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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1913
Page
5
City council to review Chapa traffic measures drafted with the San Antonio Automobile Club. Provisions focus on curbing reckless driving, removing fixed speed limits, and guiding pedestrian street crossing to marked crossings and sidewalk projections.
The city plans new traffic regulations including near side stops for street cars and front passenger egress, drivers must use Red Cross insignia on ambulances, no loud cut outs or sirens, and traffic to be managed by traffic officers. Alderman Chapa may invite metropolitan police to train local officers. The San Antonio Automobile Club will host tourists arriving from Houston with a welcome parade and Dutch lunch at the club clubhouse on the North Loop. About fifty people join the run, with cars to transport visitors to the clubhouse per AAA rules.
Sunday drew motorists to the San Antonio Automobile Club clubhouse with arrivals starting in the afternoon and continuing until rain. Manager Dr. Frederick J. Fielding expressed satisfaction with the early results amid worsening weather.
A club announces efforts to attract members with a special orchestra for Wednesday night. Music and attractions have been arranged to entice attendance.
Cc E Stromberg reports the sale of a two ton Wichita truck to B C Milligan for freight between Karnes City and Helena. Staacke Brothers Company reports the sale of a 1914 Cadillac touring car to William Wurtzbach of Castrov ill e.
William Steinhardt, president of Hudson Company, says the sedan limousine from the Hudson factory is attractive to buyers in San Antonio because it can be driven from the inside, allowing the driver to converse with passengers, an unusual feature in an enclosed car.
T. H. Harrell, Paige agent at Martindale, will drive home this afternoon in a new Paige 36 five passenger touring car recently bought from Alamo Auto Sales Company, local distributors. A. W. Murray, Buick agent of Floresville, visited the Buick salesrooms here for a while this morning.
Fraser Auto Supply Company reports that the White Company supplied ten more White trucks to Russia for its army commissariat. The vehicles were shipped to Moscow and driven onward for military use.
Emil Schleyer of Gonzales visited the city yesterday and drove home in two frit touring cars to supply Krit trade in his territory while noting Russian roads are among Europe’s worst, yet machines achieved perfect mechanical scores during the journey.
William Steinhardt of the Hudson Company argues wire wheels reduce tire heat and trouble, citing track contests as evidence. He notes the sale of a 1914 Hudson to S. P. Jones of Gonzales. Also reports a Bandera county camping trip by the Birdsongs Trosts and Largens in Franklin and Maxwell touring cars.
Rev. Lee Nelson, once a master mechanic in Frisco shops from Champaign to Fort Smith, now presides at Grace Baptist Church New Orleans. He plans revival services through August at 3900 North Rampart Street, maintaining IAM Shreveport No. 281 membership and preaching to machinists. His conversion began in December 1906 at Winnfield after a Mardi Gras 1905 New Orleans spree.
The wedding of Harry Dancey and Miss Edna Cobb was held last evening at the bride’s parents home. Miss Lillie Rauber served as maid of honor and Otto Scheer as best man. The ceremony was by Neil Campbell justice of the peace. Out of town guests included Mrs Maude Bradley of Decatur Ill and Mrs Wesley Lemon and son Arthur of Houston. The couple will reside at 214 West Carolina Street.
R H Compton reports at Cambridge Philosophical Society that among eight barley varieties the first leaf twisted left in 58 percent of over twelve thousand seedlings, with excess left handed growth in milk and oats. Corn showed no clear tendency. No hereditary peculiarity or significance drawn.
Beulah B Patterson editor notes social visits guestings in New Braunfels and Corpus Christi. Ruth Kelso bridal plans and related entertainments at the Country Club and Coliseum rehearsals are noted along with September 10 11 events.
Helen, tired from shopping near Rue de la Paix, faces embarrassment at the Ritz terrace when a reserved table incident pushes her into tea with a mysterious man, Mr. Fordham. Their chat turns intimate as a phone call and a shared moment raise questions of loyalty and fate in a discreet encounter.
Helen rides with a courteous stranger to a hotel after a brief gallery visit. She fears Warren's judgment but resolves to tell him about the tea rather than remain silent. Swift and Company's weekly San Antonio fresh beef sales averaged 9.13 cents per pound.
Ruby Dunn of Santa Monica Bay Street set a world record for women by throwing a baseball 68 yards 2 feet 1 inch on the beach near Colorado avenue. The feat surpasses 1889 Chicago record by Harry Twitchell. Dunn, Santa Monica High School graduate, played girls basketball and baseball, using a sweeping arm motion and full weight behind the throw.
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