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VOLUME XLVI-NO. 176
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1911. -SIXTY-FOUR PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
KESSLER HAS SHOWN THE WAY
AMERICAN DREADNAUGHT TIIE
LARGEST OF ALL BATTLESHIPS
HONORING KING GEORGE.
Nearly Two Hundred War Craft of All
Classes Included in Great Fleet
Which Is Reviewed by Sailor
King From on Board His
Royal Yacht.
PORTSMOUTH, June 24.—The warships
of the world boomed out a royal salute
today In honor of England's sailor king
Bright tunshlne came at last to lend Its
brilllanoy to one of the most Impressive
scenes of all the gorgeous pageantry at-
tending the coronation of George V.
In a double line, six miles in length,
floated the mightiest of Britain's war-
ihips. These lines were Joined at either
end by two-mile stretches of smaller
craft, while off the Isle of Wight eigh-
teen foreign vessels lay dressed In glit-
tering colors. It was an Ideal day when
the king sailed out from Portsmouth har-
bor to review his fleet and the foreign
vessels assembled to do him honor. The
waters of the Solent never held as large
a fleet and It was the most effective ever
brought together. Every class was rep-
resented and every one of the 185 ships
anchored there was ready for Immediate
■ervlce. All the British shlpa in the long
lines were on the active list and of the
visitors four were of the most modern
construction—the American bUttleshlp
Delaware, the largest; the Von der Tann,
representing Germany; the Danton,
France, and the Radetsky Austria. I
This mighty fleet presented an appear-
ance at once magnificent and awe-lnspir-
Ing. Its vastness could not be seen nor
Its powers told. Flage of all nations
were whipped by the breeze aloft, while
myriads of tiny streamers stretched
across every ship from stem to stem.
The mosquito fleet had a position along
the shore and behind the little craft In
the mouth of the bay innumerable yachts
were drawn up. Surrounding the fleet
were scores of big llliers, Including the
Atlantic liners La Savole and George
Washington, on which were hundreds of
American visitors.
As the royal yacht "Victoria and Albert
filtered the line, the men manned the
Continued on Page Three.
TODAY'S EXPREBS —64 PAGES
News Section, 42 pares.
Comic Section, 4 pages.
Woman's Section, 4 pages.
Real Estate and Classified Sec-
tion, 10 pages.
Sporting Section, 4 pages.
INDEX OF THE NEWS
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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J list bluffing.
PACE 1- Alamo will be remodeled, says
Governor Colquitt.
George E. Kessler out lines plan to make
city beautiful nnd attractive. placing
street improvements and pleasure high-
ways first.
United States battleship Delaware
makes great showing as King George re-
views fleet at Portsmouth.
PAG1B *B—Lynching of boy at Thorndale
Is to be avenged.
PACK SB—Editor Rohlsaat tells of talka
with Roosevelt as to collection of Lorl-
mer "slush fund."
FAGE M*—Catholic Central Union arranged
for celebration of July Fourth at the
Fair grounda.
PAGE 7B— News of Austin and the depart,
ments.
PAGE UB—San Antonio cadets win hoaora
at Agricultural and Mechanical College.
PAGE 1CB—Travis Club will begin build-
ing early Monday morning, when ground
at Navarro and Pecan Streets will be
broken by members.
PAGE ltB—Army wants dust to spread on
surface of oiled streets to form crust.
PAGE WB— Local wholesale markets.
PAGE SIB—Harrlman Issues lead markets.
Wheat takes slide down.
New crop cotton steadier.
PAGE 4SB—Court remands Jake Vols to
Jail without ball nnd his attorney gives
notice of appeal.
Judge Seeligson will on Monday sub-
mit to attorney in charter election coUiest
litt U gueeUeitabia T«tec% „ (
GERMAN RULER INSPECTS IT. S.
FLAGSHIP AT KIEL.
Yankee Tars Receive Visitors With
Cheers, While William's Officers
Inspect Battleship Ixiuisiana
With Great Interest.
KIEL. Germany, June 24.—Emperor
William, accompanied by Admiral Von
Tirplts, secretary of the admiralty and
many German naval officers, went aboard
the flagship Louisiana of the second di-
vision of the United States Atlantic fleet
as tho guest of Rear Admiral Badger at a
luncheon today. At the Emperor's re-
quest the luncheon was informal, no toasts
being exchanged. The officers wore un-
dress uniform.
