Celebration of San Antonio unity marks new era
Civic leaders urged broad representation at a 4:30 Monday conference in the St Anthony ballroom to plan a city wide celebration of the recent bond vote. Proposals include a grand dollar dinner to honor progress and a continued push for nonpartisan civic cooperation.
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San Antonio
St. Anthony
Citizens’ League Party
L. J. Hart
Pacific Coast
Southwest
T. L. Conroy
Silence Is Golden Says National Homestead Chief
Mrs. Charlotte Smith head of the National Homestead Association urges couples to guard secrets to preserve independence. She argues many divorces stem from couples knowing too much of each other and advises telling husbands only enough to keep them happy.
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Boston
Mass
Charlotte Smith
National Homestead Association
Mrs. Smith
East and West Texas Weather Outlook
East Texas fair with local showers and cooler north on Sunday. Monday turns fair. West Texas showers Sunday mainly in the north, with southeast portion remaining dry, then fair Monday.
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East Texas
West Texas
Weather observations across major cities a breezy Sunday forecast
Reports from St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington detail temperatures winds and Sunday fair or cloudy conditions. Highs range from 44 in Saturday readings to 88 in Washington with varied wind directions from north northwest west and north.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas’ City
New York
Boston
Washington
PD. C
Fall Celebration Debate Tops Chamber Meeting
San Antonio business leaders discuss reviving a fall celebration to replace the defunct International Fair. The Chamber of Commerce board will review proposals in October with a plan to convene a meeting of interested parties. Support is growing among wholesalers manufacturers retailers hotel men and producers. Ideas include a plains round up automobile race a military tournament and a fruit and vegetable exhibition with musical programs under consideration.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Plains Hall
The
Woman's Club
Fasl
Lane denounces Texas indeterminate sentence law
Assistant Attorney General C. E. Lane calls the indeterminate sentence law passed by the Thirty third Legislature absurd and unenforceable. He urges district judges to ignore the act until the Court of Criminal Appeals rules on its constitutionality.
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Austin
Tex
C. E. Lane
Texas
Lane
Court of Criminal Appeals
Water famine feared as drought hits Springfield
Springfield faces possible water famine as three months of drought strain the city water supply. The water company launches a conservation drive urging citizens to avoid waste. a potential city ordinance may ban lawn sprinkling if rain does not come in three to four days.
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Springfield
Water Company
Congress Day Briefs in Senate and House
Senate met at noon with Senator Simmons supporting the tariff bill and Senator Cummins opposing it. Senator Fall prompted debate on the Mexican question. Lobby committee not in session. Nominations confirmed. Adjourned until noon Monday. House not in session, to meet Tuesday. Bank and currency committee continued work on currency bill.
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Senate
Simmons
Cummins
Fall
House
Bank and Currency Committee
Union Men Win First Skirmish With Roads
The 82,000 conductors and trainmen on eastern railroads won the first skirmish in a wage fight after the Senate confirmed W Lea Chambers and C W W Hanger as mediation commissioners under the Newlands law. A temporary truce followed as mediators prepare to meet at the Manhattan Hotel tomorrow to start arbitration talks.
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New York
Senate
W. Lea Chambers
C. W. W. Hangar
Wilson
Manhattan
Messrs
Garretson
Lee
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Managers’ Committee
San Antonio Officer Assigned to French Cavalry Training
Lieut. Carl Boyd of the Third Cavalry is detailed by the War Department to spend a year with a French cavalry regiment to study training methods. The assignment runs Oct 15, 1913 to Oct 15, 1914, with him learning French and leaving for France this week. Boyd is a West Point graduate and a noted polo player in San Antonio.
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Carl Boyd
Third Cavalry
War Department
France
Boyd
San Antonio
Augustus P. Blocksom
West Point
Leutenant
May Surprise Senators Hits Ashurst Telegraph Claims
Senator Bristow accused Senator Ashurst of spending 10000 of public funds on private telegrams. The charge, based on a Senate committee's quiet inquiry, prompted promises of broader scrutiny of senators telegraph use. Ashurst denied using public money for private business.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Bristow
Senate
Ashurst
Senate Committee
Bristow
Will of General Grant Appraises Estate at One Hundred Thousand
The will of General Frederick D. Grant, son of President Ulysses S. Grant, names Ida Honore Grant as sole beneficiary and executrix. The estate, valued around $100,000, is largely invested in railroad bonds. It notes prior purchases of many worthless stocks. Grandchildren Princess Cantacuzene of St. Petersburg and Ulysses S. Grant III are named beneficiaries.
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New York
Frederick D. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ida Honore Grant
Princess Cantacuzene
St. Petersburg
Corpus Christi Population and Leading Names in Directory
The Corpus Christi directory reports a city population of 16 000, up 2 000 in two years. Smith is the top surname with 42 households, Garcia 41, Johnson 33, and Jones 22. Real estate firms and individuals total 82 entries in the directory.
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Corpus
Corpus Christi
Tex
Smith
Garcia
Johnson
Jones
Writ Prohibits Daughters of the Republic in Alamo Case
The Texas Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition and injunction against the Daughters of the Republic of Texas restraining further prosecution of the Alamo case in Bexar County. The order bars new process and any action that could interfere with the court's judgment until the first Monday in October 1913. The writ is returnable then, with the governor and legislators watching plans to finish restoration costing about 10000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Brown
Phillips
Alamo
Daughters of the Republic
Anderson
District Court
Bexar County
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
A. B. Conley
Chambers
Connerly
Court
the Supreme Court
Colquitt
Pop
Franklin
W. 8. Anderson
Thirty-seventh District Court
Conley
Geisecke
Ly Caneke
Alamo restoration faces uncertain legal moves after court ban
The article notes the Supreme Court's sudden ruling halting the Daughters of the Alamo effort and a potential new tactic under private counsel. It states that the ban extends to the entire organization, barring partial continuations or individual action, and hints at possible further moves though specifics are unclear.
