The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 115, Ed. 1 Monday, May 14, 1917 Page: 2 of 10
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TODAY’S ARMY ORDERS
Assignments Quartcrmasttr Corp®:
* Captains dexter m. ferry jr..
ANDREW J. HARRAN CHARLES M.
MURPHY. SIMON -LL THEO*
DORK H. KRUTTSCHMTT. SAMI EL W
DAVIS. SEELY DUNN.
THOMPSON JR . GEORGE B. COLLINGS
RICHARD W. FISHER. CHARLES H.
FTRONG. BRADFORD BRISTOX. Quarter-
master officers’ reserve corp* to Southern
Department.
SON HAD TO
DO HOUSEWORK
‘Lady Became a Nervous
Wreck From Three Years
. Suffering With Head.
•. Says Cardui Made
Her Well.
z Texas City. Tex.—ln an Interest-
ing statement Mrs. G. H. Schill of
this town says: "For three years I
buffered untold agony with my
head. I was unable to do any of
iny work. I just wanted to sleep
all the time for that was the only
tease I could get. when I was
asleep. I became a nervous wreck
Just from the awful suffering with
tny head.
| I was so nervous that the least
• tioise would make me jump out of
Iny bed. I had no energy and was
finable to do anything. My son.
a young boy. had to do all my
household duties.
i I was not able to do anything
'until I tock Cardui. I took three
bottles in all. and it surely cured
me of those awful headaches. That
has been three years ago and 1
know the cure is permanent foi
I have never had any headache
since taking Cardui . . . Nothin;
relieved me until I took Cardui
It did wonders for me. Three bot
ties of it did more for me than al
the medicine or doctor's treatments
or baths I ever took.”
Try Cardui for your troubles—
It should do for you what it ha:
done for so many thousands o
other women. Begin taking Cardu
today.
Beware
of
Strangers
MONDAY
“ALIEN ENEMIES” ARE
MW BARNES
Federal Agent Says Those
Not Reporting Before June
1 Will Be Arrested.
A warning to “alien enemies"' and
an emphatic statement they will be
compelled to comply with President
Wilson’s proclamation regarding re-
moving from the vicinity of any
army post arsenal or aviation post
by June 1 was issued Monday by
Robert L. Barnes chief of the Unit-
ed States Bureau of Investigation. |
With but two weeks remaining in '
w hich they must register and obtain |
peimits to reside in the restricted
areas Mr. Barnes said that few arc |
reporting at the office of Marshal 1
John H. Rogers. It is imperative j
he said that Germans—and this in-
cludes Germans with first intention
papers—register before June 1. on
which date the department will be-
gin to make arrests.
"It is evident that the German |
alien enemies do not understand the I
situation thoroughly" said Mr. •
Barnes. “Under instructions from j
Attorney General T. W. Gregory the I
name of every German alien enemy
who registers must be forwarded to [
Washington together with the re- ।
commendation of this department as I
t<> whether or not he he granted a '
permit to reside within the half- !
mile territory. This means thrt
after the German has registered
with Marshal Rogers time must be
allowed for a Im al investigation
after whh h his name with suitable |
recommendation must be sent to I
Washington. Because of the press I
of business at Washington it is prob- |
able the names sent from here will l
be held up a dav or two or possibly I
e.on longer. They must then cornel
back here and we must notify the !
alien enemy whether he must move I
or whether he can have a permit tn '
reside near the government build-
ings. Two weeks is a rather short '
time in which to do all this and •
verv few German alien enemies have I
registered with Marshal Rogers. It
may ho taken as c ertain that after i
Juno 1 those who have not register-
ed and have no permits will be de- |
tained. possibly arrested and placed i
in jail pending investigation."
Bov Students to Grow Food.
HOUSTON. Tex. May 14.—Thirtv.
seven of the fifty hoys in the gradu-
ating class of the Central High
1 School have formed a company of
student volunteer food producers .
and have signed an agreement to 1
spend a specified number of hour* I
daily in garden or farm work dur- 1
ing the vacation period. They u ill |
work In either private nr public j
gardens as the regularly constituted '
authorities may direct.
Get Together
TEMPLE BETH EL
Wednesday May 168:30 p.m.
Come—Offer Suggestions.
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Let Us Store i
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or Ship j
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OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary E. James.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth James 4 6
5 cars old. died at 12 o'clock Sun-
bay at the home of her sister. Mrs.
•». T. Kilpatrick on the Blanco Road.
