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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

Hagy & McCollum. Undertskers.
Quick ambulance service. Crockett
104. Lady assistant at al hours
(Adv.) --.-.---..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

McAlister, Alabama, Camel coal
and Ignite Ira Perry Coal Co., Tr.
46i, CT. 323, Tr. 1897. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, NOT
graveyard. Il beautiful. well kept
burial park. Crockett 16SS.-(AdvD
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

We buy or take In trade your old
gold, silver, diamonds and old coins.
Alamo Jewelry Co.. 3i5 Alamo Plaza.
-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

1000 second sheets. yellow, s 1-2x11.
for Sic cash at Dullnig's. Crockett
333S.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

Dance Sunday, August IL, Fuller's
Hall. Helotes, Bandera road. Fuller
Pep Orchestra. Cold drinks and sand
wiches.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

"Hooover Vacuum Cleaners and
electric Washing Machines. Kirk
wood & Wharton. Or. 6i1."-tAdv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
MACHINERY AND TOOLS

CONCRETE MIXER. TRUCKS OR A.
tomobiles 10 exchange for carpenter
work or lots. Lewis-Patten Co. 21s S.
Flores st. Phone Tr. 5737.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

Raid Black Jack" Game.-Ran-
gers staged n second raid in San
Antonio at 6:15 Sunday afternoon.
Nine Mexicans were arrested in a
house in The $500 block South
Flores street. where the state off
GERS charged. they were engaged in n
BLACK Jack" game. The arrests
were made b. J. W. Mccormick. w.
VI. Molesworth and c. F.. Miller.
They were booked on the police blot
ter on charges of gaming. Five of
the prisoners were acquitted when
tried before Police Judge Wilkens
Monday morning. Three others on
pleas of guilty were each fined $40
The ninth defendant. said to he own.
er of the place. was fined $50.
Plumbing and Electric Work.
Kirkwood and Wharton. Crockett Gal
-(Adv.)
Who's q block from high prices?
Riebe Jewelry Store. SOC Main Ave.
-(Adv.)
Ice cold melons at ice plant, Caro-
lima street and 5. =. tracks.-(Adv.)
Plumbing. Repairing. Oliver Cor
dova. Woodlawn 292S.-(Adv.)
Notice TO Public Plumbers are
now charging 81 per hour for repair
work. Our rate is $3.50 per hour.
Open Shop Plumbing Co.. Inc, Travis
<220.-(Adv.)
Doctor Homer I. Wilson will DC
out of the city until Sept. 10TH
(Adv.)
See the Sands demonstrated before
selecting your water heater. Sands
Water Heater Co., 325 Main. Or.
S406. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery. not
a graveyard, beautiful. we'll kept
burial park. Crockett 16SS.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

See the Sands demonstrated before
selecting your water heater. Sands
Water Heater Co., 32J Main. Or.
S406. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

erLsxstt IS fso Ess.
HOTEL HOUSTON. NEwLI FUR
nished, 81 day. special weekly rates.
upposits Wolff & EiarI. sol w. houstoo.
TEE C0rITH nIA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-12
C~o-ordinated Service
Means Better Service

"Co-ordinated Service" as applied to local transporta-
ton the operation of street cars and buses under
one management with proper State and municipal SUI
pervision.
It does not mean the elimination of buses as passenger
carriers.
It means the continued use of both trolleys and buses on
the same routes, where traffic demands call for their use,
in the most efficient manner to give the people who ride a
maximum of service at a minimum of cost.
No large community can be adequately served with bus
es alone. That fact has been fully demonstrated. Trolley
cars are absolutely necessary for public convenience.
"Co-ordinated Service" as proposed by this company
provides the only hope for the continuance of the FIVE
cent fare on both cars and buses.
"Co-ordinated Service" Means Better Service.
Public Service Railway Company.
THOMAS N McCARTER, President
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
THE CALL OF SPRING.

