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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
5
An amendment filed with the State Department in Austin shows the Sadovsky Rotary Press Company of San Antonio increasing its capital stock from $10,000 to $22,000. The dispatch notes women dominating the building industry in Silesia and East Prussia.
The Bee county local option contest A C Marsden et al versus Charles Troy county attorney was argued before the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals. Antis claim a proclamation barred non citizens and those with only declaration papers from voting, contending some Mexicans were denied a vote and that the election should be invalidated. The appeal arguments included eleven assignments of error and questioned Judge Mullaly's handling of the case.
An old advertisement promotes Knowlton’s Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims the product strengthens roots, adds luster, and promotes new hair growth after a few weeks. Readily available for 25 cents at drug stores and toilet counters.
The piece notes that voters changing precincts must obtain a certificate five days before election. It also claims Bee county voters largely rejected prohibition. Antis were led by J R Dougherty and B D Taunton Jr vs pros J Ed Daugherty and O O Touchstone of Dallas firm Thomas Milam and Touchstone.
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals convened Thursday with no session Wednesday due to Chief Justice Fly attending a memorial in Austin for Judge Leroy G. Denman. Decisions included affirmations in five cases and a reversal with instructions in Ralph Hughes vs Clint V. Turner, plus motions on Stolte v Karren and Gulf Pipe Line Co. v Lasater.
Strayed from Fort Sam Houston picket line a dark bay government horse branded U. 8 left fore shoulder and R-3013 on the right fore leg hoof. A $10 reward for delivery to Depot Quartermaster Fort Sam Houston Texas.
Manila reports that on October 26 the Philippine congress studied bills proposing the creation of six active cabinet positions to replace the current government structure.
A Tennessee coal miner from Fairfield Alabama aged 64, father of sixteen, declares Tanlac cured his pellagra like illness. He weighed 90 pounds after months of illness and says he gained 26 pounds after fifth bottle and can return to work. He credits Tanlac with reviving his health and plans to help his daughter in La Follette, Tennessee. Wagner Drug Co. and Meier's Pharmacy in San Antonio distribute Tanlac.
Permission from Lafayette Ward owner of Bowen's Island allows all San Antonio Boy Scouts to use the site for drills games and contests. A citywide field day is set for December 9 with a November 4 work day to shape the island. About twenty scouts will undertake a fourteen mile hike Saturday afternoon to test their readiness before advancing to first and second class ranks.
Figures for the year ending August 31 1916 show $22,575,427 in bonds registered in the Comptroller's Department, up $7,628,249 from the prior year. Road bonds total $6,152,000, levee district bonds $1,951,721, city bonds $9,420,991, independent school district bonds $1,993,200, county bonds $2,163,844, and common school district bonds $1,176,315.
In Palestine Texas on October 26 the International and Great Northern shop men received a wage increase totaling about 100000 dollars annually. The raise affects perhaps a thousand men on this line and involved about forty thousand men west of Chicago. The increase takes effect October 1.
Y W C A girls plan a Halloween frolic for 100 District of Columbia national guardsmen at Camp Wilson. Hobgoblins and witches as hostesses greet the men at the Fifth and Avenue C venue with games in the auditorium and basement Halloween fun.
Dairymen of San Antonio and Bexar County plan a Thursday Chamber of Commerce meeting to map price hikes. President George F. Littler says profits have fallen near bankruptcy, and some producers may raise prices to consumers or go out of business. Attorney General rules forbid organized increases, complicating a unified move. Milk remains cheaper in San Antonio, with strong grading and only eight of eighty-six samples adulterated in tests.
Thieves broke into the saloon of BE. Ariola at 109 Matamoras Street Wednesday night and stole three dozen beer bottles two cigar boxes and a folding cot. City detectives Ruhnke and Guerra arrested two young Mexicans Thursday forenoon in connection with the burglary. Rooming-house thefts continue with overcoats suits and small items reported from local hotels and residences.
Two wills disposing estates worth $7600 and $15000 were filed for probate Wednesday in County Clerk Frank R. Newtons office. Probate Judge James R. Davis will issue orders at the upcoming term. Louise Biesenbach left her sons Peter and Gustav and grandson August Rieden portions of the estate to San Antonio Loan & Trust Company as executor. Mary Millett Lane left her children fractional shares in a $15000 estate. Lane died October 7.
Lieutenant Colonel Chauncey B. Baker, head of transportation for the quartermaster general in Washington, is in San Antonio for a border troop stations tour. He plans visits to duty points and a possible trip into Mexico toward Colonia Dublan to review the Pershing expeditionary force. Colonel Baker is renowned for military transportation expertise. In San Antonio, Colonel Harry L. Rogers, chief quartermaster of the Southern Department, demonstrates motor truck equipment and other notable features of the large military setup.
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm and Ely's Dream Balm as instant relief for cold or catarrh by applying a small amount in the nostrils. Claims to open air passages, relieve congestion, discharge, headaches, and nighttime breathing difficulties with antiseptic, soothing effects.
General Funston led forces to Vera Cruz with Colonel Baker serving as quartermaster of the command during the operation two years prior.
An entertainment program for children ages three to ten is scheduled from 10 20 to 12 o'clock Saturday morning on the seventh floor of the Wolff and Marx Company store. Lena B. Hyde of the San Antonio Kindergarten Training School will narrate stories and Nellie Whayne from First Baptist Church will sing with piano accompaniment by Mrs. E L Jarvis of the San Antonio Musician's Society.
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