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Today
That World Court,
Now.
Republicans Know
More. t
Sold-out Bulls.
Better Than Steam.
By Arthur Brisbane
Copyright, 1>26 by Star Co—■ -
THE people of tie United Stales,
with several million plurality
that elected President Harding
and then elected President Coolidge
DO. NOT WANT THE WORLD
COURT.
It has been said in this column
repeatedly that adherence to the
world court, had it been suggested
in 1924 or in 1920. would have been
rejected by the voters by a vote as
great as that against the League of
Nations itself, in those years.
Now, in Illinois, the voters de
feat the World Court proposition,
and Senator McKinley by 150.000
votes.
The people are content, ' with
United States courts aud do not
want questions affecting this na
tion submitted to hostile judges.
They do not want to send one judge
to sit with ten European judges
and be outvoted 10 to 1 by repre
sentatives of nations that hate this
country, and despise it.
IF President Coolidge and the rest
of the administration were in nny
doubt about the World Court and
the attitude of the people toward
it, they know mote now than they
did a week or two ago.
SENATOR M’KINLEY, as he says
in his pathetic farewell, had
been sent to the United States Sen
ate for 20 years by the people of
Illinois. What he doesn't say is
that be consulted a few sentimen
talists of his own inclination instead
of consulting public opinion, when
he decided to favor the World
Court. The vote that retires him
to private life was not a vote
against him personally, he is an
estimable gentleman. It was a vote
against his World Court attitude.
IF you do not reed to “keep track
of the market,” that is, if you
are not a "ticker watcher,” con
sider yourself fortunate.
If you are one whose heart goes
up and down with the Wall Street
prices, do not be frightened by in
dividuals known in Wgll Street as
"sold-out bulls.”
The “sold-out bull" bought stocks
lower, sold when he thought they
had gone to the top, then groaned in
anguish when they went still higher.
He wants his stocks back at lower
prices, and tells the world that panic
ia coming, and everything is going
to the dogs.
Don't believe him. We shall have
trouble some day, perhaps, but as
yet, our boom hasn't really started.
IF the Illinois vote enlightens the
Republican Party, and turn* this
nation away from the danger of fi
nancial drain by European schemers,
the United States boom will last
a long time.
Everything in this country, if well
managed, from cigar stores to oil
wells, is worth more than it ever
was. There is more money. We
are playing in a bigger game.
THREE inches in some news
papers, three lines in others, tell
about plans for harnessing tides in
the Bay of Fundy. Yet that is the
most important news since the in
vention of the steam engine, and des
tined to be more important to the
human race in future ages, than
steam ever was.
Chief Engineer Cooper of the great
hydroelectric enterprise, believes that
preliminaries, including consent of
Canada and the United States, will
have been obtained, and construc
tion begun by 1927.
THE result will be regular pro
duction of 500.000 actual horse
power, with a peak production of
from 700,000 to 800,000 horsepower.
The cost will be from $75,000,000
to $100,000,000.
The state of Maine, after using
all it wants, will sell power to other
states. And as long as the ocean
tides are lifted by moon and sun.
that plabt will add more than half
a million to the world's supply of
horsepower.
Discovery of a thousand coal
mines, greater than were ever
known, would not begin to equal in
real value that plant harnessing the
high tide on the north Atlantic
coast.
6 MEN ENTOMBED
BY TUNNEL CAVE-IN
QUINCY, Cal., April 19—0P>—8ix
men, entombed behind a 35-foot cave
in in the Grizzly Creek tunnel of the
Feather Mountain Power Company on
the western side of Bucks Mountain,
30 miles from here, were believed to
be dead today. Fellow employes nre
seeking to rescue them.
The cave-in occurred Saturday
Bight, but was not discovered until
Funday, when the early shift reporte I
for work. The rescuers expect to
reach the buried men this morning.
CAR STRIP GANG ROUNDUP ON
FOR CLASSIFIED
CALL CROCKETT
VOL. XLVI—NO. 91.
Girls Learn Secrets i
Of Beautifying Homes!
Westmoorland Art Class
, Students Put Work
on Exhibition.
Oil painting Water colors, artistic
household nrtMw. among the beat of
the year’s art Work, are on exhibit at
Westmoorland college this week, for
the special benefit of Fiesta visitors.
AM branches of the art department
are taking r part in the exhibit and
the annual show this year ia the best
ever presented by the
Mias Myrtle Iswigston. director of
the art department, instructs the stu
dent how to combine an artistic hand
with economy and produce a pretty
bouse with furnishings at a minimum
of cost.
