Federal hearing on lard and beer barrel munitions case
Seven defendants linked to San Antonio shipments of arms to Piedras Negras face testimony as H N Moore declines to answer questions citing possible self incrimination. Evidence shows 50 000 to 100 000 rounds and two machine guns moved from Schober Brewery to an abandoned warehouse and on to Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras.
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United States
R. L. Edwards
H. N. Moore
Piedras Negras
Moore
Edwards
San Antonio
International Bridge
Eagle Pass
Alberto Herrera
Esteban Mesa
Miguel Campos
Antonio Cantu
A Ds Fernandez
Aurelio P. Carvajal
Leon Martinez
Charles C. Cresson
Samuel Belden
Schober
North Hackberry Street
Praeger Hardware Company
Edward Praeger
W. B.tkinson
Eric Hackelburg
Willard Arren
Hackberry Street
F. Martin
Sunset Depot
J. D. Dunaway
Sunset
Willard Warren
Huerta
J. A. Fernandez
Fitzgerald Slocum
Thompson
United States Bureau of Investigation
Fred Thompson
North Hackberry Street Place
U, M.C
Nolan Reeves
Wilson supporters sweep New Jersey governor primaries
Wilson backers carried every New Jersey county except Mercer and Essex with Fielder's lead around 20 000. In Essex the Smith Nugent slate toppled Wilson men while Nugent won a senate seat by about 4000. Everett Colby led the Republicans toward the Progressives with a 2500 margin over Osborne. Edward C. won the gubernatorial contest easily.
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Newark
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Mercer
Essex
Fielder
Smith-Nugent Assembly
Wilson
James RN. Nugent
Democratic State Senate
Everett Colby
New Idea
Republican Party
Progressive Arty
Edmund B. Osborne
Edward C
Focal Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Uncertain forecast for San Antonio and surrounding area calls for showers and a drop in temperature on Thursday. Weather outlook emphasizes inconsistent rain chances and cooler air.
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San Antonio
Weather observations from multiple cities report varying temperatures
Reports from St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington note temperatures from 48 to 66 degrees with conditions including rain clear and cloudy winds ranging from 4 to 16 miles per hour and references to rain or fair forecasts in surrounding hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
City Council Weighs Samuel Gray Sewer Plan
A San Antonio visit by Mayor Brown and City Engineer Helland precedes a council conference to decide on employing Boston engineer Samuel D. Gray for sewer extensions and storm drainage work tied to the bond issue. If hired, Gray may oversee design and construction for three years at an estimated cost near $25,000, mostly in the first year.
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Samuel D. Gray
Boston
Gray
San Antonio
Brown
Helland
Balkans Tension Grows With Albania Crisis and Possible Alliances
London reports the Balkans as threatening European peace. Italy may blockade Piraeus if Greece keeps encroaching on Southern Albania. Rumors claim Austria will ally with Bulgaria to curb Serbian moves in North Albania. Belgrade dispatches indicate Serbia plans a division mobilization over the Albanian issue, warning delay harms Serbian interests.
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London
Balkans
Europe
Italy
Piraeus
Greece
Albania
Austria
Bulgaria
Spain to Participate in Panama Pacific Exposition
Madrid reports that Count Alvaro de Romanones says Spain will participate officially in the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. The decision follows influence from King Alfonso who wished to see Spain represented.
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Spain
Madrid
Alvaro de Romanones
Associated Press
San Francisco
Alfonso
Talking It Over At Home
A call to families to discuss household spending using guidance from The Light advertisements. The piece promotes reading the day's advertisements to find merchants’ offers and improve household budgeting through joint family council.
Compromise on Cotton Tax Shapes Tariff Policy
Washington D C Sept 24 conferees to decide the cotton futures tax as part of a tariff bill with twenty disputed items left to settle including foreign policy provisions and a five cent per bale compromise on government graded cotton. Senator Pomerene pressed President Wilson for clarity on an equal internal revenue duty on wine spirits after briefing him on the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Agricultural Department
Postmaster General
Pomerene
Ohio
Wilson
Clark Defends Caucus From Republican Attacks
Washington dated dispatch reports Speaker Clark defending the Democratic caucus against GOP accusations. He decried the barrage as idiotic and said Congress has acted on tariff revisions and a banking and currency bill while arguing Republicans seek distraction from major issues.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
Congress
Shriners Return Kidnapped Goat to St Paul
The Osman Temple Shriners’ goat Lil Arthur, allegedly kidnapped in New Orleans by County Attorney Currie McCutcheon, has been shipped to St Paul for safekeeping. National detectives retrieved the animal and confirmed the transfer, ending the Dallas case as St Paul Shrine officials take custody.
