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VOL. XLI—NO. 172.
SENSATION 15
PBOMISEO IN
JITNEY SUIT
Court May Hear Testimony
Monday on Alleged $lBOO
“Influence” Offer.
ALLOW WIDE LATITUDE
Judge Minor Permits AU
Evidence Boaring on
Bond Controversy.
The mandamus suit against M.ijcr
Black lu the 57th district court took a
senMtional turn Saturday when It be-
came known that counsel for the plain-
tiff. L. D. Smith -.experts to introduce
evidence on Monday tending to- abnw
that *lBOO uai> offered io awing the
buxine's of bowling jitncyli and aervice.
earn in San Antonio to the National
Surety Company. No namee were mon
tioned. The faet that this Aidcnce is
to be introduced wa“ br. uznt out in the
cross examination of the mayor when
a conversation which he had with Mar
shall Eskridge one of the piahrtifPa
•Corners wa« referred tn. During this
conversation it developed. Mr. Elkridge
had told the mayor that “vs will piwm
that *lBOO was offered to awing this
business from the Heutheru t'asU’dly
Company to the National Surety CtHv
pany." It waa also brought out that
Mayor Black took exception to this
statemeut asking if Mr. Eskridge im-
plied that the moyor waa in any way
connected with it to whi n b Mr. Esk-
ridge answered do.
Another important development in
the caw Saturday waa that Mayor
Black aince Ida refu-ai to approve the
aervice car bonds taken out in the j
Southern <'a»nalty Company and h ;
frequent announcements that he woal
approve bonds only in 'die National
Surety Conqiany which be cunaidcn l
a big company has approv'd two bond-
presented to him by Ike Kampmann in
still another company. Mayor Block
on the witness stand also ■lomitted that
bis decision to disapprove the bonds In
the Southern Casualty Company bnd
been baaed upon an opinion submitted
to him by his city attorney and upon
generalities.
(lave No Specific Came.
Attempts by counsel tor the plaintiff
to bare ^.ayor Black state specifically
what bis reasons other thau the opr.
ion of the city attorney fni disapprov-
ing these bonds were proved futile
He admitted however that the com-
missioner of banking and insurance
who listed a permit for the eumpam
to do buataess tn Texas la bettor quail
fied to judge the company's ealveazy
than the alty attorney.
Indications as the trial progressed
through the week are that it will be a
long drawn out affair. Though it was
begun last Thursday morning up to
noon Saturday wheu court adjourned
until Monday morning only three wit-
nessea had been placed on the atnud
These included L. C. Picnot in <
of the bonding departnent of Horn
berger Hshniitt and Company repre-
senting the Southern Casualty Ca*.u
pany J. U. Hornberger and Man r
Black. Tlv evasiveness of Mayor Biarh
in replying fo questions by iiaintitfis
Coum-el and the numerous objections of
fered by the defense in an eitort to er-
elude testimony -combined to delay the
bearing tor the must part. The mayor
also. Was requested by the examining
attorneys frequently to rouf.ue his an-
ewers to the subject in question and
refrain from "making stump -peeeho ”
The mayor was prrerptiMy disturbed at
times by the rapid-fire qUestiouitlg of
the attorneys.
Defense Luses Objections.
Two motions ufiered oy the defense
for an instructed verdict were over
ruled by Judge Minor. Ime of thes-j
cauii alter tue reading of the plead-
ings and another Saturday morning.
The motions were made on the grouud
that tne plaintiff had failed to sunw
that Mayor Black failed vo exercise his
judicial discretion under the city or-
dinance in disapproving the bond of
L. D. Smith in tne Southern Casualty
Company
Fading in thia move the defense
changed its plans Saturday and at-
tempted to show that the form of ju-
application for a lux-nse and the four:
ot the bund itself did not evnq ly wilt
the city uid.nani-i'. The d«-(euse brought
out the fact that the opinion haude I
Mayor Black by the city attorney did
nut attack the validity ut the bond nr.i-
had the mayor in any of his testiui'.:./
dune so. Au attempt by the dc-.ruse to
have the mayor r I and r-o
out its detects failed when the court
sustained the objection ot the plaintiff.
The court also reiused to allow tue in-
trodnctiou of the new form of bond
which the city attorney bud drawn.
Mesliuii Mayor > Memory.
Despite ohjectM.ua by -be detei.se
plaintnt e counsel succeided in bnugout
out the fact that Annuitant City At
torney Marshall at a meeting of
jitney men. had urged them to caun-i
their policies in the Southern Casualty
Company aud reinsure in 'lie National
Surely Company. Asked it the as-'—
tant attorney's speech was mails with
the approval of tue mayor or was dore
with mo knowledge aud repieeeulrd nis
eentimeuts the mayor replied that be
"saw no wrong in it.
Mr. Marshall objected crenuoualy to
the quealioaing ot tue mayor ou Iha
matter and it waa necessary lor Judge
Baborn to Ira me the quest!* n in a um-
ber ot different ways before be could
finally gel au aaawnr.
