JUDGE ARCHER AND TERRELL TO MAKE RACE
Judge Osceola Archer and Chester H. Terrell enter the race for the district seat. Archer, a San Antonio insurance leader, is blind and vows to win. Terrell, a former speaker of the Texas House, is a Kaufman County native and UT law graduate.
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Terrell
Slayden
Congress
Sumet
Kendall
Kerr
Archer
Judge Osceola Archer
Austin
John Archer
Military Plaza
University of Texas
Est
Virginia
Texas
Aumont
Spain
Pearson & Son
Mexican Petroleum Company
Mexico
United States
Aco
San Antonio
Chester H. Terrell
Bexar County
Kaufman County
Mr. Terrell
J. C. Terrell
Getting Americans Out of Mexico Intensifies Crisis
A large number of Americans face difficulties leaving Mexico as tensions escalate. A letter to the state department discusses possibilities of declaring war and references a guest from the battleship Minnesota aboard with Admiral Fletcher.
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Mexico
Ments
U. S
State Department
Minnesota
Fletcher
Mexican shooting down from house leaves two dead
In Vera Cruz on April 25 two Mexicans and a Spaniard were killed when American marines attacked a house near Plaza Des Armas where sharp shooters fired on the Marines. Occupants fled, prisoners were taken but released, and arms and uniforms were found. Civil officials declined to take over local government, leaving a military regime.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Plaza Des Armas
Dallas Men Visit Floresville With 96 Guests
Ninety six prominent Dallas business men traveled by special train with a twenty piece brass band to Floresville Texas for a one hour visit. Local citizens and the Floresville W O W band welcomed them at the station and escorted them through the business district by automobile before returning to their train. The visitors praised the reception.
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Dallas
Floresville
Tex
School Bonds Approved in Travis County
Austin April 25 The attorney general's department approved an issue of 3000 dollars in Travis County common school district bonds.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
Attorney General's Department
Fears an Epidemic from Panama Canal Opening
Dr Richard P Strong head of Harvard School of Tropical Medicine warns opening the Panama Canal could trigger a world wide spread of yellow fever and cholera. He notes the stegomys mosquito transmits yellow fever and could travel from Panama to India, threatening malaria ports and Indian and European trade with potential quarantines and fatalities.
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Boston
Panama Canal
Richard P. Strong
Harvard School of Tropical Medicine
South America
India
Far East
Panama
Europe
Mediation Offer In Mexican Crisis Draws Mixed Hope
The Brazilian Argentine and Chilean plenipotentiaries propose good offices to settle the United States Mexico conflict. Secretary Bryan and President Wilson weigh the offer as talks continue on refugees, possible war aims, and the risk of broader Latin American instability.
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United States
Bryan
Wilson
Garrison
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Cordoba
Crrizaba
W. W. Canada
Huerta
Charles J. Badger
Thomas B. Howard
California
Mexico
Howard
Guaymas
Motzolongo
Orizaba
Senor de Gama
Brazil
Senor Nain
Argentina
Senor Mujica
Chile
America
Bryany
United States Accepts Mediation Offer Amid Mexican Tensions
Ranking House members and committees on foreign relations welcomed a joint note offering good offices to settle tensions with Mexico. The U S asserts diplomacy while warning that aggression from Mexican forces could push the U S to intervene. Arizona guards and 6000 able bodied residents vow self defense as border hostilities loom.
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House
Committees On Foreign Relations
United States
Republic
Mexico
America
Nuevo Laredo Seized by Garcia and Sympathizers
Melquiades Garcia of Nuevo Laredo with five Carranza supporters claimed authority from the Constitutionalist government and proclaimed himself town commander after the Federals burned and evacuated Nuevo Laredo. A large Constitutionalist force nearby was expected to arrive to establish headquarters. Federals, who burned the town, were stranded eight miles away. two locomotives broken down. A messenger seeking a machinist was arrested and to be held by the Constitutionalist authorities.
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Nuevo Laredo
Colquitt Rejects Wilson Mediation Plan Over Huerta Recognition
Governor Colquitt of Texas opposes the U S mediation proposal to arbitrate the Mexico dispute by leaving it to Argentina Chile and Brazil He calls the plan a greater humiliation than Mexico’s actions and says it would amount to recognizing Huerta in effect He spoke after the Wilson plan was outlined in Washington April 25.
