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DRIVE TO COMPEL
MELLON TO RETIRE
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be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor
and forfeit to the United States the
penalty of $1,000, and shall, upon con-
forever thereafter be incapable of hold
ing any Office under the United States,
and II any other person than the pub
lie prosecutor shall give information of
any such offense upon which prosecu-
tion and conviction shall be had, one
half the aforesaid penalty of $4,000,
when recovered, shall be for the use
Of the person giving such information
And whereas section 316S of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
provides as follows:
Amy internal revenue officer who
is or shall become interested, directly
or indirectly, in the manufacture Of
tobacco, snuff or cigars, or in the pro-
duction, recti5cation or Redistribution
of distilled spirits, shall be dismissed
comes so interested in any such
manufacture, or production, rectifica-
tion or rehabilitation, or in the pro-
duction of fermented liquors, shall be
fined not less than $500 nor more than
IS, ,oooi'
Qnotes Mellon Letter.
"And whereas it appears from a
letter from A w. Mellon addressed to
Kenneth Mcclellan, dated March 5.
1924: The refunds to the Gulf Com
pany and it's subsidiaries were
charged against three appropriations
depending upon the year in which the
taxes refunded were originally COL
lected. The payments were s766,112. .2s
out of the appropriation for refund of
taxes illegally collected in 1918 and
prior years; s1,350,SS4.S3 from a
similar appropriation for 1919; and
sl,2h, 143.o7 for 1s21:'
"And whereas it appears that, in
become Secretary Of the Treasury in
March, 1921, the Treasury refunded to
the Gulf Refining Company sums in
amounts shown by excerpts from said
letter;
And whereas, it is further shown
in said letter that an abatement and
settlement has since been made with
the Gulf Refining Company, Atlantic,
Gulf and West Indies Steamship Com
pany, a company in which said A. w:
Mellon is interested, in the sum of
$2,631.3S1;
And whereas. other settlements
were made with other companies In
which the said A. w. Mellon is stock
holder or otherwise interested;
And whereas. it appears that the
i, said A. w. Mellon is interested in the
Overholt Distilling Company;
Asks Hearing BE Held.
Therefore, be it resolved. that the
| judiciary committee of the Senate be
| and it Is hereby requested and in
structed to hold hearings by itself
or through a subcommittee and re-
port with the least delay practicable:
First, whether the said A. w.
! Mellon is directly or indirectly con-
cerned in carrying on the business
of trade or commerce;
Second, whether ne is the owner
in whole, or in part, of any sea
vessel;
Third, whether he is holding the
office of the Secretary of the Treas
ury of the United States in violation
of section z43 Of the revised statutes
of the United States or any of the
laws Of the United States;
Fourth, whether he is holding the
Office of the Secretary of the Treas
rry of the United States in violation
of section 316s of the revised statutes
OF the United States"
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Executed With Staff After Mafafa
Defeat. JuareZ Report.

Ell. PASO, March 29.-Gen. Guada-
lupe Sanchez, rebel chieftain, and his
staff, were executed after their cap
ture in the battle at Mafafa. Vera
Cruz, according to information re-
ceived in JuareZ military circles.
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RIGOROUS VICE WAR
POLICE REPLY TO
SINGING CRITICISM

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TWO TRAINS ISOLATED
IN POTOMAC FLOOD

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confined to matters that obtain in this
world-with souls In the great here
after it has not concern.
Let us understand at the outset that
Goddess does not mean ungodly. A
school may not, in any sense, be re-
ligious Ii. .. in a formal sense,) yet
it need not be thought unrishteous
or irreligious.
There Is no need Of attempting to
build sectarian fences any higher in
this country. Some are 80 high now
that they who are enclosed can see
over them! There is better use for the
states funds than to employ them for
hiring sectarian fence-builders. Our
public schools do offer some good to
all, for they help to enlighten igno-
rance and thus carry a benefit to
Baptist, Methodists, Presbyterians,
Liberals, Episcopnlians, Catholic, and
others. Whatever aids in training the
mind Of any child to usefulness helps
just that much to protect the rights
and properties Of Christian, and Jew,
and infidel.
