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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
SCOUTS WILL ERECT
TENTED CITY AND
SHOW THEIR SKILL
will Assemble Saturday on
a Lot at St. May's
and Pecan.

The lot at the corner of st. Mary's
and Pecan will be tented city Satur-
day afternoon and evening, March 30,
according to Lloyd NJ. O'Neal, deputy
scout commissioner. The local coun-
Gil of Boy Scouts of America will meet
at that place to celebrate and study
camping and everything that goes with
it. Supper will. be served at $50.
At l O'clock. the scouts will meet
and organize into patrols for the pur-
pose of carrying out the program. Ma
terial will be provided by the troop
committee, with A. NJ. Michael scout
commissioner, in charge Under the
direction of Lloyd NJ. O'Neal, acting
scout director, the provisional troop
will engage in wood craft and scout
craft work. They will build bridges,
-lean-tos, camp kitchens, devices for
cooking, a council ring and other in
teresting things that scouts learn.
Scoutmaster Thomas w. Sharpe will
act as scoutmaster of the troop. He
viii be assisted by Deputy Commits
sioner Gus Plug, acting assistant
scoutmaster. Milton Michael, scout
master of the band troop, will be
senior patrol leader for the troop with
Assistant Scoutmaster Hennesey as
scribe. The patrol leaders will take
charge of various sections of the camp
to see that the boys and men execute
the work that they are given to do.
The patrol leaders will be Scoutmas-
ter Jack Hites, Fox Patrol; Scout
master Fred A. Bitner, Owl Patrol;
Deputy Commissioner Robert c. Ed
gar, Beaver Patrol; Scoutmaster c. L.,
Maule will also take charge of the
Beaver Patrol.
The Fox Patrol will work in camp
craft and camping devices; Owl Pa
troll, camp kitchens and camps sani-
tation; Beaver Patrol, pioneering and
woodcraft. The Beaver Patrol will
also take charge of the camping shell
tiers, council ring meeting and games.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23

lowing these two successful purchases,
Mr.. Robinson bought the Baltimore IN
Kansas City, and in 1919. the Balti-
more was consolidated with the Muel-
bach under the ownership of the Mil
Continent Hotel Association. Of which
Mr.. Robinson was one of the largest
stockholders.
With his present ownership Of the
Baltimore and his interest in the
Muelbach. Mr.. Robinson must divide
his time between Kansas City and San
Antonio. Since assuming the manage
ment of the ST. Anthony, which is his
latest purchase. he has scarcely had
time to complete the program of i'm
provement that is contemplated for
the hotel. Announcement of this in
tended rejuvenation will be made dur
ing the next few days.
There are great possibilities here,
Mr.. Robinson stated. "As business
man. / consider that i have made a
good investment in San Antonio's flu
ture. The st. Anthony will be inn
proved not only during the first part
of my ownership. but as soon and as
long as progress demands additional
changes"
Mrs. Robinson and her daughter are
planning to sail for Europe on thu
first of April. At present the famil,
has suite at the st. Anthony, wher,
/ Mrs. Robinson is planning to spenC
! the majority of her winters.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
I.G. N. To Install Motor Cars.

A. K. Fox, district passenger agent
of the I-G. n. railway announced
Friday that the local branch of the
I-G. N. has purchased motor cars to
be used as a means of transportation
from San Antonio to Austin. These
cars, which will probably be ready
for service April Is will seat 90 pas
sengers, will have a separate compart-
ment for negroes, another for coach
travel, and a rear compartment Of
the observation type as smoking
parlor. According to the schedule.
one car will leave Austin daily at s
a. m, and arrive in San Antonio at
1850 a. M, then leave San Antonio
at - 80 noon and arrive in Austin
at 3 10 y. m. Another car will leave
Austin at II noon and arrive in San
Antonio at . 80 D. m, then leave San
Antonio at 4 p. m, to arrive in
Austin at q 80 n. m.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
Say Veterans Bureau Scandal
Far Worse Than Teapot Dome

