The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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DEPORT
TIMES
always
STATE, NATIONAL, FOREIGN
HE RECEIVES A BIG OVATION
on Second Indictment.
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on
000.
LET people finance campaign
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SEVERE STORM AT MACON, GA.
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A >200.000,000 mort-
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A vacation wisely chosen and sanely
Spent is an investment sure to bring
handsome returns.
A Kansas man is using a vacuum
cleaner to catch grasshoppers.
Do you remember how you used to
hunt the sunn# side of the street? •
one
other
Affairs Given Here In Tabloid Form
for Busy Readers In City
and Country.
ITKMB OF IMPORTANCE CONDEN-
•ED FOR QUICK
READING.
measures for the protection of Am-
ericans during the fighting between
To the slogan, “Socks for women!”
kve defiantly shout back, "Shirt waists
For men!”
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CLAUD COUNCILlTPublisher
DEPORT, - -
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The Sunday joy ride continues to
claim its toll of sorrow.
Summer would be a grand little sea-
son were it not for the fact that every
rise in temperature causes a corre-
sponding rise in a man's temper.
Fire at Okernan, Okla., in the Creek
Trading company's store, caused pre-
sumably by defective wiring, caused
a loss of perhaps >45,000, fully covered
by insurance.
Life insurance companies do not as
a rule care to take a rlak on baseball
Umpires.
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A Chicago judge has fined a man for
(swearing at a dog in the presence of
(the woman who owned the dog. It
(pays to bb pouts, even when talking
Ho a dog.
Weather experts say that rain can
not be produced artificially. But the
delusion is as tough a stayer as long-
range almanac predictions.
A Chicago young woman is suing for
|10 for a broken heart, and yet
was no doubt taught in school to alm
high.
I
Clarence S. Der<
was
the
reach >200,000.
St Louis, Mo:
gage, secured by forty-year gold bonds
bearing 6 per cent was filed by the St
Ixnils, Iron Mountain and Southern.
The mortgage is to the Union Trust
Co., of New York, trustee for the bond-
holders. The mortgage covers all the
rolling stock and other physical prop-
erty of the road. A >25.000.000 mort-
gage held by the Guaranty Trust Co.
of New York was released.
vision, with headquarters in New York
Fred-
r _ the Nicaraguan rebels and the Govern-
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A northwest tornado can
knock out General Humidity.
An Ohio woman, ninety-one years
old, boasts that she has never been
kissed. Still at ninety-one a woman's
memory isn't apt to be of the best.
Cleveland's latest project is a 3-cent
Sance hall. Someone in that town ap-
pears to have overlooked the possi-
bilities Of a 3-cent store.
The California woman who declares:
“‘I will neglect my home for nothing
ion earth!” did well to add the last two
. Words.
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What has a bathing girl picture
the cover of a magazine to do with
literature? What has the magazine,
tor that matter?
Democratic Committee Invites Banks
to Receive Fun is for All Parties.
. An argus-eyed contemporary informs
[us that “girls are wearing men’s socks
this year," but it do -in’t tell us how
(they keep ’em up.
Fining an automobilist for running
his machine too slowly is something
new, but a leisurely Chicago man got
on the street car track and obstructed
traffic.
Best buyers are those who wait for
I he “best sellers” to get Into the 50-
tent editions.
Republicans lined up with
Taft and the standpatters
the Payne-Aldrich steels
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aaent forces. Three hundred marines,
have been hurried over from Panama,
to Oorinto, on the collier Justin.
The House on Wednesday repeated
its tariff performance of Tuesday and
for a second time overrode President
Taft's veto of a bill which seeks to
lower the rates of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff, when by a vote of 173 to 83 it
passed the steel bill over the Presi-
dent's veto. On Tuesday, the wool
bill was passed by a vote of 174 to
80 over the President’s veto.
