Roosevelt Testified He Would Have Sanctioned Steel Deal
Theodore Roosevelt testified in the government suit to dissolve the steel trust that he would have approved U S Steel's absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron regardless of motives. He said he acted during a panic and denied being deceived by Frick and Gary. The former president stated he knew the government had begun one investigation into the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Theodore Roosevelt
Steel Trust
Stanley Committee
Messrs
Frick and
Gary
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Tennessee Coal and Iron Cesl
R. V. Lindabury
Steel Corporation
Address by Miss Jessie Wilson at Trenton YWCA
Miss Jessie Wilson daughter of the President elect received congratulations after delivering her vesper address at the Trenton New Jersey YWCA. The talk titled Joy of Service urged doing something for someone else and highlighted how trifles can lead to perfection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Miss Wilson
Plant Juice Endorsed By San Antonio Residents At Local Hotel
Mine Host Fred E Achzehn of the Eighteen Hotel says Plant Juice cured his stomach and liver troubles after trying many remedies. He took two bottles and feels entirely well, endorsing the remedy to all sufferers. Hundreds in San Antonio have publicly praised Plant Juice as a powerful tonic and curative, claiming relief and cure for nervous debility stomach trouble kidney liver and blood ailments. Sold at Fischer's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Achzehn
Alamo Street
San Antonio
Ater
Fischer
Judge Questions Colonel on T. C. I. Deal and Steel Control
In testimony during the government case Judge Jacob M. Dickinson questions the colonel about the T. C. I. acquisition and the United States Steel Corporation. The colonel says he sought relief for the country and checks on steel industry control but denies knowledge of price fixing, rail pools, or tin plate monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindabury
Frick
Gary
Jacob M. Dickinson
New York
Minnesota
Louisiana
United States Steel Corporation
Dickinson
Steel Corporation
Poll Tax Payments Urged as Election Day Approaches
San Antonians hurry to pay poll tax receipts with eight days left to qualify. Collector Bitter reports 812 receipts in forenoon, total 7128. Bexar county voting strength 7667. City receipts total 5347, still short of last year's pace. Villemain estimates 600 to 700 daily qualifiers to match prior totals. Precinct 49 letters urge residents to pay taxes ahead of key elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Willemain
Villemain
Taylor Fanciers Ship Prize Poultry to San Antonio Show
Taylor Tex Jan 22 A number of Taylor s chicken fanciers have shipped pens of their prize winning birds to the San Antonio poultry show. Owners and birds include E E Bohls white Wyandottes and Indian Runner ducks E O Zucknick white Minorcas A A Bogen rose comb Rhode Island Reds and A V Jakubik buff Orpingtons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tex
Taylor's
San Antonio
E. E. Bohls
E. O. Zucknick
A. A. Bogen
Rhode Island
A. V. Jakubik
Jury Indicts Baptist Minister in White Slave Act Case
Rev. J. R. Hewett a Baptist minister was arrested today at Benjamin Texas by federal authorities on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act after being indicted by the federal grand jury in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
J. R. Hewett
Benjamin, Tex
Texas Travelers Protective Association to Meet in Corpus Christi
The executive committee of the Texas Travelers Protective Association will meet in Corpus Christi on February 22 for a business session. The local post is preparing arrangements to entertain the visitors, with C. H. Mann, district agent for the Louisville and Nashville, based in Houston, in San Antonio today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Travelers Protective Association
C. H. Mann
Louisville & Neahville
Houston
San Antonio
Rare Bryant satire copy fetches 3000 dollars at sale
One of the rarest U S books, perhaps five or six copies, is William Cullen Bryant's Embargo or Sketches of the Times A Satire by a Youth of Thirteen printed in 1808. A copy recently sold for 3000 dollars two years after its publication he entered Williams College signaling precocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Cullen Bryant
Times
Williams College
Masonry Progress In San Antonio Crown Lodge Planned
