The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 22
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TO OUR COUNTY. OUR WHOLE COUNTY AM) EVERY SECTION OK OUR COUNTY
TO OUR PRIDE IN ITS PAST AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE. ADI) VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRESENT
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IKY CHY, TEXAS. ! KIDK, .11 N|. II, 1»U.
FIVE (EM’S THE (OPT
NEXT MOVE IN MEXICO
SHARKS DEVOUR TEXAN
FORTY-TWO PERSONS
IN GULF OF MEXICO
ARE UNDER INDICTMENT
UP TO FACTIONS IN FIELD
COLORADO RIVER NAVIGATION
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.McDonald, Jr., of Harwood,
i orpiis ( hristi ( itizcns < hurircd
Distill < liaiiilier of Commerce Has He.
n
Loses His Life While Swim-
Election Irregularities
ini.' With Keen Interest Tidings
gnu Collection of Statistics
in
mi ng in Hie Surf.
in 11*11.
from I eaders in Revolt There.
on Watcrwa).
Texas,
of
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surveys
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were
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FOR CABLE TO BERLIN
mu-
ncial
There Is Speculation.
acter
to
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men
We
Men Thrown Into Water.
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Martin;
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Powell;
John
Hint
Advance.
I arranza
Robl-
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Talbert Moore;
Lawyer Jeffer-
tabllsh there
»mers.
to murder.
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FELLOWS ELIK "I
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ent places,
of these
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edy.
short
United
M, S. Perry of Hay Ulty Is Named
Foreman of Grand Jury and Petit
Body Also Organized.
United
officials
Corpus
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late. 8u- •
Court* •
:hou«e •
shortly,
finding
$2,500;
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INDICTMENTS.
has.
quantities of,
ted
States ”
Distribution of American Red Cross i
relief supplies has begun In Monterey, I
Mexico. Consul General Hanna today j
With Washington Official < ireles Are Await- •l,d iv
ud of every
o the work
i to lijztestl-
FORMER STATE LEGISLATOR
DIES AT COLUMDUS
explanation was
heretofore
and |
after
sign of poor
On tlie tenth day McKin-
Dlbrell of Galveston and
wholly within the roach
z.ens ot Travis County,
plained.
Data covering former
other navigable streams indicates that
many rivers of loss flow than the
Colorado are being navigated greater
distances than from Austin to the Gulf
ot Mexico. A great mass ot inform.!.
Hou Is being colleeted as to the freight
tannage of the Colorado River which
would b<' accessible to boats.
Secretary W. K. Long yesterday re-
ceived a letter from Lieutenant
Colonel C. S. Riche. giving the Cham-
ber an extension of three months for
the collection and compilation of data.
i Mr. Long stated the Information would
be ready for the inspection of Federal
authorities by July IB.
the shore up
intervals, day
some
Austin American says:
Chamber of Commerce, which
tin' collection ot statistics for
survey of the valley
State of Texas vs. Stove Harris: as
“There Is no danger, therefore, that snll|t
strife may prolong itself in Mexico
•iiid that there will be greater calami-, ((|(|)
ties for the people. This, I am in-1
ci’ned to believe, is the only thing that j
fudge Waller T.
opened the United
, Court for the Southern
Zarata ami others, publicly called up-
on them t i settle their difficulties
quickly and establish a government
I
I
I
Mike H
ty, $5.000;
of Nueces County, $10,000; E.
