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VOL. 35 NO; 14
HOUSTON TEXAS FRIDAY APRIL 1 8 1 9 1 9
PRICE FIVE CEH
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ALL TEXAS ROUTE IS
RECOIJLIENDED FOR
BAUKHEAD HIGHY7AY
Pathfinders y Report ; Favors
Road Traversing State'
: Through Dallas and .
: V - Fort Worth '
NOTICE GIVE-N
f ?r -; OF CONTEST
Senator . . Morris ' Sheppard
:i Greeted With Applause v
; Engineers r Discuss
A U Construction .
Houston Port Bpedal
MINERAL WELLS Texas April '
" ' 17. At a meetinf which packed Odd
Fellows hall to -capacity the Texas .
. . r division of the Bankhead Highway
' .associated selected J. Atweeod
: as the first president and T. B. Mc- .
.." Lean 'of. Mount Pleasant' and K. N.
KIrby of Abilene as the two Texas
directors (or the national organisa-
tion. ; : ' . -v -V-."
. Dr. Eastland f Mineral Wells was
: elected president of the Texas divi- '
; ision; Lee Bountree of Georgetown
: and DeArmond of Amarillo Vice prea -.'V
idents; A. R. Dyer of Dallas secre-
! f tary-treasurer. Texas new has 6380
.' member ' of the Bankhead National
. - association )
"A A ; ' . '. HARRY i. WARNER
v t -- staff Correspondent.
: MINERAL WELLS Texas April 17.
The all-Texas or Southern route for the
' Bankhead national highway is .. recom-
mended in the report of the 'pathfinders.
I The report was opened Xhnrsda eve-
1a .: nlng by the directors of the Bankhead
" ' Highway" association and when 'its con-
' tents were made known representatives
of Arkansas from Hot 8prings and terri-
? 1 tory west-of that town to the Oklahoma
State Una joined representative of south-
. ern Oklahoma and of the panhandle of
; Texas in a joint notice that they desired
1 to. contest the report. They will be given
45 minutes' in the convention Friday to
.. present their claims for a route through
western Arkansas southern- Oklahoma
aid the panhandle: Governor Larrasola
' at New Mexico win 'also be given time
to plead for a loop n the. highway to
; ' 1 leave the all-Texas route to Sweetwater
and proceed Into and through New Mex-
l" '. r.ico. Ve 1. - '; 'i
When the dcdbn'r'atlLfiners
was made public the all-Texas route
boosters led by Curtis Hancock formed
- a ring around Senator Bankhead who
was seated in the lobby ot the Crazy hotel
and called for a' speech. He said that
.' "be had not concerned himself with the
s report of the pathfinders and that this
was the first-intimation bad received
- ' of its contents but that now that he had
. been lniormea tnat tney naa recom
- mended the all-Texas route he was glad
' - of.it f ! . .. ' - ''v '-
' "Lee Satterwhlte'of Panhandle and F. R.
Jameson of Canadian were added to the
committee that will conduct the $75000'
' ' 000 road bond campaign Thursday.
' Sheppard Warmly Greeted. . "
Morris Sheppard was greeted with en
' thuslastti when he appeared on the plat
; form at the good roads convention this
' 1 morning.'' He (S suffering with a car-
. bunda on. his neck and came despite ad-
' I vice of his physician. The applause dem-
! onstrated his popularity and repaid him
i in part for his1 effort. ' He was intro-
- . 't duced as the leader of the nation in pro-
" hibition.". He spoke briefly In demonBtra-
. '1 tion of the thought that there is consan
guinity between prohibition and good roads
i He paid tribute to Senator Bankhead of
i Alabama : as ' a constructive statesman
1 and asserted that for himself he had al-
j ways voted for every good road appro-
priaUon on the theory that it was return-
1 ing to the taxpayer his money in the
manner which was most effective.'
