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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
2
In Fort Worth on May 22, Texas league managers discharged umpire Brady after a morning meeting. Billy Disch of the University of Texas and pitcher Torrey were offered trials as replacements amid general criticism of umpires. Ill health contributed to Brady’s release, as he remains ill locally.
Fire at 2:30 this afternoon destroyed a two-room frame dwelling behind 17 South Flores Street, occupied by A. Rodriguez. Loss estimated at about $200. The blaze began from a kitchen stove. fire crews arrived and prevented spread to nearby structures.
G A Hoefling purchased from J Watzlavzick and wife and Dan D McEnery and Agnes W McEnery a tract of land on East Commerce street for 40000 dollars. The property has a frontage of 62 feet on East Commerce and extends along Oak street to North Center. The property is improved.
An unidentified man about 65 shot himself on the State University campus in Fayetteville on May 22. He left a note signed from Texas claiming he was too old to work, too poor to steal, and too proud to beg. The man’s initials were “J. E. 8S” and he appeared to be from Belton, Texas.
An old ad urges readers suffering constipation and related ailments to visit a San Antonio druggist and request Hot Springs Liver Tea. It claims rapid relief and offers a free sample from Ho ts Chemical Co. in Hot Springs.
Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste advertised as a standard exterminator for over thirty years. It kills rats mice and cockroaches in a single night and is guaranteed money back. Sold by druggists nationwide at 25 cents and 1.00, from the Electric Paste Co. Chicago Illinois.
Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes, socialist writer and wife of James Phelps Stokes, organized the Vanderbilt Hotel waiter and chef strike. After three hours of business halt, the hotel conceded nearly all demands. The couple, living in a small East Side flat, are active in aiding the needy.
The National Railway Mail association uses its annual New Orleans convention to push for the reclassification bill. President Phil J. Schardt of Milwaukee is authorized to appeal to the Senate committee on post offices and post roads for higher pay and an automated promotion system.
The battleship Nebraska arrived in New Orleans from Baton Rouge and began coaling. Capt. Spencer B. Wood expects to sail Friday for Hampton Roads. The Nebraska went up the river to Vicksburg with several stops, where officers and sailors were entertained.
Judge Masterson of the Fifty fifth district court made permanent the temporary injunction barring enforcement of Houston's plumber bond requirement. The city ordinance forced journeymen to post a $1000 bond to obtain a permit, and an appeal is expected.
Houston announces replacement of all burned office and mercantile buildings with larger, more handsome fireproof structures. Architects are already at work on designs.
Ten metal silos have been sold to farmers in El Campo Texas and will be used in the growing cream making for market industry. The venture began as a side issue a year or so ago and has expanded until nearly every farmer owns a cream separator and Jerseys.
London May 22 Reginald McKenna home secretary reduced the six months imprisonment given by the Manchester assize court on May 9 to two months for Tom Mann labor leader. He was convicted of trying to influence British soldiers from their duty.
A short quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a man should know his flaws, pointing to a wife who supposedly maintains a fault list. The remark satirizes self awareness and marriage dynamics.
An American commander vows to mark the line with olive drab troops after a dispute over the imagined boundary. Federal forces retreat toward the hills allowing insurgents to trap them east of Guadalupe as Col. Sanchez arrives from Ojinaga to mount an early attack.
Rebel leaders in El Paso say state rangers detain rebels who cross the line and surrender while releasing federals who do the same. They intend a vigorous protest to President Taft and will file the protest in Juarez and Washington.
Governor of Texas seeks guidance from Secretary Stimson to prevent spillover fire from Juarez into El Paso if another battle erupts. Stimson replies that renewed instructions to El Paso commander Colonel Steever authorize maximum precautions to avert danger to Texas residents.
In Velardena and Azarco, American Smelting and Refining Company facilities faced attacks. Americans were imprisoned in a corral at Velardena and forced to provide arms money and supplies. The Azarco smelter was wrecked and rail and telegraph lines were cut, with food scarce. An aid appeal to Mexico City was issued. Rebel bands near Monterey clashed with federals, gaining advantage in recent days.
