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Today
Another Cyclone.
The Mex : can Pro Siem
Stained Glass Sp-. rts
Bay.
Wet Referendum.
By Arthur Brisbane
"Copyright 11126 by Star Q -
ANOTHER bargain day i 'i Wall
Street. Agitated gi mblers
threw overboard IJ G4JWHI
shares of stock. Wise quiet gentle-
men picked up bargains.
LONG ago Russell Sage wh.» .made
one hundred million doll Urs by
keeping his head in Wall St.h et—-
not easy to do—said to this w t i ter:
“Everybody has at least onee cftpnce
in his life to buy Western Union at
50. When your chance comes A>n t
miss it."
IF the Wall Street scare routing es
there will be better bargains tlu'n
“Western Union at 50" lying aroun d
But don't gamble. If you do y<n u
turn will come to be shaken out.
Appearing tor Archbishop
Curley of Baltimore mol stat-
ing that ho represented 20.000.1HH1
Catholics Charles W. Garr with
Morgan J. O'Brien of the Catholic
elnb of New York City: the Rever-
end Michael .1. bittie. national di-
rector of the Holy Name Society:
Sister Marsnret Semple Mother Su-
perior and others well known ap-
jieared before the House Foreign At
fairs Committee. They urged that
the United States break with Mexico.
rpHK government of Mexico semis
1 little influenced by United Stater
protests concerning religions matters
retroactive land laws and Japanese
colonization. Presitlent Calles who
announces his determination to run
Mexico and let Calvin Coolidge run
the United States has promulgated
without any change the land laws to
which United States interests have
objected strenuously.
IT was decided to put a "sports
bay" n beautiful window of color
ed glass in the Protest-
ant Episcopal Cathedral of St. Jolin
the Divine tn N< w iork.
As originally planned the “sports
window" for the cathedral included
a picture of live birds npnscd from
a trap nnd shot dead for the amuse-
■mit of “sport.”
That has been eliminated at the
Request of the Audubon society winch
seems reasonable ns trap shooting
in the state of New York is n crime.
If however n modern Christian
enthcdrnl really needs a sports win-
dow why not have a nice stained
glass picture of Jack Dempsey
knocking out Mr. Wills the color-
ed man? That nt least is legal in
the state.
LED by Elihu Root formerly in
Th’odon 1 Roosevelt s cabinet
the Republican party of New iork
demands of the Legislature n “wet"
leferendu.n" *to let the people sur
what they think about light wine nnd
bear. This will complicate President
Coolidge’s pobtienl problems mil
cheer Governor Al Smith wet can-
didate of the Democratic party.
EUROI’KS international steel
trust will be more powerful than
the British rubber trust that roused
sneh agitation over here. The f. r
mation of such a trust should en-
lighten Ann-ricans that W'mld limit
the size and fiower of business units
in the United States.
Fortunately this country nerd
not fear Europe’s st"“l trust
We have plenty of steel and coal and.
.post important we have the tariff
If It came to a fight we could do
some dumping of steel produ-ts all
over the world that would surprise
the European combination.
AVIATION engineers in Berlin
plan a ten-hour flying serv’ t
between Hamburg and New lark a
thing that will be n commonplace of
transportation within a generation.
Tlie German plan includes a sue
action printed several times in this
column namely establishment of an
air route six or seven miles up in
the air where there are no vertical
■qnnlly fogs blizzards hurricanes
cyclones or high winds of any kind.
LATER enormous lighter than aii
mnebines will travel in tbom
high regions coming down nt loir
intervals only for repair-. They wil
drop passengers in smaller airship*
at London. Puris. Peking etc. m
the bit steamers us.d to drop pns
sengers for Liverpool on little tug*
in the Mersey.
AFTER her husband mid con
fessed t« various crimes in
eluding murder his wife told th*
New York detectives. “My Ims! im
always gave me plenty of money. ho
I didn’t know he was n criminal
thought he made bis money rtinnin;
In whiskey from Canada."
That shows that Imotlegglna. en
fonmgi-d by the "better ehmrnt.
is not taken v< ry ser.ously in eertai'
4577
VOL. XLVI—NO. 77.
