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Today
Now Burbank Knows.
To Legalize Prize ’
Fights.
Consider New Orleans.
Hear Colonel Ewing.
By Arthur Brisbane
‘ ■ Copynrr.L lit! by Star Co
BURBANK is dead, nnd now
knows more than he could
guess at. concerning Providence
and the hereafter.
He said In a hasty moment, thnt
he did hot believe an nil powerful
and merciful God would create weak
human beings, knowing exactly what
they would do when created, and
then burn them through all eter
nity. Burbank, would not treat
one of his plants that way. For ex
pressing his views, he was over
whelmed with reproaches and many
abusive letters, from well meaning
believers. His doctor says the
abuse undoubtedly shortened the old
man's life. He was 77.
THIS shows that it is hard for us,
even for some clergymen, to
take seriously the doctrine that
Americans have a constitutional
right to believe what they choose,
and express their, beliefs. Religions
can set up theories flatly contradict
ing each other, and each is respected
as it should be. But let any one
say -you can't all be right, and I
think you arc all wrong,” and you
hear dismal howling.
Burbank cultivated his own gar
den, made plants grow better than
they had grown before, did his work
well. Perhaps Divine justice will
forgive him for suggesting that it
conld be guilty of such cruelty as
would disgrace an Apache Indian on
the war path.
CHICAGO votes on the proposition
to make prise fighting legal.
That is the plain English of it. The
intelligence and character of Chicago
will be reflected in the vote.
Prize fighting is brutality, gathers
together criminals and spreads the
worst diseases.
Prize fighting makes heroes of
thugs and Inw-breakers, setting a
false example before growing boys.
It has been said that prize fight
ing trains men “to be courageous
and defend their country.’ Well
known American prize fighters, ap
parently, were all hiding under the
b'<l when the war broke out, or
they gave lessons to soldiers in camp,
far from the shooting. You cannot
mention a prize-fight champion that
volunteered to fight for his country.
Prize fighting means violating the
law against assault and battery for
the wake of profit. A city voting
for It would disgrace itself.
•TpHIS is written after seeing New
* Orleans, with Colonel Ewing.
bona of the New Orleans State as
lecturer and guide.
Colonel Ewing will go to his grave,
4(1 or 60 years hence, filled with
anguish, that millions of Americans
should have lived nnd died without
spending at least a month in New
Orleans. It is to him, like living in
Egypt, without seeing the pyramids.
135.000 men and women of French
descent live in New Orleans, which
means many things, including perfect
cooking, thnt other cities have not.
The old French cathedral is beau
tiful and the Cabildo, in which was
signed the Louisiana purchase, la a
museum of American treasures nnd
memories, not equalled elsewhere.
Wr bought Louisiana, by the way.
a territory that reached north, from
the Gulf to the Great Lakes, for
three rents an acre, the world's rec
ord in real estate bargains. "The
first consul of France"’ as Napo
leon was then called. must often
wonder, in heaven, why he did not
hold on to that parcel.
NEW ORLEANS is a city of sun
light. warmth, beauty, grace,
wide streets thnt make Fifth Avenue
or State Street seem narrow lanes.
The people are cheerful, courteous
and energetic.
Bnt Colonel Ewing wants you to
know first of nil, that New Or
leans Is a leading American boom
town. He must have written the
sign that taxi drivers put on their
windshields "I Believe in New Or-
lenn«.*
> lVar In mind and rrmcmbnr. Cal
onrl Ewing tells it to you, that the
gulf coast, adjoining New Orlons,
in the real “American Riviera.”
Others are Imitations, and Chicago
knows it, if alow New York doca
not. Fifty-five millions of dollars
/ Including some northern millions are
being spent now, on gulf coast im
provements. Magnificent, fast ex
press trains give direct service from
Chicago and the Gulf. Try the Pan
ama Limited, on the Illinois Central.
Airplane Stripped
by China Bandits
SHANGHAI. April 23. — CP) —
Lieutenant Botved. Danish airman,
who ia flying from Copenhagen to To
kyo. arrived hire today nnd reported
that bandits at Ninghai. where he
landed last Monday, had stripped
from hia airplane.
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VOL. XLVI—NO. 95.
