Labor unions win victory in the House debates on injunctions
The House ends with a clause limiting injunction use in labor disputes, allowing peaceful picketing and persuasion. Henry of Texas hails it as a bill of rights for organized labor while Moore of Pennsylvania attacks labor exemptions. Mann and Murdock clash over progressives and amalgamation with Roosevelt.
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Washington, D. C
House
Judiciary Committee
Organized Labor and Administration
Henry
Texas
Moore
Pennsylvania
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Murdock
Representative Moore
Mr. Murdock
Samuel Gompers
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Fish
Owl
Mann
Roosevelt
Mr. Mann
Kansas
New York
Ann
Mr. Ardock
Yale
Taft
Capitol
Republican Party
Congress
Harvest Hands Wanted for Wheat Harvest
Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma raisers seek 82000 workers for harvesting by June 14. Pay ranges from 2 to 3.50 dollars per day for a three to six month period. Labor commissioners coordinate with Secretary Wilson’s department to place workers through local organizations.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Commissioners of Labor
Wilson
Canal opening to commerce cuts water rates from San Francisco
San Francisco June 2 water rates from this port to points on the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio rivers will drop 40 to 50 percent when the Panama Canal opens to commerce. The forecast came from a prospectus issued today by the foreign trade department of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Foreign Trade Department
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Bolt of Lightning Fatal in New Mexico
Fort Bayard New Mexico June 2 Captain Joseph O Walkup medical corps United States Army was instantly killed when lightning struck his forehead while he drove an automobile Four other occupants were uninjured
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Fort Bayard
N. M
Joseph O. Walkup
Walkup
Local forecast for San Antonio area
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for Tuesday night and Wednesday to be fair with no significant precipitation. Temperatures are expected to be mild and skies clear.
Weather snapshot for tourists across major cities
Observations show St Louis at 62 with northeast wind and rain. Chicago 62 clear with southeast wind and rain. Milwaukee 54 clear with southwest wind and possible 50. St Paul 58 partly cloudy with south wind and rain. Kansas City 62 with east wind and rain. New York 64 clear with northwest wind and rain. Washington 66 clear with north wind and rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Cup Defenders Out In Preliminary Race
In a 30 mile triangular course on Long Island Sound, the Resolute beat Vanitie by 34 seconds in the first Americas Cup preliminary. Defiance could not start due to regatta changes as wind shifted from 15 to 8 10 knots and both yachts rounded the course twice.
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Associated Press
New York
Vanitie
Resolute
Long Island Sound
Flag Officers’ Syndicate
New York Yacht Club
Cochran
Defiance
Government Hatchery Sought for Southton Lake
Frank R. Newton and associates push for a government fish hatchery at Southton Lake. The state recently appropriated 50000 dollars for a new hatchery in the region and Newton favors this site on the Salado near the San Antonio river junction. The lake has space on both banks for hatcheries. An additional 5000 bass perch and crapple were added this week, bringing stocked fish to about 15000. one batch was placed before the dam’s completion last year and a flood may have swept most downstream.
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Southton Lake
Frank R. Newton
Newton
Salado
San Antonio
Mount Lassen Eruption Threatens Timbers Near Shasta
No damage yet reported from Mount Lassen eruption but rangers warn continued activity could endanger millions of feet of timber east and northwest of the peak. North side shows no fire danger as lava covers two miles from the summit. twelve automobile parties head from Redding to reach the crater.
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Redding
Cal
Shasta County
Forest Rangers
Wool Conference Opens in Washington for Sheep Industry
Representatives of the wool industry from across the country arrive for the first in a three day series of conferences with the Department of Agriculture. The discussions focus on new and improved sheep raising and wool manufacturing methods with many prominent trade figures on the program.
