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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1912
Page
1
Couriers report Gen Inez Salazar the rebel chief in Chihuahua has been captured at Barreal 65 miles southwest of Juarez by federal soldiers after his forces destroyed rail lines and threatened American interests. Governor Gonzales struggles to calm state unrest.
In four days of fighting around Cuernavaca Morelos Mexico the Zapatista rebels suffered heavy losses with over 100 dead. General De La O’s band retreated into the mountains as federal artillery and a Blanquet infantry column turned the tide for the government and left the rebels in flight.
Reports from Chihuahua reveal internal collapse with Governor Abram Gonzales fighting to defend constitutional government. Former mayor Jacobi Maracaras and city council members face court for revolutionary sympathy. Publisher Adolfo Fuentes jailed for lese majeste. A jail break freed political prisoners as investigations target high officials.
Captain J. R. Hughes of the Texas Rangers reports the rebellion is not over and rebels wait for a new leader. Americans flee Mexico by car to the United States as rail lines and bridges are disrupted, with cars sent from the border and bonds required for each vehicle entering the Mexican republic.
In San Francisco on November 8, Wilson regained a lead with a 75 vote plurality over Roosevelt after Los Angeles county returns were filed. Three precincts still missing showed Wilson gaining 210 instead of Roosevelt. King Leaves El Paso. S Engelking resigns as U S district attorney and heads to San Antonio to practice law with partner C P Johnson. Engelking supported Roosevelt in the presidential race.
Reports from St Louis to Washington list temperatures from 36 to 66 with light to moderate NW winds. Saturday fair conditions appear in most cities, with the lowest temperatures in the 36 to 48 range and several entries note clear skies.
The census bureau reports Texas ginned 3,699,124 bales by November 1, a record for any year. U S ginnings total 8,849,898 bales. Oklahoma reached 593,366 bales, Louisiana 261,685, while eastern states lagged behind last year's totals.
A key to the county jail front door was mailed to Sheriff Tobin from San Antonio. The key was reported stolen from a jail guard by Francisco Miramon, an alleged Mexican revolutionary who escaped and was later captured in Mexico City. Miramon was among several arrested with Emilio Vazquez Gomez. no one knows who sent the key back.
State Superintendent Fr M Bralley proclaims November 27 as agricultural day in Texas public schools. The observance honors Dr S A Knapp and urges schools to donate to the Knapp memorial farm at Nash ville Tennessee to foster education and agriculture cooperation.
Eastern capitalists nearing lease of the Rusk Iron plant in Texas after Judge Hiram Glass notified Governor Colquitt the lessees accept state terms on power price. Telegraphic authorization to close was received signaling imminent signing of the contract.
Two masked bandits stopped Louisville & Nashville passenger No. 7 near Blount Springs and robbed the mail car, tying clerks James McHamberlin and G. A. Hoover of Nashville. They opened registered envelopes and left loose bank notes and stock coupons on the floor as they fled toward Boyles.
The robbers took the Take Clerk's watch and searched Cier Hoover for a valuable bid watch. They asked Cham Berlin for his watch but later returned it. The bandits confined themselves to the mail car during the incident.
In St Petersburg on November 8 the government decided to keep all time expired soldiers in active service with their regiments until spring. The move keeps the army on a war footing, affecting hundreds of thousands and delaying new recruits while costs rise. The action is to prevent war amid Balkan tensions and is seen as foreseeing possible complications.
Colonel Roosevelt, after riding from Oyster Bay to New York, visited his editorial office for the first time since being shot. He announced a policy of silence on the election, said he felt fine, and noted he had almost forgotten the bullet in his chest.
Prescott Arizona November 8 Mrs James Loy filed as a candidate for mayor on the socialist ticket leveraging the suffrage amendment. The election is in January. Seguin Texas November 8 Robert Engelke fatally shot his wife and then killed himself in Seguin. The couple lived east of town. their children witnessed the tragedy. The woman is expected to die.
Navy ships reached the stranded liner Royal George in the St. Lawrence river and evacuated 500 steerage passengers this morning.
Washington report by George K. Holmes of the agriculture department says farm women are avoiding domestic tasks as wages rise and society allure grows. He notes country and city girls disdain household labor, and many younger women lack knitting skills while reliance on stores and cannery products increases.
Four men known as Whitey Lewis Lefty Louie Gyp the Blood and Dago Frank face murder charges in the Rosenthal case linked to Charles Becker's electric chair sentence. Jury talesmen began with two hundred in attendance as the four inmates agreed to a joint trial and may testify on their own behalf. The key witnesses include Bald Jack Rose Bridgie Webber and other notable figures from the Becker proceedings.
George Baker accused of murdering his wife and Thomas Glas was taken from Kidder county jail by a 50 man mob in Dawson and hanged. The incident marks North Dakota’s first lynching in a decade with no arrests reported.
In the first ten months of 1912 Dallas Houston San Antonio and Fort Worth issued building permits totaling 11 985 360 according to Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co figures. Dallas led with 4 402 520 while Houston posted 4 234 884 and San Antonio 2 888 025 Fort Worth 959 981 compares with 3 234 517 in 1911.
On yesterday afternoon’s hearing in the Thirty seventh district court Judge W S Anderson dissolved the injunction in the case Electric Park company vs San Antonio Baseball association.
The Greek army commanded by Prince Constantine occupies Saloniki at noon today, with forces advancing in southwestern Turkey in Europe. The move comes as Allied interests monitor the chain of events in the region.
Two U S armored cruisers the Tennessee and the Montana are in reserve at the Philadelphia navy yard and will be ready to sail within four hours. They should reach Constantinople about November 25 with full marine complements and 400 marines to be drawn from Norfolk for transport by special train.
Reports from London describe heavy clashes between Bulgarians and Turks at the Tchatalja fortifications five miles from Constantinople. The article notes a final push in a fortnight of fighting, with Turks guarding outer lines and foreign powers gathering ships as tensions rise. A disease outbreak among fleeing troops is also reported.
Vienna reports informal negotiations for Constantinople as Bulgaria aims to coordinate fall of Tchatalja fortifications with Adrianople. Typhoid fever spreads in Adrianople and doctors are scarce while the besieged city endures hunger and bombardment amid a Bulgarian encirclement plan.
Nov 8 Constantinople reports indicate ongoing resistance against the Balkan allies. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish commander in chief, urged continued fighting and the army and press echo his resolve. Moslems are said to sacrifice lives for Islam as Europe weighs treaties.
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