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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
By ROBERT t. SMALL

Copy right. by the San Antonio Light.
New York. Sept. 29.-In the most
fashionable section of Madison ave-
nue.. within stones throw of the
home. OF J. Pierpont Morgan, there
was conducted today the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Gertrude German Webb.
whose death at the exclusive West
Chester Biltmore Country Club on
Tuesday last, left her young hus-
band Charles Webb. the legatee of
an estate worth more than $4,000
900.
The husband, admittedly a poor
man up to the time of the marriage
last November, was lonely figure
were a host of the dead womans
blood relatives and on their lips
were the whispered suspicious that
Mrs. Webb had been poisoned. There
were also open threats that filing of
any late will making the husband the
sole beneficiary of the estate, would
be bitterly contested and opposed by
n will made by Mrs. Webb before
her marriage, distributing her for
tune among her relatives.
The case has held New York
society spell-bound for As hours and
today there are conflicting reports
as TO the result OF an autopsy held
on the body. 1t is declared that one
toxicolOgist claims TO have found
traces of corrosive substance in
the riscera. Officials state it will
be ten days before final report
can be made. Friends of young Webb
assert that one of the examining physi-
clans has reported no trace of any
metallic poisoning was discovered.
Physicians Said She'd Die.
On the other hand there was every
indication that Mrs. Webb had died
of acute kidney trouble. This all
ment was discovered some 30 days
ago and since that time the wealthy
woman of 40. who. looked at least ten
years younger and was exceptionally
handsome, had been in the hands of
specialists. She was told some time
ago that she had but few weeks to
live. With her husband she took
rooms at the country club and there
spent her last days.
1t was when her blood relatives
were summoned to her bedside that re-
ports of foul play began TO be cir
culated. Some of these relatives open
ly stated their suspicious that a slow
poison, probably q mercurial one. was
being administered. William &. T..
| Hunter, of Devon. Pa. an uncle of
Mrs. Webb, was and still is the most
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
sSCOBEY WILL
!. RETURN HERE
LAST Of MONTH
Retiring Mint Director to
Visit Old Home
= in Ohio.
PRAISED BY COOLIDGE
President Says He Admin
istered Charge With
Efficiency.
PRAISED BY COOLIDGE

+. z. Scobey, retiring director OF, the
mint, to which position he was ap-
pointed by the late President. Warren
g. Harding. is expected TO return TO
his home in San Antonio during the
latter part of October TO resume his
duties as president Of the Scobey Fire
proof Storage Company.
Mr.. Scobey. after leaving Washing
ton, Monday, will motor TO his old
home in Ohio. From there he will go
10 Chicago and thence to Rochester,
MIMI, where he will join Dy. W. J..
Mayo, of the Mayo Brothers sani-
tarium. who has invited him on n
cruising party down the Mississippi
river in DIR. Mayo's new steam yacht,
"North Star"
President Calvin Coolidge. in a let
ter from the White House. dated Sep
TENDER 10, expresses regret at the re-
tirement of Mr.. Scobey as director
of the mint and commends him for
the efficiency With which he admin
istered the affairs of that branch of
the treasury department as follows:
NY dear Mr.. Scobey:
Il am writing to tell you of my re-
greet at your approaching retirement
from the post of director of the mint
and separation from the government
service. l quite understand the bust
ness and personal consideration which
impelled you some months ago to
resolve upon this move. but it had been
my hope that you might find occasion
TO change your plans and continue in
your position. You have administered
the dictatorship OF the mint with no.
table skill and efficiency during one
of the most difficult periods in the
history Of that office. ard / cannot
say goodbye TO you without embracing
the opportunity to express the highest
appreciation of the public service you
have rendered. l hope that the fu-
ture may bring you such measure of
prosperity and happiness as shall en-
tirely justify the step which l so
much regret You are taking.
Most sincerely yours.
CALVIN COOLIDGE"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Magnus Visits New York.

: New York. Sept. Ex-senator
Magnus johnson. of Minnesota. came
10 New York today and told the center
of the financial world Just what he
thought of the Federal Reserve Board
and the Department of Agriculture.
He didn't mince words in telling it
either. The senator elected 10 make
his first speech in Wall streets front
yard. He spoke at Carnegie hall
under the auspices of the progressive
labor forum of this city. Johnson.
1n effect. cha~red that the financial
powers in Wall street controlled the
Federal Reserve Boards operations.
ruined farm credit in defiance Of
economic law and that the govern
ment is now pleading the law it
ignored as reason for not fixing
crop prices.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Fx-Students Cite Ruling.

