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rHE DAILY BULLETIN
Vslsme XIII.
• -i'
EIGHT PAGES.
BROWX'WOOD, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, I91i.
EIGHT PAGES
Na.44
SECRETARY FISHER
IL
TURKEY INSISTS OX
GREECE SIGX ARMISTICE.
! Fat oi>’Federal Supervision of Water-
power Development, and Makes
Recommendations.
Washington, Dec. 17.—A definite
t and comprehensive water-power jwl-r
i lo>" for streams ui>on the public do-
main and navigable streams not on
CITY SANITARY
LAWS WILL BE EN-
FORCED IN FUTURE
AUTOMOBILE SKIDDED
, RICH MAN IS DEAD
LOOK OUT FOR
) HOLIDAY FIRES
_
i Held Little I*Ulighter in Ills Ami* Stores Churches unit School Houses
and She Was Sated Practically Id Used Against Dangerous Dec-
I Ualrart. . orations at Christmas
Meeting Yesterday Discusses Sanl- Special io Daily Bulletin: Austin, Tex., Dec. 17.—The state
lary Matters and Makes Kecora* San Francisco, (Calif., Dec. 17.—‘Fret j Insurance board Issues the following
ineudatioiis to ( ity Council. j. Horswili. a Jealtfir mining eiigi-' warning f<
Quite a largely atended and
J. Horswili, a Wealthy mining £ngl- warning to the people that they may
neor of Oakland^ was killed todky (exercise diligence/against fires at
_ the public'domain, is urged by the ! very enthusiastic meeting of mem-; w j)(,n j,|„ autonjobllo skidded and [ChjrLstmas time:
an lAiinurn iiairn nviinrinau Secrotary of interior Walter I.j*Hfr* of ,lie ( ll' (°uncllf the Corn-i p|unKed down a 125 feet embankment The custom of merchants decorat-
AUBllHNtU UNTIL IHuRuImT ! ^*h’ 88 lbe n,08t important subject mercl^T^Club and^'FwJernt^ ^ll*b* He held his llttjle daughter in his1 Ing places of business for tlie hHI-
K “* *h" ‘ a™* and she was onlly slightly day trade is a most haxardoua one
HEARST SUBMITS SOME INTER-
EMI Mi COMMUNICATIONS.
Greek Representatives Refused to today to President Taft.
Sign Protocal Saying it is Not v As to a water-power policy, he says
Necessary.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
London, Dec. 17.—Obstacles to
that' It must be made “certain that
those who receive special privileges
connected with water-power develop-
bringing about peace were encountered ment shall in fact proceed by ap-
early today, because or the absence propriate degrees and within appro-
of the signatures of Greece to the priate times to develop the available
nrmiatlce protocal. The delegates water power to its highest capacity,
warn In coneequeuse forced to ad-1 having due regard to the possibilities
Joqjn without making any progress
nnd will not meet again until late
Thursday. In the mean time the
plenipotentiaries wilt confer with
their home governments as to the
course to pursue. The Turkish re-
presentatives say they are not author-
ized to recognize the delegation from
Greece unless Greece signs the armis-
tice. The Greek representatives to-
! pending before Congress and the wa* the Commercial Club
country, In his annul report submitted rooms at throe oclock yesterday af-
ternoon, to discuss improved sanitary
conditions for the town, which is now
tied with Gainesville in “The Clean-
est Town in Texas” Contest.
The meeting was presided over by
President Tinunlns of the Commercial
Club, and was addressed by several
different parties. .8peclal attention
was called to certain unsanitary con-
ditions. wherein civil pride and ap-
peals for cleanliness had not ef-
fected the proper remedies, and a mo-
tion was made and unanimously
adopted that the City officials be
urged to enforce the necessary sani-
tary regulations, and to request them
to prosecute all cases of failure, and
that It be the sentiment of those pres-
ent, as the representatives of others,,
that the Council will .be backed up
in their effort by the people general-
ly.
Special attention was called to cer-
ARCHBOLO WRITES OF LOANS
scratched In the fail.
FIVE FEET OF SNOW
of marketing the product"
“We must make certain," he con-
tinues, “that the electric energy thus
created shall be made available to
the community in appropriate ways
at approximate prices. If it is not to
be used for the benefit of the com-
munity but is is to be devoted direct-
ly to the private purposes and per-
Speclal to Dally BullaUa:
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 17.—The worst
blizzard of years struck this town
last night bringing with k five feet
of snow. It is reported that there
is much suffering both In the city
and in the surrounding country and
the safety of shipping Interests on
the lake is imperiled.
sonal advantage of the permit-
day refused to sign protocal saying tee, some method must be found by
thstr.it would make no difference as which the public will receive its
the decision of the Balkan League share of the profits which the permit-
• would be binding on Greece. The tee may make over and above that ta*n wa*on yards, where either no
1 situation stood thft way at adjourn-1 which is a necessary and reasonable sewerage connection had been made,
ment today.
inducement for his Investment.’
