Festival of Empire pageant altered over American defeat
London authorities decide to remove from the festival of empire a piece depicting a 1812 American defeat to avoid offending American coronation visitors. The change follows signals from London Washington and Canadian circles led by Lord Strathcona. Separately in St Petersburg the cabinet met to discuss Far East and Mongolia, while in London the Commons continued past morning due to the prime minister invoking kangaroo cloture on parliament bill amendments.
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London
Washington
Lord Strathcona
ST. Petersbrug
Bourse- Gazette
Stolypin
Far East
Mongolia
Pekin
M. Naratoff
Session of Commons
House of Commons
House of Lords
Endorse Taft's Efforts at Birmingham Meeting
A large Birmingham meeting last night adopted a resolution urging support for President Taft and Foreign Secretary Edward Grey in their push toward international arbitration and peaceful settlement.
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Taft
Birmingham
Eng
Edward Grey
Old Castle Schulenburg Burns in Prussia
Schulenburg Castle in Oldesloe Prussia was destroyed by fire. Built in 1643 the fortress housed many objects of historic interest and its loss leaves a gap in regional heritage.
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Oldessee
Prussia
Schulenburg
Art collector Charles Wertheimer dies in London
London report says Charles Wertheimer prominent art dealer and collector of pictures and objects of art died today. He was renowned for his vast knowledge of old masters and recognized globally in the art world.
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London
Charles Wertheimer
Wertheimer
Open Bible Celebration in New York Honors King James Bible
Letters from King George and President Taft were read at Carnegie Hall for a 300th anniversary celebration of the King James Bible. King George praised America as part of a shared heritage while Taft emphasized the Bible's influence on American life, law, and government. The Right Rev. David M. Greer presided. James Bryce read and delivered the king's letter.
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New York
King George
England
Taft
Carnegie Hall
David M. Greer
Episcopal Diocese of
American Bible Society
James Bryce
King
Elks Lodge Initiates 43 Candidates in Seguin
Seguin Texas April 26 Forty three candidates were initiated into the Elks at the K P Hall Monday afternoon and night Ed Kneezele of El Paso deputy grand exalted ruler attended with San Marcos lodge members A banquet for visitors followed at the New Grand hotel Elections were held Exalted ruler William Dodson Max Starcke loyal knight Homer Starcke lecturing knight Hil Z Starcke secretary J M Abbott Jr tiler Fred Seligmann treasurer Co H Donegan trustees H ligmann one year two years H H Weinert three years J T Holmes
Three Year Lakes Strike May Be Called Off
Buffalo report says a three year Great Lakes strike involving 8000 to 10000 men may end within two weeks. Secret talks, a plan approved by one union, and a forthcoming grand officer announcement are noted. Disputes focus on the Marine Firemen OOC and Water Tenders and Marine Cooks and Stewards unions. Court actions seek to oust President Stack over a contested election. Wages were not in dispute. opposition targets the Lake Carriers association welfare plan viewed as a blacklist and slaver-like scheme.
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Buffalo
Great Lakes
Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders’ Association
Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Association
F. Stack
Stack
Lake Carriers’ Association
British Shipping Federation
Pirates Loot Steamship Asia After Wreck
Passengers rescued from the Pacific Mail steamship Asia report officers fired revolvers to deter a flotilla of Chinese pirates as passengers were transferred from the wreck on Finger Rock. The ship and cargo losses are estimated at 1.5 million dollars.
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Shanghai
Pacific Mail
Asia
Finger Rock
Experts Visit Farms in Taylor Texas
J I Quicksall of Waco and F L Aten of Round Rock spent yesterday in Taylor visiting two new experiment stations on the farms of Capt Peter Schramm and Henry Schwenker. They praised the progress of the plants and noted the work is tied to the national plant industry bureau.
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Taylor, Tex
J. 1. Quicksall
Waco
State Department of Agriculture
F. L. Aten
Round Rock
Williamson County
National Department of Agriculture
Taylor
Capt
Peter Schramm
Henry Schwenker
B. Youngblood
Washington
National Bureau of Plant Industry
Agricultural Department
Taylor Couple Wed in Corpus Christi Ceremony
J. C. Pack a local fireman marries Miss Billie Logan of Corpus Christi at the Logan home in Corpus Christi. The couple then return to Taylor to establish their home. the bride is a former Taylor girl.
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Taylor, Tex
J. C. Pack
Billie Logan
Corpus Christi
M. H. Logan
Taylor
Rains Benefit Crops Across Northwestern Texas
Vernon Texas reports beneficial rains on Monday after a Saturday night shower, aiding crops as part of ongoing moisture across the region. The weather contrasts with drier southern areas, but the cumulative effect remains positive for agri culture.
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Texas
Associated Press
Vernon
Tex
Flatonia Trustees Election Called for Four Seats
Flatonia Texas April 26 President C E Nesestra of the board of school trustees for the independent district calls for the election of four trustees to the Flatonia independent district school board.
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Flatonia
Tex
C. E. Nesestra
Bithulithic Wins Major Austin Paving Contract
Dallas firm Bithulithic secures the largest share of Austin paving for the coming year as 18 blocks of streets and 8 blocks of alleys are scheduled. Wood block bids and a mayoral conflict of interest influence the council vote. Mayor Wooldridge abstains.