The mayor was evidently nattering w
riously ironi loss on memory during
the entire time he waa ou the wtmr»<
ataM aaa< - ng repeatedly imu ba
"did not recall'' "1 do not rememurt
"1 have been so hu-y I caauot keep
track ot to*we tiunes and similar ro
pllee. Final)} uudf .Sewn asked him
direct: ■
"is yuur iiiemur} good or bad?"
The couit uteiruioU uu vuyeit.ou of
the mudstani mty attorney n. thm quev
lion and tue mayor tepued that it »n>
» good as tue average.
Tge mayor denied euy eaowledgv ot
his funner law partner lodge W. C
Irou.ia- mid other men is naviiig or
(Continued uu Kelt Eage.)
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
LOSE GAMBLING FEVER
Si rrrt G»m« root Ina In German}
But Nmvnal lx Returning.
H> A. K. VMKKR.
Xekcl.l c.ui. Io TM Ron Antonio Ueki
and tba ChlcM* Dally Nawa
Copyright till br Chicago Pall Nana
For.1(8 g-TVIvo.
Berlin. July rramia la losing Its
gambling fever. Berlin ami tbe eoa.t
reaort. hare recovered from tbe debauch
'eo not iceable jn tbe wine palace ami
| caninoa directlr following the war.
Money la more ncarce and minda are
more aane. *
lu 11110 when the high water mark
'of diw<lt>atl<m waa reached tbe govern
'inent cloned many of tbene place ami
I reducwl the activity in other. Thi
rear only three gambling conceHaion.
bare been applied for from the watering
place.
Arcord in g to the Berlia Tagrblatt ae-
rrct gambling is still running as high as
in pre war daya. with the Eant and
Went ides of Berlin competing tor the
record. On the Went Hide are 50 or
mnre gambling elub rack haring from
20. to 70 niembera mostly women. The
banker pay 21X10 mark aigbtly for the
privilege of operating but be win from
20.000 to 00.000 .narks every night. A
regular organization of wonts round
up the player.an<l introduce them k-
crctly at the gambiiu| resort.
WOMEN NOT GUILTY
Grldle (eirdon .-Dd Mrg. Jenne Jame
Acquitted by Tulsa Jury.
Tuka Okla. July »^-G<Mie Gordon
beautiful artist' model and Mrs. Jcww
James divorcee tried on a charge ot
murdering Judge John Devereux 70.
former Oklahoma state supreme court
commiwionee. were found not guilty by
a jury in a verdict returned at 0:20
tonight. |
Tlie two Momen who wm alleged to I
have been employed to nurs the aged j
jitriot wera clmwmM with murdering I
tbe Jurist by striking him on the hend
with a blunt instrument ami giving him
an over-doc of drug after he hml writ I
ten checks to them fir about SIMO ami
a SlO.OOO note payable to the judge had
diranpeared.
The jury bad been out sine (1:55
n- m - .
REALTY MEN TO MEET
Dallas Kntert.viiu Delegation Off to
Chlrag. Gathering.
Dallas. Tex. July (.—More than 10(1
real estate men from all |. ‘a of Texas
met here today en route to vHeOgn. to
attend the convention of the National
Association of Heal Estate boards start-
ing July 12. Tbe realtors will make the
tiip from Dallas on a special train tc
mot row afternoon it was said. The
delegate! to tbs convention arc txing
ruteitainrd. while here by ths City elub
Dalias will have twenty-five repr-vi-
tatives.
Tbe Chicago convention will be Die
largest meeting of business men to be
held this year aciotdiug to Frank Me-
Neny president ot tne Dallas real
estate beard.
A cup haa been offered by the ton
vent ion. to the board whose member
makes the best talk an his home toVn.
CITY EMPLOYS JOBLESS
Public Work Reliem lUIIm I uew
plcyment Situation.
Dallas Tex. July t. — Public iir-
provcmcn^i—construKioa work by th?
city and county—is accounting for i
big reduction in tbe number of uneiu
ployed nt Dallas a tabulation of work
under construction Saturday showed.
The city of Dalias and tbe county of
Dalias com Lined Lad under constru*
tion or in iium<*diate prospect approxi-
mately >10.000(XX) of public work Sat-
urday This includes roads etreets.
sewers and public building*.
DOCK TANKS BURN
Sealite Suffers 540.0C0 Los*—
Water Front Is .Menaced.
Seattle. Waeh.. July ®.—Fire übkb
caused a hiss estimated at more than
S4O.(KS> broke out this afternoon on the
Rogers-Browns tanks of tbe rest wa-
terway do' ks here this afternoon.
Hjieriw from tn engine was said to
bare been the cause.
AU available fire apparatus on both
land end water were called in to fight
the flames which for a time threatened
the entire water front.
THE WEATHER
TBMrKKATTKEM
JULY I.
1 p- •< t a. m 71
1 p. m. • •- m 74
4 p. *& 7 a. m 74
* p. it 1 a. m. 7*
< p. S* » a. ••
7 p. m .11 I# a. 11
1 p. fel 11 iu m. Mi
• p. m. 11 11 m i
10 p. tn. ‘ Ml 1 p. m «7
11 p. tu >4 - p **
13 mMnithl.... 74 1 p vo
JULY ». 4 P. m 11
1 a. m 74 S p. 13
3 a. m. II • P- m 00
J a. m 71 7 p. 10
4 a. m. 71
FOMKCAST.
