Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-EITHTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Monday, March 3, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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GOVERNORS MO MAYORS MEET
AT WHITE HOUSE FOR CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT WILSON PROMISES HELP OF FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT IN RESTORING PRE-WAR CONDITIONS, AND
ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS BY THE CONFERENCE.
Atsorfatcd P»c#f Dinpatch)
Washington, Mairli 3.—At tin* open-
ing of the White House Conference of
Governors and Mayors on peine time
business and labor problems today,
(‘resident Wilson promised that the
Federal government would perform its
duty guided by suggestions by the con-
ference. He said he hoped the con-|
ference discussion would assume
ATTORNEY REFUSES TO
DEFEND TELEPHONE SUIT
Houston. Tex., March 3— Fulled
States District Attorney John R.
Green, Jr., Sunday telegraphed his
resignation to President Wilson to
take effect Immediately. Atr. Green’s
decision to resign was prompted by
bis i'i*dn< Dilution to co-operate with
cooperate
> attorneys for the Southwestern !'Prtp-
| graph ami Telephone Vompauy tnihe
wide range, including means of retrtor-: sU|t nmuyht by the city of Houston'
ing labor conditions to a normal basis | to re- !rain tlie. telephone reni|inny
possible, ami to effecting I from enforcing certain Ideal rates es-
tablished by Postmaster Burleson.
Tin* sufy which is now in Federal
Court, has been set for a hearing by
Judge Joe Hutcherson Jr. fpr
March 13. -
Mr.'Green's telegram of resignation
was sen/ to President Wilson .Sunday
as soon as
siieli allocations of labor and industry
as circumstances may make necessary'.
Would Wipe Tudkey Out.
A ss'ieni tnl Press Dispatch}
Paris, Match 2. via Moutrcal—Tho
peiu'e conference comuiisshm on.Greek | from the Attorney General to " Co-op-
affairs yesterday dehatec. at length! crate, with' tlie telephone company’s
the new situation to. lie created in | attorneys in the defense of the suit
Asia Minor. The general plan adopted against the city. Mr. Green's teie-
for the dissolution of the Ottoman grntiv follows:
empire is total elliuinatiou of ihat em-
pire. Internationalization of Foils tan
thippie and the straits, creation of a
Turkish state in the center of Asia
Minor and liberation of ail nationali-
ties from Turkish rule.
As regards Asia Minor, the com mis-
firm agreed in principle tliat the' strip
of the coast between Avail and Cos. in-
eluding Smyrna, and Eobeans. shall
he assigned to Greece as full owner
'hr as International mandatory.
Bolshevik i Gull.
..Associated,.Press Dispatch]
London. March 2—Following a pro-
posal by an International socialist dep-
utation that an Investigation be made
of conditions in Russia, the Bolshe-
vist government hoc asked the entente
governments to allow a Bolshevist
commission to visit the entente coun-
tries to eondtiet an investigation. nc-
cording to a despatch to the Doily
Mall from Helsingfors.
Honor (‘ordinal Gibbons.
Associated Frets Dispatch1
Rome. March 2—A solemn Te Doom
and pontifical mass in howbr lifVnrdl-
nal Gibbons’ golden 1uhP.ee was cele-
brated at St. Mary in Trasfevere to-
day. More than twenty cardinal'
were present, besides n huge .contin-
gent of the American colony. ¥
Bills.
President Signs
Associated Press Dispatch(
Washington, March 3-—The i hill
validating and authorizing the adjust-
ment of over $2..Vm,«00,tW0 In war
contracts and $53.<KHUHHi of the rivers
arid harbors appropriation bill were
signed today by President Wilson.
y
The Allied BHI.
Associated Press Dispatch1
Paris. March 3—A peace conference
committee on reparations has estimat-
ed that twenty-four billion pounds is
14c amount the. enemy countries
sliould pay to the allied and associated
powers, says a Havas agency state,-
incut today. France, the str^enifflT
adds, demands immediate payment of
h billion pounds, part gold, part ma-
terial and part foreign securities, ree-
omniending that the remainder of the
account tic payable in a jieriod of from
twenty-five to thirty-five years.
Germans Attack Poles.
