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VELVET ICE WEIM
“TASTBS LIKB MORI".
At fountains. Orders for banaueSa. H
captions, lodoes, club affairs and family
trade . specialty.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
VOLUME 29, No. 349
Pure Food Inspector Finds That San Antonio People Are Eating Some Queer Things
COTTON TAKES
JUMP THEN
DROPS AGAIN
New York Market Excited and
Another Sensational Break
Occurs In That Market.
DECLINE FOLLOWS RAISE
Bullish Interpretation Is Put
Upon the Census Report
of a Short Crop.
Associated Press.
New York. Jan. 10.—There was a re
newal .if the great excitement an.i an
other sensational break in the cotton
market today. A bullish interpretation
was placed upon the census figures and
the market opened 4 to 14 points higher.
This represented an advance of 13 to
17 points from the closing figures of
Saturday and about $4.50 per bale from
the low level last week. Later there
was a decline of 37 to 41 points below
the closing figures last Saturday and a
declinej.f $2.70 per bale from the high
level of the morning.
SELLING CHECKS A
STRONG ADVANCE
Associated Press.
New Orleans. Ln.. .Ian. 10.-—Heavy
commission house selling cheeked the
marked tendency of the cotton future
market to advance following the re
ceipt of the census bureau report of
0.046,285 bales ginned up to January 1.
The New Orleans market opened about
$1 a hale higher than at the close Fri
day and sold off several points under
a deluge of selling orders put out by
th« brokers.
At noon May stood nt 15.01. March
at 15.65 and July at 16.08, approximate
ly $2.i>0 a bale below the high levels
reached by thosa options during the
early trading.
Associated Press.
। Washington, Jan. 10. The census
report shows 9.646.285 bales, counting
round as half bales, gained from the
growth of 1909 to January 1. 1'JlO, as
'compared with 12,463,298 for the crop
of 1908. Round bales included this
year were 144.847 as compared with
|.230,572 last year, boa island 89,499
'this season and 86.528 last year.
LEAVES MEIHOD
UP TO HOUSE
' Resolution for Appointment of
Committee of Investigation
Amended In the Senate.
Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 10. —The senate
!committee on public lands today recon
vened and amended the resolution pro
viding for the Ballinger-l’iuchot inves
tigation so as to 'eave the house the
method of selecting its membership
committee.
The senate adopted the resolution as
reported by The committee after defeat
ing an amendment proposed by Senator
yewland, which would permit "any of
ficial or exofficial” whose conduct
might be considered tc appear in per
son or by counsel.
CARDINAL SATOLLI
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
Many San Antonians were grieved to
.learn of the death of Cardinal Satolli,
because of the fact that he visited this
city sixteen years ago as the first apos
tofic delegate to the United States.
Bishop Forest had just been consecrated
bishop of the San Antonio dioeese and
the reception to the cardinal was un
der the auspices of the Catholic Cen
tral union of the city. During his two
days’ stay in the city the cardinal was
given a royal reception and made many
friends during his brief visit to the
Tnty.
Weather^ 1
For San Antonio and vicinity,
__ toniglu and Tuesday:
li Tonight fair: warmer. Tues-
Il day iiartly cloudy weather.
A The maximum temperature
for rhe 24 hours ending at S
i.'elook this morning was 58 de
grees and the minimum was 3S
degrees.
I Comparative temperatures for
this year and last:
lino
Ri a m.,,... 58 44
s a. in...... *2 42
S a. m 62 4u
bl a m 64 46
12 noon. 7o 56
- 1 p m 75 57
1SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
SCALPS OF .
INSURGENTS
ARE SOUGHT
Will Not Receive Support From
the Republican Commit
tee This Fall.
NAMES TAKEN OFF THE LIST
Cannon's Method, the Caucus,
Will Be Invoked to Suppress
All Future Revolts.
Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Insurrection
stalked afresh among the republican in
surgents in the house today when they
read the letters of the republican con
gressional committee published today,
declaring the insurgents without the
pale so far as concerns support from
the committee in the coming congres
sional elections.
