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Thanks, Mr. Coolidge.
Mussolini—Napoleon.
Three Gave a Party.
Big Pay, More Thought.
By Arthur Brisbane
Coßvrimt. HIS by Star Co —■ — i
AT the laying of the Press Club
cornerstone in Washington,
President Coolidge said :
“We have clearly declared our in
tention to refrain from interfering
in the political affairs of others by
refusing to adhere to the League of
Nations.”
This is the best thing that has
been said about United States
international policy since Washing
ton advised this nation to mind its
business and let Europe minds hers.
THE President has not forgotten
the gigantic plurality, based on
opposition to the League of Nations,
that elected him in 1924.
If our entering the World Court
had been submitted to the people in
1924, they would have voted against
that as they did on the League of
Nations.
What the people think of the
World Court, a back door to the
League, will be shown presently in
Illinois. Mr. McKinley, who desires
to return to the Senate, is an estim
able citizen. But his record includes
indorsement of the plan to put this
country in the World Court where
our one judge against ten would be
hopelessly outvoted in an atmosphere
of hatred.
Senator McKinley will learn in
Illinois, and President Coolidge will
learn through Senator McKinley, how
the World Court stands in public
estimation.
THE Italian race produces men of
terrific energy, able to carry the
world's weight on their shoulders.
Napoleon was such a man. His fam
ily, kept in cold storage on the island
of Corsica, threw Bonaparte with all
his' power into Nineteenth century
Europe, fatigued with wars and revo
lutions.
Napoleon promptly took charge.
MUSSOLINI has many of Napo
leon's qualities, including un
limited self-confidence and courage,
and his ideas are as big as Napo
leon's. The latter planned, after
finishing with Europe, to adopt Mo
hammed's religion, make himself raler
of all Asia, as well as of Europe, and
call it a complete Job. England plan
ned otherwise.
NAPOLEON had the energy, man
power and wealth of France to
work with, and did not have, to
oppose him, aa Mussolini has, the
educated, radical thinking masses of
today.
Will Mussolini, now starting bia
imperia] program, be able to do with
modern Italy and modern Italians
what Napoleon did 120 years ago
with France and Frenchmen?
• I 'HREL poor old scrubwomen in a
• New York hotel gave "a party”.
with modern bootleg whiskey. They
were found next morning, one dead
with her skull broken, one uncon
scious, the third walking up and
down out of her mind, and the walls
wire stained with blood. The two
survivors said that “so far as they
knew” there bad been no quarrel.
’T'HE question is, will those who
* sold the b'lOtlvg whiskey, caus
ing one death, go to jail for 20
years, pay a email fine, or go free?
It would be bard Io learn where
those poor women got the whiskey.
1 TIGH wages are doubly useful.
* * They make the masses happier,
they make tbe classes think. "Mass
es'' and “classes” arc words offen
•ivc to our Democratic cars. Never
theless, we HAVE masses, with little
money, and classes, with much
money.
r f’HAT high wag»s make people
* think is proved by New York's
intatborough street enr company.
You can't hire men for $2.30 a day
non. so science uses its brains, in
vents turnstiles and a "multiple
door control,” thus saving .$1,000.-
fa hi a year.
When strikes and child labor |aw<
freed the coal mine "breaker boys''
from tbe job of picking sharp alate
out of the coal tbe mine owners made
steel fingers of machinery do the
work.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN
OF NAVY HITS MARK
12,000 FEET AWAY
KANTODRO. Cal.. April 13.—U»>
The new five-inch anti-aircraft gun
characterized as the most effective
aerial defense weapon yet developed,
wrote naval history off Sun Clemente
Island, 45 miles southwest of here
yesi erday.
Tested for the first time nt sea.
Iwo batteries of the gun on Ibe bat
tleship West Virginia shot down
sleeve target* st a range of 12,000
feet) th* greatest distance ever at
tempted.
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 85.
