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90 Per Cent Unim<
portant.
Crime? That Frightens.
The Idols Discharged.
S. O. of California.
By Arthur Brisbane
OoWvnshL t|:s b» Star Co -■ i
AMERICA'S federation of labor
tells the Senate: “80 per cent
of the nation's laboring men
demand wine aud beer.”
In England or France that would
be enough to change the law.
But “ninety per cent of the labor
ing men’’ does not mean much here.
At elections our women divide up,
Democrats aud Republicans, and vote
for those that bosses select.
They are told by their own leaders
that they must not vote ns workmen.
MEN that vole like sheep must
expect to have only as much
influence as sheep.
The workmen of Great Britain,
and their demands, keep British
statesmen thinking.
United States workmen as every
practical politician will tell you arc
something that docs not worry the
politicians at all.
Francis william russell
of Winnipeg and others, testify
that there is much less crime in Can
ada since prohibition was abandoned.
“Western Canada never had such
a crime wave before as we had dur
ing the last two years of prohibition.
Thank God we got rid of it,” says
Mr. Russell.
THAT testimony about prohibition
■nd crime may have more effect
in the United States than any “de
mand of 90 per cent of the nation’s
workmen.” Crime interests, menaces
and frightens those that run the
country.
Those big men want prohibition,
some because they sincerely believe in
it, all because they think it diminish
es tabor troubles.
“No big strikes will be under pro
hibition,” said one of the biggest in
dustrialists. “Deprived of whiskey,
which we can keep away from them
in atrikes, our men cau be managed
quite easily.”
But wholesale CRIME. That's a
something not to off” or
"preaahed off.”
VTOU remember in the poem about
A the destruction of Scnachcrib
how the idols were “broke in the
Temple of Baal.” Idols lose their
influences with the masses, as the
tatter gain information.
The ware of unbelief has spread
cren to China, where temples aro
cleared of idols, hundreds of years
old, the temples used for public pur
jiosea.
Some of those idols represent gods
that for a consideration could insure
long life, and good rice crops, cure
toothache and skin disease. The
idols can do those things now as
well as they ever could. But the peo
plc know more or doubt more than
they used to.
SOMETHING new in finance,
Standard Oil of California sends
its annual report instantaneously
over the country by “telephoto.”
Wining an actual report makes any
mistake impossible.
California Standard Oil seems
healthy, when you consider that it is
only a young octopus, just learning.
More than $30,000,000 profit in 1925,
an Increase of $4,000,000, 16.30 per
cent over 1924.
AND recently California Oil ac
quired Pacific oil and the most
valuable oil lands in California.
If you should buy a few shares of
Standard Oil of California now an I
put them away for the baby: that
bnby probably would be grateful later
on.
FRANCE may arrange to |iay th"
United States $25,000,080 a year
on account of her four billion-dollar
war debt. Interest at 5 per cent on
four billions would be $200,000,000
a year. The suggested arrangement
should be acceptable to France, es
pecially acceptable to French finan
ciers, helping them to borrow hun
dreds of millions a year in the
United States
THE question is how long will the
United States government allow
American financiers to invest bil
lions of the capital of American citi-
gens, in foreign loans, which, accord
ing to Mr. Smoot, bead of the Scnntr
finance committee, will NEVER BE
PAID?
OFFICER KILLS BOY
WHO WOULDN’T STOP
MANNFORD. Okln.. April 14.—
(jP) —C. C. Tate; deputy sheriff nnd
motorcycle officer here, late yester
day shot and killed a young man who
was Identified as Wiley E’owlcrs. 20,
of Stillwater. The youth was driving
through the town and failed to heed
a stop sign.
Hn did not stop when the officer
called for him to halt ami Tate fired.
Fowler died almost instantly, having
been shot in the back near the heart
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 86.
ANDREWS CALLS BEER DRY AID
V v v Ki w
Peggy’s Romance Hits Snag
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BERGDOLL WORRIED
AS HE FACES COURT
SPECTATORS
BARRED AT
TRIAL
American Draft Dodger
Loses Optimism Before
Stern Judge.
MOBBACH, Germany, April-L—MW
Grover C. Bergdoll, the American draft
evader, who is under indictment on
charges brought by a young girl, ap
peared worried and anxious today as
he entered ilm courtroom where his
trial will be held behind closed doors.
His appearance of worry was in con
trast with his previous attitude of op
timism. The presiding judge who will
bear the ease with two lay judges, is
noted for the severity of his sentences
in cases involving moral misconduct.
Bergdoll has raised a small mus
tache.
GIRL, TO TESTIFY.