The Emperor, who sat between Admiral
Badger and Br. David Jayno Hill, the
American Ambassador, was in excellent
spirits and kept up a series of stories and
anecdotes. The friendliness to the retiring
Ambassador was noticeable. After inspect-
ing tho ship the Emperor chatted apart
with Admiral Tirpltz and the other Ger-
man admirals, evidently exchanging im-
pressions of the Louisiana. The crew gave
three hearty cheers as his majesty
descended the side. The gold and black
Imperial standard flying at tho mainmast
was lowered and salute of thirty-three
guns was fired. v
The American sailors today showed
themselves markedly superior to the Ger-
mans In s race of gigs. Four boats from
the Kansas, Louisiana, Sofcith Carolina
and New Hampshire finished In the order
nsmed ahead of four German competitors.
The Americans offered to lend the Ger-
mans two boats to equalise conditions, but
this offer was declined. The American
sailors will return German hlspltallty with
a vaudeville smoker aboard the Louisiana
Tuesday evening.
The yachting was confined to German
sonder boats. Tilly XIV won the cup of-
fered by Allison V. Armour as well as
the Emperor's Samoa cup. A dance was
given aboard the South Carolina tonight
and all the ships were Illuminated.
SIX DIE IN AN EXPLOSION
Twenty-six Others Are More or Less
Hart in Accident on Mississippi
River Packet
MEMPHIS. Tenn., June 24.—S?lx negro
deckhands were killed, fourteen were
probably fatally hurt, ten others were
more or less seriously Injured, Chief En-
gineer P. H. Morgan was severely scald-
ed, Capt. Charles Price was painfully
cut and bruised, and other members of
the crew and passengers wore elightly
hurt late here today when a flue col-
lapsed and the boiler aboard the Missis-
sippi River packet City of St. Joseph
exploded while the steamer was In mid-
stream opposite President's Island* six
miles outh of MeMmMpMhls.
That the list of dead and Injured Is
not larger can be attributed in a large
measure to assistance given by the crew
and excursion party aboard the ferry
boat Charles Organ, which was with-
in several hundred yards and scurried to
Um *14 9t feel&leaa crsw.
Fisheries Agents, One
Give Livoe for Their
Wives.
Texan,
"WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.-
Drowned before tho eyes of their wives,
who were helpless to save them, was the
tragic fate of WaJLter J>. Hahn of Spring-
field, S. D., and H. B. Chichester of
Eagle Pass, Tex., Government fisheries
agents in Alaska, whose deaths were re-
ported May Si. Details of the disaster
were received today by Fish Commis-
sioner Bowers.
Chichester and Hahn took their wives
out for a sail from bt. Paul Island, Alas-
ka. The boat capsized in a squall. After
heroic efforts the two men succeeded in
resuscitating their wives and placed
them exhausted on the bottom of the
upturned boat. They found the boat
sank with their own weight and were
compelled to hang to the sides. Weakened
by their efforts In 6aving the women,
their strength soon gave way and the
two almost lifeless wives were helpless
to savo them. First one and then the
other sank beneath the waves. Mrs.
Chichester and Mrs. Hahn were rescued
several hours later by natives.
Searchers later found the bodies of
the two fisheries agents, and, accom-
panied by the two widows, they will ar-
rive at San Francisco about July 14 on
the fisheries steamer Homer.
OF IMPROVEMENT
GEORGE E. KESSLER OUTLINES
JyTEEI)S, PLACING STREET IM-
PROVEMENTS FIRST.
Here are the things San Anto-
nio needs more than anything elso
In the way of civic Improvements,
according to George E. Kessler of
Kansas City, noted clvlo architect, who
has been looking over the city for two
days:
A systematic street Improvement.
A series of pleasure highways to con-
nect with a system of good roads leading
every way into the surrounding country.
The formation of a splendid pleasuro
resort in Urackenridge Park.
Improvement of the banks of the San
Antonio River.
A Jealous conservation of tho already
Continued on Page Two.
