Texas General Laws Show Reformers in Austin and Court Changes
A state printer issued Texas Thirty-third Legislature general laws, highlighting court procedure reforms and measures for fair litigation. Key changes include judges reading charges before arguments, sealing contentions under oath, and per diem for local witnesses. The package also requires public release of higher court decisions and strict witness materiality oaths.
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Thirty-third
Austin
Gath
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Courts of Civil Appeals
Legal Reforms Poised to Accelerate Courts and Curb Litigants
The article discusses proposed changes to streamline court procedures, reduce delays, and curb aggressive litigants. It argues reforms like shortening attorney speeches, limiting shark lawyers, and publishing judicial decisions will conserve time and unify the law as new volumes replace outdated statutes.
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Wheels of Justice
Luxury
Neutrality laws and U S policy on Mexican border fighting
A critical view of U S neutrality enforcement as applied to Mexican conflicts from Madero through Huerta. It cites selective enforcement favoring Maderistas and Diazists, notes authorized ammunition shipments to Federals via Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros, and argues the United States violates its own laws while feigning neutrality.
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United States
Madero
Huerta
Porfirio Diaz
Maderistas
Diaz
San Antonio
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Taft
Rio Grande
Wilson
Metcalfe Named Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Washington reports Richard L. Metcalfe of Nebraska to be named governor of the Panama canal zone. The appointment, if confirmed, results from Secretary Bryan's influence. Metcalfe edits Bryan’s Lincoln paper and has long been his close associate. Bryan formerly served as Nebraska's congressman.
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Washington
Richard L. Metcalfe
Nebraska
Panama Canal Zone
Bryan
Metcalfe
Lincoln
Congress
Omaha World-Herald
Telegraph
Omaha
Canal Zone
Panama
Metcalfe Named for Panama Canal Post Amid Bryan Ties
The piece chronicles Metcalfe’s rise from Lincoln editor chosen by former congressman Bryan to presumed canal zone governor. It notes doubts about his qualifications, mocks his newspaper background, and forecasts a tough tenure as Panama heat and duties loom.
Submarine Surfaces After 36 Hours Underwater
A Long Beach California submarine rose safely after 36 hours submerged in 30 feet of water with six men aboard. It demonstrated gasoline engine operation underwater and exhaust for directing the vessel under sea, nearing Jules Verne like voyages.
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Long Beach
Cal
Jules Verne
New York World
Remarkable Plans for Mount Athos by Dinocrates
The London Chronicle describes ancient schemes by architect Dinocrates. One plan would carve Mount Athos into a giant Alexander statue with a city in the right hand and a waters domain in the left. It was rejected due to insufficient regional fertility.
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Mount Athos
Dinocrates
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Ptolemy
Egypt
London Chronicle
Law Has Not Lost Dignity Says Missouri Professor
Professor William J. Hudson of the University of Missouri warns that the dignity and majesty of law have lost meaning in the United States and that science has usurped morals and religion, signaling a drift toward demoralization and a revolt from biology.
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United States
William J. Hudson
University of Missouri
Springfield Republican
International tensions cited over treaty rights policy
The letter critiques multiple nations invoking treaty rights to influence tariff and trade matters. It mentions Japan, England, France, Germany and Austria reacting to anti alien land policies and Panama toll exemptions, Underwood bill rebates, and proposed import restrictions on bird products.
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Japan
England
France
Germany
Austria
Houston Chronicle
Temptation and Income Rule at City Bank
Clerks at National City Bank of Chicago may not marry unless earning at least 1000 dollars annually. If they wed on a smaller salary they lose their jobs. President Forgan says the rule reflects clerks must maintain appearances, linking wages to crime or vice in common sense terms. A Lobster in Distress: Percy, 23, seeks relief from an overzealous admirer in Laura Jean Libby’s First Aid to Injured Hearts department, claiming the young lady is deeply in love with him. He resents her attention and suggests telling her mother.
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National City Bank of Chicago
Forgan Sid
Brenham Panner
Percy
Laura Jean Libby
Grand Saline
Safety first campaign gains broad appeal across society
The El Paso Herald praises a safety first campaign by corporations and railroads noting broad public appeal. It cites personal injury costs for railroads and emphasizes the humanitarian benefit of preventing accidents saving lives and reducing suffering.
