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Last Baseball Game of Season at D. B. C. Park, Wednesday,D. B. C. vs. H. P. C. Ad. 25c 4 p.m.
THE DAILY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY i, 1914
BULLETIN
No. 169
NORTHEAST TEXAS STORM TAKES TOLL flF PINK BOLL M JUS. L SULYDEI STRIKE SITUATION MEXICANS PREPARE
LIFE Ml DESTROYS PROPERTY VALUED IT
MORE Mill 1 INDUED THOUSAND OOCLARS
HEAVY BAIKS GENERALLY REPORTED, WITH HIGH WINDS AT
SOME POINTS; MAUD AND REDWATER, NEAR TEXARKANA,
HEAVY SUFFERERS; WOMAN AT FORMER TOWN KILLED IN
TORNADO WHICH HURLED HER A HUNDRED FEET.
Texarkana, May 5.—fcne la dead,
several are probably fatally Injured
and property valued at more than a
hundred thousand dollars was de-
stroyed as a result of the tornado
which swept through Red water an4
Maud, Texas, late yesterday.
Mrs. Pearl White of Maud was
hnrled through the sir a^hundred feet,
hsr clothes were ripped off, and she
was Instantly killed
There will be a big crop damage
from the storm. *T
Not s single house remains stand*
lag at Redwater, which was a town
of between one and two thousand
flrat
hall was bsdly dsmsged. The Psce
building on West Brown street was
damaged. Flues, outhouses, barns,
trees, awnings, window tights and
plateglase tn the business district was
blown out The old Christian
church building, the Church of Christ,
and the negro church were damaged.
_ The lnterurban was tied up for
lack fit power. There were no lights
or power In town ehrly today. The
H. and T. C. annulled all trains on
the Fort Worth branch. No one was
injured. *
Storm In Mississippi.
Greenville, Miss., May 6.—Several
dwelling houses were wrecked, others
TD DE EXCLUDED
Department of Agriculture Will Guard
Against Dangerous Cotton
Pest.
Washington. May 5.—Fearing the
introduction into the- United States
of the “pink boll wonn/V. which is
known as one of the most dangerous
of cotton pests, the Department of Ag-
riculture today announced that hear-
ing wi 1 be, held on May 15th on a
proposed quarantine against the In-
sect. It is said that the pink boll
worm :omes Into America In cotton
shlppe< from Egypt and other foreign
countries.
WILL SPEAK HERE
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
CONGRESSMAN PROM THIS DIS.
TRICT WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN
IN THIS CITY.
Congressman Jas. L. Slayden will
be in Brownwood 'Friday and that
night will open his campaign fo<- re-
election to the National ‘Congress
from this district of Texas Mr. Slay-
den has s host of personal and polltl.
cal friends in Brownwood and his
visit Is anticipated with much pleas*
ure by them. So great has been the
i satisfaction of the people with bis
I record in congress that In previous
years it has not been hecesssry for
SPECTACULAR FIRE IS
WITNESSED BY EDITORS years it has not been hecesssry
arrived at Electra Saturdayln time to 0pportaaUy to hear hlm gpeak It lg
see the burning o1 «i 55.000 barrel pred,cted that he wlu ^ grw5ted by
tank of oil which had been fired by
lightning. It was still burning at
noon. Electra entertained the edit-
ors with a barbecue late Saturday.
IN C0L0RM0 fuel TO DESTROY ROKO IN
OISE OF INVASION
Ns Reports sf Disorder* In District
Controlled by Untiled States
Troops, r
Trinidad, Colo., May 5.—^CoL James
Lockett, commanding the llut Unit-'
ed States Cavalry, today took com-
mand here.
people. The cyclone was first seen
•bout a mile south of Maud, and then
•wept through that town and on to in the business district were unroofed
Redwater. The Cotton Belt railway
ras a heavy loser at Redwater. *.