ROW HALTS ED KNIGHT TRIAL
HAIL TO HER MAJESTY :
EMPRESS OF GOLCONDAI
Her
Majesty,
Agnes
Terrell,
Empress
of Gol
conda
and
Queen
of the
Court of
Jewels,
rules
San
Antonio
Friday.
She was
crowned
at the
Fiesta
corona
tion at the
audi
torium
Thursday
night.
SAN ANTONIANS HEAP ROSES
ON SHRINE OF TEXAS LIBERTY!
As thousands of fiesta vi
and reverently stood within 1
Friday, slowly the flowers w
outside in San Antonio's first
Hindu-Moslem Riot
Results in 2 Hurt
CALCUTTA, British India, April
23. —(4*)—Further rioting took place
today between Hindus and Moslems
in the Canning street area. The po
lice restored order. Two men were
removed to a hospital.
All the shops in the neighborboo I
dosed during the disturbance.
Dry Agents Seize
$lOO,OOO Alcohol
CLEVELAND, Ohio. April 23.—GF)
Thirty 50-gallon drums of alcohol,
valued at $lOO,OOO, were seized by
federal dry agents here today. Three
men, one of whom is alleged to have
attempted to bribe the officers to re
-lease the other two. were arrested.
C~ V-SAN ANTONINO—
TRfSIOteBGHT
The Friendly Newspaper Member of The Associated Press. * A Constructive Force in the Community.
Published by Th. Light Publishing Company..
San Antonio. Texas.
isitors poured into the Alamo
the gray walls of the shrine
rere being heaped about the
t pilgrimage to the cradle of
"Texas liberty.
All day Thursday more
visitors came to the city
from all directions and when the Rat
tle of Flowers parade started the en
tire downtown section was a surging
mass of humanity.
At 2 o’clock Friday Mr.s Nettie
Bringhurst, daughter of General Sam
Houston, was at the Alamo where,
in r short ceremony, she accepted
the flowers brought to the Sbriue.
But flowers continued to come in all
(hiring the afternoon nnd when the
Battle of Flowers parade culminated
on the plaza, roses were piled high
against the stone chapel.
Fireworks at League Park and on
nival attractions were the featur
for Friday night
Saturday will be the busiest d;
of the entire Fiesta Week.
The fireworks display at Long
Park at X o'clock will end the Fies
except for the carnival attraction, i
Main Plaza.
t W W IS V IS w
San Antonio Play to Make Debut
♦ ♦ to-. to w
; Fiesta •
I Program •
’ For Saturday
•
I I 3p. m.—Fiesta de San Ja- I
' | einto parade, featuring queens •
। of San Antonio schools.
3:30 p. m. Cavalier's tourna- j
| ment and Joust, San Pedro |
1 I Park.
I 7:15 p. Water ballet, San |
1 | Pedro Park. *
| Bp. m.—Fireworks. League |
L2l I
Three-day Sleep
Costs Champion
Exhibit Receipts
By I nherwl Service.
BERLIN. April 23.—The worlds
champion sleeper. M. Doberti, who
undertook to sleep in a glass cage in
a public place for 10 days and nights
at Mannheim, was unable to complete
the endurance rest.
He woke up early today after three
days and nights of unconsciousness
and learned that while he slept his
manager ran away with the total re
ceipts of the exhibition.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1926.
DESPONDENT MOTHER
IRIES 10 KILE SELF
DM MS!
JOUR® TO
BROADWAY
Fate of 'Thru the Years’ Letter to Officer Bares Story
Rests Upon Reception of Desperate Fight
in Alamo City. Against Odds.
By BESS CARROLL
A San Antonio play, written by a
San Antonian, will make its debut in
San Antonio Friday night—the begin
ning of its journey toward the bright
lights of Broadway.
Upon the reception given the play
in Texas, and particularly in San An
tonio, will the fate of this San An
tonio production rest.
The •Thru the Years.” will
have an auspicious start —for Charles
K. Gordon. Broadway producer, has
come all the way to San Antonio to
s<»e the play’s “first night.’’ And if
its Texas appearances are su<*<*essful.
"Thru the Years” will be taken to
Broadway this fall.
IDENTITY WITHHELD.
The identity of the writer has been
kept a secret so that the play might
rest on its own merit, but William
Branch, co-producer with Mr. Gor
don, asks for San Antonio’s support
in order that this story of San An
tonio may reach the heights of New
York’s favor.
