Wichita Falls Times from Wichita Falls, Texas • 1

3 Volume WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TUESDAY APRIL 16th 1912 Numbek 289 TO SECURE PAOREMEMBERS NEXT MONDAY CLEAN-UP DAY DEFENSE WILL ATTACK TABS TAYLOR'S TESTIMONY MEN GO DOWN WITH SHIP WOMEN AND CHILDRENSAVEO UNWRITTEN LAW OF SEA ENFORCED AND MEN STAY ON SINKING SHIP WHILE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TAKE UFE BOATS TO SAFETY WILL ATTEMPT TO SHOW SHE ASSERTED CONVICTION OF PASTOR'S INNOCENCE AFTER MARCH THE NINTH-MANY WITNESSES ALL HOPE FOR MORE SURVIVORS GONE NOT EVEN A SCINTILLA OF EVIDENCE Ousley Told Spencer There was Nothing to Indi cat that Norris Burned the Chunk and Very Uttit to Indicate he Wrote he Letters 866 Saved By Caspatteia Only Great Slap Went Down In Fiehi of Ice and Many Who Gained Life Boats Were Lost torn piece of paper that is alleged to At the anonymous letter Dr Norris received Ho didn't see It until the second time the Jury sat On cross examination Mr asked: have understood all tho time haven't you that that torn slip of paper came out of his pocket after tho Jury adjourned the Arst time?" The witness recalled some talk about a letter He did not think Dr Norris said ho couldn't make capital It seemed that he wanted to know how the grand Jury wauled the made He recall anyone's giving the clergyman a copy of the Fort Worth Record He thought Mr Hoaey gave Mr Norris some Instructions He thought Hoeey held up the euevlope of the Connell letler'and said this Then Hoaey took his hand down Mr Baskin asked the witness if he ware not hard of hearing a little Mt yes sir The' witness said the Contrast article rame before the grand Jury the Arst time you discussing the 'Huppy Contrast article asked County Attorney Baskin "when Ousley said you didn't have evidence enough to convict? Weren't you discussing libel was something said about HbeL" East son of Joel East a grand Juorr was sworn and examined by Mr 'Cummings for the defense He sald he was In Fort Worth since the time Dr Norris was assaulted lie aaid he overheard the conversation of some parties near the Byers Opera House The State objected unless the parties be named Tho witness said ha didn't know them but he know neither of them waa Norris and that be had seen persona later whom ha thought to have been foe same oass They were at the church and sat near him Ashed as to the attitude of these persona toward Dr Norrla aa Shown by their conversation at church the wltncaa was stopped (Tom answering by the State's objection on the ground of Immateriality Mr Cummings said the defense desired to Introduce evidence that would tend to show who assaulted Dr Norris The State objected un-tbe third party Involved could be shown to have some proximate connection with the case Mr Cum-mlngs argued in favor of the admissibility of the testimony saying the evidence would tend to show that the person who assaulted Dr Norris waa other than the party assumed by (he State's theory of the case The court sustained the State's objection The witness nrss excused James A Wright of the United States postal se He distributes mal ability to decipher addresses twenty-three years of service helhas 'frequent occasions to obsfrvo handwriting Before getting further with I Ms testimony the witness wsa Intcjrupt-sd by Mr -Clendenen who submitted to the court the proposition that the witness had not qualllled as aa expert in handwriting as hjnly bust-nese was to decipher CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DESIGNATES DATE FOR ANNUAL CLEAN UF BEAM IN COMMAND Day a Legal Noliday and Many Busi-neaa Houaea Will Civia League Will Join Neat Monday April 22 haa been ee-lected by the Chamber of Commerce ee tho dote for Wk-hita annual spring bunas cleaning and Bean has been appointed captain of the clean-up forces I 'lana are under wny for a thorough and synlematic campaign a galoot dirt oa the day mentioned and it In hoped to make the city a town" before the work ends While April 25 had bad been selected aa cleaa-up day for tho State at largo It waa decided to select some other date hero aa account of tho fart that on April 25 tho baseball season will open Judge Ramsey will ho here and the mlmtreal show will be held Theeo eounter-aurar Ilona were deemed too numerous for a clean-up campaign to compete with Mr Been who le to command the clean-up forces