Austin. Tex, Sept. 29.-At
meeting of the executive council of
the E-students' association of the
University of Texas. held Saturday,
y resolution was unanimously adopt
ed that certain extracts from the
minutes of the board of regents, held
ON November JIG, 1914. affecting the
election of permanent president for
The university. be now called to the
attention of the present regents in
connection with the selection of a
president for the institution. The
extracts show that the board adopted
resolution that it was it's purpose
take ample time and act deliber-
70. ,,in selecting n permanent presi-
ps N and get "a man of scholarly
~ high character and Success
'uf'ai rlcrienee in college admins
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Commander Of Squadron
Which Went on Rocks,
Accepts Blame for Disas-
ter as Do Others in Com
mand.
By EDDIE CIRCUIT.

Copyright. by the San Antonio Light.
San Diego, Cal, Sept. 29.-Thir-
teen defendants facing stoically the
most severe disciplining the United
States navy can mete out and with
out a single pleader of mot guilty"
among them-that is the situation be-
fore the naval court of inquiry here
which is seeking to place the blame
for the destroyer disaster on the
Honda rocks three weeks ago.
Like the finger Of suspicion in a
mystery drama. the hint of guilt has
in turn been placed upon agencies
ranging from Divine Providence to
the Judge advocate of the court itself.
Currents caused by deep sea earth
ouakes,, faulty calculations at the
Point Arguello signal station. the,
carelessness of this officer, the cock
sllreness of that one-all have. been
blamed in turn.
At no time during the inquiry
since the defendant officers disre-
garded the advice of counsel and
went upon the witness stand has any
one of them sought to shield him
self or to evade responsibility for the
wreck of his own ship or division.
Commander Takes Blame.
Captain Edward II. Watson, COM
mander of the Inflated squadron that
lost % men and seven of the navys
finest destroyers. was the first to
come out openly in asserting his own
responsibility. The other twelve de-
PENDANTS followed his lead. Captain
WatsOn's attitude is typical
Il hope he told the court, "that
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Naval Officers Not to Try
to Shield eLues in Trial

the responsibility for this disaster,
which I consider entirely my own
may not descend upon able and I0ya
subordinates who have supported md
on all occasions, and whose actions
in saving their men am reducing tht|
number of ships stranded exhibited,
initiative. skill and decision Of which,
any navy might be proud"
Had Captain Watson ordered ths|
fatal change OF courses, only sevei3
minutes later than he actually did,
on that tragic night. evidence indi1
Gates that the destroyers woult have
cleared the reef.
Captain Watson has admitted tina 4
he disregarded radio compass bearings
in favor of dead reckoning which he|
had failed to check up.
He admitted that he had given nj
notice of the intended change of
course-no chance for other naviga-
tors to "check up" He failed to|
allow for northerly current, failed
TO take soundings, failed to slow
down in the fog.
Others Assume Responsibility.
Yet, each of t e other officers has
taken the stand to accept full re-
sponsibility for his own actions. Each
has praised the seamanship and per-
sonal courage his immediate super
Tor. Each has rendered a seamSaS
tribute to the enlisted men ~
fought the pounding surf and the
confusion and the darkness that night
after the crash.
Owing TO the "follow the leader"
policy in the formation. which the u.
s. S. Delphy headed, it appears that
the most serious charges now rest
against Lieutenant Commander Don
aid n. Hunter. commanding officer of
the Delphy: Lieutenant Lawrence +.
Blodgett, his navigator, and Captain
Watson.
One young officer, reading on the
stand the list Of his dead. broke
down and cried like boy. Unwise
they may have been, but there was
not shirker or coward in the
crowd.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
CROW LOSES FIGHT
Bexar Convict Goes TO Prison for
Killing Woman.

Tom Crow. former overseas soldier
and later service car driver in San
Antonio. convicted Of killing Mrs. Ora
Parker and sentenced to % years in
prison, was taken to the state peni-
tertiary at Huntsville Friday.
Crow lost a long fight during which
his attorneys exhausted every means
at their command TO prevent his i'm
priSonment. The last chapter in the
fight revolved around an injunction
sued out against Sheriff Jim Stevens
in an attempt to prevent his turning
Crow over TO the state prison transfer
agent until the higher court could act
on an appeal from a sentence on a
theft conviction in Kendall county.
The theft case was based on the
charge that Crow robbed the woman
of diamonds.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
POLICE CHIEF HURT
Dallas Officer Run Down BY Auto.
mObilist; Skull Fractured.

