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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

back to Virden from st. Louis, early
last week.
Automobiles took the bulk of the
others went by rail. Their leaders
acknowledged that their clue did not
promise much. but it was the only
clue, they said.
Pensioners Hold Meeting.
Sixty Investigators, one leader said,
were sufficient to trace every little
rumor to its source. in Venice.
A meeting of Father Vraniak's
was held last night and
of non-Catholics, as well
as Catholics organized to search
the countryside between st. LOUIS
and Virden today for trace Of
the missing priest. The churchman's
mother, Mrs. Johanna Vraniak, made
an impassioned plea to members of
the searching parties to bring back her
son, dead or alive, but told them d
refrain from violence and remain with.
in the law.
Nothing has been heard of Father
Vraniak since he reached st. Louis
March 5, on business trip. He was
very popular in the local community
and was called "The Little Father
Rewards totaling $500 have been
Offered for information leading to his
return.
Clues found on his automobile TO-
day deepened the mystery surround
ing the disappearance of Father John
A. Vraniak. rector of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church here, who has
been missing for nine days. The au-
tomobile, which was found in st. Louis
last Saturday, was turned over by the
police there to the priests brother.
Ado!ph NJ. Vraniak, of Chicago, who
drove it to yirden.
Local authorities announced that an
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
FIVE PLACES VACANT
Senate Fails to Approve Appoint
ments to Text B0olr Commission.

Austin, Tex. March f4.-Becauss
OF the fixture of the Senate in execu'
tive session late Tuesday to approve
the governors appointment of five
members on the state text book COM
mission, the planes held by these five
are said to be vacant. Before a mo-
ton to confirm the names of the five
text book commission appointees could
be acted upon, the Senate adjourned:
The names of two other members OF
the commission were confirmed some
time ago by the Senate.
Members of the text book commits
sion whose names have not been con-
firmed By the Senate are: Z: A.
Fleming. Freeport; Paula Henry,
Marshall: Ed. X. Bentley, McAllen;
l.. L. Dudley. Abilene; Lizzie Nixon,
Austin, ana II. ID. Fuller, Bonhan.
Those whose names have been con-
firmed are W. Wellington of Bryan,
and Bonner Frizzell, Palestine.
Acts of the text book commission,
in which the unconfirmed members
took part, are not nullified by the
Senate's action. ii is said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

examination of the car revealed that
scratched in paint on the back of the
seat in letters six inches high, were
the words I'VE won" Further ex-
animation di-closed cornstaiks and
wheat stubblcs attached to the ma
chinery under the body of the car, in
dicating that it had been driven
through fields. A medal of Saint
Christopher, the patron saint of trav-
elers, which the clergyman had fasten-
ed on the side of the automobile, was
missing, and marks on the door in
Dictated that it had been pried off.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
So CATHOLICS
JOIN HUNT FOR
MISSING PRIEST
Slender Clue Revives Hope
Among Little Con-
gregation.
TRACE EVERY RUM0R
Words 1--WE Won," Found
Scratched on His Car,
Deepen Mystery.
TRACE EVERY RUMOR
BY the Associated Press.

Virden, ILL.,, March 14.-Stirred to
action at the inability of authorities
to bring them any word of their pas
tor, 60 members of the Catholic
Church of Virden left for Venice. this
morning to undertake an investiga-
Lon. of their own of the report that
Rev. Father John Vraniak had stop
ped at a Venice garage on his way
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

Texas; Clifford Of Dundee, Tex. and
Norwal Cummings of Del Rio; three
daughters. Mrs. c. +. King and
Misses Clara and Grace Cummings.
all Of Del Rio. and one brother, X. s.
Murray of Rodeo. \. NJ. The body
will be sent to Del Rio Wednesday
night at $50 by Wilbert & Pelphrcy.
undertakers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Some A. & NJ. Sharks