Sam P. Cochran arrives to oversee the creation of a Rose Croix Lodge in the Scottish Rite Temple on West Commerce Street It is expected about 100 charter members will join The move follows the formation of the Bexar Lodge of Perfection and aims toward a San Antonio consistory withRose Croix degrees interim plans include a Maundy Thursday observance on March 20 and a spring initiation reunion for April Sam P Cochran is described as the most eminent Mason in Texas with multiple statewide offices held within the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam P. Cochran
Texas
San Antonio
Rose Croix Lodge
West Commerce Street
Bexar
Lodge of Perfection
Council of
Eastern Star of Texas
Heintz Estate To Benefit San Antonio Industrial School
Mrs Josephine Heintz dies in San Antonio January 14 bequeathing between 4000 and 5000 dollars to the city school board for an industrial school. An administrator is sought by attorney C A Goeth as the estate values around 20000 dollars. Trustees may decide future allocations at a near term meeting. The will directs funds to be used as the school board deems best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Josephine Heintz
C. A. Goeth
Goeth
Cattle Shipment Probed as Agents Visit San Antonio
F C Rhea livestock agent for the Katy returns from Browns ville after examining cattle shipment questions from Mexico. J A Chilton district passenger agent for the Texas & Pacific at El Paso is in San Antonio on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Rhea
Katy
Brownsville
Mexico
J. A. Chilton
Texas & Pacific
el Paso
San Antonio
Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy Promoted as Cure
An advertisement describes diabetes as a nutrition disease affecting the blood, causing excess sugar, wasting, and sweet odor. It praises Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy for restoring nutrition and health, citing a testimonial from Rev. Alvin H. Morton and noting availability from druggists and Warner's other products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Alvin H. Morton
Sand Point
Idaho
Warner's Safe Remedies Co. Dept
Rochester
N. Y
Pooling and rate fixing cited in early steamship probe
Christian J. Beck of Hamburg American testified before the House Shipping Trust Investigating Committee about a pooling pact with Royal Mail and United Fruit lines in Americas trade. He described a tacit understanding not to cut rates, Jamaica to the isthmian region, with 50 percent freight earnings split 77 to Hamburg American and 22 to Royal Mail, later 25 percent for Royal Mail. The Gulf trade to South America was covered by similar rate understandings in New York rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Atlantic
House Shipping Trust
Christian J. Beck
Hamburg-American Lines
United States
Beck
Hamburg- American
Royal Mail
Jamaica
Central America
South America
United Fruit Company
Panama Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Royal Line
New York
Negro Woman Charged After Virginia Street Shooting
Lillian Ellis, described in the report as a Negro woman, is under arrest charged with assault with intent to murder after allegedly shooting Eliza King on Virginia Street yesterday morning. King says she was struck while trying to intervene as Ellis whipped her child. Ellis reportedly hurled a hatchet before firing. An affidavit was filed in Justice Campbell's court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ellis
Eliza King
Virginia Street
King
Ellis
Campbell
Two Lectures at Y M C A With Stereopticon Views
J L Hunter of Dallas will present two illustrated lectures in the Y M C A lobby next Thursday and Friday January 23 and 24. The topics are A Trip Through Palestine and Y M C A Work in Texas. The second lecture aims to boost Texas Y M C A membership and activities with views across the state’s principal cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
J. L. Hunter
Dallas
Palestine
Texas
No Change in Strike in San Antonio Contractors Refuse Closed Shop
Electrical contractors in San Antonio announce they will not agree to a closed shop and reject other terms proposed by the union. The strike remains unresolved after days of stalemate with only two contractors signing new contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Murder Charge In Stamford Case Sparks Sheriff Affidavits
J J Abbott aged 30 and J W Barnes aged 22 are charged with the murder of Charles G Stamford the body found in Brackenridge park. Affidavits filed by Sheriff Tobin in Justice Fisk's court. Preliminary hearing not yet fixed. Witness list includes officers physicians and investigators. The stomach analysis report from Dr J S Abbott is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Abbott
