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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
7 WO HUSBANDS
JA|LEDAF TER
'SPATS'

Two negroes INDUCED in family
''spats' Sunday night and wound up
Sitting on the inside, looking on the
outside" at the city Jail.
Screams Of negro woman living in
the rear of West Magnolia street
home, caused neighbors to summon 20.
lice, Detectives Stendebach and Golf
and Emergency Officer Wright, arriv-
ing on the scene, were told By the
hysterical woman that her husband
had been trying to cut her throat. The
husband, protesting that it was just a
family spat, was taken to police head
quarters and booked on a charge OF
aggravated assault.
Friends of another negro woman
living at Leal street address. sum
moned police when the woman's hus-
band stabbed her in the left arm while
she was in bed where she had been
confined for several days. following an
operation. Detective Captain Har-
vey and Detective Hartman found the
man trying to comfort the woman and
declaring that "he didn't mean to hurt
her."
Appearance Of the house led detec-
tives to believe that there had been
a free for all" battle. Another WON
an, recently released from the Robcr:
B. Green Hospital. was suffering from
a blow on the head. The hus0Ond
was charged with aggravated assault.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
1900 Report Hearing
Foreign Radio Stations

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Despite the
barrage Of interference laid down fy
bloopers. whistles and lsquealers. radio
listeners in North Rmerica numbcs,
ing over 1900 reported reception Of
overseas broadcasts, according to an
formation compiled 1t Radio Week
headquarters Monday. Station Ohm,
Bournemouth, E,gland. was the most
popular with SSery station in the tests
heard at sShe point. Buenos Aires
was tn syhost difficult. with some Of
the clzifns slightly doubtful. Paul
McTiinnis, observer for the commit
zee aboard the S. S. Laconis. between
Panama and Havana. reported FADING
bad on European stations, while prac
tically every domestic report Of recep-
ton commented on the fading as scri
Gus. British cables covering confirmed
programs point out bad static condi-
tons between America and Europe
but conditions in the United Stats
were excellent.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
BLACK TERROR
THIRD TRIAL
DATE SET

Trial of Mathew Briscoc and a COM
panion, alleged Black Terrors. on
charges of attack on n white woman,
was definitely set for Monday. Feb
ruary l. in Ninety-fourth District
Court, Monday, by Judge W. W. Nc
Crory.
Briscoe and his companion are
charged by Indictment in connection
with numerous outrages. including at
tack. murder and robbery with fire
arms. committed on the eastern fringe
of San Antonio, for a period Of more
than is months.
This is the third time the negroes
cases have been set for trial.
Briscoe and still another alleged
Black Terror. are scheduled to stand
trial ON murder charges in Ninety
fourth Court, February s. District
Attorney Chambers is attempting to
have case set each Monday until all
are tried.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
SOS. Calls
Interrupt Tests

NEW YORK, Jan. 2J.-P)-A
week of international broadcastia2
tests was opened successfully, notwith-
standing interruption by Sos. calls
The program furnished by foreign
stations was heard at various points
in the United States last night.
Officials Of the test were notified
from Philadelphia Of the appearance,
Of a mystery station" which signed
off as the Eiffel Tower. Paris. &c.
cyrding TO an amateur who reported
receiving it on go meters. Eiffcl
Tower was not scheduled 10 take mart
in last nights WORK. From Chicago
and New England came reports Of
poor reception Of foreign programs.
Tonight from 10 to II O'Clock. Ia t.
ern standard time. American. Can.
adam. Cuban and Mexican stations
will broadcast special programs for
overseas listeners.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
PRIZES NEEDED.
MOSTE CARLO CLAIMS
BANK NEVER BROKEN

LONDON. Jan. 2j.-CP)-Monte
Carlo Casino officials are responsible
for reports about the banks being
broken, doing this for advertising pur-
poses, and there is no truth in the old
song. the man that broke the bank
at Monte Carlo"
Such is the conclusion reached here
from reports that Arthur De Courcey
Bower. who recently died in London
and was widely heralded as having
been the man who really broke the
gaming house, was merely a publicity
man for the famous casino.
Business was slack, so one London
paper says, and the casino authori-
ties caused the report to be circulated
that Bower had made a heavy win
ming. He came to London rather well
provided with money which he scat
tered about in a spectacular way and
started a lot of eager gamblers south
ward to try their luck.
But many of them came back on
third-class tickets which the casino
provides for those it does not want to
have hanging around in poverty.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
WRITER OF FAMOUS
SONG DYING IN S. A.
CONTINUED From Page one.)


