Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Monday, May 7, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Tonight and Tuesday g«oenBr !
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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, MAY 7,1917—MONDAY EVENING.
|Houston Street Church of
Christ Calls the Rev
S. L. White as Pastor
Hand to Hand Fighting in France-
Two American Aviators Fall to
Death in New York.
FRENCH AND BRITONS
HOLD LINE ON FRONT
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Ditch Fishers Forced to Quit on Account el
German U-Boats-England Gets More
Money lor May Bills.
Associated praft DKpntcAJ
I-ondon, May 7, 0:00 a. m,—Berlin
nAHbpaprrs announce that the foreign
office has been notified that Bolivia
has broken off relations with Ger-
many.
Airplanes Buy. '
Associated Nmi Dispatch}
London, May 7, 1:14 $ m.—A boo-
tile airplane dropped four bomba north-
east of Londou this morning, it is of-
ficially announced. ..
is; German* Repulsed.
4mv Idled ENH OOMltkl
Baris, May 1—The Germans counter
the entire
fusion of hall cartridges with blanks
was la-Heved responsible for the trag-
edy.
Want Irish Freedom.
Associated Press Dispatch}
t'hicago, May 7—Irish freedom was
the demand of the Chicago Federation
of I-alior, on record tisluy. Following
a spirited dehatc. a resolution urging
that Great Britain "grant to tho
Irish nation full and complete inde-
pendence with the right to form an
Irish republic" was adopted aud cop-
ies of it scut to President Wilson,-
Dutch Fisher* t|uit.
Associated frets Dispatch}
London, May 7.—Special dispatches
from Holland say that the persistent
torpedoing of Dutch trawlers has
Hnised tjie fishermen to lay up their
boats. Tin1 trawlers were guarauteed,
at larked along
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French Itwdu prescribed limits and a
* Mgiply of German cool on condition
• soppy or German coal on coualtlou
front, and everywhere have been re- ttyt 'Uey supply fish for the German
ln*rkct. The promised coal was not
received and the sinkings continued so
the German legation Ht. The Hague Is
said to have boon notified that no more
fish will be supplied.
Big Loan.
Associated Press Dispatch}
pulsed, according to an official state-
ment issued by the war office today .
Hind to Hud Fight.
Associated Press Utspetah}
British Headquarters in France, „ _
Washington, May 7.—The govern
May 7, via London, 1:45 p. m.— (From meat has decided to lend Great Brit-
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ed Press.)—The British have pushed installment of $25,000,000 was trans-
their wav well within ihe town of ferml to BrUi8U ‘‘“,bas*,y here'
Ihelr way well wiwui me town « making wlto tlm $25,000,000 loaned her
Bulleeourt. Hand-1,>hand fighting has Saturday, a total of half of the May
developed them ’ ,0MM ' !
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Many Prisoners Taken.
Assnciatsa Press Dispatch |
1/opdwi. May, 7. 13:05 p. m—After
sharp fighting the British have push-
ed forward west of Bulleeourt and
have taken a number ef prisoners ac-
renting to an official statement issued
by the war office today.
Alexieff Speaks Against Mob.
IiiochM frees Dispatchj
London, May 7, 0:0-1 a. m.—Accord-
ing to the Times’ Petrograd corre-
spondent General Alexieff, couimuuder-
in-cklef of the Russian forces, when
lie hud arrived from u visit of Uisjiee-
tioii on the northern front, spoke
strongly against, tho propaganda for
no "UMuexatiou and no indemnity,”
General Alexieff is quoted us having
said that, this propaganda w ould be In-
terpreted by the army at the front as
an advocacy -for surrender. The eorre-
s|ioudenf, adds that Gen. Alexieff ap-
peared to'he fairly satisfied with tlm
results of his tour and predicted fight-
ing on the1 Russian front hi the near
future. He said that the great and
only trouble was in Petrograd and
urged the newspaiiors to take a
stronger hand in bringing about order.
Was Real Battle.
Associated Press RuMlWi
Mexico City, May 7.—Several tier-
sons hare been killed aud about 100
Injured as the result of a sham bat-
tle in which 11,000 school boys took
part yesterday. The battle was the
closing act of tlm week’s festivities In
honor of ihe inauguration of Presl-
tleut Carranza and the celebration of
the great national holiday of May 5
in memory of the defeat of the French
In 1862. One of those killed was a
Bed Cross Uiurse. The accidental con-
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Chemical Explosion.
