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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1912

Page

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Ulster Day Rally as Hope Fades for Home Rule

Belfast marks Ulster Day with a religious service at Ulster Hall attended by Sir Edward Carson and Lord Beresford. Unionists display unity, 200 guard and 500 reserve attendees, while crowds cheer Carson as the Boyne flag is presented. No explicit plan for resistance announced.

Ulster Hall W. William McLean Edward D. Carson McLean Belfast Unionist Club Orange Lodges Lord Beresford Charles Beresford James Craig East Down Sir Edward Carson Edward Carson Frederick E. Smith Boyne Sir Edward Mr. McLean Ireland Dublin Ulster Carson William Battle of the Boyne George

Man Leaps to Death at Niagara Falls From Buffalo

Workmen on the Canadian side report seeing Frank T. Parker of Buffalo vault the rail near the brink and plunge 200 feet to the rocks. Police recovered his derby hat and papers bearing his name. Parker, a former captain in the Seventy-fourth NYS Guard, had been ill and was missing since Wednesday. A search also follows for Mrs. George Fitch of Windsor Conn noted by her husband as having written of intending to die in this way.

Niagara Falls N. Y Frank T. Parker Buffalo Parker Seventy-fourth Regiment New York State Guard George Fitch Windsor

Sneed Remanded to jail Without Bail in Amarillo

Judge Browning ruled in Forty seventh district habeas corpus on J B Sneed denying bail and remanding him to jail. Attorneys plan an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. A murder charge against Sneed for Al G Boyce Jr remains and a separate case for Al G Boyce Sr is set for November in Travis County.

Amarillo Tex Browning Distri Court Sneed Tarrs al G. Boyce Sr

Day of Cheap Living Over Says Professor Davenport

Chicago reports Professor Eugene Davenport of the University of Illinois predicts the day of cheap living is over due to nationwide costs. He told the National Vocational Art and Industrial congress that farmers are first affected yet still driven by self interest and warns against the abolitionist cry to move back to the farm.

Chicago, II Eugene Davenport Agricultural College University of Illinois National Vocational Art and Industrial Congress Davenport

Halt Hazing At Chapel Hill After Rand Death Expelled

University of North Carolina expelled four students tied to the hazing death of William Rand, a Smithfield freshman. Two more faced charges of aiding and abetting. Ten more students were suspended for one year for hazing activities in recent years.

Weather snapshot for six cities with Cool Sunday outlook

Observations show St Louis 50 clear with east wind, Chicago 64 cloudy and cooler with possible rain, Milwaukee 36 cloudy, St Paul 38 clear and cool, Kansas City 50 cloudy, New York 50 clear with northeast wind and rain possible, Washington 52 clear and fair. Temperatures listed as lowest in 24 hours.

ST. Louis Chicago Milwaukee ST. Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington

San Antonio Light notes AP wire facts

The statement declares that any claim a day leased AP wire into San Antonio is carried elsewise is unfounded and without basis in fact. It asserts the San Antonio Light is the sole carrier of that wire in the city and dismisses other newspapers’ involvement.

Associated Press San Antonio

Derricks Collapse In Rand Building Site Buckling Incident

Two steel cranes topple at Rand building site bounded by Houston Main Veramendi Soledad after a boom buckles under a heavy load. One worker injured, trolley wires and street traffic disrupted for about 30 minutes while crews and police restore order.

J. P. Haynes Rand Houston, Main Soledad Veramendi Soledad Street G. H. Johnson Pittsburg Howard Hotel Haynes’ Force Haynes

Accident injures man as derrick bent steelwork

A worker is engaged in straightening bent steelwork after an accident involving a derrick. A similar incident happened about two weeks earlier with the base stationed in the basement, and no surrounding street wires were broken.

Koreans Sentenced in Conspiracy Case Backed by Missionary Involvement

Heavy sentences were imposed today on many of the 123 Korean prisoners charged with conspiring against Count Terauchi. Several top defendants received decade terms, while most others were punished. nine were released. The trial, begun June 28, drew world attention as American missionaries were named and accused, then later withdrawn under torture claims.

Seoul Korea Terauchi Yun Chi Ho M. Charles Methodist Episcopal Church

Waco Woman, 84, Donates Dollar to Woodrow Wilson Fund

Miss Margaret Dunevant of Waco aged 84 contributed $1 to the Woodrow Wilson fund. The donation was received by Mrs. W. E. Spell, chairwoman of the Texas Women’s Woodrow Wilson campaign committee. Dunevant hopes to live to see a Democratic president elected.

Waco Tex Margaret Dunevant Woodrow Wilson Fund W. E. Spell Texas Woman’s Woodrow Wilson Dunevant

General Otike Threatened In Textile Mills

Lawrence Mass September 28 The Lawrence general council of the Industrial Workers of the World urged a general strike of all textile mill workers this afternoon after a mass meeting. Vincent St John the I W W secretary sanctioned the strike from Chicago. About 8000 workers were involved as mills planned to open Monday with no pickets and no trouble reported.

