Corpus Christi Plans $350000 Hotel and Pavilion
The Nueces Hotel company, led by Judge Scott, awarded May 30 construction and architectural contracts for a six story 205 room hotel in Corpus Christi. C D Hill of Dallas will design with H A Reuter of San Antonio, and Fred A Jones Building Co. will construct. Most funding comes from local citizens. The hotel will be leased by H H Franks and J M Nix. A bay pavilion connected by a pier is planned.
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C. D. Hill
Dallas
H. A. Reuter
San Antonio
Hill
Fred A. Jones
Nueces Hotel Company
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Fear Another Attack After Porum Clash Surrenders
Pony Staar and Joe Davis, involved in a deadly Porum confrontation that left five dead, surrendered to county officers near Muskogee and holed up at Davis father’s home awaiting possible mob action. Authorities expect more arrests as investigations continue.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Pony Staar
Joe Davis
Porum
Davis
Architect E B Lovin Visits Old Home After 29 Years
E B Lovin, noted city architect and builder, leaves tonight for Alta Pass North Carolina for a long awaited trip. He will see his father for the first time in twenty nine years. his father is now ninety and was born and raised at the old homestead at Alta Pass which was built over a century ago.
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E. B. Lovin
Alta Pass
N. C
Mr. Lovin
Afa Pass
Local Couple to Wed at Martin Street Home
Dr. 8. L. Post and Mrs. Annie Louise Walthall plan a evening marriage at Mrs. Walthall’s Martin street home. After the ceremony they will reside at 312 Jefferson street.
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8. L. Post
Annie Louise Walthall
Mrs. Walthall
Martin Street
Mrs. Post
Jefferson Street
Favorable Report On Railroad to Brownsville Progreso
A joint San Antonio committee and Chamber of Commerce directors heard a favorable feasibility report on a proposed railroad to Brownsville. The plan calls for bonuses to trigger incorporation and construction with $500000 recently raised in San Antonio to be used for company formation and road work. Local towns will report bonus subscriptions before June 5, then funds will be collected and remaining bonuses gathered in San Antonio.
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Amber of Commerce
San Antonio
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J. B. Palfrey
George C. Vaughan
William Cassin
L. G. Denman
D. J. Woodward
A. H. Halff
F. L. Hillyer
W. B. Tuttle
Chamber of Commerce
Jake Wolff
Geo. B. Taliafero
L. J. Hart
J. H. Kirkpatrick
H. E. Hildebrand
W. L. Stiles
J. L. Brown
B. J. Mauerman
Otto Koehler
J. H. Savage
H. G. Staacke
Nat. M. Washer
H. L. Hillyer
South Texas mobilizes for Fort Worth protest rally
South Texas prepares to send large and small communities to the Fort Worth June 5 rally against statewide prohibition. Beaumont Houston Austin Galveston San Antonio reports indicate widespread turnout from counties and cities. Distinguishing citizens will protest the abolition of the local option system after thirty five years in place.
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Houston
Tex
South Texas
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Austin
Galveston
San Antonio
Katy Has Big Increase in May Passenger Traffic
Walter Walthall, city passenger and ticket agent for the Katy, reports May passenger traffic rose over 50 percent, the largest May volume the local office has ever handled. He expects June to be another heavy month due to Fort Sam Houston maneuvers and many national guard officers arriving from across the United States.
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Walter Walthall
Katy
Walthail
Fort Sam Houston
National Guard
United States
Negro Woman Killed During Farm Beating in College Station
In College Station Texas on June 1 Paul Dansby a 25 year old farmer was badly beaten by three Negro women field hands who attacked him in a field. John Martin his 10 year old brother in law killed one assailant and wounded the other two with a shotgun. Dansby suffered deep cuts to head and face as the assailants fled.
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College Station
Tex
Paul Dansby
John Martin
Dansby
San Antonio Mail Handling Totals For May Revealed
Clerks and postal staff report handling 3 615 594 pieces of mail in May. Incoming 1 719 266 and outgoing 1 896 529 pieces were processed with detailed class tallies for letters papers magazines parcels and franked items among others.
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San Antonio
War and Post Office Departments
May Fire Alarms Reported Twenty-Eight Alarms Citywide
Twenty eight fire alarms were sounded in May. The month’s worst loss involved a blaze damaging the Inter national & Great Northern freight depot.
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International & Great Northern
Cardui praised by Mrs Navy for womanly ailment relief
Mrs Mollie Navy of Walnut North Carolina describes long illness from female weakness and bedridden years followed by rapid recovery after using Cardui. She credits relief to Cardui within eight weeks and urges others to try it, noting its long history and wide use among women.