OIL BOOM GRIPS SOUTH SIDE
IS W IS W. S V * IS W S W
Rogers Boosted for Rotary Chief
Sw•sw s w s w v
MAN FIRES SCHOOL,
SLAYS WOMAN, SELF
KIDDIES SEE
MOTHER
SHOT TO
DEATH ,
Killer Confesses Crimes
Before Succumbing
to Wounds. > /
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Silence and death Tueaday reign
at Utopia, viitage 22 miles north ot
Sabinal, with ftm spirals of smoke
from th* embers of the school house
rending Utopia's word of a night of
tragedy which claimed the lives of
two.
Miu. Will Jones, 23 nnd a 40-ye*r
old man are dead. Mrs. Jones *|t
shot down, in tbe presence of her
children. The man. who admitted on
bis death bed tbut be fired the shot
and act Ibe school bouse on fire, died
by bis own hand.
ADMITS CRIMES.
Meanwhile relatives of Mrs. Jones
arc on their way from San Antonio
to the scene of Ibe tragedy. They
are: Mrs. John Gaddis, .Miss Julia
Clark and Mrs. Fred Hobart, of Cana
dian. Tex., who was visiting here
when news of the death was received.
Mr*. Gaddi* and Mr*. Hobart are sis
tcrs-in-law of Mrs. Jonea who wan
the daughter of Dr. D. H. Clark of
Robstown.
Returning home about daybreak
after his reign of terror, the man
shot himself tn the abdomen, it was
learned. Believing he would not die.
he took poison and died several hours
later but not until he admitted the
crimes, officers said. He gave no
motives.
FOUND AT HOME
Sudden insanity is believed by Sher
iff Matthews of Sabinal, to account
for tbe accused man's actions. After
an all-night search, a posse of bill
folk found the mnn at his home with
two bullet wounds in his back.
The firing of tbe schoolhouse start
ed Utopia's night of tragedy, accord
ing to reports reaching San Antonio.
During the excitement of tbe blaze
a man came to the Jones home, while
Mr. Jones was helping a neighbor re
pair a radio set.
Mrs. Jones answered his knock at
the front door, it was learned.
The children screamed as they saw
their mother struck down by a pistol
blow. A shot followed. Tbe man fled.
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San Antonio. Texas.
How Not to Skate, as Demonstrated
Successfully By Rotary Delegates!
Rotary on skates will be the order Tuesday night for delegates to the Forty-seventh District Rotary conven
tion. Sid Hardin. Mission; Raymond Edwards, San Antonio, and Walter D. Cline. Wichita Falls, are rescuing
Herbert Hayes of San Antonio, from a bad spill.
FMEN SEEK
BODY IN MEH
Fearing that Clinton Nix, 14, 1621
»South Prem street. has been drowned.
••Ity firemen Tuesday afternoon began
’lrafginß th* treacherous waters of the
Han Antonin rirar near Romvelt park
for his body. Others were searching
die bank in the vicinity for his cloth
ing
PUBLIC RELATIONS
DISCUSSED AT FIRST
MEET OF LIGHT MEN
GALVESTON, Tex., April 13.— 0 P)
Public relations and finances wore
questions to bo considered bore by
the Southwestern Public Service asso
ciation and the National Electric
Light association which met hero to
day in joint convention tn last through
Friday.
Public utility executives from all
parts of the Southwest and n number
of nationally prominent ipen attended.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1926.
(LIEN OUSTS
SILL GETS O.K.
WASHINGTON, April 13 — UP)—
The Bouse Immigration committee
today approved the Tilson bill lo re
move quota restriction* from alien*'
who served in th** American forces
during the war and who now seek
admission to thia country,
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES TWO CENTS
SAN ANTONIO
MAN BACKED
AT MEET
Former Houston Club
President Elected to
District Post.
Harry H. Rogers, Sau Antonio fi
nancier. will be nomiuated fur the of
fice ot president of Rotary Interna
tional before the seventeenth session
of Rotary International to be held
in Denver, upon the recommendation of
presidents of Rotary club's of the forty
seventh district, now in convention
here.
The derision to nominate Mr. Rogers
followed immediately upon the ap
jiointment, by unanimous acclaim, of
Harry Hedges, past president of the
Houston club, as district governor to
succeed Sidney L. Hardin or Mission.
