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DAILY BULLETIN
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BJ10WNW00D TEXAS TUESDAY JUNE 10 1!14.
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SEVEN MEN BURNED TO DEAIH IN
DEPARTMENT HOUSE FIRE TODAY
KIGHTI PERSONS TRAPPED IN
BURNIXG BUILDING AND UN-
ABLE TO ESCAPE
TWENTY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Firemen Could Aid Those In Peril
Only by Spreading: Blankets to
Catch Junipers.
Mirford "Mass.. June 16. Seven men
were burned to death and twenty se-
riously injured when eighty persons
were trapped in a burning Armenian
lodging house here early today.
The dead were taken from the up.
per floors of the four and a half
story brick and wooden building. The
fire started In the dining hall andjar-v- in addition to th.s n was aueg -
spread rapidly over the building. jd that the company owes a million
which was formerly a shoe factory I dollars which it is unable to pay.
and its timbers were soaked witn
oils.
The crazed Inmates fled wildly in
every direction in an attempt to save
their lives. The firemen could not
enter the building and coHld only aid
.
the occupants by spreading blankets
and attempting to catch them as they
jamped from the .upper floors.
PYRIS BUILDINGS FALL
. AS RESULT OF STORM
Paris 'France June 16. 'More build
ings which were undermined by yes-
terday's storm collapsed here today.
The official death list today is eight j
but there are atnny missing The enj
tire city is without gas. water or elec-
tricity and there is ho fire protec-
tion GREEKS MASSACRED
BY TURKISH FORGES
One Hundred Greeks Including
Priest 'and Children Killed
by Armed Xen.
Athens Greece June 16. Greek
refugees from Asia Minor today
brought reports of the massacre by
the Turks of -one hundred Greeks in
cluding a number of priests old men
and children in Phokia. twenty miles
nonnwesi oi amyrna. !
An official report says that a horde j
of armed men looted and then burn-'
ed the town and that the Turkish '
police assisted them in their depre-
dations. A number of dead bodies
were thrown In the wells.
Thirtyjflght hundred refugees have
ra . bed Salonika. Many of them are
wounded and all are starving.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT VERA
CRUZ ARE TO BE REWARDED
President Wilson Orders Promotion
of Enlisted Jlen and Admiral
Fletcher
Washington .June 16. Conspicuous
bravery and heroism upon the part of
1" bluejackets and marines together
with Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher
attendant to the land!ng and occupa-
t.m of Vera Cruz are to be rewarded
by President Wilson who through the
secretary of the navy has issued in
structions that the former shall be
recognized by official commendation
in a letter from Secretary Daniels
bringing word in most cases of med-
als sratu!ties or promotions and that
the latter snttll be advanced at an
early date to the command of the At-
lantic fleet considered among naval
officers as a signal distinction.
A general order has been Issued
awarding a medal of honor and a gra-
tuity of $100 to eleven enlisted men
for extraordinary heroism and forty-
two officers and fifty-three enlisted
men have been addressed letters of
commendation. In each case the rec-
ognition carries with it promotion to
the next higher rank In the service.
In connection with the early promo-
tion of Admiral Fletcher the naval
secretary cites a recent statement of
the president made to the Annapolis
graduating class In connection with
his services 'in the Mexican waters
setting forth the officer has grown
bigger In his estimation every day he
has been In charge of the Vera Cruz
detachment.
T. & B. V.
RAILROAD
GEIS RECEIVERSHIP
Road Defaulted on Interest Payment
and Was Insolvent; J. IV. Rob-
bins is Receiver
Datlas. June 16. The Trinity and
Brazos Valley railroad went into re-
ceivership today.
The Old Colony Trust company of:
Boston made the petition as trustee
for the bond holders. It was alleged
that the company is insolvent and had
defaulted on bonds amounting to $S-
760000 the interest on which should
i navebeen we is. ot last janu-
f J- nuuu-1J6. iwlucul auu o-u"
I y n . U .1 i
. iii iuautSw- ui we ryuu a ai.w.n -
ea receiver ine proceedings were
friendly. The Trinity & Brazos Val -
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ley roau is uue ul uie mam uausjiut-
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'. Texas and connects Dallas Ft. Worth
: Houston and Galveston
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WITH LITTLE DONE
iiueria Denies tht Senator Tomie ts
His Personal Representative .
in Washington.
