24 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
1
Across Wall Street a million dollars in Christmas presents lights the season as firms distribute fixed sums and varied bonuses. J P Morgan & Co plans year end raises for clerks and long-tenured staff while some institutions shift toward salary increases at year start to reward merit and curb quick bonus dumps.
A Gulf storm moves along the middle Atlantic coast and covers southern New England and the mid Atlantic with snow. The Ohio Valley and Tennessee are affected with possible snow in Christmas Day. The South Atlantic and Gulf states see rainfall turning to snow, with more snow in the far west and a brief cool spell following. Temperatures in the east are expected to hold steady for six hours.
Santa Claus visits 1200 immigrants at Hillis Island as they approach a new life. Two Christmas trees in the dining room provide gifts to men, women, and children. Five clergymen spoke in many languages and a banquet with ice cream followed. Immigrants receive pipes, badges, purses, ornaments, and small items as keepsakes.
Chicago boy Olson Cannero, 19, who has been blind since age two, receives a Christmas gift of sight. He describes seeing his mother's features for the first time and the joy of realizing he can see, expressing gratitude and eagerness to learn to read and write. The article highlights his unique blessing among Chicago’s over a million residents.
Vincent Astor, new head of the family, ordered a wage policy change for Rhineland estate workers. The plan, announced as a Christmas surprise, targets a phased wage increase in the first year. The estate employs over a thousand workers.
A local forecast notes increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures tonight and Wednesday for San Antonio and vicinity.
Observations at 8 a.m. report temperatures from 10 to 34 degrees across cities like St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee and New York with clear and cloudy skies snow in several locations and varying winds from the southwest west northwest and northeast tied to a colder Wednesday outlook with lowest readings in the 10s to 30s across the nation.
President Taft and party arrived at Colon from the Arkansas and were hosted by Colonel Goethals at Culebra. The group includes Mrs Taft, Charles P Taft Jr and other officials. A dinner and ball were planned with Panama officials, and Taft requested special trains for a canal inspection by 2000 sailors aboard Arkansas and Delaware.
The San Antonio post office set a daily record with 111 132 pieces handled and 41 percent higher than last year. Postmaster J J Stevens praised no delays as every outgoing package left on time and local mail was ready for carriers. Arrangements are made to handle all mail on Christmas day, though rushes are not expected.
Governor Colquitt issued a certificate of honor to Mr and Mrs W B Watkins of San Antonio for their anti race suicide crusade work. The couple, with eight sons seven living, reside at 407 Essex Street. The twins Pit comenea Gales George Lots and James Augustus are 14 15 then Fridgar Charles Willis B Harvey Milton Clifton Cleo and a baby unnamed. Clarence died. The certificate is signed and bears the state seal dated December 24 1912.
Fifteen people were injured, several seriously, when passenger train No. 9 Seminole Limited on the Central of Georgia Railroad derailed five miles north of Americus Georgia while carrying Florida tourists to the central West. Officials cite a rail alignment problem as the cause. Three sleepers left the rails but did not overturn. Relief trains were dispatched from Americus and Columbus and tracks cleared by noon.
In Waco Texas the coldest ice packed morning of the season arrived as clear skies persisted. The official temperature plunged to 28 degrees with a sharp frost expected across the area and light mist seen near riverfronts.
Tue Licut extends best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to subscribers and readers. The paper notes its growing reputation prestige and material progress this year and expresses gratitude to its expanding circle of friends. In keeping with its custom the publisher will not print a paper on Christmas day.
Edward Petre a prominent English aviator died when his monoplane crashed near Redcar during a nonstopping flight from Brooklands Aerodrome to Edinburgh a heavy gale struck mid journey and the machine fell with the motor pinning the pilot. Petre had earlier escaped death near Aldershot on October 24.
Speaker Clark traveled to Trenton to confer with President-elect Wilson on the congressional program and possible cabinet posts. He refused to reveal the purpose of the visit.
Chicago Dec 24 police seek a missing two and a half karat diamond valued at 600 dollars. The gem was left with diamond merchant Joseph H Logue by a blonde woman shortly before his body was found in his office last Friday. The victim was bound and mutilated. The missing stone is considered key to the investigation.
