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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
TRAPPED UNDER
.FALLS;W0RKMAN
LOSES HIS LIFE
San Marcos Man Swept
Over Dam, Lashes Self to
Planks Under Water Falls.
RESCUE WORK FUTILE
Force Of Water Prevents
Firemen From Reaching
Doomed Captive.

Held prisoner by a sheet of water
| flowing over dam on the Blanco
| river for two hours and half while
firemen tried to dive through the cur
rent of water, G. V. Wood of San Mar
cos met his death some time Friday
night while rescue workers made fran
tice efforts 10 save him. /. A. How
land, also of San Marcos saved his life
By swimming TO shore after the two
men marooned for hours in n boat on
the edge of the falls, cut the cables
in the rushing stream. The tragedy
occurred in lonely place on the
Blanco three miles from San Marcos.
Wood and Hovland were working
on the dam from boat dashed to each
bank by cable. At 5 80 Friday
afternoon the boat was swept onto the
dam by the current. The dam is in an
isolated spot a mile from the public
highway.
The men made desperate attempts
to pull the boat back from its perlous
position to keep it from being dashed
over the dam into the surging waters
beneath For three hours they tried
and at last saw that the current was
too strong. At s 80 they decided to
cut the cables and let the boat 60 over
the dam and take their chance.
Wood Dashed Under Falls.
They cut the cables and the rush of
water carried them out of the boat
and over the falls. Rowland, good
swimmer, made for the shore ana
reached it in an exhausted condition.
He revived himself and looked about
for Wood. He was nowhere to be
found.
He went for help and the San Mar
cos fire department accompanied by
others went to the scene. They dis
covered that Wood had fallen through
the stream of water and was held
prisoner in the hollow under the falls.
They could hear him calling for help.
Legion Ford and Louis Haynes with
stout cables tied to them tried to dive
through the stream of water flowing
over the dam. The current washed them
down stream and dashed them about
and they could not get back under the
falls.
Calis Cease at III O'Clock.
Wood repeatedly cried for help and
kept the workers informed as to his
location. Time after time the divers
tried to get through the water with
weights tied to them but the current
was too strong.
At II o'clock Woods calls became
weaker and weaker and finally ceased.
Firemen and others continued tn.
rescue work for hours. Saturday
morning they resumed and Charley
Roberts was let down over the falls
with cable and succeeded in getting
through the stream of water down into
the hollow place beneath the dam.
The body of Wood was found firmly
dashed to some planks where he had
tied himself to prevent being dashed
about by the water. He had been
dead several hours.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
RAPS u. S. SCHOOLS
Professor Says American System
Crude and Inefficient.

st. Louis, Mo-, March S.-Dr.
Alexander Meikleiohn, former presi-
dent of Amherst College, from which
position he resigned last year fol-
lowing a controversy over his admin
istration, declared in an address be-
fore members Of the Town Club here
that the American system OF educa'
ton is crude and inefficient.
I'VE have not even the framework
Of education in the United States,
declared Mr.. Meiklejohn. considered
in the view of the scope of the. en-
terprise we have entered. We have
just the outer she'll"
The law of taste and the law OF
sharing arc the two underlying laws
of life, he stated.
Democracy means education, max
ing people understand life" he stated
IF people can be educated then il
can have Democracy.
"On n large scale the only thine
that can be successfully given tn
people is education. A mans vote
is worth as much as man under
stands the situation on which he is
voting"
DIR. Meiklejohn asserted that Amer
lea is now facing the most vexin"
situation in the history of the world
in its educational methods and cor
cluded, "If America fails / have con
fidence that another nation will arise
to carry on where she left off,"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
12-CENT INCREASE
IN DUTY ON WHEAT
GOES INTO EFFECT
Increase of rs Cents Per
Hundred Proclaimed
on Wheat Flour.

