San Antonio light and gazette. [volume], January 13, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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EVERY VOTE CAST SO FAR
IS IN FAVOR OF CLOSING
POSTOFFICE ON SUNDAY
ARE YOU WILLING?
I ) in favor of closing the postoffice on Sunday in
order to give the employes a much-needed rest, and I hereby
agree to refrain from calling at the postoffice on Sundays
for mail.
The sealed envelope* will be opened by a committee of citisens.
Name
Street and No
(Ont this ballot out. fill it and eend it to the postmaster.)
“I see where I must have a private
secretary immediately," exclaimed R-
S. Hedges, superintendent of delivery,
this afternoon as carrier after carrier
came up. deposited a bunch of The
Light ballots on his desk and then
walked away grinning.
Rv tonight the five hundred mark
will' be greatly exceeded and so far
sot a single vote has been cast against
the cause. , .
So anxious are some people becom
ing to register their opinions early in
the game that they have written out
their indorsements and handed them
to the clerks at the general delivery
windows. , .
Today many thousand additional
ballots were distributed in all sections
of the city by the more than willing
mailmen. It is expected that the total
number of votes polled will reach up
into the thousands during the course
of the next twenty-four hours.
“This agitation will serve a two-fold
purpose.” said Mr. Hedges. It will
determine the sentiment of the San
Antonio public in reference to Sunday
dosing and will determine as to how
manv families in the city mail Is deliv
ered' I am having all of the votes
carefully counted and filed. It will
be interesting to learn just how many
people In San Antonio are served
through the mail.”
"I knew," said Postmaster Stevens
this afternoon, "that the public would
co-operate with us in our efforts to
Citizens of These Precincts Do Not
Propose to Wait for Improvements
I DAILY TALE OF +
* THE POLICE COURT
* ... ..t
A chauffeur
who has operated
an automobile
for twelve years
and eight years
of that time In
New Y'ork city,
should know that
it is unlawful to
speed a machine
through the
streets of any
city at an exces
sive rate. At
least Judge Buck
ley thinks so and
did not hesitate
to impose a fine
when a defendant, under such circum
stances, appeared before him.
Policeman Rine, who made the ar
rest, testified that the defendant In an
automobile simply "burnt” the breeze
along San Pedro avenue. The blue
coat was unable to estimate the speed
of the machine except that he knew
that it was eating up distance at about
a mile every sixty-five or seventy sec
onds.
The defendant did not attempt to
dispute that he was speeding at a live
ly clip. He said that he had not been
In the city very long and did not know
at what speed he should run.
"I came here about a week ago and
did not know there was a law regu
lating the speed," said the prisoner.
"Where do you come from?" asked
the judge.
“New York city.”
“How long have you operated an
automobile?”
“Twelve years, eight years of that
thne in New York city,” replied the
defendant.
“It seems strange that any one who
BY THIS SIGN
ALL DRUGGISTS
/RIDAY,
abolish as much work, as possible on
the Sabbath. As yet the vote Is not
strikingly large, but all who have ex
pressed their views are in favor of
closing. After the idea has been dis
cussed from the pulpit, a thing which
many pastors of the city intend doing,
and given further publicity through
I the press, I have no doubt but that an
overwhelming number of favorable
votes will be cast and that in ’.he
course of the next couple of weeks the
office may be closed.
"It is noticeable to me. at least, that
the postoffice Is used more for a place
to congregate in a social way on Sun
day, than it Is for business purposes.
Many young people gather to enjoy
themselves and Inquire for mail more
as a matter of form than for any other
reason. Janitors of the various office
buildings tn the city call for the busi
ness mall of the tenants and deliver
it themselves. So with the hotels.
Outside of mail for transients. I do
not see why the rest could not be held
until the next day. If anything comes
through the mails which is pressingly
Important, it usually bears a special
delivery stamp. When the depart
ment grants another carrier for the
downtown district, for which applica
tion has been made prompt delivery
of everything up to Sunday is assured
and the people who are served all
week should be willing to allow their
carrier to rest on the Sabbath."
R A civic improvement movement of
actual value was started last night by
the property owners of precincts 26
and 27. They met. formed an im
provement league and elected officers
and will go ahead and improve their
district by laying cement sidewalks,
'clearing brush away and otherwise
"cleaning up.”
J. W. Schofield was elected presi
dent and M. Sadowsky secretary of the
new league and it was decided to meet
every Thursday night. Three com
mittees were named; sidewalk, gas
and water.
