Reorganizing H. B. Claflin a Pending Decision
The H. B. Claflin Company under receivership faces three reorganization options. One would consolidate the chain into a purchasing arm, another would liquify weaker stores while keeping the strong group, and the third would have banks take over stores to decide liquidation or reorganization. Receivers Martindale and Juilliard expect a condensed statement for creditors within about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin
John Claflin
J. B. Martindale
Frederick A. Juilliard
Defender Manufacturing Company
Make Children Work New York Exhibition Shocks Committee
An exhibition before the state factory investigating committee shows children making artificial flowers under harsh conditions. A 14 year old girl alone makes 576 violets for a 10 cent wage, with weekly earnings under 2 dollars. A mother and three children, ages 8 13 and 15, earned 6 to 7 dollars weekly. Children start at 5 a.m. and work until 9 a.m. before school, then toil until 10 p.m. after school.
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New York
George Hall
New York Child Labor Commission
Hall
Opposition to rivers and harbors bill delays passage
Senator Borah signaled a fight against the rivers and harbors appropriation, the pork barrel measure. The Senate bill totals about 53 million dollars, roughly 10 million more than the House version. Senator Burton criticized it in a minority report, with more Republicans possible to join. Democrats likely have enough votes to pass, but a determined minority can delay.
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Washington, D. C
Borah
Senate
Burton
Fish Distribution Reported
The Bureau of Fisheries reports 3.864 billion fish eggs and fish distributed in fiscal year 1913. About 65.61 million were sent to foreign countries. Output rose 175.67 million items or 4.76 percent from 1912 despite eggs collected being 54.54 million less than 1912.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
Pittsburg Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Sharpesburg
Miss Annie Loeffler of Pittsburg died in a early today crash on the Kittaning pike near Sharpeshburg. Benton Davis of Hot Springs Ark was perhaps fatally injured and five others were injured as the car went into a ravine and caught fire. Some victims suffered serious burns.
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Pittsburg
Annie Loeffler
Benton Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
Kittaning Pike
Sharpeshburg
Local Forecast For San Antonio And Vicinity
Local forecast calls for Saturday night and Sunday to be fair with clear skies and light winds across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Temperatures are expected to remain mild with comfortable conditions for outdoor activities.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Home Weather for Tourists Observations at 8 A.M.
Readings from multiple cities forecast today with temperatures ranging from 58 to 84 degrees. Winds vary from light to moderate with southwest to southeast directions and chances of rain in several locations.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Girl Is Victim Of Reckless Shooting
Mary Miller, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Miller of 121 Eda street, was accidentally shot in the left leg near Nolan and Walnut streets by a drunken man armed with a revolver. The assailant, 52, a watchman, is detained on a charge of discharging firearms within the city. The gunman fired at a billboard after flourishes in a nearby saloon.
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Mary Miller
W. H. Miller
Eda Street
Nolan
Walnut Streets
Miss Miller
Coy
Harvey
Russell Beck
Government post road project clears funding hurdle
Guadalupe county deposits 6100 for its share of the New Braunfels to Austin road, joining a 3050 government contribution. With costs totaling about 240000, the federal government pays 80000 and counties Bexar Comal Hays Travis fund the rest. Construction starts soon, beginning in New Braunfels and moving through Comal and Hays before reaching Bexar and Travis. Officials aim to finish by January 1.
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San Antonio
Austin
Guadalupe County
Bexar
Comal
Hays
Travis
New Braunfels
State analyzes bids to save costs on contracts
Samples offered by bidders for state supplies are analyzed before contracts, saving thousands of dollars. A vinegar analysis showed the product was cheap and had no apples, while soaps contained rosin in considerable quantities. Bids failing to meet standards were rejected.
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Austin
Tex
Elliott
Yates
Hoffman
Fire destroys cutlery plant in Hutchkissville
Fire swept the American Shear and Knife Company plant early today leaving only the office building standing. Total loss estimated at about $100,000 with $65,000 covered by insurance.
