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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1911
Page
3
Arthur Mahon a convict guard lies in a local hospital with good recovery chances after a single rifle discharge while he sat on a patent dump cart near Rome Georgia. The bullet entered his right leg thigh abdomen and chest in seven punctures before lodging in the chest and being located by X ray.
Cordova Alaska May 12 The Edith cargo steamer carrying 3000 tons of Canadian coal arrived from Nanaimo British Columbia and berthed amid a large crowd that had threatened demonstrations but offered no protest.
England's pig iron output rose from 9,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons in ten years while the United States jumped from 13,000,000 to 27,000,000 tons. England's steel climbed from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000, Germany from 6,000,000 to 13,000,000, and America from 10,000,000 to 26,000,000.
After eight years in the arctic ice Baldwin-Ziegler expedition message, sent June 14, 1902 from Franz Josef Land, is found and delivered to Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. It traveled via Swedish Spitzbergen expedition and the American consul general at Stockholm to the Baldwin household. Baldwin released sealed messages in small casks from balloons.
Rev. W. H. Sledge of Macon Georgia says he will wear a red tie when he leads services at Vineville church Sunday. The decision follows a note from an unknown critic who sent a grey tie, but the minister says he will wear any color he pleases in public and in the pulpit. Local church circles show keen interest.
The Illinois House passed a bill banning publication of detailed descriptions of executions murders or attempted murders by 80 to 15. A related item notes Mrs Geo Lee of 1305 North Olive Street learned that her mother and sister in Sunderland England died within two days of each other recently.
New York May 13 Twenty five men drank in a First Avenue saloon when a racing car crashed through a plate glass window. John Juhasse a noted driver steered the car to avoid two children and wrecked the vehicle to spare them.
The Department of Commerce and Labor will issue radio certificates to operators who pass exams at Navy yards within weeks. Candidates must adjust apparatus, fault correct, switch wavelengths, and read transmissions at 15 words per minute, using American Morse and twelve words Continental. From July 1 ships with passengers must have wireless gear and competent operators onboard.
The Chicago section of the American Chemical Society presented the first Willard Gibbs medal to Svante Arrhenius, director of the Nobel Foundation and University of Stockholm professor, who was urged to consider decorating President Taft for peace if treaty talks with Britain succeed.
F. A. Morales a worker for the citizens ticket was arrested on election day at precinct No 6 Matamoras street and fined 25 dollars in police court yesterday on vagrancy charges. He testified he was an agent for a coal firm near Laredo to recruit laborers and was employed by the citizens party, but the court ruled this not legitimate employment. An appeal was noted.
Fragmentary OCR shows a railroad time table noted with a price request of five dollars. Details of trains, times, routes or stations are unreadable and cannot be confirmed from the provided text.
The listing details numerous train numbers and their origins or destinations including Houston Galveston Dallas Fort Worth Waco Laredo Palestine Kerrville and coast towns with times scattered throughout the day. It reads like a timetable snippet with mixed entries and several OCR errors.
Buenos Ayres May 13. Parliament opened with the usual ceremony. President Saenz Pena's message says Argentina is on friendly terms with all foreign powers and calls for prudence in finance guiding a $60,000,000 gold loan for public works. He notes rail construction active at 31,000 kilometers and cites Brazil and the United States in the Peru Ecuador dispute.
Ottawa May 13. Amendments to Canada copyright law before the house of commons would change protections for American authors and publishers. Under current rules British copyright protects an American book in Canada, but Canadian authors gain US copyright only if published there. The bill proposes a separate Canadian copyright. Minister Fisher urged the bill, questioning U S privileges without reciprocal treatment.
In New York eleven Protestant churches form a committee to promote arbitration in labor disputes. Catholic leaders and Jewish representatives offer cooperation. The group aims to publish fair, impartial findings on strike threats to persuade public opinion toward arbitration.
The United States naval training station on Lake Michigan at North Chicago will open July 1 with formal dedication planned for September. The facility will employ fifteen officers from rear admiral down and about 100 instructors and officers to train 1600 to 2000 men every six months. President and Secretary of the Navy to attend the dedication.
Fragmented schedule lines show trains and routes for Kerrville and Victoria divisions with No. 145 No. 8 9 10 numbers, departures at 7:25 am 6:30 pm 10:00 pm and arrivals from El Paso Cuero and Santa Fe depot listings, lacking full context or dates.
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