McNamara confession details nitro purchase in Times case
James B. McNamara bought 600 pounds of nitro glycerine used in the Los Angeles Times bombing. George H. Philipps testified that ten cases of explosive were delivered at Oakland wharf with McNamara among the men. McManigal named seventeen of forty five defendants as knowing of or aiding blasting operations. Caplan and Schmitt were indicted but not captured. Caplan reportedly killed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
George H. Philipps
Philipps
Los Angeles
Powder Company
Oakland
McNamara
Ortie E. McManigal
McManigal
J. B. McNamara
Conover
Wis
Wisconsin Woods
Olaf A. Treitmoe
Eugene L. Clancy
San Francisco
ZicNamara
F. A. Schmitt
David Capland
Schmitt
Caplan
Building Trades Council of California
Los Angeles County
Jas. B. McNamara
Expenses Report Shows Low Outlays in San Antonio Election
Sworn affidavits filed with County Judge Phil Shook show most candidates paid little or nothing for the November 5 general election. Only a $5 printing fee for the democratic ticket is noted. several listed expenses include $48.90 for James L. Slayden and $96.45 for the county Republican committee, while Julius Oppenheimer ran as a former GOP official candidate for the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Phil Shook
James L. Slayden
Republican Executive Committee
Arthur M. Gray
T. D. Harrison
Socialist Labor
J. Bart Crowther
Julius Oppenheimer
Bexar County
Court resumes as verdict hangs in acquittal doubt
Proceedings reopen with arguments continuing to decide if the defendant will be acquitted or sentenced to two to ten years in the penitentiary. The jury now awaits a final determination after heated trial.
Blanche Ring Weds Charles Winninger in Boston
Actress Blanche Ring marries Charles J. Winninger in Boston last week. Winninger, seen in San Antonio years ago with the Emma Bunting Stock company and recently in The Yankee Girl with Ring, says he has been with the Ring family since. Ring has prior marriages and divorces from James Walker Jr and Howard McKay.
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Blanche Ring
New York
Charles J. Winninger
San Antonio
Emma Bunting
Julie Ring
Winninger
the Light
Ring
Boston
Wall Street
Blind Banker Confesses Misuse of Clients Funds
Augustin Max the blind banker of Paris surrendered to police and confessed to misappropriating 2,000,000 of clients money. He said he invested funds in copper and nickel mines in New Caledonia, which failed, and he planned to commit suicide but was persuaded to turn himself in.
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Paris
Augustin Max
France
Max
New Caledonia
Newsies See Themselves in The Light at San Antonio Theater
Two hundred newsboys crowded the Pike theater to view The Light pictures and spot themselves on screen. They cheered Seen Every Day at The Light and chased friends through the crowd, shouting greetings and laughing at familiar scenes. Injured by Mail Crane in Dalhart Oklahoma, Alvin Blackage, 22, is hospitalized with a fractured skull after a fall from a freight car. Veterans Day observed in Houston with Confederate day activities and a state parade featuring bands.
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Pike Theater
San Antonio
Moving Picture Show
Pellmell
Rickie
Cotton
Bill
Ducklegged
Frankie
Old Campbell
Mr. Steele
Dalhart
Tex
Alvin Blackage
Goodwell
Okla
Guymon
Blackage
Houston
Danderine Promises Hair Revival
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims dull, thinning hair will regain life and lustre after a single night use, with a 25 cent bottle sold at drug or toilet counters.
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Eaton’s
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Tello
Times Horror
the Book Shop
Jack Butterfield
Ziegler & Ziegler
E. Honsten St
Joske’s
Black Fox
Mink
White Fox
White Ermine
Red Fox
Sea Island
Norwalk
Ohio
Ernest Welsh
Minnie LaValley
West Clarksfield
Joske
Henry Barbour
Russia
Carmen
Charles Winninger
Stock Pomgeny
Tutt
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