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Today
If He Lives.
Observe Japan.
Childhood’s Mistake.
2,100,000 Volts.
By Arthur Brisbane
Coßvnght. b> Star Co
IF Mussolini lives, a very big if,
in view of numerous attacks on
his life he will be remembered in
history and not merely as another
Rienzi. In his plan to revive the
greatness of the Roman empire, he
does not merely dream like Byron
that Greece might yet be free, Mus
solini works at his idea, plans great
Italian colonics in Africa, means to
make the Mediterranean an Italian
lake is it was onee a private Roman
lake. And no old ideas shout indi
vidual freedom or anything else
stands in his way. *
Lloyd George, usually cold, not
easy to stampede, takes Mussolini
seriously as he should. He sees Mus
solini sailing for Africa accompanied
by such an imposing flotilla of arm
ed ships as never escorted an em
peror in the ancient or modern world
on a peaceable mission to part of his
dominions.
IK this were all swagger says Lloyd
George, the world would laugh,
but there is an uneasy feeling abroad
that it signifies business of a pro
tentious kind.
* Italian imperialism,’* says Lloyd
George, "has been aroused to a pitch
of enthusiastic confidence in its des
tiny such as the peninsula has not
experienced since the days of the
Caesars.”
THIS shows what one man of pow
erful will can do following n
great war that weakens the wills of
feebler men. It took the French
• revolution nnd the exhaustion that
followed to pave the way for Na
poleon. Mussolini follows 1914.
WHILE the powerful Italian re
constructs the Roman empire
with his own strength and person
ality. the Japanese carry on an im
perial work that interests Europe
and America.
China breaking up, means Japan
building up. Where the Chinese lose
ground, Japanese gain. Another Ro
men empire in Europe might be bal
anced by a greater empire in Asia.
In Japan as in Italy the fly in
Jhe imperial ointment is the radical
ahd labor classes.
A CHARMING LADY of the
West, getting her first divorce
says, “lam only rectifying a mistake
of my childhood.”
Young people that plan marriage
in a hurry should remember that
saying. Thousands of marriages are
“mistakes of childhood’* doomed to
failure. And they are made, so far
as the marriage engagement is con
cerned, with less thought than Ihe
bride subsequently gives to selecting
a wedding dress.
THE Southern Pacific is trans
porting from the Massachusetts
General Electric factory to Profes
sor Ryan’s laboratory nt Stanford
University, an engine with n capacity
of 2,100.000 volts. It will make pos
sible, experiments never made hereto
fore, even by Steinmetz, with a ma
chine of higher voltage electricity
than the world hns ever known.
Everywhere science kect*
marching ahead while funda
mentalism continues to discuss good
old Jonah and the whale, that's why
science keeps in the lead.
WHAT goes on in science Is more
important than anything that
ever hapi>ened in ‘the whale's belly,
and really religious people rcnlizr
that. They concentrate attention on
the greatest of miracles, which is th'
creation of the brnin of man.
OUR government hopes that Bri
tain will prevent sending whisky
to America. We cannot keep it out,
hut the British who know how to
enforce laws, could prevent its being
sent to the United States. If we
arrange for no British whiskey ship
ments we shall not stop bootlegging,
but preserve our bootleg market for
home moonshiners and cause Ameri
cans to drink, not less alcohol, but
worse alcohol.
THE Junker Company nianufae
turea nir planes carrying high
power guns, and completely protect
ed by armor plate. Our energetic
Booth American neighbor Chile has
ordered four of them. Our navy
thinks, presumably, that it would
sound too combative to order such
machines. Better wait, perhaps, and
see how they work if we remain un
znpared.
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S. A. WARNED OF FLOOD
14577
VOL. XLVI—NO. 93.
DESCENDANT OF GENERAL HOUSTON
TO RECEIVE ALAMO HERO TRIBUTES
The first bouquet which will he laid at the doors of the barred Alamo.
.San Antonio's shrine for Texas heroes, will be placed there by little Margaret
Houston Bush, great granddaughter of (general Sam Houston.
