Texas Democratic Convention Rife With Prohibition Clash
Texas Democrats convene to name delegates for St Louis while Ford Ferguson backers clash with supporters of Love and Ball over presidential policies and the method of selecting at large delegates. debates focus on prohibition suffrage and party unity.
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Texas
Thomas H. Ball
Ferguson
Wilson
St. Louis
Ball
Dallas
el Paso
Bailey
New Jersey
Mr. Ball
Anti-Saloon League
League
Saloon League
Great Democrats
Bell County
Harris County
Jake Wolters
Wear
Market Hall
Temorary
W. C. Wear
Smith
Columbia
America
Maryland
Charles J. Kirk
House
A. E. Masterson
Brazoria
Committees On
Democrate of
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas FR. Marshall
St. Louie
Thomas R. Marshall
James E. Ferguson
United States
Democratic Party
Houston
Hillsboro
M. PD. Carlock
Winsboro
President Wilson Attends Grayson Gordon Wedding
The President's naval aide and physician Dr Cary T. Grayson wed Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon in New York. President and Mrs Wilson traveled from Washington to attend the afternoon ceremony and return tonight. Gordon, an orphan, is linked to Mrs Wilson as a close friend and ward.
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New York
Wilson
Carey T. Grayson
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Washington
D. C
Mystery of blood stained garments near Roosevelt avenue solved
Garments found near Roosevelt and Wharton avenues identified as those of Remigio Silvas 25 who was fatally slashed in a Brackenridge Park affray with Felix Perez Both suspects were arrested Police traced the clothes after a journeyman rue they were discarded in a police car en route to a hospital and later recovered by detectives
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Roosevelt and
Wharton Avenues
Remigio Silvas
Brackenridge Park
Felix Perez
W. P. Phillips
Uvalde Street
Silvas
Roosevelt Avenue
Texas Soldier Fights Mexican Policeman in West Commerce Street
E. C. Breenan of Company L Second Texas Infantry defeats a Mexican special officer in a restaurant fight sparked by a gringo epithet. Breenan, one-armed in a sling, lands multiple punches and is later released on bond after stating he was ordered to Brownsville.
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E. C. Breenan
Co. L
Second Texas Infantry
Mexico
West Commerce Street
Breenan
Merriman
Subira
Brownsville
Uncle Sam to reform trusts with rehabilitation plan
Washington May 24. The government shifts from punitive measures under the Sherman law to guiding trusts toward reform. The Department of Justice asks the court to allow a plan where the American Can Company works with the Federal Trade Commission to submit a rehabilitation plan and possibly avoid dissolution. The FTC would help direct improvements while allowing continued operation under government oversight. President Wilson’s policy frames trusts as needing reform rather than destruction.
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Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
American Can Company of
Baltimore
Department of Justice
United States Court
American Can Company
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Wilson
Indianapolis
Russian Bark Regina Sunk Near Barcelona by Submarine
The Russian bark Regina was sunk by a submarine off Barcelona. Her captain and crew reached port with accounts of two lifeboats from Italian sailing vessels also sunk by the same Austrian submarine. The captain’s report confirms multiple sinkings in the same patrol.
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Barcelona
Spain
Paris
Regina
Sunday Schools Parade Leads Off State Convention in San Antonio
Between 1000 and 1500 delegates are slated to attend the forty second annual International Sunday School Workers convention in San Antonio. Activities include sessions at Bowen's Island Tabernacle and Travis Park Church, a Thursday parade, a Saturday banquet at the Gunter Hotel, and an afternoon automobile ride for visiting delegates.
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San Antonio
International Sunday School Workers
Travis Park Methodist Church
St. Anthony
Tabernacle
Bowen's Island
Gunter Hotel
Modest Dwellings for Negro Workers to Be Monuments
Washington plan backs Ellen Wilson Homes Inc to build 140 compact sanitary rentals for wage earners near the Capitol. Each unit features private baths, yard, and street entry with a playground, laundry, nursery, recreation hall, library, and cooking class space.
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Washington, D. C
White Dome
Capitol
Wooed at the Ribbon Counter in Department Store Banter
A playful exchange centers on a department store and its manager. The shopper hints at lingering interest in the store while the manager boasts stock certainty, joking about keeping everything in stock as a light salesroom moment.
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Barton
Additin
William Jennings Bryan
United Prohibition Party
State Executive Committee
Hutchinson
Red River
Reed
Collingsworth
Zapata County
Prohibition
Cleveland
Presidio County
W. B. Love
Uvelde
Tom Ball
Love Prohibition Forces
Montague County
W. A. Hangar
Fort Worth
Ferguson Forces
Wiley
Montague
Senator Hangar
A. J. Barton
Tom Love
Hangar
Chairman Wear
Q A. Watson
Watson
A. B. Watkins
Athens
Heport
Committee On Organization
Judge Watkins
Love Caucus
Decker
Judge Wear
Ft. Worth
D. E. Decker
Hardiman County
Senator Decker
Colonel Ball
Tarrant
Colonel Bath
Cory Grayson
Puss Alice Gordon
Alice Gordon
Mlitiaman
Gringo
Reading
France
Tommy
Louisville Courier-Journal
Alfred Giles CO
Hicks
San Antonio, Texas
National Capital
Ellen Wilson Homes, Inc
Charles M. Schwab
Loretto
Jake
Joe
Jake Oon
Dan
Newark Times
St. Anthony Hotel
T. B. Baker
Pres
Gen. Mgr
Texas Refining Co
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