Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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HUES HAMPER
GERMAN PUNS
ALLIED ARMIES SHELL GERMAN
LINES DAY AND NIGHT, GIV
ING THEM NO REST.
All RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY
Federal Director General McAdoo
Takes Charge—C. W. Huntington
First Removed.
MEMUNS ON FRONT
The Steady Stream el American Reln-
forcements Adds to the Strength
of the Positions Held ,in
the West.
Striking viciously at the enemy at
various points along the western bat-
tle front, meeting each outburst of
Qorman artillery with a thunder of
aaanon fire and maintaining the mas-
tery of the air in every sector from
the North Sea to the Swiss frontier,
the armies of the entente allies are
preventing the Teutonic armlps from
quietly perfecting their preparations
tor coming battles. With the knowl-
edge that the passing of each day
brings new American legions to help
crush the nest German offensive, tbo
allies are finding satisfaction in the
tBCt that the Germans hare yet been
unable to launch a new blow In the
struggle which Berlin had expected to
be the decisive one of the war.
On the front east and northeast of
Locre on the northern side of the Lys
salient In Northern France and Just to
the west of Kemruel, where some of
the more Intense fighting of the war
has been going on. the French ad-
vanced their line over a two-mlle
front. Far to the south near Rhelms
the French have advanced Into the
enemy’s positions as far as the third
line trenches.
The Australians on dhe front before
▲miens have been active and have im-
proved their positions.
Heavy artillery firing Is reported
from several points along the front,
eepsstalty near Hansard and south of
the Avre near Amiens
The American sectors have been the
scenes of fierce aerial battles. The
Aftierfcans suffered a severe leas when
Raoul Lufbery of W’alllngford, Conn.,
one of tbeir most famous #lr fighters,
went to his death in a thrilling en-
counter above the city of Toul.
The French troops in Macedonia
have taken the offensive near 1-ake
Ochrida and have advanced to a depth
of more than twelve miles at some
points.
The unrest which has been reported
from time to time from Austria, in
spite of the efforts of censorship, has
again boiled up In Prague, where
crowds of Czechs and Slavs have
cheered for President Wilson and Pre-
mier Cletnenceau and Lloyd George
A new Oerman army, led by General
von Buelow, Is said to have been lo-
cated In front of Arras. This army is
said to be mado up of units which
were not thrown Into the great battles
on the Somme and along the Lys and
it Is believed that it has been brought
up to the Arras front to lead the com-
ing attack bn the allied positions at
that point.
Although the Germans In Flanders
and Picardy are keeping up Inces-
santly their preparations for a re
sumption of their spring drive there
is as yet no indication that an attack
on a large scale Is immediately im-
minent
Washington.—Every railroad presl-
lent In the United States was relieved
*roru utivs duty a* executive mutia
;er of his road Tuesday by Director
}«neral W. G. McAdoo, who will ap-
>olnt a federal director for each rall-
oad, responsible only to the railroad
kdmlnlstration In many cases the
)resident of the road may ba federal
iirector.
To safeguard the Interests of stock-
tolders and maintain the Individual-
ly of each railway, federal director*,
whenever possible, will be appointed
Tom among the operating officers of
he property, the director general an-
jounced This will avoid disrupting
my road’s working organization uri-
tecessarily.
As another step in the reorganiza-
:lon of the railroad agreement, the di-
rector general ordered the creation of
two new operating districts—the Al-
egheny region, consisting of the prin-
cipal trunk Ilona aast of Pittsburg, ex-
cluding the New York Central, man-
aged by C. H. Markham, now regional
iirector for the South, and the Poca-
hontas district, consisting of the east
xnd west trunk lines terminating at
Hampton Roads.
Regionsl directors for the Pocahon-
tas district and for the Southern dis-
trict to succeed Mr. Markham will be
appointed soon. A. H. Smith of New
York will continue to act as regional
director for that part of the East not
included In the new Allegheny district
and district directors will be named to
serve under him as supervisors of
roads in New England and for the sec
tion between Pittsburg and the Missis
sippl River and north of ,the Ohio
River.