Dallas. Tex, Sept. 28.-There was
no change Saturday in the condition
of Chief of Police Louis w. Brown,
seriously injured Friday night when
run down by an automobile. while
crossing the street.
Brown sust ed a fractured skull
and injuries to- the left leg and
elbow.
Surgeons said that, while his con-
dtion is serious, there had not de-
veloped necessity for an operation
No clue has ben discovered as to
the identity of the driver of the car
which struck the officer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Red Revolt Put Down.

Athens, Sept. 29.-Rcassuring
statements from Sofia that the
agriarin-communist instruction in
Bulgaria has been put down, were re-
ceived in all advices from Salonika to-
night. Salonika respondents I'M
derstoOd and that the rebels, rein
forced by strong armed groups, had
reached the mountain Of Murges,
where they were preparing an attack
ON Sofia.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
FAIL PRESBYTERY MEETING

The fail meeting OF the Texas pres
bytery of the United Presbyterian
Church will be held at the Alamo
Heights United Presbyterian Churcn
during The middle part OF October.
OF the four churches of that de-
nomina ION in TEXAS two are in San
Antonio and its environs. Ore churc.-
is at Corsicana and one is at Eureka.
The F'iVst United Presbyterian Church
of San Antonio, of which Rev. s. G..
Hurv is pastor. is the fourth member
of that denomination. in Texas. g.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
To PreDare Mexican Exhibit

Bernardo Iturria, Mexican CONNER
cial agent from ST. Louis. has arriv-
ed in San Antonio for the purpose
of preparing the Mexican exhibit that
is to be shown at the Texas State
Exposition at Austin next week, ac-
cording 10 Consul General Alexandra
Lubbert. A large number of Mexi-
can products will be shown at Austin
and Mr.. Iturria will install them in
the place allotted to Mexico.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
HOLD FORMAL OPENING

Formal opening Of the first unit Of
the 100000 plant of the Utica Pres
byte-ian Church will take place at the
Z 30 o'clock Sunday evening services
according 10 an announcement BIZ the
nosto.. the Rev. ]. Stuart Pearce. DR..
p. r.. Hill. pastor of the First Pres
bvterion Church, will deliver the SER
mon ON that occasion.
Members of tho. board of directors
NJ the Southern Presbyterian council
which assisted 10 raising funds for
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30

the construction of the new church
plant, will be present on this occa'
sion.
For he saxe of convenience, the
gymr. stun has been the first unit of
the church plant erected. Services
will be held in the gymnasium until
the building of the church auditorium
scompletedI
Although the formal opening of the
first urit will not take place until
Sunday evening. the gymnasium has
been used for church services since
last Sunday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
AnnlicatiOn Is Granted.

Austin, Tex. Sept. 29.-The rail-
road commission today granted the
application of the Texas Cottonseed
Crushers' Association for a mileage
rate on cotton seed hulls, or mixed
carloads with cottOnseed cake or meal.
with a minimum of , cents single
and I cents joint line haul under ten
miles. which is gradually increased un-
til II cents is reached over $50 miles.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30

country flight to st. Louis to attend
the international air races to be held
there On October l, . and 3. He was
forced to abandon his plane, but con-
tinued his flight in the plane of Capt.
Charles Oldfield. commander of the
S5th aero squadron, with headquar-
tiers at MuskOgee. Saturday Kelly
Field sent a 1000 pound Liberty mo-
tor. by air, TO Muskogee TO be in
stalled in Colonel Howard's plane.
Captain Oldfield will fly this plane
to st. Louis Sunday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
ORGANIZE PRAYER CIRCLE

Women of the Travis Park Metho-
dist Church have organized n prayer
circle tie first meeting of VI hitch it
to be held at 6 40 o'clock Sunday eve
ming. The services. under the charge
Of Miss Hattie Rankin will close in
time for those attending to obtain
seats in the main auditorium for the
regular evening services.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Martial Law Stacks,

Oklahoma City. Sept. 29.-Oklaho-
mas rigid martial law zone was being
rapidly demilitarized tonight. Mill
tary headquarters at the Huckins Ho-
tel resembled a war office breaking
camp. Several rooms on the palatial
mezzanine were released. Scores of
guardsmen were discharged and sew
eral officers released from duty.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Rate For Austin Fair.

