Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, April 30, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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BRENHAM,
s£aKifct,,"!Ss5ir?!s«-(ai;ss
Allies Want American
Troops on Battlefields
of Europe Immediately
(United Press Report)
Washington, April 30.—It will be only a matter of a few
ays before the United States militia units now mobilized are
n their way tcf the European front, less than six weeks be-
ore they will actually embattle the Germans on the European
ront, if the Allies' urgent recommendations to the United
tates government meets with the approval of the adminis-
ration.
The Allies want the American troops in batches of several
undred aboard every ship sailing. This will obviate the ne-
essity of crippling the food and munitions ships to carry
lem in enormous masses.
The Allies nvant the units which served on the border to
o immediately to the western front to train within sound
f the big guns, so as to be tempered for battle in a period
ot longer than five weeks.
Late War Bulletins
(United Pijss Report)
Washington, April 30.—A war appropriation of $2,699,-
85,281 is asked for in the house.
♦ ♦ *
New York, April 30.—Col. Theolore Roosevelt has of-
ered to raise not one, but four divisions, to be rushed to
ranee.
PLANTING LARGE ACREAGE IN FEED
fleeting on Saturday Largely Attended, and Farmers Pledge
To Increase Acreage in Feed Crops.
The meeting of the Farmers of i D. C. GlddlnRs spoke next saying
Washington county at. the court w«>lle Washington county had
ouse on Saturday afternoon was
nrgely attended by farmers from
&
Situation u|
Holds
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mm,nm
(United
London, April
row--May-day
throughout the
Interesting alt
and neutral alike, „
Austrian socialist Onions are de-
termined to institute a twenty-four-
hour general .strike, f
Berlin dispatches hinted that the
German workmen will follow, The
strike is primarily to voice a pro
test against InsufllctoDt food.
Admiral William
Caparton.
RE-OR
BRITISH
i-' - 1 ;t - " '
vA
HAIG'S POSITIONS
WEREIMPROVED
Successful Raids Near Ypres
Were Carried Out.
(United Press Report)
London, April 30.—"Last night,
north of Ypres, u successful raid
was carried out," Field Marshal
Halg reported. "Between Le Preux
and the river Senrpe, in a small op-
eration the Hrltish took a few pris-
oners and Improved their positions."
APPROPRIATIONS
IN LEGISLATURE
Lord Northcliffe Back of De-
mand for
(United Press Report)
London, April SO.VThe British
Admiralty Is under a tornace blast
of h»»at; the public ctaqprln* for re-
habllltatlon. Lord Northcliffe is be-
hind the movment tM reorganise
tion of the naval bfwjch.
Resolutions Wuold Seek To
Prevent Future De-
ficiencies .
arious sections of the county, show-
ng that the matter of planting
lore feed and foodstuffs is gradu-
lly spreading and that the farm-
rs of Washington county will do
heir part In the task confronting
lie nation.
Arthur Wnngemnnn called the
neeting to order and asked John
Item, president of the Washington
lounty Farmers Union, to preside.
Prof. W. D. Notley spoke on the
annlng clubs that should >e organ-
red and said that Miss Holton of
lie high school would be willing to
instruct those in the art of canning
nd preserving fruits and ve*eta-
»les up to June 1. After this time
lie will be connected with the A.
I M.
more money than ever before It
-would- <lo them' bat very little good
If an actual food shortage prevailed,
citing the old fable of the traveller
In the desert with a bag of rubles,
worth nt that time an Immense sum
of money but even with them in
his possession he could neither buy
food or drink and bad to starve to
death.
The following statistics are worthy
of serious consideration, said Mr.
Glddlngs. They represent the
amount of cars brought Into this
city by one railroad and It is safe
to assume that the other road
brought In fully as much:
7!) cars of hay and alfalfa.
74 cars of fruit nnd vegetables.
86 cars of feed and flour.
153 cars of grain.