East T«*am: Kunday and Monday partly
cloudy local thunderahowera In Iha south
portion.
West Teana: Sunday partly cloudy
probably site wars In ettr.-me wont portion;
Monda). partly cloudy.
HOME WEATHER EOS TUVRIPTE.
Clikwgo: Tarnp<mtore. io. dear 14-miU
wind Crum tho north; lowom temparature
In last 34 houra 74; Irtfhont. 10.
KitnMia City: Temporautro 11-clear. Km
than 14-milo wind from the northeaet;
Ineraat temperature in last >4 hours 74;
lUghnat M.
Maw York: Trmp«raturr 44 cloudy; leas
than 10-mlie wind from tho nerth. iowoet
temperature In last 34 hours. 14; high-
\at. 14.
st. Immils: Temperature >0; partly
cloudy; IS-mile wind from the aouthwest;
lowest temperature In last 34 hours 74;
highest. •«.
Haahlnatan: Temperature >4. elopdy. !•-
tnlle wind from the wont: lowest temper-
ature tn last 14 honrK.il; highest. 14.
HISSES JEERS HARSH
WORDS AND CHARGES
ENTER TARIFF DEBATE
Stormy House Session Is
Even Warmer Than
Weather.
WMhlngton. D. C.. July to—The de-
bate on tbe tariff bill in tb» bowse to-
day was even warmer than the weather.
It was featured by hiM«r.s jeer* sec-
tiunaiimi frequent employment of the
word ‘•liar” threatens! fistic combat''.
vixorouM attacks on alleged trust* slush
fund chaneH caustic stream humor
nod tbe frequent appearance of a drink
that looked like a Bronx cocktail but
turned out tn be only orange juice.
Representative Murphy Ohm. Re-
publican. caused an uproar when he
charged that Dimocrntie opposition t°
the tariff wc< based on a desire to
“keep the wages of the black man
down.* Hisse.d and jeers eamc from
the Democratic side.
Two or throe m*mber« jumped to
their fret called' tbe statomenta lies
and started down the aisles towari
Murphy Representative Mann. Illi-
imis in the chair succeeded In restor-
ing order. Murphy claimed that tho
NII was necessary to end unemployment
throughout tho country.
BANKRUPTCIES JUMP
BUT CREDITORS MORE
FORTUNATE IS REPORT
flerk of Houston Federal
Court Forwards Statis-
tics to Daugherty.
Houston. Tex. July i.—"Mor bu«i-
lie failure but In ku to creditor"
ia the gist uf tbe anuual hankrupic'
report of L C. Mavtcruon. clerk of (J.e
. Icdeyal court for tbe Mvutuern district
of T<-xa for the fireal year ending Juiq*
30 1021. aa compared with tbe previous
fiscal year.
Tbe report completed Saturday
show that 03 voluntary and 24 In
.voluntary a total of 117. baulruptcy
■cane were filed during the year in this
district composed of 44 counties. The
previous year there were 30 voluntary
and <> involuntary case.
i However in 40 caaes disposed of dur-
-1 ing the last fi-cai year there were Ju-
। volved liabilities amounting to only
SIM33I3J<B. During the previous jenr
with 34 case disisned of. ‘he liabilities
1 amounted to $2011.050.01
I In tbe last year $77345.01 was real-
ised from asset in eases disposed of.
।Of that amount secured creditor re-
ceived $30.10*44)11; unsecured cmlitois
J17.M1.53; bankrupts received $ll-.-1
M 3.53 as exemption aud 4H.423.72 we
paid as fees of administration. There
i were alisi some sundry sums. Hurirg
the previous y«ar with more liabilito
I u vol red. only $40510.30 was realix*vl
from assets.
There were pending ou tho bans
ruptcy docket Jane .’0 a total ot 172
eases of wbiriilOO were voluntary and
U 3 involuntary.
The reisirt which ia to be forward-
ed tu the attorney general at Wash-
ington give some interesting figoroo
on what professions furnish the bank-
ruptcy cases. During the year just -
dosed the case involved seven farm-
er.-. two wage earner. '1 merchants
and ll* divided among nthe.- classes.
ITALY SHOWS AMERICA
HOW TO DISPLAY SPEED
IN TARIFF LEGISLATION
Minister Simply Decrees
Schedules Without Par-
liamentary Debate.
ny rncjAß assel mowrer.
Broelal C»bh to The Sin Antonio Ltgh«
and the Chlcnco Daily Xewa
Copyright. IM|. b> Chicago Dally .S’ewa
Foreign Service.
Rome. July o.—Patting into rffnt
the new Italian tariff by ministerial
decree without parliamentary discuif-
<ion constitute* a strange act of gov-
ernment absolutism whicli probably
efuld not have haprient'd before the war.
The ncale of tariffs ia double what it
waa. All dutiable merrhandiee—and
that h practically everything—is tax <1
gonbßlcrably higher than before. All
tariff* ir applied according to weight
“ A not •nd «Bcolatrd in gold.
