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AUBRIGAN EXPORTS
TO BB DIRECTED BY
: -EXPORTS COUNCIL
Secretaries of State Asricnltiire
' tni Commerce and Food Ad-
ministrator to Compose Body.
COAL AND FUEL SHIPMENTS
MUST NOW BE LICENSED
Syitem Deiigped to Prerent Supplies
from Reaohi&s; Germany to Be
Had Zffeetfre uid Be-Exporti of
Hentrals Will Be Checked.
WASHINGTON June 25. Control
f American exports authorized In a
ifOlauM of the espionage bill was as-
sumed Monday by Preaident Wilson
vita the appointment of an exports
council comprising the secretaries of
'tate agriculture and commerce and
th food administrator. An executive
order creating the council directs the
department of commerce' to adminis-
ter all fetalis of operation.
A ''victorious conclusion of the war
can come said the president in a
statement Monday night outlining the
country's export policy only by sys-
tematic direction 'of American trade.
The free plar of trade will not be
arbitrarily interfered with" he aaid. "It
will only be Intelligently and ayatematl-
caily directed In the llht of fjill Infor
mation with reaard to the needs and
market condltlona throughout the world
. and the necessities of our people at home
.and our armies and the armies of our
assistants abroad."
Members of the exports council will
meet Tuesday to organize and recom-
mend io the preaident a serias of procla-
mations which will put the law into ac-
tive operation.
The first proclamation will require the
licensing of all coal fuel shipments in
eluding bunkers and its use Is to give
th a-overnment first a firm grasp on
shlBOlnx.
The second will provide a system of
licensing for every claas of exports to the
European neutral countries and is de-
signed to prevent supplies from reach
ing Germany.
EVERY COMMODITY WILL
EVENTUALLY BE INCLUDED.
Proclamations to follow will name spe
cific commodities which may not be ship
ped anywhere without licenses. The first
nmmodities to be designated will be-
cereals and other foodstuffs. By degracs
the list will tea extended until virtually
every export commodity ia brought under
. operation of the act.
The proclamations covaalng coal and
exports to European neutrals lr6lDiy
will be issued this week. Under an ar-
rangement to be made with the British
government providing for an interna
tional shipping control enforced by bun
kering and export licensing agreements
the United States and Great Britain will
hv the trade of the world in their
hands to direct In the manner best calcu
lated to assist In the war.
The neutral export proclamation will
he hurried to prevent removal from the
United 8tates of large supplies of food
: stuffs bought by the neutrals and now
i stored In this country awaitlnc ship
ment. The government Is determined to
hold neutrals to necessities and In en-
forcing exports will relieve the burden of
' the British blockade 'now to be enforce
; to the point of origin of supplies.
RE-EXPORTS BY NEUTRAL
WILL BE KEPT TRACK OF.
American agents to be sent to neutral
countries will keep the closest check on
re-etporta and will be charged with re-
' sponsibility for seeing that American sup
i plies stop before reaching the German
' border.
Every move under the act will be made
under presidential proclamation Issued on
the advice of the exports council which
will meet every day to discuss subject! of
policy. The three cabinet members and
the food administrator probably will nam
' representatives to take care of moat of
tne routine worn.
Licensing will be done by the commerce
fa bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce. The bureau will be
expanded by the addition of about SOS
employes. To cover the cost of opera-
Hrrtarv Redfield will ask for ll&O.-
00 from the president's emergency fund
and later will ask of congress 1760000 to
carry the bureau through the year.
A policy regarding food exports will be
formulated by the food administrator to
be approved by the exports council. After
the department oi aviculture iw "-
' vey has been made a program of food
apportionment among tne auieu ina nou'
tral countries will be prepared by Her
bert C. Hoover head of the admintatra
ion and this will govern shipments.
The American food supply it is made
olear will be used nrst to ieea tnis coun-
try: second to feed the allies and what
is left win go to neutrais.
Berkman Released
On $25000 Cash Bail
Mumwim Pnii Rtpart.
