The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1914.
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Suits which were regularly
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sold for $30. Weights that
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culpability has been placed definitely.
Port Arthur, Feb. 20.-—Passengers
j from Tampico today reported that the
city’s water supply had been cut off
for a week and that the city was prac*
tically in a state of siege.
| Sanitary conditions are not good
and the city is threatened with pesti-
lence.
; The federals sent a force to check
the rebels Wednesday.
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El Imparcial today referred to the
events of the first year of Gen. Huer-
ta’s administration, bestowing high
praises for the General’s efforts to re-
store peace. Salvador Diaz Miron, ed-
itor of El Imparcial, against whose
anti-American editorials charge
O Shaughnessy has protested,- will be
sent out of the country, according to
President Huerta, who “has assuered
Mr. O’Saughnecsy that Marion is to be
given a mission abroad.
Notwithstanding that Gon.
Diaz has sent word to friends
that he has no intention of participat-
ing in the rebellion, there are some
who profess to have information that
he intends to join the constitutional-
ists. The agreement between Gener-
al Huerta and Gen. Villa for the main-
tenance of a neutral zone at Torreon
is not as vital to foreigners as it would
have been a few months ago, because
in Torreon there are now not more
tljan a dozen American? and only a
few more Spaniards. Gen. Huerta
spiiles when the plan is mentioned, as
ho professes to believe thero will bo
nib battle at Torreon. He appears con-
fident his forces will chock the consti-
tutionalists outside the city and prob-
ably drive them back.
> Gen. Velasco, Federal commander
at Torreon, has strongly fortified the
tbwn.
BALL DESIGNATED AS PRO
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
Conference Indorses Choice for State
Executive Only and Rests Content
With Speech Made.,
SUMMARY OF PROGRESSIVE PROHIBITION CONFERENCE.
Hon. Thomas H. Ball indorsed for h^ational prohibition.
Governor, after Will H. Mayes had Provided for a campaign commit'
withdrawn. ^ tee.
Inordsed the Vaughan bill to prohib- Messrs. Mayes and Lane pndecid*-
it granting of Federal liquor license ed as to whether they will be candi.. *
in dry territory. dates to succeed themselves. •
Urged amendment of Constitution Conference gives no indorsements
Felix t^le United States so as to provide except as to Governor.
SAFETY OF AMERICAN ASSURED
U.-Cjwja*Edward,
announced authoratively tonight that
Gustave Bauch, ap American, fpr
whose safety fears have been express-
ed, has been sent to Chihuahua.
Gazette and Dallas News $1.75.
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Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 21.—Amid
secnes of enthusiastic demonstrations
—demonstrations for Thomas and for
Ball, for Lane and for Mayes—dem-
onstrations devoid of a single discor-
dant note—the prohibition elimina-
tion convention declared Col. Thomas
H. Ball the • prohibition progressive
candidate for Governor; indicated an
intense determination to wage a State
wide prohibition campaign next year;
made Cullen F. Thomas permanent
chairman of the convention, listened
to an eloquent speech from the Dal-
las man and gave to him, and to Will
H. Mayes and W. P. Lane ovations in
recognition of the sacrifice of person-
al ambitions which made this una-
nimity possible. Col. Ball himself
received a tribute scarcely without
parallel in the political history of
Texas; certainly the circumstances
attendant upon the scene have no pre-
cedant. ‘ J; ■ •' - Jr
about windows and doork; behind ikA i *
platform—everywhere a form could
find footing—there stood an eager
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delegate cheering, waving hat aloft,
shouting conviction of the success to
come. • »
Every section of the State was said
to be represented, ^hainnai
Walker declared that only one county |
in Texas, Willacy, had no delegates
present in person. And this cotthty,
according to Mar. Walker has
white Democrat who is a prohit
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Ini size the assembly in the First
Baptist churA, when the convention
gathered this morning, equaled a
State Democratic convention. Every
possible inch of standing room on
lower floor, in balcony; in gallery/
ist within its confines,
form, or- occupying1 a
convention floor, were most of
prominent prohibition fif,_.^------,.
Texas. Cone Johnson and Judge W41-*
Ham Poindexter were conspicuous 1—
their absence. Among those on
platform were former Gov. T.
Campbell, the “two Gambrells” of
Wolfe of Dallas;
Will H,Mayes, W. P.