Rainbows and CLEANS of the morning
Dewdrops and mists and showers
Childhood. and song time, and dream
time:
Springtime and birds and flowers
These are the days Of wonders.
When the child looks into the bIue ,
For the face Of God and His angels:
When all the world smiles true.
Brooks. and bees, and breezes:
The wholesome breath of sod
The riyer-voices calling
The angler with his rod:
The pulse of nature warming
With the kiss of the smiling sun.
While the year bears on his bosom
Designs of themes begun.
A call is heard from t.. mountains.
And falls in cadence sweet,
Over the echoing hilltops
To the valleys at our feet.
The call is made to the earth,
Arise, arise to me.
Awake from your long and silent sleep
10 the life that is to be-
MY smile shall bless thee ever.
Through the battle and cloud of wal
Till the day be thine in glory fair,
And peace shall reign affair.""
Purple and gold and sunset,
A calm. rest, a sleep:
A call. as dawns the morning clear.
That echoes through the deep.
MRS. SABINA +. HOOD.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
New York Day by Day
BY o. O. APINTYRE.

IA from the diary
Cp and sec
M
Iando other andt editor
o
n
Bartheme the player and in the
beheld
Home to my
a
Kaufman who fashioned the play, with coffee
home and bed
Jefferson Market Mulgans Alley
the public blind
cobbeton with either The old
frame structures with balconies ivy clad nes and shutters hinged
1t has the churchard quiet and 1t happens
be section of the metropolis that has been swallowed the
Of
Of the of mammoth hotel hundreds
cp enthusiastically 1t jungle touch the throbbig
chirped
All bird called
that they simply tired of Even
driven
high jewelry establishment
him mpoverishment.
his Establishments left
ried o a little French hair dresser Paris.
Copyright 1929 Syndicate. Inc)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12

asleep and the gas pressure has great
ly increased
For that matter. whatever the
source of bedroom heat, it always is
best to shut the heat off on going to
bed. and to sleep with window open.
This on hygieni: grounds quite apart
from any carbon monoxide hazard.
The latter moreover, makes ample
daytime ventilation imperative under
certain conditions, notably when gaso-
line engines are running indoors.
The automobiles or gas engine Oper-
atOr who starts his engine in a gar
age or other confined place without
opening doors or windows is inviting
sudden death. And a death that comes
most insidiOusly.
Odorless. tasteless, invisible. and
non-irritating, carbon monoxide may
be present in death-dealing amounts.
yet without its presence being sus-
pected. Still it frequently does give
rise TO warning symptoms, concern
ing which | will say something an
other day..
Copyright 1928. by The Associated
- NCWspapcrs.D
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
A CRIME WITHOUT A PENALTY

One way to stop the orgy Of spending
which has come to characterize govern
mental activities in this country would
be for the people to fix maximum
and send to the penitentiary any Of
fetal who exceeded it. That would be
a drastic method, OF course, but some
such means OF averting the logical con-
clusion toward which government Of
ficials are rushing may have to be
adopted.
ENtravagant use OF the peoples
money is being made by municipal Of
ficials as well as by state and national
authorities, and apparently no state in
the union is entirely free from this sort
OF financial frenzy. Almost everywhere
the money OF American citizens is being
spent by their governmental agents as
though it were almost worthless.
But some cases are more fragrant than
others. il an agent wastes hrs principal S
money because he has no instructions to
the contrary, he has plausible "alibi.
He can say that he had to use his own
judgment But if the agent gets his job
as such on the special plea and promise
OF economy, and then spends more
money than the principal had ever be-
fore been called upon to furnish. what
defense is there to be offered for him?
San Antonians now have an oppor-
tunity to study two cases in this cate
gory-onc right at home, and the other
very close to home.
The one close to home for San An
tonians bears similar relation to resi-
dents OF other parts of the state as well
Pat Ncff asked the people OF Texas tc
elect him governor so that their affairs
would be administered economically. Toe
much money was being spent by the
state government. he declared.
The people elected him governor. Now
he is demanding more revenue, and
members of the Legislature, trying &c
supply that demand, are writing ne"
tax laws into the statute books.
In short, the Ncff administration has
failed signally to make good its promise
OF economy. Nor has it failed merely If
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
Gas Poisoning
BY ii. AGdington Bruce.

