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Mellon for President.
Refusing $10,000,003.
Failure Or Calamity?
Witch Days’ Return.
By Arthur Brisbane
■ ■ CopyrlenL IMS hr Star Co
__ RESIDENT COOLIDGE'S New
England economy and Seere-
“ tary Mellon's knowledge of
business and finance, make a valu
able team for the United States.
Taxes have been cut, yet the end
of the year will find the government
with a $270,000,000 surplus, all ex
penses paid, and the national debt
cut down by $750,000,000. THAT
IS EFFICIENCY.
MR. MELLON doesn't know it.
but he may find himself the
leading presidential candidate in
1928, if President Coolidge should
decide not to succeed himself.
If the President wants the job, he
will have it. And there won't be
any “third-term’’ question. Coolidge
has been elected ONCE and is en
titled to a second election.
The second choice undoubtedly
would be Mellon. This country, with
its billions of debts, is a huge busi
ness proposition, and needs a com
petent business man.
THE cabinet of Ziwar Pasha, rul
ing in Cairo, would reject John
D. Rockefeller Jr's., offer of $lO,-
000,000 to build and endow a mag
nificient museum in Egypt. Eastern
minds are suspicious, fear a plot.
Perhaps they think John D. Rocke
feller would like to succeed Tut-
Aukh-Amen as pharaoh. He
WOULDN'T.
If those Egyptian gentlemen do
not want those Rockefeller millions,
they can easily be spent here at
Rockefeller beadquarters.
CVERY great American park
should hare a-"mothers” build
ing in which mothers could change
the underclothing of their young ba
bies, in case of need, wash those ba
bies in warm water with pure soap,
and buy pure milk at cost.
Ten million dollars rejected in
Egypt might supply many useful
buildings here at home.
American babies and their moth
ers are more important than Egyp
tian museums and their mummies.
A RECORD crowd tried to attend
the fight between wets and drys
in the Senate.
Senator Rruce accused the drys
nf (pending $2,500,000 in one rear
to "put over” prohibition.
If they spent their own money
legally, their enthusiasm deserves
praise. Bootleggers profit by pro
hibition, sincere drya do not.
-l-HE wets say they will prove "The
* dry law has been a. failure.”
Prohibition has certainly made it
impossible to obtain the compara
tively mild stimulants, without inter
fering seriously with the distribution
of whiskey and gin.
If that is failure, then prohibition
has failed.
But the dry« say, "give us more
time.” The popular vote will aettlc
that.
SENATOR CAPPER of Kannas
says, “the wets always win
straw votes.” The American plan
would let each state decide what is
intoxicating. Then, after a year's
experiment, compare statistics, ar
rests for drunkenness, prison popu
lation, savings hanks deposits and
then draw a logical conclusion from
these figures.
epHE really important feature of
I this prohibition age is CRIME,
not whiskey, beer or light wine.
There are too many holdups, mur
ders, robberies. It prohibition is re
sponsible for all that, it is more than
a failure, it is a calamity.
WISCONSIN is interested in a girl
11 years old, controlled by
“unseen forces.” The child rune
crying to her foster mother, saying.
“My face has been slapped,” when
no one is near her.
When the child stands in a room.
Strange sounds, “ranging from a
•hrill whistle to tapping sounds.”
come from the walls. The foster
mother and a friend take the child's
•rm and “unseen forces” compel
them to let go.
THE Reverend Mr. Grace saye.
“I am baffled.”
That sounds something like witch
flays in New England, when tbe
hysterical stories of children were
responsible for horrible cruelties.
Fortunately, there won't be any
horrible cruelties this time. Noth
ing more cruel than extracting a lit
tle money from the gullible.
W ASKED TO CALL
LEGISLATURE MEET
AUSTIN, April 10— C*>)—Special
session of the Legislature to validate
approximately $100.000,000 worth of
Texas road district bonds was urged
today by a delegation of Fort Worth
Cttisens, who appeared before Got
•mor Miriam A. Ferguson The gov-
ernor did not indicate what action
•Im will take.
ISISES
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 82.
GRIFFITH GIVEN 20 YEJR TERM
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Morrison to Head C. of C.
HEAVY RAIN IND WIND
SWEEPS BRIE SIDE
CLOUDBURST
IKUNDATES
STREETS
OF S. A.
Precipitation Will Cause
No Delay in Work
on Olmos Dam.