Elliot Dexter, motion picture star,
and Sara Sot hern, who made her
fame in "The Fool” two years ago—
one of the most talented stars of the
legitimate stage—are cast in the lead
ing roles. They have toiled at rehear
sals like "i»o’ workin’ people” to make
the show a success.
"Thru the Years’’ will be staged at
the municipal auditorium at 8 o’clock
Friday night, when Fiesta visitors
and San Antonians will have the op
portunity to witness its first per
formance.
DELIGHTFUL MYSTERY.
Though the plot of the play is an
other delightful mystery—saved as a
“sus’prizc” for its first audience—
Mr. Dexter, declaring himself for “de
cent, interesting plays with a moral.”
commended the story "Thru the
Years’’ as one of the most satisfying
plays be had ever found.
With a background of historic,
winding streets which were once trails
the Indians and cowboys and padres
followed, it is not hard to imagine
picturesque, romantic drama in a
story of old San Antonio. For the
story of San Antonio, her battles and
her heroes and adobe jacals and mis
sion forts, is drama—tragedy, comedy
and. romance thnt still live in old
landmarks and on “chili” plazas and
in the tabs of old men.
San Antonio has furnished the lo*
cale for one other play—" The Texas
Steer.” by Hoyt. And if this second
drama of the Sunny Uity is a true
mirror of its birthplace, it is safe to
predict that San Antonio will truly
be remembered “Thru the Years.”
ALAMO DECORATED.
After a luncheon Friday noon, di
recton of the Fiesta Association car
ried bouquets of flowers to the Alamo.
THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
IM ASKS
! SHERIFF 10!
AID BABE
Billy will be happy.
Billy is four years old with golden
curls and big blue eyes that do not
comprehend the battle that is being
waged for the life of his mother at
the Robert B. Green hospital. Muv
ver* is suffering from poison taken
when life seemed too difficult to face
even for the sake of Billy.
Found lying in front of her coupe,
on the Sutherland Springs road
Thursday night, by Jess Hasford,
2835 South Flores street, she was
taken to the hospital for treatment.
But before she started on what *he
thought was to be her last ride, she
handed Mr. Hasford a letter for
Sheriff .lames Stevens.
ASKS ( ARE FOR CHILD.
“Give it to him, personally,** she
begged.
Mr. Hasford took her to a drug
store at Geters and Porter streets for
emergency treatment. From there he
summoned an ambulance.
The letter was an appeal to Sherif!
Stevens to care for the four year-old
boy, “after I am gone, nnd can’t.’ |
“Everybody knows you for your big
heart,’’ the letter read. “And I know
you'll make Billy happy, if you can
only understand the agony in my
heart. I have done all I cau. I have
come to the end of the road—but
Billy, Billy is only at the dorway ot
life. Please, Mr. Stevens, open up that
doorway for him. take him, care for
him, ami know that always, wherever
1 may be. my blessing will follow you.
ODDS TOO GREAT.
“Perhaps you can't understand why
I should be willing to pass on this
duty to another —it would be hard for
anyone to understand —but there arc
times when it would be difficult for
any of us to judge too accurately ot
others, when we don't know’ all the
circumstances.
“Just know this—l have fought
as hard and us gamely as I knew
how. Now the cards have run out, 1
have played out my baud, and lost, but
I played hard, believe me when I say
that.
“Now I see nothing else to do—
there is no corner ahead that I can
turn, and my nene is gone.
“Even granite cliffs wear away be
fore the wash of the waves, iu time,
and I am like that—l have been buf
feted until I am worn, aud tired.
The fight is bigger than I am—and 1
can't go on.
WILL GET ( HANCE.
‘Death doesn't mean so much to me
—nothing to fear —just rest —if I can
have that rest knowing that Billy
is cared for by you.
“I know you won't be deaf to this
last prayer of a dying woman, and
may God hip's# you for your kindness
(Continued Un Page 2)
JOHN SHAKY comes from a sec
tion of Texas that is as famous
as Florida and seems to be destined
to attain even greater fame, the
Rio Grande Valley. Mission is his
home and he ia staying at the Gun
ter hotel while in San Antonio.
