The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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BASTROP COUNTY FAIR BASTROP. TF.XAS. OCTOBER 16th AND 17th. 1912
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BASTROP, TEXAS
Contractors and Builders
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Glass, Wall Paper. Brick.
Lime, Cement, Etc.
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CONDENSEO ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO EVERYBODY
AI THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Important News of the Week Galhtr-
ee! tor the Busy Reader—Stat,
and Domestic
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS
Governor Colquitt has protested
against permlttinc. Mexican troops to
puts through Texus
\ hl.lt,! |,|:i ' . Ol iii WHS HllOpfwl ill Mu*
CC'ifert 111 >• i ,t Nit by Stall- Chairman
Geissler of tin ri'|iuMii an purty can
dldates and comtuiltoomen at Oka
tioma I'll* ' imla) Jiidue John II
llHt'lotd. till III) I I lliof iuiilicU Ot tllH
territorial . 11111 ••mo com I ami nomine
for tin* Mat"- .-onate in the Logitll
county district, was chairman and in
liis opt lulu h|iiH'i'll outline I thia par
tyY. position in tii" • ' it1 t 1111 pa 1 n
Featured ill lilt* atllroi- wa I It • h.-.ll
cost of tali' gov••run. 'lit and ■ m ••:■■
sivi) taxation, tin- lattc. being •> liut
denseine, ho said, llitii tIi, i •• was not
a court of general jui. diction tu II.•
state, 11 • 'iii tli' iipi-' uie court down
to which the [itopei ty uivih i ll.lil not
appea led for r< M • ■ t
Fourteen tnltiea In Pennsylvania
were clo.sed Monday while B.ooo men
I urtlcipated In the twenty-lout houi
sympathy -U'lke called by the lntlu
trii' Workers of the World The;
sigtte.l a petition to Govei not Fo.ss of
Massachusetts, asking justice for Kt-
tor ami GiovunuiiM
Tii'.- deati penalty Intpowd agait
Klljah Turner, Charles Posey and
Holt Johnson, negroes, convicted tor
complicity In the niurdei of W II
Archie at Oklahoma City early in Hill.
«hh reduced to lite Imprisonment in
the penitentiary by order ol Governor
Cruco, issued Monday
The National Irrigation Congress
began its convention at .Salt Lake (.'it;.
.Monday
Kugene \ Debit, the social nomine'
for president, and Km 11 Seldel, notril
nee for vice president, were officially
notified of their noinii'atiou with
ceremonies which attracted a crowd
too large to lie accommodated In the
greut amphitheater ut Madison S<niare,
Now York. Sunday It was planned,
as it turned out to tie, the largest no
ciallst demons! ration ev< t held In the
I'nited States Not will,: landing that
admission cost from 15c to $1. the
garden was overcrowtled ami an ovet
flow meeting was lieceasury
The Texas Commercial Secrcturio.
and Musmicsh Men s Am ocIiiIi> ii had
rei etiti.v completed a census ol tall
buildings In l'exas, and finds there
are 202 structuri > In the State at the
present time that are live or more
stories in height, while at this tliu •
la*' year we had only DiX buihlinKs
In lhi> el.i "J'h111> r<>ur r.k> i rap' i
have been erected ill the I^m• yi i
State duritif; the pa-t year, and nine
are now under construction
I'ollco and Industrial ;Vorker« v.
the World paradera tounht with knlve-
and dubs Sunday at Lawrence, Mass
Two officers were tabbed, a nutnbci
of demons!rators were clubbed and in
Industrial Worker of the World lender
captured after a hard iVht and then
freed Only two arte ts were made
Louis I'lshrow, driving a 2t)0hoi>e
power Simplex car at the state fai
grounds at Detroit, Mich. Stmda\ e
labllslied a new world's record ovei a
dirt track for .'to. 4u and an mil''
covering the dlv■iiniei in 'J7 ;• I. *•.
and la i" spe lively The pit ion,
records were made at Syracuse la I
year by Ita'ph do 1'alina. druii tie
same car Do Pillion's time for tli
fifty mile ■ i 47 21 ti.'i
Two iiioi •.••;- w re sacrificed to
aviation a' tl • I'liited Stales arms
aviation field, I'ollcie Purk, Mil Sat
urday, when an army aeroplane fill
thlit> • fI\ •"• ;eet to the urotind, Instant
ly killing Corporal Frank S Scott and
so ecrlousiv Injuring Second Lieuten-
ant Lewis c Hock well that ho died a
few hour: later Hundred of peoph
including fellow-army officers, breath
lessly witnessed tho accident
it im belie.ed Mr and Mrs Charles
I'faiiHchmldt. their Diyear-old daugh-
ter I" Mctie and Miss I'.rntiia Kaempen.
