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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26
ROAD BUILDING TO NJ
EXTENDED IN TEXAS

Austin, Texas, Dec 2i.--Prospects
Of an elaborate extension Of the
road building program for Texas and
the entire United States is enlarged
AS the result Of the annual meeting
Of The American Association Of High
way Officials which convened in Chi
cago last week, according 10 the
statement Of Curtis Hancock. who
with the other members Of the State
Highway Commission, has just re-
turned from the meeting.
Il is planned that the so-called
Page bin shall be submitted TO CON
gress during the short session. says
Mr. Hancock The bill provides for
the enlargement Of the definition Of
post roads so as to include non-post
roads which may become post roads
after their completion, and that such
roads may become available for fed
eral aid. The bill also provides for
the removal Of the limitation Of
$4,000 per mile for federal aid on
such roads and for an annual appro-
pration Of s100.000,0OO per year
federal aid. II this bill should be-
come law, Texas would receive ap-
proximately S6.O00,O 900 year fed
eral aid
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26
UNCLE JOHN WRITES ON
POLITICS AND WOODROW

Uncle John, writing In the Libcr
~ (Mo.) Advance makes the follow
ing comments on the political situa-
ton:
seldom ever drap into this sub
ject. preferrin' to go through life
with clean hands; never was much
OF hand to make a splash, an new.
or enjoy fallin' into mud hole; but
IL seems to me that this Is time
when the plane citizens should come
20 the rescue Of the party.
don't think that God loves a
topper don't see how he could
An as fur as | am CONSERVED. | amt
afeard to say that despise 'em for
ell | am worth
When we put Woodrow Wilson on
! the track fer president, the floppers
said he wouldn't do-that he wasn't
leader-that he had never been
nothin' but a school teacher that
away, an hence he was only fit to be
! in control OF children or other IDIOTS I;
that under his management, the coun.
try would be deader'n a door nail
within six months after he tuck his
seat--an' so forth and so on.
So the plane people elected Wood
row withou; much trouble. an u
wern't long till things begin to hap
pen.
About the fust thing he done was
to clean out every den OF polecats on
the ranch. an he did a fust-class job
II I'm any iedge Then he put end
TO panics. which had got quite fash
ionable He hooked Mexico up with
the other yaller republics in friendly
way, an she amt bothered much
since. He done lot Of other good
things that YOU never see in the indie
pendent paper
Then the floppers sorter showed
signs Of uneasiness. they wanted US
to win the war. but they was afeard
Woodrow would go wrong. They
wanted to be led, bu, they didn't en-.
joy havin' hell jerked on, Of 'em in
about two jerks. They wanted lead
crship. but preferred constructive
knocker or other They wanted lots
Of fightin' goin on. but objected to
Woodrow askin' 'cm TO keep hands
OFF while he demolished the enemy
An after our boys. under the mag.
nificent leadership Of Woodrow. has
won the war the floppers object to
his goin' over there 70 help other
great men shapt the future peace an
civilization Of the whole world
am mighty certain Of one thing
Woodrow won't go over there an tell
anybody they can lick us. He won't
find any soldiers pizened on embalm-
ed beef he won't ask 'em what they
done with the collins and broom sticks
they had left over expect he'll pre-
side At the great peace meetin' an !
hope he does--wisht could be n
round on the outskirts and see him
do H.
An the floppers will sizzle. Of
course. but let 'em sizzle,
UNCLE JOHN
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26
SON OF ED BURRUS
IN SANITARIUM HERE

I'D Burrus, tax assessor Of Lamb
County came in Saturday from Olton
and brought his son to the West Tex
as Sanitarium for treatment 1t was
found that he was suffering from a
very dangerous attack Of appendicitis
and an operation was performed Sun
day The afflstion had run to very
dangerous stage. but at last account
he was getting along nicely and hopes
OF his recovery are now entertained
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

