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TEXAS CITY DAILY TIMES
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JXAS CITY, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1913.
NO. 7.
VOL. I.
SOUTH POLE FOUND
TEXAS DUCK HUNTER
PRESIDENT MADERO
A PUBLIC MEETING
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MISS BARBARA STEPHENS
BAGGED NO GAME
AS AMUNDSEN SAID
FLEES FROM MEXICO
OF STATE INTEREST
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derson, Cameron; Dr. P. H. Brown,
Two weddings were held on the
Temple;
son. Marlin; John W. Robbins, Aus-
tin ;
H. Powell, Huntsville; W. N. Wig-
gins, Dallas;
LEFT FOR WASHINGTON.
gineers at the National Capital.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Weds.
President Madero Flees Country.
engineer in charge of the Galveston j
1 Southwest had developed wonderfully
While Colonel Riche was one of j morning.
fine business blocks, and
is just now getting a street railway
Night Sessions for Congress.
his presence is desired by the chief ■ By United Press.
of engineers and the general board
Following the death of
days left, the house must consider
ed.
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trie lights,
age, many
j seven appropriation measures total-
| ing $1.1 00,000,000.
Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Riche Will
Appear Before the Board of En-
pose of appearing before the board |
of engineers having in charge the j
project connected with the proposed 1
35-foot depth of water in Galveston |
Christian, Paris; J. A. L. Wolfe, H.
W. Head, W. L. Hay, Sherman.
the cabinet are reported to have re-
signed, but the report is unconfirm-
I these were held because of physical
I disabilities that make them likely to
become public charges.
county.
The immigration authorities work-
ed steadily and finished with many
of those detained on board the ves-
sel, 1
ings.
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district, left Saturday afternoon for 1
Washington.
Found Norwegian Flag.
By United Press.
Camuru, New Zealand, Feb. 10—
Before perishing Capt. Scott reach-
ed the exact spot that was reached
by Capt. Ronald Amundsen. Docu-
TEXAS CITY STEAMSHIP COMPA-
NY’S BIG CARGOES.
the members of the board which in-; of Princeton University officiated,
quired into and made the final re- |
harbor, and the other matters that i
patched over
BUT HE DID HAVE GREAT LUCK
ANYWAY.
THE POPULATION OF TEXAS WAS
INCREASED.
MRS. WHITELAW REID
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J. M. Richards, Wea-
W. Harbison, Ed Mc-
MEXICAN ARMY AT THE CAPI-
TAL IN REVOLT.
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an epoch-making forward step
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movement that, added to its own,
Worth; W. F. Ramsey, Austin; Tomarrival of the Brandenburg, the
M. Campbell, Palestine; S. H. John- brides in both cases being passen-
; gers on board the vessel, while the
grooms came here to meet their fu-
ture wives. Rev A. E. Rector per-
formed the ceremony for Heinrich
..0. and newer ideas of terminal arrange
Preston were married at 10:30 this! , , • .
। men- had been conceived. He be-
J. W. Madden, Crockett; Ben
ments found on the bodies of the
Scott party showed that Scott found
the Norwegian flag planted at the
pole by Amundsen.
The total number of dead is un-
certain, but it is believed that six-
ty-six sailors and scientists perish-
ed.
Miss Stephens, the debutante daugh-
ter of Representative and Mrs. Wil-
liam D. Stephens of California, was
presented to Washington society by
Mrs. John D. Works, wife of the Cal-
ifornia senator.
Gilmore, Wills Point; S. P. Brooks,
W. H. Jenkins, Waco; M. D. Carlock
Winnsboro; B. B. Sturgeon, Paris;
of
St.
President Grier
in close touch with the relief
dition which set out Dec.
look for Scott.
refused to attack Felix Diaz, who
is directing the movement of the
CAPT. ROBERT F. SCOTT ARRIV- 1
ON JAN. 18.
General Felix Diaz Released From
Prison and Immediately Assumed:
Command of the Revolutionary
Army—General Reyes is Killed.
a plan that has since developed in-
to the best system of terminals to
be found anywhere in the South
and equal to anything on the Ameri
I can continent.
j rebels, and Madero’s departure is
I said to have followed immediately.
