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Mussolini Hard to Kill.
Business? Ask Kresge.
“I’ll Run,” Says Sun
day.
The Pure White Rab
bits.
By Arthur Brisbane
Copyright, 1126 by Star Co-
NOTH ER attempt to kill
/A Mussolini fails. This time a
* * woman, a British religious
fanatic, past middle age, fired point
blank at Italy’s ruler, sending a bul
let through his nose. An inch dif
ference would have meant death,
and instantly the history of Italy and
of Eurojie would have been changed.
A MAN of courage and extraordin
ary self-control, the moment he
was shot Mussolini protected th'»
woman that shot him from the vio
lence of the mob.
THEN that evening, with his face
bandaged, he made a speech,
telling the people not to get excited.
Rotary ruled San Antonio Monday, ( enter picture shows Dr. Harry S. Fish, director Rotary International;
left |s William Lewis Butcher, director of boys’ welfare. New York; right is Tom J. Davis. Butte Mont., chair
man of tin committee on constitution, Rotary International.
Wound* are nor mw ro him: hi*
record hi the war was fine, but his
extreme radicalism. offensive to offi
♦•ers, deprived hirn of promotion. Now
ho holds nil the officers of his na
tion, from the king down, in the hoi
low of his hand.
In 1917, fighting on the Austrian
front, Mussolini's body was riddled
by th»* explosion of n hand grenade.
Doctors counted and attended ninety
eight wounds on his body. Such a
man is not easily frightened.
THE extraordinary thing is that
Mussolini has lived so long,
recklessly outspoken. defying all Eu
rope, the League of Nations, all
enemies and opponents nt home and
abroad.
This is the second ncent attempt
on his life. The next will lie num
ber three.
BUSINESS news is good. Wall
Streit has stopped se< king things
oil the hack stairs. Chicago reports
“brisk retail trade.”
Financial statistics show that •!
you take care of a business in Amer
ica, that business will take rare of
you.
Mr Kresge, for instance. did a
“gross” of $26,396,547 in 1916. Last
year his business had jum|H*d to
$ 195.965.610. Profits in nine year*
rose from $2.172.3 Is to $13,569,260.
If the government of the United
States will attend to ITS business
as' American business ne n attend to
THEIR business everything will m
pl« asant.
BILLY SUNDAY will run for
President himself on a four word
platform, “To Hell With Booze,” if
Democrats ami Republicans nomi
nate “weta.**
Mr. Sunday, who never fought
Satan more ferociously than now,
would make a good run. But he
must realize that Calvin Coolidgi
will he the Republican candidate,
and to call him “wet” is like calling
the Pacific ocean DRY.
ON President Coolidge’s yacht.
Mayflower. Sahara’s sands arc
accurately reproduced, so fur ns any
alcoholic beverage goes.
In fuel when innocent mi neral
water is nerved, the President turns
bis glass upside down, partly be
cause he thinks plain water good
enough. partly because mineral
water glass’s look like champagne
(Con.iiiucd on Page 2/
WILLIAMS RUM TRIAL OPENS
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 84.
Rotary Wheel Spins
Merrily On at First
Annual District Meet
iPEGGY JIBE
MW UE BHIDE
By I nlverul Service
NEW YORK. April 12.—The New
York Daily Mirror today prints the
following copyrighted article:
Stanley t’ornstoek. multimillionaire
Florida real estate man, has asked
Peggy Hopkins Joyce to marry him.
He is waiting in Florida now for
his answer. Indications are that it
w?U be affirmative. The most mar
ri*d beauty in America is on her way
South to mp» t Comstock.
For three weeks the courtship of
Miss Joyce by Comstock has been tie
talk of Broadway. It started when
Comstock nwt her nt a night club
After the first 48 hours Comstock
gave Miss Joyce a diamond and sap
phire bracelet. for which he paid Ca»-
tier $19,909 ,
Mr. Comst* ck is reputed worth
SIO.(W 10,900. He has large holdings
in Florida, owns a big steam yacht
ami many expensive motoi cars.
