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THE MODERN MAN
A GUARANTEE OF
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ESTABLISHED 1871—Vol. 45 No. 246.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6,1916.
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
SESSION
BRITISH
SEWERS
THREE CANDIDATES FOR SAME STATE OFFICE IN ONE TOWN
FREE ON
MAY END
KEEP UP
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TONIGHT
ADVANCE
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SENATE TAKES
UP OWEN BILL
Plant
Revenue of City
RECORDS BROKEN
WOMEN OF SOUTH
SPEAK TONIGHT
TO SUFFRAGISTS
s were expected to
DALLAS WOMAN FIRST SESSION
D.
3
OF PARLEY ON
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MEXICO HELD
3
SS.
REPORT COTTON
CONDITION GOOD
situation m
k
mners.
CHURCH REFUSES
REINSTATEMENT
INTERNED SHIPS
NAMED IN PLACE
Ice over
TO PASTOR AKED
In
unding to pieces against:a
bor, was toll
)
MILLION EGGS ARE
The Danube has been used exclusive-
ly 1
frol
for the forwarding of war materials
m Germany to Bulgaria and Turk
ey
he
and the return of foodstuffs, but t
t
NCE
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CANADIAN SHIP DAMAGED.
WEATHER FORECAST.
proximate h 1,000.090 eges had been
ited.
watered or adulterated milk, or skim-
DR. ELLIS QUITS
AND SHURTER IS
DESTROYED BY THE
FO OD DEPAR TMENI
NEW YORK MEN
LEAVING BORDER
FOR STATE CAMP
IS INDICTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
T
11
Will Maintain Sewer
System.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
Only Daily Paper Published in Austin Carrying the Complete Associated Press Report
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The only
important pieco of work standing in
the way of adjournment of Congress,
WILL BE MOVED
FROM NORFOLK
in half,
and no
I. Com •
IN SENSATIONAL
BOOM IN STOCKS
WATER MONF
TO PAY
I can
are
Igles
Revenue Bill Last Meas-
ure to Come Before
Congress.
CLAIM BULGARS
ARE REPULSED
entrance of Rumania into the war has
crippled seriously this important means
of communication.
This, However, Not FK-
pected to Delay the
Finish.
Take Lenze Wood While
Germans Attack
French.
Rumanian War Office
Says Invaders Have
Been Checked.
Claim German War
Loan Is Failure
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Danube Traffic
Blocked by War
Paralysis Attacks
Crow Indian Babies
Austin Milk Again
Taken for Analysis
Officials Aided in
Rescuing Sailors
Trains Halted as
Tribute to Kouns
Presbyterian Fund
Is Half Collected
Woman Confesses
Shooting Husband
was explained
Ing the 8outh<
AP.
ip.
Forty ramples of milk were taker
in the early hours of the morning today
from Austin milk dealers by inspectors
I
s°
d
Amer II an,
comnmissioi
inside Santo Domingo har-
Id In a message today from
sel was poi
rocky bluff
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s
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n).—Tho
front in
ment is-
eadquar-
L of the
ng them-
lies wide
storming,
iy by the
C
Irtish
■ in is an-
leifeved to
I the blood.'
ith that no;
| a specio
ire of rheu-
I few dm go
lai. In the'
Lt a certain
mosteatis-
me remedy
Ali pbysi-
[method of
I strati on of
I and qulet,
B. Bohultzo,
Ida of prac-
nti-kamnin
During the trip from New York yes-
terday on the Mayflower, the com-
missioners avoided any discussion of
procedure. The programs will be laid
out today as far a* it can bo dolor-
mined.
BERLIN, Sept. 6 (by wireless to Say-
ville).—Delegates representing Ger-
many. Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey have met at Budapest for a
cenference in regard to extension of
traffic on the Danube.
THI largest efrculatfon in the City
• of Austin of any paper published
in Travis County or elsewhere is
made by The Austin Statesman to
*11 Avertisere.