Decca Lamar West ! made a plea to
. have one of the highway's named in hon-
or of Jefferson Davifl and declared that
' the Daughters of the Confederacy would
" not be happy unless it is done. She pro-
posed a resolution' to that effect 'which
. was referred to the proper committee.
. The engineers "were finally given an
' opportunity Thursday morning. " Several
of them had been called away their ad
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New York Publisher and
Attorneys Indicted- on
. j - Charges of Conspiracy
-.'AsBociated Press Report t- . .
; NEW YORK April 17. Federal in-
dictments were returned late Thursday
against Dr. Edward A. Rumely formerly
1 owner and editor of the New York Even
:ing MaiL and bis attorneys 8. Walter
Eaufmann and Norvin - R. "Lindbeim
charging them with conspiracy tts defraud
the United States government. It is al-
leged that Dr. Rumely and his attorneys
conspired to conceal the ownership by
the imperial German government of $1-
1 451700 of the capital stock of the S. 8.
McClure newspsper corporation which
' represented controlling . interest jn the
MaiL : -?-'.v V r. '
The a'ttotneys were specifically charged
with advising Rumely to omit transmis-
sion of a list showing German ownership
to the alien property custodian.
Dr "Rumely is now out on bail under
federal Indictments ' charging him With
perjury in New York city and. failure to
return German ownership statements to
Y.asUington. ' ' Z ;.
Burlesons Wire doubles
Spread;H6uston Affected
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TELEPHOUE STRIKE-
FORCES BURLESON
TO CHA11GE POLICY
Wire Dictator Orders Boston
Agent to Enter Into Cbl-
elective j. Bargaining
With Employes- . ;
STRIKERS GAIN :
MANY RECRUITS
Massachusetts Democratic
; Leader Urges President .
.. 'to Remove Burleson -
. to Save Pirty "i;
t Associat'ed Press Report.
WASHINGTON -April 17. Basis for
settlement of the strike of telephone op-
erators and allied " workers in
New England which has paralysed tele-
phone service therevsince Tuesday was
believed by officials" here Thursday - to
have been reached. . .
Action of Postmaster General Burle-
son in forwarding' to General Manager
Driver of the New England Telephone
and Telegraph company the demands of
the striking operators with instructions
to hear the employes either individually
or collectively aipon receiving assurances
that they would return to work immedi
ately was considered as forming a basis
for agreement . . :
Following the postmaster general's an-
nouncement Secretary. Tumulty4 who
Wednesday sent a telegram to Miss0 Julia
S. O'Connor president of the operators'
onion' requesting that the union ' submit
its demands to the general manager re-
peated his request in another telegram
to Miss O'Connor. The operators were
assured 'by' Secretary Tumulty that if
they followed the ; suggestion made -by
Burleson their grievances would be heard
at once and a decision reached "without
any undue delay" ; Postmaster General
Burleson had announced that ' action
would be taken by the wire board on the
general - manager's recommendikions -on
or before May 10. '" ' " ' " 1 ' 1
7" '." ".;'- r-r-r . : .
" Dtrlkert Gain Many Bccrolt.
Associated Press Report. ' .
BOSTON ' April' 17.-i-Tbe telephone
strike . assumed a new phase Thursday
with the entry into the fight of thousands
of men members of unions affiliated withH
the telephone operators in the general
organisation of the New England joint
council electrical workers. .
. The girl operators .hailed the new sup-
port with delight and claimed that the
greater number of the 12000 cable splic-
ers test room men and other associates
had joined them and that further sup-
port would be forthcoming. ;
The executive committee ofthe Cooks
and Waiters union notified the hotel men
of the city that none of its 2600 members
would serve telephone strike breakers
at the hotels. ' : .
. Another appeal was made to President
Wilson Thursday afternoon' Francis J.
Finneran president "of the Democratic
club of Massachusetts and 11 members
of the legislature cabled to Paris a re-
quest that the postmaster general be re-
moved from office; The message read:- .
