Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE SEMI-WEEKLY FARM REPORTER
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VOLUME XXXI
ABILKNE TEXAS FRIDIY JANUARY 0 1011
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for moil 'flying.
FRISOIE'S MACHINE DAMAGED
Irish lllrdiunn Fnllcd lo 3Iko Smootli
Lnudlug Not Hurt; llio Program
ior Today Includes nil Sorts of
Thrilling Exhibitions.
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Special to the Reporter.
DALLAS Jan. G. With the temper-
ature above freezing and the wind'
blowing less than fifteen miles an
hour ideal aeroplano weather In
other words the second day's prog-
ram of the aviation meet in progress
hero was begun Li tho Fair Grounds
this morning v
Jtcconls Will ho Sought.
Efforts 'will be' mado this afternoon
to smash all previous altitude records.
This moans that the blrdmen must
mounti t6 a luight of more' than elev-
en thousand ft at In order to eclipse tho
record made by Itrch Hoxsey at Los
AngeleB when he flew up 11474 feet
Temperature Ideal.
"The temperature is ideal for alti-
tude flying" said Charles IC Hamilton
leader of tho international band "It is
oven more auspicious than at Log An-
geles. I am confident that one of our
number will hang up a record that
will stand for months if not years."
Machines In Perfect Condition.
Six machines representing four dif-
ferent stylos ot aeroplanes were given
a thorough overhauling this morning
and declared to be in perfect condi-
tion. The hangers are open to the pub
lie during ixhlblilon hours and ail
eagen crowd may always lie found
gathered around the' "workshops" of
the avIatprSi
Program For the Hny.
Today's program has. beehiannounc-
ed as follows:
Simon in a Bleriot. monoplane and
Hamilton and Fr'lsblo in biplanes alti-
tude flights. . ! .
Garros and Frlsbrc cross country
race
Hmiltori and Simon short speed con
tests. ". '
Five mile. race between monoplane
and biplane.
Frlsble's Machine Damngcd.
FriBblo's biplane which fell from a
short altitude yesterday and suffered
damage Is being repaired today and
will be entered in the afternoon's dash
es. Frisbio may try opt his experi-
ment of making a parachute drop to
the earth from Barros' machine when
at an nltitudc- tit four hundred feet
Ho claims tho Idea Is feasable that
tho only danger lies in the ability of
liho man at the wheel' to keep his ma-
chine steady after th drop.
Simon Orto First Flight. j
Reno Simon the graceful French-(
man gave tho first flight yesterday.!
At 3:10 p. m. Simon rose jfronV tho J
field In his Bleriot monoplane and
soared soutjh over the "old and grand -
atana at an aiumue ui nm huumv.
feet. He circled the courso threo
times at thlB holght. Gliding to within
ono hundred feed of tho ground Simon
swept in .front of tho grandstand and
then bore off to tho northeast of tho
field' to n distance or nearly a mile.
Returning ho glided gracefully and
saifely 1p tho earth. Tho crowd roared
Its appreciation at his clever perform-
ance. Simon was In th6 air C mhiuteB
and 51 BecondB.
LOKGWOKTH SUBMITS BILL
Ohio CoBgressmaB Waats A. Perron-
HOBt Tariff Iloara Appointed with
Eaough-Power to Act.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Jan. CA tariff
commission bill providing for tho ap-
pointment of al permanent board wlt
powers to make It thoroughly effec-
tive and efficient was introduced In
tho House by Representative Long-
worth of Ohio today after a onfor-
onco with President) Taft and the In-
surgent Republicans.
Thabli) would mako the board par
ticularly effective Ip Investigates
Loag-wortb declared' he expects a
prompt and favorable committee ro-
port. X
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"WHITE CAP" RAIDS
Special to the Itoportor.
CORSICANA Jan. G. John
Glllory of Rice a Btnall town
nenr Corslcrina was arrostcd S
8 today In Smith county on a W
8 charge of partlqlvntlng In &
i "white cap" raids. Ho mode
X slond and was released pending
'&. trial. This makes twenty-two 8
arrests for alleged white caping 8
O following a wholesale hatch of 8
fr indictments returned hy tho Na
. vttrro county grnnd jury. The . &
8 officers have been making close &
investigations Into tho purpor- 8
C! ted raids for several months. &
TRAIN WRECKED;
A PARTY OF PLEASURE SEEKERS
HURLED DtnVX EMBANKMENT?
