San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 171, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1919 Page: 4 of 14
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emanating from the Treasury Depart-
ment, from the Governors, the mayors
and the W. S. S. committees urge the
practice of economy and thrift by all
the people, all the time, but especially
the observance of the week beginning
June 29, as "Thrift Week,'' when spe-
cial efforts wilt be m.ade to cush the
sale of War Savings and Thrift
something more violent than the ordi-
nary forms of admonition seems need-
ed in order to impress upon the gen-
eral public the fatal danger which
lurks wherever a street or public high-
way crosses a pair of steel rails.
During the first 127 days of 1919,
there were 279 grade-crossing acci-
dents involving automobiles on one
Stapips. Help the Government, help j group of Texas railroads numbering
vourself, and help ycur neighbor by
sympathetic co-operation with the mes-
sage.
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CONSERVING OUR TliEES.
less than twenty. The particular group
contains only two trans-State lines, and
most of the railroads in the group are
short ones. But this accident ratio, if
maintained throughout the year, will
mean the death of approximately 100
- , _ _ , persons, injury of 500 more, and a
Some readers of The Express who i , , .,
, r total of more than 1,000 accidents on
, were taking it half a century ago may thjs group of rai,roads whjch has les3
recall that about 1870 there appeared fhan a (hjrd pf (he mal mjleage
I in this newspaper an article on the
I vanishing fuel supply of San Antonio,
predicting hardship in coming winters
because all the trees suitable for fuel
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The Associated 1'ress is exclusively en-
titled to the use tor republication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other-
wise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
All rights of republication of special dis-
patches here are also reserved.
in the State.
The grade-crossing accident problem
is an old one, but its seriousness has
been accentuated by the growing num-
had been cut down. That was before | j,er 0j- automobiles and the number of
A THRIFT MESSAGE.
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In the various current thrift mes-
sages to the American people, a nice
distinction is made between economy
and parsimony; between thrift and
stinginess.
The War Savings Division of the
Treasury Department urges economy
and avoidance of waste and offers in-
vestment securities for modest savings
in such small denominations as bring
them within the reach of anyone,
young or old, who is minded to save
and to help the Government.
The War Savings Stamp costs a lit-
tle more than S4 and draws interest at
the rate of about 4 per cent per annum.
It is a very convenient investment, be-
cause it is convertible into cash at any
time, with the accumulated interest,
after ten days' notice, at need. These
securities, after the cards are filled
out and the accumulation is consider-
able, are a very handy asset for a pru-
dent business man, as well as for a
wage-earner or anyone else who is try-
ing to lay by something for the pro-
verbial rainy day. The Thrift Stamp,
which costs only a quarter, is designed
mainly 'o encourage thrift among
youngsters who have been in the habit
of spending their pennies and nickels
for nonessentials, instead of making
of them the nucleus of a little fortune
that will stand them in good stead at
an opportune time.
We all know how easy it is to form
a habit, and it ought to be just as easy
to form a good, as a bad, habit, and
saving and avoiding waste is one of
the best. But the idea is not to culti-
vate avarice—not to take any of the
joy out of life by imitating the miser
who denies himself things he actually
needs or should have for his comfort
and reasonable pleasure. We should
not like to have the children, or th3
grownups, become meanly stingy and
close from an exaggerated idea of
economy and saving, because that
tends to intense selfishness and hard-
ness of heart. What the thrift mes-
sages commend is wise saving and
wise investment, and that is what the
W^r Savings securities encourage,
incidentally, they are indicative and
timulative of patriotism, for they help
Hq finance the Government, which is
just now burdened with debt as a re-
bult of a very costly war from which
lecovery must naturally be a bit slow.
But our country is rich in resources
and amp!;, able to redeem all its ocli-
(talions when they become due, and
there is not the slightest danger that
there will ever be any default in the
payment of interest or principal, so
there could not possibly be any safer
investment than the securities, of
whatever kind, offered by our Govern-
ment. Just at present the Liberty
Bonds issued during the war in un-
precedented volume are selling a littie
below par in the open market, but that
is only a temporary condition that will
soon be relieved, when it is absolutely
certain the bends will command a
premium. In the meantime, the War
Savings Stamps are redeemable at the
pleasure or need of the holders, not
only without discount, but with ac-
crued interest.
TheacQjaessages Mi proclamations
the days when cattle from Mexico, fed
on mesquite beans in their native pas-
tures, and driven northward to market,
performed a valuable service in par-
tially reforesting the vast plains of
Southwest Texas. There are living to-
day many who recall the hills around
San Antonio bare of trees, and others
who remember when the San Antonic
River was lined with cypresses as are
today the upper stretches of the
Guadalupe.
A very common error in thinking }f
forests is the idea that they are perma-
nent and always have been so. But
the grass which Ingalls apostrophized
as eternal is more nearly deserving of
that adjective than the sturdy oak or
lofty pine. For forests in America
come and go, usually surviving a suf-
ficient number of generations so as
to register no impress of their tran-
i sient nature.
