San Antonio light and gazette. [volume], October 19, 1910, Image 1

About San Antonio light and gazette. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1909-1911

Image provided by: University of North Texas; Denton, TX

                
Evidence in Crippen Case Too Grisly for Juror Who Gets Excited and Falls in a Two-Hour Faint
YOUR EYES
may this minute he badly in need of
glasses. Today is the day to have them
examined by
H. C. REES OPTICAL CO.
242 W. Commerce Street.
THE PEOPLE TAKE UP
CAMPAIGN FOR FREEDOM
“Get Off of the Soft Pedal, Pay Poll
Taxes and Smother the Purchasable
Vote,” is the Battle Cry.
CALLAGHANITES GIVEN “SILENCE”
/\ CAMPAIGN to free a city from its enslavement to the will
/f\\ of one man, made possible under an obsolete form of
municipal government was given a great impetus at Bee
thoven hall last night. Two speakers, at least, had the
courage to assail the manana government in no uncertain terms, and
the enthusiasm with which their words were received was prophetic
of a regeneration for San Antonio.
An organization, a leader and a battle cry, were obtained at the
mass meeting.
The organization of the campaign committee of 100; the leader
is Judge John H. Clark, its chairman. The battle cry was sounded
by D. J. Woodward in a speech that roused the crowd to a high
pitch of enthusiasm:
“Get off the soft pedal, pay your poll tax and bury the pur
chasable vote.”
.As a knight of old Woodward flungl
down th gage to the manana may
or and his followers, and called upon
the advocates of commission govern
ment to face the real issue without
fear.
“Get out from under cover," he
shouted, "and be men. If you pay your
poll tax and get as many other non
purchasable votes out as possible we
will bury the purchasable . vote so
deep they never will find it.”
"Just as long as the business men
sit idly by and take no part in city
politics they will be dominated by
professional politicians.
"When a man can walk around
with 2500 poll taxes done up In a
neat bundle with a rubber band on
each end and dare the business men
to make a move it is tlrrfe to do some
thing. And yet 1 have had business
men whisper to me, ‘Dave. I am with
you but —you know how It is.' They
have been run over by the steam
roller so long that they are afraid to
come out.
"We have got to get out from un
der cover and fight if we are to win.
Be men. God hates a coward, and so
do you.”
Sounded the Keynote.
Woodward's speech sounded tne
keynote of the commission campaign
and arguments as virile were put for
ward by J. E. Webb, who preceded
him. Mr. Webb arraigned the pres
ent form of government. One of the
striking points in his speech was
made when he repeated that part or
the Declaration of Independence
which declares it the duty of free cit
izens to change an oppressive form
of government. After repeating from
the declaration the things that ,ius
(Continued on nage 3—Fourth column.)
2 ARRESTED ON
GAMING CHARGE
Two men charged with gaming in
Vance apartments, the complaint hav
ing been made by J. F. Edwards, pro
moter of the Edwards railroad, this
morning waived examination and were
held to the grand jury in the sum of
1500 each, which they furnished. Col
lins was arrested last night aip Hag
gin this morning. Deputy Constables
Feliciano Flores and Will Mussey
serving the warrants.
J. F. Edwards yesterday evening
appeared before Justice Ben Fisk and
lodged a complaint that his son-in
law. H. M. Marshall, had lost $75 in
two' days in a game maintained in
rooms is and 20 in the Vance apart
ments. The warrants were made out
and placed in the hands of the two
deputies about 9:30 last night. They
went to the rooms indicated, searched
them thoroughly and found no gam
ing nor evidences of gaming, not even
the usual litter of cigarette stumps
and match ends.
imGES HUSBANfi
IS WHIIE sum
Memphis. Tenn., pct. 19.—A case
of white slavery was brought out here
today, when Hattie Lee Aubuchon tes
tified in Chancellor Heiskel’s court
that her husband. Zeno Aubuchon,
had driven her to a life of shame and
haa robbed her of her earnings for
himself. The woman came here two
years ago from St. Louis. She has a
widowed mother in Kansas City, and
part of her earnings went to the sup
port of her.
The evidence was brought out in a
divorce suit, and the police are mak
ing a thorough investigation of the
case.
—
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Shoaf, of
320 Marshall street, have gone to Gi
rard. Kansas.' to visit their son.
Henry, a newspaper man of that city.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
VOLUME 31, No. 269
1 BALLOONS
ARE SAILING
OVER CANADA
Associated Press.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19. —Seven of
the ten balloons which left here Mon
day in the international race, are be
lieved to be in the air in Canada. They
were last reported from northern
Michigan near Lake Huron. One of
them, the Dusseldorf 11, is taking a
more northerly course than the others.