There was a heavy rain and wind
were damaged, half a doxen buildings ; suv, rv
In rti. Hn.ln... dlatrlpt war* uBrnnfcd 1AIIIAIMJ ASIM 1
RECEIVES CRANK WHO —1
• SHOT AT N. Y. MAYOR.
New York. May 5.—Michael C.
and the electric light and power plant
was put out of commission by a storm
which swept through Greenville. No
___ here- yesterday, and for sev- one was seriously Injured.
eral hours this city was cut off from Dispatches * from several small
srlre communication with other points, towns In the vicinity of Greenville
Nash and other towns in Bowie and report minor property damage
Cass counties suffered considerable -
loos from the storm of wind and rain. Three Killed In Middle West
—— Chicago. May 5.—Storms which
Damage at EaaJa. swept Western Illinois and Eastern
Rnnla, Texas. May 5.—Several thou- lows killed Wm. Filler, 75 years old.
■usd dollars of damage was caused of Alexis. III., and Herman Burrell,1
by the storm here yesterday. The 50. of Stronghurst. III. At Comanche,
large brick warehouse of R. J. Csld- lows. Earl Jurgeson. a young farm-
well was blown down aad the city er. was killed by a falling tree.
Mahoney, who on April 7 shot at
Mayor Mitchell and wounded Corpor-
RESIDENCE STREETS
: NEED MODE LIGHTS
Ceaaell Teaarittee Last Night Dr©
Lhrtits
DEN. HtRKM OUOYEl
KILLED DT HIS SON
ation Counsel Frank L. Polk. Monday
was sentenced to Mstteswan asylum {
for the criminal Insane A commis-
sion Investigating Mahoney’s mental
condition reported to Judge Mulqueen
that the man was insane at the time
he fired the shot. ... J. - •
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NOTHING KNOWN OF
yenhel SEEN BURNING
Boston, >Ms.v 5.—Further details of
the unknown ship which yesterday
we; reported to be burning off Cape
Rice were larkln* today.
a large audience when his opening
address is delivered Friday night.
Mr. Slayden’r friends In McCulloch
county several days ago perfected an
organisation to assist Id his cam-
paign and a similar step may be tak.
en by other counties In the district.
oil prIp&ties are
SAFE IF REBELS ININ
•Mtaation I* Quiet
Washington, May 5.—The »ar de-
partment last night Issued this state-
ment, summarising the situation in
Colorado.
’’The tension has been greatly re.
Heved. There has not been any dis-
order where our troops actually are
and no further reports of disorder in
the other district. The embargo on
the introduction of arms and ammu-
nition into thh state, which has been
inaugurated by the state authorities
has been continued by our officers
and railroads aad express companies
have been notified thereof.
SOUTH AMERICAN MEDIATORS
ANNOUNCE THAT CARRANZA
WILL NOT ENTER PLAN.
Washington, May 5.—The War De-
partment today received Information
from* Vera Cruz that the Mexican
federal* have mined the railroad from
Vera Crus to City of Mexico, In prep-
aration for destroying the road tn case
the Americans should attempt to
march upon Mexico City. Two more
sailors who were wounded in the
fighting at Vers Crus died there to-
Ke Ships to Be Cleared. Vf
Admiral Badger today reported that
Territorial Minister Hacienda had or-
dered the customs officers not to clear
or enter any vessel to or from any
Mexican ports. It Is also reported
that thirteen Americans are being de-
The British
>o Oil llm at Tsxuea^ aad Aawrf*
can Property Right* There
Are Respected
Galveston, May 3.—'Tuxpam la quiet
“The request to open the saloons
st Trinidad has been refused for the talned at Metis Loyuca
present. The machinery for putting consul has demanded their release,
into operation the disarmament proc. The State Department today tele-
lsmation is being devised. Tbe off!- graphed the Brasilian minister at
cers are hopeful of good results.” Mexico City, Consol Miller et Tam-
-— j plco, and Consul Hanna at Monterey,
Picketing (ostiaae* regarding the report that acting
New York. May 5—Silent picket- American Consul 8illiman Is bqing
Ing by crepe-sleeved men And women held a prisoner by federal general
who held John D. Rockefeller and Mass st San Luis Potosi.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Vesponslble Camansa to Be Left Oat
for conditions In the Colorado mine The South' American mediators,
war was continued In rront of tbe while Informing Carrsnsa today that
Standard OH building here and out- as he had declined to agree to an ar-
slde the gates of the RockefeHer.es- mlstifce between himself and Huerta,
tate st pocantlco Hills. during the pending negotiations, they
Upton Sinclair, who first conceived will leave him out of the mediations,
the ides of picketing Rockefeller's of- made -public the statement that the
fleet sent a telegram to Waller Lan- mediators bold that ail the dlfflcul-
ferslek. national secretary of the so- ties which have contributed to the
again and anti-American demonstrsJ clsllst party in Chicago, asking that present Mexican situation bear on
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
lions there have ceased.