Other smaller operating districts
will be created from time to time in
the Southern and Western ■ regions
now operated as units by regional di-
rectors of the railroad administration
The first act of the director general
Tuesday in executing this new policy
was the removal of C. W. Huntington,
president of the Virginian Railway, as
chief operating officer on the charge
that he failed to carry out promptly
the railroad administration's Instruc-
tions regarding the repair and mainte-
nance of his line.
THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN ITEXAS LOSES CASE
TOTALED 54,170,019,850 IN SHREVEPORT RATE
Oversubscription of 39 Par Cent Abote Ttfc United States Supreme Court Dis-
the $3,000,000,000 Minimum Sought misses the Appear for ' - :k of
With 17,000,000 Purchsssrs. Jurisdiction.
Holland's Request of Ships Denied.
Washington.—Holland has been no-
tified by the United States govern
ment that her request for three ships
now in American ports to carry the
balance of the grain promised her by
President Wilson can not be granted
and that to prevent further delay in
the movement of the grain, Dutch
ships should be sent at once for It.
The fact that this step has been taken
became known Tuesday soon after the
receipt of press dispatches announc-
ing that the Netherlands government
had prohibited the departure of Dutch
ships from its ports
Ruin Wrought by I. W. W.
Chicago, 111.— Inside history of thv
rnln wrought by the Industrial Work-
For several weeks past the enemy i ers of the World In the hop fields and
has been engaged assiduously In bring-
ing up guns and supplies of all kinds
and also new forces lo reconstitute
the units which the American. British
and French guns cut to pieces us he
tried at various points to break the
allied line, and the feeling now is that
the work is fairly well done and that
any day may witness the commence-
ment of another great offensive on
the western front.
As ready as Is the enemy for the j --jf-
battle stand the allied armies, so far ; Texan Killed In Italy,
as men and gun power are concerned. Rome. — Aviation Cadet Eugene
and rnntident (hat uo advantage will. j Doak 1’cnii was killed at Foggla Tues
be faint'd over them except, as has day. II*- was flying at an altitude of
been usual by the payment of an aw- | l-’i'O yards when the propeller of Ills
ful price Of men fed to the gun
orchards of California to obtain the re-
lease from prison of Richard Ford and
Herman Huhr, members of the organi-
zation convicted on a charge of mur
der ami sentenced to life imprison
ment, was revealed Tuesday at the
trial of 112 I. W. W. leaders Accord
Ing to Ijtmbert, the l W. W. campaign
of sabotage resulted in the destruction
of property valued at $ 10,000,0d0 an
nually for several years.
Washington.—The total of the thirl
liberty loan is |4,170,019,660, an over-
subscription of 39 per cent above the
13.000. 000.000 minimum sought. The
number of subscribers was about <17,*
000,000. Every federal reserve district
oversubscribed. In announcing these
figures the treasury explained that the
total may‘be changed slightly by later
reports from federal reserve banks
which have been at work over a week
tabulating the great number of sub-
scriptions which came In during the
last days of the campaign.
"This is the most successful loan tbe
United States has offered, both in
number of subscribers and In the
amount reaTtred,** said Secretary Me-
Adoo In a statement. "I congratulate
the country on this wonderful result,
which is irrefutable evidence of the
strength, patriotism and determiner
tiou of the American people.
“This great result waa achieved not-
withstanding the fact that the country
has been called upon to pay since the
second liberty loan, and to and includ-
ing the month of June. Income and ex-
cess profits taxes to the amount of
approximately $3,000,000,000, which
will make a .total amount turned Into
the treasury of the United States from
such taxes and the third liberty loan
of about $7,000,000,000.”
Total subscriptions to the second
loan ware $4,616,000,000 and the
amount accepted wse $3,808,000,000.
' Tbe Minneapolis district made the
highest percentage with 172, and the
New York district the lowest with 124
per cent.
Officials explained that one reason
the total subscriptions of the second
loan exceeded those of the third Is
that during the last days of the sec-
ond, when It was apparent the loan
was heavily oversubscribed, some cor-
porations and banks desiring to make
big purchases doubled the subscrip-
tions they actually meant to take,
knowing only half tho oversubscrip-
tions would be taken.
