Newspaper Page Text
WHO IS YOUR MILKMAN?' "5 W * Mitt •»* «»*** oCi, ‘ D * UT,r ’* U “7 MTt M tt« Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871 VOLUME 30. No. 61 So Many Pittsburo. Cs>"i'’ i lr n £ , kJh2 I FIRST SUIT TO TRY NEW LIQUOR LAW Initial Case to Revoke License Is Filed In Bexar County By Attorney Torn Newton. KEP” OPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT Blas Hernandez Charged With Violating Terms of the Fitz hugh-Robertson Law. PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR Suit Takes Ordinary Course, But If State Wins Defendant Is Out of Business. What is believed to be the first suit filed in the state of Texas for forfeiture of liquor license under . the terms of the Fitzhugh-Robert- , son liquor law was filed this morn 1 ing by County Attorney Tom New- 1 ton against Blas Hernandez, oper- I ating a saloon at 302 South Santa Rosa avenue. The suit will likewise be a test of ' that portion of the new liquor law 1 which says that the liquor license 1 may be revoked when it is proven 1 that a saloon man kept his place of 1 business open and sold liquor be tween midnight and 5 o’clock of a morning. Since the passage of the law some have claimed that the courts would knock out this particu lar provision. Hernandez is charged upon complaint of J. C. Hopwood, formerly deputy con stable, of having kept his saloon open and of having sold malt liquor on the morning of Sunday, March 13, between the hours of midnight and 5 o'clock. The complaint has been made the basis for the suit for cancellation of license, which has been filed in the county court. In the forfeiture snit Sheriff B. D. Lind sey makes the complaint. The Fitzhugh-Robertson liquor law. which was said to be an amendment and an improvement over the Baskin-Mc-, Gregor law of 1907, was adopted by the last legislature. It provides for the complete closing up of a place of busi ness upon proper proof being shown that it violated the provisions of the law. 1 The procedure to secure this end is sim ple, and while this is the first suit in i Texas to test its simplicity, it is said; that there is no red tape to be gone through to reach ends. Suit being filed in the county court! by the sheriff of a county, either upon 1 personal knowledge or affidavit of a tax paying citizen, the case comes up for trial as an ordinary cause. The de fendant is given exactly the same rights and goes through the same procedure as he would for any other suit. The right । of jury trial is also given, or the suiti may be tried without a jury. In the event that the state proves its case the defendant has the right of ap peal if he is so inclined. In that event,; the case goes on up in regular rotation,' the findings of the final court standing as in an ordinary suit. If no appeal is taken, the defendant goes out of busi-! ness and certified copies of /he judg ment are sent to the comptroller at Aus । tin to be filed. The defendant cannot again go into business in the same; county. APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE Washington. March 22.—The naval ap propriation bill, carrying $129,037,602, was reported to the house today by the naval committee. The bill provides for a naval increase of two first-class bat tleships. one repair ship, two fleet col ier and five submarines. WORTH $lBBl PER MILE. Special Dispatch. Dallas. March 22.—The Texas Ji Pa cific railroad today rendered its Texas lolling stock valuation for taxation. The valuation is placed at $3,240,000 or $lBBl per mile. ——— --+++ — W C Forecast till 7a. m. Wednesday: • For San Antonio and vicinity: ' Llncreatinc cloudiness tbnight and Wednesday. The inaximun temperature for ; Othe 24 hours ending nt 8 o'clock | this morning was 8 1 degrees and । the minimum was 58 degre-s. U Comparative teinperaturet for this year and last' Di non VHO 4 m . ■ ’»R M fl a. m.... 52 59 Y< a. m. .•. 54 02 1 10 a. m.... 70 70 | 12 noon. ... 