Long Beach Promenade Collapse Kills 37, Injures 117
A crowd gathering for Empire Day exercises caused a 40 by 60 foot section of the promenade from the Long Beach pier to the auditorium to drop into the sand, trapping hundreds. Thirty seven died and 117 were injured, with many victims Britons or children of Britons. Rescue and medical teams responded as officials vow a full investigation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Municipal Pier
Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
California
Frank Matthews
Sarah Cheshire
David Block
Dan Thomas
L. D. McSparren
R. G. Dowle
Pasadena
August Bart
Fannie B. McGee
Black
Glenale
National Guard
Alexander
America
Cuero Census Shows Population Increase to 4892
Cuero Texas May 24 The official census completion reports Cuero population at 4892 up from 8109 in 1910. The city club expresses pleasure at the growth.
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Cuero
Tex
Ee Club
Weather Outlook for Several Cities on Sunday and Monday
East Texas will be fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. West Texas generally fair. Other major cities show mix of fair and rain with varying wind directions and temperature highs, including St Louis 72, Chicago 70, New York 60, Boston 52, Washington 62.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
West Texas
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Stilwell Guilty of Soliciting a Bribe
State Senator Stephen J. Stilwell was convicted in New York Supreme Court of soliciting a bribe to pass legislation. The jury deliberated under three hours. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note Company, was named as the bribe source.
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New York
Stephen J. Stilwell
Justice Seaburg
Supreme Court
Stilwell
W. J. Bryne
George H. Kendall
New York Bank Note Company
Kendall
Jannus Completes 205 Mile Hydro Aerial Flight to St Louis
Tony Jannus lands at Market street foot in St Louis after a 205 mile flight from Paducah Kentucky across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Wells Ingalls of Boston accompanied him. Crowds gathered along river towns to witness the daring feat. Jean Baker of St Louis withdrew from the trip at the last moment.
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ST. Louis
Tony Jannus
Market Street
Paducah
Ohio
Mississippi Trivers
Wells Ingalls
Boston
Jannus
Jean Baker
Lane closes saloon on West Commerce Street
Comptroller W. P. Lane ordered the Morin saloon shut after a telephone request, with Morin’s license forfeited and upheld by higher court. Sheriff John W. Tobin pledged to enforce liquor laws and back the comptroller’s action locally.
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W. P. Lane
John W. Tobin
George P. Morin
West Commerce Street
Lane
Morin
Comptroller
Tobin
Bond issue under eye of officials in San Antonio
As the new city administration prepares to take office in June 2, officials discuss bond issue details. City attorney George R. Gillette will consult the Attorney General in Austin, while Mayor-elect Clinton G. Brown surveys bond size, school bond plans, and tax rate implications amid concerns over potential political maneuvering by opponents.
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New City
George R. Gillette
Austin
Looney
Clinton G. Brown
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Antonio
Steves
Brown
Mr. Brown
Citizens’ League
Dallas
San Anonio
Tillman Seeks Abolition of Smoking in Senate
Senator Tillman of South Carolina says he may deliver his last Senate speech next week urging passage of a resolution to ban smoking in the chamber and cloak rooms. He cites the smoke as a threat to his health and oxygen needs during executive sessions.
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Washington, D. C
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
O'Gormans Daughter Weds John A Maher in New York
Miss Colerita O Gorman daughter of United States Senator O Gorman of New York marries John A Maher son of E A Maher former Albany mayor in St Loyola chapel. Miss O Gorman given away by her father with sister Alice as bridesmaid.
