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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05
SPIRITUALIST

First Texas Church. splrltualist, holds
regular services at S26 Broadway; Rev.
W. Mcdowell, pastor. Lecture by pastor
on THE Second and Third Dispcnsations
Of This Earth" at 7:l5 y. m. Sunday;
messages and divine healing, 5 p. m.
Friday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05
CONGREGATIONAL

First Congregational, South Presa and
Carolina streets: Rev. NJ. O. Lamhly.
minister. Sunday school, 9:45 n. m:
worship and sermon on The Quest of
Every Heart and the Bequest," at II
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Electric. plumbing and tile work.
Kirkwood & Wharton. In our new
home, 456 Main Ave. Or. 1S4S. (Adv.I
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Prize candy novelty dance Satur-
day night Fest Hall. Music by Z. j.
Homen's Merry Makers.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05
CHRISTIAN

Central Christian. Main and San Pedro
avenues; Rev. Hugh Mcclellan, minister.
Sunday school. $3.50 a. m; preaching IL
a. m. and 7:i5 y. m.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

DIR. l.. HirsChfeld, Gibbs Bldg. has
returned and resumed practice. (Adv)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Big dance, Sat. 9th, at Helotes.
Tex, on the Bandcra road. Everyone
welcome. The Midnight Syncopators,
five-piece orchestra. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Old.time Dance, where the fans
buzz. Sunday night. Fest Hall, Sill
yer Leaf Social Club. Theo. Artz
music.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05
FIRE DESTROYS
SHREVEPORT
SECTION
Nine Blocks Leveled When
Water Mains Are
Broken.

ShhE EIOhly La, SEPT. d. -
Nine city blocks. embracing more than
250 dwellings in which more than
1000 persons lived, were levellcj here
last night and early today by a firc
which broke out shortly after some
mighty force had wrecked the city
water mains in three places.
Property loss was estimated early
today at upwards Of S500000. eXclu'
sive of losses by lublic utilities.
Three blocks of the fire swept area
were occupied by homes of moderate
ly well TO do persons, while the re-
naming six blocks, which extended
up TO the business district, housed
poorer persons and negroes.
Six persons were injured, two Sc
riously.
GALE FANS FLAMES.
The fire originated in the bathroom
of the home of barber and whipped
by the heaviest night wind in many
weeks, quickly got beyond control.
Flimsy structures in its path were
pulled down and hundreds of persons
formed bucket brigadcs in an effort to
stem the rushing tide of flame.
For five hours, however, the city
was left virtually at their mercy of
the fire until finally the breaks in
the mains were repaired and water
pressure was restored.
The fire started across the street
from a fire station.
CALL RELIEF MEETING.
Citizens will meet at 10 80 o'clock
this morning Mt the call of Mayor
L. Z. Thomas to plan relief measures
for the more than 1000 persons made
homeless.
The break in the water mains at
> o'clock yesterday afternoon had put
the entire water supply out Of com
mission. How the break occurred, &C.
ccrding to L. L. Amiss, supcrintend-
emit of city water works, may ever
be n mystery.
There is one outlet from the city
reservoir, n main pipe with three
branches. This outlet was broken by
mysterious slide or tremor of the
earth. One theory is that dynamite
used in nearby construction work had
caused the break.
FIREMEN POWERLESS.
The entire city fire department was
summoned TO the scene. But the fire
fighters were powerless. CisternS
were exhausted by bucket brigades,
one of which was finally instrumental
in staying the progress of the flames.
The Cotton Belt and the Texas I:
Pacific railroads both rushed carloads
of water to the scene.
Private water concerns distributing
well water rushed their supplies. City
Sprinkling wagons were filled at Rec
river and kept running to and from
the scene of the conflagration.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Dance Saturday and Sunday on the
cool Labor. Temple; Labor Day 4
handsome set of silverware and 70
other prizes. Red Peppers for music
all on the roof. Rain or shine.-Adv-'
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Hertzberg, Kercheville 6 Thompson.
lawyers, Cos Brady Bldg.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Dance at Macedonia Sunday night.
Music by Homen's Merrymakers.-
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Special Labor Day Dance, Toxic
Roof Garden, Monday, September q.
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Dance at Culebra Inn, Saturday,
Sept. 3, Heron 3. Smith Orchestra.
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

