Mine Owner Assailed by Senate Mine Hearing Turmoil
Charleston June 17. The morning session of the Senate mine strike investigates broke up in disorder as Senator Martine of New Jersey and coal operator Quinn Morton nearly fought. The clash centered on Morton’s views after questions about firing a machine gun into a town.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Quinn Morton
C. C. Watts
J. W. Ashby
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
Ashby
Watts
United States
West Virginia
Swanson
Cabin Creek
Holly Grove
Morton
Vinson
Senator Martine
Judge Kittrell to continue on Sixteenth District bench
Houston June 17 Judge Norman G Kittrell named to continue on the bench of the Sixty first District Court due to illness of John Archer Read Read has taken oath but never presided over a term Read is at Asheville N C and expects to return in the fall to discharge duties
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Houston
Tex
Norman G. Kittrell
Sixty-first District Court
John Archer Read
Read
Asheville
N. C
Tax exemption for Rosen Library in Galveston
The attorney general’s department ruled in a Galveston county opinion that Rosen Library Association real estate in Galveston is exempt from taxation. The decision was issued from Austin on June 17.
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Austin, Tex
Attorney General's Department
Galveston County
Galveston
Rosen Library Association
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Unsettled shower chances linger tonight and Wednesday across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Patches of light rain possible with mild, variable winds and cooler overnight temperatures.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations report temperatures from 66 to 78 across cities including St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Winds vary west northwest northeast and southwest with fair conditions and chances of showers or rain in some areas.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukeee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Firefighting Dirt Saves Dixie Oil Plant From Blaze
Fire Chief Phil Wright says dirt used as a fire-fighting agent saved about $30,000 in property at the Dixie Oil and Refining Company plant near Frio City road. The fire began about 9 o clock and, after chemical extinguishers ran dry, dirt reduced damage to under $500 though flames lasted hours. Building and tanks were valued at $26,000 and oil at $4,500 with an estimated $500 further loss.
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Phil Wright
Dixie Oil and Refining Company
Frio City Road
Mayes Expected to Run for Texas Governor
Rep D H Reedy of Smith County says Lt Gov Will H Mayes plans to seek the Texas governorship in the next general election. Reedy notes strong letters from newspaper friends and others urging entry and that Mayes is near a decision. He is described as a pro but liberal in his views and chaired last session of the Senate with distinction.
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Austin
Tex
D. H. Reedy
Smith County
Will H. Mayes
Plague Outbreak Hits Jacmel Haiti Seaport
An epidemic of bubonic plague has broken out at Jacmel seaport near Port au Prince. Numerous cases have proved fatal as Jacmel is isolated by troops while the government acts to prevent further spread of the disease.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Jacmel
Sergeant Walsh Reaches St Paul During Post Tour
Sergeant John Walsh arrives in St Paul after a 1600 mile leg of a four thousand mile tour to visit army posts. He is testing army shoes and clothing and will depart for the Dakotas and Montana tomorrow.
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Walsh
St. Paul
St, Paul
Minn
John Walsh
War Department
Washington
Dakotas
Montana
Bulgaria Accepts De mobilization Proposal in Balkans
Vienna reports on June 17 that Bulgaria has accepted Serbia and Greece’s demobilization proposals with a condition for joint garrisons in disputed territory before demobilization. Bulgaria demands arbitration by the Russian emperor under pre Balkan War treaties.
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Bulgaria
Vienna
Servia
Greece
Neue Freie Presse
Suffragettes Plan March on National Capital
New York reports women suffragists will march to Washington from August 21, gathering from across the country. Mens' leagues for equal suffrage have agreed to join the pilgrimage and participate in the planned march despite summer heat.
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New York
Mens’ Leagues
San Antonio Tight Exclusive AP Leased Wire Day Report
The San Antonio Tight features the AP Leased Wire Day report, the world's largest general news service offering about 20,000 words daily. It notes The Light carries its own extensive special news coverage.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Iight
White House Frost as Wilson Opponents Wait
Washington June 17 Job-hunters senators and representatives opposing President Wilson in currency legislation at the extra session waited in a morgue like White House lobby. One congressman cursed the cold while others joked about cold feet as fans blew air across ice to cool the offices amid a heat wave.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Congress
Plans Set to Restore the Alamo This Summer
J B Nitschke, state inspector of masonry, says restoration work will begin Thursday as Governor Colquitt and architect Giesecke arrive to finalize plans. The project aims to complete before August 31 when the legislature's appropriation expires.
