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SAN ANIONIC) bXPRESS THURSDAY MURNINCi, NUVtMBfcK JO, 1916.
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b„> The hvpreni rubllslitag Comp—fj
Till
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uu-ioil In lite IWetltce at Sen Autoulo,
Texas, as Second-class Matlcr.
FonutON bTsiness oVficKs
blessings that have been showered | and Slidell episode, was also (though
upon us. It is a time for feasting, but secondarily) based upon the right of
likewise, it is a time for broadened , diplomatic officers to make their way
sympathies and high resolves. There j to their posts in neutral countries
is both a human and a spiritual side without molestation. Doubtless; but
to the proper observance of Thanks-1 this fact is scarcely likely to correct
Building New j s'v'nf! Day. We should be thankful J the exasperating and unique contre-
! (hat the country is at peace and free | temps between Washington and Lon-
'"ohMutoii Building *l'louIs11m'»- P,a8uc and disaster; we should be don concerning Austria-Hungry's new
thankful that we have passed safely i representative to this country. For it
through the crises of the year now j the historic precedent in point was
drawing to a close and that our har- | primarily directed to the inviolate sta-
vests have been bountiful, but pros- tus of a neutral's flag in wartime, we
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;mu1i Street, lirlskili Hotel BuUdlug. Old
; i tone lsss. .
Traveling Agents—K. J .:*ea;1
lllauser, U. C. Stevens, J. 1'- ^ V»
I Austin Business Office- ! es#pfc Hoftuian,
Ui Ea»l Sixth Street, DrisUU Hotel Bldf.
- oia phone IStsS.
Tl.K.MS 01 SIBSIKIPIION
• By carrier-
Daily, 1 month
.Daily, U u.olltln
.Daily, 1- uiouths
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OUR TIME OF
THANKSGIVING
It Imposes Upon Us, as a Grateful
People, the Performance of a
Duty Well in Advance of Christ-
mas.
THANKSGIVING
I
Lord God of Ho*tg,
for nil thy gift* we render grateful
limine.
Throughout our coasts
Thy blessings have been strewn abun-
dantly.
No nut Ion boasts
Of merries oft renewed throughout the
year-
Lorrl (toil of IIoMtn—
With eura, In their abundance, can com-
pare. (
VVT 1IK.V the Pilgrims, that bund of j
" sturdy - iouled men and women j JehoYfth j f,en
whose blood, coming down through their i Thy great nature, so thy gifts have
N'«s England posterity has so enriclit4 our I bf tt.
perity should not make us proud and * ;re thoroughly enlightened as to Bri-1 National life, hud had the opportunity to | Ea<-li day hath seen,
, j ' lull* » hn l»n,l....41 Hi.. tk. -.TV I 1
haughty as we compare our lot witn | tain's utter disregard of such prompt-
: Semi Weekly, ti months ••••
- Sunday Edition, by mail, tt months,
> il; 1- months *"uu
j By mail
'Daily, 1 mouth ' 'J
JlJaili, ti months....
'Daily, 1- uiouths
i.Semi-Weekly, 1- mouths
that of others upon whom the afflic-
tions of war and devastation have beer.
visited. Rather should their unfor-
tunate lot appeal to our sympathies
and invoke our aid in succor.
We have so much to be thankful for
that our thankfulness should make us
generous and charitable and there is I "piotested" subjects of enemy govern-
4.:5 no way in which our gratitude can ments!
ings of law, consistency and courtes'
when we recall how officers of her
cruisers ana of French warsh'ps in-
vaded American ships under the Stars
and Stripes — American territory — a
year or so ago, off Porto Rico, Chin-i
test the productive quality of the soil of
Ibis new laud, they unpointed a day for
thanksgiving. They decided that they
would cease their activities and devote the
daj in ottering thanks to Almighty God
fur lils harvests and his general goodness
In the colony. Next day, work went on
as before; no one was' seriously incon-
venienced.
This year Americans were justly divided
In mind as to whether our annual observ-
ance of Thanksgiving Hay should, by
and the Philippines, and removed the ""n,s^u*sV<»"''n!i'v pr"b?.1JrM
s.uu
mber 2J or Novem-
ber 30. It seems to be ihe general im-
pression that the formula for the selec-
tion of the date of Thanksgiving Hay,
More wonderful. Thy gifts so lavish
strewn
That we have been
Forgetful, oft, from whence our mercies
came.
Jehovah, lean
Thine ear. For all we bless Thy holy
name.
5 The postage rates for mailing The Ex-
' press are us follows:
a to 14 pages.. .01 52 to t»4 pages.. .04
,10 to pages.. .02 1)4 to Ti pages.. .Do
Hlli lllK.Ji OK TEXAS—CKNSLS 1M0
t.A.\
1 Dallas
J Houston 'Je™
'Fort Worth
1(JU i show itself so acceptable to the throne
of grace as in considerateness for our
fellow mortals.
CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO
ADVERTISERS
SUCH STUF# AS CHEEKS ARE
MADE FOR.
MUCH DEPENDS ON THE
CONSUMER.
