The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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TEMPLE. TEXAS,
Y MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1910
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GRAND OLD TEXAS TAKES FIFTH
PLACE IN GALAXY OF STATES
MISSOURI IS
LEFT AT POST
POPULATION OP LONE STAR
STATE 18 3,893,542.
GREATEST INCREASE
f exas Pumi All Other States is the
Union in Percentage of Growth.
Figure* By Counties.
Washington, Dm 7.—The popula-
tion of tbe mate of Texas is 3,81*6,-
042, according to at*tittle* of tbe
thirteentb census Issued tonight.
This ii aa Increase of 847,832, or
27 8 per cent over 3,048,710 la 1900.
The increase from J8i>0 to 1900 was
813,187, or (6.4 per cent.
The population Of the Texaa coun-
tlea containing the principal citiea
of the state are aa follows: Bexar,
119.676; Dallas, 136.748: El Paso,
02,599; Galveston, 44,479; Harris,
115,6*3; Jefferson, 38,182; McLen-
nan, 73,260; Tarrant, 108,572; Trav-
is, 55,620; Webb, 22,503; Bell. 49,-
1 86.
Texas made greater progress In In-
crease in population during laat tea
yeara than any other state, and now
takes rank as fifth, passing Missouri,
which In 1900 had that place.
Texaa la only exceeded now by
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and
Ohio, and Missouri goea to seventh
place. The population Increase gives
Texas four additional congressmen,
If ths present ratio of apportionment
is retained when congress enacta the
new stportlenment law. Only 19 of
246 counties showed a decrease la
population and thefca were sllgM.
POPULATION BY COUNTIES.
Anderson - 29,650
Bexar 119,676
Brown . ,« rit«.i - 22,935
Andrews —- 9.975
Burleson 18.617
Angelina 17,706
Burnett 10,765
Armnaas - 2,106
Caldwell 24,237
Archer i,525
Calhoun ... 3,636
Armstrong 2,682
Callahan 12,973
Ataacosa 10,004
Cameron 27,166
Austin _ 17,699
Camp 9,651
Ballsy 312
Carson 2,127
Bandera 4,921
Cass 27,587
Bastrop 25,344
Castro 1,850
Baylor 8,411
Chambers 4,234
Bee 12,090
Cherokee 29,038
Bell 46,186
Childress 9,538
Blaneo 4,311
Clay 17,043
Borden 1,366
Bosque 19,013
Cochran 65
Bowls _ 4,827
CokS 6.412
Braaorla 13,299
Coleman 22.618
Brasos 18,919
Collin 49,021
Brewster 6,220
Collingsworth 6,224
Colorado _—„ 18,697
Brlseos _____ 2,162
Texas and New York Will Be Names
of Two New Monster Battleships
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Washington, Dec. 7—New York and
Texas will be the names of the two
new battleships authorized at the last
session of congress. Texas vffil be the
name of the vessel which, as provided
by the last naval bill,.will be con-
structed by a private contractor, while
the New York Dreadnought will be
bul't by the government at the New
York navy yard. The selection of
names for the two most powerful ves-
sels in the United States navy, whihji
was made by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer, will necessitate the changing
of the deatinations of two warships
already in commission, for at present
there is the Texas, a second class bat-
tleship, which will be renamed San
Marcos in honor of a city of Texas.
Her displacement is only 6,315 tons,
while the new Texas will be of 27,000
tons displacement. The present cruiser
New York will be rechrlstened the
Manhattan. The New Hampshire,
one of the crack ships of Uncle Sam's
navy, will be a dwarf beside the New
York and the Texas. The two new
battleships will be nearly 10,000 tone
heavier.
A Newspaper in Mexico Romps
All Over The Temple Telegram
Toi
;on Enterprise Takes Umbrage at Recent
;le in This Paper and Comes Back in
S1 EKig Denial—Facts About Mexico.
* • RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Memphl ,
Tenn
Under flaming headlines, double
column, on the first page of the
Torreon, Mexico, Enterprise of Dec.
t, the article which appears below
was given prominent publlcstlon. As
will be noted It Is an attack on an
Interview which appeared In The
Telegram recently, and which was
the basis for an Investigation through
the activity of Congressman Henry.
The Enterprise arttcje Is about what
is to be expected of any paper pub-
Uahed In Mexico at this time. Strong
denial of the truthfulaeaa of unfavor-
able reports, and minimizing of the
revolutionary aituatlon are neceaaary
for tbe health and well being of peo-
ple who are In that country, hence
their fulminatlona being expected, do
not carry with them the conviction
which might otherwise attach. The
interview with Mr. Walker was pub-
lished for the reason that it was in
harmony with very many other re-
ports which have been heard from
persons known, and from publications
concerning the principal charges
made by Mr. Walker. Such reports
have been made through the years,
and they are not the outgrowth of the
present unpleaaantneas In the repub-
lic of Mexico. Following the editor-
ial article from the Torreon Enter-
prise Is given an editorial reproduced
in Its columns, which answers ad-
mirably the argument that the dis-
turbances we nothing more than the
uprlalng of mobs, boys and irrespon-
sible^ snd nothing worse than strike
situations frequently assume. In the
United States, all of which assertions
are contained In the aame issue of
the Enterprise. The Telegram does
tot insist that Mr. Walker was gen-
^THEY ALL point
* to the woman who
is well shod when they
are asked to point out
the best dressed wo-
man in town. You
can c * up a gown
yourself that is becoming,1 but to have
your feet look well, you must patronize
the best shoe store in town. Our line
of women's footwear cannot be excelled.
\ GUARANTEE SHOE CO
? "The Shoeists" *
uine, but It does maintain that his
utterances have been heard many
times, from many people who have
had experiences, and that the files
of most sny newspaper for years hack
▼.-111 be found to contain like matter.
The fulminatlona of the Torreon
Enterprise are as follow!:
Not only bas ths Texas press been
Imposed upon by deliberate detractors
of Mexico during the recent riots but
American congressmen and conaul of-
ficers have been drawn Into the net
by fabricators of whose acts the only
apparent motive was to Injure busi-
ness interests of thi« country or en-
joy a fleeting notoriety as the al-
leged "man on the ground."
During the past ten days Mexico
has been the victim of the publica-
tion of many absurd reporta which
later proved to be utterly without
foundation. As a rule these attacks
were accepted as the natural penalty
S" existence in the daya of senastloa-
journalism. But in one instance
the injustice done to Torreon and
to the American consular corps In
Mexico was so flagrant that it war-
rants special notice. This was the
result of an Interview given to The
Temple Telegram by a man calling
himself C. W. Walker, who is not
known here but who told such a har-
rowing tale of the cruelties Inflicted
upon Americans hi Torreon that the
matter was taken before the Ameri-
can state department at Washington
by a Texas congressman.
The Interview referred to follows
"C. W. Walker, refugee from near
Torreon, Mexico, waa In ths city yes-
terday and last night he was a calltr
at The Telegram office, by request.
"Mr. Walker Is one of the thous-
ands who have fled the country or
who are making their ways to tbe
border sa rapidly as possible, and he
stepped onto free soil just five days
ago. He la opersting a copper mine
rear Torreon, and lie fears that all
that he has put Into It will be lost as
a result of the agltationa in that
country, Which are much worse, as-
cording to his statement, than the
people of the United Statea have
heard. He says tbst when he left
the prison# of Torreon and of other
Mexican towns were literally over-
crowded with American cltlsess who
were arrested on trivial charges and
who were without recourse, the
American consuls paying no atten-
tion to them, while the representa-
tives of other nations gave a protec-
tion which the Mexlcana dared not
violate. According to the statements
Department
Horn hie
if Justice Advised of a
Jrime Committed in
Neva a—The Details.
seeks to ha'
bringing the
to be white
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KILLED,
IES BURIED
D BY WHITE MEN,
0 TO REPORT. .
Dec. 7 —
♦ Rene Barfier of France flew
♦ sixteen ml! W in ten minutes and
♦ fifty-five I (< ondt and eslabltph-
♦ ed a worli 's record here today.
