Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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■ COURIER CONEOK. TEXAB
CALLED SESSION OF THE
TEXAS LEBBLATOE G
LIQUID FIRE USED AGAINST SPARTACANS IN GERMANY
Texas News
CONGRESS CALLED TO MEET
ON MONDAY, MAY II
HONOR ROLL
TEXAS HEROES
Iwrttory Tumulty Announces Order
For bpeeial Cabled by tha
President
toatlva I m mod I at sly, Whan
ad by Um Governor,
Tba (oliowing are Ua names of
TEXAS BOYS erbo hate given op
Ibair lives fpr their country, or wbo
have been wounded, captured or mlae-
lag on the battlaflelds of Europe:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Carp Raymond B Cults. Amarillo.
DIED OF DISEASE
Mechanic Salvador Morales. Browns-
ville.
Pvl Simpler P. Ross. Fort Worth.
Awatln, Tea.—The first palled see
■ton of the Thirty-Sixth Legislature
came to an end al booh Friday. after
acoompltahlng everything the governor
submitted. It peseed tour bills and
they ere lairs ae all Vera atgned Fri-
day by the governor and booamo of
These wore the
Washington —President Wilson issu-
ed a call by cable Wednesday for a
special session of congress to moot
Monday. May It.
Secretary Tumulty. In making the
announcement, said It would be Im-
possible, of course, for the president
to be here on the opening day. The
date fixed for the special aeSslon was
much earlier than democratic leaders
had expected.
White House officials said that In
(active immediately,
soldiers' enfranchisement bill; that (Jo
fsrrlng nnUI Janaary 1. 1*10. tha date
tba board of control law shall become
effective; the mileage and per dietu
for members and officers, and tha ses-
sion contingent expense bill. There
were a number of resolutions adopted
sad signed, including that calling for
an luvssttgallon of the Blue Rid*#
Governor Hobby baa appointed W.
T. Nash of Kaufman as a member of
t^e board of managers of tbe North
Tune Hospital for tbe Insane at Tar
Nil to fill tha vacancy caused by the
Nelgualloc of George Kelly.
Sst Raymond J. Eckm. lundsra
naming an early date for the session
Pvt. Tutuuil# Portley, Longview.
WOUNDED IN ACTION.
Pvt. Arthur 8 hulls. Roseuherg
Corp Itom Bullard. Klvado.
Pvt. Uoes G. Brown, Dallas
Pvt. Charles Kloss, llreniond.
Pvt. Grover Bond. Oordonvllle.
Pvt. Walter Bcbulti. Ledbetter.
Pvt. Bamucl E. Horn. Mills Point.
Pvt- Wm. J. Bynum. Cuthjind
Pvt. Alton A Wilbanks. Palestine
Pvt. Johu Pierce, Joaquin.
Pvt. Thomas D. Carrlger, Coleman.
Lt. Theodore E. Jon**, Dallas
Sgt. Arthur P..Riley. Enter/.
Sgt. Charles K. Vail. Big .Springs
Corp Walter V. Smith, Rush Creek
Corp. Walter L. Brawn. Texllne.
Pvt. Arthur Wells, I4ud»)e.
Pvt. Earl Sheets. COT*leans
Pvt. Mike Wiggins, Wall svllla
Pvt. Manel Ortlx. Hinton
Pvt. Lester K. Stewart. Mexla
pvt. Adolph G. Wrhmrjfrr, Freder-
icksburg.
President Wilson was guided largely
by the advice of Secretary Glass us to
the necessity of passing annual appro-
priation measures which failed In tbe
closing days of the last session.
President Wilson's proclamation
calling .the extra session follows^
"Whereas, public Interests require
that the congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session at
1! o'clock noon on the 19th day of
May, 1919. to receive such communi-
cations as may be made by the exec-
utive;
"Now. therefore. 1. Woodrow Wil-
son. president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that an extraordinary occasion
requires the congress of the United
Statee to convene In extra session at
the capital In the District of Colum-
bia on the 19th day of May. 1919. at
12 o'clock noon, of which all persons
who shalt at that rime be entitled to
act as members thereof are hereby re-
quired to take notice.
“Given under my hand and the seal
of the United States of America the
7th day of May, !u the year *of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
forty-third.
"WOODROW WILSON.
“By (he President,
"ROBERT LANSING.
"Secretary of State " |
Between forty and fifty new loca-
ttoaa or newly drilling oil wells are
reported OB tbe R M. Waggoner land
Mar Wichita Palls In the Red Rlvdr
Valley and tbe feverish activity in
tbla new northwest pool is furnishing
(be sensation of the month.
Perm transaction
Aa a result of the adoption by both
houses of the resolution calling for the
closing of the option and the purchase
of the Blue Ridge farm by the gover-
nor and state prison commission, a
meeting of the prison commission In
Austin Is expected within the next feu
days At that time, with tho advice
of the attorney seneral. the necessary
tender of the money will be made lo
comply with the sta‘es part of the
contract. If refused, as expected, tho
attorney general may Institute a court
proceeding to require compliance with
the contract.
