Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 155, Ed. 1 Monday, April 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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BRUWNW
ODD 'REPUBLICAN
WINS MEET! CAUCUS HERE
iiiUrt M'JiOOL SCORED . POINTS PROMINENT PARTY .MEN .11 KT
IX TRACK CONTEST. HERE THIS JIORNTNG
LIEUTENANT FRANK BLOOM
WATSON CARRIES OFF MEDAL LYONS IS! CENTRAL FIGURE
ruses Willi Party
Lea dors.
Tliere were iiiany prominent repub-
Hcans in Brown wood -this morning for
a conference- with Col. Cec'l Lon
with regard to the political itu.-ioi.
Col. Lyon arrived in the cit iit an
Teammates Rally to Jifs Assistance in .-Rseelr Campaign Manager Can
the Relay Race at the
Close.
The Invitation track meet held at
Daniel Baker park on Saturday af-
ternoon -was well attended and much
interest was manifested in the cut-
come of the events. -Brown wood!
High School won the meet with ease ear1' lloll an(1 was -busy a-5 could he
scoring more points than all the other 111 "a t-ai'u"i- newt- a oeioeK.
teams combined. i He has ke-)l blls-v Jl11 da" lonS talk-
tm. . . v . ing-over thr- local condi. uiis with
rne meet developed the fact than 4 . T .
ppa . . political fr;u-ls. Col. Lyom; is on.
tnere are some promising young atb- .
lftM tj ' 'f the campaign nianag-5 fur Co .
letes m the Brown wood country- and . 7
her -i L -Theodore Poovelt and ii- en-so-
cho. u !
cunir vi tutrst- j wunssiers. ."special ;
mention should ;k made of the work I
of "Walter Watson who won the
imself as confident of the aireim-
ous ones nomination aud iocti.ui.
I Mr. Lyon issued a -stat'-nient here
' tioi- i.:.. ...it ....... . j... ... ...
Tii-Un.l ... - iju "UH II will IJjme 111 Un"5l 111
tmidual medal for scoring the -ire'-; .... . . '.
ct . . republicans: He said the tnstnu'te.
est number of points of anv one con-' .
.delegates tip to the present tmi -i..-
testant. Watson and Eddie .Tones ofniln . '
r. . . . i Roosevelt a pretty nice plurantv an-!
Millersview were tied up in the mat- . .
. .. . fiat thev aave a sooda chant -to I
ter of points until Brown wood carried ! . r i
off the rela.v race in which Millers-' of hf. (hw nM.B
ww did not lrticip:. nd the In- noUilJliation. savs aft nmv ha?
V.1VIUUK1 mtniHi went to waton
two and half 4oints. Th' m:
Eddie Jons was equal! - as lrilIi;nT
as that of any other participantand he
mad? a wholo host Jf fri -i:ls wl
ten.
There is another vo'ins-ttr who it-
tTinfKi annfkn and That was C.
iS'-ns of Comanch. This youim--t(
- was fast in Um- s; iims and th
prtmiife of sreat d-!om -nt ?t-
ens is a hkHy youngs'. -r who will
v r uooti i. tee cleanest town has vis-
of Antoch was another good perform- led in 1My W)Mks aiJd hjs work
er. alrhoufrh ht did ik" land a sind. (ak(.n hm OV(r thp coimtrj-r
' Col. Lyon is delightfully pleasant
; conversationist and he has a pleaant
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aj y
8KR : . i 1 lf-
TIC
SUFFERING
DISASTER
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF LINE
ON STAND.
SHOWS MISLEADING TELEGRAM
Franklin Could ot Account for Mes-
smre Snyiiitr Titanic U'as on
Way to Halifax.
Washington. . D. C April The
Titanic investigation by the senate
committee continues today. P. S. A.
IS
EN
SE
WATER FROM THREE TO FIFTEEN"
FEET DEEP IN VALLEYS.
HUNDREDS ARE MAROONED
Five Hundred Xejrrocs in Box Cars-
are SuiTerinir for Food. Ra-
tions Sent Tlicni.