WORKMN, BURIED 4 DAYS
BY TUNNEL CAVE-IM SAVED
QUINCY, Cal., April *2l.—(ZP) —With one man taken
out alive, and the body of a second man recovered, the
rescue gangs in the tunnel of the Feather RivCr Power
company, where six miners were entrapped last Saturday
KNIGHT JUROR i
MH REFUSED
Overruling all defense motions to
discharg** h juror in th** trial of Ed
Knight for the slaying of Tom Cooper •
in a soft dfink stand on Apache street ।
mon* than a year ago mid with but one i
more juror t«» lie obtained, the Thirty
seventh District court is expected to
get into testimony in the case early
Wednesday afternoon.
The defense filed motion.* to dis
charge the juror because hr was re
ported to have formed an opinion it?
the case, to exercise n peremptory
•hallengc and to question nil jurors
All motions were overruled and the
venire a o ain put under questioning.
Jurors r keted are M. C. Krueger.
H. J. Kaincr, C. F. Krausen, Erwin
Hehs. Edwin Kirchoff. Henry CaHson.
H. E. Plummer, Peter Hippstein. L
Keif, Albert Herbst, and Joe Block.
ANTONIO-—-
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San Antonio. Texas.
tnight by a land slip, are bur
rowing through the slide to
i day with the fear that death
has beaten them to their goal.
The body of Jack Cnyn*. 45. of Sun
Francisco, was removed early todn>
while Thomas McDermott, rescued
idive last night from the jaws of a
vise of rock. muck and granite, was
deep in the slumber of exhaustion.
VOICE HEARD.
Throughout yesterday and early last
I night, th** voice of Jim Mcßride could
I be heard an arm’s length from the res
cue crew, cheering them on.
The cheery note finally died down to
a groan, and at 10 o'clock last night
ilia voire was stilled. He is believed to
be dead.
SIGNALS (EASE
The ttippings on the nir line that
spurred the half strip|>rd rescue gangs
on yesterday, nnd the voices that rani'*
mumbling nnd weak through the bar
rier that imprisons the men. were still
today. All encouraging signals and
sounds had stopped after McDermott
was taken out last night.
The scene is set, incongruously, in u
background of matchless beauty.
Great Granddaughter of
Famous Texan to Take
Part in Services.
By BESS CARROLL
When San Antonio makes its pil
grimage io the Alamo this week with
gifts of roses nnd bluebonnets for the
sacred old shrine, a forget-me-not of
the Republic of Texas will be there to
brighten the rest of the flowers.
General Sam Houston’s great-grand
daughter—little Margaret Houston
Bush. 3 1-2 years old—will personally
represent the heroes of early Texas at
the Alamo when she will receive—with
her grandmother. Mrs. Nettie Hous
ton Bringburst, General
daughter—the flowers of San An
touio's pilgrims.
TELLS ABOI T GRANDPA.
Although her answer to the firsi
question—“ What is the Alamo?" was.
“It’s a he tream tone,* (Margaret’s
vs arc all t’si, cross-questioning re
vcalcd the fad that Margaret is quit**
a historian.
“Oh, docs you mean de church (pro*
nounced “lurch") what grot Houston s
name unite on do walls? Oh. 'cm.
Well, dal's de place what made my
grainim fight a big battle. He wasn’t
n bad lil’ boy—eben if he did fight.
“Bui my gram pa isn’t at de Alamo
—be at Houston, sitting on h big
horse I **
Margaret was referring to the gi
gantic memorial statue of General
Houston recently unveiled in Hous
ton’s largest park.
GIVES RECITATION.
On request, Margaret showed exact
ly how her “grampa* looked, sitting
on his great stone horse. She followed
with a recitation nf “Little Boy Blue,’’
as wort <»f an encore number.
But though she is all excited, ot
<*oursp. about being as!:*d to help re
coive San Antonio’s flowers at the
Alamo, she is concerned most of all
with her curls.
“Oh. if my turls just don't turn
out wailed Margaret sadly, as she
explained that the damp weather was
hard on ringlets.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1926.
