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VOL. XLIII—NO. 31.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY CIRCULATED HERE
ISay Lawyers Sell “Influence” of Congressmen They Never Obtained
'DEN OF 40
i THIEVES’ IS
r LAID BARE
(Immigrants Told They Can
* Buy Influence of Con-
C gressmen.
SAYS LAWYERS GUILTY
ignorant People Sold Privi
, leges That Do Not
Exist.
$lOOO “SALE” NAMED
Prosecution Will Begin at
1 Once, Congressman
Declares.
U
r Wasliington, D. C., Feb. 19.—
bC'harges that a clique of lawyers in
[New York City buy and sell the in-
Pfluenco of senators and rcprescntn
hives without their knowledge was
Mnade today before the Hodse rules
Hjommittec by Chairman Johnson of
lihe House immigration committee.
11 “There is in New York City,” said
Nr. Johnson, "a place known as ‘The
llicn of Forty Thieves,' a building full
lawyers wbo make a living repre
[Renting to persons that, for stated
Kirns, they can obtain the influence
IpP'Tnembcrs of Congress,
11 "I know of one case where friends
K'f an immigrant were told thnt for
IftlOOO. the influence of a certain
llnember of the House could be ob
llained to get the immigrant into the
Ipountrv under bond. I know thnt th«*
lio ember of the House has no knowk
hdgr of this matter.
I “Tbege lawyers got the money and
lent the man in under bond without
Ibver going near the representative
[whose influence they claimed they
hould obtain.
r “Why hasn't that case been prose-
Luted,” asked Chairman Campbell.
|| “It will ba prosecuted,” replied Mr.
[Johnson. “just as soon as pssible.”
I “It shofild have been prosecuted
[without delay.” replied Chairman
[Campbell. “This is a matter of vital
I importance to every member of Con
llgress. ”
I Chairman Johnson returned that
hhis was only one of many cases that
Iliad been called to bis attention and
Ifthat he was working on them “night
land day.” J
I The immigration committee cliair-
I man was explaining the provisions of
I the proposed new immigration restric-
I tion taw. for which he was urging
I privileged status in the House. He
I declared that this law would do away
I with the practice of admitting aliens
I under bond m»l that he believed that.
I if the House passed it. Senate action
■could be obtained before the end of
I this session.
\PLEASANT WEATHER
COMES AFTER FROST
OF MONDAY MORNING
Lsu/ Wave Over North and
FEost Is Breaking, Weath
er Map Shows.
| A period of pleasant weather is to
Iruaie life worthwhile in San Antonio
lagain, Observer J. H. Jarboc forc-
Lasv. The mercury is expected to
■rise somewhat Monday night, with
■the skies generally fair throughout
■the night and Tuesday. The minimum
Itemperature will be between 4G and
150 degrees. Even the winds will b“
Ispring-like zephyrs from the south
land west.
Rising temperatures east of the
Rocky Mountains after a stretch of
severe winter weather were reported
by the Weather Bureau Monday and
a farther break in the cold snap dur
ing the next 24 hours in eastern and
southeastern states was ftrecasted.
The grip of the cold wave in the
North and East was releasing slowly
at observation time Monday. Chicago
being np to 14 degrees after approach
ing zero following a Sunday snow
storm that disorganized railway
schedules and 'caused three deaths.
New York was up to 22 and Wash
ington to 20.
There \ ns no zcro weather any
[where in the country at 7 o'clock
[Monday morning.
Frost during the night extended to
|the Gulf Coast, heavy or killing at
Bplaccs to the eastward, while North-
Bern Florida had a temperature of 30
land freezing. Licht frost visited San
Wfmonio. while thin ice was retorted
Efrom the village of Alamo Heights, to
■ the north.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
PRESENT PROHIBITION LAW
MERELY THE CULMINATION
OF A CENTURY’S EFFORT
For More Than a Hundred Year* Prohibitory Law*
Have Been Placed on the Statute Book* of This
Nation—Both Side* in Controversy Insist
Lessons of the Past Show Truth of
Their Arguments.
- By DAVID lAWRENCE
Copyright 1923 hy The San Antonio Light.
