The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1918 Page: 1 of 6
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M. C. WILKES
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Vol. .'5 No. 10
i The Fourth Liberty Loan Drive Begins Saturday. September 28th, Calling For Real Sacrifice
FROM CAMBRAI TO ST. GOBAIN 'Governor Appeals to Public YOUNGER MEN IN THE SECOND
GERMAM FRONT IS CRACKING To Rally to War Industries DRAFT WILL BE CALLED FIRST
Lafere and Armentieres, Key Positions, as well as
St. Quentin Appear Doomed to Fall to Allies
Tin? critic • I mil |>c-i»jon of > tli tfc<- r f; ,nl.s now p ting d.in-
*l'.e Germans from the region west of gerotml) near both St. Quentin and
Cambrai southward to the St. Gobain I.afere,
: asitf, ai,d around this •'•Iron.: bastion Closing in on Key Points,
eastward to the territory north and St. Quentin now stand- only a lit-
northeast of Soissous. continues to lie more than three miles away, while
i >ld the eyes of the world. bat' re is so closely encroached upon
Situation Full of Possibilities. from the west and outflanked from
••'or the moment the tactical ma- the north that seemingly it soon must
leavers of the belligerents in Artois fall.
>nd Flanders as well as eastward of The maneuvers of the French have
^.-•"issoi'S into Champagne, although added materially to their progress of
•hey still are of the greatest Import, turning the St Gobain forest from
i eessarily continue to take second the west and also the capture of St.
place in interest to those sectors : Quentin and the French and Ameri-
■ liieh are filled with momentous po»- cans who are fighting shoulder to
•duties, where a successful move shoulder northeast of Solssons cou-
bv the allies may bring a quick tinue to carry out successfully a
change in the entlro German battle ; coreiated movement having the con-
front, or, on the contrary, a deter- quest of the St. Gobain forest in view
mined stand by the enemy with the and also the outflanking of the Ger-
irge reinforcements in man and gun man positions to the east.
* power he is known to have assembl Francc-Americans Progressing.
1. rna> result for a time, at least. ' In their latest endeavors the Fran-
!i a stalemate in the game which is co-American forces have made some
being played by the allies to crack the slight progress in the face of the ex-
nlready demoralized German lino. tremedy stubborn resistance of the
Rains Aiding Germans. enemy.
1 he heavy. rains of the last few Likewise in the sector east of Sois-
/lays have turned lowlands throughout j.on8 tlle French and Americans have
the fighting zone into quagmires, but , additional ground between the
on those sectors of the high ground ypgjc and yisnc rivers.
• ■■tween Cambrai a ml Sois-.mis the
storms have not kept the British and
French armies from moving forward.
Nor have they served to lessen the
strength of the enemy's resistance.
British Gain Toward Cambrai.
Near Gouzeaucourt and Harvincourt
the British have pressed on a little
further toward Cambrai in the for-
mer region after having put down ">«>* which aW,arentl-v lu,s a* ilT9
m nun ter attack by the Germans, who obioctir* the renpture of LIUe
Austin. Tex. Sept. 7.—-Governor ' States Public Service Reserve and
Hobby issued a proclamation today the United States Employment Her
appealing ty the people of Texas to vice. Directors of this service have
aid in the furnishing of laborers for ! been supplied with machinery nec,- .
essential war work and to support ' sary to supply the war demands with
the agencies now provided by the maximum efficiency.
Government for placing the laborer "Now. therefore. 1. W. P. Hobby, ages of 32 and -hi, inclusive, who reg
in touch with the market for his lab- Governor of the Stale of Texas, re i- er Thur-.-alay, will be called to flu
Registrants Between 19 and 20 and 32 and 36 Pul-
In Preferred Class by the War Department.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Youths of piessions of the public attitude two
19 «>*d years and men between the frequent features which had lead mo
fo the present comment.