MOTORIST LOST
IN RAGING CREEK
te w w te w te v
Fiesta Features Postponed
H CAUSE
CHANGES IS
PROGRAM
School Queens’ Parade Will
Be Held Next
Saturday.
All three of the Fiesta de San
Jacinto features Wednesday were
postponed hy officials because of the
heavy rains during the day. but they
will be given the latter part of the
week.
The colorful school queen's parade
scheduled for 4 o’clock Wednesday
will Im* given at 3 o'clock next Satur
day.
The pilgrimage to the Alamo will ,
be held later in the week and the ■
water ballet at San Pedro park feat | !
uring “Apollo and Bis Loves.” set for |
.8 o’clock Wednesday night. w i* post ; .
poned nnd will be held at a date to ;
be announced later. 1
BLSY PROGRAM.
Mud him! trash which flowed into .
the pool make the water ballet im|»s- (
sible until the pool is cleaned. All of ।
the features of the fiesta will be held 1
as scheduled starling Thursday with '
those of Wednesday interspersed, in- '
suring a busy program for the latter
part of the week.
Fiesta officials expect no furthci 1
hitch in the performance and th** rain .
will not interfere with the remainder I
of the fiesta. (
THEATERS BUSY.
In addition to today’s numbers th'
Cavalier’s tournament of the roses
will be held nt San Pedro park sum**
afternoon during the week.
Theaters were enjoying a good busi
ness during the day following the |H»t
ismement of the open air features and
visitors wore taking advantage of lh«
lull to visit the city and take in tb»*
sights of interest.
Bandits Routed
in Safe Robbery
Knob-knockers wen* unrewarded for
their efforts early Wednesday when
they failed to extract the money after
breaking into n safe at the Chicago
Dye Works. 1904 Main avenue.
It is believed the thieves were
frightened away after they took the
safe into a rear room and knocked off
the knob.
SUTO STALLS
IN SWOLLEN
STREAM
I
Dale. Texas, Man Perishes
. When Swept Into
Swirling Waters.
AUSTIN. April 21.— (>P) —Little
McMahan of Dale. Texas, was swept
down Onion creek at Bluff Springs
near Austin, and companions were
(Miwcrless to save his life or even re
cover bis body early Wednesday morn
ing.
Henry Guinn reported the death to
police shortly after 2 o’clock Wednes
day morning. Two cars each with
two men, were bound from Lockhart
to Austin, he said. When the party
arrived at Onion creek, near Bluff
Springs, the first car succeeded in
crossing the stream which was then
•ut of banl . The second car. appar
eatly driven by McMahan, stalled in
ijo center of the torrent. McMahan
alighted from his car. Guinn said, and
the force of the water knocked him
down and swept him down the stream.
Police notified members of Sher
iff W. D. Miller’s department imme
diately after the traged>bad been re
ported. McMahon's body has nnt been
found. Deputy Sheriff T. O. Fox
expressed the opinion that the body
will Im* washed into the Colorado river,
about nine miles Iwlow Austin. He
expressed doubt that the body will be
found before it reaches the river.
Rainstorms Move
on Central Texas
DALLAS. April -JI.^OP)—Vn
abated in their violence, heavy rain-
Mtorins that maltreated Southwest
Texas yesterday, moved on early todav
to the mitral and northeastern part,
adding another human victim to the
three already dead, and bringing fears
«»f disastrous floods.
Numerous railroad washouts dis
rupted train schedules, and in the
rase uf Scaly, Austin county, cut off
nil three railroad outlets to the town
Eighteen hours rain in Central
Texas swelled the streams to over
flowing, and resulted in the death of
Little McMahan of Dale, who was
drowned in a creek torrent in which
bis automobile stalled early today.
His death was the fourth since early
yesterday when two little girls were
drowned near Sweetwater in a flooded
gulch, and J. H. Burroughs. Lubbock
business man, was killed by lightning.
Austin reports said the deluge iu
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TWENTY PAGES.
