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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
COURT CONTESTS
WILL TAKE PLACE
INTERSCHOIASTIC MATCHES To
III HELD TODAY AND TONIGHT
NJ HlGH SCHOOL.

Arrangements have been perfected
for the county and city schools spell
ing matches and defamation con
tests In the auditorium OF the high
school building this afternoon and
evening
The spelling matches will begin at
4.3O y m and close at . o'clock
The defamation contests will begin
promptly al $ o'clock The commit
tee in charge declares that this Is an
highly important part Of the school
work and Is Tor the elimination OF
students of the country for the Sc
lection of pupils 10 represent the
country al district meet which con
yenes In Canyon April 20-2l About
fifteen counties will participate In
the latter meet
Among the schools of Potter
county which will be represented at
the spelling matches and defamation
contests this afternoon and evening
are Buchanan Street, High School,
Junior High school Polk Street.
Johnson Street
This Is strictly county elimina-
ton contest Many OF those enter
ing the contests of the day have pre-
pared for the occasion n most
elaborate style. and friends OF the
contestants are assured of most
interesting afternoon and night II
they attend
Potter county has some splendid
talent and hopes to go To- Canyon
with "a group OF students who will
make things interesting Tor their
competitors
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
TROY LAUNDRY'S NEW
PLANT BEING FINISHED

Iu $50 weeks tIr Troy .aHuIr
now quarter viii Wf H'.H com
piefoU. si.Ir. Dr. 0ur of fHU Hrr
plants u. fs Euf between Pueblo
aud Fort Worth NUrku'H have
been working daily rushing fI' .'rur
iurr fu completion vhU. business
ha. boom going uT gHII ur"'I Ir
con pHy surrounding hu..IIus
Tho f.I.HHnE article. clipped from
fHr april number OFF fHs IaKa
Laundry N.Fs publ H.I H San So
tonic shows ffs general sppr'r.f.
zion among 'alHaru.H .i modern
aud we'll equipped plants u their
special Iur
Amarillo IS Vernon ar
los year. ono OF Amarillo laundry
men has recently contracted flr fH'
erection u| H.E bu'fHs tH
hu..nsse which UHrr completed aI'I
make fhe Troy Laundry fh' barge Fl
plant of ife kind between Pueblo
aus Fort Worth
The lsa urc'ur. ti. I. ono OIL.
brick ono story sNEl10 .-.f afford
Iug 5000 feaf Of floor space o.
vHi b- equipped afh $4,000 eor.h
90 usR machinery a'I O Hl.0f u''
. be electrically driven. each machine
having fs individual motor
. Tle OPERATING force s.lI include
$50 people and falr motor delivery
cars uIIl be used Dob collecting and
delivering fIs laundry .rrs
o. a expected fHsf fh. p sf
. Dol bob aparaf.r hF NaE and aIH
edo another fa tusrHHs rapidly
growing Iisf 90 splendid business sa.
I ffrur
Mr vernon hss been .r fhe aHr
! lry business far rs year.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
PROCEEDINGS IN THE
COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS

Proceedings OF the court of civil
appeals for the seventh judicial dis
,rict OF Texas, at Amarillo, April IL.
1917.
Nations Submitted
Herman Krugcl " Standard saw
ings a Loan Association, to advance
California State Life Insurance Co.
vs. Robert Elliott, rchcaring
g Nunn vs.. T. + Smith ct al.
rohoariug
Motions OVcrrulcd
Florence l. Taylor Hines vs..
s - Mcador ct al. rchearinE.
Herman krugel vs. Standard Saw
ings y Loan association, to advance.
Geo W. Liltlciicld ct al VS. Clay
ton Brothers. rehcariug ttwol
California state Life Insurance Co.
VS. Robert Elliott. rchearing
r. l.. McMurtry VS. T. Brooks, re-
hearing
Affirmed
The state of Texas eS rel. Belle N
BurchDll VS. City Of Polytechnic,
from Iarrdui.
Reformed and Affirmed
W. VI Hall IS Lula Edwards from
Wichita
Appeal Dismissed on agreement
G. ". Henson 81 Wichita South
prn Life Insurance Co.,, from Nich.
tia.
Submitted
W D Bevors Of al SIS T. Hugh
es Of al. from Hall
Set tor submission MAY =, 1919
sherman ice Company vs. vs. $
Lain. rom Griy-On.
Dallas Hotel Company ys Gussie
Fox Of al. from Dallas
DolsDu Warehouse and Forward
ug Company vs. y NIgru a co.
from Dallas
Su'lbuEcr SONS a Co. VS. W u
| Page from Dallas
Robert Mccormick 81. Lena NJ
Stuu,neart. from Dallas
O. G. slaughter a Co. y- g. &
Eler 90 al. from Dallas
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
PHONES 81 297

lam selling goods than wholesale houses getting Ask reliable
Buy goods advance materially
follow suit.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
CREAM FOR CATiRRH
OPENS UP h0STRllS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head-C olds. It. splendid.

