Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 308, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XX. XCT
MAN OF MYSTERY
NOW REVEALED
DAVID LAMAR. WALL STREET OP
ERATOR TOLD LOBBY IXYESTI
GATORS IIE WAS THE MAX WHO
IMPERSONATED COXGRESSM EX.
MAKES KNOWN SOME INTEREST
1XG FACTS CONCERNING FORG-
ERY OF EIGHTY MILLION DOL-
LARS ENTRY ON F. I*. BOOKS.
(By Associated Press A
Washington D. C. July -.—David
Lamar a Wall Street operator today
told the lobby investigating commit-
tee he was the man mentioned in the
testimony of Robert S. Lovett as having
called on Wall Street financiers and im
personated congressmen.
Lamar said he called on Union Paci-
fic officials imi»ersonating congressmen
in order to help his friend Edward Lua-
tcrbach. Lanterbach was the lawyer who
Chairman Lovett said was some one im-
personating Congressmen attempted to
force the Union Pacific to employ him.
Lamar said that on the strength of
these messages Lovett charged that
Lanterbach had tried‘to blackmail him.
Lanterbach said the incident was in-
significant. Lamar declared when com
pared with an fM!.000.000 forgery
committed in Union Pacific books in nine-
teen one which enabled Harriman and
Knen Loch and company to get control
of the Union Pacific. This item which
represented the purchase of the Oregon
Short Line was carried as a double en-
try by Union Pacific but some one. lie
did not know whether the president or
the ofiice boy erased tin* eighty two mil-
lions from the debit side leaving tt as
a credit. This transaction is used in
high finance deals- and by its principals
he finally got two hundhed million dol
l/»is for his own use from Kuhn L eb.
Lamar declared.
Lamar surprised the committee with
the frankness with which lie told of
using the names of representatives
Palmer of Pennsylvania. Riordan of
New York and others in urging employ
meat of Lanterbach.
He used Palmer's name more frequent-
ly he said because he knew Palmer
would be a prominent figure in tin* com-
ing democratic administration.
Paul J>. Cravath. counsel f r the Union
-r — pacific railroad issued a statenient de-
claring Lamar's charge concerning the
forgery of eighty two million dollars from
that road was part of a bear campaign
to depress Union Pacific stock of which
railroad officials have had knowledge
for several days.
Lamar unhesitatingly alleged that
through his deal Harriman and Kuhn.
Loeb and Co. laid tin* foundations far
two hundred million dollar fortunes He
always used the telephone in his im-
personat inis.
CONVICT AN INVENTOR
PETEIi OLESOX. LIFE TERMER IX
NORTH DAKOTA INVENTS RE-
VERSIBLE STEEL RAIL.
(Special to The Herald.)
Fargo X. D.. .Inly 2.—Friends of Pe
for Olson a life term prisoner in Ike
state penitentiary today laid pains to se-
cure his pardon. Since being sent to
prison years ago. Olson has invented a
reversible steel rail which it is claimed
will mean an enormous decrease in the
number of accidents caused by broken
rails.
Former Warden II ells from saw tin*
value of Olsen's idea and promoted a
company which will immediately begin
manufacturing the new rail. Olsen has
been given stock in the company and the
proceeds are being turned over to his
fami’v. It is alleged that the evidence
upon which Olsn was convicted was en-
tirely circumstantial.
HENLY REGATTA
ENGLAND'S BIG BOATING EVENT
WILL OPEN TODAY. CANADIAN
AUSTRALIAN. BELGIAN. FRENCH
AND GERMAN POWERS COMPETE.
(Special to The Herald.)
London. .Iuly2.—Henley Regatta eng
land’s 'greatest river festival opened
today at Henley on Tlmmes-amid scenes
of great brilliance. During the four days
racing the pick of Britain's amateur
oarsmen will be opposed by Canadian.
Australian. Belgian. French and Go-
man r wers. and the contests for the
principal events are expected to pro-
vide plenty of excitement.
The chief events are tin* Diamond
Sculls for single orsmen which prac-
tically carries with it the amateur
championship of the world the Grand
Challenge Cup. tin* corresponding event
for eigts and the Stewards Cup for
fours. Oxford and Cambridge universit-
ies sent strong contingents and the elite
of European society was present t<-
watch their efforts. King George and
Queen Mary were unable to attend hav-
ing undertaken a scries of-official visits
t j the provincial towns.
The finals for the big events will be
rowed Friday and Saturday.