It is the purpose of the league to
■work ■with the property owners of the
precinct and pursuade them to lay
cement sidewalks, clear off vacant lots
and put in water and gas connections.
When this is all done the city will be
asked to do its share toward modern
izing the district. ♦
DR. W. C. HIRZEL. Gunter build
ing. Stomach specialist.
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking com
pany has moved to 434 Main avenue.
Rlebe Undertaking Co., auto ambul
ance service, 221 E. Com. Phone 341.
comes from a big city like New York,
where there are regulations about the
operation of automobiles should have
such an idea as you express," said the
judge.
“But I didn’t see any signs on the
streets, telling me how fast I should
run the car,” returned the prisoner.
“If you didn't know the law and
proposed to run an automobile upon
the streets here, you should have
made an effort to get acquainted with
the law,” advised the court.
The judge expressed the opinion
that he saw no reason why a fine
should not be Imposed and registered
a $5 mark opposite the name of the
prisoner.
“Give the man a copy of the auto
mobile ordinance,” Judge Buckley ad
dressed Captain Newnam as the de
fendant paid.
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I FIGURE IN ELOSSER
MURDER MYSTERY
Miss May Elosser, sister nf Grace
Elosser, who was found dead in the
arms of her fiance. Charles Edward
Tn igg, at Cumberland, Md., recently.
The betrothed couple had been pois
oned with cyanide of potassium. The
latest development In the mvstery is
the story of Harlan Norris, a neigh
bor's child. 8 years old. If the story
is true, it solves the baffling mys
tery.
The hoy asserted that on the after
noon of December 21, he was sent bv
his mother to buy a cake of soap at
a nearby store and that when return
saw. Mrs - Elosser. mother of
the girl, rush out screaming, follower
by Mrs. See, Miss Elosser's older sis
ter, who rushed away to call a doc
tor. So much Is corroborated by the
Elosser family, showing that the
youngster was In the neighborhood at
thn time.
The lad says he went up on the
porch and peered in. then stepped in
and saw the dead girl and the dead
man sitting on the lounge. Each he
declared, held a glass, she a wine glass
and he a tumbler. On the floor, stand
ing between them, was a bottle. He
said it looked like a milk bottle, pint
size. He declared it was filled with a
green liquid, and at the bottom he saw
a cluster of little white pills.
While he stood there, he declared
a doctor entered and pried the glasses
from the dead hands that clutched
them, hastily picked up the green bot
tle and put it in the side pocket of
his coat, big as it was. He doesn’t
remember whether the bottle was
corked. Dr. Foard, however, who at
tended the stricken couple, says the
boy is telling a pure fairy tale. The
doctor does not remember seeing anv
boy in or around the room when he
entered, and states that as far as he
knows he was the first physician on
the scene.
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ASSAULI TO MURQER
CASE IS ON Hill
The case against Charles Grubb,
charged with assault to murder on
Scott Walling, went to trial this morn
ing In the Thirty-seventh district
court. It will probably consume the
entire day, the state not having con
cluded its testimony W'hen adjourn
ment was taken at the noon hour. Dis
trict Attorney. I. C. Baker is conduct
ing the case for the state, while An
derson and Belden represent the de
fendant.
Walling was the first witness ex
amined for the state. He testified that
he and Grubb and another named
Jewel Dugan were having coffee at
the market house restaurant about
6:30 o'clock on the morning of Dec.
10. 1910, when words arose between
Dugan and Grubb. He acted in the
capacity of peacemaker and peace
was made. Shortly afterwards, he
started up Commerce street and then
noticed that Grubb was following
him. He paid no attention to it at the
time.
"We passed near a saloon,” said
the witness. In substance, "and Grubb,
who wfis back of me, called to ask
me If I was going to buy him a drink.
At his first call I paid no heed and
then he repeated it. I then answered
that I was not —that I was no relation
of his and wasn't buying him drinks
Then he cursed me and I turned
around to ask him what he had said.
In an instant he had slashed me
across the left cheek and had turned
and run. Subsequently, he was ar
rested."
Walllqg is the son of W. W. Wall
ing, the attorney, and at the time of
his cutting the affair appeared
shrouded In mystery. The facts are to
day being unfolded on the witness
stand. Counsel for the defendant ap
pear confident that they will be able
to show such evidence as will war
rant the jury in returning a verdict
of acquittal.
NO NEED TO BE GOOD.
A little Shaker Heights girl sur
prised her parents last week by re
fusing to be scared Into being good.
