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Corpus Chrieti, Tex.—Having com-
a trip to Texas ports that start-
cm November 16 and that has. in-
New Orleans, Freeport, Galves-
Houaton, Orange, Beaumont, Port
r, Corpus Ohristi and Port Aran-
Members of the rivers and har-
i committee who, since November
have been the guests of the Free-
Commercial League, Friday de-
for Miami, Fla., to attend a
, of the* Atlantic Deep Waters
Association.
bers of the congressional party
Chairman John H. Small, Murray;
of New York, Hubert Fisher
see and H. L Emerson and
ar of Ohio. At New Orleans
were joined by Representatives
Dies of Texas, James F. Rear
and William Kettner of
fornia.
rks of the congressmen indi-
that they'will especially favor at
sessio* of congress appro-
for waterways projects that
serve the government in a suc-
prosecution of the war, mean-
ports , as are located near
bases, shipbuilding plants and
communities that are contribut-
tors in providing facilities in
work.
congressmen visited Corpus
not only for the purpose of la-
the government deep water
at Port Aransas and' Turtle
channel that leads into Corpus
but also to attend the four-
annual convention of the Inters
> Inland Waterways League of
and Texas, that Friday con-
the final business of the con-
by the selection of Port Ar-
the 1918 convention city for
the dates to be announced
election of officers also took
. C. S. E. Holland of Victoria was
league presidont; Henri Guey-
Gueydan, La., vica president;
Locke of Lake Chairles and Roy
of Corpus Christ!, secretaries,
Palmer of Houston, treasurer.
~ the resolutions adopted was
lg congress to so amend
ite commerce commission
to empower that body to pre-
minlmum as well as maximum
between ports.
i urges that a general plan
development, national in
be adopted, and that the various
bo carried out on the basis of
contracts. Standardization
and depths of waterway^ is
of the general scheme of de-
lt which the league, will sup-
in future. /
improvement of waterways can
: be justified merely on the ground
rajl rates have thereby been re-
een water competitive
establishment of water-
commerce commensurate with
of the improvement must be
factor in federal appro-
for waterways develop-
says the resolution.
id for recognition of the intra-
canal on the basis of a ruling
of nine feet and a continuous
of not less than ninety feet is
not alone on the commercial
of the territory served, but also
atr instrumentality of defense in
of war. '
the whole, the convention was
one of the most important
history of the organization. A
led effort will be made to ob-
recognition of the importance of
sting the canal.
Relief Offered Texas Cattlemen.
Austin, Tex.—Offers of relief for
drouth-stricken farmers and stock-
in West Texas are reaching the
lor from various portions of the
f. Among them were some from
?pi and Idaho. One was from
. Do Lemorton of Laine, Kreole,
ippl, in which he declared he
I 100,000 acres of fine grazing land
lie for the starving cattle of
West Texas, and the other offer was
the State farms markets depart-
of Boise, Idaho, in which he de-
that Southern Idaho has thou-
of tons of first-class alfalfa with
feeding grounds and ideal
climate. The governor has re-
I these letters to 'he bureau of
and Texas Cattle Raisers' As-
Relief for Drouth Sufferers.
Tex.—Governor Hobby, in
with a resolution adopted
arence in Austin recently, Sat-
ited a committee which
with the federal food ad-
Texas and the federal
Washington for
ptlng rules and
the immediate
LABOR OF COUNTRY WILL
NOT STOP PRODUCTION
Apparent Injustice Must Not Always
Justify Strike, Sentiment of
Federation of Labor.
Buffalo, N. T.—Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Lab#r tor 35 years, was re-elected
Saturday virtually without opposition,
and with him were returned to office
every officer of the federation except
John M. Lennon, treasurer, who was
defeated by Daniel J. Tobin, president
of the International Teamsters and
Chauffeurs union. Next year's conven-
tion will be held at St. Paul, in June.
Buffalo, N. T.—The American Fed-
eration of Labor Friday by unanimous
vote adopted a statement of the con-
ditions and principles that must be
applied to industrial problems arising
from the war as far as union labor is
concerned.
The declaration is regarded as in
line with the general understanding
that has existed between President
Wilson add President Gompers, but
there are some pjlnts that have been
in doubt which the statement clarified.
. The declaration does not say there
shall be no strikes.
"It is advisable," the final paragraph
says, "that production should not
eeace because of an apparent injustice
or oversight contained in an award,
for it is necessary to the nation's pro-
duction as well as the welfare of the
trade union movement that there
sttould be no cessation of work except
as a last resort."
The right to organise is claimed as
essential to the solution of all prob-
lems , arising between employer and
labor, and equal representation will
fce asked with the employer on all
wage boards and commissions.