J W. Barnes
Charles G. Stamford
Frackenridge Park
Tobin
Stamford
Abbott
State
Denver Boulevard
South Heights
Brackenridge Park
J. W. Barnes
E. P. Barry
D. Berrey
J. 8S. Abbott
Austin
Tex
A. Newton Jr
Walthall
J. W. Galbraith
Ben 8, Fisk
E. E. Wood
Traction Company
A. H. Miller
A. 8. Mussey
W. A. Harvey
Agreement Reached On Sap Enginemen and Trainmen Conditions
Negotiations on readjusting working conditions for Sap enginemen and trainmen ended with the employer to pay delays at terminals, though official results were not released. J B Peters said differences were settled satisfactorily but would not specify details. Union representatives have returned home. sources say employees’ demand for wages from call time was not granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sap
Peters
Four Killed in Explosion at Equitable Powder Plant
An explosion at the Equitable Powder Company plant in Fort Smith Arkansas killed four men and left two badly burned. The blast destroyed the press frame building, with shock and flames visible for miles in the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Equitable Powder Company
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Fast Catarrh Relief
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a quick cure for catarrh, colds, and inflamed membranes. It claims instant nostril opening, headache relief, and morning recovery, urging readers to buy a small bottle from any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Obituary notices from San Antonio papers Villanueva and Moyers
Funeral services for Santiago Villanueva aged 66 were held at his Lakeview home then at San Fernando Cathedral with interment at San Fernando Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Thad W. Smith and Domingo Fernandez. active pallbearers listed. Also reported were deaths of Harry Ashley McCullough in Buenos Aires and Mrs Bessie Harrison Moyers of San Antonio. Additional notices name Johanne Schmidt, 67, and provide brief survivor details and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. Meyers
Isidoro Chapa
G. W. Bartholomew
Nat Villareal
Antonio Fernandez
German-born widow rests after long San Antonio life
This morning at 302 De Vine Street the German native and longtime San Antonio resident Mrs. Schmidt died. Survived by sons Henry and Julius Schmidt and daughters Mrs. Caroline Wagner and Mrs. Bertha Beyer, with Germania Lodge No. 1036 affiliations. Funeral at 3 pm from the residence. interment in the old Lutheran cemetery. Rev. O Hartmann of St. John's Lutheran Church to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devine Street
Germany
San Antonio
Schmidt
Germania Lodge
O,. Hartmann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Pioneer Texas settler Frank Strosser dies at 86 in San Antonio
Frank Anton Strosser, 86, a Texas pioneer, died at his son Robert A. Strosser’s home in San Antonio. A German native who immigrated in 1854, he lived here seven years. Survived by widow, three sons Henry and Frank Strasser, two daughters, two stepchildren, all of San Antonio. Funeral Thursday at 10 from Pearce-Robinson Chapel, interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev Hartmann to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’culloch
Buenos Ayres
Harry Ashley McCulloch
Henry E. McCulloch
Texas
McCulloch
San Antonio
Seguin
Lola Gaylord
Lolita
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Argentine Republic
Debating Society Backs Woman Suffrage at Brackenridge
The Demosthenes Debating Society met at Brackenridge High School. An extemporaneous debate on Resolved That Woman Suffrage Should Be Encouraged Texas concluded with the affirmative led by Mueller and Morris and the negative by Hildreth and B Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demosthenes Debating Society
Brackenridge High School
Texas
Messrs
Mueller
Morris
Hildreth
B. Cannon
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Portum Cereal Coir
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Bath Creek
Bled
Brooklyn
Rel N
Washington
W.A
A. H. Pitubure
Collen
Callen
Postum Cereal Co.,ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Postum
San Antonio Hotel
Gary and Frick
Investiga
Sovereign
LINES
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Petersow & GO
Chicago
Scott
Wilton
Axminster
Marseilles
Saul Woetso
Justice Fisks
Fletcher
DR. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M. D
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