Witness Elton criticizes New Haven spending at ICC hearing
J S Elton, director of the New Haven, testifies on the Morgan Rockefeller Miller committee at ICC hearings. He notes expenditures exceeding 11 million dollars for the New Haven and disputes over trolley acquisitions while defending Morgan and Mellen. He recalls timid directors and the executive committee's control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. S. Elton
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elton
Messrs. Morgan
Rockefeller
Miller
New York, Westchester & Boston
Mr. Mellen
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
New Haven
Westchester
Rhode Island
Mellen
Mc‘Chord
Mr. Elton
William Skinner
Morgan
New England Navigation Company
Connecticut
Ed F. Robbins
Elton Otatuinea
Messrs
Rockefeller and
Brush
John L. Billard Company
Boston & Maine
New Haven Road
Billard
Local forecast for San Antonio area
San Antonio and vicinity expect unsettled weather Wednesday night and Thursday with variable clouds and possible showers. Winds mainly from the south and southwest. Temperatures likely in the 60s to lower 70s.
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San Antonio
Weather observations across major cities
Observations show St Louis 68 partly cloudy with a 14 mile south wind and rain, 64 is the low last 24 hours. Chicago 66 cloudy with an 18 mile southeast wind and rain, 62 the overnight low. Milwaukee 64 cloudy with a 12 mile south wind and rain, 58 low. Kansas City 74 clear with a 14 mile south wind and rain, 70 low. New York 62 cloudy with a 20 mile southwest wind and a Thursday likely fair, 58 low. Washington 62 clear with a 4 mile southwest wind and probable rain Thursday, 52 low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Directors retract decision amid sympathy for Mr Mellen
The board soon regretted a vote taken from sympathy for Mr Mellen and rescinded it at the next meeting. Directors admitted realizing what had been done after the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Mellen
Third Anti Trust Bill Before House
The Rayburn bill to place railroad securities under ICC control was before the House as the final measure in the administration anti trust program. Debate on the bill continued with leaders aiming to wrap up by week’s end after Clayton bill progress yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
City officials inspect streets to set paving width
Mayor Brown with aldermen, City Engineer Helland and Paving Engineer Pollock toured streets to determine required paving widths. Residential streets will keep narrower pavements while busier routes may warrant wider paving to reduce future congestion. The group left City Hall at 9 30 a m touring wards in autos, with a Thursday follow up planned if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Helland
Pollock
Senator Cummins Seeks Carmack Amendment Rewrite
The Senate heard Cummins propose rewriting the Carmack amendment to cross state lines liability. He argued the Supreme Court recently ruled the amendment preempts state liability laws by regulating railroad damage responsibility from origin to destination. Railroads, under current law, limit liability to the value on the bill of lading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cummins
Senate
Supreme Court
Attorney Shot in Raid Near Leavenworth
J K Codding former Lansing warden and now Chicago assistant attorney general was shot and seriously wounded by Jake Weiseman an alleged joint owner after a raid on Weiseman store Weiseman was arrested and the incident occurred in Leavenworth Kan on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
J. K. Codding
State
Lansing
Chicago
Jake Weiseman
Weiseman
Weisseman
Pere Marquette Receiver Resigns
Samuel M. Fulton of Chicago resigns as chairman of the Pere Marquette railway receivers. Judge Arthur Tuttle appoints Paul H. King of Grand Rapids to succeed him. Felton, president of the Chicago Great Western, cites press duties as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Marquette
Detroit
Mich
Samuel M. Fulton
Chicago
Pere Marquette Railway
Arthur Tuttle
United States District Court
Paul H. King
Grand Rapids
Felton
Chicago Great Western Railway
Leased Wire Day Report From Associated Press
The San Antonio Light uses the AP Leased Wire Day report as its primary source of broad national and international news through its own extensive editorial network. This service provides a continuous stream of general news content to complement local reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ece
San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Weather Bureau to Move Offices to New Bank Building