Associated Press uispatcht
Kingsport, Tenu., May 7.—One kill-
ed. three fatally burned and one uiiss-
iug as the result of an explosion "in
the Chemical de|>artmeiit of the fed-
eral dyestuff and chemical compeiiy’^
plant liere this morning. The explos-
ion Is being Investigated to determine
whether II whs an Incendiary.
Rumor* From Austrfal.
Associated Press Dlspatchl
Paris, May 7.—.Startling reports
eouie from Austrian regarding eondl-
tloasln the dual monarehy, and ap-
parently Count Tisza and fellow re-
actionaries have/ tlie upjier hand and
are determined to crush the imrty of
democracy. There ure rumors of mar-
tial law In Hungary und Bohemia and
suppression of newspatiers, but for a
month or more no reliable news has
reached the outer vvorld regarding con-
ditions in Austrian empire.
Two Aviators Killed.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Hempstead, N. Y., May 7.—Peter
Merritt and John Stendorf. both of
New York, state privates in the recent-
ly organized aviation training corps
here were killed in a 2,000 feet fall
today.
Nationalists May Win.
Associated Press DispatchJ
London, May 7. 6:10 a. in.—A Mel-
bourne disiiateh says that it seems cer-
tf in that the Australian elections will
give the Nationalists controI\J>f both
houses of parliament. The party’s* sen-
ate candidates are leading strongly
everywhere except in Qceensland. The
majorities in the labor stronghold are
enormously reduced.
Australia has been the scene of
bitter political war since last Novem-
ber when the administration’s con scrip- [ ypar mr
(ton idl^.was defeated at the polls. I
Of Dallas, called to
THE. REV. L. S. WHITE, -
the pastorate of Houston Street
This City.
Church of Christ,
ST. LOUIS GIVES
JOFFRE AND HIS
GREAT WELCOME
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR TOOK
PART IN PARADE ACROSS
THE CITY.
SECOND ANNIVERSARY
OF TOE LUSITANIA
Frenrh Society of St. Louis Present
Vivian! and Jofrre With Gold
Medals—Tour of City Made and
Much Enthusiasm Showu.
TO FIGi FOR
UNCLE SAM
SUBJECT OF ENTENTE POW-
ERS ASK TO TAKE UP
ARMS HERE.
APPLICATIONS LITERALLY
POUR INTO DEPARTMENT
Preferred That Men Return So Ti|*ir
Respective Countries and There Join
Army, But They Insist They Wan*
to Fight Under Stan and Stripes.
50c Per Moith—$5 Par Year Wkei Paid b Advaaca.
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The Rev. L. S. White /if Dallas has
been called tu Us* |maturate of the
Hmiatmi Street Ghureli of Christ. He
succeeds the Rev. R. C. Bell, who re-
signs to take another year in college,
after which he Will resume Ins school
work. ■
Rev. While was/ the unanimous
choice of the ciders and deacons, and
this choice' was ratified by the mem-
bership at the Sunday morning ser-
vice. He will begin his work here
about Nor. 15. having out a number-
of dates for meetings In West Virginia.
Kentucky. amt Tennessee, which made
It impossible for him to come to .Sher-
man at once. ,
Ilev. White, who is a man of na-
tional reputation, is no stranger to
Sherman, having held three revival
meetings in tills city anti over 2i*>
|atopic have lieefi converted under Ids
pteaehing here. Tie has-been tn tlm
ministry under the auspices of the
First Christian church at Dallas for
the past twelve years, and has held
revival meetings from Maine to Cali-
fornia. and in many of the states be-
tween Jtbese points. He held a promi-
, New York pastor calling Brother White
‘from Dallas to New York to baptize
[ himself and wife, both of whom are
now missionaries jn India.
He is a man of more thou ordinary
ability us a pulpit orator, forceful and
powerful of speech, eloquent, tender
and careful' Jto preach the Word, and
careful to keep from hurting the feel-
ing’s of otlters. He is ulso a great
personal worker, which is shown by
the fad that he has added more than
I, 000 members to the church in Dallas,
besides establishing three other con-
purgations In that city. ,
’The officers anil members of Hous-
t<m Street Church of Christ feel that
tliey have procured a man in whom
they can entrust the work for a loug
and indefinite period of time.