Wage conditions, the statement says,
will be governed by several vital fac-
tors to be considered apart from the
increased cost of living, some of these
factors mentioned being the compara-
tive wage scale In other establish-
ments in the same district and wheth-
er it was reached by collective bar-
gaining s between employer and em-
ploye.
The convention adjourned at mid-
night Friday.
MAY PLACE RUSSIA IN LIST
OF UNFRIENDLY NATIONS
Lenine'e Armistice Negotiations Doer
Not Lay Weil With Nations
She Allied With.
Librariane Select Brown wood.
Houston, Tex—Brownwood was se-
lected as the 1918 meeting place of the
Texas Library Association Wednesday
and the 1917 convention was brought
to a close. The following officers to
serve the ensuing year were elected:
Miss Octavia Regan, Texas legislative
reference librarian, Austin, president;
Mrs. Nora Weems, Sherman Public Li-
brary, first vice president; Mrs. Maude
Murlln, El Paso Library, second vice
president; Miss Pink Noel, Brown-
wood Public Library, secretary, and
Miss Gladys Allison, Children's Li-
brary, Houston, treasurer.
Measure of Man's Power.
Houston, Tex.—"The time is coming
when a man's power will not be meas-
ured by the ,wealth he possesses, but
by the service he has rendered his
country," were the words of Henry P.
Davison of New York, chairman of the
war work counqll of the American Red
Cross, at a mass meeting held in the
city auditorium Friday at Houston in
connection with the countrywide 15,-
000,000 membership drive.
Czar's Daughter on Way to U. 8.
New York.—Miss Tatiana Nicolaeva
Romanoff, second daughter of Nicholas
Romanoff, deposed emperor of Russia,
has escaped from Siberia through a
fictitious marriage to a son of a for-
mer chamberlain of the emperor, and
now is on her way to the United
States, chaperoned by an English wo-
man, according to information made
public Monday by persons connected
with the Russian civilian relief.
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Washington.—Officials of this gov-
ernment regard the bolshevik! move
for an armistice between Russia and
her enemies and the opening of imme-
diate peace negotiations as an act that
would place Russia almost in the list
of unfriendly nations.
Press dispatches telling of the
peace movement were confirmed by a
cablegram from Ambassador Francis,
received Saturday at the state depart-
ment It said that Leon Trotzsky, na-
tional commissioner for foreign affairs
in thj bolshevlkl government, had
sent formal notification to diplomats
at Petrograd that his government had
proposed an armistice with a view to
immediate peace negotiations.
It was pointed out that should these
negotiations be successful it would be
most difficult to deal with Russia as a
neutral country in view of the position
she has held as an ally of the nations
fighting Germany artfl the marked ad-
vantage in the war that such a course
nfight give the latter country.
Ambassador Francis has been given
no instructions to deal with the bol-
shevik! government. In reporting to
the state department on the peace
move he made it clear that he had not
formally acknowledged receipt of the
Trotzsky note. He said he had been
advised that the soviet congress had
adopted a resolution instructing gen-
erals at the front to enter into nego-
tiations at once with the German com-
manders relative to a three months'
armistice, with instructions to report
to the congress.
IN COA8TAL OIL FIELDS.
Completions at Goose Creek, Humble,
Damon, Vinton and Edgerly—A
Number of Fires.
The principal feature in coastal oll-
dom during the week just ended was
the number of fires. Saratoga, Sour
Lake and Edgerly all had fires, the
total loss amounting to close to $20,-
000.
The biggest loss was that of the Ed-
gerly Petroleum Company at Edgerly.
That cpmpany lost $10,000 worth of
property when fuel oil overflowed in
the boiler box and, running down to
the treating plant, set fire to that.
The treating plant was destroyed, two
boilers were ruined and about 6,000
barrels of oil burned.
At Saratoga on Friday night the
Texas Company's warehouse was de-
stroyed by fire of unknown origin. The
warehouse and its contents were
valued at about $6,000.
During the week a standard rig also
was burned at Saratoga, igniting from
an overheated wristpln. It was the
second fire of its kind at Saratoga
since the strike began.
Frank Mitchell, a Sour Lake oil pro-
ducer, lost several small tanks of oil
during the week when his pumphouse
caught fire. A standard rig also was
consumed by the fire.
Goose Creek, Damon Mound, Vinton
and Edgerly all had completions dur-
ing the week. Humble took the lead,
however, in completions, as well as In
dally average production. One thin??
which the strike has done has been to
put Humble ahead of Goose Creek \n
daily average production.
