San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 131, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 11, 1915 Page: 5 of 16
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1915.
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NSURANCE BILL
measure reported out favor-
ably by a Majority of
10 to 6.
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Staff Sperial t The Express.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 10.—By u vote of
30 to H the House Committee on Insuiance
tonight reported the so-called Gibson bill
out with ;i r worn men dation that it be
passed, ■with amendments. Those voting
ir the affirmative were? McAskill, Cowan.
Wort ham, Strayhorn, Fuller, Keith. Bryant,
Campbell. Webber and Lane. Chairman
Orindstaff, one of tbe proponents of the
bill, was absent, as were four other mem-
bers of the committee. Those voting to
lcport the measure out adversely were:
Cope, MeKnight, Sullivan, Baker, of Scur-
ry, WaIters and Savage of Shelby.
Three of those voting for the favorable
report. Fuller, Keith and Bryant, reserved
the right to vote against the bill on the
floor of the House according to a report
cdming from the committee room. Cope,
cne of the leaders of the opposition, stated
that if these men had stuck to that side
of the question the bill must have re-
ceived an adverse report.
When the committee met behind closed
doors Cope moved that the bill be reported
back to the House with a recommendation
that it do not pass. McAskill offered as
a substitute a motion that the bill, to-
gether with the amendments offered last
Saturday night and one presented tonight,
be given n favorable report. The substi-
tute motion prevailed, 10 to ti. The amend-
ment offered tonight strikes out section 1,
which now reads:
"Section I -This act shall apply to each
and every life insurance company not or-
ganized under the laws of the State of
Texas, now or hereafter engaged in trans-
acting in Texas the business of life in-
surance upon any plan involving the
maintenance of a legal reserve."
An attempt to get the Tillotson insur-
ance bill, introduced in the House today
considered by the committee tonight failed
because the original could not be pro-
duced.
The proponents and opponents of the
Gibson bill have agreed to make it the
special order Wednesday morning at 10:.'40
o'clock. It is paid the latest noli of the
House shows a clear majority in favor of
the measure, which should mean that it
will pass that body before the end of the
week if pushed with anything like the
vigor that characterized the public hear-
ings lust week.
GOVERNOR IS GRATIFIED.
Governor Ferguson was very much grat-
ified tonight over the favorable action on
the measure and made the unquallfi-d pre-
diction that it would be passed by both
House and Senate with votes to spare. No
one, whether he be friendly or unfriendly
to the bill, is keeping his finger on the
pulse of growing sentiment as persistently
and consistently as the Chief Executive.
In the face of persistent rumor of an-
other session immediately following the
current one. Governor Ferguson tonight
authorized the statement that there posi
tively will be none. He snvs he expects
the general appropriation bills to be out
of the way by the end of the week or by
the first of next at the latest; also that
the insurance bill will have been passed
before the end of next week. That would
leava. nearly two weeks for the disposal of
other%ponding legislation and the consld
eration of such subjects as the (rovernor
may see his way open to submit mean
while. "When the thirty days' session
is up the legislators may as well be i ady
to go home," the Governor concluded, "for
I am not going to call them back."
The (Governor tonight expressed himself
as highly gratified over the engrossment
of the 1.000,000 rural school aid bill by
the vote of 05 to l.'t. He was gratified
also over the fact that the measure was
advanced virtually without material
change.
HOBBY TO BE GOVERNOR.
One reason for Ihe Governor's determi-
nation not to convoke the Legislature in
second called session is the fact tiiat he
has planned to take his family to the Pan-
ama-Pacific Exposition about June and
for sightseeing tour a month. He called
the present session for April 29 in order
that it would end In time for the Western
tour to begin the first week in June.
Lieutenant Governor W. P. Hobby is
ABOLISHMENT OF SIX MONTHS'
LIMIT TO NOTICE.OF CLAIMS
IS CLAIMED INJURIOUS.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 10.—Suit to set aside
an order of the Railroad Commission made
February 13. ID 15, requiring carriers to
not Insert in their bills of lading stipula-
tions requiring notices ol' claims for dam-
ages or loss of freight to be tiled within
less than six months, was filed today in
the Twenty-sixth District Court by the
(tWIf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Com-
pany and thirty other Texas railroads.
The petition alleges that the order of
the commission is void because the com-
mission as without authority to make it;
that there was no evidence to support it
and that it deprives the railroads of their
property without due process of law con-
trary to the * Constitution of the United
States.
