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ABILENE TEXAS; FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1911
NUMBER 827
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DAILY
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TOOMUCH AT STAKE TO WASTE ABILENE MEN-
AN HOUR IN GREAT CONTEST. ARE INDICTED
illl All 1 1 I lll'll I II II llnl I Iflllllll"! Ill t
uuiiuiuidMrruiiiiTUUnoLLr.
Thousands of Dollars 'Hanging in Bal-
ance and Qnly a Few Weeks Until
Awards Will Be Macte . Some Con-
testants I)o Not Seem to Realize the
Importance of Getting Busy.
C. C. TATE AND JEFF COWDEN
AltllESTED THIS AFTERNOON
6N SERIOUS CHARGE. '
S"
DEFENDANTS
GIVE
BAL
Arraigned Before Judge Blanton In
District Court; Special Venires
M bo Called to Try
The Cases.
r
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.. nm navoinl contestants who First Onon Session of Dcbatlncr Club.
teio made a good race until recently Tho pepleot Ablleno are cordially
hat are aiow Idling away their time Invited to attend "tho first open ses-
hca tho big premium Is easily within slon of the boy's debating club of the
TAFT ISSILENT
ON RECIPROCITY
PRESIDENT MAKES NO COMMENT
ON OUTCOME OF CANADIAN
1 GENERAL ELECTION .'
EAGERLY SCANS PAPER
For More Complete Returns However;
Arrivea ai rorw u. fi"f
This Morning and Goes to
St LobIb Tonight
RECIPROCITY REJECTED
V
BY VOTERS OF CANADA;
w
r
PREMIER OVERTHROWN
their reach.
Ablleno. Christian Training school Sat-
.- Vi crmnoaf hnttlnn of mod-.urdav 'Sent. 22. at 8:30.
era times have been lost simply be-J The exercises will open by a prayer
oause a general faltered at a. crucial and short talk from J. W. Chlsm. The
.... ntll lnvs tinATi . flh ?Atrist nPAmtrtAfi 4-r Via n VniA trnnt
moment wnen viuwujr wuiu " xmouv ""ra w ua . ..
achieved at a single Btrolte. Make the We' have some of the best debators
tpplication to your self ln'this in-the school has ever produced and they
slance. lard vory anxious to show the; people
Some of tho contestants mahe the that they can do all that Is expected
grave mistake of becoming too inter- of them as representatives of the In-
ested In tho moyementa 01 ineir com-.suiuuon.
netltors. Tl)ls Is a wrong principle The subjecfc Is a live and Interesting
13. .m not hn ladulced in. The one: Resolved that "Women Should
contestants that Will have the most have the Right of Franchise." It will
successful campaign will oe tne ones
that endeavor to' -make each-day more
successful than the preceding pn
A person that Beta their head to ac-
eomplish any certain task will not
permit mere trifles to daunt them hut
ill persist until success Is achieved.
it is a matter of wonder why co-
aJKnta 117110 have coilfton books and
ire in a territory that ttey are expec
ts m cover. aTe not making even a
wmnMft showing ln'the icontest
when they could put In one 'buijyVday
and lead the race as it niw buuiwb ; elected president oi tne a. ana i. cw
The sight or tne now uvermuu ;".; lege Board of .Directors uiiiun me
be short and snappy. Remember the
place. Chappel Hall at the College
and the time Saturday 8:30 u. m.
WALTON PETEET NEW PRESIDENT
Fort Worth Man Elected President oi
A. and M. Board of Directors to
Succeed Mr. TranchmaBn
C. C. Tate and Jeff Gowden resid
ents of Abilene were arrested this af
ternoon upon grand Jury indictments
charging them with rape.
Both defendants were i arralcned in
district court before Judge Blanton anc
gave bail to await trial. vThd "court
will order special Venires In each
caBe.
In each of tho cases Judge Blanton
fixed ball at $2600. Mr. Tate's sure
ties .are R. A. Masaey Henry .James;
W. C. Petree and M. C. Lambeth and
Mr Cowden's are C. W. Cowdon and
I. A. Griffith. ' '
A Bpeclal venire of fifty "talesmen
was ordered in each case. The Cow-
den case was set for Monday; Octobei
2. and the Tato caso Wednesday. Oc-
x
tober 4. Mr. Cowden was representeu
by Cunningham & Sewell and Mr.