The trip across Lake Michigan has
been made successfully by eight en
trants.
Special Dispatch.
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 19.—A large bal
loon believed to be the Germania
passed over Manitowaning. Little Cur
rent and Manitou Islands last night,
traveling northeast. The captain of
the tug Keenan sighted it first, short
ly before midnight, passing northcast
over the north channel three miles
northwest of here. The tug whistled
and the balloon ans\vered with a horn.
Those on the tug also heard the bal
loon men talking. They were about
one hundred feet up. If they have
not descended they would be now west
of Sudbury. The. air pilots wanted to
know their position, but did not re
port the name of their balloon.
It is believed this flight from St.
Louis will break all records. Sudbury
is about eight hundred miles from St.
Louis.
RECEIVERSHIP
ORDER STINGS
LINS GU
Special Dispatch.
New York. Oct. 19.—Mrs. Julia
Chamberlain Chanler. former wife of
Robert W. <'hauler, scored an impor
tant point today in her light to pre
vent Lina Cavalieri from getting hei
hand on her former husband's for
tune. when Justice Newburger issued
an order directing "Sheriff Bob.” his
song-bird bride and the trustees to
appear on Friday and show cause
why a receiver should not be appoint
ed for his estate. Cavalieri, it is ex
pected. will be represented at the
hearing by her New York attorney.
In addition to Chanler and Cava
lieri. those named in the order are the
Union Trust company, the Life Insur
ance and Trust company, Winthrop
Chanler. Chanler's uncle, and Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler. his brother.
This latest action by the first Mrs.
Chanler is expected to reveal the ex
act extent of Chanler’s fortune. All
previous attempts to ascertain just
how much Lina would get in the
event that she suceedod in enforcing
the amazing ante-nuptial pact, she got
from Chanler. the price of her hand,
have been without success. William
Barnes, a Fifth avenue tailor, got a
judgment for $1052, hut the sheriff
couldn't find anything on which to
levy.
STREET CAR*STRIKE AT
COLUMBUS CALLED OFF
Columbus, 0.. Oct. 19 —The Car
men’s union last night, by a vote of
3 to 1. called off the strike that has
been on here since the last week of
July.
16 PAGES SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1910.
COED WEATHER
IS ON ITS WAY;
GET SOME WOOD
Major Buell Declares Tempera
ture Will Drop and That
Rains Are Coming.
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Will Probaly Come During the
Night and a Decided Change
Predicted for This Section.
Put up your
stoves, and get in
the wood, if you
have any. and if you
have not, get some,
is the friendly ad
vice given by Major
Allen Buell of the
United States weath
er bureau. The
prospects are for a
decided change tn
the temperature and
also for a good
heavy rain, says Major Buell, and he
is all the more decided in his opinion
because his "rheumatiz” has been
giving him fits all morning. It is
probable that the change will come
within the next 24 hours, and it may
arrive tonight.
The western storm area, says Major
Buell, stretches from Lake Superior
to the Lower Rio Grande valley, and
the weather west of the Mississippi
is generally unsettled and cloudy,
with rain in some places and snow
in Manitoba and in Colorado. An
area of high barometric pressure is
following the storm area, and there
has been a considerable drop in tem
perature in the region west of the
Mississippi. In the northern Rocky
Mountain states the temperature is
generally below freezing. In Sas
katchewan the temperature Is below
20 degrees, and is generally below 4 0
as far south as New Mexico and the
Panhandle.
The gulf storm is now out of the
gulf and Is central over Georgia, and
the weather is boisterous in the mid
dle and south Atlantic states, where
high winds and heavy rains prevail.
Major Buell declares this district is
on the eve of a rapid change in which
may be expected heavy rains and a
decided drop in the temperature with
in the next 21 hours, and probably
tonight.
Leaves Money
Mother Hoarded
to His Friend
Special Dispatch.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 19.—Ed
Halle, whose mother died in a hovel
last winter and left $200,000 hid be
hind bricks in the wall, died early to
day in a local hospital of heart
trouble.
Halle had just returned from a trip
around the world. He took his friend,
Fred Harper, with him. He left a
will bequeathing $lOO,OOO to Harper
and $50,000 to Ed Hurlburt of Mem
phis. Harper is now in Los Angeles.
Cal.
GJKII CHICAGO
IW St POSIPONED
Special Dispatch.
Chicago. Hi.. Oct. 19.—Bad news
for the Chicago baseball fans—even
worse than the news out of Shibe
park at Philadelphia for the past
two days.