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Alamo
Supreme Court
Anderson
Individua
Protectorate Over Nicaragua Planned
Secretary of State Bryan told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a treaty would annex Platt amendment clauses to Nicaragua's treaty. The agreement, via Taft era negotiations, includes US payment of 3 000 000 dollars, US canal rights, a Gulf of Fonseca base, and several Atlantic islands.
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Washington, Db
Bryan
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Republic of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
United States
Latin America
Republic of Cuba
Taft
Gulf of Fonseta
Atlantic
Revolution in China Sparks Widespread Anxiety
State Department confirms extensive unease over political conditions in Peking. Dispatches indicate the Hong Kong railway faces disruption and British interests in the territory may prompt Britain to intervene to protect property as unrest spreads.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
China
Peking
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Nueces County OKs 25 000 court house bonds
Nueces county voters authorized the county commissioners to issue 25000 dollars in bonds for a modern courthouse and jail in the county seat. They rejected a 500000 dollar good roads bond issue, needing two thirds and missing 30 votes of 700. Corpus Christi sided narrowly for roads while rural voters opposed it as excessive.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces County
Gambling raid at Belmont park nets seven arrests
In New York on July 19 three hundred men were found gambling in a large barn near Belmont park race track. District Attorney Charles G. Wyson of Nassau county led the raid. Authorities seized racing charts a telephone playing cards a roulette table and other gambling devices. Seven men were arrested and expected to face gambling charges.
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New York
Belmont Park Race Track
Charles G. Wyson
Nassau County
Kyser pledges prompt action for Texas pensioners
Judge George W. Kyser new commissioner of the Texas pension bureau asks 12 000 pensioners for patience as he explains crowding and backlog will be addressed. Applications and pensions will be given prompt attention.
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Austin
Tex
State Pension Bureau
George W. Kyser
Madero Murder Details Stir Washington Interview
Senora Madero, widow of Mexican President Madero, says he was murdered in his bed beside Vice President Pino Suárez. She condemns Huerta as unworthy to hold office and accuses him of blocking autopsy access while seeking U.S. officials’ attention.
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Washington
Madero
Mexico
Senora Madero
Huerta
United States
Pino Suarez
National Palace
Senora Maderg
Troop Train Dynamited in Mexico Killing Suspected
Reports from Lampazos Nuevo Leon said a Constitutionalist dynamited a federal troop train with many believed killed and many injured. Italy recalled its minister after British recall of Strange. Diaz set for Japan as Huerta’s representative with suspected concessions for 50,000 Japanese settlers in Morelos and nearby states.
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Mexico City
Lampazos
Italy
England
Strange
Carden
Felix Diaz
Japan
Huerta
Diaz
Morelos
Beltran Predicts Constitutionalist Victory Amid Split
Beltran says the Constitutionalist cause will win though Carranza remains in question. He praises patriotism but notes some allies misaligned. Once a key figure in Piedras Negras, Beltran warns a crisis looms and predicts a decisive period of eight to ten days to determine triumph or delay.
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Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
T. R. Beltran
Piedras Negras
Constitutionalist
Alfredo Breceda
Mexico
Beltran
San Antonio
Maderista
Mr. Beltran
Sym
Sofia Besieged as Balkan Forces Reach Surrounding Areas
London reports Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, believed surrounded by Roumanians, Servians, and Greeks while Turks re-enter Adrianople. Roumanians reach Mezora, Servians Izvor, and Greeks Djumaibala. Uncertainty over King Ferdinand's location and calls for French intervention to broker peace.
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London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Mezora
Izvor
Djumaibala
Ferdinand
Berlin
Vienna
Constantinople
Bucharest
Pordinandovo
Athens
Poincare
France
Texarkana Candidate Leads In Texas State Senate Race
Returns through 10 PM indicate C A Wheeler of Texarkana leads for state senator to replace Horace Vaughn in the Texarkana area with O C Oliver close and possible changes on later returns. Earl M Greer appears elected to succeed his late father in the Seventh District. Clark of Schulenburg wins Paulus seat. Hilton R Greer and T P Coe also named elected.
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D. A. Paulus
Hilton R. Greer
The
Amarillo
Greer Elected in One Hundred Twenty Fifth District
Results from Greer and other counties show Hilton R. Greer, managing editor of the Amarillo Daily News, elected representative from the One Hundred Twenty-fifth district. The race was highlighted by Des W. Harrington, a Dalhart attorney, winning his home county, but Greer leads in the remaining counties.
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Amarillo
Tex
Hilton R. Greer
Fire in Indianapolis Wholesale District Causes $500,000 Loss
In Indianapolis on July 19 a major fire struck the heart of the town’s wholesale district causing an estimated loss of 500000 dollars. Firefighters battled flames through the night. No further details were provided about casualties or causes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Texas voters defeat bond issue amendment in light turnout
The Texas bond issue amendment drive appears defeated with a near unanimous statewide sentiment against omnibus joint resolution No 18 authorizing bonds by the Legislature. Early returns show all three amendments unlikely to pass as apathy and late counts delay a final tally across 246 counties.
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Texas
University of Texas
Penitentiary
Austin
San Antonio
Bexar
A. & M. Forces Leader Dubilates Over Election
A. & M. forces leader Utay expressed strong satisfaction with the election outcome in Dallas Texas. The Chi chairman of the 7 Coes commented on continued coverage and page 3 details.
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Dallas
Tex
Coes
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Clark
Greer
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