The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 67, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1926 Page: 1 of 36
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[Today
Let the State Decide.
14 Billions! Cheap.
Socialism Defined.
Science Cor
By Arthur Brisbane
*- ■ Copyright. lizt by Star Co.
MR. BUCKNER United States
attorney in New York who
knows about prohibition its
enforcement being his impossible job.
talks sense to this effect:
'Ai
Let each State decide for ITBELF
whnt drinks may be sold within its
territory how much alcohol they may
contain. •
To let the different States make
their own experiments in accordance
with the will of the majority might
be sane. Each State is allowed to
make its own laws for divorce to
regulate punishment for horse thieves
and different ways of putting crim-
inals to death. To let each State
make its own prohibition law. sub-
ject to the Eighteenth Amendment
forbidding intoxication might be wis-
dom.
THE bureau of industrial tech-
nology says it costs the United
States FOURTEEN BILLIONS A
YEAR to buy automobiles and keep
them running.
That’s more than the amount lent
to Europe during the war and it is
also a better investment than the war
loan. From Europe for oue ten bil-
lions we get criticism the accusa-
tion of meanness.
From the automobile for our four-
teen billions we get national health
saving of time much pleasure mil-
lions of families united. At four-
teen billions a year the autonfbbile
is a bargain.
If you haven’t got yours yet. get
it NOW with the epening of spring.
ri nse public moneys for the com-
fort of the prosperous class is
“aouud conservatism." to use it for
the unprosperous class their wives
and children is SOCIALISM.
We spend thousands on a fine
bridle path in a great park supplying
soft footing for the horses for the
well-to-do. that's WELL.
But when the governor of New
York suggests using public moneys
to solve the housing problem for the
poor providing decent living quar-
ters at reasonable rentals that is
denounced by indignant landlords as
“rank socialism."
THE Rev. Dr. Thomas president
of Rutgers University says all
our progress is due to religion —
"This nation forges ahead through
its faith in God. Science and educa-
tion have been negligible factors in
the progress of America."
THE founder of Christianity said:
“Render therefore unto Caesar
the things which are Caesar’s.”
He would haw rendered unto
science and education all credit due
to science and education. The radio
carrying sermons including the mar-
velous Sermon on the Mount to mil-
lions unseen by the speaker would
have interested him and the modern
methods of protecting mothers and
prolonging the lives of children would
have delighted the heart of The
Great Defender of children and
women.
Religion is the greatest thing in
the world because it deals With the
infinite. Science and education are
important also.
AN unpleasant story of slave labor
eomes from Alabama. The
State is alleged to have made a profit
of more than half a million dollars
in 1925 by putting convicts to work
in ihe mines as slaves under condi-
tions of dreadful cruelty.
Conditions are not as bad as they
have been formerly however not as
bad as when English laborers were
branded with a red-hot iron on the
cheek if they sought work outside of
their own parish not as bad as when
men sent to the mines by Peter the
Great lived and died chained to their
wheelbarrows.
STUDENTS TO MAKE
CHESS COMPLICATED
ROCHESTER. N. Y.. March 26.—
OP) —As if chess is not hard enough
fellows at the University of Rochestci
are trying to make it tri-dimensional.
They propose.to add pieces represent-
ing airplanes and submarines.
AGNES AYRES GIVES
BIRTH TO DAUGHTER
HOLLYWOOD Cal. March 26 —
M*) —A daughter was born here yes-
terday to Agnes Ayres motion pic-
ture actress and the wife of 8. Manuel
Reach!. The baby has been named
Maria Eugenia Reachi.
PEGGY'S EX-MATE
IN REALTY BUSINESS
NEW YORK March 29. (4>)
Count Mnrncr. tin- Imlpmi vxliusbund
of Joycr. in now vice |>rc»i
dent of a realty company. Before Peg
xy divon ed him he was in (lit* luolh
iMiblr bindneM.
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VOL XLVI—NO. 67.
OLIVER'S MONEY MISSING
V9h V *
Torres Case Probed
WITNESSES
SAY SLAIN
MAN HAD
BIG ROLL
Friend Identifies Pistol
Found in Next Room
as Victim’s.
Testimony that a big roll of money
belonging to A. P. Oliver was miss-
ing after he was found dead in nis
room in a San Antonio hotel Christ-
mas morning 1924 and that the gun
found by his body was not his was
brought out by state witnesses Fri-
day in the trial of A. P. Moore for
the slaying.
Scott Walling city detective testi-
fied he went to Oliver’s room and
found him dead with a .45-calibcr
single action gun near his hand.