"<*ne of these features is the bo-
or, and employers and employees are spent fully call upon the people of this colors first. Provost Marshal General lief that the process of awarding do
requested to comply -with the re- State that they lend every effort in Crowder announced today, and until forre<l classification to a registrant
quests of the Community Labor the furnishing of laborers for esse.* .Hie supply of available lighting muter requires merely the filling out of the
Boards of the Department of I.ubor rial war work as called upon from ial in their rank has been exhausted questionnaire, and that the selective
in their declarations of non-essential time to time, and that they support older men will not be inducted into 1 srvIce boards will perceive the pro-
work. Governor Hobt".' asks that
especial consideration be given to
all war work enterprises; that the.
support in means and influence he iw
ilic ervlce j prlety cl making the deferment, de-
Questionnalr-s will go first to reg isired.
of Texas who are in need of employ-
ment. The proclamation follows
Far to tlm north the British are so
nearly upon Armentieres that a few
more strides forward seemingly will
place them in a position to make the
place theirs for the asking.
May Clear Foe From France.
Labassee also daily is being
brought nearer to this general move-
endeavored to reclaim the high
ground won by the British in Sun-
day’s fighting.
To the South the French from the
and, possibly, the eventual falling
back of the German line northward in
Belgium.
The British air forces continue to
district west of St. Quentin south- seriously harass the Germans in the
ward to the western side of the St. coastal region of Belgium, having
Gobain forest have pushed eastward again intensely bombarded military
toward the Oise river, which they and submarine bases at Bruges, Os-
are virtually upon all along this front tend and Blankeiiburg.
1 Council of Defense Meeting Saturday Sunday School Class Entertained
The Llano County Council of De- Mrs Geo. M. Watkins entertained
fense will meet at the Llano court- Glass No. Eight of the 'Methodist
• otise on next Saturday afternoon at Sunday School on Tuesday afternoon
2 o'clock Matters of importance will from 4 to 7 o'clock. The time pass-
. onte before the body, 1 d pleasantly and quickly by with con-
At that time the Community Chair- versation, music and games,
men from all over the County will Since they had worked so faithful-
:>e present and the mar.er of more lv with her in securing the flue fui
. omplete and effective organization their church she felt the food admin-
vill be taken up. The Council of istrator would pardon net for sen
Defense should be the big organiza- ing light refreshments
people in the drouth-stricken sections ed in the inlet' t of advertising the i trains of these ages, and local Responsibility of Employer.
war work industrial drive now in boards have been ordered to proeee l , "The other feature Is the employ-
progress;; that all citizens accord with their speedy classification, so ,-r's failure to realize his responsibil-
“Whereas, the increasing needs for their hearty support to the agencies that sonio of them may be called 1. ity to intervene in aiding the board's
supplies in prosecuting the great war now provided by the Government for i tctoln i determination and tliorefore to in-
has created a demand for labor which Pacing the laborer in touch with the Appeals to Employers. form himself on all the considerations
requires the immediate and undivided market for his labor; that employers minting out that in das tying hum which should affect the decision,
consideration of all vberty loving peo nn<1 employees regard and comply above the ages of 31 the army draft “As to the first mentioned belief,
pje an,j with the requests of the community would lm "a tacking the country's ir must he pointed out that if it. were
"Wherea under the provisions of labor boards of the Department of economic lit' aid entering an unex- uiiivei ally acted upon the process
the new selective service law. approv- Libor In their declarations of non-} plored field " General Crowder in a of classification would be seriously
ed by the President September 1, essential work: and that especial non- ; public statement to all employers und hampered and delayed.
19lx. the army of the United States siderntion be given to the citizens »,■ industrial representatives besought "Someone must indicate that the
will be approximately six million men. the drouth stricken portion of Texas their aid in applying the plans of in individual ease ts one which should
Tt is estimated that six to ten men who are in need of immediate eni j dustrlnl de 'erments so that "the main- arrest the special attention of the
engaged in industrial war work will ployment. . tenanco of the military establishment boards in respect to the registrant’s
be required to support one soldier ou l» testimony hereof, I have her, or of the national interest during th.i occuputlonnl status
the battle line. Thus it appears that unto signed my name officially, and emergency. may not be inter! oreo ( "The boards do not possess a sup
our labor requirements will be approx- caused the seal Of Stilts to be herein with. , erhiimnn omniscience.
imately forty-two million war work- Impres-od, at the city of Austin, lex-; Few Above 31 Available.
| “Nor are they permitted by eir-
ers directly engaged In supporting the o. this fill day of September \ D.
militnrv forces of the United States; 191k
and “W, P. HOBBY,
“Whereas, so Important has the Governor of Texas,
item of essential labor become that By the Governor:
the Department of Labor of the Unit UFO. F. HOWARD,
ed States has established the United SecreT.ry ef State
RED CROSS NEWS.
