The Daily Panhandle (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 158, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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AMARILLO TEXAS Till ItSHW. I LIHU AKV II I HI.
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IMPORTANT CHANGES TARE
PLACE 10 WAR SITUATION
DAY OF CHEAP
! BEEF WILL NEVER
i BE KNOWN AGAIN
GIANT AUSTRIAN GUNS HAULED TO BATTLE FRONT IN POLAND.
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MILITARY
RUSSIANS MAKE IMPORTANT GAINS IN EAST;
ALLIES VIH IN DARDANELLES; EERLiN RIOTS
London Feb. II (Cablegram ) - - Reports of Important Russian
mint In the fact details of Important allied successes in the Dardanelles
food rlota la Berlin and an extraordinary anaslon of the Hrltlsh psrlla-
asent feata-rail day.
Many hi 4. government offlclalr. were In the House of Common at
til amnion tbvy. Premier Asqulth in addreaslng the body announced
that Rutland la considering; drastic measures to paralUe all German com-
mvt'M Germany's threatened submarine blockade of England will b
followed by an actual blockade of all Germany. Asqulte said.
Fully fifty percent of the British wounded have recovered the pro-
Baler announced.
No Hope for IVare
Sir Edward Gray Secretary of State for Foreign Affair told the
Commons that he seea little likelihood of peace now. A small group of la-
or members headed by Klr Uardlc favored soundlnjc out Germany
along peace line but Oray's statement wan construed to mean thnt St-
n.any does not desire to even consider peace.
Won't Take Over Food.
Premier Asqulth declined either to bark a movement for a maximum
rice for foodstuffs or for the government to take over the nation's
apply of food. There Is uot and will not be need for such action he
aid.
' KioU In lU-rliti.
Serious riots took place In the Merlin potato markwo yesterday.
The police restored order. llrewerln were ordered to redu-e their out-
at of heer
IIuhs U Vl tiri"UH.
Unofficial dlnpatches from Tetrorrad dwlure t tint the Ormans have
keen forced to evacuate I-odx and have removed their li-jilmiarter to
Kail. I)ds was captured by the Germans on Deeemher fi nfter the
ttloodlest Of CRhtln.
AEROPLANES DROP
FRONT AS THE
Tarls Fl). II (C'ableKram. ) Aeroplan-s dropped boniiw while the
artillery duels are today taking place alone the entire Frenrh-HelKlan
front. The death toll and suffering I frightful in the towns behind the
actual front.
German Infantry anwiults In the Mfxnille region was reputed to-
day. The fljthtinK la Inrreaslnn In the ChanipnRne rclon.
Thf uslan Blrck 8ea flotilla of
taonde. 1etryers. It a'so sunk more
was small.
Th Rur iaD force which held Hukowlna Is now In full retreat.
Vi?na cllm The battles In the Carpathians continue It also rlaimH
that A r exrwlltlon to rel I'ruemyM Ik advsnoinK.
UILHELMIHA IS SEIZED BY BRITISH
QUESTION NOT INTERNATIONAL ONE
Plymouth. Feb. II (Cablegram.) Tho cargo of grain and food sup-
rl'ea of the Wllhelmlna bound for Ilremen was formally alexed by the
a?ft!ah rjvernment today. The ship Itsolf will not lie taken as a prlxe
or as ccotraban:. It Is understood.
A prlxe court will determine the disposition of the cargo at which
the owners of fee Wllhelmlna will appear with the argument that the
aargo was not subject to alexure because the Wllhelmlna sailed before
tka decision of the German government to control the foodstuffs was announced.
Washington TV C Feb. 11. The State Department today announc-
ed that the Wllhelmlna Incident Is not considered an international one
yat The Department will act In conjunction with the owners of thn ves-
aal In an attempt to establish the right of the Wllhelmlna to carry
a cargo of food to Germany. If the proceedings of the prize court are
asatlsfa tory then the United States will Intervene ;i a announced
Itada Ievc Norfolk.
Norfolk Va. Feb. 11. The steamship Dacla carrying cotton to
sjarmany which has been laying here for several days sailed for its des-
tination thla moraine .
0. S. WILL MAKE NOTES TO ENGLAND
AND GERMANY PUBLIC WHEN RECEIVED
Washington 1). & Feb. 11. The Department of State todw
a nota to England regarditg the use of the American flag In conjui
with her own oa the Lasitanla yesterday. Another not waa sent t
any regardlnc tha bounds of her war tone which might Interfere w
United Statea shipping. '
Both of these notes will ha made public so soon ;s they have be
raoalved at tha respective foreign capitals. In accordance with the cole
af diplomatic court cay.