bullets and by threatening the guaed
at the gate, walked out.
Il got into a taxi, pointedt he xdn
at the driver, and made him drive me
straight to her house. Tbef,'f asked
her TO marry me. And W answer
was no.
That ended it. so went back and
faced an indterminate sentence in the
brig. Why they didn't courtmartial
me. don't know.
well, i sang my way out Of the
brig in about six months. That
started me singing and / kept it up.
IN LOVE AGAIN.
at was in 1924 that j wrote The
Prisoners Song Perhaps you think
you've heard it before. but / wrote
it in 1924. Nearly everybody thinks
it's an old tune, revived. sand with
my new words. But that isn't true
It's because it's a prison chant. All
prison tunes are chants. and all chants
can't help having something Of the
samet uue."
Guy laughed again. after turning
from the subject of his song.
I'm in love again. now and this
time it's with a Texas girl" be said.
Il feel the same way about it now
that j did when loved that Brook
lyn grl so much ! risked court-martial
TO see her.
And what the song says, goes for
her. 100"
Guy thinks he'll be better in n year
or wo. thinks perhaps he wiz BE- able
10 sing again in five years.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
THIEVES STEAL
40PED|CREED
CHICKENS
Austin Road Resident Vic
tim of Band of Fine
Fowl Fanciers.

Chicken thieves. who for the past
several days have been harassing
Bexar county lighthouses again were
active Sunday night.
Isaac Eisenhauer, resident of the
Austin road. reported 40 Brown Leg
horns, stolen from his home.
John Subira. deputy sheriff, work
ing on the recent thefts. has received
information that the gang stealing
pedigreed chickens has not confined
their activities to Bexar county.
In correspondence with officers of
other cities, it was disclosed that sim
liar thefts have occurred in Fort
Worth, Dallas and Houston.
1t is the belief Of the officers that
members of a pedigreed chicken theft
organization are at work in each Of
the cities. Ordinary chickens are not
touched by the band.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
SPRING HAS COME! WHITE
SUITS, STRAW LIDS NALL
Spring is here.

Spring is here.
Although several inches OF snow
was on the ground and calendars IN
dictated it was still January. San An
tonians downtown Sunday afternoon
jerked off their overcoats and nit
tens in surprise. Eagerly they win
dow-shopped for spring attire.
When popular-priced automobile
spun into Houston street shortly after
noon. pedestrians and motorists first
learned King Winter aud his jester,
Jack Frost, had abdicated.
The top to the machine had been
lowered. and in it sat n sextet of
youths. -Four Wore straw hats while
the others lifted Panamas 10 their girl
friends. All were clad in white linen
or palm beach suits. Four wore white
shoes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
PANKHURST TURNS
HER ATTENTION TO
OPENING TEA ROOM

LONDON, Jan. 25.-CP)-Christa-
bel Pankhurst is aiding Mrs. Mabel
luke, also suffragette of interna-
tionaL fame, TO establish tea room
in Cannes, France, and as yet has
taken no part in the campaign British
women have been conducting to have
tho voting age of women in the
British Isles reduced from 80 years
to 81 years.
The correspondent of the Daily Ex-
press, in a dispatch from Cannes,
says Christabel is an excellent wait
ress and charming hostess.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
MOVIE STAR HURT
IN TOBOGGAN CRASH

HOLLYWOOD. Calf. Jau. 2J-G4D
Severe cuts on her upper lip and
forehead were received BY Elaine
Hammc stein, motion picture actress.
in the crash Of two tobOggans on a
steep slide al Lake Arrowhead 10
was learned upon her return tonight
from the mountain resort. The film
star was unconscious when picked Up.
Her injuries viii not permanently mar
her face, her physician believed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
Berlin Writes
Song to His
darling Wife"
BY Universal Service.

