San Antonio Light and Gazette (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 137, Ed. 1 Monday, June 6, 1910 Page: 1 of 12
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May Average Circulation
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PAID DAILY
VOLUME 31 No. 137
Jewish Expulsion From Kieff Set for June 14 and Resistance and Massacre. Are Feared
RUSSI'S WAYS
DISCOURAGE A
WORKING GIRL
Reporter Labors So Hard to
Get That Street Paving
Cost But —
IT IS STILL MISSING
Caught Russi In Office Though
But He Skipped Out Like
Nimble Lightning.
THEN DISAPPEARED
FOURTH DAY
“Which facta (concerning the cost of
laying mud rovers ai d the like) by the
use of ordinary diligence and inquiry
might have bern easily and readily
ascertained.”—Excerpt from Fritz Kus-
ai’a bill of complaint in libel.
The above assurance that the city
records showing the cost of street pave-
ments are open and accessible to any-
body is being tested by a reporter for
the Light and Gazette who has been as-
signed to get the figures of expense on
the Stieren street improvement. This
street was paved at city cost on both
sides of Mission street apparently to
keep mud from being backed on a new
mud-cover street that Callaghan's men
had built.
Ho far the reporter has work four
days without getting the cost of the
Stieren street job. Following is the rec-
ord of the fourth day.
THE REPORTER'S
OWN STORY
After hunting Mr. Russi five hours
in the Third ward I was compelled to
report to the office much to my dis-
appointment that nothing had been ac-
complished.
Nevertheless I decided to start out
fresh and new the fourth morning for
the street commissioner's office again.
1 took the two notes that Mr. Russi had
written giving me permission to exam-
ine his books. J thought perhaps that
in looking over his books yesterday be-
ing in such an excited frame of mind
(Continued on page 2.)
MIHMS ARE
WMBII REPLIED
Associated Press.
Washington June 6. —The senate ju-
diciary committee today favorably re-
ported the following nominations:
Gordon Russell to be United States
judge for the eastern district of Texas
and D. B. Lyon to be United States
marshal for the eastern district of
f »xas.
JUDGE TAKES PLEA
UNDER ADVISEMENT
Associated Press.
Chicago 111. June 6.—After several
hours of arguments today Judge Scan-
lan took the plea for a writ of habeas
curpus for Charles Lee Brown accused
of complicity in the alleged payment
of bribes for votes to elect Senator
Lorimer under advisement and will an-
nounce his decision tomorrow.
COAL LAND BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT
Associated Press.
Washington D. C. June 6. —The
house bill authorizing the disposal of
surface coal lands for agricultural pur-
poses was passed by the senate today.
The measure now requires only the sig-
nature of the president to make it a
latV.
NOMINATIONS TO SENATE.
Washington. D. C. June 6.—Nomina-
tions sent to the senate today included:
Col. Wm. Bixby corps of engineers to
be chief of engineers with the rank of
brigadier general the re-nomination of
Brig. General Clarence Edwards chief
of the bureau of insular affairs of the
war department owing to the expira-
tion of his first term of four years and
to be assistant secretary of the treas-
ury A. Piatt Anrdrew of Massachu-
setts
BOY HORSEBACK TRAVELERS
ON LAST LEG OF JOURNEY
Associated Press.
Washington. .Tune 6.—On the long
horseback journey from Oklahoma to
Now York whither they are riding to
meet Colonel Roosevelt Louie and Tern i
pie Abernathy the nine and six-year-
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
DfiLZELLVIGTOBY
NOT CONCEDED
His Opponent Will Ask for Re-
count of Vote In Pennsylvania
Primaries Saturday.
Associated Press.
Pittsburg Pa. June 6. —Dr. Robert
J. Black former mayor of McKeesport
announces that he will ask for a re-
count vote of Saturday's primaries in
which Congressman John Dalzell of
Pittsburg claims to have won the re-
publican nomination to congress for a
thirteenth term. Unofficial returns in
the Thirtieth district have given the
veteran Dalzell a majority of 40 ac-
cording to the claim of his managers
but Black does not concede the defeat.
Congressman James Francis Burke
received the republican nomination
without opposition.
HEI KE DN THE
WITNESS STAND
Sugar Company Secretary Is
Confident of Acquittal on
Charge of Defrauding.
Associated Press.
New York Jone 6.—Chas. Heike
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
fining company resumed the witness
chair today before Judge Martin in
United States district court where he
is on trial for alleged sugar under-
weighing. His confidence in acquittal
seemed undisturbed. He testified that
the Havermeyer A Elder refinery where
the cheating operations are alleged to
have taken place showed for several
years from 1901 to 1908 smaller profits
than the other refineries of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company.