Oliver, tax collector of Nueces County. I '1
$10,000; Lee Riggs, constable. Precinct I
No. 1, Nueces County, $2,500; John
M. Maniglc, former deputy constable,
V. 0O0; Clriide Fowler, chief of police
of Corpus Christi, $2,500; Russell Sav-
aee. city attorney of Corpus Christi,
$2,500; Mike Nyland, former chief of
police, $2,500; Loo Petzel. patrolman,
$500: W. M Petzel, former patrolman,
*500; 1, K. Johnson, patrolman, $500;
W. II. Hull, former county commis-
sioner. $5,000; Tom Dunn, former city
Dennis Kelly, property
Martin Kelly, his son,
tXjjc ithtagorba Countn ®rwnnt
Tlie
The
began
tlie preliminary
ot the- Cidorado a short time ago, has
already produced results. Informa-
tion on file at the office of the Cham—
her plainly indicates that the naviga-
bility of tlie Colorado is no dream, but
ot tile cltl-
it was ex-
"When McKinley and McDonald had
headed half-way to shore the skiff |
capsized and they were thrown into
the water. As wc were having some
difficulty in keeping the barge from
broaching to, and as we knew both
men were good swimmers, we did not
They swam in
cor-1 Tlie president's statement which
gen- I waE sent to Generals Carranza, Villa,
the regular weekly meeting of
worries the government of the United itay p(tv [j()dgi No. SI, Independent
|Order of Odd Fellows, held last night
the following officers fo" the ensuing
six-months term were elected;
James W. Pierce, noble grand; V.
reported that one car of corn one car 'c porter, vice grand; E. A. McKelvy,
<f beans and a car of flour had ar- j B,cretary; Sam J Baker, treasurer,
rived. The people are not allowed toj other offices will be filled by ap-
“ t meet-
Julv1Z-*S«' 30th closes the
News ot how
oil
interstate freight shipment,
co-defendants were discharged.
Charles G t
Marc McGee of Brownwood wore ad-
mitted to practice before the court.—
Galveston News
-o —o-
Washington, June 3.-
t Wilson's demand on the
the various military fac-
were an-1 ure to do so
- made tu time” would ....
It required until after ■:( States “to decide what means should
Mexican
Believed Body ( lit in Half.
"That same afternoon, halt a mile
south of camp, we came upon McDon-
ald’s shirt, lacerated by the teeth of
a shark. From the tears and slits in
the shirt we concluded that tlie man
ester must have snapped tlie swimmer
'n tlie abdomen and witli one clip of
his jaws sheared him in half. From
our finding the legs ten miles north,
when the only current was straight on
schooner’s being driven on a liar some I shore, we concluded that a school of
months ago while southbound witli a snarks, perhaps young ones, must have
cargo of ammunition for Carranza.
The first tragedy was that
J M. Peterson, who died in Galveston
as a result of hardships encountered
while walking the coast to civilization.
“With a crew of six men,” said Mr.
Thomas, “I left Tampico on the steam
tug Santa Teresa, towing a barge
loaded with supplies and equipment
to work on the wreck of the Emily ’
Wright on Santa Maria bar. On the
trorning of April 6 we lay off shore
opposite the wreck. Though the sea
was heavy and the surf high, we de-
cided to make a landing and set up
our camp. Three sailors manned the
barge with me. Casting off from the
tug, we let the surf take us onto the
snore. J. W. McKinley, a professional
diver, and J. W. McDonald, Jr., an oil
worker who had signed on In Tampico
as McKinley's helper, got into a small
skiff at the same time and headed for
shore.
try to rescue them.
laughing over the spill. McKinley
kept his hand on the boat: McDonald
swam a little distance.
“A roller broke over them, shutting
nff McDonald from McKinley's view.
When the wave had passed McDonald
was not to be seen. No one had lies’
an outcry—he simply was there and
suddenly he was not. McDonald was
thrown onto tlie beach witli the skiff
We wont toward the water,
knee-deep in the |
us.
Father Notified of Son’s Drath.
One of the letters notifying Frank
McDonald of his brother’s death reach-
ed the father, John W. McDonald. Sr.,
st Harwood, his home. He immediate-
ly came to Brownsville to see Mr.
Thotnas and arrange to have his son's
clothing sent, to him at Harwood.
I-ater he plaiij to recover the portion
of the skeleton buried on Santa Maria
bar.
A pathetic incident connected with
‘.he death of McDonald came to light
when Mr. McDonald, Sr, told Mr.
Thomas that sometime in April he
saw an account of the ("esth of drown-
ing near Corpus Christi of a man nam-
ed John McDonald. He was sure that
silftM 11 not hi8 son’ be 8aid> hecautfe
Persons Under Indictment.
