County road bond funds detail Bexar county work Biennial report
The Bexar county road bond issue of 550000 funded improvements on 373.31 miles of highways with tarinating claying grading graveling and resurfacing plus concrete culverts. Total spent 549949.99 with 50.01 remaining. Precinct expenditures and averages per mile are listed along with supervision costs and overall road-budget use.
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Bexar County
Fred Bennett
Sennett
Bennett
J. K. Lamm
Charles X. Gutzeit
Jacob Klaus
Henry Meyer
van H. Howard
New York Murders Drop From 1913 to 1915
New York police report for 1915 shows 246 murders in the city compared with 257 in 1914 and 286 in 1913. The stats indicate fewer shootings and burglaries. Four thousand four hundred thirty nine missing persons reported, 829 unaccounted for. Arrests reached 212,452 and 161,121 convictions.
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New York
Police Department
New York City
Boldt Denial of Interview Misrepresented by San Antonio Express
J J Lodovico and Dr E H Elmendorf testify that Adolph Boldt advised correspondents to report his remarks accurately and that the Express misquoted him claiming a categorical denial of a Light interview. Boldt praised the Chamber and criticized the Express tone during a station conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Express
Adolph Boldt
Houston
Boldt
Express
The
Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Lodovicc
E. H. Elmendorf
Cold Spell Goes Astray In Texas Weather Split
Forecasts predicted freezing weather for Monday night but San Antonio and surrounding areas stayed warm. Tuesday brought cloudy skies and warmer temperatures as a westward storm moved in, leaving the region unsettled with unseasonable warmth.
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New Orleans
San Antonio
Mississippi
San Antonio Area Cloudy With Warmer Temperatures
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures tonight.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
The forecast from The Light covers St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Washington. Temperatures range from zero to 24 with snow in several locations and winds from southeast south and west varying. Continued cold appears likely in most areas with clouds and snow possible Wednesday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Membership Drive Totals Hit 537 As Campaign Advances
Noon reports show 537 Chamber of Commerce memberships secured since Monday, at 25 dollars each amounting to 15890 dollars. Left and right wings led by Generals Hayes and Hucker report strong canvassing totals with a special committee tallying 273 memberships. A luncheon for workers tonight at St Anthony hotel will feature Dr. Hibben of Princeton.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gunter Hotel
Army of Solicitors
Herbert J. Hayes
J. W. Hucker
Brown
R. C. Jones
Peter Hoefgen
R. P. Schermerhorn
A. P. Ford
KR. T. Pruitt
Percy Tyrrell
Franz C. Groos
Ed Fomby
James Kapp
A. Krongosky
Ned Jewett
Charles Schoff
L. K. Clegg
C. V. Birkhead
J. H. Kirkpatrick
George C. Holmgreen
Fowler
van Howard
J. H. Savage
Cc. M. Cain
Gus Zalmanzig
E. E. Dilley
Herbert Barnard
J. McNeal
P. L
Elizabeth Moore
The
Vaughan Lumber Co
Woodward Carriage Co
Groos National Bank
the Guenther Milling Co
Alamo National Bank
Central Trust Co
City National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
William Richardson & Co
the Southwest Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Antonio Hotel Co
L. J. Hart
San Antonio Portland Cement Co
Gebhardt Chili Powder Co
San Antonio Brewing Association
William Cassin
Lange Soap Co
Walter Walthall
Passing Show Printing Co
Dr. Ferdinand Herff
Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Co
F. M. Lewis
San Antonio Paper Co
Gus Zoller
Merchants Trust Co
Herman Rinder
Fraser Auto Supply Co
Ray M. Mackey
Clinton G. Brown
M. Maracheau Grain Co
John H. Bond
Taliaferro, Cunningham & Birkhead
Robert W. B. Terrell
Lone Star Brewery
John E. Coryell
William E. Butler
the Sherwin- Williams Co
J. P. DeLesdernier
A. S. Pawkett
O. C. Chapin
Ww. Co. Indan
Century Dental Labr
Mills Engraving Co
A. Graves
Schermerhorn Adv. Co
Imperial Turkish Bath Co
M. L. Oppenheimer
Sunset Sys
Armor makers threaten price hike over government plants
Washington February 8. Private armor plate manufacturers told the Senate naval committee they would raise armor plate prices by 200 a ton if Congress builds or buys government plants. The committee favored government plants and approved bills to expand Mare Island and New York navy yard facilities and to add 300 midshipmen at Annapolis. A Tillman bill for a 20 000 ton a year factory with a 1 million appropriation was reported against by Penrose Lodge and Smith. The committee also agreed to consider a 10 million appropriation for a naval and aviation academy near San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Mare Island Navy Yard
New York Navy Yard
Annapolis
House
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Midvale
Tillman
Secretary of the Navy
Lodge
Phelan
California
Naval and Aviation Academy
San Francisco
Flood Situation Becomes a Battle in Arkansas City
Arkansas City faces a fierce flood as the Mississippi River rises toward a crest likely around February 17. Levees are tested against record flood levels with forecasts of 56 to 57 feet and revetments prepared, while backwater halts town activity and Sheriff Lacy notes levee protection efforts.
