Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 18, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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DISCUSSED AT MASS MEETING TUESDAY
Ltistics Show Country It Facing Serious Conditions; Actu-
al Want May Result Unless Prompt Measures Are
Taken To Raise More rood.
,fhe United States department of agriculture says that the
Lited States of America is facing even a worse calamity than
[ belligerent powers of Europe faced in the first year of the
tr in the matter of feed and food stuffs.
Statistics show that we are NOW short of food and feed
bffs and that unless the farmers of the county will arise in
L;r might and plant more feed and food stuffs we, right here
[Washington county, will face starvation and famine.
It's up to you. Will you plant more food and feed stuffs or
hi you starve?
The mobilization of every element
I the county for the purpose of
jetlng the extraordinary situation
Cght about by America's entry
the war, is the full-sized Job
dertaken at ft meeting of the
enham Chamber of Commerce
Id Tuesday evening.
That part of the work which is
j be immediately undertaken may
| summarized as follows:
rallying of all the members of
Washington County Farmers
lion.
The board of directors of this
Iganization will call a mass meet-
of all farmers of the county
aether they are affiliated with the
lion or not. The Importance of
anting more feed stuffs will be
ain emphasized, and it is expected
kt at this time the farmers of
RRhington county will respond.
(Every minister of the gospel in
Is county at the morning services
| all of the churches Sunday will
111 the attention of the ehurch-go-
i to this patriotic duty—planting
stuffs.
(The school children are to be mo-
Blxed. Home gardening is to be
ken up, the teachers of the city
hools, white and black, have Big
Ifleil their willingness to co-oper
Be and every vacant lot in the city
PI] ho utilized. Children instead
1 playimr about the Rtreets, will be
loulml to work these gardens.
jCiinninc clubs are to be organized,
order that a great portion of the
led ifnnptV"#,of th# * cohWtry which
lis heretofore been wasted may be
hnserved.
] While the directors of the Wash-
Is-ten Oonity Farmers' Union are
liVitie pmnKemfut for a mass
jieetinnr of t^o farmers, the mem-
ory of the Brenham Chamber of
Ininnrce prnected to make per-
pnil nnnonts to the farmers, doing
"mii"1' m'sslnnary work ns possi-
1'" in th" next few days, hefore It
i too Me to plant many food crops.
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Minutes of the Meeting.
The meeting was called to order
|v President Wangemann, who
It ate d that the fact that Texas was
the most serious condition in the
Jitetory of the present generation,
Insofar as food was concerned made
|t Imperative for the Brenham
Chamber of Commerce to follow the
Example of the leading commercial
[clubs In all Texas cities, and take
Steps to secure a large acreage of
pood stuffs in this county.
Kennedy Quotes Statistics.
J. C. Kennedy of the Brenham
(Compress, on and Manufacturing
■Company, made a strong appeal to
Ithe Indies present as well as to the
Imen, to nwalte to a full realization
I of the gravity of the situation.
I Government statistics, Quoted,
I showed the available food supply to
|be lower than In the entire history
[of the nation—with estimates on
(the wheat crop and other crops,
1 positively alarming. He suggested
that there is plenty of money In the
banks, but when no foodstuff is to
be had, money availeth not.
In the past few months the sec-
retary said, more than lpo cars of
hay, of ^exceedingly poor quality
had been imported .selling at |12
to tiB per ton.
That thousands of dollars worth
of torn were destroyed by weevils
last year that might have been
saved bv a few dollars" worth of
rork. He said that there was yet
time to piaui 2->,OO0 acres of June
corn in this county.
He pledged, on behalf of the
Farmers Union, to lend every effort
of the members and the body as a
whole, to the betterment of farm
conditions.
Cunning Clubs Needed.
Superintendent Notley of the city
schools told how the children could
help, with home gardens, gardens in
the vacant lots about the city, and
by the organization of canning e'u^s.
The children may secure all the
instruction needed In those two
lines at the High school, and to take
up the canning club work through-
r. it the county after the school.term
i" over, would mean the saving oi
thousands of dollars worth of fruits
and vegetables, wasted heretofor
Mrs. Mary D. Ross pledged the
support of the women. A meeting
of the ladies of the city will be held
at the Chautauqua tent this
(Wednesday) afternoon at 4 o'clock.
May Conscript Farmers.
D. C. Oiddings spoke briefly, de
daring that prices were higher, and
the tffeople^of nearer
tion than they had ever been before
In the knowlelge of the present
generation. He paid a tribute to
the ladies and appealed to them for
help in this solemn hour of the na-
tion's trial.
That the farmers had neglected
to plant more feed stuffs was un-
fortunate. Unfortunate, because the
cold, calculating experts of the gov
ernment predict 20-cent bread. |4
potatoes, and everything else In pro-
portion—with the more alarming
probability of a famine In several
lines, and no food available at any
price.
