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WHO IS YOUR MILKMAN? Why Mt m! Wb ( «u PavtegriiMi Mitt and Cruia muy. DeUnrsd to any ?*rt of 1A» city Dairy Co. Phones 871 VOLUME 30, No. 54 Oyster Bay and Repose, With a Little Writing to Drive Dull Care Away. Roosevelt Program MEN AWAIT ORDERS ID OUIT WORK Local Action Depends Entirely Upon What Transpires at Chicago Meeting, DEMANDS OF THE MEN B. of L. F, and E. Wants Repre sentation, Increased Wages and Seniority! 300 MEN TO BE AFFECTED Meeting of Local Brotherhood Was Held at Murray's Hall Today, But No Action. HOW STRIKE WOULD ♦ AFFECT SAN ANTONIO + In the event of a strike it is ❖ estimated that about 300 men, +■ many with families dependent ♦ upon them for support, will be * affected, in San Antonio. + It is estimated that about 4- 7000 men will be affected in * Texas. + There are four roads in San + Antonio that will be affected. •> There are about fifteen roads ♦ in the stato of Texas that will ♦ feel the effects of the strike. ❖ Business all over the state 4- would be affected and shipping 4- interests would suffer. ❖ *+++<.++ + + + 4t + + Assembled at Murray’s hall, at the corner of Austin and Tenth streets, afe members of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Enginemen. waiting to hear the latest news from Chicago, the pivot around which all interest in the proposed great strike of this mighty order centers. The men here are represented by Fred Borr. gen eral chairman of the joint, protective board, a member of the board of di rectors and also of the grand lodge, and O. L. Kingsley, also a member of the grand lodge and of the board of di rectors. both of this city, who are in Chicago, attending the meetings of the western federated board, and the mem bers here will learn of the action of this board through their representa tives. An open meeting of the brotherhood was held this morning at Murray's hall, which was presided over by J. J. Mur ray, president of the organization here, while Fred Aylmer, the secretary, had charge of the minutes. At the meet ing several letters were read, on from Mr. Barr, stating he would keep the members informed of what transpired ir. Chicago. The men said they are depending entirely on ordefs from Chi cago as to the course of action to pur sue. and that these orders will have to be otherwise than telegraphic. Awaiting Official Orders. “For,” explained Mr. Aylmer, “how are we to know that a telegram ordering us to quit our engines, say at 7 o’clock this evening, is an official order! It may be sent in another source, and as we have no instructions about telegraphic orders we will not accept such. Three years ago, when we had a little trouble, we had a ci pher code and so. when a telegram came in cipher wo knew that it was all right and acted accordingly. We do not expect to take any action now until we hear direct* from our repre sentative. from his own lips.' ’ (Continued on Pago 3.) PORTUGUESE BARK LOST, 33 DROWNED Associated Press. Lisbon. March 15.—A Portuguese bark sailing from Pico, one of the Azori islands, has ben lost mid thirty three persons drowned. Local ForeeMit till 7 p. m., Wednes day: For San Antonio and vicinity: W Unsettled weather tonight and A Wednesday. Wammor tonight. Th<* maximum temperature for Rthe 21 hours ending st 8 o’clock ; this morning was 81 decrees and the minimum was 60 degree. N Comparative temperatures for I thia year and last: __ 1909 1910 f 4 a. m. .. . 39 61 y 6 a. nt .. . 38 59 ■■i Bam 38 6! RIO a. m ... 46 64 12' nom ... 52 67 Ip m. ... 56 74 SAN ANTONIO LIGHT ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ENTER POLITICS ON RETURN HOME IF HE CAN HELP IT ROOSEVELT HAS THE PALACE KEYS The palaeo of the Sirdar of Khar toum, where Colonel Roosevelt will be entertained at a dinner tonight which will inaugurate a week of festivity The palace is placed at the disposal of the Roosevelt family and is their place of residence during the stay in Khar toum. A suite has been redecorated and refitted for the especial accommodation of the distinguished American and a retinue of servants has been assigned to his use. On the right of the picture is the Khartoum hotel, where the Roose velt family met yesterday upon the col onel'g arrival in the city. The group of four men from left to right are: Col onel Rooaevelt. Frederick G. Selous, Major Edgar A. Mearns and Kermit Roosevelt. (Bv Gilson Gardner). (Copyright. 1910, by Newspapers Enter prise Association). Special Diipateb. Khartoum, March 15.