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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
1
The Democratic majority plans nonstop work until passage starting Monday. Aimed at completing the administration currency bill, the party will meet at 10 am and stay until 11 pm with a two hour dinner break. Senator Reed’s resolution pushes immediate consideration and a final framing by Saturday.
Washington, D. C. November 26 One cent postage is slated as a major issue in Congress with about a dozen bills already filed. Proponents argue parcel post revenue could fund penny postage without harming postal finances while others want parcel service proven before potential revenue losses. Senator Burton of Ohio backs a one cent per ounce rate for first class mail with several bills proposing one cent within local post office delivery zones.
Speaker Champ Clark writes to W A Bode denying any job getting influence or plan to interfere with patronage outside his district. Bode raised as Alton postmaster candidate. Clark notes few offices secured for his district including a Bolivia mission and two minor posts.
Private Haag of Troop H Third Cavalry is brought from Bngis Pass to Fort Sam Houston hospital today with serious wounds. A department telegram reports he was shot with a gun but gives no further injury details.
In Brieg Silesia Germany on November 26 a band of thieves stole mail from a train on approach to the town. One robber triggered the emergency signal causing a stop while others entered the mail car and carried off sacks unseen by the crew.
Grand Trunk Railway Company's shops in Port Huron Michigan were destroyed by fire causing about one million dollars in damage and leaving roughly 1000 men without work. The blaze broke out today and did extensive damage to the shop facilities and equipment.
Rising egg prices spur action in Congress as bills target cold storage and food monopolies. Representative Mc Kellar presses Chairman Adamson to fast track legislation amid about a dozen bills in House committees. The judiciary panel seeks broad power to curb restraint of trade and alleged storage caused price hikes.
New York reports that the Cowper painting Madonna and Child by Raphael has been bought by American dealers for more than half a million dollars. The work, once the chief treasure of Warl Cowper's Panshanger collection, shows the Virgin in a red tunic and a blue mantle with the child at her side. The 23 by 17 inch canvas, painted in 1505, is renowned as one of the world’s most valuable pictures.
Sir George Paish, editor of the London Statist, told the Commercial Club in Boston that the United States holds a stronger international position than ever and that a hopeful outlook for agriculture and rising home demand for American goods will boost production and consumption.
Chicago officials postponed the police women examination to December 1 after several applicants gave conflicting ages. One claimed 27 then admitted 31 when told she was too young. A second candidate also misstated her age, preferring youth to joining the force. The examiner’s age limit was 40 to 45 years.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with variable clouds and chances of showers. Expect mild temperatures and light winds as a broad low pressure system influences the area.
At 8 am a series of city temperatures are reported with conditions. SP LOUIS 48 cloudy wind south 6 miles with likely rain. CHICAGO 46 cloudy wind west 3 miles cooler. MILWAUKEE 38 cloudy wind northeast 0 miles. ST PAUL 44 rain wind east cooler. KANSAS CITY 60 rain wind south lowest 48. NEW YORK 44 cloudy wind west rain Thursday. BOSTON 46 cloudy wind west likely rain. WASHINGTON 42 cloudy wind south rain Thursday.
James Edward Foye former clerk to John W. Gates faces arraignment on a charge of stealing $250000 in securities from an unnamed victim. He was arrested after cash and bank notes were found, and he planned to sail to Europe. He retained William T. Jerome as counsel and had been under private detective surveillance. The securities allegedly involved were General Electric stock, said to be kept in the Farmers Loan and Trust vaults.
A warrant charges James BH Foye of New York with forgery and uttering fraudulent stock certificates. He allegedly stole blank certificates and obtained more than 100000 dollars from a Philadelphia broker with money advanced by a national bank. Authorities sent the warrant to New York where Foye was arrested.
In Denver Colorado on November 26 1914 operators and striking coal miners met to seek an end to the Colorado coal strike or a truce until the January 1915 state Assembly. Governor Ammons and Secretary of Labor W H Wilson were nearby to assist if needed.
Post office inspectors investigate a loaded rifle mailed by parcel post. The rifle was discovered in transit when the wrapping loosened, exposing the barrel. It was sent from Groesbeck to Waco, discovered by Waco Postmaster W. H. Hoffman.