I years old. a teacher, w hone charred
bodies were found Sunda; in the ruins
of the I'fa.ischmldt count ly home, sii
teen milt s from tiuln Ill , were mur-
dered
According to the latest reports of
the commissioner general of iiutnigrii
lion I," t'l.ouU aliens wi " admlttou to
th« I'nited States last \ear and f,lM
21a departed There were i\ Iiat'on
that gave us £>u,nnit luitnlgritils and
over as follows Kngluud H0,1.'ll, Inv
land fiO.-lKh. Italy ITil.luT, I'oland 74.-
«a7. Kussla atl,HI3. Oerniany SI,711 Of
NlleliS depH I'tltlg Ihlglaml leads win,
M.tle ami L'ttnauv second with .11
KHK
A crippled new-boy at Gary, Iml.
'iindas gave up I.Vl cubic inches or
k11 on ins worthless leg to a i u aod
•trl
Generally cold and fair weather will
prevail east of tin Kockv Mountains
this week, with trosts during the fits
davit ii the Rockies, the plains states,
the upper Mi^tdssippl and Ohio tal
leys, the lake region and the North
Atlantic Slates, according to tho week-
ly bulletin from the woathei bureau
"West ol the Rocky mountains, says
the bulletin, "temperatures will aver
age near or above the normal The
nei's general disturbance to cross the
continent will appear In the Far West
the first part of week, iml tho Lastern
States the lattei part I'his uisiurb
ance will bo preceded by a general
ii«"« in temperature and be attended
by wall distributed rains
Saie by the Southern Ri< o Orow
ors A ociatlon at lleautnout Satur-
day reached high mark t >r tills sea-
.on, the uggrtgate being 2S,'.'ii| ■ acks
at the association niinitnutn The sale
wen- dl 'iiliut d ttiioiigliout Louisiana
and Texas
Citizen of Guthrie, Ok la . Saturday
made over to the Mat' u deed to the
Frank li (Ireer insltlciii e lots used
for a goM-i nor'H m uisuin, in case tli-
ata'e capital I:- ret urn < •' to Gultirle
It lu i ll 111 the hnlld> utiles' homes ill
til a itf. COS till; ?•.. .J.IJOO, and Ill-
elude- ,i half block of gtound
T! •• die •• prosperous Cat Crowe,
who >1' >in< n aoriou- a the kidnaper
of I, I ward Cudahy, son of the mil-
lionaire pk , or. w hom he held for
925,*' a ransom, is now a pauper and
In tli" countx hospital at Omaha, \el>
Fermi. ■ am to Iran ,iort an addition-
force o! M> "lean fo'Uual troop;,
throngli Xnieri' an territory v.as ; T int-
ed Friday by the stati depnrtmont
throngli the Mexican embassy at
Washington.
W M Andruft. i liarired with kiliini;
A \ aiisyke in Fori 11' - ml t'ounty, wn
ad ml'ted to bail In the sum of $7,500
by Judge C Y lMrkbeau ol the \en-
ty-third district coutt at San Antonio
Friday
Within the period of a x • .«r the na-
tional banks ot Texan, outside of thone
ill the six reserve cities, huvo in
creased their individual deposit.. 516,
9#5,9fO; their loans and discounts
have Increased $1 1,207,1-17; their .air-
plua funds $ti05,i>8S, and the amount
of lawful money in the banks was
more on September 4, lbl2, i
then on September !, 1911
The William M. Rice institute was
formally opened Thursday at. liouatou,
Texas
The world's championship baseball
games will begin at New York October
8 and alternate with Hoston
Miss Nellie Schmidt, the l! ycnr-old
| girl who recently won d,-.tun i < n by
' being 'he first of her sa-v iii swim
; across Sati Francinco bay, swam
around Seal Ko<).b, outside the en
trance of the Lay. Tuesduy The feat
had never before been accomplished
FOREIGN NEWS.
War preparations are under way in
both Servia and Ilulgaria. reason, for
iioblli/uition of troop are unknowu to
the po'vers.
1'lster Day In llelfast pa sed with
out serious rlotini1 Thou-uiids sign
covenant again-i home rule
The Turko- Italian peace negotia-
Hons probably have entered their final
ph.iso with the arrival at Ouchy.