CRAZED BY-WIFE'S-
DEATH SHOOTS NUN
Denver Colo. Feb. 11. Craxel
awer his wife's Illness Frank Rosso
41 years aid. today suddenly shot
Sister Ltblrla In Sl Anthony'! Sanl-
AIID ECONOMIC FEATURES
DISCUSSED
BOMBS ALONG
ARTILLERY DUELS
deatroyera today silenced the Treo
than
flftv TurkMi HsillnR crsft.
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tarlum. The nun had Just completed
the last rites aa the bullet fired by
Rosso painfully wounded her and
Mrs. Ito'so died. He continued fir-
ing and failed In the attempt to take
the live of three other person be-
fore he was finally oxe'powered and
placed In rharge of officers for safe
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THIS riCTl'ltli WASTAKKNUN A IIOAH IN I'Ol.ANM MIAK LoWltV. IT SHOWS HOW THK
SIEGE GUNS OK TIIK Al STUIANS AltL TKANSrOKTKh Id Till: HtnNl f HVDHKO WITH
WI.IN3 KOIl I'ltOTKCTIoN KHOM THE WEAIIIEU.
WINTER'S BLASTS
ARE ON THE WAY:
The proverbial Knille f the roul
man. whlh ha Ix-en supplanted ly
that of the Ire man for the paHt sev-
eral days In Amarlllo is due to re-
turn. The wwither man says that
!the Klorids bikini and Arirona sun.
j which have combined to make the
past week the moot delightful In the
history of the Canhsndle at this
time of year will have to five wav
to the MirtH hlastH of winter once
more before the nprin K M come to
stay.
Cetieral report slio a hlclier
linipeint'iie this inornliiK t turn yes-
terday slth tln air pressure broken
Into Ktnall area and somewhat Ir-
regular. Slight scattered precipita-
tion Ik reported through the llocky
Mountain region and on the Pacific
lo e.
ThlK condition of uffslrn leads
Weather Observer Consldltie to be-
lieve that temperature will fall ami
that there will be either rain or fhir-
ran of snow throuch the panhundle.
The lowest temperature lie predicts
for tonight I" 3 2 degrees with cold-
er weather on the morrow
REBEKAHS RAISE 1ST
MONEY FOR NEW HOME
OFODD FELLOWS HERE
The first money for the erection
of the proposed .'Kid Fellows Home
on I'olk Mreet wss raised yesterday
by the women of Queen of the plains
nebeccaah Lodge No. 222. through
the benefit given at the Deandl The-
tere. The women sold tickets on
the percentage htisls. netting atmnt
l.'.O for this work
The benefit was given because the
manaiter of the Thestre s an Odd
Fellow and wished to mske a suh-
stantlsj donation to the building
which he did through the co-operation
of the women. It Is propead to
build a Rood modern home for the
lodge large enough to comfortably
house all Its branches and this Is a
good start toward procuring the nec-
eary means.
Schools Get Taxes
Amounting to S15000
A part of the taxes o:!.(ted by
Potter rounty this ar has already
been deposited to th'' credit of the
srlmoi fund This deposit wa- made
beforo the final totals because the
hool board felt that they should be
ttlng the use of at least a part
the money to be received from
.x
collections. It smounted to 1 1 5.-
000 or about half of tha total aihool
revenue for the schools from this
source. m. charges agaln-t Postmaster Dau-
1 rie. will Involve for lnspetor E. P.
1(11 IT HH It COXCFP.V Smith a trip of 2.1000 miles an-
OPK.XH A 11KWCH IIKKK aout thre months' time. Accom-
Aira'lllo has b'n made a branch panted br Mrs. Smmlth the In'pec-
for the distribution of V.A Star tor a HI a-i'.l on a governent trans-
four E. W Morrison who Is to be port from Fan Frsnclsro to Manila
d 'strict nanager here for the Red
star Mill aid Fletator Company. Is
alrendy in the city The home plant
rf the company Is located at Wlrh 'i
Kana The Amarllo branch will
I- at the Armstrong r'orage house
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lalla-. Texas. Feb. II -
Whlle New Yorkers are buy-
Im; "police llhtls" with
winch to frighten holdups 4
rillens of Texsrkana Tex.
are buying corn rob pipes
for the name purpose. V E.
k Welcome pointed a coli pipe
at a holdup who fled down 4
an alley.
WILSON WON'T
QUIT FIGHT
IMNI Holds ro..fere.H-e With the
Senate N-iIith ami ItetulieM
m-son.
