Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 125, Ed. 1 Monday, April 20, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Realizing the fact that the public appreciates new and up-to-date mo-
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ILLUSTRATED SONG—“Would You Care?” By Mr. Leo Dale.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM TOMORROW.
AT FORT W ORTH.
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The Worst of the Flood Believed to Be
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entirely on
and the cuts
Special to The Tribune.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aprl 20.—The in-
dications today are that the worst
flood in north Texas within the mem-
ory of men now living is about over.
The waters are running off almost as
fast as they came up and if no more
rain falls within two or three days
avenues of travel will be reopened and
business will move again.
At this time, however, the Texas &
Pacific transcontinental line is cut in
two, there being no less than 18 seri-
ous washouts between this city and
Baird, 140 miles to the wast. There
has been no train in from California
and none out in that direction since
Friday morning and the most optimis-
tic of the railway officials do not hope
to reopen traffic before Tuesday morn-
ing at the earliest.
The Texas & Pacific has
damages amounting to hundreds of
thousands of dollars in actual loss and
It expects to suffer seriously through
claims for damage to stock in transit.
Dozens of trains loaded with live stock
bound for market were caught
tween washouts and the cattle can
neither be gotten to market nor back
to the range whence they came,
result will be a heavy damage bill for
the railroad to pay.
The St. Louis & San Francisco has
lost miles of track between this city
and Brady, and one great steel bridge
over the Leon river is reported to
have been destroyed. The Frisco peo-
ple are reticent as to losses, but they
are making no effort to operate trains,
having abandoned traffic entirely on
the Fort "Worth and Brady division.
The Fort Worth & Denver City has
escaped actual washouts, but all trains
are running late on account of soft
track.
The Santa Fe is in pretty fa;r shape
except between Paris and Cleburne,
where it has suffered many minor
washouts.
The Katy is also open and moving
trains on delayed schedules.
The Rock Island has abandoned its
Dallas-Fort Worth service
account of soft tracks
caving in, which rendered the use of
be
the tracks too dangerous to
tempted.
The great passenger station of the
Texas & Pacific here, through which
thousands of travelers pass daily, is
like a great camp, hundreds of people
who are tied up here spending their
time hanging around the depot and
DALLAS IS
INUNDATED
flood
Hundreds of Houses In-
vaded by River.
Railroad Traffic at a Standstill, all
Roads Report Washouts in
Many Places.
WATER RECEDING
AT FORT WORTH
Special to The Tribune.
Dallas, Tex., April 20.—The
situation at Dallas has grown worse
since last night! The southern, west-
ern and parts of the other suburbs
skirting the Trinity river and its local
branches are submerged.
Hundreds of houses have been in-
vaded by the waters and nearly 1000
inmates have had to leave their homes
and seek refuge and shelter wherever
they could be obtained. All the mer-
chants in West Dallas have abandoned
their inundated stores and removed
their stocks until the waters subside.
/ Joe Eberhardt reports the loss of
19 head of mules and 23 calves at his
farm on the river north of here.
Oak Cliff and West Dallas pikes are
these suburbs cut oft
submerged and
from the city proper except by the
Texas & Pacific and the Northern
Texas Traction company’s lines.
The losses for Dallas city and county
in the matter of destruction or dam-
age to streets, public highways and
bridges is estimated at 5100,000.
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THE MARTENS IN NEW ACTS.
gregation during services. The pastors
declare that men are becoming fewer1
at the services as the number of big
hats increase and the popular style
threatens to make many of the males
backsliders. The ushers at some of
the more crowded churches were at
their wits’ end to seat the Easter con-
gregation. Seats which comfortably
accommodated six persons would hold
no more than four when the quartet
wore large hats. In the prominent
churches, hereafter, it is proposed to
request the women who wear big hats
to church to check them at the cloak-
room during services.
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The funniest sketch ever.
See Joe Rodgers, the funny Jew comedian, and laugh like you never laughed before.
Dan sings for the first time in Galveston, “Sweet Estelle.” Joe sings “Under the
Matzos Tree,” also duet by Rodgers & Claire, patriotic.
SPECIAL—A beautiful hand-colored film, entitled “The Vestal.” This is
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By Associated Press.
Burlington, N. J., April 20.—Several
local churches have proposed a ban
-Upon "Merry. Widow” hats in the con-
p
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New Jersey Pastors Say the HMerry
Widow” Drives Men From
Services.