Slight damage done to construction
equipment on the Olmos dam when
San Antonio and vk-inity was visited
by a heavy rain, accompanied by a
brilliant electrical storm and high
winds, will cause no delay Jo Mork
there. Colonel 8. F. Crecvliun, flood
prevention engineer, said Saturday.
The hi"h water filled up an outlet
which had been prepared to receive
concrete, and undermined the trestle
across an open' section of the dam.
Saturday's survey disclosed.
KAIN GENERAL
This can be repaired witbin
a few days, Colom* I Urecelius said,
and in tbe meantime work can be re
sumed on other sections of the dam
where all crews can be kept busy.
The rain, which reached cloud buiM
projtortions in some sections, extend'd
from Waco to the Gulf coast and
from Iki Rio to Houston. At Yoakum
some damage was done to the radroa t
round house by the high wind.
Fair and cooler is the forecast for
Saturday and Sunday.
I FOODS STREETS.
The storm broke o\er San Antonis>
about 10 o’clock and before it sub
sided 1.3 inches of rain had falldn.
The rain was heavy on the Ojijos
watershed ami the Olmos creek. l*onc
dry Friday, was running about thrc'-'
feet, derp Saturday.
The heavy downpour flooded several
San Antonio streets when the s >r.n
sewers failed to carry off the wate
but no da ma;? vm done. On South
Florea s(ri*etM neveral moved
out when the waler reach'd their
homes in the low sections.
STRIKES COI RT HOI SE
Lightning struck a cupola on the
Bexar court house but aside from
knocking off some tiling, did no dam
age. No one was injured.
Lights were off in sections of th*
residential district for a few hours
Saturday morning.
Railroads operating out of San An
tonio reported interruption to their
wire circuits by the lightning and
wiud.
Brownwood Cotton
Compress Wrecked
BROWNWOOD. April 10—A heavy
windstorm an > ompaiiied by hail and
rain, swept an industrial section here
last night, completely wrecking tbr
Texas Cotton «*omprvs and the Roas
Mule Sales stables. Several resi
dences were unroofed and one of th*-
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| alcohol.
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I the shin's officers to suspect he •
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| ever, before he could hr ques- [
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HALTS M'READY IN
ALTITUDE FLIGHT
DAYTON. April 10.—M’)—Lieu
leuant MacKeady landed his plane to
day after having reached ait altitude
of 34,000 feet in another attempt to
set an altitude record.
Shortage of gas caused his descent,
the officer said. The entire trip down
was made without gas. Sixty-throe
gallons of fuel wore taken aloft by
the flier.
Lieutenant Maeßcady stated that
his resignation from the Army Air
Service is to Ite filial within the next
few days. It is stated he is to en
ter the employ of the Delco Light
Company of Dayton, a subsidiary of
General Motors Corporation.
SALESMAN LOSES
SAMPLES FROM CAR
I’restou H. Dial must make convinc
ing talks Saturday to make sales since
he has no wares to display, police de
clare.
According to detective reports some
one stole his sample case and a brown
leather bag from an automobile park
ed in the 300 block of North St.
Mary's street Friday night.
POLICE RESCUE MAN
FROM 3 ATTACKERS
It 4<x»k two policemen to free Jack
Holt, 314 Chicago Boulevard from
three mm who attacked him in tl.<
600 block of August street late Fm
day night. He was not seriously in
jured though the trio used their fisi.?.
and a knife freely.
THIEVES SURPRISED
STEALING BATH TUB
Surprised in the act of removing
the bath tub and plumbing fixtures
from a vacant house on Gibbs street,
burglars were forced to flee empty
handed early Saturday. Neighbors
telephoned police. The thieves fled
as detectives approached the bouse.
FAKE 30-DAY FASTER
REVEALED IN LEIPSIC
LEIPSIC, April 10—GP)—Harry
NeUon. professional faster, is in jail,
having hern taken from a cage in
which, th* police found, hr had lived
fnr a month by receiving soup and
malt through a rubber tube.
CANADA RUM BOARD PICKS
MEASURES' HART FOR
EXPLAINED OFFICE
Dry Probers Told Permit
System Successful
in Dominion.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 10.
—Canada's experiments with pro I
hibition were drawn upon today for
evidence io support the wet cause be
fore tbe Senate Liquor committee.
