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Tcnight probably rain or snow,
murh colder; cold wave, with
freezing teniperaturr; Wednesday
lower teniperaturr, probably fair,
colder.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, MARCH 4, 1919—TUESDAY EVENING.
Subscription Rates on Ptf« Two.
HUSTON THOMPSON
REPUBLICAN FILLIBUSIER WITH
MANY MEASURES NOT PASSED
RAILROADS WILL PROBABLY BE RETURNED TO OWNERS IM-
MEDIATELY—PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES STATEMENT
PLACING BLAME ON GROUP OF MEN WHO TRY
TO EMBARRAS THE GOVERNMENT.
Washington. March 4*-Congt«8« ad- ^oniiMlIy 'of Tex-^
joumed n. noon today in the mills, of th?PI?C LfX "Iso.X,
" 1K,T ‘""'r? *£* STll-K-pn'.liian leader .Mam,. It,-pro-
tNt killed a I on it list of important w>nlath!(. Mfflrff> of jy^V-nla and
measures.. Among the bills that
failed of passage was the appropria-
tion for the railroad administration.
Spokesman of the administration said
tile failure of this measure necessarily
wculd mean the almost immediate re-
turn of the railroads to their owners,
I; 'cause the govenment eoiild not re-
tain and finance them without appro
pciatkms. There was no turning Imek
of clocks. Democratic leaders realized
the s’liiation hopeless and gavels end-
ing the long, great war session of the
Sixty-Fifth Congress actually
tapped at noon.
others atleuiptod pa ilia men I ary delav
throughout. the night.
Representative Mann ilturged that
democratic supporters of the resolution
had delayed the bringing. it to a vote
until Just before adjournment so tlmt
It would not lie. passed hv the Senate
and so that President Wilson would
no* lx- culled upon to approve or dis-
approve the measure.
“I desire to advise, the political
party that attempts to throttle this
.resolution that it is dealing with
dynamite.’’ said Representative Gallf-
van. of Massachusetts, democrat. “I
PRESIDENT PLACES ItLAME. "BP™1 »" <I<>"*<’ «" “top "'is imn-
Apmetatcd Press Dispatch] , sense and give consideration to a res-
Washington. March 4.—On adjourn- "lution for the relief of a people
roent of Congress President Wilson is- who have been suffering for several
sued a statement declaring that a cciVtUTlos, and to let the world know
group of men in the Senate have lie- that wo believe in President Wilson
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS BOLSHEVIKI
MM ALLIES
EVACUATE
was
liherately chosen to end,arras the ad-
ministration government, the imperial
financial interests ami the railway,
system of the country.
PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR FRANCE
Associated-Press Dtsputrh]
Washington, March 4.—President
Wilson will leave Washington toifaiy on
his second (rip to Par's for attendance
upon the Peace Conference. Accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson, he will sail
from New York tomorrow on the
George Washington. The President
and party will go alioard late tonight
and still early tomorrow morning.
Huston Thompson of Denver, Colo,
who has been made a member of the
federal trade commission to succeed
William J. Harris, new senator from
Georgia.
NO ONE DIED IN DENTON
IN FEBRUARY; FIRST
TIME IN HISTORY.
1 teuton, ToXb Mdip'is f
i the first time in the history, ftf .the.
i city that a mouth lias gone by !
i without a 'death.” said Cijy Health i
[ Officer Frank Pluer. "although |
! February usually has two deaths !
| to every one ill any other month !
of thjvycur. From January 18-4®-!-
! Marelf X we havo-had no deaths in
Denton and I consider that a vee- !
I ord for a city with il.OQQ iM'Ople lu
it for a period of six weeks.” t
Tonight.
Prrbident to Speak
Associated Press Dispa left)
» New York. MarPli'4—During P»*i-.hy the Senate, favorable net ion by the
dent Wilson's visit of less titan four j House might obtain •ormpathotic coti-
honrs. iu New York tonight he will, sideratbm for Ireland at tb“ peuee
wlien lx* said we entered Hie war ‘to
make small nations free.’”
•.Mr. (inlllvnii asserted if the peace
conference adjourned without giving
Ireland^ self-deteftnination. :Ireland
would Ik" “the only oppressed country
in Europe." and that England would
Ik> “the only oppressor of the world."