Recurring reports of deaths from
poisoning by carbon monoxidc ga'
emphasize the desirability of summar
izing, from authoritative sources, sug
gestions looking TO lessening of thi'
common hazard TO life. Though. &c
be sure, it is difficult to give any
thing like an adequate summary il
the space at my disposal, because OF
the great variety of sources of carbon
monoxide.
This deadly poison is produced
whenever there is incomplete com
bustion Of any gas, whether 1t be
from wood, coal, oil, or fuel gas
Hence the Importance of keeping mon
oxide out of the air of kitchens, sleep
ing and living rooms. workrooms, gar
ages, etc. by providing flues for its
egress, by ventilation, and by min
imizing its production as far as pos
siblc when fuels are burned.
In this last connection DIR. Emery
X. Hayhurst, cOnsultant to the Ohio
State Department of Health, notes :
"Housekeepers are warned particu-
larry against turning their cook stove
gas burners too high. The contact of
the flames with cold metal will gen
crate monoxide gas until the metal be-
comes hot enough to burn it. and
also if the flame goes up around the
vessel:
And:
Never place a flueless water heat
or in the bath room. This is whether
it is gas heater. oil heater. or uses
coal or wood for heat.
1T is an invariablc rule that when
ever flame of any kind touches a
cold surface. whether such surface is
metal. clay, tile, or other substance.
it will burn incompletely, which means
yielding carbon monoXidc gas.
1T will continue to do this until
this surface flor instance. the bottom
Of tea-kettle. water tank. stove lid,
or tile candle used TO throw radiant
heat becomes heated TO the burning
point of carbon monoxide gas, which
is very high.
The practice of sleeping in rooms
where gas heaters are left burning
all night is especially dangerous, even
when the gas heater is in n fire
place opening. There is always risk
that weather changes during the night
may reverse the draft. Besides which,
as pointed out by Samuel s. Wyer.
in a technical paper prepared for the
United States Bureau of Mines
"A flueless stove properly adjusted
at o o'clock in the evening. when the
pressure is low and when the person
goes TO bed. may become carbon
monoxide generator at ; o'clock in
the morning. when the person is
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
UNCLE EZRA'S IDOL.

7 "haint' sight o larnin'.
But I'm peart ter read an write,
An when | hev done Their feedin',
Purt nigh ever Sad'day night
| prop my feet up in cheer
An smoke my ole cob pipe, an rest
An read Their writin's that IL writ
BY Mr.. Edgar Guest.
Some times when I'm a readin'
Their writin's tibet man writ.
| git jis' ez close ter heaven
FL | ever hope ter git.
An afore / hardly know hit
I'm a cryin', with Their rest
That are listenin' TO the writin's
Writ by Mr.. Edgar Guest.
/ hev been a sorter thinkin'
How's I'd LOOK fur the thar man
An tell him whit err lot o good
He's done fur this here Ian,
But il / fail ter find him here,
When / reach Their Ian o rest
III git err introduction
Ter Mr.. Edgar Guest.
SO I'm a goin' in Their mornin'
Ter hitch up my ole mar.
An start out bright an early
A-huntin' everwhar-
An ef | fail ter find him,
III / hev said a'forc.
I'll jis keep on a-huntin
Till I git ter heavens door.
An I'll tel him when | see him
In Their mansions Nv ther blest.
Thet ther hui worlds idolizin'
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12

a negative way. 1t has set out in 4
positive way to increase the peoples out
go, without doing anything to increase
| their income.
The case right at home is described
in the recent news headline: CITY Ex-
penses Heaviest in History" The story
goes on with the scandaIous details. The
Black regime. one reads, is to cost the
taxpayers $2,500,000 this year That
sum is unprecedentedly large for San An
tonic. Already the city treasury is
empty, and the mayor is trying to pawn
delinquent tax claims as a means of get
ting cash with which to run the city
government.
Mayor Black is the same man who, as
candidate, professed to be Mortified by
the extravaganza" OF the administration
which he was ambitious to displace. He
would save the taxpayers thousands of
dollars; especially the poor ones.
Now look at the city's financial con-
dition. Not only have property valua-
tons. for purposes of taxation, been
greatly increased, but the tax rate itself
has been raised to the old figure which
Mr.. Black formerly held to be shame
fully excessive. And despite the in
crease in the taxes thus provided for, the
treasury is empty and the mayor is try
ing to put the city in debt-trying to
spend money which should belong to the
future.
Should such course. on the part OF
any government official-governor,
mayor or what-not-be condoned by "the
law"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
Poets Corner
DOWN IN SAN ANTOINE.

