Wedding at White House Today Highlights and Gowns
The White House hosts the private marriage of Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson to Secretary William G. McAdoo. Guests, gowns, and gifts fill the day as President Wilson cancels appointments and the ceremony is set for 6 o clock in the blue room.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Cupid
Hymen
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Wilson
Helen Hunter
Portsmouth
Marjorie Brown
Atlanta
Henrietta Stadelman
McAdoo
Weather notes from multiple cities for Friday forecast
Observations across ST LOUIS CHICAGO MILWAUKEE ST PAUL KANSAS CITY NEW YORK and WASHINGTON report temperatures ranging from 46 to 68 with conditions including cloudy rain and clear. Winds vary from 4 to 20 miles per hour, indicating generally cool to mild Friday with possible rain in some locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Bridegroom Mr McAdoo receives varied jewelry gifts
A October birthday couple receives numerous presents from Cabinet members and their wives, the Senate, and the House. Gifts include opal and diamond rings, a bracelet, a silver tea service set, a silver platter, a diamond bracelet, a gold bracelet, and a set of silver can delabra. No gift from the president and Mrs. Wilson is specified.
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McAdoo
Cabinet
Wilson
Burleson
Senate
Equipment Ordered To Mexico For Vera Cruz Troops
Washington sent rush orders to Texas City to supply permanent field equipment for U S troops at Vera Cruz. The transport Catilla was moved from quarantine and docked at the army pier, where loading began immediately.
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Galveston
Tex
Washington
Second Division
Texas City
United States
Vera Cruz
Catilla
Mexico
Army Pier
Gray submits first installment bill for San Antonio sewers
Samuel M. Gray sends the first of three installments totaling 11,000 dollars for sewer extension design. The bill amounts to 8666.67 dollars, covering one third of the agreed fee as Gray explains in a letter to the mayor that half of his work is completed and payment is in three installments.
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Samuel M. Gray
San Antonio
Gray
Movement to rally Roosevelt for Rough Riders in Mexico
Reports say a movement forms to bring Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to San Antonio after his South American trip to organize a Rough Riders regiment for possible Mexican war service. A cablegram may be sent to recruit the ex president. Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders at the Fairgrounds in this city.
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Theodore Roosevelt
San Antonio
South America
Mexico
Roosevelt
Fairgrounds
O Shaughnessy in Washington After Vera Cruz Events
Nelson O Shaughnessy, chargé d affaires at Mexico City, arrived in Washington with his family early today. He planned to confer with Secretary Bryan after being driven to a hotel following American troops seizure of Vera Cruz.
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O'Shaughnessy
Washington
Washington, D. C
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
United States
Vera Cruz
Bryan
Roosevelt wires he is coming home May 20
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, sailing from Para Brazil aboard the Aidan, wired his cousin W Emlin Roosevelt that he was feeling better and would return home about May 20.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Para
Brazil
Aidan
W. Emlin Roosevelt
Culberson Goes to Washington for Panama Toll Bill
United States Senator Charles A. Culberson left Dallas today for Washington. He said he wished to be in the national capital in time to vote on the Panama tolls repeal bill.
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Culberson
Washington
Dallas
Tex
United States
Charles A. Culberson
National Capital
Vera Cruz sanitation plans progress under Red Cross effort
May 7 Vera Cruz reports progress in improving city sanitation led by Surgeon G. M. Gutiéres with Red Cross support from Charles Jenkinson. Smallpox, meningitis, and typhoid are limited and quarantines from Frontera to Merida guard against yellow fever. Water from terminal works deemed unsafe. fly control and garbage disposal addressed. Efforts to restore normal work by old employees continue, while meat dealers pledge prewar prices and newspapers add a penny to aid indigent poor. American money circulation rises as pay day arrives on fleet vessels.
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Vera Cruz
Charles Jenkinson
Red Cross
G. M. Gutiéres
Frontera
Merida
Guiteres
House Democrats May Hold Caucus On Prohibition
Washington May 7 A House Democrats caucus to decide policy on the Hobson national prohibition amendment was discussed today Also considered was Mondell's constitutional amendment for woman suffrage but the caucus question remains unsettled The rules committee met to prepare a rule to expedite the Rucker measure for popular election of U S senators and will act only after caucus action on suffrage and prohibition is taken up
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Washington, D. C
Hobson
House Democrats
Mondell
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
United States
Americans Claim Coronado Islands by Conquest Wave
A group of wealthy men from Colorado Springs and Coronado sailed to the Coronado Islands and raised the American flag on a 500 foot pinnacle. They proclaimed claim to the islands by conquest, although the isles are Mexican territory.
