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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
4
A station timetable lists arrivals from Houston and Galveston at 6 50am and various other routes including Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Kerrville with noted departures to Austin El Paso Victoria and coastal towns. Times span from early morning to late evening with multiple No numbers and divisions.
Representatives of the state lunacy commission will seek court appointments to manage the estate of Miss Jane Perkins Williams a 75 year old Brooklyn recluse whose wealth was found in an asylum search. Amid decaying belongings in a Brooklyn shack they uncovered stocks bonds and mortgages valued at nearly 500000 with a further half million in safety deposits across New York Albany and Brooklyn. Many shares were tucked in an ancient mattress walls and floor. Dividends in uncashed letters were also found.
A Japanese delegation led by Admiral Count Togo will attend the coronation of King George V in England. Prince and Princess Higashi, Count Nogi, and Vice Admiral Shimamura accompany him. The group sails on the Kamo Maru and arrives London June 6 with Japanese cruisers Kurama and Lone due mid June at Dover or Portsmouth.
New York University registrar Dr George C Sprague reports 1910 earnings averaged 85 50 per month for 1150 students at the School of Commerce Accounts and Finance. The total earnings reached 1 181 444 with students spending about nine hours weekly in class and a similar time in preparation. Reported roles included book keepers bank clerks accountants stenographers teachers salesmen and interpreters.
Boston inspectors from the department of commerce and labor report 38 percent of scales tested in a recent city survey are incorrect. Twenty two percent of liquid measures and 10 percent of dry measures were inaccurate, with most mistakes favorable to dealers. The sealer asserts Boston is well equipped per city size and excuses of inadequate force do not hold.
New York reports 1.49 billion riders across surface elevated and subway lines in 1910. Public Service Commission notes elevated 450 million, subway 270 million, surface 770 million passengers.
In Darmstadt on May 1 the Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Hesse befriended an unemployed man in the city park. The man asked for a loan of "tin" meaning dough. The duke guided him to the police gates and ordered a tailor’s suit to be provided with the bill sent to the palace.
Graduation activities for West Texas Military Academy run May 28 and 29. Cadets camp May 18 to 25 on the Comal River at Landa Park New Braunfels under Lt. Earle M. Wilson. Final exams start May 12. Peacock Military School holds commencement May 12 with diplomas and medals, parade led by Maj. John A. Dupray, followed by gymnastic displays and a water carnival at West End Lake.
Jas H Robbins sergeant with Fort Ethan Allen unit from Vermont leaped from a Union Pacific train 35 miles east of Evanston Wyoming while temporarily insane. Found eight hours later four miles from the track in wet clothing and only in underclothes. His wife and four children accompanied the train.
About 50 to 75 photographers from Texas towns will attend a three day photography school May 2 3 and 4 at the Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio. Eastman Kodak company will manage the event with four or five experts in charge. Lectures cover photography phases with numerous demonstrations. Sessions run morning and afternoon and local hosts may arrange entertainment for visitors.
The Rathskeller in San Antonio operates from noon to midnight offering good service and a choice deli menu with short orders at Elite Cafe.
In Louisville on May 1 police recovered ermine skins among about 2000 mink and weasel hides seized after a local arrest. L T Berliner of a Corry Pennsylvania fur house identified roughly 500 white weasel and several ermine skins as part of a shipment meant for London last January. The shipment was halted after a warehouse robbery.
Hall's Texas Wonder is promoted with testimonials claiming quick and permanent relief for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. The advertisement asserts most bottles cure and urges readers to write for testimonials. Dr E W Hall of St Louis Missouri is named and the product is sold by druggists.
James Henry Scharr the chief weather forecaster and two assistants moved to new quarters on the twenty-ninth floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. After predicting rain they found the building locked and hailed police. They were rescued as rain began to fall.
More than 100 essays have been received for the Pugsley prize contest at Lake Mohonk on international arbitration. Undergraduate students from American colleges compete for the award. Among entrants are West Point cadets Ewin N. Hardy and John P. Lucas, plus H. J. Fei of Oberlin and R. S. Kenne of Wisconsin.
The regular monthly business meeting will be held Monday at 8 15 PM in the reading room of the International club. All members are urged to attend as important matters will be discussed. F Biggs Secretary.
Chicago begins raising six of the oldest Loop buildings to clear sites for modern skyscrapers as leases expire May 1. The Continental Hotel at Wabash and Madison is among the structures slated for destruction, once a theater district hub in the 1870s era.
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