The San Antonio Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, September 2, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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. STABL Siil'.D 1881
BELL ’PHONE CO.
IS TO BE PUT ON
GRAFT RACK
Attorney Announces He Will
Prosecute Cases to the
Bitter End.
AFTER MEN HIGHER UP
Former President Fish of Am-
erican Bell Co. Slated to
Go on the Grill.
Glass’ Trial and Conviction
Establishes Fact That Bribery
Has Been Practiced—Who
Is Responsible?
San Francisco Sept. 2. —With the
conviction of Louis Glass vice presi-
dent of the Pacific Telegraph and Tel-
ephone company for bribing mem-
bers of the board of supervisors for
franchises Assistant Diatrtot Attorney
Francis J Heney and his confederates
in the graft prosecution expect to turn
their attention in the immediate fu-
ture to an investigation of the part
played by Former President Frederick
P. Fish F. A. Pickernell and others
who occupied official and executive
positions in the American Bell com-
pany in 1904.
Th<? American Bell Telephone com-
pany is the parent organization of the
Pacific Telephone company and both
Fish and Pickernell were in San Fran-
cisco in 1905 trying to improve the
oiganization of the latter.
Albert Steiss former assistant gen-
eral manager of the Pacific Tele-
phone company testified at the trial
of Glass that he told Fish the service
in San Francisco was '‘rotten” and
that it would take millions to rectify
it sufficiently Io satisfy Pacific coast
subscribers.
It had been established by the trial
of Glass that one of the methods
adopted by the company to ward off
opposition was to bribe supervisors to
vote against franchises sought by the
Home Telephone company and other
competitors in the field.
“We shall keep on going higher up
iq the telephone graft.” said District
Attorney Langdon “and will return
indictments against every official
avainst whom we can find evidence
that he was cognizant of the bribery
practiced. The graft prosecution be-
fore it finishes its work in connection
with the telephone and trolley scan-
dals hopes to show that when the
mask Is born from a number of social
figures hitherto regarded as paragons
they will loom up as criminals.”
IDAHO TOWN “TEDDY”
TfHRD TERM BOOMER
Lewiston Commercial Club
Takes Steps Looking to Re-
nomination of Roosevelt.
Special to The Light.
Lewiston Idaho Sept. 2—The Com-
mercial Club' of Lewiston Idaho has
taken the initial step looking to the
candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt for
a third term as president of the
United States by unanimously adopt-
in'- the following resolutions:
Whereas The administration of
Theodore Roosevelt as president of
the United States has witnessed the
greatest period of general prosperity
recorded in American history and
Whereas millions of American cit-
izens of all political parties believe
that the successful issue of his vita!
reform policies would be jeopardized
by an imminent change of adminicle i-
tion. and.
Whereas the traditions of our gov-
ernment forbid acceptance by our
chief executive of the United States of
the candidacy for a third term in of-
fice; now therefore.
Be it resolved that it is the sense
of the governing board of the Lewis-
ten Comerclal club of Lewiston Ida
ho. that the aforesaid traditional ob-
stacle has been obliterated in the
present instr nee by public opinion
and that this board instruct its secre-
tary to forward these resolutions to
the press in the hope that other non-
partisan organizations may be led to
similar public expression.
The action of the ( n-
mercial club is significane in that it is
a non-political organization which has
quite as many democrats as republi-
cans in its membership.
SLAIN BY A BURGLAR.
Mobile Ala.. Sept. 2. —An unknown
burglar shot Zeke A. Byrd to death
early this morning. Byrd consented
to sleep in a friend’s suburban store
that had been robbed several times
showed resistance and was killed.
®be Untwia f irjljt
SAYS BRUMBY’S
ORDER COSTS
CITY DEARLY
Mayor of C. P. Diaz Views the
Abolition of Cheap Rail-
road Rates.
SAN ANTONIO HEAVY LOSER
Causes Unrest in Republic
Where the People Are Dis-
posed to Retaliate.
Seriously Interferes With Ar-
rangements for the Fiestas
Scheduled to Occur Oc-
tober 31.
"There is no question but that thou-
sands of dollars have already been lost
to San Antonio through the action of
Dr. Brumby state health officer in
causing the railroads to take off cheap
rates between this city and points in
Mexico” was the statement made by
Dr. Lorenzo Cantu major of C. P. Di-
az Mexico and government health of-
ficer tor the state of Coah.
Dr. Cantu declared that in the state
of Coah there was not one case of
yellow fever or dengue; that there ha i
been no cases of those diseases this
season and that there was no reason of
any nature that warranted the Texas
health authorities in advising the rail-
toads to call off their cheap rates.
