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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
4
In a televised message Porfirio Diaz argues delaying elections or resignations could trigger anarchy and prolong unrest. He urges the army’s loyalty and the nation’s adherence to law, predicting continued revolt if negotiations fail while vowing to retire only when law and order are restored. A separate report notes rebels looting a Metepec mill and abducting Caneja.
In Mexico City on May 9 the Diaz manifesto outlines reforms under way, peace negotiations, and the government appointment of a commissioner. It notes the revolutionary leaders' demand for the president to resign, signaling the end of the Diaz era in a dignified manner.
Letters from Eva Gaskins and P H Gavel Wagoner praise Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach and bowel relief. The ad claims quick lasting cures for constipation indigestion and liver issues with a mild liquid formula usable by children and adults. A free sample bottle is offered by mail followed by pharmacist purchase at fifty cents a bottle.
In Metepec Puebla on May 9 a Spaniard named Faustino Diaz Caneja was dragged by a lariat from a rebel rider. A Caneja worker, risking his life, cut the rope freeing the man before the mob. The wounded Spaniard was moved to Puebla for treatment.
Lord Cowdray received a message from J. B. Body, director of his Mexico interests, stating peace was signed. The British contractor's firm, S. Pearson & Son, may have concluded negotiations with rebels led by General Ambrosio Figueroa in Guerrero and Morelos through Colonel Béltram, though no official announcement followed.
Washington May 2 The United States forces on the Mexican border are powerless to protect Americans in El Paso area without Congress approval. Major General Wood says the army cannot cross the border and must keep people out of danger while protesting belligerents. Officials monitor the changing border situation with concern after news of resumed hostilities.
The Women's Press Association began the second day's session of its annual convention in Dallas Texas. About fifty delegates will attend a Dallas Press Club banquet this evening.
Postmasters from more than 100 Texas towns attend the eighth annual convention in Dallas. President J. M. Stoan of Navasota presides over sessions as delegates gather to discuss postal matters and set annual agenda.
The annual diocesan council of the Episcopal church for the Dallas diocese opened at St. Matthew's cathedral in Dallas. The opening services were held this morning and the sessions will last two days.
In Waco Texas the Texas Knights of Columbus began a two day convention with a solemn high mass led by Rt. Rev. Mer. J. Blum of Sherman. The opening session included preliminaries and a fair attendance.
The first session of the tenth convent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen opened in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The opening meeting focused on organization and was followed by a second session later in the day.
Several hundred members of the Order of Railway Conductors of America with their wives gathered in Jacksonville Florida for the thirty third division convention that will run from May 9 to May 20.
The 18 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Pullum vanished yesterday afternoon from 1129 West Commerce street. A passerby found him crying on Houston street and handed him to Sisters of Charity. Police and neighbors searched the area for hours, fearing a kidnapping, before the child was located at Santa Rosa orphanage on West Houston Street.
An examination for the office of assistant postoffice inspector under the civil service commission will be conducted next Wednesday morning in the federal building by Miss Lucy M. Lytle.
Alfonso Madero, brother of General Francisco I. Madero, explains the last twenty four hours at Juarez. He says insurrectos attacked only while armistice negotiations continued and notes Reyes, Diaz, and the peace terms as central issues.
Mrs. R. M. Early won possession of her child at a White County home in Cornelia after a cross country pursuit from San Francisco. She sped by automobile to Cornelia and boarded a Southern Railway train toward California. The father arrived just after the train had left. The custody dispute began last February when the Early family came to Cornelia from San Francisco.
A dinner honoring Governor Colquitt and Texas National Guard officers was held at the St. Anthony hotel in San Antonio. Gov Colquitt and several generals and colonels spoke or responded, with Rawlins Colquitt also giving a short speech. A long menu listed many attendees from Austin, Dallas, Waco, San Antonio, Paris and Houston, alongside U S army generals and colonels.
Clebur ne Texas May 9 A well known Confederate veteran Th Black died here last night from paralysis He had lived in Cleburne since 1876 A brief obituary notes his long residence and service in the veterans community.
GOLIAD Texas May 9 Rev George M McDougal has accepted a call to the Church of the Advent at Brownsville and is winding up his labors here with an early departure planned.
A Chinese lodge of Masons was organized in Hamilton Ontario and will affiliate with the Canadian organization. It is the first Chinese lodge in the area, with many officers from Ottawa Toronto and Montreal attending. Seventeen candidates were initiated.
Mrs. Sarah J. Gilliand recounts severe grip and female troubles improving after Cardui. She credits the tonic with life saving benefit after other methods failed and urges other women to try it. Cardui ingredients are herbal and not in standard pharmacopeia.
Two eighteen year old women, M Wells and Ida Smith, wore men's clothes and joined house painters hired by a contractor opposing unions. They work today on Judge Humphries residence as union officials offer apprentice blanks. Public curiosity surrounds the ladder work and paint job amid union pressure.
Lite Cafe advertises affordable meals in San Antonio offering 50 cent dinners with good service. The notice invites patrons to try the daily or Sunday lunch and dinner service from noon to midnight.
A white woman in a traveling suit rode a horse east of Commerce Street and fast to the Southern Pacific depot. She reined suddenly, the horse slipped on the west asphalt, and she leaped off then turned the animal over to a bystander. The horse was taken to City Hall for owner identification.
Yale authorities search for Walter G S Agassiz a graduate student who disappeared two weeks ago from New Haven his home is Kingston Ontario and police in New York and other cities have been notified officials say he had been acting queerly recently and mental strain may have affected him
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