The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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MAJOR DECLARES FREEING OF
MEN WAS INSULT TO AMER-
CANISM.
St. Louis, May 10.—An immediate
investigation of Congress of the War
Department’s action in pardoning con-
scientious objectors who were con-
victed by court-martial of violating
the articles of war was demanded by
the newly formed American Legion
today at the final session of its three-
day ca'ucus.
Following the introduction of a
Westbrook bill, extending the date for
taking effect of the Board of Control
bill, the mileage and contingent ex-
pense bills, the resolution providing
an investigating committee in the
Blue Ridge farm entanglement and
the resolution providing for the im-
mediate closing of the State’s option
on this property. All enactments of
the special session are therefore now
of full force and effect. Governor
Hobby congratulated those members
of the Legislature present on the dis-
strongly worded resolution, command- patch with which they had transacted
ing Congressional investigation, Maj,
Richard Foster of Kansas City, mem-
ber of the general court which con-
victed the 135 conscientious objectors
at Camp Funston, who later were giv-
en honorable discharges under a War
Department order, addressed the dele-
gates.
“You all know who was responsible
for this order,” he said, “so I need not
mention his name. You know he
should be condemned for it, and that
no action is too drastic. You know
that the pardoning of these men and
the placing of them in the same class
with the men who fought and bled for
ihe country is an insult to American-
ism.”
The resolution passed unanimously
and was followed by a ten-minute ova-
tion.
The Americanization program of
the caucus was continued by adoption
of another resolution demanding de-
portation of all aliens who evaded mil-
itary service and by surrendering first
papers by all interned aliens, or “any
other person who evaded military ser-
vice.”
afrJEhft caucus determined to take both
matters directly to Congress at the
special session recently called by
President Wilson.
A resolution asking Congress to
grant a bonus of six months’ pay to
every enlisted man who served in tho
war was almost unanimously defeated
after a speech by Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt, who said the legion “did
hot want to take anything out of the
Government, but to put something in-
to it.”
the business upon which they were
called together.
To The Express correspondent, la-
ter, he stated that it i3 his intention
to call the Legislature together again
in the middle of June, as originally
scheduled. At that time, besides
passing such legislation as may be
necessary to put into effect those con-
stitutional amendments adopted May
24, it is probable that the Governor
will submit the matter of revising the
State’s taxation system and providing
for a more equitable distribution of
the burden of government. Of the
work of the session just closed, Gov-
ernor Hobby said:
“It has done a splendid piece of
work, quickly, and at a minimum of
expense. Called together to meet an
emergency, the members of the Leg-
islature have responded in a splendid
spirit. Sinking their personal incli-
nations in many cases, all have co-
operated and compromised in the en-
deavor to restore to the home-coming
soldiers the right of franchise which
would have been denied them through
circumstances beyond their control.
In my opinion, this privilege accorded
so justly to the soldiers but gives add-
ed assurance to the adoption of the
important amendments submitted to
the people.”
APATHY OF VOTERS MEANS DE-
FEAT OF FOUR AMENDMENTS.
Austin, Texas, May 9.—During the
recent called session of the Texas
Legislature, expressions were secured
from many members on the subject of
the amendments to be voted on May
INVEST THE INTEREST IN
THRIFT OR WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS.
Reinvestment of Second Liberty
Loan Bond interest in Thrift or War
Savings Stamps is urged upon the cit-
izens of Lampasas by Mayor G. D.
Scott. The Government will make a
semi-annual interest payment on the
Second Liberty Loan, May 15th, at
which time a vast amount of money
will be turned over to investors in the
Eleventh Federal Reserve District.
“Many of our citizens own Second
Liberty Loan Bonds. The Treasury
Department has urged that all who
can take this interest money and re-
invest it in Thrift or War Savings
Stamps., By this means, they can
turn their interest into more interest.
It is profitable patriotism and I trust
that the citizens of Lampasas who
'own Second Loan Bonds will do as
the Treasury Department has request-
ed.
“Arrangements have been made so
that you can exchange your*Liberty
Loan interest coupons for Thrift or
War Savings Stamps at the postof-
fice. Our Postmaster has a sufficient
supply of these government securities 1
on hand to exchange for your coupons
and will be pleased to accommodate
you. War Savings Stamps are always
cashable at the postoffice on ten
days’ written notice.
“I appeal to all patriotic citizens of j,
Lampasas who own Second Liberty
Loan Bonds to get Thrift or War Sav-1
ings Stamps with their interest cou-
pons, May 15th. We have too much
civic pride to do less than our neigh-
boring cities. They are planning to
roll up a big total in War Savings
Stamp sales on May 15th and to do it
largely through their interest cou-
pons. Let’s get busy and make Lam-
pasas lead the procession.”
G. D. SCOTT, Mayor.
MEASURES ADOPTED AT EXTRA
SESSION NOW IN FULL FORCE.