This is the first of a series of seven dispatches written after
an exhaustive study of the prohibition question in which President
Harding, Prohibition Commissioner Roy; Haynes, Assistant Attorney
General Willebraudt, Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League,
Capt. W. H. Slayton of the National Association. Opposed to Prohibi
tion, and other leaders submitted to private interviews with the writer
and gave tbeir candid opinions on law enforcement and the outlook.
Washington, Feb. 19.—T0 many peaide In the United States, prohibi
tion is a novelty, something new. something suddenly imposed.
But it isn’t. The libraries are full of books, pamphlets, speeches; legal
records of prosecutions and statistics all the way back to 1827. All kinds
of prohibitory Jaws from local optibn to licensing of saloons nnd drug stores
have beeu put on the statute books of the various states of the American
union for nearly a century.
You can talk to the leaders of both
sides today and both groups will in
sist that before. you make up your
mind whether prohibition is a g‘X>d
thing or a bad thing, the experience
of the past should be carefully ex
amined. As for conclusions, the “wet”
will argue that the record shows pro
hibition cannot be enforced and makes
for a gradual diminution in public re
spect tor law and the oath of public
officials. Conversely, the "dry” will
say that when you have read all that
has happened on the subject in the
last fifty years you will be convinced
Chat the movement had been from the
outset the inspiration of the best citi
zenry of the nation and that the varied
foriqs of resrictioii imposed by the
states did not always permit of real
enforcement because the power of the
federal government was lacking and
that everything which occurred before
1920 was only an argument for the
need of an amendment to the federal
constitution. *
Law Should Be Obeyed.
So the writer will cancentrate not
on the moot questions of ’he past tut
on the actual situation today, now that
a liquor amendment is in the federal
constitution and an enforceipent Jaw
is on the federal statute books. To
get at the facts he sought the aid of
both sides in the hope that the inform a
ion obtained migt enable the reader to
form his own conclusions. For the ob
ject of this series is not to champion
either the viewpoint of the extreme
prohibitionist who doesn't even like
to discuss the hypothetical circum
stances under which light wines and
beer rpight be made an exception to
the constitution and law or the view
point of the “wet” who makes no dis
tinction between one kind of intoxi
cant or another and says the whole
thing is an invasion of the personal
liberty of the individual who knows
how to drink with moderation.
The question of prohibition enforce
ment itself, however, really doesn't
have two sides to it. Even the Na
tional Association Opposed to Prohi
bition concedes that the Volstead law
and the federal amendment should be
obeyed as Jong as they are in effect.
This association has its doubts wheth
er the law can be enforced and their
arguments will be set forth subse
quently hut the controversy over the
repeal of th? amendment is separate
and distinct from the question of
whether prohibition can really be
made effective.
Two-thirds Dry Before 1920.
The first thing the prohibitionist
draws to your attention is that before
1920, two-thirds of the United States
was dry, that is dry laws were on the
statute books of more than thirty
states in which two-thirds of the
American people lived. He will admit
that enforcement in those states was
not all that could have been desired
but he will argue that prohibition can
made to work and that it has long
since ceased to be a matter of public
controversy in most of the original dry
states.
It is important to remember this
group of dry states because whenever
the subject of modification comes up
the prohibition advocate shrugs his
shoulders apd gives an impression of
utter hopelessness—he' says the orig
inal dry states are numerous enough
to prevent change. However that may
be it is interesting in getting one's
bearings on the prohibition problem
to go back to the report of the famous
Committee of Fifty on which men like
Charles W. Elliott. Seth Low, Dr.
Felix Adler. Dr. Washington Glad
den and others served from 1893 to
1597 and read this extract:
Fails to Exclude Entirely.
“Prohibition legislation has succeed
ed in abolishing and preventing the
manufacture on a large scale of dis
tilled and mnlt liquors within the
areas covered by it. In districts
where public sentiment has been
strongly in its favor it has made it
bard to obtain intoxicants, thereby
removing temptation from the young
and from persons disposed to alcoholic
excesses. In pursuing its main object
—which is to make the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants, first, impossi
ble, or secondly, disreputable if pos
sible —it has incidentally promoted the
invention and adoption of many use
ful restrictions on the liquor traffic".
