The Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. TWO, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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FRIDAY JULY 2 TS17
THE WEEKLY CORPUS CHRIST! CALLER MM
SLAYDEN'S VOTES!
IS '
IN CONGRES
ARE BARED
(Continued from l'ige me
the kaiser personal representa-
tive. "In ln Sixty-fourth Cenaress
sestlen May 14 1516 pai B.331.
though th miaMure wm demanded
by ihe Interests of the time
though our ships were bfing sunk
by the ruthless campaign waged by
the U biili though our people
when we vtr supDsted te be at
peace with Germany without warn
ing wert) being lent to watery
gravet nsver a ward did we hear
from the llp of Mr. Slayden m de
nunelatlan uf the savage and bar
baric tendencies of the war lord
of the Hunsi but listen te him when
he speaks in opposition to this bill
He said: 'I have heard the sub-
gritfen marie but at a jest I hope
that the only way we can get chip
until long after the great European
war will certainly end either from
exhauttlon or from decisive victory
on the field of battle u to pick a
quarrel with Germany and seue
her ships (hot sought security m
our porta that they had reason to
believe were neutral. Of course.
lht method of building up an
American merchant marine not
honorable and would be revolting
to gentlemen would bring upon us
the contempt of the allies whom it
would help.' Can you conceive of
any gentleman' sensibilities being
outraged after the record marie by
the treachery and the avarice of
thote leaders of Germany who
count solemn treaties as mere
scraps of paper and whose warring
millions burn cities outrage do-
fenseles swomcn and mutilile help-
less children?
"Hut Mr HlavoYn come '.'1 now an
it groat hamilon nf AMeiaan -Ightn
imd American honor whe.i in the Six-
ti fifth rtmirreH first wwi.'ii he arom
m April '. I HI 7 nitKP S&5 nf Hi.- ("oii-l-reiim.iiiiil
Hcro'.l. u nil sabl (Mi nonic
if th.- ccrull" ! our parlli Ipatlon in a
KuroM-un wui. not l n ! 1 v .i Irnetl .it
Iin I believe ( inny nil agrei It in-
volve u reversal it th- policv of the
United State from th adoption of th
''institution down tn thi mnmi'M
Contrary to the advlee of lieorge
Washington w air about to make im
entangling alliance with -t-i tritri Ruro-1i"-n
government' "It in n
jii.nohlteh entangling alliance. That It
Congress first session In spraV
Ing against the measure he dectar
ed. 'All the arerbtty that has flhsr-
aatcrlzerf this debate in Confjreia
In the newspapers and on the streot
ha tCme from the hral with which
Supporters of this and that plan
have presented their view. I refer
to those whose views are honest
not to those who wouhl promote
mrlitary activities for profit es-
pecially rat to those munitions
matters and other traders who
would involve the universe i i war
and send scouting parties to -Mar
to insure dividends nor to the fin-
ancier v.lie have made investment
in war bond that they want th
taxpayers of the United States to
endorse.'
"Slayden would turt all the
the spies and other entmie
unfettered for he said speak
inf of our Constitution and it
amendment: 'They do not say
Confess shall make some laws or
some sort of law. but they say
Congress hall make no law abrid-
ging the rights of fret speech and
the freedom of the prss no law
whatever.'
n.l reviewing (he strugftie h
Homo oi.i .k.loi.iiuii of Do
ivc draft i t thut ttn r..r
n i f - 'i nmiiiii item inilert
-'' ' 'k. of ;l. Con mi
KII----0. v-ii' dovi i to iU fe.'i t i ;ff!re
Hit' i ni i i I ' of ihe lolutitiuv
pImi ' i . touiiil thut some of tln-m
win m. i t i..in with m to defeat hint
wio -uppo't of the .i ueiple of ii
. . ... ..r..- w.rr M'onglv tempted
to tumuli tho pr i w hive
in 'i .ikm'PiI to n n in. ii v policy
v I'll ' I Iikvo I- full ..f it uigei I
kn"i' th it i; Ir tin pi meet thut mtll-
t.n. rnrn have ha! in'theii ininiN for
m.i'i MMti-n past I talked It over
with th' m '
i i. m imi hi tin opinion It Will
t . . i ti k " ' "r ''notional InK'shitton
ti n it doe- "iiv It I" ("it
lli.l III. Mi rip'-aKi i when ttio feu
lemnlnli.R inanities of Ur Htttte urc
help ilrK'oi.i that It Khoutit hi- done
with shouts of Inughtci unit itw nf
Vnte! Vete
1 ..low unit pentlrinrn. on July V
h. w i be shouta of luhiei. a tit
-pifn.il ( women f this rowtrlrinitl
.IIhIiiiI ijo out tu "votr vote.' hut II
Hnl not ir foi latne U. Slayrtrn
('iiiiiiuinx i.tMiwM "Qfi tuh" U
hUtoi !i'.ill .nKociat.il with a urn u It fin
tho llbei-tlen of fire stalon. ventral or
fceterated his or llitlr Thut prnctlriil-
Iy no time i ullowrii (oi (he deluttv of
a ifyvolitlour rhansi In th Coitatt-
Mii;.n la ;-.(( aurprlKliiK. for thut la
I I' aaaorluted with the Invnalon of
-In- i Uht of th Htntnn '
Mid he chwi-il hi" nrgument nRfllnft
wotniiti Miftrage wht h would ptnee
m-u "in of th' -lni of hm.itii-H Imbr-
le. nlio' and Itinanf pi-muni .ind
.-.Hi I ki- ii mi oppui tiimt to tukt-
..'( oi i' i im t luat tht rmirar atnl lup
ih. I'm Ii-'I'ix of thla K.eut Kptih!ti-
. .ipiw- luiii t" .ill oouihern DniM-i it.
