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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1912
Page
9
Taxpayers must file renderings with the county tax assessor by closing time today to avoid loss of control by the board of equalization. Assessor Huth notes renditions are near last year’s levels and warns large corporations typically file early, leaving adjustments mainly to the board’s discretion.
A careful mother will choose Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croup and bronchial conditions. It is advertised as pure with no opiates and suitable for children and adults, from Edwards King Drug Co and A Collman, plumber, with both phones.
Sixty bunco steerers and confidence men victimizing tourists were expelled from Juarez following protests by Juarez business leaders. They claimed the scammers made the city unsafe for visitors and harmed commerce.
Judge Thomas Reber aged 69 was found dead on his lawn in Natchez Mississippi with a bullet wound to the head. He came south with the Union army during the war and was prominent in state civic and political affairs.
Chicago April 30 Mary Goreski a University of Chicago student and daughter of Countess Goreski is in serious condition after an attack on the campus yesterday. She was found bruised unconscious. rings she wore are missing and her clothing is torn.
Paris report says aviator Jules Vedrines who capsized while flying over St Denis is in critical condition despite surviving the incident.
P. W. Weeks of Onalaska Texas reports a customer walked 15 miles to buy Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The remedy contains no opiates and is advertised to cure coughs colds bronchitis hoarseness and throat tickling for both children and adults. Edwards King Drug Co.
The advertisement promotes PARISIAN SAGE as the true hair grower and dandruff cure. It claims the product banishes dandruff, stops hair from falling, promotes new growth if roots are alive, and enhances hair radiance. A 50 cent bottle is advertised as unmatched by crude imitations.
Ice factories in San Antonio reach a tacit cease fire after Citizens' Ice announces price restoration. Managers say losses of about $6000 monthly triggered the accord, with prices to rise from 20 to 40 cents per 100 pounds but summer costs about ten percent lower than last year due to coupon books.
W F Geisert, B&O southwestern passenger agent based in Dallas, arrived in San Antonio to locate delegates headed for the Democratic national convention in Baltimore. B&O will park all special cars in yards at the city, provide police protection, and station dining cars for meals, easing hotel needs as accommodations fill up in Baltimore.
PAY FRANCHISE TAX AUSTIN Tex April 30 Nearly 100000 in early morning mail and each later delivery boosted totals Secretary McDonald extends payment limit to midnight tomorrow due to vagueness in law. About a thousand more payments expected and penalties timing unclear.
Post D San Antonio will send a delegation in early May to the Texas division meeting in Houston May 9 10 11 with a Pullman service planned from San Antonio. B R Holland and E N Mulkey are named as candidates for state president by Posts D and K respectively. Houston Post GC promises elaborate entertainment arrangements for traveling members and families.
The Rockport Bar Association unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing James D. Walth for the office of attorney general. The special dispatch notes the local bar’s strong backing and the April 30 endorsement date in Rockport Texas.
Miss May Birkhead cousin to District Judge Claude V. Birkhead arranged with the New York Herald for the full Titanic disaster tale with pictures aboard the Carpathia. She photographed the rescue, developed and printed en route, delivering the first authentic account and images to land.
A party of joy riders triggered a false alarm at box 127 on Avenue D and Eighth Street at 9:45 last night sending seven fire companies. No suspects were found. Two messenger boys, Frank Malone and Bennie Tears, were fined $5 each in police court for racing with a responding motor car.
Smithville Texas April 30 E P Curtis first vicepresident of the Order of Railway Conductors returns home after a long trip to Mexico Traveling Engineer C E B Staunton based in Waco stays a few days on business Dispatcher E R Keifer from Hillsboro visits a few hours Engineer J M Dick shifts to the Galveston division and Houston Machinist George McElroy and Charles Steinhardt visit San Antonio B J Mattox Katy shops stationary engineer takes thirty days leave with family visiting Uvalde
Houston, April 30. The examining trials of Thomas de Young Edgar Adams and Sidney Kurk charged with compounding crime by transporting suspects beyond city limits and releasing them after taking money, though they were not officers, will be held this afternoon. De Young is a county Democratic executive committee member and city employee. Adams was formerly a deputy constable.
The First State Bank and Trust Company of Waco filed charter amendments to raise capital stock from 100 000 to 200 000 dollars in Austin Texas on April.
A meeting of laymen from all San Antonio churches will convene at the Y M C A tomorrow at noon to discuss a cooperative Boy Scout plan for city Sunday schools. G B S Chessum will present a proposal to boost church work and the annual Y M C A outing may involve all churches and Sunday schools. A local Boy Scouts council may be tentatively established with action expected soon.
A special election in Austin Texas to day asks voters to approve $270000 in bonds for school additions sewer system hospital street paving and other municipal improvements. Polls open late with a uncertain outcome as two thirds are required to pass.
Deposits in the state treasury from land sales and leases in April totaled 92206. Of this amount 39490 went to several available funds and 52716 to permanent funds. The permanent school fund led debtors with 47252. The report was filed today.
An old remedy promotes Sage and Sulphur as a natural hair preservative for color and vitality. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised by W C Kalteyer with a fifty cent bottle and a money back guarantee if not as described.
Medical ad touts Dr Miles Laxative Tablets as a gentle effective remedy for constipation. A testimonial from N A Waddell of Waco Texas praises pleasant action and chocolate taste. The ad notes the product costs 25 cents a box of 25 doses and offers a money back guarantee.
The Mississippi River has passed the peak at Cairo Illinois with water flooding lowlands. North of the city the drainage district sits under about four feet of water as the gauge hits 45.5 feet and may reach 48 feet before subsiding.
Rev John B. Green known as the rail evangelist opens revival services in a tent beside the Erement Hill Methodist church. A large choir directed by Prof. C. F. Ketter and Miss Nell Whayne provides music. A. D. Davi assists. Services daily at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at Pine and Son streets corner.
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