“But prohibitory legislation has
failed to exclude intoxicants complete
iiy even from districts where public
[sentiment has been favorable. In dis-
Itricts, where public sentiment has been
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1923.
adverse or strongly divided, the traf
fic in alcoholic beverages has been
sometimes repressed or harassed, but
never exterminated or rendered un
profitable. In Maine and lowa, there
bare always been counties and muni
cipalities in complete and successful
rebellion against the law. The inci
dental difficulties created by the
United States revenue laws, and medi
cinal demand tor alcohol and the free
dom of interstate commerce have never
been overcome. Prohibition has, of
course, failed to subdue the drinking
(Mission, which will forever prompt re
sistance to all restrictive legislation.
Some Unfortseen Effects.
“There have been concomitant evils
of prohibitory legislation. The efforts
to enforce it during forty years past
have had some unlocked ofr effects
on public respect for courts, judicial
procedure, oaths and lbw in general,
and for officers of the law. legielntors,
and public wnantS. Of eibW there
arc disputed effects of efforts at prohi
bition. Whether it has or has not re
duced tile consumption of intoxicants
and diminished drunkenness is a mat
ter of opinion, and . opinions differ
widely. No demonstration on these
points has been reached, or is now at
tainable. after more than forty years
of observation and experience.”
That was twenty-five years ago. In
what respects may n disinterested ob
server revise or affirm the statements
then made?
How Long Will It Take?
One of the first questions I asked
President Harding when we sat down
to talk over prohibition was whether
he believed we had reached in the last
three years a climax in federal efforts
to enforce prohibition or whether we
were in the initial stages. He replied
instantly that the fight had only begun
and 1 told him of the various esti
mates, that had been made of the
length of time that must elapse before
a matured judgment could be given
on the question of enforcement and
the effects of prohibition. The Presi
dent put his own estimate down at
twenty years. Chief Justice Taft in
a speech not long ago thought ten
years would demonstrate. The impor
tant fact to be borne in mind is that
these public officials regard prohibi
tion as a problem of a whole genera
tion and not a single administration
It's from that viewpoint the subject
will be discussed in succeeding dis
patches in this series.
THE WEATHER
STEMPERATIRES.
FEB. 13.—
2 p. ni SO 2 a. m 43
3 p. m. 52 3 a. m 43
4 p. in 54 4 a. ni........43
5 p. in........ 52 5 a. m........ 41
S p. ni 51 6 a. ni... 40
7 p. in 43 7 a. 33
8 p. m........ Is s a. tn........ 40
9 p. m 47 9 a. m 43
10 p. m 47 10 a. in 17
11 p. m 11 a. m 51
13 midnight.... 45 12 n00n... 54
FEB. 19— 1 p. m 57
1 a. m........ 44 2 p. m <0
WEATHKR.
s«n Antonio and vicinity: Monday
night and Tuesday, generally fair;
warmer Monday night: minimum temper
ature, 46 to 50; light southerly to west
erly winds. , .
East Texas: Generally fair: warmer In
south and extreme east portions; Tues
day, generally fair; somewhat colder in
northwest and north central port'ons.
West Texas: Fair: somewhat c .Ider in
ths Panhandle; Tuesday, fair: somewhat
colder In east and north portions except
in the Panhandle.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
St. Louta: Temperature. 24; cloudy; 14
mile wind from the south; lowest tem
perature In last 21 hours, 22: highest 24.
4 hicago: Temperature, 14; clear; 7-
mile wind from the southwest: lowest
temperature in last 21 hours. 12; high
est. IX
Kansas City: Temperature. 30: partly
cloudy; IS-mile wind from the south
west; lowest temperature in last 31
houts. 33; highest, 3*.
New York: Temperature, IS-; clear; 16-
mile wind from the west; lowest tem
perature in last 21 hours. 16; highest,
te.
Waahlnctom Temperature. SO: clear: S-i
mile wind from the west; lowest tem
perature in last 34 hours. II; highest.
