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Evening star., 1925-06-06
STOP SHORT GRAIN
.SALE,CAPPER URGES
Market Manipulation Laid to
Gambling on Decline by
Kansas Senator.
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSoci lated Press.
TOPEKA. Mans. June 6.-To stop
grain market manipulation short
selling must he prohibited. Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas said in
statement here last night commenting
on the recent statement Of Secretary
of Agriculture Jardine that the Chi
cago Board of Trade must correct
from within any wrong practices af-
fecting the market
A short sale" the statement said.
has nothing behind it. Only manipu-
lators sell short. A short sale is made
to gain a profit from a decline in
price. On the other hand. a hedging
sale is a sale against grain which
exists and is made to avoid specula-
ton. 1t protects the hedger against
changes in price and is very neces-
SarN 10 healthy market.
Experience proves that 10 stop
market manipulation we must stop
short selling. tontine all trading in
futures to bona fide country grain
dealers. millers. grain handlers and
exporters. This will exclude the army
of gamblers whose operations are
largely governed by the dope sheets
sent out daily for the purpose of en-
couraGinS- such gambling among a
host of persons with not even re-
mote connection with The actual pro
duction. handling. milling or export
of grain.
Gamblers Hurt Hedgers.
The gamblers and mapipulators
actually destroy the utility of the
market for hedging because they
make it impossible to tell from one
minute TO another within or more
cents bushel, at what price a hedge
may be made or taken in
What ] would say to the boards
of trade at Chicago and elsewhere
which purport 10 conduct d grain mar
ket III which demand and supply de-
termine values the. statement said
is that the farmer the miller and
the grain dealer are entitled TO q
market they can trust. II private as
sociations, permitted by law 10 con
duct market place for the Nation 5
food, supply, confess they are help
less 10 prevent manipulation on a
gigantic scale and running over
periods of months together, regulation
of the market will be taken out of
their hands"
Evening star., 1925-06-06
Ship Without a Rivet.

An oil tanker in one piece, without
a rivet in it's hull plates or a bolt in
its steel frame. the first one ever built
in the United States by the electric
welding method. was launched recent
ly in Providence. r. l., says the
Popular Science Monthly. Terrific
heat generated by electricity fused to-
gether the sheets of steel and heavy
angle iron in the tanker's frame.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
BANKER IS KILLED
DEFY|NG EXT0RT|ON
Alleged BIaCkmaiIer Held in
Manufacturers Death.
Stories Conflicting.
Py the Associated Press

Py the Associated Press
NEW YORK. June Shot by an
eXtortioner, whom he at last defied
after giving him huge sums of money
Thomas Lonsdale Leeming. manufac-
turer banker and civic leader in
Brooklyn. is dead Charles Muller. who
served a term in Sing Sing Prison for
robbery, is in Jail and the police are
investigating contradictory reasons he
gave for the murder.
Ieeming was shot in the crowded
lobby of William street building in
the financial district of New York
where he maintained offices. Waiting
when Leeming entered, Muller fired
without taking the gun from his coat
pocket.
Accused AsSailant
Leeming lived long enough to point
d trembling finger at his ass;tila nj and
say:
THAT man is an eN-convict. | be
friended him and he shot me"
I'm sorry my gun jammed." re-
piled Muller. 'or I'd have given YOU
the rest of il"
Muller has signed two different con
fessions. In the first he said he was
the illegitimate son of Leeming's
brother. an architect and war veteran.
who died in 1919. He shot Leeming
fused 10 pay $4,000 bequea thed 10
Muller by the brother.
The second time Muller described
himself as a blackmailer preying upon
weakness. He said he had obtained
$4,000 but had been refused more.
Police place little credence in either
statement. They learned from Irving
McQuade. Jennings secretary. that
Muller was paid 900 last December
at the Imperial Hotel here McQuade
asserted that LeeminS told him he
paid the money because Muller had
threatened TO shoot him Asked why
he did not complain 10 the police, Me
Quade said Leeming dreaded the en-
suing scandal
Leeming Perfume Importer
Two travelling bags left al the hotel
by Charles Leeming" contained pic
Volvers and letter introducing
Charles Leemiug,' who, the police
say. was in reality Muller. 10 the firm
of Morgan g. Sampson. San Fra ncisco.
and asking them TO cash a $50 check.
Representatives of the Hotel I'm
perial said that Muller was known to
them cousin of Thomas Leeming
The letter to the San Francisco firm
was signed 1T. l.. Leeming' and re-
ferred TO my cousin, Mr.. Charles
Jeeming''
7. l.. Leeming was president of
Thomas 11eemins K Co. perfume inn
porterS and vice president OF the
Nesties Food co. A wife and three
children survive.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
Westminster Abbey for Horses.