W. B. Hopkins, county judge of the
twenty-eighth judicial district, court,
released on his owr. recognizance;
Walter F. Timon county judge, Nu
<■" County, $10,000; August Uelinger,
county clerk. Nueces County. $10,000; j,lvp 'tippTt to the elements that did l
Wright, sheriff Nueces Cour j-'.gree. Possibility of ultimate Inter-|
■I. C. Bluntzer, assessor! v,'nt’,in WI,R considered. That would!
County, $10,000; E. R. l'“RU,t' however, only,in the event of
reign of anarchy which the* Mexi-'
themselves were unable to rem-1
Hammer-Heads in Plenty.
“There were hammer-heads in plen-
ty off the Santa Maria liar there, we
know, though we had not thought of
on-' attacking a man. But we hoped
to find a part of his body, or his cloth-
ing or something to shed some light
on the mystery of his end. So we
pitched camp and started patrolling
Jhc shcre In both directions.
jj ' In coming in with the barge we
lost a 10-pound bucket of lard and
eevcral cans of tomatoes, which fell
oxerhoard. They went to the bottom,
of course, but the tow brought them in
within few hours That lonvin"-.
___' dcuit McDonald had not
The decedent was well known in
-- r’Uv_ AluUiaQ tnsny friends hers.
...... ' ~
I’reiectiiig Divers from Sharks.
“Following tills we poled tlie barge
■.io to the wreck without so must as
putting a hand into the water. We
prepared tilings so that we could leave
them, went aboard the Santa Teresa,
got up steam and made for Point Isa-
I <1. where I landed witli two of the1
crew, tlie others going to Galveston
' witli tlie tug to bring back a lieavier
boat and a steel shark cage. The
shark cage is a heavy wire netting
vith which we surround the wreck and
within which the divers can work I
safely.
“I do not wonder that there was so
Uttle ‘ ‘ ..............
Thomas. “A shark lias seven rows
ot teeth, and there is real power in
their snap. For instance, a four-foot
shark, which is a baby, can bend an
iron liar an inch and a half thick witli
a playful bite. Sharks are thick around
Santa Maria liar. It is almost unbe-
lievable, but I saw them there so close
in nhore resting practically on the
sand of the bottom, their fins and
Packs would be seen out of the water.
I had heard of these black hammer-
herded sharks attacking men, hut I
had never had any personal knowledge
r.f it before.”
Corpus Christi, Texas, June 5
Federal grand jury,
justness mon of Corpus Christi, andl'eiders
ten cattlemen, farmers and merchants tlons in Mexico for prompt restoration
ot tlie Corpus Christi district, has in- of peace in the revolution torn south-
dieted on two counts 42 residents of ern republic is being received by them
Corpus Christi, for the most part prom- was awaited today witli intense inter-
inent county and city officers, charg-jest in official and diplomatic quarters,
lug election irregularities, and
minion of the ballot, during the
•ral election of November, 1911.
The grand jury made its report this
morning, and within two hours those
charged were assembled in tlie Fed- which the United States can recognize.
room, before Judge Waller] The president warned them that fail-
ure to do so "within a very
to | time” woulfl constrain the
, composed of two 1 President
/iritiio f * li hi .. V 4 n »> ,1 . I , 1 i .1 a r u
McKinley
wash waiting for
''John's gone.' lie said. He had to
shout to make us hear above the noise
of the breakers.
“Wc crowded around him incredu-
lously while lie told what he knew.
Then wc simply stood and starred at
the white lino of breakers smashing
on the bar. There was nothing to lie
•lone. After a little time of stupefied
idleness we set to work to got the tents
and groceries out of the seal ing spray
ic a dry place. Thon w> held a coun-
cil. I told the mon to patrol certain
sections of the beach on the lookout
for McDonald's body. Wo knew that
soonor or later tlie hod.i would come
in, for tlie inshore drive is strong
there. However, we doubted that
there was anything to wash ashore,
for wo had about decided that a shark
had got him.
clerk, $1,000;
owner, $5,000;
$2,500; Ed. Castleberry, former consta-
ble. $5,000; W. J. Cody, county offi-
■ial. $5,000; William I). Buntzor, cat-
man, $10,000; Joe Downev $2,500;
Thomas B. Southgate, Unit'd States
commissioner $2,500; Amos Roark,
deputy, $2,500; Joe Acebo, saloon
keeper. $1,000; Geronimo Sanz. Mexi-
can. $500; Angel Gutierrez, Mexica,
*5 000; Van Branch, negro. $500;
Frank Leo, negro, $500; Joseph Cole-
man. negro. $500; R. L. Moore, negro,
$‘>00; Ed. Chapman, negro, $500; Uy.