This church ulso supisirts the Rev.
J. H- Lawson us a county missionary,
and Mro. Lawson Is doing splendid
work.
The retiring pastor, Rev. Bell, lias
done a splendid work in Sherman, und
made maiiy friends here who wish him
much happiness and success in his
school work.
Rev. White lias a family, which ho
pent debate In I’biludelphia, and one will soon move to Sherman and they
of the results was manifested in a . w ill !>e given a cordial reception.
This is Clean and Paint
Up Week in Sherman
Do Tour Part
Th.re Is no need to go Into argu-j ,s dignlfled'hy a governor’s proclama-
tneots in favor of a clean community, tlon, setting aside a day or a week for
No right-minded citizen wants to live1‘the ceremony. In some places the
lit a place which is not clean and sanl-j rn,,y°r issues a proclamation calling
tary. A clean town Insures health,' 4he citizens to brooms, shovels, and
health brings happiness and prosper-! Taint brushes upon a given date,
tty. The trouble is that many of us There is no doubt that the sanction
Associated Press Dlspatchl
St. Louis, Mo., May 7.—The demon-
strative 'welcome accorded Former
Premier Vivlanl, Marshall Joffre aud
other members of the French war mis-
sion at the St. Louis Coliseum last
night was outdone today when the dis-
tinguished visitors took part In a pa-
rade that croesed the city from limit
to limit.
As .thousands left their homes early
in tho day to gain vantage points aloug
the line of inarch, many remembered
that this was the second anniversary
of the sinking of the Lusitania, and
regarded tlm ovation Hceorded the
French visitors u fitting memorial to
the victims of that first great sub-
marine outrage against the Hutted
States, The parade was preceded by
a breakfast iu honor of the city’s
guests at the Missouri Athletic Asso-
ciation, where 700 promiuent citizens
toasted France and the Uuited States.
During the breakfast, gold medals
of honor were presented to Former
Premier Vivlanl aud Marshal Joffre
o.u helm If of the Freueh Society of St.
Louis.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the Freueh
mission aud the reception committee
left on an automobile tour of the city.
A platoon of mounted i>ollce and B.
Troop, Missouri Natiouai Guard, as a
guard of honor preceded the automo-
biles containing the visitors. Detach-
ments of troops were stationed at var-
ious points along the march.
Stops were made at the building of
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion, the St. Louis University, at Wash-
ington University and at Soldan High
School, where five thousand school
children sang the French Natiouai
Anthem.
At the conclusion of the parade, the
French mission were driven to tlieir
special train, which here for Spring-
field, Ills., where Marshal Joffre will
place a palm leaf oI the tomb of Lin-
coln.
live in dirty, unsanitary towns, and
either do not know it or are indiffer-
ent. Even the fact that we cannot
keep ourselves personally clean or our
Rouses clean unless the city us a whole
is lu a sanitary condition, falls to
drive home our responsibility. This
Is where the clean up campaign justi-
fies itself. It makes dirt apparent. It
makes each citizen responsible. It
makes cleanliness contagious. There
is a saying: "If you wnnt to keep a
man out of the mud, black his boots.”
The clean up campaign acts as a com-
munity bootblueklng.
One of our magazines has been in-
terested in promoting year-round clean-
up campaigns, and to further this
cause has been offering prizes for let-
ters on the subject. One stnull boy
concluded bis letter as follows: “When
of « governor or a mayor produces a
campaign which bears the best results.
But many n commercial or civic club,
woman’s club or art spclety has put a
city or village through a deansing proc-
ess which has left it more attractive
and self respecting than It ever was
before.