DIR. James A. Schmulen, dentist, $40
Gibbs building, has returned and re-
sumed practice. Phone CIR. 1850.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Watch, clock, jewelry repairing and
engraving. fancy shaped watch crystal
81 and up, round crystals, 2oc-5Oc;
beads, pearls restrung, SOC and up.
Albert ]. Cichon, 105 South Alamo
street. San Antonio, Tex. Just south
of Joske's. Crockett 6232. Formerly
with McNeil's Jcwelry Co., seven
vrnrS-(Ady0
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Doctor McGlasson has returned
from his vacation. (Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Dance. Medina Lake. Seekatz Inn,
Sept. >. Heron Is. Smith Orch. (AdvD
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

DIR. Pauline j. Dietrich has re-
turned. resumes practice, 2l6 Gibbs
Building.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

DR. Pauline Dietrich has resumed
practice. PIG Gibbs Bldg. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

woOdlawn Lake boating is fine
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

Prize card and bunco party, W. o..
W. Hall, every Saturday night
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

DR.. Landlord has returned.-(Adv.l
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
Several Startling Features

Several features of the commits
sion's report are said to be of start
ling nature. Thus the platoon schools
in Pittsburgh are said to be shown in
the report to have no assembly rooms
one of the more boasted of features
of the platoons. Many of the De-
troit platoons, the commission is re-
ported to have found, CONTAIN swim
ming pools but no auditoriums.
Moreover, the Pittsburgh system is
shown to have been so unsatisfactory
to begin with that any kind of a sys-
tem-the plattons in that case-was
better than its predecessor.
The report concludes with recapit-
ulation to the effect that Chicago
should solve its own school problem in
its own way and should not attempt
to transplant into its schools system
which the commission is unable to
recommend.
Report Victory for Union
The report of the commission is re-
garded as at least a partial victory
for the unions and as an entering
wedge to topple over the whole plan
of the board of education, which has
been regarded as neffort to prevent
the children of workingmen from OBJ
tanning anything beyond meager
oo, school aAt aud fo
fine them to the status and class of
their parents.
Great credit is due to Victor A
Olander, secretary-treasurer of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor,
who was chosen to lead organized la
bor's fight against the platoon sys-
tenn, junior highs and intelligence
tests.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
OWNERS BLAMED
Faulty Explosives Used In
Mines Caused Death and
Injury, Charges Fed
eral Official

Misunderstanding the period
1908-1923 there were 65 mine explo-
sions that killed 75S persons in the
United States and in every instance
these disasters were caused by the
use of improper explosives, accord
ing to Dorsey A. Lyon, acting direc-
tor of the fedora bureau of mines.
DR.. Lyon said that the bureau "has
no record of an explosion disaster
having resulted anywhere, at any
time, in the United States from the
use of permissible explosives.
"There is unquestioned evidence"
he said, "that undercut coal can be
blasted by permissibles as cheaply as
by non-permissible explosives. Un-
der other conditions, where the direct
cost of using permissibles may be
greater, the indirect savings offset
this, when the cost of compensation
for killed or injured workmen, of in
terruption to work and of damage to
property from explosives or fires
caused by non-permissible explosives
are taken into consideration"
DR.. Lyon emphasized that theb u
reau has no power to enforce the use
Of permissible explosives, as this is a
state function. He let it be UNDER
stood, however, if coal owners aban-
doned the use Of non-permissible ex-
plosives, as is the case in England,
the lives of hundreds of miners would
be saved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
High Grain Prices Help
Wheat Farmers But Little;
Spectators Take Profits

