Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 302, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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BROWN WOOD, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7,
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ROOD. PEOPLE FLED TO HILL FOR SUFEIY
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Mayor Makes> Appeal for Aid Saying People
Are in Need of Tents and Focd--Prop-
A Loss is Enormous. 1 -
'Special to Bulletin^
Lacrosse, V ^pct 7.—
thous-
and citizens A Black River Palls
are witWut food or shelter today, fol-
lowing a night spent on the' hills near
town, from which they watched the
waters of Black River overrun the
town. The overflow was caused by
.nd they may have been swept away
by the flood.
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Business Men Losers.
At 7 o’clock tonight between twenty
five and thirty business houses, com-
prising all of the stores on two prin-
cipal streets, have been destroyed.
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❖ MAI LI Mi VESSEL IS ♦
❖ SUNK BY THE TURKS ♦
❖ Special to Bulletin: ♦
❖ Flume, Hungary, Oct. 7.—An ♦
*• Italian sailing vessel has been ♦
!*• sunk by the Turkish guns at ♦
❖ Saint Jean de Medua. ♦
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the breaking of the dam at Hatfield with about the same number of res-
by the swollen waters of Black Riv- jdencss. The water was rising rap- j
er. In hla appeal for aid from the out- ldly and the destruction of the other |
side Mayor H. McGill says that his business streets was predicted,
people are-In need of both food and The buildings have not only been j
tents, the tents to be used for hous- flooded, but destroyed. The Tremont j
lag th* people untHysuch time as they hotel, a three story structure, was !
can rebuild their homes. The entire tbe first to go, and one building after
population of the town fled yesterday another followed.
when the warning came that the dam ^j0 precautions could bo taken to
had burst, and none of them; tarried ttop the wrecking of the town. The
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<► RAILROAD GUARD ♦
*• DEAD AT. HOUSTON.♦
❖ Special t| Bulletin: t* ^
❖ Houstof, Tex., Oct. 7. —Frank ♦
❖ Tullls. th» guard-who was shot ♦
❖ early Thursday morning at the ♦
❖ Southern Pacific shops, died ♦
❖ last night. ♦
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This is Purported to be the Agreement of the
Powers—Turkish Papers Urye Gov
ernment to Resist.
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have southern
LEV OEM MEET. J*
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A oi ,-Ahambeialn’s
h ? ''relief. For sale
com-
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special to Bulletin:
Chicago. III., Oct. 7.—The shops of
the Illinois Central at Burnsides are
quiet today. Fifty boiler makers and
their helpers returned to work this
morning, and. the railroad officials
w*r will be Indefinite. This has been
agreed upon by the Powers.
Turkish Batteries Fire. ,
New York. Oct. 8.—The New York
Herald baa been advised by cable as
follows;
Tripoli la now under the govern*
say that more than 300 of the strike ra*Dt of an Italian official appointed
era have returned to their posts since ^ tlu‘ authorItie# at Rome.
relief.
Bulletin:
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[governof ^
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III THE WEST! WILL SPEM
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for extra clothing. The pitiless rain people, aR
stopped In the evening and ilnre there overflow# ^
has been less suffering from expos- -fl,ar „f j,
are. It will liaely be several days bum irg
before the flo© will recede suffic-
lmitly for the people to get back Into Ulectll4
what home# are lefL No loss of life TontJfht ,b. y„ in darkness, the
tvn reported. Re to, the fat > electric-light plant having been one
that the people ’ J ample WartAng ^ ^ ^ $tnick by the
tn save ,* A\ -helvea. The diMs'^r wag caused by the sud-
—— den rise of (me'Black River behind the
they knew of the
dam, showed little
until the water had
la aU Disabled.
THE REPORT FROM KALI.1N.
HER AND SAN ANGELO.
IHE RUN IS LI6HT HERE BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS
/V
Hat Indieatioas Are, Good if Uie Nor-
ther Does Not llerome Too
Brisk.