Tate by C. L. Hailey.
It was rumored this afternoon tha
the grand Jury would adjourn for the
termyibefore night.
Ilv Associated Press.
COLLEGE STATION Sept 22 Wal-
nV. TAtoof f Knrf. wortn was loaay
I "i - v- v- - - .-
elected president of tho A. and M. coi
Thp sight OI xne now uoiw -": lege ijoara or ujrBuiom muut mo
which Will probably arrive in tho city J vacancy .caused by the resignation oi
Twelve Indictments Returned.
By Associated Press.
PEORIA; 111.. Sent 22.President
Taft arrived horo at 0:30 o'clock 'this
morning to. bo the guest of the i Knights
of Columbus'. He spent a busy morn
ing. At luncheon ho waB tho gue.si of
tho republican state committee and
at thrfi'n o'clock-was clven a reception
lnjthe. club house of 'the Knights of
rviinmVmn a R'3fl Tin fiddrefla'od the
farinuar banquet of the Knights and
at mldnignt departs ior at. jliouih.
; NO Statement on Reciprocity
Mr Taft eacefiy scanned the papora
for more complete returns from the
Canadian election but would make no
statement on the result before ho loft
hi car. H Bald he might havo a
statement to Issue ator on.
Later Makes a Statement
PEORIA. 111.. Sept 22.-"-President
Taft made his first reference to roci-
Dfooltr today when he spoke to the
laboring element at the local agrlculr
tural plant
fl am sorry." he saldt "to hear tnat
Canada does not care to have closer
commercial relations With us."
Liberal Party Crushingly Defeated;
Heads of Seven Cabinet Ministers
Fall; LatirierGdvernraent Repud-
iated; England Rejoices Over Result
Which Champ Clark Charges to
Taft and American Corruptionists.
Kf
FOUR KILLED TWELVE BURNED MONTREAL CAN. Sept. 22. Cana-
t . ..In tn tAnv nnnfuAnfnil t... m1 .a. llti.
- ' uuyoiwuo VUIU4UUIOU ujr a UUV DILU-
Frlghtfnl Tragedies Follw RarstlHg tlon dovolopihg from tho .overwhelming
vi w jnwii b Yiuuuvi jciriug irojecuon at tne pouB yestoraay oi tne
4 uuiyrauiior iruuij' vilu IUO umtea
States. Premier Lauder's government
was defeated and' R. L. Bordon will be
- .j : '
.Bhortly callod upon to form a.conser-
Largo Boarding Btoaso
At 10:40 o'clock this morning tho.
grand Jury made Its Jlrat report' since
Its Interrupted session was resumed;
Twelve bills of Indictment were rp-'
Special to The Reporter. l
Four aro dead 'and . twelvo burned f oi-f vativo ministry. That the change was
IjMtrfntv tVl'A- liltl.of Irtn. 'Mlla trrifYrnff iiT ln.llrtnl wnn ntintTrrt 1ip flr nwAMnpltftlm.
an eight Inch gas main oh tho viaduct lng inajorlty 'returned against sepn
wuiuu avL it) tv u miju uuuiuiub in UUj ijuuuoi vuuiuut luiumtor uuu
nouse. -. mo lanusuao wnicn retires tremior
rg'-rV- ' ' .Laurlpr himself. .- ' . .. n &
Fnnorai of Rjres?taUvc Madison only Quobcc Remained Faltlifal.
By Associated Prsss. ! but of nlno Canadian provinces only
DODGE CITY Kan. Sept. 22 Qu0bcc Laurlors native place re-
Scores of Senators 'and RopreBenuMmam(id; faithful 'to him. Ontario the
UveB aro horo to attend tho furioral- CToat0st of all. dealt hlm'a terrible
ofJ3dmond H. Madison which ;W as lQ feolne aira08 solidly against
held today. Business -housoB nr.oclo-' (( ( v y
BOd. " I Thn lnndallrifl nnnnarn to1 lmVn Httin-
. ; " ' ned tho Liberals who held tho reins of.