' NEW YORK June 25. Alexander Berk-
man editor of The Blast Indicted her
" recently with Emma Goldman for con-
ninv to obstruct operation of the se
lective draft law was released from the
"Tombs prison today after he had sue-
In nhtslnina S2&.000 cash bail.
Berkman an. Miss Goldman will be
' filaced on trial Tuesday in the -United
' states district court.
1 To Ask Venizelos to
Form New Cabinet
I (Auttiltd Pwt Rtperi.)
fATHEN8 June IS. The Greek cabinet
headed oy Aiexanoer miiuis nas reaignwi
King Alexander has informed M. Jonnart
v'-th-- high commissioner' representing
7 ( franc. Great Britain and Russia that he
-"' will ask former Premier VenlielOs to form
pew capinat. .
Kaiser Fines Rumania
"I h .OWMWi Francs
' ' JABBT.S Rumania' June- It. Oermany
'v fcat imposed a fine . ' zM.MOOe franca
V eu the occupied territory or Human ta..
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VOL. 33NOv83
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Ciiy Council Over
Liant investiaat
Proposition of Mayor to
of Expert Provided Result Did Not Wean Big
Saving to City Touched Of f FireworIiiarge
of General Opposition Denied by Halverton and
Fitzgerald.
Adoption of a resolution calling for an
Investigation by an expert of the Houston
Lighting and Power company with a view
to lowering rates on street lights and on
power for city use resulted in an open
break In the city council Monday after-
noon. Harsh and very very plain words were
spoken.
The resolution in question provides for
the employment of an expert who is to be
paid personally by Mayor J. J. Pastorlza
provided
That the results of the city's investiga
tion into prices and conditions does not
result In a saving to the city of an amount
twice that paid to the expert. In that
case the mayor would be reimbursed. .
The vote on the resolution stood:
For Pastorixa Moody Dreninan.
Against Halverton. Pitagerald.
OPPOSITION OFFERED
TO RESOLUTION.
There was opposition to the resolution
when it was dffered and Messrs. Halver-
ton and Fltsgerald made every effort to
prevent Its passage explaining their posi-
tion. But it was forced by Mayor Pas-
torixa and a vote demanded. When the
ayes and noes had been registered. Mayor
Pastorixa. presented a statement scoring
Mr. Halverton and Mr. Fitxgerald for their
stand on thf and other measures advo-
cated by him. It was then that the flre-
worka started
Mr. Fitxgerald was first on his feet. He
RED CROSS FUND
IS OVERSUBSCRIBED
Outside of New York Gty Total Had
Reached $60650000.
Definite Figures Will Be Available
Today when Cities Report Their
Last Minute Efforts in
Campaign.
(Associated Pre Bulletin.)
WASHINGTON. Mme M Tabulation at
Red Cross headquarters at 1:J0 o'clock
Tueaday morning showed 1100313000 in
reported pledges of which 135993.000 was
from New Tork city and $64120000 from
the remainder of the country. Reports
later Tuesday are expected to swell the
total at least 3000.000 campaign man-
agers said.
(Assedmltd Prets Report.)
WASHINGTON June 25. Oversub-
scription of the Red Cross $100000000
mercy fund seemed assured Mondsy night
when the eight-day nationwide campaign
closed w'h final rallies in hundreds of
American cities.
The country's total outside of New Tork
etty tabulated by Red Cross headquarters
late Monday was $S0.SS0.000 and pledges
still were pouring in at the rate of about
a million an hour. New Tork city's total
waa believed to be near iw.uw.mv me
city's quota.
Definite figures will not be available
until Tuesday when cities report the re-
sults of their last minute efforts but Red
Cross officials Monday night said totals
will show that American generosity has
responded in the same spirit as for the
liberty loan.
Ten million dollars of apparent over-
subscription may be necessary to make
the actual collections equal $100000000
owing to the posslbjjity of duplicate re-
cording of some corporation Red Cross
dividends at the source and also In the
locality where stockholders live.
Red Cross officials will formulate plans
for the most efficient expenditure of the
millions large portions of "which ar
ought In France Russia and Rumania.
The first actual money reached th Red
Cross treasury by aerial messenger. Miss
Katherlne Stinson a young airwoman de-
scending upon the capital at the end of a
two-day flying trip from Buffalo. N. Y.
