Shoe makers fear tariff moves threaten US industry
New York January 16 reports caution from National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association at annual convention. Leaders blame parcel post tariff cuts and drive for pure shoe laws for potential disruption and loss of retail market share to foreign footwear. President John E. Hanan warns of industrial readjustment and stagnation.
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New York
United States
National
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
John E. Hanan
Sebebtaha
Congress
Hanan
El Hofheinz Dies At Residence Here
E L Hofheinz 44 a San Antonio hardware merchant died at 7 40 this morning at 515 Avenue B native of Kendall County Texas came to the city 27 years ago opened a hardware store on Military Plaza later moved to East Houston Street and ran BE L Hofheinz Hardware Company at 219 Losoya for two years well known in business circles and member of Sam Houston Camp No 55 Woodmen of the World survived by wife Ida Grosenbacher and several relatives. funeral at 10 o clock Saturday from the residence with interment to follow
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Tyroff
Herman Tyroff
Rudolph Tyroff
Mesquite Street
Germany
San Antonio
Rudolph
Alfred
el Paso
Martha Mariott
Helen Carpenter
Washington, D. C
E. L. Hofheinz
Avenue B
Kendall County
Texas
Military Plaza
Houston Street
BE. L. Hofheinz
Losoya
Hofheinz
Sam Houston
Adolph
New Braunfels
Bruno
San Francisco
Max
Berghoin
Tex
R. H. Hofheinz
San Anjo
Otto Beaf Beafrey
Hugon
Karnes City
Digne
Tlaxcala governor dispute ends with barricade
Mexico City January 16. Retiring Tlaxcala governor Hidalgo refuses to yield to Augustine Sanchez. Hidalgo barricades in the state palace with state troops. Sanchez forms a new government in a private house as rioting breaks out. Hidalgo names a third successor and says he will yield if acclaimed by the people.
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Mexico City
Augustine Sanchez
Tlaxcala
Senor Hidalgo
Sanchez
Hidalgo
Ed dings Named Superintendent at Gatesville Juvenile School
Austin Texas January 16 Abner W Eddings of Martin is appointed state Training School for Juveniles Gatesville superintendent succeeding former State Senator Adams of Brownwood who was in town amid reports he offered his resignation to the post.
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Austin
Tex
Abner W. Eddings
Martin
Gatesville
Adams
Brownwood
Tax Notice for 1912 Real Estate and Personal Property
State and county taxes for year 1912 on real estate and personal property as well as poll taxes must be paid to J A Bitter tax collector by January 31 1913 to avoid a 10 percent penalty and costs of levying on Bezeena property J R DAVIS County Judge
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J. A. Bitter
Bezeena
J. R. Davis
Senator Townsend Calls Indian Bureau Under Scrutiny
In Washington on January 16 Senator Townsend urged the attorney general to investigate the Indian Bureau amid a sharp Senate clash over his resolution to probe Crow Indian affairs. Debate stretched long and action was deferred.
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Indian Bureau
Washington, D. C
Senator Townsend
Senate
Members of Pla Eliminate Foolishness in State Legislature
Dispatches report strong support for Morris Sheppard in both legislative chambers. Friends claim a majority with 80 votes in the House and 56 printing their names, while 18 Senators back Sheppard for the unexpired term.
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Friends
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Senate
Tex. Senate Sees 32 Bills Overhaul Laws
Thirty two bills were introduced in the Texas Senate today including a consolidation bill for M K and T Texas Central, 9:30 closing act, minor liquor purchase prohibition, mutual insurance under the insurance and banking commissioner, and an employer's compensation act for railroad workers. A Texas Optical Association initiative seeks a state board to license optometrists, with R A Terrell, G H Arendorf and Fred R Baker appointed to push the measure.