"Burleson wrecking the "party. V Re-
move him and settle this strike.":
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Strike Fever Spreading. j
- Associated Press Report. '
SPRINGFIELp IU April 17. Over-
whelming majorities favoring the calling
of a nationwide strike on July 1 of more
than 150000 electric workers . ' in the
Ignited States are being received here
according to J. P. Noonan acting presi-
dent of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. j "
; The ':. whole responsibility ' for ; the
strike becoming' effective will rest with
Postmaster - General Burleson" - Mr.
Noonan said. ; "He has refused time and
again to recognize the telephone . etri-
ployes union even after President Wil-
son has turned our request over to him."
; Makes Another AppeaL . -
'. Asstfciated Press Report. '
WASHINGTON April 17. Anothet
appeal te .the New England Telephone
strikers to return to work "was tele-
graphed Thursday by Secretary Tumulty
te . Miss Julia O'Connor president : of
the anion operators with a request that
a statement issued -Thursday by Post-
master General Burleson be read ''very
carefully and a personal assurance that
under Mr. Burleson's 'plan' grievances
would be considered immediately and de-
cision reached without delay. - - '
Baker and l4oover Call ; '
; ' : on President -Wilson
; :r-. - . . -.;
'Associated Press Report "'-'"
'- PARIS April 17. Secretary of War
Baker was the"guest of President' Wilson
at luncheon In the Psris "White House"
Thursday. The. president' also received
Herbert C. Hoover the food administra-
tor the two having a brief conference.
. During the day President Wilson. was
made an honorary citizen of i -.i
Marino. ' .- ; '
PH01IE EIIPLOYES '
m HOUSTON YOTB
TO JOIH STRIKE
Expecli AH Hands to Go Out
in ' Sympathy . .With -
Electrical Workers ;
' - .' ' Union ;
DEMAND RIGHT'
TO ARBITRATE
Referendum Vote Now Be-
1 ing Taken Throughout
United States to.
.End May 11.
Telephone employes in Houston ' who
are affiliated wih organised labor have
cast their vote in the proposed nationwide
strike to force government recognition of
the telephone employes' union and the
right to arbitrate. D. W. Tracy business
agent of the Houston Electrical Work
ers union announced Thursday the vote
was taken by members of the telephone
operators' craft who are affiliated with
the electrical union.
According to Harry . Henderson of
Louisville. Ky. business agent of the tele
phone operators ' union of that place a
similar vote is being taken throughout the
United States. He said the referendum
would be finished by May 11 and that the
votes of 250000 telephone employes al-
ready have been received. '"
Mr. Tracy said in the event the strike
was declared the local situation would
not. be affected ' as much aa would the
long distance calls.' This is duetto the
fact Mr. Tracy said that telephone em
ployes in Houston are not thoroughly or
ganized. San Antonio and Fort' Worth
unions be said1 were 100 per cent" or
ganized and the situation at those places
would necessarily ' affect the Houston
service; . . . . " V
It is probable Mr. Tracy said the em
ployes who are not affiliated .with the
Houston Electrial .Workers union will
cease work in the event a strike is called
. for n-oetieaapnjlhaA
pathy". I ;' - ;;-ty:'' V-- v.;vi
Mr. Tracy said the strike in New Eng
land was a direct outcome of the vote
now being taken; In that district the
unions are completely organised sccoHf
ing to Mr. Tracy and they did not with'
hold action until the results of the refer
endum vote which will be returned Msy
11 could be. counted. They- have acted
on their .own initiative Mr. Tracy de-
clared and their demands r similar to
those which the other telephone employes
are voting on. :vj.t""v: . '-
Discussing the assertion of Mr. Burle
son' director general of the telephone sys-
tems in the United States that provi
sions nave been made ' for considering
problems of adjustment of wage scales
Mr. Tracy said if such-a committee or
commission had been created organized
labor did not know where it sat or where
it could be located. The strike vote is
eur only alternative" Mr. Traey added.
