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WARM PRIMARY
IS ON TODAY IN
MINNESOTA
Battle of Insurgents and Stand
patters in Republican Ranks
Is Exciting.
ROOSEVELT IN THE FRAY.
Ex-President Spoke Against
Tawney, Standing for Re
nomination for Congress,
Associated Press.
St. Paul, Min., Sept. 20.—Wit’i
weather favorable for bringing out the
largest vote ever cast in a Minnesota
primary election, Minnesota republicans
are today choosing their party nomi
nees for congress, county offices and
state legislature. While there are some
contests on among candidates for the
legislature, due in most cases to the
county option question, interest natur
ally centers in the congressional con
tests, in which, because of the prom
inence of the men involved, the coun
try at large as well as Minnesota is in
terested.
Several of the nine Minnesota con
gressmen have had hard fights on their
hands, their opponents in all but one
instance being pronounced insurgents.
Jn the First, Fourth and Fifth districts
the fight hns been hottest.
James A. Tawney wound up the hard
est fight of his congressional career
last night. Theodore Roosevelt, Gif
ford Pinehot, Francis J. Heney and oth
er exponents of progressive republican
ism. have taken a hand in the fight
against Tawney, who is opposed by
Sidney Anderson, a young attorney.
Anderson and his supporters have, dur
ing the campaign, vigorously attacked
Tawney’s legislative record and made
their appeal as supporters of Roosevelt
policies. It is generally conceded that
if Tawney wins, it will be by a small
majority.
Practically the same condition exists
in the Fourth, where Fred C, Stevens
is opposed by Hugh T. Halbert, and in
the Fifth, where Frank M. Nye is fight
ing it out with A. H. Hall.
Representative Clarence R. Miller of
Duluth, is opposed by Alex G. Knight,
who is running on a radical insurgent
platform. Halver Steenerson of the
Ninth, has opposition in the person of
Henry O. B.jorge who is running on the
assertion that Steenerson is not an in
surgent.
W. 8. Hammond. Minnesota's only
democratic congressman, has only nom
inal opnosition in bis party, but F. F
ElsworHi and A. L. Ward are fighting
for the republican nomination in his
district.
FIGHT FOO COMMANDER
OF G. A. 0. WARMER
Two Candidates Have Strong
Backing—Southern City
After Meeting.
Associated Press.
Atlantic City. N. J., Sept. 20.—An
early morning rain put a damper on
the enthusiasm of those attending the
forty-fourth national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Sev
eral organizations allied with the Grand
Army opened their sessions today and
other continued committee work pre
liminary to the formal opening of bus
iness sessions.
The contest for the next comander
in-chief between John E. Gilman of
Boston and John McElroy of Washing
ton, D. C., is getting warmer.
Among the cities which want the
next national encampment are Roch
ester, Los Angeles, Denver and Chat
tanooga. Portland wants it in 1912.
STUDENTS IN FIERCE FIGHT
Faculty Helploss la Battle of Sophs
and Freshmen.
Associated Press.
Appleton, Wis., Sept. 20.—One hun
dred freshmen and sophomores of Law
rence college fought for three hours on
the college campus yesterday, the ef
forts of President Plantz and members
of the faculty to stop the fuss being
ineffectual.
The sophomores had determined to
dislodge the freshmen colors which had
been suspended from wires extender
from University hall to Science hall,
end to burn off the freshmen colors
fiom the big stone in front of the col
lege. President Plantz succeeded in
stopping one contest between freshmen
md sophomore girls on the third story
of Ormsby hall, where the first year
colors had been unfurled.
The contest was in violation of an
agreement the students made las* week
to wait until Tuesday and fight out
their differences on the river bank.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
VOLUME 31, No. 240
Won’t Marry Again-Unless
Texas Produces Proper Man
New York, Sept. 20. —Mrs. Keith
Donaldson, who secured a divorce at.
Reno last fall, is through with matri-;
mony—unless Texas gets busy.
“I have been married once and 11
wish to say I’ll never wed again,” sho
said today at the Hotel Buckingham,
where she has been living since her re
cent return from Europe.
‘‘l do not intend to be married to
young Dula. son of the tobacco mag
nate, nor to anybody else. I honestly
believe a woman can love but once
during her life. I loved once but was
unfortunate. I don’t think I ’ll ever
marry again. But I will say this: My
fortune came from that great and glor
ious state, Texas, and if the same state
can produce a man. handsome, strong,
chivalrous and steady, I may be pre
vailed upon to change my mind about
matrimony.”