John F. Madden, famous horseman;
has established at Lexington, KY. a
cemetery for noble horses. in this
plot now lie buried at least 10 famous
horses of history-m records. MIR.
Madden has hopes that this place
may become Westminster Abbey"
for blooded animals of the turf.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
Worlds Thinnest Wire.

The finest wire ever made, wire so
slender that il cannot be seen with
the naked eye, was manufactured re-
Gently by George Tyler. a physicist
in the United States Department of
Agriculture. says the Popular Science
Monthly. Wire of this kind is not
only a novelty. hui a practical com
modify. Among those who use ex-
trernely fine wire are surgeons and
dentists.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
80 Firemen Overcome by Heat.

NEW YORK. June CP).--Thirty
firenen were temporarily overcome by
heat while fighting u hVe-alarm fire
which destroyed the plant of the
Standard Wood Working Co.. in
Brooklyn, today. The loss was esti
mated at $3.50, 900.
Evening star., 1925-06-06

door. and his quaint Tibetan guard
stood on duty outside. AS I bowed
myself out he presented me with
blue silk scarf, a Tibetan custom of
courtesy. AT the door of the bureau
of foreign affairs, where he was
staying, his yellow motor car, now
famous in Shanghai, was cranked up
and ready to take him to a reception
rendered by the faithful.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
Training Is Wasted.
rom the Boston Transcript,

From The Boston Transcript
'Sendin' Maria ter that finishin'
school was all nonsense" said old
Hawbucks as his daughter went into
the parlor TO meet-her visitor. Here s
that young man Foster been callin'
here for six months an she amt able
to finish him vet
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
Vandals Rip Open Luggage
in Search for Secret
Panel.

Bond for Mrs. Mabel Longworth
Sheridan, charged with the murder If
Mrs. Ada NJ. McCobb, millionaire
globe-trotter and mystery woman, was
set at $4,000 by Judge William An
derson, Tuesday.
This bond was set following a ha-
beas corpus hearing in Thirty-sevcnth
District Court.
The hearing was first set for the
Ninety-fourth District Court but was
transferred to the Thirty-scvcnth in
the absence of Judge w. w. Nc
Crory.
During the introduction of testi.
mony, District Attorney Chambers
brought out that two men had visited
Mrs. Sheridan within two hours prior
to the killing Of Mrs. McCobb. In
taking the stand she said they were
cattle buyers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
Bodies Aboard
S. S. Camden

ON BOARD US. S. CAMDEN,
Sept. 20.-CP-A bugler called atten-
ton and blew taps today as the blank
ct-wrapped bodies of two victims Of
the S-51, which went down last week,
were lifted tenderly over the sides of
the U. s. S. Camden, flight ship of
the rescue fleet which is working to
recover the SO men who sank with
the ship.
The first body brought aboard was
that of John l.. Gibson, of Portland,
Ore, and the second that of William
C.. Teschemacher, of Bangor, Pa, a
twin, whose brother also is among
the missing.
The body of Seaman Tcschcmacher
was the second to be found on the
S-51 by divers today.
Tcschemacher's twin brother, Fred
erick, was thought to have been at
the helm when the submarine was
struck and one of those washed over
board. The boys were 10 years old
Williams body was taken aboard
the Camden and it was reported III
the message FROM Rear Admira
Christy that all bodies would be tax
en- to the naval hospital at Newpor;
instead of being brought to New Lon
don.
The message did not state WIN
compartment the youths body wa
found in, but indicated that the dive
who entered the submarine may hav,
gone in through the coming towe
hatch instead of the battery room
hatch as first reported. The late
message said he was working towar,
the battery room hatch from the to-
pedo room.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
SLAIN WIDOW
F|NERY YIELDS
I'll R . j D
By BESS CARROLL

