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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
ICY BLASTS CAUSE
RACE POSTPONEMENT
AT mitchell FIELD

mitchell FIELD, Oct. 1O.-Due
to heavy wind the Pulitzer speed
classic and other contests scheduled
here for today were postponed until
Monday. The local weather bureau
gagged the gale at IS miles an hour.
Many of the planes exposed to the
elements were damaged by the high
wind, which came up during the night.
Soldiers worked throughout the night
stalking down the ships and moving
others to the lee of hangers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
WASHER WILL FEED
NEWSBOYS DESPITE
ABSENCE FROM CITY

Nat Washer will be in China-but
the newsboys are going to have taeir
Christmas dinner. @
He will break bread with the
''newies" by proxy through his son,
J. B. Washer.
Among Mr.. Washers plans before
departing for his oriental tour was
the annual newspaper vendors turkey
feast.
"Ill be with them in spirit even
though / am on the other side of this
ball of mud and water" Nat washe
declared Saturday.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Washer when they leave Monday for
a visit to japan and China. They ex-
pect to be gone several months. -.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
HOME WAITS.
!. FOR BROWN
EYED TOT
Mother Advertises for Child
to Ease Yearning in
Her Heart.
Wanted: A brown-eyed baby.

Wanted: A brown-eyed baby.
A little room where baby things
hang forlornly on the walls.
Dolls sitting in the corner as II cx-
pecting company.
Toys in neat row on the dresser.
A snow white bed where a teddy bear
and grotesque cat sit silently.
Outside a frowsy dog with one
black ear waits the touch of a chubby
hand on his head, the lisp of baby
voice to send him scampering across
the lawn.
A mothers heart aching for a pair
of soft brown eyes, to take the place
of those that have gone-gone from
the little white room and the baby
things.
MUST HAVE BROWN EYES.
Out at 1876 st. Francis street Mrs.
P. c. Neal, who lost her 5-year-old
baby boy last spring, wishes to adopt
baby boy or girl. The baby must
have brown eyes and be of good par.
entage and she will give mothers
love and happy home to the tot who
can bring back the sunshine to the
home.
The baby may be from 4 months TO
years old and will be raised in the
family, and as far as possible take the
place of her own child.
WELCOME WAITS.
And in the home where Mrs. Neal
lives with her mother and brother, a
happy welcome awaits the little
stranger when he comes. for the house
has seemed strangely silent during the
long months.
Across the street there is another
little chap who will welcome a new
playmate. The teddy bear and the big
black cat will break their long vigil
and the dolls and toys will greet their
new master.
A cedar chest fun of pretty clothes
sits in the room and on a table there
is a piece of candy-where he put it.
But now the family want to hear
again a baby voice, and they have
placed a classified ad in The Light
seeking to find an orphan to whom
they can give all Of the love and care
that they lavished on their own.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
JAMES B. DUKE, RICH
TOBACCO MERCHANT,
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

SOMERvILLE, N. j., Oct. TO-
James B. Duke, tobacco millionaire,
died at his home here tonight.
Members of the family said Mr..
Duke died shortly before Z o'clock, but
refused to enlarge upon that an
nouncement. He had been i'll for
several weeks, and lately had been
reported improved.
Death was due to bronchial pneu-
monia. it was stated at the Duke
town house.
In recent years, Mr.. Duke had given
nearly s5O.000,000 to educational in
situations, chiefly to the North
Carolina University that bears his
name.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

Antonio.
It was a high explosive
that burst in the ranks of the
doubters when Chairman
Gerald Melliff, of the Greater San
Antonio drive, announced Saturday
the receipt of a check for $500 from
Karl Hobhtzelle. president of the In.
terstate Amusement company and
owner of tht Majestic theater circuit,
to help make it greater San An
tonic and put over the $3.50, 900 drive
of the Chamber of Commerce.
And that is not all. Thirty mem
bers of the Junior Chamber of Com,
merce will form five new teams Mon
day and send them into the front line
to press home the onslaught and con.
sclidate success. President Arthur G.
Randol isued an official order Sat.
urday that the reserves be passed w
to the front and join the forces I'M
der Fl. @. Thorman for a fresh adj
vance.
President Randol, Travis B. Mour-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
Permit Oath
Taking Over
Telephones