Mrs. James had been a resident of
San Antonio for two years. Surviv-
ing is her husband Clark James
now en route to this city from the
Philippine Islands and two daugh-
ters. both of San Antomo. The fu-
neral will be held at 10 o’clock Tues-
day morning from the residence and
interment will be made in the Mis-
sion Burial Park.
Emil Feille Sr.
Emil Feille Sr . 55 years old. died
nt 9:50 o’clock Sunday morning at
•is residence 732 Ruiz Street. He
had been a resident of San Antonio
f<»r more than fifty years. He is sur-
vived by his widow Mrs. Louise
Feille three children. Lillian and
Emil Feille Jr. and Mrs. John Bur-
atovich and one brother Paul Feille
:.ll of San Antonio. The funeral will
be held at 4 o’clock Monday after-
noon the Knights and Ladies of
Honor officiating. Interment will be
in the Mission Burial Park.
Mrs. Jennie Mortenson.
Mrs. Jennie Mortenson 57 years
old. died at 10 o’clock Sunday morn-
ing at a local sanitarium. She was
a native of England and came to
San Antonio from La Porte. Tex. six
? ears ago. The body will be sent to
1-a Porte by the Shelley-Loring Un-
dertaking Company for burial.
W. P. Williams.
W. P Williams. 53 years old died
at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at
his residence. 12L'0 Virginia Boule-
vard Knob Hill after an illness of
several months. Mr. Williams was a
native of Georgia. He had been a
resident of San Antonio for eigh*
years ami for twenty-five vears bad
been a passenger conductor in the
service of the Missouri Kansas Ai:
Texas Railway Company. His
widow Mrs. Jessie Williams and a
daughter. Miss Kate Williams sur-
vive him. The body will be taken
to Waco by the Shelley-Loring Un-
dertaking Company for burial.
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co.
Automobile Equipment.
Both Phones W7I —(Adv)
JEWELRY IS RECOVERED
Xcgro CapninHl Sunday Has Quan-
tity In His Home.
Throe nr four dozen articles nf
jewelry silverware and clothing
w ere recover* d by city detectives as
the result of the capture by Detective
S. N. James of a negro 21 years
old. following a chase after the
negrn had been discovered in the
home of Dr. R. L. Rhea and Dr. L.
Robinson. 304 East Courtland Place
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The negro was discovered in the
apartments of Dr. Robinson but
leaped through a window and fled.
Detective James and Motorcycle Of-
ficer Kohr responded to the call and
in a record run met the negro run-
ning along the street two blocks
from the scene of the robbery. ){♦•
leaped a fence and officers pursued
t«» the second story of a barn where
he was found hiding In a barrel.
The jewelry and other articles were
found later at his home. Efforts
are now being made to have th-*
articles identified by victims nf re-
cent burglaries in San Antonio. A
description of the articles will aHo
be forwarded to detective depart-
ments of other Texas cities
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
'SPEEDING ON COUNTY
ROADSJS UNDER BAN
Commissioner J. H. Coving-
ton Has Deputy Sheriff As-
signed to Watch Motorists.
War on speeding automobiles has
been declared by County Commis-
sioner J. 11. Covington. It is largely
due to his desires in this matter that
■ a deputy sheriff equipped with a
l motorcycle has been assigned to this
. special duty. This deputy will watch
j f<»r speeders on all loop drives. He
I already has made a number of ar-
■ rests. Convictions in the justice
I court to which these cases are rur-
i ried is far more expensive than in
। the corporation court and it is an-
ticipated that as soon as the motor-
ists learn they are being watched
| that they will exercise more care in
i speeding.
I “We don't want to bo unreason-
able in this matter." said Commis-
sioner Covington “and want to give
। everyone a chance to obey the law
: which has been ignored for a long
I time. The instructions under which
I the deputy sheriff is to opVate call
for notifying all persons on their
first offense in speeding. The num-
bers of the cars offending and the
names of the drivers will be taken
and if thev are caught exceeding
the speed limit again they will be
i arrested promptly and every effort
। made to obtain convictions in the
justice courts.
i “I'll admit that the fine roads
| which the county has provided for
these loop drives are mighty invit-
' ing to the man with a big. powerful
' car. one * apable of making sixty or
i seventv miles an hour but that does
{ not give him the right tn jeopardize
I tho safety of others. We have re-
। reived many complaints regarding
speeding automobiles and 1 intend to
use my best efforts to have the prac-
tice s’opped now."
