Railroad line to Fredericksburg due by September first
Fredericksburg readers hear Foster Crane aims to finish the railroad into town by September 1, even with night shifts if needed. Bridges and a 900-foot tunnel near the big hill completed. second locomotive expected tomorrow. A major celebration and large shipments are planned as users pledge strong local support.
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Foster Crane
Fredericksburg
Crane
Big Hill
Frederikksburk
Waring
Texas
Diggs jury opens in San Francisco Mann act case
Maury I. Diggs faces trial on charges of transporting Marsha Warrington from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes. Only one juror seated so far as questions reveal government disinterest in bachelor clubmen and defense indifference to gray haired fathers. Warrington may testify soon.
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San Francisco
Cal
Maury I. Diggs
Marsha Warrington
Sacramento
Reno
Taylor Plans Celebration For Paved Streets
Taylor Texas business leaders organize a free barbecue at the Taylor fair grounds to celebrate the completion of paved streets and local progress. Twenty fat beeves and 40 head of sheep will be provided for the event next Tuesday.
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Taylor
Tex
Taylor Fair Grounds
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Fair to night and Friday in San Antonio and vicinity with mild daytime temperatures and clear skies expected overnight. Local officials advise no rain and light winds.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather summaries for tourists across major cities
Observations from early morning report temperatures and wind directions in St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Conditions range from clear to cloudy with chances of rain and warmer readings, noting daily low temperatures.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Bostom
Washington
United States Posts Record Trade for Fiscal Year
The United States reports its best trade year ever with total trade at $4.2756 billion, a $421 million rise from the previous record. Exports exceed 1912 by $261.5 million and imports by $159.7 million, led by ready for consumption manufactures and materials for further manufacturing. Britain, Germany, France, and Canada are major trading partners both directions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Cuba
Canada
Brazil
Japan
Netherlands
Italy
Horses to be retired as electric cars debut on Delancey
In New York on August 7 property owners vote to pension two veteran Delancey street horse cars named Tom and Jerry after 24 years of service and raise funds for Pat Connell the longtime driver who has steered the line for 32 years. The horses will be purchased from the company and moved to a farm to graze.
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New York
Delancey Street
Lhfe
Pat Connell
Tom and Jerry
Connell
Guthrie Presents Credentials in Tokyo Emphasizing U S Japan Ties
Ambassador George W. Guthrie presented credentials in Tokyo, delivering President Wilson’s greetings to Emperor Taisho. A ceremonial escort of Japanese cavalry accompanied him to the Imperial palace, crowds bowed, and the empress hosted the diplomatic party’s ladies during the audience.
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Tokio
United States
Japan
George W. Guthrie
Wilson
Imperial Palace
Admiralty Plans Distinct Air Fleet for Warships
The Daily Mail reports the admiralty will separate the air fleet from the army aero plane dept following recent maneuvers. Ten air ships, both rigid and non rigid, and 200 water planes are to be ordered to strengthen naval air power.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Admiralty
Army Aeroplane Department
Hop Pickers Granted 10 Percent Raise After Ranch Riot
In Wheatland California on August 7, owners of the hop ranch announced a ten percent wage increase for hop pickers. Rioting among striking workers Sunday led to the death of District Attorney Manwell and three others. Militia remained encamped on the ranch.
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Wheatland
Cal
Manwell
Demands Resignation of District Judge in Beaumont
Thomas W. Griffin urges Judge W. H. Davidson of the Fifty-eighth District Court to resign over alleged favors from the Southern Pacific Company as a witness in the government's $18 million oil suit in California. The executive department holds the transcript of Davidson's California testimony. Governor Colquitt is in Fort Worth and papers await his return to Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Executive Department
Thomas W. Griffin
W. H. Davidson
Fifty-eighth District Court
Beaumont
Southern Pacific Company
California
Davidson
Colquitt
Fort Worth
J. T. Bowman
Money for Motormen Philadelphia Pay Rise Slated
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company announces wage increases for motormen and conductors effective September 1. Surface line platform workers rise to 30 cents per hour with new hires at 25 cents, plus annual 1 cent increases. Subway elevated staff start at 28 cents, funded by cooperative earnings to raise wages. About 7000 to 8000 workers are affected.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Co-Operative
English Earl Weds Sybil Sasson in Civil London Ceremony
The Earl of Rocksavage, a noted polo player, marries Sybil Sasson at a London registry office to honor their differing religions. Sybil is the daughter of the late Sir Edward Sasson, with the Sasson fortune of about 5 million dollars split with her brother Sir Phillip Sasson. Lord Cholmondeley, the Earl’s brother, wed in 1911 Clara Stirling, former wife of John Stirling, an actress from Washington and Newark.
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London
Earl of Rocksavage
Sybil Sasson
Edward Sasson
Persia
India
Sybil
Phillip Sasson
Cholmondeley
Clara Stirling
John Alexander Stirling
Washington
D. C
Newark
N. J
New Military Aide for Wilson Named
Major Williams Harts of the United States army engineering corps and B and I Princeton University is named the new military aide to President Wilson and superintendent of public buildings and grounds in the capital. Col Spencer Cosby currently holds the post and is to be transferred. Harts, West Point graduate and Princeton alumnus, served in the San Francisco disaster and may assume duties around September 1.