Swearing over . telephone is a
prohibited pleasure no longer.
The swearing, however, must
be Of q different kind from that
which many persons long to in
duIge in while talking over q
telephone.
Only such oaths necessary in
the procuring Of q poll tax can
be sworn.
r. Neil Campbell has an.
nounced that, rs an added feat
ure to his system Of collecting
the taxes Of the county, poll tax
oaths will be taken over the
telephone. se
This year for the first time,
Tax Collector Campbell said, tax
statements are being mailed TO
the taxpayers. Many will find
it advantageous to just send in
a check for the amount of their
statement.
In such cases, Mr.. Campbell
said, one of the clerks Of his Of
flee will call up and administer
the oath over the telephone be-
fore mailing the receipt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
JARDINE APPROVES
NEW TRADE RULES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1o.-Un-
qualified approval of the action OF
the Chicago Board Of Trade in adopt
ing rules designed to prevent market
manipulation was voiced today BY
Secretary Of Agriculture Jardine
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
HER UNSEEN FIANCE
PROVES TO BE NEGRO

VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. TO-
When Miss Emmy Funder arrived
here from Briar Crest, Sask., to mar
ry man she had corresponded with
but had never seen. she was met By
Amos Jackson, a negro.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
MAYOR ASKS
MILLION TO
keep S.A.
F IRIS I
Bond Issue Is Planned to
Improve Streets and
Build Bridges.

Mayor John W. Tobir, visioninc
greater San Antonio OF 100000 popu-
lation and foreseeing its necessitiss
and requirements, will ask the people
of this city to act favorably upon a
bond issue of 100000 in the near
future. An ordinance calling an cleo
ton for such bond issue will be sub
mitted to the city council Monday
afternoon, the mayor said Saturday.
As the city commissioners are in har-
mony with the plan. there is no doubt
of the passage of the ordinance, it Is
said. The proposed issue, combined
with city improvement work now
under way will increase the eity's
monster improvement program 70
81, 100000.
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED.
Certain Improvements are absolute
ly necessary now. the mayor said, in
explaining the need for the bond issue
and others are imperative as the city
grows. Among these are the widen
ing of downtown city streets, addi-
tional bridges, more paved streets, cx-
tensions of sanitary and storm sewers
and equipment Of the new auditorium.
All these will be taken care by the
new bond issue he said.
Total increase in the present bond
rate will not exceed two cents on the
500 valuation to take care of the
new bond issue, the mayor stated. The
1924 tax rate was S2.57 per 500.
"San Antonio's rapid growth has
made additional improvements abso-
lutely necessary the mayor added,
"and we can not stand still. We
must keep San Antonio first. Since
this administration took office the
bonded debt of the city, created by
previous and our own administration.
has been reduced more than S700, 600
and the tax rate proportionately SC
duced."
COMPLETE AUDITORIUM.
Allotments of funds from the new
bond issue will be: $500, 900 for open.
ing and widening streets; 100000 for
additional bridges; 100000 to com
plete and equip the s1.000,000 NUM-
cipal auditorium; S250S00 for street
paving and $4,000 for storm and
sanitary sewers.
Municipal improvements now under
way involve the expenditure of S.
100000. These include the city audi
forum which will exceed the 100000
available for its construction and the
flood prevention program which viii
cost 81, 100000 by the time ii is
completed
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
BANDIT GETS $500
IN BANK ROBBERY

CUBA CITY, Wis, Oct. 10.--A
lone bandit held up the First Ma
tional bank here today and obtained
$500 in cash. The man covered tbs
assistant cashier and a clerk with
gun, scooped up all the cash 20
sight and fled in an automobile. Baak
employees dissuaded him from his AZ.
tempt to lock them in the vault
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
u. S. LABOR LAUNCHES
GIGANTIC BOYCOTT

ATLANTIC CITY. Oct. 10.-A ma
tionwide boycott on non-union prod
ucts, with view to eliminating child
labor and securing better working con-
ditions, was launched today by the
American Federation of Labor in con-
yention here 49, a. 4. aa.s a.. ..,,.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
VARIED EXPERIENCE.

He has served in an engineering ca
pacity with the Denver Gas and Elec-
trio Company, the Galveston Electric
Company and as superintendent of the
Galveston Water Supply Company.
Mr.. Masterson IS AZ years of age
and is the son of Branch T. Master
son, attorney of Galveston. In taking
up his residence in San, Antonio he
brings to this city a wife and four
children all of scholastic age.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
c. OF c. DRIVE WORKERS
MOVING ON TO VICTORY
Onward to victory!