Any competent teacher who 10 true
10 tue IDEALS OF teacnlng Will employ
every branch Of the curriculum into an
influence for good-reading, history,
natural philosophy, mathematics, he
will direct them all to do service in be-
half of moral training. "Moral train
ing" say, not religion. The states
duty is simply to protect the worship
per in his rights and one Of these
rights is to worship God in his own
way. The states duty, moreover, is
to protect him, not as a Christian, q
Mohammedan. or Jew, but As q citi-
zen.
By what right or BY what authority,
does any small group arrogats to It.
self the power Of publishing an edict
that the Bible is to be read in the pub
lie schools? In short, by what right
do the members who constitute this
small group attempt to speak for the
city's two hundred thousand or more
people?
1t is said that a teacher will merely
read some passage fro mthe Scriptures
and attempt no Interpretation there.
Of. 10 this not a mere begging OF the
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To the Editor:

To the Editor:
| would submit a suggestion:
No one of the numerous candidates
for governor will deny that he is run
ming except for the good he may do.
He will swear that the salary has
not been thought Of even: that the
only emolument he wants is the glory.
Now glory is the most elusive phan-
tom man ever chased. This being the
case, why not let them withdraw down
to two?
Neither of these gentlemen would
be failures. On the contrary the at
fairs of Texas might be safely en-
trusted to either.
1t takes time and money to con-
duct a campaign. l would save this
TO those who haven't a show.
would save the heartaches, the re-
sentiment all but one will escape. With
the two Davidsons in the field, there
would be battle royal. We could
call it a battle of the roses, if you
please. The red rose of East Texas,
where beautiful flowers grow and rosy
checked women flourish, and big men
grow. We could call the other the
white rose from South Texas, where
gazelle-lite danes and lasses flaunt
their pale beauty to knights of the
surf, where, too, big brainy men grow.
1t would not make much difference
II an unlettered voter should lynch
Witt and leave Lynch or string Lynch
and leave Witt-one only can be nomi-
mated. -
John S, ALDELHOFF.
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question: How can q teacher, day
after day. read passages from the
Bible without, unconsciously, IL you
will, placing his own (if not some
others) Interpretation ty manner, ges-
ture. look, or enunciationf believe
the thinking citizenship will agree with
me that it is too much to expect to
believe that teachers, varying as they
necessarily do, in personality, train
ing, temperament, outlook, belief,
bias, or possible prejudice. The mil
lenium is not yet! And just 90 long
as the human equation" must be dealt
with, why just so long will there be
natural reactions to inner and outer
stimuli!
Let the church think well Of It's In
strumentalities, its personalities, its
power, and wealth, and influence. Let
it refrain from seeking to make the
state do religious duty; let it attend
to its own duties, particularly those
duties that are, admittedly, its es-
pecial province. 1t is confession Of
weakness for the church TO attempt to
enforce acceptance of Its tenets by
means of secular power. Thinking
people must see that whenever the
arm Of secular power becomes a sub
stitute for the fine spirit that should
animate the church. then the blight
of decay is fallen upon the church.
Tho church has weapons-let 1t use
them properly!
Religious dogmas In the schools may
be eschewed, but the great eternal
verities with respect to which all well
ordered minds are agreed, should re-
ceiye more attention than they re-
ceive at the present time.
I would have the prophets Of right
eousness, the seers of humanitariansim
and the preachers Of and workers for
worldwide fraternity. become famil-
lar figures in the mental gallery Of our
children. ] would have men like
George Washington, Samuel Adams,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Lee, and the late
martyred McKinley-who were not
only physical fighters for. but spirit
ual soldiers Of this republic-I would
have the likenesses Of these great men
so deeply engraved on the mental en-
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a response idle, I am writing this to
remind Mr.. Wee that the topic be-
fore the assemblage is marriage in
Mexico. 1t has been alleged that
the church and the law. both are
expensive there, that vast numbers of
the people live in penury, and that
"they are forced to dispense with the
outside forms of marriage and work
out their lives together on a basis of
mutual fidelity, with their friends APP
proval and respect"
These are affirmative statements
and require evidence that is facts, and
not legends, to support them. Rev.
Sugranes has disputed them and his
letter seems rather clear and frank.
l also have read it carefully. As Mr..
Wee has lined up with the affirmative.