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ilshri lof period IF nuf lsss than ore fesf.
0rf ~ fhr lnll1e Hf nnftr
riir sTArF Or rFXAs
r. ~ rsf,lns Interested ln Estate 81
Homer X Hl.aief
= iast1n has flied AZ application ln
fhr County Court ol luhbygi County. on
fHf iih Ilf ~ Dr'emiirf lqis Coz Probate
~ Last Nn 4nf fc.fameri ~ ,sl Homer
b. npeles deceased. sh|eh said appilcs.
ton ell BE- heard by .ad Court sn the
,fh Gay Of ri.syary 1912 a. he Court
House Al .aH yburf,. Lubbock Teas,
asr~hich tune y pfr.ons nfere.if1 in aid
istaief Arc re- ffei a. ariear and ans~er
aid appizai.ol should they desire 10 40 80
Herein Pal W. bet have you before sad
l1ust. ~ fthr iif.i day Of the next term
p~rc1i. ~. ~f't. sth fsuf return thereon.
'hns ~ bow IN htsr executed the same.
Wine. my hand and official seal - l.uh-
book. Texas. fh tlhh iay II Dfcriui,cr iqls
SAM 7 DAVIS Clerk.
County Couft Lubbock County. Texas
hereby certify that the above aud fore
gong is q true and eorrcst cohS Oi the orig.
NAL writ nov ~ my hands
G A. nOiCOMR sheriff
iSEAi) f2iD
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26
AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE FOR
CHIEF CITIES EXPECTED SOON

Fort Worth. Texas. Dec. ls.-S.
NJ. Gaines. superintendent of the elev-
enth division Of railway mail service.
expressed the opinion here today that
il will be only short time until air
plane mail service between the prin-
cipal cities Of the United States will
be established. Mr. Gaines received
notice that such service has been es-
tablished between New York and
Chicago.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26
HINDENBURc ISSUES
CHRISTMAS PROCLAMATION

Amsterdam. Dec IA remark
able proclamation has been issued By
Field Marshal Won HindenburR from
German main headquarters at viii
hclmshRven dated christmas. 1918"
The Cassel Allgemeinc Zeitung
publishes the proclamation. which re-
fers to "the mighty achievements in
war Of the German nation in arms.
trained to warfare. which did not col
lapse before a world Of enemies"
The proclamation declares,
at drew this capacity from the
holy fire Of patriotism. will to victory
and a spirit Of loyalty"
''The German Army" il continues.
has vanished. dissolved disbanded.
although until the last il was feared
and respected oy its enemies. To the
Officers, high and low. as trainers
and leaders Of the national army, is
undeniably due great share Of the
glory. and II is petty revenge to de-
prive them Of their insignia and arms
and declare them incapable Of exer-
cising command
The utter destruction Of the ma
tional strength Of the German peo-
pie is the intention Of those destruc-
tive. descriptive spirits who are work
ing to impede the reorganization Of
the empire on sound political and
economic basis"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

Editor n r. Haynes and wife and
little daughter. spent Tuesday and
Wednesday here with Prof. and Mrs
Haynes. They returned home on
Thursday and said they were going to
give the people Of Tahoka News on
regular time. just the same.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

Have the homing pigeons been de-
yet? Il will not be a diff
ficult matter, for they are prepared
to furnish their own transportation.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

Tooth brushese should often be
dipped into boiling water TO disinfect
them
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

II curtains do not draw easily, rub
the pole with paraffin.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-26

