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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
PARALYZED GERMAN
SLAYER IS BEHEADED

LIMBURG, Germany, Nov. IL
R)-Karl Angerstein, paralytic,
who last December killed eight mem
bers Of his household after cnticing
them separately to his bedside, was
beheaded today.
After the crime Angerstein stabbed
himself. set fire to the house and
screamed for help, declaring the fam
lily had been murdered and himself
wounded by robbers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
CHAMBERS BETTER,
REMOVED TO HOME

District Attorney G. NJ. Chambers,
who recently underwent a minor oper-
alton at Santa Rosa ;nfirmary. has
improved sufficiently to moved %
his home at sol West Magnolia ave-
nue.. 1t will probably be two weeks,
however. until he is able TO resume
his work Mt the courthouse.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
RICHARD DERBY BACK
FROM ALASKA HUNT

CORDOyA. Alaska, Nov. 17.-LR
Despite being stormbound for 10 days
on lonely Montague Island at the en-
trance of Prince William Sound, DR..
Richard Derby. son-in-law of the late
President Roosevelt. expressed him
self as intensely pleased" with his
hunting expedition in this district.
DR.. Derby. who has been taking
motion pictures of moose and other
big game in the vicinity, was here to-
day,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
ORPHAN AUTOMOBILE
FOUND BY OFFICERS

An orphan automobile was found
eight miles out on the Somerset road
on the NJ. o. Alderman place By menu
bers of the sheriff's department Tues.
day. 1t was completely stripped when
found. Owners of the car could not be
located due TO the absence of num-
bers,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17
BRlTAM-TO-AFRICA
FLIER HOPS TO LYONS

LYONS. Nov. 17.-CR)-Alan Cob
ham, British aviator. flying from Lon
don to Capetown. South Africa, ar
rived here this morning from the lie
Bourget Field, near Paris.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-17

LOOK through file of musical programs old Or
read the of musical events in the metro
poltan newspapers during the You
will begin realize the astonishing majority of piansts.
singers, directors and volinists who and the
Steinway piano. And in this group of those who prefer
the Steinway you will find the most notable figures not
only among the pansts but in the entire world of music
Paderewsk. Rachmaninof, Hofmann Nero :.
Kreisler. Hefetz, Zimbas. Geraldine Farrar Ernes
tine Sehumann-Henk, Gogorza Stravinsky, DAM
roseh, Stokowski. The list is endless For the Stein
way piano regarded by the foremost musicians quite
necessary the proper Interpretation of music as nds
pensable as the score itself.
The Steinway pianos used by these celebrated
and women made in various styles and sizes to fit all
homes and incomes and to suit the acoustic conditions
of the small apartment the country home. Each
embodes all the Stenway principles and methods Each
has the golden singing tone. and the delicate. quick
response the hand and spirit that have long distin
guished the Instrument of the Immortas
And though the Stenway is the inevitable choice of
the piansts and the great musicians, it is
beyond your reach. 1t has always been sold the low
possible price, and upon the convenient terms
Some of the various models may be yours. easily and
at once. And .afterward you will never want, and
you need never buy. another piano.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
A Way For
Better Feeling.

James w. Gerard of New York
hopes that one Of the major parties
of the country will name either Jew
or a Catholic for its presidential
standard bearer on the grounds that
such a nomination would "do away
with the miserable spirit of intolerance
which has grown up in the land"
With the expression of his hopes
the former democratic ambassador to
Germany gave the following warning:
when any one race goes to po-
litical convention and demands rec
ognition for one man because of this
religion or that race, it is increasing
intolerance"
There is a lot of intolerance in the
land both racial and religious. This
intolerance goes further and con-
dennis citizens who have colOred
skin, no matter how good in charac-
ter they may be.
Putting people into classes and mas
ses and condemning them wholesale is
a foolish, fatuous and ignoble point
of view. 1t naturally arouses kick
back and fans the flames of intoler-
ance so dangerous to any form of
government.
If the Professionals of the country,
being in majority, have the bigness
to show they are willing to trust other
groups of citizens they will set good
example and pave the way for better
feeling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF 1925

