The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 273, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1916 Page: 2 of 14
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HCU3iO;j DAILY ICT:
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5 IKc jrcnJ o Fou the Old; Yet;
Ever New Greeting : ci' v
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PEDEN IRON & S lEEL CO.
UOUSTON AND AN .S'VOSIO ' i;
NEW YEAR GREETINGS
: We extend to the friends and patrons of this store our vory best wishes
for a Bright and Prosperous New Year.
1 1
Phones:
Preston 181 and 209 Main
1 v . 1221 Street
S tore Cosed A JJ Day Today
We Wish Our Friends and
Patrons a Happy and
Prosperous New Year
303 Main
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. 'Without the persons aboard being brought
v into safety. '
"The imperial ana royal government is
v very responsive to the assurance that the
1 1 fedora! government lays value upon seeing
'that the good relation which happily ex-
'1 1st between Austria-Hungary and ihe
1' United States of America remain. It re-
'.. ciprocates thla. assurance most warmly
.'and is now. as heretofore concerned to
'i render these relations more hearty so
far as lies In Its power.
'RESULTS OF PROBK
' OF SINKING OF ANCONA.
! v VOutded by the same spirit of frankiess
the government of the union the im-
Aiertal and royal government -though It
' jdoes not find In the note frequently re-
tferred to the answer to all the legitimate
questions submitted by It. la willing' to
OommuniiHie io in ibuci iv?BuuiiBii.
jthe result of the investigation which In
Jj Accordance with existing departmental
Vgulatiuns was begun Immediately after
receipt of the fleet report on the ilnk-
Jg ol the Ancona anu wnicn was jusi ro-
1'iiflv received.
"The result 01 tins investigation may 00
aummarlied as follows: On November 7.
mis. at 11:40 o'clock In the forenoon the
-ommnnrlfr of the aubmartne observed In
'latitude 38.40 north longitude 10.08 east.
in foggy weather at a distance roundly or
3000 meters and one point to starboard the
outlines of a large Italian steamer. He
' - took It at first for a transport steamer
' .and turned about and nred irorn rear gun
2' a warning snot ir irvui ine vevmu.
AYS TEAMR
. . . "Simultaneously he displayed the signal
-leave the ship.' The steamer did not atop
Xfcut rather turned aelde and sought to es-
1 eapj.'u The commander at first remained
-stopped for some minutes in order to In-
crease the distance he feared that the
Steamer had a stern gun and would Are at
the submarine with it
" "When the distance had reached 4500
"i .meters he had the pursuit taken up with
"'full power and fired from his forward gun
' at a decreasing distance 16 shells anions
..Vnlch he observed three hits.
"During the Chase the etimer went
slgaag and stopped only after the third
ehot. Thereupon the commander ceased
flrtngY
- -"During the flight the steamer had al-
' ready While at lull speed let some boats
with the oeryjons in tliem fall which m-
i. medlatelyNrapeized. After mopping the
'Steamer begun launching boats.
persons yet aboard could have been saved
without difficulty with the boats still on
hand.
' From the fact that this contrary to
his expectations was not done the com-
mander concluded that the crew con-
trary to all sei-men's customs had ic
complished th-ir own rescue with the first
boats and .inandoned to themselves the
passenge.-s entrusted to their protection.
"The weather at the time of the Inci-
dent was good and the sea calm so that
th'j lifeboats could have reached the near-
st coast without danger as Indeed the
iiicuwn actually cie uumaKcu vmy vj
the unskilled lowering but not after thev
had struck the water.
"The loss of human lives Is in the first
Instance by no means ascribable to the
sinking or the ship but. and in all prob
ability In a much higher measure to the
rapid lowering (Bin Under Werfen) of the
boats during full speed as well as the
fact that the crew concerned only for
self did not rescue the passengers of the
capslied boats.
ALLEGES U. 9. NOTE BASED
UPON INCORRECT PREMISES.