PERMISSION GRANETD
FOR DEEP OIL TEST IN
MISSION GROVE FIELD
Permission to drill a deep test for
oil in Mission Grove subdivision where
discovery of shallow oil brought a
furore of excitement recently, was
granted by acting Mayor Phil Wright
Monday. The well, according to O. A.
Elder, applicant for the permit, will
be started at once.
Mission Grove residents, Mayor
Wright was told, have pooled their
.interests, deposited the money and
are ready to drill. The test will he
sunk from 2000 to 3000 feet, Mr.
Elder said.
The city. Mayor Wright said, has
no objection as the drillers have
promised to get well back from the
street.
CARPENTER CALLED
TO AMPUTATE LEG
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. April 19.
<^)—“Call a carpenter!” said a nurse
in a local hospital after examining L.
R. Edwards’ leg which was injured in
an automobile accident.
“A carpenter?” queried a co-work
er.
“Yes. this man’s leg is mangled ami
has to be amputated. It’s wooden.**
CALIFORNIA* TOWNS
FEEL QUAKE SHOCKS
CALEXICO. Cal.. April 19 — OP) -
Distinct earthquake sho« ks were fell
in several lrn|»eriul Valley towns this
morning. The shocks were light ami
of about 20 seconds’ duration. Xo
damage was reported. *
TffßWffig iEIG HT
The Friendly Newspaper ★ Member of The Associated Press. ★ A Constructive Force in the Community.
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San Antonio, Texas,
Wcstmoorland College is holding its annual art exhibit fo« the benefit;
of FieMA visitors. Mrs. George Mangos is a vase she painted.
HAWAIIANS FLEE AS LAVA
TORRENT SPREADS HAVOC
HILO, T. H April 19.—(&) —Leaving a village buried
in its wake, a stream of lava continued to shoot forth from
the volcano Mauna Loa Sunday, beating a fiery path from
the 8000-foot level of the crater down to the sea.
SLEUTHS PUT
M ON JOU
Detective® Goff and Herbst, mem
bers of the police department vice
squad suspended by Chief of Police
T. O. Miller were restored to duty
Monday, Fire and Police Commis
sioner Phil Wright announce!. An
nouncement of their restoration to
duty came after a conference be
tween Commissioner Wright ami
Chief Miller nt the city hall where
the former is acting major.
Commissioner Wright declined 1o
discuss the details of an investigation
which brought about Monday's action.
The two detectives wore suapendeu
bj’ Chief Miller following a difficulty
between them a week agn growing
out of xM'rsonal matters. At the time
Chief Miller said the two officers bad
had altercations before.
Herbst, Commissioner Wright said,
will replace Sergeant A. J. dice, on
the night shift in the detective depart
ment and nice will join (Zoff on the
vice squads
BOARD OF EDUCATION
WILL MEET TUESDAY
A meeting of the Board of Educa
tion will l>e held at the board offices
Russell building, at 3 p. in. Tuesday,
according to President Frank 8.
Haines.
5. A. Gaily Bedecked for Fiesta
fe W fe W fe W MW
* Surrounded by 50 feet of
lava the community of Hoo
pula was covered by the
molten mass. Fifteen buildings were
destroyed. The postoffice was the
last to go. It burst into flames at
8:30 a. m. Then the racing mass
coursed its path to the sea sending
forth a charge of steam as it struck
the water. As the Java continued to
pour into the sea the ocean started
boiling until it was bubbling several
hundred feet out from land.
NATIVES PRAY IN VAIN
The rampaging volcano turned a
deaf ear to the prayers of old Ha
waiian Kahunas who implored Pele,
a Hawaiian goddess associated with
the volcano Kilauea, not to destroy
their homes.
The volcano, which is situated in
the Hawaiian national park, belched
forth a fiery stream which in four
days made its way from the the 800U
foot line to sea level.
From the sea, the air aud the land,
thousands viewed the colorful dis
play. Army airplanes arrived a few
hours after the village was wiped out
but the view from the air was ob
scured by the dense steam aud smoke.
The heat, at au elevation of 3090
feet was described as “intense,** but
(he airmen succeeded in obtaining
some pictures.
ROCKETS SHOWER REGION
Huge clouds of steam hung over
the ocean rising to a height of sev
eral hundred feet. Aa the lava struck
the water tremendous rockets of
steam would shoot into the air show
tring the entire region about the bay.
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1926.
HI MS HUH
STRICT E«HI
JOY CHASES
GLOOM TO
‘ COVER
Throngs Invade Alamo City
as Week of Fun and
Merriment Starts.
With the entire city gaily decorated
with bright-hued bunting and vari
colored 1 ights. the street, thronged
with thousands of visitor, and each
train bringing its quota. San Anto
nio Monday yielded itself wholeheart
edly to the spirit of the Fiesta San
Jatanto. For a week joy and merri
moot will reign supreme.