SHORTS ARE SCARED
AND PRICES GO UP
July Option Sells at $2 a Bale
Higher Than Closing Fig-
ures of Last Week.
Associated Press.
New York June 6. —A scare among
operators short for July and August
delivery of cotton in New York sent
prices up in a sensational manner dur-
ing today's early trading. July cot-
ton sold at 15.20 or $2 a bale above
the closing figures of last week while
August advanced 20 points net higher
this big gain having been secured in a
very excited market with advances of
from three to four points frequently
noted between sales.
G. H. & S. A. ASKS
FOR A REVALUATION
Roads Want to Issue $50000-
000 In Bonds on Victoria-
Galveston Division
Special Dispatch.
Austin. Tex. June 6.—The Galves-
ton Harrisburg & San Antonio Rail-
way part of the Southern Pacific sys-
tem. filed application with the railroad
commission here today for a new valua-
tion of part of the Victoria-Galveston
division for the purpose of issuing about
$5000000 in bonds. The older valua-
tion will prevail. The division on
which the bonds as proposed to be is-
sued is about 360 miles in length.
BANKERS WILL LOAN
THE S. P. $25000000
Associated Press.
Berlin June 6.—lt is announced to-
day an international banking will fake
$25000000 of the bonds of the Southern
Pacific railway. The terms for the loan
will be made public later by Kuhn
Loeb & Co. of New York.
; old sons of United States Marshal Ab-
' ernathy. the wolf hunter and friend of
1 Roosevelt left here early today. Since
leaving Oklahoma the little fellows un-
accompanied have averaged twenty
miles a day.
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PLEDGE AID ID
COMMISSION IF
THEY’K ELECTED
Candidates for Legislature File
With Chairman—Opposition
to Terrell and Camp
Will Make the Race for Sher-
iff —Lindsey Says He
Will Also Run.
Pledged to work for a commission
government for San Antonio in the
event of being elected. E. G. LeStour-
geon and Albin Seidel this morning
filed their application to be placed on
the democratic ticket at the July pri-
maries to make the race for the -legis-
lature against candidates supposedly
not in favor of a commission. Mr. Le-
Stourgeon will contest for the place
with Chester Terrell and Mr. Seidel
will run against Nunnelee Camp. The
candidates mentioned have behind
them the assistance of those who have
worked for a commission government.
This includes the Citizens’ league and
the Commission Government league al-
। though the candidates go in ostensibly
as backed by the Citizens’ league. An
understanding has been reached where-
by the Commission Government league
'and the Citizens' league will work to-
I get her to elect those pledged to go to
the legislature and aim for the passage
। of a charter giving San Antonio a coin-
i mission.
| Another who filed this morning with
I County Chairman H. E. Hildebrand was
i John W. Tobin candidate for sheriff
of Bexar county. Mr. Tobin’s applica-
tion was made out according tc the
blank printed in the Terrell election
law and he sent it by a messenger to
Mr. Hildebrand. Subsequently a re-
ceipt was sent.
Mr. Tobin filed today in order to
avoid any dispute regarding the time
in which he should have filed. Some
claim that candidates for sheriff should
file by June 6 while others say that
they must file by June 18. To avoid
any complication Mr. Tobin filed to-
day.
Sheriff Lindsey has stated in no un
certain terms that he will make the
race respite rumors and reports which
have emanated from various sources
tha* he would not run again for re-
election.
ACCIDENT IS
IDENTICAL TO
EATHEfiANDSON
Sustaining by a strange coincidence
the same kind of injury that happened
to his father ten years ago Juan Casil-
las. 14 years old yesterday ’afternoon
shot off his left arm when in climbing
down from a eherrv tree where he had
gone to get a bird's nest the hammer
of his shotgun caught in a branch and
threw the trigger. Ten years ago almost
to a day. his father received a charge
of shot in the left arm while picking
up a shotgun from the bottom of a
buggy. The father had his arm amputa-
ted just below the shoulder and yester-
day evening the boy had his taken off
at the same place.
Young Casillas with his shotgun
slung by a cord shinned up the tree
and captured the nest. Then in descend-
ing the gun did its work. Dr. Berrey
county health officer was called and
had the boy conveyed to the city hos
pital where he performed the amputa-
tion. The father was present and wit-
nessed his son emerge from the opera
ting table minus an arm at the same
place that he. himself was minus one.
WAR VETERAN DIES
Associated Fress.
Hampton Ya. June 6. —Col. W. J.
