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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
3
The Lakes to Gulf Waterways Association opens its sixth annual convention in Chicago with calls for a deeper inland channel of fourteen feet. President William Kavanaugh leads the push as engineers prepare a committee report, while two factions contend within the gathering.
Advertises GETS-IT as a painless corn remedy selling at 25 cents a bottle and by mail from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago. Local San Antonio outlets include Edwards King Drug Co. and several others. Claims no digging, slicing, or blood poisoning.
Two factions in Illinois push divergent paths on a policy issue. One group led by Gov. Charles S. Deneen urges immediate action by the state, while another faction advocates delaying action until federal legislation is secured.
About 30 000 conveyances of Indian lands in Oklahoma faced Supreme Court review as the government seeks to cancel them on claims Indians lacked capacity to alienate land due to governmental restrictions. Four test cases from 16 000 defendants were argued. objections questioned government interest and party inclusion. The government argued it remains guardian for Indians who have become citizens and hold title.
Nathan Allen of Kenosha Wisconsin faces a government settlement of about 162000 dollars to resolve a 150000 dollar customs suit tied to jewels later given to Mrs Helen Dwelle Jenkins. He will compromise without going to trial and remains in New York with his wife likely staying this winter.
New Orleans October 12 Former members of Col Theodore Roosevelts Rough Riders presented his daughter Mrs Alice Longworth with large red carnations to show they remembered the colonel.
Twenty three inches of snow fell in Anaconda Montana by midnight last night disabling telegraph and telephone lines and cutting almost all phone connections in the city.
About 10 000 people from across Texas including 3000 Knights of Columbus attended the Columbus Day events in Austin. Mass was held in Wooldridge Park with 7000 present, led by Bishop Gallagher and clergy, followed by a grand afternoon parade along Congress Avenue.
Waco Masons have purchased land and raised funds for a four story structure costing about 50000 dollars. Plans are set and construction will commence in ninety days.
A beauty note suggests making saxolite lotion at home by dissolving saxolite powder in witch hazel to bathe the face neck and hands. The preparation claims immediate tightening of skin and reduction of wrinkles and folds. Continued use is said to make a person look five to ten years younger.
Mayor A P Wooldridge and Judge B D Tarlton will speak at a Texas German Saengerbund event in Austin. The day ends with a concert by 150 united singers of the Texas German Saengerbund under the Austin Saengerrunde, with most visitors staying overnight before returning home. Long Island railroad crews report ongoing train stoneings, with fifty boys arrested in the past year, prompting officials to seek public school instruction on private property rights.
Kepler suggested more comets than fish in the sea while Sir G Airy noted even a cricket ball may contain more matter than a large comet. The tenuous nature of comets is vast with material spread across millions of miles, visible only as a thin veil.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs with Senna as a safe laxative for ladies and children. It claims cleansing and health benefits, notes unscrupulous imitators, and urges buyers to seek genuine Syrup of Figs with the genuine label and price.
In Los Angeles on Columbus Day the McNamara case was halted as court recessed. When court reconvenes, venireman examination resumes with jury selection to address conflicts over opinions on labor warfare and witness testimony next. Attorneys for the defense prepared to continue action in the high profile bombing murder trial.
In San Bernardino notes from Needles the Colorado River has risen to its yearly peak. The flood breached the big dyke on the Arizona side flooding thousands of acres of reclaimed land and forcing settlers from their homes. Damage is described as heavy.
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