Reinforcements here, more are coming the shock
troops pressing toward their objectvea greater San
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
TWICE DIVORCED.

The usual course of Suzanne's life
came to a startling climax here on the
night of September Is when she was
arrested for killing Crawford. She
married Crawford when she was Is
years old and later was divorced. Then
they decided to try it again and were
remarked, but the second marriage
was as unsuccessful as the first.
Eve tried SO hard to get along,
Charlie and l." said the girl in talking
about her earlier life. After leaving
him the second time, she decided on a
professional career and entered the
University of Texas to take pre-med.
zeal course.
Then romance came again into her
life. She met Prentice NJ. Henley of
San Antonio, bank teller, and 10
spark of love was kindled again. They
became engaged and on Suzanne's fin
ger there cleaned sparkling soli-
taire.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

CHEMICAL warfare In addition
~ to being MODERN warfare, is
the least brutal, most merciful form
of war, thus far devised by human
brutality. Chemical warfare could
render unconscious the inhabitants of
whole city, capturing without kill
ing them. The old style war was TO
burn the city, kill the men and wo-
men. The poison gas, so called, mus
tard gas, tear gas and other gases
are moro merciful than powder or
bullets, just as powder and bullets
are more merciful than weapons of
an earlier kind.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

CREATORS inclined to approve the
~ protocol, tying the hands of Uncle
Sam, depriving him of tho most i'm
portant modern weapon while leaving
it to his enemies, are advised to read
the little book "Callinicus," written
by ]. B. S. Haldane, an able Eng
lish chemist who went through the
war, in the trenches, got his share
Of gas, and understands the subject
that be discusses. e
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

WHEN Hannibal fought, in South
w ern Italy, in 216 3. c., he
killed $4,000 Romans in one days
fighting, his men using only short
swords in the butchery.
This Nation. during EIGHTEEN
MONTHS of the great war. lost the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
MET CRAWFORD.

On the afternoon of September Is
the two were riding out on the Frio
City road when they passed a ear in
which Charles Crawford was riding.
They turned and caught up with
Crawford, and following introductions.
the two parties made tour of the mis-
sions. During the ride Crawford no.
ticed the ring on Suzanne's finger and
asked about it. Suzanne told him of
her intentions to marry Henley.
That night Crawford called to see
his former wife and the two went for
a ride around the North Loop.
At IL o'clock cou. came to a
faltering stop in front of a drugstore
on Broadway and dishevelled girl got
out to call g doctor. In the car
slouched against the cushions lay
fContinued an pasa 9.u.n
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
WATERW0RkS
POST Give
MASTERSON

". D. Masterson of Galveston was
appointed new manager of the city
waterworks at a meeting Of the board
of directors Saturday, according to an
announcement made public by Judge
Arthur W. Seeligson, president of the
board. No other changes were made
during the meeting.
Within the past year, Mr.. Master
son has been confronted with the ny
draulic engineering problems in Gal
weston caused by raising Of the grade
of the western portion of that city.
LONG OFFICE TENURE.
He has just completed a recon-
struction of Galveston's water distri-
button system to conform to the new
grade and conditions.
Having served under seven consecu-
tive city administrations in Calves
ton. his resignation, effective Deem
Der 1. was accepted with commend
atory resolution and regrets, reports
from the Gulf city advise.
Mr.. Masterson has had more than
20 years of engineering experience and
holds the degree of mechanical engi-
neer from Cornell University, gradual
ing in 1906.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

Nov the enemy would come
~ through the air, and there need
be no landing. Attacking airships
would drop their cargoes of ex-
plosives and poisonous gases on a
few cities, then fly back to q mother
ship off shore or Cross the Canadian
border, land and be held for the du-
ration Of the war.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
COUSIN HERE
TO ASSIST
WIDOW
Legal Forces Arrayed in
| Effort to Win Girls
| Liberty.

