The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 156, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1924 Page: 1 of 16
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Today
Sabbath Politic*.
McAdoo Still Strongest.
California in Summer.
$240000000 a Year.
By Arthur Brisbane
Copyright. !»-•«. by the Star Co.
IT was a busy New York Sabbath
* for tj;c politicians and the
statesmen.
Statesmen you know are candi-
dates for the presidency. And
politicißns nre the practical men
that handle the candidates as the
owner of ganje cocks handles his
birds in the fight. They the
politicians decide on the man
wlipm the unimportant people are
to elect.
’T’HE dark horses were the checr-
* ful ones yesterday. It seemed
clear that the two leading candi-
dates Al Smith nnd McAdoo must
ki|l each other off. That is it
seemed clear to all dark horses.
McAdoo and his crowd were as
confident as ever. Rightly or
■wrongly they are convinced that
Al Smith's nomination is absolute-
ly impossible entirely apart from
McAdoo. They believe that Smith’s
BACKERS KNOW IT although
Smith does not. And they believe
that when the Smith men get ready
to deal they will come to Md-
Adoo.
U7ITHOUT question McAdoo is
" the candidate with the follow-
ing now among delegates nnd
among the voters. His big strength
with labor not merely union men
but all workers is admitted by
every politician. .
When men break away from
their own man they go to the one
■with most strength not wanting
a loser for their second choice.
That is what makes the McAdoo
crowd hopeful.
Z^N the other band A! Smith is
among the ablest politicians
in the country. He Ims learned
politics from the cradle as a
Scotch golf professional learns golf.
He knows every politician in the
country.
lie has done n thousand favors
for every big bo s. He can make
any promise he chooses in the
name of Wall Street and the
promise will be KEPT.
You know it is not easy to beat
experience and money combined.
IF it were not for the power of
* William Jennings Bryan in any
convention Smith might accom-
plish what a majority of the
delegates including 99 per cent
of the Southern delegates believe
to be impossible. Bryan will fight
Smith to the death politically
speaking. So much for politicians.
Nothing real will be known for
several days.
A BERLIN scientist has isolated
the germ that causes foot and
mouth disease. That news will be
worth many millions to this coun-
try directly and billions perhapr
indirectly. t
It is reported although fortun-
ately NOT proved that agitators
nt the West have purposely spread
foo-t and mouth disease by means
of dogs and otherwise. California
is a bad state in which to play a
game of that kind. The perpetn.
tors would find it more dangerous
than horse-stealing in Texas in the
old days.
BY the way the people should
know that all restrictions on
| automobiles going in and out of
I California nre entirely removed.
! That difficulty is part of past his-
‘ tbry.
; And everybody with au automo-
-1 bile should .also remember that
California is’ not ouly a wonder-
ful WINTER resort but more
| especially a wonderful and uucx-
I celled SUMMER resort.
START West from anywhere in
the United States. Then travel
’ along the magnificent thousand
miles of road from San Diego up
to Seattle. It is a whole educa-
tion a lerson in patriotism that
every man able to do so should
give to his family.
MI7HEN you reach Seattle stay for
i" nt least two weeks. Study
the city and port that arc destin-
ed to be on the great Pacific all
that Marseilles or Constantinople
ever was to the Mediterranean.
That little sea could easily be
tucked away in back of Seattle
for private boating.
•T'HE total debt of the United
■ * States of which YOU owe
part is twenty-one thousand mil-
lion dollars plus a few hundred
i millions. One year ago it was one
thousand and nine million dollars
more.
The difference is due to Mellon
the secretary of the treasury. At
the rate he is going our debt will
entirely disappear in fifteen years.
That’s BUSINESS.
INCIDENTALLY those interested
F in Democratic candidates ma- re-
member that part of the economy
was made possible by W. G. Me-
Ad $ When he was secretary of
{Continued on page Two.)
THE WEATHER
■ —— — ■ j
San Antonio and vicinity: Monday
night and Tuesday partly cloudy;
maximum temperature 92 to 98;
light southerly winds.
VOL. XLIV—NO. 156.
BOYSMAROONEDCHEAT DEATH
Maughan Over Nebraska on Dawn-Dusk Flight
BORDER BRIDGES TO CLOSE
ARMY FLIER
LUNCHES 111
ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI
During Airman Expects to
Reach San Francisco in
Time far Supper.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. Juna 33.—
Lieut. Bussell L. Maughan passed
over Cozad Nth. at 13:19 p. ni„
mountain time. Cozad Is 233 miles
cast of Cheyenne.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. June S3.—Lieut.
