Three Armies Engage Near Veles and Saloniki
Desperate fighting rages between Bulgarians and Servians near Veles and over a 50 mile front north of Saloniki. Bulgarian attacks aim to lure Greek forces, with 380,000 Greeks facing 100,000 Bulgarians. Turkish neutrality reportedly pledged in exchange for indemnity concessions.
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Vienna
Veles
Koprili
Sofia
Neue Freie Presse
Saloniki
Langusa Lake
Beshik Lake
Tahynos Lake
Turkey
Servians Take Prisoners in Bulgarian Offensive
Belgrade reports Bulgarian troops attacked Zayetchar, a Servian town, with a serious engagement expected. Bulgarians were driven from fortified positions on the left banks of the Bregalinitza and Xhelintza after their first defeat, and large numbers of prisoners were taken by the Servians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Zayetchar
Bregalinitza
Xhelintza
Bulgarian Prisoners Parade Sparks Servian Outcry
A Belgrade dispatch reports 1384 Bulgarian prisoners of war brought into Belgrade were led through city streets as huge crowds cheered and wagons carried wounded men three deep. The correspondent says the scene makes peace between Bulgaria and Serbia appear impossible.
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London
Belgrade
Battle at Kilkish Ended Bulgarian Defeat in Greek Counteroffensive
Atlantis reports from Saloniki that July 4 saw heavy bombardment and a Greek assault carving Kilkish from Bulgarian control. Greek troops seized the town, capturing over 60 cannons as Bulgarians fled, leaving guns amid widespread destruction and a costly strategic victory compared with other Balkan actions.
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New York
Kilkish
Saloniki
Atlantis
Kirkish
Turkey
Balkans
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity shows tonight and Sunday with fallr conditions. No severe weather expected. temperatures cool with light winds and a chance of brief showers in spots.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather brief for travelers across major cities
Observations at 8 am show varied conditions from 80 in St Louis to 62 in St Paul. Winds range from 4 to 18 miles per hour with clear and partly cloudy skies and cooler trends in most cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Police curb open cut-out car noise with first arrest
Policeman Satterwhite makes the first arrest in a campaign to stop open cut-out exhausts on city streets. Erie Offers, 19, charged after a loud incident on East Commerce near Alamo, paid a $5 fine. Motocycle officers ordered to arrest violators as Chief Lancaster reports improved conditions.
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Satterwhite
Police Department
Erie
Lowther
East Commerce Street
Alamo Street
Lancaster
Floods Wash Over Thousands of Acres in Texas
Forney Texas July 5. Floods on the east fork of the Trinity River damaged at least 350000 in crops and levees. Over seven thousand acres flooded three to ten feet, destroying corn and cotton. The Texas & Pacific Railroad bridge weakened, a gravel train left on it, and few trains running. Levees around fields ruined. public roads impassable. steel and concrete bridges mostly held.
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Forney
Tex
Trinity River
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Woman killed by lightning in Pennsylvania at Mystic Park
Mrs. L. Bradley wife of a prominent merchant in Titusville was instantly killed by a lightning bolt at her Mystic Park summer home. A small baby she carried survived unharmed despite the tragedy yesterday.
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Titusville
L. ©. Bradley
Bradley
Mystic Park
YOUTH DROWNS WHILE SWIMMING IN COLORADO
Floyd Adams 15 son of H L Adams of Dalhart drowned while swimming yesterday at Canon City Colorado. He was visiting his uncle Frank Bunton when the accident occurred.
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Texas
Dalhart
Tex
Floyd Adams
H. L. Adams
Frank Bunton
Canon City
Colo
The San Antonio Light wire service description
The San Antonio Light explains it receives the AP leased wire day report and a large own special news service. It emphasizes AP as the world’s leading general news source and notes the daily volume of around 20,000 words. It signals exclusive access to AP material and in-house reporting.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
President's Power May Be Lessened
A bill to remove part of the appointive power from the president would create a three member commission to recommend appointments. The commission would be appointed by the president each term and Congress members could not make recommendations. Commissioners would earn six thousand dollars annually.
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Washington, D. C
Works
Congress
Safe Breaker Wounded After Kirkwood Post Office Heist
A safe breaker named J. W. Johnson of Philadelphia was mortally wounded by officers after blasting open the Kirkwood post office safe in Atlanta suburb. He barricaded himself as police arrived from the post office branch located in a grocery store. Johnson fired back with a revolver before he was shot near the heart.
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Atlanta
J. W. Johnson
Philadelphia
Kirkwood
Kirkwood po&St
Johnson
Women vote in Illinois towns under new suffrage law
Chicago July 5 Women in Libertyville North Chicago and Wamac vote for local issues under the new suffrage law. Libertyville voices on a 10000 city hall bond. North Chicago women consider a school funding issue. Wamac women vote on completing the village corporation.
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Chicago
Illinois
Libertyville
Wamac
Centralia
FeqS Continues All Night in Johannesburg Riots
Fighting between striking gold miners and troops in Johannesburg continued through the night. Four civilians were killed and 50 wounded as Cavalry charged rioters who looted stores and wrecked street lamps after midnight. Additional casualties were reported in the riot area.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Making Monday a Day of Extra Interest
Merchants boost Monday as a busy shopping day with special sales and attractive prices. Large cities set the pace and smaller towns follow, urging readers of The Light to read advertisements and attend early.
