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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-08
DEVELOP EARLY.

This permits a better development
of the fruiting branches of the lower
part of the main stalk. The plants are
induced to fruit earlier and the crop
is made larger because more of the
early plants can be grown on the same
area.
Thus through thinning the forma-
ton of vegetative branches is con-
trolled until the stalks have grown be-
yond the stage where vegetative
branches are produced.
The essential feature of the new
system is later, or more gradual thin
ming. This makes it possible to leave
more plants in the rows than is now
customary. and yet injurious crowds
ing is avoided through SUPPRESSION OF
the vegetative branches.
The control or suppression Of the
vegetative branches also permits an
earlier development Of fruiting
branches and leads to the production
Of an earlier crop.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-08
GROW RANK.

Nor does cotton require the daily
moisture that is ne essary for a sue
cessful corn crop. because cotton does
not make the excessive growth or have
the LEAKAGE surface that is character.
istic Of corn.
When cotton is chopped and
thinned, Mr.. Alvord continued, the
plants are given too much sunshine
and air and develop an excessive size,
especially in LEAKAGE. Then if a dry
summer follow, all the moisture alb
sorbed by the plant will have to be
used to supply the foliage, and none
is left for the fruit.
Therefore. if cotton is thinned the
development of large wood limbs and
LEAKAGE is avoided and the rows are
kept narrower and more hedgelike, so
that the fruiting brancses receive sun
light throughout the season.
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soRROwFUL STORY.


"a man comes in to borrow SIS on
an old amethyst cameo brooch which
he said was a family heirloom for 90
years, a beaded rosary and cheap
barpin. He told the following sorrow
full tale. His wife was stricken b.
dengue. Then she gave birth to child
Meanwhile, the man had to feed
their little boy and get him ready
for school, work all day, and then
spend the entire night at the bedside
of his wife. After paying all the
bills he did not have enough to bring
his wife home from the hospital, so
he left all the jewelry he had as
pledge.
a lady brought her diamond ring
in as security on a pistol.
she said she was going to give
it to her husband. Since her hus
band has gone back to live with his
former wife, she has nothing to live
for, she said, and when she asked him
what he wanted for a birthday pres
cnt, he chose a gun. She said he
would buy him one if he could shoot
straight and kill her, as she would
sooner be dead than be without the
only man she could ever love.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
HAGEN, Ex-GoLF CHAMP,
ARRESTED AS SPEEDER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Dec.
'o.--Walter Hagen, former Ma
tjonal open golf champion and once
holder OF the British golf crown.
apparently aspires to honors In the
motor racing world, local police de-
clared today, after they had arrest
ed him on charges Of speeding.
The king" Of golfers good
naturally posted q $26 bond for his
appearance in police court today.
Arresting officers told the sergeant
they caught Hagen making forty
five miles an hour along main
street.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15

Two handsomely dressed men,
being detained at Police Head
quarters on ) charge Of vagrancy,
firmly believe that Detective
Sergeant Edward Kelly possesses
clairvOyant, psychic and other
mysterious powers.
Dressed in the height Of fashion,
the two young men were strolling.
down + street yesterday morning
when they passed Detective
Kelly 1t Eleventh street. He OBJ
served them IS they went by, and
apparently for no particular rea-
son followed them into book
store.
Reads Upside Down
The young men. observing that
Kelly was watching them. became
nervous and fidgety and began
examining books AS Kelly stroiIed
By. he noticed that m their excite
ment one Of the men was reading
book upside down That was
enough for Kelly
Tapping the men on the
shoulders Kelly Invited them to
lal<s walk wlt him. He brought
tiSaln into 9eadauarters,
kere The men assisted they were
CT zee Students g Baltimore who
were merely lllag the day in
Both Admit sent rces
Kelly asked them what subjects
they were studying and this CAUSED
both Of the students to hesitate
and gtanamer. Finally Kelly told
them that they might as well come
clean, as he had their records IN
the police headquarters roguess
gallery. gVhereupon Il turned out
that both men confessed to having
served time
They gave their names as Joseph
Green, alias Krinik and DrObuak,
%. Of Kaiser, Pa, and Roy Her
man Winters. alias Jack Phillips,
%, OF New Haven, Conn. Green
was said to have served time for
army desertion and larceny. while
Winters. the police say. served time
for larceny and violation of the
Mann Act.
The men win be arraigned in
Police Court tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
JAPAN STRENGTHENS
MANCHuRlAN FORCES