Albany New York and Philadelphia car-
ried to Secretary McAdoo treasurer of
the Red Cross money and pledge gath-
ered from citiea she visited.
Alighting near the Washington monu-
ment at dusk. Miss Stinson was taken to
tho treasury where Secretary McAdoo
and a throng of sightseers were waiting.
you nave maae a remaraaoie
daring trip" said the secretary.
and
National Guard Still
Below War Strength
iAueuiiti hrtu Reftrt.t
WASHINGTON June 26 The National
Guard still far below war strength is
recruiting at the rate of about 1000 men
a day. All of th States are well below
their quotas and some of them are going
backward In total strength.
Flrures reported to th war depart
ment complete for 38 States th lhstrict
of Columbia and Hawaii show a net gain
of 9769 officers and enlisted men during
th period between June 10 and 20. Ohio
was ahead with a gain or 2713 during th
10 days; New York second with 1293 and
Massachusetts third with (34.
Other gains reported were: Tennessee
191. Georgia 107 Texas; 33 Florida 10.
Oklahoma 13 Kentucky 4 and South Caro-
lina L .... ' ' . "
Liverpool Exchange
To Reopen Friday
tAintftid Priu )trl)
NEW TORK. June 26. The Liverpool!
cotton exchange is planning to reopen
Friday for trading in futur "under new
conditions which will be communicated
to the member on Thursday" aocordliut
to a cablegram rclvd here Monday by
Oeorte M. Bhutt preaiflent ef the New
fork cattoa exchange from AaK: Barnee.
preaident of tho- Liverpool Cotton aas
elation.' v. v
- HOUSTON TEXAS JtJESDAY JUNE 26 1917. PRlClpIVEjCEOTSI
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ton
Stand Expense of Work
declared that he was not opposing meas-
ures but methods; that he. was not stand-
ing in the way of legislation for tha city's
good as charged by tha mayor.
"I'd rather be dead and buried than to
make such a statement as the mayor has
iust made." he said. "Just becauso he
meets with opposition In carryliV"ttut his
plans in the way he wants 'them oarried
out he attacks the council. I have ob-
jected to the mayor's methods not his
measures. I am not opposed to 'an investi-
gation into lighting prices but I'm not In
favor of forcing the light company to
throw away (40000 of equipment and at
the same time repudiating a previous ac-
tion of the council which established the
very rate that Mayor Pastorixa wishes to
have lowered.
"I very strongly object to the language
of the statement the mayor has Just read.
Any man who would present anything
like that and offer It for publication as
Is evidently his purpose to do. Is not a fit
man to sit in the mayor's chair.
8AID DIDN'T BELIEVE MAYOR
KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
Mr. Halverton rose to his feet when Mr.
Fitzgerald had finished.
"I don't believe Mr. Mayor" he began
"that you knew what you were writing
when you wrote the statement you have
Just read. To be plain I regard It as the
act of an Idiot. Such a communication
could only emanate from a man who is
looking for trouble. I never blocked your
(Continued on Page Seven.)
TO BUILD WOODEN
VESSEL!) IN TEXAS
General Goethals Awards Contracts
for More Ships.
Deliveries to Be Made in 1918 In
All Fleet Corporation Has
Let One Hundred and
Four Contracts.
WASHINGTON. June .-4Wracts for
10 complete ateel merchant ships four
cdmplete wooden merchant vessels and 20
wooden ship hulls were announced Mon-
day by Major General Goethals general
manager of the emergency flet corpora
tion. iyilyerles will be made In 191t.
The steel ships will be built by the
Moore AScott Iron Works at Oakland.
Cal. ; the complete wooden ships by the
Newcomb Lifeboat company Hampto'i
va. : 12 wooden hulls by the Universal
Shipbuilding company Harris county
Texas; four hulls by the Portland Ship-
building company Portland Me.: and
four hulls by McBrid Law Beaumont
Texas.
In addition to the ship contracts or
ders for 12 vertical triple expansion ma-
rine engines were given to the Ellicott
Machine corporation of Baltimore.
