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PASTEURIZED NUK AND CREtN
Twelve Wa*one to Make Deliveries to
AU Farts of the City.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
VOLUME 29, No. 178
MAY TENDER
INVITATIONS
IN NOVEL WAY
Suggested That Messengers
Go Overland to Invite Presi
dents Taft and Diaz.
DRESSED IN COSTUME OF
OLD TIME COW PUNCHERS
++++++++++++++++♦
♦ ♦
♦ Dressed in the picturesque cos ♦
❖ tumes of old time cowpunchers, +
* two messengers riding horseback +
❖ may be sent out this month, one +
❖ riding towards the City of Mex- +
❖ ieo and one towards Washington, +
❖ D. C., carrying a special mes- +
♦ sage inviting President Taft and ♦
4- President Diaz of Mexico to ♦
<• meet in this city in October, ♦
4- when President Taft reaches +
+ Texas in the course of his south- 4-
♦ ern tour. *
♦ ♦
4- + 4- ❖ 4- ❖ * 4-4- * ❖ ♦ + + + ♦ +
The plan will probably be suggested
to the directors of the International
club at a meeting which is to be held
tonight, at which plans for the presi
dent's reception here, the August ex
cursion into Mexico and the celebration
next year of the centennial of Mexico
independence will be taken up.
It is argued that the expense of send
ing out these messengers would be smail
and that the novelty of the idea would
attract much attention to San Antonio.
Undoubtedly, if the idea is carried out,
the Business Men’s club will unite
with the International club in the move
and the messengers would carry sealed
documents of invitation to both presi
dents signed by the city’s commercial
organizations, the mayor and possibly
the governor of the state.
President Taft has practically set the
date for his visit here. (President Diaz
of Mexico has long regarded San An
tonio as his favorite city in the states,
and has often expressed a desire to visit
it. At present a constitutional pro
vision prevents his leaving the republic,
but it is thought this will be amended
when the congress meets in September.
Discussion of Mexican Centennial.
The first general discussion of ar
rangements for the celebration in Sep
tember, 1910, of the centennial of Mex
ican independence will be tonight. The
sub committee appointed several months
ago to devise plans’for financing the
celebration held a meeting today and
agreed to report the suggestion that a
stock company be formed, which shall
be capitalized at $25,000, and in which
1000 shares dhall be sold at $25 each.
This would place the celebration project
on a sound basis and more definite plans
for the amusement and entertainment
features might then be taken up.
Thus far the principal suggestion is
an automobile endurance race from the
City of Mexico to San Antonio, for
which big cash prizes shall be offered,
and in which, the leading automobilists
of Mexico and the United States will
contest.
International Club Excursion.
The International club excursion has
already taken definite shape. August
10 is the date set for its starting from
this city. Fifteen dayr will be taken
up in visits to the principal cities of
the republic. Fully 100 persons are
expected to travel in the private cars
which will be engaged.
During this excursion Mexico City
will be visited, and, if possible, audience
will be had with President Diaz, and
he will be personally urged by the offi
cers of the club to meet President Taft
here to be, while in San Antonio, th"
guest of the International club, of
which he is honorary president.
In view of the fact that so many
important matters are to be discussed
tonight a full attendance of the direc
tors is expected. The meeting will be
held at 8 o ’clock on tha roof garden of
the International club.
NEW HIGH RECORD
PRICE FOR HOGS.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 16.—For the
third time this month hogs sold at new
high record price on the Fort Worth
market today when a carload brought
$8 a hundred.
[local WEATHER*
CFor San Antonio and vicinity,
tonight and Saturday:
L Partly cloudy weather.
The maxintum temperature
for the 24 hours ending at 8
o'clock this morning was, IM
W degrees and the minimum was
0 74 degrees.
ISOS ISOS
4 a. m 74 78
DO a. m 73 75
8 a. m...... 76 79 s
YlO a. m...... 81 84
12 noon 87 92
A p. m 89 94
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
MERCURY UP
TDIOB DEGREES
AT BROWNWOOD
Intensely Hot Weather Con
tinues to Prevail All Over
the State.
ONLY RAIN IN TEXAS
REPORTED AT ABILENE
Temperatures away above normal
continue throughout Texas and In
some parts of the state damage has
been done crops, especially that of cot
ton. Fatal heat prostrations are also
being reported.
Brownwood reported the highest
temperature for yesterday, 108 in the
shade. Brownwood is on the Santa Fe
road, between Temple and San Angelo.
