The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 338, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1914 Page: 5 of 12
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THURSDAY
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remembrance —spoken over the Long
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you are separated on Christmas will
make the day brighter and more
significant.
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CELLAR IS DANGEROUS
DURING BOMBARDMENT
Resident of Rheims Tells of
Experience While City Is
Shelled.
DUNKIRK France via London
Dec. 24.—A resident of Rheims.
who has survived all the successive
bombardments of that city advises
against taking to the cellar In case
of bombardment.
"Two of the Rheims hotels were
blown .into rubbish while I w’as
sleeping in them" he said. "In
instance most of the people in
the hotels took refuge in the cellars
and came near losing their lives
when the bricks and mortar came
tumbling In on top of them. If
your house is blown up the ruins al-
most certainly will block you in
your cellar and you stand every
chance of coming to an untimely
end by asphyxiation.
"I had calculated correctly that
the part of the city where I was.
living would come under fire from
the northwest so I selected a room
on the first floor at the side most re-
mote from the point of threatened
attack. In my second hotel just
across the way I reversed the pro-
cess. In each case I escaped with
my clothes In my hand and later
assisted in digging out the cellar
refugees who were nearly dead.
"The favorate time for bombard-
ment is between 2 and 4 o’clock in
the morning when the Germans can
use their big guns without any risk
of their location being found out by
scouting aeroplanes. It might be
well to mention that shells of this
calibre do not merely make holes in
walls or blow roofs off. They lift
the entire contents of a four-story
house irfto the street floors parti-
tions and all details Included. The
daily bombardment of Rheims after
this fashion has now lasted over 80
days."
BETTER DISTRIBUTION
OF FOOD NECESSARY
F. C. Weinert Says Ware-
house Commission to
Seek Remedy.
i AUSTIN Tex. Dec. 24.—There are
just three things necessary to im-
prove on the present methods of
[distribution of farm products trans-
j portation organization and informa-
'tion in the opinion of F. C. Weinert
and E. A. Calvin assistant manager
of the board of supervisors of the
co-nperative marketing system crea-
ted under the permanent warehouse
law which is now operative.
“This department will undertake
to furnish the information if the peo-
ple desire it and will co-operate w’ith
it through local organizations of
some kind” said Mr. Weinert. “It
makes no difference what kind of or-
ganization you may have or whether
it is in the country or in a town or
city just so its purposes are in ac-
cord with the provisions of the per-
manent warehouse la#.**
It is pointed out that it frequent-
ly happens that a farm product is
allowed to go to waste in one part of
the state because apparently there
is no market for it while in another
part of the state perhaps less than
100 miles away such product is com-
manding a high price because of its
scarcity.
“Inadequate facilities for distribu-
tion is no doubt one of the primary
causes of the high cost of living”
declared Mr. Weinert "as well as
one of the primary causes of un-
profitable farming ’’
John Muir Naturalist Dead.
EOS ANGELES. Dec. 24. — John
Muir the naturalist died in a hos-
pital here today of pneumonia. He
was 76 years of age.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
WIRE MILLS TAXED
TO SUPPLY DEMAND
Fighting Nations Order a
Total of $4000000 in
Few Days.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Dec. 24—De-
mand from the belligerent nations
of Europe for barbed and plain wire
today reached the feverish stage in
the wire mills of this district. Of-
fers of orders aggregating 125000
tons of which 25000 tons are spe-
cified as barbed wire of special de-
sign have been made within the
last few days the only point at issue
being the time at which delivery can
be made.
This business is worth approxim-
ately $4000000 and will keep the
mills going several months. Mill
officers said the length of the barbed
wire alone would reach 50.000 miles
while that of the remainder of the
orders would bring the total to 275-
000 miles. England France and
Russia have been large customers
of the Pittsburgh wire mills since
the war began.
Deacon Jones—Do you keep the Sabbath
sir?
Druggist Blinks—No. no. sir but I have
something just as good. — Philadelphia
Ledger.
DRIVES AWAY
HEADACHE
Kuh Mustcrole on Forehead and
Temples.
A headache remedy without the
dangers of “headache medicine.”
Relieves headache and that miserable
feeling from cold or congestion. And
It acts at once! MUBTEROLE is a
clean white ointment made with oil
of mustard. Better than a mustard
plaster and does not blister. Used
only externally and in no way can
affect stomach and heart as some
Internal medicines do.
