Parisians go to Boulevards in Boats to Dance and Sing Amid Ruins of Flooded City
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VOLUME 29, No. 369
HOUSE MEMBERS OF THE BALLINGER-PINCHOT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
M. E. OLMSTEAD, PA.
HIGH VAWES
GMT 881
LOWER RATE
With Growth of San Antonio
More Money Is Needed for
Larger Expense,
$12,000,000 ADDED VALUES
Additional Taxes Necessary for
Running the Big Municipal
Government Now,
MAKE A CITY BEAUTIFUL
Plans In This Direction Pre
clude Cutting Tax Rate Un
less By Minute Figure.
Despite the fret that the assess
ed valuation of San Antonio prop
erty for the fiscal year is mere than
seventy-three mil Von dollars, an in
creaeo of morn than, tv elv million
dclla-s over the foi the
previous year there is little prob
ability that the new ta-. rate will
be materially lowered, if at all.
With tho pre-i" t tax rate of
er. the *lnu vnhmtiin. the lowest rote
o’ the larger cities of Texas, the vast
civic improvemen's to be nndi dnken
during the *, •* n i .i ■ * '" th*
city g overnr.H »t and the genera
I
p general iivrease in the , orfent ex
p nses of the mtiro< li'il government,
together with inv< stmems entered into
during the j>’ : t year for the perfect
ing of p* rnmnem improvements .lur
ing the now yon', all tend to the tnc
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SEVEN DEAD IN
ENGLISH WRECK
United Pxesa.*
London. .Jan. 2'd. —S, . ;i::l persons —
two women and ve r- n- r< known to
be dead in th. derailing ot tile Btigh
ton-London express this after,iron at
Ktoatsnesi depot, twelve miles from
London, and it is feared that Other
bodies will be found under the debris
when it is elenre 1 nway.
Twelve persons arc in the hospitals
critically injured, while 28 others wcro
badly hurt. The wreck was caused by a
broken axle while the train was running
at high speed. Two carriages were
thrown against the depot, while a Pull
nan was thrown so high in the air hat
it struck the roof of the depot.
Robert Wynne, ex consul general of
the United States at London, is the
hero of the wreck tonight. lie was a
passenger on the wrecked train and
worked like a Trojan with the rescuing
partv. Th work of the rescuers was
L.emly hampered by the darkness.
“The Boy Scouts,” a military or
gamzation. founded by Gen. Baden-
J’owell, rendered great aid in carrying
the injured to hospitals.
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SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
W. A. GRAHAM.
imOTE
2 MFRS
OFCONGRESS
Glavis Testifies That Kincaid
of Nebraska and McLachlin of
California Were Claimants,
THINKS DENNETT CROOKED
Sensations Follow Each Other
at Yesterday's Session of the
Ballinger Investigation.
HE DOUBTS BALLINGER
Told Taft of Queer WorlTtn the
Law Office and Report Sent to
Ballinger Who “Fired” Him.
• u %%•.s •. s %%*. % %s %
»« GLAVIS' CHARGES. %
«, — “•
% United Press. "•
\ Washington, D. .In i. 2i>. *•
", This in '.he gist of 1.. 11. Glavis %
% testimony before the Ballinger ’•
S Pinchot committee today: ,
That two congressm. n— Hep “■
L r n nuu.ies McLachlin (repub %
•, lii-au, California) and Kinkaid ,
“■ (republican, Nebraska) v.,e “■
*« eiaimaiits in Alaska land mses. ■,
'• Thai It A. Ballinger betwe n ’•
% tho tint, of his resignation as *•
% commissioner of tlx* laud ot ",
", five and appointment as secre "a
*• tary of the interior, assisted ",
Representative Kinkaid and oth- "•
"a ers in a coal claim in Alaska. "•
% That Secretary Ballinger did
", not dire. conduct o' th. \
", Alaskan oal cases while at the ",
*n heed of th • interior depart- ",
’« ment. *
S, That Glavis had Mtspieioas ",
"a that t'oniui - inner of the Land *•
% offic. Dennett was ‘•crooked.” "«
"« * That he placed no reliance in
% Ballinger's moment that he "•
% .’id not hav. any direct control ", .
*o of affairs in the Cunningham *•
\ < ases aft. r becoming ecretary. "□
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United Press.