Associated Ptess DispatchJ
Posen, March 3—The Germans, af-
ter three days of comparative quite,
resumed tlie attack all along the line
upon tlie Poles today, according to re-
ports from the Polish-German fron-
lier. ’■ .
Vardanum on Foal.
Associated Press Dispatch ]
— Washington. March 3—Senator Vaf-
dnmnn of Mississippi, ehaivtuati of
tlie Senate Manufacture! s' Commit-
lee, inserted in* the t'ongresslonnl Rec-
ord today n cf'foment on tlie commit-
tee's investigation of the anthracite
coal situation, charging that tlie pro-
duction of the anthracite coni iu the
Flitted States is controlled by eight
large transportation companies,
which, through almost complete mo-
nopoly. were ablevto fix prices and
determine rales and production.The
shortage of authriloito coal during the.
war and the existing high prices, he
"His excellency, Woodrow Wilson.
President of the Fpited States, Wash-
ington, I>. C.—I herewith respectfully
tender you my resignation as Fnited
States District Attorney for the
Southwestern District of Texns. My
action at this.time is prompted hy the
fact that I hifVe lieen directed hy the
Attorney (General to Ipo-operate with
the attorneys of tlie Southwestern
Telephone Company ill the defense of
a suit brought Ivy the city of Houston
to restrain the . telephone company
from enforcing certain local rates es-
tablished by i’ostmaster General Bur-
leson. My pronounced personal views
make it impossible for me to consci-
entiously defend the position taken hy
tlie Postmaster General amt 1 have so
advised the Attorney General.
'(Signed) JOHN K. GREEN, JR..
"U. S. Attoniey."
John F, Green Jr. was appointed
United States District Attorney for
the Southwestern District of Texas
March -1. 1314. lie Is now serving ills
second term In that office, which dims
not expire until March 8. 11)22. Mr.
Green said he would vacate tlie office
as soon as Ills resignation is accepted,
Mr. Green did not receive ids ap-
pointment until about a year after
President Wilson took office, owing
to a deadlock between Senators Ful-
lierson and Sheppard. it. F. Culber-
son, a Houston lawyer, a brother of
the Senator, was a candidate for the
office. *
Senaior Slicmmn Speaks,
KAISER FEARED
TO LEAD FLEET
IN KIEL REVOLT
SECRET H1STGKV KEVEAIJBD
TELLING WHY WILHELM
FAILED TO FIGHT ENG-
LAND’S W ARSHIPS.
Ll-
ll. OFFICIAL GOES
Associated Press DittHefch]
Wash ingt<m.Sfafch, 3 —The const it u •
tion of tlie league of Nations as pre-
sented at tlie Peace Conference - was
pietuied to The Senate today hy s'Tiiii-
tiyi JSlieruiaii of Illinois, republican,
“as a pandoras box full oVevils,which
weuld empty upon the American. ih>*>-
ple the aggregated calamities of the
world. Senator Sherman criticised
President Wilson, asking who author-
ized him ..“to war about - - republican
autocratic power.” He added that
such power was not to tie found in
the constitution of the Fnited States
nor was it implied from tlie undefined,
war powers, and gave it as his opln
ion that President Wilson lied been
acting either us “usurper or dictator."
The Senator urged that tlie warning
of the founder of tlie American gov-
ernment to let Europe settle her own
quarrels, he regarded now. adding
that when the Fnited States went to
War agsinst tlie common enemy it did
pot bind itself in ..perpetual alliance to
draw its sword whenever and so long
as a mnWitv >'? rite European govern-
ments voted it upon us.
Following the address of Senator
Sherman in tlie Senate today. Sena
tor MoFumber of North Dakota. Re-
pul llenn member of Foreign Relations
committee, urged that the United
States become a party to the League
for preserving world pence. He urged
an amendment to the league charter
so there will be no possibility of sur-
rendering any American sovereignty
or (lie Monroe doctrine.
Popular Foicred Teacher Dead.
Ophelia Southern; oliO'Of the teach-
ers of Fred 1 louglass school, , was,
stricken with influe117.11 in December
and went into pneumonia from which
she recovered. Not being able to re-
turn to her-work "she. went to Falifor-
niu about tlie first of February. Site
said, were dlte Utmost entirely to this died there Sunday. Fell. 23. and was
nmnrtlailizauon of control. buried yesterday after funeral ser-
vice- at the F. M. E. Church, Rev G.