WETS HEARD IN SENATE QUIZ
W ft V ft V M V '
Girl Visitor Missing Here
te W ft 9 & V V
GROOS LOOMS
0 UH LEKO
POLL SHOWS!
»ERS !
. VOROF
*
4 —
Noinn • ting Grr.up Reported
to Have Tendered
Cara lidale Office.
Frenz C.' Crisis president of the
Groos Nuti'*l al Bank nnd one of the
le st known Im in* «s im n and civic
lenders in B‘iith Texas probably will
be th" next p t “siileiit of the San Antis
nlo Clmmber vf Commerce filling the
place vacated' by A. R. I’ondi'L fol-
lowing nllcguty ns that the Missouri
Pacific milwr*. of which lie is nn
official was I liscriminating against
Snn Antonio in favor of Houston.
While sever V names have boon
mentioned for t ? ! office by members
of a nominatin’:' committee iipisdnt-
ed by the Isuird of directors it was
nnilcrstoml Mondi v that Mr. Grims
lias been tcndereif the presidency.
ll.l> i»’ •■ri ■ ■■' • s'
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
A canvass <»f bn -incss men of th’ 1
< ity. indmling mei.d »• rs of the board.
Monday indicated i! nit Mr. Gtoor. it
ho accepts the offi<“|. will receive un-
animous flipport.
Having once before filled the office
and having proven hits ability business
men said he is the logical man to
take the reins at this time and estab-
lish unity within the organization.
Members of the Doud anting commit-
tfe. appointed when ti e board dead-
locked over a choice between Vice
Presidents R. W. Morrison nnd L. B
Clegg to fill the office . are Albert
Steves Sr.. Dr. Credit rick Terrell.
Ernest Brown. Nat G ddsmith and
Claude V. Birkhend.
' IP U<H ' . I HFMIHI'I.
WITHOUT I I uHD
It is understood on iiiithoritativv
source that nt a meeting Sat unlay
several candidate* were A Tcussed.
At present the chamber .is function-
ing without either permntunt presi-
dent or malinger. _
The upheaval in the pinization
was brought alsmt by tb»* railroad
situation arising out of the effprts nt
the Southern Pacific nuke iv to ex-
tend its lilies into th. Rio Gil Hide \al
Irv. to which project the chamber
lias pledged its sup|Mirt. It was telt
that Mr. Ponder could niM: serve
both the chainlwr nnd the Missouri
Pacific which is fighting the rxten
sion.
CHICAGO OPIUM DEN
RAIDED; SIX CAUGHT
CHICAGO. April 5. —Five
men nnd n woman wen* arrcste<t tn
federal onernllvra in a raid which
uncovered an opium den in aid «‘|e
eantly furnished apartment here 9 trly
r.slav. A large quantity of op|tin
• rrpnred for snioking. was cmlti-
• atud. t
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I NEU YORK April 5 —W)— (
| Straw voles and rcferenduni and {
| the trend of public sentiment j
| have become a buttle ground over j
t which political leaders and or- I
| ganizations are tilting opinions ।
I about prohibition.
! Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler j
{ president of Columbia I niver- :
| sity and a leading R. publican 1
I forecast a sngedy end for prohi-
I bition.
I Tile contemplated New York I
| s*ate referendum was oppose ! as j
• a “bork-passing obligation- •
| shilling trick" in a letter to i
I members of the Legislature fr. m ।
j Orville S. Pollard head of the j
• legal department of the State J
> Anti-Saloon league. He sa d the j
t bill providing for the referendum |
| would’have no effect on Con- ।
| gress and as "an advisory meas- [
| lire it is presumptuous and ini- •
! pudent."
MOTHER SAVES TGT
WHEN HE PLACES
LYE IN HIS MOUTH
Monday's wash <ln\ routine bccanp'
near tragedy when 1.3-inonths-ohl Rob-
ert Finch son of Mrs. Ruby Finch.
N 23 North L:ire<lo street played with
a can of lye while his mother finish-
<m| the last rinsing.
