The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 2, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1910 Page: 1 of 63
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Steam Pomps and Heaters
IN STOCK
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ALL GRADES—IN STOCK
F. W. H E 3T MAN N CO.
VOLUME XLV.—NO. 2
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1910.-SIXTY-FOUR PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
BAT MUST GO
IF REFORM IS
TO BE SECURED
Analysis of the Teias Prison
Proposition Shows Incom-
patibility of the Two.
TODAY'S EXPRESS—64 PAGES.
News Section, 36 pages.
Woman's Section, 8 pages.
Real Estate and Classified Sec-
tion, I t pa^es.
Sporting Section, 6 pages.
RISK PRISON MAY BE
THE STARTING POINT
Intelligent Use of Milder Modes of Pun*
isbmeat Opens a Channel of Effort
Which May Lead to Solution
of the Vexing Problems.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Jan.
-Weather for*-
MEND BREACH
OR 20,000 WILL
GO ON STRIKE
Head of Railway Department oi
American Federation of Las
bur Makes Prediction.
JUST A FLEETING GLANCE AT THE LAST WEEK IN THE OLD YEAR
SWITCHMEN ARE FOR
PEACE BUT MAY FIGHT
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(By George Waver ley Brings.)
RUSK, Tex., Jan. 1.—-Intel*: gent use of
the milder modes of punishment which the
rules of the Texas Penitentiary have for
years prescribed, has opened a channel of
effort at the prison here which, If not de-
parted from, will lead to a solution of one
of the many vexing problems that con-
front all penal managements—the main-
tenance of discipline by exercise of the
least severity. It Is as true in prison that
"The best governed are the least govern-
ed" as It Is with respect to the civil
affairs of citizens, and the most substan-
tial. enduring discipline of prison Inmates
^always springs spontaneously from their
; willing obedience to prescribed order,
rather than their fear of Its punishment.
The skillful ^nd experienced prison war-
den fully appreciates the value of this
fundamental maxim in the securing and
maintaining of prison discipline and does
not allow the severest provocation to di-
rect his efforts, even temporarily, to an-
other cause.
Therefore, it has become widely recog-
nized among successful prison manage-
ments that an Independable accessory to
the maintenance of discipline is the co-op-
eration of every human integer of the In-
stitution that must, abide by prescribed
forms of conduct and duty.
The familiar fable about the contest
between the sun and the wind to demon-
strate the effectiveness of their respective
efforts to disrobe a wayfarer affords a
striking illustration of the correct theory
of maintaining prison discipline. The
wind asserted that by its agencies the
traveler could be compelled more quickly
to remove his cloak than by the use of
those, at the command of the sun. The
challenge was accepted and t-e wind be-
gan the contest. The wind caused Its fu-
ries to rage and howl and perform all the
terrifying and discomforting evolutions
common to highly agitated currents of air.
The traveler, at the commencement of the
storm, wrapped his cloak more tightly
about him and fastened It firmly across
his breast and shoulders. The wind
whipped and lashed and screamed around
liim, and tore the skirts of his garments
into shreds, but with every furious gust
the wayfarer bent lower his head and
pressed onward In the face of the storm,
with his cloak securely enfolding his chill-
ing form. Recognizing at last Its Im-
potence to crush the traveler's determina-
tion or to dismantle him by force, the
wind ceased its raging and relinquished
the hopeless task.
Between the parting clouds which had
collected during the uproar of the wind,
the sun began to shine. Its friendly rays
soon warmed the atmosphere which the
wind's tirade had chilled. The warmth
Increaod and the traveler threw bark the
lapel of his cloak.. Under the gentle in-
fluence of augmenting heat the folds of the
cloak were opened and soon from the pro-
tecting shield of clothing which the wind
In all Its fury had failed to dislodge, the
traveler slipped his willing form- a vol-
untary capitulation to the persuasive ef-
forts of friendly beneficence. And the sun
bad won.
HUMANE METHODS BERT.
