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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

She made little spears at him with
her fork. Hope Rangers not miss.
ing at all. She's going into musical
comedy or the pictures, and this
hullabaloo is all publicity stunt
I'm right?"
Charles expression committed him
to nothing.
"You think fast, little one. Go on,
and I'll tell you whether you're get
ting warm or not"
well, rs 1 take it, Hope didn't
like your choice; SO she tossed it
over to her maid, and the maid saw
chance to make on it and brought
it back. / suppose it was the maid,
although I'd have sworn" She
paused, tapping her white brow with
glttering fingernail. "Say," her
face clearins; sis the Ranger girl
sick?"
Charlie, unable to follow her,
leaned nearer across the table.
But what makes you think that?"
because l simply couldn't place
that woman as anything but a
trained nuSse., She acted like she'd
been born i'm white cap. and
learned her letters off a fever-chart."
The slight pallor of excitement
showed through Charles dark skin.
He reached for the carafe, and filled
the Princess glass.
"A tall. blond woman?" He tried
the ruse he had used on the garage
keeper.
mo; medium-sized and dark. At
tractive. She wanted to exchange it
for a prim, little toque. Well, the
long and short of it was that l agreed
to have a duvetyne toque made up
for her, and send it to her at the
hospital"
Charlie lowered his voice conf
dentially. ,.
Mrs Ranger has not been we'll.
But don't tell any one that she's in
hospital"
"Oh, that's it? Then I did get it
right" She showed a natural pride
in having her surmises confirmed.
"You say the woman left her ad-
dress?" He looked little worried.
we have to be, so careful about
anything getting out"
Yes; she wrote it down for me !;
Doctor - Doctor = something's SAM
tarium, Barcelona, Long Island.
Wait a minute! I've got the name.
Bristow. Doctor Bristow's SANTA
rum"
Charlie felt an insane impulse to
get up and wave his arms and shout.
The Princess was mascot.
He called the waiter and begged
his companion to order something
more, pressing her to think of some
ambrosial delicacy not on the card.
There was nothing too much he could
do for the Princess.
Then, with the waiter suggesting
this and that costly bonne-bouche, he
made an excuse and fastened to the
telephone to call up Ranger, at his
country house i'm Westminster.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

That's raising the ante with ven
geance. Still, what else"
Il won't do it. / can't raise that
amount of money on a moments no
tice." Ranger went IN in the air.
I've got to talk no you tonight. at
once. We can't get anywhere over
the wire. You'd better come out here
to the house."
To Charles quick ear, it seemed
as if there were slight shift in the
telephone connection. He imagined
he could detect through their CONVEX
sation the sound of some one else
breathing.
Hold on just 4 second, Lorry,
Have you yeard anything new from
Philadelphia?
The question was a code warning
arranged between them to indicate
that some one was listening in.
An interval ofpabout. two minutes
passed, and then Ranger spoke
again.
"You were mistaken. looked up
all the extensions, and the only per-
son who could have done any caves
dropping was Fitch, the fo0tman, who
was down in the hall, and he was
twenty feet away from the instru-
ment and half asleep. Anyhow, it's
all right now. I've shut off all the
switches except this one, and put
Mary Lou on guard. Besides, there's
nothing to say. that the whole world
couldn't hear"
"Isn't there?" Charlie couldn't
keep the elated ring out of his voice.
"Well, let me tell you, Lorry, that
I've dug up great new clue, the most
promising yet. In fact, ! don't think
it's too much to say that / expect to
have Hope definitely located by tomor-
row."
"No," as Ranger stormed him with
excited questions: Pm not going 10
say n word more over the telephone. !"
But, Charlie; listen!" Ranger en-
treated. YOU'RE not gcing to play
a lone hand again, are you? For
heavens sake, remember what hap
pened today. Show a little rcasoS:
at least come here to the house and
talk it over with me-"
Charles mobile face hardened as
he listened. Sorry. Lorry," ne an
swered, crisply. But this requires
quick action"
And deaf, to Rangers expostula-
tions, he hung up the receiver.
With his old confident swagger,
he made his way back to the Prin-
cess.
ats been lovely, Mr.. Juarez," she
said; "but I'm afraid l ought to go
now. They'll be waiting for me, you
know"
With everything she did, she in
creased Charles good opinion of her.
Itching to be off. on his quest, he
had been wondering how long cour-
tesy would compel him to sit there be-
fore he could suggest leaving. Charlie
felt that he had more than got his
moneys worth. In his large and gen.
erous mood, he gave the waiter a
princely tip. Also, he remembered
literally the hat-boy. tie door-man and
the fellow who opened the door of the
flivver.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issqe.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
THE HONEST BILLIONAIRE.