— While 1 am not authorized to speak for him, I feel entirely safe in statiug the plans of Colonel Roosevelt, as follows: . Upon his return to, America Roose- Felt intends to live quietly at Oyster Bay and make a living by his pen. What the character of his work will be I cannot say except that he will continue his present editorial connec tion with Outlook. Even after his re turn he intends to avoid comment on political subjects until personal obser vation at close range shall furnish a" basis for intelligent and fair judgment. Until sueh time he will strive to keep his mind open and avoid prejudice based upon ex-parte or partisan reports. don’t study too HARD 001 OF SCHOOL, PUPILS Head of City's Public Schools Sets His Foot Down on Work at Home. HE ISSUES A CIRCULAR No Home Work of Any Kind Should Be Given Children of Lower Grades. Superintendent Chas. J. Lukin has set his face against excessive home study by the pupils in the public schools, holding that' this should be kept down to the mini mum by the principals and teach ers. He today issued the following circu-i lar to the principals of the various' schools: “Your co-operation is desired in an, effort to reduce the assignment of home work in the several grades to a reason able basis. Especial care is necessary from the fifth grade up. where the same teacher does not have charge of all the studies of a grade. “No home work of any kind should b geiv an to the children of the first and second grades, and but little, not; I mAre than can be completed in half an 1 । hour, to the third and fourth grades. “In the grammar grades it occurs to, me that the following schedule would, be a reasonable one: In the fifth and I sixth grades, three-quarters to an hour’s J study; in the seventh and eighth grades, i one and a quarter to one and a half' hour's study, and in the high .school from one and a half to two hours and] a half a day, according to the grade.“l A party composed of Dr. Frederick Terrell, president of the school board;j W. W. Lipscomb. Ed W. Tynan, Sam W. Harris. John F. Fentiman and Paul H.| Scholz, business agent, visited a num-1 ber of the public schools today for the, purpose of inspection. It is the pur 1 pose of the board to make plans for the I necessary repairs on a number of -thei buildings as soon as the report of Dr.) Frederick Terrell i» ..i.-.a before the I school board. He has been qtroful not tq say that t he intends bclie\e g it the duty of all good citizens’ to take active part in all publie mat fers. He is firm in the belief that such men must work at all times, for better conditions and that this obligation lies quite as heavily upon men out of of-' fiee as upon those who are in. As to whether he will take more than a publicist's part in future po litical contests will depend wholly upon developments. I believe his mind is ab solutely open on this score today. Hei feels that principles rather than per- PRESIDENT FORESTALLS ENEMIES Letter Was Awaiting T. R, at Khartoum Giving Taft's Side of the Case. WAS WRITTEN BY ROOT Gives Complete History of Ad ministration and the Prob lems Confronting It. Special Dispatch. Washington. March 15. — A letter was awaiting Colonel Roosevdt upon his ar rival at Khartoum which will have an important bearing upon American poli tics. The document was written by Elihu Root, for four years secretary of state, and a personal friend of both Roosevelt and Taft, and contains a review of events since the strenuous one went into the jungles of Africa. In terse, con cise terms it gives a history of Taft a administration and the problems that have confronted him since he took of* flee a little over a year ago. The letter gives Taft’s side of the rase and is meant to forestall the effect of anything enemies of the administra tion may tell the returning hunter. Interest in the home-coming of tho ex-president is intense and not until to day was it realized the great amount of interest in and the anxiety concern ing the arrival of the ex president in civilization. THAW CITED TO APPEAR IN COURT OF APPEALS Pittsburg. March 15.—Harry Thaw was cited tn appear before the United States circuit court of appeals in Phil adelphia. April IS, by Judge Orr, in United States district court today. Thaw's appearance was ordered in the suit of John Gleason, a New York attorney, formerly Thaw’s counsel, to collect fees alleged to be due. AND GAZETTE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAUCH 15 1910. sous should eomiuaiid,Huppert gad 1i rvoiideut that when the Roosevelt in ' fluence is felt, it will be in aid of the progressive poll el e»and the progressive' men who :ire striving' for them in the United States today. Khartoum. March ln< —Uqlonel Roose velt slept later this morning tlihn has been bia custom for years and then: breakfasted with his wife and daughter; Ethel. He struggled during the forenoon with a vast amdunt of accumulated.) mail and answered many of the most j 2ITY IS NOT BOUND BY STATE LAWS May Pass Ordinances Which Conflict With State Legisla tion, Says Judge Shook. ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT Decision Comes in Auto Speed ing Cases and Will Likely Be Carried to High Court. After hearing lengthy arguments which consumed practically the en tire morning. County Judge Fiul Shook decided this morning that the city of San Antonio, by virtue of operating under a special char ter, had the right to pass ordi nances which conflicted with the state laws when such ordinances are passed in aid of the police pow er of the city. Judge Shook thus es tablished a precedent, which may go to the court of criminal appeals. The specific cause which brought up the decision was on the 35 or 40 auto speeding cases which were waiting for a decision whether or not the city could penalize such offenses with a heavier fine than that provided by the state law. Judge Shook held that the city had that power and the auto cases will now be forced to trial, without, however, prejudicing their right to appeal still higher and get the ex pression of a higher court on the relative merits of the controversy which has arisen. The city of «an Antonio was repre sented this morning b' Assistant < ity Attorney S. (’. Eldridge, although City Attorney Jos. F. Ryan was present for a while, but took no part in the argu ment. Attorneys A. E. Heilbron and C. C. Cresson, representing defendants charged with auto speeding, advanced the opinion that the ordinance was iu alid, supporting their contention by . Thee-'WmvHiiken for a tour of the city under the guid ance of Sir Francis Wingate. A din ixir at the sirdarls palaeo torirght will open the formal festivities which will . continue for a week. ■ , ■ Miss Elhel Roosevelt 'attracts no ; lees notice than Iter distinguished father aud is the hello of Khnrtmun. Frederick Boufiiln, a Denver and ' Kansas City newspaper owner, • today. •avited Colonel Roosevelt to return to ' the United States via the west aud, J is confident that flic distinguished hunt- , i er will’accede-to the reqtiest. , RECOVERS POWER Of SPEECH AND HEARING Railway Mail Clerk Mysteri ously Stricken as Mysteri ously Recovers. Special Dispatch. Bridgeport, Tex,, March 15. —Frank J. Blocker, a railway mail clerk, who was suddenly stricken deaf and dumb in Fort Worth in February, supposed lv bv hypnotie suggestions, just as sud denly was restored to power of speech and hearing here this morning. Th' cause of the strange affliction has nev er been learned by specialists. authorities from which they freely quoted. Auto Cases Go to Trial. Having disposed of the controversy bv recording a decision that the city of San Antonio has the right to make its own street regulation laws. Judge Shook this afternoon took up the trial of the auto speeding eases which had accumulated from the corporation court on appeal. It is understood that in every conviction the defendant w,ill ap peal" to the criminal district court and, if necessary, carry the cases to the court of criminal appeals. The idea is to get the question settled. In three auto cases in which the com plaint is alleged to have been illegally drawn, or to lack of some vital feature, the suits have beon dismissed. These three eases are those against Dobby Martin. C. M. Walker and T. F. Brady. In all other auto cases it is understood that the defendants will be prosecuted, and. if an appeal is taken, the fine will be collected by the state. For the next two or three days it is believed that tho county court will have a continuous set ting hearing anto cases. The city has now adopted another or dinance in which tjie penalty for auto speeding is made to-harmonize with tho state law. SUFFERING DRIVES AN AUSTIN WOMAN INSANE Austin. Tex., March s. —Her suffer ing through destitution, is thought bo the cause for the unhinging of the mind of Mrs. Henry Sowder. who wa placed in the county jail this morning to await trial tomorrow on a charge o’ lunaev. Her husband was blown up a vear ago in a dynamite explosion and since that time. Mrs. Sowder has eked out a bare living. 