A comparatively small organization
of patriotic men in Texas who com-
prise the Texas Forestry Association,
has been trying several years to edu-
cate public sentiment to support forest
conservation. Anticipating the coming
session of the Legislature, this asso-
ciation has prepared some interesting
data to support its request for an ap-
propriation of $20,000 annually to
carry on forestry work in the State.
The present appropriation is $10,000,
out of which the State Forester, with
headquarters at College Station, and
his assistants are expected to look
after Texas' 25,000,000 acres of forest
area, conduct experiments in areas
'where trees might be grown, fight
forest fires, and conduct an educational
campaign for the benefit of timber
owners! This $10,000 is less than one-
sixth the sum appropriated by Minne-
sota with approximately the same for-
est area as Texas. It scarcely com-
pares with Pennsylvania's annual ap-
propriation of $807,000 to look after
9,200,000 acres, or California's $47,-
000 to look after the needs of the 12,-
000,000 acres of forest outside Na-
tional reservations.
The particular interest for San An-
tonio and its adjacent territory in the
work of the State Forester lies in the
region to the west, north' and north-
west known as the Edwards Plateau.
Roughly, the description of "cedar-
break country" will more nearly pic-
ture the section than its geological
title. This is the watershed area for
much of Southwest Texas. From here
come the supplies to feed the Colo-
rado, San Saba, Llano, Pedernales,
Blanco, Guadalupe, Medina, Hondo,
Sabinal, Frio, Nueces and Devils
Rivers—a most important group of
streams. It is well known that water-
sheds denuded of trees allow rainfall
to escape quickly, cause flood stages
in streams, and wash away soil from
the hills themselves, while forested
watersheds hold back the rainfall, dis-
tribute it more evenly and make the
flow of streams more nearly constant.
The difference in stream flow of a
river coming from a watershed covered
THIKTy-irVK YEARS AGO TOKAV—lSBt
The German J'ostai (iii'/.ette contains the
intelligence that a poslol't'iee is about
lo be erected on Mount Sinai, the Kedouins
of the neighborhood having agreed to let
the mall carrier past, through their ter-
ritories unmolested 011 condition of being
paid u handsome tribute.
The North Pole lias made Itself un-
popular by its determination to keep it
self out of the way and now explorers are
facing about and are determined to pene-
trate to the South I'ole. The Swedish
captain, Nordenskjold. who 1ms milch ex-
perience as an explorer, is going to look
after matters about the South Pole, and
relief expeditions will sail in that direc-
tion hereafter.
The Mormons are considerably disturbed
about the House bill wlili h has just passed
the Senate, and denounce it as cruel and
unjust as well as revolutionary in its
character. They insist that they are
persecuted and that the action which has
been had in Congress was based on the
want of correct information in regard to
the condition of things among the Mormon
people.
♦ ♦ ♦
It Is reported that a Texan deer horn
or head containing 50 points sold in New
York to a party in London for $1,400, for
a museum. Wonder it it is not the »anie
on<- that left San Anto.no a year or so
ago?
♦ ♦ ♦
The *'1. Zingari" Lawn Tennis Club is
the name of a recent org a ideation of ladies
and gentlemen of this city. Through the
courtesy of lir.van Callaghan they have
their practice grounds oil a vacant lot on
Crockett Street.
♦ ♦ -♦
Yesterday evening Justice Adam per-
formed the marriage ceremony for N. Ves-
per and Miss Frances Jlitter. The wedding
took place at the residence of Christian
Speiser, on Mill Street, ami the bride and
groom left for l'earsall, which is to be
their home.
John Fitzbenry, the poli'-e officer, who
has been North on a long leave of absence,
and just returned, says that when he left
| Massachusetts they were just preparing to
I plant watermelons. Three days later he
j had the pleasure of eating flue ripe melons
; in &an Antonio.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY—1904.
Bids were opened yesterday morning
at the office of Capt. J. L Fleming, 'con-
structing quartermaster, for the erection
of a modern garbage furnace at Fort Sam
Houston. There were three bidders, as
follows: Municipal Engineering Company
of New York $11,500; Dixon Garbage Cre
Ohio, fl2,43.r
drivers who think that an automobile's
speed precludes the possibility of be-
ing overtaken by a locomotive. Vari-
ous remedies for the accidents have
been proposed, one being a law to
compel automobile drivers to come to
a full stop before crossing a pair of
rails. Such a law would be nearly im-
possible to enforce and, further, it puis
the burden of care entirely upon the
automobile driver, with none upon the
railroad. A law to eliminate grade-
crossings would, on the other hand,
put most of the burden upon the
transportation companies.
