Legislature Moves Prison Bill Amid Power Shifts
In Austin both chambers resumed prison legislation with swift action possible in the House. Senate amendments reduce the governor’s role, creating a prison commission to appoint the general manager and key officials. House and Senate clerks advanced related measures including convict leasing and budget provisions for judiciary and education. The constitutional convention plan for Texas appears dead.
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Tex
Senate
House
Brelsford
Campbell
Ritchie
Prison Commission
Texas
Lewelling
Burmeister
Hill, Reedy
Parks
Dallas
Messrs
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Lewelling- Burmeister
Representative Reedy
Warren-Willacy
Senator Nugent
Willacy
Executive Department
Judiciary
Senate Finance Committee
Mec Nealus
Senate Committee On
Terrell
McNealus
Local forecast for San Antonio area
San Antonio and vicinity expect tonight and Sunday increasing cloudiness. Temperatures grade toward cooler overnight with mild Sunday highs and a light breeze.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot from multiple cities shows varied conditions
Reading across cities, St Louis reports 78 with southeast wind and showers likely. Chicago 82 clear with southwest wind and showers. Milwaukee 64 partly cloudy with rain. St Paul 64 clear with rain. Kansas City 82 clear hot today and cooler Sunday. New York 07 cloudy with showers. Boston 70 partly cloudy with rain tonight or Sunday. Washington 72 partly cloudy with Sunday fair.
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Senate declines funding counsel in contest between Oliver and Wheeler
The Senate rejected a bill to pay the expenses for counsel in the senatorial election contest between Dr. A C Oliver and C A Wheeler. A free conference committee will be requested as the contingent expenses resolution failed. The contest, set for Monday, may delay action on the prison bill.
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United States
Houes
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Kennedy
House
A. C. Oliver
C.A. Wheeler
Watson
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Husband Disappears Prompting Search in San Antonio
Mrs Hattie Warren reports her husband Edgar Warren left their home Thursday with about 350 dollars cash and a $259 draft after arriving with their two sons from Indianapolis to settle in San Antonio. She appeals to police detectives and Associated Charities for help locating him.
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Edgar Warren
Associated Charities
Wilson Blocks Aerial Flights Over Panama Canal
President Wilson signed an executive order to protect the Panama Canal from unauthorized air travel. It forbids any aircraft to fly over the canal zone without written Washington approval, with penalties of a $1000 fine and up to one year in prison for each offense.
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Washington
Wilson
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Intense Heat Causes Widespread Suffering in Midwest
Reports from Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma describe severe heat with 98 to 110 degree highs. Water shortages strain towns and wells fail harming livestock and crops. Some areas ship water by freight as distress grows across the three states and in Chicago prostrations rise at noon in the heat wave.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Marked Improvement in Southern Colleges and Libraries
Southern colleges have advanced since 1900 in entrance standards and facilities. Miss Elizabeth Avery Coulton of the Southern Association College for Women reports three of 1900 now 160 institutions with standard entrance requirements. She credits improvements to philanthropic groups and broader college work with increased faculty quality and facilities.
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Southern Colleges
Bureau of Education
Elizabeth Avery Coulton
Southern Association College For Women
Southern
Coulton
South
Fusion slate gains GOP backing for New York mayor bid
District Attorney Charles Whitman will accept the fusion nomination and Republican leaders pledge support for the fusion ticket led by John Purroy Mitchel for mayor. Samuel S. Koenig, Republican county chairman, confirms backing as the party alignment solidifies before the August 19 city committee meeting.
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New York
Charles Whitman
Fusion
Republican Organization
John Purory Mitchel
Samuels. Koenig
Mitchel
Republican
Whitman
Cuero Turkey Trot honors Yoakum mayor as Sultan
A Cuero Commercial Club committee visited Yoakum mayor to name him Sultan of Yekrut 2 for the Turkey Trot set for November 18 to 21. The Sultana will be chosen by the mayor from Victoria’s fair ladies, with dukes and duchesses from nearby towns participating.
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Yoakum, Tex
Cuero Commercial Club
Yoakum
Yekrut
Victoria
UT appoints Dr Ralph Culver Bennett as law instructor
Dr Ralph Culver Bennett of Johns Hopkins University has been appointed instructor in law at the University of Texas. He will begin duties in October. Bennett has three degrees from Yale and has studied at Columbia and Harvard.
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Austin
Tex
Ralph Culver Bennett
Johns Hopkins University
University of Texas
Bennett
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
The Barrier of Gold serial begins in The Light
Alice and Claude Askew present a new romance told in daily installments in The Light starting tomorrow. The tale follows a beautiful heroine through adventures and passions amid competing interests and affections, portraying life today with Borgias era intensity.
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Alice
Claude Askew
Big Catholic Convocation in Milwaukee Draws 450 Delegates
Milwaukee hosts the fifth annual American Federation of Catholic Societies convention with about thirty thousand expected attendees and 450 delegates. Cardinal Gibbons and several archbishops will preside. a grand parade is planned. debates likely cover labor law immigration and social issues while resolutions condemn socialism and vice.
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Wis
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Federation
America
Cardinal Gibbons
Ireland
Keane
Messmer
Quigley
Muldoon
McFaul Schwebach
Eis
Fox
Schinne
Koudelka
St. John's Catholic Auditorium
Pontifical
England
Italy
Australia
South America
United States
Cardinal Gibbons Honored at Chicago Dinner
Cardinal Gibbons was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Archbishop James E. Quigley in Chicago. He praised the archbishop for his unseen work in Chicago’s diverse community and predicted recognition by the pope soon.