Lacrosse, Wis . Oct. 6.—The sttua- two dams of the Lacross Water PoW-
3Lp*at Black River Falls, the prosper-[*r Company, following rains lasting
mile city of 2.000 people swept j almost a week The dams withstood
^jTyy h flood this afternoon when thfithe pressure, tat in each case the riv-l erab,y ^
II "lMl I Black River, -swollen er washed around the sides, taking.
by‘ r^c#!iT^ins. washed through the I out a great section of the river bank I y °
emiwnknient of the Lacrosse Wateo and coming down the valley in great jj »est, howe>er, s#y that the rain was
dam at Hatfield, i volumes. ~ ■ much heavier at Ballinger and San
1 The five* million dollar property of t
the water company Is not
The first real norther of the season
was ushered In last night following
the light shower which dampened the
ground and- cooled things off consid-
by morning a coat, felt
Reports from the
Power Company’s
r* tonight worse by far than was even [
feured when the deluge burst upon
believed [.
I have
Augelo. The growing crops there
• th* walkout last Saturday morning,
j Houston. Tex.. Oct. 7:—Early this
j morning Juatice Croker resumed the
j taking of testimony In connection
j with the killing of J. J. Pipes and
Frank Tullls, guards at the Harrl-
man shops ' Ho expects to conclude
the. taking of testimony today The
INTEKKMT TAKEN IN MONDAY»testimony so far taken has been ron-
NIGHT GATHERING. ' jtradlctory as to where the spots cam#
‘ fsvmi. some declaring that they came
from the ranks of the strikers, and
others are equally a« positive that
they came from whthin the enclosure
of the shops. The freight traffic is
nearly normal, and there la no delay
In the o.peration of passenger trains.
None of the strikers have returned to
work yet. . , V
Memphis. Tenn . Oct. 7.—Notwith-
standing the walkout of 135 strike
breakers froth theN Illinois Central
shops yesterday, the general foreman
BUI Receiie Kenelil from Hearing
the Ex-President of the Htatr
Union.
Quite a little interest Is being tak-
en la the event of next week. <>n
Monday night ex-President W. T Lw»u-
der^llk of the Texas Farmer. » «>“*", ..UUrna that there are Mill 34# .killed
will address the citizen# of the coun-
ty at the court house, and op Tuesday
ifjKi
mechanics at work in the shops The
-
night the business men will [bold their,
annual banquet
The Louderipllk s}>eaktn
thertng which should call
srtkers say that the walkout of the
strike breakers left only 30 compe- land.
t<-nt men at work The striker# also
Even the most conservative newe-
papers of Constantinopl# call on th«i
government to offer a determined re-
sistance to the Italian occupation.
The ^Turkish batteries at Hodcida,
on the Red 8ea, are reported to have
fired on an Italian warship.
An official communication has been
sent to the state department at Wash-
ington from the Porte pretesting
against the attitude adopted by Italf.
Telegram ef Pretest Sent.
Constantinople. Oct. At a meet-
ing today in the Mosque St. 8ophU. a
telegram of protect against Italy's
declaration of war on Turkey was for-
mulated and sent to all-world peace
and arbitration societies, socialist or-
ganizations and The Hague Peace
Tribunal. The telegram says the oc-
cupation of Tripoli Is bnjustifled sad
that July la unworthy of a place with
the great powers.
The meeting also sent a message to
King (Wmme .of England, asking If
such policy is Iir harmony With the
political and future Interest of Kag-
JI the governors oM V
states today suggeatfhg li.
i the depreciation ta ttfk
i<ottoD is not justified bf ttJ
|e suggests that a confer^
Y all the governors ame my-
# of agriculture ha *
ites for the purpq.-*' J?
plaa to prevent Jyjng
be price of‘the staple _
Uiat Te*a# win tak<> the
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MOTOR CAR
HERE FOR FEW Jf ,
helcd Many Thewi
Pr*«7PwiJW-
RaMUe Trcek.
Rowe, traveling salesman
frtiMQg man for the Kellogg
>rn Hake Ca, of Battle
|fch„ is in Brownwood tTijny
» with ^1* chasffesrr.
M is a gu ;cjJkjJn tbJM are at least 900 cars
* of merchandise in the yard# here for
very .large number of the| business!
as It Is said ||>how|,
,is of concrete
t
•TS
greatly benefited by the I men aud farmers.. because hisHalk is
the town. ’ . j<« W greatly damaged.
