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AUSTIN MAN ATTENDS
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WILL AWARD $350,000
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CORPUS CHRISTI PLANS FORMER U. S. SENATOR
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tees, discussion of plans. resolutions,
etc.
DR. BROOKS ADDRESSES
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WILL START 100 MEN
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Wednesday, Dec. •.
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saints, Austin. (by in the diocese;
leader. Dr. W. J. Battle of the State
University. Austin. <c) In the general
church: leader. Rev. Randolph Ray,
St Andrew’s, Bryan.
THREE RAILROADS WOULD ENJOIN
Mr. A. Nippertafirst
repair man, a in charge
partment, a man who I
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Special to The American.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Dec. 8.
Corpus Christi is preparing for the
Christmas holidays upon a most pre-
tention scale with a big open-air
Christmas tree at Artesia Park as a
feature. A committee composed of
Mrs. G. R. Scott. Mayor Roy Miller.
Clarence Magee and others is arrang.
ing for the tree, which will be loaded
with candles, nuts and fruits for all
of the children of the city.
In addition to the Christmas tree
a musical festival to last for three
days will be given by the Corpus
Christi Choral Club, composed of 100
of the leading singers of the city.
'On one of the nights, probably Christ-
mas Eve, the club will sing the or-
atoria "The Holy City.” All of the
four railroads entering the city have
been requested to name low excursion
rates to Corpus Christi for the Yulo-
tide festival.
speaker. F. C. von Rosenberg, Austin.
(b) The Supreme Misison of the
Church, at Home and Abroad. Rev.
E. H. Eckel. secretary of the Province
of the Southwest.
Special to The American.
TAYLOR, Texas, Dec. 8.—The
meeting of the Northwest Convoca-
tion of the Episcopal Doee of Texas
will be held at Saint James' Episco-
pal Church of Taylor, with the Rt
Rev. George H. Kinsolving, bishop of
Texas, presiding, beginning next Tues-
day morning, Dec. 8. at 10:30 a. m.,
and continuing till Thursday night.
Dec. 10, in a three-days' session.
The program was given out today,
and discloses the names of a number
of eminent men among the speakers,
both among the clergy and the laity.
Delegatee will be here from fifteen
counties, all included in the north-
west convocation, as follow©: Burle-
son. Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Brazos,
Coryell, Falls, Lee, Lamestone, Lam-
pasas. McLennan, Milam, Robertson,
Travis and Williamson Counties.
tion Primarily Not as a Field, but as
‘ " the community;
H. Williams, All
fellow in skirts hasn't any show in
the world," is the explanation which
Miss Sue Bodine of Galveston gave
police officials here today when she
was arrested for wearing man’s at-
tire. Under the name of Jack Bodine
she has been wearing man’s attire
and working as a dishwasher in a
cafe here.
yesterday and declares her trip was a
most pleasant one, despite the terrible
NEW YORK.
Standard Oil tank
Tuesday, Dec. B.
10:80 a. m.: Holy communion and
sermon, celebrant. Rev. W. P. Witsell,
St. Paul’s, Waco, dean of the convo-
cation, assisted by Rev. J. E. Ellis,
rector of the Taylor parish; preacher.
(2) 11 a. m. Subject: Music in
the Church; leader, Mr. A. C. Upleger,
Waco.
2 p. m.: Short devotions and dis-
cussions. Subject: The Church and
GALVESTON, Texas. Dec. 8.-—The
monthly report of Chief Grain Inspec-
tor R. T. Miles was made public to-
day, showing that the port of Galves-
ton has exported 16,452,528 bushels of
wheat since Sept 1, an increase of
15,152,flflfl bushels over the record of
R. Worsham. St. David’s,
steamer Oneka,
The overcharges date from 1908.
The railroads declare the Interstate
Commerce Commission failed to send
them an order condemning the rates
Hearing will be had before Judge
Meek next week.
The campaign of negro educ
for the betterment of negro sei
in Travis County began in earnest
terday. For the present visits tc
country have been postponed bee
of road conditions.
"Race Delusion” was the subje
the principal address yesterday to
ing at the Olive Street School by
J. W. Strong.
“It is commonly held by us i
people that our color and pres
condition largely miitate againa
as a race,” he declared. “In 6
words, the white race is prejud
against us on account of color
previous condition; hence unfavor
legislation, discrimination and se
gation.
