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Today
You May Not Return.
It’* a Fine Earth.
Southern Boom
The Sunset Limited.
By Arthur Brisbane
*— Coovn.nt. use by star Co —
SEE this earth while you are still
here. You may not come back.
It is a beautiful globe, 25,000
miles round, marvelously balanced,
at even temperature, dragged by the
suit through the infinite ether. As
tronomy says the earth is “only n
grain of sand attached to a minor
star among the billions of flying
suns.” Nevertheless it is, perhaps,
the only planet you will ever know.
SEE IT WHILE YOU MAY.
ri’ll IS is written between New York
* and California, via the Penn
sylvania to Washington, Southern
Railway to New Orleans, then on the
Sunset Limited over the Southern
Pacific to the big ocean, and all the
way north along the Pacific shore.
Try this route on your next trip
West.
GOING 5y a northern route you
may see Albany, Buffalo, Cleve
land, Toledo, Chicago, Detroit, Kan
sas City, Denver, the prairies of
Kansas, where there arc now more
automobiles than there ever were
bison.
Not to know the southern part of
the United States is not to know
your country. This way to the Pa
cific just a short trip, take New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mex
ico, Arizona and California.
EACH nf those states has land
energy, fertility, and opportunity
enough for a great empire. In Texas
alone you could pack away several
important European nations, and
that one state could raise food for
aU people living on earth and five
hundred millions more.
Haven't we enough to attend to in
this American League of Nations
from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
without going to Europe for trouble?
r J'HIS train is flying through North
* Carolina, most beautiful land,
like all this southern country the
bright red earth is covered with
green, trees in blossom. Little Kan
napolis. as you flash through shows
• every sign of n real estate boom. A
thousand such booms are on either
side of the truck, from New York all
the way to Seattle. Have we pros
perity, we have—
Tens of thousands of acres, ter
raced to prevent erosion, are ready
for the cotton that will clothe the
world, and stretched out mile after
mile across the country you see metal
spider webs, mounted on steel stilt",
power lines that carry energy to
mills, innumerable, enormous, com
pletely modern, that mean work and
prosperity for every town and city.
The South no longer manufactures
cotton to provide labor and profit
for mills in the North. It grows the
cottou, makes the cotton cloth, ships
the finished product and keeps the
money here.
Northerners know their own
cold corner of the earth, and
perhaps a little about California nnd
Florida, thanks to advertising. They
do not know that nil this southern
country is most beautiful, climate
mild, soil fertile, people hospitable,
homes and opportunity nre here for
115,000,000 more Americans. Hero
is no monotony. Valleys, hills, for
ests, fly past and everywhere in the
distance, you see blue mountains,
waiting for perfected flying machines
to bring population to their summits.
THE Southern slaves are now ma
chines of steel, iron, brass and
the wealth that they produce is, by
billions of dollars, beyond the dreams
nf old slave days.
Greatest of all the factories is one
now building at Duke, named in
honor of the late tobacco king. His
energetic soul has gone up to its re
ward. Hundreds of millions worth
of tobacco that he distributed has
gone up in smoke. Hut the money
remains here in the state where his
fortune began and is Unvoted to edu
pntion for meu and women.
IN Duke's great plant for fighting
ignorance the quadrangle now
building the “co-ordinate college for
women” is a delight to those who
believe in civilization nnd equality.
FJUR MILLION DOLLARS will
be spent on that one triangle, of
which the first buildings will be ready
in
Workmen in a New England mar
ble quarry are getting out the “trim.”
The university's own stone quarry
supplies stone. The whole world,
all the intellect of past and present,
will supply knowledge for this center
of learning.
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 87.
4TH SOUTH SIDE OIL WELL IN
W W W W
Iliness Confines Coolidge
w te w w . w
WOMAN SOLON
ASKS DRV POLL
REEO GIVES
LESSON IN
WHISKEY
MAKING
Drys Prepare to Renew
Case as Wets End
Testimony.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—(/>)—
Arguments by anti-Volstead members
of the House, interspersed with a
vivid description of how fancy distill
ing is done, today carried toward its
conclusion the demonstration of the
wets before the Senate Prohibition
Committee.
The lesson in whiskey making was
given by Senator Reed, Democrat
Missouri, the lone wet among the com
mittee members. He brought along
with him and put into evidence a
bevy of small stills, a charred keg
some corn sugar and samples of fla
voring extracts which he snid went to
make up the finished product of the
illicit liquor manufacturer.
