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WEDNESDAY JUNE 11
All Wfre Companies in the
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Konenkamp
ONLY BUSINESS ; '
; LINES INVOLVED
Officials of Western ( Union
' and Postal Declare They
Are Not" Alarmed at . .
Threatened Tieup
" By Leased Wire to The Houston Post
CHICAGO III. June 7. Sixty thou-
sand telegraph and telephone workers
thsoufhout the. United States members
of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
ot America have ; been ordered out on
. strike June 11 by 8. J. Konenkamp the
international president' . In a number of
code messages sent from Pittsburg where
he was Saturday to J. F. Campbell In-
ternationa) secretary he ordered author-
ity for the strike sent to all local unions.
Oyer 300Q 'operators save been out sev-
eral days against the Western Union
Telegraph company in the southeastern
portion of the country and the new or-
ders call out the resfc v
It is. eapected. that : the ; electrical
workers and other wire men and women
. will follow suit and before the week ia.
oref 400000 workers will bo out on the
nationwide strike for all have Toted to"
fo fut. Originally Intended to be directed
at the wire "administration under Post-
master General Albert 8. Burleson the
strike mow appears to be directed at the
. Western Union company' although the
Postal Telegraph company : the Amer-
ican Telegraph and Telephone company
tforth Americajt company and all lasso-
ts'ated wire' arc involved.
777"- 300tnn ChIo. t;7 :;;V;
. Ab6j300Gvteff ropkj yuid -tetephom
workers in Chicago will go ouCnccording
to Secretary Campbell but Chicago of-
fields' of the. wire companies deny the
i'laims.of the wnlons. : Charles P. Folfd
secretary of the International Order of
Electrkal Workers gave out : a aUfe-
ment & Springfield JU. Saturday; to the
' effect that the strike of the electrical
workers set for Jane 16 has been called
off because of the action of Mr. Burleson
ta turning Back control of the wire Com.
. paniea to the 'owners- but under gov-
ernment supervision. . ::.r. : ; 4
A the" clectricjl workers' have been
dead set on a strike and there has been
some dispute over the action of the
postmaster general as to whether he has
relinquished complete control of the wire
systems Chicago labor leaders Bay' that
the electrical -workers will "faU in line.'
The brokers leased wires and the press
wires are not invoWed in the strike
although a large number of those opera-
tore beloDgto the union.' V : J r .
Evan T. Jonea chief operator for" the
Western Unionr said Saturday night that
his compaby here was not interested or
involved. T ' . " k ... : "
"We are not interested or involved"
said Mr. Jones. "I really don't know if
we bava any of our people in the union
or not but I don't think- so. Those elec-
trical workers are not going on a strike
with the telegraphers and I don't think
that the strike will amount to much. Yon
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Houston Men Are Sent '.
. to Take the Places of
.. r NeW Orleans Strikers
Telegraphers from the office of the
Western Union were sent to New Or-
leans Saturday to take the place of men
on strike in that city it was learned from
an authentic source.' ' Funds for trans-
' porting the operators from Houston were
drawn from the Union - National bank
. after 6 p. m. Saturday. .. ''.-
One telegraph official 'Mid three men
had keen sent to New Orleans Satur-
day morning.' Another official said four
men had been sent there after p. nv
. It also was eaid three operators had
been transferred to the New Orleans of-
. fide' from San Antonio.' :
According to Western 'Union officials
less than 20 per cent of the employes of
the Western Union at New Orleana and
Atlanta' are out on a strike. They ex-
plained tbQ report that the men were
out "100 per cent" aa meaning . only
' members of ' the ' Commercial ; Telegra-
phers Union of America. They said the
U T. U. A. had a small membership in
. Houston i : ' ' ' v. -. v f '
Approximately 400 employes of the
- Western Union at New Orleans have
joined in the walkout at that place ac-
cording to a' Houston official of the C.
T. U. A. Of thia number about 200 are
operators he' said and the remainder
r.re linemen and clerks. '
Western I'niftn officials said they did
- ot expect the strike aeaffeet Houston.
They expressed the belief a.majority of
the employee here were not affiliated
with tbe C. T. U. A. . ; "
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Text of Strike Order
"To AU. T'elegraph 'and aH Tele-
phone Employes. .' ' '
"A strike is hereby declared to )
; take effect Wednesday" June 11 ;
'1019 at 8 a. m. Eastern standard "
time against tbe Western Union
Telegraph company the .Postal
" Telegraph and Cable. company
the American Telegraph and Tel-
ephone company the Mackay and .