Actual receipts from payments on
third bonds Friday amounted to $1,-
671.407.000, although only 5 per cent
of the total of $208,000,000 is due Sec-
retary McAdoo has asked that persons
Wishing to convert first and second
loan bonds wait uutil after July 1 to
apply.
Washington.—The Supreme Court
Monday dismissed for want of juris
diction the appeal by Attorney Gener-
al Looney against the Eastern Texas
Railroad Company and others, brought
from the Federal Court for the West-
ern District of Texas, Involving an in-
junction against the State’s contem-
plated suits In the Travis County Dis-
trict Court against the enforcement
of the Shreveport rate tariffs in dif-
ferential territory.
The temporary restraining prder of
the Texas Federal Court, It was point-
ed out in the opinion Monday, was to
prevent the attorney general of Texas
from executing a threat of suit
against the railroads for carrying out
the lawful orders of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. /
“The theory upon which the attor-
ney general seeks to sustain his ap-
peal,” said the opinion, “is that the
Injunction of September 22 is one re-
straining him In his capacity as a
State officer from enforcing statutes
of the State of Texas, and orders of
the Railroad Commission of that State,
entered pursuant thereto, on the
ground that the statutes complained of
are unconstitutional and orders of the
Ir^erstate Commerce Commission are
unlawful, therefore that an appeal di-
rect to tbe Supreme Court is warrant-
ed. With this contention of the attor-
ney general we can not agree ”
TEXAS NEARLY FREED
OF THE SHEEP SCABIES
U. $ Quarantine Lifted in All but
-Eleven Counties—Good Work by
Live Stock Sanitary Commteslerv.
x.—The entire State
a exception of Coo-
wards, Kimble, Me-
. Sutton, Ter-
and Val Verde coun-
ties, hare been released from federal
quarantine against sheep scabies. A
few years ago the entire State of
Texas was under quarantine of the
federal government for sheep scabies
and the shipment of sheep to other
States was forbidden except under the
strictest Inspection and dipping.
For years but little attention was
paid to the sheep industry by the
State. The Importation of high bred
sheep to Improve Texas flocks In the
sheep and wool producing sections
caused sheep men to begin the agita-
tion of State aid for eradicating
»<-ahies bo as to put Texas on a par
with other sections of the I’nlted
States, Sufficient pressure was
brought to bear on the legislature that
tiie matter was placed under the Juris-
diction of the Texas live stock sani-
tary commission. D. H. Cunningham,
chairman of the commission, West
Texas, gave the matter considerable
attention and in the past few years a
wonderful work has been done.
!u those counties yet under quaran-
tine the work of eradicating scabies is
under way and prospects are good
that the millions of dollars lost an-
nually by sheep men In that section
will be saved. The sheep men are giv-
ing tbe live stock sanitary commission
their heartiest co-operation.
WOODEN SHIPS ARE
BEING LAUNCHED RAPIDLY
President Marches In Parade.
New York—The president of the
United States, commander In chief of
the army.and navy, inarched on foot
through Fifth avenue Saturday at the
head of 75.000 soldiers of mercy.
Then, standing in the reviewing stand.
I he gravely nalutdd the colors as the
i women of the Red Cross filed past in
\ a seemingly endless line I’erhsi***
never before had New York seen such
a demonstration of patriotism.
Passed Bill to Admit Ticky Cattle.
Washington.—The senate on Friday
passed Senator Sheppard's bill provid-
ing for the admission for immediate
slaughter of ticky cattle from South
and Central America which heretofore
could only be brought In at ports be-
low the quarantine line. The agricul-
tural department will provide regula-
tions governing the importation of
these cattle.
Saventaen Boats la Bovsnteen Days
Establish** Probable Record
far Shipbuilding.
Large number* of Americans daily
are being brought to the front, ready '
for Immediate service or are reinforc-
ing the unite under intensive train- i
ln«r immediately behind the battle
lines.
Dispatches from Russia show thu'
again there Is considerable activity in
Traus-t ’niu n-Ia and in Persia At '
Baku, on the western shore of the |
Caspian Sea in Tran-Cnurasia. th* 1
Musselmatis and bolshevik! have fought !