Invoke Power of Caucus.
The power of the party caucus will
be invoked in the house in an effort to
suppress the revolt of the insurgents.
The leaders decided today whenever the
insurgents as a body differ with the
majority a caucus will determine the
party course.
Takes Their Names Off.
It was said in the house today that
Representative Dwight of New York,
the republican whip, had taken the
names of the so-called insurgent re
publican congressmen off the list of
representatives to whom he regularly
sends notices demanding attendance at
times of division.
LEAVES * LEITER
ACCUSING WOMAN
Men Who Dies In Terra Haute
Hotel Says That His Compan
ion Gave Him Poison.
SHE WAS "WHITE SLAVER”
Associated Press.
..Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 10. —W. H.
Helman, who died today in a room at
the Plaza hotel, was poisoned at Chi-,
cago yesterday by a woman with whom
he came to Terre Haute on a train last
night, according to a statement of
Coroner Leavitt. Helman left a letter
for the chief of police charging the
woman with murder. He added she had
continued on her way to New Orleans.
Helman, in describing the woman,
said she had been engaged in the
“white slave” traffic in Chicago, Mem
phis and other Mississippi river cities.
sugar im suu.
IS C0MPR0BIS10
•
Company Pays the Government
$750,000 and Attorney
Fees of $60,0000.
Special Dispatch.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 10.—The suit
against the sugar trust has been com
promised, the court approving the set
tlement. By the terms of the compro
mise th? trust is to pay the government
$750,000 back duties and to pay the at
torney fees of $60,000.
NEW MANUALTRAINING
SCHOOL OPENS FEB. 1
The new manual training building at
the Brackenridge eighth grade school
will probably be completed by January
20. The work is progressing rapidly
and satisfactorily, and as soon as it is
completed the equipment will be placed
in it, and the seating of of the school
will be arranged.
Three new teachers will be hppointe.1
to fill vacancies in the faculty, and
with one or two minor adjustments ev
erything will be in readiness for the
opening of schools February 1.
CONSTABLE’S CASE
CALLED FOR TRIAL
Special Dispatch.
Waxahachie, Tex., Jan. 10. —The ea’e
of Constable Kemper, charged with th
murder of Captain Pearson in Lime
stone connty, was called hero in dis
trict"court this morning. Two hundred
witnesses are attending. Defendant’s
counsel will seek a continuance this
afternoon. Pearson was rich and prom
inent. The case was brought here on
a change of venue.
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RUN OVER BV
AUTOMOBILE AND
DIES OF INJURIES
J. S. Williams Knocked Down
By a Machine—His Ribs
Are Crushed In.
AUTO DRIVER IS ARRESTED
Victim Conscious to Last and
Tells Story of the Accident.
From Oklahoma City.
।
J. S. Williams, 52 years old, giv
ing his place of residence at Okla
homa City, died this morning at 8
o’clock at Kenney's sanitarium as
the result of injuries received in be
ing run over by an automobile last
Saturday night at 11 o'clock at the
corner of Santa Rosa avenue and
West Houston street.
Following the accident the auto was
stopped and the police later took the in
.hired man and the driver of the machine
to the police station. Here a charge of
reckless driving was preferred against
the driver, R. E. Shaw, and Williams
was removed to the city hospital. After
a hasty examination of the injuries at
the hospital it was seen the man was
dangerously hurt and he was moved to 1
the Kenney sanitarium for treatment.
I His right leg and thigh was broken and
I several ribs over the heart were crushed
; in. Williams was conscious almost up
I to the last moment and related the story
Iof the accident. He said he was about
। to cross the street at the corner of San
’ fa Rosa axenue and Houston street, and
' when near the street car track a large
touring <-ar suddenly made its appear
ance. and while he was attempting to
। step back out of the way the forward
1 wheel caught him and throwing him to
• the ground, passed over his body.
I When the case of the auto driver, R.
I E. Shaw, who live?- on Avpqpe C, was
J called Ur. the police court this morning
Ton a charge of reekless driving, it was
lyqptjnuei! ih order to await the out
feonil of the injuries of Williams. An
| autopsy will be held on the body of Mr.
