Wilson Said to Furnish Names in Lobby Subpoenas
Senate subpoenas issued for nearly 60 men tied to the sugar interests as the lobby probe widens. President Wilson is believed to have supplied the names, with witnesses including Frank C. Lowrey, Henry G. Oxnard, and Truman G. Palmer. Senators describe limited evidence of a formal lobby tied to the tariff debate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Frank C. Lowrey
Wholesale Grocers Committee
Henry G. Oxnard
Truman G. Palmer
Overman
Reed
Washington
Lane
Dallas widow protests pardon for guardsman Manley
Mrs. Louis Reichenstein of Dallas widow of the man killed by Sergt. J D Manley protested to the governor against a pardon for Manley. He was sentenced to 40 years and paroled after conviction to visit his ill child. no record of his return to prison.
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Austin
Tex
Louis Reichenstein
Dallas
J. D
Manley
Reichenstein
National
Weather Notes From The Nation’s Weather Stations
Observations at 8 a.m. show city by city readings with temperatures ranging from 52 to 68 degrees. Winds vary from east to northwest with forecasts of rain or fair in the near term. Lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours range from 46 to 66 degrees depending on location.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
PD. C
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns Amid Uproar in Budapest
In Budapest on June 4 the Hungarian premier Ladislas von Lukacs announced the cabinet’s resignation amid a harsh scene in the chamber. Deputy Decas was acquitted of criminal libel over accusing the premier of corruption tied to Bank of Hungary contracts, provoking chaos, with Count Tisza suspending session and ordering arrests as the house adjourned.
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Budapest
Ladislas von Iukacs
Chamber of Deputies
Desacs
Bank of Hungary
von Lukacs
Count Tisza
Yoakum Likely to Lose Chairman Role in Saint Louis & San Francisco
St. Louis June 4 receivers of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad plan strict economy. B F Yoakum may be removed as chairman with his status to be decided after review with Circuit Judge Sanborn. Receivers expect annual savings of about 200000 by cutting high officials salaries.
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Yoakum
Scouts Begin 25 Member Transcontinental Trek From New York
Captain Ernest Galimedo organizes a 25 scout march from New York to San Francisco. Start planned around June 15 with recruits enlisted en route. A military automobile and camping gear accompany the party, plus a medical man to monitor the boys' health.
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New York
San Francisco
Ernest Galimedo
State Department declines dozen invites to international conferences
Due to funding shortfalls the State Department cannot accept more than a dozen invitations from foreign governments to participate in international congresses. Among these is a conference on good roads and another on international regulations of pharmacy.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Fort Worth Man Wounded in Bank Altercation
W M Graham of Fort Worth was cut twice in a bank on Houston Street this afternoon. He received two deep wounds, one over the left shoulder and another on the right side, and was taken to a Hicks building doctor’s office to be dressed. J M Waits was arrested.
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Fort Worth
Houston Street
W. M. Graham
Hicks Building
J. M. Waits
Lease Wire Day report from AP dominates The Light
The San Antonio Light features the AP Lease Wire Day report as its primary general news service, supplemented by its own extensive special news coverage. The wire provides a broad daily stream of around 20,000 words, ensuring wide coverage and reliability for readers.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Debut of Miss Bessie Yoakum in San Antonio
Miss Bessie Yoakum, born in San Antonio, spent childhood days here as her father worked with the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad. She debuted in this city during winter visits with the Yoakum family, staying with her uncle Sam Bennett and counting Louise Barclay, Mattie Terry, Josephine Carr, Zelime Vance, and Henrietta Kleberg of Corpus Christi among her bridal attendants.
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New York
B. F. Yoakum
Bessie Yoakum
Francis Adam Larkin
John Larkin
Yoakum
Mr. Larkin
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Yoakums
East Sixty-seventh Street
Paulding Fosdick
George C. Bourne
Mattie Terry
Louise Barclay
San Antonio
Henrietta Kleberg
Corpus Christi
Tex
Marjorie Bourne
Helen Miller
John A. Larkin
Leroy K. Howe
Julian F. Thompson
Courtlandt Handy
Maitland Dwight
Lemuel Skidmore
C. Kenneth Skidmore
Princeton
Aransas Pass
Dwyer Avenue
West Nueva Street
George Houston
Josephine Carr
Zelime Vance
Miss Yoakum
Senators Lower Rates In Senate Tariff Revision
The Democratic Senate tariff bill aims for lower rates than the House version. Finance subcommittees near finalizing readjustments with unanimous intent for downward margins. Some increases remain on cotton yarns and textiles, but chemical metal agricultural and sundries schedules see major reductions and a larger free list.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
New Forests Urged by Captain White at Lumber Convention
Captain John B. White urged Kansas City leaders to plant and maintain new forests as the only feasible solution to the rapid lumber shortage. He argued forest policy should serve conservation and be guided by national timber interests in cutting tariffs and taxes.
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Kansas City
United States
John B. White
Lumber Manufacturers’ Convention
King Emanuel Victor Conducts Bombing Demo Aboard Dirigible
King Emanuel Victor and his aide Debrusito flew a military dirigible at Bracciano today testing bomb drops on fixed and movable targets below, showing interest in aerial bombardment capabilities.
