Reciprocity bill passes senate in unamended form
The Canadian reciprocity bill cleared the Senate 53 to 27 in unamended form. McCumber's amendments were defeated. Simmons Bailey Nelson Cummins LaFollette and others offered changes, all failing by wide margins as debate concluded and the session adjourned.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
McCumber
Bailey
Texas
Clark
Arkansas
Simmons
South Carolina
Canada Ward
James Sherman
Sde
North Dakota
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Nelson
the Simmons
North Carolina
Cummins
Cumming
Lafollette
Views on the Vote Reciproc ity and 1914 Peace Celebration
A speaker argues reciprocity benefits all sectors from farmers to middlemen and railways. He says Canadian farmer gains without harming domestic prices and urges support for the treaty with Canada. The hope is a 1914 centennial of peace among Great Britain Canada and the United States with lasting friendship.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Pottawatomie Group Seeks U S Control Of City
In Shawnee Oklahoma on July 22 the Pottawatomie county organization adopted resolutions urging Congress to take control of city and county governments. They accuse public funds of being spent recklessly and city workers lacking pay. Resolutions were sent to Congressman Victor J Berger urging action to manage finances justice and governance.
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Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatoomb
Congress
Victor J. Berger
WANTS NEWS KEPT FROM HIS MOTHER
Boyd Range 20 of Chattanooga Oklahoma died after being cut from a Frisco freight train near Clathe Kansas. He begged officers not to tell his mother of the accident during his two hours of agony before death at the county jail. Range had sent money home every ten days.
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Kas
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Chattanooga
Okla
Range
Young Range
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
The Light Day The Light Day ing by HE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
The Light Day offers wire service from AP with global news and local Texas updates. It highlights Southwest Texas coverage, state capital reports, and special sections on women, art, and popular comic features.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texans
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America
Mutt and
Jeff
Silk Hat Harry
Joys and Glooms
Day Dreams
Gus Mager
The
Light
Powers
Offman
Magonista Junta in El Paso Under Investigation
A United States justice department special agent has been in El Paso for several days examining the Magonista junta. The group has grown with new Maderista defectors and raises concern for the Mexican government in exile. Socialists in the United States are mentioned in context.
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Tex
Magonista Junta
United States Department of Justice
Mexico
Magonista movement eyed as Mexico revolution threat
Investigation by a U S special agent led to seizure of ammunition and a large arms cache in the city. Reports claim a new revolution in Mexico with Magon as leader and promises of tax relief and universal suffrage. The United States government monitors Magonistas to prevent incursions north of the Rio Grande.
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Mexico
Tony
Magon
Madero
United States
Magonistas
Rio Grande
San Antonio Light Sole Carrier of AP Wire Warns Against Copy
A San Antonio Light statement asserts that AP wire content carried into the city is exclusive to its publication and that any claim of other papers carrying it is unfounded. The remark emphasizes exclusivity of AP dispatches for the local paper.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Weather Outlook for East Texas and North Texas
Forecast calls for fair weather in East Texas Sunday with possible showers and cooler conditions in northern portions. Sunday and Monday expect mostly fair skies with cooler air, especially in northern sectors of Texas.
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Washington, D. C
East Texas
Nore
Texas
Northion
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 am show clear conditions in Chicago with a 12 mph southwest wind and possible showers. Milwaukee reports 76 with partly cloudy skies and an 8 mph north wind, showers expected. St Paul 82 and cloudy with a 10 mph north wind. Kansas City 88 and cloudy with a 6 mph south wind, showers likely. New York 72 with a 20 mph west wind and possible showers. Boston 76 and gentle showers expected with a strong eastward wind. Washington 76 clear with a 10 mph northwest wind and probable showers Sunday.
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ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Daffydil Contest Opens With Cash Prizes
The Light launches a weekly daffydil contest inviting all readers to submit on coupons clipped from the paper. First prize is $2, second prize $1, with weekly judging by The Light staff including the literary and Sunday editors. Entries must be on separate coupons and received by Friday noon.
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Light
Women destined to rule power in new world order
Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey, a leading suffragist and author, argues in Asbury Park that suffrage and science will make women economically independent and inevitable rulers of society. She claims men are waning in power and that history shows woman as the future head of government, religion, and law.
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New York
Kate Trimble Woolsey
Lee de Forest
Woolsey
Asbury Park Today
Dr. de Forest
Mrs. Woolsey
Great Britain
Returns from 47 counties show anti prohibition majority in Texas
At 3 o clock this morning early results from 147 of 245 counties indicate 159 492 votes against the prohibition amendment and 156 496 for it. North Texas counties surprised observers while Dallas county split the city and county margins.
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Texas
Dallas County
Waco
Houston
Galveston
Rio Grande
Sherman
Surprising Low Turnout in Bexar County Vote
Chester Terrell, chairman of Bexar county and organization, voiced surprise at the small vote total. He cited poor turnout among voters and noted the prohibitionist vote still polled while many abstained. He praised the election's orderly conduct in Bexar county.
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Chester Terrell
Bexar
Bexar County
The Light Office Broadcast Election Returns to Looming Crowd
Spectators crowded Losoya and Crockett streets as The Light flashed statewide election returns via leased wires and a Grand Opera House display. The anti crowd cheered each antis bulletin while pro results drew silent responses.
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Losoya
Crockett
Grand Opera House
Southwestern Telephone Company
North
Texas
Returns at Court House in Bexar County Vote Count
Crowds gathered at the county court house to watch returns in Bexar County as County Clerk Frank R. Newton and assistant Joe Newton tabulated results. San Antonio's total was 11 510 with anti-prohibition leading countywide by about five to one. Mayor Callaghan attended before departing with officials. Only one stock law precinct reported, 69, voting 20 against and none for.
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Bexar County
Frank R. Newton
Joe Newton
San Antonio
Callaghan
Wild Divide Precincts Over Prohibition Vote
In Bexar county and San Antonio the number of voting precincts may rise from 42 to 50 depending on the statewide prohibition vote tally. Precincts with more than 350 ballots will trigger changes at the August meeting.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
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