There remain as possibilities for
correcting the grade-crossing danger, a
continuous educational campaign to
impress upon the public the waste of
life which carelessness at grade cross-
ings entails, and a progressive cam-
paign to eliminate the grade crossings j ^,ryT. ^Snh^kausas' city, two bids,
themselves. Texas this year has cn- I $io,.'{40 and Mr. smith offered
.... I alternative bids on certain classes of con-
terea upon an era of improved-hign- struction. The bidder receiving the con-
the thoughts of ! Lruct ,iave to opeja'te lhe garbage fur
nace for one month free of charge to the
Government and guarantee it to be free
from mechanical defects for one year.
♦ ♦ ♦
The State Democratic Convention has
finished its work and most of the dele
gates and other visitors have departed
lor their respective homes. One of the
strongest delegations ever elected in this
State to attend a National political con-
vent Ion was chosen and they were by
unanimous vote instructed to cast their
vole for Judge Alton B. Parker of New
York for President and to vote as a unit
on nil questions coining before that body.
♦ ♦ ♦
Chicago.—Because Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon was the central figure, the pro-
ceedings of the Republican National Con-
vention took on a plcturesqueness and
demonstratlveness which yesterday wa*
looked for In vain. From the moment he
way building, and
county commissioners and road engi-
neers should be directed to the possi-
bilities of building permanent high-
ways so that crossing dangers may be
eliminated, either by depressing the
road levels so as to go under railroad
tracks, or by the use of viaducts over-
head. A little study by highway engi-
neers will show many cases where
slight changes in the line of highways
will make it possible for them to be
run under railroad tracks at small cost.
Certainly where a permanent highway
is under ronsirlprntinn mnrp than a waK escorted to the platform to wield the
is unaer consiceration, more tnan a , gare, as the ,)ermunent chairman, the
little study should oe given to eliminat- entire atmosphere of the convention
n - - , . changed. Enthusiasm which had lain dor-
ing SO tar as possible the deadly grace | inant burst forth and the applause rang
rrnQQinp unH u.'nr?p tHnn iicpIpcc foil true and hearty, lie made a speech anu
crossing ana itf worse than useless toil the audience t.heereli whether he spoke
in life and limb. jocularly or in a serious vein. He was
the entertainer, in fact, he was the con-
vention.
Under the direction of President Wil-
liam Cassin of the Bexar County Good
Itoads Association and Judge II. it. Green
of the County Court, an exhibition was
given Saturday morning of making im-
proved roads, as it is done in Itexur
County. The exhibition was given at the
corner of Buena Vista and Laredo Streets
and was witnessed by a large number of
people, many of them being delegates to
the State Democratic Convention, the
demonstrations given being for ti;e special
benefit and enlightenment of the *atter on
the good roads matter.
♦- ♦-
Six homing pigeons belonging to John I
B. Vinch and son and Fd Peussen were
shipped yesterday mornig to (irand Bay, I
Ala. The distance by air line from Grand !
Bay to San Antonio is COS miles. The |
birds will be released by the express j
agent at Grand Bay next Saturday morn-
ing about 5:.°.0 if weather conditions ore
favorable and the birds will be allowed
three days for record time. If the weather
is clear and the wind in the right direc-
tion, it is expected some birds will reach
here Saturday night. There is much li -
terest manifested in the race bv the en-
thusiasts of the San Antonio district of
the National Association of Homing
Pigeon Fanciers.
TRAPSHOOTER WINS
WITH OLD-TIME GUN
Is it possible, barely possible, for
the Grand Old Party to get along with-
out Borah?
That peal of joybells signifies the
repeal by Congress of Government
"control" of the wire systems.
Those gangs in Winnipeg that
couldn't be happy without martial law
doubtless will be very unhappy with it-
The "demoralized" hordes of armed
Bolshevists in Southern Russia never
have been moralized, however.
Germany will get just as much op-
portunity for a "national referendum"
on the peace treaty as she gave France
in 1871.
Mr. Choate told a congressional com-
mittee that Germany is full of cheap
dyes. Sure. The whole cheap country
is dyed black.
"Ebert, the harness-maker president,
stands hitched." And Hohenzollern,
the woe-making emperor, may swing
hitched—though he has never been
employed in a rope works.
The Berlin "government" headed by
Herr Bauer, which was to have signed
the treaty, ceased to exist an hour after
its birth. Not the right Bauer, evi-
DISCREPANCIES IN BAUER DECLARES
NEW TREATY DRAFT SIGNATURE DOESNT
CLEMENCEAU BRIEFLY REPLIES
IN TWO NOTES MAKING DIS-
PUTED POINTS CLEAR.
Man With $7.50 Firearm Bests Those
Using Weapons That Cost From
$100 to $500.
with trees and one whose watershed is
barren, is much the same in result as I dently,
in keeping a lawn green by regularly
sprinkling it with a comparatively Qne Dr BeU was named as <«chjef
small amount of water, as against | 0f colonial office" in that ephe-
water,
flooding it from a fire hose at rare
intervals.