7fi 78 1 p. m.... 80 81 SAN ANTOMO LIGHT AND GAZETTE Star Styles are < very where—-none to compare with —I- —, the variety to be seen here in Benjamin Jies—made In New York, the world’s fashion center — e's no better clothes and none as good In style, work ship or materials. You’ll take your hat off to us when »how you the many dandy Easter model*. The clothes lere and they are yours once you see them. We save $5.00 and up on every suit. $2O 00 Easter Suits $14.52 $50.00 Easter Suits $23.10 $22.50 Easter Suits $17.82 $32.50 Easter Suits $26.40 I $25.00 Easter Suits $19.80 $35.03 Easter Suits $29.70 I $27.50 Easter Suits $21.75 $40.00 Easter Suits $33.00 iron Frank Clothing Co. 509 511 EAST HOUSTON STREET $2OOO $22.50 $25.00 $27.50 'JfINIP ERS MUY ■i AVERT STRIKE Expected He Will Make Effort to Settle Troubles of New York Building Trades. Ascoclatad Pr»M. New York, March 22. —Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, is in New York to day, and it is expected that ho will make au effort to avert the threatened < general strike in the building trades which was voted for March 28, He had a hand in the making of the arbitration agreement between the building trades employers’ association and the unions, which was brought 1 abont after the disastrous building trades strike several years ago. Eleven thousand bricklayers, it was , said, would go out in sympathy, should ! here be a strike. This would make ;be tie-up in the building trades com ■lete. LOVEBB t f good health should prevent sickness! tstead of letting themselves get sink , jid then try to cure it. So long as you { , i lep your liver, bowels and stomach in ' ' and active condition you n’t get sick. Ballard’s Herbine re j Aes constipation, inactive liver andl Lstomach and bowel troubles. Bexar; U . iniiu | lIUULU BUT FEELING IS ! STILL PRESENT E. B. Wright, Railroader, at Durango, T e 11 s of Situation Since Trouole Was Settled. MANY AMERICANS COME IN Mining Ventures and Agricul ! ture Call "Gringos" Into Mex ico to Develop It. While all open animosity towards the American railroad men of Mexico, be i cause of the threatened, strike of cou ! ductors ami enginemen some weeks ago. has apparently died out. yet there is I st ill an undercurrent of feeling toward ■ the “Gringo” railroad men which may । break out anv moment, according to E. ■ B. Wright, chief derk for Master Me chanic H. E. Hein of the Mexican In । ternational railroad at Durango. Mr. | Wright is in the city on a visit to Sher ! iff B. D. Lindsey, and will be here until i Friday or Saturday, it being merely a vacation trip. Since the settlement of the trouble be tween the Americans and the railroad ; company, says Mr. Wright, everything ! has quieted down until there is very [little talk of any rupture. This condi tion, however, in his opinion, does not belie the true character of the feeling toward Americans which, he says, is al ways present. So far as surface indi | cations count, he says, everything is now apparently on the most friendly ' terms. “There was absolutely no doubt,” he says, “that the Americans meant to walk out should the railroad officials not have come to the terms which were, set. I do not mean that the officials, gave in on everything. On the contrary.; thev gainedws many points as they lost.: The principal ones contended for by the! men were the formation of the examin- 1 ing board and the rule of seniority to[ govern promotions. The examination board is to see that only competent men 1 run oegines and handle trains.” Americans Pouring In. Mr. Wright says that many Ameri cans are coming into his section of Mex-' ico, the majority seeking mining ven- 1 Hires or agricultural prospects. Located, at Durango is a famous iron mountain containing literally millions of tons of, almost pure iron. The property, he says, is now tied, wp in the Mexican courts; and is not being developed. Machinery' placed there to work it is going to rack; an<T ruin. “And yet with it all.” he says, “Du raugo is every day feeling the quicken 14 PAGES 15 FAREWELL FOR UNCLE JOE Will Be Last Appearance as Speaker, Friends Saying He Will Not Try Again, Special Dlapatoh. Washington, March 22. —Uncle Jo.,' Cannon, concluding this term as speaker of the house of representatives, is ex pected never agary to be a candidate. His friends are saying that when the present term expires he will issue a statement declining to stand again fot election and giving his reasons there for. but Uncle Joe has maintained ‘.hs utmost reticence regarding his future movements. Caucusing is now going on to name the committee of ten which shad her' after be the committee on