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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
6
Rev Dr Solloway vicar of Selby England reports Selby Abbey houses the Washington coat of arms traced to the origin of the American flag. He hopes to trace connections between the Washington family and Selby as heraldic treasures at the abbey are studied further.
The New York Police Department will abolish the vice squad as part of a broader reorganization. The unit, active since last fall, led numerous gambling and related raids in recent months as the department reshapes its structure.
A large portion of the several thousand arrests led to convictions, indicating a strong enforcement outcome and ongoing legal actions across multiple cases.
Toronto June 2 William B McBride alias William W Wilson held on open charge as detectives probe how he obtained New York pawn tickets worth 15000 dollars representing diamonds. New York police are investigating and McBride was picked up last week as a suspicious character.
Niagara Falls police report no arrests in the Erie freight train hold up by four armed men on Wednesday. They note three similar robberies in recent days on the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg line and the West Shore, with loot taken in automobile vans. Details remain withheld by railroad officials.
Buffalo on June 2 reports twenty large freighters idle behind the breakwater due to cargo shortages and reduced in-commission boats. Capt. J. J. H. Brown warns of a fifty year slackening with 400 idle boats from Buffalo to Duluth and only half the lake fleet in service. Coal shipments at Buffalo fall 70,000 tons in May and 295,000 tons in two months. salt down nearly fifty percent. cement and railroad iron also drop sharply.
A 1909 law required disclosure of legislative agents fees and expenses. The secretary of state published totals showing 1038 agents received 25700 dollars for the session with 11361.63 dollars in expenses. The Boston and Maine Railroad case lists seven attorneys, one charging 8161.63. two state attorneys in the railroad rate inquiry earned 1000 each. Louis D. Brandeis was paid 35 dollars in expenses.
Ruth Sanders three years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Sanders of Athens Georgia, died after finger touched a bowl of sweetened fly poison at dinner. She placed poison on her mouth and was found too late to be saved.
In Thomasville on June 1 a lawyer Col. Charles D Loud entered court escorted by the sheriff to represent a fellow prisoner Knighton charged with wife beating. Loud faces charges of passing bogus checks and involvement with fraudulent land grants and requested jury trial for Knighton and the withdrawal of the case before the June term, which was granted.
New York reports 6000 street cleaners known as white wings will attend a theater party hosted by street cleaning commissioner Big Bill Edwards next Thursday. The event follows the annual parade and is billed as the biggest theater party yet.
Rest and health to mother and child. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has aided millions of mothers for sixty years, soothing the child, softening the gums, and relieving wind colic and diarrhea. Safe for use and harmless. Ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, twenty five cents a bottle.
New York June 2 The Trinity church corporation annual report shows parish receipts of 865000 with 750000 from real estate rents and pew rents 16000. The parish spent 950000 on new buildings 340000 on maintenance of ten churches and eleven schools and 157000 in taxes. The balance sheet lists productive property assessed at 13700000 not including church sites and burying grounds. Communicants total 8060 with overall attendance rising.
Ruth Reeves seven year old girl testified before Judge Buckley in police court about a bull dog owned by George Elam that attacked her at 514 Pecos street. The judge fined Elam twenty five dollars and ordered the dog killed immediately after evidence showed the dog bit and tore flesh of the child.
W. P. Covington wins the local freight transport contract to Fort Sam Houston with bids slightly under rivals. Rate structure: 28-4 cents per mile per 100 pounds within city limits, 4 3-4 cents for 100 pounds for distances to two miles, and 2 cents more per 100 pounds for each extra mile. George W. Hobbs lands the Fort Clark contract at 70 cents per hundred pounds for 10 miles.
Will Johnson, a Black man, was jailed for fifteen days for vagrancy after police found a sack of chickens on him. He testified he found the birds in a tree while drunk and claimed to have taken them, saying he was from Alabama and climbed the tree.
Advertising copy promotes Old Standard Grove's Taste Less Chill Tonic as driving out malaria and building up the system for both adults and children, priced at 50 cents.
Oscar P Browers a well known Wells ville resident was found murdered in an alley near his home in Wells ville Ohio early this morning His head was crushed and he had been robbed of several hundred dollars a diamond ring and a gold watch and chain No suspect or clue to the killer is reported
In Louisville Judge Gregory ended a year and a half of grand jurors receiving alcoholic refreshments during sessions. A saloon wired a call bell to a rear window for service, prompting the judge to order the saloon's wire cut and warn of contempt fines for further on duty sales.
The empire mails contribute $60,000 to the queen's corona defense fund. The report from London dated June shows broad participation across colonies and dominions as part of wartime support efforts.
A listing of contributors shows gifts from beggar maids to duchesses with donations varying from halfpennies to pounds, illustrating broad philanthropic participation across social ranks.
Berlin New York June 2 The Berlin school board voted to sue for malicious slander those who started a story that John Templeton a scholar who died recently was poisoned by his teachers He fell ill at school and died two days later at home It is alleged he was poisoned by a disinfectant This appears to be the first official school suit in the state.
President Taft sent a telegram congratulating the National American Flag Day association for its work in teaching reverence for the flag. He wished the group the fullest measure of success in its patriotic efforts.
New York June 2 The secretary of the navy George Von L Meyer is the guest of the Naval War College and the chief speaker at the opening exercises of the summer session.
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