Rebels are in possession of all the
vintages in the Tenancingo district, a
few miles south of Toluca, capital of
the State of Mexico. Government
troops have been defeated in a series
of encounters, the Zapatistas dlsplay-
'ng a ferocity rarely paralleled in
Mexican warfare. Women and chil-
dren were killed in Ixtapam, the town
taken, according to additional details
received, and practically every build-
ing in the little town was razed. The
total number of dead there is reported
at more than 300. Only a small por-
tion of these were rebels.
The Texas Industrial Congress has
received reports of crop conditions on
August 1 from 1475 of its contestants
in 174 counties, together with esti-
mates of crop yields per acre that in-
dicate fine crop prospects in almost
all sections of the State. These re-
ports relate only to the crops of con-
testants for the prizes offered by the
Congress, and do not attempt to show
general crop conditions. The general
average of a perfect crop condition
of the contestants in the counties re-
ported is 84 per cent for corn, 79 per
tent for cotton, and 86 per cent for
forage crops (cowpeas, kaffir corn and
mllo maize). The average estimated
yields for all the counties tabulated
are 48 bushels of corn, 3-4 of a bale
of cotton and 1 1-7 tons of forage per
aerfe.
The Pecos and Northern Texas Rail-
way filed a petition with the Railroad
Commission for valuation of its main
line and branches also for authority
to issue bonds. The company’s val-
uation of its property is >15,228,596,
and after deducting >71,000 of capital
stock issue and >1,140,000 bonds out-
standing leaves a balance of >13,378,-
596 available for bond issue.
So many applications have been re-
ceived for admittance to the Tessa
Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 at Carls-
bad, that steps have been taken to en-
large the institution.
Royan Ayres, the American engineer
who was reported beheaded by Mexi-
can rebels near Morelo, is the son of
Dr. Stephen 8? Ayres of Cincinnati.
An appeal has been sent to President
Taft, who is ^personal friend of the
Ayres family, To use his Influence to
have the body of young Ayres returned
to that city for buriel. Ayres gradu-
Ths automobile tires sold in this
country this year will total >12,000,-'
000.
Lightning Kills Two; Panic Is Caused
In Church.
Macon, Ga.: Violent lightning which
centered about Mercer University at
Tatnall Square caused the death of
two persons, the injury of two others,
damage to many buildings and wound
up in the fashionable Vineville dis-
trict by causing a panic in a Presby-
terian Church directly across the
street from where a bolt had torn a
corner from a residence and set fire
to the building. ,
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Abdul Hamid's harem has been cut
down to six wives. In the days of his
(full power a sextet was not a circum-
stance.
Whoever devised the soft collar and
soft cuff for summer wear missed his
guess by about six months. They are
hotter than the armor plate kind.
- Mrs. Fred E. Turner of Muskogee,
Okla., says she received confirmation
of news that she had fallen heir to an
estate in Yorkshire, England, valued
at more than >18,000.000.
O. F. Spring of>Pecos City has just
finished threshing 5 1-4 acres of al-
falfa, and his returns were 5,500 lbs.
making an average of 1.066 pounds the
acre, the world’s record being, to the
best of local knowledge 985 pounds
to the acre.
' New York.—-The Equitable block is
sold and the Equitable Life Assurance
Society again will have its offices on
the site occupied for thirty-five years. -
A company, -with >12,000,000 capital, J*®, <Jone-
was organized and purchased the prop-
erty.
Major Gen. Thomas H. Barrv, U. 8.
A., superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point, has been as- ________
signed to command the Eastern di- nagua, has’ ekuro\uthorit7to' take
succeeding the late Major
erick D. Grant '
More than two million dollars'
be spent in improvements in Musko-
gee, Okla., this fall. This includes a
federal building contract just let, work
on same to begin Sept. 1, valued at
>500,000.
Holding up officials in the Court
House, a mob of about forty men at
Columbus, Ga., took S. C. Cotton, alias
T. Z. McElhenny, a 16-year-old negro
on trial and lynched him just beyond
the city limits. The negro was ac-
cused of killing young Cedron Land
a white boy, near Columbus two
months ago.