Half of the business ^section has, the main dam. which ,1s or concrete j ^ temperature lias been steadily I iness man and the farmer closer to-
been destroyed, together with a part 1**0 feet thiCk.at its base anfi .►■> at rhe fal|inK toduv until there is danger of gether. Mr. Loudermilk is a practical
of ’the residence district and 1C is ’top. wtlif probably withstand aU the I ^ u thf.'r)o(lds ,honld to
" may he directed against*'
which bills of lading can not *be found
land for which
not known
I
alleged by the residents who haVe ta- force
gon refuge on the highlands. *hat.the It.
rtiich
t the
wlp
Fire 1U-II falls People,
When the Waters appeaj^ d the fire
bell calltd everyone to the streets It
town w4>1 be \^ped off the map. The
people have bscattered ■ and tOr »
night canvasses, are beir.sf mad(fc^»r'
.determine if any are missing. Tw,( . J
■t ‘ . , , was sounded to get the people out to
people hrre nht been accounted for- . , ..’v' .
f . -^grdlvt the resident.- in the flat* in re^
moving their goods. ,4
■a WarehousesW'ere swept away clean
Th? Jones dry gooejs *tor* r.tr the cor-
iidrift away during the night. It
| about* time for frost, however, ahd
people are not grumbling except thone
i|Who have g(M>d of cane y*-r In
Irbe fielii-i. .
... . • n Rome. Italy, 4H-i
man m every respect and will n^t full J ^ ^
to hear j
Turkey's Attitude Explalued.
Washington Ort 8 —The State De-
partment received today from. Youe-
aottf Zla Pasha, the Turkish anjbama-
destinations, are dor to the United States, the first for-
! tnal note of explanation of Turkey's
1 at fir ode in the existing struggle with
7, The official; Italy, setting forth that the war had
he Kellogg mote# oar, urS^I^
ht them *11 the way# A
eek. corering a dir % V
Yighteen and twr*- • -»
of
nusual
*
is wh interest tliosc who come ,,, , . . . .
• | there . will be HO Intervention of th^
/ ,, . ’ Powers until she has In, reality, oo-
In additUm to this speaking the Re- < . j , , . >
' cupled not only the roast but the in-
tail Mrretyanis will -hold their, regu-
lar monthly meeting.
Italy announces today thatjVeu proclaimed without regard to,
Turkey's request for further espUng-
Uon of Italy's d> Jttgnds i ; *
Accompanying''’BieiootS was a let-
ter frtym the anibassador along
>
t^rior of Tripoli as well. Th# Indica
ti^n- are that until this Is done the same 11
lf^vr fh^n* Nwill Ih* any h9*i\vy\ fall
trading bee; th*e, th»» f.»rn|cr3 ar*- bold?
fj.r th<ir ciittojt whefe they can for
better pri • - However, he expect#
the farmers to have some little money
to buy necexslticl £ll through tho
spring season. j • ’
It does orte goo 1 to meet a fellow
who doesn’t ’hagpe a to have a grouch
.»■? the wo^l<l jdoie iu> a vrVtlle
t
">• v
Bargains:
U
make
days,
but wfffi twkiT^
Bef Wer
building
all to pieces.
adjoining it di.-a jxared^
Thtn^'ii1,
H1
IK CORPUS HEARING IIP 311EK
1 had^to
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spflopoa
BEFORE JIIOOE 6000111
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old Bremen to gather about
FEHT.IL BOARD
WILL HAVE FRIENDS AS GUESTS
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Gs«S trid Da)» of lmfU Ago mil He
Tnlkcd of lu Bering Now
Being Vlanned.
The bulletin learns that mefiibSrs
-of the old fire company are this week
planning for a big banquet, at wbieh
, tf’gy hope to have all member* of tbf
old company present. The purpose of
the banquet Is’, merely to talk over
old times ahd tynew happy relations
and acquaintances of the days when
they did service In the Brown wood
Fire Department. Detailed errange-
tuents have not been completed, but
those who have discussed the proposi-
tion are heartily in favor of it and it
I# practically assured that such a ban-
quet will be held in the near future.
• Brownw(*>d citizen# are Justly
proud of their present fire depart-
jpnt, but this pride Is not going to
fMke away any of the gratitude of the
• citizens toward the old company, who
• for many years fought fires, endan-
gering their lives to save property.