Body of Edith Cavell
Murdered bv Huns t
Be Removed to Elngland
Associated Press Report. ?
LONDON April 17 (British Wireless
Service). The body of Edith Cavell
the English nurse who was executed by
theGermans in 1915 at Brussels will be
brought to England from Belgium on
May 15 and taken to Westminster Abbey
where ceremonies will be held.
; The body .will be brought to Dover on
a warship and will be transported on a
gun carriage with military escort to Vic-
toria station and thence to Westminster
Abbey. Interment will be at- Norwich
the home town of the Cavells V .
' ( Today's Calendar; .
fIreCAJ-JS. OF THE WEATHER.
!kociated Vttm Report. ' '
'WASHINGTON. Aoril 1T Ttxat
Friday aif. parnur; Saturday cloudy.- ;
W$t Tta-Friday fair warmer ; Saturday
inutally cliudi. .j ' -v -
LtMuiana Friday . Jiiri 'SaturJiayJ': Mr
warmtr in tart portion i. '. ' 7 . t.
Forcnt for Hoaatoa Dd Vicinity: Fair; rU-
IniC tempmtarc. Tempera tun - extreme -rl
pnelpitstloa t Raustoa undlns April. 17 1010
z p.m. maximum 72 mlnlmam 82 prcclplutlos
0.0O lache. 'Atmospheric pntmr at Hoturoa
at S a.m. 80.28 m erel xdln. SnarlM S:52
a.m. nanl 7:61 p".ra. . ; v .
Comparative retort at Botntoa (or April 17:
'.-.-''' " ' WW 1 1B1T
8:00 a.m. Wi.. 5 Tt .70
10:00 a.m. :...m V.. 66 i tS . 7
Koon US SO - 77-
3:U0 p.m. ' M ' T
6 ."OO p.m. .. 88 ; 7S
BelatWe homldlty. T a.m.. SO per eeot; aooti
it. per eeat. '- - " '"K ' " -.-
TODAY'S ETE5TSL".
Sal)amansbip dub lunch Bender" hotel
p.B. . . ..
Dr. Rosalie 8. Morton speaks at T. W.
- C. A. 8:15 v.m. . '
Measuring and weirhing of children Dow
school 2 to & p.m. - i- h-
Centenary Moement ' banquet . First
Methodist church 7:30 p.m.
Boy Bconts. depart 8 p.m. (or San Ja-
f cinte liatuejround on three-day camp
to trip. .
UILITARY COURTS
IJAKE 110 PRETENSE
OP EXACT JUSTICE
s
Dominating' i Idea Always
Of fiotjr. Declares Is to
Produce : Efficient
; ; - i Fighting Force y ;'-
SAY SYSTEM IS ' 7 -
RELATIVELY FAIR
Officers -Admit in Some
Cases Sentences Out of : :
Proportion to Offense
. Ate: Imposed :"y 'T '
Associated Press Report ;
WASHINGTON 'April 17w The sys
tem of military -jurisprudence Is designed
to produce sn .efficient- dependable fight-
ing army not to do exact justice to indi-
vidual soldiers Recording to the views
presented Thursday to the committee of
the American Bar association by army
officers . of fields experience'- including
Major General ji(?yin F. Glenn' organ-
izer and commander of the 83rd division
and now in command et Camp Sherman.
In .attaining that objective the officers
contended the present machinery for en
forcing military discipline bad proved both
efficient and fair the final product of the
system closely approximating justice to
the individual in addition . to producing
what General Glena described as the best
disciplined armys inFrsnce. '
' Cases Of court ssartial sentences so
excessive In the penalty awarded as to
be ridiculous were freely admitted by
the officers. . Such' sentences only served
General Glenn 1 insisted to prove that
even in the early stage of the military
legal proceedings' the action of ; the
courts in no case being final to prove
inai xairness was ine oesi mis.
