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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1913
Page
2
Mr H C Badell, seeking relief from rheumatism, plans to return to St Paul from Texas after using Vitalitas. He owns land near Houston, credits the remedy with permanent improvement, and says he will bring more Vitalitas home. The ad promotes Vitalitas at Wagner Drug Store, 407 East Houston.
London authorities will not order the deportation of American verse writer Harry Kemp after he completed a 21 day prison term for stowing away on the Oceanic from New York. A Hempstead resident has offered to support Kemp and ensure he does not become a public charge or violate the law while staying in England.
Harrison Meyers indicted for murder in the 1909 stabbing of A. McLemore on South Concho Street. Special venire summoned for November 3 as the Thirty-seventh District Court schedules term crime settings with multiple defendants listed for each day.
Dr W W Frazer testified before a grand jury and admitted he received 500 for falsifying a birth certificate in a dispute over a 2 000 000 estate linked to Mrs Dorothy Slinger. He testified for English claimants while discrepancies prompted a provincial inquiry by District Attorney Charles H Fickert. The money source refused to answer questions.
Police announced a plot to kill Provisional President Huerta involving a fund to pay the assassin. Blum was named as a subscriber but was later released after denying the charge.
Rear Admiral Fletcher reported Felix Diaz and two refugees aboard the Wheeling at Vera Cruz. Washington faces whether to grant asylum or transfer them, amid debates on asylum limits and potential extra territorial protections.
Officials here deem Consul Canada and Rear Admiral Fletcher within rights to extend asylum to Diaz as a political refugee. News dispatches provide little guidance and no clear advice. Messages from Charge O'Shaughnessy in Mexico City contain no mention of the Diaz incident.
General Diaz was placed on the retired list by order of Minister of War Aurelio Blanquet after Diaz requested retirement. He served 30 years and cited fear of the US flag shadow and desire to stay in the shadow of the stars and stripes. Catholic leaders claim gains for Federico Gamboa. Huerta Blanquet supporters win several interior cities.
In Eagle Pass Texas records of Sundays election were deemed a farce and all documentary evidence of fraud destroyed at the federal command office in Piedras Negras. The published tally showed votes exceeding population and tellers dismissed concerns. Merchants rush goods to Mexico amid duty increases.
French minister appeals in Mexico City to charge O Shaughnessy for an American warship to guard the San Ignacio colony in Sinaloa. The cruiser Maryland due at Mazatlan, California at Guaymas with Glacier, and Pittsburg sails from San Francisco for the Mexican Pacific. Refugees would be given asylum if distress news reaches the ships, without French government request.
Lic Ernesto Fernandez vy Arteaga, ambassador under the Madero regime, asserts foreign consulates are not inviolable. He notes international law allows searches of consulates and seizure of occupants, citing Felix Diaz's possible risk if he stayed in the Mexican consulate during Huerta's actions.
The text explains that Diaz chose to board an American warship to avoid capture. It argues that a merchant vessel could be boarded regardless of flag, while a foreign man of war grants his absolute immunity from arrest. The reasoning hinges on authorities’ inability to search the warship for Diaz.
In Salisbury North Carolina on October 28 President Wilson offered no remark on the Mexican crisis including General Felix Diaz boarding an American warship after his train passage. He read official dispatches from Washington without showing emotion and crowds at stations left disappointed as he delivered speeches without handshakes.
Bernardo Calero brother of Manuel Calero and former Mexican consul at Bordeaux announced in Tucson on October 28 that he has converted to the Constitutionalist side following Manuel Calero’s candidacy in the Mexican elections.
Constitutionalists attacked Monterey last week and held railroad yards and steel works for three days before federal troops drove them back. They burned 250 railroad cars and destroyed several locomotives and flour mills while leaving the steel works undamaged.
The forty second annual Texas Rangers reunion opened in San Marcos with 25 veterans answering roll call. Mayor E G Green welcomed visitors, Judge Neighbors gave an address, and C K Stribling replied. A memorial and updated roll were planned, with memorial committee members named. The San Marcos Commercial Club hosted an afternoon automobile ride to Lockhart and planned a supper back in town.
In Austin Texas on October 28 the injunction against the penitentiary commissioners scheduled for Madisonville yesterday has been continued until next Friday Prison Commissioner Murray said he is ready for the hearing.
Members of San Antonio Camp No. 529 Woodmen of the World are asked to meet at I. O. O. F. hall above the Crockett Hotel Wednesday at 9 o clock to take carriages and attend the funeral of our late sovereign Ramon Guerra. Thomas Sheehan Consul Commander August A. Zizik Clerk Ady
A 19 year old white youth in the city jail confessed to the Castillo murder after a pool hall and street wandering spree last Wednesday night. He led officers to the hat at the scene and described planning a holdup before the fatal shooting near South Pecos and El Paso streets. The formal murder complaint will be filed this afternoon by city detectives.
The Baptist laymen open their first Southwest Texas convention in San Antonio at First Baptist Church 7 30 tonight through Saturday. Speakers include State Senator Lattimore Fort Worth and M H Wolfe Dallas on civic topics and layman movement. Rev J Porter will address the proposed Southwest Texas Baptist hospital with ground purchased in the city. Mrs Herbert L Linscott will discuss temperance.
Dr. W A Hering reports to the San Antonio Automobile Club that the fall race at the Fair Grounds on November will feature the fastest circular dirt course field yet with 12 entries and a showdown between the Simplex Zip driven by Louis Disbrow and the Stayer-Chicago Six.
Charters granted to Burkburnett Farmers Supply Co operative Association of Burkburnett Wichita county capital stock 20000 incorporators W G Myers C S Maxwell J I Guillet Adolphus Auto Rent Company of Dallas capital stock 15000 incorporators T B Bower G L Bower T A Pitman A H and I H Lippincott incorporated of Texas of Dallas capital stock 1000 incorporators John Taetfner W S Reaney J P Holland National Registration Company of San Antonio capital stock 500 incorporators Tl G Henne J R Fuchs UW Stein First Baptist Church of Rogers Bell county no capital stock incorporators Kt N Williams QO J Copeland W Cook Big Springs Oil Company of Big Springs We ward county capital stock 19000 incorporators R J Matthews A B E Peel J F Wolcott Amendments Laws Clark Grain Company of Texarkana changing its
The report lists Clark-Lynn Grain Company and Southern Tea & Coffee Company of Houston increasing capital stock from 5000 to 10000 and etc. Consolidated Grocers Company of Waco changing its name to Dugger Grocery Company. Minnesota plans to convert denuded lands into dairy country once forested. Chile carries public debt over 117 million dollars.
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