Via Vi'ashington: "If the Chemung
' • tried to escape or carried contraband
' she was subject to the rules of naval
warfare, which gives a belligerent the
right to sink such ship after the saf-
\ ety of the passengers and crew has
been provided for."
Just so; and this speculative, speedy
assurance that there will be no fuss
tetween Washington and Vienna be-
cause ihe hitter's submarine destroyed
an American-registered vessel off the
Spanish coast, Tuesday, is much ap-
preciated; though we doubt that, de-
spite the still unsettled ease of the
outraged American ship Petrolite, there
survives any American expectancy of
any trouble from any such case or
class of cases! "How use doth breed
an habit in a man!"
But be there diplomatic discussion
or not, and whether the Chemung be
proved properly or wrongfully a vic-
tim of Austrian naval operations, we
still are privileged to think warmly
about her master, Captain John 1.
Duffy, who resisted an order to lower
the Stars and Stripes and, "although
angry at the action of the submarine
commander, had some measure of sat-
isfaction in seeing«the flag at the
masthead as the waves finally en-
gulfed his ship."
Consumers throughout the countrv
have beco'ne aroused over the exac-
tions of food distribution and are urg-
ing measutes which will corfduce to
the lowering of prices on the necessi-
ties of life.
Producers are not held responsibl;
for the prevailing high prices, nor are
the retailers, for the latter have indi-
cated a purpose to work out a plan
of co-operation with consumers to cir-
cumvent the speculators.
Legislation to prevent the locking
up and hoarding of foodstuffs is pro-
posed and will be attempted in several
of the States and cities, and meas-
ures looking to the elimination of the
middleman by a closer relation of the
producer and consumer are under con-
sideration and may eventually be made
effective. In the meanwhile it has
been seriously proposed to apply th.-
boycott through a little self-denial on
the part of consumers who will engage
to do without certain high-priced foods
or at least to reduce their consumption
of them io the lowest possible frac-
tion until the cost is reduced to some-
thing like a reasonable level. Nearly
everybody wants a turkey for Thanks-
giving and for Christmas dinner, but
a turkey dinner is not absolutely es-
sential to nealth or happiness. Per-
haps there would be more satisfaction
in sitting down to a dinner at which
something else than turkey was the
piece de resistance if a principle were
involved that smacked of independ-
ence.
Nearly everybody is fond of egg3,
Our Father's God!
For gifts of peace and plenty thanks we
give.
Thy kindly rod.
Outstretched, hath guided and supported
us
While we have trod
The dev'ons, treach'rous ways through
The vev.tinn nf Hininmatic Wash- I w,1'ch Is wholly a matter of the President's j which we've come.
ine vexation ot diplomatic wasn (,.Uol,.(, ,,X(.el)t he |n b(. ,)uun(1 0nr Father's (iod
l»y tradition, is simply t<> name the last j Our thanks to Thee from high and hum
Thursday in November. Throughout New I hie home.
Kugland, where the custom originated, it. —Frederick Abbott.
is tiuite generally held that Thanksgiving
Day should be the last Thursday in the THANKSGIVING.
month. In this, howevev, authorities | For what and to whom should I fcive
differ.
Washington, the first President, pro
claimed Thursday, November -tf, 17K0, as
Thanksgiving Itay, and from time to lime
in our early history as a Nation our I'res
ideuts have issued similar proclamations
ou various dates, the preference seeming
to run to Thursday as the day. The real
establishment of Thanksgiving Hay, how
ever, seems to have sprung from the a<*-
I believe there is a criminal conspiracy I *J011.9' President Lincoln who, in 18tW
TEXAS GIVEN 4,472,494 IN ESTI-
MATE MADE BY.UNCLE
SAM'S AGENTS.
By AMoeiotprf Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. M.—popula-
tion estimates of each of the United States
for January 1, fU17, as determined by the
Bureau of the Census which based Its cal-
culations upon the Increase as shown by
the Federal censuses of 11100 and 1010, have
Just been announced as follows:
102.8M.aon
2,846.273
WU.lKlll
i,7r>p o;w
2,(Wl,*tH
Anti-Tuberculosis Fund Is ({rowing.
More Than $250 Subscribed Yes-
terday—Citizens Approve.
The Ited Cross Christinas seals for the
benefit of the anil tuberculosis fund aril
popular. More tiuiii two hundred and fifty
dollars was subscribed yesterday.
Subscriptions follow:
St. Anthony Hotel
Alamo National Hank....
Maverick-Clarke I.ltho Co
Mall stamp sale
$ o0.no
10.lt!)
..TOO
180.110
ington in Count von Tarnow's case '5
warrantable enough, but we must still
marvel—in the face of the brand-new
precendent-breaking herein cited—that
to diplomatic Washington such an af-
front should be an unqualified "sur-
prise."
l "
MR. SPEAKER!
to raise the price of certain articles of
food, ft would seem there ought to 1*
some way to reach the conspiracy through
the law. In olden times, in England, the
man who conspired t«> bo st food prices
was called a "regrater," and the people
proclniined the fourth Thursday in No-
vember as Thanksgiving I>ay. I *ntl 1 now,
every President folowed his example.
