Bragg Leads De Palma II Prize Race At Wauwatosa
Caleb Bragg led at 310 miles with 100 remaining in the fourth American grand prize road race as Ralph DePalma trailed by over six minutes. Tetzlaff set fastest laps near 75 mph while Burman retired with a broken piston and Wishart and Horan also faced mechanical issues amid a 75,000 spectator crowd.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Caleb Bragg
Ralph DePalma
Bergdoll
DePalma
Anderson
Barney Oldfield
Brage
Tetzlaff
Bruce Brown
Savannah
Burman
Fred Wagner
Bob Burman
Fiat
David Bruce-Brown
Louis Fontaine
Lozier
Harry Nelson
Joe Dawson
Indianapolis
Joe Horan
Benz
Ralph Mulford
Knox
Kantries
Fontaine
Hughes
Mercer
de Palma
Mercedes
Wishart
Clark
Spergdoll
Bragg
Horan
Stutz
Oldfield
Spencer Wishart
Tetzlaff de Palma
Bergdol
Teddy Tetzlaff
Heghes
Race incident at Fon Daine turn slows leaders
Mercer’s car wheel and Hughes 70 mph control keep a crippled machine on track as Fontaine’s Lozier misjudges a turn sending it through hay bunkers into a pond. Both drivers escape injury and resume. Hughes withdraws with a broken gasoline feed pipe after lap seventeen.
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Mercer
Hughes
Louis Fontaine
Fon Daine
Fontaine
Mexican rebels and amnesty moves loom in El Paso hearings
Senate subcommittee on foreign affairs in El Paso questioned Colonel Pascual Orozco Sr and Felix Sommerfeldt as the full committee planned to meet in San Antonio after the November election. Rebel emissary Campa sought surrender terms amid pursuit by federal forces. amnesty for political prisoners debated in Mexico City with General Bernardo Reyes among those possible pardons.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco Sr
Juan Pedro Didapp
Zapata
Washington
Felix Sommerfeldt
Madero
Mexico
Senate
Foreign Affairs
A. B. Fall
William Alden Smith
San Antonio
Rafael Campa
Sonora
Campa
Juarez
Antonio Rojas
E. C. Llorente
Rojas
Ares
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Bernardo Reyes
General Reyes
Balkan War Clouds Grow as Armies Mobilize
London dispatches report Servia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro moving toward full mobilization amid border skirmish risks at Adrianople. Turkey acts in secret while Britain hesitates to avoid angering Muslim subjects as 10,000 Russian volunteers head for Servia via Varna and Galatz.
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London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Montenegro
Turkey
Adrianople
Balkan
Constantinople
France
Austria- Hungary
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
Daily Mail
Belgrade
Servia
Varna
Galatz
Daily Express
Porte
Salazar Trot Los Angeles for Gunshot Wound Treatment
General Inez Salazar, Mexican revolutionary leader, has been in Los Angeles for four days receiving treatment for a shoulder gunshot wound. He arrived in the city recently and is reported to be in stable condition.
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Salazar
Los Anges
Los Angeles
Cal
Inez Salazar
Pioneer Woman Dies on Mustang Island
Corpus Christi Texas October 5 The death of Mrs Ed Mercer the first woman to settle Mustang Island occurred this morning at her Port Aransas home She was 66 In 1858 she and husband left Indianola to settle at Mustang then a barren island In 1860 her husband piloted the first ocean going steamer through Aransas Pass and into Corpus Christi Bay Later he served as lighthouse keeper at Aransas With her husband she lived in solitude Funeral will be held Sunday morning and the body shipped to Corpus Christi this afternoon on a special boat
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Ed Mercer
Mustang Island
Port Aransas
Mercer
Indianola
Mustang
Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi Bay
Aransas
City Hall and Market House Finished in Brownsville
The new two story city hall and market house in Brownsville Texas has been completed and turned over to the city. Built at a cost of 25000 dollars it houses butchers and vegetable vendors who are already using space while officials prepare to move into their offices.
