San Antonio Light and Gazette (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 372, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1910 Page: 2 of 14
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WEDNESDAY
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2
Men's Suits in Clean-Sweep Sale
25 DEAD IN
KENTUCKY
DISASTER
Bodies of Thirty-three Men Re-
covered From Mine at Brow- ।
der Up to Noon Today.
TWO MEN STILL MISSING
Believed Miner Entered Room
Where Gas Had Accumulated
and His Lamp Ignited It.
Drakesboro Ky. Feb. 2.—A telephone
message from the Browder mine today|
places the number of dead in yester-i
day’s explosion at thirty-five. The
bodies of thirty-three have been recov-
ered. Several men were injured.
The following have been identified:
JUDGE MATT ALLEN police judge.
Drakesboro aged 50; leaves wife audi
six children.
ARTHUR RICHARDSON black!
•mith. aged 42. married.
PETE KELLEY mine boss married. '
BEN LESLIE track layer married. I
ALEX WILLIAMS aged 54. married.i
MAX ENGLISH aged 25.
RAY BENNETT. *
RAY MARTIN.
ESTILL GARNETT aged 21.
EUGENE CORNETT aged 23.
MATT LLOYD.
WILL RENO negro.
Several other negroes also identified.
Early today twenty-five bodies had
recovered most of them being unidenti
fied. Of 100 men in the mine when
the disaster took place it is now prac(
tically certaib that more than a third
perished.
Pete Kelley a mine foreman is miss-
ing and it is not known whether he is
still in the mine or not. One other
man is missing but his name is not
known.
The explosion is supposed to have
been caused by one of the miners going
Coughs and Colds
Easily prevented and cured by
fortifying and strengthening
the system with
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey
It's the little cough or cold allowed
to run on without attention that fills
three-fourths of the graveyards of this
country.
Consumption is but the fatal stage of
throat troubles—the little cough neg-
lected.
Consumption is more appalling in its
destruction of life than any plague or
pestilence that has swept over the world.
It works on. day and night vear in and
year .mt
® Duffy's Pure Malt
V. h i s k e y is pre-
scribed by doctors
verywhere. It is an
•solutely pure gen-
o and invigorating
•timulant and tonic.
It overcomes all
weakening wasting
and run-down condi
tion’ of the body brain aud nins.de. giv-
ing the system jxiwer to throw off and
resist eoughs eolds. grip Catarrh bron-
chitis and lung troubles; it is an ab-
solute cure and preventive of consump-
tion pneumonia bronchitis malaria and
low fevers if taken in time in small
doses as directed.
AU druggists grocers and dealers or
direct. $l.OO a large bottle. Be sure you
get the genuine: substitutes and imita-
tions are injurious. Medical Booklet
cintaining rare common sense rules for
health and testimonials; also doctor's
advice sent free to anvono who writes.
Malt Whiske/ CaZ RochoWr N. Y
Men's suits are now clown to the cost of cloth and making and
no drawbacks. The value in the clothes will be as apparent as the
reduction in price. Your eyes your fingers your good taste and your
knowledge of what constitutes "style" and "excellence" will all unite
in saying buy now.
Qfi r For Men's Young Men's 12.50 Suits
I I | | Perfectly made and trimmed $12.50 suits reducedin
I the Clean-Sweep Sale to 56.95. W orsteds cassimeres
and cheviots in neat patterns and colors. All sizes in
the lot. For Thursday and Friday in the Clean-Sweep Sale your choice
of the lot for $6.95.
WFor Men's $l5 and $16.50 Suits
All wool worsteds cheviots and cassimeres. perfectly
made and trimmed. dark_grays browns olives and neat
mixtures extreme or conservative styles livery suit
shows the work of expert tailors. $15.00 and $16.50 suits for men an j
yotmg men Thursday and Friday in the Clean-Sweep Sale $8.45.
SAULWOLFMNDDY GOODS CO.
PEONAGE CASES
PROMISE SONE
016 SENSATIONS
The Penitentiary Investigation
Thrillers Will Pale Before
Them It Is Said.
CRUELTIES ARE CLAIMED
Said That Prisoners Were Held
and Compelled to Work After
Their Sentences Expired.
Special Diapatcb.
Austin. Tex. Feb. 2.—Sensations be
fore which the recent penitentiary in-
vestigation will pale are promised when
the trial of peonage cases in the fed-
eral district court begins here in June.
The last of the witnesses who testified
before the grand jury left Austin last
night after the cases were set for trial.