Major Allen Buell overseeing the move of the local Weather Bureau from the Hicks building to the top floor of the State Bank & Trust Company on Houston Street by July 1. The new three rooms will be modernized with wind vanes, tele-thermoscope, and steel instrument supports for optimal weather observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Hicks
The
Buell
State Bank & Trust Company
June Brides Hit San Antonio As Licenses Top Thirty Four
Marriage Registrar A H Coates reports 34 licenses issued in three days in San Antonio with 14 on June 1 13 on June 2 and 7 by noon June 3. More filings expected as the month of June leads in weddings, breaking early records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
San Antonio
A. H. Coates
Frank R. Newton
Coates
Sappct
Teachers endorse Horn for United States senator
At a large meeting in Houston on June 3, Professor Paul D. Horn, superintendent of city schools, was endorsed for the United States Senate for the second time and urged to enter the race. Horn declined to discuss the action further but expressed gratitude for the support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Paul D. Horn
United States
Horn
Legation Raised to Embassy in Argentina
Buenos Ayres reports Acting President Dr. de la Plaza sent a message to the senate elevating the Argentine legation at Washington to an embassy. The move mirrors the United States decision to raise the American legation here to embassy status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation
Buenos Ayres
Dr. de la Plaza
Senate
Washington
United States
Locating Alaskan Railroad Drives First Stake at Chitina
In Cordova Alaska on June 3 the reconnaissance party led by Henry Deyo started surveys for a government railroad in Alaska. The team drove the first stake at Chitina to map a route from the Copper River area toward the Matanuska coal fields following the Fairbanks trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Alaska
Chitina
Reconnaisance
Henry Deyo
Fairbanks
Copper River
Northwestern
Matanusk
Light Want Ads Open Daily In San Antonio
The Light Want Ads are read by about ninety percent of reading homes in San Antonio and serve as a key tool for publicity. The column highlights the paper as a profitable medium for advertising and the best means to reach the public daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Reading
San Antonio
Light leads aid home circulation in southwest Texas
The Light dominates aid home circulation in southwestern Texas and has the highest paid home circulation in San Antonio compared with other newspapers. A pricing line shows 15 words at 15 cents, four times at 45 cents, seven times at 60 cents, and ten times at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Arbitration Endorsed for Tolls Dispute in Senate Panel
Senate foreign relations committee votes 8 to 6 to adopt the Sutherland resolution directing the president to seek arbitration with Great Britain over the Panama tolls dispute. Borah would have opposed. three absent. Debate centers on whether arbitration can occur without repeal passage and the need for a two thirds Senate vote on the special agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sutherland
Wilson
Great Britain
Panama
Senate
Borah
Stone
O'Gorman
Pomerone
Swanson
Smith
Arizona
Michigan
Hitchcock
Williams
Saulsbury
Lodge
Root
McCumber
Burton
Simmons
United States
Congress urged federal incorporation of interstate railroads
A. H. Harris of New York Central tells the Senate interstate commerce committee that Congress should allow federal incorporation of railroads in interstate trade, voluntary to adopt. Judge Robert Lovett of Union Pacific supports, calling it a simplification of rate making. Senator Cummins notes state consent would be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
A. H. Harris
New York Central Lines
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Harris
Robert & Lovett
Union Pacific
Cummins
Quarrel Ends Fatally in Corsicana Barber Shot
George Costillow a Corsicana barber was shot and killed after a personal dispute. Hugh F Marr a printer surrendered after the shooting near a downtown hotel. Marr fired three shots with Costillow not firing. Both men left large families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Tex
George Costillow
Hugh F. Marr
Marr
Costillow
Suit seeks 15 million from Southern Pacific over bond interest
Development Company of America sues in New York to recover 15 million dollars, claiming failure by Southern Pacific Railroad Company to lend 500 thousand as per a contract to meet interest on bonds. Paris bulletin notes naval expert Louis Berten urges horizontal bulkheads to prevent disaster and keep ships afloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Development Company of America
Supreme Court
Paris
Louis Berten
Academy of Science
