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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 280. MAGONISTAS 'THREHENTO ok JUIREZ Many Americans Said to Be In the Ranks of the Liberals. ARMS ARE NOT SUPPLIED Junta In El Paso Backs Lead er and Cash to Purchase Munitions. • (SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT.! EL PASO. Tex.. Rept. !«.—Mago niataa, calling themaelvea liberal*, eontlnue to threaten Juarex from the American aide and keep the border cnty In conatant uneaalneee. With the Magonlataa are a number of American aoldiera of fortune, moat of them former tramp*, who are at* traded by the *ociallatlc doctrine* of the liberal*. Theae are the trouble maker* and are the onea who are urging an attack on the town aero** the river. Attack Expected Every Night. Every night this week Juarca ha* been warned that an attack would be made before morning, end every night the Juarex garrison ha* loat sleep watching for the aproaching Invader*. That no attack has been made I* due. it la said, to two thing*, lack of a leader and lack of arms. The Magonlstaa have a junta here, but there Is no leader, no one capable of directing an attack. Bealde* the Junta has thus far been unable to se cure sufficient arms and ammunition for the El Paso reeruita There are. It I* claimed by the junta, 300 Mago nletaa In El Paso who ate willing to fight but there appear* to be only one gun in the "army.” Twice th!* week • consignment of arm* and ammunition was reposed as having arrived, but each. time the report proved false. The Magonlataa appear to be without the necosaary ready cash to buy arm* here and the promised arms from a distance per sistently fall to get here. 1000 Magonlataa la Chihuahua. It is believed that an attack on Juarex can be successful from this side of the river. It 1* claimed that nearly one thousand Magonlataa are in Northern Chihuahua, within easy access of Juarex. and If they should unite in an attack, with the aid of the American contingent, there prob ably would be a serious battle. It la claimed that 75 Americans are allied with the El Paso contingent of the liberals, and It 1* believed that loot is the real purpose of the local Ma gonistas. GARRISONS REINFORCED. Over 1200 Federal Troop* Now on Border of Lower California. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) SAN DIEO<t, Cal.. Sept. 16.—The garrison at Tiajuana yesterday was reinforced by four hundred soldiers from Ensenada. This increases the Mexican forces on the border from Tiajuana to Mexicaia to 1200 men. At Ensenada, too. the garrison which was weakened by the departure of the four hundred men to Tl.ijuana was reinforced, a gunboat landing 600 sol diers. There has never been so large a force at Ensenada and on the bor der. WEATHER STREET TEMPERATURES. Sept. 15 3a. m 33 4 p. m 97 4 a. m 32 6 p. m 93 Sa. m 82 6 p. m 97 6 a. m 82 7 p. m 95 7 a. m 83 8 p. m 94 8 a. m 85 9 p. m 91 9 a. m 86 lOp. m 90 10 a. m 89 1J p. m 88- Ila. m 92 12 midnight.. 86 12 m 95 Sept. 16 1 p. m 98 1 a. m 85 2 p. m 98 2 a. m 84 3 p. m 97 LOCAL FORECAST. For San Antonio and vicinity: To ‘ night and Sunday, fair. HOME WEATHER IN)R TOURISTS. (Observations taken at 8 a. m.) ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 72; rain ing; four-mile wind from the south west; cloudy with occasional show ers. CHICAGO: Temperature, 66; clear; six-mile wind from the west: fair. MILWAUKEE: Temperature, 58; clear; ten-mile wind from the south; unsettled Sunday. ST. PAUL: Temperature, 58: clear; four-mile wind from the southeast; Sunday probably fair. KANSAS CITY: Temperature, 66; cloudy: four-mile wind from the east; Sunday fair and cooler. 4 NEW YORK: Temperature. 641 cloudy: six-mile wind from the north: showers and thunderstorms Sunday. BOSTON: Temperature. 62: cloudy: eight-mile wind from the northwest; showers and thunderstorms Sunday. WASHINGTON: Temperature. 70; raining; four-mile wind from the north; showers and thunderstorms Sunday. *-»*. Any statement emanating from any I source whatever to the effect that the day leased wire of the Associated Press into San Antonio is carried in : whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is unfounded and without any basis in fact. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT Ohl Loot Who’* H«r«f | BELIEVE MON A LISA MAY BE BROUGHT HERE Secret Service Man Watching the Swamp* of Minnesota for Famous Pictture. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) ST. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 1«.