market, not farmers market. Not
being organized, the farmer is not in
position to control in measure the
market, and must sell when prices are
at an improbable level
Bread prices have already begun to
reflect the high price of wheat and
some of the smaller bakers, who do
not buy flour in large quantities, have
increased their bread prices. 1t is
not expected that the large bakers will
increase prices in the very near fu-
ture, as they have large stocks of
flour on hand, bought at lower prices
or have flour contracted for at prices
under present levels. When their
stocks are exhausted and the flour
contracted for is used up, they can
be expected to boost prices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
Chicago School Heads Seek
10 Suppress Report Hitting
Platoon Educational System
| BY Staff Correspondent, international
Labor News Service.

BY Staff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service.
Chicago William McAndrew, su-
perintendent of the Chicago public
schools, has been endeavoring to sup
press the report of commission of
five persons whom he appointed just
prior to the Christmas holidays to in
vestigate the platoon schools of De-
troit, Akron, Ohio, and Pittsburgh.
Details of the adverse report Of the
commission leaked out two weeks
after being submitted to Mr. Nc
Andrew, and Chicago daily newspa-
pers charged that he was trying to
suppress the report
Report Kept Secret
Inasmuch as the Chicago Federation
of Labor and the Chicago Teachers
Federation had led the fight against
the platoon system, junior highs and
intelligence tests which the board of
education had decided to adopt last
spring, the Chicago correspondent of
International Labor News Service
visited the office of Superintendent
McAndrew on two separate days and
asked for a copy of the report or to
be permitted to read it. Superintend-
ent McAndrew declined to be inter
viewed or to release the report
In its report, which was made after
an investigation in other cities, it was
learned from authoritative sources,
the commission lists numerous rea-
sons why the platoon system should
not be established in the Chicago
schools, the main ones being that the
new system is not needed here, that it
is unsuited to Chicago, that it is too
costly and that most of its good feat
ures are already in vogue in the local
schools
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-Sensational ad-
vance of wheat prices to near war
time levels is not helping the farmer
to any appreciable extent, as he sold
when prices were much lower. The
only one to benefit from the present
high prices is the wheat speculator.
The farmer is not only missing
profits in wheat, but is being victim
lied by the high prices, which are
bringing advances in the price of flour,
which he uses much more extensively
than does the city dweller. The city
dweller, however, is about to be VIC
timized in his turn, as it is predicted
that bread prices will soon rise. Just
as soon as the -four now on hand is
used up by bakers, consumers can ex-
pect higher bread prices, according to
the American Institute of Bakers.
Forced to Sell at Lower Prices
Reports from the big wheat-produc-
ing states indicate that, as Senator
La Toilette pointed out in the last
presidential campaign, high grain
prices are not putting the farmer on
Easy street. To meet current ex-
penses, the farmer was forced to sell
his wheat before any considerable ad-
vance in prices had taken place. Now,
when prices are at profitable level,
he has no grain to sell and must sit
back and watch the speculator take
the profit.
Reports from correspondents of In
ternational Labor News Service say
that very large per cent of wheat
growers in the Middle West grain belt
sold before the present high prices
were even in sight. 1t is reported
that in some parts of Kansas only IL
per cent of the crop has not been sold
and in other wheat producing states
the per centage is much lower.
Some Farmers Hold Wheat
In certain sections, farmers are get
ting the advantage of present prices
but the number of the fortunate ones
is small in comparison with those who
are unable to reap the benefit of to-
days figures. In the Northwest some
grain has been held awaiting a price
of So or more. In California farmers
are reported as selling heavily, as al
most half of the crop still remains in
their hands.
In the Pacific Northwest most of the
farmers received about $1.5O bushel
for their wheat and less than per
cent of the crop still remains to be
sold.
Very likely in most sections farmers
are benefitting to a certain extent
from present prices, as they are SELL
ing every available grain Of wheat.
This will bring into the market 50,-
100000 bushels Of wheat that last year
went into farm use, it is estimated.
Big Profits for Spectators
But even putting the best possible
face on the matter from the farmers
standpoint, the fact remains that this
is spectators market and it is the
spectators who are grabbing the big
profits.
In other words, this is spectators
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
Advertisements Opposing
Child Labor Amendment
Paid For By Exploiters