"It le also probable ascribable to shots
which hit the fleeing vessel but the death
of persons who sank with the steamer is
also above all ascribable to the disloyal
conduct of the crew.
"As appears from the above adduced
state of affairs the very esteemed note of
December 8 Is based In many points on
incorrect premises information reachiii
the United States government that soli
shot was Immediately fired toward the
steamer Is incorrect; It Is Incorrect that
the submarine overhauled the steamer
during the chase; it is incorect that only
a brief period was given for getting the
people into the boats.
"On the contrary an unusually long
plrfofl westsrentedi' to-.he Aacoaa x
getting passenger iff the bonteV
"Finally it Is Incorrect that a number
of shells were Mill fired at the steamer
after It had stopped.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF NATIONS
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TT7BXISH. ..i'i'-''
V V ' . (Aiiofiatri prist Rtort. r "
CONSTANTINOPLE! Decenbar SO (via Los-
doa December 1. S:fT a. si.).Tlie Turklak war
efflee tunltht issued tbe followrog statemsnt: .'
"Is tbe BghtiDg near1 Mtterup Stnenl W
caittnred 12S KuslUh ' ' - U
"Oa tt Dsrds oelles treat oa tbe ?9t bat-
tlcihlp and a turnedo boat trad sum shells ea
Aasfsrta snd witWIrew. ' Our artillery drere
on a torpetlw bust wtaU-U atteuipted to spproaea
Arl Burua.
"Ner Uwldul Babr tm tbe night of tb 2Stk
Him iu a very Tlgonms eonbardmeDt oa tbe
rllit wing. Towsnl suoa two euwny fetmi
boubsMed our mltU In the center for some
time. Tuo fueniy exploded three miaes vm ol
which csused two further txulnslaiu. destroying
as esenit treucM. which reaislned In ths a-
tny's aandi." . .
"Oa the Ub a ITreoch battleship bombarded
our ABaiollaa roapt narrows. Tb rniwl was
hit br two r our niiena ana. rnToivpou is raivsf
end AaniP sieaiuisl wy.
"Oa the niKUt or uocemDer zs-zn our
tetlrs iK'cnrully bouibtnleu the surroundings
o( sedduh Blir. tlie Itudlus plac St 'lkk
Barn and em nir rrnnp uel.
tho enswy camp at Beaaui susr.
Ire."
causing
AUSTRIAN.
(Auociatti Prut KctorIA
BERLIN. .December 31 (by wireleas to Say-
rllle). Au offl.-ial Aiulrtan report recslrtd here
today from Victim Mil tbit the French sub-
aisriae Mant was sunk on Wednesday by an
Atutrisn flotilla.
The a.-tl'Mi occurred In tbe Adriatic off Du-
rasso Albania. Tb atattuent foliowa:
"Au Auitro-Hunsariaa Ootilla. coaaiatlng of
tbe cnilaor Utlaoland and Si deauuytrt on tb
inornins of December Kg destroyed tb .F ranch
auhuiarlna . Monffe. Tbe aaeood aabiMaT knd 13
sailors wer captured."
"Ruaalan tbeater: on our Btnpa tront oeiween
Buctacs and Wlsnloweiyk wreral strdng Rus-
sian attaeka were repulaed by the troops of . tbe
armies of Ueneraw rflanier and Bultlu. On
I he lower Htrlpa and on tbe Bsswblan trout
tii at-tlvtrv of eneint truooa who hare been
Kreatlv exhausted by tbe recent beary tlghtlnit
ahatt'd. The Rusalas losses la the last few
days on the Kaat uauclaa Dattieneuis errry-
where exceeded the usual number. On tbe
Ktrlpa reaterday ldt Russians were counted
Ivlua dead before oae ef ear companies and SL'5
beiore auotber. Ou tb Kormln Brook several
Russian at tails railed
On tbe Carpathians front tbe enemy s heavy
artlllerr bombarded th village of WolfTbacb.
aoutheast of Malborthetto. On tb front In
be coastal district artillery and bombing en
counters conlinne at some points.
