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4 The Greatest Shoe Sale EVER HELD IN SAN ANTONIO 2000 Pairs of Men’s Low Cut Shoes 7Oc Off Regular Price 70c ALL THIS SEASON'S STYLES, ALL LEATHERS ■ Wn Invite Comparison of Goods and Prloea $5.00 Men’s Oxfords, Vici, Patents, Jg X/l Tans, Gun Metal leathers, all styles 1 • V $4.50 Men’s Oxfords, Vici, Patents, T ft fl Tans or Gun Metal leathers, all styles V $3.50 Men’s Oxfords, Vici, Patents, A Qf\ Tan or Gun Metal leathers, all styles AtCr V $3.00 Men’s Oxfords, Vici, Patents, A T/j Tans or Gun Metal leathers, all styles CINDERELLA, 207 PLAZA ENDS SESSION DE CANADIAN B PMENT Premier Suddenly Dissolves Body When Reciprocity i Is Blocked. APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE Believed Certain That Govern ment Will Win in Septem ber Election. (SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT) OTTAWA, Ont., July 29.—Parlia ment was suddenly dissolved by Pre mier Laurier at noon today and an appeal will be taken to the country at once on the issue of reciprocity with the United States. September 14 is fixed as the date tor making nominations for the new parliament and the election will be held on September 21. Confidence in Result. Absolute confidence in the result is expressed by Sir Wilfred Laurier, the SPECIAL OFFER FOR TWO DAYS ONLY, 8 BARS OF OCTACON OR NO. 1 SOAP FOR 20 CENTS With every purchase of one pound of our blended ST. ANTHONY TEA. The best 60c tea on the market. z All teas may look alike to the average con sumer, but a little reflection will tell you that teas which are sold in bulk, out of bins, are not likely to be equal in quality to those sold under our trade-mark of Royal Tea Co. EXPERT BLENDERS IN TEAS AND COFFEES 632 MAIN AVENUE NEW PHONE 1133 SUNDAY, l premier, and his ministerial advisers. I Sir Wilfred is quoted as saying: • The United States congress having approved the reciprocity agreement, it is desirable that action without de lay shall be taken by Canada." The premier feels that the obliga tions under which Canada rests to the (United States shall be discharged one : way or the other without delay. The commissioners who negotiated the reciprocity pact, pledged them selves and their governments to ac tion without delay. The United States has performed its part of the agree ment. The paramount duty of the Canadian government, therefore, is to carry out its part of the agreement and since the opposition has blocked all efforts to secure a vote, the appeal to the country is taken as the most diject means of disposing of the pend ing question. The new parliament will assemble about October 11, and if the Laurier administration is successful, which seems now to be assured, reciprocity will be approved and the pact will go into effect some time around Novem ber 1. Earl Grey governor general of Can ada, surrendered to the Inevitable at the crisis and consented to act on Pre mier Laurier's advice as to the disso lution without any of the supplies hav ing been voted. Last night Laurier took the bull by the horns and called upon the gover nor general with word of advice that dissolution be proclaimed immediate ly. There being no other resource »or Earl Grey in the circumstances, he surrendered. The cabinet met this morning to fix the date. With the step taken today, Premier Laurier has staked the existence of his ministry and in fact has put his political career in the balance in his efforts to carry out the agreement cn- AND WEDNESDAY St. Anthony Brand Govcrnor General Consents. TUESDAY tered into with the government at Washington. Fears Annexation. Minister Borden, who has led the opposition to reciprocity, has made his stand on this platform: “I oppose reciprocity because it will destroy the hope of reciprocity trade preferences within the empire; be cause its tendency will be to disin tegrate the Dominion, to separate the provinces, to check intercourse and commerce between the provinces and between the east and west: because if carried to Its logical conclusion. It would inevitably end in political ab sorption.’’ SHAKE-UP II FEDERAL PHSON TAKES PtACE Deputy Warden Resigns. By Request Under Charges of Abusing Prisoners. (SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT.) LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. July 29. —The long expected shake-up at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth came this morning when Frank Lemon, deputy wafden, resigned by request. His removal as an officer of the prison was recommended to Attorney General Wickersham, fol lowing an investigation of prison af fairs by Inspectors of the department of justice. The Inquiry Into the conduct of cer tain prison officials began the latter part of March. It lasted through all of April and May. Robert McClaughrey, the warden, was exonerated In the report forward ed to the attorney general. It is be lieved, however, that three other prison officials will sever their con nection with the institution shortly. Lemon’s resignation was net a sur ' prise to those familiar with affairs at the federal prison. The Investi gation of the penitentiary