If Miss Joyce marries Comstock, it
will tw her fifth venture.
FEDERAL RESERVE
SAYS TRADE SAFER
By I nivrrsal Service.
WASHINGTON. D. (J., April 12.
I’he mighty tide of the nation’s com
merce and industry will in the future
flow on more evenly without being
plunged into the more radical fits of
depression which produce business
stagnation and throw tnillions of
workers out of jobs, is the assurance
given by the Federal Reserve board
in ha twelfth nnnual report made pub
lie today.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
is chairman of the board.
THOUSANDS IN PERIL
IN FLOOD AT BAGDAD
BAGDAD. Irak. April 12.—
With the Tigris river still rising
and thousands of men fighting desper
ately to repair the dikes, the chancer
seemed about even this morning thn
Bagdad would Iw* under water witliu
24 hour*.
If the ombankmeiits fail to hold, I
is feared, that thousands will b< |
drowned. The property damage al
ready done is estimated at $7,000,0U9
T HT
The Friendly Newspaper Member of The Associated Frees. ★ A Constructive Force in the Community.
PuLllsbed by The Light Publishing Company.
San Antonio. Texas.
Rio Grande Valley Puts in
Strong Bid for Highest
Attendance Honors.
United by the double bond of fra
terpalism and common interest in
home ami industrial life, more than I
500 Rotarians of South Texas stood
to sing “America” nt the opening of
the first annual convention of the
Forty-seventh District of Rotary In
ternational here Monday.
Raymond Edwards, president of the
San Antoio club, called the meeting to
order and welcomed the visitors. Sid
ney L. Hardin of .Mission, district gov
ernor, convened the first session of
the convention.
RECORD ATTENDANCE.
Starting with what promises to be
a record attendance, it is ex)MTtcd that
1000 business nun and their wives
from the territory surronndig San An
tonio, will lx? registered by night.
Twelve persons were kept busy all
morning registering delegates ami vis
itors who by noon crowded to capaci
ty the lobby and the ballroom of the
Gunter hotel where headquarters of the
convention have been established.
That the strongest ami most en
thusiastic delegations to the conven
tion up; from the Rio (Lande Valley
towns was evidemvd by the humlnsls
of hat bands advertising tjie section.
VALLEY STRONG.
Though each of the 41 clubs of the
district is represented, it was evident
early during the registration that the
atiemlaiKs* prize will to one of the
Valley towns.
Donna, claiming 10U per cent at
tendnm-c, had its banner pinned to the
rostrum by the time the firs session
convened. Kingsville and Mission are
among other contendere for the best L
rrprcM»nted rlub, siz»« and mileage con
sidered, while it was reported that
death in the family of one member
kept Robstown from having a 100 per
cent representation.
IVIII I .pi’.'liu <1 I I' ' 11.
M’LELLAN BACK.
Among prominent men present at
the opening were Dr. Harry Fish,
Hay re, Pa., director Rotary Interna
ti<»nal; Geogre (>. Relf. Salt Lake City,
chairman business method committee;
Tom J. Davis. Butev, Mont., chair
man committer on constittion ; Walter
(’line. Wichita Falls, governor Forty
first district; William Lewis Butcher,
director of hoys’ welfaref Dr. Hugh
MrL» llan. Winchester. *Ky.. past i»n*sv
<l*n? San Yntonlo chib; District
(Continued On Pnge 2.)
PHIL WRIGHT OUSTS
TWO CITY SLEUTHS
fe w w w
Child’s Life Saved
By Autoist Relay
4 CARS USED
IN 30-MILE
RACE
I
Fate and Her Conspiring
Agents Fail to Halt
Hospital Dash.
Fate and her conspiracies against
th* life of Dorothy Ann Grasshoff, 4.
• laughter of Detective and Mra. L. !• •
Graashoff. Sunday fnikd after a 30
mile race from Lake Medina to the
Santa Rosa Infirmary where the flow
of blood from a on the knee
finally was staunchetl.