WichltiKton. I ".. Feb. 11.--Pre'Kleiit
Wilson will not rompro-
nil e the Sli p l'urcha fight This
decision !! r ich -d thn. mornng
after n t'-o hours conference with
Senate leadera.
The Senate got a breathing spell
fodav. Tb Senate sdlowrni'd Inst
nciit anil im not convene .mam 1111-
til todsy at 1 1 o'clock.
first Application
For Job Taken Out
The fjrM c-i for application
blanks In the employment bureau of
the Amarillo postoffice was made
today one mm ssed for the blank
but hni not yet filled it out in up
plication for a Job.
The question has been asked: "Ixt
they charge anMhing"" Assistant
postmaster Henderson said today
that there nre no fees st all In
rritiiii 1 lion with applications for po-
sition made through this 1 ureau.
All of the mail regarding the mat-
ter of position such an correspond
ence with the appP'-mit or with the
11. an sauting help Is sent aa official
mull free of rhnrre This Is In S'
cord th t'ncle Sam's idea of tielng
a real help to the worklngman.
HE'S GOING 25000
MILES JUST TO 00
A HALF DAY'S WORK
i
S Inspector to (.oaio P. I. to
ul I'o toffiif Take Wife for
"S-onil Honeymoon.'
WaMrgton. 1 C . Fe j i. Af-
ter hawia enjoyed for a period of
ivfn y. r the undisturbed admlnls-
tration of th fostofflre of Guam. P.
sn h s .slrsy of 112.1 a year.
postmaster Duarte la alout to be In-
spe-ted by the postoffice
depart-
nient.
j The Inspection which will require
about half a day's work tkara being
and from that point proceed on a
seisll
makes
interislsr.d steamer which
monthly vlits from and to
Cuam.
i Mr Smith sss It will be a second
honcyn o' n for him and bis wifo.
LANE TO OPEN
FRISCO FAIR
Washington It. C Feb. II. Seo-
retary of the Interior Franklin P.;
Lane wss today designated by Prea-
liletit Wilson to open the I'anams-
I'S'lfic exposition at Snn Francisco
HocrHary Lane Is himself ("all
fornlaii.
MAI-ONF. H lir.LF.UATi:
TO HIMIIIMKV MH-mVC
Al.imosa Camp No. fiit.. W. (. W.
continued plans for attendance at the
head camp ronventlon at Fort Worth as its official opinion that the prea-
lu March by electing Sovereign t!ro- ent hlch meat jirlcrs are due to the
er C Maloiie Tue day night to rep
"
erelgn Malone h captain of the t-iim
here.
It. 1. Officials llerv.
T II lleacon general manager of
the Itoi k Island pas-.eil through
Ainarillo today it a trip to Tuctim-
utri Me 111 ri 'urn tomorrow T.
II Willielm gi'iietsl freight agent.
II I. .11 as auditor mid J. W. Thomp-
son. car nccountanl passe through
Ainarillo resterday on their wav lo
M f.
Fort Woith
MYSTIC "SO" IS
OPERATOR'S TOKEN
TOT. F. P0NDEXTER
When the mound of flowers hsd
been placed on the grave of T. F
I'oiilexter at Llano cemetery this af-terl'-Fiin
In the inhlnt Of the heap was
ptac a beautiful floral den!n in
the l Mil of a wreath with the fig-
uies "so" In the renter.
The mystic "Jfi" Is a symbol lit-
tle known outside of telegiapli and
newspaper offices. In the l-legraih
offlo It means the end of any given
pleci. of work. In newspaper offices
It means that the day's work Is done
snd it Is tlmo for thv pres to be-
gin to whirr.
The token isnie from the Kiitia1
city office of the Western In Ion
Tel'grnph Co where Mr pondeiter
had b-n employed It a t'ie final
token of esteem for s 'l. h v !.i wnr
shinpeil st the slirit of !! mystic
' ". ii "
Funeral eervbis for Mr pondcx-
ter were held at the resh n'-e this
afternoon at 3 30. The lf Paul
It James wss In charge. Tl" i'i-
lal t at Llniio cemetery
Six Counterfeiters
Arrested at Sherman
Six men
Sherman. Tex . Feb. 1 1
f ve of them white all well known
here. wre placed In Jail this morn-
Ing charged with passing counterfeit
gold coins In Sherman and In six
points !n sou'hern Oklahoma. Jim
Spears Jim Arrlngton. Hawk Hr)ant
Walter flrysnt. L. P. Cartwrlght and
Karl King the latter the negro are
'he names of the mn rhsrgcd with
counterfeiting
Insurance Men al Cleveland.
