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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1911
Page
1
The Associated Press reports sugar and coffee reach high levels while potatoes surge to 85 cents to over a dollar a bushel. Food costs vary by region with pork, lard, and eggs showing mixed changes from last year as experts predict higher prices but relief for plain, affordable fare.
Two Chicago women, one blonde and one brunette, seek Texas husbands. They express boredom with life in Chicago and desire to move west to ride and have a good time, asking for letter writers from Texas cowboys who can learn to love them.
In Boston on September 11, Dr. George W. Galvin of Emergency Hospital links smaller hats to improved female capacity. He notes women now perform tasks once beyond them and many college girls wear no hats, with rising classroom averages each year.
Voters in Maine went to the polls to decide the fate of prohibition in the state constitution. Urban centers favored repeal while rural districts aimed to preserve the prohibitory amendment. Three questions on local government were cast across churches and communities.
Paris reports heavy trading tone but France keeps its investment stance while German Moroc ca proposals spark cabinet review. Caillaux and de Selves refer counter offers to Moroccan specialists and seek an international conference if needed.
A U S experimental station expert from Brownsville and a state station representative both failed to diagnose or treat a new insect pest. The U S government man offered a theory that the pest feeds on Bermuda onions after feeding on huisache, then relocates to the onion. The issue remains unresolved with no confirmed remedy.
In Berlin on September 11 the Pan German League adopted resolutions opposing Germany’s withdrawal from Moroccan positions and rejecting territorial indemnity in the French Congo. It urged the chancellor to end negotiations with France over Morocco and called for rapid warship construction. The group claims German public supports Western Morocco acquisition. The day’s panic in the stock market eased with strong buying amid Van Kiderlen Waechter’s reassuring remarks.
A posted sign in every street car warns passengers not to talk to motormen. Superintendent T C Brown of the Traction company says motormen must operate the car first, as talking can distract them and endanger pedestrians on crowded streets.
Sam Mackin of Laredo outlines the thrip pest attacking Bermuda onions along the Rio Grande. The small bug bores into young shoots, reducing yield by about half, despite spraying efforts by growers, the USDA, and state stations.
London reports a flying postman rescue. An aviator named Hubert was trapped when his aircraft failed and crashed. The mail bags broke the impact, shielding him from the engine and saving his life though he sustained broken legs.
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures remain mild with clear skies and light winds expected across the region.
Observations taken at 8 am report temperatures ranging 60 to 68 degrees across St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Winds vary from four to eighteen miles per hour with a mix of clouds rain and showers expected tonight and Tuesday.
Statement declares that no other newspaper in San Antonio carries the Associated Press leased wire in whole or in part. asserts the claim is unfounded and baseless.
Special report from El Paso details the first deployment of federal troops to Juarez since the Mexican Revolution began. The Fifth Cavalry will bring 500 federals from Mexico City to join about 500 former insurrectos, sparking fears of clashes as officials plan to convert rebels into rurales.
B E Cotham of a Waring Texas farm went to San Antonio to hire cotton pickers. He was robbed of his hat shoes and watch while sleeping in Washington square and woke to be charged with unlawfully sleeping on park grass. Police booked him but Judge Buckley dismissed the case after hearing the evidence.
Dr. Conley state superintendent of buildings and grounds did not arrive in San Antonio today but will spend the day tomorrow in the city to advance the governor's Alamo improvement plans. He will inspect a vacated Hugo Schmeltzer building and is expected to set the contract for tearing down the superstructure and cleaning out accumulated rubbish.
The Chinese cruiser Hai Chi arrived in New York today with an official salute marking the first Chinese warship visit to the port. The ceremony underscored growing naval ties and tensions in the era.
Oklahoma City hosts an interstate commerce commission hearing on alleged flagrant discrimination in inbound and outbound livestock rates. More than 150 rate experts attend as Morris & Co and Sulzberger & Sons press for rate adjustments. The complaint names over 140 railroads as defendants and covers central west and southwest stock rates.
George Eldridge a 17 year old white traveler who has journeyed over 300000 miles around the world appeared in police court charged with vagrancy. Judge Buckley dismissed the case after hearing Eldridge claim self support and long travels across Africa Europe and the Americas while earning by singing and dancing.
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