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VOLUME 29, No. 174
4TH DIVIDEND
TH DEPOSITORS
OF WOODS BANK
Checks Received From Wash
ington Yesterday and Will
Be Distributed Tomorrow.
BRINGS TOTAL PAYMENT
UP TO $750,000
❖ The checks for the payment ❖
❖ of the fourth dividend of ten +
♦ per cent to creditors and de- +
♦ positors of the Woods National +
* bank were received here yester- ♦
♦ day by express from Washing *
* ton. They will be distributed to- *
♦ morrow morning, beginning at ♦
♦ 9 o’clock. ♦
♦ ♦
T. G. Leighton, in charge of the of
fice of H. N. Morris, receiver of the
Woods bank, announced this morning
that another dividend will be paid to
the depositors of the bank, beginning
tomorrow morning at the receiver's
office, in the rear of the City National
bank building. This is the fourth
dividend, and makes a total of 80 per
cent paid to the depositors since the
suspension of the bank on Nov. 7, 1907,
and aggregates $600,000 paid to deposi
tors, and with contingent liabilities
which have been paid amounting to
$150,000, makes a total paid to the
creditors by the receiver of nearly
♦750,000
Hours For Paying Dividend
Mr. Leighton stated that the.usual
hours will be observed as ho> e*ofore
during the dividend paying periods and
he and his assistants will pay out
checks from 9 a. ui. to 12 m. a id from
1 p. m. to 5 p. m., the office being
Closed during the dinner hour.
Mr. Morris In California.
rir Morris, the receiver of ; the
Woods National bank, who is at present
in Oakland, Cal., acting as receiver of
the Union National bank of that city,
has kept in close touch with affairs here
and has been very anxious to pay this
dividend at this time. He and Mr.
Leighton have been working overtime
to accomplish this.
SUNSET TRAIN
IS DERAILED
Fireman Injured, But Passen
gers Escape With a Se
vere Shaking Up.
Associated Frees.
El Paso, Tex., July 12.—The Sunset
limited No. 9 of the Southern Pacific
railroad, due in El Paso from the east
at 7:10 o’clock this morning, was de
railed at Aragon at 1 o’clock. The en
gine, mail, baggage and chair cars went
into the ditch. The engineer and fire
man jumped, the former escaping un
hurt. The fireman, Robert Lee, was in
jured in the back, but not fatally. None
of the passengers in the ehair car, al
though badly shaken up. was injured.
The derailment was caused by a spread
ing rail.
ROOSEVELT
HAS WORK CUT
OUT FOR HIM
Associated Press.
Naivasha, Africa, July 12. The
Roosevelt expedition, which has been
hunting for the past five weeks in the
Sotik district, arrived today at the
farm of Captain Richard Attenborough
on the south shore of Lake Naivasha.
Roosevelt and his son Kermit will re
main at Captain Attenborough’s only
long enough to bag three hippopotami,
bull, cow and calf, a specimen of the
rare dig-dig antelope, a bush buck and
a baboon.
DENOUNCE SALOONS
IN A RESOLUTION
Associated Prase.
Seattle, July 12.—1 t has been de
cided by the Epworth league conven
tion that international conventions will
be held every four years. The con
vention also adopted resolutions de
nouncing the liquor traffic and urging
organized work for the destruction of
the saloon and asking each chapter of
the Endeavor to obtain a stricter Sun
day observance.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
li SALOONS
TO CLOSE IN
BEXAR COUNTY
Many Transfers of Liquor Li
censes Are Being Filed With
the County Clerk.
SMALL DEALERS ARE
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
As the result of the going into force
at midnight Saturday night of the
Robertson-Fitzhugh liquor law passed
by the last legislature, there will be,
at the lowest figure, 75 saloons less in
Bexar county than before the passage
of the law.
Not all of these places went out of
business Saturday night, when the law
became active, the process of prepara
tion for the new rule having been on
for months. The provisions of the law
which brought this result about are
those which stipulate that no licenses
issued after Feb. 20, 1909, are valid
and that no licenses shall be granted to
a saloon within 300 feet of a church or
school.
Many Transfers Made.
Proprietors of places who were oper
ating under a license secured after Feb.