“We can not overlook the fac
race prejudice. Indeed, that is al
mon heritage belonging to all n
But to conclude that the predomi
race is prejudiced against us bec
of color or previous conditions to
deed a destructive delusion. I
conclusion will not stand in the
of the searching light of truth.”
LULING, Texas, Dec. 8.—The La-
dies’ Guild of the Episcopal Church
here has purchased a bale of cotton
at 10 cents per pound under the buy-
a-bale plan, which is now on exhibi-
tion in the Cltizens State Bank.
has been issued by the Post
partment at Washington ■
the name has boon changed
West
Before the name of a posti
be changed the Federal 1
generally receive a request
inhabitants of the town,
therefore seem that the
George West are somewhat
spinners have canceled all contracts ------
and that the Railway Terminal Com- special to The American.
pany at Vera Crux refuses to accept TEXARKANA. Texas. Dec. 8.—The
consignments for the Interior. following proceedings were had this
There is a large quantity of cot- morning in the Court of Civil Appeals
ton here awaiting shipment to Mexi- for the Sixth Supreme Judicial Dis-
Special to The American
SNYDER, Texas, Dec. 3.—The fl-
year-old son of John Perry, living
west of here, was smothered to death
yesterday when cotton seed caved in
upon him while he was playing in
the seed house.
utes the building
flames.
neral alarm which
the fire department
Henry G. Kohieffel, 32 years ©
machinist in the employ of the
veston, Harrisburg & San An
Railway shops. was found dead t
room. 1231 North Hackberry 81
this morning shortly after 4 0"
It is supposed that his death
due to cyanide of potassium poise
The body was removed to a loen
dertaking establishment pendias
vice from his father, who residi
Karnes City.
Surviving him are his widow
four small children, seven sisteri
one brother.
act in the red tape methods connected
with the building of permanent pave-
ment in this city was carried out yes-
terday when the City Council met in
special session and agreed to pass an
ordinance at the proper time allowing
the Commissioners’ Court the right to
designate certain city streets as pub-
lic roads.
This was necessary in view of the
law governing road districts which ap-
plies in this instance. When the dis-
trict was named it included Temple
and surrounding country for a dis-
tance of about ten miles and it was
agreed that part of the bond money
should be expended In paved streets.1
According to legal opinion this is
the first time in the history of Texas
where a city and county have joint-
ly voted bonds for street and rural
road improvements.
WILL GIVF XMAS TREE
PRESENTS TO BELGIANS
Rev. W.
Special to The America*.
BAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec 2-
$10,000 to estimated to be the loss by
tire today at the lamo O and Re-
fining Company plant
Street The fire was dto_________
this morning by Jesse Gillis, a watch-
man, and the first alarm wan tol-
the street while going east and as he
reached th© corner swerved to the
left of a street car rounding the curve
from Alamo Plaza into Houston
Street.
Th© inhabitants of a little settle-
ment in Live Oak County are having
a great deal of trouble in deciding
on a name for their postoffice. With-
in the last year the name of the post-
office has been changed three times.
In the ©arly part of the year th©
town was known as Hamiltonburg. a
little later it was changed to Three
Rivers, while the latest bulletin which
Disease Spreads
was the topic of
Special to The American.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dec. 8.—
Former United States Senator Webb,
from Tennessee, delivered an address
at the public school auditorium this
afternoon. On account of the weather
his audience was not as large as it
would have been.
His lecture on "Education and Lit-
erature" was interesting and instruct-
ive. Many good points were made
impressive to the school children pres-
ent, as "wisdom is better than gold,”
"the greatest of all Inventions was the
alphabet," "wisdom brings life and
promotion,” "genius is a gift given
only to men."
He urged the boys to prepare and
be equipped with knowledge in order
to be able to compete with the world.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Bec. 3.—
Hans Holland, city engineer, who was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Traf-
fic Officer Martin at Alamo Plaza and
Houston Street for violation of the
traffic ordinance, entered a plea of
guilty when arraigned before Judge
Lowther in the police court this morn-
ing and was fined $5.
