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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1914
Page
1
Washington reports say Huerta may face a coup amid unrest as refugees flood Vera Cruz. US officials discuss steps while customs revenues at the port hinge on Washington instructions. A naval ship may meet refugees from Mexico City, and tension edges toward possible action.
San Antonio and vicinity expect unsettled weather Monday night and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. The outlook calls for changing cloud cover and potential light showers as a trough moves through the region. Expect a cool, variable pattern through early week.
Observations across cities note warm, cloudy or clear conditions with varying winds and rain. St Louis 66 degrees with rain. Chicago 66 clear. Milwaukee 54 with rain. St Paul 54 cloudy with likely rain. Kansas City 64 clear with rain. New York 56 cloudy with rain. Washington 58 cloudy with probable rain.
A woman calling herself Mrs Wood, part of the militant group the wild women, used a butcher cleaver to slash John Singer Sargent's Henry James painting in a Royal Academy gallery. The trio of cuts left the canvas severely damaged and unlikely to be repaired. she was handed to police as attendants restrained a male accomplice.
At least fifty people died in a blaze in Valparaiso Chile during the early hours. The fire swept the commercial district, destroying several buildings with fragile construction hindering firefighting efforts.
Paris May 4 Messrs Caillaux and D'Aillieres failed to agree on a duel. The arbitrators Villebois Mareuil and Mangin ruled Caillaux's remark insulting but noted no insult to Caillaux or electors. The case was declared closed.
Vienna May 4 Emperor Francis Joseph is again suffering fits of coughing but an official bulletin states his overall condition is still satisfactory. The report notes the illness is not considered serious and the emperor remains under medical care.
Commerce will move through the Panama canal for the first time around May 10 as canal barges tow cargo from the steamship Columbian of the Hawaiian American line now at Balboa. Secretary Garrison says Goethals' plan may also allow sending cargo from an Atlantic side ship through the canal. The Tehuantepec railroad shut by Mexican trouble prompted the appeal for relief.
In Atlanta two private detectives tied to Leo M. Frank's counsel were set to testify as the Dorsey counter showing continued before Judge Hill. The state claimed the detectives faced criminal operation charges and would be questioned on those accusations.
Plano report says President Britton of the Cotton Belt signed the wage schedule in St. Louis with telegraphers after over three months of talks, granting about an 8 percent raise. New rules for telegraphers went into effect, claimed to be a 100 percent improvement from the workers’ view.
Austin May 4 Tom Shore a dam worker drowned while crossing the Colorado River in a row boat The boat struck a rock and overturned Gus Henderson swam to safety The body has not been recovered
Colonel Thomas H. Ball of Houston, a Prohibition Democrat candidate for governor, will deliver an address at the Tabernacle in Austin tonight after arriving from Houston and meeting supporters earlier in the day.
The San Antonio Light presents the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as its backbone, delivering broad national and world news daily with extensive coverage from the world’s premier news service.
President Wilson chose Richard Olney former secretary of state for governor of the Federal Reserve Board and Paul Warburg of New York for board member. Olney 78, active in business and finance, unlikely to decline. Warburg has accepted. Formal announcement of all four positions due in two to three days with a southern banker named among three members. Wheeler and Harding also mentioned. The move implements the new currency law and regional bank organization.
The forthcoming financial board will have seven members at twelve thousand dollars a year. the treasury and comptroller of the currency are ex officio, five others to be appointed by the president. Appointees will serve ten years, representing regional development. Senator Owen discussed banking viewpoints and noted a shortlist of 147 candidates.
May 4 report says Mr Warburg, a leading banker and brother-in law of Jacob H. Schiff, is viewed as highly capable. His acceptance was confirmed but he declined further comment. The financial community received the news with general satisfaction.
Boston May 4 Richard Olney smiled when told President Wilson had chosen him for governor of the Federal reserve board but would not comment on the announcement or say if he would accept. Olney had declined the office last year due to age and business interests.
After a White House meeting with President Wilson, House Leader Underwood announced a bipartisan plan to push the Clayton omnibus anti trust bill the Covington interstate trade commission bill a securities regulation measure and a rural credits bill through Congress before adjournment with a Democratic caucus to ratify the program and a target adjournment by July 1.
Washington May 4 The Supreme Court on motion by Texas advanced for October 13 next the case of Carl Oliver a negro of Franklin county Texas who claims a negro is entitled to defend his home by reason of the unwritten law.
Fort Worth Texas May 4 The vanguard of the Texas bankers convention has arrived Several Oklahoma representatives are here Secretary W B Harrison of the Oklahoma association is expected tomorrow The convention will open Tuesday morning Much entertainment has been provided.
Governor Colquitt issues the annual proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mothers Day. The text notes the date as May 10, marking the holiday in Austin Texas.
Colquitt, after talks with State Health Officer Steiner, confirms no change in Galveston quarantine rules for refugees from Mexican points. The decision follows a cable from Rear Admiral Badger seeking waiver for naval mail vessels. Governor approves mail delivery through Galveston without quarantine interference.
In Weatherford Texas May 4 arson cases against Ree Weatherford Bill Ratliff and Roy Eastus for fire at Fort Worth First Baptist church parsonage were called for trial in Judge F O McKinzie court. The defendants were indicted on a Lavender confession later repudiated. The case moved from Fort Worth on venue. D A Basking rebutted guilt in preliminary hearing. Each side hired special counsel for the Weatherford trial.
In Brooklyn early today two hold up men killed Greek restaurant keeper during a robbery and shot Policeman William J. Kelly as he pursued them. Christopher Dunn, 24, was arrested on charges of participation. a companion escaped. Kelly is the third officer shot by the gunmen in two weeks.
The Colombian interior minister presented to Congress a treaty with the United States settling the Panama partition dispute. The measure is favored by the Senate majority but faces a likely minority resistance.
Brownsville Texas May 4 militia units remain in place as no orders to move have been received. A Coast Artillery company from Galveston arrived to replace the state militia, with additional units expected from New Orleans and Mobile.
Washington reports say Huerta names delegates Emilio Rabasa and Augustin Garza Galindo to confer with mediators with a third to follow. Carranza refuses armistice while mediators press for a cease fire and possible settlement as talks continue in Washington and Vera Cruz.
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