rules. Vari ous byplays are taking place during this caucusing, the regulars, meaning the adherents of Cannon, seeking to, obtain six members, while the demo crats and the insurgents are of the opin 1 ton that sm'h will rot be allowed. It , is believed flint the personnel will in ; chide five regulars, four democrats and I one insurgent. By combining with Ur*, democrats, the one. insurgent could ere-1 ate a deadlock. I TO COME WITH PART OF CLASS Head af Geology Department of State University Expected to Examine the New Finds, DELVE INTO ANCIENT PAST Trained Eye of Geologist Can See All That Is Hidden From the Ordinary Layman. For the purpose of investigating the primeval tropical forest, indi cations of which have been upturn ed by dynamite along the Medina * river at the new concrete bridge site. Professor Frederick William Simonds, head of the geological de partment at the University of Tex as, is expected to bring a part of his class to San Antonio within the i next few days. I । Frank Newton, county clerk, has writ -1 ten to Professor Simonds and has in ; ' formed him that should he wish to visit' i the spot it would give him pleasure to] escort him there with such members of I his class as the professor might bring with him. The ebunty auto and that be-] i longing to County Judge Phil Shook! could be pressed into service and all the' [ students taken at one trip. By express this afternoon the speci mens found at the bridge site will be forwarded to Professor Simonds. They; were encountered in blasting for lime stone rock to be used in making tbel concrete. The spot is located some short I distance from the actual crossing place,) but the drills which have been sent I down to make place for the concrete I foundation have also brought .up some queer finds. That such a condition existed and that . this entire country might at one time have been a richly vegetated tropical] forest was not suspected, although well] drills at various times have brought up formations which hinted at it. It was only after the huge slices of limestone rock began to be rived off. however, 1 that the extent of the situation could be] guaged. It is believed that Professor Simonds; and his class could well spend a day at J I ing influence of the Americans at work. New industries ate being opened and] manufacturing plants are making goods which are distributed throughout the re-1 public. The government of .Durango is favorable to American industries and offers no bar to those who wish to come and help in upbuilding the country.” SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. TUESDAY, MARCH 22 1910. Graft Toils Invesiigus Place Responsibility Smashup In lowa, THOUGHT RAILS SPREAD Large Percentage of Dead Were lowa People—One Unidentified Victim. Bpssial Dispatch. Marshalltown, Ia„ March 32.—An Investigation is un the place the re sponsiblJity of the double-header pas senger train wreak on the Chicago, Kook Island i I'uoiflo, near Uroeu Mountain yeeteiday, In which forty eoven persona wore killed and forty injured. The wreck, It la believed, was canted by the •preaHiug of the raile, which caused tlie pilot engine to jump the track, The eugiue wae buried In an embauk meut of soft clay. The eecond engine rolled over and all tbe roar care were hurled forward, tbe care being piled one on top of the other. A day eoacb,, a smoker aud a Pullman were smashed : to splinters and all the occupauts were killed or injured. The roof of the Pullman was jammed through the coaches ahead. Many passengers were killed out right. In some instances heads were severed from bodies and arms and legs cut off. Sea of Human Blood. The scene of the wreck was almost a sea of humnn blood and many of the l injured had’ to wallow around in it be I fore they could be reached by rescuers and taken out. Ono man wns seen pinned underneath tbe wreckage with both legs cut off, begging for some one to kill him. Reside him was a dead woman with a baby in her arms. The baby was uninjured, and was brought out in safety. The following is a revised list of the’ dead: Identified dead: MILTON FA KISH, Cedarville, Mo. JACOB NAUHOLZ, Cedar Rapids. 1 la., conductor train No. 21. ROSS. Cedar Rapids, fireman. 1 ROSS CHARTER. Cedar Rapids, eol ored porter. ARCHIE PRICE, Cedar Rapids, col ored porter. R. A. ROBINSON. Cedar Rapids, en gineer of engine No. 828. 