PERSONAL MENTION
T XV. Vann snrrlal agent for the Katv
raHra-'d Im In the cltv on a vi*|t tn his
j family. HH headquarters are In Dallas.
VV. L nigßlna nf St. Pau! I* registered
at the Monger.
Mr and Mia H S Glower. Mis* Tai
C|nwe' and A. S. Caldwell fnrm a party
from Houston nt th“ St Anthony. Tic y
are h< n? tn attend the druggiata' conven-
t Inn.
M«. and Mra. r. r Wentrat of Dalia*
ha\e apartment* nt the Menger.
A Shinn* of Dalian I* among the gueata
at tho (Juntrr.
I XV . J Jarn It of Oklahoma City I* at
: 11 • st Anthony.
Mr and Mr* D G Lennard n f Chkagn
■ are stopping at the M« ng« r.
I Ti omae XV Stevan* of Dalian la regla-
I te-. .| at the Gunte p .
1 XX I. rar-on of Kansas Chy I* stopping
Lit tie St Anthony.
' c< <»rg. Pln< ton of Dallas I* a guest at
I th- M hg--r.
E Rack of Waco la stopping at the
Gunter.
R G Clements las gon* to Duff do
N Y Later he uHI go to San J’ran- l«< o
Ca’. to make hla home.
proposals for uhe^h beef
AND MUTTON —Office Department
I Ouartermai ter. Fort Sam Houston.
I Texas Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived here until 11:00 a. m.. June
I'-’. 1917 for furnishing fresh beef
i anil mutton required at posts and
stations Southern Department dur-
| ing the three months beginning July
11. 1'• I 7 Information furnished on
' application. (Adv.'
COUNTY MUST
RAISE VALUES
FOR REVENUE
Board of Equalization Finds
No Alternative to Meet
Expenses.
TAXING LIMIT REACHED
Revenue of at Least $500.-
000 Must Be Provided for
Ensuing Year.
; An increase in taxable values In
। Bexar county sufficient to provide
i additional revenue of from $75000
to $lOOOOO was declared to be es-
sential at the first meeting of the
county board of equalization held
i Monday morning in the commission-
ers’ court room. Revenue derived by
| the county last year through ad va-
i lorum taxes approximated $425000
ami it has been estimated that with
the higher cost of all supplies in-
creased salaries and expenses due
to the operation of the new hospital
[ at least $500000 will be required
for the ensuing year
Bexar county has now reached its
taxing limit under the law which
is 25 cents on the $lOO for general
purposes and 15 cents for the road
and bridge fund and has only a little
latitude in the allowance for sink-
ing fund purposes. This last how-
ever cannot be used except upon the
issuance of bonds and with the big
national bond issues authorized and
probable during the next year it
would be difficult to dispose of
county bonds even should it be de-
sired to issue them.
Finrf No Alternative.
Confronted with this situation the
county commissioners who consti-
tute the board of equalization have
no option but to increase property
values. This is a thing which the
commissioners have long realized
would be necessary when the time
came to raise more revenue and some
increases have been made during
recent years but values still are far
under the prices at which the owners
are holding land.
While the owners of property in
both the city and county will be af-
fected it is anticipated that the
largest proportion of the increase
will fall on the country where the
greatest inequalities in assessments
now exist. Under the law all prop-
erty is presumed to be assessed at
its full value but this provision in
Bexar county as in nearly all the
other counties of the state has been
largely ignored. The result is that
there is a vast .amount of improved
I farm land held by the owners nt
from $75 to $lOO an acre which is
assessed nt from $2O to $25 an acre
' the price it was hold ten or fifteen
vears ago. Then too there is much
more farm and grazing land as-
sessed at a value of from $2.50 to
$3 an acre which cannot be pur-
chased for less than $2O or $25 an
acre. There also is a quantity of
acreage property just inside the city
limits or adjacent thereto which is
assessed at a very low valuation and
hold by the owners at approximately
the same price as town lots.
Only Million in County.
That Bexar county has been as-
sessing on an average of less than
50 per cent of the values is shown
by comparison of the tax tables of
city and county. The assessable val-
ues in the city for this year are
$109000000 in round figures while
those of the county were onlv $llO-
000000 which if the county board
accepted the city figures in all cases
as it doos in some would allow but
$1000000 as the value for all farm
land in the county. The city hovv-
ever docs not undertake to assess at
the full value it being the plan un-
der the Somers' system in force here
to assess at approximately 60 per
< ent of tho real value.