Til opt wising t ho resolution. Represen-
tative com,,illy said the internal af-
fairs of limit Britain were no con-
cern to the people of the I'ulted
States. The people of this country, j resolution expressed the desire of it;
he asserted, would resent a resolution j indorsers for a world society to pro-
in Hit' British parliament proposing, uueo peace and general disarmament
self-determination for Porto Rico. j and they -atwo emphasized
Representative (hiHigher of Illinois; urged first the conclusion
author of the resolution, said that ; with tjermany aim then
even if tin* measure were not approved
Hcjpberf Jester of Dallas. formerly
of Corsica no. has acquired control of
the F'r'.t National Bank at 1'eT.eon.
Texas.
San, P. Cochran of Dallas, who has
been In Europe for some time, is on |
tils way home, having sailed from |
Marseilles on the steamer Patria
Monday, •
A. F. Orange of Corsicana, a return-
mi soldier and Miss Mary Jones of
Omaha. Neb, a returned Red Cross
nurse, were married in Dallas, Mon-
day. They, met in France.
Walter It. Johnson, city secretary
for the last five years at Stamford.
Texas, lias resigned and Charles W.
Zng. Jr., has been appointed hy the
City Council to fill the vacancy.
By n vote of 25 to 10 the lower
House of the Nevada legislature lias
passed thy twenty-five round boxing
bill over the veto of Governor Boyle
The measure now goes Jo the Senate.
A dispatch from Lisbon says the
suieb'e of Honriquc do Falva Cou-
,ciro. leader of the recent monarchist
revolt in Portugal, is reported .by trav-
elers arriving here from Tiiy. Spain.
President Wilson has commuted the
death sentyuce of Private Sandin, a
conscientious objector at Camp Fu„-
ston. Kansas. A sentence of fifteen
years' imprisonment has been approv-
ed.
liVtU."
Antonio Rlkas. No. 210 West Tento
street. Fort Worth, was the victim 0!
pickpocket* in the depot at Waco Sat-
DR. F.F. BROWN
TELLS OF HIS
WORKIM FRANCE
Associated Press Dispatch]
Archangel, March 4.—Bolshevik!
were nqiorted yesterday to Ik* moving
with eonsiderahle forei> along the road
from Taruhevo. in tin1 Kmlish sector.
I.ast night the Bolshevik! lamibarded | J7"
Vistavjka. The Americans evacuated
Vcvievska'Ka after ttycirhlock houses
luid I (ecu set oil'fire. The allies, how-
ever. continue to retain to hold their
positions at Vistavka and in the vil-
lage of Maximouskayu and Kitsa.
GRAND LODGE
I.O.O.F. TO MEET
IN DALLAS
Tim .following very interesting letter
from Dr. F. F. Hrown. pastor of the
First'Baptist church, Inis just bccu
received by one of Ills congregation:
"Esnoms, Jan. 31, lt'lil.
"It js bitter colil hero. 1 am writing
you with u heavy overcoat on, over-
blouse and sweater and With high,
heavy, arctics on over my shoes and
1 have had a busy, happy
conference.
After adopting the
Spalrinruns Want Strike.
Associated Press Dispatch]
speak on (he League of Nations to five
Gicusslnd persons at , the Metropolitan
ttpWIt House: hold a short private' flip"”House recessed
'inference with former President Wil- ■ *
I in ni H. Taft; receive a delegation of
twenty Irishmen, win, will request
him to present the subject of self-de-
termination for Ireland at the" peace
conference and tlten will board the
steamer George Washington, ’wliich
sails early tomorrow fop France,
. According to the revised plans, the
president will arrive in this city
from Philadelphia at X:15 o’clock
end wilt proceed directly to the opera
Louse under a strong police guard. He
will meet Mr. Taft in a private room
end s(Hin thereafter will commence
his address. Mr. Taft, who was en-
rol, te to this city today frqm«Spring-
field, Ohio., where lie sp ike last nigtit.
will speak it, favor of the League of
Nations lief ore tiie president's arrival.
The only, other fixtures on the pro-
gram at the iqaM-a house are a short. . r
address by Governor Alfred L. Smith I
and the singing of "Tiie Star Spangled
Banner" by Enrico Caruso..
Although tiie re trre Lint 3.020 sears
at file opera iioitse. de,"ai,ds for seats
e< utiuued to iKiur in today and th”
• on,mlttee in charge estimated tluG
more than 300.000 applications had
been received, with'two tons of mail
still to be opened. „
The police arrangements for guard-
ing the president are more elaborate
titan usual. In addition to the usual
secret service force, a special body-
guard of detectives, assisted hy plain
clothes men and motorcycle police,
will escort the presidential party
thintigh solid lines of police from the
Pennsylvania railroad station to tiie
opera house.
