The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 163, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 1917 Page: 1 of 16
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ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 1917.
NUMBER 163
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xnHINGTON. Sept 22. Further
.in of far-ronchlng (Jo.rm.nn
'-raeandn. Intrigues and plota In
unfry prior to the diplomatic
w Ittt Germany wore made today
' . i nnimittoe on public tnforma-
Utltctln signed "official ex- I
r the committee emotes num
. fters and extracts from let-J
- i fnl by tho department In
i ' I'tjr. in a raid on the New
i-ffioo of Wolfe iin Igel. Von
iarrylhg on his manifold pro-
n and antl-Oennan nctivitlea
amenta nhow was In constant
with the Gorman embassy and
mt von Bornstorff. tho then
jt ambassador to the Tutted
ABILENE OFFERS
U.S. MP SITE
site for school of mfsketry
autillery h ma(jiie
GU Ifllti: INSPECTED.
ARMY OFFICERS WERE HERE
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GERMAN SIMEON
NORTHRUSSFRONT
WITH FILL OF JWOHSTUIT TUB
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SED:100F21 CHARGES SUSTAINED'
i BY HIGH IMPEACHMENT COURT
i i a
GERMAN REPLY GOVERNOR TAKES '
10 POPE IS SCORED! FATE mElVotes and charr Sustained and Not
I I Sustained Given Herewith With
eovruNs not one word as
RESTORATION OH HEP It A.
TION SVYS HHITISH
TO
MUCH AIRPLANE FIGHTING ' MORAL SYMPATHY SCOFFED
fiprinnnt llni Kcmiglit Dnnn :if Bus-
tile Miielihics While llrKNIi
DcHiroj Hi mid 1'rhe (' Out
of Control
Thosp Responsible For Such Outrages
uiul Intrigues I hue Little Hight
To Talk About "Mont
Sacred Task.'
JOINS 1 MERRLIIENT OFl ASIOX-
Kl) WHILE VOTK IS I'MtEll
WAY
EVERY THING BE ALLRI6HT
Hnnger Snji He Has Xoi Heard
Whether Legal Contest On Ini- f
peachnieiit Will He Fiider- ;
taken In The Future
Summary of Each
1 . form of letters telegrams.
" rhocks. receipts registers.
1 ".'k-' cipher books lists of
ii il othor memoranda and roe-
f committee says were found
. ns In some Instances of the
- nature. In others of tho molt
irr conclusiveness that the
" imperial government through
- Mjfatlves In a then friendly
ia concerned with:
wn of tho lawg of the United
. - iM'on of lives and property In
' -t essels on the high gens.
i revolutionary plots against
Hftlan.
jmng 111 feeling against the
states In Mexico
'.hnatlon of American writers
Hirers.
-i" Ing of propaganda.
.nrnce of a spy system under
i -i of a commercial invostlga-
1 riau
ininc or n buremi for the pur-
-torlng mp labor trouble in
plant.
'mb Industry and other rolat-
.imlttffA. of wtalrh Serotnr-
iiinir. linker and Daniels at
'- nod 'George Creel cMtrman.
ti ay concerning Holland
long been an open secret
'. 'land Is merely way-statton
i fiontK of contraband into Ger-
Here Is an official communt-
fmrn the von 1k1 records
t.u1d lieem to Indicate a sue-
md onfldontlal relation te-
thv Holland commission' and
rmsn diplomatic offle'-als cred
. tbU country or possibly a be-
v tho Germans that thv -ni''
i Mtrullr cet the ammunition
1 -ii" country"
'iivnTn!s: Sant tS Senstor
if i-i ah rad Into the Senate
ttvdav orresnonilanee and pho-
m. "dpl of cheeks to pay wv
grogattng 10.500 by the Cer-
mlair tinr to the Fatr Plav
me Comnanv with receipts
I hf Marcus Hraun and J V
in
or King 'did not disclose the
f his documents but touched
1 ir suthentleltv They also
isntnents by the Austrian em-
- mll foreign language new-
All the payments were fr
eanda.
Cnlnnrl McFarlatid and Party Spent
Sattirdaj Here InSn'ctlng Abl-
leno's Offer For Huge
Camp.
Abilene Is among the towns visited
by a group of regular army men
with a view to picking out a perm
anent camp for a school or musKetry
artillery and machine gun fire.
