Orozco Seizes American Gambling Funds. Juarez Mayor Arrest Warrant Seized
American vice consul in Juarez protests seizure of twelve thousand seven hundred ninety nine dollars from American gamblers and their jailings. Mayor John A Medina remains jailed as efforts for bail fail, while Guillermo Alveraz named Juarez mayor by General Orozco's orders.
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EL Paso
Tex
William Zoeller
State Department
Washington
Pascual Orozco
Juarez
Zoeller
Orozco
Judge of
John A. Medina
Francisco I. Madero
Medina
General Orozco
Guillermo Alveraz
Uncle Sam
Abram Gones
Switchman Fatally Hurt In Collision In San Antonio Yard
Ira Trimble a 25 year old switchman died after a collision between two switch engines in the San Antonio and Aransas Pass yard. Both legs were severed and he died en route to Santa Rosa infirmary. His parents live in Del Rio and he was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Trimble
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Santa Rosa
Trimble
International
Great Northern
del Rio
Bexar County Highway League leaders plan regional road tour
J. W. Warren president and W. S. Hawkins consulting engineer will depart Monday night to Beeville to meet county commissioners and inspect roads planned for improvement. They will discuss highway needs in Aransas Pass at a mass meeting and recruit members beyond Bexar county. Bee county and Aransas Pass back the project and may supervise or fund local work. They expect a lively meeting and a prompt return Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Warren
Bexar County
League
Aransas Pass
Aransas County
Aransas
Messrs
Warren
Hawkins
Tex Governor Recalls Bill to Allow Immediate Effect
A Texas expense bill with a $20,000 appropriation was recalled for re-enactment to take effect immediately rather than after a 90 day post adjournment delay. The bill would fund the legislative investigation and related costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex
Ap‘al
Western born Rev Philip Cook to lead St Mark's San Antonio
Rev Philip Cook, recently resigning as vicar of the Chapel of the Incarnation New York, will arrive in San Antonio to assume rector duties at St Mark's church. A Kansas City native born 1875, he will marry Adeline Bassett on October 5 in New York and bring a record of rescue and charity work to his new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Cook
Chapel of the Incarnation
New York
St. Mark’s Church
San Antonio
Kansas City
Trinity College
General Theological Seminary
North Dakota
Adjournment Looms In Congress Over Cotton Bill
Washington leaders reach tentative plan to adjourn the special session Tuesday afternoon after debate on the cotton measure. Underwood demands consideration of iron steel and chemical schedules before adjourning. Senate approves a Tuesday 3 PM adjournment resolution as lawmakers begin leaving the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Congress
Underwood
Mann
Sherman
Penrose
House Democrats
Warren
Committee On Appropriations
Mr. Taft
Supreme Court Amends Sherman Act Says LaFollette
In Washington on Aug 19 Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin introduced a bill to define reasonable restraint of trade under the Sherman anti trust law. He argued enforcement lagged after passage and that the Supreme Court shifted the interpretation after new justices joined the bench. Senator Owen of Oklahoma endorsed the view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFollette
Washington
Senate
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Harmon
Ohio
Congress
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Owen
Oklahoma
Governor names Huey to audit Game Department books
At the request of Game Commissioner Sterett, Governor assigns Frank Huey, a Houston accountant, to audit the department’s books before the new fiscal year starting September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Sterett
Frank Huey
Houston
All England Strike Ties Up Railroads Across Texas
A brief note compares the scale of the All England area to Kansas and Texas, observing a railroad worker strike in Britain affects transport similarly to a fractional area of Texas. The piece emphasizes geography and the breadth of the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All
England
Wales
Scotland
Kansas
Texas
Statehood Bill Passes House With Recall Rejected