♦ He averagi 1 almost eighty mtles
♦ an hour. The 4>est previous
♦ record wa made by Leon Mo-
♦ raps at 1 helms, France, last
♦ August, v h*n he flew at the
rate of sli y-flve miles an hour.
Wasbiagto Dec. 7.—Fourteen Sho-
shone IndHu \ are supposed to. have
been' killed aid their bodies, with
those of ths r horses, to have been
burled' la tWI trenches la Elk county,
Nevada, acc< rding to a communica-
tion Sent to the department of jus-
tice by 8. E Lee, prosecuting attor-,
ney of Cam us county, Idaho, who
the department aid In
murderers, who are said
torse thieves, to justice.
The attor* jy writes that his in-
formers are three Indians, whose
wives and tJl idreu were among thum
"slaughtered »y white men and their
remains cono saled and burned."
Coincident with the reports of the
murder, aBMBding to Lee's letter,
three bad char.i ters disappeared from
the vicinity of the crime, one of whom
irst report of a crime
ommitted.
« massacre drifted into
brought ths
having been
Humors of
Mr. Lee. Upbn investigation, an old
wagon and »two trenches, hastily
covered. It Is said, were found. The
trenches, it te alleged, contained a
number of egircaases, probably those
of horses sad It Is supposed that the
bodies were beneath them. It was
evident, acceding to Mr. Lee. thai
tbe horses bad.' been led to the sides
of the trenches and there shot,
Mr. Lee, in his letter, says he has
brought the matter to the attention
of the department for tbe reason that
there has been little activity shown
on the part of the Nevada officials in
bringing the slayers to justice. This
condition, be says, has caused a feel-
ing of discouragement among the In-
diana
Notice to the Public.
Having been awarded the contract
for the excavation for the new post-
office building, I will have about fif-
teen hundred yards of dirt for sale,
which 1 can deliver anywhere in the
City. See Robt Wells & Bros., offics
corner Main and Ave. B, or phone
old phone 43; new phone 90.
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Count Stirs Up
Family Trouble
CALLED SESSION OP CITY DADS
HELD LAST NIGHT.
PAYING PROPOSITION
Aldermen Suddenly Switch Fran
Hsssam and Take Up Bithulitic.
The Meeting.
Garment Workers March.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Fifteen hundred
garment workers and sympathizer
marched today in a huge atrlke dem-
onstration. Banners bearing in
nine languages the slogans "We want
the union label," and "Give us a
squsre deal," were displayed. The
demonstration was a quiet one.
Wilson's Ultimatum.
Newark, N. J., Dec, 7.—Governor-
elect Wilson today served notice on
former United Statea Senator Smith
that the governor-elect will not stand
for any candidate for the senate to
succeed Senator Keaiy other than
James Martin, the choice In the dem-
ocratic primary last October.
(Continued on Page 4. >
Clothes
Certmity
If you buy your Gothes
of Us you are certain of a
number of facts; among
others, that the fit and
fabrics are as near right
as expert weavers, cutters
and tailors can make.
In buying Clothes here
you get, first of all mate-
rials; then comes patterns,
and last, but not least, the
fit. It takes all three of
these to make satisfactory
clothes.
Big values in Suits and
Overcoats priced at $12.50,
$15, $20 and $25.
An unusually attractive
list of gift things for men.
T. B. Engledow
Company
The city council met In called ses-
sion last night, the principal busi-
ness being to open bids on street pav-
ing: All the members except Alder-
man Wlllcox were present.
The city hsd advertised for bids
on four different kinds of paving,
not, as was understood, with object
pt selecting some paving other than
Hamuli, but rather to comply with
tbe^law which demands that bids
shall be advertised for In letting con-
tracts over a specified amount! Ths
council aad the property owners bad
sent representatives to Inspect Has-
eam paving, to Missouri, and their
reports, wHlch were' published In The
Telegram, are fresh in the memory.
