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VOLUME VIII
ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1917
VOLUME 157
WITNESSES TESTIFY REVOLT PUNNED
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U-BOATS IN THE
WEST ATLANTIC
BRITISH STEAMERS BRING CON.
FIRMATION OF RECENT
REPORTS.
RECEIVE S. 0. S. CALL
Name of Steamer Could Not De Dis-
tinguished -Exact Loc.-ftlotV or
Attacking Sub Is not Known
Is Report.
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GOVERNOR
T
REIVE REGENT
Attorney general THUS EE-
1'IiIKS TO Am Ntf GOVERNOR
W. P. HOlillV
ms CDnnie alien
STATE DEPTS. CRISIS IN
PROBE MONDAY
strong effort be
House to reduce
TEE TO 7
MADE IN
COMMIT.
fill:;:;
SOL
I.ooiie) Holds Legislature Has Mmle
Ample Provision for Trial mid lie-
nuiT.il of Regents Under
Warranto Proceedings
GOVERNOR 10 TAKE STAND
Rumor Current" Senate Will Force
Ferguson to Tell Source of Loan
Could Remain Out of Office
Remainder of Term.
AI.L-XIOHT CONFERENCE RESULTS
IX CREATION OF A NEW
CABINET.
K0RNIL0FF IS ARRESTED1
i
o
s
UNDER ARREST
DEFINITE END OF REVOLT AND
FORMATION OU NEW MSS
CABINET
REGENCY EOR POLAND
StafJ Sptelnl to The Reporter. staff Special to Tho Reporter.
i ronikf .. . . . . . . uu. . .
'". ids. ooi'i- i. Answering- AUSTIN. Texas Sept. is. in botn
an Itiutilry tiy Acting Governor Hobtiy. branchos of tho legislature on Monday
Aftdrnoy Cloiiarel Iioney today hold resolutions providing for a sweeping
tfflt 111 ... .1. I. ...11..... nniliMllM . . . ...... . . .
...... ...t- ftw.u.m.i ..-. iuiuih .uiuiuihj investigation oi an Binte uoparmieni
... ......... Btui hi mi.- .iiit.ip.u nnil institutions arc 10 uc consiuereu.
or icxns. i. i tnhriir.ti thi
iu 1 n Associated PrcS
v w "antic Port. Sept. lft.-.Kvt-
.. ih it all iiliPinv niilimnrlnh tmta
i iioprrdatlons lit American wnt
. . v.i- brought horo today by two
..lp which yesterday picked up
v . - i? u. H. caiiB indicating oi icxns. u ls teamed this afternoon that ft
.is being shelled liy n U-boat General IKm)-quotas section 7. ar-'irong effort will be made In the house
. Vintueket Lightship. t'clo IB. 'if the constitution which to reduce tho number of IhvoRtlKutorR
- ip receiving the distress callB pn'if(i inai uio legislature suau lo 8pVen insntbera of the house The
J ntish freighter and the other n'kc provision for tho trial and re- jresent resolution provides for a reti-
. ( an tanker. UoUi reported inevs.1 from office or all officers of tmj esmtlve committee of ten mem-
.. r it... nii.nl ..a !.... .i. thp state the tnadtet' fnr which hstvn . ... . . . . .
i .. ui w.v t4.viv .. uram n.v ---- --- - Uer8 nilU OUCH OHO OI MlCSe ll'Il 1
... t of Nantucket and the time not been pro lied In the con.Mltutlon nuthor5ml t0 name two members. Con.
rtdock yostenlay morning. " ' tait hc legislature in SPuenty the iotn number of the com-
h of the submarine's vie. obedience to this provision of lh mlttce will be thirty.
