Downy Couch Spectacular Flight Made
Coffyn performs aerial stunts with the Wright machines in San Antonio as a weary soldier sleeps on a lower plane, injuring the craft. Repairs take the morning, with flights promised in the evening. Mrs Coffyn arrives with Mrs Foulois to inspect the camp. Coffyn dazzles spectators with a high altitude swoop. Militia officers totaling 203 are due May 11 from multiple states, Texas sending five. Weather improves camp morale, maneuvers anticipated. Border tensions remain quiet per General Duncan. Ely commission rumor denied by officers.
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Bacchus
Wright
Morpheus
Frank Coffyn
Fowlois
Cavalry
Artillery
Engineers
Signal
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Illinois
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Delaware
North Dakota
South Dakota
Duncan
Seventeenth Infantry
Carter
Twenty-eighth
Twenty second to be dined at Menger by New York guards
Army officers in camp at Fort Sam Houston will attend a dinner at the Menger hotel hosted by officers of the New York National Guard attached to the Twenty second Infantry. Captain Herman K. Metz of the Fourteenth New York directs the event with the Twenty second band to perform in the hotel patio.
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Twenty-second Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Menger
New York National Guard
Twenty-second
Jlerman K. Metz
Fourteenth New York
New York City
Twenty-second Regiment
Indictments in Times building bombing case
Six men and a woman face murder and dynamiting charges in the Los Angeles Times explosion. John McNamara and his brother James McNamara plead June 1, with Ortie McManigal not yet arraigned. Co-defendants include William Caplan and four others named John Doe Richard Roe John Stiles and Jane Doe.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John McNamara
International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Association
Walter Bordwell
Superior Court
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Ortis E. McManigal
McNamaras
Near Fight in Court in Atlanta Trial
In Atlanta on May 6 a courtroom quarrel nearly escalated when Dr. T. C. Davidson invited lawyer William M. Smith to step into the hall after a heated cross examination. Bailiffs stopped a threatened personal confrontation as questions on veracity spurred the dispute amid the trial.
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Atlanta
T. C. Davidson
William M. Smith
Strike of Shopmen Expands to Monongahela Branch
The Pennsylvania railroad shopmen strike spread to the Monongahela branch with workers quitting at the Ormsby shops on the south side in Pittsburg.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Monongahela
Ormsby
Board of Health Orders Sanitary Supplies Purchase
The Board of Health directs all citizens to obtain sanitary wall paper enamels and varnishes from Mc Donalds Art Store located at 322 E Houston street.
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McDonald’s Art Store
Houston Street
Inquisitor Upholds Habeas Corpus in Lorimer Inquiry
Judge A J Petit ruled the Illinois senate cannot inspect private accounts of Edward Tilden and others, sustaining the habeas corpus writs they obtained after being arrested for contempt for not producing accounts before the Helm committee probing Senator Lorimer’s election. Tilden linked to a $10,000 check intended for a $100,000 Lorimer fund.
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Petit
Illinois Senate
Tilden
Edward Tilden
G. W. Benedict
W. C. Cummings
State Senate
Helm
United States
Lorimer
Clarence Funk
International Harvester Company
William Lorimer
Aviators Travel to McDonalds for Framed Pictures
San Antonio residents flock to 322 E Houston Street to have their pictures framed at a place advertised as offering the best value. The notice targets locals seeking affordable framing services.
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San Antonio
Houston Street
Fort Worth leaders seek help in rate fight
J H Stafford traffic manager of the Fort Worth stock yards leaves for Washington to press Texas cattle and Fort Worth packing firms in the Oklahoma City Fort Worth rate dispute before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Oklahoma uses Senator Gore to oppose Gould lines aiming to cut Fort Worth to St Louis livestock rates offset Oklahoma City seven cent edge. Fort Worth merchants and cattle men urge Senators Bailey and Culberson to back the fight.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
J. H. Stafford
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma City-Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Senator Gore
Gould
Bailey and
Culberson
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Noted painter Halsey Ives dies in St. Louis stroke
Halsey Cooley Ives director of the city art museum of St. Louis died after a night stroke. A noted landscape painter his work Waste Lands earned a Portland exposition silver medal. He headed art departments at Chicago and St. Louis expositions and served as U S government commissioner abroad. Born 1846 at Montour Falls New York.
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Associated Press
London
Halsey Cooley Ives
City Art Museum of
St. Louis
Ives
United States
Montour Falls, N. Y
Fire forces evacuations at Hotel Churchill in New York
A basement gas fire at the Hotel Churchill formerly the Morton house drove about 100 guests to flee the building. Several invalids were carried out and all reached the street safely. Earlier a separate incident at a West Seventh street hotel left seventy five Spaniards and others overcome by escaping gas with no fatalities.
