Rotarians Gather for Fifth Annual International Meet in Houston
Thousands attend opening in Houston as Rotarians from the United States and foreign countries convene. Governor Colquitt and Mayor Campbell welcome delegates while officers from Kansas City to Toronto are listed among international leaders. Entertainment and shore dinner at Sylvan Beach highlight a lavish program with bands and quartets shaping this year’s gathering.
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Houston
Tex
Rotarians
City
Russell A. Greiner
Kansas City
Old Ironsides
Belfast
Texas
Buffalo
O. B. Colquitt
Campbell
Russell S. Greiner
Burton E. Pfeiffer
John KE. Shelby
Birmingham
Ala
Mack Olsen
Des Moines
W. A. Peace
Toronto
J. F. C. Menlove
Winnipeg
R.F. Chapin
Chicago
Chesley R. Perry
J. H. Conlon
Pittsburg
Herbert J. Hayes
San Antonio
Eugene G. McCan
New York
Ivrank L. Mulhollani
Toledo
Thomas H. Noonan
Stephenson
Colquitt
H. C. Schumacher
Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Cornell
B. B. Paddock
Fort Worth
International
John E. Shelby
Sylvan Beach
President Wilson faces fight over five federal reserve nominees
The Senate banking committee opened hearings on Wilson's five nominees to the federal reserve board with no action taken. Officials signal support for early confirmation and questions arise about Thomas D. Jones of Chicago owning a share in International Harvester. Paul M. Warburg joined the discussions as Jones may appear before the committee to explain his Harvester connections. Wilson intends Jones for governor of the board and remains confident in the slate despite anticipated resistance.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Bey
Jones
Mr. Jones
Small Gretna Fire Damages Distilling Plant Area
Fire in a small building near the Jefferson Distilling and Denaturing Co. plant at Gretna La. caused one large building to be reported burning in New Orleans. The small structure was destroyed but the loss was insignificant and no fire reached the main plant.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Distilling and Denaturing Company
Gretna
Weather forecast for San Antonio region
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for Monday night and Tuesday to be fair with clear skies and mild temperatures.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather snapshot for travelers across major cities
At 8 a m the report shows St Louis and Washington with no data. Chicago remains unavailable. Milwaukee records 60 with cloudy skies and a 4 mile northeast wind likely rain. low 66. St Paul 68 and cloudy with southeast wind, low 66. Kansas City 76 with rain and a 14 mile south wind. low 64. New York 66 and cloudy with a 10 mile northeast wind. Tuesday fair.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Boat proves death trap for passengers
In Syracuse on June 22 coroner Moore investigates the sinking of a canal boat after hitting a submerged object in Oswego canal. Twelve aboard eight children, three women, and two men died as curtains were buttoned to keep rain out. Owner Lewis Davier says life preservers were available but darkness prevented rescue. Two of Danner’s children are among the victims.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oswego Canal
Moore
Lewis Davier
Danner
Sheriff McAfee Trial For Assault To Murder Opens
Lee McAfee former Grayson county sheriff faces assault to murder charges at a special term of court in Sherman Texas. Claude Eatherly jailed with McAfee in connection with the November 2 1912 shooting of Sheriff Lee Simmon who survived. Pearl Worrester convicted and later paroled. Ex congressman C B Randell aids in prosecution as jury is being selected.
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Sherman
Tex
Grayson County
Lee McAfee
Texas
McAfee
Claude Eatherly
Lee Simmon
Simmons
Pearl Worrester
Fernwood Trust & Savings Bank Closes Doors
Fernwood Trust & Savings Bank, a small suburban lender with about $20 000 in deposits, closed today to go out of business. The bank was solvent but could not withstand a run triggered by recent failures in nearby banks linked to the Lorimer Munday network.
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Chicago
Fernwood Trust & Savings Bank
Lorimer-Munday
Savannah Girl Scout Receives Red Cross Life-Saving Award
Miss Doris Lippman of Savannah Georgia is awarded fifty dollars by the National Red Cross Society for heroically saving a man overcome by gas while digging a well. This marks the first award given to girl scouts by the society.
