Laredo Weekly Times from Laredo, Texas • Page 11

KROM FRIDAY DAILY. SITUATION MUCH WORSE. WATEH WHEEL THE VILLAGE OF BORRELLO LATELY THOUGHT TO BE SAFE IS NOW SERI OUSLY THREATENED. BERNAUD W. MASTERSON OF THIS CITY ISSUED PATENT FOR INVENTION OF MOTOR.

The Streem Of Leva It Increasing In Qunnlily Speed Of Its Flow A diversion Win Stve The City By Uuiti'd Catania, Apr. l. Tlie Witiialioii created hv the eruptio i ol Mount Aetna becoming worae i village of wbitli lately aeemed to be aafe, Herioualy threatened. Lava in iuereasing in quantity and in tin- of flow. It has rtaeh Aithin a mile of Borrello, and oUung but de viation of the lUr.

iiu will wave the nlaoe from dt ati iietion. The crater the volcano ia very active and d' ita Hinoke iu are continu ilU vr hile vitdeui explosione bin I enormous of lava to astoni-hintr The lav I natuui ntany plices is running the i of -')0U meters an hour ami the ia'l ol and ashes is it I'bere are some fears for tin- of but that place Sh imminently threat ened than Borrelio A general exodus from the latter place is impending. sayler murder case Will Pul ll In Praclicil Use To Furnish Power For Pumping Water For Novel Invention. Evidence Becomes So Sensstion- al That The Court Excludes Boys And Girts From Hearing ll. By Watseka, Ills.

evidence is of such a character as vo cause all boys and girls to be taken from the court room in the Sayler murder trial. Wrn, Ciasson living next door to Dr. Miller of- flce, testified that Mrs. Sayler visited the office of Dr. Miller at all hours of the day and night and he saw them together on an operating table.

His testimony lias strengh- ened Ibe states case. The state introduced two revolver.s in an attempt to fastf the guilt on Miller, and implicate (Irounden. AFTER GOVERNOR NOEL Attorneys Are Working To Bring Him Into The Mississippi Bribery By Jackson, April are trying lo bring Gov. Noel into the Mississippi bribery scandal and for alleged malfeasance in ofli- ce. Detectives are tracing the ten thousand doiiars said to I uve been brought into Jackson during the heat of the senatorial contest between Leroy Percy, and ex-governor The grand jury has adjourned pending the taking of new evidence, but the Senate and House committees are still holding STRIKERS WELL FIXED Mr.

Bernard W. Masterson, of this city, president of the Laredo Truck Grovers association, has received notice from the U. S. Patent office that a patent has been issued giving him the exclusive right lo control the waterwheel invented by him and to protect him from any infringment by other inventors and it is after four years of thought and labor that Mr. Masterson has so perfected his invention as to make it practicable.

The water-wheel or water-motor as It termed has features entirely new of other wheels utilized for the purpuse of furnishing power by of running water and the new feature increases the value of water wheels by a material percent. The water-motor has oue feature hat will make it attractive to all who use water power in that it will run as well submerged under the water as when the axle is above the surface of the stream and as a result in time of flood or high water will not be necessary to shut down. 11 was with this as a object that Mr. Masterson started to work on his water wheel and his idea was to construct a wheel which would prove practicable for use in the Rio Grande River that could be used for the purpose of pumping direct or for developing power for generating electricity. THE WATKR WHEKL.

The new invention of Mr. is not as complicated as would be imagined when it is stated that it will run either under or above the water or either with the current or overshot, for it is, now that it is made clear, a simple contrivance. The wheel is built on an axle which is held up by standards and the standards are raised from a concrete base which is constructed at the bottom of the river. From the axle, spokes project to which are fastened the doors which when opened form the paddles of the wheel. The operation of the wheel is rather difficult to explain clearly without the aid of a diagram but the main principal of construction is that each paddle of the wheel is in four sections and the sections are connected with the spokes of wheel by means of hinges The sections of each paddle as it strikes the resistance of the water automatically shuts the paddle making therefore little or no resistance against the progress of the wheel as the spoxes with their knife like sharpness are the entire surface of the paddle when in that position.