Farmers Are Buying Cotton
Austin, Tex.—Farmers of Northeast
Texas are not only holding their cot-
ton under the holding movement, plac-
ing 30 cents as a minimum, but are
actually buying all the cotton thoy can
get their hands on below thai price,
according to W. P. Yeary, cotton ex-
pert in the state department of agricul-
ture, who has jest returned from a
tour of that portion of the state.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES
ARE SPEEDING UP WORK
LegJelatlve Investigation May Be End-"
sd in Time for Special 8ession
Call in January.
Austin, Tex.—Realizing that It is im-
perative to complete its labors before
the democratic state campaign opens
next spring, and that Governor Hobby
does not propose to call a special ses-
sion of the legislature at that time,
the legislative investigating committee
is now spending every effort to wind
up the probe and have its report ready
to submit the legislature by January
1, 1918.
Should this be accomplished, It was
pointed out this week, there is no rea-
son why the governor should not call
the special session to meet next Jan-
uary.
The various subcommittees have
been devoting themselves assiduously
to their duties and now have their
work in excellent shape. In fact, with
the exception of the university and
penitentiary committees, it is now con-
fidently expected that the probe will
be concluded within the next week or
ten days; then the remainder of the
time will be taken by the central com-
mittee in the compilation of the re-
ports and recommendations made' by
the various subcommittees.
Taking of testimony of practically
all of these State institutions at Aus-
tin, both educational and eleemosy-
nary, is practically finished and the
same may be said of the different
State departments. In the latter audi-
tors are at work checking up the rec-
ords and accounts, and reports from
these experts are expected to be ready
for the committee within the next ten
days. Judge E. R. Bryan, member of
the central committee, said that con-
siderable! time is expected to be con-
sumed in the discussion of the reports
of the various subcommittees, but he
felt certain that the central commit-
tee's report will be ready by the holi-
days.
The investigation of the university
may extend for several weeks more, as
the committee is proceeding slowly
but thoroughly. There are still a num-
ber of witnesses to be examined. Then
the committee will have the medical
branch at Galveston to investigate and
take more testimony there. The penii
tentiary committee also is expected tq
consume a few more weeks in its
probe of the affairs of the penal lnstir
tutions of the state.
The hog cholera epidemic near Lul-
ing continues to be seriously felt in
that section.
The road bond election for $100,000
held at Madisonville for precinct No.
1 carried overwhelmingly.
, —
1 The winter meeting of the Texas
State Horticultural Society will be
;held in Mission on December 12, 13
and 14.
A government dredge has started
'the work on the intracoastal canal,
.working toward Orange, deepening the
; waterway to nine feet and widening it
ito one hundred feet.
i Governor W. P. Hobby has appoint-
ed Hiram Glass of Austin a member
•of the central committee to organize
jlegal advisory boards in Texas for
■the selective draft
THE WORLD'8 FOOD CROPS.
Statistics From Many Nations Indicate
Bumper Yields of Necessities
of Life.
Washington.—Bumper world crops
of corn, oats, potatoes, rice, sugar
beets and tobacco for this year are
shown by estimates compiled by the
International Institute of Agriculture
at Rome, made public Monday by the
department of agriculture. Wheat, rye
barley and flaxseed, however, have
fallen below the five-year average of
production from 1911 to 1915.
The production of wheat in seven-
teen countries, not including the cen-
tral powers, will be 1,868,000,000 bush-
els, 85.6 per cent of the five-year aver-
ages. Corn raised will amount to
3,312,000,000 bushels, which is 14.1 per
cent greater than the average produc-
tion for the last five years. Other
crops are estimated as follows: Rye,
147,000,000 bushels, 92.2 per cent; bar-
ley, 587,000,000 bushels, 96 per cent;
oats, 2,682,000,000 bushels, 113.9 per
cent; rice, 70,000,000 bushels, 115.5
per cent; flaxseed, 38,000,000 bushels,
69.8 per cent; potatoes, 719,000,000
bushels, 112.4 per cent; sugar beets,
10;000,000 short tons, 106.6 per cent;
tobacco, 1,186,000,000 pounds, 120.5 per
cent
Commission Fined T. & P. $5000 a Day.
Baton Rouge, La.—A fine of $5000
a day, effective November 22, was im-
posed on the Texas & Pacific Railway
Company Friday by the Louisiana rail-
road commission for every day on
which the road fails to operate all its
trains. The fine, announced prior to
the obtaining by the railroad of an in-
junction in federal court in New Or-
leans to prevent the commission from
interfering with the discontinuance of
certain trains, was decided upon by
the commission after tl j road, con-
trary to the commission's orders, dis-
continued nine branch line trains
Thursday.
