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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
1
A Georgetown Texas report says a night storm damaged only telephone lines and crops near the city, leaving town largely unscathed. Wires were down for hours but restored by morning, with no major destruction in town and only minor country damage.
A violent storm swept across Houston and East Texas around midnight, uprooting unroofing fences and causing heavy rainfall. Reports from La Porte Beaumont Galveston and Cisco describe lightning damage flooding and record hail, though early notices report no injuries.
A severe storm hit Waco Texas with heavy rain and high winds. Lightning struck the barn of A Mayer and destroyed 400 bales of hay while trees were downed and streets damaged. The downpour totaled about two inches in thirty minutes and the storm affected a wide area.
Lightning hit the Third Avenue Presbyterian church in Corsicana Texas last night causing only minor damage. No injuries reported and restoration work to begin soon.
Hillsboro Texas reports last night precipitation measured at one and one third inches, with weather officials noting the amount as the day begins.
A 16 year old boy who gave the name John Rahner admitted he is the youth wanted for the December theft of 1300 dollars and valuable papers from the Union Hill National Bank in Union Hill New Jersey. He was arrested late last night in Fort Wayne Indiana and confessed today.
In New York on April 1 the St. Illip's Protestant Episcopal church, a wealthy black congregation, bought a block of 26 story apartment buildings and will dispossess 200 white tenants to make space for parishioners.
AP reports Francisco I. Madero and General Orozco with over 1000 insurrectos near Bustillos sixty miles west of Chihuahua. Another 600-strong force at San Andres with additional detachments at San Isidro and between towns. General Blanco arrives with northern detachments.
The Junta reports Francisco I. Madero with about 1200 troops led by General Pasqual Orozco at San Andres 35 miles from Chihuahua ready to march if peace talks fail. Orozco’s force near Bustillos mirrors the main corps as smaller commands position elsewhere. Gustavo A. Madero confirms details. Braulio Hernandez may carry key peace dispatches.
News from El Paso reports fighting deemed likely in Jalisco as Luis Moya's insurgent band reaches the state. Jalisco legislature allocates 60000 for rural organization while San Carlos mines in Zacatecas are raided for dynamite. A Mexican gunboat Tampico seizes a ship laden with weapons near Mazatlan. No peace talks heard. fighting continues in Santa Barbara and other areas.
Mexico City April 1 the second session of the twenty fifth congress opens at six o clock this evening. President Diaz expected to deliver a message that could decide whether the rebellion ends or continues. Francisco de la Barra takes oath as minister of foreign affairs in the new chamber of deputies building.
Madrid reports Premier Canalejas steps down with his entire cabinet amid Catholic opposition to reforms. General Weyler is named as a potential successor. Canalejas cabinet formed Feb 9 1910 and reorganized Jan 1 last. relations with the Vatican strained over religious reforms.
An expatriate Mexican editor believes President Taft will urge Congress to recognize the belligerency of Mexican insurgents and explain the San Antonio mobilization. Diaz’s upcoming message is seen as guiding Taft’s policy, with warnings that no peace move is official and foreign diplomats may be persuaded to support belligerency.
A man facing criminal accusations asserts his innocence in a public note. He states no crime and warns of an imminent death, with observers awaiting developments as authorities monitor the situation.
At the hospital at 3 p.m. it was reported that Dr. Wolff would probably recover, though his condition remained practically unchanged.
The limit of the nation’s option on Rembrandt’s painting The Mill expired with only a small fund raised. The work owned by Lord Lansdowne will go to an American who offered 500000 dollars, conditional on a 450000 dollar national purchase. The offer would have kept the painting in the United States, but the funds were not raised.
Democratic representatives in the U S House met in caucus as Henry J. Clayton served as temporary chair Albert S Burleson was named permanent chairman and the group prepared a new rules code based on the Fifty third congress. The caucus discussed officer elections and a contest for sergeant at arms between A S Jackson and W H Ryan while adopting an economic program to cut staff and abolish six standing committees.
On April 1 union carpenters in St. Louis walked out over a five cent hourly rise. In Syracuse three hundred brewery workers struck for a two dollar weekly wage increase. In Grand Rapids furniture workers vote to walk out as producers fail to grant higher pay and shorter hours. about five thousand of ten thousand workers are organized.
A resolution in the Alabama legislature, urged by Rabbi Beauchere and other Jewish leaders, asks the federal government to abrogate the 1832 treaty with Russia until Moscow agrees to end discrimination against American Jews.
A mass meeting of San Antonio business leaders endorsed a lower Rio Grande valley rail line. Subscriptions totaling $472,900 were raised for a construction company to build the road, with a plan to start work if feasibility is confirmed by a 20 member committee.
Brownsville residents react with enthusiasm to San Antonio raising 500000 for the San Antonio to Brownsville railroad project. Business leaders expect regional benefits, increased property values, and easier shipments, with communities along the Rio Grande valley offering inducements to host the line. Brownsville wants swift work and a hearty reception for investigators.
Federal prosecutor Alfred B. Hurlbut received a death threat by telephone related to the white slave case as authorities scramble to trace the call. A “black hand” man confessed and another threat targets James E. Stewart, post office inspector, amid rising Italian community tensions.
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