Conversation with some of them brought
forth stories of ill-treatment which if
true will cause the state to take a hand
iu Burleson county as well as give
reason for further investigation by the
federal authorities.
It is claimed that in some instances
persons were arrested and sent to the
farm without trial and in other cases
were illegally convicted and forced to
work after having worked long enough
to pay the usual lines.
The thirty or more witnesses of all
colors were sworn yesterday to appear'
in June and give testimony in the cases.
Widespread interest has been excited in
the charges which arc said to be the re-
sult of nearly a year of investigation
by federal authorities.
into an unused room where gas had
accumulated. His miner's lamp is be-
lieved to have set fire to this gas cans-1
ing an explosion of such force as to!
cause immediate death to all who were]
working in the eastern wing of the
mine.
Special Dispatch.
Drakesboro. Ky. Feb. 2. —The Browder |
horror grows hourly and frenzied ff- I
forts are being made to remove the
1 odies A conservative estimate places
the dead at fifty while some believe
sixty arc dead.
Sixteen bodies were recovered this
morning The state mine inspector has
arrived to take charge of the work.
The bodies taken out are unrecogniz-
able and horribly mangled especially
those who were working iu the imme-
diate vicinity of the explosion. A track
repairer with an uncovered lamp en-
tered an abandoned room and the ex-
plosion followed. Survivors struggled
to reach the shafts and rnanv were
brought out safely but the hundred
men in the mine are believed all en-
tombed or dead- The mine is not burn-
ing and the fans arc working and the
rescuers will enter again as soon .is
possible.
TWO TOWNS*TOGET
RICE STATIONS
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 2. —After a ses
siou lasting nearly all day the locating
board for the state riee experiment
station yesterday afternoon decided to
locate two stations one near Angleton
in Brazoria county and one near Beau-
mont. in Jefferson county. Each of these
towns donated laud and a residence for
the superintendent.
HAMER CASE TOMORROW.
Austin. Tex. Feb. 2.—The forgery
cases against J. P. Hamer formerly an
attorney here who has been confined
in the county jail since his arrest at
Mobile. Ala. by Sheriff G. S Mat-
thews last fall will h? called for trial
iu the Fifty-third district court toinor
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE
WHITEWASH IS READY
FOR BALLINGER
Continued from page 1.)
ney for Glavis. Brandeis showed a
(wonderful familiarity with the case and
■ met the bungling antagonism of the
j committee with rare tact and patience.
To the surprise of all but a few in-
timates of Ballinger members of the
committee when they assembled found
a bouud volume containing what pur-
ported to be all the documents in ths
Ballinger-Pinchot ease. It was thrown
together many hundred pages without
arrangement or system and without Li-
dex; but when carefully examined it
proved to be a sterilized edition of ths
evidence. Many letters wore missing;
| but fortunately Glavis had preserve !
copies and was able to supply some of
the missing documents.
The fact that the record is found to
bo incomplete is important as throwing
light on the claim that President. Taft
I had all the facts before him. when h«
; white-washed Ballinger. It is also sig
J nificant in view of recurring rumors
: that the files of the interior department
’ have been tampered with.
The reference in Glavis’ testimony
to Secretary Ballinger's connection with
1 Aho Wilson Coal company ease must be
| borne In mind as highly important.
| When Glavis gave his first testimoav
before the committee the Wilson mat-
; ter was merely in the state of litiga-
tion. But 011 the day following Glavis’
itestiiHony word was telegraphed from
I Sea> tie that Judge Hanford had de-
cided the Wilson case and that the do
cision had the'effect of returning to
the public domain 1024 acres of val-
uable coal land in Lewis county for the
(reason that the lands had been obtained
Iby fraud. Subsequent dispatches fron
Beattie stated that Secretary Ballinger
bad acted as attorney of record in pie-
paring the claims to these lands and
later was “of counsel ’’ to the com-
j pany.
Attorneys for the Pinchot (which Is
I the people's) side of the case have made
it clear that they make no charge
against Ballinger that they expect the
committee to listen to the evidence ami
lif it develops a charge the committee
1 may act accordingly.
! One of the matters the committee has
Ito decide is whether Ballinger's alleged
I connection as counsel with the Wilson
ICnal company places upon him any re- .
I sponsibility under the law for what the ■
Spittle court has held was a Wilson
I company conspiracy to obtain public
; lands by fraud. The investigating com-
: mittee will also be called upon to d»- j
I aide whether Ballinger because of his |
I alleged connects with crooked land
I grabbers or beYi«c of other official
I conduct is a fit person to be retain o !
ias secretary of the interior.