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Tex
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M. K. & T.-Texas Central
Weinert
Real
Watson
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Warren
Collins
Paulus and Einert
Texas
Houston
Kaufmann
Board of Optometry
Taylor
McNealus
Johnson and Weinert
Texas Optical Association
R. A. Terrell
Dallas
G. H. Arendorf
Galveston
Fred R. Baker
Mount Vernon
Texas Confederate pension bill would grant $100 yearly
Representative D. M. Reedy of Tyler introduces a service pension measure for Confederate veterans claiming it aligns with the Confederate pension amendment. The bill aims to provide a straight about $100 annual pension and remove indigent relief, while not conflicting with existing Confederate pension law.
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Texas
D. M. Reedy
Tyler
Reedy
Texas Charter Action Delayed by Legal Uncertainty
Representatives from Bexar and Dallas discuss approaches to Texas city charters with debates on home rule validity. Senator McNealus notes the need for Supreme Court review before action. Judge Perkins seeks passage of the Cotton Belt consolidation bill to absorb Stephenville, North & South Texas, and Eastern Texas railways.
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Texas
Terrell
Bexar County
McNealus
Dallas
Supreme Court
E. B. Perkins
Cotton Belt
Stephenville, North & South Texas Railway
Eastern Texas Railway
McGregor pushes equal suffrage and poll tax repeal
In Austin on January 16 Senator T. H. McGregor introduced a Senate resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to grant woman suffrage and abolish the poll tax. Representative A. M. Kennedy plans to introduce a similar House resolution expanding women's voting rights.
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Austin
Tex
T. H. McGregor
Senate
A. M. Kennedy
House
Cardenas Released on Bond Amid Neutrality Charge
Cardenas was released from county jail on $2000 bond to appear for trial on charges of alleged violation of neutrality laws. He was indicted with many others at the current Federal Court term. Manuel Garza Aldape also arrested on the same charge was freed yesterday on $1000 bond signed by F A Chapa and Ed Roos.
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Alda
Cantu Cardenas
Manuel Garza Aldape
F. A. Chapa
Ed Roos
Every Day Helps to Beauty from the Toilette Guide
A vintage beauty guide describes home remedies to remove facial hair with delatone paste, soothe aches with Mother's Salve, and maintain complexion by massaging a witch hazel solution. It also prescribes thorox and orms root for hair care, and Pyroxin to improve eyebrows and eyelashes growth.
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Rom
Contractors Refuse Demands of Workers in San Antonio
At a morning meeting in the Book building the Electrical Contractors Association of San Antonio rejected the union terms from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 60. Union workers walked out yesterday. contractors oppose a closed shop and helper ratio, preferring pay by individual efficiency. Several new hires began work to continue contracts. over a dozen strikers joined from jobs in nearby cities. non union workers reportedly struck in sympathy. Local firms represented include Martin Wright, A. H. Shafer, W. G. Schuwirth & Company, J. C. Kinney, Graham & Collins, A. W. Boazman, Frank L. Young, Wright Prothers, and Braden-O'Neill.
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Electrical Contractors’ Association of San Antonio
San Antonio
Trades Council Hall
Electrical Contractors’ Association
Martin Wright
A. H. Shafer
W. G. Schuwirth
Brookings predicts U S need for aircraft and aviators
Walter Brookings, Wright brothers’ associate, arrived in San Antonio and predicts the United States will soon establish a fleet of aeroplanes and an army of aviators as essential to military power. He cites aircraft as decisive in future battles and plans to observe Lillie School aviators’ flights before heading to Los Angeles.
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United States
Walter Brookings
Wright Brothers
Brookings
San Antonio
Detroit
Lake St. Clair
Gunter Hotel
Lillie School
Los Angeles
T. E. Code Quits Place at St Anthony Hotel
T. E. Code, room clerk at the St Anthony Hotel, resigns this morning and is succeeded by W. R. Hyslop, formerly with Bender Hotel in Houston. Code is a well known city hotel clerk who served two years at the St Anthony and previously at the Menger. He may join the Rice Hotel in Houston when it opens.
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T. I. Code
St. Anthony
W. R. Hyslop
Bender
Houston
Mr. Code
Menger
Code
Rice
Bank of Redwater Robbery Attempt Near Texarkana
Texarkana Texas January 16. An attempted bank robbery at the Bank of Redwater near Texarkana used dynamite to blow the vault but alarmed bystanders and fled on a handcar without obtaining any money.