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Coronado Islands
San Diego
Colorado Springs
Coronado
Cal
General Bell Reaches Shore
Major General J Franklin Bell, relieved from duty as head of the Department of the Philippines, arrived from the Orient last night and is en route to Texas City under Washington orders.
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Bell
San Francisco
Cal
J. Franklin Bell
Department of the Philippines
Orient
Bell Ig
Texas City
Washington
Governor Withdraws Militia From Mexican Border
AUSTIN May 7 Governor Colquitt ordered all state troops withdrawn from the Mexican border.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Writ Denied for Martinez in Emma Brown Murder Case
Leon Cardenas Martinez, condemned for Emma Brown's murder, faces hanging May 11 unless a last minute stay delays execution. Federal Judge Maxey refused habeas corpus relief but allowed an appeal to the U S Supreme Court, with Martinez' counsel seeking governor Colquitt's reprieve as only four days remain.
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Leon Cardenas Martinez
Emma Brown
Colquitt
Supreme Court of the United States
Maxey
Martinez
Cunningham
Court of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Veterans gather as Confederate groups elect leaders in Jacksonville
May 7 Jacksonville Fla. visitors filled streets while detachments of veterans marched and fife and drum corps played. United Confederate Veterans and United Sons of Confederate Veterans held sessions with officer elections central. Names like Bennett H. Young Felix Robinson and K. M. Van Zandt were discussed for top posts as cities vie to host the twenty fifth reunion and Governor Cox of Ohio invites Columbus grounds as next site. Seymour Stuart of St Louis was elected commander in chief of the United Sons Confederate Veterans.
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Jacksonville
Fila
United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
Felix Robinson
Texas
K. M. van Zandt
Trans-Mississippi
Richmond
Memphis
Tenn
Becker May Not Testify At Trial
New York May 17 The court weighed jury selection as the second Becker murder trial moves forward. Seven jurors remain to be chosen from a pool as prosecutors and defense counsel anticipate the start of the trial. Becker and his wife sit near the proceedings, with Mrs Becker hopeful despite the case against him as the moving spirit in the Rosenthal murder conspiracy.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Talesmen
Becker
Local Farmer Valentine Opiela Dies After Robbery Attack
Valentine Opiela a 45 year old farmer from Martinez Station was beaten and robbed of 115 dollars on East Commerce Street last Sunday night and died Wednesday at a local hospital. His widow survives. The Riabe Undertaking will prepare the body for burial and send it to Hob.
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Valentine Opiela
East Commerce Street
Opiela
Martinez Station
San Antonio
Riabe
Emery
Hobburial
Theaters Given Warning on Sunday Closings
The Law Enforcement League led by Rev C E Mestravick warned moving picture show proprietors to close on Sunday May 9 or face court action. Some Ministerial Union members oppose the plan, though a majority may favor allowing Sunday open. Proprietors met Royal Theater to plan defense and hire a lawyer to handle potential cases.
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Law Enforcement League
Rev
C. E. MecStravick
Ministerial Union
Moving Picture
C. B. Cross
Mestravich
League
Royal Theater
W. J. Lytle
Mine Guards Ordered to Surrender Arms in Ludlow Area
In a Colorado report dated May 7, mine officials across Ludlow district including Tabasco Benld Has tings Delagua Forbes Huerfano and Aguilar were told by Colorado Fuel and Iron and Victor American Fuel to relinquish all weapons on site to Federal troops on demand. Colonel Lockett’s force aims to finish arm disarmament in Las Animas and Huerfano counties soon, then issue proclamations to strikers detailing where and when to surrender arms. Estimates place striker arms from 500 to 1200 guns, with eight machine guns reported in owners� possession.