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Brownsville
Tex
Taft Names Testifiers For Campaign Fund Inquiry
Charles R. Crane of Chicago Ogden Mills of New York and Charles Edward Russell will testify Monday before the Clapp committee on the senate investigation of campaign funds. Charles Taft brother of the president and Charles D. Hilles head of the Republican National Committee and Judge R. S. Lovett head of the Harriman railroads will testify Wednesday.
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Washington
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Ogden Mills
New York
Charles Edward Russell
Clapp Committee
Senate
Charles Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
R. S. Lovett
Harriman Railroads
Wilson Promises Labor Secretary in Cabinet
Governor Wilson told crowds in Omaha that if elected president he would appoint a minister of labor to his cabinet. He noted that a department of labor is already promised by all parties and that Democrats and progressive senators are likely to pass the bill into law.
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Omaha
Neb
Wilson
Department of Labor
Democratic Congress
Senate
Labor
Bank Men At Smokers Kick Off Local Banking Chapter
Bank officials and clerks from sixteen city institutions plus the local American Institute of Banking chapter held a Thursday night smoker and Dutch luncheon. About eighty members attended as the season begins with impromptu talks and plans for bi monthly meetings focusing on commercial law and banking. Officers named H. M. Hart president L. Lentz vice president T. V. Muller treasurer J. J. Young secretary. The committee in charge was Howard Pardue D. A. Saffarans and J. E. Young.
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American Institute of Banking
H. M. Hart
L. Lentz
T. V. Muller
J. J. Young
Howard Pardue
D. A. Saffarans
J. E. Young
Woman's tip led to arrest in Marlin store robbery
Robert Humphries, charged in the Marlin Tex robbery of September 21, was arrested in New Orleans after a Marlin woman guided police to him. He was taken into custody at relatives' home and, in Sheriff Poole and County Attorney Oltroff's custody, prepared to be returned to Marlin.
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New Orleans
Robert Humphries
Marlin
Tex
Humphries
Poole
Frank Oltroff
Falls County
Titanic liability fixed at 96000 dollars in claims
NEW YORK October 5 The limit of liability for the Titanic’s owners for the sinking on April 15 has been set at 96000 dollars, while total damage claims exceed one million dollars.
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New York
Sunset mail derailed injuring sixteen near Midland
Eighteen or more passengers were seriously hurt when the Sunset mail eastbound train of the Southern Pacific derailed near Midland Louisiana at 1 10 this morning. Six cars toppled including the mail baggage coach two day coaches and a tourist sleeper. Several injured were described as critical and a relief train moved victims to Lafayette.
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Lake Charles
Sunset Mail
Southern Pacific Railroad
Midland
Crowley
Lafayette
Weather Bureau Finds Major Storm Over Rocky Mountains
Major Allen Buell reports a well defined storm brood over the southern plateau regions of the Rocky mountains likely to bring cooler weather and possible rain to the area. Forecasts from Washington and New Orleans agree on unsettled cooler conditions, with timing uncertain.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Washington
New Orleans
Copper River flooding halts railroad in Alaska region
Cable advices from Cordova report heavy rains and floods in the Copper River district. The Copper River and Northwestern railroad is tied up by washouts. A repair crew cut off from supplies is killing birds for food. The Dan Creek mining property near Bonanza sustained heavy losses as floodwaters wrecked buildings and covered sluice boxes containing most of the season’s clean-up.