Usually the fourth Thursday in Novem-
ber is also the last Thursday in the
month; but this year November has five
Thursdays. Over this fact has arisen an
i V !? , . a| . , h, .linS |J Uolu'^ difference of opinion as to whether
led the offender around to the blatksmitlF tradition and custom require the observ
shop and nailed his ears to the door.
lion. Champ Clark.
And in present times, in England
and Germany and France, men who
conspire to "boost" food prices and
men who hoard, secrete and extort in
their practices as sellers of food, are
objects of a most solicitous law and
ance uf tho day ou November 23 or No
vein her ;»0.
Retail merchants, to whom the time fol-
lowing Thanksgiving Day has a peculiar
significance, due to the concentration of
the public's demands for Christmas gift
merchandise within the brief space or a
few weeks, were quick to see that, if the
President shpuld proclaim November 30 as
Thanksgiving Day, there would remain
but twenty business days in which the
_ great volume of holiday shopping would
. . . | have to be transacted. The choosing of
prisoners of most sedulous enforcers . November 23 would give siv more days
Their ears are nnt ner- i""1 w.0ULd u"'u" a corresponding lighten
are not per | tll|{ (lf ttl(, Btra|n on th(> |lum(,r, lament
in their organizations. Some business men
thereupon began a movement to petition
of that la <v
forated, but their persons are confined
and their hoards are put on the market
at honest prices. Behold what neces-
sity hath wrought with the free in-
stitutions of a republic and a consti-
tutional monarchy! But does Speaker
Clark presume to imply that in the
new order of our own free institutions,
so superior to those of Germany and
England and France, "personal liber-
ty" is not to be protected above and
beyond the public weal, even in such
a case of conflict of the greatest greed
of a few with the greatest good of the
greatest number? This is most ex-
traordinary, and alarming in the ex-
treme!
This is such stuff as cheers should
be made for, such maritime courage 1 especially for breakfast, and eggs en-
and honor as deserve cheers. On the ter largely into the preparation of
part of navigators from the much-
plagued neutral countries, whose com-
merce and even whose ensigns have
been little more than pawns in the
others' war game since the latter
, months of 1914, little enough such ex-
cuse for cheering has been offered. If
it were not for the example of Captain
Duffy, and for that now somewhat ob-
scure story of how a Swedish gunboat
commander cleared for action and sent
his craft between a German warship
and a British st»amer in Swedish ter-
ritorial waters, we might be at a loss
lor inspiring material illustrative of
the courage of neutrals' convictions
that their cause is just and that their
right should be respected.
Washington, again: "The case ap-
pears to be similar to the destruc-
tion of the American ships William
P. Frye and Leelanlaw, both carrying
contraband, damages for which are to
be awarded by diplomatic negotia-
tions."
One or more of our patriotic socie-
ties may care to remember that Cap-
tain John I. Duffy is scarcely likely
to come in for any of that "award."
One or more of our flag-revering Con-
gressmen may care to reflect that the
Government of the United States has
ordered medals struck for conduct of
much lesser laud to the country than
that of the Chemung's master.
nearly all tables delicacies, but excel-
lent menus can be prepared without
more eggs than are absolutely neces-
sary to the composition of certain
dishes in which the proportion of eggs
is very small. It is not necessary that
we should do without eggs entirely in
order to force down the price and em-
barrass the spesulator, but we could
so reduce the consumption of them as
Rule, Germania! Germania rule the
(air) waves. Raid excitement every
Briton craves!
l'reildent Wilson to select the earlier date,
but the general attitude was expressed In
something llki- the following composite:
"To ask the president to fix the date of
Thanksgiving for the benefit of business
would be too mercenary. Let us not In
terfere with u National Institution. If
ve a 1
It may be that onr fondest hopes.
Have not In full been realized;
That lie. In mercy, hath withheld,
Some longed for good most
prized.
we are to have a Thanksgiving Day ob
servauce, let us make It a day entirely
apart from any sordid considerations and
on whatever day seems most fitting to the
Chief Executive,"
This attitude will be viewed with no
surprise by those who are close enough to
feel the pulse of rade and to know that
the American business iflan's heart beats
right. American business is now estab-
lished upon a high plane of service and
the days when opportunism played Its
greatest part have gone.
At the same time, there Is i. other side
to the matter—the side of hundreds of I T,,e I'®"1 of l,fe has mingled
thousands of human beings who labor In I Oo,,d and evil, yet all ranks
mills and factories, on the railroads and blessings share,
thanks
On the day we rail "Thaiik»givlng"?
For the sun and skies, the moon and stars,
For life In the world I'm living —
I thank God.
For the breath I breathe and the winds
that blow,
For what I believe and for what I know;
For trees of the forest and birds of the
air.
For flowers that bloom so fragrant and
fair—
I thank God.
For the friends I have and the friends
I've had,
For the days gone by when I was a lad;
For»tbe thoughts I think aud the dreams
I dream.
For this Thanksgiving—this lionr su-
preme—
I thank God.
For peace In the nation which gave m«
blrtb,
For a soul which knows both sorrow
and mirth;
For the hope that Europe's great war will
cease,
For my dream of a world of love and
peace—
I thank God.
