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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1911

Page

2

Indictment Tangles Four Labor Leaders Linked to Dynamite Plot

Four labor leaders not previously charged were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on dynamite conspiracy counts. Olaf Tveitmoe Antone Johannssen J E Munsey and E A Clancy face charges with McNamaras and Ortie McManigal. Bail set at 5000 each. arraignment slated for Tuesday.

Los Angeles Cal Federal Grand Jury Treitmoe Johannssen Munsey United States Charles Owen Job Harriman Lecompte Davis McNamaras John Murray E. A. Clancy Clancy Ortie McManigal David Caplan M. A. Schmidt Caplan Schmidt J. B. McNamara Giant Powder Company Times McNamara Llewellyn Iron Works Pb United States District Olin Welborn Clarence Darrow J. H. Ryckman Davis Tveitmoe San Francisco McCormick Ife Federal John Doe Angeles County Grand Jury Arthur Veatch Los Angeles County Veatch Oscar Lawler

Lawler leaves with district attorney for Indianapolis inquiry

A grand jury considers the Lawler case as District Attorney Fredericks travels to Indianapolis to aid investigations. Treatmoe received a telegram from Mayor McCarthy of San Francisco confessing innocence amid federal involvement and the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers records in Indianapolis feed the indictments.

Olaf Tveitmoe San Francisco California State Building Trades Council Asiatic Exclusion League P. McCarthy Antone Johannssen Corte Madera Cal State Building Trades Council J. E. Munsey Salt Lake City Utah International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Lawler Fredericks Indianapolis Treatmoe McCarthy Bridge and Structural Iron Workers American Central Life J. J. McNamara Treitmoe Clancy Munsey

Preliminary meeting set to discuss $40 million railway project

Letters to presidents of business groups set for 4 PM next Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. The San Antonio Rockport and Mexico Railway proposes a $40,000,000 development with SA’s share to be determined. Committees from Real Estate Exchange and Young Men's Business League named. others expected to follow.

Jake Wolff Chamber of Commerce San Antonio, Rockport & Mexico Railway Company San Antonio The Real Estate Exchange Young Men's Business League R. H. Wester H. C. King C. QO. Austin T. N. Smith J. Herbert Compton Dick Terrell Wallace Newton Arthur Muir Albert Steves Jr Railroad Board of Aldermen

Sudden Cold Wave Drops San Antonio Temperatures

A rapid temperature plunge in San Antonio and nearby areas from 70 degrees yesterday afternoon to 48 degrees by 1 am, with the mercury beginning to fall at 11 pm after a day of summer warmth and a swift shift to winter-like conditions across the region.

San Antonio Red River Gulf of Mexico

Urge Highway League Members to Pay Poll Taxes for Roads

Bexar County Highway League directs letters to about 500 members urging payment of poll taxes to support candidates favoring better streets and road improvements. Delinquent members will be contacted. accounts unpaid by January 10 go to a collector. A luncheon for directors is planned at the St. Anthony hotel.

Bexar County Highway League Highway League Real Estate Exchange League W. A. Hering J. Herbert Compton H. P. Street Lloyd Spencer Plaza Theater J. W. Warren

Taft Advocates Arbitration and Dollar Diplomacy

President Taft presses arbitration as path to peace and endorses dollar diplomacy. He outlines a plan for an international arbitral court to settle disputes, cites England and France treaties as first steps, and urges broader ratification to reduce armaments and war costs. Oscar Straus echoes call for senate approval and a wider peace entente.

South Central America Honduras Nicaragua Senate Committee On Foreign Relations England France Taft Feta Senate Elihu Root Brooklyn University Club Washington Oscar Straus Mr. Straus Court of Arbitration The Hague Edward Grey Congress Tom L. Johnson Cleveland House David Jayne Hill Germany McNamara Brothers Chicago Indianapolis Los Angeles Jay Gould Annie Douglass Graham Hawaii New York Bangor Kwangtung Juarez J. M. Dickinson Henry L. Stimson Standard Oil Company Supreme Court Porfirio Diaz Mexico New Mexico Arizona Diaz Tobacco Trust W. E. D. Stokes Lillian Graham Ethel Conrad Vincennes Captain Princeteau M. LaMartin M. Raparenrauver Saptverenty King George of England Cornell Poughkeepsie Kyrle Bellew Changhai Yangsze-Kiang River Cal P. Rodgers Pasadena Cal Pacific Coast Ambassador Guild St. Petersburg Russia Persia W. Morgan Shuster Tripoli United States Circuit Court Caceres Santo Domingo Henry Clay Beattie Mildred Sherman Lord Campys Rome Gulilty King George India McNamara John J Investigation Board Maine Briceville Tenn Durbar King George Emperor Republican National Committee Sulzer Alfred G. Vanderbilt Margaret McKim London Curtiss Guild John Bigelow America Tabriz General Reyes Monterey

