Madero Returns to Mexico City Amid Cheers and Policy Talks
Francisco I. Madero arrived in Mexico City with Ambrosio Figueroa after a southern tour. Gov ernment says Figueroa’s 13,000 strong force now down to about 3,000. Zapata still seen as bandit threat. Ernesto Madero foresees a 4 percent dividend on preferred railroad stock and affirms gold standard policies. plans to move 1000 troops to El Paso for Southern California duty.
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Mexico City
City
Francisco I. Madero
Ciudad Juarez
Madero
Republic
Ambrosio Figueroa
Figueroa
Figuero
Rurales
Guerrero
Morelos
Viva Madero
Zapata
Cuernavaca
Zapa
Cuautla
Ernesto Madero
Congress
Mexico
Chihuahua
Gordillo Escudero
el Paso
California
War Department
United States
Record Making Family Leaves for Belgium with 24 Children
Pittsburg June 17. August Clandeaux, 2, a Ford City glass worker, sails to Belgium with his wife and 24 children after 21 years in the United States. He notes no deaths in the family and quips the departure as a baseball score of 24 to nothing with 13 singles, four doubles and a triple.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Clandeaux
Ford City
Here
New York
Belgium
Allegheny Valley
Clondeaux
Felows
Attack by revolutionists hits Hidalgo farming firm
Mexico City AP reports a band calling themselves revolutionists attacked a farming company near Metztitlan Hidalgo on June 13. They beat an employee, burned property, and caused complications for the new government.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Metztitlan
Poor marksmanship spares life in city shootings
In two near identical incidents, a drunken man on Dwyer avenue fired five times at Natividad Martinez who walked away unharmed. Martinez said he did not realize he was being shot at and did not hear the pistol reports. A $1 fine was imposed for intoxication. In a separate incident near East Commerce and LaSalle streets, a man fired at a couple. the woman fled, the man escaped, and police could not identify any suspects.
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Natividad Martinez
J. N. Groesbeeck
Dwyer Avenue
Mr. Groesbeeck
Martinez
Groesbeeck
Eldridge
Bostoy Muy
LaSalle Street
Commerce Street
Harvey
Lawrence
Imposter sentenced to long prison term in Washington
Hume H. West was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary after posing as Lieutenant Commander Henry W. Knowlson U.S. N. and swindling jewelers and brokers. A former Detroit broker, he fled to Baltimore posing as a priest until Cardinal Gibbons repudiated him.
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Washington
Enitentiary
Hume H. West
Henry W. Knowlson
U.S. N
West
Detroit
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Fatal Auto Crash Ends in Tennessee Tragedy
In Rutherford Tennessee Dr J W Allen survived critical injuries after a car wreck that killed his wife and left their five year old child injured. The vehicle overturned trapping the occupants beneath the canopy top. The three month old infant escaped through a hole in the top and was bruised. Funeral plans await arrival of Cullen F Thomas of Dallas.
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Associated Press
Rutherford, Tenn
J. W. Allen
Plumbing permit dispute ends in $10 fine
C T Dix faced Judge Buckley in police court for installing plumbing work without a city permit. During cross examination, attorney C M Chambers questioned Plumbing Inspector George T Glenny about alleged favoritism toward city supporters. The judge sustained the objection, and Dix received a $10 fine with no appeal filed.
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C. T. Dix
Buckley
C. M. Chambers
George T. Glenny
Lridge
Chambers
Child Scalded to Death in Lockhart Yard Tragedy
Two year old Charles Lee Lynch son of Mr and Mrs Lee Lynch fell into a boiling pot while playing in the yard. He died two hours later from severe burns received in the accident. No witness to the event. cries drew attention as he lay several feet from the pot.
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Lockhart
Tex
Charles Lee Lynch
Lee Lynch
Coronation Preparations Loom Large With Massive Parade
London awaits the royal procession as over 60 000 troops from regular forces yeomanry and overseas units join guards and a naval brigade. Field Marshal Lord Kitchener leads security with 20 000 police and barriers at major junctions to prevent crowd rushes while officials allocate 4000 official guests and 2000 unofficial seats.