They were highly favorable and act-
ing on that practically all, If not
entirely all, of the property owners
in the district to be paved petitioned
the council to contract for Hasaam
paving, tbey having assurance that
It would be considerably cheaper
than brick.
At the council meeting last night
there was a strange change of front,
for some unexplained reason. Mr.
Ockander had in bids on three kinds
of paving, among the three being
Hassam. As was to have been ex-
pected makers of paving other tkan
than Hassam did not bid, It being
considered that tbe Hassam had been
ueclded on, subject to a satisfactory
price being made for It, and aubject
to terms of payment, etc.
It waa therefore somewhat of a
surprise that tbe council refused to
open the bids had that they talked
very much about bithulitic, which
had not theretofore been considered.
The city engineer was Instructed to
prepare specifications for bithulitic
paving and to present same to the
council at the regular meeting next
Tuesday nlghf and Informally he was
authorized to go to Waco and Inves-
tigate the bithulitic paving la that
city, in aid of his preparation of said
specifications.
Just what has switched tbe aider*
men from the Hassam paving waa
not made clear at the meeting and
while it is not formally rejected, the
bids were withdrawn, and ths chase
is after something entirely new to
the general public.
Both Hassam and bithulitic paving
processes are patented, and with
neither of those styles of paving
could there be competitive bidding.
In case the council ahould finally
sidetrack the Hassam, there would
have to be & beginning all over, the
property owners having a say in the
matter, and they being pledged to
Hassam.
OTHER MATTERS.
The meeting being a called aesalon,
general business could not be tran-
sacted, but several subjects were
brought up for discussion. The com-
plaints of the city dumping grounds
were mentioned, and the sanitary
committee is to make a personal ln-
spection of that alleged nuisance this
afternoon.
The method of computing Interest
by the city depositor*, wa® brought
up, and some of the old straw was
thrashed out again. The finance
committee was requested to notify
the bank that the city expected set-
tlement on tbe different fund system
to get interest on balances in such
funds as have same, and to pay in-
terest on overdrafts of funds running
behind.
Concerning the old fire horse
Which waa saved from sale a short
while back on sentimental grounds,
a report was made that a tooth-pull*
Ing operation had been successfully
performed, and that the animal was
showing marked improvement in hla
condition. A proposition from Glenn
Adams to care for the horse for mod-
erate use of him and to surrender
blm back at any time waa favorably
considered by the council and Mr.
Adams will probably be given charge
of the horse.
The next meeting will be Tsesday
right of the coming week when bids
for bithulitic paving will b« adver-
tised for.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—After a charge of
assult kd been dismissed ginst him
for lack of prosecution, Count Jacques
Alexander von Mourik de Beaufort
swore, otit a warrant for bis father-
in-law, M...H. Kilgailen, on the charge
of assault and battery. In his bom-
plaint the coupt said that be was at
St. Luke's hospital watting to see his
Wife, who was suffering from a fall
downstairs, when big father-in-law
called him by telephone and asked
him to go to the latter's office at 2Qt>
La Salle street. When he arrived at
the office, the count declared Mr.
Kilgailen, after some preliminary talk,
offered him money to leave Chicago
and stay away. The count refused the
offer, and the result was that Kilgai-
len struck him in the face. The count
further alleged that the fatHer of Ms
wife had been boasting since of bis
deed. John A. Rouse, the Kilgailen
chauffeur, failed to appear when the
case against the count on a charge
of assaulting the man was called be-
fore Municipal Judge Cottrsll. - The
case was dismissed by default. Imme-
diately after the count swore out the
warrant for bis fjther-in-law.. It Is
reported that Kilgailen wifl accept
service of the warrant and come into
court and plead guilty.
VINDICATION
OF BALUNGER
MAJORITY OF INVESTIGATION
COMMITTEE REPORTS,
CHARGES UNPROVEN
Cabinet Officer Is Declared to Have
Always Discharged His Duty,*
Other Capital News.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Vindicating
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
upon all the charges brought against
him and condemning his accusers as
having been inspired by a deep feel*
ing of animosity, built upon a sup*
posed difference in policy respecting j
conservation, a majority of the eom»
mittee which investigated the a
called Ballinger-Pinchot case today
submitted its report to congresa
After statiug that the evidence
presented related in the main to
charges of various kinds against Mr.
