City Auditor Books Access Test Case Seeks Permit
Attorney Harris files mandamus in the Fifty-seventh District Court to force City Auditor Humnel to allow access to accounting books without a mayor or finance committee permit. Judge Seeligson set May 13 for the hearing as insurgent aldermen demand transparency in city finances.
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Citizens Generaly
Callaghan
Finance Committee
Attorley
Robert G. Harris
Ifty-Seventh District Court
Charles F. A. Humnel
Arthur W. Seeligson
Citzen
Harris
Hummel
Mahdamus
Frank C. Davis
Unclear Weather Note for San Antonio Tonight
Unsettled conditions persist for San Antonio and vicinity with cooler air tonight. forecast for Saturday remains unsettled with mixed skies and cooler temperatures ahead.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather for tourists across major cities
Observations at 8 am show St Louis 62 with south wind and tonight rain. Chicago 58 clear with south wind and Saturday rain. Milwaukee 46 clear with south wind and likely Saturday rain. St Paul 62 cloudy with south wind and colder. Kansas City 64 with east wind and tonight Saturday rain. New York 54 clear with north east wind and Saturday fair. Boston 56 clear with northwest wind and Saturday fair. Washington 60 clear with west wind and Saturday fair.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Lear
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Unfounded Claim About AP Leased Wire Carriage
A statement alleging that the Associated Press leased wire is carried in full or in part by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light is deemed unfounded and without basis in fact.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
An Antonio
Rioters Clash With Police at Scranton Coal Breaker
In Scranton Pennsylvania May 10 a crowd of about 2000 foreign workers attacked police and broke into the Delaware Lackawanna & Western coal breaker area. State police and railroad police intervened firing shots. two rioters and two officers were injured as the mob dispersed after officers took cover and returned fire.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Cayuga Coal Breaker
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
North Scranto
Leggetts Creek
Marker
Davis
Briaker
Court orders Brandt sent back to prison
Folke A. Brandt, former valet to Mortimer L Schiff, was ordered returned to Dannemora prison by the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court this afternoon. The court unanimously vacated the habeas corpus writ and Brandt, who has served five years of a 30 year burglary sentence, must return to prison.
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Associated Press
New York
Folke A. Brandt
Mortimer L Schiff
Dannemora
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Kidnaping Attempt Tells Story From 14 Year Old
Harry Hahn, 14, son of Prof. Carl Hahn of this city, recounts a Cincinnati kidnaping attempt. He says three men and a woman tried to chloroform and seize him from the sidewalk, but police arrested all involved after he cried for help. He returned to Texas with his father and expressed relief to be home.
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Harry Hahn
Carl Hahn
San Antonio
Cincinnati
Harry
Harry Beers
Prof. Hahn
Hahn
Texas
Manley Case Near End in Texas Parade Killing
Closing arguments were heard in the Manley murder trial in Waxahachie Texas as Sergeant J D Manley faced verdict possibilities for killing Louis Reich enstein a spectator who tried to breach military lines The defense urged manslaughter or lesser charges while the state sought the death penalty with jurors expected to retire for deliberation.
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Associated Press
Waxamachie
Tex
J. D. Manley
Dallas
Plea For Canteen At All Military Posts
Mrs. Wellington Quincey Hunt of Detroit urged the army canteen at every military post during the Chicago chapter's annual meeting of the National Society Dames of the Loyal Legion. She spoke as a soldier’s daughter and cited firsthand experience.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wellington Quincey Hunt
Detroit
National Society
Dames of the Loyal Legion
Hunt
Episcopalian Bishop Teased With Year Long Vacation
At the West Texas Episcopal diocese convention a one year vacation was tendered to Bishop J. S. Johnston in appreciation of 25 years of service. A purse of 500 dollars and a plan to raise annual missions support were approved. John Lyons to be ordained deacon at St. Paul’s Church. A diocesan school board was elected to oversee three Episcopal schools in San Antonio.
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West Texas
J. S. Johnston
Johnston
Fund For General Missions
John Lyons
St. Paul’s Church
St. Mark's Church
Upton B. Bowden
Cuero
Mercer G. Johnston
San Antonio
Reagan Houston
J. T. Hutcheson
A. W. Burroughs
Phil Cook
J. Woodhull
G.tayloe
A. W. Seeligson
A. B. Bowden
John Sykes
Corpus Christi
Philip Cook
R. W. Hudson
Pearsall
Archbald Hearing Advances in Federal Case
In Washington May 10 the Archbald hearing continued with Edward J. Williams on the stand. He described obtaining an Erie railroad coal lands option through Archbald and noted earlier reluctance to grant the option without a judge’s letter. Williams acknowledged Archbald’s federal judge position and railroad litigation, and said they chose not to sell the culm after government scrutiny began.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Robert Archbald
Commerce Court
Edward J. Williams
Archbald
Erie Railroad
Williams
Captain May
Clayton
Railroad and Corporation
Archhbald
Cameron County Drainage District Votes 450000 Bond Issue
Special to The Light reports Cameron County Drainage District No 3 voted to issue bonds around 450000 dollars for drainage construction and maintenance in the first year.