Washington, D, Jan. 29. —With ।
two congressmen named as among those j
interested in what were alleged to be
eil-pieious coal eh,mis in Alaska and di 1
rect sworn evidence that Richard A i
Ballinger noted as counsel for another ।
group of claimants than was heretofore
known and the simply expressed belief
that loth the present secretary of the ,
interior and the commissioner of laud '
office. Ered IT. nnett. were acting in-|
imieuliv to tho jieople’s interest, if no, |
directf. conspiring, wore declarations in ।
to.lax S session of the joint congros (
molul (o amitt-e probing the Ballinger- ,
controversy wliich bi 'tk ' will, |
sensations.
During the session the name ot Rep- .
resentative. MeLaeliliu (republican. )
California), was lirouglit in bv L. :
Glavis, the deposed chief of the fidd j
serviee at Seattle, who was testifv>ng
that Au-retan Balling, r had in effect
ordered r%< not to attempt Sectile
an affidavit from him. ns the holder of ;
a claim for Alaskan coal lands. In the,
afternoon session Glavis swore to hav- .
rg received information that another j
cman. Moses P. Kinka d (i * 1
idi.-au. Nebraska) was likewise a 1
laimant.
Tlw third day’s examination of fotm ‘
■>r general land cffice agent brought rmt !
the vital points in his story of alleged;
mr.-hiimtions in the Ala-kan coal j
lands.
Saw Heney.
‘‘l saw F. .T. Heney at Seattle Inst
•nmnicr.” said Glavis. “I already i
luicw him through my connection with
(Continued on Page 10.) I
44 PAGES
O. M. JAMES. KY
EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS WHICH
WAS DAMAGED BY THE FLOODS
The foundations of the tower were undermined and for a time it was
feared the giant structure would fall.
FORCES CHILO 10
DRIHK
Eight-Year-Old Lad Takei by
the Humane Society and Hisv
Guardian Is Arrested,
PUNISHMENT FOR A FIB
Mrs. McKnight Says She Pun
ished Little Relative Whose
Cries Scared Neighbors.
Because she is charged with
having forced Fred Jicwmaa, a
frail little child of e.ght years, to
swallow a quantity of hot scalding
molasses, resiltii.g in his mouth
and tongue being bad’y burned,
Mrs C. T. McKnight, aged 45, the
victim’s ward residing at 220 Warren
street, was placed under arrest at
8 o'clock last night, charged with
cntclly and inhumanely abusing a
miner child.
‘‘Auntie nuule me drink the hot mo‘
Uss i be.-ause I told her a Jie,” little
Freddie told Agent Met’aploy of the
Snu Antoni.. Hum.me -oci.ty, and Po
licetnnu Rine nt the home <*f Airs.
MeKmght last night. Mr. McKnight
di.l not denv th.- -tn emeut. adding tkn!
she J.nd foi.e.l the little hoy to drink
the hot fluid to punish him for having
told ter a falsehood.
Thu child w-'S Immediately taken in
to eusiodv by Agent .Me< iidey and will
In* retained by him until a decision is
rendered in the juvenile court. Th?
fharg. againsi Mrs. McKnight was pre
fere. 1 l.y Agent Met'auley and the ar
rest by Officer Rine followed. Mrs.
MrKi ight was released on an appear
ance bend ia the sum of $5O, whereby
SAN ANTONIO. TENAS. SUNDAY. JANUARY 30. 1910
EDWIN DENBY. MICH.
AND GAZETTE
S. W. M’CALL, MASS.
FACTS ABOUT
PARIS FLOOD
Waters <»f Seim* sluwl\ fulling. * :lt
rst estimates being a tnll <»l‘ h'*’
indies.
Latest repbri" damag* in
Paris propci >l i.diO.lKMi, ; u !
:n France at no « than $2OO niHHi.N
lcstilei.ee f. ..1-1 > voters re I-
a.%4 i-ave struts LIL”! with filth.
Three huiujcl ’ bonsaii.l |wopl“
thrown out of wi«rk.
More than towns and villa"**
either obliterated or w e.ked by the
floods.
> Sihct\ milts ot streets in Paris still
obsUneted by wait-is.
One hun<ire<i miles ot -tre-’s cracked
or ch veil in.
One hundred mik ”i s ‘W‘*rs dam
aged.
Potice officiailv annoiin iiiat pen
plv may r -n > urn ""m which
"hey were driven by il
Americans have gix.i rk'.UOO !<■
iioo.l sufferer-.
