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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
SELL ALL SURPLUS
Government 10 Dispose Of All Prop
erty Not Needed.

An auction sale at which propertt'
valued at $4,000 will be sold is to b'
held at the army post, San Antonio
October "a, This sale is in connec
ton with the proposed disposal our
ing September and October OF arm,
surplus property valued at more thar
A million dollars which is stored al
various posts and stations in the ma
ton. The sale is expected to dispose
of all Surplus stocks at Brooklyn, I'm
cago, San Antonio and San Francesca
The commodities TO be sold inciudt
a wide range Of quartermaster nat
ordnance supplies and smaller quah
titles of chemical. electrical, engineer
and medical items. -
The sales in Brooklyn will begiI
September % when supplies valued a
more than $500 1000 will be auetioned
In Chicago the first sale will be helt
October IS with S2J0.OOO worth o
materials Offered. while supple.
worth $4,000 will be auctiomd a
san Antonio, October "a. and items
valued at x125.000 at San Francisco
October 80. 49,,
Sales of real estate, buildings ans
warehouses at Camp Devens, Mas.
the ordnance reserve depot at Amato,
n. J., at Camp Meade. Md, at tn'
ordnance depot. Toledo. OHIO, at Cam;
Knox. KY, Camp Lewis. Wash. alst
will be made. No dates have yet peei
announced for this group.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
PRICE OF GASOLINE
ADVANCED TWO CENTS
IN SAN ANTONIO
Three Companies Raise
Rate From Is Cents to
IL Cents Thursday.

. An advance of cents in the price u
gasoline is reported by practically III
of the companies in San Antonio.
Gasoline is selling at retail here today
for IL cents by all major companies.
According to officials of the Mag
nolia Petroleum COMPANY. who made
the first advance in the price OF $50
line here. refiners throughout the cons-
try are losing on every gallon OF gaso-
line they sell below IL cents. Gaso-
line has been as low as 10 and 10 cents
in other Texas cities but advances are
, being reported at all common points.
The Magnolia is reported TO have adj
lvanced its price Of gasoline on We'd
nesday morning and by THURSDAY
night the Pierce Oil Corporation and
the Texas Company had also raised
their. prices 70 IL cents. Shortly BE-
fore noon Friday il was announced ~
the Gulf Refining COMPANY and ne
Grayburg Oil Company that they wers
hosting the price OF gasoline in san
Antonio at IL cents.
Officials of the companies who hsye
raised the price of gasoline here ssi4
Friday that the reason for the advance
| IS the fact that at II cents. retlnsfs
we're losing money on every gallon ss'o.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
ROUND UP OF !. W. W.
MEMBERS TO FOLLOW
LATEST INJUNCTION
Membership in Organize
ton Now Sufficient to
Warrant Arrest.

Sacramento, Cal.,, Aug. 24.-An
carly round IN of members OF the l.
w. W. is expected following the
granting yesterday. by Superior Judge
G. 0. Busick of an Injunction against
the organization, its officers, members
and affiliated bodies.
District Attorney ]. j. Henderson,
who brought action for an injunction
expressed confidence today that che
injunction would greatly expedite the
suppression of criminal acts of the j.
W. w. eliminating the, lengthy trials
which have heretofore been necessary
in the prosecution of the j. W. W
under the state criminal syndicalism
law. --~
Membership in the organization viii
be regarded, under the terms of the in
junction as contempt of court. punish
able by a six months Jail sentence
and a $500 fine.
No jury trial will be required proof
of membership only being sufficient.
The injunction will be effective in
every county of the state.
Reports of plans for a c0ncentra'
ton Of /. W. VS. in Sacramento for
a reign of terror as retaliation for the
Injunction proceedings were published
here last night, but police and sher-
lifts officers declared they were not
greatly worried.
They will be prepared TO handle the
situation. however, if trouble arose,
they say.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
RANSOM LETTERS
DEMAND $1,000 FOR
RETURN OF BABE
One Signed TX. K. K"
Apparently Written
by Lunatic.

New York. Aug. 2f.-Police today
are attempting to locate the writers ot
two letters received yesterday nv
Peter Mckenzie. father of 3-months-
old lillian. kidnapped from Manha;.
tan street last Saturday. Each letter,
one from Brooklyn and one from RUTH
crford. n. j., asked for $1,000 rans"n
for the return of the baby.
Police do not attach much inipoits
ance TO the Rutherford letter. which
appeared to have been written BY y
lunatic. according TO Mr.. Mckenzie.
but they are greatly interested in the
note from Brooklyn.
This letter declared that Lillian bed
beer stolen lust because of all ias
dirty tricks you did me-" The f1tber
said he knew Of no one whom be bad
injured in any way.
The other letter. which was .-r;slen
in purple ink. was signed N. h. ~
II said that Lillian IS we'll eare'! far
and is fed on the special diet ncec'-
sary TO keep her alive. as published
in tle npvyspapery
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
Both Taken to Hospital;
Girls Recovery
Doubtful.
FAMILY IN KITCHEN
Police. Ambulance Is Sum-
moned to Garry
Victims.