A severe fight occurred at Mouley
Bouchta between French troops under
Gen. Gouraud and 3,000 Moorish fol-
lowers of the Pretender of Sichtala,
in which the French lost eight killed’
and forty wounded. 'kfter a four hours
battle the Moors were routed with
great loss. The Pretender escaped.
The efforts of the Democrats of the
Sixty-Second Congress to revise the
Payne-Aldrich "tariff downward, came
to an epd Friday when the Senate up-
held the President's veto of the woo)
and the steel bills. In this final at-
tempt to revise the tariff, the Senate
insurgent
President
to retain
schedule.
The collier Justin, the State De-
partment learned, has arrived at Co-
rinto with 350 marines under com-
mand of Major Smedley Butler, who
reported at once to Capt. Terhune,
commanding the gunboat Annapolis,
who has been given full authority to
Clam bakes are no longer popular at
fthe resorts near Boston. Those who
‘have attended one can readily see why
(this has come about.
u
New lork: Banks and trust com-
panies throughout the country are co
be asked by the Democratic National
committee to receive and transmit to
their proper sources subscriptions to
the campaign funds, not only of the
Democratic, but of the Republican and
Progressive parties.
The plan is in pursuance of the com-
mittee's popular subscription idea. Act-
ing Chairman McAdoo made it known
by giving out a statement embodying
a letter which he announced he had
sent to every bank and trust company
in the United State request long them
to receive and transmit subscriptions
to each of the three National parties.
He accompanied hie letter to the banks
With a letter from Gov. Wood row Wil-
son, who declared that “to bring about
the election of a President through a
campaign financed by popular sub-
scription would be a distinct and grat-
ifying triumph.”
'• ated from Yale in 1898.
According to the figures of the Deni-
son Chamber of Commerce, cost of
work now under way in that city will
EARTH QUAKE IN ARIZONA
Message Says Town of Williams Was
Severely Shaken Sunday.
Albuquerque, N. M.: According to
a dispatch received Williams, Artz.,
400 miles west of here, was severely
shaken by an earthjuake Sunday af-
ternoon. The shock lasted from 2:05,
until 2:10 p. m. The shocks were felt
as far east as Winslow, 100 miles.
Holbrook, a town nearby, also was
severely shaken. Buildings rocked
and windows were broken, but it 1
not thought gay lives were lost
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DARROW ACQUITTED
aragua as it affects American inter-
ests. It is believed this marine force
was at once dispatched to Managua,
a six hours’ railroad run from Co-
rlnto. “•
Vigilance of the United States troops
stationed along the border is unusually
strict, especially on that part of the
border at Columbus, N. M. Troops I,
K and M of the Third Cavalry, rushed
by two special trains from Fort Sam
Houston, near San Antouio, will be
detained at Fort Bliss temporarily, but
will be put out where they are needed,
when the occasion arises.
Extensive improvements and addi-
tions will be' made to the Harriman
shops in Houston. As to the rolling
stock, several large locomotives have
been ordered and 2,800 freight cars
have been secured to augment that
class of rolling stock. A total of >4,-
310,000 will be spent for improvement
of Houston shops and for rolling stock.
Virginia Christian, a negress, the
first woman to be put to death in the
electric chair in Virginia, was execut-
ed Friday. Virginia was convicted of
murdering her employer, Mrs. Ida Vir-
ginia Belote, at Hampton, last March,
Citizens of Carlsbad are planning to
incorporate the town and to construct
tnany miles of concrete sidewalks. The
Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 is located
there.
Pascuel Orozco, the rebel chief, has
evacuated Juarez, leaving behind a
small rebel guard to preserve order
until the arrival of Federal troops.
The guards looted the customs house,
but secured no money. The American
and German Consuls organized a citi-
zen's committee to protect the city.
United States border patrols stopped
all traffic froth the American side.
It's only a few inches from the
hobble skirt to the new style of bath-
ing suit.