FIFTY BADLY HURT.
By Associated. Press.
QUEENSTOWN SOUTH AFRICA
Jan 5. Fifteen persons were killed
and forty or fifty others suffered so-
riouB possibly 'fntal Injuries" in a pas-
senger wreck near ..Nathcart. Cape
Colony today. It is feared that sev-
eral bodies are burled under tho de-
bris which will increase the 'death
list to possibly tjwentyi
Loaded With Plcnsurc Seekers.
Thtj train was loaded with pleasure
seekers when it left tho rails and
rolled down a steep embankment. Ev-
ery coach left tho track. An Investi-
gation has been ordered;
IIFKHINDS COHSBESS
REPORT OF EROS
Reclamation Projects In Texas Are
Mentioned In List Cost Will
Bo Enormous
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By Associated Press. .
WASHINGTON Jan. 5. President
Taft submitted to congress today a
report from tho special board of army
engineers appointed to examine the
various reclamation projects on which
work has been started by thb govern-
ment and to recommend .which shall
share the $20000000 certificate of In-
debtedness r
Texas Projects-Rccommehdcd
Among tho vrecommendatlpns by the
board which received the approval of
tho presldontwero tho Rib Grande
New Mexico Texas and Mexico pro
jects entailing an approximate expen-
diture of $4500000.
EL'PASQIHOTEL ROBBED
BURGLAR SECURES $1000
IIIffmnj.mim rus llovoivcr ()H
Negro Porter Forces Black To
Deliver Keys o Safe
EL PASO Jan. 5. A lono highway-
man nt tho point of a revolver last
night forced the porter of the Angelus
I hotel to deliver up tho keys to tho aafo
and after securing a tnousanu aouars
escaped leaving no clue. Th6 loss
may ho heavier when a fuller investi-
gation Is mado.
Six Thousand Overlooked
Tho hotel lost $600 and guests who
had their valuables In safety doposlt
boxes suffered the other losses. Six
thousand dollars In one drawer waB
Overlooked
City detectives who are. at work on
the case Bay it wag ono of tho boldest
robrlesver committed In this city.
After securing the koys to tho safe
the burglar calmlyjopenea it and saun-
tered out of tho building with tho swag
STOCK MARKET
Sn"olal to Tho Reporter
PORT WORTH Jan. 5. Cattle re-
ceipts' 2700; calves 500; hogs' l.cOO;
sheen. GOO. Steers' strong hlcher. tons
.$;.2B; cowg Beady iopa $4.1.6; calves
Pteady tops 576: hogs lower topa
$8.30.
SOOT
KAN
KNOWN
DO
MISSING
GERMAN
BALLOON SIGHTED
WANDERING DIRIGIBLE PASSES
OVER SWENDEN AVIATOR
BELIEVED LOST
GRACE'S GOGGLES PICKED UP
German Fishing Steamer Finds Por-
tions Equipment of lll-Falcd Cecil
Grace Hope Abandoned; GaCc
Likely Lost Life In North Sea
By Associated Press.
. BERLIN Germany Jan. 5. A dis-
patch from Copenhagen reports that a
balloon supposed to be that of tho
German Heldebrand who . has been'
missing since December 29 and has
long since boon given up as dead
passed over Hdeganecs Sweden last
night. It was taking a southwesterly
direction and proceeding at tho rate-
of about twenty miles An hour Nto
passengers' were visible.
A search for tho balloon will at
once bo instituted. Prominent hal-
loonlsts have announced their willing-
Jness to pursue the .derelict In the hope
that Heldebrand possibly fainting
from the cold is In the bottom of tho
basket However no hope of finding
the ill-fated balloonist allvo Is ex
pressed. . .
Grace's Goggles Found
BRUSSELS Jnn. 5. Tho Aero club
today received a dispatch from the pre-
sident of tho Ostcnd Aero Club sta-
ting that an aviator's cap and goggles
believed to have been worn by Cecil
Grace have been picked up at sea.
Tho discovery was made off Morink-
crko on tho Belgian coast by a fish-
ing steamer and was reported to the
president of tho Ostend club. They
will be seit here In order that avia
tors- 'who were intimately acquainted
with Grace may identify them if thoy
belonged to him
Grace disappeared In a fog during
an attempt to fly tlic English channel.
It is believed that no fell Into the
North Sea and was drowned although
no traces of his machlno have been
found.