« battle in which, according to Mi* j
cow newspaper*, two thodsatid per-
sons were killed and three thousand
vmrmte!, w-hm- m -Persia tho Turks .
have Occu|/ir*d several towns south
of Lake Urmia The operations In
Persia may indicate that it is the pur ! jury
pose of the Ottoman forces to harass j I’roj
the British line of communication
along tbe Ticrls River.
Advices from Amsterdam say (hat
fourteen persons w< re killed and a
large number injured in the bombing
raid carried out by allied aviator* on
Cologne Saturday,
Among the rtigp. d penki of the
Aalago Plkteau, east uf the Brent a
river, the Italian front has again
flamed into violent action The ag
greaajve lias been tnk< n by the Ital-
ians, and tbe Austro-Germans, instead
of launching their long expected as
sault on the Italian lines, have been
compelled to fight bard to maintain
the positions where they have stood
That the Germans have the capture
of Petrograd In prospect seems evi-
6oat from thetr latest operations In
tbs Gulf of Finland Here they have
taken the Island of BJorko. which lies
only thirty miles northwest of the
Russian cspttal.
It has been announced from Waab-
tagton that an official order has been
Issaod by tho, soviet government pf
coiling for the formation of an
army that will fight for the security
0 the Russian Republic, which has
fcrai praacod by th« aggression of the
aeroplane broke,. H1h mother. Mrs
Mae Penn, lives at Austin. Texas Ua
det Penn was the soil of tbe late
Judue R I.. Penn.
German Women Register In June.
Washington.—-German women in the
United States are required to reels
ter with chiefs of police or pbstmas-
ter* between June 17 and 25 under
regulations Issued Tuesday by the dis-
part ment of Justice.
Italian Aviator Falls to Death.
New York—Captain Antonio Silvio
Resnatl of the Royal Italian flying
corps, who piloted the ten passenger
Uapronl biplane from Washington to
New York and back nenin recently,
| was killed Friday at the Hempstead
! flying field Uesnatl, one of the most
i fatuous Italian military aviators, met
; his death while testing an American
| built Uaproni plane of tho bombing
type.
Convention of Texas Bankers.
Galveston, Tex. — Galveston was
unanimously selected as the place for
holding tho 1919 convention of the
Texas Bankers’ Association at the
closing session of tho annual conven-
tion Thursday. W W. Woodson, vice
president of the First National Bank
of Waco, was elected president of the
association, succeeding Howell K.
Smith, cashier of the First National
Bank of McKinney. W. A. 1 ’hi 1 pott.
Jr., of Dallas was re-elected secretary.
Cotton Seed Men Elect Officers.
New Orleans, La.—R E. Montgom-
ery of Chlckasha, Okln., was elected
president of the Interstate Seed Crush-
| era’ Association Wednesday at the
| concluding session nt New Orleans of
jthe annual convention of the organlza-
\ Lion. Hubert Gibson of Dallas, ncre
tary treasurer, was re-elec ted, the c on-
vention bestowing upon him the office
for life.
Washington.—Wooden ships have
been launched at the rate of more than
one a day for the past four weeks.
The shipping board announced Sat-
urday that Just seventeen wooden craft
aggregating 60,000 tons burden had
been added to the American merchant
marine in the first seventeen days of
this month.
Last Wednesday four wooden hulls
were launched, totaling 14,500 tons,
probably the greatest amount of wood-
en tonnage ever launched in a single
day In the history of American yards.
The four ships wiere the Pascagoula,
3,600 tons, at Pascagoula, Miss.; the
first wooden vessel launched for the
shipping board In district 5, compris-
ing the states of Mississippi, Alabama
and Louisiana; the Kuwa, 3,500 tons,
St. Johns, Ore.; Blackford, 4,000 tons,
Aberdeen, Wash., anil the Basco, 3,500
tons. Houston, Texas
None of the fifty or more wooden
ships has been completed and deliv-
ered because of shortage of boilers.
The shipping board Is making a sur-
vey of the boilcr-mnking plants of the
country in an effort to speed the out-
put to keep pace with the shipyards.
«L FMMK1MIM 1C
GULF COAST Ml FOB
Iowa Kansas Storm.