I Williams this afternoon to ascertain the
I real cause of death. This morning Shaw,
who is a regular chauffeur, was released
1 on a $50 bond.
A brother of Mr. Williams in Mis
sissippi and a son in Oklahoma have
been notified of the death and they
will arrive in the city tomorrow morn
ing to take charge of the body.
PUT DRESSES ON BOY
10 HEEP REFORM HIM
Novel Plan Adopted Was Use
less, However, and Father
Asks Police to Help.
Charged with vagrancy, a white man
giving his name as John Wilson La-
Croux, who came with his family to
this city from Austin three weeks ago.
faced Judge Buckley in the police court
this morning, the arrest culminating as
a result of his 15-year-old son having,
it rs alleged, appropriated a buggy and
horse unlawfully in this city a few
days ago.
The arrest was made by the detec
tives. The father denied any knowl
edge of his son's actions and said that
the boy had acted without his consent.
Judge Buckley continued the ease in
order that steps might be taken with
the county officials relative to caring
for the boy.
The father pleaded to the court to
assist him in caring for the boy, who,
lie said, he could not manage. He told
the court that he had done everything
in his power, had sent him to school,
but without effect, and had even put
dresses on him to keep him out of mis
chief. but uselessly. The father said
he had left Austin because of his son
constantly getting in trouble and
thought that coming to San Antonio
might result in his boy doing better.
The defendant, according to his tes
timony, sells newspapers on the streets
of this city and succeeds in realizing
sufficient to maintain his wife and in
fant child. Judge Buckley in contin
uing the case, suggested that the mat
ter be taken up with the county au
thorities. The evidence introduced
showed little to sustain the i-harge
against the father, who pleaded that
the court assist him in his trouble.
The son. according to the police, took
charge of a horse and buggy left stand
ing nn Alamo Plaza Friday and after
driving it around the city for several
hours attempted to sell it.
Armed With Butcher Knife—Acting
strangely and nrmc.l with a butcher
knife. Pedro Martinez was taken into
custody last night- by Patrolmen Za
pata and Daniels and booked on a
charge of being drunk in A public place.
The defendant testified that Ue ha I
found the knife. A fine of five dollars
was imposed.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. MONDAY. JANUARY 10. 1910
UNION TRUST
FORFEITS ITS
CHARTER TODAY
Attorney General Files Suit.
Tom H. Davis of Austin Is
Named as Receiver,
MANY BRANCHES AFFECTED
President Burleson Makes a
Lengthy Statement Concern
ing Affairs of Company.
IT WILL PAY ALL IN FULL
Tells How Events Led Up to the
Present Crisis, Resulting In
the State Taking Hand,
Alleging that the charter of the
Union Bank and Trust company of
San Antonio had been a “non
user” for nearly thirty years, the
attorney general's department this
morning instituted proceedings at
Austin to annul the charter.
The main institution of the com
pany. located in this city, failed
to open this morning, notification
having been received that District
Judge Calhoun at Austin had
named Tom H. Davis, cashier of
the Central Bank and Trust com
pany at Austin, as receiver.
Immediately upon court action being
taken at Austin, notification was sent
to the nine branch banks and they
closed thejr doors. The branches are
located at Bandera, Boerne. Austin,
Lockhart, Lavernia, Christine, Aransas
Pnss. Kyle and Manor. Until further
arrangements are made, they will re
main closed.
Wilbur Allen, an attorney of Austin,
representing J. G. Burleson, provident,
this morning waived the legal ton Jays’
notice necessary to bo given by the
court, and Judge Calhoun immediately
named Mr. Davis as receiver.
Officials of the bank say that the
institution Ims sufficient collateral on
hand to make good all indebtedness,
but that slow realization on commer
cial paper has caused the step to be
taken. In the statement made at Aus
tin, it was admitted that right now the
institution is insolvent, but that it is
simply through inability to realize on
perfectly good collateral.
