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THE DAILY BULL
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS TUESDAY, DEC. t, 1J12.
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6E ARGHBALO'S •
TRIAL BEGAN THIS
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c»t Proceedings In Case
Against Federal Judge Attract
Wide Attention. 1 y
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ington, D . C.. Dec. 3.—
Thg trial of Judge Robert \V
Arch bald of the United States Com-
Court for conduct amounting
uP* Tfblation of his oath as federal
Jwdge, had been set to open today
before the Senate Court of Impeach-
ment as a request of Judge Arch bald’s
request last August that his attor-
neys be given more time to prepare
their case.
charges against Judge Arch-
arose In connection with prt-
e and official acts both as a judge
the Court af Commerce and as.
nlfced States Distil f sdge for Mid-
dle Pennsylvania. H. vas Impeached
by the House of Representatives af-'
ter a full investigation of the facts
by the Department of Justice, and ex-.
A tended hearings before the House Ju-
dietary Committee.
dff^^The managers appointed by the
^^^Wouse to prosecute the case before
\ t4e Senate asked for an immediate
ttial last August hut the Senate de-
clined to hasten its consideration of
the case. During the last week scores
of subpoennaes were issued for wit- j
nesses who will be brought before
the Senate by the House managers and
fey Judge Archbald's attorneys in
connection with the trial.
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SENATE STARTS MOVEMENT TO
PREVEST CONFIRMATIONS.
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SEN. SORE LEADS MOVEMENT
Democrats Claim Taft Deprive* Them
of Appointment of Fifty Thou-
sand Postmasters.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Washington. D. C.. Dec. 3.—Presi-
dent Taft today aent in more than two
hundred recess afipolnttnents to the
Senate, and there were immediate In-
dications of a movement among the
Democrat! to prevent the confirma-
tion of the appointees. Senator Gore
heads the movoment. The campaign,
which waa immediately evident was
directed especially against nomina-
tes that It is claimed were postponed
rep-atedly bringing new terms close
to the beginning of the democratic
administration.
The Democrats claim that Taft de-
prived them of the appointment of
fifty thousand postmasters by his re-
cent civil service order.-
IE TROUBLES I
FORT WORTH FIRST
Special to Daily Bulletli
FWt Worth, Tex., Dec. X-Five of
the deaoons of the First
church. Rev. J. Frank Norris,
have tendered their- resignation
this making an almost compiet
change in the board of deacons of
the church within a year. Those who
resigned today are A. T. Baker. Dr.
T. L. Ray, JL- Wi Spencer, M. J. Dow-
lin and L. H. Dubose.
Sunday morning the t*astor. Rev.
X Frank Norris, stated that he had
received a donation of $1000 sin the
form of a deed to property of that
value from L. J. Hawkins to the First
Baptist church, to ahl In the building
of the new church. Mr. Hawkins I*
not a niotubor of the First , Baptist
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Work on the newKchurch building
St Fourth and Throckmorton streets
has been begun.
Mr Norris has accepted Invitations
to hold meetings at Vernon, Cle
and Ardmore.,
fburne
After the House Committee on Ju-
'^£iaro cotfc,ud0d 113 hearing* i ( emmittec of Basloel Men Are Here I wa* mel bjr SupAlntendgnt Adams
1^^ Spring it recommended that Today to Confer With Com- CaPL F°x. aad repaired at opce
"**M\’b€fore the ^\ > merclal (lob. I to the superintendent's hounaJ
lent proceed- v TL\ I Investigations as to condition of
that
?e Arch bald be called before the
late under impeachment proceed-
The last time the House had ex-
TOWN OF OKRA
WANTS A ROAD s
GATESVILLE SITUATION
£ 1 AROUSES COLQUITT
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Gatesvllle.. Tex.,! Dec. 3.—Gov. Col-
tt arrived in this city at 8 o'clock
last evening, accompanied by State
Purchasing Agent Elliott.'- The p4rty
A committee of bui
(LOSE ATTENTION GIVEN PRESI-
DENTS FIRST MESSAGE.
M BILLS ARE OFFERED
Repeal 'Newnpaper Publicity Law, for
One (’cut Postage and Pehsioa
fix-Presidents.
Special to Dail> Bulletin:
Washington, dX^., Dec. *•— Close
attention was paid tty the President's
first niessuge today lhx both House
and Senate. In the McCum-
ber Introduced a billto repeal the
newspaper publicity law. Beoator
Penrose Introduced a hill tor oneX^t
letter postage. McUumber also
troduced a bill to pension Kx-Presi-
dents ini commanders In chief of the
army and give them ten thousand a
year, also t<» give a thousand dollars
annually to the widows of ex-presi-
dents. i
The Impeachment trial of Judge
Roberl W. Archbald in the Commerce
Cpurt was begun today.