—From Information which they have received recently, treasury department officials believe that the Mona Ll«a, the 85.- 000,000 masterpiece which wa* stolen from the Louvre, In Pari*, will be smuggled -Into the United States through the swamps of Northern Min nesota. Acting through order* received from Washington. It is understood George C. Foulke*, special agent of the secret service In charge of the custom office* on the Canadian Une from the great lake* to the Pacific coast, left yester day for Northern Minnesota, where he will take charge of the dragnet which the government I* setting for the pic ture thieves. It Is believed the picture will not come through *ny regular port of en try, but will come by the caravan route. RECOVERING FROM ALLEGHENY FRESHETS Damage Will Be Greater Than First Reported—Ohio Is at Flood Height. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) PITTSBURG, Sept. 16.—Persons tn the flooded districts of Allegheny county are today recovering from the freshets which came upon them al most without warning. In Etna, the damage is much great er than at first estimated, and will reach 8250,000. Whole streets must be rebuilt and many homes repaired. The water supply is cut of, causing much suffering. The Allegheny and Ohio rivers are at flood height and loss in the county. It is estimated, win reach a million dollars. sin ran im MOI IN MEXICO Mrs. R. T. Pruitt Caught in Mob That Stoned Reyes and Is Trampled Upon and Bruised. Mrs. R. T. Pruitt of this city, re turning yesterday from Mexico, gives a thrilling account of her unwilling participation in the scenes attendant upon the stoning of General Reyes, candidate for the presidency of the southern republic, by the mob on Sep tember 3. Bruises on her arms bear evidence of the mob spirit that pre vailed on that, occasion. Mrs. Pruitt was trampled upon, her clothes were torn to rags, and she had to resort to force in effecting her escape from the seething mass of palados who carried naked swords and murderous stones in their hands. Mrs. Pruitt was standing on the cor ner of a street in Mexico City, when suddenly she saw a large crowd of men running in her direction. On the other side of her was another and smaller crowd, in the midst of which was a man who later proved to be the general whom the fanatics sought to disgrace. Mrs. Pruitt had no time to get out of the way. she said, before the mob was on her. A number ot federal soldiers rushed to her assistance and with fixed bay onets tried to stop the But both the protectors and the protected went down in the dust of the street, and were trampled by hundreds of feet. When finally Mrs. Pruitt was able to rise, she found that her arms, now sleeveless, bore the imprint of many a rough-shod Mexican’s heel, and that her body was bruised in several places. The federal soldiers who had sought to check the mob were likewise in a state of discomfiture. Their guns and Mrs. Pruitt’s purse were taken away. SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. THREE MEXICAN CELEBRATIONS ORAWCROWDS Anniversary of Independence Is Marked By Great Fiestas Held In San Antonio. I U. S. TROOPS IN PARADE; Great Procession Opens San Pedro Park Program—Two Other Celebrations. The fiesta* of the Mexican colony । commemorating the anniversary of ■ the Independence of Mexico I* In full I ■wing throughout Bexar county to- । day. In Han Antonio three great cele- . lifatlona are being held. The united | •ocietie* of the city are holding high ( carnival at San Pedro aprlng*. while I on Bowen'* Island and .the Market square In the city are two other cele bration*. The festivities opened at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon with a parade through the principal street* of the city In which two regiments of cav alry, two batteries of artillery and army officers ot the Department of Texaa took part. The parade formed at Washington square and proceeded over San Haba street. Commerce street. Alamo plaxa, Houston street, Main and Han Pedro avenues ending at Han Pedro springs. A band con- I cert opened the fiesta on Bowen's Island. Preparations Well Made. For days the Mexican colonists have been busily engaged decorating that part of the city where the cele brations take place and Marge, square, Bowen's Island and San Pedro spring* are a riot of red. white and green bunting with the castu* flag flying over almost every building, and from many temporary booths which have been erected. Bowen's Island, a deserted plat, is now gay with color and until late last night the merry throng* passed in and out of the gayly decorated booths