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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
3
President discusses army distribution totaling 283100 with Regulars 20000 state troops 31000 rurales 2100 and credits bank holidays from late last year through March 31 to preserve deposits. Villa reports advance on Torreon as Constitutionalist forces encroach while Tampico engages Guerrero in a chase.
A report from Juarez, Mexico dated April 2 states that the gunboat was forced to flee. No further details are provided in the transmitted text.
Advertises HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS as mild, reliable for lazy liver and constipation. Claims to cleanse bowels, improve digestion, skin clarity, and appetite. Suggests physicians in Hot Springs Arkansas endorse the product. 25 cents with money back guarantee and free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
Report says Torreon remains in Constitutionalists control since Sunday and that Villa leads a sizable force across the country toward Monterey. Government denies knowledge of General Vevisco at Torreon yet expresses confidence in his success. Villa sympathizers claim no news is allowed to protect his Monterey campaign.
New Orleans reports indicate Louis Terrazas Jr. a wealthy Mexican held by General Francisco Villa for three months has escaped his captors and traveled south toward Mexico City. Unconfirmed, the information reaches the city.
George Foster Peabody former treasurer of the Democratic national committee met with President Wilson in Washington on April 2. He said Wilson’s universal peace policy is correct and likely to prevail, viewing the administration’s stance on the Panama controversy as a step toward global peace.
Telegram to the Mexican embassy from the El Paso consul states federal reinforcements from Saltillo have arrived at Torreón and that there is little danger of Villa taking the city. The telegram does not specify troop numbers.
Two large permits approved Thursday morning. A $75,000 hotel project to be built by Watson and Kranzthor on Avenue C. A $16,000 improvement project for the Hugh Burses estate on East Houston Street. The Houston Street site previously housed Dan Breen's saloon now being replaced by a two story building.
George Edward Rube Waddell famed left hander and eccentric baseball star died at a San Antonio sanitarium after a battle with pneumonia and consumption contracted while aiding Mississippi flood victims. Funeral at Shelley-Loring parlors with Elk ritual and Rabbi Marks officiating. Waddell survived by parents four sisters and a brother and once held the AL strikeout record with Connie Mack’s Athletics.
Statisticians estimated that during a 15 year professional baseball career George Edward Rube Walld, who died yesterday, pitched to about thirteen thousand seven hundred forty two batters.
A 1909 testimonial from M. H. McCoy of Van Wert Ohio proclaims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the greatest remedy for kidney and liver trouble and nervous prostration. The letter, sworn before a Notary, urges readers to request a sample bottle and mentions pharmacy availability and a booklet on kidneys and bladder.
B White, seeking comptroller, urges T F McClure and Worth S Ray to present claims to the prohibition Democratic steering committee. If they refuse, the committee should endorse White Ray or McClure for the Democratic nomination. White backs a fair elimination plan and recalls a prior invitation to McClure to submit his name.
Ferguson leads in the anti prohibition era race for Texas governor as Fort Worth mass meeting is canceled. Sparks allies waver, some back Ball while most supporters likely rally to Ferguson. Local leaders warned Sparks men to enter the April primary and push an uninstructed delegation, but convention withdrawal shifts support to Ferguson.
Construction will begin within two weeks on a $100000 cotton seed oil mill on the Russell Coleman property south of the city. W S Fontaine resigns from Alamo Oil to head the project as general manager and oversee construction and operation. The plant will process cotton seed into meat and cake for cattle feed, with later plans to add feeding pens. refined oil is not planned.
Bishop E P Mouzon conducts daily revival services at Laurel Heights Methodist Church with morning 10 o clock and evening sessions. A special Thursday youth service features The Gospel of a Marred Vessel as music by Rev C N Guice enhances attendance and the children’s meetings require the main auditorium due to large crowds.
J. H. Woodward of Birmingham Alabama, one of the Souths wealthiest men, is seriously ill at his winter home in Orlando Florida. His daughter Mrs Oscar W Underwood wife of the House Democratic leader, and other family members are at his side.
Mason Maney of Pearsall says Senator Morris Sheppard's bill to study a Rio Grande border highway from Brownsville to El Paso has cleared military affairs and goes to the War Department for final approval. D. E. Colp of the city greets the news, noting the project’s cost would be borne by the national government and a $25,000 survey appropriation is proposed. Four troops of the Third Cavalry reach Laredo en route to Brownsville and Rio Grande City. Austin club case appeal denied as Judge Wilcox rejects rehearing in the Country Club of Austin dispute.
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