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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
2
F. H. Horne of Roseboro North Carolina recounts chronic kidney and bladder pain ending after four 50 cent bottles of Swamp Root. He passed a gravel stone weighing ten grains and reports no recurrence. Notarized statement dated July 1 1909 attested by James M. Hall.
A letter to Dr. Kilmer and Company of Binghamton New York promotes a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It instructs mentioning the San Antonio Light and notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sales at drug stores.
The court would impose the death penalty upon a first degree murder verdict and a confession today. Boston lawyers say only insanity defense or executive clemency could save Hicheson from the electric chair. Friends and supporters abandoned him after he mutilated himself in jail on December 20, raising questions about his mental state.
Timeline of events in the Linnell murder case from engagement news to Richeson’s arrest arraignment and self-mutilation. Includes Violet Edmands Avis Linnell cyanide findings and autopsy notes with dates from March to November.
Tax Collector Bitter reports a morning surge with 145 poll tax receipts issued by noon and a possible new daily high, surpassing the current 184 record. Yesterday's total was 175, aided by city workers paid for December salaries. many names and addresses follow as the list of payers.
A compiled list presents poll tax exemptions with a long roster of individuals and addresses including Dreiss street Dr. S Burg 226 Monumental street Jesus Lopez 2011 Wyoming street Segundo Burciaga 2113 West Commerce street Elaterio Cabasoz 318 New Braunfels avenue and more. The document names residents by name and street, and ends with Manuel Cervantes Anita street.
Jerome H. Pratt of Armour & Co is expected to resume testimony as the ten Chicago Packers case continues. Prosecutors seek to read numerous documents to prove a post 1906 price fixing and shipment allocation pool after the National Packing Co. formation. Special Counsel Butler reads profit margins from 1894 to 1906 as part of the government’s case. Wilkerson says Pratt’s examination will last several days.
W Jaffe was fined 25 in police court by Judge Buckley for violating building construction rules in San Antonio. The affidavit says he added to a dwelling on Nar p street without proper permit from the building inspector. Notice of appeal was given.
A rapid cold wave sweeps Denison and Dallas with temperatures dropping to 22 and 12 below zero. Snow accumulates six inches in the area, gas heat fails, and 800 homeless are housed in Helping Hand institutions. Reports detail stock damage and famine-like isolation in the southwest as Tulsa and Gainesville record subzero temperatures.
The weather bureau predicts snow or rain in San Antonio tonight as a cold wave from the Rockies drives temperatures down to possibly 16 degrees. Forecaster Major Buell says high pressure will replace the storm area, with Clearing skies expected Sunday and colder temperatures to continue.
A severe snowstorm grips Dalhart Texas and the Texas Panhandle with temperatures 12 to 18 below. Six inch ice and snow cover grass, blocking Rock Island traffic as a rotary plow works to clear the Golden State limited. Water is scarce and cattle are fed oil cake while riders contend with the blizzard.
From two to six inches of snow blanketed the Missouri valley last night and into today while frigid air drove temperatures below zero in many districts. Kansas City reported extreme cold as thousands faced travel disruptions and icy conditions.
Across Texas and Oklahoma on January 6 the Associated Press reports frigid air and blowing snow from Sherman to Amarillo. Temperatures range from 17 above in Mineral Wells to 11 below at daylight in Amarillo with warnings of livestock losses and a likely plunge to 10 below tonight in Wichita Falls.
Marvin L Arrington aged 29 died at 6 this morning at 921 Summit Place after a long illness. A linotype operator he came here six years ago from Houston Texas, a Tennessee native, survived by his mother and sister. Sloan H undertakers prepared the body and it will be taken to Nashville for burial.
Rumor at Fort Sam Houston says Third Cavalry may travel overland to Fort Clark Texas about 125 miles away rather than rail. Officers call it probable as road conditions are not bad. Capt Harris Pendleton Jr earns transport order for Twenty-third Infantry from Forts McIntosh and Bliss to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana.
In federal court Judge Foster leniently sentenced ten defendants indicted yesterday. Wheeler Jr., 24, pleaded guilty to threatening letters over a $4000 loan and received one year and one day at Leavenworth. Others included Victoria Ramirez de Guana six months jail and her husband eighteen months, with Manuel Guana's case dismissed. Additional fines were imposed for customs and theft-related offenses.
The Medina Irrigation Company state they did not request ranger presence at the dam to keep order among workers. Officials say no disturbance exists and they have no knowledge of any letter asking for two rangers. C H Kearney and T B Palfrey deny making the request.
Sheriff John W. Tobin took Lonnie Franks to Laredo for Webb County grand jury review in the murder and robbery of G. J. Levytansky. He did not return to the city, with indictions expected today. Dispatches say Franks was placed in a Webb County cell after confession tied to Compton.
Frances Fuquay was elected secretary of the San Antonio Humane Society replacing Miss Zula McCauley whose resignation took effect January 1. The board of directors thanked Miss McCauley for two years of efficient service and expressed regret at her departure.
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin digests food instantly to relieve indigestion and related symptoms. It touts five minute relief, lists eliminations like sour belching and heaviness, and urges purchase from a pharmacist in a 50 cent case.
Norbert M. Rodkinson a prominent American in Berlin was shot by milliner Alwyne Siede as she fled his office. She wounded herself after the act but survived. Rodkinson, a director of the American Chamber of Commerce, has represented American firms in Germany and Russia and hails from New Orleans.
New York reports Archduke John Salvator of Austria also known as John Orth, missing for twenty one years after sailing from London to Chile with Mizzi Strubel, is believed alive in Mexico. Promoter William H. Ellis says a man in Michoacan named Juan Venning fits the archduke, living quietly with a daughter and raising fruits in Sahuayo. The Austrian court has long deemed him dead but Ellis forwards his claim to the Mexico City legation for inquiry.
G S Chessum boys' work director of the Y M C A will address boys over 12 at 2 45 Sunday afternoon in the Y M C A auditorium. The talk titled The Use of the Boy aims to start a series of Sunday lectures to aid San Antonians in their spiritual work.
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