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fweessary to try J-bot warfare 'This.
- Md th German theorists -win aeiem
i pMffend and bring the reln of the en-
r" tente to an end. We do not bellere the
.' JTnited States will come In. but If she
i Hoes she is an unmilltary nation has no
' jhrmjr can not create one for many
on ths perhaps years rertalnly can not
ome a military factor soon enouin
o play an part In this war.
That reasoning sounds unbelievable
to us but a drowning man clutches at a
itraw. We believe the German theorists
111 be nroved wroni In their estimates of
the United States as they were In their
stimates or England.
MYmi nlr.w4 tyi what la ih Alltlnolr St
the opening of the fourth year of tne
i fcrar. First let me give you' In epitome
the history of the first three years as
I understand it.
t "The first year broadly speaking was
.' In attempt by Germany to put Into ef-
' 4 feet elaborate plana which her military
t' Strategists had been preparing over the
. space of many long years. The first
Mmn was a concentrated attack on
1 France and Belgium during a certain al-
lit ted period of time in which the Oer-
- Bians estimated it would be Impossible
for Russia to disturb them In the east
t ABANDONED OLD tLAN
FOR "MITEL EUROPA."
"The attack on France was etiecked
.r-frst on the Mame. later on the Tser and
t Tprea. although France and Belgium
suffered severely in the process.
' X " "Germany then according to her plan.
-.took the defensive on the western front
And turned her offensive effort eastward
i fa an effort to knock out Russia. Here
it Again she failed although her attack
- enormously weakened Russia's offensive
tower.
:. "In fhe autumn of 1515 Germany aban-
i foned her old pre-war strategic scheme
. and started In on a plan developed since
Vie war began namely. In an eHort
build "Mitel-Europa as a great clock
. . Mn posed of four so-called central pow
"rs which would command the road to
fhe east. The autums campaign of ISIS
v consisted in essence of the furtherance
this scneme oy conquering aeroia.
inging Bulgaria and haulting our Dar-
inellea effort bv rushing muatltions sup-
lies and soldiers to the assistance of the
rks.
'Rv the winter of 1915 OftmunT had
' done a long way toward realisation of her
m ambition and this point represents to
spy mind the grand climacteric ot uer
. auuiy's offensive power. All this time
Areat Britain had been building up
M. and wHh the beginning of 1915 '
. the first Urns had a real army I
- atatd.
S "With the spring of 1 Germany iad
smm to realise that the conquest of Rus-
sia was Impossible; Russia was too mas-
sive to kill or crush. So the German staff
Wain turned on France snd the Verdun
. attack was the result.
TEAR 191? STILL
OSIER FOR ALLIES.
-J "With the defeat of Germany at Verdun
ejame a turning 01 the tide of which fur-
ther manifestation was seen In a success-
ill British offensive. Previous British
sbilitary efforts had -been comparatively
peaking minor operations or operations
Undertaken in support ot the French. At
ie Somme we started our new work snd
teally great important work It was. al-
though a great deal of the contemporary
eYfect of the Verdun defeat and of the
sjomme victory was neutralised by Ger-
many's push into Rumania. The Ru-
manian push however viewed in true
fejiatorical perspective was merely a flash
l the pan. The Gasman military power
id ready was on the decline and her of-
fensive strength was nothing like what
if had been the year before.
I "The end of 1S16 found the situation be-
tween the two great groups of contest-
ants about equally balanced but the
. urates leaning slightly In favor of the n-
has presented a still
!. " Imring the whole third
ioive attemmed nothing on land. They
eyerywhere have been on the defensive.
i uras hjbi oagoaa aim vam Dinai uv
' rnsula. On Germany's eastern frontier
sithomrh the Russian revolution enor-
- mously weakened Russia s military pow-
. rr Germany was incapable of taking sd-
i&ntage of the situation. On the Austrian
front t'ue Italians got Into powerful Mows
III the wesUthe British ana French struck
'repeatedly and the Germans nave been
fpwerless to answer back.
' ; I "This Is the pitiful state to which we
. have reduced the great power whose
- whole military gospel was summed up In
tie phrase 'vigorous offensive.' Ger-
many's military helplessness owing to
Ike long strain-on her man power mate-
ei and resources is such that today she
rely is able to hang on and her only
hppe is that she may find some wsy of
'similarly wearing us down and forcing ut
- eftt of the war before we get up momen-
turn to drive her back
. "At present Germany Is banking on the
" tt-boat- ' She hopes against hope that the
U-boat will reduce the people ot the en-
tente powers to the same state of want
srivation and suffering . which she has
. been enduring for months and years past
' i hopes to make the entente peoples
' err enough and start peace parleys while
v im still has got the big 4awns with
which to bargain at a peace conference."