I will be
1ors this
be made
I Rogers
aves no
Ito many
a dray-
enty-five
America
huth and
Roads Association Conyention here to-
day by Francia Kelfer, assistant direc.
the pair
tablets
They
L neural
its.
DANISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, Sept. 6—The Danish
steamship Jeanne of 1178 tons gross
has been sunk, according to a dis-
patch from Meymouth to loyd's ship,
ping agency. The captain and crew
of the vessel have been landed. The
Joanne was 232 feet long and was built
at Newcastle in 1904. She was owned
at Copenhagen.
President’s “Rent” ----•*
Goes to Charity FEW LOCALITIES
E030n A
Es, 1
750 ”
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drse '
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—.....—.......... . ------------। State Fure Food and Drug Commis-
of the Pure Food and Drug Depart- sioner Hoffman today announced that
ment. Analyses will be made and com- app
plaint file dagainst any dealers or dest
dairymen found watering or rolling
LONDON, Sept. The Canadian
Pacific steamer Montreal, which was
in collision in the Downs with an-
med milk. Analyses will be completed Garg© cusotje' — vtint s;. 606 dos n
In a few days' time eggs wire destroyed by the Inspect
IV ANTS to lose no time And he
’’ wants the news quickly. The
Statesman gives it to him twelve
hours or more ahead of any other
paper to this territory.
Rear Admiral Pond. Dominican offi-
cials and citizns generally did every-
thing possible to aid the shipwrecked
Americans.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Revival of
public interest in the stock market on
a scale unequaled since last year's sen-
sational movement in war brides Was
indicated by today's operations, the
first hour’s business aggregating fully
400,000 shares, or at the rate of 2,000,-
000 shares for the full session*
New high records were made by
most of the popular speculative favor-
Ites, United States Steel for the first
time in its history touching, par, which
is actually equivalent to 120%, adding
ita recent regular and extra dividends.
Mercantile Marines, which have been
the spectacular features of the last
fortnight also scored new maximums.
BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 8.— Recru-
desence of intantile paralysis on the
Crow Indian reservation near here was
reported today by the state health au-
thorities. Sixteen new casta have ap-
peared.
If the eggs you get in your home
or at the restaurant appear to be fresh,
there is n reason. Farly-in May the
State Pure Food and Drug Department
Inaugurated a crusnde r.n storage egks
and has persistently maintaincd Its ef-
forts to prevent the sale of ers that
were too long in storage. Its inspec-
tors have gone into cold storse plants
and destroyed eggS enough to put teh
hens on a strike.
TALKS ON FEDERAL AID.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. I— *Th<
construction of roads in the Natlona
Forest Reserves through Federal aid11
VONDON,.Sept. A- Subscriptions to
the German war loan during tho first
two days indicate that the loan is a
failure According to reports from Ber-
lin to the Exchange Telegraph Com-
pany via Amsterdam. The returns for
the first two days were far behind ths
total raised in that time for previous
war loans.
A large number of subscriptions have
been received from cities, savings
banks and munitions firms, the dis-
patches state, but the public has not
responded and there is talk of extend-
ing the time limit to October 15.
BERLIN, Sept. 8 (Wireless to Say.
ville).—Subscriptions to the fifth Ger-
man war loan for which the lists werg
opened officially on Monday, continued
to be received in large amounts. Cor-
porations havo subscribed 29,000,000
marka
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. - 6.-The
Rev. Charles F. Aked, who resigned
the pastorate at the First Congrega-
tional Church here to accept an ap-
pointment as delegate with the Ford
peace party, was last night refused
reinstatement by his former congre-
gation.
Before the vote was taken it was ox.
plnined that Dr. Aked had offered to
come back at a salary lower than he
was receiving when he resigned. He
failed to secure the two-thirds vote
neceeM.ry for his reinstatement..
His successor has .not yet been
chosen.
