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League Alliances.
The Country Is O. K.
The Spirit Trumpet.
Chopping the Octopus.
By Arthur Brisbane
Copyright. 1826 by Star Co
LLOYD GEORGE says there is
developing in the League of
Nations a “Latin-Slav alli
ance. ” Alliances among European
nations, that led to the war of 1914.
each alliance thinking itself stronger
than the others, have now been trans
ferred to the League of Nations.
They will be transferred, in time,
to the World Court, where the United
States would have one, poor, lonely
little judge against ten—all hostile.
What chance would innocent Uncle
Sam have, with his kindergarten
statesmen, in that whirlpool?
THE World Court is a branch of
the League of Nations, a back
door to that institution, that is why
the League of Nations invites the
United States “to a World Court
conference at Geneva.'*
President Coolidge, through Secre
tary Kellogg, declines tho invitation,
thanks to Providence*.
“‘Will you >\alk into my parlor?’
said the spider to the fly.” The Undo
Sum fly says “no.” but why does the
foolish fly keep discussing the matter
and hanging around the entrance to
the parlor? Wh\ not. say “NO’’
once for all, and mind our own busi
ness here? *
*T*HE other day a cold wind hit
• little Wall Street lambs and
some of them froze to death, at least
their stock gambling accounts were
frozen out. And then the foolish
asked. “What is the matter with the
country?** Nothing is wrong with
the country, its prosperity or with
business. But there is a good deal
the matter, always will be. with
anybody that gambles and imagines
that h»* ran “beat the ticker.’’
PRODUCTION of strel. which f ils
* business conditions, continues to
break records. The peak of produc-
tion was reached in March, five per ,
rent above the previous five mouth's
average.
Crops arc good, and even lb*
leather market, that has been suffer
ing since nomen stopped wearing
leather on their feet, is feeling bet
ter. Railroads arr carrying tremen
dous loads of freight, the business .
outlook is good.
The freezing of a few stock gamb- ,
ling lambs should not make anybody ,
jwssimist ic.
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE,
who believes that real spirits
talk through mediums, ami says ho I
can prove it. has been unpleasantly
shocked.
One medium produ d a first class
spirit that blew a long brass trum-
। pet, most brilliantly. Those who
know that it requires actual material
lungs and lips to blow a material
trumpet, will without surprise, learn ।
that the medium himself was the ,
trumpet blower. Good Sir Arthur. (
intensely surprised, baa “exposed the
medium.” But he still believes in
spirits. believes that souls escaped
from this earth spend lheir time in
another world sending back foolish
The human mind craves
Wonders, will manufacture them, if
necessary, and deceives itself easily.
-
THE Ward Food Products curpor
ation. called a “baking trust”
is ordered to dissolve within 39 days.
If that doesn’t hurt the Ward con
cern more than its “official dissolu-.
tion" hurt Standard Oil, the Ward
company won’t be hurt much.
When the Standard Oil “octopus”
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 80.
FREAK ACCIDENTS URE SIX
Now School Spells Fun
Miss Ollie Donaho, 111 Loretta lace, is one of the
future teachers of Texas, studying how to “teach
teaching” out al Westmoorland college, and judging
from results, who wouldn’t like to go to school again?
It looks like the children of tomorrow are ■’oing to
have so much fun learning that all the ' sticks
of yore will soon be under glass in the muceum. In
stead of writing themes on how to teach children
about Indians or industry or domestic problems, the
girls of the Westr-.oorland education class built scenes
that illustrated the subjects they chose. Miss Donaho’s
subject was the barnyard, and here she is, putting
the finishing touches on the real haystack which the
paper horse threatens to eat. Other subjects illus
trated were “The World Court,” “The Model Home,”
and other similar subjects.
iVEIL OF SECRECY DRAWN
AROUND EVERS MYSTERY
A veil of secrecy has bet
I t ion into the murder of a ma
1 have been Chris Evers, missin
' mysteriously disappeared a y
MIHM '
WINS PARODN
AUSTIN. April N. (/P)-T. A.
■ <'u Iholl n. aged Confederate veteran.
