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BROWNWOOD. TEXAS THURSDAY. DECEMBER M. Itll
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GLUETO SLAYER
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OYNAMITE CONSPIRACY
- GASES 60 TO JODY
Jadge Aa4crs*a latlmatrd That He
WUI Give Specific Charges
la the Case. ,
Special to Dailr Bulletin:
Indianapolis, lnd., Dec. 26.—It is
expected that the dynamite conspir-
acy cases will go to the Jury late to-
day. Federal 'Attorney Miller will
end the argument about four o'clock
and the judge will then instruct the
Jury.
Judge Anderson has intimated that
he will gire specific instructions as
to certain defendants.
The court
will not see punished any man it
knows to be innocent,” said the
judge In open court, **but others must,
take the consequences, whether or |
not they are officials of labor unions, and thus creating a monopoly.
This is not a trial of labor unions,
but of officials accused of wrong do-
ing.”
Physicians Believe Myrtle Safitk Was
tlhiglud Before Receiving
Blsw oa Head. *.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
S Houston, Dec. 26. — That Myrtle
Smith was strangled to death and
then hit on the head with a hammer
is the belief of physicians and offic-
er* Yesterday afternoon Drs. Mar-
tin and Green made a thorough ex-
amination of the head and neck of the
dead Woman, discovering six or sev-
en finger prints on-her throat.
Detective* are investigating, the
killing on this theory, with the belief
that it was the result of a fight be-
tween a man and the woman. It is
possible that the finger prints may
furnish a clew that wlH eventually
jflace the blame on the right person.
Bertillion Expert Jones, who is con-
sidered an adept in finger prints, will
yv. a hknd in the Investigation.
Two women and three men are held
by the police, pending Investigations.
No complaints have yet been filed.
The women were taken to the cW^nty
jail by 8herlff Prank Hammond and
the men are at the police station. One
the men is eaid to have lived at
Smith woman’s house for some
time and is said to hare been seen
thereabout Monday
Xn addition to Detective Rexer and
Connolly and 8peclal Officer j Bisk.
from the district attorney s office. De- J . *—-
tectlves Peyton and Berner and Sher- j Special to Daily Bulletin:
iff Frank Hammond are at work on Houston. Tex., Dec. '26. — Counsel
the case. They are worTOng In con- for H M. Bradley? charged with the
Junction and predict an early-solution murder of his i>artner. J. P. Wright,
and a complete clearing up of the whose body was taken from the bed
killing. - | j- of a creek 20 miles from here, an-
That robbery was not the motive nounced today that he would make no
prompting The tragedy the officers effort to secure release on bond pend-
agree. Their theory Is-that a fight ling the examining trial, early in Jan-
occurred in the Smith woman's room uary. Bradley adheres to his original
>rtlv after midnight. The fight story of accidental death,
probably over money. .The wo- I
man evidently made a strong defense, J
but was finally choked to death. To
make sure that, she was dead her ,
kkuH was fractured with S * claw
hammer.
The hammer, smeared with blood-
til*
MAY EXTEND INVESTIGATION
TO CAMPAIGN OF 1*12.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Washington, D. C„ Da*. M ii ef-
fort to extend the campaign find in-
vestigation to aoysr the praaMaatial
contest of 191] win ha mads by Sen-
ator Clapp when oongrsaa recpnvsaes.
The senate may ba asked to paas a
reaolutlon enlarging tfee duties of the
committee, if the committee has not
sufficient authority now.
KELL066 FLAKE COMPANY
IN SUIT IN EQUITY
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Alleged to be YloUtlag Sherman Law
la Fixing Price at Which Pro-
jects Matt be 8*14.