Since the fighting began Saturday
I night the dead have totaled 250 on
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Duluth Man Tried Again With
Results as Seen Today.
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Steamer Brandenburg From Bremen
Unloaded Large Passenger List
at Galveston—-Two Weddings on
Board Upon the Ship’s Arrival.
sible questions relating to the mat- ! tonight,
ter which is of so much importance j
the hospital, two are for trachoma
.. , ' and most of the others for observa-
Jess Baker, Granbury; Tom S. Hen- i
tion and treatment.
COASTWISE STEAMER
LUMBER MOVEMENT
therford; J.
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Approximately 17,999,990 Feet
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Fenzelein and Miss Frieda Hoffman
Miss Hoffmann came from Bremen
on the Brandenburg, while Mr. Fen-
zelein came from Lee County to Gal-
veston to meet his bride. The cou-
ple will make their home in Lee
are now up for consideration, Lieu-
tenant Colonel C. S. Richie, U. S.
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General Bernardo Reyes, his son
Rudolph overcome by grief, committ-
I would have caused a congestion
' and an embargo.
In 1904 Capt. Wolvin again took
10 Mrs. i up his scheme. In the meantime the
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quet with a small force of federals
entered the city this morning. He
Grover Cleveland and Thomas J.
Special to The Times.
Galveston, Feb. 10.—For the pur-
so far this season Texas City steam-
ship line steamers have carried ap-
proximately 17,000,000 feet of lum-
ber to North Atlantic ports, and
there is now in sight about 16,000,-
000 feet. The movement of lumber
to Mexico also has been large, as is
indicated by the manifests of the
steamers of the Wolvin line. In ad-
dition to Galveston and Texas City,
Port Bolivar, Sabine and Port Ar-
thur have been receiving large quan-
tities of lumber for movement to
North Atlantic and Mexican ports.
Another feature of the year’s lumber
movement has been shipments to
Panama. The first of these ship-
ments was aboard the steamship
Belvernon, which cleared Jan. 29th
with 269,000 feet. The steamer Har-
ry T. Inge, which is due in port
Tuesday, will also take lumber to
Panama, the scheduled consignment
being approximately 5 00,000 feet.
South Pole sc 3d 18pt.
By United Press.
London, Feb. 10.—The Central
News agency today published a dis-
patch from Wellington, New Zea-
land, said to be authentic, that Capt.
Robert F. Scott, Antartic explorer,
and all of his party had perished
in a blizzard near McMurdo Bay.
Scott didn t die until after accom-
plishing the object of his perilous
trip. From records found near the
bodies it was shown that Scott
reached the South pole on January
18 this year.
The Central News had a contract
with Capt. Scott when he departed
for the exclusive publication of his
account of the expedition, and was
waterworks and sewer- cording to reports. General Blan-
Lumber Has Been
Northern Ports and
Feet Now in Sight.
Hibben lieved the time had arrived to lay
’ the foundation for his new port, and
| he started in with a definite plan,
to his district. Colonel Riche will
be gone about ten days.
Reports said that Madero and
family are fleeing toward the east-
system. Capt. Wolvin’s dream
many years has come true.-
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Washington, Feb. 10.—Congress is
to make personal response to pos- i expected to be in session until late
waiting for special board meet-
It is stated that many of
Felix Diaz in Complete Control.
By United Press.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Official
dispatches received here said that
Feliz Diaz is in complete control of
Mexico City. His forces are main-
taining order in the foreign section
of the city. Optimistic messages at
Mexican embassy said that Madero
is safe and conditions not as bad
as represented in the press dis-
patches.
port locally on these matters, and I
his official connection with the mat- i
ter in a way has ceased, it is be- !
lieved in engineering circles that j
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Confirmed at Washington.
By United Press.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Full con-
firmation of the release of Felix
Diaz from prison in the revolt a-
gainst Madero, and fighting in Mex-
ico City, has been received here.
