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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1911
Page
5
Charles Stokes a laborer survived after falling headfirst into a grain chute in John Hunter barn Auburn New York. He lay trapped with arms pinned and inhaled grain chaff all night until a companion freed him and authorities were called. He was taken to a hospital and listed as not seriously hurt.
A playful exchange mocks seasonal blooms as if nature should unveil newer varieties. The speaker questions why jonquils and daffodils persist and jokes about "newer models" from nature.
In Pittsburgh district 5 dissensions split the United Mine Workers of America into insurgent and old local groups. Robert R. Gibbons leads the insurgents while Francis Feehan heads the traditional locals. Threatened revocation of charters by John P. White looms over about fifty locals. A Central Pennsylvania consolidation and support from Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky are reported as steps toward a new international union.
Telegraph offices at Inde El Oro and El Campo in Durango state are reported closed temporarily as the towns fall under insurrecto control. The YWCA convention begins in Indianapolis on Wednesday and runs to April 24 with 216 000 members.
Former President Roosevelt arrives in New York after a seven weeks tour of the west and middle west. He steps from the Chicago train to a cheering crowd of Easter visitors amid applause.
Galveston Texas April 17 Extended maneuvers are planned for the first separate brigade beginning Wednesday and continuing through the week. The camp on the island has been staked out and water is provided for the unit.
Col. Charles M. O Connor and the Sixth Cavalry depart Fort Des Moines for Arizona on orders from the War Department issued late Sunday.
A northbound Southern passenger train collided with a switch engine at an open switch in Russellville at 10 15 p m injuring engineer Beaver and killing fireman Douglas White as both engines were demolished in the wreck on the siding.
Nine year old Peter Niewieroski found a bomb on a garbage heap and held a magnifying glass to sun rays causing the device to explode. The blast wrecked his home and knocked down his parents.
Navy officials report a kite shaped like an air plane shot from a battleship would be unlikely to be hit by a service rifle from 1000 yards. The conclusion comes from the first attempt to test aerial target shooting from a battleship.
Chicago NL April 17 Stubbs traffic director of the Harri man lines says he will leave railroading in about a year and retire when he turns 65. He has 50 years in the business as of April 1912 and will move to Ashland Ohio after relieving his duties. He believes railroad officers should retire to make room for younger workers.
Carter H. Harrison is to be inaugurated as Chicago mayor for the fifth time without ceremony. Outgoing mayor May F. Busse will surrender the chair and gavel to the Democrat, and the city council will begin its session with Harrison promising immediate action and cabinet appointments.
The Rathskellar in San Antonio offers good service and a choice delicatessen with short orders. Elite Cafe and architects Behles and Boelhauwe at 228 West Commerce Street report Ring up 1855 blue and a new phone as part of recent updates.
Hester Horton Singer daughter of George Singer and Jesse D. Brown married last Saturday at Bryn Mawr. The bride is Secretary of State Knox’s niece and visited his son Wayne Pennsylvania. Secretary Knox learned of the marriage by phone and offered to handle arrangements and announcements. The couple will stay with Mr Knox for a few days.
New York charity groups deploy nurses in the East Side to educate mothers against tight swaddling of infants. The practice, believed to prevent bow legs, may actually worsen limb development.
A letter from Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safer alternative to surgery for female ailments. She says four weeks in hospital and an operation worsened her condition until the compound restored her health, urging others to try it now.
In Chicago at the Castle theater West Taylor street George Matrisciano shot and killed William Gregory in a crowd of bystanders. He fled but was captured by a patrolman as the mob pursued. Matrisciano said the shooting followed a jostle at the ticket line and he did not regret his actions.
New York state labor figures show more than 612000 union members to date, up from 482000 in 1910, with about 2500 unions reporting. The workforce includes 410000 male members earning an average of 3.30 dollars per day, and the share of organized labor has risen sharply over the past decade.
A Buffalo man identified as Maher lost his life late last night while trying to rescue an elderly woman, Mrs. Ella Sheehan, who toppled on the tracks at Sheldon Avenue Lancaster as a fast train approached. Both were killed instantly. Mrs. Sheehan had just attended her husband's funeral and was en route to see a dying daughter.
Richard Benjamin and Helen Levy died in Harlem hospital after an elevator car plummeted from the seventh floor. Both cables were found snapped on inspection. The two were the sole passengers. cause of the crash was not yet established.
In Dresden on April 17 the Nordhausen balloon rose prematurely during a Saxon Aeronautical Society event. Otto Korn fractured his leg when thrown from the basket as gas escaped and ignited after the craft struck a gasometer. Pilot Captain Von Oldtmann suffered a fractured skull and may not survive, with four other occupants injured.
A cold Easter wave blankets Monticello New York with near zero temperatures and almost a foot of snow. Lakes froze solid and ground frost reaches five feet in some areas. The season is the most backward in a quarter century.
Richmond Kentucky reported two engineers connected by fate. William Devere Jr. and Thomas Hurley, both born same day, worked as engineers for the L&N railroad and died within the same day in their cabs from apoplexy.
Sheriff Anderson says he is baffled in solving the assassination of Mrs. H. Co. Arnold killed Thursday night near Houston. A negro suspect held for days has been released, leaving the crime unsolved and adding to a string of bloody unsolved deeds in the area.
An aged advertorial warns that Contagious Blood Poison begins with a sore and spreads through the body. It notes sudden mouth ulcers rashes hair loss and brown patches and says it can spread via shared toilet articles. The piece endorses S S S by claiming forty years of curing the disease and invites readers to request the Home Treatment Book.
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