Over 100 degrees temperatures have
been reported in that section of the
state for two weeks past. AU hot weath
er records have been smashed and un
less rain comes soon the damage to the
cotton crqp will be enormous.
104 at Many Places.
The report of the United States
weather bureau issued this morning
showed that temperatures of 104 de
grees were common in Texas yester
day, especially in the western and nor
thern parts of the state. In San Anto
nio the highest point reached by the
mercury yesterday was 100) just the
same as on Wednesday. The tempera
ture is nearly 10 degrees higher than
it was at this time last year.
Rain at Abilene.
Major Buell, of the weather bureau,
reported this morning that a thunder
storm condition, with accompanying
light rains, is affecting the extreme
western part of Texas and Oklahoma.
In Texas the rain has extended as far
south as Abilene, where the precipita
tion was .32 of an inch. Weatherford
had a'trace of rain.
For San Antonio and vicinity fair
weather is forecasted for tonight and
Saturday.
SHAW STILL IN
CITY HOSPITAL.
William Shaw, the farmer from
Senior Station, who was beaten and
choked into insensibility Thursday
night in the Stumbcrg camp yard on
South Flores street and robbed of $5O
in cash, a gold watch and his cloth
ing, was reported as much improved
this afternoon. He is still at the city
hospital, but is expected to be able to
leave within a day or two.
The Mexican under arrest and who
Shaw positively identifies as his assail
ant, is in the county jail on a charge
of robbery by assault with his bond
fixed at $2500, which he has failed to
furnish.
It now develops that two Mexicans
acted together in the robbery. While
the man now in custody is alleged to
have engaged in the scuffle with the
farmer, the other is claimed to have
taken charge of the clothing containing
the money. The plunder has not yet
been recovered and the confederate is
still at large.
5970.D00.D00
COMBINE IS
BEING FORMED
Associated Press. ।
New York, Jttyl 16.—The merging of
all Bell telephone companies in the
country into a gigantic corporation,
representing a capitalization of $970,-
000.000, is believed to be foreshadowed
in the action taken by the Apierican
Telephone and Telegraph company in
providing for the absorption of the
stock of the New- York and New Jer
sey Telephone company.
ROOSEVELT
KILLS THREE
TON HIPPO
Associated Press.
Naivasha, Africa, July 16.—Theodore
Boosevdt, who is at present hunting
on the south shore of Lake Naiasha,
succeeded yesterday in bringing down
a big hippopotamus. The animal is es
timated to weigh three u-**
10 PAGES
PAYS WITH LIFE
FOB KILLING OF
WALTER LAMANA
Leonardo Gebba, “Black Hand
er" Dies Today on the Gal
lows at New Orleans.
MURDER FOLLOWED
KIDNAPING OF BOY
Hahnville, La., July 16.—Leonardo
Gebbia was hanged shortly before 2
o’clock this afternoon. When asked
if he wanted anything, Gebbia request
ed that Peter Lamana, father of the
murdered child, be kept out of the
yard.
Hahnville, La., July 16. —Leonardo
Gebbia, condemned to death today on
the gallows, was convicted of complic
ity in the murder of Walter Lamana,
the 12-year-old son of .Peter Lamana,
an undertaker of New Orleans. The
crime was committed in the name of
■■the “Black Hand.”
On June 8, 1907, the boy was kid
naped from his home and the following
day his father received a demand for
$6OOO ransom. When this was refused
other demands, all bearing the sign of
the “Black Hand,” were made with
threats that unless the money was paid
under certain directions the lad would
be killed.
Three weeks after young Lamana
bad been spirited away his beheaded
body was found near here in the
swamps of St. Charles parish. Ten Ital
ians. including Gebbia and his sister
Nicolina. were indicted for the mur
der. Four of this number escaped but
the four others, including one woman,
were tried here and sentenced to life
imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
TD GD AFTER
A FEW MORE
MILLIONS
Associated Press.
Jackson, Miss., July 16.—District
Attorney Strange of the first district
announced today he would shortly file
suits in chancery court of Union county
against fifty or more insurance com
panies alleging violation of the Missis
sippi anti-trust law. It is understood
the amount of penalties will exceed
those in the two suits recently filed
against the Standard Oil company and
the alleged retail lumber trust.
EARTHQUAKE
SHOCKS FELT
IN TWO PLACES
Associated Press.
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 16.—A
sharp earth tremor was felt here early
today. It shook buildings but no dam
age was done so far as known.
Associated Press.
Lisbon, July 16.—A severe earth
shock was experienced last night at
Benavente, a seaport 27 miles north
east of Lisbon. The population was
thrown into panic but damage was
slight.
