Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 15, No. 129, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 16, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
CLOUDY, WARMER.
PALESTINE DAILY HER A T T) f
Member
Associated Priss,
Vol. XV. No. 129.
Palestine, Texas, Saturday Evening, September 16, 1916.
EIGHT PAGES.
GEORGE OF GREECE IDOL OF PEOPLE
(By Associated Press.)
New London, Conn., Sept. 16.—
«. In the absence of the Mexican
.members of the American-Mexi-
can commission, who are in N6w
York for the celebration of Mex-
ican independence day,‘the Amer-
ican members of the commission
today studied subjects that will
be discussed when the sessions
are resumed next week. General
Bliss, who pointed out Che neces-
sity of border protection by Mex-
ican troops in the event the
• Americans are withdrawn was
called into consultation.: It is
not believed, however, that the
earlier meetings of the commis-
sion will deal with this phase of
the situation.
President’s Sister
jDied This Morning
(By Ai'sociated i'ress.)
New London, Conn., Sept 16.—Mrs.
Annie E. Howe, the only sister of ;
President Wilson, died here, this morn-
ing, after a week’s serious illness
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with peritonitis. The president was
not present when his sister died, but
was ipformed. immediately.
There will be no funeral services ;
here, but the body will be sent later
in the day to Columbia, South Caro- }.
lina. Mrs. Howe’s former home.
MARSHALL WANTS TO
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HELP ELECT WILSON
Germany Will Hold
Loan Null and Void
* By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.—Ger-
man Ambassador von Bernstorff to-
day informed the state department
that the German government would
regard as “null and void” any loan to
Belgian negotiations during German
VIC LEAGUE
DISCUSS MANY MATTERS
Bail Is Refused
Alleged Slayer
a.
Rohr, Texas, Sept. 16—W P. i
A most bntsusiastic meeting of
the Palestine Civic League was
held in the Redlands Hotel Fri-
day afternoon. Minutes of pre-
vious meeting were read and all
business was attended to. The
treasurer's report was read.
The report from the “rest room”
was very encouraging; over two hun-
Bisiiop. who is charged with the mur- j
. ,de-r of J. Cx Evans,.a wealthy farmer
Royston, Was given a preliminary |
trial here yesterday and boAnd over i
A awiil'iftii actioi, of the *f#nd jury j dred countr> •*!0»le there
every month during the summer. A
splendid matron has charge of the
The books being sold for the
occupation of that country.
Fourth Fire In
Missouri Prison
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Jefferson City^ Mo., Sept. 16.—The
fourth fire within two months in the
- Indianapolis,, Ind., Sept. 1.5.—'Vice
President Thom.as R. Marshall ' wap
formally notified Thursday night . of
his nomination. for vice president on
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the democratic , ticiret and formally
accepted the honor. " ' }
Martin JL Glynn, former governor
of New York, delivered the speech
of notification after having been * in*
troduced by J. A. M. Adair, candidate
! for governor of Indiana, chairman of
the ceremonies. ■ . ■ ; ' . -
j- All the speakers praised the pres-
ent democratic administration, re-
j plied to the republican attacks on it 1
j. arid expressed confidence of a demo-*
cratio victory. \
! Informal political conferences were
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j held by the leaders and plans for .the’
campaign were discussed. Mr. &Ja,r-_
I shall being very anxious to help re--
Since C onstantine ascended the throne of Greece Grown Prince George
He lias always bad pro:
has gained a-wide popularity -among, the' people..
allied leanings
Bishop and Evans, who is a wealthy
farmer living near' Royston, were en
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route to San AugeloL and camped to-
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gather in a lumber yalrd at Longworth.
Evans’ body, was found buried in a
field near Longworth by " children
Picking . cotton Deputy Sherifi
Thorilpson of Sweetwater made- the
EMPEROR SAYS
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arrest, The prisoner .was taken to
tlie Rphy jail for safe keeping.
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TEUTONS WIN
<T’y Associated Press.)
War Summary: German dpun-
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. ter attacks, were made on . the
.French lines both north and south
of , Somme last night, but were
unsuccessful, the; Paris war office
state penitentiary occurred today in elect President Wilson.