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Betrley, Mich., Dae. 26.—The Kel-
logg Toasted Corn Flake Company la
alleged to be violating the Sherman
anti-monopoly law in a petition filed
in equity in the Federal court here
today by order of Attorney General
Wickersbam. to settle for all time
to come the extent to which manufac-
turers may control retail prices. The
company Is charged with fixing prices
at which its products must be sold by
Jobbers to retailers and consumers,
preventing that competition that
would reduce the piYce to the public
It is
alleged that the company refuses to
deal with the retail trade direct, sell-
ing only to Jobbers. •
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COUNSEL FOR BRADLEY
WILL NOT SEEK BAIL
STEAMERS BLOWN ASHORE
BY TERRIFIC GALE
Plymouth. Eng., Dec. 26.—An Eng-
lish passenger steamer and two
schooners were blown ashore by the
terrific / gale which prevailed along
the English channel.
STEAMFITTERS FEUO
CAUSES ANOTHER DEATH
Chicago. Dae. 26—James Conway, an
official of the Steam fitters Union,
was shot and killed today by
Thomas Freer, Secretary of the or-
ganisation. The poliee say that the
shooting was the outgrowth of a fac-
tional dispute of five year* standing
among labor leaders and that the
same fued resulted in the death of
Vincent Altman and “Dutch” Gentle-
man, both of whom were ahot to
death.
WOMAN SOLD GRATE
OF HUSBAND TO GET
CHRISTMAS MONEY.
Mobile. Ala, Dec. 26 —To secure a
few dollars for Christmas an aged
woman yesterday sold the grave of
her husband to the city of Mobile for
the sum of |6. The petition for the
sale of the grave came up at the reg-
ular meeting of the board of city
commissioners and the request was
speedily granted. The petitioner
stated that the remains had been re-
moved some time since and that she
was in poor financial condition and
In urgent need of the money she had
paid the city originally for the grave.
Siior
was
LANE’S CONDITION
UNCHANGED TODAY
Examination Tuesday Result* la Ar.
rest of Mayfield—Little Else
Broaght Oat
J 1 M ■*’ JShs m •
Luie Lane, who was seriously
wounded Monday night In a fight on
West Broadway, is resting well today,
and hla condition is as good as can
be expected. No disquieting symp-
toms have yet developed and at pres-
ent there seems to be a hope for
recovery, though several days wHl
probably be required to render this
hot* a certainty, as Infection of some
kind could easily enter the wound
and result fatally.
An examination of witnesses was
had Tuesday, at which the events
leading up to the fight were reviewed,
but little of a definite nature was
brought out. WUI Mayfield was ar-
retted Tuesday night and was re- ,
based yesterday on a bond of 92,500, |
to await the action of the grand j
Jury. He was wounded in the fight, j
but not seriously, and Is In no dang- i
ef.
Tom Niles, who is alleged to have
bevn Implicated In the figtit Monday
night, and who was arrested and
was released on a
Tuesday night.
NEWS STAND EXPLOSION
First Reports War* That Effort Was
Made t* I ajar* PraaMaat Taft
While at Dane*.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 26.—The
explosion that demolished the news
stand near the hotel where President
Taft and party were attending a dance
given in hla honor at the National
Theater last night was learned today
.to haye been the outcome of business
rivalry between the two merchants
and had no connection with the Presi-
dent in any way It was at first re-
ported that an attempt was made on
the President’s life.
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AUSTRALIAN BOXING BOUT
j , » PULLED OFF TODAY,
fiydney, Australia, Dec. 26.—Sam
Langford knocked out Sam McVey in
the thirteenth round today in one of
the fiercest heavy weight ^battles
witnessed in Australia in many years.
WALKIN6 IN THE SLUSH 63
SUFFRAGETTES MARCH ON
Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Wa^Jng
ankle deep in the slush and snow
the little suffragette army pressed
onward today with only thirty-two
miles more of their march on the
capttol to complete. They Intend
marching only five miles today and
the remainder of the Journey will
be divided Into equally abort march-
es.