I Austin
in Nw
ek, was
he fam-
let In-
ish sec-
ndor the
nitty.
bearers:
k Silver,
In and 1.
general manager of the eastern lines, smoothing out today of House and
Who died Sunday. At noon all of- | Senate dirferences pn the ndmlnlstra-
fices and shops of the road were closed tien emergency revenue bill providing
- ... for the raising of 1205,000,000 annually,
tho creation of a tariff commission and
sband began cursing and
,5b© and I drew the revolver
ay purse and shot him,” Mrs.
9 told the police. “I was afraid
ould kill me."
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Hept. 8.—
The forty-eighth annual convention of
the National American Woman’s Suf-
frage Association opened here today.
Reports of committees occupied most
of the morning session:
, Ono of the most important questions
before the convention, whether to con-
centrate on Federal or State cam-
paigns, or to continue to work for both,
will be decided later in the day when
amendments to the constitution will
bo voted upon following a three-cor-
nered debate in, which the merits of
each plan will be argued by prominent
speakers. ’
"Dixie Evening” will be celebrated
at the night session, and Southern
women will be the speakers. Presi-
dent Wilson is expected to adtress the
convention on Friday.
iny be of use not only to tho
but also to tho Mexican
STORM PASSED INLAND. If
WASHINGTON, Sept 8.—Weather ♦
bureau reports indicate that the cen-:4 East Texas: Tonight and ♦
ter of the South Atlantic storm has1 ♦ Thursday generally fair. ♦
passed inland to North Carolina, ♦ West Texas: Tonight and •
whence it will continue to move north- • Thursday generally fair except ♦
ward. It has been attended by mod- ♦ probably showers, in extreme ♦
•rate galea off the North Carolina ♦ west portion. 4
coast •44-4*4*444444444444444640
which probably will occur tomorrow or
possibly ©ven late tonight, was the
smoothing out today of House and
NEW LOS ANGELES MAYOR.
ios ANGELES, Cal.. Hept. 6-
Frederic T. Woodman, president of the
Ls Angeles board of harbor commis-
sioners, was elected Mayor of An-
K0)en yesterday: by the City Council to
succeed Charles E. Sebastian, who re-
signed Saturday as a result of ill
health.
The Aasoclated Presu, summing up
todays war news, saya: " *
tashntetacrraotvozunakeonaat;
woh p"he"aenEhsesm?®
S to,urmhatrcE anotterafow
north of. the river. An official an-
nouncement from London says An of
tuzo wood. par of WhiehwasAcap
“ rsa yguterdy, la now in poSeM1n
o.the Fritish. righing continue. De
twpen Iut. woo and colbleg.
—he attacks south of the SommeI
werydeii AHh botwoen benlecounrana
gerny: . Although German infantry
pharedwropoatsly, "• Th
। Ar War office announces, were
broken by tho Frech fire. In tho
Ve rdun . sector tho Germans prepared
an attac agninat Fleury, but th, PHS
coininuiucatlon say that "ReE
rwatsmeDigyena 11,0 aersinch
tuuncca 4500..moro prlaoncra hovo been
corodenkka Rivet
xX7X°rVXWi<Sf0«;
Bulgarians and Germans are al van-
{‘W' uttoqh
reports that tho invaders have been
checked and that the entire Dobrudja
frontier possesslon of the Ru-
manlane.. Recent German and Buigi-
। lain statoments have reportd tho cp.
! ure, of, several Rumanian towns and
the infliction or considerable losses on
the Rumanian forces.
RUMANIAN BATTERIES TAKEN.
BERLIN, Sept. 8, vin London. -4; 40
P. in.—Several of the Tutrakan works
in sotthenstern Rumania, including
their armored batteries, have been
stormed by troops of the Central Pw.
or todays °m-
tore of the department in about four
months' time.
Commissioner Hoffman believes the
destroyinz of Ilies'* large quantities of
eggS has had a tendency to prevent
the storing of eggs for long times and
then putting them on the market us
fresh egge and securing fresh egg mar-
ket prices for storage products. He is
also of the opinion that many bakeries,
restaurants, hotels and others who
have purchased etoroge eggs and a
poor grade of eggs for use in bread,
omelets, cooking, etc., have changed
their tactics.