The court suspended sentence, En-
gineer Helland explaining he had vio-
lated the ordinance thoughtlessly and
that the officer who arrested him was
perfectly justified in so doing.
Mr. Helland is said to have driven
eon's wedding feast when he fell dead
on the seat of the wagon. A amall
boy who was accompanying him car-
ried the body home. Th© funeral was
held this afternoon.
_ We have
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Dillingham Shoe Company
“THE SHOE STORE AHEAD.”
Special to The American.
TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 8.—Follow-
ing the heavy rain storm which visited
this city yesterday, a number of per-
sons while passing the jail were noti-
fied by two small boys who had been
arrested earlier in the day that the
calaboose was flooded with water.
Considerable resentment was voiced
against the 'local police force for its
carelessness in not providing better
quarters for the youngsters and a
movement started to compel the
guardians of the public peace to move
the prisoners to higher ground. The
excitement was abated when it was
learned that the small culprits had
opened a hydrant in the jail and pur-
posely flooded the lower floor of the
building, and that no blame was at-
tached to the police force. •
Special to The American.
DALLAS, Texas. Dec. 8.—The city
of Dallas and school board will im-
mediately award contracts for new
school buildings and street work
amounting to 8350,000 and later $300,-
000 worth of additional work will be
authorized. This step is taken to give
work for many unemployed.
Mrs. Joseph Fela. widow of the fa-
mous single tax leader and capitalist,
who is here delivering lectures, sent
8100 to the City Commissioners today
to be applied to the relief fund of the
unemployed. With the money she
sent a letter saying men would not
‘go hungry under a single tax system.
LULING, Texas, Dec. 8.—A buyer
of horses for the English army was
her© today and purchased several fin©
animals. A number of these buyers
have visited Luling within the past
six weeks and each on© has found
horses which suited him.
an automobile along the left side of 1,299,888 bushels for the same period
which reached her pier today after a
month’s voyage from Salonika, arrived
Miss Lucille Swords of St. Louis, Mo.,
who left Constantinople a few days
after Turkey declared .war on Russia.
The Dardanelles ark! the Sea of
Marmora had been mined and the
only possible chance she had of get-
ting back was by way of Salonika,
where at the invitation of L. I-
Thomas, manager of the Standard Oil
Company, she was given accommoda-
tion with Mrs. Hugh Mitchell of
Orange, N. J., on the tank steamer,
an experience Miss Swords said she
would not have missed for anything
but one she does not want to repeat.
"They did everything to make us
comfortable." she said, “but you can
imagine that there was none of th©
luxury of the trans-Atlantic lines. To
make matters more exciting, we
stopped kt Algiers for two days and
put ashore a Chinese fireman who had
smallpox. Then Mrs. Mitchell and
myself were vaccinated.”
Miss Swords went to Constantinople
to visit her friend, Mrs. J. R. Bryne,
wife of the paymaster aboard the
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Scorpion. Mrs. Mitchell was compan-
ion to the wife of one of the secre-
taries to the American legation.
Special to Th© American.
BAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 3.—
A. Voges, a prosperous tarmner, who
the Layman, (a) In spiritual relation-I
ship and work, Hon. W. 8. Simkins Special to The American.
of the State University, (b) In ftaan- HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 3.—Many
cial relationship and work: leader. F. sections of the city still are flooded
T Roche. Georgetown, (c) In obliga-as the result of Tuesday night’s rain,
tions to the property of the church; but the high water is subsiding.
leader. Rev. J. E. Ellis, St. James', Buffalo Bayou was considerably
Taylor. lower Thursday and fell throughout
4 p. m.: Business session of the the day.
convocation; reports of the commit-I •
Special to The American.
HEMPSTEAD, Texas, Dec. 8—E. J.
Eckart. saloon owner at Sunnyside,
Waller County, has purchased the en-
tire town, including a dozen mercan-
tile establishments, forty acres and
many residences. The town formerly
had been exploited by a company.
Today Eckhart is sole owner. Terms
private.
quarts 1 to The American
FLATONIA. Texas Dec. 3.—The
school children will have three weeks
vacation this year for Christmas.
Th® county teachers’ institute meets
the week prior to Christmas and the
school board has granted a 2-week
vacation for the holidays.
