City Engineer Pancoast May Be Reappointed Monday
San Antonio debates the renewal of A C Pancoast as city engineer at Monday city council, amid vote fears on a bond issue. Supporters cite experience in sewer systems and county road work, while critics point to street defects and paving issues as warranting change.
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Citizens’ League Party
Clinton G. Brown
A. C. Pancoast
Callaghan
Jones
Citizens’ League
City Engineers’ Department
Pancoast
Brown
San Antonio
East Commerce Street
San Pedro Avenue
River Avenue
South Alamo Street
National Reputaton
Ron
Home Weather For Tourists Observations From Several Cities
Observations at common morning hour show varied conditions. St Louis 80 clear with southwest wind 12 miles per hour and cooler trend. Chicago 60 rain northwest wind 8 miles per hour and cooler. Milwaukee 60 cloudy northwest wind 12 miles per hour and cooler. St Paul 66 clear with northeast wind 8 miles per hour and rain. Kansas City 76 partly cloudy southwest wind 10 miles per hour and cooler. New York 68 raining with west wind 12 miles per hour and rain Sunday. Boston 60 raining with north wind 6 miles per hour and rain Sunday. Washington 72 cloudy with north wind 4 miles per hour and rain hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Japanese Naturalization Rates Taint Hawaii Census Findings
Washington June 21 More than half Hawaii population is Japanese Chinese and Korean. Among Japanese males 21 plus only eleven of 41 718 became naturalized. Foreign born 21 plus 91 9 percent Chinese Japanese Koreans. Overwhelming language barrier with 81 2 percent Koreans and 79 percent Japanese cannot speak English. Occupation and home ownership not included.
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Ashington
D. C
Hawaii
Divorce Denied in Chicago Over Forgeries Case
A jury in Judge Petit's court refused to grant Mrs. Jessie R VanVlissingen a divorce from Peter VanVlissingen who is serving a prison term for mortgage forgeries totaling over half a million dollars. The suit claimed her husband was a felon and she profited from his crimes. The defense said she knew of his misdeeds before marriage and was his former stenographer.
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Chicago
Jessie R. VanVlissingen
Oil hearing adjourns in Dallas. Beaumont set to resume
Dallas hearings on a 99 million dollar oil penalty and ouster suit adjourned yesterday and will resume in Beaumont on June 23. As the session ended the state opened a probe into prices charged by Lone Star Gas Company, a Fort Worth firm supplying natural gas to several Texas cities, but the inquiry was halted by the defense asserting Lone Star is not a party to the suit.
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Dallas
Tex
Beaumont
Richard G. Maury
Lone Star Gas Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Lone Star
Arkansas statehouse to be renovated into a white house
The historic Arkansas statehouse in Little Rock will be renovated and painted white after a movement to sell it for at least 365000 was defeated in the legislature. The building had escaped sale during the last session and will be repurposed as a ceremonial government center.
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Statehouse
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Statehouse
Edward Tilden to Stage Free Circus for Delevan Children
Chicago millionaire Edward Til den plans a $10,000 circus at Lake Delevan Wisconsin for all children within walking or riding distance. More than 2000 youngsters are expected as a dream born 25 years ago when he left Delevan to seek his fortune in Chicago finally comes true with entertainers and a special carload from Chicago.
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Chicago
Edward Tilden
Packer
Tilden
Lake Delevan
Wis
Delevan
No Ticket No Seat As Wilson Currency Message Read
In Washington on June 21 officials plan strict access to the House for President Wilson s currency message with each senator and representative limited to one gallery ticket. Cabinet members and diplomats are expected on the floor and crowded galleries again.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Missing Corpus Christi Girl A Mystery Says Police
Mary Olsov Sky, 12, vanished from her parents home in Corpus Christi after dinner on Friday. Police and Sheriff Wright’s deputies conducted a 24 hour search with scores of citizens but found no clue. The family recently moved from Kingsville and changed houses within the city. Foul play is feared.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mary Olsovsky
Wright
Kingsville
Hill
Williams Street
Mary
Wounded in Moros disarmament on Jolo Island
Brigadier General Pershing reported to the War Department that in the Moros disarmament on Jolo Island fourteen were killed and 15 American soldiers wounded, including one officer. Of the wounded, Private John Watlala of Company N Eighth Infantry is in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the left lung. The Philippine Scout Fifty-first Company saw ten men wounded.