That was the report given by refu-
gees returning here on board the tor-
pedo boat destroyers Henley and
Warington, which came up from quar-
I antlne Monday afternoons Tbe last
American refugee left Tuxpam on
v.. April 30. and at that time the situ,
l.r.l conciliation 10 prorld, („rfw“ "or“*1- T*« oil .elm .re In op-
Trouble Probably Wa* Passed
Domestic Difficulties In the
Soa’s Hoasehold.
th<»!nn ordered^reuorted' w-u conunue u» care lor mem i
,1 hi“ ^o“ mcnd.,?oo"o .t.cTo"^I '«“« *• “• '«*•“>• « *» CM'°l
udiclary committee.
“mourners pickets” be placed before the conflict between Huerta and the
every branch of the Standard OH United tSates
company in the United States.
eratipn by British employes, who
wilt continue to care for them as
OLNEY DEGURES JDD
01 RESERVE BOARD
Over Taws laspectisg
Already Placed
. - , . . . i . , I New York, May 5 —Chester Duryea.
ch^dir^'Mc.'i "*"ri,h:ncr w.u.„l2*Irrj b Burk'- *h°h** —o' ““
Oil men from Tuxpam said today
that if the constitutionalists capture
that town the Englishmen will he
.forced to leave the oil wells, but tbe
NOW TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. Americans will be welcomed back
to resume operations.
I
Ask Presidents Attitude.
Senator Lippitt of Rhode Island to-
day offered a resolution calling ^on
President Wilson to state whether or
not there is a foundation for the pub-
lished report that Wilson may aid
ViHa to become president of Mexico.
The resolution went over until to-
morrow. .
Texas Troops Retars.
W* Hutchins trfty * ntann^CtoJJroJ
rreoMcat •(toe Federal Re- Colquitt that he had directed the
„ ■ **. . Dallas Battery and three Fort Worth
Boston. May 5. Richard Olney to- mjjjtjg companies to return from
day wrote to President Wilson, de- Brownsville
dining hi* apiwintment by Wilson ay _ * *j, *
5^SL“5 of ratMttt eld„ DurrM-, ton,, Brooklyn. „„ lor Ln>p«u. «h.r. ..i l'h. uiVlkX tko wVrnl I ~I W**. Mk
tile location of win, of tbe nealy .n- ^me time ago Cheater Duryen dl- wn, tefe|reph operator for the contmonder or tbe port had promiaed, f lh Ne ‘ banking aimtem. J v,ra Crtia. May 5.—New, baa reach-
stalled street lights, as well as as-
certaining where additional lights are
needed. As was expected. It was
Toond that a few of the lights should
be moved from the locations given
them in the plan adopted by the
council, so that the greatest number
ent° Dlan^ onfy l'ha?f ^streets taa're ‘!,<>fcre h* k,,ed h‘* fath*,r Hl" . ;»!e wit be dally dependent upon his‘confer with Secretary of State Bryan ! “‘ind^an ^um^drlren’^ »PondenU who had come to Mexico
!!_ ? !“: „h .w *h A. am'natlon has i»een set for Thursday aeruracy gnd gbm,y to correctly re- with the purpose of making clear the ‘. . .. recently on the Invitation of Provision-
^ nSiTSSn-Ji
: :,"r,knr„r,nd.''c.‘^! * ssss S r *
oral complaint from residents living MME. NORDIUA BETTER,
in the darkJ Other sections of the Batavia Java. May 5.