Ruscell L. Maughan cn route from
New York to San E.^nt'.sco in his
third attempt to span the continent
i between dawn and desk hopped off
) at 11:37 1-2 a. id. central standard
| time after spending nearly 43 min-
I utes here.
He was five minutes tn getting
started due to the wet field. He said
that he was slightly abend of his
schedule and for that reason re-
mained ten minutes longer in St.
Joseph titan he had intended.
IN EINE CONDITION.
Maughan reached here at 10:52 a.
Li. central standard time after flying
1140 miles since It o'cloc': this morn-
ing (eastern time). Ho was in fine
spirits and excellcut physical condi-
tion.
Maughan was flying low as he ap-
proached the field frotu the northeast.
He waved to his mechanics whom he
recognized. They waved flags to di-
rect him to tlie dry portion of the
field.
As mechanics rushed forward to as-
sist him Maughan flew upward about
fifty feet to the astonishment of thou-
sands of persons who had assembled
to greet him. He twice circled the
field and then gracefully glided down
to a dry spot on the north end.
LANDS GRACEFULLY.
“I knew you had a rain here last
night.” Maughnn declared “so I de-
cided to come in low and then circle
the field to get my bearings.”
Maughan lauded in St. Joseph 32
minutes earlier than he did in his last
attempt. July 19. 1923. when his plane
went as far as Rock Springs. Wyo.
The aviator when he landed was
taken to hangars across the field
where he asked for cold chicken and
a glass of milk.
ENGINE GOING FINE.
“I found my engine going fine all
the way from Day ton to St. Joseph”
Maughan said upon landing. “It was
going even better than in the first
lap. I encountered no rain wtst of
Dayton and flew without difficulty.”
Maughan appeared in much better
physical condition than last year on
his light July 9. Then he slept for
twenty minutes and he appeared
weary. Today he was more alert
and although he remained here about
45 minutes he refused to lie down
for a nap.
The aviator superintended the go-
ing-over of his plane by his me-
chanics who have been here for sev-
eral days awaiting his arrival.
BEATS OLD TIME.
“I want to say now that the plane
trouble they fixed at Dayton was not
brought on while flying.” Maughan
said. “They tinkered with the ma-
chine at Dayton and broke the start-
er. But it is all right now and I
expect no trouble he rest of the
(Continued on page Two.)
TH E rrtr^Ll GHT
Member of the Associated Press
Published by The Light Publishing Company
San Antonio Texas.
HULL FAINTS WHEN
TOLD PARTY DEBTS
ARE PAID
NEW YORK. Pune 23 —
Chairman Hull of the Democratic
national committee was confined
to his bed today recovering from
heat prostration exhaustion from
over work acute indigestion and
shock from learning suddenly
that the national committee had
been able to nay all its debts
and would enter the presidential
campaign with a elean slate.
Mr. Hull toppled out of the
chair in a faint last evening just
ns the finance committee report-
ed that all debts were paid.
Mrs. Hull put her chairman to
bed and was guarding him tonay
against all visitors sympathizers
nnd ticket seekers.
AMERICAN YOUTH
SETS WORLD MARK
IN RIFLE CONTEST
—
By the Associated Pfcm«.
RHEIMS France. June 23.—Pri-
| vote Marcus Dinwiddie of the District
of Columbia National Guard today
broke the world's record for 22-caliber
rifle marskmanship shooting in the
international match which precedes
the Olympics competition. Dinwiddie
who is 17 years old scored 3!MI out
of a possible 400.
pershlnwonored
BY BRITISH RULER
LONDON June 23.—General John
J. Pershing was accorded the signal
honor this afternoon of being the
guest of King George and Queen Mary
along with King Christian and Queen
Alexander of Denmark in the royal
box at the international horse show.
American Ambassador Kellogg and
Colenel Kenyon A. Joyce United
States military attache also were at-
tached to the party surrounding the
royal box.
engineer'exp ires
WHILE RUNNING TRAIN
M’ALESTER Okla.. June 23. —
James McCluxkcr (10 engineer on the
Texas Special died at the throttle os
he slowed his train down at a water
tank in Nortli McAlester a suburb to-
day. Death was caused by heart dis-
ease. The train was stopped by the
fireman.
McClusker's boms was in Denison.
Texas. He was a veteran employe of
the Missouri-Kansas-Texas and had
operated the Texas Special since it
was established severhl years ago.
Buril will be at Denison.
LARCENY SUSPECT
CAUGHT BY BOXER
Taking the law iota bis own hands.
Frankie McFarland lightweight box-
er Monday morning took into custody
a young Mexican who. be charges
stoic his watch chain and a gold
medal and turned him over to police.
