Colima Volcano Erupts After Earthquake It Hits Towns
Associated Press reports Colima volcano became active after shocks were felt, emitting smoke and lava. Tonila San Andres suffer extensive damage with some areas destroyed and thousands left homeless. A relief train was dispatched as Zapotlan and Platanar areas report severe damage and many casualties.
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Associated Press
Guadalajara
Mexico
Colima
Tonila
San Andres
Tuxpan
Jalisco
Zapotlan
Platanar
Earthquake in Caspian Sea Area Registers Shock
Potsdam reports the seismograph at 1:04 this morning registered a catastrophal quake near the Caspian Sea. The event is recorded from Germany's observatory, noting widespread tremors.
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Associated Press
Potsdam
Caspian Sea
Compound record noted from two quakes worldwide
In San Jose California on June 8 Santa Clara college recorded two earthquakes in different regions. A microscopic analysis found a compound record with interwoven oscillations suggesting a large shock in one area accompanied by a smaller one elsewhere. The bigger epicenter lay along a line about 1900 miles long from here to the Aleutian southern fringe, while the smaller was in the Pacific Ocean opposite Mexico City.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Cal
Santa Clara College
Aleutian Archipelago
Pacific Ocean
City of
Mexico
Rebels Kill Japanese in Formosa Head Hunters Mutilate
News from Victoria B C via the steamer Kama kura reports thirty Japanese men killed on May 8 in Formosa by rebel forces after a three year campaign. The dead were mutilated and their heads were carried off by head hunters.
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Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
Kamakura
Formosa
Weather Report Summary of Temperatures Today
Daily temperature readings from the local U S Weather Bureau show 6 AM at 72 degrees, 8 AM at 72 degrees, 10 AM at 86 degrees, noon around 90, and 1 PM near 91. Comparisons with yesterday indicate slightly higher daytime highs.
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Ereer Weerenee
Corse Sewereevess
Night and Friday Weather Across Major Cities
San Antonio and vicinity shows little temperature change. St Louis reports 66 with southerly winds and possible showers. Chicago 64 with southeast winds, showers and thunder, warmer. Milwaukee 58 with southern winds, showers and thunderstorms, warmer. St Paul 64 cloudy, southeast winds, thunderstorms, warmer. Kansas City 78, clear, light south winds, warmer tonight and Friday. New York 64 clear with easterly winds, increasing clouds, showers, warmer Friday night. Boston 64 partly cloudy with increasing clouds. Washington 62 cloudy with northerly winds and more cloudiness.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
IT. Paul
Kansas City
Lear
New York
Boston
Washington
Death of Captain Macklin From Wounds Suffered in Brownsville Incident
Special to The Light El Paso Texas June 8 Captain Ed gar Macklin United States army retired died yesterday morning at Alamogordo New Mexico from hemorrhage of the lungs He will be buried at Fort Leavenworth Kansas He leaves a widow and one small son Macklin rose to prominence in 1906 over the Brownsville raid involving the Twenty fifth Infantry He testified at the Y nrose court martial and faced another on neglect of duty but was exonerated He was later shot at Fort Reno Oklahoma by a negro soldier near his quarters and never fully recovered causing retirement in 1910 Lung trouble from the wound led to his death years later
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EL Paso
Tex
Edgar Macklin
United States Army
Alamogordo
N. M
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Macklin
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Brown
Y Enrose
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Reno
Okla
New Mexico
Danbury farmer wins case in financial wooing trial
Thomas Foulkes of Danbury, London, sued Miss Loda Vine Miller and her brother Attorney J Marion Miller for 11812 and two farms claiming he paid kisses and caresses as gifts between 6 years. The criminal court ruled in favor of Foulkes and described the affair as a financial wooing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Thomas Foulkes
Danbury
California
Foulkes
Sailor Atkins to be tried by Japanese court in Yokohama
Following talks between the American embassy and the Japanese foreign office, a local Japanese court will try John E. Atkins of the American cruiser Saratoga for fatally wounding John L. Saunders of the New Orleans during a fight at the American naval hospital in Yokohama last Sunday.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Foreign Office
John E. Atkins
Saratoga
John L. Saunders
New Orleans
Yokohama
Doctor's Residence Burns in Cotulla Texas
The two story home of Dr. L. B. Johnston burned Tuesday night with fire found on the second floor at about 2 39. The blaze spread quickly and most contents were lost. Origin of the fire is unknown. Loss is covered by insurance.