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ARMISTICE WILL BE SIGNED
GREECE NOT PABTV.
Special to Daily Bulletin:
J.M JOHNSON WILL
MARRY 19 TEAR
OLD WHITE GIRL
Motion Pictures He Says, Have Of-
fered Five Thoasand for
Plrtores.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Chicago, Dec. 3.—Jack Johnson, the
negro pugilist today declared that he
would tonight marry Lucille Cameron,
the nineteen year old white girl
whose mother caused his arrest on a
white slave charge. The fighter said
that a moving picture concern had of-
N'red him five thousand dollars for
the wedding scene. The Cameron
girl's whereabouts have not boeni
known in Chicago sinco her release
and her mother has announced she
will make no further effort to save
her from the negro. Johnson's at-
torneys say that the marriage will
not affect the case now pending
against him in the Federal court.
JLE6ATES APPOINjEDjjf
tMstrial congress
JCfcl TODAY RETl’RNS VERDICT
OF -NOT GUILTY*
Sofia, Dec. 3—Reliable informational 6ion of which will be held at
is that as armistice will be signed at’on I>eeombt-r
Baghtcfee, on the\ Tchatalja lines, | Mayes. Ira W. Hall, Charles J. Hori
int ss men from lffa)rg at gtate r(.4>rmatory began to- j HARVESTER TRUST
efcised Its impeachment powers was I th® towa of Okra, in Eastland county, }day The Ghvern^r w ill remain and
in 1904 when Judge Swan<\ United werabere today to confer with Com- g0 0Ver the ^ituatibn thoroughly, and
States Judge for the Northern District tuerclal Club officials in an effort to j has promise^ that a statement will I
of Florida, was called to account for get an «,xten8ion ofjtV Brown wood ** ,nade following! the investigation
misconduct and was acquitted by the v . _ ’ . \ , . , The Governor stdted last night that !
Senate. The House of Represents-j ‘>frt-h a?d Soulh rallwayN^frofli: the' wa> ^ ^tentilt to visit other
fctlvea on July 11. 1912, adopted artl- l^ent t-rmlnus at M iy to their town Stato ^stitmtona akd his trip to this!
:les of impeachment by a vote of 222 These gchtlemen, bel eving that an place marks the doinmeneement. A
lo 1 and a committee headed by Re- ■ extension of . this road to the nor' ing of the board will i\ot
F-'ent-iT:ve C e.y >n of A!.iT>a:r<a. was will eventually be made, and earnest->called at this time. j.
ihosen to act as the managers on the
df Ahe House to tty the case be-
ihe Senate to grant an immird
\0iEB FIRE IN
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St. IxHiis |Mo. Dec. 3<—Mk^hael H.
SNEED YELLSj FOR JOY
Attorneys Throw Hals Over Ckaafe.
liers and are Fined. Bela,
tires Are Rejoiced.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Fort Worth, Texas, Doc. S.-^Joha
Beal Sneed wne this morning declar-
ed “not guilty* of the murder of Cap-
taln Boyce In this city. The trial has
beep In progress for two weeks and
has boen attracting general attention
throughout the country on-wccounl of
the prominence of t£e partXs anJ^hc
cirrumstancee suTroumrog the cane.
When the Jury returned the verdict
Sneed emitted a yel^of Joy and a mo- ‘
ment later Walter Scott, and W. P.
McLean, Jr., attorneys for the de-
fense, were throwing their hats ovsr
tb' chandaliers in ttifeV court room.
Both attorneys were vned, but Judge
Swayne refused to fine Sneed, and
did not censure him. Sneed Insisted
on talking to the Jurors and promised
each of them a picture of himself and
^children. Mrs. Sneed received the
news by telephone at the down-town
hotel where she is stopping, her hus-
band telephoning her the verdict.
When Leonora 8need, aged eleven,
t her father after the verdict, she
' into his arms, and kissing'him
fervently, said “I knew they'd do It,
\ knew It.** Mrs. Speed's
relatives sh<d that she did not iwamt
to talk abouLthe verdict for puklca-
ti°n, but that s)ie was happy over the v
result of the iriaKand that sbq love* \
her husband and\chi]$tren. The
eed would
ment Is by Col/ HenTy BxaU,|r,lakc wa* that| h« >xp<Xed ver-
wh<ysl*» giving much of his time and !<bcT ^at * ^ra- SneedXrelatives
atu ntlon toXjie g*M»d v^<*rk free of|drn*c l that 8be ^ad heenXclosely . 4
guarded since her arrival here Speed
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President Tim
Urges All to
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President ». J.
