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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1911
Page
1
City officials clash as the mayor seeks to appoint judges while the council refuses to confirm selections and signals potential alternatives. The dispute centers on appointments and procedural stances within the municipal leadership.
Joseph Ryan, city attorney, predicts a total victory for the People’s Party ticket. He claims wins in all wards, a large majority, and no losses, citing promised reforms and financial management. He argues residents support the current administration over special interests and utility firms.
R H Ward predicts a Citizens' party landslide as Callaghan administration faces a mobilized opposition. At a city council adjourned session officials for the Tuesday election were named, with Deutschmann's nomination rejected and many socialist nominees stricken from the list amid protests over special police at the polls.
Miss Matrine Rasmussen regards New York as lovelessly artificial and contrasts it with western beauty shaped by nature. She praises western women for soul and outdoors influence, criticizes urban artifice, and says New York lacks heart despite its style and complexion. She speaks during her stay in New York with artist Harrison Fisher.
Washington D C May 6 West Texas fair Sunday and probably Monday.
A regional weather summary notes St. Louis with 68 and clear skies, Chicago at 9 with clear conditions, Milwaukee at 54 clear, St. Paul 70 clear with shifting winds. Kansas City 70 clear with winds shifting colder. New York 58 cloudy, clearing and warmer. Boston 0 clear with no change. Washington 64 clear with light southeast wind.
The court, on defense counsel motion, planned Julius R. Norton’s trial for Monday June 6, but June 6 conflicts with Monday June 5. The judge will correct the date when court meets tomorrow. A special venire of 200 salesmen was ordered for Saturday June 4, which also requires change. Norton is out on bond. DA noted other capital and felony cases may push to September term due to summer vacation.
Kansas sheriffs and deputies wage a vigorous blue laws crackdown with Attorney General Dawson ordering arrests of theater managers and operators. Raids in Crawford and Cherokee counties yield twenty one men jailed fifteen in jail and seizures of beer whiskey slot machines and gambling gear across multiple towns.
Thousands march along Fifth Avenue to Union Square in a major suffrage demonstration. Men join in, anti-suffrage leaflets appear, and delegations from Maryland Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania and Nevada participate with floats and bands.
On the International and Great Northern line to San Antonio many Americans and Mexicans leave Mexico fearing bloodshed and possible U.S. intervention. George L. Martin, a Mexican mining man, reports halted southbound trains, detours via San Luis Potosi, and rebels stopping shipments while mail to U.S. officials in Mexico is being held at the border.
Eugenio Garcia of Rock Quarry district accuses Adolfo Hernandez of stealing his horse after hosting him. Deputies arrested Hernandez at stock yards for trying to dispose of a nag at a low price. The horse was recovered the same day and charges were filed in the justice court.
May 6 dispatches report insurrectos driving in federal outposts at Agua Prieta and planning a general attack on federal troops. Juarez battles loom as Madero confirms war will go on and rejects further armistices until Mexico acts in good faith. Carbajal’s letter ends armistice talks as Diaz government stance remains unresolved.
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