Slater Confident in Texas District Race for Congress
Judge Slater returns to San Antonio buoyant about carrying Llano Mason San Saba and McCullough counties in the race against James L Slayden. He says he will accept a joint debate if his supporters approve and notes support varying across Burnet Lampasas Brown and Gillespie counties.
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M. D. Slator
James L. Slayden
Congress
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Travis Club
Slayden
Slater
Lometa
Judge Slater
Lampasas
Prohibition
Llano
Mason
San Saba
McCullough
Burnet
Mills County
Brown County
Chester Harrison
Bexar County
Gillespie
Kendall
Kerr
Comal
Mr. Slayden
Kerr County
Burnet County
Archer Takes the Stump for Judge Slater on Campaign Tour
Judge Osceola Archer begins a northern fourteenth district campaigning tour to aid Judge M. D. Slater. Despite being blind, Archer plans stops in Llano Cherokee Fredonia Brady and counties San Saba McCulloch Mason with Wilbur Oatman, continuing after a picnic. He once challenged James L. Blayden for Congress but now backs Slater.
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Osceola Archer
Fourteenth Congressional District
M. D. Slater
Llano
Cherokee
Wilbur Oatman
Fredonia
Brady
San Saba
McCulloch
Mason Counties
Congress
James L. Blayden
Judge Slater
Judge Slator
Mr. Archer
Archer
Slater
Mrs Champ Clark Narrowly Escapes Shipwreck at Fort Washington
Mrs Champ Clark wife of the House speaker and a party of young guests rode the Potomac on the US motor launch Wilhelmina. A fierce electrical storm forced them to seek refuge in a freight house at Fort Washington wharf as the Wilhelmina keeled over spilling water. All occupants were drenched but uninjured.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Ort Washington
Fort
Potomac
Fort Washington
Clark
Genevieve Clark
McCumber
Senator McCumber
North Dakota
Baker
Representative Baker
Bars Shut Up Tonight In Charleston As Prohibition Takes Hold
Reports from across the state indicate saloonkeepers plan to close as the prohibitory amendment enforces tonight. Breweries struggle, one Wheeling plant eyes a meat packing role, and Charleston sees a fatal assault behind a saloon. Police nationwide kept full force in anticipation of unrest.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Fred C. Blue
Charles Whitlington
Ruling On Special Session Power For County Democrats
The attorney general's department ruled that Jefferson county's Democratic executive committee may convene in a special session and change its previous order from majority to plurality for nominating officers. The committee met on the third Monday in June, found a majority was unsatisfactory, and sought to alter the rule to allow plurality to nominate.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Marvin Spurlock
Jefferson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Hand to Speak at Real Estate Exchange Luncheon
W. G. Hand government farm demonstrator for Bexar county will headline the bi monthly Real Estate Exchange luncheon at the Gunter hotel Thursday noon. He will discuss placing county farming on a scientific basis. The county lists 61 demonstration farms, 570 Boys' Corn Club members, and 125 girls in the canning club gaining practical fruit and vegetable utilization experience.
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W. G. Hand
Government Farm
Bexar County
Real Esicte Exchange
Gunter Hotel
Canning Club
Weather Bureau Observer Moves Offices
The weather office moved from the Hicks building to the State Bank and Trust Company building. On Tuesday no temperature records were available for the day.
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The
Weather Bureau
Hicks
State Bank and Trust Company
San Antonio Area Fair Mixes Tuesday and Wednesday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for a two day fair Tuesday night and Wednesday with mild temperatures and light winds. Local residents are invited to enjoy exhibits markets and community events across downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Observations Across Major Cities
Observations show morning temps ranging from 60 to 68 across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Washington. Winds vary from 4 to 24 miles per hour with demands for cooler and fair conditions following rain and cloud cover.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Fair
Kansas City
New York
Washington
President Wilson declines to back federal woman suffrage
A 600 strong delegation of suffragists urged President Wilson at the White House to support the Mondell Bristow amendment. He reiterated that suffrage is a state issue and he would not use his influence for a constitutional measure, citing precedent of not urging legislation without Democratic Party approval.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Congress
House Rules Committee
Harvey W. Wiley
Rheta Childe Dorr
William Lent
Alice Paul
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Tumulty
Chicago
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Ellis Logan
Seass
A. V. Beekin
Bloomfield
N. J
Women’s Political Union of
New Jersey
Baltimore
States
Rules Committee
House
Democra Party
Galveston Targets Rat Plague With Citywide Campaign
Health officials and business leaders in Galveston launched an energetic drive to eradicate rats citywide. A conference with city state and federal authorities discussed quarantine rules for New Orleans and Santiago de Cuba amid bubonic plague concerns and pledged broad cooperation.
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Galveston
Tex
Galvestion
New Orleans
Santiago de Cuba
Baby Maggie Peabody Drowned After River Fall
Searchers found 18 month old Maggie Peabody floating in the San Antonio River early Tuesday, presumed to have fallen from an embankment while playing with siblings. Parents Carl and wife ate 107 Sun Street led the search with police and neighbors. dynamite aided the effort. Funeral set for 4 pm at the family home with burial in Cemetery No. 4.
