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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
7
About 100 new troops are kept at a naval station amid a Cuban stevedoring dispute. The state department says no agreement is possible and the fifteen day truce ends at midnight with stevedores threatening to walk out, halting food imports and cutting customs receipts.
Reports from Havana on May 25 describe intensified volunteer recruitment against rebels, with a veteran column forming for the Kente province and expectations of 1000 men. Interior Secretary Laredo Bru anticipated favorable front reports and possible peace talks offering amnesty to rebels.
Rebels attacked the Santa Luccia sugar plantation near Gibria in Oriate province, inflicting resistance by workers. A second raid hit the El Silo plantation fifteen miles away, with horses and provisions seized. Government troops are being dispatched to Guantanamo and steamers chartered for the ponoke due to railroad disruption.
Boston Pilgrims returned the Confederate flag to Dallas after a 1900s style ceremony at the Alamo convent walls. Carroll J. Swan praised the gesture in a humorous presentation to Mayor W. M. Holland as placards spelled Boston and Pilgrims with a burro mascot joining the procession.
John Sparrow, who set type in San Antonio in 1885 and now leads the Birmingham Adversisers' club, visited his former home after 27 years away with his daughter. He expressed amazement at San Antonio’s growth and modernity, saying, My hat is off to San Antonio. I always knew she was bound to grow.
Rebels under General Orozco suffer heavy losses as federal artillery routs insurrecto columns near Bellano. About 8000 rebels lose nearly 3000 men including many killed in trenches. Huerta reports 1.5 million rounds used, 400 shells by artillery, and notes the government plans a vigorous follow up.
General Orozco orders a troop reorganization to resume the campaign after recent defeats at Bellano and Conejos. Parral is evacuated, Amaya and Canales commands return from Torreon, and rebels fear cutting off reinforcements as northern pursuit faces damaged railroad bridges.
A rumored federal assault from El Paso on Juarez did not occur last night though Juarez garrison remained alert and Mexicans entering from the U S side were searched. Jose Cordova sent word accusing El Paso of planning an attack and urged officials to block a violation of neutrality laws.
Col Antonio Rojas, whose men looted Juarez banks during a mutiny, was released from the Chihuahua penitentiary today and will return to command. A demonstration in his favor was reported in Chihuahua, according to a dispatch to Col Pascual Orozco in Juarez.
News from Mexico City reports Emiliano Zapata threatening to attack the capital within eight days unless President Madero resigns. Officials treat it possibly as a ruse by Orozco to slow federals, but precautions are ordered and foreign consuls are warned to protect nationals. Strong armed bands near the federal district heighten foreign unease.
In the minds of officials Pata communication emerged as several ministers received notes from Jose Madrid Lu jan, Orozco's U S representative. Zapata claimed 6000 to 8000 armed men for the attack. Notices dated Cuautla Morelos were mailed from the local post office.
The U S transport Buford under Captain Ely reached Mazatlan after a coast cruise with 865 refugees aboard. Five typhoid cases among the refugees are reported and recovering well. Officials praised Mexican courtesy to the Americans. Some refugees may disembark. if needed, train departure is possible. A May 22 battle at Escanapa left ten rebels and one federal dead, with federal control now in the town.
Captain Concepcion Castillo reports to Col. Pascual Orozco that rebel troops east of Juarez dispersed federals at El Cuervo and El Porvenir near Guadalupe. Major Luis Sanchez fled to the American side after swimming, 2 federals killed, 1 rebel dead, 12 prisoners, 31 saddled horses, 31 carbines, 30-30 rifles, 5 pistols, 15 dynamite cases. Tiburcio Sanchez and Cerildo Enriquez executed at Guadalupe.
Rebels drive Major Luis Sanchez and his federals south along the Rio Grande after a week of operations. Sanchez delays engagement awaiting reinforcements from Ojinaga as rebels return to Guadalupe. The fate of Sanchez’s father and the fate of agent Louis Delihay are noted as determined but conflicting.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings, recalled from El Paso, arrived in Austin yesterday afternoon. He refused to discuss El Paso details, saying information had been wired to the governor. Hutchings then left for Galveston to take part in causeway celebration duties.
A bomb struck the front windows of Paso Del Norte, a Spanish language newspaper backing the Madero government, damaging the front of the building but causing no injuries.
Washington May 26 With about 60 delegates left to pick both Taft and Roosevelt camps issued figures to show control of the Chicago convention. McKinley for Taft lists 566 instructed and pledged delegates and 366 for Roosevelt. Dixon for Roosevelt cites 493 instructed 38 pledged and 562 still to be elected plus 46 La Follette and Cummins delegates totaling 629 for Roosevelt. Current tally shows 773 delegates elected, a bit over two thirds of 1094. Clark 391 total, Wilson 305 total, Underwood 100 instructed.
A Chicago physician translates an Egyptian papyrus claimed to predate Hippocrates by about five thousand years and describe appendicitis, challenging the idea of Hippocrates as father of medicine. The text awaits scholarly verification of the Pharaoh Thothmes dictum.
The South Farnborough site becomes a major British aerial research hub with balloon and dirigible sheds, an electrical hydrogen plant, wind tower, and laboratories. It trains the royal flying corps and conducts advanced material testing, fabric development, and experiments in safer, more efficient aircraft design.
A Brooklyn boarding house keeper Mrs. Florence Stanmore faced a near disaster when a basement fire broke out and her telephoned call for help was blocked by a 5 cent charge. She lacked coins to deposit and had to rely on a boarder to trigger the alarm, after which firemen arrived to extinguish the blaze.
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