Theaters in Bari- h light.'!
with aeetylinc lain; - :a. । " 1:1 ui" 1 -
Food supplies low in i ' 1 I ttains
bearing pr«v bions given
Appio;-riat ion of -I s
ly voted for . beaut ity i" i”.- |""b
ably be used in repau i'u: 111 1 ' hang
ing aspect of city,
-More ' Sewer- and -nbw: '
as waters jxmr out and n i u’..’ inuvau.
pressure.
she will aftpear in the ■ -i iii' ii emr'
Monday morning, v. i n ih' -use will
lie foiniaßy trnusfer.-.1.
Child’s Cries Alana Neigl.l> or s.
The cries of th.- - i .'I lr
evening attia. ted n.nglil " il
upon an invesiigaiiv.it b' ' 1111 '" al ’- '
treatment acorde.l the .si t "i>s
ascertained. When ... ’ii-- ' puli'-.-
mm reached the - > - • ' i“icmitio'i
among the neighbors I i‘ :!
high tension. In ..- । "i,- ->l'2'
sent to him Ag.nt 'I ' ■' rear het
the ] iace shortly afteivvi i a inves
tigation by Office: Bin Agent
M.-< auiev was at oi,'-e iiu-t t', ' d-
The little child wi” '•»» "i 1 i"" 1 |r
Was found that tin- ’ na " '’T l
hav! been painfully burued by the hot
WORST OF
FLOOD IS
OVER HOW
Seine Is Rapidly Recedi and
In a Few Days It Will Be
Normal Again.
THE DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS
Capital Gay Last Night In tho
Bohemian Quarters and the
Theaters Are Open.
United Press.
Paris, Jan. 29. —Tonight the
Seine is receding. Slowly at first,
bitt more rapidly as the volume
grows less, the waters are making,
i their way into their natural banks.
1 W ithin a few days the flood will
bi> over and Paris and all I’ranee
will face the stupendous task of
repairing with, human agencies;
‘thi damage done by the wall ofi
water that swept down on the
gayest capital of Europe.
I lomeless thousands — the r e
v .'re SO.OOO of them in Paris
me—have been told that they
may re-enter their homes, army
i engineers having completed a
thorough examination of the ett
itire citv and ascertained that with
ew exceptions there will be no
further collapse of buildings. Even
where the first floors of houses
are finder water, the government
is allowing houschokle: s to re
sume occupancy and 110 step yet
taken has done so much to restore
public confidence and allay the
j wild fears of the Parisians. To
be allowed to re-enter their
flooded domiciles was proof to
the Parisians that the river was
। falling and they made merry when
the soldiers told them the news
.Vlvio's from the government ad
I'lie vori ni- civic orgiinizritious slmw
Himi .ilr.aily more than $3.iH 10.000 has |
been .louato.l to the flood sufferers of'
l-’raiic I v the f..reign nations ami the I
taking o: s übset.ptions has just begun. |
Pnri* is not alone in its suffering,
l-’r.vm all over the nation eonie belated
tidings of towns and villages obliter
a'.'d ,!>v the floods. Farms and vine !
yards, the life of the country, were tn-i
undated and it will be months before!
they can be refilled.
It «s impossible to guin «!<•< unite in
furnuition as to the extent of the <lam
(Continued on Page 2.)
SACK FILLED*WITH HATS
IS FOUND BY BOYS
A l.irfe lev<l su k l lle<| with :iln:<^ T
i wo dozen men’s felt Lats was toun i i
1 idih'H beneath some shrubbery in
Washington square yesterday aftoimoou
by several bovs ami tamed over to I*,
tin I iik* u Zapata and Daniels. The hats
are being held at headquarters a”<| rhe ,
police are co ifident they wei * stolen
Muiiug the nighi previous and s»’« «Bie<; ।
in the brush.
PURCHASE LAND
ADJOINING RANGE
Austin, Tex.. Jan. 29. —The govern |
ment has purchased 2’o acres of land
adjoining ('amp Mabry, beyond the
rifle range, tu establish a danger zone.
The government will make more use,
of the range, than ever before thL year,
fluid -The palms ui the hands of the
boy was found to be har«l and rovere-l
with corns, caused, according to state
ments of neighbors who will he railed
upon to testify in the <ase. by reason
if the elrild lieing compelled to perform ;
manual labor.
Placed in Other Hands.
Mrs. McKnight agreed to permit
Ain M ( j&ult y to st -i t h •
rbilu pending the decree of Hie juve-•
nih* court in which, after it has been ,
transtired frwn the police court, inter
luatiou will be filed by the human'’
sock Ia agent, showing tin* cl 'LI to Im*
.i didinqueut minor ami negh < Jed. with
ihe prayer that he be placed into other
hands.