Section 54 SO revised statutes of the
United States makes a conspiracy to
’ o'.tain lands by fraud an offense pun-
-1 ishnblc by a fine of not more than
I $lOOOO and imprisonment for not more
than two years.
The conservation cause has been
'greatly s’rengthened by Pinchot's se-
lection as president <of the National
'Conservation league. This makes this
association a militant body and its
i large and rapidly increasing member’-
ship >s swinging in behind the Roose-
velt policies and friends in a wav grati-
fying to all who deplore the reign of
. Ballingerism.
L ' ’’7 j
rSouGjlj
Cn jn ...Miring ..ria. firirne-
Cough. Huarscueee. etc. It is sate and snr*.
HAVE BEEF TO
LAST MONTHS
They’ll Put “Common People” In Cold Storge Next.
Amazing Facts Brought Out Indicates National
Conspiracy to Corner Food Products.
Chicago the Centre.
Cliieago' IN.. Feb. 2.—While the
American people are engaged in a
mighty meat strike to force down the
increased cost of living there is locked
up in the beef trust cold storage plants
enough food to feed every man woman
and child in the United States for
months.
This tremendous food hoard is valued
at $3000000000. Tons of meat and
other necessaries have been accumulat-
ing in the strongholds of the robber
food barons for two some times three
vears.
The Chicago packing trust and Its
affiliated trusts in every corner of the
country have amassed this frozen
mountain of food in order that the peo-
ple may pay increased tribute to mo-
nopoly and extortion; at the same time
its leaders are deploring the appetites
of those they refrain from feeding that
their own greed may be gratified.
The facts in the cold storage situa-
tion today are amazing. The figures
that follow are not guesses but the
estimates of the packing interests
themselves which have been obtained
from inside sources. The surprising
thing is that they have leaked out at
this time when the federal grand jury
in this city is investigating the great
national food conspiracy and seeking
to indict and imprison the rich and
powerful ringleaders.
These figures from the books of the
food trust showing the amount of food-
stuffs now in cold storage constitute
the only needed proof to show the
cause of the higher cost of living. They
show the beef trust and its affiliations
to be protected in their miserly course
by the knowdedge that the tariff will
not permit the foreign producer to come
into the United States and undersell
them. Under lock and key the food
hoard is being held until the day comes
when prices are raised still higher. But
here are the astounding figures: There
arc 14.000.000 cattle carcasses in cold
storage. Other stored meat in these
great cold storage warehouses the coun-
try over includes 6000000 calves 25.-
000.000 sheep and lambs and 50000000
hogs not counting the human ones en-
gaged in the packing industry.
In 78 fish freezing plants there are
fish valued at $25000000. They will
be liberated on the market at Lent.
In other cold storage plants controlled
by the beef barons there are hell
eggs. 130000000 pounds
of poultry and fruits. and miscellane-
ous articles of perishable food worth
$50000000.
There arc 90.000.000 people in th -
United States counting in the farme-g
who will never demand any of this
frozen food. This makes 20.000.000
families or less whose market baskets
must be filled every day or tw o with
food to replenish the larder. The cost
of this food that the market baskets
carry has risen and risen.
“Scarcity of food.’’ the packers
here have’ cried at the complaining
women with the market baskets. But
according to the trust’s own cold stor-
age figures as given above these quan-
tities of food per family arc held by
the monopolists: j
Beef 420 pounds.
Eggs 7 12 dozen.
i Veal. 45 pounds.
Poultry. 6 1-2 pounds.
Pork 400 pounds.
1 Mutton. 48 3-4 pounds.
I'ruits. $2.50 worth
l imb 17 1-2 pounds.
J'i’h. $1.25 worth.
*4iscellancous. 85 worth.
Ihe two principal items in the aver
ago market basket- and food bill arc
bef and pork. So the beef trust stores
enormous quantities of beef and pork
to control and maintain the high price
now charged for these market basket
necessaries.
Things like mutton lamb fish and I
poultry are not stored to this tremend-
ous extent. The people don't want
them like they want the main neces- I
saries. But enough are stored to pro- :
vide ach family in the United States 1
with a plump chicken enough miscel-;
laneous fodd to stock a pantry enough
fruits for a fortnight.
There is enough fresh meat stored to !
provide every family in the United
States with two and a half pounds of |
i' every day for a year. This is more
than the average family consumes. Th -1 i
value of the entire hoard of food per !
family is $l5O and for each person i«
nearly as great as the average wealth I
of the country per capita which is $3B. '
And the figures used in division are
for all the families in the country. I
Many families raise all their own meat j
and vegetables. So it is the dweller |
in the cities the wago earner who is •
going to pay the price that the robber
barons want before they will unlock
the doors of these storage warehouses.
