Trial Flight Crash Kills Rockwell and Rider at College Park
Lieutenant L Rockwell died after crashing while attempting to qualify for a military aviator license at the College Park army aviation grounds. Corporal Frank Scott, passenger, was killed. both men were rushed to Walter Reed hospital. The accident marks the fifth Army air crash since aviation began.
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Washington
Frank Scott
Ridgeway
Rockwell
Wright Flier
Army Aviation
College Park School
Scott
Corporal Scott
Walter Reed Hospital
Lieut
Fifth Army
Army
College Park
B. H. Hazelhurst
Charley Welch
Wright
Army Signal Corps
Congress
Aviator Longstaff Fatally Injured in Hempstead Flight
J L Longstaff, formerly an English army officer and now a Hempstead flyer, fell in his biplane on the Hempstead plains near dark and died at Nassau Hospital at 11 p m. His mechanic Pierre Chevallier was with him and injured seriously but survived, losing sight in one eye and suffering facial injuries.
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Hempstead, L. I
J. L.longstaff
Hempstead Conte Plains
Nassau Hospital
Pierre Chevallier
Longstaff
Early Morning Train From San Antonio to Houston Pleases Chamber
The Southern Pacific may add an early morning train from San Antonio to Houston, a move Chamber of Commerce officials have pressed for months. President Charles Graebner says a third daily train to Houston is necessary and hopes the extra service begins soon.
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Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Graebner
Pennybacker creates two new education sub divisions
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker reports that the General Federation of Women's Clubs directors meeting at Lick Springs created two new sub divisions in the education department. The departments are peace and political science, aimed at broad educational study and preparing women for informed views on political and social issues.
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Austin
Tex
Percy V. Pennybacker
General Federation of Women’s Clubs of America
Lick Springs
Ind
Roosevelt Men Hold Rally in El Paso Torchlight Procession
Several hundred Roosevelt supporters marched through downtown El Paso in a torchlight procession and gathered at Cleveland Square for a rally. Principal speakers included Congressman George Curry of New Mexico and A. S. Engelking, assistant U.S. district attorney.
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Roosevelt
HL Paso
Tex
el Paso
Cleveland Square
George Curry
New Mexico
Engelking
United States
Believe Devine Will Back Good Roads Bond Vote
Returning from Devine, supporters urged a $40,000 bond for Me dina county roads. D. B. Colp predicted a five to one endorsement. Bristow, Baty, Colp and others spoke. A second bond plan for Atascosa near Lytle aims at $25,000 for two precincts, with seventy of ninety voters already petitioning for an election.
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Devine
D. BE. Colp
Highway Division
Chamber of Commerce
Medina County
John R Bristow
Lee Baty
Lockhart
Colp
Weather Outlook for East and West Texas
Washington D C September 28 forecast says East Texas will be fair inland with possible showers along the coast Sunday and Monday and cooler conditions in the north and central areas West Texas will be fair and cooler on Sunday and Monday with general fair weather expected.
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Washington,d. C
East Texas
West Texas
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At 8 P M
Weather postcard lists nightly observations for major cities. Temperatures range from 44 to 66 with conditions including clear partly cloudy and rain likely. Winds vary from four to eighteen miles per hour with a north northeast southwest orientation and Sunday conditions noted as fair or cooler.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Suna
Yesteray
Washington
AP leased wire carried by other papers unfounded claim
Clarifies that no newspaper besides the San Antonio Light carries the Associated Press leased wire in whole or in part into San Antonio. The statement rejects any implication of broader syndication and asserts the Light’s exclusive carriage.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Standard Oil Charged With Ignoring Law and Old Methods
S W Fordyce Jr counsel for Waters-Pierce Oil company submits to the Department of Justice that the Standard Oil of New Jersey group still dominates subsidiaries, finances, and marketing, maintaining control of Texas refineries and interstate operations despite dissolution orders.
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Waters-Pierce Concern
Department of Justice
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
S. W. Fordyce Jr
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Fordyce
Standard Oil
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
New Jersey Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Texas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
John D. Archbold
H. €. Felger Jr
Standard Oil Company of New York
Mr. Fordyce
New York Company
Magnolia Company
Messrs
Archbold
Felger
United States
Sneed Bail Refusal Shifts Vernon Texas Murder Trial
Judge Browning refused bail for John Beal Sneed and remanded him for murder of Al G Boyce Jr. The trial moves to Wilbarger county in Vernon, date pending. Accomplice B D B Epting faces Hale county hearing in Memphis with rumored testimony of a plot involving a $25,000 payoff to Epting’s family.
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Amarillo
Tex
John Beal Sneed
al G. Boyce Jr
Browning
Wilbarger County
Vernon
B. DB. Epting
Hale County
Memphis
Epting
Grand Jury
Boyce
Sneed
Eptine
Four States Life Insurance Company Granted Texas License
The Texas department of insurance and banking authorized Four States Life Insurance Company of Texarkana to operate in Texas. The new firm shows capital stock of 113 035 and a surplus of 28 607 27.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Four States Life Insurance Company
Texarkana
Roosevelt accuses Wilson of inverting the truth in Atlanta speech
Colonel Roosevelt denounces Governor Wilson in Atlanta saying Wilson misquoted him about trusts. He cites Boston remarks and insists his position was misrepresented and distorted, arguing Wilson cannot prove the alleged statements.
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Atlanta
Wilson
Roosevelt
Boston
General Reyes to Europe on long mission after revolt
Reports from Mexico City say Gen Bernardo Reyes, jailed after the Linares uprising, will be sent on a Europe mission lasting as long as the Madero regime stays in power. His son Rodolfo has been freed as Reyes seeks asylum abroad to avoid further conflict.