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Hutchkissville
Conn
American Shear and Knife Company
Suffragettes Bombard King and Queen with Leaflets
Militants circumvented police to throw leaflets at King George and Queen Mary outside Hyde Park London. A bundle struck the king’s hat, the queen’s parasol deflected pamphlets, and two women were seized by police amid the melee.
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London
George
Queen Mary
Hyde Park
Passenger engine driver saves train from falling steel beams
Pittsburg. June 27. E C Ripley of the Pennsylvania Railroad stopped his fast passenger train just as a car carrying 13 tons of steel beams rolled down from a bridge 125 feet high and struck the track ten feet ahead. The beams buried in the roadbed tore up the track but no one was hurt.
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Pittsburg
E. C. Ripley
Pennsylvania
Ripley
Pasce
Art
Diaz Responds to U.S. Senate Charges on Nicaragua
Replying to recent Senate accusations by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, President Diaz dismisses the charges as ignorance and asserts Nicaragua’s honest government. He defends the pending treaty and rejects claims of tyranny, arguing stability and constitutional governance.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States Senate
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Diaz
Smith
Missing bank papers spark audit office inquiry
Documents tied to the La Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank vanished from the office of state auditor James Brady. Key report by bank examiner J. H. Rife and other papers were sought by officials including L. L. Bacchus, Maclay Hoyne, and James H. Wilkerson for grand jury use.
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Chicago
James Brady
la Salle Stret Trust & Savings Bank
J. H. Rife
Rife
L. L. Bacchus
James S. McCullough
la Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank
Broadway Savings Bank
Lorimer-Munray
Bacchus
la Salle Street Bank
Maclay Hoyne
James H. Wilkerson
United States
Roosevelt Must Rest After Spleen Enlargement
Roosevelt's physicians prescribe four months of absolute rest for Colonel Roosevelt due to spleen enlargement and fatigue from malarial fever. He declines to withdraw from campaign work and has halted a continental tour planned for September, though he will address Pittsburgh with a single speech on Tuesday night.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
South American
Pittsburg
Travis County Pays Share for San Antonio Austin Road
Travis County and Guadalupe County officials completed funding steps for the three mile segment of the San Antonio to Austin Federal highway. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and County Judge Von Rosenberg deposited 1250 dollars to cover Travis County's portion.
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Travis County
Austin
Tex
San Antonio-Austin
Chamber of Commerce
von Rosenberg
Guadalupe County
Mil ton Barrett Killed by Interurban Car at East Fork
Mil ton Barrett aged 21 was killed Friday night at East Fork Stop by an interurban car. He was son of Barto Barrett of Pryor Creek Oklahoma and a member of the Burrus Rifles of McKinney Texas.
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M'Kinney
Tex
Milton Barrett
East Fork
Barrett
Barto Barrett
Pryor Creek
Okla
Burrus Rifles
Women Suffrage Delegation Urges Quick Action at Congress
Delegation from 38 states presenting 300 petitions to National American Woman Suffrage Association urged Congress to act promptly on women’s voting rights. Speakers including Dr Anna Howard Shaw and Jane Addams pressed for state action and federal legislation while rejecting militant tactics and party politics.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congress
Missouri
Smith
New York
Taylor
Colorado
Baker
California
Fitzhenry
O'Hair
Foster
Illinois
Mondell
Wyoming
Campbell
Kansas
Chandler
Walters
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
Jane Addams
Antoinette Funk
Chicago
Helen A. Gardner
Glynn A. Smith Tynnin
Raymond B. Morean
Marshall
Suffrage Association
Bureau urged to create child relations bureaus nationwide
The U S Commission in Industrial Relations heard calls to establish in every state a bureau of child relations. Witnesses urged the measure before the Pennsylvania Legislature. The day also covered a discussion on a minimum wage law with Pennsylvan ia Manufacturers' Association backing and unions arguing the broader role of labor.