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WITHDREW FROM CAUCUS. d-
v (/»’// Associat'd Press.) d-
d- Washington. D. C.. duly 2. — De- d-
fen ted in an effort to attach to the d-
d- tariff bill an amendment for a grad d*
d- unted tax on tobacco. Senator Hitch- d*
d* cock of Nebraska today withdrew *•*
d- from the democratic caucus. d-
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I SAN BENITO
! I THE
BIG CANAL TOWN
The livest and*largest new town in Texas in the
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY j
San Benito lias grown from nothing to over four thousand papula- |
tion in four years and today otters best location for cominer- §J
rial and industrial ’enterprises in Southwest Texas. Natur- ]
^4 al advantages and improvements already made insure |
i city of importanei1 The growth and development |
! have onlv started. *
1 NEARLY HALF A MILLION
Dorrars in railroad business on St. Louis. Brownsville and Mexico p
| Railway at San Benito in one year sixty-seven per cent increase g
| over business of previous yea-*.
| Year ending April 30th 1011 1012. ^
* Freight received 142.819 11 23o.SS0.20. ^
Freight forwarded 42.S30.33 00.100 31
• Express received 12530.01 1 .>.42023
Express forwarded IS 098.31 10025.44
Ticket sales 31.400.05 43.000.00
Excess baggage 202 25 478.70
Switching storage.
and demurrage No record 3.204.11 *
Total Value of Business 248.050.05 414.075.(55 f j
| Above represents only the amount paid to the St. L. B A M. for
handling luisine ss' show'll and NOT TI1E VALUE OF PRODUCTS ||
I HANDLED.
Eighty Thousand Acres of Rich Delta Soil
irrigated from the big San Benito canal surround the town of San §
Benito. TwCtnv-five thoussan 1 acres already in cultivation.
Interurban Railroad Now in Progress
over 40 000 acres of this tract serving every farm with convenient
freight and express service Extension being made on balance1 of the |
tract. Rio Hondo. Santa Maria. Carrieitos Los Indios and La Pal- ;
; oma’on iuterrurban road out of San Benito. Convenient schedule.
It will Pay vou to Investigate San Benito
before engaging in farming commercial or industrial enterprises
ly elsewhere in Texas.
■ SAN BENITO UNO ft WATER COMPANY j
► _SM BEH1TB 1EHS._
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EXPORTER GIVES
ARMYMOVEMENTS
SAYS THREE THOUSAND MEN
MARCHING TO NUEVO LAREDO
AND MATAMOROS DIVIDE AT
MONTERREY IN TWO ARMIES.
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TROOPS FROM MEXICO CITY—HAS
SEVERAL HUNDRED ZAPATJ8:
TAS WHO WERE CAPTURED AND
RUSHED TO FRONT.
Monsieur Grogori genera’ representa-
tive of the Sibis Mfg. Co. of Grenoble.
France arrived yesterday in Brownsville
on his wav home. He has been in Mei
*
ieo for several weeks making most of the
large cities of the central and eastern
part. *
He is importing agent for the above
company and buys from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred thousand dollars
worth of kid and goat skins each year to
send to his company to make into fine
gloves.
Monsieur Grogori states that he left
Monterrey June 24 and came here via
Tampico and Galveston and that on Sat-
urday before In* eft Monterrey 2000 fed
crals came into Monterrey bound for
Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.
He states that before In* left tin* troops
were readv to make the march for these
two [minis. He also says that several
hundred of these men. probably nearly
half of them were Zapttistas which had
boon captured and forced to go to the
front with the federal forces.
In conversation with ottieeis of the
troops he found that they had first gone
to San Luis Potosi and from there to
Tampico and thence to Monterrey.
He stated that tin* plan of campaign
as far as lie could gather was that a part
of tin sc troops would go direct to Nuevo
Laredo but the major portion of them
woo’d march directly on Matamoros
probably joining oilier federal troops at
Carmargo before the attempt is made to
retake Matamoros.
From tin* information said to have
been gained by Mr Gregori. it is evident
that the fedora Is export to have a deci-
sive battle at Nuevo Laredo with a view
to relieving l of the Constitutionalist^
infesting the city before they make an
attack on Matamoros in an attempt to
regain the city.
Giving the troops from Saturday. June
21. until today on the march they should
have been able to cover a good stretch
of tin* country separating Monterrey and
Matamoros.
Absolutely no information is to be had
here as to the position of the troops Mr.
Gregori says he saw in Monterrey on
their way north. From re’iable sources
it is stated today that General Blanco
has not sent out any men. and that his
scouts to the cast west and south have
not reported the presence of any federals
in tli district covered by them.
Mr. Gregori states that all rail and
wire eoiumunieation in the country be-
low Monterrey and to Mexico City is in-
tact.
STOLEN JEWELS FOUND
(By Asstuiated Press.)
