Campaign fund probe to be thorough in 1904 oil ties
The senate campaign funds committee plans extensive hearings on Standard Oil and Republican fund ties to 1904. George W W Perkins is slated to testify, possible recall of Cortelyou, and debate over Roosevelt's possible appearance continues as Poindexter broadens inquiry to Archbold correspondence since 1900.
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Washington, D. C
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Luke Lea
Archbold
Cortelyou
Pomerene
Ohio
Paynter
Kentucky
Clapp
Jones
Oliver
Lea
Congress
Penrose
Poindexter
Archbold Defends Truth In Roosevelt Testimony
John D. Archbold of Standard Oil declares I am not a liar as he sails for Europe amid Theodore Roosevelt’s charges of untruths at Washington. He adds a farewell quip to reporters urging care for country boys as he boards the liner.
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New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt Denies Oil Influence in 1904 Campaign
Col. Roosevelt spent an hour and a half on Saga moore Hill replying to Archbold testimony. He insisted he knew nothing of Archbold or Standard Oil contributing to the 1904 campaign, called Archbold’s claims a wicked assault on a dead man, and urged both Archbold and Senator Penrose to testify on their ties to the industrial commission. He thanked them for proving he is the man the Penroses and Archbolds dread in public life.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
John D. Archbold
Senate Investigating Committee
Archbold
Standard O
Standard Oil Company
Senate Committee
Senator Penrose
Penrose
Industrial Commison
Messrs. Archbold and
Penroses
Archbolds
Garfield Outlined Case Plans for Standard Oil Prosecution
Cleveland Aug 24 1904 plans for prosecuting the Standard Oil company had been outlined by Garfield and prepared for action. The article notes prior outline of legal strategy and expected steps in the case.
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Cleveland, CO
Standard Oil Company
Live One Remark Sparks Fine for Houston Waiter
D P Gibson waiter in Houston fined 17.45 in Recorder Kirlicks court after Mrs H C Staggs reported he yelled Here’s a live one when taking her order. He did not appeal and paid the bill. Judge Nirlicks noted he too was a live one.
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Houston
Tex
D. P. Gibson
Kirlicks
H. C. Staggs
London Telegraph Office Fire Halts Trans Atlantic Service
The general telegraph office in London is burning on August 24, stopping all telegraphic business including trans Atlantic cablegrams. Fire crews battle the blaze as urgent cables go unsent.
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London
General Telegraph Office
Republicans Open Slayden Opposing Drive At Fourteenth District Meet
Republican delegates met at Owls hall on Soledad street to urge Julius Real of the Twenty fourth district to accept the nomination to run against James L Slayden for Congress. The Bexar county convention will reconvene August 3 to complete the adjourned session and name a full county ticket. County leaders do not expect changes to the ticket despite withdrawal intentions.
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Julius Real
Twenty-fourth
James L. Slayden
Congress
Fourteenth Congressional District
Owls Hall
Soledad Street
Bexas County
Strike vote on wage increase across southern railroads
Roanoke Va August 24 conductors brakemen and yardmen of the Norfolk & Western Chesapeake and Ohio and thirteen other roads in the south are reported to be ready a strike vote due September 1. The action comes after a wage increase refusal. About thirty thousand workers would be affected.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio
Labor Day Celebration Planned at Dam Site
Elaborate preparations are under way in Austin for a Labor Day celebration next month. Committees are arranging an excellent program and the event will be held at the dam site.
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Austin
Tex
Taft Signs Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
President Taft signed the sundry civil appropriation bill in Washington. The measure totals about 112 million dollars and does not include provisions for the tariff board.
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Washington
Taft
Tariff Board
Night and Sunday Fair For San Antonio District
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for a fair night and Sunday with mild temperatures and light winds. Local officials expect pleasant conditions for outdoor events and gatherings across the area.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At 8 A.M.
Weather brief from major cities notes temperatures several locales show clear skies and light to moderate winds. St Louis Kansas City Chicago Milwaukee St Paul New York Boston Washington report fair unsettled or cloudy conditions with low temperatures ranging from 58 to 72 degrees.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
New York
Boston
Washington
Statement on Associated Press wire carried by other papers
The claim that the AP leased wire reaching San Antonio is carried wholly or partly by any newspaper besides the San Antonio Light is unfounded and has no factual basis.
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Associated Preas
San Antonio
City to seek charter based city financing with bank depository
Mayor Jones aims to finance San Antonio by designating a bank depository under charter section 110. The move follows council delays and requires $600,000 sinking fund securities plus other funds, with bids previously tabled. Committees will be reorganized with Steves as finance head and Dr. Russ to lead the health board.
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A. H. Jones
San Antonio
Jones
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Mauermann
United States
Steves
Boynton
S. Burg
L. L. Shropshire
E. H. Elmendorf
Russ
W. B. Russ
D. Berrey
Hertzberg
Adjournment Probable Late This Afternoon
Washington August 4 With both houses marking time awaiting agreement on a single appropriation bill adjournment of the second session of the Seventy second congress was assured before sundown The general deficiency appropriation bill was sent to a conference and plans were made for President Taft to sign final bills later in the day Key dispute over the St Louis Terminal postal payment collapsed aiding adjournment feasibility.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Capitol
Murdock
Sgn
St. Louis Terminal Association
Eads Bridge
Wilson plans few campaign speeches
Woodrow Wilson announced plans for limited public addresses citing voter fatigue with excess speech making. He will meet with Vice Chairman McAdoo in New York next Monday to map engagements and avoid a formal stump tour while noting campaign developments remain unpredictable and he must stay near New Jersey for gubernatorial duties.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
McAdoo
New York
Wilson
Women Seek Equal Rights in Methodist Church
In Nashville in 1913 advocates push for women to gain delegate status and voting rights in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as the denomination prepares for its 1914 general conference. They note women's fundraising contributions and call for annual conferences to consider the issue this autumn.