"Southeastern theater: There la ootning new
to report."
MONTENEGRIN.
(Assbcwttil Prtss Retort.)
PARIS December 81 1:40 p. m. The cap
ture of 1500 prisoners by tb Montenegrins in
an n(tgcmnt lo th Banjak Is 'announced In
tb UsntenesTin official statement recelvtd br
today 'fh statement foliowa:
"On tb Hanlah front on the 30tb we anni
hilated an enemy uetacnmenr maains inov un.-
oor. There also hav been sere re srttUery
and nutnnat ettmhata.
"On tb southern front an Austrian attack In
Bontchldo was repulsed.
"Tb enemy baa recaptured Raskovagora.
"Wa ranulaed tlw enemv on tlte Lovoen front.
Indicting an appreciable loss snd captured some
prisoners."
BRITISH.
(Associalid Prtss fforH
LONDON December 31 11 p. m Tba fol
lowing offlcisi comniimicatloo was Issued tonight:
"The enemy has been aetlv la mining about
tbe quarries north of Loos. Last Dlght Ave
mines were exploded eausing a -few casualties
and alight damage to our trenches. No attack
was mad. Tbe damage Is baing rpatrd.
"There bss been artillery activity on both
sides St Hulluch. Olvenehy. Wytschaet and
Malar Jullen and increased hostile she Una about
Armentleres. Our heavy howltaers have caused
cousldtrabi damage at various points.
BAYLAND KIDDIES ENJOYiiL) LOiii
SHOW AND GIFTS AT THE MAJESTIC
I ' : f aaBBBBaBaasi i i . . . - ' '
After the Performance They Were Taken Onto the
: Stage and Given Presents From Tree Good
Attendance at Benefit Despite Bad Weather.
. The benefit for the Bayland orphan
children a the MaJestlo Friday after-
noon was a great success. Those children
and also the several score youngsters
In : the V audience thoroughly enjoyed
every momen of the performance.
air. juaruni was paniouiany a tavor-.
Its of the ohlldren. For he performed his
amazing lot of tricks specially for their
benefit and 'he let one of the Bayland
boys have one of the gold flsh to hold for
a- moment and let him assist In the act.
And then ha called upon the boys and
the girls to cry "hurrah" and they did It
Mr. Mack was also kind to the kiddies
making them a nice little talk while the
tree was being prepared for them after
the mermaids had quit diving.
And as to other folks! They just out-
did themselves with remembrances for
the happy children. There were dolls
and mechanical toys and books and muf-
flers and candy and more dolls and more
mechanical toys and more candy. Pack-
age after package came for them and
that good looking reception committee
composed of the young ladles who act as
ushers at other performances were quite
busy keeping up with them. litter
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei
NEW YEAR MORNING MATINEE
FREE OF CHARGE AT THE QUEEN
Management of Popular Playhouse Will Entertain
Kiddies of All Ages Without Cost at Novel
Saturday Morning Performance.
when the children were taken from the
boxes and. brought on the stage they at-
tended to the distribution of the toys
and the children beamed and smiled and
accepted their treasure . trove until each
of them had such a pile of packages that
it was difficult tor them to move about.
The children were driven to the Ma-
jestic In style. In the first car were Mrs.
William Christian and Roy v Watson of
The Post; then Mrs. Ross Carter and
Frank Hervey with his -big machine and
Mr. Graham of k the Overland company
sent a big seven-passenger and Kv.
Mc. Harrison brought along his car and
O. L Houser sent hip for the occasion.
The children were delighted with that
part of it and they were more highly de-
lighted when they started home with
their bundles and packages and they
danced with glee when they got there .