"It's no use telling me Santa Claus
won’t come, or that the angels will
write it down in their book if I'm
naughty, mamma," she said. “I might
as well tell you that they think up
In heaven that I'm dead.”
"But why should they think that,
dear?"
"Because I haven't said my prayers
for two weeks.”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
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The Hooks for Lorimer
In Big Battle in Senate
(By Gilson Gardner.)
Washington, Jan. 13.—William Lor
imer of Illinois will probably lose his
seat in the United States senate. This
in spite of the attempt at whitewash
ing made by the special privilege
members of the senate’s committee on
privileges and elections.
That the majority report on the
Lorimer case will be rejected by the
senate is an astonishing fact which
now appears to be well within the
grounds of belief. The decent element
in the senate, reflecting an aroused
public conscience, preparing to lay
the majority report on the table and
send Mr. Lorimer back to Chicago a
private citizen.
Lorimer Is in the peculiar position
of finding himself damned by the re
port which was intended to be friend
ly. Senator Burrows and his col
leagues on the committee, likewise De
pew and Joe Bailey of Texas, rested
their defense of Lorimer on legal
technicalities. They did not deny that
the element of fraud entered into the
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election, but they took the position
that there were enough votes to elect
without the purchased votes. They
fell back also on certain precedents
which they claimed were conclusive.
Finally they attempted to railroad the
verdict. The subcommittee which
made the investigation formulated its
report, which was adopted by the ma
jority of the committee before the
majority or anybody else had time
to even read the testimony.
Progressives in the senate at once
took up the fight. As a member of
the committee Senator Beveridge an
nounced on the floor of the senate
that he refused to be bound by any
report made by the committee, expos
ing in his statement the attempt to
railroad the majority verdict. He an
nounced that he would start in at
once to read the testimony and would
make his report when he had the
facts all well in hand.
Other members of the senate—men !
like Borah, Bristow and La Follette —
started in at once to read the testi
many and to prepare speeches to be
delivered as soon as the report should
be brought up for consideration. The
conclusions formulated by these senat- j
ors are briefly these:
The session of the Illinois legislature j
at which Lorimer was elected was no
toriously as corrupt a session as ever
seen In that or any other state.
That the senatorial contest was
marked by all the evidences of the
use of money in corrupt ways.
That the election of Lorimer was
accomplished tn defiance of a sena
torial primary which had indicated a
popular preference for another candl-
the combination which elected
Lorimer was a bi-partisan affair
whose only co-ordination and amal
gamation was the force of corrupting
Influences.
That the plain Inference from all
facts showed that Lorimer's selection
was due to money.
That there Is nothing to indicate
Lorimer's innocence or ignorance of
the use of money in his behalf.
That creditable confessions and di-
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rect testimony convinced even the ma
jority of the senate committee of the
corrupt taint attached to a number of
the Lorimer votes.
That there are no precedents bind
ing on the senate, that body being the
sole judge of the qualifications of its
members.
That standards of ordinary honesty
and respectability require the senate
to protect itself against Lorlmerism.
The fight which was taken up so
vigorously by the progressive group in
the senate has already found recruits
among members of the senate ordin
arily classified as reactionary mem
bers. Burton of Ohio is said to be
preparing arguments in favor of a
minority report in the Lorimer case,
and it has been reported in adminis
tration circles that even Root and
Lodge were considering a movement
In the direction of the band wagon.
One of the earliest speeches to be
delivered on the subject will be that
of Senator Borah, and it is safe to
predict that some things which Bo
rah says will cause the old state of
Illinois to sit up and rub her spec
tacles.
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JANUARY 13, 1911.
Alamo Plaza
MANY SEEK COLORADO
SENATORSHIP-5 IN RACE
Associated Press.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 13.—While no
formal announcement of candidacy
for the seat In the United States sen
ate left vacant by the death of Sena
tor Chas. J. Hughes Jr. will be made
until after the funeral today, cam
paigning Is active with four avowed
candidates In the field. They are
Mayor R. W. Speer of Denver, former
Governor Alva Adams of Pueblo and
former Governor Chas. S. Thomas and
Thos. J. O’Donnell of Denver. All
are democrats.
Governor John F. Shafroth and
Congressman John Martin are looked
upon as dark horses. The legislature
Is overwhelmingly democratic.
Here’s good advice to cities which
Plan their census to repeat:
Instead of counting heads, why,
switch;
Enumerate the feet.