Rosedale. Miss. April 22. Thara fe
intense suffering from the floods that
exist in northwest Mississirmr en
- 4 M J'
1M I'.leatPs. Roris'velt 2..::. con:estH-i
nstr'H-N d '4 H savs 1'iis ' ii- Lieut.. Frank Bloom the young Hebrew army officer -who had so much
. ' '".trouble gettinfj his commission. ame into the limelight again recently at
num ;s t -curat- aim that u- R-hw-' Forr Russell. Wyonnnp. whe-p hv fought with a non-commissioned omct-r who
r: nun .in- confid.-nt f tiftimp. a did not salute Bloom with proper Tspect.
.majority of th delesates -Wfore the
-.ti Hti.m mot-ts.
Whn asktnl wiiat his business her
today was. Col. Lyou said he had Ions
wanwil to iit Brownwood and taai
' he was more than pleaded td; find such
ia -lovely little cit. H said. Brown-
Franklin iirst vice president or the t bracing- Xanatee. Hhoctn
w w - - m . . ku1
International Mercantile Marine Com- beth counties where the water Is front
pany Was the iirst Titanic witness j three to fifte'en feet deep. Hundreds
today. He stated positively that nei-are marooned In these counties in
ther he nor any subordinate in the j trees and on house tops. Five hun-
Cnited States communicated with I dred negroes are gathered in box cars
Captain Smith. of the ill fated vessel at Stoneville. Miss. with nothing to
or with Ismay at any time on the fat-' eat and are' in absolute danger of
al voyage. j starvation. The United Stares Army
He was shown a telegram which j officers are burring rations to then
was ivceived by Congressman Hughes and into all actions or the flooded
Inst Monday which read: "Titanic I district. Xo one except those who
..w T.nb w "wiiiiu. i .iBaciii;t.'ih Sf. tnc situation as it exists
I probably land Wednesday. All saff.
Signed White Star Line." This sam-
telegram in sulktance was tin- basis
for rhe'refioYts published in all th
afternoon papers of the world on tuaT
date. Franklin aahl that h- ha l . -aminel
the entire ollice stafT of tti.-
White Star Steamship to Us..-ow
win s nt that ni-ssae and. had -n
una -to. ascertain w-ho did it. iit-r-inisted
tht senat- cotnmitte; t in-
Astitati thin 'misleading report
ther.
can
imagine tr.f distressing coaditions
that have arw-n as a rtsult of the
"floods in Tijjs -e-tion of the eotjBtp-.
Condi'i' Ls f.n the ofiur riI- of the
river appe.ir tie just a- iai.
COUNSEL IS EMPLOYED
TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATION
GETS SEVERAL VICTIMS
way of putting a -newspajier man oft
when he is not ready to eive out in
formation. He will gv -ast on
Santa -Fe this evening."
first place
In the 10 dash the de-i.-ion was a
close one between Jones of Millers-
view and Watson of Browuwood They
ere nerk in ne?k five feet from tb.
taje but Watson touchel it first.
Vunningham of roman-h ali show-
ed conslderalde pHI in the .V vafd
dash. Watson and .lones had a tight
battle in the High junip. j
The running of the half by Clans I
Huribat of Brounoo! am1 the qiar--
ter by Prentice of Brow i )d wen
spectacular and fast. These boys proiwj
n. in rt. .i-.nl- ; 0H')lilltr ( OUllM'J for Staff
The JCune'v Trul Will .Nt lie I.ie!.- Incnmpletc Report- Tell of Tornado
ed inlo in "Due and Aiicicni That Touche. Setcral Place
Form" ' .' In South.
Washington. D. April 22. T' '. Slw-cial to Bulletin:
house pGiiiiuittH oft hankitiK and nit-' Birmjughatiu Ala. Apr-i! " 22--lt i
rency has employed Sapiuel l'tit r ' n.Mrtei that fifteen r.- ? itv wen
inn m ouiNt; to
' tfws proi:iji.v .iroyn.r
S w j-ij :. t;-iilrjn:
Wi.-;iinr n iril Snator J.
W Riil. j i- 1 . ..niriii that he
Monday niht for
ML-
STRANGE LEGAL FIGHT
TWO WIVES INVOLVED
... .- -.. V...-b .....J l.-l..r; I II
l"ir-t
Wife Dm ides Judmiient
Daiiijiei's With C. .
Bailev. .
tor
i Farrar of N-w Orleans ao attorneys
j to conduct the inv:stieiiiion into ii .
