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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1913
Page
1
The San Antonio newspaper reports that the silizing situation in the capital may undergo changes. Indications point to potential action that could alter current conditions, though no detailed measures are transmitted.
AP dispatch from Washington reports mutual charges of armistice violation ending the truce at 7 p m and renewed fighting. The Madero government plants dynamite near the citadel and moves cannon during armistice. American embassy water supply cut off. Diaz regime holds supplies though government is short. Belgian legation partially destroyed. desertions rise from government to rebels.
J Pierpont Morgan, long plagued by indigestion, shows marked improvement after returning to Cairo from a Nile tour. Two doctors traveled with him and aides say he had been unwell but is now stabilizing. The mogul had journeyed to Egypt to inspect fields and explorations are noted in reports from Cairo and London dated February 17.
Private advices from Mexico City report continued heavy fighting since 8 oclock this morning, with severity rivaling last weeks fiercest combat. The dispatch arrived from Mexico City at noon today.
Brisk morning battles raged in Mexico City as federal artillery and siege guns exchanged heavy fire with rebels. The U S embassy area and nearby districts remained untouched after the prior removal of a federal battery. Many American residents fled toward Vera Cruz as the danger zone emptied except for soldiers and shrapnel bursts aimed at the national palace.
President Taft’s telegram reply to Maderos appeal to withhold American intervention in Mexico is released by Secretary Knox. The message notes the US policy toward Mexico has been uniform for two years and describes naval and other measures as natural precautions. The ambassador relayed Maderos telegram to Taft, who reiterates friendship and warns against misinformed reports.
A Rome to Exchange Telegraph dispatch reports J Pierpont Morgan is suddenly ill in Cairo Egypt and being repatriated to Naples on the steamship Caronia with two physicians. The claim has not been corroborated by other outlets while Morgan had earlier sailed from New York January 7 aboard Adriatic and visited Pompeii before heading to Egypt.
YORK Feb 17 J P Morgan Jr says a cablegram from his father in Alexandria Egypt reports that he has so far recovered and plans to return. The message confirms the elder Morgan’s improving condition and imminent travel home.
Fighting resumes in Mexico City between Madero and Diaz forces amid strict censorship. Taft rejects intervention but urges peace, stating the need for prompt relief. Consuls report quiet until a decisive action. Rear Admiral Sutherland moves Colorado to Manzanillo amid anti American demonstrations. Madero seeks Washington's help and US naval vessels approach Veracruz as army and marine movements restart.
Judge Martin A. Knapp of the commerce court met with leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in New York to seek arbitration to avert a strike against 54 eastern railroads. If no agreement is reached, a strike could be called within 48 hours under the Erdman act with three arbitrators.
The United States steamship Nashville arrived at Puerto Cortez Honduras on February 15 according to Washington dispatches dated February 17.
The San Antonio Light cites its exclusive access to the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, noting it provides about 20,000 words daily. It also mentions its own substantial in-house news service supplementing AP dispatches.
Edward Cowper-Thwaite, president of the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican Railway, arrived from London to advance construction plans delayed by European turmoil and Mexico’s unsettled conditions. He outlines progress, potential general manager hire, possible temporary presidency shift, and says more work in the U S awaits while construction starts on a Christine section.
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight fair and warmer then Tuesday unsettled with possible showers as a weather outlook.
Observations at 8 am show St Louis 42 clear NW wind. Chicago 30 partly cloudy N wind. Kansas City 48 clear E wind. New York 22 clear NW wind with snow. Boston 20 snow with E wind. Washington 34 cloudy S wind with rain or snow.
Dispatch from Associated Press says Third Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston ordered to be ready to entrain for Galveston for foreign service. Major Scott and Colonel Treat report no orders received. many men on leave and regiment not held at post.
Report from Philadelphia navy yard says orders sought to mobilize 2000 marines from Atlantic coast stations. Philadelphia station holds 600 men and could assemble 2000 within four days. Officers noted yard readiness for instant action and awaiting official confirmation.
Boston February 17 Captain Coffman in command at Charlestown navy yard received orders this afternoon to send all marines at the yard to Philadelphia immediately. The force available numbers 150.
In Norfolk on February 17, sixty Marines under Lieut Case were ordered to depart tonight for Philadelphia to join other Marine forces mobilizing from Atlantic coast stations.
Washington reports hurried orders for the transport Meade to sail from Newport News to the Philadelphia navy yard, with marines assembling there. Kilpatrick McClellan and Sumner transports are provisioned for the First army corps and Third cavalry orders at San Antonio are unclear. The move aims to concentrate 2000 marines at Guantanamo, with Meade carrying 1200. Continued on Page Three-2d and 3d Columns.
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