Bankers Voice Opposes Key Glass-Owen Provisions
More than 200 bankers and delegates from clearings houses met in Chicago to oppose four main features of the Glass-Owen currency bill now before Congress. Frederick E. Farnsworth of New York outlined the planned amendments, while A Barton Hepburn urged cooperative, topic by topic consideration to aid wholesome legislation. He advocated a single central bank with branches, arguing regional banks may worsen stringency and cross bank competition, and warned against government credit calls in future crises.
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Chicago
Congress
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Frederick EB. Farnsworth
New York
Farnsworth
Association Bankers
A. Barton Hepburn
Hepburn
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Reserve
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight and Saturday expect increasing cloudiness over San Antonio and surrounding areas. Clear details on temperatures or precipitation are not provided in the readable text.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather roundup and bank note proposal discussed
Observations at 8 a m show temps from 58 to 70 with clear skies and variable winds across cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee and New York. In economic notes a regional reserve bank note plan is debated with cautions that banks should not be compelled to participate and that existing limits may curb credit.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Willacy Eyes Governor Run on Anti-Graft Platform
Corpus Christi, Aug 22 Senator John G Willacy of Portland states he may enter the governor race if he can afford it. He vows an independent campaign funded by himself and centered on economy and an anti-graft platform, with no faction backing him. The odds favoring a declaration he calls five to one.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
John G. Willacy
Portland
Willacy
Peace talk dismissed as hot air by war leaders
Secretary of War Garrison told the Deadwood Business Club that the army is the national insurance policy and urged proper clauses in the policy. He said 33,000 in a standing army is too small and the country has two resources: a big army or a reserve. General Wood called universal peace talk hot air and urged state militias and constabularies.
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Deadwood
N. D
Garrison
Deadwood Business Club
Wood
Thrifty Readers of THE LIGHT
Thrifty Readers of THE LIGHT urges thrift and sensible spending. It urges buying items of known quality from trusted businessmen and recommends studying The Light advertisements as a guide to smarter purchases.
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America
Negro on Murder Charge In Crowded Texas Court
The Lee Johnson murder trial opened in the Thirty seventh District Court with Judge W S Anderson presiding. Six jurors were seated from 48 veniremen as a large crowd packed the courthouse, prompting security and several arrests for weapons. Johnson pleads not guilty and awaits further jury selection, with 25 more talesmen summoned after a morning delay.
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Anderson
J. J. Jurger
D. A. Walker
Lee Johnson
Augustus Maverick
Thirty-seventh District Court
W. S. Anderson
Sid Overton
T. E. Simmang
James M. Logan
County Road Gang
Stonewall Avenue
P. E. Arnaud
J. J. Lewis
San Antonio
L. Nash
J. W. Thompson
Whitch
Bar of Justice
Johnson
Malcolm Stewart
W. G. Linden
A. B. Storey
J. F. Wilkens
Overton
Veniceman
James Polk
Salado
Linden
Polk
C. L. Nash
Heat wave broken in three states
After a month of record heat across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma a cooling trend arrived with 10 to 20 degree drops following heavy rains. Joplin Missouri saw 69 degrees while Wichita Kansas fell eight degrees and showers eased drought fears as farmers prepared for fall plowing and wheat sowing.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Joplin
Mercury
Wichita
Kan
Free Wool Fight Opens in Senate as Warren Leads
In Washington on August 22 Senator Warren of Wyoming opened the free wool fight against the tariff bill. He called free wool uncalled for cruel and unwise and warned it would ruin wool growers and push mutton prices higher. He alleged pre election pledges by the president and the democratic party were repudiated. Secretary McAdoo estimated importers with bonded merchandise awaiting the new tariffs would save about ten million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Warren
Wyoming
Democratic Party
Sutherland
McAdoo
Bomb Mystery Probed In New York City Hall Plot
A bright colored cambric wrapper around four sticks of dynamite found below Mayor Gaynor's window anchors the probe. Investigators believe the fuse burn marks and careful arrangement suggest malice toward the city hall or the license bureau, with Italian workers near the subway shaft now under scrutiny.
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New York
City Hall
Gaynor
Death pact ends in tragedy in Yonkers
Ruth Hamilton 17 of Boston dies in Yonkers after repeatedly praying to join her lover Charles Rich who killed himself after mortally wounding her Wednesday. They planned to die together due to heart disease and a recent injury that sapped hope for the future.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Ruth Hamilton
Boston
Charles Rich
Richt
Weather shifts toward rain with showers possible tomorrow
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau says conditions are shaping toward rain or showers. Showers may not arrive today but are likely to begin tomorrow. Cooler weather is expected after today’s heat increases.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Swedish warship collides sinks gunboat in Sound
The Swedish battleship Oden collided with and sank the gunboat Urd during fleet maneuvers west of the island of Hven in the Sound. The gunboat crew were saved.
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Malmo
Sweden
Oden
Urd
Hven
Norway appoints first woman judge in Hammerfest
In Christiana on August 22 Norway announces Ruth Lorenzen aged 86 who qualified as a lawyer in 1900 and remains unmarried was named as a justice at Hammerfest becoming the nation’s first female judge.
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Norway
Christiana
Ruth Lorenzen
Hammerfest
Mine Cage disaster kills fifty miners in Mysore mine
In Bangalore on August 22 fifty miners died when the cage carrying them to work at the Mysore gold mine plunged to the shaft bottom. Rescue teams battled darkness and debris as officials investigated the accident.