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Nashville
Tenn
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Friends of the Equal Rights Movement
Barge Service Set To Move Corpus Christi Cotton
Barge service will run daily between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas to ease congestion at city wharves. A tug will tow two barges while Port Aransas imports load onto ocean steamers bound for Galveston and New York. A 15,000 bale capacity steamer is due early this week.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Port Aransas
Corpus
Galveston
New York
Missing Corpus Christi bricklayer Dick Russell
Corpus Christi police search for Dick Russell a 40 year old married bricklayer and union treasurer who disappeared from his home last Wednesday night with his wife and two children in Corpus Christi He reportedly boarded a Frisco train bound for Houston and had $75 in cash when last seen.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dick Russell
Russell
Corpus Christi Bricklayers’ Union
Houston
Quiet border scene cited by Dowe at Eagle Pass
All Quiet, says Dowe. Except for minor deprecations in the upper Big Bend along the Rio Grande, the border section has been peaceful for at least a month per R. W. Dowe, customs inspector at Eagle Pass. He is in San Antonio for routine business with federal officers.
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Dowe
Big Bend
Rio Grande
R. W. Dowe
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Kentucky Congressman Targeted Over District of Columbia Plan
An affidavit from a Washington man claims a plot to kill Representative Johnson of Kentucky, chairman of the House District of Columbia committee, to derail proposed legislation. Johnson confirms the sworn statement but offers few details, saying he has the facts and will act if threats are carried out.
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Washington
Johnson
Kentucky
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Mr. Johnson
Clark
Marines Due Today at Corinto Report
Detachments of bluejackets from the gunboat Annapolis and the collier Justin patrol Corinto at night. An armed volunteer guard, largely foreign, acts as day police while foreign women and children sleep aboard American ships. The last report from American Consul Johnson is dated August 23, and the gunboat Denver with marines is due at Corinto today or tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Annapolis
Justin
Corinto
Johnson
Denver
London Workmen Pay Impressive Tribute
Twenty seven thousand workmen filed past General William Booth's bier in Congress Hall London as they paid tribute in a somber morning procession. The Salvation Army officers marshalled the silent line while Mrs Booth Hellberg and family sang a consecration hymn.
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London
William Booth
Congress Hall
Salvation Army
Pork on Bill of Fare Triggers Voliva Anger in Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Zion City overseer, bans a local restaurant serving pork and promising oysters, reasserting Dowie era bans on such fare. He warns that disobedience will invite the Lord's vengeance and cites the Antioch, NL owner as defying city rules.
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Zion City
Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowle
Antioch
Satan
Zion
Voliva
Autoists Capture Convict In New Orleans Pursuit
Frank A. Martinez escaped from parish prison but was overtaken by a car driven by two young men. They joined the chase, stopped him, and dragged him into the vehicle, returning him to officers.
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New Orleans
Frank A. Martinez
Martinez
American forces defend Orozco trap near Chihuahua
Mexican federal troops claim to surround General Pascual Orozco with about 10,000 men from Chihuahua city to the border while Orozco, with roughly 600 troops, tries to break out toward Sonora. Rebels and federals clash near Cumbhero as railway lines see renewed traffic.
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Orozco
Sonora
Chihuahua
Mexico
Vite
Abumad
Juarez
Ise
Antonio Rabago
Pearson
Cumbhero
Gunboat Vicksburg Sent To West Coast of Mexico
Washington reports the gunboat Vicksburg has departed from Diego to Guaymas in the Gulf of California to protect Americans and property on the west coast of Mexico amid rebel brigandage. Officials consider sending additional small gunboats from West Indian waters to Vera Cruz and southern ports as Southeast Mexico remains unsettled.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Vicksby
Guaymas
Gulf of California
Diego
Vera Cruz
Vicksburg
Mexican Officials Doubt U S Gunboat Plan in Guaymas
In Mexico City officials deny knowledge of any U S intention to deploy a gunboat to Guaymas or any Mexican port. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson also denies such knowledge. The report provokes unrest among officials and press, with Nicaragua fears cited and Senator Bacon praised as a friend of Mexico.
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Mexico City
Department of Foreign Relations
United States
Guaymas
Henry Lane Wilson
Nicaragua
Bacon
Mexico
Mexican
Rebels suffer losses in El Rucio clash with federal forces
In the battle of El Rucio near Pearson Mexico on August 24, federal troops under Captain Cervantes captured 26 rebels and killed eight. Among the captured was M. Alvarez, a chief lieutenant. All prisoners were brought to the headquarters.
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Garfield
Slayden
P. Ae
A. Seeeee
Murteck
Union
William Jay Schieffelin
Citizens’ Union
William J. Burns
Corinth
Son of Satan
Parish
U. S
Gulf Coast
EL Paso
Tellez
Pascual Orozco
Villa Ahumada
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