In the event the cotton farmers
do not plant feed stuff, It Is believed-
certain that these will be the first
to be called to the front, preference
being shown to planters who are
producing food for the mouths of
warriors in the field and In the
trenches as well.
That actual conscription of cotton
farmers will be a reality Is the Arm
conviction of many business men
who have been In close touch with
the developments at Washington.
Committees Appointed.
Committee to take up the feed
campaign with the t»lnlsters: Rev.
F. A. Sagebiel. chairman; Dr J. 3-
Marek. and H. F. Hohlt.
Committee to arrange for organ-
ization among the schools: W. F. A.
Boemer, chairman; F. C. Wlnkel-
mann and Prof. J. I* Neu.
Mayor William Lusk was appoint-
ed chairman of a committee on
pmployment with authority to name
Tither committeemen. The duty of
this committee shall be to help the
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(UntMd Pws# Report)
Photo by American Press Association.
The monster New York Is a 27,000 ton warship, 573 feet tons. She caittes
ten fourteen-inch guns. There are 1.014 officers and men In her crew. *
On the 21st of April, eighty-one years ago, a small
Texans under the leadership of General Sam Housion,
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band of
defeated
Santa Anna and his Mexican hoards on the field of San Jacinto,
thereby wresting our beloved State from Mexican tyranny.
No people who forget or refuse to commemorate the deeds of
daring of their dead, or that fail to properly observe the days
that mark important epochs in their history, ever remain great
or deserve to enjoy the blessings of liberty.
Today the storm clouds of war hover over our beloved land,
and at any moment we may be in a conflict with Mexico. To
observe San Jacinto Day at this time is not only appropriate,
but the only thing for Texans, who love their S^11 J~
Therefore, be it resolved, by the Brenham C
merce that all business houses in the city be reqi
neft Saturday, the 21^t of April, that every.
to participate in patriotic exercises.
(Signed) THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FOR ARMY 0FT1CER
Indiana Lieutenant Had Ne-
gotiated with Mexican
Government.
(United Press Report)
Washington, April 18.—Second
Lieutenant Robert Hall* Indiana
militiaman, was sentenced to JSO
years' Imprisonment today, on
charges Including one that he ne-
gotiated for a commission from the
Mexican government, and also lost
government maps In Mexico.
LEGISLATURE IN
SPECIAL SESSION
Speaker Fuller Appeal* for
United Support in War
Crisis.
(United Press Report)
Austin, April 18,—The special
session of the legislature convened
at 10 o'clock this morning.
8enator W, I). Sutter of Wlnns-
boro was elected president pro tem
without opposition.
Speaker Fuller made a patriotic
address to tho house, urging mem-
bers to lay aside their prejudices
and politics in correcting measures.
United support, he said, should be
given the constituted authorities.
BERLIN PROMISES
MORE FOOD TO MEN
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Washington, April 18.—Determined to
conscription bill through congress with all
President went to the capitol to confer with
berlin of the senate military committee and other
The President told Chamberlain the bill must
immediately without change from the suggested army
college "for the welfare of the nation".
to do.
r of Com-
to close on
he able,
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS TONIGHT WITH
ARTHUR WALYNS EVANS HEADUNER
Monster Tent on High School Grounds Ready for Seven
Great Days of Entertainment, Music, and Oratory.
Expected That Promises WtU
Improve Strike Situation.
(United Press tteport)
Berlin, April II,—Promises by
the gewntiMOt that the food att-
uatlon will be Improved, and to In-
clude workmen In the membership
of the distribution commission is
expected to Improve Germany's gen
era! strike situation.
The census showed that 460,000
workmen aro participation In the
strike.
Late War Bulletins
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(United Press Report)
E! Paso, April 18.—Carransta'n mobilization of troops
along the border continued today. It was learned that Gen-
eral Murgia has given up the Villa chase, returning to Juarez
with a column of 5,000. Withdrawal of practically all Car-
rancista force# in Central Mexico is virtually complete.
London, April 18.—Reports are persistent that Bulgaria,
Turkey and Austria are angling for peace agreements with
the entente through secret emissaries.
Christiana, April 18 (by Wm. G. Shepherd)—All Scan-
dinavia is worried ovef the possibility of America shutting
off food supplies from neutrals, and concentrating on provi-
sioning the Allies in the war, declared Premier Knudson, in
an interview today.
Washington, April 18.—The navy department at noon
received official report# from Bo#ton saying that gun fire was
heard off Provincetown this morning, announcing "coast
guard stations along Cape Cod reports hearing firing of heavy
guns in rapid succession at sea. to northward stations.
succession."