EIGHT ANARCHISTS
SENT INTO EXILE
Stockholm. July 16.—Eight anar
chists who were arrested recently in
Stockholm on a charge of having epn
spired to assassinate the emperor of
Russia, were today sent into exile.
JOHNSON NOT HURT. N
Chicago 111., July 16.—A telephone
message from Crown Point from coun
ty officials states that champion John
son was not hurt in the auto accident
last night.
RESERVATION
OPENING IS
ORDERLY
Associated Press.
Kalispell, Mont., July 16.—Up to 10
o'clock last night, the hour of closing
the notaries ’ offices, 2300 persons had
filed applications for homesteads in the
Flathead Indian reservation. No con
fusion attended the oncning of the reg
istration.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. JULY 16. 1909.
PERSIAN SHAH
HAS GIVEN UP
HIS THRONE
Probable That He Will Be Suc
ceeded By Minor Son Under
Regency of Shah's Uncle.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
IS BEING ORGANIZED
Associated Press.
Teheran, July 16.—The fact that the
shah of Persia this morning took
refuge in the Russian legation here is
accepted as tantamount to his abdica
tion of the throne and arrangeetnnts
are already on foot to organize a pro
visional government and administer the
affairs of the empire pending the ap
pointment of a regent.
It is probable the successful revolt!
tionaries will choose Mohammed Ali,
the ex-ruler's son, to rule the state.
Mohammed Ali is a minor and will be
under a regent. It is possible the uncle
of the dethroned shah, Zill-Es-Sultan,
who at present is in Europe, will be
given this post.
NEGRESS IS CHARGED
WITH THEFT FROM PERSON
J. E. Harrison Jr. filed complaint in
Justice Fisk’s court this morning
against Henrietta Wheeler, a negress,
charging her with theft from the per
son. The woman was arrested, waived
examination and her bond fixed at
$lOOO. She was sent to jail.
Harrison in his complaint alleged
that the woman stole his purse, contain
ing a ten dollar bill.
GLEN CURTISS
STAYS IN AID
HALF AN HUUB
New York, July 16. —Glen Curtiss,
the aeronaut, made a flight of thirty
one minutes’ duration in his aeroplane
at Hemstead Plains, Long Island, today
without a mishap. He said he could
remain in the air an indefinite period.
The flight is believed to be the longest
made in a heavier than air machine
in this country except by the Wright
brothers.
TO BOOM THE
SUNNY SOUTH
Definite Steps Taken For In
auguration of Proposed..
Publicity Campaign.
Nashville. Tenn., July 16.—Definite
steps have been taken for the inaugu
ration of the proposed southern pub
licity campaign recently put on foot
at a meeting of the Southern Publish
ers’ association. At the meeting a
committee was appointed to devise a
plan for advertising the south all over
the country.
This committee has worked several
days on general plans for the proposed
publicity campaign. Money for prose
cuting the work will be raised through
assessment of the entire association
membership. The campaign will begin
some time during the present summer
and will cover a period of one year.
It has been planned by the publishers
of southern newspapers to attract
world-wide attention and interest and
manifest the interest and faith which
the newspaper men of the south have
in this section.
CHICAGOAN
WILL ACCEPT
CHINESE POST
Associated Press. .
Chicago, July 16.—A Washington
special today asserts thai Charles Crane
of Chicago, vice president of the Crane
company, has been chosen by the presi
dent for the post of minister to China.
It is understood Crane has accepted
and the appointment will be formally
announced within a short time.
SAYS PRISONS
ABE MANAGED
HUMANELY
Supt. Herring Claims Convicts
Are Treated as Well as Con
sistent With Good Discipline.
COMMITTEE ASKS
HIS HELP IN PROBE
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 16.—J. A. Her
ring. superintendent of penitentiaries,
was before the investigating commit
tee this morning testifying relative to
the management of the convict system
and said it was the effort to manage
the penitentiaries as humanely as is
consistent with discipline and the re
form of the convicts. Replying to a
direct question he said he had never
accepted a bribe nor had any effort
to .bribe him ever been made.
He said he knew of only one instance
wl,ere a charge of bribery was made
against a prison official, but stated
that several former guards are now
receiving time upon such charges. He
thought the convicts never worked,
overtime ami never worked in the rain
until furnished waterproof clothes.
The committee requested Herring to
remain and assist in the probe.