to Mito .iKaiii-t thf amenilmf tit. whlrh
In of thla vein as
I llu (''ollMlt'ltOHill- I
UKRAINE WILL
AIRMEN'S MOST
NOT GIVE ITS EXCITING TASK
ENGLISHWOMEN
FOOD TO HUNS
I h dot on .l.i nil i
. . I n
f ihvl IN'.-i
I Mi
OI. l.
frl'i
'I i
li
th
than i f i t. '
pi'i-aotia' imliiti"ni. .-
In thli oiinvi ii(ju Mi
how n h u. ii-ji
Amfrlrantcni n ih-
m n crrpri and
in. i lo'l'ffit fOt
oir.itioii of nny
i tlsi it.it iHHIini
Sl.ii ili'ii lni not
.nit Ntan.l foi
dominant and
ti-it '
"Ladies and gentlemen since the
gun of Germany began to destroy
the liberties of the Belgium people
he rushed to varn this nation
in August 1914 against prepared-
ness) since hs supported the Mc-
Lemoro resolution: sincr he oppos-
ed the building of more battle-
ships: since he was agoint tho for-
tifying of our seaport: sine he
voted against the shipping bill that
would leave us helpless to carry
our commerce and our soldiers
across the sea: since ho opposed
the selective draft act; and since
he declared that we went to war
to endorse tho bonds thut had been
purchased by our peoplit to aid tho
free people of England Belgium
France and Italy to resist the as-
saults of the barbarous hordes at
their very doorst speaking and vot-
ing against the Hoover bill he
arose as shown on page 3361 of
the Congressional Record of tho
65th Congress first session June
19 1917 and opposed the pajsage
of this bill.
Hill niHkn an end of th- Monro- Doc
Innp Hct'itm very i-Uhi- to wo. How oho "And yot. my ountrvtnrn (is Known
i claim and oxt'reiiw the Hunt to in- by pace illii of tin- CotiHriwtonal Huc-
torfere In the pttlillatl Hffnlm if ICu.iord .luno u:i. 1 sl 7. fo the Hoover food.
ii)C Itnil Cifunlate-titly ildini the Vnllit ofjliill tlwin wcrr .Itifi voti'n for ltd PUHH-
Ktiropoan con nt rim to hn r u imit In I HKf and thero nvre but five tocorili'il
ih M'tlletni-nt of Atnerh-an ipieationa" -ntua MRulnat It and Mlayilun Hint Mc-
to not hcllove thut lie enn hold no II- Leinori- ivere livn of those!
JokiwiI nntl mjIOhIi u poHltinn. and mi 1 ! appeal to the love you mothorw of
im)( upon thla mitrotieo Into the i;rot mon hoar to your noli! I rr Ixiya. If .Mr.
tvorlil wur as lltu pasijlni; of the Moiirooj Slaydop Ik the typi- of man you wish
fti-oii.t imf.ilti ".I.- fin-i o-inini
hr In the propt i man to ml in the
hallo of t'o!tirre!i dutinx ih'-o foti'fui
dava when tin fati- of .ill m.mklnd
rerta upon thr dwlKtnn of .he fwv
men sitting ther.
"Uld vu rttid the doflant tonp that
I'rcaldent Wllaon drllvpted In thf
Ktindnu of the tomb of the Hmnorlnl
Waahinjitnn on Julv t In plnrton I
tone he appealed to untPrrifle! Amct
ipu to battle on until victory la otira
and a n win onilttlonal eun eniK i of oui
em'tnleti la mode. How iloea that nun-
p:"t with the attitude of Mr Sliydi-n"
Mln February of this year Mr.
