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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1913
Page
3
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West show arrives in San Antonio for a three week run starting October 20. Featuring India n riders, bull fights, steer throwing and auto polo, the act bills a brand new program with historical elements and a grand street parade.
News reports HarristonMass riot after two Jones brothers opened fire in the black quarter. Ten people killed and many wounded before National Guard arrived. Walter and Will Jones lynched. a sheriff and several officers wounded. Police and citizens battled a seed house siege and a sleeping car attack.
Homer Cleveland Wiggins, who escaped from Eastern penitentiary and murdered a Philadelphia patrolman, shot himself after exhausting ammunition in a Wilmington lodging house siege. Policeman Sewell Scott was wounded in the chest during the encounter and may die.
The San Antonio Automobile Club holds its weekly luncheon at 12 30 tomorrow at the St Anthony Hotel toast master V S Stires to preside. Members urged to attend as club matters and friendly territory prospects will be discussed. Woodward Carriage Co closes contracts with J M May Georgetown and Jee G Jones Del Rio to handle Hupmobile sales for the season. George Baetge Overland dealer New Braunfels buys a 1914 Overland 79 delivered today.
The three quarter ton White truck, overloaded by fifty percent, navigated the Valdez to Fairbanks Alaska trail amid boulders and quicksand. Alex Fraser of Fraser Auto Supply credits engine frame and carburetor design for handling extreme distortion and altitude changes from sea level to 4000 feet. The U S Army engineers undertook the trip, setting a northern limit for motor travel.
William Steinhardt of the Hudson Company, Baker Electric Products local representative, says Baker vehicles use a straight line shaft drive with two universal joints to operate at any angle without stressing gears. A triple reduction gear aids starting and hill climbing, reducing motor weight compared with single reduction gearing.
The Alamo Auto Sales Company reports the sale of a Chalmers Six model 24 touring car to J E Davenport formerly of Fort Stockton now in San Antonio. E A Kalkhurst says Davenport chose after ten minutes of demonstration. The firm also reports Paige 25 touring cars and Paige 86s, all 1914 models with complete electrical equipment arriving by carload Saturday.
A Buick No. 4 three-quarter ton truck left the local Buick branch salesrooms this morning for a demonstration trip to New Braunfels and San Marcos. The journey was arranged by Faust & Gerlich Buick dealers at New Braunfels and Walter Bradley, Agent at San Marcos, who have sev- eral dealerships cooperating on the test run.
J. F. Hagan of the Guarantee Motor Car Company travels to Victoria to finalize a long pending Cole contract. The company reports a shipment of new Coles arriving, including a six cylinder roadster and a four cylinder touring car.
George E. Forbush district manager for the Dorris line teams with Eugene Nolte of Austin to market Dorris pleasure and commercial vehicles in Travis county. Nolte has received a Dorris two ton truck for demonstration use.
Joseph De Bona, a noted figure in southwestern auto circles, becomes Lozier’s Eagle Pass representative. He will receive a Lozier Six touring car from the current factory shipment en route.
A Studebaker Six was delivered Saturday afternoon to Charles Klaus of this city by the A. E F. Staacke Automobile Company, local distributor for the Studebaker line.
A. C. Bartoni, Hudson dealer from Hudson is expected in Del Rio today to accept delivery of a Hudson Six-64.
A Pierce-Arrow 38 Suburban touring car is en route from the factory to the Alamo Auto Sales Company. The vehicle belongs to Otto Koehler, president of the San Antonio Brewing Association.
Speak-Shrimp and frog legs appear alongside black bass Spanish mackerel parapane gulf trout at the River side Restaurant. Ady promotes KC meats as part of the featured fare.
Experts from around the world will present papers on cotton industry topics at the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers semi annual meeting in Atlantic City starting tomorrow and running until October 2. A golf tournament at the meeting will award prizes for the lowest net and gross scores.
A physician calls back ache, headache, nervousness, and the blues danger signals. In nine of ten cases they indicate a female ailment or inflammatory condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is claimed to cure. Thousands of American women testify to its virtue.
San Francisco reports rapidly rising U S Japan trade and a looming vessel shortage as Mitsui Company manager Y Nagashima returns from the Orient. He predicts Japan will become the world's largest buyer of cotton and raw materials, shipping 370000 bales last year and 400000 this year. He cites China and Manchuria growth, a booming Japanese workshop, plentiful labor, and scarce raw materials. Coal scarcity on the Pacific Coast may push Japan to send numerous coal cargoes to the United States to avert a winter shortage.
Rains in the San Angelo region have damaged cotton crops over the past week and lowered the staple grade, according to reports from local farmers.
San Antonio buyers praise Adler i ka for quick relief of sour stomach gas and constipation. A single dose is said to relieve these troubles almost immediately. Local agents H. L. Wagner Hicks Building promote Adler i ka.
In Rheims France on September 29 the second day of the aviation meet featured a five lap cross country race over 150 kilometers. Monoplanes dominated with M. M. M. Rost winning in 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds while Rene Caudron led bi planes with 1 hour 35 minutes 51 seconds. Altitude records saw Gilbert fall short of Perregon's mark though reaching about 19 020 feet. English and French aero clubs plan an annual London Paris race starting 1914 with new handicapping rules.
Rabbi Marks and Mrs. Marks issued New Year cards to Temple Beth El worshipers accompanied by temple membership cards for 5764. The enclosure lists Holyday services for Rosh Hashonah Yom Kippur Sukkos Shimini Atzeres and notes the cards authorize worship at any temple and request cordial regard from the congregation. Signed by Rev. Samuel Marks and J. D Oppenheimer.
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