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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
2
A wave of outrage sweeps San Antonio after the Monday council vote renaming Brackenridge Park to Water Works Park. Women plan to attend a Saturday Beethoven hall meeting with Judge Guinn and others to protest. A formal resolution and petition may follow.
President Taft denied clemency for Charles Morse of New York and John R. Walsh of Chicago. He refused pardons or any other clemency and kept sentences intact, stating the law must be upheld even against the wealthy and citing moral turpitude and harsher sentencing for Morse. He argued that Morse showed greater awareness of wrongdoing than Walsh and warned against exploiting wealth to evade penalties.
Leavenworth Kansas May 25 John R Walsh learned from his Chicago son that President Taft would grant the application for his pardon. Maj R W McClaughey federal prison warden said he delayed delivering the message and Walsh appeared shocked and despondent upon hearing the news.
The Rockhill Hunt Club organized in San Antonio to promote outdoor sports and social life. J P Withers leads the setup, securing land on Fredericksburg road and gathering prominent governors. The club will host hounds and a polo field at Rockhill and limit membership to a core group of enthusiasts.
Atlantic City May 25 The Presbyterian general assembly faces the Brown heresy case overtures from West Jersey and Iowa presbyteries asking clarity on articles by Union Theological Seminary professors Adams Brown and Francis Brown and to act to preserve assembly authority and confessional purity A board of foreign missions report cites pernicious wartalk in America affecting Japan work and questions how to preach peace while Americans talk of war.
The San Antonio Real Estate exchange hosted a midday luncheon at the St. Anthony hotel with nearly all members in attendance and Texas State Real Estate association directors as guests. Speakers from Dallas Temple and Austin praised progress, state growth, and the local exchange, while Lloyd Spencer peppered remarks with jokes.
The Aransas Pass line will establish a city passenger and ticket office in Houston starting June 1. E. J. Peters will serve as joint agent for Aransas Pass and the Trinity & Brazos Valley, with the office in the Binz building on Main Street.
Reports describe violent clashes during rioting near the Parliament and surrounding streets. Soldiers fired on crowds while police and gendarmes tried to protect the presidential residence and embattled areas.
Rioters clash with federal troops in Mexico City as they march from the National Palace toward Diaz and Corral, demand resignations, hoist a Madero banner, and clash near the Imparcial building. Fire and stones fly, deaths and injuries reported amid dispersal by soldiers and gendarmes.
Francisco I. Madero Jr. told El Paso officials led by Mayor Kelley that if he becomes president he would oppose anti American sentiment and promote the United States as Mexico’s best friend. He expressed belief the United States seeks no territorial expansion.
Ambrosio Figueroa, rebel commander near Juarez, sends a message to Francisco I. Madero Jr. promising victory and naming Francisco Figueroa as provisional governor. The note is seen as evidence Madero controls the southern rebels and that they will honor his peace agreement.
Preparations are under way to release fourteen Americans detained in a Chihuahua penitentiary. They were captured by federal troops at Casas Grandes in March and were marched 300 miles to Chihuahua. Telegraph service with Mexico City has been cut but officials expect orders soon to authorize their release along with two Germans captured with them.
Provisional President Francisco I. Madero Jr. predicts more trouble in Mexico if Diaz does not resign within a day or two. He cites last night's Mexico City demonstration and says uprisings inland stem from distrust of Diaz’s stated retirement plan.
Special to The Light reports persistent rumors of an insurrectionist attack on Matamoros at 2:30 am. Fear prompted many to sleep in Brownsville across the border as guards reinforced the city, with twenty cavalrymen on duty on the American bridge side.
Mrs. Sadie Haley contrasts an impostor claiming fire lossesfacing five children with a widow supporting her family through work including washings office cleaning and gardening. The charity notes the second case merits help while the first relies on deceit and idleness.
Freight shipments once held in Brownsville awaiting peace were cleared to move to this side of the river as the period of tension eased and the city resumed normal operations.
The Odd Fellows of Southwest Texas convened at San Antonio Lodge No 11 hall at 2 pm with Harry Hertzberg welcoming the group and D R Johnson of San Marcos responding. The second session is set for 8 30 pm with speakers including A Keller Marcus W Davis and Dr W C Hirzel and officers to be elected after committee reports followed by a banquet at Cafe Mexicana.
A shipment of 1000 pockets of clean rice is being assembled in Port Arthur and will depart for Porto Rico early in June. Sam E. Taylor of Hearne has been granted bail after shooting Mollie Baker, a black woman, as the case goes to the grand jury.
Plans disclosed unofficially show the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railway intends to extend from Samfordyce to Roma a 45 mile stretch and then continue up the Rio Grande to Laredo, expanding the line into the border region.
In Austin on May 25 the mandamus suit to test the governor veto of the eight hour public works law appears abandoned. A C Baldwin, the state printing contract holder, was the sole relator candidate and withdrew his demand for printing. Israel Dreeben declined to serve, and Senator Earl Mayfield planned to issue a statement after consultations with the attorney general’s staff.
Henry House a pioneer Texas business man died suddenly at his Houston home at age 92. Born in England in 1819 he immigrated to Texas in 1847 and quickly became prominent in public affairs and amassed a fortune. He led the well known House family in state political and business life.
The funeral for Daniel A C Batesman, who died after being struck on the head by a rock thrown by a Black person, will take place tomorrow at 4 PM from his sister Mrs Smith’s home at 517 Camden Street. Interment follows at City Cemetery No 4.
A terse dialogue centers on locating a First National bank to open a new account. The exchange captures a petitioner asking for help and another person declining to provide financial aid or access. The scene highlights a request for banking assistance.
A San Antonio arts meeting at Beethoven hall May 25 seeks a strong turnout to elect a large, representative delegation for a Fort Worth gathering on June 6. Speakers include Mayor Callaghan and J. E. Webb among others urging liberty in religion politics and personal tastes.
Mrs. Rebecca Schmeer jumped from the roof of her five story Clinton Street tenement to prevent communicating whooping cough to her two younger children. She was found unconscious and died later at Gouverneur Hospital.
In Portland Oregon on May 25 a chef cut into a sheep carcass and $650 in coins and currency spilled onto the kitchen floor. A market clerk later said the money had been placed inside the pecan by a clerk for safekeeping after banking hours.
A reader asks where the Rocky Mountains are and a geography teacher explains the range lies in western North America from Canada to the United States, spanning several states and provinces.
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