Little Freddie is without question be
loved by his little <ieupaiii< ii> <V’ tin*
neighbor!. »od and iietore taking h”? de
part uh with the agent last night was
made the recipient vf many kisses ami
well u isius. The ‘diiM mother is said ,
to Lr dead and the whereabouts of the
f?:lh< r is not Lnown His grandmother
is said to Jive in the city and Mrs. M
Knight is a distant relative, having hu»’
the \_uMody of the child for about m .
year. I
44 PAGE?
THREE MEN
SHOT IN DUEL
Iwo Policemen Wounded and B. M.
Hall Probably Fatally Shot in Front
of the Veramendi Building.
RUNNING FIGHT WITH REVOLVERS
B. M. HALL, about 45 years old. sewing’ machine agent, shot
in left jaw; probably tatally hurt. L'nconscious at the Santa Ro-a
hospital.
B. W. MILLER, 32 years old. policeman, -hot in lift forearm,
bone shattered. Taken to city hospital.
PETER HETZEL, 34 year- old. policeman, shot in back of
neck : not serious. Removed to his home.
J. R- SIMS, 35 years old. policeman, escaped unhurt. Taken
to police headquarters and detained for few hours.
\s a result of a four-handed pitched six-shooter battle, which
began in Quong Lee's Chop Suev restaurant, on Soledad street,
between Houston and Commerce streets, at 8:35 o'clock last night,
and terminated in front of the historic Veramendi building, twenty
five yards away, in which three policeman and a civilian partici
pated, two policemep were shot and painfully wounded and one man
may die.
Nine shots, as far as the police can ascertain, were fired, three
45 caliber revolvers and a 41 caliber automatic pistol being the
weapons used in the short, but desperate fight, which created great
excitement among many hundred people <<n the streets. A dispute
between B. M. Hall and a Chinaman regarding a meal which Police
man Hetzel attempted quell culminated in the shooting affray.
VTa .-I -a 1 • t 11 -i 11 4
Policeman Hetzel was struck by '
bullet in the ucek by the first shui ‘
fired by the revolver held in the bund |,
of Hull, while endeavoring to escape as (
the latter drew his weapon in the res ■
taurant. Dining an exehange of shots J
that followed in wliieh the three polieo '
inon and Hall took part, Miner had the ;
bohe of his left forenrni shattered. It
was during the melee that Hall tell ,u •
the street directly in front of the Vera
mendi building, a bullet having pier.- ■
ed his left ehcek two inehes below the -
ear and shattering the jaw bone, -lust 'I
who shot Hall is not known, by the po- 1
lieeinen. Hall falling at a time when c
tho loud reports o! the pistol- were ‘
popping almost simultaneously .
'Die thoroughfare at the time of tin’ l ;
shooting was i-rowh’d with pedestrians. ‘I
but a general seranildo to get away '■
during the battle, ' loan'd the street.
As Hall fell ami tin shvoting eeased,
however, hundreds rushed to the seelie * l'
and for ten minutes the greatest eon- e
fusion reigned. Mounted officers mid *'
plain elotiies men from headquarters r
and patrolmen on surrounding beats n
wen- dispatched to the seem- to dis- , 1
pei-e tin crowd which jammed the nar
row street and it was with difficulty 11
the injured were taken earc ot’ and it
hunii'd away to medical attention. "
.1 I.’ Sims, tho polieenian, who par '
C> if " a the siiooting, but escaped "
ui, . v ,s < si-orted to polier headquar r
,d " taiued while ihe investigi I’
ii,. the affair was in progress. J
' i.- ole i statement telling of I ae
111 । 1 i 11$
Started in a Dispute.
Sims and Hetzel, according to his
t jemeiit at the city hall, entered th" -
< t ines" restaurant to get supiier. While J
lii'ie. Hall, accompanied !»y another s
man. not yfh known to the police. ■ ।
tered the place. Hall carried a grip aud 1
became engaged in a dispute with ‘he '
< Idnanimi regarding tlie meal, at whi. Ii r
juncture Hetzel arose and approaching *’
Hall warned him to keep quiet and pav ''
for his meal or he would have to lock
l;;m up.
Hall b«;eaine very angry ami began
abusing if'tzel. said Sims. who. seeing s
that trouble was browing, started o r
wards Hall and Hetzel, just us both he r
gan striking nt ealih other with their h
fifts. Sims shoved both apart. Hetzel
going out on the sidewalk by the fore 1
of the push given by Sims. At this mo
ment Hal! is said to have quickie open
ed his grip and grabbed a pistol, jest |
as Hetzel started to enter the restau
rant door. As Hetzel started to tu u
am! git ' nt of range of the gun. H.d!
fired, the bullet, .as was afterward*
learned, striking him in the neek.
