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The Washington times., 1925-11-27

national defense, we win not oppose
it,
Moreland declared : the general
staff was not on trial and the evi-
dence was offered to prove theA Tag
grRvationp Of Mftchell's offense.
You've turned this case topBy-
t1rvy." Reid Aretorted. I'VE used to
be the defense and now you've
made us the prosecution and the
general staff is the defense
The row was settled when Colonel
Blanton Winship, law member Of
the court, ruled the evidence could
be offered in febuttal OF Mitchell's
defense.
The audience was swamped by
the use or military technical terms.
Is developed in the questioning Of
General Eltinge that the defense
plan introduced in evidence was
mot defense plan but d war
project Tor the defense Of Hawaii. !"
Major Francis Wilby, general
staff officer, condpcting the ex-
animation of Eltinge, next attacked
Mitchell's charge that aviation was
conducted by non-fIying officers.
why's effort was blocked by Reid
with objections to every question
1SASus EHdlIyy ILLlug@ was al
lowed to say the joint Army and
Navy board, in acting upon avia-
ton policiess always was advised
by the Aerbnautica1 board, com
posed OF flying men.
Another Flare-up
Another flare-up came when vii.
by asked Eltinge who were on the
aeronautical board. Reid demanded
the official order appointing the
board.
I'VE can't even have a witness
tell who is president OF the United
States" complained Moreland,
without bringing in the records
ef the electoral college"
Reid's first objection was over
ruled but later his objection was
sustained when Flatinge said he
only knew the members OF the
board by general reports.
Personalities were frequently In
jected into the case. Winship at
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
| OS I MARINE
ISF0UND
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been missing from his Annapolis
post for q month, is being de-
tanned at Marine Barracks here
today for action Of Marine Corps
authorities.
Mystery surrounds the activi-
ties Of young Saga during his
month Of absence. When he left
his desk in the Annapolis office
his accounts were straight, no
money was missing, and, appar-
emily, he had no. reason for de-
sertion.
Found i'm Store
He was found on. downtown
street yesterday by q marine at.
tached to the local barracks, who
knew Saga by sight and was aware,
as all the local marines were. Of his
young comrades strange disappear.
ance.
Saga was brought to the barracks
where he answered SOME questions
with military brevity ana eurtness,
and declined 70 volunteer any IN.
formation Tor leaving his Job and
risking the serious charge of deser.
ti0n from the service.
The prodigaI son OF the service
Was dressed fin civilian clothes.
such as service men usually weai.
when on leave. He indicated 70
superiors at the barracks that he
would make q statement when the
proper time came concerning his
occupation during the period of
absence, but until then would keep
this information to himself
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
MARKED BY
BLOND
HAIR
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the hardware store, while the other
members of the parties took up
their vigil in another part OF the
business district.
The hours passed ernptily, until
4 o'clock this morning, and then
'sKew and I were watching from
our position in the store, although
il was getting so late we were
iexnecting nothing" Policeman
Burdine said today. "Then We
saw a man skullSing through the
street, trying the doors Of stores,
one after another.
I'VE waited, impatiently, until be
stopped at the drug store. pusneu
II with his hands, and began to
work upon it. BY the dim light
we could see that he was attempting
TO pry off the strips from the en-
trance.
1--WE tiptoed out through the back
door of the hardware store and
came upon him, silently. He was
too surprised to put up Q fight,
and we had him handcuffed before
he could do anything. Then we
called the other men, and all or US
went back to Rockville.
Tools Taken from t1lEn
Ware was relieved Of O kit OF
tools commonly used by burglars,
and Of q revolver. He was ct first
stubborn and silent-'.he is distinct
Iy a criminal type" said Policeman
Burdine-but finally admitted, nc-
cording to the police, the various
Takonla affairs and robbery OF
Murphy,s gas station in Washing
ton.
stolen from the Takona Park stores,
the police say, was found IN the
bandits possession, but he had no.
money.
Further questioning, it 10 believed.
win break down the last lines OF
the mans reserve, and VIII END
forevers the mystery Of the Dlond
The washington Times had
printed the story OF the arrest be-
fore the washington police knew
anything about it. On being shown
the article in the midday edition
of The Times, Inspector Clifford L.
Grant, chief OF detectives, iTnmedi-
ately rushed representatives OF the
Washington office to Rockville to-
determine what part Ware may
have had in local robberies.
Kew, it was learned from Police
man Burdine, had been detailed to
the case to make an early request
for Wares appearance in the Dis
trict, as soon as Maryland is
through with him.
A high bond viii be fixed for
Wares release, the county authori-
ties say, and it viii be several days,
probably, before he is given a hear
ing, due to more urgent business
now occupying the attention of the
Rockville courts and the grand
jury.
The Washington times., 1925-11-27