There is a so-called co-rfficient <f
in reaw \tanpng from 10 to UN) per
cant which muxt be added to the fixed
■un to obtain the maximum tariff.
Normally all mercbunlinc entering
Itr. y pays the maximum tariff bu?
tins can be reduced to tbe minimum
firuro by a <*omm?rrial treaty or spec-
ial arrangement with the government
wh:. h alno merre« the right to modi-
fy the co*effictent of increase ahoald
greater protection «eem nectaaary.
Italy thn« Is following the example
of the larger world powers in i»o*t-
|>rotectofa and the efferta
will nppear immediately. Tho impor-
tation of Much American specialtim are
typewriter»« ra>di register* lowing ma-
•<^<^®N machines machine plow .
tDrcHb’ ra harvchtcrs and • reapers will
unquestionably diminish and tbe num
ber of imoorted shoei will fall off. Com-
mercial treaties ran. however be nr-
rang rd between foreign and Italian
n « t^atment in which ca*e the
minimum tariff will be applied to the
t'/ous 9? each nations. Treaties of this
kind art nail v exist between Italy and
-Hrasil France Japan Greece an!
Serbia.
GRAIN LABOR VOTES
Take Ballot to Decide on Strike Follow
ing Wag Reduction.
Kansas t lty M<<„ July 8 Prompt
haiull.iig uf . lvg<- part of thr great
f. r * in cro P °t Kans. Mimuri and
Oklalionia will hang In tbr balance
Moutlay r -ivn grgiu rievafor workrx
°* troatrr Kansas City -vill vote on a
JJ rI "Z-J* annouDrod tonight by J.
I. IJrdnn. buainr manager of tbe
union.
’P 1 * will be oa whether to ac-
cept a 15 rent an boar wnea reduction.
Prewnt wa* ia 70 eenU an hour. I
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SUNDAY JULY 10 1921.-FORTY-FOUR PAGES.
BEF CHARGES
GRAFT IN STATE
DEPARTMENTS
Governor Declares Ex-
penses Payrolls and School
Censuses Padded.
TOO MANY EMPLOYES
Executive Powerless to Act
Since He Lacks Au-
thority.
Mexlh Tex.. July "Bad manage-
ment. useless employe graft and irreg-
ularitie in too many of tbe depart-
ment of tbe state government" were.
charged by Governor Pat M. Neff in
an address here thia afternoon. Tbei
governor declared that he is powerlew ■
to cope with tbe situation because he
lack authority over any employe of'
tbe etat other than thorn in bi own
office.
| He declared that he could name three
employe of one department who drew
expense money without having incurred
any expense aud cbaracterixed th ac-
tion as graft. In another department
be declared checks were drawu for in-
dividuals wbu bad never worked for
the state. >
The governor departed somewhat from
bis tot speech and touched on govern-
mental attairs and the expenditure ot
th peoplt'a money by tbe state depart-
ments. He said in part: .
Overhead Expeuoe Borden.
‘The state ha grown in its govern-
mental affairs top-heavy. It >■ bur-
dened with overhead -expense. We
have too much machinery. We have
too many boards bureaus commissions
and departments.
“Tlje operating of the machinery ia too
expensive. I hive been trying since
I went into office to cut this expi-nee i
down aud at the same time have a more {
efficient government I succeeded iu
abolishing several departments. 1 shall
again recommend that the work of i
some commlssiona be transferred to
other department so that we will have
no duplication.
"The legislature at the last aewiion !
consolidated the Department of Food
and Drug with that of tbe State Health
Department. This has proved to be a
saving of at least $2300 per month and
at tbe same time rn/ re efficient work
ha been done. Thr Labor Department
hn also simpliiinl it work by redltt--
lug the number of employe and by this
and other economical methods ha. re-
dneed its expenses 52 ner cent and at
the Mme time increased the amount of
work done by it. better than 85 per
cent
Money Thrown Away.
“There is entirely too nineb bad man-
arcment. useless employe graft and
irrezultrities .in too many dipartment
of the state government. We have a
penitentiary system with 40.000 acres
of tbe finest land in cultivation with
35.000 acres of pasture and wood land.
This land is worked with free labor
and yet la«t year it lacked approxi-
mately a million dollarx making running
expense.
“Much of our money 1 thrown away
in useless and unnecessary traveling ex-
penre. During the past two years
nearly a million doll?™ wa »prnt in
paying the traveling expenses of the
state’s employe. At time in the Mme
town in tbe same days several repre-
sentative ot the state could be fonyid.
11 doing similar work. The padding
of expense account ia not an unusual
thing. I can enll the name of one de-
partment and the name of three em-
ployM therein who recently collected
from the state one month about $2O
each for expenws. which as a matter
of fact they had never spent—sample
of pure graft.
“I can name another department and
call the name of the indlridual. who
last year month br month. iw<u«sl bogus
drafts on the public funds and col-
lected ths money thereon making the
check payable to Individuals who never
worked un hour for the state in all of
their lives.
