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WHO IS YOUR MILKMAN?
Why not M? We sell Pasteurised MUk and
Cream only. Delivered to any part of the
city.
v Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
VOLUME 31, No. 87
The City CouncH Must Stop the Sale of Sewage-Irrigated Vegetables Says Dr. Brumby
SEN. ALDRICH
DOESN’T DENY
HE’LL RETIRE
Report That He Will Is Consid
ered With Real Seriousness
at Capital.
NEARLY 70 YEARS OF AGE
Growth of Insurgent Sentiment
and Prospects of Fight Con
tribute to Decision.
United Press.
Washington, April 16.—The re
ported intention of Senator Aldrich
to retire, following his failure to
deny it today, is taken with real
seriousness here tonight.
The growth of insurgent senti
ment throughout the country, wide
spread opposition to his central
bank plan, prospects of a bitter
fight in Rhode Island, his physical
SENATOR NELSON A. ALDRICH.
condition and the fact that he is
nearing 70 years of age, are men-
<i». probably contributing to
• his Reported determination.
Those who have 'observed Aldrich
this” session say ho has ."worried far
more than ever before. It is pointed
suit that he appeared to-have lost, the
faculty of throwing off the eaves which
'personal domination of the senate
on his shoulders.
' Worried by Sentiment.
hlricb has been dropping out of
active poliliej for the last year ;ud,
according to his friends/-,he has been
worried by tlie sentiment agaiust Gie
uncalled Aldrich-Cannon comma 1 ution
for control of the national legislation
more than the public has imagined.
Whil< republican leaders here will not
■a so for publication, it is generally
conceded, oven by the regulars, that
»h< republicans would have a better
chance in the next national elections
with Aldrich out of the active affairs
jof the patty.
) It is Known that Aldrich, admittedly
ione of the keenest observers of polii
ileal affairs, does not underestimate the
/public sentiment that has beenexpres -
cd against him and liis methods. Aid
lichV friends declare this sentiment
ha- bion manufactured by misj-opro
ebufation. but they also admit that it
ha become a factor.
The members of Aldrich's family
are extremely anxious for him to re
tire, as they "believe his health is seri
' ouslv endangered.
Aldrich’s term expires next March.
y ictory No. 2
The Light and Gazette has won
— victory No. 2. No more green
sewer vegetables will be foisted upon the
people of San Antonio.
■ Victory No. 1 was supyression of
the crime wave and victory No. 3
will come with laying of the dust.
It is in the attitude of this newspaper upon
questions concerning the welfare of the people
that lies the reason for its supremacy for circu
lation and advertising.
That’s why it delivers over
12,000 papers into San Antonio
homes every evening against an estimat
ed 4,000 by The Exwess each morning-
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
69 PAGES
PAPAL NUNCIO PAYS
VISIT TO ROOSEVELT
Unexpected Call Creates Sensation as
It is Looked Upon As Overture by
Vatican to the American.
PAPERS SAY POPE ORDERED IT
United Press.
Vienna. April 16. —The Vatican
made overtures today to Colonel
Roosevelt.
At least this is the significance
placed by high Viennese prelates
and the public generally upon the
totally unexpected call upon the
colonel this afternon of Monsignor
Pignatelli, the papal nuncio at
Vienna.
Nothing since the first an
nouncement of the breaking off of
negotiations for Roosevelt to vis
it the Vatican has caused a sen
sation like that resulting from the
nuncio’s visit.
The evening papers declare
that Pignatelli called at the pope’s
bidding and that his mission was
to express regrets of his holiness
over the part played by Cardinal
Merry del Vai. the papal secre
tary, in imposing impossible con
ditions in connection with the
Vatican call, which resulted in the
startling abandonment of the
visit.
Cardinal Pignatelli is one of the
highest dignitaries in the Catholie
church, and it is inconceivable that
he would have called on bis own initia
tive. This view is strengthened by the
fact that a Boman bishop, who express
ed his regrets to Roosevelt, after the
Vatican incident, earned the disapprov
al of the pope.