THE HO CONTEST □
W0N1BT MRS. MOODY
film Was aa Easy Wlaser, Owlag to
the I nusual Apathy sf the Par-
rhavlag Public
PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON
HAS CASE OF 6RIP
HORN BOOSTS HIS HOME
TOWN IN HOUSTON PAPER, lodged In Jail,
While In Houston last week, Chas. t f2..r»0O
i J. Horn of the Brown County Real **'*0 the action of the grand Jury;
I Estate Exchange, who is one of the Fwafi the evidence brought out In
most persistent boosters ***« examination Tuesday. It appears
that there might have
to Gold
The Christmas contest for a $10.00
Plec and Two Seta of Dishes,
taken In $uch contests, and Mrs. J.
M. Moody won first prlxe. the 910.00
gold piece, with tickets amounting to
Mrs. L. P. Galloway took
aide the bed.
8^tz°do^I1was'b^id!0the^ Aeri body improved today, but as a pre-
and-jras
of tils mistress, besides her-assailant.
the only witness to the death cautionary measure is remaining in-
doors. He had a slight fever the
night before Christmas and was in
While 93 in ' currency was found in
the Arouse, detectives believe that
some-money. $25 or $30. was taken
from the place.
Nora Bradley and . Dolly Polk, who
were in the house, discovered the dead
body yesterday morning about 9:30
o’clock. One of the women said that
Myrtle Smith was reared near Bry-
an. and that relatives now .live there.
Sh* came to Houston several years
ago and became a resident of the re-
«rk-ted district. Shq bkd been liv-
ing at |14 Hobson street until the
evening prior to the kHllng, when
ghe moved serosa the street to 81?
Hobson street. i •
livest and________._____ ________
| in Texas, was interviewed by a rep- '’hat there might have been several
i resentative of the Houston Poat, who young men *n ,he P®1"**. ** ^ ' ' ,
,,uotws a8 follows- when the fight began, but it *eems(the second prixe. a 42-piece diner I
u j -Brownwood 1. enjoying the notor- that none of them realised wh*t was set. withJl25.50 in tickets, while
Dec. 26.— Gover- j let? it is getting by being tied for the happening in time to see a ho a as
! first prize offered by Holland's maga- j actually fighting. It is understood
zine for being cleanest city of Its class thst I-ane a 111 not make any state-
in the State. To be known as a clean 'meat which would lay the blame for
the cutting on a definite party, and
for the present the matter Is In doubt
to who actually used the knife
that a-ounded Lane and Mayfield. The
found' on the floor be— Princeton, N. J.^
** *** Ilnr'htanti nor Wilson, who has been suffering ’ first prize offered by Holland's maga- j actually fighting.
a slight attack of the grip, is * ‘ * *K~* ■r,,, **
city is itself an honor of a-hleh ev-
ery citizen of the town is proud, but
that is not all we have to boast of. as
Mrs. Lorraine secures the seven-
piece gam* set ja 1th tickets amount-
ing to 93J.OO. These prizes are at
The Bulletin’office subject to call of
the winners.
bed most of Christmas day. sleeping!You will recall that the Santa Fe
Ben D.
Lee Dead.
father of R. E. Lee of
a good part of the day. At night he ' sometime ago made an appropriation h*11 d' tails of the matter wHl Pr°b»- thia city jj|ed at Mlnerai Walla this
was up and received a few
who called. H|s condition
regarded as at all serious.
} CHRISTMAS OBSERVED
BY WILSON FAMILY IN
OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
j Princeton. N*. J, Dec. 26—Preat-f
! dent-elect Wilson played Santa Claus
yesterday with real Christmas mys-
tery. Not until the Wilson family
rose and tiptoed eagerly Into the big
studio did they find their gifts, which
were crammed In the old fashioned
way Intoetpcklngs that hung over the
friends j of $600,000 for the purpose of building ; hly not be known until after an
is not a roundhouse, shops and. In fact, com- vestlgatlon by the grand Jury, which
' plete terminal facilities In Brown- *'111 convene next Monday,
wood. Weil, work has begun on that
improvement; but that it not all. In
addition to the $6041.000 appropriation
j mentioned, the road halt arranged to
spend $400,000 east and west* of the
Seharrenbeek-H s*<»ej.
