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WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1918
VOL. XIX. NO. 297
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BATTLE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN
REPUBLICAN GUARDS AND
| REVOLTING SAILORS.
By Associated Tress.
London, Pec. 26.—Nearly one hun-
dred persons were killed in street
fighting which began in Berlin Tues-
day morning, according to the latest
* ’ Hik from the German capital via
, tnhagen. , Republican guards at
tempted several times to take, the
royal stables and headquarters from
the revolting Bailors, btu were repuls-
ed.
The Copenhwren dispatch says a
y large number OT sailors from Kiel are
■ reported going to Berlin to join their
comrades.
j. The sailors seized the Red castle
of the former royal palaces. Repub-
lican guards with machine guns and
artillery bombarded the palace. Holes
were made In the walls, porches were
destroyed and all windows smashed.
The guard eventually occupied the
I castle, hut the sailors were still hold-
ing another large building at the time
the dispatch was filed.
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Sailors Hoist White Flag.
London, Dec. 26.—The mutinous
sailors wrbo have been holding out in
the Red palace at Berlin, have hoisted
the white flag and have been allowed
to leave under guard, according to
advices from Berlin via Amsterdam.
Government troops now occupy the
palace and royal stables.
Wire Communication Cut.
Berlin, Dec. 26.—Telephonic com-
munication between Berlin .and Dan-
zig has been'Jnterrupted since Tues-
day, and all attempts to communicate
with the Baltic port via Posen have
failed. Danzig was occupied last
week by Polish troops from France.
REV. WILBR CHAPMAN, FAM-
OUS EVANGELIST, DEAD
By Associated Pre*».
New York, Dec. 26.—Funeral servi
ces for the Rev. Wilbur Chapman, no-
ted as an evangelist, who died here,
will take place Sunday at the Fourth
Presbyterian church here, where Dr.
Chapman occupied the pulpit from
1900 to 1905. The body will he buried
at Woodlawn.
I)r. Chapman within recenl months
devoted himself entirely *o the new
era movement of the Presbyterian
church, of which he was active exec-
utive head in charge of the stafT in
New York. Hp had planned to con-
duct personally a great series of evan-
gelistic campaigns in many of (he
large cities of the country the coining
year and had b<*nt ail his energies to
this work, which wilj^ be pushed to
completion by Dr William If. Foulkes,
general secretary of the new eta
movement.
This movement is a rc-en’istment
qf ail the members of the Presbyte-
rian church in o .a full co-ordination
of all the forces of the churches be-1
SAYS LAND BANK LAW SHOULD
BE CHANGED—TEXAS LAW
SHOULD STAND.
(The following article is taken from
(he Dallas News, and is from the pen
of Former Congressman R. L. Henry
of Waco. Mr. Henry is opposed to
amending the Texas homestead law,
and says that the Federal Land Bank
law is the one that should be chang-
ed. His article is timely. Read it.)
Waco, Texas, Dec. 21.—Allow me to
make brief reply to the letter of the
Secretary of the Treasury in your is-j cheaper
Constitution?
The reader will also examine the
act of I lie Texas Legislature of March
31, 1917, and see that the homestead
may now be encumbered by mortgage
for tile purchase money, building ma-
terial, dwelling houses, outhouses,
barns, fences, ditches, wells, cisterns,
tanks and other necessary purposes to
“acquire” and “establish” ine home.
Why allow it to be disestablished
by amending the constitution to make
it cover purely personal credit?
The Louisiana law -. The Secretary
of the Treasury says Ihe Louisiana
law was amended.
Yes, but not the Louisiana consti-
tution.
Let me suggest here I hat. we begin
a big drive to amend the Federal
Farm Loan law at Washington so as
to make it easier for men lo borrow
money on their homes—in
sue of today, in which lie seeks to j purchasing and improving them—and
change our homestead exemption. i remove the burdensome feature of
I lake it. that the letter Doing given that law at the national capital.
out at Austin is the first real gun to
start the campaign against this con-
stitutional protection to the family.
We can provide for additional in-
spectors and supervisors to supervise
these feda'i> loans and it will not
fed0
It is not necessary to amend this icost, much more money. Texas de-
especially de- I provision in any respect and I now serves this consideration and is en
hind the work and is ------------. - ,
signed to nieet the reconstruction I again raise my vqice in protest against
problems’arising out of the war.. It j tampering with our homestead law.
plans to plant $500,000 on stricken j The Secretary of the Treasury
churches in the war zone and another says:
tilled lo it. We at;e the greatest ag-
ricultural §tate of all.
