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Evening star., 1925-10-15

With the characteristic modesty
that had endeared him to his Hoosier
neighbOrs, Senator Ralston had made
his resolution long before the strife
and turmoil Of those swe,tering July
days In Madison Square Garden had
so completely recaSt the complexion
Of the political horizon. His decision
was communicated early to his init
mate friends, and he remained ada
mant to all their pleadings.
The time came during the early
Summer of 1924 when he might, with
modesty. have made a public declara-
ton. Speaking to the Indiana State
convention, which desired to instruct
Awed by Great Onice.
There is something about the great
ness of this exalted position that ad-
monishes me against wanting to un-
dertake the execution of it's grave
and solemn duties"
The convention bowed to his
wishes, but his friends refused to
give up hope. believing that if he
were drafted he could not refuse to
serve. And so, under the leadership
of Thomas Taggart, Indiana's astute
political general. there centered
dramatic dark horse" maneuvcrs
ever attempted in a national political
convention, maneuver blocked at
last by the principal when apparently
on the high road to success.
A lawyer by profession and farm
er by inclination. Mr.. Ralston never
really cared for political office. He
preferred the battles of the law,
tempered by. the quiet and peace of
the rolling acres OF his Indiana farm.
He had an abiding interest in politics,
however, and was a firm believer in
the bedrock principles of democracy
Twice Met Defeat.
Until he was swept into the gov
ernor's chair in 1912 Mr.. Ralston had
sought public office only twice, and
each time was defeated. After his four
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Angry strikers crowded around the
statehouse. Gov. Ralston decided
to state the situation to them, and.
against the advice Of his friends, faced
the mob from the statehouse steps.
So effectually did he speak that he
soon had the strikers cheering him.
and the strike was settled a short time
afterward.
Just as he had applied himself as
sidiously to his duties as governor, so
he labored faithfully as Senator.
He was on the floor almost constantly.
and listened with marked attention to
all debates on important issues con-
trfbutfng several addresses on tax and
tariff questions.
Mr.. Ralston was a Presbyterian and
a Mason He married twice, his first
wife dying within year after mar.
riage His second wife was Miss
Evening star., 1925-10-15
BEyERIDGE PAYS TRIBUTE.
State Has Lost Noble Citizen by Raj.
gsi. stOn's Death, He Says.

BEVERLY, Mass, October Is LP).
Informed early today Of the death
Of Senator Samuel M. Ralston, for
mer Senator Albert J. Beveridge Of
Indiana declared that the Nation had
lost a noble citizen and the country
an upright servant.
II am desolated by the news of
Evening star., 1925-10-15

years term as chief executive he re.
tired to his farm near indianapolis
and confided to friends that he was
! through with politics.
The record he had made as gov.
ernor and mis- campaigning ability.
| however. drew the political leaders
| again and again to his doorstep. In
| 1920 his party pleaded with him to
| enter again the race for governor.
| but he refused. 1t was not for long.
| however, for he was persuaded two
| years later to become a candidate for
| the Senate against Albert j. Bev-
eridge, and was elected.
Senator Ralston stood out as a
man among men wherever he went.
| More than feet tall, he was pro-
portioned to fit his height. His
| friends declared he looked. thought
and acted like Grover Cleveland. He
| was a stickler for the Constitution
| and strictly party man.
OF Hardy Pioneer Stock.
Born on a farm in Tuscarawas
| County. Ohio, on December 1, 1857,
pioneer stock. His great-grandfather
| served in the Continental army and
| was wounded at the Battle of Bran.
| dywine. He was Of ScotchIrish an
cestry. but in his own life the strain
of the Scotch lineage was uppermost;
i, consequently he was cautious and
deliberate.
When the Senator. was 8 years
old his father moved to Indiana and
enjoyed the average amount of pros
perity of a farmer until the panic
of 1873. when the farm was lost.
Young Ralston became butcher boy,
coal miner, sheep herder, farm la.
borer and school teacher before he
| took up the study of law.
There being too many lawyers in
his own home place, he set out for
less populated legal fields. settling
| finally at Lebanon, Ind. He early
entered into political fights, and gained
a reputation as forceful. vigorous
speaker. After he had served o 8 presi-
Evening star., 1925-10-15
SENATOR S. M. RALST0N
OF INDIANA is DEAD
AFTER 6 WEEKS ILLNESS

