The Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1916 Page: 6 of 8
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TTTB AlUnRNR REPORTER. AtttLENK. TEXAS
THE HAMPSHIRE EITHER HIT
MINE OR WAS TORPEDOED
BRITISH WAR COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION AT ONCE SIR WIL-
LIAM R0BERT30N PROBABLE NEW HEAD OF WAR
OFFI0E ADMIRAL JELLICOE SENDS REPORT.
By Associated Press
LONDON June C Earl Kitchener the British minister of war-
and his staff were on board the Eritish cruiser Hampshire which
either struck a mire or was torpedoed off the west Orkneys and sank
according tp the statement of Admiral Jellicoe to the Admiralty.
It is feared that nil on board were lost. Four boats were seen to
leave the Hampshire but a heavy sea was running.
Only one capsized boat and tome bodies have been found. Lord
Kitchener was enrouto to Russia.
Admiral Jellicoe reports that there is little hope for any of the
survivors. No intimation has been published that Earl Kitchener in-
tended to leave England Accompanying Earl Kitchener and his
staff vsra Hugh Jame3 Obeirne former counsellor of the British Em-
bessy at Petrograd; 0. A. Kitchener's private military secretary j
Genctal Allcrshaw and Sir Frederick Donaldson.
When the r.ews of the sinking of the vessd was received here a
mrrtiag of the British War Council was immediately called. Sir.
William Robertson chief of the Imperial Staff who will probably be
the new head of the War office Foreign Affairs Secretary Gray
Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna and Minister of Munition
David Lloyd-George attended.
EDITORS OF TEXAS YUAN SHI Kill
SPENT HOUR HERE DIES AT SHANGHA
WKfHS T.IHKX FOR V JOLLY AUTO WIS PRKSIDF.Vr OF REPUBLIC OP
RIDE AMI EXPRESSED HON-
HER IT CITY'S UKOHTII.
CHINA AT Tlli: TIME OF
DEATH.
SPECIAL TRAIN PALATIAL DID GREAT WORK FOR CHINA
iinii.o hi.. ii n i M'lc Wort " Brlnjr Ills 1000)10000
ISI?IX:. "ft? ttT.Y nnfl I Vellow Men Into Line us
lisrrtutloii Car Operated l rilL-cns f the n
Texas A: Pacific For Texas ?i-nni.l
Ten
Obseruitlou
Editors.
Republic.
The editors of Tc"xob and their wlvon By The Associated Press.
and daughters nenrly three hundred SHANGHAI June C President
of them silent one hour In Abilene
Yuan Shl-Kal of the Chinese Repub
JL0"?"""?.0" !l!eJr"ay !i Kc died here yesterday.
ih(i.T7pri. u ' ln rccnt 'car8 Vuan Shl-kal han be.
week ' nU come the most conspicuous personal!-
Tho Hocclal train of ten Pullmans ly n tho Orent t""Bh his efforts to
dln?r observntlonVumnan and Mn tl3 0.O0O.0OQ fellow yellow
gage car drew Into the station on time ncn n tts cUzcnB tho now
to the minute and Inside three mln- )Pnble China. The task of turn.
Utcs tho editors and their families toe thlo most anc!ent and backward
wero shaking hands with those of the of Kingdoms Into a Republic within
Ablleno citizens who had foregathered wll0s confines there was u Wth of Uie
at the station. The Aollcno Concert world's Inhabitants a republic four
Band welcomed the editors with a tlncs aB 'arSO as the United States-
few very excellent selections adding w"s obviously no easy one. and tho
pep to tho occasion. man who attempted It did not escap"
When tho trnln pulled In It looked storms of criticism from thoso who
like the nnto owners had failed to held that he was a dictator virtually
heed tho call. There wero only a founding a new dynasty. Hut among
few cars on hand but as tho minutes foreigners generally Yuan Shl-kal was
nassed more cars arrived with the re- given credit for as able an admlnls-
oult that there were more curs than tratlcn as could be expected unoer the jfeyck's warehouse did a thriving sa
editors when tho signal was given for circumstances. hnslneqa
tho trip about town. Thirty nun- Ho rose to great prominence through
utcs or more the visitors were shown his effective re-orgaiilxutfon of tho
Abilene being taken for a ride to all army after the war with Japan had
the principal parts of town and shown shown its weaknesses. It is geaerouy
all the principal buildings. Thfr day held that he assisted the Empress Do-
wns Ideal cool and sunshiny and ex- wager In effecting a coup d'etat In 1893
presstons let fall by tho visitors after by which she wrested tho throne from
tho ride contained nothing but praise the Emperor Kuang Shu and he wa3
for Abilene. They called It a beaut!- popularly accused of betraying tho
ful town larger than any supposed Kmperor The Dowager appointed
and with every earmark of a mo- him governor of Shantung where dur-
tropons.