She ttirm-d from the tub upon ’h"
baby's screams. The child had placed
his Iyo covered fiug«‘rs in bis m< utli.
Quickly she administered an nmi
dote mid thin called for the police
ambulance. PulifM-meii l.ovi Stowe
nnd William Christoph rushed th*
siiffminu infant to the Robert B.
Green Hospital where a sluinaeh pump
was used.
KICKING MULE HALTS
PARADE OF NEGROES
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind . April 5.
(TP) — A “country” mule with a pen
chant for kicking delayed the Easter
parade in the negro section here yes-
terday until a teamster lnss«H*d him
and t<»ok him to p<dice headquarters.
While waiting for the owner to sho”
up. policemen shoved him oats with a
pole.
COLUMBUS CLAIMED
AS NATIVE OF SPAIN
MAORI!). April 4— OP) —Th«
newspaper A B. <’. asks that the
Spanish government officially declare
that Christopher Columbus was a na-
tive of Spain in order to clear up
the - mystery” of his birthplace.
THAW SEES EVELYN;
HE’S WRITING BOOK
ATLANTIC CITV. N J.. April 5
* —Hnrry 'l’haw has been in con-
ference with Evelyn Nesbit in Phih
delnhia It was about n ImmiU he is
going to publish. Evelyn Baid to
'fH-BANDIT
m PLEAD
TO LIVE
Governor Grants Request
for Hearing Before
Prison Board.
WETHERSFIELD P R I S O N
Conn. April 5. —C4 5 ) —Gerald Chap-
man. making his last desperate stand
to save his life was given the right
to make a plea in his own behalf by
Governor John 11. Trumbull before
th - hoard of pardons this afternoon.
State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn
objected saying ho thought the de-
fonso should close the case.
Governor Trumbull granted Chap-
man permission to talk and asked
what procedure would be used.
CHAPMAN UNMOVED.
Frederick Groehl. attorney for
। Chapman called attention to the fact
that he was asking clemency for his
client. He wanted his client to plead
for himself. Groehl said.
“He is going to be hanged tonight
—tomorrow morning. He must tell his
story."
Chapman made no motion at this
reference to hanging.
Mr. Alcorn sai<l that hi* did not
see how Chapman could expect cle-
mency from th<* board. "I am utterly
amazed that with a year to collect
these affidavits with the unexpended
million dollars st<d* n from the Lnitcd
States mails—l am utterly amazed
that he has only eight witnesses with
want mis almost broadcast for wit-
CASE Ol TLINED.
Mr. Groehl had asked the board
not to be “ihToivi’d by passion and
prejudice.” Mr. Alcorn had then fol-
lowed with an outline of the case
against Chapman.
“When yon take a life you can’t
return it" Mr. Groehl pleaded. “When
you say." looking lowan! Slate’s At-
toriwy High M. Alcorn "that this
man ought to la* hanged to keep him
from breaking out of prison it's non-
sense and bunk.
“Then* Ims boeti a strong deter-
mined effort against this case. I say
that advisedly ami I ho|»e the press
gets ils strongly."
“The FnitPil Slat<s did not pass
"ii the merits of this case” Mr. Groehl
said.
Referring Io the actions of Presi-
dent Cooiiilge in signing a commuta-
tion of Federal seiileiwe that Chap
man might bo turiuMl over to Connec-
ticut. Mr. Goehl said:
MORE TIME ASKED.
“When he said ‘thumbs down’ it
was thumbs down all along the line.
“Bad as Chapman may have been
an emuny of society if the laws were
followed he would have served his 25
year mail robbery sentence before be-
ing hanged."
The attorney then la’gan presenta-
tion of affidavits of new witnesses.
MONDAY APRIL 5 1926.
POLICE SEEK
OFFICER IN
MYSTERY
Young Woman Disappears
After Phone Call Tel’s
of Arrival in S. A.
Aft**r h telephone message Sunday
to give word of her arrival in the
city. Miss Alma Green pretty r.i-year-
old Temple girl lias mysteriously dis-
appeared police learned Monday from
her sister Mrs. R. E. Topolski 500
Harris avenue. Alamo Heights.
