The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 25, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 13, 1916 Page: 30 of 56
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Alaska’s Immense Size
Is Shown in Pamphlet
It If not generally realized that If
Alaska were superimposed upon the
United States the southeastern point
would be in the vicinity of Charles-
ton South Carolina and the south-
western point in the vicinity of Los
Angeles. California. The northern
point of Alaska would come to the
Canadian boundary and the southern
border of the main portion would
reach the northern boundary of
Oklahoma. The enormous size of
Alaska is strikingly brought out by
a small map contained in the pam-
phlet entitled "General Information
Regarding the Territory of Alaska.’’
just Issued by the Department of the
Interior at the direction of Secretary
Kane. This pamphlet which contains
detailed Information regarding the
geography climate population gov-
ernment commerce resources and
transportation facilities of the terri-
tory.
An Interesting feature of the pub-
lication is a table showing the hours
of daylight at different latitudes for
the first day of each month so thnt
the tourist contemplating a vacation
trip to this land of the Midnight Sun
can easily determine the localities at
which daylight is continuous. The
pamphlet contains also information
regarding tourist trips a list of
■teamship companies operating be-
tween Seattle and Alaska rat»s of
fare and approximate time from
Seattle lists of telegraph and radio
stations and postoffices and a direc-
tory of all government officers sta-
tioned in Alaska.
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San Antonio - Texas
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SUNDAY.
DESCENDANTS OF “DEAF” SMITH JOINTLY COMMEMORATE THEIR BIRTH
A double birthday celebration was
that held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. F. Brown recently. (. laf
Brown their only son and hie moth
er jointly commemorated the anni-
versary of their birth. As Claf Brown
Is a great-great-grandson of Eras-
tus Smith famlllery known as "Deal
I Smith" and as Mrs. Brown is r
| great-grand-daughters of Deal
FREAKISH INCIDENTS RELIEVE MONOTONY
OF ROETINE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Diversion Is Created Sometimes by “Green” Officers as in the Case of
the New Sergeant Aho Spent a Whole Night in a Fearful and Vain
Attempt to Count $3OOO Taken From a Prisoner and Sometimes
by Hysterical Women Who Call for a Cop to Go Under the House
After a Rattlesnake.
Rap-rap-rap.
There had been a brief lull in
business at police headquarters
Market and St. Mary’s streets when
the knocking on the door that leads
into the sergeant's office caused the
sergeant and the station officer to
Look up. A young man dressed to a
nicety but with the air of one who
appeared afraid greeted them.
Is the police station open?” he
' aFked.
“Why certainly; walk in’’ replied
I the sergeant adding: "What can we
do for you?”
The visitor's mission completed
he departed.
Then—and it leemed a bit rude
but as the officers explained they
simply couldn’t prevent it they both
broke into a laugh.
“The idea’ exclaimed the station
officer "wanting to know if ’the
police station was open.’ ”
The incident brought on a discus-
sion and as it happened there was
little else to occupy their attention
the question. "Is the police station
open?” resulted in the relating of
various incidents that the officers
could recall at the time which bor-
dered on what the police termed
freakish transactions.
"I shall never forget” remarked
Jim Irvin now city jailer ‘‘some
ten years ago when one afternoon I
was given a call to a certain residen-
tial section of the city. A woman had
telephoned police headquarters and
very excitedly requested that a po-
: llceman be sent to her home as
(quickly as possible. I answered the
call. It was a very hot day during
' the latter part of August and when
| I reached the house 1 was wet with
prespiratlon. The woman I found
nervously prancing up and down In
front of the house. I tried to calm
her assuring her that there was no
need for further anxiety that I an
officer of the law was on the scene
that the law stood ready to protect
her and that I was ready to do her
bidding.
Makc« a Modest Request.
“ 'Oh Mr. Policeman’ ” the fran-
tic woman exclaimed “ ‘you are
such a noble brave man. You have
saved me. I saw the biggest kind of a
rattlesnake just crawl under my
house. It must have had 15 or 30
rattles for tho noise it made was
tearful. The house is too low for
anyone to elioot the snake from the
outside—so I want you to crawl un-
derneath the house and kill it. I
won't be able to sleep unless that
monster is killed. I’m so glad you
came to my rescue.’