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Associated Press
New York
Churchill
Morton House
West Seventh Street
Elits Cafe Offers 50 Cent Dinners In San Antonio
A San Antonio cafe advertises 50 cent dinners with good service and meals. The note invites patrons to try daily or Sunday service from noon to midnight at Elits Cafe.
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San Antonio
Elits Cafe
Priest Accused in Camorra Case Faces Informer Testimony
In Iterbo two Camorra suspects Luigi Arena and priest Ciro Vitozzi confronted informer Gennaro Abbatemaggio. Prosecution and defense made little progress as Arena denied Abbatemaggio and claimed the informer manufactures evidence. Vitozzi claimed alibi at Poggioreale cemetery regarding Cuoccolo murder discussion.
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Associated Press
Iiterbo
Cuoccolo
Arena
Enrico Alfano
Vitozzi
Poggioreale
Judge Tells Farrel to Mind Law or Face Heavy Fine
Judge Buckley lectures Ed Farrel a white man about 30 charged with vagrancy in police court. Farrel warned he will face the maximum $200 fine if offending behavior continues, $25 fine set for today. Witnesses say Farrel loitered around saloons and begged for money, with prior arrest tied to railroad switch vandalism.
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Ed Farrel
Buckley
Farrel
Harvey
W. M. Lutrich
Blum Street
Lutrich
Geyer Case Dismissed in Police Court
Otto Geyer was found not guilty and the case dismissed by Judge Buckley after Prosecuting Attorney Eldridge recommended dismissal. Geyer, part of the Citizens' party ticket committee, handed a hand bill near Government hill announcing Beethoven hall mass meeting. The court ruled that distributing circulars violated law unless on private premises.
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Otto Geyer
Hogan
Buckley
Eldridge
Geyer
Citizens’ Party
Beethoven Hall
Government Hill
Conductor Misses Train During San Antonio Stop
T. M. Halworth, a San Francisco delegate to the Order of Railway Conductors convention, failed to board the eastbound special in San Antonio. He toured downtown and missed departures, then headed to New Orleans to rejoin his party. He praised Texas hospitality during the layover.
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T. M. Halworth
San Francisco
Order of Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
San Antonio
Halworth
Los Angeles
Alamo City
New Orleans
Negro Held Without Bail in City Murder
Dave Smith, a black man charged with killing Walter Reed, both young negro musicians, was held without bail after an examining trial before Justice Whelan. Reed died after a quarrel over 20 cents from serenade funds. Reed reportedly gave a statement to officers before dying.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dave Smith
Walter Reed
Whelan
Smith
Reed
Herbert Concert Thrills San Antonio Crowd
Victor Herbert, America's leading composer, arrived from Houston with his orchestra. The Houston audience packed the Prince theater and praised the Natoma number from his grand opera. Tonight's program features Natoma selections and works from master composers, with 8:15 and 9:30 showtimes and ticket prices 20 and 10 cents.
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Victor Herbert
America
San Antonio
Houston
Prince Theater
Herbert
Five Act Grand Vaudeville Bill In San Antonio
Tonight the Herbet concert causes a lay-off at the Grand. Tomorrow’s bill boasts Indira the Indian princess and Zelaya pianist extraordinary with three doubles. The Jennets perform daring acrobatics while the Franklin brothers provide tuneful vocal comedy. Matinee at 3 30 and two evening shows.
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Grand
Indira
Zelaya
San Antonio
Jennets
Franklin Brothers
Last week’s bill ends with wholesome comedy and musical acts
Today's performances close the week with Cofer and Samara and the Musical Brennans delivering clean comedy novelty and songs. Tomorrow features the Great Lawrence and Miss Marie Moore in a military musical historical act with rapid costume changes and bugle calls of the powers and Red Cross nurses. Lawrence, former Roosevelt Rough Riders bugler, is touted as the champion bugler of the world.
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Cofer
Samara
Brennans
Lawrence
Marie Moore
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
McArthur
Funston
Phillipines
Park Beautiful Draws Crowds at Exposition Park
Crowds fill Exposition Park as the "Park Beautiful" becomes the premier San Antonio resort with luxurious shade, blooming flowers, nighttime lights, and free music attracting visitors.
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Expsition Park
San Antonio
Notable Improvements At San Antonio Dancing Pavilion
The dancing pavilion offers high quality amusements at low cost with new features added this week. Monday evenings are for men in uniform and Tuesday is Military Evening inviting army officers and their ladies and friends to attend. Behles and Beethauwe, architects at 228 West Commerce Street.
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San Antonio
Farm labor shortage grips coast country during rainy spell
Complaints spread from the coast region about a paucity of farm workers as heavy rains foster grass and weeds. In several counties, court dockets are continued to allow farmers to remain in the fields and tend crops.
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Houston
Tex
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