If. Roll. pastor, officiating. The deceas-
ed, was a daughter of Jackson South-
ern. and belonged to one of the Ijtad.
known and most respectable colored
families of Sherman.
Secretary of I*ahar Speaks.
Jssoffuleit Press Dispatch]
Washington, March 3—Secretary of
Labor Wilson. Who presided at tlie
opening session of Congress of Gov-
ernors here today told the confer-
ence that tlie recent strikes gt Seattle,
laiwrenee and other places, were not
caused hy industrial or economic dis-
putes hut had their origin in a dellli-
.. crate,, organised attempt in a social
and political movement to establish a
Soviet government in the United
*' ca'c\‘A‘itp’r.”
1 ' i* Of *vtsIhI^iV* - iV^f*»ff>t>CT"''
— .
Saloons Wiped Out.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Panama. March 3—Tlie high license
law which.went itito effect yesterday
reduced-the femher <>r. salonnn in
Panama from 681 to 10U.
Jim Vaughn Joins Club.
one
has
Associated Press Dispatch]
Chicago. Mar. 3—Jim Vaughn,
of tlie Cubs’ star pitchers, who
l-een employed in a motor factory at
Kenosha. Wis.. was here today pre-
paring to leave tomorrow for Hot
Springs. Ark., where lie will round
into shape to pitch the opening game
of Hie Season. He plans to-spend two
weeks at Hot Springs and then go to
California with the team on the
spring training trip. 1 .
President Fred Mitchell of tli^ Cnhs
said he expee’ed 'three or four of his
players to spend 11 week nr two
Hot Springs previous to the start
(The writer of this article is a
sister of the first secretary of tin'
Dutch legation iu Berlin, he put a! the
Kiel revolt in a completely new light.*
By Mrs. Burmird-Mosselimins.
Berlin., March 1—The true story of
the Kiel revolt, though well known In
the diplomatic world, has never Ins-n
Btade pulilie; for the reason that both
imperialists and revolutionaries wore
equally Interested in suppressing tlie
facts.
As the world knows, the German na-
val i ommaud last October had ar-
ia aged to risk an action witli tlie
British fleet.
Tin* action was taken at the urgent
request of the Kaiser. Admiral
Seheer (ouseuted to it on one condi-
• Ion—flint the Kaiser Would sail with
tlie flagship and nominally' have con-
trol/>f tlie action
* In this Admiral Seheer had tin'
support of not ‘only practically every
officer of the fleet, lint of many of
the junker and imperialist leaders. In-
cluding Prince Max. and he also had
the backing of Ludendorff and Von
Tirpitz.
The latter, in writing on tho mat-
ter to a friend in tlie diplomatic
world in Berlin, said:
“Hehee'r is right. The Emperor must
go with tlie fleet. His presence will
have a tremendous effect, not only
with tlie officer anti men but every-
where throughput Germany. It will
rally all classes to the throne, and
put an end to the terrible interim'
dl.sensions ami divisions with which
we are threatened, * * the Emper-
or. of course, will consent. If he did
not, 1 would Jose nil faith in tlie
cause for which I have worked all iuv
life.”
The Kaiser, when the naval action
was planned, was at Wilholmshot*
Castle, living in considerable luxury.
Admiral Seheer. Admiral Hertz, and
Prince Henry of Prussia came to Wil-
lu-lmsla e to arrange details of lhe pro-
posed action. *.
The meeting took Place iir the pres-
ence of several member., of the Kais-
er’s staff. Admiral Seheer put for-
ward ills pi'opo-al ill it few blunt sen-
tences :
"Your .Majesty, you are, asking the
officers of our fleet to goto wliut is al-
most certain destruction. \Ve are will
lug to do that for the lToimr of our
country, hut on behalf of the whole
fleet, I have the honor fy request
that Your Majesty, ns the chief of the
fleet, will accompany it on the flag-
ship nnd take command of it." -■
In a typiral :p.-cc-ii the Kaiser
agreed with his admiral's request. He
said:
“God may give us the victory, hut if
lie wills it otherwise 1 cannot con-
ceive that the occupant of the throne
of my fathers could die a nobler or
more splendid death than that he
should die leading Ids fleet in Ibis our
final nmigfmirms eft err' in "the de-
fctisi» of our liberty and hoimr.*'
After that interview Admiral Seheer
at once left for Kiel.