NORRIS CASE ARGUMENT
WILL CLOSE TOMORROW
j socatted mourn trust. These iav
j will investigate the private atTafr.-
; the lead. ns nnaiiriai. jnsrtrnt n-
i
l fore the congressional livarini:
vilb. Pickney.Brooklder. and
TuiniiiK fuwus in hr- vi:-i n It la-.'
nifchf. T- v. irVr. are d(tn and ft t-
illtl.-)S! ide t. fc-'t .deftniti- n fh i!
;lie extent of the torm
The re"sults were a follows:
.". Yard Da.sh Eddie Jon-. MilHrs-
N orris
t harsres
Seeliinir Nolmrietv for
Lecture Field.
I Assoc iated Press:
VENICE
April
-A ran -
vie- tt- f Sipvpnk ('nn.nrh :
R. Cunningham. Comanr-be. Ird. Time Worth. Ti?x.
5:6 seconds. Oth'er ninn rs R. D m-ent !e-ran in tbe Xorris cause ttiisj
I.. . f ' " - V " . " . .........
wood Kari arr. Ahiuk-L. P Ire r..
niornine- each side' being a4hWed six
I. . ..r- . !;..... r. ...' ti. i will
Blanket Raymond Ixck. Zephyr C.I j
f Clr AniM Valuer ttrnwil- b".-"!.' ' ifi i- u uiumiuiisi-
be !
UP-TO-DATE
i ted- Ujton spe. ial teiptiv o; ti.u.i uao
other reason could tun at t i. il before
loT
Fanner. Brown
wood.
Half Mile Run Claud Hurlbut
Brownwood. 1st; W. Wear. Brown-
wood. 2nd: L. Slider. Comanche :!r
Otther runners (I. At wood Comanche.
George Tole. Zephr. (). Crockett
Blanket. H. DonelL Bl.vnkeJ. Time
2 19.
22 Hash C. Stevens. Comaw.he
tst:R. I). Evans. Brown wood. 2nd;
Earl Base. Millersview 3rd. Other
runners R. Prentice. Brownwood.
Time 24.fi.
1WnitMl Tuesday Evening April 23rd at 8:15
to details of no vital bearing aion the J T 1 r fl i
case ! U clock. Howard ravne ChaDel
? - . j
i tieorge Hosey ojened the argmut nt.;
for the state .Hosey pictured .Xor- j
B the s. i n i "ih o; H
Ben. tit ' The
I !' ml Culii L-e
Lasso' M a i i ii Pa jl.- Aiuiiia!
ris' ambition as perhaps soon to leae!
the minisfrv for ths-.mo're lu'rativej
lectur" tie Id and as seeking njtorietvj
in tne meanwiuie with a-'.- vljw To
building up a repuUifion from' which
to secure large lecture fees."
Senator Lattimoro folio wtT for the
Senior Class Entertainment
The strangest case ever tried in thi-
Seventeenth district court cane to a
ptr'tiinatr Sattrrrfa: . wm n a jitr-.
othejcidftd for Mrs;. Mary Itailey against r.
.n. Kalley in the plain tltTs suit ror M-
vorce and. partUlGii. of comjntinlty
estate.
Two WTmteii both claiaiing to
le--1 wife of Battf appeared ln fo.i:-;
The plaintiff jean the fsx!.
the titan She clatnied tfcat u-
never ben divorced. Bailer averred
ant h had aerdrcd a divorce fi on. . r
Alexawdef. S. D. Hut tltat the !: r.
iiouse as burned de?tro; ins- tne - -orda
and. the judge and attorneys in
terest. Hi fn the case were dead. Xo ei. 1
of taiielc warf preseated but th. j.i.
.'i-d . ery . .-oaVuttoa Ic
the piainfiff.
Mrs. Mary Bailey in bbalf-or hers.;-
and daughter was siiitts for a half
a Slrt.Ortft u4cinett awarded Bail
about a year ago against the For;
Worth R&tf Orande. RaUroad con;-
luy. Bailey m conductor for ti e
railroad com pa if .v and Wa injure H-
sued for damages for the injuries h
jrecetveo. ti traa awarded sio.otMt
"Jhls lea. hh attorBeya' fees wa
iJI !i
Tex.i-. . !!: .-
f-Vf; - I.- r
in h'-a!f'-i ai..!
i. -n .-' ... !si
in aid :'. i
to rec;t.iei ar.-.