Slayden was re-elected president of
tho Interparliamentary Union a
pro-paclflst organization whose
president before was former Con-
gressman Barthold of Missouri
who wrote the charter of the German-American
Alllanc-' and se-
cured it passage through Con-
gress. "Mr Slnydpn. when w- had hardly
rpiiohed the- front llnpx In lVanop un
Kehruiny J. 1PIS Rlxti -fifth Cohkivbb.
w-i'oml KoHMlnn. patsi' up1 twenty
tninutcH nf Ilia tltno tnlkltH! on pi'itci'
and the IntPrpiit-llnmi'iitary Tnlon na
thr najency to l-.rlnB It nliout. Let me
nliote you word foi word a part of that
noble offnrt
"".N'oarly all the world In at war. Mr.
Chairman ntul quite all tho world of
importance la tntklii); ponco nntl yourn-
InB for It 'even "aa thr hoart pantotli
after the. water hrooka." All the world
iiliMiliitoly all Ib war wnnry. and hnnlly
makltiR an error! to conconl that fnot
(CoMtlnueil from Pukp t'he.)
MMpeCt to uld for Unn.ii.i
II In Hlifiwn tlmt the Niillonnllnl-
Llbeml lendftr In the f.pnnim Itelch
stntr. Dr. Stroenmnn linn ilemnndi'd
tlmt nfflrlitla he lironplil from Kiev to
explnln the rltnntlnn. The food atip.
ply iiroiiilnpil hy the I'krutne tin not
been sotit
Atnerlmn InventlBtitorn repoM thut
Included In the Ukraine now In the
poaacnnloti of tli'linnni la nhnut 4R-
nno.AOil iirren of irlllllvatid Intnl. thntiKh
i onlt nlmiit a third waa plnntnl to
Kraln lant yonr. The i ro Ik oatl-
mateil at about S.nOO.Oflfl tons of wl(lch
IS pet I'ent linn hceti iibpiI In liotnc
.nnenmplnn. !IOWCet". most of tlllt?
la In-Id by ppnjniita tn aninll illlnRca
far front the mllWnya
The pennant hoard thejr rjraln and
inttle na a minor hoards gold or the
American InUlrtn hortrdoil ponies In the
old dnvn. It Ik their vlHlhle proof of
iii'Olth A Ukrnntan neiiwint. If he la
iii'h. in whent rich.
lteprpftUOtli'M( qf n In me Amerlcnn
house drolltiK In ticrlrtilttirnl implo-
ntenta. eatlmtitos thM thorn Is only
about 600.000 toim Itnmt'diately nvnll-
ahle and tlmt evmt that iinaiitltj enn-
not tw ntovetl liecanw of the break-
down of the tmnaportntlon ayatom.
The I krniiir la nnlltlenlly only rtn
annex to Hormnny hut rconomlcnlly
It la no far of little value nntl allow
no Menu of no becoming ilurlnff the
next rin It U retilli i dniln on the
eintial poin-in. for tln-i innri mnln-
tain iiitnli-n thorp to l.i op It In Hill)-minnlon.
IS "BOMBING i
MAKE SHELLS TO
BEAT BACK HUNS
(Conllmieil front I'uko t1-!
ottt'f nix or lunen aearcliK' 'h thiow
their tipttinn aloft. Tho pllo lookn tit
hlx Wittuh; It In tltno to'lioicln hl des-
ultory boitiblni;.
He fllcn uteittllly on nlthotiRli n. hnf-
rn;u of litirntliiK nht'lhi lien now In
front nf him. Tho obRorvpr lookn
throilRh the wlre.H of hln liomli-elRlit to
the ground hrlnw. At the proper In-
ntnnt he thriiKla Ilia U-Ver frirwnrd and
relcnnen two holtthn. A few aeeoniN
Inter he kpph the flanh of their es-
ploalolm nntl above the orni'UIInK bar-
niifp. he ran hem- two dull ronra. He
elKtuiN to the pilot and tho mnchlno
turn and nweepn nwny from the fiery
ring of abulia nntl aenrchllKhta.
A fpw inllca away the ali-plnne fllnn
to tinil fro at top Mpiied. Tho ptlz.
zled nenrohllKhtn mltily feel the nicy
In all dtrectlonN and then one by una
nro nwltehet off.
Then Hip pilot qulrkty ntov-en again
townnl the tarcct. Another bomb In
dropppd. Aa It explodes the aenreh-
llKlila reappear anil the hnrrnKC In ro-
POUt.'d ulllle llironk-ll the thickly
1'roupeil nhell htirnln lire threuiletl the
rhnina of Krpen flntnltiK Klohen. no
tmiPh lined by tho (Jprnmns.
AkoIii the miii'hlnn fllrn nwny nnd
thin time to heiiihler atill more the
Noldlera below the nhaervor flrnn a
white Verey llRht whirl) nlowly drlfta
below and fudea out. All the nr.irch-
llRhta follow it until It illen.
Ilepentedly tho airmen rellint to the
tittnrk llombn are dropped nt Intef-
vnln until the end f the hour when
the innehlno depnrtn fllekerlttK flrea
ami cloiiiln of nmokn telllnK of the
havoc wrought by tho bombs.