''Sevens propert' owner, $2,500; Bill
| portntion facilities are restored '(COMPILES MUCH DATA ON
j An appeal to the Red Cross from
the international relief committee In
I M< xlco City, sent through the Braz.il-
| lan minister there, was made public
It follows:
I “We appeal fot starving Mexico.
I'.iverninent supplies nearly exliaiit-
e i; no prospect relief. Conditions of
| disorder, lack of seed, men and ani-
mals, and insecurity of harvest pre
1 vent planting. Situation tills city des-
I p 'rate account shortage food and med-
ileiil supplies. Regular railway service
l et ween city and border, Agnus Call-
. cutes, and tlie coast, suspended since
I’-'liruary. imperative need every-
where is corn Also urgently require
, beans, flour and medicine. Onlj hope
is from United States. We are doing
I ail possible, but resources entirely In-
adequate.”
I Five persons, nationality unreport-
Icd where killed In a raid on Quero-
babl Tuesday night. State department
I dispatches from Nogales today say
that, after looting tlie town, the raid-
ers burned five railroad bridges.
A Vera Cruz diapatch dated June 1
says tin' crowd gathered there Mon
day to buy tlie daily food supply was
Informed the government stores
exhausted.
Speculation continued today as
what the American government meant
tiy lending its active moral support to
some man or group of men, If such
•nay lie found, in an effort to Ignore,
if they cannot unite, the warring fac-
tions of the country.
The official explanation was that
the United States heretofore had
maintained neutrality as between the
factions, but now was preparing to
choose between them or to give ’.ts
support to those elements in the exist-,
i ig factions which gave most promise
of success Tlie United States would
aid the chosen elements by Issuing an
< nibargo on arms preventing tlie ship-,
ments of war munitions and cutting
off of other means of support to the]
f: ctions which ignored the demand
for peace.
Consular Agent Carothers at Chi-
. , T_, liualiua reported today that Villa
Priestly, patrolman. $500; Rafael G il-i troops in a flank movement captured
v-iti. Mexico. $500; Thomas latzrino, j stilao and put. Carranza cavalry for<- s 1
Mexico. $50u; Junn \n«elmo I’odraso. ito rout. Obregon, the Carranza coni-
Mcxlca’i. *500; Porffrio Garza. Mexi- ntmi.b'i'. I'e said, is surrounded at
can. $500; A. I.nmlngcr. white, $500. I I'rinidad by Villa infantry and
A special term of the Federal Court, (pst train and lost.
eral court
I. learns, when their bonds
n< laiced and arrangement
make them.
o'clock to complete the list. I be employed” to save the
Indictments have been returned people from further devastations of
iii’iiinst the following named persons, internal warfare.
who were granted bail in tlie sums! Foreign diplomats here express ap-
shown: proval of the president's course.
The communication was interpreted IIMITCn QTATTQ PHIIRT
Uy officials, diplomats and Mexicans j Ulll I LU ulnlLu UUUlli
™:;az;i convenes at gaeveston
unite the factions in the choice of a
provisional president. Failing in that,
the United States would accord its ac-
his boy was a good swimmer A few
days later Mr. McDonald found that
he lost his son, though not by drown-
ing
The shark’s victim has been in the
oil busfnes' .i Tampico for three
years. . the shut down in oil o”
e rat io. oeing out of work he sign
on as a diver's helper with the Pierce I buy more than two or three pounds ot pOintm«*nt. to be made the tint
concern. He was 31 years old and un-j either at one time,
manied.
Columbus, Texas, June 7.--J; R.
Wooten of this city died this morning
hi I o'clock at the residence ot hit
sister, Mrs. J. C. Houston, at Merl-
'linn. Miss. Ho had been suffering
with heart trouble for the past two
years. Recently his condition had
grown serious and two weeks ago hs
oft hero to visit relatives In Missis*
slopl, his wife accompanying him. The
funeral will be held at lilvlngston,
Ala.
