Dallas Man Elected President of Texas Press Association
J. J. Taylor of the Dallas News was chosen president as delegates at the Texas Press Association convention met. Sam P. Harbin was reelected secretary and C. S. Lehman treasurer for long terms. Officers include D. R. Harris, Clarence E. Gilmore, Mrs. R. D. Hudson, C. B. Gillespie, and Clarence Ousley. The meeting also debated woman suffrage and faced a long contest over inviting next convention hosts among Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Wichita Falls, and Houston. Prohibition issues arose over a breweries reference in a thank you note to San Antonio hosts. A legislative representative was approved to monitor Austin activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Taylor
The
News
Dallas
Texas Press Association
Sam P. Harbin
C. S. Lehman
D. R. Harris
Henderson
Clarence E. Gilmore
Wills Point
R. D. Hudson
Farmersville
C. B. Gillespie
Houston
O F
San Antonio
Getzendamer
Austin
G. H. Boynton
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight and Sunday cloudy conditions prevail. The forecast notes overcast skies with limited sunshine, shaping a muted weekend outlook for San Antonio and nearby areas.
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San Antonio
Weather for Travelers Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 and after. St Louis 68 cloudy SE wind 6 mph. rain likely, low 56. Chicago 62 clear S 10 mph. rain Sat night, low 54. Milwaukee 58 cloudy SW 1 mph. rain, low 46. St Paul 50 cloudy W 6 mph. rain, low 50. Kansas City 62 raining N 14 mph. cloudy Sunday, low 63. New York 60 cloudy E 10 mph. rain, low 48. Boston 44 cloudy E 12 mph. probably rain, low 42. Washington 64 raining E 6 mph. rain Sunday, low 64.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Brownsville Post Up 10 Congress Shows Garrison Plan
Brig General Bliss urges Brownsville to press War Department and Congress to restore a garrisoned post after Fort Brown’s abandonment following a Negro regiment incident. He notes cavalry will stay while border unrest persists and refugees move with rumors of troops. Lt. Col. Heard arrives at Fort Sam Houston as adjutant of the Southern Department.
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Brownsville
War Department
Congress
Trasker H. Bliss
Browns
Rio Grande Valley
Fort Brown
Bers
Bliss
John W. Heard
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Southern Department
W. S. Scott
Scott
First Cavalry
Texas
Heard
Third Cavalry
San Antonio
Cure for Leprosy Claim Stirs Geneva Invention
Prof Raoul Pictet of Geneva asserts a cold cure using liquefied carbon at 110 degrees below zero. He says American doctors in Hawaii are testing the method with reported success. Leprosy lesions are treated by local application, freezing microbes and restoring healthy tissue.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Raoul Pictet
Hawaii
Keeping the Home Cool in Summer Adverts
Keeping the Home Cool in Summer urges judicious care and economy. Electric fans, light draperies, rugs, screens, shades, and refrigerators are promoted as everyday necessities. Light advertisements promise special prices to attract trade and help buyers save money on home cooling goods.
Aviator Makes Flight From U. C. 10 Guba
Domingo Rosillo, a Cuban aviator, completed the first U S to Cuba flight from Key West to Havana over the Gulf of Mexico in a Moisant plane despite gale winds and missing pontoons. He left at 5:35 am and landed at 8:10 am winning a $10,000 prize.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Cuba
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Domingo Rosillo
McCurdy
Rosillo
Florida East Coast Railroad
Augustin Parla
Parla
Object Lesson Parade Shows City Departments Unite
In New York on May 17 twelve thousand city employees staged a six mile street parade to illustrate municipal government. The fire department led with 1495 men and 22 pieces of apparatus, the police followed with 7224 officers and 35 vehicles, and other departments marched with their tools and vehicles. The parks department added animal cages from Central Park Zoo led by a trick elephant.
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New York
New York City
Fire Department
Department of Parks
Central Park Zoo
Two New Generals Appointed for Second Army Division
President Wilson, on Secretary Garrison's recommendation, furthers Brigadier Generals John P. Wisser of the coast artillery at Fort Miley California and T F Davis of the Eighteenth Infantry at Texas City Texas to brigadier general, to command brigades in the Second Army Division near Galveston Texas after the retirement of W Schuyler and F A Smith.
