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MEN NAMED TO ARRANGE BIG MEETING (Contin icd from Page One) hart been given authority by the at tor hey gelteraj to take the charters from he clubs. One Woman Is Present. When Dr. 8. H. C. Burgin, chairman, ■ailed the meeting to order at 12:30 o'clock, the following present present: J. A. Smith, John A. Mills, chaplain Third United States cavalry; C. M. Chambers, assistant district attorney; George D. Harris, Fred R. Graves, Ben I’. Lane, E. E. Swanson, August Dud ’.oen, Frankling Moore, H. D. McKi:i ■on, W. P. CColeman, T. C. Long, David , 3. Hill, A. W. S. Garden. J. L. Parton. I. V. Dickinson, T. V. Neal, A. W. Capt, Wilson M. Brown, Dr. J. W. Carhart. R. 11. Wester. W. S. Townsend. G. L. Mc aulcy. R. M. Baird, George W. Dietz, '• A. Arnold, .1. T. Pue, J. H. Grose lose, ,f. P. Ward. F. W. Capt. W. P. Weildien, J. H. Hunter. .1. Wellner, A. M. Gildea. W. S. Lambkin, C. L. Sacn jer and Mrs. Belle Cook. Mrs. Cook, the only woman attending the meeting, remained only a short while. Not a Political Movement. At the luncheon table, Rev. J. L. Pas 'on said grace and while ministers and A. W. S. Garden, president of the Hu mane society, a member of the commit tee- appointed to canvass the fe&sibil ity of holding a mass meeting, , ;.d -dressed the meeting reiterating much of what he said at the meeting held a week ago. Mr. Garden wanted it under stood plainly that the fight was to be made for better morals of the little children and girls and not against gambling or any other of tiie vices. He also wanted it clearly understood that, politics was not to be injected Into the movement. “This is not a political movement and must never be a political move ment,” said Rev. Mr. Garden. “We are to fight for the protection of our homes and the safeguarding of the morals of our little girls. To inaugurate a move ment of this sort is not to cast slander on the fair name of San Antonio. I appeal to those who respect the sanctity of the home to rally around this move ment for the protection of our girls. Let there be a meeting of citizens held, and let that meeting appoint a commit tee of twelve or fifteen of the city’s busiest and braintiest men to co-oper- , ate with the Humane society and the city and county officials in the crusade against the disorderly houses and the libertines who are destroying our young girls, body and soul.” Chambers Address a Triller. Rev. Mr. Garden introduced Assist ant District. Attorney C. M. Chambers. As Mr. Chambers arose from his chair be was greeted with applause. “I have been accused of spotlight ing and advertising for a selfish pur pose,” began Mr. Chambers. “I have been slandered and abuse cast upon me, bvt I want to say right here that I am not to be deterred from doing my duty as assistant district attorney. As long as I am your assistant district attorney and even after I retire 1 will make a fight for bettering the morals of this city and county. If disorderly house, which exist in this city, some of them on the main streets, are a good thing to make girls purer and homes happier, then I am mistaken and have slandered the city of San An tonio. But on the other hand, if they are destroying young girls, soul and bodv, and are wrecking homes, then I am in the right. I am sure that I am in the right.’” Mr. Chambers read an article pub lished in a local weekly newspaper pass ing criticism on the ministers of the city and the assistant district attorney for the stand they have taken against immorality in the city. Mr. Chambers severely denounced the writer of the article, and took occasion to pass a compliment on the Light and Gazette. “The Light and Gazette is the only newspaper in San Antonio which has i he courage to come squarely and open ly for morality and decency and the good citizens of San Antonio ought to uphold it in its fight for the right.” Will Close Clubs. Taking up the question of gambling, Mr. Chambers made the following start ling and thrilling statement: “I am going out of office Jan. 1, but before 1 go out I will warm up the libertines of San Antonio and close the chartered clubs which are runniug for nothing else but gambling. I have been given permit by the attorney gen eral to taek away the charters from these clubs and I will do it if 1 am given a hearing by the court next Octo ber. These clubs’ are being operated ri-ht on the business streets of the ,-itv and all kinds of games are being inn I have the facts and am going to put the men who are running the dens out of business.” Raise Age of Consent. In advocating raising the age of con genr Mr. Chambers declared that under the laws of Texas a girl cannot contract io sell land until she is 21 years old. nor ran she contract herself