Former City Machine 19 Disrupted by Employee Discharges
Police director reports two officers resigned after being urged to electioneer for Acting Mayor Richter. Sanitation chiefs Robb and Eberhardt fired amid claims they supported the opposing side. Six firemen dismissed including Hose Co. No. 6 captain Morales and others for political reasons. city officials cite civil service and discharge procedures amid mounting machine disintegration.
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City Sanitary Department
William L. Richter
Tom Mack
Richter
A. H. Miller
Police and Fire Department
John Robb
Robert Eberhardt
Sewer Inspection Service
Alexander Boynton
Joe Morales
Hose Co
J. L. Hogan
No. 2
G. W. Simpson
Oscar Wolters
Lonnie Jacques
M. Hernandez
No. 1
Jones
I Frank
Acting mayor warned of mass firings over side with opponents
The text claims the acting mayor threatened to dismiss most appointive city workers and many laborers under Fritz Russi if they did not back him, noting hundreds of workers voiced opposition within two months.
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Fritz Russi
Storm area over state fails to break hot San Antonio heat
A Texas storm area forecast to bring rain has not cooled the San Antonio region. Major Buell notes exceptions to weather rules as the storm drifts. Waco receives rain at 7:30 am and Fort Worth later. The year shows 1.44 inches rainfall deficit since January with July totaling 1.27 inches, and July mean temperatures at 85 degrees, 2.7 degrees above normal.
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Texas
San Antonio
Allen Buell
Waco
Fort Worth
Buell
Health Board to Hear Report on Soft Drinks
The local board of health will meet at 6 o clock this evening to review whether dope or harmful preservatives exist in San Antonio soft drinks. Dr. Lee, city bacteriologist, has gathered samples now with the state pure food commissioner awaiting a department reply. If analysis shows harmful contents, court action may follow. The session will also consider dairy conditions outside city limits and weekly inspector reports.
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San Antonio
Board of Health
Lee
State Health Department
Abbott
Taft Notified of Nomination to Lead Party
President Taft was formally notified of his nomination by the national Republican convention in Chicago. In the White House East Room he received the notification from Senator Elihu Root, chairman of the committee of notification, surrounded by family and friends. The move preserves the party for future usefulness and signals victory in what is described as a grace case.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Chicago
White House
Elihu Root
Committee of Notifi
Grace in Georgia shooting case outlined by attorney
Atlanta August 1 Eugene H Grace was shot in a room scuffle with his wife after a quarrel over her property sale. Attorney Branch described a morning shooting after 11 o clock, saying Grace was not doped and aimed to move his wife out of town.
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Daisy Grace
Eugene M. Grace
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Grace
Mrs. Grace
Eugene H. Grace
Taft Accepts Republican Nomination at Convention
President Taft accepts the party’s nomination after Senator Root’s praise and a formal speech. Moving pictures capture Mrs Taft and children at the White House as the first moving film is preserved in the State Department archives. The notification committee lists members from multiple states as Taft emphasizes unity and trust in a second administration.
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Cation
Senator Root
President Taft
Taft
Charles
Helen Taft
Robert
White House
State Department
Colonel Roosevelt
Republican Party
Washington
Alabama
O. S. Street
Arizona
J. Lorenzo Hubbell
Arkansas
C. E. Speer
Florida
H. 8S. Chubb
Georgia
M. B. Morton
Kansas
Kentucky
R. C. Still
Louisiana
Reuben H. Brown
Mississippi
E. H. McKissack
New Mexico
J. M. Cunningham
North Carolina
V. Walter
Oklahoma
H. E. P. Stanford
South Carolina
Thomas L. Grant
Tennessee
John W. Overall
Texas
Eugene Marshall
Virginia
R. A. Fulweiler
Mr. Taft
Kansas Election Case Before High Tribunal
The Kansas primary election case is before the U S Supreme Court. Taft leaders seek to bar eight Roosevelt electors from the Kansas ticket claiming they would not honor the national convention decision, arguing this violates the 14th Amendment. Roosevelt supporters urge voter referendum on the convention decision and Kansas law allows such a referendum.
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New York
Kansas
United States Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Party
Taft
United States
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Border towns urge US protection for Americans in Mexico
El Paso and border communities urge Congress and the White House to act to shield Americans in Mexico as refugee flows surge. Mormon colonies near Pachuca and Garcia send 2500 refugees, many housed in lumber sheds after Madera and Pearson mills close. Church leaders and Senator Smoot push congressional action while refugees deny plural marriages.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Marfa
W. R. Smith
Presidio County
White House
Pachuca
Chuchupa
Garcia
Pearson and
Madera
Madera Lumber Company
Pearson
Congress
St. Louis
Mormon Church
Smoot
O. B. Brown
Washington
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity the outlook shows unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with possible showers and variable winds. Residents should expect cooler overnight lows and locally heavier bursts of rain during the afternoon hours.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists
Observations from multiple cities report temperatures ranging from 58 to 70 degrees with varied skies. Forecasts indicate rain likely in St Louis Kansas City and Boston with fair conditions elsewhere and modest winds from northeast southwest and west.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Sole Carrier of AP Wire
The statement from any source claiming that the AP leased wire reaching San Antonio is carried in full or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is unfounded and without basis in fact.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Two Men Hanged Near Cananea Reported
The two men killed by Mexican rebels near Cananea Sonora were not American citizens, per a Nogales consular report received at the state department. Guido Shubert and John Hertling, former Douglas Arizona residents, were Germans. Hertling reportedly planned to become an American citizen. Both were in Mexico on private business and considered peaceful.
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Washington, D. Cc
Cananea
Sonora
Nogales
State Department
Guido Shubert
John Hertling
Douglas
Ariz
Hertling
Mexico
Federals Win Victory at Ojitos Battle Near Casas Grandes
An Associated Press report from Douglas Arizona details the Ojitos battle where federal forces under General Sanjines defeated about 1000 rebels. The Federals captured two cannons, ammunition, rifles and horses, with one Federal killed and five wounded. Major Alvarez was killed. Yaqui Indians led the federal assault.
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Douglas
Ariz
Ojitos
Associated Press
United States
Casas Grandes
Sanjines
Alvarez
Alvarado
U S urged to intervene in Mexico by El Paso professionals
El Paso business and professional men rally for American intervention to quell Mexican disorders and protect life and property. A local paper publishes over one hundred interviews showing about seventy five percent support for sending troops into disturbed districts without delay.
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EL Paso
Tex
Rebel Defeat Report Reaches Col. Chapa via Telegram
A telegram from Mexican Consul Liorente at Paso informs Col. F A Chapa that General Iines reports the main rebel force defeated in a sanguinary battle near Ojitos near Casas Grandes. Press dispatches confirm the rebel defeat and convey the update received by Light.
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F. A. Chapa
Liorente
Paso
Iines
Ojitos
Casas Grandestion
Con
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