The latest weather bulletin reports
that it will be rainy and decidedly
colder tonight, and indications are tor
some inclement weather that will put
out of all hope the remainder of the
world s series lor some days. Indeed,
storms are raging all around Chicago
to the west and north, and some snow
is predicted. Remember how it snow
ed the first day of the White Sox-
Cubs series bask in 1906? And his
tory has a way of repeating itself.
IS FiRST IN THE CITY.
Prospect Hill Molliers' Club Becomes
Affiliated With Civic Im
provement League.
The Crockett School Mothers' club
of Prospect Hill has the distinction
of being the first mothers’ club in the
city to affiliate with the Civic Im
provement League. Joseph Emerson
Smith, secretarj of the league, is this
morning in receipt of a cheek for two
dollars signed by Mrs. Mary F. Ag
nese. treasurer of the club, as mem
bership fee in the league. All clubs
and societies may become members
of the organization by the payment of
two dollars and in the near future a
campaign witi be started among the
mothers’ clubs in order to get the
work of the Civic Improvement
League before them.
At the meeting of the Prospect Hill
Mothers’ dub held last week, at
which W. B. Kelly, president of the
league, and Joseph Emerson Smith
made addresses great enthusiasm was
aroused among the members of the
dub and a campaign for a more beau
tiful Prospect Hill and " more beau
tiful San Antonio was started.
The Canny Scot.
"What do they mean by scot free?”
"Why. he’ll give the library if you
can furnish the ”
AND GAZETTE
GIRL WHO NEVER TALKED
TO MAN IS ‘COMINO OUT’
Miss Marguerite Sherlock, the 20-
ycnr-old daughter of J. P. Sherlock,
president of the Illinois Nail com
; pany, of Chicago, who has been kept
■ in strict seclusion all her life, never
I being allowed ou the street save in
the company of a chaperon, and
• never being permitted to talk to a
J member of the opposite sex. Society
’in Chicago is looking forward with
keen interest to her coming out party,
i and her friends are wondering how
I she will act when thrown into the
company of young men.
FACTS SHALE
NOT DE HEED
FROM THE JURY
The practice of some attorneys in
personal damage suits of subpoenaing
witnesses and then keeping them off
the stand, thus preventing the other
side having the privilege of cross-ex
amination and keeping their knowl
edge of the facts from the jury re
ceived a body blow today when the
appellate court handed dow n a decis
ion affirming a damage suit verdict
for $12,500 obtained in Harris county
against the Houston, East & West
Texas railroad.
The suit was filed following the
death of T. L. Boone, a switchman,
at Lufkin on September 30, 1907. The
trial court awarded $12,500 damages,
apportioned $lO,OOO to a minor child.
$2OOO to his wife and $5OO to his
mother. During the trial, as alleged,
the trial judge permitted attorneys
for Mrs. Ora K. Boone to state to
the jim that the counsel for the rail
road had used all the means in their
power to prevent light being shed on
the death of Boone "by placing the
engineer, the lireman. the yardmas
ter under the rule and not offering
them as witnesses, knowing that their
testimony would help Boone." It was
on this allegation as a principal basis
for error that the case came up.
"Experience has shown." said the
higher court's opinion, 'that witnesses
have been summoned and placed un
der the rule by parties who had no
intention of using them. The fact that
the witnesses who were employed by
the railroad were in a position at the
time of the death of Boone to know
something of importance in connec
tion therewith were brought into the
court by their employer and placed
under the rule so they could not be
freely communicated with, and then
not placed on the stand by their em
ployer was a circumstance that was
legitimately open to comment. h*
inicrence could be reasonably drawn
that the railroad did not want the
whole facts before the jury. »' nere
forc the case is affirmed.
injuuctioVprevents
SELLING OF MARE.
Onlv the most gracious writ of in
junction prevented a meek mare am
her docile offspring from being .out
today when Sophia Franklin who
makes her living by washing clothes,
sued lor divorce and ,nJU " al .°."
straining her leige lord. John • » , u '
lin. from selling the mare, the o t
and other P er^ nal , ! ’™ per T ty
to be community. Judge J. L. Lanu
rendered the relief sought.
Sophia, in her petition for dhor**.
charges her better half with evil in
tent to sell the mare. Judge Camp
heard the circumstances and read the
petition and then issued the ukase,
that John Franklin should not urni>
anv circumstances attempt to s ' n
nl such time as the case had m i
properly adjudicated. 1 he desUn> < f
the mare and colt rest with the court.
RAILROADS FACE
MCE SUICIDE
SAYS COUNSEL
Declares Men Are Making Po
litical Fortunes as Killers
of the Railroads.