then held separately over night
without even being permitted to
notify their homes OF their arrest.
why we had less than $25 in
cash between u.s." the two men
said today" and the only display
of money was the usual tip for the
waiter and g. ten-dollar bill which
one of us handed to the other"
"But because someone told them
we were flashing big money, half
the detective force came to arrest
us, and then held us in separate
precincts over night without allow
ing us to get in touch with oGE
family or lawyers" the men
charged.
I'VE are both Washington boys,
were born here and have lived
here all our lives, living clean re-
spectacle, law-abiding lives, and
have never been in any trouble be-
fore. But now we win be branded
for the rest OF our lives as bandits
and no amount OF good publicity
will make up for the stories the
papers carried today connecting US
with this affair"
Hogan was particularly worried
about his father and mother, with
whom he lives and with whom he
was not allowed to communicate.
He feared that they had read the
stories in the papers before he
would be able to explain to them
himself.
Hogan and Croggon were arrested
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
by Headquarters Detectives Kelley,
Sweeney and WaIdron and held until
10 o'clock today, when they were
exonerated and dismissed.
Hogan is a Government employe
and Croggon drives taxi. Neither
Is decided blond, as the mys-
terious bandit has been reported
to be.
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
ARMY'S CHIEFS
HIT BACK
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partment today began beating back
against the charges Of inefficiency
and almost reasonable" neglect Of
national security made by Colonel
William Mitchell.
Soon after . the Colonel's court
ment offered, through Mitchell's
prosecutors, the so-called secret
tactical plan for defense Of Hawaii.
This move was designed to contro-
vert Mitchell's charge that Hawaii
was undefended and neglected by
the General staff.
AS Mitchell had rested his own de-
tense, the trial took q peculiar turn,
with the army general staff clearly
attempting to defend its actions.
The first witness, called technically
in rebuttals OF MitchelPs defense
| testimony was Brigadier General
Leroy Eltinge, former general staff
officer in charge of war plans.
While he was on the stand, the
Hawaiian plan was offered in evi.
de1ice.
This secret document was at.
tackled by Mitchell's counsel after
court recessed to permit examina.
ton of the plan.
Held ''NO Defense"
This is not a defense PLAN an.
nounced Congressman Red Rep.l
OF Illinois, OF defense counsel. 1T
is only plan for defense Of Cahu
Island. There are no provision here
for defending the five other large
islands that are in the Hawaiian
group. 1t doesn't mean anything.
EFT is the War Department .
secret plan for defending Hawaii, :"
was the prosecution only reply.
The document was examined lyy
the court, but not made public.
General Eltinge's preliminary
testimony dealt with technical mill
tary subjects. He explained the
difference between a war plan and
a tactical plan. Reid constantly
objected, demanding introduction Of
documents to support every STATE.
ment made by the witness.
This provoked Moreland, who
| finally shouted: 1--WE can't even
bring a blacksmith in here to tell
how he. shoes horse without bring
ing in the horse.
The session opened with g. clash
between Colonel Sherman Morelanu,
| trial Judge advocate, and Congress
man Reid. Reid charged the pre-
sentation of rebutal evidence by
the prosecution meant the army
general staff has gone on trial"
Status Of Evidence
IF this evidence is offered in
mitigation or examination OF the
acts of the army general staff, !
shall not oppose is introduction,
said Reid. IL mean If 1t IL offered
in mitigation against the charges
proved here that the general staff
has failed to develop aviation and
has permitted breakdown in the
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
GOVERNOR FERGUSON
SILENT ON LEGISLATURE

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 27.-Selecion
Of highway commissioners to I'LL
vacancies caused by resignatinos OF
two, who quit to relieve Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson OF "embarrass.
ment in connection with highway
matters" which caused call for q
special legislain session occupied
the woman governor today.
Back from College Station, where
she yesterday attended football
game, the governor today still re-
fused to make statement as to
whether she intended to call a spe.
ciaI session Of the legislature.
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
fifth RACE.

