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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1913
Page
3
An old advertisement explains indigestion results from overworked stomach glands and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims one tablet digests 3000 grains of food and urges continued use after meals for relief, noting the product is harmless and sold in drug stores for 50 cents a box.
Sam Dutton of the Albany Hotel Denver, famed tel man, traveled from San Antonio to New York on See America First business. He tested at the Gunter Hotel and is noted as an organ and organizer, having spearheaded the American Hotel Men's Protective Association and long been linked with the Missisissippi Congress.
Nine tenths of an inch of rain fell in 24 hours bringing timely relief to ranches near OTULLA Texas. Crops are advancing as soil moisture improves and farmers expect further benefits from the rainfall. Reverend Philip Cook addresses a men’s meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the M A. venue.
The Central Congregational Church plans to hold Sunday services at the Princess theater on Houston street starting March 16 at 11 am. Rev. Frank Dyer will preach, Dr. Luther O. Whitman will play the pipe organ, and Mrs. Ebie Marshall of Boston will sing.
Joe T. Robinson resigned as governor of Arkansas and set out for Washington to assume duties as United States senator. He signed his own commission upon leaving, having been named by the legislature last month for a six year term to replace the late Jeff Davis.
In Cleveland Ohio Miss Jean Dawson a biology teacher at Cleveland Normal School and famed fly swatter declines leading an insurrection in New York. Her busy schedule keeps her from traveling to New York to head the effort.
An elderly Confederate veteran, plainly out of place in glitzy surroundings, tours a local hotel to sell tickets for a Plaza Theater benefit for Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of the United Confederate Veterans. He faces curt refusals from busy patrons who overlook his pleas and former service.
London reports sixteen women have been elected fellows and twenty more are under consideration. Notable travelers include Miss Susette Taylor, sister of Miss Anna Taylor, who visited Tibet and the Chumbi valley, and Mrs Olive Temple who journeyed 4500 miles to Wadai to pay tribute to Boyd Alexander. Also listed are Miss Gertrude Bell and Miss Emma Bell, and Mrs Longstaff, who have explored Asia and high mountains.
San Antonio officials report more than 500 000 acres, possibly up to 1 000 000, in Brooks Duval Starr and Zapata counties tied to the blue sky syndicate. W W McCampbell says a deed valued at 75 per acre covered land including Falfurrias site auctioned at 11 cents per acre. Two more men are indicted, one dubbed the king pin who moved 300 000 acres, with one suspect located in a Dallas hotel, near death.
Obituaries list several local deaths with ages and burial plans. Patterson 64 from Port O Connor died in a sanitarium. Lecomte 77 from Corpus Christi Boulevard with relatives in city and a nun sister in France. Dickerson 51 to be buried at Knights of Pythias Cemetery. Sanceda 32 born in San Antonio died after hospital stay, body to Elmendorf. Schman 25 whose body to be sent to St. Mary’s cemetery remains unresolved.
Nineteen indicted for blue sky land operations in Duval Starr and Zapata counties. Arrests spanned major cities. last capture in St. Louis two days ago. Sheriff Tobin to San Antonio with two suspects. massive bogus land sales alleged with town sites such as Falfurrias. Court terms set for March and April.
United States District Attorney Swartley outlined government charges in Philadelphia against promoters of the International Lumber and Development Company. He said investors nationwide were defrauded of almost six million dollars through fake representations and mail literature. He claimed 288000 acres in Mexico listed as company land are owned by the San Pablo Company of New Jersey and that dividends came from investor funds, not earnings.
Louis was buried today by the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company under the auspices of the local lodge of Masons. He belonged to a Masonic lodge of St. Louis.
Return notes from Dr W von Kanzler of the Lancet Clinic claim pressure on Huerta will force him to step down as provisional president within days. He cites American capital and public opinion as unfriendly to Huerta and notes support splits between Gomez and Diaz.
Widespread swindling in Duval Starr and Zapata Counties targets buyers with fake Abstracts and Warranty Deeds. The piece urges using a reputable title guaranty company for safe investments and risk protection, noting the guaranty cost is small beside the peace of mind and real protection it provides.
More than half of the $25,000 needed to buy the site for the proposed coliseum north of Martin Street has been subscribed. Harvey L. Page, spearheading the effort, says the pace suggests full funding within 90 days. Banks and railroad managers are being solicited for support as committees plan to issue $1 shares for construction, with prizes to boosters.
Dallas Texas March 8 Pitcher Tom Hanley a Giants recruit who impressed in workouts here is fighting for his life in Marlin after an appendicitis operation this afternoon doctors have practically given up hope of saving his life and his Marietta Ohio parents have been notified Hanley has not yet rallied from surgery
Judge T S Maxey declined to rule on whether Medina Valley Irrigation Co must produce maps books and data in a land condemnation hearing. Condemnation commissioners J A Kercheville M H Ward and Joseph Forst must decide the issue when they meet after a Friday Austin hearing. Attorneys for both sides argued the company’s records were or were not legally required. Judge Maxey issued his decision yesterday guiding the next steps.
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