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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
authorities Seek Lost Fiance of Mrs. MCobb in Mexico
Happer; IS,
Unable TO Walk
Home From Ride

While FLAMING Youth"
flames, "Smouldering Age" is.
liable to be famed into . blaze.
Fifty.five years Of life usual
Iy leaves only a tepid remem.
brance Of the follies Of youth.
But one fIapper Of that age Sat
urday morning became once
more . Red Hot Mama
Detectives Fox, Mcdonald and
Emergency Officer Wright are
wondering what sort Of an escort
she may have been able to re-
surrect. That he was rough,
they know.
A bakery wagon chauffeur
found her in the middle Of North
New Braunfels avenue, with a
large car, from (which she had
been thrown speeding away.
Her flare had been thoroughly
quenched BY corn liquor and she
was booked on charge Of being
drunk.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
TWO SAN ANTONIANS
INJURED IN TRIPLE
AUTOMOBILE CRASH

Two persons were injured in a
triple automobile collision Friday
night at Houston and Bowie streets.
Mrs. L. Jaimes and ]. VI. Bleakie,
occupants Of one of the automobiles,
were the victims, receiving painful
cuts about the face and head from
broken windshields.
Neither is considered seriously in
jured, both returning home without
hospital treatment.
Bleakie's automobile and one driven
BY A. L. Rane, 324 West French
Place, collided. the impact throwing
them into another automobile driven
BY E. Kraft, 325 East Paul street.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
CHARITY CHEST DRIVE
DISCUSSED AT MEET

Organization Of committees for the
Community Chest drive, to be started
in November, was discussed at an in.
formal conference between Jack K.
Burke and Harry Rogers Saturday.
Mr.. Burke Saturday accepted ap-
pointment of the organization chair
manship, rendered him at general
committee meeting Friday night. Mr..
Rogers is general chairman. Mr..
Burke will have charge of the drive
teams
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
ROB.
Z SOLDIERS.
IN DARK n
Hurry Up, Peruna,' Chides
One With Gun to
Partner at Work.

The BLACK amazons" added the sec
ond and third victims to their reigr
of banditry Friday night, when ithey
held up Robert L. Phillips, Battery T.
Twelfth Field Artillery, Fort San
Houston and T. J. Smith, a soldier
attached to the Base Hospital.
Both were accosted at dark street
intersections by the pair of Negro
women and forced at the point Of an
automatic pistol to submit to search.
The former lost SIS, while the latter
contributed so.
Phillips, the first victim, was re-
turning to camp wnen he reached an
alley near Austin and Crosby streets.
Hidden in the mouth of his thorough
fare were the two negro women.
TOLD TO HURRY.
"Whar yuh goin' white boy" one
of the pair asked?
None Of your business" the soldier
asked.
Change yore song, white man, :"
the speaker of the pair sing-songed as
she covered him with an automatic.
Hurry. will yah, Peruna," the gun
bearer chided her companion, "yuh
amt washin' clothes now"
The searcher complied with her COM
panion's command and searched the
soldiers pockets hurriedly.
Now skit," she said when the SIS
had been taken.
Detectives Harris and Dwyer were
assigned to the case as soon as Phil
lips make report of it. They search
ed the vicinity of the hold-up, but the
pair escaped their vigilance.
THROW EN- UP.-
A little more than an hour later
"amazons" answering the same de-
scription given by Phillips, pounced
from an alley near Commerce and
Chestnut streets into the path OF
Smith.
An automatic cleaned in the hands
Of one of the pair, while she cautioned
the soldier to stop and throw 'em
up"
The procedure in Smiths case vir-
tually was the same followed in the
robbery of Phillips.
The "amazons" also. are believed re-
sponsible for the hold-sp of an Austin
Street barber last Saturday night
within block of his home and near
the scene of robbery of the first sol
der.
One suspect answering the descrip-
ton given by the barber and identified |
by him was arrested the following
day.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
SAN ANTONIO POLICE
SEEK MISSING YOUTH

Police have been requested to as.
s us IN the search for Clarence vii
Nnson; is, senior Of Main Ave
nue High School, who has been re-
ported missing from home.
according 70 the boys mother, Mrs.
n.erna Wilkinson, resident of Old
lamp Travis. the boy left in company
with owen Cray, u, and Elmer Barr.
To- boys Of the same neighborhood.
IL IS believed by the bovS' mar.
ents that they are headed Tor DE.
IoI' Police have wired authorities
az AZ, Dalias and s.. Louis, believing they
WIZ De apprehended in the event they
are en- route 10 Detroit
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
MAJOR ROYCE SEES
SPLIT IN COOLIDGE'S
AIRDEFENSE INQUIRY

