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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
2
Governor William P. Hobby is nominated to seek another term as Texas voters prepare to cast ballots for the first time in which women participate in the state’s elections. The campaign anticipation points to a high turnout as voters weigh continuity against change.
Early returns from Saturdays Democratic primary in Texas show Governor W P Hobby leading James Ferguson by about 240000 votes. Hobby expresses gratitude and vows to honor the people's will in official acts as more county results come in.
With many counties unreported Ferguson appears to have carried about 15 counties. Miss Blanton holds a large plurality over her rivals, and a second primary set for August 24 will decide nominees for several statewide offices and the congress districts. Runoffs are anticipated in the Second and Thirteenth districts as total returns taper off.
Houston reports rapid recruitment for the East Texas infantry unit of a brigade under General Wolters. Officers from the First Cavalry assist, with three companies already at Orange, Woodville, and Nacogdoches. The unit awaits federal recognition and will be trained for border duty, possibly under Adjutant General Harley, while a detailed mobilization schedule is prepared.
New York reports the cotton crop in July and August at 774 per cent of the ten year average and an indicated yield near 14.5 million bales excluding linters. If crop reaches 14.5 million, demand at 12 million would leave a roughly 2.5 million bale surplus, plus a 3.5 million carryover, totaling about 6 million bales.
The provisional government at Omsk has assumed supreme authority in Siberia and proclaimed Siberia's independence. It annuls Bolshevik decrees and re establishes the Siberian Duma and seeks approval from the Vladivostok government.
President Venustiano Carranza offered only time will tell as he faced questions about Mexico's attitude in World War I during a recent journalist mission through the United States. The remark underscored cautious official posture amid wartime diplomacy.
Washington reports the post office department took control of all telephone and telegraph lines at midnight Wednesday and placed operations under a special committee appointed by Postmaster General Burleson for supervision.
Field Marshal von Lichhorn, the German commander in Ukraine, and his adjutant were fatally wounded by a bomb in Kiev and died later.
Washington reports 37 railroads called on the railroad administration in July for 43.2 million dollars in advances including wages back pay and government compensation. The drive funds a statewide silo campaign led by M Evans of the extension service to promote silos for meat and dairy production with support from defense and banking groups.
The former emperor Nicholas II, sentenced to death, was awakened at 5 AM and told of the two hour limit. He collapsed in a chair, requested a priest, and in a propped stance at the execution site he died as rifles fired. The Lokal Anzeiger cites a high Russian source.
The War Department announced a single plant produced 7,000 army rifles in one day last week marking a major wartime delivery.
Washington reports Treasury data show loans to the Allies totaling 112 million dollars. France received 100 million, Belgium 9 million, and Serbia 3 million, bringing the overall Allied loan total to 6 492 040 000.
The death in action of Lieutenant Roger Harvey Clapp of the American flying contingent is announced. His home was in Salt Lake City.
In Los Angeles Thos J Mooney sentenced to hang for a 1916 San Francisco parade bombing will not be executed August 23. Governor Stephens announced a reprieve staying the death sentence until December 13 1918 after the state supreme court again denied a new trial motion.
J H Kirby of Houston Texas resigns as lumber administrator for the Southern territory of the emergency fleet corporation. The announcement cites the relocation of headquarters to Philadelphia as the reason for the resignation.
London reports that on Friday the German gains from their July 15Marne attack were wiped out as Allied forces under General Gouraud drive the enemy from the Rheims sector. French and Allied troops conduct successful local operations to reclaim the narrow stretch occupied in Gouraud's zone.
Washington reports eight steel ships totaling 85,890 deadweight tons delivered by American yards last week. Launchings that week included ten steel vessels amounting to 53,250 tons and five wooden ships totaling 19,200 tons.
Zurich reports Miss Milado Jamschek a language teacher has been sentenced to death by the Vienna military tribunal for espionage.
Allied troops led by American, British, and French forces pushed from Nesles toward Ville en Tardenois and St Gemme driving back German Crown Prince units. They captured Seringes et Nesles and Meunire wood, cut the V shape near Fere en Tardenois to four miles, and took 34 000 German prisoners since July 15 amid heavy fighting and fires behind German lines.
Names of Texas soldiers cited for wounds missing or killed in Europe include Private Jim Conrad Arica Colonel Hamilton A Smith Sergeant Steve Graves Kerens Lieutenant Thomas Bradley Waxahachie Private John Fondren Coleman Sergeant Harry Clubb San Antonio Private Conrad Rippy Fort Worth Private Archie Scott Franklin Captain Little Harrison Houston Died of Disease Private Rogers Franklin Cameron Private Woody Ross Rateliff Wounded Lieutenant Thomas H Davis El Paso Private Arthur Lindsey Sherman Private John G Chrastecky Ennis Corporal L Waits Waco Corporal R Williams Olney Reported Missing Private Richard W Burns Kilgore.
Sergeant Willie R. Jeffreys of Kaufman and Private Wallace M. O'Reilly of Houston listed as killed in action. Private Arnet B. Coleman of Astell, Private Horace F. E. Ronald of Wharton, and Private Frank C. Bailey of Alta Loma are recorded as dying from wounds.
Testimony in an Austin federal trial states Governor James Ferguson received a $150,000 loan from Texas brewers in April 1917. Three notes of $50,000 each, at 5 percent interest, were issued by Ferguson and later endorsed. The loan involved Lone Star Brewing Association and figures Autry Wahrmund, with the government alleging taxable items connected to prohibition legislation and local option elections.
In Philadelphia on a Saturday, Whites and Blacks clashed after a white man was killed by a Black man and two others were wounded. One policeman was killed and another badly wounded, with about sixty others injured, two of them seriously.
German general Von Francois is placed on the retired list as punishment for his failure in the offensive in the Soissons region, according to German papers in Washington.
The United States geological survey reports the Presidio silver mine in Texas operated continuously for the first six months of 1918. Desultory mining occurred in Van Horn and Sierra Glanea districts. Copper ore shipments came from red bed deposits in Foard and Knox counties. The six month output included copper, lead, and a silver total of 300000 ounces.
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