lr on minute soar cIug.'-i rasfrI.s
will oTsu. The ar pas-lgr. q .tHlr cad
10 more haFking muNIus ~
hsadache DIVINE. NJ struggling f1r
.rsath a. night youf cri 0r uHuh
-Ill h. gone
&C., a snail bottle . Tl- Cream
BALM from YOUR lugc.' uoa Apply
htile ri ul- fragrant. alf.ssrf...
healing cream ~ N.lr r0s'r. if Hen.
sf-afss fhr1HE r-rF ffr passage of fHr
h.ai. so1fhss the infamel of .f..isn
wuraus mrmbrane All relief Gomez .u-
.'snfly
Its IuH ane n1rt stag s'aT uH
With caiI ~ Has'y cafAu.-i.si 20
oones ~ rIeklY
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12
SUNDRY CIVIL MEASURE
IS PASSED BY SENATE

b. Associated Press
WASHINGTON. April a. Way
Tor war Legislation was cleared IN
The senate tonight with the PASSAGE
OF the tl5'.0o0.o0o suudry civil bHl
the last OF The four annual appropria.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12

lions bills which failed 800 fIr Doe.
session of c0uerefa NIl Oh. IH, u..
urcs have passed t.. house u.
amendment added b, ... senate WIl
be- disposed of quickly BOO conference
Earlier ir the day Ue eem, rH
cd the current army U'I UrN.ua
S-45 90 .1.H and the military Hrld
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-04-12

ia uau tells .0u he ha. lamp
a. good ar Edison Mazda teiI h.m y'l
will bus the Original not che ius'
as good
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Teutons May Launch
Drive Within Week
Against U. S. Lines

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE War
Departments expects the American
sector in France to be attacked soon
by the Germans, perhaps within a
week. The attack, when it comes,
will be delivered in the favorite
massed formation, wave of infantry
following wave. The purpose is a
double one:-
To Lreak the morale of the Ameri-
can troops.
To test out the strength of the
American position and material.
The German high command has
the most explicit Knowledge of the
location and number of the American
troops. All that the American public
ha been permitted to learn up to
this time is that the sector is in the
neighborhood of Nerdun. 1t has been
admitted that gradual and general
mobilization has leen effected there,
infantry massed before great parks
of light artillery and back of this
line the great ~''- of America rang
ing in caliber up to the wicked 12-
inch rifles and the monster howitzers
manned by the United States Coast
artillery.
In the preceding winters of the
great war the armies had dug in by
this time, and comparatively little
activity was in evidence in any sec
tor. Now the smashing and counter
smashing before Cambria has infect
ed the entire western front, and there
is hourly expectation from the Swiss
frontier to the end Of the line at the
North Sea of sudden determined at
tacks in force.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Twelve Yanks to Get Xmas
Boxes Through Generosity
Of Harrisburg Women

The ready wit of some Harrisburg
women who We're touched by a letter
from Lieutenant Ross Boas, in
France, depicting the forlorn condi-
ton of a dozen American boys in the
First Engineer Corps will result in a
most gorgeous Christmas surprise Il
Hun U-boats do not interfere. Lieu
tenant Boas wrote to his mother at
her home, 115 State street, some time
ago, giving very conservative news.
as the custom is, but celebrating on
the fact that twelve of his comrades.
priVates and all fine American men
were absolutely without any friends
or relatives who would remember
them at Christmas time. He said the
tact was curious but true, and that
in the laborious and unpleasant work
they were compelled to do, a bit of
Christmas would surely be appre-
ciated.
This hint was sufficient for Mrs.
Boas and calling up some of her
friends Mrs. Charles e. Covert, Mrs.
Christian Lynch, Mrs. Charles A.
Boas, Miss Almeda Herman and Miss
Elizabeth Nissley, the plot was soon
hatched to give those friendless en-
gineers something that would make
them think kindly of their native
land. Each of the twelve were sent a
complete kit, not forgetting deli
cious fruit cake, with number of
little gifts and some real old fashion
ed clear toys. They were shipped in
plenty of time to reach France before
Christmas, and the women sincerely
hope that the Huns will not be able
to intercept them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
HANGED
FOR COMPLETELY
IN HOUSTON RIOT
Announcement Made atSouth-
ern Department Headquar-
ters; Some Go to Prison
By Associdted Press

