William Tumlinson Named Motorcycle Officer In City Crusade
Chief Frank Newman selects William Tumlinson of San Antonio as one of two motorcycle policemen to curb speeding. A second officer will be named soon. both will patrol city streets day and night with speedometers, recording speeders and making arrests. The abattoir project faces charter and legislative hurdles, delaying its status until the next session.
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William Tumlinson
Frank Newman
Tomlinson
San
Shooting at Snyder leaves Thompson wounded in street
Snyder July 16 Will Thompson aged 24 was shot in the arm and thigh. W B Ash aged 38 who was arrested refused to discuss the shooting. The men had known each other for years. Thompson had just returned from a trip when he met Ash on the street and the shooting began. Ash surrendered.
Must Amend Charter Before Austin Bond Abattoir Construction
Special to The Light from Austin Texas dated July 16 reports that the city will likely need a charter amendment before it can issue bonds for building an abattoir. The note explains the legal prerequisite and ongoing considerations for the project.
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Austin
Tex
City of
Boost Good Roads Event Links Corpus Christi to Beeville
Not fewer than sixty Corpus Christi business men depart Wednesday for Beeville to join a good roads meeting with San Antonio representatives and others. They aim to boost and plan a modern highway between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, traveling in twenty autos with planned stops and a two day effort to spur road improvements.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus
Beeville
San Antonio
Kenedy
Floresville
Ariests
Nueces hotel to buy furniture in Chicago and Grand Rapids
H H Franks and J M Nix plan a trip to Chicago and Grand Rapids to purchase furniture and equipment for the Nueces hotel in Corpus Christi, a $550000 project under construction. More than $100000 will fund expensive furnishings including Louis XIV finishings for the dining room. Franks stays at the Gunter hotel.
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Pment
H. H. Franks
J. M. Nix
Nueces
Corpus Christi
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Franks
Gunter Hotel
Laredo City Marshal Seeks Surgical Attention
Capt. M. Brennan, city marshal of Laredo, spent yesterday in the city for minor medical care and called on Sheriff John W. Tobin this morning. He reports no discussion of revolution across the river at redo and says Orozco is nearly played out in Chihuahua.
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M. Brennan
Laredo
John W. Tobin
Redo
Orozco
Chihuahua
Interment at Fort Worth for Col Wynne
Colonel R. M. Wynne, 68, longtime Texas public figure and Confederate Home superintendent, died in Austin after weeks of illness. His body sent to Fort Worth for burial with funeral services planned at Dr. Ernest L. Stephens home. Survived by widow and several Wynne children.
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Austin
Tex
Col
R. M. Wynnte
T. P Moore
Colonel Wynne
Fort Worth
Ernest L. Stephens
Veterans View
H. Y. Benedict
A B.conley
Charles B. White
George W. Littlefield
R. W. Finley
Webster Flanagan
J. T. Bowman
J. Preston
Colquitt
K. M. van Zandt
Junius B. French
Broadway Presbyterian Church
I. Z.T Morris
Children’s Home Society
Tennessee
Haywood County
William Benjamin
Sarah Anne (Moore) Wynne
Rusk County
Texas
Belleview
Caney Creek
Young Wynne
Captain Barton
Point of Contest
Mississippi River
Corinth
Texa
Hoggs
Farmersville
Bragg
Shiloh
Nashville
Wynne
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Joseph D. Sayers
R. V. Davidson
Confederate Home
Richard M. Wynne, Jr
Percy Wynne
J. Harry Wynne
Earnest L. Stephens
Prohibition Question to be Voted in Arkansas September
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled today that the prohibition question will be submitted to voters in the September election. The court denied an injunction stopping the Secretary of State from certifying the statewide amendment petition for the vote.
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Arkansas
Secor
Tittle Rock
Ark
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Council Adjourns in Memory of Mayor Callaghan
The city council adjourned yesterday afternoon in memory of Mayor Bryan Callaghan and will reconvene tomorrow at 3 PM to address salaries for city employees. Acting Mayor Richter presided with all aldermen present as Alder Mauermann urged a resolutions committee for the late chief executive. The next meeting will focus on salaries and the city budget, plus the selection of a financial agent.
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Bryan Callaghan
Richter
Mauermann
Courts to decide middleman role in lumber trust case
Washington reports the government will test the middleman's rights and necessity in pending suits against the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers association. DOJ officials say the issue hinges on legal scope of middleman operations and is an economic question never before presented to court. All testimony in the Eastern case should finish by August 1 and be ready for the U S district court in New York. The piece notes French tax revenue from games of chance and a race betting machine totaling about 1.6 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Goalled “Lumber Trust
Court of Justice
United States Court For
Southern District of New York
Morse Given Banquet In Bath After Pardoning
Charles W Morse, recently pardoned by President Taft from Atlanta Federal Prison, said I have no apologies to make and I always take my medicine when I have to. Fifty Bath friends hosted a dinner in his honor. Morse read a letter to Attorney General Wickersham stating he is confined for an act he would be proud for his son to do.
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Bath
Charles W. Morse
President Taft
Atlanta
Morse
Wickersham
Rainy Weather Halts Ships Along South Atlantic Coast
Heavy rainfall in Jacksonville noted no damage. The local weather bureau warned shipping interests of rough sea conditions and delayed several ships set to sail. Forecaster reports improving conditions and expects clearing weather by nightfall.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South Atlantic
Mass Meeting Planned For Wolters Col quitt Support
Houston delegates from German Swiss and Bohemian societies plan a general mass meeting tonight to back Jake Wolters for the senate and O B Col quitt for governor. Each nationality will have speakers, with arrangements complete for the rally. Children Beg to Go to Shows in Waco prompt police and charity questions about why well to do families send kids begging for money to fund picture shows.
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Houston
Tex
Jake Wolters
Senate
O. B. Colquitt
Waco
United Charities
Murder Case Set for Trial in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi July 16 District Judge Hopkins has set the Walker and McGregor murder cases for trial on July 29 with a special venue of 196 ordered in each case. Walker is named in the report as a defendant in the homicide proceedings.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Hopkins
Walker
McGregor
Murder charge tied to January slaying of Louis Shirar
The defendants, brothers-in-law Shi rar and Walker, are charged in the murder of Louis Shirar from January in this city. The McGregor case stretches three years, stemming from a carnival grounds killing of J. Priour after an altercation at the fair.
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Louis Shirar
Shirar
Walker
McGregor
J. Priour
Houston Without Police Chief Vacancy Prompts Nomination
Houston officials report the police chief post remains open after Henry Sansom resigns on July 1. Unofficial city hall chatter points to Cullen F. Noble, a claim agent for the Texas and New Orleans Railway, as the nomination for the job.
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Houston
Tex
H. Baldwin Rice
Henry Sa Nsom
Cullen F. Noble
Texas & New Orleans Railway
Houston Firm in Court Files for Involuntary Bankruptcy
Houston firm L. H. Burks & Son, pioneer implement and vehicle dealers in South Texas, faced involuntary bankruptcy proceedings in a federal court late yesterday afternoon. A preliminary petition was filed, but there is no inventory of assets and liabilities yet.
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Houston
Tex
L. H. Burks & Son
Pioneer Implement and Vehicle Dealers
South
Texas
Taft thanks Chicago mayor for police protection
President Taft writes to Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago to express hearty thanks for the efficient police arrangements at the Coliseum during the Republican National Convention. The letter notes the protection was greatly appreciated and conveys sincere regards from Taft.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
Chicago, IL
Taft
Coliseum
Harrison
William H. Taft
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