or listened to the patriotic tunes played by an excellent band. The dingy old hay plaxa took on the holiday spirit and the tri-color and evergreens changed the dtnglness into a scene of beauty and gayety. It was on the plaxa where the true spirit of gayety reigned while In the market hall speeches upon the history of Mexico and extolling the deeds or Hidalgo, and other martyrs of Mexico were delivered. A strong frustration of the friendliness existing between the San Antoaio Mexicans and Ameri cans took place on the market square, when the band struck up the tune of Dixie and over a thousand Mexicans sent up a genuine "rebel yell.” U. 8. Troops in Parade. Never before has the celebration of the day been attempted upon such a vast scale in San Antonio and never be-j fore has the United States government' joined in the celebration by detailing . such a large number of troops to par- I tlclpate. Soldiers from the brigade i camp and the army post were in line , and General Duncan commanding the i Department of Texas was in a car- j riage with other distinguished guests | of the committee. The parade was • preceded by a detail of mounted po lice, the Eleventh cavalry with band ! followed, then came the Third cavalry i also preceded by Its band and follow ing were batteries B and C of the Third field artillery. The order of the parade was as fol lows: Mounted police; Colonel James Par ker, commanding the troops; the Eleventh cavalry band; the Eleventh cavalry; the Third cavalry headed by the regimental band, Colonel Day. commanding; Third field artillery, headed by the regimental band. Col onel Read, commanding, about 1600 troops In line; Chief Marshal Patricio Vallejo and his aides. P. Tafolla. J. E. Garza, J. Felan, J. Garcia. A. Villas trigo. R. Cantu. T. Rosales and J. M. Aguilar, all splendidly mounted and with broad ribbons of the color* of the republic on their breasts; car riages conveying Manuel A. Esteva. consul general of Mexico, in charge tn this city and president of the pa triotic committee, and the committee; T. Ayala and F. Acosta, vice presi dents: R. M. Li.Jan, secretary: P. S. Rodriguez, assistant secretary; J. F. Falcon, treasurer; J. Garza, collector general; T. Hernandez, subcollector; carriages conveying army officers; Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan, Aiderman William L. Richter, repre senting Mayor Callaghan; F. A. Chapa. Aidermen Erich Menger, P. G. Lucas, John Kenney and J. A. Lips comb, Judge Edward Dwyer of the Thirty-seventh district court. County Assessor A. V. Huth, A. W. Hartman, secretary of the International club, the American-Mexican organization of this city; carriages conveying those members of committees in charge of the celebration not on the patriotic committee: R. Sulaica, C. Salats, P. E. de Hoyos, J. C. Mendoza, T. Tan guma. M. G. Olivares, A. E. Romano, V. O. Flores and F. Trevino; Miguel C. D-na. master of ceremonies; car riages and tallyhos conveying women and little girls who will take part in the addresses and singing including Mesdames M. E. Valfre, L. <• de Oli vares and Sara F. de Diaz, directors of choruses And dialogues; Sociedad de la Union; Brothers of Puebla; As- I sociatlon of Protection; Gran Circulo de Obreros; Sociedad Allende; So ciedad Benito Juarez; Sociedad Dom ingues; Gran Liga Mexicans; Sociedad Zaragoza; Sociedad Hidalgo; Union de Trabajadores No. 93; Hermandad Mutua Independlente No. 1; Union de Trabajadores (both sexes.) Program at San Pedro. Arriving at San Pedro park, the distinguished guests. military and civic authorities were escorted to (Continued on Page 2—5th Column.) ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ’ ASCEND MOUNT ETNA I - I Only Succeed In Getting Within 50 Fret <>< t ruler— M«a Himi Rapid l> on Find Dem-eni. (HV TOP A*'4O«’|.*r’'D "ICEHC) CATANIA. Hlclly. Hept 16 An at- j tempt Io ascend Mount Etna mad* today, but II wa* ImpoMlble to get nearer than fifty feet from one of the crater*, owing to the intense h««t and thick smoke, in which no on>- could Ihe. 1 The eruption of lava continues. Near । the source the riur of lain flow* । swiftly. out-distancing men who ran | along it* edge Further down the I volcano's *lde» the man* coo’s grad- ! ually and. thickening. It divide* Into j four principal atn-am* and loses much of Its velocity. Great masse* of rock i wrenched from the crater’* edge float , and roll down the (lope, slowly Hqul- | fylng The constant cannonading of th* volcano is d<»Ienlng I NEIGHBORS DISLIKE SOAP WORK’S ODORS Totlfy Against B. J. laingc Who Ie lined and Ghen 30 Days in Which to AImiIc Nuisance. Nearly a dozen residents of Burnett. Nolan and Chestnut street* appeared a* complaining witnesses against B. J. Lmm. president of the l-ang* Soap Works. 