SX
FROIGH TE
OVEHPARTOF
BRITISH ZONE
Six-kilometer Strip, Con-a
taining Railway Is
Ceded.
STIR IN PARLIAMENT
Faction Urges That U. S.
Experts Serve on .
Commission.
By the Associated Press.
Cologne. Feb. It.—The British to
day turned over a six-kilometer strip
on the western end of their zone so ns
to give the French and Belgians com
plete control of the double track rail
road line from DuesseWorf, a shoit
stretch of which ran through the Brit
ish area.
By the Associated Press.
liondon. Feb. 19.—The government
today faces its first important trial
of strength of the new session against
the united opposition parties in the
House of Commons. . .
The test is in the form of the joint
amendment to the address and reply
to the speech from the throne calling
upon the League of Nations to ap
point experts to examine Germany s
capacity to pay reparations and how
payments can best be made.
The amendment declares “that, in
view of the recent indication of will
ingness on the part of the government
of the United States to participate in
a conference to this end. the British
representatives on the council of the
League of Nations should be instruct
ed to urge that an InviWtibn be ex
tended to the American government
1.1 appoint experts to serve upon this
commission.”
The amendment Is to be pressed on
ergetii’ally by opposition speakers and
has the support of the Labor party
ns well as the Asquith and Lloyd-
George Liberals.
BURGOMASTER IS EXPELLED
Called the Occupation Forces Ban
dits; Decide Letter “Impertinent.”
By Hie Associated Press.
Duesseldorf, Feb. 19.—The expul
sion of Dr. Gruetzner. president of
Rhenish Prussia, for writing an “im
pertinent” letter to General Beaussain.
Belgian commander at Duisburg, re
moves from the occupied area a prom
inent German official and has caused
something of a stir among the civilian
population. .
The letter that resulted in the ar
rest of Dr. Gruetzner was in protest
against the imprisonment of Ober
burgomaster Jarres of Duisburg. Dr.
Gruetzno'r is alleged to hnve referred
to the forces of occupation as "ban
dits.”
SENTENCE GERMAN WOMAN
Refused to Leave Occupied .Area
Will Be Imprisoned.
By the Associated Press.
Ehsen. Feb. 19—Helena Maske. a
German woman, has been sentenced to
six months in prison by a French
court-martial, for failure to obey an
order t<? leave the occupied area on
account of activities against the
forces of occupation. The wife of the
editor of the Aachen Free Press has
been arrested because she refused to
obey an order to follow her husband,
who was expelled.
LABOR LEADER HELD
Defends Self in Gun Figlit When At
lacked—Kills Opponent.
Chicago. Feb. 19.—Daniel J. Mc-
Carthy. business agent for the
Plumbers’ Union, recently acquitted
of killing a Chicago imliec lieutenant,
todav was under arrest in connection
with the fatal shooting of Stephen
Kelliher, another labor leader, last
night in a South Side safe.
The shooting occurred While the
cafe was crowded with guests, one of
whom was shot through the shoulder.
A panic ensued as guests rushed for
the doorways.
Witnesses said Mrs. Kelliher, who
entered the cafe ahead of her hus
band. saw McCarthy and a narty of
friends and addressed slurring re
marks to the union official.
The owner of the cafe attempted to
pacify the men, leading them to the
door. . ...
At the doorway Kelliher broke from
Tcarncv. pulling an automatic pistol
from hi, pocket. Tearney jumped in
front of the labor leader onlv to be
pushed aside. Witnesses said Kelliher
fired, missing McCarfby. and then
McCarthy drew a g«n and fired.
Illinois Central Official Dies.
Chicago. Feb. 19.—Martin Post
Blauvelt. 57. vice-president .of the
Illinois Central railroad, was dead
here today. Mr. Blauvelt, who died
yesterday, began his railroad career
as a clerk for the Lackawanna rail
road at Hoboken. N. J., subsequently
entering the employ of the Erie rail
road and becoming an auditor in
1902. T.ater lie entered the service
of the Illinois Central.
