San Antonio Flood Damage Leads to High County Toll
After the flood, San Antonio faces $150000 in county road and bridge losses and widespread damage. Bodies of Mrs. Amelia Villanueva and her youngest child recovered. two older children remain missing. Health officials warn of typhoid risks from standing water while springs and wells reopen, aiding river flow.
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San Antonio
Amelia Villanueva
W. A. King
Brown
Dr. King
George Surkey
Surkey
Crockett Street
W.J. Tuttle
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Hubble
Associated Charities
Weather Update for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity clearing with a tendency toward showers later. Possible scattered showers, light southeast winds. Highs near 82, lows around 66 with chance of brief rain showers this evening.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Observations From Major Cities
A roundup of morning temperatures and conditions across U S cities. LOUIS 58 clear south wind 4 miles. CHICAGO 54 clear west wind 4 miles. MILWAUKEE 42 cloudy south wind 4 miles. ST PAUL 50 clear wind 10 miles. KANSAS CITY 62 clear south wind 6 miles. NEW YORK 56 clear north wind 12 miles with rain predicted. BOSTON 58 clear northwest wind 6 miles. WASHINGTON 56 cloudy northwest wind 10 miles. Saturday fair and lowest last 24 hours figures included.
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A. m
T. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Davis Reveals Bomb Plots as Union Case Appeals Loom
George E. Davis a Union Iron Worker and dynamiter provides sweeping admissions tied to the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Walter Drew of the National Erectors' Association says Davis’s disclosures hinge on outcomes of Frank M. Ryan and others appeals. Davis says no immunity promised and he received about five dollars daily. he reported bombs dropped near him in recent months, implying Union retaliation.
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New York
George E. Davis
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tron Workers
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Davis
Ryan
Drew
Robert Foster
Duke Luis Philippe Arrives in Lima Incognito as Count de Villiers
Prince Luis Philippe Duke of Orleans, a claimant to the French throne, landed in Lima under an assumed name. Reports from Europe hinted his wife Archduchess Marie Dorothea Amelia of Austria sought divorce with alimony of 16000 dollars yearly and restitution of 35000 dollars she spent on the duke.
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Lima
Peru
Luis Philippe
Duke of
Orleans
Count de Villiers
Europe
Marie Dorothea Amelia
Austria
Conscience Money Flows to U S Treasury
Citizens from Portsmouth New Hampshire and Birmingham Alabama send small sums to the federal treasury in a conscience effort. An unknown Portsmouth resident gave 1 dollar and a Birmingham resident named Lea contributed 190.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Federal Treasury
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Birmingham
Ala
Lea
Help the Manufacturers to Decide
A public message urges manufacturers to cooperate with retailers through targeted newspaper advertising. It advises using local papers to reach the community and suggests direct, practical ad campaigns aligned with local readers.
Serrato Jury Finds Him Guilty in Pearsall Murder Case
Jose Serrato, 14 member band, convicted by jury of murder of Deputy Sheriff Candalerio Ortiz near Carrizo Springs on September 11. Jury imposes 25 years in the state penitentiary after a long deliberation. Judge Mullaly and prosecutors anticipate motions for a new trial and possible appeal.
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Pearsall
Tex
Jose Serrato
Candalerio Ortiz
Carrizo Springs
John Campbell
Serrato
R. W. Hurdson
John A. Walls
Eugene Buck
Dimmit County
Ortiz
Judge May Send Men and Women to Jail in Seattle
Superior Judge John E. Humphries presses hard labor for those defying injunctions in his court while Judge Everett Smith plans habeas corpus releases for contempt convicts. The dispute centers on jurisdiction and authority between judges and the state supreme court over Henry Russell of the United Mine Workers and related defendants. The opening case features Mrs. Elly Price, socialist street speaker.
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Seattle
Wash
John E. Humphries
Everett Smith
Superior Court
Humphries
Light Heads Wire Day AP Report Additions
The San Antonio Light uses the Associated Press LFASED WIRE DAY report as its main World news feed and supplements with a large internal news service. The AP report provides approximately 26 000 words daily and is described as the world’s largest and most reliable general news service.
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San Antonio
Miner Toshesky Faces Another Night Trapped in Coal Cavern
In Centralia Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Coal officials said 10 to 16 feet of anthracite remain to be cut to reach Thomas Toshesky entombed in Continental colliery. He expected to be freed noon today but stays confined in a 7 by 15 foot space amid nervousness and little sleep.
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Centralia
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Thomas Toshesky
Continental
Toshesky
Jury Olds Priest for Death of Girl
New York Oct 3 Hans Schmidt the priest who murdered Anna Aumuller became frenzied at the coroner inquest into her death He rose from his seat tore his rosary from his neck and hurled it at reporters The jury found him responsible for the death stating Anna Aumuller died September 2 1918 at 68 Bradhurst Avenue The priest was remanded to the Tombs without bail pending grand jury action The Interborough president Theodore P Shantz led a jury including Vincent Astor and Mortimer Greensburg
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Schmidt
Bradhurst Avenue
Theodore P. Shantz
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Porto Rico Lottery Swindle Suppressed in San Juan
Col George R Colton governor of Porto Rico is said to arrive in Washington after reports of the lottery crackdown. Manuel Cerecedo, a rich merchant, was arrested as alleged head of the traffic and the fraud is said to have cost insular residents nearly 2 000 000 annually. Police had tracked a Santo Domingo concern selling tickets in Porto Rico. In Cerecedo’s home and business in San Juan agents found winning tickets cashed and ledgers showing his accounts with the lottery firm.