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Cotulla
Tex
Dr. L
Johnston
Widow sues for 25000 in Clive Shook case
Mrs. Robbie Shook filed in Fifty-fifth district court for 25000 damages alleging her husband Clive H. Shook earned at least 300 monthly and was healthy with expected long life. Julius R. Norton is under indictment for the killing and may face trial in October after a continuance. Attorneys Carlos Bee W C Linden and C A Davies serve as counsel for the plaintiff and will also appear in the criminal case.
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Clive H. Shook
Robbie Shook
Fifty-fifth District Court
Julius R. Norton
Orton
Carlos Bee
W. C. Linden
C. A. Davies
Norton
All Quiet at C. P. Diaz in Eagle Pass
Robert W. Dowe collector of customs at Eagle Pass says conditions in C. P. Diaz have returned to normal with lingering air tension. He refused to discuss the Mexican situation, noting orders from officials. Earlier he guarded the river to enforce neutrality laws and his force remains on border patrol preventing arms shipments.
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Robert W. Dowe
Eagle Pass
C. P. Diaz
Dowe
Department
Railroads Summoned Before County Valuation Board
County commissioners acting as a board of equalization have reached large property parcels. Railroad companies are cited to appear over property valuation. Southern Pacific protested against higher valuation but no action yet. Citations issued for Missouri Kansas Texas and International Northern railways. Hearings to occur within ten days.
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Southern Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
International & Northern Railways
Danger Is War Time From Private Lands
Colonel Goethals told the House committee that private land along the Panama canal could threaten national security in war. He urged government purchases within the isthmian zone to ensure allies there, noting the canal is a war measure. He explained private holdings include island lands in the artificial lake and that owners resisted sales but accepted damages for submerged portions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. Cc
Panama Canal
Colonel Goethals
Isthmian Commission
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Isthmian Canal Zone
Goethals
Y W G A Members At Work Boosts Subscriptions
The Young Women's Christian Association aims to raise 1000 by securing 600 yearly magazine subscriptions before June 24. The drive, led from the new building near the Y M C A by the general secretary, offers remuneration for workers and seeks broader support to ease maintenance costs.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Boilermakers Strike at Baldwin Locomotive Works
About 1000 to 2000 boilermakers at Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia walked out today over layoffs of 1200 workers. The walkout reportedly occurred without authorization from their national officers.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Death of Dr. A. B. Chamberlain Masonic Leader
Dr. Austin B. Chamberlain secretary-general of the supreme council thirty-second degree Masonry Southern jurisdiction died in Washington D C from apoplexy. He formerly lived in Galveston and will be taken there for an elaborate Masonic funeral. He was one of twenty six active thirty-third degree Masons in the United States.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Washington, D. C
A. B. Chamberlain
Supreme Council
Southern
Chamberlain
Galveston
Austin B. Chamberlain
Washington
Dr. Chamberlain
United States
Insurgents Face Budget Standstill in New City Council
Newly elected aldermen convene to review Alderman Mauermann draft budget amid calls for a sixty day plan. Leaders question Mayor Callaghan stance and insist no budget will pass that includes Frank Newnam and Fritz Russi payrolls. The debate centers on whether a two month budget or yearly budget should be adopted as investigations continue.
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Citizens
Mauermann
Ryan
Citizens’ Party
Callaghan
Steves
Frank Newnam
Fritz Russi
Lost Girl Sought On Timber Country Near Bengal
The countryside around Bengal twenty miles south of Hibbing Minnesota is searching for Mary Louise Graff a 14 year old girl who left Bengal Sunday with lunch for her father at the Silica sand pit two miles away and has not been seen. Timber cruisers familiar with the area and bloodhounds will join the search as the swampy wild country complicates efforts.