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Texarkana
Tex
Bank of Redwater
Here
Testimony in Wireless Case Continues in Federal Court
Miss Minnie Lee Bavender testified she paid 110 for wireless stock but received no shares, only an interim certificate from the Texas Fiscal Agency run by J B Dickinson and William A Bomar. W W Collier continued as government witness detailing bank accounts and salary payments tied to the controversial wireless venture.
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Minnie Lee Bavender
Sanger Bros
Dallas
Texas Collings Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Company
Texas
Texas Fiscal Agency
J. B. Dickinson
William A. Bomar
Miss Bovender
Texas Collins Wireless Company
Miss Bo
Collier
C. H. Beauchamp
Beauchamp
Continental Wireless
C. H. Bes McRae
Collins Wireless Company
New Jersey
Texas Company
New Jersey Company
State Bank & Trust Company
Continental Wireless Company
Collins, Texas Colline, Massey
Texas Collins Wireless
What Mr Weller Said at Harbor Hearing
Newton Weller Wagner importers of China and glassware influenced engineers to favor thirty feet of water at Aransas Harbor. Weller cited Chinaware rates Liverpool to Galveston twenty two cents per hundred pounds and Galveston to San Antonio forty one cents. Building a railroad to Port Aransas would cut the inland leg rate below forty one cents.
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Newton, Weller & Wagner
Weller
Special Board of Engineers
Aransas Harbor
Liverpool
England
Galveston
San Antonio
Aransas
Harbor City
Port Aransas
Kilmer Swamp Root Praised By Uruggist Family
In a 1912 testimonial, Dr. C De St Roseana of Augusta Georgia testifies to the curative value of Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, stating it has been used in his own family and is a top seller endorsed by customers. Notarized by B B McCowen on May 6 1912.
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B. B. McCowen
What Swamp Root Will Do For You Sample Bottle Offer
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You Send to Dr Kilmer Co Bing hampton NY for a sample bottle It will convince anyone You will also receive a booklet of valuable information telling all about the kidneys and bladder Mention the San Antonio Daily Light Regular fifty cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghampton
N. Y
San Antonio Daily Light
Witness testimony in Beauchamp Dickinson case details salaries and letters
Bee testifies Beauchamp allegedly received salaries lumped for field station workers. Bomar denied bank role in Beauchamp trust. A wireless message from C H Schamp is discussed. Bavender discusses stock purchase and a post arrest letter read to jurors. Prosecutors Engelking Cresson with inspectors Greenway Rolfe lead the case. Bee defends Dickinson and Beauchamp. Storey defends Bomar.
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Collier
C. H. Schamp
Engelking
Miss Bovender
Charles C. Cresson
Post Office
Greenway and
Rolfe
Dickinson
Beauchamp
Carlos Bee
A. B. Storey
William A. Bomar
Home Made Pinex Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
A vintage home remedy claims a pint sized cough syrup cures stubborn coughs in 24 hours. It mixes sugar and warm water, adds Pinex, and notes the formula keeps well and has a pleasant taste. The ad asserts pine extract treats throat troubles and offers a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
German appendicitis remedy promoted in San Antonio
Local druggist H. L. Wagner of the Hicks building endorses Adler-ika, a German remedy, for chronic appendicitis misdiagnosed as gas or stomach trouble. He claims a single dose relieves symptoms instantly and urges San Antonio residents to try buckthorn bark glycerine and the prep for quick results.
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San Antonio
H. L. Wagner
Hicks Building
Adler-ika
San Antonio Merchants Offer World Class Goods By Mail
San Antonio shoppers gain access to the best in fashion and merchandise through a robust mail order system. The local merchants showcase Paris and New York style, with Light advertisements delivering their broad selection directly to customers. Mail orders arrive early, providing the cream of the displays ahead of the rush.
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San Antonio
Paris
Vienna
New York
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