Alice Paul, leader of the National
Woman's party, has announced that
siie will lead a delegation of suffrage
pickets, to the vicinity of tiie opera
house aud call the president's atten-
tion to their demands for an extra
session of congress to pass the woman
suffrage amendment, The women will
carry purple, gold and white banners,
it was announced.
The ■General Mummy committee of
Irish resolution
t wo hours iu respect to Representative I ’’"“/"“’v,
Hein, of Kentucky, who .died Sunday.
tlmt it
of peaiv
the working
'out of a league plan after careful and
deUlH-rate consideration.
Boatmen Strike Resumed.
jAssociated Press Dispatch]
New York, March 4 -The strike of
it, New York harbor.
quest of PrcsidenJ Wilson, was resum-
ed at six in. today and at that hour
shipping virtually was'at a staisdstilL
.■occrdiiig to statements made try union'
Berlin. March 4—The National] officials, only one ferry line was op-
bpartacus la-ague a,rd tlie Greater j crating on, I lie North river.
Berlin eomniuiiist organizations have The strike was ordered yesterday by
issued an appeal for an immediate I (jn» executive Council of the Marine
general strike anti the overthrow of) Workers -Affiliation after a week of
flie national assembly and the present, negotiation over the terms of the
republic. " The organizations instruct j award made hy V. Event Many, uin-
their followers to assemble at fae- j pi re for the war labor b-mr'k The
lories to prevent work and direct j strikers demand wage- increases
'them to avoid street - demonstrations j averaging thirty per cent and . tlt(-‘
in order that the government may , eight hour day.
have no opixtrtunity to c;ush the -
movement hy force. Meetings were) Dr. Paul Dead,
being held at 10:30 o’clock yesterday i Associated Press Dispatch]
a’ various factories for the purpose j
of deciding whether to resixmd to
A large number of Sherman Odd
Fellows are piaiining to -attend the
seventy-ninth annual session of the
Grand Iaslge of Texas and Rebekah
assembly, at Dallas.1 Marel, '_’4 to 27.
inclusive. She,man Lodge. No. 45, I.
<t. o. F.. h# electorJhke Welngarten
as representative to the Victory Grand
Lodge meeting, as the session wilt tar
- - „ . ...... called, and J. D. Buster, alternate. In
urday af eriUK,,,. losing a . ‘ 5®"11a.lditha, to these gentlemen, the fol-
ia,mug $W*>. he reiKUte,! to the | lmvln,, hltv<. siKnifie,l their intention
AVortl, I "‘live Motnlaj. (,f attending: S. w! Porter. Who will
,Gertrude Wermsworth, 2T years old, J he installed for the thirtieth time as
took two shells at William -I. Burns.,treasurer of the Grand I-odge of
I,end of the Burns Detective Agency. Texas: .4. H. Storey, a member of the
as lie entered the Grand Central
station, in New York. She missed her
mark and was taken into custody.
After ten,years of experiments the
credentials (sanmittee of the Conven-
tion: <>. It. Brume. W. S. Blister, R.
L. Hall, and others.
Plans are being made to entertain
_______ , about T.tKlO Odd Fellows and Retiekatis
State of Idaho lias given up the tli-iat the meeting. The Oriental Hotel
rect primary system of nominations | will lie the headquarters for the Odd
retunted to tlw convention plan. Fellows: and the Southland Hotel for
Governor I>avls hits Signed the amend-j the Rebeknhs. Other 'ii,formation in
eil new election law] wliich l.eilgals^ygai'd to hotels, rates, traiisportathm.
l~" may Tie secured from .1. D. Buster.
day.
"This morning we were driven 1o
t’oureeles. a town about three miles
from-here: had lunch with the officers
and 1 spoke to the men. There were
about three hundred men present.
They stood in the mud and snow „>,<!
gave eager attention to every word.
When 1 s|ipnk of these addresses that
1 try to make to the men. you may
understand that I am not trying to
develop into an itinerant lecturer. My
message is an effort to state some-
thing of the significance of these
groups of American boys here in
American life and activity; the slg-
n Idea nee of November 11: their home
coming, and how we must live out iu
our lives thl> ideals for which wo
have fought. I an, constantly humbled
hy the enthusiasm with which the
men receive my simple messages. To-
FOCH MILS ON
HUNS FOR ALL '
THEIR SHIPS
Gopenhagen, March 4. r Marshall
Foch lias demanded the immediate de-
livery of the German Merehantll" licet
w ithout regard to the question of the
food supply, according to a dispatch
fnnn Weimar, where the German Na-
tional assembly is in session.