Playing upon a rocky shore of the
lake, Dorothy Ann fell. A sharp
stone inflicted a deep wound on the
knee. With the danger of bleeding
to death apparent. Detective Graaahoff
started to the city in his automobile.
CAR CRASHES
A tire was flat. The child was
transferred to the car of J. R. Bickett
Jr., and the race began anew. Neat
the toll gate the Bickett machine
crashed into a fence to avoid a colli
sion with another ear.
Another automobile was necessary.
William Furlong volunteered and the
race with death was resumed one*-
more.
WIN RACE
A mile or so farther on mechanical
• rouble forced Mr. Furlong’s automo
bile out of the race. Another driver,
whose name is unknown, took the
child and her mother into his ma
chine.
'rhe race was renewed again—and
won.
Once at the infirmary the flow of
nhaxl was stopped and reports from
the hospital Monday say that Dorothy
Ann will recover.
FIRE CAUSES $50,000
DAMAGE IN DALLAS
DALLAS, April 12.—(/P)—Fin
damaged the stock of Huey and Philp
Hardware <*ompany in its warehouse
at Lamar ami Pacific avenues, mid
the building itself to the estimated ex
tent of SS9,(MN) early today.
CASHIER KILLS SELF
FOLLOWING EXPOSE
LUDLOW, Ky.. April 12.— UP)—
Thomas R. Balsly. cashier of tb<
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ bank, this
city, after admitting he was between
S3U.(NM) nnd $40,090 short in his ac
counts. shot and killed himself in
the basement of the bank today.
DEPEW SAYS MEN
ACTIVE AFTER 60
NEW YORK. April 12.- UP)
(’hauncey M. Pepe‘.\ who says he di*‘
Ilia best work between 75 ami DO
thinks Prcsiilent Coolidge is right as
to brill , : too rarly an age for retire
meat of government rmplojes.
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1926.
1 vV
Herbert childress, h™
iery man of Chattanooga.
Tenn., says: "Time was when only
the wives and daughters of the ultra
rieh were able to wear silk stock
ings. Now the poorest shop girl
would not dare appear on the
streets wearing cotton hosiery. Like
the automobile, silk stockings are
now a necessity instead of a luxury,
and when the big boom gets under
way down here every girl will be
able to own dozens of pairs.”
MQAN ANTONIO is a most ideal
place for filming pictures,"
says Frederic Mae Kay, movie actor
in San Antonio with Elliot Dexter
to take part in "Through the Years"
which will open the new auditorium.
“With the abundance of sunshine
jou have here, I wouldn't be sur
prised to see your city a great movie
center some day." ,
T)M J. DAVIS, high Rotary offi
cial, came from afar off to at
tend the 4>th Rotary district con
vention now in full swing. Mr.
Davis hails from Butte. Mont-
Here's what he has to say: "Mon
tana is cold in the winter time.
When you can look out jour window
and see nothing but high banks of
snow, you long for the land of sun
shine and oalrn trees. San Antonio’s
sunshine is becoming sort of a
legend among Montana folks."
TWO MEN MISSING
IN VIRGINIA SWAMP
By CnlverMl Service.
NORFOLK. Va., April 12.—Polan
Banks mid E. Cameron Shipp, both ot
New Y’ork. are lost today in the din
mal swamps of Virginia. Search for
the two young men is being made
from South Mills, N. C., and from the
souhern shore on Lake Drummond.
Their diaappearance was reported
by Captain Barnes, a guide.
The trio left Friday afternoon for
a trip through the swamp to thv
North Carolina border.
PAGE DIES IN HOTEL
FIRE; LOSS $150,000
ELKTON. Md.. April 12.— UP)— A
page boy known only as Bruce is be
lieved to have lost bis life when flames
swept through the Howard Hotel an]
Sigman’s furniture store early today
and for a time threatened tb»* entire
business district of Elkton. The dam
age was placed at £150.000. Sixty
guests fled in night clothing from the
hotel to escape the blaze.