The German fleet was to have sail-
ed on Thursday night. The Emperor
Was to have come to Kiel on the pre-
vious Tuesday, A great banquet in
hi« honor had been arranged to take
place at the Kiel Yacht Flub. But on
Monday morning a naval attache from
WUIu'ltusUoe arrived with a dispatch
for Admiral Seheer.
The exact contents of that dis-
patch nobody will ever know, for, af-
ter-reading it. Admiral Seheer tore it
up and threw the fragments into tlie
fire: t'lien, turning to tlie attache who
had brought |t, and who had remained
with the Admiral while he was read-
ing it. lie said:
"If you are -.going back to Wil-
helmshne tell the Emperor that 1
have destroyed the written confession
of cowardice,”
The Kaiser bad informed tlie ad-
miral that lie was not coining to
Kiel because lie believed it Ills duty
to remain at WiUielmsUoo. but lie
strongly urged that the fleet should
sail to encounter tlie British fleet as
arranged.
The banquet arranged for the Kais-
er was called off. Prince Henry, how
evey, invited a few officers among tlie
higher command to dinner at the Kiel
Yacht Club.
Toward the end of the dinner the
sound of heavy gunfire broke out
suddenly. -The German naval com-
ma n'd had taken possession of Kiel.
A few Idatik shells,had been thrown
over the town by one of the warships.
Thy Prince for tlie moment for Ad-
miral Seiieer’s prisoners. As he left
tlie club he was met outside hy two
officers, who escorted him fq his resi-
dence, where lie remained a prisoner
for a week.
Tlie Kiel revolt was in reality a
demonstration on the part of the na-
val high command against the Kaiser
and the Hoheii7.olierns, and marked
tho breaking off of' the fleet’s .nltogi-
11 nee to the Enlixnit, Tla’ revolt was
not a sailor's revolt, nor was it in anv
way arranged or nhinued liv the reyo-
Twfldfthrles of Berlin.
It was entireiv organized hy (lie
German naval command. In a 00m-
mntih atilm from the Minis'er of tho
Tntei'ior on the night of tlie revolt
Admit"'1 Seheer stated that he would
hold Kield until a new government
had been established.
“And then," he said, “we may write
the epifaph of the German navy— it
TO EUROPE
® TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Health ius'.tra»t*e for wage workers
bow is being eousblereil by nine states.
Several of the Tiltetan lakes iu the
Hiuialuyun Mountains are 2(1,000 feet
above sea level.
An-fin is to have a modern hotel
building to cost $125,000, Work is to
begin in tlie ipmr future.
Four'llupdred and eighty-four new
eoneerns have opemsl offices in Fort
Worth during the past six months.
Photo by American l’rea* Association.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREGORY
Who announces that he will accom-
pany President Wilson to Europe.
understood that Mr. Gregory will rep-
resent (lie war department in legal
masters.
AUSTIN NEWS.
Austin. Tex.. March 3 The past
week s session of the Texas Is'gisla-
ture bus been productive of definite
results. While no especially big
measure has been disposed of finally,
each hraaoh lias concluded coii.sideru-
fipu qf weights' problems, as well as a
number .of smaller ones.
A Sena te bill to increase t he sala-
ries itf judges from ibb district courts
to the Supreme Foiirts. inclusive, ha-
been passed filially. A House bill
proposing aim ndments to the hi w eon-
ceruing spits against mui-residents was
pass'd timilly.
Among the . measures ilisiaised of
ffhatty by the'House are :
A House joint resolution proimsing
•hc onstitutionul amendment to au-
therize the Govermuj to issue $75,000,-
tKMi in bonds for the ‘building of a
system, of lUgliways in the Senate
was adopted,
A bill proposing, tlie re|K‘ai of an
act creating two norma) colleges, at
Nacogdoches and Kingsville, was
killed in the House.
Henry Beckman, reported dead last
fall, writes to his parents at George-
town that tie is well mid wHl soon sail
for Era nee.
