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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
CLOUDY AND COLDER
WITH RAIN PROBABLE,
WEATHER FORECAST
Freezing Line Takes in AL.
Most All of United
States.

Thursday night and Friday will be
cloudy with rain probable, colder with
minimum temperatures from 81 to 20,
and moderate northeast winds will
blow. The intense higt pressure area
which dominates practically the entire
United States had moderated by
Thursday morning and temperatures
were not as low as had been expected.
The high" had advanced south
westward and was swinging 10 the
east. The zero line in the country
Thursday morning showed that the
high" was moderating but the freez-
ing line demonstrated its tar-reaching
influence. The zero Lie dipped down
over Detroit. westward to Chicago,
northwestward through Iowa and ran
along the South Dakota-Nebraska line
and thence northeast to the Canadian
border. 1t took in less territory than
on Wednesday morning. The freeZ-
ing line, however, took in almost the
entire country. II entered the coun-
try in North Carolina, ran southwest
through South Carolina, cutting
through Georgia and then ran west
through the southern part of Ala
bama, Louisiana, across Central Texas
and westward. At point about 100
miles from the Pacific coast, the
freezing line tgrned northwsrd toward
Seattle. The coast escaped freezing
weather.
4 message received at the office Of
J. II. Jarboe Thursday morning from
Eagle Pass said that % inch rain
had fallen and the river was rising,
The rain which visiteC San Antonio
all day Wednesday. "Wednesday night
and Thursday morning came up from
the south, but did not go much farth'
er north than San Antonio. Tempera.
lures at Texas stations at O'Clock
T,5srsday morning were Amarillo
81. Abilene, q 1oylor, 40; San Al
ionic. A, and brownsville, IS, dit
ference Of 50 jegrees between th'
northern part of the state around
Amarillo and Brownsville. All OF the
country north of San Antonio as far
as the Canadian border was clell
Thursday morning.
The New OrleansTforecast was that
freezing temperature would come as
far south as Taylor, Friday morning
Clear and cold is the forecast for the
central part of the country. Points
in the East have yet to feel the force
of the cold wave. The center of the
"high" reported is degrees below zero
Thursday morning.
The prospects are that il will warm
up Friday as the cold wave passes
eastward.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
SEVEN PERISH IN SEATTLE COLD SNAP
ngand Debt Settlement and Secretary Mellon Denounced Senate
ASK TO GO TO JAIL
Young Woman Wants to Breah Her
self of dope" Habit.

That she be held in Jail to prevent
her from becoming a dope fiend, =
a well attired young woman, request,
ed Police Sergeant Kirk at central
headquarters, Wednesday afternoon.
The request was complied with.
Her appearance at the station fol-
lowed an appeal made by her TO Po-
lice Judge Rochester, who agreed to
assess the maximum penalty against
her on a charge of vagrancy. As a
consequence she will be held for 2OO
days or until city health authorities
pronounce her cured.
at is the only way ! will be able
to break myself of the habit" she
said. as station officers escorted her
to tie female ward in the city jail
1T has been growing on me ever
since / first began using narcotics
and / realize that unless | check
it in time, it will not be long before
| will be a fiend without reason"
The woman has been a resident oil
San Antonio for nearly a year. Be.
cause of the use Of dope" she said
she was fast reaching a point where
she would be unable TO meet her finan'
cial obligations, her income being ex'
hsusted in the purchase of drugs
The woman said she planned to return
to the home of sister in the North
after breaking the habit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
FORBES RESIGNS
AS DIRECTOR OF
VETERANS BUREAU
President Will Appoint
0uerseas Man, Wash
ington Hears.

Washington, ID. C., Feb. 15.-The
resignation of Col. Charles r. Forbes
as director of the Veterans Bureau
has been placed in the hands Of Pres
ident Harding, and the President now
is considering appointment of one Of
three former overseas service men TO
the dictatorship, it was said definitely
today in administration quarters.
At the same time it was indicated
that the appointment of a successor
to Colonel Forbes might not be made
Immediately. and that he might re-
sumo his duties temporarily after his
return from Europe, where he re-
Gently went on a vacation trip.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
WOMEN APPLAUD HIM
Would Cancel Debt Before
Uniting With England
Next 81 Years.
MIGHT PROVOKE WAR
Says Secretary Mellon Has
No Business in Treas
ury Department.

