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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
1
A disaster at sea leaves eight sailors stranded as their vessel sinks in a bitter gale. They clung to wreckage and rigging for six hours until rescue. The incident underscores peril at sea and the resolve of crew members.
Eight survivors tell how the steamer Julia Luckenbach was rammed and sunk by the British tramp Indrakuala off Chesapeake Bay. Captain Gilbert and wife lost. the Pennsylvania rescued the crew after a six hour gale. The Indrakuala fled after collision, with the master allegedly refusing assistance.
The Julia Luckenbach commanded by Captain A H Gilbert of New York sails with Frederick Hunt as first officer and Christopher Knudsen as chief engineer. Crew signed in Baltimore. Formerly the Zaandam, built in Rotterdam in 1882, 3100 tons gross and 310 feet long.
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity shows tonight and Sunday unsettled with colder Sunday. Observations include St Louis 32 degrees cloudy with a south wind, Chicago 18 cloudy with a west wind, Milwaukee 14 clear with a west wind, St Paul 0 clear with a northwest wind, Kansas City 26 cloudy with a north wind, New York 34 cloudy with a northwest gale and possible rain or snow tonight and Sunday, Boston 40 cloudy with rain tonight and Sunday, Washington 22 clear with a west wind and a chance of fair Sunday.
Fifty detectives searched for four automobile bandits who robbed a north side jewelers of 1200 dollars worth of diamonds. They fought two revolver battles with police and fired into crowds on a principal street. Patrolman Stricken was shot and beaten. two suspects, Thomas Brady and Frank O’Brien, were questioned after being detained in East Chicago.
Chicago labor leaders in multiple cities plan to furnish bail for 33 dynamite conspiracy convicts at Leavenworth. Meetings in Chicago aim to determine support for the prisoners pending appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Real estate holders expected to act as sureties for bail.
The body of Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great Britain, is laid to rest at Sleepy Hollow after a service at St. John the Divine. President Taft, cabinet members, senior military and naval officers, British officials, and leaders including Theodore Roosevelt attend. A train then takes mourners to Tarrytown for interment.
President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt attended Whitelaw Reid's funeral in Washington one day before they both aimed for the Chicago presidential nomination. They stood about fifty feet apart during the service and did not meet as Taft departed before the coffin left the cathedral.
In London on January 4 many public and private buildings in the west end flew flags at half mast to honor the memory of the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid.
An advertising note from 1912 urges readers to compare modern comforts with old royal luxuries. It highlights daily new offerings and says advertising helps supply wants, enabling people to live better than kings of the past.
The Amerika departed for Hamburg today with Cipriano Castro left behind at Ellis Island where he awaits a habeas corpus hearing set for January 6. He canceled his Europe passage spending 400 dollars and planned to challenge U.S. entry in court.
Judge C A Wilcox granted a temporary injunction on E Cartledge's petition to stop John L Wortham from canvassing returns and declaring the vote on the home rule amendment. The case aims to take the matter to the Supreme Court for final decision. Cartledge argues the amendment was not legally adopted and that the July 22 prohibition election process was improper.
Secretary Fisher removed seven Osage tribal council members in Washington on January 4 alleging influence by Uncle Sam Oil Company and three applicants seeking oil and gas lease rights to 800000 acres of Osage land in Oklahoma. A new council was ordered to be elected later this month.
A weather bureau bulletin warns of a broad cold wave spreading to nearly all states within three days. Extreme readings will reach the east and South Atlantic states, with the northwest and central west notably cool, while exact temperatures remain uncertain. The forecast signals developing storms in the Midwest and Northwest.
Mrs Caroline Walsh Clinton sister of the Countess De Felice of Abruzzi Italy is adjudged insane in Chicago and ordered admitted to the state hospital. Daughter of Frederick Walsh of Syracuse who left her 200000 in his will ten years ago she reportedly lost most of her funds in speculation and became ill last September at a fashionable hotel.
Vienna reports say the health rumors about Emperor Franz Joseph are false. He walked for half an hour at noon yesterday in the Schoenbrunn gallery, met court dignitaries, and worked at his desk as usual.
Tulsa officers pursue the slayer of nine year old Ella Brown whose body was found near Kiefer. Several suspects held, but police fear the real killer remains at large as the surrounding countryside is on edge and fear grows.
The White House hosted a crowded farewell reception for the Taft administration drawing the entire diplomatic corps and a brilliant assemblage. Attendees described the event as one of the most beautiful affairs of the Taft era.