TOKYO, Dec. 15.-The Japanese
war department issued statement
today explaining that the sending
of two battalions OF troops to Korea
and four to Kururne was to bring
Japan's Mancllnrian forces TO nom.
inaI strength.
These troops, according to the
statement, VIII act only to protect
Japanese lives and property and
guard the railway zone. and did
not mean that Japan had departed
from its polA0V OF neutrality.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
COE BACKS
MITCHELL

The defense of Col. William
Mitchell. scored at his court-martial
trial today when Mai. Gen. Frank
w. Coe, chief of coast artillery, de-
cleared that the best protection
against an enemy air invasion would
be American aircraft.
Coe was recalled by the prose
cution To. explain his previous tes-
timony that 10000 anti-aircraft guns
could not adequately protect Wash
ington,
"The best protection against hos
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The Washington times., 1925-12-15

A lone figure keeping vigil at
an imaginary grave. A tiny bou-
|quet Of withered roses beside her
wreath.
So throu9 hcut the long, cold
night, Mari Klaphaak knelt in.
rock Creek PARK before her home
made shrine, bowed down with
: orFow she would not share
She wished "a s. alone.
This was ths pathetic picture
vsnisd - the police officers
today when they were taken Is
the spot where the bereavsa
woman had kept her watch.
TO the police, Mrs. Klaphaak
explained that she knew every
foot of Rock Greek Park, is she
drove through It 80 often on the
way 70 Walter Reed Hospital to
visit her sick husband.
she Wanted III BE. Alone
Yesterday she decided to drive
over there to be alone and try To
readjust herself q this conditions
brought about by his death. she
wanted to be alone.
And there I'm the solitude Of the
woods she felt that she could give
vent to her grief and in this way
get some small relief from the
crushing blow she had received that
morning.
As night fell she could not bear
to return and endure the ordeal OF
receiving sympathy from those who
wished to be kind. So she found
q ravine, and there perhaps acted
under an influence which she alone
will ever understand.
Fer car was discovered by Park
Policeman Sergeant DINNER Reese,
who reported the discovery when he
went off duty. The ownership OF
the car was traced through its tags
and these formed the missing link
in the disappearance of Mrs. Klap-
haak when that was reported
Saw Light OF Torches
A searching party went out COM
posed of Sergt l.. A. Libby, Doctor
Poland. ]. N. Browning, r. +. Gree
blow, police from No. 4 precinct.
and j. A. Wheeler, l.. L. Keech, A.,
II. Geehar and Lieut.. GIL Groves,
soldiers from Walter Reed Hospi-
tai
Several times during the night the
light from the electric torches fell
upon Mrs. Klaphaalx, but she did
not move, fearing that they might
be tramps, and not until she was
found by Park Policeman L. A. Lib
by this morning at Z o'clock did
Mrs. Klaphaak know that she had
been missed
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
5 ARE BURNED
IN \. Y.F|RE

NEW YORK, Dec. Is. - Four
women and one man persisted. five
other persons were painfully burned
and a number OF others overcome
by smoke in fire of possible in
origin which swept through
a fiVe-story tenement house on East
Fourteenth street early today.
The dead:
Mrs. Ellen Fogarty, Mrs. Agnes
Masterson, Mrs. Sillcox and an un-
identified man and woman, believed
to be Mr.. and Mrs. Hortani.
The injured;
John Masterson, Richard Smith,
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
I GH FDR BEER
IS AB||g'BED
GERALDINE FARRAR.

