Richter Nominated by San Antonio People's Party for Mayor
William L. Richter was nominated as mayor at a Turner Hall convention by the People’s Party to serve the unexpired term of the late Mayor Bryan Callaghan. The 200 attendees adopted a platform favoring continued administration policies, public utilities reform, and city improvements.
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William L. Richter
Bryan Callaghan
People’s Party
Turner Hall
James Routledge
Leonard Garza
Routledge
Tom McGee
Antonio
Edgar Schramm
Leo Tarleton
San Antonio
Richter
Tarleton
Rich
People's Party
Election Newsboys and Moving Pictures Draw Crowd at Grand Opera House
From 8:30 pm to midnight election returns flashed on a canvas beside The Light office as crowds gathered for news and outdoor moving pictures. Newsboys shouted updates while some spectators came for the event, and a family lingered long with chairs and cushions as vehicles crowded the street.
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Grand Opera House
Biologists Extend Study On Caterpillar Larvae
Mr Ripley of Trinity College Hartford Conn confirms previous investigators Tid emorrow Toyama and Kellogg by producing caterpillars from unfertilized eggs using sulphuric acid, advancing early work in larval production.
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Tidemorrow
Toyama
Kellogg
Ripley
Department of Biology
Trinity College
Haptford
Conn
League Tigret O Victorious In Primaries
Citizens' league candidates sweep the primaries as hundreds vote after 6 pm. The Light reports swift results from the headquarters with crowds reading bulletins as telephones ring, showing which candidates won or were defeated.
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League
Tigret O
Citizens’ League
Colquitt Carries Bexar County In Gubernatorial Race
Vote tallies show O B Colquitt leading by at least four thousand votes over Judge William F Ramsey in Bexar County amid low turnout with many precincts under 60 percent. Bob Barker also carries the county against W P Lane, Prohibition Comptroller, as paths in North and Central Texas loom large.
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Bexar County
O. B. Colquitt
William F. Ramsey
Bob Barker
San
Colquitt
Ramsey
Bexar
Anton N. Moursand
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Taft faction leads in Bexar County GOP conventions
Julius Oppenheimer, county chairman, reports early returns from thirty precincts in the city and six in the country instructing for him to lead the Republican county convention. He claims the Bull Moose faction has no support with Dodson not receiving votes and expects instructions from additional precincts to solidify a majority for his slate.
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Bexar
Taft
Bull Moosers
One
Fort Worth
Julius Oppenheimer
J. D. Dodson
Oppenheimer
San Antonio
Democrats Back Two Battleships Victory Combats Caucus Move
Washington July 27 Democratic lawmakers in the house claim the battle for two battleships is won and push a new caucus to reverse a prior stance against battleships. Sulzer and Curley demand an immediate caucus with over 25 signers. Telegrams pour in from leaders nationwide praising their fight and condemning the caucus delay as un-American.
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Washington, D. C
House
Sulzer
Curley
Baltimore
Citizens' league triumph marked by jubilant courthouse scenes
Returns from Bexar county primary show sweeping victory for Citizens' league candidates. Crowds cheered as ballots piled up, with Clinton G. Brown leading the field for district attorney and a string of close races noted among top contenders.
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Bexar County
Citizens’ League
Clinton Brown
John Tobin
Andres Coy
Frank Newton
Newton
Citizens
Henry Boerner
Albert Huth
Frank Gallagher
John H. Bitter
John E. Trainer
BE. P. Tschirhart
League
Frank R. Newton
Brown
Clinton G. Brown
William S.anderson
Edward Dwyer
Thirty-seventh
Sheppard Leads in Texas Primary Returns
Special to the Light from Houston Texas July 27 two near certainties emerge from early returns Sheppard leading in the senatorial race Colquitt carrying large majorities in South Texas and close to Ramsey in North Texas Randell likely under 40 000 votes Walthall leading for attorney general Looney close in a tight race
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Houston
Tex
Sheppardas
Colquitt
South Texas
Ramsey
North
Texas
Shepp
South
Randell
Sheppard
Walthall
Looney
Hasha Shatters Eastern Motorcycle Mile Record
Eddie Hasha of Texas set a new eastern mile record at the Stadium motordrome with a time of 38 2-5 seconds on an 8-valve machine. The feat surpasses Arthur Chapple’s 89 1-5 second mark at Brighton Beach, the prior eastern record, with Ray Seymour own the world best of 36 45 seconds at Playa del Rey.
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New York
Stadium
Eddie Hasha
Texas
Columbus
Arthur Chapple
Brighton Beach
America
Ray Seymour
Playa del Rey
California
Havemeyer Begins War on Big Trust
Horace Havemeyer son of H O Havemeyer announces a fight against the American Sugar Refining Company. He forms Welch Havemeyer & Fairchild to run refineries and trade sugar securities with backing from the Arbuckle and Spreckels groups. Price cuts and Philippine and western sugar land capitalization support the campaign.
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New York
Horace Havemeyer
H. O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Great Corporation
Gage of Battle
American Sugar Refining Company
Young Havemeyer
Welch, Havemeyer & Fairchild
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
Adeline Havemeyer
G. Watson Webb
Electra Lee
Ris’ I
Arbuckle Company
Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer
Philippines
Emperor Matsuhito’s health worsens amid constant palace attendance
Bulletins from the Tokyo palace report fluctuating strength for Emperor Matsuhito with nighttime levels similar to the previous day. Despite artificial measures to extend life, including salt solution injections, his temperature climbs while nourishment fails and strength steadily declines. Several cabinet ministers remain in constant attendance at the palace.
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Tokio
Matsuhito
Everal
Creamery's Ices and Pledges Delight Local Patrons
Citizens praise the Creamery Dairy Co for its wide range of ice creams and sure to please tastes. The outlet stands out for rich flavors and creamy textures that attract families and students alike.
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Creamery Dairy CO
Sugar Tariff Bill Passes Senate With Narrow Margin
The Lodge Bristow measure reducing sugar duties clears the Senate 63 to 3 with three dissenters Foster Thornton of Louisiana and Heyburn of Idaho. It cuts the pure sugar duty from 1.90 to 1.60 per hundred pounds and eliminates the Dutch standard and the trust bonus. Cuban sugars see a 20 percent concession bringing Cuban sugar to about 1.20 per hundred pounds. Estimated revenue loss runs about 65.5 million annually, while consumer savings exceed 25 million.
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Washington
Senate
Foster and Thornton
Louisiana
Heyburn
Idaho
Progressios
Congress
Bristow
Burton
Sugar Trust
Cuba
Foster
Thornton
McCumber
Canada
Bacon
Foster and
Miner Imprisoned Cries Attract Rescue Party In Lemont Mine
Uniontown Pa July 27 a rescue party of about thirty miners works to reach John Bolchek trapped in Lemont mine No 1 by floods three days old. Bolchek married two weeks ago and his bride waits at the mine mouth thinking him a widow. Water-filled chambers and a neck-deep stance hinder the effort as rescuers frantically bore through coal to save him.
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Uniontown
Lemont Mine No. 1
John Bolchek
Botchek
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