But us soon as the current catches the spokes of the paddle it opens the doors which are connected to the spokes by means of hinges and the paddle presents a solid surface for the current of the stream to carry. In times of high water therefore even though the wheel be submerged it would continue running just as though the axle and half of the wheel remained above the water. lo times of low water the paddles lock and the wheel has the appearance of the ordinary water wheel. vioinity, and it operated exactly as it should according to the theory which resulted in the othke inventions Before coming to this city Mr. Masterson resided in San Antonio where he was connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the capacity of superintendent of the car department of the shops.

He was in the employ of the Southern Pacific for fourteen years and during this time invented and bad patented three contrivances which proved practical. patent car couplet (now in use on railroads.) ball bearing door (used either in trains or houses.) inside pipe clamp, which was invented for the purpose of drawing pipe out of welts. Mr. Masterson resigned his position with the Southern Pacific June 1st, 190T and came to this city and started growing onions' in South Laredo. He has made a success along this line but has never gotten entirely divorced from bis companionship with the mechanical contrivances and atmosphere with which he was so long a part.

It was four years ago that be originated the idea of the submerged water wheel and since that time off and on he has been working on the perfection of his invention. The tneory proved a practical one and its accomplishment has revolutionized the water The invention was filed FOREST FIRES. Eight Burned To Detth In Louisiana While Trying To Save A By Cnltftd Dry Prong, La. April 1. Eight were burned to death in fighting forest fires that burned over a large territory, including several lumber camps.

Which Mrs. Ivy and seven men were killed. The party was attempting to save the home of Mrs. Ivy, when the thicket sur rounding her bouse caught fire and hemmed them in. PERSONALS.

EVERYONE IS APRIL FOOLED DIAMOND DUST. HACK DRIVERS HIKE ON FAKE CALLS-MESSENGER BOYS LOOK FOR ADAM GOODSELL First Of April Is Appreciated In Laredo And Practical Jokei Are Many And Varied power with the S. Patent office on April 1909, and was issued March 22nd, 1910. Mr. Masterson plans the con.

struclion of a water motor for service in this city during the coming year. BALHNGER-PINCHOT. Some Exciting Incidents Occur Before The Investigating Committee. By Doited Washington, D. April Elmer Todd, U.

S. District at torney, was the first witness called by Attorney Vertrees in the Pinchot investigation today. Todd said records of the Watson Allen case did not disclose that Ballinger, had drawn any escrow agreements for the claimants. Todd said that the testimony of Jones heard on the trial earlier was absolutely false. for the prosecution asked why the delay in commencing these prosecutions by Glavis and if the delay caused by the land office When the witness said he did not know, he read a letter in which he asked for certain original papers so he could begin the prosecution.

Glavis then swore that this letter was written but never mailed. started in a heated argument to members of the committee, but Nelson finally quieted him when James said that the chairman was by inference reflecting on THE BIG COAL STRIKE President Lewis Predicts All Agreements Except With Illinois Will Be Signed This Week Miners In lows Hsve Two Hundred Thoussnds Dollars In Treasury. By Uiuietl Pfpss. Desmoines, la. April.

1. the Miners, and operators of this district fail to agree and a strike follows the men are well prepared. They have 1200,009 in their treasury. REPORT. By UuUed Press.

Washington, D. C. April Comptroller of currency today issued a call for statements and conditions of all national banks at the close of business Tuesday, March 29 th. WlIJ, CONSTRDCT WHKEL. Mr.

Masterson stated yesterday afternoon that it is his purpose to construct a wheel lo he put into service in the Rio Grande river and that he will utilize it in irrigating his farm. He stated that the wheel be will have built will be about- orlyfeight to sixti feet in length and about twelve feet in beighlb. He says that there is no limit to the size the wheel can be constructed as it only depends on the width of the river in which it is to be placed. Mr. Masterson continued that a wheel of the size he intends to place in operation in the Rio Grande near his farm will develope sufficient power lo operate over half of the pumps of the growers in South Laredo.

The river has a sufliciently strong current to operate the wheel and there is no doubt in the mind of Mr. Masterson that the invention is a practical one. He constructed a model an exact copy of the one which it is his in tention to construct for use in this By Unltfd Press. Indianapolis, April 1 Under the wage agreement signed between miners and operators of the block coal region of Southern Indiana, The men do not leave work, President Lewis of the United Mine Workers predicts all agreements except Illinois will be signed this week. No serious trouble is expected in arrangeing these contracts.