Advertisers Demand Results—
The Express Invites Competition
Today's Sunday Express is an illustration of the best in Sunday
newspapers. It is produced from the plant of The Express Publishing
Company and is, in every sense of the word, of home manufacture. Its
special features are written by the staff writers of The Express; the illus-
trations are by The Express art department and the cuts and full-page
layouts are by The Express engraving department. In all the Southwest
there is no more complete a newspaper plant than is possessed by San
Antonio's bis newspaper. Indeed, it may be said, there are few newspa-
per plants in the entire country better equipped to turn out a finished news-
paper or a larger one. s
It is a matter of wide comment nowadays that such a newspaper,
ranking with the best published anywhere, is being turned out in the
Southwest. For years the splendid news service of The San Antonio
Express has been without a peer, no Southern newspaper possessing as
excellent and wideawake correspondents or as complete and far-reaching
facilities for news gathering. This, in connection with the surprisingly
good feature work, has placed the Sunday Express head and shoulders
above all competitors. An eloquent acknowledgment of this is the fre-
quent requests made by other newspapers for reproduction of The Ex-
press special features.
Take the largest city In the South and compare its best Sunday news-
paper with today's Express. Contrast its feature pages, its news, its
illustrations and its advertising with that in The Express. It will then
be apparent to you why The Express is receiving daily so many letters
of warm commendation; why other papers are asking the right of repro-
duction of its features and why its circulation is increasing in this, usually
the dullest period of the year, by leaps and bounds.
The Express is called "the paper that makes good its promises—the
paper that gives results."
The Advertising in today's big issue is an illustration of how tt Is re-
garded by advertisers. A glance at its columns of foreign advertising will
demonstrate how it is appreciated by advertisers in the North, on the
Pacific Coast, Chicago, in fact, in every large city in the country. The
San Antonio Express has grown beyond a local paper or a sectional pa-
per; it is rapidly becoming a National paper. Daily it prints twice the
number of copies there are houses in this large city of 100,000 population
and on Sunday it prints and distributes two and one-half times the num-
ber. RESULTS—that's the thing that is making The Sunday Express
the South's biggest and beat newspaper.
During Eleven Months Ending With
May. Imports and Exports Total
$3,312,383,506.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—A new
record in the foreign commerce of the
United States surpassing that of any year
In history was made during tho eleven
months of the fiscal year ending with
May.
During this period the Imports and ex-
ports of the United States, as compiled
by the Bureau of Statistics and an-
noynced today, amounted to $3,312,383,506,
which exceeds tho record year of 1908 by
almost |3,0(W,000.
The balance of trado In favor of Ameri-
can business men from their foreign cus-
tomers amounts to $501,025,502 for the
eleven months. It Is doubtful if the bal-
ance of trade at tho end of the fiscal
year will equal that of tho previous rec-
ord, made in 1908, which was $666,431,554.
The Imports for May were $130,824,241
and the exports $153,196,695. Tho Imports
for the eleven months wera $1,406,429,002
and tho exports $1,906,954,504.
TO fir'LICE?
Congressman Beall Says Office of
Special Agent Will Be Abol-
ished July 1.
Staff Sp«cl»l to The
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June M.—The
place of special Agent of the Department
of Justice, occupied now by John W.
Vann, will be abolished Jnly 1, Inasmuch
aa the necessity for the special services
so longor rrlata, according to Representa-
tive Jack Ileal! of Texaa, chairman of the
IIouso Committee on Expenditures In the
Department of Justice.
Mr. Vann formerly waa collector of cus-
toms at Brownsville. After leaving that
office aruce four years ago he waa ap-
pointed to Ms present office and has been
stationed on the border.
Mr. Vann la known aa a fearlesa officer.
n« was stationed on the Mexican border
throughout tha recent Mexican revolution.
Commonly he made San Antonio bis head-
quarters.
Mr. Vann was In Ban Antonio Friday
and Saturday, and he left lsat night for
Galveston. lis is on ten days' leave of ab-
sence snd will return to this city early
In ths week. El Paso la bis headquarters,
but he works under ths direction of the
San Antonio office, ths agency In eharge
for Texas. The resident agent lsst Bight
said bs was not advised officially of the
matter contained In ths Washlngtoa dls-
patrh and con Id give so Information.
