Hennessy Exposes Stilwell Pardon Demand in Black Book
Investigators publish notes from Sing Sing interview with convicted State Senator Stilwell. He refuses flatly to name others without a pardon, naming Murphy and Frawley as targets. Hennessy presses for disclosures while Stilwell demands impeachment protection and possible self harm if not pardoned.
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New York
Hennessy
Sing Sing
Stephen J. Stilwell
Charley Murphy
Frawley
Stilwell
Sulzer
Ilwell
Grand Jury
Murphy
Brewery Association
William J. Connors
Buffalo
James Stewart
Charles F. Murphy
John Doe
Whitman
Edward E. McCall
Connors
Jim Stewart
Stewart
Dunkirk
Ennessy
Eugene S. Wood
Albany
Wood
McCall
Seattle moves to hire more rat catchers to fight plague
The city finance committee proposes an emergency appropriation of 1600 dollars to hire extra rat catchers amid a waterfront plague scare. Health Commissioner J E Crichter reported 16 plague infected rats found this month, noting current staff are inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
J. E. Crichter
Crichter
Fresh Air Treatment Advocated by Boston Doctor
Dr. T. F. Harrington, head of Boston school hygiene, says adenoids heal themselves in four of five cases when children get ample outdoor air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
T. F. Harrington
School Hygiene
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with mild evening temperatures and light winds. Highs near the lower 70s, lows around the upper 40s to mid 50s.
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San Antonio
Weather tour for tourists across major cities
Observations at 8 am show clear to partly cloudy skies with gentle to moderate winds in cities including St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Temperatures range from 26 to 36 degrees with Sunday fair and warmer conditions noted in several locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Four Banks Favored in Senate Bank Plan Discussion
Washington reports a senate committee proposal for four regional banks prompts broad debate. White House aides warn the plan could spur money and credit concentration, while Senator Kern dismisses talk of caucus action and Senator Hoke Smith signals possible amendments if four banks are kept.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
White House
Wilson
Kern
Hoke Smith
Senate
Jackson fire destroys major business district in Kentucky
Practically the entire Jackson, Kentucky business section burned in a morning fire. The post office, Thompson hotel, two churches and many homes were destroyed. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Governor McCreary urged to mobilize militia to protect property as authorities fear inadequate protection.
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Jackson
Thompson
McCreary
Jackson Company
Governor Colquitt Heads to Open Waco Cotton Palace
Governor Colquitt departed Austin at noon for Waco to formally declare open the Waco cotton palace this evening. He is accompanied by Adjutant General Henry Hutchings and Colonel F. A. Chapa of San Antonio, with more staff members expected in Waco. he plans to return to Austin Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Waco
Waco Cotton Palace
Henry Hutchings
F. A. Chapa
San Antonio
National Guard moves to Ludlow strikers camp
In Trinidad Colorado on November 1 the National Guard moved from camps to the strikers tent colony at Ludlow. The shift followed an agreement between Adjutant General John Chase and John P. Lawson to surrender arms by the strikers to the militia.
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Trinidad
Colo
Walsenburg
National Guard
Ludlow
John Chase
John P. Lawson
United Mine Workers of America
Texas Returns After Trials Off Rockland
Newport News Va Nov 1 The Texas completed all contract requirements despite an engine accident that delayed trials off Rockland Maine for four days and then returned to her builders The trial board praised the ships performance recording 22 77 knots on standardization run exceeding contract speed by 1 77 knots
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Newport News
Rockland
Texas
Good Roads Meeting Called by Oklahoma Texas Gulf Group
A meeting of the Oklahoma Texas and Gulf Highway Association is set for Friday November 14 in Denison Texas. Good road advocates from Texas and Oklahoma will attend, with O L Williams presiding as president of the Colorado to the Gulf Highway Association.
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Denison
Tex
Oklahoma-Texas and Gulf Highway Association
Texas
Oklahoma
O. L. Williams
Hartung Succeeds Collins as Industrial Board Secretary
The industrial accident board named Walter L. Hartung of Austin as secretary to replace C. P. Collins who resigned. Hartung has served as private stenographer to Governor Colquitt and accompanied him on campaigns and inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartung
Collins
Austin
Tex
Industrial Accident Board Today
Walter L. Hartung
Industrial Accident Board
C. P. Collins
Colquitt
Miss Kitty Barry Weds J G Crawford in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas November 1 Miss Kitty Barry and J G Crawford both Star Telegram staff members surprised friends by marrying late last night in what appeared to be an elopement style ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Kitty Barry
Fort Worth
Tex
J. G. Crawford
Star-Telegram
New City Marshal Appointed in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS Tex Nov 1 W T Jackman former sheriff of Hays county was appointed city marshal by the city council to replace the resigned Sam H Perkins.
