The Texas City Star (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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K*" Romenberg LIbrarg
TEXAS CITY STAR
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PLANT SOME
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SHADE TREES
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1915.
VOL III.
No. 10.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION FOR
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BOOM FOR
At a mass meeting of citizens
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that
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Dunkirk, (By Mail to New
fore the eyes of the world.
would get the advantage of him to throw the earth up in a high
endeavors to bring to perfection country in big city theatres.
their trenches and so they spread they are tired or because they’re
ma-Pacific International Exposi- said that tomorrow peace messa-
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ARMY NOTES
Van Vacter sSaxon Would Have A
Dean For Girls
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GIRL’S SLAYER MUST DIE.
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Smithfi convicted slayer of four- young girls should be placed in
PEACE SUNDAY
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Big Armies Deadlocked
Says Wm. G. Shepherd
AGAINST GERMAN WAR DECREE;
DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN
WILSON IS
STARTED
By United Press.
London, Feb. 13.
Man‘God Forgot-’ The story is of
real life not often brought be-
San Francisco, Feb. 13.— An
average of six big conventions a
day will be held in San Francis-
co during the life of the Pana-
Baptist Parsonage
Nearly Completed
ROTTERDAM-
bread now sent
or two handling the mail, but in
the windows hang pictures of the
President, so that “he who runs
may read” the purpose of the es-
tablishment, to be the re-nomi-
nation. and re-election of Wood-
row Wilson in 1916 as President
of the United States.
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moving into his new home in
few days.
Six Conventions
A Day For San
Francisco Fair
FORMER TEXAS CITY
MAN DISAPPEARS
TexasCity
THE PORT OF
OPPORTUNITY
COSSACKS NOT
IMPRESSED WITH
TURK PROWESS
THREE BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS
BELIEVED SUNK BY TORPEDOES;
LUSITANIA SAILS FROM N. Y.
Streets Will
Be Improved
Many To Attend
Championship
Fight From Here
GOV. OF YUCATAN IN TEXAS CITY;
PREDICTS PEACE IN MEXICO SOON
TOMORROW IS
PEACE SUNDAY
Texas City Real
Estate in Demand
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Big Attendance
At The Kohfeldt
School Carnival
a of basket-ball with the Y. M C.
A. )
is used in the manufacture
ropes.”
: Governor Avila stated
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD- for many miles the earth has
Nearly “Swiped”
from Brabant are now, by order
of the German authorities, cut
in two, as many instances have
occurred in which letters have
been smuggled across the fron-
tier by this means.
thing” with respect to a second
term when he said in his Indi-
anapolis speech that the people
might later on have an oppor-
tunity to render a decision on his
to happen when spring comes?”
Nothing.
A Belgian officer straight
from the trenches in Flanders,
answered the question for me
thus:
“Nothing, in my opinion. The
army boards on both sides have
got a puzzle to wo rk that no
military men have ever faced in
the world’s history. Did you ever
see two prize-fighters get into a
clinch and refsue to break apart
because each thought the other
“There should be peace in
Mexico within three or four
months,” declared General Elen-
terio Avila, governor of the state
' of Yucatan,- who arrived at Tex-
as City this morning from Vera
Cruz. “The Carranza forces now
number over 200,000 and victory
for them is certain.
“In Yucatan, the Carranzistas
have complete control, and con-
ditions are about normal. Guar-
antees of safety are made to all
foreigners, and business condi-
tions are gradually improving.
The raising of hemp is one of the
principal industries in the State
of Yucatan, and one of my mis-
Last Performance Of The
(i l ounger Bros. ‘f Tonight
bank before the trench. But the
Germans had a better trick than
that. Their idea was to hide
trophe.” After the war “Ger-
man genius will develop impres-
sions which will kill Cubism and
Futurism.”
the flames. God has forgotten
me, “the cry of hopelessness,”
Once more look in the kiln, then
the realization of all his ambition
the wheel turns, and all wrongs
are righted- Mr. Albert Bush
will make his first appearance in
“the Clay Baker” a part he has
made famous throughout the
many leases as possible. He
said he thought the well proposi-
C. W- Van Vacter, a Texas City
contractor, is “shaking hands
with himself” for having the
presence of mind Friday night
to take the crank for his' auto-
mobile into his home with him.
