Real Campaign to Open Tonight
The Citizens' ticket starts its after carnival campaign with a Young Men's Webb club meeting in the Frost building headquarters and precinct meetings through the week. Judge J B Webb and R H Ward will address the club, with a Fourth ward rally Friday night at Packard garage near Electric park. Precincts 26 14 16 27 29 15 18 19 20 17 are scheduled at various halls and homes this week.
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Citizens’ Ticket
Young Men’s Webb Club
Frost Building
Citizens
Young Men's Club
J. B. Webb
R. H. Ward
Fourth Ward
Packard Garage
Electric Park
Judge Webb
Judge Ward
F. C. Davis
L. A. Smartt
Lehr
San Antonio Testimonies Endorse Dean's Kidney Pills
A San Antonio citizen, J. J. Billing of 415 North St., reports relief from back pain and lumbago after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Bexar Drug Co. in 1903. The ad cites continued family endorsement since 1905 and urges purchase from dealers at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. as sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's for relief and lasting cures.
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San Antonio
Dean
J. J. Billing
North St
Texas
Bexar Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Delicate Mission of Henry Lane Wilson to Mexico
United States Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson faces delicate duties amid strained U S Mexican relations caused by the Mexican insurgency and ongoing unrest shaping diplomatic efforts and policy.
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United States
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Local Precincts Detail John Flaherty Frank Schwartz
Voter locations listed include San Pedro and Warren streets pre cinct 21 rock quarry Thursday precincts 23 and 30 at Jack Flaherty's place Hackberry and Du val precinct 31 at Frank Schwartz's place 1001 Carson street.
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San Pedro
Warren Streets
Rock Quarry
Jack Flaherty
Hackberry and
Duval
Frank Schwartz
Carson Street
Morocco Calms After Fez Subdues Rebels
Paris reports quiet at Fez as rebels appear subdued by Capt Bremond's force on April 2 and no significant activity since April 15. In South Africa a train wreck on the Kowie line kills 32 and injures many after Blaauwarantz bridge collapse.
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Paris
Morocco
Fez
Grahamstown
Cape Colony
Union of South Africa
Kowie
Blaauwarantz
Fifteen Drowned When Steamer Pozal Foundered
The steamer Charles Pozal, running between Manila and Corregidor, sank in a typhoon today. About 15 people are believed drowned, several crew and passengers were rescued, and one American is missing.
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Manila
P. I
Charles Pozal
Corregidor
Roosevelt to Speak at Lincoln Statue Unveiling
Theodore Roosevelt will be principal speaker at the unveiling of the Lincoln statue in front of the Newark courthouse on Memorial Day. The event is noted in Newark, with guests J. C. Capper Heard Lee Mrs. G. C. Wood and daughter and F. B. Martin of Houston attending Hot Wells.
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Newark
N. J
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
J. C. Capper
Heard Lee
G. C. Wood
F. B. Martin
Houston
Hot Wells
Webb Waterworks Fiasco and Mayor Callaghan’s Reform Talk
Mayor Callaghan promises steps to secure a better liberal contract with the Water Works Company and protect city rights in a new agreement. The push follows Webb’s reform vow and stirs opposition from Charter League organs calling it a vicious attack on the water company. Ham Ward returns from El Paso aiming for City Attorney, prompting questions to Webb about planned reforms amid political maneuvering.
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Callaghan
Waterworks
Webb
Commission Charter League
Water Company
Ham Ward
el Paso
Ham
Texas
One Here Half a Century Tells Court He Came to San Antonio
In a charter election contest hearing in San Antonio, witnesses claimed alien status to evade voting, with testimony from Pedro de la Garza Alfonso Reyna Francisco Jimenez and others. Antonio Gonzalez an 88 year old said he arrived after the Maximilian war and recalled it as four years before Callaghan’s first mayoral term. The session explored citizenship records and naturalization papers burned in a fire. The proceedings continued into the afternoon.
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Antonio Gonzalez
Mexico
Callaghan
Old City Hall
Special framing prices for children’s carnival photos
McDonald at 322 East Houston Street advertises cut rate framing for pictures of children who took part in the carnival. The notice addresses mothers with a promotional offer on display photos and keeps framing services in one location.
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Houston St
Senate Halts Work as Senate Unorganized
The Senate remains unorganized with committees unnamed while the House reports progress on campaign publicity direct election of senators and Canadian reciprocity. Chairman Gallinger may present a Republican member list tomorrow to remedy the situation during ongoing emergency bills and free list debate.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Gallinger
Committee On Committees
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Telephone switchboard cut over at South Western
C A Gates and H D McBride depart for Dallas after overseeing the cut over to a new switchboard. Officials praise the smooth transition and say the board will meet demand for the next ten to fifteen years and remains the longest single piece apparatus the company operates in the south.
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C. A. Gates
H D. McBride
Southwestern Telephone Company
Dallas
Mr. Gates
Mr. McBride
Texas farmers push for more settlement along coast
More than fifty Texas counties representatives gather in Houston to seek ways to increase farmer immigration to the state and the coast region, noting there is too much vacant land and planning strategies to attract new settlers.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas
Oil Fire Flare In River Beside Duerler Plant In San Antonio
Oil pooling in the San Antonio river behind the Duerler Candy Manufacturing plant caught fire shortly before noon and burned fiercely for about twenty minutes. No damage occurred and the flames subsided on their own. Judge Arthur Seeligson noticed the blaze from the Fifty-seventh District court balcony as four attaches and spectators watched the two‑story column of smoke reach up to twenty feet.
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San Antonio
Duerler
Arthur Séeligson
Fifty-seventh District Court
Businessmen Back Next Step in Proposed Line
San Antonio figures push the construction forward claiming bonuses will be easy to obtain and that everyone across the country to be traversed by the road will aid the project in every possible way.
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Jourdanton
San Antonio
Brownsville
Jourdan Campbell
Chicago Men Plan Houston Visit After Beaumont Trip
Chicago business men spent the day at Beaumont and Galveston and will devote tomorrow to Houston where an elaborate program of entertainment and sightseeing has been arranged by the Associated Press.
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Opeomets
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Fay
Atlantic
Harriman Lines
Chicago
Beaumont
Galveston
Steamship Asia Sinks Near Finger Rock in South China
The Pacific Mail steamship Asia en route from Hong Kong to San Francisco sank off Finger Rock, South China. Passengers were rescued and mails saved. The vessel departed Hong Kong Friday and was due in San Francisco May 19. Finger Rock marks a projection from Heau Chu islet near Taichan islands about 200 miles south of Shanghai.
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Rio
Pacific Mail
Asia
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Finger Rock
South China
Heau Chu
Taichan
Shanghai
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Citizens’ Wicket
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