ishment Of the guilty ever since the
disclosures were made"
Declaring the indictment of Forbes
and John w. Thompson, st. Louis
and Chicago contractor. to be the first
ambitious step thus far taken by the
government to bring those charged
with corruption to justice, the Spring
field News says, zone might find ex-
cuse, if one were charitable. for neg
ligence and carelessness in the expen-
diture of public money. but decency
cannot condone the wilful extrava-
gance which becomes a part of down.
right fraud, especially when those who
suffer are men who have been MANNED
in so patriotic a cause as called for
the best of the country's manhood dur
ing the World War;"
Referring to Forbes claims that he
is being framed and that his explana-
tons may implicate some of those who
have Framed" him. the Utica Obser-
yer Dispatch declares mo explanations
that Forbes can ever make can excuse
him for the wanton, wicked waste of
money in his joyrides across the con-
tinent, or in the wasteful, criminal ex-
penditures for vast stores of materials,
some of which could not be used in
century"
The country was more incensed,"
"The country wa smore incensed. :"
declares the Portsmouth Star, "by the
revelations of unfitness produced
against the directing head of the or
ganization set up by a grateful country
for the care OF its disabled soldiers
than it is by the oil scandal" to
which it adds at has felt that the
Withholding Of single penny Of the
hundreds of millions voted out of the
pockets Of willing taxpayers for the
relief of disabled soldiers was a crime
that far transcends even the gross and
sordidness growing out Of the oil
leases" To this the Bangor CONNER
eial adds "if there was a crime. 1t was
the meanest variety of crime and calls
for the maximum punishment"
Summing up several of the outstand-
ing scandals the Little Rock Arkansas
Gazette calls the Veterans Bureau
case sour meancst graft case" and
declares "the present epidemic Of sus-
picion is a natural consequence OF dis
honesty in high places. 1t should be
put down promptly as possible, for al
ready it is interfering with the course
of swift justice" To which the jack
sonville Journal adds "the country has
determined upon a complete purging
of corruption. il it must use the public
men from White House clear through
every department and into the halls OF
Congress with such a vengeance that
even in unseating the innocent it has
set nm a warning for all time to come"
The Veterans Bureau. declares the
st. Paul Dispatch. against the nur-
noses of which no voice could be or has
been raised. is an example of what can
happen and USUALLY does happen to big
government undertakings. 1t is a
warning against embarking the gov
eminent into any new line OF bust
ness"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
Editors Compare Pifering
Of Public Lands With
Traffic IN Lives Of Dis
abled Soldiers.

Infinitely worse in its moral effects
on the conscience of the nation than
the oil scandal is the apparent corrup-
tton in the Veterans Bureau according
to the virtually unanimous opinion of
editors of the United States in their
comments on the indictment of Col.
Charles n. Forbes By the federal grand
jury in Chicago. In favor of the mani,
pufati0As in oil by these comparisons,
those manlpuiations represented only
Unsuitable greed that piled on the .e-
sources OF the couatrS- If half of what
has been revealed or charged is true
with respect to the Veterans Bureau
scandal the illicit traffic has been not
only a profilgate waste and steal of the
Nations wealth but it has been q con-
scienceless traffic in human lives
lives freely and gladly offered on the
altar of patriotism.
Funds of the people, unstiRtingly
and cheerfuHy offered to make paltry
amends for bodies broken and de-
stroyed, have been sauandered with
reckless abandon if evidence offered
can be proven. IL charges are substsn-
tiated that have been brought cut in
the Senate hearings, and later before
the grand jury, editors agree, the pun
ishment should be as devoid of mercy
as was the waste.
In some respects. in the opinion
of the Brooklyn Eagle, "the conduct of
the Veterans Bureau is far more outra-
geous than the oil scandal. Fall and
Doheny and Sinclair and the others
were trafficking in land. Those in
charge of the expenditures of millions
for the Veterans Bureau were dealing
with the lives and health Of sick and
MANNED soldiers of the country" The
Peoria Transcript goes further and
says "the Veterans Bureau scandal is
a greater reflection upon our national
life than the oil scandal. even though
it may involve only few persons. II
charges made are proved. it viii dis
close cheating in crutches and ban
dages for those who offered their lives
that there might be nation in which
scandals could occur What the Vet
Grams Bureau lacks in political signi-
ficance. it adds. sit makes up in hui
man significance"
Offense Against Deeency.
Public anger was aroused over the
disclosures from the Veterans Bureau
az it has heen over NOTHING else. in the
opinion Of the Hartford Times which
adds "the fact that money apro-
priated to relieve the suffering and
cure the maladies Of helpless victims 81
the war was suuandered heightened tho
offense against decency and there he's
been clamor for the arrest and pun
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
TO STUDY RATES
Railroad Commission 10 Consider Tar
iff on Cement Shipments.