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the paint shop, owned by the state
«nd within the prison walls. The fire
-was soon extinguished with a loss
Of one thousand dollars. This fire,
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.like the other three, is attributed to
convicts by^ officials, but they are un-
able to fix the blame.
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Roumania to Prohibit
The Sale of Liquors
announced today. ; ; '
An official telegram from Emperor
William to the’ empress savs the •
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Teutonic allies in Dobrudja .gained a'
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decisi ve -victory ’ over the Russian- and •
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Roumanian forces. . ’ v' - .
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As. a result (jf. the British offensive. ,y
north of Sftmrae.' begun Wednesday'on
(By • Associated Press.)
Berlin, Sept. T6.—Vossiche . Zeitung
Bulgarians Routed
% Serbian Troops
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V. £arie. Sept: 16.—(Bulletin)—Se£
bian troops ' put the Bulgarians to
rout in fighting on the western and
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MANY INDICTMENT B1 LLS
without ball. .
iJ^hop, whose home is at ira, Scur-
ry county, was brought here Thurs- rooms.
day nig r'.iicr being arrested at i»Best Theatre, in charge of Mrs. Gun-
Sweetwater. According, to autiiorities, I- { '
ning,# have been selling nicely. Green
| trading, stamps are being givefi with
the books. - *
^ As to new business, each member
i was asked to express heV ideas for
tl*e new year—as to the best work for
the League to undertake, and many
splendid plans were forwarded for
: making Palestine a clean, healthy
, and beautiful town. A municipal hall
was suggested as something for th^
; future. Sewerage for the whole town
and owned by the city was discussed
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: pro and con arid was decided on as
!_ being the most important and only
way to make of Palestine a sanitary
-i*— place in which to live. Bags, as
W H Hewett has received the lol- USed ia Sedalia' Missouri, were sag-
i ' . gpsted to keep trash off of the streets.
Iwins report on cotton ginned in An- I
• v . - • E, B. Parsons, the new food and
<l< rsou county up to.Sup.umber. ftr«; : be4lth ^cer ^ 0(
Department of Commerce, Bureau j Middleton met With the ladies The
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I o' Census, Washington,.D.t::, Sept. I league offered its Services to assist
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! the card repqrts shdws telegraph ! ty operation was assured. ¥he 'U-
" dies were urged to make inspection
of meat markets, dairies, grocery
stores, etc., with the heafth officer,
and gladly accepted the invitation.
Many, laws were discussed as to
hogs and other stock, methods of
keeping the streets clean, etc., and
the discussion showed that many
changes could be made in these ordin-
ances far the benefit of t|ie city. The
summary" to be correct. There were
1083 bales of cotton/, counting round
ar. half bales, ginned . in Anderson
Macedonian fronts, advancing . six l °untyv from the- -crop of. 1916 .prior
, utiles northw.est of Fiorina, the war ' September 1. as compared with 10,
office announced, saying French and • :‘ies ginned-to, .September I. 191;.
Russians also defeated the Bulgarians. Vou wil1 Please mrnisb- these totals
ft all newspapers in your district, be
In? careful hpt .to discriminate in
AGAINST COUNTY .CLERK ot an>' Of: them.
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a six miie front, they hold’ e|Grfely :
Fargo to Be Packing Plant Site. Russia has Induced Roumania to. th& >lliares or Gwirtel^tUik
Fargo. N I).. Sept. Fargo was I. Prohibit the sale of liquors and con- j ,"“' h “ml "eerea. Undtu announced , ;Xlroesbetk. . Tera* 3ept. • the
seu, to the api^intment or Russians . “ SAVlNO'6EPaS,TS
as members of the Roumanian secret , are ?enerau> speaking of FYiday as
police, to the department of finance | the best An the- British army
and admlnlatraldrs of railroads. ' j-aihee the offensive was begun on .the
Somme front.. With the 'exception, of
Very respectfully, *
iSam L. Roger*. Director.
•ele< ted yesterday as the site for the
Society of Equity's proposed million
dollar packing plant. The concern is
to be organized under the name of
the Equity Co-Operative Packing Com-
pany. Application for a charter was
sent to the secretary of state at Bis-
marck.