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Washington, D
Pershing
War Department
Jolo Island
Philippines
John Watlala
Company N
Eighth Infantry
Philippine Scouts
Congressman Henry C. Jones Dies in Florence at 94
Judge Henry C. Jones, 94, last surviving Confederate Congress member, died today at his son’s Florence, Alabama residence. He had long served in Birmingham and contributed to Confederate governance. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry C. Jones
Confederate Congress
Florence
Sugar Is Lone Exception as Meat Prices Rise in 1913
The Bureau of Labor figures show sugar as the sole staple with a price drop on Feb 15 1913 across major cities while most foods including bacon steak pork and eggs show double digit increases from the 1890s baseline. Dallas registers declines for several items and several cities show varied gains and losses across meat dairy and grains.
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Washington
D. C
Bureau of Labor
Continental
United States
Boston
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
Kansas City
New Orleans
Denver
Dallas
San Francisco
Seattle
Texan Honored as Vice President of Dairy and Drug Officials
A wire from T. S. Johnson and Commissioner J. S. Abbott announced Texas was honored in Mobile Alabama. Dr Abbott was named vice president of the Association of American Dairy and Drug Officials during the organization's meeting.
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Austin
Tex
Pure Food and Drug Department
T. S. Johnson
J.S. Abbott
Association of American Dairy and Drug Officials
Mobile
Ala
Texas
Dr. Abbott
Engineer in Wreck Haunts Victim After Stamford Crash
Charles G. Doherty, engineer of the locomotive that struck the Skylark at Stamford, declares he is through with railroading. He says he would not run an engine again for any amount, and recalls seeing a gray haired woman at the wreck, feeling as if struck by a hammer from inside. He vows to find another line of work to forget railroading.
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New York
Charles G. Doherty
Stamford
Doherty
Child Paralyzed in Poison Crayon Illness
In Atlanta a 7 year old girl Mary Tribble remains paralyzed and unconscious after eating colored crayons. Doctors link the coloring matter to a probable poison and believe recovery is unlikely. The child has been confined to her East Atlanta home for two weeks as physicians assess the case.
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Atlanta
Mary Tribble
Katy to Build 90 Mile Link to Freeport Sugarland Route
Houston June 21 official confirmation pending but report says M K T Railroad will use Sugarland Railroad as main tie to tide water. Katy plans 23 miles of track from Brookshire to Harlem Sugar Mill linking with Sugarland creating a 90 mile branch to Freeport with over 100 million pounds of agricultural freight annually.
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Houston, Tex
Sugarland Railroad
Bnew
Gulf of Mexico
Freeport
Brazos River
Velasco
Katy
Brookshire
Houston
Harlem Sugar Mill
Hail Causes Major Crop Damage in Northern Florida and Georgia
Damage estimated at half a million dollars from a hailstorm after a Wednesday tornado in Gadsden and adjacent counties across Northern Florida and Southern Georgia. Tobacco suffered the heaviest losses as plants were ripped and beaten into the ground.
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Quincy
Fla
Gadsden
Florida
Georgia
New Laws Take Effect in Missouri Monday
Kansas City June 21 nearly 200 laws passed by the last legislature become effective Monday in Missouri. The Orr anti trust law regulating fire insurance companies drew the most attention prompting about 150 insurers to suspend writing business across the state. Lawyers plan to seek a Supreme Court ruling that the bill is unconstitutional.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Orr
Supreme Court
World Baraca Philathea Union Opens seventeenh Annual Convention
Nashville opens the seventeenth annual Baraca-Philathea Union convention at the state capitol tonight. About 1200 young people from many states plus Canada and Mexico are expected. Macon Georgia and Waco Texas bid for the 1914 meeting with large delegations anticipated. The convention runs through Wednesday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Baraca-Philathea Union
State Capitol
Canada
Mexico
Macon
Waco
Tex
Widow 87 Found Dead in Waco Home
WACO Tex June 21 Mrs Rachel Howell 87 was found dead in bed this morning. She had been in poor health for years. Her sisters include Mrs T E Ferguson of Houston and Mrs J C Dillard wife of the former Waco freight bureau traffic manager.
