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VOLUME 29, No. 376
Here Are the First Pictures of the Flood That Cost Paris More Than 200 Million Dollars
Snapshot photograph which has j ust arrived from France. Shows rescuers taking a whole family aboard a
skiff in a aide street in Paris during t he height of the recent disastrous over flow of the River Seine.
SOCIETY GIRL
WOULD SAIL
IN SEROPLANE
Miss Henrietta Buckler Is Not
Afraid to Make Daring Flight
With Curtiss,
MEET NOW LOOKS SURE
Curtiss, Hamilton and Willard
Three Men Who Would
Come Here in April,
FO. A FOUR DAYS' MEET
Meeting Today Will Decide the
Fate of Great Carnival Attrac
tion -Harmon Challenge...
When flu? aviation meet is held here
during the last four days of the car
nival it may be that a pretty Texas
girl will make a flight with Aviator
Curtiss.
Miss Henrietta Buckler of E! Paso,
one of the most beautiful society girls
of the Lone Star state, yesterday ac
cepted the invitation of K. L. Bernard,
representative of Aviators Curtiss, WiL
liard and Hamilton, to soar in one of the
big aeroplanes. But—
Mrs. Buckler, who is here with her
daughter for the winter, claims to have
something to say about that flight.
When asked last night at the St. An
thony hotel how she viewed the pros
pect of her daughter making the dan
gerous trip, said:
“She is the only daughter we liave.
and we do not care to take the risk of
losing her at this time. We realize
that it would be a novel experience,
(Continued on Page Three.)
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HOUSE LOOKS ASKANCE
ON RECLAMATION BILL
Bond Issue of $30,000,000 to
Finish Projects Will Travel
a Rocky Road.
United Press.
Washington, D. C., Feb. s.—lf the at
titude of the members of. the ways and
means committee of the house of” repre
sentatives is to be taken as a criterion,
the administration bill for a bond is
sue of $30,000,000 to complete the rec-!
lamntion projects in the west already
under way will travel a rocky road this
year in the lower house of congress.
Payne (republican, New York), chair
-man of the committee, is anxious to
know why the reclamation service can
not get along on the money already pro
aided. < lark democrat), the minority
leader, and Underwood arc both uti <
friendly to the measure and it looks asii
though it will have little support un-1,
less President Taft wants to press it 11
•> party measure.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
. L \ vXv.
BEUTIFY RIVER
SAYS FAMOUS
I CIVIC DESIGNER
Man Who yeloed. to Make
Greater Kansas City Is a
Visitor Here.
TELLS WHAT CAN BE
Civic Improvement League Is
Now Affiliated With Ameri
can Civic Association.
At a meeting Saturday afteruou at
the ( hambar of Commerce of the di
rectors of the Civic Improvement league,
announcement was made that this league
had been admittd to full membership in ,
the American Civic association, with
headquarters at Wasliington, D. C.
The anonuncement was received with j
considerable interest on the part of the
directors because as « member of the
American Civie association this league
becomes entitled to receive monthly the
literature sent out by that association
relating to parking and beautifying
both the home and park grounds of a
city. ■
The directors in order to secure an ;
alliance with the mothers’ clubs of thej
city, decided a meeting should be called
for next Wednesday afternoon at the I
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at i
3:30 o’clock, to which meeting the mem ;
bers of the mothers’ clubs are invited I
and urged to be present.
Two other meetings are appointed,
((Continued on Page 3.)
UNHAPPY, SHE TAKES
DOSE OF LAUDANUM;
United Press.
Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 5. —Unsatisfact-
ory domestic relations, coupled with Iter .
infatuation with a married man, caused |
the suicide of Mrs. Lucille Andrews. 28 j
1 t ears old, who died at the hospital last (
night. She drank laudanum, and when
received at the hospital was beyond
medical aid. Six weeks before in a fit
of despondency she drank a teacup fhil
of laudanum. It was an overdose and
after a brief fight at the esty hos
pital. physicians brought her around. At
the time she occupied apartments on
the fourth floor of the fashionable Jef
ferson flats. The affair then created
a sensation. Last night she drank the
second draught st 83 Vance avenue,
which apartments she had rented a few |
da vs before.
TRIES SUICIDE RATHER
THAN GO TO ASYLUM
United Piess.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. s.—Declaring
she would rather be dead than behia I
the prison bars or in the insane asy
lum. Mrs Luey Dowell jumped into the
Tennessee river and was rescued by a
deaf and dumb boy. Mrs. Dowell is a
physical wreck, having been in the hos
pital for some time, and there was an
effort being made by her people to have
her returned. She declared she was not
crazy and did not want to bring dis
grace upon her father by dying in the
insane asylum.