From Frank Wallace.
Before issuing Ins appeal. General , unistanees *o devote unlimited time
Crowder had again pointed out that to the search of questionnaires for
I on estimates of experts the war de possible grounds of claim.
, pnrtment could expect to draw from; “In 1917 out of rnoro that! 3,(i0O,
the classes above 31 only 601,000 men 000 registrants called, only 140,000 ft!
j physically fit for military service and ed occupational claims, or 4.7 per.
| not entitled to deferred classification cent.
on the grounds of dependency or oc j “Thus 95 per cent of all registrants
jcupuliori. raised no question of such deforant,
___ He also said that men of 19 and 20 Boards Will Do Their Part.
, ... „ , ... . , ... .. ... "lined wen entitled to admission t<. "The people will do alt that they
T ie 1 hum Chanter w ill soon have I- rank Wallace of the uih Field At- ... ,, J
, .... the students training corps at the possibly can on their own initiative
rill mirkH Tor our <1110(11 iii ’nil lvtulv tilioiv, Iii I*ninco, ill <X lotto] to tin ,
*' ‘ ‘ ’ y , ,1 ft * 1 . . .n(i , 01 ! Aceomlary nchooin with wh/ch 19 r< arh jimt rtectston by a complete
for hi nine nf hcfftio jil tor Doing wounded cl . , , , f
1 , . {t.lio war department has made con- examination of the questionnaires
The socks sent in by the various , days, says in part: ! ir,icts but added
Auxiliaries, are beautifully knitted, j On the 23rd day of July. Old Kaiser j WOJJ|(|
Of course, there a few exceptions; Bill got a good shot at me and put .,...... ., . . „. ...
some have had to be returned, for a bole through my right thigh, about j * J Thur -iav “Nevertheless the boards will we!
I register Thursday come and wi)I nwd all the aid that.
Methods of Selection in Other Hands can be furnished by the indication of
Method* of selecting those to be claim made for deferment,
! inducted Into military service and
that this corps even where
150,000 men. while made.
of the
no claim is expressly
inn of the County aiul in order to
' ender it. of greatest efficiency poo
The following young women were
piosent: Misses Hazel Ontman, Marie
-ibie it is necessary that all common- Ihinenn, Pauline Ratliff, Claribell
ities have a live and wide awake Watkins. Beatrice Moseley. L«»e r\!er
omraunity council. Jaf-kson, Norine Hargon. Tzetta liar-
Letters have been sent out by the gon, Pauline Haynle, Mary Nash But
hairman and secretary summoning lery. Hazel llnrgon. Lueile Brown,
11 community chairmen. Rita Davis, X^ola Jernigan. Mallie
• i _vv 8_ Wallace Elsie Kothmann. Mrs. Roth.
.... Class Teaclier.
Miss Louise Foster Trams as Nurse on(1
Little Misses Claire Hargon and
. Olivia Jackson assisted in serving
Another of our young women has
nobly responded to the call for nurses 1,1 s 1 :'f>'
and has gone to Corsicana where she i
will empr a nurses’ training school j Ralph La Hatte Is with his home
She wilt be with four other Llano fdtks in Llano, having arrived lust
girls who went a ctfupie of weeks week from Arizona where he has been
ago. i working for some time past. He will
* Mr? x Marschall and Mrs. T. E be on hand for registration day.
Foster - companied Miss Louise, the ---W S. S.--
•rip h ng been made through the Dr. Fowler and son. W. Y. and W.
our; in Mrs Marschall s Buick. j J. Ligon made a trip to San Antonio
W ommend this young lady for last week They went overland in
her !< .e of country and for her de- . the Doctor's Cadillac.
sir' to do her best helping to win -W. S. S.-
the war for humanity and the freed-j Arthur Ahrens, who Tor the past
om of the w orld I nine months has been with the Wat-
----XY. S ft — kins Auto Sales Company, left fast
nday for San Antonio, Comfort,
National Headquarters will not ac- 3li or 4 inches wide, which went clear
cept socks that are not at least 1014 j through, und has had me at of my
inches in length, and both, socks ex- back ever since. I will be lucky if I
actly the same length. The reguia-; get out in another month. 1 am r-
tiou length is 11 inches. coivlng every attention. The Drs
The sweater yarn lias not come, and nurses are lovely to we boys,
It will be distributed at once, as soon but I get mighty tired looking up at
as it arrives. j the celling.
