Giant $100,000,000 copper trust touted in Greeenew promotion
News from the Associated Press links Col W C Greene to a proposed $100 million copper corporation with backing from Standard Oil Amalgamated Copper and U S Steel. Promoters John D Roan Thomas F Cole and others oversee the plan to form an independent smelting firm, potentially absorbing existing concerns and linking with Greene Cananea interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Greene
San Antonio
Associated Press
Colonel Greene
Pacific Coast
Standard OU
Amalgamated Copper Group
United States Steel Corporation
New York Herald
John D. Roan
Butte, Mont
Anaconda Copper Company
Amalgam Copper Company
B AW
Thomas F. Cole
Duluth
Minn
Phelps Dodge
Thomas FB. Cole
Tehtt D. Ryan
Greene-Cana New Cmmpany
D. J. Riekalls
Greene Company Hag Bermy
Grand jury indicts several in district court case
Indictments reported by the grand jury include Concepcion Wuriguez charged with burglary at W J Uta residence. Joe Albarado alias John Albarado faces forging a check on Frust National Bank passed December to A Bergsl. Vernie Stockins admitted burglary of Hu A Moon’s store on Houston Street September 7. No custody details yet.
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Threathie
Junge Edward Dwyer
Thirty-seventh District Court
Concepcion Wuriguez
W. J. Uta
Joe Albarado
John Albarado
B. A. Wi
Frust National Bank
A. Bergsl
Vernie Stockins
Hu A. Moon
Houston Street
Tle
Ticket sales today break 1908 record
McClannaban, city passenger agent for the Sunset Route, reports heavy year‑start business. Tickets sold for distant points including California, with no rate posted yet. Sales also include routes toward the north and east, marking a busy period.
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McClannaban
Sunset
California
Moxtrat
Polmia
Two Plead Guilty in County Court Theft Case
Hal Matin and another man pleaded guilty to the theft of a quantity of tickets from the local relief office of the M. K. & Ty railway. Matin was fined $10 and sentenced to 10 days in jail. William Schealer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, fined $30 and sentenced to one day imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Matin
M. K. & Ty Railway
William Schealer
Fort Worth Man Ends Life At Depot After Contemplation
J A Dooley a Fort Worth native killed himself at the Tests & Pacific depot by swallowing carbolic acid. He wrote letters and notes from 12 hours of planning describing his misery and goodbye to family, then declared intent to die as police watched him discard the bottle and collapse.
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Fort Worth
Tax
J. A. “Dooley
Tests & Pacific
Ronnie
Dagley
Penn Grafters Get The Limit In Sentencing
Herrisburg Pa December 18 Judge Kunkel today imposed the sentence on the new convicted for conspiring to defraud the state by contracting for wooden furniture. J W Sanders, Po Snyder, W L Mathuos and J M Shumaker receive $500 fines and two years in prison each. A motion for supersedeas to appeal to the superior court was made. Defendants remanded to the sheriff. The group conspired to defraud the state of 19308 in a contract for furniture and related sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrisburg
Kunkel
Union
Statu Sapital
J. W. Sanders
Po Snyder
W. L. Mathuos
Shumaker
Wright Breaks Airship Records At Le Mans
Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio set a new world record for heavier than air flight at Le Mans France on December 18. He stayed aloft over one hour 64 minutes and 59 seconds during a test flight surpassing the previous record of one hour 9 minutes 45 seconds set on October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Durenant
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
George Dulling Taken to Hospital After Appendectomy
George Dulling a prominent San Antonio merchant, ill at home at 515 Bust Rocket Street, was taken to Santa Rosa Hospital this morning where he underwent an appendectomy. He stood the operation fairly well, but friends fear for his recovery due to his poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Duilliig
Ss. Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
Dulling
Body of Taggart to Illinois for burial
Special to The Light Dallas Texas Dor 18 The body of Ralph Kk Maggart a prominent hotel man who died here last night will be sent to Decatur Illinois for burial The deceased was a nephew of Tom Taggart former chairman of the national democratic committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Ralph KK
Maggart
Decatur
Ith
Tom Taggart
National Democratic
Belief Castro AAS Quit Grows Berlin Says Escape Plan
Berlin remains convinced that Castro AAS fled Venezuela as a ruse and that he will not return, fueling speculation about his whereabouts and future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Berlin
Trip
Venezuela
War rumor denied by German and Dutch offices
Berlin and The Hague both rejected reports that Venezuela had declared war on the Netherlands. Officials say even if hostilities existed, Venezuela cannot campaign beyond its borders and the Dutch will retaliate within fixed limits. Castro is said to have left South America amid turmoil and may not return, with unclear succession in Venezuela.