Austin, Tex, March 2e.-The Rail.
road Commission gave notice Satur-
day that it will consider at an open
hearing Tuesday, April 8, an applica-
ton filed on behalf of the Texas lines
for cancellation of rate of % cents
per 100 pounds on carload shipments
of cement from Cementvile and FL
Paso TO stations on the Vernon and
Quanah branches of the Frisco; 20
cents from Harris and Eagle Ford
and 20 IL cents TO Vernon and
Quanah from Fort Worth.
Application of the Lufkin, Hemphill
& Gulf Railway for the cancellation of
rate of $50 per car ON lumber
and articles taking lumber rates. car.
loads, from jacksonville Junction Ia
Hemphill, was granted Saturday by
the Railroad Commission.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
Build New Reservoir.

Harlinsen. Tex. March 22.-The La
Feria irrigation district has completed
the construction Of the new water
reservoir which has been built at La
Feria.
The reservoir covers 200 acres of
land and will hold enough water to
supply the demand from the second
lift for one week. In this manner all
shortage due. to breakdowns on the
first lift or from the river might be
done away with.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
Fines in Dry Cases.

Five pleas Of guilty to violation of
the national prohibition laws were
heard BY Federal Judge DuVal West
Saturday morning. Two defendants
who had been in Jail for more than
30 days were discharged by the court
upon their pleas of guilty. Another
who entered two pleas of guilty was
assessed fine, of 500 in the first
case and fine of $50 and 30 days
in the Bexar county jail in the sec
ond case. Another was assessed "A
fine of $50.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
District Council Meet.

A district council meeting OF
Christian Endeayor has been called
for o'clock Monday night in the
office of George Pabst at the Pabst
Engraving Co, on Losoya street. AT
this time a discussion Of the state
convention and the registration of
delegates from here will be held.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
GIRLS HURT In BLAST
Dynamite Concealed in Log Expledes
and Injuries Three.

GrayfOrd. Tex. March 2x.-Bessle,
Ona and Opal McPerson are in a
sanitarium here as the result of what
is thought to have been a dynamite
explosion which occurred at their
home about six miles west Of here
late last night. -
The two latter received minor in
juries. while the former was serious
ly injured. her hands and one leg
being badly mangled. Amputation
may be necessary. The explosion oc-
Cured in the fireplace, from dead
wood gathered from stream.
IL is thought that the explosion was
caused by a stick of dynamite, prob
ably concealed in the log by a fisher
man.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
TO PROBE FIRES
Flames in Last Six Weeks In H0us-
ton Suburb DO $3.50, 600 Damage.

Houston, Tex, March 22.-city
detectives are investigating series
of fires in Houston Heights recently
which have destroyed property valued
at $250,000.
While admitting they have nothing
definite to work on, police announced
that thorough Investigations into the
blazes will ibe made.
The Heights Junior High School,
the Massey Manufacturing ompany,
Rollaway Skating Rink and several
residences have gone up in flames
within the last six weeks.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23

Howard-Did you know that to mend
an American flag Is forbidden? Jay
What a pity 1t had not been forbidden
where do your children learn all
to mend the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
FOREIGN BONDS
SHOW SLIGHT
INCREASE
Improved Conditions in Gen.
trail Europe Reflected in
Bond Market.
BY MUNROE ROBERTS.
Copyright, 1924, by Cosmopolitan
Nawa Saryical