Fourteen prominent Chihuahua men including two supreme court judges enlist as soldiers in General Orozco's army to prove loyalty after denial of plots to kidnap the revolution's leaders and seize Chihuahua city. They faced charges linked to bridge burnings on the Mexican Central line during Huerta's federal campaign.
Mexican national Ramon Nunez was captured near Fabens Texas and jailed in El Paso. He allegedly kidnapped Lawrence Converse of Los Celés and Edwin Blatt of Pittsburgh, two American boys with ties to the Madero army, who were taken into Mexico and held for months. The case drew strong U.S. government demands for their release.
Test appeal advertised for Plant Juice at the Gibbs Building drug store in San Antonio. A demonstrator promises quick relief from stomach and kidney troubles, nervousness, bad blood, and general weakness, urging a visit to Fischer's to learn more about the tonic.
The activists known as the Madero revolutionaries were freed shortly before Diaz resigned as president. Their release coincimed with the fall of Juarez and Diaz’s subsequent departure from office.
Federal reports say 200 troops under Col. Jose De La Luz Sanchez departed Bosque Bonito opposite Sierra Blanca Texas and moved toward Juarez.
Mexican capital reports say most of the garrison at Tres Marias, between 79 and 100 men, were driven into the hills by Zapatistas. The outpost was burned as trains and telegraph service to Cuernavaca remained suspended. Five rurales and one officer were killed, with higher casualty figures in other reports.
Santa Barbara near Parral was reoccupied by 200 rebels without resistance after retreating Maderista forces fled as rebels moved in. Traffic on the Mexican Central northward has resumed.
A federal column under General Blanquet defeated rebels near Aviles in Durango ten miles east of Torreon after a three hour battle. Rebels suffered heavy losses while federals report no deaths.
Cusihuirachi fifty miles west of Chihuahua and Temosachic at the Chihuahua Pacific railroad terminus were officially reported as occupied by federal forces.
Fragmentary classified line invites readers to meet at the Grand venue and to call the listed phone numbers for Want Ads. The text mentions telephones and a bill-by-mail arrangement, reflecting an old style classified notice.
Theodore Roosevelt praised Ohio voters for delivering a clearly thought out verdict over Boss influence. He said the win undermines delegates chosen to reflect the popular will in Washington Indiana Kentucky and other states and warns that Roosevelt supporters face a substantial handicap from the state’s ballot system as they head to Chicago.
Senator Dixon, Roosevelt national headquarters head, called on President Taft to withdraw after Ohio swung to Roosevelt. He said the verdict across ten Republican states favors Roosevelt and urged Taft to concede to the movement and allow Roosevelt to lead the party at Chicago.
President Taft returns to the White House after the Ohio campaign and schedules a New Jersey swing to drum up delegates for Chicago. Supporters say the extension signals a hard fight with Roosevelt to secure the Republican nomination. He has no statement on Ohio results yet and aims to campaign until moments before next Thursday’s polls open.
He plans a hearty break in Washington before leaving tomorrow morning to formally open the New Jersey campaign in Camden tomorrow night. The tour concludes near Atlantic City at Classboro by Tuesday noon.
Washington May 22 Director McKinley of the Taft campaign bureau announced the president would enter the Chicago convention with at least 600 delegates. Best Feature Pictures at the Grand.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene wife of the Ohio senator is viewed as a leading suffrage advocate in Washington social circles. Known for sharp wit she is a formidable opponent to anti suffragists in debates and has an unmatched record in arguing for votes for women.
Sallie Friedman secures a six room dwelling on Weatfall Avenue for 800 dollars. Lina Lieck plans a three room dwelling on Dawsons Street for 375 dollars. Carrie W. Pancoast files a one room addition on Mistletoe Avenue for 150 dollars.
National Exchange Insurance of Waco filed an amendment in the Texas state department changing its name to National Exchange Insurance and Trust company. Incorporators listed are Sam Sanger W H McCullough Charles A Weatherford and Nat S Smith.
Julius Wade and Miss Effie B Wright wed at the Wright home in Gonzales Texas at 5 o clock Saturday evening Judge W N Lawley officiated the ceremony.
Macon Georgia May 22 Oliver Simmons a black man who faced hanging for the murder of a woman died by poisoning in his cell Monday night His wife found the body when she entered the cell to bid him farewell Nt Ree
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