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San Marcos
Tex
W. T. Jackman
Hays County
Sam H. Perkins
Professor Held For Alleged Swindling In Chicago Case
Chicago police hold Charles Dennis known as Professor in connection with a network dubbed the clairvoyant trust. He faces multiple indictments for fraud including card games wire tapping and fake horse races in several cities and countries. Dennis also used aliases including Professor Calisbury and was arrested in Boston on October 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
England
Canada
Charles Dennis
Dennis
Boston
Louiisville
New York
Buffalo
Montreal
Peoria
Calisbury
Suffragettes to Meet for National Convention in December
The National Suffrage Association plans a five day convention in December with about 1000 suffragettes expected. Speakers will address universal women’s suffrage as Congress opens its regular session and suffragists prepare to press for national constitutional amendments. A large mass meeting will precede the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Suffrage Association
Congress
House
Senate
Sells Plans Indian Reforms Conference with Tribal Leaders
Commissioner Sells of the Indian bureau summons the governors and principal chiefs of the five civilized tribes and national tribal attorneys for a conference next Monday in Oklahoma to discuss Indian minor probate conditions. He aims to reform handling of minor property, calling it a major pressing issue. Preliminary talks were held at the bureau with Superintendent Kelsey and tribal attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sells
Indian Bureau
Five Civilized Tribes
Wnelsey
Union Agency
Oklahoma
Bureau
Kelsey
King Rewards Laborers For Buckingham Palace Facade
The completion of Buckingham Palace improvements including a new white Portland stone front at a cost of 300000 crowns prompted a royal dinner for 500 laborers who built the facade in record time. King George sent congratulations via Sir Derick Keppel as laborers received clay pipes and tobacco with royal arms at their places.
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London
Buckingham Palace
King George
Derick Keppel
H. M
Deed Sells for 1700 in Historic Manhattan Auction
New York reports the auction of valuable historical documents where George D. Smith paid 1700 dollars for a vellum deed. The Dutch language record confirms Manhattan Island’s 1630 transfer from Native owners to the Dutch. The sale price dwarfs the island’s nominal history value of about 24 dollars.
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New York
Manhattan Island
George D. Smith
Impressive Chrysanthemum Record At New York Exhibit
Adolph Lewisohn grows a chrysanthemum 14 feet across with 1800 yellow blossoms for the New York horticultural society exhibition at the Museum of Natural History. The gardener credits the long fall season for reaching a peak size likely unattainable again.
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New York
Adolph Lewisohn
Horticultural Society of New York
Museum of Natural History
Leased AP Wire Day Report Highlights San Antonio Light Coverage
The San Antonio Light features the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, providing broad daily news coverage as its premier general service. It supplements with a large internal news service for additional local and national stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Tragedies from Halloween Pranks Claim Four Lives in Chicago
Two boys die from pranks in Chicago as Morgan Campbell, 15, is electrocuted after contact with a charged wire while attempting to pull down a light arc. Thomas K. Quinto dies after being knocked down by a fire wagon responding to a false alarm. Mrs Hulda Ewart, 52, and her daughter Alma Stenersen, 32, die of heart disease after a Halloween party. the mother collapses upon notification.
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Chicago
Morgan Campbell
Thomas K. Quinto
Hulda Ewart
Alma Stenersen
Hallowe'en
Halloween pranks disrupt San Antonio streets with mixed mischief
San Antonio youths caused a string of disturbances on Halloween night including a heavy piano box moved off a track, cars canned, beer kegs substituted for porch items, and hydrants opened flooding streets. Police logged numerous incidents from Tobin Hill to Commerce and Mesquite, with property damage at several addresses and a water wagon blocking traffic until removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Alamo Heights
Traction Company
Tobin Hill
Woodlawn
Beacon Hill
South Presa Street
Dunning Avenue
Professor Peacock
West End
Denver Boulevard
Carson Street
Commerce
Mesquite
Boy’s Halloween Prank Triggers City Cable Chaos
In Kansas City a youth moved a wooden block from a telephone cable spool preventing police from stopping it. The rolling cylinder, six feet across and weighing about a thousand pounds, gained momentum and caused trouble for responders overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Flood from runaway vehicle floods street and saloon door
A vehicle traveling about thirty miles an hour crashed into a water plug near Twelfth Street. The hydrant broke away and water rushed into a saloon door, flooding the street as police, fire, and water departments worked two hours to stop the flood and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Street
Prank Crashes Car Injuring Oklahoma Court Men
A Halloween prank caused a car crash on Glassen boulevard injuring five men including M. L. Turner president of the Western National Bank Judge R. F. Looftborough and C. A. Galbraith of the Supreme Court commission Attorney E. E. Blake and a chauffeur were in the car. Turner was unconscious 100 feet from the pole and is expected to recover. The vehicle was wrecked.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Hallowe'en
M. L. Turner
Western National Bank
R. F. Looftbourrow
Supreme Court
C. A. Galbraith
Supreme Court Commission
E. E. Blake
Glassen Boulevard
Hallowe'en Merrymakers
Turner
Knoxville Youth Dies After Halloween Prank on Tracks
Walter Lane a 17 year old in Knoxville Tennessee was shot and killed during a Halloween prank. A wagon blocked a street car track on Third avenue but was moved off by the trolley crew with aid from passengers. A pistol found in a sandbox inside the car. Motorman and conductor jailed deny firing the shot.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Walter Lane
Third Avenue
Lane
Arkansas man dies from Halloween prank electric shock
In Little Rock on Halloween night electrician Joe Levenson died after attempting to cut an arcing street wire as boys pulled it down near his home. He touched a live current with insulated pliers and suffered an instant fatal shock. police have not located the youths responsible.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joe Levenson
Levenson
McManigal may win freedom within six days
Ortie E McManigal jailed in Los Angeles since 1934 could be released soon as appeals of labor leaders proceed in Chicago. He has testified for the government at Indianapolis trials and has been a prisoner for two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Ortie E. McManigal
McNamara Brothers
Chicago
McMangal
Indianapolis
Barr Lodged in Ellis County Jail After Alleged Miss Brown Murder Confession
Meade Barr, believed by police to have confessed to the July murder of Miss Florence Brown in Dallas, is held in Ellis County Jail at Waxahachie, Texas. He was transported from the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville, where the confession purportedly occurred. jailer confirms Barr in custody, access denied.