Colonel Monroe McFnrlantl. detail-
ed Irom the general staff; Major F
V. Lt8'and Captain Paul C. Potter
of the Thirty-seventh Infantry spent
Snturdsy In Abilene and Immediate
vicinity In company with local men
for the purpose of Inspecting this
Hty's offer of k site for the proposed
camp
It is understood the proposed camp
Is to cover several thousand acre
and will bo pormenant None of the
Intimate details connected with tho
wtlWorL AxaHaJiV tor juhlicatlon
Just at this time "
Colonel McFarland and his party
Iwivo inpctpd a number of posslblo
ifm in ihp Southwest vlsitimr Ard-
raore and Wichita Falls Thursday and
Krway. Tney net nero baiunmy m-
tcrnoon for I8ropa"s and Llano.
Mayor E. N Klrby and Secretary
Fred T Wooti of the Chamber of Com-
merce went to Anlmore and induced
the committee to Include Abilene In
their Itinerary The officers arrived
hire Friday night and spent tno entire
forenoon inspecting the site propos-
ed hy Abilene
Th acaulsitlon of this huge camp
would b on of the biggest achieve-
ments In Abllsne's history.
The oflcrs will send their report
rn thi various situ offered to Wash-
ington and bv a process ofollm'nallon
th Wttr sitW will be re-Inspected
and Investigate.! and final decision
ntodi nt a later ilate
maynotbT-
barred from ever
holding office
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f.rHP IlILIi IS m
PASSED HY SENATE
-' ial to Tho lleparter
-ti Tux sept aa TIo Sn.
' i- afternoon aoopTeJ xm ree
' ' cotumltte? remrt on the
t.uard bill and similar action
taken bv tin House when It
again
imHtee ttdheresl to
.nudment which had been the
..f th dlwigreement. which
-nt nrAYidi that the guard
nri.fiTil.ul h th SOUIlty OOTO-
- wUH th W a nrlainaU
1 In tho Senate placed th for-
. f ihwe Ouardi la the bsnda of
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BRITISH LOSE 7 VESSELS
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; Associated Prtsa.
TLNT1C IH)UT. Sept 23
i-ri arriving from Bnglaw
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antial report that Jive "t-
..... ... .1- wtiih left
k Switly Irtlad. Simber 5
ante by Oeriaan aubmarlnea
i a few hour of thi port of !wf
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Staff Special to The Reporter
AUSTIN. Tasas. Sept it While
Governor Ferguson is now removed
from office by the action of the Sen-
ate In sustaining IU of the 21 articles
df Impfianhment brought against him.
hts friends tonight contend that
there is a serious question as to
whether or not his Impeachment car-
.i.. uiiti if !hi nonaltv of being for-
over barred from holding any public
office of trust in the future
In fact. Senator Hudspeth said this
evening that he had serious doubt on
lltt propositlM- Eeaidfis. fintor
Hudspeth insists that it will take two-
thirds veto in the senate on Tuesday
to adopt the Judgment of impeach-
ment and if two-tblrds vols does not
mataHalUo. It may result in th Opr-
rnor being Impeached but not dis-
qualified from bolding public of-e
ftu1. - hnwsvar. on the other
band. Senators who insist that only a
majority vote necwr w
the ludsmwit and impoe tke sn-
t"ci This nwtia will aoro than
likely be threshed out la Mm mnW
m M Tuesday whn the uost!o
oomwt un for oonaldaratlon.
HIM f1 "
lUHUlTUT STATITK WOKS
APPLY TO MEttClXTILE COS
Staff feoaeial te The Iloportfr
AUSTIN. T SePt- "Ia n opl?
if to th nty attorn- ft Travla
county ths aitorj KeH..- 77
5hW tbl Barratry statute
SSd by th. thlrty-Hfth Legllalur
SITU? Ply twtll Sn-
By The Associiatsd Pross.
In the midst of Russia's internal
troubles has come another German
stroke on the fltissian northern front
resulting in the capture of the bridge-
head and town of Jacbstndt on tho
Dvina tuid the enforced retirement
of the Russians In this region to he
eastern bank of tho river
The fall of the bridgehead gave the
Germans possession of new territory
on rt front of approximately six miles
and to a depth of six miles. They
took only four hundred prisoners but
captured fifty guns.
The Germans continue to launch
desperate counter attacks from their
battered Flanders line and continue
with a dcteminatlon to improve their
positions This fighting has been
very costly to the Germans In casual
ties London says.
