The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 5 of 8
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tore Wednesday morning and
down to business in a big way
sowing down tbe county with liters^ », ., , ,
tore and letters. Two young ladies1?* voting<ju ecindt,»^
were busy in the Chi
ttcrce o»oe Wednesd
Chamber
„ . lay morning ad-
dressing ani' wearing letters wbicb
are to go to every home in the county.
J. E. H. Railey has been appointed
publicity chairman. The biggest cam-
paign tor “patriotic purposes ever con-
ducted in the county is expected to
result from the Liberty loan campaign
Judge 0. McKinsey has been ap-
pointed chairman of the speakers’ bu
reau and has promised to give the
work bia active attention and sup
port. Other appointments will be an
nounced soon.
Mr. Shropshire sent out the appeal
Wednesday for individuals to volun
teer their services to sell bonds. Boys
and girls who can give a few hours
each week'to the work are asked to
report to some of the above named
officers of the organization for in
structlons. It is hoped that several
hundred men and women will, within
the next few days, be acting as ag-
ents tor the bonds in the various sec
tions of the county.
The committee has received a large
stock of honor flags, one to be placed
in the window of each purchaser of
a bond in the Third Liberty loan.
The committee has a large supply
of patriotic songs, with the music, to
be sung by public schools, patriotic
organisation Sunday schools and
young peoples’ organisations.
The figures of Liberty loan sales
made to date by the four Weatherford
hanks are ae follows: First National,
16,060; first State, 111,500; Citizens
National, 19,000; Merchants &
ers State, 16,000.
county and state;
Big Packard Six Goes Into Ditch.
Tuesday afternoon about 5 o’clock
The city council of Weatherford met
in regular monthly session Thursday
night with Mayor Russell presiding
jjhnd Aldermen Messer, Kouns, Erwin,
Gardner, Crawfcrd, Phillips and Hart
answering to roll call.
‘The only business outside of rou-
ie matters was the passing of an or-
dinance on ita. third and final read-
lny, "Prohibiting the storing and sale
of fireworks within the corporate lim-
its of the City of Weatherford."
The mayor’s and marshal’s report
a party of Oklahoma gentlemen who showed that $10 had been collected in
are looking over Texas in a Packard
six, were enroute to Fort Worth from
Mineral Wells, when the driver ran
his car into a ditch about three miles
east of Weatherford," throwing the
three occupants of the back seat out
of the car onto a barbed wire fence.
One of the men sustained two bro-
ken ribs and a sprained ankle, while
another received Scratches about the
face and bruises on the body. After
the men were thrown out of the car
they were dragged some little dis-
tance against the fence, tearing their
clothing considerably. One gentleman
was wearing a very fine overcoat
which was torn into shreds. The men
returned to Weatherford, where their
wounds were dressed and they pro-
ceeded on their journey, the car being
uninjured.
The cause of the accident is said
to have been brought about by the
driver watching a couple of airplanes
that were passing, one of them dip-
ping low above the ground, which they
thought at first was falling, so in his
excitement and anxiety for the bird:
man, the driver allowed his car to
get beyond control.
fines and for the imponding of stock.
‘Tax Collector Kerr reported having
collected $674,48 since making his last
report.
The following report of Treasurer
Harcourt was submitted and approv-
ed:
Per. Imp. Bond Fund—
NAMED CHAIRMAN WOMAN’S
WORK IN PARKER COUNTY
«*
RKER MAKES BETTER
SHOWING THAN SISTERS
March 7, balance
$17,370.85
Received during month
145.10
Paid out during month
765.00
April 4, balance
... 16,950.95
Road and Bridge Fund-
March 7, balance ... .
$ 1,153.98
Received during month
197.08
Paid out during month
432.55
April 4, balance
918.51
Sewer Fund—
March 7, overdraft .