Federal Troops After Villa.
Juarez, Mex.—Troop trains shuttled
in and out of the railroad yards, regi-
ments of cavalry cantrede along the
river roads and bugles shrieked their
calls to arms as the federal forces
from the garrison and camps and race
track course passed through Juarez
Monday and took the field to partici-
pate in the enveloping movemept 300
miles wide which General Eudardo
Hernandez and General Jose Carlos
Murguia have begun to trap Villa in
the desert country to the south of
OJinaga, temporary "capital" of the re-
vitalised Villa movement1
The women's auxiliary of the Fred-
jerlcksburg public schools has donated
jmoney for the purchase of playground
^apparatus to be installed on the large
jschool campus at that place. '
R. J. Windrow of Waco, recently ap-
jpointed a member of the state board
of water engineers to succeed J. C.
|Nagle, resigned, has qualified and en-
tered upon the discharge of his duties.
The total number of bales Of cotton
ginned in Gonzales for this season up
[to November 1 was 19,052, according
to the figures of J. F. Reed, United
| States statisician for Gonzales county.
The farmers of Wharton x county
[have organized a Farmers' Feed Asso-
ciation and the purchasing agent, W.
:L. Harris, has gone to pointB in Okla-
homa, Missouri and Kansas to pur-
chase corn.
Palacios is making ready to show
Idelegates to the annual Texas Edi-
torial Association convention and
their friends a pleasant time. The
convention will meet at Palacios De-
cember 3-6.
The total number of bales of cotton
ginned in Victoria county the present
season to November 1 was 12,881 bales,
according to the figures of A. K. Wil-
son, United States statistician for Vic-
toria county.
The cotton report of J. W. Thomas,
government agent for Bell county,
shows ginned, of this season's crop,
prior to November 1, 21,520 bales,* as
compared with 62,412 bales for the
same period last year.
Several schools of Jim Wells county
have applied for a portion of the $2,-
000,000 rural school appropriation,
among which are the McClaugherty,
Ben Bolt, Bentonville, Sandia and
Orange Grove schools.
Prairie hay is worth $33 per ton in
Brenham, the same hay that always
sold at $8 per ton. Great quantities
are being Imported by the farmers, as
[the hay crop in Washington coimty
'was practically a failure.
An industrial use has been found
for the sands of the TOxaa ''desert,"
that stretch of shifting sand hills and
dunes extending from the gulf coast
about midway of Padre Island, far into
the interior of the State. It has been
found excellent for the manufacture
of glass.
A Statement prepared by the rail-
road commission at the suggestion of
Chairman Mayfield of all persons kill-
ed and injured from automobile acci-
dents at grade crossings by Texas rail-
roads from November 15, 1916, to No-
vember 15, 1917, shows a total of sixty-
four fatalities and 129 persons injured;
total of 193 casualties.
Questions relative to the affiliation
by state banks with the federal re-
serve system will be discussed at a
meeting of state bankers, which has
been called to meet in Dallas Decem-
ber 13. The call was officially Issued
this week by H. W. Meredith.
One of the largest turkey dressing
plants in Gonzales county has received
a wire from the state association ad-
vising them that the national food ad-
ministration will permit no turkeys,
either alive or dressed, to be shipped
out of Texas until December 1. Here-
tofore . thousands of Thanksgiving
tables in the North were supplied with
turkeys from Gonzales county every
season.
♦ --
The commissioners court of Robert-
son county has ordered an election in
a defined road district reaching from
north to south, from Bremond precinct
to the Brazos county line, composed
of the major portions of Franklin and
Wheelock voting precincts, to deter-
mine whether or not road improve-
ment bonds in the sum of $75,000 shall
be issued for such district
Scouting parties working under the
direction of the department oi agricul-
ture have discovered pink boll worms
at San Leon, Kemah and Dickinson,
Galveston county, and at Webster,
Harris county. These men have found
only a few of the pests, but farmers
have been requested not to destroy
cotton stalks until the Inspectors have
had opportunity to make a ctreful in-
spection of all of the fields iJ the sec-
tions affected. The wormras been
discovered over an extewed area
around Anahuao, across Gatf ston bay.
PACKEY M'FARLAND, FORMER PUGILIST, TO
TEACH BOXING TO SOLDIERS IN TEXAS CAMP
THE SCHULENBURG STICKER, SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
TEXAS
OTBS0F NATIONAL TM^WORLD FOREIGN
INTEREST
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The . New Broom
CONVENTION
Re-elected Officers for En i*
Year and Chose Port Arthur
a* the 1918 Convention City.
