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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1912
Page
8
San Antonio Humane Society lists officers George T. Botsford and Fred Davison at 324 Hicks Building with old phone numbers 71 for nights and Sundays and 2341 and 2782 for other contacts.
The jury list for upcoming terms of state and district courts was drawn yesterday with court officials participating. The roster is compiled from the county assessor roll, about 7000 names used yearly.
Bexar County Humane Society office 211 Mackay building listing humane officer E. M. Collins. Old phone numbers 2409 daytime and 6877 night and Sunday.
Iced melons ripe. Dr Keeling dentist returned office 517 Moore building. Drs Garring Hatcher Osteopaths law building. Residence Travis club. Predicts large vote major Mose Harris confident progressive ticket headed by Ed C Lasater will poll a large vote in Texas. Major returned from Dallas after Bull Moose convention. Mrs Burgin improving after operation in Kansas City hospital.
Removal notice shows The Talcott Electric Co. moved from 416 Navarro to 194 College Street central office building. A divorce suit filed by Petra Delgado de Bloss against Nicolas Bloss seeks injunction. Alimony granted to Juanita Elizondo from V P Elizondo set at 12.50 monthly. husband to pay 15 starting Sept 1. A divorce suit and alimony request filed by a YWCA employee’s wife against Adolf Martinez seeks 15 monthly alimony. court set hearing next Saturday morning. Vaudeville and dances announced at Fest Hall and Exposition Park with expressions of local entertainment.
Explanatory observations describe air pressure at sea level five bars, continuous lines for equal pressure, and dotted isotherms for temperatures at key values. The report notes cloud cover as clear to rain with missing precipitation details, arrows indicating wind direction, and a three-part data line for temperature, rainfall, and maximum wind.
New York's underworld faces a grand jury inquiry into police graft as the supreme court plans a John Doe investigation linked to the Rosenthal case. Gamblers and vice denizens flee the city while the inquiry aims to uncover payments for police protection to inspectors and higher officials. Commissioner Waldo vows severe action if officials are found lax or crooked.
Sam Schepps, the Rosenthal conspiracy witness, arrived in Buffalo with Assistant District Attorney Rubin and two detectives for a sightseeing day at Niagara Falls. He prepared by trimming nails and buying a new suit, plans to return to Buffalo tonight and depart to New York Sunday night. Schepps has repeatedly denied any knowledge of Rosenthal's shooting.
Today at the Grand a top summer bill offers three first run reels of comedy and drama. Jack Al Neville returns as a clever pianist-comedian, singing and performing his own pieces to entertain the audience.
R C Wandell sued Val Mechler for violating a water use order from Judge Birkhead in Seventy third district court. The dispute arose from tapping a shared main to water Wandell and Mechler farms. Agreement assigns main access to each party during set hours, case dismissed.
Luciano Leal, a mounted officer, was severely injured when his horse collided with a wagon at El Paso and Richter Streets at 7 30 PM. Leal suffered a fractured leg, deep facial wounds, and scalp gash. the wagon occupant escaped injury. Leal was taken to the city hospital by Riebe ambulance.
About 400 people from North Texas cities passed through San Antonio today bound for Corpus Christi on the San Antonio & Aransas Pass trains. Special vacation rates are in effect on both roads. Extra coaches were added to the Katy Flyer and Dallas and Fort Worth trains, and the 8:40 and 2:20 southbound Sap trains left crowded with excursionists headed to coast resorts.
The Hillyer Deutsch Jarratt Lumber Company based in San Antonio has opened branch yards in fourteen nearby towns including Victoria, Bryan, Port Lavaca, Goliad, Yoakum, Moulton, Kerrville, Center Point, Fowlerton, Felferner, Leming, Charlotte, Natalie and Pleasanton within the past year.
The cotton gin of D. Whitaker at Sprinkle was consumed by fire yesterday. The gin and machinery were valued at 4000 to 5000 dollars with 3500 dollars insured. Investigators suspect loose matches in a load of cotton caused the blaze.
The Pacific Mail liner Newport sank at Balboa Panama after the wharf she moored to collapsed. All aboard were saved. At Travis club the swimming pool is due for new machinery to boost pump efficiency and will be closed until next Wednesday with family nights starting thereafter through October 1.
Rain eased the dust in San Antonio with .22 inch recorded yesterday and more showers forecast today. Temperatures fell from 94 to 70 before warming again as areas from Cuero to Laredo reported varying amounts while San Antonio saw its first rain in 25 days. past years show wetter August overall.
San Antonio postoffice remains financially stable paying monthly salaries on time while awaiting final passage of the postoffice appropriation bill. Assistant Postmaster Fuller says funds cover current expenses and a surplus is sent to the department, but salary raises and new work have been delayed until the bill is signed.
The civil service offers exams in September for a vocal music teacher at the Sherman Institute in California and an engineer janitor in Dallas. An engineer draftsman vacancy in the Treasury Supervising Architect’s Office will also be tested September 11 and 12, with October 16 and 17 set for fall science exams in agriculture. In Sherman, Tex, burglars robbed three stores causing about $1000 in losses, stealing jewelry, hats, clothing, and cash.
Weather is generally fair with temperatures near normal. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Arlington Bolivar St Mathews Yemassee Blackville and Camac. Data covers 24 hours ending 8 o clock this morning 76th meridian time. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
Observations taken at 8 am on Saturday August 17 document wind direction and velocity, temperature, rainfall, and overall weather state across five data columns. The record outlines the first column wind direction, second velocity, third temperature, fourth rainfall, and fifth weather condition.
W. W. Fitch, district passenger agent for the International and Great Northern, returns from Eagle Pass and Del Rio with E. H. Dallas of the Santa Fe lines. He says the J and G N daily brings 100s of Mexicans to San Antonio for transshipment to cotton belt points, with two-score or more from Laredo and Brownsville en route daily.
At noon Mrs. Leola Jones remained jailed after her arrest for the murder of Mrs. Alva Cave. Her bond was set at 10 000 but signed for 7 000. Her attorney aims to secure the remaining 3 000 before nightfall as she stays calm and has not spoken.
Fragmentary RR timetable shows a morning time near 7:65 am. Content is incomplete with garbled text and unreadable station or train identifiers.
Medina county commissioners met in Hiondo to consider a Devine precinct petition seeking a $40,000 bond election for road improvement and construction. County Judge Haas will set the election date within a week. The panel debated a countywide bond election but did not decide.
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