$ 58.18
Received during month
37.40
Paid out during month
213.00
April 4, balance
.... 233.78
General Fund—
March 7, balance
$ 900.84
Received during month
189.85
Paid out during month
1,513.52
April 4, overdraft
422.83
ILL^OIS MOB HANGS PRO-QER-
3/mA» for oisloyaj, remarks
Collinsville, HI., April 5—Robert P.
Praeger, said to be of German parent-
age, wgs hanged to a tree one mile
south of the city limits last night by
a mob of 350 persons wbicb dragged
him from the basement of the city
ball here where he bad been hiding.
Praeger was accused of making dis-
loyal remarks in a recent address to
miners at Marysville, 111.
Praeger early in the night was tak-
en in hand by members of the local
"Loyalists” committee and forced to
parade barefooted through the streets,
kissing the American flag at inter-
vals. The police rescued him and
took him to the city hall for safe-
keeping.
Later in the night a crowd gathered
in front of the hall and demanded that
Praeger be surrendered to them. May-
or Siegel appeared on the steps and
counseled calmness, but tbe demands
increased and the police then took
Praeger to the basement, where he
was concealed beneath a pile of til-
ing. When the demonstrants discov-
ered the man was not to be delivered
to them, they rushed past a cordon of
officers and after a short search drag-
ged Praeger from hiding. Barefooted,
he was led through the streets at the
end of a rope and later was hanged.
$9,000,000,000 COST OF WAR
TO U. S. IN ONE YEAR
That Parker county is making a
splendid record in war saving stamp
sales is shown by figures published
Wednesday. Jn the, Dallas News, tbe
flgurea coming from the campaign
headquarters in Dallas.
It is shown that during the first
three months of the campaign Parker
county has sold more of her quota
than any of the adjoining counties.
Parker is Ata tyly. county ot the group
that has lHPjp^much as teD Per cent
of thtbqtltfta allotted. The figures are
as follows: - ^
County—
Tarrant
Wise „
Parker. ......, 531,$40 52,066
Palo Pinto . lip <96.40# V£
Johnson .. . 698,580 60,724
Hood .............' *12,720 20,282
Mrs. Claud DeVan Watt, of Dallas,
special representative of the woman’s
Farm ! work committee in the Third Liberty
loan campaign for the sale of bonds,
was in Weatherford Tuesday and ap-
pointed Mrs. Oscar Barthold as coun-
ty chairman ot the work in Parker
county.
Mrs. Barthold, as president of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
has many Important duties that de-
mand her time and attention, hut she
has decided to acoept the most im-
portant of all duties—that of organ-
izing the woman’s work in the county
for the benefit of the Liberty bond
campaign, assisting tbe campaign
committee in putting Parker county’a
quota over the top.
Mr. Shropshire, as county chairman,
welcomes thq. assistance of the worn
an’s committee, (or the women have
proventhemselves equal to every em
in cpmiMh$tt< the aid of the
government in the work for the Red
Cross and sale of thrift and war sav
ing siatops. ^
> ■ ■ ■ • -- 5
v Death of M ra. *. 4. Lanqfiorv
Be art Readj to Show 7ob
Big Shipments
just received.
A New Trimmed Hats, at
A $3.75, $4.50, $5.00, and
A $6.00 to $7.50.
Y We are receiving this week
y many new things in Ready-
Y to-wear.
A Our business has gradual-
ly ly increased from the day we
A opened.
