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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
3
Mayor Jones declares no city employee will be fired for doing his duty and warns against police favoritism toward the rich. He orders Chief Lancaster to issue coercive orders and oversee a policy change at police headquarters this afternoon. He also condemns on duty drinking and vows discharge if substantiated.
Better than medicine claims HYOMEI treats catarrh by medicating the air you breathe with oils and balsams. The complete kit costs $1 with extra bottles 50 cents. guaranteed to refund if not effective. Drugstores carry the remedy nationwide.
In Chicago on March 7 a suit for 2222 dollars in royalties was filed in municipal court over the song You Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Around. Plaintiffs and defendants are music publishing firms. The melody had long circulated in the Ozark mountains before becoming a craze. Wireless telegraphy is reported in use in Bolivia Chile and Argentina.
President Wilson backed a tougher Sherman anti trust law in discussions with Congress leaders and labor officials in Washington as he weighs appropriations for the new session. He urged rigid economy and considered delaying policy on labor exemptions until a broader revision is pursued.
The Rev. A. W. Hueschen of San Antonio endorses Plant Juice after rapid health recovery from stomach and liver troubles. He joins other Texas clergy praising its tonic benefits and recommends it for kidney issues and general revitalization. Sold at Fischer's.
Local ad lists heavy cotton laces at 5c and 8c with val laces and inset at 8c. Cluny laces in multiple widths priced 12c with specials at 18 and 27 inch shadows $1. Swiss embroidered edges cost 6c to 11c and cambric edges and flouncing range from 22c to 50c.
Advertises discounted hair tonic priced at 50c and 39c for Parisian Sage, Java rice powder 23c, Corylopsis talcum 9c, toothbrushes 19c, Rose cold cream 7c. Promotions list multiple household items with low prices typical of a local sale flyer.
Classified listing of towels bed spreads sheets pillow cases linen suiting and ramie linen with mixed prices and sizes. Items include absorbent crash towels 9c each 18x38, bed spreads 89c, sheets 54c, pillow cases 9c, linen suiting 89c, ramie linen 50c wide.
Advertises 18c per pound linen correspondence paper with good weight and absorbent finish for any correspondence use. Envelopes to match 5c per package. Mentioned as a Saturday special sale price.
Advertises 12c Renfrew Ginghams at 8c per yard with 28 inch zephyrs in checks stripes plaids and solid colors yardage priced at 8c.
Percales and ginghams in spring and summer styles with low necks and elbow sleeves. Well made, prettily trimmed. Sizes 6 to 14. Regularly priced at $1.25 each, now 98 cents.
The ad touts thirty five patterns of spring curtain scrims with light and bright colorings and plain center scrims with borders. Prices are four cents off the usual 11 cents per yard, a notable saving for shoppers.
Kayser's offers silk gloves at 89c a pair with 16-button length and broken sizes in assorted shades. Infants' stockings are 17c each, soft lisle in black blue white and pink. Silk hose at 69c per pair combine lisle tops soles and high spliced heels in good silk quality.
Secretary of State Bryan released an official statement echoing his 1900 Indianapolis address. He spoke of a peaceful world order, liberty at home, and a republic advancing progress while resisting imperial ambitions, as reporters pressed for Mexico policy details from the new administration.
Democrats select Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas as president pro tempore over Senator Augustus Bacon of Georgia by 27 to 14. The decision, unexpected by many, serves as the Senate's equivalent to an election and signals leadership direction amid the Panama tolls discussion.
Lawton officers seized 45 cases of whiskey and one cask of beer shipped to local dealers from Fort Worth and Kansas City. The consignment was found at the depot, invoking the Webb law prohibiting wholesale liquor shipments into dry states.
In Washington on March 7 the ICC deemed rate increases for linseed oil shipments from St. Paul and Minneapolis to the South and West reasonable. The Des Moines Iowa leg was withdrawn from the proposal leaving other routes intact.
Charles W. Morse the American financier sailed from Southampton aboard the Koenigen Auguste Victoria bound for New York. He departed on March 7 in a motion that underscores his ongoing international business interests.
Rain halts city street work and mud delays resumption. City Treasurer J Frank says gangs will be paid tomorrow at city hall, a practice since months past that saved the city money by paying on the job. Also notes a dismissed rumor about an engineer in a wreck and mentions Houston Post Columbus to have a new school and city administration building.
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