The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 268, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 14, 1919 Page: 4 of 18
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PE sure the Hart
Schaffner &
Marx label is in the
Suit and Overcoat
you buy this Fall.
Fomby-Jones Company
The House of Satisfaction
509-511 East Houston Street
The Home of Hart. Schaffner
& Marx Clothes
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SHOE MARKET
All $12.00 Shoes $B.OO
All $11.50 Shoes $7.70
All $lO.OO Shoes $6.70
All $ 9.00 Shoes $6.00
All $ 8.50 Shoes $5.70
All $ 8.00 Shoes $5.30
All $ 7.00 Shoes $4.70
All $ 4.50 Shoes $3.00
All $ 4.00 Shoes $2.70
All Tennis Shoes
1 3 Off
Union Made Shoes
A Specialty
• xc tie
SHOE MARKET
330 West Commerce St.
200 lbs. 25c and 100 lbs. 15c
Platform -g»
60 lbs. 10c I V t
20 lbs. 05c E
100 lbs. 25c delivered any part of city.
SOUTH FRIO and DURANGO STS.
Southern Ice Factory
Hold Fast
TEETH
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end bridge worn. It
Dra. Trotter & Meador
Successors to New System Painless Dentists \J * T H/
Opposite Gas Office. 306 ha E Houston. Cr. 8438.
In Bottles-Sc Only
PAY THE TAX COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO
SHELLEY UNDERTAKING CO.
JOE SHELLEY President and Mauager.
fmi AUTO AMBULANCE F ( ^“!
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We Prove the Worth of Our Superior Service.
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TUESDAY
CANE CROP IN DANGER
Freight Car Shortage Imperils Sugar
Yield on State Farms.
Austin Tex. Oct. 14.—Unless the
Texas Railroad Commission is success-
ful in obtaining at least 100 cars from
the Federal Railroad Administration
। for the movement of the cane crop on
the state farms during the month of
November the crop will be virtually
a total loss declared Maj. Sam W. D.
Low member of the Prison Commis-
sion who was here conferring with the
governor on official business.
Major Low said the cane crop con-
sisted of 3450 acres on the various
farms and the cane was never in bet-
ter shape and promises an abundant
yield of sugar and molasses. These cars
are wanted by the Sugarland Railroad
to move the cane from the farms to
the refinery at Sugarland. The com-
mission has sent an urgent appeal to
B. F. Bush regional director to pro-
vide for these cars in order to save the
crop.
OVEREATING
is the root of nearly all
digestive evils. If your
digestion is weak or out
of kilter better eat less
and use
Ki-mdidS
the new aid to better
digestion. Pleasant to
take—effective. Let Ki-
maids help straighten out
your digestive troubles.
MADE BY SCOTT & BOWNE
MAKERS OF SCOTTS EMULSION
HI PRICE
FOR COTTOS 15
NEEBOFSOUTH
Head of Association Serves
Notice That More Acreage
Depends Upon Price.
CALLS STAPLE A CURSE
Oxford Professor Declares
Need Will Exceed Supply
for Many Years.
New Orleans La. Oct. 14.—Declara-
tion by John A. Todd professor of
economics and Oxford lecturer that
further destriction of cotton acreage in
the United States would be “nothing
short of a calamity” and a demand that
cotton consumers pay “enough to make
cotton as profitable as other crops”
by J. Skottowe Wanna maker of St.
Matthews S. C. president of the Amer-
ican Cotton Association featured the
second general session here of delegates
to the world cotton conference.
Mr. Todd's declaration was made
in the course of an address in which
he presented in figures showing future
needs of the world for cotton past crops
and the present prospects.
“The world’s requirements” said Mr.
Todd are practically unlimited. Eu-
rope and Asia arc bare of cotton goods.
