Local Committee to Tour Texas Plains for Road Bonus Pledges
An eight member business group will tour towns from San Antonio to Alice to gauge support and bonus pledges for a proposed Browns ville road. The mission aims to inform the twenty member committee before forming a construction company to start work, with over $100,000 in bonuses anticipated for feasibility. The trip begins tomorrow by automobile and lasts about a week.
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Brownsville
San Antonio
Alice
F. L. Hillyer
William Cassin
Furnish
D. J. Woodward
Geo. . West
Jake Wolff
W. B. Tuttle
Texas-Mexico
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Pleasanton
Jourdanton
Crowther
Campelston
Oakville
Halff
Decherd Merchant Kills Man in Street Duel
Henry Bunn, a prominent Decherd merchant, shot and killed Harvey Hannah in a street duel on the main street of Decherd Sunday morning, May 22.
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Associated Ai. Eas
Decherd, Tenn
Henry Bunn
Harvey Hannnah
Decherd
Weather comparative temperatures and forecast today
Weather bureau data lists comparative temperatures for 1910 and 1911 at 4 am noon and night periods. Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair skies and warmer conditions through Tuesday.
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United States Weather Bureau
Antonio
Towise
Weather summary for travelers across several cities
Weather snapshot shows St. Louis 64 clear with south wind and possible tonight showers. Chicago 66 rain with southeast wind and showers tonight and Tuesday. Milwaukee 66 rain with north wind and ongoing showers. St Paul 58 cloudy with south wind turning colder. Kansas City 62 cloudy with south wind, showers continuing. New York 64 partly cloudy with southeast wind, clearing and cooler. Boston 74 clear with west wind, no change. Washington 74 clear with northeast wind, no change.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Sas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Imperial Conference Opens With Dominion Leaders
Prime ministers from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa meet England's king and cabinet in London to discuss imperial topics from defense to postage. The gathering marks the new sovereign’s first official meeting with foreign ministers amid coronation festivities.
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England
Joseph George Ward
Dominion of New Zealand
Earl of Dudley
Commonwealth of Australia
Lord Gladstone
Union of South Africa
Nelson Attacks Taft Over Canadian Reciprocity Accord
Senator Nelson of Minnesota criticized President Taft before the House Finance Committee for seeking to keep the Senate from amending the Canadian reciprocity measure. He proposed amendments that would cut tariffs on farm products and argued that placing farm goods on the free list would hurt farmers and that Taft was evading the Constitution. He urged careful Senate consideration of his proposals.
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Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
Taft
House Finance Committee
Senate
United States
Senate of the
Repeater Fined for Vagrancy in City Court
Jacinto Olivo faced the police court on vagrancy charges after being found leaving a paint store with a sack of bottles. A. McDonald testified the bottles were stolen from East Houston street. Chief Newnam identified Olivo as the man who previously stole river decorations. Judge Buckley imposed a $25 fine.
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Judge Buckley
Jacinto Olivo
Olivo
A. McDonald
East Houston Street
Buckley
Newnam
Gonzales Couple Weds in County Clerk Office
Geo. McPeters and Miss Eva Murray were married in the county clerk’s office Saturday evening. Judge W. N. Lawley officiated. The couple reside in the Nixon neighborhood. The bride is 16 and the daughter of J. C. Murray of Rancho.
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Gonzales
Tex
Geo. McPeters
Eva Murray
W. N. Lawley
Nixon
J. C. Murray
Rancho
Boston socialite Mrs Gardner ill with nervous breakdown
Mrs Jo L Gardner, a prominent Boston art collector and Back Bay resident, is ill at her home after a prior nervous breakdown that led to the cancellation of her summer engagements.
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Boston
Mass
Jo L. Gardner
Back Bay
Trial hinges on missing witness in Chapin murder case
Victoria Texas May 22 The case against D B Chapin for the killing of Oscar J Roundtree in San Antonio August 18 last may go to trial this term only if process servers locate Ed Roos chief prosecuting witness absent when the case was called. Attachments issued for A W Houston Jr and Sheriff Will Wright as Roos remains at large. 160 witnesses summoned. state 90 defense 70. Chapin confident of acquittal despite delays.
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Victoria
Tex
D. B. Chapin
Oscar J. Roundtree
Ssn
Roos
A. W. Houston Jr
San Antonio
Will Wright
Floresville
Houston
Chapin
Wright
J. W. O'Brien
J. O. Roundtree
Wweady
Family of four two days without food
The Associated Charities of San Antonio found a case on Pleasanton road where a sick mother with cancerous growth and four children under eight lived in a tent without food for nearly two days. A physician treated them and the mother was moved to a hospital. the charity will cover care and arrange for the children’s support.
