Fire bug in jail linked to San Antonio blazes
Police believe a white soldier from Fort Sam Houston is the fire bug behind over twenty fires in San Antonio. Detectives say evidence ties the suspect to the Brehmer grocery fire and looting at 301 Seguin street. They plan to gather witnesses, including customers and a daughter who saw a soldier near 805 Nolan street on July 19.
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San Antonio
W. Brehmer
Seguin Street
Twenty-second Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Ingle
Bishop
Brehmer
Knaus
Cassiano
Miller
E. Frederick
Nolan Street
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area
Local forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday across San Antonio and surrounding vicinity. No precipitation expected with light winds and mild temperatures shaping the weather outlook.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather notes across cities with varying winds and cool to warm trends
Observations from multiple cities report temperatures ranging from the mid fifties to low seventies. Winds vary from four to sixteen miles per hour, with conditions including cloudiness showers and fair, cooler, or warmer outlooks into Friday and Saturday.
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Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Only Carrier of Leased AP Wire
A reader note states there is no basis for claims that any other San Antonio newspaper carries the Associated Press leased wire in whole or in part beyond the San Antonio Light.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
the Light
The
Light
Antonio
Texas
Mrs Travis Fatally Burned in Home Kerosene Lamp Incident
Mrs. Edmonds Travis of 216 Forcke Street suffered severe burns when a kerosene lamp exploded while she attempted to extinguish it at 8 30 last night. She was taken to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital with burns from the knees to the chest and face. Firemen, Chief Bishop, and Dr. S P Cunningham treated her before transport.
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Edmonds Travis
The
Light
Forcke Street
S. P. Cunningham
Travis
Austin
Customs extend facilities for German cruiser Bremen
The port of New Bedford Massachusetts extends customs facilities to the German cruiser Bremen which arrived yesterday amid reports it will conduct torpedo practice in Buzzards Bay. No German request for permission has been received to hold exercises in U S waters, and officials expect the maneuvers to occur outside the three mile limit.
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Washington
New Bedford
Mass
Bremen
Buzzachs’ Bay
United States
German cruiser Bremen to begin torpedo practice in Buzzards Bay
New Bedford mass August 24. The German cruiser Bremen will start torpedo practice this afternoon. A tug departed before noon to gather targets for the range operation by the marksmen aboard the Bremen.
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Associated Press
New Bedford
Mass
Buzzards’ Bay
Bremen
Consider Gradual Marketing of Cotton in the South
Alabama state agriculture Commissioner Reuben F. Kolb calls a September 5 meeting in Montgomery with southern state commissioners, Farmers' Union officials, bankers, and business leaders to discuss gradual marketing of the 1911 cotton crop and correct impressions about crop size amid reported deterioration of 20 to 50 percent from heat and rain.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern State Commissioners of Agriculture
Farmers’ Union
Reuben F. Kolb
Alabama
Kolb
Heavy Rains Hit Central Texas Flooding Areas
Reports from Mineral Wells and Teague on August 24 describe about two inches of rain over twelve hours. Keechi and Pecan creeks overflowed and several barns were washed away while temperatures dropped.
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THE
Associated Press
Mineral Wells
Tex
Rain Drenches Waxahachie Overnight
Over an inch of rain fell in Waxahachie Texas last night soaking streets and causing local humidity to rise as residents recorded the weather event.
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Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
Best of the Year Rain Hits Scurry County
The heaviest rain of the year drenched Scurry County last night, soaking fields and filling tanks as residents reported widespread showers across Snyder and surrounding communities. Local officials noted beneficial rainfall for crops and livestock. damage reports were minimal.
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THE
Associated Press
Snyder, Tex
Scurry County
Atwood Near Finish of Long Distance Flight Breaks World Record
American aviator Harry N. Atwood halts near Nyack for repairs after extending cross country flight from Castleton to New York. He had surpassed the prior 1,164 mile record by 13 miles and planned to resume toward New York.
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Associated Press
Nyack
N. Y
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
New York City
New York
Kingston
Rhinecliff
Atwood
West Point
Koenig
Vollmueller
Buechner
Germany
Poughkeeps
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Poughkeepsie
Garrison
Castleton
K. F. Lemat
Boston
Confederate Veteran William Symmes Dies at 83 in Kansas
Atchison Kansas August 24 William P Symmes a Civil War veteran dies aged 83 He was imprisoned for refusing to join the Federal army and driven from Kansas for southern sympathies He fled to St Joseph Missouri and later served two years in the Confederate army He owned about 1500 acres of land at death
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Atchison, Kans
Wiliam P. Symmes
Atéa
Kansas
St. Joseph
Real estate group in Denver highlights roads as growth key
At the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges convention in Denver Hew King cites cooperation and good roads as essential to city development. King notes state associations now join on equal terms, cites 3600 delegates, and predicts rapid highway growth from San Antonio with 800 to 1000 new members forming a nucleus for 2500.
