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VOLUME 29. No. 364
Parisians Dynamiting Famous Art Bridges to Relieve Dams-Bursting Sewers Add to Horrors
REPORTED •
CRUSADE IS
GROUNDLESS
Taft Makes Statement After
Talk With James J. Hill, the
Great Railway Magnate.
NO FOUNDATION TO RUMORS
President Will Not Attack Cor
porations, Only the Sins of
the Corporations.
Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 25.—President Taft
today made publie the following state
ment regarding the reported crusade
against corporations:
“No statement was issued either
from the attorney general's office or
the white house indicating the purpose
of the administration'with reference to
prosecutions under the anti-trust law
other than set forth in the message of
the president January’7, 1910. Sensa
tional statements that there would be
indiscriminate prosecution of important
industries have no foundation. The
purpose of the administration is exact
ly as already stated in the president’s
message.
The statement was issued after the
president had talked with Janies.I. Hill,
the railway magnate, and had received
Information of prices crumbling in New
York under various reports printed yes
terday and this morning. There was
no further statement from the white
house.
Hill said he did not pretend to speak .
for the president in anything he said. I
but he was sure the president would not i
attack corporations themselves, but the
sins of corporations. If corporations!
are violating the laws of the country |
ho supposed they would be brought to '
time.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Austin. Tex.. Jan. 25. —Memorial
exercises ’■ honor of W. T. Harris,
late commissioner of education for the ।
United States, will be held at the Uni
versify of Texas tonight. Mr. Harris '
was a Texas. The following program
has been prepared for tonight: Invo
cation, Dr. Chandler, biographical
•keteh. Dr. Frederick Eby: His Contri
bution to Education. Dr. 8. W. Sutton;
benediction. Dr. Jewett.
BROOKS GORDON WEDS.
Austin. Tex.. Jan. 25.—News has
reached here of the marriage of Brooks
Gordon, former' captaift of Austin’s
pennant winning team in the Texas
league, to Miss Estelle May Daniels
nt Mavsville, Mo., on January 19.
Standing of All Contestants
Will Be Found on Page 8
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
WHERE THE KITCHEN CABINET USED TO MEET
STIFF COLLAR IS
MEANS OF SAVING
EASTLAND’S LIFE
Arthur Ross, a Negro, on Trial
for Stabbing a Passen
ger on Street Car.
TWO COMELY WITNESSES
Young Women Tell of Occur
rence Near Electric Park
Last September.
Only the stiff collar worn bv B. D.
Eastland on September IS, 1909, pre
vented him from receiving a fatal
wound, according to the expert testi
mony of Dr. C. L. Milburn this morning
in the Thirty-seventh district couit
during the trial of Arthur Ross, a ne
gro, charged with the stabbing.
The evidence showed that Eastland
l ad been severely cut on the left shouL I
der, the knife having first penetrated i
the stiff collar, which, in a measure, j
turned the blade. Eastland bared his ,
shoulder to show the wounds to the |
jury, and the collar was also produced i
in evidence.
Gasps of surprise were heard when J
Assistant District Attorney G. M.!
Chambers introduced two witnesses. •
They were Misses Essie and Bessie I
Youngblood, who lived with Eastland i
and his wife at the time of the occur- ‘
renee. The two girls were declared by;
many to have been the prettiest pair I
of witnesses ever seen in the criminal i
court, neitlier being over IS years of
“ge.
Testimony for the state, which con- :
sisted of that given by Eastland. Mrs. i
Eastland and the two Misses Young- ,
blood, showed that a party of six had !
entered the car near Electric park and
that subseigtently the negro and an
other and two negresses entered. In (
passing, witnesses testified that Ross
stumbled over the feet, of Mrs. East
land, exclaiming: “G— d— yon, get I
your feet out of the wav.”
Miss Youngblood Testified.
“Mr. Eastland told the negro not *0
use such language in the present of his |
wife.” said Miss Bessie Youngblood.!
“The negro pnlled his knife and stab-I
bed Mr. Eastland, and then Mr. East-1
land grabbed the wooden partition ,
which separates the whites and the i
blacks and made as if to hit the negro. I
He was restrained by his wife, and the !
negro left the car.”