Thus It. is in directing and controlling
men. especially criminals in prison. Hu-
man nature yields to kindness, but it
rarely yields to force or fear. It may
surrender outwardly to the latter agencies
but almost invariably there have been de-
veloped within, resentment, rancor and si-
lent, rage, which, at the first opportunity,
will erupt into attempted vengeance and
open reblllon.
Moreover, there are ^ome wills that pet-
rify under harsh treatment, and when
fixed by wrath and humiliated pride be-
come as immutable as the laws of the
Mcdes and Persians. The Texas peniten-
tiaries have furnished a notable example
of this trait of human nature. On his
conviction a certain convict stoutly pro-
tested his innocence and declared that if
sent to prison wrongfully he would refuse
to give the State one lick of work to de-
fray the expense of his keep. He was
sentenced to prison and he redeemed his
pledge. Try as they would, prison offi-
cials failed to make him work. He was
subjected to all the punishments pre-
scribed by law, and some, it is said, that
are prohibited, but work he would not.
With the infliction of punishment he be-
came more determined In his course and
never did he yield or despair of triumph.
Ilumor has it that the Governor—not the
Incumbent, as he does not visit peniten-
tiaries, but a predecessor—during a trip
through the system, promised a pardon if
the convict would shell p bushel of peas.
Even this alluring offer failed to shake
the prisoner's persistent determination,
and he prevailed in his relentless struggle
ftgaiust the powers that controlled, or
ratler sought to control, him.
THE LASH IS WITHEIIING.
Convicts that have testified before ♦ lio
tim iiguting committee have with diffl-
on Pap* Pour.
WASHINGTON
rant :
East Texas: Fair Sunday, much colder
In north portion; Monday fair, moderate
south winds becoming variable.
West Texas: Fair, much colder Sunday:
Monday partly clou ly with probable snow
in tbe Panhandle.
SAN ANTONIO.
Texas Zionist Association will open Its
annual convention at Harmony Hail this
morning. Two hundred delegates will be
present.
New insurance policies, effective today,
contain very strict clauses in regard to
gasollue.
String of hotels for small towns adja-
cent to Sun Antonio is planued.
Morrl. announce* tint another WAPn ,N( ;.roX. Jan. an ami
p" lent 1 v en mil be paid tij the ,,ab]e adjustment of th" 'differences be-
defunct W oods National Bank this week. J , v- .
1 tween the Northwestern railroads and
Traction company announces that cars the switchmen is not reached through
will hereafter stop In front of the com- the mediation conference here, the strike
pany's office on Houston Street only in, v ill spread and probably 20.000 men will
cases of emergency. j become involved," declared II. B. Per-
Comnilttees will meet Tuesday to further I ham, head of the railway department of
plans for the San Antonio Laymen's Mis- U'e American Federation of .Labor, to-
sionary convention. • das'.
Resumption of loan business by » big! "Thls increase will not be among the
New York company allows the confidence
1 H. B. Pcrham Declares a Failure to
tiring tbe Warring Elements in Rail-
road World Together Means
a General Walkout.
being placed In San Antonio in Eastern
financial circles.
New Tear's day in San Antonio and all
over the State passes off quietly.
STATE.
Jewel P. Lljfhtfoot becomes Attorney
General and other changes taL« place In
State offices.
State Health Board will meet at Austin
Monday.
Experiment stations are located at Den-
ton and Temple.
Texas gained 1544 new corporations dar-
ing lfeOtf.
Governor Campbell's New Year reception
is a brilliant affair.
Preparations made for the meeting of
Governor Campbell and Governor Del Yaile
at Del Rio Wednesday.
Investigation shows that the bat must
go If reform in the penitentiary is to be
secured.
DOMESTIC.
Miss Anna Floyd is assaulted and mur-
dered in Cincinnati and the crime baffles
the police.
Seismographs record a heavy earthquake
and Washington fears it may have been
in the vicinity of the Panama Canal.