in marriage until she is 18 years old, but she can contract to sell her soul and body when she is 15 years old. This, he declared, should not be, ami the age of consent should be raised to 18 years. “The houses of ill fame are scattered all over Sau Antonio,” declared Assist ant District Attorney Chambers. “Move them to a restricted district, nnd then protect the women from the officers of the Jaw who hound them to death and arrest them and fine them $17.50 to swell the coffers of the state and coun ty and to fill their own pockets. The state of Texas doesn't need money that : bad. ’ ’ Tn regard to the houses of ill repute, Mr. Chambers advocated passing a law whereby when the state of Texas makes out a case the district attorney has a right to sue out an injunction and sell 1 the property. Reading the sworn statement of a •»irl 15 years of age made before the I grand jury, the assistant district attor I ney declared that if those present knew j the conditions existing they would get . busy and make laws which would cover ; such cases, and in line witha sking I that a law punishing those who engage in the white slave tiaffis he declared I that only a short, time ago n certain party had been advertising in the pa- ■ pers for girls for models and girls for] the vaudeville stage and that these! MONDAY, THIS IS NEW GYHDSGOPE GIB THAT MEI DISftSTEH SATUHOAY This is the Monorail car that had such an unfortunate ending to its first trip Saturday. The car was put in operation between City Island and Bartow station. New York, a dis tance of about four miles. This new Jine, proposed to fan the very whiskers of old Father Time. is the first monorail line built and .per ated in the United States for commer cial purposes. The cars that are to be used are kept upright on the one rail by means of a gyroscope, or series of wheels mounted i in a series of rings, all revolving in ' opposite directions. The motive pow-; er is gasoline, engines similar to auto-1 mobile motors being used. The car is capable of running i at a speed of 80 miles an hour. In a I little more than three minutes it will | hurl the City Island folk into Bartow MOTOR COPS CURB FAST JOY-RIDERS ON LOOP Joy riding was at a discount yester day and last night on the loops. In stead of machines going by with a whizz and a whirr, .aey went at a steady and domestic gait that boded safetv to others traveling the same road. The motor eops—Otto Loloff and Tse brand Heikins—parolled up and down the loops, looking for speed fiends. Their disappointment in not making a catch the very first night was acute. Thiy are anxious to try out their ma chines with the speeders, but the speed ers were on the alert. They didn't want to take chances of facing charges later on. The two motor cops will be out to night and every evening and night here after. In fact, one will generally be found on duty all the time. They nro hoping for a chance, and the joy-rider who opens out into anything like too fast speed will be surprised at the re «u It. girls had been shipped to Mexico and to New York. In closing he declared that if those present wanted to know any more about the situation he had the facts, and that while he knew he “was politically dead, he was a live wire iporally. Suggests Probation Officer. B. P. Lane spoke advocating the ap poiutinent of :i probation officer and raising the qge of consent from 15 to 18 years, declaring that a woman cannot be expected to be responsible for her morals before she is deemed responsi ble to contract herself in marriage. Rev. J. Lindsay Patton, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal church, declared that he heartily approved of the movement, and that many of the suggestions offer ed he deemed right and proper, but that in his opinion one note had not been struck which lies at the root of the mat ter. and that is the boy problem—the training of the boy. He declared that the whole situation is the result of a conspiracy which is the result of our civilization whereby one half of the peo ple have made a double standard of morality, and every boy of 12 or 13 years of age is poisoned by the atmos phere and is a prospective libertine. “No woman ever goes astray without a man. Pass all the laws you want to, but you will never eradicate the evil until you get at the root of’the matter. Get at the home and teach a single standard of moralitv.” CITY FAILS TO BURN DECOMPOSING BEAD 000; : Paid Timberlake. 