A fare of 1886 for the round trip
to Austin during the Texas State Ex-
position will bc effective over the
l-G. y. according TO A. X. Fox.
division passenger agent. Tickets will
be on sale from September 30 TO
October . with return limit October
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
TRY NEW SYSTEM

Confronted with the problem Of
maintaining personal contact with the
$500 members of his congregation. the
Rev. Arthur ]. Moore, pastor of
Travis PAX Methodist Church. has
devised and put into effect !. method
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
Plane Forced Down.

Lieut.. Col. John III. Howard. COM
mander of Kelly Field, was forced
to land his plane at Muskogee, Okla,
Friday after his motor went bad.
Colonel Howard was making a cross
, 1923-05-09

worth of copper lost by the govern
ment in 1919 when a tug on which it
was loaded was crushed in collision
with the steamship Buford, between
Governors Island and Ellis Island,
New York Harbor. The copper was
found recently through a new electri-
cal sounding device after the govern
ment had searched for it for two
years. 1t lies in 80 feet of water.
"Hooch" is short for hoochenoo, a
brew first made in Alaska. In 1869
when American troops we're station
ed in Alaska, they were forbidden to
have any spurious liquors. The SOL
diers took to making their own and
c%oncocted liquor noted for its power
and vileness. The natives called it
hoochenoo and soon learned to make
it. 1t is said that one quart was suf-
ficient to craze the brains of 10
Indians.
A stone monument stands in Madi-
son County Iowa, dedicated t othe
first of the delicious" apple trees.
Three of every 10 persons living
between Fiftieth and Twenty-eighth
streets in New York City are drug
addicts, according to a prominent ply
stefan formerly attached to the state
narcotics division.
o..
Five caterpillar motor cars crossed
the Sahara, ~traversing the 1000 miles
from Tugart, Algiers, on the north
coast of Africa to Timbuctoo, in the
Soudan, French West Africa, in 81
days. It requires at least three
months for camels to make the same
journey. Two machines were equipp
ed with rapid-fire guns to discharge
rowing bandits. The appearance of
the machines was the ~wonderment of
natives who had never seen an auto
mobile before.
y y X ~
Fifty years ago North Borneo was
inhabited by h~ead-hunters and pirates
Today the descendants of these peo-
pie are fisherman or farmers, and
many have Joined the native police
force. More than 100 miles of rail-
road has been constructed and many
good highways are in the making.
, 1923-05-09

Electric searchlights playing ovs,
the surface of the waters in the NN OsF
wegian fiords 1T the sardines - VI
surface where they can b caught INT me
sardine canneries along the Coast ne
Norway e recently threatened with
a lack Of fish owing to the fact thsa
the sardines remained so deep as to
rnder fishing impossible. The livbt.
remedied this situation. eH''
, 1923-05-09
SOMETHING ABOUT
EVERYTHING and
EVERYBODY

The turken, a cross between a tur-
key and a chicken, is a new develop
ment in the poultry industry. For
four years this hybrid has been prop
agated by a California breeder. The
male bird has a gobbler neck and re-
sembeles a turkey. The female has
a turkey head. but otherwise looks
like a chicken. When full grown
they weigh from 10 to IA pounds.
The eggs weigh 26 ounces to the dog
en-, and hatch in 81 days. :
An explorer sent out to obtain
specimens, relics, and other fragments
of a lost civilization, on the Island of
Rapa, in the South Seas, found that
offers of money had no effect upon
the natives when they were requested
to obtain the desired articles. How
ever, when candy was offered in ex-
change the specimens were forthcom-
ing instantly. When the candy was
exhausted business Jagged until the
wife of the explorer made jam out of
the oranges which grew in abundance
on the island and which the natives
considered more valuable than the
candy.
The Sahara Desert embraces more
than 3,5OO,OOO square miles, being
nearly as large as the European
mainland. This desert is famous for
its extensive trade in mus, gum, dates
alum, hades, spices, cotton, palm oil
and ostrich feathers. 1t supports a
population of 100000.
The millionaire son of the inventor
o fthe rickshaw is converting his
great factory into a mandatory of
baby carriages, as he realizes that
this convenient and picturesque We
hicle of the East is on the road to
extinction. The decline of the rick
shaw in Japan is due to the fact that
labor, even in the Orient, is rising
above the vehicle-pulling stage.
The house at 40 Doughty street,
London, to which Dickens moved with
his young wife, Mary Hogarth, from
FurnivaPs Inn, is to be purchased by
the London Dickens Fellowship. The
house will be used as a museum, in
which are to be collected objects,
books, pictures, and so on, connected
with Dickens and his works.
Bamboo quail from the northern
provinces of China are to be distribut
ed in the state of Washington in the
spring. The bamboo quail is said to
be a bird of a size between native
quail and Hungarian pheasants.
These birds come from a cold section
of China, where the winters are more
severe than in Washington.
The Faraday, an old cable-laying
ship, is to be broken up. 1t now lies
at anchor in the Thames off South
end, England. She was launched in
1874 and in her lifetime has laid eight
translantic cables. An up-to-date
vessel now building on the Tyne will
take its place. The new boat is a
7,00O-ton vessel, with all the modern
scientific devices and a cable-carry-
ing capacity of 5000 tons.
Divers are recovering $780, 900
, 1923-05-09
IN DISTRICT COURT FIFTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PARK
COUNTY, WYOMING
SHERIFF'S SALE

