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K ON ALL ELECTRIC FIXTURES Every electric fixture in our show room must be sold in the next thirty days. 25 per cent off on all electric fixtures, ALL MARKED IN PLAIN figures; call and be convinced. It will pay you to get our prices on Emerson ceiling and desk fans. We also rent fans and motors. Let us install Tungsten lamps in your residence and store, saving 75 per cent on light bill. BRADEN - O'NEILL HE CO. 223 LOSOYA STREET YOU PAYS YOUR TWO ANO GETS YOUR LICENSE Two Questions Are Asked, Your Name and What Car Do You Drive. AUTOISTS ARE PROTESTING Claim the. Way the New Traf fic Ordinance Is Treated Makes It a Farce. A storm of protest is brewing within the ranks of the autoists of San An tonio. Are they being discriminated against by reason of the new and much mooted traffic ordinance? The number that think so is steadily on the increase, and from present indications there will probably be a conference which will have for its purpose the enforcement to the letter of all the provisions of the ordinance. Some are readily inclined to believe that the ordinance is a farce in some very essentia] points. At least, it is pointed out that some strange peculi arities exist and that the time is ap proaching when action should be taken to get the matter right. Some of the more capable automobile drivers and owners declare that auto ists are being arrested by the police on every little technicality prescribed in the ordinance, while those officials whose duty it is to enforce certain oth er provisions are Sadly shirking and neglecting their responsibilities. The autoists contend that if they are to be medc to toe the mark to the very letter in observing the contents of the measure, city officials also should be made to comply strictly with the pro visions which prescribe what their duty is in the premises. By way of illustration, the complaining autoists refer to the manner in which the ex aminations are conducted by the city examiner, appointed by the mayor and the city physician. They contend the examiner and the physician make no pretense of comply ing with the regulations. They point to article 20 of section 1 of the traffic ordinance, which says that no person shall operate, drive or propel any auto mobile or other motor vehicle in the streets of this city unless he shall have first been duly examined by the eity physician and an examiner and found fully competent, mentally and physi- cally. by said examiners. The autoists sav'that this provision is not complied with as intended by the law. Two Dollars Gets a License. The manner in which the exanuna tions are held, they class as a farce Anyone who supplies the necessary two dollars is furnished a certificate and license, which entitles him or her to run a machine, it is avered. For a time the examination conducted by the city phvsician consisted of testing the eye ajuht hr means of letters of various SUNDAY, DON’TS FOR DRIVERS TO HEED; PASTE THEM IN YOUR HAT in the citv. Don't leave your vehicle standing on Houston or Commerce streets, between Alamo and North Flores streets, between the hours of 8 a. m. and 7 p. tn., for a longer period than 20 minutes. Don’t stop your vehicle at any street crossing in such manner as to obstruct free passage over sueh crossing. Don’t tie or hiteh your horse to any fire plug, lamp post, telegraph, telephone or fire alarm post or United States mail box post. Don't hitch, tie or leave standing your horse within 30 feet of, any intersecting street within one mile from the San Fernando cathedral. Don't forget to give a signal to those behind when slowing up or stopping your horse or motor car. Don't leave your vehicle standing on the street a greater distance than 12 inches from the curb. Don't drive at a greater speed than s miles an hour within one mile of the San Fernando cathedra), and at no greater speed than 15 miles per hour within the city limits outside of the one-mile circle. Don't drive careless or reckless at any rate of speed, regardless of whether such rate comes within the above limit, or not. Don’t drive cross any street or turn any street intersection at a greater speed than one-half the legal speed rate. Don't drive any motor vehicle unless you have been duly examined by the examiner and dity physician and a certificate granted you. Don’t drive an automobile, motorcycle or any other vehicle at night without one or more white lights plainly visible at not less than fifty feet. Don’t fail to stop your automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle at the request or signal by a person riding or driving a horse or horses, which show signs of fright. Don’t operate any motor car which has an unusually loud exhaust or otherwise makes an unusually loud, uncommon or unnecessary noise. Don’t drive to the left when passing another vehicle coming in the opposite direction. Don’t fail to stop upon being signalled or told to halt by any peace officer. Don’t turn to thq left into another street or on the same street without passing to the right, of and beyond the center of sueh or the next intersect ing street, as the ease may be, but keep close to the curb on the right in all instances. * Don’t fail, when crossing from one side of the street to the other, to turn to the left, so as to head in the direction of traffic on that side of the