Rebels Set to Attack El Tigre Camp in Sonora
A Douglas, Arizona report says Mexican federal forces must aid sixty Americans besieged by Campa faction rebels at El Tigre mining camp. Nine women among the captives, with three hundred rebels demanding surrender as seventy federal soldiers and well supplied Americans brace for a fight. The rebels reportedly moved to attack from a new direction after delaying.
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el Tigre
Sonora
Douglas
Arizona
Campa
Americans Curtin and Cunningham Reach U S Border
Frank K. Curtin and Arthur Cunningham, pursued by rebels at El Oro mining camp in Sonora, fought their way to Nogales and crossed into the United States. They killed three rebels and wounded two others during the border escape and the defense of the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Frank K. Curtin
Arthur Cunningham
el Oro
Sonora
Nogales
Arizona
American mine looted by rebels in Sonora crisis
Rebels under Gen. Ferando Escobosa after the Montezuma clash terrorize Central Sonora. The Archipelago copper mine of the Minneapolis Copper company, an American concern, was looted and closed. Pumps stopped, mine entrances sealed as rebels fight at Babicora.
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Campas
Sonora
Ferando Escobosa
Montezuma
Archipelago
Minneapolis Copper Company
Ohe
Babicora
War Department to Strengthen Western Border Patrol
War officials report refugees describe bad conditions in Sohoza. General Steever signals need for more cavalry. Troops are assembling at Fort Riley Kansas and Fort D A Russell Wyoming to move to Arizona and Southern California once ordered.
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Washington
Boundary Line
War Department
Sohoza
Steever
Fort Riley
Kansas
Fort
D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Arizona
California
Huerta Leaves Chihuahua With Troops for West
General Huerta departed Chihuahua along the Northwestern with three trainloads of regulars from all branches and thousands of volunteers. He moved toward the west in the direction of Sonora, though his exact destination was not disclosed. The city remains guarded by sufficient forces to protect it.
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Huerta
Chihuahua
Mex
Sonora
Tragic New Jersey Fire Kills Mother and Six Children
Ruthford New Jersey August 30 Fire destroyed a two story frame house killing Mrs Emilio De Baro and six of her seven children aged five months to 12 years. The father and the eldest son survived after leaping from a second story window as flames trapped the family. Firemen suspect a spark from a passing locomotive started the blaze.
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de Baro
New Trial Bid Hobbles Hayes Police Trial
In New York on August 30 former Police Inspector Cornelius Hayes sought a new trial judge as counsel moved to have the case heard by a deputy commissioner other than First Deputy McKay who may be summoned as a witness. Commissioner McKay took no ruling and adjourned the case to next Friday for a decision. Hayes had claimed he received orders from Commissioner Waldo to not interfere with disorderly houses, a statement that led Waldo to demote him to captain and suspend him when repeated publicly.
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New York
Cornelius Hayes
Waldo
McKay
Hayes
Father dies as son freed at Elmira reformatory drill
Henry Rappelye, a new El mira reformatory inmate, was pardoned and released by Governor Dix after a sudden telegram announced his father's death in Oswego. He had been sent for attempted robbery and served as a stenographer at the institution.
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Elmira
Henry Rappelye
Elmira Reformatory
Exhibition Drill
Dix
Rappelye
Oswego
Rappelvye
Reformatory
Immigrants With Hookworm To Be Dealt With At Angel Island
Angel Island detention hospital will stop treating hookworm patients after November 1 due to congestion. Immigrants found to have the disease will be deported immediately. Last year more than 1600 hookworm patients were treated at Angel Island.
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San Francisco
Cal
Angel Island
Department of Commerce and Labor
Merz Captures Illinois Trophy In 203 Mile Race
Charles E. Merz won the Illinois trophy at 203 miles in a Stutz car with a time of three hours four minutes and thirty two seconds. His teammate Gill Anderson finished second by under two minutes.
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Erz
Elgin Orni
Charles E. Merz
Gill Anderson
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity the tonight and Saturday period will be generally fair with no significant weather events expected. Light winds and mild temperatures are anticipated as skies stay mostly clear.