"Not even the sacred school fund of
the state ha been free from tho hand
of graft. I can name the counties and
the officials who have participated in
tbe fraud. One county alone padded
tlie scholastic roll by placing numer-
ous ficitltions names thereon by
mean of which they took IlHaally out
of the public treasury more than $25.
00<t These references are but Mmples
of the irrigiilaritie that have been and
are now going on connection with your
government.
“I presume ron want tn know why 1
the governor do«» not correct all of .
these mistakes. Th - governor has no
authority to do so The governor I not:
veatrd with the authority to fire an em-i
plore of the state except those in hl« I
own office. Some of the lrre-ulari*les
have been correct-d. Som- of the em-
nloye* have been discharged. Whatever
I was anthorired nnd-r the law to do
in matters of this kind has been done.”i
Objected When Wife
Smoked; Physicians
Say He Will Die
KanMS City Mo. July
John Bryant policeman objected to
bi wife smoking cigarette he de-
clared in a “dying statement" to-
day : physicians My Jobn has no
chance to recover.
Bryant was shot and probably
fatally wounded. Mrs. Bryant ar-
rested admitted the shooting police
Mid. Bryant’s statement following
tbe shooting said the eouple quar-
reled because hi wife smoked.
"John was the only husband I
ever loved —I bad two others. J. B.
McDermott tbe first whom I mar-
r «l in St. Izmir and E. H. Meeka.
of Springfield Mo. wu my second
husband.’’ the woman sobbed "1
married John in Dallas. Texas
three year ago and he waa going
to leer me."
BIG WEATHER CHANGE
WILL END HEAT WAVE
WASHINGTON PREDICTS
IFinJx From North Will Dis-
place Superheated Blan-
ket Over Country.
Washington D. C. July •.—Shower
and generally cooler weather next week
will put an eud to the abnormally hot
weather which during the past few
day exacted a toll of score of lives
caused widespread suffering and in-
flicUsl much damage oa crops tbe
weather bureau stated tonight
A break iu tbe heat wav already haa
been noticed iu aome parts of the coun-
try the bureau stated. Beginning to-
day temperature will recede to normal
in 11 pnrt of the country except in
middle Atlantic state and the Ohiu
valley where tbe heat may be some-
what above normal.
There i little chance however for
the temperature to climb to the peak of
tbe last few days the bureau said. In
many parts of tbe middle Atlantic
Miatis. the heat pushed tbe mercury up
to 104 degrees reports stated. Several
cities In Ohio and Michigan reported
temperatures of from 100 to 104 de-
grees foe several consecutive days.
Cooling winds are coming out of the
north tbe bureau Mid. and they will
help dissipate tbe blanket of super-
heated air which ba been hanging over
the interior states east of tbe Missis-
sippi. Rain will fall in many parts
of the eastern territory the bureau
Mid. and the area will be large enough
to cool off practically the eastern ter-
ritory.
Storm la New Kagiand.
Boaton. July (.—New England was
tonight still in the grin of the sixth
of a serie of tbe worrt electrical otnrmi
in its history.
The first of six storms broke sud-
denly at 3 o'clock this morning. Thr
others followed at interval through
the day and evening.
The lightning waa ccompanied by a
terrific wind and torrential rain. The
weather bureau reported that in (even
hours 337 inches—the normal rain-
fall for the entire month ot July—had
been recorded.
Lightning which struck home and
church steeples among them the spire
of the Firot Church of Christ Scientist
started scores of fires. In most i»-
stances they were quickly extinguished
by the rain.
Although no deaths had been report-
ed many were iijnred by th lightning.
MISS BLANTON REFUSES
TO FURNISH RECORDS
IN CENSUS DISPUTE
State Superintendent Tells
Corpus Christi She Mast
Be Represented
Auatin Tn. June B.—Miss Annie
Webb Blanton. State Bupcrintendeut nt
। Public Instruction has declined to give
[the Corpus Christi school board any
Hats of streets in connection with tie
Corpus Christi scholastic census.
"Without my being rentesented Iu
your investigation." Thia decision ws<
reached by Miss Blanton at Des Moiucs.
lowa and she 0 adri-ed W. 11. Brux-
ier president of the Corpus Christi
school board in tbe fidlowing communi-
cations made public today.
“Your telegram in regard to the Cot-
pus Christi school census was forward-
ed to me here. A* previously written
to you I am quite willing tn give y>u
every list I have after }cu have ap-
pointed a representative to go with -ny
representatives and show us that there
lists are correct or not correct
"We have every reason to believe
them Comet. I gave you every chcaae
in tbr beginning to be represented io onr
taking of the census if you so desired
Now I am not going to give out any
lists to be declared by you a corrwr
or incorrect without my being repre-
sented in your Inrestigations. Ti^s is
n perfectly fair attitude anil one which.
I believe will meet with the approval
of the people of the state.
"I shall be in Austin on tbe 12th aud
ran see you then or later if you "de-
sire to discuss this matter with me."
TAX PAYERS TO MEET
Harris County Farmers to Protest Rah
in< Assessment.
