Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 1, 1912 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. XX No. 75. BROWNSVILLE. TEXA: TUESDAY* OCTOBER 1- 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
10 REMOVE POLES
FROM PHILADELPHIA
Move to Spend $80000 in Effort to
Rid Streets of All Poles Carrying
Electric wire's.
Philadelphia Pa. Sep’. 30.—An ef-
fort will be made to provide funds
for the removal of all city poles car-
rying electric wires within the near
future. For this purpose an appropria-
tion of $80000 will he asked for next
year and a policy adopted of putting
all extensions of lie present fire nnd
police system underground. The ad-
ministration is also considering the
advisability of preventing the erection
of additional poles hy corpora l inns
and requiring that those row slid-
ing be removed. In 1 882 an or.iin • ice
was passed requiring all corpora-
tions to remove poles on or before
1886. The corporations paid no at-
tention to the ordinance until 1887
when they had a resolution passed
by councils instructing the electri-
cal bureau to suspend the enforce-
ment of ihe ordinance “for '.h^ i le-
sent”. Xo action has been taken since
by councils in reference to poles. In
1908 the city had 0133 poles and the
corporations 3.7987. The city now has
about .3000 pole- and the corpora-
tions 4 2-762. These arc exclusive of
trolley poles which number 30000.
TWO JURORS SECURED
IN STRIKERS' CASES
Associated Press.
Salem Mass. Scpt. 30.—Two jur-
ors were secured tylay in the murder
trial of Joseph J. i-ltter Arturo Gio-
vannitti and To«t'f>h Caruso in con-
nection with t\'f Lawrence strike
riots last winter.
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ALL POM TREES
ARE CONDE1EO
In Ohio City—They Harbor Millions
or Worm* And Mu*t Be Cut Down
Within Y°ar.
Barberton O. Sept TO.—Owing tc
an ordinance passed by council a year
ago the poplar trees in this city
have one more year to live. The ord-
nance was passed last September and
allowed the property owners two yean
to dispose of all poplar trees in the
city. Al>out Jialf of the trees in town
have been cut down and replaced
by maples. “The trees will all have
to come down within the next year"
said Service Director Frase “and T
would advise that they be disposed
of at once as the trees in many
places are breeding millions of worms
which are kiling som^ of the shad*
trees in the city and in ’places the
roo s are tearing up the sidewalks."
The poplar trees were originally set
out in the early days of the city
by the Barberton Land & Improve-
ment Company because they were
fast growers. Xow there are hund-
reds of them in the city. The worst
fault besides the root- tearing up the
stone sidewalks is the millions of
bugs which breed in the bark of
this species of trees and then spread
to surrounding foliage and in some
cases completely destroy it.
Madrid Span ha^ the highest al-
iirude of the great cities of Europe.
Tin* working power of an able-
bodied man is about one-tenth that
of a horse.
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Electric coffee mills are now made
in household sizes.
WHEN YOU SERVE ICE CREAM
•Bo sure that it is Valley Tee Cream
Then you ran be absolutely certain
of offering the perfection of refresh-
ments. If you like ordinary ice
cream you’ll simply rave over Valley
Cream. Put it to the test of taste.
It is simply great in flavor that is
why it is so great in favor. Deliver-
ed packed in ice at the following
prices: ^
ONE-HALF GALLON . $ .75
ONE GALLON . 1.25
In brick (plain or fancy) 50c each.
ELITE CONFECTIONERY
PHONE 188.
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While In the Valley j
DON'T FAIL TO VISIT *
MISSION. I
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Elevation 14o feet. *
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Irrigation unexcelled. *
Drainage natural. i
WE PROVE IT j
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To be the most progressive high-
ly developed prosperous thriv-
ing proposition in the Lower Rio *
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Grande Valley. *
A oerscmal investigation will con-
vince you of the greater advan- *
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tages and opportunities offered. ^
MISSION UNO IMPROVEMENT COMPANY j
MISSION TEXAS *
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JOHN J. CONWAY ]
President if Sole Owner 3
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DYNAMITE CASES
ON TRIAL TOMORROW
AN ECHO OF THE LOS ANGELES
TIMES OUTRAGES.
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; Fifty-one Men Accused of Partic/pa-
! tion in Widespread Dynamite Con-
spiracy On Evidence by OHie Mc-
Manigal. Confessed Dynamiter.
Associated Tress.
Indianapolis Ind. Sept. 30.—The
accused “dynamite ;>lotrer§" will face
trial tomorrow.