John K. Spangler, formerly cashier
of the Bartlesville, Oklu.. National
Bank, plead guilty Saturday to embex-
zJIng tlie bunk’s funds.
Samniie (’ampbell. tl-year-rdd (laugh-
ter of Mr. mid Mrs. S. Campbell of
Godley, Texas, humeri to death when
her dress came iu contact with a hot
stove.
The body of J. R. Bannister. 45
years of age. Was found near ids home
near Fielmrue, where he had died of
heart failure. He is survived by his
wife and six children. '
In response to a rpsotnUon. INwt-
ninster General Burleson, lias advised
the Senate that e\|N'iiditiiies of the
l’ostoffiee Deimrtment have lieen in-
creased approximately $52,735,000 be-
cause of tlie war.
Money paid into the State Treasury
SOLDIER BOVS PLEASED WITH
INTERESTING LETTERS RECEIVED BY SHERMAN CW}3l_1
OF COMMERCE—BOYS SHOW PRIDE IN A BETTER
SHERMAN AND WILL BE GLAD TO GET HOME.
wl<n be sails next Wednesday. It is during February on land sales and
leases aggregated *145038, according
to tlie report filed by State Treasurer
J. W. Baker. Of this amount $78.
138.07 was to the credit of available
funds, and $07,700.80 iiermanent funds.
Nuekles & Kennedy sold the F. T,
Neeee section near (dlillicothe. Texas
to W. R. Piper of Denton for $77 an
acre. This farm is located four miles
north of town and has 500 acres of
wheat on it. Mr.'Piper lliinks lie will
average twenty bushels to the acre,
which will net him $15,000.
W. F. Conner, who was Southwest-
ern passenger agent of the Wabash
Railroad at Dallas for more than a
quarter of a century and prominent
member of the Grand Army of tlie Re-
public. died Saturday at Ids home, No.
2120 North Haskell avenue. He was
74 years old, and is survived by a soil,
Frank D. Conner of Asli Grove. Mo.,
and two daughters; Mrs. Bertie Avery
and Miss Norma Fenner of Dallas.
John Culver, cutivieted as a conspir-
ator ill the plot to dynamite the home
of Federal Judge Ralph E. Campbell iu
Muskogee, Okla.. 011 May 27, last, was
Saturday sentenced by Judge Williams
to ten years in prison and fined $5,000.
This was tlie 'nntxiinum sentence as
follows: Richard Cobh. Muskogee, six
years and $1,000 fine: Will Rogers,
Tulsa, ten years and $500 fine: Prt'S
A idil proposing reducing maximum Cardin, Tulsa, two years and six
months and $100 fine,
were taken to
Sunday night.
Tt
Lea venworth
lie prisoners
prison
penally In the law relating to cruelty
to animals from $250 to $200 was
passed by the House. The purpose of
the measure is to give justice and mu-
nicipal courts jurisdiction over viola-
tions of tills law. '
Three companion Idlls to regulate
and adjust corporation laws were
passed fitmH.v +iia. pnmosemekte^mpbwn firm „lllt ,MIsim.ss M„
or litno tor lilin^r i>f reports by oot-] .. ^ . .
poi nt ions tn’Mareh 15 of each year.
A hold lairglar drove a truck up to,
the cellar of F. B. Brewster. No. 1012
West Belknap street. Fort Worth, and
loaded on. a cargo of case and barrel
goods put out by a formerly weil-
AJMMJtsi •->’>-0eJivrn-.^s;,,A (‘f *'1‘' -**
tarv ciminii.-sioa to compel countb's toj 'Vr.mL " "r,;-'DM'>7 (amMs^r'o*
disiu.cct districts Of cattle fever ticks lll tw^n fittv sistv ,.as,.R (lf pllytH
hind quarts and tliw iairi'els of the
same name,and quality. Brewster
Tlie program • of city building
mapped out at the first of the year
by tlie Sherman Fbaiuis’r of t'om-
merce has been submitted, by Indfvld-
ual letters, to the Sherman and
Graysdn County men who are in ser-
vice overseas, together with bulletins
gotten out by the Chamber telling of
some of the tilings which have lieen
done during the interim that the l«».vs
have las'll absent from the city and
tile county. President Will Leslie of
tlie Chamber of Commerce has Imguu
to receive replies from nthny to whom
letters were sent, and tlie ideas and
expressions of tlie writers will no
doubt lie of-much interest, in view of
the fact that the. Chamber asked and
received expressions from a large
number of the "sta}'-at-home" citizens
in regard to iheir extensive program,
Carl W. Willis, of tlie Second divis-
ion. American Engineers, writing
from Engers-oh Ihc-Rhine. Germany,
says': “I received your letter and bul-
letin and was certainly glad to hear of
the splendid record the folks at home
have made. 1 am certainly proud of
tlie hacking tlie people have given us;,
it shows what they can do both for
home and state by all pulling togeth-
er.
