San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 213, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1917 Page: 4 of 16
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1917.
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Temporary writ issued by
JUDGE george/calhoun ok
fifty-third district.
The Kxprf-st* Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tel., July .11 A tompornry
writ of injunction was insueil today !•>
Judge George CiiUioun of tin? Fifty Third
Court, restraining the Hoard of Mnimuurs
of tho Agricultural and Mi'Humlrul <*ol
lege and Comptroller II. R Terrell "from
doing anything or Incurring any elmr^eH
or expenses towards nr for the location
or building of tlie West Texan Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Abilene, until
the further orders ol the court." The writ
of injunction was granted upon applica-
tion of 1\ C. Coleman and C. I!. Lamest
of Mitchell County, S. 1». Myers and It
R. Chapman of Nolan County; R Ueagan
and J. A. Boggett <»f Howard County and
Robert II. Curuette and I]. J. Anderson
of 8curry County. Attorneys for relators
who were here and presented the applica-
tion to Judge Calhoun were L. W. San-
dusky of Colorado, <}. T. Wilson of Sweet
water and C. C. lllgglns of Snyder. Bond
of plaintiffs was fixed at $T».<K)0.
It was stated in the petition that pur-
porting to act under authority of the act
of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature creating the
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College, the board of locating commission
•rs met In Austin June 1!1» and undertook
to select a location for the new college.
"And on said date it was announced by
James E, Ferguson, Governor of the State
of Texas, as chairman of said commission,
that the city of Abilene, in Taylor County,
had been selected by said commission us
the location for the West Texas Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College," says the
! petition. "But in fact and In truth, said
commission had not and did not at any
, time locate said college at Abilene or in
Taylor County, under the terms and direc-
tion of said law, In this, that said act of
the Legislature creating the college pro-
: vided that the commission or a majority
thereof shall decide upon and name tho
' point where said college shall bo located,
and the Governor shall, as chairman of the
commission, certify such decision to the
board of directors of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas. Whereas a
majority of said commission did not uame
Abilene as the point of the location for
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said college, but two persona of said com-
mission mid only two voted to name Abil-
ene lis the point where said college should
be located, and the uuiioiilietillicut < l Mild
chairman of said commission that Abilene
had been selected as the location was not
based on a true and correct statement of
the vote as • uh( by said commission, but
was the result of either a mistake of fai t,
by whli li said halrman was led to believe
that Abilene d received three voles as
such location, when In truth and In fact
it had received only two \utcs, or if same
was not based Upon a mistake <>f fact, It
was a '•esult "f a gros< mnl wilfull fraud,
and deception on the pari of said chair-
man In an endeavor to locate said college
at said* point without the concurrence <»f
tl1 majority of thn members of said com*
mission, so thut the action of said •<>m-
liis-ioli and the announcement of tho Gov-
ernor based thereon did not and does not
constitute a locution of said college, as
provided by law, and said college has never
been and is not located and no point of lo-
cation therefor has been determined upon
wlthlri the meaning and Intent of said
statute creating said collige "
The pet It ion further sets out that subse.
nuent to the meeting id' the location com-
ml. slon on June l'l», U»17, and after the
chairman hud annouueed that a majority
of the commission had voted to locate the
college at Abilene, it was discovered that
three members of the commission F. O.
Fuller, W, 1'. Hobby and Fred W. Davis -
did not voto lor the location of the school
at Abilene at any time, but, that they each
and all voted to locate the college at other
.places than Abilene.
"1 hat when the members of the com-
mlshlon learned that the result as an-
nounced by the chairman was not correct,
and that a majority of said commission
had not at any time voted for Abilene,
all of the members of said commission,
except the chairman, asked that said com-
mission be reconvened in order that a lo-
cation of sitid college could be legally
and honestly made, and lu order that Jus-
tice inlgut bit done to the citizens and tax-
payers of tho State of Texas, and to the
great Institution of learning involved; but
thi> said chairman, carrying out an eu-
de.ivor to perpetuate the fraud and de-
celt practiced upon said commission and
upon the citizens and taxpayers of the
State of Texas, and upon tho said Insti-
tution of learning, stubbornly refused to
reconvene said commission or to correct
the wrong perpetrated by such false ami
fraudulent attempt to locate said college.