street. Don’t fail to slow up and approach cautiously when nearing a streetear that has stopped to take on or let off passengers. Don’t drive upon any public sidewalk. Don’t forget to hitch your horse when you leave said horse standing upon any public thoroughfare. By doing these “Don'ts” you will not be liable to arrest and convic tion in the police court. They constitute, in brief, the entire provisions of the traffic ordinance, which, since it went into force, has resulted in hun dreds of citizens being arrested and fined in the police court. The majority of the defendants plead ignorance of the law. This is published for the sole purpose of preventing you from being separated from a five-dollar bank note or more and to acquaint you with the provisions of the Jaw, that you may drive through the streets intelligently. sizes on a placard placed on the wall at a distance of twenty feet, but this was soon abandoned, and the only ex amination conducted by the eity phy sician now is said to consist of taking the name of the applicant, his address and designating on his or her record whether the applicant is the owner or driver of a car. City Examiner Collins, who has charge of testing the ability of appli cants for licenses, says that he con ducts no examination when he knows the drivers, but when a doubt as to the ability exists in his mind he compels the applicant to demonstrate his fit ness to drive a machine by a practical test. Many of the autoists believe a mis take was made when the original ordi nance was amended so as to permit any and all parties to run automobiles. The । clause iu the original ordinance, which ■ prohibited persons under the age of IS | tears to run a machine upon the public ’ streets, they believed, was a good and ’ sensible one, and that those who draft ed the original measure realized the I necessity for such a,.clause when they. I Don’t stop your vehicle with the left side to the curb on any street «aN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE inserted it. This clause was later scratched out at the council meeting. The autoists say that if they should chance to operate their machine on the streets without efen the tail lamps lighted, they would be promptly arrest ed. The traffic ordinance provides that not only automobiles and motor cycles be equipped with lights at night, but that all vehicles be similarly equipped. Why is it that the ordinance is dnly enforced in this respect with reference to automobiles, they ask. GREEN TO NEW YORK. Sou of Hetty Green to Take Charge of Mother's Business Affairs. Special Dispatch. Dallas, Tex.. April 30. —It was an nounced tonight that E. H. R. Green will leave here July 12 for New York where he will assume personal direction of the properties of his mother, Mrs. Hott* Green, the richest woman in the world. Green, it is said, will retain res idence in Dallas, ami frequently visit the state. DUCHESS WHO HAD F|ST FIGHT The Duchess of Hollenberg, who re cently became involved in an alter cation with rhe Archduchess Maria Va lorie, the daughter of Emperor Fran cis Joseph of A.Whtria. which ended in a pitched battle with umbrellas in Which the two women had to be sepa rated by their husbands. The Duchess of Hohenberg is the morganatic wife of the heir to the throne and is looked upon by the fastidious and haughty court as an intruder of low birth. Tho feeling between the two women had its outbreak at the recent launching of an Austrian battleship at Trieste. As a consequence the heir and his wife are expected to remain away from the court for some weeks. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the San Antonio Compress com pany will be held at the offices of the i company on Tuesday, May 3. 1910. at ' 12 o’clock, for the purpose of electing i officers for the ensuing vear THOS. H. CLARKSON, Secretary. THIRTY ADDITIONAL DAYS TO FILE THE STATEMENT Attorneys for Blas Hernandez, whose liquor license at 302 South Santa Rosa avenue was cancelled some time ago. have been granted thirty days more time to file a statement of fact to go up on appeal with the transcript of the proceedings in the county court. The time expired for this yesterday, with the closing of the term, but a delay was granted. Meantime, it is stated that Hernan dez has abandoned any hope of beating the case. His bondsmen have withdrawn and the breweries are said to'have no tified him that they will sell nothing to anyone conducting a business there. All the fixtures and stock are said to have been moved from the building tfiiich has been nailed up. COMMISSION* GRANTS RATE Austin. Tex., Apr. 30. —The railroad commission granted the application of th<- Santa Fe to fix a rate of 12 cents per 100 pounds on brewer's rice, in carload lots from San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas, effective May 2. KILLED BY TRAIN. Special Dispatch. Denison, Tex,, April 30.