If the old company decides to hold
their banquet they will have the hear-
ty support and co-operation of the
eltisene. - \
j Tp Kct out of the town
around over a jrmlroad [bridge, one j *?:•
approach Ap w :iich. had J been 'taken p1' .
out, TJjy^ was nothing] left In the t
town to eat. ^ ^ y , ' f /
"L heard of n0 lox.* of life, itthahi-1 <~
tants had plenty of time tw get out of i /
they Himpiy k, „t hn< wing j Attorneys Makirifif u Hivs hl to
When I left they were 1 * **
h«> hills watching the
uctlon. unable to do a
away from it.
standing <>n
work of, dest
thing ” ;.rv •
Harry Gettmah, formerly of the
Wisconsin Telephone Company ;it To-
mak, is the Jack Binn* of the flood
lurched on the top of a pole, with a
telephone instrument cut In. with ouly
darkness around him and. whirling
water's shaking the pole, he tonlght
sent news to I^acrosse and warnings
to all points he could reach. Geft-
man worked in the flood district all
day without food. Wherever he could
reach A ctyymtry exchange or a farm-
er’s telepjjbne, he shouted warnings.
At * o'clock this evening, after hav-
ing been on the pole much of the day
Sipes, 2 o'clock, Oettman was obliged
to descend when the unsteadiness
gave hfrxi warning that it wgw soon to
fall ;
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FIREMEN WIN IN
GEORGIA.FLO RID A STRIKE
Special to Bulletin:
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 7.—A message was
received here today from Chairman
Teat of th« Board of Directors of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers which says that the
■trike on the Georgia and Florida
road has been settled and that the
Firemen have won out in their con-
tention. - J /
Secure Bail for
George Bro\vn who is Charged with
i
i i
>0t wrfi Uk^
out at th* Dallaa F*i
1 asai# in putting oec
rtw Kellogg company
‘•Mf deal of time and att^
contents, hoping taqrshy
t better corn growing, ar
a good many contents o*
levy. •• t
Mr long run the eg*-*
rn pretty fortuna^>^
*g to their
tor
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ISH HU /UI*HiK YAI.KS
Ol.D TIMI> !IER>:.
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the-Murder of his Wife.
Judge Jn>>. W. GtsHiViii granted 1 a considered him on*- of the bent cltl-•
habeas* corpus Bearing/in th«* George zens in Sau Saba county. He also
Brown case, which h/ lx le-uring to- Said that he was passing th* Brown |
day to determine whether or not the home ope dl,y and was called tii by |
defendant shall be /allowed ball. The Mrs. Brown, w ho said there was snipe j
state Introduced 0ie evidence of five trouble between her children and the
other witnesses gnd the taking of tea- children of Mr. Brown. .
tlinony preupieff the greater portion of^ The, result of the hatieas corpus
the day. As th« Bulletin goes to proas .trial is awaited with intense Inter-
the attorney,* are afguing the case eat. . i
before the Judge.* L trrastonied to Place.
Brown, as our readers will remem- The prisoner,George Brown, was m-
ber, was charged with the murder of terviewed roda? by a Bulletin re|Mirt-
hls wife early In September. In the er and he said he was becoming ac-
Inquesl proceedings or examining customed to bis <x>nfinenient and was
trial be waK remnnded to jail without standing It pretty well, although he
ball by JuMtc* G. B. Cross. Attorneys fiad thought at first that he could not
the^delTense made application for endure it for ten day«- He-gays he
as corpus hearing, which was walks hlmselfYlred each day Yn ordey
gAnted.. In the habeas corpus hear-j to get exercise and (hat by doing this
ing the 'State,Introduced five witness- J po ke*>ps well. Brown said he wants
es for the purpose of strengthening Go get out and. expressed - the belief
NOT MISPLEASEO WITH LIFE
, ~W~ .. /' >
Vm Much t• <M*d In IIU Uellwwmen
and Ibin’t Bunt' to l.e«ne
Brawn innnt).
Did you ever realty* how much good
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ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING .
