Walsh charges Bryan backed tolls plank in platform
Senator Walsh of Montana told the Senate that William Jennings Bryan approved the tolls exemption plank in the Democratic platform as a member of the resolutions sub committee. He said Bryan urged adding a plank opposing railroad owned ships in the canal and defended the canal as a subsidy to shipping interests.
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Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
Walsh
Montana
United States
Taft
Supreme Court
Bryan
Baltimore
O'Gorman
Senator Walsh
Mr. Bryan
O’gorman
Pomerence
Panama Canal
Stilwell H. Russell Dies in Oklahoma
Justice Stilwell H. Russell, 65, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, died suddenly in Oklahoma City. Appointed a month ago by Governor Cruce to fill a vacancy, he was a former Confederate soldier who came from Texas. He was well known in San Antonio with relatives here and in Oklahoma, including two sisters and three nieces.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Stilwell H. Russell
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Russell
Supreme Bench
Cruce
Oklahoma
Texas
Judge Russell
San Antonio
TE. O. Spencer
Fannie Dunlap
T. J. Newton
R. K. Wilson
Ed Jones
Aes Okla
Ral
Town Honors Its Dead in Fried Home Ceremony
In Gretna Louisiana on May 16 the town paid tribute to Louis Oscar Fried the first Southerner killed in Vera Cruz. A monument funded by subscription will be erected over his grave a half holiday was proclaimed so all could witness the funeral procession the casket carried on a cannon and flanked by military and naval commands. The body arrived Thursday and lay in state at the district courthouse until 2:80 PM Friday before ceremonies began.
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Gretna
Matthew Fried
Louis Oscar Fried
Vera Cruz
District Court House
Flooding In Texas Strains Rail Lines Amid Rising Streams
Houston reports streams across Southern Texas running over banks and still rising on May 16, prompting railway operators to monitor affected routes as cloudy skies forewarn further increases. Local authorities urge caution and advise travelers to seek updates on service disruptions and detours due to flood conditions.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Weather notes from multiple cities in late spring forecast
Observations show temperatures from 48 to 62 across ST LOUIS CHICAGO MILWAUKEE ST PAUL KANSAS CITY NEW YORK WASHINGTON with winds varying from east to north and Sunday forecasts generally fair to rain. Lowest readings range from 44 to 64 in the prior 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Passenger Train Goes Into Ditch Near Gloster
Marshall, Texas May 16 Texas and Pacific passenger train No 58 westbound wrecked last night at Gloster on the Louisiana division when the engine struck a cocked switch and went into a ditch with one car. Injured include Teed Hunt engineer of Marshall scalded from waist down and one leg crushed in critical condition M C Oglesby mail weigher New Orleans B A yp baggage man Jeanerette Frank Evans a refugee from Tampico and a woman passenger none of the injured except Hunt in dangerous condition.
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Marshall
Tex
Texas & Pacific
Gloster
Louisiana
Teed Hunt
M. C. Oglesby
New Orleans
Jeanerette
Thaw To Spend Summer In New Hampshire Mountains
On May 16 1926 in Concord New Hampshire Harry K Thaw will depart the hotel apartments where he has lived for eight months with Sheriff Holman A Drew and Policeman Clark D Stevens. They will stay briefly at Stevens Dam on Lake Masasecum near Bradford then travel to Lake Sunapee before settling for the summer at a Gorham hotel in the White Mountains region.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Holman A. Drew
Coos County
Clark D. Stevens
Stevens’ Dam
Lake Masasecum
Bradford
Lake Sunapee
Thaw
Drew
Stevens
Gorham
White Mountains
Pierce Oil seeks mandamus to force Texas permit
The Pierce Oil Corporation filed a petition for mandamus in the Texas Supreme Court to compel Secretary of State Weinert to issue a Texas business permit. The suit stems from the secretary's recent refusal to grant the permit, with expected prompt response and a fact dispute resolved by secretary of state’s statement.