Six San Antonio boys attending
A. & NJ. College at College Station
made no grade less than ''B" during
the first school term of this and
were designated as 'disting, ,tu.
dents" This announcement ,de
by G. f. Friley, registrar NJ.
The San Antonio students on
distinction are: A. G. Hoj 81
West Woodlawn avenue; Z "a.
404 West Marshall street: w.
Noster, 707 Porter street: c. Ell.
Quereau, J. I. Clarke, r. L. North.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

been in this city only four months.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Gus Harris of Georgia; two brothers,
one niece, Mrs. W. A. Windsor of San
Antorio and one nephew, David JAIME 81
of San Antonio. The body. will be sent
to Longview Tuesday night at Z AZ
by Hagy & McCollum. funeral direct
ors, for interment in the family plot
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

ident of San Antonio, who died in
Dallas on March 6. She is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Amelia +. Bran
non, and one brother. Victor Firmier.
both of Forney. The brother accom-
panied the body to Mobile. Ala,
where it was taken for interment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Well Known Union Man III.
Nh M,r,l, "a n

condition of William s. Carter, for
mer grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. who is at an infirmary here, SUI
fering from arteriosclerosis, was
reported as unchanged this morning.
Last night his condition was de-
scribed as critical.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Mrs. Fannie CRAWFORD.

Mrs. Fannie Crawford, 20, died at
the residence of her niece, Mrs. W.
A. Windsor, ZIG Devine street, at
3 80 Tuesday afternoon. She was a
resident of Buena Vista, Ga, and had
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Wescott Coupe

a high grade car, 1921 model
Wescott coupe. Body and in
terror excellent condition. Me-
chemically nearly perfect. Only
1915 down, balance easy terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

Hagy & McCollum. Undertakes.
Quick ambulance service. Crockett
iiQ4; Lady assistant at all hours.--
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Miss Josephine Fir1nier

Word was received in San Antonio
Tuesday by friends, of the death of
Miss Josephine Firmier, former res
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Buick Touring

A 1922 7-passenger Buick,
newly painted, new top and
new cord tires. The motor is
in perfect condition. A splen-
did buy. Only SAILS down, bal
ance easy terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

Il
Copyright, 1923.
Moscow, March 14.-"Our unhap
Ply country! This is the greatest blow
of all ~
This was the exclamation of q
woman of the old aristocracy last
night when the news became known
that Premier Lenin was gravely ill
The womans husband had been shot
| by the Reds in the revolutionary
fighting. all her property had been
lost and she had become impoverish-
ed, yet she had come to see Lenin
| as Russia's supreme figure.
Her grief is only one indication
of the emotion which will sweep over
Russia when the news becomes gem
orally known. Lenin has won an i'm
mortal place, not alone among his
fellow Communists, but in the affec-
ton of all Russia.
Strain of Work Tells.
1t is now possible to tell in fuller
detail than hitherto allowed the story
of his illness. Upon his return to
preside over the meeting of the Peo-
pies Commissars in October, after
an Hines following an operation for
the extraction of bullet, he plunged
into work.
1t soon became evident that he was
suffering under a strain. When he
made his great speech in Novmber be-
fore the international Communist
congress, his voice was thicker and
he showed evidence of effort. Then
came an announcement of his tenn
rorary illness. This developed SO
riously and he was confined in n suite
of four rooms in the Kremlin. former
ly occupied by Professor Savilev and
Procureur Stall.
His regular doctor was A. Kojnei
kov., with Professor Kramer and. two
German professors. Forester and
Minowiski. as eonsultants. His old
nursing sister, who had attended him
during the summer. came back from
the Shemashko hospital She with hisI
own two sisters undcrtooi: the task
OF nursing. his sister Mary dividing
her time between caring for her
brother and assisting to edit the news
paper.
Partial Paralysis.
Partial paralysis Of the right leg
and arm followed. This was not alb
solutc ms he was able to move about
with the aid Of specially made
criitch His doctors ordered absolute
rest. forbade the reading of newsDa-
pers. excluded all his colleagues. hut
permitted the occasional presence of q
secretary.
His mind during these last weeks
has been concentrated upon Russian
reconciliation. upon stamping out cor
rnption and inefficiencv. upon com
pletelv winning the confidence Of the
prasantrv md upon the reconstruction
of industry.
Occasional s"Sts Indicated the
nosibility of his growing better. His
COLLEAGUES were so encouraged by the
reports three weeks a~o that thev I
announced that he would
rtterd and snenk 1T the forthcom |
ing CONGRESS- Of the Russian Commun-
;st nartv.
The Krrm'in doctors were all
pledged not TO discuss his case even
with their own. families. A fortnight
ago his condition became more grave
and the Communist congress was
postponed for three weeks.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
OBITUARY
James n. DO .ynham.