1t is nineteen sixty-three;
Willie, at his grandpa's knee.
Listens to the gray old man,
Who hanks back as best he can:
eyes, in nineteen twenty-five
Calvin Coolidge was alive;
Wars were raging here and there;
Things were doing everywhere;
Women shot their lovers then;
That was when men still were men.
"Tar and feathers were applied
Where convention was defied;
Ku Klux Khan rode out at night,
Thinking they alone were right;
Bigots still were raising hob;
Grandmas had begun to bob.
Bootleg poison then was bought,
Often killing on the spot
Those who gladly paid the price,
Disregarding good advice;
Looters in high places found
Handy loopholes all around.
For the rich, insanity
Was the customary plea
When they killed the innocent
Well, it usually went;
Every moron had gun;
Gee, those days were full of fun"
Little Willie, gazing out
At the wide world seems to doubt;
'FWhy," he asks at length, and signs
"Do you tell such whopping lies?"
S. E. Kiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Unified Service VIII
Mean Increased Rates.

This is an argument for what tele-
phone experts would call inferior
service" because it has meant and
will mean reasonable rates.
Perfect Service" namely metallic
lines, moderately loaded" party lines,
possibly central energy exchanges,
more rapid handling of calls will
mean one thing or two things-higher
station rates and toll charges instead
of free exchange of calls between ex-
changes in the same territory.
In general way the Farmers Tel
ephone Co. has always stood for SER
vice on a non-proft basis. No one
asked or expected dividends. The COM
pany has at various times declared
dividends and that has been weak
point The two or three dollars meant
nothing to the individual but the two
or three thousand dollars total meant
the difference between sound re-
serve against storm hazard and a de-
pleted treasury. The company has
been sucked dry to make a petty lar
ceny dividend But that's another
point
The main point is the difference be-
tween a concern operating on non
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Reform ThYself.

Reform ThySelf.
A newspaper contemporary in his
last issue read the Herald a little lee
ture on how to think correctly toward
reformers and maybe how to be one.
He is not specific but he means us
and he knows we mean him. For his
benefit we will sum up our ideas in
a few words:
1t is up to every man to reform him
self before he starts on the next fell
low.
If he makes a success of his own
life he has accomplished a great good
in the world. If every one followed
this rule the community would be a
success, the county would be a sue
cess, the state would be success and
the nation would be a success. All
by the simple rule of each man mind
ing his own business and working
necessarily to correct his own fail
ings.
America does not need more re-
formers or welfare workers. America
needs more fathers and mothers who
will love their children and look af-
ter them. This is the homes job and
it cannot be successfully shifted to
welfare workers.
And America needs more fathers
and mothers. 1t needs more children
from homes which are able. to have
children and able to provide for them.
When these homes have children the
heads of the families will have their
hands full looking out for their own
children instead of worrying about
other peoples children.
1t is as much of an insult to man
to assume that he needs correction
as to assume he needs charity. Who
has the right to sit in judgment on
anyone else? Judge Not Lest Ye Be
Judged
If you want to help things along
help them by example and in gen
eral way. Don't pick onto people to
reform them or educate them.
The moral law says: Thou Shalt
Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself." In
other words do by him as you would
be done by. If he asks for help help
him. But don't try to live his life for
him or do his thinking for him.
And don't try to make him do things
he doesn't want to do telling him all
the time it is for his own good. He
will hate you all your life for that.
And last but not least, don't load
the country up with more societies
and leagues for the correction of evil.
We have too many of these already.
Most of the people engaged IN pro-
noting them should get out of the
consuming class and into useful work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