In Seguin Texas, 11 year old daughter battered. Guadalupe County jail holds Candelario Trevino on murder charge after body of Mrs Trevino found, skull crushed, at their farm near Schertz Station. Sheriff Neubauer and deputy Hillyard arrested Trevino at 3 am as he tried to hitch a horse.
J K Franklin, president of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railroad and the Bankers' Trust Co of St Louis, says the Balkan war unsettles American money markets. He notes European financiers dump securities, fearing wider war, with potential losses near 300 million dollars as security values fall and interest rates rise from 4 to 11 percent on some loans.
Charles Mellen of New York New Haven and Hartford and S J Chamberlin of Grand Trunk Canada pleaded not guilty to Sherman Act charges. Both released on $10,000 bail each after court resisted releasing on own recognizance. Chambers and Smithers, Grand Trunk chairman, were expected to appear.
San Marcos Texas December 24 ick and Wilson Ware brothers were released from custody after a conference of counsel found insufficient evidence to bind them over to the grand jury. They were arrested at their parents home in Liberty Hill Williamson County following the Kyle State Bank robbery. officers claimed a strong circumstantial case. The brothers had returned from the north to spend the holidays with their parents.
A fierce blizzard struck New York and the north Atlantic coast on December 24, bringing ten inches of snow by noon and threatening abatement for hours. Vessels in distress included the Turrialba with about sixty passengers and the John May of Philadelphia. The Seneca revenue cutter aided the Turrialba while the George Washington and three other liners rode at quarantine. Rail yards and suburban lines faced delays as ships and ferries collided and winds intensified. The storm’s fury disrupted harbor operations and forecasts warned of heavier snows ahead.
The steamer Turrialba of United Fruit lines ran aground in a heavy snow storm between Barnegat and Atlantic City. Nearly 60 passengers were aboard, with wrecking tugs and cutters rushing to the scene but weather hindered rescue efforts. By late morning the vessel was reported resting easily, aided by the Seneca and local rescue units.
A would-be assassin broke into Prince Yamagata’s residence just after midnight in Tokyo and tried to approach the prince. He stabbed himself to death and was arrested as investigators probe the motive. Yamagata, former chief of general staff in the Russo-Japanese War, survived unhurt.
Weather outlook warns of increasing clouds and possible rain but hopes linger for a fair Christmas. Irregular air pressure distribution causes unsettled conditions nationwide. Texas shows better odds of fair weather due to regular pressure patterns. last night brought heavy frost at 32 degrees, with warmer temperatures likely preventing another freeze tonight.
In a severe snow storm Rosalie Jones leads her "General" Rosalie Jones army of suffragettes toward Albany from Upper Red Hook New York to deliver a message to Governor Sulzer. They plan a six mile trek through knee deep snow to Livingston for the night, buying overshoes mittens and mufflers to keep to schedule as Jones calls forward march.
Gregory, a young man, is held for examination and trial after being brought from San Antonio. He faces a U S Commissioner in Austin this week over the December 3 registered mail pouch theft. He refuses to discuss how he obtained the $1012.50 taken in the incident.
George H. Tyler a noted figure in theatrical circles and father of George C. Tyler Liebler Company managing director died at his New York home yesterday. An admirer of the national game he was known in baseball circles and formerly owned a newspaper in Chillicothe Ohio.
A posse hunts four bandits who assaulted the Alton Hummer near Iles Junction. They forced the engineer to uncouple the express car, attempted to blow open the safe with nitro and dynamite, and fled after firing on passengers. Only a small amount of valuables was taken. authorities search for the robbers continues.
Chicago and Alton train passengers recount a dramatic robbery near the Illinois state capitol as two masked bandits force the crew to uncouple cars and fire shots from a concealed position. The man in the white mask entered the express car and detonated nitro glycerine and dynamite before escaping.
Walter Daniels of Oklahoma City repels a bandit on the St. Louis and San Francisco No. 112 express car near Oklahoma City. Daniels killed the negro gunman during the holdup while the passenger car was in motion. Destination passenger reports say the incident occurred about 9 p.m. as the train moved toward Kansas City.
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