HISTORIC STEAMER
BURNS IN HARBOR
PORTLAND, Ore., April 12.— UP)
The river steamer Diamond 0., one
of the historic boats of the upper
Columbia traffic, formerly the Dal
las City, was destroyed by fire here
last night
Pl RHE SNATCHER CAUGHT.
A purse snnt« her who stole a |s>cket
b«>«»k belonging to Miss Ethel Ryan.
121 Omaha street, Monday noon, was
pursutul and captured by E. M. Mvr
••cau at. Travis street near Broadway.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
HOTEL PARTY
GUESTS TO
TESTIFY
General Butler Who Made
Drunk Charges May
Not Be Called.
SAN DIEGO, April 12.—(/P)—De
laved, but no less discomforting, the
“morning after” of a party held at
CotCLtdo latt month, dawned at the
Marine baac here today in the form of
a court-martial to try Colonel Alex
ander S. Williams on a charge of in
rox»entmn brought against him
Brigadier General Smedley I). Butler,
c< minander of «he base and former di
rector of public safety in Philadelphia.
What made this particular “morn
ing after” vastly more interesting tv
the public than the average matuti
nal reaction to midnight merriment
was the difficulty of deciding who had
the worst headache—Colonel Williams,
alleged imbiber of the cocktails, or
General Butler.
BUTLER UNDER FIRE.
For the latter inherited as his share
of the affair the caustic and widely
expressed disapproval of those woo
questioned the ethics of his rrest of
Colonel Williams on the same night
that he was a guest of honor at the
colonel’s home.
That Colonel Williams was not
placed umlcr nrrest during the din
ner he gave in honor of General But
ler was made clear by the general
some time ago in a statement, explain
ing the arrest occurred after dinner
“in the public rooms of a Coronado ho
tel when I was not a guest of this
officer.”
2 QUESTIONS LOOM.
Nevertheless there was a general
disposition on the part of those who
turned toward the Marine base court
room today to exited the court-martial
of Colonel Williams to answer two
questions, the first officially and the
second unofficially :
1. —Was or was not Colonel Wil
liams intoxicated in the public rooms
of a Coronado hotel?
2.—Did or did not General Butler
violate the rode of hospitality in ordei
ing him under arrest?
Whether General Butler would be
called to the witness stand today was
problematical.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Other witnesses expected to be heard
during the course of the court-martial
included the marine officers and their
wives who were guests of Colonel and
Mrs. Williams at the dinner in honor
of General Butler, officers present
when the colonel was placed under ar
rest nnd navy and civilian surgeons
qualified to give expert testimony on
intoxication in general and Colonel
Williams* in particular.
A rear admiral, a brigadier general
three cokmels and three captains cum
prise the court-martial board.
rrwri PWTQ per ,n cn y« nd v»c’n”r.
1 WU7 U'DlNlu Five cents on trains and elsewhere.
; U. S. Explorer
! Escapes Death in ;
; China Air Raid
! i 1
I PEKING, April 12—<A>)— }
I Dr. Koj - Chapman Andrews. •
• American scientist and explorer, j
• had a narrow escape from deatli ।
, I here today.
j While at the railway station •
i | outside the east gate of the city, |
I arranging for the transportation ।
I of supplies for his fourth expedi- ।
| tion into the Gobi desert, he was j
| caught in an air raid conducted I
• by the Chinese allied forces |
I against the Kuominchun.
I Dr. Andrews, as the planes |
J rame overhead, scrambled under •
| a freight ear. The planes dropped I
I several bombs, two of which fell ।
I 20 feet from the explorer's !
। refuge, spattering the sheltering !
| rar with fragments of steel.
• Five Chinese were killed and J
I nine injured during the raid, the [
I object of which apparently was •
J to destroy national army equip- •
! ment parked on the railway sid- |
| ings.
$50,000,000 SENT
TO END BANK RUN
IN CUBAN CAPITAL
By L'nlvenal Service.