20 and those whose places have been
within 300 feet of a church or school
and who needed shortly to apply for
new licenses, have been for the past
two months arranging to keep in oper
ation by buying out the licenses of
other saloon keepers and transferring
them to a different location. This meth
od resulted in the saloon whose license
was bought ceasing business.
Some places preferred to cease busi
ness rather than to move or to buy out
another man’s license. Under the new
law no licenses will be issued except
where a bar is to run in connection
with a hotel. The law, however, fails
to define hotel and undoubtedly it can
be evaded by operating a rooming place
above the saloons.
Important Provisions.
The most important provisions of the
law to San Antonio are:
Section 10a —The county judge shall
in no case grant a license in any vil
lage, town or city where the proposed
place of business is within 300 feet of
a church, school or other educational
or charitable institution, the measure
ments to be along the property lines
of the street fronts, and from front
door to the front door, and in a direct i
line across intersecting streets where
they occur; provided the proposed
place of business is not within a busi
ness block or within 300 feet thereof,
as such block is defined in section 10
hereof.
Section 35—A1l laws and parts of
law in conflict with this act are hereby
expressly repealed; provided, all of the
provisions relating to the sale of intoxi
cating liquors contained in any special
charter granted by the legislature to
any city or town shall not be repealed
by this act. but the same shall be cu
mulative thereof Provided, that as
soon as this law goes into effect all li
censes heretofore issued shall immed
iately cease and determine, but the
holders of such licenses shall have un
til sixty days after this act takes ef
fect in which to obtain licenses under
this act, said licenses to be dated as
of the date this act takes effect, and
the tax collector shall give such license
credit for the unused portion of such
canceled license as of the date of this
act takes effect; and, provided, during
said sixty days, said license shall have
the right to pursue his business under
and in accordance with this canceled
license, and the laws applicable to the
same, which for that purpose are here
by kept in force for said sixty days.
ELKS HAVING
ROYAL TIME
Big Doings at Pasadena, Cal.,
Today Pulled Off for Enter- '
tainmentof the Herd.
Associated Press.
Loe Angeles. July 12.—Elks by the
thousands flocked to Pasadena at an
early hour, the first entertainment pro
vided for the members of the antlered
herd now gathered in this city for the
annual reunion of the grand lodge, tak
ing place there this morning at Tour
nament park. Athletic sports, chariot
races and feats of horsemanship were
provided. At noon a monster barbecue
was served and following this a
realistic stage holdup was enacted.
This afternoon a number of athletic
events, some of them for the amateur
championship of the Pacific coast, are
being held at Ascot park. Tonight the
opening public ceremonies of the re
union of the grand lodge will be held
at the Auditorium theater.
10 PAGES
HILL SAYS HE
GOMES HERETO
TALK BUSINESS
Demands a Bonus of $250,000
and Other Concessions of
Citizens of San Antonio.
MEET BUSINESS MEN
TOMORROW MORNING
Not to punish San Antonio for turn
ing down his first proposition on the
building of a railroad to Brownsville
is the idea of Lon C. Hill in demand
ing a bonus of $250,000 and other cou
cessions, according to hi* own state
ment, though this is the requirement
he now definitely makes and follows
with a completely shaped-up proposi
tion to build and operate the coveted
railroad.
“I am here to talk business this
time,” said Mr. Hill. ‘‘At my last
conference with the Business Men’s
club, when I asked an option of 90
days on the $lOO,OOO bonus put up last
fall by the eity, I did not mean that
that was all I expected of San An
tonio. I am now prepared to ‘come
clean ’ and show where and how the
road will be built and of San Antonio
there will be required, if it wants the
line, $250,000 cash bonus, terminals,
depot grounds and right of way
through the city and Bexar county.”
Accompanied by E. H. Benoist, Gar
land B. Miller and a number of south
west Texas men, Mr. Hill arrived in
the city yesterday, having traveled by
automobile from Brownsville, covering
the route of the proposed line. The
party registered at the St. Anthony
hotel and are in communication today
with the Business Men’s club. A
meeting with the directors of this or
ganization will be held tomorrow morn
ing.