Inang1 ratina the Legislative
campaign Of the Congressional
wet bloc to naodi the VoIstead
act, Senator Walter E. Edge
fRep.) of II. this AFTERNOON
arose in TIE Senate and called
upon Congt IS 70 authorize the
manufacture and sale Of 2.75 per
cent beer.
Edge flayed the attitude of
bone drys,' and backed his pro-
posal with declarations that it
would tend to end the present
era Of national lawiessness and
drunkenness, while bringing into
the Federal treasury about a
billion dollars annually in reve-
nue.. National prohibition in its
present state, he declared, is q
failure, a crime breeder and pro-
voker of nationwide disrespect
for all law.
BOotleggers Satisfied
The wet leader pointed to stats
tics showing increased arrests for
drunkenness, to records OF increased
eminent service" and to arrests
among reinforcing officials, even in
the Coast Guard, in his attack
upon the VoIstead Act.
No one is satisfied with the
present law" Edge shouted, ''un.
less it be the bootleggers"
His proposal for permitting 2.-5
per cent beer, Edge said. would
help make the Volstead Act
honest curtail the supplies OF
bootIeggers. decrease the demand for
poisonous connections, minimize the
transformation of private homes
into distilleries, reduce the growing
scandal OF national law defiance.
close illegal dives and salvage hui
man wreckage, beside producing
tremendous sums of Federal rev.
enue
Violations Universal
More than six years ago. the
now notorious Volstead Act be-
came a law" Edge began. "No
statute ever enacted in the history
of the world has been more gen.
orally violated or more universally
condemned.
Everybody, whatever may have
been the original view as to the
wisdom of this legislation, agrees
something must be done and al
once.
Newspapers and magazines en-
phasize increasing violations. the
disregard for law and the attending
5 national disgrace of existing condi-
tions. The world glibly discusses
our failure. An unbiased and frank
consideration of this situation is
Imperative .
Edge declared he felt the legaliza-
ton of 2.75 per cent beer was the
only solution available to Congress.
He attacked any plan for restoring
saloons and declared he did not ad-
vocate flight wines" In his bill
because he felt such a proposal
would be unconstitutional.
"A solution is imperative" he
added. "if respect for law is to be
renewed. So far as the necessity
, for constitutional modification is
concerned. wish through some Of:
fetal agency a board could he ere.
ated with a representative member
| chip, removed from political obi.
cation. and charged with the re-
sponsibility of considering and pro-
posing sane method to encourage
temperance and respect for an en-
fofcement of law and through
proper consideration at the same
! time remove the existing bitter pro-
lest and challenge.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15

MRS. cHENG LIN
Wife of the Chinese Consul to
Cuba. who arrived with her hus-
band I'm the United States, en-
route to their home In Havana
after a visit to their native land.
Mrs. Lao Cheng Lin, graduate
Of an American girls school. and
her husband. an aIumnus OF
Princeton, eagerly followed by
wireless the progress of Princeton
on the football field during their
voyage across the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
COOLIDGE NOT LOOKING
FOR VISIT BY FATHER

President Coolidge Is expecting no
Coolidge. within the near future.
The President said at the White
House today that his father seems
to have been fairly comfortable
within the past week or two, and,
30 Tar as he knows, is contemplating
no visit to the White House.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
CAPITAL OF SYRIA
Is 70 BE MOVED

LONDON, Dec. Interpretations
are being made to move the capitol
Of Syria from Damascus to Aleppo.
The move is being considered in
view of the danger Of Damascus
falling into the hands OF the Djebel
Druse trtbesmen. according 10 a
Central News dispatch from Jeru-
salem today.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15

Charges / hAa 7 discriminat
methods were being used ii the
checking Of automobiles parked
overtime ii the vicinity Of Thomas
Circle and Vermont ave. N W
were lodged today with Major Ed
win B. TIesse, superintendent of
police, 81 David b Caldwell
81 ~ Nc. Pleas
ccofdil dseell ~ has
lspeeted that policemen 81 the
beat III that ighb0rhood had
not been fair ii marking the
Tires Of machines ii which tickets
later were to be hung for park
ing over time.
Swallowed Policeman
Caldwell told Hesse that his.
opinions led him to shadow police
man 63S' today and he discovered
that the officer was not paying
any attention to automobiles belong
ing to a certain realty and con
struction company. All other ma
chimes were checked, the complain
ant stated.
The Second precinct refused to
reveal the identity Of policeman
633, but an Investigation at head
quarters showed the number be-
longed to Lloyd s. Graham.
KN1..o.. a v..,.a.na
Major Hesse said he would not
tolerate discrimination in the de-
partment and would start an in
vestigation Immediately, first seek
ing a report from those involved.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
HAD
SWORN To
HNN
BY JAMES KIL5AL.IsIEN
II.iernallnrlal gsasga ser4iee

