Prendergast Dominates Prep for Governor Nomination
Syracuse reports Comptroller William A. Prendergast of New York remains the leading gubernatorial candidate as the progressive party reconvenes. Supporters of Bainbridge Colby discuss their stance while party chairmen debate, and Governor Hiram W. Johnson is expected to speak at the morning session.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William A. Prendergast
New York
Bainbridge Colby
Hotchkiss
J. Prendergast
Hiram W. Johnson
Califonia
Orly
Eadquarters
Prendergast
Mr. Otchkiss
Frederick M. Davenport
Currency call for national banks statement
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the position of all national banks in the United States as of the close of business Wednesday September 4.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Weather Forecast Fragment for San Antonio Area
Readable fragment indicates a forecast for San Antonio and vicinity with mentions of high temperatures and Saturday conditions. Details are incomplete but imply fair weather with typical weekend expectations.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations from multiple cities this morning
Observations at 8 am report temperatures ranging from 64 in St Paul to 80 in St Louis. Winds vary 4 to 14 miles per hour from south to west, with clear to cloudy conditions and forecasts of cooler weather Saturday. Lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours cluster around the mid 60s to low 70s.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kamile
Milwaukee
Lear
Armor
ST. Paul
Neady
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Peapington
San Antonio Fight Denies Shared AP Leased Wire Claim
An AP leased wire claim about San Antonio newspapers carrying the feed is unfounded and unsupported by facts. The statement asserts no other paper carries the wire in whole or part beyond the San Antonio publication.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Basia
Rail road and Deep Waterway issue preorder appeal
Readers of Tur Lieut seeking extra copies of the Railroad and Deep Waterway number to appear next Sunday September 8 should order now. It promises to be the most complete and beautifully illustrated issue detailing Southwest growth. Prices are five cents per copy, ten cents mailed, eight cents domestic postage, fifteen cents Europe.
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Tur
Deep Waterway
Southwest
Europe
Scandal in Carolina Election Spurs Fund Drive
The South Carolina Democratic chair John Gary Evans called for funds to expand an election fraud inquiry. Reports from Greenwood and Darlington counties describe boxes with excess votes and lists showing voters not on registration or multiple voting. A substantial fund aims to broaden the probe.
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Columbia
Ls. C
John Gary Evans
State Democratic Executive Committee
Darlington
Greenwood
Greenwood County
Roosevelt to Visit Texas and Then Circle the South
Progressive leaders announce Theodore Roosevelt will tour Texas in early October after his appearance before the Senate contributions investigation committee in Washington. He testifies October 3 and then travels southeast to Texas, then north to St. Louis.
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Houston
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Texas
Senate Contributions Investigation Committee
Washington
St. Louis
El Paso Leaders Seek Law Against Auto Joy Rides
R F Burges and Eugene Harris elected reps from El Paso plan to push a bill making stealing or borrowing an auto for a joy ride a penal offense. The El Paso Automobile Club requested the measure and both officials will support it at the next Texas legislature.
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EL Paso
Tex
R. F. Burges
Eugene Harris
Texas
el Paso Automobile Club
Aransas Pass Opens Harbor with San Antonio Day Events
Aransas Pass begins a six day celebration marking the harbor opening to deep water traffic with rail links and a $2.5 million government project. San Antonio Day will close the festivities with a special train, band, and harbor voyage for delegates and visitors from across the state.
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Aransas Pass
Aransas Harbor
United States
San Antonio
San Patricio County
Gulf
New Harbor
Long Transportation Company
G. F. Lupton
S. A. & A. P. Railway
Chamber of Commerce
San An
Dallas Man Arrested in Bribery Case
Sam Davis was arrested in Dallas on bribery charges after allegedly offering Assistant County Attorney John J. Wilson $100 to influence a new trial for his brother Delmons Davis, who had been sentenced to 10 years for attempted criminal assault. Deputies testified they hid in a closet and observed the exchange before arrest.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Davis
Elmo Strait
A. E F. Goss
Davis
John J. Wilson
Wilson
Delmons
Delmons Davis
World Series 10 Begins October 8 in St Louis
The World Series for the baseball championship will start October 8, according to American League President Ban Johnson in a local letter. He says the AL pennant winner will not play a post season series with a picked league team, and the champions will rest for two or three days before the event.