Mr. Wooten was born in Livingston,
Ala.. March 22. iS6l. He attended the
State University of Mississippi, and
was a classmate of J. W. Bailey. He
came to Toxas In 1R85 and engaged In
business at Eagle Lake, where ho mar*
ried Miss Pearl Harcourt in 1S87. He
was admitted to the bar and was a
member of the Twenty-eighth T>egls*
I la'iii'o from this county, whore he in-
! trcducod the first bill for referendum
and recall. Ho owned about 1,300
acres of land Just oast of Columbus
Atwiit fiOO acres were In cultivation,
on which ho developed the celebrated
Wooten long staple cotton. His chll.
dren are Professor J. H. Wooten, prin-
cipal of the Flatonia High School; C.
H. Wooten, a student of the Rice In*
s .ute, Houston, and MH.s Olivia
Wooten, who lives here.
drowned for iiis Ihmiv would have come
in within f'tteeti minutes in that
strong wash
“We patrolled
down the bar at
day looking for
McDonald.
lay and I left camp and walked north.
Ten miles from camp we caught sight
tlie distance of what appeared a
tangle of glistening sticks on the edge
ot the wash. The sticks' were what
v as left of McDonald—his bones from
the waist down, picked clean of flesh,
erushed and mangled by great teeth.
The shoes were still on the feet. The
flesh had been eaten to the shoe tops,
no farther
"We gathered up the grim relics,
piled them out of reach of tlie tide and
marked the spot. Then we trudged
buck to camp. It was not a conversa-
tional return.
Brownsville, Texas, June 5.—Tlie
disappearance of J. W. McDonald, Jr.,
of Harwood, a diver's helper, while
swimming off the Santa Maria bar, 100
miles south of Point Isabel, and tlie
< subsequent finding of the lower half
‘it his skeleton, picked clean by man-
eating sharks and other fish, and
parts of his clothing scattered along
a distance of ten miles, are told by
E. E. Thomas, superintendent of tlie
Eierce Forwarding Company of Gal-
veston, now in Brownsville. To this
grim tale of the sea Mr. Thomas adds
su account of the narrow escape
shortly afterward ot an Indian sailor
from the jaws of a man-eater.
Both occurrences—the tragedy and
tne narrowly averted tragedy—hap-
pened on the Tamaulipas coast, near
the wreck of tlie schooner Emily P.
Wright, McDohald’s death registering
the second as a result of the ill-fated
had a running fight over tliat half of
Captain tlie body, carrying it up tlie coast. Tlie
upper half we never found, but a few
days later, going back to bury tlie
bones, we ran onto McDonald’s trous-
ers, or tlie rags of them, near the
same place. We took the trousers
back to camp with us.
"Searching the dead man’s grip wc
found letters to his brother. Frank
McDonald, written from three differ-
I wrote a letter to each
three addresses, and later
mailed them at Point Isabel.
"On April 23 we had our second ex-
perience with tlie sharks. We had
landed at first a short distance below |
tne wreck and wc wanted to move tlie
barge up near the wreck. While pre-
paring to move I ran a splinter into
my foot, making it bleed slightly. 1
waded ashore and took out the splin-
ter. Ten minutes later we were poling
the barge along the shore. One man.
the Indian sailor, was in the waler
holding the hose of the barge true.
Suddenly a Greek sailor. Leo Bennett,
screamed and jumped toward the In-
d'an. Seizing him by the wrist the
Greek jerked him savagely and the
Indian tumbled inboard. An instant
later a shark hit the barge a sledge
hammer blow with his head that all
hot knocked us off our feet.
] Tlx' Grand Jury has returned tlie
.following indictments:
| State < f Texas vs. Luther Jackson.
'(oloro'l murder.
] State of Te
' murder.
State (f T<xi<- vs John Powell;
theft of propertv over $50.00.
Talbert Moore;
State of Texas v
assault to murder.
State of Toxas
burglary.
State of Toxas vs. Sliolley Gee, Tom
Thompson. Georg'' Bryant and Willie
Clark; burglary.