I would this thought might weave its way
Where poet's Hioughts have woven long;
Anil other souls with me this day
Shall look to God in prayer and song.
—J. HartmaA Oswald.
Laredo, Tex.
THANKSGIVING.
Thank Ood for all His loving care
And kindness through the year Just
passed;
Ask a continuance of Mis love,
Ami all your cares before Him cast.
highly
I do remember now that He
Allowed the bool weevil to remain.
But health and strength are better gifts
And these are oars—thank God again.
other transportation systems of our land,
and In Ihe retail stores. To all of these
the weeks preceding Christmas have be-
come as a nightmare. This Is not the
side of sordid profit making: It Is the
Ide of humanity - hiimaulty which, from
Therefore to Him give thanks.
—M. J. Holcombe.
>t the Confederacy, will hold Its annual
Continental United Stales
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Ilelaware
District of Columbia
Florida
ileurgia
Miilio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
l/jtiisiaua
Maine '.
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
.Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Now Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North llakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
.South Carolina
South Dakoha
Tennessee
Texas
Ttah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
OUTLYING POSSESSIONS
Alaska
*(iuain
Hawaii
tl'anama Canal Zone
Philippine Islands '.
Porto Rico
'Samoa
Total $285,110
Mauy letters commending the plan to uld
the sufferers from tuberculosis were re-
ceived by Mrs. K. S. Parsons, supervisor of
the public health nurses. "These seals are
worth " cents each to me; I enclosa
wrote K. J. MeChesney.
Mayor Iirown: "The movement to sell
Ited Cross Christmas seals for the asslst-
075,1W | ance of indigent tuberculosis cases is a
l.SM.KM | most worthy one ami lius my hearty sup-
214,270 ! port. I think the ladles engaged in this
291.031 work should he highly commended and
"S«'u5q the public should enter into the spirit
.L.'u?, of charity at Christmas time bj
commended and
to the spirit
by liberally
purchasing these seals."
Anron Frank; "I enclose check for $5.
"> "•>'4771 ' ' wls'1 .vn" Pvpl'.v success iu this work."
! 840.70" ! Rev. C. Wesley Webdeli, pastor Travis
a^Si'i.Hc.ii j Park Methodist church; "Enclosed pleasn
430.sst
6,108.112(11
2,820,1*4
1^048.012 ' find check for $1. 1 am glad to help you
774]oi I '■ help others. Yours is a very worthy cause."
1,808,240 | Peter lloebel: "linelpsed find check for
3,747.WW I $2. Send me 100 more Christmas seals.
2,074,WW 1 'pills is the kind of work I approve."
2.2011,1124
1,004,122 1
8,420.1
41H1.21
I"'."-' - >„ | -
I SPECIAL OFFICER IS SHOT
Ike Halfin Wounded in Left Hip and
Arm—Shotgun With Bird Shot
Used—Suspect Arrested.
108,786
m.UM
2, DA1.105
10.30U.778
2.418,550
752,200
5.181.220
2.245,9»'.8
848,800
8.MH.029
020.090
1,084,140 .
707.740 Ike lUlfln. a special officer, residing nt
2.21m.aio the corner of Rpfugtn and Labor Stroets,
4,472.404 was 8bot last uight at 7:0fi o'clock. Oft'l- 4
488,974 j cers arrested a negro and began a aeareh A
odSJ for a 8PCon,l suspect. A single-barrel 12-
f'HrSrn faKe Shotgun was the weapon used, and a
i mm ion ^oa(l blrdshot took effect In tho left
?'.« ! kidney and left arm of llalfln. lift
WH* taken to the City Hospital by Motor
' Cycle Officer J. B. Banks. His injuries
04,873 ! 8r(* not considered serious.
12^800 Halfin. it in said, wan in his back yard
317,000 j preparing to feed his horse when someonn
81.048 i appeared at the fence, raised a gun, fired
8,979,999 ; one shot and ran. From the description
1,223,9*1
7.420
|Tot«l T'nlted States 113,809,285
•Knumeration by Governor, 1018.
fPolice census, 1910.
{Includes 45,128 persona In military and natal
asrviot stationed abroad.
JEFF rail WED
Houston CongreRsman-st-I^arRe Will
Marry Galveston (iirl After
Thirteen-Year Courtship.
given by Halfin of Ills assailant, together
with the Information that two negroes had
threatened to kill him, one man was ar
rested. A shotgun was found In a yard
adjoining the llalfln home by Officers Al-
bert Kour and Proudfoot, who later ar- v
rested a negro at a dafiee hall. *
Police at Sea on
Mysterious Shooting
The poliee are still at sea oil the shooting
nf T. w. Hopper, ,'17 years old, a telegraph
operator, Kuston, N. M„ iu the rear of a
saloon on College Street Tuesday night.
The police arrested but released three of
four men seeu with Hopper lust before
the saloon closed. Hopper was shot through
the head. An operation was performed at
the City Hospital at p. m. yesterday.
Several hours afterward Hopper still wasy
under the influence of eiher. Physicians '
think the operation will he successful.
