Armored Trains Taken by Obregon Forces
Sonora troops capture four armored trains and supplies from Ojeda's federal column after taking Ortiz. Federal forces hemmed in by Obregonistas. Pesqueira vows aero reconnaissance over Santa Rosa and San Leandro. Seizure of absentee unfriendly property planned. millions in Sonora realty at stake as Diaz supporters seek refuge abroad.
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Ariz
Ortiz
Sonora
Ojeda
Guaymas
Pesquiera
Constitutionalist
Obregon
Pesqueira
Hermosillo
Vicher Masson
Santa Rosa
San Leandro
Roberto Pesqueira
United States
Europe
Mexico
El Paso Pleads for Troops as Rebels Mass for Juarez Attack
Urgent telegrams from El Paso citizens urge Senators Sheppard Culberson and Rep Smith to pressure the War Department for more troops to shield El Paso from a potential Juarez assault. About 700 soldiers exist along Fort Bliss and the Rio Grande with limited artillery and signal units. Rebels under Villa and Talamantes are reported advancing toward Juarez, with extra columns forming near Palomas and Agua Prieta.
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EL Paso
Tex
Morris Sheppard
C. A. Culberson
W. R. Smith
War Department
Juarez
Fort Bliss
Rio Grande
Seconda
Thirteenth Cavalry
Signal Corps
Porfirio Talamantes
Sonora
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
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Villa
Talamantes
Toribio Ortega
Juan Dozal
Dozal
Santa Rosalia
United States Army
Douglas
Ariz
Diplomats Return to Capital After Michoacan Escape
Three foreign diplomatic representatives believed isolated in Michoacan have arrived in Mexico City. The party escaped danger and reached the capital, where officials confirmed their safety. The incident highlights regional instability and the diplomats are cooperating with authorities.
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Mexico City
Michoacan
San Antonio Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday
Tonight and Friday fair for San Antonio and vicinity. Temperatures mild with clear skies and light winds. No precipitation expected. Highs near the upper 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows in the 60s.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists In Major Cities
Observations from various cities report temperatures ranging from 58 in Boston to 76 in Kansas City. Fr iday forecast calls for rain in some locations with fair conditions expected elsewhere. Winds vary from southeast to southwest, with cloud cover noted in many cities.
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Chicago
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ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Agid Mother Left Destitute and Alone on Rattlesnake Hill
The Associated Charities reported a 70 year old mother of sixteen, eight living, found in a tumbled shack on Rattlesnake Hill. Her husband, 86, left for work elsewhere for meals. children spread across states and ages, with no recent contact. She lives in neglect after 39 years in the city.
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Mme
Associated Charities
Rattlesnake Hill
Senator Draws Revolver in Senate Confrontation
In Lisbon on June 26 Senator Arthur Costa brother of the premier moved toward Jose de Freitas after an exchange. De Freitas drew a revolver and aimed at Costa before fellow senators tackled him and disarmed him.
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Lisbon
Senate
Arthur Costa
Jose de Freitas
de Freitas
Costa
Richest Woman in Chile Dies in Santiago
Dona Juana Rorigia de Edwards, regarded as Chile’s wealthiest woman and noted philanthropist, died yesterday in Santiago. The report highlights her influence and charitable work.
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Chile
Santiago
Johnson Named For Austin Post Office
President Wilson announced a series of nominations including Jefferson Johnson for postmaster of Austin Texas and several diplomatic and commission roles. The selections include ministers to Norway Peru and other postings, plus appointments to the District of Columbia commission and immigration office.
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Johnson Named
Austin
Fire blamed on delayed alarm for new Carson Street blaze
Miss Edna Hamner and Mrs. G. C. Ramsey say central failed to answer within five minutes at 8304 Crockett after a two story unoccupied house at Carson and Willow burned. Fire Chief Wright will push a rigid probe with telephone officials. The $3500 structure by F A Wilson for W L and C Daniel was a total loss and may have been incendiary.
