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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
5
Cleopatra starring Helen Gardner comes to the Princess Theater tomorrow and Thursday. The epic cost about $45,000 to produce and used over two miles of film, with one mile chosen for the showing. An hour and a half of viewing time will be well spent for audiences.
David Bispham, born a Philadelphia Quaker, rose to prominence as a leading American baritone on the operatic stage. He describes a lifelong pull toward music despite orthodox family beliefs and will perform at the Grand Opera House this evening with Poe's Raven recital under the Press Club.
Another Indianola refugee dies in Corpus Christi at age 70. Mrs. Asinie Rodriguez, widow of the late Captain John Rodriguez, passed away at her son's home after residing in the city since 1870. The report notes another Indianola settler, Mrs. Joanna Cahill, died recently. A brief industry note highlights alfalfa based foods and paper fiber production in Minneapolis. The piece also references Colorado electricity use and a Cuban storage battery train near Havana.
The council adopted a 15711.17 merchant payment ordinance and approved a 25 year Ameri can District Telegraph fire alarm franchise. Protests from South Heights over Iowa Street macadamizing prompt a street plan meeting tonight at the South Heights Methodist Church. The mayor notes 12000 for street work, mainly in the neglected Seventh ward.
Public health note extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective bowel cleanser for children showing signs of illness. It claims to move undigested waste and sour bile without nausea or griping, praising the fig based formula and urging parents to buy the product from pharmacists.
A vintage ad urges Cascarets to rid the body of a lazy liver and clogged bowels. It claims the medicine cleanses the stomach, removes sour undigested food and gas, and carries out waste, promising a clear head by morning. Children are said to enjoy the taste and not be harmed.
Charles Berry fired five bullets at his head in New York, three wounds, two shots missed. After hours of pacing and bloodied rooms he believed himself mortally hurt, called his wife and brother, and was later arrested for attempted death by own action.
Washington March 11 Lead by the Audubon society bird lovers launch a nation wide campaign to amend tariff laws to ban all wild bird plumage imports. Current duties are 60 percent on dressed plumage and 20 percent on undressed. The movement argues complete prohibition is needed to save threatened bird species and notes American women use more plumes than women of any other country.
The Prince of Wales will visit Germany after completing his term at Oxford. He will stay in Stuttgart, home to his mother’s relatives, during the trip in the coming weeks.
A sea captain with double rupture defies doctors and cures himself after years bedridden. Despite urging surgery, Captain Collings reports a self devised method that ends his pain and prevents recurrence. He offers free trial of his system to ruptured individuals by mail coupon.
Texas lawmakers anticipate an extra session to pursue local and pet measures while major constitutional amendments stall. The focus will include a 9 30 closing law and highway legislat ion, with 1300 bills introduced yet many doomed on the calendar. The Terrell highway bill creates a state highway commission funded by vehicle licenses and sets a 4000 dollar salary for the highway engineer.
The House is expected to dispose today of Mr. Mill's bill to issue $3,000,000 in state penitentiary bonds. Mr. Tarver opposed the measure, arguing Texas should not back what he called poor financial policy.
The Texas Legislature weighs a prison bond plan allocating 1 560 000 to cover debts and the rest to fund new buildings lands equipment and farm and factory ventures. The Boehmer illiteracy bill draws attention as Rep Burmeister reports a supportive correspondent praising literacy as political safety. Senate consideration is expected midweek with likely passage. Judge Wells praises Gov action and Col Sterett’s work to protect fish and game, backing a proposed closed season for fish.
The Senate shows no serious consideration for the proposed court reform measures during the current session after a Townsend resolution for immediate action was voted down by nearly everyone.
A free conference committee is expected to be named today as the House and Senate disagree on the congressional redistricting bill. Little effort has been made to enact a senatorial redistricting measure this session, and none is likely. The issue may be pushed to the special session.
The free conference committee reaches an agreement praised by advocates. The bill lets the wife control separate property while preserving community rights. A husband’s consent is needed for disposing of her land stocks bonds or securities. Separate earnings and interest would not be liable for the husband’s debts.
In Austin on March 11 the House resumed work on the Hill bill allowing a $3,000,000 penitentiary bond issue. Opponents push to limit to $1,500,000 or $2,000,000, hoping to provoke a tax-rate fight under the Colquitt administration. Speaker Terrell locks doors to enforce attendance as Lewelling attacks constitutionality and Hill defends the plan and the $2,000,000 amendment.
The Senate wrestled over a $3 million bond bill with amendments reducing the sum. A motion to postpone failed, Allison proposed $1.5 million, Hill offered $2 million, and the $2 million amendment passed 75 to 43. The bill moved to engrossment 72 to 43 amid lingering regret over not preserving a larger $3 million issue.
The Senate judiciary committee reported favorably on a bill making it a penitentiary offense to run a newspaper contest, with amendments to allow contests for subscriptions but ban rival prize bets. Other measures approved include pistol carrying, anti-bogus checks, and a state fish law for Wood County, plus timber-cutting limits. The day also saw approval of health and school sanitation bills and the free conference report on a marital rights property bill, while Westbrook pressed anti common law marriage measures.
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