Washington, ID. G., Feb. i5.-The
objection by Senator Reed, Demo
crat, Missouri, blocked efforts today
of Senate Republican and Demo
cratic leaders TO arrange for a vote
tomorrow on the British debt funding
bin.
The haste with which the bill wa'
being considered was said by Senator
Reed TO resemble 1.-THE effort Of o
gentlen an wb has, gold brick to sci
aud who must dispose of it quickly
il at all.
With unlimited debate in order,
Senator Reed launched into another
extended attack on the British fund
ing agreement.
This thing is sugar.coatcd,' he
said. I'VE are the pitcher and Eng
lands the catcher, and she never
muffs q ball. 1t will save the finan
ciers of Great Britain one billion
dollars and deliver us bound, hand
and foot, to the British government.
This statement evoked applause
from n woman in the gallery and Vice
President Coolidge raped for order
Senator Reed also predicted that
the community of interest with Great
Britain might draw the United States
into war. The statement that the
United States could refund its bonds
later at 3 per cent was declared BY
the senator to be "maudlin talk"
Secretary Mellon of the treasury
came in for some Of Senator Reed
fire. Mr.. Melons business interests
are such, the senator said. that he
"has no business in the office Of sec,
rotary and is there in violation OF
the spirit. if not the statute of the
United States"
Denying that the funding plan
would stabilize business, Senator Reed
said it would help bond spectators
and stabilize holdings of all foreign
securities.
Il believe Id rather cancel OUT
debt than unite our interests with
the British empires for the next g.
years" be continued.
"Sixty-two years is practically q
cancellation of the principal of the
debt" he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
EXPECT STARTLING
DISCLOSURES WHEN
FRENCH TRIAL CALLED
Former Newspaper Gunner
Faces Charges Growing
Out of War.

Paris. Feb. 15.-The return of
Ernest Judct. former owner of the
newspaper L'Eclair, to face charges
of communicating with the enemy dur
ing the war, has caused a stir in
French political circles. The former
publisher is credited with possessing
a number Of sensational documents,
All sorts of revelations are foreseen
for the trial, which probably will be
held in May.
Judet's lawyer says that he will
subpoenae 100 witnesses, including
Georges Clemenceau and other cele-
britics. The Echo National, the Gle
menceau organ. affirms that the
prosecution will withdraw from the
case, a promise TO that effect had
been made TO Judet before he decided
to return from Switzerland.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
MEDICINE FROM AIR
Mail Pilot Delivers Package to Home
Of Sick SnOwbOund Child.

Reno. New, Feb. 15.-The air mail
solved the problem here yesterday of
getting medicines to a sick baby snow
bound on ranch fifteen miles from
Reno. The father, Samuel Barnes,
Travelled eleven hours to reach Reno
and then after three unsuccessful at
tennis to return with the medicines.
he'd to give it up as impossible. Mai.
A. O. Tomlinson, in charge of the To-
cal air mail field appealed to, des-
matched Pilot J. J.. Eaton who dropped
the medicine near the door of the
home.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
LIQUOR FINES S2050
Cash Paid Into Court By Dry Law
Niolators.

Fines totalliug S2O5O for violations
of the national prohibition laws were
collected during the ten day period
from February 3 to Is, when dis
position was made of 60 liquor cases
in federal court for the San Antonio
division. according to Grouphead
Harry Hamilton who is being assist
ed by Prohibition Agent Edward Fry
in compiling records of the cases
handled by the federal court. Fig
ures for the December term to date
have not been tabulated.-
Many additional fines we're assessed
and if the fines had been paid, the
total would have been approximately
$4,000. Several defendants were I'M
able to pay fines and were sent to
Jail. Jail sentences were also i'm
posed during the ten dry period. when
the time of the court was devoted al
most exclusively to, hearing liquor
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.