Yet the forestry of the Edwards
Plateau region is lfttle known to the
present State Forester except by read-
ing, for the funds at his disposal ire
meral German cabinet. He could have
tolled the passing of the German
colonies.
"We want our country"—American
New York probably will see "a banner
not sufficient for surveys and stud), i strange device" paraded
to say nothing of money for fighting j ;ts streets, again, in honor of
destructive fires common in cedar-clad ^ arrjva] 0f the president of the Irish
Sinn Fein republic.
hills.
Raising the State's appropriation for
forestry uork to $20,000 a year will . .. . _ ... .
t.,, i The House Judiciary Committee de-
not make trees grow on all the h.Hs d a d amendmeiIt ,0 {he
of the Edwards Plateau, but ,t may be I prohibition enforcement bill,
the means of inaugurat.ng the plan Lufhorizi the President t0 r , the
from which the next generation of • rtime prohibition act in favor of
farmers and ranchmen ,n more than wjnes and beel% yote of ,2 tQ
two-score counties of Southwest Texas ^ §uch a t majorjty,
will distinctly profit.
TWO BOARDS CROSSED.
One of the floral designs which
might be appropriate at many funerals,
although it never has been adopted,
would be in the form of two boards
crossed ind bearing the inscription,
"Stop, Look, Listen." The suggestion,
of course, comes from the familiar
sign at railroad crossings, and while
it might be shocking to the mourners,
"The honor and dignity of the Ger-
man nation and people" were mag-
nificently exemplified by the German
scuttling of the fleet surrendered un-
der the armistice terms. Not the
"honor and dignity" of the Germans
as vested in the imperial government,
but the plain, proletarian, common or
garden variety of German "honor or
dignity.
"Germany" or "Germanism,'' it is
"honor" or "dignity."
Special Telegram to The Express.
GOLDEN CITY, Mo., June 22.—William
(Bill) Akard of Golden City, who won the
•State amateur trap shooting championship
at the State meet at Joplin laat week, is
boasting while competitors were using
high priced guns, he used an old second-
hand pump gun in winning the title lie
purchased the piece at a second-hand store
seven years ago. He was a runner-up for
honors at several meets with the weapon
before he captured the first prize trophy
at Joplin, using the old firearm.
Akard had more than 100 competitors in
the shoot, which he won by breaking
birds out <»t' a possible 300 and Mid that
practically all or the men were using guns
that cost from $100 to $."*00, while his
weapon cost but $7.50.
The gun had a disreputable appearance,
although it was well kept by the owner.
His initials were engraved on the stock by
a pocketknife.
A salesman for a well-known make of
guns "scored" heavily at the meet, selling
more than $2,000 worth of expensive weap-
ons to trap shooters. The prices ranged
from $3T»0 to $750; one was sold to an
Oklahoma oil man at the latter price. The
weapons were engraved in gold and sil
ver, with pearl fittings on the storks and
were made of fine Bteel and highly tem-
pered.
It is claimed that more than a half ton
of lead was sprinkled over the landscape
at Judjre Dixson's farm during the meet,
as about 30.000 shells were fired.
FARMER SHOT TO DEATH.
By Associated
BAY MlftNKTTE, Ala.. June 22. Frank
Fokall. a white farmer of Silcer Hall was
shot to death today while asleep in a
cell of the Baldwin County Jail by nine
1 men who gained entrance to the jail by
overpowering the Sheriff and takinc th*>
keys. Fokall was awaiting trial on a
charge of murdering Robert Bishop on
June 1.
<3-
SI'\RTAC AN8 ATTACK PRISON.
By A*h«-elated
COPENHAGEN, June 22. SpartaauM
have made an unsuccessful attempt to
storm the prison and police station at
Ca>sel They fired throughout the whole
of Satnrday up to midnight, several p* r
sons were killed or wounded. Martial
law has been proclaimed at Cassel.
IN DCRLIN.
CLEAN-1'P MONTH
Rv A<!*oi-iat<Mi Prens.
DUBLIN. May 18 (Correspondenee).—
The principal hotels in Dublin, indeed, all
save a few small houses, have been closed
for a month or five weeks owing to a
If tnere is a synonvm for dispute with the waiters as to hours of
labor and wages. The eloslnc down is
complete and many of the hotels are tak
Ing advantage of the opportunity to re-
jmiot their buildings.
By Associated Press.
PARIS, June 22.—The latest communi-
cation between the allied and associated
governments and the Germans on the
pence treaty consists of a note by the
Germans to the allies under date of Juae
10 and tlio answer of the allies under
date of June 21. The German note irom
Count von llrockdorft'-Rantzau to M.
