Hugo-Schmeltzer timber sale draws steady crowd at dawn
Early buyers lined up at the Alamo site as J B Nitschke, state inspector of masonry, oversaw the sale of lumber from the razed Hugo Schmelzter building. Proceeds around 550 dollars will fund state projects. restoration planning and foundation digs to follow. Governors and officials may visit San Antonio next week to set restoration steps.
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Hugo-Schmeltzer
San Antonio
J. B. Nitschke
Nitschke
Alamo
Huntsville
State Farm
Colquitt
Taft Urges International Inquiry On High Cost Of Living
President Taft asked Congress to authorize an international conference to study the high cost of living and to draft plans for global inquiry. He also proposed a federal labor commission to investigate industrial relations and inform public opinion to curb unfair conditions in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Congress
Commission On Industrial Relations
United States
Taft urges Alaska policy including railroad and commission rule
President Taft asked Congress to back Alaska development through a government trunk railroad a commission form of government for the territory and reforms to reclamation laws and land titles He favors government ownership of a railroad only if private service is unreliable and says water power should stay national but be shared with states rather than fully transferred.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Congress
Alaska
United States
Morgan-Guggenheim
Fisher
Rhea Reports Katy Livestock Officials Meet in Parsons
F C Rhea livestock agent for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad returned from Parsons Kansas where he attended a meeting of Katy system livestock and transportation officials and agents. Plans were laid for improved cattle transport service for the coming year. The report notes that United Kingdom labor disputes caused workers to lose a total of 9 722 800 days last year.
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F. C. Rhea
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Parsons
Kan
Livestock and Transportation Departments
Katy
United Kingdom
Edwin Hawley remembered as Texas railroad friend
In New York Edwin Hawley dies, a leading railroad magnate. C K Dunlap of the Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio railroad praises Hawley's loyalty to Texas and notes his decades of influence. Dunlap, in San Antonio, discusses the Franklin railroad and urges a strong, well built line with quality steel rails. He plans to return to Houston tonight.
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Edwin Hawley
New York
C. K. Dunlap
Galveston, Harrisburg
Hawley
Texas
San Antonio
Franklin
Gulf
Dunlap
Mr. Dunlap
Transfer of West Commerce Street Property to Woodward & Altgelt
A deed records sale of business property on West Commerce Street from Margaret Ash to Woodward & Altgelt for 24000 dollars. The lot fronts 31 feet and runs 180 feet deep between Stowers Furniture and Central Trust, currently housing a two story frame building. The purchasers acquire as an investment.
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West Commerce Street
Margaret Ash
Woodward & Altgelt
Stowers Furniture Company
Central Trust Company
Woodward & Altgeit
Count von Luetzow speech sparks Berger protest in House
In Washington the Bohemian chamberlain addressed the House during a 15 minute recess on universal peace. Socialist Congressman Victor Berger objected to a foreign nobleman speaking to the House and noted a Reichstag member had spoken in Washington previously without exception. The objector withdrew after debate. The Bradley bill to fund a 1913 Savannah emancipation celebration advances.
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Berger
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Francis von Luetzow
Bohemia
Francis Joseph
Austria
House of Representatives
Underwood
Victor Berger
Reichstag
Washington
Mr. Berger
Associated
Start Your Light Want Ads This Weekend for Ten Day Run
Readers are invited to place light want ads starting Saturday or Sunday for a ten day run spanning two Sundays. The rate is one half cent per word per insertion with refunds for unused insertions. Ads can be dictated over the phone and paid later. Both phones 176.
U S Exports of Manufactured Goods Top $1 Billion in 1911
The 1911 report from the Bureau of Statistics shows U S exports of manufactured goods valued at over 1 billion dollars, with steel iron copper mineral oil and wood driving the rise. Finished goods totaled 640 million, with parts for further manufacturing constituting the remainder. Europe bought clocks and the United Kingdom and Canada received large shares of cars.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Germany
Europe
United Kingdom
Canada
False Alarm Triggers Fire Crews. Barn Burns at Market
A false alarm from box 413 at West Commerce Street and Santa Rosa Avenue routed six fire companies at 1 25 this morning. no culprit found. A small frame barn behind the Parlorment Market at 404 Main Avenue burned at 9 45 last night, origin unknown, damage about 50 dollars with no insurance.
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Commerce Street
Santa Rosa Avenue
Main Avenue
Rice Crop Delayed By Heavy Rain Across Belt
Rice belt farmers face delays in crop prep due to excessive rainfall. High waters have cleared salt buildup but wet fields hinder preparation. Reports from Louisiana fields indicate similar troubles.
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Associated Press
Houston, Tex
Louisiana
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Central Trust Company Capital
San Antonio, Texas
Hugo-Schmeltzer Timber
Wattsboro
Lunenburg
India Tea
the Growers of India Tea
Alaska Commission
Whittemores
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany St
Cambridge
Mas
Harriman Line
Robert Cartwright
Public Safety Committee
New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Joseph Johnson
New York Fire Department
Equitable Life Building
Cartwright
Fountains & Elsewhere
San Antonio’s
Washer Bros.Co
A. Collman
Cc. A. Duerler Mfc. CO
THE
P. J. Owens Lumber CO
Flores Street
Mitchell Street, Co
Roosevelt Ave
F. Groos & CO
Foreign Exchange
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