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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
1
Nazir Pasha, commander of the Turkish Army, was shot and killed during a public uprising in the capital. Reports indicate the incident occurred amid clashes between security forces and insurgents as crowds gathered in the city center.
Turkish officials announced a fresh cabinet after Nazim Pasha’s death sparked riots in Constantinople. Enver Bey and Talaat Bey urged resignations, Mahmoud Shefket Pasha named grand vizier, and the sultan accepted the new government amid continued unrest and funeral rites.
Observations at 8 a m list temperatures across cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington with readings from 8 to 46 degrees and winds from various directions. Forecasts predict fair or rain conditions and warmer weather in some areas.
The 45 year fight for women’s votes reaches a pivotal moment as Alfred Lyttelton moves to strike the word male from the franchise reform bill after question time. Lewis Harcourt blames suffragists for violence and widens the cabinet dispute with Grey and Lloyd-George noting past arson attempts at Nuneham Park.
The three story department store in McKinney Texas collapsed trapping shoppers and clerks. Eight people died and fifteen were injured. Stores closed for funerals and mourning as rescue work continued.
Eyewitness reports exaggerate casualty counts after a McKinney department store collapse. Most injured escaped without serious harm as rescue efforts focused on dramatic tales of women and children trapped. News spread rapidly via telegraph and telephone, fueling statewide excitement.
The San Antonio Light reports it has the largest daily circulation in Southwest Texas and in San Antonio. Auditors credit 68.81 percent of total circulation to San Antonio homes and 31.19 percent to outside territory, with over ten thousand homes reached daily and more than ten thousand five hundred on Sundays. The paper claims superior advertiser returns and wide city reach across districts.
Three Mexican rebels were wounded and one killed when American ranchmen defended the Arroyo ranch near Fabens Texas. Rebels seized horses and fled across the border after being fired upon by U S patrols. Federal troops were sent to the scene as rebel bands move toward Juarez and Columbus areas.
About seventy carloads of machinery and material for the Medina dam near Barcelona have been shipped to Spain for Dr. F S Pearson’s European project. The last four carloads left Galveston on Wednesday. The Medina equipment was valued at 240000 dollars. Nine more Medina Company workers will sail for Barcelona Sunday. Several engineers and foremen had already gone ahead. Construction of the main dam is complete and the railroad link to Dunlay was removed last week. Flume work is finished and flume engineer A C Norton departed for Denver today.
Eugene V. Debs socialist candidate for president was arrested in Terre Haute Indiana on an indictment in the Third District of Kansas charging obstruction of justice. Also Gen E Z Steever returned to El Paso from Washington after weeks at a conference of army officers.
The Light urges readers to place classified ads for housegirls maids stenographers chauffeurs bookkeepers or any help. Advertisers can begin tomorrow or Sunday for a ten day run at half a cent per word per insertion and receive a bill later by phone from Crockett 1742 or 176.
In federal court Beauchamp and two associates face conspiracy charges over mail fraud. Beauchamp testified 14 hours while government and defense teams prepare for extended argument totaling about nine hours. The trial features witnesses from San Antonio and Dallas ties to the Texas Fiscal Agency and Texas Collins Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company. Western Union involvement is noted by counsel.
California booster B. B. Harlan envisions a 75 to 100 room hotel south of the Harlandale bath house in a four acre tract, connected by a sun parlor, with bath house expansion to serve up to 800 daily visitors. He credits local growth, calls for improved lighting, paving, boulevards, and interurban rail to attract tourism and potential Los Angeles level development.
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