As an echo of the blowing up of
; the T*)3 Angeles Times building
i shortly after 1 o’clock on the morn-
| ing of Oct. 1 1910 when 21 per-
Ieons - ere killed fifty-one men will
| he drought into cour to determine
i -fore a federal jury whether as the
j government charges they participat-
ed in a widespread dynamite con-
spiracy which continued for more
than five years of which the Los
Angeles explosion was only a part.
Although the McNamara brother- j
were included among those indicted :
they will not appear as they already
are serving sentences in a prison in
California. Rut many of their assoc-
iate- including Frank M. Ryan. :
president of the International Asso
i elation of Bridge and Structural Iron- j
workers and Herbert S. Hockin who !
has- taken John J. McNamara’s place
as secretary-treasurer of the union
will be tried.
Most of the defendants ar« pre-ent
or former officials of the ironworkers’
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union which maintains in Indian-
apolis the headquarters from which
the McNamara's ami others are alletr- 1
ed to have carried on the conspir- i
acy to blow up bridges viaducts and |
buildings under construction hv non- j
union men.
John T. Butler Buffalo N. Y. firs
vice-president of the Union and Mi-
chael J. Young of Boston and Phil-
ip A. Cooley of New Orleans mem-
bers of the executive hoard are
among the most prominent of the
other defendant5. The list includes
William K. Benson former president
of the Detroit federation of labor
and local officials of two other unions.
Letters already embodied in an
indictment made public are to be
used bv Hie government to support
it5 contention that the officials at
Indianapolis carried on an extensive
correspondence in locating “jobs’-
that were to be blown up and to
which dynamite or nitroglycerin was
to be carried.
The government’s charges do not
directly involve the question of crime
I in committing the explosions but
concern the transportation of explo-
sives on passenger trains or other-
wise in violation of the inters ate
regulations.
United States Senator John W
Kern is to be the chief counsel to:
the defendants. District At’ocne?
Charles \V. Miller and Clarence Ni-
chol? his assistant who prepared the
case before the grand jury will ap-
pear for the government Judge Al-
bert B. Anderson will be on the
bench.
For several years prior to the Ix>?
Angeles disaster detectives had beer
at work on more than 100 explosion?
which were scattered from Massachu-
setts to the Pacific coast. The explo-
sions were directed against work un-
der construction by employees of
nonunion labor and chiefly against
members of the Na’ional Erector’s
A-soeiation which had broken off re-
lations with the union.
Outside of this list of explosions
i the government alleges it has se-
cured evidence among others from
: three chief sources. These are:
From great bundle5 of correspon-
: dence taken in a raid on the ironwor-
r kers’ international headquarters
covering the period when John J. Mc-
Namara was active secretary-treas-
urer and when he is alleged to have
been voted $1000 a month for ex-
j; pen-es for which he was required to
t give no accounting.
t j From the confession of Ortie E.
r McManigal confessed dynamiter and
Laccomplice of the McNamaras; who
{ is to be a witness for the govern-
f raent. t
From a record of conversations ir
t Ryan’s office secured by stenograph
ers who wTere concealed in another
room and had a telephone instrument
hidden under Ryan s desk.
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THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL. *
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' v In one year Mr. A. expends v
for county and state taxes for *!•
W drainage tax for special school v
tax for irrigation fee and for v
-!- interest on deferred payments v
!• 15.73. *
ir His land being assessed at
•h $2000 he must al-o pay if the -!•
-I- bond issue carries $2.50 road
v tax.
-I* In pretty deep is he?
■r But supose that through bad
-r roads he should lose the ship- v
-I- ment of an important par: of '!
his crop—say one acre product -!
-I- of cabbage R tons to the acre -I-
j-:- a.t $50 a ton—$400.
: v In that case he would be in -!
-I- bad as well as deep.
!- The loss would pay his road
tax for 1 fiO vears.
Can he afford to run that |
!- kind of a risk to save $2.50. j
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THE CITY TAX LEVY
FAILED 10 PASS
WAS DEFEATED BY VOTE OP i
FIVE TO TWO
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Cobolini Opposed Ordinance* Becausf |
City Has Not Published Finance j
Report for Last Fiscal Year
Oth«*r Important Matters.
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Five to two being less than the re |
mired two-thirds majority.was tlv ]
i vote on he 1 91 2 tax levy for the eit.*
j of Brownsville when brought befor- !
| he council for action at thp meet
j ing yesterday afternoon. The vot<
j was ayes Blaekshear Cain Bena
vides. Crixell and Thorn: nay? Kiri
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and Cobolini: Alderman Browne be
ing absent.
