The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 128, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 27, 1923 Page: 7 of 64
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IL EXECUTE
FRANK GM
mum
Mandate Affirming Death
Sentence by Hanging Re-
turned From Austin.
KILLED YOUNG WOMAN
To Die for Murder of Girl
He “Loved and Could
Not Get.”
.The death knell of Frank Cadena
i?s*%ounded.
Unless executive clemency is grant-
d him the man who was liven the
leath penalty upon conviction of
he murder of his eighteen-year-old
dster-in-law Pablita Jiminez must
iwing. His last legal recourse has
>een c:ha. ted and only the orders of
•Ovrrnor Pat M. Neff commuting
lis sentence to life imprisonment can
lave him..
This was determined late Saturday
ifternoon when Don Marr chief
leputy in the office of the B-xur
■onntv district clerk received from
he clerk of the Court of Criminal
Appeals at Austin the mandate
I'hieh says thr Cadena must hnng.
Appeal had been taken to that
ribunal when Cadena was convicted
n the Thirty-seventh District Court
'he case had been affirmed and up-
dication had been made for a re-
tearing. On Wednesday ’ last the
'ourt of Criminal Appeals refused
hat application meaning that Ca-
lena's final appeal had come to
taught. No action toward pronounc-
ng the death sentence however
•ottld be taken until the mandate of
he higher court had come down.
Judge W. 8. Anderson presiding
ver the Thirty-seventh District Court
tad not bee advised of the filing of
he higher court’s mandate late Sat-
irday The law prescribes. Judge
knderson .aid that a man cannot be
•xecutcd tinder 30 days from the
ime of the filing of the mandate
’here is no maximum time prescrib-
'd. nor is it mandatory ns to the
ime when sentence must be passed.
May Ha - Within Thirty Days.
Judge Anderson upon being ques-
ioned as to when he will sentence
.'adena to death declined to answer
laying that he has not ns yet made
ip his mind. It is generally believed
lotvcver. that sentence will be passed
^gwa the early part of this week
m<i rhat unless Governor Neff in-
ercedes upon Cadena's behalf he
rill have been hnnjed within 30
lays after pronouncement of the
leath? sentence. ■
It is not e.pected that Judge An-
lerson will give any previous notice
If his intention to sentence the
tondemned mnn. as he is desirous
If forestalling the presence of a mor-
idly curious crowd to hear the man s
oom pronounced.
Following the passin- of sentence
ipon Cadcnn. he will be transferred
>y Jailer John Wiatrek to the death
•ell on the third floor of the jail
here to await the day of execution.
Ie will occupy a cell only recently
racated by G. W. Stephens whose
icntencegt’o death for the murder of
\ A. Finucane was commuted to life
mprisonment by Governor Neff and
»y Clemente Apolinar who paid the
iipreme penalty for the murder of
•oung Theodore Bernhard. Friends
f Cadena nrc hopeful that the gov-
rnor mny Intercede in his case ns
van done in that of Stephens and
hat Cadena will not follow Apolinar
o the gallows. •
Will Use Rope Third Time.
A highly interesting feature in
onneetion with the Cadena case is
hat if he does hang he will be
erked to his doom by the same rope
vhich already has served a like pur-
iosc twice before. This is the rope
rith which Apolinar was hanged and
rhieh was loaned to the sheriff of
treater county only recently and
sed in the hanging of a man named
fnghes. convicted of the murder of
companion with whom he was trav-
line on n freight train. The knot
vhich broke the neck of young
highes is still tied in the rope and
rill obviate the necessity of a new
ne being prepared for Cadena. Ac-
ording to .Taller Wintrek the rope
excellent condition and is of
ufficient length to claim still an-
ther victim. The rope now reposes
n a steel locker at the sheriff a of-
ice.
The eternal triangle figured pmm-
nently in the crime for which
’adena la to hang.
“I killed her beoeusc I loved her
nd could not get her." was the an-
tuished cry of Cadena when he
urrendered to the police on Friday
fternoon. April 14. 1922 after hav-
ng committed the crime. His young
ister-in-law .y dead at her home
112 Saunders avenue with three
ullet wounds in her body. Cadenn
ad surrendered to officers nt the
orner of South Laredo and Durango
treets wl.' ; other officers were
couring the city for him. Cadena
n a subseiuent confession said he
nfered the home and found the girl
lone. She was shot as she sat on
he bed. Cadena was an ex-service
mn and was 33 years old at the time
f the commission of the crime.
PASSING THE BUCK.
Wife—l don’t believe you racked
ne of those cigars I grave you on
'hriatmas
Henry—You’re right dear I’tn go-
if to keep them until Willie wenU
> lean to racks; they'D cure him.
~ SUNDAY.
