The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 118, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1923 Page: 2 of 24
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GULF-CANADA
AIRFLIGHT
PLANS MADE
Lieut Harrison G. Crocker
of Kelly Field Will
Be Pilot
MAY START IN TEXAS
Will Try for Canadian
Border Without Stop
in United States.
First Lieut. Harrison G. Crocker
of Kelly Field has been selected as
the army aviator to make a non-stop
flight from the gulf of Mexico to
the Canadian border it was an-
nounced by Col. John H. Howard
commanding officer of Kelly Field
Thursday morning. Lieutenant Crock-
er is a member of the Eighth Aero
Squadron of the Third Attack Group.
I/ieutenant Crocker has been station-
ed at Kelly Field since September
1921.
Capt. Lloyd L. Harvey and First
Lieut. Dale V. Gaffney both of the
Third Attack Group have been desig-
nated by Maj. Lewis H. Brereton
group commander as alternate pilots
for the Canadian flight in case some
unforaeen event might prevent Lieu-
tenant Crocker from making it. Both
Captain Harvey and Lieutenant Gaff-
ney flew in the Pulitzer races at De-
troit last fall.
Nd date has been fixed for the gulf-
toCanada flight but it wns stated
Thursday morning that it will be some
time in the near future. Neither has
a starting point been designated. It
is probable that this selection will be
left largely up to Lieutenant Crocker
and the commanding officer will ap-
prove startin gthe flight fmm any
point along the gulf coast selected by
the pilot.
Place Not Selected.
Cities from New Orleansto Browns-
ville are trying to have the flight
start from their field. McAllen and
Corpus Christi are making strong ef-
forts to be the starting point. Hous-
ton and Galveston have also made
^FRIDAY! A Welcome “May Sale”of
THURSDAY.
Mrs. Charles Bryan (left! was n grandma at 31 years of age. Now
sho’s 32 and is shown above with her daughter. Mrs. Fred Mortensen and
the latter’s baby boy Charles 15 months. It begins to look like Mrs. Bryan
is the country’s youngest grandmother.
efforts in that direction but as yet
no word lias been given out that would
indicate what section of the country
from which Lieutenant Crocker will
take off.
If Lientfkiant Crocker chooses to
follow a course from the vicinity of
New Orleans his flight will approx-
imate 1200 miles and will follow close-
ly the 90th meridian across the Unit*
cd States. This course will follow
to a large extent the Mississippi
river.
Should thep ilot choose the other
extreme and start his flight from the
vicinity of rownsville his route will
be lengthened approximately 300
mile s. A straight course from rowns-
ville to Lake Superior is 1500 miles.
Use Doolittle's Ship.
Lieutenant Crocker is to make the
long flight in the plane in which
Lieut. James H. Doolittle made his
one-stop flight from coast to coast
last September. The plane is to be
worked over immediately and placed
in condition.
The plane is a DeHaviland 4 with
a Liberty motor. It was especially
constructed for Lieutenant Doolittle's
flight having the front cockpit taken
out and room made for additional gas-
oline.
Lieutenant Crocker came to Kelly
Field in 1921. having received his
Know a Younger Grandma?
flying training at Carruthers Field.
Fort Worth in 1920. He Is also a
graduate of the Air Service Mechanics
School.
GUSHER STILL BLAZING
Prepare to ''Funnel Ont" Blare With
Aid of Casing.
Corsicana. Tex. .May 17.— Efforts
are being made to “funel out" the
blare of the Hughes-McKie well. A
line of ten-inch casing has been laid
on the ground running from the fire
limits into the mouth of the well
easing. A straight elbow or quarter
Placed on the end.
This will cap the hole and deflect
the oil and gas flow horizontally
through the ten-inch line it is he-
heved. This method is calculated by
oil men to shut off the oxygen supply
and nt the same time separate the
flow fmm the flame.
Should the plan fail a charge nf
pounds of RO per cent dynamite
will be used in shooting the well.
Should the dynamite shot fail netro-
glycerine wil be used to extinguish
the flames.
The fire has been blazing continu*
oualy since a week ago when at lea«t
fourteen lives were lost in the explo-
sion of the gusher.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
TEXAS NOT FACING
LARGE DEFICIENCY
SENATOR DECLARES
Sees Little Need for More
Revenue or Smaller
Appropriations.
Austin Tex. May 17.— The state
of Texas ia not facing as large a
deficiency as has been estimated and
there is little need for additional reve-
nue or a large reduction of appropria-
tions. Senator Stuart of Tarrant
county told the Senate this morning
during the short period it was in ses-
sion. He said that the revenues al-
ready provided have been under-esti-
mated.
The statement followed the introduc-
tion of a resolution by Floyd of Red
River urging the reduction of ap-
propriations rather than the enact-
ment of new revenue measures. Sena-
tor Floyd declared that the people
desire smaller appropriations instead
of increased taxation while Senator
Darwin stated that the appropriations
can be reduced but n small amount.
The Floyd resolution was laid on
the table.
A quorum w not present in the
upper House and it recessed until to-
morrow.
Governor Neff supplemented his
message to the Legislature yesterday
bv a brief communication today ex-
plaining that he intends to include
both revenue and appropriation meas-
ures under his call for the third
special session. The message was sent
he said at the request nf n House
commitee. which asked whether reve-
nue measures could he considered
under terms of bia communication of
yesterday.
The House committee on revenue
and taxation 'Wednesday evening re-
Itorted favorably these tax measures:
Quinn sulphur tax measure amended
by committee reducing the proposed
tax from 2 1-2 tn 2 per cent and
making it corrective of the present
act; Melsnn and Culn. occupation
tax on gas production; Culp graduat-
ed increase in telephone tax and
Lemaster collecting registration fees
from certain organizations other than
private corporations.
