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THE WEATHEBi
VOL. XXIX.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,
1909.
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WORE HIGH-HEELED SLIPPERS.
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MWS
Commission Decides
Port Bolivar Case.
Clemenceau Is Forced to
Resign.
Derkum Rides Distance of 320
Miles in Less Than 11 Hours.
Smashing Records.
PULLMAN COMPANY
SAVES PENALTY
SPAIN HAS SEIZED
ITALIAN STEAMER
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Many Bitter Wo rd s Are Ex-
changed at Session of
Chamber of Deputies.
FRANCE STIRRED
EXCITING SCENES
Long List of Rulings as Result
of the Recent
Hearing.
GALVESTON
RATE IS ON
MOTORCYCLE IN
PHENOMENAL RUN
making the following Dollar
Purchase.
DON’T DELAY, BUT PLACE TOUR ORDER AT ONCE.
5 lbs. White Navy Beans
3 cans Alpine Milk
1 lb. Butter
3 pkgs. Pearline and 3 bars Octagon
Soap____________________________________________
Charging That It Smuggled Arms
for the Moors in Recent
Fight.
yes-
rifle team
report,
be , had
showed
cented of
understanding
tide conditions,
Freight Earnings.
The railroad commission late
day afternoon made public a
ment showing the
passenger train earnings, other
OTHER DECISIONS
ARE ALSO GIVEN
Selection of 18 Men to Repre-
sent Texas in National
Shoot Made.
R. L. BETTISON,
General Manager Tarpon Fishing Pier-,
Phone 2889.
For Many Years Was President of thO
Saengerbund.
By Associa ted Preps.
Covington, La., July 21.—J. Hamo
Deller, formerly professor of German at
Tulane university, New Orleans, and
for years president of the saengerbund,
died here suddenly at an, early hour
this morning.
se-
The team is composed of 18
Greatest Damage Is on Beach—Two Bath Houses
and Fishing Piers Are Gone.
New Pictures Tomorrow
The Best in the Land.
See Them. Admission 5c.
ONLY FEW SMALL BUILDINGS INSIDE
CITY ARE HARMED BY WIND STORM
If not, drop in.
are,, facts.
Hot
forth.
$1.00
PHONE 725
Sy Associated Press.
Madrid, July 21.—A special dispatch
from Melilla says that a Spanish gun-
boat has seized the Italian steamer
Castelacco on the charge of smuggling
arms for the Moors.
CUYSW
! TODAY
New Pictures Today!
New Pictures Every Day!
2000 Feet of Ffl m.
Our aim—to get the best.
ILLUSTRATED SONG.
Several Structures at Denver Beach Are Down—Surf Breaks Over
Seawall and Some Water Gets into the Lower Streets.
Barometer is Rising Rapidly This Afternoon.
Pays Big Gross Receipts Tax
Within Limit- Others
Hurry Too.
the
morn-
Get In the Swim
at The Breakers”
GALVESTON, TEXAS,
yes'ter-
state-
freight earnings,
earn-
ings and gross earnings, operating ex-
penses and income frt^m operation of
the- Texas railroads for the eleven
months ending May 31, 1909, compared
with the same period of the previous
year. The statement shows:
Freight earnings for eleven months
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GALVESTON TRIBUNE.
BASEBALL
At Athletic Park
GALVESTON VS. WACO
GAME TODAY 5:00 P. M.
GAME TOMORROW 4:30 P. M.
and higher between 12 and 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
Although Galveston has experienced
at least two blows of much greater
severity in recent years, the disturb-
ance today caused some excitement,
which gradually led to uneasiness in
some quarters, particularly along the
beach front, where the high running
although held in check by the
great sea wall which afforded full pro-
tection from the sea, looked a bit ugly.
The fact that the seas were so rough
and the damage by wind so slight
leads many to believe the fullDforce of
the bio , ^yent west of Galveston.
Several hundred visitors ’were m
city when the blow came up this
Tremont Hotel
American—$2.50 Up
In Galveston Rest and Pleasure art
cembiaed a* in no other Resort of Uh
South.