The reported control of practically
the entire city by revolutionists was
confirmed in official dispatches to
the State department from Ambas-
sador Wilson today.
Secretaries Knox, Meyer and Stim-
son will confer this afternoon im-
mediately following a cabinet meet-
ing, to determine whether warships
shall be sent to Mexico, and if so,
to what ports. It is reported that
the officials would send four war-
ships at once.
Secretary Knox said that while
the situation is graves and the cris-
is seems to have been reached, it
does not appear that the United
States will have to interfere in Mex-
ico. Nothing but a general upheav-
al jeopardizing American lives will
change the non-intervention policy
of this government, he said.
Joining Diaz at Juarez.
By United Press.
El Paso, Feb. 10.-—Mexican fed-
erals in the State of Chihuahua are
raising the standard of Diaz. Yes-
terday they were kept in ignorance
of the revolt in Mexico City, but
today they learned of the Diaz suc-
cess and most of them declared for
him.
The federal garrison of Juarez,
numbering nearly 1,000, have not
, yet joined the revolution, because
they are still in ignorance of the
happenings. The troops are kept
constantly in the barracks so as not
to get the news. It is expected be-
fore night that all federals will de-
clare themselves on the rebel side.
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With but ten working
F. M. Bransford, Fort ।
and structural steel at a large sav-
ing of time and expense. The land
warehouse system has been enlarg-
ed by the construction of concrete
warehouses, also equipped with labct
saving devices consisting of over-
head cranes. The first unit of the
terminal system has been completed
and the work is now under way on
the second. On the new pier is be-
ing bulit a concrete double-deck
warehouse, the first of its kind in
the South, and this warehouse is
to be duplicated on the north side
of the pier.
Several Distributing Plants.
The docks are opened to all water
lines and there is now direct ser-
vice to New York, Mexico, Liver-
pool, Havre, Bremen and other Eu-
ropean ports. During the year 1 9-
12 722,086 bales of cotton, valued
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ern coast of Mexico. Members of both , sides.
included a grain elevator, and up-
on the warehouse was built a con-
cevor gallery.
The elevator was not constructed
for several years afterwards, but
when the present re-enforced con-
crete structure came into being it
required only a very short connec-
tion to make the grain handling
facilities complete. The plans also
embraced the construction of land
warehouses extending back in a
straight row from the pier, and at
this time one of them, a structure
75x1,000 feet, was built.
$109,000,000 Business a Year.
A few miles of leads and storage
tracks, including a line to connect
with all the railroads entering Gal-
veston, completed the work of 19 04,
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and then began a movement thru
Texas City that has grown to such
proportions as to promise to reach
nearly $100,000,000 in value for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 19-
13.
Capt. Wolvin always has inspired
the confidence of capital, but when
after commencement of construction
work in 1904 he found that he did
not have sufficient money to carry
out all his plans, he set about to
interest men of large means, and
to-day the Texas City allied com-
panies are made up of Northern and
Eastern capitalists and manufactur-
ers.
In the latter part of 190 9 work
was started upon the present fine
terminal system, and now, after
$6,000,000 has been expended the
Texas City Transportation Comp-
any, with Capt. Wolvin as its presi-
dent, has no thought of ceasing
building operations. The original
pier has been widened to 1,000 feet,
and upon it has been built two re-
enforced concrete and one corrugat-
ed iron warehouses, equipped with
labor-saving devices that greatly re-
duce cost of handling freight.
Two traveling dock cranes handle
By United Press.
Mexico City, Feb. 10.—The Mexi-
can army in a revolt against the
Madero administration, attacked the
capital Saturday night and put the
president and his cabinet on the de-
fensive.
The revolutionists released Gen-
eral Felix Diaz from prison and he
immediately took charge of the
revolutionists. He very soon gath-
ered a large detachment of the reg-
ular army behind him and took prac-
tical control of the city.