WILL REPAIR STREETS.
Ssecial to The American.
TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 3-—There
will be only a small fund sent from
here to the stricken Belgians, prob-
ably not more than 885, which had
already been raised, as several of the
local pastors and charitable organisa-
tions declare that local conditions are
such that a great deal of Local mis-
sionary work must be done in order
to relieve the suffering of Temple’s
unfortunates.
It had been planned to spend sev-
eral days in campaigning for funds
for the first mentioned cause, but
when attention was directed to the
fifty destitute families in this city, and
that fact that 150 children were in
urgent need of food and clothing the
movement was abandoned and “char-
ity begins at home” put into practice.
The Social Service Society is in
charge of the campaign for a merry
Christmas here.
Aside from the fact that “every-
thing at the front to progressing satis-
factorily." people in England know
little of the great war. And strange as
it may seem, Mrs. Cheek says they do
not Become restless under this unheard
of restraint and are content to wait
until the War Department is ready
to release bits of news.
Special to The American.
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 3.—J. 8.
Cullinan* Colonel R. M. Johnston, R.
W. Wier. A. Boldt, Sam H. Dixon, C.
G. Pillot, M. E. Foster and E. B. Cush-
ing departed tonight for New Orleans
to attend the Interstate Inland Water-
way League convention, being held
there.
The party will be in New Orleans
for two days. An attempt will be
made to have the convention in Hous-
ton next year. It is more than likely
that they will succeed in this.
From New Orleans they proceed to
Washington. They will attend the
rivers and harbors congress immedi-
ately after their arrival. Here the
Houston ship channel will be dis-
cussed.
City of Paris. motion for rehearing;
Weeb Rogers et al. vs. Mrs. Mae Har-
ris, from Harrison. for rehearing; J.
W. Bulloch vs. Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway Company of Texas,
from Hunt, for rehearing; J. W-
Findlay vs. C. A. Lumsden, from Mor-
ris, for rehearing; R. B. Godley Lum-
ver Company vs. C. C. Slaughter Jr.,
from Smith. for rehearing.
Motions dismissed: Jefferson Cot-
ton Oil and Fertilizer Company vs.
Prigdon & Congleton. from Marton
County, for permission to appear as
attorneys for appellant.
Cases affirmed: Texarkana & Fort
Smith Railway Company vs. Lillie B.
Casey, from Bowie County; Jefferson
Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company vs.
Pridgen & Congleton, from Marion;
Jeff Wacaser et al. vs. Rockland Sav-
ings Bank, from Morris.
Cases reversed and remanded: M.
E. Millner vs. Reedy Sims et al., from
Hopkins County.
Submitted on briefs and oral argu-
ment for both parties: St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company of
Texas vs. R. W. Moore, from Smith
County; Gordon Dunn et al. vs. B. H.
Epperson et al., from Titus; Kansas
City Southern Railway Company vs.
A. R. Coomber, from Bowie; St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company of
Texas vs. Mrs. Nannie Watts et al.,
from Bowie.
Submitted on briefs for both par-
ties: St Paul Fire and Marine In-
surance Company vs. G. W. Huff,
from Fannin County.
Dr. Crawford said: "The indivi
drinking cup will be a splendidJ
ventative for disease. Student* di
ing provisions with each other al
eating part of same and th© dirt
with his many millions of germsJ
expectorating on the floors when di
would communicate diseases by me
of sweeping, and dust”
Rev. L. L. Campbell announced;^
they were making an effort to i
a census of all children out of 802
in the city of Austin, with a V
of inducing them to enter. -
Dr. W. H. Moses, president of G
dalupe College. Seguin, spoke ’
"Helping the Fainting Multitude E
Itself." He showed the large n
ber of people who have lost t]
homes. their food, their clothe* l
the joys of life and who are grop
their way through life like ah
without a shepherd.
He closed his talk by showing 1
the private and public school* f
awaken the right kind of interest I
help direct the lost people to i
right way of life. The addressJ
humorous and suggestive and ©tf
tive from beginning to end.
Special to Th© Ameriaan
CUERO, Texas, Dec. 8.—The Tur-
key Trot Band Fall Festival opened
last night, almost a day late. ' The
extended dates at Beaumont on ac-
count of the weather conditions held
the carnival company two days over
their leaving time and made them
late here.