“Well you kniow” resumed .Taller
Irvin "I had heard of many peculiar
requests but that one completely
knocked me off the porch. Madam?
I said ’it may be a policeman’s duty
to grant your request but I’ve got
a wife and a house full of children
to take care of. If you want a police-
man to go under that house you’ll
1 have to ring up headquarters and get
someone else. Good day madam.’ ”
j The public generally may not be
' acquainted with the fact but there
Is one thing that the members of the
police department formerly dreaded
—payday at the military post. How-
i ever the dread is gradually dying
। out and all because of a secret un-
-1 folded to a single policeman one
i night that marked numerous clashes
I between soldiers and the police The
(secret was given by a soldier and
strange as it may seem has worked
; wonders.
Habit Is a Strong l4iw.
“It all came about one night at
1 the old police headquarters. ' said a
policeman in revealing the secret.
। "The police for hours had been
bringing in soldiers. We had no po-
lice patrol then and as a rule the
police looked like they had been in
a rough-and-tumble fight every time
they landed a soldier In the station.
About midnight I landed in the sta-
tion with a soldier. We fought all
over the place. Take ft from m^
those soldiers are 'much of a man.’
We took turns knocking each other
down but finally I got him into the
station. A soldier w ho had witnessed
[the bout and who appeared friendly
called me to one side after I had
booked the soldier at the station and
I the unruly one had been locked in
Jail.
I " ’I want to put you wise’ ” the
soldier told me. You can avoid a
| lot of trouble by handling rough sol-
CAaf LXom/N'
' Smith the souvenirs at the celebra-
I tion were miniature axes to com-
! memorate the cutting of Vance’s
bridge by Deaf Smith.
Many of the descendants of thle
familiar character In Texas history
llx-e in San Antonio. Among
them are Judge Ben Fisk. Mrs. Mary
Fisk Rose James G. Fisk whose
widow and son James. Jr. live nere;
dlers as they are handled by their
n superiors. Never grab a soldier by
the arm when you must arrest him.
g If ynu do you will have a fight on
e your hands nine times out of ten.
o Just tell him In a rather command-
a Ing way that fie Is under arrest to
step In front of you and march.
" 'But he is likely to run' I told
e the soldier.
" 'Seldom' replied the other. 'They
j are so accustomed to that form of
arrest that they will obey. You try it
and see for yourself.’
। "Well you know I did that very
' thing the next time I had to arrest
a soldier. It worked like a charm.
’ I slipped the tip to others. They
h tried It and were surprised. Almost
all of the older men are on to It and
n i now you seldom hear of a clash be-
e tween soldiers and the police. I
haven't heard yet where a soldier
has ever attempted to make a get-
g away."
Hardly had the officer completed
j the tale when the telephone rang.
f The sergeant grabbed the receiver.
s called out "police headquarters"
_ and then listened.
. "Well well" he finally exclaimed
"just leave the donkey there then.
j The city don’t do that kind of bust-
B ness." and hung up the receiver.
j "What was that?" asked one of
. those In the station.
5 Wanted to Gouge the City.
} "Why” replied the sergeant.
. "some one living on street
B rang up here about half an hour ago
3 I and wanted a dead donkey removed.
f : I sent out. tho ’dead wagon’ to get
the carcas and now the driver just
; telephones and says the owner of the
j dead jack wants the city to pay him
a dollar for It before he will let the
! city haul it off. Guess he will call up
again when he finds he will have to
i pay some express wagon driver a
couple of dollars to get rid of It.”
j The station officer who changed
r to be on duty at tho time had been
on the Job for many years.
'Talking about the money end of
s
GIRLS! TRY IT!
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’ BEAUTIFUL HAIR
; Every Particle of Dandruff
j Disappears and Hair Stops
t Coming Out.
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B | Draw a Moist Cloth Through
il Hair and Double its Beauty
at Once.
