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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
1
In Briceville Tennessee rescuers report finding chalk marks inside Cross Mountain mine indicating 23 men were along a route they followed. None of the men were found alive at that point, but five more bodies were recovered, bringing total deaths to twenty eight.
Rescue workers report two miners, John Duff and John Smith, running frantically through unreached mine passages since 11 last night. Government and state experts assisted as cries of the crazed men echoed, with hope they would be saved before toxic air or gas claimed them.
In Victoria Texas witnesses testified to threats against Chapin over two years allegedly by Oscar J. Rountree who said he worked for Roos. The defense showed Chapin feared for his life and cited remarks by Rountree about harming him and killing him, with several witnesses recounting overheard conversations.
The Sherwood service pension bill to raise civil war pensions by length of service was taken up in the house with leaders expecting passage late today. It would involve expenditures from 40 million dollars upward.
County Collector Bitter issued 96 poll tax receipts yesterday, raising the total to 1473. The count remains under half of last year’s total, with only forty three days left to pay the tax and few new voters qualifying this morning.
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Wednesday expect a fair sky with colder temperatures and frost overnight. Light winds persist as the cold front settles in, lowering overnight lows across the region.
Observations at 8 am show varied conditions including St Louis 32 clear NE wind 10 mph with colder today, Chicago 34 cloudy W wind 8 mph, Milwaukee 30 southwest wind 14 mph with 24 hour low 80, St Paul 30 clear S wind 8 mph with warmer, Kansas City 30 partly cloudy E wind 4 mph cooler, New York 64 cloudy SW wind 12 mph with rain tonight, Boston 56 cloudy SW wind 12 mph with rain, Washington 50 NE wind 4 mph with rain in past 24 hours.
A statement asserting that any newspaper besides the San Antonio Light carries the AP leased wire into San Antonio is unfounded and without basis in fact.
Colonel Chapa says the charge is false and that he has not been in Cameron county for about three years. He blames local politics and Bernardo Reyes ties, claims Madero spies framed him, and states he will prove innocence at the Brownsville federal court next Monday.
New York trial scene as Lillian Graham, one of the show girls charged in the Stokes shooting, testifies on cross examination. Prosecutor Buckner probes gun purchase and alleged plans to lure Stokes to an apartment, while Graham denies reusing the bottle and recounts being throttled before she fired.
The cortege of the king and queen of England was featured as emperor and empress over Indian possessions. European outfits contrasted with jewels of Indian princes as veterans, viceroy, and Lady Hardinge arrived. The scene blended oriental pageantry with colonial pomp amid a faithful crowd.
Henry W. Waldron, juror in the Dr. B. Clark Hyde murder trial of Col. Thomas H. Swope, remains missing. Police comb the Missouri riverfront while Judge Porterfield demands Waldron’s appearance by tonight or the jury will be discharged.
A telegram from Teheran to the German Cable company claims a Russo Persian compromise is likely. Russia is said to accept Persia s apology and withdraw its demand for the dismissal of W Morgan Shuster.
Charles Haywood, a negro, was fined 25 dollars for vagrancy. Rather than jail, he paid with a first earned 20 dollar gold piece and a 6 dollar bill after officers testified against him. The judge imposed the fine. Haywood offered a 5 dollar bill and watched the coin be taken from his watch chain.
In the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals a motion for rehearing was filed in ex parte Lingenfelder from McLennan county. The case involves moving pictures on Sundays and whether such operation violated the Sunday law. Several Texas cities await final action on Sunday film showings.
Victoria of Spain gave birth to a daughter this morning in Madrid. This is the fifth child for Queen Victoria. the fourth child was stillborn. King Alfonso and Victoria Ena wed May 31, 1906. Their first child, Prince Alfonso, was born May 10, 1907, with siblings Prince Jaime and Princess Beatrice.
Special to The Light from El Paso Texas reports US Army officers were alerted that Registas might attack Juarez today. Troops searched for armed bands after a morning alert, but no assault occurred. Authorities believed Registas near Juarez lacked sufficient strength without help fromthis side.
Washington report says the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously backed Sulzer’s resolution calling for immediate abrogation of the 1832 treaty with Russia over discrimination against American Jews. It urges rapid action and requires notice that the treaty ends one year after notification.
Theodore Hupp was wounded by a bullet in the face last night near his home at 403 Idaho Street. Griffith, a real estate man and roomer, faces assault with intent to murder charges and unlawful arms possession after a city affidavit alleging objection to his attentions to a daughter. He was detained by a mounted officer and placed in the city hall for a preliminary hearing expected this afternoon.
A freight train ran away in the Dale yards of the Delaware and Hudson railroad this forenoon in Scranton Pennsylvania. Five are dead and five are injured with two additional fatalities reported. The runaway wrecked the railroad machine shops burning five locomotives.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles resumed investigations into alleged dynamite conspiracies linked to a series of bombings over three years. Some 133 witnesses have been summoned as the inquiry expands, with private state indictments and the McNamara case guiding the probe across multiple regions.
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