HILL ON STAND.
The articles were identified for the
senator by enforcement officials of the
federal government. Mr. Reed then
presented Commerce Department fig
arcs showing that consumption ot
corn sugar more than tripled be
tween 1010 and 102”.
Representative Hill, Republican
Maryland, head of the wet bloc in
Ihe House, led off for the House ad
vocates of a change in the dry laws,
using his own acquittal some months
ago by a Maryland jury as a prece
dent to support his contention that
the making of drinks with a snbstan
tial alcoholic content is constitu
tionnl.
REFERENDUM ASKED.
One of the three women represen
tatives in Congress, Mrs. Mary T
Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, a for
mer welfare worker, advocated a na
tional referendum on the question of
bringing to an end the present “hor
rible condition.” Questioned by Sen
ator Reed, she said the effect of pro
hibition hud been to “ruin a great
many of our young people.” She read
a lette> telling of the sale of pois
onous liquor in a Veterans' Bureau
Hospital, with the result that some of
the patients died. The name of the
hospital was withheld.
FAVORS BEER.
Representative Kindred. Democrat,
New York, a physician, declared ex
l>erimeuts which he had conducted on
himself nnd others, had “proven con
- lusively” that the 2.75 per cent beer
sold during the war was non-intoxi
cating.
“Not only that.” he said, “but such
beer taken to the full capacity of n
normal stomach would not exhilarate
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San Antonio, Texas.
I If •
DETE CRAWFORD, picturesque
* operator of a "dude” ranch
near Alpine, staying at the St. An
thony hotel has this he wants to
get off his chest: "San Antonio is
about twice as far from Alpine as
El Paso, but our heads are just
naturally turned toward San An- •
tonio. If business calls us to a
large town, we come to San An
tonio.”
/CONSIDERABLE water has
passed under the bridge since
I was last in San Antonio, declared
O. L. McQuay. Chicago, registered
at the Gunter hotel. "It has been
only four years, and you still have
the same warm sunshine, but my
what a difference in building im
provements. Starting oft with your
new Medical Arts building I don't
believe I could count the new
buildings without pencil and paper.”
JOHN O. FOY, is a long way from
home. He lives in Toronto.
Canada, and is stopping at the
Gunter hotel. “It must be hard for
you people to believe that the air is
still frosty back North, but over
coats were the order of the day at
the opening of the ball season in
the major leagues. If your sun
shine could' be canned and shipped
to the North it would be a great
boon to us in the winter time. ”
GERMAN COURT
FREES BERDOLL
OF GIRL’S CHARGE
MOSBACH, Germany, April 15. —
(4*)—Grover C. Bergdoll. the Ameri
can draft evader, has got out of still
another snarl. Charged with attack
and impairing the morals of minors,
the son of the former Philadelphia,
Pa., brewer was acquitted of the
charge after one session of the court,
although the state had carefully gath
ered together evidence by which it
hoped it would be able to convict him.
FRENCH DEBT ENVOY
TO REACH U.S. IN MAY
PARIS. April 15.—(A>)—Lc Soir to
day says that Finance' Minister Peret
will leave for Washington in May,
where he hopes to be able to sign a
debt agreement with the United
States.
GALE FORCES N. Y.
MERCURY TO ZERO
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., April 15.
——A temperature drop of 38 de
grees in ten hours brought the ther
mometer down to zero at dawn today.
The cold wave was accompanied by a
slight snowfall.
FRENCH FRANC SINKS
TO NEW LOW LEVEL
PARIS. Ap.il 15.—OP)—The
French franc today &auk to a new low
level for all time. The official dos
ing quoted it at 29.61 to the dollar
and 143.8 to the pound.
SMITH JURY
UNABLE TO
AGREE
Twelve Men Still Locked
After Deliberating More
Than 20 Hours.
Buoyed up by the hope that more
than twenty hours deliberation with-
out a verdict may presage a hung
jury, Kenneth Smith, first of the six
alleged bank bandits to face trial, wait
ed anxiously for some word from the
Thirty-seventh district court jury
Thursday afternoon. By his side sat
his mother, who had comforted and
counselled him throughout the three
day trial.
The jury retired at 5:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Only once had
any word come from the twelve men.
That was at 10 o’clock Thursday morn
ing when a sealed communication was
sent Special Judge O. M. Fitzhugh.