General Bernardo Reyes, who was
also in prison, was released, and
while leading the attacking forces
he received a bullet in the brain,
dying instantly.
our people. We submit that there
should be unity of action by all the
reform forces in this State. Wesug-
gest the advisability of some public
action expressive of the popular will
We deem the time opportune to call
a conference for the purpose of con-
sidering present political conditions
in Texas and taking counsel of the
wisdom and necessity for calling a
constitutional convention.
To this end the undersigned here-
by call a general public meeting of
the friends of progressive and re-
form policies, to be held at Dallas
at 10 a. m., Saturday, Feb. 15, 1913.
A. H. Kirby, J. D. Sandifer, W.
J. Bryan, Abilene; J. L. Smith, Am-
arillo; A. B. Watkins, Athens; J.
Z. Miller, Belton; Richard Mays,
Corsicana; J. M. Moore, Cato Sells,
Cleburne; I. A. Daniel, Crockett; S.
P. Etrong, Royall R. Watkins, R. V.
Davidson, Thomas B. Love, Dr.
Charles M. Rosser, A. W. Walker,
Cullen F. Thomas, Dallas; C. V. Ter-
rell, Decatur; Dr. Tom White, Ennis;
Charles E. Stewart, Grapevine; E.
R. Blaylock, Harrison County; C. B.
Gillespie, Pressley K. Ewing, B. H.
Carroll Jr., Marcellus E. Foster,
Houston; W. C. Wear, Hillsboro;
Clarence Merrett, E. W. Kirkpat-
rick, McKinney; J. H. Wood, John
Marshall, Hamp J. Abbey, Sherman;
T. G. Harris, San Marcos; Marshall
Hicks, San Antonio; Sam H. Smel-
ser, Texarkana; J. R. Mayhew, J. M.
Alderdice, Waxahachie; Clarence
CONVENTION CALLED TO DIS-
CUSS CONSTITUTION.
lead, not lag behind the great
States of California, Ohio and Wis-
consin in the march of progress.
We believe the time is ripe for
Story of How Texas City Was He Found the Norwegian Flag at
Construction work was started on
what now forms part of the main
pier of the first unit. This pier
was built out from the shore line
1,200 feet, and upon it was con-
structed a warehouse. The plans
Pole, and on His Way Back Home
Perished in a Blizzard Near Mc-
Murdo Bay.
Porfirio Diaz Delighted.
By United Press.
Paris, France, Feb. 10.—General
Porfirio Diaz is delighted at the
turn in Mexico, according to an al-
leged message from him today from
Cairo, where he and son are spend-
ing the winter. It is believedghere
that the iron man's money is respon-
sible for the present revolt and the
release of his nephew from prison.
A Public Meeting sc 3d 18pt.
The Daily Times is in receipt of
the following announcement:
To the Progressive Democrats of
Texas: Perhaps the most important
public question now pending before
the people of Texas is a proposed
constitutional convention. We call
your attention to resolutions inti o-
duced in the present legislature pro-
viding for such a convention to be
held during the current year.
It is believed by us that this move-
ment is in harmony with the most
advanced thought of the day. Our
existing constitution was adopted by
another generation. In many re-
spects it is believed to be archaic,
Special to The Times.
Galveston, Feb. 10.—The German
population of Texas was considera-
bly augmented Saturday by the ad-
mission through this port of 219
immigrants, who arrived Friday on
the North German Lloyd steamship
Brandenburg from Bremen.
The passenger list comprised 356
immigrants, of which 67 were first
cabin and 289 steerage.
Immigration officials boarded the
ship early and began their work of
caring for the immigrants. The pre-
liminary examinations of all immi-
grant aliens on board was conclud-
ed shortly after 2 o’clock Saturday
afternoon and the more minute ex-
aminations began. When the immi-
gration authorities quit work at 6
o’clock they had sent twenty aliens
to the hospital and had detained
fifty on board for special board meet
ings and for other reasons. The
other 219, among whom were sixty-
seven first cabin passengers, had
been admitted. Of those sent to
It is nearly a quarter of a cen-
tury since a Northern real estate
man, called to Texas on business
matters, drifted down to the gulf
coast, and on a duckhunting trip
along the shore of Galveston bay
discovered Texas City.