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Carson Street
Central
Atention
Wright
Carson and
Willow Streets
Hamner
Crockett
G. C. Ramsey
F. A. Wilson
W. L. and
C. &. Daniel
Deaf couple wed in quiet Alamo Hotel ceremony
Louis Jacoby of Crystal City and Cecilia Mahon of St Louis were married at the Alamo Hotel in a writ ing ceremony conducted by Rev. D Emery Hawk of Travis Park Methodist Church. Both bride and groom are deaf and dumb and met five years ago in St Louis.
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Alamo Hotel
Louis Jacoby
Crystal City
Cecilia Mahon
St. Louis
D. Emery Hawk
Travis Park Methodist Church
Jacoby
Texas city police chiefs pick San Antonio as next meeting site
The Texas city marshals and chiefs of police convention completed its work in Galveston on June 26 by selecting San Antonio as the next gathering location and electing W. L. Sallis of Brenham as president W. S. Knight of Corsicana as first vice president and E. W. Newby of Fort Worth as secretary and treasurer elected for life.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas City
San Antonio
W. L. Sallis
Brenham
W. S. Knight
Corsicana
E. W. Newby
Fort Worth
Wilson chooses Kansas City man for Industrial Commission chair
Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City Missouri is expected to be named by President Wilson as chairman of the Industrial Commission to study capital and labor relations. Mrs James Borden Harriman has already been selected for a board seat.
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Wilson
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Frank P. Walsh
Industrie! Commission
James Borden Harriman
James W. Girard
New York
Germany
Publicity Push Blocked by House Quorum Absence
Representative Kahn's push to have Congress dig into why the attorney general ordered delays in the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases and Western Fuel prosecutions failed in the House judiciary committee for lack of a quorum. Webb challenged the secretary’s explanation while Kahn urged public release of pertinent correspondence and agreed to a narrowed amendment.
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Washington, D. C
Kahn
Congress
Diggs-Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
San Francisco
House Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Representative Webb
Mr. Kahn
Mr. Webb
McNab
Federal investigator Herrington suspended in Washington
Clayton Herrington, a federal investigator in white slave cases for the Justice Department, was suspended from duty on an order signed by A B Bielaski. The action cites telegrams reflecting on Attorney General McReynolds and notes Herrington’s call for McReynolds' dismissal while praising the president’s stance on trials.
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San Francisco
Cal
Clayton Herrington
United States Department of Justice
Wilson
McReynolds
Washington
A. B. Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
McNab
San Antonio School Census Estimates Short of Last Year
The year end scholastic census for San Antonio is about complete and likely will be filed at the school board office tomorrow afternoon. It shows an estimated 20 795 pupils, down 216 from last year’s 21 011. Census takers faced many obstacles as unofficial counters preempted effort and parents denied information, claiming the census had been taken.
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School Board
San Antonio
Walter Hines Page to Rent Duke of Manchester Residence
Walter Hines Page has reportedly secured negotiations to rent the Duke of Manchester’s town house at 5 Grosvenor Square London for about 20000 dollars yearly with a purchase option. The property has been on the market two years and lies in the same square as the Japanese and Italian embassies.
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London
Walter Hines Page
America
Duke of Manchester
Grosvenor Square
Dunne Signs Suffrage Bill in Illinois
Springfield June 26 Governor Dunne signed the woman suffrage bill granting Illinois women of legal age the right to vote for all statutory offices Opponents say it will be tested in the courts.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Leased Wire Day Report Details For The Light
The San Antonio Light uses the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as its primary news source, supplemented by its own extensive special news service. The AP provides about 20,000 words daily for broad coverage.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Technical points decide winners in Light's ad contest
The Light's advertisement contest honored technical accuracy beyond mere correctness of firm name. Contestants were judged on exact firm name spelling telephone numbers placement in the ad and other details. The top prize a Corpus Christi trip with hotel meals went to the most technically correct entry.
