MEXICANS TO
EXPLOIT BAKU
OILFOB SOVIET
orporation Orders Drilling
Machinery and En
gages Experts.
[ANY LINES ACTIVE
leavyweight Woolen Goods
Not Expected to Ad
vance Over Much.
BY J. C. ROYLE.
bpyrlaht. 1923. by The San-Antonio Licht.
New York, Jan. 18.— The active phy-
ipal mqve toward developing and plac
ig on the markets of the world, the
il resources of southern Soviet Russia
Fas been taken by an American corpora
(ou.
I According to reliable reports received
Lday from Chattanooga. Tenn,, the In-
Eruational Barnsdall Corporation has
llosed a large contract with the Lucey
Manufacturing company of Chattanooga
pr a large number of drilling rigs and
pl well machinery for the exploitation
If the Balai oil fields of Russia, along
[be Caspian sea.
I The International Barnsdall Corpora
lion, according to these rejtorts, bolds
| concession from the Russian Ecder
|ted Socialist Republic by which the
[il lands granted to the concern in the
Baku district are to be operated on a
royalty basis, the royalties to be paid in
|il. The International Barnsdall Cor
koration is a subsidiary of the Barns
all corporation owning oil wells and
nines in fourteen states in this country
|nd was organized for the purpose of in
[estigating natural resources in foreign
puntries.
Soviets Buy Machinery.
| The Lucey Manufacturing company
Low is finishing a large contract for oil
trilling machinery for the Soviet gov
[rnment, involving the expenditure of
|everal hundred thousand dollars. This,
Lowever, was placed through and fin
kneed by a British intermediary. It is
reported from Chattanooga that the as
pstance of the Lucey experts in put
png the new machinery into operation
[long the shores of the Caspian sea was
arranged at a meeting between Capt.
John F. Lucey, president of the con
krn and Nathan Day, president of the
concessionaires.
I The Baku fields have been productive
[or hundreds of years, but the wells
End properties in that, region •suffered
heavily during the political disturbances
tince 1914. The location of the field
rives it a strong position in the trade
pf both Europe and the Orient and its
[ride development has’a decided bearing
bn the market for other products.
l_There is a general feeling among
Soolen men that the heavyweight open
ing of goods for next fall by the Ameri
can Woolen company, next Monday and
Tuesday, which sets’ the pace for the
woolen goods trade in many weaves, will
show price increases ranging from 15
To 25 per cent. Extreme advances arc
not expected as it is known the lead
ing interests was successful in filling at
least a part of its heavyweight wool
requirements at fairly advantageous fig
ures.
Many Lines Active.
I The advance in Fruit of the Loom,
(muslins to 20 cents a yard was fully
Expected in view of the strength of the
taw cotton market. This is the sec-
End advance since last September.
I Shipments of Portland cement this
■month are maintaining the pace set in
(December when 4,858,0U0 barrels left
■ he plants and building material demand
thows no sign, no slackening in other
Lommodities.
| Locomotive and equipment building
(concerns are doing a tremendous busi
■jess. The J. G. Brill company of
(Philadelphia has been awarded a $2,-
(000.000 order for cars for the Chicago
(surface line and new public utility
■financing indicates further large pur-
Khases of cars by traction companies
(throughout the entire country. The
■Baldwin Locomotive company is en
larging its plant to enable it to cope
[with recent orders. Orders on the Bald
|win books aggregate 546.(8K).000.
| The activity in the electric light and
[power field is reflected in the activities
of the electrical equipment companies.
Orders received by the General Elec
trical company since January 1 have
shown no let up from the pace set in
the last quarter of 11)22 when sales ex
ceeded those of the preceding year Sy
50 per cent.
BUILDING IN CHICAGO.
Weather Slews Coal Orders But
Speeds Construction.
Cldtago. HI., Jan. 18.—Mild weather
has slowed the demand for coal here
but has stimulated building operations
and automobile sales.
All building materials are in good
demand, but dealers are unable to fill all
orders for light buff brick because of
delay to shipments from Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Building permits are show
ing ad increase of about 50 per cent
weekly over January, 1922. Many new
projects are under way among them be
ing a proposed $12,000,000 twenty
three-story hotel to replace the famous
old Palmer House, on which construc
tion will begin next March.
Unusual activity is shown in the
steel market by tank builders and farm
implement manufacturers. Oil com
panies are reported in the market for
about 40,000 tons of steel for tank pur
sold up on first quarter deliveries, are
booking second quarter orders at slight
ly increased prices.
SOUTH IS ENCOURAGED.
Business iu New Orleans Is Satisfied
With Prospects.
New Orhans, i.a.. Jan. 18.—Business
in this city is proceeding in an emi
nently satisfactory pace. The turnover
and future orders have dispelled a feel
ing of conservatism in many lines of
trade and there is a feeling that the
South now is in line for real commer
cial Improvements. This feeling has
hen strengthened by reports of condi
the agricultural regions.
"" Tile largest wholesale dry goods dis
tributor in this section reported today
that the sales at present were greater
than at any other period in the history
of the Mmvrn. Cotton goods, dealers
said, were being offered at prices which
THURSDAY.
would be impossible bad not the raw
staple been purchased at figures well
under present quotations.
ENCOURAGED AT PROSPECTS.
Philadelphia District Reports Increased
Activity.
Philadelphia. Pr.. Jan. 18.—Busi
ness men in this city are greatly en
couraged as to prospects for 1923 by
the improvement recorded in many of
the cities and towns in this section
of Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey
and Delaware. New enterprises are
being developed in constantly increas
ing numbers in these districts, nnd older
concerns are enlarging capacities.
