Business Leaders Fear Invasion From Abroad At Tariff Hearing
A line of industry chiefs testified before the House Ways and Means Committee against tariff cuts on the metal schedule. Witnesses from tin plate, jewelry, sewing machines, wire, steel, chair and other sectors warned foreign producers could flood the U S market. The group urged maintaining current rates while the chairman warned the committee must legislate for present needs, not future fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Ways and
John A. Topping
New York
Republic Iron and Steel Company
C. B. White
Newark
L. Y. Spear
Croton
Rocky Mountains
Joplin Fields
American Screw Company
Ameri
Army Bill Reported for House Action
Army appropriation bill totaling 93 million 830 thousand dollars was reported to the House by Rep. Hay of Virginia. Half the funds fund army pay with a 50 percent raise for army aviators and 150 thousand dollars allotted for aviation corps, less than requested. Also ad text on Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths promotes treatment of rheumatic and other ailments with location and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Hay
Virginia
Committee On
Aviation Corps
School for the discontented and its training plan
The U S Bureau of Education reports on a Kansas City program for youths sixteen and under who struggle in conventional schooling. The school emphasizes trades over grammar and literacy, preparing girls for self support and guiding boys toward practical careers. Dr P H Claxton endorses the approach as meeting unmet educational needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Bureau of Education
Kansas City
Graimmar
P. H. Claxton
Cotton exporters die in Savannah auto crash on racecourse
Two cotton exporters, Harry and Ernest Bornemann of Savannah and New Orleans respectively, were killed when the car they rode in overturned after a rear tire exploded on the Savannah Grand Prix Racecourse. Baron Knoop and M. Jacob, both of Moscow, along with driver William Manigault, were injured. the party returned from a long tour as police and ambulances responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Norwood Avenue
Bornemanns
T. N. Norwood
United States
Texas Farmers Enter Third $10,000 Prize Contest
Dallas reports the Texas Industrial Congress announces a third prize of 10000 dollars to promote better farming methods. The 1913 contest mirrors 1912 classes, with more entrants expected. class A now reduces cultivated land from ten to four acres to draw in landowners tenants and boys. Matthews Cafeteria advertises meals at 222 Losoya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
W. C. Barrickman
Texas Industrial Congress
Riverside Restaurant Ad Promises Daily Turkey or Chicken
Riverside Restaurant offers daily meals featuring turkey or chicken with specials listed for today including shrimp frog legs Spanish mackerel pompano Blue Points on half shell Kansas City meats meal price five cents remains from historical menu context.
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Riverside
Kansas City
Riverside Restaurant
Kansas
City
Prospect Hill Group Backs Buena Vista Width Stay
The Prospect Hill Improvement Club voted to oppose narrowing Buena Vista street and to keep its present width. Alderman John Kenney spoke for the current width while a minority favored narrowing. A two resident committee will canvass the street from Sap tracks to Rosilla street to gauge public sentiment.
