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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
3
A Vladivostok dispatch says Siberian convicts mutinied amid brutal treatment while forced to work on the Amur railroad project. Troops reportedly massacred about half of the convicts after the mutiny, according to steamer Lucerno reports to Victoria, B C.
Cincinnati reports that Newport Kentucky city council passed an ordinance targeting marriage touts across the Ohio River. The measure imposes a fine on the next offender, signaling strict action against such solicitations. Local officials expect the law to curb aggressive marriage broker activity in the area.
An ordinance targets marriage touts who solicit couples seeking licenses and direct them to ministers for a fee. Two men offered services in Newport county clerk's office, a bidding dispute over 15 cents led to a scuffle before a minister performed the marriage.
Fort Worth Tex Aug 1 400 delegates gather as Farmers Union opens a five day session with officer elections the main focus. Possible candidates discussed led by Radford for president and Smith for state secretary while Montgomery seeks state organizer promotion as members hear welcome addresses.
New York August 1 The Abernathy brothers Louis 11 and Temple 7 depart Coney Island aiming to ride 3600 miles to Presidio Park San Francisco in sixty days They promise to camp and avoid shelter meals for a 5000 prize along the route up the Hudson to Albany then west to the Pacific coast
The July 22 courtroom scene ends with Judge taken to hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage scare. The daffydil contest continues, with rules emphasized and 1000 plus entries received, prizes to be awarded Friday and Sunday.
Houston news reports Mackay postal workers have closed a long term lease on quarters in the new Southern Pacific Atlantic system headquarters building, a step toward occupancy as the facility nears readiness.
Examinations started yesterday for 69 summer normal students at the Yoakum high school building. The test marks the continuation of the summer normal program and moves toward completion.
Thousands of Knights from across North America arrive in Detroit for the three day national convention. A pontifical high mass is led by Rev Edward Kelly with a business session and banquet planned. Wives and daughters accompany knights as a statue dedication in Washington next May may be announced.
Bids were received and opened at noon today for 1 250 000 bonds to match a congressionally approved 1 250 000 for deep water from Houston to the sea. Bonds bear 4 1 2 percent interest, payable quarterly over ten years, with proceeds going to federal treasury for disbursement.
Commissioner Ed R. Kone announced that Hon. Samuel Neel of Seguin will tour Matagorda county August 2 and 3. He will conduct farmers institutes at Blessing on August 2 and in Bay City on August 3, as reported by The Light.
Houston plans to ask the legislature to amend the city charter to allow taxing property on the abutting sides of streets for paying and other improvements. The move aims to fund street works and related projects.
A war department letter says no aeroplane will be supplied for the Texas National Guard encampment. First Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois, a famed airman, has been granted leave of absence. Brigadier General A. K. Evans reports the shortage.
The Austin Electric company announced to city commissioners it will pursue two extensions within the next year. One to the new dam across the Colorado river and an extension of the East Sixth street line.
A. E. Beck of Yoakum has awarded Ross & Shall the contract to erect a modern two story brick building on Lott street near the Lane hotel. The upper floor will be a living room and the lower floor a store room for his undertaking business.
The bakers' unions of New York plan to ask President Taft to order an investigation into a bread trust they say has formed in the city. The move follows alleged price fixing and market control through a new alliance of bakers.
NEW YORK Aug 1 Acting Fire Chief John Kenton was appointed by Fire Commissioner Johnson to succeed Fire Chief Croker who recently resigned.
Jackson August 1. Mississippi voters polling from 8 am to 6 pm weighed contests for United States senator and lieutenant governor amid showery forecasts. Main candidates: James K. Vardaman vs LeRoy Percy for senator and T O Yewell Theodore Bilbo Wiley Nash for lieutenant governor.
Deputy Flores chased an apparently armed man on Medina Street after a report of a robbery. Alfredo Sanchez, who brandished a forty four caliber rifle, surrendered and is jailed with the rifle in the deputy’s possession. The fleeing suspect initially eluded capture.
An entirely new tree pest has appeared among pecan trees between San Antonio and the Rio Grande based on advices to entomologist Scholl of the agriculture department. The pest targets the sap rather than the bark. Professor Scholl plans a downriver investigation in a few days.
A resolution introduced in the senate by Hudspeth of El Paso urges the United States Senate and Texas delegation to campaign for parity in tariffs, making raw wool and mohair duties equal to those on manufactured woolen goods. The measure was referred to committee.
J. C. Duncan, president and general manager of the People's Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Knoxville, died suddenly this morning. He previously served as local manager of the Western Union Telegraph and operated the first telegraph key in Knox ville.
In El Oro Mexico troops repelled a mob of La Esperanza miners at the jail, killing fourteen and wounding others. Strikers from nearby mines fled, and Mexico mine workers walked out as management anticipated a broader strike. American women were sent to safety amid anti foreign sentiment. Four hundred soldiers and 200 rurales deployed to restore order as more workers joined the walkout.
The department of justice plans to prosecute the coffee trust the steamship trust and other concerns accused of illegal trade agreements abroad and their effects in the United States under the anti trust sections of the Wilson tariff act of 1894 rather than the Sherman act.
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