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Washington, PD. C
Department of Agriculture
Daily AP Lease Report Delivers Broad Global News
The Associated Press provides a comprehensive daily news wire described as the world standard for reliability and breadth. It claims extensive coverage of politics, business, world events, and social issues through a large daily file for member outlets.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Anne
Bitter fight over gambling in Louisiana heats up
In New Orleans a partisan clash over a Louisiana Legislature bill to legalize horse racing gambling mounts. Women organize boycotts against merchants supporting the measure while mass meetings draw crowds as supporters and opponents claim solid majorities. The bill calls for a local option election and pari mutuel racing under a Kentucky style commission.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
House
City Affairs Committee
Kentucky
Monopoly suit targets United Shoe Machinery Company
Final arguments began in federal court in Boston challenging United Shoe Machinery Company as an unlawful Sherman Act monopoly. Government contends the firm monopolized the bottoming machinery sector and used leasing and control of over fifty five entities to stifle competition. seeks a decree and a court supervised plan or a receiver within ninety days.
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Boston
Mays
United Shoe Machinery Company
Man Dies From Poisoned Candy in Fort Worth
George Jacobs a 26 year old arrival from Oklahoma City rushed into a Fort Worth drug store claiming he had been fed poisoned candy. He died within minutes from strychnine poisoning and hospital attendants confirmed the cause. Jacobs' father resides in Oklahoma City.
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Fort Worth
Tex
George Jacobs
Oklahoma City
Jacobs
Interstate Bridge Bill Favored By Commerce Committee
The interstate commerce committee today favored a bill authorizing construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Committee Today
Mississippi River
New Orleans
British engineer Willcocks hired by U.S. reclamation service
Sir William Willcocks the builder of the Assouan dam in Egypt was retained by the government as consulting engineer for the United States reclamation service.
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Phoenix,ariz
Sir William Willcocks
Assouan Dam
Egypt
United States Reclamation Service
Daily Light Want Ads Encourage Daily Reading
New Ones Daily Light Want Ads continually refresh offerings. What you sought yesterday may appear today, so read Light Want Ads every day to catch new listings and opportunities.
Light Want Ads Boost Paid Home Circulation Chiefly
The Light emphasizes that its paid home circulation leads Southwest Texas and San Antonio, with ads proving most effective when run multiple insertions. The pricing shows 15 words at 15 cents, rising with repetitions.
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Texas
San Antonio
Dynamite Found in Department of Agriculture Office
Five sticks of dynamite with burning fuses were found late today in the Department of Agriculture under Secretary Houston. The fuses were extinguished before damage occurred and an employee reported the incident. The dynamite was taken to police headquarters for examination as investigators questioned a discharged employee and sought another worker.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Department
Fair Weather Forecast For San Antonio Region
Official forecast calls fair weather for San Antonio and vicinity Tuesday night and Wednesday with possible brief clouds or light showers. A large Saskatchewan storm system and a separate South Atlantic low pressure area influence regional weather, while Texas shows a drying trend with Ferrville recording 1.10 inches and Laredo reporting rain only in places.
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San Antonio
Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountain
Plateau District
Montana
Missouri Valley
South Atlantic
Washington
Texas
Ferrville
Southwestern Telephone Company
Laredo
Committee Urges Guadalupe Water Power Stock Subscriptions
Prominent San Antonio business men on a committee begin solicitation to complete the Guadalupe Water Power Company stock list. They aim to raise funds to save Pechel water power, warning officials San Antonio could be dropped if the offer fails. Members are asked to take 250 dollars in a 1 million dollar capitalization.
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Guadalupe Water Power Company
San
San Antonio
Hamburg Fines on Ypiranga and Bavaria to be Represented to Washington
Hamburg officials say the fines on the steamers Ypiranga and Bavaria imposed by Vera Cruz customs will be raised with Washington. The Hamburg American Line expects a satisfactory settlement soon, calling the issue a purely customs matter with no political significance.