. - I.... learned by either vessel constitution has made ample nrovh-j A substlttUt. for thl resolution la to
. t to publicly known. " ''0 r'a a "novai ' I'nl- be 0ffer(vJ rednca the entire com-
-d.n to the commander of tho vmr ' rent under tuo warranto "J glcven mpmbers on tno
1 e-sel the message said the r "ij ... .grounds that this number is sufficient.
being shelled and reported jS" uTse a SS o hear the 5 Se event he substitute falls then
i ..mon but only a part of her "?M' 'lotbJ . .1' n 'at0 tL.l an effort will be nd to have the
' 7JdiV-"??nJ2iriS 'e ha wod and sufficient s? '"' J fJ tie 9Per naX
fhe last name of several ships rmo.. . WIlblp members of tht committees. This Is
l ant.- trade. ... flf . Bs mombor of expected to cause a lively debate and
Hftlsh captain id ne unaer- Ul0 -ml algo 0 fford M u.
. tnerlean radio a atlon also oppcrtqnlty to bo heard.
. up the distress call. Follow-
'. mv rule of the sea establish- '
Oerman submarine warfare
either vessel went to the as
. if the submarine's victim
i -f of the sighting of subma-
- i ' periscopes In American wat-
'j( be?n frequent but tho fact
- this fact wireless message j
K cf attacks by shell firi) were
! by two steamships krvo to-
- .port tho color of the truth in;
on of shipping men. Further.
' raptaln of third Incoming J
- ;ortel lie had been Instructed
ft out for submarines in wo-
It ws relHHi
y. s. sob.
GOES
DOWN
AT HER DOCK
ntan murh nimositlon.
in the senate the original resolution
calls for the appointment of eleven
senators and thnso are authorized to
namo sub commltttoos to the number
of eleven. There Is also a substitute
to be offered in that body to reduce the
entire committee w two members and
a fight Is oxpected to result on this
proposition. "
May Consolidate Depts.
In the event tho legislature finally
decides on this general probo. it is
learned today considerable attention
will be devoted to the consolidation of
departments and bureaus which will
result In the abolishment of many lu-
cratlvfc positions now held.
nnmnn Imvn tidftn current that tho
(Governor will not take the stand bo.
' .intic water
.... t. ..... nn.alhln ihnt rami.
IIHI lb jivnaivtf; ....-.
;" .-jsz. - &3?E-rvrJ!SL
In the stoanwhlp lane of . "" '" i ""."rV? ""ST. ;r --- .... m inncctlo.i
the nsw detwrtment announced to- with the dofenso that could not be
Right but there was no loss ot llf. brought out except In a very tntro"
-'.nitic ships calling at Mw
. .1 m the vicinity of which last
' th (ionium submarine U-M
w teamhips.
M.ANTIO VOllT. Spt. 15
1 st. amshlp arriving horo today
- iht early yestorday she heard
t? from a ship which was
-'.Ueti by a German submarine.
u ation was sixty-five miles off
k. i (i-hishin The name of
i. lid not come cleor "Abbey
gni oui inure tiw man inf. iuiwu.it "- -.. ift
The cans has uot yel boon deter- manner unless the Governor takes to
Biiiml.
MAY EXCHANGE POSTS.
-Chevalier
stand. Ills nttorneys liaxe tahtn inw
postUon that It would be a very bad
course for the Governor to fall to pre-
sent himself for any cross oxamlna-
tlon. which the proponents of impeach-
mem wish to conduct. They are also
Three Towns Are Announced ns Com-
ing Into the HnmW of the Slmx
Ah Heult of Sntilriluj'H
Fighting.
Di The Associated Pro.
PETKOUIlVli Sept. l.V-Itus-i!n'H
political crltls vins soheil
lifter an nil titght conference Inst
night the Husslan official liens
agency unnounced todnv
A new aiblnet has been formed
and Its coniposltttm will he made
Lnnviti Stiiulny.
l'KTJIOnit.VD Sept. IS-Hus-slan
forces yesterday defeated
(iernian troojis on the road to
l'skoff Higu front and occupied
tlie town of Kronhcrir It Is offic-
ially Mntcri today.