Chapters are not allowed to pur- The. Red Cross people are surely
chase yarn in the open market. Wb!doing lots of good work over her*,
purchase everything through Nation- also (be Salvation Army people, but
But who Is to make that claim'’
educatlonaly training corps, he said, t
were the concern of other branches I “0rdinar,,y th<* reg,atrant h,m8e,f
of the administration. iwi" i,uiica,e the l‘,aim on hl3 quos'
In his statement to employers and Honnaire.
other representatives of industry. ^ through mistaken chivalry
General Crowder said the time had ,shouW fafl t0 80- another may
come when he must address to them n,a*<e *t tor him.
‘In industry agriculture or other
:szr.zrr.:^e
11 rely, thus eliminating altogether , people over there are carried away
the element of profiteering. The de- with the success the allied armies
maud* of tbe \rmv are so great that have made since July the 18th. I
;added:
“I have noticed In the generui ex-
or some
other representative of his associat-
ed group."
there is going to be practically no
wool left for the civilian.
Th*- War Industries Board has
promised that after the needs of the
Army are supplied the Red Cross will
come next. So be patient. .Tost as
hope we can continue that way until
vo push them out of France at least.
1 am in a beautiful town and when t
get up will have to take in the sights.
----w.a S.-----
Mason Commissioner Dies in Austin.
Herman Zercb, a well and favorably
County W. S. S. News.
The Vice Chairman Is glad to be
\
-w. s. s-
ment.
FOR SALE: Thoroughbred White. , ,
soon as possible the Bureau of Sup- ,, „Rllorn chU.kcns. Must be sold at 1; u^"n9 “l
piles will supply the Chapter with the _ Apply l0 Mrs. J. A. Gibson,
necessary yarn to complete its quota.
Red Cross workers will be interest-
ed to know that Headquarters has
distributed to the Army and Navy in
the United States from September 1.
1917, to June 30, 1918, the following
knitteed articles:
2,000,000 Sweaters.
700.000 Mufflers .
900.000 Wristlets.
575.000 Helmets
1,700.000 Pairs Socks
For the same peeriod of time the j
Red Cross shipped to our French and ;
Italian Commissioners for dfstribu-
j known citizen of that county died last able to report from two of the va*-
Sunday night at the Physicians and ions County Societies.
in Austin. The Kingsland came in early with
body was shipped to Llano Monday | Members 51.
and was taken to Mason for inter Stamps sold $329.60.
tie wauace to gomt. three weeks ago Mr. Zereh ways give the names of
his safe arriv- w,.nt ,() San Antoni0 for a minor op- | tiers to be printed.)
A letter from Charlie Wallace to
his mother, announces
al in France about August 10. Hc ;ernt(, n was iu Austin for furti - r j
states that ho is wel pleased, the ( ,t j(e wgH a man 0f family'
country Is beautiful, and that he r t u was< a farnler and ranchman in '
a number of Texas boys on his r h,s home countv,
rival. Among the number was Lt.
Castcll has two new members. (Al-
the new niem-
Members 68.
Stamps sold $4,651.26.
-W. S. S.
V
Two More to War.
W. S. Docker carried the corpse
Thomas Martin, son of Judge Martin. !from Llano to >ia3on.
also Arthur Reisman. He says that _w g s_
his opinion is that they will all soon ^ Word received from Cecil Cone i*
be back home. ! t0 t;ie pfeect that he has arrived safe-
' ly "ovei there." He said he was well Local Board to Camp Travi* at San
Two more of Llano's young men
will respond to the call of their Nation
during the coming days. On Sept. 1*
Irvin J Good men will be seut by the
* o
G
. Por er cam?
In last evening
to 1
on hand for
registration day
’ and
to
spend a few
days with
home
foB
A
He has been
away for
more
B thai
i a
month on his
regular v"
lundw.