Suzanne Crawford is coming to the
fork in the road.
One trail is a flower-strewn path
which ends at a bridal bower.
The other Is time-worn path
which ends at prison waIl.
And what happened that night olt
on lonely stretch Of the North Loop
when Suzanne shot her twice-divorced
husband, Charles Crawford, will send
Suzanne on one Of those two paths.
District Attorney c. NJ. Chambers,
on the theory that murder was done,
will try to send the pretty University
of Texas coed to the Texas peniten-
tiary.
BELIEVE IN GIRL.
Relatives, friends and lawyers, be-
lieving the girl fought for her life, her
honor, in self defense, will try to turn
the course of Suzanne's fate to tread
the rose path to freedom and happi-
| ness.
A strong ally to the girls side came
Saturday with the arrival in San An
tonic of Captain Eugene F. Everett,
first cousin, former Paris consul, and
campaign manager for Jim Red in
Missouri, who announced, well fight
through hell and high water for Su-
zanne."
1--WE are family of fighters and we
are going to see this through" said
Captain Everett, member of the ia
nous Rainbow Division of New York,
one of the fighting Irish"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

THE latest asinine, intensely dam
! serous proportion rs that the
United States should sign an inter
national protocol forbidding us,
pledging ourselves against the use of
chemicals, including poison gases and
other gases, in future warfare.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
THE WEATHER

y San Antonio and vicinity:
Sunday partly cloudy; rising
temperatures Sunday; lowest
temperature about SO degrees;
moderate northeast winds.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

IT is predicted, and there is unfor-
i tunately a basis for the predic-
ton. that the United States WILL
sign the protocol. If it does go, and
if only ONE other minor nation,
Siam for instance, should also sign,
the United States will be bound by
word of honor to refrain from use Of
chemicals in war and to discontinue
the chemical research and expert
mental work now carried on by our
War Department.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

CONTINUED On Page Two.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

MO nation has yet signed the pro-
IN tocol. France declares that she
will not sign. The French being in
tilligent will not put handouts on
their own wrists, or hamper them
selves in any way.
The Japanese will not sign that
protocol. Their able chemists are
carrying on intensive studies of chem
ical warfare, manufacturing poison
gases, of all kinds at this moment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

THINGS happened rapidly when
= Alexander. with 10000 men,.
swan across the river, attacked the
power Of Persia, scattered its vast
armies, its line of war elephants,
and hunted the Persian King to his
death.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

VOU can't have an army big
!! = enough "to guarantee you
against attack" but you oan keep
yourself in such a condition of prepa-
ration 70 as to make attack improb-
able, and not dangerous.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

A STA, Toxic, Pekin are now about
"A forty hours from the United
States by swift airplane. The fast
est plane might cross the Pacific in
twenty-one hours.
Twenty-Five years ago the trip by
water was two weeks, and an enemy
invader would have been compelled
to make a landing and find subsis-
tence after landing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

First Section of
Local, State and
World NeaUs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
UNIVERSAL WILL
DO GULLIVER'S
TRAVELS

Universal Pictures Corporation
announces that the screen version
of "Gulliver's Travels" will be the
next important production to be
made by that concern. 1t Is
claimed that this will be the
greatest task ever ATTEMPTED by a
film ! concern. Carl Laemmee
president Of Universal, after long
consideration, cabled from Europe
last week to start the initial work
on this interesting piece Of litera-
ture. ~
"Gulliver's Travels" is composed
of four sections, but it has not
yet been decided whether the
screen version will embrace all
of Jonathan Swift's satire, which
incidentally was written in ,1726.
"Gulliver's Travels" include his
visit to Lilliput, where the in
habitants were, only a few inches
in height; his visit to Brobdingnag,
where he encounters the giants;
his experiences in Laputa, an
island city and fortress that floats
in the air, and his trip to Houy-
hnhnm, the realm Of the. intelli-
gent horses. No idea Of the cast
Of this production has been de-
termined. It will be q combina-
>tfon Of huge settings, capable
cast and elaborate trick phQtog-
raDhv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
A REEL PACKED
WITH THRILL
ON THRILL