"I have visited quite a few places
In France, and also a number of in-
dustrial centers in Germany. nnd
they haven't anything on us when it
comes fo making use of our industries.
“1 was certainly sorry to read of
tlie boys who paid the supreme sac-
rifice and it is to them we all owe the
greatest, tribute.
"Although l have been through sev-
eral luird fights since last March, this
is the hardest of all. Just standing
by and waiting until Uncle Sam says
go liomc.
“Once more thanking you all for
your kindileas and support and hop-
ing to some day come back to my old
home-town and finding a big and
greater Sherman and Grayson county.
1 remain, etc.
Speaks of Sherman Charity -Sister.
Another interesting reply comes
from Corporal Herbert Taeehinl of
Denison, E. M. R. ('.. F. S. Base Hos-
pital 102. A. P. O. hoi. who is with
tlie Italian army at A'icenra. Italy.
Corporal Tncehini writes: "Beg leave
to acknowledge receipt of your war-
work bulletin and letter! and desire to
think you for same, ns we ‘over here’
are glad to know that we are not for-
got'en hy our home folks, and to
know, tliat you at home hnm.JMGJKOhly'.
stood behind us in oW'MthWg Tight
for Liberty and Humanity. We of tlie
A. E. F. of Italy are almost lost sight
of in view of the greater number, in
France, hut we too have given a good
account of our selves, as jve few
thousands were with the Italians in
their great winning drive. Tlie ma-
jority of the infantry are from Ohio,
while our hospital unP is composed
most, of New Orleanians. Where it
|lle' was organized hy Colonel . Joseph
1 tana.
"Sister Valeria of St-----Vincent's
Sanitarium at Sherman and mvself
was passed hy the.House.
A Senate Dill to compel limited
purtiiei :lu|-. unincorporated stuck
■.Companies,' etc., la- required to file with
the Secretary of State a copy of. their
working plan, failed Jo pass the
House.
a senate Dill to repent tlie Fergu-
son land tcimwt law, which regulates
tile .proportion of crops tliat may be
taken as rent for land, failed to pass
the House. .
A number nDSaiate bill were passed
to third reading.
The Senate passed finally thirty-
lihie' measttres, among which were:
formerly conducted a saloon at 307
West Weatlierford street. Wlicn (he
saloons were closed early last year
(lie stock was removed to liis'Tiome.
The proliHiitionists of Texas have
organiz.ed f ir waging a vigorous cam-
ti’iiiru in support of tlie prohibition con-
stitutional amendment, which is to
oc voted upon by the people on [May
24 next. At a conference of prohi-
bition leaders held hr Austin plans for
the campaign were agreed upon and
______ committees selected. A central com-
A bill to pbuc all public tPilitios. | mittw of nine members, With R. Har-
iiof owned or controlled by municipal-11?1’*' Kirtijr of Austin, as chairman, was
jit s, under jurisdiction of the railroad ; appended A genera] state committee
commission. • ) H'*** members was also appointed, of
A lull to ix-rmit cities to lease mlu-!'v,M‘'l» Mr Kirt'.v "ni ,llso
eral or oil lands owned by them. Mr.' Kirt?’ ,lu‘
A bill to nuthoriz.e d ies to ('stab-!« oinmlttee eousists (-T Ju.lge
lisle places for amusement and reere- A- ,n 1 WtUthl.
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. ... ... V\». A. h«*oliiur ami 1. N. Janos.
t(>njuneti< ri with like sum fjcom t uo •
Federal Government under the Smith* Vlmt the still operated near BroWfi-
fjever act to establish vocational py Sam Harjiy and wife. | *.
training in( Texas. land captured by loenl officers ten M.