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Foreign Office
Venezuela
Holland
United States
Castro
South America
Gomez
Gomes
Caradis
Jamel
Hague
Toreien
Netherlands
America
Europe
Boxgota
Colombia
Vide
Gantez
Holkenil
Coast Guard
Alexta
Robbers Hit Three Nebraska Banks in Gibbons Escape by Auto
In Gibbons Nebraska on December 8 robbers seized $6600 from three banks Farmers State Bank of Keane Commercial Bank of Gibbons and Hollo way Exchange Bank. Citizens surrounded the bank at Gibbons and a 15 minute exchange of shots followed before the robbers escaped in an automobile. One robber wounded, two shot. Posedy pursued but they eluded capture.
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Gibbons, Neb
Holloway Exchange Bank
Farmers State Bank
Keane
Gibbons
Commercial Bank of
Possey
Stocks Slip Under Selling Pressure Across Market
New York stocks opened under selling pressure with Amalgamated Copper sliding 2 4 to 2 3 4, American Smelting dropping to four and three quarters from 82 1-2, and the general market following the downtrend as liquidation renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amalgamated Cowper
Professor Jones Not Ill Names Were Mixed
Special to The Wyeht reports that W O Jones of Texas Christian University in Waco was reported stricken in Kentucky en route to his mother's bedside. The mix up involved Prof W O Long of the modern languages department as the actual patient.
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Waco
Tex
Piblistier
W. O. Jones
Texas Christian University
Kentucky
W. O. Long
Saloonmen urged to quit Raskin McGregor Inn deal
San Antonio notices report the Retail Liquor Dealers association executive committee met on December 14 and urged saloonmen to abandon the Raskin McGregor Inn arrangement, claiming mature deliberation. The notices claim Governor Campbell’s actions pause commissions in Bexar County influenced the stance, and indicate saloon operators intend to comply with Sunday and midnight closing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail “Liquor Dealers Association
San Antonio
Retail Liquor Desiers’ Association
Campbell
Bexar County
Ldie Tira Jy-On
Katy brings great throng to Texas from St Louis
Langston and Guthrie arrive from Honeton Me to promote The Coming Country magazine. Langston, Katy land agent and secretary, reports a surge of homeseekers with six excursion trains toward San Antonio and Houston. Most tickets labeled San Antonio, future settlements likely in Houston area. Next excursion January 5 billed as the largest yet for a Texas road.
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Dic. Langston
W. GC. Guthrie
Honeton
Guthrie
Katy
Terns
10A
St. Louis
Langston
Ktaly
M. E. &T. Land Bureau
Houston
San Antonio
San Antoni
Alison Richey Land Co
Hille Lea
Hone
St Louie
Hacescesters
Tedag
Mt. Guthrite
Texas
Bollman
Guests Escape From Burning Motel Fire
Special to The Tight reports that a fire destroyed the Chandlerwell Motel at Danton Texas this morning. Several guests narrowly escaped the blaze as the structure burned, causing an estimated loss of five thousand dollars.
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Danton
Tex
Grand Jury Probes Mysterious Pleasanton Fire Case
An intensive grand jury inquiry follows a string of crimes near Mrs. Della Smythe’s Pleasanton road home culminating in last night’s arson. Family members and a roomer report threats and robberies as they hide behind constant weapon patrols and fear of further violence. Police and sheriff await grand jury findings for startling disclosures.