NEW YORK, Jan. %. -
Irving Berlin has written a song
to his bride, Ellin Mackay that
was heiress to one of Americas
greatest fortunes.
The song is called always"
and ] dedicated ito my darling
wife"
The chorus is a pledge, as fol-
lows:
I'll be loving you always,
with a love that's true al.
ways.
"When the things you've
planned
Need a helping hand,
II will be with you, always.
Days may not be fair always,
That when I'll be there al
ways,
"Not for just an hour,
mot for just a day
"Not for just a year,
But always-always."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25

The six heralds of spring then
parked their car and attended NOV
ing picture show. Later they visited
a downtown hotel, which made the
steward tear his hair in despair. Hr
had prepared hot chocolate for dinner.
1t should have been Used tea. he Ia
mented.
But as night fell and the mercury
shrank into a bigger ball, the jokers
hoped in their auto again and started
home.
Red ears and cold feet urged the
Youths TO stop in at The Light office
and warm a bit before they went after
fur coats and heavier suits.
The youths gave their names as fol-
lows: James NJ. Creech, Joseph l..
Walker. Maurice Hazard, Ed X. Mat
thews. Sidney $. Means. the driver.
and Ernest Shepard.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
CLARENCE JONES
ADDRESSES CLUB

Clarence Jones, secretary and
treasurer Of the San Antonio Public
Service Company, was the principal
speaker at the regular meeting Of the
San Antonio Traffic Club at the st.
Anthony Hotel Monday. He spoke on
Power Development in the South
west"
6. II. Doyle, president Of the club,
presided.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
U.s. 900 BRAVE ZERO
WEATHER TO SEE FIRE

SIOUX CITY, Jan. pa spectac-
ular fire late Sunday RACED the
building occupied by the Schneider
and Mueller Piano company, causing
loss estimated at S250000.
The Sioux City Optical company
plant in an adjoining building was
badly damaged.
4 stiff northeast wind carried
smoke over and into the Martin hotel
which is in the same block aud for
a time threatened that structure.
Though the temperature was near
" zero. 25.000 persons "r"''-'led adja-
cent streets for two hours.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
SAN FRANCISCO GETS |
HISTORICAL GALLERY

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-CP)-|
A new historical gallery, containing
nearly 400 documents chiefly concern
ing American history and settlements,
will be opened here Tuesday at the
NJ. Fl. De Young Museum. Portrait
busts of several United States Presi-
dents, statesmen and poets will form
a frieze above the cases containing the
documents.
Included in the exhibits are letters
of George Washington, Abraham Lin
coin, Thomas Jefferson. Daniel Web
ster and Henry Clay.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
AUXILIARY To MEET

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the TRAY
elers' Protective association will meet
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
the army room of the Gunter hotel.
Wives and daughters of association
members, who are not members of the
auxiliary, are invited TO attend.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
AGED F|DDLERS
EAGER FOR
CONTEST
More Entries and Prizes
Come in for Violin
Derby.

More entries and more prizes are
coming in for the Old Fiddlers' Con-
test which will be staged in San An
tonic in about three weeks to decide
the champion old-time fiddler of the
Southwest.
c. Brown. $500 South Presa street,
announces that for the winner he will
give a 30 by 3 IL Fisk tube or ten
gallons of gasoline and two quarts of
Necdol oil.
Lake Porter Of Falfurrias, Texts,
has entered the contest and will be on
hand to uphold the fiddling honors Of
that section.
ANOTHER ENTRANT.>
W. II. Reno. III Hart avenue,
writes as follows:
Il am n native Of Texas, being
born in Nonham, Texas, in the year
of 1871. and l have been playing the
fiddle ever since l was big enough
TO draw a bow, so you can count me
as one of the bunch and / will sure
ly be on hand when the contest comes
off"
Here is the entry list so far:
T. NJ. Holland, active vice president
of the Valley State Bank at Harlin-
gen: Walton d. Hood, vice president
OF Texas State Bank and Trust Com
pany; S. B. Sample. 2126 South Flores
street: L. Fl. Cooke, 1017 Fulton ave
nue.; Mrs. Ira \. Black, 4110 South
Flores street: Michael Kehoe, San
Antonio: X. p. Hood, San Antonio;
Bob Mayfield, Medina City; Sam Car
ter. 634 Missing street; ]. L. New
conner. Pipe Creek; Mrs. Belle Pitts,
oil Rio Hondo; Lake Porter. Falfur-
rias, and W. II. Reno, III Hart ave-
nue..
PRIZES NEEDED.
So let's have more entries and more
prizes. Send in your offers for prizes
SO that the contest will draw entrants
from all over the Southwest and stage
the biggest fiddle contest ever held.
Send your entries to the Old Fiddle
Editor of The Light.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
GREECE TAKES STEPS
AVERT INITIATION