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Washington
Garrison
Wilson
John P. Wisser
Coast Artillery
Fort Miley
Cal
T. F. Davis
Eighteenth Infantry
Texas City
Tex
W. Schuyler
F. A. Smith
Second Army
Galveston
Adventists Hold General Conference Worship Session
Several thousand delegates to the Seventh Day Adventists general conference in Washington D C join local church congregations for a day of worship. The program opens with Sunday school for youths and includes English, foreign and Negro department religious services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adventists
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists
Aliens Segregated Sought On California Trains
In Sacramento on May 17 the state branch of the United Commercial Travelers urged the state railroad commission to segregate aliens on passenger trains. Delegates argued that mixed seating causes inconvenience and health risks from "objectionable aliens" in first class.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
United Commercial Travelers
Grand Council
State Railroad Commission
Suffragettes Target Tenanted Cambridge Residence In Arson Attempt
London May 17 militant suffragettes altered their arson tactic by aiming at a tenanted Cambridge home. Interior badly damaged. A canister of gunpowder and slugs found at Boxmoor station on the London and Northwestern line. Dr Anna Shaw tells Westminster suffragettes that US voters fear women with the ballot yet argue for American woman suffrage. Roosevelt supports the issue with 57 US electoral votes cited.
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London
Cambridge
Boxmor Station
Hertfordshire
London & Northwestern
Charlotte Despard
Women’s Freedom League
League
Anna Shaw
Westminster
England
United States
America
Dr. Shaw
Shaw
Theodore Roosevelt
Fort Worth Street Paving Tour By San Antonio Mayor
Clinton G. Brown newly elected mayor of San Antonio toured Fort Worth with local officials inspecting pavement materials. He rode in autos over arterial and residential streets, studied bitulithic paving, creosoted blocks, and brick. He also reviewed garbage disposal ideas and street cleanliness measures with Fort Worth officials.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clinton G. Brown
San Antonio
Texas
Brown
Mr. Brown
Auction Of Mrs. Lincoln Letters In New York
A New York auction next week will offer twelve letters written by Mrs. Lincoln after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The notes show her irate pleas to Congress, criticism of General Grant, and a request to sell the black lace gown worn at the second inauguration to support herself and her two sons. One letter questions Grant's service, contrasting fortunes with her husband.
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New York
Boy plants pearls in flower box on rooftop
Five year old Charles Frederick Von Glahn of Berlin, Germany, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Von Glahn, was found planting his mother’s $8000 string of 40 pearls in a rooftop flower box at a Broadway hotel. The nurse recovered all pearls after catching him in the act.
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New York
Charles Frederick von Glahn
Berlin
Germany
Luther Burbank
Broadway
Charles
Pall Mall Gazette Warns War Possible Over California Land Issue
The Pall Mall Gazette argues a US Japan clash could erupt over California anti alien land ownership. It warns against underestimating war chances citing Panama Canal, internal Japanese politics, and imperial interests. It notes sympathy shifts from Australia New Zealand and Western Canada toward the United States.
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London
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
California
Japan
Panama Canal
War Talk Condemned at Tokyo Mass Meeting
A Tokyo mass meeting organized by business and educational interests condemned war talk and urged equal rights for Japanese in America. Speakers warned against white aggression toward colored peoples and supported naturalization rights to ease tensions.
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Tokio
Nagai
Waseda University
Terukako Hinata
Kenzo Hayashi
America
Mexican Protests Likely Over Arizona Alien Land Law
Mexican government may protest Arizona's alien land law due to its impact on Mexican landowners while California lawmakers rally behind the Webb bill. Officials weigh delaying action as U S Japanese diplomacy lingers and California seeks referendum signatures of about 20,000.
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Washington, D. C
Arizona
Japan
United States
Mexico
Johnson
California
Webb
Bryan Confers With Wilson Over Japan Protest
Secretary Bryan conferred with the president this afternoon on the Japanese situation. The president was on holiday but discussed the United States response to Japan's protest against California anti alien land legislation.
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Bryan
Wilson
Washington, D. C
United States
California
Leased Wire Day Report Overview
The San Antonio Light features the Associated Press leased wire day report as its base, supplemented by its own extensive special news service. The AP wire provides broad, reliable daily coverage totaling about 20,000 words, augmented by local reporting and exclusive material from The Light.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Showers Forecast With Uncertain Timing and Storm Risk
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau notes a two to one chance of showers within 48 to 66 hours as the weather map suggests possible showers or storms. The drought area west of the Mississippi remains under diminished pressure, which is expected to culminate with rain or storms. No new rainfall has occurred in Texas in the last 24 hours.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Texas
Charity card party raises 850 for Protestant Orphans Home
A morning charity card party for the Protestant Orphans' home building fund collected 850, one of the city's largest gifts, with plans to make the event an annual affair. The effort also sparked renewed interest in the cause and its goals.