The lace-trimmed, silken finery of
Mrs. Ada McCobb has at last yielded
a pieced-together shroud for the wom-
an who once wore a queens wardrobe
and the mysterious past that is so
linked with her death shall go down
into the grave with her, with the mys-
terry of lost days still clingins to her
robe of lace and silk.
Satin and precious jewels were Mrs.
McCobb's, and silks that a queen
might have worn. Yet when a ham,
mer beat her life away few days
ago, and her trunks were searched for
robe that she could wear to the
grave, her friends found that none of
the wealthy widows handsome clothes
would do for a shroud.
For the things she wore were all Of
that strange past that the mystery of
her life and the silence of her death
conceal-yellowed lace, adjoining queer
old-fashioned waists; long quilted
trains of moth-ruined silk that graced
gowns of 80 years ago; ornate, frilly
things that would not match the bier.
Searching through the tousled finery
that great ancient trunks revealed,
Mrs. Ellen Pyrou, custodian of the
property, at first despaired of finding
anything in that pitiful mass of
ancient, yellowed clothing that friendly
hands could make into a shroud for
this woman who had loved such lacy,
fluffy things in life. At last Mrs. Ply
ron found a piece of soft white silk
crepe-bought perhaps to make a
dress for happy party hours-and
this she matched with precious yards
Of ancient lace.
The wardrobe that Mrs. McCobb
kept in her trunks would have been
stylish so years ago-there are great,
CONTINUED On Page FouE.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
M|7CHE[ L On STAND
At j. 5. AIR PROBE
Eouois Tells
Early Air
Service Woes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20
Cp)-The policy forming body OF
the War Department--the army
general staff--was blamed for
the handicaps placed upon Army
Air Service today by Lieutenant
Colonel Benjamin ID. Foulois,
commandment OF Mitchell Field,
Long Island, and 4 pioneer in
the army air service.
Colonel FOulois was the first
man to fly an airpIane for the
army-in 1908. He reviewed
the evolution Of aircraft and told
how in 1910 he was allowed only
$3.50 to keep the one plane the
army had going, making it neces-
sary that he spend $500 out OF
my own pocket"
81 begged, borrowed and stole
material from the quartermaster
corps to keep the plane in con-
dition," he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
DRIVE.
FOR FUNDS
PLANNED
City Masses Forces to Raise
Quarter of a Million
for Exploitation.

Keep San Antonio FIRST in Tex
as"
With that ideal to spur the solicit
ors on, a five-day campaign to raise
$25O,OOO to develop San Antonio will
be launched next Monday by the
Chamber of Commerce.
San Antonio will be kept "first"
by attracting more tourists to the city
each year, by bringing foreign capital
here for investment purposes, by OBJ
tanning new industries, factories and
business concerns and by developing
the agricultural possibilities of the
surrounding territory, if plans Of the
Chamber of Commerce are carried out.
To do these things, San Antonio
must first be "soid" to its citizens,
who in turn must finance the cam
paign for a greater city.
SEEK S25O,O0O.
The organization is accordingly ask
ing the citizens to contribute the nee
cssary funds. OF the amount sought,
100000 will be spent for national
advertising and $4,000 for Chamber
of Commerce activities, which will
include the establishment of a COM
pctcnt industrial department.
Gerald Melliff, campaign chairman,
will direct the actual solicitation
work. He will be assisted by 80
campaign teams which will be cap
tanned by a member of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce or of the advisory board. In
addition to the captains, there will
be five men picked from the member
ship Of the chamber in each team.
COMPILE SURVEY.
The board of directors of the Or
ganization has compiled a survey of
San Antonio, outlining the needs fol-
greater community efforts and the
detectives sought, and directed Presi'
dent Nat Goldsmith to 90 ahead with
the financial campaign. In an
nouncing the launching of the drive
Mr.. Goldsmith said:
THE City Of San Antonio is !
community corporation and every citi
zen is a stockholders.
The time has come when San An
tonic must adopt and carry on a com
prehensive program of co-ordinateC
community building, or else relinquisl
its position as the first city of Texas.
The board of directors of thu
Chamber of Commerce and member!
of the advisory committee, represent
ing practically every organization il
! iContinued ON Page Four.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
FALL FROM CAR MAY
COSTLlFE OF GIRL OUT
FOR VACATION HIKE

BEAUMONT, Sept. 29.-CR-A
vacation hike to New Orleans may end
fatally for Peggy Coble, Is, of Arkin-
da, Ark. She fell from an automo-
bile near here yesterday and received a
fracture. of the skull.
She was walking to New Orleans
with a girl companion, Jackie Karr,
10, of Dequeen, Ark. Three young
men gave them a lift. When the car
swerved to pass another, Miss Coble
was thrown to the pavement.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