After thu speaking was over, It
was decided to have each comma
(United Press Report)
Austin, April 20.—S e n a t o r s
Strickland and West brook Intro-
duced a eoneurrnl resolution put-
ting contractor* and others on no-
tice that future legislatures will not
recopnlne unwarranted deliclencles
created for the erection of new
buildings, or other purposes.
It is pointed out that the lust leg-
islature appropriated JSOO.OOO tor
the erection of a new land oflloe
building, and now an additional ap-
propriation of fso.ooo Is needed to
complete the work.
tVnck Shot* Practice.
At a practice shoot held by the
Rrenham Crack Shots Sunday after-
noon Lei} Herbst made a score of 16
out of 26, Alvtn Seidel scored 11
out of 25. and Arthur Sehmid made
9 out of 25.
college domestic science de- nj)y appotnt delegates to meet with
jaitment.
W. A. Yates, secretary of the
IVa»hington County Farmers' Union
said that it was not too late to
slant June corn and if the acre-|
ige that was In potatoes wore to be
planted In June corn Washington
Bounty would have several thousand |
pxtia a rea of corn.
Hp explained that It was as es- j
sential to conserve the crops after
they were gathered as to plant more I
at the present Ime, emphasising the i
fact that thousands of bushels of)
corn are eaten by the weevils each 1
the Brenham chamber of commerce
to devise ways and means for the
increase of feed and food supplies
and also to help the farmer In any
way possible.
yesr. In order to overcome this he
suggested that the crib be as near
airtight as possible, place highllfe
In c^ns or bottles in the corn crib,
close to the top. cover the corn with
wagon sheets and then allow the
fumes to go down Into the corn and
kill the weevils.
Rai se more cattle and hogs.
Watch your hay crop. Conserve the
animal fertlllter; It Is estimated
that one horse or cow will produce
enough fertilizer, If properly cared
for to fertilise one-half acre of land
KEEPING PAUPERS
IS MORE EXPENSIVE
Commissioners May Change
Contract with William
Stelter.
At the next term or the commis-
sioners' court. May 14th, It Is prob-
able that the contract between the
county and Wm. Stelter, manager
of the county poor farm, will be
altered somewhat.
The contract, dated Nov. I, 1916,
and effective for two years from
date, provides for an allowance of
$9,00 for the board and lodging of
each pauper.
Since the contract was made pric-
es for food have advanced consider-
ed this fertiliser lasts longer than : a|,|y and the paupers will either
the commercial fertiliser.
He spoke of th» best way to keep j
be Insufficiently
farm manager
nourished
will lose
or the
money
black-eyed peas, saying that th* I Readily.
Peas should be treated the same as
com Immediately after they had
been thrashed.
Mr. A. Wangemann of the firm
of Wangemann-Relchardt. companv.
said that his firm would buy all sur-
plus peas offered.
R P Thomson spoke next say-
ing that the potatoes, for fall plant-
ing would corae up better If they
were chilled before planting and of-
fered the facilities of the Brenham
Compress, OU & Mfg. Co. to the
fsrmers of the county. He gave
statistics showing that while cotton
brought, at the present price $45.47
acre that peanuts brought
1*4,10 per sere: that the peanut
hay was greedily eaten by the cat-
tle and the oil mill here offered a
roady market for all peanuts
An equitable arrangement will be
made by the commissioners.
TOM PRTKIWON IXJl'RKD
MORR ITALIAN (Jl'ARKS
Fresh
Kiirth Tremor* Reported
Region of Montereltl-
In
(United Press Report)
Rome, April 30.—Fresh earth-
quakes are reported at Monterchl.
TK.XAK Jl'OTICK TO ItKTlRK
SctJi Khcppunl Make* Announcement
Before DlKtlnguUhed Awteinhly.
Washington, April 30.—Before a
courtroom filled with Ibe most dis-
tinguished members of the bench
and bar of the district, and gay with
flags and flowers. Chief Justice Seth
Sheppard of the district court of ap-
peals, formerly of Dallas, today an-
nounced his retirement from the
bench, of which he has been a mem-
ber since Its organisation twenty-
four years ago. The retiring Jus-
tice was 70 years old last Monday.
