The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917.
VOL. XVIII. NUCL 210
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of so much sts le ami whim
we st: 11 keep this hroad
toed, sees ble model stock-
ed heavily. It is still a big
seller with us, and if you
want to wear a shoe with
room FOR FIVE TOES—
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ask to see the
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In Gunmetal $3.50, $4.50 and $5.00
I,, soft Vicis $5.00.
Account of Holiday Monday
this store will be closed; do your
shopping Saturday.
WM. HAAS
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ENTERS
DENIAL IT KNEW OF SUCH
ACTIVITIES.
Von Exhardt Letter Suggests That
Swedish Diplomat Should be Dec-
orated by Kaiser.
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8EVERAL NEGROES IN HOUS-
TON RIOT ADMIT GUILT
Fort Bliss, Sept. 14.—The board of
inquiry investigating the part taken
by negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth
United States infantry in the fatal
SOLDIERS WILL GET PERSHING’S
MESSAGE INSERTED IN BIBLES
New York, Sept. 14.—Major Genera!
Pershing has sent a message to Amei-
ican soldiers through the New York
Bible Society which was made public
riots at Houston the night of Aug. 23, here Thursday. The message, which
resumed its investigation here. Thir- will be inserted in the small khaki-
itfgn of the 164 negro soldiers held in covered Testaments given to the men,
[the stockade here were examined by follows:
lie board. “Aroused against a Nation waging
Altbougb no official statement of war jn violation of all Christian prin-
the findings of this board will be giv- ciples, our people are fighting in the
en out here, it became known that sev- cause of liberty.
eral of the negroes have admitted their , -Hardship will be your lot, but trust
part in the Houston rioting and have in God wjn give you comfort Temp.
implicated others
. the leaders.
said to have been
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THREATENED STRIKE PUT
UP TO THE GOVERNMENT
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. Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 14.—The
threatened strike involving twenty-five
unions affiliated with the Iron Trades
Council of San Francisco, affecting
approximately 24,000 men, has been
put up to the federal government so
fa£ as the California Metal Trades As-
sociation is concerned, it was announc-
ed today. The strike was set for Mon-
day. Considerable government ship
building would be affected.
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F. L. P. A. Members Plead Not Guilty.
Associated Press
Abilene, Texas, Sept. 14— Fifty-two
members of the Farmers and Labor-
ers Protective Association pleaded not
guilty at the trial today.
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Drink at
KINCAID’S
Fountain!
106 East Side Square
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tation will befall you, but the teach
ings of our Savior will give you
strength. Let your valor as a soldier
and your conduct as a man be an in
spiration to your comrades and an
honor to your country!”
SWEDISH SECRETARY TO AID
IN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
' Associated Press
London, Sept. 14.—An official state-
ment issued by the Swedish govern
ment, according to a Stockholm dis-
patch, says O. A. H. Ewerloef, sec-
retary of the Swedish ministry of for-
eign affairs, has been given a leave of
absence from the foreign office and
has placed himself at the disposition
of the minister of justice, with the ob-
ject of assisting in special investiga-
tions in connection with the Swedish
Argentina revolutions.
FARMER MAY BE EMBARRASSED
BY BRITISH CALLING IN LOANS
Washington, Sept. 14.—British cor-
porations which have loaned about
$110,000,000 on Southern cotton and
j farm lands are asking for payment,
which may embarrass many farmers
in the South unless they can find a
! way to transfer their loans. Several
j southern financiers conferred here
j with southern members of congress
j and will later see Secretary McAdoo.
, They suggest that the government ask
j Great Britain to have the request for
payment rescinded.
Our Repair Department
is at Your Service
iSff Every motorist knows how aggravating it is to
® get stalled ont on the road—maybe you’re all dress-
ed up, and to “get out and get under” would spoil
a perfectly good suit of clothes; or maybe the prop-
er accessory that would just put you in running
order again, is the very thing that has been omit-
ted from your kit.
■ Next time that happens to yon, call us up.
\ Our repair car is always ready to make a fly-
ing trip, and our charges are reasonable.
This is the place to come for service, courtesy
and economy.
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Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 14.—Another
chapter of the story of German in
trigue in neutral countries and among
neutral diplomats was revealed last
night by Secretary Lansing in the
form of a letter to the imperial chan-
cellor from the notorious Yonn Eck
hardt, the German minister at Mexico
City, to whom the intercepted Zim
merman note was addressed. It dis-
closes that Folke Cronholm, then
Swedish charge in Mexico, was de
pended upon by the German diplomat
to furnish information “from the hos
tile camp” and to transmit conimuui
cations to Berlin, and that Von Eck-
hardt wanted him rewarded by a sec
ret award from the Kaiser of the "Or-
der of the Crown of the second class.
This letter was written on March S,
1916, and apparently has been in the
possession of the American govern
ment for a long time. It was made
public without comment, shedding
light upon the -methods of another
Swedish diplomatic representative in
this hemisphere at a time when the
United States and her allies are await-
ing with interest Sweden’s explanation
to Argentina of the conduct of hei
minister at Buenos Aires, who trails
mitted the German “sink without leav-
ing^a^trace” dispatches.