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Washington, D. C
Doris Lippman
Savannah Ga
National Red Cross Society
The Newspaper A Necessity
A national advertiser surveyed friends about their single publication choice. Every respondent said they could do without everything else but the newspaper. He applied this and now uses newspaper space heavily and plans to double his paper list next year due to business growth.
Bodies pulled from wrecked Hillcrest mine in Alberta
Rescue teams recovered 50 more bodies bringing total dead to 181 after explosions at Hillcrest Collieries No 20 in Hillcrest Alberta. Most victims burned beyond recognition. coroner adjourned inquest to July. gas explosion blamed.
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Hillcrest
Alta
Little Mountain Side
Hillcrest Collieries, Limited
Winnipeg
Small Schooner Ellison Foundered Off Gulf
The J O Ellison loaded with phosphate rock foundered June 15 in the Gulf. Crew of twelve rowed twenty four hours in small boats before being rescued by the Helen W Martin and later taken to New Orleans aboard the Antilles. Captain Thomas Lawrence commanded the Tampico bound vessel.
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New Orleans
J. R. Allison
Gulf
Antilles
J. O. Ellison
Tampico
Thomas Lawrence
Port Eads
Jennie Wilson
Ellison
Helen W. Martin
Wilson denounces mass telegrams on anti trust bill
President Wilson says he bears no quarrel with those who wish to express views on business conditions but criticizes systematic circulation of signed letters and telegrams to Congress as an artificial campaign. He seeks a square deal and open dealings, with communications to officials signed and forwarded.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Man to Die in Chair He Helped Build
Evansville Indiana June 22 Robert Collier a Negro sentenced to death for the murder of a postman will die in the electric chair Friday October 6 in the chair he helped install at Michigan City He was released from prison last February and had tuberculus tuberculosis He said I helped build the chair and I was the first man to sit in it after it was completed He goes to the chair happy as a bird with no sign of fear.
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Evansville
Ind
Robert Collier
Michigan City
Collier
Aviators Saved Near Toledo From Storm
Aviator Harry N. Atwood and his bride, believed drowned in Lake Erie while flying from Sandusky to Toledo, are safe at Bonona on the lake shore twelve miles east of Toledo. Atwood reported at 5 am that his airship was beaten down on a small island by the storm then he reached the mainland in an undamaged airboat and planned to proceed to Toledo today.
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Toledo
Ohio
Harry N. Atwood
Bride
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Bonona
Lake Shore
Atwood
Drowned Men Lost On Flooded Texas Road
Sam Woods of Matthews and Thomas Israel of Cedra drowned in a washed out stretch of a public road between Eagle Lake and Garwood. The Colorado River again overflowed, washing a 16 foot deep gap that swallowed their vehicle as they drove into the hazard yesterday afternoon.
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Eagle Lake
Tex
Sam Woods
Matthews
Thomas Israel
Cedra
Here
Garwood
Colorado
Trade Commission Bill Heads for Senate Action
The federal trade commission measure, amended in committee, faces Senate debate as part of the anti trust program. The bill mirrors the House version but broadens agency powers and covers unfair competition, foreign trade effects, and price control efforts. Differences remain over commission size and corporate coverage.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Newlands
House
Trade Commission
The
Supreme Court Upholds Poverty Vows In Benedictine Order
The Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit ruling that vows of poverty by Augustine Wirth, a Benedictine priest at Springfield Minnesota, were void. Wirth left more than 5000 from books he authored. his heirs, nephews and nieces, claimed the estate.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Eighth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Augustine Wirth
Order of St. Benedict
Springfield
Minn
Wirth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Echo Saves Steamer Isle of Mull Off Newfoundland
Captain Weeks of the British freighter Isle of Mull told how an echo from a fog horn helped avoid a collision with an iceberg off the Newfoundland banks. After midnights signals from another ship or the echo clarified danger, Weeks steered south to miss the iceberg.
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New York
Weeks
Isle of Mull
Lisbon
Newfoundland
Hammond Wins Democratic Nomination for Minnesota Governor
In Minnesota's statewide primary Congressman W. S. Hammond secured the Democratic nomination for governor by about 800 votes over Daniel W. Lawler. Corrected unofficial returns show less than 25 precincts missing and the forthcoming official canvass is not expected to alter the result enough to require a recount.
