Reception plans grow as Troop C delays reach San Antonio
San Antonio communities mobilize for a warm homecoming for Troop C Texas Cavalry traveling from Laredo to the Big Bend. Delays due to missing railroad equipment push arrival to Friday or Saturday, prompting expanded donations and plans for a station welcome with iced tea, sandwiches, and gifts.
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First Texas Cavalry
San Antonio
Laredo
Big Bend
W. P. Rote
A. B. Spencer
International & Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Girls' National Honor Guard
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Spencer
Norvel J. Welsh
J. M. Vance
J.M. Carr
Warren P. Calvert
Herman Horner
Alex Walton
Jean Aubrey
John Kenney
W. C. Burns
W. 8. Hendrick
Frances Bell Payne
John Sehorn
Misses Kenney
Edward Dwyer
T. J. Nye
J. M. Bennett
J. H. Savage
Frank Mey
R. M. Middlebrook
Weather for Travelers in Major Cities
The Light reports temperatures across stations including St Louis 74 clear with SW wind 8 mph and highs to 92. Chicago 80 partly cloudy with N wind 8 mph and highs to 58. Milwaukee 78 clear NE wind 12 mph and highs to 92. Kansas City 80 partly cloudy with SW wind 8 mph and highs to 92. New York 78 clear with SW wind 12 mph and highs to 88. Washington DC 80 clear with S wind 6 mph and highs to 94.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
PD. C
Notification of Hughes Nomination Ceremony in New York
July 31 event at Carnegie Hall will honor Charles E Hughes with a formal notification ceremony at 8 p.m. in New York. Chairman Harding announced the plan after a conference with Hughes and Chairman Wilcox. Attendees include Republican leaders, delegates, governors, and Progressive figures, with a Hotel Astor reception to follow. Roosevelt and Taft expected to attend.
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New York
Charles i E. Hughes
Carnegie Hall
Harding
Committee
Hughes
Wilcox
National Committee
Republican National Committee
Chicago
House
Senate
Progressive National Committee
Progressive National Convention
Progressive Party
Hotel Astor
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Burglary Victim Shot in Mineral Wells Hotel
In Mineral Wells Texas a masked burglar shot and killed Harry Walters 55 a Dallas traveling man in a hotel room shared with his brother Will 60 The assailant demanded money and fled toward the mountains after Will fired at him twice and wrestled free with the grip containing the money, leaving authorities to hunt an undetected suspect.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Harry Walters
Dallas
Walters
Will
Will Walters
Clark Favored for U S Supreme Court Seat
Washington July 13 John H Clark a ClevelandD judge was considered today the likely nominee for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Hughes President Wilson weighs Judge Clark along with Judge J T Jenks of New York and Morgan J O'Brien of New York as possible selections
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Washington, D. C
John H. Clark
United States
Cleveland
Wilson
Supreme Court
Hughes
Clark
J. T. Jenks
New York Supreme Court
Morgan J. O’brien
New York
Enriquez Not Killed in Chihuahua City Dispatch
General Ignacio Enriquez formerly civil governor of Chihuahua is in Mexico City in conference with General Carranza and has not left the capital. Rumors claimed a Villa force seized him and three Carranza officers from a train, but General Treviño denied any capture or execution by Villa forces.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Enriquez
Trevino
Villa
Stand ard Oil plant fire injures three workers in Whiting
Fire at the Standard Oil plant in Whiting Indiana caused by a bursting radiator damaged four sections of the facility and spread through four battery condensers. Estimated damage is 250000 dollars. Three workmen were injured.
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Chicago, II
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Munitions Barred From Mexico Easing Sought
The State Department was asked to restore normal movement into Mexico of all commodities except war munitions. Clothing and food move freely. lumber and coal linger at the border as negotiations ease tension and foster a friendlier U S Mexican relationship amid ongoing rains along the expedition line.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Mexico
Treasury Department
United States
Carranza
General Pershing
Progressives to hold national conference over Hughes backlash
Bainbridge Colby announces a forthcoming national Progressive conference in Chicago to protest the national committee endorsement of Charles E Hughes. He cites letters from across the country and a Parker letter urging a new convention to energize reform and oppose boss control.
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New York
Chicago
Bainbridge Colby
National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Colby
Roosevelt
John M. Parker
New Orleans
Parker
Star Chamber
Progressive Party
Rosa Luxemburg Arrested in Berlin Abduction Report
Rosa Luxemburg principal editor of Vorwaerts was arrested at her Berlin home per Leipziger Volkszeitung. Proceedings were started about a year ago over alleged treasonable articles in Internationale. she was released. In 1914 she faced a one year prison sentence for accusing German officers of abusing private soldiers. American schooner Caviara lost in storm off Progreso. crew saved. ownership Sanders & Company Pensacola.