FORAKER IS
GIVEN JOLT
Senator Borah Talks
on Brownsville.
COMPROMISE IS
ONLY COWARDICE
of
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both
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Declares Evidence Against Negro
Troops Conclusive and Charge
Most Serious One.
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By Associated Press.
Washington, April 20.—Senator Bo-
rah of Idaho, who, as special counsel
for that state, conducted the prosecu-
tion of W. D. Haywood, secretary of
the Western Federation of Miners,
whose trial on the charge of murder-
ing former Gov. Frank Steunenberg
attracted wide attention last year, to-
day found opportunity in his maiden
speech in the senate to express his dis-
approval of any effort to secure
leniency for Harry Orchard, the self-
confessed thrower of the bomb which
caused Steunenberg’s death. The ut-
terance was a part of a speech by the
senator on the Brownsville affray, anl
was made in connection with a con-
demnation of all efforts to condone the
offense at Brownsville. He said:
“A cold blooded, inhuman, incarnate
devil blows to pieces an ex-governor
upon the doorstep of his home, is
caught and confesses, and before the
grave of the man who died a martyr to
law and order is green sentimentalism
puts a halo upon the brow of the
blackest spirit that ever escaped the
crypts of hell. Men wearing the uni-
form of a, soldier of the Union, the in-
signia of government and the symbol
of law and order, in the quiet of night
while the homes are defenseless, as-
sault and attempt to murder whole
families and finally succeed in com-
mitting one murder. To compromise
with such an act or such a deed is
cowardice, it is betrayal of govern-
ment, it is an insult to every intelli-
gent and right thinking negro, for it
pre-supposes he is a traitor to his
country and a criminal at heart.”
Besides containing an analysis of the
testimony taken in the Brownsville
case, his speech was in reply to Sen-
ator Foraker’s recent discussion of the
same subject. Mr. Borah made very
clear his belief that the evidence es-
tablished a conspiracy on the part of
some of the negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth regiment to shoot up the
town.
EVIDENCE OVERWHELMING.
"I contend,” said Mr. Borah, "that the
evidence in this case is simply over-
whelming and conclusive
colored soldiers, unless
to the proposition of
which manufactured the
and that is evidently the view taken
by the defense.”
The morale of the army, he said, is
paramount to any man’s right to re-
main ip it. If any man in the Twenty-
fifth (regiment participated in the riot,
and if others connived at the crime by
concealing knowledge of it to shield
the guilty parties, then both were
guilty alike, he declared.
Mr. Borah called attention to Sen-
ator Foraker’s suggestion that the
citizens of Brownsville might have
shot up the town in order to secure the
removal of the soldiers.
"Now, I confess that
possibly have been a desire to attack
the soldiers, but it seems that this con-
spiracy, if It had an existence, would
not have turned itg guns on its
i people.”
Mr. Borah reviewed at length
testimony in the case and then an-
nounced his conclusion that "it dis-
closes the guilt-of certain men of the
Twenty-fifth infantry as participants
in the Brownsville affair beyond any
reasonable doubt.”
Having reached this conclusion, Mr,
Borah dwelt upon the enormity of the
offense and the necessity of condign
punishment, saying:
MOST SERIOUS CHARGE.
"No more serious charge than this
was ever made against a soldier of the
United States. For less offenses many
EASTER OBSERVANCE.
AU
TURKEY REACHES
QUICK DECISION
AVOIDS DEMONSTRATION.
ae-
on.
Congress is Urged to Create
New Department of Labor
at Once.
FEDERATED UNION
FAVORS NEW BILL
Makes Prom’ses to Italy and Naval
Demonstration is at Once
Called Off.
wondering when they will get to pro-
ceed on their journey. The officials
can give them no encouragement and
they ,are making the best of their en-
forced wait. Many of these were hur-
rying on to the bedside of loved ones
who are ill and their distress is piti-
ful, but there appears to be no way to
help them. To make matters worse
the telephone and telegraph wires are
down and there is no way to communi-
cate with points west of Weatherford.
By Associated Press.
New York, April 20.—The Central
Federated union has adopted the recom-
mendation of* its general executive
board to ask congress to pass the Sul-
zer bill creating a department of labor
distinct from the department of com-
merce "to promote such improvements
in the social, political and economic
conditions of the wealth producing
labor of the United States as will tend
to secure to them their natural rights
of the opportunity and security in the
possession and full enjoyment of all
the fruits of their work.”