JOHN DISHNER
WRITES OF THE
5TH ENGINEERS
Greetings from ,1>e Grayson coun-
ty hoys who; a re members of the Fifth
Regiment. Engineers, recently arrived
PMJHBHNHNIH^H back in tb.e'United States on the Pres-
Fran'ee; representing a cross section wfj ident s ship, the-George Washington,
‘M
■sm
•J:
are extended iu a letter from John H.
Disinter of this city, a member of Co.
A of the regiment, to Arch Hogue of
the Democrat mechanical force. Mr.
Disinter encloses a ropy of the Hatch-
et. the news bndetin published oil
board flie Washington, which contains
- ii,
also
HU _____________ pi _ co
the Central Federated F„ioi,
jdans to have women workers near
the Dull,ling with banners demanding
action by the president] to bring
«I tout (tie release from prison of
Thomas J. Mooney, the western labor
lender.
At«ks Consideralion for ItVIand.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Wasl lngton. March 4—The House,
early today, liv a vote of I’ll! to 41
ndoptiKl the resolution expressing the
hejie 'hat tlic peace confciexice would
“favorabiy- cwusider the claims of Ire-
l 'ud to the rigid of self-determina-
tion.” The resolution now goes to the
senate, where it is considered alfo-
pe’her Improhulde tlmt any action cad
he obtained before final adjournment.)
When the House resolution was re-
ceived by the Senate, Senator France
of Maryland, republican, asked unanl-
mo'.’s consent for Its immediate con-
s'lteratlon. Senator Smith of Geor-
plti, demoerat. ohjeeted and demanded
that the resolution go to the foreign
affairs committee where a similar res-
olution has Imcn jiending for several
months. :.
Adoption of flte resolution in the
House came after a turbulent aiF-nighr
session In which an organized effort
was made to keep tiie resolution from
eomlh* to a vote, Tl«' attempt was
abandoned shortly before , 0 o’clock.
The workmen of the Scliwartze
plant, who are among the most radi-
cal Tu. Berlin. have voted for a gen-
eral strike. twelve thousand men be-
ing affected.
This is the first response to the
Sparta eat, npiH'nl.
According to Vbrwaorfs. the major-
ity of the working men in the metal
trades and the railway workers favor
a general stoppage of work.’.
Lodge Offers Motion Against league.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Guatemala City. Guatemala. Mqu-
day, March 3.—-Whet, the National
Assembly o|K-ned today President
Cabrera read a message stating that
Dr. Jose Ik' .1. Paul, Venezuelan for-
eign minister under President Castro,
was .dead. He lias I,ecu living for
! sons' time in Guatemala, being in bus-
iness here.
_ ! I <*<mrr. roninnu’ti mu an
Dr. Jos-e lk'".lesus Paul was one of. r?«* - la-en
the central figures in the history of I "" adnrttted that the attack had-been
the dhvcf primary.
Overcome by llie news of the death
of ilia son. Charles E. Van Istan, Rich-
ard Vat, I man died at bis home at Los
Angeles, California- Sunday. Van Loan
(v«s summoned from a religious ser-
vice hy another son to he appl’WPd of
the news. He evidenced great mental
distress and-'died within a few min-
utes at tiie family home.
Andrew and Francis Salmon, broth-
ers, who were confined in an insane
asylum at Allentown, Pa., at the out-
break of Hie wa r. escaped. One of
them joined the army and the other
tiie navy. Both made good. Francis,
who joined the army, made an extra-
ordinary record With the Rainbow Di-
vision, winning tiie Croix de. Guerre.
Democratic leaders of the 1 nited
States senate have withdrawn their
objection to the. receipt of the cre-
dentials of Truman II. Newbr ry. re-
publican senator-elect from Michigan,
whose election is being coii'ested by
Henry Ford, democrat. They wild
Mr. Newberry was assured of being
seated in the next Semite, subject to
probable investigation.
Emil Cotton.* Who recently shot and
wounded Premier Clemencean of
Fj-am e. will lie tried by court. Jimc-
tial on March-14. Captain Bmi-
j ehardoii. head of-the Paris military
I court, continued his UiterrmAtion of
ett'.
All udd Fellows are urgikl to attend
the regular meeting Thursday night,
at which time Important matters in re-
gard to tiie Victory meeting will in' dis-
cussed.
Killed by Automobile.