Baron Akerhielm, Swedish charge
here, said, in response to a query, that
Cronholm was dismissed from the dip-
lomatic service last January. He
would not discuss the cause, but there
was no intimation that it was in any
way connected with Crohoim’s rela-
tions with the Germans.
Baron Akerheilm called at the state
department during the day to inform
Secretary Lansing that he had receiv-
ed from his government a statement
already given to the public at Stock-
holm, explaining that Sweden had for-
warded dispatches from the German
minister at Buenos Aires to Berlin in
German code without knowledge of
their contents. It is assumed that the
Stockholm foreign office will not ad-
dress any communication to the Amer
ican government on the subject.
The department’s translation of the
Von Eckhardt letter follows:
“Imperial Legation, Mexico.—To Hi#
Excellency, the Imperial Chancellor:
Herr Folke Cronholm, the Swedish
charge d’affaires here, since his arri-
val has not disguised his sympathy
for Germany and has entered into
close relations with this legation. He
is the only diplomat through whom in-
formation from a hostile camp can be
obtained. Moreover, he acts as inter-
mediary for official diplomatic inter
course between this legation and Your
Excellency. In the course of this he
is obliged to go personally each time
to the telegraph office, not seldom
quite late at night, in order to hand in
the telegrams.
Herr Cronholm was formerly atl
Pekin and at Tokio and was respon-'
sibie for fhe preliminary arrangements
which had to be made for the repre-
sentation of this country in each case.
Before he came out here he had been
in charge of the consulate general at
Hamburg. Herr Cronholm has not
got a Swedish, but only a Chinese or-
jler at present. I venture to submit
to Your Excellency the advisability of
laying before His Majesty, the Emper-
or, the name of Herr Cronholm with a
view to the crown order of the second
class being bestowed upon him.
“It would perhaps be desirable in
order not to excite the enemy’s suspi-
cion, to treat with secrecy the matter
of the issue of the patents until the
end of the war, should the decision be
favorable to my suggestion. This
would mean that the matter would be
communicated to no one but the re-
cipient and his government and even
ed with telegraphic news of the be-
stowal of the decoration which I
strongly recommend in view of the
circumstances detailed above.
“VON ECKHARDT.”
Officials here are watching with in-
terest the situation in Argentina,
where reports indicate Jhat the indig-
nation of both the people and govern-
ment have been aroused to such a
pitch that the government may have
difficulty in keeping itself from being
forced into breaking relations with
Germany, regardless of any explana-
tions trom Berlin and of being pressed
into a sharp controversy with Stock
lioim.
No representations either to Sweden
or to Mexico, it is understood, will b-
made by the United States in connec-
tion with the conduct of the Swedish
representative in Mexico City, but it
is regarded as not improbable that the
Mexican government may make it the
occasion for action that would show
its earnestness in the matter of neu-
trality.
Von Eckhardt’s part in the latest
chapter has been no surprise. This
government has known of his activi-
ties long before the discovery of the
evidence given by the Zimmerman
note, and since then his activities in
propaganda have been watched care
fully. That he was heading a big or-
ganization that had for its object not
only propaganda, but espionage, has
been suspected, ancf those suspicions
have been conveyed to the Mexican
foreign office, in the hope that it
might take steps that would check any
violation of neutrality.
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Sweaters and Caps
We are now ready to show you a big stock
of Sweaters, Caps and Scarfs for ladies,
and children—
misses
Ladies’ Sweaters in colors of blue, red, green,
rose. Copen, purple and yellow, made in Norfolk
style, at $2 50. $3.00. $3 50, $4.00 to $7.50.
Misses’ and Children's Sweaters in almost a15
colors and sizes, priced at 50c, $1.00, to $-2.50.
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Caps in many different styles and weaves for y
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ladies, misses and children, prices range 25c, a5e»'%
50c, $1.00 and $1.50.
Sweater suits for the little tots consists of cap,
boots aud coat, also coat, cap and pants, at prices
from $2.50 to $4.50.
When in town look these over.
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Store Closes
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MEXICO DENIES KNOWLEDGE
OF SWEDISH PROPAGANDA
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Associated Press
NEARING SAYS STATEMENTS .
ARE OPEN TO INSPECT!
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Associated Press
Mexico City, Sept. 14.—Mexican of-
ficials say they know nothing about
the report that Folke Cronholm, for-
mer Swedish charge here, had acted
as intermediary for Von Eckhardt in
transferring messages for the German
diplomat, as correspondence given out
by the state department at Washing-
ton last night showed.
Associated Press
„ J „ New York, Sept. 14.—Prof Scott
London, Sept. 14,-Tbe British war Nearing, whose home at Toledo was
lice statement, based on Gen. Haig’s raided Wednesday night by federal- i •••
report, says there is nothing of spe- agents, issued a -----• • -
cial interest to report.
Paris, Sept. 14.—A German attack
against French positions on the Case-
mates plateau in the Aisne region last
night, was repulsed after hard hand
to hand fighting, it is officially an-
nounced.
stated here in which,
he declared anything he had ever said'
or written on the subject of the war
is open to inspection at any time.
