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The Washington times., 1923-08-15

Mrs. Ida r. Thayer leaves today
to spend a week with relatives in
Minneapolis, before leaving for the
PHILIPPINE Islands, where she has
an appointment as teacher of Eng
lish in the Government high schools.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
BY JACK JUNGMEYER

Hollywood, April 14.-All right.
Sparks. Put the big white "spot"
on Irving G. Thalberg, youthful
prodigy of the movie industry.
Thalberg, who at % directs a film
business crossing 100000 a gear,
commands a personal income of over
100000 and is proclaimed an organi-
cation genius
He brings TO the executive side of
pictures a blending Of personality
and achievement ranking with that
of the foremost stars in romantic
interest, as well as a vision which
should help rid the industry Of much
that is now stultifying.
Thalberg has just been given a
substantial interest in the Louis b.
Mayer studio. As vice president he
will guide the destiries of that BIZ
concern. Prior to that he was three
years director general of Universal.
TO which he came MS assistant to the
presidents assistant, because he saw
brighter future in films than in
the New York exporting business he
then managed.
He looks like he was meant to play
the violin or write poetry rather
than galvanize and expand big bust
ness concerns. And as a matter Of
fact, it is from sentimental and
idealistic impulse seldom associated
with finance that his executive tai
ents spring.
A melodramatic title for Thalberg's
Way to Plutocracy," for millionaire
career might read, Peter Paning His
Way to Plutocracy," for millionaire
no is certain to be, barring decided
mischance, before he reaches 80.
Actual dollars, however, by no
means comprehend his iuea Of sue
cess.
II feel happy" he told me with
boyish earnestness. "to have some
share in holding the destinies Of an
agency of entertainment and en-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
OPENING IS HELD
Early Visitors Are Rewarded With
Prizes-Police on Trail.

Thieves beat the public to Nick
Poulous' new cafe aud confectionery.
situated at 1926 West Commerce.
street and scheduled to have been
opened for the first time Saturday
morning.
During the night. after weeks Of
bard work. the establishment was fin
ally completed Friday night. When
Poulous threw open the doors early
Saturday morning to begin business.
he discovered the place had been
robbed.
Detectives Ruhnke and VIII Car
yer FASTENED to the place in response
TO an alarm by the proprietor. In
vestigation disclosed burglars had
smashed their way through rear
door. Varied goods were stolen from
the confectionery. The thieves did
not overlook so worth of cigarettes
the owner had placed on display. A
check Of the loot is being prepared By
the victim.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
FORMER MANAGERS
OF WORKMAN SHOWS
NOW OWN PROPERTY
Wortham's World Best
Shows Will Open Here
Monday for a Week.

Clarence A. Wortham's Worlds
Best shows, ownership Of which passed
to Beckmann, Gerety and Robinson
after the death of Mr.. Wortham, will
make themselves at home on the
plazas Monday as one of the big feat
ures Of the Fiesta De San Jacinto.
Before Mr.. WORKMAN died this trio of
showmen constituted the staff that
handled the Worlds Best Shows
Since the sale scores of working
men have been busy mailing the equip
ment ready for the road, and no ex-
pense has been spared in perfecting
the organization. All other shows bear
ing Clarence A. Wortham's name have
been disorganized and sold in small
parcels. Hence the offering here dur
ing the festival will be the only COM
pany on the road this year bearing
the name Of San Antonio's great
Snowman.
In addition to taIng over many
of the best features of the Wortham
properties the new owners have added
attractions that will be offered here
during the festival for the first time.
Among these are The Rocky Road
to Dublin" "The Crystal Maze and
the latest form Of sensational ride
The Caterpillar"
Among the added attractions to
Wortham's Worlds Best shows.
which the new company took over, is
Tantilnger's wild west show. Vern
Tantlinger was with Mr.. Wortham's
Worlds Greatest shows for years.
When that company disbanded he at
once Joined hands with his former
manager. Fred Beckmann, whom he
helped organize the old 101 Ranch
Wild West.
Violet and Daisy Hilton. the IA
nous San Antonio Siamese twins.
who last year gained great publicity
for themselves and for the Alamo
City. are again with the shows. They
spent the winter on their ranch near
here, and for weeks have taken an
active part in framing their individual
Edward Karn, the fat man OF
fat men. has combed the country for
other fat folk. He has tons of human
flesh in his retinue of giants, and
will present what is said to be the
viii west show. vern
gathered together.
The shows will leave winter quar-
tiers early Monday morning, and will
be in ship shape TO open in the after
noon on the plazas. They will offer
five riding devices. "The Caterpillar.
one of these, will be introduced in
Texas for the first time. Ii is dis
tinct departure from all other rides.
and as a mirth proyoker 1t is said to
eclipse anything else ever at Coney
Island. The shows viii remain here all
The week.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
CHARTERS GRANTED.

