Mexico-Texas Land chief shot in Book Building office
Sigmund N Steinhardt former Mexico-Texas Land Co manager was shot in room 202 of the Book Building West Houston Street at 9 45 am. Fred R Wefing president of the company was arrested ten minutes later at his home on Soledad Street after saying Steinhardt had “nagging” him. An eyewitness Aaron Ritter reported hearing a pistol shot and seeing a man flee with a paper in hand. Steinhardt lay unarmed, head against a divan, bruised from a fall.
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Sigmund N, Steinhardt
Mexico-Texas Land Company
Book Building
West
Houston Street
Sreinhardt
Fred R. Wefing
Soledad Street
John W. Tobin
Wefing
Tobin
Wesing
Steinhardt
Aaron Ritter
Depot Street
Book
Ritter
Tragic shooting at Steinhardt office prompts inquiry
The body of Steinhardt shows he was standing during the attack and no arms were found. Dr E H Elmendorf confirms a breast wound to the heart and coroner Joseph Umscheid, Capt Sam Cook, Det Miller and deputies secured the scene. The victim, son of Auto Sales and Supply manager William Steinhardt, was moved to Zizik Undertaking. Wefing entered the building moments before the firing, seen by elevator operator M Farrell who heard the pistol shot.
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William Steinhardt
Wefing
Steinhardt
M. Farrell
Farrell
Judge sustains motion in Chicago Packers trial
Federal Judge Carpenter ruled to strike papers and letters alleged to be in J Ogden Armour handwriting from the Chicago packers trial records. Witness Jerome Pratt testified about by product revenue affecting beef pricing and branch managers setting meat prices to maximize returns, noting losses when markets glut and spoilage occurs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carpenter
Chicago Packers
J. Ogden Armour
Jerome H. Pratt
Pratt
Armours
Expedition Aims For Mount McKinley Summit
An expedition led by Prof. Herschel C. Parker plans to depart New York soon toward Mount McKinley in Alaska. Accompanying him are Belmore Browne, Merl Lavoy, and Arthur Aten with two dog teams to aid the final push from Talkeetna. The team expects a three to four month campaign with an initial 30 mile daily pace for the first 100 miles.
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Associated Press
New York
Mt. McKinley
Herschel C. Parker
Susitna River
Professor Parker
Belmore Browne
Parker-Browns
Merl Lavoy
Seattle
Arthur Aten
Valdez
Alaska
Vagrants Penalized in Police Court
Two women and one man, all Negroes, were each fined 200 dollars by Judge Buckley in the police court this morning on vagrancy charges. The women identified as Nellie Wheeler and Bennie Irvin alias Matilda Miller. The man identified as Martin Wheeler. Arrests were made last night by Detective Green.
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Buckley
Nellie Wheeler
Bennie Irvin
Matilda Miller
Martin Wheeler
Green
Weather Forecast for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity. To night cloudy and warmer. Thursday unsettled and colder.
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San Antonio
Weather observations across cities show continued cold and snow likely
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures from St Louis to Washington with lows ranging from 22 below in St Paul to 2 below in Kansas City. Winds vary from calm to strong northwest, with snow flurries and probable snow in several cities and a Thursday of unsettled or fair conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Unclear request about AP wire carried by papers
The fragment appears to question whether any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light carries the Associated Press wire from San Antonio, asserting there is no basis for this claim. No verifiable details or names are provided.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
San Antonio to Host Four Grand Opera Companies
San Antonio announces a historic opera season with four companies arriving from February to March. The Aborn Grand Opera, Sheehan Grand Opera, Lombardi Grand Opera, and a French company will perform in French English and Italian repertoire, featuring stars from La Scala and La Juive. The season opens February 14 with Aborn, followed by Sheehan February 22, a French company February 26, and Lombardi March 27 through 31.