Dallas, Tex.. March 4 AV. R.
Cockrell. 52 years old. living at No,
2203 Cedar Springs Road, was fatally
injured Monday night about 7:30
o’clock when lie stepped from a mov-
ing automobile at Forney and East
Grand a venues and was thrown vio-
lently against the curb..___________
He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital, where his -injury was pro*
noimced concussion of tiie brail,. He
was removed to-St.'Paul’s Sanitarium,
where he died aliout 2 o’clock
morning.
day after I lig'l k|K>ken. a Captain, quite complimentary mention of the
who is a professor of Biology in the Fifth Engineers, tn hlf, letter, writ-
Cniversity of Chicago, came to m*’
and thanked me. and spoke most - en-
couragingly of tli,1 message.
”1 came hack here and am just now
through with my evening service, at
which the Colonel and almost Ids en-
tire staff of officers were pres nt.
How I am enjoying this work! How
my heart Is thrilled at the serious
attention which the men give to the
simplest gospel message. It Is worth a
trip across the .ocean to Ik' iu o,^'
service with these boys, who are so
recently from the trenches; to see them
crowd a building which has no floor
and no fire; part of them occupy
benches which have no backs.- the
others crowd every available inch
of space and stand without confusion
or disturbance. Then to hear them
sing the great old hymns. ‘My Faith
Looks I p to Thee.' ‘Abide With Me.’
etc., and watch their responsive faces
as I try- to give a simple gospel ipes-
sage. It is all wonderful. Many of
the men. too. are so Interesting. For
instance I had a talk with a man,who
cooks for the officers ntess this even-
ing. and lie is a graduate of Oxford
t'niversity. One never knows when
lie talks wit1, a man in khaki,
whether ho is spVakiug to a Univer-
sity professor, a farmer, a lawyer, n
with a young Ileuten^^^’ '*"< ft,
ant from Atlanta. Georgia, in a large
on the first floor of an old. ell
4 Senator
f" i‘„ „g„res ,„su„, , „-|il)ltl,(l f„.. several months and
\ enezuela 'luring the stormy ^rlod „(M.n st„„.
(astro wa, president j ^ ^ W(mU, )mvo rrload(.(, llis
volver and fired again.
when President
of tlmt country. In he was a
member of tlic Ameriiau-Venezuelaii
committee ami In tli,' same year went
to The Hague as" sfK'cial agent
Washington. Man'll
Iyxlge of Massachusetts, the republl-j Venezuela urging there preferential
can leader, brought the long Senate] treatment of his country liy the pow*
debate on tlte league of Nations to a ( ers. He was at different iK'rtdds
climax last midnight with the intro-1 prior to tlmt time. Vetieznelati mihls-
d net ion of a resolution proposing that; ter to Belgium, envoy extraordinary to
ftie Senate record Itself against ac-| tiie Vatican and minister to Central
eeptanee of the league constitution us
now drawn. He read to the Senate
the names of thirty-seven"member* of
the, new Senate whieh'will pass on the
peace treaty, who, lie said, lias signed
or approved tlie resolution.
This move hy the Massachusetts
senator followed numerous conferences
among fdftlihrtcttib tenders niid com-
munications with members and inent-
hers-elect who were not in Washing-
most.
America.
State of Siege Declared,
Afxociatal Press Dispatch]
(L’opcuhageu, .March 4—The Prussian
goverumeni has declared a state of
siege in the lwlice district of Berlin,
Spandai,. 4i„d other suburbs of Berlin
ill order to' protect tiie bulk of tli-
working people from tamiiie and ter-
ror of tile minority, Minister of War
ton. It came as a surprise to most! \OKke. tlte dispatch from Berlin sins,
democratic leaders, tint whenjhe *en:assumed executive fwwer.
ntor nsked tinaninions consent for cotl-j _
solidutlon of the resolutions. Senators
Martin and Swanson of Virginia ob-
jected and the resolution went over
under the rules.
Satisfied that there would lie no
opnertuoitv to tirinw. the resolution to
n vote liofdre the adjonrnraent of con-
gress. Senator I/Odge then read th''
lis* gf senators, tints placing their
names iii tiie record.
There was no effort at a counter
move from tiie democratic side. Sen-
ator Hitchcock, chairman of the for-
eign relatk'ps committee, and . Rtenator
Swanson said the republicans -Indors-
ing the resolution had not tints nn-
jion need Jtuit they would defeat "
,no'>
Negroes Get New Trial.