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O’gorman
New York
Colerita O'Gorman
United States
O'Gorman
John A. Maher
E. A. Maher
Albany
St. Loyola’s School
Alice
Deputies Claim Ocon Murdered Madero in Mexico City
In a heated session of the chamber of deputies Modeno branded the 30 000 peso bill to pay Cecil L Ocon for government service as a cover for the murder of former President Madero Molteno and Braniff supported the accusation Other deputies criticized foreign relations expenses as excessive and El Heraldo de Mexico reports Felicista candidate Diaz and Vasquez Gomez amid rumored rifts with Huerta as election date delays spark talk of fighting
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Modeno
Cecil L. Ocon
Madero
de la Barra
Department of Foreign Relations
el Heraldo de Mexico
Felicista
Felix Diaz
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Huerta
Wilson Threatened Man Arrested Plumber From Chicago
Richard Lindsay a Chicago plumber living in Germantown Avenue Philadelphia was arrested by secret service on charges of threatening President Wilson and his secretary Joseph Tumulty. He wrote two letters demanding 300000 or harm. A lunacy commission may be sought. Lindsay signed as Richard Lindsay the Lion.
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Philadelphia
Richard Lindsay
Chicago
Germantown Avenue
Secret Service
Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
Lindsay
Moyamensing
Washington
Matthew F. Griffin
Lion
Chief Griffin
United States
W. W. Craig
Margaret Hinkle
First Year Melons Reach San Antonio Market
The first watermelons and cantaloupes of 1913 arrived in San Antonio from Sandia, Atascosa County. About a half dozen watermelons and over a hundred cantaloupes filled two crates. No sales were recorded as prices ranged from 50 to 75 cents for watermelons and 26 cents each for cantaloupes, with no purchases made.
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San Antonio
Sandia
Atascosa County
Carnegie Vows to Take Up Arms for Frontline Duty
New York May 24 Andrew Carnegie declared he would shoulder a musket and go to the front if war reached Japan or any other nation. He spoke before sailing for Europe and criticized England for barring Japanese in its territory while allied to them.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Japan
Ironmaster
Europe
England
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Bryan to Meet Chinda Over California Land Law Talks
Washington reports indicate a possible conference between Secretary of State Bryan and Ambassador Chinda next week on California land law negotiations with Japan. Japanese envoy may call at the state department, subject to the mikado’s condition and any new instructions.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Japan
California
Bryan
Chinda
Hinda
White House
Judge Uses Referendum to Decide Jury Call
Judge S G Tayloe of the Forty fifth District Court asked jurors to vote on whether to continue the trial of John Chornacky vs. Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio railway or adjourn until Monday Six favored continuing and six favored adjournment The judge then set a 2 pm report time to continue The plaintiff claimed 30000 in damages after an explosion occurred when he unknowingly burned a torpedo amid trash cleanup at Sunset Station The case centers on injury alleged while working as an assistant gardener for the Sunset Station’s trash cleanup duties.
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Tayloe
John Chornacky
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
Sunset
Debts Liquidated of Taft Club Leader Stifel
Otto F. Stifel, brewer and baseball magnate, announced he has paid the last of unpaid bills of the Taft Business Menus Club. The final $4000 check covered Planters Hotel headquarters and related expenses. In 1912 bankers and merchants pledged funds to support Taft, but after his defeat Stifel ends with no funds remaining.
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ST. Louis
Otto F. Stifel
Taft Business
Planters
Stifel
Taft
Dances barred at Woodmen of the World picnic
The San Antonio Woodmen of the World camps ban rag dances at the June 6 picnic at Sutherland Springs. C C Chaffe reports preparations include a special train at 9 15 from here and a return at 7 o clock with a baggage car for lunch baskets. Artzt's music will be played.
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San Antonio
Woodmen of the World
Sutherland Springs
C. C. Chaffe
Railway Committee
Artzt
Pardon Revoked for Hill County Man in Murder Case
Governor revokes conditional pardon for D H Rice who killed his wife and was freed last week. Rice, sentenced to life in the penitentiary in 1907, is jailed in Fort Worth and will be returned to prison as the pardon is referred to the board of pardons after protests and possible misapprehension.
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Austin
Tex
D. H. Rice
Hill County
Legislative Committee
Rice
Board of Pardons
Fort Worth
Passes Expire July 31 Under Public Service Ruling
Jefferson City Missouri May 24 The public service commission ruled that all railroad passes issued before July 31 1913 expire on that date except passes allowed for employees and families and for newspapers in advertising The ruling concerns an electric railway that issued life passes to former officers in return for organizing the company and these passes are void after July 31.