Y We give you service, qual- 1JHU *♦*
Y ity and lowest itrices. V"
1 WALDROM’S
$ 4
m
MAKING HEADWAY IN CON-
t TRACTING FOR ACREAGE
f 8. T. Webb, who Is contracting acre-
ale tor tb* canning factory, in COS-
versation With the Her»l<i It-portef
Tuesday stated that tib Was progres-
sing vhry wait 9itth the work, but was
havibg b$end a great deal of time
||ch individual grower on ac
hofint of the fact that they have not
been used to contracting for acreage
and thereby disposing of tbe entire
crop at & stipulated price. Some fig'
ure that fifty cents a bushel is too low
for tomatoes, but they do not take in
consideration the fact that while they
hav* MCUred better prices for small
QfiE&tiUes, still they ullow a quantity
to go to waste in the garden. By con-
tracting acreage at a given price they
are
There are 33 bushels of tomatoes
the ton and reports In
48133,4.1 Langdoo, aged J7* wll* of,
i. f. Langdon, died at the family home
weeks, which caput a.«e*^l break
down. Deotaae&'fc
husband and several children. The
funeral took place Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, interment being at Fair-
view.
Mrs. Langdon had tPsidhtl ill this
ooubty for ft number hf ^ars; the
family is well kn^M in that section
of the county and their many friends
deeply sympathize with them in their
hour of bereavement.
Balance on hand, $17,212.85.
Street Commission Potter submit-
ted hiq monthly report, which was as
follows:
Sanitary tax collected $ 19.75
Sewer rent collected ............... 17.00
Road tax collected ... 110.00
General fund ................................ 27.75
Total collections, $174.50.
Hauled 84 loads of cinders to West
Josephine; hauled 300 loads of gravel
to Bridge, Dubellet, N. Waco and
Palo Pinto; cleaned gutters on Spring
to city limits, on Palo Pinto city lim
its, on Oak from S. Main to Davis, on
Columbia from S. Main to Lamar. Re-
tracked bridge on Fort Worth street,
built distributing box at septic tank,
built chloride of lime box as suggest-
ed by state health inspector; 86 men
paid road tax by labor; 816 closets
were cleaned in March.
The following accounts were approv
ed by the finance committee and
vouchers ordered drawn for same:
Mayor’s salary $ 20.00
Jno. R. Brown, salary ........... .... 72.55
Barney Barker, salary 65.00
S. S. Gilbert, 7 night work 14.00
Tom Lovelady, care stock 4 00
Chas. Vandagriff, salary ......... 50.00
Walter Milliken, salary 5.00
L. V. Harcourt, salary ................ 5.00
Dr. Bunch, salary ....................... 5.00
B. B. Ferrell, salary .................. 10.00
Jim L. McCall, salary 3 mos. 25.00
Water & Light Co................... 276.05
Slrret wfirk ,............................... 252.9*
8efrer work .................................. 216.00
Dorsey Grain Co. .......................... 15.60
Texas Bridie Cq: ...................... 800.00
Jones & Kincaid ..... ......... *
S. I It GshtSO ....... 6.85
ft, VV, Kindel Drug Co. !........... 6 00
ft"antz-Plckard Hdw. Co........... .85
Lowe & Co................................. 1-70
J. R. Duey, work 1 25
Washington, April 5.—Nine billion
dollars is the approximate cost to the
United States of one years of war.
More than one-half has gone in
loans to allies and will be repaid even-
tually; over one-third has been spent
for the army and military establish-
ments; one-tenth for the navy and
one-fifteenth for shipbuilding.
Just one-sixth of this big war cost
has been raised by taxation and other
ordinary sources of revenue and the
balance has come from the sale of
Liberty bonds and certificates of in-
debtedness.
Government expenses now are run-
ning about $1,000,000,000 a month with
somewhat less than half going to the
allies, who spend the great part of
their loans for war supplies in this
country.
SLAUGHTER SICKENING TO SOL-
DIERS NOT HARDENED
TO FIGHTING.
MEXICANS CONFULSE SCHOOL
CEN8US WITH DRAFT ACT
Associated TreM
El Paso, Texas, April 5.—County
school gensus takers are finding diffi-
culty In enrolling Mexican children.
An investigation proved that some
Mexiddfi!, jjarents have confused the
schoolj ,gensus with the draft regis-
tration find have hidden them when
the census takers drew near. Stories
apparently of enemy origin, were told
them that the hoys were being listed
so they might be drafted for the
United States army within a year or
so and that the girls would be forced
to do R,ed Cross work in Europe.
