The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1925 Page: 1 of 32
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Today
A Farewell to Brave
Men.
36 Hour* to Europe.
Two Brains Side By
Side.
By Arthur Brisbane
Lhr Copyright JSSS by Star Co———
LOSS of the Shenandoah with her
brave commander Lansdowne
and so many of bis crew will
cause deep sorrow throughout the
United States. The lives of these
men were not wasted and because
they died in the service of their
country they died content every
They will be included among cour-
ageous pitjneers of the air builders
of a new age and a new freedom for
the human race.
BAD as it was the disaster would
have been greater but for the
fact that the United States alone
among nations is able to supply to
its dirigibles helium gas instead of
the dangerous combustible and explo-
sive hydrogen gas used by other na-
tions.
SACRIFICE of these lives win not
be wasibd. It will turn the at-
tention of government to manufac-
ture of the smaller “all metal” dirig-
ibles such as Henry Ford is now
manufacturing.
Edsel ford taking thia writer
through the flying machine plant
just established said that he and his
father had decided to make experi-
ments with the “all-metal” dirigible
because of the very fact that it would
be free from dainger of destruction
by lightning a danger constantly
menacing the great dirigibles of cloth.
DIRIGIBLES that the Fords pro-
pose to make will be actually
lighter than the dirigibles with gas
containers made of cloth and it will
be possible to use in the metal
dirigibles the ordinary dangerous
hydrogen gas because of freedom
from lightning danger from leakage
and fire.
THE pessimistic of weak imagina-
* tion pointing to the disaster to
the Shenandoah and the uncertainty
surrounding the fate of the sea-plane
dispatched to Hawaii will predict
failure for aircraft as a whole.
But that will not represent the
spirit of men that died on the Shen-
andoah or the spirit of the American
people.
WHEN the first French railroad
train left Paris for Versailles
many years ago the train was wreck-
ed and many passengers killed.
“That's an end of foolish railroad
travels” said the pessimist.
r*"The French railroad company hired
a troupe of actors and actresses to
fill the coaches of the next train.
They sat smiling through the win-
dows as though they liked it and
railroad travel was soon established.
THE English will not let any
airplane disaster interfere with
their interesting plan for a regular
air line across the Atlantic. Profes-
sor Simmons describes the proposed
machine to the British Scientific
association as follows:
"An all metal monoplane wings
spreading out 220 feet with 60000
square feet wing area (equal to thirty
city lots) 3000 horse-power units
built into the metal wings double
decked hull to carry 100 passen-
gers.”
TIIS machine will cross the At-
lantic in -36 hours making one
stop at the Azores. The United States
ought to build it before the British
do. In any case this nation will
eventually and in Henry Ford’s life-
time lead in flying machines as it
does now in automobile manufacture.
MRS. HELEN H. GARDNER a
very intelligent woman left
‘her brain to Cornell University
saying sho thought her brain as good
ns a man's and wanted to prove it.
The doctors announced that it was a
big brain weighing 1150 grnms ex-
actly as much as the brain of Dr.
Wilder added to the Cornell collec-
tion last January.
THE brains of Mrs. Gardner and
Dr. Wilder will rest side by side
on the shelf. Scientists will study
them. Perhaps the souls that once
inhabited them will be allowed to
come back and look at their foytner
residences.
BUT mere size in brain means lit-
tle. Particular development of
ONE gram in a brain of 1150 grams
might mean the difference between
greatness and nothingness. It's the
QUALITY in your brain and the
USE you make of it that counts.
TEACHER ASSUMES
S. A. SCHOOL DUTIES
Alex Waite new vice principal of
Brackenridge senior school arrived in
San Antonio Thursday to take up
hia duties here. Mr. Waite for the
past two years has been a member
of the coaching staff of the Univer-
sity of Texas. . - _
M-1 FOUND. Sift ■ HI
VOL. XLV—NO. 229.
RAGING WOMAN WRECKS HOUSE
Soothing Music Played i
By Pretty Girls Pleases i
S: A. Elephant Pair!
