Panama canal bill sparks Hague arbitration talk
British papers condemn Taft signing the Panama canal bill as dishonorable and urge referral to The Hague court. Editorials in The Times Daily Mail and Daily Express debate arbitration versus law, warning the United States may suffer in credibility and urging adherence to treaty rights.
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London
Hague Court of Arbitration
Taft
Hague
The
Morning Post
United States
America
Daily Express
the Times
Washington
Daily Mail
Five Bullets Miss Him On Ogden Street
Henry Thompson narrowly escaped gunfire as two Black men opened fire on Ogden Street at 2 15 am Sunday. Jealousy is blamed though police have leads on the suspects who remain at large. Residents heard the shooting and police were alerted by several telephone messages. Thompson said he was returning from a dance with his sweetheart when the attack began.
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Henry Thompson
Ogden Street
Tompson
Train Kills Minister in Texas Auto Crash
Rev Z C Parker of Jennings La died after injuries from a League City auto wreck while en route to evangelistic meetings in Friendswood. Parker and Rev Alvin George were passengers when the car was struck by a train. George was injured. Both men leave families. Turbulent weather and health news from Nassau also noted.
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Galvebon Tex
Z. C. Parker
Jennings
League City
Galveston
Alvin George
Treague City
Parker
Friendswood
George
July birth and death statistics from Texas department
The state department reports 4364 births and 2348 deaths in July, 2021 more births than deaths. Twins totaled 45 with 32 white and 6 black sets. one white triplet birth in Coleman county. Leading deaths were diarrhoea and enteritis, tuberculosis followed, with heat, drownings, and murders also noted.
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Austin
Tex
State Department
Coleman County
el Paso
Harris County
Burleson County
Grayson County
Brownsville Sheriff Returns for Examining Trial
Deputy Sheriff Paul McAlister of Cameron county in jail for the August 9 murder of Chief of Police Joe Crixell was taken back to Brownsville by Sheriff Lee Ryan for an examining trial tomorrow. Bitter feeling persists in Brownsville over the incident. McAlister, a former Texas ranger, clashed politically with Crixell, leader of the independent faction that won city government in April.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Paul McAlister
Cameron County
Joe Crixell
Brownsville
Nueces County
Lee Ryan
McAlister
Crixell
Party Very Alive in Texas Republicans File Ballot Names
C. K. Mc Dowell of Del Rio Texas state party chairman filed with Secretary of State McDonald the Dallas nominated candidates and an application to appear on the official ballot. The party will share ballot space with the progressive party. McDowell asserted the Texas Republican Party remains very much alive despite Cecil Lyon's claims.
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Austin
Tex
C. K. McDowell
del Rio
Republican Party
Texas
McDonald
Dallas
State Department
Progressive Party
McDowell
Cecil Lyon
Judges Refuse to Serve Darrow Trial in Los Angeles
All twelve superior court judges in Los Angeles decline to preside at the second trial of Clarence S. Darrow on charges of jury bribing tied to the McNamara murder case. No replacement judge has been definitively assigned as yet.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Superior Court
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
McNamara
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Local forecast indicates tonight and Tuesday will be fair with clear skies and light winds. No precipitation expected, temperatures mild and comfortable across the area.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Home Weather for Tourists Observations at 8 A.M.
Weather note for travelers lists city by city readings from St Louis to Washington with temperatures, wind directions and speeds, and brief forecasts for Tuesday. Includes highs and lows and chances of rain across major cities.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Denies AP Wire Carriage Claims
A statement asserts no newspaper except the San Antonio Light carried the Associated Press imtoo San Antonio wire, declaring any claim otherwise unfounded and baseless in fact.
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Associated Press
Imtoo San Antonio Ia
San Antonio Light
Basi
Mayor names committee to draft San Antonio charter
Mayor A H Jones announces a nineteen man San Antonio panel led by T N Smith to draft a commission government charter for the city. The group, including four district legislative candidates, will study the old charter and borrow best features from Des Moines Houston Dallas and Galveston. Smith plans early meetings with the mayor to shape provisions and proceed quickly.
