Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 298, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 16, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 34
CLOTHING WANTED
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF
Next Week Will Be Devoted
to This Work; Mrs. E.
Hermann in Charge.
Your spare clothing la needed tor
the suffering people of Belgium and
Northern France under the occupa-
tion of the enemy.
The Commission of Relief in Bel-
gium in connection with us relief
work in occupied territory of France
and Belgium has asked the lied
(Tons to collect for it u certain
amount of used and surplus clothing
throughout the United States. We
have agreed to do so. and In order
that tl'is work may not become a
regular activity of the Red Cross or
Ue a precedent for a continual col-
lection of such articles, the week
troni March 18th to March 25th only
.will lie devoted to this purpose.
These Allies of ours behind the
Oerman lines—the rich as well as
the poor -with their native stocks
of raw materials long since exhaust-
el, and no commercial imports since
tiie first devastation of their country
need -and need promptly - this r<
lief In their destitution. The quan-
tity of raw materials which we have
been permitted to import for man
ufacture into clothing In these parts
of Belgium and France has never
been sufficient. Kven the well-to-do
lire short of necessities; the poo'
are in dire need.
As the world is short yf so many
things It is short of clothing, of
raw materials We cannot purchase
what is needed; we must put our
spare garments to the service of the
world a measure of pure economics
conservation, and patriotism.
One-third of everj shipment will
go to the people of the north of
France, down close behind the tier-
man lines; two-thirds will go to
Belgium.
The commission lor relief has the
ships—you have the clothing In
these vessels carrying cargoes of
grain and other foodstuffs to the
Belgians and the French in the ter-
ritory occupied by the Germans,
there is room for all the clothing
you can give. The com mission for
relief has safe conduct passes for
Its ships, and the absolute assurance
through Its own representatives In
Brussels that that the clothing will
be delivered only to those for whom
It is intended. The Germans have
never at any time seized the per-
sonal apparel of individuals
Before the exhaustion of native
supplies prospective mothers were
given layettes little bundles con-
taining all the warm clean garments
and various supplies so necessary to
the babies—with which to clothe
and provide for the new arrivals In-
to the world. Of late, the .- women
have been turned away by the thou-
sands ir«m the empty storehouses
of the committees, and their new-
born babies are swaddled'In rags.
Light warm canton flannel and oth-
er kinds of cloth are needed, from
which to make theRe things. On
four generosity alone rests the re-
sponsibility for these young lives.
Last year in Belgium one paid
ti to have a pair of shoes resoled.
The commission for relief was soling
them wiili sections of discarded ma-
terial stamped out to fit the various
sizes; tens of thousands of pairs of
these cut-soles were thus produced,
^e must have shoes, and we must
have scrap leather with which to re-
Pair those you give, and the other
shoes now being worn over there.
It is useless to send a garment
*hlch is not made of the strongest
snd most durable materials, as th->
clothes are subjected to the hardest
kind of use. But this does not mean
'hat all garments must be in perfect
r*pair. There are upwards of a
hundred thousand women in Belgl-
11,11 and Northern France who will
do anything for a little work, and
*ho were mobilized and trained into
8 niarvelously efficient organization
for the making of new clothing —
*hile there were still raw materials
"~or the repairing, ripping up and
^making of old clothing.
These women are happiest when
at *ork, having less time to dwell
®Pon their misery and they look
'orward with dread to the day, when,
'keir material exhausted and the
**rments finished, they murt lay
their work and await their
,Urn to receive the next supplies.
to bedding: in the North of
"'nee sacks stuffed with dry leaves
*erv<1 as mattresses; everywhere the
®*®d for blankets is tremendlus;
hospitals and other institutions sof-
ter for want of sheets. Do not for-
*®t that in some places -whole fam-
i*s sleep together to share a single
Wank et.
»tJVbilfi th* Red Cross is caring for
helpless, and tue destitute
***«» and Belgians behind the ai-
led armies, the Commission for Bo-
te is earing for the helpless and
7® destitute French and Belgians
'* ft*re" behind the German line*
tty tor
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BRENHAM, WASHINGTON <
TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH l«, 1918
Sees That The Army Gets
Motor Truck*.
'<• WILSON TO DISCUSS CRIMINAL
JAPANESE SITUATION
New
Senator From
COURT
Long Silence R e ft r d i n | NrSroa Will F.ct Tn«l on
£b3£!°I,T° Monday, Mwth 18th.
