Water-borne Traffic Opens Panama Canal Soon
The Panama Canal is reported to begin water service for merchant ships within a short time after a 12 hour Atlantic to Pacific schedule is set. Colonel Goethals plans an observation period before full opening to avoid accidental canal movement. Barges in tow are already passing through the canal as Tehuantepec disruption boosts demand.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Panama Railroad
New York
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Goethals
Institution of Water Service
Canal
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Pacific
Europe
Far East
Colon
Panama
Colonel Goethals
Cucaracha Slide
Culebra
Atlantic
San Antonio to Host Saengerfest in 1916
San Antonio was chosen by the Texas State Saengerbund to host the thirty first Saengerfest in 1916. Officers elected for the two years include H. Mueller as president Fritz Muebner as secretary and William Dielmann as treasurer.
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Dallas
Tex
San Antonio
Texas State Saengerbund
Saengerbund
Ars
H. Mueller
Fritz Muebner
William Dielmann
Burglars Steal 1 Dollar Worth of Gum and Salmon
W L Wallace grocery at 219 South Ala mo street was broken into Wednesday night. Detectives say intruders forced a window, entered the basement, and cut a panel in the door flooring to reach the plunder. Only a pint of ammonia, two cans of salmon, and a dollar's worth of chewing gum were stolen.
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W. L. Wallace
South Alamo Street
Salazar acquitted then rearrested in New Mexico
General Jose Ynez Salazar, a Huerta commander who fled Ojinaga last January, was captured on the American side and arrested on a federal neutrality law warrant. He was acquitted in federal court today and immediately rearrested by U S army officers and taken to Fort Wingate New Mexico.
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Salazar
Santa . N. M
Jose Ynez Salazar
Huerta
Ojinaga
Mex
United States Army
Fort Wingate
N. M
Puebla
Mexico City
Franscisco Villa
General Huerta
Tampico
Villa
Juarez
Mexico
Mayo
Vera Cruz
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Thursday night and Friday, cloudy conditions move in with warmer temperatures. The outlook notes an uptick in warmth across the area through Friday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations from multiple cities
Observations at 8 a.m. show temperatures ranging from 42 in Milwaukee to 62 in Chicago. Winds mostly northwest at 6 to 14 miles per hour. Friday is forecast with fair conditions in most cities and variable cloudiness in New York. Temperature lows noted for the past 24 hours include 38 in Milwaukee and 44 in Chicago and St Paul.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Market House Vendors Alleged Ill Treatment Sparks Probe
Alderman Chapa reports complaints from Italian and Syrian vegetable peddlers about conduct at the market house. Mayor Brown will initiate an investigation as city officials may summon market staff to explain alleged restrictions on stalls and possible use of a revolver to enforce demands. Charles Troilo translated for the peddlers during the inquiry.
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Chapa
City Council
Brown
Charles Troilo
Market House Committee
Concrete work nears completion on Alamo Plaza tracks
Traction Company crews near finishing concrete between tracks on Alamo Plaza from Houston to Blum streets. Welding joints next week will precede top paving of creosoted wood blocks. West Commerce street track laying is slow due to rain. work resumes Friday from I. and G. N. street car line end toward the city center.
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Traction Company
Alamo Plaza
Houston
Blum Streets
West Commerce Street
Burke Indicted for Conspiracy in Canal Zone Supplies
John Burke former manager of the Panama Canal Zone commissary department was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud and related offenses. Three Colon Panama provision dealers were also indicted. Burke was said to have accepted gratuities from suppliers during his tenure. The investigation spanned three months.
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New York
John Burke
Panama Canal Zone
Grand Jury
Colon
Panama
Burke
Celebration planning meeting for Fourth of July in San Antonio
A planning meeting of the Fourth of July celebration committee is set for 3 30 next Wednesday afternoon at Red Man's Hall on Soledad street. Mrs E G LeStourgeon chairs the committee and calls for discussion of ideas to work out a comprehensive observance plan in San Antonio.
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Red Man's Hall
Soledad Street
E. G. LeStourgeon
San Antonio
Cleveland Women’s Clubs Back Modest Fashion Push
Representatives of fifty women’s clubs in the Cleveland Federation voted unanimously to urge designers and manufacturers to return to modest garments. The move will affect about 15,000 Cleveland women in the organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Federation
Leased Wire Day Report Highlights Global News Coverage
The San Antonio Light summarizes its news service as receiving the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report, providing about 20,000 words daily, augmented by its own extensive special news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Major Hamrock Trial Begins in Ludlow Court Martial
Denver May 14 The second day of the general court martial for Major Patrick J. Hamrock of the Colorado National Guard opened with 20 or more witnesses to come. He faces murder arson manslaughter and larceny charges linked to the Ludlow tent colony fire and miners battle. Witnesses described orders to “smoke them out” and testified no orders were given to burn the tents.