Also let us begin a big drive for a
From messages reaching this I “personal rural credil” law at Wash-
$500,000 on Pr ashy fee; an soldiers and board from many homeseeking farm jngton. All of the great countries
sailors returning from the war. It era in Texas, and from publications have provided such laws,
has prepared a budget for the coining jin agricultural journals and elsewhere Provide these amendments and laws
year of $13,000,000 for tlie entire Pres- we learn that on account of a const!-1 at Washington and then no man can
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LABOR SHOWN IN REPORT
WEATHERFORD BUSINESS MEN
ENDORSE PAPER—SEED TO
BE SOLD AT COST.
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CELEBRATION OF CHRIST-
MAS MEMORABLE EVENT
tutional provision of the State of
Texas farmers owning homes of 200
ever say again that there are more
tenant farmers in Texas than any
acres or less,, which are clear of en-j other state.
cumbrartee, are unable to avail them-! Our Texas tenant farmers can then
selves of the advantage of Ihe federal I acquire and improve homes and will
farm loan scheme. These advantages, j not be discriminated against by our
as you are aware, include the privi- j federal law and certain improver and
lege of borrowing money from the erroneous constructions of our Farm
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 26.—FoAhe fi7st
lime in Ihe nalion’s history, Christ-
mas was not observed at the White j Federal Land Bank of Houston at the j Loan Bank at Houston.
House, President Wilson spending the rate of 5J per cent interest, with long' [ join issue with the Secretary and
day with the American Loops in;an() Pa.sy terms of repayment, for thejsay that our homestead law as it is
France. Members of congress and purpose of making improvements, and {suits me, and believe, like the old-time
The problem of financing the deal
and distributing the necessary seed
for planting of the 1918 cotton crop
in Parker county was closed Friday
when the committee composed of H.
H. Williams, E. A. Frantz, .T. Tom
Pickard and Robt. C. Withers submit-
ted their pfan ^o the bankers and bus-
iness men of the cliv. This commit-
tee, appointed "by the Chamber of
Commerce to formulate a plan and
secure cotton seed to supply the far-
mers that will give Parker county a
quality of cotton that will command
the top market prices*, fltas been at
work’for several days and every ile-
itail of thV propositon has been thresh-
| ed out and the following plan adopted
land accepted by all parties concern-
led:
I The plan is that each of Ihe four
banks in Weatherford—First Nation
al, Citizens National,' M. & F. and
By Associated Pr*™.
Corpus Christi, Texas, Dec. 26.—A
marked decrease in the demand for
labor is shown in a report of the Fed-
eral Employment Service to the State
Council of Defense, made public to-
day. Cancellation of war contracts
and gradual demobilization of the
army has done much to make thia
condition possible, the report says.
“There is grave danger,” continues
the statement, “of a large idle popu-
lation after the first year of the war.
Government plans for providing em-
ployment for ail returning soldiers
and sailors and war workers can only
be carried out through the co-opera-
tion of the entire country.
“Al _ contractors for war materials
who expect to lay off workers, should
notify the United States Employment
Service at once. Also all industries
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in need Of hfelp should co-operate by
notifying the department.”
GOVERNMENT ASKS FARMER8
FOR “FIFTY-FIFTY” ACREAGE
NATION’8 GREAT BATTLE-
SHIPS PASS IN REVIEW
ihe cabinet spent the day with their
families.
The return of the Merry Christmas
of former years is apparent through-
out the nation. Business reviews
show that despite the uncertainty of
reconstruction the spirit of giving
of buying fertilizer, seed, feed, farm j religion, it is
implements and equipment and need- Texas people,
ed live stock.”
At the very threshold 1 challenge
this statement and assert that it is
doubtful if any farmer in Texas own-
ing a homestead with improvements
good enough for the
By Associated l‘rps«.
New ,York. Dec. 24.—Led by the
I super dreadnaught Arizona, ten great
I battleships in command of Admiral
Henry T. Mayor, the vanguard of I
America’s victory fleet in European,,
waters steamed majestically up New j
B York harbor today in review before
has been revived. With the world at {already made is unable to have him-
peace for the first time since 1913, jseif financed at a reasonable rate of
Wednesday’s celebration was mentor- i interest for purchasing fertil'zer, feed,
able. I seed, implements, equipment and live
--— j slock.