The bill provides for a secretary
with a seat in the cabinet at a salary
of $8009 and six assistant secretaries,
each to receive $5000 a year. Should
the bill become a law it is believed the
post of secretary would be offered to
John Mitchell, former president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Turkey Meets Italy’s Postal Demands—
Other Claims Pressed.
By Associated Press.
Rome, April 20.—Turkey has
ceded to Italy’s demand for Italian
post offices in Turkish territory in
order to avoid the naval demonstration
in her waters. Italy insists, however,
that her other claims against the Ot-
toman empire be recognized and an
active exchange of dispatches between
Constantinople and Rome is going
By Associated Press.
London, April 20.—A dispatch re-
ceived here from Rome says that or-
ders have been issued countermanding
the sending of the Italian squadron
to Turkish waters for the purpose of
coercing the sultan into granting to
Italy certain postal privileges in Turk-
ish territory. The Turkish ambassa-
dor to Rome, Moustapha Reichid, gave
Foreign Minister Tlttoni satisfactory
assurance that Italy would be accord-
ed the same treatment with regard to
post offices as that enjoyed by the
other powers. The foreign minister
expressed satisfaction at this equita-
ble statement and thereupon counter-
manded the orders for the naval dem-
onstration.
the City Churches Held Appro-
priate Services Y'esterday.
All the city churches observed
Easter Sunday yesterday with more or
less elaborate programs commemora-
tive of the joyous occasion. The music
was particularly impressive aiid was
rendered in the spirit of the day. Ser-
mons were in harmony and the deco-
rations were, because of the advanced
spring season, on a far more elaborate
scale than for many years. Flowers
were in abundant evidence, some of
the altars beins for the time con-
verted into veritable banks of bright
hued flowers and green floliage.
All services were well attended. The
Sunday school celebration at Trinity
church was among the most important
observances of the dav. made the
more impressive by the presence of
Bishop Kinsolving, who spent his first
Easter for a number of years in a city
parish.
AMUSEMENTS.
A
be
can
OBSERVE PATRIOTS’ DAY.
the
EXTRADITION OF
PIERCE ARGUED
POLITICAL STORY
DENIED BY BRYAN
Recent Uprising in Mindanao
Made Hard Work for Soldiers,
Says Hansfieldi
Famous Texas Case Will be Before
the Supreme Court Late
Today.
OFFICERS REPORT
ROW WITH MOROS
Baseball Today
Opening Series.
MAJESTIC
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Thirsty Moving Meh
and a Visit to
Babyland
NEW PICTURES TOMORROW.
18th ANNUAL
CHARITY BALL
SCOTTISH RITE HALL, AT 8 O’CLOCK,
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
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GALVESTON ORPHANS’ HOME
ADMISSION, $1.00. SUPPER, 50e.
Supper Served From 7 P. M. Through-
out the Evening.
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Galveston vs. Fort Worth
4:30 p. m.
Special to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C., April 20.—The case
of Henry Clay Pierce against Chief of
Police Creecy of St. Louis, involving
Pierce’s extradition to Texas, will be ar-
gued late this afternoon. Former Am,
bassador to England Choate and his son,
Jos. H. Choate Jr., and H. S. Priest of
St. Louis, will represent Pierce. Texas,
will be represented by 'two St. Louis at-
torneys.
Kinl? Edward and fineen Go to Norway
mid Sweden.
By Associated Press.
London, April 20.—King Edward and
Queen Alexandria left London this
morning for another visit to Copen-
hagen, Stockholm and Christiana,'
where they will be the guests of the
royal family at those capitals. ,
THE LYRIC
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
Jealousy
Romance of Old Venice. The
Story of Othello and Desdemona.
PATRIOTIC ENTERTAINMENT
AND HISTORICAL CONTEST
To be given Monday Evening, April
30, 8 o’clock at Ball High School.
BENEFIT OF SAN JACINTO SCHOOL-
—ADMISSION—
Adults, 15cj Children, 10c.
Says He Authorized no One to
Act for Him in New York
Affair.
By Assoai-ated Press.