Mrs. Josefa Teller, SO. and. her
daughter, Ameiia. s, were badly scaid-
cd Friday morning when Kerosene
oil stove overturned in the Kitchen
of the home. 300 FL Paso street, spill
ing tub of boiling water over them;
The child's condition was reported
critical. :.
Reports filed with the police indi-
cate the little girl caused the stove
10 ccllapse when she accidentally ran
il while at play in the Kitchen
Mrs. Teller was standing beside the
stove at the time. stirring pot OF
soup. Both vessels poured their con-
tents over mother and daughter.
Call for the police ambulance reach
cd headquarters at 1915. Taken to
the Robert r. Green Memorial Hospi-
tal the mother was found to have
been severely scalded on both limbs
above and below the knees. Her feet.
too. were badly scalded by the hot
water.
The child. police were advised by
attending physicians, was the more
seriously injured. Scalding water
poured over ner body. abdomen and
both legs. Whether the child will
recover is said to be doubtful.
Other members of the household were
present AT the time Of the accident.
The explosion of the stove was pre-
vented by quickly turning down the
blazing wicks. An emergency call was
sent to headquarters for assistance.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
S[AFERATONES
.FORMURDER0N
ELECT:R|CCHA|R
Pays Penalty for Breaking
Wounded Mans
Neck.
MEETS DEATH CALMLY
Victims Skull Crushed and
Body Thrown in
River.
MEETS DEATH CALMLY

Little Rock. Ark. Aug. .4.-Johr
W. Owens of Little Rock county died
calmly in the electric chair at the Ar.
kansas state prison at 6 o'clock this
morning. He was convicted of the
murder of Hugh Throckmorton, drug.
gist. last December.
Throckmorton disappeared after a
visit. to Owens home with several
other men for the purpose of obtaining
liquor, according to review of the
testimony submitted to the supreme
court.
After quarrel. it was set forth.
Owens threatened Euclid Cooper, an
other of the party. but Cooper escaped
by swimming the Little River.
Throckmorton failed TO return home
and later his body was found in the
river.
David Taylor and Harry Lovewell.
now serving a sentence, OF eighteen
years for implication in the killing, tes-
titled that when they went to the
Owens home or the day OF the quar-
rel, Owens forced them to accompany
him to where Throckmorton lay severe
~ wounded.
They testified that Owens crushed
his skull. using pistol as a club. and
twisted the wounded mans head until
his neck was broken.
Hissbody then was thrown into the
water, according to the testimony.
Owens was convicted January Is.
and was sentenced to be electrocuted
on March IS.
An appeal to the supreme court de-
layed the execution until today.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
AMERICAN AUTHOR
DIES AFTER LONG
ILLNESS IN ENGLAND
Kate Douglas Wiggin Often
Called "Prima Donna
of Literature"
Nv the Associated Press.

Harrow. England, Aug. 24.-Kats
Douglas Wiggin. the American au,
thor died Inst night. !
The novelist was taken seriopsls
i'll on her voyage to England las
June aud wenf to a riursing home y
Liverpool for treatmeut Her condi
ton. however, was not regarded q
critical and, In 4 few days, Wort
came from the institution that slil
was able to spend much of her tint
out of doors.
Kate Douglas Wiggin. often called
the ~prima donna of literature, wa'
one of the most accomplished women
engaged in literary and philanthropit
work in the United States.
Ii was back in 1876 that Mrs
Wiggin. then Kate Douglas Smith
left her home in Maine and journey.
ed to California for the purpose OF
studying kindergarten methods. She
taught for. year in Santa Barbara
college and was then called upon ia
organize the Silver Street kindergar'
ten in San Francisco. the first free
school of the kind west Of the Rocky
Mountains.
Little was known of Kindergarten
work at the time, but the ideas Of
Mrs. NHiggin soon began to attract
wide attention, and IL was not Iona
before she was joined by Mrs. Sarah
b. Cooper, the noted educator, who
assisted Mrs. Wiggin in forming the
California kindergarten training
school. which established more thar
60 schools for poor children in tho
West.
After her marriage in 1880 t.
Samuel Bradley WiEgin. lawyer OF
San Francisco. Mrs. Wiggin gave vi
teaching and turned her attention tt
literature, using the rich material she
had gathered in her kindergarten
work to weave into stories of greater
influence for a wider public.
Her first story. called Half
Dozen Housekeepers, had appeared
in 1878, before. she thought Of Civ
ing up teaching. II was severa
years later that "The Story Of
Patsy aud "The Birds Christmai
Carol" were published and met witt
unexpected success.
In 1888. Mr.. and Mrs. Wiggin re
moved to New York, where she pub
lisbed a Summer in a Canyon.
"Timothy's. Quest" and "A. Cathe
dral Courtship.- which were trans
lated into several foreign languages
and Immediately became popular ir
Europe.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
WILL BE FAIR
Humidity Falls Off and Cooler Wealth
err Will Be Felt.