CORR 77--Brainstoffs- Horn -. .10s
sertachsd- -PspD kathleen Crosby. re-
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
Scratches, Jockeys
at Bowie
Today
Weather. CLOUDY: track, fast.
FIRST RAcE.

Scratched-Cla Clarimonde.s Hope ROY
Williams. Rock Over telluride, Happy
Birthday and Alice Harris.
SECOND RACE
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
GIRL IS MISSING
IN Sf,000,000
BLAZE
Chemicals Endanger Firemen
as Huge PIantin in Chicago
Burns
By international News service

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-One girl
was definitely missing and hun
dreds of others were being checked
up as apparatus from other north
shore towns were being rushed to
north Chicago today to fight q fire
which rapidly was destroying the
81 .000, 900 plant of the Abbott
Laboratories.
Exploding chemicals endangered
firemen as they worked and noxious
gases formed as the flames spread
from structure to structure COM
PEELED them to don gas masks.
Equipment from Maukegan, Lake
Forest, Highland Park and the
Great Lakes Naval Training eSta-
ton was on its way to the scene.
The Washington times., 1925-11-27
TWO MEN. IN PRISON
ROB FELLOW INMATES

LEWISTOWN, Ill, New. 27.--
Being in Jail doesn't prevent George
Hodson and George Francis from
practicing their calling, which is
robbery.
The two Georges robbed their
fellow prisoners in the county Jail
here and then escaped, but were
later captured.
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
INSURANCE MAN
sales.--future
FOR s. A.
John Snuff Is Loud in His
Praise Of Southwest
Texas and Valley.

mo man can forecast what this
country of yours will be in a decade, {"
declared John Snuff, president of the
Union Central life Insurance COM
pany of New Orleans, here for the
convention OF insurance commits
sioners.
"Texas has what God has given
her," he said. And that Valley
country Of yours. No one can tell
what its future will be. All they
have to do is to plant the stuff, turn
some water on and it grows. A won
derful country"
Mr.. Snuff, once president of the
International Insurance association,
visited Texas within the last few
years, but it has been Is years since
he was in San Antonio.
Another thing Texas has is good
roads and that is going to help lot
in building up Your state" he said.
Il am good roads booster, and am
vice president Of the Dixie Highway,
so you see / think Texas has a great
future for you have shown foresight
by building these fine roads"
Mr.. Snuff has addressed the insur-
ance men twice during the convention
and has taken prominent part in the
work.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
MAY Or URGED
To REVOKE
PERMIT
Residents Request City to
Deny Petition to Erect
=. Wagon Bridge.

Claiming the San Antonio Belt and
Terminal Railroad has three other
ways in which to find an outlet, APP
proximately 200 residents Thursday
petitioned Mayor John w. Tobin to
revoke a permit, recently issued,
granting the erection Of steel wagon
bridge across the San Antonio river
on Temple street.
The petition has been in circulation
for two weeks but was not filed with
City Clerk Fred Fries until Thurs.
day.
THE terminal company should
build a street along its right-of-way
carrying traffic north into Alamo
Street. south into Simpson Street or
west into Probandt Street." the pc
titioners asserted.
Connecting the district bounded by
the river, Garden and South Alamo
streets will cause heavy traffic and
undesirables will drift across the river
into this high-class district" they de-
clared.
"Our homes were here first. There
fore We should not be the ones to
suffer these unpleasant conditions"
they said.
The petition will come up at the
council meeting Monday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO, Sept. 17.-Hogs: Receipts,
10. 600; slow; irregular; lightweight ten
to fifteen cents lower; others steady TO
strong; shipping outlet narrow; major
killers inactive; bulk desirable 40 TO
?25-pound averages sl3.2OGl3.45, top
1880; good and choice 24O TO 325-pound
butchers largely 3l2.S0613.25, bulk 40
to 15O-pound selections S13.O0Ul3.20.
packing sows mostly $1l.0Od ll.6O, strong
weight killing pigs Sl2.5O@l3.O0, heavy
weight hogs S12.6Od 1885, medium Sass
@lS.5O, light $l1.S5ql3.50, light light
Sl1.35 Gl13.4O, packing sows SlO.6O q Ills,
slaughter pigs $4,000 @l3.00.
Cattle: Receipts u 1000; fed steers gen.
orally slow; light and medium weight
kind predominating; weak TO IS cents
lower; heavies scarce; strong: no strictly
choice heavies here: best yearlings early
S16.25: some held higher. most fed steers
OF value TO sell at S9.506l2.50, western
grassers fully steady: several loads of
weighty offerings $3.50 a 1000. two loads
$1l she stock about steady, vealers I'M
evenly lower: mostly s140OG1450.
Sheep: Receipts $4,000; fat lambs
slow; early sales mostly natives, rs to
so cents lower: sorting more severe; later
bids mostly so cents off; no desirable
fat range lambs sold: medium rangers
SIS, city butchers paying Sl5.T5 a 1890
for veil sorted native lambs; Gull natives
showing weakness; few early sales Sll.50
Gl2.O0: feeding lamb sentiment weak TO
unevenly lower; no early sales; weak IN
dertone on sheep.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
HOTEL BANDITS.
DOOMED To
GALLONS
Chicago Jury Agrees on
Rope After Nine Hours
- Deliberation.