occupied a similar position In 1910 when one of the moot successful elrun-up campaigns ever wltneeeed waa held In the city lie has the promise of nil the Chart her of Commerce dlrrrtore that they will fake part personally In ths clean-up work and the Chamber of Commerce haa pledged him all posslbla moral support and assistance Nest Monday is legal holiday and will be observed as Baa Jacinto dny which tells on next Sunday Several of tho business houses will bo coined and It thought that largo number of workers can be enlisted ANOTHER CONFEDERATE ANSWERS LAST ROLL CALL CL Hill a Confederate veteran and respected cltlxen of Wichita Falla died at hla homo 504 Sixth street this morning after a week's Illness from the grip Mr- Hill was 65 years of ago and la survived by a widow and 'thrao daughters sad tour is Ha came hero about four years ago from Vernon Ho was a native of Texan Tho funeral will ho held at 4 o'clock tomorrow -aftoraoln and' will bs conducted by Rev Hamlin' pastor of tho First Christian Church "of which the deceased has a member Two daughters Mrs John Dsvls of Tulsa Okla and Mrs John Loyd of Giles Texas ars expected to arrive tonight GEORGE AUSTIN PAINFULLY INJURED In Flucky Effort to Stop Team Cab Driver Fell Beneath Noras -and Was Hurt George Austin a cabatriver iua-tulned painful injuries shortly after noon today while attempting to stop his team which waa running away The accident occurred near the corner of Twelfth and Lamar streets The horses became frightened at something while a passenger wae alighting neqr tho corner of Tenth and Lamar and started down Lamar at rapid gsl Austin managed to seise one of the animals by ths bridle and dung firmly while tho hones continued on their way-" Near the center of Twelfth street tb horse awang serosa the car track and one of them stumbled and toll carrying1 Anstln down with IL It appeared to thaw looking on that one of tho hones rolled over Austin's bod'-and that a wheel also passed over hie ionile Dr Walker waa summoned and found that tho Injuries consisted of a badly bruised kip and fracture of two bones la hla left foot There wen some indications of Internal Injury Austin waa conveyed to his home at 1106 Indiana where bo wap reported aa resting easy this afternoon Cottrell traveling representative of tho Interna tymal Correspondence Schools after remaining bore for several days oa business left this afternoon for Seymour Ho will return hero after short 'stay- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEMBERS support is withdrawn Chamber of Commerce Will Discontinue 50 Monthly te the Wichita State Band Plana for lacrraslng tho Chamber of Commerce membership were dim cussed at a meetlug of the directors this morning and It was decided to take steps to enroll a larger number of business men and cklxena la tho organisation A committee consisting of Messrs OTteWy Anderson and Brin was named to work out some plan for securing additional members Several other matters received attention at this mornlnge session of the directors among theta being the el set ion of Dr Bell as second vice president the severing of the present relations with the band and the taking of steps to have records of building activities kept Dr Bell presided at the meeting ho bring elected si-ond vice president to succeed Tandy resigned Following the approval of the minutes Secretary Forrester repotted that the glass factory bonus had been completed The matter of securing more members was brought up and tho question of classifying the membership according to property values was discussed' Mr Nohlo pointed out this plan had been suggested at a previous mooting but had been abandoned on account of vigorous opposition After soma discussion I Messrs O'Rrilly Anderson and Brin ware constituted a membership committee to work out some plan of actios Secretary Forrest tr suggested that some action he taken toward having records of new building1 This was Indorsed the city council bring asked to take artlnn If it could do so under the present laws A 1 proposl-llln from Gainesville parties for the placing of the rosd bonus recently voted was-su (united the directors replying that they were not interested In the "hffer A similar reply was given to proposition to place an amusement park here for a 116000 bonus I I The directors authorised Secretary Forrester to attend the meeting