In all the fleet corporation has let con
tracts so far for 104 complete ships S3
of steel 32 wood and steel and 34 wood.
Seventy-two wooden hulls have been or
dered.
Under date of May 19 The Poet pub
Ushed the following from its Washington
correspondent:
B L. Waggoman and I. T. Taylor of
Fort Worth left Saturday night for Gal
veston after being introduced to Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels by &epresen
tatlve McLemore In order that they mlaht
obtain Information relative to procuring
government contracts for the construction
of wooden ships. They were referred to
General Goethals and he suggested that
they proceed at once to Galveston to meet
Mr. Crowell and they acted Immediate
ly upon this suggestion. If the Fort gen
tlemen secure the desired contract they
expect to build ships at the Galveaton
yards.
Bank Statement
Called for June 20
Asiociattd Prut Rtport.)
wABriiNU tun June zt. The comp-
troller of the currency Monday issued a
call for tha condition of all national banks
at the close of business Wednesday
June 20. i-
AUSTIN. Texas. June 23. The state de-
partment of banking Monday issued a call
for statement of condition of State banks
for the period ending Wednetday June 20.
Cotton Broke Nearly
$4 a Bale in New York
(Associate J Prtts Rtfert.)
in aw iuhr June mere Was a
break approximately of $4 a bale In the
cotton market her Monday. October
sold down to 26.82 representing a decline
of 9( points from Saturday' hlgn record.
Realising was attributed to reports - of
rain In the Southwest relieving crop ap
prehensions.
German Press Treats
Socialists as Americans
(AMMitltd Pru Rtforl.)
COPENHAGEN June 16. German
newspapers for obvious reason continue
to treat th thre oocJalltU Goldfarb
Rtinsteln and Davldovlch who recently
arrived at Stockholm from the United
States ' a thoroughly rprnta!tlv
Americana qualified to apeak tor social-
ism andeve the labor movement m
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PRESENT CONGRESS
EXPECTED TO MAKE
NATION BONE DRY
Opinion in Washington Is Food Con
trol Will Prohibit Manufacture
of AD Intoxicants.
300000000 GALLONS OF
. WHISKY STUMBLING BLOCK
House Amendment Permits Its Sale
to Exclusion of Beer and Winei.
Wonld Cost Government $700-
000000 to Ssise It.
By W. S. Gard
Houston Post Stsff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON June 25. That this
congress will prohibit the manufacture
of spirituous and malt liquors during
the period of the war when the food
control bill is finally enacted into law
is generally conceded in Washington.
Senator Sheppard said the stum.
bllng block In the senate in the form-
Uon of the prohibition section for the
bill is the 300000000 gallons of whisky
which the house amendment permits
to be sold to "the exclusion of the beer
and light .wines.
The revenue whiol Is estimate'' con
sldered secured through additional taxes
on this whlaky may preclude its seixure
by the government but the form which
the amendment to the food bill will take
is yet vary uncertain. Should the house
provisions b retained it is estimated that
It would mean the loss of about $700000000
or $$00000000. to the government. This
Is baaed upon revenue sacrificed the pay
ment of money to the owners of the
whisky when seised and the cost of red is
tilting It into alcohol.
In the Bouse the Texans who voted Sat
urday against the prohibition amendment
are Representative Slayden. Mansfield
Garner Eagle McLemore Black Wilson
and Hardy.
Representative Gregg voted for the Mc
Lemore amendment retaining light wines
and beer in the country' list of manufac
tured articles and also .voted for the Webb
amendment which authorizes the presi
aent to comaoanaeer tne whisky now in
storage for redistillation purposes. He
does not believe the president would ex
ercise sucn authority.
. Texas representatives voting for the
prohibition amendment are: Garrett Dies
Blanton. Jones. ConnaUy. Rayburn Sum-
ncrs and Young. .
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Senate Takes Tfp
Food Control Bill.
WASHINGTON -June 6.-rrormal trans
fer Monday from the House to the senate
of the administration food control bill
with it prohibition for the United Statea
added in the house waa accompanied by
general prediction that the legislation
would be passed by the senate within 10
days and finally enacted-in time to deal
with this season' crops.
