Prohibition Party Nominates Chafin Wat kin for President
Atlantic City July 13 The Prohibition party completed its convention naming Dunn F Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S Watkins of Ohio for vice president by acclamation on a single ballot. Four rivals withdrew after the first ballot as others vied for secretary and executive positions within the party.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dunn F
W. Chafin
Arizona
Aarons. Watkins
Ohio
Chafin
F. W. Emerson
California
Finley C. Hendrickson
Maryland
Aaron
W. G. Calderwood
National Committee
Prohibition Party
Calderwood
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Oregon
J. B. Lewis
Boston
Francis Beauchamp
Kentucky
H. P. Faris
Missouri
F. J. Sibley
Finley
Hendrickson
R. H. Patton
Illinois
F. Emerson
San Francisco
Minnesota
Two Men Entombed in Wine by Gaye-An
At Burnside colliery in Shamokin Pennsylvania rescuers reached a barrier in the mine where William Way and Harry Derrick have been trapped since Thursday morning after a massive cave-in. Air is foul and escape looks unlikely. the missing men were first reported by a mother seeking word about her son.
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Gaye-An
Shamokin
Burnside
Philadelphia and Reading Coalband Iron Company
William Way
Harry Derrick
Schreffier
Italy Ready to End War with Turkey and Pay Indemnity
Paris dispatch reports the Italian government informally signaling readiness to end the Turco Italian war. It states Rome would pay a heavy cash indemnity to Turkey for its sovereign rights in the Aegean and related Turkish grievances.
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Paris
Riport
Italy
Aegean Sea
Obituary notices for Rath Caldwell and Ripstein
Conrad Rath 71 dies at home after paralytic stroke in city where he lived 35 years. Survived by wife Caroline and three children. Lewis G Caldwell 28 dies after lingering illness at 435 Porter Street native of Kansas City. Survived by widow and infant. A B Ripstein 38 dies in local hospital native of Texas recently from Del Rio. Funeral held and interment at St Marys cemetery.
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Rath
Germany
Caroline Rath
John Rath
Mary Johnson
Jose Vogler
el Paso
Morrell R. Morrell dies after lengthy illness
Morrell 54 a Boston native dies at a local hospital after months of illness. He spent the last two years in the stock business in Southwest Texas. He is survived by his father George C. Morrell of Bosson. The body will be moved tonight by the San Antonio Undertaking Co to Boston for burial.
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Morrel R. W. Morrell
Boston
Mass
Texas
George C. Morrell
Bosson
San Antonio Undertaking Company
Clark heads to Sea Girt for talks with Wilson
Speaker Clark left Washington for Sea Girt New Jersey to meet Governor Woodrow Wilson in a three hour conference. The talks center on the house program and its role in the upcoming campaign.
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Washington
Clark
White House
Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
House
Chicago moves to ban racing form handbooks
The judiciary committee at a Chicago meeting urged the city council to enact an ordinance prohibiting sale of any publication containing racing forms or race information. Mayor Harrison previously urged passage to stamp out such handbooks in the city.
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Chicago
Committee On Judiciary
Harrison
Remodeling of Walfson building on Main plaza underway
Work by Scutter and Shands on the old Walfson building starts to convert it into six stores with plate glass fronts facing Commerce street and Main avenue. J Tom Williams, agent for owners, says rentals are favored over full building use and utilities will be up to date.
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Walfson
Main Plaza
Scutter & Shands
Commerce Street
Main Avenue
J. Tom Williams
Confederate Home head Col Wynne improves after illness
Austin Texas July 13 Col R M Wynne superintendent of the Confederate Home has been seriously ill for a week with a complication of ailments and is now much improved.Hopes are set for his eventual recovery.
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Austin
Tex
R.M. Wynne
Confederate Home
Two men charged in post office robbery case in Texas
Riley Shaver aged 32 and Charles Murphy aged 14 jailed in Houston to answer federal warrants accusing them of robbing the post office at Sodaim Polk County.