Starting with a band concert on
Alamo Plaza Monday night, swinging
tn the annual Pioneers’ ball at the
new $1,000,000 municipal auditorium,
ilhrough the serious civic parades ot
tiie week nod climaxing with the cor
onation of |be queen Thursday night
and the woata famous battle of flow
cw paaata* Priday, this year's fiesta
p mil rime HB eclipse all others in at
tendant* Mid magnificence.
COLORFIL PARADES.
No mpense or labor has been spared
by Fiesta officials in insuring the
success of San Antonio's annual
spring festival.
Gaily decorated Roots, bearing real
flowery pretty girls and high ranking
army officers will lend eolor to the
various parades whieh will feature
the week.
Given its premier showing Sunday
night, before 5000 «i>ectators who
crowded the spacious stadium. “The
Spirit of the Argonne" fnlfilled the ex
pectations of it, producers. Depicted
in the reconstructed village of Mount
facon, the gay life of the French peas
ants. undimmed by the tragedies of
war were faithfully reproduced. The
capture of the village by the Ger
mans and the attack of the Ameri
can forces was a bit of realistic bat
tle action which wou ovation after
ovation from the audience.
REALISTIC BATTLE .
Actual war conditions were re-enect
ed, the crash of artillery intermingled
with the crackle of rifle and machine
gun fire. Very lights illuminated the
smoke-enshrouded battle field and
bursting shells dug huge eraters on
the parapet of the trenches, while col
ored skyrockets flashed their signals
of the supporting forces.
And when the war was over the an
gel of peace appeared with its message
of “Good Will" to all men, and prayed
that this war to end war might be
the last to afflict the earth.
ROBBERY SUSPECT
SEEKS HABEAS WRIT
A writ of habeas corpus was filed in
the Thirty-seventh District court Mon
day in which one of the suspects in
the daring daylight robbery of the San
Antonio National Rank seeks release
from the county jail.
The man seeking release was indict
ed with five others for the hold-up of
the bank. One of them has been
tried, Kenneth Smith, the jury giving
him fifteen years imprisonment.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
FOURJAILED
IN OPENING
DRIVE
Six Autos Found Monday
With Parts Removed;
Officers Get Busy.
Throwing the entire force of the
sheriff’s department into action. Sher
iff .Tim Stevens and his chief deputy.
Al fon sc Newton went out Monday to
round up the biggest rar stripping
gang whieh has ever operated in
San Antonio.
Finding of nix rars Monday morn
ing which had been stripped down to
everything but the frame, brought
about the determination to clean up
the gang. Four arrests were made
during the forenoon.
REMOVE ENGINES.
Even the engines were removed
and the upholstery torn from the
seats by the thieves.
Deputy Harry Norton was working
on a case where a Center Point car
was found stripped on the Palo Alto
road. Deputy Tony Diaz found a
stripped car on the Elmendorf road
near the automobile “graveyard” dis
covered severnl weeks ago.
DESERT SEDAN.
A big sedan was found near
Selma, but it wax the only one which
had not been stripped. Deputies
Charles Peters and Henry Garcia
found another sedan on the Seguin
road which had been stripped.
Another tar wax found on th*'
Burbank road Monday morning.
Last week twelve cars were found
near the city which had been strip:
ped and officers believe that the
same gang stole the six cars Sunday
night. This gang took two cord
tires from a car belonging to P. W.
Poston during the night, while the
car stood near his place of business.
LABOR HOSTS OPEN
HOUSTON CONCLAVE
HOUSTON. Tex., April 19 — (XH—
The hosts of labor, several hundred
strong, awaited Monday the fall of
the gavel at 10 a. tn., to open the
twenty-ninth annual convention of the
Texas State Federation of Labor.
Every incoming train on Sunday
and early Monday brought delegates,
their families and visitors for the
convention, the first to be held in
Houston in ten years. It is estimated
that in excess of 1000 persons are
here for the week’s session.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and
her husband, former Governor James
E. Ferguson, arrived Sunday evening
with her party from Austiu. She will
deliver the address of welcome.
MAN ASKING MATCH,
ROBS BENEFACTOR
A inun who pretended he wanted a
match,, drrw a knife on Juan Domin
guez. 220 Villita street, and robbed
him of about $lO in cash early Mon
day. according to reports to detective*.
The victim had just stepped from
his bouse en route to work.
tufa pvmtq «°py ,n ettyand vicinity.
