San Antonio Hosts Texas Press Association Convention
More than 200 editors and publishers arrive in San Antonio for a three day Texas Press Association convention. They take city keys, occupy the Gunter hotel and San Antonio Press Club spaces, plan a busy program, and hint at future battles for the next convention city while being welcomed by local officials and business leaders.
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Texas Press Association
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Press Club
J. H. Lowery
W. C. Edwards
E. D. Mouton
Methodist Church
Joseph Emerson Smith
Eerie Lowry
J. H. Lowry
Lowry
Alamo
The
Carrae
Association
C. Young
Houston
A. Whittier
Holland's
Dallas
J. T Young
A. L. Henry
W. M. Bonner
Wichita Falls
F. M. Brasley
Austin
Lee ‘Clark
Patrick Henry
R. T. Milner
M. College
W. B. Stigart
Maquoketa Sentinel
Ngketa
Iowa
J. S. Buchanan
W. Harper
A. D. Hodge
Clayton West
Hartley
Eugene Thompson
D. Johnson
H. W
Unsettled Weather for San Antonio Tonight and Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with showers possible. Cooler air moves in tonight as temperatures dip ahead of a potential shower.
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San Antonio
Weather outlook for tourists across major cities
Observation made at a.m. reports temperatures from 44 to 70 across US cities. St Louis 70 with showers. Chicago 54 with clouds. Milwaukee 44 rain planned tonight. St Paul 46 with rain. Kansas City 58 cloudy. New York 54 cloudy with rain. Boston 56 clear with Friday rain. Washington 56 cloudy with Friday rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Abbott proposes health inspection system in Texas cities
Dr. J B Abbott Texas pure food and drug commissioner launches a statewide crusade to inspect bakeries dairies meat markets and grocers. A local scoring department would rate cleanliness quality and preservative use with public access to each establishment's standing. Tests begin in Austin with club women and reporters guiding tours and San Antonio to pilot the system.
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Austin
Tex
Abbott
Pure Food and Drug
Texas
State Department
San Antonio
Wilson backs tariff bill after House passage
President Wilson told White House correspondents he would not compromise on wool or sugar schedules and stands behind the tariff bill as it passed the House.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
How One Clerk Built 2 Business
A young clerk in a German American general store transforms a slipshod operation into an orderly, thriving concern. He reorganizes stocks and displays, writes simple honest ads, and gradually takes ownership. The Light's advertising columns highlight ambition and progress as the right merchant becomes a successful advertiser.
Public Inauguration Suggestion for San Antonio Mayor
The Light reports a proposal for a public installation of Clinton G. Brown as mayor and the new officers, a mass get-together on the city hall steps with a plaza crowd, inaugural address, citizen speeches and music. If approved, the event could occur June 1, following the May 26 city council election conclusion.
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Clinton G. Brown
Citizens of
San Antonio
Citizens’ League
Citizenship of
Brown
Attorney General Considers Divorcing Central Pacific
McReynolds ha s tentatively decided that the Central Pacific Railroad should be divorced from the Southern Pacific in the Union Southern Pacific merger dissolution. He is reviewing a Southern Pacific memorandum arguing the Central Pacific need not be surrendered. Former AG Wickersham urged surrender under threat of Sherman law suit. Final AG stance will shape the dissolution plan.
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Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union- Southern Pacific
Wickersham
Union
Tight skirts at fault, women clash with street car company
In Youngstown Ohio May 15 the Woman's Club League and the local street car company clash over trolley car step height and women's skirts. Women petition city council to lower steps within eight inches. Company says tight skirts, not steps, are to blame.
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Youngstown, O
Woman's Club League of
Youngstown
Former Arizona governor John J Gosper dies in poverty
Former territorial governor of Arizona and Civil War veteran John J Gosper died in poverty in Los Angeles. He had served as Nebraska secretary of state and was 71 years old at his death. He was a county ward at the time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John J., Gosper
Arizona
Nebraska
Gosper
Leased Wire Day Report Overview
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as its primary daily news source, supplemented by its own extensive in-house service. The AP report provides roughly 20,000 words of general news each day to the paper.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Shriners Begin Tour of Lone Star State
Four special trains carrying Shriners from across the country departed Dallas en route to Austin San Antonio Houston and Galveston as part of a week long Texas tour for Hella temple. Grant Maxwell chaired the transportation effort with more than 1000 fez wearers aboard.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Fez
Grant
Maxwell
Transportation Committee
Hella Temple
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
Imperial Council
Silas
Fort Worth Tragedy Ends in Multiple Deaths
Thomas Lee, 23, a Black bootblack, killed two people and wounded three others before killing himself at 2 PM. Victims include Officer Ogiltree and Walter Moore, with Dave Colton and Harold Murdock among the wounded. The shootout followed a quarrel at a barbecue stand.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thomas Lee
Lee
Policeman Oxiltree
Walter Moore
Dave Colton
Harold Murdock
MeeGar
Madock
Ogiltree
Colton
Weather forecast points to showers and cooler air
Weather forecasters expect showers tonight as low pressure systems linger, with San Antonio between two storm zones. The north low is over Iowa and the south low over the Rio Grande valley, bringing unsettled conditions and scattered rain. only Paris and Sherman reported measurable rainfall yesterday.