Come TO Lubbock.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
CANNOT RIDE TWO
 HORSES SAME TIME
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COPENHAGEN, Sept S.-The at tempt of the Imperial German chan cellor, Count von Hertling, to ride two horses simultaneously in his house of lords speech recently appears to have resulted in his falling between them
 That portion of the press favoring real Prussian franchise reform is dis appointed and disgruntled by the chancellor's ambiguous warning that the lords could avoid too far reaching concessions by accepting reform meas ureS now and the conservative press is up in arms over his appeal for ac- ceptance of reforms as protection and maintenance of the crown and dynas- ty."
 The American Deutsche Tages Zei- tung calls Hertling The Prussian monarch's grave digger
 The kreuz Zeitung attacks von Hert- ling for maintaining the country s deserts and aggravating the socialists and darkly warns him that monarchies do not crumble because they resist the unjustified demands of the masses, but because they let themselves be forced down to the dangerous level of com promises"
 The Pan- German Deutsehe Zeitung declares that "equal suffrage would be monarchists will which would en- danger the dynasty and the crown"
 So far as has been noted only Ger mania, von Hertling's organ, is satis- fled with his speech.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
TH|RTy-F|VE LIVES
 LOST WHEN TORPEDO
 STRUCK TRANSPORT
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WASHINGTON, Sept. S-Thirty five members of the crew of the American army transport Mount Vernon, former ly the North German Lloyd liner Kron- prinzessin Cecilie, were killed by the explosion of a torpedo which struck the vessel last Thursday when she was 200 miles from the French coast, home ward bound.
 i The passengers included Senator Lewis of Illinois, who was among those safely landed after the transport re- turned to a French port under her own steam.
 Ship Not Badly Damaged
 Vice Admiral Sims reported the tor pedo struck on the starboard side, flooding a fire room, but he did not state the extent of the damage. Navy officials assume, since the vessel was able to reach port under her own pow CT, she was not badly damaged. The men killed were firemen, engine men and water tenders. The names of the Western men follow: Some of the Victims F. Hancock, Benton, Wash. Bert Heap, San Bernardino, Cal.
 Louis Lafargue, Vallejo. Cal. Harvey Mumm, Leesburg, Texas. M. Stally address not in navy de partment records. H. C. PleW, Malage. Wash. l I. E. Tracy, Canyon City, Ore.
 Senator Lewis was returning home on the transport after a visit to Great Britain and France and the westerr front.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
AMERICAN F[tER
 ESCAPES FROM
 GERMAN GUARD
Thomas Hitchcock, Youth ful Member of i.afcyette
 Escadrille, Describes Ex: perience While Captive
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 PARIS. Sept. S.-Lieutenant Thomas Hitchcock, IT,, of Westbury N. Y, | youthful member of the Lafayette fly ing corps. who was captured by the Germans but escaped to Switzerland today described his experiences while q captive and his flight
 Hitchcock was forced to walk more than hundred miles. This he did in eight consecutive nights.
 Was Wounded in Thigh Hitchcock was captured March 6. when he was forced to land after an aerial combat with three German ma chimes. He was wounded in the thigh After landing inside the German lines said Hitchcock, T tainted twice In the the hospital I received fair treatment only. There was one doctor | for the 150 patients, and the food was not very good.
 Escapes From Railway Train q escaped while being transported with two other Americans from Lach- 1 field to Rasta1t There was enc Ger man guard for the three of us.
 While the train stopped at a station near Ulm, the guard fell into doze. I snatched the railway map which was near him. and also my money.
 The guard awoke and missed the map and money. Picking up my pack age of food which had been saved from my rations. but leaving the map be- hind, I rushed out of the door opposite. and ran down the track The guard yelled after me. but I knew he could not follow because of the two other prisoners he had.
 Walked Toward Frontier
 "I then slowed down and began to walk toward the frontier During the day I always hid in the woods, and at night I evaded towns and villages. walking around them. I was always on a close watch for the Germans, for I was in the uniform of a French avi- ator. Most of the territory I traversed was farming land. with the people working during the day. When they left the fields in the evening I would begin my tramp.
 Arriving at what I thought was the Swiss frontier, I watched for traps such as electrically charged wires and automatic signals. Apparently evadcd all such things.
 Coming Home Shortly
 One morning l felt sure that I was in Switzerland, but before inquiring added few extra miles to my tram, and found myself in a little village There l asked a girl. who spoke French where l was. She said was in SWitz- erland. and then I knew I was safe"
 Hitchcock will leave for the United States in about two weeks. He intends to transfer from the French to the American flying corps
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
Official Statements
AMERICAN
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WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Gen- eral Pershings communique for September ' follows:
 Section A-South of the Aisne our troops entered the village of Muscourt and captured 30 prison CTS. Hostile counter attacks in this sector were repulsed and our line was slightly advanced. Two strong hostile raids in the Woevre were beaten off, leaving prisoners in our hands. In Alsace a success ful raiding party inflicted losses on the enemy.
 Section B-The commander in chief has awarded the distin- guished service cross to the fol- lowing men of the eXpeditionary forces, for the acts of gallantry set forth after their names:
 Sergeant Albert N. Elsea, ma chine gun battalion: While acting as machine gun leader near Hil- sensirSt. France, July 6, 1918, he was wounded in the face by burst ing shells, but continued to direct his men until the attack ended and then insisted on walking to a dressing station.
 Corporal Clayton N. Moore. band infantry: During the attack on Hilsensirst. France, July 6, 1918, while carrying a wounded soldier through machine gun fire to shell ter, he was wounded, but by un- usual pluck, nevertheless. brought his comrade to safety, and realiz- ing the scarcity of stretchers, in sisted on others being taken to the rear and walking himself.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
ALLIES GET CHANCE ID STRIKE STUNNING
 BLOW FROM RUSSIA