The Reading Iron company has in
creased wages of its worlters ten per
cent and in tool and dye plants de
mand for workers is so great that
women are being employed as was the
case during the war.
Farmers are the least satisfied mem
bers of the communities. They claim
in some cases it cost them more to grow
wheat than they received.
Will Improve Railroads.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 18.—North
western railroads are preparing to spend
largo sums in construction work as well
as for equipment in 1923. These pro
jects are expected to provide work for
thousands of men. Car shops at present
are being operated at capacity as are
shoe, candy and clothing factories and
shops of the metal trades.
Too Many Apartments.
Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 18.— The
only building construction which seems
to have been overdone here is in apart
ment building which are so numerous
that rents are declining. Many old resi
dences were altered into apartment
houses. Construction of small dwell
ings, -factories, business property nnd
hotels is progressing at an undiminished
pace.
Orient Trade Good.
San Francisco. Cat, Jan. 18.—Ex
porters here declare that the volume of
trade to the Orient now has attained
such volume that it closely approaches
the best years of their recollection.
Freer rail movements east from here
have aided imports as well as the ship
ment of California products.
COMMODITY NEWS NOTES
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—There has
been an extraordinary demand this
week for imported linens and cotton
household goods, such as sheets and
pillow cases. The better grades are in
special request today. Factors iu tills'
demand are said to have included pres
ent crop prices, general employment,
distributon of War Savings Stamp
money and fear of advances in cotton
goods.
Boston, Jan. 18.—The leather market
here holds very steady and very dull.
Hides are slightly lower, but not yet
low enough to draw the majority of the
tanners into the market.
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 18.—Fertilizer job
bers of the South will be in the mar
ket for 28,000 short tons of nitrate
which the government will sell at the
Old Hickory plant at Nashville, this
month.
nttslnirg, Jan. 18.—New prices arc
beiflg arranged for certain lines of belt
ing and mill supplies. Stocks are low
and inquiries are numerous.
Philadelphia. Jan. 17.—The psycholo
gical effect of colors on the human
mind has had a decided effect on the
trend of industry in the paint busi
ness, according to the master painters
here. They all attribute the strong de
sire for cheerful colors to recognition
of the effect surroundings have on
homes.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 17.—Heavy pre
cipitation in the wheat belt of Eastern
Washington, with snow covering the
hills where fall wheat was sown, gives
assurance of a wheat crop fully equal
to or above normal, according to au
thentic reports.
Chicago, Jan. 18.—Packers report a
general improvement in demand for
their products despite the dullness in
the export trade- Beef is moving more
freely and prices are stiffening. There
is a broad, strong demand for pork and
pork products.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 18.—A drop of
one cent a quart at stares of the Dairy
men's Milk Company has been an
nounced. Carl F. Knirk, manager, said
this was made possible by co-operative
methods of milk distribution.
New Y’ork, Jan. 18.—Axel Acker
man of Sweden, who is here to inves
tigate automobile exports, made plain
to automobile dealers that in order to
capture the trade of Northern Europe,
American cars must meet strong com
petition from the lower power French
and German machines. He instanced
the fact that the Voisin car, a French
product, had made a great reputation
by establishing a mark of 32 miles on
one gallon of gas.
Pittsburg. Jan. 18.—While the turn
over is not heavy, pig iron is strong at
present- Foundry at S2S. valley, is
up $1 in ten days. Basic is around
$26. compared with $25 a week ago.
Bessemer holds at $27.50.
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 18.—There
is only one idle steel plant in this dis
trict and it is a small one. Labor
shortage is reported in many plants, and
an ample supply would mean 100 per
cent plant operations.
I niontown. Pa.. Jan. 17.—Furnace
coke is selling around $8 while steam
coal is bringing an average of $2.18).
Best grades of Connellsville by-product
sell at $3.40 nnd $3.50-
Griffin. Ga.. Jan. 18.—The pepper
canning plants here are reported to
have sold their 1923 output in ad
vance. «
Fruit.
San Francisco. Jan. 18.—The pack
ing plants are working sixteen hours a
day in the Santa Clara Valley in order
to handle the prune crop which amounts
to 145.000.000 pounds.
Railroad Equipment.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Jan. 18. — The
Texas & Pacific Railroad has just or
dered sixteen new locomotives for use
on Texas lines at a cost of about $l,-
000.000. Further equipment purchases
which aggregate about $7,000,000 in
value are an siting approval by the
board of directors.
Dry Goods.
leather.
Fertilizer.
Mill Suppl lea-
Paints.
Wheat.
Food Products.
WOULD ERASE
RECORDSDF
IMPEACHMENT
Senator Wants to Blot Out
Reference to Fergu
son Trial.
WANT PROBE ON OIL
Resolution Claims Standard
Destroys Competition
in Texas.
Austin, Tex.. Jan. 18.—Senator
Archie Parr of San Diego, today stated
that a resolution which seeks to ex
punge the legislative records of the ac
tion of the Thirty-fifth Legislature in
impeaching James E. Ferguson as gov
ernor has been prepared. Parr would
not admit that he is author of the reso
lution or that he will introduce it, but
stated it was his knowledge that such
a measure is being circulated. Sena
tor I. D. Fairchild, of Lufkin, also de
clared that such a resolution has been)
prepared but that it has not been de
termined whether it will be introduced.
The passage of two bills introduced
iq the House by Representative Pope,
of Corpus Christi, yesterday afternoon
would result in abrogation of the con
tracts recently made by the state text
book commission involving aproximate
ly $1,800,000.