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Denver
Colo
Golden
Patrick J. Hamrock
Colorado National Guard
Ludlow
Hamrock
United Mine Workers
R. Benedict
J. Lamme
National
Lamme
Edwin S. Carson
Trinidad
Lingenfelter
Proclamation Yanks Hundreds of Weapons From Hiding Places
In Trinidad Colorado on May 14 Col James Lockett issued a War Department disarmament proclamation that went into effect yesterday. The order dominated strike districts Las Animas and Hueriano counties as hundreds of weapons were surrendered, bringing total seized to nearly 2900. The policy limits Army searches to suspected individuals and may be expanded to allow searches of dwellings if Washington authorizes.
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Trinidad
Colo
James Lockett
War Department
Las Animas
Hueriano
United States
Lockett
Washington
For Rent Cheap Five Room House Near Harlandale Line
Daily Results lists a five room house for rent with bath, light and telephone. It includes a chicken yard garden lawn and trees near the Harlandale car line two blocks away. Contact Crockett at phone number 317.
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Harlandale
Landlord Praises Quick Rental of House After Ad
One hour after the May 12 issue of The Light carried the want ad the house was rented. The advertiser said I never saw such quick and good results. I could have rented several houses to good people.
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The
Light
Local Light ad copy on readership and pricing
The passage describes The Light newspaper as the most read local publication with daily circulation, highlighting its appeal to people likely to rent, sell, or trade. It also lists subscription pricing in multiple wordings and quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
the Light
Armistead Named Postmaster Here in Texas
The president nominated Texas postmasters including San Antonio G D Armistead Burnett M B Brown Jefferson Wm Clark Jewett G B Sanders Merkel H C Williams Navasota W H Brown Seymour W H Miller Burke Nett C A Purcell Florence Bessie Cannon Armistead a local newspaper man and one of the original Wilson men in Texas He covered the Baltimore convention and helped secure the Texas delegation for Wilson He was a presidential elector and is a Kentucky native with work on St Louis papers.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
San Antonio
G. D. Armistead
Burnett
M. B. Brown
Jefferson
Wm. Clark
Jewett
G. B. Sanders
Merkel
H. C. Williams
Navasota
W. H. Brown
Seymour
W. H. Miller
Burke-Burnett
C. A. Purcell
Florence
Bessie Cannon
George D. Armistead
Wilson
Baltimore
New Jersey
Armistead
Kentucky
Missouri
St. Louis
Villaret Named for Bank Examiner Post in East Texas
Paul G Villaret of San Antonio is named a state bank examiner by Commissioner Collier. He will serve in the East Texas district with headquarters at Pittsburg. Villaret has prior banking service in San Antonio and family ties to the West Texas Bank & Trust Company.
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Paul G. Villaret
San Antonio
Austin
Collier
Villaret
East Texas
Pittsburg
Tex
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
State Department of Banking and Insurance
Gill
The
Comfort Bank
State
Fat
Spont
Alex P. Villaret
West Texas Bank & Truat Company
Tragic Dallas Shooting Follows Divorce News
In Dallas an angry husband Harry Fulkerson shot his wife as she walked to work after news of their divorce. She died at a hospital. he then killed himself. Bystanders watched as the couple argued and the fatal volley occurred. The man was a clerk and the wife a department store worker.
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Dallas
Tex
Harry Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Texas flood drains rails as rains break records
Rivers over banks and still rising threaten South and East Texas rail lines. Detours were common as trains mostly left on time. Record rainfall over 26 years punishes crops with rot in potatoes and onions while corn and cotton struggle amid gloom in farming circles.
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Houston
Tex
South
East Texas
Man Found Dying in Dallas Hotel with Poison
A man registered as J. M. Johnson of Waco at a Lamar street hotel was found in his room with his throat cut and a bottle of poison beside him. He died en route to the hospital. No note was left, and police suspect an assumed name based on papers found in his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Lamar Street
J. M. Johnson
Waco
Port Aransas Steamship Service Hope Restored
E G Warfield of the Seaboard Gulf Steamship Company proposes reinstating New York to Port Aransas service if San Antonio and regional shippers deliver 600 to 700 tons per sailing toward a 1000 ton monthly cadence. He cites prior cargo shortfalls and costs, and seeks a local meeting to secure pledged business.
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Port Aransas
San Antonio
E. G. Warfield
New York
Seaboard & Gulf Steamship Company
Texas Point
Warfield
Sea
Scrivener
Aransas Pass
Freeport
San Antonio Schools Close May 29 With Summer Sessions
The San Antonio schools will close May 29 for summer vacation. Four summer schools for white children and one for Negro students will open soon after. Closings will include graduating exercises. the high school marks its largest class with 150 graduates on June 4 at the Majestic Theater.