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Alamo
J. B. Nitschke
Mr. Nitschke
Austin
Colquitt
San Antonio
Giesecke
The
State University
Nitschke
Sculptor seeks Lincoln model in Kentucky
New York sculptor George Gray Barnard arriving in Kentucky to cast a statue of Abraham Lincoln may use Ben A. Lee of Lebanon as the living model. Lebanon’s Bernard Thompson reports Lee, 50, resembles Lincoln in form and feature and is known locally as Abe Lincoln. Thompson notes Lee is a farmer of Anglo-Saxon type with old-fashioned physical features.
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Louisville, Ky
George Gray Barnard
New York
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Ben A. Lee
Lebanon
Toh Ha
Bernard Thompson
Thompson
Aguinaldo’s Son In Kobe Consults With Japanese Leaders
Dispatches from Kobe report the arrival of Emilio Aguinaldo’s son in Kobe. He conferred with several Japanese officials and is said to be traveling to Tokio. His mission is believed by some to relate to the Philippine independence movement.
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Aguinaldo
Tokio
Kobe
Emilio Aguinaldo
Young Aguinaldo
Philippines
Aged Man Landers Found Dead Near Hale County Home
A 95 year old man known as Grandpa Landers was found dead at his Hale county prairie home with a rifle beside him. He was a pioneer resident of Stephens county who moved to Plainview about ten years ago.
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Plainview
Tex
Landers
Hale County
Stephens County
Wortham in Austin for state finances conference
Colonel Louis J. Wortham from Tarrant County and chairman of the House appropriations committee met the governor in Austin to discuss the state finances and the proposed general appropriation bill.
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Austin, Tex
Louis J. Wortham
Tarrant County
House
Subistence Officer Arrives for Second Texas Infantry Camp Mabry
Captain J. H. Zachary of Uvalde arrives as subsistence officer for the Second Texas Infantry en campment at Camp Mabry starting next Thursday to provide provisions for officers and men.
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Austin
Tex
Second Texas Infantry
Camp Mabry
J. H. Zachary
Uvalde
Stefansson Arctic Expedition Aims For Continent Maps Trade Routes
Dr Vilhjalmur Stefansson leads the Canadian government funded Arctic expedition aboard the Karluk with Captain Bartlett and an English crew. The voyage departs Nome for Beaufort Sea with aims to determine if a polar continent exists map eastern islands collect Arctic flora and fauna and survey minerals while seeking potential trade routes.
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Stefansson
Mackenzie River
Eréy
Coronation Gulf
Victoria Land
North Pole
Amundsen
Arctic
Nome
Greenland
Alaska
Bering Strait
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
Herschel Island
Beaufort Se
Prince Patrick Island
Karluk
Robert Bartlett
Peary
James Murray
W. T. McKinley
University of Glasgow
Geo. Malloch
Committee resumes pardon investigation at Rusk Texas
The Texas legislative panel tasked to review possible pardons for convicts will reopen in Rusk after finishing work in Huntsville and the surrounding farms. Representative Reedy of Smith county says the panel cannot finish as planned but will cover the key points and report to the Thirty third Legislature at the session starting July 21.
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Austin
Tex
Rusk
Reedy
Smith County
Huntsville
Women of Cook County Plan July Fourth Suffrage Rally
Chicago June 17 Women for Cook county will celebrate enfranchisement with an automobile fete and Mass meeting in Grant Park on July 4 The Equal Suffrage bill set to take effect July 1 would mark political freedom for Illinois women on Independence Day as urged by Illinois Equal Suffrage Association directors.
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Chicago
Ill
Cook County
Grant Park
Dunne
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Illinois
Mayor Urges Action On Paving Election
Mayor Brown called for an active campaign for a front foot street paving bond election set for June 10. The measure allows up to two thirds of paving costs to be assessed to benefited abutting property, with the rest covered by the city or by statute. Brown warns opposition may arise from voters who oppose any paving bond without proportionate local assessment.
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Brown
Supreme Court adjourns leaving 25 cases undecided
When the Supreme Court adjourned yesterday until October about twenty five important cases remained undecided. The Bucks Store and Range Company case involves Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Sirank Morrison of the AFL appealing a contempt ruling. Gompers has been ill and faces a month in jail if the sentence stands. Also pending are interstate rate cases for various regions and state laws on taxation and rail safety awaiting review.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Sirank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
District of Columbia Court
Bucks Store and Range Company
Gompers
Intermountain
Florida East Coast
Kentucky
Indiana
California
New York
Georgia
Vermont
Massachusetts
Globe Trotter at 91 Plans sixth world tour in 1915
New York dispatch reports Dr. J. M. Peebles of Los Angeles, aged 91, likely the oldest globe trotter. He is traveling home from London and plans a sixth around the world voyage in the fall of 1915 after recovering from tuberculosis in the West.
