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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
10
The final examinations for teachers of the year began Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce and close this afternoon. George Davis and George Baxter, who supervise the tests, report satisfactory papers. The next exam is planned for June 1912.
Members of the San Antonio Scientific Society plan their annual meeting to be held next Tuesday December 12. Major General Jesse M. Lee US Army ret. was elected a fellow. The Travis Club named H O Skinner secretary and D A Walker director. A hospital contract for the Southwestern Insane Asylum worth 45000 dollars was awarded.
The board approved plans with Standard Construction of Houston for a new hospital beginning early next year. The facility will be a two-story fire-proof building with twenty eight rooms and two large wards to house sixty patients.
Judge Buckley fines a white man named F. C. Schneider fifty dollars for vagrancy after his wife’s complaint leads to arrest by Detective Stowe. Schneider claims a Atascosa county home and arrival in the city from Houston, where he had worked.
Mary Jane Lawson pled guilty in Thirty seventh district court to stealing clothing valued over $50 and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. An arson charge was dismissed on the DA’s recommendation. She twice attempted escapes during confinement and had previously leaped from jail windows, suffering a fall and brief unconsciousness.
Rockdale Texas December 9 special to the Light Pin Oak camp W O W No 222 at its regular meeting elected W E Montague consul commander W H Walker advisor lieutenant John E Cooke banker J C Valentine clerk Robert Hardin Jr escort Will Robinson watchman B M Stork sentry J T Marks manager At next meeting the camp will hold an oyster roast for members and the ladies of the Women circle Dr Keeling Dentist 617 Moore Building Special attention given to children.
Alderman Alexander Boynton urges Mayor Bryan Callaghan to audit San Antonio public utilities and cut rates. He lists firms including Marwick Mitchell and Price Waterhouse, but notes he cannot gain council support. City warrants and payroll processing also loom as officials await signatures.
Fire Chief Bishop says city firemen will not abandon their posts as of 5 pm today despite warnings to strike over October and November pay. He notes salaries should be paid within days and describes his late-night pleas to keep the department operating.
Warrants for the October salaries of 1800 city officers and employees have been drawn and delivered to Mayor Callaghan after District Judge Camp’s decree barred payment until a city council appropriation gains eight votes. City Auditor Hummel completed the October warrants last night and they must be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk. November warrants will not be ready for signature before Monday or Tuesday.
Capt. J B Bachino of New Orleans registers at the Menger returning home from a Mexico trip. Galveston businessman George C Clough arrives at the Menger. Dozens of guests from Louisville to Denver, Mexico, and California are listed at the Menger, St Anthony, Gunter, Losoya, Bexar, Maverick, Crockett and other hotels in San Antonio.
Gus Hill presents a high order musical comedy based on Fisher’s Mutt and Jeff with a singing dancing company. Matt and Jeff opens in San Antonio at the Grand tonight and tomorrow with Bianca and a Dickens reading by Edith Coburn Noyes at Carnegie Hall on Friday.
The Plaza theater ends a strong week as San Antonians praised the program and House reputation. Tomorrow matinee opens a premier tabloid musical comedy A Royal Reception with Rube Welch and Kitty Francis. The bill features a 20 member vaudeville company, Plazascope films, Howard Brothers banjo act, Yalto Duo dancers, and ventriloquist Ralph Conners.
Tonight is the last chance to see the Royal program featuring European act Bimm Bomm Brr and Chinese violinist Sing Fong Lee with technical skill and popular selections. McGreeve and Bailey, singers and dancers, offer strong voices and heartfelt songs in a show praised for energy and merit. The program includes comedy and rapid costume changes in "The Abduction of" a featured act.
Two clerks under Postmaster John J. Stevens will cancel stamps at the San Antonio post office during Christmas to sell pre cancelled stamps for use on packages. This first ever practice, authorized by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, aims to speed handling while preventing misuse.
A loud hoarse metallic cough signals croup and parents in Canton N Y rely on Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. H W Cassel says it is worth its weight in gold as it helps his children with croup and hoarseness. Edwards King Drug Co.
Judge George Calhoun of the Fifty third district court reinstated the liquor license of J C Boston a East Twelfth street saloonkeeper whose license had been forfeited by Comptroller Lane The license was revoked for allegedly selling to a minor but evidence showed Boston did not know the buyer was under age The lad appeared 21 years old at the time of purchase
An advertisement asks if your husband has an office in the Re edell Building and invites a visit. Dr W H Hamilton, specialists in diseases, announces offices at 627 Moore Building.
A brief ad touts Rhytism relief from Eimer and Amend at New York 2861. It promises relief and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Franklin and district officers signal a guilty plea possibility as grand jury in Los Angeles weighs the McNamara case. Witnesses, including San Francisco labor figures, respond to subpoenas amid ongoing proceedings and tied to the 1910 dynamite plot investigation and related trials.
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