city are In the same plight, and last jjan \ordB.g |a much lmprov
nights inspection may result In an
tbcrease in the number of lights It niNURIMINATION CLAIMED • grd .rMt.r ^Dons'hllltv his many ( «|i,altt Exnlaln* Usaraatise ilo lurn oul OI l“r ° taken~bsck to San Luis Potosi and im
ta fw,nd 1,131 #bOUt nftT m°re H«hU BY MIHR J ANE^ ADDA_MJI. ‘ ToSSently eJped him | Ai.*:n! May . cSJXE gr|^d:rRt.y‘.fro.to(tI.M. ^ but sfterward. w.rs.relew
I Ka iitfactlon and in his larger v.ork
watch tbe field opera-
f*deral army and after
___witnessed the defeat of the
speed, and In attempting federg] troops at S«n Pedro they were
to turn out of the way. S.nger placed ukttTbmck to San Lula Potosi and tm-
ot SOu:andle power are needed |:o Xew York May 5 _Jgne Addam*
make Brownwood as light as't should and other, have ^pp<.gted to Presl-
W, and in order to give theae lights dent w„HOn to veto the Lever agri-
withoufa very great Increase in the cultural Mtension. claiming that It
monthly bill. Of tbe city It may be dUcr,mlnat^ again the negro farm-
dec ded tq reduce the stse of the erg _
lights on certain of the main res!- _ j 1 ' , ■
deuce street* where ^--candle power PRIEHT IH NAILED
lights have already been placed at TO A CROSS AND LEFT
the corner of each block/ TO DIE BY MEXICANS;
Tonight la tbe re jular session of gan Francisco, May 5— Amoni
to iierform hia duties well and ulti-
mately climb the ladder of success.
ANOTHER DOME 10
GO TO VERA CDOZ
ter conferring with State Health Off*-1
ccr Steiner, announced that there will j
l.-er no change or modification in the
JPetflbone of Galveston in a message.' Mexjc0, (^|0.) Evening ledger.
Ti ls artiun was prompted by a cable, j wrjtes as follows: ,
gram he received from Rear Admiral —
—Among ;
the coun ll. the first for th's month, the tales of atrocities told by thh ___
It is probable that thfre will be much > refugees from the west coast of Mex-!
Dma'nes* before the body, aa is usual |tco. who arrived yesterday on the Either 4th or 6th Ready to Jala Faa-
.'Badge
the a<i
on the flrat meeting In the month.
OLD SCHoiloJtRD
HAS BEENRE-ELECTEO
Only A hoot Tea Per Cent of Yotlav
Strength of the UHy Registered *
at Pott* Natarday
dated at Vera Crux. !n which
Iral cabled:
I desire to send naval vessels at
Galveston to sena and receive mall
f r fir et and army in Mexico, but Tex-| tu'r4.~ adTert|i|ng the pecan
as quarantine prevents selecting or; there.”
seasels from Galveston until 6 days’I , 0
period after departure from Mexican
porta. Can this requ'rement be waiv-
;steamer Sydney, la that of the cruel-. i(h If Reinforcement* Are
;flxion of the Qatholic bishop of Cha- J Needed In Mexlee.