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Prospect Hill
Buena Vista
Buena Vista Street
Sap
Rosilla Street
Two Jurors Picked From Venire In Epting Case
Memphis Texas January 11 two more jurors were chosen for the Beach B Epting complicity trial with John Beal Sneed in the Al Boyce Jr killing from the second venire of 107. Tom Evans 38 and C F Bromley 34 farmers were selected. The state used four challenges and the defense five with 25 veniremen excused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tex
Beach B. Epting
John Beal Sneed
al Boyce Jr
Tom Evans
Farmer
Deep Lake
C. F. Bromley
Nabers
Epting
Odell
Harlandale Bath House Gains Noted Reputation
Scrupulously clean and well equipped San Antonio bath house advertised with spotless sanitation and courteous service by expert white attendants. Half the building allocated to ladies with a beauty parlor in connection. Take the South Flores street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlandale
South Flores
Farewell to Conley in Third Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston
Capt George B Conley of the Third Cavalry is transferred from Fort Sam Houston to the Philippines. A farewell party at the mess hall featured a cabaret, refreshments, songs praising Capt Comry, and a sketch Hydro phobia. Conly holds the long distance service record on the Texas Mexico border and departs soon for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
George B. Conley
San Antonio
Philippines
Comry
Comly
Texas- Mexico
Department of Texas
Islands
Seguin Man Holds Record
Seguin Texas January 10 It has been ascertained that Manager Joe Zorn local representative of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company is the oldest man in the service of that company in Texas. He also has the distinction of being located as manager longer at one place than any other employee of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Joe Zorn
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Texas
Zorn
Scientific ATARRH Treatment Offered at 50 Cents
An eye ear nose and throat clinic advertises a 50 cent ATARRH treatment claiming to stop sneezing clear the head and fortify the system. It promotes Oxylene therapy as the best in the world and invites visits to the Hicks Building San Antonio Texas offices with hours listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TER Medical Inst
Hicks
San Antonio
Tex
Coliseum project hangs in balance
Immediate action is needed as a $100000 option on the Carter Mullaly property expires January 19 and cannot be renewed. A Bowie hotel meeting set for 10:30 tomorrow will launch a stock subscription drive to raise the remaining $33000 of the $100000 land cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter-Mullaly
H. E. Hildebrand
W. W. Herring
Association
Bowie Hotel
Harvey L. Page
Houston Street
South
Master Bakers to Discuss Sanitation in San Antonio
A meeting of the San Antonio Master Bakers Association will convene at 211 Third Street at 10 a.m. Sunday to decide on sanitary bread handling before it reaches consumers. W L Richter will represent the group at a January 16 executive committee meeting in Houston with Dr Abbott to finalize sanitary methods. Richter notes waxed paper wrapping is unpopular and costly, with his bakery producing 7000 loaves daily and only 400 wrapped, many of which are returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Master Bakers’ Association
Third Street
W. L. Richter
Executive Committee
Houston
Dr. Abbott
Mr. Richter
SMU fund drive team arrives in San Antonio for campaign
Rev Dr Robert Hyer and Rev Dr H A Boaz of Southern Methodist University arrive with Bishop James Atkins from Dallas to lead a multi day solicitation in San Antonio to raise 200000 by July 1 to match a Rockefeller Foundation grant. They will speak at Travis Park and Laurel Heights churches. No public collections. fundraising by personal visits. Bishop Mouzon supports the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 8. Hyer
Southern Methodist University
H. A. Boaz
James Atkins
Southern Methodist
San Antonio
Dallas
Rockefeller Foundation
St. Anthony
Bishop Atkins
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Hyer
Dr. Boaz
Travis Park Methodist Church
Atkins
Travis Park
Ilyer
Laurel Heights
BE. D. Mouzon
Funeral service for Mrs Henrietta Weimhold at 3 30 PM
The funeral of Mrs Henrietta Weimhold, who died yesterday, was held at 3:30 this afternoon from 146 North Street with Rev O Hartmann officiating. Burial followed in the new Lutheran Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed as Dave Harmon Jake Rheiner Charles Boehmer Frank Reinhard E C Naeglin William Eberhardt. Honorary pallbearers named George Stumberg Charles Deussen Jay Min ter and Henry Geyer.
Vinky and Keller Obituaries From Local Notice
Mrs. Sarah T Vinky 44 dies at home 225 Belmont street native of Illinois lived here decade survived by husband W B Vinky two children Raymond and Alice three brothers W A Taylor Rockyford Col W A Taylor Chicago P R Taylor Colorado Springs and sister Mrs J B Shields Maitland Mo burial at Maitland Mo tonight Funeral for Carolyn Keller 2 years 9 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Keller at 1129 West Mistletoe Ave pending word from Congressman William A Cullop burial at Mission Burial Park.
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Maitland, Mo
Maitland
San Antonio Undertaking Company
Keller
Carolyn Keller
Victor Keller
West Mistletoe Avenue
William A. Cullop
Indiana
Mission Burial Park
Monument to Unidentified War Dead Unveiled at National Cemetery
The United States government unveils a monument in the National Cemetery for 316 unidentified Civil War and flood victims. Dedication is at 2:30 PM Sunday under General D.S. Stanley Circle of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Rabbi Samuel Marks delivers the oration. exercises are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Cemetery
Galveston
D.S. Stanley
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Samuel Marks
Mrs Rebecca Schatzkey dies at home in San Antonio
Rebecca Schatzkey, 56, died at 5:30 this morning at the family residence 207 Slocum Place. She was the wife of L Schatzkey, a longtime Texas traveling man. A native of Clinton Louisiana, she lived in San Antonio 82 years. Survived by husband, two daughters Mrs Martin Zellenka of El Paso and Miss Hattie of San Antonio, and son Albert of Houston. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of son from Houston.