Associate!/ press Dispatch]
Chicago, March 4—Eightwli negro
soldiers cpiivictcil of an attack upon aj
woman visitor at Camp Gram lust1
-May are to he given a new trial as the
result of an opinion by Hie Judge
Advocate General that they were not
fairly tried. A number of the negroes
are said to have been given a death
sentence.
Action on Cotton.
Associated Press DispatchJ
Austin, Marel, 4—The senate today
adopted „ resolution by Senator VVest-
dnal peace treatv containing the lea-' •’fwilK.-pf Huut county: urglug the
gue eonstltuHon as now drawn. farmers of Texas to reduce the cotton
Pointing out that 37 members of {L"m '"ri year’s pro-
of
the senate could prevent ratification
of tl,e i>o,ace treaty bees use of tiie
requirement of a two-thirds majority
of the senators, ronjibliean lenders
sirld the eff,>et hf their move was to
imtlfy i'vesidi'iit Wilson snd tlte m*«ee
confeia'tiee that as now framed the
League of Nations plan was not ac-
eeptnlde to the new Senate, — . .
T Senator r.odg” mid other republican
leaders pointed to the fact tlmt the
duefion. The loW^r.hrancli already
has aduxited a similar resolution.
Oil to GeJ Hearing.
/taARoriafed Press DispatchJ
Austin. March 4—It is announced
there Will Ik> u hearing tonight before
tiie Senate committee on civil Juris-
prudence on tiie House bill, proposing
a low per cent gross tax oil oil produc-
tion.
Second Lieutenant Walter Witz, pi-
lot, and Sergeant Omstead, both of
Post Field, Lawton. Okla., were killed
Monday when Hie plane in which they
were flying fell; The bodies of both
men were .burned beyond recognition,
the machine taking fire before it
reached" the ground. The plane, .which
was on,' of the smallest types used nt
Post Field, was piloted by Lieutenant
Wire. Tlic Lieutenant's home is at Los
Angeles. Cal.
W. S, Rhea. Who saw three scaf-
folds built, upon each of wliich he oXj
uected to imv the death penalty, die i
r! a hospital in Little Rock. Ark
Monday, as the result of an attack of
appendicitis. Rhea was sentenced to
death in 1!)12 after liq had led a
which killed Vi'.‘il Orchard in
comity. The death sentence was oom-
Iiy Governor (now United
States Senator) Robinson and Rhea
was pardoned by former Governor,
George W. Hays about two years ago.
Airs, forimte Templeton, aged 42
years, wife of Judge M. 1!. Templeton
of Dallas, died at noon Monday
tiie home of the family. No. (>7.’ >
Gaston avenue. She was born nt
Al erdene. Miss. Feb. 25. XS77. and was
married to Judge Templeton of Wpxt;
l'ai hie »f Aberdeen Feb. 14. 1001.
v-'flsro ,„i«l Mrs. Templetm, resided af
Waxahnehie several years and moved
to Dallas ten years ago. Mrs. Temple-
ton was prominent in club circles in
Texas.
company and begin developing in the
near future.
The allied naval losses in tiie war
aggregated -St'3,(top tons: according to
«t, estimate sent, hy Reuter's Paris
correspondent. Of this loss the British
portion was 550,000 tons. The central
I civets lost 415,000 tons, lint the Ger-
man total, which was 350.000 tons,
does not cover the huge tonnage sur-
rendered with the armistice terms.
Commenting upon these estimates the
Westminster Gazette says tlmt al-
though the figures • given arc not of-
ficial. they may be taken as closely
approximately the naval losses suffer-
ed by the chief powers engaged in the
war. “When we lean, tlmt in big
ships alone we sacrific'd thirteen
battleships, three battle cruisers and
twenty-nine cruisers.” says the news-
paper. ‘We get some notion of the tre-
mendous clam,etor of the effect that
was necessary to enable the navy to
emerge from the war vastly more pow-
erful than it was at the end of 11)14.”
That the first Baptist loyalty loan
I,as been oversubscribed is indicated from Dr
room ,
l auding. The floor .is stone and you
know there are warmer things than h
cold rook, but my bed i is warm, a
"'is iarKl, i„.,i. plenty of covers and every-
thing we could need. The old French
couple place the quaintest warmer in
the bed. that you ever saw. It is a tin
affair about the size and shape of a
dishpnfi with a long handle. The pan
is filled witl, hot ashes, atid the cover-
ing m it fixed tightly. The first night
I,ere. I came lu late, turned down my
covers, touched this tin’affair. aud
wondered at niy strange bed-fellow.