W. H. Gaynor taken hi* scat att mayor
of New York but is confronted with tbe
fact that most of bis aids are not Tam-
many Hall men.
switchmen alone, but will come from
other organizations, like the freight
handlers, boilermakers and such other
affiliated associations.
"The switchmen are for peace, if pos-
sible, but are determined on a general
strike if these plans for mediation fail."
Mr. Perham came here from St. Paul
to urge action on the Federal mediation
board, with a view to bringing both sides
together, and said tonight that failure
of the mediation conference would mean
a general strike that would tie up rail-
road traffic, He said, however, that he
is hopeful of some peaceful settlement.
No affiliated organizations will take
sympathetic action pending the result of
! Mr. Perhai i's conferences with the
j 1 oard, which will be resumed Monday.
The American Federation of Labor has
left the whole matter in the hands of
Mr. Perham, who is head of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers and is a mem-
ber of the executive committee of the
federation.
Mr. Periiam had an opportunity to have
o. littlo talk with President Gompers of
the federation today, but his call was
largely incident to the New Year's open
house reception at Mr. Gompers' home.
There way no formal conference, Mr.
Pcrham declaring there would be no de-
velopments whatever untK the resump-
tion of the conference with the media-
tion board on Monday.
No decision lias been reached in the
mediation board as to the selection of
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EARTHQUAKE
MAKES PELEE
VOMIT FIRE
Violent Upheaval Is Reported oa
ihe Island of Martinique,
in the Caribbean Sea.
EXTENT OF DAMAGE,
IF ANY, IS UNKNOWN
Seismographs in the United Slates Re-
cord Inductions of the Earth and
Washington tears Panama Canal
Mav Be in liisturbed Zone.
FLIES IN THE BREAD FED
TO ATLANTA PRISONERS
FORMER OVERSEER ALSO SAYS
SPIDERS NOT UNCOMMON.
Prisoner Testifies That Small Ncjrro
Girl Was Whipped I'ntil Hysterical
and Later Was Ordered Back
for Another Heating.
ISSLE CALL FOR WAR
FIND TO FIGHT STFEL
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF L\-
BOR TAKES THE FIELD.
WOODS' BANK WILL PAY
ANOTHER TEN PER CENT
Spc .11 Telegram to The Express.
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
Jan. 1— Cablegrams received here report
\ lent earthquakes In the French Islam
of Martinique and the British island c
St. Vincent early this morning.
Mont Pelee volcano, in Martinique, a
l.a SouffrJere volcano, in St. Yin
D and, at" reported to be active.
The extent of the damage, if a
not known here.
A message from Fort de France
Unique, sa>s an earthquake shoe
| i t thero this morning, but no c
j was done.
Nothing has been heard from S
cent since early today. Consi
| anxiety is felt here about Kingst
' ma a, which v..is partially destrc
an • arthqUiilie a few years ago.
Not a word has been receive
Kingston today.
DID QUAKE INJURE CA:
Seismographs Record Lon| (Jui
It Is Believed Panama ...
the Zone.
Asks Its 1,540,000 Members to Con-
tribute That Battle May Be Waged
Against Corporation Which Is
Termed Violator of Laws.
RECEIVER II. N. MORRIS MAKES
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Checks Will Be Received in San An-
tonio This Week—This W ill Brin^
Di\idends Up to 90 Per Cent.
May Pay in Full.
W.\SI! .\<ii<>.\, Jan. 1.—Weather Bu*
n 11 eit; ,;'ls a apprehensive lest the
l tiiqMak' recorded early today occurred
on the Isthmus of Panama.
w a
don is LlOO mile
c was soutlnve
miles distant.
from hero arid the
and calculated at
j a third arbitrator in the case of the dis-
Presldent and Mrs. Taft hold first levee pute between the Illinois Central and its
at White House, but Mrs. Taft stands in switchmen.
line but twenty minutes, while her hus-
band shakes hands with 5575 persons, a
fewer number, however, than the record
set by former President Rooseielt.
American Federation of Fahor Issues for-
mal call for funds to flu lit the steel trust.