Sw iUerland, ol llt < had 1'aslia. bear-
ing Turkeys latest proposals If tin ■<•
are acceptable to Italy, as is hoped,
Reched I'aslia will assume direction oi
the official negotiations and arrange
the precise wording ol the peace
treaty-
Sir David Murnett was Sat unlay
elected lord niiyoi of Loudon, bis
term beginning November '*
l'rominent Mexican o 11 i < ■' >' ot Mex
io City profess (o bole vo peace iti
very close and Orozco will be routed
this week
i ommtinlt atlon has not yei l>, en r>-
itored, but pei >m.i ariivii • at Toklo
■nil tiie Chine pi ovlnc ;• report
that the ! is- of Ii: nd property I" --
roin the typhoon l.a bif ti appalling
Where the fury was < entered notlilng
has be n left stalHlin:; Wliole vil-
lages li.nc colhipseil, temples, schools
utul theater- have been w ipe I out an 1
lu oiiio place., forests have disappear-
ed Troops havf b. .-n called out to
work In aid ot salvage Four hun
ied Sapporo flshermeii were lost In
tho hurricane
The volcano Stroml>oll again is in
eruption at Messina Cinders, ashes
and incandescent sand are being
(•lis ted from nine craters and dust Is
falling in quantities over the stir-
iiiunding country and outlying Islatids.
A new movement to secure peace in
Northern Mexico was made Friday
when I'resideiit Ma ieto and his < abt-
i et Instructed the minister of war to
.fer aintiesty to the followers of lien-
•nil I'asciial Orozco
I Tt.iveler' returning to I'ekin, China,
f rum Northwestern Manchuria con-
firm the report previously received of
outiages (<>111111111011 by (.'liineso troops
cp -niiltig agaliict the Mnngoltaua
i.orth ol Tonniifu, tu the dinirlct to
. the eastward of 'he junction of tin
Tela and Noun rivers. luO iinlen south
! nut Tsl 1 si Hur. On August 2H the
' ilnea' troops fired the temples Gar-
chlnstiinei and Orluoimel The lamas
nped, but 111* ineu, women und chll-
8ren In the surroundlug lla'rlcta *«rt
killed and mutilated
fLINN GAVE 5144,318 TO FOND
TO ROOSEVELT, G. O. P. ANO PhO.
PRE3SIVE CAMPAIGNS.
Gave lr>«ide Facts About Politics la
Senate Investigating Committer.
Says Penrose Lied
Washington. — William Fllnn ol
i'lttsburg, Knosovelt leader and pro
gro site national committeeman, and
Kton II llooke.r of Now York, trees
ui'-i of tho progressive national coin
mlttee, gave the souuto campaign ox
p«>iidituros committee inside facts
Tuesday about primary e*ponditnia*.
ot the Roosevelt campaLti for the lis j
piibliciiti noinlnutiou at I'liuugo
Mr Fllnn appeared not only to tell
of his contributions, but tn answer
chaiges of Seuutor I'enroso that N.r
Flltiti oil i i > d $1,01X1.000 to hi ut and
Israel W Durham lti l'.'o-i lor the
I'etinsy L mlii bonntorial i.p|Kilntnieii'
10 succeed M S Wilav, and that 111
tile same fuht Mr I'liuu e*i haug'sl
tele ratr with John D Arch bold of
the Si a i <la id Oil Company, askiir; hid
•upport
Tin I'jti bur'.' man d< ■ '. iro-.i if S na
tin i'ciiro.e made tho Hist statement
he "lied " As to tile other ll' pro
du« •■•I J tl Spliilti of l'itisbui.>, who
tes ilied that he "tiioii lit ' lie bail
signed Mr Flinii s ii. lue lo the tele-
gram lo Mr A;'hbold June 7, 19D4,
and that lie nud not Mi I'liuu had
handled the telegrams with Mr Arch
bold and had attempted to get tho
Standard Oil influence lu Alt I'liuu s
suppoi t
l'rodded by Senator Pomerenc, who
deiiiunded a spei ific answer, Mr. Fllnn
admittoil having written an agree-
ment in Jnnuary, l^'.'tj, lu which Sena
tCr Quay', J i"i Hi own and Mr Ft inn
proposed to divide up the federal a'pi
local puti i age of I'eimsy is aula He
declared lie had goldurlck<sl" Seuutor
Quay, "that he never uad signisl or in
tended lo sign the agreement," and
that be had written it only to allay
Senator Quay's opposition to tho re-
publican candidate for mayor ot Pitts- i
burg.
