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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
1
A dawn assault on El Paso escalates with heavy fighting and reports of casualties. Authorities describe a tense security situation as clashes continue and conflicting claims about progress emerge.
AP reports rebels slowly seize Juarez with Federals entrenched in the church and a gas tank. Couriers say insurgents take the big cuartel while Federals hold the church. Colonel Garibaldi orders artillery to shell the church. American legion members are wounded and one Kelly killed.
Webb party shows a wide lead in wards contrasted with a heavier outcome in anti Callaghan areas. Early claims suggest an easy victory for supporters across key districts.
Officials report ballots arriving steadily delaying preliminary tally as judges await full counts. Voters submitted late returns to the county, complicating early result estimates.
San Antonio voters cast one of the heaviest ballots in city history as Citizens' ticket leaders predict Webb ticket win by 500 to 2000. Callaghan forces lose support with defections while Mexican voters farm out of town reduce turnout this afternoon. Early returns show strong participation and poll watcher presence at every station.
Comparative temperatures today and the same date last year from the local Weather Bureau. The local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with noted readings ranging around the mid 60s to low 90s in the pasted data.
A coastal and inland forecast lists temperatures from 44 to 66 with clear to cloudy skies. Winds vary from north to southwest, with showers likely tonight and Wednesday in St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Boston with some areas showing increasing clouds and rain.
Captain Charles Schreiner of Kerrville warns that moving wool to the free list would ruin Texas wool growers. He says the House may act, but the Texas delegation will push the Senate to defeat free wool, while officials travel to Washington to lobby.
Thomas J. Freeman, receiver of the International and Great Northern railway, was elected vice president of the Texas and Pacific railway and placed in charge of operations. The board also named him a director of the Santa Fe Pacific, succeeding John Terry.
Freeman, receiver of the International and Great Northern railway, avoids discussing his reported election as vice president of the Texas and Pacific. He remarks it is sudden news and says he has heard nothing about it and has no plans to consider future steps.
Washington May 9 The house passed the Hardwick resolution to probe the American Sugar Refining company and other sugar concerns.
Telegraphic orders directed Edward Arnold to forward all city mail to Mexico via Laredo. Three carloads of pouches and about thirty registered sacks were dispatched. Diplomatic pouches for the City of Mexico were returned to New York and will go to Vera Cruz by sea. H E Mack and S M Gaines visited to assess mail transport, hopeful no further blockages en route to interior Mexico.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 9 the M R B church South commissioners met with Protestant Methodist and federation commissioners in an informal council to discuss federation and co operation questions.
Photographs from Juarez show insurrectos in hills near Rancho, Madero’s camp, and a rebel cannon aimed at Juarez. Peace talks failed, conflict resumed, and American casualties in El Paso prompted U.S. protest over cross border fire.
A blind girl about 10 and her 3 year old brother were lost while returning from buying bananas and found near Chapa's drug store by I A Martinez. Elisa Amay and Pedro Nilas Amay said their parents live near the I N G N tracks but could not provide an address. The pair await their guardians at Mr Martinez's home.
In Baltimore on May 9 the twentieth annual meeting of the General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution opens and runs through Friday. The session gathers delegates from local chapters to discuss society affairs and historic preservation.
Washington May 9 General Wood orders Col Steever to use best efforts to enforce neutrality laws in El Paso and keep Americans safe. Troops are stationed there and border commanders seek stricter limits while awaiting peace developments. Cabinet reviews Juarez fighting with hope for restraint and avoids crossing boundaries.
In El Paso Mexican conflict reports a major engagement unfolds as General Madero consents to a full assault on Juarez against General Navarro’s federal troops. Rebels mass by night and press the attack under sunlit shelling and muskets, with machine gun deployment a key factor.
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