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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
5
In Washington the insurgents voice unease as newspapers praise President Taft amid the Canadian reciprocity fight. They deny breaking as a group while avoiding public defection, insisting they still seek reforms without openly aligning with the administration.
The Rio Grande is forecast to reach 16 feet in El Paso by Monday as it already nears danger level. The rise threatens the lower city areas and local officials warn of significant flood impact.
The Cunarder Cunardia steamslip Cuernia, stuck near Daunt Rock in fog May 24 on its voyage from Boston to Queenstown and Lee, was refloated today at Queenstown Harbor.
A five member committee led by George S. Rice will sail from New York to study European mine safeguards and methods for thick coal beds. They will tour England Belgium France and Germany for two months, then file company reports and a bureau of mines synthesis to reduce American coal mine deaths.
A new Katy time schedule takes effect next Sunday adding a San Antonio to New Orleans train via Frisco and a Houston double train service. The Katy Limited runs 9:05 a.m. to 7:40 p.m. No. 246 departs at 10:30 a.m. and arrives at 6:40 p.m. No. 8 leaves 8:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Katy Flyer goes 9:15 p.m. to 7:45 a.m. The Alamo Special departs 10:30 p.m. and arrives 6:20 a.m.
San Antonio may be named a first class post office and postal savings bank as the postmaster general reviews sites. Arguments cite soldiers stationed there and the 4 percent interest advantage, though Fort Worth is also considered a strong candidate as a railroad hub with many employees paid there.
A bomb exploded in the plaza near Valencia's Lasco Cathedral causing the great entrance to be shattered and damaging several adjacent buildings. The Gothic church dated to the late 15th century and completed in 1482.
Port Arthur Tex June 16 The Pleasure Pier company wants a drawbridge over the Beaumont Orange ship channel Captain Jackson from the army engineers is here from Dallas to hear the matter He says two months will be needed to complete the Neches river survey now in progress
Ad claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin eases indigestion by stimulating liver and gastric juices. It offers free samples by writing to Dr W B Caldwell at 541 Caldwell Building Monticello Illinois and promises refunds if not satisfied. Testimonials from Mrs. Frank Lilly and W L Bryant endorse mild, effective relief for all ages.
General Porfirio Diaz former Mexican president reaches Vigo harbor on the Ypiranga after sailing from Vera Cruz May 31. He will skip ashore amid unfriendly protests and continue to Havre France then Spain for an indefinite stay while doctors report jawbone abscess trouble.
Cincinnati Ohio June 16 County Prosecuting Attorney Henry T Hunt filed two affidavits of bias and prejudice against Presiding Judge Charles J Hunt and Trial Judge William B Dickson, asserting bias in the Cox perjury indictments after a circuit court decision on trial venue.
Frank Melville the suspected boy bandit in a spree of saloon robberies was encircled in a swamp on the Carquinez straits after running battles with officers from three counties. He was tracked to Vallejo last night with a pet snake in his possession.
A Athens police officer William Brittain owns a hen that has laid fifteen eggs in five days and tends a brood of two week old chicks. The owner is certain she lays three eggs each day despite no corroborating expert testimony.
Fez dispatches report Geo. Reid of Weeping Water Nebraska secretary of the Moroccan mission of the Gospel union is safe but held by rebellious tribesmen in the mountains near Sefroo. The status and exact time of release are not announced.
Reports from Vienna claiming heavy fatalities from the recent hurricane were greatly exaggerated. As known, not more than fifty lives were lost in the vicinity, with figures closer to thirty-five cited in some reports.
A wireless distress from the steamship Western States reported engine trouble near Lake Erie. The passenger steamer City of Cleveland, forty five miles away, responded and safely took on board 200 passengers before continuing to Buffalo. Local wireless signals confirmed the rescue.
New York June 16 Big Tim Sullivan state senator vowed the women's suffrage bill now before the legislature would have a fair hearing. He recalled a generation ago when men went to work with dinner pails and noted that today women also carry lunches, underscoring changing roles.
A quoted exchange discusses protecting workers and their right to have votes counted. The interlocutor asserts that racing bills will pass, claiming there is real demand for all such bills.
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