Jperu Adheres to
Wilson Message
( Associated Prtst Rtpert.)
Peru. July 21. The Peruvian
cpngresa met Friday and after effecting
ct-ganizaUon heard President Pardo read
. 14s message to the legislative bodies in
which the steps taken by Peru to safe-
guard the rights of her citizens In con-
nection with Germany's submarine war-
fare were mentioned and hopes were ex-
pressed that Germany would give satls-
! action for the sinking of the Peruvian
learner .uorxon
HOUSTON DAILY TOST: SUNDAY MORNliNCa; JULY 2 1V17. ; V S " '
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COURT PLASTER 'SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE IN CHICAGO
WAS P0IS0H0DS! YARDS HAMPERED FREIGHT
Tetanus Germs Found in Gorem-
ment Qiemictl Analysis. .
tint.
("The year
rosier picture.
Department of Justice Issued Warn-
ing' Against Purchase of Remedy
Except From Approved
Sources.
(.fjiorialrJ Prtss Rtftrt.)
WASHINGTON. July 2S- Court plaster
said to have been distributed by German
sympathizers has been found on chemical
analysis by the depsrtment of Justice to
contain tetanus germs. Attorney General
Gregory Saturday warned the public to
use only court plaster from reliable
sources.
The department of Justice Saturday au-
thorised the following statement relative
to Its investigation of sales of poisoned
plaster in various sections of the United
States:
"The department of Justice without
sharing In any sensational view as to the
manner in which sticking plasters or court
plaster became infected states that some
of the samples submitted and analyzed
have been thereby shown to contain te-
tanus germs. The public is consequently
cautioned against purchasing this remedy
except from approvea sources. 1 tie warn
ins- la oartlcularlv directed against pur
chases In small packages from street
peddlers snd vendors."
KANSAS CTTY. July SS. Chemical
tests of court plasters circulated In rural
communities of Kansas by itinerant ped
dlers shows that at least one brand of
the plaster contained tetanus bacilli ac-
cording to announcement today by Fred
D. Robertson. United States district st-
tomey for Kansas.
Mr. Robertson said the bacteriologists
were doubtful whether there was enough
baccilli to cause death.
Fort Worth Labor Is
Not Taking Any Part
IffMJln Post SftaaL)
FORT WORTH Texas July 28. Fort
Worth organised labor refuses to be
sounded on the present gubernatorial
crisis. It Is the opinion of labor leaders
of the city that the labor unions should
stay out of the controversy as much as
possible believing that organized labor
would be overstepping herself to mix in
State politics of this order.
"Fort Worth labor has always been
soHd for Governor Ferguson" said M. W.
Wentworth president of the trades as-
sembly. Wentworth further stated that
he did not look for any united action on
behalf of the local labor men In regard
to the questions believing that Fort
Worth labor would act individually on
the problem and not in a united body.
(Continued from Page One.)
ing the grievances of the men said they de-
cided to strike after certain rules long
contended for had been denied. The rules
in dispute Include the question of pref-
erence being given to yardmen in pro-
motion to yardmasters or assistant yard-
masters the question of obtaining a rule
which would prevent the companies from
reinstating men Justly discharged In dis-
regard of other loyal men and commit-
tees representing the yardmen and the
matter of giving preference to the mem-
bers of the brotherhood in employing
yardmen.
POLICE WERE HELD
IN RESERVE IN CITY.
The railroad managers assert' that to
agree to he demands of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen would establish a
closed shop which would cause a strike
of members of the Switchmen's union of
America. While it is said that no trouble
is expected In the walkout all the police
of the city have been held in reserve by
Chief of Police Soheuttler who la holding
his men at strategio points throughout
the city prepared to rush them to any
point where there threatens to be any
sign of violence. No undue excitement
prevailed at any of the switch yards nad
the first men reported to have left work
did so without any disturbance.
Although the strike technically Is local
it will have national scope to the extent
that it may delay traffic on all trans
continental roads passing through Chi-
cago. After receiving the strike notice the
general managers committee represent-
ing all the railroads affected appealed
to George W. Hanger member of ths
federal bureau of mediation and concilia-
tion who Is here attempting to settle dif-
ferences between the Rock Island railroad
and its tslegraphers. to use his office to
avert a strike.