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Huerta
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
United States
Latin-America
Rio Grande
Central America
Mexico
Latin America
D. la Gama
Bryan
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Mexican Republic
Wilson
Arizona Senator Seeks Arizona Troops Armament
Senator Ashurst asked Secretary of War Garrison to immediately provide Arizona state troops with arms and ammunition. The move followed a telegram from John C. Greenway of Bisbee noting steps under way in his area.
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Washington, D. C
Ashurst
Arizona
War Department
John C. Greenway
Bisbee
Governor Rules Out Extra State Troops For Border
Governor Colquitt said no additional state troops would be ordered unless border developments demand it. Home guards may be mobilized if needed, with two more regiments ready. Brownsville units come under Lt. Col. A. W. Bloor. Capt. C. L. Test named adjutant. Laredo reports calmer. no Mexican trouble foreseen. No extra legislative session will be held for border militia costs.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Home Guards
Hutchings
Brownsville
A. W. Bloor
C. L. Test
J. H. Zachary
Uvalde
Laredo
Matson
Huerta
Governor seeks Congress payment for Texas National Guard
Governor in Austin receives Garner message urging Congress to cover expenses for Texas state troops on the border. Garner replies that Secretary Garrison has no money for Texas Guard payroll and will press Congress to pay for troops already ordered. Brownsville mayor thanks for prompt action. four companies have arrived easing unrest.
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Austin
Tex
Garner
Texas
Garner Wries
Garrison
Texas National Guard
United States
Brownsville
Congress
A. A. Browne
Villa seeks US blockade to speed move on Mexico City
Gen Francisco Villa issued a strong statement in Juarez urging Washington to blockade Vera Cruz and Huerta ports. He said such action would quickly pressure the constitutionalist army to reach the City of Mexico and vowed Huerta would issue a prompt apology to the United States.
Leader Denies Break with Huerta Faction Reports
He insisted that rumors of his split with Huerta’s followers are false and that the reports are untrue. The statement aimed to counter circulating claims about his allegiances and support.
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Huerta
Circulars urge calm amid Mexican crisis signed by three leaders
Edurado Herrera Miguel Avila and Jose Pena Prieto distribute notices to Mexicans in this republic warning against disturbances and urging patience for a wiser settlement. They recall past anguish since Huerta seized power and the foreign invasion, urging refugees to remain calm and trust Americans to treat Mexicans generously.
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Eduardo Herrera
Miguel Avila
Jose Pena Prieto
Mexico
Huerta
Huerta Consular Chief Says No Orders to Close San Antonio Office
Arturo M. Elias, Huerta government rep in San Antonio and head of U S consulates, said he had received no orders to close his office and transfer duties to another nation. Dispatches claimed Huerta ambassador Algara went to Canada and others would follow. Elias insisted no instructions had been issued.
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Arturo M. Elias
San Antonio
Huerta
United States
Washington
Senor Algara
Canada
Mr. Elias
San Benito Seeks Troop Help in Mexican Population Tension
A telegram from San Benito, Texas, asks the governor to send a company of state troops for protection as many residents are Mexican. No action will occur until Brownsville mobilizes troops.
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San Benito
Austin
Tex
Brownsville
Refugees to Be Cared For at Galveston
Commissioner General Caminetti announced after a State department conference that Uncle Sam will bear transportation and other expenses for hundreds of refugees arriving at Galveston and sending them homeward.
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New York
Sam
Galveston
Immigration
Caminetti
State Department
Reserve call orders ready at War Department
The War Department has issued orders calling out reserves once the president fills the required number in the blank space and signs. The notice specifies that no further action is needed beyond completing and signing. The item outlines the procedural step for activating reserve units.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Mexican paper shut for inciting Americans says editor
Laredo Texas April 25 Mayor Metem closed the Mexican newspaper El Diarado del Bravo after it printed an article meant to stir Mexicans against Americans.
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Laredo
Tex
Met‘em
el Diarado del Bravo
Gunboat Yorktown Reaches Guaymas
The navy department announced that the United States gunboat Yorktown and the Mexican gunboat Guerrero have arrived at Guaymas this afternoon.
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Guaymas
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
United States
Yorktown
Guerrero
Water Filings Reported From Nueces and Sabine Regions
Certified water filings filed with the state board of water engineers show Nueces River Irrigation Company of Corpus Christi authorized to irrigate 4300 acres from the Nueces river. Old River Rice Irrigation Company of Mont Belvieu seeks to irrigate 13000 acres in Chambers and Liberty counties from the Old River. S F Thornton of San Benito requests water from the Sabine river to irrigate 68 acres in Sabine county.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Water Engineers
Sabine County
Sabine River
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