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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
2
A health notice stresses kidneys' role in overall health and cites Bright's disease deaths in New York in 1910. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver and bladder issues and offers free samples by mail. Bottles retail at 50 cents and one dollar.
Austin debate over issuing war rants for attorney general staff salaries persists as Comptroller Lane again refuses due to vetoed appropriation. Attorney General Lightfoot prepares for mandamus against the veto, signaling a test of governor's veto validity. Readies relator S R Fulmore for warrant issuance. judgment expected soon. Also note: London’s St George’s Hospital performs about two thousand operations annually.
El Paso hosts a three day jubilee with governors from New Mexico Arizona and Chihuahua arriving by train and auto. Crowds fill streets as flags bunting and military escorts welcome officials and plan events including Osappe Le Parade and a Governors Day ball. Thousands from surrounding regions attend amid washouts delaying some arrivals.
A detailed El Paso fair honors the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states. It ranks among the city's most ambitious events, rivaling perhaps the Taft Diaz meeting in splendor and scope.
Over one hundred Knights Templar attended the San Antonio Commandry No. 7 field day with a 9 30 morning conclave at the Masonic temple. A noon luncheon followed. a 1 30 pm afternoon session and a 6 pm banquet at the Menger hotel closed the event. The Red Cross was conferr ed in full form, and the commandry led Texas in new member enrollments last year. Notable attendees included F. H. Bradford J. M. Strayhorn H. C. Nash and many others from across the region. Also noted a California fruit tree project planned by an English company acquiring Egyptian land for large scale fruit growing.
Secretaries Stimson and General Wood visit San Antonio as they tour Fort Sam Houston and review the divisional troops. Details include tentative talks on Fort McIntosh and Fortn Houston status, with a Chamber of Commerce committee to discuss army matters.
Dr. F S Parker of Nashville general secretary of Epworth League South and editor of The Epworth Era will speak to local league officers and members at 4 PM in Travis Park Methodist church lecture hall. At 8 PM he will deliver a public address on The Epworth League as an Aggressive Force under the Epworth League union. A short musical program will precede the evening lecture.
The second public lecture from Dr. McCormick’s sanitation visit is set for next Friday evening at o o clock in the Travis Park Methodist church lecture hall. Dr A L Lindicum of the State Medical association will speak on Modern sanitation with stereopticon views illustrating how the fly and the mosquito can transmit infection. Admission is free.
A continuing report from Hankow describes revolutionary forces urging unity and mercy toward surrendering Manchu troops while promising national salvation. Officials claim telegraph cuts and troop movements pose no risk, though rumors of army disaffection persist.
Oct 19 Pekin report says court says telegraphic link with Hanko interrupted since sunset. Rumors of imperial reverses spread through the capital while officials issued no formal statement. Officials cautioned the absence of news but offered no confirmation of events.
Reports from San Francisco say Chung Hwa republic headquarters received $500000 in support. A laborer Lee Hingdon laid his life savings of $1000 golds on the rebels’ counter and received $2000 in revolutionary paper currency. The Chinese Free Masons of Victoria B C sold their building for $50000 and sent the proceeds to the cause.
Provincial authorities in Canton, alarmed by revolts in Wu Chang and Hankow, order large imports of arms and ammunition as an emergency measure. The gunboat Kungon was dispatched to Ho Kong today to march war stores to the city.
Judge T. and Maxey granted Otto C Gerdes a discharge in bankruptcy in Federal District Court. He is released from liabilities totaling $2,485.05, with $1,405.05 from unsecured claims. Assets listed include $680 in goods and a $3,000 insurance policy. exemption allowed $630.
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