Rounding out n work of hearings
and with several days to go before
exhausting tbe time allotted them, the
wet. leaders ga\o over most of todays
session to questioning Canadians who
have had active contact with the
dominions prohibition controversy.
Francis William Russell nf Winm
peg, president of the Moderation
League of Manitoba, told the commit
ter that Western Canada "never bad
such a crime wave before as we had
during the last years of prohibi
tion.”
CRIME DIMINISHES.
“Thank God, we have got rid of it
now. Crime went out with the boqt
leggrr and the rum-runner.**
In 1916. Winnipeg voted dry by 10.-
060. he said, but in 1923 it returned
23,000 majority against prohibition.
“Seventy per cent of the women
voted ngainst prohibition.*’ he con
tinued. ‘'They wanted m save their
families. The only people who are
not satisfied arc the irreconcilable
fanatics.”
Declaring the present government
control of liquor has resulted in an
additional $3,000,000 revenue fur the
province, which is used for roads,
schools and hospitals. Mr. Russell
added Hint “the people now get the
profit that the bootlegger used to
get. '*
BEER FAVORITE DRINK.
Senator Goff. Republican, West
Virginia, aske«l for statistics as to the
number of people who drink now and
who drank during prohibition, but Mr.
Russell could not give them. He said
that “during prohibition the favorite
indoor sport was to <lcfy the law.”
“Now,” he continued, “there is a
change in the habit of the people ol
Manitoba. Then* iw an increasing
purchase of her and wine as against
hard liquor. M«»st of the sales of
bard liquor are to visitors.
“We still have an aftermath of pro
hibition. That is tbe illicit sale of
liquor in what you call •speak easies.’
Wo call them 'Blind pigs,’ but we are
getting rid nf them.”
ISSLE PERMITS.
Other western provinces had rhe
same ex|»ericuce as Manitoba. Mr
Russell continued. They went dry in
1916, and wet in 19*23. He explained
that under the present government
control, liquor sales are made on per
mits, whiuh ••ost $1 a year.
The permit has the address of ine
holder nf the permit and rhe commis
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SATURDAY. APRIL 10. 192 G.
Chamber Directors Elect
L B. Clegg to First
Vice Presidency.
R. W. Morrisnu. f »rmerly fTrst vice
president, was elected president of tbe
I San Antonio Chamber of Comrnwre at
a meeting of the heard of di recto re
Saturday. He succeeds A. R. Ponder,
superintendent of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, who resigned recently.
L. B. Clegg was chosen first vice
president ami Dr. Frederick Terrell,
second vice president. Formerly Ilie
two filled respectively th»' offices of
second vice president ami treasurer.
HART ELECTED.
L. J. Hart was elected a member
of the board in order that he could
accept his appointment as treasurer.
He was president of the chamber sev
eral years ago.
Before the election was held Sat
urday, action taken at a recent meet
ing at which Albert Steves Sr., was
appointed chairman of a committee* to
iiuininutc three candidates for presi
dent outside of the board, was
rescinded.
TO PICK MANAGER.
It was explained that aoou some
one will be obtained to fill permanent
ly the office of general manager which
has been vacant since C. B. Yandell
was ousted by the board recently.
Only one nomination for each of*
fice was made Saturday and every of
ficer was elected unanimously.
The election required scarcely fif
teen minutes.
FIVE BRITISH FLIERS
KILLED WHEN PLANES
COLLIDE IN MID-AIR
UENLOW, England. April 10.— W
Five members of the Royal Flying
corps were killed today when twu air
planes collided over the airdrome
here. The planes fell 309 feet ami
burst into flames, burning the occu
panth, two officers and three cnlistcO
, men.
r
f CITIZENS OFFER SI 00
TO CATCH RUM MEN
1 ABILENE. April 10.—i/P>—Tbe
citizens of Novice, Coleman county,
the arrest aud conviction of any di’
tbe arrest ami conviction f any dis
tiller or bootlegger operating within
five miles of Novice.
MAN GETS 45 YEARS
I IN SLAYING TRIAL
LOCKHART, April 10.—Roy Smith
faced 45 years imprisonment in U.v
state penitentiary today. He was
found guilty of ih* murder of L B
I Hurd, by a jury last night.
TWELVE PAGES.
; Land Owners to Sink i
i Test Wells at Scene ;
i of New S. A. Oil Findj
Grayburg Company Survey
Shows ‘Black Gold' Not
Pipeline Seepage.
