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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
2
Rebels push Vasquez Gomez for the presidency amid ongoing disorder. Bandits seized small towns between Parras and Saltillo and a railroad bridge was burned. Telegraph lines were restored between Torreon Durango Chihuahua and Monterey as the American government keeps extreme watchfulness and readiness for any emergency.
An official dispatch from Chihuahua says Pascual Orozco's leadership subdued rebels at Casas Grandes but broader reports across the republic, especially near Tor, suggest the situation remains unsettled and worsening in parts of Mexico.
On the government side the score since Sunday shows twenty prisoners taken at Meoqui Chihuahua and twenty six killed with forty six prisoners taken near Lerdo seven miles from Torreon. Rebels overrun Laguna district in Coahuila and appear in Durango Zacatecas and Guanajuato as Rojas and Hernandez evade troops. In the south Zapatistas pillage while Jesus Salgado’s followers show activity after government claims their insurrection is near end.
Reports from northern Mexico indicate improvement but elsewhere the situation worsens as supposed robber bands coalesce into organized movements across many states. Washington dispatches note rising danger and unverified threats ahead of potential clashes.
J B Farnsworth of Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone of Dallas says the city council plans to interchange two local telephone systems are invalid and would worsen service. He predicts talks with New York by July as Pupin coil tech expands the lines to the Gulf of Mexico and San Antonio gears up to 15 000 phones.
Indictments accuse McNamara and McManigal as agents of a broad conspiracy guiding years of dynamiting at the behest of superior officers and local union officials. Five executive board members were present when McNamara was arrested. The case splits into two groups covering interstate explosives shipping violations and conspiracy to violate the law. Ryan's organization led by Frank M. Ryan, with about 13,000 members, is central to the fund for defense.
County commissioners approve a petition by Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone to install a pay station on the first floor of the courthouse. After a dispute over contract rates three years ago the old phones were removed, new wires installed, and no Southwestern phones remained for two years. Now four old phones exist in the building.
Richard H. Houlihan, financial secretary of the Chicago local Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, was arrested at his home in Chicago along with four other labor leaders. Federal authorities planned warrants for six men, with one suspect to be arrested in Indianapolis.
Edward Clark and Ernest G. W. Basey were arrested in Cincinnati on Indianapolis indictments for violating the interstate commerce law on dynamite transport. Basey, a former Iron Workers official, and Clark, a former walking delegate, face upcoming arraignments. Additional arrests were reported in Syracuse, including E. E. Phillips and John Carroll, tied to the same dynamite conspiracy indictments. In St Louis, John Barry and Paul Morrin, linked to Indianapolis indictments, were also arrested.
DETROIT Mich Feb 14 Charles W Wachmerstein and Frank J Murphy iron workers were arrested by government detectives in the recent federal dynamite investigation. No statement from Gompers at the Department of Justice today. officials of the Federation of Labor face no evidence yet in the dynamite conspiracy case.
The three named piano models The Angelus The Chickering Angelus and The Emerson Angelus are listed in a catalog entry noting their makers and variants. The item highlights various instrument styles and brand lineups for consumers researching grand and upright pianos.
D R Mounsey declares a railroad will boost San Antonio by linking commerce deep water and beach resorts. A banquet at the St Anthony hotel features speeches by local leaders including H B Hildebrand and E Gordon Gibson who pledge support and cooperation to attract the line. The event includes music from the hotel orchestra and performances by the Bootblack quartet with guests from San Antonio and Rockport.
Ingen T. M. Paschal Rev G M Boyd and B W Klipstein of Beeville are named figures in the latest civic bulletin. The notice lists participants and affiliations, underscoring community involvement and local leadership roles.
D. R. Mounsey chairman of the English syndicate financing the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican road did not depart for an inspection due to poor roads. The party, including FE Cowper Thwaite S A Hopkins and N R Bagley, surveyed areas south toward Medina river and north of the city then planned to Crowther Rockport and Rio Grande country before leaving England on February 22 to finalize construction Arrangements. A separate note mentions a sharp decline in the natural increase of England and Wales population last year.
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