San Antonio City Election Draws Statewide Interest
Voters packed the Citizens' ticket HQs and the Light office as results rolled in past 2:30 am. Women stayed up late for returns while no disorders occurred and deputies enforced closing laws. Children were found by The Light after being separated from families.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bryan Callaghan
Citizens’ Ticket
Mackay and Frost
Citizens
Mackay
Callaghan
Citizens’ Cause
Light Office
Frost Building
City Hall
Crockett, Street
Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Canadian Reciprocity
Washington May 1 The senate finance committee was in session hearing on Canadian reciprocity with reservations allotted for farmers paper and wire manufacturers to speak. The house committee on territories again considered statehood for Arizona and New Mexico.
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Washington
Ther
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee On Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Callaghan Wins for Mayor by 185 Votes
Callaghan secures the mayoral race by a 185 vote margin while expressing a wish for more aldermen to oppose controversial measures. He thanks citizens for support and urges continued push for good government through the progressive Citizens' ticket.
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Callaghan
Citizens
Ballot Guard Ordered as Close Vote Prompts Action
Sheriff Tobin and deputies guarded ballot boxes and tally sheets after Judge J L Camp granted Citizens' party request for protection. Frank C. Davis cited the near margin and possible 25 vote shift to secure the boxes. City law placed custody with the city council, not the sheriff, but guards were approved and stationed at the sheriff's office.
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Ntil
Tobin
J. L. Camp
Forty-fifth District Court
Frank C. Davis
Citizens’ Party
Davis
Joe Ryan
Negroes Organize for Future Campaign Help
Fifty men met at Citizens' ticket headquarters in the Mackey building and formed a club to aid leaders in any future campaign. Rev. E. H. Lampkins spoke and the group scheduled a meeting for Monday night at 8:30 on Durango street.
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Citizens’ Ticket
Mackey Building
E. H. Lampkins
Durango Street
May hot take division out to Leon Springs
General Carter says no order to move the division to Leon Springs until water supply is proven adequate for several days. The third militia detail, 203 officers, arrives tomorrow, though lateness is expected. Final water information is expected by tomorrow to decide the move.
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Leon Springs
Carter
Real Estate Luncheon Shortened by Exchange
The weekly Real Estate Exchange luncheon at the St. Anthony starts at 12 30 tomorrow and ends at 2. Real estate men shorten meeting time going forward. Interested attendees should notify Secretary Mackey before 9 tomorrow morning.
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Real Estate Exchange
St. Anthony
Mackey
Iron Mountain Agent Served Over 865 Railway Code Violations
Texarkana Ark May 10 W Clark local agent of the Iron Mountain railroad was served with a summons to answer 865 separate charges of violating Arkansas law requiring sheds at division headquarters for machinists. Each day of noncompliance is a separate charge.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
W. ©. Clark
Iron Mountain Railroad
Joe Howard to visit San Antonio for short stay
Song writer and actor Joe Howard will arrive in San Antonio Friday for two or three days. He and his wife Mrs. Howard, currently living in San Antonio, will then depart for Colorado Springs to begin their summer residence there.
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Joe Howard
He Howard
San Antonio
Mrs. Howard
Colorado Springs
Courts Quiet in Several Districts After Morning
In the Forty fifth District court a damage suit is on trial while Judge Seeligson stayed in chambers. The Thirty seventh District court handled a habeas corpus application and minor business before adjourning, and other courts reported little activity after 10:30 a.m.
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Forty-fifth ,District Court
Seeligson
Thirty Seventh District Court
Indictment Dismissed Over Defective Wording
District Attorney I C Baker dismissed the indictment against I Arbitter for receiving and concealing stolen property. He stated a new indictment had been returned by the recent grand jury on the same matter.
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I. C. Baker
I. Arbitter
Mayor Wo Goungil Faces Even Split in Alderman Race
The city council stands evenly split with six Callaghan and six Citizen tickets for aldermen. One precinct 5 vote saved the mayor's control by preventing a total opposition majority. The mayor will cast tie‑breaking votes and appoint officers after May canvass and June qualification.
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Bryan Callaghan
Colquitt
Ncil
Callaghan
Lambert
Kinney
Mauermann
Richter
Wickeland
Fincham
Lipscomb
Uhr
Boynton
Lucas
Steves
Portance
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Roy
Rathskellar Deli Opens In San Antonio At Noon
The Rathskellar in San Antonio operates from noon to midnight offering good service and a selection of delicatessen and short orders at the Elite Cafe venues.
