Porfirio Torres Found Guilty of Murder in Fowlerton
Jurors return a verdict of first degree murder with the death penalty for Porfirio Torres in the Ike Hill killing at Fowlerton on October 25. The trial marked Atascosa county’s first death sentence since its 1865 formation and Torres showed little reaction, muttering Bueno as he heard the verdict. An appeal is expected.
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Jourdanton
Tex
Porfirio Torres
Ike Hill
Fowlerton
Atascosa County
Torres
Bueno
F. G. Champlis
F. H. Burmast R
Winn
Humphreys
W. A. Davis
McMullen
Lasalle County
Alejandro Sarli
Cotulla
Sarli
H. C. Holmes
T. P. Morris
Kuehnle Goes to Jail in Atlantic City Case
Louis Kuehnle former Atlantic City Republican leader surrendered to the Public Prosecutor Moore and agreed to serve a one year prison term and pay a $500 fine for unlawfully and corruptly influencing a water main contract while on the city water commissioners. The conviction was upheld after a long appellate battle ending with the Court of Errors and Appeals affirming lower court rulings.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Louis Kuehnle
Moore
Kuehnle
Court of Errors and Appeals
Marines Move to Philly Ahead of Prairie Voyage
A detachment of United States marines from Annapolis joins detachments from Norfolk and Washington en route to Philadelphia by special train. They are to form part of the regiment sailing on the transport Prairie from Philadelphia Navy Yard. Officials say readiness word came from Washington two to three days ago with Pensacola listed as a probable destination.
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Baltimore
Annapolis
Norfolk
Washington
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
Pensacola
Beachey Heads to Washington on Navy Inquiry
Beachy plans a trip to Washington after receiving a Navy telegram expressing willingness to hear his views on the North Island deaths of Lieutenants Ellington and Kelly. He departs San Diego today to pursue the inquiry.
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Beachy
Washington
San Diego
Lincoln Beachey
Secretary of Navy
Ellington
Kelly
North Island
Beachey
Long drought hits Alabama rivers and forests in Mobile report
The 33 day drought, the longest in 48 years at Mobile, lowers river stages and sparks forest fires, hindering navigation as river steamboat men report arrivals in Mobile, Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Weather Bureau
Alabama
World’s record fund drive totals over four million dollars
New York on Thanksgiving day saw a YMCA and YWCA fundraising blitz set a world record by raising 4,062,501 dollars in fifteen days. John D. Rockefeller donated a half million, Cleveland H. Dodge 375,000, and 17,244 separate gifts included a large anonymous total over 400,000.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland H. Dodge
Strike Talks Break Up in Southern Colorado Fields
Denver dispatch reports coal mine operators and strikers leaving talks without settlement. Governor Ammons plans digest and future conferences, while General John Chase offers rewards totaling $2,000 for two fugitives linked to the murder of detective George Belcher in the mining district.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Ammons
Anthony B. McGary
Sam
Nick’ Carter
John Chase
Ooree Belcher
Trini
Burleson Reports Postal Losses From Rats and More
Postmaster General Burleson told Congress that rats and mice caused $48 in postal service damage last fiscal year. He listed broader losses: fire $183,635 burglary $252,236 robbery and larceny $443 flood and storms $599 and other postal supply in transit $5,333 as part of a long claims report to Speaker Clark.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
House Today
Speaker Clark
Plainview Youth Killed in Auto Crash Near Kress
Nick Harp age 25 son of A E Harp of Plainview was killed in an automobile accident near Kress fourteen miles north of the city He was alone in the car which skidded and turned over pinning him underneath He died at midnight after being found four hours later.
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Plainview
Tex
Nick Harp
A. E. Harp
Kress
Five East Indians Killed in Durban Riot at Blackburn Estate
Five East Indian workers were killed when strikers clashed with police at the Blackburn sugar estate in Mount Edgecomb district near Durban. Officers fired volleys to quell the riot amid a large nearby American mission station.
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Durban
Natal
Union of South Africa
Blackburn Sugar Estate
Mount Edgecomb
Teacher Moselle East Dies Suddenly in Waco
Miss Moselle East of Waco died yesterday afternoon after heart trouble struck while she directed Thanksgiving exercises. She was in charge of a school on the outskirts of the city.
