The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 99, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 4, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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TJhe Oldest
Business institution
in ianhin Co.
The Bonham
Volume L.
BONHAM, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1916......
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Fond of Texas, give assurance of the Best Possi-
ble Service.
THREE RABS
4 FOR EVANS
representatives rose to the occasion
and saved the day by debating
against each other, Paul McMahon
taking the affirmative ^ide of the
question and Olvin Gross the nega-
tive side. Both boys put up strong
arguments. The judges rendered the
WON FIRST PLACE IN JUNIOR | decision in favor of
DECLAMATION CONTEST AT
FANNIN COUNTY MEET
the affirmative
debater. This team will represent
Fannin County in the District Meet
! at Sherman on April 22.
In spite of thp inclement weather In the girls’ junior declamation
q^^torday night a good-sized crowd contest, the first place was given to
Wl^Hesent at the annual meet of the .Susan Cook of , -Honey Grove. The
Faifflln County Interscholastic subject of her declamation was. “A
League which was held at the High
School. The ardor of the high school
pupils was somewhat dampened on
account of the fa?* that no debating
team appeared to ‘'ontest with the
Bonham team. Whether this was due
to the bad weather *pr the good rep-
utation of our boys as debaters we
cannot say. However, “dear old B.
H. S.” was not to be outdone and her
was,
Woman’s Plea.’’ The second place
was given to Martha Lowrey, of the
Duncan ward school of Bonham, who
gave the poem, “How Did You Die?”
and the third place to Lela Ried, of
the South Side ward school of Bon-
ham. She recited the poem, “Little
Brook.”
In the boys’ junior declamation
contest, Kenneth Evans, of the Dun-
men here were considerably disturbed
today by numerous warnings from
confidential sources that adherents of
Francisco Villa were gathering in the
Chihauhau desert, both north and
south of Ascencion and near the mo-
tor train route leading from Colum-
bus to Casas Grandes, for the purpose
of attempting to cut the line of com-
munication of the American puriitive
expedition in Mexico.
An extra heavy guard of infantry-
men, with specific instruction in the
event of an attack, was placed on a
truck train which left here for tne
front today. Isolated camps of sol-
diers guarding the line were reached
by the field telegraph and ordered to
watch closely for signs of hostile
forces. Lieutenant A. W. Gullier,
Twentieth Infantry, of Lexington,
Ky., adjutant of the base, left on the
train for Colonia Dublan, where he
will attempt to corordinate more
closely the work of the expeditionary
force and that of the base camp.
North from the town of Guerrero
WILL TOT
TO CUT AMERICAN TINES
SPECIAL GUARDS ARE PLACED ON MOTOR TRUCKS LEAVING
THE BORDER FOR.ADVANCED BASE
Columbus N. M., April 2.—Army royos and over trails that lead
through the butters and canyons "ftf
Sierra Tarahumare, American caval-
rymen of the Seventh Regiment are
riding night and day seeking Villa,
according to latest reports received
from field headquarters at Colonia
Dublan.
Today no information concerning
the pursuit filtered over the bonier
and nothing definite was received
from official sources. There were
persistent reports, however, that the
forces of Colonel Dodd had captured
the bandit leader, but because of the
difficulty of communication had been
unable to make a report.
When Jesus Sanca and his daugh-
ter crossed the American line today
at Palomas, the first Mexican town1
through which the American troops
on the way to the front, was left
without human inhabitants. 82 years
old, crossed the line into the United
States in a prairie schooner, such as
used by the forty-niners, and the har-
ness was fashioned of canvas cart-
FIFTY-NINE ARE
KNOWN KILLED
BOMBARDMENT OF SCOTTISH
AND ENGLISH TERRITORY AN-
NOUNCED—NO DETAILS
London, April 8, 1:23 a. m.—The
coast of Scotland and the northern
and southern counties' of England
were attacked by Zeppelins VSuriday
night, according to an official an-
nouncement by the Secretary of War.
The announcement says,: ^
“A Zeppelin raid took 'place Sun-
day night, when the coast of Scot-
land and the northern and southerr
counties of England were attacked..
“Bombs were dropped ut various
places. No details are available.”
and east of the line of the Mexican 1 ridge belts discarded by the retreat-
Northwestem Railway through ar- j ing Villa troopers.
can ward school, won first place.
His interpretation of the declamation,
‘The Stricken South,” was very
touching, and would have done credit
to a much older boy. John Gal-
braith of Honey Grove won second
place with a declamation entitled,
“Scientific Farming.” The third place
was given to Raymond Caskey of
Leonard whose declamation was
“Signing the Declaration.”
In the girls’ senior contest, Miss
Ruth Walker of Honey Grove won
first place, Miss Lila Marc Taylor of
■Bonham, second place and Miss Myr-
tle Frazier of Ector, third place. In
tpe boys’ senior declamation contest,
Adolphus Moore, of Leonard carried
off first honor*, Sam Meek of Honey
Grove was second, and James Wright
of Bonham, third.
Miss Reeves and Miss Edna Hen-
drix rendered a beautiful piano duet,
and the High School orchestra a*nd
High School Glee Club added great-
ly to -the program with several splen-
did selections. Ben Rucker and Miss
Rebecca Wyatt each sang a solo.
These two young people are gifted in
song, and that the audience appre-
ciated this fact was shown by the
hearty encore which each received.
The Track Meet which was to have
been held at the T. & O. Ball Park,
was postponed until Saturday, April
8th!