The i»osition today is the same as be-
fore the war only worse. The world
wants more cotton than it is getting
and must have it. The more financially
embarassed the people of the world are
the more cotton they will use. In
America an increased acreage is im-
probable the boll weevil and scarcity
of labor arc serious handicaps. The
only solution here is an increased yield
per acre. The average cotton yield
in the South to say the least is dis-
creditable. Mort* cotton is wasted an-
nually in America than it has been
possible to raise in Africa outside of
Egypt
Calls Cotton a Curse.
“Further restrictions of cotton acre-
age in America would be nothing short
of a calamity. There now is and al-
ways will be a demand for all the cot-
ton that can be raised anywhere. There
is no need to restrict the supply but
Hither it should be increased.
“Of course the first necessity is to
assure the planter a .reasonably re-
munerative price. Despite the great
increase in the cost of cotton today it
is still one of the cheapest products
it has not increased in proportion to
other commodities.”
Mr. Wannamaker prefaced his ad-
dress with the declaration that cotton
lias been a curse to the Southern states.
“If it hud been for the raising of cot-
ton in the South this section would
Lave been thickly settled with whites
and there would not be the great per-
centage of illiterates in the rural com-
munities” he declared. “Cotton
I brought slavery resulting in the war
between the states followed by the ter-
t rible days of reconstruction bankruptcy
and poverty. Cotton has enriched every
। ’ami where it has been used commer-
. eially it has blessed mankind every-
. where the sun shines but in the South :
here it has been a curse. Cotton is
why there are white women and lit-
tle children working in the fields.
“There won't be an increased acreage
of cotton until a price is paid for the
1 product which will justify its being
' raised by well-paid man labor. It must
bo a price which will bring our South-
ern negroes back to the cotton fields.
The prices must enable the ‘one-horse
I farmer to n^ke more than a bare llv-
inr Tin* men returning from the war.
white and black do nnt have any in-
tention of going to the cotton fields
again: they know better.
Growers Press Issue.
“But if this conference adjourns with-
out taking steps to increase the yield
per acre it is - (lodging the issue. I here
will not be any increased acreage but
Th« re must bo an increases! yield and the
i price must take care of th* gamblers
: chance the grower has to take.”
A situation which threatened to re-
' suit in an embarrassing climax de-
veloped shortly after Mr. Wannamaker
l concluded his address. John A. Simp-
son Weatherford Okla. president or
I the Oklahoma Farmers’ Union offeree]
a motion to the effect that the state-
; mwits e.f Mr. Wannamaker be given
i to the press as the sentiments of the
; growers’ division.
W. B. Thompson who presided at the
• session stated* that under the rule s
governing procedure nt the meeting it
I would be possible* to take a vote on the
motion as al! clades were represented
at the session. Mr. Simpson said the
motion was the unanimous view of the
growers ami he? wanted action taken on
’it The (Fairman again refused under
I the rules to present the motion. Mr.
I Simpson then addressee] the conference
saying:
"I appeal to the entire conference-
| for permission to pre sent the motion of
■ th* growers to whom you nil look for
a living. Turn it down if you x^ant
A motion for resumption of the regu-
| Inr order of business pvt an end to
the arguim nt* after Mr. Thompson had
I expresseel Lis regn t that lines had np-
-1 parently been drawn on the first day
I of the conference.
{ Other speakers at the second ses-
-1 ■ ;on were Dwight B. Heard of Phoenix.
Ariz.. who told of the successful rais-
ing of American-Egyptian cotton in the
Salt River vail''} and Theodore 11.
Price e»f New York who ex presseel his
belief that it nas impossible to stabi-
lize the- price of cotton. Etienne Den-
nis of Havre France presented to the
Horlick’S tne Origins!
Malted Milk. Zwoid
Imitations and Substitutes.
$10.50
Uegular $13.00 Stewart Speed. -me
ter and dath board and all t.t
tiugs complete.
Edwards Auto Supply Co.
Cr. 28. 235 W. Commerce St.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
compliments of bis city to the dele-
gates.
One Crop Idea Deplored.
Temporary organization was per-
fected with the Rejection of ". B.
Thompson as president and the adoption
of rules of procedure.