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stricken last Spring by what developed
into his last illness.
Surviving him are the widow,
daughter and two sons. brother.
sister and a nephew, all of Indianap-
oils.
Funeral arrangements are expected
bv friends of the family to provide
fcS interment at Lebanon, Ind, the
Senator's old home, from which ne
was elected to the governship.
On his deathbed the Senator. who
was deeply religious, wrote to friend:
God is good and | am his child.
Declined Presidency Race.
Honored by the highest offices with
in the gift of the people of his own
State-governor and Senator-Samuel
Moffett Ralston steadfastly refused to
accept the call Of his party to seek
the greatest of all places America can
bestow upon her sons.
Twice during the memorable dead
lock between William G. McAdoo and
Gov. Alfred +. Smith at the New
York convention in 1924 the party
chieftains turned to Senator RalSton
to lead the way out, but, at first firm
". and then irrevocably. he declined
70 become the Democratic standard
h1orar
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mon sense. I cannot think of any.
thing too good to say about him. In
his death l feel that l have lost t;
personal friend and ] know that our
State has lost a noble citizen and the
country an upright and public
servant"
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dent of the local school board his
friends put. him forward as a candi.
date for Secretary of State, but he
was defeated twice for that office.
Wiped Out State Debt.
Mr.. Ralston's ability to go out
among the people and gain friends
through his sincerity was recognized,
and in 1912 he was nominated for
governor. During his service in that
office he wiped out the State debt and
got behind the formation of the public
utilities commission. an inheritance
tax law, a blue sky law and a work.
ingmen's compensation law.
His first chance to prove his mettle
came during the street car strike in
Indianapolis in 1918. when he called
out the State militia to curb rioting.
Evening star., 1925-10-15
Jolt for the Doctor.

From the Boston Transcript
Doctor-Did you tell that young man
of yours what ] thought of him.
DauShter-YeS, papa, and he said
you were wrong in your diagnosis, as
usual.
Evening star., 1925-10-15

Jennie Craven Of Center Valley, Ind.
BY this union two sons and daughter
were born.
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Made on spring-needle
machine. Silk-trimmed col
larette and facing; ocean
pearl buttons. Well made,
and in sizes SO to 46. The
ideal garment for Fall wear.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
VARGAS FACES JURY
ON DEATH CHARGE
IN GARCIA KILLING

Anastacio Vargas, charged by in
dictment with the murder Of Louisa
Garcia, will go to trial in the Ninety
fourth district court Monday morning
Charges of assault to murder on
Gabriel Garcia and robbery, also pend
ing against Vargas, are set for tria
Monday, but action in them will prob
ably be dependent upon the result Of
the murder case.
Gabriel Garcia, aged Mexican farm
or, and his wife, Louisa, were attacked
on the farm where they live, about
fifteen miles south of the city, on the
night of August 81, last. They were
badly beaten, and robbed of their life
savings.
When the attack and robbery was
discovered the next day, the injured
man and woman were brought into
San Antonio to the city hospital. The
woman died, but her husband recov-
cred.
Vargas and another man were ar
rested, but the other man was vlti'
mately released. Vargas was indicted
and two other men, arrested later
were also indicted as accomplices
Date of their trials have not been set
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
RAIL CLERKS CHIEF
TO VISIT TERRITORY

Horace W. Harper, general chairman
of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
on the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas
and Louisiana, with headquarters
here, left Saturday for trip over his
territory. The trip is of a routine
nature to close out the year, he said.
His itinerary viii. include Houston,
Galveston, New Orleans, Lake Charles
Dallas and Fort Worth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
San Antonio Destined to Be Canning Center
Deputies Noun
As Cupids Dart
Hits Barloco

There's a vacant chair In that
round table Of deputy sheriffs
where the officers gather. smoke,
swap yarns and have target prsc-
tice with ammunition furnished
by the copious cud in their jaws.
And judging from the general
discourse Of those present, the
absent member will garnish the
chair, 'nevermore" on cold win
ter nights when deputies arc
wont to sit and toast their
shins for sheer want of other to
do.
Because Angel Barloco, the
Beau Brummel Of the sheriff's
office, "has went and done it."
November II, Armistice Day,
when all the world was re-
joicing, Angel and his bride,
Mrs. Cora Hubbs, daughter Of
b Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Cowart,
were at home, f1t5 Nolan
street.
It's rumored that his co.
workers are taking up a collec-
tion for a Grape to be hung Oh
Angels chair at the round table.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
LIBRARY ANS
FOUR MORE
BRANCHES