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Washington, D. C
Williams Harts
United States Army Engineering Corps
Princeton University
Wilson
Spencer Cosby
Harts
Military Academy
West Point
Illinois
Princeton
San Francisco
Mears Completes Globe Tour in Record Time
John Henry Mears, representing a New York evening newspaper, circled the globe in 31 days 21 hours 35 minutes 4-5 seconds. He started July 2 just after midnight in New York and traveled via Paris Harbin Yokohama and Vancouver setting a new world record.
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New York
John Henry Mears
Globe
Mears
Paris
Harbin
Yokohama
Vancouver
Andre Jaeger-Schmide
Imperator Sets New Record Aboard Atlantic Crossing
The Imperator arrived in New York with more passengers than any single boat crossing the Atlantic. Including crew, over 4500 people were aboard. first cabin count reached 803 and steerage 1522. The voyage from Cherbourg lasted 5 days 19 hours 5 minutes.
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Imperator
New York
Atlantic
Cherbourg
Dynamite Blast Destroys Home In Osyka
In Osyka Mississippi on August 7 Sid Taylor a Black man threw a lit cigarette into 150 pounds of dynamite at J O Williams residence. The explosion killed him and wrecked most of the town windows.
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Osyka
Miss
Sid Taylor
J. O. Williams
Lease Wire Day Report Emphasizes AP as Leading News Source
The San Antonio Light notes receipt of the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report, describing AP as the greatest and most reliable general news service worldwide. The paper mentions AP provides about 20,000 words daily, supplemented by its own substantial special news services.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Senate inquiry demanded over Mexican deaths and U.S. lives
Wyoming Senator presses for a Senate inquiry alleging American lives are at risk in Mexico. The request centers on safety concerns and potential actions by the administration to protect citizens abroad.
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Wyoming
Mexico
Bacon Asks for Delay on Mexico Inquiry
Senator Bacon urges delaying action on the Clark resolution calling for a Senate investigation of Mexican conditions. Senator Clark argues for prompt inquiry, while Bacon warns urgency and stresses awaiting the president's envoys and their messages before any move.
Grave Mexican situation dominates Senate debate
Senator Bacon warned the United States faces a gravest emergency to establish order in Mexico for a generation, saying the resolution for Senate action would amount to flouting him. Senator Clark replied that the question is bigger than the president, and the resolution to investigate conditions in Mexico by the foreign relations committee was not acted on.
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Washington, D. C
Foreign Relations Committee
Clark
Wyoming
Bacon
Republic
Mexico
Senate
Mexico City
Huerta
John Lind
United States
Ling
Lind
Mr. Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Constitutionalist Army
Hacienda Hermanas
Coahuila
Eagle Pass
Tex
Jesus Carranza
Carranza
Henry Allen Tupper
International Peace Forum
Piedras Negras
Tupper
General Carranza
Wilson
Durango
Chihuahua
Nuevo Leon
Manuel Garza Aldape
Europe
Bryan
Mr. Lind
Federal District
Federal District Organization
Washington
Interurban road welcomed in Comal County
Following a New Braunfels conference with Harry Landa H G Henne and Adolph Holz W B Tuttle and Vorhies P Brown returned to San Antonio confident Comal County will subscribe its pro rata of the San Antonio Austin interurban bonds and secure right of way The group expects farmers to support the project and anticipates quick subscription of Comal county stock while San Antonio has already subscribed about 100000 of the stock representing about 40 percent of its expected total.
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New Braunfels
Harry Landa
H. G. Henne
Adolph Holz
W. B. Tuttle
Vorhies P. Brown
San Antonio
Comal County
Brown
Loving Cup Presented to General Hugh L Scott
Officers of the Third Cavalry present Brigadier General Hugh Lenox Scott, commander of the Second Cavalry brigade, with a silver loving cup in El Paso. Chaplain Francis B. Doherty delivered the gift from San Antonio. The 18 inch tall cup bears the inscription and was shown at the Officers' Club before transfer.
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Third Cavalry
Hugh L. Scott
Second Cavalry
el Paso
Francis B. Doherty
San Antonio
Hugh Lenox Scott
Doherty
Fl Paso
Scott
Death Was Preferable Uncle Henry Welch Found Near Gainesville
The 70 year old man who vanished three months ago was discovered dead near Gainesville Texas in a sitting position beside a tree. A half bottle of carbolic acid lay nearby and his identity was confirmed by letters in his clothing. Welch believed he would be sent to the county poor farm.
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Gainesville
Tex
Henry Welch
Gainisburg
Welch
County Officials Meet Opens Three Day Texas Session
Governor Colquitt was the principal speaker at the opening session of the Texas County and District Judges Clerks Treasurers Attorneys and Commissioners meeting in Fort Worth. Mayor Milam welcomed delegates. Beaumont is pressing to host the 1914 gathering.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Colquitt
Texas
Milam
Beaumont
Cotton Pickers in Demand in Halletsville County
Cotton pickers are in demand as farmers provide transport to fields and town, offering good wages and board in most cases. The August setting notes widespread hiring and transportation support for harvest work in the county.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Lind Heads to Mexico Amid Huerta Standoff
The Carranza faction rejects any peace terms with Huerta and urges continued fight to topple him. John Lind travels to Mexico City as U S peace envoy facing demands for credentials and recognition, while Mexican press and officials debate his role and possible reception. The Galveston scena shows U S officials awaiting Lind arrival and hoping for a constitutional settlement.
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Bryan
Lind
Mexico City
White House
Mr. Lind
Huerta
United States
Washington
Galvest
N Hampshire
Vera
Diplo
Develo
Develo After Mr. Lind
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