“We Have With Us Today”
JOHrt WLUAtIi XT /2 JOHH WILLIAMS AT 2/ JOHU WILLIAMS. TODAY
Williams John owner and proprie-
tor of the John Williams Furnishing
company director of the Commercial
Ixian and Trust company. Born No-
vember 20 1879. Galveston Texas
sou of John Willi ms of Ireland and
Anna Erasmus of San Antonio.
History of Life- - Finishing the
grade schools nt Galveston at the age
of 13 he put aside thought of further
and higher schooling and entered then
actively into his business career. His
first steady job was with the R. Co-
hen company men’s furnishings of
Galveston. He s’lyed with the firm
for twelve years and then seeing a
larger opportunity in San’ Antonio
rami' here. That was in 1906. Land-
ing here he at once went to work for
Aaron Frank. He stayed there for
six years studying the men’ furnish-
ing business in San Antonio from
every angle. Ry 1912 he was ready
to launch a business of his own.’His
first location a little place with an
eleven-foot front was in the old
Maverick Hotel building on Houston
street. From that small start be has
FIX THREE ROADS
Commissioners Also Reappoint County
Health Officer.
Repairing of three important and
much traveled thoroughfares will be
undertaken at once pursuant to or-
ders issued by the Bexar county com-
missioners court nt its meeting last
week. The Pearsall road front the
International and Great Northern
railroad track to Kelly Field in com-
missioner’s precinct No. 1 will have
all the chuck holes fi’led and the as-
phalt topping repaired. In County
Commissioner Joe Newton’s precinct
No. 2 the Fredericksburg rond from
Bhiemel’s store to the Camp Stanley
gate is to be retopped with asphalt
where necessary and the Castro street
in the same precinct from North La-
redo to Zarzamora stieet is to re-
ceive the same treatment. This will
place the Laredo. Medina Lake nnd
Boerne roads in first class shape to the
limits of Bexar county.
In addition to these three principal
highways the court provided for the
repairing of several others which are
beginning to show wear. They include
the Pleasanton rond from the ity lim-
its to the Medina river bridge the
Somerset road from the city limits to
the Palo Alto ro d and tne Castro
ville road from the city limits to the
end of the surface treatment. It was
nlso ordered by the court that the W.
O. W. road from North New Braun-
fels to the W. O. W. hospital in
commissioner’s precinct No. 3 be
graded graveled and rolled.
The court reappointed Dr. D. Ber-
rey as county 1 ealth officer nnd Dr.
Ivy Stansell as his assistant.
VISIT FORT WORTH
Mayor-elect and Commissioner to In-
spect Incinerator.
Mayor-elect John W. Tobin and
Park Commissioner Ray Lambert
scheduled to leave Snn Antonio either
Saturday or Sunday night for Fort
Worth to Inspect the garbage disposal
system in use there. The visit ot the
two city officials is for the purpose
of ascertaining the merits of the Fort
Worth system as compared with the
one built at Snn Antonio with a view
to deciding which system shall be
adopted in Snn Antonio. It i ■ planned
to build additional units here and dis-
pose of all fArbage by the incinerator
method.
According to Commissioner Lambert
it ia planned to abandon the old dump
grounds northwest of Brackenridge
Park as soon as the additional incin-
erator units are built. He believes that
there are sufficient funds available
from the incinerator bond issue to
build a plant which will care for the
city's present needs. He is already
negotiating with the county for the
building of a road to the incinerator
plant on the Salado creek and hopes
to start work on the new units as soon
as possible.
Mr. Tobin and Commissioner Lam
bert r.re expected to return to Ran
Antonio either Tuesday or Wednes-
day.
FARMS NEED LABOR
Federal Bulletin Says Wheat Harvest
Force Not Assured.
Harvesting of wheat in North Texas
will start about June 1 according to
a bulletin received Saturday by the
agricultural department of the Cham-
bcr of Commerce which after giving a
report of cron and labor conditions
states that the apparent shortage of
labor is such as to cause alarm.
According to the bulletin there is
very little unemployment in any sec-
tion of .he country and there is an in-
creasing demand for labor. There is
an apparent labor shortage in many
parts of the country it states and
for the first time this shortage in the
South and Southwest is being expe-
rienced to such an extent as to be
alarming. This is attributed to the
fact that a large number of men who
have always worked on the farm have
migrated to the large cities.
The wheat harvest in the southern
counties of Oklahoma the bulletin
states will also begin about July 1.
In northern counties of the state it
will start about twq weeks later. In
Kansas the harvest will start about
June 90 in the southern part and
expanded until he today has a etore
with a 24-foot front in one of the best
locations in the city the Gunter Ho-
tel corner where he has built up ope
of the most popular and progressive
men's stores of the city. Devoting
much of his time and energy to his
business he has still had time to per-
form his civic duties to the city.