44 PAGES
DONE
DOWNFALL OF
MADRIZ NEAR
Another Victory of Insurgents
and- Their Advantageous.
Position Assures It.
END TO SITUATION
SOON BE EFFECTED
United Preis.
Washington, Feb. s.—Report of an
other victory of the insurgents in Nic
aragua today is regarded in official
circles here as foreshadowing the steady
downfall of President Madriz, who suc
ceeded Zelaya.
A message from Captain Shipley, of
the Des Moines, from Bluefield* today,
says:
“Reported that General Mena, coni
mandiug the revolutionary forces at
■Aooyapa, defeated the rear detachment
of Madriz’s army, numbering’BOO. Many
prisoners were taken. The casualties
were not reported, hut are, said tp be
heavy. General Mena is proceeding
west to join Chamorro. Hie entire Ma
driz forces commanded by General Vas
quez are retiring westward and are be
tween the positions of Motta and Cha
morro. It is remembered that the revo
httionists hold all lines and roads, anil
that the Madriz'forces are demoralized.
The revolutionary force is estimated at
6000. ’ ’
Chamorro was reported yesterday at
Boaea. sixty miles from Managua and
it is believed he is very near the capi
tal.
With the Madriz forces between two
insurgent armies it is believed that an
end to the situation will soon be ef
fected.
COMMITTEE TO TAKE
MATTER UP MONDAY
Special Dispatch.
Washington, D. C.. Feb. s.—The house
jqpiciaiv committee to which was re
ferred Representative Burgess resolu
tion, for the investigation of Represen
tative Hardy’s speech, published in the
congressional record, to determine
whether Hardy violated the rules, will
take up the subject Monday. It is al
leged Hardy's speech is anti Bailey and
violated the rules in criticizing a mem
ber of the senate. There is much differ
cnee of opinion among members as to
whether Hardy violated the rules or
not.
ROBERTA DE JANON
AT ATLANTIC CITY
United Frets.
Atlantic. C ity. N. J... Feb. s.—Roberta
De Janon, the Philadelphia heiress who
eloped with Ferdinand Cohen, the
waiter, has been located here in one of
the hotels. When she arrived here a
few da J’s ago she registered as Miss
Minnie Stevens, and her identity be- ■
lime known only today when she was 1
discovered walking with her dog “Toot- ’
rie. ”
The girl is in the care of Mrs. George:
Bedford, who refuses to be interviewed.'
it is known that the girl was brought
lere tn prevent Cohen from obtaining,
evidence for his coming trial for ab-j
iuctiou.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1910.
Snapshot photograph takan during the disastrous flood in Paris, showing members of the municipal council
of Pari* going to a meeting. The co uncil met daily when the situation wa s gravest.
"AUNTY" HAS HOOKWORM BUT
HAS MANAGED TO LIVE 102 YEARS
Aged Nearess Confined on Lunacy Charge Mixes Clay and
Dirt With Her Food—lndisputable Proof. Say Physicians.
Indications that Ellen Reece, the 102- •
year old colored •'aunty’’ who was ouo :
of four convicted of lunacy yesterday
in the couuty court, was also suffering
from the hookworm disease became!
visible when the testimony of pby-j
sieians showed that she mixed clay and
dirt with her food. The eating of dirt
is one of the most reliable symptoms
of hookworm, and the circumstances in
this case point plainly, say witnesses
to the fact that the centenarian has'
managed to survive despite the in-;
siduous attacks of the stomachic para-,
site.
“Aunt" Ellen was arrested Friday
by Deputy Sheriff .1. M. Villareal. Dr.
Berrey. the county physician, yesterday
testified that she was growing senile, j
Evidence that she ate dirt was re
ceived from other sources, but is made;
part of the specific complaint on which,
lunacy is charged. I he old- woman is <
said to be weazened and attenuated, 1
NO KOMINE
FOB MF IN
WUTN
So Says Taft and He Takes the
First Step to Prevent Such
a Possibility.
IT WILL BE BEGUN MONDAY
Agitation Has Stirred Both the
Leaders In Congress and
the Chief Executive.
’. UniUd Preu.
' Washington. Feb. 5,-" No l.alsomme
'for the tariff in the congressional in
vestigation into the high cost ot '•
ling.” Savs (resilient laH today and
he took the first step to prevent the
Ipoasibilitv of such an out. ome ,
, Senator Keane of New cnaf-
man of the committee which just Mow
rontro l * the investigations :n >
late, was summoned to th.' white house
today and converted to the presidential
viemoint. ~
Resolutions by Senator Elkins, the
near-insurgent, and b; Senator Lodge
are before Keane’s renmittee on con
tingent expenses in the entire and when
he left the white house today Keane
said that one or the " her will be re
iported out on Monday. Then the in
vestigation w ill be on m earnest.