of the Southern Commercial Secretaries at Houston next month also to spend oae day with the ad clubs at Dallas The agreement with the band was discussed at some length by tho directors with the result that It was decided to discontinue the present relations' with the organisation At present the Chamber ofT Commerce contributes $50 monthly to the support of the hsnd A request from local parties for Contribution of about ISO to make up the aviation deficit was turned down py the directors following which adjournment was taken TRAINLOAD OF UD6S FROWNEW TOWN Camargo Only Few MVnths Old Sends Whole Train Load of Aft Porkers to Fort Wort EL Carver live stock aXrnt of the Wichita Falls Routs retimed this morning from Camargo Oklahoma which is one of the recently organised towns along the Northwrotern aster slon Mr Carver has bee in Camargo superintending the loadjbg of a train load of hogs shipped termers near that place to Fort yorth via the Northwestern railroad The hogs passed through here itmut noon today there bring ten carload at them all apparently in good condition Mr Carver saysithat since the Northwestern rallroalt has been completed as ter ss Camqrgo in Dewey county teflrmers and stock misers are able to got their prodnetso the mar hots in quick time This Yartlralar train load of hogs said Mf Carver left CaasTgo last evening at seven o'clock and will arrive In ort Worth Just eighteen hours htw Aa soon as the railroad Is eompMbd as ter as Woodward much Uvaf stock by the train load will be Snipped to Fort tyorth by way of uo Northwestern Tho owners of thy hogs which passed through here this afternoon were as follows: EchardflR Sanderson two can Msyflell two ears Williams one ear nfl Stockings two ears Mercer wne car Diggs A Wright two ears Moot of the animals were fine largeVspecimens and the entire train load Vas valued at more than fifteen thoaagpd dollars Ipwtal ta Tbe-Titove Fort Worth Tu April II Seven prominent juembers of tho First Uap-tiot Church won aworn In tho court room during tho trial Tuesday morning aa a atep of tho defense to attack tho testimony of Mrs Taylor former Bnaaclal secretary of tho church a sritaoas of the State against the pastor Aa lndlcatioa of the line to be taken was gtrea when the flrst of the seven Mrs A Jones eras put on the stand and naked as to a atato- moot of Mrs Taylor oa March Ith as to Dr Norrla' guilt or innocence The question was ruled Inadmissible for lack of a predicate Jordan Cum- mlngs ibslated that the predicate had been laid in Mrs Taylor's testimony and' Judge Simmons again ordered that the question could not ho answered at this time and Mrs Jones was excused and the others ware not called to the stand Those sworn wore Mrs Bpen-I eer Miss Alice Brooker Mrs Julian Oppenheimer Mrs Bay Mrs George Boselle pud 1 Jackson Mrs Spender testified to foreman Ousley of the grand Jury telling him that there was not a scintilla of evidence against Norris as to the Area or shooting hut that there were many auspicious' things about the anonymous letters and ho ought to advise Norris to go before the grand Jury waiving all rights Sawyer testified to the threats against the writers of the Con tract article by Charlie ptcklnaon and his brother at the time they called on Franklin" to learn about the au-thotehip Sheerer a reporter tor the Star-Telegram testified to the Boding of papers in cost "and the turning over of these papers to the Are marshal who has testlfled to the ton paper that fits one of the anonymous letters being among these papers I Randle testified to being put In charge of the premises after the Are and to seeing the city Are marshal search Norris' trousers in the proa-enee of the State Are marshal He said that he spread the articles out and that there waa a key He deslg-hated It aa a small trunk key Clarence Miller testified to the suppression of the X-Ray and the appears nee of Dr Norris on the night of the Arst Are of the parsonage which he designated aa one of the coldest nights there was on earth He said Norris was excited broken down and sick sitting wrapped in a blanket with his (Cat in water 1 Additional experts on handwriting who ware expected were not put' on the stand today 1 Probably the most sensational tee tlmony of the day was that of Spencer hanker and member of the First Baptist Church who testlfled that Ousley told him there