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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1924
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DR. W. J. BATTLE HEADS
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BAKED FOR
FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
THE HOME
ELECTION UNANIMOUS •
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Mrs. C. L.
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LURID CONFESSION
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Made Only By
Butler Baking Co.
Bread is one food—common to all
tables and that is why we exercise
such care and delicacy in baking—
Here is good, wholesome BREAD
that is baked for the Home.
Youfve Probably Promised Yourself
—Now We Want You to Promise Us!
We arc the oldest Victor dealer in Austin and have the
most complete stock of machines and records.
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otherwise, from
traveling men.
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Ride the new I.-G. N. Motor Cars be-
tween Austin and San Antonio.—Adv.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE
INCREASING RAPIDLY,
I*. Hunnicutt. Austin,
secretary; Mrs. A. C.
Instead of that you overlooked it and us and
up to date you haven't any idea how up-to-date ■
we are I
The dainty small gift
The unusual artistic gift
The gift of lasting beauty.
FRED KINGDON, Manager.
Phone 6619.
Abe Frank Enters Business With
Thirty-five Cent Surplus, Sells
Four Million Cigars, and Moves
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Dinner Cards
Tallies
Favors for big folks and small
Prises for parties.
Everything a Man Wears—
From Hats to Shoes.
Other Interesting Business Trans-
acted at Association’s
.. Annual Meeting.
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AGNES AYRES DEAF TO REAL PROPOSAL
OF REEL ROMEO FOR HIS CAREER’S SAKE
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IS THE GREATEST GUARANTEE OF VALUE
FOR MONEY EXPENDED.
THE ART AND GIFT SHOP
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lished by the Association.
Mrs. Goeth. the tieasurer, reported
over a thousand dollars in the treas-
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Some time or other you have read our adver-
tisements and have made up your mind to come
in and look us over—
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We are not satisfied to miss you—and if you
only- knew what you were missing you wouldn’t
be either.
Good people ought to get together, so promise
us to drop in this month and we promise to show
you the greatest stock of Summer Clothing this
town has ever seen.
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identified him,
plans are complete for quick action
in the courts. The inquest, indefinite-
ly postponed the. day after the body
was found, will be -reopened Monday
morning and it was announced that the
case will be the first to be submitted
td the June grand jury.
State’s Attorney Crow e said that kid-
napping for ransom was a capital of-
fense in this state and that it was pos-
sible to try the slayers of the boy for
two crimes, each punishable by death—
murder and kidnaping for ransom, in
case Indictments are returned.
ury.
She reported also that a bid had been
received for the repairs to the roof of
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Summer Suits, $15 to $35,
Wash Suits, $10 to $25.
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Mrs. Taylor said that when Elisabet
Ney died in 1907, her friends felt that
it was more than an even chance that
this remarkable woman and true
artist, would quickly be forgotten;
her collected works scattered to the
four corners of the state, and -ost in
obscure places; and that her ‘tudio
would pass Into private hands and
cease to be associated in the irind of
the public, with the rare personality
who had brought it into being. 'Texas
owes it to the Texas Fin Aris Asso-
more than twenty-
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will Agnes Ayres continue to
hold the heart of debonair
Ricardo Cortez? That is one of
ransom demand, positively
The gift that will show culture,
refinement and good taste in
the home.
The gift that will not be dupli-
cated— therefore doubly wel-
come.
Agnes Ayres.
the questions going the rounds
in the tea rooms of Hollywood,
for Ricardo, leading man. is re-
ported to have drawn this an-
swer when he laid his heart at
the feet of the pretty star and
sought her promise in marriage:
“No,. Marriage might interfere
with your career now. Having
- a wife might keep you from go-
ing up. Whenyou have achieved
success, then, perhaps----
Ricardo was not pleased with
the answer, Hollywood has it.
proof enough of the truth of the
president's claim. It would not be in .
the Chamber of Commerce’s booklet,
unless it was an "accomplished fact." 1
that our Chambe: of Com-
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pocket. Friday, May 30, he soldemore
---------- Loeb, however, collapsed than 5000 cigars and more than 250
when a druggist, at w hose store he. pounds of box candy, closed up his
called the Frank's home in connertinn business domain of more than twenty-
he resisted, and then strangled him.
The chisel, tossed from their auto-
mobile, was found later and is a part
of the evidence Agaihst them.
For hours they drove about the city
SAYS O. G. HOFHEINZ
Real estate transactions in Austin at
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with their victim huddled in the ton-jbeen waiting patiently for four hours
In no other Talking Machine do you get the same
value—dollar for dollar. We have styles from $25.00
and up and on terms as low as $1.00 a week. Come in
and let us show them to you.
awake publicity campaign all over the
state.