Austin, Tex. April I4.-Chsrtered:
Ray-Cragin Caterers, Ins.. OF Houston
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators: Hat.
tie W. Ray, 7. p. Cragin and Irma era
gin.
Witt Gin Company of Omaha; capi\ |
stock. $4,000. Incorporators: r. +.
Garrett. r. F. Witt and C. l.. Keith.
league Hunting and Fishing Club oy
league; capital stock. $3.50. Incorpor-
atos: William NJ. Withrow, Lex Smith
and Frank Folsom.
The Pioneer Betting Company OF Fort
Worth: capital stock $4,000. Incorpora-
tors: r. G. Smith. F. o. Wood and
G. u. Dolan.
II. F. Burroughs and Company OF Buff
falo. Leon county capital stock. &c.,
Purpose. merchandising. fncorporators:
r. y. Burroughs, William C. Bentley and
E. l.. Sheffield.
MaIioy- Knolle oil Company OF Calves
ton; capitol stock, se5. 900. 1ncorporators:
Frank p. Malloy, . H. Benson and r. p.
Williamson.
league Gin Company Of Mount Pleas
ant: capital stock, $4,000. 1ncorporators:
r. +. Garnett, W. II. league and O. J..
Keith.
Amendment filed: Kennedy Retail Mer-
chants Creditmsns Association Of Ken
edy. changing name to Kennedy Retail
Creditmen's Assocla ton.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

late afternoon that the last of the
trio was successful and many unpleas-
ant moments were spent in anticipa-
ton of being forced to spend the
week end in the county Jail.
PeTys Roof Garden. Dancing
every evening. Why dance inside?
(Adv.)
Dance-Amission soc, Ladies free.
You are cordially invited. Club
nights, Mon. Tues, Wed. and Thurs
days. Perry's Roof Garden. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
SPECIAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALE
OF CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND BE-
LONGING TO BEXAR COUNTY.
TEXAS


NOTICE OF SALE
OF CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND BE-
LONGING TO BExAR COUNTY.
TEXAS
The State OF Texas-County OF Bexar.
Notice is hereby given that j. John II.
Covington. special commissioner Of
Bexar county. Texas. in compliance with
an order passed by the County Commits
sioners Court of Bexar County. Texas
on THURSDAY. April 5. 1898. will on Mon
house OF Bexar county, Texas. between
the hours OF 10 o'clock n. m. and 1880
O'Clock a. M, sell and dispose of at
public auction for cash or part cash and
part on time to the highest bidder the
Following described lots. tracts or par
cells OF land lying and being situated in
Bexar county. Texas. and belonging to
seSar county. Texas. to-wit:
tracts or parcels of land lying and being
situated in the city OF San Antonio
Bexar county. Texas, and more particu-
larry known and described as follows
is and IL, in block No. 81. in new city
block No. 1854, bounded on the north by
Maryland street. on the east by lots Nos.
: and Is in same block. on the south by
Dakota street and on tho west by Wal
tiers street.
Tract No. :-Au that certain tract or
parcel OF land lying and being situated
IN Bexar county. Texas. out OF survey
No. $50 in name OF NJ. Leai and more
particularly known and described as fol-
IONS, to-wit: A triangular tract of land
containing about two acres moro or less.
beginning at the extreme corner OF the
city grant or tract OF the city OF San
Antonio. Texas: thence with the line Of
the city tract south 81 degrees west to
the east line OF the jackson road: thence
with the east line OF the jackson road
north west 20 the line OF the Jackson
keller road; thence east with the north
line of the Jackson-keller road to the
place Of beginning.
Tract No. SAN that certain tract or
parcel OF land lying and being situat ted
IN Bexar county. Texas, and more par
ticulsrly known and described as fol-
lows, to-wit: A triangular strip OF land
containing 1898 acres on the Pleasanton
road about 6iS miles south OF the city of
san Antonio. Bexar county. Texak and
out OF surveys Nos. SO in name Of I.
Leal, 81 in name of c. Bustillos and as
In name OF Jose. Moriado in Bexar coun-
~ Texas: beginning at the southwest
corner OF the l.. Leal survey No. 80:
thence north 1890 feet 20 the beginning
point OF this tract; thence south 2sn
degrees east along the west side of the
$40 feet; thence north 1880 feet; thence
south ?sis degrees east liz feet TO the
place OF beginning.
The County Commissioners Court OF
BeSar county. Texas, reserves the right
TO reject any and all bids.
JOHN II. CONVICTION,
speeisl Commissioner. Bexar County. Ter.
SPECIAL, OFFER TWO SUITS
eieaned and pressed. $3.50. The Panta-
more7 ' 10y
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