Th© weather has been bad here and
not much attention has been given the
shows and concessions. Last night
the attendance was much better and
with fair weather and the rural folks
able to get to town, a successful car-
nival is looked forward to.
At the close of business h
there was on shipboard 761,10
els of wheat During th©
5,098,398 bushels were shipped
eign countries and a million
The wedding
Organisation of the convocation fol-
lows:
2 p. m.: Short devotions and dis-
cussions. Subject: The Congrega-
Special to The American.
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 8.—To place
100 men at work on the Mexia-Cor-
alcana pipe line, T. J. Driscoll of In-
dianai olla Ind., president of th© Dris-
coll Pipe Line Company, left Dallas
for Mexia. Accompanied by his son.
T. L. Driscoll, he arrived in Dallas
yesterday afternoon.
The company building this pipe line
was recently organized. C. T. Her-
ring of Amari lo is one of'the stock-
holders.
Bpeclal to The American.
SAN HABA, Texas. Dec. 8.—Dr. 8.
P. Brooks, president of Baylor Uni-
versity. addressed the San Haba Coun-
ty Teachers’ Institute, which is in ses-
sion here this week, yesterday after-
noon and this morning, also.
Hon. W. F. Doughty, State Superin-
tendent of Education, arrived in Shn
Kaba yesterday and was to speak last
night, but on account of the bad
weather his speaking was postponed
until tHS morning. He" spoke this
morning at the school auditorium to
a large assembly of the county teach
era and also many of the women of
the town were present. Tomorrow
H. W. Foght will address the institute
on the subject of rural education.
Special to ths American.
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 8.—An illus-
tration of how war news is being cen-
sored in England is shown by ths fact
that Mrs. J. R. Cheek, wife of th©
president of th© Magnolia Land •Com-
pany, who has been visiting friends
in London, England, since last June,
did not learn of details of ths sinking
of the battleship Audacious until after
her arrival in New York.
Mr, Cheek returned to Houston
place yesterday afternoon, but has
been postponed indefinitely.
Mr. Voges was a native of New
Braunfels and formerly lived in Bexar
County. He to well known in San
Antonio. His ranch includes hundreds
of acres of land. Those surviving him
are his widow, four sons, Richard,
the one who was to have married;
Herman, Harry and Walter; one
daughter. Mrs. Alma Wannacke; two
brothers and three sisters, all of whom
had gathered at the home for the
wedding ceremony.
The hull house was destroyed and
tank, which contained about $50,000
worth of oil were saved after a great
deal of hard work. Under disadvan-
tage the firemen saved property
was valued at $150,000. The
of the fire to unknown.
The galvanized hull house has been
recently filled with hulls and the fire
started in the upper portion near the
southern end of the structure. As a
result of the dry hulls in a few min-
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 3.—
Notices were received in San Antonio
yesterday announcing th© appoint-
ment of S. W. Dewolf as general man-
ager of the Texas-Mexican Railway
Company, with headquarters at La-
redo.
Mr. Dewolf is known throughout
the Southwest as one of th© ablest
railroad men in this section. He has
been in the service of the Texas-Mex-
ican for many years as general su-
perintendent. He takes the place of
M. T. Cogley, who was recently lect-
ed president.
Chief Dispatcher M. M. Leyendeck-
er has been promoted to general su-
perintendent or tne company. Both
appointees are well known through-
out the Southwest. Appointments
will, be effective *•
ST. LOUIS WOMAN BACK
FROM TRIP TO TURKEY
Special t® Th© American
GALVESTON. Texas, Dec. 3.—The
Court of Civil Appeals, First District,
at Galveston entered th© following or-
ders today:
Affirmed: Providence Washington
Insurance Company vs. J. M. Guffey
Petroleum Company, from Jefferson
County; Virginia Fir© and Marine In-
surance Company vs. St. Louis South-
western Railway Company, from An-
gelina.
Reversed and rendered: Job Hol-
linger vs. Llano Granite and Marble
Company, from Orange County.
Reversed and remanded: P. J.
Dunn ®t al. vs. Sam R. Sayers. County
Attorney, from Angelina County.