It is the intention of the department
to continue its crusade against this evil
nnd it hopes by persisting to prevent
the sale of storage eggs at all unless
speeifically marketed as such.
the preferred in the first hour gain-
ing four points, at 124 and the com-
mon‛3 at 50%.
Inspired Copper at 69, Kelly Spring-
field Tire at 84% and Atlantic, Gulf
and West Indies at 44%, furnished the
other new records.
Elsewhere in tho l|at except from
the railway division, which had shown
marked restraint prior to and since the
passage of the eight-hour law, ranged
from on© to three points, industrials,
equipments, munitions, motors, metals
and petroleum sharing variably in the
rise. Profit taking served to reduce
early advances, but freshbuying helped
to check any pronounced reccaalons.
HAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 6.—
The three New York regiments of Na-
tional Guardsmen recalled to their
State camp by the War Department
are expected to have departed from
the border by tomorrow night. • Tho
Seventy-first left the Brownsville dis-
trict last night, the Fourteenth was ex-
pected to get away today and th© Third
will follow tomorrow.
The First and Second lleglmcnts of
Kansas infantry, scheduled to replace
the First ana Second Regiments of the
First Illinois Brigade in the provi-
sional division here, will begin their
175-mile motor truck ride from Laredo
either late today or tomorrow.
General Funston today received a re-
port of a stabbing affray at San Benito
in which Cook Graham of Company C,
First Louisiana Infantry, slashed the
jaw of Captain Ralph B. Lister of the
quartermaster corps. Sergeant William
Kelly, n Iouisiana Guardsman, inter-
fered and also was cut about the face.
The, cuts were not dangerous. Gra-
ham was placed under arrect, among
the other charges against him being
intoxication.
other ship, docked at Tilbury late yes-
terday. There was considerable wn- «ny vy r ranc xerer, assstanu arrecz
ter in her hold and her side wm dam- tor of the United States National tor-
aged. She carried no passengers. "eat service
he slain man left his wife last July.
£wo days ago, according to the po-
e, Mrs. Barnes went to the hotel at
which her husband was staying and
attempted to force herself into his
room. Barnes fled down a fire escape.
Edwin Dubois Shurter, present Pro-
lessor of Public Speaking and chair-
man of the division of public discus-
eion of the department of extension,
has beer, elected acting director of ex-
tension of the University to succeed
Lr. A Caswell Ellis, resigned.
-Dr. Shurter has been connected with
the University for the past twenty
years, as }'rofessor of Public SpeaK-
Ing, and, within the last few years, as
chairman of the Texas Interscholastlc
League which he organized. His work
in the organization of the league is
widely known and comprises inoro
than 1500 public schcols from all parts
of the State.
The department of extension has
grown to-be one of the largest depart-
ments of the University. Its chief pur-
pose is to accomplish the modern task
of "bringing the University to the peo{
pl."
Dr. Ellis' retirement was at his own
request in order that he may devote
his entire attention to his work of
teaching the philosophy of education
in which he has the' rank of full pro-
fessor. During his tenure of office as
director of extension the work has
made rapid progress, the development
of the ioan Library ande the Better
Babies contertn being among the mon:
notable enterprises put under way at
his direction.
The announcement of Dr. Shutter’s
election came yesterday afternoon just
after he had left the city for Houston
to visit teachers' institutes in South
Texas for the remainder of the week.
It is understood there will be sev-
eral other changes at the University.
and many employci
attend the funeral.