PLANNING FOR THE
FUTURE EXPORT TRADE
LON'DtiN. July 24 h 'orrenpondenep
of the Annoeiati'il l'ri-i-1 The Amer-
ican I'lmmlKT of (omnii'rce In London
In ondeavoi in to work out a prnrtlr.tl
plan fur thr eo-opetntloii of Amerlcnn
export flrttiH for pont-w.ir netlvltlvn ho
an to prevent a nornmble for new liua-
inesiM nfter the wiir.
Tho lAtndon body hon nont Invlta-
tlnnn to twenty of thr lemllnn; forolr.n
trade nruiinlJitlnnH In Anterioii nnd
elnewhere to neiiil ntiKKentlona I-'roin
thtw it In hoped it may hu poNnlblf to
work out a cotnponltp niethod of ilevol-
nplDK Amerlcnn exprnt bllillbena.
Offlpera of tliu ehnmher nay thin
will euinprlne prrnchliii.- to cxportera
the neeeanlty of niuefully atudyltii; ter- I
titory and of exporting goods for
CROWN PRINCE
MEN FIGHTING
JTUo only thing to to roprotient you In the hnlln of Con
Doctrine.
hp cotiMldereil now In what ix one'n duty j gioaa.
under the ctn umKtnnoe. I am an
Amnricau. and greatly a I deiiioie the
Mtuntton. 1 ahall. much aa it dlntruNxeH
i n nt.ind by my countr.i If my vote
o.ild avoid war. there would la- none ''
"It distresses him so much my
countrymen that when the first
great stop was taken to raise an
army with all of his power and
with all of his ability he sought
to defeat the consummation of the
draft act. Dot twenty day after
war had been declared on April 26
1917 pago 11B8 of the Congrc-
tonal Record of tho Sixty-fifth
"After we had ruined an iirmy in the
tight mid propel- wa. In- voted ugulnnt
the null tneamite that would Innuie
our boya ln-lnu fed In the trenehen of
Krame
1 "He rumen hark to yon now and In
hih opening npeei-h stilted that he won
rum lui eil ni.u that toll wen- entitled
I to full nurfiugi
; iIiim i halite of
ion up. uMii.un-ei in i lit- n.ili.i or fun r an ngioemiiii
fciet-h on J.inuaii I" I'll SpellKlllg I the aieii fe.itui"
Kven the nggroHHlvc. military empire ! which there In the greatest netil and
for which there la the leant compel!
Hon.
HI nee the Amerlcnn labor delegation
vlHlted Knglauil (Hid I'ninco u ilcnlru
lute) been exprenntd for the vlnlt of it
ilelegntlon of bunltioHH men. Slioulil
thin not be done during the .vnr the
Atiierii'iin t'hiimbei- of rommerce pro-imihi-m
to have Hin h an luteriiiati);" of
of Ofllmany. while Mill hoiiallng Itnelf
n oonniiorar la not able to deceive the
world with a more onmotiflngti of. wordn
and AiiHtrlu frnnltly ponfonntH her mix-
lottH longing for peace lit fact. Indi-
rect negotiation for ponce nro on. for
the apeecliPH by the forulgn mlnlntern
and phancpllorn menu nothing lima.
Oi.iiluully governtnentn neem to bo
Wining tuaether in wime ittllHirtant Idenn aflei the wur
point Unit inunt lie feature of fim'
peine treatv that will I. made Two- D All U A V M All fl FRlvN
Beveuths ..f the Ci enldenf- plan have lniLHrt 1 IHrtlU ViLiLilXnO
been .ii cepted unie'iei veilli When we
When did he have j get Von llertllng's ti reduiihh tnllll-
lieuit l-i-t me I end i mum we will I he li ve he miii'h neai -
"ti i- no iiiri iiemi-iii and ill the end all
of tin plan net out
DESPERATELY
(Continued from Page one.) I
Tardenola north of the new Clennan j
line if the allied aviator have not'
blown it to bun long before thla time. I
A neiiea of Mnnll mluer-.il rallroada nnd
trninwtiya leading northweat from tiu
wentern aide of the nallent nlno can bo
lined by the CvnuanH In spepdlDB up
the evacuation of the nallent.
The ntitntnmliiig point In tho day'a
newn. however. In connldereil hero tu
be the Increasing evidence Hint the
allien have theoretically annuiiicil tho
offeiiKivo nil along tho lino and that
there la numm to expect new driven
and felnta to Im launched nny day and
nt any place
tContlimeit ft tun Tnge tine.i
tlm complicated work that previous-
ly only nklllPd men hud been aide t
nccompllldi.
In n week or ten dayn a woman nun
learn how to operate a t Ingle-i n c"
timchlnc. Hlio doen her work pffleleiit-
ly and faithfully. Urcently In one fac-
tory thr women made 31000 tfi-lnrh
nhelln In eighteen weeltH nnd md a
flaw could be found In any nhell
Mnny of the women noikir" be-
fore the war were operating In planu
for textile iimtuifuctiiri'. the uhlef In-
dunlry In thin region In ppbpo time
their wages averaged about the equiva-
lent of five dollar a week. .Vow the
nvcrugo In well over ten dnllnm and.