The engagement of Princess Ma
falda (above), second daughter ot
King Enimaumiel of Italy, to Crown
Prince Leopold of Belgium will lx
announced immediately after the mar
riage of Princess Yolanda, eldest
daughter of the Italian royal family,
BASTROP WRY PANEL
TO BE INVESTIGATED
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Five Are Known Klansmen
and Ten Others Sus
pected, Coco Says.
Shreveport, La., Feb. 19.—Attor
ney General A. .V. Coco and Special
Assistant Attorney General Howard
B. Warren, of Louisiana, left today
for Bastrop, where they will investi
gate the personnel of the panel from
which a grand jury will be selected
March 5 to act on evidence disclosed
in the recent open hearing into hood
ed mob activities in Morehouse parish.
The attorney general said be had
been toht that five of the panel wore
known klansmen. five of them known
anti-klansmen nnd the other ten sus
pected of being klansmen, this in
formation was unofficial..
SHORTAGE IS $86,050
Macon Postmaster Suicides: Find
Savannah Inspector Dead.
Macon. Ga.. Feb. 19.—J. W. Cole,
postoffice inspector, officially stated
early today that the shortage in the
accounts of Hillyer Rudisill. Macon
postmaster who shot and instantly
killed himself here Friday, amounts
to date to *SG,GSO. Mr. Cole said
that he had not finished checking and
that his work would not be completed
for two weeks. Mr. Cole and H. 11.
Hudson, another inspector, checking
the accounts denied that substitution
for sfamps had been made by Rudisill.
Scout Suicide Theory
Savannah. Ga., Feb. 19.—Govern
ment antho»itie# today continued tbeir
investigation into the death of Levy
C. Chance, postoffice inspector, who
was found dead in pis room in the
government building Saturday night.
A report signed by the coroner stated
that Mr. Chance committed suicide.
MURDERED WITH AXLE
Garage Owner Found With Head
Beaten to a Pulp.
Wichita. Kan., Feb. 19.—With bis
head beaten almost beyond recognition.
Otis B. Lantis, 39. garage owner, was
found dead by customers whe entered
the building Sunday morning. • His
trousers pockets with pockets turned
inside out. were found beneath the bed.
A bloody automobile axle was found in
the room.
Talk Title Talk’
Hundreds of
Dollars
' To be awarded to
best “Talkers”
For particulars see page 2.
-FOURTEEN PAGES.
JAIL INMATES
MOUT WHEN
TRAP TESTED
“Another Soul Gone to
Heil,” They Yell as
Gallows Inspected.
READY FOR HANGING
Apolinar Continues to En
joy Meals and Seems Ob
livious to His Fate.
So delicate is the adjustment on the
trap which on next Friday will send
Clemente Apolinar. convicted of mur
der. to his doom that but a fraction of
a second will he consumed in speeding
the man on his last journey. This was
determined Monday morning when
Sheriff Jolin W. Tobin, during an in
spection of the Bexar county jail, test
ed the mechanism which controls the
death dealing device. One touch of
the lever and the iron doors constitut
ing the death trap fell with a clang
and twelve feet of open space yawned
underneath.
“Another soul gone to hell “ was the
startled exclamation cf prisoners on
thq second floor as the noise broke in
upon their chatter. The silence which
Ml upon the group continued even
after they had realized that no man
had Fhot into space but that it was
only the executioner testing his death
trap.
Will Not See Hanging.
The prisoners on the second floor,
although they witnessed the testing of
the trap will not be allowed to witness
the hanging. , This »peeta<4e is 100
gruesome even for hardened criminals
and many of thoie confined in the
Bexar county jail are mere youths,
some serving sentences for their first
offenses. Ou the morning of the bang
ing they will be removed to the third
floor, on which the death trap is lo
cated. but to a part of the jail from
whence they will lie unable to see
Apolinar when the black cap is adjust
ed. They will be kept there until tbe
task is completed and until all evi
dence of the awful tragedy is removeil
Then they will be returned to their
cells, to discuss in whispers what has
just transpired.