Dos Moines. TA.—Tornadoe s w hich
swept the central portions of Iowa
Hnd Kansas Tuesday resulted in the
death of several persons and the In
of others, according lo reports,
rty damage estimated at more
bun $ 1 .boo,mm was wrought by the
torin.
Teuton intrigue In America.
Washington Disclosures Tuesday
that the government has gathered evi-
dence In this enuntry of conspiracies
between the Irish Sinn Fein leaders
and German agents to precipitate a
rebellion In Ireland were followed by
announcement that government agents
have uncovered similar German In-
trigue with other nationalistic groups
in the United States German money,
It w«s said, had been used to finance
agitation among negroes.
Woodson President Texas Bankers.
Galveston, Thx,—’The thirty-fourth
annual convention of thu Texas Bank-
ers’ Association closed Thursday. Gal-
• vvision was again chosen the conven-
tion city W. W, Woodson, vice presi
dent of the First National bank of
Waco, wax elected president for the
; ensuing year. William A Phllpotts,
S Jr, of Dallas was ro-elected secretary
j of the association.
Damaged U-Boat at Spaniah Port.
Madrid—Tho German submarine
U-fl, says an official dispatch Tues-
day from Uartagena. entered that port
last night In a damaged condition
Thu U-39, according to German ad-
vices, la the submarine that torpedoed
the Lusitania off Klnsalo May 7, 1916.
Firs Destroys ZOO Cars of Hay,
Waco, Tex.—Fire Thursday de-
stroyed about 200 carloads of ha> at
Camp MscArthur and did other dam
age
President Names Hughes.
Washington.—President Wilson has
summoned Charles E Hughes to act
with Attorney General Gregory In the
investigation of criminal charges
made In connection with aircraft pro-
duction Mr Hughes acceptance of
the task was announced \Yt(tivnilsy at
the White House, and hb will come to
Washington In a few days to go over
plans with the attorney general.
Bankers’ Auxiliary Disbands.
Galveston, Tex.—-The Texas Women
| Bankers’ Association passed out of ex-
l istcnee Wednesday at ‘.Lo sixth un-
| nual convention at Galveston. The
luxlliary, consisting of women bank-
ers and the wives and relatives of
bankers, was disbanded Indefinitely
that the war work which tho members
have been carrying on may not be
handicapped by tho continuance of the
irganizuliou.
Dick Dowling’s Widow Dead.
Austin, Texas —Mrs. W. It. Daniel.
76 years of age, who died Monday at
the home of her son-in-law, Godwin
Jones, in Dallas, was the widow of
tho noted1 Dick Dowling, who defend*
ed Sabine rafn« from the federal gun-
boat attack during the war between
the states, an exploit that Is one of
thq most famous of the war. A statue
has been erected In Houston In his
memory
Sedition Bill Becomei Law.
Washington. — President Wilson
Tuesday signed the sedition bill, giv-
ing the government wide powers to
punish disloyal acts and utterances.
Harris County Over th# Top.
Houston, Tex.—Harris County went
"over the top’’ Tuesday, the second
day, but is determined to subscribe
at least $300,000 to the Red Gross war
fund Instead of $225,000, the amount
uksi
Italy Wants American Troops.
Washington.—Italy, in an informal
way, ha* made known to tho United
States that the presence of American
troops on the Italian front Is greatly
to he desired. It became known Thurs-
day. A few thousand men under the
American flag, Italian officers feel,
would hearten the Italian civilian pop-
ulation and their troops.
New Steel Ships Delivered.
Washington.- Ten ships of 68.850
aggregate tonnage were completed and
j delivered to the Emergency Fleet Cor-
I poratlon during the past week and
fourteen others, some wood and some
steel, of 43tO0O tons were launched.
f* Injunction in Zone Case.
Austin, Tex - Following a hearing
Thursday, District Judge George Cal-
houn Issued an order perpetuating the
temporary Injunction recently ordered
upon application of the attorney gen-
eral in behalf of the state, restraining
Wnlter H. Koehler, his agents, serv-
ants and employes from selling intoxi-
cating liquors at any point within a
radius of ten miles of the town of
Lytle, Atascosa County.
