Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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ITALIAN SOLDIERS AT MASS BEFORE BATTLE
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Anuili' i contingent fur General I’ershti nrntj <h t ti Kon.iewhere In l*‘r**r»<-* M I add* I*. I.<h lim-r, executive g
•ecretarj ni’ tin* organization of pudlBta that lu ll! me- tl ; in tTdn.g.i ui.> 1 r j»i'i»1« >t Mayo' I In mpson despite
the- orders i l Governor I.owden,
PARADE O'" NEW YORK'S SELECTED SOLDIERS
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SERIOUSLY WOUNDED FRENCH ON WAY HOME .
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Kurt v
: 11' 1> pu —mg tin- reviewing si i i<1 at lift It uvcmic a lul
with the selected soldiers.
T,MES WILD HORSES FOR THE ARMY
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WINNER IN BABY PARADE
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• m thch wnji Iu>nii
ttrn on their way to l.v
units ii 1 tho riillrua '
S\\ lt/.« lYnlid placed Nr
beloved l rmu (Iimmi wilillrri
< '<,11*1 IIIU Mini I III’ IIU'llll l l
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l> i t|ul|>t '''J h 's|i|Uil trulns.fi
me hnpin di s|ni« ihi !r wound* and - ilferlmi They
■ it i , |<i’ i i. ar< •> i ‘i hi mm ih'iii as their train
■ i |,,iis rul'd wa- ngie.it upon early III ltl|."i,
the !: i m is ii I of l|u| belligerent neighbor-
KE is somt-stittf- uflt MOTHER'S TRIBUTE TO HER COUNTRY
The uioMt travel***! tinny man would probably I>** an aeeiirate desert pi Ittn
of Jam*”* •TlnU Arlington fur he 1* cnnsfuiMly traveling around the country
breaking In hud taiSing wild horsAs fur the use of tin- army Thu photograph
shows him on tin- ,1"b at l;ort Slorldati Pi
A Storm of Word*.
' llniu fall* more frequently t*et'veeti
tin’ hour* ”f three aud eight o'clock
tp the morning than at any other time.”
I nlwny- get Into h storm when t
reach huin<* between those hours."
A Way Out of It.
"I ani nfrnld she la going to turn rn*
dow n."
"I cau tell you how to prevent thHt
"Hy Jove, old chap! Can you!
•Sure. Don’t propose "
Sure Way.
• wt dnwQ ruy
Little Thing*.
Never de-pine the little things.
'What now. for Instance?"
Think how much more valuahi# the
ace of chil>* la to * four-card ctab
■h than the kltif of dlawonda."
"I ni ifut'i i' 'town ruy wife a
lownuve"
"Ho»r
"By not leaving any money la
trouser* Docket* at night "
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11 'i etfei makes a w hole tot
of difference iii n name sometime* If
little Itt! 1> TIioiphs of Ocean Grove
had rtd-efedill.' htihv parade tit Anbury
l*i.rE m Hilly Siindity he would have’
hail to look much older and much ;
warmer than In* don* now n« this cool, ,
refreshing hit of h cream “Hilly Sun- 1
due” I.ltlle Hilly won the first prize
In tin* la hy earring*’ division of llt*>
parade
Wonder* of ln*ect Life.
Iti many ways the «tnirture of In
sects Is Wonderful 'flu' lire gifted
ilth muscles .if i ,tr». ordinary strength
end are yet i|e«t t itr of I nines to which
th<i*«- muscle* cun lie attached. They
(Missess a * Irculatory system and are
without a h'*?trf They le-rfortn nets |
I Involving the exercise of certain men I
tht qualities ami are without ii brain.
Hut more remarkahle still, they
breathe atmospheric air without the
aid of lung* If w*> take any tnoder- 1
ately large Insect say a waep or a
hornet. We rail see even with the
naked Aye that a aerie, of small spot-
like marks mn along either side of
fhe body
These apparent spotil, which are
generally 1H or 2*» In number, are In
fact the aperturea through which the
sir Is admitted Into the system and
arr usually formed In stum a manner
that no extraneous matter ran by any
. poaathllltT find entrance.
IIoiiot Chirk, winner of the Nation
ni I’rofcN-ional i hnmploii-hip and
th*- All Hound llerciile’ eup race
C!:nk l» frctti Alton HI lie ’ a ■ one
of the <ti"k shot* who participated III
the (linnd Ainercaii hundhup whhh
|m * Just ended Ilf Chicago.