Mrs. C. L. Condit for the membership
committee reported a long list of
names of new members received into
the Association. They will be pub-
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It is full of health—purity, and satisfaction. Baked fresh
every day—these loaves of wholesome, delicious Bread will
prove to be a great ail to the busy housewife and a pleasing
addition to her table. Order a loaf of BUTTER-NUT from
your Grocer every day for
BUTTER-NUT BREAD IS TRULY
news, political and
the tips got from
I couldn't afford to
the incidents that I
on a large scale for the past few
weeks. Mr. Hofheinz stated. Sales of
homes seem to be leading In the real
estate business, his figures show.
Austin, citizens seem to be taking a
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to have some notice taken of him. He
was the Leopold family chauffeur, and
had been called In along with a dozen
others to substantiate details of the
boys’ statements.
Finally th chauffeur was called in
and asked a few perfunctory questions.
He chanced to remark that the Leopold
car was in the garage throughout the
day of May 21.
Quetsioners rushed to the two boys
with this information and a few
minutes later as dawn streaked through
the windows of the state’s attorney’s
office, the youths admitted the slaying.
Leopold tonight still appeared non-
chalant. although he showed effects of
the great strain under which he had
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have seen occur, as I would be break-
ing the confidence of many of my
friends.
“Times have changed, and now the
cigar business is not as interesting as
it used,to be,” the “Cigar Chief” ex-
plained wth a sigh. “In the old days
I kept myxlace of business open until
2 o'clock, and then I'd almost have to
drive the fellows out in order to get
a little sleep. Now business is dead
after 9 o’clock in the evening. The
old gang that in former days came in
from the shows bought several cigars
and, leaned back in a chair to discuss
politics and various’ other.topics of the
day have ceased to come around, and
the generation that followed have
changed their steps to other sources of
interest.”
According to Mr. Frank, there are
many astonishing features about a
business of this kind. "Few persons
would believe that I have sold between
13500 and >4000 worth of stamps in a
single year, but this was the case, and
I only handled stamps for accommo-
dation.”
Mr. Frank, ns a business man and
in private life, is prominent in Austin
affairs. He is a member of the Cham-
ber of Commerce and the Austin Ro-
tary Club,
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and Loeb, his bosom friend, were ar-
rested at once. Then came the sur-
prise. Leopold readily admitted owner-
ship of the spectacles, explaining he
is an ornithologist and in his study of
birds he had visited the swamp where
the body was found many times and
probably lost his glasses on one of the
trips.
The boys told a straightforward
story of their activities on the day
Robert Franks disappeared, declaring
they spent the day riding about in
Leopold’s car, and after a day and
most of a night of questioning, their
story remained unshaken in any detail.
The authorities were about ready to
admit that their statements were cor-
rect.
Meanwhile in an outer room of the
Victor Quality
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Four million cigars is a lot for one
man to sell, but this is the figure, in
round numbers, that Abe Frank de-
clares will represent the number of,
cigars sold at his cigar store which for
a quarter of a century occupied a space
in the lobby of the Driskill Hotel. In
1899 Mr. Frank, who is known in Aus-
tin as the “Cigar Chief,’’ opened busi-
ness in the lobby of this hotel with a
small counter and two cases three feet
in length, paid for his concession, the
equipment and limited supply of stock
and had exactly 35 cents left in his
As all twelve men had given fictitious
names to the officers making the ar-
rests, I couldn’t remember them and
so had to write the names on a piece
of paper, place it inside my hat and
face the judge, looking up the men I
was representing as he read off the
names. I was almost forced to appear
in court for the fellows, as all twelve
of them had got me to go on their
bonds.
"The cigar business is to a great
extent like any other business where
you are required to deal with the pub-
lic, only slightly more so,” Mr. Frank
stated. ”I usually knew all of the city
gossip from what I overheard in con-
versations of. the local group, and most
the studio which amounted to nearly
$500.
The committee was instructed to go
ahead iwith the repairs. Following
the repairs, the studio will be kept open
to the public regularly. A motion to
charge admission to the studio, as all
such art museums do, was voted
down, for the present
One of the most interesting incidents
of the meeting was a short talk by
Peter Mansbendel telling • what he
owed of inspiration in his art to his
connection with the work of the asso-
ciation which had brought him Into
such close touch with the spirit of Miss
Ney and her work.
• At 6 o’clock the meeting adjourned,to
partake of the refreshments prepared
by Mrs. W. R. Long and her committee.
