Wilson and Marshall Nomination Pulse at Democratic Convention
Four minutes before midnight at Coliseum in St Louis the Democratic National Convention nominated Woodrow Wilson for president and Thomas Riley Marshall for vice president by acclamation after resolving the platform draft. A grand demonstration followed with banners, music, and cheers from delegates including women present.
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Wilson
Washington
Marshall
Kern
Thomas Riley Marshall
Indiana
Hughes
New Jersey
James
Wescott
Woodrow Wilson
Heflin
Alabama
Martin
Joe
New York
Democratic Convention Ends Final Session in St Louis
The Democratic national convention met in final session in St Louis on June 16 to adopt its declaration of principles. Rabbi Leon Harrison offered the opening prayer praising justice and humanity as the platform report was set to be delivered and notification details discussed for President Wilson and Vice President Marshall.
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ST. Louis
Leon Harrison
James
Wilson
Marshall
Roosevelt suffers another coughing spell in New York
Theodore Roosevelt had a severe coughing spell and could barely speak. He visited a specialist for an examination, looked haggard as he left the office, and returned to his hotel without accepting visitors from Mrs. Roosevelt.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Ricaut's Soldiers Capture Raiders on Mexican Border
Three bandits who attacked American soldiers at San Ignacio were captured on the Mexican side of the border by Gen Alfredo Ricaut's troops. Ricaut's forces pursue the scattered attackers along the border in continuing operations.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Ignacio
Alfredo Ricaut
Ricaut
Muster of Battery B Set for Friday Night
Battery B First Field Artillery Texas National Guard will be mustered into state service at 8 o'clock Friday night at the Gunter Hotel. Adjutant General Henry Hutchings will attend from Austin to take charge. Recruitment has surpassed the 183 minimum and will continue until war strength of 171 men is reached.
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Texas National Guard
Gunter Hotel
Henry Hutchings
Austin
Crack
Claude V. Birkhead
Birkhead
Hutchings
Boy Kicked by Colt Wounded in Head in Texas
Frank Moore nine receives treatment after a colt kicked him in the forehead while being driven from pasture to home at Luling Texas. Doctors at K I am and Lockhart performed surgery. The skull is crushed with brain exposed but he stood and walked toward the house before medical care. Doctors express confidence in his recovery.
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Luling
Tex
Frank Moore
Decia Moore
Lockhart
Weather Forecast For San Antonio Area
The weather page reports a cool night with a fall in temperatures and continued cool conditions into Saturday for San Antonio and surrounding areas. Winds remain light as skies stay mostly clear with a slight chance of a light shower.
Weather forecast across major cities by The Light
Forecasts for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington describe temperatures winds and Saturday outlooks. Readings note clear conditions in St Louis and Kansas City and rain in New York and Washington with varying wind speeds and temperature ranges.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Lowes
Washington
Democratic platform endorses Wilson and tariff reform
The Democratic convention committee finished its platform draft after long deliberation and authorized Senator Stone to present it. It calls for endorsement of Woodrow Wilson, a federal reserve system, a federal trade commission, tariff adjustment, protected labor rights, parcel post expansion, and a nonpartisan tariff study to adapt to changing global conditions.
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ST. Louis
Resolutions Committee
Stone
Democratic Party
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Republican Party
Federal Trade Commission
America
Governor Signs Minority Report on Suffrage
A minority report from the convention members including Bartlett Nugent Fleming and Ferguson urges state control of voter qualifications and opposes a federal standard while noting a failed bid to adopt universal female suffrage on the same terms as men.
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Democratic Party
Union
Corpus Christi to Get Natural Gas From Gulf Coast
Southern Gas Company of Pittsburg has acquired a two thirds lease in Gulf Coast Oil & Gas, securing natural gas for Corpus Christi. A city franchise will be sought to sell gas at retail prices from 50 cents to 8 cents per thousand feet, with a pipeline to reach large factories and residents, promising a major industrial boom for Southwest Texas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Southern Gas Company
Pittsburg
Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Company
White Point
Aspany
Texas
Six Missing After Bear Sinking Recovery In Eureka
Eureka reports 204 of 210 aboard the steamer Bear accounted for after a Chamber of Commerce check of survivors. Seventy two Bear passengers are in Eureka, about twenty seven in Ferndale and Cape Town areas, with five confirmed dead.
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Eureka
Cal
Chamber of Commerce
Ferndale
Cape Town
Speech by German Chancellor Delivered June 5
News outlets report a speech by Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg as delivered today in the Reichstag. In fact the address was given June 5 and carried by cable, while a wireless version is now being distributed by Overseas News Agency. Wireless delays from Germany have ranged six to ten days arriving in New York.
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New York
von Bethmann Hollweg
Reichstag
Germany
Senator Sheppard Seeks Funding for San Marcos Fish Station
Senator Sheppard introduced an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill urging $15,000 to acquire land and build ponds and buildings and to buy equipment for the San Marcos fish cultural station in Washington D C. The House bill lacks provision for these improvements.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard
House
San Marcos
Police Chief rules on installment fines in recorder's court
San Angelo Texas police chief declares all defendants will be treated the same in the recorder's court. The change ends the practice of letting some fined individuals pay in installments without posting a convict's bond.
