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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
TO BUILD STORE
ON HISTORIC SITE
Escontrias VIII Erect a
$4,000 Building on San
Francisco Street.

Lower San Francisco street it to
have another store building to cost
$40, 600. A. A. EscOntrias, city agent for
the Mexican Central railroad, has
asked for bids on q new store building
to be erected on his property on the
corner of Santa Fee and San Francisco
streets. The building will be two
stories high, of brick and steel con-
struction with store rooms along san
Francisco street on the street floor
and office rooms on the second floor.
There will be five of the store rooms
and u offices.
The name of the new building will
be the NarXelina block, in honor OF
Mr.. Escontrias' great aunt, who owned
the house which now stands on the
building site. This was owned by her
prior to the civil war, having been ae-
quired from John Gillette in 1859 Just
back of the house was the old Ponce
de Leon smelter, which did a small
commercial business il FL Paso in the
N early days. The adobe house which
viii be wrecked TO make room for the
new building was the home of Felix
Escontrias, father of the present own
er. In this building the entire Escon-
trias family of seven children were
born and all who are now married.
were married in the old home. 1t is
one Of the landmarks of early FL PaSo
and was the scene of many social
events in the pioneer days of the
town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
JUST TRYING TO FOOL
SOMEBODY
1t Is the Same Old Story of
Posing As the Peoples
Friend
Down with the ring"'

Down with the ring"
The pertinent question is; what
The ants pretend. that they are
making a fisht, not for themselves, but
for the public good. They are willing
- make any sacrifice TO accomplish
Now, honest, mister. do you think
that Dan Jackson is running for dis
trict judge in the interest Of the pup
lie, or because he wants TO De district
Judge? ne saws he wants to be lis
trict judge-that il has been the am
bition of his life. He does not say
that he thinks it viii be to the adVan-
taGe OF the public to elect q more cap
able or better qualified man, as for
instance, Mr.. Nealon.
Do you think that Ike Alderete is
running for district clerk IN the inter
est of the public gOOd2 DO you THINK
that Ike has any sense OF moral or Of
fetal responsibility TO the publicE DO
you think that the, public VIII IN any
way be benefited by his election
Some of the "antis, IN their public
speeches, profess a very great patriot
ism They go so far as to declare that
they would willingly step aSlQe ana
let others make the race if il would
enhance the chances for downing the
ring"
Do YOU really believe that there is
any truth or sincerity in such state
ments, or do you believe that these
men themselves want to fl1 the OIL
fees for which they are candidates.
l.
ed solely by u desire to break She
ring" and serve the public thereby,
why did they not, in the beginning,
take the public into their confluence +.
II they were not actuated by a desire
10 fill these offices, why did they SELF
ishlV arrOEate to themselves the Wis
dom Of the community and IN caucus
choose themselves as the Savlours OF
Fl Paso2
. They have time and again declared
that the people must rule.
. Gin n
tions, why did they not, at the outset
appeal to the people, call precinct
meetings, or call a general mass meet
ing of the public, and let the peo-
Did Dan Jackson, when he 1lrst an
nounced for district judge. and when
he sought the Endorsement OF me IN!
ring" take the people into his con1l-
dence2 Did he take the people into ms
confidence or let the people know what
he was doing when he sought the
rings" support
Did ". s. Ware care a confluence a.
rap about the people" when he
thought te ring id was W S&ag altitude tt ud
does Mr. Ware occupy now can ne,
consistently, denounce the very org.tn-
ization which ne has affiliated with
and endorsed for years. Can he ask
the peopIe to have any faith in his
patriotism and believe that ne Is oet-
Ter than those with whom ne would
6aign as candidate for the office OF
district judge. If he had but been per-
rnitted so to dO2- ,
Who selected these various candl-
dates 10 represent the peopleT me
people did not select them As mat
ter of fact. far more people We're m
volved in the selection Of the ring
ls1didates than were. involved in the
detection of the ants
An this talk about the people ruI-
ing Is. therefOres but mere ouSapoo
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
AS TO MUDSLINGlNG