NLADlNOSTOK. Thursday. Sept. ,. -(By The Associated Press)-The Japanese military staff has been in formed that the Czecho- Slovaks hold the railway from Olovyanna to Pen gan.
 It is now apparent that the unex- pected climax in the Czecho- -Slovak break through was due partly to the allied advance toward Khabarovsk, which caused the transfer of large bolshevik force from Lake Baikal toward Khabarovsk and the weakened front collapsed under the Czech pres sure from the west and Gen. Seme- noffs pressure from the east
 Will Make Great Sacrifices
 The opportunity is now presented of the allies taking advantage of the strategical points in the hands of the Czechs to move into the heart of Rus sia, where considerable endorsements from loyal Russian clements are cer- tain and striking a stunning blow at Germany. It is believed Germany will make the greatest sacrifices to hold conquered Russian territory.
 Semenoff Enters Hadabrak
 Olovyanna is in Trans -Baikalia about 400 miles east of Lake Baikal, while Penza is on the railroad a little more than 600 miles southeast of Pe- trograd.
 TOXIC, Sunday, Sept. Tt is semi officially announced that on August 29 a portion of General Semenoffs army occupied Hadabrak and that another occupied Chindatskaya. The main force. concentrating at Bolja, took 10C | prisoners and two machine guns and | large quantities of war stores, includ- | ing motor cars.
 The Czechs who had had been con l centrating north of Manchuria, ob- serving that General Semenoff was ad- vancing, decided to enter Zabikal and it is expected they will soon commence a movement. A portion of the Czechs already have entered Manchuli.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
FOOD SHORTAGE IN
 MOSCOW ACUTE SAY
 AMERICAN REFUGEES