Finding Hint it was warm 1 was per-
fectly witling to snuggle no to it. Af;
ter awhile it began to cool off and I
lifteil it gently and gingerly to tin'
floor.
“T have ••received orders to go from
Lore to the (itli division for a week’s
work, and from there to the Sflth. How
mv heart leaps with anticipation -as 1
think of going to the 5.0th. Sprely l
will see many of our own boys. 1
was booked to sale for homo ahont
March 1st. but have the opportunity
cf preaching to thousands of American
soldiers who are bold here in France,
'fellows who are liomesi k and hungry
for gospel messages, fellows who are
Pack from the front dines, and are
thinking seriously. I feel that .1 ought
not tn leave yet.,", -
'en frpm Camp Mills, Long Island, on
February 2(5. lie says:
“I am sending you the Hatchet, a
little paper printed on board the
George Washington; 11 has the largest
circulation of any paper printed op the
high seas. There Is a little writeup in
this issue about Hie Fifth Engineers.
There are several boys from Grayson
county iu this old fit: also n few hun-
dred from other parts of the Lone
Star State who I,nil the pleasure of re-
turning on tiie ship.
“We had a pleasant trip except „
when a few miles out of Boston in a
heavy fog the ship came near running
ipto a small island, but the quick
work ot, its crew prevented an acci-
dent. After going into harbor at Bos-
ton. tlic .President left die ship oil the
24% and we were brought on to Ho-
boken. All the hoys were on deck long
before we got there, looking for that
girl in New York hart,or with out-
stretched arm. for wo knew she
would give Us ** glad lull](11
“Atter leaving the afijp we got THTT
a Lung Island train'and got hen*
D'amp Mill*) about f) o'clock last
nigl\t, After taps onr top sergeant
came Into onr barracks and surprised
ns hy hollowing: ’Everybody out, we
are going to have another delouslng.’
We thought all the e-ioties had been
thinking it
over decided some of them may have
followed us all the way. across the
Atlantic, jusf to have the name of be-
ing with this regiment. It looked like
n sin to Itill them af'er they thought
so much of us. hat lots of the sol-
diers will get forgiveness for killing
dangerous pests!
“All the boys from Graysou county
send their I te-'.’ regards to their folks
and friends. We don't know when we
will lie home, hut all-hope it wHI not
lie long."
The Write-up in tiie Hatchet referred
to h.v Private TBshner is ns follows:
.“introducing sixte”t, hundred and fif-
ty-one officers and men on the ship,
regular Gunny and regular fcllqgp.
with an Interesting past, a for'nnate
present, nnd a future tlmt is certain
to l e heard from.
“Tiie Eiftl, Engineers were formed
from file old Second Regiment of En-
gineers in May. 11417. and moved to
camp in Corpus Christ!. Texas. A long
period of anxious waiting to go over-
seas was liegttn which was hroken
only hy the consolidation of. the regi-
ment in Ni vember and joining of the
Eiftl, Engineer train in December.
"Finally tin1 Fifth was assigned to
the Seventh Division, and under com-
mand of.Col. J. C. (lakes sailed for
France from New York on the U. S.
S. Mallory, on July 31, 1018. -
“On the twelve Hire passage they
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Jess Willard has purchased oil lens-
es to the value of aliout $250.00(1 in
Texas, according to a leasing agent
who lias secured a good percentage of
the property for the champion. Th“
outlay renresehts aliout 15.000 acres.
Some of Hie acreage is tiie wildest
kind of wildcat - stuff. it ,is said,
while a good poredumso lies, in proven
territory. It was stilted tlmt Jess has
only twenty acres of proven territory
in Burkliurnett1 nnd ahont 880 nt
Ranger. It is said to Ik* the plan of
tiie champion to organize a big oil
hy the subscriptions which have been
coining in during the last few days,
says a report -.ftHin, Dallas. Itetuhis
from many ,list,lets Imv,' not yet been
received, on account of had weather
and impassable* roads, but the major-
ity of those which have reported have'
i ("Clsubscribed.' It is lip.liev.ed by tne
ileslia "'andgers of the'campaign - j,! head-
quarters of the Baptist executive
hoard that Hie loan lias lK*en, success-
ful, _ Monday at cash snliseriptim, of
$100.<XHI was received, in addition , to
appljeations Iiy mail and'.by telegraph.