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Hammond
ST. Paul
Minn
W. S. Hammond
Minnesota
Daniel W. Lawler
Leased Wire Day Report Highlights Broad AP Coverage
The San Antonio Light presents the AP Leased Wire Day report as its primary daily news stream, supplemented by its own extensive local coverage. The combined service delivers a wide range of national and international events to readers with trusted reliability and emphasis on timely reporting.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
President backs sale of battleships to Greece
President Wilson said he supported the provision to sell the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. An envoy assured him the ships would not be used in any immediate war, and talks with Greek and Turkish officials were arranged to discuss the matter.
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Washington,d. C
Wilson
Inquirers
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
A. Vouros
Turkey
Tsouklas
Rustem Bey
White House
Dissolution Suit On New Haven Must Proceed
President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds agree the dissolution suit against the New Haven railroad should move forward unless Massachusetts lawmakers allow the holding company to sell Boston and Maine stock. If the legislature delays, the government would proceed with the Sherman act suit, with July 15 set as a pivotal date.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
McReynolds
New Haven Railroad
Massachusetts
Boston & Maine
Inquirers
Walsh
Department of Justice
Elliott
The
New Haven
Segregation of Boston and Maine Lines Likely
Boston, June 22. Legislation to separate the Boston and Maine and the New York New Haven Hartford rail system was deemed probable as the rules committee recommitted the issue to the railroad committee after a brief hearing.
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Boston
Mass
Boston & Maine
New York
New Haven
Hartford
State House
Committee On Rules
Committee On Railroads
Moropus Fossil Search Planned in Nebraska Field
The American Museum of Natural History will lead a expedition to the Agate field in Nebraska to find moropus specimens believed to date 1.5 million years ago. Albert Thompson will head the party, with prior seasons spent prospecting in the area. Nearby digs have yielded valuable fossils and a moropus skeleton now housed at the Carnegie Museum. Reconstructed moropus fossils suggest a rhinoceros body, horse head and neck, and armadillo-like claws.
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New York
Agate
Neb
American Museum of Natural History
Albert Thompson
Thompson
Carnegie Museum
Italian Youth Executed in Sing Sing Murder Case
Peter Rebacci a 19 year old Italian was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Tony Marro of White Plains. He had ties to a Black Hand murder syndicate in Westchester and had promised to expose the gang leading Governor Glynn to grant a six months reprieve after conviction.
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Ossining
N. Y
Peter Rebacci
Westchester County
Sing Sing Prison
Tony Marro
White Plains
Rebacci
Glynn
Yachts Reach Chicago After Lake Michigan Storm
United States Life Saving Crew reports all boats that ventured in yesterdays Lake Michigan storm are accounted for. The final arrivals were the Charlotte R carrying seven passengers and the Anama with three passengers arriving from Michigan City Ind.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
United States Life Saving Cresx
Michigan City
Ind
Charlotte R
Railroads Win Ont Eot Over Oil Land Rights
Supreme Court voided patent clauses that would revert oil lands to the government if minerals were found. It held the exception void for collateral attacks, confirming oil lands are mineral lands and that the government must sue directly to reclaim patents.
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Washington, D. C
Trans-continental Railways
Supreme Court
van Deventer
Burke
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Virginia
North Carolina
Nebraska
Georgia
Kentucky
Oregon
United States
Edmund Burke
California
Engineer to Retire at New York Central After 50 Years
Dennis J. Cassin, a New York Central engineer for fifty years without an accident, plans to retire at 70 due to electric engine encroachment. He would not switch to motorman for $1000 a week, noting his long service since 1861 and his history steering the Empire State Express with millions of passengers safely carried.
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New York
Dennis J. Cassin
New York Central
Cassin
Wool Growers to Get Refund Across West
Thousands of wool growers in Wyoming Utah Nevada Idaho Colorado New Mexico and Montana will receive refunds with interest after the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled rail freight rates on their clips to Eastern markets were excessive.