The day was a bad one drizzling and
unpleasant: but for the occasion- there
was a very good attendance and Man-
ager Sacntieoen and Treasurer Bremer
were so pleased that they sat down and
wrote about It to Karl Hoblitzelle who
lives In Chicago but who takes a big In-
terest in the doings of the Houston chil-
dren and who always has a warm spot
In his bis; heart for them. ' '
As a special New Tear'a gift from the
management of the Queen theater the
popular Saturday morning matinee for the
children will be given entirely free of
charge on New Tear's day. Every kiddle
from to (0 (and over and under too) Is
cordially invited by Manager McFarland
to visit the theater- on Saturday morning
between the hours of 10 and 12 as the
guest of the management and no fee of
any kind will be charged.
' A special attraction for the Saturday
morning matinees will start at the per-
formance on New Tear's day the plcturel
being entitled "Neal of the Navy. ' This
picture according to the advance notices
which have been sent out by Its pro-
ducers combines the requisites for a good
picture for . the kiddies. The scenes
which were taken with the consent of the
United States navy department are ab-
solutely accurate and the volcano scenes
are wonderfully realistic. Many features
of the life In the navy are shown in tie-
tall such as the manipulation of life-
eeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeseseeeeeseeeaeeeee
boats and similar drills aboard the big
uuHia ui at muuuiii itshvjr.
Th story which by the way. is In-
tsnseiv Interesting: has for Its title char
acter Neal. the hero who In the first few
reels is shown at the age of . The little
heroine vt the time of the opening of the
story is a tiny girl of 4. The 7 -year-old
son of the shipmate shows his character
and disDoaition unmistakably at that ten
der age and -year-old Neal goes to the
aid of the little heroine whose father
tired to tha last to save the "lost Island.
Throughout their . early lives from
childhood to maturity the paths of these
three characters cross ana tne complica-
tions which result from their meetings fill
the story wttb a wealth of exciting aa
venture and Intense Interest.
In addition to the two reels of "Neal
of the Navy" the management of the
Queen Dlans on showing one comedy car
toon and one educational -feature each
week for the next two months at each of
the children's Saturday! morning matl-
nees. Every two reels tell a complete
storv. and tnere are none oi tne ais
appointments connected with the ordinary
serial pnotopiay.
1
V AW THAT GREAT
PANIC PREVAILED.
"From a distance of about 2000 meters
. the commander saw that six boats were
. ..filled and rowed hastily away from the
Steamer. Another boat was capsized and
floated keel up. The people held on to tfte
hanging lines and the capsized boat.
"During the' further approach of the
' submarine the commander saw that a
V trat panic reigned aboard and that he
had to deal with a passenger steamer
' I namely the Ancona from Oeona. There-
fori he gave the occupants of the stentn-
; r more tltne than was required to leave
; the ship In life boats.
"At least 10 life boats were still aboard
: Which would have more than sufficed for
te rescue of the persons ttll aboard. One
. of these- boats hung full Of people half
-. turned outward on the davits.
v'AMlVAL OP SHIP-""
HAtTINBD HIS WORK.
' "Since however except for this no fur-
. ther move was made to lower boats the
' j. (commander decided after a lapse of 45
minutes to torpedo the ship In such a
' manner that It should remain a ennsid-
i arable time afloat In order that on the
one hand the getting of the people Into
h lifeboats should be Imstnned and
..that on the other adequate opportunity
. should remain for rescuing the persons
'i still aboard.
"ehortly thereafter a namer became
" vlalble which was throwing out heavy
clouds of eanokn and headed toward the
. Ancona. ' It apparently had been sum-
moned by tbe Ancnna's wireless.
"Since) the Submarine commander had
to reckon on an attack by a steamer
v which he took for an enemy cruiser he
submerged after having at 13:35 o'clock
fn the afternoon had a torpedo fired Into
..Thwri baggage hold of the Ancona
from a distance of 800 meters. The An-
rona listed about 10 degrees to starboard
aft it this shot.