Cochran to Present Jewels at San Antonio Masonry Meeting
Sam P. Cochran of Dallas sovereign inspector general of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas will present jewels to five eminent San Antonio Masons at the new cathedral site on St. Marys and Convent streets Thursday night. The honorees include T. T. Vanderhoeven, the only thirty third degree Mason in the city, and L. A. Heil, W. S. Fly, Nat M. Washer, J. A. Patterson, all thirty second degree masons who have achieved knight commander of the Court of Honor. An election to fill Bexar Lodge of Perfection vacancies will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam P. Cochran
Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
St. Mary's
Convent Streets
Cochran
T. T. Vanderhoeven
L. A. Heil
W. S. Fly
Nat M. Washer
J. A. Patterson
Court of Honor
Bexar Lodge of Perfection
Senator Fletcher Wins in Florida
Jacksonville voters report early returns from the Democratic state wide primary showing Senator Duncan A. Fletcher defeating John N. C. Stockton by a margin of about 38 000 to 4 000. Final counts may adjust the margin but Fletcher appears assured. Other races include Claude L Engle losing in the Fourth District with W. J. Sears leading on second choice votes, Frank Clark and Emmet Wilson winning in the Second and Third, and Sparkman leading A. J. Angle in the First District by a small margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Bryan
Duncan A. Fletcher
John N. C. Stockton
Fletcher
Claude L'Engle
W. J. Sears
Kissimme
Frank Clark
John Denton
Emmett Wilson
Sparkman
A. J. Angle
Attack Deferred at Torreon Amid Mexico City Rumors
General Luis Barron, commander at Zacatecas, begs General Panfilo Natera not to attack Torreon as war department hints Huerta may resign. Natera vows no assault but will block Federal retreat by severing the Aguascalientes railroad. Constitutionalists report a quarrel between Blanquet and the provisional president over Saltillo evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Luis Barron
Zacatecas
Panfilo Natera
War Department
Mexico City
Huerta
Natera
Aguascalientes
Blanquet
Saltillo
Humboldt Savings Bank President Commits Suicide
George H. Luchsinger, president of Humboldt Savings Bank in San Francisco, killed himself by inhaling gas amid financial worry. Bank officers said examinations showed the accounts in good condition and offered no explanation for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satelite Gre
SAN Prancisco
George H. Luchsinger
Humboldt Savings Bank
President Confers With Senators Over Antitrust Legislation
The president held a lengthy conference with Senators Pomerene and Saulsberry, a subcommittee of the interstate commerce committee. They discussed passage of anti trust legislation in the Senate and took up the trade committee bill for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Pomerene and
Saulsberry
Interstate Commerce Committee
Aged Methodist Minister Dies in Tyler Texas
Rev. John Adams aged 90 one of Texas's oldest superannuate Methodist ministers died in Tyler. Bishop Mouzon of San Antonio will deliver the funeral sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
John Adams
Texas
Mouzon
San Antonio
Suffragettes Attack Gallery and Jail Attendant in London
A stylish suffragette attacked a Dore Gallery attendant with a hatchet injuring him and destroying two paintings including Love Wounded. She left a letter declaring militants are at war and that they have been too ladylike. Two women then assaulted Dr Francis Forward outside Holloway jail with horsewhips before arrest. An arson squad burned a cricket pavilion at Earlsfield and a country residence near Belfast with limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dore
Bartolozi
Francis Edward Forward
Holloway
Seana Ee
Fober
Forward
Earlsfield
Belfast
Attack on Belfast editors shocks city
Militants attacked the managing editors of Belfast Telegraph and New Letter after critical coverage of militant campaigns. A tall woman knocked editor Stewart from his chair and another threw a mucilage bottle at him. Anderson of the New Letter was also assaulted and confined to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
Stewart
New Letter Office
Anderson
Arson trio interrupted in Belfast residence fire
Miss Madge Muir and Miss Mary Largear were caught this morning setting fire to a Belfast area residence. They were arrested and committed for trial. Little damage resulted from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Madge Muir
Mary Largear
Rotan Wins Match in Southern Golf Tourney
Whitney of New Orleans Southern champion defeated Johns of Macon 3 up 2 to play. Rotan beat 17 year old Simpson Dean of Rome 2 up 1 to play. George Adair and his son Perry, both of Atlanta, advance to face each other in the second round of match play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Wnelson Whitney