1 who waif convicted in Waco. McLcn
I nan county in JRsi for rattle theft,
and who rNcaiM*d from the penitentiary
after nerving 15 day*, and who han
been a fugitive from justice for 45
years, was given a full pardon today
by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson. He
was sejiteur*‘d tuo years.
BABE WAILS AS MA
SIGNS LIQUOR BOND
Wails of n baby were heard in
I'nitetl St Alm Commissioner R. L.
Edwards’ court Thursday as amother
held the tot in one arm and signed
her bond.
The woman wan arreated for pos
session and sale of liquor.
The Friendly Newspaper ★ Member of The Associated Press. ★ A Constructive Force in the Community.
PuLUsbsd by Ths Light Publishing Company.
San Antonio. Texas.
en drawn over the investiga
an at Gainesville, believed to
tig San Antonio butcher, who
. ear ago last March.
Details of the killing, bur
ial and suspicions of officers
are withheld and the sheriff
of Cooke county yho is making the
• probe was out of town. Deputies
wen* not informed nf the facta Mir
rounding the reported slaying.
In the meantime, Charles Grote,
fnther-in-law of Evers, is waiting al
the sheriff’s office here for a ’ tele
gram from Gainesville officers before
going. to Gainesville to identify the
body. Officers nt first thought Mr.
Grote left last night.
Sheriff M. t .. Elliott of Cooke
county believes the dead man to be
Ever*, and in messages received by
Sheriff James Stevens has said that
lie has information which will lend
to the airest of three men who killed
Evers.
As soon as the first message was
received from the Cooke county sher
iff, Chief Deputy Alfonso Newton
compiled all available data and de
scriptions of Evers and sent (hem
to Sheriff Elliott.
Evers, who operated a butcher shop
in this city and owned considerable
property here, was last seen here as
he ate breakfast ar the Black Cat
restaurant on March 8, a year ago.
Tobin Demands Dam Completion
BUCKNER WOULD BAN
JURY IN RUM TRIALS
11 W ?
lI7H have with us today one who
knows his Pall Mall thor
oughly, the Honorable I. I. Lang
Hyde of London. “1 say. this is
jolly fine weather you have here,”
drawled Mr. Hyde. “A bit nicer
than the bally fogs we have in dear
old London. Hear it was two be
low zero in Canada this morning,
a bit nippy, eh. what?" Mr. Hyde,
with his broad accent, is stopping at
the (iunter and is on his way hack
Io England -from California.
<<IE this is a typical San Antonio
A day you have California backed
off of the map for I have just come
from there and I know that they
can’t beat this weather," declared
J. L. Scott, general passenger agent
of the Western Pacific railroad. Mr.
Scott lives in the Golden Gate city
and complains that it gets quite
foggy there at times.
SAN ANTONIO has been over
run with railroad men of late.
Kobert .1. Sefton, general agent of
the Chicago Great Western railroad,
stopping at the St. Anthony hotel,
declares that the railroad business
in Tesas is unusually good. “When
the railroads prosper, their pros
perity is naturally reflected in the
country in which they operate," ho
declared.
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926.
PETTY COURT
SUGGESTED
TO SENATE
Prosecutor Says New York
Enforcement Would Cost
$83,000,000 Yearly.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April S.—
(^)—Federal District Attorney Buck- s
ner, of New York, told the Senate ' p
Liquor committee today that enforce- ti
meat of the prohibition law in New t
Y’ork is impossible uulesa officials are o
permitted to handle petty cases with- 1
out trial by jury. ’ s
“I can’t enforce the prohibition law.
which is essentially a police law.” 1
said the district attorney, “without l 1’
the right of police court trial.
NEEDS 85 JUIMiES.
। li
“If we are to enforce this law un- f
der jury trial. 1 should have S 3 Fed-' r
cral judges in my district alone.” ; ।
“Then yon want to abolish the ; f
constitutional right of a jury trial?”
asked Senator Reed. Democrat. Mis
souri. t
“1 won't answer that with ibe wind r
‘constitutional* in it.” Buckner re- r
plied.
“Well, the right of jury trial.” f
“I say petty offenses should be tried <
in police eourts.” I -
''Perhaps we ought to abolish every (
Anglo-Saxon right to prevent some- (
body from selling a glass of beer.”
retorted Reed.