Oriental imagination as embodied N
the Arabian Nights has created hardi
" anything more wonderful than thd
simple story Of Henry Ford. WING
within twenty years has increased an
investment Of $4,000 TO something
like a billion dollars, and become prob
ably the richest man the world ha7
ever known. His cash balance in TING
bank above s21O,00O,000 would alone
have made him richer than any man
in the world 4 comparatively shor1
time ago. ii
But perhaps as marvellous as hid
enormous wealth is the fact that mol
body has ever charged that Ford
made his money by financial skull
duggery. extortion, or by any but fall
and legitimate means. Not even ms
enemies state any such accusation, nor
the wild asses of politics in ting
alfalfa belt. The plain people of ou5
great nation almost invariably looi
upon the man who gains wealth as
crook or an extortioner. Yet tho
greatest Croesus in our midst has 4
considerable following in the hinter1
land who would even make him
President of the United States.
1t is an encouraging sign that al
least one man of wealth is not ac1
Fused of being a thief and crook
Baltimore Evening Sun.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
SHINES SEEKS CAPITAL

= Hugo SHINES, industrial dictator of
Germany, has sent an emissary to the
United States for the avowed purpose
of interesting American capital in some
of his enterprises. That this move is
significant is obvious; to say exactly
what it signifies is another matter. Per-
haps the easiest guess is that SHINES
is not the power that he used to be.
Time was when he seemed to be able
to DEFY the French. But that was before
passive resistance broke down, ard it
would not be surprising to learn that
SHINES influence has run through the
proceedings of the German government
in relation to the French occupation of
the Ruhr region. ,ss
Now, one might conclude in the light
of this theory the German magnate has
taken an entirely new tack in his at
tempt to stem the tide of French inter-
ference with the economic affairs of his
country. He must have new capital to
carry on his projects, and the United
States is the only nation on earth that
is able to meet his requirements.
Whether American capitalists can be
lnuuCCQ W IiSh tiiciI inOACy ii oSiihi'i
enterprises, under present conditions IN
Europe, is quite another matter. No
doubt there are innumerable opportuni-
ties going to waste, but they may be
mere theoretical than actual as long as
France keeps her fingers on Germany's
throat. If the nations of Western
/ Europe should compose their differences,
there would be plenty of American
money available for constructive work
over there. But as long as those ma
tons are quarreling, perhaps American
money would better be kept at home,
idle.
/. 1t would seem that an American capt.
talist would be extremely careless of his
money to invest" it in industries that
i>have no assurance against confiscation
by the French. AS long as the repara-
tons dispute remains unsettled and
France continues to assert the right to
seize German properly, almost anything
could happen to Germany's economic
edifice. Even the Germans themselves
have proposed to give France mort
gage on their industries as security for
reparations payments.
Stinres' proposition to American capt.
talists may or may not be accepted in
one form or another. However, his ef-
fort to interest them in his enterprises
serves to emphasize the possibilities for
rehabilitation of Europe under a more
reasonable administration than the
French are disposed to permit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