A- tin -iot was tiiod, Sims grablu I
Hull bv the left arm. Hall qui kly
turned and ’brew tho gun directly m r
Sims’ face, declaring he would blow 1 -
itei'd off if he did not release him. I' i
der tin । ir<-u instances, Sims said, lie . ।
oneo relensei! h l * hold <*n Hall mi 1 t in
latter ran oat upon the sidewalk aft"r
Hetzel The latter was in front of to 1 3,
Veramendi building as Hail tired wuih
ho ran.
Both. Had Drawn Guns. t<
As Hetzel du.-kedyoi.iad the set off h
in tin' -ilew.dk bc'fnd the Veramendi .1
bnil'iinff. Polieem; > Miller, atiraeted by w
the shooting, ran towm.U Hetzel. Both F
turti'--! • ' w * -Ira an guns mlvmic'* 1 ti
mi !l:: I K I- i " i-g near 11:111 from
the reat. I i thi- miim'.er the lour men
rushed to", rd <•-' a other, firing until si
the: were ;dui"-t within man's lengS'. t<
w th G e ''X'ci.tinn of Sims who was g
aboti' eight tret from Hall.
Hall was faeii'g Hetzel mid Miller w
at.d returned the tin- of the. officers. - n
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.hist as Miller was struck. Hall turned
end drew a bend on Sims, but quieki",
it seenv. attempted to turn as Miller
nnd Hetzel were shooting. Sims fired
just as two other shots rang out. A
second or two later Hall staggered on
the sidewalk mid fell into the gutter in
front nf tiio Vermnenili door.
The shooting then <"?4M , d. Sim* doo.
not know clearlv what followed, being
almost trampled upon by tho rush of
the crowd towards the scene of the
fight. As Hal! fell, it was learned, his
gun dropped beside his left foot, but
quickly disappemed. It was not until
two hours after the shooting that the
gun was found, having been picked up
by a soldier (luring the excitement.
Jack Lions, a special polieenian. lo
imted the soldier ami brought him to
the citv hall, where lie turned ths
weapon over to the authorities.
Probably Fatal Wound.
Hall was picked up and carried to a
nearby drug store, where a physician
examined his wound. He was uncon
scious and in view of the fact flint tho
range of the bull could not Im deter
mined and from outward indications
being probably a fatal wound. Hail was
conveyed to the Santa Rosa hospital in
mi ambulance. Miller mid Hetzel were
huriiedlv taken to the city hospital
where they were attended by Assistant
'’itv Physician Dr. Elmendorf. Hetzel
was found to have been struck on tho
right side of the back ot' the neek. tho
ball plowing an ugly furrow though the
flesh, narrowly escaping missing cue
spinal column. After being sewed tip.
Ilctzei was permitted to be taken to iiis
home. Miller remained at the hospital.
15. M. Hall has been in the city fot
several years and for some time has
-'■wi ig macliim* agent. He is among
his friends familiarly knows as “Red”
Hall, and lives at West Emi. He is
married and an mule of Lonnie Hall,
tho lad who was recently acquitted by
a jury in the Thirty scventii district
eourt. for having shot and killed Jm-k
Anderson, his sr [>-fmh"r in Kiulav’s
saloon on North Hores street.
Hull's daught'".. who was on Houston
strccl. h« ni . f the -hooting and was at
the drug -P re when her father was car
ried in. Sae ao ompmiieJ him to the
hospital.
JOHNSON JOiiS
FOO DAVIDSON?
Rumored that Prohibition Can
didate Will Withdraw for
Attorney General,
Special Dispatch.
Dallas, Tex.. Jan. 29.—With the
’ire ment of Shaw from the guberna
‘orial race, political rmuor> 3 rife
r?re tonight. One rejort says that Can**
lohnsftn. the prohibition ciiklmlv: . wiir
withdraw in fax or of V. IhivMson.
Dlivhltou is here, but n :» he was in
rcrviewe<l he only sai’i:
“ I am in to the finish. ”
Another rejmit declare* that Johu
•urn aud Da\: J*on v if* confer here either,
tomorrow or M«w«L**e and onMewee
liven the story nhen i» aan.’UncM .
that P.n»d<on will remain over Soiohy
when he announre4l that ba
aeuld leave tonight for Austia.