CHICAGO. Sept. 17.-R-Joseph
Holmes and Jack Woods. two of five
robbers who a few weeks ago invaded
the fashionable Drake Hotel and
staged a pistol battle in an attempted
holdup, were convicted by a jury Of
the murder Of Frank B. Rodkey, hotel
cashier, and given the death pen
atty.
Neither Of the condemned men
showed emotion at the reading Of the
sentence to die on the gallows. As
they were led across the bridge Of
signs" from the court room TO the
county Jail, one remarked to the
other:
"Well, we got the rope" to which
his partner listlessly responded, Eyes.
Mrs. Frank Rodkey, widow of their
victim, remained in the court room
nine hours while the jury deliberated.
She was present when the verdict was
returned.
The defense relied on an insanity
plea and in the closing arguments, de-
clared there were many instances in
which persons accused of murder and
pleaded guilty and been sentenced only
to life Imprisonment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
Cubs Have Big Time With
Daily Frolics at Their
Zoo Home.

There were two San Antonio Riddles
who failed to answer to roll call
when the school bells chimed for the
opening of the fall term Monday.
Nor do they intend abandoning their
play for the dull mOnotony of the
school room.
The truant officer can be hanged,
for all they care.
Their days are to be one round of
joy.
They are the newly arrived children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bear.
Their domicile is Breckenridge Park
one of the picturesque cages that
man and nature have fashioned in
the huge stone quarry for their home.
They arrived several weeks ago, little
round bundles of fur with little black,
beady eyes.
At first they seemed to wonder
what it was all about. They hid in
the deep recesses of their cave, away
from the bright glare of the sun, or
snuggled close TO Imma Bear. They
seemed afraid of life.
But in few days all was changed.
They seemed to gain confidence and
to realize that they were real bears
strong bears, capable of holding their
own among their playmates.
Just like other Riddles Of their age,
they needed diSciplining.
Mamma bear is a staunch supporter
of the old doctrine. spare the paw
and spoil the cub" So she used her
own paws generously. More than
once did she send her offspring
scampcring to the farthermost reaches
of the bear cave, whining. But she
was teaching them things which would
be useful in the future, in case they
got into high bear society.
NV the cubs have passed through
their first stage of training and have
begun to enjoy life. They like each
others society and visitors to the
park stand watching them at their
play.
10th are developing into first class
MISUNDERSTANDING a sore nose
nov and then.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
TEXAS WILL GET
METHODIST MEET

Texas will get two of the 10 con-
fercnces of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, which meet in Octo-
Der, according to encouragement from
Nashville Thursday. The North
Texas conference will be held at
Grecnvillc, with Bishop John Nj.
Moore presiding, and the West Texas
conference at San Antonio with Dish-
Op J. E. Dickey presiding. The Texas
conferences convene on October Z.
The Is conferences, it is predicted,
will determine the success or failure
of the pending plan of Methodist uni
fication.
In addition to the vote on unifica-
ton, the conferences are considered of
great importance because this is the
last year of the present church quad
rcnnium and Therefore the time for the
election of delegates to the general
conference, the highest organization Of
Mcthodism, which convenes in May,
1926.
Two other important conferences,
the Big Holston and Louisville, will
convene on September 30.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
NEW BOND ISSUES
OFFERED ENLIVEN
TRADE AT MARKET