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r | Your hair becomes light wavy
p 1 fluffy abundant and appears as soft
I I lustrous and beautiful as a young
I girl’s after a "Danderine hair
cleanse.” Just try this—moisten a
cloth with a little Danderlne and
t carefully draw it through your hair
a taking one small strand at a time.
L This will cleanse the hair of dust
n dirt end excessive oil and in just a
- few moments you have doubled tho
e beauty of your hair
n Besides beautifying the hair at
e once Danderine dissolves every par-
i. tkde of dandruff; cleanses purifies
- and invigorates the scalp forever
I stopping itching and falling hair.
But wnat will please you most will
be after a few weeks’ use when you
r will actually see new hair —fine and
e downy at first—yes—but really new
1 hair growing all over tho scalp. If
V you care for pretty soft hair and
1 lots of it surely get a 25-cent bottle
1 । of Knowlton’s Danderlne from any
i druggist or toilet counter and just
try it
e Save your hair! Beautify it! You
a will say this was the best 25 cents
- you ever spent.
I*3 ft* Own.
Miss Ophelia Fisk now Mrs. K*neg-
er Mrs. Palmer Fisk and Eras-
tus Fisk a namesake of Deaf Smith
Other descendants of this Texas
veteran who were present at the
birthday celebration were Mrs. Jame?
G. Fisk the mother of Mrs. Brow-n
James Fisk Jr. and Misses 'fhyrr
and Lfnn McCarty. Mra Brown and
her son appear in the above picture
that telephone message Just now re-
minds mo of a money Incident that
occurred a few years back at the old
station” he said. "The chief had put
on a new man as desk sergeant. He
had been Instructed in his duties
what was expected and all that. One
of the things that impressed upon
him was to be very careful to keep
a correct record of money taken off
prisoners.
”It Is customary. In order to keep
this end of the record straight to
oompel the sergeant to make good
any shortage in money taken from
a prisoner.’ the chief told the new
sergeant.
"It was not many days before the
police brought in a drunken man'
who upon being searched was
found to have In money belts about
him over $3OOO in currency. The
money w r as in bills ranging from one
dollar bank notes to fifty-dollar bills.
You know* the pile of money »imply
scared the new man almost to deatlL
All that evening and far into the
morning he was engaged In count-
ing the money. It made him nervous.
[ The perspiration rolled from him
। and his hands trembled. He counted
' and recounted and every time he
totalled the amount it was different.
| He just didn't know w’hat to do. He
। was afraid to record any certain
j amount on the book which is kept
for that purpose.
Job Didn’t Suit Him.
” ‘lf I put down an amount and
it Is found short I’ll have to make
good/ he said.
“It w’as not until the next morn-
ing just before it was time for us
to report off that several of us
counted the money for him reached
a figure that was undoubtedly cor-
. roct and recorded it. A short time
। after that incident the sergeant ask-
l ed the chief to give him a patrol-
। man’s job.”
One thing that ruffles the feelings
Jof an officer perhaps more than
anything else Is for someone be- .
cause of social position financial
standing or political Influence to
defy him with the exclamation:
| “You don’t kno< who I am. lam
Mr. So-and-So and I’ll see to it that
! you are discharged immediately."
I It Is just such statements that
prompt the majority of the officers
| to go the full limit of authority vest-
ed in them. They invariably Invoke
। over}' procedure possible that might
otherwise be overlooked.
There was one a few r years back
when a man with plenty of influence
so he thought because of his big
hank roll which he had acquired
through the death of a relative—-
sought to put Into execution hta
"threat” of "I’ll get your job.” The
man having gone through the va-
rious forms “you insult me" “what
Is your badge number?” and "I’ll
see to it that you are fired first thing
In the morning” and many others
the officer after compelling the in-
dignant one to sign a bond bowed
and departed upon other matters.
The next morning the officer in'
I question was summoned before the
। chief. The gruff one the officer soon
। learned had certainly filed a bit-
ter oomplaint with the chief.
A “High and Mighty Guy.”
“Now." said the chief "tell me
what really occurred.”