JACK LONDON PASSES
THROUGH FORT WORTH
Fort Worth, Tex., July 16.—. Tack
London, the celebrated novelist, ac
companied by his wife, passed through
Fort Worth this morning en route to
Colorado, leaving over the Denver road.
London is on his way from Australia
to the Pacific eoast.
THREE HUM
WERE KILLED
DB INJURED
Associated Press.
London, July 16.—Special dispatches
received here from Athens say 300 per
sons were killed or injured by the
earthquake that occurred yesterday in
the province of Elis, southern Greece.
The damage to property is also very
great. Hot water is flowing today from
many springs in the stricken district,
while water in the rivers and brooks
has turned a reddish color.
INSTALLATIONS
TO CONE LAST
Elks' Grand Lodge Meeting
Will Be Completed With
Sessions Tonight.
Associated Press.
Los Angeles, July 16.—The greater
part of the work of the grand lodge
of Elks now holding its annual reunion
in this city will be completed with the
sessions held today and tonight. The
installation of the new officers of the
grand lodge has been left to the closing
hours of the reunion here. Today a
great fraternal and industrial parade
was held.
VOTE ON ROAD BONDS
IN TARRANT COUNTY
Fort Worth, Tex., .Tuir 16.—An elec
tion will be held in Tarrant county to
morrow to vote on the issuance of *
million dollars of bonds for permanent
road improvements. Supporters of th*
bond issue are confident the bonds will
carry.
PRO LAW IS
TO BE MADE
STRONGER
Aaaociated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., July 16—Gover
nor Comers' proclamation for a special
session of the legislature which is to
convene July 27, calls for legislation
upon sixty-five subjects. The main
reason for the special session, however,
is to strengthen the nrohibition law.
10 PAGES
STEEL PLANT .
STRIKERS ABE
IN UGLY MORR
Rioting and Disorder Continues
In Spite of Presence of the
State Constabulary.
THIRTY HURT IN
CLASH THIS MORNING
Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 16.—Street cars,
vehicles and pedestrians are being held
up today by the steel strikers in the
vicinity of the Pressed Steel Car com
pany at McKee’s Rocks, where there
has been much disorder and some
bloodshed during the past two days.
Every approach to the big plant is
guarded by men and every one is com
pelled to satisfy the strikers that they
are not seeking employment. With the
coming of daylight the rioting eeased, i
By 9 o'clock, however, the streets again 1
took on a lively aspect and the strik
ers, in an even more ugly mood, began I
gathering around the various entrances
to the mill. Reports are in circulation
that an attempt will be made to re
sume operations in a portion of the
plant at least.
At the first sign of rioting the troop
ers are under orders to ride into the
crowds and shoot, and shoot straight.
At 9:30 groups of idle workmen in
creased to such an extent that the or
der was given to clear the streets. The
constabulary, in squads of 10, scatter
ed the strikers in all directions. The
troopers were showered with bricks
and several police were slightly hurt.
Twenty-two men, charged (with riot
ing, were brought from McKee’s Rocks
to the county jail by Sheriff Gumbert
today.
The number injured by bullets and
bricks during the disorders late last
night and today total close to 50. Great
confusion resulted during the charges
of the state police. At one time fully
10,000 men, women and children gath
ered at the large gate of the works.
Stones were thrown into the stockade
and then foreigners opened fire upon
the police inside. Suddenly the big
gate swung back and 25 troopers, fir
ing carbines into the air, rode through
the assembled multitude at full speed
and for awhile the air was filled with
screams and curses of the strikers and
sympathizers, while the crack of the
guns spread terror. The mob was driv
en half a mile from the plant and prob
ably 30 persons were injured.
ANOTHER STRIKE OCCURS
AT STEEL CAR CAR PLANT.
Associated Press.
Pittsburg, July 16.—Another strike
occurred early today at the Standard
Steel Car plant at Lyndora, near here,
of 3000 employes. Two hundred and
fifty quit work and it is said the bal
ance will also go out. The men ask
for higher wages. Fearing trouble
such as being experienced at the Press
ed Steel Car company’s plant, at Me
Kee's Rock, the saloons at Lyndora
were immediately closed.
ASKS SI HUB
FDR OPERATION
HEPERFORMED
Special Dispatch.
Dallas, Tex., July 16. —Dr. S. E. Milli
ken today filed a suit for ten thousand
dollars against Mrs. S. A. Gibbs for an
operation performed upon her for ap
pendicitis. The defendant is the widow
of Barnett Gibbs, former lieutenant
governor of Texas. Dr. Milliken was
recently divorced from Mrs. Gibbs’
daughter.