STIFF BLOW HITS CITY;
SEAWALL HOLDS FIRMlV
no news to
usual local
As a result of
s The Tribune
afternoon
with
gone to Algeciras in the interest
peace.
By Associated Press.
A
Los Angeles, Cali., July 21.—Paul J.
C. Derkum rode a 3% horsepower mo-
torcycle from Los Angeles to San Diego
and return yesterday in 10 hours, 55
minutes and 30 seconds, breaking the
record held by Howard Shafter by 5
hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds, ac-
cording to Charles Fuller Gath, official
timer of the Federation of American
Motorcyclists. The course is 320 miles.
The trip was made under the rules
of the F. A. M., and the time will stand
as official. v
has
been an adversary of M. Delcasse,
smarting under the criticisms and
doubtless overconfident of a majority
which on July 15, upon the general
policies of the government, was 182,
taunted the exrministet of roreign af-
fairs who was overthrown by the
Rouvler ministry at the dictation of
Germany during the crisis of 1905, with
having led France to humiliation at
Algeciras. The specter of that chapter
of France’s foreign history in which
Delcasse was sacrificed, was a fatal
error. Instantly there was an uproar
of dissent from both sides of the cham-
ber. Delsasse flung back the taunt in
Clemenceau’s face with bitter words,
declaring, amid cheers, that France had
of
We have the best pictures?
Do you know we put on one new-
one every day?
Do you know our places are al-
ways cool, clean and well venti-
lated?
The official report from Dr.
Bunnemeyer, section director of
the United States weather
bureau, shows that the. center
of the storm passed to the
south of Galveston and that the
highest five-minute wind -ve-
locity was 69 miles an hour at
10:50 a. m., blowing from the
east. Short gusts of wind
reached a higher velocity.
The lowest point of the
barometer was 29.56, at 10 a. m..
when it began to rise shortly
after and at 1:30 it was 29.75.
It should be remembered that
.30 is normal and that in the
great storm of 1900 the barom-
i
eter went down to 28.44, show-
ing that today’s blow was not
to be compared with that dis-
turbance.
At 1:30 p. m. today the wind
had subsided to 40 miles an hour
and the barometer was still ris-
ing, indicating tlyit
had passed entirely,
came i
Woman Stumbled and Fell Thirty Feet,
Sustaining Injuries.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 21.—Mrs. Arthur W.
Teale, who lives in an apartment-
house at 422 West End avenue, fell
thirty feet into an areaway from the
window of her suite and sustained in-
ternal injuries which may cause death.
She was wearing high-heeled slippers,
and one of them caught in a rug and
threw her forward. The window was
low and aA® tumbled out.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., July 21.—The state rifle
contest for marksmen in the Texas
national guard came to a close
terday evening and the
which will represent Texas in the
tional match at Camp Pgrry, Ohio,
lected.
rqen and will be accompanied by Gep.
Newton. The team and scores made by
the various members follows:
R. F. Blount, first sergeant. 488
J. H. BxJsh, first lieutenant 482
Alien Roberts, private 478
G. R. Pace, sergeant..... 475
G. L. Test, first lieutenant 473
D. F. Eritzer, first lieutenant 469
Maj. A. W. Bloor .' 468
Lieut. Pool ; 458
S. D. Ridings, second lieutenant....465
Capt. L. H. Younger 460
J. E. Edmondson, Jr., aergeant 456
F. O. Post, first lieutenant 453
Maj. O. C. Guessas 442
K. W. Read, second lieutenant 441
S. C. Smoot, second lieutenant 435
S, B. Blount, first lieutenant 433
J. E. Blount, musician 419
V. M. Easley, private 41§
The tropical disturbance which moved
out of the Carribean sea Sunday and
has since passed into the Gulf of Mex-
ico, moving northwestward, struck Gal-
veston with ponsiderable force this
morning following an all night gale.
The barometer at the weather bureau
fell rapidly after 8 o’clock and at 10
a. m. had reached 29.56. At that hour
the wind gained it shighest velocity,
which instruments showed to be 69
miles. As the cented of the storm
moved over this district the barometer
began rising and was mounting higher
Number of Important Stakes Have Been
Renewed.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 21.—That there is
a brighter outlook for the future of
racing in New York state is shown in
the announcement by the Saratoga
Racing association of the renewal
a number pf important stake races
with increased value.