The doors have not been unlocked yet.
When will prices be high enough to
please the barons so they will flood
the country with their frozen food and
make millions off the woman with the
market basket ?
To Drive Out Malaria (
And Build Up The System. !
Take the Old Standard GROVE’S I
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC t
kno’- what you are taking. The forrau- ;
1? is plainly printed on every bottle j
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron J
in a tasteless form and the most ef- I
feetnal form. For grown people and '
children 50c.
</ PRICES SPEAK LOUDER THAN PROMISES >
If we cannot please you. go where you please but we
would like to show through our stock.
Our PAINT and TRIM SHOP is well prepared to put
your old vehicle or automobile in first-class condition.
A trial \will convince you.
Woodward Carriage Co.
213-215-217 St. Mary Street
Odd Trouser Sale
.—— — -
One coat will always outwear two pairs of pants so you
may have a coat that with a new pair of trousers would make a
suit to finish out the season with. Then buy a suit NOW for
next fall and the whole investment even if you buy the best
won’t cost you the regular price of a fair suit of clothes.
The entire stock of odd Trousers at both
our stores on sale at the following prices:
$2.50 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $l.BB
. $3.00 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $2.25
$3.50 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $2.63
$4.00 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $3.00
SS.CO TROUSERS REDUCED TO $3.75
$6.00 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $4.50
$7.00 TROUSERS REDUCED TO $5.25
$B.OO TROUSERS REDUCED TO $6.00
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FRANK BROS.
San Antonio's Greatest Clothiers
Alamo Plaza TWO STORES Main Plaza
BELIEVE WAR
CLOSE AT HAND
Greece and Turkey are on Verge of
Armed Clash. Europe Strives
to Keep Peace.
Spec.ci Bicpatch
oustantinople. Feb. 2.—Unless the
four protecting powers of Greece in-
tervene promptly there seems but little
doubt that Greece will declare war on
Turkey and possibly embroil all the
European stats.
At this moment there are 35000 Tur-
kisk troops stationed on the Grecian
frontier and 10000 more have been or-
dered Io points of stragetic importance
close to the border. The situation is
THREE BRING SUIT
AGAINST BANK
—
i H A. Wroe ( R C. Roberdau and
G. W Littlefield Sue Central
Bank and Trust Company.
—
Austin Tex. Feb. 2.—Alleging that
they were induced to buy a controlling
interest in the Central Bank & Trust
company buying 400 shares at par N.
A. Wroe R. C. Roberdeau G. W. Little-
field and other stockholders in the bank
I brought suit against George T id J.
- O. Hume in the Twenty-sixth district
i court for $2808.70 debt.
Their petition alleges that Nov. 25.
• 1908 they bought 400 shares of stock
I paying $4268 the par value under the
i belief that the stock was worth its par
I value and that since that time it has
I been discovered that overdrafts erron-
; eous accounts etc. had impaired the
I value of the bank stock at the time it
I was purchased. The defendants de-
j posited $4400 in stock of the bank in
Buggy Talk
What we save you on a buggy or any
othervehicle will go a long way toward
getting a new harness. Come in and
get our figures.
FEBRUARY 2
becoming hourly more critical.
The German ambassador is endeavor-
ing to avert a clash but his efforts so
far have not had any appreciable ef-
fect upon the situation.
Greece is coneentratinjr • troops and
it is but a matter of hours
before war is declared. Greece will be
warned today by the other powers under
which the sovereignty of the nation is
preserved to cease all preparations for
war.
the American National bank to guaran-
tell the value of the stock sold and it
is alleged that they only gave up 13
shares leaving the amount sued for
still due on the proposed guarantee.
The bank whose stock is called in
question by the suit has been consid-
ered one of the strongest in the city.
■ ♦*»—
Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds
LA?7ATI YE BROMO Quinine the world
wide Cold and Grip remedy remaves
cause. Call for full name. Look for
signature E. W. GROVE 25c.
“Do you live within your income’’’
“Yes. and I'm crowded for space.’’
—Yale Record.
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SPECIALIST
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er and Bowels; also Kidney Bladder
Skin Blood. Nerve Trouble aud Private
Diseases of Mon.
PRACTICE LIMITED TO OFFICE
Office. Drug Rooms and Laboratory
Suites 421 422 423 and 424 Fourth
Floor. Hicks Biilding. Hours 9 to 12
2 to 5; Sundays 9 to 12 only.
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