Despite that less than four days
stand between Apolinar and tbe gal
lows, he seemed oblivious Monday to
the fate which awaits bin.. He ate
breakfast as usual and gleefully re
ceived his ration of fruit for which he
calls every day. Neither did Jie seem
to know remorse for the terrible crime
he committed, the slaying of Theodore
Bernhard, a 14-ycar-old youth, near
the Salado creek. Although the con
demned man apparently is sane, being
callable of carrying on a conversation
in English, there are those who insist
that be has been insane all his life and
particularly irresponsible since he was
convicted of insanity in 1907.
Appeal to Governor.
What action Governor Neff will
take on the petition now before him
for a commutation of the man'b sen
tence is a matter of considerable, in
terest here. Many signed the petition,
believing that the man is insane and
that the death seiltence should not
have been imposed as a punishment
for his crime. Others insist that if he
were confined in an asylum he would
eventually escape and commie an
equally heinous offense. Two juries
have passed on his sanity, it is pointed
out and they were the judges of his
mental condition.
With the final inspection by Sher
iff Tobin Monday, everything is in
readiness for the hanging. The ro]ie
has been carefully prepared, has been
tested to insure that it would not
break under the man's weight and the
knot carefully tied Io insure Hie break
ing of Apolinar's neck when his plunge
through space brings him to tbe end
of the hempen coil.
Many Want a Pass.
Although hundreds of applications
have been received by Sheriff Tobin
for passes to the jail to witness the
execution of Apolinar, so far the
Bexar county sheriff has refrained
from issuing any. Whether be still
believes that Governor Neff will com
mute the sentence or whether he
wishes to wait until the last moment
to deal out passes for the gruesome
spectacle, he has not said. Due to the
limited capacity of the jail Sheriff
Tobin has said that he would not is
sue a large number of passes.
One of tbe most unusnal requests to
reach the sheriff's office came last
week when a man applied for a pass
for himself and his wife. Chief Deputy
Alphonse Newton suggested that the
spectacle might not be pleasing to a
woman, at which suggestion the man
laughed. The pass was not granted.
WOMAN BEATEN, SLAIN
Telephone Operator Meets Horrible
Death While on Way Home.
Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 19.—Mrs.
Flora Reedy. 33, a telephone operator
at Ottawotomie, Kan., was beaten to
death there last night as she was
going home from the telephone office,
according to word reaching bora.
'T'wn PFNTTQ c °w m city and etcinii
1 TV U VX-Hx IkJ Flvaeenta on iralno and alaawßei
MEXICAN WITH 3 LEAD
DOLLARS ARRESTED AND
OFFICERS SEEK SOURCE
Grocer Detects Spurious Coin and
Holds Customer for Police —Claim
He Threw Two Others in Sack of
Potatoes While Waiting for Patrol.
Dollars Bear Date of 1883—Make
Another Arrest in Army Case. •
Following the discovery of three lead dollars in the
possession of a Mexican in San Antonio Monday morning,
city and federal officers began a search for the source of
the spurious coin. Although no charges have been filed
against the man under arrest, officers said they believed
that a plant is operating here;
A sixth man was also arrested in connection with the
alleged conspiracy to raise federal bank notes at Fort Sam
Houston and he will be arraigned before United States
Commissioner R. L. Edwards Monday afternoon, according
to Ed. Tyrrell, secret service agent who discovered the al
leged conspiracy.
According to the story told the police a shabbily dress
ed Mexican entered the grocery store of H. P. Ankerson,
711 North Medina street, and ordered ten cents worth of
sugar. This was at 9:45.
When he was handed the package, the Mexican gave
the grocet a dollar. Mr. Ankerson immediately detected
that the coin was worthless. Eddie Ankerson, officer at
central police headquarters, residing in the dwelling ad
joining the establishment, placed the Mexican under ar
rest.
EVELYN NESBIT IS
ARRESTED AFTER
ROW WITH DOCTOR
Actress Says Physician
Struck Her While
in Cabaret.
Atlantic City. N. J., Feb. 19.—Eve
lyn Nesbit, arrested at a cabaret
where site has been employed, was
scheduled for a hearing in court today.
Released in $lO bail after her arrest,
she declared she was the victim of a
“frame up.”
