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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1913
Page
5
Central Trust Company reports capital and surplus of $525,006 with J. O. Terreld as president and a slate of vice presidents including Otto Koehler Chas Schreiner J. J. Stevens B. G. Barnes and W. P. Rote serving as secretary.
The Banking Department will receive deposits and pay interest on them. It will make loans on approved collateral. Interest is set at 4 percent per annum, payable semi annually.
The Safe Deposit Department announces steel safe deposit boxes for securing valuables at prices from $3 per year. It offers burglar and fireproof vault storage for large items and bulky valuables.
The Real Estate Loam Department offers loans on real estate and sells first mortgage notes. It will advise on investments and discuss advantages of Real Estate Serial Notes.
The Foreign Exchange Department offers Travelers' Checks usable worldwide and will assist with drafting wills and managing estate matters. The service emphasizes comprehensive financial support for travelers and clients seeking will writing and administration.
Paris January 11 Colonel Dupatey Declam, a key witness in the Dreyfus treason trial, was reinstated with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the French territorial army by President Falleries. He had retired in 1898 after long service and had sought reinstatement several times.
In Christiana Norway it is feared Arctic explorer Otto Sverdrup and a party of 16 may be lost after departing for Greenland walrus hunting in March 1912. No contact has been made and mail to a station in South Greenland was returned marked uncalled for.
First Church of Christ Scientist at Fifth Street and Avenue D offers Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the subject Sacrament, a Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a testimonial meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday features a Free Reading Room at 510 Gibbs Building open daily 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. except Sundays and holidays. Visitors welcome.
Rev Felix Baldain will be ordained at First Baptist Church in an 7 80 o clock evening service conducted by Rev J Porter. Baldain to lead the First Mexican Baptist Church. Visiting ministers fill pulpits across several churches with lectures on revival themes and a series on The Ten Plagues of Modern Cities. Revival meetings continue at South Side Christian and Evangelical churches through two months.
A Sunday church listing covers Travis Park Methodist opposite St. Anthony hotel and West End Methodist with multiple services led by pastors and lay leaders. Epworth Leagues, Sunday schools, evening sermons, and social events fill January plans across Prospect Hill, South Heights, Grace Alamo, Englewood, McKinley Avenue, Laurel Heights, Alamo Heights, Pine Street, Utica, Westminster and other churches with invitations to visitors.
In a rare city event Mr. and Mrs. David Gottlieb hosted Miss Edna Lieber of Henderson Kentucky at the St Anthony hotel. Guest list included numerous friends from Chicago Louisville Cincinnati and St Louis with grand march led by Miss Lieber and Edwin Goldsmith followed by twenty dances. The tapestry room featured a barnyard picnic scene with live geese and pigs as guests dressed in white. Additional guests and arrivals noted include Mrs George Wright Higgins and Reginald Perine hosting plans. Joe Caldwell plans a Mexican dinner tonight for the Twin Club in Lakeview.
Last evening the box was occupied by Misses Ruth Kelso Fairfax Janin Zelime Vance Josephine Carr Margaret Kokernot Marjorie McGowan and Hubert Loeffler J Hampton Sullivan Walter W McAllister Arthur L Wynne R F Miller and A P Adrian at the Grand.
Despite yesterday's poor weather Burnet School Mothers' Club held a well attended meeting with reports from Mrs A D Zucht who returned from the fifth district in Houston. Tea plans were made for next month at Mrs F Evers home with Mrs F Gish as refreshments chair and Mrs J T Halles as entertainment chair. A social hour followed. The Clover Leaf Embroider y Club met with Mrs M E Hanson for embroidery and conversation with nine members present. Mrs Hand of Hillsboro visited. The Stephen F Austin Mothers' Club discussed business and heard a Fort Worth convention report from Mrs J P Lovelady. Mrs William Pardue performed a solo and games were led by Mrs Herbert Linscott during the social hour hosted by Mrs Pardue Hill Malone Duggan F W McAllister and Miss Cone.
Brigadier Mrs Stillwell of the Salvation Army Chicago will address the vesper service at 5 oclock tomorrow afternoon at the Young Womens Christian Association. Miss Mabel Booth will sing several vocal solos and attendees may stay for a social hour to meet the speakers. The History Club held a memorial service for the late Mrs W D Christian at the Camden street clubhouse with remarks from club officers and a series of readings and tributes.
Lathrop ends remarks comparing Mrs Christian's work to a rooted hyacinth bulb. She says the effort has taken root in members and will continue to inspire future undertakings in the same steadfast spirit.
Aborn Opera Company presents Il Trovatore at the Grand Opera House tonight. The opera’s dramatic history centers on Azucena and two brothers Manrico and Count di Luna, with romance, betrayal, and a fatal bargain shaping the tragic finale. The performance spotlights Azucena’s revenge and Leonora’s pledge to Manrico amid perilous confrontation.
The popular comedy Bunty Pulls the Strings heads to the Grand Opera House with a Tuesday night show and Wednesday matinee and evening performances. San Antonians anticipate its first run in years with high excitement and strong audience demand.
San Antonio audiences found freshness and fragrance in Bunty as a quaint simple play. The script exposes ordinary daily life in a small community, with a meddlesome curiosity skeleton of households, and features realistic humorous characters.
New York January 11. District Attorney Whitman describes an arson trust that defrauds insurers by inflating premiums after setting fires in tenements. He cites successful prosecutions and notes that lives are lost through the trust’s activities.
A man leaving Mathews Cafeteria at 222 Losoya praised what he called the town’s best cooking, signaling strong local appetite for the eatery.
Henry L Jamess assistant chief of the Latin American division of the state department arrives in Guayaquil to represent President Taft in arbitration with the Guayaquil and Quito Railway over compensation for damages from the recent revolution. Jamess heads to Quito. Alfredo Rasqueri Mariano Ecuadorian foreign minister will represent the republic.
Business lunch served from twelve to two p m inviting ladies and gentlemen to select a cat face robe from Woodward Carriage. The ad highlights a limited time offer during a daytime event.
Guayaquil Jan 11 Renellea the Ecuadorian aviator arrived from the canal zone and says officials prevented him from flying his voyage between Panama and Olon.
The Walker-Smith wholesale grocery plant in Brownwood Texas was destroyed by a fire last night. Losses were about 100000 dollars and the plant was one of the largest of its kind in the state and fully insured.
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