H |lf yy •
King cotton h„ brought
Karl Schwab, .pinning mill
owner of Stuttgart. Germany, to
Texas to get information about the
crop first hand from America's
greatest rotton state. Mr. Sehwab,
staying at the St Anthony hotel
said: “I find that the cotton I buy
in Texas gires me het tee results
than that I can get anywhece else.
1926 should be one of the greatest
years in the history of the cotton
industry.”
JACK WHITE used to live here
** but now he is manager for the
Hilton hotel in Dallas. Staying at
the St. Anthony hotel while hen
on a short visit he nya: “For a
long time San Antonio was asleep.
Absolutely unaware ot her great
possibilities, hut just in the short
time I have been away I notice that
a great change ha soccucred. Even
the hootblacks are talking of the
city's pcosperity now. In my opin
ion San Antonio has the makings
foe the lacgest city in the South.”
FE. SHUPE. Dallas, official of
• the Southwestern Bell Tele
phone company, eegistcred at the
Gunter hotel, was escorted into
San Antonio by six beautiful young
ladies. These young ladies, all em
ployes of the telephone company
staged a pageant, depicting the pnig-
ress of industry, before the Lion's
club luncheon Wednesday.
U. S. Rum Patrol
Boat Ban Lifted
LONDON, April 21.— OP) — The
United States government bus been
informed that hereafter specific Amer
ican liquor patrol vessels may visit
Babaman waters without formal no
tice, provide*] a <*nll is first mad** at
Bimini to notify the Bahaman com
mission of ibeir intention. An an
nuunccmint to this effect was made
in the House of Commons today by
Foreign Secretary Chamberlain.
Woman Escapes
When Auto Burns
Leaping from the machine as it
backed off an eighteeu-foot embank
ment on the Austin road, near Selma
Miss L. Erck, 1502 Avenue E. es
caped cremation in the coupe which
she occupied Wednesday.
The car stalled and started back
ward. Miss Erck jumped out a-s
the machine reached the edge of th<*
road.
The car turned over twice and was
consumed by flames.
EbITIONI
TWO Pfr in vicinity.
IVVV VDniU EUS cents on trains and e!a«wh«rw
PHIL MW
POSTS IE N
TO REPORT
DANGER
Continuation of Rains Will
Mean Overflow, Says
Commissioner.
Although confident that the Sail
Antonio river and the Ban Pedro and
Alazan creeks, swollen by the torren*
tial rains which fell early Wcdnes*
day, will remain in their banks. Fire
and Police Commissioner Phil Wright
at noon Wednesday still had poli**e
and firemen patrolling all streams as
a precautionary measure.
The San Antonio river stood at
seven feet above normal and is ex-
I>ccted to go higher, but Commissioner
Wright believes the danger of a flood
is over.
He based his conclusion on the
fait that the Olmos, which emptier
into the river, is rapidly falling after
having reached a flood stag** of 81-2
feet at 10:30 o'clock. It bad fallen
three feet at noon.
ISSUES WARNING.
Although the crest of this Hikml ha*l
not renvlie«l th»* river at noon, Coni
missioner Wright expressed the belief
that it can be carried off without
bringing the river to fhiod stage.
Commissioner Wright, however, is
sued a warning that a rain of any
consequence, either on Ihe Olmos
watershed or below, mirht send the
San Antonio river out of its
J. H. Jarbor, local meteorologist,
predicting showers for Wednesday
afternoon and night, expressed the be
lief that already sufficient water has
fallen to bring a flood stage in the
San Antoni«> river and th** Sau Pedro
and Alazan creeks.
I P SEVEN FEET.
“If no mure rain cmhi Wednes
day aftern«on,” Mr. Jarboe said, “the
San Antonio river still is apt to reach
flood stage. A heavy rain would bring
about a serious condition.”
To overflow its banks. Commission
er Wright said, the river must pass
the twelve-foot gauge at central po
lice station. Standing at seven feet
above normal now, be said, there is
slight chance that the Olmos waters,
already coming down, can cause a rise
to that extent.
A close wateb od the Ulmos was
ordered by Uominisxionot Wright at
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