Niagara Falls June 16. The eon.
ferences of the mediators continued
' today. Senor Rabasca. announced that
tHuerta has denied that former Cnited
i States Senator Towne is represent-'
. ing him in Washington.
The Brazilian ambassador asked the
United States to secure the release of
Luis Terrazas. who was put In the
penitentiary by the constitutionalists.
There seems to be a. deadlock in the
mediation conference over the. ques-
tion of selecting the provisional gov-
ernment of Mexico. The attitude of
the United States is that there can be
no peace in .Mexico unless the warring
facUons are brought to terms and the
proceedings are being conducted with
Ms end in view
.
PRESIDENT WILSON THINKS
TRUST LEGISLATION WILL
BE PASSED BY CONGRESS
t Washington June 10. The Presi-
dent is hopeful today that the admin-
istration trust legislation program
j will be completed so that congress
may adjourn by the end of July. His
optimism resulted from conferences
(with leaders alst night and this
morning.
i lie rresmeni ioiuks uiai a Kepuu-
Hcan filibuster is improbable.
Al'TO CRASHES I"TO
ISTERUKBAX EXPRESS.
Fort Worth. June 16 Abel Fralin.
16 of Boyd Texas was burned about
the face when his automobile crash- t
ed into a Dallas-bound interurban '
express car The automobile- immed- j
lately caught fire.
PURE FOOD DEPARTMENT
OF STATE WILL INSPECT
PUBLIC SLAUGHTER PENS
Austin. June 16 n aircressive.
campaign against unsanitary slaugh-
ter peng Jn cUeg Qf the
State is to be waged according to an.
nouncement by the pure Tood depart-
mcnL j
Inspectors will be detailed to inspect
the slaughter pens at Dallas San An-
tonio Fort Worth Galveston Houston
and other points In the State. Where
the pens don't come up to the sani-
tary requirements complaints are like-
ly to be filed against the owners.
PRICE OF CRUDE OIL
DROPS FIVE CENTS
Pittsburgh June 16. The price of
crude oil was reduced five cents per
barrel" toda.y Oil men here say the
present price of '$1.75 :1b the bottom
Price.' . .
MEDIATION
PROHIBITIONIST KIDNAPED. -
Chicago June 16. The police
are searching today for the Rev-
erend Louis R. Patmont a prohi-
4- bition worker whose friends be-
& lieve that he has been kidnaped
by his enemies. Patmont claim-
ed that he was kidnaped on
March 31st during a local option 4-4-
campaign but that he escaped
after an imprisonment of two
months. ffe had been working
in the interest of prohibition
here for several days but sud-.-denly
disappeared last night.
SOAKING fll ALL
OVER BROWN COUNTY
More Than Two Indies and a Half
Fell Here and Surrounding Ter-
ritory is Soaked.
A g00d soaking raIn .ftlj in nrown.
1 WOod aiuI a over this 3ection of
' Texas last night bringing a sigh of
I relief from the farmers and reviving
hope for bumper .crops. A heavv rain
; wa nm neetled. but the last f.nv 1a is
of 8unshIne Jmd caused lne 3rfaCe 0f
:the - groum t0 be6om0 hard and d
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anri Th r?rin ...nft ;.
was
needed. The rain guage showed 2.4G
inches in Brownwood and the sur-
rounding country reports about the
same amount.
All iorts of growing crops ;wili be
zre.it ly benefited by tbe rain. Mcsi
! of the grain has been harvested ana is
in suh' shape that but very little dam
age will result to it from the rain.
j . ' General Over County
j - The report from over the county
as furnished the Bulletin by the Wst
Texas Telephone company indicates
j-that'the rain has been general all ov
er this section of the State. The re-
port In detail follows: Good rains at.
BangSi Ballinger 'Burkett Brady.
