The Sulphur Springs Gazette (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916 Page: 1 of 10
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HURLEY & CONNOR
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SOLPHUE SPRINGS, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 29, 191
$1.00 A TEAS
—we have it
We have the most com-
plete line of clothing we
have ever been able to
show. Our prices are
right and we carry only
quality goods. It will
pay you. to give us a
look before buying. We
can SAVE YOU MONEY
Our stock of shoes is complete,
in any last or leather. Work
shoes from_______$1.75 to $3.50
Novelty felt hats of all colors
and sizes
“BEST KNBM BY BETTER CL0THIN6’
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EXPORTS TO MEXICO HEAVY
Reports of Custom Officers Show Val-
ue of Goods Crossing Line in
August Set New Record.
San Axitonio, Texas, Sept. 25.—Ex-
portations into Mexico through Texas
* pors(s broke the monthly record dur-
|tj lug the month of August, according to
the official report of the United States
customs. The aggregate exports for
the month were $1,118,650, all of which
except about $14,750 from foreign
countries,, represented domestic ex-
ports, principally foodstuffs.
Corn heads the list with 398,680
bushels shipped into Mexico, valued
at $809,687. Compound and leaf lard,
aggregating 396,500 pounds, and val-
ued at $49,168, comprised the heaviest
shipment of this product into Mexico
frori border ports in many years.
More than 21,000 sacks of corn meal
werO included in the month’s exporta-
tion^, as Was f.lso shoes to the value
of $39,875, and all kinds of soap val-
ued . at $68,345. More than $145,000
worth of mining machinery was ship-
ped Into Mexico, making it the record
for any month i;i this class in five
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August exportations to Mexico were
neai$ double those of July and three
times the record for August a year
ago/
COMBLES NOW IN HANDS OF ALLIES;
VAST SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS CAPTUNED
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SIXTY SLAIN IN AIR RAID ON
BUCHAREST
Squadron of Aeroplanes Takes Toll
of Life in Capital of Roumania.
Bucharest, Roumania, Sept. 26.—
Sixty persons were killed and a large
number wounded In Bucharest Mon-
day afternoon by bombs dropped from
a squadron rif aeroplanes of the Teu-
tonic allies, and five others dropped
on the city from a Zeppelin, according
to an official communication issued
toddy. Two-thirds of the victims ate
declared to have, been women and
children.
SHEPPARD-WALKER WEDDING
Brother of Texas Senator Weds Dallas
Girl in New York.
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HURLEY & CONNOR
New York, Sept. 26.—In the pres-
ence of members of the families and
a feW close friends in St. Paul's Meth-
odist Church today Miss Bessie Clifton
Walker, daughter of Mrs. A. W. Wal-
ker, of Dallas, Texas; was married td
John L. Sheppard of New York City,
brother of Senator Sheppard. The
Rev. Charles L. Goodell officated. Af-
ter their honeymoon in the South, Mr.
and Mrs. Sheppard will live at 120
Claremont avenue.
Paris, Sept. 26.—The town of Com-
bles is entirely in the hands of the
Anglo-French forces. This is announc-
ed in the official statement from the
War Office tonight, which adds that
the battle north of the Somme is go-
ing in favor of the entente allies. The
French also have advanced further
north of Fregicourt. Along the Beth-
une road the French have gained ad-
ditional ground.
A vast stock of munitions and pro-
visions were captured in Combles, the
statement says, and the town was
found filled with German dead. Else-
where along the front in Franfce there
has been intermittent cannonading.
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London, Sept. 26.—The fate of Com-
bles was sealed yesterday when the
British and French, advancing on an
arc of 15 miles, captured points north
and east of Combles. This place had
been fortified strongly by the Ger-
mans. It has been pointed out by mil-
itary experts that the allies, by tak-
ing Combles and Peronne, might be
able quickly to eject the Germans from
that part of France.
1500 Prisoners Taken.
The text of the British announce*}
ment today is as follows:
„ “Yesterday’s operations, were en-
tirely successful. The preparation
and execution of the attack by the ar-
tillery and infantry and the coopera-
tion between them were in all respects
admirable. More than 1500 prisoners
already have passed through the col-
lecting stations and more are arriving.
Much war material has been captured,
but the amount cannot yet be esti-
mated.
“Further progress has been made
during the night and this morning. A
strong redoubt which had held out
between Les Boefs and Geudecourt
now has been captured and the garri-
son made prisoners.