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Pierce Oil Corporation
Texas
Austin
Tex
Pierce Oil Corporation Today
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Weinert
Galveston Firm Negotiating in State Anti-Trust Suit
Mace Stewart of Galveston representing Clarke and Courts conferred with the Attorney General's Department in Austin regarding the anti trust suit against leading Texas stationers. A compromise or settlement may be pursued, though talks have not reached that stage.
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Austin, Tex
Mace Stewart
Galveston
Clarke & Courts of
Attorney General's Department
Rancher Injured When Horse Falls Near Snyder
Snyder Texas May 16 Sydney Johnson a ranchman living ten miles north of Snyder was seriously hurt last night when his horse fell with him He was dragged over rocks and badly bruised rest of details unavailable but Kansas.
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Snyder, Tex
Sydney Johnson
Snyder
Leased AP Day Report Dominates San Antonio HT News
The San Antonio ht relies on the Associated Press LEASED E DAY report as its sole source for general news each day, supplemented by The Light with its own extensive special news sections. The AP report runs about 20 000 words daily, establishing AP as the paper's primary news service.
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San Antonio
Settlement stalemate blocks St Marys street opening
Opposition from Graham & Collins a lessee holding a three year lease delays the 75000 appropriation for opening St Marys street south from Commerce. The firm demands compensation for increased rent and moving costs, pressing the council to choose either full damages or alternative midblock building removal. If no compromise soon, southward extension hangs. Northward extension past Ursuline convent proceeds, with J Hart to be reimbursed his purchase costs plus interest.
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St. Mary's Street
Commerce Street
Graham & Collins
Comemrea Street
Citizens’ Committee
L. J. Hart
Bowen's Island
Brown
Market
St. Mary's Streets
Ursuline Convent
J. Hart
Hart
Rainy spell worries Texas grain as rust feared
In Fort Worth Texas on May 16 the ongoing rain raised concerns among grain men about rust developing in the record-breaking crops. The damp spell threatens yields and prompts quick surveys of field conditions amid the usual market activity.
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North
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Light Want Ads Highlight Home Rentals and Sales
The Light Want Ads showcase attractive home rentals and purchases in today’s edition. Owners and agents use Light Want Ads, with paid home circulation in San Antonio double that of other papers. The Light leads in paid home circulation across Southwest Texas, driving advertising pay.
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Light
San Antonio
The
Texas
Sunday Light Want Ads Deadline And Rates
Sunday light want ads must be delivered or phoned to The Light office by 8 p m Saturday. Ads between 8 and 10 p m go to too late to classify. Contact numbers 176 old Crockett 1742. Rates apply: 15 words 1 time 15 cents, 15 words 4 times 45 cents, 15 words 7 times 60 cents, 165 words 10 times 75 cents.
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Crockett 1742
Federals Destroy American Property at Monclova
A Piedras Negras dispatch reports that before evacuating Monclova the Federals destroyed most American property in the town. General Murgia says Federal troops left Monclova for Saltillo and that Constitutionalist forces under Major Falcon took Monclova. The line between Monterey and Torreon may reopen, and garrisons plan to move toward Mexico City from Saltillo.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Monclova
Piedras Negras
Saltillo
Murgia
Sabinas
Falcon
Velasto
Joaquin Maas
Monterey
Torreon
Salfillo
San Luis Potosi
Mexico City
Statue of Commodore Barry Unveiled in Franklin Park
A statue of Commodore John Barry was unveiled in Franklin Park with an 11 gun salute, the Star Spangled Banner by the Marine Band, and a cord pulled by Elise H. Washburn. President Wilson attended and spoke as Irish-American delegations packed the park, with estimates around 20,000 visitors. A grand parade by military and civic groups preceded the ceremony.