Just how much of an increase will
l>p necessary to raise the additional
revenue none of the commissioners
was willing to say. They pointed out.
however that County Auditor Van
H. Howard in a preliminary state-
ment of budget requirements has
indicated that even with the prac-
tice nf rigid economy something like
$75000 additional taxes will have
to be raised. With a tax rate of 55
rents this would nee ssitat an in-
rreasp nf $10000000 in taxable val-
ues but rnne nf the cnminissinners
was willing to say they would be
able to raise values that much.
Colored May Day picnic will be
held at Seguin Max 16th instead of
Max loth postponed account of rain.
$l.OO round trip. Special train leaves
9:30 a. m. Southern Pacific. — (Adv.)
ADKINS MAN FINED
i’ormrr ^oMmastcr Also Given Jail
Sentence on Chnrge.
ek. former poi i
ter at Adkins Tex. pleaded guiltx
Mnndax in tho Federal Court to an
indictment charging embezzlement
of government postoffice funds and
was fined by Judge Duval West the
amount ho was charged with em-
bczzling ami sentenced to six
months in the Roxar county jail.
Several other pleas of guiltx- wore
entered the pleas and the action nf
the court in each instance being as
follows: R. 11. Russell imporson it-
ing a government ofib-er. sentence*!
tn one year and one day in the Fed-
eral penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth: William P. Bovvers theft of
government pronerty 6(1 days in the
county jail; Arthur C. Pierce theft
nf government propertv. 60 days in
tho county jail; Irving Mann theft
of government property. 30 days in
the county jail.
Tho Federal grand jury has enm-
nlotod its work and adlourned. hand-
‘ng down a number of other irdlct-
monts. The Federal criminal court
will nncn Wc<lnesda’ for the trial of
cases by jury.
Colored May Day picnic will bo
hold at Seguin Mix 16th instead of
Max- 10th. postponed account of rain.
<l.OO round trip. Special train leaves
9 30 a. in. Southern Pacific.— (Adv.)
WAIST SPECIAL 98c
WAISTS
Dainty Waists of Voile
and Organdie featuring
everything new in collars
trimmed in cluster tucks
and lace — complete as-
sortment of styles—all
sizes up to 50.
SPECIAL 98C
SILK DRESSES
Reduced. One-Third
All this season’s gowns
representing some of the
best that have been
shown by us this season.
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Boys’ Barber Shop
Third Floor
MANY ROBBERIES ARE
REPORTED TO POLICE
Driver of Livery Car Reports
Being “Slugged” Near
Leon Springs.
William R. Bentz Seventh field
artillery reported to the police early
Sunday morning he bad been robbed
of $65 while in the city. Detectives
have made several arrests and ar
investigation is in progress. No trace
of the money has been found.
Jose Hinojosa -54 North Street
was “slugged’’ and robbed of his
money after he had picked up four
men in his livery car and was with-
in a short distance of Leon Springs
his destination according to a report
filed with detectives Sunday night.
Hihojo^a^says he was employed by
the men tu take them to Leon
Springs. Just before reaching the
place the driver says he was struck
across the head ami knocked uncon-
scious. When he recovered his pas-
sengers hud disappeared together
with the money in his pockets
amounting to $6.
F. S. Eakeley 31S Avenue D. Sun-
day told of the theft of S4U in cur-
rency a gold watch a fob and sev-
eral papers.
A Ford automobile owned by Dr.
J. M. Miller disappeared from West
Commerce Street. The report was
filed with the police at 4:45 o'clock
Sunday morning. Several hours later
the automobile was found bogged in
the mud at the intersection of North
Brazos and Colorado Streets. The
owner was notified.
The home of Mrs. Wheeler Pettus.
209 East Elmira Street was visited
late Saturday night. A watch the
back case of which was set with a
diamond an Elgin watch with a
heavy double link chain and a pin
set with a large pearl surrounded
by many small pearls were reported
stolen.
Leon Kospizik. registered at a
local hotel reported that while
was asleep Saturday night his room
was entered and a gold watch a
double link chain and his shoes were
stolen.
SPECIAL KLINGS IN
SCHOOLSAREPLANNED
Parents Are Urged to Attend
and Listen to Talks on
More Gardens.