The German command seems -particularly
reluctant to give up tho
slight elevation west of Ghcluvolt.
close to tho Ypros-Menln road. FipKM
fighting developed there on Saturday f
the engagement centering about the
position known as Tower Hamlets.
Press dispatches Indicated that up to
mid-afternoon there hail beon.Uo.Cir?-
salioii of. thff tide of the battle flow-
ing back and forth within a narrow
area.
Berlin's official statement makes
rta claim of any ground recovered
from tho British- It records the fight-
ing of Friday the day following tho
initial British dash as marked by con-
tinuation of British attacks along the
Iingemarck-Hollebeke front which
were repulsed and describe Saturday's
engagement as fighting of local char-
acter which resulted in Gorman suc-
cesses. Regarding tho air fighting on Thurs
day and Friday the customary compar
ison Is given by Berlin and of Brit-
ish and Entente machines losses in
machines. Thirty-nine hostile ma-
chines were shot down those days by
the Germans. It is declared while only
three German machines wore lost
This varies notably from the British
official account which mentions ten
German airplanes destroyed and sis
driven out of control.
British warships on the Belgian
coast patrol havo been bombarding
the town of Ostomt where Gorman na-
val works were shelled with results
pronounced satisfactory.
Ill B !! II
CH0WN PHIVCE IX HEAVY
ATTlrKS; LOSES HEAVILY
By Tho Associated Vresa.
LONDON. Sept 2.Tha troops of
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
continued tonight to launch heay
counter attacks against the new Brit-
ish lines oast of Ypres on tho Belgian
front
Field Marshal Haig la his report
today to tho war office says that
Germany used considerable forces In
their attacks without gaining any re-
sult except to hoavlb Increase their
losses.
PHOHABI.Y HE IIOVSE PROBE
OF PLOT OF BEUXSTORFP
By Tha Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Sept. Z2- Viiair-
.! k'lno.f of the House TureTgu af
fairs committee after conferring with
Secretary Lansing declared today that
there probably would be a Htuse in
vestigation of Count on uerustorus
plans to influence Congress by spend-
ing $&'H0
. ' i .
BRITISH BOMBARD
0STEIB: THREE TEUT
PLANES DOWNED
By The Associated Press. Staff Spoen to The Reporter.
LONDON Sopt 22.-Oh inquiry at AUSTIN' Tox.. Sent. 2-Inrnes K.
tho British foreign office regarding 'Ferguson walked out of the Senate
tho Atistro-Germcn replies to Pope
Benedict peace nrooosals tho Asso-
ciated Press today received tho fol-
lowing unofficial statement:
"It seems hardly necessary espec
ially in view of President Wilson's
reply to the Pope to comment at
length on tho German reply beyond
pointing out that It contains not one
word as to restoration or reparation."
An official statement by the for
eign office says:
Kecent nistory ami especially tno
correspondence between the Kaiser
and the former Czar published a few
days ago form an interesting commen-
tary on the Kaiser's contention Uiat
thn preservation of peaco has been
'his principle and most sacred task.
"Tho sympathy which tho German
government expresses toward the
principle of mornl power and of right
comes well from those wjioso blood-
stained records Include tho ravaging
of Belgium the murder of peaceful
citizens the sinking of passenger and
merchant ships the dropping ot
bombstsf undefended towns" tne
murder of Miss Cavell and Captain
Frayatt and the torpedoing of hos-
pital ships the bombardment of hos-
pitals deportations from Belgium and
tho northern fronts connivance in
wiping out by their allies the Turk
of the Armenian nation and count-
loss other crimes.
Nor does talk ot moral right come
well from those who were responsible
for the organization of the Intrigues
and espionage in tho Vnited States
since the beginning of the war which
are revealed In today's newspapers.
ARGENTINA
IN ULTIMATUM
TO GERMANY
By The As&oclnted Press.
Bl'KMIS AIRES Sept 22. The
Argentine government ha !ent
un ultimatum to Germany.
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Cl'BIOUS
tasks and as far as we can learn is
a gooa one in eacn. ca.munj
man is an insurance agent a tatior. a
nowsnaner correspondent for two
papers runs an up-to-date gent's furn
ishing store. Is an einiKumer. an un-
dertaker and a Sunday school super-
intendent. We learned that much
about the man without seeking to tld
out his habits. We do not know how
many mars Jobs ha holds.