—Jacob Di rant, a prominent Choctaw Indian, ws killed today two miles south of Mi Allister,*' Okla., by a northbound Kat Limited passenger train. What) Thinking; Takes Out Of the brain, and activity out of the body, must be Put Back by Proper Food Or brain-fag and nervous prostration are sure to fol low. If you want to know the keenest joy on earth —the joy that comes with being well, try Grape=Nuts FOOD “There’s a Reason” Postum Cereal Company, Ud. Battle Creek, Mich- REGENT’S MONDAY SPECIALS Our Monday's special sales will abound in shoe opportunities to buy the most for the least. Don't overlook the items. It is your duty to yourself to come and see what you can do here with your shoe money, Make our store your store and you'll make no mistake, either along the lines of shoe satisfaction or actual money saving. For our Monday's Special we have selected 10 styles of the f season's best oxfords and pumps. Regular $3.50 values. Monday's Special No. 489—Like cut above in Patent Colt —ankle strap pump, short vamp, Cuban heel. Regular $3.50 value. Monday Special 16 other styles to select from Feet ancy INANGE ALL RECORDS OF BUILDING FOR ONE MONTH TUMBLE (Cohtinued from page 1.) | in the course of preparation, the build i ing inspector estimates the present I year will show expenditures reaching high into the millions, leaving far be ; hind the splendid records of recent i years and verily paling them into in | significance. Fifty Per Cent of True Value. The issuance of three hundred and thirty-five permits in the short space of thirty days for buildings, the valua tions of which reach within a quarter of the million dollar mark, is no small task, the plans of the various struc tures each embodying many sections of blue prints and much detail labor in arriving at a proper figure. It is a well known fact, however, that the figures in the records of the building inspec tor show practically but 50 per cent of tho true value and expenditure in volved in San Antonio’s great upbuild ; ing. It is said by those who give this question careful consideration that if the real figures, which are understated, for reasons best known to the individ I Inals concerned, were given voluntarily, i the total would be surprising in its tm 1 ! mensity. Much progress is shown in every ward of the eity. Not in a single 111 stance does any section reveal a de- crease. , , The business center reveals such progress in itself that it would be equal to the entire investment made in all sections of the city for any one •1 vear ago. Sixteen ]>ermitß issued rep resenting an outlay of ♦482,652 is noth_ ing trivial. It indicates the best of modern construction of business estab bailments. Comparatively splend progress is indicated tn each of the other wants, as will be seen by th. following records ot the building specter. in which the Seventh ward takes the lead for the second time in the matter of impiovcments in the resi dential sections. The First ward had 36 permits aggregating*7-'. ] waT q ward 50 permits. $10.3<0; Third wavu ?6 uermits. $27,435: Fourth ward. ... permits. $54,022: Fifth ward, 16i I>er mits $482,652: Sixth ward 3, permits, *llBB’- seventh ward. .0 perm. s, $56J34; Eighth ward. 20 permits, $12,- hundred and forty nine were issued for the erection of fiamo dwellings, costing $151,670; 90 pernuts Xe issued for the alteration or im urovement of frame buildings at a cost f 413 594' 12 permits for the altera s666o; brick residences, $9700, brick veneer residences. $0000; «« dences $2000; steel frame and fireproof buddings, $450,000. and brick busmens 5621.50 in fees repre sents the largest amount ever collected bv the inspector in one month. Would you have better health, more strength clearer skin, stronger nerves, more clastic step? Use Ho Uster s Rockv Mountain Tea. the great tv g> table regulator and tome. O e .0 package make 105 cups tea. Lone St <r Drug Store.. 17th Annual Catalog, The catalog for 1910 of the San An tonio Female college has just been com pleted by The Clarke Printing company and is a very tasty piece of work, the cover being printed in school colors, light blue and gold on white enameled paper and the leaves in black. The catalog u a whole is very creditably gotten up and is further evidence of the superior work done by The Clarke Printing company, Crockett and Losoya streets. Dr. Littrell, 405 Moore Bldg. Pri vate diseases, skin diseases and cancer, Very Special 50 pair Children Barefoot Sandals, 5 to 11, Monday Special 35c REGENT SHOE STORE Everything in Footwear GIRL WIFE IS WAITING WHILE SHERIFFS SE r K (Continued from page 1.) sented to marry him. The service was performed at jiarlin and the couple | came here, stopping at the Colonial ho-1 tel, 622 East Commerce street. That j was nearly three weeks ago. On Friday, the girl-wife missed her ! husband. He did not return after a trip down town, as he said. She be came worried as the night wore on. Inexperienced in the ways of the world, knowing nothing of its evils, she had confiding faith. Throughout Friday night she wajted in vain. The hus band did not return. Meantime, up at Marlin. Sheriff Poole had been loaming things. He had ascertained, he says, that Rev, W. E. Pippin was already a married man; that a wife .and six children expected him back in a small Arkansas town after he had recovered his health. Armed with a warrant charging big amy, Sheriff Poole started for San An tonio, expecting to catch his man here. But Rev. .Mr. Pippin had been in formed of what was transpiring. When he left the hotel Friday night it was not'with the intention of returning, say the officers. They assert he took fin International & Great Northern train md reached Laredo yesterday morn ng. Whether or not he has crossed nto Mexico, they eould not ascertain. In any event, border officers have been isked to keep watch for him. Sheriff