OLD ALABAMA IN GOOD SHAPE
Too Much Rain for Cotton iut Com
and Small Grain Crops are
Best in Years
H. Hammock Abilene's whole-
sale and retail furniture man accom-
panied by Mrs. Hammock' returned
Tuesday evening from a ten dayB visit
to their old homo relatives and friends
near Montgomery Alabama and bar-
ring the cold weather roport a very
pleasant trip
Mr Hammock left thoro aboutj 12
years ago and slnCo then he says
Montgomery has grown until it Is
now one of the leading wholesale cen-
ters of tho south. Tho city and coun
ty have spent $1500000. on stcreeta and
public roads throughout the country
and "farms that were hardly worth
paying taxes on when I loft there afo
now worth thousands o dollars nad
tin's was all brought about by reason
of graded roads and a. better under-
standing as to bow to mako 25 bushels
of corn whore only' one was gathored
under the pld-llmo way of-forming"
declares Mr. Hammock.
Owing to tpo much rain In tho early
spring and Bummor thb cotton crop
thero was short hut the best corn crop
for years and with plenty of hogs
mules and cattle In demand and sell
ing atj imncy prices tho country Is in
fine shape he Bays
Not withstanding tho cold on Tues
day night ' last tho . Brotjhorhood of
American Yeomen held Its first meet
ing of the now- year and Installed Its
officers under the auspices of Archer
B. H loomlg of Dallas who is state
manage' for tho Association. This
was an open meeting and many
friends or the Abilene Yuoihca enjoy-
o the Imposing coremonl?3 'ju well
as ti.e lujulous refreshments arvt'd by
'. good l.c:& of tho ordtr.
Charles Davis has returned to tho
Stato University. In which 'institution
ho Is a' sophomore after spending
Christmas here with his sisters Mrs.
"W D Scarborough aud Mrs W. H. Lacy
Haskell Russell Is back from Dallas
after an absence of several months
and wllUspend the winter with hie par-
ents here.
COLQUITT IS ON
WAR PATH AGAIN
GOVERNOR-ELECT SENDS ANOTH-
ER HOMB-SHELL IN MIDST OF
THE STATE OFFICIALS
WILL ASK FOR NEW' STATUTE
Providing That Terms of State Offices
Will Closo With tho Outgoing of
Each AdmlnlstraUOH Will
He Stoutly Resisted
Special to Tho Reporter.
AUSTIN Jan. C A contest of largo
proportions loomed up today when It
became generally known that Governor-elect
Colquitt who goes Into of-
fice January 17 will request tho next
"legislature when It moots hero next
week to enact a law terminating the
tenure of office of ovory Btato official
'who holds his position by appoint-
ment with tho closo bf each adminis-
tration Such a proposed statute Is
novel and quite a departure from
hackneyed legislation but Mr. Colquitt
ia quoted with saying thnt It wlll.be-
'come a law.
Lircly Fight Promised
Uuder tho present law-lively fights
between tho governor and appointees
of Campbell are expected. Pension
commissioner Bolmes declares his of-
fice continues until January this year.
Ta Commissioner Dashloll claims
that his pterin does not expire until
next January.
Neither It Is believed will surren-
der their offices without a legal strug-
gle. That the Incoming legislature
will take sides and fight tho matter
out Is the popular expectation.'
Offices May he Moved
It was reliably reported today that
tho offlcoof state insurance actuary
Vllt probably be removed from. Dallas
1 Austln shortly E. B. Roulct who
Ts In charge of the Dallas office which
employs sixty clerks and tho increas
ed by the State Firo Rating Board
will make It necessary for tho. Actuary
to keep In closer touch with the State
Department.
Labor and Protection.
Florida Times-Union
Tho government has advertised
for bids' for two revenue cutters to1
cpst not more than $500000 each
and to be built with labor working
only elghjj hours a day. Not a ship
building establishment in true coun-
try has mado a bid the reason ifor
their refusal' being that part of tho
contract that) provides that the labor
shall not work more han eight hours
por- day.
When protectionists ask that the
people by taxed In thejr Interests they
say it Is In the Interest of their Work-
ing men. The working man has been
hold up as tho chief recipient of the
tarlflf favors though these favors go
dlrectily to tho employers of labor. It
Is taken for granted: tnat tho employ-
ers will hand down everything bxcept
a roasonublo profit to their employes.