“Our troops entered Combles from
the west and are overcoming the en-
emy's resistance. There the enemy’s
losses were very severe.*':
The British advance of yesterday
was recorded in the following state-
ment last nigfit;^ . - > .
“South of the Ancre our troops at-
tacked Monday and have been every-
where successful. Enemy, positions
were stormed on a front of about six
miles between Combles and Martin-
puick to a depth of more than a mile.
The strongly fortified villages of Mor-
val and Les Boefs, together with sev-
eral lines of trenches, have fallen in-
to our hands.
“Morval stands on the heights north- ’
of Combles and with its subterranean
quarries, trenches and wire entangle-
ments, constituted a formidable fort-
ress. The possession of these two vil-
lages is of considerable military im-
portance and virtually severs the ene-
my's communications with Combles.
“Many prisoners, machine guns and
other war material were taken. Heavy ,
losses were Inflicted on the enemy. lit
comparison with the results achieved,
our losses have been so far compara-
tively small.
“On Sunday six enemy aeroplanes
were destroyed in air fights and at
least three others were driven to the
earth damaged. Three of our machines
are missing.” , - '
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SWITZERLAND NOT INTERVEN-
ING.
Government, Replying to Petitions for
Peace Move, Says Time is
Inopportune.
Geneva, Sept. 24.—The Swiss Gov-
ernment, in replying to several peti-
tions that it intervene in favor of
peace, says that ft considers the mo-
ment inopportune and that any inter-
vention would have no chance of be-
ing taken into consideration by the
belligerents. Any t-ction in this sense,
it adds, would even risk being consid-
ered by the entente as an inimical ges-
ture. :
‘The Central Council,” said the of-
ficial statement, “therefore,v can not
at present take into consideration t\e
wishes of the petitioners, but is Willing
witix other States to prepare common
intervention so soon as such action
would be efficacious.”
FLAG TAKEN OFF PRESIDENT’S
PICTURE—STRIKE tVlREATENEO.
Decatur, HL, Sept. 26.—Between 200
and 250 employes of the Wabash shops
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today threatened to walk but because
an American Sag surrounding a pho-
tograph of President Wilson had been
taken dowu^frem^ever the doo^jof the
shops.
The Sag had been taken down by
instruction of Master Mechanic H. C.
Ettinger, but when informed that the
employes were preparing to walk out,
he had it replaced.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT
GIVES ACCOONT FROM GREAT BATTLE FRONT
British Front in France, Sept. 25.-—
This has been another great day
for the Anglo-French forces on the
Somme. As a spectacle for ihe observ-
er, it was the most splendid of all the
attacks made the allied forces since
the commencement of the great offen-
sive.
Tonight the British have taken half
of Morval, all of Les Boefs and have
advanced their line on a front of 8000
yards lor an average depth of 1000
yards; the French have stormed Ran-
ooort and have pushed their line to
the outskirts of the little village of
Fregicourt, a mile east and a little
north of Combles. The German strong-
hold of Combles is virtually isolated.
Guns Close to Infantry.
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press went forward yesterday over
‘the ridge in the Devil’s Wood and Gin-
cby region which the British had
fought for over two months fo gain.
He walked for two miles through an
area which reverebrated to the blasts
of the great guns, picking his way be-
tween the bursts of flame from the
crashing batteries and moving around
the rows of cannon as one who seeks
a ford in a stream. On the other side
of the ridge he saw guns where he had
never seen them before—on the prom-
ised land of the lower levels which
the British had won by persistent siege
work. The guns were close up to the
British infantry who listened to their
thunderous chorus as they prepared
for the charge in today's attack. ,
From the ruins of some old German
trenches whence the, battle panorama
stretched before him, the correspond-
ent had a near view of the French
gunners who were feeding shells into
tbe gun breeches as grain is fed into
a threshing machine and with the me-
chanical precision of automatons.
Shortly after noon was the time chos-
en for the infantry rush forward un-
der the cover of a final intensive
chorus of hell from the artillery. The
ridges in front and bn either hand
were frecked with racing sparks of
flame. Within an hoar at least 50,000
shells must have been fired within
sight of the correspondent. Far to
tha«*outh was Mont SL Quentin, two
miles from Peronne and commanding
that town which the allied command-
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Tbe hill laj’ hazy above the green
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foliage of the river valley, 5n the
midst of vast bursts of black smoke
from shells of enormous caliber. Di-
rectly in front was Combles, another
town which has come to mean much
to the imagination of the public in
England and France, who seem to re-
gard its capture as of vital signifi-
cance. ,
Combles differed from all the villa-
ges in sight in that the walls of many
of its buildings were still standing. It
was different, tqo, in the fact that it
formed an oasis in the midst of the
storm of battle. Neither artillery nor
infantry paid any attention to it. The
gauge of battle was the high ground
around it, the possession of which
means the command of the town.
