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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
5
Former President William H Taft addressing Yale Law School lectures at New Haven argues for free trade if pursued by party support. He outlines progressive aims to curb corporate influence and promote equal opportunity, while warning reactionaries. He praises parties as essential for consistent policy.
Houston May 6 The city school board at its meeting last night endorsed the action of city authorities in declining to name women as school trustees. The convention was that female representation was already large in the schools with over 80 percent of teachers of that sex.
Secretary Daniels told the Board of Trade that he favors resuming active operations at the New Orleans naval station and other dismantled stations. He would not support permanent closings, even with small vested interest costs. He inspected New Orleans and then proceeded to Pensacola for a similar review.
General Luke Wright of Tennessee met with Secretary Garrison at the war department to discuss appointing a new governor general for the Philip pines and other Philippine commission changes. Garrison weighs independence timelines as Wright plans discussions with the president.
Dr Arthur Edward Spohn longtime Corpus Christi surgeon and prominent citizen died after a paralysis stroke. He served as chief physician for yellow fever patients during the 1880s outbreak. Funeral services are set for Wednesday morning.
Twenty nine aliens were granted U S citizenship at the afternoon session of the United States District Court. One woman Miss Emma Burgemeister from Hamburg Germany spoke of not voting yet but seeking property rights and citizenship. The list includes Rev John Battist Frigon Alexander Zoghieb Anton Martin Fritz and many others with addresses in San Antonio.
Judge T S Maxey delivered a formal statutory charge to the federal grand jury convening yesterday afternoon. The panel includes foreman W B Hamilton Jr and members from San Antonio, Gonzales, Pearsall, Hondo, New Braunfels, Mountain Home, and other Texas towns. The petit jury roster lists Comfort, Floresville, Seguin, Kerr County, and several additional communities.
May 6 Harrisburg report states ten verses of the Bible would be read daily in Pennsylvania public schools if a House bill passed by the Senate is approved by the governor. Violations carry the penalty of dismissal for noncompliant teachers.
The Kaiser's daughter Princess Victoria Louise will voyage to America next September aboard the Imperator. She will be accompanied by Prince Ernst of Cumberland, whom she will wed on May 24, marking a royal marriage accompanying the transatlantic visit.
Houston chamber members at last night’s meeting decided to form a convention bureau to secure gatherings for the city during the coming year and to cancel the 1913 carnival. Ground has been secured for a permanent South Texas Exposition, but construction and plans will take more than a year.
President W J Mitchell and a group of Waco Ad Club members drove to Dallas at noon to attend the on to Baltimore meeting of the Dallas Advertising League tonight. They plan to return tomorrow morning.
An advertisement claims a 21 year research based home treatment can cure pyorrhea gum disease and foul breath. It urges readers to contact Dr. W Willard at E280 Temple Court Building Chicago for the book and method, promising painless, inexpensive relief and to avoid dentists.
Washington suffragists press for immediate report on a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. A mass meeting in New York adopted the resolution and Washington women return with plans for a strong New England parade and a major December convention.
A militant suffragette Ada Ward was seized at the Grand Hotel Trafalgar Square placing a bomb with a lit fuse and a votes for women placard. The bomb and arrest were reported as police remand for further inquiry. Also a church fire at St Catherine's Hatcham blamed on suffragettes. Carrie Chapman Catt described US movement as less militant.
The New Haven Political Equality Club, a suffrage group, expelled twelve members including president Mrs Ter rence S. McDermott and vice president Mrs Augusta Troup for forming an organization within the club without knowledge or consent. The targeted group was the Pioneer Equality Club and the expulsion resolutions condemn such actions as unprecedented and corrupt for control.
Suffragettes from across Florida gathered in Tallahassee to press the state Senate to pass a resolution allowing voters to decide on woman suffrage in the 1914 elections. Delegates from national suffrage headquarters assisted the Florida campaign.
Permits were granted by the state department of Insurance and Banking to Thames and Mersey Insurance Company of Liverpool Scotland’s Scottish Union National Insurance Company and the American Mutual Benefit Association of Houston.
About 200 prisoners linked to the April 27 attempt to overthrow the republic were marched at dawn onto the steamer Cabo Verde and sent to Terceira island. They face court martial in Angra fortress as families fear for their fate and the government defends the move under law. The rioting was led by ultra republicans amid barracks clashes in Lisbon.
Paul Patkotak an 18 year old Eskimo plans to sail from Seattle on May 22 aboard the Transit to marry Miss Alice Ahlock a native teacher at the Point Barrow government school Miss Ahlock refused him years ago due to his education. Patkotak financed schooling by trapping Arctic foxes and earning passage to Seattle. He then attended a Seattle grammar school and learned shorthand typing and bookkeeping during the year.
Dr. H F Swartz national superintendent of Congregationalist extension work arrived in San Antonio to aid Rev. Frank Dyer in selecting a site for a church and arranging construction. Services are in Princess Theater as the city lacks a Congregational edifice while Texas has about 80 churches in Dallas Fort Worth Austin Houston El Paso Corpus Christi and Port Arthur.
A weather bulletin from Washington on May 6 predicts a cold spell within 36 to 48 hours. A general shift in atmospheric pressure will trigger lower temperatures across the Atlantic states, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and the lower lake region.
A special trainload of Temple and North Texas business men spend six hours in San Antonio this afternoon en route to Bishop. They will tour the city from 2 to 8 o clock and attend a luncheon hosted by F. Z. Bishop who founded Bishop. The group, joined by the Bishop Band, plans to leave tonight to reach Bishop in the morning.
The Interstate Commerce Commission found higher rates for ground iron ore from Alabama Georgia and Tennessee to Atlantic ports justified while lower rates from Chattanooga to New York and Boston remain in place. The notice also mentions Foley Kidney Pills and advertising from Fischer Drug Co and Piel Bros.
Local militia was mobilized in Syracuse after a riot injuring 15, including seven policemen. Five hundred Italian strikers confronted police at the old Bishop Grimes house site and in the business district, with shots fired and several wounded before order was restored.
Harold Bracken aged 19 was sent to the workhouse to serve a $200 fine after he rammed a pedestrian with his car and fled the scene. His wealthy father refused to pay the fine, hoping imprisonment would teach him a lesson.
Fresh Spanish mackerel and gulf trout headline a selection including flounders frog legs shrimp crabs and KC meats available at Riverside Restaurant. Local sales promotion highlights seafood and meat varieties for diners and takeout.
Old time notice from H union Meat Company advertising pork sausage in one pound boxes for twenty five cents per pound. Place your order with your butcher or grocer.
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