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San Antonio
Grand Opera House
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Sidney Weis
Grand
Aborn Grand Opera Company
French Grand Opera Company
Sheehan Grand Opera Company
Lombardi Grand Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Aborn Company
Massenet
Puccini
Jacques Offenbach
IH Trovatore
Verdi
Donizetti
Martha
Friederich von Flotow
Sheehan Opera Company
Les Hugenots
la Barbier de Seville
Weis
la Scala
Milan
Constanci
Rome
San Carlo
Naples
Elvira Cassazza
Saint-Saen
Madame Deanetta Alvina
Lidia Levy
Elvira Bosetti
Guiseppe Maggi
Giovacchina
Cold Wave Settles Across Gulf States Invasion of Chill
A strong cold wave drifts into the eastern gulf states with frost reaching Tampa. A broader disturbance stretches from Missouri to the northwest as rain and snow threaten Texas Oklahoma and much of the gulf area in the next day. Extreme lows plunge to 84 below in Duluth and record lows extend northward.
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Gulf States
Tampa
Atlantic
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Duluth
Farmers Meet Plan Selling Agency for Southwest District
About forty members of the Southwest District Farmers' Union gathered in the Real Estate Exchange auditorium to organize a selling agency for their products. The central clearing house will be in San Antonio and the agency will cover roughly twelve counties, handling all crops including cotton. A. L. Baker serves as president of the union formed months ago.
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Southwest Texas District Farmers’ Union
Real Estate Exchange Auditorium
San Antonio
Southwest District Farmers’ Union
A. L. Baker
Federal court to adjourn as trials wrap up
The December term in the federal district court likely adjourns tomorrow after most cases and grand jury work are finished. Assistant District Attorney C C Cresson says only one more case remains. Enrique Espinosa faced seven months and a $5 fine for importing a Mexican woman for immoral purposes. Charles Renaud admitted larceny on a government reservation and drew ten months.
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Federal District
C. C. Cresson
Sarah Bundren
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Eight Orphans Found In Ill Furnished Hovel
Eight orphan children live in a bare hovel at 1531 Burnet Street. A 5 year old girl suffered severe breast burns when a stove toppled in play. Medical care was delayed until charity workers learned of the case. A committee member arranged funds and clothing and a physician now assists with hospital placement plans.
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Burnet Street
I. C. Munden
Roosevelt Bars Reporters at Aldine Club Dinner
Former President Roosevelt was a guest and speaker at a dinner for him and Ly man Abbott hosted by the Aldine club in New York last night. Reporters were denied admittance, the meal reported only by hearsay, in line with Roosevelt's wish to exclude press presence.
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Roosevelt
Associat Press
New York
Aldine Club
Lyman Abbott
Securities In Equitable UTM Under Guard
More than half a billion dollars in securities lie buried in the Equitable building ruins guarded by 140 police. Harriman Gould Ryan and Belmont estates and vast securities of the Equitable Assurance society rest in vaults amid debris as fire rages in cellars. Awaiting the blaze, records of 40,000 stockholders may be lost. a backup set exists but addresses may be missing.
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Associated Press
New York
Equitable
Harriman, Gould, Ryan and Belmont
Equitable Assurance Society
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
Harriman
Mercantile Trust Company
Kenton
Broadway
Singer Tower
Ice Ec
Chapa Found Guilty and Fined One Thousand Three Hundred
The jury convicted F A Chapa on second and third counts of violating neutrality laws. A fine of 1300 dollars was imposed with a long trial in Brownsville Texas. No appeal will be filed and Chapa will return home. The verdict followed deliberations that lasted about a day with the jury initially split eleven to one.
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Brownsville
Tex
F. A. Chapa
San Antonio
United States
Chapa
Burns
Mexico
Galveston
Poll
Jake Wolters
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Armour
Mount Mkinley
H. C. Parker
Ip Sneer
Frank A. Chapa
Equitable Utm
Belmont, Harriman and Ryan
William J. Walsh
Fire Department
Willia Campion
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Joseph Conti
John Sazzio
Massena Fratta
Safe Deposit Company
Equitable Life
Court House
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