ONE SHELL EXPLODED.
The gun had an exploded shell in
it but the witness testified that the
exploded shell was not in line with
the barrel and that to get into that
position it would have been necessary
to cork the gun after it had been
fire<L
Wailing further testified he found
Moore in bed with his trousers aud
shirt on
Duke (Jarver constable also testi-
fied the position of the exploded cart-
ridge indicated that the gun had been
cocked after being fired-
FINDS SECOND GUN.
George Stendebach city detective
testified he found a .45-culibcr pistol
under the mattress in the room of
Mrs. M. A. Poteet adjoining Moore'u
room and that it had not been fired
recently.
J. E. Chandler testified he had
known Oliver for years and that on
a visit to his house a few days be-
fore the shooting he examined Oli-
ver's gun. He identified the gun
which Stendebach said he found under
the mattress as Oliver's. He also said
Oliver displayed a large roll of bills.
MONEY MISSING.
R. R. Smith attorney testified he
saw Oliver Christmas eve and that he
had a big roll of money. Officers testi-
fied no money was found on Oliver.
Mrs. M. A. Poteet proprietor of the
hotel where Oliver was shot and star
witness for the state did ont appear
in court Friday sending word she was
too ill. She was in court Thursday
when the cit*e was called.
GIRL TESTIFIES.
Margaret Poteet 14 daughter of
Mrs. Poteet was the first w’itness
placed on the stand. She testified she
was awakened when a door was
slammed at 4 o’clock on Christmas
morning. She arose to get some more
covers and as sho walked across the
hall she testifies! she saw Moore walk-
ing down the corridor with a gun in
his hand. He disappeared around the
corner toward Oliver’s room she said.
NEGRO GIVEN DEATH
PENALTY IN SLAYING
WACO. March 20.—(4 s )—Jordan
King negro charged with the murder
of Bruce T. Wilhite near Tours on
January 5 was given the death pen-
alty by a jury in the Fifty-fourth Dis-
trict Court this morning.
BISHOP E. D. KELLEY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
GRAND RA PI DM. AILli.. March
211.—WI—Right Rev. Edward D. Kel-
ley D.D.. U 5. bishop of the Catholic
diocese of Grand Rapid" died at hi.
home here today.
The Friendly Newspaper * Member of The Associated Press. ★ A Constructive Force in the Community.
PubH.b.d by Th. Light Publl.hlng Company.
Ban Antonio. Taxa.
Westmoorland College is preparing its first annual “The Wand.” Miss Esther Swenson left is editor-in-
chief and Miss Grace Ryan right is business manager.
S. A. IMMIGRATION CHIEF I
GRILLED BY SENATOR KING
WASHINGTON March 26. —(/P) —Testifying before
the Senate Immigration committee today W. M. Hanson
immigration director at San Antonio Texas said he took
General Manuel Torres handcuffed from the San Antonio
< I < va**’ I*
<<P<IVERTY stricken old age is
* the grim spectre that ever '
hovers over us.” says Mrs. Shelly I
Sanderson national vice president J
of the Degree of Honor Protective
association. "Old folks going over
the hill to the poor house is one of
life's most pathetic sights.” Mrs.
Sanderson is in San Antonio to at- I
tend the first anniversary celebra-
tion of the San Antonio Degree of
Honor No. 60. She is stopping at
the Gunter hotel.
<<V'LL bet it was redd along Broad-
* way this morning” said Wil-
liam Marshall New York registered
at the Gunter hotel Friday “When
the big trek for Southwest Texas
starts this golden sunshine will lit-
erally mean ‘gold’ sunshine.” Mr.
Marshall is assistant sales director
of the Gohl Dust company.
«11/< AR comes in so strong down
” in Mexico City that we often
use it to test Army radio receiving
sets” declared Major It T. Car-
ranza. nephew of former President
Cananza. stopping al the St. An-
thony hotel.
FRIDAY MARCH 26 1926.
tjail in an automobile several
I weeks ago and ordered him
i across the Mexican border
on the international bridge where he
was seized by Mexican troops and
later executed.
The committee is investigating im-
migration conditions on the Mexican
I border under a resoluton ’of Senator
I King Democrat Utah.
CALLES TELEGRAMS
Hanson declared he had been as-
' sured in telegrams from President
Calles and the Mexican Secretary of
State that Torres would not be shot
। when lie was delivered.
Senator King asked the witness if
he had not had his 3900 acres of
land in Mexico seized by the Mexican
government and if this land had not
been returned to him after he had
delivered Torres to the border.
