Financial Jugglers and Hidden Bonds at Real Estate Trust
Philadelphia reports District Attorney Bell pledges to prosecute all involved in the Real Estate Trust losses. Rumors say two directors and several attorneys profited up to 750000 by fee arrangements with Adolph Segal over bank loans totaling 5000000. President Hipple’s alleged schemes included substituting bogus bonds during coupon cuts to divert funds, with Presbyterians also facing losses.
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Philadelphia
Bell
Adolph Segal
Hipple
Earle
Presbyterian General Assembly Board
Pensions for aged and wage protections urged by unions
Liverpool report of the Trades Union Congress outlines pensions at age sixty funded by land value taxes on the wealthy. It backs arbitration treaties, opposes armament growth and conscription, and calls labor MPs to require union wage rates on all government contracts with a national minimum wage to curb sweating.
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Liverpool
Trades Union Congress
Great Britain
Jordan Plain Spoken by Hot Springs President
Hot Springs Sept. 6. President Jordan spoke to the Southern Cotton association executive committee detailing warehouse programs by local groups and noting the Southern Wholesale Grocers' endorsement of cotton bags over jute. He said the treasury has no money and salaries have not been paid since February. He cited a special committee report probing alleged futures gambling by officers as the group then debated the minimum cotton price.
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Hot Springs
The
Southern Cotton Association
Jordan
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Carter Prather Survives Gasoline Barn Explosion
In Waco on a Thursday afternoon Carter H. Prather, a noted real estate man, was handling gasoline when a barn explosion occurred. The barn and three automobiles burned quickly. Prather was blown clear and suffered severe burns, escaping death by seconds.
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Carter H. Prather
Waco
Bailey Breaks With Bryan Over Railroads Ownership
Dallas reports Senator Bailey of Texas denounces government ownership of railroads as urged by William J. Bryan. He withdraws from a Louisville reception for Bryan and will issue a full statement within days outlining his opposition. Bailey and Riley urged Bryan not to invoke that proposal at Madison Square Garden.
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Dallas
Times Herald
New York City
Senator Bailey
Texas
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Louisville
Bailey
A Riley
Yielé
Mexican General Buys 1200 Horses in Fort Worth
General Sanchez Rivera arrived to purchase horses for the Mexican army and bought 1,200 head. He said the government would take no risks and prepare for uprisings in various Mexican cities, with plans to increase and improve the cavalry.
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Fort Worth
Sanchez Rivera
Firnberg Granted Bond In Accidental Shooting
Waco man Mark Firnberg is charged with murder after an accidental shooting that killed Jake Honea as he walked home from work. Firnberg's bond is set at 3000 dollars. Sam Marks, who fought with Firnberg, faces no charge.
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Jake Honea
Waco
Mark Firnberg
Sam Marks
Firnberg
Honea
Petition Calls For Local Option Election In Dallas And Tarrant
Fort Worth dispatch reports W. B. Fitzhugh, former district representative, says a petition is circulating in Dallas County seeking a local option election to align with the Tarrant County vote to close saloons. More than 300 signatures already gathered.
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Dallas
Tarrant
Fort Worth
W. B. Fitzhugh
Tarrant County
Farmers Union Meet Enjoyable Evening in Denison
Denison September 6 Farmers union members in this district were entertained by the Trades council Clerks' union Union Label league and others at an enjoyable event. Refreshments were served and speeches made as the group looked forward to a future meeting at Whitewright.
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Farmers’ Union
Denison
Farmers Union
Whitewright
Trades Council
Clerks’ Union
Union Label League
Fatal shooting in Houston Heights drug store
Bird Pullen, age twenty, lies dying from a bullet wound after an incident at Walter Villers drug store in Houston Heights. Pullen accuses Villers of pulling the trigger while Villers says the gun fired accidentally. Villers has been arrested as the investigation continues.
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Bird Pullen
Walter Villers
Houston
Houston Heights
Pullen
Villers
Texas Photographers. Officers Chosen and Dallas Selected
The Photographers' Association of Texas, in session, chose Dallas as the next meeting place. Officers elected include President Fred Voorhees of Dallas, first vice president M. L. Sanders of Waco, second vice president Miss Mabel Gray of Belton, secretary A. K. Blanchard of Hillsboro, and treasurer Bert Williams of Denton.
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Dallas
Austin
Photographers' Association of Texas
Fred Voorhees
Vic
M. L. Sanders
Waco
Mabel Gray
Belton
Hillsboro
Bert Williams
Denton
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Pettijohn
Eakfast Food
Howell Bros
Batavia
GEO. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Postoffice
Pure Drugs
M. Fl
Tacaless
Rohde’s
Saloon
Sam Leading Brands
Silas B. Johnson
Parker
RYE
Montreal Rye
Orienial Rye
E. Rohde
Prop
Juggler
Hippie
Real Estate Trust Company
Pensions For
Jordan Plain
Marie
Mr. Bryan
Uncle Sam
First National Bank
United States
U.S
I. H. O. Boatwright
H. O. Boatwreut
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
J. W. Hower
L. L. McInnis Guy M
VIA
ST. Louis
C. J. Price
Pete
Geo. D. Hunter
A.g.psta
Palestine, Texas
E. J. Jenkins
Bryan Steam Laundry
Hearne & Dansby
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