The officer explained in detail. It
was an arrest for a violation of traf-
fic regulations except that the rich
one had aggravated his case by at-
tempting to disregard the officer’s
signals after seemingly violating the
law’ with the impression that he was
Immune from arrest.
“I said nothing to him except 1o
inform him he was under arrest
। and I readily accepted his bond." the
officer concluded. ’’The only loud
and boisterous language I know of
was that used by him.”
”T have had other complaints
fmm this man about the same
thing" the chief informed the offi-
cer. "He must be a crank. Go back
on ynur beat."
Tho officer 1n question is still on
the job.
Ono afternoon at detective head-
quarters the plain clothes men were
unusually busy. A number of them
had entered the office and were con-
ferring with their chief when In the
midst Y»f It all a tall lanky negro as
black as the ace of spades stepped
up to tho desk. Ignoring the officers
about the place the negro directed
hie remarks squarely to the chief.
Ifo told In substance that his wife
had recently died and that upon re-
turning home from hls w’ork only a
few minutes before his arrival at
tho station he had discovered all his
possessions gonf. A negro woman
he said had taken them —everything
In th« house. She was a relative of
tho departed wife and when he had
approached her about having the
household goods returned she had
not only refused point blank to give
them up. but had run him out of tho
house.
"What Ah wanU to know la.” the
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
negro concluded “whar am I to do.
I must have dem things.”
A Different Kind of “Suit.”
"About the best thing for you to
do in that case’’ advised the chief
"Is to go over to the county court
house and file suit agafnit her for
the property. That 1s a civil matter
and something in which we have no
jurisdiction.”
The tall negro scratched his head
reflected for a time and then sud-
denly exclaimed:
"Dat might be de law in de case”
he said*"but Ah wants mah suit o’
clothes not a suit In cote. Ah wants
dem things right now and de Lord
knows when the law will git dem for
me. Look hero chief. Ah knows
you and you knows me a long time
but Ah’s agwlne to tell you dat Ah
am serious ’bout dls and Ah's
gwlne to walk right tn my own
blood 1f I don’t got dem things when
Ah reaches dat woman’s house."
He walked out as If he meant it.
Nothing more was heard of the case.
He evidently made good without the
aid of the law.
On another occasion however ev-
erything did not pass off so nicely
according to an officer who was
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Appetite and Comfort Back
After Taking First Dose.
T. A. Hensley of Alvarado Texas
suffered for a long time from de-
rangements of the digestive .tract.
He had colic attacks and indigestion.
His liver was inactive and he was In
pain after eating.
He took Mayr’s Wonderful Rem-
edy. From the very first dose It
brought swift results. He wrote:
"I have taken your treatment for
stomach trouble and conquer it a
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have been suffering from stomach
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spells indigestion constipation and
Inactive liver and gal! stones Now I
do not feel like the same man 1 can
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all stomach sufferers.”
Mayr’s Wonderful- Remedy gives
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— This instrument was designed to meet the demand for a GOOD low-
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Come In and Hear the Latest Hits think of iti The outfit includes this wonderful P ayer-Piano
Steeple Chase 50c Bench ° f neat desi ^ n ’ 12 P la y er rolls YOUR OWN SELECTION and
(Pigeon Walk) membership to our library—all for ONLY $395.
Ta cakewa C ik Baii That Mldmght 4oc ^ ur Easy Monthly Payment Plan enables
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Bridal Blushes 40c —the change you usually spend for trifles.
v 7 YOU ARE TAKING NO CHANCES AT THE “HOUSE OF GOG-
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50th YEAR IN BUSINESS
Houston & Navarro Streets SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
then a patrolman but is now a mem-
ber of the city detective bureau.
The officer wa« on duty one after-
noon at Commerce and Alanwo streets
when he was approached by a
stranger. The latter told of having
been "fleeced” of several hundred
dollars in a deal with another up
Commerce street a short distance.
The other had agreed to pay a cer-
tain price for some Junk but when
the settlement time came the dealer
paid him but part of what the
stranger claimed. He wanted the
officer to accompany him to the
dealer’s place that he might get his
money.