4 o’clock, after a severe
Bright's disease. R. E.
night for Mineral Wells
his father. The funeral
services v+111 be held at the family
home in Del ton tomorrow at 10
add Mrs. John G. Lee and
an-
morning ajt
illness with
Lee left lijst
to be with
Considerable surprise was occas-
ioned last night when It was announc- o’clock.
ed that Mr. Gus Scharrenbeck and con of tblfr city and Aubrey Lee
city in reducing grades and ballast- Florence Hussey were married other son of the deceased, will leave
on November 3rd On that date they tonight for that place to be present
were secretly married by Rev. J. W. at the funjeral.
Possession of AJrianopl* la 8t—lllng
Block Which May be RemoraM
hj Conference.
Special to Bulletin
London, Dec. 26.—The possession of
the Turkish fortress of Adrlanople
remains a stumbling block in the way
of attainment of peace compensation
for Bulgaria. However it may ba pos-
sible that Bulgaria will finally con-
sent to allow Turkey to retain pos-
session of the fortress which the* al-
lied forces have not been able to
siibdue. The peace conference will
not meet again until Saturday.
TEXAS EGG PRODUCTION, PER
CAPITA, PER ANNUM M DOZEN.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Washington. D. C, Dec. 14.—Ac-
cording to a report issued by the Fed-
eral Census Department the annual
egg production per capita in Tans Is
20 dozen and tbs total production for
that state for the year 1909 the dale
of the laat census 77,845,047 dosen.
Compared with 1899 the date of the
latest census prior to that time this
is an increase of 19,804487 dosen or
24.1 per cent The total value of the
1909 egg production was 112,000,000
which Is an Increase over 1899 of 7.-
271,000 or 156 per cent Eighty firs
per cent of all the farms in Ten*
reported fowls when the Thirteenth
Federal Census was taken Id April
1910 and. at that time there were 12,-
669,645 chickens, turkeys, geese, ate .
on Texas farms and their aggregate
value was $4,806,642. The annual
production of all fowls for Texas
is 25,656,356 or 6 birds per capita.
TEX AH HAH MORE LARGE
FARMS THAN ANY STATE.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Washington, D. C„ Dac. 26 — Ac-
cording to a report which v h’«t
been Issued by the Census Jlureu
Texas has more large rsrms than any
State In the Union. There are locat-
ed in this state 11,123 farms which *
contain more than 1,000 acres of land.
California has the second greatest
number of large farms or 4,693. There
are 12,833 farms In Texas that con-
tain between 500 and 1,000 acres, 59,-
049 between 175 and 506 acres, 94,-
574 between 100 and 175 acres, 98,-
583 between 20 and 49 acres and 29.-
371 under 20 seres. The most popular
size farms la between 50 and 100 ac-
res. there being 112437 of this claai.
The total number of farms in that
state is 417,770.
Robbed la JalL
I fireplace.
by the
A day or two ago a man^
name of Lambert was robbed’ of 91»J
while In the county Jail. The money-
parts of the coun-
ibers to the
ing tracks, which will make the total
expenditure by the road alone in and
near Brownwood 91,000,000. Anoth-
er feature which refers to Brown-
wood's civic Improvement that we are
glad to refer to is that It has more
' paved streets and more graveled roads
leading Into the city than any city hr
taken from him by the other prls- the Wilson bungslow with greet
oners in the cell In which he was
as^ced on being brought to the jail
^ requested that his money he left
with him. which reque*.*a* granted.
v But the fact that he had this money
Kout him was too freely disclosed
by him to the other occupants of th*-
cell, Bert Millar, Edwin Cobb. Geo.