HUGE BREWERY
MW; BEER
SEIZED
With the seizure of more than 2500
bottles of beer and the discovery of a
wholesale brewery which is said to
have been turning out between 30 and
50 dozen bottles a day prohibition
agents here believe that they have cut
off San Antonio’s chief source of
supply.
The raid was made late Tuesday
when they descended upon a house on
Perez street four rooms of which were
used for wholesale manufacture.
Bath tubs and huge jars full of beer
mash filled the rooms. A large num-
ber of cases empty bottles and brew-
ing paraphernalia were captured.
This bootlegger according to the
agents has supplied downtown hotels
and others with beer in case lots hav-
ing sold thousauds of bottles.
PROPRIETOR ARRESTED.
The house appeared to be vacant.
The blinds were down and there was
no evidence of it being inhabited. Pro-
hibition agents declare they have
sought the place since last May.
The proprietor who also conducted
a “soft drink” stand nearby was ar-
rested.
From this vantage point he was able
to maintain a watch for raiders but
they eluded his vigilance.
In the same block they discovered
an annex which yielded 700 more bot-
tles. One man also was arrested there.
FIND PULLMAN LOOT.
Thence the officers accompanied by
city detectives went to a bouse on
Rui* street they arrested a
woman and her son and seized 75 hot-
ties of beer and ten pints of whiskey.
At the latter address they also found
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Member of The Associated Press.
Published by The Light Publishing Company.
San Antonio Texas.
Upper: Otto Zoeller directing the "Harmony Heart Breakers” in concert
for Mr. and Mrs. Elephant at Brackenridge park. Lower Mildred Smith
221 East Josephine street soloist lulling the elephants to slumber.
FLAMES BREAK OUT
IN OKLAHOMA MINE;
LOSS IS $25000
M ALESTER Okla. Sept. 4.—Loss
by fire of approximately $25000 was
sustained last night at the Milby Dow-
Mine No. 5 in the McAlester district.
Operators said the mine was prepar-
ing to open after a period of idleness.
The origin of the fire is under investi-
gation
Expert Blames Navy for Crash
‘Harmony Heart Breakers’
Delight Denizens of Zoo
With Concert.
Music and pretty girls formed an ir-
resistable combination when Otto
Zoeller leader of the special Palace
Orchestra this week gave a concert
for Mr. and Mrs. Elephant and all
the other animals in Brackenridge
Park The elephanta
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1925.
CLEANS OUT
PLACE WHEN
HAND CUT
Police Halt Smashing of
Furniture Arrest
Invader.
Maddened by the sight of blood
streaming from a cut across her hand
a San Antonio woman went on a
rampage at the home of another wo-
man hurled bottles filled with beer
glass lamps and bricks in wild aban-
don chared all persons from the
house and smashed and wrecked fur-
niture valued at $lOOO early Friday
morning.
Her career of destruction was stop-
ped only by the arrival of Motorcycle
Officer Shipp who took the infuriat-
ed woman to jail and charged her
with disturbing the peace.
SLASHED WITH KNIFE.
She said she learned her brother
was at the home of another woman
in the 400 block of Chestnut street
and that she called up the place and
asked to talk to her brother over the
phone. The other woman refused o
let her talk and rang off she told
officers.
That made her angry she said so
she proceeded to go to the house
where she believed her brother was.
The other woman answered her
knock but refused to call the brother.
When the newcomer tried to force
her way through the door the wo-
man of the house slashed at her with
a knife cutting her across the hand
police were toM.
MADDENED BY BLOOD.
“The sight of blood seemed to drive
me mad” she said.
Then began the era of destruc-
tion.
The woman of the house and the
brother hastily departed as the en-
raged woman forced an entrance and
began hurling bottles of beer and
whatever came to hand.
Destruction was complete when
Officer Shipp arrived on the scene
but the woman was still throwing beer
bottles.