Washington, ID. C., March s.
Putting into operation for the first
time the flexible provisions of the
tariff act, President Coolidge has or
dered increases of IL cents a bushel
in thee duty on wheat imports and
20 cents hundred pounds on wheat
flour, advancing these two rates, re-
spectively, to AZ cents and S1.04. At
the same time, the ad valorem rate
on mill feeds has been decreased from
10 per cent as fixed in the law to
Z IL per cent.
The new rates, established by
proclamation yesterday by the Presi-
dent on the basis Of information
gathered at his direction by the
tariff commission will become effec-
tive 30 days from the date of his
action and therefore will be operative
at the beginning of the usual April
flood of wheat imports from Canada.
The wheat rate at present is 30
cents n bushel and that on flour rs
cents hundred pounds, but the COM
mission found that in Canada "the
principal competing country" in the
cereal, wheat could be grown at a
cost AZ cents a bushel lower, than
in the United States, and that 100
pounds of flour could be produced
for $1.04 less. The difference be-
tween the costs of producing mill
feeds in the two countries, however,
to only three-tenths of one
cent n hundred pounds. The new
rate of $..04 applies to semolina,
crushed or cracked wheat. and SINH
lar products as well as flour.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
BRECKENRIDGE WINS
EXCLAMATION AND
DEBATE WITH MAIN
Will Represent City in Dis
trict Meet in San
Marcos.

Breckenridge High won the right t.
represent the city in the district NEE,
at San Marcos in April, when it made
clean sweep of all four places in the
interscholastic speaking contests held
Friday afternoon in the Breckenridge
auditorium between the two high
schools here.
The events were boys and girls
defamation. and boys and girls de-
bate. This is the second time in two
years that Breckenridge has won SO
decisive n victory overits rival, Main.
The subject of both debates was
furnished by the interscholastic league,
Resolved, that the United States
should join the League of Nations"
Both teams from Main Avenue
High School had the affirmative side
of the question. Robert Straus and
Albert Hartman were the losers TO
Theo Weiss and Paul Mazur in the
boys debate. Imogene Tinsley and
Helen Gugenheim represented Main
and Ina Farebault and Fern Page de-
bated for the winning school in the
girls contest. The decisions in both
of these events was three to one, in
favor of the negative.
Probably the closest and most hot
ly contested event was the boys dec
lamation. wherein the decision was
two to one in favor of speaker No. 1,
Edwin Moffet of Breckenridge, de-
claiming "Humanity's Cause Tri-
umphant." Tom johnson, representing
the North Side school. gave "The
Imaginary Speech of John Adams"
Mavis Scott. Breckenridge entry.
declaiming 'The Human Apostasy."
won over Evelyn Jackson. whose topic
was "At the Grave of the Unknown
Soldier" The winner has represented
the South Siders for the last three
years, and entered the semi-finals at
the state contest in Austin last year.
Frederick Abbott, head of the Main
Avenue public speaking department,
acted as chairman. In short speech
upon opening the meeting, he called
attention to the fact that this was the
most dignified meeting of the repre-
sentatives of the two schools, and that
it was an eagerly looked-for' annual
event.
The winning contestants will con-
tinue their work in order to enter the
race against the other high schools,
class A, of this scholastic district at
the meet early in April.
Judges who decided the public
speaking contest were selected from
the Southwest Texas Teachers Nor
NAL at San Marcos. They were: d.
o. Wiley, superintendent of the train
ing school; Prof. w. II. Boucher of
the manual training departm> 1t, and
DIR: Alfred Nolle, dean of teachers
college.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
INDICT IL in KHAN RIOT
Charges Grow Out Of Trouble Dur.
ing Kluxer Parade Last August.

Pittsburg. Pa. March S.-Eleven
persons were indicted here yesterday
in connection with the riot during
parade of Ku Klux Klansmen at
Carnegie last August %, in which
Klansman Thomas r. Abbott was
killed.
Two Of the indictments, charging
melting to riot, are against John +.
Conley, Burgess of Carnegie and Ira
Irving, n constable. The other in
dictments charge riot and are
against Conley, Irving, Patrick Ne
Dermott, an undertaken, Charles X.
McKenna, a railroad engineers,
Timothy O'Donnell, railroad con-
ductor. Willi~ X. Flaherty, Law
reifce KENNEL, William Leacock, Viii
liam L. Milley, James Mcintyre and
Joseph Joyce.
McDermott is now under indict-
ment charged with the murder of
Abbott.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
SET NEW FLIGHT MARK
Filters Cover 575 Miles I'M Three Hours
and So Minutes.

MineOla, n. Y, March S.-Speed
records between McCook Field at
Dayton, Ohio, and Mitchell Field were
broken Friday when Lieut.. +. H..
Barksdale, pilot and Captain BARLEY
Jones, navigator, flew a DeHaviland
navigation plane from Dayton to the
field here in three hours and SO min
ut&.
The former record was established
in January, 1923 and was four hours
and four minutes.
The official air line distance be-
tween McCook Field and Mitchell
Field is so miles. The distance was
r,d at a rate of almost 2.47 miles
a minute-approximately 14S mics
an hour.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
JENNINGS MAY TESTIFY
Ex.Train RObber, Now Religious Lee
turer, May Appear in Case.