1,. W. PARRISH, Cedar Falls. Presi dent of lowa State Teachers' assoeia tion. MRS. LEWIS, Valley Junction, wife I of Dr. Lewis. W. W. EGGERS, care Ellis Hotel. I Waterloo. F. D. LYMAN. Waterloo. N C. PEACOCK, West Liberty/took ruibHUl hAILb FOR LONDON TO SEE ROOSEVELT : Former Chief Forester Is Sum moned to Meet Old Chief Who Cables Him From Khartoum. ।DEPARTURE KEPT SECRET 'News of Pinchot Mission Cre-j । ates a Stir In Official Cir- cles In Washington. Associated Press Washington. March 22.—Clifford Pin ehot has left for Europe to meet ex ) President Roosevelt in London. The former chief forester, who* was one of 1 Roosevelt'sjclosest friends, sailed from I New York last Saturday on the General ; Grant, although the fart did not become ■ known until today. It was learned that Mr. Roosevelt] sent Pinchot a cablegram from Khar- | toum, asking him to leave the United . I States in time to make it possible for ; them to meet in London several .lays I before the ex-president was due to sad | ! for home. Pinchot at once made prep | i arations. with great secrecy, aud so weil I did he cover his tracks that his de ! jparture was entirely overlooked at the [ | time. It is believed that Roosevelt wishes ; | to be thoroughly advised regarding the] political situation here from othe i sources than those which have been ' show'ering him with gratuitioua infer i mation ever since he eame within reacn j nf the mail aud cable. As Pinchot and Roosevelt are warm ] admirers of each other it is-likely that the result of the interview will be a) i considerable -bearing upon the attitude, of the ex-president when he reaches, the United States. The news of Pin i .•hot Is depart uro. caused quite a commo । tion in Washington official circles and the news was conveyed to the presi- , dent, who is here He refused to comment upon the Pin । chot mission. I ; ' I the bridge site. The imprints and de lineations or the limestones are ot such character as to tell a complete story to I the trained eye of the geologist. To the man unlearned in nature s secrets, [they merelv present something enrious. and unfathomable, for the average man .will stand agape at the fact of finding fossil remains of a tropical torest buried, 1 beneath tons of granite-like limestone'; which must have taken countless ages to . form and cohere to the present state Otli durability. 1 1 That the City 1W INFESSIO GRAFTING Advantage of Immunity id and Put Confessions Prosecutor's Hands. !T MANY TRUE BILLS Municipal Scandal In y Promised to Be Un vered at Pittsburg. ♦ total of nineteen, present <• ’ormer, councilmen in Pitts- ♦ have taken advantage of ❖ aunty attorney's promise of ♦> 111 i an<l h av e confessed to •> 111 bpting bribes ranging from + |||D to $250 each. Evidence ❖ 11 U’ in hand, it is reported, is 4 icient to insure sixty or more 4* ictments of men in many dif- 4 ent lines. The probe promises + uncover the most malodorous + polls system” ever known in 4> nicipa! government history. Millio 4 . ++ + + <>4 . +++ 4 , + 4 , 4 , Spr, „ r ted Press. sburg. Pa.. March 22.—The graft igating grand jury, which re- 1 its sessions today, is expected to HIS to a well-done brown, additional nt and former councilmen who are p . cd to have been feeding themselves ralcjtifnlly out of the $lOO,OOO eornrp- TJ fund in the last two years, Re ed rumors today had it that “men er up” are to be given full advan of the district attorney's plea to we in out of the rain” before an r twenty-four hours rolled around, eugifhbn Court opened today, the court privpe presented a scene of animation \l P |filled seldom, if ever, in the history ’Pittsburg. Nine former councilmen today con fessed to accepting bribes ranging from $l5O to $250 each. Five of these con fessiona came from men not under in dictment, but who confessed voluntar ily. swelling the total of voluntary con fessions to nineteen. Court adjourned until tomorrow and the immunity privi lege was extended another twenty-four hours instead of becoming a dead issue at noon today, as previously announced. It is said that additional evidence, just discovered, will result in sixty more indictments being returned. COUNCIL IS LEFT WITHOUT QUORUM Pittsburg. Pa.. March 22. —An