« I I VIA »V I
RECALLED BY WETS. j <
Recalled to the stand by the wets. 1
who have been allotted all of this week j ‘
io present their case, the New York ' 1
district attorney also reiterated and
defended his assertions of yesterday (
that (MMMM),9O9 gallons of alcohol is
being diverted annually to the boot
leg trade, and recounted at length the
difficulties standing in the way of en
forcement of prohibition in New Y’ork.
At the same time the committee put
into its record a statement by George .
Brennan, the Illinoi. Democratic lea 1-
er, describing the prohibition situation
in Chicago and saying that “prayers ,
to be shielded from the blight of Vol-1 (
steadism should be said every day in
every American home where there are
those of immature age.”
SUGGESTS REMEDY. < ,
The drys will lie given all of next i
week to reply to the ease presented by*
the wets and to argue against any* <
modification of ike law. 1 <
Questioned what remedy <*ould be, 1
applied aside from repeal of the dry : 1
law. District Attorney Buckner sug
gested that the law might be modified 1
as a “bait** for New York state t>
enact laws for dry law enforcement. (
General Andrews his .said that the
federal government must depend on
the states to assist in enforcement, 1
Buckner said. “New York state has 1 ।
declined to co-operate. Thon it’s log- i
ical to ask Congress to amend th.: !
(Continued On Pag*- 2.)
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
ULTIMATUM
SOUNDED BY
MAYOR
Contracting Firm Required
to Finish Project as
Per Schedule.
An ultimatum, requiring the con
struction company to punhasr suffi
cient concrete forms to insure comple
tion of the 81 .(MM),000 Olmos dam on
time will be made at the next meeting
of the Flood Prevention committee.
The company will be required to
stand the expense.
Mayor John W. Tobin made this
plain Thursday when he stated em
phatically that he will back Colonel
S. F. Crecelius. flood prevention en
gineer, in his demands that concrete
be allowed to set seven days before the
forms are removed. The mayor pre
viously had stated that he will insist
that the flood prevention project be
completed before the fall rains set in.
NEED MORE FORMS.
The company now has only one set
of steel forms, it was brought out al a
meeting of the flood prevention com
mittee Monday. If Colonel Crecelius’
demands uro complied wiih. officials
of the construction company said, the
dam cannot be eompleteil on time.
Three and a half days are sufficient
to set the concrete, the construction
company claims.
Following this meeting Mayor
Tobin said he had invited Robert J.
Cummings, expert engineer of Hous
ton. to come here for a conference to
decide this question. Up to Thursday
the mayor had received no word from
him.
Thursday Mayor Tobin declared
that if Cummings dot's not arrive
within the next few days the flood
prevention committee will be called
and definite action taken.
BACKS C REC ELI US.
“I am going to back Colonel Crete
lius.” Mayor Tobin said Thursday.
“We hired him and I am going to
abide by his judgment. If he says the
concrete must set seven; days, we will
insist on it. But I am going to insist
that the dam hr completed on time.’’
Mayor Tobin declared Tuesday he
would insist on the purchase of addi
tinal forms, intimating that the city
will require the construction company ।
to pay for them.
A. J. McKenzie, brad of ihr con
struction company was out of th<
city Thursday and what action, it
any, that has been taken by his com
pany to speed up the work could not
be ascertained.
Specifications require that the dam
he completed by August 13. this year.
CHINESE HURL BOMB
AT JAP CONSULATE
SHANGHAI. April B.—GP>—A
bomb thrown at an automobile today
exploded harmlessly outride the Japa
nese consulate, adjoining th* Ameri
can consulate in the Wbangpoo road
TWO CENTS Per e,py ln clt y® nd
X »V kJ VUlTlu Five cents on trains and elsewhere.
Bootleg Alcohol
From U. S.
Arouses Canada
WASHINGTON, April 8 —
—Canadian cabinet officers
have complained "bitterly but
informally'' over smuggling of
liquor from this country into
Canada, officials here said today
in commenting upon testimony
of District Attorney Buckner, of
New York, before the Senate
committee investigating prohibi
tion.