ASK INFORMATION.
It requested information on legal as
pects of the trial, he admitted, but de
clined to disclose their nature. A reply
was sent after a conference with at
torneys on both sides.
Then Deputy Sheriff Will Woods
locked the jury room and deliberations
were resumed.
Despite the failure of the jury to
report up to noon. District Attorney
C. M. Chambers still hopes for a ver
dict.
FIVE OTHERS FACE TRIAL.
Smith went to trial Monday. A jury
was selected and testimony concluded
Wednesday night. I’repaartion of the
court’s charge and arguments con
sumed all of Thursday.
Five other men are awaiting trial
for the robbery of the San Antonio
National bank two weeks ago, when
$19,138 was scooped u patter employes,
and offficials were held up.
5000-POUND BOILER
FALLS, MAN KILLED
KANSAS CITY. April 15.—CP)-
James Masters, 25, of this city, was
killed and two other workmen were
dangerously injured early today when
a 2 1-2 ton boiler which they were
hoisting at Ihe Missouri Boiler Works
here fell, striking them. The boiler
bad been raised to a height of 14
feet when the hoisting chain broke.
CHICAGO TO EXECUTE
WOMEN STRANGLERS
CHICAGO, April 15—OP)—Ray
mond Costello and Charles Hobbs, a
negro, stranglers of women, were
placetl in the death cell in the Cook
county jail today, preliminary to th-ir
executions tomorrow.
Costello will be hanged for the slay
ing of Madeline White. Hobbs us-d
a trunk strap to strangle his land
lady, and robbed her ol 75 cents.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926.
INDIGESTION
ATTACK
PAINFUL
President Goes to Bed
After Cancelling All
Engagements.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.
14*)—A mild attack of indigestion led
President Coolidge to cancel engage
ments today and the excu
tivc mansion.
The illness made its appearance yes
terday and impelled the President to
remain in the mansion most of the
afternoon, although he kept his morn
ing engagements and then spent a
short time in the executive offices
late in the afternoon.
DOCTOR CALLS.
He was visited twice yesterday by
.Major General Coupal, his physician,
but went to the executive offices as
usual this moruing.
Feeling no better, however, he can
celled a heavy engagement list and
returned at 11 o'clock to the White
House, in the hope of conquering the
trouble by rest.
Major Coupal visited him there and
indicated that the indisposition was
not regarded as serious.
A“year ago the President suffered
a similar attack of indigestion, but
it kept him away from the executive
offices only a few hours.
GOES TO BED.
After going to his quarters today
Mr. Coolidge went to bed in order
to secure complete rest.
His heart action and temperature
were said by Dr. Coupal to be nor
mal, but there was some intestinal
pain. The physician expects him to
be back at work tomorrow.
REED SAYS 20,000
ALIENS ENTER U. S.
ILLEGALLY YEARLY
WASHINGTON, April 15—OP)—
An average of 20,000 aliens are be
ing admitted annually to the United
States in violation of the law by de
sertions of seamen from foreign ships.
Senator Reed. Republican. Pennsylva
nia, declared today before the Senate
Immigration Committee.
HOUSE BACKS MOVE
FOR WAR VET PROBE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.
UP)—The House committee on World
War veterans legislation today in
structed its chairman. Representative
Johnson. Republican. South Dakota,
to press for a Houae authorization for
n nation-wide Investigation of guard
iansbipw nf disabled World War veter
ans.
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
i Dazzling Royal Gems i
i To Grace Tresses of :
I Queen of S. A. Fiesta i
» ■ ■ r i > rraqi, .a, ■> r tti ■ . r - n t ■ 't
Coronet, scepter and necklace, replica of the royal gems of Queen Victoria, which will be worn by Her Majesty
Empress of Golconda, Order of the Alamo. Miss Ray Baldus is displaying the crown jewels.
9000 Jewels Stud Coronet
With 7000 Precious
Stones in Scepter.
Crown jewels of various dynasties
have had their hours in which to daz
zle the world.
And now’ a new dynasty with res
plendent jewels comes upon the hori
zon for its hour of dazzling and years
of memories.
Iler Majesty, Empress of Golconda,
Order of the Alamo.
The gem encrusted crown, necklace
and scepter will bo seen at the corona
tion of Her Majesty in the throne
room of the palace at the Municipal
Auditorium on th»- evening of April
oo
Eyes never again will look upon
such regal splendor. The royal coronet
is studded with DODO jewels, the scoi>-
ter bears 7000 and 2000 enhance the
necklace.
