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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1912
Page
5
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad reports 1 806 877 in rolling stock with 728.8 miles of track and 80 locomotives. Artesian Belt Railway shows 8 335 in rolling stock with limited equipment. County apportionment lists Bexar and Atascosa valuations totaling 8 385.
George D. Eliott an eminent solicitor from Winnipeg Canada in San Antonio at the Gunter hotel says local hotels equal to any in the country for appointments facilities and construction. He has traveled widely and finds San Antonio hospitality the best in comfort and convenience. He departs tonight after official business on hand. Staacke Bros. offer best line of delivery wagons in the city. Trivino Trio White Horse Tavern.
B. Be Passant marked his sixty sixth birthday by a Sunday gathering at his Virginia Avenue home. Refreshments were served and toasts offered wishing him continued health. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith and family, Louis Creeke and family, J. Dominguez and family, several school children, and Mrs. Sarah Matthews.
San Antonio workers raise funds for public playgrounds with two events this week. Dr. Theodore Y. Hull will lecture Thursday at Carnegie Hall on playground education, followed by a Plaza theater benefit Friday with a strong local cast and a Third Artillery Band.
Dr P D Sinclair a young Asheville dentist shot himself in the left breast during a hymn in his office. Friends had been singing Just As I Am and Nearer My God to Thee. He was taken to a hospital and expected to recover. no motive has been given.
Miss Dedie Crenshaw, telephonist at Rogers near Temple, was shot and killed late yesterday by an accidental discharge from an automatic pistol in the hands of her cousin Miss Fannie Ashecraft. Ashecraft was reported prostrated and in serious condition this morning.
Guy Graham, a known Houston lawyer, was placed on trial in criminal district court charged with subordination of perjury. The indictment alleges he used money to influence testimony in the case of the state against Dr. N A Hughes whom Graham defended on a charge of attempted criminal assault. A prior trial ended with a divided jury.
Comptroller Lane left Austin for Houston to attend the State Democratic convention. He will join Judge William F. Ramsey at Beaumont and campaign with him throughout the eastern Texas portion of the week. Lane spent only one day in Austin handling accumulated business.
Louis Taubenfeld recalls a year‑long itchy facial eruption that covered his face after a shave. He tried medicines with no help, then used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which stopped the itch and swelling and cleared the disfigurement in about a month.
Miss L Freshney of 263 Southampton S and St Buffalo New York reports eight years of dandruff and scalp sores ended after using one box of Cuticura Ointment and two cakes of Cuticura Soap. She notes the products are sold everywhere and a free sample plus 32 page book available from Cuticura Dept T Boston. Tender faced men are advised to shave with Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
The Texas comptroller's department denies reports that 70 to 80 liquor permit renewals were rejected in Bexar County. Chief clerk Ike N. Hartsell says no applications have been rejected. Investigations pause renewal decisions for many saloon permits until June 1 when a city brewery representative will join to review renewals.
The San Antonio Gulf and Uvalde railway company will shift its general offices from the Gibbs building to a temporary south of the city, starting tomorrow with the engineering staff and moving the rest by June 1. VP A R Ponder said the outbound track will reach the Medina river by week’s end and the Fowlerton to San Antonio telephone line should be finished in two weeks, with Hindes already connected.
An old advertisement touts PERSPINO a 25c powder that claims to keep underarm areas dry and fabrics safe. It boasts no sweat stains, no color fade, and no bulky shields, promising satisfaction or money back with a pad included in every box.
The Daughters of the Republic push statewide efforts to control and beautify the Alamo property. Committees in San Antonio wards and across Texas coordinate plans to convert the fort into a park with the Alamo chapel as a speaking monument, with artist and architect consultations and an injunction against prior restoration halted.
Hotel men from across Texas will assemble in San Antonio on June 6 for the Texas Hotel Men's association annual convention. About 60 proprietors and managers will attend with the St. Anthony hotel serving as headquarters. Sessions will cover hotel industry interests and possible endorsements for legislation.
A Chamber of Commerce committee plans to raise 200 to 300 dollars to place a fitting grave marker for Capt Jesse Lee Hall a noted ranger who helped enforce law in early Texas. Hall buried in National cemetery with no stone. Committee includes Judge Paschal Graebner Savage Conroy and Maj Gen Jesse M Lee retired.
J C Lindsey chief clerk of the department of agriculture will confer with Peter Radford head of the Farmers union about the State Farmers Institute meeting at College Station on July 29. Lindsey expects at least 1000 delegates with railroads offering free transport under the anti pass law. He will next go to Dallas for the State Ginners association annual meeting.
A Chamber of Commerce committee visit prompted Major General Jesse M. Lee retired to rethink joining a likely army commission. The panel, to be created by the army appropriation bill before Congress, would study post enlargements and troop concentrations.
The committee led by Charles Graebner President of the Chamber of Commerce with Judge T M Paschal T L Conroy J H Savage and J F Carter chose to decline the honor underscoring a formal decision by the group.
A handicap tennis tournament for ladies will be held at the Country Club next Thursday. Play starts at 9 o'clock and continues throughout the day. The prize is donated by Mrs. Presley of Mexico City. The event is open to members families and visiting guests who are urged to enter.
American warships including the battleships Kansas New Hampshire and Carolina and torpedo boats McCall Paulding Roe and Terry arrived at Newport News bound for Hampton Roads to await the visiting German fleet next month.
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