Cleineneeau Is forwarded from Versailles
by Dr. Haniel von ilainihausen in the
name of the German delegation. It says;
"The examination of the four documents
submitted on June Id to the commissary
general of the delegation brings out the
fact that a certain number of conces-
sions are announced in the letter and in
the memorandum which are not found in
the text as changed by hand. Among the
most important of these contradictions the
German delegation has selected the fol
lowing:
"1. It is stated on page 7 of the mem-
orandum that as Germany is admitted to
the League of Nations she shall enjoy
the benefits resulting from the stipulations
relative to the freedom of commerce and
transit. It is stated on page 42 of the.
memorandum that for the minimum period
of five years unilateral conditions In the
matter of commercial relations would be
imposed on Germany.
•2. It is stated on page 7 of the memo
randum that France will assume the pub-
lic debt of Alsace-Lorraine.
"3. It is stated on page 14 that for
the plebiscite in I'ppep Silesia there shail
be created a 'commission tndependeute*
(French in the text) while according to
the new draft of the conditions this com-
mission is to be appointed solely by the
allied and associated governments.
"4. It is stated on page 10 on the
subject of the territory of Meinel. that
the cession of this territory will take
place under the form of a transfer to
the allied and associated powers because
the status of the Lithuanian territories
is not yet established. According to this
provision, Lithuania should be considered
as the state to be the definitive acquirer.
( laims Helgoland Matter Not Clear.
'T». According to page 17 of the memo-
randum the commission created for Hel-
goland by the allied and associated gov-
ernments is to decide what installations
are to be maintained for the protection
of the land.
"0. On page 21 of the memorandum it
is promised that the German railways ani
mines of Shantung shall not be considered
as property of .the German state if the
Germans can prove that they are private
property.
"7. On page 31 it is stated that the
allied and associated governments are
ready to submit within one month after
the treaty goes into force a definitive
list of the Germans to be surrendered ti-
the enemy.
"8. On page 33 it is stipulated time
the reparations commission cannot exaU
the surrender of secrets of manufacture
or confidential information. It Is, more-
over, stipulated that it shall have no exec-
utive power on German territory and that
it shall not interfere in the direction Oi*
supervision of German establishments.
"!>. On pages 34 and following a special
procedure is provided to fix and cover
the reparation exacted from Germany.
"10. On page 30 Germany is promised
facilities for the importation of food and
raw materials.
"11. On page 38 there are interested
among the cases in which the granting of
permission to export gold shall be con-
sidered those in which the Relchsbank
has furnished guarantees which it could
not satisfy in any other way.
"12. On page f»3 the assurance Is given
that any liquidators appointed by the al-
lied and associated governments who
shall be guilty of punishable acts shail
be prosecuted in conformity with the
penal code.
"It is the duty of the German delega
tion to render an exact account to its
government and to the National Assem-
bly; therefore, it must know absolutely
how far the enemy intends to give cou-
tract force to these concessions, it begs
your excellency to confirm by writing the
fact that the contents of the accompanying
letter and the memorandum treating the
above mentioned points constitute an in-
tegral part of the new peace propositions
of the allied ami associated governments.
No Doubt on Second Point.
"In this it would be sufficient to es-
tablish this fact in a final protocol to
the text on which the contracting parties
would come to a previous understanding.
A doubt has also arisen concerning a sec-
ond point when the documents submitted
were examined.
"The priuted copy of the peace subject
submitted to us is different not alone in
the matter of manuscript corrections and
additions from the printed copy that the
chairman of the German delegation re-
ceived on May 7 from the secretary general
of the Peace Conference.
"By reason of the amount of work im-
posed on the delegation by the shortness
of the time allowed for the examination
it has not yet been possible to compare
word for word with the printed copy of
May 7 this other single copy which a great
number of persons have had constantly
to use. I am therefore obliged to reserve
for the delegation the right to make later
communications on this subject. For the
moment I shall call your attention to the
following divergencies:
"1. On page 103 of the copy last sent,
paragraph 2 contains a third alinea (sec-
tion) which begins with these words, 'each
government.' This alinea is "lacking In
the copy sent before.
"2. On page 104 the English text of par-
agraph 12 Is different in the different cop-
ies. The paragraph of the first copies
had only one alinea, while iu the last
copy it Is divided into two allneas, the
second of which begins with these words:
'The commission shall in general.'
"Naturally, the German delegation cannot
consider as definite the changes in the
text which are not made by hand or which
has not the evident character of addition,
unless the allied and associated govern-
ments confirm the fact that these di
vergencies are due to a false printed copy,
not that they are the results of deliberate
intention.
Asks Divergencies Be Made Clear.
"In the latter case the delegation re-
quests that all the divergencies having this
character be announced to it before the
expiration of the time limit granted to it
to reach a decision. For reasons easily
comprehensible, the delegation is obliged
to attach the greatest importance to re
celving an answer by return courier, if
possible.
(Signed)
"BROCKDORFF RANTZAF."