Hopper told the police yesterday that lie
did not know who shot liirn, A pistol with
liaiubers full was found near lilni. Thirty
. Isfoe! .
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 28<— Trlends of
Jeff McLemore, Congressman at Large from
Texas, announce his coming marriage to
Miss May Clark of Galveston. The date cartridges wore In one of his pockets, tlop-
set Is December 'i~. Mr. McLemore was per declared that he had never carried
not In the city at the time of the announce- a pistol.
meut, leaving Friday for Washington to
lie present at the opening of Congress. Miss
Clark Is a daughter of the Into Captain
TWO -UT01 ((IM.II)K.
Any way of substituting the Che-
mung's Captain Duffy for some cruis-
er's bluffy captain?
For the second time in eighteen
years — but with sharp variation —
Spain has witnessed proof that "om-
Flag was still there."
No sooner does the wire mention
"Chemung" than Washington mur-
to make a considerable difference in murs "Frye, Leelanlaw, Petrolite." Pre-
the high oost of living while the spec-
ulator has the egg market in his grasp,
i hat is one way in which the con-
sumer can materially aid the crusade
against high prices and if the con-
sumer is not willing to make some
personal sacrifice in that behalf it will
be difficult for legislation to help him
very much.
POWERLESS PRECEDENT.
cedents are such comforts!
Alas for the future rest of school-
boys of Bucharest if some local gen-
ius shall produce a poem of "Macken-
sen Twenty Miles Away!"
"Train plows into crowd and five
are dead." |This is a case not only
live and learn, but learn to live. For
both train and crowd were on the
track!
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The custom of observing the last
Thursday of November as a day of
feasting and thanksgiving has the
sanction of the governing authorities,
both National and State, of the
churches and of the people generally
and is now universally recognized
throughout the country.
Originally a harvest festival, follow-
ing ihe harvest season, and a time for
family reunions when members of
families nnd kinsfolk gathered from
afar off to spend a day, or longer, in
social intercourse and in jointly giving
thanks to the Supreme Ruler for the
blessings enjoyed, #the observance of
the day-hai taken a wide range, in-
cluding athletic sports and various en-
tertainments, but the original purpose
of the observance has not been lost
sight of.
Besides being a day of thanksgiving
this is a day of reflection and of
prayerful consideration of our duties
as well u of the mer-
been shown ue and the
<i obligations,
i tlttt *nv bi
The British Foreign Office's refusal
of a safe conduct to Ambassador von
Tarnow in his journey from Vienna to
Washington, puts into the mouths nf
officials in the American capital such
comment as "unprecedented" and "the
expected bearing of the Mason and
Slidell case" in obviation of such an
amazing attitude by the diplomatic
government in London.
Mason and Slidell, commissioners
for the Southern Confederacy, were
removed by a Union naval commander
from under the protection of the Brit-
ish ensign on the ship Trent; "and
the fact is recognized that in its pro-
test the British government was main-
ly concerned" with its flag's status of
sanctuary, wherefore the United States
repudiated the action of its naval of-
ficer.
But why recall the precedent of the
Confederate commissioners, or any
other, in rebuke or resentment of the
British government's inconsistency?
If solemn treities, covenants and dec-
larations of right between and among
nations have lost all binding force and
respect—vide England's repudiation
of the Declaration of London, her vio-
lence to the postal arrangements and
her lawlessly varied dominance of neu-
tral commercial intercourse — why
should diplomatic precedent be expect-
ed to retain the least vestige of power
to restrain abuses of custom, specific
pledges, international law and the
time-honored exchanges of government
courtesies ?
Washington, it ia taid, considers
that ih» British protest In the Mim
A dollar a dozen for egg« is a St.
Paul prediction. When it come to
that the people of St. Paul may find a
substitute for eggs, though it may not
be something equally as good.
experience, dreads the mad' toll anil cou I 1,1 this city next week, Mrs. A.
- W. Houston, president of Harnard E, llee
Chapter, will call the meeting to order.
A communication froin Miss Katie Duffan,
State Secretary, requests that all dele-
gates be In their seats promptly at the
beginning of Ihe meeting.
♦ ♦ ♦
The San Antonio Brewing Association
paid Into the District Court at Austin the
sum of $1,500, the amount of the con-
fessed Judgment agreed upon In the com
promise. The suit for penalty, as origi-
nally brought by the County Attorney of
Travis County and the Attorney (Jeiieral
of the State, amounted to over $3,000,000.
» « 4
At a meeting of the executive committee
fusion of the shortened shopping period
and would have lifted voices of fervent
gratitude for the extra week which the
selection of an earlier date would have
brought.
The American public always spend all,
and more than all, it can afford iu Ihe
pre-Chrlstmas season. It Is not. then, a
question of a greater business by having
more time after Thanksgiving, biit rather
of taking the Inevitably great business
with as little strain and discomfort Io
the public and the great ariuy of workers
as Is necessary.
Every one of us mav well keep In mind
two though* for November .10: First, earn-
est thankfulness for ti.e Inestimable ad-
Jaiues Claiii, a dredging contractor, anil
resides in Galveston with her mother. It
Is said the approaching marriage will lie
the culmination of thirteen yeart' court-
ship.