M'CMIB TALKS
ABOUT ABILENE
"BROKE JNTO" NEWSPAPER GAME
30 YEARS AGO AT '
ABILENE.
OLD DAYS ARE RECALLED
Surprised at Changes Which Have
Been Wrought Since Time he was
Resident Abilene Men in
Legislature Praised
"It was in Abilene nearly thirty
years ago during the days when Di
Alf II. II. Tolar conducted The Repor-
ter that 1 'broke into the newspaper
game.' And with b ut a few months
exception I have been In that gam
ever uSncv. It Is the sport of a gentle-
man. Literally those who make a live
I ill nod out of It must lie able to com-
mand tho substantial appreciation of
those who think."
I). C AlcCnlob now of Austin hut
who spent his boyhood days in Abi-
lene Indulged in the foregoing bit of
reminiscorisc Monday morning. Mr.
McCateb is here en route to the an-
nual meeting of the Texas Press asso-
ciation to bo held in El' Paso. Mrs.
McCnlfb who went to Balllnger to
leave her two sons with her parents
Judge aiid Mrs. Jo'.m I (iulon joined
Mr. McCalcb hero iiml will continue
the trip with him.
'"Thirty years ago It was a bold
dreamer who would have dared pre-
dicted what lias since taken plaro with
regard to Abilene" continued Mr.
tMcCatcb. "Then there wero two main
streets Pine mid Chestnut Anl Un
fights both commercial and serin
that were waged bcivveon the North
sldcrs and tho South skiers while In-
tense in feeling made for the conthuv
al growth -of the City.
"What changes Time has wrought
S. Lapowskl & Brother had a storo
where tho drug storo now stands on
Pine and .North First. The old Whit
Elephant saloon scene of the famous
Cotllnsllcmphlll tight uood lacrosa
tho street from Lapowskl's. J. M
Itadford was then conducting a small
grocery storo and tho firm was Had
ford and Mnckechnie. Tom Polk ran
the lone candy and confectionary and
news stand. Col. Thej.lore IliycU way
the leading wool commission morchna
located whero the (trace hotol now
stands with Pratt umthrr a ilcjs
second. Ed. Harris and Dr. Ibm con
ducted the rival drug stores with Pi.
Carter getting hla sharo ct Urn trade.
George Walsh ran tho loi.o wholesale
Erocery store and. my how nlK tlv
cases of canngd goods. In his ptopi
uia iook.: uameron as l'nnispj ran a
big hardwaro storo on Pino and North
Second while Rollins and Y'oung and
Major Beeves were the big drv good?
merchants. Major Taylor from Illi
nois ran tho old Taylor County News
and Dr. Tolar conducted Tin Importer
The old Palace hotel on Chestnut was
tho leading hostelry and "Little
Red's place Ira llorden's phu- the
White Elephant WooIrldge'B place
and a place across the street from
Jure to attract attention to tluwe mean
ures. "
'Brelcsford has nen pnrtleularly
rffedlvo In tho senate It whs no
fault nf Urolosfoni that Onv f)Iciullf
vetoed a bill providing for a state
normal In this district nor -is he
tiinmennle that the supreme judges re-
fused tn act when he had A latter hill
passed. It was Brelcsford who tmateh-
ed the hill that means Mn cUPrmlnn-
llon of prairie dogIn Veit Texn from
oblivion and had It passed by the sen-
ate. Hrolesford never tried to trade
on n congressional district and the
fact Toxna has not been rediRtricled
Is tint to he laid at his door. He came
nearer forcing tho passage of such n
bill than any other man in the legisla-
ture. Tho senntu passed one Tho
house -killed it Brelrsford secured
an appropriation for the stale colony
located here even in excess of what
Judge Wagstaff had asked for In the
house and no state institution fared
belter than did the one at Abilene
thanks to your senator. It was Prel-
esford who got through the senate In
the face of as powerfut opposition as
was cter conjured to defent a measure
as lias been seen in fifteen years the
bill granting relief to those who had
purchased school landn in western
Texas and who owing to no fault of
their own wero about to lie ejected
for failure to pay Interest dun thn
jitnfe. He is not only a big man; he
Is a moat effective senator and his
loyalty to this dint.-tct is made intense
by h(s comprehensive knowledge of
tho needs of this district while Ills
sterling integrity commands tho un-
stinted admiration of his fellow sena-
tors. As nil old Ablhne toy I for one
am proud Of what to has done for
this grand old section o? Texas.
