunk by a submarine In the Mediter-
ranean on the 14th. Eleven of the
crew were killed. Including the chief
officer, the first officer and the sec-
ond officer. Also seventeen Ameri-
can muleteer* were killed. Their
names have been communicated to
the American consul."
Newort News, Va., Dee. 19
There were ninety-one Americans
on the British stock transport Rus-
sian, 5,753 tons, reported sunk in
the Mediterranean on Dec. 14 by a
submarine. Sixty-eight of them
were white cattle men anil twenty-
two were negroes. In addition,
there was a veterinary surgeon
BIRTHDAY DINNER
FOR AGED LADY
Miss Margaret Montis Cele-
nniversary.
brates 92d Ann!
"f
the oldest residents at this county,
celebrated her tld birthday Monday,
the happy event being the occasion
of an elaborate dining, only tho
members of the immediate family
being present.
The honoree was remembered with
a number of gifts and the hearty
wish that she would live to celebrate
her 100th birthday. She Is well
preserved for her great ago and is
In fairly good health. She haa re-
sided in the same house for more
than forty years, having made her
home with her bro(her, the late 8.
A, Morrlss, and after bis death with
her nieces, Mrs. E. R. Franklin and
Miss Elma Morrlss. She is a plo-
Dr. i neer of (his county and numbers
many of the older residents among
her Intimate friends.
KllooTIMi AFFHAV AT BRYAN
E. A. Carpenter. The Russian, for-
merly the Victorian, was In com-
mand of Captain lames Dickinson,
one of the oldest Leyland Line mas-
ters, and was said to have carried (>|||. M|U1 -jvo MeH.msly
no armament when she left this port
on Nov. 16. The home addresses
of the Americans on the Russian
could not be obtained here last
night.
Hurt In Shooting on Main
US nnnt
hakrihbcim; school program
Christmas Exercises Will Be Held
Friday, Dee. 22.
1»17
®°del, 5-passenger cars ha*
*®Hvered to J. L. Koaka of the
* Bofcne
For the past thirty-two years
,RB made his home at Latium, where
has reared a large family.
sore two of the family of sixteen
children survive him.
Funeral Wednesday-
The funeral will take place from
the family residence at Latium on
0«- »'"■ •'
In the afternoon- » «'"■
tart, pa."' "I "I"
„ wrrento. Ill
nient *111 1* ,n tbP f,m
plot at Shelby.
tV,TH.,HCT W®"®
(jafity of Killing.
St Louis. D^>barles So*.
. mrimr Monday told the police
a teamster. ■ 8»lth
"" he J » W»
kiiied Charies Stone Jnf
Miss Smith Sunday.
1,* Simdny »W< «- "<*"1
^ struck 9tone *«h *
hammer whe i|oni*i
hu attention, on Mr, b«t »
4* witbdrw
Misses Matilda llartmann and Ma-
tilda Rlesto, teachers of the Harrls-
burg school, have arranged an In-
teresting Christmas program to be
rendered Friday evening, December
22, at seven o'clock. The pupils
will give songs, recitations and dia-
logues. all the selections being ap-
propriate to the Christmas awumn.
The attendance at this achool has
been unusually good, and a splendid
record has been made by the pupils.
Bryan. Texas, Dec. 19 —In a
shooting afTray on the main street
of this city Harvey Worthlngton wa*
shot five times with an automatic
pistol and killed Percy Worthing
ton. his brother, was shot once In
ihe abdomen and probably fatally
wounded, and Frank Wallln, a by
slander, was shot through the arm
flrover Smith surrendered.
■ i r ' '
Olebrate Hllver WeddlBg.
Mr and Mrs. R. V. Hoffmann were
hosts to the Immediate member* of
their families on Saturday evening,
the occasion being the twenty-fifth
anniversary of their wedding. Th«
affair was very Informal, only the
family bei&g prwtflt.
THREE HTATEH HAVK HXOVfALL
Hft Mbwoari and Sebraaka Re-
port White Crystal".
Kansas City, Mo.. Dee. 19,-The
Southwest did not sharejn the snow
which fell over Kansas. Northern
Mite our) and parts of Nebraska to
day, according to reports received
last night by «he l®**1 *'**ther bu"
A drop in temperature to •
few degree- above w» the prob-^
able outlook h
tomorrow, the
ACHRKWiSOTO
TK»'dcrks wko sell me
tkir\£s down town
R^surd me with *,
look
TKey rraMft me veryj
conscious or
My 5nrvwl W
^rir
pie There is truth behind tho Ger-
man boast that llermauy In the end
will, metuhporlenlly speaking, arm
every cat and dog In lht> Empire.
Germany will fight to the last man
and the last coin. She will need to
bo utterly crushed before she will re-
llnqulsh her grip on the territory
alio has Invaded and on the countries
over which today she exercises con-
trol.
"If (he resources of Germany are
proof agnlnsl (lie starvation of her
industrial population, then the only
hope Is the Invasion of Germany,
Germany to uII Intents and purposes
will be beaten when th« Rhine l«
crossed This is because the great
oal and iron producing tone will be
. Invaded. Hlleala alone could
ktrdlj* meat ttMe »#eawlre
ments; also Ksaen and the neighbor-
ing munition factories, on which Ger-
many Is largely depomlent, should
ome easily under the bombard
mont of the Allies, if only from the
air. Besides, Germany would have
been deprived of all the material de-
rived from Northern France and Bel
glum. Hho would be hopelessly
lamlirapped."