Dr. Cantu came here with his wife
and three children. He placed the
children in local educational institu-
tions and he paid full fare for every
member of his family from the Mexi-
can border. While the action of the
health authorities did not deter the
doctor from carrying out his plans to
bring his children to the schools of
San Antonio he said there was no
question but that many people had
failed to bring them here this season
on account of the high rates. But
the loss of scholars does not represent
al! that San Antonio has lost on ac-
count of the action of Dr. Brumby
for Dr. Cantu says that many people in
Coah. who always made a practice of
visiting this city in the fall to lay in
supplies of merchandise are staying at
home and are buying their supplies
there. He savs that he knows of many
residents who have refused to bring
their children to the Testas institutions
of learning and who feeling that the
action of Dr. Brumby was called for.
SPEAKERS AT THE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
WILLIAM A. MORRISS
have passed directly through the city .
and have patronized schools in St.
Louis and other northern cities.
"If there had been any case of yel- I
low fever or dengue in the state of
Coah. ' said Dr. Cantu "we would not
have felt as we do toward the health
authorities of Texas. I am in a posi-
tion to know exactly what I am talk-
ing about and I know that thousands
of dollars have been lost to San Anto-
nio that the order of the state health
authorities has caused unrest and un-
easiness among all the people of the
republic and that it threatens to seri-
ously affect the fiesats that are to
open in C. P. Diaz on October 13. We
have no assurance that the low rates
will be established by that time and
business men and capitalists are hesi-
tating about putting their money into
the big annual celebration.”
Dr. Cantu said he knew prominent !
people in Monterey who bad come here
a month ahead of time to put their
children in school because the" had
no assurance that Dr. Brumby
not eoo nextend the quarantine to*all
points of the republic
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1907
TAFT'S ROAD IS THORNY AND IS STREWN WITH PEBBLES OF
A SIZE HITHERTO UNKNOWN; SO MR. ROOSEVELT FINDS SITUATION
Washington Sept 2. —Only within
the last week has President Roose-
velt been brought to a stern realiza-
tion of the hard task he set. hiihself
when he undertook to name Secretary
Taft as his successor in the White
House.
He has learned from the Secretary
of Navy. Victor H. Metcalf that the
Pacific Coast's thirty-eight votes will
have to be fought for unceasingly
from now on.
•BATTLE AXE'BRISKEY DEAD
Broke Neck in High Dive Into
Shallow Water.
News has reached this city of the
THEODORE HARRIS Orator of the Day
CABLES LETTER TO WIFE. । SPANKING MAY BE FATAL.
Atlantic City N. J. Sept. 2.—Charley
Patten a western mining man. made
ip for his forgetfulness in mailing a
etter to his wife at Vienna by sending
he whole missive to her by cable 1
rhe deep sea message cost over $lOO. i
mt the sender made no complaint and 1
iberally tipped the operator who tick j
id it off over the wires.
HIS DAY
James S. Clarkson hie surveyor oi
the port of New York has made alarm-
ing reports to him concerning the
condition in the South with the vote
of 252. counting Missouri as part of
the old solid South and excluding Ma-
ryland. James H. Reynolds his as-
sistant secretary of the treasury has
represented to him extremely uncer-
tain conditions in New England.
Secretary Garfield too has been
death of Outfielder Joseph Briskey of
the Savannah teafh formerly of tho
Houston club who was well known to
the fans as “Old Battle Axe." He was
a favorite everywhere and there are
many to regret his death. (J
His death was the result of a high
dive into shiUluw water his neck be-
Sheboygan N. Y. Sept. 2. —While j
Mrs. Fred Williams was chastising i
her young son by spanking him with a
shingle a dynamic cap in the lad’s hip
pocket exploded. The mother was se
riously injured and the boy will prob-
ably die.
sending direct to the president from
various sections of the west confiden-
tial reports which in'dicate that all is
not well with the Taft boom on the
other side of the Mississippi.
The president sees that the arithme-
tic of the situation at tills juncture
is decidedly against his candidate and
this has strengthened the belief in the
bast Informed political circles that
Taft is being used merely as a stalk-
ing horse for Mr. Roosevelt.
ing broken by the fall. A number of
his teammates saw the accident but
be had said that he would stay under
water a long time and it was some
minutes before the body was taken out
of the water.
Briskey leaves a wife and young ba
by who reside in Houston.
4. LABOR DAY EVENTS. 4.
4* 4.
4- Union parade at 10 a. m. 4-
4. Athletic contest at Union park 4*
4. 12 o'clock noon. 4*
4. Speeches at Union park by 4*
4. Charles F. Holbrook. Will A. 4-
4* Morriss and Hon. Theodore 4.
4- Harns. 4*
4. Athletic contests of all de- 4.
4. scriptions at Union park. 2 P. m. 4.
4. Barbecue and basket dinner at 4.
4. Union park. 4*
4. Trapeze performance at Union 4-
4. park. 2:30 p. m.
4* Handicap shoot of Laurel 4.