Nervous fluttering or palpitation of
the heart does not indicate heart dis-
ease, generally it means disorder in
the stomach and digestion. Prickly
Ash Bitters is an efficient remedy in
such cases: It cleanses, strengthens
ung acrease at » ------- - ’ reKUla,es the stomach, liver anti
enabled to dispose of the product. | bowplS| renloves the cause of the
heart 'symptoms and builds Up a
the Canners’1 Sirong and vigorous body. Price $1.25
**- ----- —w~r— . , . | hottle Kindel Drug Co, and City
Journal place the average y.e (' *1^ Co..'Special agents.
mato growing States at from thiei to ---——•-—,
five tons to the acre. Taking the low-| H B Wagoner gf Camp Travis re
eit average, three tons, would ! turned this morning after spending a
the grower $49.50 for his acre of to-L da>.^ furloUgh visiting his father
the expense of cultiva-|amj niother. Mr. and Mrs. F A. Wag-
701 Water street, MV. and
0. W. Oliver, work
Carter-Ivy Hdw. Co.
W. C. Ragsdale ............
W’ford Lumber Co.
Nat'l Sanitary Aas’n
F. M. Hardin Lumber
Herald Pub. Co.
Milmo Lumber Co.
Camp & Cfk
.40
9.25
.55
28.95
11.60
32.95
86.75
17.60
3.25
MAKES PARACHUTE LEAP
FROM MOVING AIRPLANE
San Antonio, Texas, April 5.—Rod
man Law, daredevil balloonist and
aeronaut, now attached to the Fifth
aero squadron at Kelly field, Thurs-
day noon Jumped from an airplane at
a height of 2,500 feet and, with the
aid of a parachute, landed safely on
{be flying flel<l Ng. 2. He was taken
up in the plane by Edward Stinson,
an instructor „t Kelly field. •-
Mr. Law is making 0 series of ex
periments at Kelly field td demon-
strate the feasibility of jumping from
an airplane. He is a brother of Ruth
Law and Edward Stinson is a brother
of Katherine Stinson.
PREDICTIONS VARY AS TO
WOMEN'S VOTING STRENGTH
With the American Army in France,
Monday, April 8.—The American rail-
way engineers who helped stem the
tide of the onrushing Germans dur-
ing the opening days of the battle now
in progress, fought shoulder to shouh
der with Canadian engineers in car-
rying out their task. They held theii
ground stubbornly and only retired to
previously arranged positions when
forced to do so and enforced casual-
ties by the thousands upon the Ger-
mans as they advanced in close forma-
tion, in one place in as many as seven
waves, each wage ten men deep and
100 yards apart. The Americans with
tbe Canadians had all the ammunition
they needed and although they were
unsupported by the artillery and arm-
ed only with rifles and with a few
machine guns, they poured scythe-like
streams of bullets into the enemy at
several different times until the wea-
pons were so hot as to be useless.
This handful of American soldiers
who were not hardened to such terrific
slaughter, was sickened by the sham-
bles it created but fought furiously
for several days helping to hold the
enemy all the way from St. Quentin
to the vicinity of Noyon. These were
the Americans mentioned at the time
in the official communiques but these
details of their exploits it has only
now been possible to secure.
When the German attack began, the
Americans were working in the rear
lines with the Canadians under Cana
dian command. They quickly threw
down their tools and seized the weap-
ons with which they had been armed
for some months and formed them-
selves into a fighting unit. The Ger
mans came on and finally reached the
positions where tbe Americans were
waitlfig.
Tbe exact numbers erf the engineers
cannot be given, but they were com
paratively small. They had no inten-
tion of retreating, however, and were
bent upon killing all the Germans pos
sible.