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Waco, Tex
Rachael Howell
T. E. Ferguson
Houston
Decedent
J. C. Dillard
Waco Freight Bureau
Army Aviators to Hawaii for July Departure
Three army officers Lieutenants Brereton Gieger and Godier fifteen mechanicians and four biplanes will depart San Diego for Honolulu July 5. The move was announced at the army aviation school on North Island with War Department orders expected daily.
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Hawaii
San Diego
Cal
Army
Brereton
Gieger
Godier
Honolulu
Army Aviation School
North Island
War Department
Plainview Boy Drowned in Tank Accident
Plainview Texas June 21 Merlin seven year old son of E F Winn drowned while in a tank near here yesterday. The boy played near the tank when he fell in and could not be rescued. Authorities investigated the mishap and prepared the case for the coroner.
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Plainview
Tex
Merlin
EF. E. Winn
The Light Adds New News Services Here
The Light newspaper expands its offerings with a large special news service alongside the Associated Press leased wire daily report. This new setup enhances coverage from top general news sources and boosts overall reporting depth.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Federal commander arrival fuels hopes of railway opening
News from Mexico City reports Gen Joaquin Tellez arriving at Nuevo Laredo boosting government supporters who expect early traffic on the National Railway and potential U.S. recognition. Army units march north as battles with rebels continue near Lampazos and Venegas with fresh forces readied for action at Matamoros.
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Mexico City
Joaquin Tellez
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Aurelio Blanhquet
Monterey
Golondrinas
San Luis Potosi
Vanegas
Saltillo
Coahuila
Gustavo Maas
Venegas
Villa
Battle in Ortiz near Guaymas in Mexican Civil War
June 21 report from Sonora says Federal forces under Ojeda clash with Obregonists in Ortiz, 45 miles north of Guaymas, for two days. The fight stalls and federal numbers around 4000 face 5000 Constitutionalist troops. Ortiz streets witness close combat and a retreat toward Hermosillo.
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Ortiz
Guaymas
Del Valle to Visit Conflagration Areas in Mexico
Los Angeles lawyer R F Del Valle named by President Wilson to investigate Mexican conditions. After two days in El Paso and Juarez he heads to San Antonio to meet refugees and business representatives and then to Piedras Negras for a conference with Venustiano Carranza. He plans to go to New Orleans Vera Cruz and Mexico City for talks with Huerta.
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EL Paso
Tex
R. F. del Valle
Los Angeles
Wilson
Mexico
Juarez
San Antonio
Republic
Ciudad Porfirio
Tellez Arrives With 1500 Federals at Nuevo Laredo
Gen Joaquin Tellez said his 1500 Federal soldiers reached Nuevo Laredo after a hard trip from Monterey with eight engagements against Carranzistas. He reported about 200 rebels killed and a similar number wounded, while Federal losses remained under ten.
Ex-police Captain Walsh Dies in Harlem
Thomas W. Walsh former police captain who confessed to grafting and helped convict Inspector Murtha Thompson Hussey and Sweeney died at his Harlem home. Ill for months his fear of death prompted the confession though he later rallied briefly to testify at graft trials before dying.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Washington officials prepare for McAdoo McCormick wedding trip
Official Washington gears up to attend the June 21 Baltimore wedding of Francis H. McAdoo and Miss Ethel McCormick. President Wilson Secretary Bryan and others will ride a special chartered car to the ceremony and return the same night.
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Washington, Inc
Washington Today
Baltimore
Francis H. McAdoo
Painting worth $200000 claimed by owner
A Melbourne sourced painting recently sold for 56 cents is en route to the National Gallery in London for confirmation of its claimed value of $200,000 or more. Melbourne experts say a cablegram declares the canvas a genuine Rubens. The work belongs to Dr. A. J. Summers of Australia who bought it from a local vendor for $250.
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Vancouver
B.C
National Gallery
London
Melbourne
Australia
Reubens
A. J. Summers
Wreck Responsibility Fixed
An official inquiry into the May 19 wreck near Kouns Station on the International and Great Northern Railway finds the engineer and conductor responsible. Fireman Chris Beek died and several passengers were injured.
