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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
5
Miss Notz the librarian at the Carnegie Library has ordered a large railroad guide covering all U S railroads, with another Colorado guide to be added. The literature aids summer vacationists by centralizing schedules and routes to avoid visiting multiple offices.
George Maggi, tied to a Swiss bankrupt, learned his $16,000,000 fortune vanished and attempted suicide at his mother’s San Mateo home. Resuscitated. He and his wife planned a trip to Switzerland to pursue a share of the estate with his mother, Mrs. Rose Maggi.
In Denver on June 23 the thirty first annual festival of the North American Turnerbund began with Gut heill Zum Turnfeste greeting the arriving delegation as thirteen Turn vereins reached the city. Colorado Turnvereins welcomed the visitors with cheers at the station.
Paris reports President Raymond Poincare to travel to London for a four day official visit. He will be welcomed by King George and the British government with elaborate arrangements aimed at boosting entente cordiale talks. Parliament has allocated 57000 for his expenses and both nations seek closer cooperation.
President Poinecaire of France will visit England from Spithead to June 27 after arriving aboard the Jean Bart. He will be received by King George, attend calls at Buckingham Palace, and dine at the palace with the royal family and officials as part of lavish ceremonies marking closer Franco British ties.
Louis Bloch of 35 Morrell Street reports eighteen months of spreading sores on face and neck. He tried many treatments before using Resinol Soap and Ointment, which led to a complete cure after about three months. The ad promotes Resinol as a trusted skin remedy with free samples from Baltimore.
In London a glittering assembly is staged with a noon reception at Guildhall where Poincare will lunch with the Lord Mayor and city corporation. He will meet English politicians and business leaders, dine at the French embassy, visit Windsor Castle, and conclude with a Buckingham Palace ball before sailing on the Gloire with escort to France.
A long roster of travelers from Corpus Christi, Gadsden, Guthrie, Austin, Cuero, Dallas, Waelder, Chicago, Fort Worth, Cleveland, Cotulla, Jourdanton, Laredo, Seguin, Temple, Gonzales, San Angelo, Memphis, and more are registered or staying at major San Antonio hotels including the Menger, Crockett, Savoy, Bexar, Bowie, St. Anthony, Gunter, and others. Notable names include Anatolie Welson, George W. Whiteside, W. A. Roachman, J. W. Baylor, Frang Stag, and J. X. Mash as hotels host visitors in town for business and leisure.
Officers from Pulaski and Lonoke counties with bloodhounds search for James Fox who fatally shot Patrick Phillips near Kerr's station on Saturday Fox is armed with a shotgun.
Donald Roscoe aged 10 and Herbert Moore aged 9, both from Buffalo, drowned in a small flat bottom boat swept toward Niagara Falls whirlpool rapids. Rope broke, boat carried downstream, rescuers unable to reach them. both bodies not recovered amid crowds watching from the shore.
Edward Batty, 17, the opponent of Patsy Grant who died after a Friday boxing match, was arrested in Dayton on a manslaughter charge. Coroner McKenny said Grant likely died from overheating after the fight.
LITTLE ROCK Ark June 23 Judge George W Hays of Camden leads former Congressman Stephen H Brundige in the gubernatorial primary count from last Saturday returns with results still incomplete and votes being tallied at county offices.
Reported in Hays a judge race shows Hays leading by about two thousand votes with 75 percent counted, while Brundige supporters refuse concession awaiting further returns. The piece notes over 490 million dollars in good road bonds outstanding nationwide.
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