“I have had a most ..pleasant call
upon Mr. Roosevelt.”
This was the nuncio's only comment
after he left the Hotel Bristol, where
the call was made. Mr. Roosevelt
would say absolutely nothing regard
ing what transpired between them.
The call was made just after the
luncheon that Ambassador Korens gave
in the colonel’s honor. Piguatelli gave
further proof that his visit was of dip
lomatic importance by attending the
reception at the American embassy to
night, where he again chatted with
Roosevelt.
Monsignor Rossy, auditor to the nun
cio, also called upon the colonel which
was interpreted as meaning that the
Vienna papal office was acting under
orders from Rome.
Today's developments are viewed is
a severe rebuke to Cardinal Merry del
Vai.
Kaiser’s Guest at Dinner.
The other event of the busiest day
the colonel has seen in weeks was the
state dinner by Kaiser Franz Josef U
the Schoenbrun palace tonight. Be-
(Continued on page 4.)
POWERS NAY
INTERVENE
IN CHINA
Occupation May Come as Re
sult of Anti-Foreign Out
break at Changsha.
MISSIONARIES LOSE ALL
Many Have Narrow Escapes
for Lives —Officials Of
fer No Protection.
United Press.
Pekin, April 16. — Intervention
by foreign powers, similar to that
at the time of the Boxer uprising,
in 1°00, is believed to be imminent
by government officials an a result
of the anti-foreign outbreak in
Ohangsha.
Advices from there tonight say
the arrival of a British gunboat
and the news that three other Brit
ish warships, an American cruiser,
the Cleveland, and one French gun
boat, are on their way to the acene
of the trouble, have had a teiupor
arily quieting effect on the natives.
The uprising is so widespread, how
ever, that the government fears
other outrages will be committed
that will lead to foreign occupation
of the city.
Four foreign missions have been de
alloyed, the latest word being that the
Yale mission, maintained by Yale uni
versity. was burned today. The mission
had property valued at considerably
more than $100,000. They were main
tained by England and America. These
nations will demand full indemnity.
The settlement*of this indemnity is
likely to prove a delicate matter of di
plomacy, although China is in no posi
tion to resist a determined demand.
The gunboats and the cruiser Cleve
land are under forced steam aud will
qll be on the scene or near enough to
make their presence felt by tomorrow.
The bouts have all their torpedo nets
spread, fearing mines in the Siang-
Kiang. The natures of the orders com
inunicated to the commanders of these
vessels has not been disclosed to the
Chinese government. This has irritated
the government, which declares if it
knew the intentions of the foreign pow
ers. it might, take the necessary steps to
avoid such a display of naval force.
Continued on page 4
RUNAWAY DAUGHTER
TAKEN FROM HOUSE
Acting on the complaint of Night
Police Chief McCabe, a lo year old
white girl was taken out of a house in
the traus-San Pedro district at 9:30
o'clock last night by Detective Mi-Gar
itv and escorted to police headquarters.
The father of the girl was notified and
the daughter turned over to him shortly
after midnight. The daughter, accord
ing to the father, ran away from home
Saturday morning. Complaint made to
the police regarding the presence of the
girl in the house caused the police to
act in the matter.
GRAND MATRON TO VISIT
The grand matron of the Order of
the Eastern Star will ,visit Adah chap
ter No. 49. Order of the Eastern Star.
Tuesday evening. April 1!’. Members
of Sun Antonio chapter No. t. Order of
the Ea.stern Star, and all visiting mem
bers of the order from other cities are
cordially invited to be present.
GOOD RAINS AT ALICE
Special Dispatch.
Alice, Tex., April 16.—Splendid rains
have fallen at Alice within the las’
few days. Last night 1:02 inches tell
and the downpour was accompanied by
a high wind, but uo damage wag rc
.ported
AND GAZETTE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 17 1910.