Los Angeles, March Sal Jen-
nings, former train robber, more re-
Gently a religious lecturer, may be
asked to testify at the trial of HUI
bert Kittlc, former police Investigator,
alleged to have received some of the
loot from bank robbery, Distric,
Attorney Asa Keyes announced last
night. Investigation of Jennings ac-
tivit..s, however, show that he was
not connected with the robbery, Mr..
keyes said.
Previous TO this announcement. in
vestigation had been made of trips
Jennings is alleged to have made to
Tijuana, Lower California, with Kit
tie.
Kittle, together with other former
deputy sheriffs and policemen are al
legged to have "railroaded three Mex
leans to the penitentiary as robbers
of the Arcadia National Bank near
here while the real culprits were
shielded and $4,000 in cash and
securities taken from the bank divided
among members of the ring.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
NORFLEET IS REVENGED
Last Man Implicated in $4,000 Swim.
die Gets Eight Years.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 81. i.
Spencer, arrested some time ago as
the last man implicated in the swim
die of $4,000 from ]. Frank Norfleet,
Hale Center. Tex, farmer, last night
was found guilty by jury in district
court Of implication in the swindle
and was sentenced to serve eight years
in the penitentiary.
Through a "skin" game, Norfleet,
more than three years ago lost $4,000
TO four men. After losing his money
he vowed that he would trail each man
until he was brought to justice. Two
Of the men are now serving terms
in prison. one committed suicide while
being held in Jail, and Spencer will
start serving time immediately
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
USE NATURAL GAS
Public Service Company Generates
Electricity With Natural Product.

For the first time in more than a
year, the San Antonio Public Ser
vice Company is using natural gas for
its boilers, according TO r. A. McNees,
superintendent of the gas supply for
the company's customers. Where one
month ago the daily supply coming
from the pipe lines was barely suffi-
cient to take care of domestic needs,
the excess obtained now Is ample 10
operate the boilers that for one year
have been using manufactured gas.
The average daily supply of natural
gas during the winter months totaled
about 100000 cubic feet, according
TO +. II. Kifer, vice president of the
company. The average has reached T.
100000 feet and more during the last
ten days. Mr.. McNees stated.
Because the company wanted 10
conserve the natural gas supply for
domestic needs, gas has been manufac-
tured to operate the boilers. II has
been more than twelve months since
they have used natural gas, until the
last few days, The increase in the
supply is due to the addition of sew
eral wells. Mr.. McNees stated.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
FINISH FIGHT ON
RAIL SALE DECIDED
CONTINUED from page one.)


tonic, stated that, in his opinion, the
merger would not be harmful to San
Antonio, because he considered the re-
suits of the merger indicative of the
construction of a line to the valley
from San Antonio, supposedly by the
NJ. KIT. Railroad.
A. III. Half stated that the coun-
Gil must not consider San Antonio's
interests selfishly, but that her Gus
toners and the service they got must
be seriously considered.
c. b. Yandell, general manager of
the San Antonio chamber. stated that
o. S. V. Ross, general secretary of the
chambers of commerce for eighteen
Rio Grande valley towns. visited the
chamber here late Friday afternoon
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
COOLIDGE is SCORED
Hiram johnson Says He Would DO
Away With Legal Department.

Rockford, ILL.,, March s.-Senator
Hiram Johnson of California, candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination, addressing a crowd that
filled Rockfords auditorium last
night, fired a verbal broadside into
the Coolidge administration. He was
constantly interrupted by applause.
"Were / President" the senator
said, land had such a legal depart
ment as that now in office at Wash
ington, would sweep it away over
night and in the morning have new
legal department that would func-
lion.
1T admire Daugherty. j admire
a man who can say TO his superior,
fire me If you dare But j, cannot
saw that 1 admire the superior who
will not fire such an employee"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
ARGUE GAMBLER SUIT
Millionaire Claims He Is Victim Of
Plot TO EXtort Money.