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Corpus Christi
Tut Tut Says Wilson as Denaturalized Expression
Washington June 26 President Wilson introduces a bold verbal outburst replacing Roosevelts exclamations with tut tut in administration circles The source notes the expression is spoken with emphasis and earnest feeling and cites Robert Emmett Taylor a 14 year old Washington Country Club caddy as the narrator Taylor also says he regards Wilson as the greatest man in the world while offering no comment on the president’s golf form.
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Roosevelt
Godfrey
Robert Emmett Taylor
Washington Country Club
Young Taylor
Mr. Wilson
Insurance groups defer Texas action on new fire law
P. P. Tucker of the Texas fire insurance companies says they will wait to act until the July 1 enactment of a new fire insurance law. He notes the new fire commission will wield strong authority and may outshine other state bodies.
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Tex
P. P. Tucker
Fire Insurance Company
Managers of Texas
King
Texas
Tucker
Fire Commission
10 000 Men May Strike In Kansas City Conflict
Agreement by representatives of 117 Kansas City trades unions to call a general strike was reached to aid the building trades council in the lockout of about 400 members. A vote on action is planned for tomorrow night, with about 10 000 workers potentially involved.
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Building Trades Council
Industrial Council
Campaign Work Postponed For July Return
Washington June 26 plans for the mid presidential campaign will not be formulated by the Democratic and Republican national committees until after July 4 when lawmakers return from holiday. Chairman Doremus of the Democratic committee left today for Michigan and will resume work on his return in July.
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Democratic
Republican
Doremus
Democratic Committee
Michigan
Ministry May Resign After Dutch Election Results
Amsterdam dispatch reports the second chamber election produced 30 liberals 7 democrats 19 social democrats 20 clericals and 25 Roman Catholics. The Catholic clerical coalition lost its majority leaving a 10 seat minority and prompting expectation of a ministry resignation.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Irish farmer wins $500 in Titanic disaster suit
London June 26 The King's Bench Court awarded Thomas Ryan of Ireland $500 for the loss of his son in the Titanic disaster. The award, agreed upon, matches similar findings in two other cases against the White Star Steamship Company.
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London
King's Bench Court
Thomas Ryan
White Star Steamship Company
Ryan
Midland man reports heavy rains aid panhandle crops
John B. Howard of Midland said the Panhandle region has had heavy rains and prospects favor a large cotton and grain crop. He noted cotton is slightly behind last year.
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Austin
Tex
John B. Howard
Midland
Executive Department
Panhandle
Home De Luxe for Cats Planned by Mrs Harmon
Mrs Clifford B Harmon daughter of Commodore Benedict plans a cat home in Greenwich Connecticut with an appropriation of 15000 dollars. The cattery covers more than two acres and features 18 rooms and 19 cat runs for 28 cats and 24 kittens.
Suffragette Harriet Kerr Released From Prison
London reports Miss Harriet Kerr the last militant suffragette jailed for conspiracy on June 17 was freed yesterday after serving time and suffering the effects of a hunger strike.
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London
Harriet Kerr
Iowa judge blasts espionage probes of federal judges
U.S. Judge Emory Speer of Georgia warns at the Iowa Bar session that the Department of Justice probes of judges are intolerable. He condemns examiners empowered to question a judge and questions constitutional authority and the independence of the judiciary.
Speer Under Investigation in Macon Ga
The attack on Federal Judge Emery Speer of Georgia during a speech at the Iowa Bar Association in Sioux City is linked to a Justice Department probe. R. C. Lewis, DOJ special investigator, and several examiners have spent three weeks in Macon examining Judge Speer’s official actions.
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Senate
Department of Justice
Macon
Emery Speer
Georgia
Iowa Bar Association
Sioux City
McReynolds
United States District Court
Pitched Ball Fatal in Texarkana Baseball Game
Guy Moore of Dekalb Texas a prominent local farmer died after being struck on the right temple by a pitched ball in a Texarkana baseball game He was unconscious briefly then played on He died next morning survived by a widow and infant child visiting in Austin He was 30 years old.
