Many Letters Produced In Dueling Age Claim Case
Lilian Graham, show girl defendant, testifies in the Stokes shooting case. Prosecutor Buckner probes her age, insists she is 27 or 28, while she remains calm and claims 23. She recalls 1906 Ansonia divorce jokes and asserts their relation was friendship, not marriage.
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Associated Press
New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. J. D. Stokes
Buckner
Miss
Miss Graham
Adams
Addams
Stokes
Andrews
King
Okes
Local Forecast For San Antonio Area
Weather brief for San Antonio and vicinity: fair conditions on Tuesday. Colder tonight with diminishing winds and clear skies. Overnight lows expected to dip, paving the way for a dry, calm day ahead.
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San Antonio
Weather Notes From Major Cities
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures from several cities with winds from varied directions. Louis 44 in cloudy weather. Chicago 42 with light west wind and rain turning fair and colder. Paul 28 with possible snow tonight and Tuesday. San City 40 under north winds. York 44 with west winds and colder Tuesday. On 52 with rain tonight and Tuesday. Hington 44 with south winds and rain.
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Louis
ICAGO
Aukee
Paul
Sab City
York
Hington
Faded claim on Associated Press leased wire in San Antonio
A dubious assertion arises that the Associated Press leased wire is carried by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light. The remark is presented as if factual but lacks substantiation or basis in current publication practice.
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Associated
San Antonio
Sheriff’s raid nets twenty five arrests in gambling crack down
Chief Deputy Charles Stevens led six deputies in raids on two South Santa Rosa avenue houses early Sunday. Fifteen arrests were made at the first site and six at the second for loitering near gambling houses, with three charges under Baskin McGregor Sunday law for beer sales. Diego Cedron faced a felony charge for unlawfully exhibiting a gaming table. his bond was set at $300 and he was released. Most arrestees were released on bond.
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Charles Stevens
South Santa Rosa Avenue
San Antonio
Tobin
Santa Rosa Avenue
Stevens
J. Galbraith
G. Millard
A. Diaz
H. Garnon J. Rittiman
Alphonse Newon
Diego Cedron
Cedron
Fisk
Russian paper forecasts end of Russo-American treaty
The Novoe Vremya in St Petersburg argues the Russo-American commercial treaty will end as nations avoid extended foreign rights. It blasts U S migrant rules as cruel, cites money qualification and polygamists exclusion, and claims 16 million Russian Mussulmen would be barred. The paper also links Jewish immigration to U S policy, calling it a motive driving American politicians.
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ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
United States
The
Novoe Vrmya
America
Urge Abrogation of Treaty to Aid Jewish Travel
A group of prominent New York Philadelphia and Boston citizens urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to pass the Sulzer bill or similar measure to abrogate the 1832 treaty with Russia and guarantee Jewish Americans equal passport rights for travel in Russia. Attendees included Oscar Strauss Mayor Sulzberger William G McAdee Jacob Schiff Rev Charles H Parkhurst Rev Madison Peters and Rabbi Browne.
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Raut
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Sulzer
Russia
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar Strauss
Sulzberger
William G. McAdee
Jacob Schiff
Charles H. Parkhurst
Madison Peters
Rabbi Browne
German Soldier Killed by French Leader in Metz
In Metz Alsace Dec 11 a German soldier Marsch was shot during a street dispute with Alexandre Semaine a French party leader. Four friends and Semaine and his brother were arrested for complicity. The case inflames already tense Franco German tensions. Semaine organized a January 9 demonstration that required troops to disperse crowds chanting Marseillaise and republican cheers.
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Associated Press
Metz
Alsace
Marsch
Alexandre Semaine
Semaine
Alsace-Lorraine
Marseilles
Republic of France
Lone Star Poultry Show Trophies To Be Selected Tonight
The Lone Star Poultry association show committee meets at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 pm to select twenty silver cups prizes for the January poultry show. C. L. Leel chairs the committee, Oscar Thomas joins the staff, and the cups will be exhibited in Stowers Furniture windows.
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Lone Star Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
C. L. Leel
Oscar Thomas
Stowers Furniture Company
Federal rail securities control deemed impractical
The railroad securities commission chaired by Yale president Arthur T. Hadley says federal control of railroad security issues is practically impossible at present. It urges enforced publicity for railroad financing as the best weapon against stock watering and notes the need to harmonize state laws before any federal steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Securities Commission
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Taft
Hadley
Congress
Juror Escapes During Hyde Murder Trial in Kansas City
Harry Waldron, juror in the Dr. B. Clarke Hyde murder case, escaped from his hotel room breaking through a transom and eluding deputy marshals, halting the ongoing second trial of Col. Thomas H. Swope's death.