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San Antonio
Weather outlook for major cities this Saturday
Tourists and readers see clear to cloudy conditions with mild winds across St Louis Kansas City Chicago New York Boston and Washington. Temperatures range from 54 in New York to 76 in Kansas City with light to brisk southerly winds and cool nights.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Denies Leased Wire Claims
The source rejects any assertion that the Associated Press leased wire to any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light, stating such claims are unfounded and without basis in fact.
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Associated Pressnto
San Antonio
Women in San Antonio plan city sanitation drive
Central committee of women in San Antonio met at city hall to form a permanent effort with the city council, the street department, and the board of health. A second meeting at the Chamber of Commerce will map a general clean-up day with future campaigns and school and ward committees to educate and enlist participation.
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Board of Health
San Antonio
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Street Commission
San Antonio Launches Public Clean-Up Drive Led by Women
A large gathering of the board of health and civic groups in the city hall launched a clean-up campaign for San Antonio. Women will direct the work, with an 11 member committee to plan activities and meet at 4:30 in the Chamber of Commerce to decide steps. Dr. W. B. Russ presided, urging immediate action to make the city the cleanest in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Board of Health
Chamber of Commerce
J. Vanlandingham
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
M. J. Bliem
Woman's Club
R. A. Reese
San Antonio Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sadie Haley
Associated Charities
Jones
W. B. Russ
Russ
City Board of Health
William Brumby
City leaders rally for immediate clean-up drive
Dr Brumby criticizes current garbage handling as costly and ineffective. Graebner pledges Chamber of Commerce help while Mayor Jones backs city support. Civic groups led by Walter Napier and others pledge cooperation. A foreman in each ward at firehouses will supervise ward garbage removal as sanitation efforts expand.
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Brumby
Graebner
Charles Graebner
Chamber of Commerce
Wiliam L. Stiles
Jones
Walter P. Napier
Civic Improvement League
San Antonio
Pancoast
Sanitation
Aaron Pancoast
Joseph Emerson Smith
W. A. King
Bexar County Medical Society
J. F. Carter
Shropshire
Charles Fineham
Eli Hertzberg
City Federation
Council of Jewish Women
L.S. Bates
Woman's Clubs
Malone Duggan
Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teachers’ Association
Camp Fire Girls Hold Ceremonial Service Meeting
Mrs. M. J. Bliem spoke on service and city duties at the Camp Fire Girls council fire at the YWCA. The gathering featured Indian costumes, the Wohela Call, candle lighting, and a rhythmic record of the last meeting read by Miss Rowena Brown before singing My Country Tis of Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Bliem
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Rowena Brown
South Carolina Faces Fraud Claims as Primary Contests Rise
In Columbia the state Democratic executive committee meets amid fraud charges including stuffing ballot boxes with illegal votes and voting by nonresidents and miners. Secretary Christie Bennett orders county committees to pause actions, signaling potential drastic measures. Contests are filed across the state with county committees arriving to appeal to the state committee.
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South Carolina
J. Disconten
Columbia
Ll. c
Democratic Executive Committee
Christie Bennett
Pioneer Woman Dead in New Braunfels Texas
Ulrike Florentine Heilig aged 83 died after a brief illness in New Braunfels on August 29. Born in New Dressen Brandenburg Germany she came to Texas in 1860 and settled in New Braunfels. Funeral held today. Surviving nine children Otto Heilig Gus Heilig Herman Richard Ferdinand Heilig Emil Heilig Clara Heilig Emma Rice Rosa Heilig.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Ulrike Florentine Heilig
New Dressen
Brandenburg
Texas
Otto Heilig
Gus Heilig
la Grange
Herman
Richard and
Ferdinand Heilig
San Antonio
Emil Heilig
Galveston
Clara Heilig
Emma Rice
Rosa Heilig
County to Hire Farm Demonstration Agent for Farm Program
Nueces county commissioners court approved a $1000 fund for the salary of a farm demonstration agent from the United States agricultural department for the coming year. The move aims to promote farm work and extend agricultural education locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces County
United States Agricultural Department
Train Derails Near Temple Killing One Injuring Seventeen
A northbound Katy train No. 8 left the track three miles north of Temple Texas at 3 20 this morning plunging a mail car and two coaches from a trestle into a ravine. John H. Pierce news agent Winnsboro Texas was killed and seventeen passengers were injured. victims rushed to the Missouri Kansas and Texas hospital in Temple for treatment.