1 1 l M ' 1 . ' 1 . ' . . . .
Judge Gregory 'chairman of the com'
mittee and General Glenn engaged ' in
considerable argument which brought out;
that the officer speaking both from his
military experience and his special train
ing in civil law said little in common be-
twen the purposes of civil justice and its
military equivalent
Major Charles IL MacDonald General
Glenn's divisional judge advocate at Camp
Sherman but who is a temporary officer
and before the -war was counsel for the
federal trade commission followed his
chief and expressed the same views. ; -
"Ton are not looking for exert justice"
Majwr-'MacDtylfilir' doiljixedTT'wbcn" you
are 'building an army the siie 'of that the
United States wis .building. Suppose
men did" get sentences of 20"years or 40
years. The dishonorably discharges were
iSipended nd they wnt t0 the aijpiin.
ary barracks probabl to be restored to
service if they were worthy of restora-
tion. It was the lesson involved.
"When exact justice Interferes with
the building up of the army exact justice
must be sacrificed." i
"There is of course" Major MacDon-
ald added "some room for improvement.
There always la in any ' system of law
or taxation; but the present army justice
is a very efficient machine.. We have felt
that we could attend to the question of
exact justice alter the .war."
The officer submitted a record of 174
general court martial cases tried at Camp
Sherman. He called attention to one sen.
tence of 25 years imposed on a man who
refused to obey a lawful order from an
officer.. 0 the face of the record the
sentence seemed excessive but was justh-
fid by facts and as reviewed by the judge
advocate he had regretted only that the
prison term had not been longer he said.
Explaining the case he said the soldier
; Continued on Page 2 Column 4.)
Hun Agent Charged With
Attempt to Fire Steamer 5
V Carrying U.1S. Soldiers
'." . J Associated Press Report. " -
BOSTOX April ' i7. A German
agent allowed on the'lransport Pa-
tricia to look out for German prop-
erty attempted to : set fire ' to the
vessel Wednesday . "night as it was
nearing Boston with more than 2000
' American : soldiers ' according ' to
Major" Frank W. Cavanaugh of the
102d field artUleryone of .the offi-
cers onboard. J;;'v ' :-
- The man had been locked in a -stateroom
because "of bis actions.
When a guard left the room the
German whose name was given as '
Fisher is alleged te have manipu-
Jated electric wires In such a way
as to -atari a blaze in the state
reorn. . ' . ' V';.'V
Members of the crew; extinguishctTv
the7 fir's and Fisher was placed in
jrons.. The German was one of five
; of bis countrymen placed on board '
tlve Patricia by consent of the allied .
governments to watch the Hamburg
American line's property. He was v
. formerly a second officer on a Ger-
- man merchant ship. . ' . '' ."VJ
Gernlan Strike' Halts
j Unloading of U. S. Food
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' '' ' Associated Press Report.'' -
BERLIN April IS. The unloading of
American food ships at Bremen has been
topped by the strike there; i
The big stores and shone in the city
have been closed but there is no sign of
a general strike materializing on a large
Kale.- i. ' -; .
UI1IE PLAliTED BY
HUH U-EOAT SAUK
U. S.-S. SA1! DIEGO
Mystery Shrouding Loss of
Cruiser Off Fire Island
4 Cleared by German yy
1 Official V
THREE SUBMARINES
WERE ON THIS SIDE
Two of These Raiders" Re
turned to Home Base
XbiittheUirdW
' Sunk by British ; : ;
BY RICHARD HENRY LITTLE.
Special Cable. By Leased Wire to The
Houston Post
X
: Copyright 1919.
BERLIN April 14 via Pari April 17.
