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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1911

Page

2

Welcome Home General Reyes Signals Peace Drive

General Bernardo Reyes arrived in Mexico City after visiting Orizaba to a cool reception from both Registas and Maderistas. He urged work for peace and the army, but did not declare a candidacy. Delegates prepare for a convention within fifteen days to nominate a president and vice president with Francisco I. Madero widely favored for the presidency.

Mexico City Bernardo Reyes Orizaba Registas Europe Reyes Mexico General Reyes Rodolfo Reyes Associated Press Francisco I. Madero Union Republic Juan Sanchez Azcona Madero Azcona Vasquez Gomez

Reverend Milton Baker Ends Life Over Mother's Illness

In Hamilton Ontario on June 10 the 22 year old Rev Milton Baker pastor of a local church, driven by grief over his mother's cancer illness, took prussic acid and died last night. Police say the act followed intense brooding. No other details available.

Associated Press Hamilton Ont Milton Baker

Fame in a Day for the Beauty of Hands and Arms

Grace Benson touts a home remedy promising dramatic, rapid improvements in hand and arm skin. She urges women to prepare Kulux Compound with witch hazel and water, applying at night and morning to reduce discoloration, roughness, and wrinkles, with claimed neck benefits.

Grace Benson

Brownsville Road Stock Fully Subscribed Certainty Grows

The last share of $100 brings San Antonio Mexico Construction stock to $450,000, completing the capitalization for a railroad from San Antonio to Brownsville. A syndicate took 4500 shares, and officials plan route talks, bonuses, and further chamber meetings to push construction.

Brownsville San Antonio Loan & Trust Company New Road Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce Chamber Jake Wolff

Elite Cafe 50 Cent Dinners Attract San Antonio Patrons

Promoted as 50 cent dinners at Elite Cafe in San Antonio offer quick service and good meals. The ad invites patrons to dine daily or on Sundays from noon to midnight to try the value offer.

San Antonio Elite Cafe

Lay Cornerstone Ceremony for Laurel Heights Church

The cornerstone of Laurel Heights Methodist Church will be laid on Tuesday June 27 at 6 pm. Bishop E D Mouzon will perform the ceremony with Rev J D Young in charge. Grounds were broken May 15 and total costs reach about 52 000 for edifice with extra from land plans and lighting in the thousands. The church sits at Woodlawn and Belknap Place and has a large membership.

Laurel Heights Methodist Church E. D. Mouzon J. D. Young Woodlawn and Belknap Place

Officers Named For Playgrounds Society In San Antonio

A San Antonio Playgrounds Association meeting elected officers for the year including Suiteliff as president and Belle Dilgarde as first vice president. Berrey declined reelection due to ill health, and the group reported progress as it owns ground and equipment and plans year round operation. A girl’s program will be run by Miss Mable Penfield and a boys director is planned.

San Antonio Playgrounds Association Suiteliff Belle Dilgarde D. Berrey J. P. Ward F. J. Kearful M. Sheppard Association Nat Washer D. A. Christian J. H. Ward Thomas Lodovic Neil N. Tannebaum F. W. Kiddle W. F. Gohlke John Sutcliff Ms. Berrey P. C. Blank East Commerce Street Schuetze Mandolin

Four Wells to Be Sunk Near Leon Springs Drumbeat of Dust Plagues Troops

War department approves four additional wells near well No 5 at Leon Springs to supply the division for a month. Dust on drill grounds and roads prompts bans or sprinkling plans as officers seek city help. division jokes about a tiny lieutenant hiding behind pegs.

War Department Carter Department of Texas Division Kerrville Riverside Park Fort Sam Houston Wilson Street New Braunfels Avenue Tenth Infantry Twenty-eighth Infantry United States Army

Merchants to Attend National Grocers Convention in Denver

Delegates Adolph Gas and W. M. Mor preside at the State Association of Retail Merchants. Max Blum W. A. Achilles and William Monig plan to attend. Morgan will review the Fexus Retail Merchants' growth and push renaming the national body to Merchants. San Antonio Retail Merchants to meet June 13 with reports on Wichita Falls and Denver conventions.

National Association of Grocers Denver State Association of Retail Merchants Adolph Gas W. M. Mor Max Blum W. A. Achilles Austin William Monig Fort Worth Mr. Morgan Fexus Retail Merchants’ Association San Antonio National Association Merchants San Antonio Retail Merchants’ Association Wichita Walls Nic Peters August Muegee F. Herpel L. H. Schmitt W. J. Mg H. O F. Wosnig B. Varga P. G. Lucas John Kenney Adolf Grasso

Four Escape From Jail In Syracuse Court House Break

Four men sawed their way out of the Syracuse court house jail early today, leaving parts of their clothing behind as they made an eight by twelve inch openings.

THE Associated Press Syracuse N. Y Court House

Abrupt end to meeting with mayor over city budget

The council debated budget timing and two thirds votes for appropriations, with the mayor saying salaries are fixed and appointments await budget passage. Fincham pressed charter language as aldermen left the office amid tense exchanges and an informal aftermath outside city hall.

Lucas Boynton Fincham Steves Travis Obraje Callaghan Mr. Fincham Uhr Alderman Fincham Calbigper Steves and

Chinese Admiral Stops Southern Revolution

Canton dispatch reports Admiral Li commanding South China naval forces thwarted a rebel bid. A lieutenant posed as a revolutionary, seized rebel papers, and had photos sent to admirals. The documents reveal plans for a provisional government, edicts limiting foreign interference, no Manchu revenge, and loans to fund the army.

Assoriater Press Victoria B. C Titan Canton Admiral Li South China Admiras

China to Seek Indemnity Backed by Cruiser for Torreon Killings

China intends to demand twelve million pesos in indemnity from Mexico for the Torreon massacre of Chinese subjects. A cruiser is en route to Mexican west coast ports to back the claim. Investigators report 303 Chinese killed, with many victims burned or tortured. eighty nine businesses looted, a bank and club house destroyed. The demand includes 2 million pesos for property damage and the rest for lives, plus an apology, aid to victims’ families, and stronger protection guarantees.

Associated Press Mexico City Torreon Shun Ai Shang Legation Ung

Officers Elected in State Organization

F M Roach of McKinney was reelected president of the state organization at the Wichita Falls meeting on June 10. The report notes Roach’s continued leadership and the group’s ongoing activities in Texas.

Texas Christian Endeavor Charles Miller Fort Worth Patrick Henry Wichita Falls Mary Hudson Dallas G. W. Scheffler Beaumont Christian Endeavor News Leslie Sharrow Mildred Allison Houston L. T. Sloan Langston Tenth Legion Emil M. Friedle DeWitt McLaughlin F. M. Roach McKinney Associated Press Tex

Locomotive Works Shut Down by Strike Spreads

Philadelphia June 10 The Baldwin Locomotive works where boilermakers began a week long strike expanded across departments and left more than 10 000 workers idle with orders to return Monday after a day of near total shutdown.

Baldwin Associated Press Philadelphia Baldwin Locomotive Works

Sailors Mazda Electric Lamps Offer Bill Savings

Sailors Mazda Electric Lamps promises a 50 to 60 percent reduction in your light bill. The ad invites readers to call for a demon stration and provides the phone number 2672 old.

MAZDA

Two men drown when car sinks in Jim River bank collapse

Mitchell South Dakota June 10. Dr Loughead and James Cirk of Letcher were driving along the Jim river bank when the earth gave way and their auto plunged into the river. Both men were drowned.

Dakota River Mitchell S. D Dr. Loughead James C ¥Irk Letcher 8. D Jim River

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