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Orphans’ Home
Ice must be pure for chilling water and passenger cars
Public health service rules require ice that contacts drinking water to be certified as impurity free. Water tanks must be pure. states and municipalities must inspect water quality at least biannually, with exceptions if contagious diseases are present in the source district.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Workers in Demand in Alexandria City
In Alexandria Virginia May 17 the city faces commercial stagnation due to a shortage of able bodied workers. Manufacturers urged by the Chamber of Commerce committee plan to press Mayor Fisher on the issue and consider stricter vagrancy enforcement to compel idle labor into work or jail.
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Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce
Fisher
Reufs Father Dying Exchange Plea From Prison Leader
Charles Montgomery, California prison commission president, offers to substitute for Abraham Reuf in San Quentin for three months so Reuf can visit his dying father and mother. He cites no law permitting the swap but says the legislature can arrange it and he will surrender immediately.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles Montgomery
California Prison Commission
Johnson
Abraham Reuf
San Quentin Prison
Reuf
Montgomery
Reus
San Quentin
Five Thousand Spent on Charity Probe in Chicago
Records presented to a legislative committee show a woman dependent on charity received under $300 in 18 months while about $5000 was spent on her care and condition. The beneficiary was Mrs. Marggie Austiche, whose two children died by asphyxiation last year. Rev. E. F. J. Lloyd, on the executive committee, called it an apparent abuse to be corrected.
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Texas Press Association
Texas
Chicago
Marggie Austiche
BE. F. J. Lloyd
Parcels to Be Delivered From Foreign Countries
Mail parcels received at post offices with city delivery will be delivered as domestic parcel post if there are no customs charges. If cities are chargeable, the addresses will be notified. After duty is paid, the parcel may be delivered by carrier upon request, with a five cent delivery fee collected via ordinary postage due stamps.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson slated to leave New Ambassador likely appointed soon
Washington May 17 The administration is expected to take a definite stance on recognizing Huerta as Mexico’s leader. Henry Lane Wilson to be succeeded by a new envoy whose credentials will be presented to Provisional President Huerta. State reports from Ciudad Juarez note no imminent attack on the town as factions may share port and rail benefits.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
State Department
Ciudad Juarez
Chihuahua
Sonora
Guaymas
Blanco holds prisoner seeks loan payment in Tamaulipas
General Blanco commands Constitutional forces in Tamaulipas and holds Policarpo Susa of the Compania Agricola at Rio Bravo to force payment of a reportedly unpaid loan of 60 000 dollars. Susa is treated as a prisoner with no charges while Blanco reportedly advances eastward from Rio Blanco amid unconfirmed reports of a Reynosa engagement.
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Brownsville
Tex
Blanco
Tamaulipas
Policarpo Susa
Compania Agricola
Rio Bravo
Sasa
Susa
Rio Blanco
United States
Reynosa
Villa Named Commander in Chihuahua by Carranza
El Paso reports Pancho Villa has been named commander of the Constitutionalists in Chihuahua state by Governor Carranza of Coahuila. Villa, commanding about 400 men west of Chihuahua City, was formerly a bandit before joining Madero's movement and rising to general.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco
Pancho) Villa
Chihuahua
Carranza
Coahuila
el Paso Consitutionalist Committee
Villa
Chihuahua City
Madero
Cartridges Seized At Del Rio Border Patrol
Fifty rounds of rifle cartridges were seized yesterday at Del Rio by customs officers and turned over to Lieutenant Davis. The cartridges, suspected to be bound for smuggling into Mexico, were reported to officials after the seizure.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
del Rio
Davis
Border Patrol
Mexico
Recruits Move Into Chihuahua From Sonora
Four hundred recruits from Sonora districts departed Agua Prieta this morning to advance into Chihuahua along Casas Grandes of Juarez. A total of about 1000 men are reported recruited for the operation. Commanded by Juan Medina, ex mayor of Juarez and a Madero revolution colonel, the invasion moves east. A shipment of 8000 cartridges was seized by Deputy U.S. Marshal Hopkins as it was being taken toward the international line.
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Chihuahua
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Juan Medina
United States
Hopkins
Road Expert to Preach at Central Church in Princess Theater
George D. Marshall, Bexar County school superintendent, will preach at the Central Congregational Church in the Princess Theater at 11 oclock in the morning. His sermon topic is Highway Prophesied by Isaiah.
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George D. Marshall
Bexar County Reads
Central Congregational Church
Princess Theater
Isaiah
Chief of Markets Appointed
Washington May 1 Charles J. Brand of the Museum of Natural History Chicago was appointed chief of the new fish division of markets in the Department of Agriculture.
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Washington, D. C
Charles J. Brand
The
Museum Natural History
Chicago
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