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Amsterdam
London
Rosa Luxemburg
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Leipsiger Volks Zeitung
Washington, D. C
Caviara
Sanders & Company
Pensacola
Progreso
State Department
Barriouun at Ojinaga May Be Disloyal
Information reaching department headquarters indicates the Car ranza garrison at Ojinaga across from Presidio in the Big Bend district may be disloyal to the de facto government posing a danger of defection to Villa's cause if opportunity arises. The garrison strength is about 700 under Colonel Rojas and officers fear loss of control over his force.
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Department
Carranza
Ojinaga
Presidio
Big Bend
Villa
Rojas
Fun
Mexico
Columbus
Jiminez
Parral
Fort Sam Houston
Wisconsin
Illinois
Major General Bliss to Confer With Funston on Militia
Major General Tasker H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, will arrive in San Antonio via the I N G Thursday night to meet with General Funston about militia matters. He is believed to study Texas militia needs for possible National Guard organization and may tour border forces after discussions.
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Tasker H. Bliss
United States Army
San Antonio
Texas
Funston
Electric chair used at state prison in first test
Nashville July 13. Julius Morgan a negro convicted of criminal assault near Dyersburg was electrocuted as the first prisoner to die by the electric chair in the state prison. He confessed and faced death with composure. California University President Horace Davis dies at 86 after operation in San Francisco July 13. He was a former head of the University of California.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Prison
Julius Morgan
Dyersburg
California University
San Francisco
Cal
Horace Davis
University of California
San Antonio Cooler Than Northern Cities
Weather report shows San Antonio at 74 degrees at 7 am Thursday versus Chicago at 80. A cooler trend continues for the South and Southwest with scattered showers. rainfall reported in Alice, Brownsville, Beeville, Uvalde, Corpus Christi, Cuero, Cotulla and Laredo.
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Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Chicago
United States
Green
Uvalde
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Corpus Christi
Cuero
Cotulla
Laredo
Five Army Colonels Ordered Retired on Disability
Five regular army colonels with regiments on the border or in Mexico have been ordered to retirement boards on account of physical disability. The officers are George H. Sands Eleventh Cavalry James Lockett Eleventh Cavalry Jacob G. Galbraith Third Cavalry William C. Brown Tenth Cavalry Charles W. Penrose Twenty fourth Infantry. Camp life and chasing bandits in the southern climate are blamed for their conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
George H. Sands
Eleventh Cavalry
James Lockett
Jacob G. Galbraith
Third Cavalry
William C. Brown
Tenth Cavalry
Charles W. Penrose
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Neutrals in Europe Face Higher Food Costs in War Time
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports notable food price rises across Europe. Austria shows the sharpest jump with meats up over 500 percent since the outbreak of hostilities. Beef rose from 6.3 cents to 38.7 cents per pound since February 1914. Berlin sees increases from 46 to 160 percent, Britain about 55 percent higher than two years ago. France up 23 percent, Italy around 30 percent. Neutral nations also show high gains. Norway lists 29 necessities up 63 percent, Copenhagen workers pay 34 percent more for table articles, Sweden up 21 percent, and Switzerland seeing ranges from 3 to 170 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Austria
Berlin
France
Italy
Norway
Copenhagen
Sweden
Switzerland
Texas Naval Militia Sends 32 On Annual Norfolk Cruise
Thirty two members of the first division led by Lieutenant Commander Harry C. Black depart Galveston for Norfolk to join others in Houston and New Orleans for the annual cruise aboard the battleship Louisiana. The Texas unit was to sail on the destroyer Reid, but it is assigned to the West Indies duty.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Naval Militia
Harry C. Black
Norfolk
Houston
New Orleans
Louisiana Naval Militia
Louisiana
Reid
Texas
West Indies
Reed Bill Seeks Monthly Support for Boyd Family
Senator Reed introduced legislation to pay $125 monthly to the widow, daughter, and son of Captain Charles T. Boyd of the Tenth Cavalry, who was killed at Carinal Mex.
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Washington, D. C
Reed
Charles T. Boyd
Tenth Cavalry
Carcinal, Mex
Man-Eating Shark Killed Near Keyport After Attacks
A 300 pound eleven foot shark was killed near the Matawan Creek mouth in New Jersey. It is believed to be the same monster that yesterday attacked four swimmers in shallow creek waters along the New Jersey coast, killing two and injuring others. The body fragment found in the shark’s stomach and weather bureau reports from Long Beach confirm the attacks.