profit basis and a concern operated
as a public utility to make money for
the owner. To find the first is a rare
thing. Having it we had better hang
on to it.
The service is not good as measured
from metropolitan standpoint but
it is good enough. Not too rapid but
rapid enough. Farm patrons are not
too exacting especially where more
precise service would mean higher
rates. The farmers are satisfied and
will strenuously object to higher rates.
To make a Farmers call we turn a
crank. This is as old as the hills.
Pre-diluvian from a telephone stand
point Yet turning the crank means
economy 1t means individual station
signalling instead of battery fed onto
a line from a central office. 1t means
the difference between low-priced
magnetic plant and a high-priced COM
mon battery plant. There are other
demands from a common battery
standpoint. For one thing the lines
must be highly insulated or the
board is full of permanent signals eV-
cry wet day Every magnetic phone
must be taken out and common bat
terry phone with condenser substl-
tuted. These are technical points but
they are facts.
The Herald's belief is that the peo-
pie outside of Lancaster are salts
fed. That they would object to a uni
fication which would mean increase
of investment and a consequent high
er rate. And above all they want to
hang onto the free service between
exchanges.
Lancaster is out in pocket exactly
the amount paid each month for du-
plicate service. This is an onerous
condition. It can be mitigated in sew
eral ways.
The best way and the first way is
to have the Bell sell it's Lancaster
plant to the Farmers. Remove what
can be removed and take fair price
for the balance and get out of the
field except for local toll board
If that fails the business men have
recourse which would force the
first inside of 80 days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

No wonder costly mistakes are made
and city government is so expensive.
No wonder badly needed improve
ments are never made.
To properly run a town OF this size
would keep one man on the jump. He
should not be a clerk or an order
taker but an executive. Such a man
would cost money but he would save
the taxpayers his salary several times
over and we would get civic i'm
provements where we now get high
taxes but not much else.
A town manager must have free
rein. He must not be hampered by a
thousand bosses and critics. Results
are what count, not methods. Anyone
would be a fool to take the job of
running a city and making a success
of it if he was to be hampered by too
many supervisors and WORKOUT, an
tiquated methods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
New Methods of
City Government
Sadly Needed.

The Herald's discussion of what
live city manager might do if given a
free rein in this town aroused more
interest than we imagined it would
People have been dropping nitO the
office with approval or knocks al
though the approval side are in the
vast majority But either way is an
evidence that our public reads the
editorials and if some of them start
things rolling or SOW the germ of an
idea the time and space are well
spent
No administration, regardless of
who was selected mayor, would have
luck under our present form of gov
government. 1t did we'll enough for
older days when living costs were
lower and ideas were not to hifalutin'
and expensive, but not any more.
What this town needs, just as sim
liar towns need, is a manager with
full power to make the radical changes
needed.
Any sort Of a small business has a
head The city's business which is the
biggest business of all, is everybOdy's
business and that's nObody's business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Tom Handed a Drink
to the Wrong Friend

KENOSHA- Chikoy told Mu-
nicipal Judge John Slater that the
reason he offered a drink of moon
shine to Edward Rooney in his sa-
loon was merely as friend to a
friend" He didn't expect to be paid
for it, he said. Chikoy admitted he
never saw Rooney before and when
the judge was told that Rooney was
out obtaining evidence for the dis
trict attorney a new light entered
Chikoy's eyes. He pleaded guilty to
the charge of possession of liquor
and was given fine of 5000 and
costs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Flashes
''Life is Short Tell the Truth"
Capital is Nothing
IL Moi Well Managed.

Putting people into groups or GAS
ses and judging them is not any worse
than to attempt to put wealth OF INTO
one group as though it meant some
thing in itself, and calling it "Capl-
tai" and to put labor, meaning the
combined efforts of thousands OF
workers into another group and cal
ling it Labor"
Capital" that is property, is MOTH
ing if not well managed. Property TO
pay taxes and a profit must be prop
erlv handled and if it does not 90 thaC
the owner is better off without II.
The point Of management is the VI
tai point The Russians found this out
when thew killed off or drove away
the owners and executives and tried
to RIM things themselves. They found
thew lacked the ability and experience
to make go of it and the value OF
the holdings deprecated rapidly. The
output fell off entirely. The final re-
suit was a chaotic mass OF machlneS'
rail lines and so on of no more IN
trinsic value than a pile OF stones.
It is worth nothing that reason
able public is willing for well man
aged capital to make profit because
it performs a service. In this connec-
ton, Chas Markham, president of the
[. c. road, says:
"The public has suffered in the
past because of the false idea that the
interests of those who use railway
transportation are opposed to the in
terests of those engaged in producing
it. That idea is gradually passing out.
Those who produce railway transpor-
tation and those who use it certainly
have a mutual interest in maintaining
the earning power of the railroads.
Upon a widespread realization of this
fact depends in large measure the flu
ture progress of our railroads, which
is so important to the continued pros
perity of our country"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
THE Joy OF WORKING

