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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.
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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.
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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
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Very
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Barefoot Sandals,
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Special
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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
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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.
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