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Arkansas City
Ark
Weather Bureau
G. R. Lacy
People Flee From Clarendon In Flood Evacuation
The government boat Quapaw departed Clarendon Arkansas with about 100 women and children bound for Devall s Bluff to wait out rising flood waters. Relief trains run by the Cotton Belt railroad will reach near the town edge as residents use boats to reach safety. By nightfall the population is expected to drop to around 300.
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Clarendon
Ark
Quapaw
Devall’s Bluff
Cotton Belt Railroad
Brooklyn girl funds battleship drive with Roosevelt gift
Marjorie Sterrett started a fund to build a battleship for Uncle Sam by sending a dime and writing a letter to a New York newspaper. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt replied with ten dimes, four from his grandchildren and six from grandchildren not yet born, boosting the total to 55.30 dollars.
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New York
Marjorie Sterrett
Brooklyn
Uncle Sam
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Marjorie
House quits Paris after talks with diplomats
Col. E. M. House concluded conversations with diplomatists and government officials in Paris and left this morning for England.
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House
Paris
Col. E. M. House
England
Mexicans Set 1917 Constitution and Queretaro Capital
Carranza issues decree for a constitutional congress to assemble in Queretaro on September 16 and to implement the new constitution on February 5, 1917. Decrees also reopen private schools and name Queretaro as temporary capital while Villa holdovers supply locomotives and cars for National Lines. A Canadian firm seeks a west coast railroad franchise and a Oaxaca report notes a priest condemned for rebellion and armed fighting.
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Galveston
Tex
Carranza
Mexico
Queretaro
Villa
Oaxaca
Bandits Fire On Train From Mexico City to Vera Cruz
Four American mining engineers who arrived on the Esperanza reported their rail journey from Mexico City to Vera Cruz was under fire by bandits. They described widespread bandit activity between the capital and the coast and noted armored cars with four inch guns.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Esperanza
Mexico City
John R. Davis
Tampico
Carranza
General Obregon
Villa Threat Seen Forcing Intervention
A Mexican informant from Madera said Francisco Villa vowed to cross the border and seize an El Paso and Southwestern railway train if the United States did not intervene within six weeks. General Cavila at Juarez had no update on Carranza forces or Villa’s position, with a report placing Villa and 25 men in Canyon del Nido.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Francisco Villa
Madera
Juarez
Villa
Cavila
Carranza
Canyon del Nido
Counterfeit Money Production Reported Near Mexico City
Reports to Carranza officials in Matamoros say counterfeit United States currency is being produced near Mexico City and circulated across the republic, though none has reached the U.S. border yet.
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Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Mexico City
Republic
Carranza
Matamoros
Commission Urges Tighter Sugar Imports in Britain
London reports a royal commission urges stricter sugar import limits to cut consumption. It notes wartime prices have stayed well above normal, now effectively doubled, yet overall use remains high and urges reductions in sugar and confectionery.
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London
Royal
England
Wilson to visit Newark as Chamber guest on May 13
President Wilson tentatively accepted an invitation to Newark New Jersey May 13 and attend events as the chamber of commerce guest. The announcement was made from Washington with details awaiting final confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Newark
N. J
Chamber of Commerce
First Special Session Called in South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota February 8 The first special session of the Legislature convened to consider amendment of the primary election laws for the territory or state.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Navy bills strengthen force and shipyards move to Senate
In Washington two House measures to bolster the navy passed to the Senate. One bill adds about 800 midshipmen to the Annapolis entrance class next July. The other funds naval yard upgrades at New York and Mare Island to build battleships Nos. 43 and 44. Speaker Champ Clark and minority leader Mann led a cross party push for passage.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Annapolis
New York
Mare Island
Champ Clark
Representative Mann
Hopi Indians Reported Threatening Uprising in Arizona
Phoenix reports say about five thousand residents in northeast Arizona fear Hopi uprisings after a Hopi man was killed by police near Lees Ferry. United States officials plan to dispatch deputy marshals and may use cavalry from El Paso to the Grand Canyon area amid snowbound, isolated conditions near Flagstaff.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Navajo
Thomas Flynn
United States
Lee's Ferry
Grand Canyon
Arizona-Utah
Flagstaff
Washington
Miss Farrar and Lou Tellegen Married in Washington
Opera star Geraldine Farrar and actor Lou Tellegen wed today at Farrar’s parents home in Washington. The couple met six months ago in a California movie studio while both working on films. Farrar, soon 32, is celebrated as a leading soprano. Tellegen, 29, hails from Scotland with French lineage. They plan a honeymoon to Hawaii and Japan after their theatre seasons.
