Puebla Battle Abdumibed by Eye Witness
A letter from a Mexico City official reports the Puebla battle of July 12 in which seven Germans were killed and more than 320 people died. Rebels led by Zapata threaten Puebla as 2000 federal soldiers rush from Mexico City with machine guns and light cannon. A woman’s murder and trampling are described amid street fighting.
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Puebla
Mexico
San Antonio
Mexico City
Zapata
Iguala
Ia Venta
Denver
Rioting Feared in Laguna District Over German Threat
A Torreon resident reports conditions in La Laguna district and describes German and Spanish citizens being moved from the city. The dispatch quotes Admiral Paul von Hintze advising Vice Consul Vermahren to remove women and children to safety amid rising tensions.
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Associated Press
Torreon
Mexico
Laguna
Paul von Hintze
Vermahren
May Be Known As The Treaty Of Beverly
Washington July 21 The general arbitration treaty may be known as the treaty of Beverly and be seen as a major world event. The plan was to sign in Washington but France’s assent may delay signing while Ambassador Jusserand seeks approval in Paris and may travel to America to affix his signature.
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Associated Press
Washington
New England
Beverly
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
Jusserand
Paris
France
Mr. Jusserand
America
Ambassador Wilson Here on Way North
Henry Lane Wilson American ambassador to Mexico arrived in San Antonio on the International and Great Northern train from Mexico City. He said the vacation granted months ago was postponed due to the Mexican revolution and will depart this evening for St. Louis then Crawfordsville to visit his mother before spending time at a northern lake resort. He declined to discuss Mexico's current political or financial situation.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
San Antonio
International & Great Northern
Mexico City
Wilson
Grant
St. Louis
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Royalists Readied to Invade Portugal From Galicia
Lisbon dispatch reports royalist forces led by Captain Couciere prepared for an imminent invasion. Focus centers on the north as thousands of rifles of modern pattern and field guns are smuggled into Galicia from Germany and Belgium for the campaign.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Badajos
Couciere
Galicia
Spain
Germany
Belgium
Harker Ordered Away From San Antonio Post
Captain Thomas R. Harker has been relieved as assistant quartermaster at San Antonio and ordered to Fort Douglas Utah. Lieutenant Wade H. Westmoreland of the Eleventh Cavalry is ordered to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for temporary duty when he leaves Hot Springs.
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Washington
Thomas R. Harker
San Antonio
Fort Douglas
Utah
Wade H. Westmoreland
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Hot Springs
San Antonio Light Clarifies AP Leased Wire Carriage
The San Antonio Light asserts that no other newspaper carries the AP leased wire into San Antonio in whole or in part. The statement emphasizes that any claim otherwise lacks basis in fact and aligns with the Light’s exclusive local wire usage.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Saturday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday with no significant precipitation. Warm temperatures are expected and light winds may accompany the dry conditions.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather snapshot from multiple cities at 8 a.m.
Observations show St Louis 72 under partly cloudy skies with northeast wind and possible showers tonight, Chicago 70 clear with north wind and probable showers, Milwaukee 58 clear, St Paul 56 clear, Kansas City 78 clear with showers tonight, New York 65 rain with south wind, Boston 70 cloudy, Washington 78 clear.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Tempure
Taft Era Trust Busting Urged by Attorney General
Wickersham urges breaking up Standard Oil and tobacco trusts into independent parts with no monopoly. He cites Supreme Court interpretations, defense of enforcement, and praise for DOJ efforts and high legal fees in major antitrust cases.
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Hancock, Mich
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco “‘Trust
Wickersham
Department
Lrke
Supreme Court
Court
Department of Justice
Congress
United States
Washington
Uncle Sam
Taft
Calls Upon Texans To Assert Liberty
Spacer rowny TEXAS July 21. J F Wolters chairman of the executive committee of the Anti-Statewide Prohibition Organization of Texas appeals to county and precinct chairmen and liberty loving Texans to vote their convictions at the July 22 election. He denounces prohibition leaders for intimidation and urges Texans to go to the polls, citing Texas history and constitutional rights.
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Spacer Rowny Light
Dallas
Tex
J. F. Wolters
Prohibition Organization of Texas Today
Prohibition Organization of Texas
Texas
Corsicana
Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
La Follette Attacks Press on Reciprocity Bill in Senate
Wisconsin senator denounces newspapers for backing Canada reciprocity. He alleges media bias and money interests shaping policy while opposing free print paper and tariff-linked concerns. Senator Hitchcock rebuts by noting paper mill profits. Taft is criticized for reactions to tariff board findings as Sen Smith of Michigan also opposes reciprocity.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Exse
Ollette
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Taft
Smith
Michigan
Submarines Prove Effective In War Game Off Long Island Sound
In a naval war game near Long Island Sound the defensive submarines demonstrated stealth by approaching Osterhaus’s attacking fleet unseen and surfacing at 600 yards. The result likely prompts Congress to consider a substantial submarine fleet increase for wartime defense.
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New York
Long Island
Michigan
Connecticut
Delaware
Associated Press
Washington
Long Island Sound
Congress
Osterhaus
Navy Department
Heat Kills Woman in San Antonio Suburb
The second heat death in San Antonio this summer occurred at 4 PM yesterday when Mrs Anecota Alire aged 52 died from heat prostration. She had lived on a Martinez Texas ranch with relatives twelve miles east of the city and had previously suffered heat prostration three years ago. Accompanied by relatives she was brought to the city for treatment, taken to a relative’s home on 520 South Laredo Street, Dr P Batiste summoned, and she died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held this afternoon with interment in San Fernando cemetery.
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San Antonio
Anecota Alire
Alire
Martinez
Tex
South Laredo Street
P. Batiste
San Fernando Cemetery
North Texas Against South in Election Campaign
Abilene women to serve punch as North Texas and South Texas race to decide the statewide prohibition vote. The closing campaign reports from major Texas towns note a generally clean race with numerous speeches and few corruption charges.
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Abilene
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
North Texas
South Texas
South
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Antis Sure in Harris Final Night of Prohibition Debate
Harris county braces for a flood of oratory as both sides prepare more than forty public speeches. Pro chairman Breaker predicts a large vote, aiming to rout the saloon with about 12 000 ballots, while anti leader Penn keeps up steady activity amid intense campaign effort.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Harris County
George H. Breaker
Anti
John C. Penn
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People's Law Office
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