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Pleasanton Road
Della Smythe
Grandé Jury
Smythe
G ‘Melodic
Plcin & Can
A.D. Jacobs
John Davis
Fred
A Twain
Short Yang
Young Southard
Jacobs
Howe
Daya Nol
Wefara
Rbbot
Homreholks
Sherif
Conscience Prices Bring Bank Bills to School Board
A remorseful individual in San Antonio sent 130 to the school board in a letter claiming conscience payments. The act appears as a personal donation or attempt to influence the district, with no formal acknowledgment from officials yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of San Antonio
Mystery Shrouds Case in San Antonio Schools
A letter and $130 in crisp bank notes were returned to the San Antonio public schools by an unknown sender. The notes included a $100 First National Bank draft from 1907, an $11 note, and a $20 Blackman’s National Bank draft from 1904. No clues explain who returned the money or why. The sender’s handwriting suggests an educated, possibly elderly person, and the letter was mailed December 12 from San Antonio to S L Harris, trustee.
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Bonar
Public Schools of
San Antonio
First National Bank
Blackmen
Nanal Bank
Cotulla
Elthur
S. L. Harris
Seagall
Frank Bros
Continoree Street
City
No Exceptions to Law Uproar in Texas (adjusted to fit constraints)
Governor Campbell pledges no exemptions to the law across Texas and vows executive action to enforce statutes. He cites Buskin McGregor and anti gambling laws as openly supported, while awaiting San Antonio developments and eyeing Comal county for enforcement effects.
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Spovsal
Austin
Tex
Goeremor Campbell
Texas
San Antonio
Thomas
Galveston County
Comal County
Hangs at 26 for murders of man 70 in Illinois
Springfield Ill December 18 Frank Bryant six years old? hanged at Sangamwea county Jail for murder on August 24 last of Thomas Brady seventy.
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Springfield
Ill
Frank Bryant
Sangawea County
Thoma Brady
Louisiana Citizens Win War Claim for Bank Funds
Washington report states a war claim approved by the House awards Louisiana Citizens Bank $215,820 for the 1862 seizure of funds by General Benjamin Butler. The action follows the bank’s long push for compensation and reflects broader postwar recompense efforts.
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Washington
House
Ter
Citizens Bank of Louisiana
Denjamin Butler
Judge Orders Grand Jury to Probe Gaming Laws Violations
Judge Edward Dwyer in the Thirty-seventh District delivers a special charge to the grand jury urging investigation into gaming law violations under Chapter 48 of Texas General Laws. The panel is to reconvene Monday to act on alleged offenses and enforce penalties for gambling and related activities.
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Texas
Edward Dwyer
The Lights Selections At The Races And Saturday Bets
A race card lists Dick Redd at 3 to 1 and King Wilde at 3 to 1 with Lady Oakland at 10 to 1 as top picks in the first races. Timed results show 1:44 for Vase and 1:44.44 for the second race, with Hiram winning and Bewitched placing. Saturday selections include numerous entries across six races with horses such as Dr Nash, Convenient, Parvo, Bewitched, Bonniie Stratford, Texas Peter Sham, and Lithmarch in various selling and stake events.
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Dick Redd
Radar
King Wilde
U. Sac
Lady Oakland
Hiram
Eax Land
John McBride
Dax
David D
Ornba
Parvo
Madar
Eid D
Boonie Strat
Nemacoek
Bewitched
Fd Traver
Nettle Carta
Wise Hand
Horaced
Nolie
Swing
Dr. Nash
Orobegg
Convenient
Dae Levy
Hador
Traa” Haughte
Bounie Stratford
Texas
Peter Sham
Clamp
Sibst
Man Dies After Docility? Incident at Rit Street Crossing
Adolfo Marianos sustained injuries when struck near the 1 & GN tracks at Rit Street crossing. He died at the city hospital this afternoon after failing to regain consciousness. Witnesses reported the collision occurred early this morning near the tracks. Police are investigating the wagon and engine involved.
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Adolfo’ Marianas
Ifo
1 & GN
Rit Street
Am Engine
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Standard Oil
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Indigts
Wool
PENN
George Dulling
Taggart
Illinois
Sod
Cusatm
Veneguesa
Lout Bank and
Eocape
Wy. B. Lambert
Albert
Fried Tith
Chas, Wernette
H. J. Lamm
Gus Gittimer
Prank Sommers
Alex J. Pies
Ried Krigeh
Chas
E. Bosshandt
Thaong
Deep Mystery
Shrouds
Work OF Fire
Sue
Sam Lo Harris
Louisiana
Thirtyseventh Judicial District of Texas
the Light's Selections
Marianos
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