Two Dead In Tragic Fire Linked Fortunate Quark Ad
A fatal incident at 1220 North Flores street left Mrs Campbell and her husband dead after a bed room fire nipple ignited by a pistol shot. Miss Dessie Turner testified Campbell rode a car with them and had been drinking, though his cousin denied it. Campbell, 21, and his wife, 19, had married last May and lived with Turner family in Beeville. Justice Umscheid scheduled an inquest for Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Turner
Campbell
North Flores Street
Turner
St. Anthony
Mr. Turner
Beeville
Charles A. R. Campbell
Justice Umscheid
Taft faces wool bill path as La Follette measure favored
Washington July 15 Republican and Democrat senators and insur gents predicted the La Follette wool schedule revision would pass the Senate and House in a combination move. President Taft called the wool schedule indefensible and would veto such a bill if sent to him, with the tariff board expected to provide data for a scientific revision by December.
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Washington
Smoot
Crane
Williams
Taft
Hig
Senate
House
LaFollette
Tariff Board
Committee
Germans honor officers with Beethoven Hall concert
About 500 people attended Beethoven Hall as the Beethoven Maennerchor entertained officers of the maneuver division. Under Chief Musician John Weber the Twenty-eighth Infantry band played German Fatherland music, impressing officers and San Antonio residents alike. Generals Carter, Smith, and staff attended. General Hoyt was represented by Evans, adjutant of the Third Brigade.
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Deutsche “Gemaetlichkeit
Beethoven Hall
Beethoven Maennerchor
John Weber
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Volkslieder
San Antonio
Teuton
William H. Carter
Fred K. Smith
Hoyt
For Evans
Cox pushes resolution on Wiley to probe complaints
Washington July 15 Representative Cox of Indiana prepared a resolution demanding the departments of justice and agriculture present all complaints against Dr. Harvey W Wiley since his appointment as chief of the bureau of chemistry. An inquiry by the ecommittee will begin next week with Wiley slated as the first witness, followed by Secretary Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harvey W. Wiley
Representative Cox
Indiana
Departments of Justice and Agriculture
Dr. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Wiley
Agriculture Wilson
Pellagra Claims Life of Woman in San Antonio
Mrs. T. C. Tumlinson of Mathis Texas died at Baylor hospital after a prolonged pellagra illness. This marks a second San Antonio death from pellagra in six weeks. She leaves a husband five brothers and one sister. Funeral set for this afternoon at 4 at Sloan and Hagy chapel Crockett Street with interment in Mission Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Tumlinson
Mathis
Tex
Baylor Hospital
San Antonio
Sloan & Hagy
Darge Barn Is Burned in Floresville Fire
A feed barn owned by the Craighead livery stable burned last night in Floresville Texas. Several horses escaped while nearby buildings caught fire but were kept from spreading as firemen battled the flames and prevented greater damage to the business district.
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Floresville E. Tex
Craighead
Scribner's Impressionistic Tone Noted in Exchange
A brief exchange notes a man with a good complexion and a woman finding him somewhat impressionistic, reflecting a literary critics’ aside from Scribner's publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s
Obituary notices for Goodman and Dena brothers
The body of Lewis Goodman, who died in Omena Michigan, will arrive Monday at 6 45 AM and be taken to 119 East Elmira. Funeral at 5 PM at the home, with Dr. Samuel Marks presiding and burial at Temple Beth El cemetery. Pallbearers listed. A telegram reports the death of Jesus Gonzales Dena in Tuxpam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Dena was a Tamaulipas congressman and later a post office inspector general in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Strauss
Joe Oppenheimer
Emil Frank
L. Lindheim
8. Harris
Ed “Tynan
John Zadick
T. C. Frost
C. L. Kemper
O. Bermann
M. Steifel
J. D. Oppenheimer
Air stunt pilot Dadis Lewkowicz charms New York skies
The flyer Dadis Lewkowicz performs daring monoplane stunts around New York. A boardinghouse tale notes a star boarder asking why he treats the landlady to dinners, answered as a way to keep a square meal without hurting her feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dadis Lewkowicz
New York
Plan to Dam Nueces River for Irrigation and Rail Line
Plans outline a 30 foot dam on the Nueces River twelve miles below Cotulla to irrigate 22 000 acres and a railroad from Eagle Pass to Beeville to open 70 000 acres of Clark Sturges property. Backers from Denison Sherman and Terre Haute begin a $250 000 bonus drive. Cotulla hosts a meeting to advance the project.
