One Thousand Men Rally for Webb Ticket Campaign
A mass meeting in the Frost building launches efforts of over 1000 supporters to outline final campaign plans for the Citizens ticket led by J. E. Webb for mayor. Judge Webb and R. H. Ward address unions and voters, with precincts and neighborhood meetings planned through the week.
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Citizens
J. E. Webb
Frost Building
Young Men’s Webb Club
Beethoven Hall
Judge Webb
R. H. Ward
Alamo Plaza
B. B. Hall
Dawson Street
J. C. Davis
George Surkey
Webbert’s
Goliad Street
Alexander Boynton
Seventh Ward
Mayor seeks writ to force canvass of Corpus Christi election
Special to the Light Brownsville Tex May 2 Judge W B Hopkins granted an application by Mayor Clark Pease of Corpus Christi for a writ of mandamus to compel the city commissioners to canvass the April 4 election and issue certificates of election. The writ is being prepared after a late night session.
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Brownsville
Tex
Clark Pease
Corpus Christi
W. B. Hopkins
Weather Notice for San Antonio and Vicinity
Local forecast from the U S Weather Bureau says unsettled weather with showers tonight and Wednesday. Temperature comparisons show today versus the same day last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Weather bulletins show clear cold across major cities
Reports from St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Duluth St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington indicate continued clear and colder conditions with varying wind speeds from the northwest west and north. Several readings show temperatures from the mid twenties to the eighties under clear skies and no immediate changes expected.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
Conchs
New York
Theorthwest
Boston
Ashington
Amundsen and Scott Plan Polar Push Amid Ice
Amundsen informed Captain Scott of plans to reach the pole via Beadmore glacier after a brief Whale Bay meeting. He will dispatch the Fram to Buenos Aires while nine men pursue a dash for farthest south with 116 dogs and ample gear. A German expedition to Antarctica is set to begin tomorrow joining Amundsen, Scott, and Mansoh’s Australian party.
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San Francisco
Cal
Antarctic
Roald Amundsen
Scott
Amundsen
Henry Lund
Madeira
Whale,bay
Ross Sea
Pole
Beadmore Glacier
Fram
Buenos Ayres
Douglas Mansoh
Two Known Dead In Wreck Of Passenger Train
Hinton West Virginia May 2 Two men are killed and four others reported dead missing or badly hurt after Chesapeake and Ohio Railway passenger No 8 derailed in the Blue Ridge mountains ten miles from Hinton The engineers K T Pitcher and fireman Alexander Richie are named among the dead Others include a baggageman a mail clerk and two more persons uncertain if employees or passengers The F F W Limited ran west from New York to Cincinnati and was 45 minutes late The cause of the accident is not known at Hinton
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Associated Press
Hinton
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Blue Ridge Mountains
K. T. Pitcher
Huntington
Alexander Richie
F. F. W. Limited
New York
Cincinnati
Former San Antonio Agent Commits Potassium Suicide
H G Cornell an insurance agent formerly of Texarkana and San Antonio Tex died by potassium chloride in a Sacramento hotel Sunday. His body was found late last night. He left a note asking his sister Mrs W H Blackson of Terre Haute Ind to be notified. His wife is hospitalized after a Sunday automobile accident. He is listed in city directories as an Occidental Life Insurance Co agent or Ludlow hotel resident on East Commerce Street.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Bay
H. G. Cornell
Texarkana
San Antonio
Tex
Sui-’De
Stamide
W. H. Blackson
Terre Haute
Ind
Cornell
Occidental Life Insurance Company
Ludlow Hotel
East Commerce Street
Giant cactus at station toppled after 50 years of fame
The giant cactus in front of the Southern Pacific station on East Commerce Street was cut down by Harry Adams the local gardener. The plant a 50 year old specimen from Gila Valley Ariz stood eighteen feet tall weighed 10000 pounds and had grown nine inches since planting. Sunset division superintendent H F Anderson plans to replace it with a younger healthier cactus from Arizona. The plant attracted millions of photographs and postcards reaching audiences nationwide and worldwide.
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Southern Pacific
Commerce Street
Harry Adams
H.F. Anderson
Arizona
Gila Valley
Ariz
San Antonio
United States
Germans Ready to Start Antarctic Voyage
Hamburg May 2 The German Antarctic expedition will sail tomorrow on the steamer Deutschland Prince Henry of Prussia inspected the vessel and hosted a farewell luncheon for Commander Filchner Filchner will not sail initially but will join later in southern waters The journey is under the Geographical Society of Berlin
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Deutschland
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Filchner
Geographical Society of Berlin
Japanese abandon polar quest after Kainan Maru arrives
Sydney report on May 2 states the Japanese ended attempts to reach the south pole. The Kainan Maru reached port and its commander said ice along Victoria Land blocked progress and nearly all dogs aboard died during the expedition.
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Sydney
Australia
South Pole
Victoria Land
Murder Trials Set in Thirty-seventh District Court
Two murder cases and a statutory offense case were set for trial in the Thirty-seventh district court. E. A. Pegg faces a killing of Blountz, J. O. Merchant is charged with killing D. A. Neal, and Jesse Thornton is charged with a statutory offense with death penalty possible.
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Thirty-seventh District Court
E. A. Pegg
Blountz
J. O. Merchant
D. A. Neal
Jesse Thornton
Statue of Washington may be accepted by photograph
The American colony in Mexico City may accept Pompeo Coppini's Washington statue by photograph due to unsettled conditions. The bronze casting will occur in New York after a committee, led by Judge Ignacio Sepulveda, approves the clay model. Costs were cut from 100000 to 20000 amid the republic's instability.