A brief but Impressive ceremony
preceded the announcemnt of the
chief Justice, during which a silver
ten service was presented to him by
members of the Bar Association of
the dlsfriet, aid a gold watch was!
given him by the Patent Bar as- j
sorlstlon of the United States.
MORE FREEDOMfOR
PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
Will Celebrate
Complete
(United Proas
Petrograd. April 8' „
Shepherd)—Russia .M-
May-day with greater freedi
l*«.er of War Gutchkoff.
gestlon of private
nounced that hereafl
will be considered
sla, with complete
(lorn, free speech
attendee
aory.
Corporal punishment In the army
Is to be completely abolished, and
snldlers are not to- salute officers
"unless they wish to".
wm.
soldiers
q& Rus
Motoring to Gauado.
Rev. and Mrs. E. Saqeblrl and
children left In their e.tr thl« morn-
ing for Qanado, where they grill
ipend a few days with the fsinl'y cl
H. H, Sngeblel,. who will be remero-
bned as a one-time resident of
Brenham.
ItH'BAl NlWt PHOTO Mfivttt, M(W YOSll
' PROF. FRANCIS W. TVtKMti.
Chairman of the new Tariff Com-
mission.
FIREMEN MEETING
CITY HALL TONIGHT
Maifest Arrangements To Be
Mfcde; Important Bus-
iness.
A meeting of the members of the
Brenham fire department Is to bo
held m tl^e eity hell ti.nlght Fur
ther, arrangements for th« annual
SWf* are to H roade and other Im-
portsnt butjfjies Is tu be transacted
Jtttt officers oMhe Are department
Afc* alttMnne* yf
all members at this meeting.
FURTHER DECLINES
IN FRESH PRODUCE
BUNN DEFEATED
BELLVELE HIGH
Visitors Lose by Score of 9
to 2 in Saturday's Game.
The Bllnn college baaebnll team
defeated the team representing the
Bellville High school by the score
of 9 to 2, this being the second
time that the local school has
brought home the bacon In so msny
stsrts. Coach McCord deserves
praise for the work he has done de-
veloping the team. The Illlnn
team had the better of the argument
as they made only two errors and
they -were made by Blchl'r who
plays right field one b'jlnjt when he
tried s grandstand catch on an easy
ouC- The Bllnn Infleld plsved air-
tight ball. Each and every Bllnn
runner that reached first jiomptiy
stole second. The Bellvffle team
was outclassed snd tielr entire In-
fleld blew up whenever they got
BRENHAM WILL SEND
OFFICERS TO CAMP
1 their bands on • ball. The ooly
■ men on the Bel Mile team that re-
| sembled a ball player was the een-
J ter Holder and the plteher. The
I batteries for Bellville, Olrault and
j Fisher For Bllnn, Bchmldt and
■■ I Beerwlnkle.
Five Applicants for Officers' nopeMa.
Training Camps Ac- J Schmidt looks like a
pitcher when he wind* up
Richler would look good In
Up to thla time live applicants
hsve been sccepted from Brenhsni,
Ihe officers training csmp. st
regular
Vehicle Breaks and <l*e«pant» Are
injured; Accident Ocean,
on HMday-
Torn Peterson svffereu severe In-
juries about his hesd. Mrs. Peter-
•on received minor bruises, snd Miss
Selma Peterson was sHgbtly Injured
Sunday afternoon when the family
vehicle was broken down near
phllllpfbnrg. A wheel came
off. and the double team became
frightened throwing the occupants
to the ground.
The sccideat occurred sear Phll-
lipsburx Sunday sfternoon. A p«ne-
,.« automoMD eart- 'H». lai-rl
Leon Springs The government ei-
pects to train 10.000 officers, and
men sre sccepted sfter pssslng sat-
Isfsctory exsmlnatlon*. colle«e men
being preferred-
The date for the opening of the
camp has been postponed from May
8th to May 14th. and the Brenham
contingent will report on the tatter
date. These men will be given
commissions at the expiration of
the training period, or when they
are caUed for acUve service.