Generally fair weather with max
imum temperature Saturday from "
TO "a is the forecast for San Antonio
and vicinity. Winds will be light AM
variable.
Although temperatures have BEEN II
little lower here for two days, in
creased humidity has made the tenn
perature seem about the same. The
humidity was falling rapidly Frida!
morning. however. and there is still
cooler air drifting in from the north
There was rain in extreme Ea>i
Texas and Del Rio and Hsndo both
received shower. Temperatures II
the cotton region were from to 70
degrees below normal with unseason'
able cold weather on the South AT
lantic coast.
A high pressure area was centerei
east of the Rockies Friday morning
arifting southeastward. Another high
is stationed in the Pacific off the
coast Of Washington.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
HUSBAND FLOGGED,
TEXAS WOMAN SUES
KHAN FOR 500, 900
Kluxer SANDER Damages
Her Reputation, She
Claims.

Shreveport, La. Aug. PA dis
patch to the Shreveport Journal from
Lufkin. Texas, today says that Mrs.
Jessie Wiley OF. DiboH has instituted
suit at Lufkin for 100000 against the
Ku KluX klan.
The Angelina Khan No. 16, d. +.
Harrel. Sam ii. Kerr, Hobby Kelly
and b. A. Teston are made the defend
ants.
The petition states that on July 20,
1921, a masked mob Of khan members
came to her home. took her husband
Ben Wiley. beat him numerically. COW
cred him with tar and feathers and
otherwise disgraced him.
She further states that the klan has
persistently circulated charges against
her that have alienated her friends and
damaged her reputation and standing
in the community where she lives.
The petition also alleges that the
purpose of the klan is to injurc persons
in their good name, credit. character
and to bring into public scandal. in.
fanny and. disgrace with all good and
worthy people.
Ben Wiley. the husband. instituted
suit several weeks ago against the SEINE
organization for 100000.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
FAIR OPENS FRIDAY
Fredericksburg is Visited by 1000 PEG
pie First Day.
Fredericlssburg. Tex. Aug. %

Fredericksburg. Tex. Aug. 24-Over
1000 people were in attendance at the
Fredericksburg fair Friday morning
which opened with excellent exhibits
of agricultural and horticultural dis
plays. The community exhibits and
one individual farm exhibits was in
cluded.
All departments are well represent
ed with fine cattle. goats and hogs IN
the pens. c. A. Pepper OF San An
tonic will Judge the goats with j. A:
Wrd of Sonora. W. III. MeCrory OF
Burnett will judge the Poland China
hogs. W. A. farrell Of \. 4 VI. and
Miss Bette Campbell. district home
demonstration agent of A. 4 NJ VIII
also be Judges Of farm exhibits. q. w
Barnard will JUDGE the cattle.
The crowds visited the exhibits AMI
shots Friday morning. A basena,,
,anfe and horse races were scheduled
for Friday afternoon.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
FRIGHTENED BLACKS
FLEE WHILE POSSE
PURSUES ASSASSIN
Warnings Posted During Night Send
Negroes Scurrying in Hasty Exodus
as White Population Scours River
Bottoms for Black Who Killed
Farmer in Quarrel and Escaped.

Ballnger, Tex, Aug. 24.-Only a aged woman re-s
mains among the population at Rowena Tex today.
and she preparing follow the midnight exodus of all
others of her color driven from by the prospect of
Warnings posted last night that negroes
seen in Roweha today would meet with violence.
Meanwhile several hundred armed men searching
the Colorado bottoms for John Smith, negro, who
shot and killed F. Kuhn, Az farmer and deputy sheriff.
near Rowena late yesterday.
The men said to have Quareed over crops
The negro seized Kuhn's gun and killed the farmer
instantly
Smith, armed with shotgun and pistol, escaped.
4 Two negroes accused of participating in the quarrel
with Kuhn are in jail here. p
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
FIFTY KILLED, 100
INJURED AS TRAIN
: CRASHES INTO DAM
Wall of Water From
Cracked Reservoir
s Swells Casualty List.