The coal mining situation this morning stand: Illinois 900 mines closed, seventy- five thousand miners out and a conference called at Chicago next Monday. Indiana, eighteen thousand miners out. Pennsylvania, forty thousand miners out. Iowa every mine closed. Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, thirty five thousand miners quit.

An early settlement is hoped. F. FI. Flinzer, from Mexico to Kansas City; E. E.

Leeper, H. A. Chopin, from Mexico to New York T. F. Trumstatt, from Mexico to Mobile, A.

A. Meyer, from Mexico to St, Louis; R. J. House, from Mexico to Kansas City; Geo. D.

Mood, from Mexico to Chicago; W. J. Abram, wife and daughter, from Mexico to Louisville, were among the through passengers today for the north. Mr. W.

L. Giddens, The Times is sorry to report has been confined to his bed for several weeks with a severe attack of rheumatism. He is reported now tu be ed, but not yet able to be up. Supt. D.

D. Davis of the Cannel Coal mines came down yesterday to attend the county commissioners meeting and remained over today on private business. Mr, Joe Deutz, left yesterday for San Luis Potosi after a short stay in Laredo. His family will remain for a several weeks visit. Mr.

and Mrs. S. A. Wolcott expect to leave this afternoon for San Antonio to spend a few weeks before going north (or the summer. Mrs, C.

C. Biggio and children will return home this afternoon from a several weeks visit to relatives in Corpus Christi. Clem. B. White, H.

A. Pressey, Wm. Lions, J. C. Herron and wife were among the through passenger yesterday to Mexico.

Mrs, A. A. Leyendecker left yesterday for Monterrey after a short visit to relatives and friends in this city. Mr. M.

Valdez returned home yesterday from a short visit to San Antonio. Mr. H. B. White of the Callahan ranch was a visitor in the city today, Mr.

Vicente Ferrara of Monterrey arrived in the city this morning. Mr. L. F. Poston of the Sonora News Co, arrived this morning.

Judge J. Rodriguez came in yesterday over the I. G. N. A.

C. Hamilton, returned yesterday from San Antonio. Mr. J. Armengol left yesterday for Mexico.

Hamilton; S. Johnson, Cotulla; J. W. Bridges and wife, L. F.

Poston, Monterrey; J. A. Wilson, Buffalo, N. B. F.

Myers, J. A. Creighton, I. and G. S.

W. Burron and family, L. A. Reiser, Reiser; R. E.

Northrup, M. Cohen, San Antonio; C. W. Kellog, R. H.

Burgess, Dallas; Guy Patterson, Sedalia; Gilbert A. Eldrege, Craw, fordsville, A. de Louza, Manilla, Phil L. W. Martin, St, LouisRoss: Dickson, Port Lavaca; H.

VVinchell, Chicago; W. P. McCrory, Jno. Kush, H. C.

Cook, W. W. Holmes, San Antonio; Wm. Allison, Jas. H.

Graves, Monterrey; r. Davis, San Jose; J. G. Grimes, Houston; C. A.

Ball, Cincinnati, Ohio; Tom Adams, Webb; H. P. White, Encinal; M. V. Brin, Dallas; W.

Elliott, Brocton, It has been April 1st all day and the practical jokes have followed thick and furious one after the other. One hardly recovered from biting a big out of one than another friend ap proacbes with a juicy and palatable article which you can not resist and you bite before you think. If the article turns out to be a juicy red apple it is filled with red pepper, if it IS a chocalate bonbon it is crammed with soft soap and if perchance it is a nice looking cigar it is loaded. Now, we gave everyone warning yesterday to be on the lookout and are almost sure that we were the first to bite, for when an attractive vniinur ladv walked into the office this morning smiled sweetly and offered us a sheet of paper, we grasped at it for a contribution, thinking it was a beauty recipe ora delightful little poem or something the work of a pearl handled pen pushed by a delicate feminine hand. Well, was it not.

Yes, it was not. On the inside in large letters was the inscription We told you so yesterday. Hardly bad the footsteps of the young lady died away in the distance than a local came with the remark, your told you to remarked the proprietor. the hackman Well we had the laugh on be was the fall guy that time it went during the day and Mr. George R.

