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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
12
In federal court tomorrow morning the cases against Dickinson Beauchamp and Bomar go to trial on charges of unlawfully using the mails. The indictments stem from the two year old sale here of wireless stock.
Licensed first run service highlights open air amusements at Exposition Park with free band concerts and a great soprano soloist. Carter returns after pursuing 1913 Confederates Veterans reunion with San Antonio’s bid for 1914. Local notices include massage, humane society, and a social club event.
Anastacio Rosa was slashed in the face during a fiery altercation on Materas Street yesterday afternoon. Casa Torres faces aggravated assault charges in the county court. The Rosa woman suffered a several inch gash.
Pike and Wigwam promote new releases with first access for licensed films and no repeat showings. The program emphasizes early availability and exclusive access for partners.
Family event at Exposition Park now open features free admission and a program including solo performances by a renowned soprano and various band concerts for all ages.
Police hold a black man suspected of stealing a grip pistol and wine from the Travis club. He was arrested near the Southern Pacific passenger station after allegedly pawning the items.
Listings include Drs Garring Hatcher and Baldwin doctors offices on Gunter Building and 812 Gunter Bidg. Yellow taxicabs with phone 234. Kaine fined $5 for failing to place danger lights on a sidewalk obstructions at Brooklyn Ave and Dallas St. Three citizens fined $5 for traffic ordinance violations. Pike and Wigwam plans and Eagles meeting May 22.
A closing out sale at Palace Livery stable with Real Bargains advertised. Ernesto Gonzales Martinez held on forgery charges. bond set at 700 dollars and 300 dollars in a separate case for passing forged instruments. Revival meetings at the big tent on Pine and Carson streets attract growing crowds led by Rev. A B Davidson and Rev. John E Green.
Mrs Mae McKnight of Oronogo Missouri describes severe monthly pains and heart fluttering and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with steadier nerves and relief from pain. She urges others to try the remedy.
The Hot Springs Liver Buttons are advertised as a remedy for constipation and related stomach and bowel troubles. San Antonio druggists stock the product sold at 25 cents a box, with free samples offered by mail from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
Crowded nightly services feature conversions as the evangelist delivers sermons on worldliness in the church and on hell and heaven. Tonight and tomorrow promise further messages including a Railroad Sermon by request and a midweek address by veteran Texas evangelist Rev. J. H. Collard. Bond set at 700 in arson case against John Flores tied to a fire at F. Lopez’s Virginia street home. Edward McClannahan, Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad official, returns from Los Angeles after accompanying the Ben Hur Shriners’ pilgrimage to the imperial council.
Sheriff Rouse and Deputy Sheriff Johnson of San Bernardino visited the Medina dam with local deputies led by Deputy Sheriff Frank Carson. The group toured the facilities, meeting at the dam to review the large project and peace arrangements.
T A Awbrby announces severing ties with E D Thomas jeweler and opening his own repair shop at 434 Moore building. He offers a line of fine watches as his specialty and promises one third lower prices, plus 10 to 20 percent off watches, with one year guarantee on work and material.
Tonight at 8 in 229 East Houston Street the San Antonio Advertisers association entertainment committee will finalize plans to host 1000 members of the National Association of Advertising Clubs arriving May 26 after Dallas convention May 19. Invitations seek car owners to tour Brackenridge Park Fort Sam Houston Mission Loop Hot Wells Ostrich Farm. tomorrow at 12 30 the Ad Club luncheon at the St Anthony hotel precedes the delegates' trip.
W R Clark Albert Whitten James B Ellis and Harry Miller face federal charges of possession of stolen government property stamps. James Lynch was absent and his $1000 bond forfeited. Indictments allege several thousand dollars worth of stamps stolen from Colorado and New Mexico post offices. Trial moved from El Paso and is expected to last the day.
A factory clerk on thirty shillings a week becomes obsessed with a pale face seen through a grimy window in a shabby Strand alley. His longing, jealousy, and drinking push him to violence, ending with his murder of the window’s wax-doll figure and his own death as bystanders stare at the shattered scene.
An advertisement extols Vincl as a blood enriching tonic to cure pallor from thin blood. Clara Wohlers of Brooklyn credits Vincl with restored color and vitality after using Vinci, praising its taste and safety for adults and children.
Four defendants were tried in the Thirty seventh district court this morning for burglary. Within an hour all were found guilty and sent to the penitentiary with sentences from two to six years. Three pled guilty. two years in each case by jury verdict. Mose Brown received six years, with two years in three cases. Six other cases were dismissed on the prosecutor’s recommendation. Eight Smith alias Snell, Jose Rodriguez, and Alfredo De Leon were each sentenced to two years.
J L Vaughan and J L Burke arrived in San Antonio for the Texas Postmasters Association annual convention to be held June 11 12 and 13. About 2800 Texas postmasters are expected to attend with important post office matters to be reviewed and recommendations submitted for approval.
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