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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1913
Page
6
Bargains on linen goods including $1.75 per dozen linen napkins and $1.39 items. Fifty cent hemstitched 36 by 36 lunch cloths and 50¢ lace table covers featured in the sale with reduced pricing and emphasis on value.
Wilson, Bryan, and Del Valle press for a firm US stance as Europe weighs in on Mexican disorder. Options include recognizing Huerta or Sonora rebels, or intervention, while Carranza is dismissed as a factor. Bryan argues to maintain neutrality laws. Congress may push for intervention despite mediation still under study.
Raul Madero brother of the late President Francisco I Madero publicly defends Huerta ally status and criticizes Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson for his role during the Mexico City bombardment. He says Wilson attacked his family in a New York interview and asserts Wilson was a personal enemy of his brother.
A committee of politicians including Jesus Flores Magon and Gumersindo Enriques accused Mexican secret service agents of spying to link them to plots and led to the exile of lawyer Indalacio Sanchez Gavto. Urrutia denied removing Oaxaca governor Bolanos Cacho. Authorities raided a printing shop, seizing incendiary proclamations signed by Barrios Navarro and Zapata, arresting workers, and uncovering letters implicating Congress members in an uprising plot.
A reader from Matthews Georgia shares relief from pimples, blackheads, and dandruff after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The notice promotes the products as pure medicated skin care, with free samples offered by Cuticura, Department T, Boston.
Sabinas fields near Eagle Pass Mexico brace as 1500 workers and up to five to six thousand dependents lose income with mines set to shut. Critics warn famine risk grows as meat rations shrink and access to corn and beans vanishes.
William Tomazzi, San Antonio meat market owner, says federals in Monterey held him for two weeks on suspicion of firearms smuggling. He describes roving bands, brutal conditions for Americans, and witnessing executions at Mier. He claims cattle and other property were seized without clear cause.
A protest against statements attributed to American Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson was sent by the Constitutionalist junta of San Antonio to President Woodrow Wilson via telegraph. The telegram was signed by Dr. J. and condemned the remarks about Mexicans fighting only if they have stores to loot and drinks to get drunk on.
A testimonial from T. A. Neall of Roanoke Texas credits Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy with curing severe pain heart trouble neuralgia and gallstones after five treatments. The letter promotes the remedy and urges readers to try one dose. It explains stomach ailments arise from intestinal clogging and claims the product relieves symptoms without surgery. It lists Geo H Mayr Chicago as the maker and local San Antonio drugstores for sale.
A traveler recounts dire conditions in Mexico saying the country is fearful and wild in places. He notes returning to this country reveals only a partial understanding of the real situation and calls Mexico uncivilized in parts.
Monday council meeting will center on an ordinance for printing city bonds. Mayor Brown seeks action while City Attorney Gillette reports the form approved in Austin. A widening of Commerce street and a double track for the Trac tion Company are proposed with a special ordinance. The tentative budget, covering last year’s expenses of 1 024 000, must be prepared by the finance committee to guide bids and financing. West Texas Bank & Trust continues city financing until after the bond election.
Harold Henwood formerly of New York is sentenced to be hanged at Canyon City during the week starting November 1 for the murder of Aspen mill owner George H. Copeland and the fatal shooting of Sylvester L. von Phul. He killed Copeland at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver on May 23, 1911 and also killed von Phul in the incident.
A magicians club comprising two hundred persons has been recently formed in London, signaling a growing interest in stage magic and professional gatherings among illusionists in the city.
The Department of Insurance and Banking announced the Luling State Bank of Luling Texas was placed in the hands of the commissioner. Depositors will be paid promptly from the Texas guaranty fund, with funds affecting that pool. A suit by an endorser on two drafts precipitated the closing and liquidation plans, with L K Roberts en route to supervise until a liquidating agent is named.
Washington dispatch reports tentative navy plans to send the Atlantic fleet through the Panama Canal to the Pacific, with Acting Secretary Franklin D Roosevelt on the Pacific coast for inspection. Officials say canal readiness for emergency use may allow battleships to reach the Pacific by April or later.
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