Speaking as to the personality of his
backers, Mr. Hill said a syndicate of
Chicago men had been formed to
finance the deal, though a number of
San Antonio and southwest Texas men
are interested. Among those associated
with him are: James A. Browne, Alva
Haywood, S. A. Robertson, James L.
Landrum, H. L. Borden, John C. Kel
ley, Ruth 4 Gregory, John Beemer,
Conway & Hoit, 8. H. Jackson, C. O.
Byrd of St. Louis, George W. West,
Sam Bennett, Mac Allen & Young. W.
F. Sprague, Ed. C. Lasater, Miller
Bros, and the other Falfurrias inter
ests, R. S. Dilworth, William Green,
Tom Bros., John J. Stevens, postmaster
of San Antonio.
Neither the Mississippi Valley Trust
company nor B. F. Yoakum are in the
deal, according to Mr. Hill. E. H.
Benoist, who was for years the real es
tate agent of the Mississippi Valley
Trust company, merely represents the
northern backers.
Don’t Want $lOO,OOO Bonus.
‘‘l don't want the $lOO,OOO bonus
for two reasons. ’ ’ said Mr. Hill.
‘‘First, it is not enough for San An
tonio to give. Second, its conditions
cannot be complied with as the time
limit is too short.”
Speaking of what can be done at to
morrow’s meeting. Mr. Hill said: ‘‘l
have options and bonuses good until
October 1 and if San Antonio will
come across my attorneys, Denman,
Franklin & McGown. will draw up the
contracts right away and I will agree
to go to work within 90 days.”
THIRD WRECK
IS FATAL TO
CONDUCTOR
Special Dispatch.
Dalhart. Tex., July 12.—Conductor
Henrv Henkim was killed outright and
Brakeman George Parsons probably fa
tally injured in a Rock Island freight
wreck yesterday at Poinero, twenty
miles south of Dalhart. The wreck wag
caused by a broken brake beam. It
was the third wreck for Engineer
George Holman in the past thirty days.
KILLS MAN IN
DEFENSE OF
HIS MOTHER
Special Dispatch.
* Hodges, La., July 12.—C A. Max
well. a lumber man, was fatally shot
by his stepson, Henry Richardson, for
striking the latter’s mother with.a
hatchet during a quarrel. When Rich
ardson remonstrated. Maxwell struck
him. Richardson grabbed a shotgun and
fired at close range, blowing off his
stepfather’s head. He surrendered.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. MONDAY, JULY 12. 1909.
Mr. Hill’s Backers.
CROWD CHEERS LITTLE
IRISH LACEMAKER
HOSTILE ACTS
OF BOLIVIANS
ARE RESENTEO
Argentine Government Makes
Demand for an Explanation
of Recent Attacks.
TROOPS ON GUARD AT
ARGENTINE LEGATION
AMOdated Press.
Buenos Ayres. July 12.—The Argen
tine government is in direct communi
cation with the government of Bolivia
through Senor Fonseca, Argentine min
ister at Lapaz, who presented to the
Bolivian government a demand for the
explanation of the attitude of the
Bolivian minister here, as well as for
the recent attacks upon the Argentine
legation at La Faz.
Senor Fonseca informed the Bolivian
government he would withdraw from
La Paz if the present situation does not
improve. A fifth hostile demonstration
was made today against Argentina in
spite of the presence of Bolivian troops
at the legation. The troops prevented a
continuance of the movement. The Ar
gentine legation is now guarded by 800
soldiers.
Another dispatch from tho Argentine !
consul at Tupisa. Bolivia, announoes
hostile demonstrations at that place,
the consulate being stoned, windows
broken and the flagstaff knocked down.
After this onslaught the crowd attack
ed the house of an Argentine citiseu.
Associated Fr*s!
Valparaiso, July 12.—1 t is believed
here that war between Peru and Bo
livia is imminent because of the dis
order at Lapaz following the decision
handed down by Argentina in the boun
dary dispute between these countries.
The Chilean admiralty said today that
Chile would remain neutral, but she is
preparing to send warships for the pro
tection of Chilean interests.
LOCAL WEATHER
- .
For San Antonio and vicini
ty: Tordxht and Tuesday:
FFair.