James n. Downham, "a. died at his
residence, 100 Normandy avenue. Ala
mo Heights, at 8 80 Wednesday MORN
ing. l.e was a native of England. but
had lived in San Antonio for the last
fourteen years. being engaged in the
contracting business. He is survived
by his widow. Mrs. Elizabeth Down
ham: one sou. HerDer.. NJ. Downham.
and two grandchildren, Dorothy and
Annr Lee Downham. all of San An
tonic; two brothers. Robert Downham
of England and William Downham of
Arizona, and two sisters, Miss Marie
and Mary Downham. both of England.
The body is being held at the Hagy
and McCollum Undertaking Company
pending definite funeral arrangements.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Even Members Of Old Re-
gime Hail Red Leader
as Supreme Figure.
RESULT OF OVERWORK
Serious Relapse Followed
Continued Improvement
in Condition.
BY the Associated Press.

Moscow, March 14.-The condition
Of Premier denin, who is suffering
from serious illness, indicated by
the official bulletins to be of an apo
plectic nature, was unchanged. it was
stated in the communique issued at
3 o'clock this afternoon. Crowds on
the streets watched the posting of the
bulletins and the most intense inter
est was displayed throughout the
capital in the condition of the patient.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Cadillac Phaeton

Cadillac phaeton model 81,
four-passenger, good paint, top
and upholstery. Five cord
tires. Excellent condition. S698
down, balance easy terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Cummings.

Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Cummings. 80.
died at hospital at o'clock We'd
nesday morning. She was a native of
Michigan but had been resident of
Del Rio, Texas, for the last % years.
coming to San Antonio four days ago
for medical treatment. She was .
member of the Eastern Star. No. 204
of Del Rio. She is. survived by her
husband. s. +. Cummings. of Del Rio
three sons, Murray, of Eagle Lake,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Cadillac
Roadster

Model SO Cadillac roadster,
newly painted, good cord cas-
ings, splendid condition me-
chanically. $500 down, bal
ance easy terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Allie s. Mussey.

All business was suspended at the
City Hall Tuesday afternoon ana the
flag on the dome floatcd at half-mast
as Allie S. Mussey. for twenty years
a peace officer in San Antonio. was
laid to rest at the Oak Island Gene
terry. Mr.. Mnssey died at IL 40 Mon
day morning after an illness of one
week. An escort of honor composed
of six city motorcycle officers formed
the advance guard for the funeral cav
alcade which left the Porter Loring
funeral establishment Mt 2 o'clock.
More than 12J automobiles were in
the procession. Services were con-
ducted by the Masonic order.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
FORDS

Two Ford coupes, one
late 1922 and one 1928
model. Lots of extars on
each. Small cash pay
ment gets either of these
cars.
Four Ford touring cars,
1921 and 1922 models,
all overhauled and re-
painted. Only 500 to
$160 down.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Peerless
Sedan

Eight-cylinder z passenger
Peerless sedan, plush uphol-
stery. Has appearance of new
car and is perfect mechanical
ly. S605 down, balance easy
terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Marrnon
Touring

One of those fine 1919 Mar
mon 7-passenger touring, with
new paint, 5 wire wheels, cord
tires, seat covers and new top.
Excellent mechanically. S605
down.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Chandler
Dispatch

1921 model Chandler dis
patch, with new top, seat COW
ers and body covered with
Fabrikoid. Thoroughly recon-
ditioned. Only $500 down, bal
ance easy terms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Dodge


1928 Dodge touring with 5
new cord tires. AS good as
new in every way and a real
pickup for someone. Only $3.50
down, balance easy terms.
Dodge Touring, 1921 Model.
Only s275 down, balance easy
terms.
Ford Light Delivery Truck.
1920 model. Only $500 down.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
by f. A. M'KENZIE.