Phillips who commanded the Thirteenth
Virginia regiment in the civil war and
burned Vie town of Hampton under or-
ders from General Magruder diad here
today.
JOHN TOBIN ALSO FILES
Poll Taxes Paid To Date
1485
Is ours One of Them ?
AND GAZETTE
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MONOAV. .lONE 6. 1010.
ON FRIDAY NEXT ROOSEVELT
WILL SAIL FOR AMERICA
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and rep-
resentative members of a reception com-
mittee of three hundred who will wel-
come him back to his native land.
I—Mayor Gaynor of New York who
will deliver the address of welcome.
2—Colonel Theodore Roose elt.
3—Wm. Loeb collector of FKc port of
New York and former secretary to Mr.
Roosevelt.
4—Cornelius Vanderbilt multi-mil-
lionaire and chairman ox the executive
committee of the Roosevelt reception
committee.
s—Justice James W. Gerard of the
supreme court of New York.
6—Elbert H. Gary president of the
United States Steel Corporation.
7.—George R. Sheldon Financier
and former treasurer of the republican
national committee.
DIL COMPANIES
PUN MERGER
Twenty Large Ones Operating
In Oklahoma to Combine Un-
der Ond Management.
i Associated Press.
Kansas City Mo. June 6.—Prac;
tieally all details have been perfected
for a merger of twenty large oil pro-
ducing companies in the Oklahoma
field into one company with its own
refineries and pipe lines according to
announcement here today of Thomas
Priestley of Bartlesville Oklahoma
Mr. Priestley said the new company
will have control of wells which ara
producing 200(10 barrels of oil daily.
NEGRO SHOT THROUGH
BARS OF HIS CELL
Special Dispatch.
McAlester Okla.. June 6. —After
having been placed in jail on a charge
of attacking two white girls Sunday.
Babe Batson a negro was'shot and
killed in his cell at Krebs this morning.
An unidentified person inserted a shot-
gun in a hole in the screen and fired on
the negro.
Batson surrendered in person to the
sheriff because of fear of lynching but
declared he is not the guilty negro.
Bloodhounds followed a trail to a short
distance from Batson's home.
Near the Rock Island depot at Krebs
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock two girls
15 and 16 were attacked by the ne-
grb( who struck both to the ground
with the butt of his revolver. The eld
er succeeded in escaping and ran
screaming. The negro fled.
An alarm was given and a posse was
quickly formed with dogs who took
the trail which ended near Batson's
house in East McAlester. Batson sur-
rendered at midnight. Sheriff Harri-
:son took him to Krebs immediately
' where he was identified by the girls
las their assailant. The authorities have
(uq clew to who shot Batson.
New York June 6 —On Friday next j
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will rail '
from Southampton England aboard the
8. 8. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and be- j
gin the last leg of his wonderful and j
1 spectacular journey which will end j
I when the ship docks in this harbor eight
I days later.
Since he emerged from the African j
1 jungle the latter part of March he has |
TEDDY CONGRATULATES
PARENTS OF NINETEEN.
Special Dispatch.
Sweetwater Tex. June 6. —
Gus Wafer and wife living
here have received a cable-
gram from former President
Roosevelt extending congratula-
tions on the birth of their nine-
teenth child born recently. All
the children arc living.
B. B. PRESIDENTS
TD MEET TAFT
Four Heads of Western Roads।
In Washington to Confer With
Him Wickersham.
T
Associated Press. ' s
. Washington D. dl- June 6.—Presi-
dent Ripley of the Atchison Topeka A
Santa Fe President Dc\iuo of the
Wabash. President Felton’mf the Chi-
cago Great Western and '• President
Hughitt of the Chicago A Northwestern
arrived here today from Chicago to ‘
confer with President Taft regarding I
the federal injunction suit against the j
Western Traffic association’s increased
freight rates. The railroad presidents
will meet Taft at 3 o'clock this after-
noon. Attorney General Wickersham
will probably be present.
DISCUSS PELLAGRA
AHO THE HOOKWORM
Associated Press.
St. Louis Mo. June 6. —Delegates
ftom every state in the Union arrived
here today for the annual convention
of the Medical association which opens
tomorrow. Hookworm and pellagra will
be two subjects discussed. Colonel
Gorgas of Ancon' Panama president
of the American Medical association
arrived last night
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been the guest or nearly every Euro-
| pean ruler and honors have been con-
। ferred on him which were never before
accorded a private American citizen with
| the exception of-Genecnh-Grant. As a
i fitting climax to his triumphal tour a
monster reception has been planned by
I representative citizens' of the nation
■and when t hoi colonel arrives at 9 a. m.
on June IS he will be welcomed by
j thousands of his countrymen from every
| section of the United States -epresent-
. ing all classes. Plans have been made
; on a most elaborate scale and the re-
I coption promises to be as brilliant as
। the historical home-coming of Admiral
j Dewey with his victorious fleet.
