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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1912

Page

12

Realty Dealers Endorse Laws Urged For Real Estate

A San Antonio district meeting of the State Real Estate Association and Realty Dealers endorsed Kansas blue sky and a real estate dealer registration law to be pushed at the next state legislature. John Richey was named to push the measures, with committees formed for auditing finance, colonization, civic improvement, and good roads as visitors toured San Antonio neighborhoods.

State Real Estate Association San Antonio Chamber of Commerce John R. Runk Corpus Christi Real Estate Exchange T. H. Barrow Austin S. W. White van Horn T. A. Simons Beeville District Association State Association John Richey Texas R. H. Wester San Antonio Exchange Southwest J. R. Runk N. S. Dickinson R. B. Craig J. L. Lytle F. M. Edwards The E. P. Eastborn Houston S. Glenn Nichols C. H. Stancliff Col. C. P. Bowser Dallas C. A. Elman J. T. Jones Smithville B. E. Norvell Bay City J. N. Adams Fort Worth Peyton Randell Waco A. Oswald Beaumont H. P. Street

Negroes Warned to Flee Campti La

In Creston Louisiana six miles from town negroes found a violent warning note read and run. When not vacating a mob fired into cabins causing no injuries but spreading fear. Negroes now housed at night for safety. Bull Dog Votes for Negro in Hughes West Virginia race noted by house committee report.

Campti Creston Bull Dog Washington James A. Hughes West Virginia House Hughes

Inaugurate Invasion of the Freight Field

Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain lines launch a southwest freight campaign in Texas. J. W. Daniel will be based in San Antonio and J. E. Morris in Houston as soliciting freight agents. They join J. W. King and T. A. Helm in Houston street offices to boost Texas shipments and alleviate anticipated car shortages.

Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Lines Southwest Texas J. W. Daniel Aill San Antonio J. E. Morris Houston Daniel International & Great Northern Iron Mountain Houston Street J. W. King Morris

Islanders Favor Union With Greece From Icaria

Inhabitants of the Turkish island Icaria in the Aegean Sea proclaim independence from the Turkish government after Italian occupation and appeal European powers to unite with Greece or grant complete autonomy due to Turkish misrule.

Athens Greece Nicaria Icaria Aegian Sea

Republican leader cites electoral map after vote preview

Chicago August 15 Charles D Hilles chairman of the republican national committee issued a statement claiming 34 states with 584 electoral votes for the Republican ticket and conceding 10 states with 114 electoral votes to the Democratic party He listed four states with 34 votes as doubtful and conceded no state to the progressives.

Chicago Ill Charles D. Hilles Republican National

Old Indian Cemetery May Not Be Removed

In Kansas City Missouri August 15 the house Indian affairs committee reported a bill to prohibit removal of the Huron cemetery in Kansas City Kansas. The Wyandotte sisters descendants of the tribe welcomed the move as protection for ancestral graves amid plans to sell the site for city improvements.

Old Indian Cemetery Kansas City Washington Indian Affairs Committee House Kansas Conley Old Indian Burying Ground

Miss Lydia B Conney Fails To Undo Supreme Court Action

The passage notes Lydia B Conney, a law student and admitted attorney, appeared before the U S Supreme Court seeking to rescind an order but did not succeed. Afterwards her sisters built a fort in a cemetery center and guarded it with shotguns for three years. The ground was granted to the Wyandotte Indians in the early 1850s.

Lydia B. Conney Supreme Court of the United States

Raid on Near Beer Saloons Reduces Supplies at Pass Christian

Sheriff Elmer and ten deputies raided near beer saloons in Pass Christian twenty miles from Biloxi. The operation seized beer wine and whiskey valued at about 2000 dollars. Several blind tigers were arrested in the action.

Biloxi Miss Pass Christian Elmer

Government to sue to dissolve Fl Yin butter board

United States District Attorney James H. Wilkerson will file suit within days to dissolve the Fl yin butter board of trade for Sherman act violations. The government alleges the board can fix prices across Kin gin territory and extending into a large surrounding region.

Chicago United States James H. Wilkerson Flyin Butter Board of Trade the Tribune

Emergency Rations Sent to Island Inhabitants After Katmai Eruption

Alaska remains strained by Mount Katmai fallout. Ten tons of potatoes ordered from Seattle to Kodiak to combat potential scurvy. Agoniak Island recovering but will need winter rations. mainland settlers build Perry town at Ivanoff Bay in honor of Captain Perry for rescuing 500 people.

Washington Alaska Mount Katmai Kodiak Island MacVeagh Seattle Agoniak Island Ivanoff Bay Perry Revenue Cutter Manning Taft

Labor leaders weigh stance for coming presidential campaign

Atlantic City reports the American Federation of Labor executive council and building trades department in session. They plan to study various committee reports before deciding their political attitude for the upcoming presidential campaign.

Atlantic City Organized Labor American Federation of Labor Executive Council Building Trades Department of

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