The district attorney told the
committee that "the dry United
States is exporting bootleg indus
trial alcohol into Canada to help
the Canadian bootleggers beat
the Canadian government out of
taxes."
No official protest has been
made by the Canadians, however,
and none is expected by officers
of the administration who have
reported the situation to prohi
bition authorities.
DURKIN’S FIRST WIFE
SEEKS DIVORCE ON
DESERTION GROUNDS
CHICAGO. April B.— —Mis.
Fieback Durkin, first wife of Martin
Durkin, awaiting trial on two charges
of murder, today filed suit for di
vorce. She alleged that they were
married January 25. 1922. aud that
Durkin deserted her nine months
later.
A successful suit would aid the
state in its prosecution. as it would
establish the status of Irina Sullivan
Durkin, the girl he married last au
tumn while be was the center of a
nationwide hunt. Should Ruth Fie
back Durkin obtain a decree. Irma
Sullivan Durkin would be avnilabh
as a witness for the ’prosecution. as
would Ruth Fieback Durkin.
AMERICAN BISHOP
REMAINS IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY. April B.—OP) -
The Most Rev. George J. Cariina.
American bishoik recently appointed
apostolic delegate to Mexico and the
Antilles, continues to attend to his
duties here, notwithstanding specula
tion as to what the Mexican govern
ment might do in his rase, in view of
its action against the foreign clergy.
CONGRESS TO RECESS
BEFORE JUNE FIRST
WASHINGTON. April S.—GD
President Coolidge wax told toda\ by
Chairman Smoot. of the Senate I*i
nam e Committee, ami Chairman M i i
den of the House Appropriations
Committee, that Congress probably
would adjourn between May 15 aud
•lune 1.
TYLER ELECTS 2
COMMISSIONERS
TYLER. April 8. — Walter 11.
Kvight and Sam B. Taylor were elect
ed to the Tyler city commission at
the April election h*ld here Tue*day.
[EDITioNI
BOY’S SKULL
FRACTURED
IN FALL OFF
HORSE
Physicians Remove Tack
From Fredericksburg
Child’s Lung.
Our youth may die, a boy and girl
are recovering from serious opera
tions ami three men are in the Sama
Rosa hospital with serious injuries as
a result of freak accidents during the
last 24 hours.
Allen Koch. 17. «»f D'Hanis, is un
conscious and believed to have suffer
ed a fractured skull when thrown from
a horse in a pasture near ’btf town
lair Wednesday.
CHILD SWALLOWS TALK
Lucille McHany. 5 years old. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mr. -I. G. M-Ham of
Fredericksburg. is recovering from an
operation performed to remove a tack
from lur lung. She swallowed the
lack Wednesday. X
Eflward Tiavy. 3 years old. of
Floresville. will recover after* surgeons
removed a giain of corn from his right
lung.
HANDCAR JL.MPS TRACK
M. Garcia, has a broken .trni,
Henry Salinas serious body bruises
। ami Mauucl Ta jo a broken kg, re
ceived when a hand car they weft*
operating jumped the track near Lu
ling late Wednesday.
Young Koch lay in the (tasture un
conscious for several hours before rela
tives found him. according to reports
made to the Santa Rosa Infirmary.
He was taken to D'Hanis and then
I rushed to the San Antonio hospital.
Three More
S. A. Car Victims
< Three persons were slightly injured
- Thursday after bring run down by au
tomobiles.
Hugh Callahan. <5O yrar-old Ne
braska resident staying nt 310 l.a
vuca street, was run down at Goliad
ami Alamo streets by a driver who
, did not stop.
.lor Esquival. 11-year old aebtsd pay
of 1015 El Paso MrrcJh was st nick at
Guadalupe and Zarxamoras streets.
Refugia Ramos. 321 Alta ista
street, was the third vie Um of the
i day.
TWO SPANISH PLANES
COMPLETE CAIRO HOP
CAIRO. Egypt, April B.—CF>—The
, two leading plane* of the Spanish fly
I ing • ■ Ma M •
. nils, under Capudna I»riga and Gal*
Lrza. arrived here this afternoon from
Bengasi. Cyrrnaica. The IsndM •• H*-
. liopoli*, a suburb of CtlrK