Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 242, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 12, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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AMARILLO DAILY NEWS
VOI- 11. XO. 21?.
AMARII.LO. TKXAS STli:iV AMil'ST 12 1011.
THICK KIVF CT.-YT
THREE HE
SIEJIETITIOB
More Than Requisite Num-
ber to Plea for Local
Option Election
ION IS GROW
OlFSTlOX OF COMMISSION!:!?
ItKJins TO OlMIUXK l'KK-
ciMTS rriiKi.n nx cov
ST1TITIOX.
Three hundred petlouera have
signed the prayer that win bo offer-
ed the county commissioners' rourt
Monday asking that an election be
called in Commissioners' Precinct No.
1 embody inn the varloua voting pre-
cincts of Amarlllo. The petition llat
la not closed but signers will con-
tinue to be secured until the time
allotted for the filing. In each of
the other precincts petltlona are be-
in circulated. While the petitions
are being circulated and the signers
earnestly sought the commissioner
in the absence of the petition have
the right to order the election of
their own volition.
The local option agitation is grow-
Ing apace but as yet it la not known
along exnctly what lines the fight
will be opened and waged upon. It
remains to be seen whether the tac-
tlca of the opposition forces will be
One thing now seems to be decided
upon and that Is that the elections
while ordered simultaneously will
be called separately In the several
preclncta to vote upon the question
Involved In the petltlona that are
agitating the public mind In Amarll-
lo and Totter county. This course
was decided upon In view of the fol-
lowing: Constitution Cited.
In regard to the question which
has been raised aa to the right of the
commissioners' court to combine the
threw commissioners' preclncta for
. whli petitions ere tn eirrulaMon asl-
Ing for local option elections the
matter elands thua: The constitu-
tion of IR'fi aa originally adopted
provides at follows:
The leelint'ire shall nt IN firs'
pension enact a Ihw wlureby Un-
qualified voters of any county Jua-
tlce'a precinct. town or city by ma-
jority vote from tlmo to time may
determine whether the rale of Intox-
icating liquors atinll be prohibited
within the prescribed limits."
This was amended in lS!l by In-
serting Just after the word -city'"
where It occurs In the above quota-
tion tbse words "or auch subdM-
tlon of a county as may be desig-
nated by the commissioners' court of
sii Id county."
Now It would seem the plain In-
tention of this amendment to author-
ise the commissioners' court to pre-
scribe what part of the county should
b voted on In a local option election.
The power to combine Justice's pre
ducts cities towns or other por-
tions of the county Into one subdivi-
sion for the purpose of a local option
election seems plainly dednclhle from
the adoption of the amendment If
It were not Intended to give the com-
missioners' court full power In this
respect then the amendment was a
vain thing.
Killing of Court!'.
lion ever the local option laws of
the State past thirty-five year have
been principally constructed by the
court of criminal appeals which has
been during nearly all that time com-
posed of a majority of antl-prohlbl-tlonists.
and that rourt ha Indus-
triously built up a series of obstruct-
ive precedents which have greatly Im-
peded the progresa of the local op-
tion movement. In pursuance of
this policy that court held not only
thnt the commissioners' court could
not combine two or more romlsslon-
ers' preclncta In one local option or-
der but even went so far as to hold
that It could not combine two or morV
Justice's precincts In a single local
option election. In I ! 0 4 . the ques-
tion ns to whether two commission-
ers' precincts could be combined In
a single local option election order
came before the Supreme court on
a certified question from the sec-
ond court of civil appeals. Commissioners-
vs. !Vnll 1S Tcxns. 101: M
Southwestern. rilf.. The opinion was
written br Judge (lalnes himself a
staunch antl-prohlbltlonlst. H Is
evident from the opinion that the
other two member of the court did
not really sanction the doctrine thnt
two or more commissioners' precincts
could not be combined In a single
election but they permitted Judge
Calnes to any that in view of the fact
that the enforcement of the local op-
tion law rested with the court of
criminal appenls the Supreme court
would acquiesce In the position
which the court of criminal appeals
hud taken on this question After
Negro Delegates
are Barred From
Hotels In Denver
By Associated Press.
Dcnaer Colo. Aug. II. The loni-
mittee In charge of the arrangements
for the second annual national negro
educational congress opening here
tomorrow Is In serious perplexities
as approximately 1 500 delegate are
expected and accommodations can be
found for only one-fifth of that num-
ber T
Fugitive From Iowa Prison
Shot Guard Before
Making Escape
Dy Associated Preaa.