COMMUNIST leaders are said to
~ be active in a negro labor move
ment. seeking to establish a Com
munist negro labor organization. In
telligent colored men can guess what
that would lead to, and where the
white men would land them in
Communist drive"
However, the intelligent colored
man will realize that property is so
hard to get and keep as to make COM
munism, the idea of dividing up what
You have, distinctly unattractive.
Communists urge the colored work
ers to work for their race and to
help the white proletariat.' Colored
men will do well to concentrate on
getting and keeping good jobs for the
black proletariat. The whites have
considerable capacity for taking
care Of themselves.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
RAIL RATE BOOSTS
HELD UNREASONABLE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-P)-
Proposals of the Rock Island, Missouri
Pacific and Frisco Railroads to in
crease class rates from Memphis and
Cairo, ILL.,, to points in Kansas, Mis-
rouri, Nebraska and Colorado, were
held unreasonable today by the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The increases, which were suspend
ed June /, 1925, were ordered can
celled and present rates must be main
tanned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
TAKE
TWO BODIES
FROM SUB
Bugles Blow Taps as
Remains Are Placed
on Camden.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-R-
The Independent Wireless Tele-
graph Company received a message
at noon today from the East Hamp-
ton station announcing that the
S-51 had been raised to the sur
face and that all on board were
dead
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
BOARD TOLD
COLONIES
VIEWS ON
DEFENSE
Asks to Be Sworn But Is
Told Probers Will
Believe Him.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-R-
Colonel William Mitchell today re-
sumed his onslaught against the ma
TONS air policies before President
Coolidge's investigation board.
To the click Of cameras and flash
ing of Photographic apparatus, the for
mer assistant chief of the army Air
Service began his testimony, first
asking to be sworn in. He had spread
before him a large map of the world
and two aides carried voluminous
documentary exhibits.
The board declined to place him un.
der oath and assured him his testi.>
mony would be given credence.
ONE OBSTRUCTIVE"
Colonel Mitchell had nine papers he
desired to read, all instructive" ex-
cept one, which was destructive, F"
and which he said he would not read
if the board objected.
In America the development Of air
craft has been SLOW and inefficient"
he said.
mo surface vessel can exist so
long as aircraft are in existence. They
can put out of commission any naval
surface vessel more effectively and
economically than any other unit"
The destructive" paper, he de-
clarcd, dealt with the administration
of the army and navy air services.
Chairman Morrow informed him he
was free to proceed as he chose.
DISCUSSES DEFENSE.
Other eight papers discussed the
coast defense, seacraft, the air force
personnel, civil and commercial avia'
ton, the effect of air power on world
ornaments, air administration OF
other world powers, and a plan 70
remedy defects in the American at
| organization.
For exterior enemies, Colonel
Mitchell said Eve must look across
the Atlantic and Pacific" adding that
although there was no reason 70 ex-
pect hostile relations with the Eng
fish. it must be considered in draftins
defense plans,
Declaring that Great Britain's
force Of 1000 sirpianes could be land
ed in Nova Scotia in from eight 10
ten days, ho said American cities
CCOptinued On Page FourJ
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
ELECTION JUDGES
PAY is PREPARED

Pay for judges and clerks of the
courthouse bond election, held Septem'
Der 10 will be ready on October 10,
it was announced at the office Of the
county treasurer Tuesday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
BRITISH STEAMER
AFIRE IN CHANNEL

LONDON, Sept. 29.-CP)-A report
to Lloyd's shipping agency from
Saint GATHERINGS Point near South
ampton, says that TIE British cargo
steamer London Mariner, which
sailed from New York September 10
for London, is on fire in the English
Channel, and is asking for assistance.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

JUDGE HoLDOM of Chicago, talk.
y ing of business combined with
religion, says, "Silas L. Bryan, father
of William Jennings Bryan, was an
Illinois Judge and opened his court
with prayer. His decisions were uni
formly reversed by the Supreme
court.
"A certain Chicago banker, more
than 80 years ago, opened his bank
with prayer. The bank was closed
by the sheriff"
That, however, doesn't show that
il is a bad thing to mix business and
religion. 1t only shows that business
can 20 to the bad, even with religion
added.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
HARRISBURG BLAST
IN CAPITAL KILLS z

HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept. 20.-CP)
Two men were reported killed this
noon in an explosion in the state cap
itol building.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