Growing and handling of cotton was ;
discussed by speakers at the night ses-
sion. Arguments against the one crop
system were ■presented by John M. '
Parker of New Orleans and I>r. Brail-
ford A. Knapp of the Department of
Agriculture. Mr. Parker pointed out
that the cotton crop if continued with-
out diversification year in and year
out “wore out the land and the .
farmer!.”
Dr. Knapp declared the one crop I
system limited knowledge narrowed ;
opport unity fostered commercializes!
farming and failed to produce the real
rural life. He said it was unsafe
economically and made the one crop
farmer a gambler with little or no
chance to win.
K. C. Ewing of Mississippi explained
the benefits possible through proper
seed selection. Jesse Thorpe of the |
British delegation a member of the ■
committee on ginning uniform baling
and compressing told of the need for
uniform baling. Compressing of cotton
and the methods found most effective
through experiment and practical usage
were discussed by W. D. Nesbitt of
Birmingham.
AMERICANIZATION OF
FOREIGN WORKERS TO
BE URGED BY KENYON
Senator Finds Big Need for
Congressional Action in
Visit to Fittsbarg.
Washington D. C. Oct. 14.—Amer-j
icanizatiou of foreigners should be an ।
immediate effort of Congress through j
legislation declared Senator Kenyon of
lowa chairman of the Senate I.abor
Committee upon his return from au in-
vestigation of the steel strike iu tire
Pittsburg district. Asserting that about
half of the steel workers are of for-
eign birth and can not read write or
speak English Senator Kenyon said
one of the first aims of Congress as a
result of the committee's inquiry should
be Americanization legislation. The
senator declined to discuss other idea
gained from the committee investigation
which he said would be continued in
the near future possibly iu other strike
districts.
In a formal statement Senator Ken-
yon said:
"1 do not desire to discuss the steel
strike nor the reasons nor causes there
for at this time. The committee has
not as yet completed their investiga-
tion. 1 think it permissible to say.
however that the committee returned
from the Pittsburg district strongly in
favor of some Americanization bill.
”1 have thought for a long while that
Congress must do what it could to help
stimulate Americanism. That is a coni-1
mon ground upon which we all can
stand and is it rallying point for all.
When you find that in some of these
mills over 50 per cent of tire work-
men eau not read write or speak the
English language; when it is necessary
in these mill districts to publish orders
in all kinds of languages it is time for
the American people represented by the
American Congress to give determined
consideration to some plan of affording ।
these 5 reign citizens au opportunity V"
learn what the institutions of America
stand for and to become Americanized.
We saw some young fellows who had |
only a smattering of our tongue who im-
pressed us as splendid material out
of which to make American citizens.
-Two bills are now pending before
the committee of which I have the
honor to be chairman dealing with this
question. The committee meets this
week to take them up ami I earnestly
hope that one or both of them may be
reported out of the committee and may
be passed by Congress before adjourn-
ment. There is no greater question
ti an that of Americanizing this nation
of ours.
"Many of those who can not speak I
our language ate learning to know it.
and want the opportunity to learn about
our institutions.
"Most of them have subscribed for
Liberty Bonds but how can they know
anything about American institutions
when they can not speak America's lan-
guage. We can not reach a one-lan-
guage nation over night but that
eventually should be our goal. It will
take some time but the result will be
worth while for there is national solid-
arity in all people of a nation speak-
ing the same language. Eight and a
half million people in this country over
10 years of age can not speak read
or write the American language. To the
< rr-etion of that condition every citizen
should resolve to do his part."
To Purify and Enrich the Blood.
Tile C 'iVE'S TASTELESS Chill
TONIC which i’ simply IRON and
QUININE suspended in Syrup. So
Pleasant Eve Children Like It. You
an mxui feel its Strengthening. Invigor-
ating Uflect. Price title.-(Adv.)
NEGRO GOES TO CHAIR
Chicken Thief Who Killed Memphis
Policeman Sentenced to Die.