Applicants accepted to thla date:
Arthur Hehlt. Herbert Hoblt. Ir-
vla
Johu V. Matlla. Jr.
I * 1
ring circus.
Bell hit one In tb Kth that mads
the Bllnn hsarU sad.
The game was marked with heav-
ing hitting. Bellville. » hits; Illlnn.
S. Bellville made 11 error*. BUnn,
S.
Jimmy " Rivers Is a card on the
coaching line. He kept th* specta-
tors sll doubled op with Mis witty
stylng*.
Th. Bllnn Co-eds h*e sh«n
'• esne to chesrhif >
"IS crowd
!r go <>nt
c^'ier<) in
Bllnn plays the
we thought
the heal
Garden Truck Lower As Sup-
ply Increases; Staples
Higher.
(Houston Post)
Further declines In prices of
fresh produce were found In the
wholesale produce .market Saturday.
Cabbage, which has been selltng at
5 cent* per pound, dropped to 3 to
6 cents per pound, according to
quality. Reports from the Browns-
ville country said price* of cabbage
bad fallen 150 to »75 per ton In the
past week. The drop is beginning
to move in Isrger volume.
New Texas onlous were quot«d at
12.60 per crate of 50 pounds. Frttsh
string beans were going at 11.60 to
$2 per bushel hamper. Pea* were
worth fl to 11.60 per bushel.
Irish potatoes of the new crop
were down a* low ss $2.60 per
bushel In some instance* snd the
price ranged from |2.50 to |3 per
bushel. The supply Is Increasing
snd the grest crop from the Brs-
sos bottom will bs moving within s
few dsys.
Rhubarb from Kansas was selling
st 6 to 8 cents per pound.
Eggs were wesk again and the
tendency was downward. Dealers
quoted 21 to SO cents per dosen,
which Is 7 cent* per dosen under
last Saturday's price. Receipts sre
larger and there Is less demsnd ou|-
slde the Stale alnce the weather got
warmer. The New York market
has steadily declined during the
pest week.
Poultry pries were rather weak.
Htna were selling at IS to It cents
per pound, bnt were slow sale and
a good many were carried over.
Fryera ware selling at 26 to 36 casts
per pound.
Some of the grocery staplee, how-
ever. are making new high recorda.
Flour was quoted at about 116 per
barrel Saturday for the average
choice gradee and cotton seed oil
products were higher. Crusto being
marked up to 1» 1-4 centa per
pound. Crude ell st cotton seed
mills is aald to be selling at 11.10
r gallon. .
Even Orapenut* were marked up
to ».•• per case. Mr. PerllU of the
gchuhmacher Orocery company re-
marked with a smile that Orapenut*
bSVS advanced.
(United Pr*aa Report)
London,
WM
Lieut
the captain of the steamer, and some of the
ed passing.
America may have lost her first fighting forc^ ^ the
with Germany when a German submarine torpedo*^
Vacuum Oil company's steamer Vacuum Sa
The Lieutenant in command of the gun cfew and nh.>c of
his men are missing. Three of the naval gunners * w, nre
among the saved. The survivors were attended by th<r
Shipwrecked Mariners' society.
Capt. S. S. Harris, in command of the steamer in
boat is still missing, together with the bluejackets and
lieutenant.
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New York, April 30»—Three of the American naval gun-
ners aboard the Vacuum which was sunk by a submarine
Saturday, are listed as saved in a cablegram received at the
Vacuum Oil company's office They are W4Uiam Orell, hich-
ola Hitson and ———- Laksor.
The Vacuum was a vessel of 1,922 tons, At the offices
of the oil company it was stated that the vessel carried regu-
lar cargo, and was not an oiler.
She carried two guns, forward and aft Cablegrams in-
dicated that a total of sixteen were lost, with the crew of
gunners and their lieuten*&it. Americans aboard totalled
twenty-five.