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Waco
Tex
Moselle
Light job ads ten day run information
Be thankful and enjoy the national holiday then prepare your want ads for ten days in The Light. Cost is one half cent per word per insertion. Ads starting Friday Saturday or Sunday for ten days appear in two Sunday issues. Refund provided for unused insertions if discontinued.
Light Want Ads Highlight Dominant Local Circulation
The Light touts the largest paid home circulation in Southwest Texas and claims 100 percent higher local paid readership than any other San Antonio newspaper.
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the Light
Texas
San Antonio
Haig Trial May Unravel Anare Case
Shelbyville Indiana reports Dr William B Graig dean of Indiana Veterinary College will stand trial for the murder of Dr Helen Knabe in Indianapolis on Oct 23 1911 An undertaker Alonzo M Ragsdale is charged as an accessory The case ties to a long puzzle amid financial trouble and a missing kimono and alleged quarrels between Craig and Knabe.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William B. Graig
Indiana Veterinary College of Indianapolis
Helen Knabe
Indianapolis
Alonzo M. Ragsdale
Knabe
Katherine McPherson
Dr. Knabe
Marion County
Arisin
Augusta Knabe
Indiana
William B. Craig
Indiana Veterinary College
Craig
Ragsdale
Dr. Craig
Scotland
Man with 400 wives chooses bride in New York
Ernest W Darrow a Patchogue mason advertised for a wife since May and received over 400 offers. Miss Julia Slagg, an English immigrant now in Brooklyn, won the contest and will marry Darrow this afternoon. He said he earns 50 dollars weekly and will devote four fifths of his pay to his wife and four motherless children.
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New York
Ernest W Darrow
Patchogue
IL. I
Darrow
Julia Slagg
Canada
England
Brooklyn
Zelaya Held On Murder Extradition Charges
Official papers seeking Zelaya’s extradition for the murder of Domingo Torribio and Sitto Pineda in Mazaya on April 21, 1901 had not arrived. He was jailed in New York after arrest, with hearings reduced to a discussion between legal counsel and the state’s solicitor.
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Washington, D. C
Telaya
Nicaragua
State Department
Folk
Cory M. Stadden
Zelaya
New York
Domingo Torribio
Sitto Pineda
Mazaya
Cannon and Grace
Cannon
Grace
Torribio
Pineda
Fortune
Physical defects among Penn freshman class revealed
At the University of Pennsylvania 1256 freshmen show 97 physically perfect individuals. Dr R Tait McKenzie notes the defect rate is high but lower than in prior years and Dr William Campbell Posey reports over one third with eyesight problems. Defects include digestive disorders skin disease rounded or uneven shoulders flat chests and flat feet.
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Philadelphia
College Department
University of Pennsylvania
R. Tait McKenzie
McKenzie
William Campbell Posey
New York Stock Exchange Plans Major Investor Protection Drive
The New York Stock Exchange announced that its governing board will push for unit form measures to better supervise corporate organization. It will push greater publicity and more frequent operational reports and form a committee to study the topic, aiming to increase investment safety and integrity while encouraging legitimate enterprise.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Girl to Take Stand in Murders Trial at Crowley
Dora Murff, awaiting verdict on J M Delahaye murder charge, spent Thanksgiving in Crowley jail with her mother bringing food. The trial resumes tomorrow as she is expected to testify in her own defense about Delahaye's alleged dying words heard only by his sweetheart.
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Crowley
Dora Murff
J. M. Delahaye
Duvall
Allie Duval
Delahaye
Murff
Battleship Emperor of India Launched in Barrow
The Imperial Navy launched the Emperor of India, the final ship of the 1911 13 program, at Barrow in Furness England. Admiralty invited naval attaches from foreign embassies in London to witness the ceremony.
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Barrow-In-Furness
England
Admiralty
London
Mayor Shank Threatens Resignation Over Labor Strikes
Indianapolis mayor S. L. Shank announced he would resign if another strike is called. He faced impeachment threats from a business committee unless he averts future labor troubles in the city.
