San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 337, Ed. 1 Monday, December 2, 1912 Page: 3 of 12
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1912.
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IE OF REFUGEE
QUAKE'S SURVIVOR, AT CITY OF
MEXICO, AVERS HUNDREDS
ARE STARVING.
SEVERAL MORE PRETTY SAN ANTONIO TYPISTS WHO
HAVE ENTERED POPULAR PRIZE-WINNING CONTEST
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Staff Special to The Express.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. l.-When
everyone in this city was tumbled out
of bed at eighteen minutes past 7 o'clock
on the morning of November 19 it was to
realize that the capital had been shaken
by the most severe earthquake for many
years, albeit not the most destructive
one. The earthquake of two years ago
—early in the day that Francisco I. Ma-
dero made his triumphal entry into the
capital—knocked down more buildings
and had a much longer death roll, but
the shock of November 19 was much
more severe, according to the scientists.
Only one man was killed in this city,
he was leaning against an adobe
wall which fell on him and crushed him,
but within fifty miles of the capital the
town of Acambay, in the state of Mexico,
was so terribly shaken that not a single
house remained standing. Acambay is, or
was', a town of a little more than 2,000
inhabitants; today it has a. few hundred
of starving, sick and disheartened per-
sons within its boundaries and the tales
of suffering and horror which are coin-
in;; l'rom Acambay are horrible.
The number of those killed there by the
earthquake has not been fully determined,
but the lowest estimate is that 300 met
'i'1 ii death, and undoubtedly scores have
perished since and many more are doomed
to dir. At least 200 perished when tlie
Catholic Church in the town fell upon
them while they were at mass. A hun-
dred others were killed by falling build-
ings.
It is of those who escaped death that
tlx* tales of horror come. Ever since
that day of destruction the survivors
have been living in a hell whose torments
are increasing hour by hour,
TERRIBLE STORY BY REFUGEE.
A few men have managed to escape
from the place and one or two have made
their way to this city and related the
story. It is one of these who gives the
description of the catastrophe.
"When I escaped from the town of
Acambay the place had become a great
charnel house. That was three days ago.
What the conditions are there now I hate
to try to think, for I know that they must
have grown steadily worse. When T say
that I escaped I meant it literally, for
the place is surrounded by bandits who
call themselves rebels, but they are really
human vultures, veritable Jackals and
hyenas. They have drawn a dead line
around the ruins of the town where all
is death or living misery and they do not
permit anyone to leave it.
"When I left there was little or no
food and the people were dying of starva-
tion. Scores nad been terribly injured by
falling walls which had crushed them and
not one had received any medical atten-
tion, for then' was not a doctor left alive
in the town and none had reached them.
The Red Cross and White Cross doctors
and nurses, who left the capital to go to
the relief of Acambay were not permit-
ted to pass the lines of bandits and, in
like manner, no provisions had neen al-
lowed to get to the stricken place. The
bandits took the provisions themselves
and let the sufferers in Acambay die for
want of them.
"The earthquake dried up all tlie wells
and springs In and around Acambay and
the only water to be had was from one
or two stagnant pools, reeking with filth
end disease germs. This the poor people
had to drink, and although they boiled it,
it was not much better after that than
before.
"A few good residents from some of the
nearby villages managed to bring a little
help at night to those of the stricken
town, but it was slight.
BANDITS FI IjLAGK STRICKEN TOWN
"The only outriders I saw were the ban-
dits who came in and went prowling
about the ruins, seeking anything of value
which they could carry away. Ruthlessly
they stole what poor thing of any value
were left to those who had lost their
homes and loved ones. They picked over
the ruins of the houses and stores like
scavengers picking over the heaps of
refuse of a city, deaf to the moanings
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Today we are showing the last group
of contestants for the prize offered the
prettiest stenographer in San Antonio by
The Express. The contest closes this
morning at 10 o'clock and no pictures
will be accepted after that hour.
All pictures that have come in since
Sunday morning will be given considera-
tion, hut will not be publisher!, as we
publish the prize winners Tuesday morn-
ing. The young ladies who are judged
the prettiest in San Antonio, and as
pretty as Miss Alice Claire Elliott, the
pretty stenographer in the play, "Get-
IUch-Quick VY'allingford," which comes
to the Grand Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, will be entertained at the
Tuesday night performance of the play,
as announced last night by the manage-
ment of the Grand opera house, not to-
night, as previously announced.
On account of the many pretty pic-
tures received and the difficulty in decid-
ing which is the prettiest, four boxes in-
stead of one will be given to the winners.