When I returned to New York on a' war
work mission in the middle of last July
extraordinary precautions were observed
on the American steamer on which I was
a passenger. The captain didn't take
passengers into bis confidence but we
had a rumor a big ship had been sunk a
few day-j before off the Jersey coast and
that German U-boats presumed to be
responsible were lurking in the path of
our steamer. In New York. where we
landed safely thanks to the vigilance of
our commander we found there was great
excitement over the sinking of the United
States cruiser SanJMego.
' .Some ; newspapers proclaimed - the
cruiser was sunk by a submarine which
had been seen by some members of the
San Diego crew and persons (n coasting
ships. The navy ; department issued ( a
statement the ship had not been sunk
by a submarine no submarines were off
the coast and the sinking of the cruiser
was due to unknown causes.
. Because we bad sailed very close to
the spot where the San Diego had met
its fate only a few days before' I have
always wanted to know -what -sunk the
ship. So this morning while calling on
Captain Bartenbach chief of Germany's
IT-boat bases on the Flanders coast
asked- him if his records showed the San
Diego had been sunk by a U-boat.
How the Saa Diego Was Sunk.
The captain said be didn't know but
would find out at once. He called upon
the records office a few minutes later
and received this answer
.."The United Ptnfes erntiei Ran DiefV
waa- stmt ""July- l w -1018' 19" "mUc"tf
Fire Island by running oa an anchored
mine placed (here by one of three Ger
man U-boats all. of which were operat-
ing off the American coast at the time
and all of which bad dropped mines in
the vicinity of the spot where the -San
Diego sunk from the effects of an exter
nal explosion. Two of these captains re
turned safely with their boat 'from
America and made' their reports. They
were Captains Droeschler and Von Nos
kits. The third captain operating off
Fke island at' the time was Captain
Gerke In the U-boat 156 which was sunk
with the loss of every man on board by a
British submarine-"
Captain Bartenbach said on . the way
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President lHas Busy Day
of Conferences on Affairs
; ; of Half a Dozen Nations
1 "X Associated Press Report.
PARIS Apt Q 17v With no meeting of
the .council of four Thursday President
Wilson devoted the entire day to a series
of appointments beginning at 10 O'clock
with the Chinese delegation to ihe peace
conference and ending after S o'clock with
Frank P. Walsh a member of the dele
ga'tion sent by Irish societies in America
to plead the causa of Ireland.
The program for the day had been
planned carefully the president receiv-
ing some one every 15 minutes. Among
those received were the French delete
tlon 'which wanted to see the president
about the left sank of the Rhine; the
foreign minister of Switserland; a dele
gate from Chaldca; two American women
labor leaders; the patriarch of Constan
tinople; Premier Bratiano of Rumania;
Premier PachitJi 6f Serbia; the Portu
guess minister oi xoreign airairs ana
many otners tvoo aesirea to uiscass me
.. . . . ... . .t.
prpblems of their countries. 1 - .
14 American Soldiers '
V Killed" 25 Injured in
t French Train Wreck
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Associated' Press Report
" PARIS April 17. Fourteen American
and six French soldiers were killed when
an ' express train carrying American
troops crashed into a stationary train
with French soldiers on -furlough near
Lemans today.. " -V..- " " ''-..
. Twenty-five Americans and 22 French
men wers injured. Lemans Is in the de
partment of the Sartbe west of Paris. '
Daniels Visits Coblenz .'''.:
C En Route to the Rhine
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' Assodsted Press Report '
COBLEXZ April 17-SecreUry of
the Navy Josephus Daniels en route to
Coblena crossed the Meuse Into the oe-
cupitd sections of Germany Wednesday.
afternooh. II stopped at Treves Wednes-
dsy night proceeding Tbursdsy morning
to the Rhine. He will remain in tbiai
district for several days.
Presid
WM
ent
onaiuons
w
Hun Plenipotentiaiic
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Only the MBig Four' Will Be Represented at t! .