was very little evidence that Norris wrote -the anonymous letters and not' a scintilla of evidence that he flred the 'sbots-er burned the church or his examined Mr Spencer said Opsley told him this before the Indictments were returned what were the flrst questions asked him when he took kla seat Ho as Mr Ousley was oa the west side of the table Mr Norrla was oa the east aide and Mr Hoaey was next to Mr Ousley oa his right Mr Hooey asked Mr Norrla to write of print something This' was after some questions about the letters The witness said Dr Norris was shown the envelopes In which the anonymous letters came When the pastor wrote the name Connell the flrst time he came back and said he had got the Impression tho grand Jury wanted him to write It as it appeared oa the envelope he then jaranted to writq It In his own handwriting Colvin said the witness write like thla make an like thla From then on he tried to uiuko It like that I stood behind hp chair There was a copy of the X-Ray In the room at the Umo but the witness did not remember whether or not It was shown to Dr Norris He did not remember it Dr Norris was asked If he had made certain notations oa the paper The witness know if Dr Norrla looked at the letters In the grand Jury room Ha didn't see anyone show them to him 1 The letters were im the table between Norris Ousley and tho county attorney Nobody asked him the pointed question If ha wrote the letters -The witness aaid he 'heard Mr Ousley make some remarks about the past llfo of Dr'Norris he tell the incident of the Baptist convention at -Houston year before lastf The witness answered In the affirmative saying he thought he heard Ousley say he had caught Norrla in a He He was Just making the statement before jhe grand Jury said the witness not as witness Jwfore the grand Jury you hear anything said as to the effect of the indictment? before taking the vote on (he said the witness asked if they bad evidence enough to convict him Mr Ousley said he did not believe they had Mr Clendenen arose to object to the testimony it would destroy his Influence and follow him wherever he Mr Was he saying that to warn the grand Jury to go alow In making the Indictment or as an argument for the Indictment? Mr Clendenen objected Mr Cummin gu for the defense said that Mr Ousley admitted making tho statement saylsglt was as a warning and tho only way the manner In which It was aaid could be brought out was to let the witness answer the question The court sustained the objection Answering Mr Lattlmore the witness said the Norris indictment was the last returned at the second term of the grand Jury -Mr Had there been repeated efforts oa tho part of certain men notably Bowles Ousley and Yarbrough to got an Indictment? The court sustained aa objection to 'the question aa To tho witnesses who had not yet been on the stand Mr aLttlmore Is It a fact or not that up to the last- day the grand Jury stood eight to four?" "The court sustained aa objection Mr Clendenen suggested a reprimand because of tho question -Mr Is It not a fact that oa Friday Clarence Ousley took the ninth Juror and had him off all morning and when they came hack he voted with him? Mr Clendenen' objected to the procedure -The court sustained the objection Mr Lattlmore exeepted to the ruling saying the defense would put In the 'hill of exceptions what the defense expected the witness would Tork before Thursday la all marina tragedies the Titanic Is tha flrst nhlp sunk on her maiden voyage- Heavy foge were reported today off the New Found In nil bonks with heavy thunderstorm which waa traveling mb! ward Inst night Such WNlhiT conditions leave little hoie for the rearm- of any of tha survivors still adrift on rafts or boats Tho Csrpnthla wired New York this morning that she would seluct that port rather than some near harbor on account of the grant quantities of Ice The rnrigthls waa then In a Hold of Ira twenty mltos In diameter containing several Icebergs Tha one of the steamers on which rescue hopes were pinned reached tho wireless communication this forenoon reporting no survivors aboard Tho Virginian which carried oven higher hotes merely wired that arrived on tho scene of the disaster too late to bo of service" and that tha Virginian Is proceeding oa her way to IJvorpooL Statistical Information of tho llfo-aaving apparatus of thq Olympic slater