Cleveland KeV 11. Insurance
legislation In the various sut.s was
an Important topic today before the
mldvesr sesslm here or conference
committee of the National Associa-
tion of Insurance at"na.
I'liKTS TO AIM ANCK H I HAIULY
iik.iii u. iris hv.
i:ci it mi:K. '
BLAME ECONOMIC LAW
Consumer M i) f . itit-lt II Im Ti-rlh la
Hill hiuI PiiiiIihiiiIIx ('MIMIMn
May Kinlle.
Hy LYNN M.
' Wanhlnicton I). ('.
miiy say "nooil bye"
LAMM.
Feb. 1L Yoa
to the 11 rent
round steaks the 20 cent porter-
house and the 15 rent rib roast The
good old daya of cheap beef are nev-
er to tome again In the United Sla-
tes. Instead price today are lower
tl.sn they ever will m again.
The consumer may gnah hla teeth.
The cattle grower in the Texas Paa-
handle may smile his broadost. The
foregoing Is the situation.
For the first time the government
will recognise officially this spring
thn American beef shortage aa a per-
manent institution. No longer will
the government seek to find a "goat"
to blauin for Ui" Inch price of beef.
110 trust no indolence or short-
slKlitednesH on the prt of American
farmers Is to bo blamed In the fa-
ture
Will Hold Sliorte ln.vitable.
insieau tne government win giva
li.ev Ital.lo working out of Immutable
"""''' !. 'lrh "'n
in the past nsve urougni annul in
present prices and which continu-
ing to work In the future will causa
even higher prices.
There is no remedy no mi ape. No
amount f i-'hoi itmn law pro! utiivna
ami edioatioii of farmers run avert
tii-i fMe in store for us There ta
no -.(aping the fact that the poor
of Mm
ountry must prepare o say
"good bv" to beef except us an ex
pem-iv luxury.
Stn h lint in more terhtiical Ian
giwige. will be the report of the de-
l arttoent of agriciilt un-'s meat sur-
vey now Hearing its cottilu.ion A
car Setretarx llou-.ton niiiolnt-
ed ii i omuilssioii of eminent farm
economists to survev the agriculture
of the I'mted Stales explain tba
shortare of ciMlc and siiggt rem-
die Meinlx-rliip of I xmintlHoiM.ii.
Th" "Tumi moii lonscts of Ir
ltcveil 1 i.aMowav formerly a
"lr a ti t si m l.iry of agri ullure now
d an ot the Cornell Arrlcultural al-
lege I'tninnan lr T M Csrxer.
advisor to the department a rural or-
I'aniai on -i rvlcc pro' C. F Cur-
tis of ine :n director of the. Iowa
slate i xperlmeiit station. II J. Wi-
llis pre. Ident ol the Kaii-as Agrt-
(ultursl lollege. Manhattan Kas .
nrd Prrif Mumford bead of the de-
partment of animal l u h.unlry of tha
lllinoi" College of gr i uit ure.
While tioi a vko-ii .f the commiss-
ion s lepott i. a- et 'wn wntfn. It
S (Mi--. I llo In fore i I nh lt It will
! on the data !.o!i ti c 'e'en re
(i lvd ut the ilep.irtini i t From a
-I o)v of the material oti h.i'il no Kh
IT ( IH IlKiflll (all be re.u lu ll thui
that I ei f -hoitagc ! m noanHjt
'id lert.nn to beriimi- wuri
Polk Prices to M) Skine
A remarkable ph.i e ! t he .i.vee-
tlg.lt. I. tl hllW tll.lt the .. hlWS
an-iiig the rise in beef pru fpJKir-
.! to keep pork at a rvonable
ir.ee ;cnl no gre.it n luni In tha
piiie f pork are epeit.-d t la
p'i;r ted out by depar! mmt experts.
however that with ro-nat it p'e.
em price hog are no 'ing sold on
the Chicago maik t si ex than -hat
it cot to produce tiem
Higher corn prlcsi im-an higher
tHik prices evrntukij but this me
for years to come k expwted to fol
low In price the lurtuatmn
In th
pr"- of lorn
ir" ni iorn
Th loinmsewn In Iti survey U
tTinroverM ti at 'Hn and cn'tle j-n
rot rompstit e on t' '" '' '" Aa
human popul-Hon Increa-en in t-n-
Unman popu
sit v cattle il
r.v ii sun-her ' Th
t'ie greit railhv ran-
on. fa- tor. but a
reon th -o'i
In nr'i ite of t -'a
41 fi'ri i -nf'iT-
!ig pop .'!".
breaking up
ges Into fir
more lmr"
tinual if
average'
tant of 1 1
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