In exceptional onsen fifteen and more.
In n(iini) factories women work three
nhlfla of eight bourn pitch rotating
each week Thrlr employers nay that
they are not affected by the at ruin of
night work. A large number of the
women are doing the hnrdent kind of
manual work.
I'lece work In the nyxtem uaeil In
inont of the nhell furturipn nnd the
manngcrn nay that the Introduction of I
piece work Increased the output to
an amazing degtee.
"Women" one of the managers i-om-mentml
"are more eompetltlie than
men workpra. Men will work up t
a certain point and stop either be-
cause they are Indifferent and easily
satisfied with the amount of their
earnings or Iipciuisp their inntrs would
protest. n the other hniul. women do
not neem to care what their mates
think or say. Hitch In out for herself
Ho pointed tn u innt'lilne where a
girl was working (it n grent rate of
sliced. "Thnt young woman" he went
on. "doiihtleHs wants a new ribbon for
her hair and she Is going to make the
shop pay for It."
The minimum wage paid to women
in shell factories where tho pleee-
work nyntem In III effect In nbout t'.fnl
a week but unless a girl proves her-
self capable of making a1 least I!' a
week she In nut regarded o n good
worker It Is not iitieoinmon for u I
particularly Ititrlllgt-nt anil mergctlrl
woman to drnw each week from 1T
to S20.
i iilli ctlng anil roller Him tlm tax thlia
making Hie Krosn iimiuiipI 7SP!!.o'1
I'miiir the total aeseiacd vuIiiph iim Iho
.minor the rate tw eali'llliited III Ithove
.? centn. and wan fixed at 30 rents.
In fixing the rates nllownnco was
made for the remission of luxes In Ool-
lestun rounty beeansa tif the storm;
In launinr county beeiitlso of tbo I'tiiia
fne and In .Vueeea eonnty because of
mipiid damage
The school tax will produce S 0.7 40.-
S0S on the assessed values and the
pension lax $l4i!S02 for pensions.
The nil valorem tax mtu Will produce
S.0202
An epitome of Comptroller Terrell's
figures furnished the board for tax
banls hIipwm an follows: Apptupftii-
I tluns unpaid August 31 1917 JI.IHIO.
ftOO. iipiiriiprlatiunK fur fiscal year end-
ing August 31. ifltS. jn.tCI.fluS total
should have been paid Atil'.tml 31 ttovt.
l8.4.M.f.os During tho year there lin
been paid 1 1 ().I7ft.: 1 . estimated Inly
and Atiguet receipts tCOO.UOU drotitli
lellef reverting Imck. I1.SU0.400; 1ml-
aiire In state treasury July I 1 17 IS III S
All of which makes Jt7.324SKfi. whlrh
enn he paid leaving n deflult of Jl.l'.'O-
721. to which Is milled 19.n3n.S-ia ap-
propriations for fiscal year beginning
September 1 noxt.
The estlmattNl nssonsed volutin show
n Increase of 9 1.60.82 1 ovor Iho ac-
tual asnesned values of Inst yeiir. Tile
assenseil valnatlonn Inst your oxoeeilihl
the estimate'! values by npprovlmfituly
tf f II00.UO therefore It Is rwiMHialily
expected that when this year's asMM
intents have been completed they will
exeeed the eMtlmates bv a nulmtuntlal
(figure Tat rant and a number nf other
leountlP" failed to submit estimates for
thiii yi .ii .iini their assessments wir
istlmiited at last venr's figures. Mint
; or ihem i rum lie an in cretins
TALK OF PEACE
AT THIS TIME IS
RANK TREASON
THE WAR IS TO SMASH FCREVfcR
PRUSSIAN MILITARISM A PEACE
BEFORE THAT IS DONE WOULU
BE A GERMAN PEACE AND BE
TREASON TO HUMANITY
NEEDED FOR SERVICE
in opposition tu the puawtge of the
i-iinntltutional amendment foi woman
hllffrilKe. he said 'Mi Spoanei. I foi -
In hln uildi'i'M" on .l.niuari N. in four
teen npeeifu atioiiK will In ueeepted
.i the l.t -i I- of (he t ut hi i nl.illoiih of
k"ii i nineui-. '
Government Wilt Conduct Civil Ser-
vice Examination in Corpu
Chntti on August 10
Crown Prince Unable to Check Drive
l'AItl.H. July :-4. Again tho German
crown prince hurled ntrong frpfii re-
ncrven Into the Alsne-AlariH' battle to-
day. Again they failed to arrest the
' Franco. American progress.
