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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
3
Charleston moves toward normalcy after a devastating hurricane. Mayor Rhett leads rehab efforts as death toll reaches seventeen and damage tops a million dollars. Vessels, rail and trolley services resume. health officials push sanitation amid widespread wreckage.
The steamer Saratoga from New York arrived four hours late at Havana after rough seas from Sandy Hook to the hurricane zone. Three crew members were hurt during the storm. The ship took the inside passage to avoid the worst, and its wireless relayed an S O S from the Clyde liner Apache, though assistance was out of range.
Theodore Roosevelt denounces New York City's proposed charter in an Outlook editorial. He criticizes increased mayoral power over finances and education, removal of the governor’s check, and the push to thrust the charter on the city, arguing it undermines self government.
Five crew members aboard the schooner Bessie Whiting reached Jacksonville after being dismasted and waterlogged in a Sunday gale off Georgia. They were picked up by the steamer Ligonier as revenue cutters search the South Atlantic coast for the vessel. Captain Lowry, his wife, and the steward remained aboard.
An advertisement touts Gets-It for corns calluses warts and bunions claiming painless removal without irritation. It claims corns shrivel and come out leaving relief and warns against shaving with razors. Sold at druggists for 25 cents or by mail from BE Lawrence Co Chicago. Local San Antonio retailers listed.
The text describes broad agitation and publicity surrounding moves to adopt a constitution in Arizona and New Mexico, noting the situation involves a small fraction of New York's population and referencing Anatole in relation to the civic effort.
The fair crowd will be enlarged by Sons of Hermann members from across the state. Albert Hohrath of Staats Zeitung notes plans for a German village on Hermann Sons day. Secretary Vance says directors seek a designated day with the Germans to attract around 2000 visiting Germans.
After forty hours of rain the Ohio River reached a normal stage ending the summer drought. Navigation resumes as coal traffic restarts, sending millions of bushels southward to secure fuel for winter. This marks the earliest river resumption after drought in twenty years.
Wil Tiley constable of Lueders is released on bond after stabbing farmer Stubblefield in the streets of Lueders. Stubblefield suffers four wounds to the left side but is expected to recover. The motive remains unclear.
Homer D. Wade, secretary of the Stamford Commercial Club, accepts the post as publicity manager of the cotton exposition. He will report for service daily until the exposition ends this year. Riebe Undertaking Co. offers auto ambulance service at 321 E.Com. Phone 341.
Austin August 31. Commissioner Abbott reports he will compel druggists and manufacturers in Texas to use common names on alcohol cocaine and narcotic preparations. He cites labelling as misrepresenting contents by chemists names like ethylic hydrodie and trichlor methane. The move aims to enforce the Pure Drug Act.
Acting Secretary Winthrop received a wireless message from Admiral Togo aboard the Tamba Maru thanking the Navy for escorting him from Seattle. The West Virginia and Colorado escorted the Japanese naval hero out of U.S. territorial waters.
Samuel Gompers appoints H. M. Walker of the El Paso Central Labor union as the AFL delegate to the Farmers' union convention at Shawnee Oklahoma next week. The Federation of Labor had the privilege of naming only one delegate.
Governor Dix favors enacting a direct nominations law when the legislature reconvenes next Wednesday to fulfill Democratic pledges. Healso urges proper apportionment of congressional districts and warns against any action that could be seen as gerrymandering. Foley Kidney Pills advertisement follows.
Fresno dispatch reports a wave of layoffs as Southern Pacific trims train auditors on its Louisiana Texas and Pacific divisions. No incoming trains from San Francisco have carried auditors in 36 hours. Conductors say orders were given Tuesday to lay off their auditors.
W. E. Austin is named by Governor Colquitt as delegate to the National Conservation Congress meeting in Kansas City from September 25 to 27. The appointment was announced in Bay City Texas.
Mrs. V. D. Le Tulle, 71, died at her Bay City home. She is survived by her husband and three children J. J. Le Tulle of Wadsworth Mrs. Henry Rugiey and Miss Julia Le Tulle of Bay City.
Ten firefighters sustained minor injuries after an explosion of chemicals as a four story downtown building burned. The fire caused about 100000 dollars in property loss affecting the General Medical company and a beer pump manufacturer as nearby institutions faced disruption.
President Tafts message on amending the Pure Food and Drugs law does not apply to Foley products. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has long been a standard cough and chest remedy for all ages and Foley Kidney Pills are likewise praised for their effectiveness and merit.
Navy department officials unequivocally deny any plan to sell warships to Turkey stating such action would require congressional consent. The cruiser Olympia Raleigh Brooklyn and Saratoga, cited as possible sale targets, are noted as historical relics from the Spanish-American War with ties to Dewey Schley and Sampson.
A Mexican man hunting rabbits at the Paul Hugo ranch in Dilley Texas accidentally shot a Mexican woman. The 22 caliber bullet passed through her body just below the shoulder and the wound is not dangerous.
The Business Men's league in Bay City Texas named a three member committee to solicit stock in a new creamery company tied to an Oklahoma City firm. At the meeting $1000 in stock subscriptions were recorded.
Chairman Stanley of the congressional committee investigating the alleged steel trust accompanied by a special investigator inspected United States Steel at Gary Indiana yesterday. He declined to discuss the trip results and departed for Duluth in the evening.
George B. Parker of Seattle, convicted in New York of using the mails to defraud in the sale of stock in the United Wireless Telegraph company, was brought to McNeil Island federal prison from New York today and began a two year sentence. Parker is rated as a millionaire.
Viscount Yasuya Uchida the Japanese ambassador to Boston attending the American Bar Association meeting was informed by the Associated Press of his prospective appointment as minister of foreign affairs. He declined to comment noting appreciation for the honor and regret at leaving the United States after a stay he had greatly enjoyed.
In Estherwood Louisiana Bruce Broussard a farmer is critically ill with charbon contracted while handling a cow carcass. The outbreak has cattle dying by the score as efforts to curb the disease continue. In Bay City Texas the Matagorda county bar association endorses W M Holland for district attorney of the Twenty third judicial district citing his prior service as county attorney in Childress county and tenure in the state senate.
Governor Colquitt signed twenty one bills from the recently adjourned Legislature. Four bills signed by Senator E B Mayfield were withheld until legality of Mayfield action is reviewed. The deficiency appropriation bill provides 165000 for state government deficiencies, with most remaining measures local in scope.
Governor Colquitt denied reports he would convene a special session in January. He stated to reporters in Austin that he has no plan to call the legislature again, despite morning papers publishing contrary claims.
Mrs H Albrecht of West Point Nebraska describes her three year old Gilbert suffering severe eczema on face and ears. After two Chicago doctors failed, Cuticura Lotion and Ointment were used per directions and within four weeks the child's face cleared. Signatures and address included.
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