North American -. mpnies ; all
: their associated companies "ajad
against telephone companies where
v our members are! em ployed." . .
Dallas Pastors Asked '
by Unions to Preach :
; ' Today on the Strike
Houston Post Special. x
DALLAS Texas June 7 With
all ' efforts toward -arbitration prov- .
' ing" . fruitless Dallas rJastors have
been asked to take a hand in the
' strike amf to discuss the situation
from the pulpit Sunday. Decision
' fo make this request Of the ministers '
' was reached by union leaders Satur-
day. morning following a meeting
'. held Friday night at the Labor Tem-
pie. It is thought that the majority ;
of the pastors will comply with the '
request of the unions. A ;
"Construction of a 500000 muni-
cipal light and power plant ia being'
urged by the labor men and it ia hint-
'ed that a resolution. may be asked
calling upon the city to erect such
a plant for the purpose of caring for
the city's power and light needs-
It. is possible that the city will be
asked to sell "this power to the gen-
1 eral public in direct competition with '.
the Strickland interests.
Mayor . Woxencraft who delved '
into the strike situation immediately
upon his return to Dallas Friday
. announced Saturday afternoon that
until the strike is settled he will not
; devote his time to any other busi-
ness.- He has instructed his secre-' .
tary to cancel all engagements not
connected with the' strike and to
make no others except as relating
to thia important issue. '
Aa the situation now atands there
are 13 unions with a membership of
more than 8000 striking and seven
. '"' other unions have voted to walk outl
The aeren unioaa. which are await :
ing the aanctioil'of thfir interna7.
vtional officers before wallfing out
. art: ' Leather workers 'waiter; and .'
' waitresses mechanics ' stag em-
J ployes - motion picture' operators ;
' baaera and broonunakars.
No" Early' AtmCf
Recent Bomb Outrages ;
Likely Elynii Asserts
By Leased Wire U The Houston Post.
. NEW. YORK June 7. JThough ; ac-
cording to Chief William J. Flynn there
are a. hundred leads in connection with
the recent bomb outrage there is no
prospect now of immediate action either
in the. way of arrests or in the round up
of radicals. The hope; now ilea in tbe
chance of "Unearthing something by keep-
ing a very strict watch on the known an-
archists and other radicals. V
Aa a precautionary measure a list is
being made .of all the persona who may
have incurred the enmity of the. radi-
cals in the. .discharge of their official
dutie pr otherwise and a' careful watch
is to be kept on these people and their
homes so that if any attempt is made
to harm one of them the intending crim-
inal may be caught. Had such measures
been adopted and continued following
the discovery ot the May ay bombs in
the malls it was pointed out .the bomb-
ing of A. Mitchell ' Palmer's house in
Washington and the blowing up of Judge
Nott'a house in tnis city might have been
prevented. '.'"' ' :'
" Special precautions will be taken on
Tuesday which ia June 10 the anniver-
sary of ' the execution of the anarchist
Ravachol who threw a bomb into the
French chamber of deputies... Ravachol
waa guillotined on June 10 1802. The
anarchists have frequently noticed the
anniversary of his death by the uae of
dynamite and there ia a picture of his
crime which many anarchists like to keep
and look at Abano and Carbone the two
men convicted in connection with the St
Patrick's exploaion in 1915 had copies of
thia picture. '
New Use for Balloon
Discovers Forest Fire;
Extmguishin 7. Minutes
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By Leased Wire to The Houston Post
WASHINGTON ; June 7-Tbe
' army balloon service has discovered
' its first forest fire which was ex-'
. tinquished within seven '. minutas. .
'lieutenant Donald C Cathcart post
; adjutant at Ross fieldi' Arcadia Cali-
fornia the war department an-
nounced operating a balloon in eo
- operation .with the 'forest service
discovered the fire 'on . the ljocky
Baldwin ranch at the foot of Sierra '
Madre mountain. ' :.. " t
Lieutenant Cathcart was in an
observation balloon at an elevation -of
1500 feet when he saw the fire.
Orders were given by telephone from
the balloon basket "to guards on land
and within- seven minutes the fire '
waa extinguished the only d est rue-
. tion having been two carloads of
barley ia'y." ' '. ' . '
CANADA AMD U: S: 7
: CO-OPERATIHG IN
pHIfOH RADICALS
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Boundary . Line and Immi-
gration Laws to Be Usec
to Sitamp Out Bolshc-
vism7 in America 3
ORGANIZED LABOR.