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KIT CARSONJS HONORED
Scout's Granddaughter Unveils Mon-
ument to Pioneer.
DENVER, Colo., Juns K—Miss Leon*
Wood, granddaughter ef Kit Carson, to-
day pulled the cord that unveiled a me-
morial erected here In memory of the
pioneers who fifty-three years ago. In
their search for gold, camped on tha pres-
ent site of Denver.
The monument *a surmounted by a he-
roic statue of Kit parson. Governor Shaf-
roth delivered fee principal
JUDGE ELMER B. ADAMS WRITES
MAJORITY OPINION.
Government's Suit to Enjoin Union
Pacific From Continuing to Con-
trol Southern Pacific Is
Dismissed.
ST. LOUIS, June 24.—1The Government's
petition to enjoin the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company from continuing to control
the Southern Puciflo Railroad Company
waa dismissed today by the United States
Circuit Court of the Eighth District.
Judge Elmer B. Adams wrote the ma-
jority opinion, w hich was concurred in by
Judge Sanborn and former Judge, now
Supreme Court Justice, Vandevanter.
Judge William C. Hook wrote a dissent-
ing opinion.
The decre was entered at Salt Lake City
where suit was filed In February. 1906,
and the opinions were handed down In
St. Paul, Salt Lake City and here.
Judge Adams found the railroad mer-
ger engineered by the late Edward H.
Harrlman and his associates In 1901 and
subsequently did not amount to a direct
and substantial restraint of trade, Inter-
state or Internal.
He found the suppression of competi-
tion between the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific was Infinitesimal and
unimportant.
In connection with this feature of the
decision, Judge Adams cited the recent
Standard Oil decision in which the rule
of reason was first laid down by the
United States Supreme Court.
Judge Hook In his dissenting opinion
said the majority opinion "so greatly
narrows the act of Congress that very
little la left of It when applied to rail-
roads" and that under tests on which the
majority opinion waa based "the Union
Paclflo could have lawfully purchased
control of all the great railroads of the
United States."
Judge Adams prefaced his opinion with
tha statement that the Government must
prove the restraint in trade alleged in the
bill, must be substantial In character as
tha direct and Immediate effect of the
combination. The Government, he said,
later failed to do this.
Phi Mu Sorority Elects Amarillo Girl
to the Place of National
President
ATLANTA, Ga., June 24.—Tha annual
convention of the Phi Mu Sorority, which
has been In session here throughout this
week, came to a close today with the elec-
tion of officers. The selection of tho 1911
meeting place was left to tho new grand
council, composed of the sight highest
officers of the organisation.
Those elected are. President, Miss Louise
Manning. Amarillo, Texas; first vice pres-
ident, Miss Martha Plant, Macon, Ga.:
second vice president, Mrs. J. E. Hays.
Montcsuma, Ga.; secretary, Ml*a Zenobia
Wooten, Chicago; historian. Miss Eliza-
beth Illnes. Atlanta. Ga.; treasurer. Miss
Nellie Hart. New Orleans; registrar. Miss
Martha Lewis, Mscon,Ua.; editor in chief
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REMODELED SAYS
THE GOVERNOR
MR. COLQUITT ORDERS HUGO
SCBMELTZER BUILDING VA.
CATED AND CLEANED.
NVESTIGATION IS HIT
Plans to Restore Historic Building to
Original Appearance and Monu-
ment to Travis and His Men
Are Susrcested by the Ex-
ecutive in Visit. _k; .
""i '»«*• . vunui in luiri
of Afflla. Miss Helen Hlnton, New Orleans.
Province presidents: Alpha, Mrs. Bonlto
lllnton Rteen, Lufkia. Texaa: Beta, Miss
• asuivi. •>»* vu, uiaiaiu, i r ABB , I'Cl J, MISS
Janette Mallory, Macon, Ga ; Gamma. Miss
fcyanm. IMs «.
To restore the Alamo to Its original ap-
pearance us far as possible, Including
modeling tbe adjoining property, now
known as the Hugo, Schmeltzer A Co.
Building, to the height of one «tory, con-
forming with the walls of the original
barracks, Is Governor Colquitt's plan and
appropriation for this purpose likely will
he included in the general appropriation
hill to be presented to the special session
of the Legislature In August.