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Maggie Peabody
San Antonio
Chield
Carl T
Sun Street
G. W. Houston
B. T. Hope
Charles Jett
G. W. Goodman
J. Houston
W. Bailey
Company Wins Appeal in Medina Valley Injury Case
United States Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reverses and remands Medina Valley Irrigation Company v Espino. Espino sued for personal injuries and was awarded 7000 dollars, but the appellate court finds the injury resulted from fellow employees contributory negligence and could not have been foreseen or prevented by the company.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Bermejilda Espino
Espino
United States Appellate Court
Strikers Held Back as Westinghouse Turmoil Quieted
Dawn patrols by state constabulary in Turtle Creek Valley kept strikers in check at the Westinghouse plant in Pittsburgh. A single man was arrested for stepping out of line as armed guards remained off streets. Senate committee okayed Newlands inland waterway amendment to rivers and harbor bill. he aims to push it into the bill under debate.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Turtle Creek Valley
Washington, D. C
Newlands
Wilson
Senate Commerce Committee
Thenate
Poultry and Pet Stock Ads Sell Out In The Light
Three ads in The Sunday Light Poultry and Pet Stock column offered broilers at 20 cents each and small chicks. eight white rabbits at 1.75. ten black Minorca hens and a rooster for 10. By 9 am, all items and other articles were sold as neighbors arrived by auto, carriage or foot in a rush called The Light's Want Ad procession.
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Simpson St. Ss
Simpson St
Sunday Light
Next Sunday Light Want Ads Promise More Results
Advertisers are urged to use Light Want Ads for stronger responses as The Light prints in Southwest Texas leading paid home circulation in San Antonio and beyond. Rates shown: 15 words cost 15 cents, 4 times 45 cents, 7 times 60 cents, 10 times 75 cents.
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Light
Texas
San Antonio
Butte Miners Unions Schedule Tonight Meetings
In Butte Montana two miners unions plan evening meetings, one by Butte local No 1 Western Federation of Miners and the other the independent Butte Mine Workers Union. threats to disrupt the federation gathering have been reported. President Mackie McDonald advises followers not to interfere. Roosevelt to test voice in Pittsburg closing Progress League session with son Theodore Jr and secretary. campaign plans uncertain.
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Butte
Mont
Western Federation of Miners
Butte Mine Workers’ Union
Joseph Harkins
Roosevelt
New York
Itheodore Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Pittsburg
Progress League of Pennsylvania
Troosevelt
Moving Austin Postoffice Nears New Federal Building
Preparations by the postal inspector's department and the postmaster's department with the mailing division of the local post office are underway to move into the new federal building. The switch is expected by July 16 with all furniture and fixtures in place by August 1.
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Austin Postoffice
Austin
Tex
Postal Inspector's Department
Postmaster's Department
Federal
Bilbo Trial Opens as Testimony in Bribery Case
Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi goes on trial for bribery connected with a new county bill. After arraignment he pleads not guilty. State witness Steve Castleman testifies about conferences with State Senator G A Hobbs and the bribe payment. Castleman’s testimony is expected to continue through the day.
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Jackson Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Steve Castleman
Castleman
Vicksburg
G. A. Hobbs
Bilbo
Hobbs
Posses Mistaken Kill Jolly in Mississippi Swamp
In Shaw Mississippi Fred Young shot and killed James Jolly a fellow possessor during a pursuit of Jack Farmer a negro suspect wanted for fatally shooting Parl Chase. The incident marks the second death linked to the Farmer hunt following the earlier death of Jennie Collins a negro woman said to have aided his flight.
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Shaw
Miss
James Jolly
Jack Farmer
Fred Young
Jolly
Here
Young
Farmer
Parl Chase
Jennie Collins
Man lynched in Memphis after four month manhunt
Jim Robinson, a negro, implicated in the murder of Morrow Love near Robinsonville, was captured by a 25 man posse and executed yesterday. He is the third Black man to die in the case, as residents press on to find two more suspects linked to the dive shooting.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jim Robinson
Morrow Love
Robinsonville
Mass
Robinson
Love
Leased Wire Day Report From AP Featured In The Light
The San Antonio Light notes it receives the AP Leased Wire Day report, a large daily news package, and carries its own substantial special news coverage alongside the wire service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Mediation Envo ys Set Recess In Niagara Falls Talks
Mediation teams led by Ambassador da Gama of Brazil and Ministers Naon and Suarez agreed to recess conference until Constitutionalist delegates and Huerta representatives can confer informally on Mexico. Carranza seeks more time to consult generals before deciding on invitation. departure planned by week’s end.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Suarez
Huerta
Mexico
Carranza
General Carranza
Guadealune
Baltimore Woman Kills Two Children in Suspected Command
In Baltimore on June 30 Mrs. Marie Finck killed her two children, Carroll aged five and John four months, claiming she was commanded by G to kill them. The remaining four children were not at home. Police are investigating the motive and details of the incident.
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Woman Hills
Baltimore
Marie Finck
Carroll
John
Huerta Prepares to Escape as Unease Grips Capital
Unofficial dispatches indicate President Huerta is sending his son and daughter to ward Puerto Mexico and making plans to depart on short notice. Carranza confers with chiefs on mediation while Niagara conference plans hinge on Carranza’s stance and Villa’s movements, all amid a tense Mexican political-Diplomatic standoff.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
State Department
Lionel Carden
Carranza
Luis Cabrera
Guadalupe
Berry
Washington
Bryan
Villa
United States
Aguascalientes
Zacatecas
Torreon
Huertas Hold in Mexico City Faces British Defense Plan
British residents in Vera Cruz held a meeting to organize defense for refugees and to respond to a possible uprising as Huerta’s grip on Mexico City weakens. Refugees cite Zacatecas defeat and a Federal revolt, with Gen. Medina Barron’s troops mutinying. Huerta orders Gen. Maes to stay in the capital.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Ice City
Huerta
Zacatecas
Medina Barron
Joaquin Maes
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