New House Burns in Los Angeles Heights Blaze
A brand new unoccupied house on Los Angeles Heights owned by J. C. Arnold burned Friday night with a loss of 15000 dollars. Fire Chief Phil Wright reported no cause found after thorough inquiry. Firemen could not reach the blaze in time due to its location and only partial insurance coverage applied. Burglar report prompted police to speed to Dwyer avenue where investigators found a flock of ducks on the back gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Wright
J. C. Arnold
Los Angeles Heights
Dwyer Avenue
Massey
Harvey
Long
Lorimer Bank Ties to Five Chicago Lenders in Market Trouble
Five banks in Chicago tied to the Lorimer network faced closures or runs as the LaSalle Trust and Savings Bank examined conditions. The Calumet State Bank, last in the chain, closed, with about 4 million dollars in deposits tied to the events. William Lorimer, president of LaSalle Street Bank, faced extreme strain amid investigations into securities sales and related interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Bank of Calumet
State Bank
LaSalle Trust and Savings Bank
State Auditor’s Office
William Lorimer
LaSalle Street Bank
LaSalle Trust and Savings
Broadway State Bank
Illinois State Bank
Ashland Twelfth Street Bank
Daniel V. Harkin
State
Calumet Bank
la Salle Street
la Salle Bank
Southwest Savings Bank
Louis J. Krejoi
Krejel
International Trust and Savings Bank
North Side
International Concern
United States Senate
Lorimer-Gallagher Construction Company
Southern Traction Road
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Harkin
Obituaries for Mrs William W Emons and Halsey Lee Merriman
Mrs. William W. Emons, 39, died Friday night at a local sanitarium after traveling from Poteet for treatment. Surviving: husband Mark Emons, four sons Byron Brooks Rufus Walter of Poteet. father J R Evans Coleman. brothers C M Evans College Station W W Evans Dallas C R Evans San Antonio J W Evans Coleman. sister Mrs W G Ray Jewett. Burial in Poteet after body prepared by Shelly-Loring. Merriman Halsey Lee, 71, died Friday night at daughter Mrs H S McConnell’s home in San Antonio. Surviving: daughter Mrs McConnell and granddaughter Elle Merriman. noted member of Masonic lodge in Marshalltown IA. Body prepared by Shelly-Loring and to be sent to Marshalltown for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. W. Evans
Coleman
W. G. Ray
Jewett, Tex
Shelly-Loring Undertaking Company
Poteet
Merriman
Halsey Lee Merriman
H. S. McConnell
Erie Avenue
Illinois
McConnell
Elle Merriman
Merri- Man
Masonic
Marshalltown
Shelly- Loring Undertaking Company
Mine Inspectors Institute Ends with St Louis Chosen for 1915
The seventh annual session of the Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States closed at Ut'sburg Pennsylvania with St Louis named as the 1915 meeting site. John Dunlop of Peoria Illinois was elected president.
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Mine Inspectors Institute
Uittsburg
Mine Inspectors’ Institute of the
United States
St. Louis
John Dunlop
Peoria
Ill
Bartlett and Ranney Move Offices to Crockett Street
Bartlett and Ranney Inc consulting engineers relocate their offices to 10 Crockett Street in the Chandler Building as announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett & Ranney, Inc
Crockett Street
Chandler Building
Senate Reports Substitute Bill On Interstate Commerce
Senator Newlands reported a Senate substitute for the interstate commerce bill. The measure would target unfair competition, empower the trade commission, allow foreign trade investigations, and cover nearly all corporations except railroads in interstate commerce. He said passage should not be delayed and that a railroad securities bill would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Commission
House
Commission
Senate
The
Trade Commission
Advertising Plans for City Are Made
Publicity League of the Chamber of Commerce approves a twofold campaign for San Antonio including display ads in the north and northwest and a trio of informative booklets. Booklets titled Progressive San Antonio Agricultural San Antonio and Industrial San Antonio aim to attract investors and settlers by showcasing city growth, farming strength, and business opportunities. Booklets expected by September 1 with applications already from major railroad offices nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Publicity League
Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
America
J. H. Kirkpatrick
T. R. Baker
Jake Wolff
L. J. Hart
W.S. Conness
M. B. Hutchins
SISTER STOPS SUIT OVER ESTATE OF W ZIEGLER
In New York Florence L Brandt adopted daughter of William Ziegler receives 375000 from his adopted son William Zeigler Jr following a settlement. Attorneys say the father promised 250000 to Florence if she graduated with honors. she did after his death, and Zeigler paid 250000 with interest, ending litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Ziegler
Florence L. Brandt
William Zeigler Jr
Young Zeigler
Zeigler
Cotton Shows Good Promise in Lockhart Texas
Lockhart Texas June 13 rain scarce this week. crop conditions improve. Cotton in many areas is blooming and developing squares. No boll weevils have appeared so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Tex
Carranza insists Huerta quit amid peace talks stalled
Carranza refuses armistice with Huerta preventing northern delegates from entering mediators proceedings. Hope remains for parley access toward a tri party deal. War and commerce departments mobilize with American merchants to avert Vera Cruz famine as Zacatecas investment continues and reinforcements under Villa are awaited.