ATLANTA, Ga.. April 12. —Fifty
million dollars has been shipped from
the Federal Reserve bank of Atlanta
to the banks of Havana. Cuba, where
runs have been caused by widely cir
culated false rumors of intention by
Cuban banks to declare a moratorium
About half of this amount, it has
just been learned, was shipped the lat
ter part of last week and is expect® 1
to be available for the needs of th. l
Havana banks Monday morning. This
shipment it is said, was taken aboar. 1
a warship bound for Key West to
Havana and reached the Cuban capi
tal some time Saturday night.
U. S. TROOPS SENT
TO QUELL MOROS
MANILA, April 12.— UP) —An
other company of constabulary has
been sent to Lanno Province to assist
in running down Moro outlaw’s wh)
are committing further depredation
since the fight last Tuesday when 12
Moros were killed and ten constabul
ary soldiers wounded, one fatally
Governor Orville M. Johnson ot
Lanao Province, who led the attack
against the Moros also suffered a
slight wound in his neck.
QUAKE RECORDED
ON SEISMOGRAPH
NEW YORK. April 12.— UP)— A
severe earthquake, believed to have
been more than 10,000 miles away,
perhaps off the southwest Coast of
Australia. was recorded on the
seismograph at Fordham University
today.
PLANT QUARANTINE
BAN REVIEW BARRED
WASHINGTON. April 12.— UP)-
The Supreme court today refused to
review its recent decision prohibit
ing states from quarantining against
plant i»est«.
HOUsFpASSES HUGE
NAVY AIR MEASURE
WASHINGTON, April 12.—0P)-
A Rill embodying an SSS 099.999 fiv**-
yrar building program for the navn*
air service was |m*ed by the Hous*
today and s»-nt to the Senate.
leditioni
HEATED ROW,
RESULTS IN
DISMISSAL
OF PAIR j
V J
Commissioner Will Launch
Investigation Into Series
of Quarrels.
Detectives A. G. Goff and A. W.
Herbst, members of the vice stpia<l,
were suspended indefinitely Monday •
by Commissioner Phi! Wright upon
the recommendation uf Chief of Police
T. (). Miller.
A personal argument between the
two officers while they were on an
investigation brought about the sus- j
pension, according to Chief Miller,
Other arguments have preceded the
more serious one Sunday, it is said.
’l’he nature of the quarrel was not 3
divulged by the chief of police.
An investigation will be made by
Commissioner Wright.
Detective Goff rose from the rank*
of a patrolman and has been on the
force for more than two years. Detec
tive Herbst formerly was chief inves
tigator for the Sap railway before its
purchase by the Southern Pacific sys
tem.
MOONSHINER KILLS
SELF KEEPING VOW
NOT TO BE CAUGHT
By I nivrrmd Service.
M GREGOR. lowa. April 12—When
William Reinhardt MeGregor, 65 years 9
old. completed his second s<*ntence for J
moonshining, he vowed that lie would I
never again be arrested. Officials
construed his vow to a resolution to !
give up his illegal occupation. Sun*
day a sheriff's posse raided his homo
and found a still in o|>eration. They 1
sought McGregor, to arrest him. The
aged man was found in an adjoining
room, dead by his own hand. He had j
kept his vow.
VIOLIN OF MASTER
PLAYED TO SAVE IT
GENOA, April 12.—W-In effort*
to prevent moths destroying Pagan*
ini's famous violin which has bees
kept in a glass case since he died in
1849. it is how being played more
often. Bronislaw Gilpvl gave a cuncort J
with it yesterday.
DRINKING MAN HELD
FOR OSTRICH FIGHT
BOSTON. April 12.-C«—Fer j
murdering an ostrich in the Zoo, 8.1 l 4
Mclntyre is in jail. He had quite o •
little drink and renombers j <
a beating, but has no n collection of A
battling the ostrich. The charge * J
cruelty to animals. S
SCIENTISTS PUZZLED
BY SPINNING BASKET
( AMBRIDGE. Mass.. April 12.— * 1
A u rk> r bj'k-f MtiNfiendnl j
nail in a glass ba» been
ning at Peaiwwlv hium urn. I
*ino- n atrv«d from Borneo I oat
ober and *• :• f.fiM’. are > D 3
was made by natives. -9