Houston Tex-. July 9 — A miss
meeting of all farmers and other rural
residenta wbn desire to protect acainsi
the commissionerM* court equaliri.tiou
Erogram on county assessments ba*
pen called by the Producers’ Protec-
tive League for 10 o’clock Monday
morning at the courthouse.
The call for thr meeting Issued by
; President J. F. Rane of Fairbanks ai d
Secretary J. M. Frost Jr. of Houston
asHerts that tbe county tax rate and oot
•the assessed valuation should be raised.
Particularly the league officers declare
that this is an inopportune time for an
; increase.
1 An increase In valuations in the rural
districts in order to place them on a
pro-rata etjuality with county ass<yn
ments in the city of Houston Is abso-
lutely necessary tn obtain sufficient
funds to keep up our roads County
Judge Chester H. Bnan declared Satu r
day to members of the league who pn»-
tested.
TEST PAROLE POWERS
(Mvict Hore to Show Nrtf Cannot
Revoke Hi Freedom.
Auatin. Tex. July B^-A teat 1 to
be made in tbe court of the power of
the governor to revoke parole and the
attorney general' department ia to rep-
rment the atate in t*o raiwa in which
thia oueatlon ia involved.
The department ba already ruled
that the governor ha the power to re-
voke parole. Amiatant Attorney Gen
oral L. S. Sutton left tonight for Eaet-
land where he will on next Tuendav
reprerent tbe atate in babea corpn-
proceeding directed againat the eheriff
by a convict whore parole wa revoked
by Governor Neff while Awirtant At-'
tornev General W. W. Meaehum left
for Kaufman where a aimllar proceed
ing in reheduled for next Monday in
the district court. In both In.tancee the
parole had Veen granted by former
Governor Hobby. I
PEACE REIGNS
OVER IBELIND
BEFORE TRUCE
Hostilities Called Off By
Both Sides Preparing
For Armistice
WALK WITHOUT FEAR
RopaHican and British
Troops Salute As They
Pass in Streets
Dublin. July (.—lreland ami Britain
were virtually at peace tonight. Hinn
Fein aoldlers English black and tans
aud crown troop mingled in tbe street.
Citisens wslked with their familie. in
no danger of having to dash into door-
ways to avoid sudden showers of bul-
lets.
The Maclteady-Colllns truce does not
go into effect officially until Monday
noon but Gen. Nevil Macßeady com-
mander of tbe British forcra. and Ml-
cbael Collins head of the Republican
army today ordered their men to ob-
serve it immediately.
Patrol Are Withdrawn.
The Britiah military patrol were
withdrawn and tbe aentriea usually
|u>sted at Important places were not on
I duty tonight. Uniformed Republican
' army member strolled about unmolest-
ed and in some instance Mlnte were
exclmnged between British and Irish
soldiers.
Advices from other Irish citie indi-
cated that similar condition prevailed in
them.
Tbe tension had not entirely relaxed
however and precautions were being
exercised by officers of both sides to
prevent clubs* of tbeir men. It wa
feared the troop might become Involved
in quarrel with Hinn Feiners. which
would lead to unauthorised fighting.
The provost guards were on the alert
to prevent any sueh development.
North Not Enrhusiastic.
Tbe curfew rule which will be abro-
gated under tbe armistice terms was
still in force tonight and will be in fore
tomorrow uight. But it wa not re
•trictly observed as it was before the
tTMB wes signed.
Advices from Elster indicated that
tbe people of the north of Ireland are
not very enthusiastic about tbe trace
and it ia believed that If there are any
further disturbances they probably will
incur in Bc’f.ret. Vl-ter
regarded the truce with <1 •‘fsvo-. •
that the government should not deal
w..u the Hinn Feiners.
PARTIBB ARB JUBILANT.
Bulb Side Expert Sucre From Nego
tiatierM on Teae.
Loudon. July 8. —Lloyd-George to-
night went to Chequers bis country ev-
tatq for a conference with premier of
tbe Britiah dominion preliminary to
the opening of the Irih peace negntia-
tion.
Tlie first session of the peace par-
leys probably will be Thursday when
Lloyd-George and Eamonn De Valc.'a
will meet. Tbe intervening day will
be spent collecting and systematizing
tbe great masse of data for the Brit-
ish negotiators.
The conference promises to be a long
drawn out complicated afafir. Indica-
tions tonight were that the Beestons
will laat aeveral months.
Both hi^w ton xht were apparently
confident that a permanent peace will
result. The official order for the sus-
pension of hostilities issued by tbe re-
publican army general beadquarters in
Dublin stated that tlie Irish representa-
tives in the negotstions “would do
tbeir utmost to secure just and faith-
ful termination of the struggle."
Downing Street JnblUnt.
Tbe Irish office here and Downing
street were jubilant over the prospect
of a solution of the age-old problem.
Only a tremendous armed outbreak
in Ireland Ju violation of the truce
could interrupt the proceedings it was
felt here.
Lord Middleton Irish Unionist lead-
er conferred with King George today
following his arrival in London in
Dublin where he bad participated in
the conference which resulted in the
truce- The king is understood to have
received from him a first-hand account
of al! that took place.