ATHENS, Jan. 25.-In order to
avert further initiation and financial
disaster the Pangolos government has
decreed a forced loan reducing the
value of all notes in circulation by
% per cent. The decree provides that
the money thus obtained be leaned the
government at per cent interest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
NATIONS ELECT OFFICERS

SAN SABA, Jan 2j.-The Merry
Matrons Club has elected the follow.
ing officers: Mrs. Mitch Jobnso 0.
president; Mrs. Russell W. BurlesOu.
vice president; Mrs. +. 4. Park. see
Rotary.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
SPRING TRADE MEET
PROGRAM IN PRINT

Complete program of the San An
tonic Spring Trade Meet and Style
show is contained in the February is
sue of 1.-THE San Antonian," official
trade publication of the trade extern
sion department Of the chamber of
commerce, according to G. c. Wolfe,
secretary of the trade extension de-
partment
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
D|SNEMbER|NG
OF GIRL BODY
CONFESSED
Chiropractor Admits Deed
But Says Woman Took
Own Life.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2j.-CF)-
David l.. Marshall. a chiropractor. 70
day confessed that he had dismembercd
the body of Miss Anna MAY Dietrich
after she had committed suicide b.
taking poison in his office.
Stoutly maintaining his innocence Of
her death, Marshall said she had come
TO his office for treatment and that
while he was out TO get something 10
cat, she took poison. Fearing he
would be charged with her death, he
decided TO dispose Of the body.
Marshall told the Delaware county
authorities that she had been disap-
pointed in a love affair by a wealthy
New York man named Nicholas. In
yestigation showed that Miss Gather
inc 5. Curling. the milliner, who EN-
ployed Miss Dietrich. had heard her
speak of a man named Nicholas.
ADMITS DISMEMBERING.
Marshall broke down after a tense
and dramatic series of questions. Civ
lug in complete detail how he dismem-
bcred the body and disposed of the diff
ferent parts.
Miss Dietrich's body. with the head
and legs missing, was found IN Il
clump of woods near Media. seven
miles from Philadelphia, last Wednes-
day. An hour later the legs were dis
covered nearby. The head was found
last Saturday under o railroad tressle
at Brwood, just over the western city
line Of Philadelphia.
PROBE POISON.
The police still have to solve the
problem of whether Miss Dietrich
committed suicide. A preliminary ex-
animation OF the body last week failed
10 establish the cause of death. No
trace of poison was found. In view
of Marshall's statement that she had
taken a fatal drug. caused the authori-
Ties TO prepare to make another and
more complete autopsy.
After his confession, Marshall WAS
taken to a restaurant, where he ate a
hearty breakfast. Later he made a
formal confession in the presence Of q
stenographer.
Marshall is about AZ years old. tall
and gaunt in appearance. He has a
wife and a young child.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
OPEN BRIDGE BIDS.

Bids on the construction of a con-
crete bridge across the Alazan creek
on Guadalupe street were opened ana
referred to !. Ewig, city engineer, for
tabulation Monday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
BLAME: sun SPOTS
FOR S. A. SNOWFALL
CONTINUED From PAGE One.)

(Continued From Page One.)
The large one is easily distinguishable
through my four-inch telescope. and
looks like a particularly angry and
animated oyster When the spots
disappear. the weather will moder-
ate"
HOOD ASSENTS.
Walton D. Hood. local banker and
weather enthusiast, was inclined to
believe that the sun spot theory might
be tenable.
81 remember" Mr.. Hood said. 'back
in 1895 ghen / was a boy, that we
had a freakish winter Just like this
one, and snow covered Texas clear to
the coast. The weather office record
ed four inches, but ! saw it piled up
in high drifts on the ranges. Cattle
died by the thousands on the coast
country that year, and unemployed
boys and men reaped huge profits in
skinning dead cattle. | remember.
also, that old timers then spoke of
sun spots covering the face Of the
SUM-"
RELIEF is HERE.
J. H. Jarboe, local weat Their observ-
er. was noncommital. other than TO
say that the back of the cold wave has
been broken. and that the weather
Monday night would be considerably
warmer and Tuesday would be fair
with slowly rising Temperatures. Ac-
cording to reports received in Mr..
Jarboe's office. very little damage has
been done TO Texas as a result of the
snowfall. and that cat
tie ranges all over the state have been
helped rather than damaged By the
,reakish weather.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
TWO STATIONS HEARD.