The Iliissfans also occupied the
towns of Keltzeii and SKsernL
PETHOGHVI Sept. 15-nen-eml
hornlloff mid (Senenil I.olom-
sky conimnnder of the northern
front hare been arrested accord-
ing to an announcement nuidc
I'ere today.
SI 30.000 ROAD
BOND ELECTION
IS CARRIED
Special to the Reporter
CISCO. Tex.. Sent 15. Tho bona
ni oct inn in rnnd district Co. 1. East
land county known as tho southern
route of the El Paso-Fort Worth Hlgli-
wav. was cnrrlod today by over 117
majority. The Issue is for $130000.
Thorn wiir nne small box to hear
from tonight which would not change
the result. The total vote with this
box out. which easts seven or eight
votes was 527 for and 204 against.
Hanger Eastland Cisco and Dothan
are In the district.
1. W. : LEAVE HISI1EE
Tiv Thi Associated rrass
van wiBpwu. uw u...Uu. '""- ".'"" r'r"".uT. .i rnosos In
ter to the rnltwl states it is repor. lions oi m ..v.. ...... r - --.
i:. ... .... . -i i ii van'iA vrinus acts complained of In t"
. i. .... i.f lnlf nf fVi. name.ilwJ s U8BU. . .. .'. ...'. ' .... I ..-.-.. i...o.).n..nt nr worth far
.... iw ..... . -- .Royson at Maarid as ine lauer uiujaruc ui m.-" --- ..
that could bo understood w mtnlster at Washington. This more than any damaging testlnon
...i in(nn.nn ihB sub-. 'lBU i"""5 " "l " " B '... .. ... .Tavflinnoil. There is a
... ....-.--- . . trnuifi suiiiiiv nmubtu .u -....nv -... ....? -- - .
.. n in ilia uuilnrn AtlnnllC I . "
diplomatic posts.
u in tne western awrhih-
vr.ught by another Ilrltlsh liner
arrived here today from an
h port
. r of the liner said that they
n instructed a watch out for
- when nearlng the American
are a number of vesses. both
.! 1 steam of which th word
v is a part of Uier names now
i i m Atlantic trade
tu e whero the hlp. the name
- h is still unknown reported
. was bolnp attacked Is in the
. in whloh the German subma.
i i sunk five steamers on its
Mqertcan waters In October.
TUB HAGUE Sept. 15 Chevalier ment wish 10 conuuvi. -v ""'
an Hhopard tho Netherlands mlr.U. of Uio opinion that his ownJ
er to the l-nlted States it is repor. tlons of his motives and PrPfe
i v -- -
worth fa
.u..hha T .. n.M. ... I1HVH1.I..ITU. ...V. "
rumor afloat that another effort will
be made to force the Governor w re-
veal the source of the $t5C50O loan
attd that if he refuses the court oi im-
peachment might recess unUl such
time as ho should Indicate
. ....i..o in rnnlv to SUCh aC-
tlon could rosult in his remaining out
of office during the remamuer oi
term without l?Ing impeached Tliyro
Is no definite substantiation for this
report however. It is also understood
that the Governor will just as firmly
refuse information about his loan be-
fore the senate as he has before tl'e
house
TO EXPEDITE
WAR INSURANCE
BILL IN SENATE
f
Fire on Big Liner
- t a American Atlantic Port.
A HrltlBh ship of 7.600 tons
" hound from a North American
- suuth Africa put in here to-
h a fire In her coal bunker.