st. Louis: Temperature. 8; clear
tyelve-mile wind from the northwest;
lowest temperature In last :i hours, s;
highest. 2s.
Chicago: Temperature. S below zero;
clear: sixteen-mile wind from the west;
lowest temperature in last 81 hours, 4
below zero; highest, 10.
Kansas City: Temperature. 6; clear;
ten-uile wind from the north: lowest
temperature in last 2I hours, s; high
est, 20.
New York: Temperature Il; clear;
3s-mile wind from the northwest; low
est temperature in last "a hours, IL;
highest. 80.
Washington: Temperature. IS; clear
sixteen-mile wind from the northwest:
lowest temperature in last "a nours, 49,
highest, 81.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
BRING UP OLD CASE
Watch Man Wanted for Murder Com
mitted Fifty Years Ago.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 15.-Dis-
trict Attorney J. J. Henderson was adj
vised yesterday in letter from Thorn
as l.. Moore of Albion, Okla, that
a man said to be Tom Lawton, want
cd for a murder here nearly 80 years
ago, was believed to be under sur
vigilance in Oklahoma. Troy Dye,
public administrator, and Edward An
dersOn, n labOrer, were hanged for
the murder of A. VI. Tullis in 1878.
Lawton. who also was charged with
the murder, never was captured.
Lawton, in 1878, was gambler
here and was charged with the actual
shooting after Anderson had hit Tul-
lis on the head. Dye was charged
with having instigated the killing in
order to augment his fees as public
administrator, as he would have han
died Tullis' estate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
FATHER, SON ESCAPE
Sheriffs and Deputies Search for Two
COnViCts.

Lake Charles, La, Feb. 15.-Leo
L. Foster and his 17-year-old son,
Winston, both under sentence to serve
long terms in the penitentiary, escaped
from the parish Jail here some time
during the night and virtually every
sheriff and deputy in this section of
Louisiana was searching for them to-
day.
The elder Foster was under sent
ence to serve from sixteen to twenty
years, having been convicted OF as
sault with intent TO murder. The son
had been convicted of murder and
was tos erye from ten to fifteen
years,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
WAVE COVERS NATION
Locomotive Kills Two
Workers Confused by
Heavy Snowstorm.
NEW YORK FREEZES
Bricks Hit Funeral Cor
tege When Pittsburg
Building Blown Down.

Seattle, Wash. Feb. 15.-Seattle
began today shaking off the grip Of
the worst snowstorm in seven years.
Milder temperatures prevailed and the
silver thaw" which at first assumed
threatening proportions was less men
acing today.
+ The death Of Charlese. Ross. bssS-
er, brought the total list of dSasss
from the storm Il seven. He dropped
dead while shovelling snow in front
Of his residence.
Snowfall during the two-day biiz-
gard. which ended late yesterday, was
officially accorded at 16 inches down
town and 20 inches on the surround
ing hills. This is the greatest snow
here since February 1, 1916, when
fall Of ~ inches covered the city.
Rochester, n. v. Feb. ia bliz-
zard was sweeping Western New York
today. Two railroad shop employees
we're killed at Fairport when they be-
came confused in the snOwstorm and
were struck by a locomotive. =
New York. Feb. ia wave of i'm
tense cold. heralded by a cutting wind
that at times achieved a T2-miles an
hour velocity, brought suffering to the
city today. Scant fuel supplies quick
" disappeared and the day began
with a barrage of demands on fuel
administrators for emergency furnace
ratioLs.
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 15.-PracticalIy
the entire country was in the grip Of
the cold wave today with little relies
predicted. A blanteTt of snow cove
cred the greater part of the country,
causing delayed train service and a
decentralization to lines of communion
lion. The only relief promised for
today was the abatement of high
winds which have accompanied the
cold wave. Heavy property damage
and a loss Of life was reported from
various sections of the country.
In Pittsburg the entire third story
was blown off a brick house, Scores
of persons narrowly escaped injury
when the falling bricks crashed
through and around automobiles in Il
funeral cOrtege. Pedestrians were
endangered when a huge sign board
was torn from its moorings. Entire
sections of the city were temporarily
plunged in darkness when wires and
poles were blown down. Trees were
uprooted and many window panes
were shattered.
In other sections of Allegheny
county houses were overturned. trees
broken off and street lamps and poles
carried away. River traffic was para
lived,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
JUICE" SET OFF DUST
Car Derailment Indirectly Responsible
for Dawson Mine Explosion.