Miss Essi e testified similarly, saying |
she was sure that the negro had ent!
Mr. Eastland before the latter attempt-1
ed to strike him with the wooden par-)
tition. Mrs. Eastland also told the
same story, repeating the words which
the negro used when he stumbled over
her feet.
Defendant was placed on the stand ;
just before court adjourned at the
noon hour. He denied having cursed
Mrs. Eastland and declared that he ha i
used the knife onlv after Eastland had
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EX-SOLDIER IS
UNABLE TO TELL
HIS DESTINATION
Edward Fay, Formerly of Fort
Sam Houston, Is Mystery
to Kentucky Physicians.
APHASIA OR FOUL PLAY
Was Discharged From Army on
January 19 After Serving
In the Guardhouse.
Special Dispatch,
Henderson. Ky., Jan. 25.—Edward
Fay, about 27 years old, unRer care of
physicians here, is either a victim of
aphasia or met foul play somewhere be
tween Fort San Houston. Texas, and
this city. When Fay arrived last n.ght
he did not know where his home is or
•vhere he was going, although he had
baggage cheeked to Henderson. Local
physicians find no marks of violence on
Fay’s person.
He carries liscnarge papers from the
light artillery service at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. October 15, 1909, and
receipts showing him to be h member
in g od standing of the Woodmen of
the World, the last dues having been
paid at San Antonio, on January 21,
1910.
Authorities at Fort Sain Houston
state that just previous to the expira
iioil of his enlistment, October 25. 1909,
Fay went to sleep on post, and that he
was committed for three months to the
guard house, from which he was honor
ably discharged. January 19. The au
thorities also slate that his home is in
Kentucky.
J. J. Wahl, secretary of Sam Hous
ton lodge. Nn. 55/ Woodmen of the
World, states that Fay had been a
member of that order for about six or
seven months, and that just previous to
his departure for hqnic he came into
his office and paid This dues, stating
that he expected to Iwate that evening
or the next for his hqme. He was ac
companied nt the timAby another sol
dier.
HE DOESN’T THINK IT
MEANT COtJE JOHNSON
Special Dispatch.
Austin. Tex., Jan. 25.—Former Attor
ney General Davidson paid be does not
consider the statemen,, issued by the
democratic prohibitioP> , • conference
here Saturday an endo) i ement of Cone
Johnson's candidaerp f" r governor.
Davidson said even if it were, he
would not alter his eobrso. and believes
he would secure tbJ nomination and
have the support of gnany antis.
made as if to hit him jrith the piece of
wood. I
C. M. Chambers, assists 11 *' district at
torney, is prosecuting* in the
absence of District [ Attorney Baker,
who is engaged with,th” grand jury.
AND GAZETTE
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 25. 1910.
RATE MAKERS
MEET FOR WORK
ON THE TARIFF
Southwestern Committee Holds
Opening Session Today With
Long Docket to Consider.
IN SESSION NEXT WEEK
Those Present Represent All
Prominent Lines In South
west-Hundreds of Topics,
The Southwestern Tariff committee,
composed of the traffic officials of the
southwestern lines, held their opening
session at the Gunter hotel this morn
ing. The session «*I consider altera
tions in the tariffs now existing and
several davs will be consumed iu the
cheeking.
F. A. Leland, chairman of the commit
tee, opened the meeting and announced
that the budget of subjects for consider
ation was very long and that the meet
ing would take up the rest of this week
and possibly run into next week. There
are over 400 topics for discussion on the
budget. Meetings will be hold twice a
day, from 9 a. m. to noon, and from
2:30 p. m. until 5 p. m.
Those here to attend the sessions of
the committee are: F. A. Leland, chair !
man of the Southwestern Tariff com
I niittee. St. Louis: E. -1. Senn, secretary;
' Frank Koeh, assistant general freight
agent of tbe I. A G. N, Palestine, lex.;
।8. H. Johnson, assistant freight
manager of the Rock Island. Chicago;!
