Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Newspaper) - March 15, 1912, Abilene, Texas THE ABILENE SEMI WEEKLY REPORTER VOM MI xxxi MARCH is mis Id 11 IV MAX IX TIIK Was Returned This At it Out About Fifteen Haulage Case On Trial The jury in llu case of the State of Texas vs Will Drake charged with of Ross Cartel broughtin a verdict of guilty this morning at oclock finding the defendant Will Drake guilty of murder in the degree and assessing his pun ishment at five years in the An Appeal to be Taken Attorneys for the defense Messrs Hunt and Scott say the cv is not sufficient to sustain a judgment of and on this account together with agreed priors in the rul ing of the court they will carry the to the court of criminal appeals History of the use Will Drake was charged with the murder of Hoss Carter at Rising Star lli tober and upon conviction in the district upon trial it was n a verdiel of guilty and his punishment assessed at sixteen years in the state penitentiary Till A I SIAY OF AT Citizens Komi Posse anil Pursue Ham Id Killings are Later in he Hv Press VA March I own of Virginia in rol County has been thrown into a fe cr or excitement over the ng of Circuit Courl Judge I L Mas ie Attorney Poster and Sheriff Lewis anil the wounding ol 1 11 today hy mild of tile friends of a man named who hail been sentenced l one year today on a of moonshining Citizens anil Outlaws Half Pitched As soon as news of the hilling jf the three men was he citizens of the town formed n insse and went to meet the outlaws A pitched ensued and wounded on both sides The outlaws mountains with the citizens in hot pursuit It is expected that battle will follow late this evening but upon appeal it was reversed A of venue changed to his comity with lo from Th abme Case on Trial As this paper goes to press the case of R C Durleson vs the Abilene Southern Ry Co personal injury case is on trial Mr Burleson it seems was injured in a week on this railroad about September 191 1 inju ries which him a ripple in his left leg lie asks damages and the is warmly contested with loeall A S Attorney Ben L Cox assisted by Judge of Fort Worth while are representing the plaintiff in the case Ily agreement of counsel it was de town of is a remote one out in the mountains ami the train is be ing run as quickly as possible to the the scene IN BAD STATE The Rebels Are Now Dynamiting Killing And Looting At Their Wil Mexico City Vex Mar ml it m engineer who has arrived from the state of reports conditions on the west coast such that nearly all business lias been abandoned In the vicinity of state qf three thousand mine aid to submit the young man to an workers arc out of by Drs Barnett Gage and and have them testify as to the injuries etc This is being done this Recessed The grand jury took a recess yes afternoon until the ins when they will meet again and take up some unfinished business They fiftyfive bills up to adjourn ment fortyone being for misdemean ors and fourteen for felonies Most of the are for gambling it is reported FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW heap Rates Are loBe Put on This by Hie Texas and Pacific Tli T P is to put on rates to the Stock Show at Fort Worth as fol lows Selling dates March 17th to the 22nd round trip rate tickets good for March dates March to the trip rate good for return days form date of Tickets for trains due in Fort Worth men From Guadalajara it is reported the band of mi ales who revolted Sunday attacked the village of Ayres but were driven off A correspondent at Macallan tele graphs of the capture of die town of San Ignacio March After defend ing the place for thirteen hours the garrison of twenty men was forced to surrender to two Zapatistas The rebels looted the town and dyna business houses Ville de la in the same state was attacked successfully by a party of on the same day The correspondent comments soldiers are being sacrificed criminal ly by being distributed in garrisons in too smalt numbers to defend them selves against big He sayy the entire region is beset with bandits and even the poorest per sons are subjected to enforced levies of fromone to live pesos a head A letter received in he city states i hat William C Robinson manager ot was waylaid by a band of thirteen re hols During the altercation that en sued Robinson is said to have OH ASSASSIN KIKES SKY Kit A L SHOTS AT OK ITALY IN Till 01 OFFICER WOUNDED Crowds Surge Mail ami Attempt TI Moll Of Wounding Leaves Pantheon By Associated Press ROM Italy Mar nation of King Victor of Italy was attempted in the streets of this city Ibis morning hut the bullet tired for his majesty failed to strike him and he escaped without Wounded The shouting occurred while the King was on his Pantheon for the animal services to his grandfather to the famo memorial A young By Associated YORK March was at the Governments six sugar rust officials Thomas former ion of the lent anil now chairman of the Ameri an Suger Company Judge E 5 former counsel and mem ier of the executive committee Arth ir and John Mayer former Ceo H a former arid Thomas B Haned a today that Adolph of Philadelphia is rot ly either prosecution or defense as a witness The governments case lias been voven about Segal whose closed hy a trust it is alleged he government hopes to prove its hy documents alone witb ut Segals vocal testimony HOrSK PASSES President to Prohibit Kx Supplies into Rebellious Country de 22nd rale pir good j a revolve and shot the i return March 23rd charge Tickets for trains due in Fort Hi evening of the 20th or the morning of the 21st round trip rate 0300 good for return