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Postoffice
Houston
Tex
Riley Shaver
Charles Murphy
Sodaim
Polk County
Lorimer Sees Senate Oust Battle Endure
After two years of upheaval the Senate voted on Lorimer’s fate amid charges of bribery and corruption. Lorimer appealed to Crawford and denounced perjury claims while tears moved Tillman as the long fight over his seat drew to a close.
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Tillman
Lorimer
Crawford
Senate
Senator Tillman
Senator Lorimer
Burns
United States
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
White
The
Tribune
Gravis
Washington
William Lorimer
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Charles A. White
Burrows
Michigan
Chicago
Beveridge
Indiana
Loximer
Hotel Arrivals List Reflects Wide Travel Across States
A lengthy hotel arrivals column names numerous guests visiting from cities such as Fredericksburg Fort Worth St Louis Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland Dallas and Houston. The roster includes individuals and couples like J M Martin Mrs J H Thompson and children W G Freeman and many others staying at hotels in various Texas towns and beyond.
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Gunter
W. A. H. Schmidt
Fredericksburg
L. Pierce Champ
Fort
Pan
H. Hamilton
C. A. Ayer
Fort Worth
O. Barton
Dallas
D. A. Stewart
Corsicana
St. Anthony
H. E. “Meyer
D. EB. Patterson
Chicago
H. FB. Heacock
Newark
Jas. R. Murphy
Meriden
Conn
T. J. Pierce
St. Louis
J. H. Thompson
Houston
Walter McComb Jr
Asherton
T. 8. Williams
Sidney Kats
J. M. Martin
Laredo
J. J. Atkinson
Austin
E. H. DeJoltneon
New York
R. & Chambers
Gonzales
H. C. Voss
W. E. Oldfield
Menger
Claude Milan
A. Leidesdorf
A. Mason
Cleveland
C. H. Brown
Oklahoma
M. W. Gary
H. O. Wente
Cincinnati
W. E. Hancock
Hardy Greenwood
M. N. Palmer
Toledo
F. B. Chase
Mrs. WillM&th Richardson
Monterey
B. Little
Denison
E. M. Bull
J. D
Johnson
Hubbard
Julius Bennett
Runge
Mra
W. G. Isbell
Detroit
Bexar
G. O. Davis
Jourdanton
A Alexander
Lee Hales
Hillsboro
BE. C. Foster
Granger
John A. Kendall
Frank H. Tuscany
Thomas Cade
Georgetown
L. 8. Elwell
Oakville
N. Gentile
el Paso
W. Alexander
Yoakum
Savoy
George L. Golden
O. P. Pope
N. B. Ware Jr
Pandora
J. C. Hybarger
Uvalde
T. V. Richards
H. ©. Webb
Osaka
Miss
T. T. Glatt
T. W. Pettus
Goliad
Nick Furnich
Jas. B. Trice
Cotulla
C. D. Sloan
Crystal City
J. J. McMillen
A. W. Bradford
Boston
Charles Kraft
C. H. Beauchamp
Crockett
J. H. Smith
M.rs. Richard
Max Joseph
William Gardener
E. P. Hawkins
Waxahachie
A. E. Verne
Real Estate Transfers List From Early 1900s
A series of property transfers shows multiple buyers and sellers including J. J. Lytle, Lewis Holland, M. B. Locklear, Grace Ross, H. C. Denison, Cay School, J. H. Kirkpatrick, and George W. Brackenridge. Properties span Melrose Gardens Alamo Heights Brackenridge Place San Fernando and Sylvan Park with sums ranging from 75 to 25 000 dollars. The records cover July 1912 to July 1922 and include lots, blocks, and new city blocks with deed details.
