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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
7
The steamship Ta Boga sank off Panama coast. more than twenty dead and eighty rescued. Captain Campbell and pilot Matthews are jailed in Panama City. Survivors recount scarce life preservers and a chaotic abandon ship amid herd stampede.
Ohio will send twelve hundred national guardsmen to the national military tournament in Grant Park during the last two weeks of July. Governor Harmon of Ohio telegraphed to Harry A. Wheeler, president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, confirming the participation. Illinois guardsmen and Ohio troops will join federal regiments expected in camp and in field maneuvers as part of the program.
Provisional President de la Barra announced nominations for diplomatic posts in Mexico City. Miguel Covarrubias becomes minister to Austria Hungary, Miguel de Beistegui to Great Britain, Luis Torres Rivas to Norway, Fidel Rodriguez Parra as first secretary at Brussels, and German Bulle as first secretary at Berlin. Covarrubias, Beistegui, Torres Rivas, and Bulle hold current postings in Britain, Norway, Brussels, and Washington respectively.
Detectives seek a burglar who entered Mrs. Jane A. Hall's home and stole $2500 in silverware jewelry and clothing. Mrs. Hall unknowingly aided the escape by opening the door to a woman carrying bundles. A jimmy-marked entry was found and a jewel box worth $15,000 remained missing.
The National Citizens' League held its inaugural meeting at the Union League club in Chicago on June 7. Directors appointed committees and ratified temporary officers. a central Chicago office will run the nationwide campaign for banking legislation after receiving the charter from the state secretary.
Forest rangers battling a blaze along the Moffatt road near Arrow appealed for help. The railroad responded by ordering all available section hands to the scene as the fire spreads from scrub timber into pine, creating a large gap in the timber.
Mexican official Carbajal Rosas, former minister to Costa Rica, will arrive in San Antonio to assume sub secretary of foreign affairs. He will head the department while de la Barra serves as president. Juan Pedro Didapp joins Rosas en route to Mexico City.
Victoria B C police court inquest reports Gunner Thomas Allen convicted of manslaughter for the death of Captain Killen commander of artillery forces at Victoria. The 1910 killing occurred August 1 and follows a prior murder verdict with a hanging sentence.
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