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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1916
Page
2
War Department report from Washington warns that food shortages threaten soldiers as transportation falters. General Funston cites inadequate roads and 250 mile supply lines hindering Pershing’s cavalry and the pursuit of Villa. Rail lines are deemed essential, awaiting Carranza’s approval to operate trains.
The chamber of commerce department of advertising and publicity has postponed its Monday afternoon meeting to Tuesday afternoon.
Letters from Vermont Arkansas and New Jersey praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's ailments. Mrs Nell Frenon of Weehawken NJ reports backache and relief after eight months and gains in ease. Mrs Karn Leomamor also sees life changes after taking the remedy. Mrs Maus Gattis of Branch Ark describes cramping and irregularity improved in three months.
Fire swept the Country Club building, trapping guests after the main staircase failed. Three people leaped from the gallery to escape, with injuries to Mrs Gafford and Mr Gafford. Albert Hroye was hospitalized after leaping to safety. Property loss estimated at 45000, with most value in the building and furnishings insured.
Judge James Edward Webb died in the San Antonio Country Club fire. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm Monday from J M Kincaid’s home, with Rev C Wesley Weddell presiding. Alamo Masonic lodge assists, Elks and Knights of Pythias attendees. Interment at Alamo Masonic Cemetery. Active pallbearers include W S Fly and Anton Mourland. numerous honorary pallbearers named. Webb, born May 1859 in Grimes county, rose from cotton gin laborer to lawyer and city attorney, later partner at Webb & Goeth. He campaigned for mayor in 1911, losing by 160 votes to Bryan Callaghan.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Walthall were buried together at Mission Burial Park after dying in the San Antonio Country Club fire Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the home on Dwyer Avenue and at St. Mark's Church. James D. Walthall, a former attorney general, had a prominent legal career and state service, married Mary Carson of Indianapolis in 1915, and was active in golf and tennis. Mrs. Walthall survived by her mother and brother Frederick Carson.
Funeral services for Homer Jones, 30, vice president of the Stewart Title Guaranty Company, who perished in the Country Club fire, will be held at Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company parlors at 6 p.m. Monday. Dr. B J Porter will officiate. Jones escaped the blaze to return for Mrs. Maco Stewart, wife of Stewart Title’s president, and both died. Interment will follow at Jacksonville, Texas, with Rotary Club members acting as escorts. Jones was a Jacksonville native and UT-educated lawyer who had led a San Antonio branch for Stewart Title Guaranty.
Mrs Maco Stewart born Lillian Chesney Moore in Leighton Alabama on May 3 1876. She married Maco Stewart president of Stewart Title Guaranty Company Galveston and a practicing attorney. Interment was at Mission burial park with pallbearers F E Scobey Reymond Edwards James K Stuart Ky B Carruth Ira Cc Ogden Dr Frederick J Combe and William T Lar cent George T Burgess. Survived by husband and son Maco a UT Austin student. The funeral was private with family and intimate friends attending. Mrs Stewart was regent of the Galveston Chapter DAR and a Catholic.
The 30 year old Country Club maid Mrs Ellen Cockrell died in a clubhouse fire and will be buried Monday at Tanta cemetery nineteen miles from San Antonio on the Sutherland Springs road. She leaves two children aged two and five, and her parents Mr and Mrs E K Wisdom of Van Ormy Texas arrived in San Antonio.
A casual remark by Mrs James 1 of Walthall on Saturday night prompted W J Deniger to take precautions and escape from his room in the Country.
Early Sunday a fire swept through a business block housing five stores. Witnesses recount a missing door knob and a slat door altered to stay open aiding escape. Mrs Walthall reportedly feared fire as she perished. Homer Jones and others escaped amid a $75,000 loss. Firefighters fought a stiff wind and gained control late in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Earl R Gafford leaped from a gallery in the Country Club fire Sunday morning and are hospitalized at Lee surgical with injuries described as a sprained ankle a back strain and multiple bruises. A diamond pin lost in the blaze was recovered Monday morning by a club waiter.
Mrs A Upleger of Waco sister of James D Walthall former Texas attorney general who perished in the San Antonio Country Club house fire while visiting her mother in San Antonio J W Bondurant of Waco is a first cousin. Also Norfolk fires cause 262000 in damage. New Haven railway yard blaze totals 700000 in losses.
Moody Texas March 27 A fire fueled by leaking gas spread from a kitchen to five stores and the W M Hall burning Sunday causing extensive damage and smoke.
Directors and officers of the Country Club met in EK B Chandler's office in shock after a fatal fire that killed six. Rebuilding plans were not discussed though the club, established in 1908, was a social hub with an 18 hole course. The group listed included E B Chandler as president and Thomas H Franklin as vice president with a slate of directors.
Tens of cavalry and infantry detachments from a base near Casas Grandes seek to flush their quarry into the open. American forces gain access to Mexican telegraph lines between Madera and Juarez, a Carranza front-line commander announces. Communications are censored by General Bertagi at Madera as officers report from the front.
Report from Casas Grandes says Villa escaped Carranza lines and has scattered his force southward. Observers note he expanded his band to include 35 youths and musters only 15 to 20 men in key retreats. Pershing expects months to trap him as locals doubt capture is possible amid hostile terrain and idolized outlaw. A Twenty-fourth Infantry sergeant describes the land as water-poor with many rivers and few signs to guide pursuers.
Washington March 27 administration assurances that U S troops protect American interests on the Mexican border led Republican senators to take no action in a conference. Senator Gallinger was asked to issue a statement of views while attendees gave little comment. Some feared border threats but avoided actions that could jeopardize the punitive expedition.
The advertisement for Conger's at 714 Avenue C promotes pianos priced at $100 less than usual, inviting customers with a fixed discount to attract shoppers.
Scioto and other streams mounted quickly as Marion county faced a potential flood. Residents of Prospect and La Rue evacuated their homes as waters rose, threatening surrounding areas.
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