4. Heights Gun club at Scheuer- A
4. meyer’s park 2:30 p. m. 4*
4. San Antonio Military band A
4. concert at Union park 4p. m. A
4. Baseball game at Union park A
A 4 p. m. T
A Grand annual ball at Union A
A park pavilion 8 p. m. 4*
4> Trapeze performance at Union A
A park. 8. p. m. A
A Special attractions offered tor A
A visitors at all parks of the city. 4*
4* Baseball between San Antonio
4. and Houston at Electric park at 4*
A 4 p. m. 4*
A City league games at the golf 4*
4. links and new post at Fort Sam 4*
4. Houston 4:30 p. m. 4*
t Bicycle races around the Mis- 4-
sion route this afternoon. 4-
TWO ADDITIONAL
CARRIERS TUESDAY
Missionfield and Prospect Hill
Residents Benefit by the
Change.
Beginning tomorrow two additional
carriers will be engaged in the free
delivery department of the local post-
office. These new carriers were to
have been added August 1 but the
supplies for them were not received
and the appointments were postponed.
Superintendent Robert Hedges of
the carrier service has had a hard
task mapping out the new districts
in order to secure the best results.
One of the new routes is an ex-
tension of the carrier service to the
residents of Missionfield and will be
along Roosevelt avenue and Mitchell
street to Press street thence back to
(lie Southern Pacific track. S. G.
Schnell will be assigned to the new
route as a mounted carrier and will
be known as carrier No. 41.
The other route will be a reduction
of the present mounted carrier route
in the j nighborhood of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern depot so
that an additional foot route may be
put on. and the residents of Prospect
Hill will by this change be given a
double daily delivery in place of the
single delivery they get at present.
MEXICO CITY PLANT BURNS.
City of Mexico Sept. 2. —Fire de-
stroyed the asphalt factory here last
night causing a loss of $lOOOOO. The
blaze is thought to have been started
from a cigarette butt.
C. F. HOLBROOK
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LABOR PROUDLY
HOLDING REINS
IN THIS CITY
Great Parade Which Moved
This Morning Was Grand
u Feature.
STRIKERS ARE CHEERED
Addresses This Afternoon Fol-
lowed by Athletic Events
and Fireworks.
Success of the Celebration Due
in a Large Measure to the
Efforts of the Com-
mittee.
Labor holds the reins today but
labor is resting so tar as actual work
is concerned and all of its cohorts
are engaged in an unanimous en-
deavor to see how much fun can be
compressed into the twenty-four houra
of freedom set apart for the observ-
ance of its annual holiday. That it is
not an eight-hour proposition is at-
tested by the fact that many of the
zealous members of the unions have
been busy since early dawn getting
ready for the parade and the attend-
ant exercises and expect to be going
when the shades of night have long
ago fallen.
The parade w-as one of the largest
ever seen in the elty and one of the
features that attracted attention was
the placing of the striking telegraph
operators of the oily in the position of
honor. Their appearance caused a
demonstration as soon as they were
recognized.
The parade started promptly on time
and in the which has already
been published in The Light. The
grand marshal. Jeff D. Nordhaus. and
his aides looked carefully after their
rutles and there was no delay. After
the parade the members of the various
unions took cars tor- the park where
the real celebration of the day is to
take place.
After a dinner of the old-fashioned
kind the speaking will commence at
2:30. The first speaker will be C. F.
Holbrook and he will be followed by
Hon. Will A. Morriss and then Mr.
Theodore Harris the orator of the
day will be introduced and will ad-
dress the representatives of organized
labor on the problems thaf confront
them
The parade started from the post-
office headed by the grand marshal
and was as follows: South on Alamo
Plata and North Alamo street to
Commerce west on Commerce to Maia*
plaza south on east side of Main plaza
to Dolorosa street west on Dolorosa
street to west side of Military plaza
north on Miliary plaza to Commerce
street east on Commerce street to
Main avenue nort hon Main avenue
to Houston street east on Houstoa
street to Avenue C north on Avenue
C to Tenth street .then disband where
cars will be in waiting to transfer all
to Union pack.
WOMAN’S WHIP FOILS
LONE HIGHWAYMAN
Mrs. Luma Goodrich Would
Not Be Held Up as Assailant
Learns to His Sorrow.
A bold attempt was made last
night about 8:30 o’clock when Mrs.
Luman Goodrich Jr. residing at 405
West Johnston street was stopped on
South Flores street by a lone high-
wayman who demanded her money.
Mrs. Goodrich who was in a buggy
quickly seized the whip and dealt the
would-be robber a stinging blow across
the face. She succeeded in escaping
during the few moments that it re-
quired the would-be thief to recover.
Police headquarters were notified
and mounted officers together with pa-
trolmen and detectives quickly re-
sponded. The entire vicinity was
hurriedly scoured but notwithstand-
ing a good description of the robber
was given by Mrs. Goodrich the of-
ficers failed to find any trace of
him.
The attempt was marked with much
boldness Inasmuch as pedestrians were
along the thoroughfare at intervale
and the hold-up occurred but five or
six blocks from the city hall. After
being struck in the face the thief leaf
no time in getting away He was de-
scribed as being a white man about
five feet six inches in height and wear-
ing a beerd of about two weeks
growth. He was in his shirt sleeves
and wore a bl*ck sleuth Im agd dgr<
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