It really makes little difference who
takes the Initiative, but It is of great
Importance that everyone in the town
should become vitally interested not
only in making the place clean on a
certain date but in keeping it so for all
time. , -
Recipes tor model campaigns have
appeared upon the market in surpris-
ing numbers. There have been cam-
paigns for an isolated farm, for a
small town or village, for cities small
and large. In describing a model cam
a fellow has a clean home and a clean | Taign, it is impossible to find one
yard and clean parents, it seems as If, that will be applicable to all condl-
all the dirt there is stares htm In the tlons. In every , case the general di-
face; anyway he always sees dirt and furious must be made to fit local
disorder when there Is any.” That Is needs.
more than half the battle, to see thej At the outset It Is only fair to
dirt and disorder and to have It make recognize the fact that the majority
one uncomfortable. , I of citizens too often expect officials to
For a number of years sometime In kwp the town clean wh,le the Pubtlc
April or May clean-up campaigns have
had an annual sporadic appearance In
towns and cltie| throughout the coun-
try. It Is only recently that municipal
housecleaning has become a national
spring fashion. It can truthfully be
termed a national fnshion for It Is
estimated that last spring 2.500 cities
and towns conducted their own cam-
paigns against dirt and filth. Thia
year more than 6,000 communities will
tt_In-*ome states the fashion
is absolutely lacking in Individual re-
sponsibility.
At first sight It might seem that a
clean up and paint np campaign is
conducted chiefly as a benefit per-
formance for the hardware, paint, and
lumber trades. A little thought will
show that to produce cleaner sur-
roundings both Inside and outside the
home, not only tradesmen of all kinds
but every citizen of the town is local-
•Ulnbly benefited.—E. S. Koelker.
Associated Press Dispatch]
Washington, May 7.—Another of the
different probeins of putting the war
on a war footing is the disposition of
the aliens in the United States, uu-
uaturaltzed and still citizens or sub-
jects of the entente powers and who
wish to fight under the American flag.
Applications are pouring into the war
department from people acting as In-
dividuals or througli companies. In
most cases they seek permission to
join the United States army In na-
tional uuits, companies and. legions.
The war department prefers the men
to return to their countries of their
origlti to serve in their armies but
although most of them have seen mil-
itary service and are now reservists,
they insist upon serving under ,, the.
American Gag. Were they content to
ehjRst as Individuals, they might easily t .
dd so by simply as a preliminary to xidt move iu^tbS' llaHer-Unless bo di-
enlistment making a declaration of tn-
lipcotiie American citizens:
AFTER CRIME
FIFTY MEN OF TWO COUNTIES
PARTICIPATED IN THE
HANGING BEE. gPp§||
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ROD VICTIM SHOWS MEN
ROW 10 MAKE NOOSE
Confesses Crime and Also TeUs of
Robbing Banks and Killing People
In Oklahoma, Missouri, Km- J
sas and California.
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Associated Press Dispatch] ” '
Phoenix, Aria., May 7.—Whether ad
effort would be made to prosecute any
of the fifty or more men who partici-
pated yesterday In the lynching of Star
Daley for killing James Bay Gibson
and attacking Mrs. Gibson on the
Apache trail Thursday night rested
today with Governor Thomas E. Camp-
bell, who declined to discuss the lynch-
ing last night, Issued a statement to-
day.
Both the local authorities of Pinal
county in which the lynching, took
place aud of Maricopa county, from
which Daley was being removed by —
Deputy sheriffs when captured by Ore
mob. said last night that they would
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tehtlon to
Btjt fof the most imrt \fith little or
ud knowledge' of the Euglish language
add With strong racial affiliations,
tbfesd aliens wish to serve together in
units uuder their ow;n officers, would
be completely at variance with the
plans of the war department to make
the-army a homogenous body free
from internal jealodsies aud from
poHtleai influence which operated to
disadvantage tn the civil and Spanish
wars. Even Mexicans are expressing
a desire to enter the army in this man-
ner.
It is realized by America officials
that as soon as an effort is made to
apply the selective conscription law
and ablebodied foreigners abe left in
shops and on farms while Americans
are taken from compnlsory military
service congress will be called upon to
meet the condition.
rected by Gov. Campbell.
The prisoner was removed from tbd
jail bqtfl fit midnight when tho officer^, j ^
got word that a plan Was on foot to
storm the jail. ' The lynching occurr«¥fl ’
tour hours lator at the scene of fiw'i-v
attack on the Gibson's near Muza,
Daley, who had retained his compos-
ure during the preliminaries tq the
lynching aud who showed .a member
of the party how to make a noose, col-
lapsed at the last minute when he waa
asked if he wanted to pray and the
mob recited the Lord's Prayer in uni-
son for him.
Before he was hanged Daley con-
fessed to the killing of Gibson and the
attack on Mrs. Gibson, and admitted
several holdups atad bank robberies tn
Oklahoma, MlssourJ, Kansas and Cali-
fornia, in which he believed he had
killed three men, bat did not giwr-the > -
dates of the occurrences.