Mr. Murdock received early reports
from the switchmen's locals telling that
the men had quit work promptly at the
appointed time. He again characterised
as absurd the claim of the railroad man-
agers that onlv 2500 switchmen were af-
filiated with the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen in the Chicago district and as-
serted thst 3400 was the correct figure
He also 8a Id that actual count of ths
membership of the Switchmen's union of
America in the service of the Chicago
terminals was 701 and not 2600 as claimed
by the railroad managers.
Mediator Kept in
Close Touch.
(Assoctti Preu Jieporl.)
WASHINGTON. July 28. Commission-
er William L. Chambers of the board of
mediation and conciliation kept in close
touch Saturday with the situation in
Chicago.
Government officials looked upon the
strike with some uneasiness In view of
Its probable effect In delaying important
war shipments.
No Sympathetic
Strike Expected.
(Associated Preti Report.)
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia. July U.w-U E.
Sheppard. acting president of ths Order
of Hallway Conductors said here Satur
day that ha had received no official re
port of ths strike of switchmen at Chi
cago and he did not anticipate a sym-
pathetic strike on the psrt of conductors.
either freight or passenger.
Antis May Ask for
County-Wide Election
IfljMU poet ypeo-
WACO Jexas. July 2S.-At a meeting
of the (Xecytive committee recently
named by the prohibitionists of this
county a resolution Was adopted to pre
sent a petftion to the commissioners court
asking for aa election September 1 In
such part of McLennan count. Including
the city of Waco as will promise a
favorable result. Waco Is now the only
wet spot In ths county west of the Brasoa
river. West. Mart. Axtell and Elk. east
or the river are wot. It is tne mienuon
of the pros to not Include U the election
the wet precincts outside Waco and to
attach as much drv territory to Waco as
wlU Insure voting Waco dry. If this Is
successful then an effort will be made to
call a subsequent election to affect the
other wet spots. The plan is to gerry-
mander the county.
It was admitted at the meeting by Sec-
retary George W. Bare us that he was in
correspondence with Harper Klrby of
Austin president of the Anti-Saloon
league of Texas. Pat M. Neff vice chair-
man who called attention to the fact
that the movement on foot Is to call
elections about the same time In' Hous-
ton Dallas Fort Worth and Beaumont.
The antis do not believe the pros can
carry a countywide election and the
chances are that the antis will beat the
pros to the county commissioners and
ask for a countywide election on the sub-
ject. German Morale Going
Fast. Sir Geddes Said
lAuociaitd Press RtforL)
LONDON July 88. "The destruction
of the German military power is pro-
gressing more since last spring than the
people imagine and the morale of the
German army assuredly is going fast"
said Sir Eric Geddes in his first public
speech as first lord of the admiralty in
(he Guildhall at Cambridge Saturday'
night. As to his own attitude he said
he would not Interfere with the needf
of the fleet.
Speaking of German inhumanity at see
ths new first lord urged that detailed In-
formation concerning the heroism of offi-
cers and men be not sought as it would
mark them for the enemy and lie was
sure the public placed confidence in the
navy and army.
He paid a tribute to English railroad
men for their work in France as they har
given the army freedom of movement esx
possessed a year ago. Munition wago k
al D UU U . . 1. V mvmLMJB ' vmu .' 1. 111111
tlons are carried to the front on small
gauge railways which has resulted in
saving of many lives.
fUMA.
Peru the mesjtae-e AorArmA mAhmram a
the declaration of President Wilson's
rsa age of April 2. passages from which
lYesident Pardo read. Cordial relations
were being maintained with all nations
nd the government was doing all pos-i-'blo
to strengthen the nation's bonds of
Jrkssdahlp with other peoples he said. In
tea deplorable European war Peru was
maintaining her strict obligations of neu-
uallty. ershing Will Visit
fV American Troops
j KC. ' (.Aiiociolei Press Report.)
. t PARIS July 28. Major General Persh-
ing commander of the American forces
1& France will leave Paris by automobile
early next week for his first visit to the
narmmnent American training camp since
ifcs) troops arrived In France. He will
r-pend two days at the camp. The first
. ay -he will visit Major General filbert's
aierters and on the second day he will
kuak a detailed Inspection of the various
"itita. General Pershing previously has
' visited the French and British fronts.
vV ' - WE OFFER
Canadian-Government Gold Bonds.
Principal and Intsreet payabls In New
York.
L F. HAMACHER & CO.
' CARTER RT.nr.
'HOUSTON.'
