Protection for Americans in Chihuahua Assured
General Trevino said forces would protect Americans, especially investors, as government troops pursue bandit groups under Martin Lopez and leaders killed in weeks of fighting. A southern drive from Durango aims to trap bandits between Parral and Rosario with units from Durango City and Escalon. General Arrieta's troops move from Jiminez toward Cerro Gordo to sweep the Rio Florido region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Cavazos
Zuazua
Durango
Trevino
Martin Lopez
Jose
Commandancia
Domingo Arrieta
Wjiminez
Matios Ramos
Escalon
Rio Florido
Cerro Gordo
Parral
Rosario
Translation clarifies Mexican corporate registration circular
Carranza government explains its circular on forming and registering corporations to avoid misinterpretation. The text outlines that charter documents must state stockholders renounce nationality and certificates imply waivers of foreign ownership for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Element of Justice
Mexican refugee Juan Amaro returns from Belem prison
Laredo Texas a political refugee Juan B Amaro former Mexican newspaper man arrived after forty days in Belem prison in Mexico City. He says he was arrested with many Mexican lawyers on alleged charges connected with the Diaz movement and released thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Juan ‘B. Amaro
Mexico City
Belem
Prisoner Blanco Held In Belem On Insubordination Charge
Former Constitutionalist General Lucio Blanco, popular with Americans on the border, is confined in Belem prison. Amaro said Blanco was arrested at Saltillo six months ago and is being held incommunicado due to lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucio Blanco
Belem
Amaro
Blanco
Saltillo
Refugees report famine and riot impact in Mexico City
Refugees from Mexico City accuse conditions of nearing anarchy due to food shortages. They describe rioters seizing the electric plant, leaving the city without lights or streetcar service for days, while Zacatecas suffers extreme poverty and border troops increase on both sides of the Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Zacatecas
South Carolina Infantry
Edgeworth Montague Blythe
Greenville
Chihuahua City
Gabriel Gavira
Juarez
Carranza
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Mexico
Brown Inspecting Police Job Candidates for City Commission
Six of eleven nominees by Commissioner Uhr are seen as likely to receive favorable recommendations from Mayor Brown and the city commission. Mayor Brown inspected four candidates at City Hall and five others were reviewed earlier. Names included are Robert Meeke Charles L Garver G Hasenbeck and Ed Franger. Two nominees Breit and Watkins have withdrawn to take other positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhr
Police Department
Brown
Lambert
Garland
Kearny
City Commission
City Hall
Robert Meeke
Charles L. Garver
G. Hasenbeck
Ed Franger
Munitions Explosion Kills 115 in Dudesti Factory
A Bucharest telegram states 115 people died in an explosion at a powder magazine in the Dudesti factory complex. Earlier reports cited 20 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bucharest
Dudesti
Fortifies the System Against Climate Change and Alkali
Horsford's Acid Phosphate is promoted as a tonic that overcomes heat effects and strengthens the body against changes in climate and water with excess alkali. It is described as thirst-quenching and palatable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
Swedish Inventor Develops Wax Ribbon Music Transcriber
A Swedish inventor has perfected an electrical device that transcribes music as it is composed on a wax ribbon and can be copied from the ribbon. The apparatus converts musical ideas into an electrical signal for recording and replication.
Mayor E H Schmidt of Eagle Pass resigns from office
Eagle Pass Tex Aug 12 Mayor E H Schmidt resigns as mayor saying duties interfered with his business and he must retire after six years in office He notes he will not reconsider while stressing his service during tense times including protection of citizens and cross border concerns The city commissioners have not committed to action and may ask him to serve out the term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
E. H. Schmidt
Lewis I. Jaggs
R. F. Vaughan
P Simpson
Schmidt
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Troops Multiply Border Deployment As Orders Restart
The War Department orders 25 000 additional National Guard troops to the border for states that lagged in the June call. Only Ohio, Kentucky and Vermont units appear ready to entrain. The plan envisions ten divisions with New York and Pennsylvania already formed, others to be created by grouping state troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Funston
Kansans to Indio Battalion Relieves Vermont Guardsmen
A battalion of Kansas national guardsmen was ordered to Indio ranch thirty miles south of Eagle Pass to relieve the Vermont guardsmen already stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
Kansas National Guardsmen
Indio Ranch
Here
Vermont
Ohio National Guardsmen Prepare to Entrains for Border
Ohio National Guardsmen totaling 10 000 mobilized at Camp Willis Columbus O entrain for the border likely not before late Monday per Major Robert W Means chief mustering officer.