With experts pronouncing it a real
oil find, property owners in Mission
Grove, in the heart of th” south side
residential district, w’erc preparing
Saturday to sink test wells near when;
oil was discovered at a depth of 11
feet Friday. Continued tests will be
made of the well, located on the prop
erty of W. JI. Hearne. 218 Weaver
street to det ermine its production. Oil
was still flowing into this well Sat
urday.
Plans for the testa and pooling
of projxrty were made at a meeting
of the residents Friday night. An ex
pert driller will be employed, and
tests begun at once, they said.
I L 0( K TO WELL.
W. H. Hearne, local lumber dealer,
and promoter of the subdivision, said
Saturday that be has granted permis
sion for the test.
Meanwhile, hundreds of spectators
are flocking to 218 Weaver street to
view the “mystery well.** It was here
that oil was dissovered Friday. Tests
have shown the oil of a light gravity,
and high gasoline content.
The Grayburg Oil company which
feared the oil might be from n leak in
its pipeline from Somerset, failed to
find such a leak. Dr. F. L. Thomson,
president of the company said Satur
day, he now is of the opinion the oil
is coming from natural sources and a
real oil find had been made.
TESTS SAMPLE.
“I have secured a sample of the
oil for a test,** said Dr. Thomson.
“If it is around 40 gravity oil. as it
seems to be, it is not our oil but is a
seepage from an oil pool and is being
refined by its percolations through
sands and gravels. It seems to me
now. that this is a real oil discovery
despite its remarkably shallow
depth.’*
Mrs. Lee B. Miller. 401 North Sar
Saba street, added interest to the
situation when she recalled Saturday
that many years ago when she was a
child, a similar nil strike was mad**
across fhr river from this well do*
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'TIVfA PPMTQ Per ln city and vicinity.
J. WkJ VIulNlO Five cent* on trains and eHewhara.
Here’s the Mission Grove oil well. E. B. Gorsuch, 232 Weaver street,
■ a neighbor, is shown in the upper picture bringing out a bucket of oil »n<»
the lower picture shows the shaft sunk in the back>ard in which oil stands
at It feet.
♦ —... ..
ONLY twice ha* international
peace reigned throughout the
1 world, declares Dr. H. S. Fish.
Sayre. Pa., member of the hoard of
directors of Rotary International, in
San Antonio for the 47th Rotary
district convention which opens I
Monday. "One of these times was
when Adam was a young man and
the other was when Noah disem
barked from the Ark. One of the
big objects of Rotary Is to promote
international peace.*’ he said. Dr.
Fish is stopping at the St. Anthony
hotel.
UIIAORE and more young people
are striving for higher edu
' cation." declares Dr. Edgar O.
1 Lovett, president of Rice Institute.
in San Antonio to take part in the
dedicatory exercises of new build
ings at St. Mary s Hall Saturday
JURY BRINGS
! IN VERDICT \
AFTER 36 '
HOURS s
... »*
Defendant’s Counsel Gives'
Notice of Appeal for
New Trial. x
Filing into tbe Thirty-xeventh Dia--
। trict court room more than 36 hourg;
after being given th“ case, a juryfj
Saturday morning returned a verdict,
nt guilty in the case of Thad L. Giif,:
[ fitb. charged with ih“ death of Georg.’
Mason. Punishment was assessed as
I 20 years in the penitentiary.
[ i Griffith sat at bis muned's tablh
with his brother. Though no sign of
emotion crossed his face, he twirled a
small match box nervously as the ver.
IdieL.was road. He then whispered
something Tn his brother.
The jury came into the courtroom ,
at 9:50 o’clock and announced that a
। verdict had been reached.
Griffith’, attorney notified Judge
O. M. Fitzhugh he would file a mo-
I tion for a new trial.
The case went to the jury at 5 50
o'clock Thursday afternon. When
they were taken to breakfast at 7 StU
I o'clock Saturday morning the jurors
gave no indication of what their de
cision would be.
Only once since the case was placed
in tbeir hands bad the jurors
returned to the Thirty-* tenth l/is*'
trict court room where tbs case was
tried. That was Friday afternoon,
when the foreman reported to Special
Judge O. M. Fitzhugh that.one of Uis
jurors did not agree with the court la
regard to the law.
Judge Fitzhugh informed the mem
ber's that they mult accept the law
as laid down by the court. The fore
man indicated 'hat the j'Jry stood 11
to 1 at that lima. *