Texas. v
Senator Bk1m'j fir?t Si.e'ih will be
delivr at Pa is. bur he ass tbat
his frif-nds- ::.ak" no oth.-r .mnoutice-
menfs !'..: :n until after his arrival
and he ;.is an opt'rtnnitv 'o confer
a ' it).
- '.v ill s .ei.fl rhe next
v-ek- 'U' ;s inproved
Mrs. Baib v. who has
.fi. is raj'.-ir-. rerover-
ix. P. x to A'Iartfc City
bile Mr. Bailey ig in
.tii.i
4.
o.
g;
Running High Jump Kddie Jones ' (lefensp. attacked Mrs. Taylor's
Millersview. 1st: Walter Watson tostinoIlv ns an jnmginatioti growing
Srownwood. 2nd: Earl Uarr AntJoch 0t of 110rv0US in(lnche. cletirlj'
3rd. Dhaance .". feet. 31-2 inrhes. controverted by two other . credible
Othr jiniers O. Hudson. Coman-witnesses. It is expected that the
che Allen Forsytbe Zeihyr M. Gibbs gwjjj go lo the jury not later than
Brownwood Claude Reagan BlanKet. tomorrow night.
Green and Greer Zephyr. j
120 Yard Hurdles Walter Watson. "
Brownwood 1st: A. C. Steuberg Com- Hudson Comanche :!4 fee! 10 luche;
anciie. 2nd; T. S. Moody 3rd. Time Arnold Steubing. Comanche. 2 feet
16 4-5. T Running Broad Jump-tC. Harrell
440 Dash R. Prentice Brownwood Brownwood. 1st. IS feet. 10 inches: R.
1st; R. D. Evans Brownwood 2nd; Williams. Blanket. 2nd LS feet. 8 1 -2
Albert Wilson. Blanket 3rd. Other inches; M. Gibbs Brownwood. 17 feet
runners J. Smith and O. Hudson i inch; CYC. Greer. 17 feel; It. Rice
Comanche Zephyr Horace Lee Zuph- Comanche 15 leet 5 inches; G. At-
vr. Time 59 seconds. ' wood. Comanche l.'i feet. G inches.
100 Yard Dash Walter Watson. 4 aelav Race Brownwood High Muncelot. Servant of Shylock
Brownwood. 1st; Eddie Jones Millers- ' sci ist; Comanche High School
view. 2nd: C. Stevens Comanche 3rd 2n(1: Blanket Hiirh School. :ird. Time
I Time 11 seconds. Other runners R.jl'r ir :-;. Zephyr was other school
I Cunningham. Comanche Ainert wii- in the relay race.
son Blanket O. Guyer. Brownwood. j Brownwood' secured 5il points. Con-
Barl Baze Millersview. Earl Carr anche 21 polnLs. Millersview 1.1 points
Antioch Greer. ("Blanket 7 points Zephyr point An-
Shot Put M. Gibbs. Brownwood tioch .1 point
1st 41 feet 2 inches; Claud Harrell I Individual points Watson Brown-
Brown wood 2nd 38 feet; Williams wood 15 1-2; Eddie Jones Millers-
Blanket 3rd 37 feet 6 1-2 Inches. O.vied 13 points. '
Selected
PROf.RA.M:
Faculty Farce
.Spring' Song- : .
MISS MARIE CROSBY
.Quartette
PianO Solo -.
MISS PEARL TALBOT
Senior. Class Meeting "..
Vocal Solo
. -MRS. BUTLER - .
PLAY ' ;
The Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date
CAST OF CHARACTERS
The Duke of Venice Ben Smith
Senor Antonio Captain of Football Team . Glynn Brooks
Bassonia Antonio's friend and Suitor to Portia Evan Adkins.
Gratiano another friend .' Maclin L. iinys
Tubal Shylock's friend Captain of Belmont Football Team ..... Tom King
Lee . Bodenheimer
Tlie Professor An X-Ray " Photographer A. T. Stansell
Policeman ..- A. J. Lindsey
Portia a rich heiress Bertie Camp
Xerissa her friend .-. Winnie Stout
Hi: V LOSSES A BOUT
. ATI) PRO. V U.VORD.