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Dallas
Tex
Lil Arthur
Osman Temple Shriners
New Orleans
Currie McCutcheon
St. Paul
Osman Temple
Sil Arthur
Hillsboro to Seek Waterworks and Sewer Bond Approval
Hillsboro city attorney F E McKee submitted for approval a proposed 25 000 waterworks and sewer bond issue to the attorney general. Kerrville's Jack Hamilton sought approval for 40 000 Kerr County Road Improvement District bonds to fund at least 20 miles of road construction.
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Austin
Tex
F.ee. McKee
Hillsboro
Attorney General's Department
McKee
Jack Hamilton
Kerrville
Kerr County
Hamilton
Convicted Murderer Re-elected Leader in Atlanta Group
Leo M. Frank, convicted of Mary Phagan's murder and sentenced to hang October 10, is unanimously re-elected president of Atlanta's local B'nai B'rith chapter, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
B'nai B'rith
San Antonio Lit Receives Leased Wire Day Report
The San Antonio Lit notes it exclusively carries the Leased Wire Day AP report, describing the AP as the greatest and most reliable general news service worldwide. It mentions about 20,000 world daily and that The Light also carries its own large special news content.
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San Antonio
Lit
Associated Press
Light
Fight Under Way to Break Oil Monopoly
The federal government opens its Supreme Court fight over the interstate commerce act to make pipelines common carriers. Solicitor General Davis argues due process not violated and that monopoly by Standard Oil spurred regulation. Pipelines cited include Standard Oil, Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, Ohio Company, Prairie Oil & Gas, Uncle Sam Gas, and Robert D. Benson.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
United States
John W. Davis
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Solicitor General
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Comany of
Louisiana
The
Ohio Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Uncle Sam Gas Company
Robert D. Benson
Colquitt Seeks Southern Governors Conference on Warehouses
Texas Governor Colquitt said he plans calling a conference of southern governors in New Orleans to discuss public ownership of warehouses. He would support a special tax and uniform laws if public warehouses are pursued, and noted a prior conference had fruitful crop valuation talks.
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New Orleans
Colquitt
Texas
Panama Canal
Hen to replace eagle as national bird chosen by poultry group
The National Poultry Butter and Egg Association ended its annual convention in Chicago with officers declaring the hen will replace the eagle as the national bird. They cited one billion dollars in eggs sold yearly and $75 million worth broken in transit. Kansas City was named for the 1914 meeting and Harry Dowie of New York was elected president.
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Chicago
Nationa Poultry, Butter and Egg Association
W. R. F. Priebe
Illinois
Kansas City
Harry Dowie
New York
Norwegian Steamer Sinks After Elbe Collision
The Graf Waldersee of the Hamburg American Line struck the small Norwegian steamer Norge on the starboard side while ascending the Elbe at night. The Norge sank immediately with no casualties aboard either vessel.
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Hamburg
Graf Waldersee
Elbe
Norge
Negro Durfee to Face Murder Trial in Angleton
Sheriffs Wright of Brazoria and Hammond of Harris counties arranged for the transfer of Jim Durfee to Angleton where he will be arraigned and tried for the murder of Mrs. J. M. Seitz. Houston attorneys are named to defend him as the case moves quickly toward trial. The victim disappeared from Post City and her body was found in an alley near her boarding house.
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Houston
Tex
Wright
Brazoria County
Hammond
Harris County
Jim Durfee
Angleton
J. M. Seit
Durfee
Snow Sweeps North For Early September Weather
A cool wave shifts eastward across the region bringing exceptional early September weather. Snow reported at Williston North Dakota Sheridan Wyoming and Denver Colorado with freezing conditions from Saskatchewan to Colorado Utah and Nevada. Temperatures reach 28 in Medina Utah and 26 in Havre Montana as rain accompanies the storm.