Special Gable 10 the San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1923.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Durant


This Durant has been run
less than 5000 miles. Is 1922
model with whipcord seat COW
ers, 5 good tires and lots Of
extras. Only $3.50 down, bal
ance easy terms.
1921 Overland Touring.
Only $3.50 down, balance easy
terms.
1918 Dodge Touring.
Only $3.50 down, balance easy
terms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

tried to put more than barrel
Of apple-sauce over on me but
has not succeeded once, although
he is still blissfully ignorant of
the fact that I am Jerry every
time he pulls one of his absurd
fairy stories. My attorney tells
me / have grounds. How can I
ever thank you for helping me
get rid of the puddle-jumper I
married seventeen years ago and
left a good home and honest
hard-working parents for same?"
Another new radio device in
stills efficiency in smuggling
persons. 1t does not attempt to
teach efficiency but instills = it
directly into the system Of the
patient. This device turns the
full powerN Of the radio, to tho
person, no matter how far away
he may be. No matter how much
of failure this person has been
he Immediately becomes success
full. He is unable to remain poor
and obscure even if he wants to.
The other day an experiment
was made upon a Greenwich Viii
lage poet who had never been in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Radio Revelations

side a bank In his life. He wrots
beautifully but was misundel
stood as is the case with man.
poets.
No sooner had the little range
finder Of the radio machine
located him and the invento
tuned in to the proper wav
length than the poet was notice
by his friends to stir uneasily H.
his chair.
Then he suddenly sprang up,
rushed to q barber shop and had
his hair cut and got a shampoo
and twice-over shave and went
Immediately and got good job
as guard in the subway where he
will do something useful. He
will be efficient and probably he
will never know how the trans
formation came about. Others
have been yanked from obscurity
and placed in jobs as night
walters in restaurants and as car
riage openers for hotels.
Other wonders of radio are
certain to follow and some OF
them will be almost possible.
Watch the scientific magazines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

They want somebody who will
think well Of their country and
consequently he must be a
stranger. So they pick out some
bird, maybe the third son of the
Akhoond of Swat or the second
cousin of the ex-king of Portugal
who has never heard of their
country and they send him an
invite. They figger anything will
do as they do not intend to keep
him on the throne very long any
how.
"tBeing a total stranger, this
newcomer sees the humor of the
situation and it requires strong
sense of humor to be a king
nowadays. A man can't afford to
take it seriously or it may back
fire on him and kick him for a
row of Egyptian pyramids.
WE'LL he says, Il am only
here on a little vacation anyhow,
and there is no use paying much
attention to the ruling part of
this game. l will pay as little
attention as possible to the king
ing business and will not get
mixed up in the government at
all. l will just lay cornerstones
and lead parades and take care
of the social end of it.
"That Is exactly what the
people want and so this bird, so
long as he does not mix in gov
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
Pickles. and
Pulchritude

TOR that queenly beauty, so
Oft desired, SO seldom ac-
eomplished, eat pickles
large, juicy, sour pickles. Eat
them for breakfast, dinner and
supper.
Pickles stand alone in the
preservation of pulchritude. So
says the president of the Pickle
Packers Association. Catherine
Of Aaragon was a pickle hound.
She wallowed in them until she
became so beautiful that she won
the heart of King Henry VIII
one evening, and he assassinated
his wife and married Catherine
the next day. Pickles must pack
a punch to work that fast.
What happened to Catherine
afterward-shortly afterward-
Is well known, but the pickles
enabled her to land old Hank
for few days and the king was
one Of the famous beauty critics
Of his time.
There must be something In
the identifying powers of the
lowly pickle. Did you ever see a
more beautiful lot Of young
women than the stenographers
and private secretaries in down.
town New York? And did you
ever follow them to lunch
when they are buying their own
lunches?
When a stenographer buys her
own lunch she takes a dill pickle
and a peach Melba, or a sour
pickle and a Buffalo sundae, or
a sweet pickle and Coney
Island flip. But, always the
pickle. If there is only one item
on the lunch, that's it.
If she is not buying her own
lunch she will surely take d
pickle, but something else along
with it like a chicken salad or e.
nice mess of terrapin.
What pickles have done for the
stenographers, they will do fo~
any other class of women. They
might even help some of the
society beauties on the tiresome
road to good looks.
Now that the identifying
qualities of pickles has been dis
covered and amply demonstrated
some of the Broadway managers
might begin feeding them to the
"beauty choruses."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