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Walnut
N. C
Cardui
Fire Devastates Depot With Two Fatalities In May
Early in the month a fire at the depot and its contents caused about 60 000 in insured losses. Two people died from the blaze, and a kerosene can explosion injured others. The May period saw four false alarms, three in the final week, all due to unknown tampering with alarms.
Steamer Cedar Grove Grounded Off Ocean City
Pasig or Steamer Goes Aground, Lewes Delaware June 1 The sugar laden British steamer Cedar Grove from Nipe Cuba went aground today off Ocean City Maryland and was floated hours later with help from the Ocean City life saving crew. Thirty two injured in wreck Syracuse New York June 1 Thirty two persons injured late last night in a collision between a passenger train and a construction train on the Syracuse Lake Shore Northern railroad at Baldwinsville near Syracuse All cars of both trains were badly damaged and only eight of the forty passengers on the local escaped injury.
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Lewes
Del
Nipe
Cuba
Ocean City
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse, Lake Shore & Northern Railroad
Baldwinsville
Boy Dies From Football Blow At Memorial Day Game
Arthur Mc Eitresh, 14, is dying of a brain blood clot believed caused by a football blow at a Ford City memorial day game. Although knocked down he walked away, he later collapsed and was hospitalized with no chance of recovery.
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Ford City
Arthur McEitresh
Rockefeller Tops New York Fourth of July Fund Drive
John D. Rockefeller leads a $500 subscription as the largest contributor to the fund raising for a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration in New York City. The drive is under the supervision of official organizers to ensure a community event.
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John D
Sane Fourtis
New York
John BD. Rockefeller
New York City
Ofl
Brooklyn Navy Yard Faces Mass Layoffs This Week
The Brooklyn navy yard announces layoffs for most employees due to lack of work. Three dry docks are empty and no new work is anticipated. Workers plan to petition the navy department to halt further reductions.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Rioting Eases as Chile and Peruvians Clash
Calm returned to Iquique after rioting between Chileans and Peruvians. A mob attacked a Peruvian club and burned a Peruvian flag. Military authorities say the situation is under control. In Hungary Emperor Francis Joseph hosted Count von Hedervary at a luncheon and will travel to Vienna after a palace audience.
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Iquique
Chile
Cdub
S;okedoelloe
Hungary
Francis Joseph
Khan von Hedervary
Hungaria
Seares
Titanic Launch Sets Record for White Star Line
In Belfast yesterday the White Star liner Titanic, sister to the Olympic, was launched. Prominent observers included J. Pierpont Morgan and J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star line. The ship measures 45 000 tons register, 882 feet in length and 212 feet beam.
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Belfast
Ireland
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
Floods in Southern Germany Claim Twenty Five Lives
In the aftermath of several cloudbursts yesterday in Southern Germany, twenty five persons perished. Great damage was reported to crops and infrastructure as rescue work continues.
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Berlin
Germany
Monument to Von Steuben planted near Potsdam City Palace
Emperor William inspected a model of the monument to Gen. Baron Von Steuben presented by the U S Congress. The statue was set in position near Potsdam’s city palace, reflecting a symbolic Franco American German commemorative link.
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Potsdam
Germany
William
Baron von Steuben
Washington
United States Congress
City
German press backs Taft arbitration plan
Berlin reports show German newspapers favor President Taft’s restricted arbitration treaty. The Cologne Gazette notes the proposal refutes the idea of an arbitration league arming nations and praises Taft’s initiative.
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Berlin
Taft
Cologne
Gacette
Patt
Critique of Holy See Stand Emerges in Portuguese Interview
LISHON-Hornai de Maghada, the Portuguese minister of foreign affairs, gave an interview in Novidades discussing the encyclical. The remarks touch on relations with the Holy See and the stance of Pope Pius.
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Holy See
Lishon-Hornai de Maghada
Church state separation law denounced by Portuguese minister
A Portuguese minister addressed Roman Catholic bishops worldwide denouncing a new law separating church and state. He called the separation a mental and moral defense, and stated the apostolic benediction remains inconceivable in the current context.
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Holy See
Harvard astronomer Pickering named for Prussian order
Berlin reports Prof. Edward Charles Pickering director of the Harvard Observatory is named for the Prussian order of merit. The nomination highlights his work in astronomy and international scientific exchange.
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Berlin
Edw
Charles Pickering
Harvard Observatory
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