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San Antonio
Subpoenas Issued for 22 San Antonians in D. B. Bene Case
First batch of witnesses for the D. B. bene trial at Victoria reached Sheriff Tobin this morning and will be served. The list includes 22 San Antonians such as R. W. Stephens E. F. Griswold Edward Flynn Horace G. French Chester Basse and others from San Antonio and nearby counties with more subpoenas expected.
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Victoria
Tobin
San Antonio
Victoria County
R. W. Stephens
E. F. Griswold
Edward Flynn
Horace G. French
Chester Basse
Bond Fixed at 500 in Zaragoza Gonzalez Murder Case
On habeas corpus hearing in the Thirty-seventh District Court the bond for Zaragoza Gonzalez, charged as an accomplice in a murder, was set at $500. He is said to have been with a relative when a man was killed on Military Plaza during the carnival.
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Zaragoza Gonzalez
Bad Blood Promises from Cascarets Ad Claim
Clarence R. Griffin of Sheridan Indiana touts Cascarets as curing a bad complexion pimples and poor digestion after using two boxes. The ad promotes Pleasant Palatable Potent taste good do good never sicken weaken or gripe and promises a money back guarantee.
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Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Ind
Insane Mullens Resists Being Taken to Jail in Lunacy Verdict
In county court this morning Charles Mullens fought Deputy Sheriff Newton when ordered to jail after a lunacy verdict. Mullens, deemed dangerous by Dr. Berrey, resisted with a bruising struggle before handcuffs were set. The jury also adjudged two white persons, a Mexican girl, and a Black man lunatics. other defendants sat quietly or showed mild signs of mental illness.
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Charles Mullens
Alfonso Newton
Newton
Jack Fraser
Mullens
D. Berrey
Walter Magner
John Morgan
Sofia Moya
Dr. Berrey
Texas Passenger Agents Hold Monthly Meeting in Fort Worth
General passenger agents from across Texas met at the St Anthony hotel for their regular monthly session. J E Hanningen of St Louis chaired with eleven members present. Galveston was chosen for the next session on June 14, while Jake Wolters urged rates to Fort Worth for the anti prohibition rally on June 5.
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Texas
Texas Passenger Agents’ Association
St. Anthony
J. E. Hanningen
St. Louis
Southwestern Passenger Agents Association
Galveston
Jake Wolters
Fort Worth
T. J. Anderson
T. C
Houston
Joseph Hellen
N. O
Geo. F. Lupton
Sap
San Antonio
D. J. Price
G. N
Palestine
S. G. Hopkins
Port Arthur
Texarkana
Pentecost
W.G. Crush
Katy
Dallas
W. L. Keenen
G. C
Tucker
C.W. Strain
Frisco
Jas. Marks
Oil Mill Officers Re elected in Kyle Stockholders Meet
Special to The Light Kyle Oil and Gin Co stockholders met in San Marcos and re elected all officers and directors except L C Schlemmer of Kyle who replaces George T McGehee of San Marcos. Elected W J Stephenson president D C Johnson secretary Otto Groos treasurer Directors L GC Schlemmer C G Parke Kyle Cc F Heidenreich reappointed managerGeorge Parkhouse Dallas superintendent.
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Kyle, Tex
Kyle Oil and Gin Company
San Marcos
L. C. Schlemmer
Kyle
L. GC
Houston Lands Convention Move To 1912
The Christian state convention selected Houston as the 1912 meeting site. Gainesville Greenville Terrell and San Angelo were named as other candidate locations. Convention officers will be elected this afternoon.
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Houston Lands
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Christian State Convention
Houston
Gainesville
Greenville
Terrell
San Angelo
Cers
Wright Resigns as San Antonio Fire Chief
Phil Lee Wright chief of the San Antonio fire department resigns at 11 this morning in the mayor's office. He plans to join his brother Martin Wright in an electrical business and does not expect to command the department after June 1. First Assistant W. P. Bishop may lead until a successor is named, with Tobin as a contemplated candidate. Wright was appointed in 1891 and helped push motorized apparatus.
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Phil Lee Wright
San Antonio
Callaghan
Wright
Martin Wright
Myor
Oaint
May Callaghan
W. P. Bishop
Tobin
Fire Department
John Tobin
Imperial Hair Regenerator promises permanent natural color
An advertorial for Imperial Hair Regenerator claims a single application restores gray or bleached hair to its original color with durable natural shades. It asserts the product is harmless, undetectable after use, resistant to baths and seawater, and may permit curling while leaving hair soft and glossy. Sample coloring offered.