Among other activities he has for the
past seven years been vice president
of the Fiesta de San Jacinto Associa-
tion.
He was married in 1904 to Mlsa
Ellen Railton of Galveston. They
have two children a boy Kirwin 16.
and a girl Eunice 13.
Boyhood Ambitions —His first am-
bition. thnt which spurred him to get
his first job and earn his first money
was to own a bicycle. With his first
serious thoughts of the future his am-
bition was to own a furnishing store.
From th* time when he first made up
his mind on this his efforts lave been
centered. To other young men seek-
ing success he offers this concentra-
tion on a definite goal as the golden
rule.
nbout July 1 in the northern part
Information regarding the require-
ments of labor in Texas according to
the bulletin can be obtained from the
Federal Employment Bureau unices in
Dallas Fort Worth and Amarillo.
Oklahoma offices of the bureau where
the information for that state can be
obtained arc located at Oklahoma City
Tulsa Muskogee. Enid and Ardmore.
BOY WILL RECOVER
Lad Jumped Front Blazing Building
mid Missed Life Net.
Edmund Thorn. 14 who was ae->
riously injured at 11 o'clock Satur-
day morning when he jumped from the
third story of a burning apartment
house at 160 Routh street wns much
improved Saturday night according to
statements made by attendantn at the
Robert B. Green Hospital where the
boy was taken. Neighbors were hold-
ing an improvised net employing a
rug for the purpose but young Thorn
missed his mark and struck the ground.
Both his ankles were badly sprained
and it was nt first feared that he
was seriously injured internally.
Mrs. Rogers Davis an elderly wo-
man. and a young woman whose name
was t ot lenrped. who were residents of
the apartment house and bed-ridden
at the ’ime of the fire were carried
out by friends before th* flames
reached their rootns. They were token
to neighboring hous s and nre said to
have suffered no ill effects from the
excitement.
Sponsoring Sfior/ Kinrpj
NEW MODELS
New arrivals for the sweet girl graduate nnd
the June bride. Shoes to match every costume
is the boast of the French Booterie. (
Wiffss <S®.
Clubs—Lions' Club Knights of Co-
lumbus and Knights of Columbus
Luncheon Club Elks and Chamber
of Commerce.
Hobby—Baseball.
Recreation —Spending a day in the
country roaming the hills and ex-
ploring streams.
Ambition for San Antonio—“ Sur-
ely.” Mr. Williams snid when asked his
ambitions for the city. “I endorse all
civic and business movements that
have as their ultimate goal the good
of San Antonio. I want to see it
grow nnd prosper and I want to see
it protected from the menace of
floods. But my pet ambition is to
see it clean and tidy. I want to see
the streets and sidewalks cleaned nnd
the garbage hauled early in the morn-
ing before the mass of the people are
up nnd moving nbout. First impres-
sions are Insting and strangers and
potential citizens mid business men
often judge n city by its cleanliness.
Even though it may have many good
points and offer untold opportunities
there nre many who will not look for
them under a layer of dirt."
PLACE MORE RESERVES
Twelve Local Officers Among the 112
Assigned.
In the third special order issued this
month by the non-divisional group re-
serve troops of the Eighth Corps Area
112 reserve officers are assigned or at-
tached to various units of .lie non-
divisional group. Twelve were local
officers.
The San Antonians affected are:
Capt. Leon S. Goodman 133 East El-
mira street assigned to the Eighth
Field Artillery corps; Second Lieuts.
Clarence A. Knowlton Jr. 104 Kirk
street; Herbert M. Newstrom. 203
West Myrtle street; Felix N. Parsons
Ran Antonio Air Intermediate Depot;
William J. Perrin 301 Bedell Build-
ing and Estey R. Youngblood 332
South Hackberry street assigned to
the 475th air service. Attack Squad-
ron ; Second Lieut. Robert H. Seales.
1524 Saunders avenue assigned to
498th Field Artillery ; First Lieut.
George M. Reviere. assigned to 331st
Motor Repair Battalion ; Second Lieut.
Paul F. Ehlert 219 Harding Place
attached to 348th Medical Regiment;
Capt. Thomas H. Jarrell 125 Oakland
street attached to 327th air service.
Pursuit Group; Second Lieut. John
L. Price attached to 311th Cavalry
and Second Lieut. Joseph L. Hogan
fire marshal at Fort Sam Houston
assigned to 331st Motor Repair Bat-
talion.
No. 1 Illustration—
Hilstum black satin cut-
out sandal $15.00 |
Hilsturn Sahara tan kid
cut-out sandal $17.50
Hilaturn cham-
pagne kid cut- k
out sandal.. .$17.50
No. 2 Illustration—
All-over lavender kid I ■
cross strap $14.50 V
All-over champagne kid
cross strap $14.50
... ....