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Bangalore
India
Mysore
Lease Wire Day report and AP news service prominence
The San Antonio Light states it relies exclusively on the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report, the world’s largest and most reliable general news service, supplemented by its own extensive special news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Thompson to Get Hearing Next Friday
Sherbrooke Quebec Aug 22 The hearing in the Thompson case charged with aiding lunatic Harry K Thaw was postponed until next Friday due to missing Matteawan documents. Thompson appeared in court with smoked glasses and retained counsel from Thaws defense. Witnesses including Octave Nedeau and his wife were named as assisting on the border crossing. Thaws sister Mrs Carnegie and brother George Lauder Carnegie left Sherbrooke after discussions with lawyers. Thaw, escaping Matteawan, faced habeas corpus proceedings due Wednesday and rested little during the night.
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Sherbrooke
Quebec
Mitchell Thompson
Harry K. Thaw
Canadian
Matteawan
Thaw
Thompson
Roger
Hornbeck
Dutchess County
N. Y
Toronto
New York
Octave Nedeau
Coaticook
Nedeau
Mrs. Carnegie
George Lauder Carnegie
Prisoner Hints at Escape Details in Interim Notes
The man said he hoped to soon provide a full account of his escape, jotting down notes on the incidents. He had read the New York and Montreal papers covering his case, absorbing every word related to the events and outcome.
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New York
Montreal
Wireless Operator Killed at Sea Steamer Wreck
Seattle dispatch reports 40 survivors of the State of California wreck tell of chief wireless operator Donald C. Perkins of Oakland, crushed at his post by debris after directing Walter Chamberlain to seek safety as the ship struck an uncharted reef in Gam bier bay Alaska. One lifeboat was useless, another carried down by suction.
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Seattle
Wash
Annals of
Wireless Telegraphy
State of California
Jefferson
Donald C. Perkins
Oakland
Cal
Perkins
Abbott Backs San Antonio Milk Clean‑Up Drive
Pure Food Commissioner Abbott says he will cooperate fully with San Antonio health authorities in the campaign for pure milk and related commodities. The effort has 15 complaints in San Antonio, including 11 against dairymen for watered or skimmed milk, one for formaldehyde adulteration, one for unsanitary conditions, and two against slaughterhouse operators.
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Austin
Tex
Abbott
San Antonio
Modern clock ad urges use of classified ads
The San Antonio Light promotes classified advertising as the modern way to declare wants. It contrasts old time methods with the quick hit of classified notices, claiming ads get everywhere in the city, towns, and farms.
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San Antonio
US Warns Huerta Allies On Violence Against Americans
Secretary of State Bryan warned Huerta and Constitutionalist leaders that the United States will hold perpetrators personally responsible for violence against Americans at La Bouquilla Mexico. The note, delivered through Consul Letcher, followed threats to Hulse Fuller and others at the Mexican Northern Power and Irrigation Co plant. President Wilson will read the Mexico note to Congress, outlining U.S. stance and calling for peace negotiations with Huerta. The affair affects loans and diplomacy, with European interest cautious and U.S. officials urging restraint while protecting American citizens. Ninety Americans including 25 women and children in Empalme can depart for Nogales by train on demand.
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Washington, D. C
Huerta
la Bouquilla
Chihuahua
Mexico
United States
Bryan
Letcher
Chihuahua City
Penrose
Senator Penrose
H. C. Hulse
Fuller
Mexican Northern Power and Irrigation Company
Hulse
Wilson
Congress
John Lind
Huuerta
White House
Europe
Burleson
Daniels
Tumulty
Empalme
Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Penrose Urges Action Over Threats to Americans in Mexico
Senator Penrose sent a letter to Secretary Bryan demanding immediate telegraphic notices to Provisional President Huerta and General Carranza. He warned that the United States will hold them personally responsible for harm to Americans at Chi huahua. Sherley C. Hulse and 45 other Americans at the Mexican Northern Power and Irrigation Co plant are among the threatened group. Earlier Bryan reported that the Constitutionalists planned to execute the plant engineer without trial if he is captured again.
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Washington, D. C
Penrose
Bryan
Huerta
Carranza
Chihuahua
Sherley C. Hulse
Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Mexican Northern Power & Irrigation Company
Mexico Keeps Silent Over Lind Talks Amid Quiet Relations
Mexico City reports no official statement on negotiations with John Lind, despite public belief that talks continue. Lind has not signaled early departure, and ongoing conferences with Foreign Minister Gamboa remain undisclosed in nature.
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Mexico
City
United States
John Lind
Lind
Gamboa
Water-caused retreat shifts Mexican front to Monclova
In Hermanas minerals in the army’s water sickened many soldiers forcing a retreat to Monclova. Constitutionalists under Pablo Gonzalez, after meeting with Jesus Carranza, plan renewed action and may establish Monclova as provisional capital if captured. An American, Fred Perez, was released from Piedras Negras jail after three days’ confinement linked to a machine gun sale.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Hermanas
Monclova
Pablo Gonzales
Jesus Carranza
Carranzi
Piedras Negras
Durango
Fred Perez
San Antonio
Perez
Piedras Negri
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Matteawan Insane Asylum
Barnum
Canadian Frontier
Donald Perkins
Meigan Warne IU
U. S
Constitutionalist
la Rouquilla
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