The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1911 Page: 1 of 10
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CONDENSED ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO EVERYBODY.
HT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Important News of ths Week Boiled
Down for the Busy Reader.
State and Domestic.
DOMESTIC.
A II. Sheffield ami Prank Turney,
under indictment in Harris count)
for murder iu the lirsi dcuree in con-
nection with the murder of the
Scliultx fuiuil> and Waller Klchmund
at Houston Heights two >ears ugo.
were admitted to bsil Moitduy
Two children of Mr and Mrs Jim
(Sarrison, one an infan' •! monthK old ;
and the other a hoy, Hii<'d ti years, j
were burned to death and their home
destroyed Monday at Hugo, Okia.
AHsigtant Attorney Oeneral Mead
Monday advised the controller that
the appropriation of $ 1 G0,ot o appro-
priated liy the last legislature for the
payment of the 10c per diem to con-
victs who work is available from the
time the new prison commission act
authorizing such payments became ef-
fective, it constltutinR the necessary
constitutional authority of a "pre-ex j
istinK law." However, under the |
terms of the general appropriation
mmi)Honed the fund can not be drawn i
upon as long as other penitentiary
funds are available.
Within n short time the selling
agency of the Texas cattle producers
will be in operation This plan was
proposed at the consumers and pro-
ducers' meeting held at Fort Worth
in September. The agency is to have
a capital stock of $;',1)00,000, of which
the cattle men are to put up half and
outside interests halt
The bit! of the Commerce Trust
Company of Kansas City, Mo., for tin
issue of $250,000 4 per cent, perma-
nent school fund bonds voted by ih<
«ity. ot IhtlUta w;it dtcl.ued by i! \
•' ' i (III I HMOil |i It Jo .
With the exception of September
11100, the month just brought to a
close has been the hottest September
on record in Ihe I'tiiud Stat. - wcath
er bureau at (Salvestou tiuring the last
fort> one years. rurthermore. Sep
tember will doubtless hold the i.ni'-d
us the hottest month in the \« ;i t IU11
St. Joseph, Mo, ex perienced the
worst storm in its histor.v Sunday
One man is misslmi, huinlredH of p<"
sons are homeless and property dam
age to the amount of piobabl>
was done.
Oklahoma City "ill remain iu the
Texa;< league next season and the
clubs will he the same as this year.
This was decided on at a rather
stormy meeting of the Texas league
baseball magnates held in San An
tonio Sunday. The salary limit was
lowered to $i!,30u and a strict rule
looking to its enforcement was adopt
ed.
At a meeting of the Klks' lodge of
Beaumont Monday the final details
iu connection wi11■ the erection of a
home for the I'.lks were dosed The
committee reported that $7u,U0" of the
$100,000 capital stock ol the building
company had been subscribed ami the
loilgi1 voted in take $*ju,oo'i ot the
stock, while the committee announced
that takers lor the remaining amount
were In sight, so the finances were
fully settled
One year each In prison and Hoe
fine each were the penaltii" imposed
by Culled States Di iricl .ItitUre rot
torn I Monday at Kind, okla . upon .1
J lleall and Krutik Ciniri. election in
speetors convicted ol conspiiai > to
deprive negrt t'f '>i the right of votin;
In a congressional election in ls# 1 • >
Tyrus Cobb of lietroit retains his
position as pii inlet ba' ni a ol the
American league In I4t> games pla>
etl Cobb's percentage is ll;t. with
times at bat ,loe .lackson ol t'leve
la lid Is a close ■ ■ ecund with >1 nine:
at bat In 111 game.-, i«11 a i "ti'age
of .40:1.
Itapid I mperalme cliatigeg will be
recorded ihis week iii tlie .Northern
Cnltcd State, and moi|erat> lompera
ture in the South and on the I'acll'h
coast, itnnonnc"tl Ho Culled Stale
weather bureau', weekly bulletin Mm.
day. The week precipitation will be
above normal except tin the lull mid
the Sout h A t la lit a t tia i s
Nine children ot Mr and Mrs Wil-
liam Idas of near lleshboti, i'a . lost
their lives iu a lire which tic tiu>ei|
the Idas home Sunday
Mrs Levi Sprague ami Mrs .less
Bennett and tlieii escort, K I. Music,
were shot Saturtlay at Battlesvllle,
ttkla, ill a moving picture tlieu'er
during the performance Both women
will tlie, while Music probably is lata!
ly wounded Their usasiltmt was K
l( Richardson anil jealously is be
iisved to have been the motive tor llio
shooting
Dr Harry Klgin Webster, a Rush
Medical College graduate, student and
interne at a luea1 hospital of ChicuKO,
iu a remarkable confession to the po-
lice Monday admitted that he mur-
dered tine of his two young wives,
Bessie Kent Webster of Chicago, in
the woods uf 0;'le county, ten miles
from Dixon, 111, September 1<! The
police sa\ the motive for the crime
was Webster a desire to hide from
his first wife, Zoc Varney Webster
of Cedar Itapids, losva, the fact that
he was a bigamist. He had married
the two women within one week last
January The accidental discovery
of Bessie Kent's body, almost two
weeks after she had been killed, was
followed by identification and the ar-
rest of Webster.