It Didn't Fit.
Yntmg tVltllalh bus evincing much
Interest ’ th* eiening pnp«’r. huf final
lv m pu»/ied h«tk enme over hlt*’c*nin- i
ten ll flee
"Mother," he -aid finally, "what
d*>e. d d statid forT"
,,‘Tbetor of divinity, my *on, Iwn’l
they teach yon the Common abhrevln 1
fh ns In s«-h*H»l?"
"Sure , hot that don’t aeetn to sound
right here "
“Head It aloud
Eckhardt Suggest* S#cr*t Re
ward ky KalMr.
i Washington Another chapter oi
the story of Germun intrigue la aeu
tral countries and among neutral Up-
i Ininat* wan revealed Thursday by Eac
retary I.mining In th*» form of * letter
lo the Imperial chancellor from the no
torlou* Von Kckhardl. the Herman
minister at Mexico City, to whom the
lnt< r< epted Zimmerman note was ad
, dressed. It discloses that Folks Cron
holm. I ben Hwedish charge in Mexico,
was depended upon by the
diplomat to iurnlsh Information "from
the host lie camp" and to transmtt com
tnunlcalIona to Herlln, and that Von
Kckhardt wanted him rewarded by a
secret award from the kaiser of the
"Order of the Crown of the second
clasti " •
This letter was written on March f.
15*111. and apparently has been In the
possession of the Am irlcan govern
m^nt for a long limn. It was made
pi/hllc without comment, shedding
light upon the methods of another
Swedish diplomatic representative In
this hemisphere
The department’* translation of thn
Von Kckhardl letter follow*:
"Imperial legation, Mexico, to hi*
excellency ihe imperial chancellor.
--b-terr Uwlke -Ceoiiholm. the._dwadidll._
< hart;if. <1 affaire* here, since hi* ar
rnal has not dl*gul**Mi his sympathy
for Germany and h*B entered Into
( loan relations with this* legation II"
Is ih" only diplomat through whom
information from a hostile camp can
Ire obtained. Moreover, he acts a* in
tcrniedlary (or official alplumutic In
Icrcourse h*’twecn this Icgalion and
your excellcudy. In the course of this,
he Is obliged to go personally >*a< h
lime lo llie telegraph office, not a
.|.nii <tulle late at night, In order
luuul in the telegram* • \
llerr Cronholm v. as formerly at
I'ekin and ut Tokio and w a , r< aponsl
hie for Ihe pr. Iltnln.irv uriangemenf*
whl. li had to he made for U.<- repre
sciitiitlon or lliia rountf) In each rase
lie!ore he . ani* uul litre ho l>,id (j'larj.i
ut th*’ iinn’iiiale general at - U.i'iOhursr.
ll.ti Crouhnltu lie , not got a Swedl*!*.
hut only a Chinese order at present
I ' cni.nre to submit lo your cxodituiy
ilie ndvl ability of laying before Ida
■ii.iii iy the emperor the name of Her;
Cronholm with a view to Ihe crowi*
ordi i of the second class being b<
ilowed upon him.
"U would pei ha11* b« .l.wdrah.
ord. i not lo excite the enemy
pi. mi to treat with se< re< > the^
ler of ihe Issue of the patents (mty
Ihv end of the war, should Ihe declstfut
1., lav.iruhie to m '5AtJori Thk
would mean that U
'■ail. lit"’d t.^g
cipbnt and his ‘fi
1.. I'leifi under £0jj
the pllhlC .