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Schatzkey
Rebecca Schatzkey
Slocum Place
L. Schatzkey
Texas
Clinton
San Antonio
Martin Zellenka
el Paso
Hattie
Tax Collector Sees Brisk Poll Tax Payments
Tax Collector John A Bitter reports brisk payments as 17 days remain to close the poll tax period in Bexar County. With 17,379 qualified voters, only 2,750 have paid so far, requiring about 800 payments per day to match last year’s total.
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John A. Bitter
Bexar County
Bertran d T J Bertrand 36 Dies in City Sanitarium
Bertrand 36 died at a private sanitarium Friday afternoon. Funeral set for tomorrow likely 3 p.m. with sisters in Houston possible to attend. Interment in City Cemetery No. 8. Services at L T Waters chapel. Survived by widow and a 5 year old daughter, father F C Bertrand, brother F R Bertrand, sister Mrs W M Chase, and two sisters Mrs R C Fitzgerald and Mrs R Fitzgerald of Houston. He was an engineer with local No 170 Order of Locomotive Engineers.
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McCauley
G. L. McCauley
The
Humane Society
Monterey Street
Sam Houston
Misses Zula
Estella McCauley
Jessie M. Jarvis
Julius
Clyde McCauley
San Antonio
Waco
Kingsville
Devine
Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Company
Bertrand
T. J. Bertrand
Houston
L. T. Waters Undertaking Company
Dr Cunningham Moves Across Street to F Building
Dr. Cunningham announces relocation from 49 Moore Building to adjacent F Building. Office hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and contact phone 984-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Cunningham
Moore
Osthopath
Old Phon
Blackburn Casca Royal Pills Promised Cure All Ailments
An advertisement touts Pleasurable Physic 10c and 26c medicines claiming relief from constipation biliousness stomach liver and bowel trouble and offers improved health and feelings after a single use. It urges trying Blackburn's Casca Royal Pills to prove the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Improvement Club files sidewalk complaint in San Antonio
J. W. Schoefield of the Starr Heights Improvement Club filed a sidewalk violation affidavit against B. F. Lange with Clerk Harris of the police court. The case cites city ordinance adopted March 21 1912 requiring sidewalk construction within 60 days of notification. Lange was notified October 29 to build on his property, west side of North Mesquite Street.
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San Antonio
B. F. Lange
Harris
J. W. Schoefield
Starr Heights
Lange
Mesquite Street
Lost goat returns on battleship goes to sea again hope
Sailors on the battleship New Hampshire hope to read an official report on Rear Admiral Doyle’s order to remove all mascots after Whiskers the billy goat butted him. The Navy department sympathizes with sailors while livestock remain ashore awaiting return if the ban is lifted.
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Washington
Billy Goat
New Hampshire
Doyle
Norfolk
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Lovett to Speak at San Antonio Scientific Society
Edgar Odell Lovett president of the Rice Institute in Houston will deliver an address on The Spirit of Science to be held Tuesday night in the Travis Club reception rooms. Teachers from public and private schools in San Antonio will be invited. New members admitted include Lieut. Col. Guy Carlton Judge Thomas Murphy Col R R Stevens retired Major J H Rice and F A Gartner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Odell Lovett
Rice Institute of Houston
Scientific Society of
San Antonio
Society
Lovett
Travis Club
Guy Carlton
Thomas O. Murphy
R. R. Stevens
F. A. Gartner
J. H. Rice
Starr Heights Improvement Club Plans Meeting on Street Opening
The Starr Heights Improvement Club will meet at 2 PM tomorrow at 619 Starr Street to discuss opening East Houston Street through to Starr Street and to plan fundraising for the condemnation proceedings. They will also consider pursuing sidewalk compliance complaints, with one already filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr Heights
East Houston Street
Trailer Turns Over At City Intersection
A trailer attached to a San Pedro street car overturned last night at 7:80 o clock at Magnolia and San Pedro Avenues. Conductor A Smith suffered a cut to his left arm while two passengers sustained bruises. The slip hazard on the track and slow car speed are cited as causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Magnolia Avenue
San Pedro Avenue
A. Smith
Senate Executive Session Moves Nominations
Senate held an executive session to consider nominations while a campaign funds investigating committee adjourned until Monday. In the House, post office appropriations were discussed and the Ways and Means Committee continued tariffs hearing. Mary Boyle O'Reilly testified on deplorable labor conditions in New York canning companies to the rules committee.