Consensus n opinion points 70 \
division Of President Coolidges air
investigating board. Major Ralph
Royce stated upon his return 10 San
Antonio Saturday after testifying be-
fore the inquisitorial body early in
the week.
Three members are for a change in
placing government aeronautics under
separau unit as proposed by Colonel
William Mitchell; three are for n
maintenance Of the present methods of
controlling air forces and three mem
beers are open 10 conviction. Major
Royce said That is thu belief Of men
who have testified before the board,
Major Royce declared.
Upon his arrival here. Major Royce
resumes command Of Brooks Field.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
POSTOFFICE CLOSES;
NO POSTMASTER

There has been no need for the
Postoffice Department 10 say "don't
all apply at once in regards TO fill
ing vacancies at the Calaveras, Wilson
county, pOstOffice. according 10 c. j.
Rush, retiring secretary Of Congress
man Harry NJ. Wurzbach. Unless
someone willing 10 serve can be found,
the office will be closed.
The vacancy exists following the res
ignstion Of J. J. Aldreppe, for many
years postmaster. Mrs. Jennie Tackitt,
the only other eligible person for the
job, was appointed, but declined 70
serve. Mail which formerly passed
through the Calayeras department will
be delivered by rural route. or obtained
at the nearest postoffice, in the event
the office at the little station is dis
continued.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
SMART FOX, IN FORM
OF LIQUOR OFFENDER,
ELUDES DRY HOUNDS

"Hootch-hounds. Ell? Well that's
what we amt nothing else but de-
clared federal agents Saturday.
The remark was provoked by q
raiding expedition eight miles in the
brush off the Somerset road. 1t was
like finding the nest after the animal
had gone, according to the officers.
After crawling through cactus. mes
quite brush and underground over cow
trails and rabbit paths, lighted fire
and an amount of whisky mash was
all they found.
The still, its product and owner,
had moved.
1T was just a case Of the fox out
smarting the hounds" the federal men
said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
Nervous Oil
DriWers Saued
From Filters

Brooks Field pilots must quit
soaring oil-well drillers.
Orders to that effect have
been issued by the officer in
charge of flying at the field.
The drillers, accustomed to
risking their lives atop a high
derrick in windy weather and
in doing the other duties con.
nected with their dangerous oc.
cupation, don't enjoy the sensa.
tions caused by airplanes hang
ing on edge in thin air a few
feet above their heads.
The oil derrick has been erect.
ed across the road south of the
flying field.
1t has all the earmsrks Of a
good. pylon around which to turn
as in air races.
Some pilots Of the Primary
Flying School have been using
it as such.
Hereafter no pilot may use
the derrick as pylon. All
filters must refrain from Jazz.
ing" the derrick in any manner.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
REORGANIZATION
SCHOOL is OPENED

With the largest registration since
it's organization the AUGMENTATION
school, conducted by Miss Stella
Ellison, under the auspices of the
Council Of Jewish Women, opened
Thursday night.
Glasses preparing foreigners for
their naturalization papers are held
in the school, Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights Of each week. The
school ia conducted at OF West
Poplar street.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
MOTORIST CLAIMS
HESPEEDED BECAUSE
STOMACH HURT HIM

Because speed does not allay stom-
ach trouble, a man was fined $40
in corporation court Saturday.
What was your hurry" asked
Judge Onion.
Had stomach trouble, judge" an
swered the defendant.
But the officer said you were 60
ing 30 miles an hour" said Judge
Onion.
II don't know how fast ! was 60
ing, but I had to get where | was
headed for" the defendant pleaded.
Did the speed help your stomach?'
queried Hizzoner.
NO sir"
Ten dollars" the judge retorted.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
DALLAS OFFICIAL
is HONOR GUEST

Mrs. Sallie ID. Bother OF Dallas.
commander Of the state Of Texas for
the Woman's Benefit Association, was
honor guest at the last regular lunch.
con Of Alamo Review No. 90 at the
Woodman hall, S22 East Houston
street.
Members Of South San Antonio Re
view -. Al also attended,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
3 HOUSTON YOUTHS
ARE FINED IN S. A,