"Thero aro pangs of sorrow mingled
with my pleasant rtro'lections of Abi-
lene Time has deslri-vcd much as
Time has hallowed many things. Faces
that were once famllla are now no
more to bo seen. Forms that wore
active and quick with life are now
rc'stlng in God's care. Tho fates lmve
taken their full toll and when Abilene
has been called upon to pay tribute to
the ravages of time she lias paid with
bouIb that wero as pure as Ood's own
sunshine and as gentle as are the
zephyrs that svYaeTr ihmp beautiful
tmrlrles In Uior sprbjB time of the
year."
WILL
Tile
Disco
svvcewsyriipJl'asiFTo taite. itx)nuunB
the icdicinjLirhich ycarsr! exper-
otighB and
used Dr.
longest are its
ftiijk friars. IwTUcs every bottlo Is
girajyeadrryou don't get satlsfac-
tloBTyou get your money back. Btiy
a bottle use ns directed. Keep what
In left for Cough and Cold Insurance
adv
ropolis. ing the IJoxor rebellion he displayed
After tho ride tho visitors mingled his astuteness. Invited to loin the
with thclocal citizens At the passenger Hoxor sect he dared not frankly Te-
station where complimentary "pep" fu8Ci although he had no sympathy
songs were sung pralseful of Abilene. for t.cIr fanaticism. Ho agreed to Join
As a last courtesy the visitors were tho Ilq3(er movement If its leaders
provided with Cape Jessamines frr W0ult provo to Mm Uier contention
tho buttonholes. that those of their sect were immune
It was in the air that mutual im- to foreI buIUttB. He told them ha
presslons were made The editors ad o0 of the f guns In his own
s frankly expressed their pleaauro at houBe ana that Jf e eader8 W(Juia
their stay heft and the AbUem cltl- moet m l!a aen t t d
-"in whose pleasure it was to meet wmii Btand no ncainst the wail
v.lth tho pencil-pushers were equally Ld tr theP"fore'gn dSlla" mIc 21
La7ZjtTLTrTs s;- ttTaVof -srus
Central West north and .outh of AW. ' J ".Jg JftS ffi
Tho special train was little short of hcart- Vuan Shi-kul was thus freed
palatial. General Passeuger Agonr trom any obligation to Join the fanatic
George D. Hunter of the T. ft P was movement of the Boxers. As a matter
aboard and personally conducted the ?' act be was given credit for ma-
special. He was seen to be carrying ferl assistance to the foreigners dur-
a big hatbox with a ribbon about It. I "8 : warfare which the allies waged
Inoi lry developed the fact that onei"1 China.
ho nHiinra haA int his hat. and! Sun Yat-sen the Provisional presl-
the Kenlal nassenger agent had sub- dent of the southern rebels was forced
loon business
"The old awlmmlng holo of m boys
was on Catciaw creek about u half
mile above S. L. Ralph's Jumo. 1 low-
that great swimming hole has shrunk'
It is not one hundredth part as wide
aa I have always remembered it Be-
tween Catciaw and Elm creek was a
MW'HIliTiKMMHL' S
KIXH SMT DISUfltERY.
West krwsht JJT Dr.Rlng's Ny
urrv nam. sixm 11 uiuitnii.
'pfnipJ&aawfo take. 1
tcdicinfyirhlch ycar
lciu tmva-JTrrfen best fcu
Goilis. jfWoo who mc
KIAR'B Nrlf Discoyj
2
RIG
GERMAN
SHIPS ARE SUNK
BRITISH OFFICERS POSITIVE
IDENTIFY OF TWO OF YES-
SELS SUNK.
