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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1911
Page
1
San Antonio experiences improving rainfall with four month deficit shrinking to .23 inches and forecasts indicate continued unsettled weather. Army maneuvers benefit from showers while West Texas panhandle and Pecos valley also receive much needed rain.
The forecast calls for unsettled weather with showers tonight and Wednesday in San Antonio and vicinity. Expect variable skies and possible light rain as a dry spell ends.
Storm outlooks show clear skies and modest winds varying by city. Temperature readings range from 40s to mid 50s with showers possible tonight or by midweek in several locations.
Delegations from the Osage Indians urged Congressman John Stephens of Texas to push an early investigation of the Osage agency in Oklahoma. Hugh Hitzer and RH. W. Jermark face accusations of lax oversight and biased leasing favoring cattlemen, harming Indian lessees and farm development. Stephens vowed to do all possible to achieve justice for the Osage.
Mary Ann Webb a long time San Antonio resident and Ireland native died at St Francis Home for the Aged at 12 30 pm. She reportedly aged 106 with possible older age. Survived by son Charles Buckholt and daughter Minnie Buckholt both of San Antonio and more than twenty grandchildren. Funeral set for tomorrow at 4 pm from Sloan and Hagg's parlors with burial in National Cemetery.
Elbert R. Robinson of Chicago sues the United States in the court of claims seeking one billion dollars over alleged infringements of an electrical signal system patent he says was granted to him. Separately, in Brownsville Texas seventeen youth cases were moved from district to juvenile court. seven involve Zeno Garza and Manuel Lopez for burglary, one for Santana Trevino on burglary, and two for Sostenos Saldvar for obstructing a railroad.
A board of trade reviews a plan to have Katy employees in Texas vote for Fort Worth as the site of a new railroad hospital.
Sledd Allen catcher bought by Houston from Louisville arrived this morning and signed his name to a Buffalo contract, transferring from the Louisville roster to the Buffalo roster.
President Diaz in a dispatch to the Associated Press says conditions of peace will return, and all Mexicans will unite to foster development and progress, amid the current interrupted peace in Mexico City. The message is dated April 25, 1911.
In El Paso on April 25 the Mexican government may appoint its commissioners for the anticipated peace conference. Insurrecto leaders are said to be ready to announce their picks once both sides agree. El Paso is favored by the Madero family as a meeting site with Laredo also suggested. Peace negotiations are expected to take about two weeks.
Senor Jose Vasconcelos of the Mexican revolutionary junta at San Antonio arrived in Washington to take charge of the Washington confidential agency during Dr. Vasquez Gomez's absence. Dr. Gomez will depart for Juarez to join Gen. Madero and the peace commissioners at a neutral point for talks with a federal delegation expected to be sent.
Senor Jose Maria Pino Suarez, provisional governor of Yucatan, declares that peace in Mexico hinges on President Diaz stepping down. Suarez, invited by Gen. Francisco I. Madero Jr. to a Juarez peace conference, has been in New Orleans and plans to travel to El Paso. He says his people will not accept Gen. Bernardo as leader.
Florida lawmakers consider a bill by J. H. Tidwell to ban wearing harem skirts in public places. The editor calls the measure a freak, while Tidwell defends it citing support from prominent ladies and Jackson County residents. The bill sits on second reading calendar amid expected lobbying.
After a district court verdict voided the will of Carl Wrase, O O Luter and Joe Binz clashed on a courthouse sidewalk. Police later charged five men with fighting as witnesses described a five sided quarrel involving Wrase relatives and local figures.
Acting cabinet member to be agreed on as acting president until election. Consul Edwards reports to the State Department that the war is ended, based on his Juarez dispatch.
Governor Colquitt released the first installment of a lengthy letter exchange with Attorney General Lightfoot. He questions why the Austin and Houston clubs are not prosecuted for liquor law violations and asks about hiring counsel and Galveston violations. Lightfoot says investigations proceed and that drunken club cases hinge on court rulings.
Washington April 25 The clash over standing committee spots between regular and insurgent senators nears a decision. insurgents led by La Follette demand seats including interstate commerce while Cummins seeks judiciary or other spots. vacancies in foreign relations, judiciary and privileges and elections fuel the dispute. Regulars plan three finance seats with Warren chairing appropriations and Smoot as member.
The Illinois bribery investigating committee ordered Chicago bankers Edward Tilden Geo M Benedict and William C Cumming summoned to testify before the senate bar to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for failing to respond to subpoenas.
Official figures from London report 95 884 deaths due to bubonic plague in March in central provinces of India. February totals are incomplete in the dispatch.
A Long list of arrests and court actions follow the McNamara case with J J McNamara James B McNamara and Ortie McManigal under guard in Albuquerque and Los Angeles as detectives pursue Burns and others. Bail set at ten thousand for Ford and Drew five thousand for Fox.
Representative Victor Berger introduces a resolution in Congress calling for an immediate joint House Senate investigation into the arrest and extradition of J B McNamara of Indianapolis. The plan proposes a joint committee to conduct the inquiry.
Engineer J. B. Parrott and Fireman W. T. McCaul of Smithville escaped with only slight bruises after their engine derailed near the main line switch. The derailment left the engine and tender toppled down a thirty foot embankment, with the tender perched on the edge before settling. The stock train bound for Smithville caused traffic delays as wreckage blocked the line.
Dr Rodolfo Espinosa the Nicaraguan minister to the United States under Zelaya regime left Mexico City for San Salvador aiming to lead a revolution against President Estrada authorities reported by the state department in Washington on April 25.
Special counsel for reformers will file injunction suits this afternoon against ten prominent property owners prohibiting them from renting to disorderly houses in the business district. The action is part of a city clean-up campaign and follows thirty five suits filed previously.
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