The maximum temperature
_ for the 24 hours ending at 8
A o'clock this morning was 100
and the minimum was 74.
1908 1909
14 a. m '4 "6
6 a m 74 7»
Sa m 77 79
10 a. m 93 94
Ok 12 noon s? 91
AD. ns. 91 93
ELLA GINGLES.
CHICAGOANS
CHEER FOR THE
GINGLES GIRL
Given Noisy Encouragement as
She Passes Crowd on Her
Way to Courtroom.
LIBRARY MAN IS
THE FIRST WITNESS
Associated Press.
Chicago, July 12.—Ella Gingles, the
I young Irish lacemaker, who alleges
that a charge of theft was placed
। against her as part of a conspiracy to
j drive her into ‘‘white slavery,” was
■ cheered today as she made her way
alone through the corridors of the crim
inal court building. The crowd ex
j tended from the street to the doors of
Judge Brentanos’ court room. One man
wedged In the crowd fainted from the
heat. Several shouldered their way
; to Miss Gingles’ ride and spoke words
of encouragement.
The first witness today was Sigvard
' Sorenson, an employe of the Newberry
i library.' He was called for the purpose
of refuting Miss Gingles’ statement
that she read papers at the library on
January 4. last. She stated on the
stand that she had read advertisements
of positions. On cross examination by
Attorney O'Donnell, representing the
defendant. Sorenson stated there were
tables in the reference room where the
public read newspapers.
Detective Joseph Kinder gave evi
dence damaging Miss Gingles’ narra
tive of the attack in the bath room.
‘‘We examined the bath room transom I
and Miss Barrett’s room. The lock
had not been tampered with and the
ledge of the transom was covered with
undisturbed dust, showing that nobody
crawled over it, as claimed by Miss Gin
gles-”
FIFTEEN OF
SUFFRAGETTES
GO TO PRISON
I Associated Press.
London, Julv 12.—Fifteen of the
: suffragettes who in the course of a raid
; on the house of commons June 29, in
■ dulged in breaking windows went to
pnson for a month today rather than
pay the fines inflicted.
ALFALFA KING? SUMMER
HOME BURNED TO GROUND
Sherman, Tex., July 12.—‘‘Green
Mount.” the summer home of R. E.
Smith, the alfalfa king, burned this
morning at 5 o’clock. The family bare
ly escaped and nothing was saved. The
loss is $20,000 with insurance of $12,-
000.
10 PAGES
TAFT MD HIS
CABINET WORK
ON AMENDMENT
Says It Must Go as Desired by
the Administration As He Will
Be Held Responsible.
CORPORATION TAX
BEING REDRAFTED
Associated Press.
Washington, July 12.—The new draft
of the corporation tax amendment will
provide for a tax of 1 per cent instead
of 2 per cent on the net earnings of
corporations.
Associated Preaa.
Washington, July 12.—President Taft
and the lawyers of his cabinet have
undertaken to save the tariff from hag
gling over the corporation tax amend
ment. It is conceded the measure as
it was passed by the senate must be
redrafted in order to remove consti
tutional objections and meet, the views
of the administration.
The president told leaders of the
senate and house that as the adminis
tration will be charged with the re
sponsibility of collecting the tax and
defending the act if it is assailed in
the courts, the administration must be
permitted to perfect the measure.
Attorney General Wickersham is
working out the legal problems it in
volves. When the amendment is per- I
fected it will be sent to the conferees,
who will incorporate in it the bill
agreed in conference.
LEON LING IS
FOUND AGAIN
This Time the Police of Buda
pest, Hungary, Have the
Elusive Chinaman.
Associated Press.
Vienna, July 12.—A telegram re
ceived here today from Budapest de
clares that Leon Ling, the Chinaman,
who, on June 9, is supposed to have
murdered Elsie Siegel in New York, is
under arrest in that city. The com
munication says that the Budapest
police received an anonymous commu
nication saying that Ling was staying
with a Chinese family and they at once
began a search for him.
EXPLOSION IN
SPANISH MINE
ENTOMBS MANY
deeociated Press.