U. 8. Cavalry Cross Border.
El Paso, —American cnv&lry
crossed th# border at Btllwell* Ford,
eighty pAies south of Marathon. Tex
as, Wednesday In pursuit of raiders
who crossed from Mexico and drove
thirty head of cattle into Mexico from
American ranches along tije border.
Drop Bombs on Paris.
Paris. — Knprv aircraft dropplh
bombs on the outlying-suburbs of Paris
late Wednesday. Nona of the enemy
was able to penetrato tbs defenses of
tbo city proper
$300,000 Fire In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala—The sulphuric
acid plant of the Steel Cities Chemi-
cal Company near Ensley was totally
destroyed by fire Sunday. The value
of the plant kras about $300,000.
Steamer Neches bunk In Collision.
Washington.—Vic# Admiral Sliqs
cabled the navy department Friday
that the American steamer Neches,
^previously reported torpedoed, bad
been sunk In the English channel by a
collision with a small steamer No
lives were lost.
Nickel Metal for Projectiles.
Amsterdam Germany is calling In
her nhkcT colnagr, the metal which la
needed for projectiles, and Is substi-
tuting zinc for minting coins of this
class. Authority has Just been given
| for the minting of 10,000.000 marks
worth of zinc 10-pfcnnIg pieces.
Concrete Ship Equal to Steel.
Washington—An official report Fri-
day on the behavior of the concrete
ship Faith during her second trial trip
off the Pacific coast in a strong wind
and choppy sea, says the vessel is be-
lieved to be fully equal. If not superior,
to any steel ship of the tame size and
equal power.
India te Recruit 500,000.
Simla, India, via Ottawa.—The gov-
ernment of India haa decided to re
emit at once more than 500.000 men
Tba provincial government baa prom
iaod nil poaalbi* aid
Garman Air Raid Over London.
Tendon -Thirty seven persons were
killed and 155 injured In the London
area during Sunday night’s air raid.
To Train 8oldiar* In Mechanics.
Austin. Tex—V’Uh the arrival of
approximately 5<XJ enlisted men. the
school of automobile mechanics, which
la being conducted by the University
of Texas at Uamp Mabry, opened
Thursday.
German-Made Medicine Tabooed.
Ban Antonio, Tax —A resolution to
discontinue use of any Germaixmadc-
medicine waa adopted Wednesday bv
the house of delegatee of tbe T«-x.v
Medical Association la ooavsutlou a
Ban Antonio.
A new 2,000-barrel oil well ha* been
brought In In the Saratoga oil field.
The twelfth annual convention of
the Texas Retail Jewelers’ Association
held sessions in Dallas last week
The seventh annual meeting of tbe
Master Plumbers’ Association of Tex-
as was hald In Houston this week.
Governor Hobby ha* a^^>Ted the
application of Chamber* county for
$16,000 In aid out of the $2,000,000
drouth relief fund.
An election has been ordered for
June 22, 1918, for the El Campo pre-
cinct to vote on tbe question of a $30.-
000 road bond Issue.
Beevllle has been selected as one
of the five places In Texas where s
Masonic summer school of Instruction
la to be conducted In July.
At n meeting of the school board of
the Cuero Independent district it was
decided to drop the study of German
from the schools entirely.
During tba recant high water of the
Guadalupe river shootlnj soft-shelled
turtles has >een a favorite pastime
for the nimrods of Cuoro
Tha public cannery, operated at
Cuero, Is a very busy place. Large
quantities of vegetables are being
brought In by the farmer*.
The graduating clas* of the Victoria
High Bchool this term is the largest
In the history >f the school, numbering
twenty-five girls and six boys.
A large peanut plant 1* to ha erected
at Fort Worth, and when completed
the structures will constitute one of
the largest peanut plant* in the South-
west, with a capacity of 100 tons a
day.
Three saloons at Dickinson, Texas,
and one at La Marque have been
closed, having been brought within the
ten-mile cone by the aerial gunnery
site which wa* established near San
Leon this week.
—♦—
Dr. W. A. Davis, state registrar of
vital statistics, eatlm''.tre that 419.189
women of Texas will vote in the com-
ing democratic primary on July 27,
and the total rote, Including the votes
of men, will '»e 844.533.