• AT PALESTINE TODAY
A • i j
Prauilnent MG.rn. j mid l ittle Broth-
i er Peppered with
Shot
Special to Lnlletln
Palestine. Tax.. Oct. ;7.—While out
shooyng duck#'at Spring Park early
this mflfhtng. K. \ Swift, a prominent
Jg to t
tested I
nd It is ^
do f “S/r
..,a10NS
their cause. These witnesses were
Lloyd Brown, step-son of the defend-
ant. Miss Minnie Armstrong, tele-
phone operator of the Chapel Hill ex-
change. Slru. Whltted and John I>e-
Bhaza.
In tbf cross examination of Slin
Whltted he said he had known George
Brown for many years and that he
t.- •*'*’
that he would secure hall. The pris-
oner says this is the first time he was
ever Ip Jail and that the fellow who
has not spent some tjme there can not
fully realize what It means.
The prisoner's foijir - brothers are
here .from San Saba county today to
make boud for him In ’Ihe event the
Judge grants bail.
TAFT FINISHES FIRST
/ HALF OF LONG TOUR
Jt doc*-' ., fellow oct aai'onally to run •ttornejyjj of this cltys and his little
across a man who Is glad he Is living brother Krnst were accidentally shot
and who secs good Ip (he arts of his by another hunter. Both Were pain*
neighbors? IT you have not y«ni have full)' hut not aerlously wounded.
| hpeii missing a mighty good feeling. * '
TDe Bulletin man came across just
siirh a fellow •(hi# morning when he
irpu Ray Ish of Zephyr. Mr Ish very
pfotupily informed us that he found
much enjoyment In living and that In
didn l\know: hut that he got along
about as well >as airyone, eVen John
D. himself. Mr. Islf'^uiie to Brown
county thli ty-aeven years ago. and l«>-
cattul In the Zephyr community, where
he has lived since. He says he would
not trade Brown county for nny place
In th** world, not even for Missouri,
whfre he was born. oh. well. It does
not matter how many years ago,
Since LrutInir Beverly He Hg» Trav*
eled DlsUuee of 8,4*8
* » Miles.
Special to Bulletin|
Walla Walla. iN'isht Oct. 7—Coin-.
Ing Into Washington today. President
Taft finished the first half of his 13.-
, ™B« tour. Since leaving Beverly
on September 15th, he ha« Traveled
Mr. Ish reports the cotton crop as; 6,458 miles and made more than ■
i. He delli
community and says he believes good 1 address here today and will on leav-
maklng a fair Jyteld In the Zephyr
hundred
arid r Aft*
speeches. He delivered
times will be rentored to this section
Of the state, though he does not l>e-
% M
ing Walla Walla go to Lewiston, to
Moscow, Idaho, and to Spokana.
NP*5 Judge
i
A. H- Culweit, assistant at-[par's is superior to a plaster and it.guard: the Hosier brothers, end and
tackle; Whits an4tJones, ends, and
WlUv^Mtt »Bd Wilson, hglvuth.
.ornsy for the Santa Fa, is to respond Joostr >ne w-i/U
to the toast, •NkvFTsrrttory" »t the L^*-
th^ard^W
▼efsiakiss—b'
frown
yi.
use
»t'ww _
'tltSTMt
V
ngB&ZSftasittw “* S&fESLLTEI
?Tf - y
Hartea Prrvests
i
Hensurs In ma«l«-t
htry. He u gathering
•I fiats which wM!
I 'V. UAefkl porpewte.
*lth tin «ar in t«
SfdqvaT
I c
t'-nd js that
'*« Plihhshs
tore the
J before any _
It ions !-’>ferli
(AH of tbeasf
illed exo#|
^ World kAq
J„or^ ,
shall yet
d "I**ide dovn shall he,
be fou r root of tra*-
tbe hyis man rtoT'
rse or a## (*• at his tide;
t*r man #4,all walk ,
*ball ajeep. *hall talk,
menWhall tv* s,en.
In black in green: gg
• w»t'*r shall float,
• * wooden boat. k
fou»l mid stone.
tbai’s now unknov n;
• ter stall wonders do.
last shall admit a Jew,
*>rtd to an end shall cosos.
hundred and etghty-oue
«r#ion published prior to
lrh gave much unesst-
n umber, of poo pi#. w%#
further prophecy that
should not Jiggfr pUfa
****• totd# Mfrfrh •f thiaV
uaks nntf
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