, lapa Accordin t to the account, a de- Washington. May 5.—Either the
tachment of tbe rebel general Zapata | Fourth or the Sixth BHgade of the
soldier*, called on the bishop to aur-ig^cond dlvlaion of the army, both of
; render the funda of hia church. He j whose headquarters are at Texas City. *'*1 **t th» cate of naval vessels carry-
j refused whereupon the soldiers are]wlll follow General Funston'a brigade: *n* receiving mail on|F- . -
is?r*,o sr"ln
1 ^?SSiBW?Sma S5-JS? »
enth. Eighteenth and Twenty-second '1^" for >'°“r
The association, on Its circle trip,
muld not go to Brownwood, Texas. *0
that city sent f!tn Commercial Club
secretary to Houston with several
hundred sacks of pecans and lltera-
Industry
Cameron. Texas. May S.—Frank
Mace, between 13 and 14 years' old.
ssu s crrusrss»»s.«
TALKING A BO IT BROWNWOOD 1 **{*/*r(^
, ---------- — ---------- - — One of the vlaitlng editors who at- interior from Verm Cnu were r**,T*«
: qunradtlne regulations at Ga!veelon. | !ended the National Editorial aaaocia- h*r* to®*Jr- ,««neral Gustavo Maaa,
1 as farjaa refugees from Mexican l»rulfion me«ting in Houston a few days “• M”'c»o commander, was said UT
eckenrud. H« «. ,d,l«d F. 0,|,„. ... Me. U M WhUe. of .he J*”,“J SSje rSfr!^
which was the line used by Gen. 8cott
In his advance on Mexico City in 1847.
This report however, was not con-
firmed at ths army headquarters of
Brig Gen. Funston, though it was
known there that tbs federala had
mined the structures along the road.
It also was reported that another
section of tracks bad been torn ^ip.
r W1U Destroy Town. * .
Vera Crux, May 6.—The consti-
tutionalists st Tampico have yotifled
Rear Admiral Mayo, commander of
jthe American warship stationed there,
that If any of his vessels attempted to
'enter the Panuco river the oil reser-
voirs about ths city would emptied
and the oil ignited, which would mean
destruction to the town.
Thie situation was reported by the
commander of the United 8tat.ee tor-
RUNAWAYi BOYV4 STOPPED
Marshal Holloway test
DYNAMITE EM
KILLS D, HURTS 19
Brash Fire ftw<
Dynamite
Geveramest
at Pan*
regiments. Colonel R. L. Bullard of the
Twenty-elxth. la temporarily in com- „ _ ... rmamuMm, -------- ...» —
mand of the Fourth brigade and. I n.^^kC,lhya;J“"f t wo borl J]diy swept Into the Government of
cording to tbe original plan. BrlgsdleLi ^snttook ch»^** uof J™ | Panama dynamite magaxine, causing
uougneriy, ___1__1___ki_v biu^i
the board whose term* had expired
were elected for another term. The
vote in all the wardj. was very light,
only about 150 vote* being cast of a
total of probably 1.400 in the city. J
The vote for each of the four can-
didates follows:
Ward 12*4 To.t
..26 39 26 34 125
.. 21 40 26 31 118
31 46 29 38 143
....... 1# 18 * 14 57
being three places to fill the
tamed geatlemen, receiving the
t number of votes, will be de-
elec ted. The position of school
atee, as is pretty generally known,
fcraa leas desirable than that of
Srtaan la Brownwood, staee there
no salary aad the trustees art
•netted he
The full perticultrs of the accident
could not be learned tonight
O’SHAUGHNESSY IS IN
THE UNIHD STATES
Mexican* Stale all His
Leaves New Orleans Tonight
for Washington.
New Orleans, May 5.—Neltln
O’Shaughnessy, American Charge
d’Affalrs at Mexico City, with his
wife, arrived here today on board
the gunboat Yanton. They came with-
out baggage, the Mexicans having
in1 command of the North Atlantic
coast artillery district, was to take
command of this brigade. Brigadier
,General Thomas P. Davis commands
the Sixth brigade and doubtless would
accompany It to Mexico.