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Rocky Mountains
Saskatchewan
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Williston
N. C
Sheridan
Wyo
Denver
Colo
Medina
Havre
Montana
Rio Grande Valley
Mississippi Valley
Georgian at Point of Death
Representative C. A. Roddenberry was critically ill at his home in Thomasville Georgia since Sunday and doctors reported his pulse showed alarming weakness as he hovered at the point of death.
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Thomasville
C. A. Roddenberry
Forest fires devastate Napa region in California sweep
Fires in Northern California cause losses over a million dollars. An 18 by 5 mile Napa County stretch is burned. 600 men and state troops battle to stop flames threatening Napa Soda Springs and Wilson Inn. Cappell Foss and Gordon canyons suffer heavy damage with 17 houses destroyed. Fire spreads toward Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Napa County
Cappel, Foss
Gordon Canyons
Napa Soda Springs
Wilson Inn
Wild Horse Valley
Napa
Cappell
Foss
Santa Cruz
Santa Clara County
Gaynor will files will with two sons and three daughters share
The will of William J. Gaynor, late New York mayor, filed in New York on September 24, leaves the widow his Brooklyn residence and 600 Royal Baking Powder Co. shares. The remainder, about two million dollars, is split two-sevenths to each of his two sons and one-seventh to each of his three unmarried daughters, with minor bequests aside. Not Guilty of Murder.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
Royal Baking Powder Company
Women to urge action at suffrage convention
A week of activity at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention begins December 1 to press for a constitutional amendment granting nation wide votes for women. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw will open as principal speaker with Judge Julian Mack Carrie Chapman Catt and Miss Jane Addams among the scheduled speakers. Discussions will consider extending suffrage in the South and East.
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Washington, D. C
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Julian Mack
Chicago Juvenile Court
Carrie Chapman Catt
The
International Suffrage Alliance
Jane Addams
National Council of Women
Government cuts travel baggage allowances for officers
Washington reports comptroller George K. Downey ruled that officers traveling without troops must pay for transporting personal baggage out of government mileage. The policy applies to army navy marine corps and revenue cutter service. Only essential gear such as tents clothing utensils and military accoutrements will be paid.
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Washington, D. C
George K. Downey
the Treasury
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
Rapid progress in Newport naval signalling class
Captain Roger Welles reports at Newport R I naval training station that the advanced signalling and wireless class has about 20 students, with plans to reach 30. Eight students per month may be sent to the flagship for fleet distribution, as the group achieves 15 to 20 words per minute.
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Washington, D. C
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. L
Daniels
Roger Welles
Resignations Sought for Texas U S Officials
Attorney General McReynolds asked for the resignations of United States Attorney Lock McDaniel and United States Marshal Calvin G. Brewster in the Southern District of Texas. He cited conditions making the step advisable with no set effective date. McDaniel and Brewster, both Republicans, have served since 1907 and for more than four years respectively amid several aspirants to replace them.
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Houston
Tex
McReynolds
United States
Lock McDaniel
Calvin G. Brewster
Texas
McDaniel
Brewster
Woman Delegate Elected From Massachusetts Ward
Beverly Mass September 24 Massachusetts for the first time sends a woman to a state political convention. Mrs Louis Agassiz Shaw daughter of Charles S Bird Progressive candidate for governor was elected as a delegate from the Sixth ward. Every vote in the ward backed her reflecting her Woman's Progressive League activity.
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Beverly
Mass
Massachusetts
Louis Agassiz Shaw
Charles S. Bird
Shaw
Woman's Progressive League
Sulzer Impeachment Trial Opens With Money Charges
In Albany September 1924 the impeachment trial of Governor William Sulzer began as prosecutors accused him of soliciting and taking large sums for campaign funds. The defense urged the court to review constitutional limits and argued the case risks piecemeal decision.
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State Senate
Albany
William Sulzer
High Court
N. Y
Sulzer
Cullen
McCabe
Eugene Lamb Richards
Austen G
Farker
Richards
Mr. Richards
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