The United States Hotel and Grand
Union Hotel stakes for two-year-olds,
eaoh with a guaranteed value of $6000,
and the Travers and Spinaway stakes
with a value of $5000 each, will be re-
newed. It is also stated that the $30,-
000 Hopeful stakes will be one of the
star events at the Spa next year.
Five-cent tonsorial parlors are
sponsible for a lot of bad scrapes.
Special to The Tribune.
1 Austin, Tex., July 21.—The railroad
' commission late yesterday evening de-
' cided to give out the decisions reached
during the day. The commission <ie-
• cided to apply Galveston rat^s to Port
Bolivar, or to adjust the rates in line
with rates applying to other ports.
Dismissed the proposed amendment
to concentrating rules on cotton, re-
quiring insurance and providing for
Y ■
, time limit on concentrating point. The
commission dismissed this matter for
want of jurisdiction.
On the complaint of inadequate
freight service -on the Southern Kan-
sas railway between Higgings and Am-
arillo, an order was issued requiring
that road to provide a daily freight
service.
Applications of complainants were
granted, requiring the Pacific Express
Company to establish free delivery
service at Mount Pleasant and at Mart.
Granted proposed readjustment of,
rates on carloads of drain tiling, ex-
cept for distances of 300 miles and
’ over, when class E rates shall apply.
Granted complaint of readjustment
of rates on bank and store fixtures, sa-
loon and office furniture, so as to con-
form to rates and regulations now In
force on such commodities
shipped from interstate points.
Application of Texas Roller Mills to
extend Katy switching limits to Dol-
ard, or to the plant of the mill, 1
Fort Worth, was granted.
Continued the proposition for a
adjustment of rates on asbestos.
PILOT POINT AFFAIR.
On the complaint of the citizens of
Pilot Point against the Katy for fail-
ure to stop its flyer at that place, the
commission gave the railroad ten days
to consider whether they will volunta-
rily adjust the matter satisfactory to
the people and the commission’s satis-
faction. If not done in that time the
commission will issue an order re-
quiring the company to stop there.
Refused the application of the Su-
garland Railway Company to cancel
stopover privileges at Houston from
points on that road on sugar and mo-
lasses, but an order will be issued
which the clmmission believes will pro-
test the railway company on such com-
modities concentrated at Houston when
shipped beyond that point.
The commission withheld its decision
on the proposed readjustment of rates
on common window glass in carloads
between points in Texas, until after
the hearing of the freight agents, to be
held at St. Louis on July 26, when the
commission has been promised an ef-
fort would be made to readjust the in-
terstate rates so as not to prove an
injury to Texas industries.
Dismissed the Del Rio and Uvalde
better-depot facilities proposition, as
an agreement was reached by the in-
terested parties.
On the question of lower cotton
rates from Hempstead to Houston, the
commission having agreed to set down
the general question of cotton rates
passed a decision on the Hempstead
complaint until the entire question is
considered.
Tarpon Fishing Pier
An ideal place to spend your vaca,-
tion. Built in the gulf six miles from
Galveston. Always cool and no
mosquitoes. Twenty-five comfortabla
rooms and first-class cafe in oozinec-
tion. Finest family resort in the south.
Special rates for banquets and dinner
parties.
Launch Clifton leaves foot of 19151
street daily at 5:30 and 8 a. m., 1:30
and 6 p. m.
I have no connection with the pier
conducted under name of Bettison Fish-
ing Fier.
the storm
The wind
in out of the northeast,
veered slowly to the east, then
to the southeast, where it sub-
sided.
The weather bureau report
shows the storm to have gone
inland between Galveston and
Corpus Christi and that the in-
land storm will gradually di-
minish because of less moisture
to sustain it.
Tonight and Thursday, generaJTy
cloudy weather, probably with rain.
ing, and "not
weather and tide conditions, were
frightened. Hundreds congregated at
the depot, not to take trains, but for
the protection the big building affords.