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Associated Charities of
San Antonio
Pleasanton Road
Physicians’ and Surgeons’ Hospital
Charities Association
Bride Surprises Court and Weds After Arraignment
Cleo McIntyre appeared in police court on a vag disorder charge and announced she would marry the man she loves before the hearing could proceed. Judge Buckley postponed the case until tomorrow. A marriage license was issued and the ceremony performed by Justice Fisk moments later making her Mrs Antonio Caden a.
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Cupid
Buckley
Cleo McIntyre
Sue
Huppertz
West Side Shooting Wounds Trinidad Gomez
No arrest has been made in a Sunday morning shooting on the west side. Trinidad Gomez, 23, was wounded in the right leg when hit by a bullet from a .38 caliber revolver. the bullet passed through flesh without striking bone.
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Trinidad Gomez
Gomez
Chinese Businessman Reports Massacre of 224 in Mexican Turmoil
Sam Wah owner of the International hotel near Eagle Pass and associate of Porfirio Diaz learned by telegraph that 224 Chinese were killed in Torreon amid fighting between Mexican rebels. Forty five Wah workers on a farm and five in a restaurant among the dead. Wah sought protection from the Chinese minister in Washington and the American minister in the City of Mexico.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Sam Wah
International Hotel
Porfirio Diaz
Mex
Foon Chuck
Mexico
Torreon
Wah
Washington
Chinese envoy urges Mexico on Torreon outrages
The Chinese charge d affaires in Mexico City has been instructed by the Chinese minister in Washington to make strong representations to Mexico over reported outrages against Chinese by revolutionists at Torreon. Advices align with press dispatches on the murder of Dr Lim, a Chinese banker, and other Chinese deaths in Torreon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
Mexico
Torreon
Preas
Lim
Chinese Banker Killed in Torreon After Plaza Dragging
Reports from Laredo say Dr. J. W. Lim a prominent Chinese banker in northern Mexico died after rebels tied a rope around his neck and dragged him around the Torreon plaza. Other accounts claim a three day battle with federals May 14 to 18 ending in rebel victory and mention the Sternau brothers tied to violence at the Torreon hotel.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
J. W. Lim
Torreon
Mexico
Lim
Sternau Brothers
No Danger to Americans in Mexico City Declared
Resolutions from the American Colony in Mexico City say American lives and property are safe and affirm neutrality and non intervention policy. They dismiss exaggerated reports and express confidence in Mexican goodwill. The document, signed by David F. Thompson K M Van Zandt Jr Robert A Brown and fifteen others, was received in Galveston.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Society of
David F. Thompson
K. M. van Zandt Jr
Robert A. Brown
Bandit threat tightens security at Satena plantation
In Colombres Colima, Satena company guards the 400000 acre plantation after reports of marauder bands in the area. All 150 workers are heavily armed as a precaution amid a peace treaty between the federal government and rebels seeming to have little effect on nearby activity.
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Colombres
Mex
Satena Company
Santena Company
Rebels occupy Cuernavaca in breach of armistice
General Ambrosio Figueroa seized Cuernavaca with fewer than 200 men after Col. Munguia and his small force deserted at dawn. The move technically violates armistice terms, but Figueroa defends his action as a peace measure.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Ambrosio Figueroa
Cuernavaca
Col. Munguia
Sunday poker games end in four deaths in Pennsylvania
Five aces found in one deck sparked a miners quarrel in Kittanning, Pa. Three men were killed and another fatally shot as Dick Sendrío was accused of cheating and beaten then fired into the crowd. In Uniontown, a coke works dispute left one man dead and another wounded when the Logwabica brothers allegedly shot Frank Pecan and Frank Rinite as they played a poker game. The Logwabicas fled.
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Associated Press
Kittanning
Dick Sendrio
Sendrio
Uniontown
Sunshine Coke Works
Logwabica
Frank Pecan
Frank Rinite
Logwabacas
Pecan
Riniie
Red Cross Endowment Fund Drive Launched in San Antonio
At a noon luncheon in the St. Anthony hotel the San Antonio Red Cross Endowment Fund committee appointed by President Taft organized, elected officers, and set a $10,000 goal. A ladies' auxiliary committee was formed to aid the effort. Donations will be received by Dr. Frederick Terrell at City National Bank.