EPTIN6 TRIAL POST-
PONED FOR WEEK.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 17.—B. B.
Epting, former farm hand of John
Beal Sneed, charged with complicity
In the klHlng of A1 Boyce, Jr., at
Amarillo Sept 14, probably will not
go on trial until Jan. 6, one week
HELEN 60ULD WILL MARRY
ST.IL0UIS RAILROAD MAN
.or was not in use, and a motion pre-
As to federal as against state con-i'ailed lbat 1116 be re-
trol of water-power concessions on <lue*ted co™P«l owners of such ; after the original date for which his
streams which are not navigable, the ! P™**1^®* to make immediate con- lrlal waa ,et
Secretary says: “The suggestion is n,'clion*
made frequently by those who are in
A motion was made and unanim-
Walter Scott, one of Epting’s law-
yers, engaged by Sneed, has Just re-
Finley J. Shepard, 4* to Wed Heir
ess, 44—Romance Began in Y. X.
C. A. Work.
one way or another representing adopted that the Ma>or , turned from Memphis. Texas, whore
either present or future invesment C,ty Health , Officer be Instructed to Kptlng *111 ^ tried, a change of
in water-power development that I ***** certain wagon yards, bakeries, renu#> from Amarillo having been
Lakewood. X. J.,
such power sites and their control | «poc*rte* and otber up8anl,ary places,
should be turned over to the respec-iand <mforC« nece88ary *anitary reg-
Dec i;_An- tive states in which they are located. ! 11 ,at,on* ,btlt th‘‘ City ordinances re-
quire. '
A special committee composed of
from a standpoint of fire. TheNlecor-
ating of churches and school houses
for, U»e Christo as tree and othet
means of entertainment is also dang-
erous. The promiscuous use of fire-
works is at ail timea a menace to
life and property.
For the purpo** of trying to Im-1
presa upon the public the need of
care throughout the last two weeks
of December, the department calls
attention to the following Important
suggestions contained In the Holiday
Fire Bulletin issued by the Xatlonaf
Fire Protection Association.
National Fire BaUetla
Holiday fires in these, while filled
with people are usually hollcaust*.
Light, inflammable decorations make
fires easy to start and easy to spread.
A match, a gas flare or an electrical
defect may do It
Watch cigars and pipe smoker*.
Do not permit them to “light up" In-
side buildings. Do not make the
slightest change in electrical wiring
without consulting electrical inspect-
ors.
Every year in America many child-
ren are burned to death by fire from
Christmas candles. Do not decorate
your Christmas tree with paper, cot-
Would Loan Senator Eoruker Fifty
Thoutaud Dollars If Desired.
Sends Sibley K.000.
Special to Dally Bulletin:*
Washington, D.C., Dec. 17.—Wil-
liam R. Hearst today gave the eaoate
campaign Investigating committee
photographic copies of all letter* la
his possession that Indicate any con-
nection between John D. Archbold, of
the Standn J Oil Co. and legislative
or campaign activities in this coun-
try He stated that he had others
that had not been made public Be
did not recall having seen any of (he
originals. He hesitated when asked
where he got these copies of lettttrs.
but finally stated, "from John Eddy
of London," a writer of Magazln*
articles
The first letter from Senator Pan-
rose to Arch bo Id said: “I have wired
Senator Foraker to make apt*
pointment to discuss the matter re-
ferred to in your letter A letter
from Archbold to Senator Foraker
expressed the willingness of Archbold
to make a fifty thousand dollar loan.
Another letter from John D. Arch-
hold to former representative Sibley
referred to a certificate for five thot*-
ton or any other inflammable materi , JollarB and laid: "Sent at re-
al. Use metallic 0nsel and other un- q,,e8t of Mr* Gibson, the purpose of
inflammable dec^iQjons only, and set1 wblcb you no doubt understand with
nouncemtm of the engagement of H is interesting to note, however, that
Mis* Helen Miller Gould of New York the ordinary citizens of these states
to Finley J. Shepard, a prominent ar* not at concerned over feder- _,oi_oK r-i.-w * in.— °7*r *,_!„ *_*
railroad man of St. Louis, was made al usurpation or unjust treatment,
yesterday afternoon at the residence They suspect that the real purpose
would be withheld for the present
and that statement was confirmed up-
•in inquiry at the residence of -Mias
Gouldj in New York.