Dawson, \. NJ, Feb. 15.-Derail-
ment OF an outgoing motor trip car,
knocking down timbers to which the
trolley feed line was attached, raising
quantity of dust which was ignited
by an electric arc, caused the disas-
trous explosion in mine No. l here
Thursday last, which cost the lives of
10 men. according to the verdict re-
turned by the coroner's jury here this
afternoon.
The arc which set off the coal dust
was caused when the feed wire came
in contact with one Of the iron pit
cars, the jury declared.
Three more bodie;, were recovered
from the demolished interior of the
mine yesterday. still leaving eleven not
yet found amid the debris.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
BREAKS AIR RECORD
French Aviator Betters Air Record
Made by American.
Bx the Associated Press.

Istres, France, Feb. 15.-Sadi Lc-
cointe, the French aviator, flying a
800 horsepower Newport today main
tanned a speed of 800 kilometers
(226.SO miles) an hour for n distance
of four kilometers. This eclipses the
record established by Brig. Gen. Will
liam Mitchell, assistant chief of the
American air forces, who flew 224.O5
miles an hour at Selfridge Field,
Mich, on October is last.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
NEGRO FATALLY SHOT
AFTER HE KILLS ONE
AND KNIFES S OTHERS
Black Goes on Rampage
After Quarrel at Moth
er-in-!Gl0's Home.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 15.-One
negro was stabbed to death and three
white men and three white M.0men
were seriously cut early today when
Eddie Reason, negro, ran amuck IN
the residence section here.
Reason was shot and taken TO a
hospital in a dying condition.
The trouble started, police say, when
Will Houston, the dead negro, inter
fered in a quarrel at the home Of
Reasons mother-in-law.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
FLIER IS RECOVERING
Lieut.. Howard G. Dawson Has Brok.
en- Jaw and Arm.

Lieut.. Howard G. Dawson, Brooks
Field flier, who crashed south of the
city Wednesday forenoon, is recover.
ing from injuries sustained in the ac-
cident. He has a broken jaw and one
bone in his arm broken.
The ship, a ING, was practically
demolished when it struck the earth.
The flier is in the station hospital at
Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
bUSIN EVERETT FREE
In Who Posed as Harding's
Cousin Not Indicted.

|hicago. Feb. 15.-A grand jury
|erday voted a no-bill in favor of
|bur Harding, who at one time
Ii as President Harding's "cousin
ratt- and who was accused of
Inc worthless checks after Hard
mother had testified that she
nortgaged her home to make full
hutton. She said that her son
obtained position as organist
theater and that he now would
BILE to support her and his sister.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
FORECAST.

San Antonio and vicinity: Thursday
night and Friday. cloudy; probably rain;
colder; minimum temperature, 81 to 10;
moderate northeast winds
East Texas: Cloudy with probable
rain: in south portion: colder in east
and south portion; below freezing as far
south as Taylor
West Texns: Partly cloudy; colder
Thursday night in south portion; not
so cold Friday in the Panhandle.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
Nitrate Bill Killed.

Washington, D. c., Feb. ia
senate bill proposing government pur-
chase Of 100000 worth of Chilean
nitrates for resale to American farm
ers for use in sowing the 1924 crops
was virtually killed yesterday in the
House. The appropriation provision
was stricken out on a point of order
and with a fight in prospect, the
House adjourned. ...s---...l-..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
Car PASSES Over ChlId's Body.

Yoakum. Tex. Feb. 15.-Lillian
Louise, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
W. w. Campbell was seriously injur-
cd Monday afternoon when she was
struck by an automobile. The auto
mobile passed over the little girls
body. According to reports no bones
were broken but the extent of her
injuries has not been determined.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
PENNSYLVANIA OIL UP
Best Grades Are Advanced IS Cents
a Barrel.

Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. 1S.-Best
grades of Pennsylvania crude oil we're
advanced - cents a barrel at the
opening Of the market today with
smaller advances for the lOwer-priees
grades. New prices are: Bradtord
and New York transit, S4.2S; Nation
al Transit. Southwest Pipe Line, Eii-
reka aud Buckeye, 81; Cabeli, STU
Somerset, S255; Somerset Light
s.. so; Ragland. 81 10. There was ne
change in Corning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
WOMAN BURNS TO
DEATH In FIRE AT
WACO; YOUTH HURT
Residents, Clad in Night
Clothes, Jump to
Safety.