Best for Sore Throat Bronchitis
Croup Stiff Neck. Asthma. Neural-
gia Congestion Pleurisy Rheuma-
tism Lumbago all Pains and Aches
of the Back or Joints Sprains Sore
Muscles. Bruises Chilblains. Frosted
Feet Colds of the Chest (it often pre-
vents Pneumonia.)
At your druggist’s in 25c and 50c
jars and a special large hospital
size for $2.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS-
TEROLE. Refuse imitations—get
what you ask for. The Musterole
Company Cleveland Ohio.
NOME
AU CITI HIS
PAHT IN WORK
FOR CHRISTY
Last Day Finds Final Prepa-
rations In Program
Everywhere.
NOBODY TO BE FORGOTTEN
Rich and Poor Alike to Re-
ceive Gifts as Memorials
of Day.
The day before Christmas and
everyone In San Antonio is busy.
The stores are crammed with belat-
ed shoppers the streets with pack-
age-laden men and women hurrying
and jostling the homes redolent of
stewing and baking and everybody
working with a will for next day
will be Christmas and all prepara-
tlons must be completed. With
"Tiny Tim" then all will say: "God
bless us. every one."
The holiday of all holidays the
festival of all festivals the anniver-
sary of the birth of Christ will be
celebrated In San Antonio with glad-
ness. For one whole day business
of all kinds will be at an end. Every
store will close; banks public of-
fices city and county offices the li-
brary and the postoffice the hard-
est-worked of all places at Christ-
mas-time. will observe holiday
hours The Christmas Cheer will
end its work for 1914.
There will be services in all the
churches and Sunday school enter-
tainments and programs for the lit-
tle folks and Christmas trees. The
services generally will be held at
10:30 Christmas morning so that
everyone will have time to get home
for the time-honored Christmas din-
ner. The children’s entertainments
will be In the afternoon and at night.
Hotels to Observe Day.
All the hotels in the city are mak-
ing elaborate preparations to cele-
brate the day in true and festive
style and make the strangers and
visitors feel as if they were at home.
The decorations of green and red
and southern moss in the Gunter
Hotel already had been put up
Thursday. The Christmas tree for
the showmen's entertainment will be
erected later in the day.
At the postoffice Thursday Christ-
mas business was being handled
with dispatch. Notwithstanding the
fact that the Christmas rush has
been larger this season than ever
before In the history of the postot-
fice there Is no congestion and
everyone will get his or her Christ-
mas gift as far as the San Antonio
office is responsible.
The program at the postoffice for
Christmas Day will be as follows:
General delivery and registry win-
dows will be open from 10 to 12
o'clock; two deliveries in the busi-
ness district and one delivery
throughout the residence section will
be made. In order that no one be
disappointed in having a visit from
Santa Claus the rural carriers will
be on their routes as will also the
parcel post delivery men.
As nearly as possible the public
service corporations will give holi-
day to their employes though car
and telephone service naturally will
have to continue. The Southwest-
ern Telegraph and Telephone Com-
pany is planning an elaborate
Christmas dinner for Its employes.
The Young Woman's Christian
Association will celebrate Christmas
in home fashion with a Christmas
tree and entertainment for the girls
In the house on Christmas eve and
a home Christmas dinner served
Christmas Day. The dining-room
will be closed to the public.
Christmas Cheer Rushing.
The work of the Christmas Cheer
Association will come to an end
Thursday afternoon: that Is. tne last
baskets will be delivered and gifts
distributed to the poor of the city.
Approximately 500 baskets had been
sent out up to 11 o’clock Thursday
morning and preparations were be-
ing made to get out several hundred
more before night. Gifts of fresh
meat and fruit were being sent to
the Home Aged the poor
farm the city Bnd county jails and
the City Hospital.
Christmas dinner also will be
served at the poor farm. The dona-
tions there have been generous. The
county had made provision for the
How to Make the Quickest
Simplest Cough Remedy
Much Better Than the Keady-Made
Kind ami You Save $2. Guaranteed.
This home-made cough syrup is
now used In more homes than any
other cough remedy. Its promptness
ease and certainty in conquering dis-
tressing coughs chest and throat
colds is really remarkable. You can
actually feel it take hold. A day’s
use will usually overcome the ordin-
ary cough—relieves even whooping
cough quickly. Splendid too for
bronchitis spasmodic croup bron-
chial asthma and winter coughs.