Application for mandamus was flleo
iu the clerk's office of the supreme
court at Austin Saturday In a case
styled R B Minor et al vs. C. C. Mc-
Donald, secretary of state, and is the
test brought by the board of codiflers
of the governor's veto of senate bill
No 11, which appropriates $25,000 for
completing the revising, annotation,
indexing and publication of the civil
and criminal codes of Texas. Sev-
eral allegations are made, but the
whole case hinges on the construction
of the constitution which gives the
governor twenty days after the ad-
journment of the legislature to either
sign or disapprove bills filed with
him preceding the close of the legisla-
tive session.
Subscriptions of approximately
$1,000,000 by the commercial interests
for operating boats on the Mississippi
river between St. Louis, New Orleans
and Galveston and the guarantee of
an adequate volume of freight is tlie
object of a campaign opened earnestly
Saturday by the Business Men's
League and the Real Kstate Kxchange
at St. Louis.
Hugh Hamilton, Jr, son of Hugh
Hamilton, one of the wealthiest men
of Houston, met with an automobile'
accident Saturday morning, which
caused his death.
With the completion of the survey
of the Net lies river from Beaumont
to its Intersection with the Sabine-
Neel:es canal ami of that canal from
tie- livci to Sabine I'ass the practical
w>iV (I* ina'ui'g ti fv > nly f!v« fo"!
channel from licuumont to tnu Gulf
,jf Mexico may be expected to begin. 1
In a discussion of the Canadian elec-
tion made in the coming Issue of Iho
Commoner, W. J. Bryan says that
Speaker Clark's "declaration In favor
of annexation was a very indiscreet
utterance for one occupying a posi-
tion of authority," and hints that it
hat! much to do with the result be-
ta use of the use made of it.
FOREIGN.
British diatoms authorities have
seized four naval launches, each of
twenty five tons, armed with quick-
fires built for Turkey. Six similar
craft were delivered before the out-
break of the .wir
The Italian cruiser Marco I'olo has
captured the Turkish transport Sabah,
loaded wit li ammunition and troops
on the way to Tripoli.
King George of Greece, who is the
uuest of King Frederick of Copen-
hagen, says the Italian-Turkish war
w ill lie localized and of short duration.
The Italian torpedo boat destroyer
('oatit arrived .it VKoistl, Sicily, Mon-
day with refugees from Tripoli. The
passengers state that the Italian
squadron began to bombard the forts
of Tripoli Saturday evening
a smnl-offfalal itatantnl mads Mon-
ti a > says thai the Turkish charge lias
informed the foreign minister that
Greece need not take offense at Ihe
i'urkish military preparations on the
frontier, as they are due to the t.tate
ot wat witli Italy
I he l!ti. sian tl< titration of neutral
.iv i hem drafted and will be sub-
mitted to 1 utperor Nicholas at Yalt.
It will not bit Issued for a week
The Greek
day seized a
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tan coast
ITALY LANDS TROOPS
police at I'lreaus Mon
sixteen ton sailing vet
loaded with arms and
• imed for the Tripoli
It is tiiiioui. etl that Japan will is
sue a prot i.i nun ion declaring her
tr <i neutrality iii the Italo 'I'urkish
imbroglio
The \met i' an scout cruiser Chester
ailed Monday lor Malta, bound lor
i "y relic.
Joaquin Men tie/., Guatemalan min-
ister of the interior, who ha I" en
ippoitited in in j s i c i to Washington, left
.iuateiiiala Monthly for Washington.
Setter Mende/ thoroughly under-
uaiidi the political situation of all
Central Wuerica and in the probable
•vent that the question ol uniting five
it the Central American republics
irises lie will ably represent the
; i lit I e in 11 lit ii interests
It is officially announced at Con-
stantinople that Greece is mobilizing
1 loops
Scvei a I Italian fishing boats, while
111 c in pi I tig to leave Salonike Sunday,
were conllscated Rioters have tlo-
ur oy etl the arms on the Italian con-
sulate, postol'flcc and schools.
AT TRIPOLI AND FIGHTING COM-
MENCED IN EARNEST.