Governor and Mrs. Colquitt and Dr. J. B.
Connolley, Superintendent of Public Build-
ups and Grounds came to 8an Antoni®
Friday night and were at the Rt. Anthony
Hotel until last night, when they returned
to Austin. In the morning the Governof
and I)r. Connelley inspect'*d the Alamo
and adjolnlug building. Tbe visit resulted
in notice to the custodian that occupant*
of the Hugo, Schmeltzer & Co. building
must vacate within sixty days, this notion
being due them by ag\*eeinent with tha
Daughters of the Repub.llc of Texaa from
whom they rent. _
GOVERNOR ORDERS CLEANING.
Especially the interior of the big build-
ing did not please the Governor. The lit-
ter nnd rubbish muse be cleaned up speed-
ily, was his order, In line with notice to
vacate. The workshops, cncts nnd snd
materials stored, cages and other outfit
of the Carnival Association** freak circus
parade and other contents must be re-
moved. Tenants who have paid rent in
advance and will vacate before sixty daya
will be repaid proportionately. The Car-'
nival Association at once received notion
to remote its circus parade effects.
The two buildings are Btate property,.
In charge of the Daughters of the Alamo,,
and the Governor's order is required for
any change or Improvement. The organi-
sation sometime ago requested Mr. Colquitt
to visit the praises and give his advice aa<
to improvement. Early in the year be prom-
ised the visit at the first opportunity.
None expected the visit at this time; of-
ficers of the local chapter were not ad-
vised ; the Governor said he preferred to<
investigate quietly and did not consider It-
necessary to request the aid of a com-
mittee.
"If nothing else is done, at least tha
place will be thoroughly cleaned up," Mr.
Col<yitttt said. "In Its present condition
It Is a reflection on the State. The way
in which things are crowded Into tha
Hugo-Schmeltzer building make it little
better than a fire trap. Tenants are eu-
titled to sixty days notice; when they va-
cate the place will be put in order and
kept vacant.
RESTORE ORIGINAL APPEARANCE.
"I do not contemplate tearing down tha
building entirely. I mean to propose that!
the Alamo be restored as nearly as possl-i
ble to Its original appearance; the roof»
remodeled and the walls of the adjoining^
building lowered to one story, as were Jia«
v.alls of the barracks where it standi. Tha
ditch behind the Alamo should ba re-
opened. I shall urge that a monument io
Colonel Travis and his men be erected la
the courtyard. Tha Legislature m%y not
give the money for this purpoae, but I am
sure sufficient funds could be obtained
from the school children of the State for
a shaft one hundred feet high. All Im-
provements on the building, of course, will
be a matter for legislative appropriation.
I am not now advised whether this could-
be included In tbe expenditure for public
buildings and grounds, and I shall taka
up the matter l/rfore the Legislature con-
venes .
"Interest in the Alamo is parely histori-
cal and for this reason I shall recommend
restoring, to give as great an historical
value as possible. Beautifying the build*
ing aud adjacent property In other way*
wculd, I think, strip the place of a deal
of its historic significance.
"My only purpose In coming here waa
to make this Investigation."
TO HOLD BEER INQUIRY
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
to Conduct Investigation.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Juno 24—The
beer Industry of tho United Statea la to
undergo a eci-rching Inquiry at the hands
of the board of food and drug Inspec-
tion. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist
of the Department of Agriculture and
chairman of tho board,Jias given notica
of a general hearing on beer In tbla city
July -JL
For those who attend tbe hearing, Dr.
Wiley has formulated a formidable llat.
of questlona covering about every phaae,
of the manufacture of beer, ale, portari
and stout. The board deslrea light on
the meaning of the terma •'lager'1 anA
"bock." If any dumeatlo brews of beer;
ale. porter or stout are masquerading
under the mine, of foreign products the
board Is likely to find It out.
Enferioa Kills Miner.
WHEELING, W. Va., June *•—WaKi
Neat, a miner, was killed and four
seriously Injured today In an
at mine No. > of tha New River Caillertoe
Company at Ecclea, W. Va. It la.jnidj
" waa carried lata UM MM
our others
explosion
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