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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
2
A speaker promotes the idea of a single human disease with many manifestations caused by auto intoxication. Prof Metchnikoff is cited linking intestinal microbes to systemic poisoning. A remedy Vitalitas is advertised as a universal curative, with a demonstration at Wagner Drug Store, 407 East Houston Street.
The state board of education apportions seven million two hundred thirty five thousand dollars for the coming year, covering about one million fifty thousand scholastics at seven dollars per pupil. This marks the highest per capita school funding in state history, up fifteen cents above last year’s seven dollars and six eighty five cents.
The notice lists Lutie L. Bate of Georgia living in San Antonio with children and burial details. It also reports the death of John Weber, a former San Antonio resident in Otorey Mexico, with survivors in Monterey. Felix Finkenthal of New York dies in West End. funeral conducted by San Antonio Undertaking Company with burial at Beth-El cemetery.
Elaborate plans are in progress by Austin Union Labor men for Labor Day next month. Committees have been appointed and reports indicate a grand street parade followed by a picnic at Travis Heights. A swimming contest at Travis Heights beach is a featured event.
Captain Henry J. Wagner of the U S Army and Texas National Guard has been granted a two month leave of absence. He will depart late this month for Thousand Islands and New York, accompanied by Mrs. Wagner.
The 1912 Texas pecan crop is expected to be fair and about two weeks late, says Charles Graebner of Duerler Manufacturing. He cites late frosts and moisture as factors, with the weevil pest potentially destroying many pecans in some areas.
The publicity division of the Chamber of Commerce received a request from a leading women's magazine for photographs of the San Antonio shopping district. Pictures were taken yesterday afternoon and this morning and will be sent for use in an article series expected to reach about 300,000 readers nationwide.
A cable from the Chamber of Mines of Johannesburg asks Colonel William C. C. Gorgas, Panama Canal Commission sanitary chief, to organize Witwatersrand sanitation. The offer follows Samuel Hans’s visit to the isthmus to inspect local methods. Gorgas would go if his trip could be deferred to November.
A Farmers' Union delegation led by former president Peter Radford met Governor in Austin urging legislation for establishing rural credit unions. The governor has already asked the legislature to act on this during the current session.
Austin August 12 Commissioner Colier issued a call for a financial statement of the 800 state banks and bank and trust companies as of August 9. Statements must be filed within ten days. delinquent banks face a five dollar daily penalty.
Washington’s note on Mexico through John Lind and Dr. William Hale signals further US pressure. Nelson O'Shaughnessy obtained assurances from Mexican officials while Lind's visit stirred curiosity and confusion among locals as Huerta and Wilson exchange telegrams about a just settlement.
Reports from the U S war fleet say the armored cruiser Pittsburg ordered back to Guaymas with refugees while Glacier stays at Guaymas indefinitely. Constitutionalists force Huerta troops under General Pedro Ojeda to concentrate at Guaymas and defend against defeat, with refugees aboard Pittsburg Glacier and Buffalo largely Southern Pacific Railroad employees from Empalme.
Eagle Pass residents face meat shortages as imports from Piedras Negras now incur duties of one and a half cents per pound. Local butchers who once slaughtered on the American side switched to imported meat after Mexican upheaval disrupted cross border supply and inspection certificates.
Claiming to cure kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, rheumatism, and irregularities in men and women, the Texas Wonder offers mail order treatment for $1.00. One bottle supposedly lasts two months and nearly always cures, with testimonials from St Louis and druggists selling locally.
The meat business is suspended for local supply pending Washington’s stance on the state inspector. The embargo excludes small home use imports but blocks goods for sale. The situation strains consumers who cannot reach Piedras Negras markets across the river. A letter from Governor Mayortena to Constitutionalist leaders confirms unity with Governor Carranza and Coahuila authorities.