DENIES SPY TALKS
HaiLMiu. heatedly denied this and
declared his land bad not yet been
returned.
“You held conferences with secret
spies of Calles before you drove
Torres to his death?" asked Senator
King.
“1 did not'* was the reply.
“How did the Mexicans know when
। you w<nild deliver Torres to the ln>r
der?" asked Senator Reed.
**l told them.** the witness said. “1
notified the consul as we n lwais do
| wh« n we depott Mexican*.**
! Westmoorland ■
I Girls to Print !
• School Annual I
♦
Seniors Undertake Task of
Publishing College’s
First Year Book.
Sweet girl graduates who leave
Westmoorland this spring will take
something with them that they can
always refer to to bring back mem-
ories of their School days.
। Westmoorfand is to have an annual
this year the first one in its history.
It's name will be “The Wand.”
1 ' Miss Esther Swenson is editor-in-
chief and Miss Jesse Anne Fischer is
assistant editor. The rest of the edi-
torial staff follows: Misses Katherine
Rockafellow. assistant advertising
manager; Nel Read art editor: Ruth
Burgin literary editor; Martha Bon-
durant. snap shot editor: Ruby Grobe
art manager; Mary Eloise Steele
comics editor and Grace Ryan busi-
ness manager. *
The senior class of 1926 is sponsor-
ing the enterprise—" The Wand.”
frenchdebFplan
PLEASES DEPUTIES
PARIS March 26. —€40—Finance
Minister Perot made n favorable im-
। press ion on the Chamber of Deputies
Finance committee today when he
laid before it the advantages of his
schemes for overcoming the deficit in
I the budget but he failed to obtaii^ a
1 promise of support for his proposed
increase in the business turnover
t tax.
RAINS BRING 15-FOOT
RISE IN SAN GABRIEL
1 TAYLOR. Tex. March 26. (4>)
As a result of recent excessive rains
in and above this section of the state.
I San Gabriel river five miles north
1 of Taylor was on a 13 foot rise to-
day and still rising.
THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
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Air Mail Meet Set
19c- MW »p= Wfl! Wff
YANDELL OUSTER
MOVE STARTED
S. A. SUPPORT
OF PROJECT
SOUGHT
Organizers of New Dallas
to Chicago Route to
Estimate Business.
A mass meeting of San Antonio
business men has been called for 3
o'clock Monday afternoon to pledge
support to tho new air mail route to
be established May 12 between Dal-
las and Fort Worth to Chicago tying
up with the eastbound plane for New
York.
The purpose of the meeting is to
get San Antonio business men to esti-
mate the number of letters they will
send via the air mail so the operat-
ing company can determine if it will
be a financial success.
SUCCESS PREDICTED
S. M. Gaines superintendent of
the railway mail service was in San
। Antonio Friday and predicted that
the new mail route would be a com-
plete success.
Establishment of the fast plane
service will cut the mail time between
San Antonio and New York from 72
hours at present to 331-2 hours.
That is. letters mailed in San An-
tonio in time for the 9 p. m. trains
will arrive in New York not later
than l> :15 o’clock the second morning.
OFFICIALS TO ARRIVE.
Luther K. Bell general traffic
manager and L. G. Matthew-s divi-
sion traffic manager of Chicago of
the contracting airplane company
will arrive in San (Antonio Saturday
to look over the prospects for busi-
ness here. At the Monday mass meet-
ing business men will gather to esti-
mate the amount of business they will
throw to the air mail and pledge sup-
port of the faster service.
FAST SERVICE.
Under the new plan which goes into
operation May 12 letters mailed in
the San Anti nio postoffice by 8 o’clock
will go north to Dallas or Fort Worth
on the 9 p. m. train. They will catch
the mail plane at Dallas at 7:30 a. m.
or Fort Worth at 8 a. m. and arrive
in Chicago at 6:30 p. m. that night.
In one hour the San Francisco
plane will come in bound for New
York picking up tin- Texas mail and
putting it in New York not later than
6:15 a. tn.
AIDS ALL TEXAS.
At present the schedule is such
that the Texas plane arrives in Chi-
cago a half hour later than the west-
bound plane from New York to San
Francisco thereby missing that con-
nection but this is expected to be
remedied so Texas ami San Antonio
mail will reach the West Coast in
about half tlw time.
According to Mr. Gaines every
Texas city can use the air mail to ad-
vantage not only to Chicago sod New
York but to points east and north ct
r’K’KTT’Q Per copy tn etty and vicinity.