New Orleans
George V. Rotan
Texas
Whitney
C. W. Johns
Macon
Rotan
Simpson Dean
Rome
George Adair
Perry
Atlanta
Canadian Pacific to Seek Empress of Ireland Victims
Captain Walsh, marine superintendent of the Canadian railway, arrived in Montreal and said the Canadian Pacific would make every effort to recover the bodies of those entombed in the sunken Empress of Ireland if it were humanly possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Captain Walsh
The
Canadian Railway
Canadian Pacific
Maytorena Plans Armed Opposition to Ousted Governor
In Douglas Sonora General Jose Maytorena and his supporters are said to oppose by force any move to depose him. Rumors of his removal have circulated for some time as tensions rise near the border June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maytorena
Douglas
Ariz
Jose Maytorena
Sonora
Arrest Made in Franklin Murder Near Field
Troy Sweatt was arrested and jailed in Franklin Texas on June 3 charged with murdering Ike Byrd who was found dead in a field near the town Monday Sweatt declined to talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Tex
Troy Sweatt
Ike Byrd
Here
Sweatt
Mrs Silliman to visit San Antonio after Saltillo escape
Mrs John R Silliman wife of the American consul held prisoner at Saltillo travels from Brownsville to San Antonio and plans to proceed to Chautauqua New York later joined by her husband. The party includes Miss Ida Hayes and Miss Lt Lester refugees from Saltillo. The Madero school was seized by Federal forces and used as a hospital then cuartel by Constitutionalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Saltillo
John R. Silliman
Silliman
San Antonio
Chautauqua
N. Y
Ida Hayes
Waco
Baptist Girls’ School
Lt. Lester
Hayes
Monterey
W. C. Silliman
John Silliman
Mexico
Republic
Key West
New York
Special Measures to Protect Rockefeller Home in New York
Westchester sheriff authorized by Tarrytown trustees to deploy fifty special policemen for thirty days to counter Industrial Workers of the World activity near John D. Rockefeller’s country home. Trustees bar several open air meeting permits and plan a graveyard debate. Sixty demonstrators in White Plains jail end hunger strike and resume eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doyle
Westchester County
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Industrial Workers of the World
Mr. Jecastes
St. Paul's Methodist Church
North Tarrytown
Alexander Beekman
Leonard Abbott
White Plains
Paving Fountain Square and Increase in Tarrytown Police
In Tarrytown New York June 3 authorities expanded the police force by fifty to deter potential IWW demonstrations. They also began paving Fountain Square with a tar like material to blunt future gatherings. The IWW has protested Rockefeller Colorado mine actions nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
N. Y
Industrial Workers of the World
Fountain Square
Rockefellers
Colorado
Carranza brothers reject Huerta armistice terms
General Jesus Carranza at Nuevo Laredo declines to be interviewed about Huerta's offer to sign. Constitutionalists voice opposition to mediation terms arguing their victory is near and insist on points including flag salute, arrest of an American messenger, censorship of State Department messages, elimination of Huerta, and American occupation of Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Jesus Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Huerta
American State Department
Vera Cruz
Would Be Here Goes to Jail Man Held for dynamite plot
Daniel V. Jauch confessed to planting four sticks of dynamite in the Department of Agriculture building to win a promotion for heroism. He was held for the grand jury in default of bail on a charge of attempted dynamiteing the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Daniel V. Jauch
Department of Agriculture
Mediation Move Tightens in Mexican Crisis
Niagara Falls June 3. Carranza's aide in Washington delivered a note outlining mediator plans to bring Constitutionalists into talks. Huerta signals resignation once Mexico is politically pacified as mediation aims to set a provisional government and elect a new congress and president in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ont
Carranza
Mexico
Rafael Zuburan Capmany
Washington
Huerta
General Huerta
United States
Madero
House of Deputies
Senate
Congress
San Luis
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Tee
Lola
Fesee
Recedes
Rayburn
Weather Observer’s Office
State Bank & Trust Co
Paul W. Horn
U. S. Senate
Senate Committee
Panama Canal
Cleburne
Sovereign
Florida
Attendant
Mrs. Silliman
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