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VOLUME 29, No. 366
France in Its Distress Appeals to America for Aid—Each Day Adds New Horrors
COUNTY .-IND CITY JOIN
HANDS IN CRIME CRUSADE
COUMY GIVES
NOTICE VAGRANIS
MUST CLEAR OUT
Upholding of Vagrancy Law By
Criminal Court of Appeals
Aids Peace Officers.
PROSECUTE TO THE LIMIT
Statement By Assistant District
Attorney Who Declares That
There Will Be No Mercy.
Upheld as constitutional by he
court of criminal appeals, the Texas
vagrancy law is now to be invoked
in its most drastic and fullest
sense to rid San Antonio of the un
desirable element which creates so
much trouble and furnished so many
jail-birds.
“We have the higher court's sane
tion of our efforts.” said Assistant Dis
triet Attorney C. M. Chambers, “au>
we arc going after these gentry wh<
may properly come under toe design:,
tion of vugs. San Antonio has beer
their stamping-ground too long an.
they must find pastures uew.”
By applying the vag law, Mr. < ham
hers believes he can lower the erimiua
statistics of San Antonio by an appro
ciable percentage.. In the past, then
has been some fear that a prisonet
might take the case h'gher and finally
slip from under the charges and fine"
imposed. Since the decision yesterday
of the court of criminal appeals at Aus
tin. the peace officers of San Antoni,
feel their arms strengthened very much
Sheriff Lindsey and Constable Train
er. together with the police force, art
r. unit in declaring that vags. hoboes
youths who loiter around places of ill
fame and other undesirable gentry must
rfrike out for other places or else tact
vagrancy charges in the justice court
It is -ertsin that when a fine is impos
ed. be it the limit or not. the case wil
1 e sustained upon appeal if a case is
made in the lower court and no erroi
exists,
Strittmater Case in Point.
The case of the State vs. J. C. Strift
mater furnished the casus ledli whiel
went to the higher court. Strittmater
had been fined $200. the limit, and
sought release on a habeas corpus bond
Justice Fisk, exercising the discretion
reposed in him regarding the accept
once of sureties on !»on<ls. would not ac
cent those furnished by Strittmater.
Strittmater applied to tin
county court for a writ of mandamus
to compel Justice Fisk to accept the
sureties. Judge Shook turned him down
and he went successively to the Fifty
seventh and the Forty fifth district
courts seeking this writ. Each of these
courts held that the Thirty-seventh dis
trie? court was handling criminal cases
and that it was the court of resort.
When Strittmater finally applied tn
the Thirtyseventh. Judge Dwver held
that hi« court had no jurisdiction in rhe
matter and that the county court was
the court of relief. The bond, mean
while, had not been approved, and
Strittmater was still In ynll.
Baffled in his mandamus proceedings,
Strittmater started again, this time at
tacking the consttutionaliy of he vag
law. Judge Dwyer held the law consti-
Standing of All Contestants
Will Be Found on Page 3
SAN ANTONIO BIGHT
A FOOLISH QUESTION BRINGS FORTH A FOOLISH ANSWER
MIDNIGHT IS
LAST HOUR FOR
VAGRANTS IN CITY
Sweeping Order Is Issued From
Police Headquarters to All
the City's Patrolmen.
CAPTAIN VISITS THE BEATS
Verbal Instructions Given the
Entire Force to Arrest Every
Suspicious Character.
Unless they take their departure
from the city before the midnight
hour tonight, a number of suspicious
characters will be taken into cus
tody and lodged in the city jail on
charges of vagrancy and prosecuted
to the letter of the law. The warn
ing, which was issued by First As
sistant Chief of PoHce Charles Mc-
Cabe last night, was given to many
persons of the vagrant type.
This step is said to be taken in an el-
I fort to bring to a stop the erime wave
i which lias been sweeping over the city
I for weeks. Numerous arrests have been
1 made on vagrancy charges, but to all
' appearances, there seems to be put lit-
Lie or no abatement in the number of
- burglaries, etc.