Mayor Cole read the ordinance pro
; pared for the passing of the tax levy
j calling for an ad valorem tax of fi2..'
• per cen: for the general fund: 1*
: per rent for street and bridge im
provements; 21 per cent for build
ings waterworks electrict light am
other improvements; 20 per cent t
supplement the sta'e public schoo
| fund and a poll tax of $1. If it hai
carried the levy would have then
fore been $1.22 1-2.
After the reading of the ordinanc
Alderman Cobolini «tatpd to th
council that he would nof vote t
pass the levy until the city had mad
and published a repovt covering i:
full the city’s income and expendit
; ures of the last fiscal year. This re
port he explained should have bee:
. made ten days before the close of tb
las' fiscal year.
When Mr. Cobolini had stated hi ;
(position. Mayor Cole asked Mr. Kir-
if he would also vote against th
oassing of the ordinance. Mr. Kir
replied that he had discussed th
matter thoroughly with Mr. < obc
lini and would vote with the latter
The mayor a-^ked this before
vote was taken and when he fount
that neither Mr. Cobolini nor Mr
Kirk intended to vote for the ordi
nance he stated to the council tha
he did not see any need of puttinr
the matter to a vote.
However a request was made tha'
the vote be put resulting five to two
It would have required one more vot*
to carry the issue.
After thp vote Alderman Black
shear arose and argued against thf
action of Aldermen Cobolini an*
Kirk in voting against the ordinanc*
and. in hi- opinion tying up tb-
ei?y financially. He wanted to knov
what difference it would make t'
any man woman or child in the eit-
if the report was made at this time
| stating that the mat'er had beer
overlooked was a tjiing of the past
land that the council could not g*
backward into time to get the repor
out. %
In answer to Mr. Blaekshear A1
derman Cobolini stated that he did
not have to be sermonized bv th*
former and that his vote bad beer
cast and there was no more to be
(Continued on page six.)
HARRIMAN LETTERS
THROW NO LIGHT
ON ALLEGED BIG ROOSEVELT
CAMPAIGN FUND
Former Private Secretary of Harri-
man and Charles Peabody Asser‘
that Harriman Said Money Was
Raised by Roosev»:it’> Request.
Associated Pres?.
Washington D. C. Sept. 90.—All
corre-pondence between Theodore
Roosevelt and the late Edward H.
Harriman. covering the period from
Roosevelt’s succession as president in
1001 until the Harriman difficulties
vith him in 1904 were placed as
evidence today before the senate
committee investigating campaign
ontributions. Out of a score of let-
ters however covering every subject
from exhibits and pictures to the ap-
pointment of federal judges and ter-
ritorial governors the committee was
able to get littie light upon the sub-
ject of contributions or whether
Roosevelt specifically asked Harri-
man in 190 4 to raise a fund of ’wo
hundred and forty thousand dollars.
C. C. Tegethotoff now the agent
pf the Harriman estate and Charles
\. Peabody i-vrswonally representing
Mrs. Harriman in the administration
if the f'sta-e. both testified that Har-
riman told them he would raise a
big campaign fund undertaken at
Roosevelt’s request.
f’orneilius X. Bliss ir. another
witness today produced three letters
which he claimed were the only ones
'eft by his father in connection with
'■ampaign affairs. None of the let-
ters touched upon the facts alleged
by John D. Archhold who asserted
he was assured by BIPs that Roose-
velt would welcome a hundred thou-
sand dollar contribution from the
Standard Oil company.
William Flinn of PPtsburg. the
Roosevelt leader in Pennsylvania
ind E. H. Hooker of New York
treasurer of the progressive party
vill testify tomorrow.
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lOLpiTT'S PROTEST
WAS NOT RECEIVED
\S TO PASSING MEXICAN TROOPS
THROUGH TEXAS
Rumor that Governor of Texas Would
Withdraw Consent for Passage* of
Mexican Soldiers Across Texas Not
Confirmed La*t Night
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Vssociatcd Press.
Washington D. ('. Sept.
o the closing hour today the state
>.nd war departments had not re-
ceived a protest from Governor O. B.
’olquitt of Texas as to the movement
if Mexican troops through that
state.
