San Antonio Phone Girls Strike Hints Union Formation
About 250 operators in San Antonio walked out for five minutes at noon at 208 East Houston Street demanding a three cent raise and rule changes. The action signaled a push to form a city union with both company and private switchboard workers, likely to organize this week. No official statement from Manager Walker. crowd dispersed after the walkout.
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East
Houston Street
San Antonio Telephone Company
San Antonio
Walker
Trades Council
Saloon Robbed by Masked Bandits in Los Angeles
Historic saloon run by trainer Jack Doyle and used as a prize fighter training camp was held up by two masked robbers last night. Seven men were robbed, including a constable, in the incident reported from Los Angeles.
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Ssociated
Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Doyle
Weather Comparative Temperatures Today and Last Year
The local Weather Bureau reports today’s temperatures compared with the same date last year. Readings show modest differences across regions, with sunshine expected in coastal areas and brief clouds inland.
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United States Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for San Antonio area shows showers
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast notes increasing cloudiness with showers tonight or Thursday.
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San Antonio
Regional City Weather Roundup
St Louis 74 partly cloudy southwest wind eight miles per hour with no change. Chicago 72 partly cloudy showers possible southwest wind sixteen mph warmer. Milwaukee 58 cloudy south wind twenty mph warmer possible showers. St Paul 70 partly cloudy southeast wind four mph possible showers. Kansas City 70 cloudy south wind twelve mph clearing cooler. New York 54 cloudy north wind four mph no change. Boston 60 clear northeast wind eight mph increasing clouds. easterly shift. Washington 68 partly cloudy six mph Bohs wind clearing cool.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Bohs
Mexican thief learns U S ways in low end sentence
Francisco Acho noa pleaded guilty to stealing a $15 watch from F. J. Becker on April 21 in Thirty-seventh district court. Judge Dwyer sentenced him to two years in prison, noting mercy and advising good behavior and learning U S ways. Acho noa promised to work hard and become a good citizen.
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Mexico
Francisco Achonoa
Thirty-seventh
F. J. Becker
Achonoa
Dwyer
Anchonoa
United States
Judge Dwyer
Flying 15 Resumed at Maneuver Camp After L G E M Kelly Death
The Flying 15 resumed at the maneuver camp this morning for the first time since the death of Lieut. G. E. M. Kelly a week ago. The McCormack Romme umbrella flyer ran on the field under control but did not take off, ballast over 100 pounds used, and a larger propeller to be added for real flights. Frank Coffyn and Lieut. Fou Lois made two short flights, reaching several hundred feet before gliding.
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Manuover
G. E. M. Kelly
McCormack- Romme
Romme
Frank Coffyn
Foulois
Seventy Three Witnesses Called In Charter Contest Case
Sherman County trial before Judge Seeligson enters fifth week as sheriff Tobin issues seventy three subpoenas to pull in as many witnesses. Clinton G Brown leads contestants with D J Woodward and E J Altgelt conferring as the case aims to prove illegal votes in the February 4 charter election and challenge Callaghan forces in the commission government contest.
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Tobin
Seeligson
Fifty-seventh District Court
Clinton G. Brown
D. J. Woodward
Citizens’ Party
E. J. Altgelt
Brown
Indictment Disappears in Swink Infant Death Case
In Paris Texas on May 17 the murder case against Bill Swink for an infant’s death last June stalled after the indictment was lost. After oath of court officers, a substitute indictment was admitted. An Oklahoma physician accompanying Swink has been convicted of murder with appeal pending.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tex
Bill Swink
Denton
Swink
Jones
Oklahoma
Court Overrules Railroad Commission Rehearing Bid
The Third court of civil appeals overruled the railroad commission’s motion for rehearing in the Galveston differential case. An application to the supreme court for a writ of error, due in thirty days, will be filed as soon as possible.
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Austin
Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Railroad Commission
Galveston
Supreme Court
Grim Determination Marks City Election Recount Push
Citizens party supporters meet at Moose hall to push recounts in San Antonio municipal race. They claim miscounted votes could widen margins for four aldermen at large six ward aldermen and treasurer, with Gallagher favored in a pending suit.