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San Antonio
Majestic Theater
Jewelers Elect Officers at Fort Worth Meeting
The Texas Jewelers Association closed with reports and addresses. C. B. Pittman spoke on retail jewelry, W. E. Shuttles discussed direct sales by manufacturers. A barbecue was set for Lake Erie, Galveston chosen as next meeting site. Officers named: E. E. Taylor Houston president, W. F. Dietrich Cleburne vice president, Emil Meyer Groesbeck secretary, Fred Studer Waco treasurer.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Jewelers’ Association
C. B. Pittman
Ennis
W. E. Shuttles
Dallas
Lake Erie
Galveston
E. E. Taylor
Houston
W. F. Dietrich
Cleburne
Emil Meyer
Groesbeck
Fred Studer
Waco
Seaman Dies During Voyage Homeward
The naval hospital ship Solace docked at the Brooklyn navy yard with 101 patients from Vera Cruz. It carried two navy men, Henry Pullam and Clarence R. Harshbarger, who died of wounds in the capture of Vera Cruz. Hunter Dobson of the Louisiana died on the voyage from appendicitis. Twenty eight were too ill for ambulatory transfer. stretchers were used for many.
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New York
Solace
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vera Cruz
Henry Pullam
Clarence R. Harshbarger
Mexico
Hunter Dobson
Louisiana
Mellen Called to Witness Stand in New Haven Inquiry
Former New Haven Railroad president Charess S. Mullen testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission about his rise to the helm around 1903 and his salary, with adjournment scheduled to secure needed papers. He identified Morgan as the chief influence behind his appointment.
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Washington, D. C
Charess S. Mullen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Folk
Mellen
Commission
Department of Justice
Mr. Mellen
The
Morgan
Cases Set For May 25 In Sunday Law Prosecutions
Alleged violations of the Sunday law involving moving picture theater operators who kept their houses open May 10 will be postponed from Friday in Justice Campbell's court to Monday May 25. The delay was agreed at a Wednesday conference between Carlos Bee for the proprietors and County Attorney Dan Lewis. Lewis said Bee is occupied in Federal Court this week and likely part of next week, while the County Criminal Court remains in session all next week.
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County Criminal Court
Lewis
Webber and Rose Testify in Becker Murder Trial
Bald Jack Rose and Bridgie Webber testified in the Becker murder trial in New York. Rose faced re direct examination while Webber described his role in the plot and the gathering of the four gunmen at his poker rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack” Rose
Union Pacific Plans Dividend Cut After Quorum Lapse
Union Pacific directors failed to meet quorum today to decide on a dividend. A later meeting is set to reduce the quarterly rate from 2 1 2 to 2 percent, a cut anticipated after the proposed big bonus to common stockholders was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
New York
Dictator Huerta Cornered as Constitutionalist Gains Expand
Report from Vera Cruz dated May 14 says Constitutionalist forces push toward Mexico City, taking Tampico and threatening Huerta from north and south. Villa reportedly besieges San Luis Potosi, with American ships controlling coasts and refugees arriving amid a widening federal collapse.
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Republic of Mexico
Tpico
Victoriano Huerta
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Puerto Mexico
Salina Cruz
Manzanillo
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Morelos
Figueroa
Guerrero
Huerta
Tampico
Joaquin Maas
Satilla
Monterey
Victoria
San Luis Potosi
Villa mobilizes 25,000 in Torreon campaign
The Constitutionalist army under General Villa completed its move to Torreon ending a mobilization that gathered about 25,000 men to strike the Federals at the stronghold. Villa ordered secrecy on troop movements and pressed press correspondents to refrain from publishing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Mexico
Saltillo
Villa
Noth
Villa Pushes for Ammunition to Take Mexico City
Villista leader says the Constitutionalists need ammunition to capture Mexico City and then calls for a sanctioned import limit. He proposes a commission to determine the exact quantity required, arguing US supervision to prevent overreach while avoiding war with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Mexico
United Sta
Wilson
Mexico City
Saltillo
United States
Oil fields to be worked Carranza promises protection
Diplomats and state department officials plan mediation at Niagara Falls after Tampico capture. Navy authorities authorize Admiral Mayo to move ships to the Panuco river as arrangements proceed amid Mexican crisis tensions.
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Washington, D. C
Tampico
State Department
Niagra Falls
Ontario
Badger
Mayo
Secretary of the Navy
Panuco River
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William Dielman
Meneses Eeees
Eecesees
M.ceeess
Eeweees LM
Burke |S
Bill
Agpines
Hamaoge
J. J. Stevens
BANK
South Kee
Ferguson
Harlingen
Twelfth
United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Meior Anderson
Seaboard & Gulf Co
Naval Hospital
New Haven Road
Webber
Rosenthal
Altage
Ing
Carranza
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