While debate on the Chamberlain draft
of the bill continued on the floor of th
senate the measure aa It passed the house
was referred to the agricultural commit-
tee. A subcommittee will begin Its con-
sideration Tuesday and a report to the
senate is expected Wednesday.
Material changes which administration
leaders have agreed to accept and which
the subcommittee may adopt Tuesdsy ar
expected to allay opposition. These
amendments propose:
Extension of government control over
food feed and fuels aa provided In the
Lever bill to many other 'basic articles
including Iron and steel and their prod-
ucts copper lead sine aluminum plati-
num farm Implements fertiliser and
binding twine; elimination of the provi-
sion for regulation of consumption to
Insure that the food adminatrator shall
not regulate Individual rations; Inclusion
of a new section to Insure that control of
farmers production or storage of his own
products can not be attempted and. an
addition to the licensing section to make
clear that th chargea to be fixed shall
relate to storage and other middlemen's
handling.
Aaid from difficulties ahead over pro-
hibition opponents of the bill promise to
continue their fight on the licensing plan
minimum price fixing the provision for
government purchase of foodstuffs the
section authorising the president to com-
mandeer factories and other planta and
mines.
Majority and minority committee te-
ports are looked for.
On the house amendment prohibiting
further manufacture of foodstuffs into
Intoxicants ov any kind. 4 majority of
the committee Is saM to favor a substi-
tute along similar drastlo lines. The fight
will canter upon an effort to permit the
manufacture of malt liquor and wines.
THE CALENDAR
. THE WEATHER.
( Associated Prtst Rtpart.)
WASHINGTON. Jumt H.Etsl
Tint
Tuesday and Wldntsday partly cloudy.
West Tnras and Louisiana Tuesday and
Wednesday generally fair.
Forecast for Hcustoe and vicinity Tuesday
Partly cloudy weather.
Teuperatar euremts sad snclpltatla at
Houston for 24 hours eadlag Jaa 28. 7 p. a. :
Maximum St. mlalaum T4: preeipltatto .02
lack.
AtDMapberk.' preuurs st rioastoa st 7 p.. at.
Monrtsr. S0.0J. sea Itvel raadlaa.
HunrlM Tuesdsy 0:11 a. .. soaset 7:17 p. s.
Comparative record at Hoaatoa for Juoe tS:
117. ma.
s. m 74 Til 7
10 s. s ti M SI
hods fj m
P. m J TO
6 p. m SB ts
Relstlre hamMlty Monday: 7 a.
cent: 2 p. m. (U per cent.
87 per
Today's ErVnts.
Joint debate about tick eraaicatleti at
City Auditorium S p. m.
ftetail Msrohsnts' annual ' mtlrra for
election of officer Rle hotel t m.
AMUSKMKNTa.
11 theateri "The Iren." .
Crown theateri "The Mirror."
Queen theateri "The OMnlgrant.M
Liberty theateri "The Love Hrmtt
Zoo theateri "The Heir ti the As." .
tea theateri "The StoJ aral'
Key theateri "The Tie Of f)mflV
See) earki rre vaueevtte. anclr
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The Town
Being Hemmeain
Sir Douglas Haig
Germans May Soon Lose
Coal Deposits Successful Raids Gave British
More Than 400 Yards of Trenches in Outskirts
of City Nightly Numerous Germans Are
Killed or Captured
(AtiecUted Prut Rtforl.)
Gradually the forces of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig are hemming In the town
04 Lens the center of the great coal deposits in the department of Pas de Calais
and from which prior to the war more than 6000000 tons of coal annually were
exported.
Successful raids carried out Sunday night by the British gave them 600 yards of
trenches in the woods at the western outskirts of the city while Monday's operations
brought them further progress along both bank of the Bouchez river on a front of
about a mile and a half southwest of the
The British troops are harrasslng the Germans at various points along the front
held by them in Belgium and France with nightly raiding parties which have been
successful in killing numerous Germans and taking others prisoners.
British and German airmen continue to strive for mastery in France and Belgium.
