San Antonio Evening News (Newspaper) - April 10, 1922, San Antonio, Texas in Average Paid tion for the Month of 1922 SAN ANTONIO EVENING NEWS HOME EDITION United Universal Services Cable Dispatches from All Parts VOLUME 187. SAN APRIL 10, 1922.-TWELVE PAGES 21'ITWTVJ lo OHJ ud In 1Y_ fc HALLE Anti-French Plot Charged as Blast of Hidden Munitions Kills 26 in Upper ALLIED PROBE OF EXPLOSION IN GRAVEYARD IS ORDERED 23 French Soldiers Die in Disaster That Tears Great Hole in lo Determine If Poles or Germans Hid FAMOUS GENERAL OF GERMAN ARMY DIES AT POTSDAM Upper April vJ Martial law was declared in this district following an explosion in which at least 26 sons were killed and about 10 Twenty-three of the dead were French the other three were French troops were in n looking for hidden burled 1 in set off n hidden Grave stones over- turned ami the cemetery nearby were A liole was torn in the Trench were buried be- The explosion was followed hy heightened of the French that they were of. a The Inter- Allied Control Commission has ordered Into public Gen. 1'rench chief of the In- witnessed the So ordered an to determine if tlic munitions hart been hidden by Germans or All the ami picture theaters have been April Up to noon the French Foreign Office hnd received no official confirmation of the report of the of wore than a score of soldiers the explosion of a secret dump in JUROR HE BOUGHT TIRES FROM MAN ON TRIAL BOY BLOWN AWAY BY TWISTER TELLS OF TRIP AIR LIKE 15AIRD, April Sucked up in the vortex of a Texas battered and bruised by bits of flying debris while hurled through the and then dropped into a haystack 200 yards little Johnnie Lofton was alive and well Hours after the had demolished the Lofton home in lower Callahan ty a boy of was found sleeping in the deserted home of a a mile from where his home had His J. and mother were injured when the cyclone His little baby sister was His with began a frantic search for the son The in torn and tattered by the came from be- neath the covers of a bed when the party entered the first thing I said in telling his lifted me up in air and I flew like a was black except when the lightning glared and things kept hitting me. AH of a den I hit something soft and it jarred me so I thought I was but a stone hit me smack in the nose and I woke I was in the haystack and I dered here and to SLAYER OF FRIEND WHO ATTACKED WIFE MAY NOT BE TRIED SEATTLE GIRL KILLS HERSELF April Erich Von former hft of flic Herman and leader ttt one of flip overran died here of aneurism .tt nepr had been Jll for a of u April Bertha Brackett died in a hospital day from the oC a bullet she fired into her breast as stood in her place In tho of ibc Baptist Church here last witnesses hnd testified an a the jury was excused for few In THREE ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT persons were injured in an nuto collision on Military Plaza late Carrie and Lydia both living at 303 Durango slight bodily bruises and cuts the face and were taken to the 15. Green Hospital by the Both seated in a car driven by Houston which collided with another driven hr of the were Only one man injured when three collided near the cor- ner or Kouth Flores Lambert Streets early Saturday C. A. White West slightly about the Floyd Smith Flores J. K. Jackson 103 and drivers of the were c-d nnd charged with careless MIES was singing other hors of n re- volver from thu Mds of her end into her WHS was dismissed by tiie A. M. The pastor and of the congregation .to the where they held a prayerful all-night vigil over Miss The was 23 and the daughter of Seattle business Friends said she had recently broken her engagement to a young man of SUPREME COURT SAYS GALVESTON CITY LAW ON 5C FARE LEGAL D. Aprils Supreme Court of the United States today declared valid a city ordinance of fixing a 5-ccnt street car Lower Federal courts also had held the nance Court Kra riato Gomes tried on n burglary charge in with dis- 20 tires rained nt from mi concern by J. K. Williams on 21. tn speak to tlie the at the of the 1 said I did not know anything the but I believe T m of tho follows some of 1 those Defense attorneys seemed J Further brought nut that j talked to detect large cities of the and from the smaller May Ibc ruse following the j JT T said I didn't know nny i about I I know the he to ask that man he subpoenaed witness in Edward Assistant I spoke 1 been looking fitor town for him i and didn't nny idea that WES on tho I'd to enter n postpone this dismiss thf nnd Kft n defense The ordered nnd dismissed the J Another jury will be selected