Galveston Houston differential swindle suspect arrested in Joske Bros
Lane Edwards a 28 year old from Laredo Texas is jailed on charges of swindling and forgery after an hours long pursuit by city detectives. He allegedly used bogus Frost National bank checks to buy a $200 diamond ring at Emerson Loan and later attempted two gold watches with a $200 check. Detectives traced him across several downtown venues before arrest at Joske Bros. store. His wealthy parents reside at 701 Market street in Laredo.
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Lane Edwards
Laredo
Tex
Stowe
Emerson Loan Company
West Commerce Street
Joske
Justice Fisk's Court
Frost National Bank of
San Antonio
Emerson
Emerson Loan Office
Commerce Street
J. B. Webb
Frost National Bank
Webb
Edwards
Michael Loan Company
Soledad Street
Michael
Buckhorn
Houston
Soledad
Losoya
Joske Bros
Market Street
Court overturns Galveston Houston railroad rate differential
The Texas Third Court of Civil Appeals ruled the Galveston Houston differential unlawful. It reverses a Travis County ruling and favors Galveston. The case, Galveston Chamber of Commerce vs Railroad Commission of Texas, may go to the Texas Supreme Court.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Houston
Species Dispatch
Austin
Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston-Houston
Galveston
Supreme Court
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
The
Railroad Commission of Texas
Twenty-sixth District Court
Travis County
Railroad Commission
C. A. Wilcox
Chamber of Commerce
Remains of Bishop Forest Laid to Rest in San Antonio
The body of Right Rev. John Anthony Forest bishop of San Antonio was laid to rest at San Fernando Cathedral after a pontifical mass and sermons by Bishop J. B. Morris and Bishop Peter Verdaguer. Crowds filled the cathedral as priests and dignitaries honored the man who gave fifty years of service to God and the church. Knights of Columbus aided in the ceremony with a mounted guard. Services for the dead proceeded through the day.
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John Anthony Forest
San Antonio
San Fernando Cemetery
J. B. Morris
Peter Verdaguer
Daredo
San Fernando
Gray Old Cathedral
Knights of Columbus
Roosevelt demands order and justice from Mexico at El Paso breakfast
At a Toltec club breakfast in El Paso Theodore Roosevelt declared that the United States seeks order justice and independence from Mexico. He arrived 7:30 am and spoke at Cleveland square amid cheering before continuing to Albuquerque with Mrs Roosevelt and daughters. The speech urged honest dealings and prosperity for neighbors noting turmoil south of the border has affected business.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Toltec Club
Roosevelt
Chamber of Comittees
Tolete Club
Cleveland Square
Albuquerque
N. M
Ethel
Langdon
Fire from American Side Sparks Cross-Border Exchange
Mexican customs officers in Igadones fired across the border into insurrectos after a volley from the American side. The insurgents returned fire into Andrade, Calexico. No injuries were reported, as far as could be known.
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Associated Press
Calexico
Cal
Iigadones
Andrade
Population statistics of the thirteenth century Maine art included
The Anseclaiet Press from Washington reports on population statistics for the thirteenth century Maine art, noting commerce and Tex as part of the 1910 data and tracing changes from 1800 to 1910.
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Anseclaiet Press
Ashington
Maine
Tex
Count Apponyi Address at Astor Hotel Praises U S Peace Role
Privy councillor to the Austrian emperor and promoter of universal peace, Count Apponyi spoke at the Civic Forum and the New York Society in the Astor Hotel. He declared the United States as the greatest force for international peace in the world today, hosted by eminent scholars and diplomats.
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Austria
Civic Forum
New York Society
Astor
New York
United States
Count Apponyi
Dozen May Be Buried Under Fallen Walls
Dozens may be buried as walls topple during a collapse in a building. Fire crews report many dangerous rescues as workers are pulled from the wreck with the help of an aerial truck while debris and dust fill the air.
Fifteen Rescued From Ruins Four Dead in Nashville Collapse
Nashville residents learn that by 2 PM fifteen men were recovered from the ruins of a collapse, with four fatalities. Ralph McCollum, son of a noted local musician, was among the dead, his head crushed.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Ralph McCollum
Collapse of J H Fall building claims several lives in Nashville
Between 15 and 20 workers, mostly negroes, were crushed when the J H Fall & Co building on Third Avenue near the public square collapsed after walls were blown inward. Rescue teams and Mayor Howse aided as ambulances, patrols, and volunteers worked amid splintered masonry. by noon nine men were recovered with one dead.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
J. H. Fall & Co
Third Avenue
Public Square
Howse
Geo.m. Roddy
Atlanta
W. R. Lewis
How Would You Like to Live Under Japanese Rule
Article by Captain George A. Schreiner argues nationalism is practical and needed to defend homes and governments. It contrasts national defense with internationalism and notes armies, police, and peace tribunals as current means to deter subversion, ending with a call to consider living under a Japanese government as a thought experiment.
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George A. Schreiner
Hague
Chaldea
Contro Ho Will Easily Be Determined
Washington reports ease in resolving the dispute over the arrest of Americans Blatt and Converse in Juarez. State department officials say the legality hinges on where the arrests occurred, with evidence from consular officers and justice investigators pointing to American soil. Meanwhile naval vessels depart Mexican ports as the United States plans to withdraw ships cruising Mexican waters, with Tacoma bound for Galveston and Chester to Puerto Cortez. Chester reached Vera Cruz then departed.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Blatt
Converse
Juarez
State Department
Department of Justice
Tacoma
Puerto
Galveston
Chester
Vera Cruz
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Creel denies on border arrest claim Con verses and Blatt
The Mexican foreign minister Enrique Creel says the U S has not requested their release. He asserts Converse and Blatt were arrested on Mexican soil based on an official Beltran y Puga report. The fate of fifteen Americans captured at Casas Grandes remains unknown at the war department.
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Associated Press
City of
Mexico
Enrique C. Creel
United States
Converse
Blatt
Creel
Fernando Beltran Y Puga
Casas Grandes
War Department
City Starts Pecan Street Bridge Project Across River
The city begins construction of a bridge across the San Antonio river to open Pecan Street from St. Marys to Soledad. Woods and Paschal donated land. the street will extend through Judge T. M. Paschal’s old homestead, increasing nearby property value. The bridge is about 45 feet long, meeting at a 10 degree angle with West Pecan Street. The 45 foot wide street allows five feet of walks each side. A two story brick house is torn down to pass the route, and the city plans macadamizing the surface at low cost. total length 400 to 590 feet.
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San Antonio
Pecan Street
St. Mary’s
Soledad Street
Woods & Paschal
Judge T. M. Paschal
Jury Five Selected in Camorra Trial
In Viterbo Italy on March 15 a jury was chosen after delays for the Camorra murder case involving thirty six members of the gang. President Bianchi adjourned the court until this afternoon to resume proceedings.
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Italy
Camorra
Bianchi
Fall of Awning Injures Five in El Paso Scene
Five men were hurt as an awning collapsed during Colonel Roosevelt's visit in El Paso Texas. The bronze top of the awning fell while spectators watched Roosevelt alight from a train during the public passage through the city.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Roosevelt
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