Our "antf-ring'' friends, having
delved deep into mud-slinging tactics
for several weeks, have taken sudden
tack, and are now pretending 10 deerg
this sort Of campaign The truth OF
the matter is, they have suddenly SICK
ened of those methods which have vast
" impaired their chances OF success
at the polls, and by their sudden turn
they have tacitly admitted that their
former campaign assertions regardlnS
the personal characters Of candidates
on the regular Democratic ticket were
not founded upon fact But the fact
remains, nevertheless, that in the very
beginning of their campaign, they re-
ferred to the candidates in their in
dividuaI persons as thieves, political
corruptiOnists and Sra1terS- Thls as
sertion the vast majority of the people
of FL PasO know to be utterly untrue
Yet the ants continue this practice IN
personalities, while continuing to as
sert, expressly or by innuendO, that Ger
tain officials are interested" in one
way or another in public contracts or
other affairs of the city and county
which rebound to the financial benefit
of the said public officials. The truth
of the matter is that never before IN
the history Of FL PasO county or city
have the public officials been as far
removed from even the color OF any
thing Of the kind as at present No
public official receives any financial
benefit from the public patronage,
while some of them have even sacri-
feed the right to participate therein
The statement that the regular or
ganiZation has $4,000 to spend in the
coming primaries is but one Of a thou
sand campaign canards, circulated for
such political effect as IL may have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
What THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION HAS TO SAY ABOUT

mort" in this direction, swung from
the original issue as made up, and
have tackled the proDlems confronting
the city administration This is for
eien to the questions presented by the
nTesent situation, despite all that has
been said to the contrary, and merely
gees to demonstrate the weakness Of
the campaign against the cahuldacy
of their opponents
No man who is holding a city office
j. a candidate against any man IN this
c9mDaign. There can legitimately be
No such issue. There can be no valid
Resumption that any candidate now
Holding a city office viii be a candl-
date for reelection We know that
st least some of them viii not be Yet
we are told that we must nSht the
next city election now A..
We rOint to the abandoning or the
original issue as presented DE tle
s.antis''- last spring as evidence su1Il-
cianr that our opponents cannot De
trusted where their pOllllcdl sincerity
is involved They have proved raise
- tbe original organization IN the Al
Serete matter, and there is no aSsur-
ance that they will not prove raise 20
their professions concerning the CITY
administration. Judging them Dy
tbeir mast conduct, there IS good reason
- believe that they will next sprih6
align themselves with any NOV elHSLl
on. faction that Will promote thelr III
ture political prospects
Their natures have cndnged III ~ ~
degree since last spring II IS ohIS
maj their ideas of expediency have un-
5ergo1e a change. If they could not
See Six months ahead last spring. they
cannot see six months ahead now l.
they could not fOFesee their pres,eI'
noIi+ica1 attitude six months ago, they
cannot foresee the future now. and and
do not know what their attitude VIII
be next spring. SO it is certain lLa'
their fight upon the present city al
ninistratfOn rather than upon the pres
ent county administration is acuateIa
not by patriotism, but for the sole
purpose of avoiding present issue ~
fev6r Of a subsequent Issue which can
more easily be avoided when the time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
PARK PITMAN AND The
INDICES

