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Five Instalment Billions.
Zip May Die.
Mussolini and Trotzky.
5,000,000 Radio Sets.
By Arthur Brisbane
Utt by Sta> Co -
THE people bough*, five billion
dollars’ worth of goods on the
instalment plan in 1925. and
some say, “we are rushing into bank
ruptcy.” But don't worry. Money
well spent by those that can pay
helps spender and seller and hurts
nobody.
If you want a piano, radio set.
automobile aud you know you can
pay for it, got in NOW and enjoy
it while you pay.
The rich buy real estate and stocks
on the instalments. A good automo
bile is worth more than n house.
THE important thing is that in
stalment business should be on
a sound basis, not encouraging ex-
travagance. charging excessive rates
for time payments, or encouraging a
man with a car. good for two or
three years more, to get rid of it
prematurely and glut the used ear
market.
What hurts is waste, not spend
ing.
eighty-two years old, and
“ in the hospital, may not live
long. You may have met him. when
be was Barnum's “what is it?” You
remember circus and dime museum
rows of freaks, fat ladies, living
skeletons, bearded ladies, tatooed
men, sword swallowers, dwarfs,
giants, that used to delight the popu
lace, contrast with that our mod
ern moving picture, beautifully made.
The world improves.
SHOOTING doesn't discourage
Mussolini. With his nose plas
tered, his ears deafened with gun
fire, shrieking sirens, cries of “Viva
Mussolini” and “Viva Fascimo,”
Mussolini left recently for Tripoli,
announcing his desire to convert the
world to fascism.
Russians would convert th«
world to communism. Mussolini
and Trotzky are exact opposites, and
each has the same plan to make the
world accept his ideas.
Of the two, Mussolini makes more
progress. The human race under
stands powerful dictators. Bitt a
man that wants to "divide up” on a
communist basis seems a dangerous
novelty.
5,800,000 RADIO sets in the
United States have 27,000,000
human beings listening in, sad that
so little broadcasting is worth atten
tion. Science perfects the machin
ery, but intelligence hasn't yet sup
plied worthy material. But that will
come. In future ages, the individual
worth while will have as personal
following an audience of 100,000.000
or 500,000,000. The written word
will no longer compete.
Twenty-two million dol
lars worth of oil burned in
California, Iwo men killed. Lightning
caused two storage lakes to explode,
those that spend money on lightning
rotis will wonder how valuable they
really are. Cannot scientists find a
way, with high tension wires or
otherwise, to protect oil wells and
oil storage? How long before gnat
conductors escort the lightning safe
ly down from the clouds ami use it
ns it comes down? Edison should
work at that.
RUSSIA "desires to enlist private
capital in state industries."
Russian credit should be better now
than ever. The public debt has been
eliminated quite simply. M calth it*
Russia, if developed, would be as
great as our own. But there is the
big BUT. If a nation repudiates
ONE set of debts, it might repudi
ate others.
Chicago win build streets hol
low at the center, higher at the
curb, concave, instead of convex.
Moisture will run to the center of
the street, a more sanitary, less ex
pensive plan.
Men learn slowly. Needles Wery
used for 100,600 years before any
body thought of putting the »y< in
the front of the needle, thus making
the sewing machine possible.
MRS. DRAKE, vice president of
The Child Study association,
says parental instinct is disappearing.
There pre no more "natural born
parents.” There are still fortunately
plenty of natural born MOTHERS,
millions of them.
It is not affection, but knowledge
that mothers lack.
Mexican statistics show that of
100 Mexican babies bom. 48
live only a few months. Ignorance
causes the deaths. Thanks largely
la the pure milk campaign forced
ufsm doctors and city government by
Nathan Btrnu-’ this country takes
belter core of Its babies. But thou
sands of mothers die in childbirth
evety yeur, unnecessary, brutal neg
hwa. tto. ...or, We have no arvumy.
Will T
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 88.
S. A OIL WELL YIELD JUMPS
Churchmen Ask Congress to Support Dry Law
DRYS LAUNCH
OFFENSIVE
AI SENATE
PROBE
Witnesses Plead for Real '
Test Through Strict
Enforcement.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16.—
C4>)—High churchmen of many denom
inations united today in an appeal
to Congress to stand by the Volstead
act.