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-Bond trading
early today was enlivened by aggressive
bidding for new issues offered this week
and for various railroad obligations.
with allotments pared down on both
the German rentenbanks and the Bell
Telephone of Pennsylvania offerings,
these bonds were in demand on the stock
exchange. both demanding premiums OF
IL points above the prices at which they
were sold to the public. The $4,000. 900
Pennsylvania Bell Telephone bond issues,
offered today, was readily over-sub-
scribed.
Another spectacular squirt of III
points in Florida. Western & Northern
rs to a record high price at l7l3 over
Swallowed the slower movement of other
railroad liens The jump followed an
earlier rise in Florida Land Company
stock, ten shares OF which will be dis
tributed to the holder OF each $1,000
bond of the railroad. Frisco adjustment
SIS reached a new high at 81 and St.
Paul issues continued to rise on assur-
snces Of the success Of the railways re-
organization plan.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
1925 Arithmetic
Kayoes' S. A.
Police Sergeant

Two and two at one time made
four, but that was in the slow
moving days before modern
thought and speed shifted the
mechanism Of the world into
high gear and stepped on the
gas.
Now, according to modern
arithmetic. two and two make
%.
Such was the revelation made
to Detective Sergeant Stanley
Fitch at police headquarters
Thursday morning:
A woman reported her house
burglarized and IS yards Of silk
stolen.
WAS Il all in one piece?" the
sergeant asked.
mo, she replied" in two
pieces, one two yards, the other
five IS yards"
Sergeant Fitch recovered from
the shock after his temples had
been sponged with spirits Of
ammonia and spent the rest Of the
morning trying to convince his
friends that his two 81 bills were
really equal to S1f.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-17
San Antonio Markets

The following prices to dealers for
produce were quoted by the Pruitt Com
mission Company Thursday morning:
Vegetables.
Green corn: rs to 80 cents per DOZEN
Beets: 10 cents per dozen bunches
Carrots: So cents per dozen buncnes.
Radisres: 20 cents per dozen bunchos
Parsley: 50 cents per dozen bunche<N
Texas squash: $3.50 per bushel.
Texas string beans: $500 per bushel.
California tomatoes: $500 to $3.50 per
30-pound lug.
sweet peppers: $3.50 per bushel; extra
fancy, $500 per bushel.
Hot peppers 10 cents per pound.
California lettuce: $3.50 per crate;
Colorado celery: s1.15 to n.25 pei
dozen.
California potatoes: $500; idaho pota-
toes, $3.50 cwt; Colorado potatoes, $3.50
cwt.
California cabbage: 81 to I cents pei
onions: white. ,4,:5 to $3.50 per cwt;
Yellow, $500.
Pink beans: s9.7S; large lima, sig;
baby lima. SIS: Mexican Garbanzas, IS;
Navy beans. $3.50; lima beans. s16.OO;
pinto beans, $40.
Blue Rose rice: ss25 per sack.
Rhubarb: 10 to 12h cents per pound.
Mustard greens: IS cents per dozen
punches.
TuInips: rs cents to sl.OO per dozen
Fresh green onions: IS cents per
dozen punches.
okra: $3.50 per bushel.
Eggplant; SI.OO TO s1.25 per bushel.
Black-eyed peas: S1.00 per bushel.
Cucunbers: $3.50 to sLUO per bushel.
Fresh Fruits.
Cantaloupes: $1.25 flats.
watermelons: s2.26 to $3.50 per cwt.
Bananas: 7 to 5 cents per pound
Red BAH Oranges: $3.50 to 's.75 per
box.
Red Ball Lemons: 5000 per box.
Sunkist Lemons: $1,000 per box.
Apples: $3.50 per basket.
Muscat grapes: $500 per lug.
Tokay grapes: S2.5O per crate.
California Gravenstein apples: $3.50
per box.
per box; extra fancy 1915.
California clinBstons peaches, Sl.s5
per box.
California pears: $500 per box.
Northwestern pears: :S.IS per box'
Texas cooking pears: $500 TO YES per
Cranberries: $3.50 per box.
The following prices to producers for
Snyder Produce Company Thursday
morning:
Poultry: Alive. fryers, IS to 20 cents;
ROSTERS, s to cents per pound; tur-
keys is to is cents per pound; hens, Is
to IL cents per pound.
Eggs: $3.50 per case, candled; infer
tiles. 1880 per case.
Butter: Fresh block. rs cents per
pound; packing stock. Is cents per
pound.
The following prices 20 growers for
seeds and feeds were quoted by the
Grasso Seed Company Thursday morn
ing:
Milo maize: $3.50 per cwt.
Oats: 20 cents per bushel.
Corn: $40 per bushel.