New York July 2.—Over ninety eight
thousand dollars worth of jewelry stol
i fii from a Fifth Avenue firm tMali and
Halloa was found today in a Pennsyl
■ vania station in a valise
The jewels were stolen Friday even-
ing during an excitement caused by a
lire. No arrests wore made but William
Heck a repair clerk tied.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
(By Associated Press.)
.Messcna Italy July 2 —A slight earth
quake shock caused great alarm lure
t.day and inhabitants ed to the fields-
The shock was accompanied by under
ground rumblings.
HOME CEREMONY.
The marriage ceremony which wil
I unite Miss Auiie Wise and Mr. S. S. Sul
livan will take p ace at two p. m. tomor
row the ceremony being performed b;
Hr. L. It. Hurress. Mrs. II. H. Sulli
van. mother of tin* groom is here to at
tend the ceremony.
The bride and groom will leave on th
afternoon train for Houston and othe
points and will be at home to thei
friends on their return in about eigh
.day*;. The groom is traveling represent;]
t:ve for tin* National Hisouit Compun
and makes his headquarters here al
1 hough before coming hen* his home wa
at Victoria. Miss Amie is one of Hrowm
viHe's most charming and /.ccomplishe
'young women and is deservedly papula
with all her large circle of friends.
Tlu* ceremony will be held at the honi
of the bride's mother. Mrs.'Annie Wb
corner of 14th and Washington streets
CARRANZA MAY
TAKE MONTERREY
^CONSTITUTIONALIST TROOPS GO
SOUTH TO JOIN GOVERNOR AT
MONCLOVA-JUAREZ READY TO
RESIST.
FEDERALS PREPARE FOR FIGHT-
WHILE STATE TROOPS HURRY
TO ATTACK HUERTA TO MEET
AMERICANS.
Eagle Pass.. Texas .lr.lv 1— Carran
/.as troops in Picdras Negras. excepting
a small garrison left this morning for
Monelova. Governor Carranza has not
returned from Monelova and this may
mean a move to Monterrey.
HUERTA TO MEET AMERICANS.
Mexico City. July 1.—Although Provi-
sional President Huerta has accepted an
invitation to meet Americans residents
of Mexico City on the Fourth of July the
day wi'l be celebrated without the pres
dice of the American ambassador. Henrv
Lane Wilson who has decided to go to
Vera Cruz to participate in festivities on
ilu* vessels of the United States navy. He
will thus avoid what might be construed
into official contact between the Mexican
president and the representative of a
nation which has not recognized his gov-
ernment
Repairs to the Mexican Central rail
road hate made such progress that the
federal government believes it wf Ik*
able to forward provisions to Torreon
within three days.
The government has not replied to de-
mands of K. N. Brown president of Hit*
National Railways as a condition that
he and A. Clark the general manager
retain their positions.
SONORA TROOPS TO JUAREZ.
Douglas. Ariz.. July 1. General Juan
N. Medina with BOO or 100 well equipped
men. niiinlicd out of Agua Prict.t early
today to In* p General Villa in an attack
on Juarez. Medina was elected mayor of
Juarez tinder tin* Mmicro administration
but did n"t serve his full term. His men
are Sonora recruits. They carry a heavy
size cannon two mountain howitzers.
>nr machine guns and plenty of amimi
nilion.
The trip must be made overland and
will require more than a week. Lieuten-
ant Ruiz a fedi ral. faced a firing squad
today at A/ ta I\"ieta. State officials as
sert Ruiz confessed to having been sent
by Colonel Vnsquez. commander at Juar
o». to join Medina’s expedition.
JUAREZ PREPARED TO FIGHT.
Ei Paso. Tex.. July 1.—Ritle pits and
trenches were being dug today by federal
soldiers at sewral points on tlie western
outskirts of Juarez and barbed wire is
being stretched as an additional defense
against attack by Constitutionalists. An
outpost of 100 federals has been stationed
two miles south of tin* town. Scouting
parties are moving east and west of the
bonier town. General Salazar was in
charge of the scouts.
Villa's eo’iinm is reported ramped on
the Paloinas ranch. Bit miles west and Or
toga's cavalry was seen yesterday by
Americans opposite San Elizario. li."»
miles east of Juarez. Constitutionalist
agents in El Paso assert that the pro-
jected attack on Juarez will occur by the
end of this week.
A volunteer Red Cross corps has been
organized in El Paso to care for the
wounded in tin* event of a battle in Juar-
ez. It was reported rebels would wait
to attack until Juan Medina's troops
could get here from Agus Prieta.
FEDERAL TROOPS SUFFERED.