The first prize will be six box seats, a
pair of opera glasses, candy, flowers and
the use of an automobile to and from the
theater. The second, third and fourth
prizes will be six box seats for each win-
ner, and the next five young ladies will
receive two seats each in the orchestra.
The young ladies whose photos appear
today are:
Miss Ivillan Biggs, with the Guarantee
Shoe Company; Miss lllie Rossy, with
the National Grocer Company; Miss
Stella Dun lap, with the Southwestern
Telephone and Telegraph Company; Miss
Cleotildt .1. iienavides, with the South-
western Bee Company; Miss Francis
All 'ii, with the Equitable Life Insurance
Company; Miss Anita Crowley, with II.
K. Dickinson & Co.; Miss Grace Cole,
with American Wholesale Reciprocal
Inter-Insurance and Merchants' Recipro-
cal Inter-Insurance; Miss Nellie Butts,
with Woo;! Printing Company.
run FftMQ'S f\utn
rows a. ptjffe
'At/si acor/ice bihav/ocs
of the sick and injured and offering
only bestial insults 10 the bereaved
women."
Since the first shock that Tuesday
morning more thah one hundred havo
been recorded, but none of a violent
nature. The scientists say that the center
of the disturbance, the epieentrum, is lo-
cated with! na few miles of Acambay and
that sooner or later other great earth-
quakes will shake up that district—fifty
miles from this city.
Since the earthquake one of the lulls be-
tween Acambay and El Oro has shown
signs of developing into a volcano, sul-
phurous vapors pouring from fissures in
it. and great rocks have been tumbled
from Its sides.
Police Arrest Two Men and Get SI,083
Worth of Diamonds Stolen at
Corpus Christi.
Detectives Miller, Shirar and Mussey
have made what is regarded as a most
important cutcli and at the same tlnio
Invalid Men and Women
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"In coughs and hoarseness caused by
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caused by irritation and congestion of the
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arising from sudden colds, nor must it be
expected to cure consumption in its ad-
vanced stages—no medicine will do that—
but for all the obstinate, chronic coughs,
which, [if neglected, or badly treated, lead
up to consumption, it is the best medicine
that can be taken."
Sold in tablet or liquid form by all
principal dealers in medicines, or
send fifty one-cent stamps
for trial package of tablets.
To find out more about the above mentioned dis-
eases and all about the body in health and disease,
get the Common Sense Medical Adviser—the Peo-
ple's Schoolmaster in Medicine—revised and up-to-
date book of 1,008 pages. Cloth-bound, sent post-
paid on receipt of 3! cents in one-cent stamps to
pay cost of wrapping and mailing only. Address:
Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
recovered diamonds stolen ;it Corpus
< lirlsti valued at $1,083. Two men, one
a negro and tLie other a Mexican, are
held ;it the city Jail in connection with
the theft. One was taken into custody
last Friday and his pal was brought in
last night. One of them made a state-
ment ii criminating himself ,according to
Hit detectives, and implicating the other.
The Sheriff is expected here from Cor-
pus Christi today to remove them to
Nueces County, where formal charges have
been preferred.
The valuables consisted of two stones,
rne valued at $483 and the other at $0UO.
the property of C. E. Frank "f Corpus
Christi. one of the stones w is in an
Ivu.vptian ring setting and the other in a
Tiffany. The latter had been removed
from its setting. Each of the suspects
wag i'i possession of one of the stolen
gems win n arrested. Last nlfclit tlie stones
were positively identified by .1. Dornfield,
a Corpus Christi Jeweler, who sold tlicm
to Mr. Frank. Mr Dornfield came to the
city in response to a message from the
police department, and brought with him
the original bill of sale for the gems,
together with their weight, color and
ether particulars.
Mr. Frank, who is a shoe merchant of
Corpus christi, purchased the stones of
Mr. Den.field about four mom lis ago, and
had then* set in rings. IJo wore the rings
I ut seldom and was accustomed to keep
them in the safe at his store. About three
monrhs ago the rings disappeared, and
caieful and long-continued search revealed
no trace of them.
Last Thursday morning the two men un-
der arrest arrived in Han Antonio from
Corpus Christi. On Friday the diamonds
were offered for sale at small jewelry
stores ami pawn shops in this city, and
the police department was notified. The
price asked for the .*4*.'! stoao was $150,
while the $ONO sparkler w;i> offered for
$UOO. one of the suspects was quickly
picked up. but the other -.aded arrest
milII Ij.st night. The Corpus Christi au-
thorities were notified Immediately after
the arrest of Ihe first man and word
came I nek that a diamond robbery oc-
curred there about three mouths ago.
INDIANS WANT $17,000#dii
Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes Will
Ask Congress for Kolicf.