was prompt ed by complaints of discharged con victs and guards. One prisoner, they said, had his arms fettered to his ceil while the deputy warden beat him cruelly. Not much attention was paid to the story at first, as released convicts often make charges against prison of ficials in an effort to get even. The complaints of the treatment of pris oners at Leavenworth grow until the department sent John F. Fishman and R. C. Lewis, inspectors, here. They stayed week after week, going deeper and deeper into the condition of af fairs at the prison. Their report was forwarded to Washington three weeks ago. While it was of a secret nature it was gen erally rumored here that it contained dynamite and that when that dyna mite exploded something was going to happen. The removal of Lemon caused ex citement in other departments at the prison. No one knows just how far the report of the special Investigators goes or when the secret hand of the department of justice will strike next. Three other prison officials It Is known were criticized severely In the report In the management of their depart .? r ® char * e <’ "Ith ex travagance, failure to do their duty One a . of ,® fflclenc y 1" their work. B J«' th ® ’’'’Presentatlve says, left his duties to a subordinate. Paris Heat Is Grcnt T ° TI, K LIGHT.) J " ly “ 9 —After several days of intense heat the warmer weather lon J!* * temperature of 100 being registered. There is much Buffering among the poor. George King, a clerk at the St. An thony hotel, left last night for Gbl- where he intends spending two weeks In recreation. P’ Wilson, a cattleman of Fort Worth, is among the guests at the Gunter. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT TAKES SIX CHUMS ffIKfIMNENI Son of E. L. Doheny, California Oil Producer, Has Private Car for Friends. It Is not every high school boy who can invite half a dozen of his class mat es to accompany him on a pleas- ure jaunt across the continent in a private car, relates the New York Herald. E. L. Doheny Jr., of Los An geles, Cat., son of E. L. Doheny, a wealthy California oil producer, ar rived in New York city late Friday afternoon with six of hirf school friends and passed yesterday in taking In the sights. He is accompanied by his father and mother and a young woman friend, Miss Lucy Smith, who is a sister of two of his classmates. Young Mr. Doheny, whose father was a brakeman on the Southern Pa cific railroad less than fifteen years ago, and his friends occupy almost half of the fifth floor at the Hotel Plaza. They went to the polo ground yesterday to see the Giants play the Cincinnati Reds and last night they chartered a big automobile and visited i Coney Island and Chinatown. "Father was coming to New York on a business trip,” said young Mr. Doheny, “and I asked the boys to come along with me. We had a de lightful trip across the continent and will pass several days In this city. We have not decided whether we will go back through Mexico or Canada.’’ The young men who arc enjoying young Mr. Doheny's hoalptallty are Warren Smith. Clark Smith, F. W. McClure, Donald Dawson. Proctor Parker and Edwin Gill. In the au tumn Mr. Doheny Jr., and his six classmates will enter the University of California. Discussing the decision of the su preme court of the United States In the Standard OH cage, Mr. Doheny Sr., who owns thousands of acres of oil producing land In California and Mexico, said that he did not believe that the consumers of the country would be benefited by the ruling. Mistress—Why have you been so long. Marie? I told you we wanted the lobster for lunch, and It is now past 1 o'clock. Maid —It's on account of your hobble skirt you gave me, madam.—Fliegende Blaetter. R. F. Dunn of Corpus Christi is visiting in the city. He is staying at the Menger. Arthur Harlan of Brenham Is pay ing a business visit to the Alamo City. He is staying at the Losoya. Terrell Well Waler "Never Fails to Cure CONSTIPATION More people are troubled with con stipation than any other complaint. Most every case of stomach trouble can be traced back to constipation. Why take strong medicine? A GLASS OF TERRELL WELL WATER before breakfast will cure the worst cases of constipation and stomach trouble. Get it from your druggist or from us direct. TSKBELX. WILL WATZB. CO. 10P AV*. C. Old Bhou* 4348. Mtw 4M. LOOK For the CINDERELLA Eleotrlo Slipper 207 Alamo Plaza urn euh lease Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, silver-ton gued orator of Kansas, who once turned polities of that state upside down, thereby aiding in the defeat of Senator Ingalls, declares that Dr. Lee Dcl'orest, the Inventor, is entirely wrong in asserting that die suffrage motement will eliminate man front PEACHEsePy* The New Goods Shown in Kauf man's Spot Cash Sale. YOU HAD BETTER BE EARLY TOMORROW TO GET YOUR SHARE HAWKINSWILL STARTWORKON ROAD IT ONCE Engineer Named by Highway League Leaves Tonight for Corpus Conference, TO VISIT ALL COUNTIES He Will Consult Officials and Citizens Along Proposed Routes of Highway. W. S. Hawkins, th* newly appointed highway and consulting engineer for the Bexar County