I "Denplle the tenacious rcnlHtnnce. of
the enemy who turn brought up fresh
renervos." says tonight's win- oftlco
eonimiinliitie "wo hnvo progressed sat-
isfactorily on the Ourcq."
North of that river the Yankees and
MONEY TO LEND
ON
Farms and Ranches
Unlimited Funds No Delays
E. EL Chandler
102 East Crockett St. San Antonio Texas
GERMANY WANTS
PEACE AND SHE
DICTATE TERMS
The fulled StnteH Tlvll Service
('oiiimiHHlun aniiouncen an open com-
petitive examination for railway mail
li'ik fin men only oil August 10. Vil-
lainies In the railway mull Hervlcu
throughout the I'lillfd Httttes at the
eniiame Hillary of 11.100 n year will
in- filled from this examination unless
it m round In tho Itttorest of the aor-
ini to fill any iiionuuy by reinstate-
ment tiansfer or promotion.
Appllrtints must htivu roaohetl their
igliteenth but not their thirty-fifth
iiitthday must measure nt lonst 5 feet
' tin hen In height without boots in
Hhoih. and must Weigh at least 1.10
BATTLE OF WITS
NOW AT HAND
SAY EXPERTS
(Continued from Pago fine )
which I.ttdendorff In likely to try to
redeem himself or. more Important
still m whhii Koch may try 10 fol-
low up upon nu even larger scale what
ho haa Just achieved.
Something Happened In I'lcnrdy to-
day that has been n feeler lit thut di-
rection. Northwest of Montdldlcr the
Trench made a sudden ilnnliltig ad
vance which appears to have taken tho I
Hermans completely by surprise. If i teninl explosion and Uo'-nnmy
pollus passed tho line of I.cplesslcr
Hlk'U-.Montgru and reached tho west
ern outskirts of Ouchy-Iji Vllle. Tho
day's maximum depth of new progress
is nearly tlireu miles.
On the Mnriip also fresh Important
pt ogress was made.
Tho I'Vanco-Amerlcan troops pushed
forward between C'hnrteveM and Mont
St. I'lero and enlarged their hold on
the .laulgonue bridgehead on the north
bank of the Marue where tho river
makes u beml.
On the Marno front tho day'H ad-
vanres ronged from one to threo miles.
Avnlnst the crown prince'n eastern
flunk between the Manic and Hlielms
French and llritish forces made suc
cessful nil-day uttnoks forging ahead
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aminer on the day of the examination
th. ir photographs taken within two
w -is -.erurely pasted In the space
;i..M.I.'.l on the admission curds sent
tlieiii aft.-i their iippllisitlotis iu filed.
IIIH.. I" PIO.I1B Hill IIUl IIV lit- prosswl .. roMl l.lni. n.m.i ...
"Yl"1 i. -i SolsaoiiH and ciiptutod Itccourt village
The lallwr.y mall Olmk regis iter 'f and Chatelet wood. !
i iigibies Is kept by atntes. according to .Solssons. the i
-I t o. fid. -slJ.noo of ll.e eligl les rulUlttU Tht.ry-Solssons highroad
no ....- """"-""" usa him been crossed by Kronen '
Ainericaii troopn. I'nafflcliil dispatches I
ihut Ouluhy-l.ct'hutonu. an Important!
railway town about half way botweon
Tentuns.
A particularly brilliant chargo nun
made by American troops to the Mint
(lialcau Thlorry where they
weak spot han been found In the (Inr
man front theie this thus far local
action Is sure ti ie piiKhed to Its ut-
most limits. I.tidendorff has no mono-
poly on tho exploitation of Initial suc-
cesses: this he has Just learned to his
grief on the Maine and Oitrcii rivers.
Significant In this connection Is the
very locality In which the French sur-
prise blow was struck. The line be-
tween .Montdidler and Vlllcrs Hreton--nenux
forms In its largest aspect the
extreme right wing of the (iurinan-
Carls front. The left of that Trout was
tho rront between Solssons and Clint
enn Thierry which lias Jnt Iick.i
swung nwuy from tho capital In tho
direction of Ithclms.
It Is argued therefore la nome uniir-
tcrs thnt Koch may propose to spend
tho remainder or the campaigning
ticnson In battel Ing nwny nt thovu
1'nrls front
having the
It has In en my fortune to pass the
last nine months In I'Vance. most of
j the lime with one or other of the allied
armies. It Is with umnzctueilt that
returned I hear talk of a ponce liefoi.
next Autumn.
The Hermans and the Kicitoh know
It - regard as one grout btittln the
series or pushes thnt began on March
at. They have divided their- plans into
j rniir rorwitrd efforts; of thoio the first
Is over the second in progress; they
intend the second to ! troni;er than
tho first the third Ktruriaer than the
second the fourth as stioo' Its Iho
remaining reserves en make It nnd
tin; whole battle to en.Hlnuc Into No-
i vember. As each of these offortB la to
bo un uttnckiiii; effort and us In mod-
ern war fine mil tinlOKe lien with the
attacking force the eiii-riint ml vantage
will be with our enemy until at least
late Autumn and any pence proposed
or Mgteed to dining that Hum will be
a ponce with (leiiiiiini in Hid nscend-
fltlt. Thill ef oi e i he ei y of pence be-
foto Autumn Is a or- foi a Ormtin
peace.