«
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AV
o
McCoy ha* retorted to
and
has accepted a
posit m h
] JilO
Bti'i The trip will b< made in Mr
Ah:. «»' new Ford.
.......Claude Burleson spent several days an(j dt;iigiited with the country. In Antonio and on Sept. 19. Orville But-
tion ’o sohBerfn sai'lorg and civTlianV; :in Uuno ls,t and on Thursday hjH letter be 8taled that he had seen tery will entrain for Camp Mabry la
was notified by phone that he had onQ L,ano boy sincc arrivai. Said he Austin
received his call to report for train- ; ran 8Uddeniy on t0 Grover Duncan All honor to these young patriots.
•nr He left immediately and went Cecj, made quick work o( hlg stay jn ------W. S. S.-
m to Houston and thence to New the United States. Within three mon.s j Miss Irene Fowler of Victoria left
Orleans where lie enters the Radio from th(, t!me wcnt fnt0 \rnl) OB Monday for the return to her home
Ti e Red * Cross^ now" has on hand Scho°I Kor aon"‘ t,me Clai,dft had he v -. landed overseas. f«-r a pleasant visit at the home of
had his application pending and was i \y. S S______ Dr. r. "•<. Fowler. She came to
anxiously awaiting his time to start s . > snts Sefur and Weinberg and Llano from Brownwod where she vls-
tralning. He is already an operator ru|(,,n i,aurf.rs'ein were visitors the itmt Dr nnd Mrs. B. A. Fowler. Miss
of some considerable ability as a te- pHrt „( n(c week from Camp Fowler Is superintendent of the ward
♦00.000 Sweaters
75.000 Mufflers
245,000 Wristlets
6".000 Helmets
90.000 Pairs Socks
automobile department of the Buttery
Hardware Company For Mtm mouths
past Mr McCoy bM held n position
l’» fq v irf Wnr1:- He m-l Ids wife *r
rfved in the city last Thursday and
oa the follow In* morning he assumed
Pta new dui!«« We are a’.ed to wei
csiree the -?i beck fo o«r cl! y
A GrenweUe received a card
'r h r d aighto’, Mr« K. P. Beg-
ncr of Austin, elating she bad receiv-
ed four t ’tics ftom iter husband who
ti «v>« tn t rance One of them was
■ rsde-i A - just I* and was received
in Austin m* Heptemb-r Wh He »a*
.doing Dill and feeling fine »* are
*l»d to report
ready for distribution:
1.600.000 Sweaters
134,01*0 Mufflers
384,00 Wristlets
228.06# Helmet*
1.328.000 Pairs Socks.
Llano Chapter ha* made another
shipment this week. This box con-
tains 1018 Triangular Banda*#*.
Thj. |« the 24th shipment.
Tltc following have tiost sent In
daring the* past week:
Click
Valle;
1J pairs sees#
Spring
j teernphor and this will stand him in
itncd hand in his w1rele«s work. We
f-iimmond him for his enlistment and
-• -1 confident h • will prove himself
1 of great worth in the branch of ser-
vice be ha* chosen
! (|Iffflf f hfim iif 0,
£ 4 ** >{tnS *4i & *
Mr. B 9 peacoca hauling boxes U
depot.
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Tra
acc
the
Uni
Sergeant Scfur of New York schools at Victoria.
vnipunled the two Llano boys as
r guest On Friday afternoon the
no Guard I»u! through the
ai by s**rgt Sefur. He Is an
army man and has put many of
boyr through their A. U. C. a lu
military game and hie instntef
r.n Friday did much for the mem
i of tbs Guard who have had the
ik«" smoothed out by Driilmaeter
<-r ? t Ufoa *nd ( apt Mi l.«»an
--W. S. S.-
Lieutenant t ewis I. I^iuterstoiq wat»
n incoming passenger on Sunday's
(rtiin. He left again on Monday and
after n day or so in Ban Antonio he
went on to Camp McArthur wherw
bo has been assigned He waa on
tuiito to that place from Jacksonville
wbi-ro Su' atG-nded th« officers frale-
- Ing school and where be rs-i-iv«4 his
nmmis-t-n vs -uni lleutenaat
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