Highway league, will leave tonight for Corpus Christi, where Monday morning he will begin his work in the Interests of the pro posed highway from San Antonio to the Gulf. He will seek to arouse the same enthusiasm. among the business interests of that city relative to the project, which characterizes the busi ness men of San Antonio. He Intends to arrange a meeting of cltlsens of Corpus Christi for Wednes day or Thursday night, at which the undertaking will be discussed and at which he hopes an organization simi lar to the Bexar county league will be formed to assist in the execution of the undertaking. It is his purpose to also visit Bcc, Wilson and Karnes counties during the week, confer with county com missioners, officials and citizens fur the same purpose—that of arranging for meetings to perfect organizations to take up the project in the respec tive counties. When formed these or ganizations will all co-operate with the Bexar County Highway league in getting work started on the highway. Believes Success Is Certain. In speaking of the project yesterday afternoon and its prospects for suc cess, Mr. Hawkins was optimistic that it would be brought to a successful termination by the representative body of men who are backing it. He laid stress on the fact that much depended on the attitude taken by the execu tive committee. "For instance,” he said, "when the meeting at Corpus Christi is arranged 1 will call for eight or ten San An tonio men to come down and assist in explaining Just what the road means to this section of the state. If they should fall to come the people of Cor pus Christi would lose confidence in the project, but,” he added, "they will not fail, for every man who assisted in the formation of the league seenied to have his very heart in the matter. Project Is Feasible. "Before ever broaching the subject of a highway from here to the gulf I made a trip through the country to be served and found that the project was highly feasible. As a matter of fact it Is only a question, in the main, of improving the present county roads, for the highway will follow these for the greater part of the distance. I do not anticipate that difficulty wi'l be experienced in financing the high way in any of the counties to be served. In certain counties I favor the voting of road district or preeinct bonds for the improvement rather than county bonds." Mr. Hawkins said that the matter of what route the proposed highway would take was undecided. The road can either be built along the line of the Southern Pacific as far as Victoria and then south to Corpus Christi or it can be made to parallel the right of way of the Sap to the coast. Both family life save as a “biological rea son.” Dr. DeForcst's denunciation of suffrage followed the suit he brought to divorce his wife, the daughter of Mrs. Harrie Stanton Blatch. “Women should have equal rights with man,” said Mrs. Least* in an swering Dr. DeForrst, “but suffrage never will eliminate men. Such talk is all rubbish.” JULY 80, 1911. routes will be seriously considered ant Investigated. Hoad Must Be Uniform. “A fact of prime importance In con nection with the highway U that It must be uniform in construction along its entire length. This I Intend to impress wherever I go. What we wan* is a highway of the same character from here to the coast.” In speaking of the work to be done in Bexar county, Mr. Hawkins said there was much room for improve ment. He states that for the best re sults to be obtained from the oiling of roads, they must be first prepared for the application. He estimates that W. S. HAWKINS. two sprinklings a year are sufficient for the upkeep of reads here and that the cost will not exceed two and one-, half cents per square yard for each application. In order that Mr. Hawkins may demonstrate the efficiency of hia method of preparing and oiling roads, it is probable that the league will re quest the county commissioners to al low one-half of the south loop to ba improved. This, says Mr. Hawkins, will demonstrate the dlfferem-e be tween his method and the one now in vogue. Had Much Experience. Mr. Hawkins is an engineer of broad experience. From 1894 till 1908, as a government expert, he supervised numerous engineering projects in various sections of the country. Dur ing the la»t three years of his em ployment by the government, his work was largely that of a consulting ex pert It was by his energy that rail roads were built through the rich land reservations of the Osage In dians in Northern Oklahoma. From 1908 until recently, Mr. Haw kins. appointed by Governor C. N. Haskell, has been the official engineer for Oklahoma. In co-operation with the commissioners of the various counties of that state, he has accom plished much toward the general de velopment of the country. With the expiration of his term Mr. Hawkins was unanimously en dorsed for reappointment by the Oklahoma Society of Civil Engineers Special summer rates to couples. Hot Wells hotel. American plan. FREE DRUGS Phone now Order in your hands in 30 minutes, or no charge. Phone now. BURNS WANTED! Carriage Painters STAACKE BROS.