San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 103, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 13, 1913 Page: 3 of 76
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1913.
B. 3
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Luscious Fruit Goes Begging For
Man's Taste Has Lost Its Longing
8F«
W14EKLY LUNCHEONS TO BE SUP-
PLANTED BY MONTHLY MEET-
fNGS OPEN TO PUBLIC. -
'WW'HAT has become of the old-fashioned youth who whetted his appetite against the day of the Mulberry
" Cobbler? Here in the shadtjv of modern industry the mulberry ripens unheralded and unsung except
by the hen with range of city lots. This picture was taken yesterday in the heart of San Antonio. The fruit
is ripe— fratch the old boys get busy!
The board of directors of the Chainbet
of t'uuiinern nu-t yesterday afternoon in
rece*• m'hmIoii utter (lip meeting belli hint
Tuesday, adjourned out of respect to tb<
memory of .Mnyor A. H. '.(ones. One of
the first ■!cts of tho board was to elect
T. N. Hmlth to the board of directors, to
^iike Hie plHco miide vacant by tbe death
of the Mayor,
Rjvcral things of * mm™ 1 Importance
t» tbe city and even to (lie Htute of
Texas were passed upon st the meet-
inc. A commitltw composed of Presi-
dent '(.'utile, K. \\. Cook anil .luke Wolf
reported ibcy hail conferred with Judge
W 11. Uard regarding Hie postpone
nient of tile sale of (lie is 1 r (Grounds
pioperiy, pursunut to a resolution
1'isscd by the board hi s former meet-
ing. it vras» hoped the sale might bo
postponed until n syndicate could be or-
ganized I (, take over the property and
s;u'e II for San Antonio. They reported
that Judge Ward bud said there could be
no postponement, because one of the
parties holding a secured debt against
the property Insisted on h settlement.
One act of the board was to endorse a
letter addressed to (lie SI. Louis llusl-
neu Men's league. The letter addressed
1,0 tlie Chamber of Commerce asked thai
I he Sail Antonio club Join in a crusade
against the abuse of I he franking sys-
tem of the Uepreaentatives tu the Na-
tional Congress And. If possible, to effect
a reform In that direetlou. The letier ,
states that first-class mall matter to lite i
extent of 120.000,0(10 in L'-oent postage i
slumps was franked during 1U12. It Ue
elares (he revenue of first-class mall mai-
ler Inst year, laklng no account of that
coming under the friiukiiig system,
'mounted to $<14,000,000 over and above
tlie amount paid to railroad companies
for transportation. This would prove,
a.■cording to the .SI. Louis buKlness or-
ganisation, that if the abuses of the
frinking system were abolished there
"nuId accrue lo tbe Postoffice Depart-
ment each year a surplus Instead of a
deficit, .is has been tbe case nearly every
year. Chairman illldebrsnd of the leg-
islative committee reported favorably on
the letter and the secretary whh Instruct-
ed lo write to the St, Louis Business
Men's League assuring I hem of tbe co-
operation of the Chamber of Commerce
and asking for further details of the
campaign In he waged for the abolish-
ment of franking.
T<t PUTITtON COLQtl l-r,
After Dr. Samuel Fortler of the Bureau
of Irrigation In tbe Department of Agrl
culture. Washington, l>. ('., and William
I Itockwell, district engineer of the bu-
reau. with headquarters In San Autonlo,
had appeared before the board and ex-
plained the need of co-operation between
the stae and Mutolnnal governments in
making drainage and irrigation surveys
and Investigations, a movement was en
dersed asking Governor Colquitt lo sub-
mit to the Legislature In extraordinary
session next July I he need of some suett
act.
