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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1912
Page
1
Mexico City reports President Madero severed ties with the progressive faction led by his brother Gustavo Madero after accusing them of leaning toward the Científicos old regime. The rift suggests opposition members may align with the administration in Congress.
New York detectives hunted trains from Chicago to catch four gunmen said to be headed to strike District Attorney Whitman. The threat letter from a Christie Street club keeper, linked to 300 threatening notes, prompted the search though no writer found. The letter claimed four gunmen would arrive today for a $1000 payoff.
Washington report states that the comptroller of currency notes record resources for banks nationwide reaching historic levels as of June 14. Deposits total over 17.0 billion dollars with substantial gains in aggregate resources year over year. In Virginia a separate incident reports a man killed in Winchester as a cold snap hinders harvest efforts.
Cullom H. Booth becomes pastor and will preach his first sermon to his new charge tomorrow morning and again Sunday morning at Laurel Heights Methodist Church.
Tonight and Sunday fair and warmer with frost overnight. Observations at 8 am show no forecast for other cities due to office closings for Vice President Sherman’s funeral. temperatures listed for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington with winds and recent lows.
Washington voters recount a St Andrews Society annual election where members vote virtually unanimously to ban women from the official banquet to ensure Scotch whisky is served. Indignant women threaten reprisals as Scotch fathers husbands and lovers disappear from the event.
In St Louis on November 2 a devastating Berlin hotel blaze killed local financier W. C. Douglas and injured about twenty others. One hundred fifty guests fled in night clothes as flames and smoke engulfed the building, with losses pegged at 250000 dollars. Guests escaped via stairways and second and third story windows.
Nazib Millheim a Syrian merchant in Tulsa seeks divorce after his wife eloped with the hired man Fred Joseph to Pennsylvania. Millheim says he supported his wife and two children who were placed in a charitable institution. he traveled to Scranton to reclaim them after the petition was granted.
In Mochistla and Quechultenango near Tixtla Guerrero Mexico a Thursday flood from torrential rains nearly wiped out both towns refugees say about a quarter of the population perished with many left homeless and without shelter authorities scrambled to organize aid and rescue efforts.
A notice states The Light has not authorized anyone to collect funds or supplies for St. John's orphanage fire victims. It warns that a woman circulating citywide soliciting subscriptions claims authority, but she has none and is an imposter.
Army staff announce active precautionary measures as Ned plans a trip to Guba. Soldiers on alert in preparation for potential trouble on the island.
In Fort Monroe and Newport News four transports are ordered ready within four days to carry 2800 troops to Cuba. The army staff aims for instant readiness and three regiments are set as part of a five thousand man expeditionary force, with troops packed and sleeping on their arms. Officials stress no dispatch is expected given peaceful Cuban elections.
General Mario Menocal, elected Cuba’s president on the conservative ticket, sends a message via the World praising Cuba’s lawful elections and disapproval of corruption. He says Cuba will prove worthy of U.S. and world confidence. The statement closes with his signature Mario Menocal.
Miss Mayme Kenney returning to San Antonio from Canada tells of a robbery aboard a train between two small prairie towns near the Canadian border. Three men aboard the train threatened the engineer and fireman with revolvers and forced a stop. One bandit was captured while the other two escaped with valuables.
Bulgarian reports say Turkish troops retreating from Eski Baba to Luleburgas killed 200 villagers at Atvali, with victims still dying as Bulgarians entered. Before leaving Bunarhissar Turkish forces shot 200 Bulgarians in the barracks and burned the building. Other massacres reported in Struma valley.
Iee at Cleburne Texas reports a heavy frost and extensive ice across the city this morning causing slick streets and minor disruptions. Local residents noted unusually cold temperatures and slippery conditions in the pre dawn hours.
Harvard beat Princeton 16 to 6 in Cambridge this afternoon to win the football game.
In a November storm the 125 ton steamer Cecilia sank at Isle Perrot on Lake St. Louis. At least sixteen people perished including men women and children. only four passengers were saved as the hull shattered in the gale. The Maxwell schooner ran aground near New Inlet life saving station amid a 38 mile gale. crew and captain feared lost.
In Berlin Navy reports anxiety over John Watts and Arthur T. Atherholt missing since leaving Stuttgart on Sunday October 27 in the international balloon cup race aboard the Duesseldorf II. Officials hope they landed in a remote area, possibly Russia, or may be prisoners unable to communicate.
A jury in the forty fifth district court returned verdict for M. M. Hewgley in his suit against State Comptroller W. P. Lane seeking reversal of the forfeiture of his Hot Wells saloon license. Nettie Cochran testified liquor was sold to minors, but license restoration hinges on the comptroller's decision on appeal or a denied new trial.
Merchants travelers and salesmen gathered at the Gunter hotel cafe for a noon luncheon of San Antonio made foods. Albert Kronkosky presided as toast master with speakers urging support for home grown products. Over two hundred attendees heard talks from Chamber officials and business leaders.
The jury in Houston reported a verdict finding E. Rush Finch guilty of murder in the second degree in the Boatner case. The punishment was set at twenty years in the penitentiary after deliberations that began Wednesday night.
President Taft attends the Utica funeral as thousands pass the bier. Sherman family prayers precede a brief church service conducted by Dr. Stryker. The body lay in state from yesterday afternoon to tonight with over 25 000 viewing. Veteran procession members salute as Bacon Post escorts the casket.
Flags at half mast marked the day as government offices closed and Navy and Army salutes fired in tribute to the late Vice President Sherman. Private residences mourned while public buildings joined in the observance. A lecture on Thought Force by Mrs. Carrilla Bannister was set for Sunday at the New Thought center in San Antonio.
At Fort Sam Houston 19 minute guns fired at noon and flags flew at half staff for Vice President James Sherman funeral in Utica. Federal offices closed at noon though mail delivery continued. The Hayne Debating Club discussed deportation of negroes to island possessions as a method to solve the race problem with no single consensus.
Governor Wilson calls for a decisive November 5 vote on tariffs trusts banking currency reform and national policy. He argues the next four years will shape economic resources transportation and foreign policy for the nation and its people.
Allied troops plan to cut off the Turkish army from its capital and push to seize a strategic corridor as the Turkish forces retreat. The move aims to create a buffer and prevent a frontline breakthrough in the volatile region.
British bulletin reports Bulgarian forces press to seal off Adrianople and advance toward Constantinople. Bulgarian strategy aims to end Turkish resistance, block escape routes, and threaten occupation of Adrianople as war vessels converge to protect Christian populations.
London dispatch recounts a seven day clash between Turkish and Bulgarian forces in the Balkan region. About 400000 troops reportedly engaged with heavy artillery duels and shifting gains on the left wing as Bulgarians pressed and Turks contested positions.
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