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Austin
Tex
Bithulithic Company of
Dallas
Bithulithic Company
Knox Johnson
Fourth Street
Colorado
Trinity
Congress Avenue
Fourth
Seventh Street
San Antonio
West Avenue
Fifth Street
Brazos
Eighth
Ninth
Brazos Street
Tenth
Colorado Street
Wood Block
Wooldridge
Frank Lanham
Lanham
Pleads Her Own Case In Vagrancy Verdict
Katie Gould, a white woman claiming relation to the late Jay Gould and a fortune of a million dollars, was arraigned on vagrancy charges in police court. She defended herself before a jury, was convicted, and fined 50 dollars or fifty days in jail. She accused police and jail conditions while alleging bias and danger from inmates, and disputed the officers’ testimony that she loitered near saloons and houses of ill repute.
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Katie Gould
Jay Gould
Gould
Knox Attends Thirteenth American Asiatic Society Dinner
In New York on April 26 secretary of State Philander C. Knox Baron Uchida Japanese ambassador Congressman William Sulzer and Seth Low led the thirteenth annual American Asiatic Society dinner speakers praised the emperor and hailed peace with Japan while a participant denounced war as unthinkable and mocked the earlier remarks as absurd and nonsensical.
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Associated Press
New York
Philander C. Knox
Baron Uchida
Wm. Sulzer
Sethf Low
American-Asiatic Society
Japan
Knox
Baron Uchia
Fatal accident at Gateway arch in Dallas under low height
Ed Robinson a Black wagon driver died in Dallas when his wagon underpass failed to clear an arched gateway. He was trapped between the arch and a load of shingles and buried beneath them. He died an hour later.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Ed Robinson
Rainy April Keeps San Antonio Near Normal Yet Ahead in Rainfall
San Antonio reports .64 inch of rain bringing four month total to 7.81 inches, 0.35 inch above the normal. Forecast calls for showers tonight and tomorrow. Since April 1 rainfall reached 3.41 inches, 1.69 inches above April’s normal, with five days remaining in the month. Storms over the Gulf and Rockies drive unsettled weather. winds at Galveston reached 52 mph. Rain fell in many South and West Texas towns including Laredo and Corpus Christi.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
San Antoni
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Jyveil
Galveston
Gulf
Light
South
Texas
Laredo
Mnches
Cotulla
Falfurrias
Beeville
Premont
Pearsall
Weimar
Cuero
Sutherland Springs
Stockdale
Hondo
Bloomington
del Rio
Loma Vista
Uvalde
Bracketville
Rungé
Kenedy
Calaveras
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Fort Day
Kerrville
Martindale
Kyle
Heavy coastal rains bring widespread flooding risk
The April storm drenched the coast with up to 4.82 inches in Galveston and 3.18 in Houston, winds up to 52 mph. Streams rose, Buffalo Bayou threatened higher levels, potato harvests halted, and farmers fear major damage amid widespread field flooding and crop disruption.
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Houston
Tex
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Buffalo Bayou
Spring Storm Passes Galveston Coast
A Gulf coast spring storm moved from Brownsville toward the northeast and is now along the southwestern Louisiana coast. Wind gusts reached 50 mph in the night, with Corpus Christi recording 40 mph and heavy rain making travel difficult but causing no reported damage. A sand barge for the Galveston causeway project drifted into a rail bridge draw at midnight before becoming lodged.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Brownsville
Louisiana
Corpus Christi
Galveston Island
50 Year Murder Sentence Affirmed and Reversed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed a fifty year term for Dave McLain of Tom Green County on a wife murder charge. It reversed Manuel McCullough of Fayette County who faced a life sentence and remanded Jim Williamson of Johnson County for local option law violations. The civil appeals panel postponed Milton Eppstein vs The State on gross receipts taxes until May 10.
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Dave McLain
Tom Green County
Court of Civil Appeals
Milton Eppstein
Supreme court docket items issued from Austin Texas
The Texas Supreme Court actions listed include affirmations such as Patrick on G C R Morehead et al El Paso, applications granted and refused for several cases across counties, dismissals for want of jurisdiction, motions overruled and to advance set for May 4, cases set for May 17, and others submitted or argued in Dallas Harris Navarro Tarrant Bexar Cass Delta and other counties.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court of Texas
Patrick
R. Morehead
el Paso
Kate Coleman
Helen Zapp
McLennan
Pat Henry
W. H. Phillips
Fannin
Asher Richardson
Jno
F. Herbert
la Salle
City of San Antonio
John Ashton
J. L. Berry
State of Texas
Bexar
J. H. Patterson
Josephine Schroeter
Dallas
Herman Kruegel
Kenneth Forse
Gaston & Ayers
J. I. Campbell Co
Harris
First National Bank of Houston
J. J. Campbell Co
City of Dallas
J. T. Talley Et al
Lamar County
Delta
Court of Criminal Appeals Docket Summary
The court affirmed several defendants including R A Wheeler from Bosque and Jose Sullivan from Delta. It reversed and remanded Arthur Morgan of Dallas and others such as John Whitaker from Donley and Manuel Bud McCullough from Fayette. Motion for rehearing overruled.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Tex
R. A. Wheeler
Bosque
Jose Sullivan
Delta
M. B. Moore
Haskell
John Benson
Johnson
Jim Harwell
T. E B. Allen
Somerville
Co. J. Brown
Taylor
Dave McLain
Tom Green
Arthur Morgan
Dallas
John A. Whitaker
Donley
Manuel
Bud) McCullough
Fayette
J. M. Owens
Jefferson
Jim Williams
Val Drake
Red River
Trains Cleared After Night Tug and Train Crew Efforts
It took tugs and train crews until about 7 o'clock this morning to restore passing conditions. An early train to Houston and several others scheduled between daylight and the draw clearance were delayed, but no further damage occurred.
