Bill aims to make drawing bad checks a felony in House
State merchants in Austin push a proposed act to criminalize writing checks or drafts without funds. The measure, backed by Governor Colquitt and supported by labor groups, would apply to any amount and carry penalties up to 100 dollars or jail time. The bill awaits Monday House discussion with no opposition noted.
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Austin
C. B. Colquitt
Retail Merchants’ Association
August Briam
Nic Peters
W. M. Morgan
W. J. Edgecombe
Chester Terrell
Lucas
Merchants’ Associations
W. L. Hoefgen
State Federation of Labor
Four Chinese Travelers Arrive in San Francisco for Colon Departure
Lee Meen Chan Hi Ng Nean and Jew Cheung numbered 4822 to 4825 arrive at USU 4SB under A R Cook transit guard of Southern Pacific. They are to be delivered to New Orleans for onward steamship to Colon where they plan mercantile work. Bond of 500 each provided by railroad.
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Lee Meen
Chan Hi
Ng Nean
Jew Cheung
USU
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
New Orleans
Colon
A. R. Cook
Southern Pacific Lines
Cook
Hong Kong
San Francisco
United States
Special train offers coast to coast flight support
Chicago Aug 19 A special train from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is offered to aviators pursuing the 50000 Hearst prize route via the Western Pacific. E Lomax Western Pacific traffic manager promotes rail support for airmen. another Kerrville Fair train runs daily to San Antonio departing 8 am, with arrival 1 45 pm on August 23 24 26.
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Chicago
Ills
Harry N. Atwood
Hearst
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Western Pacific Railway
E. Lomax
Western Pacific
San Antonio
Ming
Aviators Set World Record at Grant Park Aviation Meet
Geo W Beatty may set a world record by flying three hours 28 minutes 22 1 5 seconds with a passenger over a twelve mile circuit. Ely beats Beachey in a thrilling biplane race, Sopwith wins the monoplane 12 mile event, Parmalee carries 458 pounds for four miles to win $1000, Simon ties for climbing with Sopwith, and Ovington misses entry after a forced landing.
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Chicago
Geo. W. Beatty
Grant Park
Beatty
Amerigo
Aviatik
Mulhausen
Eugene Ely
Lincoln Beachey
Curtiss
Ely
Beachey
Tom Sopwith
Rene Simon
Moisant Camp
Sopwith
Simon
Earl Ovington
Moisant
Philip O. Parmalee
Officers surprised by Gypsies treasure haul
Three Creek and Tulsa county officers overhauled a wandering band near Bristow suspected of jewelry store theft at Redfork. From wagon trunks they seized over $100 in gold and silverware including four solid silver pitchers and a gold Egyptian plate, though no stolen items were found on the individuals who appeared ragged and filthy as they moved toward Mexico via California to Missouri.
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Salto
Okla
Creek
Tulsa
Bristow
Redfork
Mexico
California
Missouri
Two Ancient Crocodiles Found in Panama Excavation
Workmen in the Panama Canal report two 15 foot crocodiles unearthed in the Culebra cut. They are dated at three to four million years old with seven upper and lower tooth sets. The creatures, removed with soil from ages past, head to the national museum in Washington. The find is science significance and ties the Nile and Ganges crocodiles to Florida alligators in blood lineage.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Central America
Culebra
National Museum At
Washington
Florida
Ganges
Dives After Purse in Water at Bensonhurst
Miss Olga Hempstone an eight year old girl from Washington wearing a white suit and hat leaped from a canoe at Bensonhurst to recover a gold mesh bag valued at 400 dollars that fell into the water. She nearly drowned but regained the bag with the help of her companion Miss Theresa Scofield of Waco Texas who witnessed the dramatic rescue.
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Olga Hempstone
Washington, D. C
Twenty-second Avenue
Bensonhurst
New York World
Miss Hempstone
Theresa Scofield
Waco
Atwood Reaches Buffalo After Delay
Aviator Harry N. Atwood landed at a Buffalo race track after a detour caused by smoke from steel plants. He flew 99 miles today in 2 hours 21 minutes, with 805 miles logged since starting from St. Louis. He may proceed to Rochester or Utica and expects to reach New York by Monday or Tuesday.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
Boston
Atwood
Swanville
Dunkirk
Erie
West Senecay
Pontiac
Ills
Chicago
Rochester
Utica
New York
Hearings in January on Falls County election fraud cases
Falls County indictments for alleged election law violations from the recent statewide prohibition vote will be tried at the January term. Sheriff M J Poole, here with the comptroller's department, notes that seventeen true bills were returned for poll tax fraud and the grand jury acted immediately after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls County
Austin
Tex
M. J. Poole
Falls’ County
Comptroller’s Department
Poole
Real Estate Transfers Across San Jose and Surrounding Townships
A long list of real estate transfers is recorded including Terrell Well Co to Frances Westhoff for Lot 9 Block 7 San Jose worth 300 dollars and multiple other transfers involving J A Glopton J M Gerhard M C Scott Ss M Scott and numerous blocks and lots on West Houston Vera Cruz and South Medina streets plus large tracts in Macdona Park Sunny Slope and Engelwood additions with prices and parcel details.