The medal was one he had won
in an army tournament at St. Louis
he said nnd was missed from his
home 1131 West Falls avenue after
the Mexican a delivery boy for a
grocery bad been there. The boy
denied having stolen the jewelry.
LEFTY’ JOHNS WEDS
FORT WORTH GIRL
FORT WORTH. June 23. —Francis
Augustus Johns better known to
baseball fans as “Lefty.” of the Pan-
ther baseball turn.'and Miss Louise
Madry of Fort Worth were married
here this morning al 8 o'clock. Johns'
home is in St. Louis. He has been a
winning twirlcr with the Panthers for
three years
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MONDAY JUNE 23 1924.
SAN ANTONIO
TERRITORY
AFFECTED
C'sioms Official Points
Out Late Curfew
Hour Too Costly.
That the Treasury department con-
templates closing nil bridges on the
Mexican frontier nt 9 o'clock at night
and possibly ns early as 7 o'clock was
announced in San Antonio Monday
morning by Collector of Customs Roy
Campbell. With the exception of the
port of Laredo which is now closing
st 9 o'clock ports in pits district
which extends from Eagle Pass to
Brownsville shut at midnight.
There is but little doubt that the
department nt Washington will i.sue
an order dosing the bridges at an
earlier and n uniform hour according
to Mr. Campbell who has been in
Washington for the last several days
for a' conference with departmental
heads with reference to this nnd other
matter.
SENTIMENT DIVIDED
For several months two factions in
the border towns of Texas have been
agitating for nnd agninst early clos-
ing of the bridges. One faction main-
tains that the only real purpose served
by keeping the bridges open at night
is the convenience of those on the
Texas side who answer the lure of
drink nnd games of chance couth of
the Rio Grande;
Another faction maintains that the
early closing of the bridges would be
detrimental to business and. further
that such action would not prevent
those from the American side follow-
ing the bright lights.
MATTER OF ECONOMY
These considerations however were
not discussed in connection with the
proposed closing of the bridges it is
reported. The matter was considered
only from the angle of efficient ad-
ministration of the customs laws.
Traffic across the bridges at night
docs not justify the customs service in
keeping them open at an additional
expense. It is also more difficult to
inspect the traffic at night.
Eight or nine ports in the San An-
tonio district will be affected by the
order.
FATHER DISCOVERS
DEAD BODY OF SON
FORT WORTH Tex. June 23.—
Boyd Robert 28 wns found dead in
his father's home at Matador Sunday
with a revolver by his side.
SMUTS QUITS POST
FOLLOWING DEFEAT
By (he Associated Press.
CAPETOWN Union of South
Africa June 23. —Jan Christian
Smuts premier of the Union of South
Africa whose South African party
was»dcfcatcd >n the recent elections
resigned the premiership today.
It was announced that General
Smuts who nad accepted the offer of
Col. G. M. Claasen. member of the as-
sembly for StanJerton transvaal to
contest for his seat would not be op-
posed.
MICHIGAN ORGANIZES.
NEW YORK. June 23.—The cau-
cus of the Michigan delegation to the
Democratic national convcnton held
today selected Wllam A. Compstock
dclegaton charman; Alfred Luck ng.
resohitons and Clyde 8 Carney
rules.
Here Is the California delegation in action in support of the nomination of William Gibbs McAdoo at the
Democratic convention in New York.
CRAIG BIDDLE QUITS
MOVIES TO BECOME
‘SPEAKING’PRODUCER
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. June 23 —
Craig Biddle Jr. son of ME and Mrs.
Craig Biddle of this city nnd heir to
millions is about to launch on a
career as a theatrical producer ac-
cording to advices received today.
Mr. Biddle’s first production it is
said will be a musical comedy. “Pan-
sy.” His field of production will nlso
include farce comedy and drama. The
initial production is said to be sched-
uled for appearance on Broadway in
the early fall.
Mr. Biddle some time ago went’to
Hollywood with the idea of becoming
a motion picture star.
TEXANDIEITIN FALL
FROM HOTEL WINDOW
HOLSTON. Texas. June 23.—C. S.
Henderson. 40. of Taylor. Texas fell
to his death from nn eighth story win-
dow in the Bender hotel to the roof
of an adjoining one-story structure
early Sunday morning. Justice of the
Peace Campbell Overstreet held an in-
quest and pronounced death by sui-
cide.
According to friends at Taylor.
Mr. Henderson recently sold a black
land farm near that city nnd left Tay-
lor several days ago. He was con-
sidered a man of comfortable means.
He was single bnt is survived by many
relatives in Taylor. Houston and vi-
cinity.