Mr.. ]. from Iowa
Came to make pleasant stay
Here in San Antoine.
Mr.. s. from windy Kansas
Takes the Katy road. and lands
Down in San Antoine.
Mr.. o. from Ohio
Wants to wear away his woe,
So he comes to San Antoine.
Mr.. n. from Michigan
Speeds along in his sedan
Until he gets to San Antoine.
Mr.. I. from Illinois,
The state which makes the biggest
noise.
Also comes to San Antoine.
Mr.. +. from Missouri
Said. ~ wish you would show me-
The City of San Antoine
Mr.. d. from New Jersey
Said that he would like to see
The famous San Antoine.
Mr.. r. from Oklahoma
Decides that he'll become a roamcr.
And starts for San Antoine.
The spreading fields of Minnesota
Also send their willing quota
Down TO San Antoine.
And so they come from far and near /;
More and more. year by year:
tntil a tourist building sure shall
rise
Many stories toward the skies.
comfort. health and pleasure, each
Is within your easy reach
Down in San Antoine. -
n u CRENCu
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
RIGHT WORD AT PROPER TIME

Although the chances are that the
Patman intangible assets tax bill met
its final fate in the Texas Senate be-
cause it represented threat which the
conservative members did not dare ig-
more, it must have been gratifying to
citizens OF San Antonio and Bexar
county to hear that their agent in the
upper chamber, Senator 7. H. Ridge
way. delivered well-reasoncd speech
against the measure. Doubtless he real
lied that anything he might say would
have little effect upon the situation in
the midst of which he stood. But often
times the right word said on the proper
occasion exerts an influence far beyond
the immediate reach OF its author.
1t is to be hoped that Senator Ridge
ways speech in opposition to the in
tangible assets tax bill will some day
exemplify the practical meaning OF Long
fellows arrowand-song philosophy. In
any event. the occasion called for a
few straightforward remarks, and Sen
ator Ridgeway made them.
Much had been said about Intangible
assets" taxes. The word Intangible"
had been spoken glibly by all who had
occasion to use it. But apparently no.
body had displayed the courage to ques-
ton its practical meaning. Possibly
some OF the legislators were not abso-
lutely sure that they could define the
word for purposes of taxation. But
nobody had been willing. it seems, to
run the risk OF being thought unpardon-
ably ignorant.
Senator Ridgcway knew that he him
self didn't know precisely what ''Intangi
bic" means as applied TO assets that
arc to be taxed. He must have known
ALSO that 70 other member o. the Texas
Legislature possessed such exact knowi-
edge. Then why not cone right out and
say. that the term was indefinite
THAT was the wise as we'll as the in
genuous step to take, and Senator Ridge
way is the man who took it. He showed
the other members OF the upper CHAM
Der that it would be dangerous t. put
into q tax law 4 word with such &
elastic meaning as that attributable to
Intangible assets 1t would be like
inserting Joker to fool the entire
Legislature: that is. the entire Legisla-
ture would be put in the position of in
tcntionally trying to deceive itself.
To be uncertain of the meaning OF
intangible assets is no discrcdit to
anyone. In fact, 4 legislator would not
be human il he could foresee Just how
the term would be interpreted in the
settlement OF Squabbles over the appli-
cation OF the law. In opposing the in
tangible assets tax bill on the ground
that its title didn't mean anything, Sena-
tor Ridgeway made admirable use Of
= principle that is as old as man and
that has been expressed in many ways.
Davy Crockett expressed it very i'm
pressively when he said: BE sure
you're right, then go ahead
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12

The next morning the cowboy
awoke with headache, sick, dizzy
and disguised. He had no memory
of any fun at all. His money had
been taken from him, his horse had
been stolen and even his gun was
missing.
Sore, sour and disgruntled. the I'M
fortunate individual started to wall,
% miles back to the ranch, cursing
fate. A little way out of town he
saw another man on the trail. ahead
of him. The stranger bent down to
lace his shoe.
With growl, the cowboy kicked
him. snarling:
Damn you. you're always lacing
your shoe in front of me-"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12

it they had left anything behind.
NO" said Mr.. Smitn. with grea
satisfaction. II think VIC have 1e
membered everything"
Mrs. Smith gave a Shrek.
oh, Harry" she gasred, II forge
to turn off the electric from
Don't worry. darling" he replied
nothing will burn. l forgot to tur.
off the shower bath"
She didn't really want a divorce
but she did want to air her troubles.
and the old family lawyer listene,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
UTTERLY HOPELESS