lightenment reaching some 10000 900
Americans daily.
THAT implies tremendous power
and responsibility, almost awesome
at times. Think Of its effect upon
people whose lives would otherwise
be drab! sHoy il stimulates imagi-
nation. Builds dreams. Re-creates
waning ambition. Fires new hopes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
BIDS WANTED

BIDS WANTED.
Sealed bids addressed 20 the Hon.
Augustus McCloskey. county Judge. will
be received in the office Of the county
auditor until IL o'clock a. m. Thursday
April IS. 1928. for furnishing Bexar
County with one fifteen tl5) ton gaso-
line road roller for use In County Com
mlssioners' Precinct No. 4. 20 be deliv-
cred on or before August l. 1928. and
The county reserves the right TO re-
ject any and all bids.
W. s. KENDALL. County Auditor.
BIDS FOR LEvELING FOUNDATION
OF two-story house; may roll back 30
feet. Isaac Bledsoe, $40 W. Commerce
st. Or. 1920.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
Genius of the Movies Is Only q!


ture.
why. the Iact that thousands Of
| people heretofore inarticulate have
been prompted by motion pictures to
write, not only for the screen, shows
its influence in quickenins mental
activity.
Success ne said, cutting back,
lis the measure of ones vital reIa-
tionship to the rest of the world,
relationship made up of an infinite
number OF sentimental reactions and
their material coin of exchange.
in this business you must have
great faith an the weight of emo
tons. You've got to be 8 sentiment
talist TO risk from 100000 TO $780,
OOO for a picture in the reasonable
assurance that its sway upon human
hearts will reimburse and profit
you.
you can readily see that motion
pictures can't be based on cold-blood-
ed finance like raising potatoes or
selling cotton. The movie maker
can't simply pour in so much money
and sit back awaiting returns. He
must be unusually alert to the So
cial and economic changes that re-
act upon fundamentally unchangeable
emotions. He's got to get that into
his pictures or his product is unsal-
able,
1t is Irving Thalberg's canny abil-
lty to do just that-to sense the
changing psychology of a people and
to shape all the activities Of movie
producing plant to the heart hung
ers and MUD groupings of a public
which brings him an income of $780,
600 a year at %.
Over his dynamic personality and
the consciousness of his abilities. he
wears becoming mask of modesty
and quiet. unfailing courtesy. Not a
trace OF swagger-for which, Suarks,
please keep the spotlight on him a
moment longer!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
AUCTION SALES
Alamo Auction Co.
CROCKETT 43ls.

CkOChETT tSls.
Pays cash for your furniture and
household goods. either sell at auction
for you. We give and get the best prices
s. w. w. Pulliam. manager and auc'
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

ADORABLE BEAUTY SHOP -RE.
moves blackheads, ,superfluous hairs
destroys roots, harmless to skin: not elec.
Crockett 7q7s.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
AUCTION
MONDAY


451 Nolan St., corner North Cherry
Furnishings OF several rooms. Pianos.
Photographs. living room suites, Ivory.
Mahogany and Birds Eye Maple bed
room suites. Dining room furniture. Sec
tional bookcases, library tables, wicker
suites. sewing machines, electric sweep
ers. chival mirror. nice art squares,
wardrobes, Walnut and Ivory chifferobes,
500, white tailor machine. kitchen cabi-
nets, refrigerators. heaters, gas. wood
and oil cook stoves, garden tools. lot OF
curtains, draperies and other articles.
Must sell.
ALAMO Auction co.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
AUCTION MONDAY