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Iperial Chem
MPG. CO
New Years
J. Pfeiffer
Ward Aldermen Election Results by Precincts
Voter tallies by ward show candidates Menger Gersdorff Fincham Lockwood Lipscomb Moran and Boynton with precinct counts across Wards Four Five Seven Eight. Totals indicate party lines and vote distribution with several precincts reporting in the 100s to 200s region.
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Erreee Lambert Wees
Fincham
Lockwood
Lipscomb
Moran
Uhr AC
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Boynton
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Giesecke
Lucas
Dismissal of Charter Contest Likely in District Court
The Fifty-seventh district court did not take up the charter election contest this morning and a motion to dismiss is expected tomorrow. The delay came after Attorney George Gillette stated his eyes were in bad condition, with friends joking about election returns. A costly dispute over who pays the expenses may follow, as contestants seek to limit their liability while the contestee presses for full costs, with a cost bond on file.
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Commission Charter
Fifty-seventh District Court
George Gillette
Governor's Body Guard Orders Frames in San Antonio
The Governor's Body Guard during a visit to San Antonio placed a large order with McDonald’s art store at 322 East Houston Street for gilt picture frames matching the braid shade of their uniforms.
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San Antonio
McDonald
McDonald's
East
Houston Street
Guerra Case With Jury Ends Larceny Trial
The Jose Guerra larceny case in federal court concluded at noon after Judge Maxey charged the jury on circumstantial evidence. The indictment alleges he, while employed by a local transfer company, removed several mail packages between the post office and Aransas Pass depot bound for residents along the line.
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Jose Guerra
United States
Maxey
von Guerra
Aransas Wass
Aransas Pass
Memorial for 74 year old Cullen at Garden Street home
Mortuary notice states Cullen died Tuesday night at 10 30 at his son R T Cullen’s home 1614 Garden Street after a long illness. He leaves a wife and two sons one in Oklahoma. A Texas native and cattleman in Oklahoma in recent years he came to San Antonio three months ago. Funeral Thursday at 3 PM from the son’s home with interment in Hermann Cemetery.
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Culleen—Chcerco Cullen
R. T. Cullen
Garden Street
Oklahoma
Cullen
San Antonio
Hermann Cemetery
Roosevelt rejects polar bear hunt plans for 1912
Colonel Roosevelt telegraphs that he has no intention of spending the summer of 1912 in the Arctic hunting polar bears with Captain Robert Bartlett.
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Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt
Telegraph Today
Arctic
Robert Bartlett
Eclectic Medical Association names 1912 meeting site
The Texas Eclectic Medical association adjourned at noon choosing Waco as the 1912 meeting place and electing officers including President M. F. Bettencourt Fort Worth first vice president M. A. Cooper Leakey second vice president C. L. Hudson Mart secretary H. H. Blankmeijer Aransas Pass treasurer Rosa B. Gates Waco.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Texas Eclectic Medical Association
M. F. Bettencourt
Fort Worth
M. A. Cooper
Leakey
C. L. Hudson
Mart
H. H. Blankmeijer
Aransas
Pass
Rosa B. Gates
Colombian Government Refuses to Recognize Panama
The Colombian government persists in not recognizing the republic of Panama. For four months Dr. Carlos Mendoza, a Panama special agent, sought diplomatic relations but could not secure a treaty and left for home yesterday.
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Panama
Associated Press
Bogota
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Carlos Mendoza
Burch Granted Bail After Shooting in Brenham
Constable R H Burch was admitted to bail this morning pending grand jury action after he shot and killed Sam Cummings son of the Austin county clerk. Burch said he acted in self defense as the incident near midnight drew wide attention due to the prominence of those involved.
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Burch
Brenham
Tex
R. H. Burch
Sam Cummings
Cummings
Austin County
Rats Invade: Global Crusade Targets Rat Menace
An international campaign brands rats the worst destroyer of property of the day, causing $50,000,000 in annual losses. The copy promotes Stearns rat extermination paste sold nationwide, claiming guaranteed success or money back, with 25c and $1.00 prices from Stearns' Electric Paste Company of Chicago Illinois.
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Nation
Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
Stearns’ Elecetric Paste Company
Chicago
Iil
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