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San Antonio
Iowa
Rio Grande Valley
Paris
Sherman
Bankers Elect Officers for Texas Association
The Texas Bankers Association elected officers including Nathan Adams as president and J W Hoopes as secretary. District vice presidents were named for seven districts with leaders from Orange Corpus Christi Brenham Holland Tyler Coleman and Baird. Miss Lillian Littman of Austin was chosen as assistant secretary. Fort Worth will host the next convention with many bankers traveling to New Orleans for a Panama Canal trip.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Bankers’ Association
Nathan Adams
American National Exchange Bank
Dallas
J. W. Hoopes
City National Bank of
T. B. Benson
The
National Bank of Bartlett
Texas
J. O. Sims
Orange
George R. Clark
Corpus Christi
C. J. Wilkens
Brenham
L. B. Newhinney
Holland
J. T. McCarty
Tyler
L. M. Dumas
Coleman
G. B. Powell
Baird
Lillian Littman
Austin
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Flagler Death Expected, Florida Railleader Near Death
Henry M. Flagler, famed Southern Hotel and railroad magnate, is momentarily reported dead by President Parrott of the Florida East Coast Railroad. Flagler has been critically ill at his West Palm Beach home for weeks.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Henry M. Flagler
Southern
President Parrott
Florida East Coast Railroad
Flaglee
West Palm Beach
Thieves Loot Maiden Lane Safe of $10,000 Gems
Two robbers bound Henry Bartel night watchman at a Maiden Lane skyscraper and looted the safe of Sigmund Kuhn diamond setter of $10,000 in gems. Bartel freed himself an hour later and the thieves escaped.
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New York
Henry Bartel
Maiden Lane
Sigmund Kuhn
Barten
Quinlan Convicted of Inciting Riot in Paterson
Patrick Quinlan, Industrial Workers of the World leader, found guilty of inciting riot in Paterson New Jersey. He faces up to seven years in prison and a $2000 fine on sentencing tomorrow. Four other IWW leaders Haywood Gurley Flynn Treska and Lessig await trial. Quinlan remains out on bail pending appeal.
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Paterson
N. J
Patrick Quinlan
Industrial Workers of the World
Big Bill’ Haywood
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Carlo Treska
Adolph Lessig
Quinlan
Panama Canal April Earthwork Output Declines
The Panama Canal reports April excavation at 2,653,995 cubic yards down from 2,625,838 in March. Average daily output rose to 12,077 from 10,534. Concrete laid dropped to 65,788 from 98,769. Rainfall caused slowdowns in some divisions.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Ad Requests and Phone Payment Note
Fragmentary notice notes a willingness to place an ad by phone with delayed payment. Mentions old and new phone numbers and Crockett office identifiers as contact references.
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Crockett
Cabinet May Decide Upon Japan Policy
Officials in Washington await Secretary of State Bryan in New York to present Governor Johnsons California anti alien land bill response. The cabinet will review a formal protest by Japan and draft a federal stance on negotiations and potential treaty conflicts.
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Washington
Baron Chinda
United States
Bryan
State Department
Japan
California
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Viscount Chinda
New York
Moore
Foreign Office
Tokio
Webb
Sacramento
Wilson
Japanese editors urge overthrow of “white man’s clique”
Tokyo reports optimistic high official stance on California land ownership dispute with the United States. A Kokumin editor urges dismantling the “white men’s clique” to advance Japan’s civilization and equal standing, amid fears of racial prejudice and exclusion abroad.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
California
United States
Japan
M. Tokutomi
Kokumin
West
Mexican Press Bitter Against U S and Santa Rosa Victory
Mexican newspapers publish bitter attacks on the United States with a boycott discussed by Independiente. The report says Constitutionalists were defeated at Santa Rosa, Sonora, by Gen Medina with about 400 losses. federal casualties unspecified. Ricardo Huerta named consul in New York to succeed Enrique Martinez Sobral.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
United States
Independiente
Achilles
Wilson
de la Barra
Santa Rosa
Sonora
Medina
War Department
Guaymas
Ricardo Huerta
New York
Enrique Martinez Sobral
Executions Reported as Mexican Forces Crack Down
The Mexican Constitutionalists claim John Alamia an American spy was executed at Rio Bravo after a Monday trial. Alamia’s body was recovered by his brother and buried in Donna. Blanco’s forces anticipate a Matamoros assault with 2000 troops moving from Rio Bravo toward Matamoros.
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Donna
Tex
John Alamia
Blanco
Rio Bravo
Daniel Teos Zertuche
Alamia
Matamoros
Zertuche
Johnson
Joseph Alamia
Hidalgo County
Texas
Battle of
Reynosa
Lucio Blanco
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Leon
Associated Press
Esteban Ramos
Covert Attack on U S in Mexico Sparks Withdrawal Forecast
A tiny Chihuahua newspaper of May 11 predicts U S representatives will withdraw from Mexico and Mexican reps will be recalled, signaling possible intervention. It cites Lik Emeterio de la Garza’s El Paso statements and notes a May 9 incident in Ice City involving Huerta’s envoy and the foreign affairs minister, hinting at escalating tensions.
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el Padre
Padilla
Chihuahua
Chile
Mexico
United States
Republic
el Paso
Lik
Emeterio de la Garza
Can
Ice City
Huerta
Ambason
Ter
Licra
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