Memphis Tenn. Oct. 11. — Lorenxo
Young. the negro who killed John <>.
Brinkley police sergeant and wounded
several other policemen and himself was
critically wounded when an attempt was
made to arrest him on n charge of chick-
en stealing was found guilty of first
degree murder last night by a jury in
criminal court. Death in the electric
chair is the penalty.
Young was started for Nashville with-
in a few hours after his arrest to pre-
vent imssible mob violence heie. The
sheriffs party which had him In charge
was met by angry crowds at several
point between here ano Jackson where
it was decided to leave train and com-
plete the trip by automobile.
A plea of insanity was entered for
Young but was rejected.
SISTERS END LIVES
Without Friend* or Funds Women Die
Together in Denver Lake.
Denver Colo.. Oct. 14.—Penniless and
friendless faced with ejection from a
[ local hotel because they could not pay
| their rm rent two women said by the
Police to be Mrs. Thomas Jx»renson of
Lisbon. lowa and her sister Ethel
Cook. ended their lives in Berkley Lake
here October ft. the day before Mrs.
Lorcnson st» to have appeared in a
divorce action in Lisbon.
Their bodies were found floating on
| the surface of the lake yesterday.
F<-w«GqFs^«'-’'7
f New Suits and Coats - V
t) Just Arrived In Time To Go Into The
^Expansion Sale
J New Styles—The Best Styles for San Antonio Women
F This will make an unusual event and a good one —giving every /
2 Buy Your New Fall Coat Now™
( This great event offers a wonderful opportunity to save. Coats of every kind ar J
g ' style for the Miss 16 to Matron 54
i $29.50 $35.00 $49.50 $59.50 $75.00 $89.50 J
ta Coats Coats Coats Coats Coats Coals
fs23- s27^ s 39^ *47- $ 59~ $ 7l~ J
Just Arrived New Bell Sweaters AU Colors
f • f *xJ>
RAIL HEADS PROMISE
TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC
CONGESTION IN TEXAS
Lancaster Ridicules Idea
That Switchmen Are Hold-
ing Up Shippers.
Austin Tex. Oct. 14.—Hearing be-
fore th<» Texas Railroad Commission of I
the complaint <»f the West Texas Chum-!
her of Commerce of the inadequacy of
the freight and passenger service in the ;
Western portion of Texas which had
been in progress during the entire day i
before the commission was concluded;
last evening and taken under advise-1
meat.
One of the important results of th**
hearing was that relief was promised |
by W. T. Tyler director of operations
of railroads of the Federal Railroad
Administration and J. L. Lancaster
Federal manager of the Texas 6: Pacific
Railway. Director Tyler stated that
it would be possible to improve the
passenger train service through the r°-
leas* of many rars which have -been
heretofore used for the movement of
troops returning from overseas service.
Regarding the complaint of the grain
dealers and growers that their wheat
is lying on the ground. Director Tyler
said that was a condition not involved I
in transportation but the movement !
of the wheat through the ports; that
Galveston and New Orleans are block-]
aded and there can ho no more wheat
placed in either port: that it was ni
matter entirely of getting ships and
< louring the elevators.
.Mr. Lancaster stated that the Texas
Sz Pacific has asked for bids on 70
NAME "BAYER” ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
Safely stm headaches as
told in “Bayer packages”
—
Millions of men and women have
proved “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin”
with the “Bayer Cross*’ on tablets the
quickest surest safest relief for their
Headaches Colds Neuralgia. Tooth-
ache Earache. Rheumatism Lumbago
Neuritis. Pain seems to fade right
away.
Buy only a Bayer package contain-
ing proper directions. Always say
“Bayer.”