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New York
J. M. Peebles
Los Angeles
Cal
London
Representative Underwood Attends Virginia University Exercises
Representative Underwood of Alabama currently president of the UVA alumni travels to Charlottesville to address graduates on The Tendency of the Times. This marks his first brief pause from Congress since tariff revision debates began last winter. He plans to return Thursday.
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Washington, D. C
Underwood
Alabama
House
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Times
Friedmann Heads Home After Tuberculosis Cure Claim
Berlin physician Dr. Erich Friedmann, who claimed a tuberculosis cure, sailed for home from New York as his institute was closed and health officials had banned the vaccine. He did not say if he would return.
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New York
Friederich F. Friedmann
Berlin
Board of Health
Man Shot, Committed Suicide After Standoff Near Franklin
Ed ward Bartholomew was found dead in a shanty near Franklin, Pennsylvania, with his throat cut after a nightlong standoff with a posse. Earlier he had shot and killed Samuel Crowther following a quarrel, was wounded during the night battle, and fatally ended his life as the posse closed in.
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Franklin
Edward Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Samuel Crowther
Telephone Girls Strike in St Louis Bell Company
In St Louis on June 17 tele phone operators at the Southwestern Bell Company walked out after union negotiations were rejected. James Noonan, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, stated about 900 girls joined the strike.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Telegraph (Bell) Company
James Noonan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Militant suffragette leaders convicted in Britain
In London six leaders of the Women's Social and Political Union and one male supporter were found guilty of conspiracy to damage property. Defendants include Harriett Kerr Agnes Lake Rachel Barrett Beatrice Saunders Annie Kenney Laura Lennox and Edward Y Clayton. Annie Kenney urged readiness to die for the vote, declaring she would sacrifice life if necessary.
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London
Militant Suffragettes
Women's Social and Political Union
Harriett Kerr
Agnes Lake
Rachel Barrett
Beatrice Saunders
Annie Kenney
Laura Lennox
Edward Y. Clayton
British Isles
Miss Davison
Japanese visitors in Washington probe US sentiment on California land laws
Four prominent Japanese figures Dr Soyeda Kamiya Shima and Abeko arrive in Washington to assess American views on Japan relations and especially California land legislation. They carry no official mission but seek to gauge public feeling amid policy debates.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Japan
America
California
Soyeda
Kamiya
Shima
Abeko
San Francisco
Short Fall Kills Painter Hugo Walker in Philadelphia
On the anniversary of a 40 foot fall Hugo Walker 56 a painter died after dropping four feet yesterday in Philadelphia. He had escaped injury in prior 15 years of several 15 to 20 foot falls but fractured skull ribs and jaw in earlier accidents. While near the ladder bottom he tripped and broke his neck.
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Philadelphia
Hugo Walker
Walker
International Boot and Shoe Workers Union Opens Convention
The eleventh annual convention of the International Boot and Shoe Workers Union opened in Montreal with over 250 delegates from major boot and shoe centers in America attending. The event runs through Saturday.
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Montreal
International Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
America
Fort Worth to Welcome Colorado-to-Gulf Loggers
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce prepares a reception for loggers traveling Colorado to the gulf. They left Wichita Falls today and are due in Fort Worth early this week, with a stop planned in Mineral Wells.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Secretary Field Begins Thirtieth Year at Lodge No 148
Secretary Field marked his thirtieth year in office at Masonic Lodge No 148 after a re election last night. He also serves as secretary for other Masonic bodies in Fort Worth and once was city attorney, arriving in Fort Worth before the railroad era.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Field
Laymen's Association sessions draw Baptists from coast region
Baptists from across the coast country and many other areas arrived in Houston on June 17 to attend three days of Laymen's Association sessions. More than fifty counties are represented.
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Houston
Tex
Rains Persist Across Southwest Texas Weather Report
Major Allen Buell notes continued rain and showers across Southwest Texas with light totals at many stations. Reports show varying amounts from 01 inch in Austin to 1.10 inches at Longview and 4 inches at Alice per private advices as cloud cover and rain persist statewide.
