Colonel Roosevelt Plans Long Progressive Campaign Tour
Colonel Roosevelt returns from South America and outlines a long campaign from Atlantic to Pacific. He will meet Progressive leaders, confer with New York and Pennsylvania officials, and announce a river discovery in Brazil. He opposes Panama Canal toll exemptions without arbitration and defends coastwise ship rights.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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National Executive Committee
O. K. Davis
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National Geographical Society
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Colombia
Panama Canal
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Huerta
Vera Cruz
Henry Savage Landor
England
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New York, New Haven
Hartford
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather forecast for San Antonio area
For San Antonio and vicinity the report shows Wednesday night and Thursday unsettled with likely showers. Local temperatures and timing are not specified in the readable text.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists From Observations at Eight A M
Reported readings from major cities show temperatures ranging from 62 to 68 degrees with clear or partly cloudy skies. Winds vary from southwest to north, with fair conditions and a chance of showers in Kansas City later Thursday.
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Kansas City
New York
Washington
Certified babies for adoption by Chicago Morals Court
Chicago May 20 certified babies will be offered to adoptive parents by the Morals Court. Foster parents receive certificates that the child is free from organic disease insanity or constitutional weakness. A scientific inventory of infant traits accompanies each certificate.
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Chicago
Ill
Morals Court of Chicago
Municipal Courts
Harry Olson
Justice Olson
Nueces River Flood Halts Rail Service in Corpus Christi
May 20 report from Corpus Christi says the Nueces River reaches a historic high after two weeks of rain. All passenger trains on the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf line to Corpus Christi and Hamiltonburg are canceled, with service unlikely to resume before Saturday. Rains affect truck crops and cucumber washing due to buyers' refusal to purchase muddy fruit. county shipments of cucumbers exceed 2000 crates daily.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces
Hamiltonburg
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
Baylor chief S P Brooks vows 2nd Senate bid
Dr S P Brooks president of Baylor University said in Waco today he will seek the United States Senate in two years unless prevented by an unforeseen event. He spoke after returning from Nashville where he attended the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Waco
Tex
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
United States
Nashville
Southern Baptist Convention
Moving Day through The Light Classifieds Want Ads
Advertisement urges readers to use The Light's Classified Advertising section for moving or storage needs. It promises reliable, quick, cheap service by those who regularly place Want Ads and explains how to arrange work efficiently.
Light Want Ads offer cheap classified space in San Antonio
An advertisement urges readers to place Light Want Ads in The Light’s Classified section noting wide distribution in San Antonio and Southwest Texas and pricing for 15 word ads at multiple frequencies.
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Light
San Antonio
Texas
Testimony Details Billard-Boston & Maine Deals
Charles S. Mellen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission on New Haven Billard ties, noting a $2.7 million profit and Morgan prompted Worcester Nashua & Rochester purchase. He defends authority, discusses loans to Haskell, and public sentiment actions amid railroad legislation debates.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Billard Company
John L. Billard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charless. Mellen
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Morgan
Boston & Maine
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The
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New England
Captain Winslow Killed by Self Inflicted Wound at Camp
Captain Richard P. Winslow of the Ninety-first Coast Artillery Corps fatally wounded himself at the Brownsville coast artillery camp with a 45 caliber pistol. He died 25 minutes later, with temporary mental derangement cited. A Jackson Mississippi native, 47, he leaves a wife, a young daughter, and his mother, Mrs. S. P. Winslow of Jackson.
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Brownsville
Tex
Richard P. Winslow
Ninety-first Coast Artillery Corps
Coast Artillery
Winslow
Coast Artillery Corps
Jackson
Miss
8. P. Winslow
Department Ends Use of Guarantee Legend on Food and Drug Labels
The Department of Agriculture will strike the guarantee legend and serial numbers from all food and drug labels for over 8000 manufacturers starting May 1, 1915. Guarantees will no longer appear on invoices or bills of sale, as long as the signed invoice or document refers to the listed goods.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Comet Sightings Bobbed by Navy Observatory Watch
Naval observers at the United States Naval Observatory scanned the northwestern skies for a newly sighted comet reported by European observers four days earlier. The comet, moving eastward toward the Star Capella, remained unseen last night due to deep haze clouding the lower northwest.
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Washington, D. C
United States Naval Observatory
Naval Observatory
Interurban line planned from Austin to San Antonio
Walter J. Crawford of Beaumont, general attorney for the promoters, says a proposed interurban from Austin to Lockhart Seguin and on to San Antonio will be built. The promoters hold a $5000 deposit with city authorities as a construction guarantee, and if the company fails to build the line the project will be turned over to others to carry out.
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Austin
Tex
Lockhart
Seguin
San Antonio
Beaumont
Walter J. Crawford
Beat the boll weevil experiment aims to mature cotton
A Philadelphia Commercial Museum committee plans in June to mature cotton artificially to combat boll weevil damage. The process supposedly allows harvest at half maturity by cutting bolls, dipping them in chemical solution, then processing to separate cotton from bolls.
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Commercial Museum of Philadelphia
Siegel Sails for Europe Amid Bank Failure Indictment
Henry Siegel, under indictment over the collapse of his private bank and department stores, sailed today from Southampton for New York, returning to the United States to face charges.