The prosecution has subpoenaed
seven witnesses and three have been
summoned by the defense. Bergdoll’s
attorneys are Doctors Marum and
Zeiss, prominent jurists. The defense
has subpoenaed Professor Hans
Gruhle, head of the psycho-analytical
clinic of the University of Heidelberg.
Dr. Gruhle has been called in an effort
to nullify the testimony of 17-year-old
Leisel Schmidt, whom Bergdoll is
charged with having attaiked three
years ago. The girl is the chief wit
ness for the state.
After the courtroom had been cleared
“for the protection of public morals,"
the case got under way. Bergdoll first
was subjected to an examination by
the court which lasted an hour and a
half. The attorneys then began ex
amination of the witnesses.
The Schmidt girl was aecomjutnied
by her mother, who sat by her side
weeping, and by her father. As the
testimony proceeded, she kept wagging
her head with apparent interest in the
witnesses' words.
WINS SYMPATHY.
Since Bergdoll escaped to Germany
from the United States he has been
rather a spectacular person, driving
about in his motor car and spending
money lavishly. Considerable sympa
thy for the draft evader is being shown
because a private detective of Phila
delphia named Robert I*. Sachs brought
the charges against him.
Sachs is now believed to be in the
United States. Since he was arrest
ed. Bergdoll has been given the chance
for plentiful recreation in the big
prison grounds and has ordered his
meals from restaurants on the outside
Recently it is declared he had been
in a surly mood.
COUNTY BUILDING
TOWER REPAIRED
Workmen Wcdhmdiur were repair
ing damage done to the northeast tower
of the courthouse when it was struct
by lightning recently.
' ,-UW ANTONJO^— —— 27 J
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San Antonio. Texes.
Hindu Wouldn’t
Drink 'Unholy’
Milk; Succumbs
PORT ARTHUR. Tex., April
14.—14b—Death was the reward
today for E. N. Aith, Hindu, and
tubercular, who upheld his reli
gious convictions at the expense
of his bodily needs.
Sacrificing his slim chances of
recovery by refusing to drink
cow's milk because it was "un-
Iroly" and refusing to eat meat
unless butchered as prescribed by
his religion, Aith died this morn
ing at a local hospital. He had
been taken off the British ship
Tymeric and placed in the ma
rine ward.
The Hindu's last nights on
earth apparently were made more
comfortable for him by use of his
Hindu bedding on the hospital
cot.
BANDITS GET $37,000
AND KIDNAP INDIANA
MAIL TRUCK DRIVER
CHICAGO, April 14.—GF)—A
truck driver was kidnaped and several
sacks of mail, on<* believed to contain
$37,000 in bank notes, were stolen
by two armed mon today at Indiana
Harbor, Ind.
The mail truck was being loaded
at the rear of the postoffice when the
bandits drove up in an automobile,
forced Frank Watson, the driver, to
load the sacks into their machine and
then drove off, taking Watson with
them.
FRENCH CHARGE 2
WITH SPY PLOTTING
PARIS, April 14.—G4 3 )—The Matin
says that two foreigners believed to
be Italians, have been arrested at Nice
on a warrant issued by a Paris magis*
trate charged with espionage along the
Riviera coast. The men were taker
into custody by agents of the secret
service who have had them under ob
servation for some time. The pris
oners are now on their wav to Paris.
GIRL, 6, KIDNAPPED,
HELD FOR 12 HOURS
NEENAH, Wis., April 14.—OF)—
Six-year-old Frances Webb was safe
at her home today after she had been
kidnaped by a strange man. held pris
oner for 12 hours and eventually found
at St. Peter. Wis. She was unharmed.
Police continued an extensive search
for her abductor, who hired her from
school here yesterday.
TEXAS FARMER SHOT
TO DEATH BY PAIR
FLOYDADA. Tex., April 14.—(4>)
Harvey Snodgrass, 45, farmer, was
shot nine times and killed while walk
ing in front of the First National
bank here yeaterday. Two brothers
were arrested in connection with the
killing.
GENOA WELCOMES FAIRBANKS
GENOA. April 14.—(*)—Mary and
Doug are here, to the enjoyment of
the multitude. Mary threw kisses
upon arrival. Both received flowers.
The police had to rescue their car
trom crowds.
EX-WIFE BIDS
FOR NEW
। FIANCE.
Famous Actress’ Latest
Love Venture Menaced
by Third Party.
CHICAGO, April 14.— W) —Peggy
Joyce's declaration in Miami that she
is engaged to marry Stanford E. Com
stock. wealthy teal estate dealer, has
received a cold reception from Mrs.
Evelyn Comstock, who claims Peggy's
fifth matrimonial choice is not free to
Mrs. Comstock, who is employed in a
misses’ shop here, said her attorneys
had informed her that a divorce Com
stock obtained in Florida last year was
not valid, on the grounds that she
had received no legal notice of the
proceedings.