Moscow. Aug. 24.-More than ~
persons were killed and approximately
100 injured when train proceeding
from wilma to Warsaw left the tracks
near Ida and crashed into uam.
The impact burst the dam. the ensu-
ing rush of waters helping to swell the
casualty list.
The train was filled with passen-
gers, mostly Jews.
Among them was large number OF
emigrants bound for America.
A special first aid train dispatched
from Ida was held up by the damage
10 the tracks caused by the flood from
the bursting dam.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
RUM SHIP DRIFTING
TOWARD CAPTURE AS
HER SKIPPER PRAYS
Is Without Coal and Rev.
enue Cutter Waits at
Three-mile Limit.
By l.. c. OWEN.

c,onvrieht. by the san Antonio Light.
san Francisco. Cal. Aug. a.
Shifting tides and a ship captain
prayer for abated winds and calm
weather today were running spec
tacular neck and neck race off the
California. coast. The race bad been N
progress for almost Week. IL th'
skipper's prayer wins, he-will- get fal
away from the three-mile limit witt
his good ship Artore. Canadian
freighter and alleged rum runner
without coal but laden with f2.0W
cases Of Scotch. If the tides and
storm win. the cargo will fall into the
hands of the prohibition agents aboard
the revenue cutter Shawnee. waiting
for the Artore to drift across the three
mile line. -.
The exact SPOT where the Artore To-
davi was helplessly drifting was five
miles from the Farallone Islands. y
miles from the Golden Gate. Three
miles beyond the Farallones is the
tbree-miie limit. The Canadief
freighter was but two miles from the
deadline. drifting shoreward.
II the captains prayer is answered
the steamer Quantemoc. which today
was waiting alongside the revenue cut,
ter. will skim out to the Artore and
nut cargo of coal aboard But fo'
uany days the Quantemoc had beer
waiting, without hope of effecting thu
rescue.
And the Artore's skipper today was
becoming impatient. He sent in radio
message to the owners of the Omar
temoc urging action. "Tell your Oman
temoc skinner to take chance HI
pleaded. "I,m praying like hell fol
smooth weather but we've got to have
that coal"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
YOUTH SAVES BABY
BUTDROWNS TRYING
TO RESCUE 2 OTHERS
Mother of Child Sinks and
Drags Would-be
Rescuers Under.

Riverside, Cal. Aug. ~. - Mrs
Robert Burton, IL, her sister. Mary
Roberts, Il, and Ronald Hubert, 10
were drowned in a lake near here yes
terday in an effort to rescue Mrs
Burton's 7-monthszold ? son. from
drowning.
Mrs. Burton. carrying her child was
wading with her. sister in an irri.
CATION flume which runs into. the
laloe.
A sudden rush of water swept the
baby from her arms and into tbs
lake.
Mrs. Burton 1eaped into the lake
but was unable to rescue him.
Her sister rushed to her aid.
Then the Hubert boy. who was
standing on the bank. jumped into the
water and brought the child out safe
~.
He returned to help save Mrs. Bur
ton. by that time nearly drowned her
self, but her struggles dragged he's
sister and the boy down.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
SCREECHING WHISTLE
OF TRAIN SAVES SIX
AS BUILDING BURNS
Engine Crew Makes Noise
to Aroase Occupants
of Home.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Aug. "a
Awakened in the night by the din oi
a locomotives whistle and bell. Max
o. Knorr, q railroad worker. found his
dwelling in flames.
Five members Of his family, were
led from the burning home by tb'
father.
Thirty seconds later the roof. en-
veloped in flames, collapsed.
Today Knorr thanlscd the crew OF
Western Pacific freight train fol-
saying six lives.
The engineer of the train had blown
the whistle while the fireman began
ringing the bell when they saw the
house burning hoping TO arouse the
sleeping occupants.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
"The Story of Barnum"
In The Sunday Light

IT Barnum the worlds greatest Snowman, is as much
alive today minds of Americans as ne was on yess
400 at the height of unique fame His name is house
hold word and quoted by was rgnt
and heres one minute phrases heard every
ahore Reclining Sunday for nine successive weeks
thereafter nstaments Mr. R. Werners biography OF Bar
mum will appear in The Sunday Light @ =
s.Tbe Freak That Put Barnum the Business is the
title If the first inalmen You will to begin with this
nstament and continue Sunday the absorbing story
the man who made the and the worlds greatest ad-
vertiser. 49,
Many special and its excellent news service
make The Sunday Light the leader in its field
Order it sent TO your home TODAY
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
HOME wEArHER FOR TOURISTS.