Mrs. Donaldson is the same brilliant
beauty she was when at the famous
dinner given by the late “Silent”
Smith she received a cheek for a mil
lion dollars in celebration of her birth
day.
“First of all,” she said laughingly.
“I want to set at rest the rumor that
I am engaged to Robert Dula. He is
just a boy—only nineteen, and it is
absurd for our names to be linked. I
SUES FOR DEBT
AND DAMAGE TO
SALOON’S NAME
Plaintiff Alleges That Reputa
tion of His Place Was In
jured. And Sues Club.
TWO OTHERS ARE NAMED
Claims Contract Was Broken
Also And Asks For His
Share of the Profits.
That the defendants leased his sa
loon near the United States target
range at Van Raub for a period of five,
weeks, ran it two weeks and conducted
it in a manner to bring it into disre
pute and to the notice of the sheriff,
are the allegations in a suit for debt
and damages filed this morning by
Richard Noll and naming as defendants
the Fort Sam Houston Enlisted Men’s
club, August Limburger and M. M,
Hewley.
A total of $4274.24 is asked, this be
ing divided as follows: $653.40 for
commission on the sales made. $120.84
for merchandise and labor furnished by
the plaintiff, $lOOO prospective per
centage profit if the place had been
run the entire five weeks and $2500
damages to the reputation of the place.
The suit is in the Forty-fifth district
court.
Plaintiff alleges that the defendants
leased his place some time in July, the
contract taking effect July 28 and to
run until September 1. Immediately on
taking possession, however, he charges
that he had to complain to the sheriff
regarding the conditions there. The
sheriff, he says, went out and warned
the lessees that a continuance of the
class of conduct would result in the
place being closed.
Instead of operating the saloon five
weeks, plaintiff says that it was closed
August 16. He was to receive 30 per
cent of the profit after all expenses had
been deducted. For the actual time
the place ran he asserts that the busi
ness done amounted to $5BOO, of which
$3OOO was clear profit, and he was en
titled to $9OO of it. Had it run the
whole time he believes he would have
made over $lOOO additional. The $2500
is alleged to be due for the damaged
reputation which the place sustained
by reason of the unlawful acts which
he says were committed there during
the time the saloon ran.
COTULLA HAS 1880.
Special Dispatch.
Washington, Sept. 20.—The census
bureau today announced the population
of Cotulla, in La Salle countv, Texas,
at 1880.
F Forecast till 7p. m. Wednesday.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
A The maximum temperature for
the 24 hours ending at 8 o’clock .
thia morning was 92 degrees and 1
the minimum was 66 degrees.
( Comparative temperatures for
this year and last:
1909 1910
4 a. m ... 73 68
6 a. m.... 70 67
few? 8 a. m. ... 73 73
■W 10 a. m.... 82 81
13 noon .... 87 85
1 p. zu.... 91 67
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have the honor of being a friend of his
sister, Mrs. Homo. I have played ten
nis with him, seen him in the city and
I enjoy knowing him, but he is first,
last and always merely a friend be
cause of his being a brother of Mrs.
Homo.
“One marriage is enough for any
person, but rumors keep pouring in
about my affairs with such rapidity
that 1 simply get tired of denying
them. Why, I was reported engaged to
five different men last winter and I ’vn
been free only since December. 1 must
be considered fickle. My intentions
are to remain here and live for my
child who is now four years old, and
try to do some good in the world. I
dislike publicity for it seems to make
the average reader think I am trying
to get into the limelight. 1 am not.
“I returned from abroad the oth-M
day where I met several men, but none
approached my idea of what a husband
should be.
“When abroad I studied the conti
nental gentleman and found him away
back in the field when it comes to
racing with southerners and especially
Texans. He does equal northern men,
though. I must admit, but the northern
men, other easterners or westerners,
are not fitted to be husbands.”
iIOST TICKET
’ 15 RETURNED
Owner Was Without Money
And Feeling Pretty Badly
Over Predicament.
But for L. F. Furgeson, a clerk in
the Frost National bank, returning a
lost railroad ticket reading from Sau
Francisco to Cincinnati, George Miller,
a youth of the Gohlen Gate city, would
have been in hard lines and his position
made a very embarrassing one in Sau
Antonio.
The boy arrived in the city last Sun
day morning from the west and as his,
ticket was good for a stopover in this,
city he decided to visit friends of his
parents on Government Hill and board
ed a car for that section of San An
tonio. Following a short call he again;
came to the city and left the car at |
the corner of Houston and Avenue C to,
await for the car that would take him.,
back to the depot.