o'clock this Army of Mayors Opens State Phone Battle In Alamo City Monday arge cities of the and from the smaller legal and rate experts will journey to San Antonio on April 17, here to assemble in battle array for an onslaught against the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company jf They arc in to from hut re- sponsibility for tbo or nature rests not upon tfic of lie Mayor Black and city returned a city officials uf at Fort Worth about weeks lie was over Ihc nf n of DAUGHTERS OF 1812 ELECT SAN ANTONIO WOMAN TO OFFICE I Red Rose Cause of Storm Ending in the Arrest of Husband as Bootlegger A RED ordinarily a token of was the storm center of a bitter marital quarrel Sunday morning at a home on Avenue which ended in the husband's arrest on a charge of violating the Piloted by the aggrieved Jimmy one of Mayor Black s squad of went to the home yesterday morning and found three and one-half gallons of The woman had come to police headquarters to report that her husband had beaten her ACCEPT ALLIED PROGRAM 01 QUIT ECONOMIC LLOYD GEORGE TELLS CONFERENCE MEN WOUND I At the Lyons found the been trampled to piemen I hy ilie couple in their ttat tlie had been i Lyons learned the couple have a ease pending in court ruder the preliminary the wife has control and exclusive rights to the kitchen and several rooms of tho and her husband the Since they arc still under the same roof and arc supposed to be- at there Is an injunction restraining CAPTURE TRIO WHO ARE SATURDAY NIGHT either from removing anything the from CORP. WILLIAM Sgt. Gas were heroes Field the cap- late Saturday of one of whom wounded ic attempted lo The two were ordered to search for A at KieM after C a Van Ness Street was Mil up Morn 1'alacc Inn on the Unson Kond Saturday described the men Sunday it wife became a red rose la n vase la her husband's part the and decided she take ft over to But red have jio place life tUe husband he to tlie over the The of fell to tlie where It was trampled to The wife then went to BOOTH I where she called har ill sorts oil who Is Interested in making San Antonio a dry perked up his at the word and arranged for n visit to They were accompanied by Of- Crow tnd Kitchens of tbe In an upstairs room tha wife led Lyons to several demijohns which three and a half of The who Is nn was He arraignment this ed States on the place where he j possessing and transporting A of hides part and was released on of the field on the side of road at the lonely spot where tbe up took The three 111011 camp from the Lushes armed with revolvers ami took a watch and in motley from Lowery As the soldiers approached the revolvers in half hour three men stepped The alleged were ordered to one of them One shot brought him U. a halt with a bullet In his right The trio were searched and a revolver found in their Lowery identified them as ihe moa who held him Charles Deputy went tn the at Brooks where the men were to bring them to the county jail this Highway charges then will be filed against Sheriff April Mrs. prf Dallas of rhc of 3S12 fit Stale convention Other of- Mrs. 1-lcsumont, first rice Mrs. vice Mrs. J. third Mrs. tin fourth rico Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Walter Mrs. Mrs. James San M. Cordon Not April serious in the local oil lo millions of rels of stored and j in unknown j in Sinclair centrally o'clock liad five The Mark smoke hish into the hy oil continuously i cd from tlic Sinclair oil i for the hotter control of i that tbe be- here this next BEST At that time Mayor was with the assumption that the way to etop a raise In telephone rates to organize against it before It was he let It be At that there had been nn official nor intimation of an impending increase in rates in e that of and mi the flared widening the i ihe Southwestern Telephone Com- on Cmv j pany in the center of the threatening up nnd the bayou for several Caries on the Damage already done win amount to well over according to con- servative Scores of men narrowly escaped in- jury when the fire Efforts to the so fnr have bare visited Mayor him that the the local Strikes April den wind storm swept and vicinity at 4 o'clock this Fritish Foreign who i; injuring one showed no improvement trees and doing damage al I He to be able in and out of city and I join the British delegation at ing considerably to the soaking The Genoa before the end of the i earth lias had in the last ten I Are You Keeping Lookout For Mysterious must be increased and declared that an Increase in tbe rates seemed almost DEFINITE IS Definite announcement was until another