Daily Advocate (Newspaper) - August 14, 1916, Victoria, Texas My Where They St THE UNBORN Friday 13 10 PKR CENT DISCOUNT on Alt Tackle and Ball KNOWLAN MACHINE A SUPPLY CO Victoria VOLUME is VICTORIA TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON 14 1916 NUMBER ice RAILROAD MANAGERS AND TRAINMEN IN CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT TODAY FOOLISH SEASON SUGGESTIONS IM To MOTHER NEW YORK August or not there is to bc aj general strike on 225 railroads in the United States will depend on the result of a conference between President Wilson and re of both sides in the controversy in progress at Washington today Joseph P Tumulty secretary to the President Judge W JL Chambers of Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation Elisha Lee chairman of the committee of railroad managers A B the conductors W S Stone of the Engineers W S Carter of the firemen W G Lee of the trainmen and thirty railroad delegates left New York at midnight Sunday over the Pennsylvania Railroad for Washington Secretary Tumulty arrived in New York at 9 oclock Suni day evening bearing a formal letter from President Wilson rej questing conference with the spokesmen for both sides before a general strike was called Copies of the letter were delivered to Judge Chambers who presented them to both factions I If the President himself should fail to persuade the two parties to submit their differences to arbitration it is likely that President Wilson may go before Congress before a strike should become effective and recommend the passage of emer gency legislation The it was said authoritatively today will not tolerate a serious disturbance of the mails transportation service Copyright ONE WAS HURT WHEN AUTOMOBILE HIT COW AND TURNED TURTLE HOUSTON Texas August E 1113 street received a dislocated shoulder when an auto in which he was riding hit a cow just be yond Eureka Pines about oclock flight turned over The three occupants all men thrown out but Mr Harrison was the only one hurt ambulance marie u hurry run and conveyed him to St Josephs Infirmary Mr Harri son was later removed to Ills home Tbe auto was badly damaged while the cow at last accounts vras placidly chewing her cud MANY PRINTERS MAY LOSE JOBS ACCOUNT HIGH PRICE OF PAPER MRS PAGE DIES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS died Mm relumed with Iher from their trip III New Vmk lly IS ut uhn hein of he v Ill mime ut blood for 111 of MRS FIEK MISTAKES POISON FOR MEDICINE AND DIES AT CORPUS BALTIMORE Mil danger thai thousands of printers may he thrown out of because of the cost of white paper was said to be a question seriously the lo ibe annual invention of the International Typo here n Monday Johr peere of the union said the of print paper IK liking it difficult for many tiews aper corporations to continue buni ness In some cities he iid there was talk of consolidating two or more plants to reduee working forres and I expenses NKW YOU 1C 1 I Mid Copeland of tir Ilines United which Hien ill sailor to Great died of Sixty late Kniurdiiy ai her summer j with the Kenan and It home in City Is mure hall or Inn land She was r years of nie and j nieni has been III only since Mrs who was Sefi i ed thin him been Hie Ion of and Jrk of Auburn X V was rHiri lo sun of the American lids us and UILl sailor June hist jii week In the and Mrs Vork nnd inul THURMOND TO RUN AN FOR COUNTY JUDGE I I II Hi the mutter ruled It lit ho Hud mi nil iti mi Kin mil been H panor her VM til til ed Mho nil hnr n elnar int eHm b Hie verv nf II r lin nor Mr Th Unit hii wild not II POISONOUS GAS OFFICERS FIRED FOR GOING FISHING PILE CLAIMING TO BE ILL CORPUS Texas Aug M Ms R E Piek aged 40 died her I liis morning from results of poisoning accidentally inflicted Monday after noon when she swallowed a tablet of I Bichloride ol mercury mistaking of Uvan nvo aspirin The was taken to i n they had reported lo him Airs was the wife of R E i district for an adding mar line company Ths body was DALLAS Texas AUK shipped to San Antonio for burial that they were absent from duty on account of ill he them from the police force Saturday OR BARTON THREATENS TO HOLD PRO ELECTIONS IN LEADING ANTI COUNTIES WACO Texas August option elections will bc held in Harris Travis Jefferson Me Lennan Dallas and Tarrant Bounties and possibly a number of other wet counties in the State before the convening of the Legislature in January if the of Dr Arthur James Barton superintendent of the Mi Saloon League are acted upon by the pros of Texas Or Barton also advocates the holding of local option elections in al wet counties no matter what action the Legislature takes in regard to the submission question Dr Barton is peeved because submission of statewide prohibition was not mentioned in the Democratic platform recently adopted at Houston Although submission carried by a few hundred votes nearly 100000 voters did not vote ton tht proposition When submission was defeated by 23000 THE PAPER FAMINE AND HIGH i Manufacturers Record The price of paper which has advanced from 100 to 200 per cent or morc over the prices prevailing a year ago seriously life of a large number of lone throughout the country and ly lessens the profit of others H Is doubtful if any other large in the United States has to face so serious a situation because when prices of riw have advanced their prices and thus the burden on the ultimate con sumer In the newspaper business tiiL has not yet been The from the largest dailies to the smallest weeklies have bearing the burden which to publications will 0S and to many others the out of all profit Had the newspapers been an prompt to defend their IB they have the interests of others they too would before have en to save by an in subscription pir anj ing rates Under Misting they be forced lo da this sooner or later and they t much longer embarrassment to many of Hundreds of tbe including the had but a very narrow between loss and profit will fear suffer most arid or them disastrously unless the public promptly recognizes the ird accepts an advance in subscription and in advertising rates and thus the situation The day laborer the mechanic the farmer and nearly all business in manufacturing and mercantile under the activity of times art showing larger earnings than for years But the newspapers 3 whole are meeting amore perplexing problem in the doubling and in some caiet the trebling of the price of in the absolute inability to con tract in advance for supplier than they have ever had to face before The which have recently appeared in the daily papers do not at alt exaggerate of the problem SEEMS TO BE FOUND HUSBAND WITH NEW CRISIS ANOTHER WOMAN AND IN MEXICO SHOT HIM TO THE HOPE OF THE POOR Chicago American INFANTILE PARALYSIS SPREADS TO RICH It indeed and therein lie the of the b ilKe I In HUH III in lo Mr in luck nl Die beard fvo filed it n do not iUv with tht poor wander abroad knock at the rich door and Here I am open uld Tht rich mani It hit city the Mil thin ii week nn 1 of In ltn of Son ori i of lit tile fity of food i of jary In the City of and ltiari In tho Auto Burglar Rob j frty Tex Ail bien imprisoned broke Into blon at Courtney near to their early thin morning and about Litter Mm hart Hial the her In the company of another Bhe and woman have placed in here curtt Including dirt ii rich mant but over its wills might have added of the poor which TRAV OM rich w M tht and a o they burglarized a for The waft arms 7 for itll to be to the the announced bein tho of at KV Faito and Port Sam Houston Laborer Buried In Cavein Crimea pit IM In of tho In ilowi a short of company eroding a mw two He wan 93 old nod building hy a of Uw Wir kkt fi Woir
