Farmer Near Stockdale Arrested in Blackmail Plot
Wheeler Jr. of Stockdale was arrested by Sheriff W. L. Wright and five deputies after a late night sting over an alleged blackmail scheme. The suspect, a 24-year-old farmer, reportedly received two anonymous letters demanding $4000 or threats against his family and fled on horseback during the takedown. He was captured after a pursuit that ended with a gunfight. his horse was killed. Wheeler admitted receiving threats and claimed he, too, had been threatened with death.
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Maesville
Tex
Wheeler, Jr
Stockdale
W. L. Wright
Unly
J. In
F Stockdale
Cibolo
Puty
Man
Fi Wright
Mr. Bain
Bain
Sheriffadter
Wolvers
Wheeler
Iff
Fred Swift
Brooklyn
N. VY
Swift
Demand for repayment escalates to threaten Bain family
A letter to Mr. Bain promises repayment with good interest years ahead but warns of dire need and possible destruction of the Bain family if funds are not provided. Sheriff Wright reports the case to U S Marshal Nolt in San Antonio due to post office ties. Post office inspectors from the area travel to Floresville to investigate.
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Bain
Wright
United States
Nolt
San Antonio
United States Post Office
San Antonio Hospital Remodel Highlights Eye Ear Nose Throat Care
The San Antonio Hospital has been remodeled and fully equipped for exclusive care of eye ear nose and throat patients. All rooms are enameled and sanitary with round the clock physicians and nurses. Phones new 630 old 3866 at 408 Travis Street.
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San Antonio Hospital
Travis Street
Zionists Hear Voice of Their Dead Leader
Wilbur Glen Voliva, contending for Dowie successor, used a phonograph to replay the voice of the late John Alexander Dowie in a Chicago Zionist tabernacle. Congregants wept as the deceased apostle spoke, while Mrs. Dowie resumes leadership efforts in the movement.
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Associated
Chicago
Ill
Wilbur Glen Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Fire consumes Herman Mollenhaur home near Seguin
The home of Herman Mollenhaur near Seguin Texas was destroyed by a fire Saturday evening. Neighbors saved only one bed as the owner was away at the time.
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Seguin
Tex
Herman Mollenhaur
Three Murderers Executed in Sing Sing Triple I electrocution
The trio Pietro Faletto Frank Schermerhorn and Bert L Brown were put to death at Sing Sing prison in a dawn triple electrocution. Executions began at 6 28 and lasted 23 minutes with 1800 volts used for each man. Faletto Schermerhorn Brown were convicted of murders in Port Chester Millbrook and Rye respectively.
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Westchester Hills
Pietro Faletto
Port Chester
Frank Schermerhorn
Millbrook
Poughkeepsie
Bert L. Brown
Rye
New York State
Faletto
Schermerhorn
Brown
Sara Brymer
Barnes Compton
Compton
Four Men Rescued From Wrecked Barge Helen Wyman Near Block Island
Four men aboard the barge Helen Wyman were rescued and landed at New London by the tug Mary F. Scully after a ten hour ordeal. Wreck occurred yesterday near Block Island. Wires along the Southern New England coast reported other sea disasters.
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Associated Press
New York
Helen Wyman
Block Island
New London
Mary F. Scully
New England
Peace Now Reigns In Venezuela Amid Frontier Tensions
Government officials announce peace across Venezuela while Revolutionary groups near the Colombian border provoke security measures. Augustin Berti of Cu cu ta is held in bonds to preserve neutrality as 3000 Tachira troops guard the frontier and protests mount against General Jose Manuel Hernandez’s resignation from the federal council.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Augustin Berti
Cucuta
Tachira
Gomez
Jose Manuel Hernandez
Nationalist Party
Federal Council
Castro
Olive drab uniforms eyed for navy bluejackets
Navy doctors propose replacing the blue uniform with army khaki or olive drab outfits for tropical service. White is deemed unsuitable for heat and cleanliness, while the blue is too warm. tan shoes and a campaign hat like the Army's are suggested.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Petitions Seek Commission Government in Flatonia
A petition circulating in Flatonia Texas requests the city council switch to commission government. It is signed by many local citizens and reflects broad support for the reform.
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Flatonia
Tex
Centenarian Confederate veteran charms visitors at home
William Ward of Austin Texas, aged 101, is greeted as "Our Boy" at the Confederate Home. Superintendent Colonel Wynne introduces him. Ward, a former member of Company D Thirty-fifth Alabama Infantry, rose and moved with the agility of a 65 year old. He entered the home in 1910, exactly a century after his birth.
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Austin
Tex
William Ward
Colonel Wynne
Bill
Wynne
Thirty-fifth
Alabama Infantry
Pitts rejects $13 000 oil farm offer after dream warns wealth
Muskogee Oklahoma dispatch reports county engineer C Pitts refused $13 000 for his Choc taw county farm citing nightly dreams of oil wealth. He bought the land for about $5 000 three years ago and notes oil leases nearby. He recalls other prophetic dreams tied to the property and a college fire vision.
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C. Pitts
Muskogee
Okla
Choctaw County
Pitts
Canada Sorry It Rejected Reciprocity
J A McDonald editor of the Toronto Globe and liberal leader spoke to the Sunday Evening club in Chicago. He said Canada regrets rejecting reciprocity as voters were swayed by crowd emotion and the annexation scare. He titled his talk The Man and the Crowd.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
J. A. McDonald
Toronto Globe
Liberal Party
Canada
McDonald
Sunday Evening Club
Car crash near Seguin ends in fatality
J A John was killed instantly when the car he drove with J E Dickinson and Joseph Kiefer plunged after hitting a travel pit near Seguin Texas The trio had left Oak Forest Gonzales County and were bound for San Antonio John’s body sent to Oak Forest. he left a widow and two children.
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Seguin
Tex
J. A. John
J. E. Dickinson
Joseph Kiefer
Oak Forest
Gonzales County
San Antonio
John
Kiefer
Investment bankers to form section at American BankersMeeting
Delegates arrive for the thirty seventh annual American Bankers association convention in New Orleans. Secretary Farnsworth says attendance will exceed past records as committees prepare reports and the executive council meets to discuss officers and a proposed investment bankers section. The National Association of Supervisors of State Banks also convenes, with H M Zimmerman as president, and a banquet tonight welcomes the two groups.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
Farnsworth
Executive Council
Association
George B. Caldwell
Chicago
National Association of Supervisors of State Banks
H. M. Zimmerman
Association of Supervisors
New Orleans Bankers
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