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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1926
Page
22
Rescuers comb the Francisco No. 2 mine seeking five missing workers after Thursday’s explosion that killed 21 and left 30 injured. Fire and smoldering timber hinder progress as officials probe the blast at the Indiana field's noted safe mine.
William T. Graham, president of the American Can Co, at 76, says he will marry widow Mary A. Staats who is 19 years younger. He notes he is a young fellow at heart and plans the wedding for Saturday despite critics. Graham is a director in several industrial concerns.
Samuel W Reid, labeled by press as California's alimony martyr, faces a sanity hearing after 16 months in jail for refusing alimony. The court ordered the hearing to determine his mental fitness regarding the dispute.
California's alimony martyr Samuel W Reid, jailed sixteen months for contempt for refusing alimony, will be examined by a commission of alienists to determine sanity and whether he should remain jailed as the star boarder. His wife has remarried and has custody of their child. Reid, known as the Jail Hermit, vows to never shave until release.
The speaker says he would stay jailed forever rather than abandon his beliefs but insists he is not insane and has hired an attorney for the Saturday hearing. He adds he is prepared for any required examination.
Anthony Morris of Battery BE Fifteenth Field Artillery Fort Sam Houston was attacked by a 23-year-old woman with a knife. A military policeman arrested the assailant after she attempted to cut Morris, who managed to ward off the assault and the suspect remained in city jail.
The railroad commission hearing in Austin scheduled for December 14 was postponed to January 11. U S Pawkett of the freight bureau said topics for the San Antonio bureau include diversion and reconsignment rules, Santa Fe differentials, syrup and molasses gates, and wire rate items. He noted the diversion and reconsignment rules affect shipments treated as held for surrender of shipper’s order bill of lading.
An Ada street contractor was booked on two barges in corporation court after colliding with an incoming street car on Presa and Hicks streets. He was thrown to the pavement but escaped serious injury. The incident followed a failed attempt to slow the car, with the contractor witnessing the crash before being treated. Local advertisement for cold remedy follows.
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