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Washington, D. C
Field Artillery
District of Columbia National Guard
Marine Band
Commodore John Barry
Franklin Park
Elise H. Washburn
Philadelphia
Erin
United States Navy
Wilson
Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Boston
New York
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Arbitration Urged Over Panama Toll Dispute
Senator McLean of Connecticut urged arbitration in the Panama tolls dispute. He warned that failing to seek mediation would turn U S actions into a global contest, risking a damaged peace image. He argued arbitration could benefit money and morals and prevent Uncle Sam from appearing in the dock before other nations.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Senate
McLean
Connecticut
United States
Uncle Sam
Anne Sam
Supply ship Panaman sails from New York to Galveston
The steamship Panaman chartered by the War Department clears New York for Galveston carrying ammunition shells for field pieces and small arms and foodstuffs for troops. Fourteen ordnance experts from the Springfield arsenal under Captain Marsh travel as passengers to join General Funston's brigade.
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New York
War Department
Galveston
Springfield Arsenal
Marsh
Italian Ambassador Protests Over Flag Incident in Philadelphia
Italian Ambassador Proconfalonieri called on Secretary Bryan regarding an insult to the Italian flag by two American seamen in Philadelphia on May 14. The flag, displayed at a barber shop during memorial exercises for Vera Cruz victims, was torn down. Bryan assured the ambassador that any guilty seamen would be punished. the reply was deemed satisfactory.
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Washington, D. C
Confalonieri
Bryan
Philadelphia
Date Set for Quadrennial Conference of M. B. Church South
The general conference fixed March 2, 1918, for the quadrennial gathering in a city to be named later by the governing commission. Bishop W. R. Lambeth presided as Rev. H. B. Kern led the devotional, marking the last day for petitions and memorials and a shift to decisive business.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
M. B.church South
W. R. Lambeth
H. B. Kern
Baltimore
James Cannon
Anti-Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Committee On Temperance and Social Service
Vanderbilt Committee
D. H. Linebaugh
Bandits Harass Border Near Zapata and Laredo
A letter to Governor Colquitt from Capt. J. J. Sanders of the Texas ranger force reports armed Mexican bandits attacked Texas citizens in Zapata county last Thursday night but were driven off without injuries. Trouble also arose at Minera near Laredo, where rangers were kept on duty, and Jim Hogg county sheriffs note efforts by Mexicans to recruit men for service in Mexico.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
J. J. Sanders
State Ranger Force
Laredo
Sanders
Texas
Zapata County
Minera
Jim Hogg County
Mexico
Navy officers to be retired under law this year
Fifteen officers must be removed from active service in the navy this year to meet the annual promotion quota. Last year fourteen officers were retired under the same law and two have sought reinstatement in Congress. This year the list includes five captains four commanders four lieutenant commanders and two lieutenants. The board of inquiry is Rear Admirals Southerland Knight Reynolds and Caperton and Captain Walter L. McKein.
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Washington,d. C
Prince
Southerland
Knight
Reynolds and Caperton
Walter L. McKein
Texas Farmers Institute to Meet at College Station
Austin May 16 Commissioner of Agriculture Kone announced to local institutes beef clubs and farmers that the next Texas State Farmers Institute session will be held at College Station on July 17 and 18.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kone Today
Texas State Farmers’ Institute
Coll Station
Showers Probable Across Southwest With Highs and Low
Unsettled weather with showers likely in the region as two highs drift eastward and a low complicate conditions. Major Buell says rains favored though Texas reports limited rainfall, with showers now mainly in Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado New Mexico and North Texas and rain noted at Austin by Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.
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Texas
Weatherford
Clarendon
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain Region
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Canada
Rocky Mountain District
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Southwestern Telegraph& Telephone Company
Austin
Water supply cut off on board U S S California
Mazatlan’s water supply remains shut off by besieging Constitutionalists and rising sickness. The Mazatlan governor disarmed the police citing ammunition shortages, while fears grow of internal revolt. General Obregon moves south to sever the M wartime railroad from Mazanillo to Mexico City, aiming to cut war materiel flow. Obregon pledges protection for foreign property in Tepic.