{
NEW YORK Dee. ia Battling
SKI, celebrated Sengalese boxer
was trafled from Black and
Tan dance hall ~ The fringe q
aTIeI tc today hot
ise Isl Sc back s,ld Killed
hods was found by policeman
Ifacs down, 81 ths middle b west
Fort Il front -
rent ~ Tie
end d trai d blood leading
from 81
ski. whose real name was Louis
Phall, had been shot st close
range. There we're powder marks
o. his clothing one bullet pune
tured his kidneys the other his
left lung
Engaged IN Gale BraWl
Police promised an arrest short
III. they learned that an hour 81
80 before Skis body was found. he
had an alteration with q man il
3 resort freQuented BY negroes and
whites in West F'Iftieth ST. Two
men with whom he had dispute
some time ago were also there.
| The slain fighters body was posi-
lively identified by his wife, Lillian
She glanced ct the body in West
Thirtieth st. police station and
cried:
..Oh. Louis, my own dear Louis.
Skis body was found BY Police
man r. y. Meehan, who knew Sikh,
and had talked to him few hours
before he was slain. The police
man also found d short Darrelsd
~ caliber pistol, with two BULLETS
fired.
8. Cents In His Pockets
A TRAN Of blood led along the
sidewalk in front Of the garage to
the middle Of the street. IA short
distance away lay Skis hat.
Sikh had only eight cents In his
pocket and wore no JeWelry. Police
scout the theory that he was muir
dared by bandits.
An enemy who warned him more
than q week ago, by means Of
note thrust under his door. that
he was going to get him. is be
ing hunted. The mans identity Is
known to the fighters widow the
police declare. It is thought that
bootleggers. to whom Sikh owed
money, had a. hand In the murder.
ScOrned To Carry . Gun
After receiving the threatening
note Sikh went about with q de-
pressed air, and told many per-
sons he had enemies who were out
to s'get him.. He complained 70 the
police, as he had often done before,
but scorned to accept their advice
that he carry gun,
eff can get an even break,
can take care of myself with my
fists, or, IL need be, anything handy
can pick up. ne was wont 70
say.
Immediately began q vigorous
search for Skis assaalant or as
sailants. They began checking up
Skis movements just prior TO the
killing.
Was Ex-bOttIe Washer
SIKH has had probably the most
colorful career Of any man who
adopted the ring a. q profession.
He was born in st. Louis SenagaL
September 16, 1897. and early n IsIs
deserted his drab job OF bottle
washer to do battle in the rOped
arena.
His exploits were incredibly anus
Ing. He always entertained the
crowd once he was In the ring.
Ha seemed to take his fights as
Jokes. and often went Into battle
after having trained on the choicest
wines ana liquors..
IIa fought with great success and
achieved his greatest fame when
ne won the light heavyweight
championship of the world BY
Ixn0ckinn out Carpenter. He lost
this sitln lnter Go 6ila McTisnN
The Washington times., 1925-12-15

John Conroy, Mrs. Mary Conroy
and Bernhard De Gfote
Other members of the twenty
families in the hot1se barely escaped
with their lives, fleeing into the
cold i'm night attire.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
COOLIDGE REAPPoINTS
e. I. LEWIS TO /. c. c.

President Coolidge today reap
pointed &c. /. Lewis, OF Indiana, as
member 1T the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
Today's Scratches
AZ New Orleans

~ New orleans
FIRST RACEr-Lang Syne, Diane,
Apostle. Red Lamp. Jim Bethel,
Mite.
SECOND RACE Elusive, Mrs.
Pat Purity, Main Spring, Johnny
Overton, Fornovo, Wapiti, Julia NJ.
Belario.
THIRD RACE-Sir Glenn, Poor
Sport, Hidden Jewel, Rocking, San
Stefano, Runpreserve.
FOURTH RACE-Rumbling.
FIFTH RA G. E-Steady Lady,
Green Blazes, McTinkle.
SIXTH RACE-Topango.
SEVENTH RACE-Belfre, Run
ming Fox, Frances Victoria.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
THE WEATHER

(Offlcial U. 8. weather Bureau Report
Rain or snow tonight and
Wednesday; lowest tenn
perature tonight about 81
degrees. Temperature yes
terday Highest, 43; lowest,
"a.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
CRITICIZES GERMANS
COMING TO U. S. TO STUDY
Berlin Newspaper Editor Warns
Countrymen Against Gaping
American Things in General"

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BERLIN. August 28.-Germans who
go to America for the purposes of
study are criticized by Siegfried Hart.
mann, one of the editors of Deutsche
Allegemejne Zeitung. in an article in
that newspaper. While conceding
that the United States has attained
much that Is laudable, the writer warns
his countrymen against aping Ameri-
can things in general, especially such
as are to be considered not meritorious.
ut must not be imagined for a mo-
ment," Herr Hartmann writes, that
the United States owe their present
economic prosperity to postwar enter
prise. Long before the war they had
accomplished most things on which
many Americans are inclined today to
pride themselves. Let us admire the
iron energy the American manifests
in his Industrial life; let us concede
the efficiency of his scientific manage
ment, but do not let us adopt as our
life's objects those of that strange,
mixed race overseas. Do not let us
sacrifice for the sake Of efficiency all
our intellectual and cultural ideals,
nurtured. cherished and developed for
centuries"
Evening star., 1925-09-20
RARE ANTIQUE OBJECTS
DISCLOSED BY EXPLORER