"That is a civil matter” the offi-
cer informed him "and I have 'no
authority in a case of that kind. The
dealer would only order me out of
his place.”
Took Officer at His Won!.
The other insisted so earnestly
however that the officer finally ac-
companied him. At the store it hap-
pened just as the officer had pre-
dicted. tho dealer closing his re-
marks with: "The gentleman is sim-
ply mistaken in the amount we
agreed upon. The seal is closed i*
is a civil matter and Mr. Officer
you will please get out of here. You
have no business here.”
The officer and the other walked
out.
“Just as I told you” the officer re-
marked. "I knew he would order me
away.l had really no right to meddle
in the thing."
"But what would you do if you
were in my fix and got 'beat' like
that?" the other replied.
"Oh. I suppose I’d get something
and crack him on the head" laugh-
ingly commented the officer. The
two parted.
“I had hardly got back tz> the
corner when I heard the fiercest yell-
ing and calling for the police in my
long experience" said the officer in
telling of the Incident afterwards.
"It ocurred to me that the stranger
had taken me at my word gone back
there and assaulted the dealer. I
really did not mean it at the time
and had told that more fo get rid
of him that anything else. I hurried
back and. sure enough the stranger
had acted on my advice. I found the
dealer bleeding with a scalp wound
and the blood pouring over his face.
Of course I had to arrest the
stranger.
’’Anyway.” the stranger remarked
en route to the station "I got satis-
faction.”
Jsltney —“How <lo you auppoM th%t
dear old man remembered exactly hoe-
much he paid for hia gold tooth which
he bought forty years ago?” Agne*^
“Why I 'aposa ha carried It la hla v
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GOTHAM PLANS WORLD’S
LARGEST FOOD MARKET
Structure Will Cover Ten City
Blocks and Cost
$5000000.
NEW YORK Feb. 12.—The great-
est food market in th© world at
present is in Paris but now there If
going to be put up in Long Island
City near the geographical center of
the greater city a market which will
be about three times the size of its
nearest competitor.
Also it should outrank everything
else in convenience sanitation and
Says She Was Saved
From Operating Table
Brother and Sister Both Re-
lieved by Simple Remedy
' Available to Any One.
In her gratitude for a remedy that
saved her from the possible necessity
for an operation Mrs. Carrie Hef’ln.
of Coats Kan?. writes: "Had it not
been for Fruitola and Traxo I might
have been on the operating table by
now. It relieved me of at least one
hundred and fifty gall stones. It
surely does work wonders. My
brother also had summered for years
and has been greatly benefited by
Fruitola and Traxo."
Fruitola is a powerful lubricant
for the intestinal organs softening
the congested masses disintegrating
the hardened particles that cause so
much suffering and expels the ac-
cumulation in an easy natural way.
Traxo is a splendid tonic acting on
the liver and stomach with most
beneficial results and is recommende
to build up and restore the weakened
Fruitola and Traxo are prepared in
111. and arrangements have been mad
^tive druggists. In San Antonio they
■pibbs building opposite postoffice.
FEB. 18 1916.
cheapness ot handling too for IM
plans are the result of three years'
study In Europe where everything
the Old World has to offer along
thia line was carefully scrutinised.
The new >5000000 market will
cover ten large city blocks will have
railroad tracks down the center a
pier for fishing boats along one side
a great open court yard for farmers'
wagons three enormous cold stor-
age vaults (one nine stories high)
and a special building specially de-
signed for each great department of
food supplies.-
It Is said that Ralph Peters presi-
dent ot the Long Island railroad
looked out of his office window one
day several years ago and visualized
this great maket. After adding much
hard preparatory work to his vision
the dream is about to come true.
♦« »
Correct Dre»s for Men—Youthful offi-
cer —Toil really must send mv new
breeches today. I'm off to France to-
morrow. end t believe mv r.tr>m.'nt haa
a battle on for ths «sei<-< nd —London
Punch. &
d for use in connection with Fruitola
1 run-down system.
i the Pinus laboratories at Monticello
Ie to supply them through representa!
can be obtained at A. M. Flscher'a
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