The plaintiffs assert that, it is impos-
sible to investigate claims if not pre-
sented within a reasonable time after
damages occur, and that the order com-
plained of will lead to the collection of
exorbitant, unjust and fictitious claims.
The petition says in part:
"Correct business principles require a
prompt presentation of freight claims.
Under the application of such principles,
as geuerally observed and practiced by the
business world in this State, legitimate
claims of all kinds are presented without
unreasonable delay. The prompt presenta-
tion is for the public good, and a delay
in the presentation of claims works to .he
advantage of dishonest claimants, felici-
tates the collection of fraudulent claims
and mulcts the railroad in damages for
which they are not legally liable, and
which they in justice and reason ought not
to have to pay."
The petition further asserts that the
order is against the public policy of Texas
as shown by its statutes and the decisions
of the courts and is an attempt to set
aside the statute of Texas, which gives
railroads the right to place a provision in
bills of lading requiring notice of claim
for loss or damage to freight to be given
to carriers within thirty days, and is an
attempt by the commission to set aside a
statute enacted by the Legislature of
Texas.
The petition further alleges that to com-
ply with the order the railroads will have
to discard their present bills of lading
and print others at a large expense, and
will also be compelled to pay out large
sums for exorbitant or fictitious claims.
Tho court is asked to enjoin tho com-
mission from enforcing the order, and to
declare it void and set It aside.
laying his plans so as to Ik- ready to oc-
cupy the Governor's chair upon the de-
parture of the Chief Executive from the
State. Mr. Hobby is to be married May
15, and It is announced that "the wedding
will be solemnized at New Orleans The
bride-to-be is Miss Willie Cooper, daugh-
ter of former Congressman Cooper of
Beaumont. She now Is in New York City.
In preparation for the event, Mr. Hobby
will be leaving Austin in a day or two.
It is practically certain that general
highway legislation will be submitted
within the next few days. Governor Fer-
guson has a decided leaning toward this
subject and has told advocates of a high
way commission to get a majority of the
lawmakers of both branches committed to
their bill. A campaign with this In view
is to begin tomorrow. D. E. Colp of San
Antonio arrived today and other good
roads campaigners are coming tomor-
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MORE BODIES RECOVERED
Twenty-four Corpses of Flood Victims
Have Been Found.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 10.—The bodies of
Mrs. Stella Hallo, aged 2(3, and Harvey
King, 20 years old, victims of the Austin
flood, were recovered this afternoon, both
being found In the Colorado River near
Montopolls bridge, three miles below the
city. Twenty-four bodies of victims of
the flood have now been recovered and
Identified. Eight still are missing.
Below is a correct list of the flood
victims, which has been filed as a part
of the permanent records of the city:
Herbert, Clinton, Benzola, Leoia and
Irene Chambers (negroes), aged, In the
order named, 12, I), 5, 3 years, 13 months.
The bodies of the last two are still miss-
ing. They resided at 311^ East Nineteenth
Street.
Ella (Norwood) Clark (negro), aged 38.
Lived on Sabine Street between Ninth and
Tenth.
Be mice Clark, aged eight months, daugh-
ter of above.
Mrs. C. S. Ezell, 704 East Seveuth Street.
Body still missing.
Martha Virginia Ezell, aged 10.
Elbert M. Ezell, aged 8.
Shlnola Espiuoza, aged 36, East Avenue.
Mrs. Stella Hallo, aged 26, 703 East Sev-
enth Street.
Charles, Mike, Rosy, Tony and Victoria
Hallo, children of above, agps 10. 8, 4
and l^j years; all but Mike still missing.
(Jeorge F. Holmes, aged 72, South Aus-
tin.
Lloyd Hudlin (negro), aged 22, Thir-
teenth and Red River Streets.
Tom King, aged 00 or 71, 704 East Sev-
ern h Street.
Mrs. Lottie Kftg, his wife, aged 56.
Harvey King, their son, aged 20.
Minnie tClantont Johnson (negro), aged
30. 404 East Avenue.
Uenovova Munoz (or Lula RudoJfo), aged
21. near Travis Heights.
Minnie Norwood, aged 16, daughter of
Ella Clark.
Tom Qulnn, aged 26, .r»07 West 37*^ Street
(drowned in rescue work on Shoal Creek).
Charles R. Winkler, aged 60, 1K)7 Ruiz
Street.
Arthur O. Whittington Jr., T nlrendty
student, drowned in Bee Creek; body still
missing.
A. E. Young, aged 22, 003 Ruez Street.
Unidentified white child, 7 or 8 years
old, found near Columbus.