Further north lay the ruins of Gin-
chy and Guillemont.
At the appointed time the waves of
infantry surged forward to the at-
tack. Then the tremendous fire of
the German guns swelled to its utmost
volume until the whole field was lost
in vast clouds of smoke. The attack-
ing infantry vanished in that grim
pall, while high overhead scores of
sausage balloons and hundreds of
aeroplanes, their wings gleaming like
silver in the brilliant sunlight, strove
vainly to see what was passing be-
neath them.
Then across the dead fields arose
a signal from Morval, which told that
the British infantry had reached an-
other goal and that another village
was taken. A man at a telephone in
a nearby signal station called out the
capture of different strong points with
the enthusiasm of one who scores a
hotly contested game.
Armies Fighting in Open.
Presently the British wounded be-
gan to straggle back and their bear-
ing, as they moved along beside their
prisoners was another criterion by
which the correspondent knew how the
day had gone with them. Generally
reports told of every position being
taken on the minute set in the pro-
gram.
Their great gratification was that
it was becoming an even fight since
the Germans had no more prepared
lines, but both armies were fighting in
the open. According to the British
officers, the Germans on\the fighting
front hove no longer any trenches ex-
cept those which are unoer fire.
TWO MORE ARRESTED
IN BLACKMAIL CASE
Men are Accused of Securing $15,000
on Bogus Charge of Mann Act
Violation.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 24.—Further al-
leged activities of the international
blackmailing syndicate were revegled
here today in the arrest of two reput-
ed members of the gang, accused of
obtaining $15,000 on a bogus Mann act
charge, after surprising their victims
in New York City and bringing them
here, whereythey were imprisoned over
a month.
The men, who were arrested on ad-
vices from New York, are Homer T.
French, alias Jack French, and Jim-
mie Christian. The latter was arrest-
ed at the time of the exposure of the
gang two weeks ago and later released
on bond. French and George Irwin,
another alleged member, who is under
bond to surrender in New York, are
named as the principals in the case.
Christian is held as an accessory.
The warrants charge that French
and Irwin fleeced one A. R. Wesley
out of $12,500, after representing them-
selves to be Government officers in
New York, where they are said to have
surprised Wesley and a woman in a
hotel. Then, it is charged they trans-
ported the couple to Chicago and held
them prisoner in a hotel here from
May 9, this year, until June 12, during
which time they obtained $2,500 more
from Wesley.
Irwin is alleged to have represented
himself as United States Commissioner
Foote of Chicago.
Tonight Christian was released on
$10,000 bail. He will be arraigned Oct.
2, with the other members of the gang,
who are said to have obtained approx-
imately $250,000 through blackmailing
schemes.
YEGGS MAKE BIG HAUL IN BAL-
TIMORE
3,000-Pound Safe in Jewelry Store is
Looted of Valuable Gems.
Baltimore, Sept. 25.—Defying de-
tection on the hourly visits of a night
watchman, cracksmen yesterday chiB-
eled their way into the inner recess
of a 3,000-pound safe in the jewelry
store of Steman & Norwig and escap-
ed with gems valued at $15,000. The
burglars cut through the flooring and
ceiling of the second floor and used a
rope to lower themselves directik
front of the safe.
The cracksmen broke through from
the rear by cutting a steel plate half
an inch thick, six inches of concrete
backing and chiseled a second hole in
g second steel plate.
Great Clothing Values!
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Makers.
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We bought clothing and
shoes early—before any
advances in price—
—and w,e are selling our cloth-
ing and shoes at prices the
manufacturers are getting for
them at this time. #
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It will pay you to lay in a
supply now, before all the
good numbers are sold, and
when they are gone we will
not be able to get any more
to sell at the same price.
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Therefore, you will save mon-
ey by buying your outfit at
once from us.
Nifty and nobby suits, hats,
shirts and shoes, at prices
with no advance.
Call and see the new styles
for men, young men and boys
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916, newspaper, September 29, 1916; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815943/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.