“We have mansged to bridge tbe dif-
ficulties" said Lord Middleton on ar-
rivrqj here. The general feeling is
overwhelmingly in fsvor of a settle-
ment. I am hopeful the problem will
be reived."
The king is being given credit for
playing a prominent part in making the
(Continued on Next I’sye.)
Twenty Leading Advertisers
Twenty of the leading advertisers of San Antonio who fur-
nish more than 50 per cent of the advertising copy appearing in the
San Aptonio papers have credited The San Antonio Light with
93.85 points out of 100 points perfect as a newspaper of character
cleanliness and drawing power. The second paper was credited with
83.08 and the third paper 37.53.
On the important question as to cleanliness of its advertising
columns. The Light was given a total of 8.79 out of a possible 4
points perfect. The second paper was credited with 2.45 and the
third paper with 1 point. It ia well known that The Light does not
accept unethical advertising and that its columns are kept clean.
On the important question as to the following The Light has
among people of thrift and economy who watch ads compare offer-
ings and hunt bargains a credit of 9.95 out of a possible 10 points
pegfeet was given to The Light. The second paper was given a
total of 7.60.
On this showing The Light was credited with 30 per cent more
drawing power as an advertising medium than the second paper.
During the first six months of 1921 The Light printed 195489
inches of store sdvertising against 142965 inches in the second
paper. Tlie Light therefore carried 36.7 per cent more advertising
than the second paper thereby emchasiting in a practical way The
Light’s supremacy as a clean and effective advertising medium and
.•onfirreing the deliberate judgment of the principal advertisers of
Ais city. v
DEFINITE STEP TOWARD
DISARMAMENT POSSIBLE
WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS
Hughes Understood to Have
Secured England’s Con-
sent to Plan.
Washington D. C. July 8— A Jefl
nite step tnwsrd diMrmsment may be
expected shortly it was nnderstood to-
night from high authority.
A public pronouncement from Presi-
dent Herding or Sscretnry f State
Hughes may be a matter of only a few
days It was strongly indicated here.
Alrrady Secretary Hughee ie under-
i-tood to have necured the consent of
Great Britain and possibly of Jaoau
to a disarmament conference between
these two countriae-x and the United
Stetee. *
Hugbe to believed to have received
thio word from Col. George Hervey
American ambassador to Lindon to-
day.
He went immediately to the White
Houaa to confer with Preeideot Hard-
ing and ietsr in the day he visited the
President again when he ia believed ta
have presented for final approval the
action he intended to take on the word
from London.
PLAN POLITICAL FIGHT
AGAINST KANSAS COURT
FOR INDUSTRIAL SUITS
Howat Would Join Labor
Farmers and Anti-court
Factions.
Columbus. Kaa July 8— Political
plans of Alexander Howat fourteenth
district mine union chief to combat
the Kanra* industrial court law do not
include formation of a wholly new Kan-
Ma political party but arc designed for
control of the Republican party by
anti-court factions it was declared here
tonight
Howat will not head a new party it
waa announced. Instead he will seek
to orgauiae union labor fanners and
anti-court factions with the idea of
•retting control of the Republican party
nutting anti-court candidates In the
field for the Republican nomination for
state offices. I
The mine chief will attempt to swing
Democrats who ara not in favor of the
industrial court law into tbr ranks of
the movement his leaders declared.
Howat announqod today he had drop-
ped the “strike weapon" against the
industrial court law in favor of politi-
cal plana. Himultaneouidy he made a
“tatement urging miners idle ia tbe
Southern Kansas fields because of bis
conviction in district court on a charge
of violating the court law to return to
work.
SUE FOR PURE WATER
Houston Heights Attorneys Say They
Will Mandamus Mayor to Get It.
Houston Tex. July (.—Preparations
were being made today for writing »
new chapter in thr famous rase of the
people ot Houston Heights in re pure
water.
This time it is likely to be a real le-
gal rase for Attorneys J. P. Rogen
nod Fletcher S. Jones stating that they
reprwent a large number of Heights
residents ara expecting to file applica-
tion for a writ of mandamus again-t
Mayor Holcombe and the citv council
to require them to give the Heights poo
pie their old water or what to con-
sidered wholesome water.
d The suit will probably be filed Mon-
tbe petition rets forth that It Is the
duty of tbe city to furnish "water rea-
sonably clean remumably clear from col-
or or Infection or odor." It is allegol
that tlie city has not done this.
DEATH PENALTY GIVEN
Mayer of Fort Worth Watchman
Given Extreme Verdict.
Fort Worth. Tex. July B.—After de-
liberating four hours a jury in tbe crim-
inal district court returned a verdict
for the death penalty against Erneet
Vickers 20. Saturday afternoon at 5
o'clock. Vickers was charged with
killing J. B. Ixiper. special officer for
the Frisco. Loper waa slain on the
night of October 20. as he creased the
Tcxgs & Pacific reservation and re-
fused to obey the command of a high-
wayman to ‘‘stick ’em up.”
Calmly Vickers receive! tbe verdict.
However he turned pale as the jurors
filed into tbe jury box just before Judge
Hosey returned the verdict.
