Martial calm restored after threats of lynching in San Pedro district
Clashes between soldiers and police Friday night prompted martial law in the trans San Pedro area. An armed provost guard of about 100 patrolled streets while police and military authorities coordinated to prevent bloodshed as about 1000 soldiers gathered along South Concho street. Although arrests occurred in some districts, no major disorders were reported by midnight.
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trans-San Pedro
Lawless
Cenes
South Concho
Matamoros
Captain Cook
Cook
Iarm
Ile
New Phone Number Listed for Ave D District
The listing shows a new contact number for the Ave D district with code 464 replacing the old 4246. The address reads 47 107 Ave and phone reference O14.
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Ave. D
Eventful week for H L Roberson ends in acquittal
H L Roberson a Pullman conductor left San Antonio and shot a porter nine miles south of Atlanta in self defense. He surrendered in Atlanta was jailed twenty two hours tried and acquitted then returned to San Antonio and resumed his run. Investigations follow into the killing with witnesses supporting self defense.
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San Antonio
Third-field Artillery
Atlanta
H. L. Robertson
Pullman
Roberson
New Orleans
Georgia
Logan
Fort Meyer
Ex-Governor Arrests and Madero Commission Clash
A professor jailed Maderist officers in the public schools after a Tehuacan visit where the commission pressed Madero to define his stance with Vasquez Gomez General Reyes and the anti reelectionists. Madero scolded Navarro and called the rebels elev nth hour revolutionists while claiming no part in the struggle. Ex governor Martinez, formerly of Puebla, was also arrested on orders from Puebla.
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Tehuacan
Madero
Vasquez Gomez
General Reyes
Navarro
Puebla
Macio P. Martinez
Madero Plans Tour After Vacation Return
State figures report that Madero was arrested today on an unspecified charge amid past irregularities in state administration. He resumes duties in the capital and outlines plans for the coming election with Dr Francisco Vasquez Gomez as a potential running mate despite prior cabinet changes. A campaign tour to Oaxaca and Yucatan will begin soon to rally votes.
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Madero
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Emilio Vasquez
Oaxaca
Yucatan
Denison Y M C A Secretary Found Dead in Oklahoma
The body of Freeman, secretary of the Denison Texas Y M C A, was found near Armstrong Oklahoma on Missouri Kansas Texas tracks. A bullet wound in the breast caused death. a gold watch chain and papers were found with the body. Freeman had arrived in Armstrong to select a camp site for a Y M C A outing.
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Freeman
Armstrong
Printers Special Train to San Francisco Convention
An eighteen car special train carrying 175 delegates to the International Typographical Union convention will depart Chicago Monday. The gathering opens August 14 in San Francisco with many delegates accompanied by wives and families from twenty eastern and southern states.
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Chicago
San Fran
International Typographical Union Convention
San Francisco
Taft Plans Broad Western Campaign Visit
President Taft plans a long tour through farm regions in the middle and northwestern states to challenge anti reciprocity sentiment. He will visit Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri South Dakota and possibly reach Colorado Utah Oregon and Washington with a coast option if time allows. The trip starts September 11 from Beverly and ends October 16 if the full itinerary is followed.
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Washington
Taft
Iowa
Wisconsin
Cummins
White House
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Beverly
Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Tennessee
Syracuse
N. Y
Detroit
Hutchinson
Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri
Lincoln
Omaha
South Dakota
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Utah
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Ladder Factory Planned for San Antonio Plant
A. L. Hackenberger plans a San Antonio ladder factory to produce step ladders with a patented brace, extend ladders, and refrigerators. The $17,000 plant will employ 15 to 20 workers, yield about two carloads of ladders weekly, and be located near a railroad entry. operation hoped this winter or early spring.
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A. L. Hackenberger
San Antonio
Hackenberger
United States
Treasury cash rush as Legislature pays salaries in Austin
Immediately after Governor Colquitt approved the mileage and per diem bill lawmakers rushed to collect this week's salaries. The treasury paid out about 15000 dollars while the bill carries a 55000 dollar appropriation. Cash from liquor tax had filled the treasury with about 200000 dollars on hand at close of business.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Treasury Department
Negro Slashed in Saloon Fight on East Commerce Street
A man named Joe Henderson, a Black laborer, was attacked in a saloon on East Commerce Street about 9:45 last night, his throat cut with a razor. Another patron, Robert Krushall, was cut on the right hand during the disturbance. The assailant fled. police had no trace by late night. Henderson received treatment at a drug store where doctors feared severe blood loss.
