The San Antonio Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1907 Page: 1 of 10
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ESTABLISHED 1881
DIAZ TO BANISH
AGITATORS WHO
CAUSE TROUBLE
Strike Leaders May Be De-
ported if Trival Incidents
Are Magnified.
ISLAND THEIR PORTION
Lonely Spot Where Convicts
Abide Chosen as Spot for
Punishment.
Recent Strikes Have Caused
•Government to Take a Hand
in the Labor Situation
in Mexico.
Mexico City Sept. 12 —Owing to the
recent numerous strikes of mill hands
and railroad operatives throughout
Mexico the government has decided
to take drastic action against the
leaders and agitators in such cases
where the men are advised to walk
out for trivial causes as has been
alleged in the late strikes. If the gov-
ernment is convinced a strike is a
mere pretext to attain ascendancy
over employers the striking workmen
and leaders will be exiled to the Island
of Las Tres Marias in the Pacific
oceau one hundred miles off the coast.
This tropic territory island is used as
a colony for desperate criminals.
PENITENTIAL DAY
FOR JEWS TUESDAY
Solemn Services Mark Time of
Fasting Prayer and
Confession.
Following the celebration this week
of the Jewish New Year with its fes-
tivities and feasts will come the cele-
bration next Tuesday of Yom Kippur
of the Day of Atonement. It will be
a day of fasting prayer penitence
and confession and will last from sun-
down of Tuesday September 17 to
sundown of the following day. Ser-
vices will be held in the local tem-
ples. Rabbi Marks will deliver two
sermons and read the ritual at Beth
Ei T emple and the “Koi Nidrei” will
be chanted.
Rabbi Marks will also conduct ser-
vices in the temple on Tuesday eve-
ning.
ARMY DEALS THE
MOORS HARD BLOW
French and Spanish Forces
Descend on Tribesmen and
Put Them to Flight.
Casa Blanca Wednesday Sept 9
(delayed in transmission). —The allied
French and Spanish army today made
a sudden and successful move on Tad-
dart where the Moors were massed
in force. The camp was destroyed by
bombardment and the enemy was put
to flight leaving many dead on the
field. The French lost one man killed
and six wounded.
SHAVER FINDS CASE
FEVER IN VERA CRUZ
Traces It to Source and Dis-
covers Origin Is in Outskirts
of the City.
Austin. Tex.. Sept 12.—Dr. T. J.
Shaver assistant state health officer
returned today from Vera Cruz where
he was detailed to make an investiga-
tion of the yellow fever situation. He
found one case in the city and traced
it to its origin which he found was in
the outskirts of the city.
TAFT’S MOTHER ON
ROAD TO RECOVERY
Worcester Mass. Sept 12. —Mrs.
Louisa Taft mother of Secretary of
War Taft was eighty years old yes-
terday and for the first time since she
became ill July 25 sat up and re-
~>tved callers-
©Be
VANCOUVER IS
SITTING OVER
A POWDER MINE
Orientals May Cause It to Ex-
plode at Almost Any
Minute.
THEY MISTREAT AN INFANT
Throw It Into Street Among
Horses and Angry Crowd
Makes Demonstration.
Situation on Western Coast in
Regard to Japanese and
Chinese Immigration Such
Trouble Is Expected.
Ottawa. Ont. Sept. 12. —Advices
from Vancouver the scene of the re-
cent race riots states the mayor of
Vancouver warned the Captain of the
steamer. Monteagle which had on
board 114 Japanese 149 Chinese and
941 Hindoos destined for this port
that he would be unable to guarantee
a safe landing here because the union-
ists expressed a determination to re-
strict the immigration of any Asiatic
laborers. The steamship authorities
ieared to assume the risk and the ves-
sel has been turned back to Victoria
where the Asiatics will be landed.
Vancouver is reported quiet but an
outrage by two Chinamen yesterday
again inflamed people. The Mongo-
lians while passing along one of the
main streets saw a white baby sitting
on a door step. They snatched it up
and threw it into the middle of the
street which was busy with traffic. It
fell among horses feet and narrowly
escaped death. Fortunately it was
only bruised. An angry crowd started
in pursuit; but the Chinese bad a good
start and escaped. The fact that no
arrests have been made has not tend-
ed to allay the temper of the people.
The city council passed an ordinance
prohibiting a wrestling match which
was to have taken place tonight be-
tween a white man and a Japanese.
The entire Japanese colony bought
tickets for the encounter and trouble
is threatened.
Warned to Leave.