116 Theo avenue,! notified the city authorities last Thurs- 11 day of the death of his dog, asking them | to have.the carcass removed. Ue was; assured that a wagon would be sent J after the dog at once, but Friday even iug cable and the wogan had not ar rived. Mr. Timberlake agaiu telephon ed the city officers and again came the ( response that it would be removed at ' t once. Saturday camo anti the dog had not been removed. By this time a most unpleasant odor came from the dead animal. Mr. Timberlake wont to the proper i authorities personally and entered a complaint and was again told that the j dead dog would ho rental od at once. Saturday evening Mr. Timberlake loft I the city, thinking, of course, that the Car of New Monorail Line, as Seen From Ahed SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE station for the early morning train on the New Haven road. It will save these country dwellers who work in the city about 30 minutes every day, or three hours a week, 12 hours a month —a total of six days every year. Despite the accident of Saturdav the builders of the road are con fident of success, and are already plan ning to extend the monorail line about three miles west to connect with a trol ley line now being built. An elevated monorail from the city hall, Manhat tan, to City Island. makin<* the trip on a 15-minute schedule, or less, is also part of the plan of Bion Burrows, head of the monorail company. If Sau Antonio and Austin weje con nected rvith monorail, residents of Aus tin could conduct their business in San Antonio, leaving Austin at 1 in the morning and arriving here in time for business at 8. TERRELL LAW KNOCKS OUT THE INDEPENDENTS (Continued from page uno.) attorneys who have, studied the law, -eliminates anything like an independent | or fusion ticket. ‘ Independent' ’ Candidates. The Terrell election law's provisions enables independent candidates to be on ■the ballot iu the general election, but lays down a course of procedure entail ing much work. The law says: “Independent candidates for office lat a county election may have their names printed on the official ballot on to the county judge within I thirty days after primary election day, : provided that a petition of 5 per cent of the entire vote cast iu such county I at the last general election shall be re ' quired for such nomination.” This petition must be sworn to by ievery signer, the following being the oath: “1 know the contents of the forego ing application; I have participated in no primary election which has nomin ated a‘candidate for the office for which I ....desire to be a candidate; I am a qualified voter un der the constitution and Jaws in force and have signed the above application of my own free will.” This means that the “independent” candidate must present to the county judge, within thirty days after the primaries, a petition signed by 5 per cent of qualified voters who have not participated in democratic, republican or socialist primaries. And the num ber on the petition must be 5 per cent of all votes east in the last general elec tion. Quietus on “Fusion.” From the above quotations, it ap pears rather difficult for Sheriff Lind sey to get his name on the official No vember ballot, unless he runs on the re publican or socialist ticket. It had been suggested that there was a movement to create a fusion or mer ger ticket, calling it, possibly, “The Re publican Independent Ticket.” but this is killed by Section 101 of the Terrell law which says: “No new political party shall assume the name of any pre existing party, and the party name ■printed on the official ballot shall not consist of more than three words.” In other words. “The Democratic Party,” “The Republican Party.” “The Independent Party,” or “The Socialist Party” may appear on the ticket in different columns, but no fusion of names is allowed. Incidentally, some time ago. three candidates appeared independently for the legislature, running on a commission government platform. These are Messrs. E. G. LeStourgeon. Albin Seidel and E 8. Ranks. The question is also raised, bow are they to get on the general bal lot? The law seems to say that they also, must run as republicans or social ists or else get 3 per cent of the quali fied voters to sign a petition asking them to run. dog would be removed during his ab Mr. Timberlake returned this morn ing and found the whole neighborhood up in arms over the decomposing car cass of the dog. Mr. Timberlake, now thoroughly disgusted, buried the dog himself. “What do you think of a city allow ing sueh a thing as thatf asks Mr. Timberlake. “What's the matter with the health officer or the mayor, for this is not the first think like this that has happened in San Antonio*” Illuminating gas was first used in the white house in ISIS lAFI BUILDING PLEASURE RESORT Will Develop Region In Vicinity at Portland, Texas —Seeking- Artesian Water There, Associated Press. Corpus Christi, Tex.. .Inly IS. —Chas. P. T ft. brother of the president, is preparing to create a beautiful setside