AID ING. IN WORK
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Seattle and Winnipeg Strikes
Part of Plot to Establish
; ; Soviet Government1 ?
It Is Claimed
By Leased Wire to Tbe Houston Post
WINNIPEG Mann June 7. The
United States and Canada "are working
in conjunction against the spread of Bol-
shevism in the northwest section of the
continent - ; ' "'
Information brought here by high gov-
ernment officials Saturday ia that a care-
ful canvass of radical . circles has been
made with the aid of organized labqr in
the United States with a view of bring-
ing revolutionary agitators under inter-
national surveillance.
. The survey baa shown that the agita.-
tors for. a long time have been congre
gating in the Pacific coast cities. New
York ia said to have lost many of the
wildest leaders who were thick with
Trotsky in the days when he lived in the
tenement districts of Manhattan' and they
have appeared out West as promoters of
the "one bigvunion" idea and "proletariat
dictatorship.".
Other cities of the East and tbe Middle
West have also had a migration of ex-
tremist leadera to' the coast. ;
The section from Seattle to Vancouver
waa picked aa where the soviet idea was
first to. be established' the plan being
to get a foothold and then drive it east
ward. TBe Seattle strike waa to have
been followed by a tieup at Vancouver
but the breaking of the I. W. W. at Seat
tie led the leadera to pick' Winnipeg as
the spot for starting their Canadian
movement. - t
' Border to Be Barrier. .
Tbe boundary line haa been nothing of
a barrier so far but the autborltiea'on
both aides are now asing it at an agency
for checking up the radicals. 'At pres
ent according to word brought back; from
Washington 1 by Cawadian 'officials ' most
of the chief disturbers are now on the
Dominion aide of the boundary. 'The
United States is taking measures to keep
them from crossing back.
Instructions have beer issued to in-
spectors from Montreal to. Vancouver to
redouble their vigilance. 4 No traveler
suspected of being a "red" ia to be al-
lowed to re-enter ; the. States without
going through the fullest inspection pro-
vided by the immigration regulations.
They wUl be required to produce birth
certificates or naturalisation papers. If
not citizens of the United States tbey will
no4e allowed entry. By far the greater
part of them are of foreign birth and if
naturalized-they will have to prove up
to the satisfaction of the authorities.
What thia me'ana will be understood by
anyone who haa had .experience with pass-
port offices. It is .not intended to place
them .under any particular restraint but
when such cases come up it will give .the
authorities a chance to probe into their
history antecedents and records 'such as
thej have not had before. It will afford
n full line' of information. "
Secret service men in industrial cen-
ters here radicalism haa been rampant
both in the atatea and the dominion have
for some time been working in conjunc-
tion. Indexes of the mOre rabid revolu-
tionaries have'been prepared and in some
instances tbe secret service men have
been furnished with photographs and full
description.
Radical la Caaada.
The survey so far made in which the
aecret service has been aided by leadera
of organiaed labor In the states is said
to have disclosed that numbers of radi-
cals are scattered in Vancouver Calgary
Edmonton' Port Arthur Toronto Mont-
real and' other dtlea in which they have
aided in exploiting tbe sympathetic strike.
The attention of the immigration offi-
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Today 's Calendar ;
FOEECASTS OF THE WEATHER.
N Associated Puts Report.
WASHINGTON. Jum l-Eart Tn
Suniaf. fir; Monday frrth tlondy.
WtH Ta$ Sunday fair; M amity tartly
etaody. Z '
Lauitiana Sunday f fairj Uanday partly
cloudy. ( .
Forratt for Houitoo sad vicinity Partlf
cloadr to cloudy. ...
Temptntvr oxtrsaMa aa4 snclpltattoa at
Boasloa ta4iMI P. . v
'' lisxlaam w. Binlaaa as.' Mo pnclpttaUoo.
'AtsMSPborlc pmnn at Bona too at m a.
10.04 r kral rudlD.
Soariss a. .: soastf t;n p. . . .
I0DAT8 E VESTS. r
8harks dub election of officera 3 p. m.
Beth Israel Sunday school picnic Koeh-
ler'a park.; ; .
Children's program Central Presbyterian
church 11 a. in. .
Bona of Hermann celebration at Houston
Saengerbund S p. m.
Odd Fellows and Rebekaha' memorial
. service at I. O. O. V. hall Hp.ni
Mass meeting to plan for entertainment
nt ntMrnin aoldiera. fiOfh infantrv hall
Bishop E. D. Mouson of Dallas to
? reach commeneement aermon to Rice
nstitute graduating class at inutiTnte.