When Mr. Van Vacter went out
to his machine after eating sup-
per he found a man trying to
get the car started. He gave
chase, but the man escaped.
they have been sunk by subma-
rines. A third vessel was tor-
pedoed off Scarborough yester-
day. The ship limped into port,
badly damaged.
A detachment of twelve men
left yesterday via M. K. & T. rail
road for Fort Riley, Kansas.
They will attend government
school while there.
Londo.—“Hi only ’ope ’e’ll
serve the Germans as ’e served
me,” remarked an East End wo-
man, as her husband started for
the recruiting office.
FIND CYIFF DWELLER’S
SKELETON
Boulder, Colo., Feb- 13.—The
skeleton of a cliff dweller, at
least 700 years old, was brought
to the University of Colorado
from Farmington, New Mexico,
where it was found in almost
perfect state of preservation.
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 13.—Judge
Kerstein sentenced to death by
hanging today. Roswell C. F
year-old Hazel Weinstein who
was lured into an alley and mis-
treated by Smith.
Berlin, Feb. 13—Government
inspired newspapers have start-
ed a campaign, against some
“misguided individuals,” who
of New Jersey certainly has
started out with the single pur-
pose of accomplishing that
which the President disavowed.
The State Committee prior to the
fall election took quarters here
in a building on West State not
far from the Capitol and past
which all the politicisms must go
on their way to the seat of the
in the breakaway? Well that’s
the situation along the line in
Flanders today, and, I suppose
along the whole line. Here are
the two armies, nose to nose.
You can search through military
history, and you’ll never find
two armies that have been so
close together, without a hand-to
hand battle, as these two vast
armies are. Now, how are we
going to break apart ? You must
realize that behind our lines
and behind the German lines,
sions to the United States is to
make arrangements for the
marketing of this hemp, which
the situation is quite critical
seems to be the general opinion,
“What will be the nature of Ger-
many’s reply is open to specula-
tion.
out. Mad with despair he burns |
The }all his household effects to feed !
been torn up by trench-makers.
You can’t drag artillery over
trenches. You have to bridge
each trench and the more
trenches we and the Germans dig
now, the harder it will be for
either side to move its artillery
in the spring and neither side
can advance without moving its
big guns.
Learned from Teutons
“You know,” he added, “it was
the Germans who had the new
things when this war started.
Of course, their huge guns were
new. But their trench-making
was also new. For instance, the
old idea of trench-making was
A new shower bath has been
constructed for the use of the
Second Division Headquarters.
The pressure used is 150 pounds
to the square inch. One com-
partment is for officers use only,
one for the* civilians, and one
for civilian employees. The new
bath house is located convenient-
ly back of the officers row on
Twelfth avenue north.
out the earth which they took
from their trenches in such a
way that it was impossible to lo-
cate a German trench until you
had almost come up to it. The
allies were quick enough to a-
dopt the same plan, but had some
nasty lessons first.
Blew Up Trenches.
“Then the Germans introduc-
The new parsonage of the
Baptist church is almost com-
pleted and the pastor will be
The baketball team of I Com-
pany, went to Galveston this
afternoon to play a match game
The last performance of “The
Younger Brothers” will be given
at the Orpheum tonight. The
usual souvenir of $10. will be giv-
en away tonight.
Beginning with tomorrow
matinee the feature attraction
of “The Clay Baker,” or ‘The
BERLIN—According to Herr
Karl Scherer, one of the Ger-
each high school to advise the
young women.
“The tight skirt and the split
skirt have gone, but other, evils
have appeared. The girls are
beginning their skirts too short,
their hair too high and their
blouses too low in the neck. If
mothers fail to detect these as
well as other offensive things,
there should be a woman provid-
ed by the school board to help
the girls along.”
-All loaves of
into Belgium accomplishments, the Democracy
patient drudge, the dominating
capitalist who absorbes the
brains and muscles giving in re-
turn only a bare pittance to live
upon. The climax comes when
the workman discovers that his
idolzed daughter has been - be-
trayed by the son of his em-
ployer. In his desperation he
there was no political signifi-
cance to his visit to the United
States. He left in the after-
noon for New Orleans, where
he said he would meet his wife.
Later they will go, to San Anto-
nio, where Governor Avila said
his wife would undergo an opera-
tion.
