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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1913
Page
10
Reports from Mexico detail ongoing pressures on Victoriano Huerta as factions discuss possible successors. Lascurain, Angeles, and Garza Aldape are floated, with Carranza opposed by the government. Observers note American, British, and German influence amid financial instability and rumors of bank closures.
England declared a policy of non interference in Mexico in response to President Wilson's note. The reply aligns with other European powers. Washington seeks Huerta's removal but offers no detailed plan. Officials warn that if persuasion and economic pressure fail, intervention could follow. President Wilson expected to outline further steps to the Powers.
English author and Cambridge economist B N Langdon-Davies spoke at Stanford on world peace and intervention in Mexico not specifying the United States. He warned against forcing nations into conflict and urged cautious action to spare bloodshed while upholding state sovereignty.
Washington awaits dispatches from Charge O Shaughnessy after Secretary Bryan’s late night instructions. Officials expect decisive moves as the new Mexican Congress meets and Mexico’s fate hinges on Huerta’s stance, oil concessions, and foreign powers’ support. Carranza rejects any foreign intervention in Mexico’s affairs.
Venustiano Carranza declared no transaction or external interference would be accepted to regulate Mexico's interior. After a second talk with Wilson envoy William Bayard Hale, he indicated the United States would not intervene in Mexican affairs. No evidence of large arms crossing the border. customs patrol remains tight, preventing smuggling of field pieces or ammunition.
Alfonso Madero head of the Madero family spent about 12 hours in Kansas City and departed without explanation. His trunks were sent to El Paso Texas. He refused to discuss his visit or destination while two traveling companions accompanied him.
Rome reports that most powers have sent warships to Mexican waters and urge Italy to be represented there in response to the growing tensions in the region.
VERA CRUZ Nov 15 The French armored cruiser Conde arrived here today from Brest signaling a new naval movement in the region.
Federation authorities report a 4 million dollar fund to finance disruption tests as talks of a strike east of El Paso continue. Violence appears limited to an alleged assault on a yardmaster in Giddings while passenger and mail trains are prioritized. Peace efforts hinge on federal mediation as President Scott offers talks under Kruttschnitt plan.
Pickets representing various organizations are on duty to maintain order while guards protect property. The Frisco railroad has added a train in service between Houston and Beaumont, signaling continued operations during the tense period.
The Southern Pacific engine and trainmen strike remains, with two passenger mail and express trains active and schedules largely disrupted. Strikers deny defections and expect victory, while company officials pledge temporary inconvenience and new crews. Mediation is rejected by strikers, who emphasize joint committee demands and safety concerns for the public.
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific executive committee, said the railroad would discuss forming a joint committee representing four labor organizations on strike to handle controversies. He also stated willingness to have the dispute over the denial of a demand settled by the board of mediation and conciliation or by arbitration under the recent Congressional act.
The four union chairmen deny the companys charges and blame management for the walkout. They say safety disputes, discipline without cause, and biased rule enforcement sparked the strike, not worker opposition to safety programs. They cite prior agreements and recent incidents to justify their actions and urge public awareness of working conditions.
President W B Scott of the Southern Pacific writes an open letter to the striking engine and trainmen urging them to resume work. He appeals for reconciliation and emphasizes the railway’s need to restore operations and safety. The letter signals a push for an early peaceful settlement with the workers.
Houston, Tex, Nov 14. An open letter from Ww. B. Scott, president, to all engine train and yard service employees expresses regret over stalled negotiations and the refusal of mediation. It honors long service, pledges open doors for continued staff, and promises recognition and fair consideration for loyalty.
General Superintendent H F Anderson of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad arrives in San Antonio with J F Hickey to prevent M E T traffic tie ups amid Southern Pacific strike. Officials fear freight congestion. Anderson may arrange switching help from SAP if conditions worsen.
Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City called on residents to abstain from eggs until prices drop to affordable levels for the poor. He offered to lead the public and urged nationwide support to bring down market prices, stating that if all people followed, corners would soon cease.
Wilmington Del November 15 More than usual interest attended the scheduled whipping of prisoners as Representative Evans of Montana attacks corporal punishment in Delaware. Whippings occur on Saturdays and are public. At New Castle county work house two negroes who got 20 lashes last Saturday face another 20. A young Philadelphia burglary convict is slated for 20 lashes.
Dr. James McClelland, president of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1893 and 1894 and honorary president of the 1890 Paris congress, died at his Pittsburg home aged 68. He led the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania and taught surgery at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia in 1876 and 1877.