That thereafter the said F. 0. Fuller, W.
1'. Hobby and Fred W. 1 >avlu, each and
all made affidavits In writing, duly sworn
to before competent officers to the effect
that they each did not vote for Abilene
as the location of said college, but thut
they voted for other towns than Abi-
lene."
Copies of the affidavits are contained in
the applications. The petitions continues;
Notwithstanding the facts ns hereinbe-
fore alleged, which are well known to
suld James K. Ferguson, chairman of said
commission, the said chairman continues
to Insist that he will aee said college lo
cated at Abilene, and persists In his at-
tempt to perpetrate upon tho citizens ami
taxpayers of the State of Texas the fraud
una injurv of locating said college at said
place without concurrence of a majority
of said commission, and to causo the ex-
penditure of large sums of money the
purchase of lands and tho er«- lion of
lulldlnga at a place that has in t in fact
been legally selected aw the location of said
school; auc acting upon t
of said chairman, the board of directors
of the Agricultural and Mechanical College,
heretofore named, are about to proceed to
purchase land for a site of said college
at or near Alpine, and to Incur upon the
State of Texas and it* cltlzcua ami tax-
payers an expense to tho amount of
(nni for lands and buildings and equipment
for said college, all of said expenditures
to be made without legal authority or Jus-
tification. for reason hereinbefore fully
stated, and the defendant, 11. B. Terrell,
Comptroller of the State of Texas, will,
If not restrained, approve and allow the
expenditure of said money for said unlaw
ful purposes.
"Wherefore, your petitioners being ml
zens ami taxpayers of the State of Texas,
ami vitally interested In the matters here
in set forth, and having no adequate rem-
edy at law, hereby present this, their
petition and application f<>r Injunction,
and pray this honorable court to issue
Its gracious writ of temporary Injunction
restraining the defendants and each and
all of them from proceeding with the lo
iitlon or said college at Abilene, In Tsy
lor County, under and upon aid Incor
ret, untriM and fraudulent certificate and
de-dnratlon of the result of the action of
said locating commission, and restrain _
lug said deiendants and each and all of
them from doing anything or Incurring
any charge or expense toward or for the
location or building of said college at
said point, and that upon final hearing
said Injunction be made perpetual."
Judge Calhoun Issued the following ol-
der after a hearing In chambers of the
application;
"Application of plaintiffs herein for a
temporary Injunction granted as prayed
for, nil.I the clerk of this court is hereby
directed, upon the plaintiffs filing a i£"od
and sufficient bond In the sum of
conditioned as required by law, t<» issue
n temporary Injunction restraining the
defendants and each and all of them from
pro dings with the location of abranch
of the Agricultural ami Mechanical Col
leg* of Texas nt Ablhns, in Taylor Coun
ty, Texas, slid restraining suld defendants
and each and all of theirt from doing any
thing or Incurring any charges or ex-
penses toward or for the location «>r build-
ing of said branch of said college at Abl-
leiio, until the further onlerB of this court
made und entered herein."
CITIZENS' COIVTJTEE
URGES A INVESTIGATION
University Organization Says Full
Probe of All Matters Touching
University Desired.