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Philadelphia
United States Commission In Industrial Relations
Caild
Pennsylvania
John P. Wood
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Commission
Organized Labor
Carnegie Statue Unveiled in Dunfermline Park
In Dunfermline Scotland a statue of Andrew Carnegie was unveiled in a city park. The park was given to the town by Mr Carnegie in 1903 with an endowment of 2 500 000 dollars. A 500 voice choir and a band led the day’s patriotic program with the anthem Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
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Dunfermline
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Atlantic battleship fleet to lead naval parade for Panama opening
Secretary Daniels announced the Atlantic battleship fleet will head the international parade for the Panama canal opening. The ships will escort foreign visitors to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in April and then return to the Atlantic coast, with possible visits to Honolulu or Puget Sound, and no decision on permanent Pacific duty.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Hampton Roads
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Waters
Navy Department
San Francisco
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Pacific
Sanitary Camps Established for Homeless in Salem
In Salem Massachusetts on June 27 officials from the state militia and state board of health report day by day progress in sheltering the homeless. Two official camps were operating with a third planned to house many displaced residents. Each shelter tent held four cots, and some tents housed nine or ten people. The militia reported orderly conditions and no looting.
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Salem
Mass
State Board of Health
Navy rushes relief to Salem fire victims
Captain Coffman at Boston Navy Yard reports rapid naval aid after Salem, Massachusetts fire. Within hours of Governor Walsh request at 9 am, 3000 pounds of loaf bread were distributed, later another 7000 pounds, plus eleven tons of provisions. The move was authorized by the commandant and praised by the governor.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Coffman
Boston Navy Yard
Salem
Mass
Walsh
Water Threatens Mandan After Hillside Cloudburst
Water from a cloudburst ten miles away flooded Mandan North Dakota with up to three feet in the business district rescuers evacuated residents to safety as the swollen Heart River and recent rains threaten a further flood. Crop and farm building damage is expected to be heavy.
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Mandan
N. D
Heart River
Kickapoos Return to Shawnee From Mexican Exile
Fifty Kickapoo families who left ten years ago from Coahuila, Mexico arrived in Shawnee Oklahoma. They said Constitutionalists who were friendly to Huerta confiscated their property and expelled them from the country.
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Mexico
Shawnee
Okla
Coahuila
Huerta
Admiral Dewey to Take Short Sea Trip
Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey plan to depart Washington by the Mayflower for Manhattan en route to Coney Island. The admiral has endured protracted heat and believes a brief sea voyage will help. He has not been confined to bed.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Washington
Manhattan
Coney Island
Johns Hopkins Professor Dies in Baltimore at 58
Dr. Christopher Johnston a professor of oriental history and archaeology at Johns Hopkins University and an authority on cuneiform inscriptions died in Baltimore yesterday at age 58.
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Christopher Johnston
Johns Hopkins University
Rotarians Begin Texas Circle Tour in San Antonio
More than 300 Rotarians and guests arrived in San Antonio to spend the day hosted by the Rotary Club. They toured Alamo area missions and the automobile club, dined atop the St Anthony Hotel, and head next to Austin Waco Fort Worth and Dallas as part of a state wide circle tour following the Houston convention.
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San Antonio
Hotary Club of
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Houston
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Buffalo
Texas
Lone Star
Alamo City
C. H. Jenkins
Harry Hertzberg
J. W. Hucker
Katy
St. Anthony
St Anthony Hotel
Alamo
Atlantic
Pacific
J. Ira Kercheville
Army Post
Automobile Club
North Loop
St. Anthony Hotel
Overland Band
Travis Park
Austin
Waco
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas-British Association
Thomas H. Stevenson
Edinburg
Scotland
British Association of Rotary Clubs
Mr. Achibold
Winnipeg
Ferguson Men Rally Behind Slator in Texas Race
Reports from Llano Texas indicate strong support for Judge M D Slator as the Democratic candidate to succeed James J Slayden in Congress. Ferguson forces claim rising strength across the fourteenth district with defections from Slayden and Slator noting his anti prohibition stance aligns with Ferguson.