Nogales. July 1. A scant 1000 men
straggled into Guaymas on June lio
Their tongues were swollen from 1 hirst;
their eyes InEging with delirium ami
their bodies wounded by cactus thorn?
and bullets. Leading them was General
Pedro Ojeda commander of the federal
fores in Sonora state.
Such was the result of a fortnight's
fighting about Guaymas as related in ;
belated message to the Associated Press
received from San Jose de Guaymas. i
l suburb of the gulf port town. Ojeda lei
all that remained of the army of BBOt
men he had marched out of Guaymas ti
■ move against Ilcrmosi’lo the Constitu
tionalist state capital. The retrea
- proved more fatal than the protraetei
battle. Scattered along tin* roads he
* tween Ortiz and Guaymas. the vietoriou
r state troops overtook stragglers from th
r federal ranks. Unable to proceed on th
l forced march the sandal footed soldier
- had dropped by the roadside. Hundred
f had died or hunger • and thirst. Titos
- stil1 alive begged for aid from the enenn
s Many of them were mute from swolle
i lips and blind from the desert sun. The
I begged for water with motions of th
r hands. Virtually all the federal arti
’cry. the troop trains and hundreds c
e rifles were captured bv the1 ndvanein
:* state troops along the line of Ojeda’s ri
treat.
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b' New Orleans. La.- Jnlv 2.—Fore- *<*
*’* east for Brownsville and vicinity;
c unsettled with variable winds.
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IN SHINED ARTICLE (IIVES RES
FME OF TRIP AND SPECIAL NO-
TICE.
Brownsville since the early eighties
lias been noted for having a splendid
militia organization and possibly she
lias had organizations that have been
comp se<l of better men physically or
older and more seasoned soldiers blit
she has never had an orgnizntiou that
was lietier disciplined or. more enthu-
siastic. or anxious to learn than the
little band of approximately fifty men
who have just returned from their an-
nual encampment at ('amp Mabry near
Austin Texas.
On. L. left for camp on the seventeenth
with forty-three men and two officers and
we picked up five men in transit. Fpon
arriving at San Antonio we found that
two of the four organizations there could
not meet the requirements of the de-
partment. that they entrain with not
less than thirty-eight men and two ofti
eers. so we immediately transferred five
men to one organization and three to
another thereby enabling two organiza
tions to attend camp that would not
have been able to do so otherwise.
Fpon arrival at rump we lost anoth-s
er good man in Sergeant King who was
made Batt.di. n Sergeant Major.
We a>rived in San Antonio at seven i
a. in. the eighteenth and as our company '
was to wait and go out on the Special '
at two thirty with tin* San Antonio Bat M
talFn and tin- Laredo Company. The *
captain imposing inplieif e nfideiiee in <
his men turned them loose to spend
their time as they saw fit thereby t
cabling them to get a good 1 ok at •
old Santone. At one o'clock assembly 1
and mess «.;iH was sounded and n >t a i
man was a minute late. Our train left i
San Antonio on time and we arrived at ;
camp at on a full stomach as sup
per was served on the train at five which !
proved a very fortunate thing for us 1
for none of the other companies had sup- :
per bef re nine p. m. and some none i
tit ail. i
Fpon arrival we found the (Quarter-
master on the job. and as most of us had I
been there before it was only a matter ;
of an hour or so until our six big pyr-
amid tents four wall tents and the
kitchen tly was pitched our field range
.was installed the incinerator was dug. <
and we were ready for our ten days of <
field work. i
This started at five thirty on the morn-
ing of tin* nineteenth and ended for us
at noon on Sunday tin* twenty-ninth for
while tin* program was finished Satur-
day at noon our company on guard Sat-
urday afternoon and remained until it
left camp.
Our First Sergeant lJov Weller made
a splendid and efficient officer having
received instruction that was of csti
mabli* value at school at (lalveston
Sergeant Fitch our quartermaster hav-
ing had training under Captain Logan
of the artillery knew just what to do
anr was on the job all the time. The two
guides Sergeants <). Weller and A. San
chi** attained quite a reputation as pace
setters and were the first company of
-the battalion and they set tin* gait and
more than once we were told to halt and
*
let tin* others catch up as they could
nut go tin* gait.
Lieut. Kngleking. was the official
skctchcr of the Battalion and his sketch-
es were worthy of a seasoned military
map maker.
\Vi* of course heard all kinds of rumors
as to our being called into actual ser-
v?ce. but nothing definite was given us.
we hop<* next year to take at least one
hundred well trained men to our camp
and in nineteen fifteen we shall go to
; San Francisco to tin* I’anama Exposi
i lion this of course will have to In* at our
i own expense but with the help of
Brownsville's noble citizens and by
I starting early we are sure that* we will
t have no trouble.