embar lassing situation has developed in the city’s councilmanic bodies through the enforced resignations of a number of members because of their confessions of guilt in connection with the bribery conspiracy and others that are expect ed to be demanded by reason of the in dictments found against forty present and former members by the grand jury last night. The council meets next Wednesday night, and it is expected that by that time there will not be enough virtuous ones left to form s quorum. Already it is being figured out how these vacancies will be filled, and it is expected the mayor will be compelled to call special elections in the wards whose delegations have been decimated. The penalty to which the guilty eonn oilmen are liable under the law is a fine not exceeding $lO,OOO. imprison ment not exceeding five years, and to be forever debarred from holding ary place of profit or trust in the common wealth. PLAN NO ENTERTAINMENT FOR JUDGE R. S. LOVETT Judge R. 8. Lovett, the new head of 1 the Harriman interests, will reach San Antonio Wednes<lay evening about 6 ‘o'clock over the Victoria division of the Sunset, and after a layover here of 'three hours, will leave for the west on his inspection tour of the system. Gwing to his short stay and liis desire that no entertainment be prepared for him. the Chamber of Commerce will at tempt to prepare none, but will have a committee of prominent business* men of the city call on the new railway king and extend their greetings, paying their respects to a former citizen of Texas. PARTIES SET DATES FOR THEIR CAUCUSES Special Dispatch. W ashington. March 22.—Theiiouse re publicans will hold a caucus for the selection of the six republican members of the new committee on rules Wednes day night. The democrats have agreed on Thursday night for their caucus. 1 14 PAGES Council Has No Quorum CALLS TAFT “PLIANT” ONE Rep. Palmer, Democrat, Pennsylvania, Flays the Administration and Lauds Roosevelt as “Greatest Insurgent” FAILURE TO REDEEAI PLEDGES Associated Press. WASHINGTON. March 22. —Referring to President Taft as a "rather pliant executive,’’ and characterizing former President Roosevelt .as "the greatest insurgent of them all. who taught the insurgents how to 'insurge,’ ” Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, (Democrat) of Pennsylvania, attacked the administration from the floor of the house today. Mr. Palmer, in introducing his attack upon the republican organization and the administration measures, said that the country could expect little real benefit from "this show or effort on the part of the president to redeem the pledges of the re publican platform.’’ BURNS FATAL TO MDS. WEBNER Suffers Nine Hours Before Suc cumbing to injuries Received In a Fire Monday, After suffering for nine hours from horrible burns sustained in tbe destruc- Lion of her home at 609 South street, at 3 o’clock Monday morning, Mrs. Minna 1 Werner. 54 years old, dien yesterday af ternoon while being transferred to the Baylor hospital from the City hospital. Edward Werner, her son. who was badly burned about the head, face, artns and back, is at the Baylor hospital, and his condition is regarded as critical. Mr. Werner wns attempting to save his I mother when he received the horrible burns which may also cause his death. Mrs. Werner is survived by four sons, Julius. Hans, Edward and Adolph, and one daughter, Miss Alma. A brother, Hugo Schutze, and her mother, Mrs. Augusta Schutze, also survive. The funeral of Mrs. Werner was held this afternoon from the home of her mother. Mrs. Augusta Sebutze, 112 Bowie street, and interment was made in City cemetery No. 1. Kev. O. Hart mann. pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, conducted the services nt the home and grave. Mrs. Werner was a member of the Mutual Aid society of San Antonio and that order turned out to the funeral in a body. THREE DAY SPEED CARNIVAL OPENS Special Diapatch. Daytona. Fla.. Marell 22. —Weather, wind and beach conditions combined to make an auspicious opening of the three day automobile speed carnival on Day tona beach today. All indications point to broken records, especially in the free for-all events. Such notable racers as Oldfield. Christie. Robertson. Brown and Kriscber have their racing machines tuned up for the day's work. Hotchkiss, iu a Pope Hartford, won the first event, the southern champion-] ship for 10 miles. Time. 9.27. Oldfield, driving a Knox, won the sec ond event, a 20-mile free for all stock chassis race. Time, 18.60. REALIZE MISTAKE AND ORDER WRECKER BEFORE WRECK OCCURS Operators Know Fieight Trains Are Speeding to Destruction and Have Relief on Hand Promptly When They Crash Together—Three Are Killed. <Bociat«d Pros. Lexington, Ky„ Msrdh 22.