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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
2
A city man reports drastic relief from skin bugs after applying Vitalitas ointment at a display station. Advertisements claim the product cleanses toxins and restores vitality, with testimonials of cures from wart removal to gall stones. The promotion invites a public display at Wagner Drug Store, 407 East Houston.
Mrs T A Coleman presided at the Country Club luncheon where the newly elected Battle of Flowers board and officers were chosen. First vice president Mrs Hichlitz, secretary Will Herff, and treasurer John Bon were elected. Plans for the year were discussed among attendees.
Rev J J Albert of the Josephite priesthood conducts a week long mission at St Peter Claver Church. Daily services at 8 in the morning and 8 in the evening with a sermon at night. Non Catholic attendance welcome. Outlook favors favorable results from his stay.
Report on a meeting of the Asiatic Exclusion League chaired by Olaf B. Tveitmoe, a former Los Angeles Times dynamiting case figure, who was elected president. Speakers urged that any leasing clause keeps Japanese from ownership and warned it could eventually allow land ownership.
The Times prints a three column piece by Sir Valentine Chirel on the US Japan dispute. It analyzes Japan's claim to equal treatment, warns the problem’s global stakes, and notes California fears while urging a middle course.
At a meeting next Sunday Travis Park Baraca class will install Roy H Cauley as president 8 C Johnson as vice president George H Howard Jr as secretary P M Stephens as press reporter R H Wester as class teacher B P Lane and B P Stephens as assistant teachers in a ceremony.
Martin V. Dewitt, 78, longtime East Texas pioneer and Paris and Lamar county election judge for ten years, died Sunday afternoon in Paris.
Berlin authorities approve a dog meat abattoir to meet rising demand for dog meat as a table deli item. The move triggers protests from animal welfare groups and debate over culinary traditions.
An advertisement extols Croxone as a cure for sleep disturbing bladder weakness backache rheumatism and kidney ailments caused by weak kidneys. It claims Croxone reaches inactive kidneys dissolves poisons in joints and muscles and purifies the blood, with three doses often curing the worst cases and druggists offering a full purchase price refund if results fail.
Russel P. Miller, government ore sampler at El Paso Smelting Co., says Plant Juice relieved his liver pain and congestion after one bottle. He claims Plant Juice benefits the physically run down, nervous, dyspeptic, constipated or bilious, and calls it a reliable tonic and specific for stomach, liver, kidneys and blood. Fischer sells it.
The record recalls a 51 year old fireman from Denison who later worked on the Katy in San Antonio. He leaves a widow two sons and three sisters in New York. The deceased Mr Reek belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Moose. Funeral services are planned with burial at Mission Burial Park.
The body of Chris Beek, killed in this morning's collision, will arrive this afternoon on a special train that left for the accident scene immediately after news. Injured residents from San Antonio will be brought back, with some needing care at Santa Rosa infirmary. Edward E. Hammond, a San Antonio resident, is married and living at 1720 West Commerce Street. engineer Zum Berge also lives in San Antonio at 1037 Lake View Avenue and is married. Captain John H. Rogers, U.S. marshal, returned to resume duties in Federal Court in session. he rests at Seton infirmary in Austin. Mrs. Rogers says the marshal may return to San Antonio tomorrow. Officials report the track wrecked, with detours via Houston & Texas Central and Katy to San Antonio, track expected to be clear tonight.
The joint board of legislative prison probes reconvened in Houston on May 19 with experts W H Gill W T Eldridge and Col T W House notified for examination. Eldridge proposed a plan abandoning Huntsville and Rusk and creating a center near farms with 65 000 acres cultivated by most inmates. House shared sugar industry experience urging cane near mills and central sale of farms. convicts wasteful guards indifferent. A separate note reports the wedding of Newton C Fassett in Oregon.
The First Chief of the Constitutional Army, V CARRANZA, denies a Mexican plan to seek U S recognition and belligerency via Dr Francisco Vasquez Gomez. Vasquez Gomez gave evasive answers in a Sunday interview, and Carranza’s denial halts the matter while Vasquez Gomez plans to visit Washington for revolution-related matters.
General Felix Diaz releases a manifesto offering broad aims such as restoring peace and education. In Havana style coverage notes his uncertain bid amid Huerta’s government, with pessimism in Mexico City about the regime’s survival and payroll corruption amid armed conflict.
