Kearney Named City Engineer for San Antonio
Clinton H. Kearney is to be named city and supervising engineer for San Antonio with a salary of 10000 dollars a year. He will oversee sewer construction street paving and all bond issue projects while experts assist in specialized areas. The council is expected to confirm him after mayor Brown disclosed the agreement with aldermen and Dr. F. S. Pearson’s consent.
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Clinton H. Kearney
San Antonio
Kearney
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Pearson
Brown
F. S. Pearson
Medina Dam
London
Medina
A. C. Pancoast
Pancoast
Engineer Kearney's Appointment Leaves City Engineer Office Open
The council may or may not confirm Mr. Kearney as city engineer. If not confirmed, the office remains vacant. Kearney returned from Tarpon Island after a short vacation and declined comment, stating the matter lies with the mayor.
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Mr. Kearney
Kearney
Tarpon Island
Americans in Mexico demand protection or take action
Americans in Mexico warned the United States government that if protection for their lives and property was not provided soon they would defend themselves. The San Antonio Light reports an AP dispatch citing an imminent crisis and potential actions by U S residents in Mexico amid tensions with Huerta.
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Mexico
United States
San Antonio
Washington
The
Light
Associated Press
Huerta
Senate backs Nicaragua treaty with canal concession
Senate Foreign Relations Committee shows strong support for Secretary Bryan's Nicaragua pact granting exclusive canal route rights and a naval base in Fonseca Bay. US would supervise finances to stabilize Nicaragua, avoid debt liability, and ensure independence, with a $3 million payment to Nicaragua.
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Senate
Wilson
Nicaragua
Committee On Foreign Relations
Bryan
United States
Fonseca Bay
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Little Republic
Costa Rica
Salvador
Lodge
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Panama Canal
Republic
Panama Canal Zone
San Juan River
Europe
Latin America
War Secretary Visit Drops Ceremonies in San Antonio
Secretary Gar rison and General Wood will visit Fort Sam Houston with no troops review or receptions. General Bliss and General Parker will accompany and escort them to breakfast at General Bliss house and inspect post preparations before departing for El Paso.
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Garrison
Leonard Wood
James B. Aleshire
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
E. M. Shindle
Wood
Tasker H. Bliss
James Parker
Department
Cavalry
Woods and
Aleshire
General Bliss
el Paso
Legislature Convenes in Austin Debates Joint Resolution Endorsement
Texas lawmakers opened sessions amid a push to correct an endorsement on a joint resolution for initiative and referendum. Senate and House members were sworn in, new leaders named, and a judicial appropriation bill readied as electric fans combat heat. A constitutional convention may be proposed by Senator Mc Nealus.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Williams
Hopkins
Thompson
James Harley
Seguin
A. M. Kennedy
Lane of
Tarrant
Attorney General
Kirby
Kennedy
United States
Chester Terre
McNealus
Dallas
Thief Captured After Cash Drawer Theft at Hardware Store
A 24 year old white man entered the Basse Hardware store on Military Plaza at 2 pm, opened the cash drawer and took $42. Clerk Mr Rowland gave chase with Detective Harris and Deputy Sheriff Diaz, arresting him by the Market House. A jail search found $200 on the suspect.
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Basse Hardware Company
Military Plaza
Rowland
Harris
Diaz
Fu Kien Province Secedes From Chinese Republic
A State Department dispatch from Consul Fowler in Foo Chow reports Fu Kien province has seceded from the Chinese republic. Canton officials plan to move 15,000 troops north to confront government forces, with Chen Chiung Ming named military governor and commander-in-chief of the army for the campaign.
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Washington
D. C
Fu Kien
State Department
Fowler
Foo Chow
Kiang Si
Khwang Tung
Peking
Canton
Kwang Tung
Chen Chiung Ming
Weather Bulletin for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight and Tuesday expect cloudy skies over San Antonio with overcast conditions and limited sunshine. This forecast notes continued cloud cover across the region with cool temperatures and damp mood for the area.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather for Tourists Across U S Cities
Observations at 8 am report clear to partly cloudy skies in major cities. Temperatures range from 56 in Milwaukee to 70 in Washington with light to moderate north to northeast winds and varying forecasts for Tuesday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
War chiefs inspect Fort Crockett and camps in Texas City
Secretary of War Garrison and Major General Wood arrived in Galveston and inspected Fort Crockett, the Fifth Brigade permanent camp, and camps of the Fourth and Sixth brigades in Texas City. They planned to depart for San Antonio at 9:30 PM. there was no troop review at Texas City today per request of Secretary Garrison.
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Galveston
Tex
Garrison
Wood
Fort Crockett
Texas City
San Antonio
Teenager Confesses Wells Fargo Theft in Louisiana
A 17 year old express wagon driver Herschel Pierce admitted stealing 22000 dollars from Wells Fargo last November in Lake Charles. He accessed the railroad station money chest with a secretly obtained key and swapped the cash for wallpaper. Authorities found 6975 dollars in a chicken house and 2000 dollars in a garage linked to his uncle A E Amy at Ellice. Amy admitted receiving stolen money and authorities say about 14000 dollars has been recovered with seized property.
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Lake Charles
Herschel Pierce
Wells Fargo Company
Pierce
A. E. Amy
Ellice
Amy
Mutiny on Steamer Comus Riots Aboard New Orleans Vessel
Twenty six Chinese mutinied on the steamer Comus traveling from New York to New Orleans. The attack caused a passenger panic with one mutineer reportedly fatally shot and three others wounded, along with minor injuries to First Officer M L Proctor. The fight broke out on the forward deck.
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New Orleans
Comus
New York
M. L. Proctor
Camus
Hottest Day of the Year Recorded Near City
Major Buell at the weather observatory reported yesterday the peak temperature reached 101 degrees at 5 pm, easing to 98 by 7 pm. overnight the reading fell to 74 degrees and the forecast calls for cooler conditions with possible showers but not as hot as yesterday.
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Major Buell
Weather Observatory
San Antonio Light Leased Wire Day Exclusive AP Report
The San Antonio Light delivers the AP Leased Wire Day report, a comprehensive wire service of about 20,000 words daily, supplemented by the paper’s own extensive special news service.
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San Antonio
Earthquakes Felt Throughout Southern Germany
Tremors were felt across Wurtemburg and throughout southern Germany from Strassburg to Munich with shocks reaching Zurich. People fled into the streets in fear as seismic instruments in Strassburg were knocked out of order by the disturbance dated July 21.
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Berlin
Wurtemburg
Germany
Strassburg
Frankfort
Munich
Bavaria
Zurich
Switzerland
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