Mrtng the lives of the passen-
' . .uv ..". !
e ih. nrivjino iirsi h
S f
iit- Tt... ABsnclated I'resa.
f " ... .. Til. -.. tn
WASiil.NUTtJN sen '"
oMiedit oMge by the Senate of the
soldiers' and witter' insurance bill
were eamnMwt today after Sena or
Martin IKwocratie . "
-.... .iiin (rntn I'realilont Usou
wglns it wiaeuit btfore adjourn-
. .... iininsA sub-commlltee con-
kiiting o Settlor WUtlam Smith at
STSr-i- .ui smoat waa immadlately
"Sri?&K"Jf5
t all of whom are Bare iu i """ "sdav without a
antic Port Sept. IS -A Brit- the House Jet Tguj.djmno t
.....hip arriving today reported dtowtli bub mmiii
had received a wireless wan - noia puuw ";" WM1ativaa and
to the Cih. Rcer Newfound- anee compani rm
. r a submarine that had Arun miw
. rted previously by "nSUl rirt to cloture U n-
The exact location where UeurmMw. ui -
-.. uiariue was sigmou waa nwi '
i of the'tteamer were of the -
-tuu tho under.water oraft had 4
.ikmw In Ilia utcuimfthlD lane OO w
Halifax. St. Lawrence river i
n Kurope. iny '"""fr ' ' i11-"""- ".' V-- .iimtd
c so that the BubBaereiwe .- d4lks w u'rTiu were
. .. .... .. .iwiuiHr . .t....:inis of dellars were
"Hiay as auacKiDK at mf -"' .. . .L. .
KantunkM mlnht have bee kBawH te lw resuitw WiE .'vm
DEAD IN FLOOD
MILTON WINS RACES
PROVIPENCK. Sept. VS. Thomas
Milton today won the 100 mile auto-
mobllo race at Narraganseu a
speedway In one bowr ano :i
and 43 seconds and the 25 miles in
19 minutes and 46 aeounos ie
got third In the five mile race.
SWEDEN NOW
READYTO PUT
MATTERS RIGHT
N C Sept - -Three
. . rr... . lnnl.lul PrPll.l
IS J 1 " " . .c 0..n
STQCKHOWi. &eft Z . V i
realties the seriousness of the sltua-
.i... n..i&i iv th reeant disclosures!
at Washittito regarding tbe trans
mission U Gerwaa awpww -pcts
to take U atepa posstWf u put
wan teW 'he Asociatcd Pre duxisg
an iafornwl talR . ..
(T... . iH1.m a.um or uertwwa
Bv Thu Associated Press.
"DISllEE. Sept. 15. Trains leaTing
here tonight for the west carried
crnu-iln nf aliened I. W. V members
and sympathisers who had been given
until 9 o'eioct to cet or be ineu on
vagrancy charges. Two men were per-
mittad to remain until Aionuay 10 gei
money out of the bank 4nd all woro
allow od to obtain their personal ef-
fects. As a result of the departure
tonight it is believed the situation
created by the return of the men de-
parted last July has been cleared ot
all possibility of trouoie.
4'
entities
t lt T T4
v ir- mid that in a certain west
ern town the name of which is with
held !for policy's sake the other day
the cltuens go togeiner ami cvun-
martlaled one of the business men
aiul tried him in Kangaroo Court for
trrinp to sell lawn mowers in inav
mwn nhero lawns are nracticalty un
iinnun Hno witness testified that ho
had lived there 2 years and had pass-
ed the defendant's store every day and
every time there was a curious looking
piece of machinery out m trout oi me
store the use of which was a mystery
to him.
WEATHER WJKRAU.
pnr Ahttaua and Vicinity: Sunday
unsettled weather with showers and
cooler. . .
For Bst Toias: Sunuay unseuieu
with local showers cooler in north
portion.
For West Tessa
nrnh.-ihlv sklkWfirS.
w -i I A
hSa-
r c Mit.sy iv
n. . a.csr niu ii
QMrXWMDRCW.t
; olsaiodpr0vlouslyInBortheri lke tl9eA hw N g"SS.
lm it ... h.Ma thev M- ...limn a- i
" r ud bees driven off ort Kilrod fcWN ad been stopped be id arvd
r" --rt and had worked to the llolw greand V ilwi on uS':ww had ben asked lor an hi-
I the hope ot capturing lvfB m "JJSS .JSS iSSSt the abuse of Pvhe form
tmrt. from AerHa l7JSw& ! eUt4
Sunday unsettled.
