Vast throng greets Brown with greens in San Antonio rally
In Alamo Plaza the Citizens League drew about four thousand voters for a final general appeal in support of Clinton G. Brown for mayor. Speakers denounced forged circulars and criticized Joe Ryan’s ticket while urging San Antonio to back Brown to spur city progress and curb perceived decline.
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San Antonio
Citizens League
Alamo Plaza
T. T. Vander Hoeven
Citizens’ League
Paul Meerscheidt
Meerscheidt
Vander Hoeven
Brown
Mr. van derHoeven
Mr. Meerscheidt
Clinton G. Brown
Joe Ryan
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Dallas
Houston
Waco
Ryan
Texas
Red Sea
San Pedro
Aubrey
William Aubrey
San Antonio Tonight and Friday Weather Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday with a bit warmer temperatures tonight.
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San Antonio
Weather readings from multiple cities capture cool to mild Friday
Observations at 8 am report temperatures from 44 to 66 across cities. Winds vary from southeast to northeast. Forecasts predict Friday fair or likely rain and cooler conditions with the lowest recent temperatures noted in each location.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Farmers Union Holds State Session Here
About 300 members from across Texas convened in San Antonio to discuss truck growing and marketing. They will proceed to Laredo for a session, then return by special train with stops to inform North Texas members about regional conditions.
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Farmers’ Educational and Co-operaive
Texas
Laredo
San Antonio
North Texas
Austin
Washington
The
Alamo
Collins’ Gardens
F. F. Collins
Chamber of Commerce
R. D. Brown
Paris
Tex
J. E. Pearson
Northwest Texas Union
A. B. Holcomb
East Central Texas Union
A. L. Baker
Southwest Texas Union
Central Texas Union
Dr Louisa Duhring Dies at 67 in Philadelphia
Dr Louisa Duhring, renowned writer and skin disease authority, died at his Philadelphia home last night at age 67. The physician and noted medical author had a long career influencing dermatology.
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Louisa Duhring
Philadelphia
Dr. Louisa Duhring
113 Year Old Bank A Steady Advertiser
In New York's financial district near J Pierpont Morgan's former office, a bank celebrating 113 years markets itself as a daily newspaper advertiser. It began as a discount and deposit office and evolved into a respected independent commercial bank. The institution promotes its eagerness to increase active merchant and manufacturer accounts.
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Wall Street
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Currency Reforms to Be Taken Up by House in June
Washington May 8 Currency legislation will be taken up by the House about June 1 after a White House conference with President Wilson. Representative Underwood and A Mitchell Palmer said the banking and currency committee will be organized during a three week recess, with the Owen Glass bill guiding administration views. The President desires immediate currency reform if Democrats agree on method, else the matter may wait for the December session.
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Washington, D. C
House
Representative Underwood
White House
Wilson
Underwood
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Palmer
Mann
Payne
New York
Mr. Payne
Clark
Democrats of the
Ways and Means Committee
Forfeiture Threat Over Absentees At Neutrality Case
Federal officials warned Monday that appearance bonds totaling about 50 000 dollars will be forfeited if David de la Fuente Manuel Garza Aldape and other Huerta government officials do not appear in San Antonio by Monday morning to answer charges of conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws. Only three defendants showed up, and the court agreed to continue their cases to the December term after a conference indicating the others likely would not appear.
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David de la Fuente
Manuel Garza Aldape
Huerta
San Antonio
United States
J. L. Camp
Judge Camp
T. S. Maxey
J. Frederic Sheppard
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Jesus A. Fernandez
Melchor Camacho
United States District
Charles C. Cresson
Sheppard
Adirondack Guides Condemn Narrow Skirts After Drowning Near Rainbow Lake
In Saranac Lake New York guides meeting at Rainbow Lake condemn narrow hobble skirts worn by women after a boating accident nearly drowned a swimmer. The convention passes a resolution stating that narrow skirts do not belong in the Adirondacks and expresses safety concerns.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
Rainbow Lake
Surprise for Uncle Joe Cannon in Danville
Former House speaker Joseph G. Cannon, in Danville Illinois, forgot his birthday until late afternoon. He spent the day driving and attending church dedications. A monster cake baked by his daughters and a seven ty seven American Beauty vase accompanied dinner. A surprise party with twenty prominent citizens capped the day.