Eugene Fox. general freight agent of,
the E. P. & S. W.. El Paso; 8. R. Brooks.)
assistant general freight agent of. the
S. A. 4 A. 1’., San Antonio; T. A. Wray,!
assistant general freight agent of the
! Frisco, St. Louis; W. C. Connor Jr., gen
eral freight agent of the T. & B. V„,
Houston; E. H. Shaufflcr. freight traf
fie manager K. C. M. 4 O.. Kansas City,[
Mo.; J. J. Lane, assistant general
freight agent of the K. C. & M. O., Kan-j
sas City. Mo.; H. C. Brashcar. classifies
tion clerk G. H. A- S. A.. Houston; E. G.
Heagler. classification clerk Ft. M. &,
R. G.. Fort Worth: E. F Hollies, assist
ant general freight agent of the St L.|
S. W. of Tex.. Tyler: .1. I- West. assist
ant general freight agent of the Katy,I
St. Louis: C. E. Perkins, general freight:
'agent of the St. L., I. M. 4 8.. St. Louis; j
E. E. Smythe, general freight agent of j
the Kansas Citv Southern. Kansas Fi<y,|
Mo.; J. S. Hershev. general freight'
agent of the G.. C. 4 S. F . Galveston; A.
C. Fonda, assistant general freight (
agent of the G., < & S. F.: J. A
classification elerk of the < s, A. O. «
R- Terrell; C. W. Owen, assistant gen-,
eral freight agent of the M. I- 4 T..
New Orleans: H. F. Lambert of the
Colorado 4 Southern. Denver; W. -I.
Dowlin of the Ft. W 4 D. C., Fort
Worth, and E. G. Warfield, freight traf
fic manager of the Mallon Mcamship
company. New York.
BUTTER AND EGGS CHEAPER.
Atchison. Kans.. Jan. 2'. The price
of creamery butter has dropped five|
cents on account of the boycott. Eggs
also show a big decline.
GRAND JURY
PROBE OUT
FOR CRIME
County and City Officials De
clare They Will Assist the
Inquisitorial Body.
CALL MANY WITNESSES
“The Jury Will Do Its Fu
Duty," Declares District
Attorney Baker.
ARE URGED TO GIVE FACTS
Every Citizen Who Can Assis
In Eradicating Organized
Crime Is Welcomed.
Spurred to extra endeavor by the
challenging charge to the grand
jury yesterday of Judge Edward
Dwyer of the Thirty seventh dis
trict court, sheriff, district attor
ney, constable and police chief are
bending every effort to stop the
crime wave which has obsessed
San Antonio.
Every peace officer, from Sheriff
Lindsey to Constabb Trainer, this
morning declared no stone will be
left unturned to rid the city of the
apparently organized gangs of
thugs and street highwaymen who
have held high carnival here for
two months past.
The grand jury this morning star*
in to probe crime right and left. Wit
nesses from every walk of life, from
the merchant prime to the street gam
in, are filing into the grand jury room
and are emerging after throwing what
light they can on the complex situation
with Which the jury has to deal.
District Attorney I. C. Baker, assist
ed bv Assistant District Attorney C
, M. Chambers, is gathering and pre
i senting evidence from the four corners
| of the city and the county. The ante
| chamber of the grand jury room is filled
) with witnesses, each with his story to
detail to those charged with returning
indictments against malefactors. A
business like proceeding is under way
i and much is expected.
Judge Dwyer’s charge has acted in
the nature of a spur to those entruste I
with the protection of property aud cit
izens' right. Unsparing in its denun
ciation of conditions, and calling on
l.onest men to assist in remedying those
conditions, his words have found plau
dits among all ranks of the city’s in
habitants. That something had to bo
! done, and done quickly, was evident,
and the proposition was put squarely up
‘ to the grand jury, to the peace officers
I and to those directly responsible for
i the maintenance of safety and the tie
■ curity of property, and possibly life.
District Attorney's Statement.
District Attorney I. C. Baker is
closeted with the grand jury. In th'
brief minutes he spends outside the
room, he takes occasion to declare that
the grand jury is working aud working
hard to got the guilty ones. Sources of
information not now divulged are be
ing probed and possibly semi-sensation
al disclosures may result when indict
[ ments arc found. The jury, Mr. Baker
says, is living up to the court's charge.