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Houston
Rain Delays Abilene Knights Toy Barbecue Event
Intermittent rain for 36 hours postpones a barbecue in Abilene honoring visiting Knights of Pythias and Pythian sisters. Exhibition work in third rank planned tonight. Officers elected and next convention site named. Waco favored for the next gathering as delegates move to Stanford for banquet and reception.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Tex
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Order of Business
Waco
Stanford
Rains Sweep Lockhart as Four Inches Reported
Lockhart Texas reports about four inches of rain since Sunday bringing wet conditions across the area. Local officials note ample moisture for crops and potential flooding in low-lying spots. Continued showers are forecast through the week with unsettled skies over the county.
Legal Notice of Appellate Arguments and May 10 Docket
A list of named appellants and counsels from multiple Texas counties cites briefs on brief for both sides and ex parte filings. Cases are set for May 10 with a long roster including J E Douglas, Willie Jones, Cleveland Holloway, Simon Webb, Jim Paris and others from counties such as Tom Green Dallas Jefferson Smith Lamar Nacogdoches and Travis.
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John Smith
Chambers
Frank Fields
Fannin
Charlie Roberts
Browney
Dallas
Frank Sullivan
Grayson
Albert Vaughn
Madison
Sam Shrewder
Tarrant
C. N. Roberts
Harris
van Millican
Burleson
John T. Fitzsimon
Medina
John Vickery
Ellis
Exparte Emmett Landry
Zeck Williams
Jefferson
J. E. Douglas
Tom Green
Willie Jones
Bocoro
Cleveland Holloway
San Augustine
Simon Webb
Smith
Jim Paris
Johnson
J. M. McDaniel
Lamar
Henry Banks
Nacogdoches
John Fletcher
Anderson
W. P. Cardf, Jr
Travis
Frank Deary
Rains
Henry Wysong
Austin
Andy Crawford
Wise
Immigration League forms in Texas after two day meeting
The Texas Immigration association with a $20,000 capital stock and officers J. S. Daugherty as president and Geo. M. Woodward as secretary emerges from a two day gathering of representatives from over twenty counties. Its work will aid broader interests beyond any single locality.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas Immigration Association
Daugherty
Geo. M. Woodward
Varsity Circus Dates Set For University Parade
Austin April 26 varsity circus dates May 16 5 is announced as a principal annual event with a comic parade feature. The editor jokes about a playful line while the editorial staff discusses the event.
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THE
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Walsh community organizes a farmers union gin
In Walsh seven miles south of Gonzales citizens formed a farmers union gin with 3000 dollars capital. Directors elected were W. G. May W. H. Cardwell Sam Lester H. C. Bennett and B. C. Jones. Officers to be chosen today. Eugene E. Smith and Dora King wed in Wrightsboro and plan to reside in California where Smith works in salt mining. Manuel Herrera dies east of town and is buried with Mexican W O W lodge participation.
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Gonzales
Tex
Walsh
Farmers’ Union
W. G. May
W. H. Cardwell
Sam Lester
H. C. Bennett
B. C. Jones
Eugene E. Smith
Bishop
Cal
Dora King
Wrightsboro
California
Smith
Manuel Herrera
W. O. W. Lodge
City bans baseball for boys within limits in Cleburne
Cleburne Texas council passed an ordinance prohibiting any boy from playing baseball inside city limits. Funds have been raised to create a league park outside the city for games.
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Associated Press
Cleburne
Tex
Federated Women's Clubs Hold Tenth District Convention
PORT ARTHUR Tex April 26 The tenth annual convention of the Federated Women's clubs for the fourth district met for a two day session with strong attendance and an elaborate program.
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Associated Press
Port Arthur
Tex
Federated Women's Clubs For
Fourth District
Night prowlers rounded up to curb petty burglaries
Houston police chief Voss orders arrest of all boys found on streets at night without a satisfactory explanation amid a citywide rise in petty burglaries.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Voss
Eagle Lake Merchant Dead in Local Tragedy
Ben Burg, a leading Eagle Lake merchant, died last night in this Texas city. He operated a prominent business and was well known in the local trade. The death occurred in Eagle Lake with his passing marking a major loss for the community's commercial life.
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Eagle Lake
Associated Press
Tex
Ben Burg
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