ship of tho Titanic was given out hero thla morning by the bureau of Inspection of steam vessels Tha flg-ores for the Titanic are not available but as tho two altlpo are almost Identical in also and equipment It la not likely their life-saving equipment -materially differs The Olympic has sixteen life boats and four rafts' Intended to accommodate 1171 persona Thla meaua accommodation for about one-third of tho loud possible number of passengers and crew all of which in 1447 It was stated by tho Bureau that no vessel la required to nave sufficient Ilfs boat room for all Its passengers and crew The Olympic has 3433 life preservers and 46 llfo buoys made in couipllaacs with the regulations of tho British board of trade The United Bistro bureau haa no power to see that each steamship marts the requirements of its homo government Among tho notable passengers waa Lady Duff -Gordon who Is known In Paris aa Lucille under which namo she conducts dresa-making business Bha and her husband Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gortloa were listed under tho namo of (r and Mrs Morgan It is not yet known whether they were laved Robert Bacon United States Ambassador to Franco had planned to taka the Titanic for America hut postponed his departure from Paris awaiting arrival of hit successor Myron Herrick Millet tha famous painter may bo among the saved A name resembling his bus hem wired from tho Carpathla Untold wealth waa represented among tho passengers of tho TltanJc then being on board at least six mea each of fortunes might ha reckoned la tens of millions of dollars A rough estimate of tho total wealth represented in tha flrat-ctaa paaaengar list would roach over 3l'V 000000 Tha wealthiest of the list Is CoL John Aator who la reputed to ho worth 9150000000 Mr' Aator waa returning from tour of Egypt with his bride who 'was Miss Madeline Force to whoa ho was married in Providence on 8epL 1 191L Benjamin Guggenheim probably next In financial Importance la tho fifth of tho seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim who founded the American Smelting sad Refining Company and la director of many corporations Hla fortune to estimated at 433100 000 George DL WTdcner is tho son-of A WIdenor the Philadelphia' whoso fortune is estimated at 130000000 had or Straus one of New most prominent dry goods merchants sad notable for hla philanthropies' has fortune also estimated to bo worth 30000000 Brace limey president sad one of tho founders of the International Mercantile Marino Company who has always made It a custom to' bo Hr iMfbri Fima New York April Fraetirally all hope wae ahaaduni thla morning that there aero any survivors of tho Titaule tho world's largest steamship which sank yesterday after a rblliskm with aa Iceberg off Csio Haft ex cep I lug those aboard the Carpathla These number 666 Steamers which hurried to the scene of the accident reported nt ten thla morning that they coul'd And no other survivors of the Ill-fated ship sad It la believed that all have per Ished Yesterday's report that nil were saved waa probably due to meaaagea aent from the Titanic liuiuedlulriy after the colltaton while biw waa' till high that the ship would! be Bared Not until last night did say vessel with sufficiently powerful wireless apimratus to flash the news learn of the true extent of tho disaster Tho vse sank at 2:10 Monday morning about four hours after being bit by the iceberg The kaa of life nt noon wan Nil-mated at about 1330 Searching steamers reported tho weather so cold that even if they had dung to tho bite of wreckage la open aea would have perished This wireless brought news apparently that all the wives and children of tho famous men had bean saved but not one word to show that any notable man had escaped Alfred Vanderbilt reported yeia lerdsy on tho Titanic waa not aboard Tho Carpathla arriving at daylight tho flrst rescue vessel on the scene reports by wireless that score of boats navigating perilously la a great Held of Ice and containing mostly women and children were all tha traces of the Titanic that could bo discovered Tho meagre wireless description ays that many of Urn passengers bad retired Just before the 'crash Bcnres of them were hustled Into life boats scantily clad Huge quantities of Ice made it almost Impossible for life boat crews to prevent eapalalng Tbs lea separated