There was not a moment during the
blow this morning when a pedestrian
could not walk unaided along the
streets. The street cars on several of
the lines were running. Later, how-
ever, the back water and the overflow
of the gutters blocked traffic in
localities.
Hundreds of families on the beach
and outlying residence sections came in
and took refuge in stronger buildings.
There was nothing of a general nature
indicative of fear. Rat'her everybody
apparently was in a good humor and
sought a place of safety with little
more ado than is ordinarily shown in
seeking shelter from an approaching
thunder shower.
The hacks, automobiles and delivery
wagons and every available vehicle
have been going all day hauling people
to and from their homes. The falling
rain and- interrupted street car service
was mainly responsible for this.
SEAWALL STOOD TEST.
This storm should be one of the big-
gest boosts that Galveston has ever
received, if for no other reason than it
gave to the sea wall the first real test
that it has had since it was built,
sea wall made good and fulfilled the
anticipations and predictions of the
most ardent supporters of the great
undertaking. The water, which began
rising as the result of the disturbance
out in the gulf, came up as high as the
foot of the wall, covering in many
places the rip rap .work, and when
driven by gusts of 'wind the waves ran
up the incline and were promptly
turned back into the gulf. It acted
just as the engineers who designed it
said it would and it demonstrated that
Galveston is safe from any high water
which might come up out of the Gulf
of Mexico.
DAMAGE ON BEACH FRONT.
Inside the sea wall the damage was
nominal, the loss being confined to
small and flimsily constructed build-
ings. In the Electric and Chutes parks
a number of the buildings and several
of the attractions are damaged to some
extent, but from the force of the wind
only, absolutely no water coming over
the sea wall except in the form of
spray.
In the eastern part or the city where
the grade raising canal is yet incom-
plete the northeast wind di-ove the
water up into the canal and the waves
overlapped the banks ?and came into
the streets, but only for a short time.
As soon as the wind changed the^water
in the canal at once subsided and the
water in the streets ran back into the
gulf. On Denver Beach a number of
frame buildings, which were exposed
to the full force of the wind, were
blown down, but no one was injured
that could be learned upto 1 o’clock.
In the western part of the city several
buildings in course of erection were
also damaged and several buildings
that were raised above the grade rais-
ing were blown from their foundations.
ON DENVER BEACH.
Mr. Robert Bautsch, a young
who resides in Denver addition, was
one of the first to reach the city from
that section of Galveston, and he re-
ports that some damage was done by
high water. The residence of his fa-
ther, Mr. Gus W. Bautsch, suffered con-
siderable damage, particularly to an L
addition which was crushed in by the
wind shirtly after 10 o’6.:ock. Mr.
Bautsch also reports that three
^Continued on Page Eight.}
Into Virginia if Tennessee Law Is Up-
held.
By Associated. Press.
Bristol, Tenn., July 21.—It was an-
nounced yesterday that the Sams and
McNabb distillery, which has been
closed for two years, would be put into
operation again Aug. 1. The distillery
will be moved across the state line into
Virginia Jan. 1 if the law against the
manufacture of liquor in Tennessee is
sustained.
By Associated Press.
Paris, July 21.—The Clemenceau cab-
inet fell, suddenly last night at the con-
clusion of a violent debate over the
naval scandals, extending over several
days. Mr. Delcasse, chairman of the in-
vestigating committee, led the attack
upon the naval administration, espe-
cially during the incumbency of M.
Pelletan and M. Thoms, former minis-
ters of marine. M. Picard, who suc-
ceeded M. Thoms, had promised in the
name of the government to complete a
series of reforms, both in the adminis-
tration of the department and the
method of construction, and the cham-
ber was ready to vote confidence in
the government, when an incident oc-
curred which changed a majority into
a minority.'
Premier Cletnenceau, who always
adversary-
under the
LOSES HIS TEMPER.
words were bandied back and
It was a veritable duel between
two enemies. M. Delcasse intimated
that Clemenceau had inspired- in the
foreign press articles during the crisis,
bu-t the latter emphatically denied this
imputation. The premier seemed for
the first time in his parliamentary ca-
reer to lose his head. Finally, M. Del-
casse, as he was entering upon an ex-
planation of the situation of 1905, drew
himself up proudly and said:
“I shall say nothing further on that
subject. I have nothing to fear. Noth-
ing past, nothing in our common mem-
ories of 25 years embarrasses me. If
I look back I see I have left some-
thing besides ruins.”