Chicago: Temperature. So; clear; less
than 1o-mile wind from the west; low
est temperature in last "a houy' So
highest. 70.
Kansas City; Temperature. Sc; clear
less than io-mile wind from the south
lowest temperature in last "a hours, 81;
highest. So
New York: Temperature. G.; clear;
less than 1o-mile wind from the west;
lowest temperature in last "a hours So
highest. 90.
ST. Louis; Temperature. Sc; clear; H.
mile wind from the southwest; lowest
temperature in last 20 hours. SO; high
est. ~.
washington; Temperfture. 50; partly
cloudy; less than lo-rnlle wind from the
west: lowest temperature in last "a hours
50; highest, 70.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
The WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
FORECAST.

San Antonio md vicinity: Friday night
and Saturday. generally fair; maximum
temperature IS to "a; light variable
winds.
East Texas; Friday night and satur-
day. generally fair; warmer in north por-
ton.
West Texas: Friday night and satur-
day. generally fair; warmer in south por-
ton
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
ALL RECORDS FALL
AS MAIL CROSSES
U. S. IN rs HOURS
Almost Two Hours Clipped
From Schedule by Re-
lay FEers.

Hampstead. n. Y. Aug. 24-All rec
ords for a flight across the continent
were broken today when Pilot Wesley
L. Smith. of the air mail service, land
ed here at IL IA O'Clock eastern stand.
ard time, completing relay mail
flight from San Francisco in 20 hours
and IA minutes.
Pilot Paul S. Collins left Hazel
hurst Field at IL :04 o'clock eastern
standard time today on the last west
bound transcontinental flight OF the
nresent air mail schedule.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
HEARING IS SET
Rangers File Liquor Charge Under
Bell Amendment TO Dean Law.

Charles Klaus. against whom
charges of possessing intoxicating IL
quor were filed in Justice of the
Peace r. Neil Campbell's court We'd
nesday afternoon, will have an ex-
aiming trial on August IS at IL
o'clock, according to setting made
by Justice Campbell Thursday af-
ternoon. Charges against Klaus are
the first to be filed under the Bell
law. in connection with the raids
conducted by state rangers.
Ranger c. z. Miller. with de-
tachment of men raided Klaus place
Wednesday obtaining a quantity OF
beer and whiskey. He was released
on a $500 appearance bond pending
his examining trial.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
VICTIMS ARE HONORED
Mer Rouge Business Houses Close in
Memory Of Slain Pair.

Monroe. La. Aug. s4.-BusinesS es,
Establishments of Mer Rouge. La. viii
be closed between p. m. and : p. m,
today in memory of Watt Daniel and
Thomas f. Richard alleged TO have
been kidnapped and slain by masked
mob year ago today.
Leading business men signed an
agreement to use every means possible
10 assist the duly constituted authori-
ties in their efforts to convict the STAY
ers of the two men.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24

Brownsville. Tex, Aug. e4.-The IN
dictment Mt Pharr, Texas, and the ar
rest at Pine Bluff. Ark, of Hood HUI,
former banker at Pharr. was instr
gated by the Texas state banking de-
partment, according to an official OF
the bank at Pharr. As relate by the
bank official, an examiner Tor tne
state charged that Hill had obtained
money from the bank through indlvid-
uals who signed notes as borrowers;
The state banking department urged
that Hill be arrested and instigated
the return of an indictment, it was
said at Pharr.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
Texan Is EIectrocuted.

Kansas City. Aug. S4.-ftLIme
Townsend. IL. Of Rock Island. Tex.
was eleetroclted here TODAY when he
waded into shallow water in the Mis-
0ouri river to recover wire CARRYING
q, small current. Townsend was
working for a dredging company.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24

San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 24.-Pilot
C. N. Vance of IL trans-eontinental
postal air service took off from Crissy
Field here at 5:2S O'Clock this morn
ing with seven pouches of mail weigh
ing a total of III pounds. He began
the fourth Of the daily test flights from
San Francisco to New York.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-24
Burglar Enters Jail.

Natehez. Miss. Aug. PA burgla
entered the Natchez Jail. which is th.
residence of Chief of Police NJ. II
Ryan. early yesterday morning: bu
before the official guardian of IN
peace could descend the stairs to IN
lower floor to extend a welcome TN
prowler succeeded in making his es
cane.