The attorney general of Texas, tn
answering an Inquiry If a county could
use county funds In subscribing to a
county’s assessment to the Red Cross,
stated that public money could not be
used In such a manner.
—♦—
Resolutions demanding that the
State tax law be so amended as to
tax the unimproved land values and to
exempt personal and Improved prop-
erty from taxation were adopted by
the Texas council of carpenters at
their convention in San Antonio Satur-
day.
Free treatment of lire stock tn Gal-
veston County afflicted with charbon
or hog cholera has been arranged by
E. W. Gruss, -fcmonstratlon agent for
Galveston couity, who says that the
United States bureau of animal Indus-
try will furnish veterinarians for the
work.
At a meeting of the democratic exe-
cutive committee of Lavaca county It
was decided to hold a second primary,
as all nominations are to bo by ma-
jority and all state and district candi-
date* will pay $1 each to g't names on
ticket. County candidates were as-
sessed according to the value of of-
fice. $35 to $80, and precinct candi-
dates accordingly.
The output of quicksilver In Texas
In 1917, according to statistics com-
plied by H. D. McCaskey, was 10,750
flasks, valued nt $1,111,745, nralnst
6.306 flasks In 1946, aud the increased
production Is credited to the Chlses,
lilg Bond, Mariposa and Chisholm, In
the order named.
As a result of tho recent waive of
the head tax on Mexican laborers, al-
lowing them to be admitted to this
country to work In agricultural pur-
suits, thousands are ejtjrected to come
Into this country immediately. In
fact, the movement Is now In progress
through the port of Laredo, some hav-
ing already crossed the river and pro-
ceeded on their wav.
• —4—
Pigeon co-operation with aeroplanes
has been tried out successfully under
direction of the signal corps, and ns
a result pigeons are now being *ent
front Fort Bam Hou*tc:., Ban Antonio,
to all the aviation fields In Texas to
further perfect this combination serv-
ice Lofts are being erected nt the
various flying fields. Flyers making
long distance flights will carry a
pigeon along ready Tor release.
The county commissioners court of
Jefferson county has entered an or-
der in accordancs with the new law
passed by the last special session of
the thirty-fifth legislature, instructing
that their remuneration be on a sal-
ary basis paid out of the general fund.
By this means the commissioners lose
their per diem The population fig-
urea of the 1910 census allow the com-
missioner $1,200 per annum Under a
special law they have been paid out of
the road and bridge fund as superin-
tendents.
Rain that means millions of dollars
to fanners and stockmen In Fort
Worth trade territory ext|ndlng from
Waurika. Okla., on the* north, to
Brownwood on the south, and at far
west as Toyah, fell Friday and Friday
night. Reports from the Texas £ pa-
cific railroad offices and other lines
traversing West Texas are to the ef-
fact that the drouth of two years has
bsan sffectualfy broken and rain Is
sufflctant to assure good ranges aa4
wmtar supply for cattle.
Drilling Activities Increase In Beroral
Fields With Nsw Producer#
Expected Seen.
Houston, Texes.—During the past
week In the oil fields of tbs gulf coeot
Goose Creek failed to report any im-
portant completions, but the Saratoga
field doubled It* production with the
bringing in of two good wells tha lat-
ter part of the week. Goose Creelt
still leads the State with an average
production of around 28,000 barrels,
with the Burkburnett fields In North
Texas bolding second place. There
are a number of wells at Qoose Creek
down to the Interesting potnt end this ^
week may see an Increase to more
than take care ot the natural weekly
decline.
Production at Saratoga Jum
from 2000 to 4000 barrels ave
dally production when the two
wells proved good ones. On Th
day the Austin Oil Company brought
In a well making about 1100 barrel# of
clean oil, although some have estimat-
ed the production at a greater amount.
On Saturday the Sun Company’s No.
IMAM, tested and came in making
about 2000 barrels of fluid, half of
which Is pure oil, This well was test-
ed early la the week and it was nec-
essary to reset the screen for another
test Saturday. There were two falb
ures In the Saratoga field during tha
week, but several welU are expected
tn during the coming week.