Page left this morning for Corpus Christi where he will be present at the meeting of the circuit and schedule committees of the Soutwest Texas League. Mr. Page is a member of the circuit committee. He announced that the circuit committee would in all probability endorse the statement made by President Dickenson in that the league this first season would con- gist of six clubs. There may be something new at the meeting though and all the towns on the circuit are impatiently awaiting the news.

In regard to the new baseball park, the rain which fell the other night was the medicine needed to make it a healthy looking proposition. Mr, Scovill immediately secured the heavy roller from across the river and started to work rolling the diamond. The field and diamond were entirely rolled yesterday and again to-day and the ground are looking fine according to the report of the baseball boys who made the trip out there this raorning. Corpus is again optimistic after a kind of blue. right cheer up.

Murphy seems to be a hustling hombre and he will prob ably furnish Corpus with a clever team. Beeville plays in San Antonio tomorrow and Sunday Laredo watching Beeville for that buddy is the boy who will be the first to cross bats with the Bermudas at the opening of the season. San Antonio, Texas, April some Spanish morer bad a sound notion on magazine guns is shown by a specimen of bis handiwork which has been unearthed in this city on a site formerly occupied by a Spanish arsenal. The weapon is still in a good state of preservation and is unlike the guns of that period. Instead of the hammer being on top of the barrel or at the side, as was usually the case, it is underneath and so arranged that it would act on any one of five chambers In which were deposited the powder and ball of the charge.

The gun, like all others of that age, is band-mau3e, and would seem to be a model or experiment, nothing similar being known to the collector. It was found during the excavation of a building site and would seem to have been buried purposely. Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature in driving all impurities out of the system, insuring a free and regular condition and restoring the organs of the body to health and strength. Sold by all dealers. c4 ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

FATAL AUTO SMASH. reports we the only E. Marks in town for we heard a certain telegraph messenger looking for a certain Adam Good Sell. And he later found out that it was a dam good sell sure enough. The Call Of The Blood.

For purification, finds voice in pimples, boils, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin, signs of liver trouble, but Dr. New Life Pills makes rich red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks, fine com plexion, health. Try them, 25c at Drug. Co. Funeral Service- Tbe funeral of the late Charles C.

Twiss was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock from the home of the family residence of bis son Mr. John C. Fwiss, 1518 Iturbide street, Rev. Woodward of the Methodist church officiating. Serv ices were also held at the grave, Rev.

Woodward also officiating at the latter. On account of the former connection with the array and also the fact that the son Mr. John C. Twiss was formerly a member of th U. S.

regular army the funeral assumed a military aspect. The body of Mr. Twiss following a request made by him before his death was wrapped in a flag, the stirs and stripes which for years he has been preserving so at the time of his death it would form bis shroud. A squad of regular array soldiers from Ifort McIntosh and a squad of the Milmo Rifles under command of Cap. J.

P. Cranke accompanied the Biggio, remains to the cementery and following the lowering of the casket into the grave the bugler sounded taps and tbe firing squad fired a salute over the The pallbearers were: Messrs. J. T. Agan, Tom Worsham, A.

Saft, George Schneckner, J. W. Thompson and Mr. Pierce, MORE DISASTERS. Twenty Five dren Burn Women And Chll- To Death In A Fire.

By United Bombay, April women and children were burned to death in a fire that today destroyed the state cotton warehouse at Bhilwarain the district of Rajputana. One Killed And Two Injured In An Accident At Peoria. By United Pregg. Peoria, Ills. Api.

Brier was killed and two injured in an automobile accident this morning when a touring car owned by BI. Hoefer, ex-coroner, crashed into an excavation throwing itself on its side crushing the occupants. Prompt relief in allt cases of throat and lung trouble if you use Cough Remedy, Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect. Sold by all dealers. cb 3.1 LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Sell Us Your Rags.