A hill to declare service ears an'1 fdays ago, was the ta»st of eighteen1
“jitneys'! common carriers, subject. teUttch outfits which he has destroyed!
regulation b.v cities, and proposing j m Texas during the past few months,
that a $5,000 indemnity bond la>; ex- \was tlie statement made at Brownwood I
from Imnlson are. I believe, tlie only
ones from Grayson county in Italy.
"Am .very much, l ined with your
program for the lieiterment of 8her
man and the county. The ite,m o(
more paved streets interests me as In
Italy every street la paved and all
roads are pared au<Y kept In a won-
derful state. Some of the roads data
from old Roman times.
"Park* aud playgrounds are also a
necessity, not only tliat the young
bdks should have means of growing
tip strong and healthy, but also that
'the tired business man anil worker
m«v Have a quiet breathing spot to re-
sort to.
"Health anil sanitation and flies
and mosquitoes are subjects which
should be well looked after, as I
would venture tlie assertion that
more lample die from neglect of Rame
in a year than the Total deaths In the
A. E. F. in France.
“Social welfare will no doubt have
more attention thnn ever before as so
much stress lias been laid on the
fact tliat we are all as one family
since our war began.
“Industrial education Is one of the
prime mutters iiefore Grayson county,
ns we have an nbundance of material
for factories and yet import many
things from other states. The subject
of vocational guidaneo Is one which
Is very good, as many a young man or
woman secures a college education
and yet fails in life because of not
fitting In with the life work chosen.
“In all you have set a program, the
carrying out of which will be of Ines-
timable value to Sherman and Uray-
son county."
A Reply from France.
Writing from France. Private Har-
rison Thompson of Sherman, a mem-
ber of Fo. F, 144th Infantry, Thirty-
sixth Division, says: "I received a
letter from the Chamber of Com-
merce and I was certainly glad to get
a letter from home telling me wlmt
, had happened and wnat was going to
i happen. Mr. Leslie. 1 tun glad to
know tliat the people are proud of
file hoys over here, hut I will lie the
proudest of anyone wIhju 1 set m.v
foot on our American soil again.
There is no place like home, aud
that's how 1 feel about being in
France. 1 don't want to stay ovet
here ajgy longer than I have'to. but
1 feel as though it was my duty to
come over here, aud all other able
I Mailed men. too. We can't «U go back
on .The. same ship, so we will wait pa-
tiently for our turn to go home. That
will la* tlie happiest day of my life
when I get hack to Shcrmau.
"I came over on the- same ship that
Son (Lieutenant'Lloyd L. Leslie) did,
bid I haven't seen him since we
landed."
Several other replies have lieen re-
ceived hy Mr. Leslie, all expressing,
however, tlie same anxious desire to
return as soon ns jiossilde to Sher-
man and Grayson county and to find
bigger and Is'lter city and eounty.
.where it. wilLhe...mere enjiiyublc than
ever to live ami work.
WRONG MAN SHOT AS DESERTER
-REAL DESERTER AT LARGE
Washington, D. C.. March 3.—War Department records show that
the wrong man was Shot as a deserter about two months ago at Fort
Thomas, Ky„ and that the real deserter is still at large.
'Hie mystery hr the case is heightened by the fact that the depart-
ment-dm** not- yet know the name of tlie man who was shot. The facts
as officially known are that a man named George Isivyson. a member of
Troop G of the Eiiihth Cavalry, deserted, The Usual notices were posted
and rewards offered. A man supposed to lie Lawson was arrested iu
Lexington and sent fo Fort Thomas, where lie promptly endeavored to
escape. While running from the camp lie was challenged by Private
Taylor, but refused to stop. Taylor fired in the air. lmt the prisoner
continued his flight and the soldier fired and killed tlie supiaised Law-
son. Taylor was tried and acquitted.
If developed, however. Hint the finger prints.of the man who was
killed in no way corresponded with those of 1-uwson and the depart-
ment authorities are certain that tlie wrong man was shot. The finger
prints of tlie dead man do not correspond with those ofYitiy iH the army
and officials are completely mystified.
investigation as to the identity of the man is proceeding as well as
a new hunt for Lawson.