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4.
WEATMKK MUKKAU. w
Kni- Abilene and Vicinity: Sunday
fair and warmer.
For Hast Texas: Sunday fair and
u-nrmar in north and west portion.
For West Texas. Sunday fair and
warmer In north portion
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chamber this' afternoon a private citi-
zen after sitting f6r more than an
hour with scarcely a change of ex-
pression while the thirty-one sena
tors of Texas cast their votes upon
the twenty-one articles of impeach-
ment. That the fight wnp lost he
knew before the first vote was cast.
The very first charge was sustained
and on it there were only four vote
qf no.
Once the Governor smiled when
Senator Clarke voted no in n partic
ularly vociferous manner. Once again
he smiled when Senator Parr sugges-
ted to a Senator who desired to ex-
plain that in votinc no he was sus
taining the demurrer that: "You could
keep your record straight by votine
no all the way down." Again after
some one had explained his reasons
for a vote Senator Parr aali-"l vote
no without apology." &?
Senators Clark and Parr never voted
aye. Senator Hall voted no every time
but did no quietly andruade no cofn-
Utcl.t. -The same "vttuf true otcStnutoir
Woodward. Nearly every Senator vot-
ed no at some time even Johnson of
Hall whom the Governor sit bitterly
denounced on the floor of the Sen
ate when tho first impeachment reso
lution was offered by Senator Johnson
last spring. Senator Johnston of Har
ris who has been classed as against
the Governor all along voted against
several cf the articles of Impeachment
It caused considerable comment
when Senator Collins voted no on one
charge saying: "The Governor has the
constitutional right to veto any bill.
I think ho abused that right but I do
not consider the matter Impeachable
The Senate sustained ten of the
twenty-on" articles of impeachment
referred against him in the house.
Among the charges on which he was
found guilty is that involvng the loan
ot $156 500 by persons whose names
he refused to divulge; the charge in-
volving the 55.600 Item m which so
much time was devoted; also the
barges Involving the diversion of the
mllutant genernra fund also that of
;o-ercing the r Diversity of Texas
regents
Of the charges In which he was
found not guilty was that of reta'ln-
'ng C. W Woodman after his term of
office had expired and that charge
hleh declared that he called the Uni-
versity faculty liars and grafters:
this was held not to be impeachable
matter The charge that he deposited
money in the Temple State Bank for
profit was. also sustained. The votes
en sustaining the charges varied from
5? to 4 to 21 to 10.
The galleries were crowded but were
T nlln at TVlte tflWtl thTO
i a man who holds down severaHTaHent that the Senators voting In
a low tone could be distinctly heard
The galleries had started to luss Fer-
guson earlier in the day when he was
making his speech but President Pro
Tern Dean administered such a sting-
ing rebuke and made his threat to
clear the galleries so forceful that
there was not again a suggestion of
noise there. When the last article bad
been voted upon the crowd in the gal-
lerie began o ULfe It was as though
a mob had nrjaenly appeared From
absolute silence the chamber was in
(Continued on page 2 )
By Th Associated Press.
LONDON. Sept. t2 Bft'ish war-
ships bombarded the German naval
works at Ostead with satisfactory re-
sults it wa officially announced to-
day. Three German airplane vrere
brought dowa by British airplanes
the statmut &ays.
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PRESIDIO IS
FLOODED: MANY
FAMILIES FLEE
By The Associated press-
PRESIDIO. Tex-. Sept S5-- ine low-
er portion ot Prealdla w needed this
afternoon and adobe houses are eol-
Upsias a a result of the high water
from the Rio Grande entering the
town yesterday
MsJor Parker ot th lnUt4 States
troops Is. assisting tm moving the ram
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By The Associated Press.
AUSTIN Tex. Sept'. 22. The Senate high court of impeach-
merit which has been trying1 Governor James E Ferguson for the
last three weeksi this afternoon sustained ten of the twenty-one
charges in the bill returned against him by the House committeo
of the whole.
The vote on the first article that he used $5600 of state funds
to settle a personal obligation w?s sufficient to convict. A two-
thirds vote was necessary. The ballot was: Ayes 27; noes 4.
Next Tuesday at noon the Senate as a high court will formally
pronounce its judgment. Conviction carries with it it is under-
stood disbarment from future office but this condition may pos-
sibly be ameloriated.