Washington reports that Japan offered to receive General Felix Diaz only as a private individual inflaming comment among officials amid California alien land question talks. The move echoes prior Japanese disclaimers about ministerial statements and aims to keep Tokyo distant from Mexico’s political or diplomatic matters.
The British government rejects American claims and refutes assertions of influence from financial interests in recognizing Provisional President Huerta. It states recognition was provisional to aid order and pending Mexico’s election, a stance echoed by France and Germany after receptions with Huerta. The Daily Chronicle and Daily Mail weigh Wilson’s demands and Britain’s stance amid European tensions.
The piece argues that American statesmen should push diplomacy and wait for Mr. Lind’s report before action. It notes Washington’s stance will be shaped by Lind and warns the US cannot wait indefinitely while Huerta consolidates power and suppresses opposition. The Daily Mail contends recognition could follow elections if Huerta governs with apparent legitimacy.
General Jesus Carranza declares in a message to the Associated Press that intervention will be met with ongoing combat until Huerta is exterminated. He says he does not expect United States intervention and trusts in American goodwill. He adds that if foreign powers intervene, the Mexican people will respond with dignity. A detachment departs Piedras Negras heading toward Laredo.
W E Metzenthin, brother of Mrs Elizabeth Metzenthin, reports his sister and her four children have escaped Mexico and will arrive in Austin this week. The family went to Mexico with husband Paul Metzenthin for his health. They were robbed and Mr Metzenthin died weeks earlier. The brother had long sought a way to bring them out but lacked travel funds.
From Vancouver August 12 General Diaz announced he would proceed to Japan despite the Japanese government's stance on his mission. The dispatch from Tokyo was read to the assembly and Diaz stated his determination to pursue the trip.
A thief dressed as a brakeman boarded a Cleveland Union Station Pullman and stole a chamois bag holding $1000 worth of jewelry belonging to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Beckham of Shelbyville Kentucky. The theft was witnessed by Beckham’s daughter and a chase ensued with about a dozen passengers pursuing the fugitive but he escaped.
Ernest Jaumsem, a Russian newspaper writer who arrived from Hamburg, is ordered deported by immigration officials as highly undesirable. He reportedly fled Siberia after a five year term for advocating democracy in Russia. The article also notes San Antonio excursion buying by out of town merchants with reduced rail rates.
Seattle reporters note that Bogo stof, the famed volcanic island, again shows contortions and that every volcano in the Western Alaska range and Aleutian islands emits smoke steam or vapor as Captain C. Grisp of the steamer Unalga reports on its return from the first Bering Sea cruise.
President Wilson sent to the Senate on August 12 a list of Texas postmaster nominations including John W. Robbins for Clyde, Edwin Hall Ho man for Fort Bliss, V. Holbert for Bremond, and Charles M. Wallace for Liano.
The San Antonio Automobile Club gears up for a large turnout at tomorrow 8:30 p.m. in the St. Anthony hotel ballroom to press for the revised traffic ordinances. Dr. W. H. Hering urges members to bring two nonmembers, and prize incentives are offered for recruiting efforts.
Henry Mattes, an inmate at the Soldiers’ Home, offers a telescoping tent hammock for marching troops. The 16 pound unit folds into a blanket roll, with an aluminum hood and four 18 inch sections forming a 6 by 3 by 4 foot shelter. He argues it would cut sickness and mortality, and military officials may review the claim. New York reports 1156 buildings of ten stories or more, only 117 exceed sixteen stories, and nine top thirty.
A Betty Dean feature offers do it yourself beauty recipes and treatments. Readers learn home made remedies for skin care hair health eye comfort and facial toning including glycerine creams and tonics with simple kitchen ingredients.
A. M. Fischer sells Dodson's Liver Tone at fifty cents a bottle and backs every sale with a money back guarantee if it fails to satisfy. The safe liver tonic claims to ease torpid liver constipation and biliousness, replacing calomel and avoiding side effects. Warns buyers to beware of imitations and to request Dodson's Liver Tone.
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