Senator Cummins of Iowa again serves
notice the fight of the progressive Repub-
licans is not at an end.
FOREIGN.
Mont Pelee, Island of Martinique, Is re-
ported In eruption as the result of an
earthquake.
British voters poke fun at the peers in
the budget war.
SPORTS.
Peacock All-Stars defeat Fort Sam Hous-
ton team by score of 22 to O, winning San
Antonio open football championship.
Benefit matinee harness races furnish ox-
cellent sport io a large crowd at lair
(•rounds
Local club favors deal transferring Waco
franchise to Austin and fans greet deal
Tfiib pleasure.
F. J. Cortlnes is In San Antonio looking
over the ground preparatory to arranging
an automobile show for this city.
San Antonio Association Football Club
and Fort Sara Houston team play score-
less game at Post.
Turner Mlnepln League will open its final
lap of schedule Monday night.
RAILROAD SPLIT NOT MENDED.
ilint That Switchmen May Not (let
Expected Support.
WASHINGTON, Jan. What can bo
done to bring together the railroads of
the Northwest and the striking switch-
men, who number i.'i»00 or thereabouts,
engaged the informal attention of the
mediators on t .e St. Paul strike today,
although the formal conference between
Chairman Kn.ipp of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, Commissioner of
J-abor Neill and II. B. Perham, head of
the railway telegraphers and the rail-
road branch of tho American Federation
of Labor, will not be resumed until Mon-
day.
At least one of the parties to the con-
ference believes there is no fikclihood
of affiliated organizations giving active
sympathetic support, and it is believed
the others share these views.
COTTON MEN PLAN FRESH WAR.
President of Farmers Union Calls
Members to Arms.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 1. "To wage an
organized and determined fight" agaipst
the methods of dealing in cotton in vogue
at the 1'ork Cotton Exchange, Pres-
ident C. B. Barrett of tho National
Farmers Union has issued a call for a
„ 4 , meeting of the officers and h ading mem-
H. Chandler Fgan of Chicago Is rated
America's first amateur golf player by a ;
recognlred authority.
FLOOD IS WORST IN FIFTY YEARS
Many Persons Are Drowned in East-
ern Roumania.
PHILL1POPOLIS, Bulgaria, Jan. 1.
Eastern Itournania has been swept by the
most disastrous flood iu fifty years and
the white plain resembles a vast lake.
ington during the present month.
in the call -ir. Barrett announces that
the determination of the officers is to
remain in Washington until Congress
takes some definite action in the matter.
<;IVES CHILDREN $2,000,000 EACH.
Fort Worih Man Starts Offsprings on
Road to Wealth.
. , , . i Special Telegram to The Express.
Many person, are reported drmvnefl,
in crons and live ntoeV
while the losses in crops and live stoc
will be very heavy.
Soldiers in pontoons are busy rescuing
the people cut off by the rising waters |
The low quarters of this city are under
water.
STILL HOPES TO SAVE MORSE.
Martin Littleton Says "Two or Three
Things Can Be Done."
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. All hope of froc-
ing Charles W. Morse, the convicted
banker, has not yet been given up. ac-
cording to Martin W. Littleton, his coun-
sel, who said two or three things can
yet be done, "but they have not quite
shaped themselves yet."
Mrs. Morse and her two sons visited
the banker In his cell today and brout,'a'
with thetn a New Year's dinner, wh
the family ate together. ( ^
Morse has surprised his keepers by hi< First Snow in Sixteen Year#,
nenc. Today he appeared buoyant and FRESNO, Cal., Jan. 1.—For the first
much less concerned about bis future time in sixteen years snow fell here to-
tlum liis lawyers &ad his friends. » Oiiv.
Thomas
Wagrjor.er of this city has just given oaeh
of his three children property valued at
$2,000,000 as Christmas gifts.
"It will give them a fair start in life,"
said Mr. Waggoner, "and If they are care-
ful they will become independently rich
and need never worry about earning a
livelihood."