State of Texas vs. Tonnes
son; assault to murder .
State of Toxas vs. Jim Robison; as-
sault to murder.
State of Texas '
I assault to murder.
State of Toxas
■on; burglary, three cases.
State of Texas vs. George Reynolds;
WILSON NOTE READY
Burns eysterday
States District
District of
Texas in Galveston, organized grand
and petit Juries, and started the for-
i ler to work on tlie mass of accumu-
lated business since the last term of
' court. A general charge was deliver-
ed Dy Judge Burns Io the grand jury,
the court naming no specific offenses
to be inquired into.
Officers of the court present when
llie judge took tlie bench were John
E. Green, Jr., United States district
attorney; J. A. Herring, United States
marshal; L. C. Masterson,
States clerk. All of those
have just returned from
Christi, whore n Hosston of court was
hold.
M S. Perry of Bay City was named
foreman of tlie grand jury and George
W. Schmidt, bailiff. The docket for
the term is a heavy one, and the court,
will plunge this morning Into the
work of arranging for trials. Ono
[ilea was entered during tlie day, tliat
being of George Prldy, who pleaded
' guilty to the charge of theft from an
freight, shipment. Two
“Mr. Carranza lately has ordered
tlie advance of bis troops toward tlie I
City of Mexico, which ho undoubtedly]
will take before one week Is over, and
I understood he immediately will es-
a provisional civil ad-
ministration, until ’ can wipe out
the remnants of tlie reactionaries and,
convene the people to elections for of-. burglary,
fleers of a constitutional government.
Washington, June 7.—'Die second
American note to Germany concern*
Ing the sinking of the Lusitania vir*
tually was ready today for transmis*
slon to Berlin. President Wilson
worked until a late hour last night
to complete its phraseology.
the note is said to he a vigorous
I, iteration of previous demands that
Germany exercise the right of visit
and search before attacking unarmed
merchant ships. Tlie delay In for*
warding tlie note was to enable the
president to ho phrase it tliat thero
could lie no room for doubt or further
argument, concerning the attitude ot
the United States.
It was expected tliat the note would
be cabled to Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin tonight or early tomorrow at
the latest.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, who was completing
plans today to go to Cedarhurst, Long
Island, whore tlie embassy lias been
I "stabllslied for the summer, continues
optimistic over tlie situation. He he-
llevoH that ns a result of his oon-
f-rencc witli President Wilson the
crisis over tlie sinking of the Lusltanii)
lias passed.
The jury for the week in the Dis-|
, trict Court has been excused until
' l,,n ?.7,C?T1tl<T?.''^d??i>T”’’'-8,lay 0,1 ot "" "• H'TVle.'Sjation- In
not being needed until that time, the
court in the meantime being engaged
in the trial of non-jury cases.
Ou yesterday the case of the Colo-
rado Canal Company vs. the Union
Warehouse & Elevator Company and
W. P. Blair, for debt, was continued
on application of tlie plaintiff com-
pany. The amount, sued for in this
ease is approximately $830.00.
A divorce was granted in the fol-
lowing ease;
Annette Fleury vs. L. Fleury.
The court this morning was engag-
ed in the case of Morcellfno Lugo vs.
Niches Gonzales, Mexicans, in which
the custody of a 4-year-old child is
sought by the defendant. The cause
is based itnon an application for writ
of habeas corpus.
------o—o------
The Tribune will get the business
for you If you will give it a chance.
Anselmo Pedraso, nn rout.
Moxl-1 mander. be said,
Trinidad by
lest trains
h is been set for September 6th. wdien ^applies
these cases will be tried. , Eliseo ‘ redondo, head of tlie Car-
---------o o - I ranza ac nicy here, today Issued the
IN THE DlNl liH I UOI K'I. ; following comment on President Wil-
lson's Mexican statement:
“I believe tliat President Wilson's
until | note i I ’ gely due to the lack of re-
tween tlie government of the
United States and the constitutionalist
government of Mexico, and tliat. this
has given room for many false reports
which have victimized General Car-
ranza, attributing to him acts and
omission ot which he Is incapable. •
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915, newspaper, June 11, 1915; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346176/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.