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Trinidad
Colo
Tabasco
Berwind
Hastings
Delagua
Forbes
Mhuerfano
Aguilar
Ludlow
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Victor-American Fuel Company
Lockett
Las Animas
Huerfano
Eleventh Cavalry Regiment
Fort Oglethorpe
Texas bankers elect officers at Fort Worth convention
Texas State Bankers closed their Fort Worth convention with officer elections and the selection of the next meeting place. J. A. Pondron of Texarkana was named president and W. C. Dew of Goldthwaite became vice president. A prominent talk by Colonel Fred Fleming addressed banker life insurance relations. Houston and El Paso withdrew from the race. Waco is favored for the next meeting.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Waco
Houston
el Paso
Fred Fleming
Kansas City
J. A. Pondron
Texarkana
Charles H. Strunk
Beaumont
Carl Ward
Alice
R. J. Eckhardt
Taylor
George D. McGee
W. Z. Hayes
Mount Pleasant
R. H. Collier
Amarillo
W. C. Dew
Goldthwaite
J. W. Hoopes
Bogus Constitutionalists Currency Worth Many Pesos
Thousands of counterfeit Constitutionalist paper bills, possibly totaling hundreds of thousands of pesos, are being printed in San Antonio and sent into Northern Mexico. Lauro Carrillo, Constitutionalist consul, says Governor Carranza ordered an investigation to locate the printing operation. A sample $1 bill certificate appeared with the consulate, indicating the counterfeit scheme.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Lauro Carrillo
Carrillo
Carranza
Safety device fails in Dallas fire escape demonstration
In Dallas on May 7, W D Tudor of Pueblo Colorado demonstrated a new patent fire escape attached to a flagpole 75 feet above ground. The device's spring failed and Tudor plunged head first to the pavement, dying instantly. He was a salesman and had never tried the device before.
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Dallas
Tex
W D. Tudor
Pueblo
Colo
McGee
Tudor
Missouri Rep Dyer Illegally Holds Seat, Election Committee Says
The House elections committee reports that Representative Dyer of Missouri, a Republican, illegally holds his seat. The challenge by Democrat L. C. Gill prompts a minority report and a planned strong fight to unseat Dyer.
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House Committee
Washington, D. C
House Elections Committee
House
Dyer
Missouri
Congress
L. C. Gill
First Supreme Court case on income tax constitutionality
The case docketed today challenges the federal income tax. An appeal from a Southern New York district court ruling enjoin a stockholder, Frank A Brushaber, from paying the tax. Twenty reasons are offered to argue the law is unconstitutional.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Pooort
Federal District Court
New York
Union Pacific
Frank A. Brushaber
Bomb blast on Mazatlan street kills four in May 6 attack
Four dead and eight injured when a bomb was dropped into a Mazatlan street from a Constitutionalist biplane. Artillery fighting between Constitutionalists and Federal forces continues as gunboats and fortifications clash. General Carranza reports the gun boat Morelos grounded and out of commission after shelling.
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U.S
California
Mazatlan
Mex
San Diego
Cal
Washington, D. C
Howard
Carranza
Morelos
Piedrasland
Two Englishmen and one American killed near Guadalajara
A dispatch from the British vice consul at Guadalajara reports two English subjects and an American killed at mines near the city. One American and two British subjects are cut off by bandits. other Americans are safe. The embassy notes warnings from Tampico about landings and orders oil operatives not to land without British commander approval.
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Washington, D. C
Guadalajara
Ransdell
Tampico
Divorce suit seeks custody of three Abel children
G F Abel filed in the Forty-fifth District Court for divorce from Bertha Abel and asked for a writ to remove daughter Thelma May, 11, from Mrs Abels custody to place in St Josephs Orphanage. Judge Tayloe granted the writ and set the hearing for Saturday May 16 at 9:80 a.m. Custody of Ralph, 9, and Raymond E., 7, also sought.
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Forty-fifth District Court
G. F. Abel
Bertha Abel
Ralph
Raymond E
Leased Wire Day Report News Service Note
The San Antonio Light uses the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as its primary daily general news service. This exclusive AP service provides about 20,000 words daily, supplemented by The Light's own large special news coverage.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Carranza Victories Boost Constitutionalists Move
Report from Consul Hamm at Durango details rapid Constitutionalists victories near San Luis Potosi Acaponeta Tepic and Monterey captures. Carranza aims at Saltillo Tampico and Mexico City while mediation talks unfold at Niagara Falls. Military strength figures place Villa Gonzales and Obregon around 15 000 troops each with 40 900 in the field.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Mexico
Rafael Zubaran
Washington
Penarcos
San Luis Potosi
Acaponeta
Tepic
Monterey
Zubaran
Huerta
Saltillo
Tampico
Rio Grande
Villa
Gonzales
Obregon
United States
Chihuahua
Zapata
Mexico City
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