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Washington, D. C
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Miss Farrar
L. A. Harvey
Orders Arrest of Policemen in Hopi Uprising
Officials sent a posse to Tuba City in Arizona to arrest policemen linked to the killing of an Indian. United States Attorney Thomas Flynn and Pima Reservation Superintendent Thackerey led the operation to quell the threatened Hopi uprising. Snowbound Tuba could delay word on success for several days.
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Washington
PD. C
Indian Service
Department of Justice
Navajo
Arizona
Thomas Flynn
United States
Flagstaff
Thackerey
Pima
Tuba
Missing Lt MecLeery Surrenders After AWOL Claim
A man claiming to be Lieutenant J. S. MecLeery of the U S Army surrendered at a Kansas City recruiting office saying he had been absent without leave since December from Columbus Ohio. He recalled little about leaving and said he had wandered between Chicago and Kansas City while staying in hotels. He denied being a deserter.
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Kansas City
J. S. MecCleery
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Derby tipped for war secretary and Kitchener to Egypt
The Weekly World reports Field Marshal Kitchener may command British forces in Egypt while the Earl of Derby, recruiting head, could become Secretary of State for War with cabinet seat. Fronts show little activity aside from bombardment in the Franco Belgian line and quiet in most major theaters. In the Caucasus Russian forces press against Turks near Erzerum, and Delhi notes Townshend holding Kut El Amara with Aylmer’s moves aiding him.
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London
Weekly
World
Kitchener
Egypt
Earl of Derby
Caucasus
Petrograd
Erzerum
Black Sea
Lake 'An
Delhi
Townshend
Kut-El-Amara
Aylmer
President Wilson Expected to Announce Re nomination Plans
Advisers anticipate President Wilson will make the first formal statement of his candidacy this month. A note to Ohio's Secretary of State suggests his name may be used in the primary. No definite announcement has been made, though friends expect one.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Ohio
Children Feet Frozen in Oklahoma Case
In Bristow Oklahoma Mr and Mrs J A Clark were jailed charged with forcing their two children aged 6 and 7 to stay in a woodhouse on a farm twelve miles away until their feet were badly frozen. A physician amputated the feet to save their lives but doctors said the children have little chance of recovery.
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Bristow
Okla
J. A. Clark
Wilson Is Placed On Indiana Ballot As Democratic Nominee
Indiana secretary of state confirms President Wilson as the sole Democratic candidate on the March 7 primary ballot.
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Indianapore
Ind
Tumulty
Wilson
Indiana
Burglary Sparks Shoe Hide of $300 Rings
Mrs. C. L. Knapp hid diamond and garnet rings worth 300 dollars in an old shoe after burglars visited her Kansas City home. A tramp who asked for shoes October 14 is suspected as the thief, and police seek him.
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Kansas City
C. L. Knapp
Park Avenue
Lusitania Settlement Nears End as Berlin Accord Seen
Washington officials said a settlement in the Lusitania dispute is in sight, with Germany’s proposal deemed substantially satisfactory. The talks between Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff aim to avoid further admissions, while a formal document to the State Department is prepared for final agreement and possible indemnities for lives lost.
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Washington, D. C
Lusitania
United States
Germany
Berlin
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Wilson
State Department
Senator Sheppard Files Prepardness Petition in Senate
Senator Sheppard today filed in the Senate a petition of 3424 Galveston citizens endorsing preparedness urging readiness across the state and nation as war clouds grow.
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Washington, PD. C
Sime
Sheppard
Senate
Galveston
Election Charges Are Withdrawn in Pittsburg Case
Charges of violating election law against more than 140 election board members in Pittsburg last September were withdrawn by District Attorney H. H. Jackson. No reason given beyond failed convictions in five cases and poor prospects for remaining trials.
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Pittsburg
H. H. Jackson
Wife Accidentally Shoots Husband in Dallas
In Dallas Texas on February 2 C B H of the city is in critical condition from a pistol wound accidentally inflicted by his wife M A Rice a revolver was discharged and the bullet struck Mr Rice in the head.
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Husbead
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Rice
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