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Allen Buell
Texas
Weather Bureau
Longview
Alice
San Antonio
Beeville
Corsicana
Cuero
Eastland
Hondo
Kerrville
Luling
Mexia
Weatherford
Waco
Austin
Kopperl
Longlake
Marble Falls
del Rio
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Houston
Palestine
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Bunker Hill Anniversary Observed With Midnight Speeches
Boston notes mark the 138th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown. Midnight speeches featured former President Roosevelt Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Treasurer Burke, with Roosevelt urging a strong navy and peace policy and vowing not to arbitrate national honor.
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Boston
Mass
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Roosevelt
Josephus Daniels
United States
John Burke
Sam
Navy
Uncle Sam
Profits by Decision in West Virginia Fare Case
Huntington West Virginia June 17 The Supreme Court upheld the two cent passenger fare law of West Virginia. John J Conway of Huntington collected thousands of 1 cent per mile rebate coupons from discarded tickets and now holds about 5100 in valid coupons.
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Huntington
W. Va
United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
John J. Conway
Conway
Cholera afflicts Bulgarian troops in Macedonia
Cholera spreads among Bulgarian troops in Macedonia with hundreds of cases in military hospitals and many deaths. Civil populations are affected. Muslim villagers under Serb control volunteer for Serb army service. Dispatches report Bulgarian troops from Tchataldia and Bulair plundered Muslim houses in Petrich and killed inhabitants.
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Saloniki
Macedonia
Petrich
Tchataldia
Bulair
Extension Sought for Katy Railway to Dittlinger Plant
H Dittlinger head of a large rock quarry and lime plant at Dittlinger near New Braunfels conferred with the railroad commission on a planned extension of the Katy Railway from New Braunfels to Dittlinger a distance of 3 1 2 miles The move would place the plant in competitive territory and single line rates could save about 15 cents a ton on all shipments
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Austin, Tex
Democratic candidates pledge to forgo treats in county primary
In Georgetown Kentucky 25 Democratic candidates for Scott County offices met and pledged not to treat or spend money to sway voters. They agreed to reconvene before the August primary, and anyone unable to oath to keeping the pledge would withdraw from the race.
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Georgetown
Scott
School enrollment in Taylor totals 1218 students
John F. O'Shea reports Taylor public schools enrolled 1218 pupils for the year, including 738 white children and 480 Negro students, to the state department of education.
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Taylor, Tex
John F. O'Shea
Taylor Public Schools
State Department of Education
Refugees Arrive in Galveston After Vera Cruz Tampico Relief
The steamer Mexicano docked in Galveston with 335 refugees from Vera Cruz and Tampico. Most are women and children, many scantily clothed, with stories of harsh treatment and looting. Red Cross aides will help them reach homes. most travel on to other states by night.
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Galveston
Tex
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Mexico
United States
Republic
Red Cross
New York
Washington
Americans urged to evacuate as refugees flee
British schooner M J Taylor carries refugees from Campeche while the US consul reportedly advised American women and children to leave Mexico. Thirty five Tampico refugees ride the Asian through quarantine. G Girmen dia family among those aboard. Girmendia is believed en route to Mexico to join rebels.
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Mobile
Ala
M. J. Taylor
Campeche
Mex
United States
Mexico
Tampico
Leyland Line
United States Marine Hospital
G. Girmendia
Cuba
Senor Girmendia
Yoakum Trades and Labor Council Organized
A Trades and Labor Council was organized in Yoakum Texas on Sunday with seven local unions. Elected officers include A H Steirley president J H Dawson vice president E W Dreysee financial secretary W C Tillery recording secretary A R Right treasurer Earnest Preston sentinel and trustees R J Sladek O Larson and A Hirsch. The charter will be held open for thirty days as Day will be celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
Trades and Labor Council
A. H. Steirley
J. H. Dawson
Dent
E. W. Dreysee
W. C. Tillery
A. R. Right
Earnest Preston
Sentinel
R. J. Sladek
O. Larson
A. Hirsch
Man Shot Accidentally Near Yoakum
Garner Copeland 21, brother of Mrs. J O Barnett of Yoakum, was accidentally shot by his 10 year old brother while fishing seven miles from Lexington Sunday afternoon. Doctors said the wound was a flesh wound in the abdomen.
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Yoakum
Tex
Garner Copeland
J. O. Barnett
Lexington
Rain Falls at Pearsall Texans Dunes
Rain measured nearly an inch in Pearsall Texas yesterday afternoon. The rainfall is expected to benefit the cotton crop though it arrives too late to aid a current damaged condition.
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Pearsall
Tex
Cormand
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Legislative Committee
Friedmann
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Admiralty
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Kenney
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