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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
10
Forty strike writers join a Clover Club breakfast as four New York papers press on with usual editions. The Yiddish Writers Union seeks recognition and higher wages while authors vow no plot details. President Taft comments on upcoming administration and prosperity for the nation.
President Taft outlines a prosperous outlook for the United States as he delivers three speeches in Philadelphia. He attends a club breakfast after a brisk evening of engagements and a busy night.
Frank Rockefeller, youngest of the three brothers, laments that John D. Rockefeller is friendless and notes William’s wealth exceeds John D. by about 50 percent. Ages given: Frank 70, John D. 74, William 72. The remarks come from a Kansas ranch setting.
Riebe Undertaking Co an auto ambulance service operates at 221 East Commerce with phone line 341 serving the local area.
A banquet at the Travis Club celebrated the third anniversary of the San Antonio Life Insurance Company. About thirty attendees heard speeches praising growth and prosperity. Present were President H. A. Hodge, VPs 8 F Kirksey L A Kerr, George R Stumberg, Second VP and General Counsel J F Onion, Dr T T Jackson, W F McCaleb, with agents Shaw Crane Tunnell and Brinkley among speakers.
A $60 million a year date growing industry will be established in the southwestern United States from agricultural department experiments. Dr. B L Galloway chief of the bureau of plant industry told the House committee on expenditures that dates olives and similar products could become valuable additions to the national crop output.
The official inventory filed in Houston probate court shows Walter B. Sharp oil magnate left assets totaling 792372.30. His wife Estelle B. Sharp is executrix without bond and inherits the property.
Barnard E. Bee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held a program at the Travis Club in memory of General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson. Five Civil War veterans received bronze crosses of honor, with tributes from Mrs. Mabel M. Bates and Carlos Bee. Veterans named were P. W. Patton J. H. Roark LeRoy Webb and Thomas Sheeran. Lap robes were advertised by Woodward Carriage Company.
Charters granted today include Southwestern Mines Company of El Paso with 30000 dollars capital, incorporators J F Johnston T D Love and J R Love. Roselawn Cemetery Association of San Antonio with 70000 dollars capital, incorporators G B Mitchell B G Bechtel B M Hixson and Will A Morriss. Allen Stemmons Company of Dallas with 20000 dollars capital, incorporators H Y Allen L A Stemmons Rex Tune. The Guaranty State Bank of Mount Pleasant 60600 dollars capital, incorporators J B Tennison August Eickhoff H A Wilson. Libby Manufacturing Company of Mount Pleasant 50000 dollars capital, incorporators I C Libby W H Seay and T M Fleming. California Dental Supply Company of Los Angeles granted permit to do business in Texas, capital 100000 dollars, Texas headquarters at El Paso.
Tonight is the final performance of this week at the Plaza. Next week will feature Billys Tombstones with Edgar Atchinson Bly as star and six supporting acts, forming one of the season’s heaviest bills. A special Friday shoving contest for city barbers, under the barbers union, will be staged for good standing members.
Washington January 18 Hearings of the House money trust committee will be suspended next Friday or Saturday, Rep Pujo chairman, due to doubts about the committee's power to probe bank internal affairs and disclosure of large loans. He notes 40 witnesses remain unexamined and key subjects untouched.
Mayor Jones and City Engineer Pancoast examined McCullough avenue at Tobin Hill to assess improvements for drainage and resurfacing. The swale section collects surface runoff from Tobin Hill and Laurel Heights, hindering the street after wet weather. The council has adopted a resolution to obtain a cost estimate for draining and gravelling, due next Monday.
Morgan Line freight steamer Eldorado, ten days overdue at Galveston after leaving Baltimore January 1, was entered on the Maritime Exchange as officially lost. The 39 crew members had no passengers, and owners Southern Pacific Railway Co expect she foundered in the January hurricane.
Texas will be defendant in a suit to be filed in the U S Supreme Court by the New Mexico Attorney General on behalf of the state to recover about 14 300 acres valued at roughly 2 000 000 dollars. The action stems from the long running Texas New Mexico boundary dispute dating back to 1850.
Galveston reports the Leyland Line steamer Albanian was floated late yesterday after her cargo was lightened. The vessel is unharmed and continues to be surveyed for any damage.
Governor General William Cameron Forbes returned to Manila to a great ovation. A marine parade in his honor drew large crowds and multiple receptions were held. Forbes had been absent since March last year on vacation in the United States.
The executive board of the Business Woman's Club at the YWCA met to plan for the new year. Newly elected president Mrs Johnnie Jones announced standing committee chairs including Social Miss Elizabeth MelInvale Finance Miss Laura Schaeffer Membership Mrs E D Love Lecture Mrs Robert A Votan Courtesy Mrs G S Chaney Press Miss Mary B Donoho. Guests will be invited to the next meeting for a stereopticon and music program. Membership is now over 100 with daily additions.
The main effort of the club now is raising funds to help cover the salaries of the Travelers' Aid secretaries.
Figures from the compulsory education bureau show 93 218 of 250 015 children under five in Chicago have American born mothers. Among foreign born mothers Polish origin leads with German Russian Jewish Italian Bohemian Irish and Swedish following. There were 128 350 boys and 121 665 girls, and the death rate was higher in foreign born mother families.
Brownsville hosts the Rio Grande Valley Sunday School Association meeting on February 6 and 7 with J. E. Snavely of Harlingen serving as association president.
The attorney general's department sues the Santa Fe and Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railways in Fifty third District Court for penalties totaling 150000 for operating trains behind schedule. Santa Fe allegedly delayed its Gainesville to Galveston passenger train about fifty times in under two months while Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio trains from Houston to Galveston were behind time on six occasions in one month.
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