Treadway sad perhaps one or two oth-
ers. . Upon displaying It to them a
blanket was thrown ov4r his head.
h* was thrown on his back and the
e^wberewlthair extracted from _Ma
pockets in a rather presumptuous
manner- do11*™ han**d
May Garner on the outside of the c**l
and another forty dollars given to
Tom Cubine. One young m*n In th»*
o|U pnt 95 in his mouth and attempt-
keep it concealed from the effl-
Bresents from a
try—came*ln P**’ “TT" " | town In the state.’ We make no ex-
prealdent-elect, and toitiJ^mlly. ai»d | Brown county was the
° first county In the state to vote bonds
* for the construction of permanent
aradam roads and It hits never re-
Princeton friends came mer
The W4-ather had clean'd, leaving
nicely packed snow, and throughout
the day sleigh bells gave the Wil-
sons true Christina* music.
Miss Louise and Casper Wood-
bridge, her brother, whose father Is
u cousin to the governor, and a
Chinese missionary, were the oily
household guests. Of the half dosen
turkeys that came, the biggest, a 24-
pounder, was served for dinner.
once
began
and
rials. The officers at ;
tb\> search for I-ambert’s money
found the same on the p*™008 of
the various ones to whom It was giv-
go —-Bonhsm __
Nrfber THE ROSERY Bhowt tt>-
Opera House. Prices 25c.
and $1.00. Mahager will see
* that house is kept warm. Don't fall
5came out with the crowd— Adv.
J. L. King left yesterday for San
Mrs. L. E. Skinner came in from
Blanket Monday and was Joined by
MfTSkinner yeeterday, and they spent
a pleasant Christmas with their par-
ents and many friends hero. They
wlH rotura to Blanket tomorrow,
KfrfY Mr. Skinner finishes some busi-
ness matters to which he Is attending
today. I . - . . I
The Opera House will be kept warm
tonight. Don’t fall to see that guar-
anteed attraction “The Rosary. Prices
25c, 50c, 75c and 91.00— Adv.
* F W. Henderson of Bradv was in
the c^ty tW6 afternoon, coming
through ln an auto, and was greeting
friends for a few hours.
Good
Ladles Wanted.
active lady canvassers
the re- j salary or commission.
fTthJ'w^wKh hi. | address and phone No. to
mother and friends. I Co
Brownwood,
Send name.
The Blm-
Texas.-
Smith, of the Christian church.
- No one knew that the wedding had
taken place except the minister. I.*it
night while the bride and groom were
enjoy It g the festivities of the Christ-
mas season at the home of the bride,
with a number of friends present. Dr.
Smith appeared and made the startling
1 utfhouncement of their secret wed-
I ding The home of the bride was
prettily decorated lust night, and the
...... w circle of friends present were enjoy-
golhg ahead with the work now,! . . . .. .
_kU|. J; ing the occasion to the utmost, with a
few games and a feast suited to the
e\ent, and when the announcement
was made there was much merry
. making, and the happy bride and
a n of | wpn> the recipients of the beat
. - •"* eo»«r.tul..lon. of tho..
architect has Just arrived tdvsiiperln-i
^ present.
Miss Hussey Is one Brownwood's
most charming young women. She
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
ey, whose home is on Vine street,
snd Hs known and loved by many
frlendsHn the city. Mr. Scharrenbeck
| la prominent In oil development cir-
cles hare. bHng at present connected
with the Brownwood Gil & Develop-
ment company. \The ltulletln Joins
friends in extending^ congratulations
and beat wishes.
x »
Mr. Leetwaa about 66 years of age,
and was a(n old and respected citizen
of Bell county, where he has made
his home lior many years. He has vis-
ited Brownwood a number of times,
and was known to s large circle of
friends hjre. who will sympathize
with the fecreaved ones In their sor-
row.
ed its action In that regard. It
Is
putting tlburn crushed rock, which Is
treated with w coat of oil and which
makes the ftmuiT paving In the world
being both laating\and keep* down
the dHBt nuisance. As a kind of
Christmas offering, thexsupervlslng
Iteet has Just arrived t
tend the laying off of the ground for
the erection of the $150,060 Federal
building provided by Congress, all 01
which tends to put this Western city
on the map and cause us to look
hopefully to the future.” Mr. Horn
will remain In the city for a few days,
returning home In time to spend the |
holidays.