Accompanying Governor Avila
is Joaquin Buillo, his adjutant
general.
tacks. Two British merchant
and passenger vessels are miss-
inge It is almost certain that
Everybody had a royal good
time at the carnival at the Koh-
feldt school last night. There was
an unusually large attendance,
and the fund of the Parent-
Teachers’ Association of the
school received a substantial
boost. All of the boxes sold
brought good prices, and the
various “side-shows” did a rush-
ing business throughout the ev-
ening. Madam Agozota proved
to be a fortune teller of merit.
Despite the general slow trend
of business throughout the coun-
try, Texas City real estate is
still in demand. The Broussard
Realty Company is selling con-
siderable Texas City real es-
tate in Houston, Navasota and
other Texas towns and cities.
tion a very good one and that
property owners in and near Tex-
as City should do their part
Brief talks were made by others
present.
Denver, Feb. 13.—To off-set
the tendency of high school girls
to wear the blouses cut out too
low in the neck, their skirts too
short and their hair too high, a
Denver school teacher believes a
dean for girls should be provided
for every high school. The
teacher is Miss B. Schmidtz.
“Mothers to a certain extent
lose the control and confidence
of their daughters after they
have reached the high school
age,” said Miss Schmidtz today.
A motherly woman who under-
stands how to deal with growing
Professor H. L. Phillips of the
Sunset Heights school in Hous-
ton, who disappeared Monday
night, was superintendent of
Texas City’s public schools dur-
ing the school season of 1911-12,
and had many friends here.
tion which will open here Feb-
ruary 20, and run until, Decem-
ber 4.
James A. Barr, director of
congresses of the exposition,
makes this estimate on the basis
of advices received by him and
he gives assurance that 500 con-
ventions will hold their sessions
here. He estimates that these
gatherings will bring to the city
and the Fair between 800,000
and 1,000,000 persons,
Delegates will represent near-
ly every quarter of the globe and
practically every field of human
endeavor will be covered. Barr
classifies the conventions as fol-
lows : Women’s congresses, 44;
agricultural, 34; business, 4r;
educational, 38; fraternal, 60;
college fraternities, 44; govern-
mental and civic 24; labor and
industrial, 30; professional, 28;
religious, 29; scientific, 26; so-
cial and charitable, 20; geneolo-
gical, 15; historical and literary,
5.
The convention will remain in
session from three days to two
weeks.
Trenton, N. J. Feb. 13.—Al-
though President Wilson may
not have meant to “start any-
Quite a large delegation of civi-
lians and soldiers is expected
to go to Juarez for the Jack
Johnson-Willard championship
fight. A special train will leave
Texas City over the Sunset-Cen-
tral March 4 at 5:15. It will ar-
rive in El Paso the foliowinfig
day at 10 15 p. m. Special round-
trip rates have been arranged, by
the failroad company-
B. Company, Twenty-seventh
Infantry, under instructions of
Lieutenant P. R- Manchester, had
bayonet combats, tent pitching,
and gallery practice with 22
calibre rifles this morning.
gesewould be delivered in 100,-
000 pulpits and that peace pro-
grammes would be part of the
exercises of Sunday schools and
young people’s societies through-
out the country.
When the European war had
been in progress only a short
time there was concerted move-
ment among the prayers for
peace in Europe in the various
churches on a given Sunday. The
spirit of the movement was well
carried out, but the war went on.
The movement inaugrated for i
tomorrow will be more widely
advertised and more thoroughly
organized than was the former
peace Sunday. There will be
concerted action from one end of
the country to the other and even
if there is no immediate effect on
the European war situation 100,-
000 peace sermons will be dis-
tinctly educational and should
have a good effect on the rising
generation of this country.
Some of the companies this
morning had close inspection,
some open inspection, some light
marching order inspection, some
heavy marching order inspection,
etc., as per schedule. L. Com-
pany, Twenty-seventh infantry
had rifl and belt inspection un-
der Corporal Fries.
tion. J. N. Hughes, Sam Frid-
ner, T. E. Gonne, William Moore
and Franz Kohfeldt were elected
permanent directors. They will
meet shortly and elect officers
and perfect plans.
