Suit Claims Misuse of Funds by San Antonio Hardware President
Ganahl Walker files in Seventy third District Court to appoint a receiver, liquidate the firm, and divide assets after alleging S L Jeffers used company funds for political campaigns. He claims 31,700 in shares, 150,000 total capitalization, 128,000 paid in cash, and 200,000 in property with 90,000 liabilities.
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San Antonio Hardware Company
Ganahl Walker
Seventy-third District Court
Plumbers in Galveston Convene for TX Association Session
The Association of Master Plumbers of Texas meets in Galveston at 2 pm for its annual session and aims to complete business and adjourn today. Tuesday the National Association of Master Plumbers will hold meetings with several hundred delegates expected from across the country.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Association of Master Plumbers of Texas
Rene
National Association of Master Plumbers
Weather report compares today with last year
Local U S Weather Bureau data show comparative temperatures for today and the same date last year. Readings include morning and daily highs in several cities with temperature figures such as 73, 76, 82, 88 degrees and a 48 degree low noted in the sequence.
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United States Weather Bureau
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity: Tonight and Sunday cloudy with overcast skies. Possible light drizzle or mist in patches. Highs in the upper 60s to low 70s, lows around 50s.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weekend Weather Across Major Cities
The report lists temperatures from city to city with clear or partly cloudy skies. Winds vary from southwest to west with eight to eighteen mile per hour gusts and expectations of cooler conditions Sunday night or Sunday across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Poll Tax Receipts Clarified for 1911 Votes
Acting attorney general James D. Walthall says poll tax receipts paid before February 1 1911 authorize voting in all 1911 elections including prohibition. City Collector C Villemain confirms current receipts cover all 1911 elections, with 1910 11 receipts due and valid for 1912 elections only.
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James D. Walthall
Austin
Walthall
C. Villemain
Villemain
Heat Wave Grips Chicago as Temperatures Hit 100
Government forecaster Cox predicted a 100 degree high in Chicago as 93 degrees was logged at 10:30 a.m. in the lake breeze atop the federal building. Street thermometers read 3 to 5 degrees higher. One death and four heat prostrations were reported to police.
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Chicago
Cox
Mercury
Lake Breeze
Federal Building
Temperatures Stay Steady Across Plains States
Kansas City and Oklahoma City measured 7 am temperatures around 80 degrees while St. Joseph recorded 82. The morning readings matched yesterday’s levels from Des Moines to Texas, showing little change across the region.
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Kansas City
Des Moines
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Oklahoma City
St. Joseph
Temperatures Cooler East of Mississippi River Today
Temperatures in states east of the Mississippi and south of Tennessee ran below the high readings of northern cities and the Midwest. New Orleans registered the day's peak at noon with a high of 90 degrees.
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Atlanta
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Middle West
New Orleans
Mercury
Duel at Clark and Illinois Ends With Near-Fatal Injuries
In Chicago on June 10 two alleged labor goons John Costello known as Jack the Ripper and George Hudson dueled with pistols at the Clark and Illinois streets corner after a prior quarrel. Both men were injured with likely fatal outcomes.
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Chicago
John Costello
Jack, the Ripper
Geo. Hudson
Clark and
Illinois Streets
Water Wells in San Antonio Breweries Drop After Mexico City Earthquake
Artesian wells supplying three San Antonio breweries show about a ten foot decline in flow. Officials link the drop to the Mexico City earthquake but say the decrease may not be permanent and no other local wells appear affected. Breweries rely on private wells for most water in beer production.
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San Antonio
Mexico City
Ing Association
Lone Star
Schober’s
Custody Awarded to Father in Henry Zuercher Case
In the Thirty seventh district court final custody of Henry Zuercher was awarded to the boy’s father, William Zuercher. The defendants’ appeal motion was abandoned, court costs placed on the petitioner, and the boy left the step grandfather on court steps as he was taken to his father.
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Jefferson
A. H. Jones
Commission Government League
National Bank of Commerce
Jones
Jeffers
Claude V. Birkhead
Seventy-third District Court
Henry Zuercher
Annie Volz
William Zuercher
Thirtyseventh
August Zuercher
Dwyer
Zuercher
Henry
Settlement Reached in Southern Railway Firemen Dispute
Washington June 10 The long controversy between the Southern Railway and its firemen ends with a settlement on mutually satisfactory terms. Both sides made concessions but details were undisclosed amid mediation. Public interest and the sensitive negro question influenced the accord as parties sought friendly relations.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway Company
Elmira Man Sues Over 1910 San Antonio Injury
Carleton H. Hawkes of Elmira New York sues Terrell Wells company for 10000 dollars claiming serious internal injuries and a wrenched spine after a rope cable attached to a dead automobile being pulled by a Terrell Wells vehicle entangled his legs as he attempted to cross at Houston Street and Avenue D in San Antonio on December 6 1910. The incident left him with multiple lacerations and severe injuries.
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Carleton H. Hawkes
Elmira
New York
Terrell Wells Company
San Antonio
Houston Street
Avenue D
Monument to King Victor Emmanuel Unveiled in Rome
A colossal memorial unveiled in Rome on June 4 honors King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. The monument spans 500 by 459 feet with a 50 foot height and a $20 million cost, featuring a 40 foot equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel in front of the Capitoline Hill. Nearly a million attended the unveiling with King Victor Emmanuel Queen Helena and others present.
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King Victor Emmanuel OF
Italy
Rome
King Victor Emmanuel
Capitoline Hill
Venice
Paul II
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Margherita
Humbert
d‘Abruzzi
Prince of Wales Receives Order of the Garter at Windsor
At Windsor Castle King George V and Queen Mary attended the ceremony as the Prince of Wales was invested with the Order of the Garter in the throne room. The private service followed the investiture, with Eton boys and Windsor authorities among spectators.
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Associated Press
London
George V
Windsor Castle
Prince of Wales
Order of the Garter
George
Queen Mary
St. George's Church
Castle
Eton
Windsor
Abrupt end to meeting as mayor snub ends budget clash
Tense City Hall scene as Mayor Callaghan refuses to discuss a one year tentative budget and tells Alderman Fincham to “wait, if you want to see it, look for it.” Fincham storms out. other aldermen stay to debate budget implications and prospects of a 60 day budget.
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Charles T. Fi
Callaghan
Rochial
Citizen’s Party
Fincham
Aldrincham
Lipscomb
Albert Steves
Robert F. Uhr
P. G. Lucas
Alexander Boynton
Charles T. Fincham
Joel A. Lipscomb
Austin
Lucas
Alderman Lucas
Steves
Striking Garment Workers Shoot Man in Cleveland
An unidentified man was shot twice during a quarrel among striking garment workers at H Black company plant in Cleveland. He died after the incident. Benj Aquina of 1709 Orange Avenue, a cloak maker, was arrested as a crowd of pickets discouraged him from showing a gun. He allegedly fired as he fled and was pursued.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, CO
H. Black Company
Benj. Aquina
Orange Avenue
Aquina
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W. Joseph Ford
Frank Fox
Walter Drew
Ford
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Fox
California
Drew
National Erectors’ Association
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Logal Wells
City
Mexico
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the Prince OF Wales
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Cleveland
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