CHARLES TBArBK IS FKKKD. (
nrlglit
-Machines
vantages now enjoyed liv Ihe American Progress Club, attended by Messrs.
f (,» Kdwlu Chamberlain, A. W, Houston, J. N.
people; but, second, til the Interest of
inanity, the thought of easing the strain
which the nearness of Christmas places
upon many thousands of hard working
men and women. To them, It will be a
blessed Thanksgiving if we resolve "to
shop early."
O-
WHAT EXPRESS FILES
TELL OF YEARS AGO
Thirty-five Years Ago Toilav—1881.
Several new street 'crossings are to be
put down on Commerce Street.
♦ ♦ *
K. J. Walker, the barber, yesterday aold
out to Mr. Ilowskl. Walker goes to Wash-
ington territory.
♦ ♦ ♦
A party of Kngllsh Immigrants arrived
here seeking location in this territory
♦ ♦ ♦
Oeorge II. Kalteyer rejoices over his
prospects of getting the contract to fur-
nish cement for the foundation of Ihe
new state Capitol. The specifications re:
quire Texas cement of 350 teusional power.
♦ ♦ ♦
Adolf Schmidt yesterday shipped a car-
load of hides to Pennsylvania. A few
Hrowu, Fred Cook, , L. J. Hart, H. H.
Illldebrand, George R. Hines, ,T. E. Wil-
liams, E. H. Jenkins, C. S. Austin and
C. A. CJoeth, a large number of nen^ mem-
bers were admitted. Letters from other
cities of the State were read by the chair-
man highly endorsing the progressive
movement, and Indicating the Intention to
organize similar clubs.
♦ ♦ ♦
Work on the foundation of the Sunset
passenger depot ia progressing rapidly,
and the contractors expect to have it fin-
ished by the middle of December.
♦ ♦ ♦
Houston has begun an ant,1 spitting cru
sade. San Antonio has had such an ordl
nance for years, but It has not always
been vigorously enforced.
♦ ♦ *
It is said the President's message, which
will be transmitted to Congress on Mon-
day or Tuesday, will be one of the long-
est on record, pr bably 30,000 words.
♦ ♦ «
Army officers are generally In favor of
the post canteen as an aid to the preser-
vation of discipline, ar, 1 are generally In
favor of a repeal of the antl canteen law
passed by tbe last Congress, but they are
not hopeful of securing such repeal at
the coning session.
♦ ♦
The proposed plan of a railway from
Paris to New York contemplates the tun
nellng of Rehrlng Strait, and a member
Lights Blind Drivers.
Smashed.
Blinded by the dazzling glare of bright,
headlights, two automobiles, one driven by
P. Metsger of Floresvllle and occupied by
Mrs. P Metzger, her baby, a nurse and
Mrs. Meyer, and another In which .lack
■— Wright and Franklin Mitchell, driver, were
Nashville Attorney Who shot Hi\ill Ac- , in, collided last night on the Southtou
qnitted by Jury. , Itoad about 10:30 o clock.
By Associated Press. ; .lack Wright was taken to the Pbysi
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. 2fl.--Charles 1 clans and Surgeons Hospital by Alfred
C. Trabue, who has been on trial here to nSTSnffi
since October 31, charged with the murder serlotiK. Minor bruises about the hands
of Harry tf. Stokes, was today asauitted nnd fa«*e were received by Mitchell. Oc
of the charge, in the Davidson County eupants of the other cur continued on to
Criminal Court. The courtroom was Floresville, none of them holnc hurt much,
crowded at the time the verdict was ; Each car Is said to have been on the v
brought in, shortly after lt:80 o'clock, but right-band side of the road, but due to \
there was no demonstration. The case was bright glare thrown by the lights the driv
given to the Jury this morning by Judge ors were blinded, which resulted in the
A. K Nelll, after an exhaustive charge accident, It is said. The autos were slight-
on the various degrees of homicide, the |y damaged.
law of «eif defence and tbe thaorles of,
the State and the defense. The Jury re j FATHER WINN RETURN A IIO>TE
ceived the case at 10:00 and reached a verdict i
of ucquittal an hour and twenty-three min- lie Attended the <>nt« nnln1 Celebration of
nt«a Sfttaf. Founding of Oblate Fithin,
The tragedy occurred on April 2fi last, j Kev. James If. Quinn. 0. M. I., pastor
Trabue, one of the most prominent lawyers 1 of St. Mary's Church, lias returned from
in Nashville, went to Stokes' private of Washington, where he attended the cen-
fIce, he said on the witness stand, seeking tennial anniversary of the founding of the
from Stokes a signed retraction for In Oblate Fathers. A feature of the celebra
suiting tliiogs said about him. lie claimed tloti was the dedication of the Oblate Fa-
that he was attacked by Stokes and fired thers' new #".00.000 college. This instltu-
in self-defense. Stokes was killed in tion, located near the Catholic I'niverslty, %
stantly. At the time the two lawyers were is for the education of priests lor the Order »
engaged in a suit growing out of the
city hall scandal, which developed in the
summer of 1P1.\ Stokes had oeen press
lug the suit vigorously and had achieved
a reputation of State-wide proportions. In
November last Trabue entered the ca*e
>f oblate Fathers to take the missionary
field.
