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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
6
In a Commons move Liberal leaders plan to open debate on the Irish question next Tuesday. Premier Lloyd George announced martial law in Southwestern Ireland with hints that debate may be avoided, testing cabinet stability and the push for an orderly policy amid mixed newspaper reaction.
An early morning raid on a bicycle repair shop in Parnell Street Dublin uncovered a bomb factory involving a plant for making explosives. Police seized quantities of arms ammunition and explosives. Three men were arrested. one was shot and wounded while attempting to flee.
Wil William J. Diges once known as the up wat king and owner of the Oakland waterworks faces a bankruptcy petition declaring debts of 8821005 while listing assets as a 3150 wardrobe and a cemetery lot where Mrs D est is buried. Also noted are 431 railroad shop workers laid off at Southern Pacific causing protests at special meetings.
The article notes Trolsheviki control in Alexandropol and a wide central decree in Brivan nationalizing banks and industries, creating a peoples' commissariat and a revolutionary tribunal, as relief efforts shift supplies and power across the region.
A weather report says unsettled conditions bring likely showers to San Antonio Saturday night and Sunday. The storm centered in the Canadian northwest with deepening energy may spread across two thirds of the country. Galveston leads with .12 inch, San Antonio .01, Brownsville .04, Corpus Christi .06. parts of California and Washington also report rain.
James Reidenger former deputy sheriff and constable was arrested on a first degree murder charge in Pine Bluff Arkansas for the fatal shooting of William Chaney 22 a salesman from Springfield Illinois. Joe Bridges and Chester Beard were arrested as accessories while another suspect reportedly fled the city. The grand jury convened amid possible further arrests and a telegraph from Naples Texas claimed the victim was a son of an undertaker there.
Gen Rodolfo Herrero arrived in Mexico City to answer charges he ordered the killing of the late President Carranza. He will be arraigned formally today as witnesses including Gen Juan Barragan testified Herrero commanded troops guarding the sleeping president. Herrero had been living in Veracruz state.
Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas educators met in Kansas City to discuss the high cost of teachers and push for stronger training programs. United States Commissioner of Education Claxton told the gathering that less than ten percent of teachers are fully prepared for their work, urging reform of the nation’s education system. In other local notes, Ivor Erick T. Uhoffania of Texarkana, living in 1907, died this morning, a figure well known in Texas.
Readable fragments show tonight and Sunday cloudy with showers and variable winds. Temperatures range around mid to upper forties in several locations with cool nights and moderate southerly to westerly winds.
Former King Constantine receives official notice of the Greece plebiscite result and an invitation to return and resume the Greek throne. The Greek government will provide a cruiser and warships to meet him in Venice. His suite will sail by merchant vessel, trains rearranged for Tuesday departure. Capt. Paparrigopoulos and former minister Streif are barred from returning.
Horace E. B. Dodge, 66 year old millionaire automobile manufacturer, died in Palm Beach Florida after influenza illness and cirrhosis of the liver. He and his family had just moved into Marina Will from Charles B. Dillingham, with a Detroit specialist, as New York and Detroit doctors attended him. The body was to be sent to Detroit Saturday night.
An Aviona dispatch to Tempo reports a violent earthquake in the Vopelout district southern Albania destroying villages. About 200 people killed and 15,000 made homeless. Epeleni razed as shocks continue. Earlier telegram from Avolni on December 5 noted tremors but no confirmed deaths.
Marquis Anthony Della Chiesa born 1853 in Genoa died suddenly in Rome. He entered naval service as a cadet at 28 and rose to rear admiral before leaving in 1908. In recent years he suffered paralysis after his wife’s death. The pope suspended all audiences and Vatican religious ceremonies in mourning.
Corpus Christi police search the north shore of Nueces Bay for a child’s skeleton believed to be storm victim. Four boys listed among storm deaths remain missing as investigators pursue the bodies or leads. Local authorities confirm the grim toll on the day’s official casualty list.
In Geneva the League of Nations assembly faces a crisis as Chile and Bolivia threaten withdrawal over disputes. Committees meet while talks on electing four council members and inviting the United States for an advisory role proceed amid evolving disarmament plans and regional remarks. Chile confirms continued League membership.
An official Romanian Legation statement said Paris is under martial law following city disturbances that led to a time bomb explosion in the senate late Thursday.
Irregular OCR notes a slide in costs with fereal phrases such as milk at ten rents and bread near ten cents per loaf. Butter appears priced around zero rents while other staples show declines, signaling a sharp drop in daily consumer goods.
Charles G Nerger 50 is found dead in the San Antonio River near the Brackenridge Park golf course two hours after leaving home Saturday morning. An inquest is set in Justice Fisk's court. Nerger recently moved from Sealy to San Antonio with his wife. He had returned from Port Worth with a severe headache and planned to see a physician. His body was taken to Riehe Undertaking Company. He is survived by his widow, his mother, and a brother Paul Nerger of Giddings.