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Kansas City
B. Clarke Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Harry Waldron
Waldron
Storm believed approaching from Turks Island off Florida coast
Indication of a severe storm possibly striking South Atlantic states reported to the weather bureau from Turks Island about 700 miles from Miami. Cautionary advisories issued to South Atlantic coast as a West Indian hurricane season storm is believed to be on its way.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Turks Island
Miami
Florida
General Reyes Sought in Mexico Amid Border Tension
Report says Mexican secret service searches Mexico for General Bernardo Reyes at 701 San Pedro as U S officials wait for his April court appearance. Authorities believe Reyes remains in Mexico and fear border troubles another possible troop movement looms near.
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San Pedro Avenue
Bernardo Reyes
Washington
Secret Service
Mexico
General Reyes
St. Louis
United States
Reyes
General Bernardo Reyes Pursued Across Border
Reports to the Mata Moros commandant say Major Jose Pena led Gen Bernardo Reyes along the river border near Rio Grande City last Thursday. Reyes is believed heading toward Galeana in Nuevo Leon while evading rangers.
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Galeana
Matamoros
Jose Pena
Bernardo Reyes
Rio Grande City
Nuevo Leon
Brownsville
Poll Tax Payments Increase in County Collector’s Office
Poll taxpaying picked up this morning with about forty citizens qualifying as voters. County officials note growing interest in poll tax paying across the region, more farmers have paid than last year, while city receipts to date are about half of last year. If trends hold, total Bexar county votes may stay below 9000. Last year 19,500 receipts and exemptions were issued, with over a quarter issued by December 1.
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Bexar
Packers Hope Still in Supreme Court
Chicago December 11 defendants in the ten Packers case hope the U S Supreme Court will act on whether to hear oral arguments on the Sherman antitrust law. The juror examination in the case against the Packers for alleged Sherman act violations was scheduled to proceed today.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Kohlsaat
Fire Destroys J D Sewell Residence on Princess Pass
Early morning blaze at 1 55 a m destroyed the residence of J D Sewell on Princess Pass Laurel Heights Terrace. The $5900 building and $2500 to $3000 in contents burned with the family escaping in scant clothing. Origin undetermined. Chief Bishop led crews from four companies. hydrant was fifteen blocks away limiting suppression. Embers threatened nearby structures for blocks.
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J. D. Sewell
Princess Pass
Laurel Heights Terrace
Bishop
Open market vote buying in Fayette County detailed
Jess H. Wise of Waynesburg Pennsylvania testified before the house committee on election fraud alleging that vote trafficking operates openly in Fayette County and compares unfavorably with Adams County Ohio. He claims United States Steel through its subsidiaries is involved in bribery and intimidation of voters.
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Washington
Fayette County
Adams County
Ohio
United States
Steel Corporation
Jess H. Wise
Waynesburg
Congress
House Committee On
Salary accord hoped to settle Zarzamora street payroll dispute
Citizens propose a 900 dollar donation to cover October Zarzamora street payroll costs so the item can be removed from the payrolls. Insurgent and administration aldermen are expected to vote to approve the salary appropriation, aiming to pay city employees in full.
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Zarramora Street
Zarzamora Street
Zarzamora
TeGro Trial for Murder of His Father in Texas
A. Ford charged with murder in Bexar County for the July 15 killing of his father, Henry Ford, at Live Oak Street home. Prosecutors seek manslaughter. defense handled by Tom Andrews. Witnesses described the father’s alleged assault on the mother and the son’s defense with a golf club.
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A. Ford
Bexar County
Thirty-seventh
Henry Ford
Live Oak Street
H. Ford
Tom Andrews
Subscriptions offer error in Light's contest spelling corrected
An error in the contest letter misread every 20 dollars worth of subscriptions instead of 24. The correct offer grants 100000 extra votes for every 24 dollars in subscriptions turned in before the Dec 20 close.
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Light
Seventeen Bodies Found in Briceville Mine Disaster
Seventeen men have been recovered dead from the Cross Mountain mine by 11 this morning with more believed trapped. Governor Hooper appeals for relief funds for widows and orphans and Red Cross efforts begin to organize aid.
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Associated Press
Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
B. W. Hooper
Nashville
Tennessee
Atville
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Knoxville Sentinel
Frank Maloney
Thomas Watts
Coal Creek
United States
Cross
J. E. Logan
The
Red Cross
Atlanta
Cross Mountain Mine
Seenteen
Th Volunteer Rescue Corps
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