< ardinal Gibbons officiated at the dedica
tlon ceremony aud more than one hun
dred and fifty dignitaries of the church
from all parts of the United States and
Canada attended the two days' celebration
as special counsel f«*r the city. There had
been previously ill feHing between ihe \ and reunion of Oblates,
two ami the hearing- ?he litigation be
fore the special master iu chancery In-
creased this feeling.
Speaker Cham Clark believes in the
existence of a conspiracy to "boost"
food prices. So many people are see-
ing so much of the same smoke that
they are willing to take someone's
word for the fire.
S5.5AWS3 »S (B 5T»
A contemporary remarks that it
matters vitally who organizes the low-
er house of Congress, because one of
its great indoor sports at the opening
of a new session is unseating mem-
bers of the opposition party. That may
be and possibly is true of some re-
mote Congresses, but let us hope it
will not oe true of this one, no mat-
ter which party controls. Let the peo-
ple rule.
Dr. Wiley says that old age is sim-
ply a matter of decomposition and
that chemistry will find a way to stop
this decay of the tissues. This does
not mean that we are to escape death
any more surely than we now do, but
simply, as we lake it, that people will
not grow bald and blind and tooth-
less n<tf rheumatic nor feeble because
of age. Chemistry will find a way to
enable thtm to preserve their youth-
fulness to the end. But if chemistry
can do this why should there be sn
m4*
l.aglu Tans,
♦
Farmer, on tlie Calaveras easl of the
city are preparing their fields for the
spring planting. They will plant very
little small grain, as the community Is
composed principally of Mexicun farmers
and the crop will be mostly corn ami cot-
ton.
♦ ♦ ♦
Moses Velth, who Is now engaged with
Hus Mueller In merchandising In Uvalde,
s.'ivs thai new settlers are pouring Into
'hat county more rapidly than ever aud
arc establishing ranches and farms. H. A.
Hates has begun running an omnibus from
the depot to the town.
♦ ♦ ♦
John W. Thompson, an old Han Antonio
boy and a practical printer, has become
line of the editors ami proprietors of the
lialveston Journal of Commerce,
♦ ♦ ♦
The New York Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals lias offered a re-
ward of SiiO for the conviction of any per
sons whir fight dogs or cocks, or shoot
birds for wagers.
♦ ♦ ♦
liverv pupil applying for admission to
the public schools of Illinois on and after
January 1, must present certificate of
successful vaccination, signed by a re^i
utable physician,
♦ ♦ ♦
Austin There are not n few persons
here wliu view with alarm the large,
moneyed corporations which are being
formed for the purpose of controlling the
lumber Interests of Texas! it U though
that I lie tendency will be to force suiall
dealers out of business and place not only
the milling and handling of lumber In the
hands of a few rich, but even give them
entire control of the unfelled forests, thus
Insuring a great advance In and contlnu
ons high pnee of lumber.
...
London—It Is believed, as the outcome
of recent legislation, a petition will be
presented to Lord llurtlngton to urge the
government to favor sn extension of cot-
ton growing 111 Kgypt so as to lessen de-
pendence on the American crop.
Fifteen Years Ago Today—ISO!.
Tha Texaa Division, United I)aught«ra
things the plan Js feasible, Is to make a
personal Investlffttlon neit month. A tun-
nel under the sea wonld be easier, It Is
thought, than the mooted bridge by which
to connect the two continents.
♦ ♦ ♦
H. C. Thurston of Mount Vernon. Te*.,
who was the tallest man In Ihe Confed-
erate Army, la still living He la 7 feet
7Vj inches in height, anil although a good
mark for sharpshooters, he was wounded
only once during the war.
WOMAN IN KI.F.ITORAI, <OLI<K<1IC
Will Take Kunsiw Vote to Washington,
First In History nf Sunflower Htute.
My Assorts tod Press.
TOi'lOKA, Kan., Nov. 29.—A woman prob-
ably will represent Kansas In the presi-
dential electoral college. Hubert Lardner,
chairman of the Democratic Slate commit-
tee. said today he was making preparations
to have Mrs. It. 0. Layman of Hutchinson,
chosen to go to Washington. Mrs. Layman
is the first woman t« tie named as a
presidential elector In the State.
VICTORIA WANTS STKEKTS PAYKD
Petition to City < otinrll on Muhjeet I»
Receiving Many Signatures.