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Temple
Tex
John H. Pierce
Winnsboro
Katy
Here
A. E. Hall
Negro
Bartlett
Co. T. Mathis
Elm Mott
Rev
S. R. Pruitt
Fort Worth
L. R.trannion
Jacksboro
J. S. Donaldson
Austin
Clara Thompson
Grand Saline
S. E. Seabourgh
Dallas
G. M. Cunningham
Oklahoma City
T. Stone
N. G. Fox
Leander
Allen Stone
J. H. Gellum
Davidson
Okla
I. L. Ga
Parcels Post System Ready by January 1
Washington August 30. Postmaster General Hitchcock announced the parcels post system would be in general operation by January 1 1913. The postal express service will span over a million miles of rural routes and star routes and involve reform across all private express transportation. Hitchcock canceled his vacation to oversee immediate organization with committees of department officers and experts.
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Washington
Genreal Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
Funeral Held for C. C. Wilson in Terrell
The funeral for C. C. Wilson, a wireless promoter once prominent in New York, was conducted in Terrell, Texas, where he had lived for years before moving east for work. He died this week in a federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, leaving many local acquaintances.
Cuban officials apologize over Havana assault on American envoy
Ample apologies have been made by Cuban officials from the president down for the assault by the journalist Meza upon Hugh Gibson the American charge d affaires at Havana and the state department has decided to let the case proceed in the regular way.
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Washington
Meza
Hugh Gibson
Legation
Havana
State Department
Millionaire Banker Found Dead at New Mexico Ranch
Solomon Luna a millionaire banker and land sheep owner and longtime Republican national committeeman for New Mexico was found dead today in a dipping vat at his sheep ranch seventy miles from Magdalena.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Aus
Solomon Luna
Mexico
Megdalena
Bishop Charles C. Grafton Dies in Fond Du Lac
Bishop Charles C. Grafton of Fond Du Lac died in Fond Du Lac Wisconsin. He previously served as rector of the Church of Advent Boston from 1872 to 1882 and was elected bishop of Fond Du Lac in 1888.
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Grafton
Fond DU Lac
Wis
Charles C. Grafton
Church of Advent
Boston
Wood charged with aiding conspiracy in Lawrence strike
President William M. Wood of the American Woolen company was arrested on an indictment charging him with conspiring to distribute dynamite during the Lawrence general strike. He surrendered with counsel after furnishing $5000 bail and awaits arraignment in superior court.
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Boston
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
Wood
New England
New York State
Five appointments announced by Mayor A H Jones
Mayor A H Jones announced five new appointments including Pat Cavney as custodian of San Pedro park and L P Holmes as city sexton. John Fitzhenry and Russell Beck kept desk sergeant posts, A B Horton was renamed patrolman, all sworn in. Rumors linked McNeal as fire marshal and Parker as market master.
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A. H. Jones
Pat Cavney
William Roberts
San Pedro Park
L. P. Holmes
Adolph Vidal
Stanley Fitch
John Fitzhenry
Russell Beck
Horton
City Hall
William McNeal
Jack Lyons
J. E. Parker
B. D. Lindsey
Market Street
Wright
Fincham
Leo M. J. Dielman
Steamer Sinks Barge Off Norfolk in Collision
The coasting barge Felix of the Scully line sank after a collision with the British steamer Kernwood one mile below Old Point in Hampton Roads. Captain Edward Stram, his wife, and six crewmen barely escaped and were rescued by Kernwood, which sustained bow damage. Felix valued at 15000 dollars with 2100 tons of coal cargo valued at 6000 dollars.