THREE ARE
KILLED IN
COLLISION
Associated Press.
Champaign, Ills., July 16.—Three men
were killed and two injured in a head
on collision between southbound pas
senger train No. 23 and northbound
train No. 26 on the Chicago A East ar n
Illinois railroad at Royal, near here,
early today.
The dead:
W. E. Barker, engineer, Chicago.
Nelson Paulson, fireman. Villa Grove.
F. H. Hollenbeck, express messenger,)
MT ICE CREAM
“Taatea Lika Mora.”
At fountains. Orders for banquets, re
ceptions, lodges, club affairs and famib
trade a specialty.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
INCREASE THE
BONUS FUR NEW
RDAD 518,080
Total Subscription For the Pro
posed Fredericksburg Line
Now Reaches $35,000.
EXPECT TO REACH $lOO,OOO
IN VERY SHORT TIME
1
♦ +
♦ Approximately $lO,OOO more 4-
; was subscribed today towards ♦
* the Fredericksburg railroad ❖
+ bonus, bringing the total up to 4-
♦ $35,000, as the result of the 4-
+ work of the first soliciting com- ❖
4> mittees put out on the cam- *
4- paign. A number of volunteer 4»
♦ contributions were made. +
♦ The first day’s success is re- ♦
4" garded as an indication that the •>
♦ full bonus can be raised without 4>
♦ great difficulty and the new 4»
4> railroad secured within the re- . <b
♦ quired 60 days. *
♦ •if
+++++♦+♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦+
The general committee in charge of
the subscription campaign was divid
ed into squads of two, three and four
men each as follows: Ben M. Ham
mond, H. G. Staacke and J. H. Savage,
soliciting among the large interests; E.
J. Altgelt, J. C. Einney, R. T. Pruitt
and Wm. T. Pancoast, south end;
Byron Swearingen, Alfred Duerler, J.
H. Kampmann and August Briam. out
in an auto visiting outlying retail in
terests; Ernest L. Brown and Franz
Groos, banking interests. '
Before noon, telephone messages to
the Business Men’s club
that $B2OO had been raised, bring—»g
the total subscription to $33,200. Tue
$lO,OOO mark was easily reached before
the elose of-the day’s work.
Subscriptions in Large Amounts.
The subscriptions of today have
been nearly all in large amounts. From
$5OO up to $2OOO has been the rule'
The success of the movement is made
more certain when it is taken into con
sideration that the first $25,000 was
raised among 30 firms. A volunteer
subscription of $5OO has handed in to
day by the Vaughan Lumber com
pany.
“This is the way we like to see ’em
come in,” said one of the committee
men. “If the people want the road
bad enough they ought to bring in
their amounts instead of having to be
hunted out. This is too hot weather to
be forced to chase men about town for
their subscriptions.”
Many small subscribers desire to
waive the bond issue and to give their
subscriptions outright to the bonus. To
fill this contingency a new form of
promissory note eliminating the bond
feature is being printed and will short
ly be given to the committees. Under
this plan subscriptions from $5 up will
be received.
Banking Interests Subscribe.
Among the heaviest subscriptions re
ceived today were those from the bank
ing interests. With six banks and trust
companies yet to be seen, the subscrip
tions from this class up to noon reach
ed $5OOO. It is impossible to give the
$5OOO. It is impossible to give the
names of these subscribers because the
directors of the various banks must
meet and ratify the act.
An encouraging letter, containing an
offer of voluntary subscription was re
ceived this morning from the San An
tonio Academy. It follows:
Secretary Business Men’s Club, City:
Dear Sir—l notice that our business
men are going after the Fredericksburg
road with an enthusiasm that smaeks
of really wanting it. When you get
down to the “small potatoes” you may
count the San Antonio Academy in for
$lOO. The road will be a great thing
for our city in many ways. Our
school attracts some fine young men
from Fredericksburg and contiguous
territory and I would not only like for
us and San Antonio to have more of
their kind but want them to have a
more comfortable means of transporta
tion here than elimbing mountains in
mail hacks.
Very trulv vours.
W. Q. BONDURANT,
Principal, San Antonio Academy.
NEEDED RAIN
FALLING IN
NORTH TEXAS
Sped*! Dispatch.
Denison. Tex., July 16.—After the
most disastrous drouth of many years
and unprecedented heat, a fine raiu
fell in this section this morning.
Special Dispatch.
Sherman, Tex., July 16.— A splendid
rain fell over Grayson county this
morning breaking the long drouth. It
comes in time to make the corn crop.