To Continue Development.
The stete might proceed with the de-
velopment of oil during the life of the
lease, as It has three years to run.
while the legal controversy Is thrash-
ed out In the courts of successive ap-
peal. Injunctions and strict oil ac-
counting may follow
In tha Senate Friday Senator C H
Buchanan of Scurry County was unani-
mously elected president pro tern to
serve until the first day of the next
German government troops using liquid tire and ham! grenades' tigs Inst the Simrtlcane
'he uprising*
lu Berlin during one of
A l&O-acre site has been leased at
Mercedes, Texas, for a permanent bor-
der cavalry garrison. It was announoed
Al Port Brown this week. Papers to
woaipleie the lease, which is to run for
•I years, have been sent to the wmr
department for approve!.' This will
five the government three permanent
Beets on the lower border. Forts
Brown. Ringgold and Mercedes.
RED CROSS HOSPITAL IN SIBERIA
West Texas land la not much In
demand. Tbs land office received very
tow bids on (he land advertised to go
• (N* market May 1 and thero were
BO ©on f] I eta As a matter of fact, the
toad offered has been pretty wail
“picked over" at previous sales, and
tbe Weet Texas drouth was also a
moat discouraging factor. There have
to*n few forfeitures of land recently.
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS BOOK
COLLECTION WEEK IN TEXAS
All Texans Are Urged to Contribute
For the Use of ths Solcture
Overseas.
regular or ceiled session. He was
Much interest la manifested by rest
pieced in nomination by Senator Dean
and seconded by practically every
member present. He made an appro-
priate speech of thanks. Before serv-
ing In the senate Mr. liucbanan was
a member of the house
A resolution was adopted extending
the time for the committee Investigat-
ing the state treasury to make a report
of the audit The committee reported
"material progress." but nothing Pe-
dants of Road District No. 1 In Gil-
toaple County in the election ordered
to be held May 20 to decide whether
bonds will be Issued to build good
roads la the district. The Puget
Immd-to-tbe-fuif highway is In the dis-
trict. extending from the Kendall
Ooaaty line on the south through Fred-
Oftohaburg to the Mason County line
Austin, Tex.—The week of May 1A-
25 Is proclaimed as library ear serv-
ice book collecting week In Tcxus In
a proclamation issued by Governor
Hobby. The governor calls upon ail
|>etriollr Texans to contribute hooks
for use of the American soldiers over-
seas, the contributions to be made U»
the nearest public library The gov-
MANY PERSONS WERE
KILLEO IN TEXAS STORM
tele's* rt ;>fr ■* Tteumen. Siberia. It wa* cstabtlshecFfor Czechs and Russians and can a room
Tornado dwssps the Lower Rio Grande
Al opinion given Saturday by the
attorney general's department was
torn! to cases of emergency supplies
atod mat arts Is for tbe use of the county,
toelodlag stationery, books, blanks,
totola and other supplies for the
•ewaty officers to an amount not In
town of |M may be purchased upon
Valley of Texas. Doing Great
ernnr’a pro* Ijunatlon follows
Damage.
LAUNCHING OF BATTLESHIP TENNESSEE
COM. BOONE DECORATED
The library war service of the Amer-
ican Library Association announces a
crying need for a large number of gift
books to supply tbe American soldiers
overseas and on transports bringing
them to this country for demobilisa-
tion
The quota to lx- furnished by Togas
for this purposo lias been set by the
library Avar service at lk.AU" books
: Therefore I, W P Ifhbby, pnvernor
pf Texas, do hereby designate the
week ot May Ik to as library war
service book collecting we» k, and I
cal! upon ail patriotic town* during
Corpus Christ!. Tex.—-fifteen per-
sona including three Americana and
12 Mexicans, were killed Thursday
night When one of the worst tornadoes
ever experienced in Southwest Texas
swept the lower Rio Grande Valley,
demolishing farmhouses and doing
great damage to growing crops
Ths sturm took its heaviest toil of
tits at Mission, wher<
Ml tohrt without
adver-
Assignment ef Officers.
There was a lively dtoreaokm a boot
tha reassignment of certain offices in
the capitol House concurrent resolu
Ho® lo award a rwrtaln room to the
state treasury was killed hy aa ad
verse committee report He us I or Rec
tor then offered s resolution to ssalga
tbe tsbor department two of tbe sen
ales commit (ae rooms and Senator
1 *een proposed a substitute to move
ths board of water engineers to tha
new atate office building and give
their present rooms to tbe labor da
pertinent ItbTTl resolutions were
tabled
•beaker Thomason announced that
be wnwid not sign mtleage sirr ut#
for members who did ant v.eud the
aeaaion. but that ks would sign per
dlsm warrants for members not pres
c®L but abj had been excused from
toy »r. day.