Tonight tho Governor is completely severed from theosition
to which he was twice elected by the people. Acting Governor W.
P Hobby an editor of Beaumont assumed the full power of office.
His tenure will extend to January 1919.
Mr. Ferguson said he did not know what his future plans will
be. It is probable he will go to his Bell-Bosque ranch for a rest.
After that he will decide if he will return to his old home in Tem-
ple where he founded the Temple State Bank and formerly con-
ducted his various ranch properties.
The Governor received his defeat cheerfully enough. After
tho first ballot which decided his fate he left the chamber for a
moment. He returned in time however to hear his old friend and
supporter Senator I. E Clark stubbornly announce on the third
ballot his intention to vote "no" on each of the 21 charges. He
Joined in the laugh that followed and in each ripple of merriment
that greeted the succeeding ballots of Senator Clark.
To friends who surrounded him when the last article had been
disposed of he said;
"Everything will be all right." More than that he would not
talK"
Senators Clark Hall Parr and Woodward stuck with the Gov-
ernor to the finish. But on the votes that counted those on the
most serious charges against him they alone were with him. Tho
rest of the court voted solidly to uphold the charges preferred by
the House board of managers.
The charges which were sustained and the votes were as follows:
No 1 that he used $5600 of Canyon City Normal insurance money
in the Temple State Bank to pay a personal note 27 ayes 4 noes.
No 2 that $20000 of Canyon City Normal insurance money
remained in the Temple State Bank more than a year without
drawing interest but to the profit of thGovernor 26 ayes 5 noes.
No. 6 that he deposited $6000jj of state money in the Temple
Bank and profited therefrom 24 ayes 7 noes.
No. 7 that he assisted in the deposit of $250000 of state funds
to the credit of the Temple Bank and profited therefrom 20 ayes
5 noes.
No. 11 that his refusal to tell who loaned him $156500 in cur-
rency constituted official misconduct 27 ayes 4 noes.
No 12 that he diverted from the Adjutant General's fund mon-
ey paid on the Canyon City normal building in 1916 27 ayes 4 noes.
No 14 that he induced the officers of the Temple Bank to lend
him in excess of the legal limit although he was swoVn as Governor
to enforce the law 26 ayes 5 noes. 7
No 16 that he sought to coerce and influence the board o2
regents of the University of Texas to do his autocratic will 22 eyes
9 noes. r
No. 17 that liesought to violate the law by removing regents
without adequate cause 22 ayes 8 noes one present and not voting.
No. 19 that he sought to influence Wilbur P. Allen chairman
of the board of regents by remitting to him a $5000 bond 21 ayes
10 noes.
The charges which were not sustained and the votes were.
No. 3 that two notes of $37500 each were transferred from
the Temple Bank to the Houston National Exchange Bank to cover
up the Governor's obligations to the Temple Bank 18 ayes 13 noes.
No. 4 tnat the Governor attempted to deceive by stating at
the March investigation that he paid $127500 on cash in his debts
in the Temple-Bjank whereas two notes totaling $75000 were mere-
ly transferred to the Houston National Exchange Bank 18 aye
13 noes.
No 5 that he testified that before the March investigation
that he was not indebted to the Temple Bank although as a mat-
ter of fact he owed it a note for $11200 14 ayes 17 noes.
No. 8 that he sought to have funds of the state highway com-
mission deposited in the Temple Bank for profit 19 ayes 12 noes.
No. 9 that he had deposited state funds in the Temple State
Bank and other banks when the state treasury was open to receive
them 15 ayes 12 noes 4 present and not voting.
No 10 that be testified last March he owed the Temple Bank
nothing whereas he owed it more than the law allowed 13 ayes
18 noes.
No. 13 that he failed to refund to the state money expended for
groceries meats vegetables eto at the executive mansion 15 ayt
16 noes.
No-15 that by vetoing the University appropriations he sought
to set aside the constitution 6 ayes 24 now one present not voting'.
No. IS that he tailed members of the State University faculty
liars and grafters but did not prosecute them & &y 30 now twij
present and not voting.
No. 20 that the Governor sougbt to influence the eourt to
matters in which he had a personal Interest li ay. It meei
No. 21 that h permitted 0. W Woodman to cwitfauM m tet
'c4M.cfa ubUted with tht iaojiiry
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