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Rome
Emanuel Victor
Debrusito
Army Flying Ground
Bracciano
War veteran Frederick G Wantzloeben dies by suicide in San Antonio
Frederick G Wantzloeben a San Antonio resident and Spanish American War veteran shot himself at his home at 1602 Zavalia Street after expressing fear of losing his mind. Survived by five sons and one daughter, his body was moved to Riebe Undertaking and will be buried in the National Cemetery with a military funeral planned for tomorrow afternoon at 4.
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Frederick G. Wantzloeben
Zavalia Street
Carmen Lasater
Wantzloeben
San Antonio
Leipzig
Germany
Texas
Lone Star Brewery
First Texas Cavalry
Niels Campbell
Riebe Undertaking Establishment
National Cemetery
Senators Plan 10 Probe Coal Strike
The Senate committee investigating the West Virginia coal strike resolves to begin hearings in Charleston on Tuesday June 10 despite operators urging field investigation. Chairman Borah emphasizes the panel’s remit is to ascertain facts and report, not punish.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
West Virginia
Charleston
Co. C. Watts
T. Vinson
Court House
Watts
Vinson
United States
Borah
Swanson
Shields
Martine
El Paso Pioneer Dr William S Bolton Dies
Dr William Stroud Bolton an El Paso pioneer died suddenly in El Paso. Born in Galveston in 1859 he served as an army surgeon in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and once escaped from a Mexican prison with help from four friends. The incident nearly caused international tension and led to an order barring American soldiers from entering Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
William Stroud Bolton
Galveston
Hearne
Waco
W. D. Lewis
Bolton
Philippines
Southwest
S. H. Cavitt
Juarez
Mexico
J. W. Clayton
United States Army
Tugboat chartered to locate whaling schooner A Nicholson
A tugboat is chartered from New Bedford to reach the Hatteras whaling grounds and bring Captain Horace Smith to his sick wife on Block Island. Mrs. Smith fell ill as the A Nicholson left New Bedford two months ago and was landed on Block Island. The schooner resumed its voyage afterward.
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New Bedford
Mass
Hatteras
A. Nicholson
Horace Smith
Nicholson
Rain Relief Reaches Southern Kansas Crops
TOPEKA Kans June 4 More than an inch of rain was reported yesterday in Southern and South eastern Kansas easing fears of drought damage to crops.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
McReynolds Seeks Tax Plan to Curb Tobacco Evils
Attorney General McReynolds outlines a sliding scale tax on tobacco output aimed at big manufacturers, claiming the Supreme Court decree dissolving the tobacco trust did not solve all problems. He has discussed the plan with President Wilson and Cabinet and may submit it to Senate Finance Chairman Simmons. He also questions the decree and considers a probe into possible violations, noting most DOJ attorneys doubt reopening the dissolution.
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Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
Wilson
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
MckReynolds
Internal Revenue
Department of Justice
United States Court
Wickersham
Government may renew action in five year period after decree
Mr McReynolds resumes review of the Standard Oil dissolution case with special assistants Morrison and Pagan. With their months long report, the attorney general will decide if prima facie evidence supports contempt of court or criminal action for possible violations of the decree.
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McReynolds
C. B. Morrison
Oliver BE. Pagan
Japan's Rejoinder Not an Ulimate Ultimatum
Japan's protest note delivered by Ambassador Chinda to Secretary Bryan declares the Webb law discriminatory against Japanese and a violation of international law and the 1911 treaty. It rejects an ultimatum, urges further discussion, and officials agree no details will be released.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
United States
California
Chinda
Bryan
Tokio
Women Launch Nationwide Campaign for Suffrage Amendment
The Congressional Union of the National American Woman Suffrage Association plans active district by district work to win a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. Bands of workers will support pro suffrage advocates in Washington and home districts as Miss Agnes Paul leads the effort.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Congressional Union
National American Woman Suffrage Association
United States
Washington
Anges Paul
No Plans for Naval Station Kingston Jamaica
The British government has no intention of building a large naval station at Kingston Jamaica following the Panama Canal's completion, said the first lord of the admiralty in the House of Commons today.
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London
Kingston
Jamaica
Panama Canal
Admiralty
House of Commons
Matamoros Falls to Constitutionalist Forces in Battle
Brownsville dispatch reports Matamoros captured by Carranza aligned forces after a day of heavy fighting. Federal troops exhausted ammunition, with more than eighty confirmed killed and a final resistance ending as Blanco’s men entered the city. Blanco plans to establish a constitutional government and reopen the port with long time residents as inspectors.
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Brownsville
Tex
United States
Matamoros
Carranza
Blanco
Casimiro Sada
Madero
Pedro A. Santos
Francisco Coste Robledo
Republic
Parker
J. Parker
International Bridge
Rio Grande
Barragan
Ers Echazarette
Cuellars
Blance
Johnson
Puig
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Taft
Wisconsin
Owen
Oklahoma
Patent Medicine Trust
Department of Public Health
O’gorman
New Jersey
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Ween P. Tees
Frisco
King
F. G. Wantzloeben
Senators
DR. Bolton
Husband
Miss Bessie Yoakum
Tobago
M Reynolds
Women Plan Campaign
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Bulletin
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Vera Cruz
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