The social hour had to be held in the
basement instead of on the lawn owing
to the weather, but it was just as en-
joyable as usual. Mrs. Long has
superintended this feature of the an-
nual meeting and has since the be-
ginning. become famous for the char-
acter which she has given it.
greater interest In insuring their prop-
erty of late, it was explained by Mr. ’ j
Hofheinz. His opinion of the recent
flourish in land and home deals and of
the interest shown in insuring real es-
tate is that it is only another instance
of the rapid advance In growth of the
city and the expansion of its business
section.
BOYCE-ITE—THE MOTOR TONIC
—IS NOW ON DISPLAY. ASK
ABOUT IT. FROMME MOTOR CO.,
THREE BLOCKS EAST ON FIFTH.
—Adv. __________
Ride the new I.-O. N. Motor Cara be-
tween Austin and San Antonio.—Adv.
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five years and bid farewell to his old
quarters to centralize his business in
a second store established by him on
Congress Avenue in 1918. .
From the crude equipment and-stock
with which he began his business, Mr.
Frank prospered from year to year,
building up all the time a bigger and
better business. In July, 1918, he es-
tablished a second store located at
722 Congress Avenue in, addition to
the original Abe Frank cigar store.
Both stores grew in business and from
time to time additional classes of stock
were taken up until the Abe Frank
businesses could no longer be called
cigar stands, but rather stores.
Moving out of his place of business
for many years in the Driskill Hotel
lobby doesn’t mean that Mr. Frank
is going out of the cigar business. He
is going to be in the cigar business
the remainder of his life; at least this
is the attitude taken at the present
time by the veteran cigar man. He
has been in that business since 1879
when he came to Austin from Gon-
zales, Texas .and has found that it is
a fascinating work in which to be en-
gaged. Mr. Frank’s move merely
means, he. stated, that he was cen-
tralizing his business in his location
in.the Congress Avenue store where he
will-run his business on the wholesale
and retail business combined. Every
modern feature is being added to his
business there that goes to make the
best up-to-date cigar store. A new
pipe display case will be Installed in
the building during this week which,'
according to authorities on the cigar
stores throughout the nation, will equal
anything south of New York City.
The case is built to contain between
600 and 800 pipes for display pur-
poses. The case is being built by a
local lumber company.
When questioned concerning his
having the case made in Austin Mr.
Frank replied. “Why not give a home
concern your work. We live from the
business patronage of Austin people
and it is our duty to patronize local
concern as long as they can do the
work as well as a foreign* place of
business. He stressed the fact that
he believed in trading at home, for it
is the home people, he declred, that
buy from us. There is not enough
transcient trade, to maintain a busi-
ness of this kind, according to Mr.
Frank’s opinion, and the home cus-
tomers are the people that keep the
business flourishing.
Mr. Frank .recalled that three men
bought cigars from him the last day
that he was in business in the Driskill
Hotel that bought cigars from him the
day he opened business there in 1899.
He stated that he had many customers
today that began trading with him
during his first month in business.
“During the time I have spent in the
Driskill Hotel lobby I have had some
queer experiences and seen and heard
many interesting things,” Mr. Frank
declared. "Among some of the thrill-
ing events that have taken place be-
fore my eyes were tw6 gun battles.
My place of business got rather shaky
at times. One time,* I remember, local
officers raided a poker game at a time
when interest was growing tense and
betting wild, and twelve participants
were arrested. Most of the fellows
were greatly embarrassed and did not
like the idea of appearing before • the
judge in the corporation court, so I
was asked to represent all of them.
neau of the car, covered by a robe.
That night, they said, according to
Mr. Crowe, they disrobed their victim,
applied acid to the face in an effort
to make identification impossible and
drove to the swamp where they" con-
cealed the body in the culvert. They
thenurned the clothing at Loeb's
home, according to their confession,
disposed of the shoes and belt on a
prarie and rode about the city for a
time, finally returning home where
Loeb notified the Franks family that
Robert was held for ransom, while
Leopold prepared the ransom letter.
Then they threw the typewriter on
which the ransom letter was prepared
in a lagoon, and when their plans to
collect ransom miscarried because
Franks did not understand their in-
structions, Loeb pretended to assist the
police in finding the drug store from
which he made one of the calls to
Franks.
The only clue on which the authori-
ties had to work waspair of spec-
tacles with tortoise shell rims and of
peculiar mke.
After a week’s hunt, a Brooklyn firm
was found which said it made the
spectacles, and its Chicago agencies
were then canvassed. Thousands of
records were carefully scrutinized until
one was found which tallied with the
description of the glasses in question.
Such a record was found by an
optician Wednesday night and the trail
led direct to the Leopold home, a few
blocks from that of Franks. Leopold
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the Ney studio is a mecca for art 1
lovers from everywhere," the speaker 1
concluded. ,
Miss Emma Burleson, a charter
member, reminded the meeting that
th credit for this achievement of the
association’s was due to its founder, 1
Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell, who first ho- 1
cured the studio to prevent it from
passing into private hand, then ;
founded the Texas Fine Arts Associa- ,
tion, and provided that the collection ,
of Miss Ney's works should be pre- :
served there.