I The agitation of investigating the
high cost of living has stirred up both
the leaders m congre.s and the presi
ident. Every public official is being
swamped with letters from constituents
that some iking be done.
Everything was under way for an
.innocent little investigation to quiet
■things. The ways and means committee
of the house, full of high tariff mem
be>s, was to engineer the house end of
the investigation.
I But “Steve’’ Elkin* broke over the
traces in the senate and shouting a lit
tle vituperation toward Senator Aldrich
introduced a resolution coupling with j
Itho high eost of living investigation an |
iinquiry into the relation of the tariff
to the high prices. Meanwhile the dem- [
and this might be caused by old age
or the hookworm.
Throe other lunacy case# were de
cided. George Shephard, a white mau
about 60 years old. was declared non
composmeutis and remanded to Kenney
sanitarium, J: G. Spurling, his business
partner, being appointed temporary
guardiau under an $BOO bond,
Gulnare Brown, a woman, according
to the testimony of Dr. M. J. Bleini
threatened at many times to throw her
self into the lake, she also doeinred
that enemies pursued her. She was
placed in charge of relatives until a
vacancy occurs at the insane asylum.
Clara Williams was declared insane
upon the testimony of Dr. Berrey, who
stated that she had frequently tried to
fignt with visitors and neighbors. She
is laboring, said the witness, under the
hallucination that sho is being perse
cuted. and the first person coming to
hand she imagines to be the enemy and
attempts to get revenge.
JUDOE IMF
PASSES ■
AT ST. LOIIIS
Succumbs After Short Hint
at Alexian Brothers’ Hospi
tai in That City.
WELL KNOWN OVER STATE
Appointed to United Sta
Judgship in 1890 by Pres
ident Harrison.
Special Dispatch.
Sherman, Tex., Feb. s.—Messages re-
I reived here late this afternoon from St.
| Louis announced the death of Judge
David E. Bryant at the Alexian Broth
[era - hospital at 3:30 o’clock.
Judge Bryant was United States
I judge of the eastern district of Texas,
;to which office he was appointed in
1800 by President Harrison. He made
■ his home at Sherman. Ho rook a prom
j inent part in the recent Waters-Pierce
Oil company litigation and was well
, known throughout the southwest. He
I became suddenly ill here about two
' weeks ago during a session of his court,
and was sent to St. Louis for treatment.
This morning he was somewhat improv
ed, but the physicians announced his
case was hopeless.
Judge Bryant was born in Hardin
' county, Kentucky, 1850, and came to
Texas in 1862, locating in Grayson
county. His education was received in
the public schools here, and at Trinity
college, North Carolina. He studied
law under Governor Throckmorton nnd
was admitted to the bar at McKinney.
He moved to Sherman in 18*3 and mar
ried Miss Dinley Thompson in 18*6. He:
is survived by his widow and four < hil l
dren. Mrs. Daisey McLinn, James, Run-;
dolph and David E.
The funeral will take place here Tues ,
day afternoon.
'oerais nnd insurgen* republicans in the
Ihome are planning to fight any propo j
sition for an investigation by the ways i
and means committee. I
44 PAGES
COMBINATION
BETWEEN IRE
EXPRESS COS.
Attorney Mana h a 11 .Claims
There Is No Competition
Between Them.
ONE MONOPOLY CONTROLS
Four Companies Have Auree
ments to Keep Tariffs at
tiie Highest Level.
United Press.
New York, Feb. s.—lt became
known tonight that the investiga
tion into the express companies,
which is being conducted betore the
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Frank Lyon, will develop salient
aspects ii the allegations of State
Senator Ben E. Sundberg of Min
nesota, who is the complainant, and
his counsel, Manalian, can be sub
stantiated.
They made public the evidence
which attorneys for the express
companies have successfully kept
out of the records of the investi
gation. This, Manahan claims,
proves that there is a combination
among the Adams, American, Wells-
Fargo and United States Express
companies to keep tariff charges at
the highest level; that the express,
steel and Standard Oil interests
merge their lobbies to control state
legislatures; that the minority
stockholders of the express compa
nies control the respective boards
of directors and conduct the busi
ness to the detriment of the pub
lic.
i Attorney Manahftu said:
j “1 am convinced that competition
between the express companies named
| does not exist; that the active organi
zation of tne various companies arc
■ controlled by one monopoly and the de-1
'fondants have disobeyed the order ot
the commissioner to produce in th"
court the list of names of stockholders |
in the four companies.
“Again, Attorney A. G. Boardman,
representing the United States Express
I c ompany, in a hearing November 13. .