Earnest jMIms Is spending the boll-
da)* with |hla father. Rev.'L J. Mims,
and famHy. Mr. Mims Is connected
with tbe Little Dry Goods Company,
at Hamilton, and is well pleaae<l with
the town and his work. He says
Hamilton L growing rapidly, and that
business ther»« (has been unlfnrthh
good during the past season He at*
tended srhool at Howard Payna here
for a time, and Is well known to
many Brownwood friends, who will
be pleased- to lewrn of 418 iucces j In
Hamilton. He will return to that
place Monday. .
ONE-THIRD TEXAS FARMS OPER- '
ATED BY OWNERS MORTGAGED
Special to Dally Bulletin.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 26—Ac-
cording to a report recently issued by
the Department, of Commerce and
Labor covering the Thirteenth Fed-
eral Census, 195,863, or 47.4 per cent
of the farms in Texas are operated
by owners. Of this number. 128.682
are free from mortgage. 64.008 ara
mortgaged, ahile no mortgage reports
were secured for 3,073 of these farm*.
In 1910, 33.3 per cent of the farms
operated by owners were mortgaged
snd in 1900, 23.4 were mortgaged.
Twenty years ago the percentage of
mortgaged farms In Texas was only
5.7. North Dakota with 50.9 shows
the highest and New Mexico with 5.4
the lowest porventage of mortgaged
farms. Compared with surrounding
States, Texas makes jan excellent
showing In this respect. In Kanaaa;
44.8 per cent snd In Oklahoma 42.1
per cent of the farms operated by
owners are mortgaged. Ths a vs rags
for continental United State* la 33.8
per cent.
There will be a merry making in the
Frank Camidnil home all through the
holiday reason. A house party will
asH'mble on the 26th with Misxe*
Maybelle Ray and Mary Harrington of
Plano, Ruth and Beatrice McDermott,
or Brownwood. Messrs. Miller Camp-
bell of Ennis, Roy McDonald and
Carl McIntosh of Brownwood, guests
of the two daughters. Misses Ethan
and Arnle The evening of these ar-
rive1* w'H find friend* ss’embled In
lar»e number to r»-eet t*»r visitors,
Ad v.1 —T«*mn!e Tele rn nj
A party composed of Misses Hattie
Bruton. Mlntle Bruton and OHve Wil-
son. »and Messrs. Green, Ed Hgynle
and Eva Strother, spent ye»terday\*f-
ternoon at the home of Vlnee Mur;
in the country hunting. They only
bagged one bird and a few rabbits,
but had a most delightful outing. Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy refreshed the hunt-
ers with cake and other dainties af-
ter the hunt. /
Thad Weaver of Santa Anna spent
a few hours with friends in the city
Tuesday euroute to hi* home. Mr.
Weaver, who Is a former student of
Howard Payne and is well known
here, b*s been practicing dentistry
ln Old Mexico for the pastVwo years,
and report* a successful work. He
nys thtnvs aye very unsettled in the
Mexican republic, and that there Is
is a possibility that he will not re-
turn.
John E. Bonaer, of the Bulletin's
Ifhotype force, spent Christmas day
b\hls family In San Angelo. Mrs.
will Join him here next week,
and th< y will make arrangements to
TEXAS PRODUCTS FIND
MARKET Hr AUSTRALIA.
Melbourne. Australia, Dec. 26_A
consignment of several barrels of
cylinder oil was unloaded at a local
dock today. The shipment was from
the Plerce-Fordyce Refinery of Tex-
88 City, Texas, U. S. A., and is a pro-
duct of that company * wells In that
state.
PASTOR MIMS RECEIVES
NICE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Pastor L. J. Mims of the First Bap-
tlst church, was presented seetrrayd
tlst church was presented yesterday
with an elegant surrey, the gift of
the people of hla church and a few
friends In the city. The Fire Deffcrt-
ment also gave him a beautiful lap-
robe. so that the doctor feels that
now he is prepared to enjoy Brown-
wood’s fine paved streets to the
most, and is very graeful to his maay
friends for the gift*.
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