March 22nd As a precautionary measure in line with the governments reason steps for the protection of the city in the remote contingency that it should be are unusually cheap rates and come necessary n battery of four guns placed in the treasury depart be the cause of many of people taking the trip to hear Senator speak and see the fine stock No Meningitis Here There have been many rumors of in Abilene hut this paper him it upon the authority of Dr Cash City Health Officer that not a single riHn or suspicious case even exists Pay no attention to rumors Lest You Forget men yesterday for the purpose of protecting the reserve of the nation stored in the vaults in the national palace as is customary was assigned to support the artillerymen Denial was made through the meht of that the govern ment was the employes of the department The bul letin issued by the department of go contains the statement however as well us certain This is the title to a continued and men of business itess T that starts on the buck page of Have taken steps lo is Paper today Those interested The treasury department will be able to start with the first employes the bulletin ne in todays issue in capacity f private By Associated Press WASHINGTON March Where once stood the magnificent Alexander three story brick building today stands its hare walls and two large piles of bricks As the paper went to press yester day the building was on fire and thought to have been past saving and proven to he the case as the building is total loss with man who was among the great crowd behind King ia street stepped out and lired several shots at the carriage in which the King was riding All the shots missed the King himself hut one of of th Kings body guard was dangerous Crowd Attempts Lynching When it became known to the vast crowd that the King had been shot at and one of his prominent officers wounded an attempt was straightway made to lynch the wouldbe assassin but the man was finally rescued by the police and taken to safety The man gives his name as Antoni DaPja and declares that he is ai individualistic anarchist The po lice of the city are convinced that the assassin acted alone and that he was no representative of an anarchist King Undisturbed by Affair King Victor did show even a tremor of nervousness in con sequence of the attempt on his life and he did not learn that one of his body guards had been wounded after the Pantheon service The excitement on the streets of The building of the Modern Steam Laundry corner of Walnut and North Fifth streets was burglarized last night or early this morning and a large quantity of stolen Including the list of articles miss ing are four pair of trousers four coats one suit of clothes two ladies skirts a large number of collars un Rome was great for some lime hut when it was definitely learned that King himself was not injured tha crowd dispersed in order During the shooting in an effort to protect King ihren her amis about him SAM AMI or THIS Lumber and Materials arc ami Mill Hushed nil Possible Hli he broken ibis for i lie new First church building on tlie corner of South Sec end and streets with Sam Wanner in charge of the and It H Womack in charge of the learns excavating for the basement The plans of the building have been changed from what they were o igi aid the now proposed plans are given here file sealing capacity of building will be about Dim or perhaps un der tlic new plans The western ex tension of theold building will coi nin Jeet from the present chancel rail fug and hen a extension further west and beyond this widi a pastors study and Kitch en back of all this The pastors study and will be feet The extension to present pulpit will day school the west of the be used for Sun the North and West third story walls shirts towels etc a resolution concurrent insurance partially crumbled to pieces and top led over onto the earth below and the entire building is gutted from top to bottom The walls arc badly damaged and no wall can probably be used unless the walls of the lower floor can be utilized In the fall of the North part of the third story wall the mass of brick crushed into the South roof of the J TDodson Blacksmith and Machine shop and smashed the roof into smith as well as ruined the machin ery located on the South side of that building Dr Alexander conld not be located for an interview today but it ir thought he will rebuild the structure as he has two five year leases on the building by parties occupying it All parties are well protected by j The were all ready for send ing out the clothing being cleaned and pressed and mended as hie ci may be and the other goods stolen laundered There is no clew to the burglars or as to how they secured an entrance to the building Sheriff Weir and Deputy Sheriff Whaley were out on the case about this morning and in conjunction with other officers are hard at work on it but at present STILL UNIDENTIFIED Bodies uf Two Bandits Slain By Ex pressman Are Held At Sanderson By Associated Press SANDERSON Tex Mar with a similar one passed by the Sen ate yesterday presid ent to prohibit the exportation of war supplies to any country on the Amer can continent where violence existed In signing the resolution President Tatt will issue a proclamation forbidding any arms to the Mexican revolutionists Excise Tax Reported WASHINGTON March Underwood today reported lo The Business College will hold forth for the present in their old building oh the east side of Pine street up stairs or worth of fur was saved from the Abilene Furniture stock but it is badly and hits been stored in other