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Hamburg
Ypiranga
Bavaria
Vera Cruz
Washington
Hamburg-American Line
Steamship Company
Rains Bring Ending to Kansas City Drought
Heavy rains averaging two inches fell across Kansas last night and today, with parts of Missouri nearby receiving one half to two inches. Kansas City ends a five week drought that made May the driest since 1888, while St Joseph reports first heavy showers since March 28.
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Kansas
Kine City
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Southeast Faces Ongoing Drought and Texas Oklahoma Flooding
The national weekly weather bulletin reports continued drought in the Southeast and excessive rainfall across Texas and Oklahoma for the past week. The bulletin notes persistent dryness in southern states while storm activity affected the central and western portions, shaping the week’s weather pattern.
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Southeast
Washington, D. C
Texas
Oklahoma
The
Weather Bureau
Father Donates Blood to Save Infant Son in Dallas
In Dallas on a Monday afternoon C D Heatly donated blood at the city federation free baby camp to transfuse into his infant son. The procedure lasted two hours on the operating table and the child's prognosis remained uncertain.
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Dallas
Tex
C. D. Heatly
City Federation
President Weighs Clemency for Labor Leaders
Washington June 2 President Wilson began reading the clemency appeal for 29 labor leaders convicted in the dynamiting conspiracy. It will likely be several days before he decides whether to intervene.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
France to honor Colonel Roosevelt with special permit
Paris June 2 The French government grants Col Theodore Roosevelt a white permit to pass through police lines at all times during his journey to Madrid for his son Kermit’s wedding with Miss Belle Wyatt Willard. Gabriel Hanotaux to host a luncheon and Myron T Herrick plans to entertain the former president and his party.
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Paris
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Iit
France
Madrid
Kermit
Belle Wyatt Willard
Roosevelt
Gabriel Hanotaux
Myron T. Herrick
Sebo Besieged as Federals Isolated at La Romana
Commander Scott of the gunboat Marietta reports Sebo surrounded by revolutionists off La Romana on the southern coast of Santo Domingo and cut off from all communication. Government fears Sebo will fall as Puerto Plata conditions stay similar. Desultory firing continues with little result. A new conference between opposing forces is planned for Wednesday on board the South Carolina.
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Washington, D. C
Scott
Marietta
la Romana
Santo Domingo
Sebo
Puerto Plata
Russell
South Carolina
Merger approved for Dallas banks to form Security National Bank
Commissioner Collier approved the consolidation of Guaranty State Bank and Trust Co of Dallas and Commonwealth National Bank of Dallas into Security National Bank of Dallas with 1.5 million capitalization and 500000 surplus. It is the state’s largest bank liquidation. Guaranty Bank will receive a 22299 refund from the state guaranty fund.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Guaranty State Bank and Trust Company of Dallas
Commonwealth National Bank of Dallas
Security National Bank of Dallas
Guaranty State Bank and Trust Company
Chicago Marriage Licenses Down In May
Chicago reports 209 fewer marriage licenses issued in May compared with May 1918, with labor troubles blamed for the drop. Meanwhile 253 licenses were issued yesterday signaling the start of the June bride season.
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Chicago
Record-breaking cattle shipment from Victoria ranch
J Welder ships nine trainloads of cattle worth 424000 to eastern markets from his Linton ranch near Victoria. Officials call it the largest cattle sale ever made in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Tex
J. Welder
Linton
Eastern Markets
President nominates Long as minister to Salvador
The president today nominated Boaz W. Long of New Mexico, currently chief of the division of Latin American affairs in the Department of State, to be minister to El Salvador.
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Washington, D. C
Boaz W. Long
New Mexico
Division of Latin-American Affairs
Department, of State
Salvador
Australia aims to dispel tip myth to boost travel
A San Francisco steamship company plans a campaign in Australia to counter the belief that American servants are avaricious. The guidance urges Australians to tip modestly, with ten percent in restaurants, small weekly maid gratuities of about five cents, ten cents for bellhops, and elevator attendants at 25 cents daily, up to fifty cents if comfortable.