But tho highest .protected business
in the whole list Is that of ship build-
ing. Tho ship builders are protected
by the absolute prohibition of nil
competition ifrom abroad. Forelgn-
bullt ships cannot bo admitted to
Amorlcau registry on payment of 40
or J 00 or 1000 per cent dutleB. They
aro not admitted at) all. Amorlcau
builders can chargo whatover thoy
pleaso for shJpB that fly tho American
f-flag.
But there 1b not a ship building
concern In the United States protect-
ed as It is by absumfe prohibition of
foreign competition that wllj bid op
these ( contracts thati rcqulr.o them to
work tho men engaged on them only
eight hours a day.
This Is ono of the many proofs and
irbaps the clearest oae that tho
highly protected industries do not
divide with their employes. Thoy
take all tho benellts tho tariff gives
them benefits derived from tho tax-
ation of all the people and give Uhoir
employes no mar o than t&o latter can
force out of them Tho Jeda tit a
tariff for the beneCR of American la-
bor 1b a colossal humbug.
J. A Morse and wife of North AM-
leno Idft last night uti mldalght for
Dallas to visit relatives and take In
the avlatloa meet.
. n n. 1 1. - i ii ii
II. 8. Deputy Marshal L. L. Peeyey
left today for Cisco on a brief business
trip
& 3 aafc $
o
IIOLL WEEVIL KILLED
By Associated Press:
NEW ORLEANS Lo. Jan. 5.
It Is believed by cotton grow-
ers of this stato that the unusu-
al cold weather of tho past few
& days nj cutis death to tho boll tf
& weevil who has mado suchdls tt
ostrous ravages In tho cotton W
& crops for Bevernl yearB. Ro- 8
O ports Trom many parts of tho &
$ tho state express belief that tho
boll weovll Is doomed It the
8 pre8ohteold weather will con-
8 tlnuo. Tho most effective euro
for tho weevil seems to bo cold
C! weather and no rainfall.
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COLLEGE BURNS:
25
I FATALLY' HORT
STUDENTS OF S'K JOSEPH'S AT
GRANBURY QUEBEC DRIVEN
INTO HITING GALE.
By Associated Press:
GRANBURYf QUEBEC Jn. R. At an
early hour today Tiro routed out iforty
Httidentp of St Joseph's College whlla
the temperntiirq was twenty flvo de-
grees below zero. Tho Institution was
completely destroyed entailing a pro-
perty loss estimated at between forty
ami fifty- thousand.
Ono Man Fatally Injured.
A Christian brother Jumped'from n
tMrd story window an'l wis totally In-
jured It J3 fiored that other casual-
ties .nccinvrt' Origin f Hi V'iJ-.o Is
Illllv'.OWt
ANTI-ORIENTAL PROTEST
HAS EXCITED HONOLULU
American Lawyer Calls on Japanese
School Teacher to Resign;
CitlzH8 Tako Sides.
HONOLULU Jail 5. An advertise-
ment published In a local newspaper
by attorney Llghtfoot calling On the
cIUzoiib to hold a mass meeting to proi
test against the employment In the
Cehtinl Grummer school hero at Miss
Mlnnioto a young Japanese woman
has (aiiBcd a high Btato of excitement.
yvnen .hibb miuinoio reuu uiu uavur-
tlsement she Immediately tendered nor
resignation to the board of. trustees
All of her pupils sided with her ana
many dozens of the city severely
criticised Llghtfoot for his action In
tho matter. P.ublli opinion seemB to
bo divided. Miss Mlnmotp Bpeoks
writes and reads tho English' lang-
guogo fluently
EARTHQUAKE WIPED OUT
TWO FLOURISHING TOWNS
Russian Cities of 5000 IakahltaRt!)
Leveled to Greaad; Lake is
Formed on the Site.
ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA Jan. 5.
A message from Tashkent Russian
Turkoystan received bore today says
rumors havo been confirmed to tb
affect that iho towns of Prxhopalskx
and and Pisphek In tho territory
Semlryetchensk were copipletely des-
troyed' by Wedaesday's earthquake and
that a lnko has formed on tiho slto of
tho former city.
Each city had about five thousand
inhabitants and all of these at least
tho greater portion are. believed to
have met death. Telegraph communi-
cation is still badly Interrupted.
Dallas Fire Iasaraaee Kate.