By International Labor News Service
Washington, d. C.-Labor, organ
of the railroad workers union, this
week exposes "The Farmers States
Rights League of North Carolina" as
a fraud and a fake, organized and
operated by enemies of the child la
Dor amendment, and calls upon con-
gress to investigate the lying propa-
ganda of the cotton mill interests
against the amendment.
Declaring that an exhaustive inves-
tigation conducted in North Carolina
by Gilbert E. Hyatt, of Labor's staff,
gives convincing proof that the
league" was organized by agents of
the Southern cotton mills and is be-
ing financed by the same interests,
Labor asks:
"Will congress sit calmly by and
permit this great fraud to be per-
petrated
Congress is responsible for SUBJ
mitting the amendment to the legis-
latures. 1t should not permit it's
work to be nuliifed by the lying
propaganda of the mill interests.
"Why not drag the conspirators be-
fore congressional committee and
lay bare all the details Of the miser-
able plot to defeat the emancipation
of American children?"
Labor Makes Investigation
Summarizing the facts uncovered
by its investigation, Labor says:
""rhe Farmers States Rights
League of North Carolina is the
name of an organization which is
flooding Western papers-especially
advertisements denouncing the pro-
posed child labor amendment to the
federal constitution.
Labor received number of these
advertisements which had been clip
ped from papers published at widely
separated points. 1t was clear that
whoever was back Of the publicity
campaign was expending tens of thou
sands of dollars.
ut was hard to believe that the
farmers of North Carolina were so
opulent that they could afford to make
these expenditures, or so bitterly op-
posed to the protection Of the lives
and happiness of their children that
they would indulge in the vile misrep-
reservations with which the adver-
| tisements were filled.
$50, Labor decided to make an in
vestigation. 1t sent staff represen-
tattive to North Carolina, who uncov-
cred the following facts:
A Fake and a Fraud
"The Farmers State Rights League
is not farmers organization.
"Its president is the cashier of a
cotton mill bank. Its vice president
is an employe of cotton mill store.
It's chief agent-the man who writes
the ads for agricultural papers-is
listed in the Charlotte IN. CO. city
directory as an employe of the Clark
Publishing Company.
"The Clark Publishing Company is
owned by David Clark, editor of the
Southern Textile Bulletin, organ Of
the cotton mill owners of the South
Il Mr.. Clark. for manv wears. has beer
head of the cotton-mill lobby, which
has operated in Washington and else
where in opposition to child-labor leg
islation.
Cali these cotton mill farmers wht
are officers of the league admitted tt
the representative Of Labor that tn,
league does not attempt to collec
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
EMBROIDERY WORKERS GAIN

New York.-Swiss embroidery work
ers, affiliated with the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union,
have raised wages to 71a per cent,
dating back to last December.
After ratifying the agreement, the
union raised dues without dissenting
vote.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-06
Farmers States Rights League" Exposed
As Fake Organized by Mil Interests

members They they for their
roll and they OF
Evening star., 1925-04-19
Other Industries Favored.

Since the war ended the tax on
persons and commodities carried by
rail. most of the telephone. motion
pictures and other excise taxes have
been repealed.
Evening star., 1925-04-19
Price Cut of 5 Per Cent on Cars
Promised If Var Tax Repealed
Auto Mdgnotes, in Visit to Mellon, Stress
Equity of Plea for RenoUaI of
Excise Charges.