Saturday.
Ail. P.M.
Sweden Heady to Adjust Matlefs-
Unsslaiis Still On Acgresshe In
The Riga Front mid Take
ScTcral Towns
By Tho Associated PreBS.
Ktissla's Internal situation was con-
siderably clarified by Saturday news
ditpalchos which announced the arrest
of General Kornlloff. marking the de-
finite ctid of his revolt and the forma-
tion of a new cabinet at Petrograd.
Publication of the names of the new
cabinet members was deferred for n
day.
When General Kornlloff was arrest-
ed General Lokomsky who was In
command of the Russian northern
front when the revolt started and who
cast his lot with his chief also was
arrested. What the fate of the two
men wilt be Is problematical. Opinion
In Russia seem widely divergent as to
the treatment that should be meted
out to them.
Sweden to Adjust Matters
Sweden is minded to do everything
possible to set matters right so far
as she was concerned with the German
dispatches transmitted through hoc
foreign office as brought out in the
recent disclosures. Foreign Minister
I-indman informed the Associated
Press correspondent in Stockholm to-
day. She has stopped the practlco and
will not renew it he stated and has
asked Germany for an explanation of
its abuse of privilege.
Ilegcncy For Poland
Germany and Austria have pro
claimed the creation of a regency to
govern Poland the two nations re-
taining joint .control of foreign atfalr
during the period of occupation and of
. . m. 'r -. - rmi .....
curium oincr powvrs ui suvprmnem
not yet niado clear.
Military activities on most ot the
fronts seem at a minimum for this
season when active operations are
still possible virtually everywhere In
the Held of hostilities.
Home's official statement while re
porting a rectlf!cation of the Italian
lines on the Bainslzza platoau doos
not mention particularly the fight for
Monte San Gnbriele. which height on
Friday was reported in diplomatic dis-
patches to Washington to have been
carried.
French Gain At Verdun
On the Franco-Belgian front the only
actions were minor affairs except at
Verdun where Paris reports the
French successful In regaining moct
at. tlje trenches which the Germans
penetrated north of Caurierea wood
on Friday On the Riga front the Rus
sians still are on the aggressive and
their war office reports advances
which resulted in tho occupation or
several towns.
AMSTERDAM Sept. 15. A decree
published at Dublin and Warsaw on
Sept. 12 transfers the supreme author-
ity in Poland to a regency council of
three members appointed by the mon-
arch or the occupying powers says
a Vienna message today. All the de-
crees of the council must be counter-
signed by a responsible premier. The
legislative power is to be exercised by
the council The consent of the oc-
cupying powers the decree provides
is necessary for all governmental af-
fairs the administration of which has
not yet been handed over to the Polish
authorities. The right to appoint in-
ternational representatives and con
clude international agreements may
be exercised by the Polish authorities
only after termination or the occu
pation.
Bmperor William according to tne
telegram has sent to the govenor gen
eral at Warsaw an autograph letter
of the same purpose as the one sent
by Emperor Charles to the archbishop
of Lcmbersr. forecastles- xhg new or-
der cf affalr.
TAYLOR COUNTY DEI
WERE ill HPTED
BY UIIIEO STATES
CONSPIRACY TRIAL OF 50
MEN
PROGRESSED WELL FOR SATURDAY
1 ftm m hhhwwwwi imtH h
4 IttffKHtT RttHWt fHt r
KHARD
STRONG
N
I
OKIOrAX MINISTER TO MEXICO
SAYS WASIIIM.TOX DISfLOS.