through the San Angelo unit of the
West Texas Farm. Bureau Association.
Since no other explanation is offered,
the infer ence is that the promised cheaper
prices will be a result of this method
of marketing.
Inasmuch as producers form and
maintain marketing associations as a
means of getting more money for their
products than they get without the
services of such agencies, the hungry
prospective consumer of Thanksgiving
or Christmas gobblcr might be inclined
to question the statement of the Tom
Green County agent concerning prices
But even though the association should
get for its members higher prices that
they. as Individual producers, have been
getting, such an achievement would not
necessarily stand in the way of the full
fillment of the agents forecast. 1t is al
together possible for the turkey raisers
to get higher prices and the consumers
TO pay lower prices at the same time.
1t is easy to explain that paradox
Many products of the American farm
bring fabulous prices without enricfing
the people who grew or raised them
While apparently get-rich-quick prices
prevail in the commodity markets of
great cities. the producers OF those COM
modities may be barely making a living.
or even unable to pay their debts. While
apples are selling at five or ten cents
apiece in New York City, apples may
be rotting on the ground in Arkansas
or Oregon, or even in the upper part
of New York State. A few years ago
middleman dumped a few tons of
beans into a river to prevent the price
of beans, which was already exorbitant,
from dropping.
Innumerable farm commodities, from
onions to turkeys, are bought up by
SPECTATORS in advance of the time when
they will be in greatest demand, and
are then sold to the ultimate consumer
at prices many times highen than the
producers would ever have the nerve"
to ask. Through cooperative market
ing, farmers are enabled to get higher
prices than spectators are wont to give
them, and another result may be a
shortening of the gap between the pro-
Queer and the ultimate consumer.
So, if the West Texas Farm Bureau
Poultry Association is going to market
the $4,000 or 10000 turkeys of Fom
Green and adjoining counties in such
a way as to eliminate some of the ,ele-
ment of speculation which too often at
tends the distributing of this country's
farm products, then both the producers
and the ultimate consumers of the
Thanksgiving and Christmas birds from
that source will have more reason for
returning thanks this year for the bless
ings that will have become theirs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
UNDER THE BLUE

The skies are low. the winds are slow
The woods are filled with autumn glory:
The mists still field and hill,
The brooklet sings its dreamy story.
careless rove through glen and grove
1 dream by hill and copse and river;
Or in the shade by aspen made
/ watch the restless shadows CULVER
j lift my eyes TO azure skies
That shed their tinted glory DER me;
While memories sweet around me fleet,
As radiant as the scene before me-
For while j muse upon the hues
OF Autumn skies in splendor given,
Sweet thoughts arise of rare deep eyes
Whose blue is like the blue of heaven.
Bend low. fair skies! Smile sweet, fair eyes!
From radiant skies rich hues are streaming ;
But in the blue of pure eyes true .
The radiance of my life is beamng.
o skies of blue We fade from view:
Faint grow the hups that DER me CULVER;
But the sure light of sweet eyes bright
Shines on forever and {" ever.
francis Fisher Browne.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
CHEAPER TURKEYS PROMISED

Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys
will be cheaper this year than they were
last, according to a statement made re-
Gently by the Tom Green County agent
of the West Texas Farm Bureau Poul-
try Association. 1t goes without saying
that this is welcome news-if true. May
be the eff too. should go without say
ing. Prospective consumers, however
could not be blamed for wanting to
know more about the conditions upon
which the forecast of lower prices is
presumably based.
The dispatch reporting the agents
statement conveys the information that
5000 TO 10000 turkeys are being raised
in Tom Green and adjoining counties
and that these birds will be marketed
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
A MANS SIZE JOB.

A reporter on the Norfolk Virgin
ian-Pilot says that the postcards sen
back home by the thousands BY
visitors during the national convention
of the Veterans of Foreign War1
there last week almost without ext
ception expressed the delight of thd
visitors at their reception and ting
manner in which they were being en1
tertained. Authority for the stated
ment was based upon the word OF &
postoffice employe. One is left wont
dering whether the duty of reading al
the postcards rests on a single emf
ploye of the Norfolk postoffice: Pos1
sibiy the entire force is available fo1
the purpose in an emergency such as
existed during the week of the .Veter1
ans Notwithstanding Progress
and Index Appeal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
CHAPTER XVII.
"Lorry, they got away with it,

"Lorry, they got away with it."
Charlie broke the news without pre-
amble as soon as he had Ranger on
the wire. He believed it better to get
his bad tidings over first. before he
gave hint of the wonderful new lead
upon which he had stumbled.
II know that" Ranger returned
with biting brevity. "The other side
has already furnished the informa-
ton"
"You've heard from them again."
"Yes. A stick was thrown in the
dining room window with a note on
it. while we were at dinner. Wait n
minute, and I'll read it to YOU"
There. was n pause. and then Ran.
gers voice resumed: "There is no
address; simply thrre lines of tyne
writing and the usual circle and X
signature. Tt runs:
You, have tried to double-cross
us. contrary TO our explicit instrur-
lions; but we will give you another
chance. Deposit two hundred thou-
sand dollars in bonds on Friday after
noon. same place. same time. Fail
IRE to comply or any further dunlicity
on Your part will mean your daugh-
tcr's .,eath.'"
1.-TWO hundred thousand?" Charles
voice supplied the exclamation point.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
A Puzzle a Day