The workers of the loan are requested
to, take-the remainder of the week iit
which to glean and round it, their
xubseriptions, Imt all reiierts must In'
in tiie offices of rite lanird iiy next
Sunday. Subscriptions received sio -e
Sunday are: Bonham $2,100, which
wH) lie raised -to $5,000; Honey
Grove $1,500, which will lie raised to
$2,000: I a, redo. $2.5"0: Cameron. $3.-
000! Childress will doutite its quota:
subscriptions from the First Itaidist
(’hurclt of Tyler have exceeded $20.-
000: Orange eiiinty will double its
quota cf $4,000: the First Baptist
el'iireh of Oritnge $5,100: West Orange
church. $050: First Baptist Church of
Stamford $2,500. First Church of Sait
Angelo. $7,000: S-.n Atigelo district:
ovei'suhserilied, Taylor $4,500. Wil-
liamson county (lonlded its quota.
Gainesville. $4,000. First Cliureh of
Denison. $7,500; Calvary Church of
neuison. M.otio. “We feel confident
Hmt tiie loan lias succeeded.” said Dr
F. S., GMiner df Dallas, “hilt we can
not h»> certain until file suliseriptions
are nil filed. This will not be com-
pleted until next week.”
,ihave letter is tlmt lie is now In Ger-
many, preaching to the soldier boys
with tiie Army of Occupation.
WHITE WIFE MAY BE
DENIED INHERITANCE H»e
, had the ex]ierioneo ef being raided
Information through cablegram , ],v a submarine, lint fortunately passed
Brown since Hie date of the , Hn-qq^ti ]i y-iffiy, am! lauded nt Brest
on August ■12. After disembarking
they were speedity nmved into tl,e
Fifteenth -Training Area, Tonne De-
partment. . ,
“With the tost of the Sevenih l>i-
vision. the regiment went into the
on Cn-t. Oth. where It per-
formed the du,: 1 of Divisional En-
i vineers in tin* t'e viHie Defense for
Muskogee. Okla.. March 4c~Can | the followiu,' meiith and participateil
the white wife of a full bb„'d CreekiEn the offensive os Hie Second Army
IiidHtn itilierit her lmsliatid's estate? | oil Novemlier 10ih and 1ttli. Tlte <11-
Thal is n legal question tlmt lias been | vision,wns at first in the Fourth Corps
injected into the maze of knotty legal of tlte First,Army, imt Inter was as*
prchlems that already surround the lit- { signed to, the Siytli Corps of the See-
jgali"l, over (lie right to iidierit the olid Army.
,'state of Robert Uigeoti, who Hied of; “After tin* nrmiitlce was signed the
Seventh PIr^tfon W is held it, Its po-
sition fer --ome time: then assigned
influenza las, NovemlH'r,
AttiVrnevs for Mrs. Jostle Pigeon as-
sert that the Oklahoma law applies in
the ease, the old Creek law prohiidting
H,e iiitu'ritanoe of the lands of a citi-
zen hv a non-citizen, having Xtecn su-
Iiereeiied Iiy the Enabling Act under
which Oklahoma became a stat,'.
Should the courts hold in favor of
the white wife, tiie way will Ik- paved
for hundreds of similar suits through-
out Eastern Oklahoma.
Trial of the case has been continued
until Marel, 15 to allow time for
claimants not hertofqre participating
in the.case to enter their claims.
llolieW Pigeon’s alleged heirs are.
all distant relations. Two of them who
are el,timing right to inherit the es-
to the Armv of Occupation. The Fifth
Engineers, however, were solee.tad to-i
return home in eontpliaine With a re-
nuest from the Chief of Engineers. U.
S. A. to send a regiment of regular
army engineers back to the Cnib'd
States. Thcv are returning umW the
command of Col. A E. Waldron."
Card
f -
thank onr
of Thanks.
We thank our friends, both white
nnd entered, for the heatltittil flowers
"ml kind words given us during the
illness and death of our daughter,
Oohetla Southern. May the laird hless
all of von. .....
tate assert they are the grandchildren MR. AND Mr’S. J\CNsQN SDFTH-
of an uncle wlui was murdered sliortt.v
after the civil war. Other claimants
say they are the grandchildren of an-
(itiief of Ilols'rt’s um-les who Was ex-
eisitcsl liv a firing »Qua«l of Creek In-
dians for the murder of his wife.
ERS AND FAMILY. ■
....."T*-......., 5;
Kl Reno—-The first meeting for
Canadian county's Victory Chorus has
iipon ot,lied for March 10 hy Mrs. C. E.
Musgrovc, county chorus director.
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