the date for which was not The was attended by of general fnr telephone nnd F. M. manager One of the features was Insistent bwt an- peril the telephone men their cards down on Their on TITO YOUTH PREFERS DEATH TO SIGHT OF LEGS LOST BENEATH A FREIGHT Pete 24. bolh of bis lops severed from body by n freight train at tbe Street on the Southern didn't it kill It would be hp muttered to Of- tieer who picked bim injuries were when he attempted to board tlie tile police its was above the left below the He was taken to tbe Santa Rosa where it wag reported today flint he will Oklahoma oil man preme Court Justice will In the opinion of n number of homa tried tor th. of Lieut. Eerie Day he Das pleaded unwritten taw taroner i Inquest City nnd dint Jury that be not PROBE WILL BE RESUMED BY AUSTIN GRAND JURY Premier Facta of Italy Gathering Called to Restore European U. S. Ab- sence From Session CT. GEORGE'S April Lloyd today challenged the Russian delegation to accept ditions as a basis for its presence at the Genoa economic or In a speech drew applause from the 157 resenting 34 gathered in the council hall for the session of the most impressive international conference since sailles the British Premier declared the program for the was the program laid down at by the Supreme v By FRANK E. MASON Service Staff GENOA April the Genoa economic conference creep over the entire declared Premier Lloyd this afternoon in his keynote speech opening this great international con- The British statesman deplored the absence of the United The long heralded international whose object is restoration of economic prosperity in Europe and the European opened here today with the lenders confident that will be In addition to the various it is a treaty may be drawn Tip in the form of a peace pact bining the various international commercial yt APril Ing this afternoon a since 3, County srand Jury was to resume oC the Ku The tlon must be completed by April 20, as that is the last flay of present term of the District J. D. Police and Woodmen World by in the im- til to file R motion in tte motion overruled for relators it is effort irill to ry the case to United declared nnd will so to jail before they an- swer the convoked here to the misery of the declared Pre- mier Facta of welcoming Premier Lloyd Georce moved Premier Facta be made president the conference and Premier head of the French ed the Premier then took the In an address the Signer Facta sized the necessity of a political ment for solution of. the financial and transportation He confidence FACES f even those the same conditions we The con- front UH are Jn Three millions men arc today through Inck of on Two OWN HOSPITAL Man Who Shot Nurse Charged With Assault With Intent to Kill Airs J Ihe of death at Santa Rosa Infirmary with a bullet wound body which she and McAuliffe was inflicted 11 en tried to shoot a rabbit that had run m The couple was returning from church at the time of the which occurred about o'clock last night on the ana Koad half north of Slight hopes are for the recovery of Mrs. whose condition was reported as at have nothing to BLANTON ASKS PROBE OF HOUSE MEMBERS Feast tlie name of will be in nil nnd as as in the in San An- THE WEATHER She Is Still Riding Crowded Street dan Latest to Be His HAVE yon met the Stranger If you be sore look for her on car this She IK tier trips tn Her purpose is see that no woman is She wants lo in- still courtesy into every man in San Consequently if yon a woman standing on a crowded street car be sure to offer your seat to If it l happens to be the Stranger she will reward your courtesy by J bunding you nil for All you will have to do is to appear ut the of- fice of the where n new Gene an anto mechanic em- ployed by Clifton is the latest to win He was on a Southern car line late Saturday afternoon riding to liis at Street when the Mysterious boarded his It happened to he He offered his and this morning collected at the office of the i San A n t o n t O nnd T o n i K h i and Tuesday ly mini- mum temperature ffo to to westerly T x a Tonight colder nnd throughout the world ning Wednesday and continuing for a KabbI Sidney S. will have charge oC special service to bo held in Temple El Wednesday evening at G Thursday morning 10 o'clock and Saturday evening at i the last exercise or supper being held for the children of the day The observance of least is ried out with elaborate plans by many who hold 41 ill their The ritual and prayer at the feast nnd of features date to the holding ot the of living after the deliverance the l Jews from the i