Poole will follow him into Mexico, if necessary The g’irl is still at the Colonial ho tel. Sho is trying to realize the situa tion as it is. as she must confront it. Three weeks of wedded happiness have turned into a lifetime of unhappiness. Until her mother sends funds she must be eared for by others. Though hurt and grieving, she is assisting the offi cers in every way she can to trace the man who won her heart and then, as charged, brought her to gan An tonio and deserted her. Sheriff Poole is chagrined at having missed Rev. Mr. Pippin here. He had expected to slip into town and gather in the man charged with bigamy. In stead, he arrived only to find that his quick trip had been without result and that he would have te search farther if be wished to catch his man. It is believed he will ask the assistance of the local peace officers in tracing the fugitive,' having already wired to bor der points to watch for him. Rev. W. E. Pippin is described as a man of about 45 years of age. nearly six feet tall, and of slender build. He has blaek hair and black eyes, goes smooth shaven and wore clerical garb at Marlin and on arrival here. One means of identification is the fact that he has one or two front teeth crowned with gold. His description has been spread broadcast over the state, es pecially in south Texas. PROHIBIT PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS Special Dispatch Austin. Tex.. April 30. —An ordinance will Lie passed by the city council next week in which private burial places will be prohibited in the whole city. An ordinance was passed a num ber of years ago prohibiting burial in private burial grounds but that ordi nance did not include South Austin. This ordinance will be re-enacted so as to include the whole city. There are several private burial grounds in South Austin and the city wants to prevent their extension. LABORER IS HURT Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex., April 30. — R. Elkin-, emploved on th? new Littlefield build ing had his right foot torn off n * steel elipper used for tearing boards off the concrete. He was removed io a hospital and will raqpver. He lives liu Houston. MAY 1, 1910. No. 485 1-2— Like cut above, in two eyelet tie, light and heavy sole. Cuban heel. Regular 13.50 value. 2.65 Monday Special • ■ 16 other styles to select from Alamo Plaza FROM FUNERAL DIRGE TO MERRY WEDDING BELLS (Continued from page one.) । short distance from his boarding house. In a note he left he stated he had | merely “put an end to a misspent life.” I Investigation developed that an actress I bv the name of Eloise Clemens, who j was stopping at the St. Anthony hotel, had called up his boarding house and enquired for him. Through a misap prehension Bogart believed that Mrs. H-. A. Moore, a friend in New Orleans whom ho had visited on his way home from Boston several months before, was in the city. Mistake Waa Fatal. From letters which Mrs. Moore in New Orleans produced "ft Jis beheveu Bogart was much in love with the woman, with whom he had correspond ed for ten years, but whom he had never seen until several weeks before. Believing her to be in San Autonio, and realizing that his troth was plight ed to Miss Lundgren, whom he was to have married December 28, Bogart be gan drinking heavily on the day before t lie tragedy, and just at sunrise on the morning of December 1 he took his own life, the act seeming to him the best way out of a perplexing dilemma. Bogart is said to have had a very checkered career, and is reported to have belonged to a wealthy family m Boston. He was married when 17 years old to a German woman, several years his senior, by the name of Christine Henning, who deserted him after two days, returning to Germany. Later, without having procured a divorce, she married an American millionaire by the name of Henry P. Pfaff of Lexington, Kv., who separated from her, settling upon her $19,000. Upon his death she set up a claim to his estate, but the members of the family, learning of her previous marriage, after much search located her husband, Samuel B. Bogart, at Fort Sam Houston. Ten years after his marriage he met his wife of two days in the trial of this case, and be fore returning to San Antonio he pro cured a divorce. It was to be present as a witness when the case was on ap peal, that Bogart made a trip to Boston about the first of November, 1909, when upon his return he met for the first time Mrs. Moore, the woman he had been corresponding with for ten years, and for love of whom he took his lite. $3-50 Recipe Cures Weak Man—Free Send Name and Address Toda— y Can Have it Free and Be Strong and Vigorous. 1 have In my possession a prescription for nervous debility. lack ot vigor, weak ened manhood. tailing memory and Umo buck, brought on by excesses. utmaiuj drains or the tollies ot youth. that ha» cured 'so many woro and ne.vous ana right in their own additional help or medicira-t at i every man who wishes to o* & and virility. quickly and should have a copy. bo . > « mined to send a copy of the P« free ot charge, in a plalo. t nth- > ed envelope to any man who wm ' “ Th\f U SSF acting i I4 ii U ro cter put I clent manhood anU together. )t to in; fellow man W 1 think 1 , n confidence i; ‘t .send ‘I"-' 1 '; * here who is weak and di» any man aa'» >w failures mey « murage. 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