San Antonio light. [volume], January 02, 1923, CITY EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

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NEGROES LORE
POLICEMEN TO
I DEATH TRAP
One Slain and Four Wound
ed When Blacks Carry
Out Ambush.
CALLED BY TELEPHONE
Greeted by Fusillade of
Shots; Posse Hunts Four
Who Escaped.
Sapulpa. Okla . J»n. 2.—Officers and
armed citizens were scouring the billy
country north of here early today for
four negroes who killed one policeman
L anti wounded four oth<rs last night,
when the officers went to the negro
district in response to a mysterious tele-
H pltone call.
S A telephone eel', was received by the
~ police last night reporting trouble at
* . a certain address in the Negro district.
Five ofieers were sent out to inves-
tigate , .
They found no disturbance and in
■estituted a search of the district. They
noticed that lights were darkened in n
negfo cafe and stopped up on the porch
in th.' glare of a light outside.
Without warning a hnil bullets
came from inside. Officer S. E. Brain
ier fell dead with his revolver in its
* holster, and his four companion'. Jess
> Hildreth Arthur Adams D. S. Love
land and Floyd Sellers, received bullet
■ wounds
* The tip of Adam's nose was shot
* away and the other officers were struck
* in the legs. None is wounded seri-
Lcisly.
The negroes ran out a side door ot
’ the caft before reinforcements arrived.
* and it is believed they obtained a
f motor car and drove north. They are
F .armed with high-powered rifles. They
' left behind a large quantity of amn u
, nitton. ,
Police declare that a negro under
’ taker who has been involved with the
' authorities recently, was the leader of
, the negroes, ft is not known who ai
: companions were He was arrested last
Saturday, charged with carrying con
$ r.cgled weapons and was released on
■ M”' l - ■
' While the town is aroused over ae
■» attack unon the policemen, no race
trouble is feared by the city authori
-v tics. The town was qiuet early this
morning.
» "The white citizens and the bulk of
the negroes are interested only in see
ing the four negroes who did the shoot
ing captured." said the officer in charge
of police headquarters.
WILLING TO CUT
GERMAN PAYMENTS
(Continued from page one.)
to France and the remainder has gone
to Great Britain and Belgium. The cost
of occupation has been fixed arbitrarily
at 200.090.900 marks for 1922 and for
caeh succeeding year.
Germany has also paid for the up
keep of various allied commissions,
amounting to a total of 50,000,000
marks.
Germany's present financial condi
tion has been thorouhgly investigated
by the reparations commission. Some
of the essential figures arc ns follows:
Gold reserve, slightly more than 1.000.-
000.000 marks; total note circulation.
980,000,000.000 paper marks. the
amountamount increasing daily. The
gold value of alt this paper money is
only about 580.000.000 marks.
Huge National Debt.
The national debt exclusive of fu
ture reparations payments is 1.100.000.-
909,000 paper marks, of which the gold
xa)ue is 900.000,000 marks. 1t is in
teresting to note that theoretically the
January 2, 1923
Hupmobile
Price Reduction
Effective at Once
Old Price New Price
Standard Touring and Roadster ... .$1295 $1245
Sport Touring and Roadster 1395 1350
Four-Passenger Coupe 1815 1695
Sedan 1985 1845
Burton-Lary Motors Co.
403 Ave. C Travis 6023
TUESDAY.
gold deposit even now almost cover*
the entire note circulation, plus the en
tire debt. The deficit in the current
budget is 1.000.009,000,000 paper marks.
Deposits abroad by private German citi
zens are variously estimated at 2.000,-
000.000 to 7,000.000,000 gold marks.
The total of the paper marks sold
abroad at fairly good exchange, but
now nearly worthless, is estimated to
have been ‘40.000.009,000.
The current foreign trade deficit is
estimated at from 2.000.1)00,000 to 3,-
000,000,000 gold marks. This is sup
posed to be amply covered, by German
deposits .abroad. As yet there is no
considerable unemployment in Germany
and most of the factories nro reported
to be operating at full capacity nearly
all thetime. .... - ,
Germany toda?*’ i* a land of financial
and economic paradoxes.
DECLARES GERMANY
HAS DEFAULTED IN
DELIVERY OF COAL
French Action Regarded by
British as Attempt to
Strengthen Claim.
By the AMOeiateil Pms.
Paris, Jan. 2. —France has asked the
reparations commission to declare Ger
many in voluntary default of her coal
deliveries, which it is claimed have been
running much below the schedule framed
at the Spa conference in 1920. Louis
Barthou, president of the commission,
and French delegate, asked that the
question be discussed at the regular
meeting next Friday. , .
This step is regarded in British cir
cles as at attempt to strengthen the
French claim, as when ths commission
last week declared Germany in volun
tary default of her timber deliveries
theßritish delegate is reported to have
agreed that the value of the deliveries
of 5500.000 appeared rather insignifi
cant as the basis for such drastic action.