Anamoga Iowa Aug. 11. A posse
of 100 men tn automobile tonight
la pursuing Charles Smite h an es-
caped convict from the Iowa peniten-
tiary. In the timber of East Marlon.
Iowa. Smltch Is accompanied by two
unidentified men wqo today shot
William Huniaker a prison guard
and then tied him to tree.
The fleeing trio are said tc be In
an automobile and heavily armed. It
la stated that llnmnkcr will probii?Vy
die as he la ahot In the stomach.
Smitch'a confederates by a ruse de-
coyed "lumaker to the point where
he was ahot In a stone quarrv near
the prison.
Ready to Hare at Hamilton.
Hamilton ("int.. Vug. 11. Th.it
the Hamilton .Io!;.v Club'a Mimmor
meeting which commences tomor-
row will furnish the bert racing of
the esr In Cinnda seems new si
foregone ennci islon. In addtlon to
all the best siabls that raced here
during the spring meeting there are
now quartered nt the trark many
fast horses that Mve boon campaign
!u l ilce I nltSct Siatf durinr flie
spring and early summer. The meet-
ing will continue for seven dnvs.
FAMOI'S ItlFI.K KM'F.KT
i:F.n at f.os am:i.f..
1 os :ifli"i. Oil.. Vug: II Cap-
tain Corge F. I tart let? considered
one of the greatest rlfb expert In
the country Is dead here .at the age
of 8T. He was for many years dep-
uty I nlted States marshal in the
I'in nidge Indian Refutation nt
South Dakota md was wo .ruled dur-
ing the battle of Yonndod Knee.
RESTLESS HIGH!
FOR POPE PUS
Affected Knee Causes Re
newal of Suffering to
His Holiness
Koine Au. 11. 13 p. in.) Pope
Puis had a rather restless night and
toward morning awoke as the result
of a renewal of the burning sensation
in his affected knee.
Treatment relieved him and at this
hour he is reported sleeping peace-
fully. Physicians blieve his restless-
ness is due to heat and over exertion
yesterday when he appeared much
better.
that declalon the court of civil appeals
following It concurred also In the
ruling made by the court of criminal
appeals. However the local option
lawyers have never been satisfied
with this ruling The legislature
crtalnly construed the amended con-
stitution quite differently. It pnssed
an act In 1897 amending the old lo-
cal opt'on act which hn I been passed
before the constitution was amended
and made the amended act read as
follows'
"The commissioners' court of each
"ountv In the State whenever they
deem It excellent may order an elec.
tlon to be held by the qualified vot-
ers of said countv or of anv com-
missioners' or Justice's precincts or
school dlstiii t or any two or more
of any such political auhdlvion of a
county aa ma ybe designated by the
commissioners court of said county."
etc
lrolion of Statute.
The statute therefore exprcsslv
provides that two cr more school dis-
tricts r two or more Justice pre-
cincts not two or more commissioner
preclncta mav he combined In a sin-
gle local opelon election. The leg-
islature has declined to amend this
law to conform to the ruling of the
(Continued on Puge Four.)
taEEIIII Oil
L llff
Conferees of Both Houses'
Finally Get Together
on Bill
Villi REPORT TODAY
I I. I K LIST I '.III TAKKX IT IH'T
CONFLICT CUSF.S lOSTI"OM -MFAT
OK COXSIIU
FIIATION.
tly Aaaoclalasd Preaa.
Washington. P. C Aug. II.-
Confereee of the two houses of con-
gress affected a complete agreeinem
on the wool tarlfr at 6 o'clock thti
evening after being !n session tin;
iu o'clock this morning. ""
Then they began the consideration
of the farmers' free list bill and iV
wool bill as agreed upon will be re
ported to the Senate tomorrow by
Senator l a Follette and then to the
House by Rertrcsentatlae I'nder-
wood. The bill was so amended as
to require that the law shall take ef-
feet October 1.
The free list hill was under con-
sideration fifteen minutes but the
conflict between the conferees was o
pronounced that action was postpon-
ed until tomorrow afternoon Twenty-nine
per cent ad aalorem was fixed
as a duty on raw wool and the clas-
sification changed to conform to the
Inngunge of the House bill.
