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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
2
Workers say they hold strike orders ready for release by flash while shops remain closed until October 1. Many express support for leaders as earnings have dwindled under a policy of two days work per week. Harriman line plans to use strikebreakers and prepare boarding cars. Local groups monitor developments as negotiations seem unsettled.
A letter from T G Alvord of Federated Employes district No 11 Ogden Utah said a final decision on the Harrirhan strike would be rendered Monday. Five hundred Sunset Shops workers await word to strike or stay at work as Davenport Iowa talks proceed and roundhouse crews log overtime.
The San Antonio Press club will hold a general meeting at the Gunter hotel to elect officers and a board of governors for the coming year. President J Hampton Sullivan urges all members to attend the 3:30 p m session as the secretary treasures report for the first year will be presented.
San Antonio business interests suspend the proposed railroad from San Antonio to the Rio Grande after $500,000 in subscriptions and surveys, with a committee decision to not form the construction company. Engineer C. S. Young plans further surveys to seek future rail development in the Brownsville region. About $20,000 has been spent on two 200 mile by 40 mile route surveys from below San Antonio to Colito west of Falfurias.
The oils used at the coronations of Edward VII and George V mix sesame and olive oils with rose, orange blossom, jasmine, cinnamon, benzoin, musk, civet, and ambergris. The recipe mirrors a seventeenth century formula.
Reports from Langhirano describe intensified rioting with carabineers stoned and forced to fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding twelve. Italy demands occupation of Tripoli and Cyrene while Turkey pauses military measures during negotiations, as Beirut squadron sails to Constantinople and public anger rises.
A inventor in East India has developed an electric pen that carbonizes the paper as it moves, creating a lasting mark. The device uses an electric current to burn a pattern into the sheet, offering a novel writing and marking method.
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. as the only lasting cure for chronic sores by purifying the blood. It claims impurities cause ulcers and that S. S. S. removes morbid matter, feeds healthy blood, and aids natural healing. Free booklets and medical advice are offered, with sales through drug stores from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
The Tanin attacks Italy in a violent piece and Turkey vows to enforce martial law in Constantinople. Officials fear Italy related riots as Said Pasha may become grand vizier amid growing war rhetoric and moslem youths volunteering for conflict. Italian officers in Turkish service have been recalled.
The Turkish answer to Italy's ultimatum about Tripoli and Cyrene was delivered to Signor Di Martino at 6 30 am. It was friendly in tone, noting cordial relations and no threat to Italian interests. The message said Turkey seeks a peaceful settlement and that Italian subjects in Ottoman lands face no dangers.
The article outlines Tripoli as the Ottoman empire’s last African possession with Egypt under English protection. It notes three parts Fezzan Murzuk Barca and Tripoli proper, a 1000 mile coast, a 1.2 million population, and borders with the Sahara. Fezzan could gain independence under desert chiefs after Turkish rule ends.
The piece notes the public’s judgment in daily reading and warns readers against being misled by transient words. It emphasizes vigilance in discerning lasting truths beyond fleeting newspaper language.
The record notes the conquest of Spain and lists Tripoli Ben-Ghazi and Murzuk as principal cities. It states Tripoli, once large, has decayed with a population of about 16 000, reflecting decline in major Libyan urban centers.
Desire to start a new Albanian uprising spreads in Chiasso Switzerland as Albanian delegates urge General Garibaldi to seize the moment and organize a fresh revolution in Turkey.
The article reports Italy declaring war on Turkey with no notice to neutrals and contemplates a peaceful blockade of Tripolitan ports. The U.S. State Department says such action may not hinder American commerce, while diplomats in Constantinople and Rome note foreign unrest and Turkish city demonstrations.
Oscar Strauss former ambassador to Germany wired Secretary Knox urging the United States to invoke the pacific settlement convention to prevent a possible war between Mohammedan and Christian nations. He warned Italy's hasty move could set a dangerous precedent for future aggression by other powers.
Zia Pasha, Turkish ambassador to the United States, in Belleport, expresses deep pain that Italy has declared war. He says Turkey has done everything to avoid war but must now fulfill its duties.
In Los Angeles Mrs Frances Brown former teacher prepares artificial flies after students described how fish bite but avoid the hook. The ambassador discussed a dispatch to Constantinople about the ex situation and what to tell the American government.
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