Charged with vagrancy. three Hous.
ton high school boys were fined $50
each in Corporation court Saturday
by Judge Onion.
They were arrested in connection
with the attempted passage of bogus
checks in this city just a few hours
after their arrival from the southeast
ern city.
Their ages were given az II, IS and
ID. They were remanded to Jail pend.
ing payment Of the fines.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
WOMAN INJURED
IN CAR COLLISION

Miss Marie Jureski, 515 Santa
Clara avenue, was cut by flying glass
when two automobiles collided at the
intersection Of Goliad and Labor
streets Friday afternoon.
Miss Jureski was a passenger in an
automobile belonging 70 a bus com
pany. The other car vas operated by
s. II. Poke, 707 South Olive street.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
|DEPOSED NARCOTIC
OFFICER IS INDICTED
BY Universal Service.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3. = The federal
grand jury today indicted Colonel Will
Gray Beach, deposed head of the mar
cotic division, and four others in con.
nection with an alleged dope plot.
The others mentioned in the indict.
ment are Alonzo B. Foster, Harry G.
Dietrich and Dennis J. O'Brien, aides
of the former narcotic chief, and
Thomas Wallace, whose name is being
brought into the inquiry for the first
time.
When Colonel Beach's hotel apart
ment was raided an assortment of
valuable Chinese antiques, perfumes,
face powder and liquor were found.
Beach. was arrested, accused of trad
ing narcotics seized in federal raids,
for valuables.
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S. A. DUEL|ST DYING
IN FIGHT OVER GIRL
Continued From Page Ore.)

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the boy whose blood was paying for
his love.
And with sob, she knelt beside
the wounded lad, her lips brushing his
cheek.
The victor vanished in the dark, as
a gathering crowd called police and
rushed the wounded boy to the hos
pital.
He may die.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03

It's the unexpected that always
happens.
Thomas n. Gish, better known as
Tommy" Gish. found the unexpected
happen when he was present at what
was purported to be n reception TO
Bishop Phillip Cook of Delaware. held
at st. Marks Parish house Friday
night. Former parishioners and
friends of Bishop Cook had gathered
in the auditorium Of st. Marks 20
welcome him back 10 San Antonio and
also TO greet Bishop W. T. Capers of
West Texas.
But the real meaning Of the occa-
sion was TO show their appreciation of
Tommy Gish for his work and serv-
ices in behalf OF ST. Marks Church
and parish.
The Rev. Sylvester Robinson. rector
of ST. Marks, presided and introduced
Bishop Cook, who. first speaking of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03

Mrs. McCobb with a hammer. claim
ing self defense.
Because of the prolonged absence
Of relatives or friends of the dead wO-
man who have been notified of her
death, Mr.. Cunningham, Saturday is
sued instructions that her body be
placed temporarily in a receiving
vault in Mission Burial Park.
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visited the rooming house about an
thour before the hammer killing. this
man proved he had no connection or
acquaintanceship with the dead
woman.
Information that gave District st
forney c. NJ. Chambers his new clue
was found late Friday among the last
Of eleven trunks Mrs. McCobb had
stored in Laredo.
A duplicate of q telegram sent by
Mrs. McCobb in 1914 located the home
and family of the mystery man" in
the case for whom the district attorney
is searching.
y How closely the dead woman's past
was linked with this man is revealed
BY hundreds Of letters found among
her belongings.
BETRAYED HER.
There is little doubt. according 10
Mr.. Chambers and persons who knew
Mrs. McCobb during the years she
Lived here but that this man be-
cfrayed her.
tween the dead woman and this man
have led the district attorney 10 be-
lieve he was gradually getting posses
sion of Mrs. McCobb's wealth until
few years ago when she discovered
his insidious practice.
Since then, Mr.. Chambers believes,
this man, the mystery man." caused
Mrs. McCobb 10 live not only in fear |
of losing her remaining wealth, but |
also her life.
Working on the information that |
this man was in San Antonio, if not |
on the day Of Mrs. McCobb's death, |
at least few days before. Mr.. Cham
bers has sought him in vain.
SEEK MAN IN VAIN
Efforts TO locate the man in Mexico !
City and also in San Francisco proved |
futile. Mr.. Chambers, Saturday began |
d search through the mans relation |
ship.
While Mr.. Chambers searches for |
the man of mystery, John II. Gun
bingham, appointed administrator OF |
the estate, Saturday began endeavor-
ing TO communicate with persons /
named as beneficiaries in the rough
draft Of a will found in one Of the /
trunks opened Friday.
The draft was the only evidence of
such a document found among the |
thousands of papers and letters in ~
trunks of the dead woman.
Those named in the pencil will are
Henry McCobb, divorced husband Of /
the dead woman, and Hilda Libby Ives
and Charles +. Libby of Portland,
Maine. Mr.. McCobb and Mr.. Libby
are known TO be dead.
NAMED EXECUTOR
Howard r. Ives, named executor in
the event of Mr.. Libby's death, and
Miss Ives are being sought.
The will disposes Of only a small
part OF the property known TO have
belonged 20 Mrs. McCobb.
Mrs. Mabel Longworth Sheridan,
who was found apparently uncon-
scious a few feet from Mrs. McCobb,
Ind who is charged with her murder,
Is still held in the county Jail in de-
Iault of $4,000 bond.
In a 10-page statement Mrs. Sheri-
Ian is said 10 have admitted striking |
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
PROBE RECALLS
HE|NEN To
STAND
Seek to Fix Blame for
Disaster to Shen-
andoah. :