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San Benito
Tex
Cameron County
T. P. A. Delegates Pam
The State Travelers' Protective association opened with expanded attendance. Reports on committees benevolent league affairs and official matters were heard. An automobile tour of Houston and a Country Club reception featured the day’s entertainment.
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Pam
Associated .Press
Houston
Tex
State Travelers’ Protective Association
Benevolent League
Country Club
Great jumps made in steel prices
Government described price movements of steel products before and after the formation of the United States Steel corporation in a suit to dissolve it. A. I. Findley testified that wire nails rose from 25.50 to 71.60 per ton by 1900 and rail prices climbed to 28 per ton by formation, with tin plate rising from 2.75 to 4.20 per cwt by 1902.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
A. I. Findley
Findley
Governiment
Yoakum Visitor in City on Frisco Inspection
B F Yoakum, chairman of Frisco system's executive board, arrived in San Antonio this morning by M E T railroad from St Louis en route to the gulf coast for an inspection trip. He is accompanied by secretary C T Bower and joined by his family, who have been in the city for months. He will depart for Kingsville tomorrow.
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B. F. Yoakum
Frisco System
San Antonio
St. Louis
Gulf Coast Country
Brownsville
Mexico
Houston
C. T. Bower
Kingsville
Beaumont Chosen for Texas Retail Merchants Meet
Beaumont was selected for the next annual convention of the Retail Merchants' Association of Texas in Dallas on May 10.
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THE
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Beaumont
Retail Merchants’ Association of Texas
Women Win Vote on Church Questions in North Carolina
Durham May 10 96th annual diocesan convention of the Episcopal church in North Carolina adopts a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote on church questions.
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Associated Press
Durham
N. C
The
Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Over 12 000 Are Homeless After Torras Levee Break
The Torras Levee break in Pointe Coupee parish floods vast areas near New Roads as residents refuse to leave. A cotton seed mill valued at $50,000 faces destruction while trains are halted by a washout and a remaining telephone line goes out. The region endures a third calamity after boll weevil and a cold winter strike.
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Pointe Coupee Parish
Texas & Pacific
Torras
Louisiana
Flood Threat Forces Exodus From New Roads
Residents fled New Roads as Torras crevasse floodwaters rose and a new threat on the Irwin level was reported. U S A reports dangerous boils stopped overnight while many refused warnings prepare to depart. boats from Cooks Landing and relief trains from Texas & Pacific are to move evacuees.
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Associated Press
New Roads
Torras
Irwin
Langer
Lieutenant Weeks
U. S.A
Irwin Levee
Cooks Landing
Texas & Fpa Railway
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Rebels Press North in Mexican Campaign Near Torreon
Advance rebel squads north of Torreon are repulsed by federal forces as skirmishes continue. Huerta reports 90 rebels killed and seven federals, while Villa cavalry pursue remaining combatants. Rebel leaders Rabago and Orozco target Torreon as a path toward Mexico City.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Torreon
Orozco
Huerta
Federal Army
Mexico
Laredo
Mon
Villa
Rabago
Kago
Armies Rest After Fresh Skirmishes Near Zaragosa
A May 10 dispatch from El Paso reports both sides resting after twelve hours of fighting at Tlahualilo and Zaragosa. Rebels led by General Campos claim gains and 18 prisoners at Zaragosa, while federal defense holds. Orozco and Morelos factions report scattered losses and recent disarms at Escalon and Monclova.
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SIG
EL Paso
Tex
Tlahualilo
Jillo
Pascual Orozco
Iarez
Escalon
Campos
Orozco
Zaragosa
Campos Morelos
Cienegas
Monclova
Salazar
Toscalon
Star
Revolutionary Uprisings Reported in Eastern Mexico
Telegram from Washington notes uprisings spreading to eastern Tamaulipas and southern areas. Clashes reported near Cruz and surrounding regions as unrest grows in the area.
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Associated
Washington
DD. C
Tamaulipas
No Cruz
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Waxahachie Court
Soldiers’ Daughters Address Society
Dames of Loyal Legion
Erie
BEFF
Yoakum
Oil City
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Vicksburg
Weather Bureau
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Federals
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Sierra Mojada
Iuerta
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Juarez
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Golan
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