Wilson urges cadets to serve humanity in Mexican mission
President Wilson told 154 Naval Academy graduates that the United States serves humanity not conquest. He prayed the Vera Cruz fighting ends and warned the impression troops leave will shape Mexican views. The address emphasized civilization over aggression and the civic duty of the armed forces.
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Annapolis
Wilson
Naval Academy
Mexican
United States
Vera Cruz
Era Cruz
Idaho
Missouri
Illinois
Washington
W. F. Fullam
Academy
W. G. Logan
Chauncey Shackford
Law
Severn
America
Admiral Fletcher
Farmer charges $1 to haul flooded cars from Leon creek
Commissioner Charles X. Gutzeit reports a thriving business at the Aue crossing of Leon creek where a farmer off ers to pull stranded cars from floodwater for a dollar. High water blocks the loop and delays a planned barbecue celebration, with completion possibly June 19.
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Aue
Leon Creek
Charles X. Gutzeit
Gutzeit
Local forecast for San Antonio area updated
Frid ay night and Saturday expect fair skies across San Antonio and nearby areas with light winds and dry conditions. Temperatures remain mild with no precipitation anticipated.
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Morning observations show St Louis at 78 with clear skies and SW wind 8 mph, Chicago 60 with rain and NE wind, Milwaukee 54 partly cloudy with 18 mph E wind and rain, St Paul 68 cloudy with 18 mph SE wind and rain, Kansas City 76 clear with 8 mph S wind and rain, New York 60 with 22 mph NW wind and likely rain, Washington 62 cloudy with 12 mph N wind and likely rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Snow in Nevada as June drought breaks with sudden storm
Weather report notes unusual June snow nearly an inch deep in Nevada while San Antonio stays hot at 86. Forecaster predicts fair conditions with possible Friday night or Saturday showers. Wide pressure systems cause unsettled weather across central and western states with heavy rains in neighboring Midwest and Plains.
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Nevada
Major Buell
Mississippi
Pacific
Mexico
Saskatchewan
Kansas
Utah
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Hold Up In Brooklyn Nets $2000 From Clerks
In Brooklyn on June 5 highwaymen seized $2000 from two Paint Company clerks as their employer watched from a top floor window. The robbers sprang from a touring car with revolvers, tossed the satchel down, and fled after a confederate entered the factory to quiet everyone.
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New York
Brooklyn
Light Want Ads Offer Quick, Affordable Solutions
The Light showcases everyday needs and offers for sale as people upgrade or adjust possessions. Read the want ads from first sign of need to resolution, with phones or mail to The Light for quick, low cost results.
Light Newspaper Dominates San Antonio Home Circulation
Circulation that stays in homes yields best ad returns. The Light reports the highest paid home circulation in San Antonio, double its rivals. About ninety percent of event newspaper circulation stays in homes, while morning papers retain fifty percent or more. The Light’s large local paid home reach translates to four times the advertising pull.
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The
Light
San Antonio
Remai
Want Ad Rates From Historic Market Listing
Rates show 15 words cost 15 cents for one insertion. Four insertions cost 45 cents total. Seven insertions total 60 cents. Ten insertions total 75 cents.
Famous French Actress Plans World Tour at Seventy
New York reports Madame Sarah Bernhardt, aged 70, will sail October 10 to begin a world tour. The 26 month journey includes 15 weeks in the United States and ends her stage career. She previously staged farewell tours and received a charitable gift from the American theater community in 1913.
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New York
Sarah Bernhardt
United States
Mme. Bernhardt
Mmernhardt
Amangche
Paris
Schumann-Heink Alters Position in Divorce Case
In Chicago on June 5 the trial over Mme Schumann-Heink’s divorce heated as her husband William Rapp Jr’s letter translation debate surfaced. The prima donna testified she never sought divorce, citing happiness with her children and art, while alleging Rapp liaised with a New York blonde, Catharine Dean, and planned the split.
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Chicago
William Rapp Jr
Mme
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Rapp
Schumann-Heink
New York
Catharine Dean
William Naples
Naples
Newark
Flood Swamps Wisconsin Towns as Dam Is Torn From River
Flood waters from the Black river, at peak height, have torn out the municipal light and power dam in Greenwood Wisconsin. Homes are evacuated as small buildings are swept downstream. Hemlock four miles north of Mere reports a roller mill torn down. Owen fifteen miles north shows four feet of water in streets with basements flooded and sidewalks carried away.
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Greenwood
Wis
Black River
Municipal Light and Power Company
Hemlock
Mere
Owen
Slayden Faces Opposition as Texas Fourth District Primaries Loom
Congressman Slayden curtails Washington plans and stays in the Fourteenth District as July 25 primaries approach. In Bexar County, leaders hesitate to back his campaign while Judge M. D. Slater gains support. insiders warn Slayden faces a bitter race with potential open opposition and a June 13 filing deadline for county and legislative candidates.
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Slayden
Washington
Fourteenth
Bexar County
Judge Slater
Bexar
Volcanic Eruption Hits Sangui Island Java Belt
A violent eruption on Sangui island in the Dutch East Indies caused lava flows destroying forests and cocoa plantations. Rain of stones and ash fell from multiple craters. No deaths reported though about 100 houses were destroyed. Sangui lies in the Talautse group in the Celebes Sea. Destructive Gunong Abu outbreaks dated 1711 1812 1856 1888 1892 prior events.
