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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1911
Page
1
A multinational security unit reportedly landed to shield foreign residents amid rising tensions. Officials confirmed troop deployment details and the group’s mandate, while city observers described the move as a precautionary measure to prevent violence and safeguard diplomatic compounds.
Berlin reports a German force from the cruiser Leipsic and gunboats Tiger and Vaterland has landed at Hankow and fights a Chinese mob. German colonists volunteer to aid marines as Vice Admiral Von Krosigk leads the arriving Gneisenau and torpedo boat to Hankow to join international landing efforts.
Aggressive maneuvers to rescue Wu Chang and Hankow were begun as rebels threaten the cities. The Associated Press reports troops moved today in a sustained operation aimed at lifting the rebel siege and securing the region.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Wednesday with mild temperatures and light winds. No significant precipitation is expected.
Observations at 8 am show varied conditions. St Louis 56 and cloudy with a west wind 12 miles. Chicago 64 with rain and southwest breeze. Milwaukee 52 cloudy with southwest wind and rain. St Paul 46 clear with northwest wind. Kansas City 50 northwest with clear tonight and Wednesday. New York 65 with southeast rain tonight and Wednesday. Boston 52 cloudy northeast wind with tonight and Wednesday rain. Washington 50 cloudy with northeast wind and rain tonight.
The assertion that the AP leased wire into San Antonio is shared in full or part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is unfounded and not supported by facts. The record confirms exclusive carriage by the San Antonio Light.
A dispatch to the Chronicle from Constantinople says Italian forces outside Tripoli suffered a serious reverse after advancing beyond their base. Turks engaged them, forcing a retreat with about 100 Italian deaths reported.
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff and Captain Frank McCoy aide will arrive in San Antonio Thursday at 10 15 am from El Paso via Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad. General Duncan reports a telegram repeating the El Paso telegram and notes plans to tour San Antonio Galveston Fort McIntosh and Leon Springs with possible maneuvers.
A bronze statue of Gen John Morgan by Pompeo Coppini is unveiled in Lexington Kentucky after a year of work. Eighty six Kentucky horsemen praised it as the finest equestrian statue seen. Col Dick and Capt Charlton Morgan called it a perfect lifelike portrait. the Kentucky Daughters of the Confederacy funded the monument.
Cabinet members diplomats judges and military officials will attend the funeral of Associate Justice John M. Harlan at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. Rev Dr Wallace Ratcliffe will preside and burial will follow at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Reports from all points indicate broad interest in nominations with many candidates. Authorities note active public engagement and expect further developments as campaigns begin in earnest.
Two methods grant votes for contestants in the Light's Great Automobile contest. Voters may clip daily ballots from the Light or secure prepaid new subscriptions or renewals. Subscription books are provided to contestants. nominations are open now. Entrants should enter at once by contacting the Contest Department in San Antonio Light.
Nominations flood the Contest Department as readers from across the paper's territory enter the Automobile Voting Contest. The large prize fund and the promise of rewards attract many popular and energetic participants eager to compete.
Astor Brinkolter, 19, rode on the Garden street sidewalk due to mud, told Judge Buckley. He had no money to pay a fine when spectator J P Withers, a roads advocate, paid the sum, saying no repayment required.
McAlester Oklahoma October 17 Aviator C P Rodgers resumed his coast to coast plane journey after a circuit of McAlester He left at 720 am following the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad tracks and headed southward rapidly He passed over Denison at 925 am en route to Fort Worth Texas toward the next leg of the flight
Avia tor Rodgers alighted seven miles south of Denison in Pottsboro at 9 30 a m. He did not appear to be in serious trouble and the reason for the stop was not yet learned.
A prominent Maderista reports underground chatter of a plot to kill Francisco I. Madero in Monterey on arrival day or later at C. P. Diaz or Ave Negras. Telegrams warned him to stay vigilant while Madero travels through Northern Mexico, with two Registas said to have left for Monterey.
Philadelphia defeats New York 3 to 2 in eleven innings to take a 3 game series lead. Baker homers in the ninth to tie, Coombs shuts Giants for eleven innings with nine strikeouts while Mathewson allows nine hits.
In a tight game the Giants tied the score with a first inning run and held off the Athletics until the ninth when Collins and Murphy sparked a rally. Baker hit a homer for the A’s, but the Giants with Mathewson pitching shut them down in the late innings to steal a win.
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