LAKEHURST, y. J., Oct. 3.-LP)
The Shenandoah naval court of in
quiry is to give immediate attention
to the question of whether blame at
taches TO, Commander Zachary Lans-
downe, captain of the airship, for the
disaster which cost his life and that
Of thirteen other officers and men.
This was decided upon at an in.
formal overnight conference between
the court and Judge Advocate Foley.
The prosecution of this phase of the
inquiry now will delay at least until
Monday the winding up of the hear
ing here and the removal of the court
to Washington.
An opinion that a primary cause
of the wrecking of the Shenandoah
was the failure of the officers in
charge 10 observe obvious danger
signals had been given TO the court
by Captain Anton Heinen. former
German Zeppelin pilot. Since he is
regarded in navy airship circles as
one Of the ablest dirigible pilots of
the day, weight naturally attaches TO
his opinion.
DISREGARD WARNING.
Then too. his theory finds some
indirect support in the testimony of
Lieutenant Joseph b. Anderson,
aerologist on the Shenandoah. that
when he saw storm clouds moving in |
the opposite direction to the wind |
which the airship was bucking, he |
advised a change of course to the |
south and Commander Lansdowne
ignored that advice.
Referring TO this testimony, Captain |
Heinen said that this movement Of
he clouds was one of the surest sig
nails Of danger and had he been in
command he Immediately would have
hanged his course.
There was another danger signal,
Captain Heinen said, that of the drift !
# the ship TO the right, indicating
hat she was being slowly drawn into
he disturbance in which she was
Both Captain Heinen and Lieuten-
INT Anderson were recalled today for
of their previous testimony
md for further questioning on these
matters. There is the probability that
,ther witnesses also will be called on
his phase of the inquiry.
AN EXPERIMENT.
Since the first examination Of
'aptsin Heinen was completed Thurs.
lay. the court has gone more exhaus-
lively into his theory that the reduc-
ion OF the safety valves and the ex-
'ansion Of helium gas cells from Is
0 s contributed 10 the breaking up
( the ship. Some of the experts
allied have offered their conclusions
hat it had not.
1t is now clearly established in the
ecords that this alteration of the gas
alves system was initiated by the of
lcers Of the ship, who were in ac-
ord as 10 IT'S desirability, and that it
'as authorized by the Navy Depart.
1ent only BY way of experiment and ..
nth two warnings that it imposed
n added reason for the cautious
andling Of the Shenandoah at high
ltitudes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
LAUDS NAVY.

with all the changes from wood to
iron. from wind power to steam, and
10 electricity, from cast iron. smooth
bore cannons TO the modern highpower
guns there is a thread which binds us
lrrevocably to the past, and God grant
that il may never be severed.
1T is the thread which we call the
spirit of the American navy. You NAV
find that spirit exemplified and vocal
lied throughout the history of the
American navy. 1t manifested itself in
the quiet words Of Lansdowne when
be was fighting his battle in the
clouds. We will 20 through together
1t is this spirit of courage, of subordi-
nation. Of resourcefulness, Of daring. Of
initiative. Of advances, that we invoke
today as we stand here dedicating q
new ship 10 the cause Of liberty and
the preservation Of American rights
and privileges"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
VOCAL PROTEST.