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Associated Press
Hibbing
Minn
Bengal
Here
Great Northern
Mary Louise Graff
Sherman anti trust law not nullified says U S attorneys
United States attorneys in Chicago file a brief in Federal District court rejecting the meat packers defense that the Supreme Court’s Standard Oil ruling nullified the Sherman act. They argue the Sherman law remains valid as a penal statute both by express language and necessary implication in light of Standard Oil.
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Chicago
United States
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Caldwell county scholastic census shows drop in rural districts
LOCKHART Texas June 8 Superintendent Joseph Hatchitt reports Caldwell county school census at 5865 pupils this year, down from 6861. Rural districts decreased while independent districts gained slightly, indicating shifting school enrollments.
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Lockhart
Tex
Joseph Hatchitt
Caldwell County
Roosevelt Declines 1912 Presidential Candidacy
Theodore Roosevelt says he will not seek the Republican nomination in 1912 and warns against movements toward his candidacy. Wallace Bachelder reports Roosevelt reaffirmed the statement upon arrival in White River Junction Vermont after being asked about the dispatch.
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White River Junction
Theodore Rooosevelt
Wallace Bachelder
Roush Riders
Bachelder
Theodore Roosevelt
Vermont
Wool tariff bill deemed not law says growers urged to hold clips
Dan P. Smythe of the Oregon State Wool Growers Association received a letter from Dr. S. W. McClure of the National Wool Growers Association stating the wool tariff bill should not affect the market and will never become law. Growers are advised not to sacrifice their clip as better prices are expected later in the season.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Dan P. Smythe
Oregon State Wool Growers Association
S. W. McClure
National Wool Growers’ Association
National
Houston driver’s car rear-ends others after streetcar swerving
Doak Roberts owner of the Houston baseball team suffered bruises when James Foley’s touring car swerved to avoid a streetcar in San Pedro avenue 700 block and struck A. H. Danforth’s car. Danforth’s vehicle pushed a carriage with two women. no injuries. Horwitz and Abbott shaken. Foley’s car towed.
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Doak Roberts
Houston
James Foley
Ball Park
San Pedro Avenue
A. H. Danforth
Mr. Danforth
Mr. Roberts
Will Horwitz
San Antonio
C. H. Abbott
Dallas
Foley
Danforth
Burns
Foley Brothers
San Antonio Real Estate Man Fined for Filthy Premises
In the corporation court A A Gray faced arraignment on maintaining a nuisance for a house with filthy premises. Prosecuting Attorney Eldridge urged owners and agents to abate the nuisance or be fined, Judge Buckley set a $5 fine and warned future arrests for sanitary violations.
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San Antonio
A. A. Gray
Corporation Court
Eldridge
Buckley
Expel Jews in North Manchuria Markets
Telegrams from Harbin reported by the Asahi say the Chamber of Commerce in Harbin decided to expel Jews from markets in northern Manchuria.
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Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
Tokio Asahi
Harbin
Chamber of Commerce
Manchuria
Slayden Proposes Army Encampments in Texas
Congressman Slayden urged General Wood to use San Antonio fair grounds for an encampment and offered 800 acres at Kerrville on the Guadalupe River for cavalry. Orders to move troops to these camps are expected immediately. The administration aims to keep forces near the Mexican border through Mexican elections, likely staying until November 1 and all winter.
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Washington, D. C
Congressman Slayden
General Wood
Fair Grounds
San Antonio
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Texas
Mexico
No Orders Yet On Breakup Of Maneuver Division
Fort Sam Houston awaits war department authority for dispersing the maneuver division. Reports say state department influences mobilization and Mexico stability concerns keep troops near the border. Units to move by night march, with infantry returning by 10 am tomorrow. Clem transfers scheduled to July 1. only three clerks remain at Fort Sam Houston.
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War Department
Fort Sam Houston
State Department
Carter
Madero
Mexico
Mexican
Leon Springs
Kerrville
Fort Clark
Port Sam Houston
Clem
Department of Texas
Chicago
J. T. Haile
E. H. Robinson
Burks
J. H. Biggar
San Francisco
Fred Maynard
Fort Sill
Ohlo
Territorial Division
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