The Investigation sUow.id Mr. Fliun
has this year contributed $144,308.29
to the Roosevelt, the republican and
the progressive campaigns in Penn-
sylvania.. Mr Hooker, who preceded
him on tho witness stand, produced
records to show that the Roosevelt
national committee had spent $142
iiai 44 In the entile national primary
campaign preceding the Chicago con-
vent ion More than $52,000 of this
sum went to Massachusetts lor the
bitter primary fighl there
Mr Hooker also produced records of
the New York primury campaign,
where tile Roosevelt torts s Spent $I>2.
60li.6Tin i cords showed that
George W Perkins bad given $l&,ot>0
to the New York and $22,500 to tho
national campaign. Frank A Munsey
$ la.not) to the New Yoi k and $19,1)00
to 'In national campaign, and Dr
Hani i $2.>,0"0 to ttie national cam-
paign
vli Fllnn pportionod $f'9,.':H4 18 as
Roososelt expenditures" In the state-
ment he gave the committee of what
ho has contributed tills year Other
Items given for the election of doltv
gates brought the total of his Roose-
velt contributions up to $102,000, and
he admitted he bad contributed 90 i >r
cent of tho money spent to carry
Pennsylvania for Roosevelt in the pri
inar'i s He added that he believed
tho end sought -a change of condi-
tions in Pennsylvania a as "worth the
price "
David Brurf Brown Killed.
Milwaukee, Wis. David llruco
llruvvn, a vv, Mir. young New Vork
8poi" man. !c t Ins life and his mocha
life it u, Tony Schudalarl, was : itally
In jured, the r>- tilt of an u< • ub-nt on
the new Wauwato4ii uutomchiln nice
cour-e I'uesday on the eve of the
eigli'h rtinnli'.: of the Yundeibllt cup
lti'e Itruce-Rrow ii sv.i driving his
high poweted Fiat tar ninety miies an j
hour, when the roar left tire blew
out The heavy car swerved into a
dwelt, and the men and mm bine wore
catapulted diagonally at u.ss the road 1
ami into a field. The men were j
thrown clear of the car, which mm
burled hii ti In the air. It fell u tang- j
led in-ap of wreckage
Good Roads Fund of 16,000,000
Atlantic City, N J Announcement
* a made at Tuesday's session of the
Amorb an Roads Congress that cnom
hers ot the I nit•*! State, had. Mgrivt)
to contribute one third of 1 per cent,
oi their gross returns during the y var
191 I l"r the good roads cause This
wid 'Tu '•' a ' I'd of $1;..000.000, it
HUH
Cattle Shipper) From Mexico.
l.at-e.|i> I • x I hlrty four carloads
of cattle from Mexico, consisting of
1,24 4 head, pie >.ed through Laredo
Tuesday t f tfei shipment 1,00# hsei,
cc.vie-d by Judge Thomas of Iwi Salle
county, went to lit* ranch, while 244
head, owned by Walter Craig of Kast
Texas, Vieiil direct to the Fort Worth
market.
Professional Cards
Lawyers
i l> oroalik
w a. m atmaho
)RGAIN 8c MAYNAKU
ATTOK N c,YS AT-LAW
■ AStSOr, TKX4N
VUI pracstic* In sii the higher and
firiur rouriA
J. F. f.wl.r, J. r. r..«l*r. Jr
l ow Ipi' h*r
Attorneys at Lsw
'•"S SuilJI«g tta«r«|i. I .««.
Will pr-Ctlce in all the lu^Lrr
oid iuterior court*.
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Itlxens tttale I. im^ H (Strop, T'-s.
tieuetal 1m ,.rtit luncr
Will pi «Cl l< c l.i M< < v.'.(Ui In
I. S. JONiiS
A ttoro*?y ut Law
b * * w wi, l ii
Will piKcitce tu dli ilie bigbcr
ud inieiioi v autti.
IACK JI'iNKINS
Attorney at l.aw
Ufi 1 ease
Only complete S t ot Abs'rsct
tlooum in ilit: viiiiiiiv,
ROUT. A. BROOKS
LAWVnk AND
tvolAuV PUiitlC
Claims Collected. Land idsib'ts
« apt t-irtity.
tjtlice over Cttix ns State haute.
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I'hysician «r «i Svjrjt«or
Uallrop, I
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PtiyhiciHti and Stirgeon
Mestr* p, I«? as
)ftjce — C. Itruuid &.* Son's Drug
at cite. ibuuv sst-
lieaidence Kast .Haatrop.
J. GDCD0N BUY50N
I'hyslctan uuil Stirjfoou
Bastiop, Texas
fTFlCF: t-.rhar<jt Butl linir. up sta.rs
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It's tbs same asy ha uses Otis
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publicity you oee4.
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