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A. H. Jones
San Antonio
Jones
T. N. Smith
Smith
Mr. Smith
Des Moines
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
J. T. Webb
Henning Bruhn
Graham Dowdell
Dan Breen
T. L. Conroy
R. J. Boyle
Howard Templeton
Albert Steves Jr
F. C. Davis
Sam Belden
August Briam
George C. Saur
W. F. McCaleb
W. J. Knox
Chester Terrell
Otto Wahrmund
D. A. McCaskill
Bernard Schwegman
Os S. Burg
L. L. Shropshire
Shropshire
Woods National Bank Depositors Paid 97 Percent Dividend
About $8000 remains to be paid to depositors of the Woods National Bank which closed in 1907. Receiver T. G. Leighton says the final 2 percent dividend began August 15 and is distributed to those in town. others had checks mailed. Unpaid checks will be forwarded to Washington after a reasonable waiting period for collection by depositors.
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the Woods National Bank
T. G. Leighton
Leighton
the Woods
Washington
Capitol
Posse from White Rock Kills Celeste Man at Inquest
In Greenville Texas on August 25 a posse from White Rock shot and killed Mel Davis of Celeste during pursuit of burglary suspects at White Rock. An inquest is being held into the death.
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Celeste
Greenville
Tex
Mel Davis
White Rock
Lonely Microbe Hears Death Ditty Warbled
A humorous Washington dispatch recounts a lonely microbe at the Public Health Service desk hearing a ditty about disease spread and sanitation. The doctor vows to pursue the bed bug despite its alibi as the microbe, overwhelmed, commits death by leaping into an ink well.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Rucker
Skeeter
Post Offices to Close Sundays Nationwide
Washington Aug 26 All first and second class post offices will close on Sundays under a new postal appropriation act signed by President Taft. Only special delivery letters will pass and no mail will be placed in lock boxes. Some cities had Sunday closures earlier, now required by law where local sentiment demanded it.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Taft
United States
Missing St Louis man Morard linked to San Antonio letter
A mother from St Louis seeks her son Clarence Morard a 22 year old who is small and dark complexioned. He last spoke months ago via a letter from San Antonio claiming employment with J R Wood Printing which payroll does not show. Miss M Phelan of St Louis asked Wood Printing about his whereabouts and Laytie's Pharmacy care address is given. William Moore White of Wood Printing aids the search.
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Clarence Morard
St. Louis
San Antonio
J. R. Wood Printing Company
Wood Company
Wood Printing Company
M. Phelan
William Moore White
The
Young Morard
Directors Meet To Discuss Harvest Jubilee Expansion
A Harvest Jubilee association directors meeting is set for this evening to consider adding ideas since the last board session. One proposal calls for a general reunion of former San Antonians during the jubilee with a special entertainment day for those who left the city. Secretary Frank Rennett said a favorable board action on the plan is very likely.
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Harvest Jubilee Association
Frank Rennett
Board of Directors
Burleson Arrives in Austin for Wilson Campaign Speeches
Congressman Albert S. Burleson arrives from Washington as Congress adjourns for the term. He says he was attached to Woodrow Wilsons western headquarters in Chicago and will speak across the campaign, including Maine on September 5 6 and 7, predicting Wilsons victory in November.
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Austin
Tex
Albert S. Burleson
Washington
Congress
Burleson
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Maine
Wilson
Scottish brides rise among western settlers aboard Columbia
In New York Aug 26 report notes that about ten percent of the 500 passengers on the steamer Columbia from Glasgow were Scottish maids. The fifty young women announced plans to marry prosperous farmers in western states, reflecting Scots brides sought by western communities.