Tho Citizens' University Committee who
met In Austin yesterduy gave .out the
following statement In the form of a reso
lutlon today:
"We, the Citizens' T'nlverslty Committee,
most strongly adhere to the principle and
doctrine announced in our publications
heretofore made to the people: thut is, thut
tho acts of the Governor with reference t"
the university has been contrary to the
Constitution and law. and unwise in pol
icy; that his appointment? to the Bourd or
Regents have been made under a desire t"
obtain through them a personal and direct
control of the administration of tho uni-
versity; that his public utterances in re-
gard to the university, Its faculty and the
student body, have been untrue lu fact and
have brought shame and disgrace upon the
Institution and the people < f the State; and
that big entire course In reference to the
university has been fraught with the
grossest injustice and danger to our edu-
cational Interests; and, further, we Insist.
as heretofore, that the action of the Board
of Hegents in dismissing certain members
of the faculty as demanded by the Gov-
ernor, was altogether unjust to the mem-
bers Involved, and detrimental to the best
Interests of the Institution.
"So believing, the members of this com-
mittee do pledge themseleves to continue
thlr efforts to bring to the people full and
accurate Information respecting the con-
troversy, and to induce the people to take
such action as in their Judgment may be
proper and necessary in order to maintain
the university and other educational insti-
tutions of the State free from political
dominatlou and the influence of politicians;
and also '<• further the enactment <>f such
laws as may prevent the exercise by any
official of any power now conferred on
him by law.
"We court a full Investigation of all mat-
ters touching the unlvemFty by the people
and their representatives."
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PI HLISICLIt IS IIKLD
Charged With Derfniudlng Parents of Hoys
at Naval Training Station.
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 31.-J. J. Wolf, a pub-
lisher. is held In bonds of $2,ftO0 today for
appearance before United States Commis-
sioner Mason. It is Bald Wolf secured a
list of the names of the boys training at
the Great Lake* Training Station and that
he sent what he termed an "honor roll"
to their parents with a collect on delivery
order attached. The return card on the
package bore the inscription "Return to
Great Lakes Naval Training Station Honor
Roll Publishers, Chicago."
LEGISLATURE
CHESTRR TERRELL SAYS IM-
PEACHMENT CHARGES WILL
BE PRESENTED.
By Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex., July .'It. When the sec
ond called session of tho Thirty fifth Leg-
islature convenes tomorrow at noon there
will be a quorum present in both brunches,
according to present Indications. Follow
ing the call Issued late lust night by Gov-
ernor Ferguson, each member of the Sen-
ate ond House was advised by wire to
bu here promptly at noon Wednesday, lu
fact, with today's arrivals there are now
about 1'JO members of the House here,
while It only requires ninety live mem-
bers to constitute u quorum In the House*,
it Is not expected there will bo a full
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Ederci!] retains
membership lu the Senate, there Is every
assurance today of there being a rfooruw
present.
There Is considerable relief in political
and legislative circles here toduy as a re-
sult of the convening of the Legislature
by the Govern*- us the session will now
proceed la a regular and orderly manner.
It Is not expected that much time will
be consumed In the organization of the
House and Senate a.- all the officers of the
IIquho are named for a period of two years
Including special sessions, while there will
have to bo a reorganization In the Sen-
ate but It Is anticipated that all present
officers will be retained in their respective
positions.
Despite the fnct that the call of the
Governor embraces only the subject of
making additional appropriations for the
support of the University of Teius for
the next two fiscal years. Chester H. Ter-
rell of San Antonio, former Speaker, has
announced that the Impeachment charges
against the Governor are to be presented
In the House. There is also every indica-
tion that a probe of the West Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College muddle
will be ordered, and a joint committee
from the House and Senate appointed to
make an investigation of the matter. While
bills may not ii« introduced In the Leg
islature under the Governor's call, there
Is nothing to prevent ull kinds of resolu-
tions and Investigations being presented.
Speaker Fuller stated that the House
will be called to order by him tomorrow
at noon lu accordance with the Gover-
nor's call and Lieutenant Hobby is ex-
pected to reach here this evening from
Houston to preside over the deliberations
of the Senate. The first bin which will
be Introduced in both branches will be
a measure making an appropriation for
the university and it Is announced the
bill will carry practically the same amounts
as carried In the bill vetoed by the Gov-
ernor.