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ST. Louis
Bb. B. Johnson
Johnson
Republicans Hold Narrow Lead In Vermont Legislature
With 207 towns reported and 39 not yet in, Vermont Republicans hold an eleven seat majority in the new legislature. Senate seats total 25 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 2 Progressives, while the House shows 125 Republicans, 53 Democrats and 29 Progressives. Allen M. Fletcher looms as governor on first ballot if GOP edge holds.
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Montepelier
Lews
Allen M. Fletcher
Senate
House
Johnson the hangman acquitted on larceny charge
Gulfport Miss Sept 6 Frank Johnson known as Johnson the hangman who claims the record of having hanged more men than any other in the U S was acquitted yesterday on his second trial of larceny Johnson lost much of his gruesome work when Louisiana executions moved to Baton Rouge His story is that he has hanged 43 men
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Gulfport
Miss
Frank Johnson
Johnson
United States
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Waldo Denies Charges in Hayes Police Trial
Rhinelander Waldo, New York police commissioner, testified at the departmental trial of former inspector Cornelius G. Hayes charged with making false statements about the commissioner. Waldo said he gave only general orders to maintain peace and enforce laws and never instructed Hayes to avoid gathering evidence on disorderly houses. Thatcher’s cross examination probed graft records and mayoral-police relations as the trial continued.
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New York
Rhinelander Waldo
Cornelius G. Hayes
Douglas’ J. MacKay
Hayes
Waldo
Clarence Farley
Department
Mr. Farley
Thomas Thatcher
Gaynor
Police Department
Thatcher
New York Department
Notice to Classified Advertisers for Railroad and Deep Waterway
Copy for the Lieut number issued Sunday must be ready by 7 30 PM Saturday night. Late copy will appear under Too Late to Clas sify. Rates unchanged despite increased circulation. Call or phone when copy is ready. we will send for it. Ten day ads begin tomorrow or Sunday and run two Sundays at half a cent a word per insertion. 15 words ten days 73 cents. 20 words one dollar.
Americans urged to seek federal troops in Northern Mexico
Washington instructed Ambassador Wilson to press Mexico for federal forces as dangers to Americans rise. In Sonora, two hundred armed Americans may enter to aid Nacozari if Rojas with 900 rebels resumes attack. A filibuster expedition aims to establish an independent Sonora government, while border troops mobilize at Fort Huachuca and Nogales.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mexico
State Department
EL Paso
Tex
Sonora
Nacozari
Rojas
Douglas
Arizona
BE. Z. Steever
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Nogales
Ariz
Rafael Hernandez
Fomento
Pascual
Orozco
del Rio
Hernandez
Lin Paso
Sandines
Tellez
Ojinaga
Falomir
Pascual Orozco Jr
Landa
Fomento Hernandez
Arms for Americans in Cananea district face delays
Washington reports the state department is moving to ship five hundred rifles and two hundred rounds per gun to Cananea area Americans to defend against rebels. Guns will be shipped from Nogales and Hermosillo only with guards, and payments are required. The El Tigre Mining Co gains twenty rifles and about four thousand rounds for property protection, and 400 more rifles may be sourced from Frankford Arsenal within a week with a Mexican escort.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Cananea
Nogales
Hermosillo
el Tigre Mining Company
Frankford Arsenal
War Department
Philadelphia
Troops Redeployed Along Mexican Border From Fort Huachuca
U S forces at Fort Huachuca reassigned to Elgin Patago Ionia and near Douglas to counter border unrest. A band of cowboys moving toward Cananea may join in support against rebels reported with Sanchez potentially allied to Orozco in Mexico City.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States
Fort Huachuca
Elgin
Gales
Patagoa
Nogales
Ionia
International Rng
Douglas
Cananea
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