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San Francisco
Australia
England
San Francisco Steamship Company
United States
Bell Show
Miss Marjorie Dorman to Campaign Against Suffrage
Miss Marjorie Dorman secretary of the Wage Earners Anti Suffrage League leaves for Montana to oppose votes for women. She will work from Reno Nevada with Miss Clara Markson and Miss Minnie Bronson joining her for a speech campaign through Montana.
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New York
Marjorie Dorman
Vote on Western Railroad Firemen Strike Looms
Chicago June 2 printing and distribution of ballots for a referendum strike vote among western railroad firemen and engineers will take ten days. Warren B Stone grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers said the result could be announced by July 14. Negotiations with managers ended last night after three months of talks and Stone expects the strike to be authorized only after other means, including Federal mediation, fail.
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Chicago
Warren 8. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Stone
Resignation of French Cabinet Forces New Government Bid
Premier Gaston Doumergue and his French cabinet resigned at the Elysee Palace before President Poincare. The president began consultations with Senate and Chamber leaders as a prominent politician was expected to be asked to form a new cabinet.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergoue
the Elysee Today
Poincaire
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Attorney General Rules 54hour Law Applies to Employers
The attorney general's department ruled that an employer who permits a female employee to work more than 54 hours in a week violates the 54hour law for female employees passed by the last Legislature. The opinion was delivered to Labor Commissioner Starling in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department Today
Starling
Production Fails to Meet Demand in Food Trade Report
The NY review cites Commerce Department data showing U S imports of foodstuffs rising to 143 3 million for six months ending this March while exports plunge Crude foodstuff exports drop from 115 85 million to 55 48 million and manufactured goods from 180 01 million to 162 02 million Beef cattle corn wheat rice macaroni fruits molasses and edible oils lead import gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
NY Review
Department of Commerce
Florida voters start statewide primary under new law
Voters in Florida cast ballots for the Democratic nomination for one U S Senate seat four U S House seats and state and county offices. The primary uses a first and second choice system aimed at nominating in the first round. Senator Fletcher faces opposition from N C Stockton and all four Florida congressmen seek renomination with challengers noted.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
United States
House of Representatives
Democe
Duncan A. Fletcher
Ce N. C. Stockton
Suffragettes Rally in Lloyd George Constituency
Suffragettes in Criccieth Wales attacked Lloyd George supporters by trying to panic the crowd and then paraded the main street smashing windows with hammers. Police arrested about six as the chancellor spoke at an open air meeting.
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Criccieth
Wales
David Lloyd-George
Derrik Man Killed in Oil Field Accident at Petrolia
Fleenor of Dallas, a derrick man, was knocked into a high pressure pump by a uncoupled hose in Petrolia yesterday. The swinging hose struck him and a fellow worker, killing Fleenor almost instantly.
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Petrolia
Tex
Fleenor
Dallas
Carranza Sends Durango Note as Mediation Talks Continue
Washington reports Carranza headquarters at Durango criticizes South American mediators while indicating no change in the Constitutionalists position. Secretary Bryan stays in touch as Niagara Falls talks resume. analysts weigh outside help to restore order if mediation stalls. Huerta delegates likely to follow envoy decisions.
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Seton Jagara Falls
Durango
Niagara Falls
Bryan
Nhi
Washington
Huerta
United States
Mexico City
Republic
Deadlock over Constitutionalist representation at conference
Niagara Falls Ont June 2 delegates from Mexico and the United States delay on who should sit in the new provisional government. Mediators prepare a reply to Carranza note as Constitutionalists seek favorable terms while awaiting Washington and Huerta positions.
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Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
Carranza
du Trange
Ont
Washington
Durango
Huerta
Constitutionalists' Position Outlined by Carranza Aide
Semi official announcement from General Carranza outlines the constitutionalists stance in the Mexican conflict. The statement, filed from El Paso, Texas, on June 2, signals an official position and references continuation on page eight.
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EL Paso
Tex
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