Public notice is hereby given that
by virtue of an execution issued by
the Clerk of the District Court Of
Park County, State of Wyoming, on
the 10Th day of March A. D. 1928, to
me directed in a cause therein pend
ing, wherein the First National Bank
of Cody, a Corporation was plaintiff,
and was awarded judgement in the
sum of S3895.S5 and costs OF suit, up
on which said judgment there is now
due and owing at the date of this
notice the sum of s6158.85, the said
judgment being rendered against
Frank l.. Houx, w. l.. Simpson, w.
T. Hogg, w. ]. Deegan, Harry Wag-
oner, C. P. MacGlashan, Geo. T. Beck
R. L. Donley, A. j. Martin, M. A.
lobe and the Park Loan and Trust
Company.
AND WHEREAS, thereafter by
assignment and sale thereof, said
judgment became the property of
Sarah ]. Martin and Sarah l. Hogg,
who are now the absolute owners
thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, as the sher-
iff of Park County, Wyoming, 1 have
levied upon the following described
real estate, the property of Frank L.
Houx, one of said judgment debtors,
upon which said real estate said
judgment lien exists, viz:
Commencing at a point in. the con-
t%inuation west of the north line of
Sheridan Avenue of the original
Town of Cody, according to the re-
corded plat thereof, which is 200 #.
west of the southwest corner of Lot
number 9 in Block number SO of said
original Town; said point of begin
ming being also at the southwest
corner of a tract of land conveyed
by said Lincoln Land Company, to
Ida M. Houx, by deed dated the 25th
day of June A. d. 1909; thence north
at right angles to the north line Of
said Sheridan Avenue, and along the
west line of said Ida M. Houx's tract
lao it.; thence west in a line parallel
with the north line of said Sheridan
Avenue so it.; thence south at right
angles thereto 140 #. to intersect
the north line of said Sheridan Ave-
nue. as the same were produced west;
thence east along said produced line
80 fe. to the place of beginning.
Lot ID Block II of the original
Town of Cody, Wyoming according
to the recorded plat thereof:
Lot 4 Block 80 Of the Town of Cody
Wyoming according to the recorded
plat thereof:
Northeast quarter (NEA) South
west quarter (SWA) Mex SWA)
Sec. 81, Township SO N. Range 101
w 9Th p. M;
All being situated in the County
Of Park, State Of Wyoming; the pro-
ceeds of the sale thereof to be applied
to and in the payment Of said judy
ment, costs and ACQUIRING costs; and
will on the 18th day of May A. d.
1928, at the hour Of 2 o'clock p. M.
Of said day, at the front door Of the
Court House at Cody. the County seat
Of Park County, Wyoming offer for
sale and sell at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder for cash,
aforesaid described real estate lands
and tennments or so much threeof, as
may be necessary to satisfy SAID
judgment, costs and ACQUIRING costs
and expenses Of sale.
Dated this 23rd day Of March A. D..
1923.
W. II. Loomis,
Sheriff Of Par kCounty, wyo.
W. L. Simpson
d. e. Hollister.
ATTORNEYS for INDIGNANT Creditor~
, 1923-05-09
WOULD LIFT STANDARD
OF CALF. NEWSPAPERS

Women of Los Angeles have in
stituted a movement to lift the stand
ard of daily newspapers in Southern
California. They urged the elimina-
ton of "bannering" in heavy type
across first-page stories of tragedy
and crime.
, 1923-05-09
"HUSKIES" WILL BE USED IN
FILMING NORTHERN PICTURES

Forty "huskies" or wolf dogs, pass
ed through Edmonton recently on
their way to Banff, Alberta, where
they will be used by an American
motion picture producing company
in the filming of a number of north
ern pictures.