Aside from the general ground Of
inequity, the executives based their
presentation to Secretary Mellon on
two grounds. The first was that the
motor vehicle is q major element in
transportation and should be freed
from undue levies. Special taxes now
paid by motorists amount TO more
than $5o0.000,o00 a year, over and
above personal, property. and taxes
on business income and other general
taxes
In voicing their opposition to a
continuation of the excise taxes, the
motor group called the Secretary's
attention TO the fact that rural com
munities own one-third of the vehicles,
and the farmers representatives were
among the many who asked for a re-
duction Of these levies at the last
session.
Those who conferred with Secretary
Mellon were: II. n. Rice, president,
Cadillac Motor Car Co.; r. E. Olds,
chairman of the board, REQ Motor
Car Co.; Windsor T. White. chairman
of the board of the White Motor Co.:
David Ludlum, president, the Autocar
Co.; A. t. Waterfall, vice president,
Dodge Bros; NJ. l.. Pulcher, presi-
dent. Federal Motor Truck Co: T. r.
Dahl. vice president, the White Motor
Co.: George H. Pride, the Autocar Co;
Alfred Reeves, general manager, Ma
tional Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce, and Pyke Johnson, Washing
ton representative of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1925-04-19
TIP ON AUTO INSURANCE.
Rule When Full Coverage Is Held
Out of Question.

When full coverage is out OF the
question for the car owner who de-
sires as much insurance protection as
he can afford to buy the next question
is TO know how much of a self-insurer
he can afford to be.
The usual thing is to start with fire
and theft insurance and then fade out
when the broker starts talking about
public liability, property damage and
the other forms of coverage that are
less clearly understood. The motorist
therefore often becomes a self-insurer
on forms of coverage in which the
limit of possible loss is not fixed.
Evening star., 1925-04-19
BY WILLIAM TLLMAS.

Headlights on automobiles soon Will
glare no more. They will be merely
decorative and emergency equipment,
according TO highway and automotive
experts.
Glare. the ever-present hazard of
night driving, will give way to newer
developments, such as highway illu-
mination and luminously finished
cars. in the picture that is painted OF
the near future in automobiledom.
While it is admitted that non-glare
lenses have served to eliminate much
Of the irritation of glare for the eXpe-
rlenced driver, much of this progress
Is but temporary, owing to the neceS-
sity of headlight adjustments and the
enforcement of headlight laws. New
comers at the wheel find the best non
glare headlights Objectionable because
they have never been accustomed TO
the glare in the days before the en-
trance of non-glare lenses. All these
facts have encouraged further effort
along lines of solving the headlight
nuisance by virtually eliminating the
headlight for normal use.
An important feature of the trend
is the process of daylighting the high
ways The term "daylighting" has
been used with reference to increas-
ing visibility at curves, but in its
newest sense ii refers to the process
Of bringing daytime visibility to night
driving This is already being accom-
plished on many boulevards where
there is sufficient illumination on the
darkest night 10 make 1t unnecessary
10 burn the headlights.
Bring Many Hazards.
1t has been long realized that high
ways should not be dependent upon
the headlights of automobiles for illu-
mination. since this results in hazar-
tlous variation in illumination, blind
ing. cropping, shadows. and various
other dangers now all too familiar to
the car owner. But the cost of con-
stant highway illumination has re-
manned an unwelcome feature. chiefly
owing to the necessity of applying all
available funds to the building of the
highways themselves.
With 1000 miles of concrete paw
ing in the cities and States of the
Union. and with the Government ap-
propriating $75 900. 900 annually for
ITederaI-aid highways for the years
1925 to 1927. inclusive. the matter of
cost of permanent highway illumina-
ton is viewed as less of an obstacle.
The more permanent character of the
newer trunk line highways are repre-
senting saving in maintenance costs
which can be applied to the moderni-
zation of highway equipment, includ-
ing permanent lighting.
Cars to Be Luminous.
An interesting phase of the subject
Is the prediction of a luminous paint
for automobiles. In view of the re-
cent discovery and popularity of in
destructable finishes for automobiles
and the development of luminous
compounds for clock hands and