Ships Rented.
iMoclaled Press Dispatch]
Lisbon, Apr. 20—(Correspondence of
the Associated Press)—Sixty of the
seventy German merchant steamers
which were iu Portugese ports when
Portugal entered the war, and which
Jvere promptly seized by the govern-
ment have l>een turned over to Great
Britain on a rental lmelsvEugland bus
rente-1 the sliiiis for 17,000,000 a year
to lie |>uid after the war.
ilVhat will become of the ships af-
ter the war, whether they will become
the preniHiient property of Portugal
or England or go back to Germany is
much in doubt.
Steel Workers Doing Their Bit,
Associated Press Dlspatchl
Youngstown, O.. May 7.—Steel
Workers of the Maluming Valley are
urged to put forth their best efforts in
the. doing of their part in the war, in
a communication addressed to them by
Arthur Jauies Balfour, British foreigii
minister and head of the war commis-
sion from Great Britain to this coun-
try, ~
All to Salute.
Associated Press Dispatch] .
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New York. May 7—Every citizen bf
The United States is asked by the Na-
tional School Camp Association as a
salute to the flag at! noon on Memorial
Day to stand motionless and speechless
and with hared head for one minute.
izy •
Orders Fraternizing to Stop.
Associated Press Dispatch]
. Petrograd, May 6. via London, May
7, 6:55 a, m.—General Guerko, com-
mander of the western front, has is-
sued an order declaring that the frater-
nizing of Russians with the enemy
troops must be stopped. He declares
that such fraternizing which has be-
come u common practice enables the
enemy to learn Russian military dis-
positions anil b.v causing a lull on the
Russian front leaves the Germans
free; to concentrate forces against the
British and French.
General Guerko warns the troops
that, if the fighting comes to a stand-
still in France the Germans will throw
all their forces against the Russians,
who, lulled by promises of peace, will
hot be in readiness to repel the attack.
He says that three divisions of Ger-
mans have already been transferred
from the Russian front and that Oth-
ers are following Including artillery
and aircraft.
The order concludes with au ardent
aptieal to the troops in the name of
the emancipation of enslaved nations
to do their dnty toward Russia and
her allies.
Representatives of the Belgians and
Serbian embassies have published an
aptieal to the Russians, recalling the
sufferings of their respective rountries
and asking the Russians not to leave
them to their fate. The Council of
Deputies has voted to support the
Russian “loan of freedom” by a large
majority.
Churchmen Discuss War.
Ateodated Press Dispatch]
Washington, May 7—War in its re-
lation to church w ork was the princi-
pal subject before a gathering here
today of prominent churchmen in
thirty denominations forming the Fed-
eral Council of the Churcehs of Chris-
tian America. , ...illaamil
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Nine M*n Leave for Leon Springs, Neaf
San Antonio.
Sherman’s first contingent of vol-
uuteers for the officers’ training camp
at Leon Springs, San Antonio, left tho
city yesterday and today for camp,
where they will train for three months
and try for commissions in the citizens’
army which will be raised by the ad-
ministrations draft bilL There were
some nine meu in the party from this
city, aud the personet included Hi
Tuck, Gray Holliday, C. Wilson, Virgil
R. Aston. Le Grand Woods, R. F. Pool,
Jr., Hubert Bookout, John Mad-
den, S. P. Johnson and R. D. Thorn.
All are well known young business of
this city, and have left Excellent busi-
ness connections to try for the commis-
sions which they expect to get in tha
citizens’ army.
A number of men In Sherman who
had certified for the training coarse
received telegrams yesterday stating
that they had been pnt on a waiting
list for the present and that they
could not be cared for at the camp for
the present. As stated In yesterday’s
report, it was found necessary to no-
tify some 464 Texans not to report at
the camp until further notified, dm
to the fact that this number over the
authorised 2,400 had been certified for
the training. Among the Sherman vol-
unteers who received these instruction*
iwere J. G. Harrell Hamlet
Blades, E. C. Brodte, Sid
Wilson, Turner Wilson, Leslie Ut-
ter, Sam Owens and Ralph Wood.
They were placed on a reserve list and
will be called at the earliest possible
moment.
All of the Sherman
leave together,
Snornlng and
today.
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