Waco, Tex, Feb. t5.-Mrs. Belle
Freeman. 10, was burned 10 death
early today in a fire which destroyed
a two-story residence here. The 10
year-old son of George Spencer, sus-
tanned a broken lee in jumping from
the second story. A number Of per-
sons were forced TO jump from vim
dows in their night clothes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
TWO DIE IN CRASH
Husband and Wife Fatally Injured in
Grade Crossing Accident.

Sheffield, Ala. Feb. 15.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Striplin of Cherokee. Ala,
were fatally injured at midnight
when their automobile was struck at
a grade crossing at Cherokee by the
Memphis Special. Southern Railway
train No. PC. Both died. within an
hour.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
TURKS NOT GUILTY
No Confirmation OF Reports That
French Destroyer sunk.
By the Associated Press.

ConstantinopIe, Feb. 15.-There is
absolutely no confirmation of the re-
ports, understood to have been tele-
graphed from here, that a French
DESTROYER had been sunk bg Turkish
gunfire At SMYRNA. An official wire
less message from Smyrna today makes
no mention of any such occurrence.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
PASS INSURANCE BILL
Establishes Reciprocity Between Tex
as and Outside Companies.

Austin. Tex, Feb. 15.--The Quinn
bill establishing reciprocity between
Texas insurance companies and those
Of other states was passed finally BY
the Senate today with a record ute.
The bill as passed CARED seyera AM
or amendemtns. The effect O.. tie
measure is to prohibit foreign iuSur-
ance companies operating in Texas I'M
less Texas companies are granted SINH
lar privileges in other states.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
Fire Wipes Out Business Section.

Barnet, VT. Feb. 15.-The village
of McIndoe Falls found itself with
out stores today and a number Of its
residents were homeless as result of
fire, which was driven through IT'D
center by high wind last night. The
loss is estimated at 100000. Eleven
buildings, including four stores and
several dwellings, were burned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
Fire DESTROYS Catholic BuiIdinr.

st. louis, Mo, Feb. 15.-Fire OF
undetermined origin yesterday after
noon destroyed the main building Of
the st. Louis House Of Retreats, a
religious retreat for Catholic laymen
at Whitehouse station, ten miles south
Of here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15


the wind-whipped waters of the
Pacific, off the Washington coast,
came series of wireless appeals to-
day that told of two freight steamers
on the rocks, a third drifting help
lcssly, a fourth aground and afire.
Tic scores Of men forming the
crews were in peril as daylight lifted
over the stormy ocean.
The British freighter Tuscan
Prince, the last to succumb TO the
gale, reported that she was "on the
rocks and breaking up fast" She
was bound for Seattle from San
Francisco.
The steamer Santa Rita which left
San Pedro, Cal, for Seattle, Fcbru-
airy 10, apparently deviated from her
course last night TO look for the
steamer Nika, earlier reported in dis
tresS. Today the Santa Rita broad
cast the news that she was afire on
the rocks near TatoOsh, at the en-
trance to Puget sound.
The Nika, a wooden vessel, sent
;. .. S. calls last night reporting
that she had lost her rudder off
Umatilla reef, south of Cape Flattery,
and was helpless before the gale.
The motorship COolcha, aground
near Victoria, b. c., was believed
beyond salvage. Her position was
dangerous. Her crew has been rpmov-
cd. All night the staccato stories
Travelled I'M and down the coast from
the wireless sets of the distressed
SHIPS and from the shore stations.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
LOAN FOR POLAND
French Will Lend OO,OOO,OOO Francs
TO Polish.

Paris. Feb. 15.-The foreign af.
fairs commission Of the Chamber of
Deputies today gave its approval to n
loan by the French government Of
400,000,000 francs to Poland. 4 bill
making provision to that effect will
be introduced in the chamber.
4 Paris message Wednesday said
the commission had held up its ap.
prevail of the loan until Poland had
given more definite information as
to what she had to offer in the way
of guarantees.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-15
Index to Advertisers

Index 20 principal advertising in to-
days Light. for guidance OF shoppers;
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