As early ns December 10 it was
known that the attorney general was
taking steps to forfeit the charter of
the Union Bank and Trust company.
However, as a compromise, it was
agreed that if the company would con
vert all the institutions into state
banks th” charter would not be imper
iled, Y< sterday. Sunday, the attorney
general was informed that the com
pany could not at this time carry out
its agreement. Suit for forfeiture was
entered this morning.
In attacking the charter of the
Union Bank and Trust company, the
attorney general is basing his action
on the fa t that although the instru
ment was issued in 18.1 to G. R. I* rec
man and others, it was never utilized
until 1908, when Balsch and his as
sociates organized the Union Bank and
Trust company. G. R. Freeman and
his associates sold the charter to J. I.
Griffin and others of Itasca, and they,
in turn, sold it to the Woods National
bank. Balsch and Bass bought it from
that bank when it went broke.
The charter is said to be a document
the like of which has never before been
issued in Toxas. It permits the hold
ing of stock in any other bank or in
stitution and in this way is said to be
an instrument whereby all the banks
and trust companies in the state might
be brought under one control. Law
yers who have seen it say that it is
direetlv opposed to the present atti
tude of the state in regard to banks i
and trust companies and that in sonic
respects it is a
Depositors in the I nion Trust com-|
pany, which closed its doors this morn- |
ing will be paid in full: This is the J
opinion of President J- G. Burleson,
who has gone info the affairs of, not I
only the local general office, but of all I
the branches.
It is pointed out by Mr. Burleson, |
however, that Hie affairs „f the com
panv cannot me straightened out until j
the receiver, T. H. Davis of Austin, ar
rives here and assume’ charge, which '
is expected to be within the next few
davs. , .
“Depositors need n”> fear losing
anything.” said Mr. Burleson in a
statement issued this morning, “as my
best information assures me the com- |
pany will pay off dollar for dollar on ,
all deposits.
“The Union Tru-t -..mpany began
business iu 8an Antoni” in Angus . |
J90S. and opened branches at the fol
lowing places on or about the follow- .
ing date, tn wit: Austin. September
2 1969; Aransas Pa". Apr’l I s09 : |
Bandera. October 16. 19"': Boerne. De- ,
cember 19. 1909; Christine. October lo, j
1909; Kvle. June 26. 19<’! 1 : Lavernia. I
December 29. 1909; Lockhart. July
Continued on Page Six) I
STATE INSPECTOR
FINDS IMPURE FOOD
What State Food Commission
Found Being Sold In San Antonio
TAFT WHISKEY—Barrels of a compound which is not whiskey, but
is being sold for such have been seised. It is made of alcohol reduced to
a potable strength and flavored and colored with tobacco.
COPPER-COLORED PEAS—Between 5000 and 10,000 cans of sup
posed imported French peas were seized. These peas are copper-colored
and proceedings will be instituted at once.
UNSANITARY OYSTERS—Oysters are being shipped here by un
sanitary methods. Short measures were found. The consumer buys for
a quart a pint of oysters and a pint of water.
WEAK DRUGS—“Official" drugs were found as high as eighty
times weak.
DRUGS TOO STRONG—Others were found to be as high as fifty
times strong.
SHORT LOAF BREAD —Instead of 16-ounce loaves bread is being
sold at 14 to 15 ounces in San Antonio. It is not sanitarily handled.
YOUNG MOORE
FOUND DEAD
IN A RESORI
Son of Rock Island Leader Dies
at Chicago Under Mysteri
ous Circumstances’
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING
Doctor Had Been Called Twice
and the Last Time Found
Him In Dying Condition.
Chicago. Jan. 10.—Coroner Hoffman
today planned to take personal charge
of the investigation into the causes of
death of Nathaniel Moor”, son of James
Hobart Moore, leader of the Rock Is
land group of financiers, who was
found dead in a room in a south side
resort under somewhat mysterious eir
eunistances.
He is said to have died some time!
yesterday afternoon and it was not un
til today the police gave out the news.
According to the police, Moore en
tered the house from a taxicab at 2
a. ni. Sunday. He had been drinking
ami at 8 a. m. complained of being ill.