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National Association of Real Estate Exchanges
Denver
King
San Antonio
Bexar County Highway League
C. S. Fowler
Triple Murder in Southern Indiana Shocks Booneville
Boonville investigators report a triple murder in Booneville Indiana as Richard Lee his wife and their 17 year old son Clarence were killed in their beds with a hammer and the house set ablaze. Firefighters found doors and windows locked and the corpses incinerated. skulls of the parents were caved in and the boy shot. Robbery is suspected as motive after the Lees recently divested a small property sale.
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Booneville
Ind
Indiana
Richard Lee
Lee
Lees
Six Die As Mine Fire Traps Workers At 1400 Foot Level
Ely Nevada August 24 Six of ten men at the 1400 foot level of the Giroux Consolidated mine were killed when a shaft fire trapped them while attempting to reach the Alpha shaft for escape. Rescue efforts recovered Wilhelmy at 400 feet and Gilmore at 600 feet. Odolovich died, Walsh and McNulty not found, others injured.
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Associated Press
Ely
Nevada
Giroux Consolidated Mines
Daniel Drea
Miners’ Union
T. J. Gilmore
John Wilhelmy
Thomas Odolovich
Edward Walsh
John McNulty
Wilhelmy
Gilmore
Odolovich
Walsh
McNulty
Fire destroys home in Gainesville with surrounding damage
The residence of R. M. Field in Gainesville Texas was destroyed by fire last night causing about 600 dollars in losses. Several neighboring homes suffered minor damage as flames swept through the area reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Teague
Tex
Gainesville
Associat St
R. M. Field
Gates Will Likely Back Roads in Texas
Col J H Hawley of Galveston said the late John W Gates will provide substantial support in his will for the good roads movement in Texas. He cited plans for the Red River to the Gulf highway and a San Antonio to New Orleans route among others and urged millions be spent on modern Texas highways.
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Beaumont
Tex
John W. Gates
Paris
France
Texas
J. H. Hawley
Galveston
Red River
Gulf” Highway
San Antonio
New Orleans
Lone Star State
Hawley
Gates
Wolters Arraigned On Contempt Charge In Texas
Austin wires report contempt proceedings against Jake Wolters, chairman of the anti prohibition committee, for refusing to answer questions before the house investigating committee. Attorneys for Wolters filed an answer challenging the investigation as unauthorized. reading to unfold over two hours.
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Austin
Tex
House of the Texas Legislature
Jake Wolters
House
Wolters
Taft Reaches Home at Beverly From Boston Arrival
President Taft arrived in Boston shortly after 9 am and immediately left by automobile for his Beverly summer home. He planned to spend a large part of the day playing golf at Myopia, reflecting a routine vacation pace.
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Associated Press
Boston
Taft
Beverly
Texas Attorney General reports electrical trust ties and bank links
Attorney General Jewel P Lightfoot submitted a nineteen page report to the legislature detailing investigations into Texas electrical firms. He alleges a community of interests among Bell Telephone Western Union General Electric United Electrical Securities and others, with eastern banks and Stone and Webster controlling a large share of telephone telegraph light and power lines domestically and abroad. He stops short of calling it a formal trust, noting further study is needed on legal points.
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Austin
Tex
Jewel P. Lightfoot
Texas
Electrical Trust
Bell Telephone System
Western Union Telegraph Company
General Electrical Company
United Electrical Securities Company
The
Electrical Securities Corporation
Electrical Bond and Share Company
Stone and Webster
United States
East
Tet General Electrical Company
Bell System
Attoreney General
Control of Electrical Lines in Texas Stirs Legal Questions
Austin reports the attorney general discusses Stone and Webster rail operations in Texas. City charters grant wide local control over franchises fares equipment service hours and other matters potentially affecting competition with the Shippers' Compress case 95 Texas 613.
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Austin
Tex
Stone and Webster
Texas
Stone and Webster Syndicate
Supreme Court
Shippers’ Compress Company
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Hrebug
Man
Union
V.lovis
H. C. King
Toledo
Sandusky
Buffalo
Stone & Webster
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