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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1913
Page
1
A crowded Cambridge Stadium witnessed a hard fought football match with final score Fifteen to Ten. Crimson StarEarned Man of the Hour honors for decisive plays as the teams traded leads in a tense second half.
Harvard star Charles Brickley nicknamed Big Foot scored five field goals to power Harvard past Yale 15 to 5 in Cambridge. The article highlights Brickley’s precise kicks from varied positions and notes a notable safety scored by O'Brien after a ball hit the goal posts.
Weather forecast for Washington, D C on November 22 notes East Texas will be fair Sunday with showers in the northeast and cooler temperatures, Monday clear. West Texas will be fair Sunday and Monday.
Readings from Saint Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington show temperatures from 46 to 64 with clear or cloudy skies and winds from the west southwest northwest and southeast. Sunday is forecast fair with varied high temperatures noted Saturday’s highs between 54 and 72.
Currency bills from both Senate currency committee factions and supporting reports were submitted. Chairman Owen will open debate Monday explaining the Democratic bill. Discussion will continue with no rush to press the measure as differences over reserves bank control and note redemption persist.
In Jourdan ton Texas on November 22 a jury was seated to try Porfirio Torres for Ike Hills murder dated October 25 at Fowlerton. Testimony paused until Monday morning. Torres claimed innocence when arraigned. He is kept in Pleasanton each night for safekeeping due to no local jail.
In Wheaton Illinois Judge Slusser granted a one week continuance for Henry D Spencer convicted murderer of Mrs Mildred Allison Rexroat to seek fresh evidence for a possible new trial. Attorney Anton Zeeman cited a remark by a rejected venireman as possibly influencing jurors and challenged an affidavit from Sheriff Kuhn of DuPage county noting he heard the remark.
The USDA lists simple don'ts to prevent stomach discomfort after Thanksgiving. Do not overeat or overseason dishes. Avoid heavy meat portions in mince pie. Stay active after the meal by walking or attending a football game.
Investigation into an alleged conspiracy by the Industries Workers of the World to free fourteen Dimmit county jail inmates advances as U S District Attorney J L Camp reviews a transcript from the Bexar county grand jury. Linden reports Spanish circulars. Hernandez and Garcia are held for further inquiry.
In Taylor near Bartlett two children aged five and three burned to death when a kerosene can exploded in the kitchen. Their mother Mrs. J. D. Pack was badly burned while trying to rescue them, likely to die, and a nearby home and contents were destroyed.
Lulu Powers 26 of 1050 East 165th Street was sentenced in general sessions to one year in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to bigamy. Three husbands were present. the first begged mercy, the second said nothing, the third urged strict enforcement. Powers fainted when the sentence was read, and her mother also fainted in the corridor.
Representative Johnson of Washington assailed Gifford Pinchot as a dream book conservationist. He charged the National Conservation Congress, founded in Seattle five years ago, with eastern control and neglect of Western ideas and resources.
On Water Street Chicago merchants report 60 percent of Thanksgiving turkeys spoiled by a November heat wave. Wholesale price sits at 25 cents per pound with three cents added for typical retail pricing. If cold weather does not begin, further shipments stop and prices may rise.
The secretary of state filed an amendment to the charter of the Cawdin Grocery Company of Flatonia raising capital stock from 25000 to 60000 dollars.
Wichita resident Rov Oehlent shot a six foot ten inch American eagle that appeared while he fished along the river. The event occurred on November 22 in Wichita Kansas.
Gompers re elected by acclamation to lead the American Federation of Labor at its thirty third annual convention. Philadelphia chosen for next gathering. A Utah delegate protested the vote but was jeered down. John W White named seventh vice president to fill John Mitchell’s vacancy. Frank Duffy elected eighth vice president. Woman suffrage reaffirmed and a Alaska railroad study sent to the executive council.
A. L. Westgard vice president of the National Highways Association and D. E. Colp secretary of the Chamber of Commerce highway division depart by auto to trace the Colorado to Gulf route. Colp joins Amarillo, Westgard to Trinidad, with Colp catching a train to Lawton for the Meridian Highway annual meeting.
The War Department plans to dispatch a full infantry regiment to El Paso not for border relief but based on confidential dispatches relayed by Senator Sheppard and Representative Henry of Texas. The move follows reports from El Paso officials of about 7000 opposing forces across the river and a nearby cavalry presence.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst told Wilmington listeners she would return to England despite reports of imminent arrest. She challenged English authorities and praised the growing equal suffrage movement in the United States.
Earl Cooper champion road driver suffered severe injuries when his Stutz plunged through the fence entering the home stretch at the San Jose Driving Park. He sustained deep head gashes, multiple broken bones, and deep hand cuts from the incident as he raced in the main event.
Oldfield Frank Verbeck and others watched as Cooper crashed during a San Jose track race noted for speed. The course famed for Louis Disbrow’s record runs may end Cooper’s dirt racing career. he plans to shift to speedway and road work and has been named to Stutz entries for the 500 mile Indianapolis sweepstakes next Memorial Day.
A telegram from W. B. Tuttle of the Chamber of Commerce invites President Wilson to spend his holiday vacation in San Antonio. The city offers an eighteen hole golf course at the Country Club and entertainment befitting his office. Other cities in Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina also extend invitations as Wilson plans a private holiday trip.
The October 21 call on 832 Texas banks and trust companies by the commissioner of insurance and banking showed a total increase of 18 074 13 over the August 9, 1913 call. Amounts due from banks and bankers subject to check rose to 8 823 100, while other resources grew by 7 0956 123 91.
Austin Texas November 22 Attorney General's department approved an issue of eighteen thousand dollars in waterworks bonds for the city of Albany.
Health authorities report multiple injuries from a furry caterpillar in San Antonio this year. Experts note the insect is a moth in larval form with color variations and poisonous secretions, drawing comparisons to the Gypsy Moth and prompting caution from doctors and druggists.
Professor David J. Lingle of the University of Chicago argues for pickling fresh eggs when cheap and eating them months later when prices rise. He says they are less palatable but retain nutritive value.
Chicago report says Lincoln Claflin, who evaded Burns and Pinkerton detectives through six months of flight in Canada and Europe, surrendered to city detectives and admitted embezzling $11,000 from the National Surety Company. He received a sentence of one to ten years in Joliet penitentiary and telephoned his wife, whom he had not seen since fleeing Chicago in July.
At Tierra Blanca near Juarez Mexican Federal and Constitutionalist troops clash with thousand-strong forces on each side. El Paso volunteers under Sheriff Edwards ready to act. A troop train with 600+ volunteers is wrecked at Rancheria. Juarez, Pancho Villa redirects forces as fighting intensifies and troops mass in El Paso.
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