Frank C. Davis asks the Court of Civil Appeals to rehear its ruling on the legality of a bond sale by the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. If denied, he says it could take at least two years to reach the Supreme Court, while the city proceeds with improvement works.
Stephen Canavan of Bernalillo county New Mexico asks the Supreme Court to overturn a state court jail sentence for selling property allegedly in violation of a restraining order in a divorce proceeding. He argues a civil case order cannot jail him.
In St. Louis County, R. J. Fine of the progressive excise board ordered the removal of card tables chairs and music from saloons. He argued tables invite gambling for drinks and keep loungers from home while inviting others to drink.
General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army sailed for England today after a New York stop. A drunken man broke through the crowd to shake his hand, and Booth restrained police and spoke kindly saying God bless you and urging him to stop drinking and serve God.
The British cargo ship Middleham Castle departed Galveston with 9,300 bales of cotton bound for Kobe and Yokohama. It will pass through the Suez canal, with shipping circles predicting it may be the last direct Japan voyage via Suez due to forthcoming Panama canal traffic.
Confirmation from diplomatic and official circles that the third Hague peace conference cannot assemble before 1916 or 1917 due to needed preparatory work, shifting from the 1915 original plan.
The State of Texas vs James Gillespie, charged with murder, was called in district court this morning in Eagle Pass. The case, transferred from the Mapa district, is expected to take about a week if tried.
Special Thanksgiving Day services planned at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church 103 Lotus Street conducted by Rev A O Busse pastor.
Upper image shows a Constitutionalist sharpshooter targeting Federal troops at Juarez opposite El Paso as Pancho Villa’s forces advance. Lower image depicts trenches around the city with Federal dead, illustrating the toll of the fight.
Forecasters warn of uncertain Thanksgiving weather with a pattern lingering another ten days. Rain remains possible as a weak high pressure system sits over the southwest and spread across the region. The Texas outlook shows little rain recently with showers reported near Austin and a few coastal clouds.
In Chicago on November 26 officials of the American Society for Thrift awarded prizes to school children for thrift definitions and narratives. Three times as many girls as boys entered. Hazel Haag of Warren High School Pennsylvania won first prize ten dollars for the best definition: thrift is managing one's affairs to steadily increase the value of possessions.
Berlin reports Emperor William, after recovery from illness, departs to visit his brother in law the Duke of Schleswig Holstein. He will stay at the duke's hunting lodge then proceed to the preserves of the Prince of Fuerstenberg.
Two thousand union pickets ring the General Electric plant in Schenectady to recruit non union workers for the ongoing strike begun yesterday. A mass meeting and street gatherings show calm as the city contemplates possible broader walkouts and business activity shifts amid the labor action. The plant normally employs about 17,500, with around 14,000 idle in the opinion of observers.
Laredo Texas November 26 onion buyers are in town and in the region offering 75 cents a crate for 1914 onions to be shipped in April and May. Farmers are holding for a dollar a crate and few sales have been made.
The San Antonio Light features the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report, providing a broad daily news digest. It describes AP as the world’s premier general news service with extensive coverage and exclusive reporting features.
Washington D C Nov 26 The Senate investigating committee will reopen lobby hearings next Tuesday. Plans for completing the long inquiry include questioning Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and other AFL officers and representatives of press associations and public utilities concerns. Labor leaders will not appear until January. Cortland Smith of New York American Press Association manager will testify next Tuesday. Labor officials will be asked about plans and legislative activity highlighted by the Mulhall charges. The committee will finish its work next year and will not pursue the National Association of Manufacturers further.
A New York sender mailed a dollar found on a Washington street to Secretary McAdoo. He did not know the owner or use for the money and chose to donate it to the treasury conscience fund, joining thousands turned in annually.
The Philippine Department of Agriculture entomologist M. B. Mintzman reports in a cablegram to Dr. W. C. Rucker that anthrax can be transmitted by a stable fly. Rucker calls the finding highly important for public health understanding.
Prime Minister Asquith told a Ulster Liberal delegation that the home rule bill should pass in its present form. The Ulster group visited to protest being excluded from the measures provisions.
Mexican Constitutionalists report heavy fighting near Juarez with Villa claiming a shameless retreat by Federals. The battle leaves about 300 dead and many wounded as Juarez struggles with supply and hospital strain.
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