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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
5
millions of crickets flooded Austin Texas after dark causing streets and sidewalks to be black with insects. Fire department battled the pests with water to wash them from walls and sewers, taking hours to reduce the infestation though many crickets remained in homes and corners.
Riébe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 East Commercial Street with phone line 841 for calls and transfers.
H P Attwater of Houston announced Sunset Central lines will staff five lecturers for the Chicago land show at the Coliseum annex from November 18 to December 12. He urged San Antonio to send one lecturer to promote the city and Southwest Texas. Lectures will use stereopticon views and run daily from 1 to 10 o'clock.
A bomb exploded under the rear porch of Michael Liston’s house in St. Louis early today, tearing the roof and blowing a wall out. The Liston family survived the blast without injuries, with Mrs Liston saying the family had trouble with neighbors.
Jim Ward, the young aviator, resumed his journey from Addison, New York toward San Francisco after a five mile flight ended in engine trouble. The biplane was badly damaged but Ward was unhurt and began walking back toward Addison.
Governor Woodrow Wilson expands his platform of popular primaries to include the nominating process for presidential candidates. In an address at Jersey City he declared he would allow no name before the national convention unless ratified by peoples primaries, giving voters direct control of affairs.
To try for commission, Beaumont, Texas weighs a new form of government. A city council committee is appointed to report on the success of this form in other Texas cities.
Flatonia Lodge No. 21 Rebekahs banquetted the lodges and invited Odd Fellows Wednesday night. A large crowd was present with nearly the entire membership and families.
Dodge City Kan Sept 22 Funeral for Representative Edmond H Madison drew seven hundred school children in white and a wide cross section of Kansans and officials. Attending were Kansas senators and representatives and leaders from Missouri Nebraska Wisconsin and Oklahoma with Rev J W Thompson delivering the sermon.
A royal orchestra performs daily at the Sara toga restaurant delivering live music for patrons. The ensemble entertains guests with varied selections in a refined dining setting.
H Miller formerly vice president of Vandalia lines is named vice president and general manager of the Pearson interests in the southwest and will base in El Paso. The Pearson group is spending 5 million on lumber and paper mills at Madera and Pearson in Chihuahua and plans a 2 million plant in El Paso to use material from its Mexican holdings. Hiram C Smith arrives from New York to inspect Madera and Pearson work.
Dwight Kinney son of the late Dwight Kinney Jr. wins about $200,000 from the estate after a common pleas court in Cincinnati rules him sane. He had been declared an imbecile and confined in a Michigan sanitarium following his elopement with Lucile Tompkins of Detroit causIng a sensational incident.
Kerrville Tex Sept 22 Through the Business Men's club efforts Wells Fargo Express will start a free delivery service in the business district on October 1 Dr A F Thigpen secretary says the club has additional plans to improve city service
County court in Seguin presided by Judge J M Woods is in session. Fines were imposed for carrying pistols and Wash Taylor a negro was found guilty of cotton theft and sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine.
Lord Cowdray negotiates with Standard Oil and Waters-Pierce to form an American corporation with Waters-Pierce holding a controlling stake. He aims to secure U S government backing to prevent cancellation of Mexico concessions amid potential Mexican congress challenges.
Fire at 3 a m in Hillsboro Texas destroyed the oil house in the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad yards after a gas oil explosion. A workman entered with a lantern and caused the blaze. William Waldes suffered severe burns while fighting the fire.
From Port Arthur reports indicate Australian lady bugs released for orange tree experiments at Gates farm are showing promise in reducing insect pests. Officials plan to expand releases to gulf coast orange orchards to boost eradication efforts.
Neal Cure A Medical Marvel at the Neal Institute highlights a notable medical breakthrough or achievement tied to the institute. Details specify a pioneering procedure or discovery attributed to the facility and its researchers.
Advertorial style notice touts Neal Treatment as a safe internal cure for drunkenness. It cites “over 15,000 cures” and claims to remove desire for alcohol without hypodermics or delirium. Dallas and Houston institutions are named with a Dallas address for information.
Giovanno Rizzo, 19, was captured by New York and Brooklyn police in the Black Hand crusade after lighting a bomb fuse that detectives extinguished before arrest. Four hours earlier, he reportedly dispatched the bomb that damaged an apartment occupied by the Siracuse family. Police link Rizzo to the Costabile led gang reputed as the Black Hand in America.
Nearly two million pounds of tea valued at 500000 are held at the San Francisco port pending examination to determine if coloring has been added. A misreport claimed one million pounds had been released. Treasury confirms no tea with coloring may enter the country. Importers protest and threaten court action and seek examination at another port.
The Frisco railroad officials chartered the first Texas company to manufacture refrigerated air for fruit and vegetable cars. The Intermittent Vacuum Pre-cooling Company of Texas is headquartered in San Benito with $60,000 capital stock. Incorporators include J. H. Elliott C. R. Rodgers and A. T. Perkins.
Walton Peteet of Fort Worth elected president of the board of directors after W. A. Enckmann resignation. W. L. Boyett chosen state food inspector succeeding James W. Casson. James A. Cole named dean of agriculture. A. B. Connor elected agronomist for the Texas experiment station. Preliminary plans for a dormitory and a building for electrical and mechanical engineering.
The Stone-Webster syndicate that runs Houston street cars announces no new local car line extensions for 18 months. A new auto carry-all service started last Monday and is rapidly gaining riders. A citywide meeting to discuss the transit situation is planned.
The Pacific fleet with the first and second divisions of the Pacific torpedo squadron will sail from San Francisco for Hawaii on November 15 and not return to California waters until January 15. The collier Nero, fitting out in New York, will sail around the continent for San Francisco to join the Pacific fleet. Secretay Meyer holds the fate of the Atlantic fleet winter cruise.
Pueblo Colorado September 22 James Sullivan a Civil War veteran who served on General Grant's staff died at the county farm by leaping into a cistern. He was 62 years old and had been an inmate there for five years. He had no known relatives.
Mor ris Sheppard congressman Texarkana is named the orator for the U C V reunion to be held in Beaumont on October 5 and 6. Arrangements are nearly complete and indications point to a large attendance.
J B White of the National Conservation Congress said artificial lumber made from waste paper promises to ease forest conservation concerns. After touring eastern states he promoted a process using 57 percent waste paper 22 percent straw 5 percent jute and 16 percent wood fibre to produce fibre board or inch lumber.
William Denman and Miss Idella Gunn were married at the Gunn home near Steiren at 10 o’clock yesterday. Rev. Johnston of Waelder officiated. The couple left for Houston Galveston and other cities after the ceremony.
Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Senator Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee were guests at the Appalachian exposition in Knoxville. They attended the opening of five days of women’s congresses with participants from across the south scheduled to install.
Horace Wimberly becomes owner of the Mrs Farrell property near the Baptist church on Gonzales street in Yoakum Texas after a closing. Consideration is $1600.
In Cincinnati today fire wiped out the power house and car barns of the Cincinnati and Eastern Interurban company. The traction line entering the city suffered damage as fifteen cars were burned. Loss is about 125000 with most covered by insurance.
Three cars filled with homeseekers travel the National Railways of Mexico toward Santa Lucrecia passing through the city tonight.
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