Chronology of the Week January 26 1912
Local 15 year old Charles Frederick Biggs is killed when a shotgun explodes in his hands during a hunt. University of Texas Professor T A Taylor forbids a dance in Austin. students defy with Boston dip and bunny hug. Remains of John Paul Jones are laid to rest at Annapolis. Choristers picket St Michael s Church in Trenton. Italian plenipotentiaries draft a note on breaking off talks with Turkish delegates. District Attorney Engelking seeks harsher penalties for wiretapping conspiracies. Fredericksburg railroad land woes slow the Fredericksburg to San Antonio project. Mrs Helen D Longstreet offers $23476 to settle General Sickles debt to New York. London suffragists clash with police near Parliament over franchise reforms.
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Charles Frederick Biggs
T. A. Taylor
University of Texas
Austin
John Paul Jones
Naval Academy
Annapolis
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Trenton
N. J
Attorney General’s Department
Senate
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Helen D. Longstreet
Daniel E. Sickles
New York
San Antonio Water Board Responds To Plant Profit Claim
The San Antonio Water Supply Company files with the city council regarding its plant project, arguing that a 20 percent rate reduction suggested by the consulting engineer would leave no profits for the utility.
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San Antonio Water Supply Company
City Council
Is This Man Gifted With Strange Power
A San Antonio light reader spotlights Clay Burton Vance, who claims to read lives from handwriting and birth dates. The paper notes his method and includes a sample letter from Prof. Dixon praising the reading, inviting readers to send full names birth dates and a verse for a free test delineation at Palais Royal Paris.
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Clay Burton Vance
Vance
Prof
Dixon
M. A
Lanka Observatory
The
Light
Suite 506-H
Palais Royal
Paris
France
San Antonio Charter Amended Shifts Mayor Nominating Power
The charter committee rewrites the proposed charter to allow the mayor to nominate all appointees except the city auditor Emilio Vasquez Gomez leaves the city heading to New Mexico to join Gen. David de la Fuente State. Morris Sheppard wins US Senate short and long terms defeating R M Johnston by 104 to 66 for the first term and nearly unanimous for the second. Garner threatens a federal probe if DOJ does not pursue Texas indicted Standard Oil officials. Foreign suffragettes launch militant campaign by assaulting Dublin Castle after franchise bill defeat.
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San Antonio
Emilio Vasquez-Gomez
Mexico
New Mexico
David de la Fuente
Morris Sheppard
United States
R. M. Johnston
Dom Congressman
Garner
Texas
Department of Justice
Standard Oil
Dublin Castle
Railroads defend position in anti discrimination case
Lawyers for twenty Texas railroads gather in Federal District Court as testimony is heard in the Aransas Pass Channel Dock Co case alleging discrimination against Port Aransas in favor of Galveston Texas City and Port Arthur. Louis A. Martin dies. A new syndicate plans to take over the fair grounds. Processes issue for many witnesses in Attorney General investigation. US government moves to dissolve United States Steel Corp. Mexican rebels prepare for Juarez attack. Balkan peace delegates deliver note to Ottoman representatives amid Turkish tensions.
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Texas
Federal District
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aransas Pass
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Juarez
Tchataldja
Port Aransas hearing postponed as defendants request
The Port Aransas case hearing is delayed at the defendants' request after the complainant rests its case. The Miami Herald notes William J Bryan has signaled willingness to serve as secretary of state under Wilson. The Balkan allies announce termination of the armistice with foreign affairs updates.
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Port Aransas
Chamber of Commerce
Greater
San Antonio
Rogers
Wise County
Miami Herald
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Turkey Extends Four Day Grace Period Starting Today
A four day grace period begins today for Turkey. The extension allows additional time for compliance and adjustments amid ongoing negotiations and regional economic considerations.
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Turkey
Multiple Political Sketches and International News Briefs
A digest of items includes J. E Webb proposing a charter amendment to shift mayoral appointive power, five men detained on land fraud suspicions, and the Bexar County Medical Society backing a state bill on expert judges of sanity. Lipcomb resigns from the city council as A H Rische is chosen, while a House resolution probes legislators who gamble with lobbyists. Castro is bonded in New York after immigrant concerns. efforts to block Theodore Roosevelt from future runs surface amid works proposals. The Balkan conflict brews, Katy railroad moves advance, and snow hits Oklahoma as suffragette threats prompt palace closures in England. Shubert syndicate hires Barker to tour Fanny's First Play next season as Shaw's comedy nears 200 performances in New York.
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J. E
Webb
Bexar County Medical Society
Joel A. Lipscomb
Jones
A. H. Rische
House of Representatives
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Messrs. Shubert
Granville Barker
Fanny
Bernard Shaw
William Collier’s
Comedy Theater
Seven men linked to mammoth land fraud before grand jury
A grand jury examines seven men alleged to be connected with a wide land fraud case as investigations continue.
Display of Officer 666 gallery costs nearly ten thousand
Cohan and Harris claim the Travers Gladwin home display created for three acts of Officer 666 cost about $10,000 to reproduce. Many canvases are meritorious replicas of famous masterpieces.
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Messrs
Cohan
Harris
Travers Gladwin
The Typhoon Stage Portrayals And Freckles Triumph
The article notes methods of great character actors like W H Thompson and Theodore Roberts improving realism. Walker Whiteside’s The Typhoon is praised for authentic Japanese lettering. Freckles from Gene Stratton-Porter is acclaimed as a stronger play than the novel with a vivid Limberlost setting and a first rate cast and scenery.
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Limberlost
Indiana
Freckles Play Set For Grand Opera House February 11
The play Freckles will be presented at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday February 11 with both matinee and night shows. An excellent cast is announced and the show is described as stronger than the famous book.
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Charles Menkens
Prince David
Mabel Wilber
Sonia
Merry Widow
Grand Opera House
Jersey contractor halves building to move along narrow street
Viciasitudes of house movers are numerous but a Jersey contractor faced a rare task. A forty foot three story frame building was to be moved to Highland avenue, but the street being only thirty feet wide required the structure to be sawed in two before relocation.
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Jersey
Highland Avenue
Gilmore Stars in Sheldon Drama The Havoc at Grand Opera House
Paul Gilmore headlines a March show at the Grand Opera House with Sheldon’s The Havoc a drama centered on Richard Craig a brilliant American railroad man who seeks revenge against a treacherous guest. Gilmore’s production and acting are praised for striking realism.
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Grand Opera House
Paul Gilmore
Sheldon
Gilmore
Mr. Gilmore
Craig
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