Anti-Pass Suits Discussed.
The Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex.. May 10.—The general at-
torneys of a number of Texas railroads
today conferred with Attorney General
Looney relative to setting the anti-pass
injunction suit recently filed by tbe At-
torney General against the railroads .of
Texas for an early hearing. While no
conclusion was reached, It was said that
the hearing would be set down for an
early date. Th"«c attending the conference
with the Attorney General were: E B
Terkins, Cotton Belt: H. S Garrett. Kan-
sas City, Mexico & Orient; H. M. Gar-
wood, Sunset-Central Lines; R. J. Boyle.
San Antonio & Aransas Pass; George
Thompson, Texas & Pacific; C. C. Hnff
Katy: Hiram Glass. General Managers' As-
sociation of Texas Uailrouds.
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SCBOOL BONDS PURCBASED
State Board of Education Buys All Se-
curities Offered for Sale.
The Express Austin Bureau.
Al'STlN. Tex., May 10.—Tbe Santr Board
of Education today at Its regular monthly
meeting bought every bond offered, aggre-
gating $140,000, and 50 per cent payment
was made on each issue. In addition to
this purchase of new bonds the iKurd paid
S8O.O80 on bonds previously purchased. The
new bonds purchased are:
Lockney Independent District, $7,300;
Ovilla. $.">00; IVarsall. $7,300; Somerville.
$12,000, Three Hirers. $10,000, Cameron
1'onntv School pi strict No. I. *70.000"
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Hidalgo
Charles Klein, Writer,
Lost on the Lusilania
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L. P. Peck's Store Closed
We're working day and night, getting everything
marked down in price and ready for this big
Hurry Out
Charles Klein, the well-known play-
wright, who was returning after .1* ten
days' business trip to his home in I ondon.
Although warned of the danger, he found
that his trip was imperative. Mr. Kltln
was distantly related to William H. HarrH,
who, with his wife, were lost «»n the Ti-
tanic. It was said at the offices of Mr.
Klein that he hud returned to ICngland
after conferring with Selwyn & Co. in New
York and delivering the manuscripts of
"Cousin Jane," "The Guilty Man" and
"Potash and Pulmutter in Society." Mr.
Klein had lived alternately ill New Yoife*
and In England since the war. lie staUe4
his career as a play read?r for Charles
Frohman, who was a fellow passenger on
the Lusitania.
STATE BUDGET IS
BEFORE THE SENATE
DEPARTMENTAL SECTION OF THE
GENERAL APPROPRIATION
BILL CONSIDERED.
Staff Special to The Express.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 10.—Consideration
of the departmental section of the general
appropriation bill was resumed by the
Senate Finance Committee early this after-
noon and continued until 0 o'clock. Con-
siderable work remains to be done before
the bill will be ready to report out.
The most Interesting development in to-
day's hearing was the speech made by
Senator Clark in opposition to allowing
the budget of the State Fire Insurance
Commission. In line with a bill Introduced
by him In the regular session to abolish
the commission, he was strongly in favor
of cutting out the appropriation alto-
gether
The State Fire Insurance Commission
submitted iin itemized budget totaling
$100,000 for each of the next two fiscal
years. Tbe committee trimmed thlg down
nearly $11,000. The following items were
not allowed:
One chief fire prevention inspector, $2,-
400; two special fire Inspectors, $1,N00
each; six clerks at a salary of $1,200 each,
reduced to four; one assistant mailing and
supplemental clerk, $000; subscriptions to
magazines and periodicals. $160; contingent
expenses, reduced from $200 to $100. The
committee cut out and afterward restored
ail item of $500 a year for office rent of
deputies at Dallas, Houston and San An-
tonio on motion of Senator Bee.
The budget of the department as agreed
upon follows:
For the Fiscal Year
Ending August 81
1910. 1017
Salary of chairman $500
Salaries of two member* of
the State Fire Insurance
Commission at $2,500 each
Salary of chief clerk and
actuary
Salary of assistant chief
clerk
Salary of chief rate clerk. .
Salaries of three rate clerks
at $1,800 each
Salaries of three assistant
rate clerks at $1,500 each.
Salaries of five inspectors at
$1,500 each
Salary of one chief engineer
Salaries of two engineers at
$1,800 each
Salary of one assistant en
gineer, electrical
Salaries of three special fire
Inspectors at $1,500 each. .
Salary of one statistical
clerk
Salaries of four clerks at
$1,200 each
Salary of one tabulator ....