Sunday witnessed the destruction of five German airplanes in battles In the air and
by British antiaircraft guns while five others were put out of commission. The
British lost five machines.
Mighty artillery duela between the French and Germans still are In progress on
several sector of the front between Solssons and Rheims. Apparently the Germans
have ceased their infantry operations as the latest French communication makes
no mention of fresh thrusts by the crown prince. The battered city of Rheims con-
tinues to be a target for German shells. 1200 of them having been dropped there
Sunday.
The fighting along the Russian front again has extended Into the Carpathians
around Klrllbaba on the Bukowlna frontier. In Galicla between the Zlota LI pa and
Narayuvka rivers and along the upper Stripa fighting between the Austro-Germans
and Russians is described by Berlin as lively.
The operations in the Austro-Itallan theater have again lost Intensity. The artil-
lery duels have died down while the Infantry enoounters are merely reconnolssancea.
By the narrow margin of less than 20 Met an American Transatlantic liner pro-
ceeding from an American to a British port escaped being struck by a torpedo from
a German submarine. American gunners on board the liner sighted and fired upon
the U boat but whether their shells reached the target could not bo ascertained.
Only the quick and skillful maneuvering of the liner SMVed.her from destruction.
Another South American neutral steamer has been sent to the bottom by a sub
marine. The steamer The Toro was torpedoed off Gibraltar while bound for Genoa
with a caro of Argentina products.
TEXAS CO CAPITAL
NOW $69375000
Stockholders Authorized Increase of
One-Quarter of Former Total.
Officers and Directors Later Took
Tip Changes and Plans for Ex-
pansion to Be Finally Set-
tled Tuesday.
An increase of the capital stock of the
Texas company to $69276000 was author-
ised at a apeclal meeting of th stock-
holder at he general office In Hous-
ton Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
The Increase Is from $56600000 and
put 26 per cent of that amount or
$12176000 additional stock on the books.
The new issue will be offered pro rata
stockholders at par value. $100 a shsre
payable in three Installments. In August.
October and January.
This was the only definite act of the
meeting Monday according to Vice Pres-
ident T. J. Donoghue. Officers and direc-
tors met at 2 o'clock In the afternoon
and took up the plan of expansion and
contemplated changes under the recent
act of the Texas legislature giving the
Texas company authority to engage In
the oil producing business in addition to
Its preeent pipe line refinery snd salea
business but requiring that it dispose
of or separately Incorporate Its pipe lines
so as to make them easier to regulate
and control.
These mrtters will be decided at a sec-
ond meeting of officers and directors
Tuesday at 3 o'clock.
in particular it will be decided whether
the Producers' Qll company shall .remain
a separate corporation under Texas com-
pany control or be absorbed into the par-
ent company. In that case It is under-
stood stockholders In the Texas com-
pany will share directly the profits from
the oil producing end of the business
through the parent company and there
will be no re-distrlbutlon of stock.
The question of separating the pipe lineal
Interests from the parent company and
making distinct organizations of them
was another Important matter under con-
sideration Monday afternoon. It will be
decided at Tuesday's session.
Revision of the by-laws will also be
considered.
The Increase of Monday is the third In-
crease In the rapltal slock of the 'Texas
company since January. 1116. In all
cases the new Issue was offered to the
stockholders at par.
The present increase following so
closely on the heels of others. Is pointed
to as an Indication of the rapid growt"!
of th company's business.
England's War Cost
6615000 Pounds Day
(Associate! Press Report.
LONDON June 25. The total national
expenditure or the nine weeks from Octo-
ber t to December t last waa on a daily
average of i. (16000 says a statment In
detail prepared by Andrew Bonar Law.
the chancellor of the. cxtViequcr for the
house of common.
For th five weeks from April 1 to May
( 11T. the tatment shows the dally
averag of expenditure was i. 7.71.O0O
whll for the flv weeks from May 4 to
inn It was 7632.000.
For th ten weeks from April 1 to June
the expenditure shows to liave averaged
77t2.00. i
For th reapectlve periods set forth the
actual war expenditure daily the chancel-
lor States was 6.711.000. 7475000
A-6.Mt.0M and (.72$.eoO.
