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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1914
Page
1
The report outlines Huerta’s stance in Mexico City and his pledge to burn the capital rather than resign. It notes U S plans to dispatch brigades to Vera Cruz, possible use of American vessels, and ongoing mediation talks with South American envoys as tensions rise over Tampico and oil district risks.
General Gorgas methods in Panama will be used in Vera Cruz to make the city healthy. Ammunition shipments to Huerta on German ships will be returned to Germany after action urged by vessel agents. Secretary Bryan says arms to the open government are not currently halted. War Secretary Garrison states no new troops ordered to Mexico. Fourth and Sixth brigades at Texas City are ready to embark on short notice.
General Funston at Vera Cruz confirms unofficial reports that Private Parks, deemed insane, was captured by Mexican Federals and later executed an unidentified American civilian. He will not request formal communication with General Maas and leaves Parks’ case to Washington. Funston asks to forward brigade equipment from Galveston and to ship recruits for regiments now at U S depots.
New York May 9 Jurors for the second Becker murder trial were excused after two jurors asked to be released. Jury selection was reopened with more examination of talesmen and the opening address by District Attorney Whitman delayed.
In Brownsville on May 9 authorities cornered seventeen alleged Mexican smugglers after a confrontation with U S customs guards on the Rio Grande near Mission in Hidalgo County. They were captured, disarmed of fifteen guns and 200 rounds of ammunition, and released.
For San Antonio and vicinity a fair weekend is forecast with warmer conditions Saturday night. Saturday night into Sunday will see rising temperatures and light winds.
Observations at 8 a m report clear to cloudy conditions across cities. St Louis 64 with 4 mph west wind and warmer Sunday, Chicago 62 with increasing clouds, Milwaukee 50 with southwest wind and rising warmth, Kansas City 52 sunny and warmer, St Paul 50 with south wind and rising temperatures, New York 68 with rain and 66 low, Washington 64 partly cloudy with northwest wind and rain.
The Farmers Union of Texas approved plans to establish large storage depots and selling agencies with coop financing. Each county will loan the central agency 250 dollars as temporary relief, funded by stock purchases, to be used for season needs while permanent warehouses and facilities are developed. The move aims to give farmers full control of operations.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced that the motion to annul Leo M. Frank's murder verdict will be postponed to next week to allow time for prep of the state plea. He stated the delay likely shifts the hearing to Wednesday. The defense claims constitutional rights were violated when the verdict was returned in court during Frank's absence.
Spanish Ambassador Tuan Riano petitioned Secretary Bryan in Washington and Governor to spare Leon Cardenas Martinez, a young Mexican slated for execution in Pecos Texas for the murder of Emma Brown. The governor of Texas declined further involvement.
American Vice Consul Silliman, reported imprisoned by Mexican Federals at Saltillo, is safe and well, according to assurances made to the French legation in Mexico City by the Mexican war minister. The information was conveyed to Secretary Bryan by Ambassador Jusserand of France. General Huerta's minister of war informed the French charge in Mexico City that the Saltillo consulate was guarded by Federal forces and that no Americans were under arrest.
On board the U S S California at Mazatlan May 8 it was reported that the American brig Geneva, captured on April 26 by the Mexican transport Kerrigan, was released at the demand of Captain Magruder of the U S cruiser Raleigh.
Charles W. Post, the Battle Creek millionaire manufacturer, killed himself in Santa Barbara this morning after a prior illness and a Rochester Minn. operation trip. His Fort Worth parents and brother survive. he had been invested in local bank stock and Fort Worth property and once ran a grocery store.
Austin May 9 Pierce Oil Corporation a Virginia company is not entitled to a Texas business permit. Attorney General's review cites Waters Pierce Oil litigation and a June 1907 Travis County judgment. State declines permit and a mandamus petition will seek court action to compel issuing the permit.
Reports before the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South include a plan for a joint commission to advisory supervise the work of Negro Methodists in the South. The rules committee also reported readiness but was laid over pending adjournment. The roll was then called for memorials and petitions.
Captain W P Aspinall of the steamer Gregory recounts the execution of forty five Peruvian mutineers, all Indians, who killed their officers. They were bound and shot by machine gun aboard a gunboat on the Napo river, their bodies cast into the river.
A Wichita Falls convict from the county road gang plunged into the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad lake to save Joe Perdue, a boy seining with companions who slipped beyond his depth. The rescuer dragged Perdue ashore and was granted his liberty for the lifesaving act.
Governor Colquitt receives a telegram from Antonio II Villareal constitutionalist governor of Nuevo Leon Mexico granting the request to remove the body of Porfirio Laurel and others reportedly killed in Nuevo Laredo. The exchange confirms cooperation on repatriation matters between the states.
Thousands of suffragists from all states marched along Pennsylvania Avenue to present petitions to Congress for the Bristow-MMondell federal constitutional amendment. A 1000-voice chorus, banners, and a large pageant division led by prominent organizers accompanied by notable figures and diverse groups including writers actresses college women and professionals.
The San Austonio Light features the LEASED DAY report from the Associated Press. This daily service provides a broad, reliable stream of general news along with its own substantial exclusive coverage and special reports.
The Traction Company withdraws its offer to sell the Fair Grounds to the city for a park at 58000 after a conference with Chamber of Commerce leaders. Negotiations may resume next fiscal year with a higher price as unsecured claims are paid and interest may be charged. The company prefers keeping the grounds as a park, and Mayor Brown seeks ways to proceed.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average wages in forty leading U.S. cities rose from May 1912 to May 1913 across more than sixty major industries. The only exception was mill work carpenters with no change. Marble setters led gains at 6.6 percent, while bricklayers gained 1.7 percent and iron molders 5.3 percent among others.
May 8 Mazatlan faced imminent fall with city officials boarding the Guerrero and Limantour for Salina Cruz after three days of fighting. The federal gunboat Morelos was abandoned. A stray shot hit a street causing panic while casualties included an American, C. B. Helley, and an Englishman, G. H. Williams, with two other Americans wounded near El Favor mine near Hostatipquillo.
Two men died when a four story Birmingham building housing the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company offices and Johnson Brothers Wholesale House burned last night. Moody Childers, superintendent meter department, and Henry Keyser, manager print department, are identified as the dead. Several workers were feared dead, but a roll call today showed all accounted for. Cause of the fire is undetermined.
Gold ore assaying ten dollars per ton was found in an oil well drilled by Andrew Urban on the Ella Schultz farm west of Burk Burnett in North Texas. The big lime formation at about 2000 feet yielded both gold and silver but the discovery caused little excitement due to high sinking costs and the likelihood of a pocket rather than a mineable deposit.
Washington May 9 Senator Thornton of Louisiana said in the Senate he would now vote to repeal the Panama tolls law, admitting his 1912 stance was wrong on both legal and economic grounds.
A volcanic eruption and a powerful earthquake on Mount Etna devastated villages on its slopes near Catania. More than 100 dead, hundreds injured, with Linera, Santa Maria Ammalati, and Santa Venerina among the hardest hit. Railways cut, fires, collapsed churches, and widespread ruin reported as authorities mobilize aid.
Cambridge scientists at Harvard University stated the Sicilian earthquake was volcanic in origin. They noted no disturbance appeared on the university seismograph in the prior twenty four hours, and said volcanic shocks rarely travel far beyond their source location.
Washington May 9 Representative Henry of Texea, rules committee chairman, announced plans to seek re-election to the House and formally declare candidacy for the United States Senate in 1914.
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