' - Thereupon ah effort was made to lower
tho lifeboat which already was half
-turned out en the davits. It broke loo.
' owevn and fell fnto the water. Tho
lifeboat floated keel down further and
tiie) people held fast to the gunwale.
. NO OTItK BOAT
. WERE COWERED.
V i"Of the ether boats none was lowered
jhto th) water although persons could
still be observed aboard. The steamer
gradually righted Itself to Ian even keel
' a.nd. settled so slbwly that the submarine
. commander at first doubted whether the
' Warner would kin. . Not until 1:0
' ' o'clock did It sink after a lengthy parallel
settling with th bow first. .
1 ' During these further 4g minutes all
AbsoluielMRe&QVes
pttr.
BLAMES CREW OP
THE ANCONA.
"The facts of the case demonstrate fur-
ther that the commander of the subma-
rine granted the steamer a full 45 minutes
time that Is more than an adequate
period to g've the persons aboard an op-
portunity to take to the boats. Then
since taie people were not all saved he
carried out the torpedoing In such a man-
ner that the ship could remain above
water the longest possible time doing this
with the purpose of making possible the
abandonment of the vessel on boats still
in hand.
"Since the ship remained a further 45
minutes above water he would have ac-
complished his purpose if the crew of the
Ancona had not abandoned the passen-
gers in a manner contrary to duty.
"With full consideration however of
this conduct of the commander aimed at
accomplishing the rescue of the crew ind
passengers the Imperial snd royal marine
authorities reached the conclusion that he
had omitted to take adequately Into con-
sideration the panic that had broken out
among the passengers which rendered
difficult the taking to the boats and the
spirit of the regulation that the imperial
nnd royal marine officers shall fall In glv-
inK help to nobody In need not oven to
an enemy.
SUB COMMANDER
DECLARED PUNISHED.
"Therefore the Officer was punished In
accordance with the existing rules for ex-
ceeding his instructions.
"The Imperial and royal government. In
the face of this state of affairs does not
hesitate to draw the corresponding: con-.
elusions respecting the Indemnification of
American citizens affected by the sinking
of the prize hut In this regard It makes
the following statement:
"The Investigation into the sinking of
the Ancona could naturally furnish no es
sential point to Show In how fur a right
to an Indemnity is to be granted Ameri
can citlsens. The Imperial nd royal gov
ernment can not. Indeed even according
to the vinw of the Washington cabinet be
held liable for damages which resulted
from the undoubtedly justified bombard-
ment of the fleeing ship.
"It should Just as little have to answer
for the damages which came to jiass be-
fore the torpedoing of the ship through
the faulty lowering of lifeboats or the
capsizing of lowered boats.
"The Imperial and royal government
must assume that tha government at
Washington Is in a position snd Is dis-
posed to give It (the Austro-Hungarian
government) tbe required and certainly
not unimportant. Information in thla re-
spect. IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
WOULD YIELD A POINT.
"If however because of possible lack
of material proofs the particular circum
stances tinder which American citlsens
suffered damage should not have become
known to the Union government the royal
government. In consideration for the hu
by a desire to proclaim onc agafn Its
friendly feelings toward the federal gov
eminent would be aladlr willing to dis
regard this gap In the eildene and to
extena indemnities also to tnose aamagtu
whose cause can not be established.
"While the Imperial and royal irovern-
ment'may probably consider the affair of
the Ancona as settled with the foregoing
statements It reserves to Itself t this
time the right to brine Tin '.or discussion
at a later period th difficult questions of
International law connected with subma
rine warfare
"Th undersigned has the honor to re
quest most respectfully that his excel
lencyr the ambassador of the United
States ef America will be pleased to bring
the foresolna to the attention ef the fed
eral government and takes advantage of
this opportunity t.renti to his excel-
GESMAU.
(Associated Press Report.