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The
Light
Daughters of Republic Named in Texas Writ Case
In Austin on July 5 the Texas attorney general filed a writ of prohibition in the Supreme Court against Judge W. S. Anderson and the Daughters of the Republic. The move aims to bar hearing on an injunction and prevent relief for the Daughters in a dispute tied to the Alamo property and a $5000 governor approved improvement project. The court may act next week as Justices Phillips and Hawkins consider the petition in the absence of Chief Justice Brown.
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Daughters’of the Republic
Phillips and
Hawins
Brown
Hawkins
Chicago
Supreme Court
Thirty-seventh District Court
Supreme Court of Texas
Daughters of the Republic
A. B. Conley
Alamo
State of
Texas
Conley
Anderson
Two deaths in Memphis auto race crash
Don Grant of Brinkley Ark died of injuries and John Harp of Brinkley Ark was seriously hurt during a 100 mile race at the Memphis Driving Club track. C V Dunnivan of Memphis won in a Studebaker in 3 hours 15 minutes. The Marmon car driven by Grant and Harp flipped on lap fifty while passing a stationary repair car.
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Memphis
Tenn
Don Grant
Brinkley
Ark
John Harp
C. V. Dunnivan
Electricity Prolongs Life After Drowning Death
J L Mongo of a well to do Long Island family was pronounced dead from drowning yesterday but was revived by electric stimulation for three hours. He did not regain consciousness and died after his second life extension of two hours.
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Babylon
N. Y
J. L. Mongo
Long Island
Mongo
Lightning kills three at Medina fair grounds
In Medina on July 4 a bolt struck a tree where Harry Sayers a Civil War veteran and John Garr 50 both Medina residents and Lawrence Gayer 12 of Harveyville were sheltering. The lightning killed all three as ten thousand fairgoers watched.
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Medina, CO
Harry Sayers
John Garr
Medina
Lawrence Gayer
Harveyville
Fair Grounds
Trainmen prepare wage strike demand as voting nears
Officials report ballot on a national strike by 100000 conductors and trainmen on eastern railroads shows overwhelming support for action if ordered. Details publish wage demands now, including per mile pay for passenger runs, daily rates for shorter shifts, and monthly minimums for conductors and crew.
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New York
Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad
Elisha Lee
Fredericksburg Rail Line Rejects Defective Rails
Foster Crane who is building the Fredericksburg railroad condemned 600 tons of rails that failed to meet specifications and refused shipment. The rails, shipped from New York via Galveston to Houston, were rejected and must be replaced. Tunnel work near the hill is nearly complete with eighty nine feet remaining before finishing the grade into Fredericksburg.
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Fredericksburg
Foster Crane
Crane
Houston
New York
Galveston
Big Hill
Receivers Appointed for Frisco Texas Lines
Judge Meek of the U S District Court Northern District of Texas appointed two receivers for the Frisco railroad lines in Texas Avery H Turner Amarillo and G B Schleyer Fort Worth. The action names Thomas H West and B L Winchell as receivers for the general Frisco system citing temporary infirmities. The affected Texas lines include St Louis and San Francisco Texas Railroad Brownwood North and South Railroad and Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad. Turner is Panhandle lines vice president and Schleyer Fort Worth Frisco Texas system president and general superintendent.
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Dallas
Tex
Edward R. Meek
United States District Court For
Northern District of Texas
Frisco
Texas
Avery H. Turner
Amarillo
G. 8. Schleyer
Fort Worth
Thomas H. West
B. L. Winchell
General Frisco
Heat Death Toll Rises in Chicago as Temperatures Soar
Chicago reports seven heat deaths in the last 24 hours with no relief expected. Yesterday’s high reached 84 degrees with oppressive humidity and a 91 degree reading overnight followed by a brief cool breeze, then a quick rebound toward 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Til
Andrews Declines Appointment in Texas Fire Insurance Board
A. R. Andrews of Kaufman county declined the secretaryship of the new state fire insurance commission. Governor announced A. H. Haynes would fill the position, with Haynes already serving as an expert member of the commission.
Balloons In National Elimination Race Reach Illinois via Wind
Four balloons from Kansas City began the national elimination race yesterday and remained aloft by noon today over Illinois Michigan and Indiana. Winds are expected to carry bags over the Great Lakes into Canada as crews report scattered sightings and repairs.
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Kansas City
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas City Aero Club
United States
Great Lakes
Canada
Benton Harbor
Mich
Jackson
South Bend
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Galena
Ills
Kansas City Post
Joliet
Million Population Club of
St. Louis
Kansas City II
Paris
R. F. Donaldson
Aviation Field
Chicago
Aero Club of America
Berry
Miss Sophia II
Missouri Athletic Club
William Assmann
Assmann
Albert Holz
Cincinnati
Holz
L. E. Custer
Dayton
Roy Donaldson
Springfield
Balloon Sighted Over Michigan En Route from Kansas City
A balloon believed to be among those that departed Kansas City yesterday was sighted over Benton Harbor Michigan this forenoon. The craft drifted southward and appears to have crossed Lake Michigan during the night.