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Packey McFarland, former lightweight and welterweight boxer, is
located at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex., where he will act as boxing
His wife and two children will remain in Joliet HI., where McFarland
been making his home.
HERMAN OLCOTT TO
HEAD JACKlES' SPORT
Herman Olcott coach of the
football team of the University
of Kansas, has been chosen di-
rector of athletics at the Great
Lakes Naval Training station.
He has been given leave of ab-
sence from the university for the
duration of the war. He is now
awaiting orders to report for
duty. Olcott was an old-time
Yale star.
FIVE HITS IN GAME RARITY
Unusual Feat Performed at Polo
Grounds Recently by Roger Peck-
inpaugh of Yankees.
Five hits In one game is a real base-
ball rarity, and the feat is accom-
plished very seldom in the two major
leagues, though each of the 16 clubs
plays more than 150 games per season.
Roger Peckinpaugh performed the
nnusual at the Polo grounds recently
Roger Peckinpaugh.
by getting five safe hits in as many
times at bat, and there were no fluke
hits in his collection, either. He start-
ed with a single to right field off Wil-
liams, and followed with a hit to the
same section off Danforth for one base.
Then came a double to right, ,a single
past third and a line smash to center,
all off Danforth. Many players get
four hits in a game, but it is a rare
Occurrence for a player to hit safely
on each of his five trips,to the plate.
EXPECT BOOM IN ATHLI
It Is^believed That Indoor Sport
Be Lively This Season—Panic
Stage Passed.'
Indoor athletics will enjoy a n
more prosperous season durir
coming months than last winter.
breaking of relations with
was the signal for the closing <
majority of the armories in the
of the season's doings, and this :
many athletic meetings. Now
panic stage has passed and the i
tary authorities are encouraging
continuation of- all athletic
.there is' every reason to believe
conditions something like normal
hold sway when the board of
game gets under way.
There have been not a few
cisms hurled in the direction of ,
track men because they have not
as much for war charities as have t
men who follow tennis, golf and other
games. It cannot be said that the ath- v
letes have followed the exhortation of
the Red Cross people to "give until It
hurts," but on the other hand, th*J^HI
cinderpath set have done something.
Many of the smaller clubs and leagues
have turned over the proceeds of
games for charitable purposes, and the
big athletic cluty9 have spent hundreds
of dollars promoting athletic events for
soldiers. ' *
CALIFORNIA U. SETS
Scored Twenty-Six Touchdowns
Kicked Twenty-Three Goals
i Against Oklahoma Team.
Football is a game in which, victory
is generally attained after at least
some semblance of a struggle. Which
fact reveals nothing startling, but an
astounding Instance of animated ac-
tion on the gridiron that has come to
notice has all records for rapid-fire
playing backed off the boards. A re-
port emanating from Norman, OkUu,
states that in one hour's playing time,
the University of California scored 28
touchdowns and kicked 23 goals for
a 179 to 0 victory over the Kingfisher
college of Kingfisher, Okla.
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Club Must Fight.
The Great Falls club of the North-
western league will have to fight for
any money It gets from the Pittsburgh
club for the services of Player
Boeckel. A Great Falls bank has at-
tached the money paid by Pittsburgh
and still In the hands of the national
commission. It seems the Great Falls
people were In debt to the bank for
some $1,600.
Larsen Won High Jump.
Clinton Larsen of Brigham Young
university won the high jump at the
recent far Western meet in Fresno,
CaL, clearing 6 feet 2 inches.
Hutsell Gets a Commission.
Wilbur Hutsell, track coach of . the
Missouri A. A., has resigned to accept
a commission In the arms.
WINS ODD BET ON J. COLLINS
One of Strangest World's Series
era Collected by Massachusetts
Man—Made in May.
The- strangest world's series
heard of was collected when
Guiltlnan of Plttsfleld, Mass., a
of John "Shano" Collins of the
cago White Sox, realized on his'i
ment of early last May that C
would make thd first hit In the 1911
world's series and that it would be
off either Salle or Schupp.
Polly McLarry as Manager.
Second Baseman Polly McLarry of
the Shreveport Texas league team is
mentioned as the man to succeed
Smith as manager. Smith says he
quit baseball for the automobile game.
If Syd is as successful in selling auto*
mobiles as he was Ih winning on
prize for popularity among the
he will get rich.
Rickey to Be Scout
Branch Rickey, president of the Car"
dinals, will do his own scouting hereaf-
ter, he announced tSfte oth^r day.
announcement followed the
of Eddie Herr, who, with Connery,
all the club's scouting last year. .tr
Loees Swimming Coach.
Yale has lost Max
for a quarter century was
instructor and coach
tgams. He ha* ~
on account of!
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