In his reply to Dr. Haniel von Halm-
liausen. whose forwarding note was dated
June 20. M. Clemenecau, addressing him
as temporary chairman of the German
delegation at Versailles, says:
"I have the honor of acknowledging re-
ceipt of your letter of June 20. In reply
to this communication, the allied and as-
sociated powers hasten to inform you that
the 200 copies of the peace conditions
sent to the German delegation on June
l:» are to be considered as the authentic
text, containing all the corrections and
modifications _ made in the printed text
fent on May 7. 1919. notably such changes
an i modifications as are the result of the
various German observations."
M. Clemenceau in a second note to the
Get man delegation says:
"In your letter of June 20 you called
the attention *>f the allied and associated
governments to certain points upon which,
a'crrding to the <^»rinan delegation, there
is n divergence between the text of the
treaty and the memorandum sent to yon
on June 10. 1019. in reply to the (Ger-
man observations.
•'I have the honor to inform yon thst
th< views of the allied and associated gov-
e»rments on these different points are as
follows:
"1 The statements made on page 7
of the memorandum on the one hptrd and
p«:ges 4* and 43 of the memorandjua on
GERMAN PREMIER DISCLAIMS AC-
CEPTANCE OF
BLAME.
WAR
By Associated Press.
WEIMAR, June 22— In announcing the
decision of the government to sign the
peace terms. Premier Bauer said before
the National Assembly today:
"The allied and associatfd nowers can-
| not expect the German people to agree
from inner conviction to a peace Instru
nient whereby without the populations
being consulted, living members are sev-
ered from the German Empire, German
sovereignty permanently violated and an
unbearable, financial burden imposed upon
the German people."
Herr Bauer continued:
"The distress of the land and of the
people has brought us together.
"We could not refuse co-operation un-
less we desired to run the risk of leaving
Germany, prey to a chaotic state, without
government and hopeless of salvation.
You will believe me when I say we are
not here to stand for the interests of our
party and still less to satisfy our ambi
tions. We are here from the sense of
duty to save that which is savablo."
Having expressed regret for the action
of the Democrats, Ilerr Bauer formally
presented the new ministers and announced
i that the cabinet's general program would
I remain identical to that of the Scheide-
j inann mlnisterv.
Coining to the question of signing the
treatv or not. Herr Bauer said :
"The Imperial government only too well
understands that It faces the enemy's
terms. Exalted Indignation carries away
individuals and the community and tries
to find vent but if oil assuming my heavy
office I may make a request, it is this,
do not allow the question of acceptance
or rejection to become- a party matter.
Do not misjudge the advocates of rejection
as chauviuists pursuing selfish aims oc
the advocates of acceptance under dire
necessity as cowards or weaklings, void
of the national sense of justice.
"On both sides are weighty reasons
which no responsible man can overlook.
A decision must be taken. The time for
reflection is past. The hour for action has
arrived and in it each of you bears a
responsibility.
"The imperial government is conscious
that despite all manifestations of confi-
dence it can in the eyes of the nations
and history only have one real Justifica-
tion, namely, to ruthlessly take a decision
after the examinaion of the facts and a
responsibility without an eye on party
feelings."
<Sections missing.)
Declaring that by signing the treaty un-
der reserve the government yielded to
lorce in order to spare suffering Germany
from a new war and disruption of na-
tional unity by further occupation, starva-
tion for the women and children and an
unmerciful - longer retention of German
prisoners, Herr Bauer continued:
"But the government expects in view of
the stupendous burden thus assumed that
all military and civilian prisoners will
be rojurned without Interruption begin-
ning July 1. At this solemn moment the
government desires to express itself with
absolute clearness In order to meet be
forehand any possible reproaches that the
conditions imposed aid Germany's power
to perforin and we therefore decline all
responsibility for the consequences that
may befall Germany should her utmost en-
deavors prove the conditions impossible
of fulfillment.
"We furthermore lay the greatest em-
phasis on the declaration that we cannot
accept and by our signature do not covet
article 231, demanding that German con-
fess herself the sole author of the war.'
GATHER FOR FIGHT
AT STATE CAPITAL1
CLAIM MAJORITY IN SENATE WILL
VOTE AGAINST RATIFICATION
OF AMENDMENT.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., June 22.—There is prac-
tically a quorum of both House and Sen-
ate in the city tonight and there will be
a sufficient response to the roll call for
organization to be effected without trouble.
R. L. Henry, who is chief lieutenant in
the effort to prevent ratification of the
Federal sdffrage amendment, together with
a few others from Waco, got in today and
have been busy interviewing the mem-
bers.
The antls claim that they have nearly a
majority of the Senate, but this denied by
those who favor adoption of the resolu-
tion to ratify, and they declare they cer-
tainly have seventeen votes and possibly
more, several of the Senators having de-
clined to make any expression.