Expects Congress to
Adjourn in August
XAnatiaitd Press Hapart.
WASHINGTON June J6. Democratic
Leader Kltehka Monday predicted ad-
journment of congress by August 1 or
August 11 In announcing that after next
Wednesday Or Thursday he would ask for
three day adjournments until th ewat
ha td oht of the bouse legislation
be-fora H ?
III-
Vflwt
of Lens
Control of Center of Great
town.
MEXICAN PRODUCED
TEXAS' FIRST BALE
Staple Went at $223 Per Pound on
Exchange Floor.
Bale Expressed to New Tork Where
It Wilr Be Sold Friday for
Benefit of Bed
Cross.
In the presence of a large assembly of
cotton men of 8outh Texas the first
bale of cotton of the 1117 crop was sold
at auction on the floor of the Houston
Cotton exchange Monday morning at 11
o'clock Hubbell Slack t Co. having been
the successful bidders with a price of
$825.
The auction was conducted by Secretary
J. F. Burwell of the exchange and the
first bid was $600. Bids were raised by
$60 in quick succession until the $926
mark waa reached when bidding stopped
and the bale was knocked down to Hub
hell. Slack A Co. amid great applause
from the crowd upon the floor.
The bale weighed 414 pounds after ar
living in Houston. The official classifi-
cation committee of the Houston Cottqji
exchange classed the staple aa middling
and the price per pound amounted to a
little more than $2.23.
BALE SENT BY EXPRESS
TO NEW YORK CITY.
Immediately after the sale Hubbell
Siack & Co. expressed the bale to New
York where it will be sold Friday morn-
ing on the floor of the New York Cotton
exchange and the proceeds will be turned
over to the Red Cross. This Is the first
time Hubbell Slack & Co. have been
tle successful bidders upon a first bale
but several years ago they produced a
first bale upon their plantation In the
lower coast country. The Arm is one
of the largest In Houston cotton circles
and haa an international reputation.
A picture was made of the bale and
the crowd gathered about it aa soon aa
it had been sold. It has been the custom
fur many years of William D. Cleveland
Si Sons to entertain with refreshments
and cigars at the auction of flrst bales
tut this year the refreshments were elim-
inated and the expense turned over to the
Ked Cross.
WAS GROWN BY
MEXICAN NEAR LYFORO. '
The first bale of 1917 was grown by a
Mexican living In the Lyford-Raymond-ville
country by the name of Tomaa
Montemayer and he is the same man
who produced the flrst bale last year
which came in about. two weeks earlier in
the season than the 1917 bale.
He has 600 acres In cotton this year and
will soon be marketing his crop freely.
According to one member of the party
accompanying the bale to Houston In
another two weeks this farmer will be
getting a bale of cotton every three hours
out of his fields.
Dr. W. P. Webb a physician of l.yford
and one of the most progressive cltlsens
of that section or Texas shipped the bale
to William 1. Cleveland & Sons the
cotton firm of Houston which has been
receiving the flrst balea of each season
with one or two exceptions for many
years. Dr. Webb expressed the hale to
Houston and brought a party of promi-
nent cltlsens to Houston with him to at-
tend the aale. The party Included be-
(Contlnued on Page Seven.)
Participants in Anti-
Draft Meeting Held
(Associated Press Report)
FREKPORT. III. June 36. Indictments
against 134 alleged participant In th
antldraft demonstration at Rockford 111.
June 6 were returned before Judge Landl
of the federal court her Monday.
Th three alleged ringleader Clyde
Howe KmU Schrom and Earl Cully wore
charged with conspiracy to thwart the
registration law; the other wr charged
with violating that law. Bond fur th
aliased leader were fixed at $26000 each
and tlM tor th other.
1
v flwli rrott ft matt hav thm thl -
wtu. Aft vu.. t nnnmantt ar net
ductd from t tau't quota in
floor f til. in .tilKHnfl.
nrtnr m ii I'ni.i
MS'SKOTIUOTM
of 9000 Yards
sraiuNrw
HRST SHOT ADC.