_ itroyed during, theprenent srason
Reports in the office to date .without
consiAerint the confiserr t on ef wevcral
ADMIT RUSSIAN GAINS. -
.REILIN, sept. 1, v;a London_Rus-
lan.foresa saye the okriclal sttemne
vaued today at the dorman Arm
nendquartera, ,,lnye presned bach <ho
enter or Archduke harle front be.
iwcer, tneclncnmpn and the Dnlester '
nThe town of lery on the Somme
River, three and one-heir roiles north
of Peronne, has been captured from
the Germans by troops of the Entente
Allies, the statement alno says.
GER MAN BARON PRE EO.
ArinENS, Rept. 6, via fondon_Bar.
on von Echenck, chlef director of the
Werman propnganda in Greeca who
woe arrested last week in connection
withroundinK up or German ngents by
the French and Nritish, obtained an
Intrvlow todey with a British orrictsl
with .the result that h will be permit-
tod to leave Greece tomorrow. Provi-
sion has been made for his safe con-
duct.
As a special tribute to Mr. Kouns
all business will be suspended, and
trains on the eastern lines of the road
will pause at 4 o’clock this afternoon
and th© cars of the Topeka Street
Railway Company will be stopped for
five minutes in tribte to the late
general manager, who was a director
of the company.
President I. P. Ripley and a party
of Chicago officials arrived here at 11
o'clock this morning
Warring Nations
to Swap Diplomats
w.
}
LONG BRANCH, N. J.. Sept. 6.—
Congressman Thomas J. Scully of the
third New Jersey district announced
today the receipt of ft check for 32500
from President Wilson. The money is
to be divided among Monmouth County
hospitals, in accordance with the presi-
dent’s agreement in accepting Shadow
Lawn as his summer home.
Colonel Greenhut. the owner, refused
to accept rental. The president, how-
ever, insisted on contributing the sum
required, to charity and refused the
tender of the place under any other cir-
cumstances.
JAN. 1ST.
to the delegates attend-
ern Appalachian Good
DALLAS. Tex, Sept. 6—Mrs. Lelia
Barger today was indicted by the
county grand jury on a charge of mur-
der in connection with the killing of
her husband, George C. Bat ger, Mon-
day last, as he was emerging from the
plant of a Dallas candy and cracker
company, where he was employed as
assistant superintendent. In another
count of the camo indictment, Billie
Stewart and J. E. Burke, both of Dal-
Iks, are charged with conspiracy with
Mis. Barger to commit murder.
It was stated that habeas corpus pro-
ceedings probably would be started
this afternoon with a view of having
(lie trio released on bond.
Mrs. Barger was arrested immedi-
ately after the shooting which result-
ed in the death of her husband. She
and her husband formerly lived at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
It is alleged that Sew art and Burke
tried to Induce Barger to leave Dalia*
severa} dayn ago.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Hept. Th*
Presbyterians have collected nearly
one-half of the >10.000.000 fund for
aged and disabled ministers and their
dependants, the total having reached
$4,000,000, it was announced here to-
day. The Rev. Dr. Willltem Hiram
Foulkes, general secretary of the Pres-
byterian board of ministerial relief and
sustentation, who is directing the mon-
ey raising campaign, said that he hopes
to be .able to report a total of $6,000,-
000 to the next ’general assembly at
Dallas, Texas, next May.
BERIIN, Hept. 6. by wireless to Say-
ville.—An arrangement between Ru-
mania and Bulgaria is being effected
for the mutual return of diplomatic
representations of the belligerent na-
tions. It having been reported that the
departure of Bulgarian diplomatic
corps In Rumania after the declara-
tion of war was being delayed, Bul-
garia decided to detain the Rumanian
representatives. It is now planned to
send the members of the legations and
consulates of Bulgaria, Germany, Aus-
tria and Turkey in Rumania and other
subjects of these countries in a Ruma-
nian ship to some designated port on
the Black Sea where they will be ex-
changed for the Rumanian representa-
tives in Bulgaria and Turke.y and oth-
er Rumanians residing In those coun-
tries.