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Duke of Norfolk
England
Westminster
Abbey
Earl Marshal
Regular Army
Yeomanry
Territorial Volunteers
Canada
South Africa
Ceylon
Hong Kong
Nayal States
Malta
Bermuda
Lord Kitchener
City
Greater London
New Mixed Train Delayed to Victoria Division
Southern Pacific announces starting July 1 a mixed train on the Victoria division between San Antonio and Victoria to meet demand for a doubledaily passenger service and improved through freight to Brownsville. The train departs San Antonio at 11 50 p m reaches Victoria next morning and connects to Houston, with through sleeper to Houston arriving at noon. From Placedo it links with the Brownsville line for onward travel to Brownsville and intermediate points. Return to San Antonio is about 7 a m allowing a full day of shopping in the city.
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A. R. Atkinson
Southern Pacific
Houston
Victoria
San Antonio
Brownsville
Placedo
Wealthy Citizen Judge J C Walker Dies Suddenl y
Judge J C Walker a 90 year old Texas magnate and noted scientist who studied harnessing ocean waves for power died suddenly after being up yesterday at his Waco home. His work spanned energy storage research and long' standing civic prominence.
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Waco, Tex
J. C. Walker
San Antonio Bar Forms Rules Advisory Committee
Over one hundred members of the San Antonio bar gathered in the Thirty-seventh district court to discuss new rules for four Bexar County district courts. A nine member advisory committee will work with Judges Camp Seligson Dwyer and Birkhead to revise procedures so trials begin promptly at the next term.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Thirty-seventh District Court
Bexar County
Camp
Frty-fifth District Court
Seligson
Forty-seventh District Court
F. C. Davis
H. C. Carter
Yale Hicks
Woodmen Barbecue Draws Crowd Near Kyle
The Modern Woodmen of Goforth seven miles northeast of Kyle held a large barbecue on Thursday. Speakers included J. N. Hart of Buda Mrs. Curtis of Sherman who spoke for prohibition and R. Jackson of Austin.
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Kyle
Tex
Goforth
J. N. Hart
Buda
Curtis
Sherman
R. Jackson
Austin
Afraid to Stay Alone Cardui Testimonial Encouraged
A Cherry Valley Arkansas woman, Carrie Moore, describes years of dizziness and fear, crediting Cardui with restoring vitality after months of use. She says the tonic steadied her nerves, improved strength, and let her care for five in the family. She urges readers, especially women, to try Cardui.
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Mrs. Moore
Cherry Valley
Cardus
Ark
Carrie Moore
Liv
Cardui
Night Drill Harsh at Camp as Bedding Fire Breaks Out
A strenuous night at the maneuver division camp saw a bedding hay stack of about 600000 pounds burn near Wilson street after a series of brawls. Sheriff Tobin and deputies failed to quell the unrest and sought shelter in a tent as a Tenth infantry officer, while a thief cracked a cash drawer and a Collier airplane named Redo prepared for shipment to New Jersey. Second Lieut Wyman was named aide-de-camp. Maj Scott reported the death of Mrs Hastings in Kansas City.
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Wilson Street
Tobin
Department
Collier
Robert J. Collier
Charles L. Wyman
Seventeenth Infantry
Hoyt
Third Infantry
Humber
Tenth Infantry
W. S. Scott
Department of Texas
Scott
Kansas City
Stuart Hastings
Trial of Illinois Central officials postponed again
Chicago June 17 John M Taylor Frank B Harriman Chas L Ewing and Joseph Baker former Illinois Central officials indicted on a charge of mulching the road out of nearly 1 000 000 by fraudulent car repair bills obtained a postponement of their trials when a petition for a change of venue was filed Taylor alleging prejudice by Judge Scanlon The cases will be reached next week and were moved from Judge Ewing s court weeks ago
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Associated Press
Chicago
John M. Taylor
Frank B. Harriman
Chas. L. Ewing
Joseph Baker
Illinois Central
Taylor
Scanlon
Ewing
Paper firm accused of paper supply suppression
John Norris, chairman of the Newspaper Publishers' Association paper committee, charges International Paper refused data to the senate finance committee. He claims the data would show mills were bought and shut for newsprint, and accuses Allen & Graham of masking National Grange aims to influence legislation and misrepresenting farm membership.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Norris
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
International Paper Company
Senate Committee On Finance
Norris
Allen & Graham
New York
National Grange
Grange
City Officials Appointed in Lockhart
The city council has elected J. L. Lane Jr. as city marshal for the next thirty days and R. B. Bilis as city attorney-treasurer for the ensuing term. The city marshal office may become elective soon. Numerous claims were approved and will be paid in cash rather than by warrant, subject to discount.