Mss to tbe United Htatee military
parriew are swtitled to have their of
Ariel discharges rn ord*d free of
tosry* by tbe rounty clerk of their
bom i counties, bolds the attorney sen
drai of Ts®aa Tbe rounty^rierk Is
entitled to receive It rents for each
words reworded This is to he pskl
Bp tbs rwaris signer* court out-of the
a •lied In which
a Mr. Nick, hi# wife and fuur chlldrs®
and a number of Mexicans had taken
refuge from the hurricane collapsed.
Mr Nick md top pf Li* children sets
this week to contribute liberally of
Instantly killed when the structure
crumpled up from th" wind while
Mrs. Web was awriouelt lu lured Mr
Vich aed his ismtty were trsveTThg by
automobile when ths eiorm fur ted
them to seek shelter in the abaci iron
building
Rli mite* •
good, live resdigg metier, especially
fresh fiction of lilact> quality tor Hits
purpose delivering ths books to the
■adfSSl public litxary I request al!
the public libraries sf Tease *e ship
these books to the designated dispatch
office at Newport Ness, Vs . In tbe
week folios lug, |n order that all ahtp
meals may Is finished by June I
III testimony • hereof 1 Uavu Uwreuo-
to iiKio-d my -name and caused'the
•e»i of Stats to be hereon impressed
et ......tty "t \ostia; i < » ttii* i *ih
<to* wf May. A t> ISIS W *• HoRPY,
general fund of the county
J. W Beads of tbe bureea of eenno-
totc gaalagy of tbe University of Tease
has dlsooverod whet he believes to be
«Bb M lee teal ppien Formation Ip tho
Mooeo Mountains In Bl Paso County
Tbla adds use tour®, important stratum
ip ffco column of baowo formations to
Trass Atoordlng lo J A l idea. di
paster of the division of orapnviilc go
atofy thero la aow OOly nos Im&ortanf
fatoftol system a bnh kse out boon
»>f Mission, at Mado
aVo known lo be deed all of • ho
Mestrsns
A Mexican sad two children
kitted six miles north of I tuned
Thu Wind oea on uinpanied hi
hail • *»•(* 4*4 tree** 'tsrrwy r f f)
tKUWJMM W< 1
I I ups ,
M*rv.T if ’" * MU1M and of he* hHiutnna . Ur the Governor
la lh« path el M»r tornado were ufe 1
<4 UMI r HOWARD.
(bxfrtsfj of Wrote
Mabby Names De'sgetf* ",
AuMie Te»—OetorggT HaNtu wad
fiesda) ippoluied the follow in* dole
fetes to represent Tetsa at the twel'lh
asnuai roevenito* of the Nathwial Tat
Association to be held at June
1* K T. Miller of Swots J«* *
~ Ttin>rMniFr r, „„M,w, jjr TTlw
of the marine awpa k ih. Ami na*»
man to l»c (hc-orat*-*! in Vt«*ltin|iMt
foe eeevtee with the A K F Acting
Rent v|nV t -<f liw S*tj I rank 11® ll.
veil piuiMtl tin i mu «U> tiui-ro
with ymtto on Tvstimauger ftom* n,
the ;sorxmjy|rr > rdk •- |imi** be* l*e**n
died three in--** (<* Wittrry He t*
a feelilctii of |S*i t e« wtc. I «
upper volley, where the et«r
Re areotest fury U nsilmeicd
to ItOdOoe While tj tfl impf
•allmala the damage to tiun
GERNANS ARE ANGRY
OVER PEACE TERMS
•eowtee t« Use Old Feists
Mexico t'tty The peter* of r
*n the •uhiiihs of m*os< ,.a is
t** (Metre ted by the soveraiuevi
used as s o useuwi tm rwtir* <
Hpsntsh iVS4wa*l The strudur
years old has been allow>d tn f«
ruins In the ooorlysrd ar* a<
frees, u>> 4ct • hi» k MmsIm *
Woods of Uoroiaona M ■ W«tgbi of
Rsa A at onto Albert V 11-ulK of geo
Aotoote M yr l.ydey of Furl Werlh
Walter Dooley of iWlloe. • U Hr«»ks
of »»iv \ F Wooldridge of Austin.
4- • f'utiinaa of tiouotu®. I fi nr»sa
*d FiMT w rth. II R Terrell of
Aoaila. Fyod kyhsMS of Waco ft J
Brill of Uurosao J sow A hie* of
A«*ei«n Jobs I It mil h of Austlp t|u|
Bwtofw trdTfr flPflSMi
Berlin Haturday — Tba proioats ihai
came ffutn xrimn ouariers jie tier
many over the peons terms a* they
were repotted before the bffl< lsl terms
bo*-ao»e ksnss ars as noihilki la r*rl®
paitauo nllh tba «a»e <*f tom«mairoa* e
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bt lb- d iwtl.i r ui ilsrmt'f Uufwri* uf Tioni
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Etheridge, O. Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1919, newspaper, May 16, 1919; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843947/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.