Brown wood Commercial
appointed the following
jthc Texas Industrial Oongre
O’Dell and
w ithout MjTreece being a party to It c, L. McCartney, W. J.
Greece will be left to continue the iChas Baughman,
war alone with Turkey if she desires.] President Timmins says that be re-
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garde this as one of the most im-
jK>rtant congresses held in the state
and he hopes the delegates appointed
may be able to attend. During thi4
^sessions of the congress $10,000 in
gold will be awarded to boys of, the
state for the best crops grown /Under
direction of the congress. Thi? move-j on,y 8tatem«nt that
charge. a<td who besides shares
Targe iwart of the gxi
sim
:p6nse.
!> desiring to secure a road for their ; Governor will leave here to- j Umb Qf Texas, testified to-
i sent scores of telegrams to friends
| over the country.
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tow n, have interested themselves In * morrow at '2:40 p m. He sahl that
__ the matter for the past few days, with ' he hid declared Id his platform in
l>ut: f^at declined to.' result that they1 cam* to Brown- his campaign' for governor that all
^ea^ the case ’x-fore t|ie close of tbf wowj prepared to offer very attrac- the State Institutions Were built on
aalon. | ' | live inducements to the foad. They Cheap John isilltlcs and if he really
Thirteen sl^wrate articles constitute w<>re here pfiaiarily for the purpose had his way ahpUt it that he would
the basis for the impeachment trial, i Qf interesting the Brownwood Com- takd all the boys tsujl of the buildings
These embrace dealings between merc|a| club In their proposition, hop-
Judge Archbald and rattroa 1 officials jna thereby to gain a valuable ally
and others in regard to lYnnsylvanla m|jen t^,, matter is brought before the
coal or *^cnltn dump* and coal land*: pri^o officials. They say their town
contributions hj attorney and olh- („ determined to secure tiiis road If
here and destroy thfe buildings.
The- Governor gaaex permission to/
he quoted to the effect that the Sta(<*
Juvenile Training School is a hybrid
Institution and that It is mhuHimcd
at all itosslble, and that a handsome: entirely, lie said hr intended to in-
ers to the Judge's vacation trip to
Europe in 1910; reputed secret cor- >>,^,1* and guarantee of right-of-way | cori*ormte In his message to/ihe next
day that aS agent for the InK'rnatlon-
al Harvester CosuiMin.v. he s|M*t»j |3ih>
or |3vw/in 19*'! to kill a bill ;vend-
ing’ In the South Dakota Legislature,
which would have authorized the
iufacturo of binder twine In the
niteutlarr. Mr. Lamb testl-
at tho <>t«eoing #.-wsi«»n of the Nt.
Louis hctirlng in the government's suit j
agnihet t!*e McCormick Harvester
Company and later of the Interna-
tional.
FREIGHT CAR TRIEYES; inn oirnliT
OPERATE IN CRICA60 anosiMK mi
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Arrest* Hill Follow. Thieve*
Sell to the Merchant*.
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Chicago, Dec. 3.—indictments and
testified that when the bill i arrests of more than a score of per-
Mea VrrrMrd and Score* of Oth. 1 '‘“’J0 |.^**r1* ot >l,n‘ «4wHie la
vsuit* of lleadqsarter* Without
cams up he consulted John 11, Bow- ^ M>tis In Chicago and the middle west
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w.v, ----- —v.v. w. I>onilII ana auarftntPO or rignt-or-way coriKvrate in ms message to trie next], fl>rill..r .Hvnn.niiarv . . T , _____ .
respondent by the Judge with a fhH-, t« ready for thol road whenever the legislature the recommendation *hat j Im-Ivv* told that it would take w w* ua n
*o.d attorn.j coorrrom, . ponOm, . ; ............. . TWWo H A!™'. . “T' .
case; and alleged attempts to have
yi J notes payable to Judge Archbald dis-
Counted by attorneys and litigants
before hla court.
Jn presenting the case' to thp House
Representative dUaytom said that ti*‘
It ,1s thought,by everyone that the or ove/be required (q hrtlld and main?