Sheriff D. B. Lindsey is no less posi
tive in his statements that his office
is putting forth extraordinary efforts ’o
entrap the criminals who have made
their headquarters here for some time.
She sheriff believes that the majority
of the crime can be laid to the gangs
of worthless negroes and whites which
are allowed to infest San Antonio.
believes that wholesale arrests and
rock-pile sentences could ameliorate the
conditions or totally eliminate them.
Constable Trainer asserts that his of
fice investigates every instance where
crime is committed. Frequently they
turn up clues which prove valuable to
follow, and often land the criminals
in jail. He and his deputies, he says,
are to redouble their efforts to prevent
recurrences of crimes xhich have de
veloped recently.
Police Not Up-to-Date.
Citizens who know Chief of Police
Van Riper believe that he is making
the best efforts to overcome the crime
handicap under which San Antonio ha"
labored for some time. They assert,
however, that his men are not up-to
date. that being a qualification of suc
cessful police officers, according to
Jndgc Dwyer’s charge to the jnry.
They say that the majority of the
rank and file are not experienced u>
the ways of the crook and that “con’
men and blacklegs may operate be
neath the very noses of the patrolmen
without the latter being any the wiser
until the game has been pulled off and
the crime committed.
But conditions arc expected to Lc
bettered by the grand jury. One ca«c
which was investigated today was that
of Trey Lee, alleged by peace officer!
to have entered the home of Mrs. Ta
14PAOES
EACH HOUR ADDS TO
HORRORS OF THE FLOOD
Rising Waters Spread Ruin and Con
sternation Throughout Paris and
No Prospect of Relief in Sight.
SITUATION IN SUBURBS IS WORSE
Associated Press.
PARIS, Ian. 25. —Fifty thousand soldiers, comprising the en
tire garrison of Paris, were placed at the disposition of the municipal
authorities this morning to fight the flood, whose ravages are spread
। ing ruin and consternation throughout the city. At 8 o'clock this
) morning the water at Port Royal touched .twenty-six feet above low
’ide and is rising at a rate of nearly half an inch an hour, with the
prospect of the rise continuing until midnight. The damage done
is incalculable and the industrial life of the city is rapidly becoming
] paralyzed. Only two sections of the subway are in operation, while
three-fourths of the surface lines are tied up, factories are shutting
i down because of lack of power due to electric plants having been
flooded, half the telephones in the city are out of commission and
telegraph and railroad communication is demoralized.
The weather grows worse instead of better and at noon Paris
was the center of an area of low pressure and bitter cold, and rain
and sleet is falling throughout the flooded regions, adding to the
suffering of the poor and homeless ones. The price of bread and
other food has increased owing to the fact that communication with
the province is crippled.
ADAMS ID
GOTO TRIAL
Motion to Quasi) the Gambling
, Charges Is Denied By
Judge Calhoun.
A SENSATION IS EXPECTED
Austin. Tex., Jan. 25.—The case of the
state against Representative Thad
Adams of San Antonio, charged with
permitting gambling on premises under
his control, went to trial shortly before
noon today with \V. L. Stark, manager
of the Driskill hole], on the stand. The
motion to quash the indictment sub
mitted yesterday was overruled by
Judge Calhoun.
The motion to quash attacked the
constitutionality of the act of the
Thirtieth legislature uuder which the
indictment against Adams was drawn
and is based on six other contentions.
The first of these was that the indict
ment was insufficient, failing to sho..'
the judicial district in which the of
fense alleged was committed or in
which the grand jury returned it was
impanelled.
Another claim was that the premises
on which gambling was alleged were
in effect was his private residence, as
his family was living there at the
time of the offense. It was also claimed
that the indictment, if proved, would
not be sufficient to convict because
it charges gambling on one day, and
does not charge that Adams' premises
were habitually used for gambling.
Among the witnesses summoned by
the defense are: Chester B. Terrell,
Sheriff B. D. Lindsay and Julius Hert
wig of San Antonio; Jake Wolters and
John M. Dunean of Houston: Jas. L.