ARPMORE, Okla , Dpi-. 1 -Steps have
boon taken here which the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indian nations hope will
eventually induce the Government to dis-
tribute among the members of those
tribes $17,000,000 derived from the sale of
their lands in Western Oklahoma, and
which fend the Government holds. Reso-
lutions were adopted at a meeting of 200
leaders of both nations urging the dis-
tribution of the money and asking Con-
gress to enact such legislation as will no
longer make the tribes wards of the Gov-
ernment. Governor Johnson was appoint-
ed to present the resolutions and will ap-
pear as counsel.
"HUMAN BOMB'S" TRIAL DEC. 4
I.os Angeles Court Aitpoinls Attorney
to Defend Riedelhach.
l.OS ANGEL.E8, Cal., Dec. l.-The trial
of Carl Riedelhach, who threatened to
dynamite the police station and its occu-
pants, has been set for December 4 by
.Indce Willis of the criminal department
of the Superior Court. Hledelbach, who
previously had declared lie was capable
of conducting his own case," told Judge
Willis that he had neither an attorney
nor the money to employ one. so the
cuurt appointed one to defend him.
Miss ANITA CKOWLKY.
MISS t.St.M'K <'01.1
A Proposition
You Ought
to Get Into
In a world where there
are so many propositions
one should leave alone,
it is a pleasure to submit
one which every man can
get into with profit.
The proposition in ques-
tion is Washer Suits—
Suits that have stood the
test of more than 28 years'
clothes-selling in Texas—
And we're selling more
of them every year.
It isn't likely that men would
eome to us year after year for
their clothes if they didn't get
more for their money here
than other stores can offer.
Please remember this for your-
self, and come to us for your
next suit.
| Come in today, right up tr
6:30. But this morning if
you can! We'll hare more
leisure to serve you.
Suits
$15 to $4(1
mstirn
(irand IahIvo and '.rand Royal \rch
Chapter Open Their Week's Ses-
sions in Waco Today.
Rpeciul Telegram to The Txprpss.
\\A<'0, Tex., Dec. 1.—The ad vane»
pi rd of the Masonic grand lodge end
Grand Royal Arch chapter of Texas ar-
rived in Waco today for the meetings
week of tlcse two organizations. Aimng
the arrivals today were George VV. Ty-
ler of Helton, past grand master; K. H.
F 'vnn of Midland, past grand high pn st;
W A Scott of Kloresvllle. excellent
grand scribe; O. \\ . Glasscock of Beau-
niorf excellent grand king; Frank New-
son i of Kunge, thrice illustrious grand
custer of the grand council, r I,
nrirof Rig Springs, grand high prient,
lias been here a week preparing important
data for his address
Crand Master Ham P. Cochran of D>*,1-
U has not arrived, but Is expected rany
tomorrow The San Antonio delegation
s expected on the early morning tra ns
tcrrorrow. Everything is in readiness tor
the opening sessions.
TW O MORE VICE CI.IOI E H1LI.S
Portland (Ore.) Grand Jury Also Ab-
solves Y. M. C. A. in Scandal.
PORTLAND, Ore., Pec. 1—The grand
Jury, wl.ich has been investigating the
operations of an alleged vice clique
among men in this city, yesterday re-
turned two additional indictments. The
grand Jury investigated reports that tha
Young Men's Christian Association was
Involved !n the scandal, and in that con-
nection returned the following:
We find, after an exhaustive Investi-
gation into the alleged Young M« n's
Christian Association scandal, complete
vindication of the officers and manage-
ment 9t the institution"
Kockport's New Pastor Installed.
Special Telegrnm t<> The Express.
ROCK POUT, Tex., Doc. 1.—Rev. R, K
Hardin was installed pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church today by a commit-
tee appointed by the Presbytery of West-
ern Texas, at Its meeting in San Antonio
In September. The committee consisted
of Rev. Henry Austin of Corpus Christi,
Rev, .J. B. Hudson of Victoria and Rul-
ing: Elder O. C. Mcl.eod of Aransas Pass.
Rev. Mr. Austin presided and preached
the installation sermon. Rev. Mr. Hud-
son pave the charges to the pastor, and
Elder MeLeod gave the charges to the
people. A song service was conducted
under the direction of the organist, Mrs.
M. N. Mat his.
Board Suspends Express Order.
WASHINGTON, P. G\, Dec. l.-The In-
terstate Commerce Commission has tem-
porarily suspended Its recent order, re-
quiring express companies to give ship-
pers the most direct normal routes, In
order that the companies may have more
time to comply with tha commission*
orders. %
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