Get from any druggist 214 ounces
of Pinex (50 cents worth) pour it in
a pint bottle and fill the bottle with
plain granulated sugar syrup. This
gives you—at a cost of only 54 cents
a bottle of best cough syrup that
you could buy for $2.50. Takes but
a few minutes to prepare. Full direc-
tions with Pinex. Tastes good and
never spoils.
You will be pleasantly surprised
how quickly it loosens dry' hoarse
or tight coughs and heals the in-
flamed membranes in a painful
cough It also stops the formation
of phlegm in the throat and bron-
chial tubes thus ending the persis-
tent loose cough.
Pinex is a most valuable concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract rich In guaiacol which
is so healing to the membrane.
To avoid disappointment be sure
and ask your druggist for “214
ounces Pinex” and don't accept any-
thing else.
A guarantee of absolute satisfac-
tion or money promptly refunded
goes with this preparation. The Pinex
Co. Fort Wayne Ind.
Sale of Boye' Suits Now On
WASHER BROS. CO.
Store Open’til lOO’ClockTonight I
Closed Tomorrow—Christmas JR
ALL FINE NECKWEAR REDUCED -
50c off on all fine Ties ranging in price from
$1.50 to $5.00
All Leather Goods Reduced 25%
This means a substantial saving on all Suit Cases
Traveling Bags Toilet Sets Manicure Sets Bill Folds
Etc.
All House and Lounging Robes 25 % Reduction
$5.00 Robes Today $4.00 | $7.50 Robes Today $5.65
$lO.OO Robes Today $7.50
Sale of Boys’ Overcoats Now On
dinner by sending four hogs mince
pies and other Christmas dinner
trimmings. In addition to this a
Christmas dinner of nine turkeys
sixteen crates of cranberries cream
cheese one dozen cans of mixed
canned goods and beef roast were
made by Miss Jessie Manor. Dona-
tions will be sent by the churches.
There will be a Christmas tree at
the farm Tuesday night.
ALL READY FOR “NEWSIES.”
Nat M. Washer's Annual Treat for
Boys to Be Served at St. Anthony.
All that now remains to be done
tn connection with the Christmas
dinner Nat M. Washer will give San
Antonio newsboys will be left for
the ‘newsies” themselves; namely
the consumption by them of as much
of the feast as physically possible.
The invitations to the dinner em-
bossed on fabric paper and directed
to each personally went out a week
and more ago; the banquet board
has been arranged in the ball room
at the St. Anthony hotel and the
hotel IS ready at the appointed hour
—noon Christmas day—to serve
the very best Christmas dinner the
little chaps could desire.
In preparation of the dinner the
normal capacity of a younster of
the growing age was taken as a
basis for figuring and multiplied by
two In allowing for each; then there
were added to the menu a number
of Items which may be classed as
"super-trlmmln's." Manager Ed
Raymond of the Majestic theater is
in charge of the program of enter-
tainment to proceed with the courses
of the dinner and in addition
to several acts from the current
week's bill at the Majestic he has
secured several San Antonio enter-
tainers for the occasion.
The best "eats” they have had
since the dinner Mr. Washer gave
them last Christmas and vaudeville
and musical entertainment. while
they consume it In gaily decorated
surroundings is the program that
has been arranged for them. If this
Christmas is not one of the merriest
of merry Christmases San Antonio
newsboys ever have had. it will be
no fault of any of those who have
had a hand in planning it for them.
WILD GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Evangelistic Bodies of Christian
Church Plan Christmas Show.
A Christmas entertainment will
be given Christmas night by the
Evangelistic bodies of the Christian
church at the Benevolencia hall on
Matamoras street. Rev. M. Lozano
pastor will direct the exercises. The
program follows:
Hymn; invocation; “The Star” a
recitation by Elizondo; "The Na-
tivity” a poem Alicia Garza West-
rup; recitation Alfredo Berlanga;
song. "The Pines” In chorus; reci-
tation Josefa Raquel Guerra; “The
Evening of the Nativity” a mono-
logue Delfina Escontrias; recita-
tion Moses Rodriguez Campos;
"Noel” a poem Angelina Guerra;
"The fnterupted Program” a play
staged under the direction of Jose
T. Rodriguez by Christina Rincon
Hermila Elizondo Manuel Diaz
Juan Garza. Octavio Garza Beatriz
Jaramillo Antonio Gleasson Ofelia
Perez and Elvita Garza.
The entertainment was arranged
by the following committee: Rev.