Mrs. Coy Shade Dead.
Mrs. Coy Shade died at her home
near Crystal Lake this morning. She
is survived by her husband and a
small child.
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CAN’T SELL PAPERS
the inception of the movement, the
if.riy-six bills of iudi^uneni -against
County’Clerk Arch O. Thompson .Wed-
S-,"
•iKSAiay .^ternonn. There were twen J Austin. Texaa. Sept. ,16.-Resources
-3throu separate billr charging', him; 0f the. savings departments of the
with extortiqn, and. twenty-three bills , lwenty-eight state- banka maintaining
;.*■ WITH L10uor inc attack, begun yesterday waa the most ; • r - ;. state uanks mamtam.mg
”™ L QU° ADS , . of uuy In !.•„ w....ks of l.u, ! "Z ' “ ^<»vh d..pu„„,.,„ a. ,hu douc o, hu,.
tie: The Britisli push was lafigely : ; ness oh .Aug. 31, 1916. amounted to
Atlanta. Ga, Sept 16.—Matthew
Mindy, a newsbpy, was held under
$500 bond yesterday. ;charged with
selling New-' York,: Jacksonville and-i
, . . { fflrids. •*’ •' > :%• ..
The -British push was largely ... ' , ,, - - • ••
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, — ° land placed in the hands Of .^.Sheriff | of iMU-rafire' a-hankinr
; gave -them shelter for their gi^a and , .. r ; insurance and banking.
liquor advertisements.
TIE STATE DEPARTMENT
- ' - . . . i observation noihts for artillery fire : Hin is. . - ' : ; - - . - iomu amount oi savings.aeposits is
Cincinnati nawapapers coulaimug. j ^. M' Thumpnon Is, sarwing 1„g .first {:,sss;8sis, The required cash Wane..
das M,e less ,,r , aurdePde. Marti,,: riarH „f ,tlus ebufity ,s' t5K;.4>. while the actual cash re-
mm ami KJ. nes *5 the. llritisli. lm‘. rahomiuutad at the Jut, ur: ser^: i. .6«,34T; which is ».29i9(,8'ln
1 - ■ t.,n-.ariesovertwPopponents;.bavTngde -
: d-s;<vs the tow'n of C'onibles is still , .• • • e
.1 .- -*• . > • . D ated them borh in the first primary.
T>v the Geirinaiks iri rhe^.face of- strobe--| . .• . •
—• •' ' v . . , -• hiring the 'campaign and (luring the .
'British. attacLs.fr Another .' Geribari.' •
excess of. the legal requirement.
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city is very fortunate in having so
j competent a man as Dr. Parsons in
charge of its'inost important asset—
I health. ;.
’Tl wagon yard for the iise of all the
NEARLY $4,000,000 community was discussed and urged.
A petition is to be sent to the city
council to have {he streets swept on
Saturday nights, so as to present a
■ clean appearance for Sunday, follow-
ing Saturday’s market crowds.
The names of the new committees
w'erb read as far as selected and new
members were urged to come into the
League. Every woman ill Palestine
■ should be unselfish enough to give a
little time to building and helping to
make- Palestine a more livable place.
A motion to. adjourn prevailed.
V . Secretary.
attacks:
tu tr muu t >*a>3 Uu- Bnlgaria.ns - on -1 he/
)? :. • hbii-an -fronT pccnplpd Ocw- po$y“
riionth-'of April Mr! 'FhompsoiLS offi .
'ciat*record. was attacked Tbe. first
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Sept. 16 —
While the state department is in
vestigating the latest British or-
der restraining commerce to'Hol-
- land and the Scandinavian coun-,.
tries official^ are in some doubt
as to whether it affects American
goods already covered by letters
t)f assurance through operation
of the Netherlands Overseas trust
British embassy officials say it
does not, and Consul General
* Steiner cabled on September 11th
supporting this vfew.