E
C
Denies Statement Made b
Perkins Regarding Tervj
nessee Deal
Washington Aug. 11. Oakley
Thome prckideut of the Trust Coin-
pany of America which became in-
volved in the financial panic of 1U07
the affairs of which have been linked
with the taking over ot" the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company by the United
States Steel corporation at that crisis
followed George W. Perkins today as
a witness before the House committee
steel investigation. Thome declared
that the Trust Company of America
was not the "chief sore point" of
trouble at the time it was necessary
to save the brokerage firm of Moore
Schley lie surprised the commit-
tee with the declaration that undue
attention had been directed towards
his company in that crisis and he de-
nied any knowledge of an agrrcncrt
testified to bv Perkins that the taking
over of the Tennessee Coai and Iron
Co. bv the Steel corporation to -ivt
Moore and Schley from ruin was de-
pendent upon the bankers of New-
York raising money to save the Trust
Company of America and the Lie 'In
Trust Company. He declared that
thirteen million dollars will br t'len
out of his bank in one days run
(JOMFZ WILL HTN
ACAIXST MAM ISO.
Mexico City. Aug. II. Or Fr.ic -co
Vasiurx Gomcr today announced
his willingness to become a candidate
for president of the Republic He
saitl that he could not see hi
clear to refuse if nominated
av
NiMMtcH on AI:iVn.
flv ssei-Ut Pr
New York. Vik. 1 1. --Fit i'r
President Hoosevelt hnw an art I' en-
titled "Maska tnln." In the enrr.sit
Issue of the OnMook. Aftr t.iVrg
Issue with a newspanr stolen it
that during the 1tHWv.: iidinii ls-
ttatlon the sann course had Veen
pursued that hid 'en pursued Ic.tT
on In connect! in with Controller br.
Poosevelt disc itised the rcnnl
phase of Alaskan dviiopmen ai.d
adde : ' Th .ov n mon' mm-t 1-
self control the 1eioomen in A'ns-
kn. and adopt n the guiding princi-
ple the Ides of shipl I.: that diver-
opment on th Interest prbnnrilr -?
the people rs a whole the sv-nilliite
or other develiVng uremic th '8
receiving the benefit only as an in-
idMit to conferring upon the r t-
Irenshlp. Mllnarlcv Convention.
Lancaster Pa. Aug. 11. Promin-
ent spoakers fron Fncland. O.ma.li
anil various mrti of the I'nlted St it
are to addnss the annuil conven-
tion and encampment of the Chr a-
tlnn and Mllnary Alliance whl h
nut at Knckv Sprtnes Talk today fir
a ten davs' session ivieertoa ar
In Mttcnilnni e from New Yoik. Penn-
vlvnnla Varvbnd Ivlewcse w
Jccei nnrt tpt. !Utr.'t nf Columbia
DAKLEY HIE
BEFOR
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Glenwood Course Will be
Much Faster Than
Old One
SPEED RECORDS EXPECTED
P VIl.PilAHs oi I F.I A H Kt lAI.
ItXlF Hlt MK.F.T Wll I.
mux: Tilers ims of
visitors.
1'relimlnary survey was made near
(len wood Park yesterday of the two
and one-half mile auto race track
that la to he established for the ac-
commodation of the high class events
hilled to be pulled off tn this city
September 2 and I. An Inspection
cl the grounds proves to the mem
ber of the organliatlon that the
Krounds now to be adopted will he
much faster than those now aban-
doned by reason of the encroachment
of the water from Cow's Hoof lake
Just west of the city. The differ
ence is found tn the almost absolute
smoothness of the new track as com-
pared with the umlulutlng surface
of the older one and also through
the elimination of the soft earth spots
of the old eoi.rse.
Officers of the local association
state that the outlook for n classy
scries of events has never luim equal
to the present. The people are tak-Ir-g
readllv to the proposition to
hrlng to Amarlllo thl exhibition
lilch phues this city on the map for
sensational speed attractions aloni
w'th Indianapolis Palm Meach and
other world-famed tilrses.
Two Mile a Minute.
i reparation of the grounds will be
under the direction of skilled engl
nccrs. and every detail will bn added
that eoes to make of an earth track
the most desirable of all courses for
such events. Heretofore Amarlllo
and the Panhandle have rtood aghast
fhee the frnrYsr Ad almost vc.k
les drivers have clipped off speed at
more than a n.lle per minute. In
the coming events the man who does
not make a mile and a half to the
minute will be but an Indifferent at-
traction and had hetter stay orf the
course. In fact it U stated thnt two
miles per minute mav not be tmnns
slide when the fl' Ing monsters shall
tnke their places upon what will
doubtless be one of the fastest dirt
tracks on earth
So thoroush is the faith In the en-
terprise that the local assrclntlon
which is n full-fledged member of
the Three A s. Is going right ahead
with the moat extensive preparations.