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U. S. S. California
Mazatlan
Mexico
San Diego
Cal
Obregon
Constitutionalists
Manzanillo
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Tepic
English and Celtic lead foreign white stock in U S 1910
Census bureau Mother Tongue Bulletin shows 10,307,420 foreign white stock with English and Celtic tongues, 17.3 percent of 81,731,957 total whites. German group 8,817,271 (10.8 percent). Italian 2,151,422. Polish 1,707,640. Yiddish and Hebrew 1,676,763. Swedish 1,445,869. French 1,357,169. Norwegian 1,009,854.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Census Bureau
Joe Weil Identified in Corpus Christi Jail
Deputy Sheriff Preston of Dallas county identified the prisoner in the county jail as Joe Weil also known as Joe Acton. Weil admitted he was the wanted man and will be sent to Dallas on the noon train.
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Joe Weil
Corpus Christi
Tex
Preston
Dallas County
H. Hummell
Joe Acton
Dallas
Cattle and Sheep Queen of Utah Dies at Salt Lake City
Mrs Elizabeth Bonnemort, famed cattle and sheep queen of Utah, died yesterday in Salt Lake City. Her real estate and cattle ventures produced an estimated fortune of two million dollars, solidifying her standing in Western livestock and business circles.
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Salt Lake C
Utah
Elizabeth Bonnemort
West
Bonnemort
Salt Lake City
Huerta Delegates Arrive in Washington for Peace Conference
Three Huerta delegates Emilio Rabasa Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Esguerra reached Washington with S H Hanks from the state department and were met by Spanish ambassador Riano at the station. A diplomatic gathering and a dinner in their honor were planned with other envoys and officials joining the event.
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Washington, D. C
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Ontario
S. H. Hanks
State Department
Riano
Emilio Rabasa
Augustin Rodriguez
Luis Esguerra
United States
Justice Lamar
Mr. Algara
Papers Utter Protest On Asquith Delay Over Panama Exposition
London morning papers denounce Premier Asquith for delaying Britain’s decision on participating in the Panama Pacific Exposition. The Daily Mail editorial questions a possible secret understanding with Germany and warns that blocking Commons action could imperil ties with the United States.
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London
Asquith
Daily Mail
England
Germany
House of Commons
United States
Ministers and executives join Fort Worth for men and millions rally
Ministers and executives of the Christian denomination in the national men and millions fund movement arrived from Gainesville and will stay for the Wednesday night rally. Texas Christian University in Fort Worth is to receive 350000 dollars from the fund the leaders are raising.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Gainesville
Texas Christian University of Fort Worth
Colorado Autoists Set Off From Galveston for Gulf Excursion
In Houston on May 16 the Colorado to the Gulf auto club, a party of 36 in eight cars, spent the night in Galveston and left early today for more entertainment in Galveston en route to the gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Killing of Man in Uniform At Parks Declared Unjustified
Report states a man in uniform was killed at a park amid hostile conditions. Officials describe the death as unjustified if findings confirm the fatal encounter as unlawful. Local authorities urge calm as investigations proceed.
Parks Case Tension Sharpens US Mexico Talks
Washington pressed Huerta for immediate word on the fate of American orderly Samuel Parks who wandered into Huerta’s lines in uniform. Officials noted reports of execution or body burning and watched for moves in mediation as Consul Silliman’s safety and transfer to Vera Cruz drew focus amid railway delays.
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Washington
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Riano
Samuel Parks
Huerta
United States
Parks
Wilson
Mexico City
Bryan
Silliman’s C
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
Tampico
Badger
Carranza
Rio Grande River
War Department
Navy Department
Villa
Torreon
Im A
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Hunt
Mandamus
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Fletcher
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British Isles
London Press
Stern
Soldier
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