President Wilson backs ultimatum over Huerta salute
President Wilson threatens to seize Tampico and Vera Cruz if Huerta does not salute the American flag while Atlantic fleet sails toward Tampico. Congressmen briefed on details of the incident including dispatch intercepts and a ship’s orderly arrest.
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Huerta
Wilson
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Senator Lodge
Floyd
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Cooper
Wealthy Southwest stockman Robert Driscoll dies at Menger Hotel
Robert Driscoll of Driscoll Texas, renowned cattleman and longtime Texas agricultural magnate, died at 9 25 am at the Menger Hotel after weeks of illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Hal Sevier and son Robert Driscoll Jr, services to be held at the Masonic Temple with interment in the Masonic cemetery. He built Driscoll and Robstown Texas, with six large ranches and multi million holdings. born 1842 in Victoria Texas.
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Robert Driscoll
Driscoll
Tex
Southwest
Texas
Menger Hotel
Hal Sevier
New York City
Robert Driscoll Jr
Victoria Lodge
Victoria
Alamo Lodge
Masonic Temple
Mississippi Valley
Jerry Driscoll
Driscoll Brothers
Nueces County
Bishop
Robstown
Houston Street Bridge Plan Battle And Traffic Delays
City debate over deferring Houston street bridge work ends as Mayor Brown pushes immediate rebuilding of both Houston and Commerce street bridges. Plan would shift streetcar routes for 40 days, with Traction Company transfers to bridge west of the river and later restore original schedules after Houston street bridge completion.
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Brown
Houston Street Bridge
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Houston
Soledad Streets
Commerce
Why Warships Were Sent to Mexico
The United States cites Tampico arrest and intercepted dispatches as key causes for sending the Atlantic fleet to Mexico. Officials say Huerta’s government has failed to protect American rights and dignity, with censorship and contempt toward U S representatives noted. A formal message stresses the need for Mexico to repudiate and correct these acts to restore world respect.
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Tampico
United States
Huertistas
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Wilson
Washington
State Department
Sparks Backs Ball in Texas Governor Race
Sam Sparks will support Thomas H. Ball for governor this year in Austin. Sparks has not issued a statement but plans to speak after Ball’s opening address and expects no declaration to block his support. He opposes prohibition and a constitutional amendment at present, viewing them as Legislature and people matters.
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Austin
Tex
Sam Sparks
Thomas H. Ball
Sparks
Colonel Ball
Houston
Hackett Inherits Fortune in New York Bequest
James K. Hackett will receive the 1.6 million estate left by his niece Minnie Hackett Trowbridge after kin withdrew challenges and the will was probated. An order from the Surrogate confirms the gift though the legacy awaits a one year waiting period.
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Hackett
New York
James K. Hackett
Minnie Hackett Trowbridge
Russians Launch Dreadnought Imperator Alexander III
Petersburg dispatch reports the second Russian dreadnought Imperator Alexander III sank today after launch.
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Petersburg
Alexander III
Chicago reports drop in social diseases after vice district closing
The Illinois Vigilance Association released a 1910 to 1911 report noting Chicago's segregated district closure cut annual social disease cases from about 80,000 to 65,000. The authors credit publicity, agitation, and enforcement for the 15,000 decline based on physician-supplied data.
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Chicago
Illinois Vigilance Association
Funds secured to revive Kansas City Mexico and Orient line
In New York funds have been obtained to remove the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad from receivers and place it on a paying basis. W T Kemper, president of the Commerce Trust Company and Orient committee member, announced the development in Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
New York
W. T. Kemper
Commerce Trust Company
Orient Organization Committee
San Antonio Area Weather Fair Wednesday Night Thursday
For San Antonio and vicinity the outlook calls for a fair pattern Wednesday night and Thursday with mild temperatures and light winds. No significant precipitation is expected as skies remain mostly clear across the region.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations across major cities
The report lists temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Readings include wind directions and speeds and forecasts of Thursday rain or fair conditions with the day’s low temperatures noted for each location.
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Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas Cit
New York
Boston
Washington
Train Crash Kills Four In Florence Texas
Four men from Florence Texas died and two were seriously injured when a Katy passenger train struck an automobile at the University Avenue crossing south of the Katy depot in Georgetown. The victims were C. C. Gressett Robinson W J Joiner Joe Howell. The injured were Lester Gressett and W N Howell. The party had spent the evening in Georgetown and was returning to Florence after a Williamson County W O W meeting in Granger.
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W. J. Joiner
Joe Howell
Lester G. Gressett
W. N. Howell
University Avenue Crossing
Granger
W. O. W. County Association
Williamson County
University Avenue
Robinson
Joseph Howell
The San Antonio Light Leased Wire Day Report Intro
The San Antonio Light notes it carries the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as a primary daily news source. It claims substantial daily wordage and emphasizes its own large special news services supplementing AP coverage.
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San Antonio
Governor Dunne Leads Illinois Good Roads Day Construction
Governor Dunne and Illinois officials, bankers, businessmen, and students joined the Lincoln highway project in Northern Illinois. Each worker received a one cent payment and a card marking honorary AFL membership as the state proclaims Good Roads Day. The ceremony at Mooseheart marked the start of state aided road building.
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Chicago
Dunne
Illinois
Mississippi River
Indiana
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mooseheart
Aurora
Ilinois
Clark leads Arkansas senatorial vote. Kirby vows convention appeal
The Democratic state central committee reports James P. Clark with 68 009 votes and William F. Kirby with 67 787 in the Arkansas senatorial race. Kirby supporters plan to present their challenge at the state convention in Pine Bluff in June. Oscar S. Straus backs Panama tolls repeal before Senate canals committee, arguing a strong nation can correct mistakes. The hearing adjourns with no further witnesses.
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Ark
Democratic State Central Committee
James P. Clark
William F. Kirby
Kirby
Pine Bluff
Straus U
Washington, D. C
Senate Canals Committee
Oscar 8. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Carden Named British Minister to Brazil
London reports the appointment of Sir Lionel Carden as British minister to Brazil. He will proceed from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro where he is en route today.
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Carden
Brazil
London
Sir Lionel Carden
Lionel
Rio de Janeiro
Mexico City
Taft Eulogizes Late Major Butt at Augusta Bridge Dedication
The Augusta ceremony commemorated Major Archibald Butt, aide to Taft and Roosevelt, who perished in the Titanic disaster. Taft praised Butt as a Southern figure blending chivalry and patriotism, noting his wartime trials and postwar loyalty to the flag. The dedication, postponed by rain, was held today.
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Augusta
Butt Memorial
Archibald Willingham Butt
Taft
Roosevelt
New South
Old South
New York Battleship Commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The New York super-dreadnought was placed in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Captain Rogers assumed command as flags flew and the band played. The ship, capable of 21 knots, carries ten fourteen inch guns and twenty one five inch secondary guns. It joins the Atlantic fleet alongside the Texas in a first division with rapid readiness.
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North Dakota
Ohio
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Washington
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