The exodus order was issued on prac
tically every beat in the down-town
i district last night by Captain McCabe,
who made a round of the city beats in
| strueting the respective patrolmen not
to hesitate to arrest those yarned. The
' warning was given to suspicious charae
ters. vagrants without visible means of
support and others.of the worthless
tvpe not desired in the city. They
were "iven to understand that if found
in the city after 12 o’clock tonight they
would be liable to immediate arrest.
tntional and refused to grant the writ
of habeas corpus. The court at the time
held that Strittmater s only rm our.e
lav in an appeal to 'the court of ertm
inal appeals, and this was taken. The
higher court granted bail in the sum
,f $300, which has been forfeited by
S?ritt mater.
Shortly after the murder of Mike
Meagher and the hold ups in broad day
which occurred at the same time. Stritt
mater disappeared from San Antonin
and lias not since been found. If the
officers could find him they say they
would start him on his tn«k of working
•>ut $200 in fines, or 100 days in all on
•lie county road, unless he paid the
fine. Sheriff Lindsey and h'S forces
snv they do not know where he is but
thru thev would like to know.
Run Them Ont cf City.
“The Strittmater decision. said
Assistant District Attorney Chambers.
“hn« furnished us with a precedent
which will help us very much in ridding
♦he eity of vags and the undesirable
eh ment which make for trouble. Our
local courts have been upheld and the
work of running them out of the citv
will be carried on unremittingly. In
; his way we believe we can stop a largo
amount of the crime which has been go
ing on. for I. in common with the ma
jority of police and pence officers, be
lieve that home talent is responsible for
the larger amount of crime which has
been committed here. Some profession- '
al crooks may have come to San An- '
tonio for the winter, but the home va- .
ricty ws have alwavs with us. and .
those may be dealt with as the decision
of the court of criminal appeals gives
us a right to do.”.
14 PAGES
FORCED BY GNAW
Of HUNGER 10
BECOME THIEVES
Pathetic Story Is Related By
Youths Who Are Sentenced
to the Penitentiary.
COULD SECURE NO WORK
A. E. Jackson and R. E. Wright
Tell of the Need Which
Impelled Them,
“Hungry, ravenously hungry, with no
money and no work; unable to secure
positions or obtain food anywhere, we
' stole. We know it was wrong, but
hunger cannot distinguish between
right and wrong. We had to have food
and we took the only method left open
to us to secure it.”
This, in substance, was the confession
of A. E. Jackson and R. E. Wright,
youths still in their minority, who this
morning in the criminal court pleaded
guilty to theft and burglary aud were
sentenced to four years in the peniten
tiary. Two pleas of guilty were made
by each and seven additional cases
against them were dismissed. Sentence
was passed.
“We eame to San Antonio from
north Texas." said A. E. Jackson, the
elder, now in his twentieth year. “We
came her to go to work and meant to
do so. But our money gave out aud ‘.ve
grew hungry, mighty hungrV. I know
that we used every effort to get honest
work, but got nothing but a turn-down
at every stage. What could we do? We
had to live. We stole and tried to
pawn the things for enough to assuage
the voids in our stomachs.”
Both Jackson and Wright, the latter
onlv IS years of age. appeared to be
bright young men. They were not at
all badly dressed, and on their faces
might be seen the effects of refining
influences in earlier days. One had
nine to San Antonio from his Indiana
home, intent on making his mark her,'.
The other was a north Texas boy. To
gether they had felt the pangs of
l unger and took a recourse which
brought them under the frown of the
law.
Jackson and Wright, as admitted, en
tered the offices of E. D. Hart. Dr. J.
A. Terrel) and others and stole valu
ables which they later attempted to
pawn, succeeding in some cases. In all.
nine indictments were returned against
them by the grand jury. Attorney Ar
nold. representing the defendants, saw
that proof of guilt could clearly bt
established and advised his clients to
plead guilty to two eases, trusting that
the balance would be nolle pressed.