Some men will do anything for
money. Among them is the Texas
man who raises rattlesnakes for a liv-
ing
The Russian explorer who threatens
to reach the north pole has one great
advantage. When he feels cold he can
use his whiskers as a muffler.
Mascagni, the composer, says the
public does not know what it is talk-
ing about When it says chorus girls
are old enough to be grandmothers.
An election for the purpose of vot-
ing on a proposed bond issue of >200,-
000 for road improvements has been
ordered at Cameron, Sept 17.
• Hal B. Sperry, assistant freight
agent of the Katy railroad, has esti-
mated the cotton production of Texas
for this year at 4,300,000 bales.
: Considerable street improvement is
going on in Texarkana, and it is es-
timated that at least >150,000 will be
spent on the Arkansas side for this
purpose within the coming year.
During a fierce electrical storm at
Bay City, lightning struck and killed
a young man by the name of Mr.
Henry, and also struck his younger
brother, rendering him unconscious.
He,*too, is expected to die. The men
were riding in a wagon loaded with
sorghum.
A loss, estimated to be not less than
>80,000, resulted when lightning struck
two 37,500-barrel field-tanks of the
Gulf Pipe Line company at Elvista,
between Beaumont and Port Arthur,
totally destroying the tanks and the
greater portion of oil in them.
At a meeeting of the stockholders
of the Brownwood North and South
Railway, held in Brownwood, it was
decided to issue 6 per cent bonds to
the amount of 60,000 for the purpose
of extending the line from its present
terminus at May to some point on the
Texas and Pacific or to a connection
with the Texas Central.
Funds for paying the soldiers at
Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio has
not been forthcoming for two months
and as a result conditions as to finan-
ces among the ranks are standed*. The
delay was caused by Congress neg-
lecting to pass appropriations for that
purpose. The pay roll is >175,100
monthly, making a total due the sol-
diers of more than >350,000.
Six per cent money sufficient for
the successful handling of the "dis-
tress” cotton of Texas has been assur-
ed through Texas bankers to Peter
Radford, president of the Farmers*
Union. The plan will make it unneces-
sary for farmers to place their cotton
on the market to secure money for
pressing needs. deal with the military situation in Nlc-
Julian Onderdonk, a painter, whose
specialty is the wild flowers of Texas,
is in New York arranging for a loan
exhibition of paintings by New York
artists at the State Fair of Texas in
Dallas, Oct. 12 to 27. He expects to
return to Texas with nearly a hundred
paintings. -
The Commissioner's Court of John-
son county has ordered a courthouse
bond election for Sept. 26 for >175,000.
This amount added <o the >35,000 in-
surance received on the old building
will give >210.000 for building and fur-
niture.
An election has been ordered for
San Saba county for Sept. 14th, to de-
termine whether or not an irrigation
district shall be formed. If the prop-
osition carried,' a bond issue will be
offered sufficient to build and complete
an irrigation plant to Irrigate approxi-
mately 25,000 acres and which will
cost in the neighborhood of >1,250,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Herting
of Hunting Valley, Pa, and their
chauffer, John Kilroy, were instantly
killed when their automobile turned
turtle at Grey brook, two miles from
White House, N. J.
W. S. Johnson, a well known farmer
who resides near Dialville, seven miles
souht of Jacksonville, Texas, was run
over by an extra freight train and in-
stantly killed. It is presumed from
the way the body was mangled, that he
was, when struck, seated on the end
of a cross-tie.
Hon. Thomas J. Middleton, for 25
years editor of the Ellis County Mir-
ror at Waxahachie, died in a Dallas
sanitarium last week from the effects
of an operation. He was 64 years
old and had been In bad health for
some time.
District Attorney Declares Former
McNamara Counsel Must Be Tried
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found not guilty after
THREE MONTHS* TRIAU
Ixis Angeles, Cal :
row, the Chicago lawyer, who
found not guilty Saturday on
charge of having bribed a prospective
juror in the McNamara case, must
stand trial on a second indictment,
according to announcement by Dis-
trict Attorney Fredericks, Immediate-
ly after the acquittal.