Dr. Murray is said to have attended
him and later Moore said he felt better.
Moore continued drinking and late yes
terday afternoon said he was feeling
ill again. Murray was again called and
when he arrived the police say Moore
was dying. Murray worked over him
but without avail.
Moore was a married man but had led
a fast life and many times has created
sensations by giving expensive dinners.
It is said that Moore always carried
large sums of money in his pockets,
but only a small amount of change was
found when his clothing was searched.
The women in the resort profess to
know nothing about him except that
he was drinking heavily.
An inquest has been ordered although
heart disease is given as the cause of
death.
♦-»♦
COMMISSION
15 UPHELD
Supreme Court Decides It Has
Power to Regulate Distri
bution of Coal Cars.
Associated, Press.
Washington, Jan. 10.—The supremo
court of the United States today de
cided the various cases before it in
volving the power of the interstate com
merce commission to regulate the dis
tribution of railroad cars among coal
companies, upholding the commission s
power but deciding the various eases
on their individual merits.
Two Teachers Ill- —Mis’ Anna E.
Langston. 116 Fannin street, principal
of the W. T. Harris school. who was
recently appointed principal of school
No. 4. is recovering from a serious at
tack of appendicitis. Miss Emma U’es
cott. a teacher nt the Sam Houston
school, is confined to her room from a
severe fall which she sustained. Her
collar bone was fractured.
12 PAGES
FOURTEEN OUNCE
LOAVES OF BREAD
ARE SOLD HERE:
Bakers Discuss Ordinance In
Dallas Making 16-Ounce
Loaf Compulsory.
BREAD IS NOT WRAPPED
Blenched Flour, According’td"
Government, Makes Irn'pdre
Bread —Bakers Agree.
————
Fourteen ounces is the average
weight of a loaf of bread in San
Antonio, says one leading baker, j
Fifteen ounces is the average, says
another prominent baker.
The city council has power to
regulate the weight of a loaf of
bread, says one leading baker.
The city municipal government
has no constitutional right to pass
ordinances like those recently pass
ed by Dallas regulating the weight
of bread. The matter has been
fought to the supreme court by
the city councils of Chicago and
New York, and there is no way of
regulating this except by federal
statute, says another prominent
baker.
Bread made from unbleached flour
makes a bread of a creamy color which
is richer looking than that made from
bleached flour, says one leading baker.
“I can take unbleached fiour and
with only the ordinary ingredients ;
make jusl as white bread as any,”
savs another prominent baker. Roth
leading bakers are agreed that noth
ing has been done in the way of wrap
ping bread, which is to be delivered to
the homes.
The reecnt passage of a city ordin
ance in Dallas, making 16 ounces the le
gal weight for a loaf of bread, has caus
ed inquiry to be made in San Antonio
regarding the average weight of a iopf
of bread. Upon the best authority, it
appears that the average loaf weighs
from 14 to 15 ounces, and that the
weight ranges from 13 to 16 ounces.
“There is no way to regulate ‘he
weight of a loaf of bread except by
federal statute.” said James Bailie this
morning, “as is done in the ease of a
barrel of flour. The matter of munici
pn] regulations has been fought between
the bakers and the eity governments of
Chicago and New York. Personally, I
should be glad to see a federal law
passe i making the legal weight of a
Imf of bread 16 ounces. As the mat
ter now stands, smaller bakeries sell
smaller loaves of bread to the retailers,
fo’ a Ie” price than the heavier loaves
arc sold and these in turn are. sold at
the same price that the heavier loaves
sell at retail. Thus the poorer people
are made lo pay the highest price for
the smaller loaves.”
In regard to the statement recently
made by Chemist Wiley of the depart
ment of agriculture, that unbleached
flour makes amber tinted bread, Mr.