Decatur, Ga, March S.-Arguments
in the trial of the suit for 100000
damages brought by Mrs. Sarah BY
field against Walter Il. Gambler, mil
lionaire Atlanta clubman. as the re-
suit Of an alleged attack by him upon
Mrs. Byfield in a stateroom on a
steamer during a trip TO Europe in
1922, were made in Dekalb County
Superior Court here today.
Testimony of Mr.. Gambler yester-
day was intended TO show he was the
victim of n plot on the part. of Clyde
X. Byfield to extort money from him.
Mr. Byfield told of the alleged in
trusion of Gambler in Mrs. Byfield's
statcroOm.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
NEW CLUE In MURDER
Officers Try TO Connect Chicago
Double Staying With Big Robberies

Chicago, March s.-Connection be-
tween the killing of John Duffy and
his wife. Maybelle Exley Duffy, and
several major robberies of the last
two years, is being. traced by federal
Investigators. working on the theory
that a small group of Chicago mil
linonaire gangsters directed all the
operations.
Federal operatives think they can
connect the 100000 Union Station
mail robbery two years ago, the ST.
100000 Werner Brothers warehouse
burglary and the recent 100000 Sib-
ley warehouse liquor robbery.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08

been bothered with my back for over
a year, and it would hurt me until !
could not do my work, which is keep
ing house for three and cooking and
washing dishes. l tell all my friends
if they have any kind Of female trou-
bles to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a trial. You may use
this testimonial if it will help any
one. Mrs. c. R. MILLER, R. Ed.
No. /, Box 76, Rotan, Texas.
lnarecent countrywide canvass of
purchasers Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound over 121, 900 re-
plies were received, and SO out of
every 100 reported they were bene-
fitted by its use. For sale by druggists
everywhere.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
ILLINOISAN, 100, DIES
Centenarian Is Survived by 100 De-
scendants.

Lincoln, ILL.,, March S.-William
Henry jackson. centenarian, died at
the home of his son here yesterday.
He passed his one hundredth birth
day. November II, 1928.
He is survived by 40 descendants,
representing five generations. They
are: Seven children. As grandchil-
dren. II great grandchildren and six
great great grandchildren.
Mr.. Jackson was born near Fred
erick City, Nd, and came. to Illinois
in 1856.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
Dry Agents Will Not
Be Permitted to Buy
Evidence in Future

Washington, ID. C., March s.
A provision aimed at the purchase
of evidence" by prohibition agents
was inserted in the treasury appro-
priation bill Friday just before its
passage by the Senate.
1t was offered by Senator Brous-
sard, Democrat, Louisiana, and
declares that no funds shall be
used for committing n violation
of the prohibition laws" or for Sc
curing their violation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
ITALO-POLISH PACT
Will BE Signed IL Italy Will Lend
4OO,OOO,OOO Lire TO Poland.
BY HIRAM X. NODERWELL

Dl hfNEtI N. .hVDISitN ILL
Special Cable to the San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1924.
Rome, March S.-The correspond
ent is informed that n special Italo-
Polish agreement, is on the point Of be-
ing signed provided loan of 100000
600 lire TO the Polish government by
the Banca Commerciale is guaranteed
by the Italian government.
The Banca Commercials receives the
Polish tobacco monopoly as a pledge.
For this and financing home railroad
electrification it is probable that Ital-
ian banks will turn to American in
yestors.
On this account great interest is
shown in the approaching visit of J.
p. Morgan who arrives in Naples on
March 20.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
THREE DIE in FIRE
Mysterious Flames DESTROY Business
Block of Kentucky Town.

Johnston City, Tenn. March S.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed
a central business block of Elkhorn
City, Ky, yesterday afternoon and
three persons lost their lives. accord
ing to report which reached here
last night.
I Two daughters of Orville Rowe, 6
and S years of age, were burned to
death, according to the report. while
a young man, Bob Ratliff, %, also
lost his life. Four business houses,
a hotel and the post office were de-
Stroyod.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
A FEW WORDS OF APPRECIATION

FOLEY PILLS are the best !
have tried, my kidneys work a lot
better since using them" writes John
w. Rogan, Adams. Mass. FOLEY
PILLS, a diuretic stimulant for the
kidneys, promptly flush the kidneys,
removing injurious waste matter. Try
ihem today. Sold everywhere.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
OFFICERS KILL NEGRO
Black, Sought for Murder Of Detec.
tive, Wounds Two In Fight.