tha boats giving tha faint hops that tha Carpathla may not have found all 1 Bimctatora assart that tha Titaule In her Anal plunge carried down hundreds la Now York society folk and famous people are besieging tha steamship officers either in person or by phono seeking news from friends The steamers Californian and Virginian arriving later In the day where tha Tltenle sankaNrched for survivors and there' was some hops that the Virginian may have some survivors aboard Tho mooey loss will bo nearly twenty million half on tho ship and half oa its cargo' and passenger affects Among tho known aunrtvlrs on the Carpathla is tha bride of John Jacob Astor who was Min Madeline Farce Jr Brace lam ay president of the International Mercantile Marino which own tho Titanic In also among tho survivors oa tho Carpethla Captain EL Smith commander of 'the Titanic went to watery grave with tha vesseL That ho end kla crew rigidly enforced the unwritten taw of aea women and children la plainly Indicated by tho few names of men received In the fiat of tho Carpathla's survivors being ant by wireless Even tho survivors are not all passengers aa members of tho crow bad to nun tha Ufo boats and thla rata down tha possible list of tho aavod Tho speed at which the Titanic was going when she shattered herself on tha iceberg will probably not be known nntll tho survivors reach tha port- Shipbuilders today point out that no ship can plunge against great Iceberg without grave restate Bock shock might not only crumple tho air compartment of tho bow hot atrip off tho ateel plates tho sides clear to tho stern and open nearly an bulkheads "The Carpathla reach New te- vi I if V- A waa not eoncoracd handwriting The the belief that have-to show that tho habit of eompa handwriting to quail Mr Odell said tl occupation in the better opportunity for comparing apd observing handwriting than that of mail distributor Ho said the most remarkable statement he had ever heard in a courtroom was that the only man qualllled to give expert testimony on handwriting was a bank teller or a bank cashier who by tho nature of his business comes la contact only with signatures and does not come la son tact with one-hundredth part as much handwriting as does the distributor ohmafl No law book in the world he said ever laid down the proposition that a hank clerk was better quallAed aa aa expert than ethers who constantly pass upon handwriting Thors are hundreds of men he said who write Spencerian hands who have signatures that no man can decipher am less he be familiar with them Men with big hank accounts he said attach- peculiarities to their signatures that forgers do not perceive The bank clerk knows these pecullsritles and can detect the simulation of tho real signature -The issue he said Is dot as to signatures 'The law books allow a man to qualify as aa expert not so much for what he says he knows os for the business he pursues and the opportunity he has to make observations and to acquire expertaesa Mr Clendensu aaid Mr Odell had missed the gist of the proposition it was that' this Tritnesa had had no experience In comparing handwriting but merely In observing and deciphering addressee He said under Mr Oddi's theory he' would make experts out of every one who had had large correspondence Wilson one of the grand Jurors waa placed -os the stand late yesterday He recalled that Dr Nor- rls was before the graad Jury more than once The A rat time he said the preacher was sworn He was not sworn after that in his opinion He did not know how Dr Norris came before the grand Jury in connection with the anonymous letters He thought Spencer called him Asked if Clarence Ousley told Spen- eer to can him the State objected The objection waa sustained Tho defense exeepted Mr Lattlmors When Norris came before the grand Jury was he told that he was suspected of having written tike anonymous Jett ers? The Not jo my dfftl i The witness said that Mr Ousley and ths county attorney' did most of the questioning when Mr Norris was before the jury He did not recollect WEATHER FORECAST 4 Tonight fait colder and probably frost -1 Wednesday fair Answering Mr Lattlmore the wit-nes said during the Am aesaion of the grand Jury he did not see the i-- i Perry Funk of Burkbuf through here thla al to Archer Cltyoa -1 F'-'lS4'? lit (Continued oa page Flml i p- (Contlnncd on page 6) i.