Professor Masaryk does not be
llcve Germany la faced With a short-
age of men. If (here is any man
power difficulty at all, It is connect'
ed alih the onormous output of mu-
nitions, he thinks. He la also con-
fident that Germany's allies will fight
to tho last. He added:
The spirit of resistance In Aus-
tria Is not as strong ss it I* in Ger-
many, but Auatrla also will go on
to tho end. The men who make rev-
olutions are In the army and the
military maehlne holds them In an i
iron grip. Thai machine Is run by i
Germany. "Bulgaria will light to i
the end. She cannot help herself j
now. Germany has Bulgaria in her .
grip and will not let go. Turkey
fight* on for Constantinople. Both ;
Bulgaria and Turkey want peace( but
not on the Allies terms.
"Oermany is a long way from be-
ing bealon," the Austrian ex-legisla-
tor declared. "There will be no
revolution In Germany, The mili-
tary people will see to that, In any
case the roots of revolution have
poor soil In the submissive popula-
tion.
Hie Premier was greeted - t
that has filled the halls of Pt», „r,n*nt aincc
when England was prcparitw u» .
"Without reparation, pe
continued. "All outrages o
be liquidated by a few pious t ' . >
ity'.
"We do not propose to > i •
noose with the rope s end i
The Premier quoted Al
"The war will end when our object
der God; it will never end until wc achicve our ob-
ject."
CHRISTMAS BOXES iM COAST OIL
FOR SOLDIER BOYS MEN ARE HERE
Be Received at Joc Cathriner and F. B. Mitch-
Gifts Will
Schirmacher's for Mem-
bers of Co. L
Lit lie Inleit at Is being taken in
the Christmas box for tho soldier
hoys of Brenhaui who ar« In sorvlce
on tho border.
It is propoaed to nenj a box of
cakes, candies, cigarettes and oi(tr>
to the members of Company L and
the Hecontf.lttXautry hs»d,
Announcement to this effect WM
made several days ago, and II was
auggested that glfla be left a( the
Hchlrmaeher drug store,
The Banner suggests lhal It the
box Is to he sent II should bo deliv-
ered to the evpress company not lal
er than Friday, In order lo reach
Corpus Chrlstl In ample time for
Cbrlslmas dinner.
Bull tVuwnltlees NiliiumI.
Committees have been named for
the Klks' bull, which will take place
at the club rooms on the evening of
Dee, 271 h. They are as follows:
Arrangements: Oscar Hoffmann,
chairman; A. W. Green, Bam J.
Muery, Otto Eversbcrg.
Decoration: Ham J. Muery, chair-
man; Oscar Grebe, F. W, Wood. Jr.
Floor committee: Arthur Hohll,
chairman; L. J. Lockett, Jr.. D. C.
dlddlngr, Jr.
Reception: Mr. and Mra. J. R
Williamson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Lusk, Mr. and Mrs, A he Klein, Ms
and Mrs. Heber Htone, Mr. and M
J. C, Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs, II. "
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ITINERARY FOR SAFE FARMING TEAMS
IS NAMED; HXAS BANKERS INTERESTED
Team No. 7, Out of HouMc:., >V'.n % Br«nbam Wednes-
day, Jan. 24th; i crming by
the Uw« f'oeli Koute."
fej
Tho Tcxi* Dink'rs' aaa?'
"The people who preach sfter-the-
war preparedmeas In Allied countries ,a cf ,bc "$jte Firm
are preaching a wlae gospel," said
Profesaor Masaryk
"If Germany Is defeated, my im-
pression Is that a defeated Oermany
will work ae b*rd tbat the Alllea, so
far from taking things easily will
have all tbelr work cut out to com-
pete with her. After the defeat at
Jena, the Prussians est to work to
organise themselves better and we
» the results In the display of
strength to which the present war
haa given else.
PMot Toter Arrested.
Mose Garrett, colored, vu given
an examining trial la Justice court
Monday. Mose resides in Chappell
Hill, and was charged unlaw-
fully carrying • ^
to the rounty court la
of |1H
L.ien, uvttBCfd that IWr S8|»f« tsmis St
g vnd upon by m sigh
High Price Cotton" c»»pa'im. sft» JjpfiWa* at6*1**4' t*r 0M staple tWs
nounce the following ltlnori.r for yeer, 'IMtl
Team No. 7, which will begin work { The Testis Btakeft'
la this section on Mond-y, -"tt. m-rvlc* the
Monday, Jan. 22—Glddlns, 'tmm, A. A
Tuesday, Jan. «3—Caldaelt.
'Wednesday. Jsa. -ItMfcMH,' »'■> >"*« «*
until 4:15 ». m.; BellvlMe t>M p !»1«® to
m, tlte, io
Thursday, Jsn. toks.
Friday. Jsa. 8«—C<MtitBb»9. nstlLure of
Schulenbcrg sttir 1:19
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Many Promtneat
The object of the campaign, si IS
generally known. Is to
diversification, especially
Ing, and If poariMe to
farmer* i«f tWs *t*l# fl»ai
to mi to toe
feed
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