Not that thousands of duck hunt-
ers had not, in the years before,
tramped over the same grassy plain;
but they were only looking for ducks.
The Northerner was looking for
ducks—but also for opportunities.
The story goes that this real es-
tate man, a German named Meyers,
lost no time in getting to the near-
est telegraph station and sent a
message that meant the birth of
Texas City, now a thriving port of
more than 4,000 people, possessing
the finest system of ocean terminals
south of New York.
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Mrs. Reid is the widow of the late
American ambassador to England.
Political Leaders of Progressive
Thought Want a New Constitu-
tion for State of Texas—To Meet
in Dallas Feb. 15.
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Special to The Times.
Galveston, Feb. 10.—Along with
their other business the Mallory and
Morgan lines are sending out on ev-
ery steamer practically all the lum-
ber they can handle. The movemen
of lumber has been very heavy this
year, and according to all advices,
it has not reach its maximum. Par-
ticularly is this movement noted on
coastwise steamers.
Reports from Texas City are to
the effect that the steamers of the
Texas City Steamship Company are
having all they can take care of.
This is indicated by the fact that
there has not been a single Texas
City line steamer to go to another
coastwise port this season to find
cargo for the return voyage to
Northern ports. Advices are that
mn.
The city has the commission form I By United Press.
of government, nine miles of cement , Mexico City, Feb. 10.—President
sidewalks and shelled streets, elec- I Madero fled from the capital, ac-
at $43,293,982, were exported to
foreign countries and the total val-
ue of foreign exports was $44,685,-
600.
Attracted by low insurance rates
at the terminals and the low cost
of handling freights, several large
distributing concerns have located
in Texas City and several industrial
plants have sprung into being, a-
mong the largest being the $1,000,-
000 refinery of the Pierce-Fordyce
Oil Association.
cotton port, has been relieved of cotton, coal, heavy timbers, rails
The message was reffective. A few
days later came Capt. A. B. Wolvin,
a Great Lakes shipping man and on
of the leading figures in the upbuild-
ing of Duluth, Minn.
“Here are several miles of water
front, needing but the expenditure
of a few thousand dollars to bring
deep water,’’ said the enthusiastic
real estate man, with a sweep of the
hand. “Here is the highest ground
for many.miles in either direction,
offering an ideal site for a city, and
the land can be bought for a song.
Now, some day Galveston, over there,
will be washed off the map, and here
is the logical site for the port that
will rise in its stead.’’
Hoped to Rival Galveston.
“No,” said the more practical
steamship man, “Galveston will not
be washed away, but in twenty year*
there will be need of another port
to take care of the commerce that
will be created by the development
of the Southwest. I will go into the
proposition with the understanding
that we let the land lie idle for
twenty years.”
The land was bought—6,000 acres
•—at prices ranging from $16 to
$100 an acre, and the matter was
forgotten for the time being. But
the real estate man was in the real-
ty business and he longed for an! op-
portunity to launch the new port.
Reluctantly, Capt. Wolvin consented,
and Texas City was given birth.
The. story of that boom is the
story of many another townsite pro-
position that came into being ahead
of time. Hundreds of lots were
sold, but the bubble finally burst
and the affairs of the company be-
came so involved that a receiver-
ship was necessary. Later all obli-
gations were met by Capt. Wolvin
and in 19 00 another effort was
made to launch the new port, this
time in a more businesslike manner.
A large cotton firm had begun
the construction of a compress and
a pier for handling cotton through
Texas City when the storm of Sept.
8, 1900, centering at Galveston, but
causing damage along the coast
in either direction for many miles
put an end to immediate operations.
Never Lost Faith in Project.
A man of great foresight, Capt.
Wolvin never lost faith in his propo-
sition.
How well founded was his first
belief in the ultimate need of the
mainland port has been demonstrat-
ed during the present cotton season.
By the handling thru Texas City of
over 600,000 bales of cotton to
date, Galveston, the world’s greatest
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