A resolution urging the San Anto
nio club to nominate Mr. Rogers for
rhe office was offered from the fluor
by Tout Shelby, president of the Aus
tin club.
Bin WORKER SPEAKS.
Co-operation between tbe various
influences and agencies of the city ac
in boys* welfare work was urged
by William Lewis Butcher, director of
tbe boys welfare agencies of New York
City, whose talk was one of the out
standing features of the morning. By
working together, he said, the agen
cies can evade duplication and waste
energy.
Walter Cline of Wichita rails, gov
ernor of the forty-first district* was
the other outstanding speaker of the
morning, urging a policy of give and
take in bringing about human under
standing.
Having as its real motive bringing
Rotarians tu a better understanding
of wbat the organization means, Ray
mond Edwards, president of the San
Antonio club, said the convention has
succeeded in its aim*.
‘‘Rotarians of South Texas,** he
said, “will leave this meeting with a
better understanding than ever before
of the organization’s desire to apply
the golden rule to business and a full
er appreciation of its work among
tbe boys of the country.**
STRESS LAW OBSERVANCE.
Highlights of the sessions of the
opening day were addresses by Dr.
Harry Spalding Fish of Sayre, Pa., a
director of Rotary International, who
dealt at length on the idealism of the
order and the warmth of human
friendship that it generates, and by
Tom Davis of Butte, Mont., a nation
al official, and Mrs. William T. Til
ton, national chairman of legislation
tor the Parent-Teacher Congress, who
made a rousing appeal to Rotarians to
set the example by observing the law.
“We. can never expect the boys of
tbe land to have more than hip flask
ideals if we carry hip flask* onr
»«elvc*,” Mr. Davi* said.
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«Al H time lumbermen who were
'-w logging when Texas was |
practically an unknown area, are
exchanging reminiscences and mar
veling at the rapid progress of pres
ent (lay lumber dealers,” remarked
Frank 11. Ray, of Houston, who (
was attending the 40th convention
of the Texas Lumbermen's associa
tion at the St. Anthony hotel Tues
day.
MHCHRILLED to a iwanut" was
* the way Miss Sarah Sothem.
who plays opposite Elliott Dexter,
in "Thru tbe Years." expressed her
self upon her arrival in San An
tonio Tuesday. "As a child I loved
to visit here.” she said, "and now
I admire this city even more.” Miss
Sothern is stopping at the St. An
thony hotel.
THAT San Antonio women are
very stylishly dressed is the
opinion of R. J. Dustman, author
of Columbus, Ohio, w ho Is registered
at the Gunter hotel. The mingled
elements of the old and mw world
in San Antonio ereate an everlast
ing memory. Mr. Dustman ex
plained.
MAN’S LIFE SAVED
WHEN HEEL CATCHES;
HALTS DEATH PLUNGE
By the heel of his shoe. Oran
of San Juan. San Antonio suburb,
missed death nt the Olmos dam site
where he is employed.
Ross working on h scaffold trip
pod and fill backward. Down twenty
feet his body plunged, hi* feet flail
ing the air. Suddenly his fall was
arrested in midair when the heel of
a shoe caught in another piece of
(he scaffolding.
Thus suspended. Ross still was
more than twenty feet from the
ground. Fellow workmen rescued hirn
from the precarious condition.
Though severely bruised and cut.
Rons, who is at the Santa Rosa in
firmary will recover.
N. Y. SENATE PASSES
WET VOTE MEASURE
ALBANY. N. Y.. April 13.—UP) —
The Senate luduy passed tbe Katie
bill calling for a referendum next fall
on tbe question of memorializing Con
gress to amend tbe Voistead act so as
to allow each state to fix its own defi
nition of intoxicating liquor.
MAN, 73, SENTENCED
IN WIFE SLAYING
SIOUX CITY. lowa. April 13.—GP>
George Solomon, 73. was sentenced to
life imprisonment today. He was con
victed recently of second degree mur
der, the state contending he killed his
wife and thrust her body into the fur
nace of their home.