The two youthful offenders cowered
in the court room this morning, fearful
of every move and utterly scared of
the machinery of the law. They ap
peared unaware of what was taking
place, following the instructions of
their attorney blindly, seemingly sens
ing that he knew what was best. When
the sentence was pronounced, tears in
advertently snrang to their eyes. Four
years of their young lives are to 1 c
spent in the penitentiary.
HOUSTON EXPECTS
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light by mem- '
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expected the high prices of meat and
its products will be *nouiicc<l and a I
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ATND GAZETTE
FAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2/. 1910
SEIZED IS HE HID
HIND III POBKET
DE ELDERLYM
Crowd Rushing In, Catches a
Young Man Who Says His
Home Is In Milwaukee.
WAS BOARDING STREET CAR
Charge of Theft From the Per
son Will Be Lodged Against
Prisoner This Afternoon.
Caught in the net of picking the
pocket of M. Kennon of Brownsville, j
Tex., as he was boarding a South
Heights street car at 7 o’clock last
night, at the corner of Alamo ami Gum- ।
merce streets, a young man giving his
'name as Frank Embrose, is under ar
rest. A chargejof theft from the per ,
son, it is announced, will be lodged!
against him in the justice courts this!
jafternoon or tomorrow morning.
1 It Was during a ru-h of several per
1 sous to board the electric car that ihe 1
alleged attempt at theft was made. The I
man Embru-e. was detected by citizens
as lie was in tin* act of removing a
purse containing $35 from Mr. Ken
non’s pocket. He was immediately tak
en jn charge by Patrolman (J. II. Hen
• derson and hurried to the city hall.'
i when* he was locked up.
Mr. Kennon lives a short distance J
। from Brownsville ami had arrived in
the city shortly before the transaction j
took place, being on i vi«it to hfs son.
C. K. Kennon, 601» Aransas avenue. The
son had met his father at the depot ami '
j it was by reason of the work of douh’e- j
j tracking Ho* line oi. Alamo street at i
the intersection uf* Gummerra street.
' that it became necessary to change cars.
I Tust as Mr. Kennon ami his son an 1
i many others were crowding on the step ,
Iof the street car. Embrose is said G»
have been seen v.ith hi- hand in the 1
jciderlv gentleman’< pocket.
The prompt interf* rem e of the crowd
is said to have prevented Em rose
• from making his escape. The police
man wa« within a few feet ”t the crow I
I at flic time ami tcok charge «»f Embrose.
j Embrose is said to have been in the |
I eity since the recent San Antonio In
ternational fair. His h<»me. he gives,
as Milwaukee.
BUGGY SHADS KNOCK
DOWN AN AGEO WOMAN
I I
| While in the act of sb pp-n” from the (
! curbing at* the corner of Avenue ’ and ]
Tenth street to hmird a • 1 the Gov
eminent Hill line, \Ve<lne«lay at noon.
Mrs. Ai ’
_ w ji, re ] a , bb ■ . (
on Avenue C, was struck hy the shafts
•of a buggy driven by a v oing man t
namea Elmemhwf. and icir ?u‘l v in jur ,
ed about the back and head. Ihe man |
drove for a block north of th* -< ena and j
then returned to the cornet i l l ottered I
.aid to his victim. The a ; i<nt to the ‘
aged lady was ihe nieans u causing a.
[ large crowd to gather at the scene and I
j Mrs. Ijogan was taken t” a l '»me near
। the corner, where she re»‘ei\ ed medical
I attention.
Her injuries consist of :m ”gl.y gash
on the side of tin* he:”! imhes in
'length ami an injury t- ti“* bark that
'she sustained when she oas thrown
hark against the mirbi'ig Owing 4 o
j the extreme age of the • tim. the at
tending physician says the injuries are
liable to be serious.
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% Associated Prc’s.
’• Seattle. Jan. 27. -According "■
\ to Prof. Gould, head of the de- "■
’■ partment of astronomy at the "■
’■ University of Washington. ’•
"■ “ <’omet A 1910.” which is visi- "•
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■■ sunset, shows signs of splitting "■
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SI. LOUIS MREV
III BONDS OF Clll
A between Judge Jacob
Klein of St. Louin, Mo., attorney for
tlie St. Louis Mercantile Trust com
pany: Mayor t'allaghan and City At
torney Joseph Ryan is scheduled to take
place at .’Mid o’clock this afternoon.