Paris, July 12. —A special dispatch
received here from Lisbon reports a
serious explosion from fire damp in a
coal mine at Bemez, Spain. Several
hundred miners are said to be entomb
ed. Efforts at rescue are being made
and 42 living and 17 dead have already
been brought out. No corroboration of
this report has been reeeived from
Madrid.
HEAT CAUSES
DIGGERS TO
QUIT WORK
Special Dispatch.
Denton, Tex., July 12.—Eighty men
employed in digging city sewers struck
this morning, demanding an increase
of wages to $2 per day. Some say they
will not return to work even if the con
cession is granted, as the excessive
heat makes the work dangerous. Ditch
ing machines may be installed.
ENSIGN DIES
AS A RESULT
OF EXPLOSION
Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., July 12. —Ensign
Aiken of the navy died aboard the
armored cruiser North Carolina at
Naples last night from injuries result
ing from a coal gas explosion, attribu
ted to the generation of gas in the coal
bunkers.
IEUEI ICE CRHM
“Tastea Like More."
At fountains. Orders for banquets, re
ceptions. lodges, club affairs and tamlb
trade a specialty.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
COTTON BAGGING
WILL NOT STAY
ON FREE LIST
That Is One of the First Pre
dictions Made On Proposed
Action of Conferees.
DUTY ON COAL WILL BE
REDUCED BY THEM
Associated Press.
Washington, July 12.—That cotton
bagging was put on the free list by the
senate will not remain undutiable is one
of the first predictions made in regard
to the proposed action of the confer
ence committee on the tariff bill. The
house conferees contend that a number
of American manufacturers of cotton
bagging will be compelled to shut down
if that article remains on the free list,
and, it is said, the senate conference
will not need much urging to agree to
the return of bagging to the dutiable
list.
Jute and jute butts, from which cot
ton bagging is made, had been trans
ferred to the dutiable list by the senate
but as jute is on the free list in the
Dingley bill as well as the Payne bill,
the duty will probably be taken off In
conference. Another prediction made
with regard to the action of the con
ferees is that the duty on coal, which
is 60 cents in the senate bill, compared
with 67 cents in the existing law, will
be finally agreed upon at 40 cents in
conference. The house and senate con
ferees met again today at 10 o’clock
to consider the amendments in numeri
cal order.
The low tariff men on the house con
ference committee objected to the in
crease of 35 cents per square foot made
by the senate in the house rate on
card clothing when made with face
cloth containing wool. This is an in
crease over the Dingley rate and is
evidently made to cover the wool used.
Similar objections are expected with
reference to the counter duty on petro
leum, the placing of hides on the free
list and the return of cocoa to the non
dutiable list. These will be among the
most strongly contested schedules.
COTTON HITS
NEW MARK
FOR SEASON
Associated Preaa.
New York, July 12.—Cotton estab
lished a new record for the season to
day. The October contract sold for
12.70 and December for 12.74, a rise of
29 points above Saturday’s elosing. The
rise followed heavy buying imspired by
the continued dry, hot weather in Tex
as.
ELEVEN MEN
DROWN WHEN
BOAT SINKS
Associated Preaa.
Sault St. Marie, Mich., July 12. —The
steamer Cowles sunk today in Whitefish
bav following a collision with the
steamer Scott. Eleven of the Cowles’
crew are reported drowned.
KIDNAPED
BOY FOUND
AT PT. ISABEL
Special Dispatch.
Corpus Christi, Tex.. July 12.—Har
vey Durham, the 11 year-old boy kid
naped from Corpus Christi July 7, was
found at 10 o'clock this morning at
Point Isabel. The boy's mother here
has been notified. The kidnapers are
thought to have fled to Mexico.
HOGS REACH HIGH
MARK AT FT. WORTH
Special Dispatch.
Fort Worth, Tex., Joly 12. —Another
new high mark was reached for hogs
today when a carload sold at $7.89, the
highest price for hogs ever paid in a
Texas market.
FIRE IN BUSINESS
CENTER OF CORSICANA
Corsicana. Tex., July 12.—Fire here
at noon today in the business section
caused a loss of $15,000. The losers are
Crockett Bros., paint shep; H. G. Damon,
real estate; Pearl Logan, millinery;
Dave Story, tailor shop; Geo. Yates,
automobile garage.