The police say the arrest was or
dered by tbe cafe manager after an
encounter between Miss Nesbit and a
local physician at one of the* eafe
tables just before she was to go on
with her danci* act. Miss Nesbit, ac
cording to the police, suddenly brought
the diners to their feet by crying that
the physician had approached her table
and struck her in the face.
The physician said Miss Nesbit ad
dressed a remark to him while be was
dancing with another woman, and then
slapped him. He said he merely
gently pushed her toward a hair. No
charge was preferred against him.
Adjust Trouble With Workers.
Mexico City. Feb. 19.—The differ
ences between the El Aguila Oil com
pany and its employes at Vera Cruz,
which last week reached a point where
a threat was made to close down
the company's railroads and factories
in the southern part of the republic,
have practically been settled and a
steady supply of fuel oil assiwed.
Errors in Printing
Cause of Duplicates
In ‘Ploughman List
Through errors by printers the
list of the winning sentences in
The Light's “weary ploughman”
contest contained two pairs of du
plicate sentences and led to some
confusion in the minds of several
of the contestants who pressed the
winners closely.
Lines numbered 27 and 28 were
identical in the Sunday ;>aper but
wire 'not so ou the original. The
same applied to lines numbered 242
and 243.
Line 27 should have read : “Tbe
ploughman plods his homeward
weary way” and line 243 should
have been: "His homeward way
the weary ploughman plods.”
The prize awards have been made
in the contest and were not affect
ed in any way by the errors in The
Sunday Light.
HOME
EDITION ‘
When the Mexican discovered he
was to be taken to police headquar
ters, it is said that he “ditched” two
other dollars, both of which were said
to be counterfeit. Mr. Ankerson re
covered them from a sack of pota
toes. They were wrapped in a piece
of paper. The coins bore tbe date of
18S3. The prisoner told officers bis
home is in the southwestern part of
the city.
Came Bai-k Here.
In connection with the alleged con
spiracy to raise federal reserve bank
notes at Fort Sam Houston, Ed Tyr
rell. secret service agent, received in
formation that C. C. Harrell, who o’-
ceived his discharge from the Fourth
Field Artillery, January 25, was on
his way to Houston. Mr. Tyrrell sent
his assistant to Houston to bring the
man back. The man came back to
San Antonio on his own volition. Mr.
Tyrrell said, and he was placed un
der formal prrest after his return to
San Antonio. •
Charge Raising Notes.
It is alleged by the federal officers
that a conspiracy existed among sev
eral members of the Fourth Artillerv
to raise and pass federal re-erve bank
notes of the $1 denomiaation to $lO
anti $2O denominations.
Those who have already been a*-
raigned in connection with the al
leged conspiracy are Ambrose Duna
way. J. H. Dingeldine. Glenn H.
Foutz, Gaston Crosby and Douglas
J. Hawkins.
ARKANSAS RIOT PROBE
letter Charges Railroad Sidetracked
legislative Ime-tigation.
New York. Feb. 19.—The American
Civil Liberties Union todav announced
it hall sent a letter to Governor
Thomas C. Mcßae of Arkansas, charg
ing that an investigation by the
Arkansas Legislature into the tyneli
ing ot E. C. McGregor, a railroad
striker at Harrison. Ark., on Jann
ary 15. has teen sidetracked hv offi
cials of the Missouri and Arkansas
railroad.
The union also charges in the let
ter thnt “sinister influences are at
work to prevent anything being dona
in the future.”
The Ku Klux Klan also is charged
with baring endeavored “through
secret channels tn prevent any effec
tive publie investigation being made."
RESOLUTION IN SENATE
Sheppard Introduces Texas legisla
ture’s Request For Recognition.
Washington. D. C.. Feb. 19.—The
resolution passed by the Texas legi«-
latnre last week, calling for recogni
tion of the Ooregoa government in
Mexico, was Introduced in the Senate
today hy Senator Sbeppar.l and at
his in«tane- referred to tbe Senate
committee «.> foreign affairs.
It will be printed in the Congres
sional Re«-<>rd ami later Senator Shep
pard will speak In behalf of the rean
fusion.