ri SEE," says Elias Q. Hlg-
ginbotham, "that a whole
passed. of Greek royalty
is now exiled in this country and
is sufferin' unheard-of privations
down around Palm Reach"
"'Unheard-of' is right" says
Quincy Todd. eff there Is any
privations they will be the last
to hear of 'em."
"But it must be tough for
prince to be exiled from his
native land" says Elias Q
Higginbotham. First Prince
Christopher comes over. He gets
here somehow in the steerage,
wearing a pair of long black
whiskers and now his brother
Andrew has come disguised as
Herzegivinian buck-dancer or
something and they have had
very tough time, indeed, in get
ting away from that dear Athens.
1t is very hard on them Grecian
boys to be sent away from home
like that"
"Sure is," says Quincy. "But
in this case these two Greek boys
happen to be Danes. The only
time they are home is when they
are in Copenhagen"
"Their father was king of
Greece and here you are calling
them Danes. How Gomez"
Sure, them boys are all Danes
or Swedes or something northern
like that" says Quincy. zone of
them says: Although I am
Dane, l am a good Greek'-and
you can take that for what it il
worth. 1t sounds to me as if
there is a catch in it somewhere.
How any Scandinavian can be a
good Greek is several miles be-
yond me. l can't figger any
Greek being a good Swede. The
only boys who can dope out a
mix-up like that are our good
fellow-Americans and brothers
under-the-skin, who are running
shoe shine stands and candy
kitchens. They know over in
Europe how to turn a Finn into
a good Spaniard or a Norwegian
into a good Portuguese. In fact,
a Ehort time ago they turned Ii
&c IMAM into a good Montenegrin
an purity nigh got away
with it."
at is a little bit thick to me
yet" says Elias @. Higginbotham.
when the Mesopotamians
over there want a king" says
Quincy, "they do not have any
confidence in any young feIlar
that Is brought up in their midst.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

PROFESSOR JACOB U S
WINCH, of the TINT broad
casting station, announces
that he has completed remark
able radio appliance. Radio has
performed many wonders but
nothing like this.
This handy little appliance is
fastened to the connecting coil
between the gazinkus and the
snapweezle, and can be attached
by anybody, even the sheriff,
without interfering with the
programme that may be in
progress.
Some people just hate to in
terfere with a programme. They
would like to take an axe and
smash it permanently and not
merely interfere with it.
Of course people who are
using their radio machines for
useful work, such as running cof-
fee grinders or sewing machines
or for the purpose of taking
electric messages, are interested
in useful appliances such as the
one Professor Winch has perfect
ed and not in the programmes.
This appliance is used to trans
form the radio machine into a
cure for rheumatism. The
Professor has received many
testimonials. One is from a
family in New Jersey where the
grandfather had been a grouchy
old pest with rheumatism for
many years. The letter reads:
"Dear Professor: We tried
your wonderful radio appliance
for the treatment of rheumatism
on my grandfather. We have
every reason to believe that the
rheumatism has left him perma-
nently, also for all time. The
funeral was held last Tuesday
from the house."
Another wonderful radio
achievement of the past month
was the lie detector, a little ap-
pliance invented by Aurelius B.
Slipnozzle, the eminent radio
wizard of Far Rockaway, N. Y.
The radio machine with this ap-
pliance Immediately detects a lie
told by~any person in the room.
The following letter has been
received from a wife in Freeport,
l.. L., who tried the lie de-
tector on her husband. 1t will
readily be seen that she is refined
and a member Of one Of the old
est families and socially promi-
nent:
"Since using your marvellous
lie detcctor on my husband, who
spends his days in town, he has