CSEO. J. HEAD.
Captain Commanding.
' EIGHT HOUR LAW
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(Spcnal to The Herald)
t St. Paul. Minn.. July 2 — Minnesota’s
B| new eight hour law for women ami girls
p went into effect today culminating years
of work on the part of labor leaders and
economists. Tin* law applies to all fe-
v male employees of department stores
f laundries factories of all kinds and af-
|. fects all women and girl employes ex
f cept telephone operators. The fact that
g telephone operators are not benefit ted
by tin* law was not discovered until two
months after the bill was enacted.
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REBELS WTX ADVANTAGE. *
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(Ilf/ Axxociatrd Press.) *
* El Paso July 2.—Tin* rebels *
were victorious in the first tight in- *
eiilent to their attack on Juarez. *
When three hundred rcltcls this *
* morning after an all night’s lighting *
'•* tlisjterse.l one hundred federal* at *
■** GiindalujM* forty miles east of Juar; *
"•* ez. Losses not known. *
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STORM IN HUNT COUNTY
MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGES.
GREENVILLE WITHOUT WATER
AND LIGHTS.
Greenville. Tex.. July 2.—A million
iolhtrs damage is estimated to Hunt
i*.unity crops the result of the heaviest
i*ain in years in this section last night
• nil this morning. Telegraph anti tele-
phone wires ami railroad tracks were
iwept away. The lowlands were Htssletl
tml hundreds of jteo|de are homeless
i his ejty is with at lights ami has only
•vhat water i-« in the standpipes. Many
•e|M»rt houses fired by lightning from var-
ous parts of the country. Relief eomniit-
ih*s art taring for the homeless.
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RUN FROM RUMORS
XSTEAI) OF STAMPEDE IT IS
WELL PLANNED GRADUAL HIGE
KA FROM MATAMOROS.
Tiiev an* not rushing in droves to the
nidge and ferrv to route across because
he\ do not want to be stop|M-d on their
’•ay. but during the last week if has de-
eloped that there is a well known and
veil carried out p’an lietween those fain-
lies now remaining in Matamoros to
■oiiie to Brownsville.
For several days it has ls>en noticed
hat Mil I aillorcilseus have boon coining
»ver a family at a time or sometimes
wo or three families came over and
aim* in light marching order onh hav
ng stn h household materia s and trunks
is they could carry in small compass.
Inquiry shows that these families are
retting away from Matamoros at this
ilia* because they believe the city will Is*
iHacked by f«*d: rals coming from Mon
errry. The truth or falsity of these ru-
nors makes no difference. the fact is that
datainoros is being depopulated again
>ut this time it is being done gradually
md according to agreement of the fami-
lies who wish to take up their abode
igain in Brownsville.
They get together and agree who shall
‘migrate on this day and who shall come
>n the next. IIv this means no stir is
Tented and t!i»*y get over in tin orderly
Manner.
Tin* report or rumor as r’ir* case may
>o is that the Fedcrals are oil their way
from the Monterrey section with artil
lory and about three thousand strong.
DELINQUENCY OF MINORS
CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY DIS-
CUSSES DEPENDENCY AND
CAUSE OF DELINQUENCY AMONG
MINORS.
(Sf rcinl to Tlir Herald.)
Seattle. Wash.. July 2.-With the
causes leading to the dependency and
delinquency of minors the most import-
ant ‘theme of discussion the National
Children's Home Society of which
Washington tinrdner. of Albion. Mich-
igan. is president convened here today.
Before the nusdings are concluded -Inly
T». the social evil in regard to child wel-
fare will be thoroughly gone into. Re-
cent legislation in the west and its re-
lation to child dejtendency including
the minimum wage widows’ pensions
lazy husbands’ act. contributory delin-
quency and tin* redlight injunction and
abatement law will Is* explained to the
delegates by eminent authorities who
will also detail tin* successes achieved
by the various states in enforcing these
laws and their effects on child welfare.
COMPETITIVE SINGING
{Special to The Herald.)
Pittsburg. July 2.—Sixty five choirs
from Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and
Indiana cities were entered in the com-
petitions of the International Eisteddfed
which o|H*ned here today and will eon
p titivo singing thirty five composers to-
day submitted new national anthems iu
a special prize contest
tinue the remainder of the week. A male
choir of sixty voices from Wales and a
women's choir of 50 voices from Ijondou
are among the entrants. Childrens
choirs competed in two events today with
Canonsburg. Pa.: Lorain Ohio: Newcas-
tle P-a.; McKeesport. Pa.; and Johns-
town Pa. represented. Besides the com
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