Sometimes called the of Un- I leavened it takes its name from the food eaten by the Israelites during their pilgrimage out of the land of the and the crossing of the It is this same kind will he eaten in the homes oC San Antonio during the WEBB COUNTY CASE BEING TRIED JN j 37TH DISTRICT D. asked itself nnd determine if any bers -ire and other In conduct oC public business through the House stationery A resolution for such an in- by of II bers hy of IN SIBERIA CLASH AGAIN April between of. tho occupational in Siberia is causing In the latest sians were with heavy nnd nrp in retreat alone fhe Seven A motion for trial of a against C. in Thirty-seven tii District Court wos hoard today by In Webb County District thu a to now jury were its to is alleged to have July 2, at BURGLAR LEAVES A NOTE CHILD FOR BANK for what 1 sat. 1 were oT note left hy the meanest he stolen a from the home of Eugene 12tr Tlie note WHN printed rt pencil on H rotish ttf The un- several havo the hat not It n very to the The bank few dollars in It vrus not this hnv heeti stolen thu watt awny it purely it plorable Sheriff Tobin visited the wounded nurse at o'clock this an hour after she was brought to the At that time she refused to at first even give lier attendants Later she was operated SHERIFF REPEATS TALK WITH WOUNDED Following Hie conversation Sheriff Tobin and Mrs. Foreman in Santa as repented by tbe did he shoot you? you set 1C T it do me any good if he is I you ever quarreled j me hnw it i salil be was IP shoot a efforts to elicit information from Mrs were Sheriff Tobin said C. for tlie At- will attempt to lion her further this afternoon In an effort to get a statement from The bullet passed entirely Mrs. body and fell from when nhc was to I that look her to Viin after she was shot and that there she first aid She was later brought to this city in an MAX COMPANION AT POLICE McAnlIffe accompanied tlie i lance into the went lo the door I of Ihe Ho then it I said lie reported tlic I to Police and savn I self He was held for later beins turned over to after tbe the affair from Sheriff Tobin said that he talked wilb man who claimed to be an of Mrs This save tho sheriff information is said to point toward a for the A of .in attempt to the Friday i is Investigated by the I Mrs 1 widow inl his r ii 4 years and a 1 living frith her R. W. Bozeman at was McAuliffe said he has a wife and a small sou In He his i been separated from Ills wife about six he told Sheriff Hospital attendants suid that Mrs. told them the shooting was LI WE SAYS HE WAS TO SHOOT RABBIT story is that lie attended Continued on Two CONFERENCE OF AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TO STUDY for the acquisition by city of the KObert II 19 be operated distinct of a Joint institution -us will he taken up morning at j County Judge with Mayor Black and at the City to a written proposal on negotiations may be based Dr. D. County and Dr. L. L. CitT will bo present at the Ir is understood that Dr. shire urge tlie of 4 In according to proposals which led to tlie the meeting tho will turn over- to tbe the deed to i the hospital pay off nil ness now about 5125.000, tlie city's sbara which is The consideration in turn an agreement by the to to nil the legal with the exception ct taken care of nt the County It the city were to take over n new board of control probably lie nnd Pay where charges would would be for thel benefit of 10; accommodations of according to of Dr. of Ihe strongest factors in Iho city county together reorganization plan in A of details the of the institution will presented in the proposal Interest Running High in Big Automobile All Attendance Records Musical Concerts Attracts Crowds of Thousands INTEREST in Fourth Annual Automobile staged in Anthony has net lagged in the slightest since its Thursday Enthusiasm and concern in this splendid exhibit manifested by the thousands of San and by the visitors ill who have turned out to view the season's moat magnificent ings of the automobile show that the trend of present desire is toward the motor n by a double ma The stress o tor Mr programs of entertainment ire features nf ihe evening liave felt that was ab- no possibility of their buying lia lo Mie if the attended the for the sake of Hie s that was 10 be of these folk I heir minds hard times ami mentally there's a will a as noted the perfect models in ihs nnd verbally an- their intention of an automobile before the exhibition Is So for clever 7orce if yul not fill in call UK ex ft The quartet Is of. 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