Austin, Texas, May 9.—The bill en-
franchising soldiers without the pay-
ment of poll taxes took its proper
place on the statute books of Texas at
11 o’clock this morning, when Gover-
nor Hobby, in the presence of its au-
thor, Senator McNealus, and a num-
ber of other legislators and interested
spectators affixed his signature there-
to. In signing this bill he attached a
memorandum noting the fact that At-
torney General Cureton had passed a
favorable opinion as to the constitu-
tionality of the measure.
Immediately after disposing of this
measure, Governor Hobby signed the
24.
Judge N. B. Morris of Palestine, de-
clared that “half the men one meets
know nothing about the citizenship
clause included in the amendment.
“They have no idea,’ ’he said, “that
when they are confronted with the
proposition on May 24 of voting for or
against the amendment to section 2,
article 6 of the State Constitution
providing qualifications for male and
female voters, that American citizen-
ship is one of the qualifications re-
ferred to; that if they vote against
the amendment they not only deny a
voice in our Government to loyal pa-
triotic American women, but they at
the same time, with the same scratch
of the pen record their approval of
having representatives of disloyal,
Bolshevistic, anarchistic conspirators
of the scum of every decadent nation
on earth accorded privileges that are
denied Texas womanhood.”
“I wish a letter might be written to
every true American in the State of
Texas,” continued Judge Morris, “put-
ting the real facts before him in a
way that he would be bound to under-
stand ; and there would be an ever-
lasting end to our women having to
go pleading before all sorts, condi-
tions and nationalities of men in an
effort to get these men to allow them
a voice in their own Government.”
GERMANS CONDEMN TERMS OF
TREATY.
Berlin, May 9.—Condemnation of
the peaec terms is expressed by all
newspapers here, those of the ex-
treme right referring to the condi-
tions as “unfulfillable” and to the
treaty as “an instrument of robbery.”
The Tages Zeitung says:
“One thing is certain; there can be
no question of this being a peace of
justice. What a peace of justice after
the entente pattern and in accordance
with French desires looks like is
shown by the conditions which leave
nothing of Germany but a torn and
tattered territory.”
1 The Freiheit says that, compared
with the policy Germany pursued at
Brest-Litovsk, the entente peace
“must be termed quite moderate,” but
it is argued that the terms are in
sharp contradiction with President
Wilson’s “fourteen points” and that if
peace is to be built on this compro-
mise, it assuredly can have no firm
and lasting foundation.
“A peace of annihilation,” is the
caption used by Vorwaerts which says
there is a “ruthless desire to lay Ger-
many permanently low by force. If
we sign this peace it is because we are
bound by force, but in our hearts we
resolutely reject it. Such a peace is
an attempt to exterminate a nation,
hot by force of arms, but by a means
'• more brutal, economic slavery.”
i The Frankfort Gazette says:
j “We are at the graveside of right.
The only doubt is whether it also
means the graveside of the German
nation. Never has murder been com-
mitted in more courteous form or with
more cynical equanimity. The Ger-
man reply will have to consider that
I the draft deviates from Mr. Wilson’s
‘fouteen points’ as far as the East is
from the West.”
-_____
JUST A PRECAUTION.
“War brought out one salient trait
of the American people,” said Senator
Lodge the other day. “It is adaptabil-
ity. I do not. suppose you could have
found anywhere else in the world a
body of men so unversed in war as
the average American. A great many,
in fact the majority were as green as
young Gidley.
“Gidley was a raw recruit just en-
rolled in a crack cavalry regiment
and paying his first visit to a riding
school.
“ ‘Here’s your horse,’ said the in-
structor, and Gidley advanced ginger-
ly and took hold of the bridle. Then
he examined his mount minutely, and,
pointing to the saddle girth, asked:
“ ‘What’s it got that strap around
its waist for?”
“ ‘Well,’ answered the instructor,
without cracking a smile, ‘all our
horses like to laugh, and sometimes,
when there are recruits around, we
have to put on those straps to keep
’em from bursting their sides. ”—Los
Angeles Times.
DUMB ANIMALS IN WAR.
Those who had opportunity to see
the work done by horses and dogs in
and near the fighting line in France
learned to esteem highly the human
qualities of these animals. They
know that the war could not have been
won without horses; and that thous-
ands owe their lives to dogs, acting as
messengers and searchers for the
wounded.
The story is told of a mastiff, nam-
ed “Judge T,” with the American en-
gineers, who were throwing a bridge
across the Marne under heavy fire.
Judge was asked to swim across the
river with a rope in his teeth in the
face of enemy sniping. He caught
the idea and volunteered. He carried
the rope across and returned unhurt,
but on the third crossing a German
bullet found the white spot in his fore-
head and Judge went down. A party
of doughboys, at the risk of their
lives, recovered the body and gave it
honorable burial.