San Antonio. Tex, Dec. 11.-Thir-
teen negroes were hanged at Fort
Sam Houston this morning for COM
plicity in the riot at Houston, on
August 20.
The men who paid the penalty of
death were:
Sergeant William C. Nesbitt.
Corporals-Larson ]. Brown, Jas.
Wheatley, Jesse Moore, Charles w.
Baltimore.
Privates - William Breckenridge.
Thomas c. Hawkins, Carlos Snod-
grass, Ira b. Davis, James Divine,
Frank Johnson, Rosley w. Young
and Pat MacWhorter.
The announcement of action on
the court martial's verdict was made
at Southern department HEADQUARTERS
by the chief of staff, who also gave
out formal statement in which
the names of the men sentenced TO
life Imprisonment were given.
The hanging of thirteen negro
troopers for completely in the Hous-
ton riot was. unknown to practically
all officials of the War Department
untll 1t was announced at Fort Sam
Houston. ''''iAi
Doubtless the death sentence of
the courtmartial and the prepara-
tlons Tor the executions We're known
TO a few high officials. but so far as
Continued on Pare 1O1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Cold Weather to Continue
For Several Days, When
Snow or Rain Is Forecast

Harrisburg continues to shiver
during one of the coolest waves that
has ever gripped the city during the
month of December. A gradual let
up in the temperature is forecasted,
but for at least one or two days the
weather will remain cold. The low
est temperature last night was seven
degrees.
The weather will remain the same
for at least tomorrow. Weather
Forecaster Domain stated, and per-
haps until Thursday when there will
be a gradual moderation of the cold
weather, followed by snow or rain.
The river is reported generally ice
bound.
The weather of the last three days
has been extremely severe for this
perature reported in December is one
degree above zero, December 27,
1914.
In several sections of the city last
night the electric current furnished
by the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company failed to respond when
the switches were turned on, and as
result many sections of the city.
and the street lights, were out of
service. At the powerhouse it was
said n machine was out of order. The
trouble was repaired last night.
The coal situation continues the
same. Dealers say that the rush for
coal both in large and small guam
titles continues. and they are doing
the best they can to supply the sud-
den great demand. A great handi-
cap which the dealers have to over
come is the delivery of the coal.
Where some dealers are supplied
with a few grades of coal, they say
that the labor shortage is such that
they cannot possibly meet the de-
mand for immediate deliveries. In
some cases customers are taking
home small quantities of coal to see
them through the few days of ex-
treme cold weather. Dealers say that
if this continues they will advocate
the application of the Garry home,
your purchases" idea to the coal
business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
AGAIN
FAIL TO BREAK
ITALIAN LINES
Infantry Fighting Has Been
Checked From Asiago to
the Piave River

Washington. Dec. 11.-Rome dis
patches confirming earlier reports of
lull after the fierce fighting in
which the Teutons failed to break
through the italian lines. say the
Austro- German commander sacri-
feed hundreds of thousands of his
best men without improving his po-
sition. This description of the sit
uation is given:
THE fierce fighting of the last few
days has subsided into a period of
comparative calm. The superhuman
resistance of the Italian soldiers pre-
vented the Austro- from
attaining the strategical advan-
tages of their objective. although
they succeeded in obtaining gains of
purely tactical character. The fail
ure of the enemy attacks is indi-
Gated by the inactivity on the entire
front for three consecutive days.
The invaders have desisted from at
tacking the positions in direction of
the Brenta canal on account of the
complete exhaustion of the forces
engaged.
Infantry fighting has stopped mo-
mentarily, at least on the Italian
front. from Asiago to the Piave
river. The Austro-German effort to
break through between the Piave
and the Brenta failed with losses.
The enemy then reformed his shat
tered forces and attempted to break
through between Asiago and the
Piave. He failed again. The Austro-
Germans captured some terrain, but
without improving their tactical po-
Sitions and at a heavy cost. An ap-
parently local attempt to cross the
lower reaches of the Piave has been
checked by the Italians. who recap
tured observation trenches taken by
Austrian soldiers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Big Winter Show to
Be Held in CITY