Ballinger, and that those came chief-
ly from two sources, Mr. Glavla aad
Glfford Pinchot, the majority an*
nounced the following conclusion:
"The evidence has wholly failed to
make out a case. Neither any fact j
proved, nor all the facts put togeth-
er, exhibit Mr. Ballinger as being
anything but a competent and hon«
oi able gentleman, honestly aad
faitfuily performing the duties of his
higli office with an eye single to ths
public Interest."
The report was signed by Senator*
Knute Nelson, chairman; Frank 9,
Flint, George Sutherland and Elttm
Root, and Representatives Samuel
W. McCall of Massachusetts, visa
chairman; Marlin E. Oimstead of
Pennsylvania and Edwin Denby oC
Michigan, all republicans.
Death Penalty.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 7.—Alejan-
dro Caideron waa convicted today of
the murder of D. Morale last July aad
sentenced to death. This Is the first
death penalty assessed here to two
years.
A Statement
E. K. Williams, Editor Daily Te'
gram: ' '
In your article of yesterday morn-
ing, severely calllag down the electric
light company, you did myself, and
the men undtr me a grave Injustice.'
Admitting that your plant was
without power during six hours as you
claim, you should have investigated
the cause before making the public
statement that you did.
When your mechanical foreman
phoned me, shortly after 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning, 1 immediately tried
to phone my trouble man, but found
his phone out of commission, and
was unable to get him. I then di»>
patched a messenger for kim and h<
was soon out looking for the trouble.
Shortly after starting out, however,
and before locating tbe trouble, hii
horse ran away, throwing him out of
the vehicle and breaking his arm. It
then became necessary to get a sub
stltute lineman on the job, which, of
course, entailed still further delay.
The trouble (a broken wire ovei
the Harvey House) was soon located
and repaired as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, also, I was summon-
ed to Belton to attend court early
on that morning and had to leave on
an early car, but I am sure that the
work of locating and repairing the
trouble was executed with as little
delay as passible under the circum-
stances.
E. S. FLETCHER,
Manager Electric Light Company.
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CONDUCT ABOVE REIPROACH.
The report makes the followlsg
specific findings:
"That the charges and insinua-
tions against Secretary Ballinger >n
regard to the Cunningham coal land
entrtes, or other coa| land claims In
Alaska, are not justified, and his
conduct in respect thereto Is not
justly censurable.
"That he was fully justified In re-
voking the Indian co-operative agree-
ment; that restorations of public
water aites by Secretary Ballinger
was made in good faith, and not In
enmity'to the government, and that
no Injury appears to have been done
to the government and the cause of
conservation, by either the restora-
tion or withdrawals.
"That In view of the opinion ot
the attorney general, he was justified ;
in abandoning the use of the I
called water users' co-operative cer-
tificates, In connection with the re-
clamation of arid lands.
CRITICISM IS UNJUST.
"That the administration of th*
reclamation law presented features
justly subject to criticism.
"No unfair criticism or improper1
conduct on Secretary Balllnger'a part
has been shown, nor any action by
him not within the sound direction
of the head of the Interior depart-
ment in faithful performance of his
duties.
"That he is not an enemy of nor
hostile to a reasonable and judicloua
policy of conservation, and that no
ground whatever has been shown
justifying the opinion that he la not
ii faithful and efficient public of-
ficer."
Abernathy Resigns.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Jack Aber-
nathy, United States marshal for Ok-
lahoma, an appointee of former Pres-
ident Roosevelt, came to Washington
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Suspenders, Cloves, Suit Cases, Hand Grips,
Fancy Vests, Overcoats, Suits. Our stock
is the biggest and best ever shown.
Give us a look on your Christmas Fixings
Chas. S. Cox
EVERYTHING FOR MAN AND BOY
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