Bellingham Wash. Sept. 12.—--An
anonvmous letter received here warns
all Japanese in this city to leave at
once. The Japanese working in tho
canneries are armed and say they will
resist any attempt to force them out
of town. The Chinese are not making
a strong stand. The canning people
state if the Orientals leave the- salmon
canning industries are doomed as the
Japanese are being persuaded to af-
filiate with the labor unions.
Would Send Them Back.
Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 12. —A dispatch
to the Post Intelligencer from Van-
couver. B. C. says:
"With a subscription list started yes-
terday. headed by Mayor Bethune with
a purse of $lOO. and which up to last
night had groyn to $l5OO. Vancouver
citizens will charter a train and place
at least 800 Hindoos who arrived on
the steamer Monteagle on it and ship
the East Indiana bag and baggage to
Ottawa the seat of the federal gov-
ernment. This plan has been resolved
upon and will be carried into effect
todav provided the necessary money
can be raised.
SEE SNAGS HAEAD
IN ASSESSMENT RULE
Believe Council Resolution Re-
garding Stock Will Be of
No Avail.
It is the general opinion that the
resolution adopted by the city council
at its last meeting to have the city
assessor’s department tax the shares
of stock held by each individual in a
corporation will be hard to success-
fully execute. The period for render-
ing assessments with the• city has
expired the law allowing only three
months viz. June July and August
for the assessor to take renditions.
According to opinions expressed in
the office of the city assessor the
question will in all probability have to
be taken up by the board of equaliza-
tion which will be appointed by the
mayor within the. next few days.
It is argued that in the taking of ac.
sessments the stock question is pro-
pounded and answered under oath and
that unless such stock is rendered to
the assessor during the months just
named It can hardly be placed on the
assessment roll in any other manner.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1907
SOARING AND MAY GO HIGHER
OFFICER AMAZES |
MANY POOL PLAYERS
“Amputates” Side of Pool!
Tables While Crowd
Looks On.
DOES IT IN NAME OF LAW
Illegal to Conduct Games of
Pool and Billiards in Con-
nection With Saloon.
With five pool and billiard tables
running at full blast and with the
players enthusiastically engaged in
the game William McDonald state
revenue agent entered the saloon con-
ducted by Rudolph Krisch on North
Flores street yesterday afternoon and
without a ward unscrewed a side from
each table thereby putting every one
out of commission. It was then stated
it is in violation of the state Jaw to
operate a pool or billiard table in con-
nection or on the premises of a sa-
loon.
While the operation was under way
the players stood aghast. Without
pomp or any forewarning the state
officer entered. He gazed at the tables
and the players for a few moments
and then produced a screw-driver
from his pocket and went to work.
This saloon as far as known was
the only one in the city which con-
tinued to operate pool and billiard
tables since the new law prohibiting
them from being run on the premises
of a saloon went into effect. Aa a
consequence the place did a thriving
business until the advene of Mr. Mc-
Donald.
PERMIT FOR I. & G. N.
DEPOT IS ISSUED
Structure. Which Is to Cost
$llOOOO. Has Already
Been Begun.
A permit was issued this morning
by Acting Building Inspector Gaens-
len to the International & Great
Northern Railway company for the
construction of a brick depot building
on West Commerce street to cost
$llOOOO. Work on tho foundation of
the proposed depot has been in prog-
ress for some time and is about com
pletcd. The work of erecting the de
pot will begin in the near future.
JAILED JEWISH GIRL
OBTAINS FREEDOM
Eva Lieberman Who Is Be-
lieved to Be Sane Placed
in Good Home.
Through the efforts of Rabbi Marks
| Eva Lieberman the young Jewish girl
who was placed in jail yesterday to
a waist a hearing in county court as
Ito her competency has been taken
from her cell and placed in a private
home where she will have every care
and attention. Humane OMicer Mat-
thews reported the matter to Rabbi
Marks shortly after the doors of a
cell had closed on the young girl and
efforts to find a suitable place for her
were started at once.
Those who were instrumental In
having the girl removed from a gloomy
cell at the jail said today they did not
tlhlnk the girl was mentally* t -.bal-
ance] and believed that all she needed
was good and substantial food and
kind treatment It is not believed
that the efforts of the mother to have
her child’s competency looked into by
! the court will ever be carried any fur
ther.
? LOCAL WEATHERi
J
I
I OCAL weather
forecast for
San Antonio and I
i vicinity:
; Fair tonight and
Friday.
| Fair Thursday.
The minimum
temperature for
the 12 hours end-
ing at 8 o’clock
this morning was
60 and the maxi-
mum for 24 hours
previous to that
time was 90.
The velocity of
the wind at 8
o’clock In the
motnlng was 4
miles an hour.