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J. J. Lytle
Lewis Holland
M. B. Locklear
Lote
Melrose Gardens
C. Gardner
Grace Ross
Alamo Heights
M. H. Townsend
H. ©. Yost
Brackenridge Place
River Avenue
H. C. Denison
W. A. Silvers
New City
T. L. Bridgman
G. H. Fulmer
R. H. Brittian
J. E. Scrivener
Florence M. Sholl
W. H
L. P. Sholl
Madéliene Terrace
H. G. Denison
Cay School
New City Block
J. H. Kirkpatrick
E. G. Holroyd
San Fernando
M. M. Turney
Lotta E. Turney
J. A. Appleby
Roy L. Gillett
J. QO. Newton
Ida Boles
Palm Heights
George W. Brackenridge
B. G. Irish
Los Angeles Heights
Fatal poolroom affray ends in death in Floresville
In Floresville Texas on July 13 Juan Reyes a Mexican man was killed after a dispute in a poolroom. Jesus Medina another Mexican was seriously wounded. Saloon proprietor A P Oliver was arrested and held on 3000 bond. Preliminary hearing set for Monday. Medina was taken to San Antonio for treatment and is at Santa Rosa hospital with a possible recovery.
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Floresville
Tex
Juan Reyes
Jesus Medina
A. P. Oliver
Reyes
Medina
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
Rebels Withdraw As Mexico Central Falls To Government
Smuggling rebels have left the district with 30 ammunition officers. They head toward Casas Grandes 140 miles southwest and may move toward Sonora or Agua Prieta. Pedro Recio, rebel railroad head, escaped to Los Angeles as federal forces advance. Railroad workers quit en masse amid low pay.
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United States
Casas Grandes
Sonora
New Mexico
Arizona
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Juarez
Pedro Recio
Los Angeles
Cal
Recio
Rebels Retreat From Juarez as Federals Prepare Invasion
Juarez dispatch notes that rebel troops mostly pulled back leaving a 200 man garrison. Government cannot repair the Mexican Central railroad for two months and little activity near the border is seen. Rebels mass toward Sonora while Orozco denies dissent and de la Fuente is said to have gone abroad. A rebel comms states the revolution will triumph and condemns electoral fraud by Madero supporters.
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Juarez
Mex
Sonora
Pascual Orozco Jr
David de la Fuente
San Antonio
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Baltimore
Mexico
Madero
Ixtlan Escort Battle Ends In Massacre After Ambush
News from Oaxaca reports 600 citizens escorting 43 prisoners to the state capital clashed with mountain Indians near El Cerezco. About 70 attackers were killed and several escort members including the parish priest died. The prisoners were later executed to avoid rescue.
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Oaxaca
Mex
Ixtlan
el Cerezco Ranch
Amnesty offer accepted in north rebels exceed thousand
Mexico City July 13. An official statement says rebels in the north who accepted amnesty offered by General Huerta total over 1000. The amnesty will not be general across the country until the national assembly meets in September, since executive cannot grant it.
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Mexico City
Huerta
National Assembly
Rally at University of Texas Highlights Educational Efforts
A large crowd gathered in the University of Texas auditorium for an education rally under the Conference for Education in Texas and the Hogg Organization. Mayor Wooldridge presided as Judge R L Batts and Hon Carlos Bee spoke on statewide educational improvements and the conference’s campaign. Professor F M Bralley discussed securing future efficiency for the organization.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Conference For Education In Texas
Hogg Organization For Higher Education
Wooldridge
Texas
R. L. Batts
Carlos Bee
San Antonio
Conference For Education In
F. M. Bralley
State Announces More Contracts For State Institutions
Austin July 13 state Purchasing Agent J R Elliott announced another batch of contracts for supplies for eleemosynary institutions. One contract is with a San Antonio firm. Dr J L M Shropshire has returned from a two month trip through the east.
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Austin
Tex
J. R. Elliott
San Antonio
JL. Ll. Shropshire
Aldermen Discuss Peaceful Council Talks and Budget
Acting Mayor Richter led an informal meeting with Aldermen Mauermann Wickeland Fincham and Lipscomb to ease bickering and push salary payments. Lipscomb and Fincham pledged aid, while debate focused on budgeting priorities and selecting a city bank before any appropriation.
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Richter
Mauermann, Wickeland
Fincham
Lipscomb
Alderman Lipscomb
Mauermann
Delayed Fixing of State Tax Rate News
The Texas automatic state tax board will meet next Monday but will adjourn to a later date due to only half of the tax assessors reporting taxable valuations. A reduction in railroad intangible assets makes a rate cut unlikely. the current ad valorem rate stands at 12 1-2 cents per $100. State Tax Commissioner Love said assessors were notified and urged to send estimates to the comptroller.