Text Book Probe Asked.
A House resolution by Representa
tive Winfree of Houston, proriding for
the appointment of a joint committee
of the House and Senate to investi
gate ownership of oil concerns doing
business in Texas was introduced yes
terday afternoon and referred to com
mittee without debate. Under the reso
lution the committee would be required
to determine how prices of oil. gas.
and their by-products are fixed and
“what agreements, combinations and
contracts exist between them and Jhe
Standard Oil Company as to fixing of
prices and handling of oil by pipe line
companies."
The committee is empowered by the
resolution to summon with and require
all books and papers to lie produced
for investigation. It is instructed to
take a record of evidence and report its
findings nnd recommendations to the
Legislature.
Standard Oil Denounced.
The resolution is predicted on the
statement “that it is a matter of com
mon knowledge ami general informa
tion that the Standard Oil Compa'ny
owns the Controlling interest in the
MagnoMn. Humble, Sinclair. Gulf, nnd
Prairie companies and their subsidi
aries and fixes the prices of their
products." and that “such ownership
lias the effect to destroy competition
and restrain trade and to bankrupt
and drive the independent refiner and
producer out of business and leave the
consumers of this state at the mercy
of this gigantic and insatiable frust."
The House late yesterday passed the
Purl bill, making wife and child de
sertion a crime of felony grade, sub
ject to a penitentiary sentence of one
to five years. Under the bill a peace
officer is empowered to go anywhere
in Texas or out of it to apprehend a
man wanted for this offense. It now
goes to the Senate.
U.S.W.V. HEAD COMING
Will Spend Sunday in San Antonio
and Will Address Comrades.
A. P. Enlenza. commander-in-chief of
the United Spanish War Veterans, will
arrive in San Antonio over the Southern
Pacific at 8:10 Saturday night. A ten
tative program has been arranged for
Sunday and is as follows: A meeting
at the Gunter hotel at 9 for a sight
seeing trip; a trip through the Alamo
has been arranged by the courtesy of
the custodian, followed by visits to the
various military posts and historic mis
sions and other points of interest. At
2:20 a reception will be held in the ball
room of the Gunter hotel for Mr. En
tenza and veterans of all wars and
their auxiliaries are cordially invited.
Mr. Entenza will make an informal
speech at this meeting.
The Albert Sidney Johnston Camp.
United Confederate Veterans, will give
a program in the ball room of the
Gunter at 3:30. The Ladies' Auxiliary
will hold public installation of officers,
with the commander-in-chief as guest
of honor, at 5 o'clock at the Knights
of Pythias hall.
At 7 o'clock n Mexican supper at the
Original Mexican restaurant for all
United Spanish War Veterans and the
women of the auxiliary will be held.
Mr. Entenza will be escorted to the
Knights of Pythias hall at 8 o'clock
where he will be received by the local
camp officially and with all honors due
him. as commander-in-chief. A large
class of recruits will receive the obliga
tion from the highest official, after
which the commander-in-chief will de
liver a message to his comrades.
The following comrades are on the
reception committee; William W. Her
ring. commander: Dr. George R. Dash
iell, senior vice commander: A. <’. Els
ner. junior vice commander: Allen M.
Hoover, chaplain; Frank Lay. adju
tant: Otto Trenkle. quartermaster: Gus
F. Niggli. post commander: E. G. Le-
Stourgeon. R. Neill Campbell. Lewis
Maverick. A. B. Hillan. W. 11. Kenyon.
Jack R. Burke. 'William Langridge, O.
Kulmus and E. Metzer. members.
THIEVERY PICKS UP
Detectives Answer Calls Throughout
City After Lull in Crime.
Activity in thievery was noted Wed
nesday by city detectives. Since the
recent capture of a gang, said to be
responsible for numerous wholesale
thefts police authorities say there has
been a decided lull in burglaries and
thefts of every character.
That thieves are slowly resuming
operations was indicated by reports of
prowlers in several sections of the city
Wednesday night. A number of thefts
were recorded, but hauls made were
comparatively small.
H. E. Dickinson, 304 Russell building,
reported two new houses nearing com
pletion in Arlington court, were stripped
of electrical and lavatory fixtures and
window shades.
Mrs. C. K. Cunningham. 172 North
street, discovered a daylight thief in
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
her home Wednesday afternoon. The in
truder fled. Investigation showed three
rings, two bracelets and a gold chain
and gold cross stolen.
The borne of F. T. Johnston, 1030
Fulton avenue, was entered by a thief
Wednesday night, according to report
filed with detectives. A wa ch, a pearl
stick pin, a diamond ring and a pistol
were reported stolen.
Carl H. Hashagen, quartermaster de
partment, Fort Sam Houston, reported
the theft of an overcoat.
Reports filed with detectives Wednes
day night and early Thursday morning
show that thieves made unsuccessful
attempts to break into a garage at the
home of Mrs. Anderson. 138 Dunning
avenue; the home of Joe Esparza, 312
Sen Luis street: home of B. C. Her
nandez. 108,8outh San Jacinto street,
and Mrs. C. Veath, 015 San Pedro
avenue.
CHICAGO ALDERMEN
OPPOSED TO KU KLUX
HOLDING CITY JOBS
Dissenting Member Calls
Skipwith and McKoin
Fine People.
Chicago. Jan. 18.—By a vote of 56
to 2 the city council was on record
today as opposed to retaining members
of the Ku Klux Klan on the city
payroll.
The vote was taken jesterday. when
the city council was asked to order the
suspension of William H. Green, a city
fireman, and an alleged member of the
klan.