TURKISH CABINET RESIGNS
Turkish War Vessels Destroyed Near
Prevesa—Fighting Strength of
Beth Nations.
London -A state of war exists'be-
tween Italy and Turkey and hostilities
have begun.
No sooner had the time limit fixed
In the ultimatum expired than, Ignor-
ing Turkey's conciliatory request for
u period of delay, Italy declared war.
The Turkish representatives in Italy
were handed their passports. The
Turkish commander at Tripoli was
asked to surrender the town, but. de-
clined, and Hit! Italian forces imme-
diately occupied Tripoli and Ben-
ghazi.
The official announcement was
made Friday. It declared that the
two countries were in a state of war •
beginning at ."5: :'.0 o'clock on the after-
noon of Friday, September 2'j.
This is the hour at which the Italian
ultimatum to Turkey expired.
It followed a session of the cabinet
at which the Turkish reply was con j
sidered and found unsatisfactory, the [
Turkish cabinet resigning.
Will Not Surrender.
Tripoli —The Italian . niron,
which has been c- ^ ,.u offing,
came do Friday morning
and the dt .oyer Garibaldinc steamed
Into the harbor at noon flying a white j
flag Great crowds watched her ap
proacb After reconnoitering, the de-
stroy er launched a boat, which came
to the beach. An officer landed, pre-
ceded by a blue Jacket, carrying a
white flag.
Turkish soldiers surrounded the
pair, and the officer asked for the
Turkish commander. When taken to
lilni lie formally announced that the
II*'ton fleet hat! been ordered to oc- j
• f py 'he tu -'i. Hi i tit .ore deuiuirl-
ed the it slant, surrender of the whole ;
Turkish garrison. The Turkish com- |
mander replied that he was unable i
to comply with the demand, and em- 1
phaticallv refused to surrender.
The boat then returned to the de
stroyer, which rejoined the fleet.
Turkish Transports Ashore.
Athens.— The premier received n
telegram from Yonitzia announcing
that Italian warships pursued and !
fired upon the Turkish transports
carrying troops. The transports w.-nt ;
ashore ne^r Frevesa.
Destroy Cruiser; Land Troops
Saloniki, Kuropean Turkey.—An
Italian cruiser has destroyed a Turk-
ish destroyer In (he harbor of Fre-
vesa and landed troops. The Turkish
authorities are sending a battalion of
troops to Frevesa.
Fighting Strength.
The lantl fighting forces of Italy and
I Turkey compare favorably, although
Italy appears to have the advantage
for war on foreign soil, because the
Italian government has plenty of
transport ships and a competent navy
to guard them en voyage, while Tur-
key has no transports and the fight
ing strength of her navy is nil.
Turkey's army has 375,000 men un
<|er artns and a reserve strength of
IIUO.OOO. all well trained fighting men
Italy's army comprises 225,000 ac-
tive soldiers and a reserve force of
.liiii.uOO, all ready for the field.
There are 12 battleships, 23 cruis
i,rs and numerous destroyers, sub
marines and transports In the Italian
navy.
Turkey has only one first class
crui er and a number of almost worth-
i e warships.
Hal' s standing army in llilO-il
numbered approximately 225,000 n ,'ti
tiid 14,000 officers, but far grcatet
numbers t'oultl be put ill the field ill
case of necessity The Italian navy
(.insists, in vessels commissioned,
built or building, of 15 battleships, it
armored cruisers, 17 uniirmoretl cruis
er- and gunboats, 3(i destroyers, an
pqiuil number of first class torpedo
boat . and 22 submarines. In the
tia\ il force there are approximately
I an men Seamen for the fleet are
ic, iultetl by conscription, and all men
following the searfarlng life of 20
\cars of age must serve at sea for
eighteen months or more. As a whole,
the Italian navy Is generally ranket'
fifth among nations.
Naval lists show that Turkey has a
fighting strength of !t coast defense
j ironclads, 5 protected cruisers, 6 tor
; petlo vessels, 1 gunboat, 21 torpedo
boat destroyers, 27 torpedo bor.ts and
! 2 submarines. As compared 1th the
greater nation this array 1b a ueg
liglhlc quantity.
The normal strength of the Turkish
navy Is 929 officors, 30,000 sailors,
besides about 9,000 marines.
The First National iterik
Or bASTROP, TEXAS
Capital, $50,000.00 Svrplvs, $20,000.00
DIRECTORS
B. 1). ORDAIN, President W. A. McCord, Vice-President
CIIBSTHR KKllARD, Cashier
II P. Luckctt. W 11. Ransoiue, A. C. Krh.ird, B. J. Waaler
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