Lawrence Mass Industrial Workers of the World Lawrence General Council Vincent St. John Chicago

Seaman A Knapp Memorial Day Proposed in Louisiana

PLAN KNAPP MEMORIAL BATON ROUGE La Sept 28 The day before Thanksgiving in case of success of a movement decided upon here yesterday by the committee on a memorial to the late Seaman A Knapp of the department of agriculture will be set aside for observance in the public schools of the state as Seaman A Knapp Agricultural Day Congressman Joseph E Ransdell one of the committee said there is too great a removal from the country to the city and the day aims to develop in school children an appreciation of country life.

Baton Rouge Seaman A. Knapp Department of Agriculture Seaman A. Knupp Joseph E. Ransdell

Dallas Woman Seeks Funds to Bury Nephew

Dallas officials authorized Mrs. D. H. Bailey to circulate a petition for 79 dollars 50 cents to bury her nephew Jesse James. She said she sold her home and spent all she had hoping to save him and did not want him buried in a pauper's grave.

Dallas Tex City of D. H. Bailey Jesse James

No Excuse for Bad Eggs Campaign Warns Texas Merchants

State Pure Food and Dairy Commissioner Abbott announces plans to place placards in every Texas store selling eggs. The signs will state it is a violation to sell bad eggs and guide merchants on how to detect spoiled eggs to curb distribution.

Austin Tex Pure Food and Dairy Abbott Texas

Practical Joke Fatal to Workman in Buffalo

War ren Trouse, who caused a workman’s death during a past practical joke, will begin immediate probation under a officer and pay 3 dollars weekly to support the dead man’s family. The sentence is expected to last about ten years with total fines exceeding 1500 dollars.

Buffalo N. Y Warren Trouse

Five More Steamships Clear 170062 Bales of Cotton in Galveston

The late afternoon filing of manifests for five more foreign steamships raised the day’s cotton clearances to 170,062 bales in Galveston Texas, surpassing the earlier figure of 154,850 bales.

Galveston Tex

Farm Women as Delegates Named by Texas Governor

Governor of Texas appoints seven delegates to represent the state at the International Congress of Farm Women in Lethbridge Alberta Canada on October 22 1912. Delegates include Miss Lilly Sherrill Cooke Point Miss Minnie Hurt Athens Mrs M Barrett Austin Mrs Benigna G Kalb Crockett Miss Amanda L Stoltsfus Tuleta Mrs J S McKay Ferris and Mrs J P Robinson Bartlett.

Austin Tex Texas Farm Women Lethbridge Alberta Canada Lilly Sherrill Cooke’s — Point Minnie Hurt Athens M. Barrett Benigna G. Kalb Crockett Amanda L. Stoltsf

U S Senate Panel Probes U S Money in Mexican Revolutions

The U S senate sub committee on relations with Mexico reports arms and funds flowed across the border during the Madero and Orozco periods. Investigators cite 10 million rounds of ammunition from El Paso and 80 thousand from Los Angeles along with 40 thousand rifles and 500 tons of dynamite. They imply American funds backed Madero while denying support for Orozco. The panel nears completion with a report due to the foreign relations committee.

Los Angeles Cal United States Senate Mexico Senate Committee On Foreign Relations William Alden Smith United States el Paso Smith Orozco Mexico City Madero A. B. Fall Republic Senator Fall Southwest Washington Foreign Relations Committee Senate

Interventions Discussed as U.S. Aid in Mexican Conflicts

In Washington on September 28 congress hears charges that American aid financed both sides of Mexican revolutions. Orozco supporters accuse the Madero government of overthrowing Diaz with U.S. help while Madero backers claim Americans back the current rebels with interests in Sonora and Chihuahua. General Aguilar leads a rising in Vera Cruz as towns fall and force grows. Two Americans, Koch and Lundquist, remain jailed without trial despite Ensenada court statements.

Washington Congress Orozco Madero Diaz Sonora Chihuahua State Department Vera Cruz Aguilar Koch Lundquist Federal Ensenada

Mexico to Move Federal Troops Through U S Territory

The state department granted permission for a Mexican federal battalion to pass through American soil from El Paso to Douglas. Troops must travel unarmed with rifles carried separately under guard and returned at destination. The operation aims to pressure Orozco forces in eastern Mexico.

Washington State Department Elae Douglas Mexico Orozeco

New Rebellion Breaks Out Near Veracruz Gulf Port

Consular reports reveal a new revolutionary movement at Tuxpan between Tampico and Vera Cruz. The leaders are unknown, and no direct link to Zapata Orozco or Aguilar is yet proven. Government reports claim cartridges laced with nitro glycerin were sold to rebels and test showed dangerous power.

Mexico City Tuxpam Tampico Vera Cruz Zapata Orozco Aguilar Zapatista Tiangistengo State of Mexico Federals Zapatistas

Poison in Water Feared in Oaxaca Rebel Crisis

Sept 28 report says rebels in Oaxaca state threaten to poison drinking water using cyanide after failing to obtain strychnine. They menaced Natividad Mining workers in Ixtlan district and planned to contaminate San Felipe water supply with cyanide. A small bag reportedly found near springs raises alarms.

Mexico City Oaxaca Nativadad Mining Company Ixtlan San Felipe Capiveda

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