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Chicago
Cardinal Gibbons
Milwaukee
Federated Catholic Societies
Jas. E. Quigley
Quigley
Holy Father
Japanese demands on Tingan clan clash anger China
The Japanese government demanded Chinese authorities order the execution of three Tingan tribemen and pay indemnity for property loss and casualties among Formosans. The note set a deadline of tomorrow, but Chinese officials said they could not arrest the fugitives within that period as they had fled inland.
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Amoy
China
Troops Move by Special Train Toward Fort Bliss
A special train carrying three hundred U S regulars from Jefferson Barracks Missouri to Fort Bliss Texas passed through Texarkana this morning. The procession lingered briefly and another train is expected within two days.
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Texarkana
Tex
United States
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Police Surround Spence Home After Roof Intruder Scare
Mounted officers and a dismounted squad surrounded the home of E H Spence at 823 Dakota street at 1 o clock last night after a burglar alarm. A ladder was used to the roof where a white cat caused the false alarm.
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E. H. Spence
Dakota Street
Seffel
Fitzhenry
Spence
Senators Disagree On Governor O Neal Special Election
Sharp division among Congress over Governor O Neal calling a special election to fill Alabama Senator Johnston’s vacancy after his death. Some back the move citing Attorney General McReynolds but others argue the governor lacks power, with a contest expected if a candidate from Alabama runs. The Alabama case may set a Maryland precedent after the seventeenth amendment.
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Washington, D. C
O’neal
Johnston
Alabama
McReynolds
Kern
John Sharp Williams
Bacon
Senate
O'Neal
Maryland
Governor Silent on Judge Davidson Resignation Request
Governor Colquitt returned from North Texas and declined comment on Griffin request for Judge W H Davidson of the Fifty eighth District Court at Beaumont. He said he has not yet investigated the communication.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
North Texas
Thomas J. Griffin
W. H. Davidson
Fifty Eighth District Court
Beaumont
Griffin
Austrian missionary Father Ohrwalder dies at 58 in Khartum
Father Ohrwalder, famed Austrian missionary who endured ten years in Mahdi captivity, died in Omdurman aged 58. He spent a decade as a captive before his death reported from Khartum Soudan.
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Khartum
Father Ohrwalder
Omdurman
Leased Wire Day Report from AP Dominates The Light
The San Antonio Light publishes the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, the powerhouse general news service, along with its own substantial local news service to accompany daily coverage.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Another Victim of Fire in Binghamton Plant
In Binghamton New York August 9 the casualty list rose to thirty two with the death of Mrs May Layton from injuries after jumping from the fourth floor of the Binghamton Clothing Company plant two weeks after a devastating fire.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Clothing Company
May Layton
Legislature Moves Toward Impeachment of Sulzer
A New York legislative committee, after hearings, drafts a report urging impeachment of Governor Sulzer for stock market speculation used for campaign contributions not disclosed in his sworn statement. Chairman Frawley and Eugene Lamb Richards say impeachment is the only course. If pursued, Sulzer would face trial before the senate and the state court of appeals. court recess ends September 29.
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New York
Sulzer
Legislative Committee
Frawley
Eugene Lamb Richards
New York State
Senate
State Court of Appeals
Marshall resigns as Bexar county road engineer
George D. Marshall resigned as Bexar county highway engineer effective August 14. He plans to seek work in New York and the East before returning to government road service. The move followed a dispute over a vacation request.
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Bexar
James R. Davis
Marshall
New York
Good Roads Service
Mr. Marshall
Commissioners’ Court
Bexar County
United States
Lind Arrives in Vera Cruz on New Hampshire
John Lind lands in Vera Cruz at 1 p m aboard the New Hampshire and is swiftly transferred to the Louisiana. American Consul Canada and Dr William Bayard Hale greet him while Mexican authorities plan courtesy exchanges with the New Hampshire’s captain. Officials describe Lind as a private traveler and expect a calm reception in the capital.
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John Lind
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Lind
Canada
William Bayard Hale
Wilson
Mr. Lind
Mexico City
Navy
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Foreign Office
Huerta
Bryan
Nature
Must Count the Votes Corpus Christi County Election Held June 27
District Judge Hopkins ordered Kleberg county commissioners to meet in Kingsville on August 23 to canvass the June 27 county election and issue certificates to the highest vote recipients. W H McCracken leads Ben F Wilson for county judge by four votes amid Riviera irregularities. The board appeals to the Appellate Court at San Antonio.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Hopkins
Colquitt
Kleberg County
Kingsville
W. H. McCracken
Ben F. Wilson
Riviera
Nueces County
San Antonio
Police Captain Walsh Left Estate worth 10382 in Will
Captain Thomas W. Walsh of the police department who died last June and confessed to graft paid for protection left an estate of 10382 in his will filed yesterday. He possessed no real estate, only the bank deposits totaling the sum.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Police Department
Whitman
Suffrage Leader's Father Dead In New York
Dr. Oliver Livingston Jones a wealthy retired physician and father of suffrage leader Rosalie Jones died in a New York hospital from self-inflicted bullet wounds. Police classify as death by own action though family members insist it was accidental.
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New York
Oliver Livingston Jones
Rosalie Jones
Senate Delivers Calm Verdict on War Talk Mexico
Washington August 9 Senators from both parties united to oppose war talk over Mexico and warned against exploiting the Mexican crisis for personal or political gain. The debate followed claims of organized influence and money behind prowar sentiment while President Wilson prepared to brief the foreign relations committee and host a White House conference with the full panel.
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