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Arrriy Aviator Ho .Wai ;
Try to Fly From Coast to
st With Only 1 Stop
" CiDtain Rot N. Franeii
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To Captain Roy X. Krancis an army
aviator falls the honor of having been
chosen to try to make the first one-stop
flight from tbe Atlantic to the Pacific.
With- Lieutenant Edmund A. Clune be
will take the 'air in a Martin bombing
plane within a few days at Mineola Long
Island. His program calls for a flight
to North Platte Neb. alistauce of 1502
miles. Tbe second lap of 1-48 miles will
land him at San Vrnncisco. Thirty-two
flying hours Ire allowed in the schedule
for the completion of the flight of 2730
miles. -
WOULD BLOW DP
PEN TO RELEASE
"BILL" HAYWOOD
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Policed Uncover- Red Plot
That Calls for. Killing of
7 Government Officials ' '
By leased Wire to Tbe Houston Post.
CHICAGO June 7. A. letter written
by one of the convicted I. W. W.'s now
serving a term in the Fort Leavenworth
penitentiary to another member of the or-
ganisation In Chicago reveals a plot to
"blow up tbe prison with a machine gun
battery" and set free "Big Bill" Haywood
and others.
The letter which waa obtained by de-
partment of justice men Saturday in a
raid on the west aide reveals the names
of the sender and the recipient. The man
to whom the letter was sent is under
surveillance. '
That a plot haa been hatching for some
time in Chicago to liberate tbe convicted
I. W. W.'s by. force waa' admitted by gov-
ernment officials and the police. '
The letter was mailed from the prison
byaTtrusty. Part of it reads: . '
"The only way to get ua out of here is
to organiae'a machine'gun army and with
high- powered .'automobiles ' come down
here and blow thia place into the seventh
heaven. When the workers begin to take
such action I shall get Interested.
"I am far from being down hearted. I
believe tbe government will keep on mess-
ing np things until tie bolshevikl come
over Sere and blow them' oft. the face of
the earth. " ' ; ;. ' -
1 "Another good way to get na out of Jail
ia for every member of tbe I. W.'W. to
carry a 44-pistol'or a sawed -off ahotgun
and with bia cartridges make a new brand
of salt and pepper shakers Out of the gov-
ernment officiala." 7-77 : 7
' The letter also refers to the attorneys
who defended the I. W. W.'s before Ted-
eral Judge Land!. George ' Vanderveer
chief counsel for "Big Bill" Haywaoi and
the other 02 members of the I. W. W.
who were found guilty and convicted of
violation of the espionage act ia referred
to in the letter iC'i traitor." ;
. "George Vanderveer waa a traitor to
our cause aud hut assistant Otto Chria-
tensen was laay.J are ercerpts from
the letter sent from prison to tbe thlcago
member. : ' f '
. Government officials admitted that tbe
letter found in the; raid had been written
by a prominent I. W. W but would not
reveal bia name. ' ' I .
Woman Included Afnong
. . . Those Cited for Bravery
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WASHINGTON iune f. One woman
was included in the list oi citations made
public by the war department Saturday
aa tbe basis for awards of the distin-
guished aerrice cross. Jijss Jane Jef-
freys an English woman serving as an
American Red Cross nurse waa cited for
extraordinary braVery in action' While
on duty in a hospital she was wounded
by an exploding 'aerial bomb but refused
to leave her post "though suffering great
pain; her devotion to the tank f helping
others was inspiring to her associates"
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DEBS AND "REDS" :
REPUDIATED BY
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annmuwanMMUnnnuBwnauunMMwa
An Appeal for jClemency
Causes Storm of Protest
at the Convention of
American Federation
EXPECT BATTLE
ON PROHIBITION
Atlantic City Meeting Is
Down on . Bombers and
Men Who Profiteer
Foodstuffs
in
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
ATLANTIC CITy N. J. June 7.
Organixed v Jabor Saturday repudiated
Eugene Debs and all other agitators who
were convicted with efforts to embar-
rass the government in the carrying into
effect of the selective draft law. A res-
olution appealing for clemency for Debs
participated a storm in the convention
Saturday afternoon of the metal trades
department of the American Federation
of Labor. It asks for tbe pardon of
Debs and all auch offendera. The over-
whelming vote registered proved the
hopelessness of reviving the controversy.
It is expected that a similar defeat awaits
the plana of radicala who propose to
bring up the question in the general con-
vention next week. '
The action Saturday on the Drbr res-
olution is said by delegates to reflect tbe
stand of labor on tbe conservative side.