McAdoo Men Put on
Boisterous Greetings
NEW YORK RESOUNDS WITH
CHEERING Of DEMOCRATS
NEW YORK June 23.
jubilee of the Democracy
fevered stage of pre-convent
Fifth Avenue and the
hotel district of Manhattan
resounded today to the
tramp of cheering delegations and the
blare of marching bands while out-
runners from the forces of the prin-
cipal candidates scurried everywhere
to bring new arrivals into camp nnd
consolidate the legions already assem-
bled behind their favorites.
From a balcony of his liotcl. Wil-
liam G. McAdoo exhorted n group of
howling western delegates to stan 1
by him to the last diteb. ami they
shouted back an assurance that they
would.
SMITH ACCLAIMED
New Y'ork noisily acclaimed its al-
legiance’ to its favorite. Al Smith in
y>c greatest civic parade in the his-
tory of the city. He was cheered by
thousands wherever he went.
Both the McAdoo and Smith men
continued to claim victory as the last
of the slate delegations perfected
(Continued ou page Six.)
TWO CFNITQ f<r e°py n cl w »n<i vteimtz.
X »» Vz Vbil X O Five cents on trains and elaewtiere
— The great quardrennial
is passing through its final
ion rivalry and enthusiasm.
HOOD ms
TOCDNDEMN
CDDHUPTIOK
NEW YORK June 23. T-Progre-
ssive Democracy will recover the
American government from privilege
and debdhehery and set it again on
the high road of moral standards
William G. McAdoo declared today
in an address of greeting to delegates
from nine western stales Hawaii and
the Philippines who came across the
continent in two special trains.
Facing the cheering delegations
from a balcony in front »f bis up-
(Qontinued ou page Six.)
[EDITION]
WADE MILES
TD ESCAPE 1
. FLOODED
. CREEKS
——..
Quartet of San Antonio ?
Fishermen Safe After J ■
Exciting Experience. ;
’!
Though still uuablc to return to
their homes word has been received
advising relatives of the safety of
four boys whose failure to return
from a fishing trip Sunday caused
their parents to fear they might have
been trapped nnd drowned in one
of the creeks flooded by rains Sat-
urday night.
WADE THROUGH WATER.
Wading through miles of water
amd mud. Arthur Charles Murchi-
son. 20 832 Division street reached
a telephone shortly before noon and
informed his parents that the entire
party had escaped the water* that
surrounded them on all sides.
The party had started towards
Somerset when the rain overtook
them. So rapidly did the creeks rise
be said that their return to the
city was blocked before they could
get well under way.
CREEKS ARE HIGH.
Creeks between here and Somerset
were many feet out of their banks
and a number of fir’ ing parties were
seen taking refuge in trees he said.
Their automobile he said is still
mired in deqp mud from which they
are unable to extricate it.
With Arthur are his 14-year-old
brother Huntha and Carl Whitlock.
312 Coleman street.
ANOTHER IN PARTY.
James "Goins 17 217 Coleman
street is also believed to be with
this party. He was reported missing
Monday morning by relatives who
said he had gone fishing Saturday
afternoon and had not returned.
Relatives of the boy thought he had’
gone with another boy to Pipe Creek
givoing rise to the report that two
fishing parties wj!re lost. i
”» ' '
Windstorm Sweeps
Mississippi Valley ’ r a.
CHICAGO June 23.—One of th»
worst summer storms in years swept
almost the entire upper Mississippi
River Valley late yesterday taking
at least four lives and doing hundreds
of thousands of dollars property dam-
age.
Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota
and Illinois were hit by the high
winds and hard rains. Three persons
were killed in Chicago and one in
Minnesota.
Possibly the most serious menace
to Chicago followed the storm in
threatened pollution of the drinking
water supply. The storm reversed
the Calumet river ml caused sewage
to be poured into .’♦ ke Michigan.
BOATS SEEK COVER.
The steamer Saugatuck was dis-
abled far out in the lake with 700 pas-
sengers aboard but rode out the storm
with rescue craft brought alongside
by SOS calls.
A fleet of sailing yhchts was caught
off shore and a half dozen were
forced to run before the gale with
bare poles.
MINNESOTA HARD HIT.
Six government air mall plates
were wrecked at Omaha Neb. when
the roof was blown off their haugar
and the walls caved in. Iwo planes
in far corners of the hangar were Let
damaged. Air mail service from Omaha
would not be hampered officials said
although additional planes would have
to be rushed from Chicago.
Southwestern Minnesota seemed to
bear the brunt of the storm tn that
slate. One man was killed near
(Continued ou page Two.). _
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