The State Department of AgricuI-
ture to-day announced that a mid
winter exhibition of corn, wool, dairy
products, potatoes, poultry and prod
ucts, apples and vegetables would be
held in Harrisburg, January 22 to
"a, under joint auspices of the state
and the various agricultural, horti-
cultural, breeders, vegetable growers
and other organizations as stimulus
to food production next year. The
first midwinter show was held here
last year, but the exhibition plans
are for a much more extensive af-
fair with $1,000 in prizes.
1t was also announced that the
State Board of Agriculture would
hold its annual session here during
the show and that arrangements had
been made Tor meetings during the
same week In this city of ten organ
izations interested in agriculture and
allied branches. cf -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
COUNCILLOSES
VALUABLE TIME
OVER GARBAGE
City May See Repetition of
Last Years Muddling
in Collections

With the present contract for col
lection of ashes and garbage ending
at the close of next month, residents
all over the city are predicting that
unless City Council acts soon the city
VIII foce a repetition of conditions
OF last winter when ashes and refuse
piled up in every backyard in the
city. AS the Commissioners intend
to have municipal collection of ashes
this part of the collection work is
the one which is concerning the citi-
zens more than the garbage prob
lem. A number of them. in discuss
ing the situation, said they doubted
# the city would be able to equip
itself to take care of the collection
work unless action is taken at once.
While there have been a number
OF changes in department heads be-
cause of deaths and appointments eX-
p4ring. number of persons are be-
ginning to question the advisabiIity
OF any further delay in providing for
the collection work. No recommends
Continued on Page 12.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
KAISER'S GUNS
PREPARING WAY
FOR Big BATTLE
Heavy Artillery Batters Stead
lily on Allied Line
in France
Br Assoeiatcd Press

London, Dec. II - Unusually ac-
tive artillery fighting and aerial .op-
erations on the western front yester-
day are reported in to-days Official
communication This activity was
particularly oteworthy on the Hpres
and Arras fronts.
Operations of the nature and extent
indicated by the official British com
munication almost invariably Ws-
cede a great attack. The prelimln-
AIRY bombardment, designed to break
down the opposing defenses and clear
the way for the infantry advance
may continue for a week or more,
while at the same time efforts are
made 10 clear the air of opposing
aviators to conceal the bringing up of
troops and other preparatins for the
attack. Yesterdays French and
British statements also spoke of
heavy artillery fighting at many
points.
Recent reports that the Germans,
reinforced by troops withdrawn from
the Russian front, were about to un-
dertake in the west the greatest Of
fensive campaign of the war de-
rived added significancy from Secre-
tary Bakers reference yesterday in
his weekly war review to the massing
of German troops on the western
front and the expected attempt of the
enemy to break the allied line.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Penn-Harris Brings Big
Convention to the City

The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce announced to-day that they
had secured the first large conven-
ton booked for Harrisburg as a re-
suit of the Penn-Harris hotel being
erected.
Through the efforts of the COM
merce chamber, the 1918 convention
of the Sunday schools and the Chris
tian Endeavor societies of the Unit
ed Evangelical Church will be held
in Harrisburg September 20 to 20,
1918.
The officers of the church esti-
mate that there will he at least two
thousand registered delegates at this
convention and aS-;many more at
tending who are not official dele
gates. The Chamber OF Commerce
plans to book as many conventions
as possible in advance of the open
ing of the Penn-Harris hotel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Winter Drills Start
For the City Reserves

Captains of the companies of the
Harrisburg Reserves have called to
attention of members that the winter
drills in which the manual of arms
and interior guard duty will be taken
up have started at the city Grays'
Armory. The drill nights will be as
heretofore. In January rifle practice
will be taken up.
Tonight Captain Ross A. Hickok
will go to Steelton to assist in or
ganizing the defense organization in
that place. The Harrisburg Reserves
plan of organization has been adopt-
ed at Hummelstown and in a dozen
or more towns in, the state.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Military Ball Will
Be Picturesque Event;
Funds to Buy Smokes

Grand Army veterans will lead the
grand march at the big military ball
to be given in Winterdale Hall to-
morrow evening by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars for the benefit OF the
Soldiers Smokes fund. Every mill
tary organization in the city will he
represented in the grand march. the
Sons of Veterans, the Spanish War
Veterans and the Veterans of For
eign Wars will follow the Grand
Army in the order named. Repre-
sentatives of the United States Army
at the aviation station below Harris
burg will also be present.
Members of any of the local mill
tary organizations attending will be
asked to wear their uniforms. The
public is invited to the ball. Good
orchestral programs have been ar
ranged and the hall will be decorat-
ed in the national colors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Speakers in Movies
to Aid Red Cross in
Membership Campaign