As tbe first gra* en?my advanced
the American forces !vl thehl come
until they were within Certain ratigo,
then opened fire, poOVing in a Morm
of bullets. Gaps appeared 111 the ad-
vancing lines at many plates, some of
them large, where thv machine guns
had chewed through. Still the Ger
ways crop up, hut the following is
what the correspondent heard fronk
an unquestionable source and it is;
said to have been verified:
"In one of the periods In which the?
American engineers and their Cana-
dain comrades in arms were holding:
a position, what appeared to be a
British potor staff drove up. The dri-
ver was in the uniform of a British
staff officer and a man in the tonneau
was in the uniform of a British sta<£
officer. The officer stepped out and.
asked for the commanding officer. H©-
was taken to a Canadian officer near-
by. The staff officer ordered the com-
mander to retire four kilometers, say-
ing that the Germans were pressing:
<m both flanks and he might be cot
off.
“For some reason the Canadian com-
mander became suspicious. He had
the staff officer searched when the*
latter failed to produce his authority
and papers were found on him proving,
that he was a German officer. He-
and his chauffeur were immediately
shot.”
American engineer officers are said
to have been present when this inci-
dent occurred.
M
Ahstih, Texas, April 5.—Now that a
law has been passed which will per-
mit women to vote in the comnig pri-
maries, there is little conjecture and 1
numerous estimates as to how man>’ j 'WRVeV enmt on without firing a
women will be eligible to vote and
Ftnrnll Pickard ~Hdw Co........... 2.40 1iaw wnay Will lake advantage of the]
Mr*
|L est avei
■ the grot
W matoes. less the expense
1 Hon, etc. > finer,
Q 5* fcr. \Vebb says the acreage bOta*! Wagoner's daughter, MX*- • • Bah
■ atoe8 i, well in hand and no trouble j cm ^ El Reno. OWE, has-al^ been
be experienced in getting all the her pareftts and returned to
potatoes needed. Other crops such i,rr home this morning.
•***• are beln* taken care of' I ^iaoeTicoW.
Keener and Miss bertha
After. Disinfecting Co.
R. W. Kindel Drug Co.
The Texas Co...................
W. A. Kerr, com.
S. W. Tel. Co. ^
H. Eddleman r
j 1 Total
The conhtil adjourned
trail of tht, mayor.
28.00
8.RO
11.68
28.60
7.00
12.25
single stUMT—just advancing.
The Americans were unable to un
derstand these tactics, hut nevefthe
OIL LAND8 IN OKLAHOMA
BRING ENORMOUS PRICE’ .
Associated Preaa
Walters, Okla., April 10.—The Coin
sicana Oil company has sold to the
Magnolia Petroleum company for $6,-
750,000 its acreage in Cotton county*
Oklahoma, according to papers filed
here with the county clerk. To tb©
instrument were attached revenue
stamps totaling $1,500.
ENEMY ALIENS WHO VIO-
LATED PERMITS ARRESTED
Associated Press
Milwaukee, Wis., April 10.—Efghty-
two enemy aliens, who are said to
have violated their permits, were ar-
rested today, and it ia said 200 others
will be arrested as soon as they ar*
located.
600 COMMUNITIES COMPLETE
LIBERTY LOAN QUOTAS
Associated Press
Washington, Apirl 10.—Six hundred
communities in the United State©
have completed Iheir Liberty loan
quotas and have claimed the right to
fly the honor flag. 1 ■
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JAPAN PROPOSES TO HELP
CHINA RE8TORE ORDER
* * Associated Press
Pekin, Tuesday, April 9—It is re-
ported that Japan has proposed to
send 200,000 troops to Chiaa to helja
restore order throughout China and
to protect the borders.
i
eppoHublly. Figures arq not avail
able to show just. Bow many are eligi wpre certRin that it was a ques-
ble to vote find hence predictions aaji B slaUKhtertng the enemy or be-
’ to the total vole they will poll is spec ^ ,hemselves smothered under the
j ulative. ’advance. By this time their weapons
The predk'ttons made about the cap wpre SQ j,ot that they could not be
_jitai as to the number of women ,httt us,,d effectively and the enemy
$2 14511 j will cast haHots in the July primaries
subject to range Trom 20,000
; that number.