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B. Biggs
Stanley Newding
Old City
New City
Vera Cruz
South
Medina
Erich Menger Sr
J. F
Maggie Nelums
M. M. Masquis
Hall P
Bentura P
Elizondo
Guinn Street
Sunny Slope
M. J. Martin
M. Wolf Merrick
C. A. Neal
Tommins Avenue
Corpus Christi Road
Vans Ct. Weblod
Osaeeneaane
J. C
M. E. Walston
Franz C. Groos
William Aubrey
Leroy W. Baldwin
Macdona ‘Park
Bustillos-Johnson Sutven Bakes Ates
C.A
Nellie M. Neal
F. M. Hurley
Hillcrest
Englewood
G. Pearson
Will A. Morriss
Walnut
Nevada
Dick and
Omah Mae Oliver
H. L. Wagner
Henrietta
Garden Street
Anna Maria Arocha
Joaquin Leal League
BA County
Sherman Street
Arrest Ordered Over Madstone Treatment in Kansas
At the request of J S Crumbine secretary of the state board of health Attorney General Dawson ordered the arrest of the owner of a madstone in Hutchinson for attempting to cure a dog bite victim from Winfield. The boy was to be transported to Hutchinson for treatment and then to the State University hospital at Rosedale for RESTOUR care. Dr Crumbine urged prosecution for practicing medicine without a license if the owner claimed the bite was rabid and sought to treat it.
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J. S. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Dawson
Hutchinson
Winfield
Topeka
Kan
State University
State University Hospital At Rosedale
Crumbine
Big Man Hunt Near Mondanin Aims to Capture Marshals Murderers
Iowa farmers and business men in 150 cars with bloodhounds chase two alleged killers of Marshal Butcher of Missouri Valley. The posse engages in cross river shots near the Missouri River. boats patrol the water while a cordon blocks land routes. A bloody handkerchief suggests one assailant may be wounded.
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Logan
Iowa
Marshal Butcher
Missouri Valley
Missouri River
Mondanin
May Succeed Wilson in President's Cabinet
A persistent report from official circles in Washington suggests James Wilson may be replaced as secretary of agriculture by Dr. Liberty H. Bailey of New York. Bailey, named by President Roosevelt to head the country life commission, is a leading American agriculturist. The retirement claim lacks official confirmation but is believed to have substance. Bailey has been discussed for the agriculture post amid quiet chatter in recent days.
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Liberty H. Bailey
New York
Washington, D. C
James Wilson
Dr. Bailey
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
America
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
July salaries likely approved by city council vote
The city council plans to pass an ordinance paying July salaries totaling about 45 000 dollars. Alderman Lipscomb’s presence could determine the two thirds needed, while Aldermen Boynton Steves and Uhr may abstain on pay for certain officials. Debate over a zoo admission free at San Pedro park will also arise.
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Wickeland
Lipscomb
Boynton
Steves
Uhr
San Pedro Park
Alexander Boynton
Texas
Record-Travel Dare Ends With Missing Trousers
Andre Jaeger Schmidt fails to start the last leg of his world trip as trousers miss from a tailor and bell boy near the Olympic hotel. He hurries to the ship but misses departure and plans a Paris flight possible from Cherbourg.
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Associated Press
New York
Andre Jaeger Schmidt
Louis Martin
Olympic
Jaeger Schmidt
Globe Trotter
Cherbourg
Paris
Miraculous Escape and Prominent Realty Man Hogue
R A Hogue prominent San Antonio realty figure recounts a miraculous escape from death in a sworn statement dated August 9 1911. The document ties his recovery to Vito Nuevo Mineral Water treatment, praising cures of Bright’s disease and uremic convulsions and noting weight gain and renewed mobility after treatment at 115 Avenue C San Antonio. The ad promotes Vito Nuevo Mineral Water Company with testimonials and a contact number for readers to inquire.
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Hogue
San Antonio
Tex
Vito Nuevo Mineral Water Co
Ave. C
Texas
Vito Nuevo Mineral
Bright
Avenue C
Pugh
Vito Nuevo
Vite Nue
R. A. Hogue
Richmond, Ave
R. Hogue
Geo. W. Dietz
Bexar Co
Vito Nuevo Mineral Water Company
California
Maey
Mr. Hogue
Ripres
Vito Nuevo Mineral Water advertises Vi-To-Zone
The San Antonio based Vito Nuevo Mineral Water Co markets Vi-To-Zone a reduced and carbonated mineral water. It boasts health benefits and cites thousands of local customers with a contact phone number for home delivery.
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Vito Nuevo
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Retail Merchants’ Committee
U. S
Hearst Prize
Chwab
Houston
George W. Beatty
Panama
National Museum
Girl
Jax
Bill
Jones
Blu
BIG Man Hunt
Missouri River Bottom
May
Cobb
Detroit
Mich
Ty Cobb
de Luxe
Justice Randolph
Highland Park
Marshal Wirelein
Lipscome
Boynton, Uhr
Globe
George W. Hale
Los Angeles
Cal
R.A. Hogue
Richmond Avenue
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