(United Press Report)
Washington .March Id.—A force-
ful war message to the world I* ex-1
1 pected from President Wilson soon j
I It is indicated officially today that ;
j the President is determined to end l
bis silence in regard to the American .
positon toward the propose*) Japa-
nese expedition into Siberia
At the flume time It is plainly
stated that all peuce tulk is idle in
I view oi Uerinany's activities in Hie
near east and her ruthless invasion
. of Russia.
The criminal docket will be tak«-n
up when district court convene* on
Monday morning. Cases set for
Monday:
Aim* Slaughter, colored; recetv-
Ing stolen property
tlaston Slaughter, colored, theft
of over |50,
tlaston HI*ughter. colored; burg
iary, three eases.
tlaston Slaughter; felon* theft,
two rases.
<>nk hll.l.KI) in tXH.I.IKlOX
K.-lil'ei' Is Vli t>tn of Somsli-O|i in
Irolt This Morning.
(United Prass Report)
Detroit, March IS One soldier
COfYntGHT. h»»HI»
i hristian Ulr!. uhuse name has
in "ii fi riile subject Tor paragraph ; street car
. : - one of the many Chilians who !
•i" unlet!y fitting into the War 1>*
i.iriment's strenuous work It t*
Mr. (;:t !'h j.jl> Id see that tin- \rmy
"i -s ill lh<> motor truck* it needs.
was killed and eight Injured this
morning when an army motor truck
carrying llfteeu was struck t>> a
i lie Coniiui sinn for lleliel The
clothing, to lie sorted and packed,
must go to the warehouses of tlie
commission From there, it goes
to tlo' docks, iinrl theniv bv <hip In
llotterdain.
Four or five limes a month gen-
eral cargo vessels will take bun-
di'eds of tons of this clothing; cvurv
week the grain ships will carry as
much more
To meet the situation, and the op- i siroters
port unity, tin- week ol March 18-25,
should sif not less than 5,00n tons
of clothing collected aifd on its wa>
to tin' commission warehouses
Mrs. Hermann In Charge,
Mr«. Km est Hermann lias charge
of the woi k here and any informa-
tion wanted may be secured by phon-
ing to her. The room at the city
hall, formerly occupied by the late
Mayor Wilkius. has beeu donated for
this purpose and any contributions
may lie sent there.
A Few Don'ts.
I'lense do not send any of the fol-
lowing:
Men's stiff hats (derby, straw,
dress,).
Women's stiff hat*.
Women's fancy slippers
Goods containing rubbci In any
form as suspenders, garters, etc.
\s leather good0 not in best con-
dition deteriorate in shipment, kind
ly see that tlie shoes you send In
are free from mud
Ho not send in damp clothing
Ho not put any notes or messages
in the pockets of garments as no
Written matter can be sent into the
occupied territories with the coin-
mission's goods,
SUB WARFARE HAS
PROVEN FAILURE
Daniels Says Germany
Trump Card Is Being
Beaten.
il nlted Iti'hh Report I
Washington. March 16 tier j
I tunny's trump card, the submarines, j
! I« Su ing slowly but surely beaten by
I the rapidly-increasing number of de-
and chasers, according lo
information Secretary of the Navy
Hanlels has given to the house na
val committee.
The submarine menace will be
greatly lessened this summer, Dan-
iels believed
PREPARING FOR
3RD LIBERTY LOAN !
Executive Committee Meet-
.. ing Held; T. B. Botts,
Sales Manager.
A meeting was held at the Old 1
i dint s H (lidding* bank thin week at j
, which plans for the Third Liberty
! l-oan were outlines
! T II. Bolls, who whs responsible
I ill a large measure for the success
' of the Christmas drive for members
: lor the American Bed Cross, was
i named as sales manager for the
Third Liberty Loan The executive
i committee consists ol Me*srs. W. H
K*Ing. Il C (lidding*, W W Sear
lev. T A Low, O, K llaumgart. F
W. Schtierenberg, H F. Hoblt. P.
j (' Willlainii and Heury Mueller
The Third Liberty l.oan will be
launched on April tlth. the first an-
j niversary of America's entry into the
war. Other meetings of the execu-
tive committee will be held In the
meantime, ami various committees
are to be upitointed
MS
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(United
)
London, March 16.—Bulgarian artillery fiercely
Monatsir 011 Wednesday night, according to Corfti
v!r
With the British Armies in France. March 16.—British avia-
tors have downed 118 Oerman war planes since March 1st, the
I war oflV» announced.
Tokio, March 16.—Russian Maximilists have nturderad 160
Japanese at Blagovies Chtensk, according to dispatches received
here.
. > 4
Amsterdam, Man-It 16.—There has been an unprecedented
movement of Germans into Belgium, a Lee Nouvelles dispatch
announced today. From the same source it wax stated that Hin*
denburg and Ludendorf have established headquarters at the Spa.