The House approved a compromise statehood bill for Arizona agreeing to omit the judiciary recall provision. The president is expected to sign. Flood led the fight and faced both support and criticism over the veto of the original measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Flood
Cannon
Taft
Hardin
Texas
Thrown From Horse Falls On Naverro Street Injury
Pete Catalin a fruit vendor of 288 East Houston street was thrown from his saddle on Naverro street near the river bridge. He lay pinned under the horse and broke his leg. Dr J H Simms treated him at Lee Surgical hospital where the fracture was set and he hoped to return to work in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naverro Street
Pete Catelina
East
Houston Street
Catalina
J. H. Simms
Lee Surgical Hospital
Postcard Dealer Opens New Store in San Antonio
Harry Budew of San Antonio has opened a new postcard shop at 61612 East Houston Street displaying a large batch of completely new San Antonio and nearby views. The cards, produced in the last three months under his supervision, have drawn strong sales and the collection is almost complete and among the best lithographs of local views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Budew
San Antonio
East
Houston Street
Soo
Harmon Club Organizes Permanent Structure in San Antonio
Members of the Harmon Democratic club in San Antonio elect a committee on permanent organization led by C M Chambers. The group plans to list supporters in San Antonio and Southwest Texas, publish lists in book form, and set a September 2 meeting to elect officers and formalize the organization. Local and state members are named. Bass and Schramm address Harmon affairs as plans advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Democratic Club of
San Antonio
International Club
C. M. Chambers
W. P. Brown
W. B. Teagarden
J. H. Ragsdale
Edgar Schramm
Anthony
W. W. Burnett
F. A. Chapa
Carlos Bee
Leo Tarleton
M. J. Arnold
Harmon
Chambers
Texas
Harmon Movement
Ragsdale
Co. L. Bass
C. L. Bass
Austin
Harmon Club
Alexus
Bass
James B. Wells
Brownsville
George A. Carden
Dallas
W. 0. Murray
Floresville
Sheb. Williams
Paris
W. D. Love
Co. L.bass
Capt
Edgar
Death of H Garnett Found in Rooming House in Austin Street
A 40 year old tinner named H Garnett was found dead in his room at a rooming house at 217 Austin Street around 6 PM yesterday. Police and Coroner Fisk attended. inquest indicated natural causes. The body is held by Riebe Undertaking while relatives are sought. Garnett had recently arrived from Victoria and planned to return there tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Garnett
Austin Street
Victoria
Fisk
Riebe Undertaking Company
Funeral Services for Authoress Myrtle Reed Held
Chicago notices the death of Mrs. James S. McCullough known as Myrtle Reed. Funeral in Graceland cemetery chapel follows her will directing cremation. The article recalls her romance with husband and a previous marriage inferred in a gift inscription.
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Chicago
Ills
James 5
McCullough
Myrtle Reel
Graceland Cemetery
Myrtle Reed
Binkie
Feasibility considered for river flow via artesian wells
The Real Estate exchange weighs an ambitious plan to increase the San Antonio river flow by drilling artesian wells near its source. If feasibility is proven, funds will be raised with resident help to bore wells, reducing debris and making the river a scenic asset. A committee may survey the river head to gauge flow and data, inspired by a Brackenridge well that once produced 21 million gallons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Real Estate Exchange
Exchange
B. F. Nicholson
George W. Brackenridge
William Fifler
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
Brackenridge
Farmer Heinrich Thoms Dies Suddenly at Blanco Road Home
Heinrich Thoms a 74 year old retired farmer living six miles from the city on Blanco Road was found dead in bed yesterday afternoon after a period of illness not deemed fatal. He leaves eight children Henry Louis August Gustav Ernest and Albert Thoms and the family burial will be this afternoon. He had resided in Bexar county for two years.
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Heinrich Thoms
Blanco Road
Blan Road
Henry
Louis
August
Gustav
Ernest
Albert Thoms
Mr. Thoms
Bexar County
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Bee County
Bill
ST. Mark’s
MR. Cook
Underwood Holds Out
Pete Catalina
Garload Postals
City
Rische’s
Lota Robinson
Baltimore
Frank A. Munsey
Miss Robinson
Mr. Munsey
Farmer
Title Guaranty Company
Guaranty Company
Homer Jones
West Commerce Street
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