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Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
Electric Railroad
Jury Awards 21500 in Texas & Pacific Damage Case
In the Western District of Texas a jury awarded Miss Clara Hill of Pearsall 21500 in damages against the Texas and Pacific Railway for injuries from a December 1912 wreck at Albany Texas. The verdict is one of the largest damages awards in similar cases in this court.
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Austin
Tex
United States District Court For
Western District
Miss Clara Hill
Pearsall
Texas & Pacific Railway
Miss Hill
Albany
Texas
Rail Commission and SAU&G Railway Disagree on Valuation
In Austin on May 24 the railroad commission and San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railway officials clashed over property valuation. Mason Williams general attorney and A R Ponder general manager appeared for the company. the commission deferred decision until Monday after a hearing.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
The
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railway
Mason Williams
A. R. Ponder
Four Crown launch capsizes near Russellville Arkansas
Four people drowned when a launch capsized seven miles from Russellville in a river accident near Fort Smith Arkansas on May 24. Victims include W A Crawford superintendent of public schools Russellville his daughter Frances Crawford 18 Miss Ruth Van Landingham a school teacher and Miss Vera Meads daughter of attorney L Mead principal of Olwin High School. Crawford attempted rescues but all perished. Bodies not recovered. A second account says they were drowning while attempting to rescue Frances Crawford who had overbalanced while bathing.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Russellville
W. A. Crawford
Frances Crawford
Ruth van Landingham
Vera Meads
L. Mead
Olwin
Crawford
Professor Crawford
Miss Crawford
Matamoros Garrison Braces For Possible Dawn Attack
Federal scouting party met a Constitutionalist outpost nine miles west of Matamoros with two Federals killed and one captured. Blanco forces about 15 miles west, estimated 700 men, threaten dawn assault. Matamoros garrison about 500 with three cannon and two machine guns. Civilians urged to flee as defense plans prepare in streets and fortifications.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Lucio Blanco
Ceasio Castro
Blanco
Diaz
Valuations Show Increase in Texas Counties
The Texas comptroller's department received another 1913 valuation estimate. Frank Kordzik of Gillespie County reports total valuations at 5,793,235 dollars, up 66,810 from 1912. This marks the second county to submit its estimate for the current year.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Department
Frank Kordzik
Gillespie County
Jubilee of Bishop Shaw Opens Three Day Church Observance
The silver jubilee of Right Reverend J. W. Shaw, bishop of San Antonio, marked twenty five years since ordination and draws archbishops, bishops, and clergy from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. A Monday mass for city children launches the events followed by a Tuesday pontifical mass, a public parade, and a Wednesday cornerstone laying for the new orphanage La Purisima Concepcion.
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J. W. Shaw
San Antonio
James H. Blenk
New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
J. P. Lynch
Dallas
Shaw
San Fernando Cathedral
Blenk
Bishop Shaw
Daniel Sullivan
Avenue C
Fourth Street
Sullivan
San Fernando
Bienk
Ursuline Convent
Romana Street
Beethoven Hall
B. Schwegmann
la Purisima Concepcion
N. A. Gallagher
D. D
Galveston
Th. Meerschaert
E. P. Allen
Mobile
Ala
van de Ven
Alexanda
J. B. Morris
Little Rock
Ark
J. E. Gunn
Natchez
Fouo
J. M. la Porte
Tex
Deanne Nolan
Ft. Worth
Mullane
C. SS. R
New Orten
Urban de Hasque
Roma City
Okla
Brannan
T. P. Brown
C. SS. RK
St. Mo
T. F
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Illinois Senate Committee
Illinois Senate
Louis F. Swift
Edward Tilden
J. Ogden Armour
Ira Morris
G. F. Sulzberger
M. Blair Coan
Barrett O'Hara
O'Hara
Illinois
New York City
Citizens’ Ticket
Senate Chamber
Ocon
Mikado
Cones
Missouri Public Service Commission
Scouting Party
Archbishop Blenk
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