Atrocities Reported As Mexican Rebels Kill and Torture
El Paso dispatch details brutal killings and mutilations by rebels under Campa and Argumedo near Torreon. Americans describe fear of official channels and a ransom paid to halt an execution spree. Rebels plan mobile guerrilla bands as they face Huerta’s forces.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Velardena
Torreon
Mex
Campa and
Argumedo
Campa
American Smelting & Refining Company
American State Department
Chihuahua
Pascual Orozco
Durango
Blanquet
Zapatistas
Mexico
San Pedro
Morrillo
Red Cross
Huerta
Bachimba
Rivalry for Democratic Chairmanship at Baltimore Convention
Conservative wing nominates temporary chairman as Democratic National Convention opens in Baltimore. Bryan opposes the choice, labeling him reactionary and suggesting he could be the progressive candidate for the post.
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Baltimore
Bryan
Lone Bandit Holds Up Mail Clerks
A masked bandit boarded a moving I G N train near Longview Texas at 2 30 am and forced three mail clerks to surrender a mail pouch before fleeing. Police found tracks leading north from the scene as the train continued toward Texarkana.
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Lone Bandit
Longview
Tex
International & Great Northern
Bolivar Crossing
Texarkana
Texas & Pacific
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Surrounding Area
Cloudy showers are expected tonight or Tuesday in San Antonio and vicinity with possible light rain and overcast skies.
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San Antonio and
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 a.m. show St Louis 56 clear NE wind 4 mph with Tuesday fair and 64 as the low in last 24 hours. Chicago 68 clear SW wind 8 mph with Tuesday outlook 62. Milwaukee 66 clear S wind 6 mph with Tuesday fair and 62 low. Kansas City 66 clear N wind 8 mph increasing cloudiness Tuesday with 64 low. New York 72 W wind 6 mph cloudy with probable rain Tuesday and 68 low. Boston 74 clear W wind 12 mph possibly rain Tuesday with 64 low. Washington 66 cloudy N wind 4 mph and 60 low.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light as sole carrier of leased AP wire
Statement refutes any claim that the Associated Press wire carried into San Antonio by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light. The assertion is deemed unfounded and without basis.
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Associated Pree
San Antonio
Army announces three brigadiers and a major general
President Taft, after consultation with Secretary Stimson, announces promotions in the Army. Major General William W. Wotherspoon to command the Department of the Gulf at Atlanta, and Brigadier Generals Clarence R. Edwards George E. Chase and E. J. McClernand receive new appointments.
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Washington, D. C
Stimson
Taft
William W. Wotherspoon
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Clarence R. Edward
George E. Chase
E. J. McClernand
Infantry
War College
Washington
Barry
Military Academy
West Point
Eral Wotherspoon
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry
Edwards
Cavalry
George S’. Chase
The
Fifteenth Cavalry
Inspector General’s Department
Edward J. McClernand
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Adjutant’s General Department
First Cavalry
Labor leaders found guilty of contempt in Bucks Store case
In Washington DC on June 24 Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell were held guilty of contempt of court by the DC Supreme Court over the Bucks Stove and Range boycott. Sentences ranged from six months to one year with appeals planned to the US Supreme Court.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Gould
Buck’s Stove & Range Co
Boyecott
Wright
Democratic split narrows over Parker as temporary chair
Baltimore reports a compromise between Democratic factions over the temporary chairman role with Judge Alton B. Parker and William J. Bryan. A two-man committee seeks to avert floor fights at the convention. Bryan threatens a progressive bid if Parker is ratified. Bryan vows a fight on the convention floor if needed.
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Mack
Hall
Bryan
Parker
Baltimore
Democratic National Committee
Alton B. Parker
New York
William J. Bryan
Parke
P. L. Hall
Nebraska
Kiam J. Bryar
Friends of
National Committee
Committees Hall
Park
Kremer
Jerry Sullivan
Iowa
Mr. Bryan
Sullivan
Chaiman
North Carolina
Beckham
Kentucky
Kern
Indiana
Ollie James
James
Nat
Features of Democratic Platform Tariff and Reform
Informal talks outline main planks for the Democratic platform. Tariff aims to reduce duties toward a revenue basis and lower prices for necessities. Other planks call for antitrust enforcement, Pujo committee actions, direct senatorial elections, anti injunction bills, and jury trial in direct contempt cases.
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Aldrich National Monetary Commission
Congress
Money Trust
National House of Representatives
United States
House of Representatives
Judge Hawkins Goesorth Leaves for North Texas
Judge William E. Hawkins former assistant attorney general now of Brownsville has spent several days in Austin on legal business and has departed for North Texas to stay for several days.
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Hawkins Goesorth
Austin
Tex
William E. Hawkins
Brownsville
North Texas
Fragmentary Page Notes Reveal More Column Entries
Continued on page two three and four image shows column headings and partial captions with unclear details. Readable fragments include scattered names and locations but lack complete context or events for a clear summary.
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Amerigand
Democrats
Wotherspoon
Edwards, Chase and McClernand
Chase
Clarence R, Edwards
LABOR
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell
Bulletin
Colzanns
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