School Board Tour Finds Schools in Poor Condition
Two buses carried the school board and experts across the city to inspect schools and bond-funded improvements. Dr. A Caswell Ellis urged replacements for adobe and poorly lit rooms while plans for new buildings in four zones were discussed and toilets and lighting evaluated.
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Caswell Ellis
University of Texas
Austin
A. Caswell Ellis
Frederick Terrell
Eli Hertzberg
Atlee B. Ayres
Albin «Seidel
Johnson School
Briscoe
Cassiano Street
Orange Zone
Ellis
Bonham School
Garden Street
Riverside Park
Weather Temperatures August Fourth to Fifth
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity notes tonight and Wednesday will be fair with temperatures listed through the period. The report mentions temperatures in various time stamps and places but the legible portion confirms a fair sky and moderate temperatures for the area.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Across Major Cities
Morning observations list temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Winds vary from east to northwest with fair to cloudy skies and occasional showers expected in some markets.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
New York
Boston
Washington
Intercourse With Castro Banned In Curacao Posts
Curacao authorities bar open contact between Venezuelan revolutionists and Venezuela. The sloop Patima voyage to La Velade Core was halted then allowed to depart after officials checked papers. Venezuela claims papers valid. consular protest cited. Reports of forced horse requisition, revolts in Guajira and Zulia with Castro allies seizing telegraph lines.
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Willemstandt
Curaca
Curacao
Venezuela
Patima
la Velade
Core
Falcon
Cipriano Castro
Coro
Maracaibo
Guajira
Gulf of Maracaibo
Zulia
Herida
Castro
Policeman Cotter Killed In Bronx Arrest Attempt
New York patrolman Patrick Cotter a former Philippine Army recruit and top examander among 1500 candidates died after being shot during a chase of a suspected assailant of a girl in the Bronx. The suspect Charles de Martino a young barber is accused of firing two shots into Cotter's chest as he pursued him.
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New York
Patrick Cotter
Philippines
United States Army
Bronx
Cotter
Charles de Martino
Berger praises red flag and warns mobs in Seattle
Victor Berger former Wisconsin congressman spoke on Scientific Socialism to a large Seattle audience last night touching on recent riots. He said Seattle Socialists would sue the city to recover destroyed property and warned that supporters of mob violence risk losing their own property when violence spreads. He contrasted the red flag with the American flag urging respect for both symbols.
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Seattle
Wash
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
Frisco Lines Officials Confer Over Auditing Shift
Receivers Frank Andrews of the Frisco Lines in South Texas and John D. O Keefe of the same system in Louisiana are in Houston for extended talks shaping operating changes. A key proposal is moving the auditing department from Houston to New Orleans.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Andrews
Frisco
South
Texas
John D. O'Keefe
Louisiana
New Orleans
Dallas Murder Probe Hints at Conspiracy After Woman Found
Police piece together timeline of Miss Florence T. Brown murder in Dallas. A caller asked for a woman with a cut throat before discovery at 9 a.m. while offices appeared deserted. Detectives suggest a potential conspiracy if a warning was given, as clues point to an inside or linked plot.
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Dallas
Tex
Florence T. Brown
M. M. Carr
Robinson and Styron
Miss Brown
Gunmen in New York Shoot Victim at Humpty Jacksons
William Lustig a young man from a respectable family dies in Bellevue Hospital after being lured to Humpty Jacksons coffee house by a woman. Four assailants with revolvers fired wounding Lustig as a touring car sped away. Police have no suspects or motive.
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New York
William Lustig
Bellevue Hospital
Herman Rosenthal
Lustig
Destroyers to be built by six firms for navy orders
The New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden was the low bidder at 725000 each for two torpedo boat destroyers in a sealed bid process opened yesterday. Six bidders offered two boats each. Bath Iron Works bid 825000 for two with plan modifications, Fore River 861000 for one, Cramps 881000 for two, Newport News 902500 for two, Union Iron Works 906000 for one. Indications show two boats to New York Shipbuilding, two to Bath, one to Cramps, and one to Fore River.