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Boston, April 18.—Heavy firing reported off Province-
town by three different coast guard stations. It is thought
that patrol boats might have come in contact with a German
submarine, but this is purely conjecture. It is suggested also
that it might be a welcome salute to some foreign ship.
None of the three stations gave asy indication of the time
the first shots were heard. Officers of the Charlestown navy
yard declared they were at a loss to account for the firing,
but in addition to the theory of a submarine or raider attack,
these officers also suggest that it could have been a salute
to some foreign ship or visitors.
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Washington, April 18.—To safeguard the Panama canal,
terminal point# at Cristobal and Balboa have been closed, and
navigation lights extinguished. .
Washington, April 18.—All doubt that the submarine ac-
tually fired at the destroyer Smith was swept aside when re-
CAVALRY SQUADRON
BEING ORGANIZED
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immediate action by the housewife
and the community at large, to meet
to some/ extent, at least, the war--"nther committeemen,
time conditions.
Home gardens, simpler living,
harder work, elimination of the Id-
ler, he said, were absolutely neces-
sary at the present time.
To help the community in every
possible way, the secretarv of the
Brenham Compress, Ott v « ,m*
P*ny, offered free cb
sll persons who ha<J
*eed, or other perlsha
nets.
Talk by Mr.
W. A. Yates, seer
Washington County '
spoke at length. | V
w*de a close study
Mobs, and especiallj
(From Wednesday's Daily)
Promptly at eight o'clock this
evening everybody in Brenham will
listen to our eloquent mayor, Wil-
liam Lusk, as he delivers an ad-
dress of welcome to the Chautauqua
system. The response will bo given
by Nelson H, Trimble, the genial su-
perintendent, with whom our people
have already become favorably ac-
quainted.
At the close of these formalities
The Australian Manikins will en-
thuse the old and delight the chil-
dren.
Tonight is laugh night. Don't
come If you do not like fun.
Watch particularly for the screen
under the sea. Note the fishes,
divers and devilfish!
The lecturer chosen as an open-
ing number will be Arthur Walwyn
Evans, and after you have h«ard
him the marvelous power of his Un-
cle Lloyd George will seem less hard
to explain, for you will have seen
in action a man of the same stock.
Evans Is full of ginger, pep and to-
Houston Men Propose To An-
' swer First Call.
pictures which he has secured at
the very outposts of civilisation.
These are all original photographs.
of animals In their wild state and Postm«ter Henry Musllsr is in
were secured at great co.t and much of * from.
hardship. The sterwptlcon us.«i |. Bradley or Houston, a student at
the best obtainable machine and thel,l,r® Histitute. ,
machine and the pictures and the
Davennys together will make the
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nights double program worth »2.»0, *«"ln« tho »«»«»' * 10 are
I - J., i.. ..M„« ttiAtv aneuinna In nit t*
.ports direct from the vessel said that the officer on watch ac-
ts self-explanatory: r*ually saw the periscope 400 vards from the vessel.
•ound Houston we are ^ '
the price of a season ticket If you
never go again.
Navasota, Tejas, April 11.—The
Chautauqua opened here Tuesday
night under a large theatrical tent
having a seating capacity of 1600
people with an Initial attendance of
over 1,000 people. r
This assembly was made possible
tnts ..et'basco sauce. He enters quietly and
employer and the employee moderation, but some
together: to ».!« ». !•>»'« <° „ J .r, ..rlt.We or-
» Job, ,od to MP th. o, He I. . -It.
ready to offer their services to our
country as soon as the call for vol-
unteers comes.
"It Is our aim to have men enough
to compose a squadron of cavalry.
We are making efforts to provide
for the training of these men here
in Houston.
"Of courae, If we have conscrip-
when ^5 of the enterprising, pro- Plsns wll not hold, but
1 If volunteers are called for, we
gresslve business men of the city
guaranteed a large sum of money want to 1,e ready to g<,1n« a^>body
as an advance season ticket Mle, representing East Tews. It is pos-
securing one of the best ChauUuqua ^nt we shall become a un t
courses In the United States. The <» the present consideration
ticket committee met with phtnom- ^.**'7' h . ..
enal success In selling the season Ajl.t Is -
tickets until Tuesday afUrnoos th»l •" who .,0l4",Pa '"V- JIT
there was a scramble among the l^lr names, and ^
peopta desiring to take advantage ^r he "^ ca'l fo
oi the cheap season Ucket rate. ™s M ts being hold at the Ban-
Not since the day# late Ust | "er-Press office
month when the marine boys were
>ns'"d a* ^
assembling have the people of Nav-
a* ta been so flred wlU» enthusiasm
was created
♦w*ge to: mission aJt _ .
nt asMUjiUn*# the AUm*** u i 0
» '« 1 lo>«. ^WlWHer will •
wKh SupMntendent Notlej.