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Seattle
Wash
Cordova
Alaska
Copper River District
Copper River & Northwestern
Dan Creek
Bonanza
Regional Morning Weather Watch for Major Cities
Observations at 8 a m show clear skies in Saint Louis with a 62 degree reading and a southeast wind. Chicago reports 60 degrees with a southwest wind and chance of rain Sunday. Kansas City records 66 degrees with a south wind and rain possible Sunday. New York at 66 degrees partially cloudy with an east wind and Sunday fair. Boston notes 60 degrees clear with a west wind and Sunday fair. Washington reports 58 degrees clear with a northwest wind and Sunday fair.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Unfounded claim on AP wire carried by other papers
The statement claiming the AP wire into San Antonio is carried by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light is not based on fact. No evidence supports distribution beyond the Light.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Bandit Edwards Identified as 1903 Pratt City Escapee
Howard E Edwards the Louisville and Nashville train bandit has been identified as Jim Emory who escaped in 1903 from Pratt City Alabama convicts camp. Ex Warden Travis of the Alabama penitentiary confirmed the identification noting Edwards Emory used dynamite to break out. Federal Judge Rufus E Foster has postponed Edwards trial pending sanity commission report. Train Robbers Get $10000 Near Poteau Oklahoma Four masked men robbed Kansas City Southern northbound No 4 of mail cash and valuables worth about ten thousand dollars. The gang escaped into nearby wooded hills after blowing the express car safe.
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New Orleans
Howard E. Edwards
Louisville & Nashville
Jim Emory
Pratt City
Ala
Travis
Alabama
Edwards
Emory
Rufus E Foster
Westville
Okla
Kansas City Southern
Poteau
Injured School Official in Childress Football Collision
Childress Texas October 5 W H Woodley superintendent of the public schools was severely injured while playing football He was caught in a bush and carried from the field paralyzed from the waist down Both hands also paralyzed
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Childress
Tex
W.H. Woodley
Childress Public Schools
Lieut Reports Record Advertising Gains in September
The Lieut shows 9488 inches more advertising in September than the prior year, totaling 132 832 lines. Six month gains across Local Display Foreign Display and Classified reach 39399 inches, with total ad lines at 550 186. The paper claims largest Southwest Texas circulation and dominance in San Antonio.
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Tue Lieut
Tue Lieur
Texas
Tue Ligur
San Antonio
Licut
Marines Win Coyotepe After Assault in Nicaragua Action
Four U S marines were killed and six wounded when American forces seized Coyotepe from Nicaraguan rebels as Zeledon fled and was captured wounded. Rear Admiral Southerland moved on Leon with 1000 troops. Marines named Rabbib Durham McGill Pollard among the fallen. families to bury in the United States if possible.
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Zeledon
Mena
Panama
Southerland
Long
California
Colorado
Leon
Rabbib
Durham
McGill
Pollard
Central America
United States
State Department
Nicaragua
Managua
Granada
General Zeledon
Barranca
Admiral Southerland
Diaz
Barranca Hills
Castrillo
Ndieton
Regiment of
Marines
Wang
Colgna
John Ponalatonma
J. Hfton
Banw
Officials Shocked by News of Masaya Coyotepe Fight
Washington officials received Castrillo cablegram reporting marines killed or wounded at Coyotepe, Clarifying Coyotepe as Barranca hill near Jinotepe. Weitzel dispatch from Managua claimed American forces drove Zeledo and rebels from Barranca in 37 minutes and hinted ship-based marines may have been present.
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Washington
State Department
Navy
Masaya
Coyotepe
Castrillo
Weitzel
Managua
Zeledo
Barranca
Corea
Barranca Hills
Jinotepe
Southerland
Youth Won't Pledge Allegiance at Cedar Grove High
In Cedar Grove New Jersey on October 5 the local board of education faces a conflict as Leofric Temple a high school student refuses to pledge allegiance with the class. Frederic Temple his father a former Canadian artillery officer calls the rule an outrage and says his son will not swear allegiance until age 21.
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Cedar Grove
N. J
Board of Education
Leofric Temple
Frederic Temple
Canada
Aged Couple Wed in Austin Civil War Veteran Marries
Aged veteran Jake Hansen, over 70, and Hulda Paul, younger by several years, were married in Austin Texas last night. The ceremony occurred after civil war veteran Hansen married the much younger Hulda Paul.
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Austin
Tex
Jake Hansen
Hulda Paul
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