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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1912
Page
3
President Taft approved statement released from the White House defending his Taft renomination at the Chicago convention. It denies fraud in delegations, details 238 Roosevelt challenges, and explains Texas proxy rules and county turnout affecting delegation votes.
Oyster Bay July 29 Colonel Roosevelt approves a working program for a new independent progressive party. Senator Dixon and Dean Kirchwey outline a plan to run straight progressive tickets in most states and to capture Republican organizations where possible. The aim is a permanent party enduring beyond the current election with future growth regardless of outcome.
President Taft said the move to seek Supreme Court review of Kansas electoral cases originated in Kansas and his White House involvement was limited. Rep. Martin Olmsted and Kansas Republican leaders pushed for hearings before Pitney or Van Devanter, while Governor Stubbs sought a Roosevelt faction hearing. Taft intends to rely on his campaign managers and fight the case to the finish.
The Commercial Appeal reports last week brought general crop progress with good soil, green plants, and improved fruiting though central Texas remains drier. West Texas shows strong growth. rainfall could repair some drought damage. boll weevils noted but crop impact is small. Malaria medicine ad follows.
A weekly weather bureau bulletin notes pressure patterns will keep temperatures steady with no decisive changes for the United States. Warmer weather continues in the south and southwest. a moderate fall is forecast Monday in the upper lake region and the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, followed by a rise Tuesday and Wednesday and little change afterward.
The first Y M C A for Negroes in Chicago or the Midwest was laid on the south side drawing ten thousand witnesses. The building costs are set at $180,000 with large gifts from businessmen and the local Negro community contributing $68,000.
The first national newspaper conference opens in Madison with discussions on whether newspapers and magazines can tell the truth and what remedies exist. President George E. Vincent of the University of Minnesota will give the opening address on The Press and the People, with speakers including Adolph Ochs Will Irwin Levy S. Richard Melville E. Stone C. D. Lee and A. M. Simmons among others.
In Lawrence Massachusetts on July 29 a boy aged 11 named Dion wrote I gave him permission to shoot me and then was shot through the heart by Henry Talbot aged 12. Talbot and witness Henry White aged 11 were arrested for manslaughter after a dare over a new .22 rifle led to Dion’s death.
Manuel Calero the Mexican ambassador to the United States telegrammed El Imparcial denying any U S agreement on Chamizal territory near El Paso. He calls the claim that he agreed to sell the land for one million dollars absolutely false.
New York July 29 firm cotton goods markets with price announcements. Fruit of the Loom 4-4 bleached muslins and American prints placed at value prior to an anticipated 1-4c rise to 5 1-2c for prints. Fall River sales last week reached 220000 pieces. Drills and sheetings firmer at 5 1-8c and 5 1-4c for better 4.70 goods. Underwear and hosiery trade strong. yarns firmer, up 1c per lb on 2 by 2 ounce. Prices list: Print cloths 28 in 64 by 64s 4c 38 1-2 in 64 by 46s 5c southern brown sheetings 8c tickings 13c denims 13 1-2c staple ginghams 6 1-4c standard prints 5 1-2c dress ginghams 9 1-4c.
U S export figures show manufacturing goods worth over 1.021 billion dollars in the recently ended fiscal year. Of this, 746 million catered to consumption and 347 million to further use in production. Manufacturing exports rose faster than other merchandise and accounted for 47 percent of total exports, up from 38 percent years ago and 18 percent in 1892.
Albany dispatch reports the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads will slow the feature flyers between New York and Chicago during winter after Frost related track irregularities caused by a Hyde Park incident. The public service commission notes winters require lower schedules for safety.
Charlotte Martinez, 19, missing since Saturday, was found unconscious in a ditch near her home in San Rafael, California. She had been assaulted and her prognosis was doubtful. Superstitious German folklore links Prince George of Cumberland’s death to a generations-long curse tied to a Swiss valet.
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