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Washington, D. C
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Bath Iron Works
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Cramps & Sons of
Philadelphia
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Union Iron Works
Bath
Cramps
Fore River
Six Years Given in West Virginia Bribery Case
Five West Virginia legislators were sentenced for bribery tied to the election of a senator. Rhodes, Duff and Asbury drew six years in prison, Smith received five years and six months, and Hill got five years. They are disqualified from office, with a 90 day stay of execution for appeals. The trials spanned over two months and marked the first such case in the state.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
A. . Rhodes
Ruth Duff
H. F. Asbury
B. A. Smith
Davie Hill
State Supreme Court
New Haven Inquiry Continues Denials Over Suspension
Attorney General McReynolds denied that the government's antitrust investigation into the New Haven railroad had been dropped as reports suggested a suspension. The inquiry continues with official statements clarifying the status of the probe.
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New Haven
Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Currency Law Clash Delays Senate Fight Over Bill
In Washington the Senate opened a currency bill skirmish highlighting Democratic divisions. Senator Owen faced a point of order from Senator Smith and an interruption from Senator Hitchcock who opposed immediate action. Hitchcock said the bill is not an emergency measure and would take a year to implement. Democratic leaders in the House prepared to start the currency debate Friday amid further calls to amend the Vreeland act rather than overhaul banking and currency systems.
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Washington
Senate
Owen
Banking Committee
Hoke Smith
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Smith
Vreeland
Bank of England
Charles J. Mueller
Harvard University
Hill Showed Heroism in Pacific Electric Wreck
Arthur J. Hill a Navy oiler earned a letter of commendation from Acting Secretary Roosevelt after he freed pinned passengers and aided the injured during the July 13 Pacific Electric Railway crash in Los Angeles. Reports from the city fire and police chiefs praised his bravery and urged his continued enlistment.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur J. Hill
Navy
Roosevelt
Pacific Electric Railway
Los Angeles
Cal
Hill
Navy Department
Fire Departments
Will Grant Jury Trial in Drunkenness Cases
Judge Pugh announces in police court that defendants charged with drunkenness may demand a jury trial under the new excise law. Lawyers say the shift will burden the court with a fuller docket as bailiffs are instructed to ask inmates if they want a jury or judge to hear their alleged jags.
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Washington
D. C
Pugh
San Antonio Light quotes AP Leased Wire Day service
The San Antonio Light notes it publishes the AP Leased Wire Day report along with its own large special news service. It emphasizes the AP as the world’s leading general news source and mentions a daily output around 20,000 words.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Ten Policewomen Begin Duty in Chicago
Chicago introduces ten policewomen in blue tailored outfits with silver stars to guard women and children. They will patrol parks beaches dance halls and stations to gather information and deter misbehavior rather than arrest, with duties and powers set by a panel of social workers and the chief of police.
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Chicago
Bonded warehouses filled with wealth across U S ports
Washington August 5 bonded warehouses at major ports hold a vast stock of goods awaiting withdrawal. A Commerce Bureau report shows 105,928,884 dollars of imported merchandise in June compared with 72,726,878 in 1912. New York port houses two thirds. Tariff legislation is blamed for high on hand value including chemicals fibers fruits iron and steel.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Wrewarm Snepe
New York
Congress
Bureau
Insurgents Meet in Fort Worth Over Farmers' Union
M G Jackson led an insurgent session in the Labor temple with 40 delegates present and charged that Texas Farmers' Union is controlled by farm life commission and railroads. D J Newell, former union president, spoke on the history of the union.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Farmers' Union
Texas
M. G. Jackson
Farmers Union
Labor Temple
Jackson
Farm Life Commission
D. J. Newll
Farmers’ Union
Foot Doctors Meet New York Chiropody Convention
More than 400 chiropodists gather for a three day convention to push uniform state laws for chiropody with New York and New Jersey cited as models. Speaker Charles P. Stevens notes the medical profession’s contempt toward chiropody despite 60 percent of ailments being foot related. Delegate Clara S. Houston, famed as the girl with the perfect feet, attends.