The Public Safety Committee of
Dauphin county has arranged to
nave speakers appear in all the NOV
ing picture theaters of the city to-
morrow, Thursday and Friday to
make pleas for the Red Cross in con-
nection with the big membership
campaign. Members of the bar and
seniors of the Technical High school
nave volunteered their services.
Ihe speakers were very effective
IN the recent Liberty bond and other
campaigns of the kind. They piva
their audiences very clear outlines
of the purposes to be accomplished
and the result has been increased
subscriptions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

While the general idea through
out the country is that the Red
Cross campaign for 100000 ad-
dltional memberships will open De-
cember II and close Christmas eve,
the idea in Harrisburg is that while
II VIII open next Monday it will close
next Wednesday.
Harrisburg, to an extent greater
than in any city in the United States.
mas perfected the campaign idea. The
city has volunteer organization
winch is amost perfect. 1t has
learned that there is nothing to be
gained in dragging" a campaign.
80 that the campaign which starts
tContinued on Page Ill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Crop Production Is
Greatest in History
BY dssocintcd Prcst

Washington, Dec. 11.-Many crops
this year exceed the production of
other years, while the value of the
countrys farm products, with total
estimated unoficially at s21 200. .000,-
900, far exceeds any other year in
history. Final estimates of production
of the principal farm crops were an
nounced to-day by the Departme ent
of Agriculture.
The production estimates are:
Corn, 3,159, 1000 bushels.
Winter wheat, 41S,070,000.
Spring wheat, 232,75S,0OO.
All wheat, 650,S2S,00O.
Oats, 1,5S7.2S6.0
Barley, 2OS, 900.
Rye, 60, 0,145,000.
Buckwheat, II, 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Mrs. Belmont Urges
Soldiers to be Cheerful.

With the American Army in
France, Monday, Dec. 10. - (By
the Associated Press) Aug
ust Belmont, of New York, won
the applause of several hundred
soldiers who crowded thet Y. Nj.
c. A. building in the American
field headquarters town to hear
her relate her experiences while
visiting the soldiers near the
British and French fronts. She
urged the soldiers to carry the
American fighting spirit through
out the war. She was given
rousing cheer when she quoted
this line from a play in which she
appeared when she was Eleanor
Robson
'If things are not cheerful,
folks must be-" .r
Mrs. Belmont later returned
to Paris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Beefless Days This Winter;
lceless Days Next Summer
BY ASsociafea Prctt

Reading, Pa, Dec. 11.-Forty ice
of Eastern Pennsyl-
Vanla met here to-day at the sug-
sestlon OF the government and made
arrangements for closer co-operaI
ton and to conserve the ammonia
supply.
1t was stated that there will be
lcelesS days next summer the same
as beefless days which have already
been inaugurated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Sweetens Coffee With /
Peppermint; Saves Sugar

Washington, Dec. 11.-Stir your
coffee with a stick of peppermint
candy and let the scarcity of sugar
go hang.
This is the advice of II. II. Hart
man, traffic policeman at f. and
Fourteenth streets northwest He
says it has sugar skinned" forty
city blocks anyway.
Hartman said when sugar got
scarce he experimental with sweet
ening his coffee with candy made
from sugar. He found peppermint
candy no. only furnished the desired
sweetening, but aided a delightful
flavor of mint.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
America Ready to Pay
Debt to Civilization

Rome, Monday, Dec. 10. - Two
hundred thousSnd persons took part
in a demonstration to-day before the
American embassy. Among the
speakers was Congressman Fiorello
La Guardia, of New York, wearing
his uniform as captain of the Amer
lean flying corps.
Captain La Guardia said Italy had
given to America several genera
tions of workingmen who had help
ed to build up the prosperity of the
United States. That country was now
returning the debt contracted and
was ready to shed blood for the tri-
umph of the cause of the allies,
which was the cause of civilization.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
General War Inquiry
Will Be Ordered

Washington, Dec. 11.--A general
inquiry into the operations of the
War Department in arming and
eauipping the American forces was
decided upon to-day by the Senate
Military Affairs Committee. Secre-
tary Baker and other department
heads will be called to explain va
rious features of war activities.