All-over red kid
cross strap.. .$14.50
All-over apple J
green kid cross
strap $14.50 |
No. 3 Illustration—-
■
Madrid all white linen
front strap cut-out
\ quarter $11.50
Madrid all blaek
satin front
K cut-out quar- L
A ter $15.50 V
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
WILL HONOR DUNCAN
Major Killed in Plane Fall Was Mem-
ber of Ixical American Legion Post.
Maj. Thomas Duncnn formerly as-
sistant chief of staff of the 90th Di-
vision reserves here and prominent
member of the local post of the Amer-
ican Legion who was killed Friday
in an airplane accident near Bolling
Field Washington D. C„ will be one
of those honored by the Snn Antonio
post at the memorial services Monday.
Other prominent legion members who
have died during the last year are
Col. J. A. Gailbralth and Capt. Ed-
ward McManus.
The service will be held following
the regular weekly lumheon at the
Gunter Monday noon nnd will be pre-
■" RICH BOOK’S =
UNLOADING SALE
features this week 4 big
Fast Color I SILK
GINGHAMS DRESSES
The finest selection Canton
Pretty checks 2-tone com- Crepe Flat Crepe and Satin
Face Cantons that are abso-
binations etc. in all sizes. lutely worth up to $25.00 — un-
loading them at—-
■ s l= sl3=
_ I L—__—
HATS Silk Hose Piece Goods Piece Goods |
And 2 other good buys
A wonderful selection 12 strand pure silk hose Where can you buy — 5-vard piece of
georgette 40 inches wide
of tailored hats—with -genuine full fashioned crepe de chine 40 Inches .insham
values up to $10 — wide messaline 36 inches a “d tissue gingham
grouped into one lot— —the regular price is $2 I wide all colors for Patterns.
£ • A ard
$4.29 $1.39 | $1.39 17c 39 c
SKIRTS
In this group we have placed M e >Sk W
~ “ Or
COR. W. HOUSTON AT FLORES ST.
IM
for Joske’s Semi-Annual Sale Thursday
—and You 7Z Buy it for Less!
sided over by Chaplain J. Stuart
Pearce. Major Duncan was on duty
with the reserves here from Septem-
ber 1921 to September 1922 mid
during that time wns'one of the lead-
ers in assisting Col. B. B. Buck ia
organizing the 90th Division. He was
transferred to Washington to enter the
office of the chief of the militia bu-
reau. having charge of ill national
guard air service activities f lying
near Bolling Field Friday with Irving
H. Kroupp n civilian the plane sud-
denly crashed and burst into flames.
Both were killed. Major Duncan hud
retained his membership in the local
post of the legion.
He will be burled in Arlington Cem-
etery Monday and large floral wreaths
are being sent by Alamo Post the 90th
Division and the Snn Antonio Chapter
of the Reserve Offictrs’ Association.
DRESS GROUPS
TISSUE GINGHAM VOILES and
FROCKS GINGHAMS
An unusually well made lot of These Dresses consist of the
Drtuei in soft dainty pattern and
pleasing shades. All sixes. | S best grade of Scotch G ngham i
Al.o included in this group are a " d fi " C Vcile—the kind that
•ome Silk Canton and Taffeta you Oav $9 and $lO for any-
which we are clo.ing out at this whcre in town
DRILL IN OPEN
Elks Patrol Will Practice for Coming
Lodge Contest.
Citizens who take an interest in
plain and fancy drills now have nn op-
portunity of witnessing free exhibi-
tions two nights a week in the down-
town district.
The Elks' Patrol has arranged for
use of the vacant property at the in-
tersection of St. Marys and Martin
streels as drill grounds and on Ture-
day and Friday nights the drill team
goes through a variety of “steps” in
preparing for the national competitions
at the Grand Lodge convention in At-
lanta this summer. Last year at At-
lantic City the patrol was nosed out
’ MAY 27 1923.
of first place by a narrow margin nhd
this season members of tl.e dri'l team
are determined to "bring home the ba-
con.”
In addition to its intensive drill
schedule the patrol has also inaugu-
rated a scries of weekly dances at the
Elks' Club. These dances are held
on Thursday nights and are open to
the lodge membei^hip and invited
guests. Proceeds from the dances will
be used by the patrol for the pnrehaw
of new equipment and uniforms in
connection with the approaching trip
to Atlanta.
The Elks’ lodge will adopt a sum-
mer achedule of two u.eetings a month
effective June 1. During the summer
months the meeting dates wilt be the
first and third Mondays. The next
stag smoker will be held June 4 and
the next initiation June 18.
MEN!
Jut a word to
those who
didn't how up
Saturday. If
you really
want to ave
money come
i n tomorrow
and see us.
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