Juarez Major Jailed as Gambling Houses Are Closed
Juarez Mayor Juan N Medina is jailed along with six licensed gambling houses closed by the Chihuahua provisional government. Fifty thousand dollars in cash seized as martial law is proclaimed by General Orozco amid raids that disrupted gambling and arrested operators and gamblers.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan N. Medina
Juarez
Chihuahua
Border City
Pasquel Orozco
Dvarezast
Medina
Gonzales
Orozco
Jefatura
Jose de la Luz Blanco
Rurales
Casas Grandes
Wolters Testimony Exposes Levy Letter Theft Claim
Jacob F. Wolters of Houston, anti-prohibition leader, testified before the house election investigating committee in Austin after traveling from New York. He said the statement covers 3000 words and details his anti-submission and prohibition campaign work, noting he collected funds to cover campaign expenses.
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Austin
Tex
Jacob F. Wolters
Houston
Anti-Prohibition Association
New York
House
Wolters
Border bandit depredations stir Texas border patrol
Captain J R Hughes of the state ranger force reports ongoing Magonista raids across the Rio Grande from Ysleta El Paso County. He says bands rob ranches daily, government troops pursue them but have not yet stamped them out.
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Tex
Acone
J. R. Hughes
State Ranger
Hughes
Ysleta
el Paso County
Cotton Belt fined $1000 for hours of service violation
In Waco Texas on August 17 United States District Attorney Charles Boynton received a lengthy opinion from Judge T S Maxey of Austin upholding the hours of service act. The Cotton Belt was fined $1000 in penalties for working telegraph operators overtime.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
United States
Charles Boynton
Cotton Belt
T. S. Maxey
Austin
Local assertion on AP leased wire carriage disputed
A notice questions any claim that the Associated Press leased wire into San Antonio is carried by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light and asserts no basis in fact for such statements.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Fao
Wool Revision Likely Veto by Taft Expected
After a cabinet meeting the Taft administration appears certain to veto the wool bill. Officials said the veto message could reach the House late today, ending the last doubt about the president's stance.
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Washington
Taft
House
Statehood Accord Reached on Arizona Recall and New Mexico Amendments
Washington Aug 17 conferees reached a complete agreement to drop the judiciary recall provision from the Arizona constitution and to ease amendments to the New Mexico constitution. The accord aligns with President Taft's wishes and likely grants statehood to both territories in this session.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Taft
New Roosevelt Baby Hailed As First Child For Family
The announcement notes the birth of a new Roosevelt baby welcomed by parents and a jubilant grandfather. It also mentions the presence of the only living ex-president and hints at further honors or dignities added to his status.
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Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt 5 Now a Grandfather
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr in San Francisco at 2:30 this morning. Mother and child are in satisfactory health and the Roosevelts live in the city where he is in business. Theodore Roosevelt celebrated the birth at Oyster Bay by suspending editorial work and taking a holiday.
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Theodore Jr
San Francisco
Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelts
Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Riots and Strikes Roil United Kingdom Amid Industrial War
A sequence of labor clashes from August 13 to 17 erupts in Liverpool Manchester and other cities. Rioters clash with police. five thousand troops confront strikers. shipping and rail movement disrupted. London calls grim war while military preparations proceed and the cruiser Antrim sails to Mersey.
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Liverpool
Manchester
London
Glasgow
Mersey
Antrim
Local Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight and Friday expect fair skies across San Antonio and surrounding areas with light winds and dry conditions. Highs in the 70s and 80s, overnight lows near 60s helping a comfortable late spring pattern.
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San Antonio
Weather observations across cities show mixed conditions
Reports from St Louis to Washington note temperatures from 65 to 78 with winds varying. Forecasts include fair to partly cloudy conditions and chances of showers or light rain into Friday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwauke
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Rostand Severely Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Biarritz
Edmond Rostand the author of Chantecler lies seriously injured after a car accident near Biarritz France. He was trapped beneath a overturned vehicle in a fifteen foot ditch and later rushed to his villa for treatment. He is 43 years old and the outcome of his injuries remains uncertain.
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Chantecler
Associated Press
Biarritz
France
Edmond Rostand
M. Rostand
Cambe Les Bains
St. Jean de Luz
Beaumont Delegation Heads to Gates Funeral
A Beaumont party led by Lagos Bliss departed for New York to attend the funeral of John W. Gates. Gates died in Paris and his body is aboard a steamship bound for America.
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Gates
Associated Press
Beaumont
Tex
New York
John W. Gates
Paris
America
Lagos Bliss
Workmen Defy Bid for Royal Commission Amid Unrest
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants called a countrywide work stoppage while Premier Asquith offered an immediate royal commission to study conciliations for railway reform. Railway managers joined some support, but union leaders refused the commission. Military maneuvers were halted and troops moved toward strike centers as a nationwide transport shutdown looms with an estimated 600,000 workers ready to obey.
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Sydney Buxton
Board of Trade
Asquith
Central Railway
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
London
United Kingdom
Negotiations Continue as UK Rail Union Talks Meet Board of Trade
Early attempts to settle rail grievances failed to trigger a general strike as the 24 hour limit expired. Four railway societies held talks with the board of trade while traffic ran normally and a truce was understood to be observed during negotiations. Officials from the railway unions arrived in London to join the discussions.
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Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Four Rail
Board of Trade
Railway Monyeleties
Pool
Fmm
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Levy
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