Searching his pockets he found that
his ticket was gone and almost dis-'
traded with grief the young man re
ported his loss to the city passenger and ,
ticket office of the Sunset, but was in
formed that nothing could be done for j
him until the ticket was located.
In the meantime Mr. Furgeson of the'
Frost National bank, while walking
along Mason street, discovered the
ticket lying on the sidewalk and picked (
it up and reported his find to the city I
ticket office of the Sunset. He was told I
that the young man had left for the de-'
pot and Mr. Furgeson started out in
quest of the owner.
From the moment he entered the wait-1
ing room of the passenger station, he
picked out Miller as the owner by the
mournful expression on his face and
the tears streaming down his cheeks.
When the bank clerk quizzed the boy
as to his sorrow, Miller replied by giv
ing his full name and the announce
usrnt that he had lost his railroad
ticket. As Mr. Furgeson pulled the long
ticket from his pocket and handed it
to the youth, the look of sorrow
changed for one of joy and he was still
thanking Mr. Furgeson for the great
favor as the latter was boarding’ a car
to go to town.
TO BOOM HOME TRADE.
Manufacturers to Meet This Afternoon
to Promote Sale of Home Mads
Products.
For the purpose of discussing the or-j
grinization of a manufacturers’ associa-1
tion to promote the sale of Sau Anto-|
nio made goods, the manufacturers of
the city have been called to meet at«
the Chamber of Commerce at 5 o’clock,
this afternoon. The call is signed by |
the Duerler Manufacturing company, L. i
Frank Saddlery company. Finck Cigar |
: MAYOR WILL CONSIDER CAREFULLY
BEFORE SELECTING HIS COMMITTEE
Says He Wants To Go Slow And Get Good Men To Investigate
Commission Charter—May Announce It Next Week,
•
The citizens' committee to consider
the merits or demerits of the conunis
| sion government charter " ill not be |
| named by Mayor Callaghan until next 1
week. Nine citizens, not members ot |
the city council, will be selected by
the mayor and will take up the new
charter section by section for the pur- I
। pose of ascertaining its practicability
as applied locally.
“1 want to go slow in this matter,” ,
said Mayor Callaghan today. “I want ,
AND GAZETTE
SXN ANTONIO. TEXAS. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20 1010.
WILL ATTEMPI
MOST DELICATE
OF OPERATIONS
In Final Effort To Restore An
nie Carroll To Health, Treph
ining Will Be Tried,
SPLINTERS IN BRAIN
Skull Bone To Be Raised In At
tempt To Remove These
Bone Particles..
One of the most delicate opera
tions known to surgery—lifting
the skull to give more room to the
brain and release the pressure- is
to be tried in a final effort to im
prove the condition of Miss Annie
Carroll, who was shot about a
month ago by James P. Earl, and
who has since been at Santa Rosa
infirmary partially paralyzed and
almost speechless. Dr. Amos Graves,
Sr., with assistance, is to perform
the operation, sot for some time
this week.
Following the shooting, the wound iu
I Miss Carroll's head was operated on
and portions of the broken skull splin
| ters taken out. Some minor particles,
however, are said to have remained
imbedded in the brain and these, to
gether with the abnormal pressure ot
the skull, are said to be responsible
for the peculiar physical and mental
condition of the patient. Paralysis ot
the right side set in and her condition
has remained about the same ever
since.
Dr. Graves believes that if trephin
ing can be done that there will be a
marked improvement. The girl is rc
ported to have physically improved to
ithe extent that she can undergo such an
operation, and this is said to be the
only hope to aid her in regaining her
normal health. The skull bone is to
be lifted, as many as possible of the
remaining splinters taken out, and then
the bone set in its normal position.
This will relieve the pressure on the
brain and is anticipated to have an ef
fect also on the paralysis.
In preparation for the operation, n
number of X-ray pictures have been
taken, these showing the bone splinters
atid the abnormal condition of the skull.
They will prove a valuable aid in the
delicate operation, which is conceded
to be a final effort to bring the girl
back to her normal condition. Speech
imay be returned to her, as well as the
use of her limbs and all her faculties.
The operation wifi be watched ;with
much interest by professional men. as a
similar one has seldom been brought
to their attention.
District Court Convenes at Pearsall for
Business of Fall Term.
Special Dispatch.
Pearsall, Tex., Sept. 20.—District
court convened here this morning, Hon.