Green recently had been questioned
by an aldcrmanm investigating com
mittee regarding his alleged connections
with the organization. At that time, he
declared he had resigned from the klan.
Robert J. Mulchaby, aiderman act
ing ns chairman of the council's com
mittee. yesterday declared during the
council's session that a policeman had
thrsntened his life for his activities
against the secret order. He said he
would divulge the facts later, refus
ing to name the policeman.
John P. Garner, rone of the two dis
senting nldermen, referred to the allegeu
klan activities in Mer Rouge. La.
“A friend of mine who Just came
back from Louisiana tells me that he
met Skipwith and Dr. McKoin and
that thej' arc a fine lot of people,” Ai
derman Garner said. “The whole
trouble down there is politics.”
OPTOMETRY OFFERS
FIELD FOR STUDY
SAYS SPEAKER HERE
Dr. E. P. Barr Tells Mem
bers of Profession Science
Is Undeveloped.
Dr. E. P. Barr of Camden. N. J-. of
ficial of the educational department of
the American Optical Co., was the
morning speaker at the meeting of op
tometrists in the ball room of the Gun
ter hotel Thursday. Dr. Barr, a stu
dent of optometry, is also an experienced
lecturer and held the attention of doc
tors from San Antonio and surround
ing towns while he epoWe on the mus
cles of the eyes, the defects to which
thev are subject, nnd the methods _of
determining the defects and correcting
them. In summing up his lecture. Dr.
Barr said that no other subject was ns
yet so undeveloped as optometry or of
fered such a wonderful field for re
search and study.
"The more one studies it,” he said,
“the more one realizes how little he
knows. It is a subject of which even
the smartest men as yet know noth
ing."
The principal speaker for the after
noon meeting will be Dr. Charles Shearn
former professor of Ohio University and
world known scientist. Others who
will deliver lectures are Dr. R. A. Har
per of Mount Vernon. N. Y., and Dr.
W. B. Georgia of Waco, state presi
dent. In the absence of H. A. Klotz,
president of the local association, Vice
President C. Perry is presiding at the
meeting.
Following the afternoon session there
will be a banquet in the Army room
of the Gunter at which E. T. Jenison of
San Antonio will preside. All of the
optometrists of the city and surround
ing towns arc invited to attend nnd
bring their wives. Mayor O. It. Black
will deliver the address of welcome nnd
nmong the other sneakers will bo Mr.
Jenison and Dr. William S. Todd,
president of the American Optometrists
Association.
' From here the spankers will go to
Houston for n one daj' conference, as
the next stop on their tour in the in
terest of better vision.
TO PLAN HIGHWAY
Nurces Countv Commissioners to Con
sider Changes.
Corpus Christi. Tex.. Jan. 18. —Coun-
ty Judge Hugh R. Sutherland has is
sued n call for the so-ntnissimters’
court of this County to meet with rep
resentative citizens from R< b«town t>
tnke up the question of the county
highway near Robstown.
Nueces countj- is working on n $2.-
000,000 road project, ami the original
plans for the improvement carried the
main highway through the town of
Robstown. Judge Sutherland in his
call said that federal highway officials
were insisting that the main highway
not pass through Robstown, but make
a loop near there in order to join the
Bishop road. The county commission
ers do not think it practical to make
the loop suggested, and it is probable
a committee will be named by the joint
meeting to go to Austin and consult
with state highway officials about the
matter.
Bank Elerts Officers.
Seguin. Tex.. Jan. 18.—-The stock
holders of the Seguin State Bank and
Trust Company elected the following
officers at their recent annual meeting:
H. H. Weinert, chairman; William A.
Harbortb. president: H. J. Bumberg.
cashier; O. Rosenbush and Oscar Weig
ang. assistant cashiers: W. H. Timmor
manp, bookkeeper. Directors: H. H.
Weinert. 'Wiliam A. Harborth. H. J.
Blumberg. Henry Koehler. Rudolph
Zipp. Vai Braunholz. 'William Timmer
mann. A. J. Blumberg and William
Schriewer.
Speaking Frankly.
The Jobseeker—-You belong to the regu
lar organisation, do you not?
The Political Boas—Not so It can be nn.
Oc-d. The regular organisation belongs
to. me.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
CONTINUE TO DROP
AS RUNS ARE HEAVY
Siow Demand Is Also a
Factor in the
Decline.
Copyright. 1923. by The San Antonio Light.
Chicago. Jan. 18.—Cattle supply was
large today and the sheep run also was
heavy, but sellers did not have many
fresh hogs. A stale supply of about
17.000 was held over from Wednesday,
however, and this hurt the market.
Sellers also had about 2000 cattle held
over. Quality continued plain in the
cattle pens.
Receipts: 11.000 cattle, 36.000 hogs,
19.000 sheep. 4000 calves.
Cattle: Demand was slow, even for
the few choice steers on hand, and
values were weak. Some sales at $lO
@10.50 showed no change compared
with the day before, but bulk of beef
steeds went over at $8.5009.75. Lack
of shipping orders for cows and heifers
made the market slow and prices were
weak. Canners and bulls held at un
changed price levels. Calves were in
good demand. Quality was better and
big killers paid sll.oo® 11.50 for choice
vealers, while small buyers went up to
$l2.
Hogs: Heavy and medium butcher
hogs sold well today, and values were
mostly a dime higher. Light stock
showed little change, while plain pack
ing hogs were slow. Prime light hogs
went at $8.5008.80, with bulk of butch
ers at $8.00©8.40. Some plain pack
ing stock went over st $7 with good
lots at $7,800 7.75.