There will be a caucus of the anti forces
at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning, when,
there will be a definite count of noses and
a program adopted. There are a number
of members of both houses who disclaim
any connection whatever with any move-
ment in which a former Governor is con-
nected and state that they are acting in-
dependently and without reference to any
understanding that may be arrived at.
John Davis of Dallas, who has carefully
polled the two houses and who will be the
floor leader for the suffrage forces in the
House, claims seventeen votes In the Sen-
ate and 103 in the House as being assured,
with a probability of a sufficient number
of others to make a two-thirds majority in
the House.
Aside from suffrage, there is very little
discussion or gossip, save In connection
with the death of Senator Bell of Foard
County, a very popular member.
The Governor's message will be a brief
one and is ready for transmittal as soon
as the two houses are organized and ready
for it. Governor Hobby has been called
upon by a considerable number of mem-
bers with a request to submit matters for
consideration, but he has given no sort of
encouragement to any of them, deeming it
best to await the action on the appropria-
tion bills before sending in anything fur-
ther. though the board of control bill,
prohibition legislation and the mining law
are promised some time during the ses-
sion.
Both Lieutenant Governor Johnson and
Speaker Thomason are among the arrivals
and a sufficient number of thr officers of
the two houses are here to get things going
by noon Monday.
HURT WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO
D.
A. Gregg in Serious Condition a3
Result of Accident Saturday.
JAPAN'S MERCHANT FLEET
NOW NUMBERS 678 SHIPS
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., June 22.—As a result of
a collision between a Houston & Texas
Central passenger train and an automoblie
at a crossing in the eastern part of this
city early this morning, D. A. Gregg,
former Secretary of State and at present
chief clerk in the State Warehouse and
Marketing Department, is in a dangerous
condition in a hospital, suffering from
internal injuries and injuries to his legs.
Mr. Gregg with his two sons left home
this morning in an automobile to spend
the day In the country. They had not
gone beyond the city limits when the ac
cident occurred. The automobile was de-
molished. Neither of the boys was In-
jured. They claim that no warning of
the approach of the train was given. Mr.
Gregg was in an unconscious couditiou
j when removed to the hospital.
OLD SPINNING WHEEL SEES
75 YEARS' ACTIVE SERVICE
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21.—Advices
from Tokio announce that, according to
the latest investigations of the Japanese
Department of Communications, the mer-
chant vessels of over 1,000 tons registered
in Japan to the end of March numbered
678 totaling 2,053,161 tons. Of these ves-
sels, 372, totaling 758,137 tons, were used
on the coasting and "near-sea" routes, and
2\m>, aggregating 1,242,058 tons, on ocean
routes. Seventeen vessels, of a total of
44,543 tons, were under repairs, while
three vessels, totaling 7,823 tons, had met
with accident and were under savage.
The following are particulars of the
latest disposition of Japanese merchant-
men, based on official investigations:
Coasting around Japan, 154; tonnage,
202,600; near-sea from Japan, 203; tonnage
430,975; near-sea between foreign ports,
3; tonnage. 4,123; on the Yangste, 12; ton-
nage, 30,345.
Japan-North America. 33; tonnage, 103,-
063; Japan-New York, 8; tonnage. 51,751;
Hong Ivong Japan-North America, 10;
tonnage, 159,671; Japan-Australia, 16; ton-
nage, 62,421.
East coast of South America. 12; ton
nage, 74,813; South Seas, 67; tonnage, 147,-
229; Europe, 24; tonnage, 153,853; Japan*
Straits Settlements-South America, 22;
tonnage, 58,033; Japan-Straits Settlements-
North America, 3; tonnage, 13,348.
Japan-India. 20; tonnage. 23,440; Japan-
Suez-Port Said, 1; tonnage, 2.76S; India-
Mediterraneau, 7; tonnage, 25,020; Medi
terranean, 3; tonnage, i,823; west coasi.
of America. 3; tonnage, 24,233.
South Africa, 2; tonnage, 0 262: Atlantic-
Mediterranean (chartered to the United
States Government), 11; tonnage, 0O.OO8;
Japan-South Seas-India, 2; tonuuge. 6,037;
Japan-Java Calcutta-New York, 5; ton-
nage, 23,332: J span-Mediterranean, 20;
tonnage, 95.646.
Out of service: Vessels under repairs,
17; tonnage. 44,543; vessels stranded, 3;
tonnage, 7,823.
AIRPLANES AT IRISH FUNERAL.
By Associated Preaa.
DUBLIN. May 10 (Correspondence).—At
the funeral in Dublin of Lieut. Kretnar,
an officer of American origin who had
joined Hie British army and seen service
with the Royal Air Force, the coffin in-
stead of being borne on a gun carriage as
is customary at military funerals, rested
upon one of the carriers used by the
II. A. F. ami was draped with the Union
Jack. As the procession went from the
hospital to the military cemetery in Phoe-
nix l'ark three airplanes accompanied It
overhead and at times one would descend
and fly a few hundred feet above the
mourners.