407 Dawson street, who wa* arraigned before Judge Buckley ( in the police court today charged I The Hai Chi, photographed In New York - harbor, her marines and aportrait of Rear Admiral CMng Illi Kwong. The Hal Chi is the first war-ship from the Flowery Kingdom that lias ever visited this country. with maintaining a nuisance. They I testified the soap factory was oper- ■ ated in such a manner as to cause an- 1 noyance to nearby residents. Judge Buckley imposed a 810 fine I against the president of the firm. The j Judge announced that on condition the . defendant install such machinery as [ to abate the nuisance within the next thirty days, as promised, he would not insist on the enforcement of the or- I dinance making the conduct of such 1 plant a separate offense each and i every day. Residents testified that because of the disagreeable odors from the soap factory, they were forced to close their door* and windows of their respective homes frequently. Unless the nuisance was abated they said they would be compelled to move from the neighborhood and abandon their prop erty. Those who appeared In court as witnesses against the defendant were C. L. Creech, Emil Wicdenfield, Ed Diesselhorst, N. V. Robinet:, W. Heye, Gus Heye, W. J. Reed. Charles Boel hauwe, C. C. Walker and John Fenti man. LACKAWANNASYSTEM SECTION MEN STRIKE Officials Will Not Accede to the De mands of the Men—Entire Line Affected. (RY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) SCRANTON, Pa., Sept 16.—Twelve hundred and fifty foremen and sec tion hands on the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western railroad, have been ordered by President A. B. Lowe, Maintenance of Ways Emple.ves’ union, to strike at 6 o'clock tonight. The strike was authorized by na tional officers of the Trackmen’s union and comes from the refusal of the company to arbitrate differences with the men. The section men had asked for an increase in wages which was refused. Subsequently, it is said. M. G. Foley, a section foreman and chairman of the grievance committee, was dismissed. The section men claimed he had been discharged because of his activity in the agitation for increased wages and they demanded his reinstatement. This, the men say. was also refused, and that the union men suggested ar bitration. President Truesdale of the company, declined to arbitrate and the strike today was the result. The strike order takes In the entire Lackawanna system between Hobo ken, N. J- and Buffalo. CHINESE BATTLESHIP AT NEW YORK ’ SPRING’ WAS 0NLYA8REAK IN WATER FIFE Captain Novak Uncovers Mas querading Stream and Exposes 14-Year-Old Fake. HAS BEEN A GREAT LOSS Its Ambitions to Become Great Bubbling Geyser Is Its Un doing at Last. For fourteen years, winter and sum mer, water from a spring bubbled from the ground at Fort Sam Houston and gurgled its way musically into a drain pipe. Troops came and troops went but the water from the spring kept on its busy little way. Located in rear of the quarters on the south side of the infantry post the spring was as an oaisis in the desert and no one said it nay. It ikxame Ambitious. Then the spring became ambitious. The water bubbled forth in an ever increasing stream, which attracted the attention of Captain Martin Novak. The captain's coldly practical mind refused to accept as logical the in- 1 crease in the flow. He knew it was not the way of springs. So he Investigated with a spade. The "spring” he found to be merely a leak in a water pipe. The hole in the pipe constantly enlarged, which caused the Increased flow day by day. The "spring" was suppressed. It is estimated that millions of gallons of water valued at thousands of dollars went to waste as a result of the ‘‘spring." So great became the flow from it that water pressure in the pipes had been greatly reduced during the past few weeks. Ambition Its Undoing. But for its ambition to become a river the spring might have continued merrily on its course for fourteen years longer, wasting money, even as the pampered pet of plutocratic parents is wont to do. TEN PAGES TODAY—PRICE: FIVE CENTS —, - , MILLIONAIRE SHOOTS SELF Rented a Room In Clicap IxKiging House W here Body Is Found. (BY THE ASSOCIATED TRESS) LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept 16. — Martin Costello, 65, ot Tombstone, ' Ariz.. prominent for more 'than a quarter of a century in