Sheep: 'Light lambs were generally
strong to 15 cents higher, but heavy
stock sold slowly at about steady
values. Some prime 78-pound lambs
sold nt $l5. with bulk of good stuff at
$14.250 14.50. Choice yearlings made
$l3 on a steady market while aged
muttons also held wejl.
DENTISTS SEE WORK
Construction of Lingual Appliances Is
Demonstrated.
The second morning of the third an
nual meeting of the Southwestern So
ciety of OrthodontWts was given over
to a meeting in the office of Dr. T. G.
Duckworth in the Gibbs building, pre
sided over by Dr. O. A. Oliver. Dr.
Oliver spoke on the classes in the con
struction of lingual appliances, illus
trating his lecture by having the ap
pliances actually constructed over
molds.
Approximately 30 members of the so
ciety from Texas. Louisiana, Arkansas.
Oklahoma and Missouri are in attend
ance at the meeting, which is to last
uriTlTNaturday noon. The meeting was
opened Wednesday in the pink room of
the Gunter with an opening address by
Dr- S. B. Riggs of San Antonio., which
was responded to by Dr. T. 11. Sor
rels of Oklahoma City. Dr. W. E.
Fletcher of Oklahoma City, president of
the society, also addressed the meeting
in ths morning. Following this Dr. Oli
ver outlined the proposed course of lec
ture to the members and in the after
noon gave the first lecture on ortho
dontics.
Thursday afternoon was taken up
with table clinics, including lectures
and demonstrations on the practical
and theoretical phases of the work un
der the direction of the following doc
tors : Dr. Edmund Arnold, Houston : Dr.
<». E. Busby, Dallas; Dr. P. O. Spen
cer. Waco; Dr- T. O. Gorman, San An
tonio ; Dr. T. W. Sorrels, »Oklaho»>a
City; Dr. W. T. Chapman, El Paso;
Dr. W. E. Flesher. Oklahoma City;
Dr. A. B. Conley, Dallas, Dr. T. M.
Robertson, Coffeyville, Kan.; Dr. E. E-
Moore, Fort Worth, and Dr. W. B. Ste
venson, Amarillo.
U. S. COLLECTS $3OO
Four Are Fined for Violation of Prohi
bition Laws.
Only liquor cases of minor import
ance came up before Judge Duval West
iu federal court Thursday morning. The
trial of L.’H. Lung and Nicolas Al
varez, under indictment by the. federal
grand jury in connection with an al
leged theft from an interstate shipment
last fall, was scheduled to be heard
Thursday' morning, but was postponed
until Friday.
Fines totaling $3OO were collected
from defendants in small liquor cases.
Ernest M. Brack entered pleas of
guilty to two counts in an information
against him and was sentenced to pay
a fine of $5O on the first count and
$lOO o the second count. An informa
tion against Ernest M. Brack and
Charles Gibbs was dismissed on motion
of the district attorney.
Lucile Moore entered a plea of guilty
to one count of an information against
her and W'as assessed a fine of $5O.
The second count was dismissed upon
motion of the district attorney.
Jesse J. McCabe entered a plea of
not guilty to violation of the national
prohibition laws. He waived the right
of trial by jury and the court found
him guilty ns charged iu the informa
tion. A fine of $lOO was imposed.
DEPOSIT POLL TAX
Issue “Chinaman Receiats" to Busy
San Antonians Who Dq Not Qualify-
“Chinaman receipts" will be furnished
several hundred Bexar county poll tax
payers, County Tax Collector John A.
Bitter indicated Thursday. A "China
man receipt,” the county collector ex
plained, is where you take a man's
money and give him a receipt but do
not give him what be pays for.
There are many busy San Antonians
who prefer to send in a check for their
poll taxes and call later to qualify and
receive them. Two or three hundred
of these checks already have been re
ceived, Collector Bitter said. So far.
however, very few have appeared to
qualifj- and receive the little white slip
which entitles them to cast their bal
lot.
' “Unless those who have made de
posits on their poll taxes appear nnd
qualify by January 31.” Mr. fitter
said, “I will be forced to issue them
'Chinaman receipts.’ This receipt will
show that they paid their poll taxes,
but they can't vote on'it. So I would
advise all who have made deposits to
come to my office and qualify and get
their poll tax.”
DeMolay Elects Officers.
Kingsville, Tex.. Jan. 18.—Purity
Chapel Order of DeMolay was organized
in Kingsville Monday night at the Ma
sonic Hall, 26 charter members being
initiated. The following officers were
erected : Norman Coulson, master coun
sellor; Palmer Williams, senior coun
sellor: Albert Watson, junior counsel
lor; Harold Brown, senior dean; Ed
win Milliken, junior dean; E. B.
Brown, senior stewart; Ralph Alexan
der. jtmior stewart; Archie Durham,
chaplain; Allen Smith, marshal; Wal
ter Stevens, scribe; Aubrey L. Barrel,
treasurer; Ollie Norris, almoner; Law
rence Gardiner, standard bearer; Wal
ter Butler. Aubrej- Huffman, Charles
H. Flato 111, Glenn Bartlett, Joel Den
hgm, Ralph Hansen. Coleman Barrel
preceptors; Jack Mecklin, sentinel.
The following Knights Templar of
Kingsville were chosen as an advisory
board: N. M. Coulson, chairman, A.
P. Shepperd. Albert L. Adams. S. P.
Denham. E. A. Hodges. W. A. Clampitt.
J. F. Cage, W. King and M. O. Milli
ken.