Blanket. Byrds. Comanche Coleman
Chaped Hill Dublin. Elkins. Fort
Worth Goldthwalte Holder. Indian
Creek Lampasas Lometa Mer-
cury. Mullen. May Rising Star. Rich
land Springs Rochelle. .San Saba
Santa Anna San Angelo Thrifty
Winchell Zephyr; showers at Waco.
The Western Union reports good
rains at Dallas Abilene Waxahachle.
Corsicana and other points in north
and central Texas.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon Pecan
Bayou was slightly more than half
bank full and was rising rather rapidly.
CONDENSED TEXAS NEWS ITEMS
Pros Mln Cottle County
Padutah. Tex. By a majority of al.l
most two to one. prohibition carried in !
Cottle county according to returns
rr-om the election Saturday when the
question was voted upon.
Children found in Care
San Angelo Tex Two children re-
orted ost in th? Kmg Mountain
In iInfnn nnntv noar uinni hnv
oeen lounu nuaaied togetner m a
been found huddled together in
cave' by a cowl' according to' in-
formation received here. They were
llniost starved.
T
Katy .Hen Back to Work
Denison Tex. Over two hundred
-aiechanics answered the call of the
whistle in the large Katy shops here
jftlonday. Retrenchment orders were
'Issued in January and but few men
A'ere retained to keep up running re-
pairs on locomotives.
Waco Filter Plant Accepted
fnAM rn nn -
"aL"' oiiowins a Uiorougfc
insiection by Hydraulic Engineer N.
Werenskioitl of Dallas the new fll-
"rtUU" 1"at 1118 oeen accepted
U was bu5It n accordance with plans
pared by Mr: Werenskiold and the
t 1 I . .
cost - ncltidlng some of the mains
leading from the plant was about
300'000-
.
ero Prhoncr EscaI)ef'
- FL Worth' Tx--A negro being tak-
Cn from HntsvI1!e 1'cnitcntlary to Ft.
(Worth by Deputy Sheriff Braney
Finch jumped from a moving train
near Longview and escaped. The
nejgro was handcuffed and was being
brought here for identification in con.
nection with the burglary of $500
worth of property from the home of
W. H. 'Ingalls May 28.
IN
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H. P. TAYLOR PROTESTS AGAINST
J. F. CARTWRIGHTS NAME
BEING ACCEPTED.
LAWYERS PRESENTMENTS
County Executive Committee An-
nounced Charges Made Against
Candidates of the County.
The Brown County Democratic
Kxecutive Committee met yesterday
to receive applications of candidates
for places on the tickets and to trans
act other business preparatory to the
coming primary in July. There were
about a dozen of the committeemen
present at the meeting with county
chairman J. H Groye presiding.
Considerable time was spent by the
inminitloo ii Imprint nrfriiiiiont nf.i
W M
CONIES
... s . i what is to come before the body be-
attorneys regarding -the protest of t. .
H. P. Taylor who opposed the placing
of. the name of J. F. Cartwright of
Blanket on the ticket as a candidate
for Ihe legislature. The basis of the
protest was the fact that Cartwright
had filed application with the county
chairman on June 3rd whereas the
law requires that snch applications
by filed not Inter than the first Mon
day iu June which was June 1st.
-Each side to the controversy was
represented by attorneys E. J. Miller i
pleading for Mr. Cartwright while j
the opposition was represented by j
Scott & Foster. A ruling from the)
Attorney General was finally receiv-
ed by wire. In which the contention
of Mr. Taylor was sustained and fol-
lowing the receipt of this telegram
the committee refused to place Mr.
Cartwright's name on the ticket.
A committee was appointed to meet
the second Monday in July and pre-
pare the official ballot as follows:
Messrs. B. G. Sweet. H. M. Boyer
H. L. Allcorn Arch Grinnan and C.
V. Harris.
The arrangement of the names on
the ticket was determined by draw-
ing -the names of the various candi-
dates from a hat and the allotment
of fees made for the various of-
fices. It is estimated that the cost
of the election will be $250 and to
meet this expense the following fees
will be charged the candidates:
District attorney one candidate $1;
(Continued on Page Two)
$ Memorial Fund
.Greenville Tex Trinity Method.
ist-church of Dallas contributed $1.