10 A. NJ.
4Sl Nolan St. corner North Cherry
Furnishings OF several rooms, pianos.
monographs. living room, bedroom. din
ing room and kitchen furniture and sew
eral other things. See auction column
for list OF goods
ALAMO AUCTION co.
LATEST IMPROVED DROPHEAD
ball-oearing Singer sewing machine
perfect condition: cheap for quick salo
Tr. $3.50
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
FOR RENT

for entertainments. lectures. con-
certs and dances, Turner Hall.
Rms DIR. Zucht. Travis $3.50.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
103 w. Travis
BUSINESS PERSONALS

G. GRANT WHITE. LAWYER. 500 Ma
tional Bank OF Commerce Bldg. Phone
or. 4725. San Antonio.
THOSE AFFLICTED WITH CoNsTIPA-
ton. habitual or otherwise. will learn
some thing OF interest and help at home.
Write to 227 Light.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Thieves Enter Home.-Burglars
entered the home of Mrs. C. +.
Guenther Jr.. 1015 West Russell
place Friday night, according to re-
port filed with detectives Saturday
morning. Several articles of jewelry
were reported stolen. A hand bag
taken contained a wedding ring and
silver rosary in n small case.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

SPECIAL OFFER = TWO SUITS
cleaned and pressed. $3.50. The Panta :
,or,um' Phone Crockett 63s. Why pay
WEDDING GIFT, $1,000 FOR Couple
TO he married in Jaws OF whale at
Whale Show. Carnival Midway.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
BANKRUPTCY SALES

BANKRUPT SALE OF GROCERIES.
The grocery stock Of W. NJ. LANCE,
bankrupt. has been moved to No. ga
Alamo plaza next to the Alano) and
Ia being sold out at retail at greatly
reduced prices. Come early.
NJ. COPPARD. Receiver.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Attention. II. o. E.-The Bruno
Rose class, the largest of our drives
will be initiated into the Eagles We'd
nesday, April IS. The full degree
will be conferred on all candidates.
You are requested to be on hand at
Z 30 p. m. More fun than being at
the carnival.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
LUMBaR. BUILDERS MATERIAL

FOR sALE-SEcOND-HA BRICK
at corner OF North Comal and West
Myrtle. Travis 1912.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Condition Is Grave.-Although alive
late Saturday night, Pvt. Walter
Kunda, service company. Twenty
third Infantry. who sustained a frae-
tured skull in a fight Wednesday
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Dance with White Rose. West End
every Saturday and Sunday, SchutHe.
-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Dancing, Eagle Hall. Thursday.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs.
Krisch Rainbow. No. 5.-(Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

night, was in a worse condition and
his recovery was reported more
doubtful than any time since his in
jury. Private Kunda was struck on
the head with a baseball bat We'd
nesday night at the service company
barracks. A corporal of the same
company is being held in connection
with the affair. which is said to have
started when the latter attempted TO
restore order in the barracks after
the return of several soldiers who had
been on leave. Private Kunda has
been unconscious since Wednesday
night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Boys Are Accused.--Three San An
tonic youths spent an unpleasant
afternoon cooling their heels at the
Bexar county sheriff's office Satur-
day. They had been transferred from
the city jail and held at the sheriff's
office on warrants from Karnes coun-
~ where they are charged with hav-
ing stolen some automobile tires. The
three youths. all under 90 years OF
age were released on bail Of $500
each. but not until they had done
considerable telephoning in an effort
to get bondsmen. IL was not until
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Holdup Is Charged.-Deputy Sheriff
Angel Barloco returned from Hous-
ton Saturday. bringing with him
man who was arrested there on
warrant from Bexar county charging
robbery by assault. Complaint was
made against him in justice court fol-
lowing a hold-up on the Frio City
road last week.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

Sends False Alarm.-Mischievo
persons caused half a dozen fire COM
Ranies a useless run at IL 80 Satur-
day morning. when q false alarm was
sounded from the box at the corner
of East Commerce and Polaris streets.
Residents reported having seen the oc-
cupant of an automobile drive up to
the box, break the glass and turn the
key. He drove rapidly from the scene
u moment later.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-24
LET THE SENTENCES STAND

