Amendment by Webb Sanctioned in City Charter Debate
The charter committee adopted Webb's amendment to section 21 by a 9 to 2 vote, changing appointive power to require mayoral approval within five days. If disapproved the commission decides by majority vote, with hearings and objections filed in writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Committee
J. C. Webb
Fice
Graham Dowdell
August Briam Jr
W.F. McCaleb
Briam
T. N. Smith
Frank C. Davis
Howard Templeton
Dan Breen
R. J. Boyle
W. J. Knox
Sam Belden
T. L. Conroy
Jones
McCaleb-Briam
Dowdell
Webb
Judge Webb
Wenry
Roll
Conan Doyle Backed To Win English Amateur Billiard Title
Friends back Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the English Amateur Billiard Championship where he competes for the first time in public. He is considered a strong contender despite his debut and is also noted as an avid cricketer and golfer.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
England
Conan
Weather Outlook East and West Texas Weekend
East Texas sees rain in the south and snow or rain in the north with clearing Sunday and Monday. West Texas favors fair weather Sunday and Monday with likely snow and warmer conditions in the Panhandle.
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Washington
Texas
Panhandle
Weather Across Cities Reports Weekend Snow Likely
Observations list afternoon readings for multiple cities. St Louis shows 14 with NW wind 8 miles per hour and possible Sunday snow. Chicago 8 clear with 16 mph west wind. Milwaukee 2 clear with SW wind. St Paul 4 clear. Kansas City 14 partly cloudy. New York 24 clear with 36 mph north wind. Boston 22 clear with 86 mph west wind. Washington 24 clear with 14 mph NW wind. Saturday highs range from 2 to 88 in various locales.
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P. m
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
City Commission approves charter sections and health powers
The board adopted section 66 on commission powers, read section 67 on franchises with spur tracks, Briam and Dowdell voicing opposition only on the Webb amendment. A ten day publication rule was added for franchise ordinances. Sections 68 and 69 passed with amendments for health, quarantine and a hospital option with Bexar County. Sections 70 71 and 72 were approved with minor changes as the committee adjourned to 3 PM Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briam
Dowdell
Webb
Bexar County
Nelson saved by appeal in court contempt case
William R. Nelson owner of the Kansas City Star was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to one day in jail by Judge J A Guthrie for publishing a derisive article. An appeal to the Court of Appeals on a habeas corpus writ kept him out of jail tonight and the writ is returnable next Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Court of Appeals
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt
Nelson
J. A. Guthrie
Circuit Court
Johnson
Appellate Court
Suffragettes Attack Tower Jewels as Militants Grow Bold
In London on February 1 suffragettes smashed the glass cover of a crown jewel case in the Tower of London. They were arrested and jailed at Bow Street. The move follows a pattern of militant acts against government property, prompting heightened security for Parliament leaders and the prime minister.
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London
Tower of London
Bow Street
Sir Edward Gray
Sloane Gardens
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Scotland Yard
Asquith
Cooking course opens at Beethoven Hall February 10
The San Antonio Light announces a free cooking school led by Miss Edith Clift at Beethoven Hall starting Monday February 10. The program covers thrifty menus, sanitary kitchens, labor saving tips, and practical demonstrations with prizes for participant recipes and home cooking samples.
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Beethoven Hall
Edith Clift
San Antonio
Light
Clift
Miss Clift
The
Inaugural Parade by Tammanyites at Gridiron Dinner
Washington notes report a lively farewell dinner for President Taft and cabinet with a mock inaugural parade. The event includes a Wilson administration welcome, satirical sketches of Bryan and Wickersham, and a Mas cot stage spoof titled Miss Democracy's Mascot.
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Washington, D. C
Staunton Cornet
Wanta Eta Pi Fraternity
Wilson
Princeton
Tammanytes
Cyaaheeeae
Jim Ham Lewis
Senate
Kaufman
William J. Bryan
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Navy
Platte
Lincoln
Neb
Wickersham
Miss Democracy
Thomas Jefferson
Bryan
Clover
Higher Education
Prasiaens
Texas Legislature Probes and Bills Through Week Four
Austin reports a sparse output as only three bills have cleared both chambers and the Governor. Investigations loom large with two probes in session, while 434 House bills and 208 Senate bills have been introduced.
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House
Senate
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Lightfoot
Senate Committee On Public Health
Kaufman
Hyde trial halted as juror Higgins discharged
Kansas City, Feb 1. The third trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde for the murder of Colonel Thomas B. Swope may end or proceed with a new juror after Higgins was discharged due to illness. Lawyers and Judge Porterfield weigh whether a new venire can be summoned and evidence heard as if the jury were newly chosen.