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Batavia
Java
Sangui
Mindanao
Philippines
Talautse Islands
Celebes Sea
British North Borneo
Thief Gets Light Sentence in Mona Lisa Case
In Florence on June 5, Vincenzo Perugia was spared heavier punishment after a plea of extenuating circumstances. He received one year and fifteen days in prison for stealing Da Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Since he has already been jailed since December, he will serve about six months.
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Florence
Italy
Vincenzo Perugia
da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
Perugia
Strike Shuts Westinghouse Plants In Pittsburgh Area
About 8000 workers in the Alleghany Congenial Industrial Union walked off the job at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and Westinghouse Machine Company in Pittsburgh today demanding better conditions. They expect up to 10000 idle by nightfall, with penalties for anti union discharge and calls for rostered, fair employment.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Alleghany Congenial Industrial Union
East Pittsburg
Alleghany Congenital Industrial Union
Pittsburg Meter Company
Burglar Hatches String of Home Invasions In City
Miss Clara Keller awoke to a man reaching for her gold necklace at 1615 North Palmetto as two Mason Street homes were robbed. Police suspect the same thief used an open window to haul cash and a purse from different targets, with a second house near Cameron Street hit and trousers found bearing money.
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Clara, Keller
Adam Keller
North Palmetto
Keller
Irving
Clara
Mason Street
Shuter
Cameron Street
Bolstetter
Immigrant Girls Earn English Certificates in City Factory
Forty young immigrant girls aged 18 to 23 in a muslin garment plant received literature certificates at New York Citys first graduation in an industrial plant. The board of education conducted the exercises in the factory recreation room as the students read briefs tracing the white goods industry's history from cotton fields to the counter. The program ran three hours daily during which they studied while continuing to be paid, and the firm notes improved efficiency from the effort.
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New York
Board of Education
Leased Wire Day Report Serves The San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light publishes the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press and its own extensive news service. The AP provides about 20,000 words daily of general news and is complemented by Light’s regional and special reports.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Ledyard denies New Haven directors were dummies in ICC hearing
Lewis Cass Ledyard testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the New Haven railroad affairs. He rejected claims that J P Morgan or J Pierpont Morgan dominated the board. He described opposing Morgan at many meetings and called a proposed Billard Company profit outrageous.
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Washington,d C
Lewis Cass Ledyard
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
P. Morgan
Mellen
Mr. Morgan
John L. Billard
Boston & Maine
Ledyard
Folk
Commission
Billard Company
Daniels
J. W.H. Grim
Wise
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Crim
Mr. Ledyard
Mr. Mellen
Morgan
Carranza and Villa in perfect harmony denied
A denial from R. E. Musquiz at El Paso states that General Natera’s appointment to central division commands shows perfect harmony between Generals Carranza and Villa. It asserts orders from the supreme chiefs are always obeyed by Constitutionalist chieftains.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Natera
R. E. Musquiz
Constitutionalist Party
Court Hears Motion to Nullify Verdict in Leo Frank Case
Hearings began in Atlanta on a motion to set aside Leo M. Frank's guilty verdict for the Mary Phagan murder. The defense argues constitutional rights were violated due to Frank's absence when the verdict was read. If denied, an appeal to the U S Supreme Court is planned.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Ben H. Hill
Fulton County Superior Court
Frank
Roan
United States Supreme Court
Hill
State Supreme Court
Dorsey
Dorsey Filed A General Demurrer To the Motion. In His Answer, Mr. Dorsey
Governor denies striking in Wichita papers scuffle
Governor Hodges testified in a damages suit filed by Mrs. Luella West alleging assault in the Kansas governor's office. He said he merely took papers from her and did not strike her, noting she giggled as they left.
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Topeka
Kas
Hodges
Luella West
Wichita
West
Russia plans massive five year military spending
Russia's finance minister told the budget committee the empire must spend about 760 million dollars over five years on the army and navy. Current year military appropriations reach nearly 500 million excluding railways, with 2.58 billion spent in six years and plans for large increases to counter German armaments. In Dijon France two French army aviators Lieut Gironne and Sapper Rioux were killed when their aircraft exploded during flight near a military aviation station and crashed in a forest, their bodies burned and found among trees.
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ST. Petersburg
Duma
Russia
Dijon
France
Gironne
Sapper Rioux
Cacquette
Divers Ready to Inspect Empress of Ireland Wreck
The cruiser Essex sails from Quebec to Father Point for divers to inspect the sunken Empress of Ireland. Divers will use modern submarine gear to penetrate ship corridors. Nearly 800 bodies are believed to be inside the hulk.
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Wreck
Quebec
Essex
Father Point
Sphinx-Like Bryan Leaves Future to Speculators
Bryan remains tight lipped as omittments of arms continue prompting questions about his next moves. He declines to elaborate leaving analysts to fill the silence with conjecture.
SILLIMAN HAS AUDIENCE Confirms Report of Violence at Saltillo
In Washington the fight over arms shipments to Constitutionalists in Tampico dominates official briefings. Secretary Bryan refused to forecast Carranza’s reply as Silliman, the Saltillo vice consul, confirmed a security incident and said he faced a jail term but escaped a firing squad rumor.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Tampico
State Department
New York
Galveston
Carranza
Silliman
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
Bryan
John Lind
Durango
Niagara Falls
Rafael Zuburan
Federals Claim Victories In Mexican City Actions
Mexico City report says Gen Jose Refugio Velasco, commander of the San Luis Potosi division, has been recalled to the capital amid peace talks. General Biaguet announces Zapata forces suffered heavy losses after three days of attacks on Cuernavaca.
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Mexico City
Jose Refugio Velasco
San Luis Potosi
Bianquet
Zapata
Cuernavaca
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