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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
1
In Washington DC Aus 22 Oscar W Underwood reviews democratic house records on tariffs. He lists pervasive levies touching laborers daily items from wool suits to curtains and coffins, condemning Republican policy as the session ends.
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau said rain prospects are good with unsettled weather and heavy rains in North and Central West Texas. It rained yesterday in North Texas. Fort Worth recorded 1.38 inches and a temperature drop from 100 to 68. Abilene, Ballinger, and Weatherford also reported significant rainfall and cooling.
The body of Rowan Ayres, a young American civil engineer murdered and decapitated by Mexican outlaws at Morelia, passed through San Antonio at 2 p.m. on the International and Great Northern line under E R Desteiguer who brought Ayres to the United States. Dr Wylie McLean Ayres of Cincinnati intended to join in San Antonio, but the body continued to Austin for connections with Pee Ayres, with the funeral set in Cincinnati next week.
Mayor A H Jones calls a special city council session for tomorrow at 11 AM to discuss Ways and Means for bringing water into the San Antonio river and other business. The river remains in poor condition with minimal flow and Brackenridge park trees dying from thirst. The mayor may seek ratification of recent appointments and address fiscal depository needs amid unpaid June and July merchants bills. Pearl Lentz named as mayoral stenographer.
The board of health will ask Mayor Jones and the city council to fill the San Pedro ditch and divert incoming water from the springs into the San Pedro creek. Health officials inspected the ditch and springs last Friday finding most springs dry and the lake a green stagnant pool posing health risks.
In Austin four Western Union Telegraph Company staff members married partners in simultaneous ceremonies. J. K. Box wed Jessie Goodson of Temple, C. M. Thompson wed Marie Heermann, O. J. Merrill married Maggie Isherwood, while manager Parker maintained operations with a reduced staff.
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Friday unsettled with periods of changing skies. Showers or isolated thunderstorms possible, temperatures moderate, breezes from the south. Continuous updates will follow.
Observations at 8 am show temperatures mainly in the 60s across the Midwest and Northeast. City reports include St Louis 68 clear with southwest wind, Chicago 66 clear, Milwaukee 62 rain, New York 72 clear, Boston 68 clear, Washington 74 cloudy.
Statement denies that any San Antonio newspaper other than the San Antonio Light carries the Associated Press wire in whole or in part. stresses that claim has no basis in fact.
New York police probe extends from Rosenthal murder as Becker and four alleged underworld accomplices face arraignment. Coroner and grand jury actions link Steinert White to framing weapons, while corruption probes target inspectors and officials in a widening Rosenthal case.
Juan Valdano, 17, was placed on probation after claiming he did not know the fire box was not a mail box. Fire crews rushed to box 49 on Medina and Monterey streets after he opened the box, but no fire was found. Witnesses said the glass was broken days earlier by a horse, not the boy.
Turkish troops from Ipek reach Berena besieged by Montenegrin and Malissari tribesmen as fighting continues on the frontier near Saloniki.
London reports no decision on burying General William Booth in Westminster Abbey as his body is moved to Congress Hall, Clapton for lying in state. Eva Booth sails to England to attend the funeral and resumes command duties in the United States.
Edward Crim, 19, of Moundsville, on vacation from Valparaiso college, planned a secret homecoming to surprise his mother Mrs. Sarah C. Joiner. He found her clothed in a shroud in her coffin and died of shock after the discovery.
Cecil Lyon head of the Roosevelt contingent in Texas confirms his progressive party will be on the official ballot for the November election after talks with Acting Attorney General James D. Walthall and Secretary of State C. C. McDonald. McDonald says the Republican ticket will also be printed, making a ballot place likely for both sides.
Returns from Georgia’s Democratic primary show John M. Slaton secured the gubernatorial nomination by about 50,000 votes, while United States Senator Bacon was re nominated by a similar margin. Charles L. Bartlett lost in the Sixth district to J. W. Wise by 209 votes. Charles E. Crisp and Thomas M. Bell won in the Third and Ninth districts, respectively. Randall Walker led J. A. Parker in the Eleventh by a small margin. Other congressional nominations were uncontested.
Classified notice states ads placed for ten days covering two Sundays at half a cent per word per insertion. Refunds available if the ad is discontinued before expiration. The Light accepts telephone and mailed orders with billing later. Phone numbers 176 provided.
Prominent city women petition Mayor Jones and Chief Lancaster to add four women to the police force with one stationed at headquarters and others at depots. The move, led by figures like Miss Marion Fenwick and Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, aims to protect travelers, especially young women, from vice and crime. The matter to be discussed at a Woman's Club round table amid ongoing municipal changes.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Santa Fe freight depot and five box cars with their contents in Oklahoma. Loss is estimated at about 50,000 dollars.
A Chicago report notes the banishment of the hobble and tube skirts and a shift to very small fall and winter hats. Paris designers urge minimal headwear showing no false hair or accessories, with turbans sitting over the ears and hair worn flat at the back and sides.
A group of thirteen Tabasco business leaders arrives in San Antonio for two to three days as part of a Texas trade tour. The International Club and Chamber of Commerce coordinate entertainment with Judge T. M. Paschal and Alderman Joel Lipscomb handling the program. They previously visited Austin with a banquet and country motor tour after Galveston, Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth.
Dr. W A King at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon urged dairymen to switch to paper milk bottles to curb infection risks in non sanitary milk. He highlighted bovine tuberculosis transmission, calls for stricter dairy inspections, and cites deaths from improper milk preparation and sale.
Secretary MacVeagh charged the American Sugar Refining company with sampling fraud and ordered re liquidation of entries for years past. Treasury claims about 20000 dollars in duties are owed and a suit may follow if payment is refused. The action marks a late step in a long running sugar fraud investigation.
Washington reports say Americans were deliberately murdered during a Nicaraguan fight around Leon on August 19. Two men, Harvey Dodd and Phillips, were killed after seeking refuge in a hospital. rebels reportedly massacred Loyalist troops despite resistance. The State Department seeks more details as rebels seize property and threaten coastal areas with U.S. ships nearby.
H Dodd son of S L Dodd a prominent Koset Mississippi lawyer was killed in the Leon massacre on August 19 reports received at the state department in Washington. Young Dodd a lower stenographer aged years had a roving disposition.
Senator Bacon urged the Senate to adopt an investigation into alleged American landings in Nicaragua. He repeated his adverse report and pressed for a formal inquiry to clarify the events and conduct.
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