000 to the Ruby Kendriek memorial
fund of $2f)00 which was quickly rals-1
ed at the closinc session of the Xorth
t . .Jteen month period ending
Texas Epworth. League conference.
Is to be used for the. erection of a
memorial to Miss Ruby Kendriek of
Piano who died 'hlle serving as a
missionary in Korea.
Jfnny Bond Issnes Filed
Austin. Tex An ususual number
of bond issues for various purposes
mostly public improvements have
been coming to the attorney general's
department for approval during the
last few weeks. Public untlllty plants
In many of the small towns are being
enlarged and improved and new ones
established.
Boy Hit by Intemrhaii
rilllsboro. Tex. Troy Moore em-
ployed by a local drug store was run
over Hear Jesse by an interurban car.
his left hand being severed at the
wrist the back of his head gashed
and left foot crushed. He will re-
cover. The boy claims that he was
trying to flag the car which failed
to stop striking and knocking him
down. He had gone to Jesse to deliv-
er medicine.
Mother See Child Killed
Terrell Tex. The mother was- a
powerless witness to a railroad acci-
dent two miles south of Quinlan Sur.
day when a Texas 'Midland passenger
train' struck and Instantly killed the.
6-year.old son of Mr. and 'Mrs. J. A.
Roberts. The 'childj. t(he home of
whose parents is near the railroad
right of way had attempted to cross
the track when the train turned
around a sharp curve unnoticed.
SUFFRAGETTES FEARED.
London June 16. Unprece-
dented precautions a re being
taken to guard the royalty at
the opening of the Oscot racing "
season today. Police lined the &
4- roads and thousands of extra
men are at the race tracks.
Triple railings are used to '
guard thq stock and prevent the
& militants reaching the animals.
& A number of alarm guns have.
$ been placed in position around
the stands. Among the fashion-
ables present is Col. House of
Texas.
TO REPORT TONIGHT
Council Committee to Investigate
Local Gas Business Will Prob-
ably .Make Statement
The City Council meets tonight in
regular. session. It is not known Just
1 sides the regular business matters
but it is thought that the committee
appointed some time ago to make an
investigation of the local gas busi-
ness will be ready to make report.
This committee has been at work for
two months or more and was appoint
ed for the purpose of hearing "kicks"
of gas consumers with the ultimate
object of finding whether the meters
of the company are correct whether
it Is gas or air that Is charged for
and whether the charges are made
according to meter readings.
Aldermen- Terry Churchill and
Hoskinson were appointed on this
committee and gas consumers were
requested to make complaints either
personally or in writing to them. It
understood mat tneir report win
bo to the effect that few complaints
were made anu mat alter investiga
tion it was found that a majority of
the complaints' were without suffic-
ient grounds It is found that fn
many cases where consumers com-
plained of excessive gas bills at the
end of the month they had simply
used more gas than they believed
they were using. The committee re-
port will doubtless touch this point.
The Texas Power & Light com-
pany manufacturers of the gas .in-
vited the investigation and has giv-
en every assistance to the committee.
Independently however Local Man-
ager Murphey has -prepared statistics
showing the average consumption for
each of fifteen months. This stat
ment shows- that of 3330 consumers
the--average bill was from $1.00 to
$1.40 for 101 consumers; from $1.49
(o $2.S0 for 12S consumers; 56 con-
sumers averaged between 2.94 and
$4.20 per month and 24 consumers
averaged between $434 and $5.60 per
month. The remaining 21 consumers
had bills runnjng from $o75 to $33.2."
l)or month- This statement shows
that over 300 consumers averaged
Ioss than Per mont-h for the fif
March
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1914.
All the meters of the company were
also tested and only 14" were found
to be 3 per cent fast while 18 -were
found to be 3 per cent slow. Each'
month a sample of the gas was sent
to Austin Tor analysis and was
found to be of the standard heating
power. The company has presented
all these facts to the Council com-
mittee and the committee will doubt-
less use them as a part of its" con
clusions in the investigations.