Darrow apparently was unconcerned
over the statement of the prosecutor.
He was deluged with telegrams from
kll Parts of the country, which be-
gan pouring in within an hour after
the verdict had been given?
The courtroom scene after the read-
ing of the verdict, thirty-four minutes
after the jury had retired^ was one
that has had no parallel in this city
Jurors embraced the acquitted man,
and with tearc steaming down their
cheeks declared it was the happiest
day of their lives. Court officials, in-
cluding Judge Hatton and the half doz-
en bailiffs, joined in the congratula-
tions, and Mrs. Darrow to whom the
trial was a continuous nervous strain,
Stood speechlessly happy with
hand in her husband’s and the
wringing those of the jurors.
Mr. Darrow s attorneys expressed
incredulity when informed that there
would be a trial on the Juror Bain
Indictment. They asserted that all
of the evidence in the Bain case had
Aviation may be a dangerous pas-
time, but it has nothing on running a
passenger train sixty miles ah hour
In a fog.
There is always danger for the inno-' submitted in the trial just ended,
cent bystander, especially in the vi-
cinity of a youngster with a hose wa-
tering the grass.
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OF BRIBERY CHARGE: TEXAS NEWS
!; GATHERED EVERYWHERE ;■
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»eeq»oeoeeeoooeoo<
Mgrt la installing a >25,000 sewer
system.
Kaufman has just voted a proposi-
tion for waterworks bonds.
A move is on foot in San Angelo
to construct a >75.000 hotel.
i Sherman is spending >25,000 in over-
hauling the public school building.
The city of Vernon, Texas, has pur-
chased a 70-horse-power automobile
fire engine.
Marshall is taking steps toward pav-
Ing the square and certain streets, for
which >28,000 in bonds were recently
voted.
It has been announced that an addi-
tional >100,000 has been added to the
original cost of the Paso Del Norte
hotel of El Paso.
The trial on the Lock wood indict,
ment was begun May 15 and just thin
teen weeks and two days elapsed un-
til the case went to the jury, making
It the longest criminal trial ever held
In Los Angeles County. During that
time approximately two million words
were transcribed by the court report-
ers, for which the cost to the county
was something like >6,000. The en-
tire cost of the trial was close to >30,-
i All's fair In love and war. That la
iwhy the lovelorn young men at sum-
mtr resorts who whisper undying af-
(feetion are not relegated to the Ams-
gilss flub.
A WEEK’S WORLD NEWS
eleven men being injured. The trouble
was against non-union men.
Col. Roosevelt opened his campaign,
for president on the Progressive party
ticket in Providenoe R .1., last Friday.
This was the first speech the Colonel1
has made since he was nominated.
One of the most experienced Eng-1
lish airmen, R. C. Fenwick, was killed,
while participating in the speet
tests on Salisbury Place, England. He
was flying over the aviation camp in
his biplane at an altitude of 300 feet
when the machine suddenly turned
turtle and dashed to the ground.
Rev. H. Alton Tupper, D. D„ LL. D.,
of Brooklyn. N. Y., honorary president
of the International Peace Forum, of
which William Howard Taft is pres-
ident, is in El Paso In the interest of
peace in Mexico. He had a confer-
ence with Gen. Pascual Orozco in
Juarez. Dr. Tupper says nothing was
accomplished by the first interview.
Possibly another meeting will be an-
ranged.
That conditions are much quieter
along the Mexican border is the re-
port reaching the headquarters of Uni-
ted States Marshal Eugene Nolte at
San Antonio. While some excitement
has been caused by the raids of par-
ties bent on theft, little serious dam-
. Marshall Nolte
is directing the inspection of the bor- \
der in person, and has ordered his
men to be exceptionally vigilant. He
is of the opinion that Orozco is about
willing to quit.
American Minister Weitzel, at Ma-
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