With one voice they informed the
Senate Prohibition committee that
conditions have improved under the
dry law, that any modification would
court the return of saloons dominated
by the whiskey interests, and that
such evils as have arisen undet the
present dry regime will disappear
once prohibition is given a fair chance
under effective enforcement.
26 REPRESENTED.
The Federal Council of Church**
of Christ in America, in which 28
Protestant communions hold member
ship. opened the drive of the drys,
while spokesmen for o<hcr church
bodies. Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-
Saloon League, and a representative
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, sat at the commitee table ready
to follow up the attack.
In a statement read by Dr. Wil
liam .1. Haven of the American Bible
society, the Federal Council denied
that prohibition was adopted hastily
at tLe behest of a puritanical minor
ity, declared the evils of the dry
era ure far less menacing tlinn those
of the old wet days, and pleaded that
the Volstead act lie given a reason
able chance to demonstrate its vir
tues.
DISPUTE TESTIMONY.
Several other witnesses brought be
fore the committee by the council
contradicted directly ami emphatically
the testimony ns to present conditions
given the committee during the pas.
ten days by the wets. Hammering
the table with his fist, Dr. W.
Beatty of New York, superintendent
of the Madison Square Settlement, de
clared liquor making was so small 0
factor in the tenements of New York
that during a round of calls on 91
families he hail only once caught a
whiff of home brew.
Others presented to the committee
official statistics from Ohio and other
sections of the country in denial of
the charge that illicit distilling and
bootlegging are lowering the morals of
the American citizen.
wnutX ON STAND.
WOMAN ON S t ANU.
One of the lay witnesses called by
the Federal Council was Mrs". Helen
H. Green, a member of the city co|>n
eil of Cleveland. She declared pov
city, drunkenness and suffering had
decreased under prohibition, and un
der cross-examination of Senator
Reed. Democrat. Missouri, the wet
prosecutor of the committee, she in
sisted that the only acceptable change
in the Volstead act would be an
amendment putting more teeth into
the statute.
Mrs. Green presented figures show
inf 3150 prosecutions for drunken
ncss in Cleveland in 1917. and 7719
prosecutions for the same offense in
1925.
POLICE VIGILANT.
Senator Reed wanted to know it
these figures showed a decrease in
drunkenness.
“Yes. sir." she said. "The increased
arrests repre. ent anpe vigilance on
th*’ |mrt of the police. In the old
duys unhaw a mu 11 was disorderly the
mdiec turned their beads. Now th<n
Published by The Light Pnhlithlng Company,
flan Antonio. Texas.
I Dollar Buys
Million Dollars
Worth of Love
Itorraine Bradshaw, 360 Taft
boulevard, has enlisted in the
"Be Kind to Animals" campaign
now being staged by San Antonio
schools.
“I know it pays." Lorraine de
clares, "because I invested one
dollar in Jack eight years ago,
and I love him and he lovfs me.
I wouldn't take a million dollars
for him, and 1 know he loves me
lots more than a million dollars.
San
Antonio
school*
have
joined
in a
national
observ
ance of
Humane
week by
urging
students
to be
kind to
animals.
DOGSRETURN I
STOLES 541 sc
Unaware of the amall fortune they
huh riled Friday morning, two dogs
belonging to Mrs. Fannie Shoemaker.
313 Terrell road, spread $41”.0 on tin
Shoemaker lawn and raced about with;
$lOO bills in their mouths.
Tn the yard Mrs. Shoemaker found
tlie purse, which was stolen from her
home Thursday. It contained a gold
chain and a diamond ring in addi
tion to the money.
At the command of their mistress,
the dogs brought their expensive play
hings and dropped them at her feat.
An unnerved negro burglar returned
his loot to the guardianship of the
dogs during the night. Deputy Sher
iff Harry Norton, who was assignee
t«» th< case, believes.
The officer, after an investigation
Thursday. Went to the home of a no
"ho. whom he suspected.
Members of the suspect's family
[;<dd the officer the negro was uot st
IS If ft W W K ™
KELLY FIELD FLIER
KILLED IN SMASH-UP
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44*TpilE weather man surely or
dered a perfect day for us."
declares Dr. C. Lukens. Toledo.