Considerable enthusiasm was
are believed to have been re-
sponsible recently for several de-
monstrations against foreign-
ers, especially Americans. Con-
siderable feeling seems to have
oeen aroused against America
as a result of the note, but the
government officials are doing
all within their power to prevent
insults to the American flag.
late yesterday afternoon, per-
manent organization was made ---- ।
_ g., A. . . H B. Moore told those present1
for the Texas City Oil Associa- - -
an invention in China, making to
pauperize the father of the man
who has dishonored his daugh-
ter. In order to attain his ob-
ject, the kiln in which the China
is to be fired must be kept at a
white heat, for many hours. He
has neither nor credit to obtain
fuel, and the fire is slowly dying
TEXAS CITY on AssocIAmIoN WARoDD/TIFs PRESIDEMTIAL OTHER NEUTRALS ALSO PROTEST
A special committee of the
Young Men’s Business League
composed of Dr. W. W- Insley, A.
H. Doty, W. S- Broussard and
J. L. Hermann called upon Ma-
jor General J. Franklin Bell Fri-
day and discussed Texas City’s
street improvement problems.
Although nothing definite was
decided upon at the meeting,
something will be done shortly
for the general improvement of
Texas City’s streets. The $1,-
000 funtTof the Young Men’s
Business League is available for
the work, and the city will also
put up some money.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The
Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America has an-
nounced that tomorrow will be
observed as centenary peace
Sunday. The movement met
with enthusiastic response by in-
divdiual churches throughout
the'United States. The Rev. Dr.
Henry K. Carroll, associated sec-
retary of the federal council,
By United Press.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13—
Following America’s lead, Den-
mark, Sweden and Norway have
protested to Germany against
the latest war decree. The
Scandinavian diplomats were
furnished with copies of our
latest protest before they were
given out for publication- That
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 13-—The
Knights of Pythias throughout
the country have issued a com-
munication to all members to at-
tend Peace Sunday Church ser-
vice tomorrow.
State government.
The purpose of establishing
these quarters last fall was nor
for the purpose of issuing cam-
paign literature and helping keep
New Jersey in line in 1914 so
much as it was to begin the fight
that the Democrats of the State
intend making in 1916 to return
Woodrow Wilson to the Presi-
dent’s chair. So whether or not
the President’s remarks at In-
dianapolis recently bore the sig-
nificance that some gave them,
New Jersey has already taken
the initiative in this matter. True
there is not over much activity
in the committee’s offices here
Joseph Brojek, Company D,
Twenty-seventh Infantry, has
been transferred to Company C,
Twenty-third Infantry- B. D.
Jinks, Company B, Twenty-sixth
Infantry, has been transferred
to Company C, Twenty-seventh
Infantry.
of the Lusitania and the St.
Paul for New York today arous.
sleepy or hungry. Some of them,
a few, very few—run away be-
cause they can’t stand the anti-
cipation of danger. But I’ve nev-
er seen a man run away under
fire as long as his ammunition
held out and he had a chance to
kill. It’s very terrible, isn’t it?
But I fear the good God has
made us that way.”
at present, just a stenographer York.) Jan. 27.—“What’s going
manifested at the meeting. Steps man, apostles of idealism” the
will be taken immediate ly to war was began because “the ar-
get amp e ground leased Cohtistic regenerations of Germany
. 'is only possible through catas-
of the importance of getting as 1.....-
ed a new trick when they bur-
rowed underneath our trenches
and blew them up from below.
It took us weeks to get the tools
for burrowing.
“Killing is a game,” he con-
tinued. “Men like it. All men
like it. In a battle, they don’t
think of their flag or their coun-
try, or the right or wrong of
their cause. They only think of
killing; the thought of dying
never enters their heads. You’d
be the same. Any nomal man
would be the same. As long as
you’re well and sound and have
plenty of food, you’ll have the
time of your life in war.”
“But haven’t you ever seen
men run away?”
Don’t Run Away.
“Never in battle. They run
away on long marches when
Petrograd, Jan. 13. (By mail to
New York.)—The Cossacks do
not hold a very high opinion of
the prowess of the Turks, if a
story told by a Russian army
surgeon recently returned from
the front is to be believed.
“Early in the fighting,” he said
“I operated upon a Cossack who
had lost an arm. When he was
about recovered, I asked him
what were his plans for the fu-
ture.
“I’m going to enlist in the
Caucasian army,’ was the reply.
“But how can you, with only
on arm?” I required.
“We Cossacks don’t need more
than one arm to beat the Turks,’
answered the soldier in all seri-
ousness.
“Since then, I have made a
practice of asking every Cossack
who had to undergo a similar
operation as to his intentions,
and almost invariably I have re-
ceived a similar reply.”
ed national interest on account
The sailing of the danger of submarine at-
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