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Carranza
Huerta
Departments of War and Commerce
Vera Cruz
War Department
Zacatecas
Villa
Man of the hour sought for Mexico crisis talks
Niagara Falls Ont June 13 mediation delegates turn from protocol talk to naming a provisional president for Mexico. Pedro Lascurain is floated while US and South American envoys pursue a neutral choice acceptable to all factions to lead Mexico toward a constitutional election. The Antilla dispute prompts a US note restricting arms exports and clarifying jurisdiction.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico
Huerta
Argentine
Brazil
Chile
Mexico City
United States
Mediaso
Argentina
Pedro Lascurain
Madero
Tampico
Antilla
Washington
Departments of Commerce and Treasury
Huerta Employs Counsel Amid Peace Protocol at Niagara Falls
General Huerta has engaged Charles A. Towne of New York as his counsellor. Towne has conferred with Secretary Bryan and communicated with President Wilson about transferring power from Huerta to a provisional regime as part of the peace negotiations at Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
Huerta
Charles A. Towne
New York
Minnesota
General Huerta
Bryan
Wilson
Towne
Mediation Talks Press Towne Toward Mexican Crisis
Towne reports today’s meeting as the most critical since mediation began. He is in touch with Huerta’s commissioners at Niagara Falls and with Mexico City by telegraph. Carranza’s legal agent Douglass met with Secretary Bryan as discussions potential with Huerta and U S delegates unfold.
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Ing
Towne
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Mexico City
C. A. Douglass
Carranza
Scretary Bryan
United States
Bonillas Aids Settlement of Sonora Factions
Ignacio Bonillas minister of communications in General Carranza's cabinet arrived from Hermosillo to settle the Sonora troubles between Maytorena and Calles factions. He said there have been many scandals in the state government and expects to leave for Hermosillo today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Ignacio Bonillas
Carranza
Hermosillo
Maytorena
Calles
Pelraz Calles
Americans Register in Mexico City for Mexico Stay
In Mexico City on June 13 the Brazilian legation reports 1271 Americans have registered to stay in Mexico at their own risk. About 3800 live outside the capital, chiefly in Oaxaca Puebla and San Luis Potosi. The secretary will carry the list to Vera Cruz for delivery to American consul W. W. Canada and then to Washington. A duplicate remains at the legation. An estimated 200 in the capital and 100 outside did not register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
México
Oaxaca
Puebla
San Luis Potosi
Vera Cruz
W. W
Canada
State Department
Washington
Mondragon Seeks Refuge Near Vera Cruz
General Lorenzo Mondragon, elder brother of Manuel Mondragon Huerta's former secretary of war, sought refuge within American lines at Vera Cruz amid fears of Huerta's overthrow and its impact on him and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Lorenzo Mondragon
Manuel Mondragon
Paris
Filipino servant Gregorio Alvarez faces trial in Mexico City
Gregorio Alvarez, a Filipino servant of Captain Rush of the American battleship fleet at Vera Cruz, is to be tried by a military board in Mexico City, according to today’s state department advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Washington, D. C
Gregorio Alvarez
Rush
Vera Cruz
State Department
Rumors of Bandit Threat Near Panuco Quelled
In Tampico June 12 and via Laredo June 13 reporters say a strong bandit party near Panuco threatened the town but arrived travelers confirmed quiet. A Constitutionalist cavalry commander from Panuco found no trouble. Oil operators remain cautious, limiting activity to storing output and minor river shipping.