A bill with the same Intent, which pro-
vided for a board and an appropriation,
was recently vetoed b.v Governor Oolqullt
because of the appropriation feature ami
because the general Irrigation bill, drawn
h,\ Representatives Glasscock and Burgcs.
had provided for a board of Irrigation,
•lie net that Is now desired nnd which
Governor Colquitt will be petitioned to
lav before the Leglalutflre simply will en- i
able tbe Joint action of the State and Na-
tional boards of Irrigation and drainage
Henceforth the Chamber of Colntlletve
will supplant the weekly luncheons,
which have for so long been n feature
of organization activities, with an open
forum meeting to lie held once u month
or oftener, A committee was appointed
(o draw on the experience of other cllles
In making out a schedule for the inent-
; Irgs. The motion lo discontinue the
luncheons and substitute the new style
of open meetings was made by T. L.
Conroy. No such meeting will l,e held
however, until after (he Fiesta, and It
may be May before a meeting can lie ar-
ranged Politics will be tabooed st ev-
ery meeting and everything savoring of
political utterances will he discounte-
nanced. Every citlzou, ns well as the
it embers of the Chamber of Commerce,
will be Invited and matters of geueral
interest to Stale and city building wilt
he the topics for discussion.
Secretary Carrlngton read to the board
a letter from T. J. Anderson, general
passenger agent Sunset -Central lines. In
explanation of the failure of the com-
pauy to put Into operation motor esr
service between San Antonio nnd Sutli
erland Springs. II had been the Inten-
tion to install such service during the
month of February, but II was Impos-
sible to secure the motor ears. Instead
a new passenger train has been Installed
between San Autonlo and Victoria, which
serves a great many more people and
which 1s more pleasing to the Chamber
of Commerce. The new train leaves Vlr-
torla at R:15 dally and arrives al San
Antonio at 1 p. in. In the afternoon II
learea San Antonio nt #:!#) and arrives
In Victoria al 11:15. The members of the
board expressed their satisfaction nt the
action of (he railroad.
—. sa
Authority on Style
Thst'ii our business. All the neweit snd
nobbleat Imported woolens In the most
exclusive design* nnd patterns awstt vour
Inspection. Fine fnlirlet In the hands of
our skilled tailors have the character that
high grade tailoring always gives to wool
cn« of first quality. Be tailored bv Lenta,
312 West Commerce Street.
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1913
ton Kintal k Iris.
The Alew Spring Suit -
A Springtime Necessity
New Norfolk Suits
at $18.50, $20 & up
arc finding liigli favor with young men
who like fiarticii/tn'hi nifty clothes. New Norfolk
suits, of which this illustration i.* an exact like-
no*, cotne in beautiful new Scotch tweeds, gray and
tan diagonals. Come in tomorrow and see them.
More Conservative Styles
in Suits at $15 and up
with particular emphasis on all-wool, silk-lined
lilue serge suits al SH-2U, in new and correct models.
< Mlier good suits in grays, blues, tans, browns, etc.,
in splendid variety at $1.5 lo $4(1.
And This to Men Who'll Need
Special "Fixings" for the Fiesta
While Serge and Duck Trousers
Military t'oatsoj White Duck
.Xrw Straw llals
White Canvas Shoes
While Serge Suits in Norfolk and sack coat
styles
Separate lilue Serge Coals
WASHER BROS CO.
nil I enn h^nr. mom of th* orhpr aide
expect that."
It n deeply Interfiling alt nation -this
local political potfunirii. II \n Welling In
temperature and liable to stpatn over any
day. None can toll wltfit may tnkp place.
Anyone of a score of thrilling things
lo be ponfJble. San Antonio has been
famous for the fury of lis local politic** n
quarter of r century. There is enough of
cicitement h«>re now to please the most
exacting.
Ill
Puts Liver and
Bowels in Condition
Everybody Says They Are line; bik-
ing so Good lor ConstipatlM Ever
Before Offered In Sai Anlonlo.
Vtiling and Old, Male nnd Female, All Sing
the l*ralies «l llot Nprlnga Urrr But-
tons—Make Tou Feel Fine In • Day.
I'on't fool with calomel or ngltn or hftrafi
purgative* thai net violently, many timet
Injuring the lining of the boweln and eidi-
init Mei'lou* illne**
HOT 8PlUN<iH LIVKU 111 TTONB are
mild, gentle, yet nbaolattly cerlaln.