IRES UNTRUE
CROHHOLM NOT EMPLOYED
Declares XcTer Sent Anj Coniiiiiinlcn-
ilou Through Former Swedish
Clinrge 10 Berlin Forelirii Of-
fice In Statement
By The Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY Sopt. 1... Helnrich
von Eckhardt German minister to
Mexico today made a formal state-
ment denying everything In connec-
tion with the disclosures at Washing-
ton to the effect that he had been
employing a former Swedish charge
d'affaires 19 convey information to
the Berlin foreign office
He declared that he never bent any
communication through Cronholm and
that ho never wrote a communlcn-
tlcn recommending Cronholm for do-
enratton for his services.
LONDON. Sept. 15. Count A. Wran
gel the Swedish ambassador to Great
Britain left London today for the con
tinent on a few weeks" leave ot ab
sencc. He conferred yesterday with
!-ord Robert Cecil the British under-
secrtnry" for foreign affairs presum
ably on the Swedish-Argentine dla
closures.
ARRESTED AS DESERTER.
By Th Associated Press.
FT. SMITH ARK.. Sept. 15. Aug
ust Schlenker aged 19 arrested here
this afternoon by police on a charge of
being a. deserter from the United
States army admitted tonight ne left
Fort Logan H. Root Sept. 5 withour
permission and has been "traveling
around" since. He said he enlisted
In the medical corps of the regular
army nt Philadelphia about five
months ago and his parents Gorman-
born are residents there. Schlenker
wore the army uniform when arres-
ted but bis buttons and hat cords
were In his pockets.
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n
Mr- and Mra. J. C Watts have re-
ceived a letter from their son. Otto
Watts informing them that all six
men who went front Taylor coutaty tn
the first increment p&s&ed the phy-
sical examination at Camp TraMs and
had been assigned to duty as depot
reserve The men had also been
given the regulation shot for typhoid
and small pox and were gettlBg along
well when the letter was written The
lltt include Willis Cox. W N Payne
Otto Watts. Fred Hoph. John Gere
and Join Caro Ruselt
TO PETITION
T. 8 P. 1 1 TO
RESTORE TRAIN
Sortftrv S. II. Garrison of the
Retail Merchants Association assisted
by other members will circulate a
petition Monday asking the Passenger
Department of the Texas & Pacific
railway to restore tralus Number
three and four. The petition follows-
Hon Geo. D. Hunter
Gen. Passenger Agt..
Dallas Texas.
Dear Sir:
We. the undersigned merchants
and business men ot Abilene. Texas.
hereby courteously petition yon to
restore the passenger and mail ser-
vice of the west bound Texas and Pa-
cific Number Three train to its form
er schedule for tho following reasons:
First. The present schedule gives
ns nnlr ne mail from the east per
day as the evening mail arrives so late
It can not be distributed until the
morning mall arrives.
Second A large percent of the bus-
iness of this city is derived from
points east of us and mail delivered
here at 5 o'clock P. M. enables us
to respond to business requests and
orders at least twelve hours earlier
than the present arrangement will ad-
mit Third. Abilene being the most Im-
portant point between Fort Worth and
Bl Paso end being situated on one
Of the main trunk Use railways ot
Texas covers c vast distributing ter-
ritory and therefore the present mail
service ts entirely inadequate to meet
the demands of this district
Fourth The Dallas News and other
state dally napers do uot reach us un
til they are twenty-tour hours out of
1 press thus depriving us or tneir Ben
ufits.
t Fifth ' On account of the above
facts this city U suffering inconceiv-
ably in los ot business and also in
satisfying the demands ot truce.
Government Has Exam
ined Five Witnesses
So far in Effort to Es-
tablish Existence of
Conspiracy.