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas B. Swope
C. V. Higgins
Porterfield
Higgins
War Declared on Steel Corporation by Labor Union
In Pittsburg 2000 strikers from the Rankin and Braddock Wire Mills voted to strike, and the American Federation of Labor called a general steel mill walkout next week. If followed, about 40,000 workers may quit nationwide in the opening phase of a wage dispute with United States Steel Corporation.
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Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Rankin and Braddock Wire Mills
Frank L. Morrison
Morrison
Steel Corporation
Samuel Gompers
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pueblo
Colo
Woman charged in Sixteenth Street tree cutting case
An order was issued for Mrs. John B. Henderson wife of the Missouri senator charging her with participating in the cutting down of a tree in front of her home on Sixteenth Street. The warrant followed Judge Pugh's police court charge of discrimination in favor of Mrs. Henderson after two laborers, ordered by her to cut the tree, appeared before the judge.
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Washington, D. C
John B. Henderson
United States
Henderson
Missouri
Sixteenth Street
Pugh
Chinese migrant plans Canton wedding after American stay
Leung Fung, a Chinese immigrant who ran a laundry in San Antonio, obtained identification papers in New Orleans and said he will marry a Chinese girl he left in Canton. He plans to return to China to live with his future wife who will not accompany him to America.
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Leung Fung
San Antonio
Canton
China
Ica
Leung Fi
G. Gordon Pusford
America
Inspector Pulsford
New Orleans
Former drug clerk Brantley McAdoo leaves fortune in motion
A $105,838 first deposit belongs to Brantley H. McAdoo, once a San Antonian who built wealth in Bolivia and Chile. Carlos Bee, legal rep for R M Jones, administrator of the McAdoo estate, sent funds from South America to the state. McAdoo died last July leaving an estate reportedly worth about $500,000 with distant relatives only.
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State Bank and Trust Company
Brantley H. McAdoo
San
Solon McAdoo
Brantley McAdoo
Schasse
Mexico
South America
McAdoo
Jones
Bexar County
Will of 1798 Discovered in Reynosa Reveals Peculiar Provisions
Cameron County official finds a long Spanish will by Rosa Maria de Hino josa de Balli dated 1798 in Reynosa Tamaulipas. The document dedicates the testator’s soul to multiple spirits and allocates items including several silver spoons, reflecting family ties along the Rio Grande.
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Brownsville
Tex
Sarching
Matamoros
Mexico
Cameron County
Rosa Maria de Hinojosa de Balli
Rio Grande
Reynosa
Tamaulipas
Senate Backs Six Year Term for President in Constitutional Amendment
The Senate approved a six year presidential term by 47 to 23 to send the proposed amendment to the House and then to three fourths of the states. The measure bars any former officeholder from seeking immediate re election and frames the path to ratification. Senator Williams defended Roosevelt and opposed changes to the amendment while Cummins and Hitchcock debated its reach and wording.
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Senate
Westbrook
United States
Burgess
Harris
House Committee On Irrigation
Texas
Katy
Executive Department
Labor Starling
Washington
United Or of America
House
Friends of the Proposition
Wilson
Ireligion
Ashurst
Bryan
Chamberlain
Chilton
Arkansas
Filettcher
Gardner
Hitchcock
Johnson
Maine
Johnston
Alabama
Kavanaugh
Kern
Newlands
Overman
Owen
Paynter
Percy
Perky
Pomerene
Simmons
Smith
Arizona
Georgia
Maryland
Swanson
Thomas
Thornton
Williams
Brandegee
Brown
Burnham
Catron
Clark
Wyoming
Cummings
Dillingham
Dupont
Gamble
Guggenheim
McCumber
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Smoot
Sutherland
Wetmore
Works
Shively
Borah
Bradley
Bristow
Clapp
Curtis
Dixon
Jackson
Jones
Kenyon
la Follette
Lippett
Lodge
McLean
Oliver
Page
Poindexter
Richardson
Sanders
Stephenson
Townsend
Roosevelt
Taft
Cummins
John Sharp Williams
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Colonel Roosevelt
Newgressive
Democratic
Ace Wilton
Dele Rowance
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Sir A. Conan Doyle
Editor
Gridiron Club
Uncle Joe
Henry Morgenthau
Glerk
BIG Fortune
MR. Roosevelt
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