Ohio, in San Antonio with a party
I it 54 doctors of the north country
I to play 36 hides of golf. "Hearing
that you had days like this we came
down here to play a round of golf
befoie going on to the American
■ Medical association in Dallas. It’s
hard to believe that it was really
cold when we left Chicago Sunday
night."
*T*O one who has never been to
* San Antonio, a great surprise
is in store and one who has been
here always looks forward to com
ing again, says G. H. Mundt, prom
inent Chicago physician, stopping
at the Gunter hotel. “This is my
first visit to your city. I wouldn't
have nussed coding here for any-
FRIDAY, APRIL 16. 1926.
IHONEMOH
SENT THR ENTS
NEW YORK. April 16.—(4’1 —
Edward W. Browning. the "Cinder
ella Man." who says his greatest atn-
I bition is to preside over a happy
j home and family, has taken occasion,
during his honeymoon with his 15-
year-old bride, to visit a toy shop
and purchase several sets of games
intended for fireside amusement.
The bride accompanied him to the
toy shop late yesterday, after she had
spent most of the day buying expen
sive gowns and other feminine ap
parel. including a mink coat, in Fifth
Avenue shops.
Avenue snaps.
SSOIMI FOR RINGS.
Browniug. on the fifth day of their
, | honeymoon bought her an engagement
ring, a wedding ring and also a birth
day ring, at a cost of about $5OOO.
The birthday ring was a lovers' knot
' in platinum, with two large diamonds.
r The bride will be 16 on June 16.
While the children's society yester-
PLANE FALLS
IN DENSE
THICKET
Eye-witness to Accident
Searches Hour Before
Finding Ship.
Second Lieutenant Porter B
Fuqua, student flier of the Advanced
Flying School, Kelly Field, was fatal
ly injured Friday when his plant
crashed in a mesquite-covered pasture
seven miles from San Antonio on the
Culebra rottd. He died at Kelly Field
Hospital three hours later.
The accident occurred at 9:25
o'clock and was seen by Edward Gar
ngnon of the Woodlawn Hill Grocery
Company, who was delivering grocer
ies in the northwestern part of the
city.
FINDS PLANE.
It took Garagnon about an hour
to locate the wrecked plane.
With the aid of H. L. Nichols he
placed the injured pilot in his truck
and carried him to the grocery store.
Lieutenant Fuqua was suffering
from bad cuts and bruises about the
face and his chest seemed to have been
crushed, but he had not lost conscious
ness.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
The flying field was notified and
the truck left with Lieutenant Fuqua
for the hospital. He was transferred
to a Kelly Field motor ambulance
Lorraine
Brad
shaw
bought
“Jack”
for a
dollar
and for
eight
years
he has
been her
constant
com
panion.
She is
kind to
him.
and taken to the hospital.
First ai dtreatment was adminis
tered at the Kelly Field Hospital, ami
the injured flier was transferred to
Station Hospital at Fort Sam Hous
ton. where lie died.
FAIR AND WARMER
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecasting fair and warmer
weather for Friday night and Satar-
I day and stating that the weather map
showed that San Antonio and vicinity
are due for a spell of much warmer
I weather. .1. H. .Jarhoe, local meteorol
ogist has assured cotton growers and
baseball pitchers that ideal weather
for them is on the wav.
Light variable winds becoming
southerly will prevail Friday night
and Saturday.
N. Y. RESERVE LOANS
SHOW DROP IN WEEK
WASHINGTON* April 16.—OP)—
Loans to brokers and dealers by New
York City federal reserve member
banks in the week ending April 7,
were announced by the board today us
compared with $2,573,-
051,000, the previous week.
NUSBAUM’S SLAYER
GETS DEATH STAY
CHICAGO. April 16.— UP) —John
Walton Winn. • on vic ted with “Grand
ma” Nusbaum, of the murder of AJ
' bert Nusbuum. ua» a atay of
THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
AIRPLANE REPORTED
WRECKED IN CRASH
NEAR SAN ANTONIO
mW Cl fPMTQ P" “Pr ,n vicinity.
IIvU H-*IN 1 O Five cents on trains and elsewhere.
President Bests ;
Wise Old Owl in
Silence Contest
By 1 nlversal Service.
WASHINGTON. April 16. —
President Coolidge ami an owl
engaged in the wee, small hours
yesterday in a “silence" contest
—and the President won.