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-SIightly
higher prices prevailing today for
number Of the foreign government
and foreign industrial bonds listed
on the New York Stock Exchange
reflect the improved economic and
political outlook in Central Europe,
particularly in Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-
SlaVia and, to a lesser extent, Hun
gary, Austria and Rumania.
The advance of about Z points
in the 8 per cent bonds of the
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, with unusual market ac-
tivity for the bonds, followed the
signing Of the treaty between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia on January %,
awarding to the latter country an
important sea port. 1t is believed
that the factors, which have long
retarded the economic development
Of that little nation, have been
removed, and its industrial progress
will now be greatly accelerated.
Jugo-Slavia has had a very favor
able record with respect to cur
rency issues and export trade. The
per cent bonds are secured by
a direct first lien on the gross
receipts Of the railroads and tho
net receipts Of important state
monopolies. The current price of
72 compares with 64h in December
Of last year, and with the 1923 low
Of 53h.
The Paris Lyons Mediterranean
railroad per cents Of 1858 have
featured the market for foreign in.
dustrials. This railroad is one Of
the most important in the French
republic, it's bonds are uncondition-
ally guaranteed by the French gov.
eminent, and its earnings more
than ample to cover its operating
expenses. The price Of these bonds
has advanced from IS to 7115 since
the first of the year. The low Of
1928 was 641s and the high Of last
year 78h.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
Liberty Bonds.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs q Col
Liberty ans. due 1871. ....... sos. o.
Liberty first AIS, due iSA7..... as.O7
Liberty third AIS. due 1928. 49,. Se.Si
Liberty fourth AVS. due lOaO.. 300
y. Q. Treas ctfs. due 1853. 800. 100. o.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
TRADE OUTLOOK
GOOD, SAY
BANKERS
Leading Business Men and
Financiers Optimistic Over
Present Conditions.
by Cosmopolitan News Service.

By COSmOpOuIam news CerVlCes
The outlook for trade and in
dustry, as seen by leading business
men throughout the country. is
shown in the following statements
prepared for The Washington
Times:
SAMUEL REYBURN, president,
Associated Dry Goods Corporation,
New York-"I am absolutely un-
afraid Of the future Of American
business. I do not look for bust
ness boom this year, but indications
point to satisfactory spring trade.
January business did not break any
records, but was eminently salts
factory in every respect. February
gives promise Of following that
precedent"
WALDO NEWCOMER, chairman
Of the board, Atlantic Exchange and
Trust Company, Baltimore, Md
Business in 1923 was better than
it was in 1922. I believe it will be
better in 1924 than it was in 1928.
No one made a lot Of money last
year, but every one made a little
enough to be comfortable. do not
anticipate a business boom this
year, but I think more money will
be made than was made in 1923, and
that every one will be a little more
comfortable"
WILLIAM J. wOLLMAN, presi.
dent William j. Wollman and Com
pany, bankers, New York; re-
gard the business outlook today as
the most favorable of any time
since the end of the great war.
The trade outlook is particularly
bright, due to the enormous needs
Of the distributing and consuming
agencies in the country, and the
rapidly expanding purchasing power
Of the people. A check-up will show
that the shelves of thousands of
retailers and jobbers, which usually
keep a good supply Of goods on
hand, have become almost bare, and
thus the recorders from this source
will be enormous this year. With
industrial capacity unimpaired by
the world conflict, with more wealth
than any nation has ever had in
any other period of history, and
with more than 100000 900 people
requiring daily provisions for their
consumption, I see no reason to
look for any halt in the industrial
and commercial progress of the ma.
ton this year"
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
To Hold Tax Meetings.