1 WkJ Vl-JIN ± D Five cents on trains and elsewhere.
IW.'l I
WASHINGTON, D. C„ the eity
of beautiful homes, wide
streets, parks and the scene of
many functions of national promi
nence. has mueh to offer its visi
tors. but, with all of this, its resi
dents like to get away from home
now and then. San Antonio's Fiesta
de San Jacinto is the attraction
that has drawn Vance Muse, of the
capital, to Texas. He is at the
Gunter hotel.
MORE than a score of years
have elapsed since E. Krim
mel. of Beaumont, was in San An
tonio. Mr. Krimmel, registered at
the Gunter hotel, says: "Coming
back to San Antonio is sort a like
the experience Rip Van Winkle had
after his long sleep. Both of us
experienced sensations entirely new.
Mr. Krimmel is in the city to at
tend the 87th annual convention of
the Associated Master Plumbers of
Texas.
Herbert qi inn. actor of l*s
Angeles, is in San Antonio to
take part in “Through the Years,”
starring Elliott Dexter and Sara
Sothern. Mr. Quinn declared he
was eager to see the Fiesta.
U. S. PUBLIC LISTENS
ONLY TO RADIO NOW,
SAYS SOUSA IN QUIZ
WASHINGTON. April 19.— OP)—
Radio and talking machines have
changed the American people into a
“listening public’* which no longer
buys or plays sheet music, John Philip
Sousa told a joint congressional com
mittee today in opposing the Dill bill
lo regulate the radio broadcasting ot
copyright music.
He said that last year his royalties
totaled $29,500, “a mere pittance** in
comparison with his income prior to
the invention of phonographs and
radio.
CAPTAIN RENE FONCK
READY FOR U. S. TRIP
PARIS, April 19.— (A 5 ) —Captain
Rene Fonek, French war ace, who
hopes to make a flight from
New York to Paris this fall, plans to
leave for the United States Wednes
day. He expects to make his first test
trip from New York to Halifax about
July L
PARADE ENTRANTS
WILL MEET EARLY
Because the parade will be consid
erably longer this year than ever be
fore. officials of the Battle of Flow
ers association urge all entries to be
on hand at 3 p. m. Friday. The march
will start at 4 p. m.
MERCURY 2 BELOW
ZERO IN NEW YORK
MALONE. N. Y.. April 19.—OF)—
The temperature here was two de
grees below zero at daybreak today.
Ice 'lO inches in thickness was cut
on Mountain View lake, IB mil****
south of Malone,
HOME
BISHOP ASKS
CLEANUP OF
NEW YORK
SECTOR
Law Should Be Observed
at Whatever Cost,
Churchman Says.
WASHINGTON. April 19.—0 W
The militant call to the American
government to accept the challenge ot
opponent* of the Volstead Act was
sounded by the drys today before the
Senate Prohibition committee. Bpeak*
ing for the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Bishop James Cannon
Jr., told the committee the law should
be enforced in the wet “New Y’ork
sector** nf th«* East at whatever coal
of m»»n and money, to protect other
sections from contamination.
WETS ATTACKED.
The wets, he said. bad taken the
committee hearings far afield during
their two weeks of testimony before
the committee, and it was time to re
turn to the basic question whether in
the coui|try as h whole the Volstead
method of dealing with the liquor
traffic had not been more effective
than any other.
Bishop Cannon, who is head of th*’
legislative committee of the Anti
Saloon League, was followed by other
officials of church and femiNrance ar
gnnizations, who pre sen to I data de
signed to upset the contention of the
wets that conditions have grown worse
under the dry laws.”
It was noteworthy. Bishop Cannon
said, that the testimony presented
by the opponents of prohibition had
cwme almost e ntirely from iiersona liv
ing in “The New York Sector** indud
ing Now’ York, Connecticut, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
SCORES TESTIMONY.
“Two of these states, Maryland ano
New York, have utterly refused to
paw any state enforcement law,” he
said, “and yet the very men in those
states who are largely n sensible
for the failure to pass an enfon-emeut
law, are the ones who are loudly and
illogically denouncing the failure to
enforce the law.’*
Reviewing some of the testimony
for the wets, he said, he could not be
made to believe that 90 j»er cent of
the laboring people of the country are
violating the constitution by •w
manufacture of intoxicauts in thblr
home*.
STRICTER LAW ASKED.
“As an American citizen,” be add
ml, “I repudiate three wholesale aesai
tions as not applying to the grof'
mass of our American i>eople. Cer
tainly, they do not apply to the mors
than 21.000.000 Sunday seboot
scholars, S.OOO.Otzt members of Young
I’eople'a societies, and over 30,000.-
000 church member* of th Protaatatt*
churches.
“There were mouuahinen all
through the southern mountain* bw •
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