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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
1
Dolly Dimple Aycott says a large crowd at Avenue C and Houston Street did not try to arrest her. She enjoyed the scene and plans to attend a show at the Orpheum tonight. She will speak at Alamo Plaza and Houston Street about her observations yesterday.
Miss Dolly Dimples will appear only at hours and places announced in The Light. Public notices warn against other claims and detail planned stops at Houston Street Alamo Plaza 5 to 6 pm and 8 to 10 pm at the Orpheum Theatre with a $200 gold prize for correct salutation. Dolly Dimples remains in San Antonio until captured.
The narrator reports a first real test with San Antonians during an afternoon plan to view Clyde Fitch's Girls at the Orpheum Theater between 8 and 10 PM. He notes crowds around Alamo Plaza, public curiosity, and misperceptions about his identity, including rumors of vaudeville celebrity status and suffragist activity.
Wreckage picked up off the coast near Broome seals the fate of 50 passengers and 80 crew of the British steamer Koombana missing since the March typhoon along the north west coast of Western Australia. The Koombana wreckage was found near the Broome pearl fishing station after 68 Broome pearl boats were wrecked and over 40 pearl fishers lost their lives.
R N Atkinson division freight and passenger agent of the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad announced the Sunset Limited train will end after April 26 and 27. The twice weekly de luxe service from New Orleans to Los Angeles is being cut as tourists return from the Pacific coast. Atkinson said the special service is no longer needed.
Albert Stanley secretary of the Midlands Miners Federation and member of the house of commons signaled the end of the national coal strike in the United Kingdom this afternoon.
Julius Kruttschnitt and T. J. Spence were the only new directors chosen at the stockholders meeting, succeeding W. Bayard Cutting, deceased, and Clarence Mackey, resigned. Kruttschnitt becomes director of maintenance and operation for the Union Southern Pacific system, and Spence serves as director of the same organization.
The exhibit committee of the real estate division of the Chamber of Commerce planned a permanent agricultural mining and industrial exhibit in San Antonio. Directors agreed to immediate steps to secure exhibits from crops now growing in Southwest Texas.
For San Antonio and vicinity the night will be fair and warmer with increasing cloudiness Thursday and continued warmth.
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures from 28 to 40 across ST LOUIS CHICAGO MILWAUKEE ST PAUL KANSAS CITY NEW YORK BOSTON and WASHINGTON. Winds range 6 to 32 miles per hour with clear to fair skies and a mix of rain or snow in Boston.
A formal statement asserts that there is no day leased AP wire feed to any newspaper except the San Antonio Light. The note rejects any claim that other papers publish AP content in full or in part, deeming such assertions unfounded.
Government levee near Hickman Kentucky withstands ongoing flood pressure as rivers rise further. Officials report the structure remains intact and prepared for continued high water.
The report covers Memphis Tennessee New Madrid Missouri Columbus Kentucky as flood impact centers. Estimated total damages reach one million dollars with about eight thousand to nine thousand people displaced. Water levels run six to ten feet above danger line between Cairo Illinois and Arkansas City Arkansas. Crest expected between April 4 and April 8.
The greatest rise in river history hits four Mississippi towns with widespread distress and heavy losses. About two thousand Hickman Kentucky factory district residents are cared for by neighbors. The Missouri side levee broke opposite Hickman near Do rain Missouri, forcing mass evacuations. Memphis areas see 14 to 20 blocks flooded and 700 to 1200 displaced as the gas plant protection fails. Vicksburg Mississippi area farmers abandon lowland homes amid rising flood danger.
The weather bureau said Cairo crest may be little above 54 feet while Vicksburg stood at 46.5 feet at 7 am, up 0.4 feet since yesterday.
The government levee west of Hickman protecting Reelfoot lake country and West Kentucky counties withstood the night surge. Officials expressed confidence it would endure further pressure while 2000 refugees experience growing hardship. Supplies and tents are en route but railway washouts hinder delivery.
The Mississippi River gauge in St Louis shows 29.8 feet and the Weather Bureau predicts a further rise of 1.2 feet. The danger line on the St Louis side is 30 feet, with levee improvements recently completed reducing risk.
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals upheld a 1891 judgment for about $300 in R. H. Spiller et al. v. E. B. Hollinger. Despite twenty one years dormancy due to service issues, the court ruled the judgment not barred by limitation and reversed and rendered in favor of execution.
In a West Commerce street restaurant incident a Black man Charley Wilson and a Chinese man Charley Sing faced Judge Buckley. The row centered on a third nationality represented by Trish stew causing the trouble. Sing received a head wound from a meat cleaver, Wilson alleged a knife attack by the Chinese. The Irish stew escaped harm. The assault charge was reduced to affray with each man fined five dollars.
Mexico City reports a treasury deficit of about 4.75 million gold for 1912-13. Estimated expenditures for the next year total 55.587 million with projected revenue of 50.879 million, prompting Congress to raise taxes on lotteries tobacco wines liquors pulque and petroleum to cover the shortfall amid ongoing military activity.
Roosevelt plans four state swing before returning home speaking today and tomorrow in West Virginia and Kentucky, Saturday in Illinois, Monday and Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The tour emphasizes campaign momentum across multiple states.
A letter from T. J. Hart to the San Antonio Light notes a $1.05 payment for a four day classified ad. The cottage advertised was sold on the first day to the first caller. Hart provides contact details and mentions phones 176 for ad inquiries.
Washington appealed to the State Department as El Paso protests the Juarez arrest of Powell Roberts, former El Paso police sergeant. Ceniceros accuses Roberts of probing his room and stealing 500. Juarez authorities say Roberts is a Madero agent, which friends deny.
Washington on April 3 ordered the state department to determine the authority under which Powell Roberts of El Paso is being held after his arrest by rebels at Juarez. American Consul Edwards at Juarez was directed to ascertain the holding authority.
Governor Colquitt asked the acting secretary of state to intervene for the release of Powell Roberts, Texan detained at Chihuahua. No reply had been received by noon. The governor’s telegram referenced the El Paso sheriff’s notice and Mayor Kelly’s report, noting possible U S consulate action if needed.
Crozco plans new offensives tomorrow with a larger force. Villa is heavily reinforced as troops mount a decisive approach from the hills and repelled all assaults.
General Campa and his rebel command were defeated at Parral and retreated to Jimenez with about 300 men protecting the withdrawal. Ter rez reportedly reinforced Parral, making the town impregnable, while Campa’s retreat was orderly and reached Jimenez later today. A stronger force is expected to move on the mining town tomorrow.
Reports from El Paso say Villa’s force atop La Prieta Hill near Parral repels Campa’s rebels and blocks the approach to the mining town. Campa asks for reinforcements as federal defenders number about 500 and rebels exceed 2,000. Explosions near Juarez alarm residents while authorities fear a possible federal attack.
C N Chesier of the Producers Oil Company arrived in Galveston and says the area around Tampico is quiet with loyal supporters of the Madero government. He notes a band of rebels attacked a small nascent unit before being repelled.
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