PLANES START TRIAL
MAIL HOP IN WEST
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 13.—
(4*)—Five planes of the Western Air
Express, Inc., fleet, which will carry
the mails between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City starting Saturday,
hopped off here at 7 o'clock this morn
ing for a trial flight over the route.
DRY CIVIL SERVICE
MEASURE REPORTED
WASHINGTON. April 13.— M»>—
The House bill to put prohibition
agents under civil service was fav
orably reported today to the Senate
by the Civil Service committee.
COOLIDGE TO FILL
RAIL BOARD POSTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—
I^l—President Coolidge expects to
fill, within a few days, the vacancies
which occur April 15 on the railroad
labor board, it was announced today.
DRY MEN CAPTURE
STILLS AND BREW
In a series of raids Tuesday, prohi
bition agents confiscated two stills,
500 gallons of mash, five gallon, of
whiskey and a quantity of beer. Two
wer* arrested
IEDITIONI
MORE TESTS
BEAR FRUIT
AT MISSION
GROVE
Two New Shallow Holes
Reveal Presence of
“Black Gold.”
With “pay" oil discovered in thn.e
shallow holes and preparations al
ready launched for an extensive devel
opment, Mission Grove, south side res
idential district. Tuesday found itself
in the throes of a real oil boom.
Excitement, which flared when the
discovery well was brought in on ths
property ot' W. 11. Hearne, 218 Weav
er street, last Friday, mounted when
two subsequent tests struck "black
gold.” One of these is now being
put on the pump to test its production
while another will be drilled deeper
in the hope of finding gusher oil.
OIL ALL THE RAGE.
And meanwhile, ordinary routine
Ims been abandoned in Mission Grove
while men, women and children talk
oil across the fence. Post hole augurs,
picks, shovels and small drills are at a
premium. And household head*, in
stead of mowing the lawn after work,
are feverishly digging in the back
yard, visions of wealth speeding their
efforts.
The Hearne discovery well was
brought in at a depth of 11 feet and
produced at the rate of about three
to fire barrels a day. But Mr.
Henrne, having other interests, filled
in the hole and proceeded with con
struction of a house on his prop
erty.
TESTS SUCCESSFUL.
E. B. Gorsucb, 222 Weaver street,
however. ha<l the oil fever. So he
drilled an offset. 25 feet away. At
13 feet he ran into oil and water,
the oil predominating. A pump is
now being installed in the bole. La
ter a core will be taken to determine
the exact formation. Gas pressure in
the well Tuesday led Mr. Gorsuch to
believe that a flowing well is in pros
pect with greater production than the
discovery well.
The third well was drilled about
300 feet away, several owners pooling
their interests. At 15 feet oil was
again found with a heavy gas pres
sure. This well is now standing in oil
anil water, seething with gas.
WILL DEVELOP FIELD.
With the three tests already sueqeaa
fill, other property owners in Mis
sion Grove were preparing Tuesday to
further develop the field, each beli-'V
ing that he is to make a big find.
Residents Tuesday also were pre
paring papers to pool their interes't
and drill a deeper test.
Oil experts have pronounced a roai
find, although tins believe the shal
low pool is of limited production.
$8,000,000 BAKING
STOCK QUIZ BEGUN
NEW YORK. April 13.-OW—
Charging that W. B. Ward and his
liersonal company, the Ward Securi
ties Corporation, has used more than
38,090,000 of the Central Baking Cor
poration's funds to finance stock deal
ings. a group of General Baking stock
holders announced today the forma
tion of a special committee to investi
gate the legality of these transactions
and to take possible action against
the corporation's officers and direc
tors.
WOMAN AND FORMER
S. A. OFFICIAL HURT
A pretty young Houston woman re
ceived a cut on th* arm and ■ B*n
Antonio man, formerly a city official,
more serious cuts as a result of an
affray in a downtown eafe Tueaday.
The man's wife later appeared at cen
iral police h-adquartem where she w»»
questioned by Chief Kam Street. Na
'barges have been filed.