The Park Pitman matter mas oeen
discussed quite thoroughly. II is now
no doubt, quite well understood by the
public But it has formed the basis
for a charge OF graft against Park
on the part of the "antis. Yet there
was no graft in the matter Neither
was il Illegal in any way NOT was II
money paid to Park for anything nut
hard, difficult trying and honest
Park Pitman, in discussing the mat
ter, did not do himself justice. he olo
not make the case in MS 1ayor near
so strong as 1t might have been maze
he proceeded upon the proposition that
whether the money had been paid 10
him legally or illegally that ne. nad
nevertheless earned it at fair and non
est labor That is true Morally, ne
was entitled to the compensation ne
received Moreover, he was legally
entitled to it
The case to which he referred. the
Fort Worth case, was, as he said, not
a parallel case But he might have
own favor. The work he did was not
part Of the routine work Of his OF
flee, as was the work done by the Tar
rant county clerk What Park did was
to make a set of new indices, which
was no part Of the work required OF
him by law He made a set OF new
indices to supplant an old, worn and
obsolete set Of books, he was entitled
TO pay for this just as much as he
would be entitled TO pay for making a
new set of records
Suppose, for instance, that the pres
ent county records should be destroyed
Can it for a moment be presumed that
Park would be required 10 replace
them2 This proposition illustrates
what Park did, and the men who
charge him with illegally receiving
compensation for the work he did
know full well that their statements
10 this effect are made Tor political
purposes only, and are not legally cor
rect The men who make these state
ments do not propose to rectl1y any
wrong. They are merely attempting
to make political capital out OF an old
matter-a matter that has been open
and notorious so far as the public IS
concerned for years agone-
They say they are going to move the
reservation" But have they told you
where they are going to move it to-
One Of the 'anti-ring" speakers has
proposed that If the anti-ringsterS are
I elected TO office and become ring,
that the people should put them out OF
office Being a ring already, the
time to put them out Is before they
get in
The "anti-ring' candidates are now
trying to get on the ant1-proh10itlon
band wagon But viii they return the
funds they have collected from prohl-
bitiOnists and Ramsey supporters IN Il
/ Paso and elsewhere2
It is to be noticed that Judge GOggin.
/ in none of his public utterances, has
] ever given a word Of Endorsement 70
I Ike Alderete In private, Judge Cog
I gin has unsparingly denounced Ike and
| his practices
During the poll tax season" last
January a number OF business men
| were approach by candidates on the
''antf-ring" ticket with a proposition
I raE - ~
I with the assurauce that such employees
would be compensated in due time In
! other words, IL was a proposition TO
nav poll taxes Illegally Yet these
| same people are now, to hear them.
/ very arduOus in their condemnation Of
| Illegal poll taxes (Advertisement)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
EXCURSION TO TAKE
MANY TO CLOUDCR0FT
Popular Mountain Resort
Has Been Extensively
Advertised.

The second excursion to Cloudcroft,
N NJ, from Dallas, Fort Worth and
intermediate points, viii be held next
Saturday on the Texas & Pacific rail-
way. Extensive advertising is expected
to bring a large crowd to take adyan-
tage of the low rate and 80 days stop
over in FL Paso's resort in the clouds.
An article in the current Texas & Pa
eifie Quarterly devotes three pages to
boosting the mountain resort, with
many attractive photographs of the sur
surroundings. Ell PasO & Southwestern
officials have received word that the
four new bowling alleys viii be ready
for use by Friday of this week. The
old alleys were destroyed by fire.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS
CONnENTN THE PARVOR

Spokane, Wash, July 26.-The dead
" ''parlor match was vigorously con-
demned today by the national cOnven-
ton of insurance commissioners, which
adopted a resolution recommending the
enactment by each state of a law, mod
eled after the Louisiana statute, for
bidding the use of the single dip, white
phosphorus match. The convention
also endorsed the proposal of the Fire
Marshals' association, looking to the
adoption of a uniform fire marshal law
Among the addresses delivered to-
day was one by W. L. Clayton, Of Col
orado on Conservation of Life and
Prevention of Accidents"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
SMALL BOYS START TO
CLEAN OUT INDIANS
Five of Them, Armed, Leave
Home and. Are Cap
tured by Police.

Oakland, Cal, July 26.-An expedi-
ton against the Piute indians on the
Nevada desert was routed yesterday
when a policeman seized five small
boys as they were landing from a fer
ryboat- The lads, all from San Fran
cisco, ranging from 10 TO Is years old,
had left their homes in search of adj
venture.
Each was equipped with a blanket
and kit of cooking utensils taken
from their homes. and the leader wore
an old ''horse pistol strapped around
his waist. They had sworn death to the
redskins.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

Pacific and santa Fe railway eompau-
les, following the receipt of advance
comics OF the new rate tariffs from
eastern. officials These increases are
due. so the companies state, to the
rigid enforcement of the long and
short hauls and the successful com
plant of intermediate points against
terminal rates based on water COM
petition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

Laramie, Wyoming, July 26.-
William NJ. Brown, a fireman on the
Union Pacific railroad was shot by
his wife last night at Z o'clock and
died two hours later. Mrs. Brown.
who was arrested, says her husband
threatened 10 kill her with a butcher
knife and that she shot him after he
had severely kicked her in the side
The couple came here from Council
Bluffs, Iowa, three years ago. Mrs
Brown has son seven years old and
will become a mother again IN two
months
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

of the Southwestern Freight association.
He viii return Sunday.
A. T. Simpson, travelling freight agent
of the B. & o. railway from Dallas, Is
in Ell Paso on his periodical trip
H. E. Mustain. travelling freight AGENT
of the Ell PasO & Southwestern system,
is on an extended trip to Arizona points.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES
THREATENED By 'I"O COaiF-A-
san Francisco, Calf. July 26-The
announcement of sweeping advance
IN -transcontinentaI freight rates, IN
some Instances amounting to as much
as ZOE percent, was made yesterday
eft the general offices of the Southern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
Nnfice to Voters.

