Lusitania Sets Transatlantic Record But Fails to Beat Speed Mark
The Lusitania, turbine powered, crosses Sandy Hook bar at 9:08 PM, five days one hour thirty minutes from Queenstown, beating the overall voyage time but not the average speed record. Pilot Frank Kramer guides the ship through Am brose channel amid massive public spectacle with thousands lining the Mersey and riverbanks while rival ships Lucania and Kaiser Wilhelm II set speed benchmarks.
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Mingland
Germany
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Princess Landing
Seafort
Starling
Hige
Lucania
Scane
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Cheshire
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Lucitania
Wells Begin in Mission Field Near San Antonio
Drilling activity expands in the Mission field seven to eight miles from town with Hamlin and Pogey bringing full outfit to sink a new well on adjacent cases. More leases are taken as others plan to start work. products from the field are sold to the traction company for fel purposes.
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Hamlin & Pogey
Beaumont Ant Humble
Mission Field
Traction Company
Buffaloes 10 herd in New Orleans
New Orleans Sept. 1 Colonel E. F. Umnar states the Wore thy Bison of New Orleans Wield No. el Order of Buffaloes expects the upcoming convention to be the most successful in the order's history. Several hundred delegates are anticipated to attend sessions September 24 26. A nationwide movement to make New Orleans the main pasture for herds is gaining strong backing.
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EF. Umnar
Order of Buffaloes
America
Roosevelt hunt in south to follow lakes waterway event
Washington reports President Hoover will attempt bear hunting in the south after the lakes to the gulf waterway convention in Memphis opening October 4. Prominent Texans John Melhenny and John M. Parker of New Orleans are coordinating arrangements though exact hunting location in the state is not yet announced.
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Hongevelt
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Memphis
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John MM. Parker
New Orleans
Trans Atlantic Record Falls to La Provence Steamer
New York reports the La Provence shattered the Havre to New York steamship record, completing 2140 miles in six days one hour and 42 minutes. The old record stood at six days two hours and 16 minutes. La Provence maintained a remarkable average speed and total distance of 23.08 knots during the run.
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Queenstown
New York
Havre
Jailed Charged With Treason in Coblentz Dispatches
In Coblentz Prussia further arrests follow a betrayal of military secrets. Fourteen in custody, twelve charged with high treason, including four civilians linked to nobility. All prisoners kept in close confinement as arraignments and a secret trial are anticipated.
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Prussia
Itfe
Race War in India Follows Court Case
Calcutta reports a serious demonstration after a national leader was sentenced to prison for refusing to testify in a sedition trial. The crowd surged near the courts for days, clashing with police and injuring European sergeants. Additional attacks on Tairopemms and unrest in eastern Bengal were noted as tensions rose.
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India
Calcutta
Inchidiag
Morgan to Church Meet Rents Richmond Home
News from New York reports financier J. Pierpont Morgan has leased a stylish Richmond residence near the Jefferson hotel for the upcoming triennial session of the Diplopal council beginning October 1. He pays 6000 per month.
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T. Pierpont Morgan
Richmond
Jefferson Hotel
Dolycopal Council
Stock Burns to Death in Fire at Byrum Yard
Waco Texas Sept 13 a blaze in the Byrum wagon yard yesterday afternoon killed two mules one horse and a cow. The fire started by a capark from aging and the fire department arrived too late. The stock perished with little other damage.
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Waco
Texas
Byrum
Teldre
Seager Dr James Dies at 75 in New York
D Willis Tams, senior member of Phelps Dodee Co., New York, died today at age 75.
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New York
D. Willis Tams
Phelps, Dodee & Co
Local Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Showers tonight and Saturday in San Antonio and nearby areas. Morning low 62 and a rising high reported. light wind around 4 miles per hour. A complete temperature record from the weather office is summarized, with a note on Texas cotton region and national weather patterns to be continued on Page Five.
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Hane
Texas
Divorce Express CoS in tho Towns
Special to the Ligith Airlin Tax report notes a railroad commission hearing on the separation of express offices in San Marcos and Taylor. The commission likely will not issue a general order but may reserve right to act on complaints. Expect possible railroad demands to increase motive power equipment. no order issued yet.
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San Marcos
Taylor
Pacific
American Express
Peace Conference Session Set For September 28
New York Sept 13 The last session of The Hague conference will be held September 28 and a protocol will be signed the next day according to a letter received today by Major Paster acting judge advocate general of the army from Brigadier General George B Davis a member of the American delegation
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Protoco
Paster
George B. Davis
Waco Girl Recounts Columbia Sinking Near San Francisco
Miss Nanny McLannan of Waco, a survivor of the ill fated Columbia collision with the San Pedro off San Francisco, returns home after spending time in Vancouver. She escaped by clinging to a plank for an hour, was picked up by a rescue boat, and faced death twice during the night. Her Waco friends urge a warm welcome.
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Nanny McLannan
Columbia
San Pedro
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Vancouver
Beline
Monday Last Day for Saloon Men in San Antonio Urged
San Antonio saloon keepers face a Monday noon deadline to deposit about $78,000 for new licenses and bonds. Officials plan to file affidavits and press test cases in court, regardless of dealers’ deposits, as the state braces for possible prosecutions.
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Pollard
State Revenue
McDonild
Austin
Ond
Polhird
Newton
Count Allorney Neston
WY Farmer Indicted For Shooting At Auto Carrying Governor's Wife
Owensboro Kentucky Sept 12 Van Burton a farmer was indicted for firing a pistol at an automobile carrying Mrs C W Beckham wife of the governor and a party of friends The incident arose after highway speed complaints as a horseman on a nearby road drew a pistol over the chauffeur and ordered the car to halt Several shots were fired injuring Mrs Beckham and the other women who crouched at the vehicle floor
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van Burton
C. W. Beckham
Srate
Berkham
Owensboro Gil
Beckana
Forty Men Hurt In Mine Explosion At Union Pacific Coal
In Rock Springs Wyoming, forty workers were hurt at the mouth of mine No 10 owned by Union Pacific Coal Co. Twenty were seriously injured, with many burned. The blast, caused by miner lamps igniting coal dust stirred by runaway cars, occurred as crews moved into the entry. No deaths expected.
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Rock Springs
Cole
Stephew
Union Pacific Coal Company
University Opens With Record Attendance
Texins Chis nim university opened its annual term with favorable prospects as indoor activities, and the attendance set a record for the school. The incoming turnout marked the highest in the institution's history and signals a promising season ahead.
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Texins Chis Nim University
Airship ruin and Wellman polar voyage ends
Walther Wellman, head of the Chicago Record-Herald polar expedition, arrives in Tromsoe aboard Frithjof from Spitzbergen and declares the aborted attempt to reach the North Pole for the year. One airship ascended briefly but was driven southeast, forcing it to be cut adrift and later recovered.
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Prondhjem
Norway
Walter Wellman
Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Tromgue
Frithjof
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Dare
Space at International Fair Expands as Exhibits Grow
The International Fair grounds show limited remaining space as the main exposition hall fills. Space for the Mexican exhibit and other educational and culinary displays is being added, creating a spacious promenade with new views. Secretary Vance and race committee chair William H. Simms inspected work, with grand stand upgrades and building extensions near completion.
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Vance
William H. Simms
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Wood Question Up to the Jury in City Trial
The Migston Wood and Coal Company faced trial in the corporation court over weights and measures claims for a wagon of wood reportedly one third short of a full load. Jurors selected by 2 pm heard arguments on whether local wood suppliers must adjust practices, a first in San Antonio with no city inspector of weights and measures.
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Baird
Thia
San Antonio
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