15,000 HORSES AND MULES TO i j aftfield that any such farmer wilh
BE SOLD AT AUCTION |a home can have his banker, mer-
idian! or friend to finance him in a
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and
w:ere greeted with a tumultous recep-
tion by harbor craft and hundreds of
thousands of persons who lined the
shores. The fleet reached Ambrose
channel yesterday and rode anchor
within sight of the city lights last
> \ night.
•AKER WANT8 ARMY OPEN-
. ED FOR ENLISTMENTS
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec: 26.-In a letter
to Chairman Dent of the house mili-
tary committee today, Secretary Bak
er urged immediate legislation author-
izing the resumption af voluntary en-
iy llst!jn|ent8 in the army, and repeal of
the provisions of the selective ser-
lr vice act limiting enlistments to the
period of the war.
I proving” a homestead.
thousand mules and horses part o ^ q{ .<acquirlng„ and .<lm.
tlie army surplus supply, will be sold
at auction at camps throughout the
country next month. The sales will j
be held January 7, 14, 21 and 28. The
stock to be disposed of includes cav-
alry, artillery and draft horses, mules
and pack animals.
The proper forums for trying this
case are at Washington before con-
gress and at Austin before the legis-
lature, and the destruction of this
beneficent constitutional exemption
bequeathed to us by our fathers is
not necessary. Yours very truly,
R. L. HENRY.
PEACE WILL BRING INCREASE
IN OIL DEVELOPMENTS
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 26.—What the
government will expect of Texas far-
mers next year was explained in an
First State Bank-will supply ntoney i addresg bere by c H Alford of WMh.
enough to purchase one'car of seed, ington> represeliting the extensk»n
ENGLAND PREPARES GREAT
RECEPTION FOR PRESIDENT ij,js family’s shelter for feed, seed, fer
- jtiliser, implements and live stock aid
By Associated Press. j Him in “acquiring” and “constructing”
Dover, England, Dec. 26.—The wea- j improvements?
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Teras, Dec. 26.—Big oil pro-
ducers of the Southwest predict that
peace will bring increased production
and increased consumption of fuel oil,
Our Texas constitutional provision lubricating oil and gasoline. They
declare that lo meet specifications
for high grade fuel oil for admiralty
purposes it was necessary to refine
much crude oil under wasteful condi-
tions, which will not obi.tin in the
future.
Increased consumption, producers
the banks lo be secured by paper en-
dorsed by the business men of the
city. Tlie plan was accepted by the
bankers and the papers were drawn
and the committee has canvassed the
city and secured the endorsements
necessary to secure the banks for the
funds to purchase four cars of Row-
den cotton seed.
This closed the financing part of
the deal. The storing Und distribu-
tion of the seed was the next prob-
lem that confronted the committee
and this wos soon solved. Williams
service of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, to district and
county agents.
Agents were asked to do their part
towards informing the farmers of tho
South to observe an intensive prog-
ram In order that they might do their
part in supplying the vast demand of ,
the world for food. A well balanced
system of agriculture should be en-
gaged in,' It was said.
A "fifty-fifty” plan was advocated.
By this was meant that one-half the
acreage should be planted in cotton
A- Newberry and J. B. Alvis will han- and fhe other half in food and fe6d
die one car each, and T. S. Bullock crops
will handle two cars. The committee j__
al once closed a deal for the four cars NEUTRAL NATIONS WILL NOT
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was written by our fathers to aid a
homestead seeker to “acquire” and
“construct" improvements on such
home.
And, pray, how could allowing this
same homestead owner to mortgage
of Rowden seed and they w'll be
shipped to Weatherford and stored.
The seed will be sold to ihe farmers
at cost plus cost, of handling, which
will be $2.42 per bushel, and may be
had any time after arrival.
SIT IN PEACE CONFERENCE
By Associated Pres*.
Paris, Dec. 26.—^The allied repre-
sentatives have decided that neutral
nations will not be admitted to Gin
peace conference, according to news-
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ther was bright and crisp tills morning
and Dover wore a festal appearance
with its decorations and its animated
througs, ready to welcome President
and Mrs. Wilson. Their arrival was
signaled by the firing of the royal
salute.
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To do so would defeat the very pur-
pose of the homestead exemption and
furnish a method of destroying the
home already acquired and improved.
Let congress amend the Federal
i Farm Loan law so as to take care of
{these matters belonging to purely
j personal credit needs, and let us not
Tend aid to an effort to dynamite our
'entire homestead law.