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost
but a few <ents. Druggist* also sell
Img-r “Bayer” packages. Aspirin is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Mouoaccticacidester of Salicylic-
acid.
new passenger coaches and 25 locomo-
tives which will afford considerable
relief in the congested district he eaid. |
As to the charge that certain rail-1
road employes had been “tipped by
shippers in order to get cars Director
Tyler said the business men who gave
a bribe to any railroad employe in order
to get preferential service was not only
“a sucker.” but was a menace to all*
other business interests and should be.
ostracised and expelled frum member-;
ship in any business organization. B» - •
sides he said such a practice would
avail nothing to the shipper. He dis-1
counted the idea there had been any j
holdup by the railroad employes. He
added that if the men who had be n
doing business with the switchmen or I
other employes would come to him they
would g»t better service and he ex-
tended a general invitation to all ship-
pers to come to him with complaints.
Director Tyler has gone on a tour
of inspection of the oil iistrict and
other portions of Northwest Texas
where he will make a personal investi-;
gntion of the charges made by the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
357 LOST IN STORM
Revision cf List Kerln-es Number cf
Hurricane’s Texas Victims.
Corpus Christi Tex. Oct. 14.—Th?
total number of known dead and miss-
ing as a result of the tropical hurri-
cane hen- was officially announced im
.’•57 by the Bureau of Information yes |
terday as a result of revision of fig-
lures. Of these. IK3 arc dead and 174
> missing. The figures cover tRe entir •
I area that was inundated.
Several hundred mimes were turneih
in during the early days following the
‘form as dead and missing hut a care
Til check ri<! d the number to 35».
it is possible that a few more may bo
added as there may have been founds
on North Beach of which there is no
record and regarding whom no inquiry
hns been received On tiie other hand
bureau officials state that probably
some of those listed among the inissnig
rre also listed among the unidentified
' dead discovery of which will reduce
1 the total. .
i Tim work of cheeking the numes 1 i
>OO carried on in Corpus Christi. R<h^-
00-t. Port A-ansns and Aransas I a?s
CORDONA FLIES HOME
; Mexican Command**” nt OJinaga K*'-
turns In 1 . S. Plane.
Juarez Mex. Oct. ll.—Gen. Yshlfo
Cordona. military commander at (pi-
nngn. (’hihunhua. returned from Ins
visit t<» Col. .Inmo* J. Hornbrook com-
mnnding officer of the Big Bend dis-
trict nt Marfa. In an airplane I 'nW
through the courtesy of Lieut. E. p.
Reilly commander of Royce r lying
Field. Gen. Francinco Gonzales was
. informed vesterdny by Cosme Bengoe-
• dun. Mexican consul at Presidio. Tex.
. I The trip was made from _ Marfa to
1 Ojinagn n distance of G 5 mile*. in 45
J minute*. It was General Cordona a
first airplane trip. While nt Marfa he
t l invited Colonel Hornbrook to be his
| guest nt Ojinhga and to make the trip
in an aiyplano uit It ^Lieutenant Reilly.
REDUCED FREIGHT
!j RATES
• On household goods in our pool cars
Phone Crocket HI4.
Scobey Fireproof Storage Co. — (Adv.)
women a chance at the latest fashions. $
Best of all your style of suit or coat wilt r
be found among this unusual offering.
Specially Featuring the New
) Smart Ripple Models
’49.50 Suits ’39.59
’59.50 Suits ’47.59 )
’69.50 Suits ’55.59 3
’75.00 Suits ’59.98
’89.50 Suits ’71.59 I
. IC
TO RESUME OLD WORK
Majcr Stocktnn to Rejoin Texas Guard
Austin Tex.. Ort. 14.—An audit and
inventory of all Federal military prop-
erty iu possession of the Texas Na-
tional Guard Is now being made by
Maj. .1. T. Stockton auditor for the
War Department. The task will likely
consume two or three weeks. W hen
it is completed Major StoektoU will
report mill receive his discharge after
Which he will take up his duties as
I’nited States property and disbursing
officer for the Texas National Guard.
Major Stockton held the latter posi-
tion before the war. When the l uited
States enterid the war he resigned mid
weut into the army was chosen audi-
tor his duties taking him to most of
flic army camps throughout the coun-
DEFENDS STATE RIGHTS
Speaker Declares Centralized Govern
nient Is Menace to America.