TOGETHER IN N. Y.
She also related she bad lived with
Comstock after the divorce suit had
been filed. They spent the winter in
Florida, she said, and also were to
gether in New York three weks ago.
She also told of an earlier divorce in
Detroit in 1923 and a remarriage in
Cleveland.
Peggy’s announcement of her en
gagement was coupled with a hint that
the wedding might take place before
she sailed for Europe on May 1 to
engage in motion picture work.
DIVORCED RECENTLY
Miss Joyce recently was divorced
Count Costa Morner De More
land, a native of Sweden, and a
former Chicago manufacturer of tooth
paste. Previously she had been through
the divorce courts twice, while her
first marriage at the age of 16 was
annulled.
Peggy Prepares
for N. Y. Trip
MIAMI. April 14.—(4>>—While the
clouds gathered over her fifth ven
ture into matrimonial seas, in the
form of claims of a former spouse of
her fiance, Stanley Comstock, Miami
real estate operator, Peggy Hopkins
Joyce, internationally known stage
and screen actress, prepared to leave
here tomorrow for New York.
The cloud that gathers is the claim
of Mrs. Evelyn Comstock of Chicago,
that her husband's divorce granted
in Florida recently is illegal. Neither
Miss Joyce nor Mr. Comstock hate
commented on the new angle and
claims of Mrs. Comstock.
SCHUMANN-HEINK
ILL IN FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH, April 14.—OP)—
Mme. Ernestine Sehumann-Heink,
who arrived here yesterday for a con
cert tonight, this morning was forced
to cancel her appearance on account
of an attack of laryngitis. On the ad
vice of her physician she also cancelled
her engagement for an appearance
at Marshall Friday night. Her condi
tion might become grave if she at
tempted to sing, the physician said.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1926.
VICTIM TAKES
ROBBER’S GUN
AND CAD
When a bandit, after dropping the:
guise of friendship engendered by|
sceveral days’ acquaintance, sought
early Wednesday morning to hold up
Sergeant. H. H. Mitchell, 623 Montana
street, he reckoned not with resist
ance.
But Sergeant Mitchell obtained pos
session of the bandit's pistol and au
tomobile, which he later delivered into
the custody of Detective Chief Sam
Street. Meanwhile the bandit is the
object of a police search led by De
tectives Higgins and Hartman.
Sergeant Mitchell went with his
supposed friend to a South Loop inn
for dinner.
On the way back to the city the
man discarded his mantle of “friend
ship.” As they reached a point on
Riverside the man covered the soldier
with a pistol. After being searched
Sergeant Mitchell saw his chance and
leaped upon the robber. During their
struggle the pistol was discharged.
Sergeant Mitehek wrenched the gun
from the man's hand, recovered his
own money. The bandit fled. The sol
dier then drove the automobile to the
ACTRESS PROSTRATE,
LIFE THREATENED
NEW YORK, April 14.—Ina
Claire, the actress, was prostrate to
night as the result of a threat against
her life.
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
Girls Go Over Top
In Legion Drive
“There’s a reason,” (ju»t a* the weli-knwon
breakfast food advertisement says) why the San
Antonio Legion increased its membership fifty per
cent on the first day of its drive Tuesday. And Lillian
Ziegler, 1001 Hays street, left and Florence Mitchell,
303 East Courtland, right, are two of the reasons.
Wednesday they went over the top again, armed with
trusty fountain pens and printed check pads, in place
of the bayonet and machine gun of the Argonne, but
according to latest reports their work is just as deadly.
All ex-service men not belonging to the legion already,
are being urged to sign on the dotted line. Brooks
Field, under the leadership of Major Ralph Royce,
went over the top 100 per cent the first day of the
drive, every war veteran on the field signing up.
“Buddy, first class” Nat Washer, chairman of the
drive, reports that every team is making a splendid
showing.—Light Staff photo. •UP
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» A
I JJARRY S. ROGERS, Meet man
* of Pittsburgh, registered at the
I St. Anthony hotel, was stationed at
I Brooks Field during the war. “To
I fly over San Antonio now after an
I absence of several years would show
many changes," he declared.
"Brooks Field is generally conceded
to be the best aviation training
school in the country. By the way.
Southwest Texas has a strong pull
ing power in the North now,” he
concluded.
MME GALLI-Curci, noted singer,
* registered at the St. Anthony
hotel, and in San Antonio to give
a twilight concert, does not talk on
the days of her concerts, but through
her manager sho said: "It is always
a pleasure and delightful experience
to come to San Antonio. The build
ing of your magnificient new audi
torium is attracting favorable com
ment from artists all over the coun
try.”
