Restoration of Alamo to be resumed at limited cost
The Alamo restoration may proceed under a modified injunction allowing work to continue until the original 5000 dollar appropriation plus proceeds from old material sales are spent, with a four week timeline. Judge Anderson asserts jurisdiction, while Attorney General Looney cautions resistance though not opposing the order. Governor’s plan and Daughters insistence frame a contested, ongoing case.
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W. S. Anderson
Colquitt
Nitschke and Conley
Williams
Anderson
Alsmo
A. B. Conley
J. B. Nitschke
B. F. Looney
Supreme Court
Mr. Looney
Dr. Conley
Nitschke
Alamo
Thirty-seventh District Court
Looney
Giesicke
Women Organize Machine In Cook County
The newly enfranchised women's party of Cook county began active organization by appointing a chairman for each ward in Chicago yesterday.
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Chicago
Woman's Party
Cook County
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area
Fair to night and Wednesday in San Antonio and vicinity. Clear skies and light winds expected with comfortable inland temperatures. No precipitation anticipated with mild afternoon highs and cooler overnight lows.
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San Antonio
Weather summary for major cities from eight a.m. readings
Observations at 8 a.m. for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington show temperatures from 65 to 74 with winds mainly south to west. Expect showers and storms in Chicago and general warm, fair conditions elsewhere with variations in humidity and wind.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
York
Boston
Washington
Shell Near President's Yacht Stirs Navy Fuss
Washington July 8 An incident near the presidential yacht Mayflower prompted talk of an official probe. A shell from Indian Head proving grounds narrowly missed the ship with President Wilson aboard while he sat on the afterdeck with Dr. Carey Grayson. River captains warn gun tests risk passengers and crews during trials.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Indian Head
Wilson
Carey T. Grayson
Villa Forces Holed Up Near Ascension Prepare For Juarez
Pancho Villa with 1200 Constitutionalists linger at Ascension three days from Juarez awaiting field pieces from Agua Prieta. Nearby, 800 followers and 700 more under Toribio Ortega fortify Guadalupe east of Juarez as Villa aims to attack with a large force. Ortega reports a pro federal execution list.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pancho Villa
Ascension
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Gay
Hugh L. Scott
Villa
Toribio Ortega
Guadalupe
Scott
Palomas
N. M
Ortega
Assault Leaves Ortiz Injured Near Monterey and South Frio
Felix Ortiz, a laborer, was found with a fractured skull and split forehead on the sidewalk near Monterey and South Frio streets after 10 p.m. He was injured in an altercation involving four men, said to include a chair being used as a weapon. Ortiz was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Policeman Ruhnke detained several suspects. one man is identified as the chair user.
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Felix Ortiz
Monterey
South Frio
Ortiz
Ruhnke
Blacks Join in Strike in Rand Mines
Six thousand native black workers from three large Rand gold mines joined the labor upheaval today in Johannesburg. If this disaffection spreads to about 250,000 natives on the Rand, white inhabitants may again face the “black peril” that has been quiet for years.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Rand
Leased Wire Day report features AP coverage summary
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report for broad news, supplemented by its own extensive special service. This combination provides a wide range of national and international items daily.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Army Aviator Killed in Dim Plane Crash Near Texas City
Lieutenant Loren H. Call of the U S Army Air Corps died when his six cylinder Wright biplane plunged nose down from about 500 feet north of the artillery camp near Texas City. Witnesses said a sudden violent descent followed a smooth approach and a warm air current is suspected. a board under Major A W Brewster and Lieutenants Gregg and Kirtland will investigate.
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Houston
Tex
Loren H. Call
United States Army Aviation Corps
Texas City
Call
Missouri
Coast Artilery
Kansas
Army Aviation
Carter
A. W. Brewster
Gregg
Kirtland
Ten Lives Sacrificed In Early Army Aviation Toll
Lieutenant Call, age 25, native of Missouri, killed in aviation accident, brings total army and navy fatalities since 1908 to ten. The list includes Selfridge at Fort Myer and several others at College Park, San Diego, and Olive. Call was attached to the coast artillery and detailed to the army aviation service last September.
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Washington, D. C
Call
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
Thomas F. Selfridge
Virginia
Orville Wright
E. M. Kelly
San Antonio
Tex
Leighton W. Hazlehurst
College Park
A. L. Welsh
Chicago
L. C. Rockwell
Corporal Frank 8. Scott
Rockwell
Rex Chandler
San Diego
Cal
Joseph D. Park
Olive
William 8. Billingsley
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
John H. Towers
Billingsley
Missouri
Kansas
Coast Artillery Corps
Louis W. Call
Judge Advocate General
Army Aviation Service
Marblehead
Mass
Palm Beach
Fla
Aeronautic
Texas City
Lamar Takes Stand to Explain Charges
The Senate committee resumed the hearing as David Lamar sought to explain charges about Edward Lauterbach and Wall Street figures. Lamar said his motive was to reveal injustices and force open discussion of blackmail accusations while targeting Ledyard, Cravath, Mivaris, Lovet, and Morgan steel interests.