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Newport News
Hampton Roads
Old Point
Norfolk
Providence
Felix
Scully
Kernwood
Edward Stram
Shipbuilding Company
Reward Offered for return of missing child Clarence Dunbar
In Opelousas Louisiana businessmen have pledged 1000 dollars for the safe return of two year old Clarence Dunbar who vanished last week near Lake Swayze during a fishing trip with his parents. Despite searchers covering miles around no trace has been found and the boy is believed kidnapped.
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Opelouses
Little Clarence Dunbar
Lake Swayze
Auto Crash Injures Two Near White Horse Tavern
John Adams of San Antonio suffered three broken ribs and Jack Samuels was cut on the neck when the automobile they rode in turned over on the loop turn near the White Horse Tavern last night. Walter Ennis the driver and two women passengers escaped injury. The car's damage was about $100.
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John Adams
San Antonio
Jack Samuels
White Horse Tavern
Walter Ennis
Corporal Norman Oles Found Dead in El Paso Rooming House
Corporal Norman Oles of Company D Twenty second infantry was found dead in a rooming house on East Overland street in El Paso early today. An army revolver lay beside him and a sealed letter to his wife at Governor's Island New York was on a table. Oles was 30 and respected in his company.
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EL Paso
Tex
Norman Oles
East Overland Street
Governor’s Island
New York
Mrs Henry Rogers Dies En Route At Grand Central
Mrs Henry H Rogers widow of the Standard Oil vice president died suddenly in a dining car at Grand Central station New York after traveling from Bretton Woods New Hampshire to her home.
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Henry Rogers
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Grand Central Station
Breton Woods
N. H
Funds Approved to Build English Road Sections
A government allocation of 11,250,000 dollars guarantees funds for constructing all sections of the English road simultaneously, enabling unified progress and faster completion.
Cowper-Thwaite Returns to Plan San Antonio Railway
A London Paris Brussels financier group agrees to provide 2,250,000 pounds to build the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway. Edward Cowper-Thwaite and R. Mounsey will travel to New York and San Antonio to arrange details, with completion expected to accelerate despite past delays from London interests. The project aims to boost Southwest Texas land development and Panama Canal traffic prospects.
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the Light
London
San Antonio
Panama Canal
Continental
Texas
Harbor Island
Central America
Brazil
United States
Messrs. Cowper-Thwaite
Moundsey
Goode
Texas delegates named for National Congress in Indianapolis
Governor Colquitt announces Texas delegates and alternates to the National Congress in Indianapolis October 1 to 4. Delegates include P. H. Hughes, T. W. Largent, L. F. Bailey, J. D. Powell, A. Hill, Paul D. Page, Gary M. Head, F. W. Chambliss, Varies P. Brown, A. E. Masterson, W. C. Boyett, H. F. Foy, C. S. E. Holland, J. J. Mansfield, S. V. Pfeiffer and others with alternates listed next to names.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Texas
Indianaphdlis
Ind
P. H. Hughes
Palestine
T. W. Largent
Lufkin
L. F. Bailey
Roweport
J. D. Powell
Archer City
A. Hill
Belleville
Paul D. Page
Bastrop
Gary M
Henry Arnecke
Arnville
F. W.ortmann
Lindenau
William T. Eichlitz
Cuero
Archer
San Diego
F. M. Stalworth
Mar
Emil Peter
Weimar
A. J. Scheelinger
Joe Moehler
Winchester
Breyman
Schulenburg
G. A. H la
Women form California League for Protection of Motherhood
One hundred women met in San Francisco to organize the California League for the Protection of Motherhood. Miss Lucy Goodwhite was elected president and said the league would be temporary, aiming to secure a state law to pension widowed mothers with dependent children.
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San Francisco
Cal
California League For the Protection of
Lucy Goodwhite
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Hi Tigre
Curtin and
Cunningham
Copper Company
Board of Health and Plans
Woolen Company
Cowper-Thwaite
D. R. Mounsey
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