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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
5
Brandeis Declines Mexican Commission Choice
Associate Justice Louis D Brandeis informed President Wilson he cannot join the U S Mexican commission due to the heavy Supreme Court docket The White House released Brandeis letter explaining he must not undertake the task The third member of the commission remains unnamed two selections had been announced earlier Washington August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Wilson
Joint Commission
United States
Mexico
Brandeis
Gregory
White House
Justice Brandeis
Lane
Mexicans Puzzled by US Delay in Border Conference Delegation
Mexico City reports officials seek clarity as Secretary Lane and Justice Brandeis are named by President Wilson to the American delegation. War Department dispatches note government forces win small engagements against bandits in Oaxaca Zacatecas and Michoacan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Carranza
United States
Lane
Justice Brandeis
Wilson
War Department
Oaxaca
Zacatecas
Michoacan
French airman flies 812 miles, passes Berlin
Sub-Lieutenant Marchal of the French army aviation flew 812 miles from Poland crossing over Berlin before landing near Shelm, Poland, within sixty miles of Russian lines. He dropped proclamations and is now interned at Sulzbek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sub-Lieeutenant Marchal
Poland
Berlin
Shelm
Sulzerbeck
Quarantine Officer Reports Migrant Arrivals at Ports
A quarantine officer notes 1000 cases at Monterey and 260 at Victoria, with no formal quarantine yet. Immigration authorities admit 432 Mexican laborers, the largest single‑day influx in over a year, bound for Texas cotton fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Victoria
United States
Texas
Mexican band concerts in El Paso amid border crisis
A Mexican brigade linked band played in an El Paso plaza marking the first cross border concert since the crisis began. The 32 instrument group under General Jose Santos arrived in Juarez for talks with General Francisco Gonzales while Andres Garcia arranged the event with U S military consent. Authorities investigate reports that F H Rowe of Amarillo has been held in Juarez without hearing for over a week and used daily as a grave digger by civil authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Jose Santos
Juarez
Francisco Gonzales
Andres Garcia
F. H. Rowe
Amarillo
Rowe
Mexico Military Turmoil Ties to General Trevino Visit
Private reports from Chihuahua indicate General Huerta's former Coahuila governor Vargas met with General Trevino and then went to Mexico City to personally report northward conditions to Carranza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Huerta
Coahuila
Vargas
Trevino
Mexico City
Carranza
Guardsman Is Dead
The body of Sergt. George E. Jones of EB Company Second Minnesota Infantry was sent to his former home in Faribault Minnesota after dying yesterday at Llano Grande from an intestinal illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
Tex
George E. Jones
Second
Minnesota Infantry
Faribault
Minn
Llano Grande
Dengue Fever Feared In Mexico Inland Epidemic
State and federal authorities move to stamp out mosquitoes around Laredo Texas to keep dengue fever from spreading from interior Mexico where the disease is reported raging. Dr. H C Hall of Texas notes outbreaks in several interior points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
H. C. Hall
Texas
Function for Jewish Soldiers at Camp Wilson
A state function for Jewish troops stationed at Camp Wilson will be held in late August at the St. Anthony hotel. Guests of honor include General Frederick Funston Colonel Millard F Waltz and Governor James Ferguson. Governor Ferguson will give a brief address and invitations are by souvenir cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wilson
Samuel Marks
St. Anthony Hotel
Frederick Funston
Millard F. Waltz
James Ferguson
Ferguson
Hughes Faults Tariffs and Antidumping Plan
Charles E. Hughes told Spokane audiences that postwar anti dumping legislation would be ineffective and hard to prove. He urged tariffs as a defense for American industry and addressed women voters on suffrage and patriotism amid wartime and political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Charles E. Hughes
Democratic Party
Campaign managers and publishers urged to halt at once
The brief line warns campaign managers and publishers to stop at once. It implies a call to immediate action by authorities or editors, signaling heightened scrutiny of political messaging and media distribution. The exact entities and context are not fully provided in the fragment.
Out of Politeness Delay of Hughes Speeches in Kentucky
William R. Willcox, chairman of the Republican national committee, said Charles J. Hughes itinerary will be altered to avoid campaign speeches with President Wilson in Kentucky on September Fourth. Hughes moves up the start to September 1 in Kansas City and adds a stop in Nashville on September 4, reaching Lexington September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
New York
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Charles J. Hughes
Wilson
Hughes
Kansas City
Lexington
Nashville
Tenn
Hughes to Speak in Topeka on August First
Charles E. Hughes the Republican presidential nominee will address Topeka Kansas on August 1 instead of September 1 according to a telegram from William R. Willcox who handles his itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Charles E. Hughes
William R. Willcox
British destroyer Lassoo sunk by submarine off Dutch coast
The British torpedo boat destroyer Lassoo was sunk Sunday off the Dutch coast after either a mine or torpedo strike. Six crewmen are missing and two injured. Also, between August 2 and 10 German submarines sank five British and French steamers and ten sailing craft. the Danish steamer Ivar was sunk off Genoa with the crew saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Lassoo
Admiralty
Ivar
Genoa
Italy
Reuter’s
Copenhagen
Protest Over Use of Flag on Campaign Posters
A telegram from Captain E R Lewis of the American Flag Day Association protests Hughes campaign managers for using the United States flag on folders bearing Hughes and Fairbanks images in Chicago and other cities. The message warns such use violates government regulations and state statutes and action will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles E Hughes
E. R. Lewis
American Flag Day Association
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
Aviators Ordered to Columbus NM
Six army flyers who recently qualified as junior military aviators were ordered by the War Department to move from San Diego to Columbus New Mexico to join the first aero squadron under Captain Benjamin D. Foulois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
San Diego
Cal
Army
War Department
Washington
N. M
Benjamin D. Foulois
Fire destroys Kingsville residence of Luther Thomas
A Kingsville, Texas, residence owned by Luther Thomas burned at 3 o'clock this morning. House and contents total loss. Property valued at 1200 with 900 insurance on the building and 500 on the furniture. Cause of the fire is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Tex
Luther Thomas
Third Edition of White Book Issued Reveals Allied Stance
The American White Book’s third edition, published by the State Department, reproduces memoranda on armed merchantmen and allied cruisers near U S ports. It shows allied powers firmly rejected Lansing’s disarmament proposal. A March 20 note quotes the British ambassador noting no rules to distinguish high seas parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Department
Lansinge
Fimem
Lansing
High Seas
Appeal Taken in San Antonio Traction Company Case
An appeal filed Tuesday in the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals challenges an injunction against a man accused of stirring up litigation against the San Antonio Traction Company. The case, claimed to be the first of its kind in the United States, could attract wide legal attention. Court clerk Joe Murray said the higher court will not act until the regular term opens in October, with a request for early submission possible. The case is slated for potential Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio Traction Company
United States
Joe Murray
Appella Court
Supreme Court
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G. A. Duerler Mfg. Co
San Antonio, Tex
Merchants Both Transfer Co
Chas. Zoller
Levine
Palm Beach
Alamo Plaza
Gunter Hotel
Sranuelo
Merigan Conferee
Germany
Lieut
Marchal
General Santos
Sergeant Jones
Panama
Panama Canal
Mr. Hughes
Cour d'Alene
Idaho
Europe
Gengle
Igler
KEY Kash
Gengler
Domino
Maine
Sugarland
Gengler’s
K. K
Slic
Cc Gengler’s
Armour’s Grape Juice
Messina
KEY. Kash
California
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Traction Company
San Antonio
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