Protest Over Bridge Arrests By U S Troops At Eagle Pass
Delegates arrive to arrange campaign plans while Washington orders arrests of revolutionists crossing the international bridge. Beltram protests to Secretary Bryan alleging spy deployments and violation of neutrality laws. US Captain Bigler enforces limits on passage of Carranzistas, who demand recognition of their state government. Reports of gendarmes and limited smuggling surface as Mexicans continue to move between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Washington
International Bridge
Bravo
Coahuila
Zaragosa
Beltram
T. R. Beltram
Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Washington, D. C
Texas
Huerta
Jesus Fernandez
San Antonio
Bigler
United States
Diaz
Piedras Negras
Laredo
Mexico
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Unsettled weather for San Antonio and nearby areas. Showers are expected tonight or Tuesday with cooler temperatures arriving Tuesday.
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San Antonio
Global Morning Weather Snapshot From Major Cities
At 8 a m observations show St Louis data unavailable. Chicago reports 34 degrees with cloudy skies and a northeast wind. Milwaukee 28 degrees with rain and northwest wind. St Paul 82 degrees with rain and east wind. Kansas City 56 degrees with rain and southeast wind. New York 38 degrees clear and northwest wind with increasing clouds. Boston 34 degrees snowing with north wind and mixed precip. Washington 38 degrees clear and northwest wind with possible rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Sanford Killed by Pistol At Matamoros Street
E. J. Sanford, 27, was shot at 426 Matamoros Street around 2:30 this morning. A .38 caliber bullet entered the right temple and exited the head. He worked as a bookkeeper for Jack W. Neal Carriage Co. for three years and lived at 323 South Flores Street. survivors include his father, two brothers, and a sister in Alpine and another brother in Eagle Pass. Burial likely in Alpine.
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E. J. Sanford
Matamoras Street
R. Neal Campbell
Sanford
Matamoros Street
Campbell
Riebe Undertaking Company
Jack W. Neal Carriage Company
South Flores Street
Alpine
Tex
Eagle Pass
Claims of Proof in Rojas Allegations Against Wilson
Roque Gonzales Garza asserted in San Antonio that Manuel Rojas' charges against Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson are provable with documents. He travels to El Paso for a conference of constitutionalist leaders uniting against Huerta and Diaz, backing Carranza and a large armed movement.
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Manuel Rojas
Henry Lane Wilson
Roque Gonzales Garza
el Paso
Huerta
Felix Diaz
Senor Gonzales Garza
Mexico
Wilson
Senar
Gonzales Garza
San Antonio
Roberto Pesquiera
Sonora
Samuel
Masonic Officials Lay Cornerstone in Waco Temple
In Waco Texas Grand Master J J Mansfield Brownwood Grand Treasurer W W Peavy and Grand Secretary John Watson visit for the 3 PM cornerstone lay of the new Masonic temple valued at 60000 dollars. They will also lay the cornerstone of the old state temple atop the new in Houston. Dr S S Brooks and Mansfield to deliver principal addresses.
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Waco, Tex
J. J. Mansfield
Columbus
Tex
W. W. Peavy
Brownwood
John Watson
Waco
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Texas
Masonic State Temple
Houston
P. Brooks
Mansfield
Enabling Act Signed For Home Rule Carriage
The governor signed the enabling act to carry out the home rule constitutional amendment. The measure takes effect after ninety days due to the senate record of the free conference committee report not being given. It does not include initiative referendum or recall features.
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Austin
Tex
Free Conference
Senate
Hungarian deputies jailed for riot disturbance in parliament
Budapest April 7 deputies from the lower house were jailed and fined for disrupting a session. Zacharias received 30 days in jail and 100 dollars for throwing ink at the premier and agriculture minister during a riot. Hoff man and Beck got 14 days and 60 dollars each. Four other deputies were acquitted.
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Budapest
Zacharias
Hoffman
Beck
Gonzales Garza Claims Proof of Accusations
Luis Manuel Rojas charged Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City with moral responsibility for the deaths of Madero and Suarez and for denying protection. Secretary Bryan said he had not read the charges and would not discuss the attacks on the ambassador.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Luis Manuel Rojas
Wilson
Mexico City
Madero
Suarez
Bryan
Death of San Antonio businessman H L Wagner
H L Wagner aged 57, prominent San Antonio drug firm owner, died at 3 am at his Third Street home from a gunshot in the head. The gun was found beside him as wife and son Wilfred entered the room. Funeral set for 3 pm tomorrow at his home with Rev Burgin officiating. pallbearers named. He built a major local retail business, survived by widow, son, granddaughter Clara May Wagner, and two sisters in the North.
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H. L. Wagner
San Antonio
Third Street
Justice Campbell
Wagner
Wilfred
Clara May Wagner
H.C. Burgin
B. Greenwood
S. P. Palmer
M. B. Hutchinson
Ben Meek
Grover Whipker
A. Kronkosky
BF. Kingsley
A. 5S. McDaniel
Europe
WAITING FOR SCHAFF AT SA BELT AND TERMINAL MEETING
The San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway Company called its annual meeting at noon in the Edwin Chamberlain building but adjourned due to the absence of C. E. Schaff, head of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad. He is expected later this afternoon, with the session to resume on arrival. The company plans a belt line around San Antonio and both freight and passenger terminals, with land options reportedly secured though immediate construction is not planned.
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San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway Company
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
C. E. Schaff
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Terminal Company
Schaff
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Company
San Antonio
Leased Wire Day Report Highlights AP News Span
The San Antonio Light features the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as its core daily news service, complemented by its own extensive special coverage. AP provides broad national and international events while the paper adds local and exclusive reporting.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Free Cooking School Opens Under Mrs. Vaughn in San Antonio
The San Antonio Light hosted a free cooking school led by Mrs. W. W. Vaughn with a staged kitchen for demonstrations. Women of all ages attended, eager for the lessons on housekeeping as a profession, noting strong community interest and a second session planned by the newspaper.
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San Antonio
Democrats Launch Sixty Third Congress With Tariff Reforms
The new Congress opens under Democratic control as Speaker Clark is re elected and Underwood moves a tariff revision. Suffragists from every district flood the Capitol demanding constitutional equal suffrage. The tariff plan includes broad food and clothing relief, immediate wool and sugar changes, and a new income tax, with ongoing debates over free wool and sugar and currency reforms.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Clark
House
Underwood
Washington
Capitol
United States
Senate
George B. Clemmer
Monroe
N. C
Prince of Peace
Marshall
Sherman
Illinois
Goff
West Virginia
Sneaker Clark
James Rh. Mann
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Cooper
Representative Nelson
Minnesota
Alaska
Sixty-third
Wilson
Cleveland
House of Commons
Cannon
John Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Gm. J. Hill
Connecticut
William B. McKinley
Ilinois
House Committee
Louisiana
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Beltran
Pistol
Juan Sanchez Azcona
Vera Cruz
Rojas
Pino Suarez
Woodrow Wilson
Ambassador Wilson
Mexican Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Bulnes
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
Texas Grand Lodge
Oscar Underwood
James K. Martine
New Jersey
White House
O’gorman
James R. Mann
Iinois
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Robert la Follette
O'Gorman
Martinez
Representative Mann
HL. Wagner
Belt and Terminal Railway Company
Vrs
W. W. Vaughn
Beethoven Hall
Celuma
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