Storev of Lockhart: George M. Thur
mond'of Vai Verde; W. T. Simmons of
Fort Worth and Dayton Moses of Bur
net. Erank Girard, who gave the infor
mation which led to the indictment, and
Dr. E. C. Wilmot of this city are the
principal witnesses for the state.
Bascom Thomas to Run—-IL Bascom
Thomas, formerly state senator, has
filed hi« application with pemocratic
Chairman A. B. Storey to he placed on
the democratic ticket ns a candidate
for lieutenant governor. Mr. Thomas
says he will resign prior to the July,
primaries so that his district may elect
s successor without the necessity for a
special election. '
folia, knocked her down ami rifled n
money-ease. Seme also connect him
with the hold-up on Avenue D and
Third streets. Besides this, the grand
jury is investigating a number of other ’
cases.
Judge Dwver charged the jury to
look into the allege,! violations of the,
Fitr.hugh liquor law ami this is being'
done. The cock pit is also under scru- j
tinv, and indictments may be handed I
down which mean the cancellation of 1
several saloon licenses. As is usual, th?
grand jury is working, not talking. bu»
tbe first batch of indictments hande 1
down are expected to be an eye-opener)
and to pave the way for many others’
before the body finally adjourns.
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’ With tbe rise of the flood but a few
inches higher the pumping stations, still
in operation, must stop, and Paris, iu
the midst of a miniature ocean, will he
without water fit to drink. The situa
tion in between twenty and thirty su
burban towns above this city are worse
. than in the capital itself. At Chareu
' ton. where the swollen river Marne en-
I ters the Seine, an area of 200 square
j miles has been flooded. At Alfortvillc.
; the cemetery has been washed out and
the caskets lifted from their resting
places, floating down stream.
Before noon the police compelled the
evacuation of the Hotei Palais De Or
say near Qui Orsay and the surround
ing houses. The Palace of the Legion
of Honor is menaced and an accumula
tion of driftwood above the Isle St.
Louis threatens to sweep away the bar
rier piles and the Pont Des Arts.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon the entire
Tile Dela Cite, the most ancient quarter
of the city, was inundated and the
flood was increasing. The Bridge of
Art was badly damaged and dams were
forming in front of several other
bridges.
MIS IfflBMZE
STBICKEN MIS
Special Dispatch.
Paris, Jan. 25. —Dynamite is being
freely used to save the eity from de
struction. Corps of engineers guarded
all bridges through the night, ready to
use dynamite when it became necessary.
The river continued to rise and the fa
mous Pont De La Luna bridge was dyn
amited. Three sewers burst in Place Du
Havre, and immense geysers flooded the
district. Other sewers arc collapsing.
Thousands are camped on high points.
Robbers are terrorizing the city and
gangs in boats ransack the deserted
houses. Many have been killed in fall
ing bouses.
JACKSON TOASTMASTER
AT PAN HELLENIC EVENT
The program of the toasts and speak
er* for the Pan-Hellenie banquet w%’eh
will <e given Saturday night at the
Gunter hotel will uot be announced un
til the dav of the event.
Dr. T. T. Jackson will preside ns
toastmaster instead of Judge A. W.
Seeligson, who is unable to attend
, selection of eight college songs will
bo Sling bv th<* banqueters to the ae
iompaniment of the Gunter hotel or
chostra.
Severn! fraternities, particularly "the
Beta Theta Pi. Kappa Alpha and the
Sigma Mu societies, ate preparing to at
tend the banquet in a body, and it is
believe.1 that 125 mon will be present
at the banquet. The Pan-Hellen!c as
soeiation of Houston, and representa
tives of the fraternities of the State
university will fome to San Antonio -a
special cars. Preceding the banquet a
business meeting will be held at the Im
tel for the election of officers and foe
the adoption of by-laws.
\ meeting of the oxecu’ive commit
ee will lie held Wodr 'sdav at noou at
Uie office of E. H Torrell, to make
final arrangements for the affair This
committee is composed of Win. Negley,
president; Weslev Peacock, x tee .uresi
dent: Glover John' secretarv; Ferd
inand Groos. treasurer; M. J. Bliem. J.
M. Nix. Clinton G. Brown. W. L. St !•<
and Graham Dowdell.