Austria mai he blown up by an In-
may
PORATIONS
IS PROPOSED:
be unable to wither up the fragments.
A military miracle may .endor pos-
sible an Allied I'oiinter.'ifi'tnMlVe and
Mimttcr nil the Teutonic schemes. Ul-
timately of course the -junior mnn-
powei of the allies diiti to tho event-
ual entrance of n thiuoiiglily trained
and properly armed and eiiulpper.
American nrmy will turn the I ml a nee
and win us victory nut ho fur ns
one may Judge from previous a-ciicrl-
; ence the enemy while unable tn gain
ins nnai oiijcctives. will continue to
lo have something the better of this
war until the winter of UUS-IS. Not
lo recognise thut in to prepare for a
Oeimatt peace; to teeognize It nnd
lo detarmlne tu keep on fighting Is to
prepare for the conquest of Prussian -Ism
and the conclusive Peace of tlm
' world.
! Allionit the Aiiixrlnnti .111.!.. I ..
ini'm -.! v'.-.ooo
Hanks 11 Ith the view to '" ' '-"Tiaine irenoliwi anil along the
Teuton menace definitely '"''llf '"". '" t1B vou hour nu
averted from Krnnce's cjipltnl whon '"u'u "-or Autumn." tho
next yenr's oimipnlgn begins. ta httt '" llk of vlc-
Tho fiuestlon of (lu.mtloiis however. I .! cl!' "flCr many .onViiriiUuns
romalns: "WJint Wlllil.udendorrf do?" 1 v'.lh. "'m' vm" 1 beUev to bo the
Koch with hlk capacity foi patience ' of 'w h- Atnt-rican onllstod.
and watchful walling when all the mn" .'" . .
.I nmi oho hum war tn smash
forever I'rtinsiun militarism. Unions
world seems lo urge him on; bin nonius
for dli Hung and ai-ting upon the psy-
chological moment may once more be
brought into play. Up may again In-
vile the i.erinan htel to do his worst
and "hu" toi bin thunce lo turn the
tables on the fnp
made
I
tl'oiitinued fioin I'.ige 1
The i-oiiiiuiltoi ulso listened to 1
suMt'stlon th-il the 1 ort oration In I"
rald to 0 pri cent with .1 pumsi
that on tho iinumntH dlsli United t"
shareholders onl 10 pi 1 niit rhmild
bo levied.
Other rates suggested ucn a flat
rate of I! per iviit. on the net In-
come.' At the close of the meeting I'hatr
man Kllehin made Hit umiounceinetit
"While no definite decision was lenrh
ed It scctned that u majority of tin
eommlttee favored the proponltlou of
tho IS por cent rate on net liuomen
with the rctluitlon to IX per cent on
the amount distributed to harehoUl
err "
The committee has pnl tempor-
arily tile consideration of Inpteunon In
iho rate on Individual i-.icomcs while
awaiting advices from the Treasury
Ucpartinent an to the amounts thut
would bo yielded under the suggested
tSites of 5 10 V- and Ki pei -ent an
the rormtil Income tax WnrA eatm
from thu Tnmury today that ir the
schedule of lutury taxes le. eiitH pro.
posed by the offpi.-i'-- of the .Irjiait-
mcnt wore followed at least (S.OflO-
040.000 "ould be secured
The committer Intends to dispose of
the iricoin and pxpen pioflti- taxes
beforn tailing up iiv of the arilcles
proponed by tho Ttcasuty o.'i the "lux-
ury" Unit.
foi certification from the rcg
1110 ninie 111 wuieii iiiv onmn j ilwn
. . .. ... II ii...... I. .... mirl.lup In llirt
itiite lii which the wontioy exists cer-j
iifi.iitlon is made from an adjoining
nntl haling iivattnblu ollglhlus.
An eligible on tho railway mall clerk!
register Is alluwml to have his ollgl- !
bllity transferred from one state to
mother only when ho can show that
Chateau Thierry and Holssonn. has
been onptured. renmlns unconfirmed
but If the town Is not yet In theli
hands the attackers arc iivrllously
close to It.
Tho high road upon which rested
the entire western flank of the crown
Msne-Marne army now rut
1. ...... .... .m .v..-. .n(-M Aisne-Marne army
t K. 10 mini 11 usnsici 01 eiigiuiniy is . . .
k-kiiwi 1." 11 imiiuii i ... ...-. ..- . Krniico-Amerlcnn fin. In ilm.
lost to the dentin n.