REPORTERS OFFERED
BARGAINS IN BOOZE
AT THREE-MILE LINE
Coast Gaard Cutter Warns
Rant Ships Against
Blocking Traffic.
New York, Jan. 18.—Reporters and
photographers of four New York morn
ing newspapers put out in a specially
chartered tug yesterday and toured the
rim of the three-mile limit off the
Jersey coast to see if the fleet of rum
ships described iu recent Associated
Press reports was still there. It was.
In a single line the ships of the fleet
rode from a point reckoned to be three
miles north of Seabright, N. J., to
another due east of Sandy Hook and
from twelve to fifteen mites to sea.
The reporters disagreed as to the num
ber of the crift. but of the scores of
ships found at anchor, the decks of at
least fourteen were piled with whiskey
cases. The World reporter declared he
saw 100 vessels which he believed to
be rum-runners.
John D. Appleby, zone chief in charge
of the “dry navy,” operated by the pro
hibition enforcement authorities, had
announced a few hours before the news
papers published their front page stories
on the fleet that his observers at High
lands. N. J., (scene of last week's
prolific rum landings) reported there
were no rum runners in the vicinity.
He said he had word that eight or ten
vessels were on their way with rum
cargoes from the Bahamas, and that
his men were ready for them.
A coast guard cutter had been sent
out by the customs department yester
day morning, to warn the rum ships
already present against further viola
tions of "traffic laws” by which, it had
been charged, they were endangering the
safety of vessels seeking enrtjincc to
New York harbor.
All the reporters ycrc inclined to twit
enforcement authorities, who charged
that the report of wholesale smuggling
of liquor into the United States by way
of the Jersey and Long Island shores,
first carried by the Associated Press,
were “pipe dreams” and "gross exag
gerations.”
The newspapermen declared the were
offered bargains in liquors of nil kinds.
They did not report sighting any drj
navy boats.
There were two-masted schooners
from Nova Scotia, and Nassau, flying
the British flag, they reported. There
were two-masted schooners from St.
Pierre. Miquelon, flying no flag at all.
and there were three-masted schooners
and bnrkentincs from Canada and the
Bnhamns. All were nt anchor, riding
low.
RAY SUSPENDED AGAIN
This Time A. A. U. Objects to 111-
sanctioned Boxing.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 18. —Joie Ray.
crack runner of the Illinois Athletic
Club, today was suspended until Feb
ruary 16 from A. A. U. competition
by Paul Hemming of Detroit, chairman
of the Central A. A. U. registration
committee. Hemming declared the ac
tion was taken because Ray had taken
part in two unsanctipned boxing matches
in Chicago last October.
Ray recently completed a long term
of suspension in conection with an ex
pense controversy.
The new suspension will prevent Ray
from participating in a number of
track meets in the East (firing the next
month.
TWENTIETH IN CHARGE
Non-sectarian Services at Fort Sam
Houston Under Direction of Doughboys
Special arrangements .are being made
by the Twentieth Infantry Regiment,
Second Division, for the non-sectarinn
religious services that will be held un
der the auspices of that regiment in
the cantonment garrison assembly hall
Sunday morning at 10:45. One of the
features of the service is that the en
tire program will bo broadcast. This
is being done through the courtesy of
tho Second Signal Company of the
Second Division, and will be broad
cast on n wave length of 360 meters,
from ASO. •
The special musical numbers for the
service will be given by Mme. Frieda
Stjerna. who will sing three selections,
and will -be accompanied by Mrs. Nat
Goldsmith. The Twentieth Infantry
orchestra Will contribute to the music
at the Sunday morning services, play
ing the prelude and postludc, and lead
ing in the congregational singing.
“Loves by Which Men Live,”” will
be the subject of the sermon to be de
livered at the Sunday morning ser
vice. The Twentieth Infantry chap
lain will preach the sermon.
The responsibility for the success
of the service is being assumed hy the
various battalions of the regiment. The
first battalion is advertising the ser
vice. and is sending invitations to every
officer and non-commissioned officer,
and their families, stationed in the can
tonment garrison. The music is in the
hands of the second battalion. The
men of this organization plan to re
hearse the congregational singing and
scripture reading so that they can take
the lead in the service Sunday morn
ing. The third battalion has charge
of the decorations and ushering, and
the wives of the meu in this organiza
tion are serving as a flower commit
tee and stand responsible for the floral
decorations of the hall.
International Meet Is On.
Cambridge. Mass.. Jan. 18. -Tenta
tive arrangements for an international
track meet in England next summer
between combined Harvard-Yale and
Oxford-Cambridge teams have been an
nounced by “Bill” Bingham, former
Harvard track coach, who has just re
turned from a trip abroad. The ar
rangements are subject to the approval
of the athletic authorities of the two
American univevities.
OIL PRODUCTION OFF
Output of U. 8. Fields Derveases Small
Amount During Week.
New York. Jan. 18.—The daily aver
age gross crude oil production of the
United States decreased 1150 barrels for
the week ending January 13, totaling
1,751,350 barrels, as compared with
1,752,500 barrels for the preceding
week, according to the weekly summary
of the American Petroleum Institute.
The daily average production east of
the Rocky Mountains was 1,225,350
barrels, as compared with 1,237.500
barrels, a decrease of 11,150 barrels.
California production was 525,000 bar
rels as compared with 515.000 barrels,
an increase of 10.000 barrels.