CSWTMl. NIWS SHOTO.tiavw^Mwl.vMK
liavtd lull.I who tins been ah
nointsd by Governor Kdge, of New
.lereey, to emxeed the 1*1 e Senntoi
Hughes s« O. H Senator at Was him
ton Mi llnlrd will not be a rami!
date to *uer««(l hlmaalf In the No
»ember elactlon at which time th.
tarui eaplrse, boevtue of hl« a<l
vanced M« Ha Is eaventy.eight
.rears old.
With the American Army in France, March 16.—American ar-
tillery cut loose in Luenville sector 011 Thursday night and de-
stroyetl what in believed to have bean the German projector posi-
tion. Outposts sniping is reported all along this sector today.
KXIMjOSIOX IN I'KNXHYLVAMA 1
_ j
Small Mine Near Ford City Mr one »f
Hlsastot Today.
CHICKEN ORDINANCE
WILL BE ENFORCED
Ti» «l-:«ll I.ATK OI TIM'T
Ihttstlc To He Taken l>) I'llel
\dtnlnl«lrntor April 1st
(Uulted Pr«»s It portl
WiuhlngUMi. March lit Itogula
Hons for controlling the entire out-
put of coal ol America foi the yiytr
beginning Aptil 1st will be an
nuiinced auoti by Kuel *d""'"!strator
(lartleld
Under the new regulations cross
hauling of coal will be eliminated by
the designation of lones within
which coal produced will be con
sumed ,
l'etnigrad, March 16.—President Wilson'* message of sympa-
thy to the Uussian people was read to the pan-soviet congress
amid silence, interrupted by murmurs regarding the Japanese
situation.
The congress adopted resolutions in reply to President Wil-
son expressing appreciation to the American people, particularly
the toilers, aiul those who are being exploited for their sympa-
thy toward the Russian people.
MAY SIGN STATE- W. S. S: WORKERS
WIDE BILL TODAY MET IN HOUSTON
f United Press Report 1
Kippanning, Pa , March 16.—An
explosion that wrecked a small mine
across the river from Ford City, near
here this afternoon, resulted In the
death or Injury of the entire force
working there.
Keep Your Fowls Out of
Neighbor's Gardens and
Avoid Trouble.
COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET TUESDAY
0\k kiij.kh ktldkvtam.y
Three Wounded, Hesult of Mistak-
ing Destroyer for Submarine.
(United Pcss Reporti
Washington, Mai eh 16- One man
was killed and three wounded
aboard an American destroyer re-
cently. when an armed guard on an
American steamer tired on the d<-
stroyer, mistaking il for a subma-
rine.
Farmers Petition Court To
Help Build Dipping Vats.
A special session of the commis-
sioners court lias been called for
Tuesday, March 1 ;• th, at 2:30 o'clock
p. in.
The commissioners have been pe
tltloned by farmers and cattle rais-
ers of Cedar Hill, Burton. Long
Point and Berlin, to furnish cement
The War Garden campaign was
most successful, and hundreds
of gardens are now growing ulrelv,
however, there Is one bl* handicap
to raising a garden In Broiiham, that
is, despite the fact that we have a
chicken ordinance, and also deaplie
the fart that elty officials declare It
| will be rigidly enforced, it has never
been enforced at all. Chickens still
roam the streets and scratch and
eat up the -eeds and tender young
plunts of the neighbors' vegetable
and (lower gardens at their own
sweet will.
By this we do not mean that the
officials arc failures in their duty of
enforcing the city ordinances, for
we do not think such Is the case If
. it violation of the ordinance is re-
J ported, in ail- probability prosecution
and flue will follow. Hut very few
and lumber for building dipping vats .
for cattle, under the plan adopted by W' *'»h «,lr "P
the court ... a recent session, where- neighbors and thamselves
by the county pay* for the materials
and the farmers do the work, the
finished val to be available to all
cattle raisers in the vicinity.
.School Klectltm Held.
At the meeting Tuesday the com-
Wlll canvass the returns
and
rather than report the matter to the
authorities owners of garden* suffer
in silence, seeing the results of their
labors of week* destroyed in a few
i minutes by the depredations of their
! neighbors' chickens.
iNnrirriUAL notkn
Numerous Improvements Are Helng
Made Throughout the t'ity.
.Social Revolutionist* Quit.
(United Press Report)
Peirograd, March 16—The social
revolutionary commlssaires have
quit the Russia cabinet pending a
settlement of the peace question by
the pan-soviet congress, and have de-
cided to leave the government if the
German terms are ratified.