J. F. Mullally, judge of Laredo, presid
ing, and Hon. .1. T. Valls, district at
torney of Laredo, looking after the in
terests of the state. Besides the local
bar, the following visiting attorneys
are in attendance: Yale Hicks, San An
tonio; Mat Cramer. Devine; John T.
Briscoe, Devine; C. B. Woodward was
made foreman of the grand jury.
The case of Rodriguez, a Mexican,
charged with killing Bill Armstrong,
several years ago. is set for Friday. The
case of Richard Nations, charged with
killing Mills Whitley is set for next
Mondav.
company, Dechman Coffee company and
John B. Carrington, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The question of maintaining per
manent exhibit of San Antonio manu
factured products at some prominent
point in the city is to be discussed.
Suggestion has also been made that
the local manufacturers arrange for a
“San Antonio Products Week,” during
which the retail merchants of San An
tonio will be asked to make exhibits.
to get good men to investigate this
| charter and it will require some time.
| I am, however, already giving the mat
'ter of selecting the committee careful
j consideration.
“I will go to Austin Thur day,” con
tinued the mayor, “to mam arrange
| inents to have my son enter the uni
versity, where It- will study l»w. At
। this time I believe it will be next
I week before I will be in a posi-.ion to
। name the committee,”
MURDER CASES SET
THREE MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE
MENTIONED IN N. Y. GRAFT CASE
W. W. Cole, upper left; Reuben H.
Fox. and below. Mies R. Frisbie, three
j men whose names are prominently men-
Itioned in connection with one of the
| greatest graft investigations ever made
land now being energetically conducted
by a special committee appointed by
ithe last New York state legislature.
Cole was formerly treasurer of the As
soeiation of Street Railroads of New
i York, and has sworn that he paid at
[one time $2OO to Frisbie—while the
patter was assemblyman—for “legal
jservices on bills pending or for-iufor
- mation. ” A great deal of money-get
ting has been charged to Fox, one of
the prominent politicians of the state,
who was killed in an automobile acci
dent two years ago. Some say because
he is dead, Fox has been made’the goat.
The graft probe committee is hard at
work daily, ami sensational disclosures
of money paid by corporations to kill
or pass legislation is expected hourly.
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
INVADES NEW ENGLAND
Town of Gardiner, Maine, To
Adopt Plan in Force in
Texas Cities.
Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 20. —Advices re
ceived here today from Maine say
that the town of Gardiner in that state
will in all probability be the first in
New England to adopt the Texas plan
of commission government.
An election to decide this matter will
be held next month. Opponents ot' the
commission form arc presenting copies
of newspapers dealing with alleged mis
management in Fort Worth, Dallas and
Des Moines, commission government
towns.
ASKS REMOVAL OE
COMMISSIONER BAKER
I Associated Press.
I New York. Sept. 20. —Acting Mayor
1 Mitchell has recommended to Mayor
Gaynor that Police Commissioner Bais
ler be removed from office on the
I ground of unfitness in permitting gam-
J bling to flourish in the city. M p .
: Mitchell said that Commissioner Bak-'r
in a letter to him, had showed insubor
dination.
The acting head of the local govern
ment says that Mayor Gaynor has iden
tical views with him in Commissioner
Baker's case.
PEARSALL SCHOOLS OPEN
। Has Largest Enrollment In History.
Work on New Building.
—
I Special Dispatch.
Pearsall, Tex., Sept. 20. —Pearsall
thigh school opened this morning with
an enrollment of 244 students, and nil
teachers present. This is the largest en
rollment on opening day the school has
ever had, and the outlook for a good
school year is most encouraging. Fol
lowing arc the teachers:
Prof. 8. G. Turner, superintendent:
Miss Laura Belle Donaldson, Miss Fay
Boatright, Miss Onia Stallings, Miss
Meoma Smith. Miss Hallie Arthur, Miss
Eugenia Davenport, Miss Edith Praug
lin, Miss Bessie Prauglin. music.
Work on the new school building is
still in progress, but it will be three or
four months yet before the building is
ready for occu,ii*“«v
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SHBRr mi CROP
FORETOLBII RtPORT
Agricultural Department Is
sues Bulletin Showing Poor
Crop in 40 Counties.
Special Dispatch
Austin. Tex., Sept. 20. —The monthly
crop report of the department of agri
culture issued today forecasts a short
cotton crop in all counties reporting.
About 40 counties are represented in
the report.
