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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1913
Page
2
Advertisement extols Liquid Vitalitas as a powerful energizing fluid from a volcanic source. It warns the liquid is twenty times too strong and must be diluted twenty to one. Claims include health benefits for all ages and relief from long standing stomach and blood issues. It promotes a display at Wagner's, 407 East Houston.
Corpus Christi public schools opened the 1913-1914 term with the largest enrollment in the city’s history. Total attendance across all schools is estimated above 1700, and three new ward schools welcomed students. President Wilson departed Windsor for Washington at 2:25 p.m., escorted to Williamstown by his daughter Miss Jessie Wilson and her fiancé Francis B. Sayre.
One Tobin Hill car No. 110 left the track after last midnight, crashing through a fence and damaging a Bradbury rooming house porch pillar. Albert Frank, 231 Losoya street, suffered head and limb injuries. Seventeen others were shaken. car recovered in an hour and returned to service. Investigation blamed track spread from rains. Nearby Highland Park car No. 72 left rails near Thompson Hotel but was controlled quickly with no injuries or damage.
In Chattanooga Tennessee more than 14000 Union veterans gather for the forty seventh annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opening. Allied groups attend as Lookout Mountain is toured under light rain with guides explaining historic movements. Seven departmental headquarters open in interim events.
Kerrville Business Men's Club considers oiling the principal streets after a $20,000 bond issue has funded street improvements. A joint meeting of business leaders and the city council will be held this week to decide on concrete action.
Testimony in the Senate investigation of the West Virginia coal strike was closed today in Washington. A report is expected in about three weeks.
Southwestern Land Corporation transfers Lot 30 through 33, Block 27 to John Lidisk Jr for 840 dollars. H M Toner and wife transfer Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, new city block 2174 Higgins addition to C Solair and wife for 100 dollars.
The Kendall County Fair in Boerne runs September 19 and 20 with round trip fares from San Antonio at 75 cents for the 19th and 50 cents for the 20th.
General Tracy Aubert with 1000 Federals moves from the north to relieve Torreon as Constitutionalists and bandits clash. American refugees, guided by Deputy Consul General J. C. Allen, struggle toward Saltillo after leaving Torreon September 1. J. R. Everett reports slow progress due to bad roads and equipment.
San Luis Potosi reports 43 bandit chiefs commanding 6500 armed men in the region. Julio Madero leads a 600-strong force near Herradura. other groups of 400–600 operate across north east and south. Several leaders killed. many towns raided. smelters and industries shut. Government claims backbone of revolution in Coahuila broken as troops move south from Saltillo toward Zacatecas efforts.
Mexico City reports Congress will open with Provisional President Huerta's message expected to outline the U S Mexico relations amid Catholic party influence. Political wings led by Vera Estanol and Rodolfo Reyes contend for power while Catholic supporters back Huerta to blunt House opposition. Colonel de la Fuente resigns as 2000 troops with artillery move to relieve Torreon under Guajardo and Aubert.
Official Federal messages report 300 Constitutionalists killed Friday at Bustillos Chihuahua in clash with Federal troops under Generals Caraveo and Rojas. Col Porfirio Talamantes captured. 100 wounded captured from San Andres. Bustillos ranch burned. Gen Salazar with 400 Federal troops pursues Villa toward Casas Grandes.
Mrs. J. C. Crowder of Monterey and about 30 other American refugees arrived in San Antonio to stay with relatives. Crowder warned that trouble could erupt in Monterey soon, citing a rumor that all American homes would be destroyed on September 16.
An ad describes backache as a danger signal and links kidney, urinary, and rheumatic pains to Bright's disease. It touts Croxone as the only remedy addressing the cause, claims quick relief in three daily doses, and offers a money back guarantee through druggists.
The group fled through San Antonio with Mrs. Crowder staying behind in the city while Mr. Crowder remains to run his business. A Provisional President Huerta notice offered to fund or arrange transport for Americans leaving the republic. Refugees reported robbing by roving bands and two Mexican men hanged on telegraph poles near Laredo.