One of the surest ways to promote
respect for the law is to enforce the
penalties provided by the law and i'm
posed by the courts after fair trial.
1t appears that locally there has been
an unwarranted tendency to compro-
mise cases outside of court or else to
nullify sentences after they have been
passed. Where there has been DELHI
crate lafsraction of laws, such as, for
example, the laws against reckless
driving, or driving while intoxicated,
the only way the public interest can
be protected is through adequate pun
ishment of offenders. 1t appears that
this punishment should take the form
not only of bonding, fine and impris-
onment, but also of revocation of
licenses.
The great advantage court settle
ment has over official settlement OF
law violations is that the court is open
and public, both accuser and accused
being given complete opportunity to
set forth their sides, and judgment be-
ing rendered on the evidence. When
such judgments and sentences are
later set aside, it is usually done in
private manner, so as to involve all
sorts of special pleading without OPP
portunity for adequate showing on the
part of the prosecution. There is OF
late an alarming tendency of executive
officials to exercise clemency in GER
tain cases where clemency is evidently
not in order. This authority to COM
promise with those convicted of viola
tions of law either should not be
abused or else it should be materially
reduced, and in some cases revoked
| entirely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-24

place for five years to come. 1t is en-
couraging to know that the telephone
company has broad schedule of ex-
tending service in Birmingham and
outlying sections for this year. There
has been a lot of inconvenience caused
by inability to secure new telephone
installation, and there still is. The
company has explained its slowness in
making these needed extensions by de-
claring inability to secure first this
kind of material and then that. Mean
while there are hundreds without tele-
phones who should have them. 1t has
seemed reasonable to these citizens
that if factories accustomed to man.
ufacturing certain materials for the
telephone company were unable to
come up to requirements, contracts
might have been let to other factories
or factories built especially to care for
the needs of the company. AS public
servant it is it's plain duty to come as
near providing adequate service as
is humanity possible and within the
power of very rich and strong or
panizatiOn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-24
-SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION

| The principle of selectlve lmm1gra-
ton having been permanently estab-
lished in public opinion, and the de-
mand for mere laboring numbers
having been silenced with equal ap-
pearance of permanency, the country
| is in a fair way to evolve some really
manful, straightforward, sound, sane
and simple immigration plan. There
ought not to be great difficulty in
solving the problem if the eye to So
luton stands fixed on fitness. Eu-
gene Grace, president of the Bethle-
hem Steel corporation, declares II
favor of selective immigration. He
wishes an elastic law, but one cor
tanning selective conditions for the
exclusion of undesirables, and he sug-
gests that the consular service in
other. countries act as agencies iii
barring all but desirable immigrants.
Mr. Grace would still have the crude
labor demand amply supplied for
COLONIZATION of competitive bidding
among plants for labor" 1t would not
be wise, however, for the country to
entertain consideration of this factor
in industrial plant life when arrang-
ing it's selective immigration pro-
visions, because that would inject the
idea of numbers, which is what the
country needs to steer away from.
Numbers and fitness do not travel il
parallel channels. When numbers be-
come a major consideration, fitness
will descend in the scale of impor-
lance.
There is another answer to that
phase of Mr.. Grace's position. The
more strict the country is with regard
to fitness, the more of the fit it will
acquire, because the fit will come the
sooner if they know that when they
come over here they will not be in
competition with hordes of the unfit
who are willing to take low wage
and live under less desirable condi-
tions. More Canadians than ever are
coming in because they realize the
superior opportunities offered as a
result of the immigration restrictions.
More of the unfit means fewer of the
fit, and vice versa. This country can
have all the fit that it desires if it
will continue to invite them by con-
tinuous and progressive exclusion of
the unfit. Mr.. Grace and other heads
of industrial concerns formerly i'm
porting tens of thousands of the I'M
desirables who have given them as
much trouble personally as they have
worried the country at large have
seen the light fairly we'll. A little
more and they will be thoroughly in
Me with public opinion. Then
united thought will find no difficulty
in enacting measures that will pro-
tect the quality of our citizenship.
The country has clear right to the
choice and has made up its mind to
exercise that choice as a standing and
permanent rule of American policy.