winter resort on his property fronting Corpus Christi bay, which is one of the most beautiful places on the whole gulf coast of Texas. At the place called Portland, ten miles from his ranch, Mr. Taft has now' a big force of men at work drilling artesian wells, erect ing buildings, draining the property and getting it in condition to aeeom modate tourists who want to hunt and fish in that section, which teems with game. He has several wealthy men asso ciated with him and they will spare no money in the e-tablishmcnt of a pleas ure resort built on scientific Hues and equipped with every modern comfort. corporation ih ' MS K MILLIONS Of the Amount Still Due About One-Half Has Been Abated By the Commissioner, Associated Press. Washington, I). C., July 18.—Treas ury' returns show that to date there has been paid $26,445,699 of the assess ments originally made, aggregating $27,267,927 on account of the corpora tion tax. Of the remaining $622,000 about one half has been abated by the commissioner of internal revenue for various reasons or is in dispute. The expectation is that by the end of the month the $400,000 unpaid will be received. Already some of the col lectors have been obliged to impose penalties for failure to pay the assess ments by July JI, thili being due in some cases to ignorance on the part of the corporations as to the exact time within which the law should be com plied with. In some quarters an impres sion has existed that the assessments were not payable until the supreme court of the Ignited States passe,’, on the constitutionalitv of the statute. PEARSALL PICKINGS. Special Dispatch. Pearsall, Tex., July 18.—A. L. Dil worth of Sabinal, candidate for rep resentative Ninety-seventh district, spent Saturday in town meeting old friends and making new acquaintances. J. M. Coker of Devine is here visit ing his son, Clay Coker, and family', and John M. Kemper and family. Mrs. 8. W. Thomas has returned from a visit with friends at Moore, Joe Robbins has returned from Jour danton. A rally of the friends of submission was held in the Methodist church Fri day night. A committee was appoint ed to issue an address to the voters of Frio county, and the addreas has been prepared and mailed to every voter in the county, urging that submission be voted for in the primaries next Satur day’ H. G. Edwards, wife and children have returned to their home at Del Rio after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Smith. Walter Thompson was badly hurt late Saturday afternoon by his horse falling on him. Mr. Thompson was out at the ball grounds, where the home team was practicing, and upon leaving there to return home, reached down from his horse to pick up his hat, without caus ing his horse to stop. The horse fell on Mr. Thompson's head, rendering him unconscious for a time. He/.as brought to town, received prompt treatment of a physician, and is now up and about again. 1 Lucian Pigford and his mother have returned from Spofford, where they , spent several weeks for the benefit of । Mrs. Pigford's health. Mrs. M. C. Brake has returned from ' a visit with her daughter, Mrs. George H. McCandless, near Melon. John L. PrangKn is spending several ' days at Hondo on business. Mrs. R. C. Blailock and children have I returned from a visit of several weeks ! with relatives in Mississippi. The Junior Athletic club entertained ' Saturday night in honor of the young J ladies who assisted the club members in l their minstrel show two weeks ago. The affair was greatly enjoyed and is spoken of in the most complimentary terms by all who attended. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cowley, J'r. and Mrs. B. K. Nixon. J. E. Berry- and fam ! ily, J. N. Long and family.; and J. H. I Loxton and family have returned from I their outing in the mountains near Keirville. FATAL AFFRAY AT LEROY Two Men Engage In a Quarrel and One Is Shot and Instantly Killed Specid Dispatch. Waco. Tex.. July 18. —News was re j reived here this morning from Leroy*! that Thomas Casey and George Mad- ' den engaged in a quarrel, in which | Casey shot Madden with a shotgun, Madden dying instantly. Madden had a pistol in his hand when shot. Casey is I married. — ♦ Italv has an annual average of 3606 1 murder trials and an average of 2805] convictions. — — The Western I nion Telegraph coni | panv maue a profit last year of $7,347. i 106.89 | Kill SO BADLY UNABLE TO TELL OE DIFFICULTY Mexican Found In His Home In a Serious Condition Is Tak en to the Hospital. MOUTH AND THROAT CUT Blade Entered Throat and Pen etrated Lips In Such a Man ner as to Stop Speech. Stabbed in the face last night by an unknown assailant, the blade striking him an inch from the nose on the left extending downward, splitting the upper lip