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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
3
Washington debate centers on who should form the peace commission as Congress eyes economy after victory. Veterans of foreign diplomacy urge the ablest American statesmen, with Quorums and demobilization shaping Senate action and looming fights over naval funding and office cuts.
A quip from the almost philosopher remarks that a person who wed for money could not be convinced to wed again for either love or money, implying a stubborn stance on marriage motives.
In Austin attorney general seeks rehearing in the wide Texas prohibition case. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway appeals to dissolve injunctions blocking liquor shipments. Judge Prendergast dissents as the case moves toward potential Supreme Court review.
London reports the Admiralty figures for British naval casualties since the outbreak of the war through November 11. Killed or died of wounds include officers 2,400 and men 30,895. wounded, missing or prisoners total 1,042 officers and 8,305 men. Additionally 14,001 officers and men of British merchant vessels and fishing boats lost their lives in enemy action, with 2,205 captured.
Washington reports that the new Texas cavalry brigades will not be mustered into federal service. A letter to Representative Buchanan from Secretary of War Baker notes the armistice shifts policy to decreasing army size and subordinating individual wishes to national requirements.
London says a league of nations will be practical and powerful but not a substitute for fleet supremacy. Winston Churchill, visiting Dundee, vows to prevent return of German colonies and Turkish lands, stressing Britain’s naval dominance as essential.
The text surveys varied items from a scientist and percolator clamp to a school establishment and government subsidies. It mentions electric brushes cleaning pool tables, a Chinese court astrologer staff, actor Sir Charles Wyndham serving as Civil War surgeon, and Zurich sugar and bread rations.
Dr Pang-Yuen Tseo daughter of Ling Man Tseo and Dro of Naw Chang China has begun work as an ITubulfines surgeon at the Mall of Bellevue hospital in New York. Sent by the Chinese Educational Commission in 1900, she studied at Northwestern University Evanston and completed a three year medical course at the University of Chiengy in June.
A clever boy enters a drug store and determines prices for ice cream soda and a glass. After calculating that a dime covers a soda, he tricks the clerk into filling a glass with ice cream soda from a cone, getting a portion for his dime. The proprietor laughs and offers a dime to try the trick on a rival shop.
A tale from Stars and Stripes recalls a proud Yani leading a convoy with an empty truck, stopping to shelter refugees. He places a four year old girl and her doll in the seat of honor beside him, then guards her as the road crowds swell ahead.
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