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Senate
House
Post Office
Ways and Means
Steamship Pool
Merchant Marine Committee
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
New York
Rules
Schiff Gives Large Gift for New Jewish Building
Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff presented to the Young Woman's Hebrew Association of New York an outright gift of 180000 dollars to complete the 250000 dollar fund for a new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Schiff
Young Woman's Hebrew Association of
New York
Minstrel program planned by San Antonio Elks
The San Antonio lodge of Elks outlined a January 20 and 21 minstrel show under Harry Miller of New York. The program will mix modern and old time acts with local themes, scenery from the Panama Pacific Exposition, a one act comedy The Gay Deceivers, a political monologue by Lloyd Spencer, and a plantation finale with negro songs and a wedding dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Grand Court of Honor
San Francisco
Lloyd Spencer
T. J. Walsh
Divorce Petition Dismissed in Guggenheim Case
In Chicago on January 11 Judge Heard dismissed Mrs Grace Brown Guggenheim's application to annul her divorce from William Guggenheim for want of equity. The report ends with an unrelated note about Riverside Restaurant specials including Shrimp and Blue Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Til
Grace Brown Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
Public trust urged in railroad wreck reporting
Dr. F K Ainsworth chief surgeon of the Southern Pacific lines west of El Paso says public investigations of wrecks build confidence and reveal real facts. He notes journalists rarely distort truth when facts are accessible and cites improved San Antonio conditions since his prior visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Ainsworth
Southern Pacific Lines
el Paso
San Antonio
Houston
Ainsworth
San Francisco
T. T. Jackson
Dr. Ainsworth
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Fred C. Ainsworth
Fort Sam Houston
Charlotte the Magnet Promises Quick Profits and Growth
An investment pitch highlights Charlotte and surrounding country as ideal for rapid returns. The area is described as thickly settled with abundant shallow water, attracting buyers. Locators fund substantial improvements, signaling Charlotte as a leading regional city. A special train from San Antonio departs January 14 at 8 a.m. for an auction sale of lots with a $1.40 round trip and free barbecue, railroad fare refunded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
San Antonio
Harlandake Hot Sulphur Baths and Local Cafeteria Ad
San Antonio society women frequent Harlandake hot sulphur baths on South Flores as rest from social duties. Beauty parlor linked. Matthews Cafeteria at 222 Losoya offers sixty home cooked dishes on steam tables to choose from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlandake
San Antonio
South Flores
Matthews
Losoya Street
Lap Robes Offered By Wood Ward Carriage Company
Plush and wool lap robes for automobile or carriage use offered by the Wood Ward Carriage Company.
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Woodward Carriage Company
Modern Methods School Free Short hand and Typing Lessons
The Modern Methods School offers ten days of free shorthand and typewriting instruction starting January 20. Prospective students can visit Prudential Life Building at Main Plaza or call Crockett 1795 for details.
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Modern Methods School
Prudential Life
Crockett
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Busines
Underwood
A. Co
Tom L. Miller
Gunter Office
Loscya
Helen Clay Frick
Pittsburg Society
Miss Frick
Venire
Conley
Coliseum
William B. Leads
Count Helle Talleyrand-Perigord
Anna Gould
Methodist University
Shaft
Bitter
Improvement Club
Scientific Society
Congress
UPA Oaldn
S. P. Lines
the Travelers Transfer CO
Live Oak St
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