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Danville
Ill
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Hirdners
Leased Wire Day report from Associated Press used by The Light
The San Antonio Light relies on the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press as its premier source of general news. It notes AP provides about 20,000 words daily and complements its own substantial news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Graves Elected President of Texas Medical Association
Dr. Marvin L. Graves of Galveston, head of the University of Texas Medical Department, was elected president of the Texas State Medical Association for the coming year in a morning session of the house of delegates. Houston was named 1914 convention site. Fort Worth later urged 1915. Dr. Graves won unanimously after speeches by Dr. W. A. King of San Antonio and others. Dr. Holman Taylor of Fort Worth was reelected secretary. Dr. W. L. Allison of Fort Worth became treasurer. Dr. John L. Turner of Dallas joined the board of trustees. Delegates elected include Dr. C. A. Smith, Dr. Clay Johnson, Dr. Joe Becton, and Dr. Holman Taylor for AMA delegates. The association planned resolutions on county hospital law and a federal state hospital for consumptives. The Texas Medical College at the University of Texas again boasted multiple officers.
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House of Delegates
Marvin L. Graves
Galveston
University of Texas Medical Department
Texas State Medical Association
Houston
Fort Worth
Graves
W. A. King
San Antonio
Texas
J. J. Terrill
C. A. Smith
Texarkana
Holman Taylor
H. W. Cummings
Hearne
J. H. Foster
J. C. Anderson
Plainview
R. R. White
Temple
State Association
W. L. Allison
John L. Turner
Dallas
Association
Board of Trustees
Turner
W. G. Jones
H. D. Barnes
Childress
W. C. Dickey
Memphis
Dr. Dickey
Barnes
King
A. C. Scott
W. N. Wardlow
Corpus Christi
W. H. Blythe
Mount Pleasant
American Medical Association
Clay Johnson
Temple Beth-El
Medical Department
University of Texas
Taylor
Allison
Chamberlain outlines Texas resources and growth potential
Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio spoke at a New York Y M C A forum about Texas wealth and development. He cited 170 million acres with only one eighth irrigated, Medina dam plans to irrigate 70 000 acres, and Texas cotton output of 4.7 million bales worth about 23.5 million dollars. He warned coal and metal deposits may decline but soil will keep cotton thriving, and linked Texas to the Panama Canal boosting manufacturing and shipping to position Texas as a leading U S producer and trader.
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New York
Young Men’s Christian Association
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio
Southwest
Texas
Medina
Mr. Chamberlain
Union
Bandit Still At Large In Kansas City Train Robbery
Detectives identify the escaped train robber as William La Trasse, linked to the May 8 holdup of a Kansas City Southern freight in Kansas City Missouri after a $1700 theft. He had earlier escaped Wyandotte jail two years ago and was wanted for murder and prior Missouri Pacific robbery. A bloody shirt found near the tracks aided the manhunt.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
J. M. Short
Joplin
William la Trosse
Wyandotte
Kansas
Lua Trasse
Chicago
St. Joseph
la Trasse
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Missouri Penitentiary
Courtney
Eatons Tower
Rockefeller Is Better After Health Revival Visit
William Rockefeller, nearing his seventy third birthday, is reported to be in better health after a recent trip from his Briar Cliff Manor home to Briar Cliff lodge. He inquired about the crowd at the American Bankers Association session but avoided meeting bankers due to throat weakness, though overall condition showed improvement.
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Briar Cliff Manor
N. Y
William Rockefeller
Congressional
Money Trust
Briar Cliff Lodge
American Bankers’ Association
Record Wheat Crop Reaches Historic US Total
The Department of Agriculture reports winter wheat at 91.1 percent of normal with yields at 16.6 bushels per acre and a total crop of 513,571,000 bushels the largest ever in the United States. Planted area falls 39,938,600 acres from autumn, while rye stands at 91 percent normal. Spring plowing is 67.2 percent done and planting 57 percent complete nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Several in Neutrality Cases
The federal grand jury handed down five true bills this afternoon before adjourning the term. Indictments include arrests publicized for Floyd Davis, charged with Mann Act violations. Oliver Bell alias Charlie Bell, charged with manufacturing smoking opium. and William Brady, charged with the same offense.
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Federal Grand Jury
Floyd Davis
Oliver Bell
Charlie Bell
William Brady
Ready to Vote on Tariff Bill Leads Congress Cheer
The House readied engrossment of the Underwood tariff bill amid a Democratic push for a tariff commission. Speaker Clark received a standing ovation after praising decades of effort, while House debate wrapped in applause and partisan tension.