Bring your clean rags, not scraps, to he imes office and turn them into money at three cents per pound 1 4 tf An election is hereby ordered by the City Council of the City of Laredo in and for said city of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, in each ward thereof, to take place on the first Tuesday in April 1910, the same being the 5th day of April, 1910, for the purpose of electing a Mayor of said city to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Amador Sanchez, resigned. For the purpose of bolding said City Election, the following voting places are hereby designated Polls in each Ward at which Polls the following named persons are hereby appointed Election Officers to hold the election for each of said City Wards: In Ward No. 1 tbe voting place will be the bouse of Francisco Sanchez Garza, No. 301 Iturbide St.

and the election officers will be Eugene Christen, presiding judge of election, and Pedro Sanchez, Antonio Medrano and Canute Sa- garneaga associate Judges of election. In Ward No. 2 the voting place will be the Engine House, 912 Matamoros St. and the election oflScers will be M. Mendlola, presiding judge of election, and R.

Molina, A. Dodier and C. C. de la Garza associate judges of election. In Ward No.

3 the voting place will be the house of A. R. Garcia, 1114 Lincoln St. and the election officers will be H. Bruni, presiding judge of election, and A.

R. Garcia, G. J. Levytausky and C. Idar, associate judges of election.

In Ward No, 4 tbe voting place will be tbe bouse of J. T. Agan, No. lt)20 corner Lincoln Street and Zarita Avenue, and tbe election officers will be P. P.

Leyendecker. presiding judge of election, and C. pfio, Dario H. Sanchez and Chas, Moser, associate judges of election. The Polls are required to be opened promptly for one day only for the reception of votes at 8 a.

m. and to close at 7 p. m. Should the Polls not be promptly opened at that hour the time thus lost shall be extended beyond 7 clock 80 as to secure the full period of hours for voting purposes. Said election shall be conducted under tbe general laws of the State of Texas and the existing ordinances of the City of Laredo.

Given under my official signature and real of the city of Laredo by virtue of the authority and instructions of tbe city council this 24tb day of March 1910. L. J. Christen, Mayor Pro-Tetn. Attest; V.

Woodman, Secretary. 3 24 lot. Normtxl Hnme Coming- To alt former stndents of tbe 8am Houston Normal, Greeting: The Faculty, Student body, and Alumni Association of the S. H. N.

and the Business League and Citizens of Huntsville invite you back to a great Home-coming during Commencement, with Monday, May 30 pre-eminently Horae-cora- ing day. All students, from 1879 to 1910, are expected back at the Normal them, and wre are asking and urging each and every ex-studeot to send their names and address, so that we many be able to send evrey one of them a program and an invitation. A splendid program has been arranged, from May 28, to June, and the people of the Town" have provided homes and entertainment, free and inviting, to every ex- student, young and old; and you will disappoint your old fellow- students, if you are not present. Let every former student send their address to Mrs. C.

G. Barrett, Huntsville, I'exas, Secretary of the Alumni, at once, in order that your comfort and pleasure may be provided for by tbe committee. Fraternally yours, A. A. A lliskn President of the Alumni, Groes- heeck, Texas.

Mrs- Perron Dead- News was received here this morning by relatives announcing the sudden death in San Antonio of Mrs. Clovis P. Perron (oee Miss Emilia Carabajal), which oc- cured yesterday afternoon at tbe home of Mr. Maurice R. Perron.

Mrs. Perron on account of being ill was taken to San Antonio a short time ago for medical treatment and she was thought to be doing nicely and according to reports was as well as usual up to a few moments before her death yesterday afternoon. Word was gotten to Mr. Perron, who was out at his ranch above the coal mines and he will be in this afternoon and leave tonight for San Antonio. Mr.

Perron has a host of warm friends in Laredo, who will feel keenly bis great loss and extend to him their sineerost condolence. tf-lVK CHIE.DKEÎW l'a LAXATIVE COUCH SYRUP Lax-ets5 Swcft ft Csaif I mn I Uisaw Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling ic your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucous in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take Cough Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by all dealers. cl BIG IRfUGATlON PROJECT San Antonio, Texas, April is considered the largest artesian weil irrigation project in tbe United States has become a fact with tbe letting of a contract for 500 artesian wells to the Dimmick Construction Company of Kansas City by the Lobo Land Irrigation Company of Crockett, Texas. The wells will serve to irrigate a tract of acres in the Van Horn valley in El Paso county, surrounding tbe town of Lobo on the Southern Pacific, Morgan Sivia formerly connected with the editorial departments of tbe Chicago Tribune and Inter-Ocean, is one of tbe principal promotors of the enterprise..