BOARD OF PHARMACY AND
STATE PHARMACISTS IN
CONVENTION AT EL PASO
El Paso Tx.. June 16. For the
first time in the history of the two
organizations the Texas 'Pharmaceuti-
cal association and the State board ot
Pharmacy met fn annual session In
the same town when the pharmacists
convened this morning. The State
board began its examination of appli-
cants for licenses yesterday.
Numerous papers of scientific Inter
est will be read at the business ses-
sions of the association and. diver-
sion will be furnished at other times
by a bull fight In Juarez a Mexican
supper and rides over the nearby bat-
tlegrounds. On June 18 the visitors will be the
guests of the Drug Travelers' asso-
ciation of Texas on an excursion to
INVESTIGATORS
Cloudcroft N. M.
BOWDEN STORE
IS BURGLARIZED
TWO COLTS PISTOLS AND A NUM-
BER OF CARTRIDGES TAKEN".
FROX SHOW CASE
GOOD WATCH WAS NOT WANTED'
Barglars Wasted Only Pistols aai
Cartridges aad Left Otter
Valuables Untouched
Burglars who evidently knew what
they wanted entered the store of W.
C. Bowden on East Broadway last
night and took two .38 calibre Colts
pistols and a number of cartridges
and then retired from the building.
Entrance to the store was effected
through the front door. The putty
around the glass of the door was re-
moved and a section of the glass cut
out. Jt was then an easy matter
to place a hand inside and unfasten
the door if one knew how. The door
was left open after the burglary.
The show case in which the pistols
were kept had a combination lock on
It that was not In working- order and
to open the case it was necessary to
spring the doors open. This was done
very neatly and without damage to
the case. The pistols were kept near
a case containing forty-five cartridges
and a good watch. The burglars re-
moved the cartridges and left the
watch' as well as several other things
ha the case among them two or three
watch charms worth several dollars
each. In fact nothing seems to have
oeen touched except the pistols and
cartridges though several other ar.
Ucleg W(Jre Jn eagy reacfl
Mr. Bowden has notified the offi-
cers and a search is being made for
the burglars. Last Saturday there
were two young men in the store
wanting to trade for the plstol3 but
after remaining there some time and
examining the guns they left. It may
be that they took careful notice of the
method of opening the show cases and
the fastening on the door and re-
turned during the rain of last night
when the streets were deserted and
effected the trade which they tried
in vain to negotiate Saturday. A
light was left burning in the store
all night and considerable nerve was
required to enter the store under the
circumstances.
RATTLE RAGING IN
Bluejackets From International fleet
Are Guarding Foreign Legations
and Royal Palace..
Durazzo Albania June 16. A heavy
artillery duel wnj resumed this morn-
ing between the Insurgent Mussul-
mon and the troops of Prince Wil-
liam. Bluejacic?s from the interna-
tional feet have erected barricades
around the palace and the foref.nl
legations. Austrian sh'ps have goo
to Scutari to bring reinforcements
for Prince William's men.
The insurgents are demanding a
Mussulman ruler.
HOMING PIGEONS IN"
LONG DISTANCE RACE.
Mobile Ala. .Time 16. Twenty-
nfne pedigreed homing pige'ons for the
racing pigeon club of Paterson. N'. J.
were released from the roof of an of-
fice building here to fly back to Pat-
erson. DESTRUCTIVE BOMB IS
FOUND IN CONSULATE.
Xew York June 16. A bomb said
by the police to be highly destruc
tive was found m the building occu-
pied by the Italian consulate and the
Italian Savings bank. Recently an
attempt was made to set the building
on fire.
SOUGHT TO INFLUENCE
NICARAGJfAN ELECTIONS
Washington June 16. Senator
Smith of Michigan today introduced
a resolution charging that the United
States kept a force of marines In
Nicaragua to influence the recent elec-
tions and that the state department
has been working in the interest of
KINGDOM
American bankers.
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