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 26.-Discoveries
made by Koslov, the explorer. in the
excavation of an imperial tomb near
Urga, Mongolia, has intensified the
interest of archeologists in that part
of Asia. The tomb which Koslov ex-
cavated apparently had been tampered
with in past centuries. but contained
many interesting objects which led to
the conclusion that the burial took
place 1000 BIC.
Two pieces Of thick carpet were or
namented with pictures of an elk, a
winged lynx. a bull and a leopard.
There were traces of varnish and paint
on the tomb, and the interior was
draped with silk, richly ornamented
with the figures Of winged riders and
reindeer. A corpse was found In a
sitting posture in the corridor Of the
tomb and the fragments of clothing
smelled strongly of camphor.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
IAH|T| IS LISTED
lF VALUE TORRANCE
/ and Visited by U. S. Fleet
Held important Among
Nations Possessions.

Tahiti, which was visited by sec.
TN Of the United States fleet now in
! :cif1c waters, is Frances most i'm.
J rtant possession among the South
: IA Islands," says a bulletin from the
" ashington headquarters Of the Ma.
Onal Geographic Society.
.Papeete, it's chief port, is In turn
f"e metropolis Of the Southwestern
acitic, the Honolulu of the South.
ccause of its position almost midway
ietween Panama and New Zealand
{; nd its reasonable distance-as South
Sea distances go-from Samoa, the
Marquesas and Hawaii. Papeete Is a
IT Of ocean crossroads, and its cos
uopolitan aspect never fails to inn
y ess visitors. On its wharves and in
lis streets one encounters vanilla and
tucoanut planters; traders-French.
Fritish and American-engaged in
every line conceivable, from copra
nd silk stockings to fertilizer and
Icarls; sea captains and shipping
rents; French officials for Papeete
l. the capital Of the French Pacific);
missionaries, natives, the ever-present
t'Ainaman, and the nondescript beach
cumber.
Is of Volcanic Origin.
Tahiti is of volcanic origin and
might be described as pile OF green
mountains. The highest peaks tower
1900 feet above the sea and are
smothered in a blanket Of rank. tropi-
cal vegetation that sweeps to the top
most pinnacle. Even knife-like rock
ridges are covered with trees and
shrubs that stand out against the
skyline like bristling hedges.
Tahiti is made up of two loops
like figure '8, one smaller than the
ether, connected by a narrow neck.
The larger unit is about Is miles
across and the two, lengthwise, ex-
tend for 80 miles. The forest-covered,
mountainous interior is almost unin-
habited, the population being con-
lined to the relatively level strip along
the coast. In this strip are the va
Evening star., 1925-09-20
GERMAN UNIVERSITY
HONORS GEN. H. T. ALLEN
Commander Of Former American
Army Of Occupation Receives Rec
ognition for Humane Work.

Army Of Occupation Receives Rec
ognition for Humane Work.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 19.-Maj. Gen.
Henry T. Allen. former commander Of
the American Army Of Occupation In
Germany, has been awarded an hon.
orary doctors degree by the medical
faculty Of the University of Frank.
turt in recognition of his relief work
on behalf Of German children.
1t was a few months after his re-
turn to the United States, after the
American forces had been withdrawn
from the Rhine, that Gen. Allen as
sumed charge of an enterprise for the
feeding Of 100000 children OF Ger
many during the Winter of 1923-24
through the medium of the American
Society of Friends. The committee
asked for fund of $10,000,000, and
its work during that Winter was SO
effective as to gain a message of
praise and gratitude from the late
President Ebert. About a year ago
Gen. Allen, during a visit to Berlin,
announced that the need for this re-
lief was over and the enterprise would
be concluded.
Gen. Allen retired from the Amer
lean Army soon after the Army OF Oc-
cupation returned from the Rhine.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
ELECTRIC TRAINS SOON
OVER ANDES MOUNTAINS
Modern Travel for Tourists in
View, With Construction Al
ready Partly Completed.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
VALPARAISO, Chile. August 16.-
American tourists in South America
will travel in the future by electric
trains across the Andes Mountains be-
tween Argentina and Chile. Electri-
fication of the Chilean section of the
railway as far as Caracoles, on the Ar
gentine border, is already under way.
1t is understood work on the Argen.
tine section will be started next year
American, British, Swiss and Bel
gian interests will supply the equip
ment. The total cost is estimated at
about So ,000, 900.