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acted oil the part of those operating
these vehicles. .. ’
A Dill to extend the area of opera-
tion of comity ifiutnul iiisurytce asso-
ciations from twenty-five to fifty
miles.
A bill pro nosing new mining laws
which would not apply to oil, gas or
lignite.
A bill proposing creation of a de-
partment of banking and appointment
of a commissioner of banking at a
salary of sn.ooo a year, and divorcing
tlie department of. banking from tho
Department of Insurance.
A bill to compel garages to keep a
register of allsiars repaired in order
to prevent thefts.
A bill proposing a minimum wage
for women and children up to eighteen
years of age. A similar measure is en-
grossed iu tlie House.
preferred to accept disgrace to fight-
ilig^uglie cause of a coward.”
Him the Kaiser kept' Ills promise to
Admiral Seheer there is. ! am firmly
convinced, not tlie slightest doubt that
the fleet would have sailed t° meet
it* doom.
by an internal revenue officer who
destroyed (he apparatus. Hc declared
tliut tlie twenty-gallon brass cauldou
used in the still had evidently been
in use for at least twenty years. Form-
jHi charges against Hamby and his wife
were filed with'the United States com-
niissioncr-. although the.......old couple
httre I Hon at itis'rrysdwcr the discovery
j of their stilt. The eternal revenue
rnau expressed tlie opinion tliat tlie op-
eration of the still hud been by an ex-
pert at the business. .
Organization of tbc *«rl«io( teachers
of Yxmisiaim into branches of .the.
American Federatioti of Labor is
si>reaiTlltg through (In' larger towns, ac-
cording .to reports received from
Shreveport, Alexandria, Morgan City,
Lake L’hajies aud several other towns
througtionf the State. The movement
was starttal by tlie teachers of Orleans
Parish, which' is colineal in its txmn-
daries with tlie city of New Orleans,
all tlie teacher* in this parish being
under control of tin' New Orleans City
School Hoard. Salaries were and are
very low, and the teachers are paid
only for tlie months iu which they ac- ‘ overworked, are following the
tually teach. The uverago of salaries, j [dan. ‘ • >•
German chemists have developed a
comparatively simple method for ex-
tracting pure oil of turpentine from fir
needles.
including high grammar and lirimary
schools, fell as low as $411 a month, ac*
cording to the teacliers with the result'
That many who had been teaching for
years found themselves unable to live
on this* salary, and'left the schools for
other ami more profitable fields of
work, says tlie Fhrlstiau Science Mon-
itor. Those teachers who remained
were forced to carry tlte work Of the
Majority of tlie teachers who had left,
inasmuch as it was impossible for the
selnad lioalxl to get other teachers on
short notice and at the low salary of-
fered. These remaining- teachers,
therefore, met and organized them-
selves in mi associate teachers’ league,
and applied for membership, as an
organization, iu the American Federa-
tion of Labor, which request was
granted. .Xhlrrcafter tlie teachers ap-
pointed three delegates to the Central
Trades ami Labor Council. Now, the
other larger towns of the State, whose
leaders likewise an* underpaid and
same
CALL TO CITIZENS
OF SHERMAN TO MEET
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
tTo the, Citizens of Sherman:
A mass meeting of tlie qualified
voter* of Sherman is hereby called to
meet at tlie cot* y court house Wed-
nesday night. March 5th, at 7:30
o’clock for the purpose of nominating
a citizens' ticket for tlie April city
election for a mayor and eight coun*
rihueh.
Ail citizens interested in the wel-
fare of Sherman are invited to come
out ami assKt in placing good compe-
tent men on tlie ticket for the posi-
tions mentioned.
Respect fuly submitted,
L. M. Tuck. \Y J. Wallace, Frank
Morgrtn. B. F. Gafford. C. W. ttite-
nour. G. L. Eason, R. T. Hanna, T.
F. Newell. G. B R. Smith, J. J. Pit-
man. C. R. Nall. C. F. Sehem-k. Frank
Koto. L. J. Reynolds. J. H. Balt, W.
K. Tai lor. W. L. Fly, D. K. Penn, J. A.
L Wolfe. W. K. Brents. W. B. 1 swing.
J. II. Wood. W. N ButrMge. T.
Armstrong. Fmgent* Cherry. E,
Parker.
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