They nlwa*N act blissfully on the bowel*
and never fall to miclng the stubborn liver
nnd compel It to do Its work properly,
Physician* lu Hot Springs. Ark., pra«
scribe them because they know that there
Is nothing better they can preacrlhe. Take
HUT RrniNOH 1.1 VP! It 111 TTONK as di-
rected nnd not rid of cnnstlpntlon, dltil-
ncss. biliousness. *l<»k headache, sallow,
pimply skin. They are a fine tonic. All
druggists ci-nts Sample freo from tint
Npriu^* Chemical tu., Hot Springs, Ark.
CJTANDING within two blocks of buat-
ling Houston Street and so close to
the San Antonio River that they cau all
but reflect their leafy Images on the face
of the placid water of that stream, mul-
berry trees form a group which scuds out
an appeal to every lover olj the entrancing
springtime changes of uature who passes
that way. Four weeks ago these troes
put forth their first tender foliage: then
they blossomed, aud now they are ripen
Ing their fruit delicious tidbits lor wild
creatures and a morsel not altogether de-
spised by mankind. To them flock the
birds of the air, the semldomestloated
squirrels that make their homes In that
vicinity and the domestic fowl having the
range of the city lot.
The transformation from the first timid
foliage to full ripe, luscious fruit within
the span of a month Is Indeed fc remark
able oue.
The season when the "young man's
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love'' Is
unmistakably here when the mulberry
tree •bower* down Its dark-lined fruit. Il-
ls a safe harbinger, a happv otnen.
Typical are the Individuals of this clump
with their boles rudely ornameuted with
great kuotty protuberances and their great
tops casting grateful shade throughout the
long summer day. Their uge Is uncer-
tain. but be It known that they have sung
together and ripened their fruit true to
season long before the Inauguration of
modern big things in San Antonio. They
are interesting because their growth has
been coincident with the progress of the
city. They are uulque because of the fan-
r.-isitc abtpei assumed while restating
strange climatic conditions aud withstand-
ing the attack of storms.
HOME OF THfl I Hi IT.
San Antonio is the hnhltat of the mul-
berry. Just as much so a« it is of the
hackberry, tbe elm nnd numerous seml-
rroplcnl trees and ornainentnl shrubs. The
trees lu the clump appearing tu the illus-
tration are not so very different from
thousauda of others of this fruit-bearing
species to be found flourishing In or
about most every highway and byway of
modern San Antonio. They are found in
the parks, in dooryards and In the prime-
val woodland. In Nature's wise plan they
fill their niche completely. The mulberry
being the first free species to ripen Its
fruit in thla latitude, it al once becomes
an arbor much sought by birds and squir-
rels. Besides furnishing both food and
shelter, the wood of the mulberry is long-
lived and valuable.
What has become of the old fashioned
mulberry cobbler? Who of the younger
generation has ever partaken of this piece
de resistance of earlier days? In the
wooded rural districts, especially in more
northerly latitudes, there wa^ a time when
the bucolic youth whetted his appetite
against the day when the mulberry tree
should ripen its loud of fruit for the
harvest. Off to the woods trooped tbe
boys and girls and the first mulberry
iree found was their prize In great glee
the children climbed the tree and feasted
on its rich, sweet fruit. Then they gath-
ered a basketful to carry triumphantly
home to mother. That evening at supper
came forth the then wondrou* piece of
dessert known as the "mulberry cobbler."
Alas: the days of the mulberry cobbler
are decadent. I.Ike the times, man's tnste
has changed. Scarce a glance Is now be-
stowed upon the humble mulberry and
more oflen It is trampled under foot as
the throngs hnrry along in the multifari-
ous avenues of existence.
Preparation* for Kntertainmenl of the
Texas Association Conven-
tion Are Made.
Artangomenti for thp twenty-seventh
annual convention of the Texas FunerHl
Directors and Embaltners' Association to
be iield here Tuesday and Wednesday,
are rapidly being completed
At a meeting of the local undertakers
plans fo:' the proper entertainment of tlie
vlnlttng undertakers were discussed and
arrangements made.