Every blow Of tie hammer used in
her construction gives vocal protest TO
the unthinking declaration that the
American navy is hidebound with
conservatism and immovably anchored
by barnacle-encrusted chains 10 the
things Of the past.
Look today from the aircraft land
ing deck Of this ship with its $4,000
horsepower turbine engine. its electric
drive. its $4,000 tons Of metal. 10 the
wooden. wind driven Constitution.
docked in yonder harbor at Boston.
Count the steps that lead from the
deck Of the old Constitution across
the Monitor and Merrimac to the deck
OF the Lexington and you will find a
conclusive answer To the charge Of I'M
reasonable conservatism in the Amer.
lean navy.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
SLAIN RECLUSE
!. SHADOWED
IN s. A.
Mystery Man Dogged Foot
steps of Widow Across
Continent. x

CONTINUED From Page one.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
WILBUR LAUDS
NAVY IN SHIP
LAUNCHING -.

QUINCY. Mass, Oct. 3-LP-Ded.
icating the aircraft carrier Lexington,
"as an implement for the maintenance
of free government" Secretary vii
bur of the Navy Department at
launching ceremonies today dAlared
it was "a witness bearing silent testi-
mony TO the belief Of the men and of.
ficers of the American navy in the
use Of aircraft for national defense"
1T is the witness bearing testi-
mony," the secretary said, that Con-
gress believes in the development of
aircraft as a means Of national de-
Tense. The liberal appropriations for
the construction of the Lexington and
Saratoga. with their equipment. pass
ing Congress by unanimous consent
are irrefutsble proof that every mem
Der in the legislative halls of Congress
believes that the navy needs aircraft
IN the performance of its functions,
Evening star., 1925-10-01
every crack of the Bat
every roar of the crowd!

''Strike taUO-that makes two and two
and the crowds going crazy-listen
to em-rying to rattle the pitcher but
he's cool-he winds up-it's fast one
that yelling three-bagger to deep
left field
Your seat at the World Series game IS
waiting for you. It's right in the press box
where you see everything that happens.
And it's big. deep. comfortable chair,
your favorite chair in your own living
Evening star., 1925-10-01
On WEAF tonight!

The Atwater Kent Radio Artists
are on the air tonight and every
Thursday night-at 9 o'clock East
ern Standard Time.
We think so much of this good
program of good music that it is
Evening star., 1925-08-02

either around the neck or around the
wrist. In any case, they are seldom
without one on them, be it in sight
or not So the rosary became a way
of signaling TO each other. Rosary
worn around the neck meant: DO not
approach me in any case, there is
serious danger to be detected; rosary
around the wrist conveyed the mes
sage, You may approach me. but as
a stranger who has never seen me be-
fore" and SO on.
So, on the obo of the Rakshi-la, I
proudly attached the red flag marking
my passage and, according to the Gus
tom, l threw stone to add to the
heap forming the obo. The stone
knocked against another one and fell
back at my feet. This a Tibetan would
have considered as a bad omen. The
god of the mountain to whom the
obo was dedicated refused my offer
ing and throwing it back to me in
the direction opposed to that / was
aiming at signified that 1 would not
reach my goal. l knew that interpre
tation, but Tibetans believe also that
some among men are capable of con-
quering the hostile will of the gods
and the demons, and l had special rea-
sons to think that 1 might be one of
those; and my final success seems to
have justified my opinion.
Be that as it may, we were again
before a vast land of snow and stones,
and we began to climb down slowly.
Night had long since fallen and the
moon was set when we saw several
fires and reached the vicinity of an
encampment of cowmen.
l consulted with Thobgyal about the
question of going or not to the tents
to beg hospitality for the night. We
hesitated. The best way. of course,
was to proceed without being seen,
but after a difficult march of nearly
IS hours, including the tremendous
effort we had made to cross the snow
wall, we were exhausted and shiver-
ing with fever. No fuel could be col
lected under the snow, and to spend
the night without fire-although we
had reached lower level - seemed
rather hard.
So we turned toward the tents,
when one of those big fierce dogs
which always watch around a Tibetan
camp smelt us and began to bark. I'M
mediately other dogs answered, and
presently a number ran toward us.
We shouted at the men who were in
the tents to cali back the dangerous
beasts, telling them that we were not