MAYOR WHO IS
SHOWING GOTHAM
Mayor Gaynor of New York, who lias
thrown a bomb into the eamp of the
police grafters who have been fattening
on saloon keepers by permitting them
to violate the excise law. Mayor after
mayor, and police commissioner after
police commissioner, including former
President Roosevelt, have tried in vain
to invent a way to stop the graft.
Mayor Gaynor points the solution by
issuing orders to his police commission
er that he must order his police to
make no more arrests for excise law
violations, but submit any prhof of such
xiolatiou to the district attorney of the
county. This takes the matter entirely
out of the hands of police captains
and inspectors who have been the men
to profit by the non arrest of excise of
fenders. As the same state of affairs
exists in many cities, Mayor Gaynor's
action is thought to Have solved a very
hard graft problem. The district attor
ney and the grand jury will now have
the say as to violations and not a sub
ordinate police official. The mayor ex
pects his action to make excise viola
tion more numerous perhaps, but lie
maintains this is better than permitting
a police graft system.
DECISION IS 111
SHIPPERS’ FAVOR
Master In Chancery Reports In
Famous "Cattle Rate Case"
Against the Railroads.
Special Dispatch. •
Fort Worth, Tex., April 16. —S. II.
i Cowan of this city this afternoon ie
*-eived advices from St. Louis that the
master in ehaneVy of the United
States circuit < ourt there hail decided
the famous ‘‘cattle rate case” in favor
iof the shippers. thus upholding the in
ilerstate commerce commission agaiust
the railroads. The commission two
years ago ordered a reduction ot $6 per
I car on cattle shipments, but the rail
i roads refused to lower the rates and
i sought an injunction restraining the
I commission.
It is fully expected the master in
(ehaneery will be upheld I','* his court.
Cattlemen regard the decision ns -he
I most notable victory in years, as it
'means that millions of dollars of over
icharges will be refunded them. This
is the first big case brought under the I
। Hepburn law and will result, it is said.,
।in the roads obeying the commission's |
I orders generally in the future.
. The master in chancery hold a num
I Ixsr of hearings aud took a large'
। amount of testimony in San Antonio'
' nearly a year ago. Witnesses for noth J
I sides of the controversy were heard I
here. Mr. Cowan appeared at that|
time for the Texas Cattle Raisers ns- ;
soemtion.
JURY-BRIBING CASE
HAS DISAGREED JURY
Ju the case of Broadnax vs. Steves
& Son et al., the jury disagreed and was
discharged after being out titty hours.
This is the case in which N. II. Deav
ers was discharged from the jury on
complaint that he was negotiating for
‘money to swerx-e the jury in rendering
the verdict. Judge Dwyer ordered
Deevers to be present yesterday morn
ing to answer the charge, but when
the case was called Deevers was ab
' sent. A capias for his arrest has been
I issued.
trinity is rising.
Special Dlapatch.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 16. The lo
cal weather bnreau tips afternoon an
, iiounced that; a five-foot rise in the
Trinity river will reach Fort Worth
. about midnight. The river has been
: high for several days. The present rise
।is due to exceptionally heavy rains at
| the headwaters in northwest Texas.
VICTORY FOR LIGHT IN
PURE FOOD CRUSADE
SITUATION JUSTIFIES
DRASTIC MEASURES
—DR W. M. BRUMBY.
The situation is such as to,
justify drastic measures. Ij
have talked it over with thej
board of health and we havei
concluded that the way toj
reach the end is to have the 1
city prohibit the sale of sewer I
grown vegetables intended to!
be eaten raw. The city coun-!
cil will likely pass an ordinance,
to that effect.
Further, the board of ’lealth;
will get the city and the coun-,
ty officials together and will
name an inspector whose duty
it shall be to see that no more
of this truck is raised, if in
tended to be eaten raw. This
inspector shall have charge of
the usage of the sewage and
shall see that only such veg
etables are irrigated with it as
cannot be affected bv the de
posits which are bound to
come.