. Initial Meeting With Germans Work of
X ; : Drafting Treaty Proceeding With u
" y Great Rapidity. yy .';
- 7'y. ' ' . . the Associated Press. V ; ; ;
PARIS' April 17. -The procedure on the arrival of the German
plenipotentiaries at Versailles has virtually been decided upon. It
will be President Wilson and the premiers who will hold the first
meeting and deliver the treaty as it is not deemed feasible to have
all the allied powers attend this initiarsessiom f " .
The actual arrival of the Germans at Versailles it is stated is
scheduled for Friday night April
president and premiers will not be
deferred until Monday. " ' ' '.
After the treaty is actually
adequate time for the Germans
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vsriuua .ucidiia uciuic returning q
take about two days the first day
td famuaming themselves with
answering such questions as they
There is no purpose to have
cussion but rrlerely the elucidatbn
BASSETT BLAKELY
LEASES FARIJ FOR
MILLION DOLLARS
Extensive Development
Begin in Blue Ridge
Oil Field
to
The rale of oil leases valued at ap
proximately $1000000 on the 6000-acre
Bassett Blakely farm was announced
Thursday by Bassett Blakely owner of
the land. . ; ; ; -The
Gulf Production company's Bas
sett Blakely No. 2 the discovery well of
the probable new field waa completed
several days ago on the Bassett Blakely
farm. It Is located just over the line In
ffort "liend county.
irt.ffh"8taie- held an-trptiorr to-tire min
eral rights of the farm until about April
l.Nhen according to Mr. Blakely It was
returned to him. The State now holds
a surface lease on a portion of the land
for a penitentiary farm. i y.
Mr. Blakely said it -was Governor
Hobby's recommendation when the legis
lature first met that the State should
revert all mineral rights to land upon
which surface leases had been acquired.
He said the governor had the release of
the State's option to the miners! rights
of his farm ready for prompt release
more than a month ago.
The completion of the Gulf Produc-
tion company's well caused a flurry of
lease selling activity in the Blue Ridge
district that has seemingly not yet sbat
ed. Mr. Blakely said drilling leases cov
ering the entire farm had not been sold.
The Bassett Blakely farm comprises the
greater portion of the field where the
dome Is thought to be. V
.The Gulf Production company has beenJ
drilling on the tar in for approximately
two years. . Noi 1 well was abandoned
about eight months ago.
The production of the discovery well
Is said to-be of very high gravity for
coastal crude. (It is reported to have
registered 27 degrees. The average
coastal crude is about 22 degrees. .
The well was completed with an ini-
tial production varying in estimates from
1200 to 2000 barrejs a day. The flow
has been checked pending the construc
tion of temporary storage faculties.
It is expected that oil operators will
begin drilling on leases at once. If other
completion are obfained It will result
in Houston having another oil field right
at its doors.
The discovery well is located about
midway ; between Almeda and Missouri
City a distance of 12 miles from Hous-
ton. The Bassett ' Blakely farm over-
laps the boundary line of Harris and Fort
Bend counties. -. '; ; ; . '
Russian Agitator Not ; y
PermittepT to . Land in
Either Brazil or Argentina
"Assodsted Press Report. .
BUENOS AIRES April 17. The Ar-
gentine authorities have forbidden the
landing from the Dutch steamer Gelria
of Ledimin tJhinnlt a Russian who was
prevented by the Brasilian authorities
from going ashore at Rio Janeiro earlier
in the month. Chinnit claims to be a rep
resentative of the Russian soviet gov
ernment '"' : -..'"."'
French pfficersto Help
-" ' Reorganize Polish Army
Associated Press Report.
; PARISAprIl T7 ' (French Wireless
Service) -WheTa General Hallcr started
across Germany to Poland from France
Tuesday with the first contingent of re-
turning Polish troops he was accom-
panied by several French . officers who
will assist In the reorganization of the
Poliah army.' . '
I 1 '
of Peace to
25 but the meeting with the
held until Saturday and may be
' v ' ; ' '.
delivered it is intended to allow
to make inquiries 'concerning the
A- ' m'i '-. - - . .'
vv ciraar. I nis is expeciea to
being devoted by the Germans
the termsand the second day to
may make i v ; ' '
this assume the character of dis
of any points Which may assist
vPin ohtainintr nrnmn anA trnn
(B I Ul
able action when the plenipoten-
tiaries return to Weimar.