For twelve years hundreds OF
motion picture cameramen have
been securing the four c~ners Of
the earth for thrilling pictures
for International News Reel.
During these years they have
secured some of the most anlaz-
ingly spectacular pictures ever
taken.
Some time ago the editors of
International Newsreel conceived
the idea Of assembling the cream
of this collection of newsreel sub
jects into a special feature prod
uction. They call it "Life's
Greatest Thrills" and it will be
shown for the first time in
Washington commencing Sunday,
September 81, at the Palace and
Rialto Theaters.
"Life's Greatest Thrills is
everything that the title implies.
From the beginning of the first
reel to the end of the last, it is
one thrilling scene following an
other. Every one of these scenes
is a spectacular incident in real
life with real personages, many
of them of worldwide repute, as
the participants.
Every known kind of thrill is
contained in this remarkable pic
ture. The glorious ecstacy that
comes from actually seeing His
Holiness, the Pope, participating
in the sacredly beautiful exercises
in the Vatican, is in sharp con.
trast to the nerve-racking breath
taking, pulsating thrill caused
by the drop through space of
Sergeant Boes, the United States
army aviator. Boes purposely
failed to cut the cord of his para
chute until he had fallen $500
feet from an airplana, that he
might demonstrate to science
that one does not lose conscious
ness during such fan and Slso
to furnish to international News
reel one of the most spectacular
motion pictures ever screened
There are more than a score of
other equally sensational scenes
in "Life's Greatest Thrills
VII AIo C1uSSu ny the heroes OF
the world war: by a great ship
afire in mid-ocean; of an airplane
flight over the belching, vomit-
ing crater Of an active volcano:
of an entire city afire while the
cloud-soaring skyscrapars totter
in ruins; of mighty liners bat
thing with hurricanes: of the
thrillingly beautiful sight of the
greatest dirigible in the world
crossing the Atlantic and later
obscured by a smoke screen; of
daringly wild. reckless rides of
automobile and steeplachase rae
ers-these are a few of the
many amazing scenes that are
contained in "Life's Greatest
Thrills"-a picture to be mar
veled at today and fo~ unb6rn
generations to gaze upcn in awe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
GOings-On

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "The Tale
of the Wolf"
BELASCO-Violet Heming, Minor
Watson in THE Getaway.
POLPS-"A Good Bad Woman"
KEITH'S-Ned Wayburn's "Demi-
tasse Revue" other acts.
EARLE-Owen McGiveney; other
acts and films.
STRAND-Vaudevi and films.
GAYETY-"Monke Shines" bur-
lesque.
MUTUAL" Night Hawks" bur-
lesque.
PALACE-"Sally Of the Sawdust.
OLUMBIA-Betty Bronson in
1.-The Golden Princess"
Observation-Disclosures Stills in
THE Knockout"
RIALTO-Louise Dresser in 1.-THE
Goose Woman"
TIVOLI-"The Half Way Girl"
AMBASSADOR - Florence Vidor
in Marry Me-"
CENTRAT-"Wild Horse Mesa"
SAVOY-"The Awful Truth"
AVENUE GRAND-"The Street
of Forgotten Men"
APOLLO-"The Lady Who Lied"
YORK-Richard Dix in MEN and
Women"
HOME-"Let Women Alone"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
.@e@e@e@e@sIn E0sFyb0dys COnFidence.e@es@eee@.e=
THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips;

gevousy young Of the flowing Lawrence
Stangs destined into composite Miracle Man and
indeed isn't further distinguished by who
Coward the hope of the American drama
With What Price Glory leaving extended road tour after
years Stalngs and his partner Maxwell An
Immediately tenant the Plymouth Iheater with
a new play, Flight" That's going
another collaboration by this pair Morgan IS
favorable indeed the review accorded 1t by
H. M. Parker of the Transcript.
of this paragraph is to that certain hrewd
film willing at the moment to pay
million rights to Stalling pic
Big which GoldwynMayr has produced
Saws Florence Lawrence, of Angeles Examiner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
Sir James in a
Dirty on
Names

While Herbert BrenOn, who
has been producing the screen
version of "a Kiss for Cin-A
dereIIa," was in London con-
ferring with Sir James Barrie,
he came across a large paper
copy of equality Street." on the
title page of which Barrie had
written:
"At six 'twis thus 1 wrote my
name:
j. Barrie
At twelve it was not quite the
same,
James Nj. Barrie
At twenty, thus, with caress,
James Matthew Barrie
At thirty | admired it less:
j. M. Barrie
At fOrty.five it became SO:
u. M. b.
And soon l think the M will go,
j. b.
One tear for twenty'S youthful
SWank,
And then the name becomes .
blank"
It was one of the volumes
auctioned by the Red Cross in
London during the war, when
authors were asked to auto
graph books and manuscripts
to be sold for the benefit of
British soldiers.