“When I 4.
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COUNT LUXBURG DODGES
ANGRY ARGENTINE MOB
Associated Press
Buenos Aires, Sept. 14.—Count Von
Luxburg dodged threatening crowds
which were waiting him on his arri-
Berlin, Sept. 14.—German
troops yesterday penetrated as far as
the second French line west of Guigni- ment
court, on the Aisne front, inflicting
heavy losses, it is officially stated. In
Flanders the artillery battle increas-!
I had anything to say/
asserted, “I have always said it in tho-
open. If any proof of the morbid, ner-
vous sensitiveness of the authorities
were needed it is supplied by such an
shock invasion of the premises of a private"
citizen by the agents of the govern-
When the reaction against
such wanton acts comes, it will b»
swift and sure.”
Prof. Nearing said he had written.
val at Buenos Aires from thfe interior ed t0 drumfire, but no English attack the department of justice asking that:
yesterday. He was persuaded by the
police to leave the train at San Mar-
tin, twelve miles outside when news
of the crowds that had gathered at
the Buenos Aires railway terminal
reached them.
The chief of police was on hand with
a large guard of secret service men
and the count was conveyed to his
home in the chief’s car.
And these are my friends, the Ar-
gentines!” he exclaimed to employes
of the legation who met him.
What has happened?” he asked. "I
know absolutely nothing. What has
transpired ?”
The count, however, although
shown the Washington messages of
last Saturday, exposing his suggestion
that Argentine ships be sunk “with-
out leaving a trace” and his aspersion
upon the acting.minister of foreign af-
fairs of Argentina, ignored an invita
tion to deny their authenticity.
developed. On the night of Sept. 12-13 his papers be disarranged as llttto as,,
the British were driven from a wooded possible, because he had spent yearsY
| section north of Langemarck, on the in collecting the data on various aco*. ?
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Beigian front, and numerous English nomic and sociological problems an#
were taken prisoners.
getting it into useful shape.
Petrograd, Sept. 14.—After being re-
ceived by Premier Kerensky and in-
formed of the fate awaiting him. Gen-
eral Kruimoffe, commander of Korni-
loff’s troops, shot himself. His wounds
are not fatal.
MINNEHAHA SUNK AFTER
26 TRIPS; FIFTY LIVES LOST
Associated
New York, Sept. 14.—News was re-
ceived here from England that the
Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha
which had made twenty-six voyages
between New Yorkf and London, car-
rying 16,000 tons of munitions and
supplies on each trip, was sunk by a
submarine last Friday, a short dis-
til
DAUGHTER OF PREACHER FOUND*
HANGING LIFELESS IN CHURCH.
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Associated Press
McKinney, Texas, Sept. 14.—1Th*"
The foreign office had no informa-1 tance off the coast of Ireland and fifty
tion as to when Count Von Luxburg | of her officers and crew were lost,
would leave Argentina or what route
he would take.
Heavily armed guards have been pa-
trolling the German banks.
The minister of war has offered to
place army units under police order
to prevent any repetition of rioting.
Several policemen are among the
wounded in the hospitals.
The Swedish colony here after a
long discussion of the Washington ex-
pose of the Luxburg affair which in-
volved the Swedish legation, has giv-
en out the following:
We protest against the person or
persons whose unusual procedure has
created the uncomfortable and diffi-
cult situation in which the Swedish
colony today finds itself and we ex-'
press the most complete disapproval
of these measures on the part of Swe-
den which violate the most sacred
rules of neutrality.”
AMERICAN SHIP WILMORE
SUNK BY GERMAN SUB
Associate Press
London, Sept. 14.—The American
ship Wilmore was sunk by a German
submarine September 12, according to
the British admiralty announcement
today. The crew was saved. Further
details were not received.
body of Mrs. Meisin Sowles was found ’
hanging from a rafter in the Preaby-
terian church at Farmersville Wednes-
day night. The discovery was mad*<
by the dead woman’s father, Rev! L..
L. Sowles, pastor of the church.
The body was suspended by a rope-
made of domestic cloth. Mr.s Sowlep
was a widow and is survived by t%<k ,
children and her parents. •
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A. L. Farmer
Dealer Ik
Both New and
Second-Hand Goods!'
Highest Cash Price Paid
213 N. "Main.
Singer SewiDg Machine Office
in Connection.
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the publication of the bestowal
ARK PUT
the end of the war.
CONGRESS INVITED TO VISIT
ENGLAND AND FIGHTING FRONT
AxMooInted Press
Washington, Sept. 14.—An
invita-
to. them under the seal of secrecy; tion to congress to send a delegation
to visit England and the British front
of the decoration would be postponed was received Thursday by Vice Presi-
dent Marshal from Lord- Chancellor
Fltttey and J. W. Lowther, speaker of
• Don--, pt Commons.
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NEW COAT SUITS!
I fODA'\ ’S express brought us another ship*
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ment of new Coat Suits, colors of brown,
green, plum and new blue - they are handsomer
suits at very moderate prices.
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