Jones of Tyler, Judge ^Vijiian*
gey, Judge M. M. Brifcoks, Q»s,
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state Department Orders Investigation
of Killing of William S. Benton in
Jaurez by Order of Villa.
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E1 Paso, Feb. 20.—A storm of indig-
nation broke today along the border
when it became known that William
S. Benton, a wealthy British ranchman
in Mexico, was executed by the feder-
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als in Jaurez after he had protested to
Villa against alleged depredations.
A mass meeting has been arranged
here. Resolutions have been drawn
censuring the sjtate department for
alleged suspension of consular reports
and asking congress to demand from
the department a full record of the
crimes against foreigners in Mexico.
The police prohibited the meeting
on the grounds that it wa3 dangerous.
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The promoters later decided to meet
* elsewhere.
Former Governor Curry of New
Mexico was appointed at an impromp-
tu indignation meeting to investigate
the killing bnt the investigation fail-
ed to develop anything more than
was already known.
Consul Edwards although officially
reporting Benton as dead, admits
that Be has faint hopes that Villa Is
misleading him.
Benton disappeared Tuesday. It
was believed that Villa was trying sol-
itary coofinment as a. corrective for
Benton’s frank speech. Not until Vil-
la’s train departed today did Edwards
inform. Mrs. Benton. He had hoped he
would see Benton being transferred to
Chihuahua.
Villa refused to request for the body
but promised to mark the grave.
Later—A mass meeting was held
tonight. Resolutions adopted.
Villa told Edwards that Benton was
executed after a court martial and
that he gave the information solely
for the widow and the government. -
Mrs. Benton, who is a Mexican gath-
ered that there was a quarrel when
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Villa accused Benton of being
friendly to the rebels.
The resolutions were sensational,
de nouncing Villa, Salazar and the
Castillo murderers and charging the
state department ‘‘through its vacci-
lating policy as encouraging the out-
rages.”
Fears aie felt for the safety of three
more men who "dusapeared” in
Jaurez. Two, who went to seek.Ben-
ton Wednesday haven’t been heard
from. A third one who was held as a
spy has been removed from jail.
dent discussed it with the cabinet.
The state department ordered an in-
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In this case, the first since the pres-
ent revolution that the United States’
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warning to protect foreigners went un-
heeded, the officials were advised too
late to intercede specifically for Ben-
ton. • (
Diplomatic circles, knowing Eng-
land’s aggressive attitude when her
subjects were wronged, are expecting
interesting developments.
The discussion between the ambas-
sador and Bryan developed the ab-
sence of the United States’ responsi-
bility for the killing of British sub-
jects, ever* when unjustfiable.
Brief reports said that Benton had
been executed after a military trial.
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El Paso. Tex., Feb. 20.—Two more
Englishmen are reported as having
“disappeared” in Juarez.
The report came tonight from Sam-
uel Stewart, who says the men,! Jol|n
un- j Lawrence and a companion n im^i
Curtis, went to Juarez Wednesday |p
search for William S. Benton. J .
Stewart tonight expressed the fear
that they, like Benton, had been shot.
Gustav Bauch, who was on trial for
being a spy, also disappeared in
Juarez today.
Thomas D. Edwards, Amejriean
Consul there, said that when friends
of Bauch went to visit him, with bed-
ding and food, he was_ not in the cell
where he had been held incommuni-
cado since last Sunday while his trial
was being held.'
The maker who puts inferior
cloth and tailoring in boys’
w-— clothes fools himself. The
boys will put clothes to a
test that will readily show the
shortcomings of the garment.
What man ever gives his
clothes such wear and tear,
wringing and twisting as the
active boy?
Mothers, there is no money saved in buying in-
ferior boys’ clothes because they cost a trifle less.
“Wooly Boy” AlhWool Clothes For Boys
■are economical clothes for you to buy because they
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Washington, Feb, 20..—The slumber-
ing Mexican situation was quickened
to international interest today by the
news that William S. Benton, a Brit-
ish subject, was killed in Jaurez by
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order of General Villa.
The British ambasador consulted
with Secretary Bryan and the preei-
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Mexico City, Feb. 20.—The Benton
execution haR revised fears by the
government supporters that Great
Brltian may force the United States
to take action leading to intervention.
A hundred and fifty Americans have
been killed in the last three years but
only four British subjects.
Benton is the first case where the
will outwear two ordinary suits. The all-wool fabrics,
good construction and goQd interior trimmings guar-
antee that.
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 1914, newspaper, February 24, 1914; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816449/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.