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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1912

Page

2

San Antonio Humane Society to join Charities Fund

A San Antonio Humane Society likely to join the Charities Fund association after a special committee recommended consolidation under one budget for city charity work. A meeting next week will consider the report and the move to admit the San Antonio Humane Society despite earlier resistance from the existing society.

Charities Fund Association Humane Societies San Antonio Humane Society Ittee Wester Messrs Yale Hicks B. F. Kingsley Frank Paschal C. B. Cross Belle Dilgarde Kingsley Humane Society Carter Chamber of Commerce

San Antonio Humane Societies Report Admits Membership

A formal review of the San Antonio and Bexar County Humane societies finds the San Antonio group established about eleven years ago and financially stable. The commission recommends admitting the San Antonio Humane Society to the Charities Fund and notes a possible merger to resolve past differences.

San Antonio. Humane Society Bexar County Humane Society Humane Society For Your Charities Fund Association Humane Societies San Antonio Humane Society Humane Society RB. P. Lane H. J. Hayes J. L. Strohm San Antonio

Police seek missing girl Guadalupe Rieusset in San Antonio

Guadalupe Rieusset, 12, daughter of Adolph and Mrs. Rieusset, left home Friday morning for a nearby meat market and has not been seen since. Police, detectives, and the sheriff's office search hours without result. she is described as tall, slender with black eyes and a single black braid.

Guadalupe Rieusset Adolph Rieusset Rusk Street John Tobin Rieusset San Antonio Monterey Mexico

Mexico Situation Reaches Tentative Agreement For Border Boxing

Officials from the Southern Pacific queried the attitude of a Texas official about allowing boxing near the Mexican border. He suggested consent if proper authority issued it, with conditions including boxing Mexican arms and troops accompanying on Texas soil by constituted authority.

Nogales Ariz el Paso Mexico Southern Pacific Railroad Texas

Campa vows assault on Cananea and warns Americans off

Emilio Campa issued word from El Paso that he would attack Cananea and warned Americans to stay out of the fight. He said he would not tolerate indignities toward women and asserted he personally killed six of his men for attacking women.

EL Paso Tex Emilio Campa Cananea Campa

Rebels threaten Cananea as federals pursue Campa band

Four hundred federal troops chase rebel commander Emilio Campa and his two hundred fighters after their raid on Cananea Sonora. Rebels flee to the mountains while Campa denies threatening Armierfeans and demands disarming foreigners. The Nogales branch of the Southern Pacific has 1700 feet of bridge destroyed requiring about a month to repair, with guards posted between Cananea and Naco to protect the line.

Cananea Sonora Emilio Campa Campa Southern Pacific Mexico Nogales Naco

Special army board to meet in El Paso and Douglas

The board investigating injuries to Americans in Juarez and Agua Prieta during last year’s fighting will hold sessions in El Paso and Douglas around October 1. Meanwhile documentary evidence is being reviewed in Washington.

Washington Special Army Board el Paso Douglas Arizona Juarez Agua Prieta

Missing German Consular Agent Located Near Nacozari

Max Weber the Juarez based German consular agent long believed captured or killed by rebels near Moctezuma Sonora has been found at Nacozari according to a dispatch received in El Paso Texas. The report confirms his location after earlier suspicions of his fate. Herbert Weber is not specified in this excerpt.

EL Paso Tex Max Weber Juarez Moctezuma Sonora Nacozari Naco

Hayes Claims Record Tampered With During Police Trial

Cornelius G. Hayes former police inspector testifies in New York on the trial for making false statements about Police Commissioner Waldo. He says the stenographic record of his conversation may have been altered and questions its accuracy. He notes raids without disorder and cites a mayoral directive against private evidence collection. An adjournment follows as testimony resumes Tuesday morning.

New York Cornelius G. Hayes Waldo Hayes Gaynor

This Man Swallowed a Tool Chest of Knives and Nails

Chicago, Sept 7. Doctors removed nineteen pocket knives, seventeen nails, five blades, a dozen screws, and a silver dollar from John Martinez's stomach after he swallowed them on wagers. Martinez, a 36 year old laborer nicknamed the human tool chest, said eating them never hurt him though pains occurred. Physicians called the operation successful.

Chicago John Martinez Martinez

Carrie Meyers Identified in County Morgue Death

The aged former stage beauty Carrie Meyers was identified in the county morgue. She died in the Bridewell after being taken there August 22 for inability to pay a $10 fine. Meyers was an original cast member of the Black Crook.

Chicago Ill Carrie Meyers Bridewell

Altoga Bank Robbery Wrecks Safe in Texas

The Bank of Altoga was dynamited at 1:30 am causing the safe to be wrecked and $3000 stolen. Four robbers believed involved. City marshal at Princeton pursued two men, firing at them. one dropped a dynamite filled bucket later tied to the store building. Sheriff and deputies chase suspects toward McKinney. Altoga lies northeast of McKinney.

Altoga Tex Princeton Here W. T. Dunn A. T. Robertson McKinney

New Officers for International Club Elected

The International club elected John S. Sweet as president and BH and A Del Valle as secretary at a special meeting called by Acting President T M Paschal. Former president Staiti and secretary Mills resigned. Mills received thanks for his service and Sweet’s election follows Staiti’s earlier resignation. Del Valle named to strengthen leadership during the winter season. Terrill Medical Institute. Specialists. Chronic and private diseases of men and women. 215 Hicks building.