Waggoner is 57 years old, a ranchman,
banker and capitalist. The gifts comprise
tracts of 100,000 acres of land, 30,000 head
of cattle ii ml 1000 horses to each chil l.
The deeds were handed to the children
today.
Bananas Kill a Boy.
BLADKX, Neb., .fan. 1. After ea/lt g
sixteen bananas. John Clausseu, 11) years
old, became III and died at his home
here today. It Is said the fruit had been
fro/.en.
ATLANTA. Oh Jan. l.-John W. Dodd.
former overse r at tnt city prison, or
stockade, was the principal witness n?ard
l»y the council investigating committee
vhen that body resumed its session to-
day.
Dodd testified C at the food serve! tho
prisoners was unfit even for the lowest
kird of animals Prisoners frequently
showed him bn ad containing flies, he
said, and one man brought him a picee
of bread containing a spider. He de'Ure.i
tho place was overrun with vermin of
ull kinds.
Asked what proportion of tho prisoners
were whipped. Dodd replied that it woulj
be hard to tell.
"I heard tnem whipped nearly every
morning," he said
Dr. B. W. McAfee, who was sent to
the stockade for violating tho prohib/.ion
laws, also testified. Among other things,
he testified to seeing a 13-year-old negro
pirl whipped .n tiio bui klng chair. Aft -r
tho first bcatirg they took her out in a
hysterical condition, and when she ma le
some remark to the guard. Superintendent
V'ining ordt r :-d her be k for another
whipping.
He said the child was c i small that she
slipped her arms down ti.rough ths m.a-
chino and triod to take some of tho blows
on her hands. When she finally was I
taken out her hands were raw and blood j
was oozing through her clothes. The j
doctor said she was sent to the field to j
work in this condition.
THESE OPPOSED TO SECESSION.
Meeting at Waco Declares Farmers
Union Should He Kept Intact.
gporlal Telegram to Tho Kxpress.
WACO, Tex , Jen. I In an address of
800 words, issued late tonight, several | a H,n{
Farmers l.'nlon members, who held an
Informal conference here, oppose the
secession movement and call a State
conference here January i!8 to see if har-
mony cannot be restored and the union
kept intact.
The address calls on Vice President
Peter Radford to assume the proper
functions 'f State President W. T. Lau-
dermilk will not reverse his determina-
tion to lead the secessionists, and ad-
vises against surrendering any more
charters.
It is said strife is weakening the
organization, and the meeting here on
January 28 is to stop further warfare
it' possible.
The call is signed by W. O. I/cwis of
Topsey, T S. Miller of Flat and H. A.
Hal belt of Coleman.
Indications point to a rocky road as
between officers and the rank and file
unless they get together, and tho meet-
ing here will likely be a hummer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Officers of
the American Federation of l.abor Issued
an order on Its 1,540,000 members to sub-
scribe to a fund with which to wage a
l'ight on the steH trust.
Tho call arraigns the corporation as
inimical both to labor and the country
and as a vi dator of tho law. A sum
of $1.74,000 is to he raised at once.
Tho corporation is termed "a bold and
glaring violator of the law ''
Further calls for money will be issued
a,s the fight progresses.
This action was taken as the result
of the conference held in Pittsburg Do-
j i ember 1.5 and 14 between the Amalga-
' mated Association of Iron and Steel
j Workers, the Tin Plate Workers Pro-
j tective Association and the Longshore-
Spreading Rails Wreck Cause.
TRENTON, Mo., Jan. F—Spreading
rails caused the wreck on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad here
yesterday, In which three were killed
and forty-three Injured, according to a
coroner's verdict returned tonight. The
accident was unavoidable, saya the vcr-
i d tot-
men and Seamen's Unloiv
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of J.abcr, was
present at the meeting. The call is
signed by Mr. Gompers, Frank Morrison,
Jrmes Duncan, John Mitchell, James
O'C'onnell, I». A. Hayes, W. D. Huber,
J. S. Valentine, J. P. Alpine, II. B. Per-
ham and John B. Lennon.