1 WV U'l-jIN 1 D Piva cents on trains and a'aewhara.
! Woe Is Us!
! Riebesel Barred ;
; From S. A. ;
I There will be no riebesel in । 1
* San Antonio.
| Oh no. ’Tis not » disease but •
t an Australian plant.
| H. F. Mnge 31» South Olive J
! street sought permission to im- •
* port one of the plants at the I (
! customs office Friday. J
I He was denied the right how- {
ever. {
Officials explained that for- |
leign plants oftentimes are dis- ।
eased.
The riebesel is similar to the t
gooseberry. ।
hallle'maud^neff
SAYS SHE WILL NOT
WED HARRIS BELL
WACO. March 26—<A»)—Mias Hal-
lie Maud Neff daughter of former
Governor Pat Neff has confirmed re-
ports that her engagement to Harris
Bell of Austin had been conceited.
The wedding was to have taken place
March 31. Miss Neff said the engage-
ment was permanently cancelled about
two weeks ago.
“The engagement has been called off
permanently and is a closed issue
Miss Neff declared.
HEAVY FRANC SALES
SET NEW LOW MARK
NEW YORK Marcli 26.—CW-
Heavy selling of French francs in to-
day's foreign exchange market car-
ried demand bills on Paris to 3.44 1-2
cents a new low record for the year
and within 3 points of the extreme
low for all time for 3.42 cents es-
tablished in March. 1924.
FORD'S OLD FIDDLER
SAYS PANTS STOLEN
NEW YORK. March 26.—G^)—
Uncle Bunt Stephens of Tullahoma.
Tenn. who won a Ford fiddling bee.
is visiting town. He complains that in
Nashville two pairs of pants given
him by Henry were stolen and he had
to pay $l.lO for a shave in Chicago.
BROKEN BACK FATAL
TO AIRPLANE PILOT
BLACKWELL Okla. March 26.
(4*)—Ralph Entrinken 2G of Oak-
land. Cal. whose back was broken in
an airplane crash near here March 18
•lied today.
MELLONWILL SPEND
EASTER IN BERMUDA
WASHINGTON March 26.—(4»)
Secretary Mellon will depart tomor-
row for Bermuda expecting to re-
main there until after Easter.
GERMAN EMFFICIAL
CLAIMED BY REAPER
BERLIN. Mareli 26 l4>) Forwr
I A lia n< <‘llor Fehrenbd< b died lotlaj.
EbITIOtJ
SAP RAILWAY
EXTENSION
FOES FIGHT
OFFICIAL
Opposition to Chamber’s
Program Trains Guns
on Manager.
—
Concentration of forces in opposi-
tion to the stand taken by the San
Antonio Chamber of Commerce when
it accepted the resignation of A. R.
Ponder as president and re-pledged
itself to continue its former aggressive
support of the proposed extension of
the Southern Pacific Lines from Fal-
furrias into the Rio Grande Valiev
has begun with a movement to oust
C. B. Yandell secretary and general
manager before the ease conies up for
hearing May 7 it was learned Fri»
day.
STAR WITNESS.
Mr. Yandell led the cnamher in
its- previous fight for the extension
and was one of the star witnesses for
South Texas in the hearing of the
cnee before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Though he has tendered his resigna-
tion to take effect July 1 it became
known Friday that an effort is under
way to force him from the organiza-
tion before May 7 when he has de-
clared he will again present himself
as a witness in the interest of San
Antonio and South Texas offering
his former testimony augmented aud
strengthened by evidence of Missouri
Pacific discrimination against San
Antonio and in favor of Houston.
MEETING HELD.
The Missouri Pacific system is the
only interest opposing the extension
which would give it competition fot
the trade of the Valley.
News of the move to oust Mr. Yan-
dell first became known Thursday
at an informal meeting of directors
and members of the chamber who
oppose him anil who fought to prevent
the resignation of Mr. Ponder whose
resignation was aerepted because of
the dual position filled hy him ot
being superintendent of the Missouri
Pacific and also president of the
chamber.
COURTHOUSE BIDS
NOW BEING RECEIVED
Bids for thr cvoHruction of th*
a<idiliun to thu Bvxur .’oiinty court•
lioumc Lave bruii advert ihtJ (gr aO»l
I will Ue opeiir4 in tin- uft“'* of ('oh»U.v
.ludxc An<iulim MH’Joskry <wt April
17 Hifordinc to County Amlitor Wi»L
1 i»*r Kendall. The addition will
■ approximate!} $1090000
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