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Austin
Tex
Automatic State Tax Board
Love
State Tax Board
International & Great Northern
Comptroller
Great Place to Live in Mexico Says Pearson Oil Executive
T F Corrigan of Pearson Oil in Mexico endorses living there and investing, noting opportunities for small investors and financiers. He says political unrest set Mexico back 15 to 20 years but business remains active as international investors act. Corrigan is en route to Kansas City and other eastern points, staying at the Menger.
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Mexico
T. F. Corrigan
Pearson Oil Company
Republic
United States
Corrigan
Kansas City
the Menger
Jury unable to agree in Hillsville court officers case
The jury in Claude Allen’s case, part of the Allen gang, failed to reach an agreement over the Hillsville court officers assassination. The jurors were discharged and a new venire summoned for another trial after voting began at 5 30 p m yesterday.
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Wytheville, Va
Claude Allen
Allen
Hillsville
Venice
Clarksville Plans Sewer System With 25000 Bond Issue
Mayor C B E Terry of Clarksville reports a proposed 25000 sewer bond issue to fund a new sewer system. The bonds carry 4 1/2 percent interest and will be issued and sold after approval by the attorney general's department.
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Clarksville
Austin
Tex
C. BE. Terry
Attorney General’s Department
Terry
Polecat Bite Deaths Prompt Pasteur Institute Visit
Mrs. Henry Aust of Menard Texas arrives at the Pasteur institute after a polecat bite. She was awakened by kittens and stepped on a cat, suffering a bite to the third toe of her left foot.
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Austin
Tex
Pasteur Institute
Henry Aust
Menard
Negro given long term sentence in Beaumont robbery
Monroe Godfrey a Black man was convicted of holding up another Black man at gunpoint and robbing him of $6. He received an 18 year penitentiary sentence.
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Beaumont
Tex
Monroe Godfrey
Primary ballot error splits Texas election law ruling
Assistant Attorney General C. R. Lane says the Terrell law forbids printing presidential elector names on July primaries ballots. He warns ballots printed and distributed may be illegal, risking voiding Democratic votes statewide. Lane argues electors were chosen at Houston convention, not by popular primary.
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Austin
Tex
C. R. Lane
Lane
Democratic Executive Committee
Houston
Terrell
Crane Promises Support for Wilson Amid Campaign Funds
Wilson ally Charles R. Crane announced he would back Governor Wilson for the presidency and donate to the Democratic campaign fund if allowed. He was joined by University of Wisconsin President Vanchise, a former La Follette supporter, at Wilson's luncheon in Sea Girt New Jersey.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Charles R. Crane
la Follette
Wilson
Crane
Vanchise
University of Wisconsin
Ruling on 8 Hour Law Says Contracts Block Overtime
The Texas attorney general’s department holds that contractors cannot voluntarily bind workers to exceed eight hours a day on city projects. If no such contract exists, workers who exceed eight hours may still be paid for the overtime without violating the law. The ruling was issued to Mayor Breech of Cleburne.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Funderburk
Breech
Cleburne
Grand jury delays report on Houston police affairs
Houston July 13 The grand jury in criminal district court has not finished its probe into police affairs and will not issue a report for several days. A prior report condemned county convict matters, calling the county convict farm at Seabrook an infamous and inhuman condition. The indictment against officials in charge is lengthy and bitter.
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Houston
Tex
Criminal District Court
Hell
Seabrook
Aldermen Return From Vacations After Short Absences
Aldermen Alexander Boynton and Charles Fincham returned to the council meeting Monday after nearly two weeks away. Boynton planned a ranch stay with family in Dimmit County, while Fincham anticipated a fishing and camping trip on the Guadalupe River near Kerrville.
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Alexander Boynton
Charles Fincham
Alderman Boynton
Dimmit County
Alderman Fincham
Guadalupe River
Kerrville
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