B B. MBS
IN CONFERENCE
Meet to Decide the Method of
Fighting Government Injunc-
tion and Choose Cotinsel.
Chicago. 111. June 6.—Legal repre-
sentatives of twenty five railroads met
in the office of Gardiner Lathrop gen-
eral solicitor of the Atchison Topeka A
Santa Fe railroad today. The meeting
was called to devise a line of defense
against the recent action of the gov-
ernment and to choose special counsel
to take charge of the proceedings.
A Notable
Achievement
San Antonio Light and Gazette City.
Gentlemen: An event of such importance to ns and to
you occurred last Saturday ami we feel it our duty to call
it to your attention. Friday. June 3d. we ran in your paper
I® about four ami one-half pages of advertising for our Semi-
Annual Clearance Sale and Great White Fair. On the fol-
l< irhoi day Saturday. June 4. this stor broke retry tales
retard in its history and wo have held some extremely suc-
eessful sales. Our biggest holiday -ale- never approached
the record of Saturday. June I. V nr situt this store first
opened its doors was the crowd so yreat or the buying so
heavy. Many awaited the opening of the dix>rs in the morn-
K? ir.g. and at 9:15 at night in spite of the storm we were
obliged to shot and loti o»r doors. so that all might las
waited on before the regular dosing hour—lo o'clock. Our
augmented sales force was unable to wait upon the people.
As we had used the Light and Gazette ejtbtsl'-ely for
advertising this sale we feel that you are entitled to tcaim
cvnyrabdatioM upon the pulling power of die (taper.
JOSKE BROS. COMPANY.
S.
LAST EDITION
4 c’Clock
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
DEPORTATION
OFJEWSMAY’
GAUSE RIOI
Ukase Sets Wholesale Eviction
From Kieff for June 14 and
Resistance Is Expected.
D OF A MASSACRE
DREA
Russian Government Is Deter-
mined to Drive Out All Alien
Jews on the Date Set.
Kieff Russia June 6. —All Jews in
this city are looking forward with
dread to June 14 when the ukase which
has ordered their wholesale eviction
says they must abandon home and bus-1
iness here. More than one thousand!
Jewish families have been ordered to
depart. but several hundred of them
have obtained permission to stay two'
weeks longer. Many are expected to
resist deportation and there is dread of
massacre if the Jews fight.
The Russian government is deter-
mined to drive back within the pale all
Jews who cannot show official privilege
to leave it. From 200 to 300 families
have already left Kieff. They obtained
funds for their departure but there are
many more who are without resources.
The Jewish relief committee is collect-
ing funds to aid the poor but many of-
the latter seem loath to depart even
when alloted funds. They do not want'
to be impoverished by abandoning
homes and occupations.
Law Forbids Farming.
The Jewish population of Kieff is es-
timated at 70.01)0. If there should be
rioting. June 14 will be likely a bloody
' day on the calendar of Russian Jews.
I The law forbids Jews to settle in vil-
I iages or upon farms. The pretext foe
'.(his is that they take advantage of the
' peasantry in trade and in other ways.
According to police reports about thir-
ty families have already been summari-
ly driven from their homes. In these
instances the pass-ports were taken
away and forwarded to the original
domiciles within the pale of the ban-
ished. where they may be claimed.
Meantime the expelled were provided
with certificates good only while they
wore en route. A number of these cases
were whore persons had failed to leave
upon the particular date fixed for their
departure. The heads of the families
were arrested and taken to the police
station and thence to the railroad sta-
tion and placed upon outgoing trains.
None lias been subjected to the
dreaded system of deportation* through
which the victim is forwarded under-
police guard from one city to the next
until he reaches his final destination.
In addition to the deportations or-
dered by the government the Jews ft
Kieff have been subjected to minor an-
noyances such as the refusal of pass-
ports. good over the year and inter-
ference with their residence at the
summer resorts outside of Kieff. whera
all those who are prosperous enough go
during the heated term.
There is some ground for hope that
the expulsions will not be carried out
to the full extent ordered and a num-
ber of deported Jews have already re-
turned here having secured fresh docu-
ments entitling them to residence. Oth-
ers who forfeited their right to re-
main through eeasing to follow privi-
leged occupations such as clerks and
artisans. on the payment of the mer-
chant guild lues are hastening to find
cmplovmcnt in their old places or to
ipav the arrears.
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