Reports from May 19 indicate a probable attack on Tampico. Colonel Villareal commands 600 federals and requests reinforcements while Constitutionalists control rail lines near Tampico and Ebano station, hindering oil shipments and national railway traffic. A separate clash near Santa Rosa leaves 350 Constitutionalists dead and four federals killed with 160 wounded. Medina Barren is among the wounded. The battle lasted sixty hours.
Henry Lane Wilson, the ambassador to Mexico, said he was gratified by the secretary of state and Secretary Bryan's statement to the president. He called the charges against him politically motivated and harmful to the government, adding the Washington statement clears the atmosphere and truth will be disclosed to the American people.
A federal grand jury investigation into an alleged attempt to smuggle an aeroplane into Sonora for use by the Constitutionalists resumes in Los Angeles. At least five indictments for conspiracy to violate a presidential prohibition on transporting munitions into Mexico are likely, with targets including Didier Masson and associates, plus Mexican officials and a Nogales general.
About 2500 federal troops guard Chihuahua City and 600 guard Juarez, the only Huerta controlled points in the border state. General Mercedes arrives with 1200 men after evacuating Parral, while officials say a strong Torreon column is moving into Southern Chihuahua to replace Parral.
John Walker, a British mine owner, and his wife killed five workers and wounded three others during an attack at a mine near Villa Garcia in Zacatecas. They arrived in Aguascalientes with troops after the incident. The motive remains unclear as the couple faced the band of eleven employees.
Unable to raise pay, attackers used knives and clubs injuring Mr. Walker who fired with an automatic revolver. Mrs. Walker joined with a rifle as the pair fled to safety with aid from a Spanish priest. The American consular agent sent troops to escort them to safety.
A French aviator Didier Masson reportedly fled into Mexico after his aircraft was seized near Tucson. A second plane crossed into Sonora as soldiers prepare a combined land sea and air push on Guaymas, aided by the Mexican gunboat Guerrero waiting in the harbor. A special train from Naco delivered the machine to Nogales, Sonora, and the second of five U.S. built planes is now in action.
Noah Allen reports 4000 to 5000 Mexican refugees in Brownsville with Matamoros nearly depopulated. He notes a rebel advance under General Blanco, who is within miles of the town and preparing for an attack. Judge Allen predicts little resistance by the border federal garrison.
Courier report says General Teller arrived at Lampazos with 1800 federals while General Tracy Aubert is at Villaldama with about 800 federals. Rumor of a battle south of Villal gama left as many as a hundred Carranzista dead, unverified. Carranzistas reportedly moving toward Monclova.
The National Railway Lines of Mexico informed Wolvine Line officials that due to insurrectionary trouble no further freight will be accepted for interior destinations via Tampico. The notice affects shipments from Tampico to inland Mexican ports, halting commerce through the port.
The report notes that shipments are managed quickly within port limits yet transport firms cannot guarantee deliveries beyond port and nearby regions. This highlights restricted service scope and potential delays for distant destinations.
White House officials said there was no proof to substantiate charges against Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson after Mexican dispatches misread Secretary Bryan’s statement as an endorsement. The May 19 report notes officials’ cautious stance on the ambassador amidst the Mexico City coverage.
A Mexican delegation arrived in Corunna to urge General Porfirio Diaz to return home and take up the government of Mexico.
Walter C. Peters laid to rest with full military honors at Dignowity Cemetery after a funeral from 421 West Houston Street. The service, led by chaplain Sidney Tuttle, involved multiple veteran and auxiliary groups and included honorary and active pallbearers. Duvall funeral notice follows for Cora E. Duvall of 125 Dittmar Street with survivors and awaiting relatives.
Diecke 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs August Diecke of Guadalupe County, died at 5 yesterday morning after five days in the city for treatment. Body prepared by San Antonio Undertaking Co and sent to Lavernia for burial.
Mrs Marie Hagenough files for separation from John A Hagenough a prosperous Ben Avon merchant. The complaint claims on nine months after marriage he left her and cites affection for tickling as a cause. Alimony and damages requested in the petition filed yesterday.
A woman recounts an incident where she tickled her husband to provoke laughter, but after one occasion he fell and she woke up alone on the floor. Mrs Hagenough says she has not seen him since the event.
A long-underground coal field in Germany has been discovered with shafts reaching eighteen feet that opened blazing coal veins. The find suggests substantial energy resources beneath the region.
Mrs. Kate E. Weaver of Nashville recounts a near-fatal illness lasting three years and nine months. Her brother from Dallas financed Cardus for her recovery after two bottles restored strength. She endorses Cardui for others and notes her daughter uses it too.
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