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Lockhart
Tex
J. L. Lane Jr
R. B. Bilis
Executive Committee Forms to Push Brownsville Road Project
An executive committee from the Brownsville Road group is named to accelerate planning for a 450000 incorporation. A 5 percent stock assessment is due within ten days to hire an engineer, solicitors, a secretary, and offices. Campbellton area subscribes 101500 for funds as the right of way goal seeks Campbellton passage.
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Brownsville
Henry JL. Halff
George W. West
W. B. Tuttle
T. B. Palfrey
T. C. Frost
Henry L. Halff
Campbellton
Halff
Viljoen Delays Tr ip Toward Baja California
General B J Viljoen and about two hundred volunteers postpon e their movement toward Lower California due to a hitch in arrangements. He had been offered federal troops but refused them, preferring volunteers whom he believes are superior fighters.
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Juarez
Mexico
B. J. Viljoen
California
Francisco I. Maedro
Railroad president to inspect proposed Dallas route
W M Kenewick president of the Muskogee Oklahoma and Gulf railroad left Denison Texas for Dallas to inspect the lines proposed route from Denison to Dallas. Aston Rhea Mills and McKinney are on the prospective route.
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Associated Press
Denison
Tex
W. M. Kenewick
Muskogee, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Dallas
Aston
Rhea Mills
McKinney
Batello Obituary A San Antonio Barber Dies at 31
Batello, 31, died Friday at his home at the Colima and Colorado streets corner. A native of Mexico, he had lived in San Antonio 15 years and worked as a barber. He is survived by his wife. The funeral Sunday is under the Mexican Amigo Puebla society, of which he was a member, with burial at San Fernando Cemetery.
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Batello
Rogue Batello
Colima
Colorado Streets
Mexico
San Antonio
Barber
Mexican Amigo Puebla Society
San Fernando
Courage and presence of mind save man trapped by train
In Trinidad Colorado on June 17 William Watson was Run over by a Santa Fe train. His left leg was splintered just above the ankle. He bound the wound with a shoe string and stopped the bleeding, saving his life.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Colo
Wm. Watson
Santa Fe
Teachers Elected at Rockport
Rockport Texas board of trustees elected Lyman Brooks to fill the unexpired term of F H Crawford and re elected B M Sheldon as president and Ray Jackson as treasurer Brooks also selected secretary Teachers chosen include H O Norwood as principal and first assistant for primary grades Miss Carrie Evans Miss Willie James Miss Bessie Barrett and Miss Eth el Chadwick for the colored school Gracie Neal was named to teach there
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Rockport
Tex
Rockport Independent
Lyman Brooks
F. H. Crawford
B. M. Sheldon
Ray Jackson
H. O. Norwood
Norwood
Misses Carrie Evans
Willie James
Bessie Barrett
Ethel Chadwick
Gracie Neal
Seguin Launches City Clean-Up Campaign
Seguin, Tex. June 17. A general clean-up campaign begins with street cleaning and urging property owners to participate. Dr. M. B. Grace is named city health officer. The large water stand-pipe and other water connections were thoroughly cleaned yesterday.
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Seguin
Tex
M. B. Grace
San Benito Sugar Co. names officers for year
San Benito Texas stockholders of the San Benito Sugar Manufacturing Co. elect S. C. Cowgill as president and S. A. Robertson as first vice president and general manager. C. E. Barber becomes second vice president and secretary with W. B. Hinckley as treasurer. Capitalization is $150,000 with a sugar mill project costing $250.
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Lady Reader
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Sunt Es Telephone
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