/ would suggest that he busy himself
with producing the evidence, emitting
what somebody told him in New
South Wales in the fall of 1856.
l have had to read some of those
dreams and fables regarding the i'm
morality prevalent in Latin-A American
countries myself. Now that we have
an opportunity to clear up the matter
so far as Mexico is concerned let's
do it. Then we can turn to the Here
tic in Spain, and later discuss Miracles
in France, the home of the original
"Wee." By that time perhaps Rev.
Sugranes will consent to give his in
depreciation of God, after which dia-
grams may be produced indicating why
He is good to the Irish.
X. DEESA USTAYED.
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Bruce and Wallace; the blood that
nurtured the Kilties on the fields Of
Bannockburn is a thing OF the past,
and the strict moral standards OF the
Spanish Don to them seems horribly
correct.
Nations like individuals have their
youth, their lusty manhood. old age
and decay. The proud Spaniard, too,
received setback commercially, but
their moral concepts the Anglo-Saxon
might well envy. When that objec-
tionable dress, the soutanne was
SPANS cherished emblem, she was
mistress of the world, commercially,
intellectually and otherwise.
by their fruits ye shall know
Around about us the handiwork Of
Spanish culture Is everywhere TO be
seen. They were the first to blaze
civilizations trail, and long ere the
Covenators or Hebrew set foot on
the American continent, they raised
the cross of the All High on the west
ern hemisphere. To the Scotch, his
tory pays no such tribute, when they
came it was in the pay Of foreign
king not as educators, nor missionar-
les. but mercenaries intent on devas-
tation.
So after all sOld Pal" why wax
so hot? The drinks are on you.
Speaking of hospitality, dija hear the
one about the Irishman and the
Sootchman going into a saloon for
n drink. "Paddy had no money"
Just list! I have another one. When
is q Scotchman like donkey?" When
he stands on his banks and braes.. -"
Quit braying "Old Pal"
r. e. O.
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EVERYTHING is PERFECT
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
"A little bird told us" that press
representative was at the Tourist Club
recently seeking constructive criticism.
Futile errand! Criticism at the Tour
list Club? 'There amt no such ami
NAL" destructive, constructive or any
other kind. The club is one big ex-
clamation point of appreciation and
gratitude. Our hostess has the rarest
blend of tact, charm, patience and re-
sOurcefulness, the clubrooms are ideally
located on st. Mary's street and joy
Gus entertainment is the order of the
day. and evening. We have been shown
all kinds of interesting objects from
the tiniest baby doll' danver, aged
5, to the huge Medina dam. Is it
any wonder that we register enthusiast
tic approval all along the line?. San
Antonians, individually and collective
ly, are treating us royalty and then
some.
SAN ANTONIO FAN,
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is A BIT ANGRY.
To The Editor

To The Editor:
During a heated argument in the
Senate recently a member of that au-
gust body from Maryland attacked
the adjusted compensation bill, or
the soldier bonus" as known by its
many opponents, with the vigor of a
hydrophobic bulldog, terming such a
bill as a "squalid and odious gratu-
ity."
An excerpt Of that gentleman's ar
gument as it was distributed by the
Associated Press is quoted below.
"Should they obtain this bonus,
what good reason have we to believe
that such a horde of active able-bod'
led young men with such long lease
of life before them, might not again
become weary of the irksome task of
earning a living for themselves and
come along with another application
for another Federal bonus"
The above quotation is a damnable
insult to all ex-service men, and
should be resented on the part of
every man who took part in the late
World War;
Is the individual ex-service man n
'1oafer?" And is that great body of
ex-service men that today represents
the best of our American citizenship
"horde of loafers?" Who can say
that the ex-service man has become
weary Of the irksome task Of earn
ing n living" for himself? The Sena-
tor from Maryland does, but his type
of American will never be classified.
In the opinion of this learned gentle
man the ex-service man is a symbol
of an element" that bears watching
on the part of that very government
that he so gloriously fought for and
sustained on the bloody battlefield.
Mr.. Caraway, the fighting Senator
Of Arkansas has appropriately placed
the Maryland Senator on the pedestal
bearing the inscription, champion of
the j. DIS of the war;"
Continuing his attack following an
opinion expressed by the Maryland
senator to the effect that the bonus
was ''indefensible in principle" Sena-
tor Caraway charged that the Mary
land senator had evidenced no concern
when the railroads sought and got
bonus of S1,S00,000,000.