In his statement Mr. Gompers assailed
the no-called steel trust for Its aggres-
sions on labor and charges it with con-
spiring against production, preventing
an unmanlpulatcd market and striving
for the elimination of a free press. He
also charges that the corporation pays
dividends on many millions of watered
stock and that its financial methods are
corrupt and indefensible.
IIo especially arraigns the so-called
profit-sharing plan, by which the com-
pany gives Its employes an opportunity
to obtain an interest in tho vast husi-
l'ess. Tills plan, Mr. Gompers contends,
"is a transparent deceit, through which
minority of Its employes ate
sought to be bribed to help hi daily
sweating of *he vast majority."
Tho labor leader furthermore intimates
that these profit-sharing employes are
carefully selected and they are in nearly
every case men who are given to ciis-
couraging the agitation of their fellows
for better working conditions and living.
The steel corporation was alleged to
have given away $1,000,000 to their em-
ployes and of having offered their com-
mon and preferred stock to employes
w ho wished it at a price less than tho
market value.
Oy
FEUD CULMINATES IN DEATH.
Another 10 per cent dividend will be
paid this week by P ivc H. N. Morris
of th* Woods National Bank.
This statement was made Saturday
night by Mr. Morris upon his arrival In
San Antonio from Oaklan I <'
Mr. Morris has be°n In California since
last May as a receiver oi the t nion Na-
tional Bank of Oakland. Sin o leaving
San Antonio T. G. I. krhii i has been act-
ing as assistant to the r» . eiver, and it
has bc.cn due to his ctJicient work, sayi
Mr. Morris that too depositors have
ceived this additional dividend.
Mr. Morris will be :n attendance open
the Woods trial this .vo k and will return
to Oakland in a week or ten days.
The depositors ot* the Woods National
Bank will have recei d 9" per cent when
this dividend is paid Notice will be
given when the dividend checks a ••
actually received, which will be not later
than the middl * of thi.-i week.
lined lo say whether lni
I lie suggestion that the quake may
have been in the vicinity of Panama is
based merely on calculation as the ap-
pro.v natc distance indicated on the seis-
mograph, and caused great interest
among officials here.
e- |
Mr. Morris «i
would be able
mainlng 10 p» i
that ail things
lil.o Lelghton -
to pa > depositors the i •*-
« nt in lull, but ad del
are p" sible with a man
lot:ig the collecting
BAR LEE FROM FAME HALL.
Chicago (Jrand \rmy Men Adopt Reso-
lutions to That Effect.
CHICAGO, I:!., Jan. 1. --Re olutions de-
nouncing the placing of a statue of Gen
Robert 1* !i". in the Hall of Fame ri
Washington ' as against public polh y,
against the fundamental principles of
our republic mil against the honor and
integrity of the \» t• ■: his w ho nobly g ive
up tifc and home to preserve the . oun-
try Rube: t r. Lee attempted to de i.-oy,"
were adopted at a meeting of (' lr igo
posts of ihe Grand Army of th" Ii- pui'lic
here today.
Copies of the »• solutions, Introduced by
Col. Jamen 1 'irk Darling, past com-
mander of Co inbla Post, were ordered
sent to President Taft. Dr. All n W.
Gray, the solicitor, objected to tic reso-
lutions and was greeted with cries of
derision when he tried to speak igainst
tho resolutions.
The subject came up at a camp-fire i
meeting, addressed by Geti. Fred D. ;
Grant and others.
General Grant took no part in the dis-
cussion of the resolution.
Thaw Brings No Ohio River Flood.
PITTSBl.'RG, Pa., Jan. 1.--Althouga a j
thaw has »«t in. the expected flood of
the Allegheny and Monongahela River-:, '
which form the head waters of the Ohio
River here, did not occur, as was feared.
The river is in its normal channel and
the ice gorges li ve entirely disappear -d,
allowing fre.' navigation.