Special li-u'timm io Ttm t Iinen-
VICTOKIA, Tex., Nov 20. In Ihe in
terost of securing paved streets for this
city, a petition has been Iu circulation
among citlnens owning property here for
the past several days. It now contains
one hundred and fifty names and grows
at Iho rate of about twenty-five signatures
a day. Since the advent nf this petition
there has grown up here a considerable
enthusiasm for the proposed plan of pav
Ing instead of continuing the present sys
ROAD BULUINO KKSTKAINRD
Contract of San Antonio Man In Brown
County Is Held I p by Court. .
tppclai I "li'ii: >un to Ttii* lUtirrsft. \
HHOWNWOOD, Tex., fnv 2!>.—A tem-
porary Injunction restraining the taking
of further steps toward the ratifications
jif a $100,000 mail warrant contract, en-
tered Into between the llrown County Com
mlsslonehs' Court and N. A. Dawson of
San Antonio, was Issued here Monday by
District. Judge John W. (Joodwln. J. A,
Austin and about seventy other tax-paying
citizens of the county are made plaintiffs
in the case and Dawson defendant. The
injunction further restrains the levy of
any (axes provided for in Ihe contract, the
approval of the bond which the contractor
■ lip, V ..... ......... n .... •• , .- .... ........ .... .......... I
tern of maintaining grivel roads that fall ; would put up, the execution of any war
io hold up very long under the city's rants or the carrying Into effect in any
traffic. I respect by either party thereto of the con-
The Idea as expressed In the petition ; tract.
will involve an expenditure of about $1511,- ' The action Is the result of Ihe Commla
1100 on the part of the city and $ri(Ki,lKHl sinners' Court accepting bid from Dawson
on the ]fart of property-owners, as their | to build good roads In Ihe county under
two thirds of the cost. There Is now on ' the warrant method.
hand the sum of $110.00(1 from the sale I '
of a recent bond issue for street Improve-
ment, which it is planned to make a part
of ihe fund for paving.
It Is reported on good authority that
the City Council Is very favorable to the
petition,
CALL A. & M. CONFLUENCE.
WIIITNRTT BOOSTERS OR<iAM7.P,
Kffort Is Made to Have Town Plarcd on
Puget Sound to <>nlf Highway.
"It was the women of Kansas who aided 1 special Telegram tn The K\pre»».
so materially Iu giving President Wilson : w'HITSKTT, Tex., Nov. 2!».- 1). K. Colp
his 37,001) plurality In this State," said j llI1(i other Interested In constructing a
Lardner, ''For that reason I think it Is | K00d road along the San Antonio, I valde
rely a fitting recognition of the new ^ Itallroud between Sail AntOOlo and
voters to send one or their number to the Corpus Cliristi. were here and organized a
electoral college with the Kansas vote." llH,nl goad roa(|s committee, with Ihe fol
Ihe Kansas representative In the elec- ,owln_ officers: J. II. Casey, president, O.
(oral college will be chosen al a meeting I w vVlthors, vice president, and S. F.
of the ten electors In Topeka some time In
January.
Weatherby, secretary. Hopes are enter-
tained for the success of this organlza
tion, and the completion of the road which
i will be a link of the Puget Sound to the
j Gulf highway,
Road Construction Doubled.
oy Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 21).—The
equivalent of B02 miles of fifteen foot road I Young W -men Raise StOO.OOO.
way was constructed under supervision of ! tty Associated Press
the Federal Public Roads Korean during INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 20 —The
the year ending June .'10, according to the ' Young Women's Christian Association has
annual report just issued. This win more
than double any previous record.
Fake Prince lifts Three Years.
By Associated I
VIICNNA (Via London), Nov. 20.- A tnnn
calling himself Prince Edward of llour-
bon, pretender to the throne of Albania,
has been condemned to tnree years' liu
prisonment for defrauding hotels In the
war none. He is said to he a gas col-
lector of Milan named Carl Loritoy
I
successfully ended a campaign for $200.(KK)
to tie used In the construction of a board
Ing home for girls.
Brooks County Jail Kmpty.
Sncclal Telegram to The iuxpress.
FALfUKHIAS, Tex., Nov. 21).—Andres
and Tristan Longorla, convicted of
cattle theft, have been turned over to
an agent of the penitentiary for delivery
at Huntsvllle. Tlis Brooks County Jail
la now empty.
Advocates of Brunch College for West
Texas to MimM In Wlchltn Falls.
Special Tplcgram to The Express.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Nov. 50.—:The
Chamber nf Commerce has Issued the fol-
lowing announcement:
The dates for the final meeting of the
West Texas A. Ss M. Campaign Association
at Wichita Falls have been fixed for Thurs-
day aud Friday, December 7 and 8.
The committee appointed at Hie Fori
Worth meeting to draw np the bin win
confer with the trustees of the Agrlcui
turn I and Mechanical College ni College
Station November 20 and will he ready to
report at the Wichita Falls meeting. The
bill will be approved by the meeting, sec-
tion by section, and II Is very Important
that a full representation of the district
interested be present,
Sunday School Secretary Dend.
Pr Assuelllteil Press.
ITTl'SHI lit!. Pa., Nov 29.~-George Ship-
way. statistical secretary of the World's
Sunday School Association, Is dead at Ills
home tn Birmingham, Knglaud, according
to Information received here by II. J. Heinz,
chairman of the association. ' He was one
of the most prominent Sunday school work-
ers In Europe.
Alice School (la. I.irt Day. '
Bporlnl Telegram to The Kxprpwt.
AL1CF, Tex., Nov, 29. Today has been
set aside as gift day for Ihe Alice schools
by the teachers of the dtv. Gifts In the
way of money or anything that will add to
tbe efficiency of the schools of the ciia will
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