When earth's last picture is painted
and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colors have faded
and youngest critic has died,
We shall rest and, faith, we shall
need it-lie down for an aeon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen
shall set us to work anew.
And those that are good will be happy;
they shall sit in golden chair;
They shall splash at ten-league can
vas with brushes of cameps hair.
They shall find real saints to draw
-Magdalene, Peter and Paul;
They shall work for an age at sit
ting and never be tired at all.
And only the Master shall praise them,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
"HAPPY is THE MAN WHO HAS
FOUND HIS WORK"

Get something that every line of
business in the world needs and you
can pick the line of work that will
give you happiness and a good bank
account Genevieve Kuester, a
'WBU" graduate, wanted to go West,
spend her winters in California With
in few days after coming she had
a. SECRETARIAL POSITION in the
Joseph NJ. Schenk Motion Picture Co.,
Los Angeles, that produces for Norma
and Constance Talmadge, Buster Kea-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

ton, ETC. Here are few lines from
her letter: 81 cannot express how
much I feel my training at the 'WBU'
has meant to me. / am secretary t.
Mr.. Brand, Director of Publicity for
the above company. My position is the
most interesting one l have ever hao.
do not know of anything better L
could wish for anyone than a course
at the "WBU." More than five thous-
and employed graduates. Send for
free catalogue. Be sure to address:
Wisconsin Business University, La
Crosse, Wisconsin. 44c1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16

and only the Master shall blame.
And no one shall work for money, and
no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working,
and each in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees 1t
for the God of Things as They are!
-RudYard Kipling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
Another RefOr1ner Gone.

Social service work is often charged
with supporting lot of excellent in
dividuals who would otherwise have
to go to work, but here is another
one: A railway mail clerk from Bur-
lington was sentenced to two years in
the federal prison for stealing stamp
packages passing through his hands,
and he told the federal judge at WI
mona, Mimi: 81 have done a great
deal of social service work with boys,
and, not realizing that it was wrong,
l removed the stamps from the pack
ages to add to my collection and
stimulate their interest in this hob
by" A good deal of reform and well
fare work reminds one of the crusty
remark of Thomas Carlyle: Reform
myself, fool and there will be one
less knave in the world. Knoxville,
Iowa,) Express.
From the number of votes cast in
the recent election, it is evident that
'"the masses in Wisconsin are more
concerned about their radios and car
buretors than they are about their
politics.
Eat, drink and be merry and tOmor-
row you will have to go on diet and
count your calories.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
ON VERGE
Of ECONOMIC PANIC
BY Universal Service.

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-Poland is report
ed to be on the verge of an economic
panic as the result of a disastrous drop
in the value Of the zloty. The zloty
was registered at II to the dollar.
Excitement is running high in War
saw, with continued rumors that
prominent industrialists have killed
themselves because Of their inability
to meet their dollar" obligations with
the zloty.
The radical peasant party has de-
manded an immediate convocation OF
the Polish parliament in an effort to
prevent a further calamity. Business
is nearly at standstill.
All Of this is in spite Of the APP
peals banks have made to the popula-
ton to keep calm. The repeated as
surance that the Bank Poliski holds
1888 per cent cover for all its notes,
has had little effect. The Poles charge
that the drop of the zloty has been
caused by German political manipula-
tons, and name Mendellsohn, comp
troller, as one directly to blame. The
German press here reports that many
Polish officials have been paid only
40 per cent of their last months pay.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
TO RULE IN SPAIN