Then turning to Clemenceau he said:
“You were president of the naval in-
vestigation commission of 1904. Your
unsparing attacks upon every govern-
ment during 25 years seemed sufficient
guarantee that ypu would end the root
of the evil. What were the results, I
ask?”
M. Clemenceau, now evidently in a
rage, tried to pary the thrust by re-
turning to the charge.
CAUSE OF TUMULT.
“Your policy as foreign minister,” he
shouted, “led us to the greatest hu-
miliation France has experienced in 20
years.”
Another storm of hostile cries arose,
several deputies crying:
“It is an outrage to say that.”
But the premier tried to assume his
old cynical air.
“Oh, no false indignation, I pray
you," he exclaimed. “You brought us
to the verge of a war without military
preparation.” ,.
Many times during his ministry, M.
Clemenceau apparently was on the eve
of defeat, as many strong combinations,
especially by the enemies of the income
tax, were formed to accomplish his
downfall and often there was much
secret opposition in the ranks of the
majority. But when the decisive mo-
ment came, the opposition never dared
Clej&Qncea.W’s.wWfi.
ending May 31, 1909, $58,000,690.41,
which is an increase of $5,790,371.36
over the previous year or 11.09 pet
cent.
Passenger train earnings for eleven
months ending May 31, 1909, $23,913,-
333.26, increase $1,074,255.67, or 4.30 per
cent.
Other earnings for eleven months
ending May 31, 1909, $355,577.09, in- ,
crease $63,723.53, or 21.83 per cent.
Gross earnings for eleven months
ending May 31, 1909, $82,274,600-78, in-
crease $6,928,350.70, or 9.20 per cent.
Operating expenses for eleven
months ending May 31, 1909, $61,601,-
334.16, decrease from previous period
of $1,189,251.91 or 1.69 per cent.
Income from operation for eleven
months ending May 31, 1909, $20,673,-
245.62, increase $8,117,602, or 64.6s per
With all wires out of Galves-
ton out of service because of the
wind this morning the Tribune
was unable to receive any of
the afternoon Associated Press
There was
from the
sources today,
these conditions
goes to press this
earlier than usual, but
the latest details of the doings
of the wind in print.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., July 21.—The Pullman
company, with headquarters at Chi-
cago, yesterday paid into the treasury
department the sum of $8,259.63, being
the amount of taxes due by this com-
pany on its gross receipts of $165,-
193.57 for the quarter ending June 30,
1909. ■ Among the other corporations
that paid their taxes and filed their
quarterly reports are: Louis Keiffer,
Del Rio, liquor dealer, tax $37.57, gross
receipts $7534; The Genimel Publishing
company of El Paso, tax $18.24, gross
receipts $1824; Ward Rural Telephone
company of Pflugerville, tax $7.80,
gross receipts $487.50; Hillsboro Tele-
phone company, tax $60.76, gross re-
ceipts $4051.13; Hugh, Schmelt zer &
Co., wholesale liquor, San Antonio, tax
$89.50, gross receipts $17,900.50; La
Compte & Co., wholesale liquor, Gal-
veston, tax $27.48, gross receipts
$5495.18.
The time for the payment of this tax
without incurring a penalty of 10 per
cent on the tax expires on the' last
day of this month.
1 --------------•--------------
GO FISHING
BETTISON FISHING PIER
In the Deep Blue Waters of the Gulf.
An Ideal Place for a Day’s Outing.
MACKEREL. TARPON.
On North Jetty, Seven Miles From City,
Launches make regular trips dally.
Leave Chapman’s Wharf, Pier 19, at
6:30 and 9:30 a. m. and 1:30 and 5:30
p. m. Returning leave Fishing Pier
one hour later. Extra trips Sundays,
8:00 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
Meals, Bait and Fishing Tackle Can Ba ,
Secured at Pier.
W. J. CHAPMAN, GEN. MANAGER.
Telephone SB.
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