BATTERY MEETING
HELD FRIDAY
PROPOSED ARTILLERY SER
" VICE WAS DISCUSSED AT
FIREMAN HALL
JURORS SELECTED
The following jurors have been
subpoenied for the first week of the
On call from W. J. Stanton, a num-
ber of men interested met at the
Firemen’s Club Rooms Friday af-
ternoon to talk over the situation as
to the proposed battery to be estab-
lished here in Bonham by the United
States government Mr. Stanton
stated that he had had the matter up
with th6 surrounding towns, Bailey,
and Ravenna and possibly others, and
that considerable interest had been
manifested. It was agreed by those
present to go into the matter deeper,
and to go to these various towns
around here and work up an interest
by having some one versed* in the
matter to make a speech setting forth
the good points of having a branch
of the army service located here.
Mr. Stanton stated also ^that he
had about sixty men in sight who
were eligible . This was thought to
be a fair start, as every man who en-
lists must be physically fit, as well
as eligible as a man other wise.
TORNADO WRECKS
HOMES IN ALABAMA
Mobile, Ala., April 2.—Several per-
sons were injured, twelve homes and-
April term of County court: Frankja schoql building demolished and
Campbell, Bonham; J. H. Blalock, many cattle killed by a tornado
Bonham; Burr Wright, Randolph; I.
M. Parker, Honey Grove, R. F. D. 8;
L. N. Brode, Honey Grove; B. F.
Edison, Ivanhoe; T. H. Morrison, Sa-
voy; G. V. Daniel, Gober; R. L. Ma-
Gourk, Ivanhoe; Lee Johnson, Honey
Grove, R. F. D. 1; W. H. Skinner,
Honey Grove; J. H. Hensley, Wolfe
City, R. F. D. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brent have return-
ed from a visit to Honey Grove.
which swept over Yellow Pine, Ala
early today. The property dan.'-ge
is estimated at $50,000.
_,TOCK WANTED
To pasture cattle 50c and horses
75c per month. Abundance grass and
water one mile east of Ivanhoe,
known as Steger Ranch.,
B. A. or W. O. Keene,
9918t Ivanhoe, Texas.
London, April 2, 10:50 p. m.j—With
the exception of the big air- raid of
Jan. 31, when the casualties were
sixty-seven persons killed and 117 In-
jured, the Zeppelin raids of Friday
and Saturday nights caused greater
loss of life than any previous aerial
attack this year.
The total casualties fog tile two
nights, according to an official report,
were fifty-nine persons killed and 166
wounded. j
As some Compensation for this sac-
rifice of life, however, the British
public finds satisfaction in practical
proof afforded of a great improve-
ment in the defensive methods deal
ing with aerial .incursions. For. the
first time since the interception of
this method of warfare on the I British
coast, not only has one raiding Zep-
pelin been brought down and its crew
taken prisoners, but the official re-
port recounts an exciting filght be-
tween a Zeppelin and a British air-
man, Lieutenant Brandon, who,
mounting to a height of 9,000 feet,
flew over the raider and dropped sev-
eral bombs on it with effect. The ma-
chine of Lieutenant Brandon Was hit
several times by machine gun bullets
from the Zeppelin. It is still unknown
whether the Zeppelin in this fight
was the L-15 which was brought
down off tlve Thames estualry, or an-
other craft which is believed to have
dropped its machine gun, pletrol tank
and other parts. . j
Native of New Zealand
Alfred Brandon, the British airman
is a native of Wellington, N. Z. He
•is 32 years, old, and only joined the
flying corps last July.
In connection with Lieutenant
Brandon’s exploit is an unconfirmed
but interesting report from Copenh^
gen that a Danish fishing vessel ob-
served at a great distance in the
North Sea what appeared to be a half
submerged Zeppelin. The authorities
express the hope that this will prove
to be the machine, that Lieutenant
Brandon bombed. . j
Saturday night’s raid was much
less serious than that of Friday. Only
the most meager details of the last
attacks, however, are now available.
Acocrding to these one of two raiders
succeeded in passing the Co£st, the
other being turned‘back. Sixteen per-
sons were killed in this raid, of whom
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Only one crossed the coast . The
other turned back.
“For the present we know that
sixteen persons were killed and atrtut
six were women and children. About
a hundred persons were injured.
Lieuienant Commander Breithapt,
commander of the Zeppelin L-15, in
an interview with the Asosciated ! injured.
Press, disavowed any desire or inten- j “Eight dwelling houses were de-
tion to kill civilians in air raids, tho’ molished and a serious fire was
he admitted they might, unfortunate- caused in a French polishing shop.”
ly, fall victims to the more important -A- correspondent in a northeast
military objects of raids. He assert- coast town says a Zeppelin sighted
ed that aircraft commarders were there at 11 o’clock Saturday night
able to define buildings below them, dropped fourteen explosives and aev-
but he was unable to determine how en bombs. Ten men, three women and
close the bombs would go to the ob- three children were killed and twen-
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ty-five persons y were seriously in-
jured. About eighty others received
minor injuries. A tram car inspector
___, ,___. .nn was killed and a woman tram car
and about 100 others injured by the „ . .
i eductor suffered the loss of a leg
jects at which they were dropped.
* Sixteen Killed Saturday Night *
At least sixteen persons were killed
explosion of bombs dropped in a raid ^[owr ^
of Zeppelins over the northeast coast
of England Saturday night.
The official version of the rail says:
“Two airships approached the ____
northeast coast Saturday night. . Subscribe for The Bonham
Several houses were
wrecked in one street. One hofise was
, demolished, but the family of five
escaped.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 99, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 4, 1916, newspaper, April 4, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914597/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.