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Joe Henderson
East Commerce Street
Robert Krushall
Henderson
Texas probes election in Texas Aug. probe session begins
The senate and house election investigation committees met in Austin for their first joint session to decide whether to call witnesses and hold cooperative sittings. The first witnesses are Ball Gambrell and Wolters, with hearings set for Monday at 10 o'clock.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
House Election Investigation Committee
House
Cureton
Thomas H. Ball
J. H. Gambrell
Prohibition Organization
J. F. Wolters
Antt
Legislative
House Committee
Senate Committee
Cullen F. Thomas
Dallas
William E. Hawkins
Brownsville
Thomas Ball
Colonel Ball
Cone Johnson
Millionaire on Paper The Civil Engineer with Tiny Cash
John Williams of Williams Engine ering and Contracting faced supplementary proceedings on a $1,730 judgment won by Charles Mackenzie. Despite claims against city and federal projects totaling nearly a million dollars, Williams reported only $4 and a watch in cash. He listed cemetery plots as real estate and described stock holdings and unissued shares across several firms. He contends sums due from the Blackwell's Island Bridge contracts and a government work valued at $100,000, plus a 50 percent stake in Gas Engine Ore Smelting. The examination highlights vast unrealized assets and minimal liquid funds.
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John Williams
Williams Engineering and Contracting Company
Charles 8
Mackenzie
New York Tribune
Williams
United States
West Shore Stone Company
United States Exploration Company
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Asphalt Creek Company
Corpus Christi Seeks San Antonio Gulf Highway Link
Corpus Christi and San Antonio business leaders meet to push a shell road to Nueces County forming a link to the gulf and to win a bridge across the Nueces River. They plan organization similar to the Bexar County Highway league and aim to finish the road for winter tourism.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Gulf
Roy Miller
Commercial Club
A. F. Timon
Nueces County
Nueces River
San Patricio
Bexar County Highway League
Coast City
Corpus
Texas
Col. J. T. Dickinson
Alexander Boynton
League
W.S. Hawkins
W. A. Hering
M. J. Arnold
H. C. Hilderbrand
H. G. Staacke
J. W. Warren
Good Roads
San Patricio County
Karnes
Wilson
J. D. Dickinson
Country Club
Blaze in Bank Damages San Antonio National Bank
A kerosene lamp explosion started a fire at the San Antonio National Bank at 215 West Commerce Street last night, causing $200 in damage. No insurance. Fire Chief Bishop and eight companies responded after flags signaled the alarm from West Commerce and Navarro. The rear of the building suffered, with railing, hundreds of cancelled checks, old records, and tiling burned.
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San Antonio National Bank
West Commerce Street
West Commerce
Navarro Streets
Bishop
Bank
Tarantino
Hermann Sons 70 to Build Fireproof Clubhouse on Garden Street
Ground broken for a Hermann Sons Home association clubhouse on Garden Street. Two stories plus English basement, cost $35,000, ready by year end, fireproof reinforced concrete and brick, Southern Renaissance style with steam heat. Arthur J. Herrmann, architect from Vienna, leads design and supervision.
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Hermann Sons
Garden Street
Hermann Sons’ Home Association
Presnell
Hermann Sons’ Society
San Antonio
Arthur J. Herrmann
Herrmann
Vienna
Austria
School of Architecture
Costly porcelain tubs arrive for Harlandale Baths
A record shipment described as the most expensive porcelain bath tubs sent to the southwest has arrived in San Antonio for the Harlandale bath house. Twenty six tubs six to seven feet long weigh 1000 to 2000 pounds each and cost over 300 dollars per unit including freight and installation. The sanitary solid porcelain tubs replace glass and marble options and the complex aims to open by September 1 pending interior work. About forty workers lay out drives and beautify the park while a first load of oversized palms from Griffing brothers arrives for landscaping.
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Southwest
San Antonio
Harlandale
Griffing Brothers
Brownsville
Railroads and Farmers Unite Against Grasshoppers in West Kansas
In Western Kansas railroads join farmers to resist a grasshopper invasion. They deploy a poison preparation devised by the Washington agricultural department to eradicate the pest.
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Kansas
Agricultural Department
Washington
Admiral Togo Praises Arbitration and Views Navy Growth
Journal of a state dinner in Washington features Admiral Togo and President Taft. Togo discusses arbitration, airplanes, battleship limits, and the Panama Canal as a commerce route while praising U.S. peace efforts and hospitality. He notes future naval expansion may rise to meet war avoidance goals.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
Tog
Mwo
Congress
Tafte
United States
Taft
Spithead
Togo
Panama Canal
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Puck
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Terrell Well Water Co
Doctor In
San
Mainy
India
Terrell’ Well Water Company
H. L. Roberson
Maderist
Francisco I, Madero, JR
Northwest
California
Treasury
Wallace Bros
GUILD
Commerce Street
Maine
Herrmann Sons
Harlandale Baths
Willie
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