Manuel Lozano Samuel Garza Vil-
lareal and Octavia Guajardo.
BUSY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Has
Many Services Observing Day.
Services on Christmas day and the
day following in addition to the
Sunday services a Christmas Evo
'Noel" service and two Christmas
festivals for the children will be the
Christmas celebrations at St Mark's
Episcopal Church. Three services
will be held Christmas day one at
8 a. m.. a second at 9 o’clock for the
children and a third at 10:30
o’clock.
The ‘Noel” service the first of Its
kind ever held in this city will be at
9:30 o'clock Christmas Eve. Can-
dles will furnish the only light in the
church and the choir will sing
Christmas carols.
Two Christmas festivals will be
held Saturday. The Sunday school
festival will be held at 4:30 to 6
o'clock Saturday afternoon with a
Christmas tree in the parish house.
To this all parents and friends are
Invited.
At 7:30 o’clock the same day the
festival for those whb have little
or no Christmas beyond what is pro-
vided here will be given. The
scholars of the Sunday school are ।
asked to bring the presents for this
festival which will be put on the
tree for those who come at night. |
Toys food clothes and money are
acceptable. All are invited to this
festival.
MANY TO GET BASKETS.
saliaUon Anny Ketut's "Kept Boil-
ing” to Good Ihirposc This Year.
More than 100 persons will re-
ceive baskets of food and Christmas
gifts from the Salvation Army this
year us a result of contributions
dropped into the kettles that have
been “kept boiling” at various
street corners for the last two weeks.
More than $lOO was obtained and
the entire amount has been devoted
to filling baskets.
The distribution will begin at 3
o’clock Thursday afternoon. All who
have received cards from the Salva-
tion Army will call at headquarters.
713 East Houston street at that
time. In cases of sickness persons
who cannot call for their baskets
will have them delivered to their
homes Christmas day. Each basket
will contain bread milk butter
canned corn and tomatoes potatoes
mixed cakes sugar coffee celery a
chicken apples and a bar of soap.
WILD CHOSE CHRISTMAS.
Carnegie Library IY>rce to Observe
a Holiday.
The Carnegie Library will close
at five o’clock TEOTsday afternoon
and remain closed until 8:30 Satur-
day morning for Christmas.
At a recent meeting of the book
committee it was decided that the
library be supplied with Spanish
books. There have of course been
Spanish books in the library here-
tofore but the new orders which
are expected to be made soon will
make the list more comprehensive.
The books will Include juvenile pub-
lications fiction poems and general
literature. It Is not known when
they will be received for the orders
vi ill nave to be made from Spain.
Gifts for Officials.
The office force in the countv as-
sessor's department Thursdav morn-
ing presented A. V. Huth countv
assessor with a handsome lap-robe
and a pair of automobile gloves as
a Christmas remembrance. The
county clerk’s office force remem-
bered Frank Newton county clerk
presenting him with a gold engraved’
watch fob.
FOR BELGIANS’ RELIEF
Fund in Judge Taliaferro's Hands
Near $2OO.
The funds for relief of destitute
Belgians in the hands of Judge
George B. Taliaferro. San Antonio
chairman for the Belgium relief
fund neared the 5200 mark when
additional subscriptions reached him
Thursday. He received the follow-
ing Thursday:
D Sullivan. $25; Mr. and Mrs.
M. Kennon. Columbus Tex. $5;
Albert Maverick $5.
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
To Our
Friends
Customers
SOUTH TEXAS
MUSIC CO.
DEC. 24 1914.
ARREST NEGRO SUSPECT
Fits Description of Highwayman Re-
ported By Seguin Man.
A negro suspected of being a
highwayman is in the city jail. The
prisoner fits exactly the description
of the negro who last Saturday night
held up Walter Muehhner of Seguin
near the Hays street viaduct. When
arrested the negro was armed with
a 45-caliber revolver. Efforts now are
being made to have the negro identi-
fied by Mr. Muehlner now in Seguin.
The negro was taken into custody
by City Detective Russell Beck and
Officers Yantis and Leonard. He
was apprehended Wednesday night
near the intersection of Crockett and
Walnut streets. Two other negroes
believed to be companions of the
negro in jail escaped.
Sargeant Commits Suicide.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex. Dec. 24.—
Sergeant Jose Butin hospital corps.
Third United States cavalry commit-
ted suicide in Fort Brown last night
by taking a heavy dose of poison. His
home is in Ohio. Despondency is said
to have been the cause.
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