Carranza Held City Piedras Negras After Skirmish
Federal sympathizers from Eagle Pass tried to seize Piedras Negras before daylight. Carranzista forces organized a majority by 9 am and barred Huertista passage at the international bridge. Bridges burned by order of Calzada and talks of an armistice aimed at protecting American and foreign interests continue.
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Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Huerista
Bravo
Olf Safety
Ed Schmitt
S. P. Simpson
Carranzista
Carranza
International Bridge
Mexico City
Gabriel Calzada
Perbtes
Murguia
Pablo Gonzales
Supreme Command
Allende
Peecali
Res is Hope to Peach Miner Soon
In Centralia Pennsylvania rescuers fight to reach Thomas Toshesky entombed for six days in Continental mine of Lehigh Valley Coal Co. With 25 feet of coal to remove, air compressors are installed and digging should speed up. Toshesky restless and urges to help, asking for dynamite while coal is carefully cleared.
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Centralia
Thomas Toshesky
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
H. J. Heffner
Toshesky
Conspiracy to Blow Up Bridges Arrests Reported
George E. Davis alias O Donnell arrested in New York on charges of dynamiting a Mount Vernon New Haven Bridge on September 3 1911 and conspiring with the McNamaras Frank M Ryan and iron workers union officers to wreck bridges. Davis allegedly confessed. Harry Jones also arrested on conspiracy charges in connection with the case.
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New York
George E. Davis
George O'Donnell
United States
New Haven
Mount Vernon
Davis
McNamara Brothers
Frank M. Ryan
International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Harry Jones
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Ciarg
Jones
O’donnell
If Ones
Acer Ind
Mother and three children drown near Second Mission
San Antonio records 4.15 inches of rain in twelve hours with 8 inches in 42 hours. The Weather Bureau forecast calls for rain tonight and possible clearing tomorrow.
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Second Mission
San Antonio
United States Weather Bureau
Serrato Case Nearing Jury as Flood Ravages Pearsall
In Pearsall Texas Judge Mullaly reads the defense charge in Jose Serrato’s trial and delays to hear rebuttals. A San Antonio river flood follows 7.79 inches of rain, killing four members of the Villanueva and Gembler families and flooding downtown basements with extensive property damage. Police and rescue crews work through the night to save a gas main as water rises and a second crest threatens the city.
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Pearsall
Tex
Mullaly
Jose Serrato
Ortiz
Carrizo Springs
L. Gonzales
Cotulla
Jesus Gonzales
Webb County
San Antonio
Amelia Villanueva
Olga Gembler
Freisa Gembler
I. W. Hall
Hot Wells Development Company
San Jose Mission
Villanueva
Lee Wilson
Olmos
Houston Street
Navarro Street
St. Mary's Street
St. Mary’s
College Streets
Crockett Street
Gas Main
Bowen's Island
Nueva Street
Traction Company
Gas and Electric Company
Local Weather Forecast Fragments for Major Cities
Fragmented forecast notes show showers for San Antonio tonight and Friday with possible clearing. Observations list various U S city readings including St Louis Chicago and Boston with temperatures ranging from the mid fifties to mid sixties and winds from the west or northwest. several lines mention rain and minimums.
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San Antonio
ST. Louis
Chicago
Radium Price Jump Hits New high in Berlin
The price of radium has advanced to $10,000 a gram amid unprecedented demand. Radium is now quoted at $115,000 a gram, making 4 pounds worth over $52,000,000 if such a quantity existed.
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Berlin
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Heatsotan
Pare City
Armstice
Calzada
New Haven Bridge
San Antonio Light
Jated~ Press
Omar
Travis Street
Serrato
ITV
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