.•> . , . . ; i* . . ' charges' that, were- made Were.,/ w.lien
- lions 'aftq'r 1'oslni* Malkaixo, in'; had ■.. •' ;• t.' ■; "
" • ‘ report <*f Tiionias A. Pb.ke'j, wtyo .. ' j
w.rl .-li.c-mc- f rooi^ ■ • . - ■' ' > : . ' f : ' 1
• . . ’. - *. ; • x auditing the-books, for H»e county,
G1 HER •JUDGES ^OT Xo ' m-l. Mr l>u-k>;n l^iugci.iph.y^
. ' . : 'yudir 'fre rutuitv hojJiW^!.v'ii:i'Cotii \ ' *■"
' RE-VIEW WATSON CASE
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AND OTHERS MAY
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. ' ’ --- . - .1 - v-liiv h wrab in '^est-Hni in May of tlvcs - ____.
KLEBURO COUNT- M- ' v„-v- D.,d y„«rd.y.
- MUST IMPORT GRAIN -**(q.4K.iasi*(tl luqg. v T,-,,™.:,,,, ,„l uv ils iiv;
■- - -H— ; - . ' * oiirr ct_(c-inni'imi appeals ‘ review ,-had- violatiaT' irio; law and-aW a matter . '. ' c .. 1. I
I Austin. T exa>. Fep: , K'»-b".rL' - «•!'«-. i..*>uhi.'>iy .iii.Lf -_.i'ai.ea.- ./orpus . '. -• -''.jo-t-.!>»•'was due 'nnuif-y fr, hi f.inte ■ 'U ^ *?°’\T,ut w bp ha d Jieen In re Aith t
{ <->unty will l,e .under-tie' of. ,..aring <)'t Waco < • r T R W'arsoi) ',Wf side, couiify. The -mcmey .named-W.. son 'U-r'..ftlathenA'tck. during WftU
shipping in large qnantities. or iTrain-: j'eamie.- charged- -yrij'killing S|a;le• i'tl.e Uicticlnn'-ntk if iiios'ly' -ii^r-Tiii;,!!- -erious iHn<.3. iVitfl at the son’s lionie.j
1 this fall, including gnrn. .oat's arid ;ia|Io
maize for feed 7 ‘;u;son. according. :td . Justiz-e ..A. J
This information, is contained- in a ifirj.i-.r. who 1ia~ Lei arced from Waco,.'1
w iiere- he < oiidui'teil t he .r ''hearing'; f-
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'.anki'ig .Conmiissioner John S a'l.iHmiits.'
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i*i:son, according ;to Justice.-.A '
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e.st^rd’ay afternoon about^5,-o’clock, :
after onT) a few days’ illness. Arrange-
eonununication received by Walter K.
Davis, county farni^ demonstrator ; for. Watson was granted bail.-
Prince 'William of Hesse Killed,. - . im*nts. jiave been made to take the I
l*er]in. via London. Sept 16 - t^„iy to Beltoa for interment. The
TVihc'e- Frederick- Wiiltapi -;bf lle.^e , family , ha* the sympathy of many
(By Associated Press.; '
Wilmington, Del., Sepf. 16.—
Two of the nineteen men injured
last night in an explosion at the
DuPont Powder works .at ..Carnys
- Pinta died totlay, and three-others
are not expected to recover. The
company has not yet learned the
cause'of the explosion. '
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Travis county, from' the county 'arm...- - As<'6tant. Attorney Gericral ri <L‘- \ has killed at A’ara Ormau. it dtas ■ lrjends -M.r. -Blathcrwiok ia au elec,
demonstrator at Kingsville, who fib . V, Donald ha.< ri.lso r<diirjied from 1 been officially announced at the'-w,ar f tncian arid liriemau, and has bedh ill
sires the names of producers who. can Waco where he .wap. connected with j office in its-report' on thY- operations , HOme time, but his condition is
l ship these grains ia carload lots . j the hearing . I on the Balkan front ( not regarded as critidfl
Bank Statements Called Fbr.
Washihgton, Sept. 16:--The comp-
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troller of the currency has issued a
call for a statement of' bank c ondi-
tions at the close of- business Sep-
tember twelfth. * .
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 15, No. 129, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 16, 1916, newspaper, September 16, 1916; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1025520/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palestine Public Library.