and cutting him on the interior of the throat. Gregorio Mon tella, aged about 30 years, was taken to the city- hospital this forenoon for at tention. While Montella has an uglv wound, it is not considered serious and he is expecte dto recover. According to the information obtained by the police, Montella was cut by a participant in a general fight, said to have taken plaee about 11 o’clock last night near the corner of Dolorosa street and Santa Rosa avenue. Montella is hardly able to talk because of the swelling of his throat. He managed, however, to say that he had taken no part in the fight and it was while be was iu the act of passing the belliger ants that one 9t them struck him in the face with a knife. He ran to his home, located in the rear of 702 South Laredo street, where, without informing any one of the fact that he was cut, he re mained in his room the balance of the night. This morning he .as almost un able to talk. Neighbors who found him in this con dition notified the police and Patrolim Monte was detailed to investigate. Mon tellya was take nto the hospital. The police have no knowledge of the fight of which Montella speaks. Unless com plications set in the Mexican is expect ed to be able within a few days to throw more light on the mysterious cutting affair. MONEY BY THE BARREL AT ZION Associated Press. Chicago. July 18. —Silver coins and bills a foot and a half deep were thrown into a tri-colored barrel placed before the pulpit at Zion City tabernacle yes terday by the followers of Wilbur Vo live, general overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church of Zion and successor to John Alexander Dowie, who marched over the north shore city and took formal possession of the buildings which last week again came into their control through the action of the fed eral court in dissolving the receiver ship. was like a revival of the old days of Dowie. ■ The eall for the free will offering pre ceded the march about the city and thousands of men, women and children filed past the tri-colored barrel, stood before the pulpit and cast therein their offerings, ranging from 5 cent pieces to twenty-dollar bills. The Zion band took its place at the head of the column that formed outside of the tabernacle to march through the town. After the band came Overseer Voliva and the elders of the church, and behind these came the hundreds who compose the “white-robed choir.’’ These in turn were followed by the “Junior seventies,’’ the “intermediate seventies,’’ and the “senior seventies.” Those who were too old to stand the three-mile walk were allowed to ride in omnibuses. A BOLD ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY. Excitement at the Guarantee ran riot [last night when a bold attempt was 'made to break into the Guarantee's show windows in an endeavor to get away with the $1 and $2 of real money |on display there. Owing to the Seven Day-Sale on now at the Guarantee the show windows are ■littered with $1 and $2 bills to.be giv en to the masculine public who arc buy ing from $3.50 to S".W shoes at the Guarantee this week. Last night an overanxious money grabber thought he would break 'through the plate-glass and get away jwitli a neat little pile of paper mon ey- The timely arrival, however, of the extra night watchman saved the Guar-1 antee several hundred dollars, and de frauded the would-be burglar of bis haul. Saved at Death’s Door. The door of death seemed ready to open to Murray XV. Ayers of Transit Bridge, N. Y., when his life was won derfully saved. “I was in a dreadful condition,” lie writes, “my skin was '--almost yellow, eyes sunken; tongue ' coated, emaciated from losing 40 ' pounds, growing weaker daily. Virulent j liver trouble pulling me down to death in spite of doctors. Then that match ! less medicine —Electric Bitters —cured I me. I regained the 40 pounds lost and now am well and strong.” for all | stomach, liver and kidney troubles they’re supreme. 50c at the Bexar । Drug Co. wo “Language,” says Talleyrand, “was I given to us to conceal thought.” And | show the absence of thought. De Leon Heights Mr. Frank K. Neill suggests that we change San Jose to DeLeon Heights. “Why not call your property De Leon Heights, in memory of Punce De Leon? While he made the mistake of looking in Florida, instead of Texas, for his Fountain of Youth, he deserves having your place named for him. for his per sistence. We know you do not claim for your ra dium well all the qualities of the Foun tain of Youth, but at the same time, all San Antonians, and many others, know of the wonderful cures to its credit: and that while it will not make the old young, it does the next best thing—it makes the sick well, and everyone health ier, which answers the same purpose. Verv truly vours, FRANK K. NEILL Our mail this morning brings us over four hundred letters which shows peo ple are interested in San Jose, and that it shall not go without a name. If your suggestion is adopted, and if you write the best letter telling us why we should use the suggestion, we will pay you one hundred dollars. Terrell Well Co. A. D. POWERS, General Sales Manager Gibbs Building 11100 LONG SO WILL OUST IHfM Reorganization of Marine Corps Certain —Too Long Service of Officers Cause of Trouble. Associated Preet. XVasbington, July 18.