San Antonio Backing Public Playground Movement
James J. Corbett and local leaders urge public playgrounds to improve children's health and fitness. Pastors association and Mothers Congress endorse the effort, praising free outdoor exercise and supervised play spaces as vital to San Antonio's social life and future.
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Pastors’ Association
Travis Park Methodist Church
San Antonio
Mothers’ Congress
James J. Corbett
Plaza Theater
Playground contributions aid San Antonio drive
Help the Playground Association received noon today from Mothers Congress and local groups. Donations include 30.00 from Mothers Congress and smaller gifts from Twentyth Century Study CUED terms reate 15.00 J. FY. Carter Jr. Cham ber of Commerce 5.00 Wiehse 5.00 Kellar & Kellar 5.00 J T Woodhull 5.00. Contributions should be payable to the Playground Association care of J. P. Ward box 91 Station A San Antonio. Contributions sent to The Light will be forwarded.
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Playground Association
Congress
J. FY. Carter
San Antonio
J. P. Ward
Station A
San Antonio Weather Update Tonight and Tuesday
For San Antonio and vicinity, expect increasing cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Local forecast notes rising humidity and possible light showers, with temps remaining mild and breezes from the southeast.
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San Antonio
Home Weather for Tourists Observations at 8 A M
Weather notes from major cities show varied conditions with temperatures ranging from 42 in Milwaukee to 70 in Kansas City. Winds from multiple directions and expectations of fair to cloudy Tuesday are listed alongside record lows.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Statement on AP News Sharing With San Antonio Light
The document rejects any claim that the Associated Press wires leased to San Antonio are carried by any other newspaper in whole or in part, stating such assertions are unfounded and baseless.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Police Challenge Sheriff Right to Appoint Only Three Deputies
In Bexar County an ongoing Fifty seventh District court case questions Police Chief Newnam’s power to arrest deputy sheriffs and how many deputies Sheriff Tobin may appoint. Writs of habeas corpus were filed by Robert Henry and Joe Ellis after arrests for carrying pistols. The hearing seeks jurisdiction, potential appeals, and whether orders releasing the deputies can be issued while county court complaints proceed.
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Frank Newnam
Tobin
Fiftyseventh
Robert Henry
Joe Ellis
Seeligson
Bexar
Newnam
C. M. Chambers
Phil Shook
Chambers
Seeing Son
Mr. Chambers
Sam Eldridge
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dog bite kills 5 year old in Austin aftermath
Walton five year old son of Mrs I M Crossley died in Austin after a dog bite two weeks earlier. The injury to the face and eye occurred at his grandparents’ home. He was brought to the Pasteur Institute for treatment but died. the body will be buried locally.
Officials Penalized After Boiler Explosion At SP Yard
Interstate Commerce Commission report faults Southern Pacific officials for lax inspections and rule disregard after the March 18 boiler explosion at SP shop yards that killed 30. The commission cites misstatements about safety valve setting and tests, and notes the fuel of the blast came with the boiler’s water and steam dynamics.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Contractor Killed in Duel Near Medina Dam Site
William C. Hamer, a contractor, is killed and Mrs. Zara Martin wounded in the left arm after a duel at ten o'clock last night seven miles south of the Medina dam site. Farrel, a foreman for Hamer, used an automatic shotgun. Hamer fired ten shots. Farrel fled after the shooting. Hamer died at 2:45 this morning. The body is held at Riebe Undertaking, awaiting a sister from New Mexico.
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William C. Hamer
Zara Martin
Medina Dam
Hamer
Phil Farrel
West Canal
Farrel
Medina County
San Antonio
Alabama
Riebe Undertaking Company
New Mexico
F. H. Hamer
Dardanelle
Ark
Richeson Readies for Death In Boston Prison
Clarence W. T. Richeson, the Virginian convicted of Avis Linnell’s murder, told Warden Bridges he would be ready for execution soon after midnight. He spoke with calm resolve, saying he would not break down. No family will attend. his Virginia father is too frail and sister in New York declines to visit. His Chicago brother Douglas is in the city but will not go to the prison.
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Boston
Associated Presb
Mass
Clarence W. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Warden Bridges
Virginia
New York State
Douglas Richeson
Chicago
Lorimer Case 2 Up For Final Action
The Senate considers Lorimer's election after reinvestigation finds no new substantial evidence of corruption. Majority says previous verdict stands. minority argues ten votes were corrupt, invalidating the election.