According to figures of the report as
low as one bale to 40 acres will be pro
duced in part of the state, this being
the average for Fisher county, while
Schleicher reports one bale to 20 acres.
The best figure is one bale to 6 acres.
There is no report from Bexar coun
ty and none from Travis in the state
ment given out by the department this
morning.
Man With “Nightmare"
Twice Pummels Wright
He Was In Upper Berth And
Martin Wright Was In The
Lower One.
WAS A SOMNAMBULIST
Dreamed San Antonian Was
Arguing With Him About
Census Returns.
Attacked twice within a space of a :
half hour by a man with the “night
mare” was the unusual and exciting
experience Martin Wright had coming
to San Antonio from Corpus Christi in
a berth on a Pullman on the San An
tonio & Aransas Pass road last night.
Wright sustained a number of minor
bruises.
Wright occupied a lower berth and
during the night the man iu the “up
per” over him elimbed to the “lower”
and struck Wright a number of blows
with his fist. Wright, awakening, grap
pled with bis assailant and was about
to deliver a solar plexus blow when he
suddenly discovered that the man was
in a somnambulistic state and, ot
course, not responsible for his acts.
The Pullman conductor and porter
were attracted to the berth by the
noise and took charge of the “sleep
er.” .When awakened and informed of i
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M’FARLANE
ASKS CHANGE
OF VENUE
Man Charged With Murder
Says Can't Get Fair Trial
In Houston.
FEAR POPULAR OUTBURST
Officers Searched People Who
Entered Court Room This
Morning.
Special Diep atcti.
Houston. Tex., Sept. 20.—When the
ease of Earl Me Earlane, former police
man, charged by indictment with the
murder of Night Police Chief William
E. Murphy, was called for trial in the
district court today, the defense asked
for a change of venue. This request
was based on allegations that the state
of public sentiment regarding the crime
of which McFarlane is accused is such
that he cannot secure a fair trial in
Harris county.
It is probable that the request will
be granted. It was suggested several
months ago that a change of venue to
Austin would be had in the case. 11-
though this statement was not confirm
ed and the defense does not specify
where it desires the case tried.
Officers were stationed at the door
of the courtroom when the case was
called this morning and searched all
persons who entered. It was feared
that guns would be brought into the
courtroom and the crowd which assem
bled made the authorities apprehensive
, of a demonstration.
McFarlane has been in jail since his
j arrest, an application for a writ of
I habeas corpus having been refused
I both here and .n the court of criminal
। appeals.
NEW VORK STATE
PRIMARIES ÜBE ON
Associated Press.
New York. Sept. 20.—Primary elee
tions are being held today in Buffalo
and in cities of the second-class
throughout the state and other cities
where party committees have elected
to come under the primary law. Voters
of both parties are balloting for dele
gates to the various conventions within
their districts and setting in motion
machinery by which their delegates to
the state convention will be chosen.
In this feature of the primaries, the
interest of the general public centers on
the republican primaries in particular
having as strong a bearing upon the
fight between the “Old Guard” and
| the “Progressive” elements in the
I party.
The latter are led by Theodore Roose
velt for control of the Saratoga conven
tion. Democratic contests in the va
rious cities are largely confined to the
leadership battle.
what he had done, the man explained
that he was subject to spells of som
nambulism and apologized to Mr.
Wright, who accepted the apology and
was soon back to sound slumber.
But he was not to sleep long before
receiving another attack from the som
nambnjjsi. A half hour had barely
flitted by when the man in the “up
per” made his second trip to Wright's
berth and the attack was even fiercer
than the first. Wright fought off tho
man until the conductor and porter
could take charge of him. The som
nambulistic person again apologized to
Mr. Wright and Mr. Wright again ac
cepted the apology, but informed the
Pullman conductor that no more would
he occupy a berth under the man with
the “nightmare.”
He was assigned to a berth in anoth
er part of the ear and his assailant sat
up the rest of the night in the smoker.
“I asked the fellow «hat he was
dreaming about «hen he attacked
me,” said Mr. Wright, ' and he told
me he thought he and 1 had an argu
ment over what city in Texas had the
largest population, he claiming Dallas
was the largest and I contending that
San Ant nil was the largest and tho
best ' He did not say so. but I tm sure
he is a citizen of Dallas.”
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republican convention
is ON AT COLORADO SPRINGS.
Associated Press.
Colorado Springs, Sept. 20.—Th* r*-
publican state convention met her* t»
day. There is much interest ill the mak
ing of a uUUuur ,