The joint discussion will be in refer
ence to refunding aud improvement dis
triet bonds of San Antonio.
The meeting will take place in the
office of Mayor Callaghan at the eity
hall. Judge Klein is the local counsel
for the St. Louis Mercantile Trust com
pany, ten capitalists of which firm spent
Wednesday in San Antonio on a tour
of the southwest. The party left last
night for Houston.
The meeting today, it is thought, will
be for the purpose of endeavoring to
dispose of refunding bonds now hold
by the eity and it is probable that some
arrangement may be perfected looking
to this corporation taking vp the issue.
I® Foni EmmcE
m nn msioenge
Placed arrest after having
broken into a house at 204 South Laredo
<tre<*t. Mariann Gonzales, aged about
?8 years, faced Judge Buckley in the
police court this morning charged with
[laving unlawfully defaced a building
>y having broken the window blinds.
It developed at the hearing that the
lefendant. who been in the country
for several weeks, returned to the city
ast night and went direct to ihe house,
rhere his furniture hml been left. ha\
ng resided there before his trip into
he country. Fimliag the place lucked
he defendant broke a window ami en
pred and was in the act o£ going to
deep when the |»olice took charge of
lim.
Occupants of’ a portion of the house,
sealing the noise, became frightened
ind communicated with the police with
he result that Patrolmen Petty and
h’roboese were detailed on the case. The
*omplainants had not long been occu
•ants of the place and as much confus
on existed at the time. Gonzales was
aken to the city hall and the charge
>f defacing property preferred.
Judge Buckley found the defendant
lot guilty and accordingly dismissed the
•ase, saying that a man had a right to
weak into his own home.
Ci-orrcast till 7P- m- Friday: |
For San Anlouio and vicinilj :
L Tonight and Fr U 1 ' partly
cloudy to cloudy wcitli : colder.
Th a in ixin.'im tcnn'cni’ui e f”r
Oilw 24 hour* ending at s .» ■ lock
this tntirning 74 aud
the minimum was 54 degree.
U Comparative temperatures for
this year and last:
1909 1910
D A: : ::: "J
S a m.. . . o .’» I
Y1O ■m.. . os 56
12 noon,... 72 50
1 p. m. . • 73 <»7 |
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PARIS IN DIRE
NEED APPEALS
TO AMERICA
Condition of Appalling Horror Obtains
in Capital of France as Result of
the Floods and Aid is Asked
LACH MINUTE ADDS TO CITY’S WOE
Appeals To America for Aid
\K\\ YORK. Jan. 27. —An appeal to America to aid the
I sufferers from the French floods has been sent to New York
by the municipality of Paris. The appeal is as follows:
"W e are doing all we can for the homeless and destitute.
I he firemen and Red Cross are working like heroes, but we
need help. The suffering in Paris is terrible. We would ask
that America help us with money to build shelters for
homeless and to provide provisions and clothing. We also
need bread and coal."
The Situation in Paris at Noon
Temperature below freezing.
F.very subway flooded and twenty miles of magnificent
boulevards washed away-
I ntold suffering, women and children going mad and
leaping into the flood.
Buildings about to collapse and streets and subways now
yawning chasms.
Thousands of peasants flocking to city and not food
enough to supply one-third.
Forty thousand troops brought from provinces to aid in
the work.
Damage already done greater than in the San Francisco
earthquake and fire.
Engineers ready to dynamite every bridge when they
form dams.
\11 high spots around the city packed with shivering and
starving masses.
Thousands of men building dy kes.
Waters lapping the famous Louvre.
Crisis not y et in sight, rains falling and tributaries rising.
Scarlet fever ami typhoid have made their appearance.
Several cemeteries flooded, masoleums flooded and graves
laid bare.
All public buildings used as hospitals and places of refuge.