Salaries ?»f four stenographers
at $1,200 each 4.800
Salary of one mailing and
Hipplement clerk
Salary of one night watch
wntchnHan
Salary of one watchman for
Sundays and holidays ....
Salary of one porter
Traveling expenses of the two
members of the commission
and employes
Postage and box rent
Telephone, telegraph and ex-
press
Maps and blue prints
All necessary expenses for
fire Investigations
Ice and lights
Stationery and printing .. .
Hurniture and fixtures
Office rent for employes of
State Fire Insurance Com-
mission stationed at Pal-
las. Houston and San Au
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ably on the resolution It would become
the duty of the Governor to issue his
proclamation submitting the question to
be voted oil at an election to be held
November 2 of this rear.
Salad Case to Go to Jury.
Ti f Kxpreaa An.tlll Bureau.
AI"STIN. Tn., May 10.—Attorney Pnt
Ncff of Waco, rpprowntifig Comptroller
Terrell in the "punch and chicken salad
ease." today appeared in the Fifty-third
District Court here and naked for a Jury
in that case Judge Calhoun placed Ihe
case on the Jury docket for next Monday.
Onions Profitable at Adkins.
W. C. McElwee of Adkins yesterday sent
to the office of The Express several splen-
did specimens of Bermuda onions that
prove the productiveness of the product
in Bexar County. The onions averaged
six inches in diameter and were of superior
quality.
Informer Satisfied With Cell Life.
ROME. May 1 (Correspondence of the
Associated Press).—The Archbishop of
Milan, Cardinal Ferrari, who once a year
visits the prison of that town and cele-
brates mass in the presence of the pris
oners, found among them this year <}en-
naro Abhatemagglo, the notorious inform-
er in the famous trial which took place
at Viterbo in 1B11 of the supposed mur-
derers of the Camorrlst, Gennnro Cuocolo,
and his wife, at Naples in 1WW.
Abbatemaggio is still serving a lerm
of thirteen years for burglary, to which
he was condemned before the Cuocolo trial
began and which, It Is said, that he is in
no hurry to see finished, as his former
Camorrlst associates have sworn to do
him to death when he conies out in re-
venge for his having betrayed them to
the authorities. George B. McClellan, the
former Mayor of New York, in some im-
pressions he wrote at the time of the Cuo-
colo trial, described Abbatciuaggio us "a
handsome little fellow, in appearance a
traditional Italian tenor," and said that
"though born In the gutter, with hardly
any education, he is a born orator with a
remarkable choice of language." On the
occasion of the archbishop's visit to tin
Milan-He prison Abhatemagglo asked per-
mission to speak to the venerable eccles-
iastic and improvised a most touching ad-
dress of devotion in his own name and
that cf Ills fellow-prisoners, describing
their emotion at the words of peace they
had heard from the archbishop, and, re-
ferring to the present war, called all tho
combatants his "brothers," paying an elo-
quent tribute to the "many young lives
dally sacrificed as victims to duty."
One of the most remarkable facts con-
nected with the Cuocolo trial was the high
level of Intelligence and oratory of the
Neapolitan criminals who were tried for
ng
batemaggio was perhaps the most fluent
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T<tfal J100000 *11*1.(100
Another department considered today
was that of the Fish. Game and Oyster
Commissioner. Til dealt liber-
allv with It jpon the allowing made by
Chief Depntv Gondfellow. According to
the records of the office the collections for
tiie first three months of the present ad-
i ministration -February. March and April —
| amounted to $17,3T.7 This sum was mif
Helent to pay all salaries and expenses
snd convert to tho State Treasury
It developed at the hearing that in the
cloning days of tbe last administration
$40,000 that had been accumulated and
placed to the credit of tbe Fish, dame and
Oyster Commissioner fund was arbitrarily
transferred to the general revenue fund,
leaving virtually nothing for the sucre^d-
iug administration to begin business with.
CONVENTION BILL FAVORED
New Constitution Is Unanimously En-
dorsed by Upper House.
Staff SpeHal to Tbe Express.
ACSTl.N. Tex., May 10.—By unanimous
vote this afternoon the Senate Committee
on Constitutional Amen.taints made a
favorable report on Senator M<Nealus*
concurrent Resolution providing for the
'-ailinr of a constitutional convention to
write a new organic law for Texas. Sen-
timent in the Senate seems to be mrb
more favorable to the proposition than was
tbe .-aee last winter when practically the
identical resolution was introduced.
In case tbe Legislature sliuuld act faver-
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