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New York
George R. Colton
Porto Rico
Washington
Manual Cerecedo
Santo Domingo
Cerecedo
San Juan
Lottery
Wreck injures thirty as Scranton streetcar overturns
In Scranton, a heavily loaded streetcar bound for Dunmore toppled on a hill after rails were slippery and its brake chain broke. The vehicle slid, struck a curve at Madison avenue and Pine street, and toppled injuring thirty or more. Twenty four were taken to hospitals. several may have died.
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Scranton
Dunmore
Madison Avenue
Pine Street
Mrs Hyde Dies In Floresville At 30
Mrs Elizabeth E Hyde wife of H H Hyde of this city died yesterday in Floresville Texas at age 30 She formerly lived in San Antonio and was an active church and temperance worker She is survived by her husband and an eight year old son Funeral services will be held in Floresville tomorrow.
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H. H. Hyde
Elizabeth E. Hyde
Floresville
Texas
San Antonio
Explosions Shake Eagle Pass as Refugees Flee
Two dynamite blasts near midnight alarm Eagle Pass Texas. Across the border in Piedras Negras the Constitutionalist and Federal forces tighten positions, refugees crowd sidewalks, and American authorities urge peaceful return while addressing rumors of military moves and munitions discoveries.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Fuentes
Piedras Negras
Herrera
Committee of Safety
Mesa Kuittieros
Peyotes
Thay
Castro
Gabriel Calzada
Murguia
Army Post
Penotes
Biegler
Fourteenth Cavalry
Mexico City
Consul Bravo
Mexico
Fragmentary Page 8 Details Note Continuation
Continuation reference indicates material continued on page eight column four. Remaining context is unreadable.
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Ord
McCaleb Advocates Amendments to Currency Bill
Washington, Oct. 3. President Wilson and Senate members urge early action on the administration currency bill as four banking committee members confer to speed passage. Miss. Edwin McMorres and Tex. W. F. McCaleb endorse goals but want amendments to lure country banks, while McCaleb says Congress must push a bill bankers may not fully understand.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
South
Middle West
Edwin McMorres
Meridian
Miss
W. F. McCaleb
San Antonio
Tex
McCaleb
Texas Bankers’ Association
Chicago Conference ‘of Bankers
Texas
Congress
Reed
King Gustave Patient Aftereffects of 1910 Operation
Stockholm Oct 3 King Gustave of Sweden remains in bed for special treatment aftereffects of an 1910 appendicitis operation. A bulletin says his temperature is normal and the condition causes no anxiety.
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Gustave
Stockholm
Sweden
United States Fleet Set for Italian Visit in November
Naples and Genoa prepare a cordial welcome for the U S fleet expected to visit Italy mid November. Officials hope the annual visit, announced since 1910, will not be prevented by unforeseen events.
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Naples
Genoa
United States
Italy
McAdoo Appoints George R Cooksey as Private Secretary
Secretary McAdoo selects George R Cooksey for private secretary post. Cooksey has long connection with the Associated Press in Washington.
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McAdoo
Washington, D. C
George R. Cooksey
Cooksey
Associated Press
Washington
Oelrichs Refuses Comment in Secluded Status
Herman Oelrichs keeps to seclusion as he faces a stabbing claim by Lucille Singleton. Lawyers call the charge ridiculous while the injured girl awaits her Texas father in Dallas. Columbia University begins an inquiry into possible student dismissal.
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New York
Herman Oecelrichs
Lucille Singleton
Texas
Dallas
O¢elrichs
Columbia University
Oelrichs
Illinois to consider memorial for Wilson Thanksgiving
Governor Dunne will convene a conference of Illinois leaders to study dedicating a memorial to President Wilson and urging November 19 as Thanksgiving Day. The date marks the 50th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address with support from Senators Sherman and Lewis.
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Springfield
Dunne
Illinnois
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Sherman and
Lewis
Illinois
Gallery Collapse Injures Dozens in Uptown Synagogue Hall
A collapse of a gallery in an uptown hall used as a synagogue sent about a hundred people tumbling fifteen feet. Four injuries were serious but no fatalities occurred as ambulances were not needed and panic subsided once safety was assured.
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New York
Painted Portrait of Lincoln Portraitist Nickum Dies at 69
Charles W. Nickum, aged 69, who painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln without knowing who sat for him, died at his Indianapolis home. The painter once kept his studio in Cincinnati, and a lawyer who accompanied Lincoln when he sat for the portrait later offered to buy the painting, which Nickum refused to sell.
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Lincoln
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Nickum
Abraham Lincoln
Nickum
Ian Cincinnati
Tariff Bill Ready for Signing and Enforcement
President Wilson prepared to sign the tariff bill at 9 o clock as Treasury officials begin redrafting enforcement rules. The law lowers import duties, creates a new income tax, and reshapes customs regulations with many changes to internal revenue and trade for the next year or two.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Underwood
Ways and Means
Simmons
Finance Committee
Marshall
Clark
Senate
Kern
Cabiney
House
Treasury
Congress
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Bureau of Advertising
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Gonzales
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Judy Hudson
Mason Maney
Walls
Lino Gonzales
Mullaly
Miner
Eagle Pagan
Interior
San Fuentes
George Goethals
McAleb
Ieclines
Miss Singleton
Preshven
Customs Service
Customs House
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