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 6.—Many
railroad men from all parts of the
country. Including special artier of of-
ficials from Chicago, Galveston, Ama-
rillo and all division oints on the
eastern lines of the Atchison, Toeka
& Santa Fe Railrod were here today
to attend, the funeral of C. W. Kouns,
- = .
pu
WASHINGTON, Bept. 8.—Because
space la needed for new ahlpa at the
Norfolk Navy Yard, the navy depart-
ment announced today that the Ger-
man auxiliary cruleera Print Eitel
Friedrich and Kron Prinz Wilhelm, in-
terned there, would soon be moved to
the Philadelphia Navy Yard with their
complements of nearly a thousand
sailors. A convoy of United States
warships will escort the vessels to
Philadelphia.
The state dephrtments will notify
the belligerents of the transfer-
Navy officials said faclUtleg at
Philadelphia would give the Interned
Germans more freedom than they now
enjoy at the Norfolk yard, although
they will be kept in close confine-
ment.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6— Cotton
showed some improvement in tho
northern part of the belt during the
week which ended yesterday, the na-
tional weather and crop bulletin today
announced. Weather during the week
was generally favorable for picking
and ginning in central and southern
districts.
“The condition of cotton is quite
variable,” says the bulletin, “but it is
good in only a few locations. Boll
weevil damage has prevented futrher
fruiting in a good many places in the
southern part of the area and the wee-
vil are reported as far north as South-
ern Hankman County, Tenn. Shed-
ding continues also and rust dam-
age is still reported in places.
“The condition of cotton is from ten
to twenty days ahead of the average
for this date in Arkansas, much of
Mississippi and In Oklahoma, although
in the last named Etale the top crop,
if any, will be very late. It is al about
usual stage in Louisiana, except ten
to fifteen days lat© in some localities.
“In Texas it averages about ten days
later than normal; in Tennessee one
week late, although opening prema-
turely in dry sections. Il is open-
ing prematurely also in th® dry parts
of the cotton area, but the late crop
is most of North Carolina and South
Carolina is considered to be ten days
to fifteen days later than the axer-
age.
“Picking is two weeks earlier in most
sections of FIorda, and it is finished
or well advanced in southern and cen-
tral-western portions of Alabama,
where there has been little .fruiting
since the first of July. In the ‘northern
portion of this Slate, the crop is fair
to good and from normal growth to
fifteen days late.
"In Southern Georgia three-fourths
of the crop I* already harvested. The
bulk is about ten days late, but the
early planted is normnul or even in ad-
vance of (he season in the coast dis-
trict of that State."
NEW LONDON, Hept. 6.—The six
member* df the American-Mexican
joint commission held their first for-
mal session at th© hotel in Groton to-
day. with Lulsu Cabrera, head of the
Mexican membership, presiding. The
session was expected to be devoted to
arranging the detail of the conferences
to follow, although Secretary Frank-
lin K, Lane, chairmen of the American
commission. indicated that there might
bo some iscusefon of the subjects to
be reviewed later in the day.
When the commissioners asemble
it had not been determined just who
might attend the conferences in addi-
lion to th© members. James Linn
Rodgers, special agent of the State
Department in Mexico City, who war
summoned north for the meetings, may
participate, since his knowledge of the
head. Until making the alleged con-
fession, Mrs. Barnes had stoutly main;
tayred that her husband had ended
h' v life.
_______ / A * met big wife by appointment
c, Q . rtment last night to try to
Mayor Wooldridge Ex 99,9 -rdie for divorce, which
plains His Plan to A hnn hpartmendayyI.
City Council./ *9, a a.watk.
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other important economic principles.
This bill passed last night ir tho
Senote by ft vote of 42 to IC with five
Republicans voting for it, went to con-
ference today as soon as the House had
gone through the formality of naming
its conferees, several of whom have
been working on it for the Last few
days. It has been.Said the report will
accept most of the amendments in-
cluding those adopted yesterday dircct-
ed 'against allied interference with
American trade.
By a vote of 32 to 14 the Senate
decided to take up Senator Owen’s
corrupt practices bill, greatly curtail-
ing campaign expenditures and Impos-
ing heavy penaliles for violations.