Tbe followers of President Samuel P.
Gompers point out that thia ia a certain
Indication that the radical element op-
posing him will bare no weight with the
convention. : . ; -
Million. Wronger in membership 4haa
when America entered '. the war the
American Federation ot Labor will go
into general conventions here on Mon-
day to outline a new reconstruction pol-
icy for labor throughout the United
Statea and its territorial diviaiona.
A demand for government action that
will atop all forma of profiteering in food
products is one of the certain develop-
ments of the convention it waa aaid
Saturday. Little hope waa beld out that
any movement in the meeting for recog-
nition for soviet rule in Ruaaia will re-
ceive serious consideration in view of
President Gompers' close) connection
with the adminlat ration at Washington
and tbe attitude of labor itself as re-
flected this week in tbe message of
President Donlin of the building trades
department denouncing bombers and all
forma of radicalism.
One of the biggest battlea in the con-
vention in all probability will center up-
on the prohibition question. There will
be a volley of resolutiona demanding a
strong protest against a "bone-dry" na-
tion aa an invasion of the constitutional
rlgbta of citizens. j
Another big issue ia to be that of sta-
bilising wor)Uf hour for labor reflect-
ed through demand of the metal trades
department for a 44-hour week uni-
versal in all branchea.
It ia expected also that progressives
in the national organization will again"
raise the question of transforming tbe
American Federation into a labor party
or at leaat launching auch a party as aa
agency of tbe federation. There will be
resolutiona alse calling upon the federa-
tion to stand for an eight-hour day for
farm laborers and for tbe withdrawal of
all American troops from Europe.
Recluse Reports Theft
of $65000 in Liberty
Bonds From His Cabin
Associated Press Report f
PORT T0WN8EXD Waeh June
7. Lawrence Smith aged recluse
reported to the police today that
.'some one entered his cabin on the
beach here last night and took'
$05000 worth of liVert'y bonds from
Ua clothea.
Bank President Found '
Dead Near Fowlerton
'Houaton Poet Special. '
SAN ANTONIO. Texas Juno 7. Wil-
liam B. Pat ton. 25 president of the
fowlertan State Lank came to bia death
rrom wounda eelf-Inflicted according to
the verdict of an inquest by Justice of tbe
Peace Ben Fisk Saturday morning. Pat-
ton's body waa fonod In a pasture Friday
about 23 yards from the Plraaanfon" road
14 miles south of San Antonio. Death
resulted from -1 bullet wound In : the
right temple. A 88-caJiber pistol was
found near the body.-- .' . .' ' -
The dead man had large interests in
South Texaa and ia survived by hia wife
mother and a slater ia Kansas. Inter-
ment waa' beld Saturday afternoon at
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RieDorted ICilled'
Dy i aqui oanaii
Qoyernor Declares Bordc
Situation Is Serious; Want
Texas Cavalry Organize
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Would Have Troops Inducted Into Federal Servi
.Within Twenty Days Assembling at Camp
MabryWar Department Directs In-V
. vestigation Washington Hears
Chihuahua Is Captured.
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NOG ALES -Ariz. June 7. At least two Americans and
Mexicans have been killed by Yaquis and bandits in the La Color
district of Sonora Mexico during the last two weeks according
the statement of nine American mining men who arrived from t'
neighborhood Saturday night. .-7
' . The party of Americans whose homes are in Arizona Color
and California have sent a statement ort conditions in that distr
to the state department at Washington with copies to Senators C
Thomas of Colorado Hiram Johnson of California and Marc
Smith and Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona.
I a the report on affair in Sonora forwarded to the state dep-
ment by the returned mining men it is stated that 19 Mexicans wc
killed by Mexican bandits and one
shot in the foot in a raid at Navajoe ; five Mexicans were killed
the Mexican bandits at Nuri 12 miles from where H. S. White .
American truck driver of Tucson
It is believed that White was
killed by Mexican bandits and
not by Yaquis as -was at first re-
ported since the tracks of his
slayers showed that they wore
shoes and not the Yaqui sandaU.
The murder at C. W. P. Tevotee min-
ing engineer three days ago undoubtedly
waa the work of tbe Yaquia aay the re-
turned Americana. Two Mexicans in tbe
automobile with Te votes and four other
Mexlcana accompanying tbe party on
horse back also art reported to have been
killed at the aame time. ".'
The atatemtnt continues:
"Why abonld Yaqui Indians be given
safe harbor in the United Statea schools
for their children and then be allowed to
bring bar ammunition to Mexico from
the United States and kill and pillage
American citizens T Are tbe Yaquia not
War Department to Rus!