The record of
temperatures as
observed at the
weather office
today as compared with a year ago
follows:
1907 1906
4 a- m. 62 76
6 a. m. 61 76
8 a. m. 65 77
10 a. m. . 74 83
12 noon 82 87
1 p. m 83 90
2 p. m 85 92
The Texas cotton region bulletin
and tfee general report on weather
throughout the country will be ioun-1
on page two.
VICTIMS FOR SALOON
TEST ARE NOT KNOWN
Two Selected to Bear Brunt
of Action by the
State.
GO TO HIGH COURT QUICKLY
Dealers Will Deposit License
Money in Bank to Be Drawn
When Decision Comes.
Since early this morning Assistant
Attorney General Claude Pollard State
Revenue Agent McDonald and County
! Attorney Newton have been closeted
' in the county attorney’s office prepar-
ing new affidavits against the 300 sa-
loon keepers who have failed to com-
■ ply with the provisions of the BasKfn-
■ McGregor liquor law. While affidavits
will be filed against all the saloon
1 keepers who have failed to make out
their new licensee. It was said this
morning by County Attorney Newton
that two test cases would be made
one of a dealer selling spirituous
liquors and another of a dealer selling
malt liquor exclusively.
“Who these two dealers will be I
am not now in a position to say" said
the county attorney. “We have been
going over the list carefully and do
not want to make any mistakes. Some
of the delinquent liquor dealers have
been coming in and paying up and it
is keeping us busy checking them off.
There is absolutely no change in the
situation from yesterday and we will
have no statements to give out until
after all the affidavits are prepared
and suits are commenced against the
two men whom we expect to make de-
fendants in the test cases.”
Assistant Attorney General Pollard
and State Revenue Agent McDonald
said they had nc statements to make
to the public and were unable to say
when they expected to complete the
work in San Antonio. They will prob-
ably bo here until the last of the
week.
It is understood that the two test
cases will be immediately carried to
the higher courts to determine wheth-
er or not the old licenses were ren-
dered null when the new law became
effective.
[AIR
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TO
The retail liquor dealers will deposit
in some local bank sufficient money
to pay all the new licenses providing
the decision of the higher courts is
against them. This will mean that
practically $BOOOO will be kept on
hand to pay for the new licenses as
the cost of an adverse decision to the
liquor dealers will mean that much
outlay.
After the arrival here yesterday of
Assistant Attorney General Polla rd it
was found that the affidavits that had
already been prepared against the sa-
WANT MEXICAN
OFFICIALS TO
COME TO FAIR
Propose Mexico Day Shall
Eclipse Any of the
Fair Events.
GOVERNORS TO BE INVITED
Attractive and Appropriate Pro-
gram Will Be Prepared
for Their Benefit.
Distinguished Orators of Both
Nations Will Deliver Ad- ’
dresses — International
Club to Take Hand.
Mexico Day at tho International
Fair will be set and plans fol- Its cele-
bration will be arranged and discuss-
ed at a meeting of the fair directors
this afternoon Ln the parlors of the
International Club with Theodore
Harris president of the club and Se-
nor Enrique Ornelas consul for the
Republic of Mexico in San Antonio.
The meeting is set for 4 o'clock and a
full attendance of the menrtiers of the
board of directors is expected.
It is the purpose of the fair man-
agement to make the day devoted to
Mexico at the fair this year eclipse
any yet celebrated. Arrangements
are to be made to have a number of
Mexican cabinet officers the gover-
nors of all the states of the republic
who may find it convenient to come
and a large delegation of the repre-
sentative public and business men of
Mexico present on Mexico day as the
guests of the fair and an unusually
attractive nad appropriate program
will be prepared.
The great interest manifested by
the people of Mexico in the Interna-
fjonal fair is gr-attfylng' to the man-
agement and it is planned to make the
observance of Mexico day the occasion
of some fitting acknowledgement of
that interest.
Distinguished orators of both na-
tions will be on the program for ad-
dresses and the international club also
will take part in looking after the
proper entertainment of the guests of
the occasion.
A. M. Pyron. agricultural commis-
sioner of the fair has gone to Fred-
ericksburg to attend the Gillespie
county fair and expects to secure the
presence of all the best exhibits at
that show at the big Snn Antonio
fair.
The question of rates on live stock
for the prize pens is giving the man-
agement some trouble as the rail-
roads have served notice that this
year they will demand regular freight
tariff on show stock both coming to
and being taken from the fair in
former years the roads have taken
back to the starting point such of the
fine cattle and other animals as were
not disposed of free of charge. The
determination this year to charge full
fare both ways will it is feared
cause a falling off in the number of
fine animals in the show pens and
stalls. The management has the sub-
ject under discussion with the offi-
cials of the roads and hopes to se-
cure a renewal of the practice that
has been in vogue in all previous
years.