BnvwnwoiAl North ami South will F»e I tain t’helr oirn Juvenile train!
money to beat the bill, he wrote to - Stalhutte and two alleged accomplices,
Judiciary Committee wag of opinion 4vf,.ngion
that Judge Archbald's “sense of ruor-
^xtended to the north, probably with-
in the n^xt year and theitoWns trhWth
ire active now/ -will be the odea to
ieeure recognition fehen the time for
comes. Therefore the busl-
S»*R8 Interests of the town, of Okra
al responsibility had become deales-. jjre interesting themselves In the mat-
ed’ and that he had prostitute^ hla g,r jn order to improve ti^-ir oppor-
iigh office for personal profit.” The
)rinclpal charge grew out of the
itydid Culm Bank deal. In this
pharge It was asserted tiiat w hile the
Erie Railroad company bad pending
'before the Commerce Court twb
suits* * Archibald corrujrtly Ukinu
. advantage c f his official position, in-
ditred the officials of the Hillside Coal
J 4 Iron Company and of the Erie
\ railroad which owned that company*,
r to agree to sell ; the coal company a
♦interest la the Katydid dump to^Judge
^ Archbald and Edward J. Williams
In his anwrser Judge Arch/hald d'-ni 'd
that he had acted corruptly, or had
taken advantage of his position. HI*
attorneys took the position that 1C
|s not a eiime for a federal Judge
some Interested In an attempt
purchase property from one who
las or might become a litigant before
► vourt. They declared that no at-
ipt was made to get the property
less than 1U fair value.
'Another prominent charge was that
fudge Archbald undertook for a con-
to aaalst George M, Wat-
an attorney of Scranton. Pa- to
a reparation suit brought by
Ifarlon Coal company against the
Western
Railroad company, and to sell for C
O Boland and W. F. Boland, a large
portion of the stock of
Coal Company to the
Us answer Judge AmhbnM declared
schools. He safd thc>*v counties wore
Dallns, Tnrnat. Grayson. Ilarris,
Bexar and Jefferson, He salj that
fully 75 i*er ty-nt of the Initiates of
the State refprdnatpryjwere^fror.i the*e
eouniies.
In declkrlngjhat th|s >4 a hybrid in-
stitution. he mentlon<kr tJ>e fallacy of
timity foir becoming a railfoad town J having the Juvenilesyjybuag boys who
had committed no/crlme, associated
For
^ben t!hd ext**nsion Is made,
MUCH JURY BRIBERY /
IN CHICAGO COURT
T./
New State’* Attorney Asserts tiiat
Condition* are Scandalous and
Shocklng_-To <J« After It.
Special to Dalljy Bulletin: /
Chicago. Dec.j 3/—There is, has
tlon with n metrf>er of the MeCor-'
mick -Company in Chicago, In Jan-
, . x fnarv 1903, In which he was coropti-
wtth criminals, tor that reason the , mrntM, for h)„ ,oya,ty ^ Mc(-or.
Institution was/rnisBujnt'd. He stated| m|cfc companyf blit wn8 fold that
that if the institution! remained as Uffc—ft*,, hp wa8 to puilh the other
.s it shouM/be a *uV*nilo training f o( bIlJd<,rB that were controp.
school anp a State reformatory, each
Henry L I>hnlrl». general manager pf charged with being members of the
the International. i largest band of thieves ever organ!-
A few days later I received a j lod jn thls section of the country,
iwekage (*f new $20 bills, with in- |t developed today that every raij^
structions to turn them over to Bofe-i n)aj entering Chicago has beeu /he
ler, ’ Lamb -declared.\ He explained j victim of systematic theft of (foods
he thought (the money was a contrl- j frotn freight cars. 1 At least one large
button, pot n bribe. \ j department store in Chicago and many
The witness narrated a eonversa- munllcr merchants and commission
HJs knowledge
special to Dally Bulletin:
Indianapolis, Ind, Doc. 3—Frank
M R.utq. president of^h* Ironwork-
ers Unlotv^ tostlfiinx In the "dyna-
mitw’’ trial \tixla,v, sold that he did
m* know that MoNamors had stored
any explosives at union headqu*rt-
er*/ While he was endeavoring to
furnish the comblnatk'n t>) the safe,
(Tacksmen drilled the loch, he said.
In the meantime McNamara* was being
hurried to California, Eighty quarts
of nltro glycerine was foi|nd ip the
vault at headquarters. - |
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rft wn
3.—There Is,
been much briWry' in cphnoction
Diana, a large
f dm Marlon
railroad. In
fOONTINUBD ON FAQ* F»y«
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Is, or
rpnno
with erintinal court Judes in Cook
county, according to Mgcljay Hoyne,
who was sworn in as/6tate’s attorney
today. \ /
Mr. >Ho>Tie mad>* this statement,
Adiich ho snid/wan lwsed on a pre-
lirrtipary investigation. In outlining
his i<ollcleg fts state's attorney.