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New York
Far West
Columbia
Glasgow
Roosevelt willing to testify on 1904 campaign funds
Colonel Roosevelt announced that William Loeb Jr. is prepared to testify before the senate committee investigating campaign contributions about Roosevelt’s knowledge of John D. Archbold’s alleged 100000 gift and Harriman’s 260000 contribution. He plans a lengthy letter to the committee outlining what he would have testified and may touch on his 1912 primary and relations with Senator Penrose.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
John D. Archbold
Republican
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
William Loeb Jr
Senate
Loeb
Mr. Harriman
Odell
Archbold
Mr. Loeb
Mr. Bliss
Mr. Cortelyou
Mr. Odell
Penrose
Standard Oil
Standard O Company
Bureau of Corporations
Clapp
Europe
Pennsylvania
Seueger
Roosevelt to Appear Late September Before Senate Panel
Washington date Aug 26 Colonel Roosevelt will not be heard by the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures until late in September. Senator Clapp the committee chairman said the hearing would be delayed despite Archbold’s claim of contributing 100000 to the Roosevelt fund in 1904.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John D. Archbold
Senate
Senator Clapp
Archbold
Roosevelt Fund
Former President of United Wireless Dead in Prison
Col C C Wilson 67, former United Wireless president, died in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary where he was serving a three year term for mail fraud. Cause of death listed as uraemic poisoning. death followed a 7:30 p.m. collapse in the prison library. Wilson had testified in bankruptcy cases, faced scrutiny over guard liberty, and earlier led wireless ventures in Texas and Colorado.
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Atlanta
Col
C. C. Wison
United Wireless Company
United States Penitentiary
Here
Wilson
New York
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Galveston
Tex
C. C. Wilson
Corsicana
American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Denver
Colo
Texas
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Waco
Paris
Funeral Deception Ends As Man Found Alive In Schenectady
W M Clark once buried as dead after a Binghamton death misidentification returns to Schenectady to settle funeral costs. A sister identified the corpse and paid the burial, then a friend in Elizabeth learned Clark was alive. He traveled to confirm the truth.
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Schenectady
N. Y
W. M. Clark
Elizabeth
N. J
Binghamton
Clark
Normal Opens Sept 17 at San Marcos Texas
Prof. C E Evans president of the Southwest Texas State Normal at San Marcos says the fall term will open September 17 with typically large attendance. A new uniform course of study adopted by the state board of regents will be implemented to raise teaching standards across Texas normals.
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Austin
Tex
C. E. Evans
Southwest Texas State Normal
San Marcos
F. M. Brasley
State Board of Regents of the Normals
Texas
Military School to Train Texas National Guard Officers
An intensive military correspondence school will open this fall in the adjutant general's department for Texas National Guard officers. The infantry course will be led by Capt. James Justice and the cavalry by Capt. Bruce Palmer, two regular army officers on duty with Texas militia.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Texas National
Harvey Goes to New York from Austin Paper
Fred Harvey, a young Texas newspaper man, has left the Austin Daily Statesman to join the staff of the New York Evening Sun. He spent the last year on the Austin paper's reportorial staff and is now heading to New York to begin his new assignment.
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Harvey
New York
Austin
Tex
Fred Harvey
New York Evening Sun
Austin Daily Statesman
Senators named to probe Nicaragua landing under Bacon resolution
In Washington on August 26 the Senate appointed Lodge Sutherland Bacon Burton and Clarke of Arkansas to investigate the landing of American forces in Nicaragua under the Bacon resolution. Senator Bacon argues the government lacked authority to land troops on foreign soil without congressional consent.
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Bacon
Washington, D. C
Lodge
Sutherland
Burton
Clarke
Arkansas
Nicaragua
Congress
Senate Pushes Penrose Inquiry On Campaign Funds
Washington reports Sen La Follette threatened filibuster to prolong session as the Senate passed the Penrose resolution to have the Clapp committee investigate campaign expenditures and related financial transactions among Archbold Perkins Roosevelt and members of Congress.
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Washington
LaFollette
Congress
Senate
Penrose
Clapp Committee
John A. Archbold
George Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
John D. Archbold
House
George W. Perkins
Clapp
Taft
White House
Capitol
Beverly
Heyburn
Journal
Senator la Follette
Bailey
la Follette
Bribery charges prompt West Virginia senate election probe
A petition signed by Governor Glasscock and others urged Senator Gallinger to investigate the election of West Virginia senators William E. Chilton and Clarence W. Watson. The document cites alleged bribery connected with the state’s senatorial contest and was submitted to the presiding senator today.
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Washington, D. C
William E. Chilton
Clarence W. Watson
West Virginia
Glasscock
Gallinger
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M. Ener
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