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+ Paris. Jan. 27.—The eity has ♦
4. been saved but not without ter SJ
+ rible loss. Late this afternoon ♦
❖ the Seine is falling and reports ❖
4* from the provinces say that trib- 4*
4* utsries are also beginning to -2-
4- fall. The sun is shining at 3 ❖
4- o’clock for the first time in over 4*
4- a nek. *•*
4. At 3 o'clock the river had ❖
4. risen two inches since the subsi 4*
4. dence at noon. The residence of 4-
I nited States Ambassador +
4* I’acon has become untenable and 4-
4- the family removed to the Mer 4-
•J cedes hotel.
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Associated Press.
Paris. Jan. 27.—The river Seine,
whose flood caused death and destruc
tion during the past tew days, was sta
-ionary at noon today.
The stage of the waters this morn
ing exceeded nil records back to 1615
■ nd lip to 12 o’clock the river continn
o.| t<> rise at the rate of three-ouarter*
of an inch an hour. Hope was given
,0 the local authorities by an early re
port that the Seine was stationary nt
its upper reaches. At Melun. Nongeut
and Hrav, the maximum of the tioed
was reached, during the night. On tic
other hand the river Marne is reported
still rising and a new aud higher f oo l
i» racing down the Yonue and Grand
Morin. . j
Perhaps the most alarming feahtre of '
the situation in the morning was the
fissure at the \utueil viaduct at the ,
foot of Paris. Should this give way i
would act as a dam aud submerge the
entire city.
The valley of the Seine now presents
a terrifying spectacle. Tile flood i>
miles wide. f, r twenty five miles above. 1
and the raging torrent runs through the
cio at a late of twenty five milts an
hour. It is flash with the parapets at
tie- bridges win-re it is not actually
.,t ciTliiwing them turning the streets
into muddv lagoons and choking under
or-mr.d workings to the bursting point.
Tic- government has placed the mili
tare barracks and public school build
-s d the lisposal of refugees, who al
ccadv nnmlter. it is estimated. 4m>re
ti :i o ido.oeo. Fifteen thousand lab-»r
■w in ti e are out of work. Every
ri riit-- to<lav brought a new ’ale of 1
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l<*rleaas railway tunnel gave way at tlie
:bie Gil lor Goiter, and another bad cave-
•in occurred in the Rue Lille, flooding
’ the quarters of the German embassy.
The buildings of the foreign office were
*/urrounded by water this morning and
k were abandoned. The main drain under
* | the t 'hamps de Mars broke during the
► i forenoon and the blanket of water ex
» tended back to the Invalides where re
► pose the hones of Napoleon.
: RIVER ARNO IN ITALY
; IS OUT OF ITS BANKS
Associated Press.
Florence. .Ian. 27. —The river Arno
is out of its banks and flooding the ad
jncent di*tri< ts. Telegraphic and tele
phone voniniunirations as well as rail
wax transportation to points surround-
I ing this city have been cut off and it
impossible to learn the extent of the
’ damage wiought in the flooded vil*
■ ' ages.
STORM INCREASES IN
ITALY. TIBER RISES
Associated Press.
i Rome. Jan 27.—The rain, snow and
windstorm increased in intensity to
day. The river fiber continues to rise
and at noon almost reached the top
arches of the bridges. Pead cattle aud
; trees are being borne down in the cur
rent.
DAMAGE IS GREAT
ON ITALIAN COAST
Associsted Press.
Naples. Jan. 27.—Damage from the
<toim increases. Many roa«l« along the
senfrent are under water ami the cum •
■ at these points is devastated.
Wreckage thrown up by the tide proves
that many small Inuits have been lust.
iThe churches are filled with persons
proving fcrveiitlv for the pas* ng of tho
evil.
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Special Dispatch
Wichita Falls. Tex., Jau. 27.—Tho
trades council of this city last night
adopted resobdii’iis protesting against
the high prices of meal and advin-ating
a boy.-oti until th.- prices drop. Fully
five hundred families will j"in ut L*«