Of vegetables which are
eaten raw we saw quite a
number today, and the best
thing these growers can do
will be to plow them under, for
they will certainly not be al
lowed to sell them in the city
or to ship them to any other
town.— dr, WM. A. BRUM
BY, State Health Officer.
DIDN'T HAVE TO
DOT HUSBAND
Independent Washington Belle
Breaks Engagement When
She Learns of Settlement.
United Frew.
Washington. D. C.. April 16. —When
she discovered that her mother had
agreed to settle $200,000 upon the
Duke D'Alba. Jier fiance. Miss Ma
thilda Townsend, according to a story
generally accepted by Washington's ex
clusive set tonight, broke the engage
ment and is now the betrothed of Peter
Goelet Gerry, a rich New Yorker.
‘‘I do not have to buy a husband,”
Miss Townsend declared with angry em
phasis, when she learned ot the report
ed arrangements of her mother.
Miss Townsend, the daughter of Mrs.
Richard Townsend, has long been rec
ognized as one of W ashington s belles
and her engagement to the duke was
common knowledge a few months ago.
She has an income of $30,000 a year in
her own name and has been one of the
most courted girls in the capitol.
LABOR UNIONS AND
LODGES HOLD MEETINGS
lu the labor temple Inst night were
held the regular semi monthly meet
ings of the United Order of Electri
einns, Brewery Workers and Beer Bot
tlers. Only the regular order of busi
ness was transacted.
At the Woodmen of the World hall
the boys of woodcraft held their regu
lar monthly meeting. The boys are
planning for a special meeting and ban
quet to be given early iu May.
Temple No. 2, of the Pythian Sisters,
held their regular semi-monthly business
meeting Iasi night in the Knights of
Pythias hall. Following the regular
order of business an initiatory service
was hold at which two candidates were
installed into the order. Refreshments
were served after the meeting.
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4 WEATHER FORECAST.
4
♦ United Press.
4 Washington. April 16.—Fore-
4 cast—Eastern Texas, fair Bun
❖ dav, warmer in western portion
4 Monday: fair, warmer.
+ West Texas —Fair. Warmer
♦ Sunday; Monday, fair.
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60 PAGES
Dr. Brumby, State Health Officer and
Board Tell the City Council Sale of
Sewage Vegetables Must Stop.
ACTION FOLLOWS INVESTIGATION
What Dr. Brumby Insists On.
THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY
COUNCIL FORBIDDING ABSOLUTELY THE SALE OF
ANY SEWER-IRRIGATED VEGETABLE INTENDED TO
BE EATEN RAW.
THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INSPECTOR. JOINTLY,
BY THE CITY AND COUNTY. WHOSE DUTY IT SHALL
BE TO SEE THAT ACREAGE IS NOT PLANTED IN VEG
ETABLES INTENDED TO BE EATEN RAW.
THE ADOPTION OF STRINGENT REGULATIONS
PREVENTING THE SALE. IN TH£ CITY OF SAN ANTO
NIO. OF VEGETABLES INTENDED TO BE EATEN RAW,
AND THE PLACING OF INSPECTORS TO PREVENT THIS
BEING DONE.
THE USE OF THE SEWAGE WATER UNDER COM
PETENT INSPECTION WHICH SHALL DESIGNATE
WHAT VEGETABLES MAY AND MAY NOT BE GROWN
ON LAND IRRIGATED WITH IT. THE AUTHORITY TO
PRESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT SHALL
I BE USED.
DAMAGE IS
ESTIMATEDAT
$2,000,000
Peculiar Storm Leaves Trail of
Death and Destruction Over
Five States.