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Washington, April 30.—Neither the navy nor the state de-
partment had official advices of the torpedoing of the Amer-
ican steamer Vacuum.
FIRST STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO
PUT CONSCRIPTION BILL IN EFFECT
Govarnor Wi™. All T«m Sheriff, on (Mm from Watt*
ton To Make Arrangements for Conscripting
^ 1 f;4 ■
Austin, April MX—In response tot which may D
sM
Governor Ferguson Sunday sent a
telegram to every sheriff In Texas
to get In communication with the
county Judges, cguuty clerks snd
county physician* of their respective
counties at once and hold themselves J
in readiness for the next 10 day* to
receive and act upon further In-
structions from the governor when
those Instructions are received from
the president.
These telegram* were sent after
an all-day conference between the
governor, Adjutant Oenersl Henry
Hutching* and Brigadier Oenersl
John A. Ilnten of th Texss Nstlon-
(tl Guard, They mean that enroll-
ment under the provision* of the se-
lective draft will be under way In
Texas s* soon ss definite Inst ruc-
tion* ate received from the presi-
dent. All persons of military ag«
In the Htste will be called on to en-
roll or suffer penalty for failure.
War Department Ha* Mailed l^ank*
Blank*, enrollment lists snd com-
plete Instructions already are on
their way from the wsr department
to the sheriffs in every Btste In the
Union. These blanks snd roll* are
to be distributed by the sheriff to the
various voting precinct* In ' their
counties and under proclamation by
the president a dsy will be set for
enrollment in sll the fltstes, and It
Is the plsn to hsve the list .complet-
ed In one day sfter the manner of
holding eleclons.
Person* who sre placed In cliarg'
of the registration places, the secre-
tary of 3ar hopes, will be patriotic
enough to serve without ehaeg*. but
hr add* th§! II Is well understood
lhat the work I* arduous and exact-
ing and If charge for th* servlrt I*
mnde the government stands ready
to psy It.
From information received from
Washington some detslls of the pro-
po*ed plan of enrollment are learned.
With full realisation thai the task
which confronts him I* s huge one.
i full of obstacles snd dlfflculles
"WAR" INSURANCE
STILL AVAILABLE
...
poiie of getting through the work
within two weeks If posslblo, the
secretary of war lias evolved a pro-
gram by which he hope* to elim-
inate delay a* far as possible.
This program Includes a central
bureau at Washington, a collection
of Rtute and Territorial systems un-
der the control of th* governofb,
county and city boards of control
and register for uach voting pre-
cinct with assistants where u«
aary,
Governors under previous sdvices
had been not I lied to he ready to
constitute their county and city
boards within three or four days af-
ter receipt of telegraphic word of
the pa*aage of the bill, which will
be followed by the presidents' proc-
lamation ss soon as he signs the
bill.
LARGE QUANTITY
OF COTTON SOLD
W .C. Lipscomb Disposes of
200 Bales at
Figure.
Fancy
W. C, Lipscomb, well-known Bra-
sos bottom farmer, this morning
disponed ef his cotton crop, August
Schwelsa making the purchase. Two
hundred bales were sold, bringing
an average of something over |100
per bale, the exact figures not be-
ing made public.
MUIJMHK HOYM RKTtTRN
To Enter Ar-
Heven Members of Co. L UlsduH|nl|
Have Itependeat Rotative*.
Eleven members of Company L,
Second •Texas Infantry, arrived
home Sunday, havlnf been dis-
charged by order of the war
ment, on account of having
ent relatives. These men have
drawing double pay during
ilstment. The discharged
are John P Pierce. iVank
A K Wright, Arthur
amo Schaeffer, Frits
Klnsle All of these
Felscher, who
turned to Bres
H. C.
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HHISmuLs!
Most of the
parties Sre Ufe
Lee Curry, agent for
land Ufe Insurance
nounces that his m..._ .
Jet put the war cla^e In
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