Senator Walsh proposes asking President Wilson to appoint an American representative to the League of Nations disarmament commission. The measure, opposed by a note saying the US cannot participate as a non member, was referred to the foreign relations committee. Walsh argues national interest in global disarmament outweighs league status.
A mass Socialist meeting in Tokyo was dispersed by police. About 500 attendees. half in plain clothes and 200 uniformed officers were present. Ten arrested and 30 detained provisionally as crowds sang revolutionary songs amid the disruption. Reports circulated of a private gathering forming the Socialist League of Japan.
Federal Judge Faris ruled whiskey cannot be moved from a bonded warehouse to a private home for beverage use. The decision denied a saloon proprietor’s bid to have the tax accepted and whiskey released for home consumption, noting a Supreme Court ruling on private vaults does not apply to bonded warehouses.
New York Nec November 11 1914 The American Bathway Express Company reduces working forces across the country due to a general business slump. Company officials say business is flat nationwide and layoffs are necessary for economy though the total affected remains undisclosed.
Tudge Jamey Hamilton Dinsmore 67 longtime Texas attorney and former United States consul to Cuba under Grover Cleveland died at his Greenville home from heart trouble. Surviving son Maj. John P. Dinsmore, now with the Office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, is noted among relatives.
Washington reports federal investigations into price fixing by agricultural implement manufacturers. The FCC released correspondence showing agreements to keep prices high, including letters from L N Burns of D L Case Plow Works and J M Weeks of Studebaker Corp. detailing illegal price coordination and communications among national and southern dealer groups.
The article reports D Annunzio claiming credit for averting a confrontation with Italy. He says plans by the Italian government to force his ships from Fiume harbor have been intercepted, with aims to evacuate his navy and blockade key ports. He accuses Italian authorities of imbecility while praising Fiume’s commander and his legionaries.
Minneapolis, Dec. 11. A. C. Townley, president of the National Non Partisan League, has no direct voice in North Dakota league affairs and has not held office there for nearly 16 years. Oliver Morris, the league's national publicity director, said Townley relinquished the supreme directorship in that state and will continue to confer and advise when sought.
In Jackson on December 11, a potential statewide capitol strike was averted after the Mississippi bond improvement commission altered the interior from yellow to ivory brown. The commission faced a threat from capitol staff who warned they would walk out if the nail work for the new yellow paint proceeded.
Miss Della Sharp former Jasper county circuit clerk and Republican worker was assaulted on her porch in Carthage Missouri as she returned from a social visit. Neighbor E W Kidder who rushed to aid was shot in the shoulder. assailants fled in a waiting car.
Dr. Fred B. Johnson of the Garden Hotel returned from Washington after protesting a military police picket in front of his hotel. He traveled with Congressmen Yeo Hudspeth and others and met the adjutant general and the Secretary of War. The picket was removed and a congressional investigation was considered but dropped.
Washington officials report the Farmers National Council proposes reducing army appropriations and using saved funds to back exports of surplus crops. They also call for a government created wheat purchasing body, elevator regulation, extended farmer credits, railroad return to government control, and passage of a regulatory bill. The recommendations were presented to CL Marsh, secretary of the council.
Naval radio reports Riverside Oridge in distress about 450 miles east of Charleston. The vessel was sinking at three knots and a westbound ship was asked to tow her toward New York. details of the trouble were not clarified.
Acting Secretary Wasis of the State Department met with President Wilson in Washington to discuss the dispute among five great powers over the disposition of former German cables. No official statement followed the talks.
In Foledo Ohio on December 11 J Kads How founder of the International Brotherhood Welfare Association and Gus Cramer grand dictator of the Social Order of Hoboes shook hands ending a clash between rival hoboe groups. How’s convention secured a nine room house converted into a home for hoboes and an employment bureau as the two factions pledged to work in harmony for hoboes nationwide.
President-elect Harding, in Marion, Ohio, invites William Jennings Bryan to confer on December 17 about forming an association of nations. Col. George Harvey, advisor, may stay over next week to aid shaping a policy, while Harding remains noncommittal on a definite plan or terms for entering the Versailles League.
Vice President-elect Calvin Coolidge will travel from Boston on December 1 to Marion Ohio to meet President-elect Warren G Harding. The exact conference agenda remains undisclosed but is believed to be requested by Senator Harding. Mrs Coolidge will accompany him and stay with Mrs Harding. Bryan accepts invitation to confer on proposed associations of nations and plans to depart for Marion soon after.
President elect Warren G. Harding and Will Hays likely will speak at the Marion Presbytery laymen's conference next Friday evening in Marion Ohio. William Jennings Bryan has already accepted. Senator Harding also is expected to accept while no reply is yet received from Mr Hays.
Four cases of whiskey and 500 dollars were taken when thieves abducted a drug store clerk from his home and forced him to open the downtown store. The 40 year old James M. Paul managed to free himself and call police after the robbery.
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