ZXLD COLONY CLUB, an inter
national service organisation, is
contemplating establishing a branch
office in San Antonio, r. B. Grave
ly, secretary of the club, says: "We
have branches all over the world,
and since San Antonio is becoming
so popular as a winter resort, we
are interested in putting in a branch
here." Mr. Gravely is slopping at
the Gunter hotel.
TWO CENTS
DEATH Olli
ASKtU EDR
SMITH
—
Asking that, the jury assess the
death penalty in the case of Kenneth
Smith, on trial in the Thirty-seventh
District Court, on an indictment
charging participation in the daylight
holdup of the San Antonio National
Bank, Louis Schlessinger, assistant
district attorney, started arguments
Wednesday. The. case is expected to
reach the jury late Wednesday eve
ning.
DELAY ARGUMENTS.
During his argument, the mother
of the defendant was placed on the
stand as the jury was removed to
testify to the name of another sou
whose name was on one of the tele
grams introduced as evidence. The
defense had objected to the mention
of the telegram but were overruled
after the testimony.
H. B. Galbraith, Brownsville at
torney, who is to follow Schlessinger
for the defens’, failed to appear in
court and the arguments were de
layed. He was scheduled to talk after
the noon recess.
E. B. Simmons, chief defense coun
sel, and District Attorney C. M.
Chambers closing for the state.
TRIAL SPEEDY.
But two days had been consumed in
the selection of a jury and submission
of testimony for both sides. The state
closed its case Tuesday afternoon ami
the defense at a night session. Char
acter witnesses were the only ones put
on by the defense.
leditionl
GOVERNMENT
RESTRICTION
AND SALE
FAVORED
Prohibition Chief Declare!
Change Would Help
Enforce Law. i
/
WASHINGTON. April 14.
— (ZP) —Frankly conceding
that home manufacture of
intoxicants is “seriously in
jurious” tn the nation’s
moral fiber. Assistant Secretary An
drews, in charge of prohibition en
forcement, told the Senate Prohibition
committee today that in his opinion
enforcement would be easier if gov
ernment manufacture and sale of non
intoxicating liquors were legalized.
Testifying as the last witness to ba
called by the wets, and using as an ex
hibit a large copper still, complete
and ready for operation, the prohibi
tion chief said it was “likely” that
small stills operated in homes are pro
ducing millions of gallons of liqnor.
RESTRICTED SALE
He said restricted government sale
of non-intoxicating beverages for uss
in the home would help remedy thia
situation, but he added that it would
be disastrous to permit a return of the
saloon. When asked what he would
consider "non-intoxicating” drinks,
and whether 12 per cent wino was in
toxicating in fact, he declined to ex-
press an opinion.
The prohibition chief expressed this
opinion in a reply to a series of ques
tions, narrowing down the field of
consumption of such beer and stipu
lating that sate should be by the gov
ernment itself.
“Do you not believe the legal salo
of liquors non-intexicating in fact*
would ' ondi- ‘
tiope'*- was the ' ■ ■ ■’ .. > tho "
s'-rie- a< d by Talk, n Cortman, epttu-
i Qr the wets.
MOULD AID OFFICER?*
Wi wor.ld have to krw. - tbsWFTOiIH
tious of aiauufs tuie and distribu
tion," Andrews replied.
"Well, with government sale and
distribution and no saloons,” suggest
ed Senator Reed. Democrat. Missouri.
"Not to be drunk anywhere except
in the home':” queried Andrews.
"Or first class hotels,” added Reed.
“My opinion is that it probably
would aid in law enforcement,” An
drews said. He added, however, that
it would be “disastrous” to have the
sale of beer and wine in open saloous;
that these saloons would become blinds
for hard liquor sales.
TREATED TO LAUGHB
The crowded committee room was
treated to many laughs as Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, the only
wet on the committee, took General
Andrews through an intricate discus
sion of stills and distilling. In the
course of it, the senator took New
England as an example and drew fix»»
the witness an estimate that govern*
merit agents get ene in ten of th*
stills that operate in that section.
“The cold truth about this matter. "
continued Reed, “is that there was
practically no manufacture of beers
or whiskey in the homes of the peonl*
before prohibition, but that the peo
ple have gone into the manufacture of
intoxicants in their homes. Doesn't
this have a tendency to bring the fam
ilies and children of the American
home into direct and intimate contact
with liquor?”
ANDREWS tGREEH.
“Of course it does," replied Gen
eral Andrews.
"isn't it promoting th* ultimate de
struction of the morals of the fam
ilies when this goes on?”
"It i* seriously injarieM to th"i»
morals," Andrews said.
-Would it not be much better," iw>r-
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