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St. Anthony
San Antonio Red Cross Endowment Fund
Taft
Marshall Hicks
J. ©. Terrell
J. H. Kirkpatrick
F. A. Chapa
Frederick Terrell
City National Bank
Col. Geo. W. Brackenridge
Freedrick Terrell
T. H. Franklin
J. H. Savage
W. F. McCale
Wreck Ties Up Traffic on Southern Pacific Line
A freight wreck at Hilda thirty miles east of San Antonio disrupted traffic for eight hours. Eleven cars derailed on a west bound train, injuring Sam Campbell of Del Rio with a broken leg. Wrecker crews, led by H F Anderson, could not build a temporary track due to the cut, delaying passage until late evening.
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Southern Pacific
Hilda
San Antonio
Sam Campbell
del Rio
H. F. Anderson
W. D. Austin
Stimson Takes Oath as Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson of New York was sworn in as secretary of war, succeeding Jacob M. Dickinson. The ceremony occurred in the secretary’s office with Senator Root and Representative Dwight present, and John Randolph administered the oath. Stimson then met on duty officers in Washington before Dickinson planned to travel to Nashville Friday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
New York Today
Jacob M. Dickinson
War Department
Senator Root
Dwight
Dickinson
John Randolph
Stimson
Army
Nashville
Tennesseans Offer Summer White House to Taft
A Berryville delegation led by Representative Austin proposed a fully equipped summer White House on Bald Knob in the Smoky Mountains Tennessee to President Taft. They said the facility would be about sixty miles from Knoxville and noted the president had entered the capital to maintain order, leaving acceptance unclear.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Berryville
Tenn
Austin
Taft
Bald Knob
Knoxville
Illness of Senora Reyes in Paris Suburb
Senora Reyes wife of General Reyes former Mexican secretary of war is seriously ill at her Nevilly sur Seine home near Paris. Doctors report a slight morning improvement but her son and daughter anxiously cable home as the father’s journey to Mexico City is delayed at Havana. Diagnosis is liver inflammation.
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Senora Reyes
Associated Press
Paris
General Reyes
Nevilly Sur Seine
Havana
Senora Keyes
Rebel Kills Own Sentry
Otto Sontag, a member of General Pryce's guerilla forces at Tiajuana, fired on a supposed attack. An allied sentry within Pryce's lines returned fire, fatally wounding Sontag who died last night. No attack occurred.
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Hu Associated Winess
San Diego
Cal
Otto Sontag
Pryce
Tiajuana
Sontag
Uhe
Senate considers new inquiry into Senator Lorimer charges
On May 22 1912 a surge of party support formed for a prompt and sweeping probe into fresh charges against Senator Lorimer of Illinois. Republicans and Democrats unite behind referrals to the Senate privileges and elections committee with a subcommittee to direct the investigation and a plan to reopen the case.
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Washington
Lorimer
Illinois
Illinois State Senate
Senate
Dillingham
Committee On Privileges and
la Follette
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Committee On Elections
Democratic Steering Committee
Martin
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Artists Kill Selves Chamberlain and Swayze
In Philadelphia two renowned artists committed suicide within 24 hours. Magazine illustrator Frank X. Chamberlain shot himself, reportedly driven mad by heat. Former newspaper cartoonist Robert Clyde Swayze died by a gunshot at his brother’s home after a period of ill health.
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Chamberlain
Swayze
Philadelphia
Frank X. Chamberlain
Robert Clyde Swayze
Officials Lose Salaries In Lockhart Ruling
An Austin opinion rules that salaries for City Marshal John Smith City Auditor A J Storey and Judge of Elections T C McDowell cannot be paid under the Nepotism law. The ruling comes from the attorney general's department at Austin.
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Lockhart, Tex
Attorney General's Department At
Austin
John Smith
A. J. Storey
T. C. McDowell
Farmer injured by bottle powder explosion near Gonzales
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT Gonzales Texas May 22 Charley Gerald a farmer four miles northeast of town was hurt Saturday evening when a bottle of powder exploded as he prepared to blow up an ant bed His right hand was cut and a glass fragment entered the stomach near the appendix leaving a one inch wound Physicians deem the wounds not serious A pipe he smoked caused the blast
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Gonzales
Tex
Charley Gerald
Town
Scarlet fever outbreak hits Wellestey freshmen
Boston residents report an epidemic of scarlet fever at Wellestey with five freshmen in quarantine. Authorities fear more cases as the illness begins to spread, with the disease first appearing about a week ago.
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Boston
Wellestey
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