Mrs. Amelia Gayle Gorgas, mother of Panama Canal Zone health officer William C. Gorgas, died in Tuscaloosa today in her 78th year. She served as librarian at the University of Alabama for 24 years.
Special to the Light El Paso January 4 Four of the Guggenheim owned Mexican smelters at Monterey Chihuahua Velardena and Aguas Calientes may close tonight due to fuel ore and freight embargos. The move would affect mines employing thousands and could swell rebel ranks as 50 000 Mexican laborers lose work. Mexico City reports rail strikes threaten operations at other plants and fuel shortages.
Trainmen out in El Paso cause Mexico's National Railways to halt all freight shipments to the port while passenger trains continue. In Mexico City officials report trains still run but irregularly as strikers hold firm and engineers may join soon.
Delegate Queson reports cabled instructions from the Philippine General Assembly to push the Jones bill for Philippine independence at the current Congress session or the extra session. The bill creates an eight year provisional government beginning July 4 1918 with eventual full independence, while the United States retains control of naval and coaling sites and cables except Manila Bay.
Beaumont Texas January 4 Mrs W B Fox of this city has received a certificate of honor from Governor Colquitt for having eight living children.
In the Day in Congress report the Senate convened at noon to resume consideration of omnibus claims bills. Southern veterinarians appealed to the agricultural committee for a higher eradication funding for cattle tick. Chairman Clapp sought broader powers for the campaign funds investigating committee, while Senator Oliver objected to action. Senator Bailey of Texas resigned. The House also convened at noon resuming the Indian appropriation bill. Representative Flood of Virginia was elected chairman of the foreign affairs committee succeeding Governor Sulzer.
Eagle Pass Texas reports that trainmen have joined the machinists of National Lines in a strike. The result is a complete tie up as disruptions affect services across the system.
A notice to all National Lines of Mexico reports no freight will be accepted for transport in the republic. Labor troubles and renewed rebel activity are cited as causes with rumors of Mexican trainmen joining a sympathy strike. Verification is unavailable locally.
New Orleans reports a black bear was caught in a chimney trap set by a trapper’s son to catch Santa Claus. C J Labarre recalls the mishap at a Lower Louisiana camp where the bear climbed down the chimney and was killed after becoming entangled in hooks.
A Montgomery dispatch reports Governor O Nea l has ordered impeachment proceedings against Hale County Sheriff William Martin to determine if he was criminally negligent in allowing prisoner Will Thomas to obtain carbolic acid to kill himself. Thomas died after drinking the poison. the case will be heard in the Supreme Court.
DELHI Jan. 4 The Indian government citing the China situation has given three months notice of suspension of opium sales and to ease treaty port stocks decided to reduce opium to be sold in 1913 for non China consumption from 13 000 to 9 000 chests.
Louis Cabrera accuses government of deceiving foreign bankers as civil war looms for years. Ernesto Madero pushes bond issue from 40 to 100 million pesos with underwriters named in London New York Berlin. Resignations rumored include Ernesto Madero and Rafael Hernandez. Rural rebels increase in Guerero with Zapatista raids. Durango fighting reported without details. Manuel Calero’s resignation as ambassador to the United States arrives by mail.
Rebels damaged the Mexico Northwestern railway between Pearson and Madera below Juarez by burning bridges and severing telegraph lines. Federal forces under General Blanco pursued. A new rebel group, distinct from Salazar, is blamed. Generals Aubert and Rabago prepared for new commands in Juarez and Torreon.
Paris Jan. 4 Mlle Marie Denisard of Amiens a noted suffragist announces her candidacy for the presidency of the republic. She says she knows she will not be chosen to succeed President Fallieres but she goes forward to see what effect a woman's candidacy will produce.
Jackson Mississippi January 4 Henry Price 75 dies at home. He was part of the oldest triplet set in the United States with brother Frank Price of Jackson and sister Nancy Philips of Pontiac at his bedside. The brothers were Confederate soldiers.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended an average 9 percent class freight rate hike from New Orleans to Illinois routes. The measure halts the change from January 5 to May 4, pending review.
Rome January 4 reports The Right Rev Dr Peter Joseph Hurth titular bishop of Milopotamus was named to be bishop of Nueva Sta in the Philippine Islands. Hurth formerly served as rector of Edwards College in Austin Texas.
The funeral for James R. Keene who died yesterday in New York will be held at the Church of the Ascension. Burial follows at the Lawn Cemetery.
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