I 1907, before the New York publie ser- ,
, vice commission of the second district. ,
I tranklv admitted that arrangements ex ,
' istea between the express companies'
and that competition was both onprot- ,
itablc and undesirable.
“My opponents in the m- .
( vestigation objected to this confession;
! being read in court. I believe that the
' pubic has a right to Know who is eon
[during public business on the public
highways as a common carrier. ; ,
"‘Attempt to Influence Legislation. ।
“Although witnesses have denied it.'
I shali bring evidence to show that the|j
revenues of the express companies are! (
partly used for influencing legislation t
In fail, advance copies of a booklet t
printed under the auspices of the Miu-; a
nesota Citizens’ League openely (
charges that in Minnesota the steely
trust, a number of transportation sys-jj
terns and public service corporations;,
and a liquor dealers' association mers*
for political control of the state legis '
laturc.
“Such charges seem serious, but
I make them advisably after severalj
years investigation of transportationj
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3 MASKED
MEN HOLD
DP TRAIN
Board Missouri Pacific at Pitts
burg, Kan., and Rob the
Passengers in the Car.
ONLY CASH IS TAKEN
When Train Slows Down at
Next Station They Jump
And Make Escape.
United Press.
Pittsburg. Kas., Feb. 5. —Throe
masked men held up Missouri Pa
cific passenger train No. 310. east
bound, between Pittsburg and Cor
nell early tonight and robbed the
passengers of several hundred dol
lars. One man gave up 562 and an
other lost a roll of bills. Every
passenger was robbed of all the
cash in his possession.
;| The trio boarded the train at Pittan
j burg and as soon as the train pulled into
open country they retired into the men's
room. When they emerged they wore
j handkerchiefs over their faces and car
। ried revolvers.
They locked the doors at either end of
i the chair car and began shooting, tir
ing about 20 shots. The fusillade ter
' rifled the passengers., most of whom
were foreigners, and they were ready
Ito deliver. One robber stood at each
door with drawn revolvers while ths
, third passed down the aisle. They took
i only cash, but no passenger was allow
;ed to escape without giving up his
i money.
The conductor and brakeman were in
| the smoking car when the robbery be
gan. By the time they got to the chair
car the'train had run the six miles to
5 Cornel! ami the robbers jumped from
the platform just as it pulled into the
(outskirts of Cornel). They escaped in
| the darkness.
Trainmaster Crawford and Chief of
I Police Skinner of Pittsburg went to
J Cornell on a special train and organ
। ized a posse to hunt the robbers.
TEN WOMEN AND MAN
ARRESTED IN “HOP" JOINT.
United Presi.
New York. Feb. s.—Ten women and
lone man were arrested tonight in a
'raid on an opium and cocaine joint in
Brooklyn. Several women users of the
drug escaped through a rear window.
The plain clothes policemen got into
'the house and were invited to “hit the
j.ipe" or “sniff” cocaine. They were
given pipes of opium and remained in
the house several hours. Then the raid;
was ordred.
NO OMNIBUS*B*LL
FOR BUILDINGS
Special Dispatch.
Washington. Feb. s—Members of the
Texas delegation who have introduced
ibills for public buildings in their dis
tricts today said they had learned th«»
•‘omnibus’’ building bills for this ses
sion were doubtful on account of press
ure of the administration to keep down
appropriations, but if a biltus reported
(Texas will receive her quota.
HOUSTON MANTRIES
TWICE TO SUICIDE
Special Dispatch.
Houston, Feb. 5. —Fear that he will
become a cripple caused I. J. Delone,
aged 40, a lumberman, to try twice to
commit suicide yesterday and today.
Last night he jumped into the bayou
and was rescued by boatmen. Tnday
in his cell he severed a blood vessel in
his wrist and almost bled to death. De
lone cut his foot with an axe several
days ago.
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WEATHER FORECAST. +
•F 4*
+ United Press. ♦
+ Washington. D. C.. Feb. 5.— ♦
<• Weather: East Texas, partly -J>
{• . loudy Sunday, colder in north- ♦
4- ern portion. Monday unsettled •>
4- and probably rain; light vari- 4
F able winds. ♦
F West Texas: Unsettled, prob- ♦
F ably rain in west portion; Mon <•
F day partly cloudy. ♦
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natters and prosecution of rate eases
>eforc commissions.
“A witness in this present inxcsti
tation testified th.it the American Ex
•ress company started with an initial
mpital of an ordinary satchel. The
ither companies had but little more and
Hl investments eaire out of jsist prnt
ts. The four companies have amasae I
kttets of over $150,000,006. Soanebodv
lad to pay the fiddler and we behevs
hat it has lieen the public.’’
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