Based on the success experienced
with the branch of the San Antonio
Carnegie library recently established,
in the northern portion of the city, a
resolution for the establishment of
four additional branch libraries in
various parts of the city was unanim-
ously adopted by the board of trus-
tees at the regular meeting Friday.
Another resolution of Importance
adopted by the board of trustees and
referred to the finance committee
was an increase in pay for librarians.
Originating the idea. Miss Bessie
Houston drew up the resolution for
additional branch libraries which was
introduced by Maury Maverick. He
CONTINUED On Pege Two.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
JOSE D. ROUC|ER
SIGNS Off
I. FOREVER !
The silver voice of the Rio Grail

The silver voice of the Rio Gran lie
is stilled.
As thousands Of radio fans tu1 he'd
their dials to KWWG last night Hop.
ing to hear again the tones of the
singer with a thousand "amigos, &"
they were disappointed.
For Jose Cara Rougier has sung
his last song.
He heard the call of the Great An.
nouncer. and he went to answer.
Shortly before noon Saturday Roue
gier was felled by a bullet. Saturday
night he was to sing over the Browns
vile municipal radio station KWwG
over which he has gained widespread
popularity in all parts Of Mexico aud
the United States.
The silver voice Of the Rio Grande
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
ELEVEN OF CAROLINA
MOB ARE CONVICTED

ASHEVILLE, \. c., Nov. H.
Eleven of the twenty defendants, on
trial here as alleged members of a
mob which stormed the Suncombe
county jail, September 10, in an effort
to lynch a negro, were convicted to-
night by jury in criminal court.
They were given sentences ranging
from six months on the chain gang to
eight years in the state prison.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
PROSPERITY
FOR TEXAS
FORESEEN
Plants to Care for Entire
Bexar Crop Is Proposed
by Investor Here.

Wealth pouring upon the farmers
Of Bexar county and South Texas has
been visualized by T. W. Labatt. vice
president of the Collins Wholesale
Grocery company, as preliminary
plans are being made to make San
Antonio the canning center Of the
United States.
Following an investigation Of the
labor and material resources of the
county and city. Mr.. Labatt an
nounced Saturday that there is no
obstacle in the way OF constructing
canneries here.
Mr.. Labatt is ready to invest at
once and assist in the organization OF
company that would begin opera
tons during the next truck farming
season.
Young girls Of the rural communi-
ties of Bexar county will be counted
on largely to make the first cannery
success, according to the plan
CNOlNtu ny MI i<hpdNbs
GIRLS ARE TRAINED
Several hundred girls in the county
have been trained by Miss Ida Rey-
nolds, home demonstration agent OF
the Chamber of Commerce, until they
are expert at operating small canning
units that can turn out from 100 to
500 cans of food day.
In a conference with Miss Reynolds,
| Mr.. Labatt has made tentative ar
rangements to have number of these
girls supervise the first cannery which
would be made up of a battery of
small units.
Labor to do the actual work under
the direction of the girls, Mr.. Labatt
said, could be obtained at nominal
cost.
Locally the girls have already es-
tablished reputation for the quality
and deliciousness Of their canned
foods, according TO Miss Reynolds.
PROJECT IMPORTANT
The production of the unit can
merry, Mr.. Laj'tt said, would be
absorbed entirely by the local mer-
chants.
The step then to larger canneries
to enter into competition for the trade
of the country, in the belief of Mr..
Lbatt, would be but a short one.
Every citizen of the community,
Mr.. Labatt said, should be interested
in the canning industry. Farmers
gardeners and orchardists are inter.
ested in ready and favorable markets
for their production bankers are in.
terested in the community being able
to secure good return on labor and
investment; the merchant is interest
ed in increased purchasing power Of
his customers: the landowner in in
creased land values. All of these in
terests would be served by canneries
Mr.. Labatt said.
Production of the orchards anC
gardens of the county must at present
be sold fresh, practically on the day
the fruit ripens and the vegetable:
mature, regardless of whether tn,
market is glutted or the price below
the cost of production. Mr.. Labat
said.
This condition was particular,
evident during the last spring in the
case of spinach, Mr.. Labatt said
Many acres were plowed under be
cause there was no market.
Local canneries, Mr.. Labatt said
could take care of the surplus produc-
ton of tomatoes. stringless beans
(EnvtfnuoI I'm Do0o 1txrn 4
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
FUND NOW $500, 5s2