Dr. W. W. Pinson of the Southern Methodist board of missions heard reports of Americans fleeing Torreon and Saltillo. Missionary J. P. Lancaster and his family, stationed at Torreon, have not been heard from since a recent order to leave the country. His last letter dated four weeks ago expressed confidence in safety amid ongoing fighting. The Saltillo school run by Southern Methodists remains closed due to unsettled conditions.
Eagle Pass Texas September 15 Constitutionalist authorities deny that Americans traveling from Torreon to Saltillo have fallen into rebel hands. Citizens say they were treated well on the road. Carranza claims General Bravo refused passports for leaving Americans, a statement echoed by Torreon refugees.
Eagle Pass dispatch reports Venustiano Carranza shifting from Coahuila to Hermosillo after talks at Inde Durango with Pesquiera and Maytorena. He claims his brother is now supreme leader and a provisional capital will be set at Hermosillo while the revolution reorganizes government and coordinates central-state operations.
The Constitutionalists plan stronger military organization in the Rio Grande district as fighting shifts there. Abasolo Rodriguez and San Buenaventura retaken after federal withdrawal from Monclova. Col Arturo Alverez killed in a clash near San Buenaventura. Two new machine guns and 80 000 rounds delivered to army HQ with more munitions reportedly en route.
In Mexico City on Sept 15 Dr Aurelinano Urrutia resigned as interior minister after midnight acceptance by Provisional President Huerta. He cites lack of political experience while facing harassment charges from Senor Manuel Calero. Urrutia, a surgeon known for anti foreign stance, authored the Truerta ultimatum repudiated by Foreign Minister Federico Gamboa.
In Waco on September 15 the grand jury saw two challenges from layman J Futch over juror connections to a defendant and a bondsman. The judge overruled both objections as the panel prepares to review nearly 100 felony cases. Foreman C A Westbrook, likely the youngest member, was appointed.
Fred Kuntz of 1808 West Houston Street has passed the navy boiler maker examination. If the Navy Department approves, he will enter the service with a salary of 71.50 weekly, a high enlisted rate. The Utah spring sheep shearing yielded about 18 million pounds of wool from 2 million sheep.
Norman E. Mack former chairman of the Democratic national and state committees failed to appear before Gov Sulzer's investigator John A. Hennessy to answer charges over unaccounted campaign funds from 1910. Mack served a peek summons in a 5000 libel action alleging publication of charges he misused funds and blackmailed collectors. Hennessy adjourned after Mack and state treasurer Arthur A. McLean did not attend. Mack’s secretary later served papers and Hennessy cited blackmail of canal and highway contractors with a suspected unreported sum between 150000 and 300000 dollars.
The body of Henry J. Ford, a San Antonio post office employee, arrived from Fort Bayard New Mexico and was taken to Elmendorf for interment after a noon arrival. He was accompanied by relatives, Knights of Pythias members, and former coworkers. Fred C. Soll, 39, died at a local hospital and leaves his Milwaukee mother and brother. He was a cigarmaker and member of the Cigarmakers Union and Modern Woodmen of America. His body remains at Sloan and Hagy parlors awaiting word from his mother.
Rock drills of American manufacture are extensively used by the gold and other mines of the Transvaal.
United States District Attorney Camp announced that the Mexican 10 are held at the border awaiting state disposition on murder charges linked to Deputy Sheriff Ortiz’s killing. He warned federal charges of smuggling and transporting arms would follow if released, though he expects swift state action.
Army headquarters report says Mexicans captured at Blocker’s ranch were Flores Magon socialists en route to Mexico to stage a September 16 revolt. Led by Charles Cline, the group expected a larger Mexican force near Alamito crossing and to raise a revolutionary banner.
Papers from Panfilo Vasquez indicate I W W links among four teen ammunition smugglers jailed after a clash with U S troops at Carrizo Springs Texas. A red flag with Tierra y Libertad was seized. Buck and Ortiz were captured, Ortiz killed. Cline claims an underground gun running railway from San Antonio via Knippa to the Mexican border. Two merchants Cruz and Galan jailed. Notices tie Mercedes girls to the case. Longest bridge claim appears as unrelated fact about Lion bridge in China.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a quick fix for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. It claims a 10 cent box will cleanse liver and bowels by morning leaving head clear stomach sweet and mood improved for months.
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