The owl flew into the Presi
dent's bellroom shortly after mid
night. and its fluttering awaken
ed the chief executive. Ultimate
ly. the bird found a convenient
perch, and sat silent, surveying
the President and submitting to
survey.
No word was said until the
owl. with a hoot of surrender,
fled through the window into a
more communicative world.
An airplane crashed into a tele
phone pole along the Culebra road.
18 miles from Sun Antonio, near
Paul's Grove, shortly after 10 o’clock
Friday, according to a telephoned re
port to Kellj- Field.
A rancher living near the place
telephoned that he saw an airplane
fall.
Ambulances were rushed to the
scene, but due to the breaking of tele
phone wires, details of the accident
could not be secured.
MEASURE WOULD LET
U. S. PUNISH LYNCHERS
WASHINGTON, D. Cm April 10.—
(4*)—A measure to make lynching an
offense under Federal law was pro
posed today in a bill by Representa
tive Berger. Socialist, Wisconsin. It
would prescribe punishment for in
dividuals participating in lynching
and officials who fail to take neces
sary precautions against lynching.
COMPANY TO HUNT
WHALES BY PLANE
VICTORIA, B. C.. April 16.—
The Consolidated Whaling company
announced here last night that it will
use a seaplane in its whaling opera
tions in North Pacific waters next
summer. The company said its use
will be an innovation for the Pacific
Const and probably for the world.
MRS. BURBANK LEFT
ESTATE OF $200,000
SANTA ROSA. Cal.. April 16.—
O’)-*—Mrs. Luther Burbank was named
in the superior court today as spe
cial executrix of the estate of her
husband, the famed horticulturalizt.
who died Sunday. She will serve
without bonds.
The estate, valued at approximately
$200,000. was wiHed to the widow.
COOLIDGE AT WORK
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
WASHINGTON, April 16.-08-
Preaident Coolidge, who stayed in his
room part of yesterday because of a
slight illness, was up and about the
SIX SHALLOW
PRODUCERS
FLOW PAT
FLUID
Tools and Rigs Ordered as
Field Takes on New
Activity.
With six producing wella already
in, one making from 8 to 10 barrels
of oil n day, half a dozen others
under way and rigs ordered for more.
Mission Grove's oil boom was at fever
pitch Friday. Oil scouts from other
fields, arriving to take up leasee,
added further excitement to the new
south side residential field.
Establishment of the shallow fieldj
by the bringing in of the six wells,
oil men said, makes it certain that
etxensive development will be under
taken immediately.
Friday's sensation was a back yaM
well which experts said will prodw ■
from 8 t<> 10 barrels a day. The oil
can be sold for approximately ?2JO
a barrel.
BID FOR LEASES.
The little field is within half a mile
of a refinery and not more than 1000
yards from a pipe line.
Oil operators from four states are
bidding lor leases in this district,
some offering very fancy prices. These
men are from New Mexico. Oklahoma
and Kansas, as well as from Texas.
Although no large transactions have
been reported, it is rumored that sev
eral large deals are pending.
Excitement was at its greatest
Thursday when O. A. Dalhorn start
ed bailing his well in his garage at
242 Palo Blanco street at a rate
of about two barrets .of fluid an hour,
the greater part of which is oil.
rvl ■ UI Mil
TO INSTALL PIMP.
In less than an hour and a half,
he had filled two barrels, several
large buckets and a few small con
tainers. He dipped the oil from a hole
about two feet sqnare and about the
same number of feet deep, which is in
the bottom of a larger hole, about 13
to 14 feet deep. A small frame with a
pulley has been erected over the top
of the well to speed up the bailing.
The oil filled into the hole as fast
as it was bailed out. Mr. Balhorn is
planning to install a puuip and lest
the production.
Twenty 50-gallon steel tanks have
been ordered by Mr. Balhorn for stor
age purposes.
NO. 3 WELK
The No. 2 weH of E. R. Gorsuch
came in with a heavy flow abonv
9 :.'ki o'clock Friday morning- Th*
well is located in the ,r«a» «f
■ Weaver street and is about 40 feet
due west of the discovery well. This
well iuis a tremendous gas pressure,
but show* s«»mc waler. The well is at
11 1-2 feet, but will be drilled
into the pay stratum iu anywflori o>