STOCKHOLM, Saturday. Sept. 7.-l (By The Associated Press1- The American refugees from Moscow reached Stockholm today-twelve days after their departure from the bolshe- vik capital. In Finland the Americans were impressed by the orderly condi- tions.
 When the Americans left Russia. they say flour sold at a dollar and twenty five cents a pound and was sell dom obtainable al any price. Sugar also was scarce and sold at s pound
 The refugees say that starvation had become so prevalent in Moscow that late in August the food commission was forced to remove all regulations on citizens and permitted them to en- ter the city with sixty pounds of food each.
 This step, it was asserted, was an admission of the absolute failure of the food commission which had no bread and was forced through the pressure of the rebelling citizens to let the people take the food supply into their own hands.
 Wheat and other grains were not available as the peasants in the grain sections still under soveit control re- luStu iO lteU Jle CllleS. 1OIdIOeS ana other vegetables were selling at 25 cents pound. They are the chief food supply of Moscow and Petrograd.
 Workmen Cannot Obtain Food The workmen of Moscow and Petro- grad factories cannot obtain food from | the commission which has advised them to shoulder rifles and take the grain away from the peasants. This advice has seldom been needed, as a majority of the workmen regarded the peasants as brothers.
 | Wholesale charges by the bolshevik newspapers that the bourgeoisie are wholly responsible for the food short age no longer quiet the hungry labor CTS, whose faith in the bolshevik is waning appreciably. The promises of Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign minister to quell the Czecho- Slovak rising and tap the supply of wheat no | longer are generally credited.
 Has Bumper Wheat Crop
 Russia, the refugees say, has a bumper wheat and rye crop in vir- tually all the grain sections. Much of the grain has already been har- vested but the bolsheviki have neither the organization nor the transporta- tion facilities to obtain bread for the starving cities which scarcely can be expected to drag through a breadless winter without turning against a gov ernment whose policy has lost the wheat districts.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
FRENCH
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PARIS, Sept. S.-The French have occupied Vaux, and Happen court, north of the Somme, as well as Hamel, according to the war of flee, announcement tonight. They have also made advances on both sides of the Disc.
 The text of the French official statement for today reads:
 North of the Disc the French troops have captured the village of Nemesis, and are along the Canal St. Quentin.
 South of the Disc the French have made progress to the out skirts of Servais.
 Tn the region of Laffaux. as well as north of Celles- Sur -Aisne we have maintained our positions in spite of several German counter attacks.
 We took prisoners during two surprise attacks we delivered in Champagne"
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
DIFFER ABOUT
 LEASES LIN O|[:
 AND GAS LANDS
Senate and House Conferees
 Fail to Agree Regarding
 Amendments to Measure After All Day Session
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WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Senate and house conferees or. the oil leasing bill after an all day session today failed to settle differences growing out of amendments to the measure. Because of divergent opinions of the managers to the attitude of administration off cials toward the development of west ern mineral lands and the naval oil reserves in California and Wyoming, they decided to ask the attorney gen. eral and the secretaries of the navy and interior to appear before them and outline their views.
 Their Bone of Contention
 The principal difference between the house and senate managers, it is un- derstood, is over the granting of leases on oil and gas lands and the payment of royalties to the government. As passed by the senate, the bill author izes the granting of a lease for each mineral location of 160 acres up1 which one or more producing oil or gas wells have been drilled at a royalty of one eighth of the gross production of oil or gas.
 The house amended this section so as to provide for the leasing of wells only at a royalty to be fixed by the secretary of the interior.
 Ine mousse provision also prOnlDltS additional wells being sunk except as authorized by the .resident and pro- vides that no well can be within 660 feet of any leased well without the | leSsees consent.
 Other Provisions Opposed
 Another difference is on the section referring to the claimants to titles to leases in the naval reserves. A house amendment prohibits claimants whose wells may be involved in any suit brought by the government from ob- taining a lease unless within six months after the final passage of the bill. the claimant shall relinquish all rights claimed by him in the pending suits. It also provides that no person who has been guilty of fraud shall be granted lease. This section was de- signed especially to do away with claims to leases in the California naval reserves which have been contested in the courts for many years and to per init parts of these reserves to be oper- ated
 The senate bars from leases only persons who have been guilty of fraud in the location of any oil or gas lands.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
GOLF MATCH NETS
 RED CROSS $4,5O0
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CHICAGO. Sept S-Miss Elaine Rosenthal of Ravisloe. western woman golf champion. and Charles Evans. 5r.. of Edgewater. national amateur and open champion, today defeated Miss Ernestine Pearce of Skokie, a semi finalist in the western championship. and !. C. Hackbarth, professional, at Skokie. up and to play. in a Scotch foursome in Rcd Cross exhibition that procured s4,5O0 for the fund.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
YALE NAVAE UNIT
 MEN ORDERED OUT
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. S.-Or- ders to all men who were in the Yale naval training unit at any time during the past year to report at the naval office here on or before Wednesday. Sept. II. were issued today by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester Those en- rolled in the Brown section of the unit are ordered to report to Rear Admiral ]. R. Edwards at Providence, R. l.. within the same period.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
BRITISH
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l'tNRbbiiNdh SNs IT. ICdSCQ WlEeI
 LONDON, Sept S.-Today's of [ ficial communication, from Field Marshal Haig says:
 By nightfall yesterday our troops had taken Villeveque and St. Emile and had gained pos session of the greater part of the Havrincourt wood.
 Local fighting took place yes terday evening and during the night east of Hermies and in the sector west of Armentieres but without material change in the situation.
 West of La Bassee our patrols have made further progress in the enemy's position"
 Advanced British troops have entered their old defense system on southern battle line held prior to the German offensive last March, according to the war office an- nouncement tonight.
 The British have gained ground along the Vermand- -Epehy line.
 More than 19,000 prisoners were taken by the British in France in the first week of September.
 The statement says:
 "On the southern portion of the battle front our troops have now entered the area fthe defense systems constructed by us priof to the German March offensive. The enemy is offering increased resistance among these prepared defenses and sharp fighting has taken place today at number of points.
 Our advanced troops are press ing forward and have gained ground in the direction of Yer mand, Hesbecourt and Epehy.
 Local hostile attacks were re- pulsed this morning south of Plvegsteet and east of Wulver- ghem On the remainder of the British front there is nothing of special interest to report