BERLIN' December 81 (by wireless to Bay
tlllfi. The annoiiacement from tbe war office
today aaya that Uermaa troops after exploding
mines captured as advance British trench uear
Hulluch. taking two machine suns and a num-
ber 'if prisoners.
Allied aviators mart an attack n Ostend. No
lUmtizo wa done to military establUhniouta but
a number or buildings were suattered. the
heaviest da make la said t' have been luflloted
on the convent of the Sacred Hrt. Nineteen
Belgiaa olvlliao were wounded and one wa
silled.
TWO ioBE-'OTGEOES SLAIN.
Several Lodge Buildines Were
Burned Too in Georgia.
(Assonaied prest Report.)
BLAKELY. Ga. December 31: v.o
more negroes were killed and four negro
lodge buildings burned today in the west-
ern section Of this (Early) county In a
renewal of clashes between whites and
negroes according to reports reaching
here tonight. Statements that negroes
were threatening- the lives or white farm
ers caused numbers of armed men to
leave here for tbe scene while scores also
crossed the Chattahoochee river from Alu-
bama.
Seven negroes were reported killed yes
terday by white posses which sought
Qrandison Gooleby and his sons Mik:
and Ulysses charged with killing Heuiy
J. Vllllhlgue a white overseer. Today-
mobs scoured the river country on hearing
that Qoolsby's sons had not been burned
to death In a negro cabin but had escaped.
Tonight a negro lodge building near the
Alabama line was reported destroyed by
nre. luarly today a negro Masonic lodge
building and A negro Odd Fellows lodge
building had neen burned and later m
THE NEWS IN TABLOID FORM
the day a
BUD!
burned
Negro
lodge bulldlnc known as tlm
upreme Circle lodge building wixs
Ed Law. a negro accused of aiding .the
younger Goolsbys to escanp was said to
have been killed late today with his eon
known as "Precious" taxw. The Ooolsby s
it was claimed were aided by thec
negroes to reach a train to Montgomery
Ala.
In retaliation negroes were said to
have surrounded the horns of II. li
Orimsley a white farmer threatening to
kill him ana nis wire ana children. The
negro mob dispersed however before
Sheriff Howell of tCarly county and a
number of deputies reached there.
SAN PATRICIO PE0S WON.
Two Preclnot Voted Prohibition
Friday.
iHettsto Post Special.)
CORPL'S CHRISTI Texas December
SI. San Patricio county today moved Into
the prohibition column by precincts i and
4 composed of the towns of Sinton tit.
Paul Aransas Pass Taft Gregory Port-
land and Ingleslde voting a total prohibi-
tion majority of 147. The other precincts
of the county were already dry with the
exception of the old town of Ban Pa-
tricio but In that town no saloon has
ever been able to do any business. The
results:
Town
Aransas pass
Ingleslde a..
Gregory
Taft
Portland
Plnton
Bt. Paul
27
37
80
H
161
II
Wets.
6
1
t
I
10
107
23S
Totals SI!
Officers early this morning served pa
per on the election judges st Aransas
Pass advising that the previous injunc-
tion granted by District Judge Chamblla
enjoining the election had been dissolved
and the election proceeded In all precincts
a scheduled. Bee county on January S
votes on the question.
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narvonsaesa. Children take It and sen k..
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ess not tks ordinary Qulala. Try It tMst tlm
you aM Quints for any purpose Ask fat y
ouno original pucks. Th Bam' rk.HHll.INg
la Blown la ins battle. M eata
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LONDON December WMx Is officially
announced that King George h appoint
ed Emperor Nicholas. Of Russia
marshal In th British army.
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DOMESTIC NEWS STORIES i
NEW YORK December 31. Joseph
Murphy an old time actor best known
for his impersonation In 'Kerry Gow"
died here today of pneumonia aged 83
years. He lelt an eswie tsuumieu
J3000000.
RAYVILLE La. December 31. The
funeral of Major J. D. Calhoun a well
known Confederate veteran and prominent
In Masonic circles who tiled here yester-
days was held today. Major Calhoun
was 69 years old.