“A ptwiiminary investigation shows
a scandalous state af affairs In the
crlmmai court.’* Hr. Hoyne,
'"-•Ad If a fuller Investigation develops
evidenc*. I am going after Jury
bribery.”
To go Into details of the charges at
this thiHr <Mr Hoyne said, wouid de-
feat the enda of Justice. He aald fur-
ther that the staff of office detectives
used extensively by hla predecessor
would be abolished. Ha would coo-
teat himself with prosecuting the
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under Separate management. The
management of the Juvenile Train-
ing -school, as ft is under conditions,
corild not possibly be a success.
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BANKSfMAKE STATEMENT
' OFICONDITION NOV. 26IH
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Special to Dally Bulletin:
.. Washington, D. C., Dec. 3.—The
comptroller of the currency today Is-
sued ai call for a statement of the
condition of the National Banks of
the country at the clo^e of business
on November 2« * - %
ed by the International Harvester
Company with the same spirit as-he
had shown in handling the McCor-
mick make.
B. A. McAleer, of Oklahoma City,
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men are expected to be drdwn into the
case as receivers or purchasers of
the stolen goods. Twelve men In New
York are under surveillance ftnd j
operatives In Memphis, St. Louis.
East St. Louis. Cincinnati, Detroit.
Sioux City, Pittsburg and other cities
have at least fifty more persons un-
der watch who may be arrested at
any moment, according to investiga-
tors for the railroads. The thefts
from the roads are estimated to hav*
MAN'S LEG SAVED OT
another w Itnees who said he had j reached more than $250,000.
SAM IIODGES TO MARRY
THURSDAY AT SAN ANGELO
Brown wood friends hare received
Invitations to the marriage of Sant
Hodges, a former Brownwood young
man. whidh will take place at the
Baptist church at Ban Angelo on
Thursday even Ing. Doc. S, at which
time be will wed Miss Annie Cooper,
daughter of Dr. Chorion T. Cooper.
Mr. Hodges grow to
sad has a boot <4
will OUMi
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friends whan
Mb***!*
been In the Implement business six-
teen years, testified that after 1902
the threattQ deprive dealers who had
been handling the Internationa] Har-
vester machinery of their agencies
was used as a club to force them to
accept the agency for tillage tools and
other Implements.
The hearing will be resumed tomor-
row.
Howler “Explain*."
Among the. Stolen articles 125,000
fine cigars are repbrted to have been
sold to one Chicago department store.
Detectives have a statement and leaf
from a ledger of another merchant,
showing the purchase of 87,000 cigars
from Dr. Kern. An alleged communi-
cation from Kern to another eustomar,
in which the doctor said he feared de-
tectives had suspicions of their deal--
Rigs but “not to be alarmed," also
y St. Louis, Dec. ■ 3.—Although not ja jn (b,, investigators' bands
mrbimenaed as a witness. John H. Kern and Stalhutte have been sus-
Howler, former warden of the South
Dakota penitentiary appeared today
lh the room during the hearing ”to
protect his Interests.’’ he said* He
admitted having received $300 from
Lamb, but said the money, with 9&0
received from the Retail Implement
Dealers Association was expended In
paying the expenses of the nsnocln-
tton’s executive committee of which
ha said he w( n member. Government
counsel said he would not be put oa
the stand for the government
pected for nearly a year. They have
been under observation since Inst
January, when they catue to this city
from Thavrville, 111., and set up their
elaborate establishment in a residence
section of the city.
rotten t enting In Hlewly.
There wne but little cotton J
local market today, and the
tloae are that the crop i *
about marketed.
Switching of Blood'* Conrse Attained.
Feat ('on.*idcred Impossible
lYlthost Harmful Rrsalt*.
L N**' York. Dec. 3.—For the first
time In the medical annals, according
to Louis J. Frank, superintendent of
Beth Israel hospital, a delicate opera-
tion has been performed by which a
case of gangrene—known to the
medical world a* angioee cheroels—
has been completely cured. To Dr.
Charles Goodman, attending gurgeon
at the Beth Israel hospital, belongs
the honor of having performed an
operation on Isldor Kaplan
The patient, who went to the hos-
pital three weeks ago to have h1s
right leg amputated, left there with-
out the loos of the ihub. |He had al-
ready km his left leg because of
gwtgrene poison
Dr. Goodman applied* the fruite of
hie study, whirfa showed that when
the veins became thickened teeter
than the arteries the blood stream
may ba switched from the arteries
to «o through the veins.
Thin operation of ewitching the blood
necessitated stopping the tkm
f*at which has hereto*
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