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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1911
Page
3
The Mexican minister of finance Senor Limantour rejects claims that private or foreign capital aims to force Diaz from office and install Limantour. He says such reports are false and notes he has refused Diaz’s offers to become president. He explains government measures to curb civil procedures are not martial law.
A dense catalog of home goods with many items and prices. Shaker salts and peppers patterns, toothpick holders, cups and strainers, lemon extractors, soap dishes and brackets, cup and pot stands, wire baskets, hooks, rings, and picture wire. Fishing gear, screen wire and doors, sliding screens, and adjustable windows with enterprise price emphasis.
A San Antonio press report notes fast freights carrying ammunition and four months of provisions to Fort Sam Houston. It cites planned mobilization for a possible distant maneuver and discusses naval patrols and US-Mexico intervention implications amid intensified cross-border tensions.
In a Plaza meeting Ambassador de la Barra condemned as absurd claims that financiers backed Limantour as a Diaz substitute. He denied any Japanese demand for a Pacific naval base or Tehuantepec railway control and said the report was insubstantial. Cisco Gomez dined with Gustavo Maduro, brother of the revolutionary field leader.
Special Dispatch New Orleans March 11 Theodore Roosevelt left for Houston after a five hour stay. A man named John Joseph Cohan tried to force entry at the French opera house during Roosevelt's speech and was arrested. Cohan claimed he would confront Roosevelt or die and opposed the Sterling employers liability bill. Two other men were detained as suspicious during the stop. Roosevelt last visited New Orleans October 25, 1905.
Austin March 11 W B Tuttle manager of the San Antonio Traction company is in the city returning from Marble Falls where he inspected the Marble Falls dam He contemplates purchasing power generated by the dam for the San Antonio street car system and regards the proposition as favorable though not yet decided.
Price ad lists 10 adjustable ads with 2-foot windows and 3 screen doors including hinges and labor. It notes options for galvanized pearl or copper wired work and Elk sliding frames and asks to discuss individual screen projects.
Col Van Orsdale a quiet slender man with forty years of U S Army service is beloved by every man in the Seventeenth Infantry. He expressed pleasure that his regiment reached the scene first by orderly camp setup and helping others in pitching camp.
President Taft rests in Augusta after travel from Atlanta and a day of golf and leisure. He expects three messages for an extra session covering reciprocity tariff revision and the Mexican war with a possible army mobilization appropriation. He spoke briefly with John D. Rockefeller at the Country Club.
New Iberia La March 11 Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of the late West Virginia senator reached here aboard the launch Annie Dus sel as part of the Joseph Leiter house boat party after a week in the swamps She ascended the lagoon this morning and shot and killed her first alligator whose hide she will preserve
Mexico City reports planned six month suspension of habeas corpus and other constitutional rights begin ning next Monday. A draft measure from President Diaz imposes death penalty for rail hold ups, railroad damage, interfering with telegraph and power, highway robbery, and raiding towns, with immediate execution for those caught in the act. Trials within eight days for non-caught offenders, no appeal from drumhead military courts.
Reporters and officers at Fort Sam Houston describe large scale maneuvers with a joking air as quiet inquiry into wartime plans meets evasive replies. Generals, press dispatch reliance, and a busy commissary highlight the tension between curiosity and official discretion.
Mrs. W. B. McGraw asks the Forty-fifth district court for an injunction to compel Claude Springall of Bexar Drug to vacate the premises. The stay in county court following an appeal from a justice judgment could last months, harming the owner and current lessees King & McClintock.
A plea to Diaz seeks pardon or commutation from the condemned man as time allows. Miguel Maedo signs a note from the interior secretary noting the president’s view that ongoing depredations since November justify suspending personal guarantees. A cabinet meeting moved to push the measure, with a subcommittee to report Monday.
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