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el Paso Herald
Volcanic Activity Stirs Alaska and Washington
The Fort Worth Record notes a difference in volcanic activity with Alaskan volcanoes erupting molten lava on the west side of Gook inlet while Washington's dome region releases large amounts of natural gas.
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Gook Inlet
United States
Big Dome
Washington
Alaskan
The Millionaires Club Dream and the Trunk-Woman Bride
A man named Joe Brick recounts a comical escape from wealth dreams after winning the favor of Ruby Smith, daughter of a rich agri culture magnate. He recalls plans to marry, a lavish wedding, a Canada trip, and a train robbery that interrupted their journey.
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Joe Brick
Millionaires’ Club
Joe
Ruby Smith
King of Agriculture
United States
Widow's tale ends in murder and a con man’s plea
A narrator recalls a robbery where Ruby is killed as the robber cries Hands up. Joe, a ruined man, laments being accused by the King of Agriculture and mocked as he asks for a loan while revealing his time in a retreat for the feeble minded.
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Ruby
Joe
King of Agriculture
Billionaires’ Club
Price of Courtesy Sparks Porter Case in Pittsburg
A Pittsburg railroad station porter pleaded guilty to stealing five dollars from a woman after admitting he needed money as tips had dried up. The court paroled him for a year and urged better employment, while a columnist condemns wage-based mendicancy and the social stigma of tipping.
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Washington Times
Pittsburg
Rights In Water Power Supreme Court Decision
The Philadelphia Times reports that a Michigan riparian rights case refines control of water power, asserting navigable streams fall under national authority. The ruling eliminates state overreach, guiding a national policy to prevent monopolization and ensure clear ownership of water power resources.
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Philadelphia Times
Supreme Court
Michigan
Oklahoma Indians in U.S. Census Reveals Oklahoma Lead
The census bulletin reports 265 683 Indians in the United States with Oklahoma housing 74 825, the largest state total. Cherokee Nation is 81 489 and Choctaw 15 917, while mixed marriages shrink full blood numbers toward disappearance.
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The
Kansas City Journal
United States
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
Union
Why They Married From the Western New York Town
Postcard style responses from married men answer why they wed in a Western New York town. Replies reveal motives from love and companionship to saving money and fear of breach of promise, with humorous and sharp remarks about wives, fortune, and luck.
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Chicago Record Herald
New York
Sarah
N. B
P. S
Andrew Drew Death Shocks St Louis Air Community
The St Louis Post-Dispatch mourns Andrew Drew a gifted staffer whose early promise as a newspaper reporter gave way to aviation a field he pursued with energy ambition and leadership promise. His fatal accident during a small joy ride underscores the era’s risky yet romantic push toward safe and sane flight.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Andrew Drew
Young Drew
Post-Dispatch
Ex-President Gomez Sails From Havana In Parade To France
Ex-President Gomez and 15 accompanyers boarded the steamship Supagne for St Nazaire paying $7000 for best rooms. A Havana demonstration greeted the ex-leader as he left to return in October and reorganize the liberal party.
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Havana
New York
Gomez
Ferrara
Th House of Representatives
Liberal Party
Henry's Wall Street Bogey in Henry’s Dream
The piece portrays Congressman Henry as obsessed with a Wall Street money trust threat. It mocks his fears of hidden banking power, calls for bold congressional action, and contrasts his prophetic view with others’ disbelief. The author frames Henry's beliefs as fanciful yet influential in Washington discourse.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Henry
House Committee On Rules
Washington
Wall Street
Texas
Fuso
Congress
Improving Erdman Act with Expanded Arbitration Board
The Newlands bill proposes changing the Erdman act by expanding to a six member arbitration board split three by interested parties and three by a mediation and conciliation board. Both employers and employees support the measure as a way to prevent strikes and spare the public losses and dangers from railroad lockouts.
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New York Sun
Newlands
Nevada
Canal as water bridge claims by Bucklin Bishop
Waco Times-Herald reprints July Scribner remarks by Joseph Bucklin Bishop secretary of the canal commission. He says the Panama project is not a land canal but a water bridge about thirty four miles long eighty seven feet high with a central water channel four five to eighty seven feet deep and three hundred to one thousand feet wide. Access by vessels via water elevators six in duplicate at each end each one thousand feet long one hundred ten feet wide with a combined lift of eighty seven feet.
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Waco Times-Herald
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Canal Commission
Scribner
United States
Panama
Gatun Lake
Culebra
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