SHERMAN LAW A FAILURE
Fugitive Slave Law Was How
ling Success In Compari
son Savs Lee.
Special Dispatch.
Chicago, Hl.. Oct. 19.—That the
fugitive slave law was a "how ling suc
cess" compared to the Sherman anti
trust law. that the railroads are fight
ing for their lives in the courts, and
that the "railroad killers" are at least
driving the roads to “race suicide."
are some of the statements of Blewett
Lee, general counsel for the Illinois
Central railroad, being discussed by
the members of the American Pack
ers’ association and their railroad
guests here today.
Addressing the members of the as
sociation at their banquet last night,
Lee attacked the methods eaiployed
by the government in prosecuting the
railroads and a mighty effort was be
ing made to put the railroad business
on the basis of a failing industry.
“The railroads are fighting for their
lives in the courts to prevent the con
fiscation of their properties and men
are making their political fortunes by
being railroad killers," said Blewett.
"If they do nothing else they drive
the railroads to race suicide. There
won’t be any more dear little baby
railroads for a while."
The whole business world is violat
ing the Sherman anti-trust law, ac-
cording to Lee, and it Is Impossible t<
indict a whole people. The law should
be repealed, he declared.
Lees address was a bitter arraign
ment of the "trust busting" of the
government. The packers and rail
roads have become too efficient, he
said.
"Every year some select in the un
popular magnates are strung up bj
the.government. Some.unpopular eor
porations—maybe two or three o
them—are thrown to the wolves
butchered to make, not a Roman holi
day, but an American election day.'
FIVE FATALLY
HORI lit WRECK
Of PASSENGER
Springfield, lbs.. Oct. 19.—Five per
sons were fatally injured and three
more or less seriously injured when
the "Old Glory" of the Chicago & Al
ton went through an open switch near
Nilwood. Ills., thirty miles south of
this city, this morning and crashed
into a freight train waiting on the sid
ing.
The injured arc:
Orville D. Patten. Chicago, mail
clerk, believed to be fatally injured.
A. L. Barker, engineer, Blooming
ton, fatal.
Mrs. O. M. McNish, Ridgeway, Colo.,
suffered broken jaw and scalp wounds,
fatal.
R. H. Charles, St. Louis, Mo., hand
and leg crushed.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, St.
Louis.
R. H. Maltiniore, mail clerk. Chi
cago, serious internal injuries.
A. Atherton of Cook county. Mont.,
badly scalded and may lose sight of
both eyes.
The wreck is said to have been caus
ed by negligence of the brakeman of
the freight train who. after allowing
the freight to take the siding to await
the passing of the limited, failed to
close the switch. Together with the
other members of the crew they went
to a restaurant for their dinner, leav
ing no one in the caboose.
MN MAY
RECOGNIZE
REPUBLIC
Rome. Gel. 19. —The possibility of
an alliance between the new republic
of Portugal and the Roman Catholic
church by which the Vatican will of
ficially recognize the new government
upon condition that some of the
Catholic orders will be allowed to re
main in the country, has developed.
It was known today that Mon
signor J. Tonti, papal nuncio to Lis
bon, who was recalled by the Vatican,
has been ordered to remain in Lisbon,
pending the outcome of negotiations
which art in the tentative stage at
present.
Notwithstanding the declaration of
Pope Pius during the progress of the
Portuguese revolution that the Vati
can would never recognize Portugal as
a republic, a strong feeling has de
veloped among the republican leaders
in Portugal that ft would be diploma
tic to come to a friendly agreement
with the Roman Catholic church upon
condition that the Vatican recognize
the new regime without delay.
16 PAGES
STORM SWEEPS
WHOLE COAST
Cuban Hurricane May Meet Another
From Lakes of New England-Fear
Loss of Life in South and Cuba.
SAVANNAH CANNOT BE REACHED
SEN. ELKINS
CRITICALLY ILL
AT HIS HOWIE
Special Dispatch.
Elkins. W. Va.. Oct. 19. —Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, the senior senator
from this state, is in a critical condi-
SEX '.TOR ELKINS.
tion at his home. “Halil Hurst." near
here. He is 67 years old. He has
been suffering from a nervous affec
tion which has now reached the criti
cal stage. He is being attended by
Dr. W. W. Golden, here, who recently
has had to make several visits a day
to his distinguished patient.
♦
NAVEJARS, ACCUSED Of
MURDER, IS ACQUITTED
Special Dispatch.
Brownsville. Tex., Oct. 19.—Flu
terio and Marcos Navejar. accused of
the murder of Simon Morlua at San
Diego July 19, 1909, were acquitted in
the district court here this morning.