Oklahoma-Kansas showed a daily
average gross production of 486,100 bar
rels a decrease of 8900 barrels: North
Texas showed a decrease of 200 bar
rels; Central Texas an increase of 4000
barrels: North Louisiana a decrease of
2800 barrels; and Arkansas an in
crease of 2500 barrels. In Oklahoma,
production of the Osage nation was
shown as 120,950 barrels against 124,-
GtHI barrels: Tonkawa 31,450 barrels
against 33,150 barrels; liyons-Quinn
was 11.100 barrels the same as the pre
vious week, and output of the Brislow
pool was 57,750 barrels against 58,600
barrels.
The Mexia pool. Central Texas, was
reported at 57.500 barrels against 55.-
■SOO barrels; Haynesville. North Louisi
ana. 39.850 barrels against 42,31X1 bar
rels; Eldorado, Ark., 21,550 barrels
against 22.350 barrels; ami Smackover,
Ark., 1K1.200 barrels against 96.000 bar
ids. In the Gulf Coast field Hull was
reported at 34.(88) barrels against 33.-
500 barrels; and West Columbia 23,-
4(81 barrels against 25,800 barrels.
Mid-Continent crude advanced 10
cents a barrel, now being quoted at $1
to $2.10 n barrel, according to the
gravity of the oil. Pennsylvania crude
advanced ten cents a barrel, now being
quoted at $3.35 a barrel.
Gulf Coast remained unchanged at
$1.15 a barrel.
According to figures collected by the
American Petroleum Institute the im
ports of petroleum '(crude and refined
oilsl a( (he principal United States
ports for the week ended January 13 to
talled 1.777,901 barrels, a daily acerage
0f~L’.53.955 barrels, compared with 2,-
227.069 barrels, a daily average of 318.-
152 barrels for the week ended January
6.
WANT FIESTA MONEY
Workers Needed to Canvass City for
Spring Celebration.
A meeting of the board of directors
ami the advisory committee of the
Fiesta Association is to be held in the
Gunter Thursday evening at 8 o'clock,
it was announced Thursday morning.
At the meeting committees to handle
various branches of the Fiesta work
will be appointed and the final arrange
ments made m close the drive for funds.
Jack Raybould, who is at the head of
tho organization canvassing the city
for money with which to hold the'cele
bration, said Thursday that they were
still far from the goal, with between
eight aqd ten thousand dollars to be
raised.
The work of raising the money is
slow, he said, due mainly to a lack of
sufficient workers. Though the people
of the city seem to be interested in the
continuing of the Fiesta and are will
ing in most cases to donate toward it.
there are not enough workers to see
them. There are- still thousands of
cards that have never been taken out,
he said, and following the meeting
Thursday night a call will be made for
men and women of the city to offer
their services for a few days.
SEEK MORE OFFICERS
Final Examinations for Second Lieu
tenants to Be Held in June.
Final examinationst for appointment
of second lieutenants in the regular
army will be held in the United States,
the Philippines, Hawaiian and Panama
Canal departments during the week
commencing June 25, 1923. it was an
nounced at Eighth Corps area headquar
ters Thursday morning.
The examination will be open to all
classes of eligible? to fill approximately
85 vacancies iu all combatant branches,
the quartermaster corps, ordnance de
partment, chemical warfare service and
the finance department. Information
relative to the scope and details of the
examinations will be furnished upon re
quest at any military post or station,
or at the headquarters of the depart
ment or corps area in which the person
desiring information resides.
BUILDING PERMITS.
UlOO —R M. Smith, frame building.
Houston street.
>13,000 —Wallace Rogers, brick dwelling.
Elsmere place.
>75 —H. Hollander, porch addition.
Washington street.
I3O«—Mrs. E. E. Schoenfeld, shed. Ave
nue B.
>3O0 —Mrs. L. Fredrick, remodeling.
South Flores.
>lBO0 —W. Beadle, frame dwelling. Du
moulin avenue.
>2500 —W. F. Hess, frame dwelling,
Haynes avenue.
125 U0 —W. El Hess, frame dwelling,
Haynes avenue.
>2500 —W. El Hess, frame dwelling,
Haynes avenu*’.
>3OO—H. Seiinburger Jr., remodeling.
Main avenue.
3300—Mrs. M. McCaleb, repairs. West
Woodlawn avenue.
>5O0 — J. J. Kclert, frame dwelling.
Thelma street.
>2ooo—Toin Johnson, frame dwelling. Ne-
•braska street.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
C. Brod and Millicent Moppa.
Frederick G. White, Corpua Christi, Tex.,
and Rose Ellen Stowe.
Willie O. Bode and Bertha Rchuch,
H. C. Vetters and Mrs. Ida Vetters.
Daniel E. Peterson and Mattle Lee Rob
ertson.
Anselmo I.eso and Margarita Rodrigues.
Bl RIAL PERMITS.
Joseph Moran. 23 years old. died Janu
ary 15, €OO South Leona street.
BIRTH RECORD.
Boy: To Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Speer. Jan
uary 17, 70S Probandt street.
Girls: To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rapp, Jan
uary 3. 830 Burleson street: to Mr. and
Mrs. Polk C„Webb, January 10. 724 East
Waco streetto Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Tow
ers. January 14. 431 Hammond avenue:
tn Mr. and Nr*. W. E. Doty. January
12, 1123 North Hackberry street.
CHARTERS GRANTED.
Austin. Tex.. Jan. I®.—Chartered:
Miller's "Potato Doga.’’ Inc., of Fort
Worth; capital stock >lOOO. Incorporators:
Milton P. Miller, Cheater R. Bunker and
H. C. Davie.
Cltlsens Ice and Cold Storage Company
of Columbus, capital stock. >lo,uoO. In
corporators; T. P. Luck. John Hastedt
and E. G. Miller.