“The Valley is a paradise of flow
ers and all sorts of vegetation right
now. Things never looked better
for us than they do at the present,”
he said.
IF a hotel register could talk no
• doubt it would have many inter
esting tales to tell about interest
ing persons from interesting places
H. Rainly, registered at the Gunter
hotel, comes from Johb. South Af
rica. He brings with him the ro
mance of the veldt, black cannibal
tribes, and the washing of heavy
seas on rock bound coasts. “Your
Fiesta decorations bring un old re
membrances of war time excitement
and wartime celebrations, hut of
course your Fiesta is altogether
peaceful,” he declares.
I IKE all true artists who have
ever visited San Antonio.
David Pesetzki. famous' Russian
pianist, staying at the St. Anthony
hotel, has fallen in love with San
Antonio. The new municipal audi
torium is the big factor that ’sold*
!hr city to Mr. Pesetzki. lavish was
his praise of the auditorium after
inspecting it Friday morning. Mr.
Pesetzki will give a series of con
certs while in the city.
n e
Dan Moody Here
on Honeymoon
Dan Moody. Texas* attorney gen
eral, was visiting in San Antonio Fri
day.
Making a tour of the state on his
honeymoon. Mr. Moody declares that
Snn Antonio during Fiesta time is a
delightful place to come to especially
if on your honeymoon.
He is staying at the Gunter hotel.
Holiday Granted
Soldiers at Fort
A hall holiday was declared at Fort
Sani Houston Friday to give soldiers
of tlie Second Division an opportunity
to see the Battle of Flowers parade..
This is the first year that every
regiment of the division has been rep
resented by floats in the parade, and
the usual number of troops and bands
took part.
Canada City Faces
Danger of Flood
OTTAWA. Ont.. April 23.—
This city and parts of the surround
ing districts are facing the worst
spring freshet in the history of the
capital.
Houses in South Ottawa are suf
fering badly from the rising water.
In Eastview a concrete wall gaie
way under the pressure and a la nt
part of the town is inundated.
EDITION
TWO CENTS
STATE SEEKS
ID PRESENT
CLOTHES AS
EVIDENCE
Prosecution and Defense
Wrangle Over Location
of Wounds.
Blood-stained clothes which were
taken from the body of Tom Cooper
ihe morning after he was slain, de
layed the trial of Ed Knight, former
deputy sheriff on trial in Thirty-sev
enth District court in connection with
the slaying Friday, when the state
sought to introduce them as evidence
before the jury.
The general rule of law. the defense
contended forbids their admission, but
District Attorney Chambers claimed
they should be admitted to prove the
location of a wound which has been
disputed by the defense.
Will ND DISPUTED.
Both sides agree upon wounds ,tn
tlio neck and right side of the body,
bitt a third wound said by the stat,
to have been iq the left arm ia not,
admitted by the defense.
The defense countered upon the dis
trict attorney's plea to admit tbs
clothes with the contention that tha
undertaker was the person who could
decide the dispute.
William Riebe. undertaker, then was
-ummoned to end the delay.
KEEP NO RECORDS
Testimony of William Riebe and
Mabry Faircloth, embalmer employed
by him, as well as the evidence offered
by embalmers from Porter Loring,
failed to settle the dispute. The body
was taken from Riebe to Loring's and
each declared on the stand that he
thought the other had a record of the
wound.
Special Judge O. M. Fitzhugh will
rule on the admissibilty of the clothes
Friday afternoon.
Testimony of O. D. Martin, witness
in the trial of W. R. “Red” Hamilton,
already convicted in the Cooper slay
ing, but granted a new trial, featured
the morning session of court. It was
introduced by the state to support its
contention that Coopar was unarmed
at the time of shooting.
TRANSCRIPT READ.
Martin’s testimony, contained ia s
transcript of the record of th, Ham
ilton trial, was read by District At
torney Chambers.
Conversation, on the night of the
killing, Martin', testimony showed,
ran to firearms. Later, the record
showed. Martin testified' that Hamil
ton and Knight ran their hands over
the body of Cooper, ss if to swertaia
whether he was armed.
No gun was found, tbs transcript
read by District Attorney Chambers
said.
Knight was expected to take the
stand when the defense had its in'
iCouiinutd on L’sga 2.)