Free trial package promises clear skin from Stuart’s Wafers

An advertisement claims Stuart's Calcium Wafers purge blood to cure pimples blackheads and eczema. It promises a free trial package upon sending name and address from readers and notes a regular 50 cent bottle afterward. The copy emphasizes quick results in five days and urges purchase through the F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.

Stuart F. A. Stuart Co Stuart Bldg Marshall, Mich

La Follette Tours Tafts Home City In Ohio Speech

In Cincinnati a rain flooded evening drew over three thousand to Music Hall to hear Senator La Follette of Wisconsin rail against trusts and labor unions. He argued courts protect investors in trusts while punishing unions with triple damages, calling for fairer treatment of workers and investors alike.

Cincinnati Ohio Music Hall Senator la Follette Wisconsin

Twenty Nine Charges Against One Man in Bexar County

Billy Wilson alias Ainsworth, a 34 year old white man, faces the largest number of felony charges filed against a single defendant in Bexar county. Twenty nine affidavits accuse forgery or passing forged instruments in Justice Umscheid's court. Police say forged checks for four to ten dollars were handed to San Antonians for small purchases, with the payer receiving the difference.

Green, Stowe and Knaus Billy Wilson Ainsworth Bexar County Justice Umscheid Wilson

Bank Robber Shoots Bank President in Centralia

Lawrence Barr 73, president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Centralia, is killed after a struggle in front of the bank. A robber fired three times before being captured by a clerk Claud Krettf, two transients, and others who rushed to subdue him.

Centralia Wash Lawrence Barr Farmers and Merchants Bank of Centralia Claud Krettf

Year 1911 Diary of Global Turmoil and Aviation Feats

A chronicle of 1911 events covers Mexican revolution echoes near the U S, rising reform efforts, the McNamara case, and a surge in aviation led by Atwood and Rodgers. Notable entries include Taft’s policies, the Triangle fire aftermath, and speeding global shifts across politics, industry, and science.

America Atwood St. Louis New York Rodgers Pasadena California Juan Estrada Nicaragua Taft Estrada W. E. Corey United States Steel Corporation Elkins West Virginia Tobacco Trust U. S. Supreme Court Congress Panama Canal Arkansas Camden N. J Paul Morton Equitable Life Insurance Company Secretary of Treasury David Graham ‘Phillips House of Representatives San Francisco New Orleans Charles Vivien Gould Cavers Lore Decies England Archbishop Ryan Philadelphia Asquith House of Senate U. S San Antonio Mexican Viterbo Italy Supreme Court Triangle Shirt Waist Company Asch

Drillers Reach Large Subterranean Lake Near City

Drillers sinking a well in the Lady of the Lake gardens report penetrating a major subterranean lake among the largest found in artesian drilling. At 820 feet a strong water flow was hit, now at 920 feet with water-bearing rock the entire depth. The flow can wash away drill point chippings and operations will extend at least 100 feet further.

Lady of the Lake Gardens

Opera society plans grand greeting at Maverick hotel

Arthur Berry and Pranglin, registered at the Maverick hotel in Pearsall, arrived yesterday to greet the grand opera presentation The Girl of the Golden West. The scene hints at a social event connected to a traveling company and local attendees.

Berry Arthur Pranglin Maverick Hotel Pearsall

New Texas Farm Company Formed With St Louis Investors

Garland B. Miller and Ed C. Lasater align with St Louis capitalists to develop a 62 000 acre tract near Falfurrias. The Cowell Miller Texas Farms Co organized in St Louis with 300 000 capital, Miller as vice president and treasurer Lasater as director member. Main offices in St Louis. Land sold in 40 and 80 acre parcels with company facilities for scientific husbandry.

Garland Miller Ed Lasater St. Louis Garland B. Miller Texas Ed C. Lasater Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas Vicini of Falfurrias Miller Mr. Lasater Cowell-Miller Texas Farms Company St. Loui Saland Contreland

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