That a plan to stnrt nn open re
volt the day President Wilson signed
the conscription bill was dlacussod
nt a Cisco mooting of tho Farmers &
Laborers Protective Association and
that a resolution advocating such tt
course was voted down in tho meet
ing by about 63 to 45 was one of tho
sensational disclosures here Saturday
In the trial of fifty men charged with
conspiracy
Hot on the heels of this testimony
was brought out to tho effect that
something was said In the Cisco meet
ing about President Wilson "disap-
pearing" when the revolt started nnd
Chief Counsel Wm. II. Atwell for tho
defense interposed an objection to this
line of testimony on the ground that
It was "too inflammatory."
"t don't .think tho boys can get a
fair trial if this Is allowed to go In"
ho declared.
Judge George Whitfield Jack over-
ruled the objection stating that
throats against tho President were
tho highest form of treason. An ex-
ception was taken to tho ruling by
Mr. Atwell.
Tho "revolt" alleged to have been
discussed In the meeting w&b to
spread throughout the country it was
testified and the revoltBro were to
conscript other laboring .-'men and
make them help in the fight. Banks
railroads andCntlre- towns were tg
botakcn in charge h.y itho revolters'
nnd turned to their own uses it was
testified one speech advocated. Lab-
oring men were to be given one tnln-utc-to
"comedown off tho fence" by-
going to their houses and "reading
tho Hot act to them." In case they
showed a "preference for tho capital-
ists' the rcvoltera woro to "shoot tho
and go on.'
Most of the testimony so far has
centered about tho meeting or meet-
ings at Cisco and all the five wit-
nesses so far used but one attended
the meeting or meetings.
Court adjourned shortly after five
o'clock Saturday with the direct ex-
amination of R. T. Lowis uncomplet
ed. Court adjourned until 10 o'cloc't
"Monday morning when the taking rf
testimony will bo resumed.
SATUKIUY MOKMNO.
when court reconvtfned Saturday
morning Judge Geo. W. Jack announc
ed that the witnesses tor tno ueiense
npvi not ronort until Monday morn
ing. September 24 a week from Mon
day thus inuicatmg mat tno goyer.i-
niont has no idea of closing its case
the coming week.
Cross-examination by Chief Coun-
sel W H. Atwell of the defense of
the witness R. D. Williams was re-
sumed at 10 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing and Williams was on the stand
until nearly 12 o'clock making about
four hours all told counting Friday
afternoon.
Mr. Atwell asked witness concern-
ing witness' statement about the re-
marks of Bergfeldt to the effect that
th -rise had been dishonored and
disgraced and dragged through the
blood of the working classes." Wit-
ness was not positive that those were
the exact words ot Bergfeldt. He ad
mitted that Bergfeltlt introuueeu me
-onimtrm mlnntlne the United States
flag as an emblem of the order Wit
ness explained the purpose 01 uo
!-. . ..icniniimi introduced at Cisco
as. being to permit local lodges to or
ganise local stores auu uuy uiruusn
central wholesale house and thus re-
duce the blgh cost of living.
i- it won Rskad witness it the
purpose ot the secret code provided
! in nf thn resolutions WUH HQt
for the' purpose of carrying on the
store business anu seep voiujiut
from fiadlug out tnetr meuious .-
boss said the code was for the pur-
.. Mrrvini on all the business
of the organisation. He said some-
tulug was sain jtuwuk . v -
lug in handy in case any of the mem
bers get into trouoie.
In answer to a question witness
... .. 1... iiu!f hnrf taken only ouo
obligation and did uot know whether
there ere two. xie
know that 'once a member alay a
...... .-. ... o .t Mr Atwell read
a resolution wherein it was stated
that any member epuiu n.s -
gilg sixty days' notice. WltneM
dW net know if it passed
-Was U not th purpose of the pr
posed charter to permit mwubers of
chartered organizations to lln tbi
organization? asked Mr Atwell
-Yes." repUed witaas
In jcoB&eciton with the tntroduc
tlon of the resolution Pf
women to Join witness U led that
he had beard nothiag about teUphone
lines being cut or telephone operator
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 157, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 16, 1917, newspaper, September 16, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth333206/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.