Special meetings in the schpol
houses of the city at which the pa-
rents particularly the fathers of
school children will be invited to be
present will be arranged this week
by George J. Roark president and
L. E. Wolfe director of the Peoples'
Conservation ami Garden Commis-
sion. Prof. Charles S. Meqk superin-
tendent of city schools has given his
approval to the plan which is in-
tended to extend the scope of more
food and feed campaign and enlist
the hearty co-operation of the hea<ls
of families. The dates tor each
meeting will be announced as soon
as the schedule can be compiled and
each meeting will be addressed
Mr. Roark. Mr. Wolfe. W. G. Hand
government demonstrator ami
others.
• Mother’s Dav an.l mothers’ clubs
Beware
of
Strangers
—OCR COUNTRY FIRST—
.(iunuiY mstiMu
WASHED B DOS.CO
have proved a great success through- I
out the country” says the circular.!
"Now that most of the schools are
lighted it is high time to have a
fathers’ night. If in any school dis-
trict this parents’ night meeting is
not largely attended especially by
the fathers the commission will in-
fer that such district does not want
a large central garden.’’
The commission has taken up the .
question of soil-enriching and the ।
eradication of bug and bird pests. |
and experts will prepare a series of i
treatises which will be given pub-I
licity and will he available to all who j
desire information. In this work the
commission will have the co-opera- I
tion of Superintendent Letteer of ।
the experiment station Mr. Hand ■
and others who have given the mat- 1
ter study.
Edwin Chamberlain chairman of >
tho food and feed extension commit- j
tee. is arranging an itinerary that ।
will close up the campaign in this.
pait of the state. During the near I
future automobile trips by the coni- •
niitlee will he taken to Eagle Pass i
Del Rin Cotulla. Laredo. Gonzales
and other points not yet visited. ।
LECTURES~OirTHEOSOPHY
Los Ancelcs Speaker Will Dlncuss the
Occult at Four Meetings.
■ 1
The first of a series of four free
lectures by Miss Isabel B. Holbrook ’
of Los Angeles national lecturer of
the Theosophical Society will he'
given at S o'clock Tuesday evening.
May 15. in the pink room of the I
Gunter Hotel. She will also lecture '
Wednesday and Thursday evening at .
the same place and at 3 o’clock]
Wednesday afternoon at 502 Swear- i
ingen -McCraw building.
“What Will Come Out of the Melt- ]
ing Pot?" the Tuesday evening lec- j
lure will trace the evolution of the J
race show the race ideas back of |
the present European conditions and j
upon the law of evolution forecast ’
results of the present struggle. 1
America’s share in these problems
THOUSANDS TICK IN UNISON
Every hour 65000 clocks are set by
Western Union Telegraph. Clocks
that ring bells in schools; clocks that
blow factory whistles; clocks that
flash signal lights; important clocks
everywhere—all owe their accuracy to
WESTERN UNION
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
Dated July 1 1917. De-
1 / Qf nominations probably as
• /2 low as 850.00. .Exempt
I IDCDTV inher-
f I Exchange-
able for subsequent bonds
A higher rate. We will
I jl* « te i \
without service charge.
THE GROOS NATIONAL BANK
MAY 14. 1917.
DRESSES
Just received a special
shipment of Dresses from
$3.98 to $19.75. These
dresses formerly sold
much higher but a lucky
purchase enables us to
offer them at these fig-
ures. They are featured
in Voile and Gingham—-
in plaids figures and
stripes also plain — ex-
pressing many new ideas
in style—
SPECIAL $3.98
■•519.75
Maid Dresses $2.98
Billie Burke Dresses
$1.98
VITALITAS IS
NATURE'S WAY
You need Vitalitas get it to-
day. It comes direct from Na-
ture ami gives to weakened im-
। poverished and disordered oys-
! terns mineral nutriment essential
i to life and health. For blood.
; muscle nerve and bone vigor.
\ italitas is supreme.
Vitabtas is bringing a new era
: in tne home treatment of chron-
| ie disorders such as indigestion.
1 rheumatism nervous debility.
• liver and kidney ills. As a spring
। tonic and corrective Vitaltas
' should be in every home. It
' is one of Nature’s ways of sup-
plying tone and strength and
overcoming disease.
Vitniitas is pleasant all good
' and effective even where man-
made medicines fail. Sold by
Sommer’s Drug Store and all
■ druggists.
i will be presented also. On Wedncs-
i day evening. Miss Holbrook will
speak on "Taking Stock of Your Pos-
! > ! bilities." ami on Thursday “The
। Psychology of Music.’’
Mi<s Holbrook is said to be an elo-
। quent and interesting speaker a deep
'Student of material and accull
I sciences. She is being brought to
I San Antonio by the San Antonio The-
osophical Society.
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