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Texarkana
Tex
Guy Moore
Dekalb
Moore
Austin
No Full Holiday July 5 Declined by President
Half-masted flags over the government building did not symbolize the gloom felt by thousands of government clerks and employees when they learned President Wilson had declined to grant a full holiday on July 5.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
1000 Miners Strike Halts Work at Cabin Creek Mines
Charleston dispatch reports 1000 mine workers at Acme and Rayford refusing to return to work with no molestation of resisters. United Mine Workers officials failed to reverse the action as New River operators seek delay on a general strike planned for July 1 while Governor Hatfield negotiates.
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W. Va
Cabin Creek
United Mine Workers
Acme
Rayford
Cabin Creek Consolidation Coal Company
Paint Creek
New River
Hatfield
Vwn
ICC Probes Freight Rate Increase By Eastern Roads
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an amended order for an investigation into freight rate rises by eastern rail lines. The action passed by a bare majority with Commissioners Clemen McCord and Marble dissenting, who argued the commission lacked authority without concrete facts.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clemen, McCord and Marble
Boy Killed Flying Kite On New York Roof
James Cassina a 14 year old boy died in an aviation accident after a kite tethered on a six story East Side tenement roof was pulled by a gale from the east. He fell six stories to the ground and died instantly, becoming one of the era’s youngest victims.
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New York
James Cassina
Regulations to Protect Migratory Birds Adopted
The Department of Agriculture finalizes rules to protect migratory birds in the United States. Effective October 1 or upon presidential approval, the rules extend a five year closed season on certain game birds hunted beyond safe limits until September 1, 1918.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Rodgers Acquitted in Double Murder Trial at Clarksville
Hiram Rodgers was acquitted today at the end of his second trial in Red River County Court on a murder charge. He faced accusation in the killing of Ed Murphy about a year ago in Clarksville Texas.
Impersonators of Congressmen Stir Wall Street Lobby Inquiries
Robert S. Lovett charged that men posing as members of Congress pressured Wall Street financiers over the Union Pacific merger dissolution. The Senate lobby committee planned to summon Lewis Cass Ledyard and likely Otto Kahn and Maxwell Evarts as witnesses as the probe expanded amid the Democratic caucus. Lauterbach prepared to testify on conversations with Kahn while denying Lovett’s broader claims.
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Robert S. Lovett
Congress
Wall Street
Lovett
Senate Lobby
Washington
Union Pacific
Railroad
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Money Trust
Lauterbach
Overman
Senate Lobby Committee
San Antonio Seen as Cool Summer Resort by Credit Men
Henry A. Hirshberg reports from the national convention of credit men that San Antonio feels cooler than Chicago and Cincinnati. The meeting drew 1400 credit men and jobbers, and delegates agreed to fight the use of trading stamps as a harmful trade practice.
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San Antonio
Chicago
Cincinnati
Henry A. Hirshberg
Credit Men’s Association
Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ League
Credit Men
Milwaukee
Fatal Auto Crash Kills Harvey A. Gregory in Chicago
Harvey A. Gregory head of a publicity bureau died when his car with two women and one other man crashed into a bridge ceiling. Minnie Bristow was reported drowned after initially being thought saved. her body was recovered this afternoon. Gregory's wife and three children were at home, and she said she did not know the two women.
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Chicago
Harvey A. Gregory
Minnie Bristow
Gregory
Bristol
Hotel St. Dennis Enters Bankruptcy After Creditor Action
The Hotel St. Dennis in New York went into bankruptcy as creditors moved to seize its assets. Liabilities total about 55000 with assets around 15000. The Broadway and Eleventh Street hotel, once a historic survivor, ranks with the nearby Astor House in historic interest.
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St. Dennis
New York
Broadway
Eleventh Streets
Brown Re-elected President of Texas Mexican Railroad
E N Brown was re elected president of the Texas Mexican railroad at a board meeting. Brown is also president of the National Lines of Ice and recently offered his resignation from that post.
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Laredo
Tex
E. N. Brown
Texas-Mexican Railroad
Direc
Brown
National Lines of Ice
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