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Siegel
Europe
Southampton
England
Henry Siegel
New York
Leased Wire Day Report Feature From AP
The San Antonio paper notes it uses the Associated Press leased wire day report as its primary general news source. It highlights AP as the world's largest and most reliable service, supplying about 20,000 words daily, with The Light offering its own substantial special news content.
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San Antonio
Three in Rage for Election 1910 Senate Race
Mimeographed letters signed by Congressman Slayden raise questions about his support in the Fourteenth district. Copies sent to rival campaign manager Bob Barker show comments like Never again. Fort Sam Houston and related appropriations cited to claim better funding under Republicans. Slayden's votes on Mexican intervention cited as mixed. supporters quote an anecdote about his stance.
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Fourteenth Congressional District
House of Representatives
U. S
Committee
Slayden
House
Carnegie Peace Commission
Witherspoon
Fort Sam Houston
Congress
Wilson
United States
Senate
Sunshine Breaks Through Rain in Fort Worth
Fort Worth enjoyed its first sunshine in a week this morning after eight days of rain. The downpour continued through most of last night, bringing a pause in wet weather for residents.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Suffragette Delegation Seeks Another House Hearing
A National Council of Women delegation urged House Rules Chairman Henry to schedule another hearing on woman suffrage. The group, including Mrs. Kent Bell Hayes and others, failed to locate Henry. Another Maryland Just Government League delegation met Henry, who said the Democratic caucus did not include suffrage in its sessions.
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National Council of Women
Henry
House Rules Committee
Kent, Bell and Hayes
California
Louise Hardy
Colorado
Lucy Ewing
Charles B. Hyde
Chicago
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Just Government League of Maryland
Unsettled Weather Ahead For San Antonio Area
The official forecast from Major Allen Buell predicts showers and cloudy skies for San Antonio and vicinity with limited sun. A high pressure area is over the eastern U S while a trough near Minnesota to Arizona drives unsettled weather in Southwest Texas and statewide rain is reported in multiple cities including Austin Corpus Christi Victoria and Del Rio.
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Allen Buell
Minnesota
Arizona
Texas
Austin
Taylor
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Cuero
Luling
Lockhart
San Marcos
del Rio
Victoria
Widow Mrs Frola Convicted of First-Degree Murder
In New York on May 20 Mrs Madeilina Frola a 45 year old widow was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder for stabbing Carme Canestrale to death on December 9 1913 after he refused to marry her. This marks the first such jury conviction by a woman in fifteen years. The death sentence is set for next Tuesday.
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New York
Madeilina Frola
Carme Canestrale
Fatal Tank Explosion at Pineland Naval Stores Plant
A large assembling tank exploded at Pineland Naval Stores Company in Lake Charles killing Lionel Bertrand and seriously injuring three others including Mr Lewis and Frank Galt. Several more workers sustained minor injuries. Emergency crews responded swiftly to the incident.
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Pineland Naval Stores Company
Lionel Bertrand
Lewis
Frank Galt
Villa Wins Decisive Victory At Paredon
General Francisco Villa with 4000 Constitutionalist troops defeated 4500 Federal forces retreating from Monclova at Paredon on May 17. The victory halted reinforcements to Saltillo and yielded 900 prisoners, nine artillery pieces, one million rounds, supplies, and five troop trains. The Constitutionalists reported 16 killed and 29 wounded.
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Mexico
el Paso
Francisco Villa
Saltillo
Paredon
Monclova
Constitutionalists
Huerta G
Three Lives Die in City Fire Near Home
In St Louis, Mrs Rebecca Stoltz, 24, and her two young children perished when a blaze destroyed their home early today. Samuel Stoltz, the husband, escaped by leaping an alley into the next house, but a roaring furnace blocked a path to his family.
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Rebecca Stoltz
Samuel Stoltz
Stoltz
Bank Cashier Found Dead in Holly Springs
W. C. Neill aged 35 cashier of the People's Bank in Holly Springs Mississippi was found dead with a bullet hole in an old freight depot. Officials said his accounts were in good shape. His family cited nervousness and authorities believed it was a suicide.
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Miss
W. C. .Neill
People's Bank
Neill
Sugar Barges Pass Through Panama Canal First Time
Three barges loaded with sugar from Hawaiian steamships reached Christobal after crossing the Panama Canal. The sugar was transferred to Colon and Oregonian for shipment to Philadelphia, completing the canal’s first use.
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Panama
Christobal
Panama Canal
Oregonian
Philadelphia
Silliman Fails to Reach Mexico City as Parks’ Fate Remains Unknown
A report notes Silliman unable to reach Mexico City with Parks’ status still unclear. Officials regard the case as ongoing, with investigators seeking leads and awaiting further information from relief missions.
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Silliman
Mexico City
Parks
Mediation begins at Niagara Falls over Mexican problem
At Niagara Falls Ontario the United States and Huerta government hold the first formal mediation conference to seek a settlement of the Mexican crisis. Officials discuss rules, preliminaries, and the American role while observers note mixed prospects and hope for broader understanding.
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Huerta
Washington, D. C
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Wilson
White House
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Lehmann
Parks
Samuel Parks
Vera Cruz
John R. Silliman
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State Department
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Smith
Tonala
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Mexico City
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Torreon
Ville
Paredon
Roosevelt
SeeKS trace of Stlaiman Bryan Wires Consul at Monterey
Washington May 20 anxiety among officials here at the inability to get definite wireless news regarding the American consul at Monterey Bryan Stlaiman, with continued reports on page nine.
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Monterey
Washington, D.C
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