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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
1
Citizens league factions prepare for Bexar county primary races with polling from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters must scratch out undesired names, show poll tax receipts, and ensure only one candidate remains in each contest for a valid vote.
For San Antonio and vicinity the weather summary indicates fair skies tonight and Saturday with mild to warm temperatures and light winds throughout the period. No significant precipitation is expected.
Observations show St Louis at 70 degrees with an east wind and possible rain tonight. Chicago 66 degrees with partly cloudy skies and a north wind. Milwaukee 56 partly cloudy with a north wind and Saturday fair. St Paul 64 clear with southeast wind and Saturday fair. Kansas City 70 with cloudy skies and northeast wind. New York 66 with a north wind and possible rain Saturday. Boston 68 cloudy with rain Saturday. Washington 70 clear with northwest wind and Saturday fair.
A statement denying that the Associated Press wire is carried in whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is unfounded and factually baseless.
New Orleans health officials led by Dr. Oscar Dowling win campaign for a remodeled French Market on the levee. The aging 1791 structure will gain white stalls and screens after threats of closure and a sanitation drive that included wrapping bread to curb bacterial contamination findings of 4,413,000 bacteria on an unwrapped loaf versus 2,400 on a wrapped one.
Gov Woodrow Wilson works on his acceptance speech at Sea Girt New Jersey and plans to return tonight or tomorrow from a five day retreat He will resume seclusion until Monday morning Ollie James and McCombs to meet there next week with plans for Indiana ceremony and Marshall notification committee chair Parker named.
Ernesto Madero, Mexico’s finance minister, arrives with family in a city en route to Alveston for a two to three week vacation. He discusses Mexico’s strong treasury, rising railway business, and says revolutions leaders will feel the law’s effects as the country enjoys a stable credit and improving economy.
At sunrise George Shelton and John Bailey were hanged near the state prison for the murder of Ben Pettigrew and his two children. Bailey died in nine minutes, Shelton in fourteen. Emmett Alexander received a ten day respite from the governor.
The grand jury investigation into the Rosenthal killing probes police gambling ties. Deputy Dougherty reports progress and names Cirofici and others as suspects while Whitman asserts indictments may follow and Costigan confirms ties between gambling houses and police.
New York July 26 Harry K Thaw is deemed insane and must stay in the asylum since February 1 1908 after killing Stanford White Justice Keogh ruled against his freedom saying release would threaten public safety He notes prior habeas corpus actions in May 1908 and June 1909 with court inquiries confirming insanity.
Election results will be announced tomorrow night in front of the Light Building as officials prepare to reveal vote tallies and outcomes. Citizens are invited to attend or follow updates as the city awaits the verdicts.
O R Mounsey head of the English syndicate financing the San Antonio Rockport Mexican railroad is to arrive in San Antonio in October to direct development. E Cowper Thwaite, president, will reach the U S in August. he will meet S A Hopkins and push building operations on a large scale. Committees work on depot site arrangements and hope to complete them soon.
Deputy district attorney Mrs. Clara Foltze resigned to defend Cornelius Hansaker who is charged with shooting train dispatcher A. A. Jones. Foltze said she would help Hansaker if he confessed and promised to look after his interests.
Three rebel commanders and a scattering of colonels face a dwindling army at Juarez Mexico with only about 300 available under General Pascual Orozco. Many troops desert to take shovel jobs on American railways while others flee toward the United States seeking recruitment.
Deputy Constable Feliciano Flores Sr. was admitted to bail of 5000 after Judge J L Camp accepted that the offense was bailable. Flores, wounded in the Friday shooting that killed Deputy Sheriff Ora Baird, appeared with counsel at 10 30. Bail bonds listed Santiago Dilaz Feliciano Acosta Jesus de la Garza Co K Crawford William Roberts J H Nass and William CC Deussen. Trial set for October 7. Flores to remain at Santa Rosa hospital until fully recovered.
Sea Girt New Jersey July 26 Herbert Ridder of New York will continue as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee during the presidential campaign. He will oversee fundraising and financial operations for the party nationwide.
No additional bubonic plague cases have been reported and the official health status remains clean as vessels depart from Port of Spain Trinidad.
The La Follette wool bill passes the Senate and faces a House compromise path. Majority Leader Underwood foresees quick agreement and a potential conference with two Republicans and one Democrat. Cotton revision may also be considered this session as tariff relief gains traction.
Ten progressive Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate to approve the La Follette woolen tariff revision bill by 47 to 20 as a substitute for the Democratic measure. The move followed a day of rapid shifts, with Penrose’s compromise failing, and La Follette rallying progressives and Democrats to back his substitute.
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