The subject of dealing with scalpers
will be considered at the directors’
meeting this afternoon and an answer
to the letter of the general passenger
agents on the subject prepared by
Vories P. Brown will be submitted
and later forwarded to the passenger
men The association will pledge its
best efforts to protect the interests of
the companies as in former years and
will make an earnest request for low-
rates such as have been formerly
given.
SMALL BOYS MUST
QUIT THE STREETS
Officers Say Loitering Lads
Must Go to Jail or Suffer
Penalty.
The city detectives last evening
placed a number of small boys under
arrest who were found loitering about
the streets. The boys were transferred
to the juvenile court today. The offi-
cers will in the future take all small
boys into custody found idling upon
the streets.
loon keepers were made out according
to the blanks used under the old liquor
laws and the entire bunch was de-
stroyed and the work started of get-
ting out new ones.
County Attorney Newton said today
he expected to have every thing in
shape to begin definite action by to-
morrow.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
9052 VETERANS
HAVE CROSSED
THE DARK RIVER
Showing Made at Annual Re-
union at Sara-
toga.
TOTAL NOW IS 222748
High Water Mark Was in 1890
When 409.489 Survivors of
Civil War Were Enrolled.
Adjutant General and Com-
mander-in-Chief Each Ad-
dress Old Soldiers at En-
campment.
Saratoga Sept. 12.—The report of
Adjutant General Joseph W. O’Neall.
of the Grand Army of the Republic
which was made public at the encamp-
ment here today shows that the mem-
bership of the Grand Army of the
Republic on June 20 1906 was 222.-
748. based on returns from all but
eight states. Georgia Idaho Indian
Territory New Mexico and North Da-
kota from which no returns have
been received. The high water mark
of members in the army was reached
in 1890 when 409489 were enrolled.
Since that time death has rapidly de-
pleted the ranks of the aged veterans
and General O’Neall's report shows
that 9052 members died in the last
twelve months. The report shows that
6506 old soldiers joined the G. A. R.
during the year. The total number of
posts in the. army is now 5976. Gen-
eral O’Neall reports that $95314 has
been expended for relief during ths
year.
General O’Neall strongly recom-
mends that the G. A. R. establish per-
manent headquarters instead of
changing its home office each year as
is now the practice. General O’Neall
in his report says:
“In my humble judgment the time
has come and is now when perma-
nent headquarters should be estab-
lished. I can see no reason why our
headquarters should from year to
year be carted around over the coun-
try. incurring freight bills and damag-
ing what little furniture we have and
without any compensating results. I
know of no other society or organiza-
tion that constantly changes its home
office and I can think of no good rea-
son why we should. Another great
mistake is the annual change of ths
adjutant general. I care not how
competent nor how wide the acquain-
tance of the appointee he comes into
the office wholly unacquainted witi
the conditions. He must become ac-
quainted with his correspondents ths
heads of the departments and learns
what to expect and from whom to ex-
pect. It. This requires time and by ths
time he learns these things he must
go out of office and some other com-
rade to take up the work de novo. The
Grand Army of the Republic should
be a continuing and not a constantly
changing institution.
“And what I say of the adjutant
general is also true of the assistant
adjutant general. Get a good and com-
petent man and keep him. Such is
the practice of successful business
men and such should be our practice.
I therefore in the interest of econo-
my and as I firmly believe in the best
interest of our beloved organization
most earnestly recommend that some
definite action be taken by this en-
campment either by the establishment
now of permanent headquarters or by
the appointment of a committee au-
thorized to act and required to make
its report to the next national en-
campment.”
BROWN DELIVERS ADDRESS.
Commander-in-Chief Talks to G. A. R.
Veterans.
Saratoga. Sept. 12. —In his annual
address to the encampment Coo
manderin-Chief Brown said in part:
“We are assembled in this tho
forty-first national encampment tn one
of the historic cities of the Empire
State. On this soil were fought some
of the greatest battles of the revolu-
tion and the heroism of the patriots
of the days long ago is emphasized
in the silent shafts which mark the
bloody fields where brave men dared
and died to win independence for the
new land and to found a new republic
dedicated to the largest measure of
civil liberty. In a large sense our
service as soldiers and sailors is linked
to that of these men for to us came
problems to them unsolvable. Not far
away our loved Chieftain fought his
last battle in this life and from the
mists of Mount McGregor a great soul
went back to God who gave to man-—
kind the mightiest soldier ot the ages.
He was our comrade and proudly wore
our badge—a distinction he prized to
the end of his fruitful career Today
In loving remembrance we wear on
our breasts as a memorial the repro- 1
duct ion of the features of U. S. Grant
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