•- ' A ecamlttee ! r«.>
of the: f* i>;e«0ng
m Union. I „f (|i, ^ «• W«
* ale* ha*! for i ^
rm eondl-, «fhP
...... «oadittoBS tfujon will ^
«f this country. B*i|a**f..".#i<*. tm-1 room Thtir»d%y at 3 P- " *
Pfoper care of tub and too j a JfK "
®*ny automobile# assigned as ^eis„n Trlmbk-
***** for the fofL f%<*rtage. Land | general ***■>»*■
is not an nrn^nAtl. . u in fnrmer I J>irector*
-^▼"owners to i cord Evans a sponUneous welcome . «y ^rwne. as
tent tonight.
hi ii.v 'be •"tislc will be
(,v the striki Davennys.
I PA'tfRKmc MKOT AT OAMWBIA
larr At4«idai»ee at IoWty Mmi-
log Held Tueeday.
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f#ma i
OUtSt^dll^
fill
• JFfewry
in the
j can physician
writC for m«t of the Popular
,.-1 American «M»«tnes 'J*
ire of the
im m erpts from
;ns:r- nental so-
the vioi.'tt and pl-
ay and Miss Geon,
iluMt if. both af-
ng pti "Hms.
sfmlt' Williams
afternoon on add
• life No Ameri-
, more In a
,o r>aden the
ue and
Williams
bv the campaign of ticket selling
for this Chautauqua. The cam- Messrs. W. W. Searcy, John M.
palgn was conducted fty the mayor, Mathls and others who attended
H. L. Lewis, and by the chairman of th# Joyalty meeting at Caldwell
tlie underwriters. Ward Temple-1 Tue,day report one of the largest
man, and they practically had the jmthertngs that tias ever assembled
entire cltlsensblp as their assistant*. I|„ Caldwell.
The assembly will be In seeslon Patriotism was at IU height, and
for seven foil days. All churches Lpien4W speeches were delivered,
will be closed next Sunday, allowing " " a v
the cburch-golng peofrte to attend HUTHODIHT WffllO OTUAKWA
the sacred concerts at the Chautan-1 OMd)i|(t| MetbodW 8«r
I day Nefeool WMI Olehrate
not as producU* » «s. in former
J*sra. No effort ' to eon-; A meetlw* of tfw "'."**" »IPtttrw» k«owl-<ig*'
the fertility <.f tl^ #«». moeb tf,„ ot the Rre«%a»_0«*»*r „r(,T<!nti„B. |
to Improve it, ( I commeW® h*1(! ,
As secprtary ot^nA Union, Mr. i •,,re'in8 "f the ln*l a »»n . t- ,
Tat* i. petha^S^SAiMUar *** | tails of the campaign tor of the Encyclopaedia Brltaani-
«adlUons than ma * «tii*r acreage, in fw» ^ ca.
#sys the far*. no , disenssed. mtloBS. I" Cha"nc*y ®
•*»«on of Uie fn af the prw-; Tit* board *t«« •Jwijl tell of ^fs erperi«M» hn"t ng
sltnatlon; that *• wM know; m«estla«t #T
rltb * osntera aw' an®*
^ snlesa thla 4mt r*&m «»|rtmtim mmm mmm of
faod. many
Buenos Aires, April 18.-Argentine formally took a!* Ger-
man ships "into custody", The official explanatios was that
the action was taken to prevent the crews from damaging
the vessels.
With the French Armies Afield (by Henry Wood)—All
Germany's hold on France is menaced by the world s most
titanic offensive in the struggle betw^n Hmdenberg and
master strategists on the French and British tronts. I no
battle is being waged on a scale undreamed of.
The French onslaught is gathering the greatest momen-
tum, making the battle line from Dixmude to Rheims, one
hundred Iniles.
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With the British Armies Afield (by Wm. Phillip Simms)
-Captures of the British armies since April 9th reached
fourteen thousand men. Two hundred and twentv-seven
guns have been taken, iMid still more are *£reanung bade.
Around Lens and St. Quentin Field Marshal Hafofc
stretching a tight noose, increasing the pressure every hour.
Paria, April IB.—France is loosening the grip of
vader on her soil. Battering ■ blows struck with bew
^oday was France's turn to strike the most.
und General Nevilles men forced their way to a
in sight of Laon- ;
Xo<j«.. f,Mal I Oiddings Memorial Methodist
AH J " trf^U„n<lI1y school will have their Picnic
ante* for the Saturday at Indian B«ln, Mr
with I Ammons' partsrt.
quested to be
tonight, as a
the Chautanqna
made after the
vour nnsol
"«fved f«r
cf tinting may
beIleave the churcfeat *:
Brlngl scholara. their
a. m. AH
and mem-
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of VegetaMee at HoWt's-
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