AUSTIN Jail. 3. Dallas fire Insur-
ance rates seem to be an uncertain
quantity The key rate was rhed
from 2&c to 75c Nov 11 reKed to ($40
Dec 24 and today the .State Ineuraace
Board received aotlc that effective
Jan.l it had again teen reted to
54c. There was added ajfa of
25t or 6y per cpt deficiency la the
water pressure hut the credits were
(ncraed 4c. A new- rte wa aleo re-
pel ved for Stamford of 60c
BELOWKERO
HIGHWAYMEN
m
PACKETS OF MAII
NORTHERN PACIFIC LIMITED U
BOBBED BY 2 MASKEi) MBIT
IN SEATTLE WASH
MIL BUSK SBOt II KDOM
Is Seriously Injured; Officers Hetly el
. i
xtou oi Jioimcrs hcijoto 'xmy art
Still In Seattle HldiMg Oat;
No Arrests are JfoptirtCiL
By Associated Press.
BATTLE WASH. Jan. 5. The po-j
lice of this city aro confident that thj
two mop who robbed the mall car of 1
tho Northern Paclflo North Coast Lim
ited passenger ns it was leaving Se-j
attlo last night and ahoff and seriously
wounded Harry Clark ono of tho mall
clerks arc still in Scnttlb In hiding.
The authorities havo been on the'
ense alrico tho robbery and havo accur-i
cd ovldonco leading to Uio belief that
ImtnodlaToly nftor committing tho rob-
bCry tho bandlti fled to n resOrt In 1
Senttle whore they aro being secrewa
by ifflends. All outgoing tralng will
bo closoly watched.
Clark Shot la the Heath.
An Investigation Into tho exigent of 1
tho robbery Bhows that Httle besld
vnluablo registered packages waa sto-
len. Mall clerk Clark made his re-
port while blood wbb dripping from
his month and spattering on his pa-
pers. Ho was shot In tho face. Doc-
tors Bay ho may recover.
FIRE LOSS IS $S5m
IIhsIhcss Section of Smiley SaU
Town Near Goazales Wipel
OBt; Orlgla UHkHowa.
Special to Tho Reporter:
GONZALES Jan C Flames in tk
biiBlneas section of Smlloy near here;
at an early liour this morning wiped
out a largo area of business bulldlnga
and caused a property loss of about
$3C000.
Following aro tiho heaviest loesea
sustained:
Smlloy Mercantile Co. $25000.
Sample drug Btere $5000.
Smlloy Reflector $1000.
Saver blacksmith shop $1500
The origin is unknown but offlceni
will' Investigate.
PcHslea Caased Kllliag
B Associated Press.
onEOrtN CITY. Ore.. Jan. 5.-rHIraw
yjeobe "aged 77 years and his brother
flced g0 iB jn jaji hero suffering from
severe wounds and charged with mar-
9
dor In connection with Hiram's death.
Tho killing It is stated came up oyer
tho matter of a pension. .
156M FLKE AT CRISP.
Handing and XercaatKc Steek Are
Destroyed Other Lasses Are
SHstalsed Xaa Hart.
Special to The Reporter.
ENNIS Jan.. 5. Fire this mornlac
at Crisp four miles cti or here d?-
trowed the building and mercantile
stock owned by J. F. Sims. The poet-
oftlco which wad located In the twitt
ing was. also buraod.
Ah explosion of a lamp started Ue
blaze. Sims was badly burned la tflght
ing thi flames. Tho lose Is placed a
flfteen thousand dollars.
ELKIKS BE IIUSIKB SUNDAY
Fral Serrleeg ef Late itaater T
Be Had at Kftfee W. Ya-Be
'Yery BtaHe Affair
ELKINS W. V. Jaa. S.--It aa eea
decided that the funeral or the late
Senator Elklae will take place her
next SuaBay. Iatermest will be la
the Mapkwood cemetery aot far froas
Ilallleaaret hie reeldwce where he
pat ao much time A special trata
bearl the body Is expcted herfB-
dy. MKSSKXGKM WX XULKB.
GALVESTON Jan. 5. Rkhard Letta
aged sixteen years a tekra?i -seager
boy was killed taw aeoralac
whea the Wcycle a whteh he ha
riding wa kaocked ten feet hy a ree.
car pa a dowatown eireeti The. hay
head wm crushed In the Ml Death
waa eaueed by cmcuaelon oC the
brala. "
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