1 Morris Shoppard Appointed -" 'iravfirnment Aot fifteen . vears: On
By Associated Press.' - ' . f both aides syninathy Is exWessed tor
BEAtJMONT Sept;-22.-Wlthl thoap- Laurler; ' M ''
Wheat Soars as Result
By Associated Press. '
CHICAGOj 111.. Sent. 22. -Wheat
turned four for felonies and eight Ynfo Jumped 2 cents per bubhel .today as
F ":"!- . ;resulfct of defeat of reciprocity: That
1vnorrow.wilL $$ Jcpply- Mfect hos?
fbntpstants who navo peon wiuub-vuu
valuable moments slip by them that
they will be tempted to shed bitter
vara of disappointment because they
failed to take advantage of the chances
that came to them and they will have
no one to blame but themselves.
Tbe old saying "Time and tire waite
. r mnn" is moBt applicable "
-.. . ivn wnolcB devoted to
wait for the convenience of anyone
and the time is swiftly pasBtog when
it will be too late to enter.
A large majority of automobile own-o-s
deny themselves many of the ac-
...oi noKoaoifiKti of life to be able to
maintain this luxury. In the face of
this fact.thoro are numbers of people
who hesitate to deyote a small portio-
of their time to the by no means dls-
isreeable task of building up tho of-
o.iinunn of thnlr homo paper -which Is
lways trying to foster all formB of
urogresslveness commercial or bov
and in so doing win for thenjsolves a
uf.tin.. niiuimirn vninftd at over a
W A.TranckmahhiVWL. BoyettJQfj
lBraz03:county was eleotea iooa in-.
spector and E. .7. Kyle dean of agri
culture.
SMS
RUNAWAY
HASKELL T
HURSDAY
IMrs. A. B. Anderson of that City It
SorloHsly Hart by a
Runaway Horse
demeanorB.-
- Intbday?sSsesBlon6tdlstxiclcoiirt
the case of T. RjRhodes versus J. RK
Curtis et al... suit on.' note for fore
closure was tried resulting in a Judg-
ment for the plaintiff.
The case 'of I.N. Howerton charged
with disposing of mortgaged property
was sot for October 9. The defendant
was arrested In Runnels county yes-
terday Sy Deputy Sheriff S. E. Taylor
He had not made bond up to noonto-
aay.
Tho finance committee of the coiml
submitted a correction to Its forma!
roport.
. Thn case of Will Avatson versus n
C. Young et al suit on note Is Bet for
this afternoon
iresulfc of defeat :of reciprocity:' " Thai
wtia.nn-'nvtrnmA rlflB for THOV delivery;
hflri wfin ' 'considerable1 excitement' lu
Z ' . .r v'- l-a . j- i;
oats too. it is an accepteo. ivjtsw iuui.
with 'no Canadian wneat. avauauiu
holders of American wheat'are fn u
position to command greatly enhanced
fitrT-no An- ndvnnco of twenty. cents
for spring wheat Is not Improbable It
Is declared.
Special to Tho Reporter.
HASKELL. TEX. Sept 22. Thurs
day afternoon as Mrs. A. R. Anderson
and a lady friend were returning from
thn ponnfrv in a single buggy the
horseijrtUchthey. were driving became
frlkhtenedand began running any
klCKlniZ.. fiirs. AaaarBoua uwuu ouv
polntmont of Morris Shoppard aBpra-j
'ij:
S.-
tor..the IT. C. V. Union plana are hracJ nncmni wot tin-ran tw wnrivn
ilf.nlW cnmnlotii Tho- first dav's' bOs- ;
olhn hnHtiR Octflbflr 6. J . l4":
'" Tiremtf Dead lar Sicily
By Associated ;PreB. '- - w-; -.wy
tNAPLES Sept '22 A terrific storm
swept the yesuvldn district today and
twenty"nra known dead.
British People Heat Result of Caiiada
' .' bm'A-Ai .-Brill. ttJ'
a HJiiecuwit nun uuj.
tir"- . . I- '.'