MADRID, Dec. 3.-CP)-The mill;
tary dictatorship in Spain has been
abolished and in its stead there has
arisen a civil and economic dicta-
torship (which will function without
weakness but with no other idea than
to govern sincerely and loyalty"
General Primo de Rivera, who was
president of the military directorate
is to remain as head of the govern
ment in the post of Premier. Some
time ago he announced that it was
his purpose, when the time was con-
sidered ripe, to do away with the
military dictatorship and establish
civilian government which was abol-
ished in September, 1923, when the
Alhucemas ministry was overthrown.
Since General Primo de Rivera's
return from Morocco last Monday
there had been rumors of an impend-
ing change in government. Yester-
day afternoon Primo de Rivera laid
his plans before, King Alfonso and
late last night the king gave his con-
sent to them and Primo de Rivera
announced the personnel of the new
cabinet.
The government is only nominally
civilian, for it contains majority
of soldiers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
TEXAS BROOMCORN
ACREAGE INCREASES

With more than 10000 acres ready
to be planted. according to Gilbert
X. Taylor, of Pearsall, farmers of the
Texas broom corn district, comprising
parts of Frio, De Zavala, Dimmit and
LaSalle counties, are planning to make
1925 the biggest year in the history
Of the crop. "a
Though the raising of broom corn
in that section of the state is COM
paratively new, Mr.. Taylor said, the
section in three years has outstripped
all rivals.
Specializing in the crop. he said,
growers this year received an average
Of $50 above the regular market price,
getting as much as 5000 a ton.
The broom corn raised in this sec
ton, he said. is standa rdized and sold
under the trade name of Bes-Tex.
1t natures about 60 days earlier than
the corn in rival sections and has gain
ed a national reputation for its quail
ity, according TO Mr.. Taylor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03

Or highest SisH, if you DO not yet
know Camel quality, IS that you try
them. We invite you to compare Csmels
with any cigarette made at Sny price.
r. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
SENTENCE MYSTERY
MEN TO 6 MONTHS
BY Universal Service.

LONDON, Dec. 3.-Another "man
of mystery" who deluded the public
with his nonchalantly-told tales Of he
roism today was sentenced to six
months hard labor for obtaining money
under false pretenses. He is Louis
Adiron Reppell, 25. also known as
Ralph Thurber.
"The most plausible scoundrel we
know" was the way Scotland Yard
characterized him from the stand. The
yard said he once was found between
the German and French lines, and was
regarded as spy.
Later the man is said to have posed
in Canada and the United States as
being a member of the famous "Prin-
cess Pat" regiment, showing scars to
verify his tales of fortitude. Reppell
admitted to the court that he was
drug addict, and that he was deported
from New York City some time ago.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03

(. CHICAGO, Dec. IA devotion,
transcending even that of the faith
full Francois, the valet of Georges
Clemcnceau, because it has spirit.
ual background, is that of Grigori
Dalctski. He is the Polish peasant
secretary who has devoted his life to
service of Archbishop John Ciaplak..
For % years Grigori has served
his master. The Russian prelate,
who SO narrowly escaped death at
the hands of the Bolshevik execution
err because he dared teach religion
to his flock. as he sits beside the
venerable prelate in the welcoming
PROFESSIONS through American streets.
Alone in the world, after the death
Of his relatives, Grigori, layman. has
served Archbishop Cieplak, choosing
to remain with him in the Russian
prison cell and even face death with
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-03
.G|MBEL BROTHERS
BUY, SIXTH STORE

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Purchase OF
the Kaufman and Baer Company store
of Pittsburgh, Pa, was announced last
night By Gimbel Brothers, who now
operates FIVE of the country's largest
department stores.
With the store Gimbel Brothers ac-
quires broadcasting station WCAE,
making three stations that Gimbel
Brothers now operates.