ARMY SURPLUS SOLD
Disposal of Vast War Stores Now
Nears Completion.
Washington. I). C May 17.—The
disposal nf army surplus appears tn
he nearing completion judging by re-
ports from competent sources. More
than one billion dollars has been re-
covered by the War Department
through those sales of surplus since
500 IWnnoA AcA
for Immediate and Summer Wear
•
A sale characteristic of Washer’s—coming as it does on the eve of summer makes it doubly important. In addition to all
the newest in "Summer Silk Dresses” are included scores of mid-summer models in: Laces Voiles Linens & Organdies.
In many instances the Dresses are A B^P
worth double the advertised price //B B
I
Summertimes’ Dresses for j
Favorite Materials Any Occasion (M B B^^^B
Canton Crepes Sport Frocks f M
Alltyme Crepes Street Dresses ZB jW
Roshanara Crepes Party Frocks
Tut Crepes Taffetas Dance Frocks IK
Organdies Linens Afternoon Frocks Z^H j JK
Voiles Laces and Dresses Z^B W
Sports Silks for General Wear Z^B
You must save! as every IS fl I fa
Dress is a reduced Dress |I 1111 WfTrytllKWw. YSO
'OnHouston jit .Jefferson:
the ending of the war in addition to
the immense quantities of surplus re-
tained for the use of the regular army
national guard and their reserve or-
ganizations.
Several large projects have been
among those offered the public such
ns the Norfolk Port Newark and
Charleston bases as well as numerous
buildings easements and improve-
ments sold from various army reser-
vations and cantonments.
Many other projects are however
to be disposed of before the War De-
partment withdraws from its jobbing
business and the indications are that
these will be placed on the market
within the coming four months.
Among those scheduled for early
sale are approiinately one thousand
buildings improvements and utilities
at Camp Grant. 111.; land and ease-
ments. or buildings and improve-
ments for wrecking or both at the
following points: Rochester Gun
Plant. New York Woodbury Ordnance
Reserve Depot New Jersey Camp
Humphreys Penniman Ordnance Re-
serve Depot and Richmond Air In-
termediate Depot all in Virginia f'arl-
strom nnd ’'orr Fields Florida Camp
Jackson South Carolina Park Field
Tennessee and Ellington Field Te-
as.
The task confronting the War De-
partment has been a large one when
it is considered that the disposals
w>re made so as not to interfere
unduly with established industry and
yet to reclaim fo r the United States
Treasury as largo a portion of the
war coat as possible. The amount
thus reclaimed represents slightly
more thnn 40 per cent of the cost of
materials disposed of which speaks
volumes in view of the prices prevail-
ing when the material was bought
and* the steady decrease in prices
since.
TEXAN TO GERMANY
Salls to Occupy *750.000 Chateau
Which He Bought for 910000.
New York May 17.— Herman Roth-
schild. of Houston Texas a cotton
manufacturer sailed today for Ham-
burg on the Hansa tn occupy a $750-
000 chateau near Baden-Baden which
he acquired for $lOOOO when marks
slumped.
Rothschild has lived in Texas for
fifteen years coming there as a poor
boy and building up a fortune. '
It took him two years to collect his
family scattered by the war. They
now are awaiting him in the chateau
to pass the summer with him.
Get Sult and Cigarettes.— Corporal
C. Knowlton 208 North Santa Rosa
avenue reported his room entered and
a siut of clothes valued at $37 stolen.
Thieves lifted a case of cigarettes front
a Merchants Transfer Company mo-
tor truck while the car was parked
in an alley running off Avenue C .be-
tween Houston and Travis streets.
TORNADO’S TOLL 23
Tents to House Homeless Are Shipped
From Austin.
Colorado. Tex May 17.—The toll
of dead from the tornado in southern
Mitchell county Monday morning
jumped to 23 when .Mrs. L C. Shef-
field and Juana Rios died from in-
juries received.
Mr. Sheffield died the morning of
the twister's turbulence. Juann Rioa
was the mother of Juanita Hernan-
dez. maimed Mexican women who gnvt
birth to n baby in the pastor's study
at the First Baptist Church Tuesday
night. The baby is ill and is not ex-
pected to survive.
The bodies of Mr. and - Mrs. Shef-
field were buried yesterday in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. It was the fourth
funeral service here for storm victims.
The local relief association is ex-
pecting to receive tents from Austin
Advices are that by direction of Gov-
ernor I’at M. Neff the adjutant gen-
eral's department rushed 100 tents
for use of the 350 odd persons ren-
dered homeless.
Meeting the appeal of the local R«l
Cross and co-operating relief organ-
izations. funds art coming in by wire
from all over Texas. The Salvation
Army has a corps of men here and
they are in personal charge nf emer-
gency relief work in the stricken dis-
trict.
Approximately 100 injured person
are being cared for in the local sani-
tarium.
“Scandal Street” by
Frank R. Adams —
written around the
inglorious death of an
idolized star—and
his double who
stepbed into the dead
man’s home and the
life of his widow to
save her from the
scandal-mongers
in JUNE
(Ssinopolitan
at all news stands
You’ll Want a New
Straw Hat
Choose from the finest and most satisfy-
ing stock we’ve shown in several years.
The hat you want at the price you’re
glad to pay is here. An interesting group
at—
$3.50
Others from $2.50 to S6.OE
Ishita
far you”
MAY 17 1923.
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