By Associated rrem.
": '
5.W
i Cricket Plagae at Austin
By Associated Press..
attrttn. Sont- 22. Thn fire denah.-
mont was called out today to rid' the
city o millions of; crickets which
swarmea in iuxh. mpuu
MFRPHANK fllll
- v
- . t r
Aviator Killed.
tot.xtipX N Y.. Sent. 22. Dare De
m rinefainriA fii tn An Instant death at
the Mansfield Pa. fairloday. His wife
witnessed the tragedy.
'honsand dollars. Any newspaper that ceoded Hn. getting out of the buggy
workB for tho advancement of tho tor- carrying' her baby with her nut was
ltory in which It Is situated deserves UhablpoV.hold tho horse after reach-
'he support of the Inhabitants of thatJnK ho ground Losing tho lings the
community. ' horseman away with thobuggy which
k goodllvo newspaper Is oduca-:waa Btiii occupied W Mrs. Anderson
tonal in every respect It aids the nnd.' her babyThe animal ran through
business man In keeping In touch v . town "andup to a wagon yard whore
'tic current ovents of the day and It is nn Off0rt was made to stop the frlgh-
I- i. iiA tdrmnr In as tmyaA hnran. hut which proved uhbuc-
much as it assists the farmer In sonslf cossful. After running through other
... . ; - . i J' t 1.n 1 . i it.- lnmn ha hlHTfTV WAS
iiir marKotlnghi8 proauots uu uv iu strooia oi ut . q .
same time keeps him jh touch with 8maBhed against a light polo and Mrs
the Important happenings of the; out- Andorson through against another
sido world polo. She was painfully -Injured re-
Contestants It you feel that the Re- C0lvlng a cut im Inch long In the lip
porter's Promlums are worth a small fractured nose and broken ribs.
portion of your attention each day for A. telephone message from Mr. An-
a fow short weeks now Is the time to jorBon who la a brother of Geo. s.
show your appreciation. Anderson this morning stated that the
Mvory one can mako oxcubob but H patlont was resting .well and that tuo
9 wins that there are only a limited .physicians ware Jiopeful of her recov-
few who are ondowod with tho spirit ory. The baby was not .hurt.
that Bucoeeds through individual ef-
fort and progresslyencBS. I BixiE PICTURES FOR TONIGHT
There aro many popular young la-.
dies living within the limits of the v0 Repeaters From Nw Oaj-Mor3
luuiwi torritory wno cqwij w v IIIbH vmaa ivi.v
Dallas Conductor Killed.
May Boycott Sugar
By Associated Pre3s.
HOUSTON Sent. 22. HousewiVOB
aro about to start a movement here
tn bnvcott sucar and to combat the
ralso In price as with meafseverai
Number of Retail ' Merchants Held
Meeting at Chamber of CoRiaiorco
Tkursday Jflgkt;
A meeting of tho Retail Merchants
LONDONl maT. -Tepti '22.wTheidtr
feat of Laurior arid tho. Liberal gov
ernment's reciprocity policy camo as a.
surprise to England. Tho result
however waB gonOrally "welcomed 'iere'
as' Englishmen felt that tho trade
agreement presaged closer political
roiations between Canada and "the tln-
lted States and .a consequent lessn-
of Imperial ties. Unionist and tariff
reform papers recoived the news wita
undisguised elation.
WHAT CHAMP CLAHK SAtD.
Speaker of House Insists President
Taft .Defcatea- Reciprocity.
years ago.
1
' ' j
Association' -was' held at'tho Chamber By Astidciated Press.
of Commerce Thursday' evening at NASHyiLLE TBNN. aopu zz.-
whlck meoting there were present the When Spealtor cnamp uiarK arrivea
ii.r nHAMi n r. nK w4 hero today tobe the eUcstof the StaU
H. .Allison J. W1. vans J. A Doyce'" hoard ho ws asked if his remark
Lady-Bugs Devouring WorniB '
By AsBocIa'ted Press.
BEAUMONT SJept. 22. Australian
Inrlv.Tiiicra unhrt tli destroy Other In-
...v. --0 T"- .' .