Bailie declares he can take unbleached,
or vellowish flour, and with the ordin
arv 'ngredients make just a* white ,
bread as the bleached flour makes. -
Bie.-icheJ flour though, he declared, is
no longer on the market since bleaching ,
is prohibited, though he says that em- I
inent chemists differ as to whether the I
bleaching of flour injures it or not. An- ।
otl.rr prominent baker, however, de- ]
t-1nres that unbleached flour makes a
r.-her looking bread than the bleaehc 1
flour, and while he would not call it
amber tinted, vet it is somewhat creamy !
in appears nee.
Nothing has been done to comply
with th” request of the members of a j
mo;hers’ club to bread which is to
PKTEURIZED lilt MUI tlEil
TMtvs Wnasn. tn Make DethreeMn to
AH Parte ef the City.
Dairy C». Ph$m <71
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
FINDS TAFT
WHISKEY IS
SOLD HERE
Official Confiscates Barrels of
Stuff "Made While
You Wait."
ALSO SEIZES COPPER PEAS
Finds Ten Thousand Cans of
the Stuff Selling as Im
ported Vegetables.
DRUGS ARE IN VIOLATION
Oysters Are Handled In Unsan
itary Manner —Prosecu-
tions May Follow.
Food products in the city of San
Antonio have been undergoing the
scrutiny of the assistant pure food
commissioner of the state of Texas.
R. H. Hoffman, for the past week
and he has found and seized in
stores and warehouses of grocery
and liquor companies large quan
tities of Taft whiskey, ranging in
quantities from two gallons to two
and a half bands and seized and
condemned between five and ten
thousand cans of supposed imported
Frencn peas that were copper col
ored. He also visited many drug
stores and testing samples of va
rious drugs found some of them to
be as much as 80 times weak and
others as high as 50 times too
strong. The goods were seized in
all cases and will again be analyzed
in the laboratory at Austin before
legal proceedings are instituted.
Mr. Hoffman at the Gunter hotel last
night gave out the following state
ment :
“I have found some startling condi
tions existing in 8an Antonio in the
adulteration of food products that are
flagrant violations of the state pure
food law and in my few days’ investi
gation 1 have found some of yonr mer
chants handling this brand of products.
I regret that 1 have to leave Monday
night to go to Fort Worth, where I will
be witness for the state in the prose
cution of several cases in the Fort
Worth courts, but will return here just
as soou as the cases are disposed ot and
think there will be work enough here
to keep me busy for about two months
or more. . , n .
“I came to San Antonio trom f ort
Lavaea. where 1 attended the meeting
of the Texas Oyster association, and
while there I addressed the meeting on
the probable ruling of the pure food
commission on the nuthods the ship
pers and handlers of oysters will have
i to observe during the coming season.
I We favor the sealed can. whereby the
l consumer will receive his oysters in
i the same condition as when they lea'e
the shipper. We think the sanitary
condition in handling oysters iPof far
more importance than the quality of
the ovster itself. In all eases where
our attention has been called to the bad
condition of oysters we have traced
this condition to the unsanitary method
Iof handling them. It is our purpose
take steps to remedy this. M here a
1 dealer uses bulk oysters the containers
must be thoroughly steamed before re
filling. It will also be a violation of
the law to add water or iee direeth- to
the oysters in shipping. As it now
stands when a consumer buys a quart
of oysters he pays for a pint of salt
sea water and a pint of oysters.
Found to Be Short Measure.
“During my investigations here I
have found most of these quart con
tainers and containers of all sires to be
short measure.
The object of my visit was to see if
these conditions existed in San Antonio
and 1 have found them in a number of
eases and warned the parties of their lia
bility to prosecution. However duly
warned now. next season ease* of this
nature will be proseented to the full ex
tent of the law covering such offenses.
Continued on Page Six)
be delivered to home’. Certain brands
or kinds of bread are wrapped, but «■>
action has been taken iu the matter of
wrapping all breads for house distTi
bulion. , ...
One baker sai I that as he understoo.l
the matter, it was simply a warning to
the bakers to l»e more careful in the
handling of their bread. He said that
these matters usually regulated theiw
selves, and that lie had always contend
ed San Antouio sold the cheapest bread
in the south with the vossiM* excep
tion of New Orleans,