Gould made known his sister's en-
gagement in a Jj.:al statement,
which read: \
• mF. and Mrs. George J. Gould an-
nounce the engagement of their sis-
ter, Miss Helen Miller Gould to Mr
Finley J. Shepard, of St. Louis."
Asked whether he desired to say
anything additional Regarding the en-
gagement. Mr. Gould remarked that
“there will be nothing more except
that this engagement is most pleas-
ing to. Mrs. Gould and myself.”
^Shepard has long been prominent-
LET US WIN THIS
$500.00 REWARD
SIX MILLION BUSHELS
WHEAT AT GALVESTON
Sarah Clark, Mrs. Guy L Jones.
Prof T. H. Hart. Dr. E. L Howard
of Mr. and Mrv* George J. Gould ot those who urge the turning over and Mr* Hufford to
here. * of the federal domain to the states is mak* an appeaI to the clt‘“nah,p of
It!,., said that .noou.Kem.nt ,( «"* may "W* f* lonl"r *nd|’"^.nd
>n„ time and pl.ee o. tbe weddln, “rl" <*' '*""al T'' ‘ m
K- -d.slTr, ,K. ernment and may take advantage of. ,£* *£ *' “ " " t<X’ y *
the more limited resoufees and gov- ‘ *
era mental facilities of the individual A. determined effort is to be made. . . . . ------- -----
states. ‘ |an.d th- ,en,p«*r of ““““iBrownwood and. liahiivlll* Agate “J “ Ca“ , buahcl. of wheat receipt, here zinc*
“In general'all W the streams which W w,,t not for an>' Tied f«r the ll.4i.nd Xanzine T" tew first grain men here fr**ty
are susceptible J water power de- onP wbo *« invent neces-| (,e.ne.t T.wn Prize \ \T\ i pred,cl that ‘b“ »«* ^on mark for
granted. Scott practically arranged lh# ^ „^urely ^ that th(k chll. (b‘“
for the one-week continuance.
Kpring Is charged with having oc-
cupied a house with Sneed for several
days before the killing His defense
will- he that he did not know Sneed
was going to kill Boyce.
■ 'A ■
dren in reaching for things can not
tip It o-. «r. Do not use cotton tc
repreedBr srow. If you must bav^
snow use asbestos fibre.
(kre of the Children
Do not permit children to light or
relight candles while parents are not
j present. They frequently set fire
I to their clothing instead; and the
free itself will burn when needles
Chairman Clapp called a meeting
of the committee for tomo --dw when
Senator Foraker was a«k':J to ’>•
beard at once after the committee
adjourned subject to call.
have become dry. Do not leave match- —
within reach of children at boll- Galveston, Texas, D*c. 117—YYltX
{day time Candle, are meant to be' more than f|ve j,undped thougJin<I
Meanest Tswa Prize , . ,____
veloptnept w,*!m »< *"»' l>»Por- In .lew o! U>. Ikr> ih.r the U J I"r'nmu'hL, 1“*^ Wl" *» b>’ ‘h» «"»
UMl for «.vl».llon^A" of them de- «■"] l«. Kb* 1” to tlKr nrsTlmvm mil
pend to some degree U(<on protec- w 1 ceroly h<»j«ed that dvery one will see! i f.. „ riKf. IIIMKIIILD .MILL
tlon and aid of some kind and form j * ’ that his own preinii.-s a
source for one or more of these 1,1 a’*' ttn ot‘ ** n** w,er* ox* J ;,«-*( sanitary condition.
pose«i to files, filtii and other things
that ml,lit iiroluce Jleenae breedlo, ,Ihu ni'.t.-ment■ II ‘ ---~ ~ J. I —— ,>-OOilalIi) . plant thU
Have all t,a.h. ™„, and other rute ,h"1 nmr^ed Chrlat- ra„r„ln, Tli.l loa. I. ,,,,mated .,
iiraagi ce^bnations. i»----- .u-----a. . ..
that his own prciniies are put in the ) .. . ,
T 1 i to arouse the public to a point oi
uses. Increasingly that source tends ,77,^,!^!. u”! ^ w,‘ suggest the following wa\w
to he the Nation and not the states
“Some of individual states are \ <‘*rma* frid wh,ch an ««'kht
developing effective ;<olicies of wa-
H be started
• f
twenty thousand dollars.