Clearance Sale of Boys'
Wash and Wool Suits
(Beginning Tomorrow)
WE have sharply reduced all
Boys Cool Cloth Palm
Beach and Tropical Worsted
Suits; smart Norfolk styles at
$3.85 $4.95
OUR entire summer lines of
. fine Sampeck and Skolny
light weight wool Suits group-
ed into twp lots for immediate
disposal. The latest Norfolk
styles serviceable fabrics for
early fall suitable for school
use at
$7.65 $9.85
These qualities will cost considerable
more later on; it will pay you to antici-
pate your boys' needs while you can buy
at these low prices.
f LEARANCE of
Beys' Cool Cloth
and Palm Beach Wash
Pants; sizes from 6 to
18; values to $1.50; on
sale
95c pair
CLEARANCE of
of Boys' Porosknit
Union Suits; all sises
from 6 to 17; regular
50c values
35c
4 garments for $1.10.
CLEARANCE of
Boys' 25c Wash
Neckwear at
19c
Boys' New Pompadour
Caps ; assorted colors.
19c
Our Final Clean-Up of Boys' Wash Suits; all this season's styles In-
cluding the New Trench and Military Models; sizes from 2 to 8 years.
Wash Suits to $2.50
on sale now at $1.45
Wash Suit to $4.00
on sale now at $1.95
ALL BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S STRAWS AT HALF PRICE
Order
By
Boys' Department Entire Second Floor.
Main
and
Preston
-Texts Conpany Right:-
Bought Sold and Quoted.
SHERWOOD & KING
Successors to Wm. B. King & Co.
' Stock and Bond Dealers.
PATENTS
Obtained mat trademarks and eopyrlgnu
registers. Write for tnveetSr-s Quids
Book. Office at 70s Kress Bldg.. Houston"
T.Ksa 1 . i - PHONI PRCSTON -4790
'U rrr V f A TI ?
FOR YOUR HOME
KEITHLY CO.'S
Plumbing Fixtures
ARE THE BEST
Display Room t11 Rusk.
Phone Prtatvii 104. -. '.
TELL YOUTt PLUMBEIt :-
YOU WANT THS C"3T
(Uv The.
Afe J Tito J 4
MB U. S. TROOPS
LANDED IN EUROPE
Coo ringed trora Pat Oos.)
abroad because supposed n under-
standing had boon reachro. with the allied
roverntnenia to what cha'acrnr "i news
respecting Amchtui n.Hdary fce
to be transmitted freely to the United
States.
The Associated Press too. has. been giv-
en to understand that such an arrange-
ment bad been made.
HAD NO RieUMT
FROM OFFICIALS.
Purthsrmora. the Associated Press has
had no request from any one responsible
officially to submit news of such a' char-
acter passed by the censor to officials In
Waahlnfton before belnc distributed to
Its members. On the other hand the sec-
retary of war on July 6 in a statement to
editors permitted press cables from
Prance to ro directly to addresses without
references to Washington with the stipu-
lation that certain els ises of Information
must not bo contained In them. No suoh
prohibited Information ia contained In thi
dispatch Saturday.
Sine July C no request has been mads
of the Associated Press to withhold or
submit dispatches from abroad prior t:
publication.
On July I the secretary of wsr by offi-
cial order arbitrarily took possession of
all cable dispatches to newspaper and
press associations relating to American
troops abroad and on July 4 and July K
dispatches from Prance addressed to the
Associated Press In New York were di-
verted to the war department without
notice and later delivered to the Wash-
ington bureau with on one occasion a
request for deletion which was complied
with.
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
BY SECRETARY BAKER.
On July 4 Secretary Baker In New York
said to the Associated Press?
"The present arrangement is only a
temporary one and will be maintained
only so long as la necessary to perfect a
smooth working plan to handle this mat-
ter without Imperilling the lives of Ameri
can clUaens."
On July 6 in an official statement. Sec
retary Baker announced:
"The emergency having passed the war
department .states that press cables from
France are again permitted to go directly
to addresses without reference to Wash
ington. These Precautions however must
continue to be observed."
Then followed an outline of military in-
formation which must not be disclosed.
Baturday'sdlspatch in no way conflicts
wnn mat order.
The Associated Press had no further
communication from the government on
the subject until Saturday.
it was generally supposes: in wash I ni
ton and thd belief has been shared bv
many officials including ths army oensur
and presumably the secretary of war that
an arranicment had been perfected with
the censors . abroad. Saturday's events
are tne nrst inaieauon mat such is not
the' case. The Washington bureau did
ths troops referred to landed in England
or Franca. The Associated Press always
has stood ready to oo-operats with tho
government observing any request in the
national Interest.
The committee on public Information
Saturday asked that all dispatches relat-
ing to troop movements be referred to It
but declined to say whether a repre-
sentative could be reached through the
night to pas upon inquiries.
AlviH Gin Changed Hands.