81 remember that in his zeal to
maintain the Esch-Cummins act he
switched his vote against his own
party. No man who has the proper
American spirit Will stand here and
denounce the American soldier as a
danger"
/ heartily agree with Mr.. Caraway.
Without a doubt the gentleman from
Maryland, although of American
birth / presume, lacks the proper
American spirit and is therefore desti-
tute of the most precious heritage Of
the American male manhood.
AN EX-BUCK.
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A LETTER OF THANKS.

To The Editor.
In the issue of The Light dated
March z, 1924, under the heading Of
Poor Pay-Faulty Service" in your
editorial column, you have considered
the postal service from q broad and
liberal viewpoint.
The postal employees Of the San An
tonic office sincerely appreciate this
publicity and are unanimous in ex-
tending you their thanks for this SER
vice.
Your editorial clearly indicates that
you see the wisdom in granting these
men in the postal service sufficient
pay to provide living for their fami-
lies and at the same time attract O
class of men to the service who are
willing to make it their life's work
and whose main concern is Away:
TO increase the efficiency.
WALTER HEN.
President Local 1875.
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To the Editor :

To the Editor:
Last Sundays Light contained some
scattering remarks by one John Il.
Wee that have got me guessing. He
claims palship with us, but i can't
place him at all. l remember having
known a John Pewee once that twit-
tered somewhat similarly, and he was
q bird. Perhaps Pal John is orni-
thologic also.
Mr.. Wee strikes me as a wee bit
illogical, if / get his drift at all.
Apparently be is a peeved Wee be-
cause Rev. Sugranes controverted a
statement which claimed to give facts
relative to the status of marriage in
Mexico. Then in the next breath he
SAYS Rev. Sugranes once wrote an ar
ticle about Columbus containing only
facts and that subsequently Rabbi
Marks contradicted all these facts, and
presumably, knocked the article into
a plumed chapeau by giving the ac-
tual history Of the voyage of Column
bus. etc. By this one is almost forced
to infer that Mr.. Wee does not re-
gard history as being very closely re-
lated to facts.
Then Mr.. Wee branches off and
accuses Rev. Sugranes of blaming the
Jew for something the jew claims
he is innocent of, but there is nothing
10 show Rev. Sugranes has mentioned
the Jew, and it is left entirely to
conjecture what the jew is innocent
of. il anything.
Here Mr.. Wee. with a playful refer
ence to the pet diversion of his good"
people, skips to Spain, and relates
an ancient anecdote of priest with
a long cloak.
Fearing Rev. Sugranes mag consider
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ALL ABOUT CHEAP BIBLES.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
was so profoundly impressed with
the letter of the Goldberg Twins, Ike
and Mike. in last Sundays Light on
the subject of cheap Bibles that ]
have set it to music.
/ am a wonderful musician, one
of the co-writers will be pleased to
know that my style in composing
has been influenced by the Italian
school, Verdi Mascagni and Macaroni
having the greater influence, the last
named the greatest.
The theme "Cheap Bibles" Is a
most exquisite inspiration, the COM
posing will command the best talents
l have, just as the letter itself has
brought out the best in Mike and Ike.
By the way, whose Bible is the cheap
est, Mikes or Ike's? When ! COM
plete the score l will publish it and
copies can be sold with the cheap
Bibles.
/ have taken the liberty of adding
a chorus, all my own, which / am
sure Mike and Ike will approve of
when they see it, especially the music.
/ have set this chorus to the music
Of q song which was very popular,
not so long ago, and 1 hope Mike
and Ike will try it on their harps.
Ike playing the Irish harp and Mike
the Jews harp. i hope they will also
practice singing it, the key is d two
sharps, you know. l will give YOU
the song that I have cribbed the
music of the chorus, and i would ask
Ike and Mike to accent the KS strong
ly in singing, but for safety's sake
don't practice near the Beethoven
Hall. This is "it:"
X. X. X. Katy, beautiful Katy,
You're the only girl adore
When the moon shines over the cow
shed,
I'll be waiting at the K. K. X. kitchi
en- door.