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San Angelo
Tex
Snow
Recorder’s Court
Wells
Quiet after Can Ignacio bandit raid reported
Overnight dispatches to army headquarters showed no new developments in the Laredo district. General Funston said Major Gray’s command has not crossed the Rio Grande lacking a clear trail. Ricaut warns 1000 de facto troops may pursue bandits across the border.
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Fun Ston
Rio Grande
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Fourteenth Cavalry
San Ignacio
Gray
Funston
General Bell
el Paso
Juarez
Gavira
Mexico City
Pershing
Chihuahua
Ricaut
San Iznacio
James Parker
Brownsville
Fort Sam Houston
Hagle Fass
Eagle Pass
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Mexico
Coast Artillery
Mann
Zapata
Troop M
Charles F. Flower
Kansas City
Edward G. Katnoh
New York City
James Minadin
el Progreso
Gavira Shot Report Suppresses Mexican Commanders Figure
El Paso hears a report that General Gabriel Gavira was tried convicted and executed for high treason upon arrival in Mexico City after being summoned from Juarez by War Minister Obregon. Mexican officials reject the claim while reports link Gavira to a meeting with General Pershing at Casas Grandes.
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Tex
Gabriel Gavira
Mexico City
Juarez
Obregon
Trevino
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Gavira
Pershing
Casas Grandes
Mexicans Move South After Border Clash Near Laredo
News from Laredo Texas reports a mass evacuation of Nuevo Laredo residents after Mexican bandits attacked the American border patrol at San Ygnacio. About half the town crossed the Rio Grande overnight and fled toward La Jarita and points south seeking safety.
Sailor describes Earl Kitchener death aboard Hampshire
Seaman Rogerson, survivor of the cruiser Hampshire, recalls in the Daily Mail the final moments of Earl Kitchener. He says the field marshal did not leave the ship, walked calmly amid explosions, and perished as the vessel sank. He adds Kitchener spoke with officers on deck while boats could not be lowered.
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London
Earl Kitchener
Rogerson
Hampshire
Orkneys
Daily Mail
Saville
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Railroad passes questioned at Texas Democratic convention
The Texas railroad commission is examining reports that passes were used by ineligible individuals at the state Democratic convention. It has asked officials at the San Antonio entrance to provide a list of passes issued during the convention period. The issue may go to the attorney general for investigation.
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Tex
Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Attorney General's Department
Corpus Christi Hosts Texas Merchants Delegation
Delegates from the Texas Retail Merchants' Credit Association arrived in Corpus Christi on a side trip from the San Antonio convention. They toured Corpus Christi Bay by sail, dined at the Nueces Hotel with hundreds of local business leaders, enjoyed surf bathing, and planned a seafood supper at the Corpus Beach Hotel. A special concert will close the day’s sightseeing.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Retail Merchants’ Credit Association
San Antonio
Corpus Christi Bay
Nueces Hotel
Corpus Beach
Russians report major frontier gains as Czernowitz falls
The war office announced 100 officers and 14 000 men captured in new Russian offensive gains along the southern front. Czernowitz fell to Russian forces with rapid evacuation by Austrians, while British and American observers discuss German and Austrian setbacks and future aims.
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London
War Office
Kiev
Trentino
von Hindenburg
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Letchitsky
Reuter
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Kovel
Vladimir-Volhynski
Czernowitz
Kolomea
Shumsky
Strypa
Buchacz
Podgaites
Kozin
Dubno
Brody
Lemberg
Germany
Pollard
Lonon
Bulgarians Withdraw Forces Toward Roumanian Front
Report from Athens says Bulgaria is withdrawing most troops from Salonika to the Roumanian frontier.
Teutons Attack Italians In Mass Formations
Austro-Hungarian forces estimated at 18,000 attacked Italian positions near Rome but were repulsed after a mass assault. The clash occurred as World War I hostilities continued with heavy numbers and casualties reported by correspondents.
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Rome
London
Italian Positiones Repulsed on Asiago Plateau
An official War Office statement reports Italian positions on the Asiago plateau repulsed yesterday leaving piles of corpses before Italian trenches. The clash underscores ongoing heavy fighting in the Asiago sector with limited gains for either side.
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Asiago
War Office
Germans Attack Verdun Front Under French Fire
German assaults aimed at a position southeast of Thiaumont farm on the Verdun front failed after French machine gun and infantry fire, according to a statement from the war office released today.
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Paris
Gereiman
Thiaumont Farm
Verdun
Wag Office
French Attacks Repulsed on Verdun Front
German war office says two French assaults on Dead Man Hill south of Verdun failed. The first attack briefly gained ground but was pushed back by a counterattack.
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Berlin
Lonedon
Dead Man Hill
Verdun Front
War Office
Laredo residents force editor to flee to Mexico
Thirty American residents of Laredo, mostly businessmen, chased Leo D. Walker, editor of El Progreso, into Mexico with a pistol threat and ordered him not to return. The mob also warned El Progreso staff to cease publication. No official action reported.
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Laredo
Tex
Leo D. Walker
el Progreso
Mexico
United States
Five Auto Accidents in Corpus Christi Record
Corpus Christi records five automobile crashes in four days since Sunday evening. Two crashes involved overturned cars with no deaths. Several people escaped with slight bruises amid a mass of incidents and injuries.
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Corpus
Corpus Christi
Tex
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