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Michigan
Benton, Harbor
Mich
Kansas City
Benton Harbor
Lake Michigan
Balloon Kansas City Post Reports Storm Patrol
Joliet Illinois 6 25 a m Balloon Kansas City Post fought storm all night going fine Signed HONEYWELL AND GIFFORD.
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ST. Louie
Post Dispatch Today
Kansas City Post
Joliet
Ill
Honeywell and Gifford
Balloon passes Galena in Good Year contest
The Good year balloon from Kansas City sailed over Galena at 5 this morning after departure yesterday. It moved slowly north at a low altitude, as observers noted the craft in transit.
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Galena
Goodyear
Kansas City
Three Drown Near Pittsburg During Family Reunion
Two daughters and a grandson of Joseph Crumpton drowned while swimming at a river during a family reunion. A warm day prompted the group to bathe, and they disappeared after stepping off a sand bar.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Crumpton
President Wilson in Windsor for Summer Home Visit
President Wilson arrived at Windsor this forenoon and was met at the station by his family. He then drove to his summer residence at Cornish, New Hampshire, three miles away.
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Wilson
Windsor
Cornish
N.H
Unionist Leader Rt Hon Alfred Littleton Dies in London
Rt Hon Alfred Littleton, MP and noted unionist figure, died last night in London. His death removes a prominent voice in the Unionist movement and Parliament.
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London
Alfred Littleton
House of Commons
Veterans Leave On Homeward Journey From Gettysburg Camp
Thousands of blue and gray veterans began their homeward march after the semi centennial Gettysburg celebration. More than half of about 50 000 will depart by night, with the last camp meal tomorrow evening. General Hunter Liggett praised Major J E Normoyle for organizing the encampment, noting the smooth handling of a 70 plus year old personnel and low mortality. H H Hodges of Union Hill NC died at Gettysburg station as he prepared to leave, raising camp casualties to nine.
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Gettysburg
Battle of
Big
Hunter Liggett
J. E. Normoyle
Army Quartermaster
H. H. Hodges
Union Hill
N. C
Confederacy
Hodges
Bliss To Galveston Brigadier General Heads South
Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss commander of the Southern Department departs for Galveston tonight to preside over a retiring board for Colonel William Paulding of the Twenty fourth Infantry. Paulding, named colonel in 1908, has three years remaining before retirement unless the board acts. Bliss may also inspect maneuver camps at Galveston and Texas City during the trip.
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Tasker H. Bliss
Southern Department
Galveston
William Paulding
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Paulding
No trace found on rail bandit robbery case
Memphis July 5 detectives and railroad agents reported no crews or suspects identified in the theft of Illinois Central southbound passenger train No 1. The two bandits who held up the train early yesterday remain unidentified as investigators pursue leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Chauffeur Killed in Car Crash at Christoval
Guy Livingston, driver of a powerful touring car, was killed instantly when the vehicle ran off a cattle bridge and overturned at Christoval in San Angelo County. Mark Puiliam, a wealthy ranchman riding in the rear, sustained a fracture of three ribs.
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San Angelo
Tex
Guy Livingston
Christoval
Mark Puiliam
Nine Prisoners Escape From Angleton Jail
Nine prisoners escaped from the Angleton jail last night and none have been recaptured. The group includes five white inmates and four African Americans. Among those at large is W. W. Lawrence, twice convicted of murder but given new trials each time in the Court of Criminal Appeals. Six negroes remained in the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angleton
Tex
W. W. Lawrence
Court of Criminal Appeals
House votes for broad lobby inquiry into National Association of Manufacturers
A House rules committee resolution orders a seven member panel to probe whether the National Association of Manufacturers or any group maintains a lobby to influence Congress and to report if lobbying affected legislation. Senators Reed and Walker plan to submit Mulhall letters to the committee for examination next week.
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Washington
House
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
House Rules Committee
Reed
Walker
Senate Lobby Committee
House Committee
Mulhall
Congres
Association
Henry
Rules Committee
Progressive
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Levy
New York
Money Trust
Mann
Forest Reserve on Obama
An organization of Maryland and District of Columbia residents plans to create a forest reserve between Washington and Baltimore. The group, to be called the National Forest and Park Association of Maryland, expects incorporation by an act of Congress.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
Baltimore
Maryland
District of Columbia
Sll
National Forest and Park Association of Maryland
Congress
Steeplejack Dies In Mayville Slide For Life
Oscar, a 40 year old steeplejack from Chautauqua, died in Mayville while attempting a dangerous slide for life. He hung by his teeth to a rope stretched from the courthouse to a tree about 360 feet away. The buffer sacks failed to cushion the fall and he struck the tree, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Chautauqua, N
Oscar
Mayville
Court House
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HRST
Corporation Court
Forney—Bridge
CURB
John D. Works
California
Daughters of Republic
Arkansas
Frisco Lines
James R. Mann
National
House of Representatives
Quartermaster
Bliss
General
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