<^>
HISTORIC INN BURNS.
By Associated Press.
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 22.—Fire early
today destroyed the Old Mill Inn, a historic
building, situated three miles south of this
city on the Bay Shore Road, entailing an
estimated loss of $50,000. Guests of the
hotel were forced to flee from the burning
building in their night clothes, losing all
of their effects.
$8,000 FIRE AT SHERMAN.
SHERMAN, Tex., June 22.—Fire which
entailed a loss of $80,000 or more this morn-
ing destroyed the Crenshaw and Patty
buildings on the north side of the square.
The buildings sre among the oldest brick
business houses in Sherman.
FOOD RIOTS AT MANNHEIM.
Bv Associated Press.
'MANNHEIM. Germany. June 22.—Serious
food riots have occurred here. Troops were
called out to quell the disturbances. Twenty
persons have' been seriously injured and
LDO arrested.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN. Tex., June 22.—The latest ad-
dition to the Sam Houston room in the
Governor's Mansion is a spinning wheel,
the gift of Judge II. B. Short of Center.
The wheel was made on the plantation of
I. B. Thomas, five miles west of San Au-
gustine. for the use of Kitty, a female
slave, in about 1839. The woman used
it for nearly seventy-five years when she
died at the age of 00 about five years
ago.
Mrs. Hobby has given the wheel a con-
spicuous place in the room, which has Sam
Houston's big four-poster bed and other
articles of furniture dating back to the
days when Texas was a Republic.
Mrs. Hobby is endeavoring to entirely
fit the room with furniture of the date I
of the Republic and is having fair success
In the way of gifts from those possessed of
old articles which they are willing to
give the State.
McKINNEY BUSINESS MAN
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
the other, far from being contradictory,
a.e complementary.
On tlfrmany'i Admittance to Leacne.
"The covenant of the League of Nations
states that the members of the league
wi I make necessary provisions to insure,
guarantee and the maintenance of the free-
dom of communication and transit as well
lis just treatment of the commence of all
the members of the league. When Ger-
many Is admitted into the lesgue she will
share the advantages of these stipulstions
Willi the other countries.
Special Telegram tn The Express.
McKINNEY, Tex., June 22.—Ed P.
Brown was almost instantly killed in an1
automobile accident which occurred about
a mile northwest of here on the pike road
about noon today. Frank W. Emerson,
driver of the car, was not seriously in-
jured. Brown lived but about twenty
minutes, as his head was crushed and many
bones in his body broken. He was a well-
known young McKlnney business man, be-
j ing a member of the firm of the Brown
(irain Company. Surviving are a widow,
; three brothers and a sister.
—
ALLOTMENT CHECKS UNCLAIMED
Home Department American Red Cross Is
Holding Eight.
Eight unclaimed allotment checks are j
held by the home department of the Amer- i
lean Red Cross, Chandler Building, ac- j
j cording to Miss Mabel Ferguson, secretary, i
The checks have been returned to Wash- j
I lngton because of incorrect addresses, she1
states. Those knowing of the where-
abouts of sny of the following have been
I asked to telephone Crockett 4761:
l Rav Widman Borland. Sadie Jackson
Bradlye, Amy Clending Bueltman, Marlon
Buckels, Madeline M. Carpenter. Ruth Flint
Connelle, Carrie Harris and Eva Harrison
Lewis.
MARBLE FALLS CLEANS UP CITY
Special Telegram to The Express.
MARBLE FALLS, Tex., June 22 — Not in
years have the citizens of Marble Falls
taken so great an Interest in the appear-
ance of the city. June 5 was set aside
! by the city commission as clean-up day
and before and since streets, alleys and
I vacant lots have been cleared of weeds
and brush.
After 6:30 p. m., at which time all busi-
ness houses close, business men and others
have taken their tools snd improved roads
leading to the good fishing places so that
campers may not have difficulty in reach-
ing the river in their cars.
The city park has also been improved
snd beautified for the benefit of the camp-
ers.
GERMANS WILL SEEK NEW HOMES.
By Associated Presa.
BERLIN. May 15 (Correspondence).—
"The years of economic depression which
Germany is now facing will force at least
15,000,000 of her sons and daughters to
seek firesides elsewhere." says Gustsve
Stresemann. leader of the National Liberal
party of Germany. "We can't employ
them at home, these people are unable to
reach oversea ports and will wander east-
ward to Russia, their natural destination."
NEGRO'S DEATH MYSTERIOUS
By Associatfd Press.
CHICAGO, June 22.—The police, re-
sponding to a call from a neighborhood
where race troubles have been freouent,
early today found the body of a middle-
aged negro. His skull hsd been fractured.
The street was deserted. A score of white
residents hsre been questioned in con
Uon with the skying,
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