As a precautionary measure against
any possible demonstration Sheriff
Smith with seven deputy sheriffs were
in the courtroom when the verdict was
returned.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PROFITS SHOWN
BE RAILROADS
FOB THIS TEH
Rapid Return to PrM|Mdty
Is Goad Sign for
Future.
TO SPEND MORE MONEY
Improvement* to Be Made
Will Revive Other In*
dwtriee.
By HARDEN COLFAX
Copyright. !>gt. by tbe San Antonio Light.
Washington D. C July The rail-
roads ot the United Statee are traveling
at high speed back to financial health
land happiness. Their progress to the
I brightest light in the business situation
• nd f° T • general revival
of all industry in the days to come—-
days tiiat are on the nearer aide of next
year than most folks imagine. On the
basis ot past performances on recent
months and the wage reduction put into
effect nine days ago. it seems reasonable
ito expect that the entire transportation
I system of the country will earn some-
where in tbe neighborhood of an annual
rate of five per cent on investment dur-
ing the present months.
More than that the governments
tentative plan to make available half a
billion dollars for pressing needs will
relieve the roads of their immediate fi-
nancial pressure give them a Oreatbiug
spell enhance the value of their securi-
ties and enable some of the more taror-
sbly situated linea to go ahead with
contemplated improvements and better-
tnenta. Such action in tnrn would
give employment to workers in steel
plants car foundries and the thousand
and one other industrial murpiree
whose products flow to the carriers and
whose prosperity to dependent on them.
Revival of Businwu. Forecast.
It looks theerfore as if there would
be an increasing bnsineaa revival in in-
dustrial planta supplying railroads dur-
ing tbe next few months- -a revival that
: would be reflected in tbe industries sup-
plying those plants with their raw aa-
'teriala In the ordinary processea ot
businew a looeening of the tight buy-
ing situation on the pert of the made
: would br reflected ana multiplied many
[times with resultant alleviation to ia-
duetry and that in turn would revolt
in more traffic aad thus enable the
roads through their increased revenues
to further the extent of the purchase of
। necessities.
Five per cent annual earnings figures
* r * J b ***4 5“ " tn ™ O“ $ll eI«M
roads with oae exception throughout
the United States. There sre two
hundred and one such roads those whose
snnual revenues exceed one million dol-
lars—and two hundred of them have
reported. The two hundred show tho
following encouraging results:
Operating reven nee for the month.
$44456<J.(M10.
«P«ees ^r tbe month.
837I».715.OOO.
Net operating income after the de-
duction of taxes and joint rental
charges $3724ti.(*00.
Roods Show a Profit.
The net income for May ahown above
best uf the year is st the annual rate
of $2.41 per cent on the invested capi-
tal of eighteen billion dollars. Inci-
dentally tbe net ipcome show an in-
crease over May 1920. of 779.9 per
cent for in May. 1020. the roads piled
up a deficit of *5.519.000. The higher
rates of course are responsible mainly
for the better showing. Other factors
are the rigid economies put into effect
and the curtailment of working forcea.
Where the ruads employed five men in
May 1020 they employed but four by
actual count a year later.
Moat significant ia the fact that the
showing in May was made on the basis
of the old-time wage acales. the highest
ever known and the national agree-
ments were still in force. Both are In
the discard now by virtue of the labor
board's decision. That means a saving
of not Iras than *36000.000 a month to
tbe roads or to turn the equation tbe
other way around a decrease of *35.-
000.000 a month in operating expenses
and a corresponding increase in net in-
come.
June Report Shows Optimtoau
Preliminary June figures show the
roads standing up as well in that month
as they did in May. Undoubtedly they
will show as good results iu July but
with the added impetus of a $35000.-
0(io ent in operating expenses. Assum-
ing revruuea in July are as great as
they were in May—snd there is every
indication that they will be as high or
higher— net income therefore would be
$37000000 tbe May figures pins
*35.000000 the July savings in wages
or a total of $72000000.
In considering tbe halt billion dollars
to go to the roads from the government
it should be borne in mind that that
sum would not be in the fora ot a -ioas.
It will be' payment of a debt incurred
during the days of federal control. True
the roads owe the government aa equal
amount or thereabouts but the govern-
ment will accept securitiea in payment
undec some scheme which would enabl -
tbe roiids to pay off tbe principal by
instalments.
SAY WOMEN “THUGS”
Kiport Two Executed Twe Hlgkway
Robberies.
Two negro women were placed in the
city jail Haturday afternoon and held
on charges of highway robbery. The
women are suspected as being ' thugs"
who Thursday uight held up Joe Orosco
and nn Friday night held Up M. Vera.
«» East Commerce street tailor rub-
ling the latter of *75. Orosco says he
lost $“.
The women. Mid to have been armed
with razors suddenly halted the men
and while one held and threatened with
Ihe wrajsm the other rifled the T»>ekr««
of thr victims line robbery war ri"
N. lan awl Live Oak streets and i 1
oilier at Kael Ownmetve and Uvez ♦
tieets. Vera. th<> pr>|i -r mv. ha f •
tifird tlie wizmiers Tbe »r-t ( I
made by Officers Town»»nd^eJ
haau.
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