The present premier of Belgium must
be a strange man. He simply cannot
understand things at all or, if it be
granted that he docs understand, he
shows lack Of tact that is simply
monstrouS.
As is well known, the Belgian troops
are now occupying portion OF the
Ruhr district of Germany. They arc
1here for the purpose of trying to col
lcct portion of what Germany agreed
TO pay Belgium because OF wanton de-
struetion OF Belgian property during the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
Out of the Mouths of Babes

Little Mildred was visiting at the
home of a small playmate. After din
ner she said. Your papa prays at the
table. doesn't he?"
Yes" was the reply. Doesn't
yours
of course not" answered Mildred.
He has rheumatism"
Visitor-What causes your sister to
limp. Edith?
Edith (aged four)-Her's dot a
onion on her foots.
Little Robert-Mamma, does n horse
use his front feet for hards?
Mamma-Of course not. dear.
7 Little Robert-Then what does he
do when his nose itches?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12

war. Germany has defaulted on her
promise to pay and Belgium is endcavor-
ing to collect part of what is due
to her.
1t seems. however, that during this oc-
cupation OF German territory by Belgian
troops all things have not been con-
Quoted by the Belgians as the Germans
wish to have them. To be frank about
it, the Germans claim that the Belgians
have been bit harsh" Therefore. dis
liking such methods as applied to them
selves, they have filed a protest with
the Belgian government. Now what does
the premier person, in his awful lack
of tact and courtesy do: He makes
a reply to the German government that
is simply inconceivable if he knows how
the Germans feel about it and he surely
should know.
The Belgian premier, in his reply to
Germany, deliberately calls attention to
the fact that before the war Germany
had pledged herself to maintain the
neutrality of Belgium. He cites the
further historical fact that Germany,
for purposes of her own advantage, de-
liberately broke the pledge she had given
and herself invaded the country she had
promised to keep free of invasion. This
is bad enough, but just listen to what
this tactless premier has to say further.
With a total disregard of how his
words must harrow German feelings he
calls attention to the fact that when the
Germans were the invaders and the Bel
gians the invaded, the German soldiers
shot, in a single afternoon in the one
Belgian town of Dinant, 700 civilians
OF whom 73 were women and 80 were
children. They. further killed 600 at
Tamihes, 243 at Louvain, 800 at Ardenne
$50 at Aerschot, $50 at Ethe including
20 children and 80 mothers of families
at Rossignol 112 and at Tintigenes 12S.
There were other massacres perpetrated
by the Germans in Belgium which the
tactless premier does not mention i'll de-
tail. He does. however, add the further
fact that the Belgian government is to-
day supporting the children OF 900
Belgian men who died in battle in the
war and 5000 children whose parents |
were Belgian civilians who were de-
slain by the Germans. In
other words, he shows that the Ger
mans, when they invaded Belgium.
murdered nearly as many people as they
killed in actual warfare during the en-
tire four years of the conflict.
What is the matter with the Belgian
premier that he makes such a reply to
Germans who are complaining OF harsh
treatment. Does he fail to appreciate
that what Germans do is one thing and
that the same thing is entirely different
when anybody does it TO Germans? Does
he fail to understand that it is all right |
for German soldiers to kill Belgian civil
ians but that it is all wrong for Belgian
soldiers to be harsh to German civil
ians: What is the matter with the man
anyhow? Can't he see that anybody
would rather be killed than made the
victim OF harsh treatment
We must confess that this Belgian
premier is something to cause feel
ng OF despair Any person who cannot
understand that Germany has a right
to do what she pleases to others but that
others have no right to do anything to
Germany, is hopeless-iust hopeless.
~.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-12
WHEN OTHER LIPS AND OTHER HEARTS

When other lips and other hearts
Their tales Of love shall tell.
In language whose excess imparts
The power they feel so WELL
There may perhaps in such a scene
recollection be,
or days that have as happy been,
And you'll remember me.
When coldness and deceit shall slight
The beauty they now prize.
And deem IL but a hollow light
That beams within your eyes.
When hollow hearts shall wear mask,
Twill break your own to sec
In such a moment but ask.
That you'll remember me-.
- Bales Opera The Bohemian Girl.