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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
5
A dog fight on Ruiz street led Fire Chief Wright to dispatch two engines four hose wagons and a motor truck to box 32 at 6 45 morning. The name Meier shouted by the owner was heard as fire and a false alarm resulted, though Wright said the alert came from a genuine belief a fire was nearby.
Estimates by statisticians indicate American capital in Canada totals about 500 million dollars. The International Harvester Company runs its Canadian operations from Hamilton, employing between three thousand and four thousand workers.
The Jobbers and Manufacturers League plans a big three day excursion to Fredericksburg once the line into the town is completed. A special train will carry San Antonians for the first ride over the route amid a three day celebration and barbecue. Track work nears completion with Fredericksburg expected by September 15.
In London Aug 25 rumors of a truce between militant suffragettes and the government gain ground as Mrs Pankhurst writes followers to take a holiday while gathering strength for a renewed campaign. The cat and mouse act ends enforcement and only one of 43 jailed suffragettes remains incarcerated, fueling belief of a government backed settlement to enfranchise women.
John D. Rockefeller greeted about 200 National Association of the Deaf members in Cleveland at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. He praised sign language and wished he could understand it as Mrs. Elmer E. Bates interpreted. The sermon, on "Character," was delivered by Rev. E. Clayton Wyand of Boston.
Chicago aug 25 thousands of residents in the Italian quarter crowded the home of Frank Kaplan for the wedding of his daughter Elizabeth Kaplan The crowd showered gifts valued at 40000 and wine costing 2500. Kaplan gave a 10000 check and started as a junk dealer. A Boston girl aged four or five fell while sliding on the sidewalk and told a bystander she fell vertically.
Walter A. Stenstrum of 54 Willoughby Ave narrates that his face cleared after using Resinol Ointment for a week of painful pimples. He reports continued clear skin after a month and notes no recurrence. Resinol Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists. trial free, Dept. 11-P, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
In Washington August 25 free raw wool was agreed to in the Senate without a roll call. No objection to ratifying the paragraph was raised though Republicans will seek roll calls on substitutes for the woolen schedule when the bill moves from the committee of the whole. The finance committee amendment delaying free wool until December 1, 1913 was approved.
Miss Mary Melliff sails to Patterson California to stay with sister Mrs E R Kilgore for autumn and winter. Isabel Mayer visits Atchison Texas for the week. Mrs Clyde E Stevens hosts a 3 to 7 pm reception for Shelton Prud homme before his departure to Lake Charles Louisiana. MrsThomas H Flannery and children travel to Kansas City then Colorado for a month. Kathleen Hall returns from Georgia and North Carolina and will winter at Bonn Avon school with her daughters Julia Catherine Hall and Mary Gower Hall. Emmett Cahill hosts relatives from Beeville and others while H E Evers family heads to Fort Worth and Dallas for several days. Mrs FE Robinson and Mrs George Conrad travel to El Paso Cloudcroft and Bisbee Arizona for six weeks. Southwestern Circle Travis Park Methodist Church meets 3 30 pm tomorrow at Mrs Will E Smith 217 Gilbeau street. San Pedro Circle meets 4 pm tomorrow at San Pedro Springs with box lunch. General Stanley Circle No 3 Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic meets 2 30 pm tomorrow at Knights of Columbus hall. visitors welcome.
Automobile dealers from nearly every Southwest Texas county gathered in San Antonio at the invitation of F E Labadie Automobile Company to discuss the regional market and inspect Maxwell’s 1914 line. Luncheon at the Gunter Hotel featured Maxwell officials and tests of hill climbing and economy on city models, with about 40 dealers in attendance.
A committee of the Chamber of Commerce publicity division will meet at 4 30 this afternoon to arrange the entertainment for general passenger agents of railroads entering San Antonio Thursday August 28 at the invitation of business men. A dinner will be given in their honor. Invitations extend to allow business men to meet them and discuss mutual interests. Railroads have cooperated with San Antonio to stimulate travel, and the conference aims to discuss future cooperation.
Snyder Texas residents approve a two day road work plan modeled after a Missouri effort. The project will take place during the first week of October and aims to improve local road conditions through citizen labor and cooperation.
Wednesday at 1 PM the Kress store invites shoppers to a summer clean up sale with slashing price reductions and bargains for everybody according to an Ady notice.
The body of A. J. Moore capital ist and long time San Antonio resident who died suddenly Saturday at Grandee Colorado will be brought to the city Wednesday via the Katy railroad. The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the First Baptist Church and burial will be in the Old Fellows' Cemetery.
Vincent R Burgstaller 61 native of Austria dies at a local hospital. Survived by widow and three sons Ernest Peter Paul and two daughters Mrs Gus Lingner and Mrs Charles Koch. Funeral at 5 pm from 116 Jones Avenue with burial in Hermann Sons cemetery conducted by Harmonia lodge. Minnie Deimling dies at 16 at home 14238 South Flores Street. She was San Antonio native. Survived by parents two brothers Charles Rudolph and two sisters Lillian and Marice. Funeral at 3 20 pm from home then St Henrys Catholic Church with burial in old St Josephs cemetery.
Miss Carmen Lancaster complimented Miss Willie Cavender and Miss Ruth Adams at a strolling party one evening last week at Camp Blue Bird on the San Antonio river where Mrs. Wantzleben and children are spending the summer. Delicious refreshments were served. Guests included Misses Cavender Adams Burke Chafin Hopper Hopkins Wantzleben Reese and Lutz along with Messrs. Vanlandingham Weichlein Hopper Reese Johnson Cavender Burke Lutz Killian Lutz and others. Chaperones were Mrs Wantzleben and Mr and Mrs Burke plus Mrs Hopper.
Swift and Company reported fresh beef sales in San Antonio for the week ending August 25 averaging 9.41 cents per pound. An optimist is a man who looks after your eyes and a pessimist is a man who looks after your feet, noted in a schoolboy exam.
Kress closes Wednesday morning to prepare for the yearly summer sale. Merchandise of summer nature will be sacrificed regardless of cost. Sale starts Wednesday at 1 p.m. Adv.
Mooney Boy, a prize winning horse owned by Mrs. Milt S. Mooney and famed for blue ribbons, was shot after breaking a leg when startled by Milt S. Mooney on Josephine street. E A Heil of the San Antonio Humane Society ended the animal’s suffering. Mooney had recently refused 4500 dollars for the horse.
The murder trial of Mrs Birdie Muncey and Norace Peters for killing J M Muncey at Lockhart was continued to the January term on district attorney motion. The delay follows a pending appeal from contempt charges tied to the Muncey child who was jailed for refusing to testify in the case.
The ninth annual Inland Waterway League convention will meet in Orange Texas October 17 and 18. President C S E Holland and General Secretary Leon Locke announce aims to press for a unified inter coastal canal project, wider channels, and completion of unfinished sections with local officials urged to send delegates. Plans also discuss re arranging city police quarters and expanding headquarters with detective rooms.
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