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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
9
Army artillery officers dismiss Bowles claim that 14 inch guns on battleships could stay beyond range of coastal fortifications. They argue ships 14 to 15 miles offshore would be unseen by gunners, require impractical elevation, and would not withstand recoil.
Mike Phelan, 17, a morning newspaper copy boy in Chicago, aims to be the first depositor when the United States postal savings bank opens. He arrives at 2 a.m. plans a $5 deposit, says he never saved before and wants to set an example for his family, noting his parents are aging and he is the eldest of six siblings.
After three days of ceaseless pumping the crew of the schooner Arthur Lord reach Portland safely. The vessel sailing from St John to New York in Friday’s gale lost sails and deckload, sprang leaks, and the crew lived on biscuits as water ran out.
The last week of July in New York posted the lowest mortality on record since city formation with 1347 deaths and a rate of 14.10 per 1000. The figure is fifteen percent below the prior record low for the same week in any year.
Associate Forester Potter reports from Colorado Idaho Nevada and South Dakota that forests are not dry and conditions are unfavorable for serious conflagrations. He sights limited risk as the season is not half over.
George P. Hunt former statehood convention president and current Arizona Statehood League head announced in Globe Arizona that the state constitution would anchor a push at upcoming national political conventions. He said planks would demand recognition of initiative referendum and recall powers for states.
A land deal finalized in Yoakum through Schwab & Fields makes M. T. Seivers owner of a 142 acre river bottom farm on the Guadalupe near Hochheim, ten miles west of Yoakum. Former owner A Hemilrich. Considerations were private but sizable.
Postmaster General Hitchcock issued an order restructuring third and fourth class unstamped mail. The reform adds administrative checks to prevent defalcations while preserving the option to send up to a thousand unstamped pieces per the law.
State Treasurer Sam Sparks announced Austin that the general revenue has only $9000 in credit, creating a near deficit and potential inability to pay warrants today. He expects money by August 5 from liquor licenses tax collections to cover salaries, but a shortfall seems unavoidable before then.
The attorney general's department declares under the new cotton tare act that a compress company is not required to mark the additional tare on each bale. The guidance replies to E. Fain, president of Ennis Compress Co., who asked the commissioner of agriculture for a ruling.
One Round Hogan, from San Francisco, sails to New York to train for a ten round bout with Knock Out Brown on Labor Day. He refused a proposed match with Freddie Welsh this month to avoid risk before the Brown bout. Al Kaufman has word of three Australia matches after sailing for Sydney September 6 to face the winner of Long-Lester first.
Beeville pitcher Cocheran was roughed in the sixth as Wetzel hurled a strong game for the Pelicans to win 2 to 0. Beeville 000 000 000 04 Corpus 001 000 010 2. Batteries Cocheran and Brammel Wetzel and Merritt. Umpires Fulton and McCormick.
Officials in Washington launch a swat-the-fly campaign from the Department of Agriculture to curb the house fly viewed as a typhoid carrier. Professor L C Howard urges window screening and fly catches, with health departments enforcing stable cleanliness and related laws.
The Hot Wells hotel advertises special summer rates for couples on the American plan. Short stay offers accompany limited occupancy pricing and seasonal packages.
Jailer George West of Middlesex county prison, Haddam, believed advertising would help. News reports showed too few inmates to tend the prison farm, risking crop waste, so nine squads on minor sentences were assigned to farm work and the crops were saved.
In two cities, Houston Heights and LaPorte, residents organized mass meetings to push local option elections aimed at routing saloons from residential areas. Proponents in both locales oppose statewide prohibition and seek local control.
Reiter, injured when his motorcycle struck a glass side of a hearse returning from a funeral, has a badly torn scalp and is reported resting well in the infirmary this morning. The accident occurred yesterday in Houston Texas.
The Horsemen and Spirit of the Times futurity for foals of 1908 leads the grand circuit card at the Michigan fair grounds with trotting stakes of 11000 dollars and pacing 2000 dollars. The Wolff and Marx team plans an 8 o'clock meeting tonight and all members are urged to attend.
At the St. Anthony hotel yesterday the cot ton seed mill men urged immediate start of operations to handle the expected surge of seed ginning in three weeks. They noted seed spoils if stored and discussed balancing farmer interests with processing needs.
The South Texas Truck Growers association with about 150 members gathers in Corpus Christi for a three day session. Early talks by Roy Miller of the Corpus Christi Commercial Club and Roy Campbell of the association open the meeting as onions and truck growers brace for a lively contest. Dr. Saunders of Maverick Bank Building is noted as surgeon and physician in attendance.
Sherwood Magee left fielder of the Philadelphia club appears today before the National League directors in Chicago to plead his case after a season suspension and $200 fine for assaulting Umpire Finneran during a July 12 Philadelphia game. Fogel, team officials, and Roger Bresnahan will present for Philadelphia and St. Louis connections. Magee claims self defense. Prizes awarded after a billiard tournament at Alexanders with Snyder winning first prize, Hubbel second, and Dr Hight third.
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