OF
By The Associated Presa.
LONDON June 2 1:11 p. m Bulle-
tin. The llrltNh officers of the fleet
which participated in the m-u buttle
ltlth the Cerman high seu fleet last
U'dnesua) vtho hnte returned here
say that they positively have Iilentl-
lieu two oi uie Herman snips vviiicii
wilderness of mesqulte underbrush a.vvi're sunk ns the IHndcjjbiirj; nud the
vorltnhln 1mntpr nnrniltHO. Twenty .(llUH
miles from here in the Bhlnnery. now
I understand given over to farmu deer
wire as plentiful aB chlggers during a
candidates picnic season. Capt. Mer-
chant's home then was far out in the
country and the home of Col. Parra.
mora was beyond a farm or two from
The officers arrL
A LAXATIYJ
BLO
V
Don't pujroff ta;
Po-Do-LaJT Y'ou
cleanserund to
f) CLl
r
INSER.
town.
Ernest BatJer and Theodore 1 1'
move
Heyck were conceded to be the best "'
ilrdBonil vmini mpn in Alillpnn and
.4iaa vuajr iii nio iu v ...vitQ
prettiest young wuumn iiero ur unf-
where else at that time.
"f hnvn Kaon nu.nv frnm Allllpnnf
mw w. ...... ..w. ....-y-jai
Ions time but a man who HveiKjjf a
Abilene as a boy is like thavfioy
from the country in a big clupr .ou
cau take the boy out of thecountrj
but you can't take the country out of
the boy. Y'ou can take a boy away
from Abilene but you can't ever erad-
icate the Abilene that boy had satura
ted in him while he lived here.
During the last fifteen or twentj
years my work has caused me to spend
much time In Austin during sessions
of the legislature. I want to say right
now that during the last four years
Abilene has come to the front In the
to
10
hd)th
the
xalire t
aeelt8
cpjiend9j
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unievannai
bottle today.
ng ajreatment or
system needs a
nothing Ilkn Po-
toe blood gently
d stimulate the
ln. Tho itT doso
lulated nRons. It
v for yoiuKTaduIt and
nonrTplng action
delligFC women. Guar-
convince you. Get
adv.
ALUMNhBANQUET OF
SIMMONS WAS GREAT
SUCCESS: uO ATTEND
The banquet 1 1 the Alumni Assocla-
stitut'ed another upon arrival here. 'to retire and Y'uan Shl-ka was elect- councils oi statesmen In Texas with t(on at Urace joto Tllesjay ngnt
There were many notables aboard ed Provisional president of the Chinese accelerating stride. Wagstaff was un- ht b f fa brought the
mcludtefr the secretary at flats .of Kepublte at Nanking on February 15. duestlonably one oi the great con- (ommenpenipnt wpp. nf SImmbnnla '
Arkaisas. who immediately coralled 1912. lie took tho oath of office at
puch true-blue sons of that state as Peking the following month.
Hon. J F- Cunningham. W F. Whalev LI Yuan Hung vice president suc-
and others. Earl Hodges was his ceeds Yuan Shi-kui. Hung Is favor-
name and he told friends that he was ab"e to the revolutionists
through Abllepn 18 years ago as -a' Yuan Shl-kal was reported seriously
trnji printer. He ran for governor of ill may 28. Dispatches from China
Arkansas last year and was defeated said tht it was believed in Peking
liy only a small majority. J E. Farns- that he had been poisoned but this
worth vice president of the South- was denied by theThlaebe ambassador
western Telephone company. Se?re- at Washlngtoaywho Insisted that the
Jary Stratton of the Bute Fair of president wafenot even 111.
Texas eoveral senators and represent j He died vlfile. the storm3 of revolu-
atlves and other noted Texans were tlon againjt his reign were gathering
asoaro. it was a jowy crew wuv .or u m ucreaptng strcngui.
vmk oi pleasure.
