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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1911
Page
7
This afternoon the Chamber of Commerce and Order of the Carnival begin preparations for the spring event. Franz C. Groos, president, says by laws may be amended to start planning several months earlier. Committees will be named and immediate work assigned to ensure a superb festival with queen selection and floral displays.
Mayor Callaghan and Alderman Fincham clash after the October salary ordinance fails 7 to 3. Fincham refuses to speak without council permission, offering a cash bid to settle street labor pay, while Mauermann and Lipscomb push adjournment. Petitions for street improvements are read and referred, and Soledad street widening costs are estimated at 8250 with most property owners consenting.
The Joe Wright contempt case in the Thirty-seventh District Court is postponed from tomorrow as counsel request a week’s delay because the Norton trial, an outgrowth, is not yet finished. Wright was fined for improper advances to veniremen and appealed on habeas corpus. bond set at 300 dollars with hearing planned for December 6. Also notes guests from Devine visiting San Antonio.
Mr. Cones, a veteran southern photographer, promotes taking portraits at home using natural surroundings instead of studio setups. He argues skylights and screens create stiff expressions and invites engagements at the subject’s residence to save time, with old phone 4102 for bookings.
Insurgent aldermen claim the session ended hastily after Alderman Mauermann moved to adjourn to block an amended salary ordinance. Alderman Lipscomb, who carried the measure, says he would have introduced it if given the chance and voted against adjournment. The next meeting in December will consider two salary ordinances for October and November.
San Antonio city council faction threatens litigation to force disclosure of authority for macadamizing Zarramora street. They favor arbitration by a San Antonio business men panel to resolve the dispute.
An advertisement claims the Pyramid Pile Remedy offers a free trial to prove a quick permanent cure for piles. Readers are urged to mail for a trial package from the Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan, then buy the regular 50 cent box at a drug store.
A mail order coupon agitates for the Pyramid Pile Remedy sample. Readers are invited to send their name and address to Pyra Mid Drug Co at 409 Pyramid Building Marshall Michigan to receive a free mailed sample. The notice emphasizes a plain wrapper and no charge.
Rumors say the council’s refusal to fund last month’s city salaries could trigger a test suit for October wages. Insurgents claim filing would force disclosure of authority for Zarzamora street work, previously handled by street commissioners under orders outside the council. They note the administration may cite a 1910 budget lump sum of 125000 as authority. They also welcome arbitration proposals from San Antonio businessmen to ease municipal disputes.
The county commissioners ordered a $20 payment for engineer J S Neibert at the county courthouse. Transfers of funds were directed among departments. A certificate of good moral character was issued to J H Grover to permit him to take the bar exam. Water wagon bids were opened and the decision postponed.
Nashville Nov 28 H W Wall aged 85 died at his McKenzie Tennessee home after thirty years of service as a United States Senate employee. He was a longtime staffer and trusted aide.
Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan and Lieut. R. P. Palmer left for Fort Clark to assess the garrison for potential maintenance or abandonment. The War Department plans to abandon small posts, with Fort Clark likely evacuated, while Duncan deliberates over several days. Captain George S. Simonds reported fathering a baby girl and will head back to Fort Sam Houston with his family.
Edwin Routledge, who recently underwent an appendicitis operation, was able to be at the event, resuming duties.
The article notes a return to court by a man who had been at the infirmary and received many congratulatory handshakes on his recovery. Automobilists buy Imperial tires. Saves you 40 percent, F. T. Parks & Co., 229 East Houston Street.
Floyd Bailey a young farmer from Woodbury Tennessee lent 88 dollars to confidence men at Fort Worth union station. They promised to repay the loan at journey end after using the money to pay a freight bill.
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