Keystone Building Company of Hous
ton: capital stock 1150.000. Incorporators:
J. W. Colvin, Ralph B. Feagin and W. A.
Paris.
Amendments filed: Foley-Baehr Shoo
Company of Houston, changing name to
Pat C. Foley. Inc. The Garden, of Galvea
ton. fixing the number of directors at fif
leea.
JANUARY 18, 1923.
STOCKS ARE STEADY
DESPITE BREAK IN
FOREIGN EXCHANGES
No Liquidation Evident as
Prices Move
Upward.
By STI ART P. WEST.
Copyright/ 1933, by Ths San Antonio Light.
New York, Jan. 18.—The stock mar
ket gave proof of the strength of its
position again today. With the for
eign exchanges all breaking, indicating
a greater tension than at any time so
far. brought about through the French
seizure of the Ruhr, there were no signs
whatever of any liquidation in the
share list. On the contrary the prin
cipal movements of the day were up
ward.
Traders who had sold short on the
idea that the crisis abroad would event
ually lead to a general unloading of
stocks, were ready to admit that they
had judgi-d wrongly. Short covering ap
peared all through the market, but
along with this went quite a Mt of
fresh buying in special stocks.
The Street was quite confident of the
story that the Durant interests ★ere
seeking control of Packard Motors and
Packard stock was a feature from the
start. Hudson Motors was bought iu
the belief that with earnings running
at the rate of $6 a share, an increase
in the dividend was likely later in the
year. Timken Roller Bearing made a
new high, also on talk of a dividend
increase. The stock is now paying $3.
but earnings are reported to be as high
as $9 a share.
The Central Leather stocks were
strong in anticipation of the statement
for the final quarter of 1922, which, it
is thought, will show decisively a change
for the better in the leather industry.
The big surplus of leather on hand
has now been reduced to a comparative
minimum and the outlook is favorable
for higher prices for the product.
FINANCIAL REVIEW.
With the exception of the foreign ex
changes, today's markets once mofe
showed an extraordinary indifference
to the European news. German marks
made another low record. French
francs reached tho lowest in two months
nnd sterling was off nearly 5 cents
from the high of a week ago. But nei
ther in the security or the commodity
markets was there any sign of uneasi
ness.
The interpretation of these move
ments was reasonably clear. The con
tinued decline in German marks was
virtually on acknowledgment that the
Gorman currency l.as become as worth
less as that of the other unfortunate
countries of Central Europe. The weak
ness in French francs reflected again
skepticism in banking quarters regard
ing tho French venture in the Ruhr.
More than ever the cable dispatebeo in
dicated that the French publie were
awakening to the disagreeable truth
(hat collection of the indemnity claims
by force is not going to yield the re
sults anticipated.
The downward turn in sterling was
much more a result of the hitch tn ne
gotiations for the funding of the Brit
ish war debt than it was of events
abroad.
As for the action of the security mar
kets it was simply in keeping with the
judgment expressed all along, that noth
ing which may come out of the situation
in the Ruhr will affect the'generally
favorable outlook for domestic trade.
With stocks in the main still strong
ly held, the practical view is, that values
depend upon home conditions and that
if there is nothing sufficiently serious
in the situation abroad to influence our
conditions here, then it cannot be a
major factor in the market movements.
FINANCIAL NEWS NOTES
Copyßght. 1913, by Th» San Antonio Light.
New York. Jan. 18.—Pennsylvania
crude oil today advanced to the follow
ing prices: Pennsylvania. $3.45; Ca
bell. $2.31; Somerset, $2.10; Somerset
light. $2.35: Corning remains at $2 and
Ragland at $2.
British treasury notes outstanding
aggregate £262,012,000 against £266.-
578.000 last week. Gold securing these
notes totals £27.136,000 against £27.-
205,000 last week.
Middle States and Southern States
Oil Corporations announced today dos
ing of a 25-year contract with the St.
Paul railway whereby the two concern*
will have complete pipe line and rail
way facilities for transportation of
Wyoming and Montana coal and oil
over the St. Paul system which can ac
commodate 10,000.188) consumers.
United Fruit Company in 1922
earned close to $197,000,000 after all
deductions including taxes. ,
Coffee was quoted: May. 10.63 c;
Mav. $lO.lSc; July, 9.68 c: September,
9.07 c.
Raw sugar: March. 3.33 c: May,
3.45 c: July, 3.56 c: September. B>63c.
Refined sugar: March, 6.90 c; May.
7.00 c; July. 7.10 c.
GIVE CHURCH PROGRAM
Young People of Madison Square
Presbyterian (io to West End.
The young people of the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church will give
an entertainment at the West End
Presbyterian Church Friday evening at
7:30. Miss Alice Jackson will sing a
soprano solo with Miss Virginia Ham
ilton as accompanist.
Robert Rhea and Gibbs McDaniel,
merit scouts, will give a demonstra
tion in knot-tying and first-aid band
aging. Harvey P. Smith, monologise,
will give several numbers. The Madi
son Square quartet will sing. It i«
composed of Miss Elizabeth Longakvr,
soprano: Miss Alice Simpson, con
tralto; Warren Hull, baritone, and
Charles Stone, tenor: Ray Noblee, ac
companist. Everyone is invited and
there will be no charge.
To Build Levee.
San Benito. Tex., Jan. 18.—The Vai-
Robertson, general manager of the irri
gation district, and W. E Anderson,
chief engineer, are planning a trip to
Matamoras to consult with the 1 bort
ties there in connection with the build
ing of levees. Fourteen foot levee* will
be constructed from Matamoras to Rer
nosa.
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