The four army transports which
conveyed General Funston and his
troops to VenrCrux are expected to
arrive at Galveston today, and could
be utilised to transport the Fourth
field artillery detachment required to
Bngfhge; complete General Flunston's theoreti-
cal bridge formation.
Meanwhile the war department la
keeping a cloae watch over commer-
cial veaaela that might be comman-
deered for nee as transports If s sud-
den need for them should arrive.
Panama, May 5.—A brush fire to- pwj0 hoat destroyer Jenkins which ar-
rived at Vera Crus from Tampico.
Both federate and rebels are report-
wanted otr°San* Ange 1 o'n ^charge [Jor*d- and the building wae destroyed, j ft is' generally thought here that Ad-
miral Mayo will await the capture of
«Ait or oBArr.
«:ere 1
with a
'shore.
sent back home In company:
relative of one of the boys ‘
*TIH ALLEGED, REACHES
WHITE HOUSE DOORS.
liMal rssponalhllity. Ths present stolen everything they had except the
HUhas Aaoe s goed work, uader clothing which they ware. Mrs.
j^dglraltlee gad the j&eple barn
B&S&
|dler co-operation
of the trustees.
0*flbdaghneasy spent the day shop-
ping. Her husband .refused to dis-
arm
.. _______ Where
they will confer with Preslisnt Wil-
son and Secretary Bryan.
cuss ths Mexican situation. They
legre tonight for Washington w!
Netee Mexican Mlsefag.
Mettleo City, May 6—Pedro Laeoou-
rala, a wealthy rent estate man. who
was minister of foreign affairs in the
cabinet of the late President Madera,
has disappeared. * No snecessor has
vet hmm appointed to take the Wort-
.folio of fbrelfa affairs, resigned by
I Jose Lopes Portillo tat Saturday.
FEUERALS WIN POINT
IN NLLIFER AFFAIR
statement for the government tn the
trial of H. H. Tucker, Jr.,'ind ten co-
the city by the rebels through the slow
r'r'V'oes of starving out the federate.
The commander of the Jenkins said1
Oklahoma City, May 6.—Opening bot Ilttle flrlllf haa heard ln ^
last three days. The rebels were re-
ported to be bringing up the artillery
Federal Ceart Justice Granted Appeal1
hi Injaactiea te
defendants In the so-called Osage con-1 which they captured at Monterey but
splracy case, outllnwl^evidence^whlch tbere were ^ atcng of ju arriral.
1 very door of the white house the acta 1 *
of the eleven charged with .seeking to I Johu M. Osklton, writing for met-
defraud the United States In connec- rlpolltaa newspapers, says any man
tion with the “four big. leases” of: wh° M paying 920 a month rer* can
Osage nation lands held by the Un-! W» his own, and a hotter, home fo •
jele «««n Oil company. ;818. by asking « question or two st
banka, lumber yards dr bonding and
“If yoa don't go sway at ones lo*» associations. - - - /
. T shall call my kashand.” Psddltr— j ^ . 1 . ^ _ .
Cincinnati. May 5,-4udgs ttmloss -j eaU#d on him first and hs Ursnt-1 ft bra bran oratsnisd by n Franoh
of tba Federal court of appeals to- cn#d mc with yon." .setatitt that nltrnvoilsf rays aid dL
day granted an appsn) to tits Federal [ * ■ ....... - gwtion la persons suffering from
League In their injunction to restrain f A combination of belt aad chain tank stomachs.
Catcher Kllllfer from playing bass- drive has bora invented tor motor-! -1_ ■ 1 "
bell with too Philadelphia National cycles to overcome the supping of flftooa of too larger cities haw
league team. <Xn a previous hearing the former and (ho sadden jolts of agreed to Join In smoke abatement
the Federal* tat the Injunction. (hs latter. . and fral
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