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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1912
Page
7
Ex President Roosevelt’s Michigan tour featured a new fund gathering tactic. A financial bureau representative moved through crowds at Mackinaw City, aiming to replenish the progressive treasury during the present tour. The effort began in Detroit.
The text notes roughly $1000 raised as colonel arrives for a gathering. Before arrival, subscription blanks are distributed, the hat is passed, and buttons plus membership certificates for the progressive party are sold to attendees.
Mrs. Adam Smith, indicted for murder, will be brought to Corpus Christi today in custody of Deputy Sheriff McBryde. Co-defendant John With, a white man, is jailed at Falfurrias as an alleged accomplice. The indictment accuses Mrs. Smith of poisoning her husband in Falfurrias last April. River side restaurant advertises meals 25c.
Milwaukee jury finds the road used for the Vanderbilt Cup race was too narrow for safety after investigating the death of automobile driver David Bruce-Brown who went into a ditch last week.
The Travis county tax rolls show a total valuation of 26,192,520 for 1912, up 652,480 from the prior year, per Tax Assessor J. E. Hill.
The Sixth ward met at Milam school to plan October 17 as clean-up day. Women led the drive for more garbage wagons, with precinct chairs elected and committees formed to expand the San Antonio sanitation campaign.
Judge F C Proctor of Beaumont representing Gulf Pipe Line visited Austin on office business. He said promoters of the proposed inter urban between Lockhart and Austin will likely carry out the project.
In Baton Rouge on October 9 political leaders say the solid south may break as Woodrow Wilson could lose three of Louisiana electoral votes due to a redistricting misunderstanding. Party leaders say nominations filed and will oppose any Democrat attempt to correct the error.
The governor appointed R. R. Owens of Corsicana as special judge of Navarro County Court to preside where Judge J. N. Glanding is disqualified. The action follows disqualification of the regular county judge in a pending case.
Booths HYOMEI vapor treatment targets chronic catarrh and persistent coughs. The complete outfit with pocket inhaler costs $1.00 and a bottle is 50 cents, claiming to end catarrh and breathing illnesses by inhalation only.
Bert Boulanger of Montreal opened fire in a crowded Vancouver hotel dining room, firing two shots at his wife and two at himself after pursuing her across the continent. He died early today, while Mrs. Boulanger, though wounded, was not believed to be seriously hurt.
Houston detectives hunt an alleged swindler who paid A. B. Helidinsfelder 3240 via a draft for a divorce, kept his 50 fee, and vanished. The Oklahoma bank later rejected the draft as misdelivered to the Houston man.
Mrs F Augustus Heinze refutes gossip of her husband entering a second marriage with Mrs Hobart French. She asserts no divorce is planned and says a wandering husband is normal. The tale cited Heinze and French appearing in Texas together shortly before his current wedding.
Helen Le Clerque of Paris arrives in New York en route to Toronto to wed Harold Saunders of Cobalt Ontario. They met during a thunderstorm when an elevator car jammed high in the Eiffel Tower shaft. Saunders comforted her despite no French. The couple plans a future teaching each other languages as they marry.
Miss Bessie M. Townsend was named city comptroller by the Atlantic City city commission yesterday, becoming the first woman to hold the post in any city as of now. She succeeds Barrett, who with Solicitor Wootton was removed and has appealed to the courts against dismissal.
In Austin Texas the Supreme Court convened with reversals and remands to district court by agreement in Faucher vs Metcalfe. Motions for rehearing denied for multiple cases including Western Union Telegraph vs Cates and Dallas vs Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway. Several matters granted mandamus, transferred, advanced, or set for October 20 or 30.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals heard submissions on brief and oral arguments from multiple lawyers across Dallas Harris Hale and other counties. Cases listed for October 23 include numerous appellants and representatives, with the docket noting positions for the state and various counties. A stray joke about a man urged to quit smoking ends the item.
Advertises Sarsaparilla as a cure all for floods scrofula and humors claiming to purify blood strengthen organs and improve health. Offers liquid form or Sarsatah chocolate tablets for purchase today.
Sidney Porter, an escaped convict and African American, surrendered to the governor in Austin on Oct. 9 after three years at large. Convicted in Dallas County in 1909 for murder of Jim Hamp, Porter was sentenced to 20 years and escaped from a state farm. he will be returned to Huntsville.
Yoakum Mayor J M Haller submitted for approval a $32,000 sewer bond issue to the attorney general’s department. The action was announced in Austin with Haller presenting the plan and details for the project.
The article notes the entire issue was sold to Yoakum State Bank at a premium of 1 4 percent and mentions plans for a modern sewer system construction.
Nashville Democrat Judge M. T. Bryan a director of the national rivers and harbors congress announces his bid for the United States senate short term. The move follows a petition by independent and regular democrats. The seat is held by Newell Sanders who succeeded R. L. Taylor.
Historic note references a physician and surgeon named Dr Saunders with an office in the Maverick Bank Building and mentions old telephone systems.
Ad touts Cascarets as a gentle bowel cleanser that freshens the stomach, removes sour undigested food and foul gases, aids liver bile, and empties bowels. Claims a Cascaret tonight will set you right by morning and a 10 cent box lasts for months, urging children also to use it.
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