German Inventors Patent Paper Reinforced by Fabric Layer
German inventors patent a method to reinforce paper using cotton or linen fabric embedded between two pulp layers. The fabric is inserted between sheets and mixed intimately to create a stronger composite sheet.
Army orders list resignations and board exams
Resignations of First Lieutenant Edward F. Janes and others are accepted. A board of officers meets to examine retired officers for transfer to active list. Several officers report to examining boards at Eagle Pass Washington and Laredo for fitness tests for field artillery or coast artillery transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Janes
Twelfth Infantry
New York National Guard
JAM Aware
Twenty-second Infantry
Hagie
Stephen O
FUQUA
Edward Kreger
Military Academy
Walter A. Bethel
Percy M. Ashburn
Roger Brooke
Medical Corps
James J. Mayes
Fedwards B. Sutherland
Medical Reserve Corps
Clarence H. Knight
Corps of Engineers
William H. Raymond
General Staff Corps
Isaac Gill JR
Ninth Infantry
Nicholas W. Campanoli
Sixth Infantry
Eagle Pass
Field Artillery
James B. Collison JR
First Infantry
Oklahoma National Guard
Charles R. Smith
Second Infantry
National Guard
Lucien L. Bass
First Cavalry
Virginia National Guard
Charles L. Mitchell
Infantry
Army School of the Line
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Fort Leavenworth
Washington, D. C
George B. Duncan
Truman O. Murphy
Adjutant General
Laredo
Coast Artillery
Notable Guests at San Antonio Hotels
A list of visitors staying at local hotels includes Miss Della E Brilling and Miss Ethel Idson of Dallas at the St Anthony. J W Thompson of Waco at the Menger. Mr and Mrs M L Dale of Mathis at the Gunter. R B Creager of Brownsville at the St Anthony. J H Harshaw of Denison at the Menger. J B McKenazie Jr of Dallas at the Gunter. Mrs W C Babcock wife of Captain Babcock at the St Anthony. Karl Hoblitzelle of Chicago registered at the Menger. Captain Kirby Walker of the U S Army at the Gunter. T A Austin of Laredo at the St Anthony. Miss Maxson Muller of Galveston at the Menger. W B Logan of Dallas at the Gunter. 8 E Thatcher of Chattanooga at the St Anthony. George E Pitcher Jr of New Orleans at the Menger. Mrs J E Labatt of Fort Worth at the Gunter. JL M Clarke of Buffalo N Y registered at the St Anthony. Mrs J K Breeden of Houston at the Menger. EK B Brown of Washington DC noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della E. Brilling
Ethelidson
Dallas
St. Anthony
J. W. Thompson
Waco
Menger
M. L. Dale
Mathis
Gunter
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
J. H. Harshaw
Denison
J. B. McKenazie Jr
E. Thatcher
Chattanooga
George E. Pitcher Jr
New Orleans
J. E. Labatt
Fort Worth
JL. M. Clarke
Buffalo
N. Y
J. K. Breeden
Houston
EK. B. Brown
Washington, D. C
Shortage Forces Retirement of City Fire Engine Horse
San Antonio officials report difficulty finding satisfactory fire service horses. Commissioner Uhr and Fire Chief Wright consider hiring a horse expert to purchase suitable animals from the North. Two horses found Saturday morning may be purchased though not fully up to department standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Uhr
Wright
San Antonio
United States
No murder charge in St Louis striker shooting case
A grand jury ruled homicide in the shooting of William Mitchell by George Schneider, a stable foreman for St Louis Dairy Company. The assistant circuit attorney said Schneider would face manslaughter in the fourth degree as he was attacked by several strikers shortly before the incident. William Edmondson of the ice wagon drivers union denied that ice wagon drivers would strike in sympathy with milk wagon drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
William Mitchell
George Schneider
Schneider
William Edmondson
Ice Wagon Drivers’ Union
Japanese Crew Lands After Temmei Maru Sinking
The patrol boat B-10 brought in 46 Japanese crewmen from the Temmei Maru in Marseille. They report the ship was shelled without warning by a submarine showing no flag and that boats taking refuge were fired upon. The Temmei Maru, 3360 tons gross, 340 feet long, had arrived Vladivostok May 10 from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Vladivostok
New York
Texans Start East for Civilian Cruise
