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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1911
Page
2
Lone Star Poultry association invites all poultry raisers to an 8 pm gathering in the Chamber of Commerce. Members will swap experiences, sharing failures and successes to improve the local industry. Officials urge more market poultry and eggs for sale in San Antonio, boosting local production.
Detectives and police pursue two bandits who robbed the safe in Iron Mountain train No. 4 in St Louis city limits after threatening the messenger M M McRoberts. The amount stolen is undetermined. train No 8 later brought 610 000 in gold from Houston to the city. The bandits entered the train coming from Texarkana, Texas, with local shipments.
Associated Press reports Paris on March 4 that Antoine Monis struggles to form a ministry while expecting to confirm acceptance of premiership to President Poincaré. Former premier Ribot refuses foreign affairs. Senator Raymond Taincare is offered. M Caillus holds finance, while Monis, unseen, is en route in Paris. a policeman stops a speeding chauffeur on the mission.
Associated Press report from Fort Worth Texas on March 1 notes City Mayor Davis orders curfew measures following the previous night riots. Ward a motorman charged with murder in 1910 case regarding L P Embree was acquitted this morning after claiming Embree harassed his wife.
Representatives of dome stock holders will organize this afternoon the Rio Grande Fire Insurance Company. Capitalization will be 560000. Eighty months ago a tentative group formed offices in the Washert building, but formal organization now proceeds. Meeting at 4 o'clock at the Gunter. Key backers include J B Morrison Dan Sullivan Judge Charles W Ogden J M Chillim John H Kitty Houston and Charles Hoffman San Diego.
The dispatches describe varied Texas weather conditions with sleet over Sweetwater and cloudy stretches, minor rain today, and lingering rain the past week. Fort Worth records three inches of rainfall and temperatures ranging from 35 to 40 degrees, while other towns report brisk winds and changing skies as farming prospects improve with recent moisture.
Asqviited Prana March 1 The Steen et militia bill passed the house today setting officer pay at 6 to 20 percent of regular army grade. Privates pay fixed at 1 percent of regular army pay.
A crowd cheers as Justine McCall announces validation of about 200 divorces. Attorneys say proceedings were stalled after decrees were first issued. one woman recalls learning her divorce from a previous marriage was not properly finalized, affecting her remarriage and child.
In the Thirty seventh district court Judge Edward Dwyer overruled a motion for a new trial in Salisbury versus Sunset Railway. The widow A K Salisbury was awarded $14,000 in damages for her husband killed in an accident near the city. An appeal will be taken.
Active members of the PRESS CLUB are urged to attend tonight’s meeting at the Gunter Hotel dungeon. Special business matters will be discussed and unfinished business concluded. The meeting is ordered by President Harpton Sullivan and all members should be present to participate.
Admiral Dewey rejected claims that United States naval secrets were furnished to Argentine contractors in exchange for battleship contracts. He defended the board’s security, noted ongoing congressional scrutiny, and warned charges if proven could lead to court martial. He showed blueprints as proof of safeguarded secrets.
Washington March 1 President Taft’s reply to Mr Cummins on the proposed reciprocal tariff pact was sent to the senate. He indicates insufficient information to proceed and delineates which articles are covered including pulp and newsprint paper dairy products meats and eggs vegetables and farm produce while noting iron and coal items were not included and some reports were not final. The response signals potential dissatisfaction from the townsenator and outlines gaps in data.
A Texas and Mexico tour by more than fifty Nebraska lumbermen ended with a Houston visit. They traveled ten days in Mexico and time in Mexico City, then moved to Greenville to meet the local business leaders. The group enjoyed coastal scenery, a drive around Brazos hotel route, and glimpses of progress along the coast before returning north.
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals refused a rehearing in the case of Dias Bernandex vs. The State of Texas. It held that license actions rest with the county judge, denying any appeal as recourse when a license is revoked for cause. Hernandez’s appeal was dismissed. no higher court recourse appears likely. City Attorney Joseph Ryan defended Fernandes. publisher ad for Rathskellar item ends.
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin denied a rehearing for E W Duke convicted of killing Whiterevera and sentenced to eight years. Duke has already spent two years in county jail while appeals ran their course. The ruling leaves Duke to begin his sentence at noon following final transcript.
The long contested Senate race shows Lorimer with a slim six vote lead amid debates over bribery, missing votes, and telegraphic evidence. Oklahoma Senator Owen accuses corruption, while Lorimer and allies defend his election and demand full journal access to all telegrams and records.
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