Several thousand dollars will be ex-
pended anil the most ei client In ev-
ery detail for the entertainment of
the public will tie provided
Many Mtor Fxpeited.
That at least eight thousand visi-
tors will be here from out of the clt
Is stated bv those promoting the en
terprise. Adding to the assurance
for this great Ingathering of specta-
tors Is the excellent rates guaranteed
by the railroads reaching for hun
dred" of miles in every direction An-
tolsts and all who are interested In
exceptional events will doubt h-is
oine to Amarlllo from a wide terri-
tory. Nothing even remotely aug
festive of the worth of this scries of
events I'as ever been offered between
Fort Worth and Henver. end. In
fact. It Is doubtful If the state of
Texas has had In all details lift as
good an opportunity for record ex-
hibits. There can be little doubt that more
than one Texas and southwest record
will be established and some of the
more enthusiastic declare that world
records are by no means Improbable
With this eotice.pt ion of the enterprise
there Is little wonder that the peo-
ple nre alftlnu up and taking notice
Amarlllo's reputation a the conven-
tion and entertainment center of the
Pmhandle will be augmented in
marked degree bv reason of the
scheduled races Panhandle pride
will prompt an attendance for In
some details at least the events will
surpass anv heretofore held in the
state as a whole.
Wilcox Fnthusiitic.
Mr. Wllco'. whose fame a a race-
driver Is scarcely feeotvd to the best
In the I'nlted Sintcs. and as a man-
ager of the racing squad of his com-
Panv Is second to none In the world.
Is enthusiastic over this cltv He de-
clares thnt he Is coming here IA
machinery worthv to make records
and will be astonished If some of the
wnrld'i most sensational runs are not
recorded during the stav of the celeb-
rities In Amarlllo
The visitor Is willing to five his
time and nttentlon to helping out the
local boys r.nd his Mc.i will doubt-
less prove of the tr atef value The
Three A's nuthorfed lv vl-e the re.
movnl from the former m nnds and
the i stnbllshment of new ones In th-
SURVEY 10
I
Uhlan Cuts Half
Mile Record bg
Over 3 Seconds
I'y Associated Praia.
Cleveland. O.. Aus. II. Prlvcn by
his owner. C. K. 0. Hillings of New
ork I'hlan. champion black geld-
ing broke the world's trotting rec-
ord for a half mile when hitched to
a waaon in the open here this after-
nom h i covered the course In 5f 1-4
second. The world's previous record
wn one mln He made by Major IVi-
mar
III FOSTER GASE
Argument fur Prosecution
and Defense Will Be-
gin Today
The rase of the State of Texaa vs.
Hirschell Foster rlatmed attention In
the district court yesterday the state
finally resting Just before adjourn
ment. It la scarcely probable that
the defense will Introduce any further
evidence this morning but rather
that argument will be made and the
charge of the court delivered to the
Jury by or before noon.
This ease Is one possessed of unu
sual fenture. the defendant a hack
driver of this city being held bv an
indictment charging at least partial
responsibility for the death of a wo-
man following an assault said to
have been committed by the said
defendant.
Released from Sentence to
Join Chain Gang on
Stretts
lola Kiit's.. Aug. 11 Ma or Bellin-
ger tol.iv freed Mrs. Kcese recently
sentenced to don Mourner and work
on i'ic c ii.ii u gang by Municipal Judge
Smeltrcr.
She stepped from the city jail into
t''c arms of lior husband Garfield
Reese who came from Fort Scott
Kansas to aid his wife.
They were c-trangrd several
months ago but today patched up
their differences.
Karth Tremors Most Sev
ere in Years and Cit-
izens Terrorized
Pv Associated Praaa.
an Iternnrdliio. Oil.. ni. 11 -
The most si'teri- earthquake felt In
The most severe earthquake felt In
this vicinity In vears shook the busl-
ii ml the oicupants fled Into the
streets A lighter aho k prevailed tn
the morning hut slight property
damage resulted from the two.
new location. From a n tinnier oi
points In the Panhandle already en-
i oiirag'-ment Is belng.voiced for the
cnteriulse. and doibtless ns the true
char.li ter of the coming events shall
become know n the small wave will be
increased to a sweeping torrent thnt
will bring the people into this cltv
i'ic thousands. In view of f?o
f it that the closing day of the rac-
ing events will l e on I.alxir day there
is everv reason to believe that flic
attendame will be the largest ever
known on :i similar event in the
ij'ieen Cltv of the Plains
WEATHER
Focal FiMVAst.
tletierally
Yesterday
7 a m
VmlnuMit .