Kansas City, Mo-. March SD. c.
Morris, negro, sought for the Staying
of Georse Lawson, city detective. was
shot and killed last night by officers,
two of whom were wounded by the
negro.
A negro man and woman were
wounded by the officers in firing at
Morris.
Detective Lawson was killed in pur-
suit Of two negro bandits who held
up a laundry company office.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
after BABY
WAS BORN
Back Weak and Painful.
Mrs. Miller Benefited by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Rotan, Tex.-"I am writing to let
you know how have been benefited

10y taxing your
medicine. After
my second baby
was born my back
|wasweak andhurt
me continually, so
II thought I'd try
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound as I
had read so much
about where ithad
helped so many
women. I had
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
Sign ItaIo.Russo Pact,

Rome. March S.-Premier Musso-
lini and NJ. Jordanski. representa-
tives Of Russia, yesterday signed the
articles ratifyinZ the treaty of COM
merce, navigation and customs be-
tween Italy and Russia.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
Killed When Boiler Explodes.

Stephens. shop man at the Frisco
roundhouse here. was killed this morn
ing, when the boiler of freight en-
CINE exploded. Hugh Rogers. was
working with stephens, was seriously
injured.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
END WILL EVIDENCE
Court Takes Application to Probate
Will Under Amusement.

Taking of testimony in the hearing
to probate the will of Mrs. Carlos
Bee was concluded in the county
probate court Friday afternoon. Coun-
ty Judge Augustus J. McCloskey took
the matter under advisement but has
not rendered decision.
Two wills have been offered for
probate, one executed by Mrs. Bee
in September, 1922 and the other
shortly before her death in April,
1923. The hearing on the question
of probate lasted three days.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08
Henry Kohler, Tailor

invites you to inspe spring fabrics
at 104 East Commerce st. (Adv.)
Evening star., 1924-05-08
BRIDE IA YEARS OLD
| HELD FOR MURDER
Poison Put in Husbands Coffee
Just to Make Him Sick,
She Claims.
BY tie Associated Press.

. BY tt Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, May S.-Held on the
<harge of numbering her husband.
! Mrs. Daisy Milton. fourteen-year-
old country girl, according to officers.
! Is said to have confessed tonight to
Sheriff Logan and other officers at
J Barlow that she placed poison in a
sup of coffee which her husband,
Levi Milton, drank. He died last
Thursday in a hospital at Lakeland.
According to the girl wife. she had
suarreled with her husband and de-
aired to make him sick" She
placed the poison in a cup of coffee.
. expecting to make him i'll, she de-
: ciared to Sheriff Logan. with no in
tention of killing him.
: shortly after becoming i'll Milton
~ as removed from his home at Win
! Ger Haven to the Lakeland Hospital,
! where physicians soon determined he
was the victim of mercurial poison
/ ing. He fingered nearly a week.
! According to the statement, he had
! had no medicine and had no idea
how he was poisoned.
Mrs. Milton went to Plant City,
! where she was arrested. She is being
held under charge of murder. Ar
! rangementS for a preliminary hear
Eng have not been announced.
The Millions had been married only
: @ few months, it is said.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
TWO SENTENCED TO DIE.
Moscow Textile Trust Directors
Condemned.
By the Associated Press.

z sy the Associated Press.
= MOSCOW, May S.-Tshrdynzef and
kalinin, directors of the state tex
title trust, the largest government
stextile syndicate in Russia, were
. sentenced to death yesterday for cor
rupion in exploiting a state organi-
: Sation in their own interests, plot
= ting with others to combat state capi-
stalism in favor of private enterprise
Z md giving information secretly to
former owners of textile factories
sEho are now abroad.
1 Thirteen other convicted govern
sment officials, all former directors of
s1arge independent pre-war textile
: factories, were sentenced to terms
sranging from two to ten years All
= 5heir property is confiscated.
= Comrade Smyrnoff, recently a work
man in the largest bakery in Mos
seow, presided at the trial, while the
most eminent lawyers in Russia de-
Tended the prisoners. Dressed in a
BLACK cotton blouse and assisted by
e Two factory workmen, Comrade Smyr-
snoff presented an unusual appear
sance as a trial judge.
. He scourged the prisoners for be-
ira ying the trust of the workmen
ssnd peasant government by promot-
tag private capital, as against the
states interest. The verdict was re-
%eived in huShed silence by the pack
: I'D courtroom, followed by express
ssions of approval when the judge an
bounced the prisoners would be given
; sseventy-two hours to enter an ap-
peal.