WAR GARDENS FOR
COLORED CITIZENS
Mating .t Chtuncey Wil-
liamson's P*A Mon-
daf Night.
The negroes of Brenhani will meet
at Cbauncey Williamson'* P^ MoD'
dav evening at eight o'clock to dis
CUSS the war Garden "
arraage for those who have not yet
planted gardens to do <* -
our well-known negro cituen
i »Z. •'
speeches wl"
the meeting promts* ^
t, resting and
public is cordially ™
Plant a
patriotir a«ty
Vou wouldn't go Into your neigh-
bor* garden and deliberately destroy
lils crops, would you? Then why
let your chickens, for which you are
missioned
of an election held In the Harrls-
burg school district, which la In the
Zlonsvllle neighborhood. The else-
Hon »as held for the purpose of de-1 responsible, do the same thing? Kv
terminipg whether or not a special I •** «■»« >"«r eh,ck«tt« ^our!
The llrouenkant building. Otto
Daring contractor, la nearlng com
pletlon The floor Is being laid
and plate glass fronts will be In'
stalled in a short time. The build
Ing will be one of the most modern
In the business district when It Is
completed
The building on Alamo avenue
which will l»> occupied by John Old
dings, local agent for the Overland
and Willys-Knight automobiles, will
be completed In a flfw days more
The front lion been remodeled, and
improvements made In the interior
New sidewalks In front of and ad-
joining the bulldlug have t»«en com
pleted,
The residence of A A. Hacker on
East Main street is under course of
construction
Mayor William Luak la laying
concrete gutters In front of the Ka*'
prowle* grocery, adding materially
to the appearance (if this section Of
the business district
INTERSCHOLASHC
MEET A SUCCESS
Twenty Schools Participate;
315 Pupils Enrolled.
The intersebolaelic meet held on
Friday at Firemen's park waa a suc-
cess In every sense of tbe word.
, is „„ th. lion Talus- i own yard you are violating the law. | County Superintendent Boemer has
'aX ^rjJTJwcSr not keep them up now. before. not completed the Us. of the win-
' "r w i i if turns show a vote of any unpleasantness results. Trouble | ners In all of the contests, but these
, TZ of diminishing theVx!, * •" ~ •' 'H.oken, conHnu-1
run st large, for any cltlsen Is j these columns
Justified in killing chickens! The county superintendent takes
ir -,,niM that come Into his ysrd. and
* •'•««* -»> «*|»~» " a""°" " """"
Wore the court at the special ses « nnn,h<<r »f sickens thrown
i >»r<" ,,w nMr
mbma* BF.UHAW srm.iKs
IVsplte IVomlse of Hafe Condact,
Huns Meiw HeJgian He-Hef
rnnltejl Press Report)
Copenhagen, March IS—Despite
the promise of safe conduct. Germs-
ny seised anl convoyed to Kiel the
Swedish steamer Princess lngen-
Itoard. loaded with grain for Belgian
relief.
Hill was the only white school In
the county that did not rake an
active part in the meet
RET AH, TO MJ3CT
(Wopeestlve DeUsery WOI Be Ws-
raSM^d st Hesirtnn MamOmj.
If | this method of expressing bis appre-
ciation of the services of all who
helped to make the event a success
especially the mayor, the chairman
l future by gardeners who have d«c1d-j "f the county board of education,
ed that patience ha* ceased to be a' and the Judges of the various events.
v(rtue Twenty school* participated In tbe
The committee appointed to look j meet, representing 816 pupils Cedar
after this matter has interviewed
Mayor Lusk. who declares that the
chicken ordinance will be enforced
to the best of his ability. Report,
violations to him and he will do the
reat. Owner* of chickens are again
urged to consider their neighbors'
rights and In common Justice to keep
the fowls np We hope this notice
will be sufficient warning to those
who are in the habtt of allowing
their chickens to ran at large to the
great annoyance of their neighbors.
This means TOW!
A meeting of the Retail Merchants
association will he held at the offices
of Fred jU Amsler, the secretary, on
Monday aftereoon At this meeting
it is expected that deSnite plans for
the jstabMshmewt ef a
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Tonight and
•Mettled, cooler
Sunday,
rising
to
VIMITOR HUlM IOWA
Superintend rat of Missions for die
Iowa Wsad to Speak at s».
Paul's.
liev J. V Relnscb, general super-
intendent of mlsniona of the Iowa
synod, Evangelical Lutheran church,
will All tbe pulpit at St. Paul's gran
geltaal Lutheran church on Sunday
evening.
Rev Relnscb is a cousin of Am-
bassador Relnscb, who represent*
tbe Interests of the United States
(a $Mna The superintendent la
a tour of inspection sf th*
to Tetan.