Emeralds, pigeon-blood rubies, blue
sapphires, and diamonds delicately
wrought in silver form the dazzling
treasure worth a king’s ransom.
S. A. MARINE ORDERED
TO VIRGIN ISLANDS
Completing his training at Parris
island. S. C.. a f'-w weeks after join
ing the United States Marines, John
Jefferson Roberts, of Sau Antonio,
has been transferred to St. Thomas
in the Virgin Islands, according to
word received here Thursday.
CHICAGO-ST. LOUIS
AIR MAIL STARTS
CHICAGO. April 15.—OP)—The
, new air mail route from Chicago to
- St. Louis, with stops at Springfield
j and Peoria, 111., was opened today
when n plane piloted by Charles E.
' Lindenberg took the air here.
EDITION
TWA pcr c °Py ln vicinity.
1 VV Five cents on trains and elsewhere.
SHIFTS LOOM
INffiSOUID
Rp'-onimendations growing out of
Chief of Police T. O. Miller's person
ally conducted vice raid on hotels and
rooming houses Wednesday night,
which will be made to Fi remand Police
Commissioner Phil Wright, portend a
shake-up in the vice squad of the po
lice department.
Detectives Goff and Herbst of the
vice squad have been suspended tem
porarily since Monday. The suspen
sion was brought about by a personal
argument.
ORDERS DISREGARDED.
It was in the territory assigned to
these two men that the Wednesday
night raids were conducted. Chief Mil
ler said. Two other members of the
vice squad, assigned to other sections
of tie city are not expected to be af
fected by the shake-up.
Chief Miller said Thursday:
“The personal differences between
the two men may account in part for
the conditions as I found them last
night.”
He further intimated that no aid
from bis quarters would be giveu to
the suspended officers in the investi
gation before the commissioner.
51 ARRESTED.
“They were given orders to clean
up the part of town to which they
were assigned,” the chief added. "Last
night I found it otherwise.”
“I caunot,” <be chief said, “go
around to each house and tell my men:
■go in there and arrest everyone.’
They should know.”
Chief Miller’s personal rice cam
paign Wednesday night netted 51
arrests. .
EXCITEMENT
REIGNS AT
MISSION
GROVE
All Available Property
Leased in Vicinity of
New Pool.
With four wells in as many back
yards producing oil, lease speculation
flourishing and "wildcatters” fever*
ishly drilling to explore the pool, Mis
sion Grove's new oil field was as
suming boom proportions Thursday.
After a week's development, dur
ing which tests have proven that a
real shallow pool has been discovered
in the south side residential district,
big oil companies Thursday turned
their attention to the field and as s
result property values in Mission
Grove began soaring.
LOTS LEASED.
Every available lot within a radius
if a mile from the discovery well at
218 Weaver street had been leased
Thursday and prospectors for the
"black gold” were extending their
activities further away.
D. A. Balhorn, 242 Palo Blanco
street brought in the fourth well early
Thursday. It was dug in his garage.
Usipg a pick and shovel he carried
the hole to fifteen feet when oil be
gan flowing in. Thursday it was be
ing bailed from the well in buckets
ful. This well is about 250 feel
north and slightly west of the discov
ery well and extends the field in ■
new direction.
OTHERS PRODUCING.
Three other wells which were suns
after the first oil was struck on the
property of W. H. Hearne, are pro
ducing oil at the rate of several bar
rels a day.
And every back yard in Mission
Grove is now a prospective oil pro
ducer. Etch is confident he will be
the one to bring in the big find.
Survey of the field Thursday showed
that heavier gas pressure and better
production is being found as the field
is developed from the discovery well.
The structure apparently rises from
the Hearne well, the depth of the
later wells being between fourteen ami
sixteen feet whereas the discovery well
came in at eleven feet.
TO INSTALL PIMP.
E. B. Gorauch, driller and owner
of the second well brought ia, is pre*
paring to set casing and install a
pump. If tbe production warranto, he
said, be will drill deeper.
Spectator, and lesse seekers, flock
ing to Mission Grove have caused et
least one property owner to threaten
them with dire disaster if they in
vade her property.
All day Wednesday curious crowds
thronged the little subdivision when
two weeks ago quiet prevailed.