As far as can he learned but two
foreign stations came in clearly enough
to distinguish the call letters.
IT. W. Sharpe. 23S Snndoval street,
radio dealer, got PIT, Toulouse,
France. with orchestra or pipe organ
music. on the loud speaker of KEEL
logg seFen-tubc set. ..r fr.
Robert Nuckolls. III East Guenther
street. got LOW. (37j) Buenos Aires,
with soprano. violin and piano music,
on the same dial readings as KOA.
Denver. ue got the station on the
loud speaker and listened to it for 40
minutes. His is a three-tube, home
made regenerative set.
L. y. Vickers Jr., 340S West Hous-
ton street. heard a station about J0j
meters with a voice talking. which he
thought was a foreign station, prob
ably Berlin. The conversation was in
German.
Kelly Field radio fans listened in on
both high and low wave lengths to see
what they could hear but were unable
to distinguish anything. Chipping re-
generative sets also interfered with
the reception among army officers who
had specially built sets prepared 10
pick up foreign stations.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-25
SAN ANTON|ANS
TUNE |NFOR
TESTS
CONTINUED From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.)
listeners who operate broadcastins-
receiving sets be asked to tune in on
one station Monday night and stay
with that wave length in order that
they might not completely destroy the
reception of foreign programs in the
second effort that Europe will make to
reach American listeners Monday
night.
WILL PUBLISH LETTERS.
The Light. as official newspaper
for the International Radio Week COM
mittee. will be glad to receive letters
or postcards from DX fans as proof
of reception of foreign programs
throughout the week. Fans are in
structed to mention in their letters the
stations Heard, the time it was heard.
the selection played or sung. and the
announcement that was made. In
order to verify reception it is neces-
sary that all of these points be COW
cred. as each foreign station will have
a catch" in its program. such as pc
culiar announcements. previously I'M
announced chimes or bells. etc.
As the letters are received. they will
be published in the columns OF The
Light. entered in The Lights own con-
test for the largest number Of foreign
stations logged by local listeners. and
then forwarded TO the International
Radio Week committee and entered in
the International contest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-22

Edna.
"Oh, a present from Ben" said
Sandy, boldly. But he doesn't know
it,
Then drink to the absent one,
since we wouldn't be drinking if he
We're the present one!
Can we come next week again,
Mac, ole dear? You're back in your
old strider'
Every carbohydrates my lord
and masters night out" Sandy
leaned over, lit a cigaret from the
tip Of Nays. How joyous this is, -
she thought, her hands shaking.
She saw Mays eyes widen--saw
her blow the smoke free-heard her
say: "Well-hello there
And she knew without glancing
upward. Coming in like that
without sound-like a thief.
She moved over-beckoned gaily
"Come in, Benny. Meet the little
girls. Don't be bashful. Here's
room She thought like a flashing
pang: "God-what now!'
60 Be COntjnued.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-22
Offer Aids in
RESTORING ship
odd Iron Sides Fitted With
New MaStS.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
BOSTON, Mass, March %. - Ac-
cording to Rear Admiral Philip An
drews, L. S. N, commandant of the
First Naval District and chairman of
the national committee of the Save
Old Ironsides Fund" the offer to re-
mast the frigate Constitution, made
by the West Coast Lumbermen's AS
ISOLATION and accepted by the Secre-
tary of the Navy, is one of several
contributions in kind which is hast
ching the day when the Save Old
Ironsides Fund" will be complete and
work will start on restoring this
famous old ship. Navy officials say
the contribution of these masts is
equivalent to a donation OF $4,000 in
money.
Many things go into the building
of an oldtime sailing ship, such as
spars, booms, sails, rigging, copper
bolts, hemp, furniture, iron, bunting.
live oak and cedar for her iron
sides.
Producers and manufacturers have
an opportunity to participate in the
restoration of "Old Ironsides." What
goes into this final restoration will
be only the very best that can be OBJ
tanned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-22
KILLS WOMAN
AIDING FAMILY
Probation Officer Shot by
Father of Nine.

BIZ United Press
HAMMON, Ind, March 22.-The
entire Calumet district today gave
chase to Lester Fintkin, so, alleged
slayer of Mrs. Lucille Myers, As,
county probation officer.
F'intkin is said to have shot Mrs.
Myers in the presence Of his eight
small children, to whom the woman
was bringing relief.
The mans wife is in a local hos
pital with a newborn baby, and i.
is said that Fintkin, unemployed, is
slightly demented.
Fintkin is said to have become
angered when he found Mrs. Myers
questioning his children in their
home, and to have shot her without
q word.