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Oid Wells
Tampico
Mex
Laredo
Tex
Panuco
Shipping Interests Warned in New Orleans
Arcadio Sentillo, local commercial agent for the Constitutionalists, warned New Orleans shipping interests that privileges granted by former Mexican President Madero will be annulled unless Constitutionalist authority over Mexico is acknowledged within thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Arcadio Sentillo
Madero
Mexico
Not So Hot Here Says Buell Reports Coolest In South
Major Buell notes San Antonio ranked among the coolest in the South Friday with a high of 90 degrees while other Texas areas reached 94 to 98. A warm wave prevails across the Eastern Gulf states and Mississippi Valley. Some relief may come from showers in the Middle West and Southeast. no Sunday change expected in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell
San Antonio
Texas
East Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Central States
Middle West
Southwest
Texans Sail for Europe on Lloyd Steamship Cassis
The North German Lloyd Steamship Cassis departs from Galveston for Bremen this afternoon carrying 21 passengers, nearly all Texans headed to Europe for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Galveston
Tex
Cassis
Bremen
Warn Against Impostor Solicitors in The Light Contest
The Light warns the public about fake solicitors collecting small sums in the city claiming to represent a baby contest conducted by the newspaper. The Light states no contest of that nature is being run and urges reporting information to help apprehend the impostors.
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Light
Balloon race pilots survive fierce storm near Oregon City
Capt. John Berry and aide George Morrison, in the Million Population Club balloon, walked into Oregon City at 9:45 AM after their craft wrecked in a forest, Berry unconscious but not seriously hurt. Other balloons in the long distance race were scattered by a violent thunderstorm. Uncle Sam landed near Oregon City with passengers Dr. W. E. Stewart and Captain H. E. Honeywell describing a violent lightning strike and rapid descent.
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Portland
Ore
John Berry
Million Population Club
George Y. Morrison
Oregon City
Morrison
Berry
Clackamas
Marion
Mulnomah
John Watts
Kansas City III
Roscoe Flawett
Wilburn Henderson
Roy Donalds
Springfield
Uncle Sam
Honeywell
St. Louis
W. E. Stewart
Stewart
Vilot
Flags Exhibit Traces Stars and Stripes Through History
National Museum displays an American flags collection detailing the evolution of the Stars and Stripes from early periods to today. It features the Star Spangled Banner from Fort McHenry 1814 and a Bonhomme Richard ensign once flown by John Paul Jones, plus flags from the Mexican War Civil War Spanish American War. Other notable pieces include Admiral Wilks’s silk flag and the Peary polar flag of 1909, and the Roosevelt era Smithsonian expedition banner from 1909-1910.
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Washington, D. C
National Museum
Fort McHenry
John Paul Jones
Charles Wilks
United States
Fla
Nort Pole
Peary
Smithsonian African Expedition
Roosevelt
Navy exhibit lists stars and entry dates for Union flag
Charles W. Stewart of the Navy Department compiles a card showing each state star on the national flag, its entry date, and the congressional Acts prescribing additions and display days. A second item reports Charles Deaner of San Antonio Gas & Electric was overcome by gas Saturday at 9 30 near Houston and Cameron, taken to Santa Rosa infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Charles W. Stewart
Charles Deaner
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
Houston and
Cameron Streets
Santa Rosa Infirmary
T. T. Jackson
Zeppelin Z1 Breaks in Storm Near Diedenhofen
A German Zeppelin airship Z1 broke in two during an emergency landing attempt near Diedenhofen Germany as a storm raged. One lieutenant was injured in the crash and the crew suffered injuries.
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Diedenhofen
Germany
Nominates Malcolm Argyle Franklin for Hawaii customs post
The president nominated Malcolm Argyle Franklin of Columbus Mississippi as collector of customs for the district of Hawaii. The nomination was announced in Washington on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haweiian
Washington, D. C
Malcolm Argyle Franklin
Columbus
Miss
District of Hawaii
Plan to Entertain 3000 Teachers Here in November
A committee led by Professor W J Knox of the public schools plans to entertain more than 3000 teachers in San Antonio during the Texas State Teachers Association convention next November. Members include Paul Scholz and Miss Agnes Cotton with Charles J Lukin supervising. Six subcommittees will handle various tasks and Lulu Griesenbeck will supervise musical features.
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W. J. Knox
San Antonio
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Paul Scholz
Agnes Cotton
Charles J. Lukin
Lulu Griesenbeck
P. P. Claxton
Court hears argument in Keystone Watch case
In Philadelphia on June 13 final argument occurred in U S District Court over the Federal government suit to declare the Keystone Watch Case Company a combination in violation of the Sherman anti trust law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Company
Keystone
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
United States District Court
Keystone Watch
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