25,000 RAIL MEN MAY QUIT Many Big Texas Roads May Tie Up When Firemen Are Ordered Out-Crisis Today. THE STRIKE HITS ALL THE WEST REQUEST IS ONLY RUSE TO GAIN TIME So Declares President Carter of Brotherhood and Says Strike Will Be Called. ROADS ARE IN BAD SHAPE Hinted That Five Days of Graci Will Be Given Them to Sub mit to Men's Demands. Associated Press. Chicago, March 15. —The data and hour of calling the strike of the firemen on western railroads was decided on by the union officials' committee today and the commit tee adjourned until this afternoon without announcing the time when tho strike will be called. Presi dent Carter of the union said in h i opinion the committee would order the strike regardless of the media tion proposal. “The request for mediation, coining, as it does, when the railroads have re ceived reports showing they are in no position now to sustain a tie-up, is only a ruse to gain time, aud the union can gain nothing by waiting. We might as well have the strike and get a final set tlement." said President Carter today. It is hinted that the railroads will be given five days of grace to give an an swer tn the men and the strike will then be called. Organizations all over the country affected will be notified at once of the day and hour chosen for calling the strike. RAILROADS ASK FOR MEDIATION Associated Tress. Washington, D. March —Media- tion under the Erdman act has been re quested in the controversy that has arisen between the railway lines opera tiug that has arisen between the rail ting westward out of Chicago and the firemen and enginemen. The applica tion for mediation was made by the railroads, and the request will be granted. Immediately after Chairman Knapp of tho Interstate Commerce commission arrived at his office today, represents- A Fortune Thursday? Real Estate dealers and owners will advertise their choicest offerings in 'The Light and Gazette Thursday. You may be able through one of these advertisements to pick up a piece of real estate that will make you independent for life. Read carefully every rea ty offering Thursday. It may mean your forture. Thursday Is Their Bargain Day ? GOLDEN ROD BUTTER Mate at home. Qaaraateed at tka M«haa* I quality. We chore evary day. I Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871 j PRICE: FIVE CENTS. TEXAS ROADS AFFECTED. El Paso 4 Southwestern. Fort Worth A- Denver. Houston & Texas Central, Houston. East & West Texas. Interna tional & Great Northern. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient. Kansas City Southern* Missouri. Kansas & Texas. Iron Moun tain. St. Louis. Brownsville & Mexico, Southern Pacific. San Antonio & Ar-j ansas Pass and Texas & Brazos Valley. Chicago, 111,. March 15. — Railroad ot-J ficials in all pars of the country are! stirred today over the announcement) that the Brotherhood of Locomotive] Firemen and Enginemen had ordered a strike of 25.000 firemen on practically all railroads between Chicago and the Pacific coast, and the exact hour at which the men are to quit work will. probably be sent out within 24 hours.' P-crident Carter of the brotherhood at midnight last night announced the strike order had been decided upon by him self and 43 members of his committee because the railroad general manager* refused to submit all questions in dis pute to arbitration under the Erdman act. He said the committee today would probably decide hour at which the men would go opt and of ficials of all local organizations of the brotherhood would be informed by tel- egraph. While depreciating the strike ordet Mnd maintaining that trouble might still be averled. the railroads asserted they were determined not to agree to ’ub rdit anyflling except the wage dispute to .arbitration. They declared the strike would temporarily tie up every freight and passenger train on forty seven rail roads and probably throw out of em ployment 150.0(10 men. An appeal to the authorities at Wash ington to step iu and prevent trouble will be made if necessary, according to a statement of W.C. Nixon, chairman of the managers' committee. Nixou, who is general manager of the St. Louis 4 San Francisco railroad, and nine oth er general managers who constitute the committee, were up all night work ing on a solution of the difficulty. (Continued on page 3.) fives of the railroad general managers’ committee presented to him an applica tion of the railroad officials for media tion of the troubles. The applica tion is for mediation of the that has arisen on the subjects “wages, hours of labor and conditions of employment'' between the forty seven road* involved and the Brother iiood of Locomotive Firemen and En gipemen. Chairman Knapp assured the, representatives of the general mauagera that he and Dr. Neill would take up the ) matter immediately aud if necessary I go to Chicago. FREEMAN AT AUSTIN. Austin. Tex., March 15.—Receiver T. J. Freeman of the I. & G. N.. is m the city today and will meet this after noon with the railroad ta discuss the winding up of the receiver ship of the road. Read the Paper That Prints the Newa.