DALLAS Sept 22. J. V.HHarr.lB a socts.aro making good In tirnnge
ofrnnh ear conductor was -shot this af-. groves:
tornoon by D. L. Hoffman a motor man.
Ho Is dead. Tne car wua muvb ....w..
tho shooting occurred
I
Will Pranci? left da the westbound
this morning "for Roswol J Now "Mexico
to "accept a position.
LORD COWDRY'S GRAFT
LIKELY BE
Madero i'laanlng It Is Raorei To
CaBcel-CoHcessioBS Qea By
President Diaz
SPOILED
8125000 Fire at Cincinnati.
By Associate Press.
nTMHTNTNATr'. Ohio. Sent 22. Fire
destroyed tho power house barns in
thlB. city and eaBterh subhrb at a loss
of ?15000.
J T: iieeaori T. T. Nelson Glen Mc-j about annexation at a banquet som
David W. S.BwuilyvQo. 'is. M !i time ago had not aided In the defeat
S.. EL Garrison. W. RKeoble. J. E.
Chandler and George S. Anderson. The
of reciprocity by Canada He replied;
'My remarks about annexation did Q
REV i I BASS IN
AT
MEETING
HASKELL
UUUUU1U1 UUU UOVlfiO "I Ju.puu uv! - - -
morchants who wore present dlscttsBe" 'not do half as much to defeat reclpro-
i..n iijitiinnnitirv rT Tnnirinir aiiiniiti . v.bj Ko mi rmi ..v.m. w . ....ww r
forts to induce the farmers to brlnsj which he insisted on hurrying up the
their cotton to Ablleno and of all thq .agreement to reciprocity In this coun-
merchants buying cotton. Mr. Keeblo.try before Great Britain could stab-.
ot the Farmers & Morchants Natlonn fllsh her imperial policy ot tariff with
bank said that thoy would bo glad to' preferential rates for colonics. f
furnish the money to buy all the cot. l ;ermpuBn BtiB.
on that could bo brought to the city "He and I were both quoted by an
Mr. Chandler of Tho Morning wewa anti-reciprocity crowu ub wure m
and Mr. Anderson ot Tho Abilene Dal- I but the chancea are that quotations
ly Reporter oxprossod their wljimg-.irom nis apecn ana raws uwn'w
ness to cO-bporate In any way thoy so much to do with the. defeat aa 4l4
could to give publicity to the cotton corruption funda seat from thla coun-
i.-t i. -!.. 4taf tiicS fnrmn . trv ftsd Great Britain into Canada."
raster C. M.Wooiwar of Tkl City
SetarHs Fmbi S?Joara WJth
014 Frlenis
mnrkfife In order that the farnie
might get all thoy could out of their
cotton. '
The following: firms are buying cot
ton and agree to seo that tho farmers
get the full market price fpr all the
cotton brought to Abilene;
Over Hardware uompany j v
K. H. Barron of Midland pmt yes-
terday in. Abilene on leianu'w
MlM Emmarhea TotUn left Vty
morning for Anson wkr rt. a
noaltlon la tha city achoela.. Jfca. wa.
Into tho race and within flvo short
weeks win a premium that would
?ay them oyer $20000 a weok- for
ch of tho flvo weeks !felovated to
vte getting
T)o not pntor the race with the in-
tention of winning out during tho last
oek of tho Great ampaign hut de-
vote ovory day to tho building up of n
"rosorvo" vote standing that "Will fool
'hem all when tho franl count Is rond-
os OetnltM.
Thn Pnntatf WoBsa la Inncrlnsr fdr
' a li'ttor filled with coupons from some
' our contestants la the outside ter-
ritory "Yesterday hag gone hut today
yours" v
'f you are not a Hvo contestant
p'i!H)ko Tnnr nirula rJ fAHaiutl. -
'"owiag a t llat R ?oal;at
""l their vote ataMtms w ete tq-
a ftt nooa;
By Hodklasof CWcago
ri intiiroa at the Dixie alr-
domo tonight will be "In the Spreo-
wald an Urban isciipso mm wv
In Prussia "A goou lurn- uu.u ...