WiehiM Falis. Texas.. April 20
I lie lit t.r ;
- 'o liave i
i .tn i
' '.' a -:n
A ' v ..ri in a t
- no.
? - :af- s- -
:. .
. i rts u : .
'ar as i an
. son a as
'n tured.
."'he r- ; -):-t ' ' . srorm rearii ti
;v 'ner r.i.t W'irth and Denver
ires from Aim id. iuer the tele-
phone wires -vhi.-h had IMovn
!f)n. .r .aji.. . an 1 n. ire details
v.t re learnM.'.
The -ewlone :ut Alvord at U:2fl
o'clock and s;. i k Audubon six miles
northeast :' tt: i dace. about ten
tires latr. ac. oid iik to the :st ln-
firmat;on that rsi obtains. Th
cydnne ii)4e.l fn.m the smrhwet to
the northeast. Ominious lookfnff
r .-vii.io.Min s reported
--d nt: r . n:apr while
a r iii.n jH?ces
ih.is ilau.aed' at
:-.n t.ia: sviej t across
i - orrte f roiin-
- 'it : mo:i. it ia be-
i tar..t funis -s; and
-we;.; ava. Htt SO
:..j-n.Hi not a single
.-! ..- riously -
clonus had swej.t toward Ahor.l and
rhis.amoiint Was about to lie paid when the cloud had almost cuc-hed
By.memlters of the Cla-i .ovr to When wife Xo 1 appeared Alvord it assumed a funnel
-hape.
on me swette ttritf through Attornes tuisnng and whirling toward the
W. C. Prewltt and -Webster Storer ground. It advanced in a leisurely
entered suit in nehnff of herself and fashion giving all the people time to
tlnughtor for qne-lwiK of tlw amount t get into their dugouts a lesson learn
ed from the Bellevne storm in an ad
joining county several years-ago.'
Practically every man. woman arid
child was beneath the ground when
Jessica Shylock's. Ward ;
Miss Abide S. Threedloe. a teacher
Polly Portia's maid
Antonio's Mother
Mrs. Gobbo Liuncelot's Mother'
Football" Players r.
Tickets on sale-at Curry's Jewelry Store
.. Suolena Halbert
........ Lena Miller
. . . Lucille Skinner
. . . .Vivian Lambert
..... Lorena Woods
....... Senior Boys
Admission 25 cents
The attorneys applied for an injunc
tion restraining the railroad company
from paying the money over to the
man. The injunction was granted.
. The defendant retained Attorney the cyclone reached Alvord -
Bradley to tight the case. Various wit- -
nesses had been heard all week iongj S(t? "Tne Merchant of Venice- I5p-
in the Seventeenth district court anI i t0"Dato" Repeated upon special re-
tlie case was hard fought. Bailey's sec 1 1"est. b' Senior Class. Howard Payne
ond wifo who was formerly a Miss ' coles- Bneflt "The Lasso." How-
Agnes Gilmore of Fort Worth was one ard Pa-vne clial'pl Tuesday Evening-
of the witnesses in the case. She said S-15 oVIook- Admission 25c.
1" '" . gave her half of the $3468.50 and
.Juno 190. believing tlmt he. was le- rantod hpr aIIniony of a mon
ga ly divorced. j since the suit has been pending.
Bailey In his behalf said that h had ; nwv iIka vam.i t u
. . i wane ai&o aveired that he hacr
been married to his iirst. wife ia (...lpn. nni .
soiu ms judgment against the railroad?
was a Miss Mary .Anderson in 1SS3 and tn t?i
i . . company' to Fred Gilmore. The jury-
had been divorced in liiUS in Alexan- n. . J
. 0 .- .. . '-eld this illegal also Every point was
der S. I). He said that the suit was .
. t 'Ifcldetl in favor of the woman
duly granted and that his wire failed P .. -"".
... re K"ting of divorce to wife Nov
to appear and the decree was then . . . v'
. o. .i . .t i i 1 now "riuRs into conllict the leKality
granted. Since that time ho averred . A " '!"UI1'
i ... of tIle marriage to wife No. 2. Fort
the judge and nttorneys had died and -yorth R(;cor(j
the courthouse had boon burned. The "
jury returning thy verdict decided that FOUND A lafi robe.(. Pay for notice
wife No. 1 was not divorced. They and get robe here. dlot
ft
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