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Lorimer
Senate
Illinois
Kern
Lea
Kenyon
Dillingham
Gamble and Jones
Fletcher and Johnson
Alabama
Funk
Clarence
International Harvester Company
Edward Hines
Chicago
Union League Club
Hines
Mr. Funk
Springfield
Lorimer Election Fund Claims Called Pure Fabrication
A Senate committee concluded that Charles A. White’s report of Lorimer election money is a fabrication. The theory suggests Daniel W. Holstlaw may have received funds from liquor interests to cover Lorimer’s campaign expenses while posing as a dry. The panel found no witness accusing Lorimer personally or citing improper acts by him.
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Lorimer
Charles A. White
Daniel W. Holstlaw
Detroit Strike Ends With Cobb Suspension Ongoing
The Detroit American League team ended its strike at 3 35 p m and will play in Washington tomorrow without Ty Cobb who remains suspended for attacking a spectator in New York Last week Club President Navin vows to lift Cobb’s suspension ASAP and cover all fines. Players say they will press the principal issue of the strike to a finish.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Detroit
Navin
Washington
Ty” Cobb
New York
Cobb
Taft Defends Commissions Amid Roosevelt Attacks in Ohio
President Taft on the campaign trail in Hamilton Ohio counters Roosevelt charges that he abolished commissions. He cites statutory limits and accuses Roosevelt of basing claims on imagined or unlawfully appointed posts. He defends the mining and country life commissions as mischaracterized by his rival.
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Associated Priss
Hamilton
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Mining Bureau
Country Life Commission
Mining Commission
Taft Seeks Jobs for Railroad Men
President Taft directs the state department to find work for 80 engineers and 83 conductors idle due to the National railways of Mexico strike. Letters were sent to 150 U S railway heads asking positions in border Texas towns. Webb and Anderson collaborate with the department, while American consuls in Mexico locate additional out of work engineers and conductors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
State Department
National Railways of
Mexico
Department
United States
Texas
C. BE. Webb
San Antonio
D. F. Anderson
Laredo
Tex
Atlanta Chosen to Host Pan-Presbyterian Assembly in 1913
Atlanta Ga selected as host for the 1913 general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church with Rochester and Atlantic City withdrawing. The event will bring thousands from four branches the Northern Southern United and Associate Reformed to Atlanta for the pan Presbyterian Pentecostal union.
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Associated ?Press
Louisville
Atlanta
General Assembly
Northern Presbyterian Church Today
Rochester
Atlantic City
Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Bristol
Tenn
Georgia City
Northern
Southern
United
Associate Reformed
pan-Presbyterian Pentecostal Union
Juarez In Fervor As Federal Forces Attack Guadalupe
El Paso report details a federal assault near Juarez with rebel reinforcements sent to Guadalupe. President Navarro fled Guadalupe as federal troops moved into the town under fire, sparking fears of a broader push on Juarez this afternoon.
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EL Paso
Tex
of Guadalupe
Juarez
Guadalu
Guadalupe
Tstrict
Presidente
Navarro
Huerta's Forces Advance in Mexico Amid Rail and Bridge Disruptions
Reports from Mexico City say General Huerta's army reached Zavala south of Escalon as rebels blow a bridge on the Central line near Tore, isolating Cuernavaca and Oaxaca rail and wire links. Troop movements include 25,000 gallons water and ore transport by trains while feeding on foot.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Zavala
Escalon
Huert&é
Central
Tore
Pedricena
Védena
Zaculpam
Mexi¢s
San Tona Released After Arms Shipment Claim
The British steamer San Tona was seized by a U.S. revenue cutter near New Orleans for carrying arms and ammunition aboard. It was released after Washington telegraphic instructions and documents showed the cargo related to the governor of Campeche and not Zionist interests.
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Associated Pre
New Orleans
San Tona
Ed States Revenue
Dave
Campeche
Mex
Washington
Montes Steamship
A Department of Justice
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V. A. Godbey
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Nena
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Little Walton Crossley
Austin Pasteur Institute
Richeson
Committee On Investigation
Washington, D. C
Special Investigating Committee
H. H. Kohlsaat
Chicago Record-Herald
James Keeley
The
Chicago Tribune
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago News
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
William M. Burgess
Duluth
Minn
C. FP. Wiehe
William Lorimer
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