Mrs. Topolski with whom the young
sister was planning to make her home
was out of the city when Miss Green
arrived. A neighbor however re-
ceived Miss Green's message:
OFF H ER PHONES.
“I will 9 out in a few minutes.”
These words. according to the
neighbor were phoned from a point
near the Incarnate Word College.
Mrs. Topolski is at a loss to explain
why her sister left the street car at
that point which is a considerable dis-
tance from the Harris avenue home.
Besides this element of mystery
there is one other according to po-
lice. A reserve army officer who
rode on the same bus with Miss Green
from Austin to San Antonio phoned
Mrs. Topolski Monday morning to
learn if Miss Green arrived safely.
TO QUESTION OFFICER.
Detectives were supplied with his
name ami h<* will be asked to give
any information he might possess
which might lead to the discovery
of the missing girl.
Miss Groen formerly lived in San
Antonio ami knows her wa.v about
the city. Police |earn<*d that her bag-
gage had been left at the bus sta-
tion.
NEW STEEL PLANE
TO BE FLOWN HERE
A new steel frame DeHaviland air-
plane for use as a photographic ship bj
the Second Division air service will b<
ferried from the air intermediate de-
pot at Fairfield Ohio by First Lieu-
tenant Harry W»<l<l’ngtpn.
Lieutenant Weddington has been or
dered to go by rad from Fort Sam
Houston to Fairfield to fly the plane
to San Antonio.
He will probably leave Wednesday
MOSLEM-HINDU RIOT
CAUSES 23 DEATHS
LONDON. April s.——Furious
rioting between the Hindus and the
Moslems which for three successive
•lays kept Northern Calcutta in tur-
moil had resulted up to Imp Sunday
in 23 deaths nnd a large number ol
wounded. There were 4S victims in
hospitals today. I'nnffieml reports
give a considerably higher number ol
casualties.
EIGHTEEN PAGES.
t r— ———s ♦
iGay Miss 1926 Finds i
’ All-Round Champion !
I in Woman Missionary!
I ••
“The
little
painted
flapper
has a
soul
and is
interest-
ed in its
welfare”
believes
Willa
Short
noted
woman
evan-
gelist
who is
conducting
a revival
here at
the
Glad
Tidings
Church.
Noted Evangelist Biames
Adults for Drinking
by Young People.
. .“Let him that is wiilumt mii :
among us cast the first stone.”
Crusading against tin* "I am Ih'' r
than thou” attitude toward th»* 'Mh p- :
per” and the "jelly bean." W.ll.
Sh- rl— one of this country's few worn
en i vangelists—has come to Sail An-
tonio to conduct a revival in the GLtd
Tillings Intcr-deiioiinnational Cbu: h
on Denver boulevard and Mesqudc
strict.
si I eei.
“The little painted flapper has ;
soul and is int» re*ie<| in its ’M h ir .
the noted young missionary d"ul. r »l
••Too much censure is driving young
people away from their natural iie-
sire to be good. Church people es-
pecially arc too severe. Grown-ups
will have to k.-nji they must be om
with their children lor \oimg pc
have <hanged—ami t!»ev nspiire sym-
pathy in their new positi- n. I hn'.-
found that you can inHm m e n.iy
modern boy or girl awin fncn evil if
you take tin- time nnd trouble.”
CABINET FAILS
BELGRADE. Jugoslavia. April 5
(>F) The jtigo slav cabimt. of win '■
the premier is Nikola I’u Lnitch. re
signed
rpivfA C’TTNTTQ Per e py n ct y and viemit/.
IWU Five centß on trains and c!s< where
T\NY hammer’ will be swung.
Ivi
many hides will be bored
and many hoards will b.* placed
when the big building boom gets
under way down here." says L. A.
B. K. tool man of Miller Falls
i \
Mass. st. ying at thr iVuiiter hotel.
“Never have I seen business better
i io this territory than it is right.now.
and hebetp me we are going to d*»
our part in th- planing hammering.
- and boring when development gets
under way."