Bvarv nereon aboard was given a'
coy f the Monday afternoon edition Jwhkpmt cured me" writes one grate
U tke AbUene Dally Reporter. con7uIjaer Jf you have Rheumatlsin or
Uififa-f hone facts about Abilene jver fron Neuralgia Backache. Sore-
Wtive winds of the Ian two housed miMiurineoi weeli oi Simmrms Cal-
and was a leader In every sense of 'fph """.
that word. In the senate Brelsford
There were upwards of fifty young
B0IS
gUMSi'g LINIMENT
WfKUXATlSMI
ak tfui aw who uss it'
taJbk I urcd all
wfaM om U cat bottle
h7s commanded T S Innuenca XSd JSSm'wM "TT The
that 1 have ever before seen comman- fwas'gd "rom flr.? totat anl
aeu Dy a west jcxm oe.wiur una lhe bapnuct wa8 aerVed Jn the u8ua
has Of course been greatly pleasing note Grace stvle.
to me. This section of Texas Is not Truett Compere acted ably as toast-
getting a square deaf from Texas but master and the program although cur-
it comes nearer getting a square deal tailed on account of the threatening
than ever before. i weather was splendid. Tho toasts
"West Texas pays in more money were given In grape Juice
to the state government and gets back The association at a business meet-
less in the way of governmental aid fng Tuesday afternoon elected the
than any other portion of Texas. The following officers Emmett Landers
schools of Texas are maintained at president. C B. Wagnon vice probl-
the exnense of western Texas. The dent; Miss Grace Sandefer secretary-
day must come when the populous sec. treasurer; T N Carawell historian.
tinn r fYn miiat aHpnat thpir The association voted to continue the
rlSHZ i -st Texas "hohlp another tern.
g a btle of Sloan's It wUl give" counties or eise pay axes on tneso - " fl ' : ;.r for 7si7
ou buca welcome relief. It warms notatngs. Tne state must pay tor tne . .- r V i7.' 't mil"
and ethes the sore stllf Dainful.experImenta.tIon In devising the best L.j -i..f: .?.. '. T.
CANDIDA TES BEFORE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
IL0NVRB WOOD.
CANDIDA TES BEFORE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
WWMJM
ChurltH . Futrbauks of Indiuua
movement will Le launched
Tho retiring officers are O A
neming president; Iiuitrt N Rich- Don't
HM.T. ' vlce'P"8WeBt: iiiss Alice your syste
..naiuB secretarytrea&arer. Miss Dr.
urate oanueier blstorian
BAD TO JIAYKT C0I
let
The association took up the matter
m uoiuiug a great Home Coming at
next commencement in which all
former students of Simmons will hg
asked to Join. A committea ha n
named to see to the details and th
muicuici win DO earned tnrti MrtK
nno nfitl " i w.ii.i. . . . 9
ul "" coming wm wr left un
uone 10 maKe the HomaTCdminK
success Mr "
lyou It
the.
place
r Buy
t a cer
and yc-i
it at
An extensive businusH hna i
feel so much better 'and most practical method of conserv hviD memllflrs nf '. asaeuuan in. "".' ?.? n A1?0.59 making arti
drug store only 25 ing the annual rainfall. takes men guro ;heP llC ' n favor of Simmons ii?y' lQl08 sne and cellu-
4.. of standing and ability In the febdfr n1SjSi1S iSStSt01-"' whkh estracted
fgh
entj
tubesj
Pint
elp
r
IIANO ON' executive will be taken Into the mem-
bership of the Austin local of the Car-
ang on rack penters' and Joiners' International Un-
chronic wheji Ion at a soecial ceremnnlai nosslnn of
aiioney will heln'that union nnf.i
ammation. soothes This is the first time ln the hls-
osens me phlaiinory of the state that a oernor han
er at once Dreell'sfbeen taken ino a labor antanlzalon
y is a IasJtlvo Tar while in office.
ine tar balsK heals the! Members of the Austin loai hava had
loosens me mucous and a gold memhershin card nrpmrwi for
rritatlonjr the bronchial Mr. Ferguson to be oresented touieht.
st get ajottle. of Dr. Bell's "This Is one of thn ereatfiBt honors
Hones4oday It's guaranteed I have ever had conferred on me" the
. : .. . i . . - .
fkt druggists-
adv.
I governor said today.
FER0US0.N rVlOJf CARPENTER.
AUSTIN Tex June ? Governor
James B. Ferguson who has led the
life of banker-farmer section hand-vvaiter-and-bellboy
will tonight be-
come a full-fledged union carpenter
Having been elected the state's chWf
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