—Three »rsous were kil!e«l aud twelve others jured in a head-on vollision between vu freight trains on the Kentucky Mitral division of the Louisville & railway nt White station, •nr Berea. Ky.. early today. The dead: (iHOKGK Richmond. Ky,. eman. JAMES ROERKE. Paris. Ky., fire an. ••BI STER” SAXFORV. Tans. Ky., ig i ne’er. Before the wreck occurred the tele- 'golden rod butter} MUa at horn*. Onaraam.4 af HgaMt I «uUty. W. drara rvarx Sag. I Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871 J PRICE: FIVE CENTS. $ The speaker said he did not impute to | the president any lack of good faith, but, he added, “any student of recent ! and present conditions in the republican ; party must realize that, however much ! the president may desire to carry out J the promises of his party in relation to these measures, he has bound himself hand aud foot to an organization in j 1 lie congress which has demonstrated on I' innumerable occasions in the past that it can be true to nothing except its own false traditions.” The first effort of the administration I flayed by Mr. Palmer was the tariff. ; He related how President Taft had ; promised the voters in his public ad -1 dresses before election that the pledges of the republican party for tariff re- 1 vision meant “tariff reduction.” “The people understood then." said Mr. Palmer, “that in presenting the i platform the republican party gave its ' promissory note to the American peo [de. It was endorsed by Wm. 11. Taft and accepted by the people at the elec- ; lions. It never would have been accept ed without that endorsement, for the । credits of the makers of the obligation । had been sadly impaired by the record I of years of broken pledges. “If President Taft had displayed but half the zeal in an attempt to force cou gress to reduce the tariff taxation on , the necessities of life that he displayed in securing those reductions of duties which will result in greater profits to the protected manufacturers, already enriched by operation of tariff lans । beyond tbe dreams of avarite. he would have earned the right to say that as the endorser of the republican party's I promise, he had saved its obligations (from protest. “If he had been but half as anxious I to save the pennies of the workingman ' by giving him cheaper cotton goods, as he was to save the dollars of the steel trust, by rumping into its mills its raw material at much reduced expense, kis (Continued on page two.) KROEGER HAS SIGNED UP WITH STRIKING PLUMBERS The striking plumbers made another gain Monday afternoon when W. B. Kroeger, one of the large plumbing firms in the city, signed a contract with the union for a closed shop. The strikers were jubilant last night aud claimed that with the signing of that firm it was taken for granted that tbe back bone of the strike had been broken and that within the next few days all would sign up and the trouble would end at that time. — —♦ .» PACKING FIRM GETS PERMIT. Special Diapatch. Austin. Tex., Mareh 22. —A permit to transact business in Texas was granted to the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger com pany. packers, of Newark. N. J M today. Their capital stock is $250,000.’ and lh< Texas headquarters arc at Dallas. graph operators aloag the line kue v some one had blundered aud that t '.» two heavy freights were rushing to ward each other at a 30-miie au hour schedule' with uo hope of auy humau agency saving them. The north Iwuml train should have been stopped at K - rea. but was nl owed to (lisa. T ( .>- wrecking train wa< ordered out ex<'<u while the crews of the two fated traius were running in fancied security. Sa close was the pursuit of the wreckers that it was only a short time after the smash that wrecking crew men swung off their car ami ran tn the tes<-M work iu the jiiled debri*