to more than twice
RfiGlITRATlON BLANKS ARE
QROBRED FOR PARKE* WOMEN
County officials Mtvo ordered 2,000
blank forma t»r Vh« registration ot
Parker cotifttd women Who may del
sirs to vote In the primaries next July,
The k|r allowing women to votajhi
the primaries was panted at tbe rec-
ast session of the legislature. As
attended Mid finally pasted it. pro-
vides that every woman, wh<k la 21
year* of m a citinen of the
m*> * r*“w,t M
’Xort-i* a ltd Mis-v'^w’a Ov-
Waldo
Shaw.
Julius M
erj°n'0. n*v»s and Mis* $Vsle Sho<-
^Itharlia Womack and Mias Lucile
^ Jaime couts Owens and Mias Emma
Caffe*. _
^ j ptraons^returned to hla borne
Tnartttfion Toe May after
© Week 61 WesUyerford.
Setts Home on Palo Pinto Street.
J \z. Bridgman has sold his resi
and 18 acres of land on Palo
rpinto street, in the west edge ot
Weatherford, to L. A. Callaway o!
: Ranger. The price was $o^.>0, and
Mr. Oallaway Is to have possession
PHYSICAL VALUATION TELE
GRAPH COMPANIES ORDERED
Aug. 1. Ail the papers were finished
and delivered Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. Z. B. Dally and Mrs. Dally left
today for Norraangee. Texas, to attend
a ministers’ conference, which is to
last several days. They went by auto-
mobile and art to stop In Fort Worth
for the military review Thursday.
Washington. April 6-The Inter
state Commerce Commission has ord-
ered an investigation of railroad
freight rates on petroleum and petro-
leum products in view of the wide
differences in increases sought by the
railroads.
The commission also has ordered
an investigation into the physical val
uattoft of fbrty-flve telegraph and ca-
ble companies’ property and their fin
was
close, so that the engineers retired
fighting, took up another position,
then turned and began operations
again. A British oflicer who witness-
ed the engagement is reported to have
said:
"They held on by their teeth until
the last moment, inflicting terrific cas
unities on the enemy. Then they mov-
ed back and waited for the Germans
and repeated the performance.
By the time the engineers had
Airplanes Collide, One Kill#4-
Associated Pres*
San Antonio, Texas, April JDr—*O-
det Elam Ankruni of Champaign. III.-
was instantly killed, and Cadet George-
Douglas of MarysviUe, Kan., was prob-
ably fatally injured when their air-
planes collided 250 feet midair at
Camp Kelly this morning.
•V
♦
BRITISH
AND JAPANESE
LAND AT VLADIVOSTOK.
J
Associated Trese
Washington, April 8.—The landing
of a British force which tallowed th«
Japanese party at Vladivostok is con*
.firmed by the American consul there.
! No details are given The troops land-
ied without resistance.
Vivian luiley
recovered
1 • uevore uttAek of WuaiUtis.
ancial condition.
Mrs. Dure Peters returned to her sample of what Uta eu«»y U to expect
boas in Mtilsap Wednesday after a from
visit to lira 4, F. Wlaaton. _
Dwtoi uBunal stories ak]first reports usually are toe optnnfeiio.
LIBERTY LOAN $250,000,000
reached a place somewhere near Noy
on they were nearly exhausted and SATURDAY'S SUBSCR,PTJ°?®
almost without equipment. There
they were given a chance to res: and
re-equip. According to all reports,
they were entitled to It, for certainly
they gave the Germans a generous
Washington. April 8.—1 notficlal re-
ports to the treasury department es-
timate Saturday's subscriptions t©tb©
Third Liberty loan at $250,00^000.
Officials say this may be too high, aa
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