After Being Atcl lletch
Ship Swung' Aronnd and i.
Eleren Shots at Tktfotz ' t
Which Was' Sent ft Bottom.' .
ijAtsociattd Press Report. ) ;.
AN ATLANTIC PORT June 25.-
Members of the crew of a-Brttl. .
steamer which arrived here.' MonaVy
reported having sunk an stta∈
German submarine. The BritUn Tea
sel sent a shell into the U-boatVma!!-zine
causing an explosion which part-
ed the underwater boat about -midships.
Each end sank separately.
The British' steamer was uninjured."' -
The submarines was five miles -dis
tant and running away after having -attacked
the Britisher nearly 400 miles
off the coast of Ireland. . Jl
According to the story told by the' gutv
ner of the British steamer th.e submarine. '
waa firat seen when she sent a sheH at
the steamer from a distance of about SOOS
yards. It fell short and the steamer BJ
mediately was swung around so that th
stern was toward the U-boat getting the
naval gun at work. Eleven shot wr4
fired in rapid succession and each struck
very close to the German. :
GERMANS WERE
USING TWO GUNS.
'I knew I had the range after the see'
ond shot and so did the German" aaio '
the British gunner. v
"Th Germans were using their two
guns fore and aft. while w had only
one. but the shells were falling ahort and
he started to run. I followed him wit ft
shells and the twelfth the one that aenV "'
him down struck Just abaft the perii
scope. He was then more than $000 yards
away. :
'We could all aee the boat break ta '
half arid go down diaappearlng In a fast '
minutes. I sent four more shots Into the -water
at the spot where she disappeared
to let any of the Boches who might have
escaped know that we were still around
and would take care of them If they apt
peared. .? '
'At the same time our battle was going
on. the wireless operator picked up the
call of an American vessel that arrived
at an Atlantic port last Friday and alf
caught a message that another AmeticaO
kip had been torpedoed and was sink
ing. The message said that the German
was firing on the lifeboats. The V4MI-
was about 30 miles to the south of u.
and I do not know how they made out." -
The steamer's captain and other offi
cers would not discuss the battle but
confirmation of the gunner's story was -obtained
from other members of the crew
American Cunners
Fought Off Submarine.
(Associated Press Report.)
AN ENGLISH PORT June 25. Amer
ican naval gunners successfully fought-
off a big German submarine which f;
tacked an American passenger liner off- .
the coast of Ireland Saturday night.
torpedo fired by the submarine missed;
its target by leas than 2ff feet. :.:
The encounter occurred at midnight".
after the liner had been in the aubraav-:
rine sone many hours. A large number
of the passengers on board were reading; -
in the cabins or lying in chairs on the-
deck ready for emergency.
A staff correspondent of the Associated
Press was talking with the lieutenant
in charge of the guns crews when tha .
gunners sighted the wake of a torpedo a
It went spinning toward the bow. The
lieutenant jumped to his station as the
lockout cried:
'Torpedo and submarine off starboard s
bow!"
Th ship swung around so sharply- that .
the decks were tilted to an angle of 20V ;
degrees immediately there cams the
bark and flasll of a gun. Passengers :
binding life belts around themselv
swarmed to the decks. The ship's offi
cers hurried among them counselling '
calmness. Another gun this time point- ;
ed astern was fired and the projectile .
in ita flight atruck a long boom swung
over the aide to which a log line was at-
tached. The liner at that moment was wallow
Ing between two great waves. Tho con-
ning tower of the submarine outlined for ..
a moment against the sky. was all that
was visible to th gunners in the dark
ness. i
They lost sight of the raider in th
darkness however and were unable to '
(Continued an Page Two.)
THE
WANT AD MAN
GETS
A LETTER
The Want Ad Man got a
letter today saying: "Please -kill
my ad. 1 have sold my
automobile and am worried
till I can't work for the calls- s
from people who want to
buy it." N '.(
The Post gets letters like ;
this every day. . v
Do you want a car or do "J!
you want to sell oner0" '
A Want Ad in ThdnfoatV'
will get the RESULTS.:for
you. .V-Vy
PhoriePreotori43600?v'
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