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South Texas
BH. C. Sturges
Denison
L. C. Cole
Fort Worth
J. R.black
Cotilla
Nueces
Cotulla
Eagle Pass
Beeville
Clark-Sturges
Cotull
B. C
Sturges
Sherman
San Antonio
J. R. Black
W. H. Mullican
Terre Haute
Ind
Co-operative Land Company
Two Irrigation Projects Planned for Cotulla Area
Mr Mullican travels to Tampico to organize farming land interests and plan rapid dam and railroad construction in Cotulla. Texas irrigation chief William L Rockwell joins as consultant and will meet Mullican next Thursday. The project aims to end dry season moisture shortages in an area renowned for its fertile soil and world famous onions with a potential yield well above 400 crates per acre noted this year.
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Mullican
Tampico
Mex
Cotulla
William L. Rockwell
Texas Irrigation
Department of Agriculture
Cotula
President Taft Ordered Inquiry Into Lorimer Election
Governor Charles Deneen testified before the investigating committee that President Taft sent Secretary Mac Veagh to Chicago three months after the Lorimer election to gather information on how Lorimer was chosen. Deneen recalled joking that the president gave the directions. The hearing resumes Monday with William Burgess of Duluth and testimony about a $10,000 contribution to the jackpot from C F Wiehe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
MacVeagh
Chicago
Lorimer
Charles Deneen
Deneen
Illinois
William Burgess
Duluth
C. F. Wiehe
Edward Hines
Several Days Delay in Railroad Valuation Action
Austin July 15 The railroad commission aims to delay its decision on the International and Great Northern railway valuation. Engineer R D Parker returned after inspecting the Fort Worth division and will take several days to compile a report before the commission acts. Commissioner Williams says the matter is important and not to be rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
International & Great Northern Railway
R. D. Parker
Fort Worth
Williamis
Orient Will Resist Road 10 Sherwood
Judge H. C. Hord of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway says the company will resist the state’s bid to force building into Sherwood Irion county. A mandamus suit seeks to compel tracks into the county seat, with trial set for the October term of the Twenty sixth district court in Austin Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
H. C. Hord
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Railroad Commission
Sherwood
Irion County
Twenty-sixth District Court
Orient
J Herbert Compton Realty Completes 38000 in Local Sales
The J Herbert Compton Realty firm reports 38000 in sales including a 14 000 city property at 1022 Main Avenue a 90 by 220 foot building. Lyons residence on West Magnolia Avenue Beacon Hill sold for 8000 and Dr L M Berg home at 801 San Pedro Avenue for 7500. A 140 acre Nueces valley tract sold to L H Wellensick of Corpus Christi for 8000.
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J. Herbert Compton Realty Company
Main Avenue
N. A. Oe
Thomas E. Lyons
Magnolia Avenue
Beacon Hill
Dr. L. M. Berg
San Pedro Avenue
Nueces Valley
L. H. Wellensick
Corpus Christi
Hotel Arrivals Feature City Visitors and Notables
Local hotel guest list shows visitors from Dallas Fort Worth and Laredo including J V Dorsal Consul Diebold J H Williamson J M Dunlap and J F Boggus among others at the Gunter Menger Savoy Bexar and Crockett hotels. Names include Col J R Black and E J Holland with several Sheriffs bankers and dealers noted. The column ends with a humorous Tattler quip about a misrouted crockery box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. V. Dorsal
Miguel EB. Diebold
Laredo
Gunter
J. H. Williamson
Dallas
Menger
San Antonio
J. M. Dunlap
J. F. Boggus
Luling
Bexar
A. Webb
Granbury
Maverick
L. C. Cole
Fort Worth
Savoy
David Lambeth
Dave Lambeth
Gonzales
the Crockett
Robert D. May
Harvey May
McAllen
Mansfield
Seguin
E. J. Holland
J. A. King
BE. H. Buenz
J. J. Allen
Terrell County
W. EB. Stovall
Waco
Ll. Fouts
J. R. Posey
Beaumont
Prohibition Speakers Announced Across Texas Tour
State Secretary Tom C. Swope lists more than a thousand prohibition speeches planned across Texas from July 15 to July 21 featuring speakers such as Mrs. Curtis-Mac Allen Dr. Chas L. Gregory Ernest C. Mobley Henry Faulk and Dr George W Truitt with stops in Houston Victoria Beeville Laredo Rockport Corpus Christi Waco Austin San Antonio and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Tom C. Swope
Curtis—Mac Allen
Range
Gonzales
Seguin
Chas. L. Gregory
Victoria
Beeville
Skidmore and
Alice
Laredo
School House
Rockport
Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi
Ernest C. Mobley
Lampasas
Belton
Brenham
Taylor
Henry Faulk
Floresville
Ganado
Grand Jury K Busy in Gonzales County
Gonzales Tex July 15 The grand jury after nearly two weeks in session adjourned at noon reporting thirty six felony and thirty one misdemeanor indictments. This marks the largest indictment total by any Gonzales County grand jury in eleven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Flowers Grow Motive Behind Dirt Escape
Lulu observes her mother tending flowers and declares that flowers grow to escape the dirt, a remark noted in Lippincott's.
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Lulu
Lippincott's
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