Case submitted: Beaumont, Sour
Lak® & Western Railway Company vs.
Stat® of Texas, from Liberty County.
Reset for submission on Dec. 17:
The Prison Commission of the State
of Texas vs. Imperial Sugar Company,
from Walker County; Imperial Sugar
Company va Ben E. Cabell et al., from
Fort Bend.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Dec. 3.
At a joint banquet held between
Mount Bonnell and Lake City Lodges
of the Knights of Pythias last night
a Pythian Sisters’ Temple was organ-
ized. The organisation of the Temple
was the culmination of much planning
and a great deal of hard work on the
part of the Knights of Pythias, who
had the matter at heart.
Some weeks ago it was proposed
that the Knights of Pythias should
organize a sisters’ lodge as many other
fraternities had done. It was imme-
diately decided that the best way to
bring about such an organization was
for the two lodges to meet in a joint
session and devise means and ways
for the .organization of th© temple.
The knights and their lady friends
who were interested in the project
first met in the Elk Clubrooms, after
which they went in a body to Castle
Hall. During the evening an elaborate
banquet was served.
John F. Onion and Mrs. Onion of
San Antonio were the guests of honor
and made interesting talks on the
work of the Pythians in Texas.
Special to Thu American.
TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 3.—Despite
the bad condition of the public roads
leading into this city, twenty-seven
bales of coton were marketed here
yesterday which originated at Holland,
a town about eighteen miles south of
here. The staple brought 7 cents upon
the local market.
The cotton was hauled in by wagon,
the conveyances leaving Holland at an
early hour and arriving here late in
the afternoon.
pecial to The America*.
TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 8.—The last
Sperin1 tn The American.
LULING. Texas, Dec. 8 — The city
of Luling is having gravel hauled thia
week to fill in th© holes in th® streets,
which have been gradually getting
deeper for the past year. The recent
rains have made several of these
places almost impassable, and repair
work was imperative.
Special to The American.
GALVESTON, Texas. Dec. 8.—A
cablegram from Mexico today put a
sudden stop to cotton shipments to
Mexico by announcing that Mexican
Special to Th® American.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3.-
Hix convicts working on the highway
near Padgett today sent 11 each for
the fund for the establishment of A
State home for delinquent girls.
The money was received by Mrs.
Warren V. Galbreath, treasurer of the
organisation boosting the plan. The
convicts worked a long time for their
money.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 8.—-
Three railroads the Rock Island
Santa Fe and Illinois Central, have
brought action in th© Federal Court
here seeking injunction to prevent
members of th® Texas Cattle Raisers
Association recovering $150,000 in
overcharges.
Special to Th® American.
DALLAS, Texas. Dec. 3.—Two men
who posed as members of the "un-
employed” of Dallas tried to raid the
grocery and market of W. R. Clack,
34 20 Main Street, late Wednesday aft-
emoon. Mrs. Clack, alone in the store
at the time, defended her goods with
a big butcher knife and drove the two
marauders away.
According to Mrs. Clack’s story, the
men entered the store when they
found her alone and told her they
were hungry and their families were
starving and that they were going to
take everything they needed. She said
they were both burly and rough look-
ing
8 ecial to Th® American.
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 8.—Advices
received in Dallas today from Topeka.
Kan . were to the effect that Grover
(Jack) Cleveland had been given a
10-year sentence and a 810,000 fine
for bringing Mary Turner, aged 15,
from Kansas to Dallas.
Th® case caused a sensation here
several months ago, th® girl claiming
that a dope needle was used on her.
United States Marshal Bill McDonald
was active in th® efforts to arrest th®
man who was connected.
Dec. 8.—On
Special to The American .
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 3.—Five
small girls, ranging In age from 6
to 10 years, confronted Augustin
Aguilar when he was brought into
court today and identified him as th®
man who had lured them away to
lonely places on the North Mesa or
along the river front and assaulted
them.
Aguilar was arrested after one of
the girls identified him as the man
who had assaulted her.
Special to The American
GEORGETOWN, Texas, Dec. 8.—
The highly honored educator and for-
mer United States Senator W. R.
Webb, the founder of the famous
Webb School of Tennessee, honored
Southwestern University by a lecture
Tuesday at 10 a. m. in the university
chapel.