Effort Is Being Made To Have
Governor Affix Signature.
Chairmen of Woman's Com-
mittees of Variqus Caus-
tics Mat Midi 14
(United Prsaa Munort)
Austin, March ltl lty adopting
tbs free confernnrc report, eliminat-
ing tb« amendment dedulag iutotl-
catitiK beverages and penalising cor-
poration*. the statewide prohibition
bill has been disposed of Anally by
both houses. >
After tbe bill ia enrolled, It will
go to Uovsrnor Hobby. Friends of
the bill are attempting to have do-
livery made today, iu order that ac-
tion may be taken by the governor
before adjournment.
Tbe general opinion is thst tbe
governor will sign the bill.
Vote on Suffrage Monday.
The senate set woman's suffrage
as a special order for Monday morn-
ing
The dry-gone bill waa signed by
th»< governor today.-
AMICItH'A.N II A.NK Kit A I *HI HO Mill
Former Member of American Mili-
tary Mission a Prisoner of
Oermany.
Mr. Upslls, Statu director of War-
Havings campaign of 1 visa called the
county coaiimen ol Woman's Com-
mittees ot tbe dJIerent counting
South Texas lo meet at Hies hotel,
Houston, March it for the purpose
of hearing reports <M «NM* • *«.<.*><*
lug ideas and receiving instruction
i h« attendance wns very good and
the meeting valuable.
The report ot Washington county
compared favorably with other coun-
ties although tha results of activi-
ties ot the Woman's committee of
this- county were below many ot the
other counties. Let us not b« dis-
couraged however, tor some one tru-
ly said that amail leaks will aiak
ibH ship Tha result of our activi-
ties may be the means of olosiag
dangerous leaks and our efforts will
not have beeu In vain. Lot's enter
the cttmpaign with renewed energy
and give the greatest aid la this
work that we are capable of rea4er-
Ing. lludyard Kipling saidU
"It slut tbe Individual nor the army
as a whole,
Hut the svsrlastln' team work of
ever}' bloomln* soul."
Let's get together In this work,
and encourage others lo get with
us. Organise War Huv ing-Socle tlea.
This work was stressed by our Stale
director,
It ia my opinion that It would have
been Impossible for our government
to secure a wiser leader for this
work in Texas than Mr. Upsits. I
believe tlie same to be true of our
woman leader, Mrs. Virginia Thread-
gill, field secretary of WomgS'a
Work*, Texas As Ood chose Moses
to lead the IsrMlltee out ot bond-
age, I verily believe that It was the
result or His inspiring Influence
caused Mr. LipslU to lead our fore*
„..ii v fy. c n . I es of Texas in this work, that this
Will You Give Some Books, ma)r ^ ^,4 fram B bond-
for Pleasure of Our ags as repugnant as that forced by
Soldiers? ,b*
Dr, Sears made an esceUeat nd-
drew He compared the struggls of
More books are needed for tbe the world with s great refinery that
camp libraries and for out men
"Over There".
An active campaign to secure
books for the soldiers and sailors
will be waged by the libraries all
over the country from March 11-21.
Over two mlllfon book* are needed,
The librarian and the library
board of the Hrenbam public libra-
ry will have charge of tbe campaign
in Washington county. Will yon
help?
Look over your shelves and pick
out the books you are going to send
to the men In khaki.
Choose some you would like t«
keep, others will like them too.
Men Ilk# adventure, western sto-
ries, detective stories, biography,
travel, h(*tory. and poetry of ell
kinds
War books, military manuals sal
up-to-date technical hooks sre fa
great demand.
Wrap them up and label the pack-
age "Llborty War Service". Send, 1
the pocksce to tbe PnMic
■r '
(United Press Report)
Washington, March 16—Henry
K Mmwry, who represented the
Guarantee Trust company of New
York In Ituaala, and who later was
attached to the American Mltttary
Mission, has been made a prisoner
of the Hermans oil Aland Island, ac«
cording to a telegram to the state
department from the American min-
ister at Stockholm.
WANT BOOKS FOR
CAMP LIBRARIES
la testing the metal of this
burning the dross of selfishness, ha-
tred and vice, and,that will leave s
purer better people. ,
As a leader consecrated to duty.
Mr. Pedeu, State food |
s««m« to be without s peer la
It seems to me thst It would a hard-
hearted person indeed that could
have heard him speak on tbs trying
problem of the food sltustlcsi sad
be unwilling to conform entirely to
his instructions.
Read tbe papers; flsd what he
wants yes to do la
tlee his teecbtegs
yon will set to wrong
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