In the Japanese flag shown above
the dark circle. which represents TIL
sun, has been mysteriously SHIFTED
from its correct position in the cente|
of the flag dotted circle( to its pres
ent position. The strange behavio|
of the flag was probably caused ethel
by the earthquakes IN Japan or bj
the recent total eclipse Of the SIN
but how it happened has nothing n
do with the puzzle. The problem il
how to put the circle back where il
belongs. 1t can be accomplished hj
cutting the flag into two pieces, and
refitting them together. Can you d
it?
Yesterdays answer:
The word in the following verse i,
heroine"
My seven letters mark me as
woman; (heroine)
Remove the latter four ! still
am she. (her)
Remove but three and find a bravo
bold man; (hero)
And though you take two more
III still be he. (he)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
Where to Go

Vaudeville.
Majectic-Mme. Olga Petrova il
Hurricane. And other acts.
Motion Pictures.
Palace-George Arliss in "Tht
Green Goddess.
Emp;re-"Whcre the North Be
gins.s .r,
Princess-wesley Barry in "Th'
Printers Devil"
Rialto-"The Spider and thu
Rose"
Stock.
Royal-Edna Park and Players il
"Clarence."
Musical Comedy.
Gund-Bob Casey in Childhood
Days"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
A UNIVERSAL NUISANCE

An invention which. if practicable.
ought to be of interest to all civilized
countries has been produced at Mime
apolis. MINI. 1t is the noiseless street
car. The only reason it might not be
of interest to unciviliZed countries is
that they are not so grievously afflicted
with noises of the kinds that chatter
nerves and make people die young or go
crazy at tender ago. Compared with
the noises characteristic of cities which
are the pride of modern civilization. the
so-called blood curdling, piercing
yells of wal painted savages might easily
pass for sweet, soothing music
In the dispatch announcing the Mime
apolis curiosity it was stated that the
passengers on the noiselcss street car had
to lower their voices to a parlor pitch
to avoid creating the impression that
they were delivering public speeches. 1t
must have been strange sensation. But
apparently the mechanical principles
utilized in the construction of this car
are the same as those of which modern
automobile manufacturers have given
their customers the Deneflt.
The first automobiles certainly were
noise-makers some of them were little
else. But nowadays even the cheapest
motor cars make no Objectionable noise
until they become we'll worn, or unless
the operators drive with open exhausts-
and not many present-day automobiles
come equipped with cut-outs. The elimi-
nation of most of the noises made by the
ordinary street car have been eliminated
by the makers OF the Minneapolis sample
through the discarding Of the old journal
box in which the axles turned. and
through the discarding of iron brake
shoes and the placing of rubber gasketS
between the body and the trucks. Not
only the brakes, but the bearings, which
Iaretof the roller type, have been copied
from patterns originated by manufactur-
ers of automobile parts.
United States is the noiscst country on
earth. They get their impressions OF
Us, not necessarily by coming to this
country, but from some of Our products
Recently an English magazine had 4
leading article on noise in which America
was not thanked for the jazz music
it was sending to London halls and tc
every other place in Europe that would
accept such manifestations of OUR disre
gard for quiet-loving folk. 1t is all toe
true: In our haste, our constant striv.
ing to remain in the van of what. in this
,naterialistic age, is called Progress. VIZ
sacrifice much to speed and action"
Whether the game is worth the candle
is an independent question. But it j:
not necessary to put that issue to ;
vote, because it is not only possible, bu
entirely feasible, to get speed and "ac
ton" without making all the noises that
in Our day. are regarded as inscparabl
runningmatcs of material progress.
the Minneapolis product should prove
success, then there would seem to. be n,
good reason why noiseless street car
should not soon be in operation through
out the country.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
O TEMPORA.