Mr. Web is touring the States, and
while in Texas the Southwestern Uni-
versity lecture committee arranged for
a lecture at Georgetown.
A dinner at the home of Mrs. Sneed
was given Monday night honoring Mr.
Webb’s arrival. On Tuesday the Hood
Hall boys of the university were hon-
ored by the presence and a table talk
by Mr. Webb at luncheon.
Mr. Webb remained in Georgetown
Tuesday night and conducted the
chapel service at the university
Wednesday morning.
The university is very grateful for
the presence of Professor W. R. Webb
and all Georgetown has been placed
on a higher plane of Christian living
by the presence of this great and good
man.
Snerin1 a The American
LULING. Texas, Dec. 8.—The chil-
dren of the Episcopal and Presby-
terian Sunday schools here, have de-
cided to do awav with their annual
Christmas trens this year and donate
th® money, which is usually spent in
that manner to th® orphans of Bel-
gium.
When this plan was suggested, the
matter was left up to the children
themselves and thev voted unanim-
ously in favor of the movement and
are at work raising other funds to
make their contribution as large as
nossible. The monev will be sent to
President Wilnon, to be dispensed
through the Red Cross.
co, but steamship companies are trict of Texas:
warned to accept local shipments only. Motions overruled: J. M. Bryson
—-- vs. C. M. Abney, from Harrison Coun-
TEMPLE JOINS COUNTY Fe Fo rehear Siasoaa Company
IN STREET BUILDING | 8":".
Glasscock et al. vs. Rube . H.
Wells et al., from Lamar; appellant
Epeclal to Th© American.
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 3.—Gov-
ernor-elect James E. Ferguson passed
through Houston Thursday morning
on his way to Liberty to take part in
a law suit. When he returns Mr. Fer-
guson will stop in Houston for some
time.
Mr. Ferguson made no statement.
Interesting developments are expectd
during Mr. Ferguson’s visit in Hous-
ton.
“I wanted some money so I
have my songs published,” sh
Chief of Police Nott Smith. |
Miss Bodine is an almost |
specimen physically. She is 5 ;
inches tall, weighs 128 pound
can handle the boxing gloves
She will be sent back to her 1
R. T. Bodine, at Galveston tomi
Special to Tne American
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 8—Texas
railway general managers met In
closed session here today at the Adol-
phus Hotel. Figures were gone over
regarding the petition of Texas lines
who will ask for an advance in freigt
rates at the January session of the
Railway Commission.
J, H. Hill of Galveston presided at
the meeting H. Glass of Austin was
at the session.___________
3-INCH KAIN IN NOVEMBER.
Special to The American.
RAN BABA. Texas, Dec. 8.—The
rainfall in Han Saba for the month of
November amounted to 3.2 2 inches.
Most of this has fallen at the latter
part of the month. The minimum
temperature of the month was 22 de-
grees. on the 17th. and a maximum
of 81 on the 14 th, up until last night
Rain has been falling here intermit-
tently for the past ten days, but today
indications denote that the rainy sea-
son is about at an end.
REVIVALS AT CORPUS C HRISTI.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Dec. 8.
Rsv. J. E. Thacker of Norfolk. Va.,
is conducting revival services at the
First Presbyterian Church that ar©
being followed with interest by the
church people of the city. The music
is in charge of Mr and Mrs. George
A Fisher of Boston. At the Staples
Street Baptist Church revivl serv-
ices are in progress, with Rev. J. P.
Bell, evangelist of San Antonio, doing
the preaching.
m.: Litany and a sym-
m.: Evening prayer and ser-
posium on the Sunday school; leader.
Rev. W. P. Witsell. St. Paul’s, Waco.
2 p. m.: Short devotions and re-
ports from the churches within the ■
convocation territory-
Letters from China, Mrs. Rolla
Dyer.
4 p. m.: Children’s service. Ad-
dress. the Rt. Rev. George H. Kin-
solving. D. D.. Texas.
Evening prayer and sermon;
preacher. Bishop Kinsolving.
Reception in honor of the bishop,
the clergy and the delegates to the
convocation, immediately after the
evening service.
Thursday, Dec. 10.
9:30 a. m.: Short devotions and
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