the develop ment of mines in the southwest and reputed to be a multi-millionaire, committed suicide last night in a cheap lodging house. Costello dressed himself in fault less after dinner attire, left his fam ily at the family apartments, went to the lodging house and rented a room for which he paid 75 cents. He fold ed his coat for a pillow and lying down on the floor, sent a bullet through his heart, dying almost In stantly. Despondency Is believed to have been the cause. The Sunday Light has 70 per oent more circulation in the city of San Antonio than any other newspaper. See its groat fash ion supplement tomorrow. The Sunday Light Has become a favorite because it is honestly ed ited and honestly advertised. The innuendo that it contains the miraculous has always been care fully avoided and always will be. Whether a story is good and interesting is something on which readers, in accordance with their own in clinations, form their own judgment. The best which the editor can do, is to make an effort to please the public. He selects matter which he thinks will meet the wishes of the majority, he endeavors to find the golden mean. Normal men and women enjoy, in slightly varying degrees, the same things. This is the basis on which the Sunday Light is edited. It is a safe basis, because it means that the many will be pleased. You can make no mistake by cultivating the habit of reading The Sunday Light The Sunday Light has 70 per cent more circulation in the city of San Antonio than any other newspaper. See Its great fash ion supplement tomorrow CITY kution SHEER IRE BEING CLOSED IN TWO STATES Operators Refuse to Recognize Association of Workers Re- , cently Organized. SITUATION GROWS ACUTE Supply Is Short t Market Live lier and Prices Show Ten- . deucy to Rise. i < BT THE ASSOCIATED PREM.) BEAUMONT. T*X„ Sept. 16.—Thtr ty-six saw mill* In T«x*« and Louis iana are now closed and It la fgpr*d thl* number will be Increased to fifty in le«* than a month unless there la a decided change in the atatua of th* dispute between the mill owner* and the Timber Worker*' Brotherhood. With stocks running low at the manufacturer*, with the possibility that the entire available supply of timber at the mill* may be exhausted Koon, with the market livelier than at any time for year* and with price* showing a tendency to rise, the lumber situation threatena to become acuta. There I* not now a sign of settlement In sight. Will Not Recognize Union. The mill men refuse to recogntt* the new organisation of timber work er*. which some of them characterise a* socialistic and unreasonable in Ita demands. The timber worker* con tend that they want better working conditions, with a small increase in pay and the right to buy where they wish Instead of being compelled to purchase from the company commit sartea at price* which they any are 15 to 30 per cent more than elsewhere. The timber worker* continue to or ganise in various lumber towns of th* two states. It i* said they are prepar ing to Invade Mississippi. Alabama and Arkansas with their organisation. Prominent mill men here aaeert that the organisation will not be recognized, but that the mills will re ■ main shut down until the men din solve the organization and return to I work. None of the Beaumont mills have yet closed, and comparatively few- are shut down in this district. Many of the mill* closed are In the Louisiana parishes of Calcasieu. Vernon. Rap ides. St. 1-andry and Evangeline. Wood Crew* Discharged. The latest development has been the discharging of the wood crews at an Orange. Tex., mill, which Is said to be one of the largest and wealthiest in the south. Although thi* Mill ha* not yet closed. It Is known that it has not ordered its supply of logs replenished, although apparently the logs on hand will be used up by the end of thia week. Results of the meeting of th* lx>uisiana and Texas Saw Mill Opera tors' association In Chicago last Wed nesday. arc not known here. It is be lieved that meeting discussed tho proposition of closing every saw mill in the south's pine timber belt. STOLYPIN WYMORE PAIN Bulletin Issued on Premier's Health Say* Temperature Is Normal. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 16—Th* latest medical examination of Premier Stolypin, who was shot Thursday night during the performance in a theater at Kiev, shows, according to a message from (hat city that the bullet which entered the body, graxed the liver. There has been an Increase in pain ex perienced by the patient since last night, but his temperature remain* normal.