U|K)II tO
make-the chief expenditures "ot on,y fwl proud of tr“* fa^* bllt
Have all stairs opening on the side-
Many oi
fc. Mtaour, Pacific rai'.-oad. " *' 5 •»« Ml." I-Wo. ever, ci„r..„
ho^oar.er. In Sn Loola. . T T , I ^ . •« make a Cor, no, on,, """
should be placed in
The SecreUry emphasize* the re- ('ho ,,rlz*‘ but fo keep. M*
I eotmpc-ndation jnade in his annual,"111'* rondition to pre»ent spread of cans shot!
Finley J. Shepard met Miss Goujd
soon after entering the»o|»era!ing de-
ptrtment of ,Sc Mlivouri Paclf,cIrou nxfn \i.imr W the need hf a .......... „U, ,hA_
SfcWhUI, line. In IJhne. tfu. He>^npr,he„lvJ ,.„d cl.ulflclon ,nd, -*--- ‘
acco#pani<-i Miss Gould and h
i steqd of being swept Into the streats.
Id not be left bn
and!
jl B'N-ry city and town in the Stat«
tha| has not enacted an ordinance. I>T|.Rysm<;
■tripK prohibiting the use of fire-; AUSTIN AVENUE CHURCH
worikia should do so at once.
| i At the Austin Avenue Preebyteria*
. . • // Church, Sunday night, Dec. 15th. the
lasvi.m: < ,K WUriED R,v. Mr Fender eav, another ol ,h.
store-
garbage cans, in- |i
Special to DaMr Bulletin:
party last March over th» Denver|A exl»ting statutes, ho says, attempt to
^4* Grande line* when she pjade'. a ret.OKn
•Jar of inspection pf the railroad Y L fe<-tive
Grande line, when she pad'v. a ( reco<roile in a very general and inef-
way the fundamental differ-
C. 4- building.. A/dlose frend- ence8 between the different classes
of administration based thereon. The SULL FI6H1
. 0E5PITE CONFERENCE
* Shepard is 45' years qld and. th< ln the pubHc domain
con of a Connecticut minister, who
eonient* are liable t{* be dum;*ed Into
the sir eta.
Fourth. Special:
Certain Grocery stare* are in a de
cidedlv unsanitary condition.
Conditions in
kets need improving..
Travels in Bible J -and'The sub-
* i “h11* aI>rang up from tbe trip* I of agricultural lands still remaining! Sedi/Bar. Dardanelles, Dec. 17. -
Anbther naval battle was begun this
m ... H . . , „ ; Secretar> Fisher recommends the between Turkey and the i urged to co-operate in this work.
,• died recently He has b-enjn rail ad0ptl0Ii Df constructive legislation
road work since 1SS9. Before enter-, wj(jj reep^ct to water power develop-
^ *>f the service of the Gould lines b« ment and the control and the compre-
was with the Northern Pacific and the | hensive^ppHcatlon of the leaaing^sys/t. Mwttr . .
__T, x the results not being yet known.
Fk. Mten B. F. Bush, pres!-, tem to tnc development 91 our public
of the Missouri Pacific-Iron coajf oli, ^ aBphalt,
DtJaz. Tezas. -Ou. M.-xi- . ''.T f.„ >tirn*,
[can jus killed and another was btirt, ^ JtTaml»m to Jericho.”
line 'propePed motor car on Uie ^ | ztn^hK° ’ ni W” croaiJ*d A* u,aaI’
. Ll „ , !»nd the universal wrdict was that
•hacl'le line this morning. jthU wa. lhe ^ !ecture of the
LARGE REWARD OFFERED ries yet given Picture were shown
FOR KALE ROBBERS, of the place* of inter.-st along th«
Special to Bulletin \ Jericho road and the Dead Sea. Hoe-
ing with pictures of great painting*
HInstrating the parable of “The Good
Samaritan" and the command of the
Master: “Go and do tbou likewise.”
of the .neat mar- j Austin, Texas, Dec. 17.—The gover-
nor this morning offered a reward of
Every man, woman and chHd la j five hundred dollars for tbe convic-
tion of each of the Kyle bank robbers.
Greek'
the Stra
outside the entrance t< I The winning of this priA will be
of Dardanelles. The fir- the greatest Christina* gift for Brown-
fg was heavy and long continued.
linea, was also chosen pre« and phosphate lapdtf, with appro-
Id^nt of the Denver & Rio Grande,, pri&te prorimbirmr the protection of
1n January, 1912, Shepard was se- prospectors during a reasonable ex-
A iected as his assistant and recently ploration j>eriod preliminary to the
A: % his appointment as assistant to Pres- leasing of land." He points to the
^ ident Bush, on the Missouri Pacific- fact that* in Appalachian Mountains
Jit Iron' MounUin with Jurisdiction over I the National Forest Reservation Com-
;l mission is now buying kinds upon
urate, potash
wood. j ... .