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Washington, D. C
West
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Colorado
New Mexico
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court Refuses Louisiana Sugar Tariff Challenge
The Supreme Court refused Louisiana’s request to stop the secretary of the treasury from granting a 20 percent preference to imported Cuban sugar under the Underwood tariff law. The action preserves the lower duties and maintains the tariff arrangement.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Llano County backs Judge Slater in congressional race
Llano residents express unanimous support for Judge M. D. Slater over incumbent Slayden. Myrick Johnson notes Slater’s liquor stance as anti but praises his honesty and efficiency. Slater’s backers plan a Johnson City picnic with possible speech by District Attorney Linden as reports signal growing county strength.
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M. D. Slator
Llano County
Congress
Myrick Johnson
Llano National Bank
San Antonio
Mr. Johnson
Slayden
Judge Slater
The
Hermann Sons
Slater
Johnson City
Blanco County
Linden
Mediation Sidelined as Pittsburg Strike Persists
In Pittsburg on June 22, Bridget Kenny of the Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union dismissed Washington mediation plans for the Westinghouse strike. About 4000 pickets surrounded the plants amid reports the company would wait for veteran workers to return, with union members noting no anger in their demands.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Bridget Kenny
Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union
Westinghouse
Inquiry Planned Into Bank Closures In Chicago
Chicago state attorney Maclay Hoyne to meet state bank examiner Daniel Harkin to review a report and open an inquiry into the closing of LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank and other Lorimer Munday chain banks. Harkin also focused on four affiliated state banks closed after LaSalle Street Bank suspension.
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Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Daniel V. Harkin
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Lorimer-Munday
Hoyne
Harkin
LaSalle Street Bank
President Wilson Seeks Senate Support for Colombian Nicaraguan Treaties
President Wilson says support in the Senate will come once the treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua are understood. Secretary Bryan returns to explain before the foreign relations committee amid opposition to a proposed 25 million dollar payment to Colombia and to parts of the Nicaragua agreement seen as strengthening the current government.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Bryan
Colombia
Mexican Rancher Dies After California Car Crash
Marcial Huerta Quintana a Guanajuato rancher and cattle raiser who came to escort his daughter and niece home from Pasadena died in a Los Angeles hospital after being run down Thursday night. He was said to be related to General Victoriana Huerta.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Marcial Huerta Quintana
Victoriana Huerta
Quintana
Guanajuato
Mexico
Pasadena
Pearls Recovered From Santa Fe Wreck Debris
A workman in San Bernardino recovers pearls from wreck debris believed part of a string lost in the Santa Fe limited wreck at Bagdad over a week ago. Total value of the gems lost is reported at $20,000.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe Limited
Bagdad
Veteran Railroad Builder Dies in London
Morgan Bransby Williams, a pivotal figure in early British railroad construction, died in London on June 22. Born in 1825 in Wales, he shaped many Italian railways and thousands of miles of Russian lines.
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London
Morgan Bransby Williams
British Isles
Wales
Aged Methodist Minister Dies in Sumner County
Nev. 8. M. Cherry, aged 79, longtime Southern Methodist minister, died yesterday in Sumner County Tennessee. He served as a Confederate chaplain during the Civil War.
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Nashville
Tenn
M. Cherry
Southern Methodist Church
Sumner County
Mexicans Seek Informal Conference on Mexico Peace
Niagara Falls Ont June 28 United States invites Carranza and Huerta envoys to informal talks to pacify Mexico. Mediators press both sides toward armistice while plans extend over several days and northern Mexico develops. Fernando Calderon leads Carranza delegation sailing from Saltillo to Washington Huerta delegates confirm government approval to negotiate with Constitutionalists.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
United States
Carranza
General Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Colina
Lamar
Ame
Fernando I. Calderon
Liberal Party
Saltillo
Washington
Opened Way to Conference Promised by New Constitutionalists
Washington reports three new Constitutionalista delegates arrive to aid informal talks with South American mediators at Niagara Falls. Calderon Breceda and Huertado Espenosa expected to join, possibly succeeding Rafael Zubaran. Jose Vasconcellos returns to New York then Washington as mediation continues.
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Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
Carranza
Villa
Fernando I. Calderon
Saltillo
Alfred Breceda
Leopold Huertado Espenosa
Congress
Madero
Calderon
Rafael Zubaran
Constitutionalista
Luis Cabrara
Washington
Jose Vasconcellos
New York
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