That this is an age of commercial
ism there can be no gainsaying. We
may regret with Ruskin the passing
of the artisan who labored with the
soul of an artist, or with Kipling long
for the separate star in which mo one
shall work for money and no one shall
work for fame, but each for the joy
of working" but it seems that all the
time we get further away frJm such
a condition.
For instance the Nashville police re-
port that no longer are the boys in the
vicinity of watermelon patches con-
tent to steal three or four melons a
night for their own delectation, but
that whole fields have lately been de-
nuded of ripe watermelons between
suns, and that the youthful miscreants
have sold them by wholesale.
That the purloining of watermelons
should thus degenerate into CONNIE ccial
theft is a sad blow to those of us who
love the old order. Ii there can be
anything mercenary about the stealing
of watermelons then indeed all art has
been harnessed to the industrial tread
mill and the spirit of man has CON-
pletely sunk in the slough of gain.
Possibly, therefore. it was too much
TO expect the grasping hand Of COM
mercc to have kept off the noble sport
of watermelon stealing. o the times,
q the customs. boy who would steal
watermeions for profit will some day
reach the point of selling bis dog
Nashville Tennessean.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

An aviator was seriously injured the
otler day when he jumped from an air
plane and his parachute failed to open
properly. Air stunts are what pile tip
the mortality figures.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10


Sunday only average. .So677
ma above totals and averages for paid circC-
Iaton exclusive Of all spoiled copies and any free
copies nature. =.
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement Of
F'o s"SN H G. BROWN
Circulation Manager.
. c. L. BUCHANAN
Business Manager
Sworn and subscribed to before me this End day
!" oe'''e' ~ 49, FRED J. BONNER JR.
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

Ten thousand white and negro fans
fought a pitched battle during a baseball
game in Chicago the other day. The
average baseball game needs riot to
sustain interest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10

Mr. Critique-Yes. indeed. my house Is
simply fulLI of Titians Mrs. Nouvcarfche
Good gracious. amt there on way of
killing 'em?-Princeton Tiger.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-10
SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION

me paid circulation of The San Antonio Light
during the month September 1928. day by day. was
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-16
THE STATE CON-
STABULARY BILL

sufficient fer purposes of invasion n
Iaezl communities an cities b. nes
nearly sufficient 10 provide even It'd
pFeteuse q an actual rural neliee
patrol 10 cover the ens handrea aaa
counties af the state, especially sinee
Il Is admitted hy the promoters 81
the measure that It Is TIE purpose -
keep about eae-thlfa q the fofee IN
reserve in TIE various barracks.
Other. sections Of the hill confer
upon the commanding efflcer almast
unlimited authority te use part 81 all
Of this force Il iuyaae any eommun-
ity of the state, urban as Vel as
rural. at any time and for amy pun
pose he sees 1T,
The organization of the force into
military troops as provided hy this
section Mill. 81 course. neeesSitale the
erection Of military barracks as head
quarters Ter each division. Thus
the members of the force viii not enly
BE removed from all ordinary contact
with the people. but viii actually
be isolated from their own families.
Il is sinister fact that military pc
lice forces Of this kind must be COM
posed almost entirely Of unmarried
men. They must have no public or
private ties Of any Kind except the
viii Of their commanding officer.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-16
Cooperative News
Items

The Pennington Cooperative So
cietv has lust issued their first quar-
terly report for the three months end
ing December 30, 1922. 1t shows that
thew made a total net profit for the
three months Of 5,S09.12. Their total
sales for the quarter were S4O.774.25;
tbeir total resources are SD, 396. is.
The net profit for the quarter IN
their dry goods department was ST.
5S5.75. They had in their Reserve
Fund prior to this time 81, S6l.75.
The Riverton Cooperative Society
has Just issued their 2sth quarterly
repoTt for the three months ending
December 80, 1922. IL shows that they
made q total net profit for the quarter
If s2. 528.65: they had in their Re
servo Fund prior to this time, 49,
A47.O0; they gave to their members a
So discount on all purchases, total
ing Sl.795.20. They added 70 their
reserve fund ST33.45; their total sales
for the quarter were S27 ,149.gl; their
total resources are S16,754.75.
The Canton Cooperative Society
has lust issued their 18th quarterly
and 4th semi-annual report FOR tne
term ending December, 1922. II shows
That they made a net profit Of slS.7e;
thew had in their reserve mud prior
to this time, S2,471.29; their total
sales we're Ss,S32.39; their total re-
sources are 81, 7l2.3O.