1 u mimsh that we shall huvo luat tho
I war. Thut being o ttny eompromliie
peace will l.e a (lermun vlotory. 'IHilk
1 f making tei ms ith a aormany not
on bet knees is irousou no Platter
fioin what Sonne in Amorlctt It nman-
ates We Hie going to accomplish the
puipose lhat ive net out to accomplish;
If we wireni going to accomplish
tltst t would be a cilme over to have
gone Into thin war our spirit Is Uio
1 spirit of S4iiiri.e. the spirit of n
( compromise 11 lib rrtisslanlsin Is a
spirit that would waste tho 'suorlftcos
- that wo luue mude are intsklng and
' shull vet mak- a! whoever he In.
the mui that 11. u. n. rifle into waste
months next preceding tho date of his
1 oiliest.
No eiigibiiP rUtor for tht. Million otK w ponv SoI1(8'ong
STATE TAX RATE
IS FIXED AT 55
ftT" ITTi rr.rj 4 r e
iJliM IU I Ull 1 JIU
The crown prince's defense now plv-
of rallwny mall elnrk Is nutlntiilnixl for
the District of Columbia. A resident
of the District of Columbia who passes
tin examination may hnvo his name
on the register ftr either Maryland or
Virginia but not both and ho should
indicate In nnmvor to iilustloii one 1
which of these two states ho prefers.
This examination is open to all mule
"ttlnim of the I'nlteil States who meet
the requirements
Helping Their Friends
AMHTHItlUM. July !4. The pro-
1 10 mid rationing or tobacco In Austria
him oome to a ludicrous and Ignomin
ious cud. The number ur Individual
applications from smokers was prod.
Igious. In Vii'ooa alopij It Is estimated
that scoiisH of thousands of iioii-tinoU-ers
must hnvo registered as tobacco
Kere-en -Tardenola and
on the Miirnc
Donimpb.
OLD AVENUE HOTEL
WILL BE RESTORED
AUSTIN. Texas. July 21. The old
Avenue hotel almost completely do-
stroyed hy flro last week will be re-
stored. This hostelry built In lGt
with a recon! for CI years waH head-
iiuartcra for politicians who were want
to bo In the capital. It was also it de-
pot for stage conchca In tho early days.
Helng probably t'no oldest hostelry
In the state. It was Indeed tho mecca
for politicians They congregated thorn
and many it political scheme. It la said
consumers presumably for the benefit has been lint died in the old hotel
of friends The result would have been j There ttln appeared to be In existence
the appoi tioiimrnt of about one ci-
garette dally to each applicant Tho
whole sr-heine has now been dropped
Born to Lieutentnt and Mrs It. W.
llunnlcutt u sop
11 superstition that for o c 11 ml Id. 1 to to
''omo lo the capital and remain out nf
the A venu 11 meant sure defint
Tho Caller prints all th news of the
world wlill It's no iv a.
(Continued from l'ugc t'ne )
could bale mude the ad ralorem rate
J.j cents tiad It not been for the ncees
slty of providing funds to take care of
a deficit of ll!57!t arising undrr last
year's rate itud appropriations. Also
It could have 'further reduced It lo 22 H
rents but for thy loss of (800000 to
uenernl revenue by the statewide pro-
hibition law. There will bo 110 llijuor
dealers' uccuputiuti taxes which rep-
resent I'fc cents. This same loss de-
ducts $l!nooou from the available
school funds
Present at the meeting of the hoard
were Statu Treasure) 1. M. Kdwards
and Comptroller II. It. Terrell or the
board also John I). McCall secretary
to' Governor Hobby who received the
governor's long distance telephone vote
to rvducu tho tax rate.
The estimated assessed valuation of
tho slate ur U'.S73I0103. It Is cMi-
muted that the total revenue demands
vill uggregnto II0.I03.S42 ntul thut $3-
will ho raised rrom special
sources leaving tC.G43.333 net to tomo
from tho stale tax rate. However 'JO
per cent In allowed for assessing and
f lust now. It U it ft duty of nvery
. good Amcrh hi iitieu to keep an oye
! on the waster
BAKER POSTPONES
MAKING A DECISION
UNTIL TOMORROW
WASHINGTON. July 24.Sscretary
liukor extended until tomorrow the
tlmo for announcing his diclolon to
tho request that has bt-pii fUoj Wth
him to postpone tho tlmo for malting
effective tho "work or fight" order ns
applied to baseball players.
NKW YOHK. July 34. i:cry child
In Ilfliin Is to receive a passbook
showing a deposit of one mark ac-
cording to n plan announced by tho
Uoiiln city council tind tho Hcrlln Sav-
lugs Hunk tt municlpnl limtltutlon.
This method was adopted as the means
of colebrntlng Iho one hundredth anni-
versary of the founding of iho bank.
The annual birth rate of Uerlln la 40.
000.
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Stayton, John W. The Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. TWO, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1918, newspaper, July 26, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144594/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .