The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1926 Page: 2 of 20
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THURSDAY—A.
W DRV
l POLL LEM
Arkansas Only State Still
in Dry Column—Texas
“Antis” Get Busy
7 Heavy voting this week marked the
• national prohibition poll being taken
r to determine the sentiment of the
2 American public both in Texas and
- nationally. The poll is being taken oy
"the Hearst newspapers and other pn
pers have been invited to join them in
this effort to determine accurately
’ what America really wants.
While the voting was heavy there
* was little change in the ratio of votes
opponents of the Volstead act and
• those favoring light wines and beer
' leading by a tremendous majority.
In Texas there was a shift. In the
’• early voting. Texas and Arkansas
‘ were the only two states voting dry.
A heavy wet vote in San Antonio in
- spite of a safe dry majority in the
‘ state swung Texas info the wet col-
umn early in the week.
TEXAS GOES WET.
Thursday's returns. however
- showed Texaa going wet by a wide
margin both in the rural districts
and in San Antonio. This is a marked
.-change in the Texas vote as hereto-
fore the drys were more than holding
2 their own. outside of San Antonio.
4 Nationally Arkansas is the only
state that is voting in favor of the
A Volstead act and against light wines
{ and beer.
* Utah while voting in favor of light
* wine and beer has swung over into
the dry column on the question of the
* Volstead act. taking the place former-
ly held by Texas as the second dry
■ state.
In only six other is the vote
* even close at this time. These states
. are Maine West Virginia. Florida.
1" Oklahoma. lowa and Arizona.
L. Totals up to Thursday arc:
' SAN ANTONIO.
7 Total vote cast 7504
• For existing law 501
Against existing law 0151
For wine and beer 7.0C1
Against wine and beer ...... 443
TEXAS. OUTSIDE OF
SAN ANTONIO.
Total vote cast 32.022
For existing law 10.880
Against existing law 14023
For wine and beer 19002
Against wine and beer 10427
TEXAS. TOTAL VOTE.
Total vote cast 39.526
For existing law 11-381
Against existing law 20.774
For wine and beer 262*83
Against wine and beer 10870
a . . NATIONAL VOTE.
”T<dal -vote cast : r.-.v. .S2W.S7M
'■ For existing law 315.233
Against existing law 1092.707
For wine and beer 1910.858
Against wine and beer .... 279851
HUTH URGES EARLY
RENDERINGS FOR TAX
Early rendition of property for tax-
ation was urged by Albert V. Huth
Bexar county tax assessor Thursday
as the last month in which the tax
rolls will be open begins. The rolls ।
will be closed April 30 and all pro!>-!
erty which has not been rendered st I
that time wHI be placed on the unren-
dered roll. Mr. Huth said.
GUARDS GO ON DUTY
AT POOLS SUNDAY
San Antonio swimmers will be well
protected when the pools open next
Sunday.
Six lifeguards will be stationed in
the jwrks Commissioner of Parks
Ray Lambert announced Thursday.
Five of the guards received in-
struetioas under C. J. Cooper expert
swimmer and life guard at Bracken-
ridge Park this week.
SPECIAL EPISCOPAL
SERVICES SLATED
o<x>d Friday and Easter will be ob
served with special services at Cbri-
Episcopal Church. Belknap and Kus
sell Places. Commencing at nodi
Friday three hours' devotion will Is
held with the rector the Rev. L. H
Richards making an address. "Th
Story of the Cross" will be sung a
the service for children and youm
people. Friday at 5 p. m.
Where Can I Borrow
Money? How?
What Will It Cost?
HaUried Men and Wage Earn-
er* theft? questions daily
when money emergen-
cies nri*e.
The Morris Plan of
Industrial Bank ;nf
meets the need.
It U tbe fvrousost insutution
enga<?d ii* this type of bauk*
extending . radii for useful
purpose* tv person* of food
character and earning power.
Loans from $5O to $2500.
San Antonio
Morris Plan Co.
INDUSTRIAL BANKING
303 Navarro St. Travis 6226
National Temperance Ballot
This vote is being taken to determine the wishes of the
public of the United States regarding the temperance act.
Every person in Ue United States is urged to cast one of
-these ballots in order to develop a genuine expression of the
sentiment of the people.
Mark X after issues which you favor thus (X)
FOR EXISTING LAW ..( )
AGAINST EXISTING LAW ....( )
FOR BEER AND WINE * ( )
AGAINST BEER AND WINE ( )
Name
Address
Mark this ballot and mail to the temperance editor of The
Light San Antonio Texas. Your vote then will be tabulated
in the nation-wide poll being conducted by the Hearst and other
newspapers.
BOSTON FIRM BUYS TRAVELERS REPORT
KERRVILLE MOHAIR BATTLE FOR PEKING
SAN ANGELO Tcx„ A^' 1 / —
Charles Schreiner at *K<-r.. —is
sold 4**0.000 pounds of spring mohair
to J. M. Lea of San Angelo repre-
senting Draper and Company Boston
according to reports here today.
Grown bair brought 57 or 58 cents a
pound and kid clips around 70 cents
it was understood. Previous top
prices by contract were 55 and 65
cents respectively.
Schreiner's accumulation last fall
averaged 55 cents.
Tuesday's sale was the first of the
season through n warehouse and was
by private tree '..following Schrein-
er's rejection of scaled bids on 200-
000 pounds. The next offering in
Texas will be that of 200.000 pounds
by the Wool Growers' Central Stor-
age Company here April 6.
CANADA CONVICTS
TO HELP FAMILIES
BY WORK IN PRISON
OTTAWA. April I.—OP)—luma! -s
of penitentiaries in Canada probably
will be put to work to help support
dependents they have left in the out-
side world. A change in the peniten-
tiaries act to establish this principle
is foreshadowed in n resolution favor-
ing it. adopted in the House of Com-
mons. with government support.
The resolution sponsored by Miss
Agnes MacPhail. the only woman
member of the House proposes that
inmates of penitentiaries should lie
kept employed and a share of the pro-
ceeds of their labor to go to depend-
ents. The product of this prison la-
bor would be used only by the govern-
ment. It would not be placed on the
open market.' < i ■ •
BOYCOTT FARMERS
AS HUSBANDS URGED
ORONO Maine April I.—OP)—A
boycott of farmers as husbands is of-
fered as a complete solution of the 1
farm problem by Professor I. G.
Davis of Connecticut Agricultural
college. His theory is that such a boy-
cott would solve the problem by com-
pelling farmers to provide better
homes for brides.
MILK PRICES CUT
IN SALT LAKE CITY
SALT LAKE CITY Utah. April
I.—OP)—Tbe retail price of milk to
consumers was reduced this morning
one cent a quart to ten cents. The
old prbv was effective two years.
Dairymen who voluntarily made the
reduction said the reduced cost of
feed made the cut possible.
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TIENTSIN. April I.—OP)—Travel-
ers arriving by motor from Peking
say the road is filled with Mukden
trvops advancing on Peking with col-
umns marching on either side.
Fifteen trains are leaving Peking
daily for Hankow and Kalgnn (head-
quarters of the Kuominchun or Na-
tional army) carrying Kuominchun
troops and equipment.
Mukden . forces nre believed to be
moving across the country toward
Nankow in an attempt to cut out the
Kuominchun troops remaining in the
capital.
Peking dispatches to the London
Daily Mail last night said a severe
bnttle was raging for the possession
of Peking with the booming of the
guns plainly audible in the capital.
The Kuominchun troops arc com-
manded by Marshal Feng Yu-Psiang.
They retreated to Peking recently aft-
er being defeated in the vicinity of
Tientsin.
SUPERSTITION KEEPS
SPONGE FLEET IDLE
FOLLOWING 3 DEATHS
TARPON SPRINGS. Fla.. April 1.
—<^)—Sails flapped idly in the
breeze and dinky engines remained si-
lent yesterday as boats of the Greek
sponge fishing fleet rode at the wharf
afraid to venture into the open sea
lest disaster overtake them.
Death had stalked the sponge fish-
ing colony and claimed George Fil-
kaouria Greek fisherman rescued
from the "Tarpon Springs" that
burned to tbe water's cdje. Starch 17.
bringing the toll of the disaster to
three. A fourth member of the crew
is expected to die from bums re-
ceived. The other five rescued a-e
expected to recover.
Tradition of the colony is that dis-
aster lurks for tbe boat that ventures
into the open sea while there is n
grave open for a member of the col-
ony.
EXPERTS TO EXPLAIN
CULTURE OF PECANS
Pecan culture will be explained at a
short course to be given April 10 at
Cassin ranch nine miles south of San
Antonio on the Corpus Christi road
according to Fred W. Maliy of the
Chamber of Commerce.
A. P. Swallow A. and M. College
extension service horticulturist will
be in charge of the school which will
last all day. Miss Bess Edwards as-
sistant home demonstration agent.
Sterling C. Evans state boys' club
agent and Sehator T. H. Ridgeway
president of the Texas Pecan Grow-
ers’ association will talk.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
LAREDO SHIPS HRST
ONIONSJN MARKET
Laredo farmers were patting them-
selves on tbe back Thursday.
For the first time in years they
: ent out the first car of onions and
the first car of potatoes of the sea-
son. *
J. Austen Hunter of the state agri-
culture department's market news ser-
vice said the first car of onions was
shipped from Laredo Monday at a
price of $3.50 a bushel.
The car of potatoes was sent out
Saturday at prices ranging from
to $7.25 a hundred pounds.
A: —.—
A. cigarette borrowed his n|
but his style is expre ss:ea
Kuppenheimer Clothes
Chesterfield engraved his name jn history '. . . These are the ideals expressed in K
as the world’s most successful exponent of good tailoring.... A Kuppenheimer Cur
taste in clothes. - for example achieves its athletic ‘
Gone are the silk and satin styles that made by the architecture J
Chesterfield so picturesque. But his ideas and Hence the finished result seemi
ideals of befitting apparel are still available to l wcarcr > a tacked-on exaggen
tasteful men. Kuppenheimer Styles are always s
Chesterfield never achieved his nicety in dress never smart-aleck. They do not c
by weird or extreme conceits. He attained the man or the mode; but make tt
unusual by avoiding the freakish. other as though Nature had done 1
AN INVESTMENT IN GOOD AP P E
tThe Baldwin— for Men of the Hour
Years enough for discretion. A temperament that ciaVte
likened unto the salt of the earth. Solid—Substantial—Re-
spected. The Baldwin was created for men who would reflect
these qualities in their dress. The style of to day for men of
the hour.
I * Curvette Shoulders —wide hut not bulky. It fits but does
□ • c not grip the hips. A long gorge flanked by wide notched
r J A 4 lapels. The new Silvertones and Ambertones are enticing
shades of greys and tans.
Bros
atote for you.'
MEXICO DENIES JAP
LAND CONCESSIONS
MEXICO CITY April I.—(4>)—ln
denying today reports that a Japa-
nese syndicate had obtained land con-
cessions on Magdalena bay in South-
ern California Aaron Saenz minis-
ter of - foreign affairs asserted that
Mexico did not grant privileges or
preferences based on nationality. It
only required that foreigners com-
ply with Mexico's laws.
The minister said in the preseut
case Mexico did not recognize the
right of the T'nited States to con-
duct an investigation into a matter
which was exclusively under Mexico's
sovereignty but that he considered
it proper to deny the report.
MISSOURI PUTS IN BID
FOR DEMOCRATIC MEE]
By FalverMl Scrvlcs.
KANSAS CITY April I.—Mis-
souri’s famous houn’ dawg ditty stands
a good chance to follow “The Side-
walks of New York" as the musical
motif for the next Democratic na-
tional convention Missouri Democrats
declared here today.
Kansas City and possibly St. Louis
are being talked of here as contenders
for the 1020 party assemblage. At-
lanta and Denver are reported as
prospective bidders for the convention.
There is said to be considerable senti-
ment among Eastern Democrats 4or
Chicago which usually is the seat of
the Republican national convention.
W. T. Kemper of tbiz city p
dent of tbe Kansas City Mexico
Orient railroad who is Denioci
national committeeman from
souri predicts tbnt the next con
tion will be held either in the 8
or the West. Mr. Kemper of coi
favors Kansas City.
If the 1928 campaign ahould s
signs of becoming a wet and dry
tie a contest for the conven
might be staged between Kansas
and Bt. Louis. This city has v
dry twice on state prohibition.
Louis on the other hand is a
center.
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