As he arrested her she hurled the
final bottle to smash a dresser mir-
WATERS RECEDE
AS FLOOD CREST
PASSES EL PASO
By the Associated Press.
EL PASO Sept. 4.—Further flood
danger for El Paso from the Rio
Grande is considered past as waters
have begun to recede.
Troops from Fort Bliss who were
assigned to emergency flood duty re-
turned to their posts.
County and reclamation officials
prepared to center their efforts around
Fabens Tex. below here where flood
damage was done last month.
LANDSDOWNE’S DEATH
GRIEVES MITCHELL
“I am deeply grieved at the death
of Commander Lrnsdownc” declared
Colonel William Mitchell commander
of the Eighth Corps air forces Friday.
“He was the last of the great
•American airship pilots who served
during the war and we were close
personal friends"
THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
PILOT SAYS
GAS VALVES
CUT DOWN
Measures to Save Helium
Caused Dirigible Wreck
Declares Builder.
TOM'S RIVER. N. J.. Sept. 4.—
Captain Anton Heinen former Ger-
man dirigible pilot and construction
adviser in the building of the Shenan-
doah said today that the removal of
eight of the eighteen safety valves on
the dirigible's gas bags was the cause
of yesterday's disaster and that the
victims of the crash “gave their lives
to save this precious helium.”
In the storm the craft rose too fast
for the remaining valves to let off
sufficient gas. he said the upward
movement of the ship causing rapid
expansion of the g s bags which
broke the shell of the ship in the mid-
dle.
"I would not call it murder” said
Captain Heinen "but I canniit put it
too strongly that if it had not been
for the foolishness in cutting down
the number of safety valves the crash
would not have occurred.”
Navy Is Silent
On Pilot’s Charge
By the A*M>ciatrd Frew.
WASHINGTON Sept. 4. — Navy
department officials declined to com-
ment today on the assertion of Cap-
tain Anton Heinen German pilot that
the reduction in the number of safety
valves in the bags o. the dirigible was
responsible for the wreck.
At the Bureau of Aeronautics how-
ever it was said that the reduction
was made recently by direction of
officers at Lakehurst and had not
come directly before the Bureau in
any way. The information here was
that the new arrangement was work-
ing perfectly.
Secretary Wilbur said he would not
discuss such technical matters and
preferred to await the report of the
board of inquiry which will go into
all phases of the disaster.
Throngs Pay
Tribute to Dead
By the A»M»ciate<i Frew.
CALDWELL Ohio Sept. 4.—On
gently sloping hillsides some twelve
miles apart winds today whipped
through flapping yards of torn silk
and twisted ano broken aluminum of
the wrecked Shenandoah until yester-
day a prouo mistress of the skies and
pride of the United States navy. What
remained of tie only Amcricap-built
dirigible which met disaster in a thun-
der squall mar here early yesterday
morning was being broken up by the
wind much the same as an ocean-go-
ing ship aground is broken up by thu
wares.
Fourteen dead members of the crew
including Lieutenant Commander Zach-
ary Lansdowne lay in an improvised
morgui in Bellevalley their faces un-
•covcred to the view of the visiting
hundreds.
Twenty-two of the survivors are en
route to Lakehurst N. J. the air-
port whence the Shenandoah embarked
Wednesday afternoon for her voyage
into the heart of the continent. Three
of the officers and two of the crew
spent last night in Caldwell where
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TWn Per cony In city and vicinity.
1 VV IO pi e cents on trains and elsewhere.
Fugitive Lures
Police Into
Dice Game
"Go chase yourself” a drunk
called after Police Captain Joe
Moglia Friday morning.
But the officer decided to
chase the drunk. For a block
the race was tight and then the
fugitive broke into a building on
Santa Rosa avenue.
In followed Captain Moglia
with Motorcycle Officer Davis
close behind.
"My friends will help me” the
pursued sang out.
"No. your friends are going to
jail with you.” the officers said.
And they did. The drunk had
unwittingly led the officers to a
dice game. Fourteen were book-
ed for gaming.
SECRETARY WORK
AWARDS CLAIMS IN
RED RIVER OIL CASES
By the A floriated Preaa.
WASHINGTON D. C. Sept. 4.—
In a decision on the Red River Texas
Oklahoma oil field cases. Secretary
Work held today that eighteen claims
were meritorious and directed that
52.141.598 be distributed to satisfy
them.
The applications of 46 claimants for
leases and prospecting permits were
rejected.
All leases allowed will be executed
in the near future. Citizens and do-
mestic corporations awarded leases
must be in a position to enter the
premises in the R-d River area and
take over operation of the property
December 1. 1925. Payment of the
impounded funds will not be made un-
til that date.
Receipts from oil production on the
area upon which no leases or permits
were issued amounting to $405000
will go into the federal treasury.
Out of a total area of 1261 acres
involved the leases and permits
awarded cover 730 acres. The remain-
ing 531 acres will be held for future
disposal of the government.
SECOND CHOICE
CINDERELLA IS
MISSING AGAIN
By the A**oriated Preus.
NEW YORK Sept. 4.—Twelve-
year-old Sylvia Mullen a bobbed
blonde of the Bronx who was second
choice for adoption by Edward W.
Browning was missing today for the
second time in a month.
Reporting the matter to the police.
Mrs. Frances Mullen her mother ex-
pressed fear that her daughter had
been kidnaped because a few days ago
she intercepted a note from a man
asking the girl to meet him.
The girl left home at 8 a. m. yes-
terday. TLc first time she disappear-
ed sho was found asleep at home.
Sylvia was runner-up to Mary
Spas in a Cinderella adoption contest
by Mr. Browning a wealthy reil es-
tate operator. The adoption of Mary
was rescinded later.
150 MINERS DIE
IN MINE EXPLOSION
By the Associated Press.
TOKYO Sept. 4. —One hundred
and fifty persons' were killed in an
explosion at the Teihaku eoal mine
near Pingyang. Korea dispatches to
th* Nipno Jiji received here today
saia
Editionl
AUSTRALIAN
AMATEUR
PICKS lIP
sins
News Sent Via Wireless
From Antipodes to Youth
in Florida.
B.r Ibe Associated Press.
ST. AUGUSTINE Fla.
Sept. 4.—The St. Augus-
tine Record says a local
amateur was in radio com-
munication with an Aus-
tralian station early today
and had learned the miss-
ing seaplane PN-9 Num-
ber 1 had been found with
all on board safe. No con-
firmation of this has been
received.
The paper says the ama-
teur also learned the plane
would be re-fueled to con-
tinue its journey. The
amateur stated he heard
from the Australian sta-
tion every morning by ap-
pointment and that when
he heard today that the
PN-9 No. 1 had been
found he asked if all on
board were safe and the
Australian replied in the
affirmative.
By the Associated Trees.
. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4.—
The Navy Department has instruct-
ed Admiral Robison to dispatch 18
destroyers that left Samoa Septem-
ber 1 -for Hawaii to the search zone
to participate in the hunt for the
missing PN-9 No. 1 and its crew.
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU Sept 4—Just befort
midnight the tender 3. S. Whippoor-
will searching in mid-Pacific water*
for the missing PN-9 No. 1 naval sea-
plane reported:
“At 9 :10 p. m. we saw white flan
ahead. We headed for the spot fw
one hour and then saw two flares or
rockets from starboard. Have been
steaming now for half hour but have
seen nothing more.”
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU Sept. 4—lnto ths
limbo of "ships lost at sea without
a trace” has gone the giant seaplane
PN-9 No. 1 pride of the navy and
Commander Joon Rodgers with his
four companions pioneers of naval
aviation who set forth from San
Francisco last Monday and disap-
peared Tuesday afternoon it seemed
most probable with the passage of the
sixtieth hour since the plana was
forced down.
Although the search for the K>.sting
plane and members of her erew still
is proceeding with increasing forces
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