100 Vehicles BYinted
* All who will help |q this work meet
PEACE DELE6ATES MEET 'T-
WTH FULL POWERS Tk,nd
XEB PRI>M»N WARDEN
FOR HUNTSVILLE.
den. deputy United States Marshal
was today appointed Warden of the
Huntsville penitentiary.
The next \of these sermon-lecture*
will be given on tbe 29th on the sub-
ject: “From Jerusalem and Bethle-
Speclal to Dslly Bulletin: h .. ... ... .
Dallas. Texas. Dec 17-R. M WafTT^ 1.. !^ Wda’lT .ppm
. all d^>artments. was announced.
% ** Since going to St. Ig>uis Eighteen which timber can be raised but not
moftths ago, Shepard has been active Knod for agricultural purposes, for
socially and Is known as a lover of conserving the waters at the heads
of navigable streams.
As to homestead law legislation, the
u* . books, a musician of a critical taste
r ^ - an *11 round athlete.
• r
y Upon the death of her father, Jay
fco^d. 1*
.jinTs
1892, Helen Gould, then 24
[, * fmr% old. inherited s fortune
ft about tlO.000.000. It has been
Usd that by Investment she
1 trebled this fortune and at thi
is ttes* devoted fully half of her
• to benefbetiona which brought
Into prominence.
Secretary says be Is still of tbe same
opinion, In spite of a somewhat dif-
ferent law passed last June, that “the
homestead settler should be excused
from the necessity of residing upon
hit land during the first two years
after entry, provided he substituted
for reetdence during that period the
improvement and cultivation of a
f.' -
London, Dec 17.—If was made cleat
when the peace delegates met thii
morning that their credentials give
them full power not only to negoti-
ate for peace, but to reach a binding
agreement, conclade and sign It.
substantial portion of the grounds."
The law passed, be says, is being ad-
ministered to encourage as much as
possible the bouaflde settler.
The whole development ot Alaska,
be reports. Is malting largely -
the parage of suitable legislation tor
the development of its transportation
faculties and of its coal lands.
R. O. Prater,'-
T. H. Hart.
Dr. El tfc Howard.
Mrs, C. H. Hufford.
Mrs. Irkna Jones,
Miss Sarah Clark,
Committee.
priate for the Christmas season.
On the night o< the 24th, there will
be given in connection*” with the
Christmas tree a series of pictures II-
BAILEY RESIGNATION \ Ilustrating the Childhood of Christ.
AGAIN DISCUSSED. To a41 of these exercise* the publR
Washington. I>. C„ Dec. 17.—Sena- l» cordLlly Invited,
tor Joseph W. Bailey today declined At a meeting of the session of the
SEVEN WERE KILLED
IN STREET CAR COLLISION.
Special to Dally Bulletin:
Ashtabula. Ohio. Dac. 17.—A revis-
ed list of tbe victims of the accident
wbe* a Lake Shore coal train itrnck
a street car brings the list to seven
killed snd seven Injured. Motorman
MoCutcheon. in charge of ths ear,
has been held by the police pending
Investigation.
to discuts the current report that he
will resign his seat In the senate Jan-
uary 1st. Members of the Texas del-
egation ln the house believe the re-
port to be true.
WILSON ISSUES WARNING
AGAINST POLITICIANS.
Trenton.. N. J., Dec. 17.—Governor
Woodrow Wilson today issued a warn-
ing to the voters of the state against
politicians opposing his policies ln
matters of state government and who
he says will seek to oontrol the stats
government after he steps out of of-
fice.
By agreement among several lead-
ing nations s detailed map of ths
world on a uniform scale of 0me lack
to about sixteen miles Is being
made.
V
ial places where groceries, fruits, 'ZLZ__1.TT.7]lno!^thor purpose than as an effori j 0XK |',KKMAX IXJURIS.
1 11 1 Daria, Tex., Dec. 17.—One fireman
that .111 .. fat .... lnJu„d wk.„ (lr,
h-lpl., in thl. m^m-nr ll” WT1**-* "*?«*» *- ”?»*-■! ,C«W. Plant ,bte
1 r n
KILLS AXEXM AN. of Se-mon-I.ectur.s entitled.
church last night it was decided to
have Mr. Fender repeat the lecture
on bis trip through Europe some
time early next year. This was done
because the weather prevented many
from attending the lecture who have
since expressed s d eel re to have It
repeated so that they might attend.
Further announcements as to date*
will be made later.
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