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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
1
Paris reports greet Raymond Poincare’s election as chief executive with broad approval. Ministers offer resignations, to be retained until successors are named, as crowds in Paris celebrate the transfer of power with widespread public jubilation.
Helen Miller Gould, among America's wealthiest women, will spend only 1000 on her wedding trousseau for her upcoming wedding to Finley J. Sheppard at her Tarrytown home. Her ivory white gown features satin rose pointe lace trim and a court train in purple and gray.
Evansville Indiana reports the river holding at 46.5 feet while winds push three to five foot waves against exposed houses. Mayor Heilman warns residents to abandon dwellings to avoid being undermined or swept away.
San Marcos Texas on January 18 reported city taxes collected for 1912 reached 26000 on property assessed at about two and a half million dollars.
Fair to night and Sunday with colder temperatures and frost expected tonight in San Antonio and surrounding areas.
Observations report morning temperatures and conditions for cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Winds vary from northeast to northwest and south with states of clear cloudy and raining conditions.
Several hundred women clash with police using hats pins and umbrellas in New York during a garment workers strike. A policeman is beaten and twelve more officers free a prisoner after forming a protective square as five others arrested later. The deal ends the walkout for 37 000 workers with higher wages shorter hours and arbitration.
Labor leaders warn the sympathetic strike begun yesterday by 800 workers could widen if the firm blamed for the trouble does not settle its disputes with the unions. The walkout halted work on two large downtown buildings, signaling escalating labor tensions in Chicago.
Henry Lange, San Antonio, testifies about the Texas Fiscal Agency investigation and stock sales. He describes signing the committee report under protest and details stock purchases, a coded price system, and commissions as high as 20 percent. The court warns counsel to expedite, with 40 to 50 jurors summoned and possible night sessions until 11 p.m. if the case extends beyond the week.
A colorful offer highlights a broad page of humor pictures and stories for all ages. The note urges readers to secure a copy and asks newsdealers to reserve editions for families across the state.
Steven Van Cullen White known as Deacon White, a Wall Street broker and former treasurer of Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, died today after a long career of stock speculations. Born in Chatham County North Carolina in 1831, he lived in Brooklyn since the Civil War amid financial setbacks from failed stock corners.
Brussels officials confirm extensive coal fields in the Belgian Congo near Katanga. Chief Engineer Minette reports borings across 400 square miles reveal layers six to seven feet thick of Bulgarian-like quality, near the Tanganyika railway under construction.
Texas sues Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway over penalties up to 5000 dollars alleging the company allowed a Negro passenger to ride in a Pullman car from El Paso to a Texas point. The suit, filed in the Fifty third District Court, tests the validity of the Jim Crow law enacted years ago.
Governor Craig sent invitations to fourteen southern and southeastern state governors to send delegates to Asheville on February 12. The meeting aims to consider the advisability of a trans continental highway linking with the proposed ocean to ocean route. The project was launched recently in California.
Austin Texas January 18 suit filed in the Twenty sixth District Court by the Attorney General against the Sugarland Railroad Company for penalties totaling 185000. The railroad is charged with failing to operate passenger trains on certain days.
Austin Jan 18 The number of women county officials in Texas rises from five to twenty five this year per state records led by Hill County with two women holding county clerk and county treasurer posts.
Jerome D. Greene outlines a new Rockefeller foundation with a $5 million annual income and a corps of investigators to process begging letters for Rockefeller and others. He cites letters from 22 countries and plans a global anti hookworm campaign as initial funded effort pending congressional charter.
Fifteen women and seven men in evening dress were seized during a high stakes poker game in a fashionable New York apartment. Two detectives, unknowingly invited, signaled police to raid. some women fainted as they were arrested and pleaded not to alert their husbands. One woman claimed losing 1400 dollars.
Miss Lula Gardner a state treasury department attach has returned to work after relinquishing her position months ago due to ill health. She resumed duties in Austin Texas with the agency.
Senate session opened at noon to consider miscellaneous bills. House committee took up the Army appropriation bill and continued hearings of the ship trust. Indian affairs heard charges concerning Osage oil land leases.
Fifteen Americans on the Mexican Central passenger train have been marooned or captured by rebels 75 miles south of Juarez. Rebels led by Pascual Orozco Jr. also marooned two federal troop trains after burning bridges, leaving nearly 800 infantrymen stranded. Rebel strength around Gallego is estimated at 2000.
San Juan arrives with reports of a lone Mexican petrol opening fire on a Pacific Mail liner as it left Acapulco. Lewis Cordon, the first assistant engineer, was wounded. The assailant, identified as Dr Jose Avalos, was arrested after a volley aboard the ship. Witnesses describe chaos on the west coast with refugees, outlaws, and revolutionaries troubling foreigners.
Dispatches report General Beltran and Commander Azueta removed from Vera Cruz amid rumors of a revolt to free Felix Diaz. Diaz is a prisoner at Vera Cruz and the uprising's aim is unclear with no stated reason for the removals.
Brownwood, Texas wins first prize in class A of the Texas cleanest town contest after a close tally with Gainesville. Final scores: Brownwood 96, Gainesville 95.5, with a half point margin. Gonzales took class B and Memphis class C as announced earlier.
John D. Archbold president of Standard Oil is to be recalled next week by the Senate committee probing campaign funds. Senators believe they have found at least two more letters not disclosed at his prior examination. Date not fixed but appearance likely Thursday or Friday.
The Harris county rural population shows 70 percent infected with hookworm and about 60 percent overall. Depots for treatment will be set up countywide and treatment will be compulsory for school children.
London dispatch reports the Ottoman government will refuse to yield Adrianople and nearby territory to the Balkan allies, signaling a possible resumption of war. Osman Nizami Pasha accuses European powers of broken promises while Balkan delegates remain cautiously hopeful for guarantees in future negotiations.
Seven deposed Osage Indian Council members filed a memorial with the House Indian Affairs Committee accusing Secretary Fisher of coercing Osage leaders to execute oil and gas leases of his choosing. The panel met to discuss the Taggart bill approving Osage oil leases to Uncle Sam Company, a grant previously refused by the Interior Department.
The Attorney General's department in Austin announced opinions holding that aliens in the state aged between 22 and years are liable for poll tax as others, that property at county fairs is taxable, and that the food law applies to hotel and rent proprietors.
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