Seven Republicans voted with the
Democrats to take up the hill and seven
Democrats voted agninM th© motion.
There has been a lively fight against
the bill, durihg which there have been
charges and recriminations from both
sides. The vote to take it up today
does not necessarily forecast delay in
adjourning Congress.
The Senate took it up, having noth-
ing else before it, but administration
leaders said that in their opinion it
could not reach a vote, Republican
leaders insisted that they would never
let it reach one.
It was planned to adopt a concurrent
resolution fixing the time for adjourn-
ment as soon as the revenue conferees
can indicate when they agree. Such
a resolution would check any attempt-
ed filibuster on the corrupt practices
and would end debate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—How the
secretary of war and marine of the
Dominican Republlc manned one of the
life lines thrown out to save the lives
of th© officers and crew of the ar-
mored cruiser Memphis, when the ves-
’ Left to right: Edward Schoeneck, Clarence Z. Snriggs and Thomas Kreuzer.
For the first time in the political history of the United States, three candidates for lieutenant governor in
three different parties have been selected from one city. The three men are Lieutenant Governor Edward
Schoeneck, of Syracuse, New York, Republican candidate to succeed himself; Thomas Kreuzer, Democratic can-
dicte for the office, and Clarence Z. Spriggs, who has just been named for lieutenant governor on the Prohibi-
tion ticket .
CHICAGO, Sept. 6-Mrs. Eva Barnes,
the police said, confessed today that
she shot her husband, James H. Barnes
to death while they were strolling in
Washington Park last night. Barnes i
was the Chicago representative of a
New York soap firm.
The woman who had been estranged
from her husband, told the police that
he had attempted to strangle her and
that she fired the shots to save hed
own life. Three bullets entered his
Free sewerage fur Austin beginning
Jan. 1, 1917.Was the Ideal held up be-
fore the City Council Wednesday by
Mayor Wooldridge, who went into his
plan with thoroughness. He said af-
terward that he believes ths entire
Council is with him, and that the vote
for the adoption of fice sewerage will
be unanimous. . . .
There will remain unpaid fiye of the
ten 310,000 installments on the pur-
chase price of the old sewer plant, and
the Mayor's plan involves the assump-
tion of these payments, also the main-
tenance of the sewerage system, by the
water and light department. A cashier
and separate system of books for the
pewerage department would cease to
be necessary.
The ordinance requiring connection
with the sewerage system is to be rig-
orously enforced, according to the Ma-
jors plan, after and also before the
free service becomes a fact.
• - Was Long Talked Of.
Free sewerage has been talked by the
Mayor for two or three years. He
says that the city can not logically
avold giving Its own citizens free sew-
erage if, as is contemplated, it makes
po charge against the State and tho
Federal Government for the use of
the city’s mains.
The city'will, however, ask the State
and National Legislatures to contribute
their respective shares toward the
erection of a sewage disposal plant.
This was a topic,at the same Council
meeting. In vipw of tho'fact that the
anti-stream pollution law goes into ef-
fect the first of next year, the Mayor
and Councllman Powell will at once
employ a firm of expert engineers to
prepare plans and specifications for
the required disposal plant and make
an estimate of its cost. ■Based upon
• this estimate, amounts representing the
pro rata share of the State and Na-
tjonal Governments will be asked of
the coming Legislature and the De-
cember session of Congress. It is esti-
mated that one-third of the flow dis-
charged through the city's mains orig-
inates in those of the State, and the
Bystem serving th© Federal buildings
discharges a considerable volume of
sewage.
Survey Is Made.
The city has already had a prelim-
inary survey of the local situation
made, by Charles Saville, then of the
firm of Hering & Gregory, New York,
and on the strength of the Saville re-
port the Council purchased a 10-acre
tract at the foot of Holly Street, on
which to erect the disposal plant. Th©
tract cost 35250.
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