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Citizens
Citizens’ Party
Moose Hall
D. J. Woodward
J. E. Webb
A. H. Jones
J. Frank Gallagher
Jake Rubiola
Uhr
Lucas
Boynton
Fincham
Steves
Lipscomb
San Antonio
Callaghan
Charles Fincham
Frank Newnam
Fritz Russi
Peoples
Robert F. Uhr
P. G. Lucas
Gallagher
Church
Camp
Hobson proposes two national automobile highways
A bill introduced by Representative Hobson would create two commissions to plan giant routes. One highway would run east west from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the 35th parallel north, the other from Canada to Mexico near the 23rd meridian west from Washington. The Canada to Mexico route would pass west of San Antonio, entering Mexico at Eagle Pass.
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Washington
Hobson
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
North Atitude
Canada
Mexico
Twenty Third
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Austin-San Antonio
Peace Being Negotiated as Mexican Rebels Win Cabinet Seats
May 17 dispatches report Diaz government ministers expect an armistice and peace within a week. Provisional President Madero and cabinet plan to submit rebel peace terms for blanket ratification. Insurgents to name governors for fourteen states including Chihuahua Sonora and Yucatan with ministers likely to include Gonzales Salaz Vasquez Tagle and Gomez.
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Mexico City
Diaz
de la Barra
Juarez
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero Jr
Carbajal
Republic
War
Justice
Gobernacion
Insurrectos
Chihuahua
Sonora
Sinaloa
Zacatecas
Coahuila
Yucatan
Tlaxcala
Durango
Hidalgo
Puebla
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Morelos
Jalisco
Tabasco
Gvar
Gonzales Salaz
Senor Vasquez Tagle
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Abram Gonzales
San Antonio Forms Convention Committee to Attract Big Meetings
A chamber of commerce convention committee is formed to bid for state and national meetings in 1912. John B. Carrington will invite the Texas State Bankers' association to meet in San Antonio, with a plan to send representatives to conventions and maintain a contact list of potential hosts. The group will gather biweekly and stockpile promotional materials and souvenirs to showcase the city.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Texas State Bankers’ Association
Dallas
J. &. Kirkpatrick
Byron Swearingen
William H. Wills
M. L. Hutchins
Alfred Lanner
Ned Flynn
William Nagel
O. O. Woodman
W. L. Napier
Ernest Brown
Dan Breen
Abe Wolfson
Emil Frank
N. M. Leach
No Speakers in Gonzales County Campaign Urged
F B Houston of Sample says Gonzales County will have no speakers supporting or opposing any cause in the upcoming campaign and citizens will vote wet or dry as they choose. He notes counties across the region are calm, expect no change after the July election, with good crops and ample rain.
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Gonzales County
F. B. Houston
Sample
Opening of Denison Waterworks Reservoir Delights City
Denison Texas marks the opening of a new waterworks reservoir with a capacity of a half billion gallons. All business paused as the town celebrated the event on May 17.
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New Boeceve
Associatad Ess
Denison
Tex
New City
Cotton trade stirs New Orleans as Hayne bids large
Frank B. Hayne, a cotton bull, bids 100000 bales May on July cotton and 1800 over spot quotes, holding bids open. Bears supply limited May purchases. market surges on his aggressive demand and extends to one eighth above board spots, lifting futures by 8 9 points.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Frank B. Hayne
Cotton Bull
Cotton Exchange
Hayne
May
Hayn
W. P. Brown
Brown
Ayne
Culberson Proposes Amended Trust Law 19
Senator Culberson today introduced as a bill the Sherman anti trust act with additions from the Supreme Court decision of Monday. The aim is to prompt committee report and Senate passage of the bill as construed by the high court.
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Washington
Culberson
Senate
Supreme Sa
Dictary Committee
Supreme Court
Charges Dismissed in Wolff Case After Jury Burglary Conviction
Judge Dwyer in the Thirty seventh district court dismissed one burglary charge and two theft counts against John H. Wolff upon the recommendation of state attorney Baker. Wolff had been found guilty yesterday by a jury of burglary and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
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Baker
John H. Wolff
Dwyer
Wolff
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