'1 iiose at tl insular canal and insular
, offices of the Government have received
; no messages from Panama indicating any
disturbance In that section.
Lieutenant Colom 1 Hodges of the Canal
Commission on the canal strip is on a
brief leave of absence here, and doubt-
less- would have been notified in case of
1 anything of the kind happening near th«
j can,!.
'I h follow.ng off: ial bulletin was ia-
ued by Willis L. Moore, chief of the
We.!her Bureau, this afternoon:
"An true ill strong earthquake at. a
eiederato distance was recorded by tho
smogranhs at the Weather Bureai^this
j morning at six hours, four minutes and
1 thirty-eight seconds a. m. The second
preliminary tremors began at six hours,
eight minutes and fifty-two seconds, and
i the strong motion just three minutes
' later. The amplitude of the motion was
I unusually great, causing the pen to pass
! off the record sheet in some cases. The
I The or„ui is estimated to h ive been at
1 a distance of about 2'«50 miles from Wash-
! ir.gton, and probably to the south or
I south* Tl e total duration of the rec-
ord was nc.irly two hours."
REPORT SHOCKS IN YUCATAN.j
Extent of ihe Damage Dune If Not
K now n.
I
Houston Carpenter Is Shot—Lumber
Inspector Is Arrested.
Special Telegram to The Express.
HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 1. Culminating, j
it Is believed, a feud of long standing. '
Karl Barron, a contracting carpenter of |
l."07 Ashland Street, was killed uhorth
after noon today by a load from a : iiot- ■
gun, thirteen shot taking effect in the
left side of Barron, death ensuing a h w
moments latei Lawrence Ja.Mie. i •.ll
road lumber Inspector, was arnsted at"!
^ouW^venteeMh I «'•'« — "v
Street In Houston Heights Some time oeatii of the old Mar. Ic . killed
ago words were, it is said, passed over himself. A imeyer lived In the -
Juvno's unrdrii, and (hi. is aa.|d to have I f,„ ,w.-nty-nir. • years and pros-
wife and a i reared a family of eight chil-
ls ills Sell as Year Dies.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan.
fin
1,—The
of an old German merchant,
Alsmeyer, returned from New
n- n \ making in tie small hours
grown Into bitter enmity.
Barron Is survived by
2-year-old daughter.
ih An. Un was f>0 voats old.
i TTY OK M I-3N ICO, Jan. 1 ^ earth-
quake wa ' reported to t to wearner bu-
reau here from Dielo Chlco, h. tho prov-
ince of Quintana Roo, Yucatan, today
a- having o«*« urred at 4:2.* o'clock a. ni.
and 1 1 ting twenty seconds. It was fol-
lowed by a second shock of less severity
at 4 '» o'clock.
It is not known hero whether serious
damage was done.
Cable Is Still Working.
Ni!XV YUKK Jan. 1 No intimation of
the seismograpiiic disturbance on or near
the Isthmus of Pai arna has been re-
ceived by the Central and South Amerl-
tu Cable 1 onipany tip t<» 2:40 o'clock to-
day. At that hour tho cable to Colon
w. woi . g without interruption, and
five minutes previously a message had
been rei i\ed from Panama which men-
tioned n i hing out of the usual. There is
i.o interruption today in tlie cable service
other companies which have lines to
Central America.
Shock Is Recorded in West.
SAN FUANCISt O, Cal., Jan. 1.—The
seismograph at the observatory of the
University of California at Berkeley re-
corded an earthquake at approximately
t e time of the disturbance recorded by
th" We.v.icr Bureau at Washington. The
extent and duration of tho shock have
not be n computed as yet.
Tobacco Worth SI.500,000 Burns.
ALKX AN DRIA, Kgypt, Jan. l.—Tlie
custom* tobacco stores, containing to-
b.eco to th value of nearly $5,000.uuu,
was gutted by fire today. Firemen,
; s i ted b sailors from the German
cruiser Freya, succeeded in saving th#
greater part of the tobacco. The loa<
W «stlmal«d at ILujO.uuu.
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