New York, April 20.—William '5. Bryan
arrived here today after two days spent
up state in making speechesxand holding
conferences with various political lead-
ers. ’ ■ ■ ■
Mr. Bryan on his arrival went to the
Hoffman House, which has served as in-
formal Democratic headquarters for years,
At the hotel he said the purpose of his
vis-u here at this time is to meet Mrs.
Bryan, who is returning from a Euro-
pean trip. While in New York he wih
make several addresses. Mr. Bryan said
he had no appointments with any political
leaders here.
Mr. Bryan when ..asked concerning the
statement of Chairman Conners, in which
he said that Mr. Bryan had left it with
him whether the attempt to secure an in-
structed delegation for Mr. Bryan was to
be pushed at the recent state convention,
"I Never left anything to anybody in
which I was concerned,” said Mr. Bryan.
“I told each man to do what pleased
him, but I had not left anybody to decide
matters for me.” Mr. Bryan said he did
not know anything about the report that
Senator McCarren would carry the ques-
tion of the unseating of the Kings county
delegates to the Denver convention, ne-ith.
er would he discuss the published report
that Illinois is likely to send uninstructed
delegates to the national convention.
Col. Watterson said that there was noth-
ing in the conversation with Mr. Bryan,
at breakfast which he cared to make pub-
lic. "Personally, I do not doubt that Mr.
Bryan will be nominated at Denver,” said
the colonel, “and I think we have a good
chance to elect him. The movement in
the interest of Gov. Johnsen comes ton
late and from the wrong quarter. If the
interests that are now urging his nomi-
nation had backed me when I advocated
his candidacy ten months ago, he might
have had a chance for the nomination.”
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cali., April 20.—-Army
officers on the transport Buford, which
arrived yesterday from the Philippic®
islands, bring news of a serious up-
rising in Mindanao and spasms of
guerrilla warfare between the white
settlers and the natives.
“The natives fired on the whites,”
said Col. F. W. Hansfield of the second
infantry, who is in charge of the
troops that arrived on the Buford,
“and we ended the trouble for a time,
but another outbreak may come at any
minute.”
Captain Charles H. Muir of. the sac-
ond infantry spent some time in the
Moro country quieting the natives and
the campaign there was a trying one.
The natives, he said, fight as did the
North American Indians and it takes
many weeks of scouting and hard work
to bring them to terms.
START ANOTHER VISIT.
a soldier has been condemned and shot
at sunrise. To my mind it was treason;
if not technically so, yet morally
treason in a most aggravated foi4*>.
"Finding lawlessness there so close
to th© vital forces of this government,
■what was the duty of those entrusted
with the power and responsibility of
dealing with it. Strike it down.”
Mr. Borah dwelt at some length upon
the accomplishments of the negro race
since the abolition of slavery and
found much cause for congratulation;
but, he said, this fact could not excuse
individuals from- punishment for crime
even if such leniency should be in the
interest of the race, which it would
not be.
Concluding, he said:
Massachusetts and Maine Hold
Usual Celebration.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Mass., April 20.—Patriots’
day was generally observed in Massa-
chusetts and Maine today with the
customary meetings at Lexington, Con-
cord and other towns famous in revo-
tionary history and by sports and pas-
times and a suspension of business at
other places.
The principal sporting event was the
Marathon run from Ashland to this
city, a distance of a trifle over 25
miles, in which more than 100 amateur
runners of the country participated.
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Of Course You’re Going to
San Jacinto Day Picnic
April 21, at La Porte,
And hear Gov. Campbell speak, for It
is the first picnic of the season given
by Bayou City Lodge No. 146, Brother-
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen, and Utopia Lodge No. 43,
Ladies’ society.
Trains leave Union depot at 8.30 a.
m., stopping at 37th street for passen-
gers. Adults, 75c; children from 6 to
12 years, 25c. Boating, bathing and
dancing and prizes for all.
Returning leave La Porte at 8.30 p.
m. Get tickets at Leinbach’s drug
store and depot.
“Let it be un-
derstood by them and by all that this
government is their government as
well as ours; that their hands, their
labor, in slavery ana out, helped to
make it; that their valor and heroism
helped to preserve it, and that justice
will be Ineted out both in protection
and in punishment; that the door of
hope will not be closed nor an escape
from crime provided. Let it be known
that if this republic is to endure
obedience to the law is to be the first
tenet of our faith, and that the great
army of the United States must
one in which women and children
feel perfectly secure when they retire
for the night.”
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