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Mexico
Pompeo Coppini
Washington
San Antonio
Republic
Coppini
New York
Ignacio Sepulveda
James E. Long
C. R. Hudson
Charles Cummings
P. M. van Vandt
David E. Thompson
City
J. E. Leng
Dietz Family Stands Trial for Murder In Wisconsin
John F. Dietz his wife and son Leslie go on trial before Judge Alexander H. Reid in Hayward Wisconsin charged with murdering Oscar Harp a deputy sheriff during a siege on the Dietz cabin near Cameron Dam last October. The case stems from a prior attempt to kill a man after a dispute with a local lumber firm and involves the outlaw known as the Outlaw of Cameron Dam. The posse of about 100 men surrounded the cabin and Dietz vowed to defend it and his family. The daughter was wounded in the incident.
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Hayward
Wis
John F. Dietz
Leslie
Alexander H. Reid
Oscar Harp
Dietz
Cameron Dam
John Dietz
Clarence Dietz
Guard fires at convict in county camp shooting
Adolph Garcia, guard at the county convict camp, says he pulled the gun to frighten white prisoner Frank Henders after a quarrel with negro convict Will Field. The bullet hit Henders in the left groin. he is at the city hospital in serious condition. Garcia faces assault to murder charges as Sheriff Tobin investigates.
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Frank H. Henders
Adolph Garcia
Henders
Garcia
Ben Fisk
Antonio Herrera
Herrera
Tobin
Ketchel
Sunset Yards
W. Galbraith
Stanley Ketchel
Peilicey
Charles Stevens
Mauricio Vilanueva
D. Berrey
Villanueva
Texans Gather For Wool Growers Conference In San Antonio
A Texas wool growers conference in San Antonio will discuss revising wool tariff schedules to aid the industry. Attendees include B L Crouch, C B Hudspeth, and Capt. Charles Schreiner. They plan to press for a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington, with timing to avoid long delays.
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Wool Growers of
Texas
San Antonio
B L. Crouch
Corpus Christi
C. B. Hudspeth
el Paso
Charles Schreiner
Kerrville
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Hudspeth
Capt. Crouch
Capt. Schreiner
Capt
Crouch
Congress
Tariff Commission
Hyde pleads not guilty to charge of bribery
Charles Hiram Hyde city chamberlain appeared in court and pled not guilty to an indictment charging bribery Bail of 7500 was posted Samuel Untermeyer asked for an early trial District Attorney Whitman promised Hyde had been law partner of Mayor Gaynor before his appointment The Carnegie Trust company collapse drew criticism but did not shake Mayor Gaynor's support.
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New York
Charles Hiram Hyde
Samuel Untermeyer
Whitman
Chamberlain Hyde
Gaynor
Hyde
Carnegie Trust Company
Dietz Family On Trial For Murder In Cabin Siege
John Dietz his wife and son stand trial for murder after a gun battle at their cabin during a siege in which Oscar Harp a deputy and protector was killed. A daughter Almyri Dietz aided her father and was wounded during the events. Dietz surrendered seeking protection from mob violence to shield his family.
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John Dietz
Almyri Dietz
Oscar Harp
Dietzs
Harp
Dietz
Threats Target Chief Newnam Raise Local Alarm
A letter signed by One Who Knows threatens Chief Frank Newnam with death over calls for a free ballot on May 9. The note, bolded with Sir Semper Tyrannus, is dismissed as a crank letter, while the police pursue safety and investigate the broader political tension.
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Frank Newnam
Newnam
Heavy Overnight Rain Drenches Victoria Tex City
A record rainfall hit Victoria Texas Sunday evening with three and three-fourths inches in one hour and fifteen minutes. Streets were buried under floodwaters in parts of the city as the downpour continued.
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Victoria
Tex
Unseasonably Cold Weather Hits South and Cotton Markets
A late cold wave brings frost in Oklahoma, northern Arkansas, and western Tennessee while Alabama and Southern Louisiana report heavy rainfall. The cold weather pushes cotton futures higher as the South struggles with unseasonable temperatures and a May chill.
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South
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Alleghanies
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Louisiana
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Allen Buell
Rain Forecast Extends Across Southwest Texas
Forecaster Major Allen Buell of the U S Weather Bureau in San Antonio says a large storm area covers Southwest Texas bringing expected showers tonight and tomorrow. He notes rainfall is general across the region with about half an inch reported by 2 PM and prospects for more rain high.
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Allen Buell
United States
San Antonio
Buell
Texas
Colorado River On Rampage Near Columbus
A telegram reports the Colorado river at Columbus eight feet above normal and still rising after heavy rains. Officials say this is the highest water in years but the bridge remains secure and the road bed is sound from San Antonio to New Orleans. Rains extend west of San Antonio to Del Rio with widespread moisture benefiting crops.
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Colorado
Columbus
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
New Orleans
del Rio
Rains Raise Fear of Damage in Potato Belt
Houston dispatch reports sustained rains over the potato belt raise fear of crop damage. Persistent wet weather worries farmers as late warmth delays field work and hampers attention to crops across affected localities.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Rain Dampens Pearsall Onion Harvest Amid Showers
A slow rain fell for four hours at Pearsall Texas today disrupting the onion harvest. Heavy showers continued into the afternoon, delaying field work and market movement for the crop.
Rainfall Report From Blanco on May 2
The Blanco area in Texas recorded Sunday rainfall of .67 inches, according to local weather observations.
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Giant Committee
Citizens’ Headquarters
Pease
The
SAN Antonio Wan
Sunset Park
Wisconsin
Convict
DR. Crouch
B. Hudspeth
the Associated Press
Coan Bietz
Clarence Diets
Carnegie
Tottering
Ares
Pearsall
Blanco
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