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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
12
Pedro Pedrasas 18 was cut with a pick handle in a three cornered fight in the 800 block of South Flores. Cleopa Garza 47 and Victor Faruzzo 30 were arrested with Pedrosas by Officer Tony Subira and charged with affray.
Property owners crowd Commissioner Garland at city hall delaying the fore noon tax payments. Several notices list bids, depositories, and exams as the city schedules meetings and speeches during the week.
Returns canvassed by the county commissioners show the tax proposal of 15 to 50 cents per $100 value failed on May 25 with eight votes against and seven for. Advocates plan to seek another election soon, to be held at Koehler Park.
With three days left to pay city taxes for the fiscal year ending next Wednesday, hundreds of residents rush to finish payments as the deadline nears. The article notes crowds at tax offices and potential penalties for late payment.
John L. Ford of Corpus Christ is stopping at the St. Anthony. Ed Woodall of Hillsboro and W. Faulker of Dallas are guests at the St. Anthony. P S Grugen of Houston and J T Hartshaw of Denison are new arrivals at the Gunter and the Menger. J E McLeman of Dallas and Mr and Mrs Cooper Sanderson of Georgetown spend time at the Menger and St. Anthony. W T Cross of Denison visits W A Booker in Forney and D A Booker daughter. G L Woods of Fort Worth and P Manning of Terrell registered at the Gunter respectively.
County commissioners will open bids June 10 for furniture and supplies for the Robert B. Green memorial hospital with total cost estimated near $10 000. County Auditor Van H Howard authorized the bid call and arranged the lists to allow furniture, dry goods, mattresses and general supply houses to compete. the county may select the lowest price on each item. The furnishings list was prepared by physicians led by County Health Officer Dr D Berrey and approved by county and city commissioners before ads were issued.
Notice to Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary members that a requiem Mass will be offered at St Marys Church at 7 am tomorrow Tuesday for the repose of the souls of the sixteen Irish martyrs of the recent uprising in Ireland. All members must attend. Also railway ads mention daily sleepers to Memphis and Chicago via Southern Pacific.
The Grand presents three standout acts including Who's Guilty a complete motion picture serial with Anna Nilsson and Tom Moore. Puppets of Fate explores surgeon ethics and a family operation while the audience decides guilt. Also featured are Lillian Gish in Sold for Marriage and Fatty Arbuckle in The Other Man.
The Princess bill headlines August and August with a novelty act titled Ten Minutes in the Dining Room They impersonate a hotel guest and a waiter They juggle perform a trick lifting an egg from plate to floor and back with one foot The Jesse Sterling Highlanders sing Scotland numbers Helen and Olga Dorn perform witty songs R C Faulkner cartoonist and monologist also appears on the bill.
An 84.15 dollar round trip to New York with sea and rail routes via New Orleans on a steamer. Advertisements note the Southern Pacific and Chicago daily schedules.
Captain W A W Cash of Abilene discussed mustering in a new infantry company with Adjutant General Hutchings for service in the new guard. The unit joins two other recently organized companies in Dallas and Denison, forming a potential nucleus for an extra regiment. No steps yet for more infantry. nine additional units will be coast and field artillery and engineering companies.
East Liverpool Ohio May 29 Captain Abner Martin aged 95 who taught Samuel Clemens Mark Twain to navigate the Mississippi river is dead. He was chief mate of the Pennsylvania when that packet was wrecked by an explosion near Memphis killing 260. He also commanded troop packets on southern rivers for the northern government at the outbreak of the Civil War.
A petition filed with the Railroad Commission by Caldwell Burleson County citizens urges the Houston and Texas Central to stop a through passenger train running between San Antonio and an unspecified destination. The action reflects local concerns over service routing and impacts on the Caldwell area.
The petition alleges Caldwell property worth 10000 was donated to the railroad after promises of a through first class train from San Antonio to Dallas. The commission set the case for hearing June 13.
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals is close to issuing a decision in the chicken salad case H. B. Terrell Comp troller v W C Middleton. Chief Justice W S Fly has nearly completed the opinion written after three weeks of work. Middleton sought to stop Terrell from approving a small expense for salad and punch at a function for Governor Colquitt’s incumbency. An injunction was issued in Austin and Terrell appealed, with the case later transferred to the district by the Supreme Court in January.
A Mexican attempted to set fire to the wax factory at Stillwell Crossing twenty five miles south of Boquilla. He was caught after jumping into the Rio Grande to swim back. The factory is owned by T W Roberts and T W Roberts Jr of San Antonio. A telegram reported only small damage had occurred.
NEW LONDON Conn May 29 Coast guard cutters Androscoggin and Itasca departed to assist the Mohawk after the vessel ran aground early today near Montauk Point.
An advertising pitch urges readers with property to rent or sell to contact buyers and renters through light want ads. The note claims guaranteed 70 percent more paid home circulation in San Antonio than any other newspaper.
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