Miss Edna Collins and Mrs. A. C.
Goeth gave some very convincing
testimony as to the truth of, the
president's statement by telling some
stirring Instances of the deep interest
constantly exhibited by visitors to the
studio. .Miss Collins said that during
the recent convention of the bankers
association in Austin many groups of
bankers and their women folks visited
the studio, and some of them said that
they were “cutting” important ses-
sions of the convention in order to
see the studio. "I made up my mind
before I left home,” said one banker,
"that I would see this place if I
didn't find time to do another thing
while in Austin."
Mrs. Goeth gave some touching anec-
dotes to the same effect. She said
visitors of every class come to the
studio, and often the most surprising
expression of interest come from un-
expected sources. Not long ago, a
charcoal burner from the hills west of
the city wandered in. When Mrs.
Goeth had done her best to explain the
statues to him, he turned to her with
eyes brimming with tears, and said,
"Lady, I didn't know that there was
anything in the world as beautiful as
them things.”
A little boy of 9 or 10 said another
day, "Say, how do you make things
like them? I’d like to try to make
some.” /
The committee on the acquisition of
the studio reported, through its legaF
adviser, Judge Jaa. W. MeClendon,
that the necesry legal preliminaries
for the transfer of the studio property
to the ownership of the association
would soon be completed.
A motion by Miss Elva Bascom was
put through to the effect that the
association send a delegate to the next
annual meeting of the Southern Fine
Arts Association.
An amendment to this motion that
the delegate be instructed to invite the
Southern Association to hold its an-
. nual convention in Austin in the near
future was lost when Miss Janet
Downje pointed out that the Southern
Arts Association always brings along
with it to its annual meeting an exhibit
of the works of its members which is
so large that Austin has not a build-
ing suitable to hold it.
This'brought out the suggestion that
the first thing that the Texas Asso-
ciation should do after acquiring title
to the property would be to put up
such a building on its own grounds.
Miss Downie reported for the com-
mittee on purchasing a picture by its
former secretary, Mr. Gideon, that the
picture had been selected and paid for
and is now on exhibition at the Quality
Shop.
It was announced that Mrs. W. E.
Long had assumed the chairmanship
of the pres committee and had per-
lotted arringements for a very wide-
the present time as quoted by O. O.
Hofheinz, one of the leading real est
tate men in the city, are more numer-
ous th^n in many years here. All
classes of real estate have been selling
Dr. William J. Battle, of Austin,
was elected president of the Texas
Fine Arts Association in the annual
meeting of that organization Friday
afternoon, held at the Elisabet Ney
museum.
Other officers chosen for the next
ensuing year were: Mrs. H. B. Fall,
Houston, first vice president; Judge
J. B. Dibrell, Seguin, second vice
president; Mrs. Thomas F. Taylor,
Austin, third vice president; Mies
Edna Collins. Austin, recording sec-
Condit, Austin, and Miss Laura Brush,
Austin, auditors.
Four new directors were also
elected in accordance with the con-
stitutional provision that four of the
twelve directors shall be elected each
year.
The new directors are' Mrs. G. R.
Scott, Corpus Christi; Mra. J. D.
Sayers, Austin; Raymond Everett,
Austin,, and Mrs. E. R. Cherry,
Houston.
The keynote of th meeting wns
struck by Pmesident.Wm. J. Battle
when he said in his opening address
that the association had now fulfilled
the first of the two purposes laid
down in its original constitution, viz:
"To preserve the memory and art col-
lection of Elisabet Ney." Thu asso-
ciation need no longer concern itself
with that provision of its constitution.
President Battle declared. It has be-
come an accomplished fact, and the
association is now free, in the four-
teenth year of its life to devote all its
energies to the accomplishment of
the second purpose of iis constitution:
"the promotion of the interesti of art
in Texas.”
In proof of the truth of Dr. Eattle'E
statement, attention was called to the
recent booklet gotten out by the
Chamber of Commerce. In which the
Elisabet Ney museum is featured by
a good picture of the studto and the
statement that "The Elisabet Ney
museum is the mecca of art lovers
from every part of Texas."
Walter Long, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, seid that
thousands of these booklet^ were be-
ing sent out from Austin to every part
of the country. Mr. Long stressed ,
the truth of the statement contained ,
in the booklet, "that the Ney museum
is of such Intense Interest Lu every one ,
who comes-to Austin”
Mrs. Thomas F. Taylor, one of the
oldest members of the association ;
said that that single statement was
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