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Washington, D. C
Wall Street
Senate Committee
David Lamar
Edward Lauterbach
Lamar
Stone
Clark
Morgan and Steel Corporation
Ward Lauterbach
Lauterbach
New York
Morgan
Senator Stone
Speaker Clark
Ledyard, Cravath, Mivaris
Lovet
Steel Trust
Union Pacific
Denver Boulevard Paving Bids Requested Amid Guaranty Additions
Denver seeks bids for concrete paving on Denver Boulevard with a five year guaranty and a bond of 8000 to 10000, potentially raising the 24718 estimate. Six contractors expected to bid. specifications mirror San Pedro Hill with added bond and guarantee. Contractors must provide stone samples and a certified bid bond, and property owners pledge 10000 of the contract price per front foot.
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Denver Boulevard
San Pedro Hill
Brown
Greeks Send Fund To Queen Sophia For Balkan Relief
A San Antonio Greek community collection raised 74 pounds sterling sent by cable to Queen Sophia of Greece for the Greek Red Cross in the Balkans. This follows a previous $250 gift last November. about 100 Greeks contributed led by C N Lantos James Gatoras Charles Siam P Mandes and Prattes Anthony.
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Balkan States
Greek Red Cross Society
London Exchange
Spphia
Greece
San Antonio
C. N. Lantos
James Gatoras
Charles Siam
P. Mandes
Mr. Prattes
Prattes & Anthony
Mayor Hints Plans for City Swimming Pool
Mayor Brown proposes a municipal pool near the river head for San Antonio youth. He envisions using a flowing well near Josephine Street and possibly reopening springs at San Pedro Park to provide affordable, low cost bathing during eight summer months.
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San Antonio
Brown
George ‘Surkey
Surkey
Josephine Street
San Pedro Park
Bulgarians Advance to Vranya and Morava Front
Sofia dispatch reports Bulgarian forces repelled Servian units, penetrated to Vranya and advancing along the Morava river. If confirmed, Bulgarians may have cut off a large Servian force from Belgrade.
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Vienna
Vranya
Sofia
Neue Freie Presse
Morava
Belgrade
Mexican Civil War Update From Nogales and Guaymas
General Juan C. Cabral reported Constitutionalists press Guaymas with artillery and hunger pinning federals listed as exhausted. Cabral denied gunboat help from Guaymas. US consul protested abuses against Americans Morrison and Browning as Morrison endured a 50 mile forced march.
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Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Juan C. Cabral
Gulfport
Cabral
D. Taylor
United States
Mex
State Department
Washington
L. M. Morrison
Portsdam
N. Y
Torin
A. P. Browning
Morrison
Five Flying Boats Entered for Cruise
A fleet of five flying boats will depart Chicago harbor for a 900 mile cruise to Detroit, deemed the era's most remarkable aero trip. Delays and injuries reduced starters to half. Tony Jannus leads, followed by Beckwith Havens, Logan Vilas, Walter Johnson, and Roy Francis, each carrying a passenger. Stops planned with an average speed near 50 mph to meet a Detroit arrival on July 18.
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Chicago
Detroit
Linutenant
Navy
Grant Park
Tony
Jannus
St. Louis
Beckwith Havens
Fishkill
Logan A. Vilas
Walter Johnson
New York
Roy J. Francis
San Francisco
Railroad unions vote near unanimous for strike
Ninety four percent of 76 683 union members in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors favor a strike in the wage dispute with eastern railroads. The Erie railroad withdrew from talks, signaling readiness for a possible walkout and inviting a strike.
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New York
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Eastern Railroads
Erie Railroad
Riva Wounded in Havana Gunfight Dying
General Armando Riva Cuban national police chief is fatally wounded after a pistol duel on the Prado. Surgeons say there is no hope of recovery as order is maintained across the republic.
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Riva
Havana
Armando Riva
Prado
Republic
Bank run forces Kuhn to resign in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburg, J. and W. Kuhn resign as president and vice president of the Pittsburg Bank for Savings after a bank run tied to wider failures. W. L. Jones becomes president, with L. M. Plumer as vice president and A. M. Woegtley as secretary-treasurer. Depositors are paid $60 immediate, larger withdrawals pending notice.
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Pittsburg
Kuhn
Pittsburg Bank For Savings
W. L. Jones
L. M. Plumer
A. M
Woegtley
I'red G. Kay
American Waterworks and Guarantee Company
W. J. Jones
Kuhns
Clearing House
Jones
Financial Pittsburg
First Second National Bank
First National Bank of
McKeesport
J. S. Kuhn
W. S. Kuhn
Foreign Banking Department
Clearing House Association
Williams Blames Mismanagement in Pittsburg Bank Collapse
John Skelton Williams said the First Second National Bank of Pittsburg was seriously mismanaged and the full extent would be determined by the justice department. Treasury officials stressed the broader banking system remained sound while the bank’s failure erased its entire 5.5 million capital and surplus.
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Washington, D. C
John Skelton Williams
the Treasury
McAdoo
Pittsburg First Second National Bank
Department of Justice
Treasury
Pittsburg
First Second National Bank
Treasury Department
First Second National A Ik
Brush Burners Named for City Weed Clearing Action
Inspectors will be assigned as weed burners by Secretary Chaffe of the health department. The plan calls for burning brush and cutting weeds by the city or private property over the next three to four weeks, with active enforcement beginning tomorrow.
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Chaffe
Health Department
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Diplane
Congress
Red Cross
Gettysburg
AL Braise
Rebs
J. Williams
New Hampshire
John R. Schaeffer
Johnny Reb
Guaymad
U. S
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