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Shank
Indianapolis
Ind
L. Shank
LEASED WIRE DAY REPORT HIGHLIGHTS A P NEWS POWER
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press leased wire day report for broad news coverage. It also includes its own extensive special news service, delivering large volumes of daily reporting.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Theos
Graft Alleged as Turkey Scales Short Weights
San Antonio city inspector Charles Troilo says most Thanksgiving turkeys were sold on short weight scales. He inspected markets near the market house and found tens of pounds misrepresented, confiscating many hand scales from peddlers. He aims to install a 50 pound public scale at the market house before Christmas.
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San Antonians
Charles Troilo
Troilo
Market House
San Antonio
Grant Joins Army From Brooklyn Institute
Chapman Grant grandson of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant resigns his post as curator of entomology at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to become a second lieutenant in the Fourteenth United States cavalry. He will depart for Texas in December amid prospects of Mexico service. He is a Williams College 1910 graduate and earned his commission through civilian examinations last July.
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New York
Chapman Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Texas
Fourteenth United States Cavalry
Grant
Mexico
Fourteenth
Williams College
Museum of the
Brooklyn Institute
Special assistant Grosvenor resigns to join New York firm
Edwin P. Grosvenor, special assistant to Attorney General McReynolds in trusts cases, tendered his resignation effective January 1. He will become a partner of former Attorney General Wickersham and Henry W. Taft in New York, and will stay in government service until the harvester and moving picture suits are finished.
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Washington, D. C
Edwin P. Grosvenor
McReynolds
Harvester
Grosvenor
Wickersham
Henry W. Taft
New York
Moving Picture
Woodward Files Bankruptcy Petition in Missouri
Woodward is named in a Federal court filing in Kansas City with Woodward and Woodward & Burgess Amusement Company. Liabilities for each business range from 30 000 to 340 000 dollars, assets for Woodward are listed as nothing and for the amusement company as 1000 dollars. The firm is well known in Western theatrical circles.
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Woodward
Kansas City
O. D. Woodward
Woodward & Burgess Amusement Company
Amusement Company
Secretary Houston Seeks 25 Million For Agricultural Work
Secretary Houston asks Congress to appropriate 25 million dollars for federal agricultural programs. His estimates will be submitted this week. Chairman Lever of the House committee will cooperate on several plans to improve aid to farmers.
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Washington, D. C
Houston
Congress
Lever
House Committee
Austin Council to Set 1913 Tax Rate in Friday Session
City council will meet Friday to fix the 1913 tax rate. The new rate is expected at 1.931-3 dollars, up 17 cents from last year, excluding state taxes which rise 18 cents. Total state, county and city taxes are estimated at 2.612-3 dollars per hundred of valuation.
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Austin
Tex
Indian Bureau Seeks $10 Million for Next Year
The Indian bureau asks Congress for 10 million dollars for the bureau’s expenditures in the next fiscal year. This amount is one million dollars less than the bureau requested the previous year.
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Indian Bureau
Washington, D. C
The
Congress
One Edition This Holiday Impacts The Light Newspaper
The Light announces there will be a single edition today due to a general holiday observance. Readers are advised to tune in for the consolidated issue with essential updates and notices.
Juarez Battle Yields Federal Prisoners Spared by Villa
In Juarez, General Villa spares Federal prisoners after two days of fighting as 4000 government troops retreat toward Chihuahua City. Surviving Federal forces are jailed. Villa says no executions will occur. Report notes heavy losses Monday night and wounded among leaders, with continued skirmishes nearby.
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Francisco Villa
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Huerta
Chihuahua City
Villa
Manuel Chao
Jose Inez Salazar
Salazar
Fletcher at Tampico faces oil field protection concerns
Rear Admiral Fletcher secures pledges from General Aguilar to shield foreign oil interests near Tuxpam and Tampico. Navy vessels including Rhode Island Nebraska Michigan and Wheeling guard American British and other properties while officials assess risks to oil tanks and pipelines extending to interior regions.
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Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Aguilar
Tuxpam
Tampico
State Department
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Michigan
Wheeling
Navy Department
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Undertaker
Inspector Trollo
Chihuahua
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