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Muse
Woman Offers Body For Clothes At Cincinnati Hospital
In Cincinnati a well dressed woman, Eleanor Muchmore, waited in a hospital receiving ward and told clerk Mr. Walsh she wished to sell her body to obtain fine clothes. She hoped doctors could use her after death, but the offer could not be accepted.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Hospital
Walsh
Eleanore Muchmore
Miss Muchmore
Miss Muchimmore
Bryan to report to the president amid diplomacy plans
Secretary Bryan, returning from travels, plans a late conference with President Wilson to present a general report from California. He will then head to New York for a dinner with the International Commission on Ghent centenary celebrations. A Japanese protest on the Webb bill remains delayed pending inquiries.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Wilson
Baltimore
Charles H. Grasty
Baltimore Sun
California
New York
International Commission
Ghent
Webb
United States
Johnson
Supreme Court
Japan
Hague Tribunal
Brown Brookins Marriage Annulled in Texas Court
Miss Emma Brown of Newcastle Pennsylvania obtained a judgment in the Thirty seventh district court to annul her marriage to Walter R Brookins the aviator. The pair married in San Antonio on January 24 after meeting at an aviation meet in Palm Beach Florida. The suit filed last week alleges the marriage was entered into under hypnotic influence and against Miss Browns will. The license was issued January 23 and the ceremony January 24 was performed by Rev Brooks I Dickey. Brookins left for Los Angeles soon after the ceremony while Miss Brown stayed in San Antonio with her parents.
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Emma. Brown
Newcastle
Walter R. Brookins
San Antonio
Palm Beach
Fla
Miss Brown
Cunningham & Birkhead
Anderson
Brookins
Brooks I. Dickey
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Anthony Hotel
Woman Identified After Found Near Fort Sam Houston
Mrs Emma Baldwin identified herself after five days in semi consciousness at the city hospital near Fort Sam Houston. Doctors report her condition much improved and she is expected to recover. She lives on Esprasse Avenue near Harlandale and was found unconscious while walking to visit a friend last Sunday morning near the military post.
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Emma Baldwin
Fort Sam Houston
City Hospital
Baldwin
Esprasse Avenue
Harlandale
Classified Notice Explains Ten Day Want Ads
A public notice explains that want ads run ten days with two Sundays and 15 words cost 75 cents at half a cent per word per insertion. It suggests telephoning ads for convenience and lists old Crockett 4658 and new 176 as contact numbers.
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Crockett
Federal firepower sighted near Juarez border
Report from Ysleta near Juarez describes heavy rifle fire and dynamite wreckage along the state line. Officials noted cross border activity with gunfire reported across the border, raising security concerns in the region.
Guards Increase Street Cars Between El Paso and Juarez
Troop train bound from San Blas to Alamos carrying 250 federal soldiers was destroyed by insurgents near Nogales, with many passengers hurt or killed. Mines were planted on the line as Yaqui Indians reportedly join the state forces. No word on a captured war aircraft at Tucson. search for the missing machine continues.
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Nogales
Arizona
San Blas
Alamos
United States Army
Tucson
Firing Reported Along Rio Grande Near Juarez
Reports from Ysleta describe heavy rifle fire across the Rio Grande opposite Juarez amid a possible clash between Constitutionalists and Juarez garrison outposts. Juarez guards doubled, streets patrolled, and searches for arms conducted.
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EL Paso
Tex
May
Ysleta
Rio Grande
Juarez
Flores Ranch
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua
Villa
Many Arrests Expected Over Neutrality Law Shifts
Washington law officers anticipate numerous arrests for violations of U S neutrality laws as shipments of war munitions to Mexican constitutionalists are deemed illegal. The Supreme Court ruled that starting arms toward forbidden territory suffices to establish violation, prompting border enforcement preparations.
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Washington, D. C
United Stat
Mexico
Department of Testa
Supreme Court
Regent
United Court For
Texas
White
Sagitani Proposes Free Offer in Japanese Army Claim
Sagitani, editor of a Japanese daily, claims to have a colonel in the Japanese army and offers details of a free proposal connected to ex-Japanese soldiers in Eagle Pass Texas on May 8, citing Governor Carranza.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Sagitani
Carranza
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M. i. Wee
Farmers Union
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