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Dallas
Tex
Meade Barr
Florence Brown
Ellis County
Waxahachie
Barr
Texas
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Filipino Charged With Murder In Local Trial
Louis Modena nephew of Emilio Aguinaldo faces a murder charge for the July 22 shooting of Karl Linehardt, a negro, following a quarrel over a negro woman. Defense is Frank Dominguez, who once represented Aguinaldo in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Modena
Emilio Aguinaldo
Karl Linehardt
Frank Dominguez
Emilio
Manila
United States
Custer Soldier William Caldwell Dies in Clearfield
William Caldwell aged 56, who missed the Little Big Horn massacre by being sent to Major Reno with a message, has died in Clearfield Pennsylvania. Caldwell was 18 during Sitting Bull’s slaughter and was among twelve men sent out for aid.
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Custer
Clearfield
William Caldwell
Little Big Horn
Major Reno
Caldwell
Sitting Bull
Custom
May Get Silver Service For White House Bride Gift
Members of the House show strong interest in a wedding gift for Miss Jessie Wilson the White House bride to be. Most favor a silver service with Miss Genevieve Clark guiding the selection and visiting New York shops for possible designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Jessie Wilson
White House
Genevieve Clark
Miss Clark
Mann
New Jersey
New York City
Light Want Ads Offer Cheap Outdoor Goods Market
Readers can locate affordable guns camp gear fishing tackle tennis sets cameras and more through Light Want Ads. The page promotes the classified marketplace and invites readers to place ads describing needed items, claiming the Light has the largest paid home circulation in Southwest Texas and dominates local reach in San Antonio.
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Light
Light Want
the Light
Texas
San Antonio
The Light Wanted Way
The Light Wanted Way.
Women to Parade in Brooklyn for Suffrage Demonstration
New York November 1. Thousands of women gathered today for a Brooklyn suffrage parade planned for this afternoon. Regiments of women and a few men will march to music from 14 bands amid reports some participants hired a non union band raising a possible hitch. About 7000 women have enrolled following leaders Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Dr. Anna Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Carrie Chapman Catt
Anno. Shaw
Plan to Honor Roosevelt in Buenos Aires Visit
The social museum committee in Buenos Aires has issued a manifesto inviting people to join festivities during Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s visit. The document hails Roosevelt as a great democrat whose life is a dynamic force supporting social and political doctrines and direct nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Committee of the Social Museum
Theodore Roosevelt
Fleet Encounters High Seas on Voyage to Mediterranean
The battleship fleet on the way to Mediterranean ports reports rough seas caused by fresh southwest winds. Today the vessels have 1650 miles remaining to reach their first calling port, Gibraltar, as they pass Cape Race by wireless from the Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wyoming
Cape Race
Fleet
Mediterranean
Ibraltar
Monterey Buildings in Ruins After Fierce Assault
Confederation forces concentrate about 10 000 men toward Monterey with Generals Blanco Pablo Gonzales and Jesus Carranza meeting near Villa Apodeca. Wounded Constitutionalists arrive at Matamoros hospital as Monterey remains encircled and bombardment continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Villa Apodeca
Blanco
Pablo, Gonzales
Jesus Carranza
Matamoros
Geronimo Trevino
Saltillo
Victoria
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Financial crisis feared as Huerta tax rumors spread
Mexico City reports say government struggled to meet payrolls for ten days ending last night with partial payments in some departments and full deferrals in others. Funds were secured and payments resumed, but rumors of a 15 percent bank deposit tax fueled bank withdrawals and heightened market tension.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Vera Crug
Son
Evaristo Madero
Impm
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Jackson, Ky
National Association
Lad
Morro
Envoy Lind
John Bind
Ward Steamship Line
Morro Castle
Mexico
Vera Cruz
J. Lind
State Department
Southern Republic
M’manigal
Istolut
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