Alberto and Carlos de Ibarra representing Argentina's government and private interests travel to the United States to study hog raising as beef prices rise and Argentina moves to enter the American beef market. They left last night for the western states.
Paris reports that the Adolfo Diaz government of Nicaragua has secured a $15,000,000 loan to be arranged by January 1. The accord was disclosed by Dr. Louis Sequira who arrived from Bluefields detailing the development.
Citizens in Juarez flee as battle erupts across the border. American and Mexican forces block foot traffic, with Major Mitchie supervising border patrols. A Mexican officer is wounded attempting to cross into the United States, and escapees seek refuge on the American side.
Mexicans on both sides hail the fall of Culiacan as creating a new Mexican confederacy. Carranza, at the international line, governs from a dobe village while Bayard Hale negotiates in Washington. The capture opens telegraph and most railroad links, with Villa’s forces tightening the squeeze on Chihuahua and Torreon. Constitutionalist commanders claim control of about half of Mexico as campaigns press toward Mexico City.
At Constitutionalist HQ it was said the Juarez garrison fell as expected and was simultaneous with an assault on Chihuahua City. General Carranza and his officers celebrated news of Juarez. It was announced General Pablo Gonzales was attacking Victoria, Tamaulipas capital.
Washington dispatch reports the fifth National Conservation Congress set to convene with fair play for the forests as its principal theme. President Pack and officials state wood costs, stream regulation, hydro electric power, irrigation water, forest health and recreation depend on timber sustenance. Secretaries Houston Garrison Lane and Chief Forester Graves are slated to speak.
Seventy leading suffragettes from New Jersey arrived to press President Wilson for support. The delegation rode a special train to Washington and will visit Monday to urge the White House expression. Mass meeting set with speakers Inez Milholland-Boisvert and Rheta Childe Dorr among them.
Civil service medical examiners in Pittsburgh revealed a physically perfect 22 year old patrolman candidate. A native of Pittsburgh with Greek heritage, he weighs 170 pounds, stands 5 feet 10 1 4 inches, and has a 3 1 2 inch chest expansion. Examiners hailed his exceptional physical test performance.
Detectives opened a safe deposit box in a New York trust company vault and recovered about 17500 dollars worth of rare gold coins from Waldo Newcomer’s 60000 dollar collection. Otto H. Houst, an electrician, was arrested in Kingston New York for the theft after his gift of a gold coin to a trust company official surfaced.
The Liberal party issues a manifesto condemning armed revolution and urging acceptance of a proposed canal route treaty with a US naval base option, contingent on Nicaragua recognizing canal sovereignty. It also backs President Wilson's policy on constitutional liberty in Central America and has made a profound impression.
Montreal officials report the steamer Collier Bridgeport sailing from Sydney Cape Breton with a 42 crew and 10 000 tons of coal vanished today. The Dominion Coal Company says likely all on board perished in the loss.
The United States lighthouse service fears light ship No. 82 sank in a recent Great Lakes storm and now rests beneath Lake Michigan waters. The tender Crocus reportedly searched in vain for the vessel.
Three sailors from the American battleship Delaware were injured in Nice France after a street car collided with a motor car carrying bluejackets early today.
Kamial Pasha former grand vizier of Turkey and longtime Ottoman official is reported dead in Larnaca Cyprus on November 15.
The daily obituary notices report Mary A. Tucker 65 born in England died yesterday after noon in San Antonio after eight months residence here. She leaves five daughters and two sons in several cities. The body to be sent to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts for burial. Also noted are Captain William Scott 69, Texas rancher who died recently. W C Jones 45 native of Kentucky. Mary Ann Kelly 72 born in Tennessee with services in Thompsonville.
The torpedo boat Davis was officially stricken from the naval register at the Navy Department on November 15. Launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1899, the 146 foot vessel carried three 1 pound rapid fire guns and three torpedo tubes with a crew of 2 officers and 27 men. For 18 months she served with the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Fairmont citizens donated Jackson Mills and an old Southern house on the West Fork river near Fairmont to the West Virginia Daughters of the Confederacy. The mill and house, built over a century ago by Colonel Edward Jackson, grandfather of Thomas Stonewall Jackson, mark a historic Confederate lineage in the area.
The naval collier Ajax ran aground today on a reef at Guam. Cruiser Galveston was ordered from Manila to assist in getting her off.
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