THEN BLOWS OUT TO SEA
New Orleans, La., April 16. —Cut-
ting its way through five states
with cyclonic speed, a storm that,
finally blew out to sea tonight, has
done damage conservatively esti
mated at to crops and
property ana left a trail oi dead
ana Injuiea in its path. Seventeen
persons are Known to have been
allied in Mississippi. From Terre
Bonne, coast of Louisiana, tnere
came stories tonight of heavy loss
of life, while points in Interior
Mississippi tell of casualties in
.ountry aistriots now inaccessible
because oi interrupted wire service.
While '.he major part of the dam
age has been done to growing
crops, yet scores of buildings, resi
dences and business houses have
been unroofed or demolished. The
five states devastated by the storm
are Mississippi, Louisiana, Ten
nesse, ArKansas aud Alabama.
When the gale struck Sturgis, Miss.,
today five persons were killed by the
collapse of a store buikliug. Bradley
and Chapel, in the same district, re
port four killed by lightning. In south
ern aud central Alabama there was
groat damage to property. At Green
ville and Bruton scores of residences
and business houses were unroofed or
demolished. There were no lives lost
in these towns, but. eight negroes were
struck by lightning and killed near
Britton. The negroes had gathered un
der a tree seeking protection from the
storm when they were killed. The
property damage in this district wits
Reports of the loss of life from the
Terre Bonne coast of Louisiana where
300 were killed last September in a
storm, have not been verified. It will
probably be a day or more until com
munieation is restored there.
The storm was peculiar in formation.
Beginning early Friday, it swept Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. Its
trail was then lost for several hours,
but at midnight last night it descended
on middle Mississippi and taking ’wo
courses plowed its way through the
southeast and southwest and out to the
gulf todav.
lias escaped numerous washouts. Wag
on roads are impassable and wire serv
ice is badly erippled. Hundreds of poles
are down and hundreds of miles of tele
graph and telephone wires were put
out of commission by the high wind,
hail and 1* ” «weut the stricken
districts.
I Best Always Velvet Ice
Made by
Dairy Co. Phones 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
’ \ sweeping victory for the
Light and Gazette in its pure Veg
etable food campaign was gained
yesterday when Dr. W illiam M.
1 Brumby, state health officer, af
i ter a complete and thorough in
spection of the conditions obtain
ing on sewer farms, held a con
ference with the board of health
and decreed that the above regu
lations should be complied with
in full.
Dr. Brumby and members of
the board of health stated after
the meeting, which had been held
behind closed doors, to the exclu-
sion of the press, that the deci
sions arrived at embodied all fea
tures deemed best to conserve the
public health and to prevent the
indiscriminate sale of sewer-ir
rigated vegetables intended to be
eaten raw.
The board of health at Mon
day’s meeting of the city council
will make recommendations
• which are expected to lead to the
। passage of ordinances making it
I impossible for San Antonians to
| secure vegetables that are filled
with virulent germs, which may
(easily spread contagious or infec
tious diseases. That the council
■ will enact such measures is prac-
Iticallv certain.
(Continued on Page
CATHOLIC ORGAN
FLAYS O’LOOGHLIN
j Says Correspondent Has "Sold
Birthright for a Mess
of Pottage."
United Press
Chicago, III., April 16.—Jolin ■ •
O'Loughlin, former assistant sc. r< -
of state, who called on Cardinal Mn
del Vai, in Rome duriug.thc recent r
gotiatione between Col. Roosevelt n
the Vatican in an effort to induce t "■
cardinal to arrange an audience wtHi
the pope, conics iu for a terrific i 11 *'’
in the current issue of the Aew Mor .
official organ of the Catholic arrn.po
। cere of Chicago. The article ’•js
' part:
‘‘Judas Iscariot sold hi* ll ***V7 **
thirty pieces of silver. O G'X'K "
' selling his birthright for a mas*
pottage He is
' father for the sake ot gamin.- a
cheap notoriety at'l political pre-’i-"'
i More shame to’him ’’
The same article refers to Cotono
Pnocovelt as ‘‘our own enfant tetrt-