The meeting was held In the parlors
of the Zizik t'ndertaklug Company and
the following were appointed as the com-
mittee on arrangements:
Oeorge W. Hagy and Albert Ludwig
to confer with the Chamber of Com-
merce with view of securing their co-
operation; S. W. Hagy and Porter I.or-
ing, to arrange feu the services of a
minister to open and clone Ute meeting
with prayer;; A. A. Zizlk to confer with
the Mayor and obtain his co-operation,
and Puu! Klebe end T. Waters, to ar-
range for a Mexican supper.
IS KI'II.BPftY (ONQIKKfcDT
New York Physicians Hate Many Cure,
It Their tre.ll).
N'KW YOKK, April 12. Advices from
every direction fully confirm previous
reports that tbe remarkable treatment for
epllepay being administered by the con-
sulting physicians of the Kline l.abora
torles is achieving wonderful results Old
and stubborn cases have been greatly
benefited and nanny patients claim to bnvr
been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy should
write at once to Kline Laboratories. 4."«
Hast 20th St.. Branch '.NU). New York, for
a supply of the remedy which Is being
dlslrlbuied gratuitously. lAdv.i
REVOLUTION STARTS IN CITI-
ZEN'S LEAGUE AS RESULT OF
MEERSCBEIDTS DEFEAT.
(tuntiuued From Page One.)
seething with the revolution ugainst the
Urmvn ticket before Saturday night, if
We have to. we cm get an independent
ticket in the flnld bufore election day
bv means of petition We have been de-
nied many things that, of right, belong
to free citizens, but. thank God, we still
havo tlie right of petition.
Mr. Meets> heldt spent little time in his
office yesterday, leaving there to avoid
a stream of callers that starlet early In
the morning and continued until after 5
o clook. Frederick Kt-utsel, his business
associate and Intimate friend, said he
felt about the situation Just about as Mr.
Meerscheldt expressed himself In itls
speech before the Beethoven Hail con-
vintlon
"Many of Mr. MeeracheMt's friends feel
outraged on his account.'* said Mr.
Retlttel "He Is advising them to keep
cool and think over it a few days be-
fore doing any talking 11* feels, person-
ally. relieved that he is not to be tit*
renter of the turmoil. But he can not
prevent the rhngrln of realising what U
I means to be assured as late as 5 o'clock
, In the afternoon of an unopposed nomi-
nation, only to find a convention packed
against him three hours later.'
Incidentally. It ass learned that Mr.
Meerscheldt. after finding a waving sea
of Hrown lolors si Beethoven Hall, ihe
; first Inl 1 msI ion of Ills defeat, tva* willing
to stand for election as an AhWman st
l.atiie He was. as all know, not Inrluded
In Ihe "Isle that was named hy Mr. Con-
roy. Inn Ihe delegsllon from the Fourth
Ward Insisted on making him the nominee
for thai lis lllwl'V* represent alive in I tie
Council. Mr Meersi'heldt very promptly
and effectively squelched the movement hy
declining in run.
CtaJriuaa Xkoua* X. NsudirHotvtu *(
the executive committee of Ihe Citisens
l.engue said yesterday. In reference to Ihe
protests thut came at ihe close of tlie ^in-
vention over Ihe nomination of an Alder-
man for the Fourth Ward, thnl no further
trouble on that Score Is anticipated. "There
Is no better man iu the city tliun John W,
Warren," said Mr. Y'anderlloeven. Chair-
man Boyle of the convention told Thad W.
Smith and otltpra who Insisted that Pre-
cinct No. IT had not lieen yoted correctly
lo fake their proteal before the executive
committee.
Secretary Orahain Dowdell of the execu-
tive committee was not found. Chairman
VanderHoeven said thai if new members
of the executive committee had been re-
ported. in accordance with the understand-
ing nt th< ci nventlon would lie done hy
noon Saturday, they bud gone lu Mr.