At Humble there were three wells
abandoned, two developed salt water,
while several others were small oil
producers. The Mary Owens Oil Com-
pany’s No. 5 Donlln is pumping ten
barrels at 1460 feet, the Mennis h
Horn’s No. 2 Texas Company patent
is pumping five barrels at 995 feet,
the Torbltt OH Company’s No. 8
Isaacs is pumping thirty-five barrels
at 1200 feet, the Crown Oil A Refin-
ing Company’s No. 37 Hermann Is
pumping thirty-five barrels at 100$
feet and the Castell Oil Company’s No.
5 Bertng-Cortes Is pumping seventy
barrets at 1160 feet.
At Goose Creek the Humble Oil and
Refining Company’s No. 7 Halliard
came In pumping 150 barrels at 1332
feet and other wells are due In the
next few days.
The completions at Sour Lake In-
cluded the Humble Oil and Refining
Company's No. 28 Hardin, which Is
pumping 100 barrels at 2218 feet and
the Wyatt OH Company’s No. 13 Wyatt
is pumping ten barrels at 500 feet.
The same company’s No. 18 Wyatt
is pumping ten barrels at 300 feeL
At Edgerly, In Louisiana, the Gulf
Refining Company's No. 2 Minor-Par-
affine is a 150-barrel well at 3150 feet.
The same company's No. 9 Higgins
B came In flowing 125 barrels by
heads at 3160 feet, and this concern
got a fifty barrel pumper in its No. 20
Bright Penn. One other completion
was a small pumper.
At Batson a fifteen barrel pumper
resulted when the Gulf Co%st Oil Cor-
poration’s No. 9 Huntington was test-
ed At Damon Mound, In Brazoria
County, the Sinclair Gulf Oil Corpor-
ation's No. 1 Ramdohr came In pump-
l-ing 150 barrels.
An Increase of 4450 barrels of oil
was reported during the past week In
the North Louisiana oil fields, with
the fields now averaging around 43,875
^ barrels dally,__a
President Signs Army Draft Bill.
Washington.—Upon approving Mon-
day the act of congress bringing un-
der the army draft law all men attain-
ing the ngc of 21 since registration
day, June 5, 1917, President Wilson
issued a proclamation formally fixing
next June 5 as j,he date for new ell-
gibles to appear before their local
boards.
To Raise Postal Employes' Pay.
Washington.—An amendment to the
postofricc appropriation bill providing
for an Increase of $l't>0 a year in tho
salaries of clerks, letter carriers and
certain Other postal employes, and In-
creases of 20 per cent for rural mail
carriers and for employes receiving
leps than $800 a year, waa udoptod
Wednesday by the senate
Loss of 300 Airplanes.
Washington.—One of the first sub-
jects of the aircraft investigation be-
ing conducted by the department of
Justice and former Justice Charles
Hughes will be the loss of about 300
training plnnes at Camp Kelly. Texas.
The property Is said to ho valued at
about $6oo,000. The motors were al-
lowed to corrode.
36,000 Women in Army Au*niary.
Berne. Switzerland.—Austrian news-
: papers are exhibiting concern at what
I they call the offeminlzatlon of the
; army, it appears that 36.o4u women
j and girls are now employed in the
] auxiliary services ns clerks, servants,
etc , ami that others are being enlisted
at the rate of 160,000 a month.
Registration Bill Passed.
Washington. — The house Friday
passed without a record vote the con-
ference report on the bill requiring
registration in the draft of youths who
have beeprae 21 years of age since
June 5 last
t
Houston Man Heads Medicos.
Ban Antonio, Tex.—Dr R. W. Knox
of Houston was chosen president-elect
of the Texas State Medical Associa-
tion at the closing session of the or-
ganization's 0 convention Thursday.
End of Onion Shipping Season Naar.
1 .aredo, Texas.—With the shipments
from Laredo up to Saturday, approx-
imately 1266 carloads of Bermuda on-
ions hava been Bent out from Laredo.
The dally shipment are noxr diminish-
ing. Indicating that the shipping sea-
son ia drawing to a close.
To Roduce Bread Ration.
Washington. — T£« announcement
that the bread ration la to bo rodacod
In Germany on Jono IK haa aaaaed
grave apprehroelOR throsghOWt that
coaatry.
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