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Austin
Tex
Kouns Station
International & Great Northern Railway
Chris Beek
Interstate Commerce Commission Probes Rail Freight Rates
The ICC opened an inquiry on its own motion into fifty two eastern railroads seeking higher freight rates. It rejected the carriers request to reopen the prior two year old advance rate case. Hearings for railroads and shippers are set for this fall.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Suffragette Leader Released After Hunger Strike Ill Health
London reports the release of Laura Geraldine Lennox, former editor of the Suffragette, due to ill health from a hunger strike. Lennox had been sentenced to six months in prison by the central criminal court on June 17 for conspiring to damage property.
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London
Laura Geraldine Lennox
The
Central Criminal Court
Panama Jurist Facundo Mutis Durán Dies
Panamas jurist Facundo Mutis Durán died today. He served as Panama governor at secession from Colombia and was the first chief justice of the supreme court and time secretary of foreign relations.
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Panama
Facundo Mutis Duran
Colombia
Supreme Court
Bralley Addresses Summer School Crowd on Educational Progress
F M Bralley Austin superintendent of education spoke at Southwest Texas State Normal to 78 summer school students and town citizens about Educational Progress and school amendments on July 19.
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Bralley
San Marcos
Tex
F. M. Bralley
Austin
Southwest Texas State Normal
City Health Officer Orders Close of 15 Springs
In Little Rock, City Health Officer Q K Judd ordered 15 of 20 natural springs closed due to poisonous gases and bacteria in the waters. The springs had been longstanding sources for local residents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Q. K. Judd
Governor Colquitt Backs Constitutional Amendments for Bonds
A large audience at Wooldridge Park heard Governor Colquitt urge approval of amendments authorizing issuance of bonds for the university penitentiary and public warehouse projects.
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Austin
Tex
Wooldridge Park
Colquitt
Bulgarian Push Expected Against Servians and Greeks
Austrian papers report Bulgarian troops poised to attack along the Vardar in Macedonia. Servians concentrate on the river’s right bank while Greek and Servian forces coordinate. Montenegrin brigades advance to join the front as left-bank Bulgarians hold territory up to the gulf of Saloniki.
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Vienna
Vardar
Macedonia
Montengrins
Gulf of Saloniki
Health probe demands update on Scutari corpses
In Vienna on June 2 an inquiry to the Austrian government sought details of health conditions at Scutari. It charged that semi decomposed and half mummified Turkish soldiers lay unburied near the fortress, targeting Vice Admiral Cecil Burney who leads the international Scutari force.
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Vienna
Scutari
Cecil Burney
Servian Reply On Bulgarian Demobilization Proposals
The Servian minister in Sofia delivered the Servian government’s reply to the Bulgarian note rejecting demobilization proposals. The exchange occurred as tensions over demobilization were addressed in Sofia on June 21.
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Servia
Sofia
Earthquake in Bulgaria Devastates Towns of Tirnova and Gornia-Oro hovitza
Reports from Sofia June 21 indicate hundreds killed in Tirnova and Gornia-Oro hovitza as buildings collapse and shocks continue. Destruction observed in the affected Bulgarian towns.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Betehare
Tirnova
Gornia-Orohovitza
Explosion Threatens Canal Embankment in Yardley
June 21 report from Yardley Worcestershire describes an attempt to damage a canal embankment with gunpowder. A nearby suffragette pamphlet was found. the blast nearly breached the bank and could have released floodwater causing loss of life downstream.
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London
Yardley
Worcestershire
Rooster Crown Declared Nuisance by Court
In Philadelphia on June 21 Judge McMichael of Common Pleas Court ruled a noisy rooster nuisance. The suit argues urban residents should sleep in peace and suggests keeping poultry in the country.
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Philadelphia
McMicahel Common Pleas Court
Writer Guilty of Man Slaughter in Bridgewater Killing
Plymouth mass writer David J Farnsworth a Chicago based magazine writer was found guilty of man slaughter for the shooting of TK Hagan at Bridgewater on the 16th. The government argued Hagan was not on Farnsworths property and was simply exercising his dogs on the highway when mistaken for a chicken thief.
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Plymouth
Mass
David J. Farnsworth
Chicago
TK Hagan
Bridgewater
Gov
Hagan
Farnsworth
Bralley Announces State Summer Normal Examiner Appointments
Professor F M Bralley state superintendent of public instruction will appoint the state summer normal examiners within days. He has received about 300 applications from across the state, with an expected 250 members to be chosen. The process will take about two months and involves teachers in the schools.
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Austin
Tex
F. M. Bralley
Erse
Appoin
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