Dowdell with the reports "I was In court
all the morning anil don l know anything
at all about politics today."
campaign managers
11 was tteclnred tbe I'll in pi I lull for the
election of Mr Brown and Ills colleagues
will ba condoned by seven or eight, or
ten men. as is always tlie case with eier.v
political battle. Chairman VnnderHoeven
of course, will be one slid, probably, It.
John Bovle. Nat Lewis and Krnest Steves
will be others.
Keports that .lack W. \eal. nominated
for Alderman of Ihe First Ward, would
not make the race brought from Mr. Nenl
the statement Hint be didn't know. He Is
♦ery averse to entering the political game
as a candidate, but feels that It may be.
come his duty to stand for the place lo
which he was assigned at Beethoven llall.
As told In The Hxpress several days
sln.e. Col. Frank A. Cham, nominated for
Aliiern)nu lu the Third Ward, was urged
to that step by the late Mayor Jones.
Mayor .Tones' last political talk was wllh
Fred W. Cook, urging him lo persuade
Colonel Chapa to stand for the place. Oue
of the hottest fights In the clljr Is ri-
pened to revolve around the limits of the
Third Ward
Even among leaders of the Cltlaens'
league close friends of Mr Hrown. It
was admitted the disaffection among the
maeses of German-American voters because
of the treatment of Mr. Meerseheldl wsa
Intense snd. If not controlled h» Mr.
Meerscheldt and hla moat Intimate frtenda,
might become extremely tronbleeome
■ Whst a the ontlookV asked one lesgns
leader of ano'her leader.
"Storm.'' *aa the terse and expre«s|»e
answer
lkej Iqpktd it each other a inoiueut aud
then parted without another word.
Clinton G. Brown, shout whose cause so
many emotions revolved seemed to he
taking things calmly. He told The Ex-
press there was no news of politics
"Resting after the big meeting of last
night." mis Ihe comment.
Chairman VHiiderlioeven says there Is
no prospect of any big campaign rallies
any time soon, "These rallies coat money,
he remarked. "We are not going to atart
them right now,"
TICKET AND PLATFORM.
Joseph Ryan continued to hold confer-
ences with friends preparatory lo the
meeting of his supporters Monday night,
fie sava they have about agreeil to the
ticket and l» Ihe platform tl.at will he
priimulgntrd ill Beethoven Hall.
"We expect a great nnd a harmonious
outpouring of the people," he said. "We
ure going to make a progressive platform
and w« are going fo place on It a ticket
or aide, clean nnd progressive men. I do
not have to say we eipeet to win. l'rom
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Service regarding the handling of mails
into the republic, left yesterday for El
Paso. At 121 Paso he will look into the
matter of handling of thp mail* through
the Juarez gateway.
<-y
Court Refuses Injunction.
sr. t.OI'IB, April 12.—Judge Dyer in
the Federal District Court hern Unlay
refused t«i enjoin the enforcement of the
recent ruling of Secretary of Agriculture
Houston that nothing may be branded as
sausage that contains more than 2 per
cent of ccroalx and more than ;! per cent
of water.
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CENTRAL TRDSTCO.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Capital and Surplus $525,000.00
OFFICERS
J. O. TERRELL. . President
OTTO KOEHLER Vice-President
CHAS. SCHREINER Vice-President
,1. J. STEVENS Vice-President
B. G. BARNES Vice-President
W. P. ROTE Secretary
DIRECTORS
J. O. Terrell .'e»«e P. Oppenheimer M. n.iumblatt i
Alegender Jotke .lohn T. Wllion John J. Htereus
Charlea Scbrelner *um C. Bell , John W. Wgrmi ,
Otto Koehler Kd Kind Att» B. Ay ret
l(. It. Ituftell John lest Adolph Wagntr
Albert Stevet Nr. » G. Bevbtel M W. Ttrrtll
l>r. Adolph Uerff Alfred Dutrler U. ft. lis met.
We Pay 44* Per Cent
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