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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1912
Page
6
Revised figures from County Tax Collector John Bitter show San Antonio city voters at 14,809 and county voters at 17,379, a county decrease of 2,232 from last year. City totals drop 2,445 while callaghan wards slump as anti charter sentiment grows ahead of a commission charter push.
County commissioners opened bids for a sterilizing machine and a time clock for the jail with awards reserved. Road bids were referred to the road engineer for tabulation covering Seguin road retopping, Bulverde road retopping, Gibbs Spraul road grading, and a Medina river bridge floor relay. Contracts likely to be let later this week.
Piles are cured at home by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy with no further treatment. If it proves valuable, buy 50 cents a box from your druggist. Clip a free coupon, mail with name and address to Pyramid Co. 430 Pyramid Building Marshall Mich to receive a free sample.
The General Manager's Association president J H Hill announced a resolution adopted at a recent meeting. Railroads will lengthen local and Texas train schedules as far as possible in December January and February to ease weather related delays without hurting traffic. Changes will be submitted and adopted at the next association meeting.
About 150 children of Lawrence Mass strikers were brought to New York to be adopted temporarily by sympathetic families. They arrived at Grand Central and marched to Labor Temple amid cold and hunger as committees from the Industrial Workers of the World and the Italian Socialist Federation directed the procession. Mrs Margaret Sanger led the effort to shepherd the youngsters through the depot and into Forty second Street where they sang their native songs.
Prepared was assailed with tempestuous enthusiasm. More than seven hundred families applied to take from one to a dozen children. All applications were carefully investigated. Another consignment of 150 youngsters will be brought from Lawrence next week, with more expected if the strike prevents parents from caring for their families.
Ty Cobb, the Georgia Peach, praises San Antonio’s Jack Adams a catcher who rose from sand lots to majors. He says Adams and Steve O’Neil show potential as two of the best throwing catchers, noting Adams’ fall 1910 and recent season impressions.
Washington reversed the extradition decision and may grant liberty to Andres Garza Galan and Nicanor Valdez. Officials say final release awaits official papers, though they remain in the county jail as of last night. Judge J G Griner visited and secured eased restrictions.
The House voted to reduce the U S cavalry from 15 to 10 regiments, trimming about 3980 enlisted men. Texas Fort Sam Houston officers criticized the plan as inconsistent with army rules, while others expect Senate defeat and claim soldiers must stay until their enlistments expire.
An old phrase republished as a modern fat loss pitch offers Marmola Prescription Tablets as a passively effective method. Consumers are urged to mail 76 cents to Marmola Co. for a large bottle and to take one tablet after meals and at night, claiming 12 to 16 ounces fat loss daily without exercise.
The Travis Club building is rapidly nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy soon. Furnishings are en route and expected in ten days, with elevators to be installed next week. Secretary H O Skinner notes rising membership and broad public interest as inspections occur daily.
Directors and members of the Associated Charities plan a revival of holiday charity efforts as the association holds its annual meeting on Wednesday night at the YMCA auditorium. The public is invited to attend and participate in discussions, with several addresses planned and year activities outlined. Mrs. Sadie Haley reports 1066 reliefs in January.
A severe storm dogged New York for forty days with fuel shortages and blocked roads. The Adirondack division saw temperatures 25 to 30 degrees below zero as trains ran hours late. Broken rails, frozen standpipes, buried switches, derailed engines and widespread disruption compounded the crisis.
Snow falls in the Oswego district persist for forty days as intense cold and heavy ice hamper river and rail travel across New York. Biting winds drive misery. river ice blocks traffic and trains are stalled from Utica to New York with many cities isolated.
An advertisement touts a quick rheumatism and backache cure. It claims doctors endorse a home remedy using Toris Compound and syrup of Sarsaparilla mixed with whiskey. The instructions urge buying the exact ingredients in sealed form and taking a tablespoonful before meals and at night.
In Tarrytown New York ice on the Hudson is as thick as sixteen inches after chopping and shore ice runs twenty to twenty five inches. An attempted cut through the ice was abandoned as cold winds delay today’s aeroplane automobile races, now rescheduled for Lincoln's birthday if conditions allow.
The government auctioned the Kowalsky collection of Russian paintings to cover $19,000 in duties and freight. Oakland millionaire Frank Chavens bought the works for $39,000. Kowalsky, who had fought to import them duty free, plans a legal suit for recovery of the collection.
The road commission considered a plan to issue bonds totaling 2 423 587 and stock 138 300 for the Stephenville North South Texas railway from Stephenville to Hamilton and Gatesville to Comanche a 105 mile route. The request was not granted until after a two day conference with Cotton Belt officials over property valuation, which saw a 183 000 difference resolved by adding 150 000 to the commission valuation.
Rafael Davala about 25, a Mexican, was stabbed in the left side by another Mexican near North Flores street around 1 am. He was taken to the city hospital. the assailant fled.
Sheriff J. E. Frazier of Cooper Delta county spirited Ed Anderson alias Dr Ed Anderson to New Braunfels and then north to avoid a habeas corpus writ sought by Nunnelee Camp. Anderson, indicted for swindling over 50 dollars as an oculist, faced a $150 spectacle claim. his arrest near Houston street was made by Chief Deputy Charles Stevens and Deputy Jack Fraser.
The St Anthony five edged St Mary's 25 to 24 in a pennant clash deemed one of the fiercest on St Mary's court. Kennedy led St Anthony and Dolan starred for St Marys as the teams traded moments of brilliance through a tense second half.
A. L. Rice of Adams New York claims a new paint process using a dry powder that is mixed with cold water to produce a durable fireproof paint for stone or brick. The method promises oil-like adherence and weatherproof qualities and includes a color card and information. Interested readers are urged to write to Mr A L Rice in Adams New York for details and potential samples.
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