CHICAGO. December 81. Plans for the
training of "Christian detectives." whose
duty it will be to uncover moral condi-
tions of a community in advance of revival
campaigns were announced here today by
the School of Civic Evangelism.
SAN DIEGO Cal. December 31. The
Panama-California exposition after a full
year's operation closed at midnight to-
night and w-fts succeeded by the Panama-
California International exposition which
is scheduled to continue for 12 months.
LONDON December SI. The value of
the property In England of Dr. Frederick
8 Pearson of New York and Lowell
Mass. who lost his life on the steam-
ship Lusitania has been sworn to for
prohate at $l644SO0. Dr. Pearson had
large railroad and oil Interests in Mexico.
LOS ANGELES Cel.. December 31.
"The case will go to the highest courts
if that be necessary" said Mathew A.
Schmidt today discussing In his cell his
conviction last night for killing Charles
Hsgerty. a victim of the Los Angeles
Times building explosion five years Hgu.
NEW YORK December SI The steam-
ship Bergensfjord on which Henry Ford
is returning from his peace expedition
has been delayed by gales and will not
rearh this port until Sunday morning
according to a radio message from the
steamer today.
PRKKCOTT Arlx. December 31. Th
greatest snowstorm in the history of this
part of Arixoni. ceased this afternoon
after having continued more than 48
iinnrs The snow Is more than three feet
deep on the level about here and fn other
sections from four to six feet deep.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. December 31. An
other step In the muddled affairs of Ihe
city government was taken today when
Major ueorge t iove ana . j. nay
chef of police obtained Injunctions in the
chancery court to prevent the city com-
missioners from Interfering with them in
their present offices.
WAHHtSinTdV. December SI. Plans
for monopollilng by the California Mtate
government oi routing aim uimmn iu
Eastern markets the State's enormous
leriBhabl fruit crops were announced
ieie toddy by Harris Welnstock Cali
fornia Htat market director arter ex-
tended conlerem-ee with federal officials.
rntf!AOO. December 31. When Wil
liam Lorlmer former United Statue sena
tor and president of tne aemnei ia smile
Rtreet Trust and BaVlhffS nanK was
placed on trial nere toaay on a cnarara oi
looting mj insuiuuuii ui fv'vMiy m
money ana seciiriues. tne ense warn con
tinued to January it wnen tne eeieciion
of jurors is to pegin.
WTTslWHn. Pa.. December St. All
forms of advertising especially those on
laJenitara. are haired from court rooms
and federal offices according to a notice
received Here rrom tne attorney general
in u.eMnarton.
The notice states that th department
of justice has issued a new calendar
bearing the department s seal and ry
quests that these be used.
SIDELIGHTS ON TEE WAS.
LONDON. December II According'' t
information received by th foreign offic
the Prussian minister of wsr has forbid-
den the export of hooks on medical sub
jects. ' ' -
LONDON December 81 l2fi m. m.-
British casualties recorded ln lists pub-
lished during the - month oil December
amount to 1001 officers snd lf.48 msn.
These are the returns from all front r.
BERLIN. DembeTlt (by" vlrehlft to"
AawIHsi. A finfla dlsDatch to BTie Over
seas News agency say th ulgarlan
na.rllment has voted unanimous
It of S0O0O0000a franc for mill
poses. . .i '? ;ic
BRRL1N. December It (l
11:80 a m.V.r-Announfetnent 'W
riwtav- that through train service
Berii and ConjtarHlnopI would
Inaugurated January 11. as had Wn
planned. The date will be made known
Shortly.
BERLIN. December 31 fbv wireless to
Sayvillek A report that British troops
have been landed on the Greek coast near
Kavala was given out today by the Uver
sea-8 News Aaencv. which aavs Its in
formation was. obtained from the Secolo
or naiian.
