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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
3
Ninety six percent of Pacific division trainmen and conductors on the Southern Pacific system vote to strike unless employment terms for rating and seniority on electric lines are adjusted. The tally is 3816 for and 187 against.
A Baltimore mother reports her children suffered severe ringworm on the scalp from a house cat, causing hair loss and intense itching. After six weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment they were completely cured with hair regrowth, and the ad extols Cuticura for multiple skin and scalp conditions.
Lieutenant Colonel Munos of the Constitutionalist army left San Antonio with two companions for Laredo in a Studebaker 35. Chosen buyers like Fred Everson and C Throckmorton added Buick models while W D Wade completed a 1000 mile Cadillac tour. The article notes efficient White trucks, new Hudson sixes, Maxwell 35s en route, and tours from New York to San Antonio with East Coast regulation chatter.
The E. H. Labadie Automobile Company reports the sale of a Maxwell 35 five passenger touring car to B. A. Carder of this city. Carder, a railroad contractor, plans to use the car in his work and this marks his second Maxwell. R. L. Ball with Mrs. Ball and their children left this city.
Malcolm Middleton, a Utah mining expert, becomes the fifth Middleton to offer blood for his brother Leighborn in a plastic anaemia case. Doctors say the condition is hopeless, despite the wife and another brother willing to donate blood. The wife has already given 15 percent of her blood, facing futher sacrifice.
Explosion on Oolin Johnson’s motorcycle at the Ludlow lagoon motordrome killed seven people and injured score others. Victims include Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. William Davis a 5 year old of Ludlow. Henry Andrews 15 of Cincinnati. Mrs. William Michaels 30 of Ludlow. Ethel Buchtman 20 of Covington. James Carter 30 of Cincinnati. William Paterson 39 of Cincinnati. Several injured are in critical condition and not expected to live.
Berlin July 31 sensational disclosures of corruption in the German army as a court martial tries ordnance officers for accepting bribes for information on pending government arms and ammunition contracts. Civilians and company directors face later trial as the case centers on betrayal of secrets to Krupps.
The Battle of Flowers Association plans a building at Thirteenth and Oak to store floats for Fiesta San Jacinto next year. Members pay 5 each, $645 has been collected toward an $800 target, with total estimated cost $1200. Mrs. Coleman will convene a meeting to authorize construction once funded.
Mrs F J Mullendore of Munford Alabama says the remedy eased her life long Change of Life symptoms including weakness, nervousness, backache and stomach fullness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She endorses the product and invites letters for advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
Henry A. Hirschberg announces an educational campaign for the Jobbers' and Manufacturers' League. He will prepare brief analyses on topics such as charging interest on past due accounts and statutes of limitation in Texas. Summer dinners paused. briefs will replace meetings.
Senate plans to pass a bill by Senator Sterling to reduce the entry age for public land to 18 years. Reported favorably by the public lands committee the measure aims to spur settlement and development of undeveloped lands by younger homesteaders.
Charters issued for Direct Refrigeration Company of Galveston Trans-Pecos Land Irrigation Company of Arno and Mansfield & Lillian Oil & Gas Company of Mansfield plus Plemons Mercantile Company of Plemons Murphy Moulton Company of Denison Glebe Stevedore Company of Galveston and an amendment by Mansfield Cotton Oil Company. Also notes Wyoming governor veto and salary clash, and California forestry wage parity for women clerks.
Arrangements for a September Scottish gathering led by Clan MacDuff progress well with strong turnout anticipated. James Aiken named director of Scottish games to organize teams. Mrs. J W Fraser directs costumes providing kilts and tartan scarves for dancers. A meeting next week will fix the date and location.
A complete scale model of the Panama Canal will be exhibited in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium from August 7 for about a week. T. T. Curran, a former Canal Zone map maker, will supervise the exhibit, which is currently at the Galveston Cotton Carnival. In other notes, an English scientist argues road wear stems from horse shoes and iron wheels rather than tire suction. Argentine flour imports faded 25 years ago as the country now exports wheat worth over 500 million dollars annually.
Gagga nath Khanna, an East Indian electrical engineer and Pittsburg University graduate, visited Secretary Bryan in Washington to thank him for inspiring his career path. He plans to return to India to practice, noting prejudice in Indian civil service against Americans educated natives, but believes private practice will be feasible.
The French vice consul at Bourgas reports Bulgaria has planted crops about as usual despite the war draft for men aged 18 to 46. Wheat acreage is within 6 to 10 percent of last year, credited to broader use of agricultural machinery driven by necessity.
In Cincinnati July 31 Philadelphia mounted a ninth inning comeback but could not overcome a 5 4 deficit. Lobert started with a triple Cravath and Luderus added hits and a wild pitch by Ames produced three runs. Batteries Brennan Rixey Killicker Dooin Ames Clark.
In Philadelphia, July 31, two base hits and sacrifices boosted the Phillies to a 2 to 1 win over St. Louis. Bush and Weisman were effective with good control. The game produced no unusual events in the field. Batteries: Weisman and Alexander for St. Louis, Bush and Schang for Philadelphia.
Reports in golf circles say Gladys Ravenscroft the British women’s champion last year and Muriel Dodd the recent titleist will visit the United States this fall. They will first go to Canada to compete for the championship there and then proceed to Wilmington Delaware for the United States women’s championship.
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