A soldier of the Civil War, telling
of the work of horses in Farnswort’h
Brigade of Cavalry at Gettysburg,
sets forth the horse character as it de-
veloped in extreme battle danger. A
Confederate infantry line was form-
ing for a charge before the Union line
was ready to receive it. To gain the
peeded time General Farnsworth
was ordered to ride in, break up the
formation and get back as best he
could.
The narrator, who was one of the
riders, tells how the horses, sensing
the danger, seemed to flatten them-
selves as they charged, running with
heads low. They entirely surrendered
themselves, he says, to the men they
carried, obeying the slightest touch of
the reins, taking fences, stone walls
and other obstructions with unbeliev-
able ease. On the charge the writer
remembers having seen a riderless
Union horse with one leg shot away,
hobbling toward the riders, whinney-
ing as for protection.
Some of our returned soldiers from
France tell of the cries of wounded
I horses as among the sounds most pit-
iful to hear and hardest to forget.
Dallas News.
We have sold our stock of drugs and
fixtures to Mackey & Ransom, the ac-
counts due the firm of Hoffmann Drug
Co. are owned by me. I will appre-
ciate the attention of any one indebted
to me. Respectfully,
H. HOFFMANN.
ALL MEMBERS QUIT INDUSTRI-
AL BOARD; ENDS PRICE
FIXING.
Washington, D. C., May 9,—Gov-
ernmental efforts to hasten the return
of industry to normal peace-time acti-
vity by stabilizing prices through the
industrial board of the Department of
Commerce, came to an end today.
Following a final unsuccessful ef-
fort to bring the Railroad Administra-
YOUR GRAIN CROP
Is Assured! Now Save It!
With the prospect of the largest grain crop ever
harvested in Lampasas county it is up to all of
us to save every bit of it. This can be accom-
plished by preparing now
A SUITABLE GRANARY
In which to store for market or for your own use.
We can furnish you with plans showing how to con-
struct the most modern granary, one which is designed
to preserve it against mice and other depredating ro-
dents.
The cst of materials and construction of
this granary will be very moderate when
the saving of your grain is considered.
W. F. & J. F. BARNES LBR. CO.
Lampasas Lometa Copperas Cove
SPECIALS!
For Friday, Saturday and Monday
A few of the many bargains I am offering are list-
ed below. Read these prices and see how far a dollar
will go at this store. _ _
2-in-1 White Liquid Polish, 15c value for................9c
2-in-1 Tan Polish, 15c value for..............................9c
Whettmore Tan Polish, 15c value for...................-..9c
Men’s 25c Linen Collars for.............................—15c
1 Lot Ladies’ Shirt Waists, $1.25 value..................75c
I Lot Curtain Scrim, 25c value..............................15c
1 Lot Men’s Low Quarter Shoes, $4.50 value at. $3.25
1 Lot Men’s Low Quarter Shoes, $3.50 value at..$2.48
1 Lot Children’s Low Quarter Shoes, $1.00 value.... 15c
1 Lot Ladies and Misses Shoes, $3.50 value at....$1.98
1 Lot Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes, $2.50 values--------98c
1 Lot Men’s Work Shirts, $1.00 values, each..........74c
H. V. Campbell
Successor to J. S. Taylor Dry Goods Co.
ualLED HEK . rtivjiiY
TO HER BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago, Thinking She Might Die, Says Texas Lady, But Now
She Is a Well, Strong Woman and Praises Cardui For
Her Recovery.
Royse City, Tex.—Mrs. Mary Kil-
man, of this place, says; “After the
birth of my little girl. ..my side com-
menced to hurt me. I had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me...but I got no better. I
got worse and worse urttil the misery
was unbearable.. .1 was In bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that I was just drawn np in a knot...
I told my husband If he would get
me a bottle of Cardui I would try It...
I commenced taking it, however, that
evening I called my family about
me... for I knew I could not last
many days unless I had a change for
the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and am a well,
strong woman, and I owe my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half tha
bottle when I began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less... X
continued right on taking the Cardui
until I had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for I was well
and never felt better in my life... I
have never bad any trouble from that
day to this.”
Do you suffer from headache, back-
ache, pains in sides, or other discom-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? If so,
give Cardui, the woman’s tonic, a
trial. J. 71
tion and steel producers to an agree-
ment on prices yesterday in New
York, the resignations of Chairman
George N. Peek of Moline, 111., and
the other six members of the board,
were accepted by Secretary Redfield.
With the dissolution of the board,
the natural forces of supply and de-
mand will be left to readjust prices
from war levels to those of peace. Di-
rector General Hines announced yes-
terday the Railroad Administration
would return to the old system of
competitive bidding. .......
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The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1919, newspaper, May 16, 1919; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894819/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.