John 8S. Sweet A. del Valle International Club T. M. Paschal Mills Staiti E. C. Mills Board of Directors Mr. Sweet Sweet del Valle Terrill Medical Institute Hicks

Children See Father Burn Beneath Wreck

Rev H Grefe pastor of Germantown Iowa Lutheran church died in a car wreck near Paulina as his children and bystanders watched helplessly. The crash occurred when steering failed, the vehicle plunged from a bridge, gasoline ignited from a lantern used by rescuers. Pauling the car’s driver was badly hurt.

Paulina Iowa H. Grefe Lutheran Church Germantown August Pauling Grefe Pauling

Aviation meet to crown new speed champion at Eastchurch

Charles Weymann won the 150 kilometer leg in 81 minutes 36 seconds aboard a Nieuport monoplane, setting a world speed record of 78 miles an hour. The event marks the first hydroaeroplane and airboat contests outside military trials, with five days of races testing multi use machines on water and in the air.

Jules Vedrines America England Ae Holland Belgium Switzerand France Maurice Prevost Andre Frey Claude Grahame White Gustave Hamel George Dyott Charles Morck Jan Wynmalen Holland Edmund Audemarn Switzerland

Colorado Roads Seen As Best Investment For Land Owners

J W Warren president of the exac County Highway league reports after a Denver to San Antonio three week motor tour that Colorado has spent millions on roads. He cites $800000 in state funds and notes Wastern Colorado desires to revive the Santa Fe trail to Texas. He urges local focus on building and improving roads from San Antonio to the coast to attract tourists.

Colorado J. W. Warren Exac County Highway League San Antonio Denver Colorado Springs Lamar Oklahoma Strip Texas Bexar County

Heavy turnout in Waco as polls open in special election

In Waco Texas voters flocked to the polls for the special election opening today while rural areas showed a slow morning turnout. Prohibitionists and antis claim victory but supporters of the antis appear more confident. a large prohibition parade drew thousands this morning.

Waco Tex

Race clash prompts Georgia troops to Cummings

In Georgia, Governor Brown sent a company of infantry from Gainesville to Cummings after reports of an imminent race clash. The troops departed by automobile to the 23 mile distance to the town this morning.

Atlanta Gainesville Cummings Brown

Master Mechanic Arrives in Katy Shops at Smithville

Master mechanic H. L. McLaw of Greenville has arrived at the Katy shops in Smithville Texas and assumed charge. He relieves T. T. Close who moves to a Houston division passenger run as engineer.

Smithville Tex H. L. McLaw Greenville Katy T. T. Close Houston

Law Student Arrested in Texas Murder Case

Sheriff O H Brown arrived in Austin to bring R A Mills a University of Texas law student back to Young county to answer an indictment for the murder of his father C C Mills on the Mills ranch four years ago. Mills had been jailed after yesterday’s arrest and vowed to prove his innocence. Eight grand juries had met since the tragedy with no indictment prior.

Austin Tex O. H. Brown Young County R. A. Millis University of Texas Ansswer Mills Ranch Mills C. C. Mills Young Mills

Tennessee Confederate Veterans nominate Hickman for commander

In Nashville on Sept 7 Frank Chatham Bivouac and Camp nominated John P. Hickman to lead the Tennessee division of the United Confederate Veterans, succeeding J. H. McDowell who joined the progressive party. Hickman accepted noting McDowell's Chicago convention stance to back Roosevelt appeared to violate the constitution.

Nashville Tenn Frank Chatham John P. Hickman Tennessee United Confederate Veterans J. H. McDowell Progressive Party Hickman McDowell Chicago Roosevelt

Norther Predicted But Wind Shifts Before Noon

Weather observations note a brief northerly air from 1:20 to 2:10 PM in which the Hicks building vane showed northward wind. Citizens observing the vane perceived the change but the weather man denied any norther prediction.

Hicks

Straus Heads Ticket for Governor Nomination

Oscar S. Straus former secretary of commerce and labor in Roosevelt’s cabinet was unanimously acclaimed the Progressive Party nominee for governor at a stampede convention in Syracuse New York. He was nominated by Suspenser Jack McGee and the other nominations were withdrawn. Straus received a standing ovation after his speech.

Syracuse N. Y Oscar S. Straus Commerce and Labor Roosevelt Progressive Party Jack” McGee William H. Hotchkiss William A. Prendergast Mr. Straus

Lawyer Linked to Death in Drowning of Woman in New York

District Attorney Rogers of Orange County heads to New York to confer with DA Whitman over the drowning of Mrs. Rosa S. Szabo at Greenwood Lake. Gibson, a New York lawyer and Szabo estate executor, is accused of fraud in the will and faces removal proceedings September 17 before the surrogate. Two witnesses to the drowning were expected to accompany Rogers.

New York Rogers Orange County Whitman Greenwood Lake Rosa S. Szabo Burton W. Gibson Gibson Szabo Orange

Bitterly Contested Maine Governor Race Faces Polls

Portland Maine Sept 7 This last working day of one of the most bitterly contested state campaigns in a presidential year. Democrat Frederick W Plaisted seeks a second term against Republican William T Haines. Republicans and progressives unite behind the GOP slate. Tariff dominates the national issue in Maine campaign discussions.

Portland Frederick W. Plaisted William T. Haines Maine Vermont

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