About 200 civilians from Texas will join a coastal cruise for naval training aboard the U S Alabama in Charleston on August 15. Recruits from San Antonio and other Texas towns receive full naval instruction, including signaling, wireless instrumentation, and weapon handling, with port stops along the Atlantic voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
San Antonio
U. S
Alabama
Charleston
Galveston
S. C
Texas
William Lewis de Camp
Paul A. Gibbons
B. F. Serber
Henry Lee Hart
William F. Lewis
John Earl Bagby
Lester Z. Judd
Frank Colley
Fred Chabot
Italian Ship Sebastiano Sunk Off Cape San Sebastian
A Lloyd's dispatch from Barcelona reports the Italian steamship Sebastiano of 4034 tons gross sunk by a submarine off Cape San Sebastian. All crew members were landed at Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebastiano
London
Lloyd's
Barcelona
Cape San Sebastian
Six ships held up and three sunk by German submarine
At Havre on August 12 a German submarine halted six ships. The Marie was scuttled after crew evacuation while Credo and Soro vanished within ten minutes. The Robert rescued the survivers and landed them at Havre Friday. Also reported Danish steamer Storebelt captured by Germans and sent to Swinemuende with butter pork and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Marie
Credo
Soro
Robert
Copenhagen
London
Storebelt
Newcastle
Swinemuende
Politiken
Malmoe
British Steamer Antiope Sunk by Submarine
The British steamer Antiope of 1908 tons was sunk by a submarine off Madrid. The crew took to two lifeboats. one boat was rescued by the Greek steamer Nicola Anthanasou lis, while the other boat remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antiope
Madrid
Paris
Nicola Anthanasoulis
Norwegian Steamer Ragnarok Sunk in North Sea
The Norwegian steamer Ragnarok of 1170 tons sailing from Gothenburg to Rousen was sunk in the North Sea after an explosion. The crew was saved. The captain suspects an incendiary device placed in the hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiansand
Norway
London
Ragnarok
Gothenburg
Rousen
North Sea
Dutch Inventor Patents Boat-Carrying Vessel
A Dutch inventor patents a vessel with hinged hull doors at one end to float and store smaller boats inside. The design allows launching and retrieving craft from within the larger hull.
South Carolina militiamen fed by San Antonio women
Five hundred militiamen passing through San Antonio on Saturday were fed breakfast by a committee of local women led by Mrs. William Aubrey and Mrs. A B Spencer. Forty relieved soldiers from Laredo joined the effort, assisting with logistics as the train neared departure. Donations are needed to continue the hospitality as funds are exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
San Antonio
William Aubrey
A. B. Spencer
T. T. VanderHoeven
Alex Walton
Laredo
Aubrey
Jean
Mary Aubrey
Anice
Helen Walton
Margaret Burke
Virginia
Elizabeth Mardy
Soeciety
Herbert Loeffler
Spencer
Local Donations Reported From Mrs VanderHoeven and Mrs Spencer
The ledger notes two $10 donations from Mrs. T. T. VanderHoeven and Mrs. A. B. Spencer along with an ice contribution from the Lone Star Brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edge
T. T. VanderHoeven
A. B. Spencer
Lone Star Brewery
Contempt Petition Over Diamond Ring Dispute
A Bexar county district judge handles contempt proceedings over a $2400 diamond ring seized by a court appointed receiver. The woman who bought it on time paid $400, then refused to surrender or disclose its location, claiming possible self incrimination. A Harris county grand jury declined to indict for disposing of mortgaged property, prompting the San Antonio filing and a receiver appointment. The contempt hearing began Saturday morning but was not concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
R. H. Ward
Harris County
San Antonio
Ward
General Tobias Smuts Dies in Capetown
General Tobias Smuts member of Parliament and 1897 Transvaal presidential candidate against Paul Kruger is dead in Capetown. He played a prominent role in the Boer War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Union of South Africa
London
Tobias Smuts
Smuts
Transvaal
Paul Kruger
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Chihuahua
Crockett 1742
New
Gunter Hotel
S. Skinner
Geo
Taliaferro
Jos. Rosenfield
Jack W. Neal
Wm. VY
H C. Feldman
Mrs. Jot Gunter
Z. D. Bonner
Chas. Baumberger
Indio
Camp Willis
Dairy Foreman
Striker
the Light
General Smuts
Kruger
State National Bank
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