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Bernardo Reyes
Linares
Mexico
Europe
Francisco I, Madero
Madero
Rodolfo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Fight on Dix Rumored Ahead of Syracuse Convention
A dinner at the Hotel Astor sparked talk of a fight at the Syracuse convention next week to renominate Governor Dix. Senator Gorman and Governor Wilson met privately after a brief exchange with Chairman McCombs. Victor J. Dowling is expected as the opposition candidate for governor.
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New York
Wilson
Gorman
McCombs
Hotel Astor
Syracuse
Dix
Wiloo
Supreme Court
Victor J. Dowling
O’gorman
O'Gorman
Two Men Attacked in Western City District
Two men were assaulted within blocks of each other around 1 am. Susano Amisquita of 504 South Frio street suffered a deep cheek wound from a razor, while Amado Martinez of Marion, Texas, was struck with a stone and left with a multi inch gash. Both were taken to the city hospital for treatment.
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Susano Amisquita
South
Frio Street
Amado Martinez
Marion
Tex
Matamoras Street
Santa Rosa Avenue
Hargis
Gambling House Raid Nets Seventeen Players
Detective Marsden with policemen Yantis Horton and Martin raided a gambling house on Soledad Street at 1 30 this morning. Seventeen men alleged to be engaged in poker were taken to city hall and booked on vagrancy charges.
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Marsden
Yantis, Horton and
Martin
Soledad Street
Wilson favored to win U S presidency says New York writer
J Maxwell Gordon, a New York political writer, predicts Woodrow Wilson will win the presidency. He argues Taft will be second and Roosevelt third, based on his travels from Minnesota to California. California and other states are seen as unfavorable to Roosevelt with Wilson gaining strength nationwide.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Minnesota
Mexico
Connecticut
California
Teddy
J. Maxwell Gordon
New York
Wilson
William Jen
Bryan
Gordon
National Travelers
Woodrow Wilson Association
Longer terms favored by Texas Congress of Mothers
The Texas Congress of Mothers endorses a constitutional amendment for six year terms for boards of control of state educational eleemosynary and penal institutions. The executive board action, announced by Mrs. J N Porter, aims to reduce factional and partisan influence and expedite progress in education.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Congress of Mothers
Conference For Education In
Texas
J. N. Porter
Dallas
Coees For Education
Board of Control
Labor Commission reports low response rate from corporations
Austin Texas September 28 The Commissioner of Labor J A Starling says only about 27 percent of the 3000 corporations sent reporting blanks have replied since August 17 The commissioner warns that industries failing to report by October 19 face a fine up to 100 or imprisonment up to 30 days in the county jail.
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Austin
Tex
Labor
J. A. Starling
Texarkana Court Seeks $26,220 For Two Fiscal Years
The Sixth Court of Civil Appeals at Texarkana has asked the comptroller for a budget of $26,220 for the next two fiscal years, the same appropriation as in the past two years.
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Texarkana
Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Department
Court of Civil Appeals
New York Democrats Face Lively Meeting
Nine prominent New York Democrats were named as possible gubernatorial nominees as the party met in Syracuse for its convention. Names listed include William Sulzer, Victor Dowling, Carmody, Conway, McAdoo, John A. Bensel, Charles E. Tienan, and Governor Dix, with factions wary of Dix due to Tammany and upstate opposition. McAdoo has said he would not accept a nomination. Sulzer and Dowling are viewed as ready to lead if Dix is bypassed.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York
William Sulzer
Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court
Carmody
Conway
William G. McAdoo
John A. Bensel
Charles E. Tienan
Ithaca
John A. Dix
Dix
Murphy
Tammany Hall
McCabe
Albany
Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
Wilson
New York Democracy
Upstate
McAdoo
Sulzer
Justice Dowling
No Meeting of City Council Delays Fire Department Pay Rise
No council session tomorrow due to the fifth Monday. The next aldermen meeting is October 7. Last session ran nearly two and a half hours and postponed business. The fire department pay increase would have taken effect Tuesday but payrolls for September will use the current salary schedule. October increase is still being reviewed by the fire committee and the city attorney for legality.
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Fire Department
Colquitt Returns From Panama Mission
Rawlins Colquitt son of Governor Colquitt returns from a month on the Isthmus with views on the Panama canal's vast impact on world commerce. He reports the climate in Panama as ideal and notes Americans lack full understanding of the canal's magnitude.
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Colquitt
Panama
Austin
Tex
United Staes
Panama Canal
Rawlins Colquitt
Isthmus
Taft Warns Foreign Powers They May Act If U S Fails
President Taft declares that foreign powers intend to intervene if the United States does not act. He asserts the potential for external action reflects international pressure on U S policy and calls for decisive domestic measures to avoid foreign involvement.
Taft May Call Special Session on Mexico Intervention
Reported from Washington that President Taft plans to ask Congress next week to authorize intervention in Mexico after alleged outrages against Americans and foreign residents. State Department communications warn foreign powers may act if the United States does not. Senator Dick of Ohio is quoted signaling a forthcoming war case.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Mexico
State Department
United States
Ohio
Chicago
C. T. Fowler
New Jersey
National Guard of
Madero
Navy
Nicaragua
Special Border Commission
Department
San Domingo
Signs of major shift toward intervention in Mexico
Washington reports point to a sudden, significant change among high ranking diplomatic and military officers toward intervention in Mexico. Observers say this shift appears driven by presidential campaign publicities and a plan to push Intel in Mexico, aiming to defeat a war administration. Continued on page 2-4th column.
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Washington
Mexico
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Frank Ryan
International Bridge and Structural Tran Workers’ Association
Indianapolis
Los Angeles Times
James B. McNamara
Ortie McManigal
D. Ke. Colp
WIT
New
General Reyes
Belief I
NEW Yorker
Moses Clapp
Montana
Senate
New York Democrats
al Capital
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