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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
5
The Sprague necklace worth $15,000, lost in a sleeping car between New York and Chicago last September, has been recovered. A watchman’s crippled night shift son and his daughter found beads among rubbish. a girl later showed the shopkeeper her beads, revealing the theft. The watchman was rewarded.
Detroit February 27. The American League club received today the signed contract of Second Baseman Louden, finalizing his deal. Louden is expected to join the lineup once cleared.
Promotion of Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative to ease headachy bilious days, indigestion, and constipation. Claims include liver detox, gentle cleansing, no nausea or griping, and warns against imitation products.
President Taft issues an executive order effective after March 1 providing full compensation for Panama Canal employees and their families for injuries or death incurred on the job. It eliminates old common law defenses, aligning federal policy with modern practice to support workers amid canal construction.
New York reports from Cairo and London recount J Pierpont Morgan and his party visiting Luxor. Officials denied permission to drive around Karnak ruins and rejected a carrying chair option, citing public interest and possible market panic.
Charges of conspiracy against William G. Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reveal internal factional conflict over the proposed workmen's compensation law. Supporters in the organization favor the law while William J. Pinkerton of a Chicago local opposes it as too lenient.
Walter Smith, a cotton buyer, escaped instant death when his car plunged 30 feet from a bridge into Deep Creek near Snyder Texas. He sustained internal injuries and a broken arm as the machine was nearly demolished.
A vintage ad touts GETS-IT as a painless corn remover that shrivels corns in seconds and leaves no harm to healthy skin. It also claims to remove warts and bunions, offering immediate relief and selling for 25 cents at druggists or by mail from E. Lawrence & Co. of Chicago.
After four days of tense debate the House passed the naval appropriation bill for about 138 million dollars. The measure authorizes one battleship six destroyers and four submarines and adopts an amendment reducing two battleships to one. The vote stood 174 for 156 against.
An advertisement invites readers to contact Dr J Harvey Moore for stuttering treatment at his Eye Ear Nose and Throat practice in San Antonio. It also suggests relaxing at the Princess venue formerly known as the Orpheum after shopping.
Readable notice advises individuals with weak or inflamed eyes headaches dizziness and nausea to consult Dr. J Harvey Moore at 204 Gun ter building for evaluation and care.
The Foreign Relations Committee advised no action this session on the Nicaragua canal treaty. The US would gain a perpetual exclusive right to build an interoceanic canal for 3 million dollars, but the present Congress will not act.
Austin lawmakers, confident after expert assurances, plan to stay in session. The Senate may delay the Alamo mission property bill to consider the Hudspeth Morrow women’s property rights measure, opposed by supporters of the Ward House bill.
Senator McNealus of Dallas presents a petition from ex State Senator BE G Senter chairing the students’ committee demanding a complete inquiry into the Agricultural and Mechanical College affair. The measure may be referred to the Senate Finance Committee for joint consideration with a recent A and M investigation report. The hearing at Fort Worth was said to limit evidence to student conduct, excluding faculty conduct. A House pension bill broadens relief, extending Confederate pensions to 1900 and raising eligibility with income limits, potentially adding about 30,000 pensions to the 12,000 current rolls.
A historical ads copy promotes Pyramid Pile Remedy with claims it relieves piles quickly. It urges sending for a free trial package to prove its effectiveness and promises a regular package for 50 cents at drug stores.
A reader requests a free trial treatment of Pyramid Pile Remedy by mail. The message provides the sender’s name and address in Marshall Michigan and asks for a plain wrap shipment to prove its claimed results.
Texas House discusses broadened indigent relief and an exchange of papers with other states. A $20,000 plan to buy Labahia mission property near Goliad for a park advances to convert a historic site near the Fannin battlefield. The Katy consolidation bill aims to pass over a veto with Senate support. Senator Terrell to push in Senate. Lattimore proposes criminal procedure changes to exclude the public from certain trials to protect morals.
The recent marriage of Countess de la Chesnaye formerly Daisy Kirk of New York to Hiram E. Foster of New York marks her third venture in wedlock.
A large audience attended last night's memorial in the Senate chamber for Miss Joanna Troutman designer of the Texas flag. Her body, moved from a Georgia burial site, was brought for reburial in the state cemetery. Lt. Gov Mayes presided as Senators McGregor and Wortham gave eloquent tributes. Mrs. Rebecca Fisher spoke for the Daughters of the Republic.
A subcommittee praises the normal school's work especially the manual training and model primary programs, while criticizing dilapidated buildings, poor ventilation, and inadequate heating. It urges $54,000 annual maintenance and modern fireproof buildings with upgraded heating lighting and water systems, and notes plans to enlarge university grounds as well.
A House resolution elected Gladys Haney a seven year old girl, daughter of Representative Haney of Clay County, as the official House mascot.
Brownsville residents oppose a House resolution urging a union of the Brazos Santiago and Laredo customs districts with headquarters at Laredo. The measure seeks federal action and asks Texas representatives to push the plan, amid border concerns.
The Texas House halted all resolutions condemning Mexican authorities over the deaths of Madero and Suarez. Lewelling sought to table the Householder substitute but failed 62 to 68, then the substitute and the resolution were tabled. Speakers included Ridgell Tarver McKamy and Woods of Navarre. The Senate resolution remained unresolved.
The finance subcommittee report highlights the Huntsville school, praising its efficient work before presenting critical, direct comments from Louis J. Wortham, chairman of the House committee on finance.
The legislature debates adopting old field rifles and the Humphrey resolution to demand full railroad data since initial valuations. An amendment requests Missouri Kansas & Texas railway status while a Katy consolidation veto issue is considered. The House also passes a bill increasing duties on the state inspector of masonry and appointing two assistants. Other notable measures include tuberculosis commission reform, ginners lien on cotton, child welfare, and baseball incorporation proposals amid attorney general rulings. Wilkes-Barre pursues a crusade against evil dance halls.
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