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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
2
Mrs. D. A. Latimer, a well known Palestine resident, fell from her home gallery sustaining severe injuries and a partial paralysis. She credits Vitalitas with restoring strength and nerve energy after two bottles, urging public trial at Wagner's drug store 407 East Houston.
The Carnegie library has received a selection of new children’s and adult books. Notable additions include Tom Sawyer Abroad Sinopah the Indian Boy With the Indians in the Rockies and works by D L Sharp The Spring of the Year and The Fall of the Year Other new titles include Betty Wales Decides Best Lies to Tell to Children The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse and Story of Joseph among others Adult volumes add Graves Principles of Handling Woodlands Conway Alps and Colbert’s West India Policy.
Temple Beth El hosts the Feast of Weeks services starting this evening and continuing Wednesday morning. A confirmation class of five will participate, including Rose Kuehn Fannie Rouf Lena Meyers Samson Kaufman and Alfred N Sack, conducting the entire feast proceedings.
More than 100 refugees mainly Americans and Brits arrived at Saltillo from Concepcion del Oro after a clash with Constitutionalists. They paid 12,500 pesos for the train passage and to pass out, while reporting no repairs on the National Railroad northward. In Nogales Delvalle, returning from Washington, met with Mexican federal and revolutionary agents seeking peace, denying affiliation with any party and denying ambassadorship rumors.
Motors discuss an endurance run to Galveston during June car races as a Cotton Carnival feature. A talk on magnetos by S. X. Callahan drew praise, with members urging action at next night’s club meeting. Discussions also covered auto insurance, county road plans, and a proposed dancing pavilion at the club house. Prize repairs were awarded to W. W. Searcy. The next luncheon will be at the St Anthony Hotel.
The Supreme Court upheld state power to fix reasonable intrastate rail rates until Congress acts, in the Minnesota rate cases. Justice Hughes ruled against hypothetical multipliers in determining railroad property value, urging a fair average market price. The decision allows states to regulate intrastate rates even if they affect interstate commerce, prompting renewed rate making by state commissions nationwide.
On June 10, New York stock traders faced a sharp early drop as railroad stocks led losses on the opening bell. The Minnesota rate decision hit Hill stocks hardest, with rails down over four points, Northern Pacific down 4 1/4, Great Northern preferred off 8, and United States Steel tumbling 11 1/2.
Austin June 10 Texas railroad commissioners react to the U S Supreme Court decision in the Minnesota rate case with gratification. Chairman Mayfield and Commissioner Williams say the ruling preserves state commissions and could force the Interstate Commerce Commission to reverse the Commerce Court decision in the Shreveport rate case.
Robert Willie of 1437 Austin street and Philip Blank of 1920 East Commerce street, both seventeen, enlisted as apprentice seamen and departed for the Galveston recruiting station. Hugo Willie praises his first son’s Navy service and eagerly seeks enrollment for his second. The Louisville Courier-Journal snippet ends with a joking exchange about selling dynamite.
Porter's fight to save Porter Charlton from extradition to Italy resumes as his lawyers seek habeas corpus relief. Courts declined to hear insanity defenses at the preliminary hearing. Italy demands surrender while Secretary Knox maintains treaty interpretation. Evidence of Charlton's insanity and family medical history are offered to influence the outcome.
Representative Hinebaugh of Illinois, a Progressive, proposes a nine member special congressional committee to investigate the St Louis and San Francisco railroad receivership. He also seeks action to regulate reorganizations of insolvent railroads and to probe securities issued before the receivership as the Senate backs an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry.
Fort Worth Texas June 10 uniform billboards and uniform bill posting will be urged before the state convention of the Texas Poster Advertisers Association meeting here tomorrow A proposed law fixing the size of the billboard has been prepared German pencil factories produce annually about three million gross of lead colored copying and slate pencils and pen holders
Two San Antonio youths earned degrees today. Edward H. Dignowity, mining engineer from Harvard, sent word home after an oral exam. Alfred Gardner Ranney, bachelor of science from MIT, authored a thesis on the Medina Dam at Mico, Texas. Willis Ranney is a listed brother and local figure.
Evidence before a parliamentary committee shows Lord Murray purchased Elibank's 3000 Marconi shares as an investment of Liberal Party funds. It also reveals Lord Murray was a $150,000 creditor to an absconding stock broker involved in the Marconi dealings, with no more than $45,000 of party funds shown in the transaction. Captain Arthur Cecil Murray testified his brother's actions were indiscreet but not dishonorable.
Joe Garcia age 39 died yesterday afternoon at his home on Morales street. Funeral occurred this afternoon from the residence with services at the San Fernando Cathedral. Burial followed in San Fernando cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Modesta Garcia of Kerrville and sister Mrs Morales of San Antonio.
Invitations have been sent for the sixty first annual commencement at St Marys College to be held at Beet hoven Hall next Thursday June 12 at 8 15 p m The event will honor graduates H Hines Henry Schmidt Griffith Jones and Joseph Yamin with Griffith Jones valedictorian and Henry Schmidt salutatorian Rt Rev J W Shaw bishop of San Antonio will award diplomas and degrees Rev Joseph C Ei president will present top awards Music by St Louis College orchestra and St Marys College choir will perform.
Representative Aswell of Louisiana introduced a bill separating white government clerks from negroes. It states there shall be no discrimination, but white clerks shall not share offices with negroes or be under orders of negroes, and in the trailway mail service white clerks would not work in mail cars with negroes except in emergencies.
In Brownsville Texas on June 10 authorities anticipate wholesale arrests linked to neutrality law violations. One arrest has been made as special agents from the Department of Justice pursue smuggling of ammunition to the Constitutional forces operating on the lower border.
English missionaries have printed the gospels in Japan in three small dialects intended for circulation among western China aborigines. The effort highlights linguistic work by missionaries to reach remote communities with adapted scripture.
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