CARDIFF Wales December Si. David
A. Thomas known as "the British coal
king lias been raised to the peerage
ior nis services in supervising: the or
ganization in the United States and Can
ada or facilities for obtaining war muni
tions.
VIENNA December 31 7 p. m. The
toliowing semiofficial statement waa is
sued tonight: "The Austrian government
denies the story printed from Koing that
two American bankers had boen tried and
executed in Gorizla as soles and their en
tire property confiscated."
FOREIGN NEWS ST0EIES.
LONDON December 31. Tommaeso
saivini. the eminent Italian tragedian
has Just died at Florence tlaly.
BAN FRANCISCO Cel. December 31.
General LI Shun commanding tho Chinese
RoVernment troops In the province of
lang-Si has declared his independence
of Yuan b'lii Kal prospective emperor
PEKIN December 31. Chinese troops
have rescued the missionaries at the
Scandinavian alliance mission at Pat se
tt
cent advloes warn
had been surrounded
bolong. Magnolia.
that - the mission
by bandits.
EL PASO. Texas December SI. The 30
employes of the Madera compaay Ltd.
recently held for ransom by General Fran-
cisco Villa at Madera and Chihuahua city
and subsequently released on the capture
of the city by General Trevino reached
here today.
BE HUN December SI (by wireless to
Rayvllle. N. Y.) The Frankfurter Zol-
tung commenting on trie recent naming
of Prince Firman Firman Who haavbeen
called a "Russophlle" as premier of Per-
sia at Teheran says that the appoint-
ment surprises nobody and Is considered
of little Importance ss a rest Central gov-
ernment Is lacking in Persia
. IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS.
Vernon Williford Injured in Tall
. in Critical Condition.
Vernon WUllford Whose skull was
crushed when he felt through the fire
esOape from th third floor of Turn
Veretn hall Thursday night was still
unconscious In th Baptist sanitarium at
3 o'clock Saturday morning. ; He was re-
ported to be growing weaker.
The youth who Is JS years old"hd the
son of Mrs. 8. H. Wilflford 1a suffering
from concussion of th brain and a com-
pound fracture of th wrist. An operation
was performed Friday to relieve the pres-
sure on his brain and although h tailed
to rally from his unconscious state he
seemed to show signs of improvement; -
Hia condition became wore at I o'clock
this morning and he failed to show any
signs of improvement two hour later.
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T S. Sterling Deal
(Houston Pott iwial.l
PATTKKaON Tegag December JL
T. 8. Sterling died at :W p. m. Christ-
mas day from heart troubl at his home
aged i year. He' was huriedi Monday
at noon In the .Patterson cemetery with
anssonic nonors. m is survived by his
wiaow; a son- rt j. ajternng; tnree
daughters Misses Clara and JCvelyn
Sterling and Mrs. F. W.Norrl. .
The Officers and
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irectors
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Surtflus snd ;i .' i
Undivided Profits
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Exten4 cordial greeting and best wished foria
. NEW YEAR
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OFFICERS
JAS. A. BAKER President
J..A. PONDROM First VlM-Pre. '
6. M. McASHAN Vlce.Pr.ndCsh.
P. J. BVERSHADC. Astt Csshler.
. PAUL O. TAYLOR Asst. Csshler
.GEO. ILLIB JR. Asst. Cashier
CHA8. DILLINGHAM Chmn
-. DANIEL RIPLEY Vlee-Prek. s
- JNO M. OORRANCE Vlcl
F. A. HEITMANN Vlo
bf Board i
Pres.
THORNWELL FAY. VCS-Pr.
T. J. FREEMAN.' Vhs-Pr.
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Whether musoulkr or the Joints sci-
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Kidney or neuralgia pains to write to her
for" a home treatment f hk-b has repeater!-
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January 1st 1916 operate under the name of
John F. Scott & Co. as General Agent of
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And Guaranty Company
No change is being made in the lines of In-
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New Year. .
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