Max 1M0
fair Saturday
's temperature
. firt 7 p m . . .
. " Minimum .
. xt Mln. 1 1 v
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Washington Foeecat.
Wii-i'iiiicton. H C Aug. It. - For
West Texas- Pair S.-turdnv ami Sim
d-iv
M DEED D
I I ! It
9P QUAKE AT
SAN BERlDDIi
POLL TUX FRAUD
ALLEGflTIDtiS UP
Resolution Adopted in Sen
ate Providing for
Thorough Probe
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lllPPl.l t.ALI III S AMI CT1VK
MOXFV All Ft. Kl) IX HA I LAS
Tltl5AT AN! OTHFIl
COINTIKS.
Kpeolal to Dally Nawe.
Austin. Tex. Aug. 11. Charges of
poll tax Trauds occupied the attention
today of both the House and Senate
probe committees.
In the Senate prohibition member
Introduced a resolution which was
adopted providing for a thorough
probe of poll tax frauds In the vari-
ous counties of the tatc. w't
view of enabling the leglalai;i to
act better In redisricting the mate.
Attorney General's Opinion.
It Is the opinion of the attorney
general that this resolution will. In
effect make legal the powers of the
Senate probe committee. It l
claimed that It gives the Senate prob
ers the power which they were un-
decided whether they posaessed.
Sensational FvWenee
At the morning session of the
House probers some seiisational elec-
tion conditions concerning the cam-
paign In Dallas county were evolved
through the testimony of Rev. John
E. Hails or Dallas.
Rev. na via alleged that In the
campaign which resulted In his elec-
tion one of hla opponents John
Ward was offered $!00 by Jim
Klnny clerk of the House during the
recent session of the legislature if he
would withdraw from the represen-
tative race. Ward refused and has
declined to come before the House
probers liavla also said thnt he had
heard of murh corruption in Pallas
county preceding ("lie reent prohi-
bition election with reference to foil
taxes.
Irregularities! n Tarrant.
Judge Walker of Fort Worth who
was chairman of the pro organisation
rf North Texas told of whnt he re-
gards as election irregularities dur?
Ing the late campaign at the Tar-
rant county polls and said that he
had been Informed that a hurry call
was made on the Texaa Prewlng
lompany of Fort Worth for an emer-
gency contribution of Jio.noo to th
antl's state funds a few days befrfre
the election
C W. Unrret who Is a brother of
representative Parret. and who re-
sides In Temple told of what he be-
lieves were election Irregularities.
He declared that be had seen EaT?
Winn an agent of the A'lheuser-
Pnsih Htewlng Association In Tem-
ple Pelton and Waco and had rea-
son to believe that he wns pnsslng
)o"t poll ta xreielpts. He said that
the negroes of Temple were herded
together bv the antls rnd that au-
tueroiis attempts were made to se-
ion poll tax roiripts lie said that
to ii-te for them llow-iier. he said
that these efforts failed
Thomas I'. I.ove of linlhis was a
witness before the Senate committee
aad told of certain irregularities as
and proceeding the rerelit election In
Pallas. He nai.l that r .'tnarkable V
tivities was hown In Pallas county
by tbe antts to ote as iiuiny negroew
as was possible
APPROPRIATION RILL
CONSIDERATION ENDED.
Austin Tex . Aug II. Roth
branches of the legislature compared
the consideration oi the general ap-
propriation bill this rvcnitig and the
Senate adtournrd uncil Mond.iv while
the House will meet tomorrow and
formally adopt the hill .i a whole.
As u will be impossible for the
House to accept the Senate or vice
versa a tree eoi tercnce committee
will be appointed :nd adjust the dif-
ferences between the two measures.
The bill is expected to tr.ich the gov-
ernor for approval by next Tuesday.
The legislature will now devote its
time to consideration of the redistrict
ing bil!s
HF!i ;rr ichFi.uM
Wil l UK CANPIMTF.
Seattle. Wash. Vug 11 The
Alaskan h leaate. lames Wleker-
sham here todav denied the report
that he would not be a candidate for
re-elect 'on He declared himself op-
tioed to the Poblnson-Worka coal
land leasing bill now pending In
congress
Me I'edared '
"Coli tie 1 Vtoosevct and Clifford
mltichot are as radlealv wrong In
their conception of Masks as Is the
proildent and between t - In-
tercts Wisi'.i Is being cr.'i V
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