The amount involved in the shortage
of coal deliveries also is placed at $500,-
009.
'The reparations commission, it is un
derstood. has been reliably informed that
Germany has lately been obliged to im
port large consignments of coal from
the United Kingdm and the British
delegation is of the opinion that the
schedule of deliveries from Germany to
France is too severe. .
The feeling is also expressed in Brit
ish reparations circles that the repara
tions problem has for the time being
been taken out of the commission s
hands by the Allied premiers and should
the coal question come up on Friday
they are prepared to recommend that it
Im- postponed until the premiers ad-
HORN SCARES INTRUDER
Burglar Alarm on House Top Sounds
‘ Alarm.
Waterloo. N. Y„ Jan. 2.—Police
made a dash for the home of State Sen
ator William L. Sweet here yesterday
when the honking of a big automobile
born on the roof gave notice that a
burglar was seeking to gain admittance
to the house. The alarm which was
given when a skeleton key was inserted
in the lock) had. however, frightened
the intruder and he made his escape
before the officers arrived.
The unique burglar alarm wAs con
structed by Naval Commander George
C. Sweet, a son of Senator Sweet, nfter
the senator's home hud several times
been entered. The senator and his wife
were spending New Year's with their
son at Yonkers when the latest at
tempt was made to rob the house. Com
mander Sweet had charge of naval radio
stations during the war.
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not a
graveyard, a beautiful, well kept burial
park. Crockett 1(188. — (Adv.)
Queen's Mother Breaks Ann
The Hajue. Jan. 2.—Dowager Queen
Emma, mother of Quern Wilhelmina,
fell Sunday night in the palace and
broke a bom- in her left arm. She was
abac last night, however, to attend the
family New Year's dinner. The dowager
is GJ years old.
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not a
graveyard, n beautiful, well kept burin
park. Crockett ICSS.—(Adv.)
VESSEL WITH INJURED
CAPTAIN AND SMASHED
RAIL LIMPS INTO PORT
Steamer Satsuma Badly
Damaged by Heavy
Gale.
Astoria, Ore.. Jan. 2.—With her mas
ter severely injured, her steering gear
disabled, one rail smashed and her dec-k
gear damaged, the steamer .Satsuma
was in pert today. During the gale
Sunday night, the steamer was swept
by seas. She was to touch at New
Orleans. The chains of her stenm
steering gear and the casting on her
head gear were broken. Temporary
repairs were made, and she was able
to make her way unaided. Sunday
morning Captain Jones, muster, was
standing near the engine room sky
light wiien a heavy breaker rolled
aboard, smashing one of the rails,
throwing n life boat from its checks
and knocking him down. The captain
suffered two fractured ribs, as well
as several scalp wounds and there is
a possibility he was hurt internally.
CLAIMS BERWIND-WHITE
MINERS WERE TREATED
AS ‘BEASTS OF BURDEN’
Committee Appointed by
Hylan Reports Bad
Condition.
New York, Jan. 2.—Miners employ
ed by the Berwind-White Company at
Windber, l'a.. source of fuel for the
Interborough Rapid Transit company,
were treated "purely as beasts of bur
den.'' in circumstances "worse than the
condition of slaves prior to the Civil
War,” flic committees appointd by
Mayor Hylan to investigate the mines,
reported yesterday.
The committee recounted evidence
that the miners were uot permitted to
see the scales when their coal was
weighed, so that common talk aong
the workers was that they were paid
for only about four-fifths of the fuel
they mined. The alleged policy of com
pelling miners to trade at the company
stores was also described.
MANY PETTY THEFTS
Clothing and Various Articles Reported
Stolen.
Reports of petty thefts reached city
detectives Monday afternoon and night.
The White Star Laundry, Houston
and Soloedad streets, reported a thief
stole a bag of laundry from a delivery
wagon near the plant.
The home of E. H. Cate, 839 Ken
tucky avenue, was entered Monday night
during the absence of the occupants. A
gold watch and chain, an opal ring and
$l5 in money was reported stolen.
Mrs. J. R. Herndon, Dallas hotel,
reported her room entered during the
night and a purse containing $25 stolen
from beneath the bed.
William Alberts, 211 South Flores
street, reported n mackinaw stolen out
of his car parked downtown Monday af
ternoon.
Three bedspreads, two blankets and
several other pieces of bedding were re
ported stolen from a clothes line in
the back lot »f the home of Mrs. H.
Selling. 412 North reeos street, Mon
day afternoon.
Thieves entered a garage at the home
of W. D. Hovel, 119 Armistead street,
at 9:45 Monday night and escaped with
a dozen automobile tools.