WHEN it was suggested that an
w official higher up might go to
Jail for bribe-taking, that official
asked, what Jail do you think you
could send me to that's on the level?"
He intimated plainly that the bootleg
business had corrupted officials
wholesale, and that with money you
could buy what you wanted.
There is no doubt that the easy
money" of bootlegging, hi-jacking
and drug selling has seriously dam
ngcd public safety and weakened the
value Of officials.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

; Torn luggage belonging TO Mrs.
Ada McCobb. millionaire recluse, who
was slain with hammer here last
Friday. showing how the seams have
been ripped in each instance by an
unknown searcher. seeking the hidden
panel in one Of her bags. The bag
with the hidden panel has not yet been
located. Below, Mrs. McCObb, the ham.
mer victim.-Light Staff Photos.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

president COOLIDGE learns.
1 by testimony given before his air
craft committee yesterday, that the
war department has thoroughly dis
couraged American pilots.
There can't be any doubt about
that. There ought not to be any
doubt about a change in methods, or
about the establishment of separate
flying force.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

MIR sHEDD'S gift of a great
AVA aquarium is money well spent.
1t will increase the supply of public
information.
If to the exhibition of strange crea-
lures of the oceans and lakes the
John G. Shedd gift could include
some plan for economical distribu-
ton among the people of the food
that comes from the ocean, that
would add to the value of the gift.
A plan to get rid of sharks that
destroy billions Of valuable fish every,
year, and the small savage whales
that prey upon the great schools of
salmon in the Northwest, would be
worth millions IN increased food
value.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
FATHER TESTIFIEs.

W. NJ. Longworth, father of the &C.
cused woman, was put on the stand
by defense counsel. He stated he knew
very little of the killing, having just
returned from a mining job in West
Texas.
On cross-examination, District At
torney Chambers questioned Mr.. Long
worth in connection with the alleged
visit of man to see Mrs. Sheridan
about an hour and a half before the
killing. 1t was brought out that the
man, representing himself as a cattle
buyer, had called at the house to in
spect some stock. He is said TO have
been buying cattle for shipment to
Mexico. He and Mexican were seen
to leave the Longworth home together
after the visit, it was brought out il
the testimony.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
ARREST ENDS
PLANS F On !.
WEDDING

Wedding bells gave way to the
Changing of the police siren, Tuesday
for one of the automobile and car
penter tool thieves who was arrested
Monday night, and who was to have
been married soon.
And, hand in hand with her accused
bver, the fiancee will 90 down the
long trail of police investigation, lend
ing the suspect the encouragement of
her presence and sustaining him in
his hour of need. II the trail should
lead through the criminal court into
states prison, step by step she will
accompany him.
81 love him, so of course I will
stand by him." she said. when he
gets out of this trouble we will be
married"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
OFFICERS ON STAND.

Deputy Sheriffs Flores and Barlo-
co, in taking the stand, told of the
positions and conditions of the women
when the room was broken into. They
also recounted what they had found at
the house after answering the emer.
gency call.
Telcgraphic instructions from Alice
Mendham, a niece Of the slain wonl'
an, requesting that the body of Mrs.
McCobb be embalmed and held, were
received by District Attorney Cham
bers Tuesday morning.
I'll probably be in San Antonio
soon," the message said.
District Attorney Chambers will
hold a post mortem over the body to
determine the details of the killing
prior to the embalming, it was an
nounced Tuesday. Daring the inyes-
CONTINUED On Page Four.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29

A YOUNG Chicago bootlegger an
"A swering in court the question,
"What is your business" replies
calmly, Il am a bootlegger," then
tells how, with thousands and tens
of thousands, he bribed the authori-
ties after he landed in Jail. He stay.
ed in Jail as much or as littlesas he
pleased. The young bootlegger, who
lad made over million, protested
that they tapped him" rather
severely.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-29
WITH LOVER

The young fiancee was in a car
with the suspect and another man
when they were arrested Monday
night. She was released, but returned
to the Jail Tuesday to be with her
loved one.
Led by the suspect, detectives and
police recovered large quantities OF
loot Tuesday morning.
Two stolen and stripped automobiles
were found in the brush near the
Olmos dam, and a quantity of car
penters' tools and paints we're found
buried in a graveyard on the North
Loop by Chief of Police Miller, De-
tective Chief Street and Detectives
proudfoot Kohr and HerbSt