PurchaseofEllirigtonFiel
Quick Action Needed to Forestall Provisions t
Bill Now Before Congress Houston Chamber
to Ascertain the Cost of Drainage Work.
W. S. CARD Carretpaadeat
Haastoa Past Bareaa
401 KsIIobi Balldlat.
WASHINGTON June 7. Additional
reason for speed in tbe dosing ot nego-
tiations with tbe war department for the
final transfer of the Ellington field prop-
erty came to light Saturday when the
actual military appropriation bill was
presented to the bouse by' Chairman
Mann of th military affaire committee.
If the aal and transfer of th camp la
not completed befor tbls bill become
a law there win be no money available
with which the war department can pay
for th property.
Th eectlon of th pending bill th re-
publicana win jam through th bouse
which applies to Ellington field reads:
"No part of any of' th appropriation
mad herein nor any of the unexpended
balances of appropriations heretofore
made for tbe support and maintenance of
th army or the military establishment
shall be expended for the purchase of
real estate." A
Relative to thia Chairman Kabn aaid:
The purpose ia obvious. Tbe committee
believes that all future purchases ot land
for military purposes shall be specifical-
ly authorised by act of congress. The
situation at Ellington field ia covered en-
tirely by tbia provision. If any portion
of that field haa not been actually pur-
chased when thia bQl becomes a law the
purchase can not bo made by th war de-
partment onleaa. authorised specifically
by congress."
Representative Eagle aaid there ia no
doubt but that any prolonged delay In
closing up th acquisition of Ellington by
the war department throagu any failure
on th part ot Houaton to meet auch
requlrementa aa may b atlpulated would
-mean aa end to th aegotiationa unless
a bill authorising th aal could b put
through epngreaa.
. CMirtaaaaa Eaal Baay.
Ia addition Congreaamaa Eagle aaid:
"I have Just bad ap with th department
th guarantee by th Hoaatea Chamber ot
Commerce that It would raise 123000 to
Insure th draining of Cowpea bayou.
American Charles Morgan y
Ariz. was recently slain.
at war with the United Statea the a.
aa Germany with their killing and pii:
ing of Americans?". i v
HOBBY URGES ACTION.
Declare Border Sltaatlea Crl'
Wants Taxaa Cavalry Mebilired By L
Associated Presa Report.
WASHINGTON Juno 7. Deck
that the Mexican border situation ti
critical that a larger fore of troop
the border ia necessary to protect I
and property of rittaena Governor I
by of TVxaa haa requested Secre!
Baker to call intp the federal arr
the let and 2nd brigade of Teias r
airy ' and to mobilise them at 1 a r
venlent point. ' - '
The war department ImmedUti'.
egraphed the commanding general
the southern department who haa rhn
ot the border guard asking hia views
(Continued on Page 4 Colomna 1
However officera of th department
more mature conslderalion question
legal right of the war department to
cept contributions in money. Then
In an entirely friendly spirit the cash ;
Justment and deposit haa been decK
The war department now take the I
tion that it will immediately procee .
close th option and take alt step
make EUlngton a permanent field as t
as tbey hav assurance of th IIou
Chamber of Commerce that It will be
sponsible for the completion and payn
for completion of the needed strait1
Ing and deepening of Cowpen bayou.
Houaton can do th work for f.
$10000 or $25000 it la immaterial to
war department The.basia for final
gotiatlona haa sow bees reached
final termination of th matter la
pected. ." .
A meeting ot th board of director
the Houston Chamber of Commerce
be -held at 4 p. m. Monday to d.
action to be taken in order that Ellin
field may be purchased. D. & C
preaident advocating prompt ac
mad th following statement SaturtI
"It la probable that a survey of the t
ritory to be drained will b made lu
diately Tbe Chamber of Commerce 1
not permit the people to commit t!
aelvee until an estimate of th cost of
project haa been made. An effort
b mad to ascertain just how much t
we hav to do thia work in. Th C
ber of Commerce ia ia do touch -Washington
and haa th eo-opers1.
th Texaa congressmen and eenato
Americans to Leave
Northern Russia
v Associated Pres Report.
ARCHANGEL Job 7.Aecor
th revised arrangements all the
eaa forces. Including th nr
b withdrawn from the Nort'i
front and will' be ready tor &:'
last ot June. Th second cot
Americans to leave Northern 1
sow assembling at Economia V
port ot Archangel This con;
expected to leav in about T) r
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