4^OAN ANTONIO is the most de-
sirable city I know of for the
h iding of con'cruiirus
| and the like." proclaims \V. A.
Fraser sovereign common ler of the
\V< mhn n of the Worhi. regist red
; at t’le St. An’hony hotel. Mr. Fra-
s. r is in the city tn a! end the
annual e.inferenre of the \V. O. M-
. e ertitive council. “Store our W.
O. W. he p tai is lotjmM here we
ii'Gi'alh have a vr? <’.rp regard
I for your citj." he added.
edition]
ERODE ASKS
OPTIONAL
LAWS BY
STATE
I
U. S. Lawmaker Bitterly
Attacks Statute at ■?
Opening Session.
WASHINGTON. A|»iil 5 -
The opponents of prohibition ngato
march d on Congress today in their
first organized demonstration in see-
cr:il years.
At a hearing b- b-re a Senate sub-
committee. th.’ wet I-advrs inarslrn’led
a colorful array of arguments rang-
ing from a ci-inand f"f niodificaliou
of ihe prohibitii’i: amendment itself
to a petition for wine ami beer.
3'h" whole week had 'been set aside
for hearing the weis. ami all of next
week will be given over to argumetits
by the drys.
ASKS LOCAL OPTION
Before a jammed aud agitated com- •
mittee room. Senator Bruce of .'clary-
hind a Democrat began the attack*
with a brief in support of his consti- • 3
tutiona! amendment for a partial lew -»
cal option by states while Senator
E<!p’ RoiHiblii’iin. N' w JiTSf’.v. whojf* J
has pending a wine and beer bill was .
designated to second him. Julien
Codman of Boston was present ns
gunurn! counsel f- the various group® . ?
of mcdifie.’itionists
S' ti'tors Bruce? >nd Edge both do-
ula red pi’ohilnlion a failure and they
ami other witnesses laid 011 the com- -a
mittee tai de detaib d compilations of • >ja
statisties which they said proved the '2m
indictment. • 'L®
in. 11 < 11 111 • z < .
TIME RIPE.
Both senators said the time bad
come for notion to alluviate whole • A
sale violation of th* law and an in-
er easing spruad of drinking especially
1 among the younger generation.
The dramntiu touches that are ex
peeted to give color to the lieurinx* ’ /JI
as they pr"<‘eed wer' almost enttreb
kicking during the opening hours.
A whole r gii.*nt “f photographer*
who h d invaded the committ< e room.
; took some preliminary shots at the
I outset but th. ruafter they found noth-
ing mon* thrilling i<» photograph than
a group of ipiiet gentlemen scat’ll
around a bi" table while om of their r g
number rea l hurriedly through a pre-
pared manuscript.
V ALMI LEAVES.
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Mon-
| tana the Teamd Dome pro <*curur
j and chief reliance of the drys in th. :r
' eross-questioning of wet witnesses ex- J
cusrd himself soon after Senator 1
' Bruce began his roading. It was th* . ■
। evident purpose nf the prohibition
managers to b t tin* opposition develop
I its case without interference for *hr
time being.
1 The crowd in the committee room
1 im-hubd many members of Cougreißi
who arc m»t members of the commit-
tee. a number of ministers and oth<*r*
I who have infer"stcd them- Ives nc-
Itivelv in the controversy. Thry li|-
| toned intently leaning forward in th*
rows of st’!f-backed chairs set fot
'spectators bet only on rare
I wn< there any shnw nf api»Tan*c m
’anv murmur of
MFANS VS. REED
The first gem ral intereluw across r
.the committee table d»velop'd trie n
S- nator lb* d ur-. d a national refer-
G’ulnm on prohibition. Chairman .j
Means raised the richt of
' 10 ord* r such a r* feremlnm.
••I realize that it is a qm*stioC w
-aid Senator Ed *v.
“Wo'lld it not lr belter tn potltkß
th Stab*" which have the MuthorltyT”
' asked S’ li.ilor Means.
“The idea situs p •<' *l«*r.- in- J J
f
man from drinking what he wg^| K
but that w cam u !<f him •‘xli| l .<
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