Indianapolis. Ind. Ort. 14.—Sporinl
conferences for the discussion of the
problems facing street and interurban
railways rates and service of telephone
mill telegraph companies and the prac-
tices of state rdegulatory bodies in rate
cases under present abnormal conditions
began here today with the opening ses-
sion of the annual convention of the
National Association of Railway nnd
Ctility Commissioners. i on. stales
are represented by the commissioners
preßPnt.
That undue centralization of power in
USED FIFTY YEARS
sss
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AT Al l DRUGGISTS
t| Ho ncCdno **ol curr Fewnui. O-.Jy fj
fl t 7 tho £Dpliention nt C.RANOI.ENE the pre^t L
v • • rnnl rerr.edjr mn the I4ct«mM microbe bo k
fl <b.Titroy<d Provo this •Uteoont lor yourself ।
N rt our oponto. Wri’e for free tret treet- [
g iront; adi.rem MIL* Chemical Co. Dept. U.. L
■ Girard Ken.
‘ Sloop* Ll!<o • Plow Boy’*
R *’! suffered for 20/cure wi’h Eczrm* (n ite p
M worst fo.m. Affected all cjcr the body l
< RAHOLENE l* ft me an fine aa white silk b
Ie -1 I like* pk»w hoy J MeCrackon I
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Money Positively Resumed If Kot Satisfied I
* fcM Qrvr«*sr* • -
If. L. Wagner Drug (0. 407 Hon Mun
St. nnd A. M. Fisch?* Druggist 52S K.
Houston.
OCTOBER 14 1919.
in Near Future.
Washington is a menace to th<» welfare
of the people of the Fnited States wSM
the statement made by Charles Elm-
iiuist. president of the National Asso-
ciation of Railway and Ctilitics Coni-
missioners before that body at its ses-
sion today.
At the conflusion of bis nddiesa. Elm-
cpiist tendered his resignation as general
solicitor of the association.
IThe Quick Way to
Stop a Cough
Till* home-made ay nip doe* the
work In a Imrry. Eaally pre-
pared w»d *a»e* about f
You might be surprised to know that
the best thing you run use for a
h< vere rough is a remedy which is
easily prepared at home in just a few
i lonr’htF. it’s cheap but foi prompt
results it beats anything rise you ever
tried. Esually stops the ordinary cough
or chest cold in 24 hours. Tastes pleas-
ant. too — children like it —and it is
’•lire nnd good.
Pour ounces of Pincx in a pint
bott’e; then fill it up with plain gran-
ulated sugar syrup. Or use clarified
molasses Loney or rorn syrup in-
stend cf.sugar syrup if doo. d Thus
y<«u make a full pint—a family supply
—but costing no more than a small
bottle of ready-made cough syrup.
And as a rough medirin\ there is
roily r.otlcng better to h«* had at any
pi ire. Jt goes right to the s|M»t and
g ye* uiilrk. lasting relief. It prompt-
heals the inflamed m'*mbranr.s that
line the throat nnd air passages stops
the annoying throat tick ( e loosens the
phlegm and soon your co igli stops eu-
ti”cly. Sjdmdid for bronchitis croup
lon’seness nnd bronchial asthma.
Pinex is n highly concert rated coin-
found of Norway pine cxtraii famous
Lu its healing effect on the mem-
bi.i nrs.
To avoid disappointment ask .. v0 r
druggist for “2% ounces of Pinex”
with direction* ami don’t neerpt any-
thing else. Guan.nteed to give nb-
soiutr sMtisfnction or money refunded.
He Pinex Co. Fo’t Wavnc Ind.
Women
Made Young
Bright eyes a clear skin and a body
full of youth and health may be
yours if you will keep your system
in order by regularly taking
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Th* world's standard remedy for kidney
liv*i bladder and uric acid troubles ths
anemias of life and looks. In us* sine*
1696. All druggists thre* sizes.
^•ok far the name Gold Medel on every bw*
and accept no imitaUon
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