The case was transferred here follow
ing a mistrial, at the May term and
failure to obtain a jury at the No
vember term of court at San Diego.
PLANT SHADE TREES
Postmaster Stevens to Get Blds for
Placing Them About Federal
Building.
Rids will be asked of local florists
in the next few days by Postmaster
Stevens for the planting of fifteen
pecan or Spanish oak shade trees on
the grass plots in the rear, on the
Avenue E side and in front of the fed
eral building on Alamo pl.-za. This is
is accordance with the plans and
specifications of the postmaster to
beautify the ostoffice grounds and
bring them up on a par with other
beauty spots in San Antonio.
CONDUCTOR'S STRUCK
Knocked Down bv Auto But Receives
Only Skinned Hands and
Bruises.
A E. Utz. an extra conductor of the
traction company, w hile dodging from
behind a car Tuesday night in front
of the ear sheds on San Pedro avenue,
ran in front of a slowly moving auto
and was knocked down and slightly
injured about the hands and body. T.
C. Brown, superintendent of transpor
tation of the traction company, stated
that it was a very narrow escape, for
the reason that the machine went part
of the way over the form of Utz. but
the wheels did not touch his body. The
injured man was taken to a drug store
by the auto driver where his skinned
hands were dressed and then returned
to take out his car. He holds the auto
driver blameless for the accident.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
WE CAN HELP
YOUR EYES
It they need Glasses, may we talk
to you personally?
H. C. REES OPTICAL CO.
242 W. Commerce Street.
STORM Wil l. HIT
WHOLE EAST COAST.
Special Dispatch.
Washington. D. C., Oct. 19.
—The whole Atlantic coast
will be whipped by the storm
which has swept southern
shores during the last two
days, according to an an
nouncement made by the
United States weather bureau
today. A wind storm is mov
ing rapidly east from Lake
Superior and should meet the
Atlantic coast storm in New
England.
Special Dispatch.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. 19.—
The Cuban hurricane Is sweeping
up the southeast coast, cutting
off town after town from com
munication. rolling a huge tidal
wave over the coast, tearing a
swath of death in Its wake and
causing property loss almost in
calculable. Jacksonville, Bruns
wick. Sasannah and all points to
the south are entirely cut off
from communication with the
world. Wire companies are send
ing all business to Valdosta. Ga.,
and endeavoring to force mes
sages through to the stricken
towns. Effects of the storm are
felt from twenty to thirty miles
inland.
All communication with Savannah
today was severed at 9:20 this morn
ing. indicating that the full fored of
the southern hurricane had just
struck that city. Savannah is on twe
river, eighteen miles from the sea.
All efforts to get into communica
tion with Brunswick, Ga., today have
failed thus far. Neither the telegraph
or telephone wires are working into
that city. At last reports the waters
were backing into the streets and a
hurricane was raging.
Savannah. Ga.. Oct. 19.—For 500
miles from the south point of Flori
da the Atlantic coast has been bat
tered by a hurricane for thirty-six
hours and the storm is still raging to
day on land and sea. The fate of sev-
'Centinued on Tage 2 —First Column)
SPECIAL
SESSION
COMING
Special Dispatch.
McKinney. Tex.. Oct. 19 — Repre
sentative C. M. Spradley of Collin
county this evening informed a corre
spondent of the Texas News Service
Hint Governor T. M. Campbell, before
leaving Dallas Tuesday morning. In
the presence of Representative Sam
Rayburn, said that lie Is going to call
an ‘ extra session of the legislature
early in December to pass the whis
key laws that were defeated at the
last called session, if he could be as
sured of enough senators and repre
sentatives to have a quorum and th.it
tin* antl-prohlbltionists would stay in
the senate.
Spradley says, taking the governoi
at his word, there is no question but
tlie extra session is coming.
ARE MOVED* UPSTAIRS
Some Official Department* of Traction
Company Chance Their Loca
tion.
The rear offices of the traction com
pany on the ground floor of that
building have the appearance today of
being cyclone swept, by reason of it
being moving day and many of the
departments being established on the
second floor of the new addition to the
structure. The offices being nno ed to
the upper floor are those of the su
perintendent of mi ' Vl '
superintendent of the electric and gas
I department, auditors and engineers
[departments This move will give am
ple room to the claim department. su
ipcrintendent of transportation office
apartments for the general officers of
[the companj and the other clerical
'forces, which will remain on the
ground floor. *
ALLEN TO SPEAK
AT FLORESVILLE
SpeciV Dispatch
Elores' ill*'. Tex . Oct 19.—Noah Al
len. the republican nominee for con
gressman for this congressional dis
triet. is billed to speak here Satur
day evtumr