A precinct primary convention will be
held at each polling place in the county
at the closing of the polls on Saturday,
July 9th, 1912. for the purpose of send
ing delegates to the county convention
to be held at the county courthouse on
Saturday, August Srd, 1912. One dele
gate should be elected for each twenty
five votes cast for governor in 1910.
W. B. Ware,
County Democratic Chairman.
FL Paso, Texas, July IS, 1912.
ADVERTISEMENT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
GO TO PHOENIX TO ATTEND
RAILROAD MEMS CONFERENCE

W G. Barnes, assistant general
freight agent OF the FL Paso & South
western system. and judge J. W Haw-
kins, attorney for the road, left We'd
nesday for Phoenix, Ariz., to attend
a conference of Arizona railroad off
Gals Freight rate adjustments incident
to the recently acquired statehood OF
Arizona, and the subsequent changes in
government commissions, Will be dis
cussed at length, andSnecessary adjust
ments made.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
Notice.

The following blacksmith and horse
shOeing shops will be closed all day
Saturday, July p;
II. P. Noake.
J. 7. ORourke,
Murphy & Millin.
Ell PasO Buggy Works,
sam Williamson,
Cole & Drake,
J. H. Nations, CITY Blacksmith Shop
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
CANNOT Be Here For primary.

Eugene Harris, candidate for the
legislature. writes Ballard Coldwell
that he will be unable to be here for
the primary election. Harris, it was
stated, had been in Chicago several
weeks where he underwent an opera
tion at one of the hospitals there. He
is now in Rochester. n. Y, recUperat-
ing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
Comments

". B. Ware. the hysterical spokes-
man Of. the anti-ring candidates, had
no fault to find with the ticket he is
failed of his aspiration to be a candi-
date for district Judge on the so-called
ring" ticket When did the organiza-
How little disappointment can en-
bitter some men!
Dan Jackson wants to be district
Judge. He was willing to be district
judge with the aid and support of the
regular organization ticket. Failing
to get that support his words Of bit
terness have set the pace of denuncia-
ton for his fellow candidates.
Help us. help US, help US" shouts
". B. Ware Yet, TO hear these fell
man would think that nobody in Ell
Paso was supporting the regular or
ganization ticket but a few office
holders.
One man says that Ed Bryant was
let out of the police department be
cause he "swOre to the truth An
other says that he was let out because
he was against the ring" Neither
statement is true. Any man ought to
swear to the truth. No man ought to
practice pernicious politics in the po-
lice department, and that was what Ed
Bryant die But Ed, ike many an
other politician, is posing as mar
tyr. He is in truth a martyr, but not
to his own cause. He is being used
by his political associates who seek
his influence with the Mexican vote
that and nothing more.
Have you noticed the suddenness
with which the "antis' have dropped
their campaign mud-slinging? They
have been hearing from the people and
have taken a new tack The people
of FL Paso know that no part of any
of the slanderous statements made
concerning the regular organization
candidates is true. As long as men
stand up and run on their merit as in
dlviduals the people will listen to them
and consider their claims, but abuse
and vilificatiOn of the opposing can
didates. as has been the practice of
the "antis,'' has proved a boomerang.
ADVERTISEMENT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

Any clothes to be cleaned. repaired or
pressed. phone 1742. Bernard will do
the rest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
Ell PAsO BAR ENDORSES
JUDGE TONNES
FOR THE SUPREME COURT

We the undersigned members of the Ell PsO Bar recognizing the high
professional ability integrity of Judge John & on legal author
law professor University Of for and lawyer and
Judge respectfully his candidacy for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Texas him fellow citizens all respects
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
RAILROAD PERSONALS.