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Llano
Tex
M. D. Slator
Congress
James J
Slayden
Fourteenth District
Slator
Ferguson
Judge Slator
Slater
Mr. Ferguson
Huerta Refuses to Allow Consul Silliman Return
General Huerta notified the Brazilian minister in Washington that he would not permit Consul Silliman to return to Saltillo. The request by the United States to restore the envoy was a formality to honor a prior pledge tied to Silliman’s release. Constitutionalists now dominate Saltillo and its surrounding territory.
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Washington
D. C
Huuerta
State Department
Silliman
Saltillo
Huerta
United States
Mexico
Illinois Monu ment Unveiled in Georgia by Dunne
Governor Dunne of Illinois unveiled a state memorial in Marietta near Atlanta to Illinois soldiers who fought at Kenesaw Mountain. The 26 by 19 foot silver grey Georgia marble monument features a seven foot bronze soldier between two allegorical figures and rests on a marble platform. It was funded by a 20 000 appropriation from the Illinois legislature.
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Atlanta
Dunne
Illinois
Marietta
Kenesaw Mountain
Georgia
John H. Slaton
Taxpayers warned on final income tax payment date
Internal Revenue Collector A S Walker warns that June 30 is the last day to pay the income tax for the past year and that remittances must be money orders or exchanges on New York or Texas banks. Personal or certified checks from small banks may be rejected and not effective if sent.
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Austin
Tex
Internal Revenue
A. S. Walker
New York
Texas
Walker
Government Case Nears End Against Eastman Kodak
Buffalo June 27 The government in the Sherman act case against Eastman Kodak Co concluded testimony with 50 contracts showing Kodak purchases from rivals and agreements to corner raw export supplies. Judge Razel adjourned the trial to September 22.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Feastman Kodak Company
John Lord O'Brien
United States
Eastman Kodak Company
John Razel
Belgian Steamer Gothland Refloated Near Scilly Isles
The Belgian steamer Gothland, en route from Montreal to Rotterdam, ran aground at Houghton Scilly Islands on June 23 and was refloated on June 27.
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Hughtown
Scilly Islands
Montreal
Rotterdam
Leased Wire Day Report From AP Powers The Light Copy
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press leased wire day report as its core news source. This service provides about 20,000 words daily and supplements the paper with its own extensive special news sections.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Mexico Conflict News Hints at Diplomatic Mediation Efforts
Officials close to President Wilson indicated the United States expects the Constitutionalists to meet Huerta delegates after a Niagara Falls message from American delegates. Carranza camps in Monterey as Zacatecas victory sparks talks on possible mediation and peace terms.
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Washington, D. C
Huerta
Wilson
Niagara Falls
Revolutionary Junta
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Aguascalientes
Carranza
Washington
Monterey
United States
Zacatecas
Sacatecan
Villa
Mexicans Sued Over Armored Car in El Paso Suit
An American auto company sues the Mexican Constitutionalists in El Paso seeking payment for an armored automobile used in the Torreon battle. Carranza named, along with Villa officials, as defendants while funds on deposit were garnished. Anaya, a Constitutionalalist consul, is missing after queries from relatives and the State Department. Villa’s agents order $135,000 in uniforms and camp supplies from U.S. firms.
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EL Paso
Tex
Constitutionalist Party
Army
Government of
Mexico
Constitutionalists
Torreon
General Villa
General Carranza
Villa
E. V. Anaya
Tucson
Ariz
Washington State Department
Anaya
Juarez
Masonic Lodge
General
Carranza Feted During Mexican Leader’s Monterey Visit
A church delegation from Mexico City and Saltillo met General Carranza in Monterey to pledge that the church faction supports him and the Constitutionalist cause. His day featured a luncheon, races, a 6 o'clock reception, and an evening ball.
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Monterey
Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Church Party of
Mexico
Mexico City
Saltillo
Ammunition Forward in San Luis Attack Preparations
Report from Tampico dated June 26 describes preparations by Constitutionalists to attack San Luis with ammunition sent forward. The dispatch notes continued coverage in a later page.
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San Luis
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A. m. Oe
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