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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
7
Advertising copy touts GETS-IT as a safe corn cure that shrivels corns warts and bunions without harming healthy skin. Sold at drug stores for 25c a bottle or by B Lawrence & Co Chicago.
H R Wagner of the American Smelting & Refining Co reports to San Antonio that Mexico is calming after Madero Diaz strife. He cites quiet elections, revival in many areas, and limited violence, with Orozco factions losing funds. A plant in Chihuahua sustained damage from bands without leadership approval.
Assistant Postmaster Joe Fuller says mails through New Orleans post office remain delayed after Mississippi valley floods. Despite floods easing and trains running closer to time, eastern mails still suffer late delivery with a Washington to destination mail missing its Monday schedule.
Galveston Texas July 11 Sunday next Rev Paul Nemec will be ordained a Catholic priest at St Marys cathedral He is 22 years old and will be the youngest priest ordained in the United States He has studied eleven years at St Marys seminary Laporte Tex He is a native of Cornhill Williamson county Tex W H Drew and daughter have gone east.
Headache hinders alertness and quick thinking across heat cold stomach or nerves. The note warns against chronic pain and urges treatment to maintain right timing and clear thinking.
Panama Canal completion nears with eight months left for Miraflores locks and Gatun gate installation. Barthelow reports total excavation at 168,486,884 cubic yards with 26,886,495 remaining. Pedro Miguel locks nearly finished and central division work ongoing. Government expenditures till March 31, 1912 stand at 114,600,134.07.
Truck growers have shipped from Fowlerton for weeks. Today one car of cantaloupes and two cars of watermelons were sent to Chicago. Thousands of acres are being cleared and put to farming as W. A. Conklin from Tennessee begins clearing 140 acres nearby with five steam plows at work.
Washington July 11 The United States signs an extradition treaty with Honduras. Those fleeing justice in the United States will find no safe haven in the western hemisphere as the treaty closes the last avenue of escape.
A Baltimore reader details eczema from a sprained ankle causing itching burning and dry skin. After trying no benefit, patient reports cure in about two months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with bandaging and bathing, noting soft smooth skin thereafter. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as economical skin treatments and offers free samples and a Skin Book.
Taft and the Taft White Republican club become the first affected by Louisiana’s new law banning flag desecration in advertisements. President Taft’s image forms the flag centerpiece at the club’s headquarters. Sons of the American Revolution members request removal as a preliminary notice ahead of the law’s September 1 start.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations in late July and early August to fill multiple vacancies. July 29 tests aim to select eligibles for two concrete building designer posts in the Philippine service and two steel bridge designer posts in the Philippine Islands. August 3 tests cover five posts including strain gauge operator in the Bureau of Standards and several Arizona, Kansas, and Oklahoma positions. August 7 offers a junior physical chemist post in the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh. Only men are eligible for these examinations. An educational training requirement for the chemist role includes four years of science study and at least one year laboratory experience in physical chemistry.
The Texas state, through Assistant Attorney General Robertson, plans another penalty suit against the Katy railroad for failing to operate the Katy Limited on schedule and violating the 20 minute rule. The state alleges 11 June violations with a $500 maximum per offense, following a recent judgment between Denison and Austin. The petition may be filed this evening.
During the remainder of the week the Citizens' league candidates will hold no meetings within the city. One had been scheduled for tonight at the Mission garden but was postponed until further announcement. Next week they plan to continue canvassing and hold a final grand rally at a big hall a day or two before the primaries.
The ex-headwaiter at a local club, known for a rapid life style at the Gunter hotel, who posed as a high official of the Western Union, was fined 50 dollars and costs in Justice Ben Fisk's court for a case of vagrancy yesterday afternoon.
Charles S. Hotchkiss of Alberta confer s with Texas officials on the Seventh International Dry-Farming congress to be held at Letherbridge October 21 to 26. He expects a strong Texas exhibit with federal and international displays from Canada Uruguay Australia Russia Hungary Turkey and others. The event opens with Duke of Connaught delivering greetings for Canada and Secretary Wilson may respond for the United States.
In a ten month span San Antonio faces four elections two county and two city plus school board races. Primary set for July 27 to nominate Democrats for November general elections. City mayoral race expected in September with at least two candidates. May next year brings the biennial city election with many contenders and a lively campaign.
Enrile Gonzales, linked as a financial agent for Orozco, is imprisoned in El Paso after hospital treatment for knife wounds in Mexico. He was moved back to jail earlier this week as his forty day term nears expiration and ex tradition papers may trigger release.
Noah Allen of the Cotulla Reservoir & Irrigation Co outlines a plan to form an irrigation district in LaSalle County with Matt Russell as president. The project would dam the Nueces River near Cotulla to irrigate 50 000 to 100 000 acres depending on site, funded by bonds. Judge Allen heads the organizing effort as surveys show feasibility and county approval is sought in August.
Real estate dealer H B Hadsell predicts a major influx of home seekers from the north and east to Texas starting September 1. He cites San Antonio and Southwest Texas as primary beneficiaries due to land values climate and investment potential. He arrived in San Antonio and is staying at the Menger hotel. The trend relies on friends and families spreading favorable reports prompting substantial Texas advertising value.
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau says no material change in conditions is expected. July-like warmth and brightness prevail with little day to day temperature variation. The summer max nears 98 degrees, lower than past years. Eastern states endure heat, New York faces a hot wave. Rocky Mountain area may warm today. Texas reports no rain.
Austin July 11 Contracts for supplies for state eleemosynary institutions for the ensuing fiscal year were awarded by State Purchasing Agent J R Elliott. Flour Texas Star flour mill Galveston bacon bellies W B Walker Son Austin bacon short clear smoked Morris Co bacon breakfast Armour Co lard Magnolia Cotton Oil company butterine Armour Co sugar Nelson Davis Austin and ham Armour Co The contracts went to the lowest bidder The agent also took up bids on dry goods and hopes to award all contracts within the next two weeks.
The Texas attorney general's department ruled a life policy rider that excludes death from smallpox without proof of vaccination violates state law forbidding settlements at less than face value minus unpaid premiums. The ruling was sent to the commissioner of insurance.
The Texas comptroller’s department criticized the state tax board for delays in fixing and announcing railroad intangible assets. The report shows this year’s intangible assets about 20 million dollars lower than last year, with a 734,800 dollar valuation reduction on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass line.
In Los Angeles on July 11 the Tufts case moves to verdict deliberation after arguments ran late yesterday. Gorham Tufts Jr an Oriental mystic is charged by his wife formerly Mrs Roe of Fort Worth with obtaining over $100000 by false pretenses. This is his second trial after the first jury failed to agree.
Libel suits in the county court against J. N. Gallagher and Seelig Deutschmann, charged by C. M. Chambers with circulating defamatory statements, were set for trial today but deferred to the next term of court.
Austin July 11 In construing the new eight hour law for the first time today Attorney General Lightfoot held that nothing in the statute prohibits a workman on public work from remaining on duty more than eight hours if voluntary and accord. It is held no one can be required to stay longer than eight hours against his will. Public work includes all labor for cities and taxation liable citizens and state or municipal corporations.
Des Moines Iowa July 11 at a progressive republican meeting it was decided to hold a state convention July 24 and name delegates from Iowa to the Roosevelt convention in Chicago August 5 a Taft campaign will also be carried on in this state by friends of the president.
An article from the National Hygienic Review advises against fear of aging and dangerous potions. It promotes mercorized wax as a nightly facial treatment to soften withered skin and claims an ounce suffices to rejuvenate the complexion. It also suggests a saxolite face bath to reduce wrinkles and underlines consulting physicians.
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