It appears that under the Governor's
call there need be no delay in Joining
the Issue. Impeachment charges may be
Introduced tho first day and probably
will be within the first two or three days.
The House can begin action on them at
once and can carry on the Investigation
without Interruption. A bill making up- |
proprlatlons for tho university will be In-
troduced the first, day, It is thought, but
the bill has to be referred to a commit-
tee, acted on by the committee and print
ed before It Is ready for consideration by
tho House. That, at least, will take two
or three days.
It appears to be likely now that the
House will delegate the dutv of making in-
vestigation of charges against the Gover-
nor to a committee of reasonable slae
which will perform the function of a
grund Jury, rather than sitting In com-
mittee of the whole for this purpose. By
this meaiiB, the Investigation and tho con
slderation of the appropriation can go on
at the same tlmo.
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The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., July 81.-Tho State Nor-
mal School Board of Resents In session In
Austin today elected presidents of the
four new normal schools recently created
bv the Thirty-fifth Legislature as fol-
lows: It. B. Blnnlon of Austin, A. W.
Blrdwell of San Marcos, Thomas Fletcher
of Austin and .1. A. Hill of Canyon. No
definite assignments were made except In
the case of It. II. Blnnlon, who g"es on
September X to become president of the
Kast Texas Normal College at Commerce.
Other assignments will be inado later.
The four men selected are well known lu
educational circles In this State.
It. U. Blnniou, Assistant Superintendent,
of Public Instruction, is well and favor-
ably known a« one of the leading edu-
cators of the State. He Is a native Texan,
a graduate of tho Sam Houston Normal
Institute, and an advanced student Lu the
Uulversity of Texas. Before going with
the State Department of Education lu 1911,
ho was County Superintendent of Schools
in Lamar County, where be made an ex-
ceptional record lu the development of the
schools under his supervision,
A. W. Blrdwell Is professor of history
In the Southwest Texas Stato Normal
School, is also a native Texan, and an
M. A. graduate of the Peabody College for
teachers, Nashville. He lias had an ex-
tended and successful career in educational
work In Texas, having been County Super-
intendent of Smith County for a number
of years, principal of tho Tyler high school
end has been professor of history In the
Southwest Texas Normal School since
190.1,
Thomas Fletcher Is a natlvo of Ken-
tucky, a graduate of tho Houston high
school, an 11. A. graduate of the Uulversity
of Texas, and has had a wide range of
experience in the schools of this State as
follows: Principal of Temple high school,
11(05-07; professor of psychology, South-
west Texas State Normal School, 1907-11,
and assistant visitor of schoolB for the
University of Texas since 1911.
J. A. lllll Is one of the well known edu-
cators of tho State aud is an II. A. gradu-
ate of the University of Texas. Ills prin-
cipal experience has been with the West
Texas State Normal College since Its
foundation in 1908. Mr. Hill is perhaps
best known to the people of the State as
Joint author with Prof. 11. Ii. Cousins of
American history, now an adopted text
in tho public schools of this State.
When asked for his estimate of the new
normal school presidents, Stato Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Doughty
gave It as his opinion that the boaril has
made good selections. "livery man elected
Is a high-class educator," he said, "und
will make a success of any normal school
to which he may he assigned. The work
of preparing efficient teachers for the
public free schools Is u tremendous under-
taking on the part of the state, and I am
gratified to know that the new schools
shall be under such excellent management
as Is now assured on account of these
selections,"
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Several slightly used Davenports,
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giom from Samuel Ooinpcr*. preeldent of
tho American Federation of Labor, re-
qiieitliiK further details regarding the So-
clallat international meet lug planned to bo
held here. ,
"Ono may onannio that delegate* from
the American trade* nnlona will come to
Stockholm," sild Secretary Ilueymaaa, In-
teryrctlug the meaning of th* laq.ul^.
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