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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
3
Paul Fowler and Ernest Harrison were executed for the July 1 1912 murder of sculptor Robert Knetsch. Fowler died instantly, Harrison lingered thirteen minutes. Witnesses included the victim’s widow and sister.
A butcher and grocer ad urges buyers to request sausage labeled with a TIN TAG to ensure freshness and wholesomeness. The notice directs customers to see the display in the lobby of the Grand Opera House and identifies Union Meat Company as the advertiser.
Report on Mexican affairs quotes Garza and Carranza leaders detailing Federal forces in Monclova Laredo and Sal tillo Monterey as bottled up and cut off. Trevino and Felix Diaz plot against Huerta while Diaz lacks strong backing. Torreon status uncertain with courier delays. Huerta considered possible candidate with Catholic backing.
A courier from Lieu tenant Colonel Teodoro Elizondo reports further destruction of railway lines isolating federals from Monterey. Thomas Tellez and Navarette command about 1,500 federals near Lampazos, with Monclova hosts fortifications and several cannons. Constitutionalists campaign strengthens as mills, estates burn, and Wilson resignation is welcomed at headquarters.
Seventeen Mexican men are reported killed by a posse led by American and Mexican landowners near Tampico after a gang tortured the daughters of American farmer Matthew Gould. The fighting occurred as authorities and vigilantes pursued the attackers, with further tensions reported in Guaymas where the German colony fears danger.
Washington dispatch reports renewed anti American demonstrations and attacks on property about Acapulco Mexico. Bandits raided Stevens Brothers ranch demanding money and stealing horses and cattle. Consul Edwards notes limited protection outside larger towns as Guaymas reports siege conditions and food shortages.
The Madera Company reports five American officers arrested by Mexican federal authorities in Pearson and Madera. They were taken to Chihuahua City and held, with no charges disclosed. A guard at the mills was protecting against fire and pillage as communications with Chihuahua City are cut off after a Constitutionalist attack.
Charles Biesel and Bernard J. McDonald along with Ray Harrel, all connected to mining and transport enterprises, were freed in El Paso after nine days of detention by General Orozco’s forces. Washington pressure and a courtesy hearing secured their release via American Consul Marion Letcher. The report also notes a Dutch war ministry contract for Argentina frozen meat.
Secretary Bryan noted Mexico may expel undesirables under its constitution and that he had not received Huerta's declaration. He explained a prior message to Charge O Shaughnessy urged Huerta to wait for Envoy Lind rather than act on unverified reports.
The Mexican mail service reorganizes for interior Mexico with limited exceptions. Mail from the northern section now connects via Ward Line steamers from New York to Vera Cruz and Havana links, with alternate routes to New Orleans, Port Pierce, and Key West as feasible. Exceptions cover Chihuahua Coahuila Sonora Sinaloa Baja California Tepic Tamaulipas and several towns routed via specific border points and coastal connections.
Washington issued a Justice Department arrest order for four friends of Emmanuel Brito provisional governor of Campeche but the summons arrived about a day late. Leopoldo Mendez Ed mundo Fosas Illescas Gerardo Diaz left New Orleans to confer with Venustiano Carranza at Piedras Negras and were en route when the order came. Antonio Mackinney reportedly returned to Merida and Jose Bamelon, named in the order, was said to be the slain captain from the Campeche arrest attempt.
Paris dispatch reports former President Porfirio Diaz authorizes publication of a statement rejecting plans to go to Japan to meet his nephew General Felix Diaz. Diaz appears in excellent health and well informed on Mexican conditions but declines to comment on the situation.
Two detachments totaling 506 Mexican refugees arrive under U S troop custody from Fort Bliss and will be moved today to Fort Rosecrans California to be placed under guard. The group includes 140 women and children. The men are federal soldiers seized after crossing into Texas with 20 officers from the Huerta army among them.
Federal Judge Maxey will not hear habeas corpus proceedings against General Bliss this Saturday. Gambrell of El Paso filed to compel Bliss to show cause why 200 Mexican soldiers at Fort Bliss should be moved to Fort Rosecrans. The Mexicans have since been moved toward California beyond the judge's jurisdiction.
Mexico City reports Estival Obregon former minister of finance has been named for a foreign assignment. He will be sent to Europe to study agricultural conditions and report back on reforms and practices for Mexico.
Senators from both parties warned the Mexico task threatens order for generations and urged the president to press on with his plan. Critics cited misinformation from a lobby linked to Colonel Hay and urged fuller briefings, as Clark pressed for a vote before the tariff bill moved ahead.
More than 100 southern bankers met with Treasury officials to plan the distribution of 50 million dollars the Treasury will place in agricultural states to move crops. McAdoo urged large banks to support smaller ones with profitable lending.
Witnesses at the Thirty seventh District Criminal Court face discounts of 16 to 15 percent to cash fee warrants as the state refuses to pay them now. The state treasurer will not cash warrants until tax receipts start after October 1.
Corpus Christi Aug 7 The Texas Epworth League opened its ninth annual encampment with the largest attendance in the history of the organization. About 1500 leaguers are encamped on the grounds, and 300 items have been erected for the event.
Willemstad Curacao August 7 77 Castro's revolution in Venezuela is not general but appears in isolated pockets across the country according to reports from Maracaibo today.
General Felix Diaz, Mexican envoy to Japan, left San Francisco for Portland and Seattle to brief visits with Senora Diez and to show the Pacific coast cities. He plans to sail for Japan from Vancouver on the Empress of Russia on August 15.
Governor Colquitt will attend the annual governors conference in Colorado Springs on August 27 and 28. The event gathers leaders to discuss laws and legislation. The note recalls Colquitt’s 1911 cotton conference in New Orleans with fourteen states represented.
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