" It Is believed the stay of thejlenipoten-
tiaries at Weimar will cover a week
thus bringing them back to Versailles
about May 8 to 10. This however la
conjectural for it is dependent upon the
rapidity of the decisions reached at
Weimar. . ..
Frsaoh Rsastared.
Premier' Lloyd George s declaration in
the British parliament that France had
been- given full guarantees against a re-
newal of German attacks Is the -first
authoritative statement that such guar-
antees have been given and aroused the
keenest discussion regarding the nature
of the guarantees as affecting the United
States and Great Britain. The French
report says that the guarantees amount
to an alliance ' and the semi-official
Temps says: ".
"Premier Lloyd George's language ad-
mits of only one meaning. This Is that
Great Britain and the United States en-
gage to sustain Franc in case she is
again attacked by Germany. Such an
alliance is legitimate and necessary Mr.
Lloyd George woeld not pronounce' eucb
words lightly and his announcement in
singularly Instructive.
Other French report describe ' tl
guarantees as in the nature of a casua
foederis whereby any failure of Germany
to carry out the treaty would bring con-
certed action by France Great Britain
and the United States. i
' Rapidly Drafting Treaty. '
The drafting of the Iflnal form of the
peace treaty Is proceeding rapidly in
order to have it ready for presentation
to the. German delegates when they ar-
rive at Versailles a week hence. The doc-
ument as framed begins with an Intro-
duction in the form of a protocol setting
forth the complete ; list ' of belligerent
powers taking part In the war and now
making peace with the designation of
plepipoteniaries of each country and with
their power to sign. . - '
Then comes a declaration of impressive
brevity not exceeding SO words stating
that on the conclusion of the treaty and
the exchange of ratifications the war
shall com to an end. .
Following upon that declaration of peace
the preaent Intention of the peace dele-
gate Is to have the covenant et the
league of nation! occupy1 tht place of hon-
or in the treaty and to be the first sub-
ject treated in detail. It will tbua take
the priority it had in the program of
the peace conference! . : '
. Then in succession will follow the mil-
itary naval and aerial term- reparations
responsibilities the Rhine frontier the
Saar region Alssce-Lorraine Poland the
status of Danzig as an International port
Germany's Schleswlg-Holsteln frontier
and a. large number ef special subjects
including the labor convention adopted
at the last plenary session pf the con-
ference; International ports and water-
ways and extended economic and financial
provision 'not directly connected with
reparations. ; " - . " "
. Taxtsal Forms Completed.
The textual form of all these sub-
divisions has been completed so that the
work (at present going on Is chiefly fit-
ting together the part Into a bomogenoua
whole. ' ''' - " k :' :; '"
i This la being done by International ex-
perts representing the five great power.
Their work Is largely formal a the coun-
cil of four and the commissions bav.
adopted the language of the various pari s
now being fitted together; ' I '
It I estimated that the treaty as a
whole will exceed 70000 words or t
contents of a "large closely printed vol-
ume.'.. The text is being prepared ii
French and English and as a means
expediting action a German text v
be prepared though ft is foreseen t"
the ' Germ nn . plenipotentiaries may ;
for a coiu.: 'iratle time to peruke ad
ment of suclKmagnitwue. '
Kto w A '''rr.- - t
' . Associated Pros E-T-ort.
CHICAGO April 17 Mr. Y. . :
dock founder and preskl.-i-t f --r
Us organization "2 yer.rs f
ladies' - auxiliary c f the Cr :
tional Brotherhooil of En-
gineers died at her h-me i
a'tfr a brief i"
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