A suit case filled with clothing was
reported stolen from an automobile
owned by Mrs. L. A. Fernandez, 818
West Agnrita avenue, while the car
was parked downtown Monday after
noon.
TWO MINUTES’ WALK from
Houston Street, but out of the high
price district.
THE PORTLAND HOTEL
112 W. Pecan St.
Under New Management.
Crockett 8822.
—just across the river.
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Qjanuary 1
A Clearance of All Winter Merchandise
.. Offering Some Very Remarkable Values in Various Departments Throughout the
Entire Store on High Class Merchandise
> Women’s Evening Dresses tißik
Suits—Blouses—Furs— jOT
Sweaters — Skirts
1 / ill RJw
i / MARKED I W&WI » IsF'WW
AT 1/ O PRICES
just / /
This includes the entire stock of these fine wearables. & / AW I 4.J wfc
Nearly all of them are late mid-winter arrivals and are in 3g 7 Ms
the latest styles and material for this season. Beautiful If /
ft furs and sweaters and skirts for sports outfits. Evening i 1
dresses that will give you a happy sense of something new /
to finish out the social season with. Metallie cloth in gold - — jM' '‘ A TVx
and silver, beautiful chiffon draped styles, satin and lace j
1 frocks. " E/
The Entire Stock of Women’s Dresses Are % Off Marked Prices
Junior Coats, Dresses
Art Needlework
Qi Reduced for Quick Clearance
Lunch Cloths 85c
Assorted designs, in sizes 45x45 and
54x54. Some are hemstitched for
crocheting. Unbleached and bleached
ft embroidering material.
Bouffet Sets 59c
Stamped bouffet sets, scarfs on un
bleached muslin and blue liner.e, to be
worked, simple stitches and patch work.
Bed Spreads $2.95
Stamped on unbleached muslin and
they are extra large, to be worked up
in cross stitch.
I
Pillow Cases Pair $1.35
Many attractive designs are shown in
J these, size 42 inch. Easy designs that
ft can be worked quickly.
Lunch Cloths 25c
To be made up in patch work style,
and some can be done in cross stitch.
। (Fifth Floor)
THE SAN ANTONTO LIGHT.
and Sweaters
Infants’ Coats
I / MARKED
/ PRICES
' Beautiful dresses and juniors' coats for school _ wear,
party or dressy wear. Warm, deeply napped coats, plain and
fur-trimmed. Children's coat style and slipover sweaters. There
is a good assortment of these pretty garments and they are
presented at unusual savings. Garments that are well made
and stylishly fashioned of the finest materials.
Infants’ Long and Short White Coats
(Fourth Floor)
Silk Comforts
That Have Been Reduced 25 Per Cent
Entire stock of beautiful silk covered
comforts filled with fine wool. There
are many attractive patterns shown in
the assortment, all are high-grade and
made of serviceable Jap silk and bro
caded pompadour satins.
Goose Down Comforts $18.75
Full size, covered with an extra good
lustrous flowered satin, with solid color
border. These comforts are filled with
white down, perfectly sanitary.
(Fifth Floor)
Flower Bowls
3 Bulbs 89c
Pretty little black crock bowls, with
three Narcissus bulbs for spring plant
ing. An ideal center piece for the
table, or to brighten the living room.
A Dozen Narcissus Bulbs, 25c
(Balcony)
Two AMortmenU That Have Been Specially Reduced?
Women’s Dresses
1^: ’29=
These two groups of dresses includes some of the prettiest
frocks we have had this winter they are fashioned of Canton
satin and tricotine and Poiret twills and fine serges. All of
them are extremely stylish in lines and fashions, novel trim
mings of metal, braid, tuckings, beads and various other at
tractive stylings. Dresses that one can wear right on through
the spring season. .'i t
JVe Announce for January 4th to 6th
OUR ANNUAL PALM BEACH DISPLAY
MELUNERY _ ;i
In reality, our first complete presentation of mid- ; [
season and spring modes designed especially for
!; Southern wear.
WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT IN
TOMOMRROW’S LIGHT i;
i; The first style event of the new season ][
Linen Initial
Handkerchiefs 17c
Sheer beautiful linen handker
chiefs, hemstitched hems, in various
widths, embroidered initials. This
is a broken lot and there are not all
initials in the lot.
Two Groups of Handker
chiefs 29c and 49c
Very fine linen handkerchiefs with
initials. They are cleverly done and
hemstitched with various width hems.
A real saving can be made in buying
these handkerchiefs.
< (Street Floor)
JANUARY 2, 1923.
Two-Clasp Kid
Gloves $l.OO
There are various styles some
overseams, pique and self and con
trasting stitchings. The shades are
black, white, brown, grey and mode.
Misses’ and Children’s
Gloves 50c
Kid gloves, and there are some
sizes to fit women in the lot. One
clasp and splendid gloves in white,
glack and greys.
(Street Floor)