c >1.....I .It' * ,
llllt It the end (•'Ml
I should L.vART
y.>.ii ••srcll*,n%B
with telrgru
of Ih<> deeor
ominend iu
dojulted uluivc
Fire Lol
\ list in, Tex
I * \c m fin* m-<1
Monday show
■ nr' inc In ! x is have .-I*
11. i '-'ale tire mar dial “ind
lain, i In- duto w hell I 111 filing 1
i« porta wn begun. Ilf the
polled ih«' report stiows thal
« • lit i •- f.rev fill a hie. I he III
i. in •( w el ling • apai tnicnl
' onrdlllg hons.-s and prl'ste
waa .17.U74. of which 116.7 ,pv
ni • v nitalde. lo a per *~« »i* C
^wwwv
ill.!. m| “! ; per ccnl fn.s
i ,n I'll."’ m .m i......$ *r® het-
i. .... to. M”! n""'i ( mmafr
in'*(’ >.| • 1 s pci c**nt ®E tk#
•A’lii able, l < l p« r c"i
uml per > <*ut from
Mould the declstb
'7^-MUton Tld
amount <r*V # B
o rained t«r, at*
I ue Is
■ OWII ^
xjtbe
l> Made on Riot. ^
!."ft l*> rigid : Tate, nluei.cn . ii-ih tv. eut> ft’-* *iib.>, iwenfy five; Oi’in
nineteen, and Clnude. twenty one, h<»n* of Mr. and Mrs Clem II .Sirteklniul of
Houston, Tex., This Is one patriotic mother's offering ii|s>ti the altar of
liberty and dem«K*rsey Mr- Flrlcklsn.1 I* of dliwrt tlennan de-wcni, but
• lie urgisl her la»y* t*i go him) fight for their country which n*»w t* h«^ country,
• Report
lloii-tnu. I. * I he board of la
/)ufrv rt' a'yil by the e|ty council to tn
\ t' a', it . riot <>f in ro soldiers on
tin al it of Vug M in Houston has
c.iint Iikliiv. -itriittini and VVexl-
n. -dii’ filial t refiort With Mayor .1
l 11 ■ I * - It • . ..:I Til's report goes Into
matters leading up to die ilot, crltl
< i> - dis. Ipline at th*’ negro rump,
cjitlrl .es Hui'erlntend.’id of I’ollf#
Itroek, eompllment* the Illinois Na-
tional Guard for Its action the night
of the riot, and calls attention to tigs*’
fad that no Innocent tn-gro was ini/
to suffei for the a< tions of the un^*
, OTiTTmj ^
Gtest Aerop'ane Engine Complstd
\t ■ Him’hiii The Liberty twdS
rfo* wErplan.’ emauu u|>on which tnW
l'nit**<l Stutes is relying to (••tshllsT1
deflnit’ air suprfmacy over Ihe 0«t<’
mans on the battlefield* of France,
has pa-od it. final lest snd I* a <i*m
pT**te and graTttytng snrrost*. Hrcmtary
Hak.r aiinouru.d Wadne-day.
Land Bdl Passed by 9snst*
\ti-tin. T’-t In th*. '-"fiat*' Thlit
lay * uul ps-.-ttge was given Mr.
i. j - bill permitting the transfer f
tty xtate -• Ii.hiI iumi to tha fed'
1 trin loan bank obit at Ions xlver
. ho.w land purchasers upon paytT
n! - ■ prlnclp.il to the *tatA BOt
. i d ie ti . land owr.-r* to |fher*
moi from the federal Isink >**• **
obligation • b. ar ' |*er centl. b“*
iron> y rr*ttmn*<1 to th* schooi.ft#P***
be invested in county, city and a
district Isitids which t»*ar 6 idiIw*
cent * *
V*
Life Fre* From Cara.
' Hllggtns takes home I’lcrj cent of
his wages to his wife."
"What's the Idea?”
"She has to buy all th*’ gasoline and
pay for the sutoimddle repairs and run
" 'VVItn*-.- l heard the defendant! the fuel bln sod the market Im»»
My ■'ITJ-dby’ik*'* you •offer fur this, j kat; and all Htlggtna has to do l« to
ni t>*y^,et<ir ./ *11 uy If I don't,”"’ i staod growo*l and tell her she ought to
rtieFa.
Wheat on Farms Not Rsaul*itlor #<|
’* T
ernment Is content plating rsquMt^
Washington ReporU that th«
requk
Ing wheat mi the farina to tw»
e Natural Eacwao-
A hoy pupil In a public school had m7||* going were denied FT I day by
•.night leave for Ihe aftern*»on. b<r( uw,»«.r. food admlnialrmtar I
• Mo. Siinimv," said the fe*«her. "you Ken#ra||yi Mr. Hoover said. U*
wish to be excused frxun arh.ml aftei n|n(f nn fu„ ,lm^
two o'Hork T" i ___ '
‘■yes, ma’am." ' ...
"la jour ex»-use n good one. or la If
baseball T’
“Both rna am."—l*uck.
American Submarine Etaka*
\v«sbtnai«*n -A L'aitaR
/narltie sank a I her dattj
port* Friday, the
nouaced. but tber* waa/no Me ei u#.
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England, John Stone & Etheridge, O. Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1917, newspaper, September 20, 1917; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843733/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.