Yours for cheap Bibles.
JOHN B. WEE.
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THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS

To the Editor:
This question affects the lives Of
our people SO closely that / conceive
it to be my duty to place my con-
viction on record. In doing so, I
realize that many Of the popular
churches will oppose me in this per-
sonal view. but l sincerely hope that
they will hear me in as fair and as
friendly spirit as I am ready to hear
them. / do not approve Of that method
Of discussion that would seek 70 array
one class against another-or Of that
other method that would substitute
harsh and unpleasant epithets for
basic principles.
Neither abuse nor ridicule can sue
cessfully refute facts and that cause
is poor indeed that can be defended
only By slurring the motives or doubt
ing the sincerity OF those on the oppos-
ing side. Surely. then, we may dis
cuss the merits Of this subject without
unsheathing swords.
No doubt they who advocate the
reading of the Bible in the public
schools base their view upon this
fundamental: That, although the pub
lie schools are, admittedly places
wherein to acquire secular knowledge.
mere secular knowledge" is not
enough. To the soundness Of this
fundamental l willingly assent, for
morality is essential to education. A
learned rascal is all the more danger
Gus to society because Of his learn
ing.
state. for within them lie Graded the
destiny Of the state-even of the re-
public itself. It will not be long be-
fore the fledglings thus Graded shall
take wing on the broad pinions of re-
sponsibility and citizenship. The state,
however, is simply and solely secular.
1t is organized TO aid men to secure
their natural and advance their tenn
poral interests. 1t is, therefore, as
distinctly secular as a banking in
stitution, a railroad corporation, or
an insurance company. Its sphere is
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To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Och. wurra! wurra! Just listen to
that! 81 wonder if the readers of
the fan page of The Light still remem-
Der their old pal, John b. Wee.
How could we forget the correspondent
whose fish market composition was
placed under the caption AS Clear
As Mud"
Prohibition depriving one of the
means of legitimate intoxication, one
is compelled to 60 on an intellectual
spree occasionally which accounts for
my reading the diatribe anent every
thing and nothing, appearing in the
Sunday Light, signed by such an i'm
portant parsonage as John IL. Wee,
whose intolerance is on a par with
his conception of the fundamentals
of life, marriage and modesty. With
apologies to the reverend clergymen
in the premises, both being gentle
men, and with profound consideration
for the shortcomings of our pal" l
ah impelled to indulge in little in
tellectual dissipation.
To begin with, it is inconceivable
that the rough moulded natives, who
inhabit the billy section of the Brit
ish Island proper, Scotland, could
appreciate Spanish culture and mod
esty, and one can not imagine the lat
ter otherwise than shocked at seeing
a lassie in her teens travelling in
theatrical costume. Apart from a
few small ideas" OF right living, the
"pal's" letter is perfectly harmless.
Yes. IT'S normal.
Ones opinions Of life are usually
gained from the atmosphere that sur
rounds his boyhood days, therefore,
our pal" can not be censured for
his ideas on the origin of matrimony.
Americans as a whole, are familiar,
perhaps with marriages on the Scot
fish side of the border. The fac
simile is often seen on the stage. The
Scottish marriage is principally a
commercial affair, divinity and con-
sanguinity play a minor part. The
"Hoot Man" who ties the more or
less temporary knot is presented with
a jug of the rarest mountain-dew,
the lads and lassies gather at the
home of the couple where a two-day
period Of drinking and enjoyment
takes place. The blessings of the
ancient clans are invoked on the heads
of the newly married for plentitude
of ",,airnes."
Doubtless, the absence OF clergy is
due to the intermingling of bloods,
having submitted TO foreign oppression
they have ST sight of national stand
ards that were theirs in the days OF
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1T STARTS OFF WELL
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The membership Of Alamo Post No.
2, American Legion, and especially the
writer, wish to thank the management
and other representatives of your news
paper for the efficient manner in
which the decorating of the cadets at
Breckenridge high school was covered
in the columns of your paper.
1t was an initial effort in a move
ment that promises to become nation
wide, and it had its origin in San An
tonic; it is gratifying indeed to have
the unstinted support which your or
ganization gave us in this event.
We would like to have our apprecia-
ton conveyed to all who aided US.
JOHN K. WEBER.