(Houston roti SMtJoLi
AliVTN Texas Jury IS. Hood Shir-
ley have bought the Alvin! gin and are
getting it In readiness to handle the Im
mense cwtten crop thst.win be reieed
this section.- Seme farmers have bet
gathering the crop. More acreage
planted to cotton this year. -
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Visited Port Aithu
iHtmMtmf'-tSHeiA.. i
PORT ARTHUR. Texas. July It. J.
Evans goott Clarke and C. K. McConne!
who are serving on the national defenf
board were visitors hare Friday. They
were nere to iook iniu mv wniuuvu w . v v.
the local industries witn reference w uio n
?iroteetlon of same rrora nre. in connew
Ion with the officials of the refineries 41
and other Industries they made a care v v
ful survey of the local conditions both at y-
this place and at Sabine. r
They were the guests of the IJon elubySSif-
at tne noon luncheon and made short ad-";
dresses explaining their work here.
DEMAND A ' eUARANTEETITLtJ
V'rT Tims- .
Jo Sunday Dinner
Complete Without
FURGHEIIYl'S
DELIGHTFUL FRESH
PEACH ICE CREAM
40c Per QUART.
RICH. FRESH WHIPPED
CREAM 40c QUART.
Delivered on the Minute
Wanted.
KODAKS
Loaned FREE
Kodikers' Attention
. Get your Films from us
and you will be sure to
get good pictures. We
have only fresh stock.
Leave your Films with
us one day and get 'em
next day and "get 'em
right"
PRESCRIPTIONS
If .you want the purest of
Drugs and graduate drug-
gists to compound them
.send your prescriptions to
this store.
tffikahtiilti.
'pharmacy
209 MAIN ST.
Phone Preston 161-1221.
Southern Cotton Scales
The Southern Cotton Seal
Outfit is especially manufac-
tured tor weighing bales of cot-
ton. The beam Is divided by
one pound marks with smooth
top. Capacity 700 pounds.
Scale Beams for weighing cot-
ton in the field. Capacity 150 to
360 pounds.
8peolal Quick 8ervlce on Cot-
ton Scales. Send us your orders.
sdwfi.'V smara ei aovrarwasrt
Peden Iron & Steel Co.
BOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO
WG.GaQBAN-UP
WHITE SHOE SALE
All Men's. Ladies' and
Children's White Linen
and Canvas High and Low
Shoes.
ORIGINAL
PRICE
All $8.00 values now $6.40
All $7.00 values now $5.60
All $6.00 values now $4.80
All $5.00 values now $4.00
All $4.00 values now $3.20
All $3.50 values now $2.80
CHILDREN'S WHITE CANVAS
SLIPPERS
All $3.00 values now $2.40
All $2.50 values now $2.00
All $2.00 values now $1.60
All $1.75 values now $1.40
303
MAIN
'l'T "')tiM
Hosiery
Too
CS359E
I Hs.
Decove the Gltss flow in Your
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Headlight
WARNER-LENZ
Fhone We Also
Preston Have
1800 Perrin
Auto J llo-Glare
Dept. v Dinners
It compiles with all theaws. They throw a soft diffused clear light
over the road a light that la bright enough to let you see everything
but which has ne glare.
ering-Cortes Hardware Go.
OurgustfsmtMinesiusomeib
RIB r-fc-vA - ... . S S- L.
-... SICK BUiU M -WBW Vsr-SSI
opposrrs
I QUALITY
Free Delivery
To all parts of
the city. No or-
der too large or
too small.
SPECIAL OFFER-Goad for the EoliraWeek ssjes
' "' " ' '" . . 1 PaanUt Butter
10-lbo.nlons . . . 25c 1 1 " pm.
1 fo)
STANDAID; GRANULATED
With a dollar purchase of our high grade Coffee and on pound of Tea 60c
Total purchase inoludlng 18 pounce sugar
10
If you like you may substitute any of these articles
la place of tne Tea:
ONE BOTTLE "HONEST" ir?A
EXTRACTS sSOC
ONE BOTTLE "HONEST" OC-
VINEGAR t$DC
ONE BOTTLE GRAPE Off-
JUICE" . sOC
ONE POUND "HONEST" BAKING
POWDER
TWO BOTTLES GINGER
ALB
ONE QUART COUTEAUX OLIVE
OIL
ONE 14-OUNCE JAR STUFFED
OLIVES
... $2.60
25c?
25c
e.
35c.
Watch ur Main itretrt Window for Speelals Ivery Day.
P ' IMPOrTTIRMNO H0ATWt OF FINltT COFFlK QWN Jt- ; r
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