—That the ma riue corps faces certain reorganization as the result of the pronouncement by a court of inquiry that a spirit of insu bordination reigns throughout the ser vice seems to be the prevailing opinion of naval officers on duty at the depart ment. The serious condition of the ser vice was held to be due primarily to too long terms of service by officers with out changes of assignment. The question of reorganization prob ably will be considered this week and radical changes may be made. The records of the officers concerned in the recent inquiry show that General Elliott, commandant, has been on bis present duty iu Washington since Octo ber 3, 1903;*Col. Charles H. Laucheimcr, the adjutant and inspector at beadquar ters, since December 14, 1904; Col. Frank L. Denny, quartermaster, since June 27, 1897; Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Prince, since July 10, 1906; Lieut. Col. Henry C. Haines, assistant adjutant, since May 30, 1908. and Maj. David D. Porter, assistant adjutant, since May 28, 1908. All of these have been on a cruise or on a tour of sea duty within the last ten years except Col. Denny, whose rec ord shows that the expiration of his last cruise or sea duly in October, 1889, or twenty-one years ago. There is a probability that when the next, commandant is appointed. to suc ceed General Eliiott, on his retirement next October, his term of office will be limited to four years, the same as the chief of staff of the army. INFANT DEATHS MANY. Associated Pres*. Trenton. N. J.. July IS. —'Ihe iin fant mortality in this section is grea:er this season than for many years past, according to the report of Health Of ficer Thomas Felt. Seventy-nine chil dren under one year of age died in Trenton in two Weeks in July, rhe highest number in twenty years. The mortality iu outlying districts is even larger. Most of the deaths are trace able to sudden changes in temperature for which the month has been remark able. wo - The longest wave ever recorded meas ured bait' a mile from crest to crest. -♦♦♦- , Dr G. E. Guinn. 301-302 Hicks Bldg. JULY ft, 1910. UMS co. n 100 lIS FISHT Will Seek Competition With the Standard Oil Company—New York Work Has Begun, Special Dispatch. New York. July 18.—The Texas com pany, in which John W. Gates is heav ily interested, today began the construc tion of a large distributing plant at X’an-Rensselaer island. The plant of the Houston Fire Brick company, recently transferred through Arthur E. Douglas to the Texas com pany, will be used by the Texas com pany in its long planned fight against tho Standard. MANY HUNDREDS OF ROOTERS AND VISITORS The rooters’ special trains run to San Antonio Sunday morning from Galves ton and Houston over the Katy and Southern Pacific weer well patronized, and several hundred visitors from ths two towns spent the day in the city sightseeing, taking in the ball game at [ Electric park, visiting the motion pic ture shows and having a good time in general. The local baseball people saw that the crowd was well taken care of while in the city and that they lacked for nothing in the way of edibles and drinkables. The tickets had a two-day limit for the visitors and many of them remained over for the game to be played this afternoon between the Bronchos and the Galveston team. Tn addition to ths baseball rooters brought to the city Sunday, the Katy ran a special excur sion to San Antonio from Temple and Austin. Several hundred people cams in one the special at 11 o'clock Sun day morning and after spending tbs greater portion of the day here. left on the special train at 7 o'clock last evening. CONGRESSMAN GILMORE OF LOUISIANA DIES Associated Press New Orieuns. La.. July 18. —Repre- sentative Gilmore of the second con giessiunal district of Louisiana, died at Abita Springs, lai., this morning after an illness of several weeks. He was elected without opposition to fill ’bo vacancy canned by the death of Kapra sentative Davey. RUNGE NEWS. Rut-gi. Tex . July Is.— Runge edge ' F. A A. M. installed the following oft. <ers he:e Saturday night: W. M.. T. I_ lie onnort: S " . F. K. * alvert: J. V., L. 1.. Nusom: treasurer, 1., H. Rru»ar| secretary. J. R. t . MeDeugaL 3