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New York
National Association of Chiropodists
San Francisco
New York State
New Jersey
Charles P. Stevens
Clara S. Houston
Chicago
Girl With
McAneny Accepts Fusion Move for Aldermen President
George McAneny president of Manhattan Borough will accept the fusion nomination for president of the New York City Board of Aldermen on the anti-Tammany ticket led by John Purroy Mitchell. He was defeated for mayoral nomination by Mitchell and had shown doubt about a subordinate role.
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McAneny
Mitchell
New York
John Purroy Mitchell
George McAneny
Manhattan
Board of Aldermen
MccAneny
Barrett Defends Farmers Union Amid Insurgent Meeting
Insurgent farmers criticized at the Fort Worth session led by D. J. Neill of Eastland. Barrett, president of the National Farmers Union, defended official passes and asserted the Union's influence on legislation, while the convention planned private sessions to work through issues.
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Barrett
Fort Worth
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
D. J. Neill
Eastland County
Southern States Cotton Corporation
Tennessee
Farmers’ Union of Tennessee
Fire Destroys Blue Mountain House Forces Guests Out
Fire at the Blue Mountain House on the Pennsylvania Maryland line drives 175 guests to flee in night attire. Malcolm Frank and B I Metzger of Norfolk are seriously burned escaping flames from the kitchen to upper floors. Loss estimated around 200000 dollars with jewelry worth over 100000 dollars also destroyed.
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Philadelphia
Blue Mountain House
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Malcolm Frank
Norfolk
Frank
Metzger
Baltimore
Méa
Auto Club Members Push City Traffic Ordinances
San Antonio Automobile club leaders Hear attorney Martin Arnold and Automo bile Dealers association attorney T D Dobbs Jr urge a new city traffic code guiding both cars and pedestrians. They call for a central registration bureau to reduce numbering confusion as in Galveston Cotton Carnival. R W Carr spoke on Galveston races. H A Reuters won a prize donated by Velie Auto Sales.
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Martin J. Arnold
T. D. Dobbs Jr
Automobile Dealers’ Association
F. A. Chapa
San Antonio Automobile Club
Gunter Hotel
Arnold
Alderman Chapa
Dobbs
Central Registration Bureau
Galveston
R. W. Carr
American Automobile Association
Galveston Beach
W. H. Hering
Alex Parrigin
Velie Auto Sales Company
H. A. Reuters
The Light Classified Rates Advertised for Small Ads
The Light promotes its low cost classified ads with rates: one cent a word for 15 words or more per insertion, three cents a word for four insertions, four cents a word for seven insertions, and half a cent a word for ten or more consecutive insertions. A ten day run starts Friday or Saturday and includes two Sundays. Ads can be phoned in and charged. Phones Crockett 1742 and new 176.
Embargo on Mexico Aid Hinted as Lind Debates
Washington reports diminished Congress urgency after President Wilson named John Lind as personal emissary to Mexico City. Representative Stephens urged lifting the arms embargo arguing recognition of Madero was right and Huerta’s government is not legitimate. He warned intervention would benefit capitalists and end the fight in under 90 days.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Mexico
Wilson
John Lind
Mexico City
Stephens
Texas
W. M. Matthews
San Antonio
Huerta
United States
Madero
Mr. Stephens
Lind to lead US policy on Mexican situation to Mexico City
Ex Governor John Lind of Minnesota arrives as personal representative of President Wilson to survey conditions in Mexico City. Lind to informally consult prominent Mexicans and report sentiment before any mediation policy is set. Wilson and Bryan press for stability as Huerta’s resignation implied via Mexican factional agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
John Lind
Minesota
Mexico City
Lind
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Mr. Lind
Washington
Galveston
Vera Crag
New Hampshire
Navy Department
Bryan
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
J Lind
Minnesota
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