Borrowers Of money, producers
and other ultimate tax payers in
terested in the tax measure now
pending before Congress will be
given an opportunity to express
their views on this legislation before
1t is written into law, according to
announcement from headquarters OF
the American Bankers League here
today that Tax Congresses would be
held in all sections Of the nation
In the near future.
The conventions will be non-par
tisan, it was stated, and the purpose
of the gatherings will be to assem-
BILE accurate and comprehensive ex
pressions Of the people for the in
formation of members of Congress
in dealing with the subject.
1t is proposed to hold the meet
ings in Richmond, Va, Asheville
N. c., Salt Lake City, Utah. Port
land, Ore, Omaha, Nebr., Detroit
Mich, Pittsburgh. Pa, Boston
Mass, Dallas, Texas and Jackson
vile, Fla.
Following the State Congresses
d general Congress will be held
in Washington, when the findings
Of the body will be presented to the
Senate Finance Committee.
Dates for holding the meetings
have not been announced but will
be fixed in the near future.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
Stocks DISPLAY
STRONGER
TONE
Market Regaining Balance
From Selling Wave Of
Last Friday.
By H. j. DUIZEND.
Copyright 1924. by Cosmopolitan
News Service.)

News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Tha stool.
market in the first two hourn'
trading today gave further evidence
or having regained its balance fol.
lowing the wave of hysterical selling
which resulted last Friday from tho
circulation of a bear tip of a
well known professional operator.
Prices as a rule were somewhat
lower but pressure was light while
In some direction further progress
toward recovery was made. This
was particularly true. of oils, cop
pers and the low priced rails, the
latter being influenced by the an.
nouncement that railroad earnings
for 1928 were. at the rate of 5.1O
per cent on the estimated value of
their property against 40 per
cent in 1922. The same stubborn
resistance to selling pressure shown
by Pan-American in recent sessions
was in evidence today. This be.
came particularly noticeable in the
second hour when the reactionary
trend in the general list became
more pronounced.
An accumulation Of buying orders
over the week was reflected IN a
higher opening. Sentiment was
cheerful, more attention being given
to reports of steady increases in
business and industry, the easy
credit situation and the rebound in
the cotton market. Traders, how
ever, felt disinclined to follow. up
the improvement having learned
by experience that a recovery from
a severe break is usually followed
by a secondary reaction, meant to
clear away the remnants Of the
big decline.
The lack Of enthusiasm on the
part Of professionals made itself felt
when early buying was completed.
Leading Industrial shares, like steel
common, American Can, Stude-
baker and Baldwin commenced to
sag, which was the signal for a
resumption Of bearish activities on
moderate scale in other parts of
tha list. The downward movement,
however, was not extensive and met
with opposition in some directions,
especially in the Pan-Americans and
the rails. Seaboard Air Line pre-
ferred was very strong, advancing
to a new high for the year. Bald
win, however. reflected disappoint-
ment over the showing in the an
nual report, which indicated earn
ings less than $26 a share. EST.
mates of the financial district had
placed the earnings as high as $45
q share.
Call money renewed at Az per
cent.
French francs touched a new rec
ord low at 42615 cents.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
RAILROAD INCOME SHOWS
AN INCREASE FOR 1923
By COSMOPOLITAN News Service,

SO0e-S~A~CAANe-AA
Class l railroads, having a total
trackage of 235,667 miles, earned
$40 per cent on their tentative
property valuation in 1923, accord
ing to the Bureau Of Railway Eco
Monies today.
That represents a net operating
income Of $s77, 543.590. The same
roads earned a net operating in.
come of $776,SSO,592, or Ala per
cent, tho previous year.
Southern railroads earned rela-
lively more than any other group
in the country last year. Their
average return on property valua-
ton was 5.S4 per cent.
Railroads in the Eastern district
came second, with an average Of
s. 40 per cent, while the Western
roads were poor third with an
average of 4.57 per cent. However,
even the Western roads bettered the
grand average of all roads. for the
previous year.
The Washington times., 1924-02-18
SECURITY BANK
TAXES OVER
DEPOSITS
American Commercial Bank
Absorbed by Institution at
Ninth and G SITS. N. w.
BY HARRY GUSACK.

The deposits Of the American
Commercial and Savings Bank. Sew
enth and G streets northwest. have
been taken over and guaranteed by
the Security Savings and CONNER.
Cial Bank at Ninth and G Streets
northwest, it was announced today
by F. G. Addison, jr., vice presi.
dent of the latter institution.
The deposits, totalling $685., 900,
will be absorbed as of the close of
business last Saturday, it was stated
by Mr.. Addison.