Again the secretary says:
“If this provision has operated to
increase the percentage of home own-
ers or the quality and comforts of
{•farm homes in the State of Texas, we
can understand why your people
would be slow to make any change in
the law: if, on the other hand, such
results have not followed, and the ef-
fect is to deny to the farmers of the
state the privileges enjoyed by the
farmers in all other states, then such
limitation would appear to be of
doubtful value to your people. We
have no information on this subject
beyond the report of the last federal
census, showing that there were only
six slates in the Union in which the
percentage of tenant, farmers was as
large as In the State of Texas, and the
further fact that the Federal Land
Bank of Houston is debarred from
making loans to many meritorious ap-
plicants.”
And again I ask: How has the de-
nial of the right to borrow money on
the home to purchase seed, feed, fer-
tilizer, implements and live stock pre-
vented men from “acquiring” and
"constructing” Improvements on the
same by giving a proper lien for the
purchase money, improvements, etc.,
under Article XVI, Section 60 of our
The committee has worked hard
say, will result from neutral markets
replenishing their stocks, trom more
j general use of motor cars in European
countries that have been at war, and — *"•“** ""'jciai body which will be created by tho
from the use in Great Britain, France take advantage of the seed, m ajose conference u hajJ been dBcld.
and Italy of thousands of motor lor ” ‘ ....... “ '
during I he last few days making the |P»P*r« “ere. The neturels may ad- -
, . . . , Idress their claims to the fceiligereat
arrangements and closing Ihts deal ;
, • , ,, , . ... . i powers, however, and any demands
and the work accomplished wdl place
. „ , . , | thus made will be referred to a soo-
the farmers of Parker county who . J , .. ~V
ries, now in the war zone, as auxili-
ary systems of overworked railways.
But this increased demand will be
lion to secure the very best prices
for the cotton raised. It will also
place the Weatherford market in a
position to invite buyers from the j
more than offket by increased produc-’ Several markets of the world and not
tion, officers of the large Texas com-j confine it to a few.
panics declare.' Production in the! The committee is to be»congratu-
North Texas field now is 62,000 bar
rels a day. the Gulf field is producing
lated and the people of Weatherford
should feel proud of the fact* that
68.000 barrels, the Kansas fields 99.000 these men having the interest and
barrels, the Oklahoma fields, outside j welfare of tlie Parker county farmers
of Cushing and Healdton. 112/100 bar-jin mind, freely gave their time and
rels, the Cushing 44,50'* and. the services to a cause, the accomplish-
Healdton 42,500. The Texas figures'ment of which means so much for the
show an increase over figures for the j future prosperity of Parker county
quarter ending September 30, which people.
gave the total production as 9,244,814 ;----
barrels, valued at $18,091,249. This ; MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
ed that neutrals will be allowed to
partiepate in deliberations incident
to the formation of a League of Na-
tions.
7,000 WOUNDED AND SICK
BROUGHT HpME LAST WEEK
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 26.—During the
week of; Dec. 20, more than 7,400
mounded and sick officers and men
from overseas were landed in Amer-
ica.
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SIX PERSONS KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK AT NORGE
was an increase of more than a mil- ■
lion barrels’over the June quarter and
two million over the March quarter.
Experts here say the Mexican fields (
FALLEN HEROES OF A. & M.
By Associated Press.
College Station. Texas, Pec. 26.
alone have a potential production of: Memorial services for the thirty-seven
1,000,000 barrels a day.
Producers predict that with the ex-
tension of tiieoil fields, oil stations
will be established at ports through
out the world and permit of further
adoption by ships of oil burning pow
er systems.
Isons of A. &. M. College, who lost
.'their lives in the war, will be held
here January 12. Parents find wives
of the men who made the supreme
sacrifice will be the guests of the col-
lege on this occasion.
GENERAL AND TEN OTHERS
ARE WOUNDED BY BOMB
By Associated Press.
Harbin, Manchuria, Dec. 26.—Gen-
eral Semenoff was wounded In the
legs and ten other persons were lb-
jured when a man wearing a uniform
threw a bomb in a theater in Chita
recently, according to advices receiv-
ed here.
Cotton Prospects Good.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 26.—Seventy-
five cotton seed crushers from vari-
ous parts of Texas in a metting here
agreed that the prospect for next
year’s crop is the best they have
known In the history of the state, be-
cause of the thorough 3ea3*ntng In
the ground.
THE HERALD FOR JOB PRINTING
By Associated Pres*.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 2R.Six persons
were kifled and a number injured
when a Frisco passenger train and a
freight were wrecked at Norge, ten
miles southeast of Chickasha.
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