"Cupid Ohouffours" vitagrapn
n.. AVcnntotarl PrAAH
W WUW.V - . ....'
NEW ORLEANS Hopt. as. "
Lord Cowdry of England who holds
the. greatest oil concessions ever Boa
ted by President maz o -
negotiating with the Btanaaro un w.
ii. m.A-irnrdVcA Oil Associa
tion r Tvnfl for a transfer to pre
vent the possible cancellaUon of con-
Pnninr nnmor M. Woodward roturn-
i nvnr tho Wichita Valley this morn
ing from Haskell whore hei sjrfent
Thursday with Rev. J. m. uass mu
O. W Staploton of Macon yeorgi
who aro holding a three weeks' revi
val at HaBkell
Ti.n mAHnfB ara attended by ckuv-
ch members of all denominations" wr
novce. J. W. Evans. J. T Loeson W. accompanied by nr mother wo ynn
n Tn a nnmnanv. MoDaVld Broa.. return this afternoon.
u ' . a nAMV. YI.4n. TVu I
nooda Company. A.'B. Watson Akl
Dry Goods Company ana T u. uannv
belL
At two o'clock this afternoon nho
ra imina had been 'sold in Abilene to
day and the prjoe run from I0;60 tol
10;80 according to the grade ' f j
ton Ii MUwator
ln AajuutlafaJ Praaa.
BAH ANTONIO BePt. 21-The Prfc-
hvtarlan Breed todfy electa Frank
N Drone of Coraleana Mwlwator.
tr.mii.iir THnrln was
iixuiiubu. .-- t- -
wire today from unaB. iu nuu.
of Chicago that W vaudeville attruc
tlonB inio future will bo oven bettor
than those of tho past
Sea 5;.:-;; sS j1-"zs ' it
' Ant Carry-aMs la Heastan
By Associated Press A
HOUSTON Sept. -22. Tfho declara-
tion of the management of the syn-
cata wbkjh operates street qarg not to
consider Una exteudoMn the jm
..ii.iaSM months led to at move of an-
igTcarry-aU lines which waa jnawgur-
ated.hetp today
was tiQ statement today by B. U.
Hopklus legal aaviaor in wmbw
of 'the Madoros.
Iord Cowdry ha wo bxcihbv "'
to drill for oil in national lands or
ii.i. f.a Af iha republic said .Hop
kins his concession prohibiting own-
era of properties rrpnvruuuu w "
w land -within certain distance 01
ppwdry'a "well This depflyes land.
owera of POiP- P w-
aue without gtv.ljrH wwwjttt'
tlon which m a vl?Iatto of tha Mbx.
lean constitution
cotton.
ting equally as fine results as m
iii.ni nt Ahllonn .When this meet"
l nlnono Yin will return tO GeOrCflU
LMr. Staploton and wife will stop off
In Ablleno en route nome-
im Baafkkr Died
It will be rewemtwred that Mr. Baa
waa called away from Abilene befoi-u
his meeting closed here on account of
the ittneaa C hta w wo fr mh
-i-.ut. MiUa. Tbe: little girl i"
prove Ptm Ut latbar Teturaed.to
Macon nw oi wMti? .-..-
return to Texas.
GROW WITHOUT. HtllGATJItlC
Car Ka. t Arriw '
Rlngllag Brother car Kii S at'iv-r
H ia Abilene on the boom Taxae aad
Paclfto train today.
Maaster meTTiff Ht T JZ -
lrrwTJinSi- 1 w5S5S. c.. . MIV
Ifeariy wee ra ialo anuwc tka ieUtora Jit'
. ilfTT...i.l i - tka kiumelu here oMtaAnm eerdy.
ter egg plant toiay grawn oa the J. 4 "W !!Ttff!S
F Bawphir farm ir Ol. wiat V iwR" ' ?? jjj
imt three mm M awaawe W aame afr wawtaa ietel Col.
LTL-jtliiiiiwifraaN. t .mmMmK'ummml
'And "Mr BMaui; aas i 9fo jmnm j -" w.w. T-T -r
last aa go4." aeW Dr HoHla Uer ohera
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