AUSTIN. Nov. 14.--The Big Lake
Oil company Saturday paid to the
land commissioner S119,147. This
brings the royalty fund Of the Uni
versity DO s1.504,5a2 80 -.--.----..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
High School Students Do
Bit to Make Sick
Vets Happy.

"Oh. woman. in your hours of ease,
Uncertain. coy ard hard to please,
When pain and anguish wiring the
brow
A ministering angel thou"
Ministering angels, school girls from
Main Avenue high school, brought
cheer and gladness to the hearts of
the "shut-in" sick soldiers at Base
Hospital. Fort Sam Houston. when
they distributed arms full of lovely
- Lc-..--n - -
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
SYRIAN REBELS GAIN
WINS OVER FRENCH
nv Universal Service.

LONDON, Nov. 14.-Syrian rebels
have ined fresh victories against
fhe French near the Palestine borders
and the British have sent new rein
forcements to the frontier, according
to a Jewish telegraph agency dis
patch from Jerusalem.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
CHINESE MINISTER'S
THREATEN TO QUIT

PEKING, Nov. LITTLE cabinet
threatens to resign unless the war
lords and their troops withdraw to
their own sphsxsG svrw---...4<.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
IMMORTALITY
SUPPRESSED.
DECLARES
AUTHOR &
DR.. Charles Leroy CO.
Says Church Turn,
Back Tide.

|
the nation immediately followh
World War has been turned ba
Men were never before so siscepti-
BILE to spiritual influence as now.
Civilization will not destroy itself,
but on the other hand the world is
getting better every day and the
church is coming out of the crisis
with flying colors of spiritual
progress.
DR.. Charles Leroy Godell. inter
nationally known evangelist and au-
thor. arrived in San Antonio from
New York. Saturday night for a two
weeks meeting. -.
He is a student of history and dur
ing the last year has addressed stu
dents of 40 universities and 20 theo-
logical seminaries and conversed with
hundreds of college boys.
MUST BE TRUST
His statements. made Saturday
night at the st. Anthony hotel where
he is stopping. are in strong contrast
with various statements Of lesser
lights who for the past year have been
preaching that the world is going
backwards and that civilization is
fast approaching destruction.
IF you cannot trust the people
there would BE- no cause for a re-
public-there could be no republic"
Dr. Goodell said. "And in the final
analysis people do not want to be
bad. The man who owns a home or
piece of property. however small
in value. feels a responsibility and
can be trusted.
TURN FROM BAD
''If thing proves to be bad, peo-
pie turn away from it. The world
is not going to ruin. but is getting
better all the time. Every period Of
history has had its great crisis. The
church. they say. is a failure. But
they also say the government and the
home are failures. But with all it's
shortcomings the church has proven
itself TO be in all ages the whitest
thing alive. There has been nothing
that could dispute its moral supre-
macy. Its reiuvenation has always
come from within and not from with
out. No matter what crisis has come
there has always been a saving rem
nant because man is incorrigibly re-
ligious."
BOYS NOT BAD
DIR. Goodell said that in his talks
with hundreds of college boys when
he has gotten, right down into their
hearts. he has found they are not
bad. If they have a flask in their
hip pocket they csmouflase their be-
havior by saying they differ with the
church, or that the church is all
wrong, but in their minds they know
better and when they grow older they
get right, be said.
DIR. Goodell, among many other
works. is author of famous old hymn
that has brought tears to the eyes Of
hundreds of thousands of persons and
has perhaps led more people to The
altar Of repentance than any one other
hymn. That hymn is my Mothers
Bible" He has been pastor Of some
Of the largest churches in the United
States. including Calvary Church H.
CONTINUED On Pess Two)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
GRASS GIRL
COMING
HOME
Texas Grin Broadens Into
Hearty Laugh as Hour
Approaches.
She's coming home 4!