According to newspaper dis-
patches Gov. Colquitt had announced
he intention of withdrawing his
•onsent to the movement of the
roops across the state because of a
eventy mile march overland through
he rough country from Marathon to
‘he border would he necesasry and
[ ip believe this would Invite diffioul-
ies which he did not want to occur
I In Texas.
Even if the protest would have
my effect however which is doubt-
*ul. the objections of Colquitt can
| hardly be received in time to have
'ffeot as the troops are expected to
make the trip tomorrow and it
would he difficult to countermand
‘he orders given General E. Z. Steey-
of El Paso to escort the soldiers
through the state.
It is explained that the consent
if Governor Colquitt was asked mere-
ly as a matter of courtesy and the
department officials do not concede
the right of any state to interfere in
•natters of this kind.
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Patents have been granted upon a
machine for making Imitation
stiches on shoes.
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ilGAIIOIf SYSTEM
WILL BE SOLD TODAY
By Judge Burns at Houston—Action
is Taken for ‘lie Benefit of Com-
pany'* Creditor*.
The irrigation sysem of the
Brownsville Irrigation company as
announced is to be sold under the
hammer today at Houston by Judge
Burns of the federal distric t court.
The system has been operated at
a loss for some time it is claimed
and the present action is taken for
the benefit of the creditors. The
farmers of the district held meeting'
in Brownsville sometime ago to see
if they could do something to keep
the system intact but nothing has
as yet resulted.
F. E. Hill is at present in charge
of the company’s affairs with head-
quarters in Brownsville.
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More than one-third of the 138-
000 white men in the Transvaal are
unmarried.
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OUTBREAY FEARED
IN BALKAN STAIES
Military Understanding Said *o Exist
With Bulgaria. Servia. Greece and
Montenegro Against Turk«*y.
Associated Press.
London Eng. Sept. 30.—Balkan
difficulties have developed with an
alarming rapidity to a point where
only a spark is needed to set the
whole of southeastern Europe aflame.
Today's developments appear to
fully confirm the existence of a mili-
tary understanding between Bul-
garia Servia Greece and Monte-
nego against Turkey.
Troop* in those countries are be-
ing mobolized and every preparation
is being made for immediate hostili-
ties. The great powers are making
every effort .to prevent an outbreak.
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A row calf and mule were brought
in by t'ipriano Hinojosa.
All were Inspected and passed by
Dr. Major Schofield.
SAN BENITO
THE
BIG CANAL TOWN
The livest and largest new town in Texas in the
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
San Benito lias grown from nothing to over four thousand population In
four years and today offers best location for commercial and In-
dustrial nterprises in Southwest Texas. Natural advantages
and improvements already made insure city cf importance.
• The growth and development have only started.
NEARLY HALF A MILLION'
Dollars railrc d business on St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Uailwnj
at San Benito in one year. Sixty-seven per cent increase ov«: bo iu^-tr
of previous yea.*.
Year ending April 3<Plh 1911 1912
Freight received 142819.44 235880.20
Freight forwarded 42839.33 96100.31
Express received 12539.64 15426.23
Express forwarded IS098.34 19025.44
Ticket sales 31460.95 43.960.66
Excess Baggage 292.25 478.70
Switching storage and
demurrage No record 8204.11
Total Value of Business 248050.95 414075.65
Above represents only the amount paid to the ^t. L. B. & M. for hand-
ling business shown and NOT THE VALUE OF PRODUCTS HANDLED.
EIGHTY THOUSAND ACRES OF RICH DELTA SOIL
irrigated from the big San Benito Canal surround the town of San Be-
o!to. Twenty-five thousand acre* alrvtUy tn culD*"**^! '
* *' IKTERUBBAH RAILROAD. WOW IN ORATION ^
uv.v 404)00 acres h ■ trr« * » far^ *lth eon venle«f:%:
freight and express service. Extension being* d.ru*. Pn he balau# *1
the tract. Rio Hondo Santa Maria Carricitos Los Indioa and Li* ra'.otrX
on lnterurban road out of San Benito. Convenient schedule.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE SAN BENITO
before engaging in farming commercial or industrial enterprises els*«
w'here In Texas.
SAN BENITO UNO 8 WATER COMPANY.
SIN BENITO. THIS.
KO - PRES - KO - KAKE
Means Profit and Economy
TO CATTLE FEEDERS
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Call at ourNcw Oil Mill and let us convince you.
First 50000 pounds sold to T. J. Lawson
of this city.
We continue to manufacture the
best Ice obtainable.
PEOPLES ICE AND MANUFACTURING CO.
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