buildings Efforts of Firemen Appreciated bodies of the two bandits who were killed by Southern Pacific Express Messenger Trousdale yesterday an attempt was made to hold up train No 9 at this place are still held here today with the hopes that a positive identification may be made It is believed that the larger man the has been a resident of Pe cos county for several months Tlie other man is totally unknown A thorough investigation makes certain that there were only two bandits con We desire to express our sincere j lran holdup yester the House excise tax which j thanks and appreciation to Chief 1 will put to effect an income lax of the Abilene Fire Depart replace customs duties to be and his corps of volunteer fire en off sugar for their heroic efforts to nre vent the destruction of our stock of While their efforts to an extent were fruitless we I day the fact that they as much as set of fire fighters on earth conld with similar canin 11 of Austin was in Hie yesterday on his regular round Auda Vee Cash ami Ivs today to aav returned last from I from hanging tomorrow of the state inspecting buildings to Ft Ihn various cities of the state and are a home to their is a state office Inspector of I street in this iv Appeal By Associated Press AISTIN Tx March fath er of 1 I Compton who has been sentenced to haw at Laredo on the j fr flames and miller charge of Hindering a jeweler which existed his final and unsuccessful appeal i Many of the firemen self ind their lives in grave to prevent our loss CO K W and wife are receiv ing congratulations upon the arrival j of a tine young son I Studio for classy Knights o Party of Here R J Cox of the Will D Co A R Day district clerk of Calla han county C H Mahan o t the Mn han Music Co Baird and Abilene and Geo ot the Baird Bulletin ran up yesterday afternoon in an bile and saw the big fire witness ed the fighting qualities of the Abilene volunteer fire department which they complemented very highly They returned later in the afternoon to their homes Extra Program Jewel The management of the lewel offer and entire new program tonight con sisting of a comedy offering by Wil Peters and Miss Kelsey entitled Bet sy and Mayme in a Novelty Specialty and a laugh pro farce viz Youll Find Out by the entire company two reels of good motion pictures conclude Hiis pro As for your notice Mr Will Peters the popular comedian will sing the great Democ ratic Campaign Song They Ootto Quit My Dawg Aronn LICENSES D G Hill Jr to Miss ludith Red C C to Miss Mary Wy att Mac Kennedy to Miss Jewel Bracken Roosevelt Excused from Jury By Associated Press rooms anil general pur poses Over Ibis western extension here will be about six Sunday school rooms built in the form of a gallery These rooms will be well ventilated by a gable in the south and west The south extension will be feet added lo the present building aad the new part will he decked and seats provided and it used as a gallery also as will be the case with the north lying ofthe these decks will be provided with folding doors he cut into two large Sunday J rooms both below and above when used for that purpose The basement will he feet and hi this will be the stack for the hot air or heating storage place for coal and apartment or the janitors use The windows will be large square ones instead of the unsatisfactory Gothics now inthe Theup stair decks will be t will be an up to date and for convenience1 ness can hardly be beaten in tills of the state for its cost MRS DEAD Wife of J V Passed Away at Morning News reached the city this after noon of the death of 1 V Cun at her old home in Navasota Wednesday at m after a lingering illness of soine months duration Mrs Cunningham had been in bad for some time but three weeks igo she was carried from Mineral Wells to Navasota to die as it was lier request that she die bin led there beside her father who had preceded her in death The many friends the family K lend to the husband and family of the bereaved Miners May Walk Out Sy Press NEW YOKK March White of the Min Workers announced today that he looked for a general suspension of work in the anthracite field on April 1st He says that the miners lot com their demands Notice Taylor County Singers The Taylor County Sinking Conven N Y Mar 14 Colonel ti n meet with Salt sing S class four of Mer Theodore Roosevelt was excused from urther as this mor ning on the ground that his promin ence would distract the attention of the other jurors in any suit J L was in the city yes afternoon from Waco and in a reporter for this paper that The regular the Knights of Pythias will be held tonight The work for the evening will be in the rank of Knight It is requested that every member of the lodge be present Something will he done after the close of the meeting In this connection it may be said that there will he re A great time ia anticipated Como out boys and enjoy the occasion Uncle Tommie Richards is back from an extended slap with his daugh ter and sons at Anson Roby and llam lin hut says theres no place like Ab he will move to where he will be connected with the Farmers Merchants State Hank nnd Trust Co B E LOONEY K R S W P MAHAFFEY C C Parish Studio for Classy Photos ilene and that he is to back kcl on Saturday before the second Sunday in April at two oclock p m nnd through the following Sunday All classes in the county are requested to elect dele gates in this meeting and lets make it a big success President I1 1 wish of your Mar Ilenson pastor of the church at X Y passed yesterday enroute to his after a visit to his parents at San He is a of l K Mrs J X and Miss Mary tbs itv