She's coming home.
Jimmie English. San Antonio's
grass girl" will step off the Sun
shine Special from st. Louis two
weeks hence.
ARRANGEMENTS are being completed
for Jimmie's return. and for the vel
come that will hail her Texas grin
when she comes back to her own home
town.
Assurance has been received from
the International-Great Northern
raiiway-the railroad that will fur
nish Jimmie's transportation back to
San Antonio-that everybody from the
porter to the big boss will "see jim
mic home"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
MAY RETURN NOW

Saturday a letter from DIR. Evarts
A. Graham. the st. Louis surgeon who
removed the sbcess from Jimmie's
diseased left lung. brought the news
that Jimmie could return to San An.
tonic now at any time.
Jimmie has gained 10 pounds -
DR.. Graham wrote. "She is free from
symptoms of any kind, and is looking
splendid"
DR.. Graham said that il it were
possible. Jimmie should return to st.
Louis next spring for final inspection.
Since San Antonio people gave so
literally to the Jimmie English Fund,
this can be done.
TAKES DESPERATE CHANCE
Not quite a year ago, Jimmie went
away to take her last desperate chance
to live. A grass blade she had in
hailed during game four years be-
fore had caused an abscess that threat
ened her life. Without immediate re-
lief she could not get well. The great
doctor in st. Louis was named by
professional friends in San Antonio
as the man who might save Jimmie's
life.
Jimmie had no wealth but the gold
of her heart and the sunshine of her
smile. There were dark days when
it seemed that hope was wasted
Then an appeal was made to the
people of San Antonio. And the heart
of the city was as big as its pocket
book. Jimmie went to st. Louis for
the operation that was her one chance
of getting well after big hearted San
Antonio contributed the necessary
money, through The Light. Monday
she will come home without any
symptoms looking splendidly."
BLUE EYES DANCE
Monday her blue eyes will dance
happily because she has come back
to pick up the threads of the care
free life she knew before the tragic
accident-because now she can weave
these precious threads into a pattern
bright with hope and promise.
With the first indication that Jim
ME was coming home, all sorts of
people planned all kinds of surprises
for her return. So far all these joy
Gus preparations are secret, but
lust wait.
1t will be a reXrrection-that home
coming of Jimmies. A resurrection
from the death of despair and suffer
ing. And San Antonio will be happy
for Jimmie. with Jimmie-for little
Jimmie English is San Antonio's own
girl.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

A MAJORITY Of human beings
"a believe that they believe in i'm
mortality. But if all actually be-
lieved that death means immediate,
heavenly bliss, how many would con-
tinue to live?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

DE grateful that It was not pos
- sible for anybody to saddle any
of those eastern mandates" on the
United States. We don't want to
blow down or build up their palaces,
hang their people, or otherwise play
the part of Divine Providence, in Asia.
About all we can do is TO attend to
the United States.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

NHOHAMMEDANS believe that
AVA death on the battlefield means
instant transportation to a most
fancy paradise, providing. free, ladies
and wine, and many of them actually
seek death in battle.
Christians hang on TO life, far into
old age. They believe, but they are
not quite prepared to bet on it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
THE WEATHER

San Antonio and vicinity:
Sunday unsettled, with local
rains; colder Sunday: moder.
ate to fresh southerly winds.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

"A RCHITECTS and public officials
"a in the ancient city of Damas-
Gus are salvaging what is left OF
beautiful old palaces destroyed by
bombardment. In the public square
three Bedouins were hanging by the
neck. placards telling great crowds
why they were hanged and what will
happen to others that refuse obedi-
ence to Western Europe. -s
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

"A TOWN Is like a language or q
~ human being. 1t must start
naturally and grow Of its own power.
You can't invent It or create 1t.
Alexander the Great with his
power could establish cities, but they
too, faded away.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

THE Colorado doctor who chloro-
! ! formed his legless, armless, deaf
and dumb, weak-minded daughter,
after taking care of her for SO years,
says he believed he was sending her
to heaven and firmly believed in i'm
mortality.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

CONTINUED On Pege TwO.l
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

AARY LEWIS, the daughter of a
N clergyman, who will sing at the
Mofrorolitau 0nara Hnuse at
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First Section OF
Local. State and
World NeWs