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New Jersey
New York
Keyport
N. J
Weather Bureau
Observatory
Long Beach
Matawan Creek
Sharks Infest Atlantic shores as patrols search Jersey coast
The New Jersey coast sees armed motor boat patrols after four bathers die from sharks. The British sloop Sir George Emers arrived with scores of sharks caught in the gulfstream during a twelve day voyage, the last being taken off the New Jersey coast the day before yesterday.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
Sir George Emers
Bermuda
Man-eating shark terror grips New Jersey coast
Matawan, N J July 13 hundreds of armed men searched Matawan creek for the man eating shark that killed Lester Stillwell twelve and W Stanley Fisher twenty four and injured Joseph Dunn ten as fear spread along New Jersey beaches. The shark was sighted near Keyport and authorities warned bathers.
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Matawan
N. J
Matawan Creek
New Jersey
Keyport
Lester Stillwell
W. Stanley Fisher
Stillwell
Joseph Ralph Dunn
Stilwell
Fisher
Fisher E.t
Dunn
Persone
Hethers
Coney Island
Raritan Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
Thomas B. Cottrell
Cottrell
Fourteen Labor Leaders Convicted in Chicago Trial
In Chicago on July 13 fourteen of seventeen labor leaders were found guilty of conspiracy to exact and destroy property. Three acquitted. Sentences include imprisonment for several, fines up to 2000 dollars for multiple defendants, with evidence of a systematic window glass breaking scheme and payments to obtain re setting permissions.
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Chicago
Til
William Clauss
Thomas Kelly
John White
Frank Curran
Painters’ District Council No
Hugo Hahn
Glaziers’ Union
Frank Mader
Fixture Hangers’ Union
Walter FE. Staley
Ray Stewart
Wood Finishers’ Union
Charles Crowley
John F. Cleary
Electrical Workers’ Union
Isadore Gordon
Painters’ District Council
Building Collapse Kills Three in Buffalo Plant
Three men were killed and six seriously injured when a main building at the Semet Solvay Company plant on the Niagara river road near Buffalo collapsed during a storm. Witnesses said lightning may have struck a tall chimney triggering the disaster as workers sheltering from the storm were buried under bricks and debris.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Semet Solvay Company
Niagara River
Buffalo City
Five Die In Ammonia Tank Explosion In Brooklyn
Five persons were killed and at least 30 injured when an ammonia tank exploded at a Brooklyn butcher shop. The blast wrecked a four story brick building and debris trapped victims. Victims include Martin Schmidt shop owner, two clerks, a cashier and a delivery boy. A passing trolley and dozen passengers were hurt by debris and glass. Four workmen reportedly killed in a DuPont Smokeless Powder plant mill explosion in Haskell New Jersey.
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New York
Brooklyn
Martin Schmidt
Haskell
N. J
DuPont
Here
Japan denies naval construction plan in press reports
Tokyo dispatches refute claims that Japan authorized four superdreadnaughts. Navy reportedly presented to the finance ministry a seven year program for 250,000,000 yen, proposing three superdreadnoughts and a fleet of battle cruisers light cruisers destroyers and submarines.
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Tokio
America
Japan
Navy
Finance Department
Caribbean Sea Disturbance Near Porto Rico
The Caribbean Sea disturbance was centered near and south of Porto Rico this morning as reported by the weather bureau. Its intensity remained unknown.
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Washington, D.C
Caribbean Sea
Porto Rico
Weather Bureau
Allied and Russian Forces Fight on Multiple Fronts
British and French reports describe ongoing battles along the Somme and Verdun fronts with heavy artillery duels and German counterattacks. Russian armies in Galicia and near Stokhod and Kovel face Austro German efforts, while Allied air units report continued operations and cautious gains amid uncertain weather.
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London
Russia
Nicholas
Armenia
Persia
Erzerum
Grand Duke
Mamakhatum
Stokhod
Pinsk
von Linsingen
Teutons
Kovel
Pinsk Marshes
Galicia
Verdun
the Somme
France
Somme
British War Department
Wyschaete
Lacanal
la Bassee Canal
Haig
Maummetz
Contalmaison
Trenes Wood
Hair
Hage
Aoeneee
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M. D. Hesse
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West End Lumber Co
David Lehr
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Madison Square
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Westminster
Pine Street
First Presbyterian
J. E. Jarratt
A. Y. Walton
A. G. Jones
C. B E. McStravick
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Robert Hamilton
A. B. Weakley
W. C. Linden
L. R. Warren
Deitz
Janie Polk
Weather Forecast
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Progressives
Germany
Barrioun
Big Bend Patrol
Mercedes
Minnesota
Indiana
Brownsville
Michigan
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