Eugene Fox, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Fl Paso & South
western system, is in Colorado Springs
attending the regular monthly meeting
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26
WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND WO IS
AFTER HER WITH BUTCHER KNIFI

Ardoin's saturday sales are hummer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

See Ardoin's Ad.. page L
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

1t is to be noticed that Judge GOggin.
in none of his public utterances. has
ever given a word Of Endorsement to
Ike Alderete. In private, Judge Cog
gin has unsparingly denounced Ike and
his practices
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

The "anti-ring'' candidates are now
irving to get on the prohibition
band wagon But viii they return the
funds they have collected from prohl-
bitionists and Ramsey supporters IN Fl
Paso and elseWhere2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

One Of the "anti-ring" speakers has
proposed that if the anti-ringsterS are
elected TO office and become ring,
that the people should put them out OF
Cffice- Being a ring" already, the
time to put them out is before they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-26

CAdvertisement)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-08
Accused Of Shooting Her Hus-
band, She Is Committed to
Jail Without Bail.

Atlanta, Ga, March Mrs. Daisy
Opie Grace. accused OF shooting her
husband. Eugene Fl. Grace, who was
at liberty on $500 bond, was re-
arrested late this afternoon and con-
fined i'll tho county Jail without bail
The action was taken on order OF So
licitor-General Dorsey, after members
of Grace's family had objected 10 her
continued freedom. Mrs. Grace de-
clned the use OF carriage and march,
Cd through the streets from the hotel
where she was stopping TO the Jail.
accompanied BY officers and newspaper
men.
Another interesting development was
added 10 the case late to-day when a
possesiory warrant WAS sworn out By
alr. Grace against his Wife, demand
ing the possession of three insurance
policies upon Graces !fc. totaline
$4,000. The warrant was served OH
Mrs. Grace after she was confined in
the county Jail.
THAT members OF Grace's family
have practically deserted his bride was
evidenced to-day when the family re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-08
ADJUSTMENTS
Acndcmy-Montgom and Stone.
Bljou--"The Third Degree"

THE Old Town" Tonight.
Montgomery and Stone come to the
Academy this evening for tho first tim.
The Old Town" for an engagement
II three performances. with tho same
Sig organization which had such a re-.
narkable run in Now York last season
IN THE Old Town." by George AIDE
with music by Gustav Luders, Mont
somery and Stone ere said to have o
vehicle worthy In every way as the
SUCCESSOR OF The Wizard Of OF" and
The Red MIL" The two srotesaue
comedians appear as couple OF youths
VINO ran off and were stranded with u
country circus. THAR vicissltudes In
getting back homo again furnish the
neat OF very amusing story "The
cid Town" has spent practically all
OF the time last season and this in Mr..
oiiiinghan's own theatres in New York
anu IN Chicago. The Same production
and tho Same cast engaged during the
metropolitan engagement Is promised
by Mr.. Dillingham; for the Academy
Ihero VIII be two performances to-
morrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-08
CHARTERS ISSUED

II II. Tur"eF company uno.l, Roanoke
Va i. IS Vaughan. president: II, II. Tnr-
nei sccrctary and treasurer; II. K. Turner,
VICE -prcsdcnt~-a!l .: Roanoke. Va. Cap!tni;
Maximum. ,.j.oGo; minimum, Sl0"j,. Object:
FAINT and wall paper business
Virginia Aceiyienc Light ''ompany I1e).
stanton. va. II. NJ. Lewis president; l.. \.
noos Secretary ana treasurer; =. c. Fi',r--
all 81 stanton Va. Capitol. MAXIMUM.
si,otJ; minimum S.c5o Object: Manu!uc-
sure anA sell Lighting generator.
The Virginia Table Company tlnc.i.
Marion. va. {. G. Lincoln yrG.ident. ~ c.
sprinkle. vice presidcnt: q. T. Lincoln.
vice sldent-all o. Marion, Va. Capita:
Maximum. $1,000 minimum. $.).Uo. OBJ
jeei: Furniture business.
Amendment was ISSUED 10 tn. charter o.
American Furniture Company Unc). OF
Martiasviilc. va. increasing its capital
from 5000 $1,000
Amendment WAC issued 10 the charter o:
the Eastern shore q. Virginia Fire lnsur.
ance Company (Ipcl, OF Keller. Va. In.
cressing tia capital from sltoO9o to $500
Foreign charter was issued TO the Cob,
Indemnity Company, OF New York 10 DO 4
health and accident Insurance. business
F., s556,,po capital. with Coleman workman.
| atstu'ory agent, Eichnons