Work Under Way on City Bond Paving Plan
City expects first $500000 bond installment early this week to fund street improvements. East Commerce between the Southern Pacific tracks and New Braunfels is the first paved artery, with South Presa West Commerce and San Pedro Avenue slated next. City officials praise Mayor Brown and City Attorney Gillette for arranging the bond issue and sound financing after bids are opened and contracts approved.
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C. D. Pollock
Samuel D. Gray
Pollock
East Commerce
Southern Pacific
New Braunfels Avenue
Street Car Company
One Mile Circle
South Presa
West Commerce Streets
San Pedro Avenue
Commerce Street
Héiland
Brown
Gillette
Austin
Looney
Lane
Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
Frank Co. Davis
Ezell
Fifty-seventh District Court
Civil Court of Appeals
Dillon, Thompson & Clay
New York
Chicago
Bayer
Loke
Weather Forecast for East and West Texas and Major Cities
East Texas mostly fair Sunday and Monday with colder conditions. West Texas fair Sunday and unsettled Monday with possible local rain. Regional city reports include St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with varying cloud cover rain or fair conditions and weekend high temperatures.
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Washington
D. C
Texas
P. m
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Vision for a city bond to fix sewer and drainage
The speaker pledges a comprehensive bond plan to build a proper sewer and storm drainage system and adequate housing for the poor and sick. He acknowledges some neighborhoods face worst conditions and asks for patience while the administration moves from relief toward permanent, comprehensive citywide improvements.
Robin’s Payday in Prison Fled With Release on Bail
Joseph M. Robin, a financier, was sentenced to a year on Blackwell’s Island for a $20,000 Washington Savings Bank theft but released after five months without serving time. He conducted business daily in New York, aided District Attorney Whitman on bank cases, and earned up to 1 million dollars during his apparent confinement. He vows to pursue the bank’s real looters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph M. Robin
Sky Rocket
Blackwell’s Island
Washington Savings Bank
Robin
Blue Sky Law Blocks Oil and Gas Charters in Texas
The Texas secretary of state ruled that oil, townsite, and gas companies must obtain a permit under the new Blue Sky law before charter approval. Rulings halt several proposed corporations, even those with assets deemed satisfactory, until full compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State’s Department
Iincorporators
Weinert
Governors Seek Return Of Fugitives In Murder Assault Cases
Texas Governor issues requisitions for Ed Dearman wanted in Denton County for murder, now arrested in Chickasha Oklahoma. A Pennsylvania request seeks Jack Fulton for assault, held in Westmoreland County. Kansas seeks R. E. Gilmore for wife desertion, said to be in Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Kansas
R. E. Gilmore
Brownsville
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough reportedly to reunite
A high authority says the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will resume life together once matters are settled without notoriety. Queen Mary has pressed for reconciliation for the sake of the children, while the Duke pursues public life and may join the board of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Boston
W. K. Vanderbilt Jr
Paris
England
Queen Mary
Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill
Marquis of
Blandford
Lloyd George
Board of Agriculture
Beilis Case Revived in Russia Ahead of New Trial
The Beilis affair is just beginning say Russian papers. A forthcoming trial of M Schoulgine a Duma rightist will be larger in interest and importance. Beilis reportedly informed the prosecution will not appeal and the military guard at his home has been withdrawn.
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Kieff
Beilis
Mendel Beilis
Russia
M. Schoulgine
Duma
Schoulgine
Accident Board Rulings Stress Prompt Notice Under Liability Act
The Industrial Accident Board ruled that employers must notify the insurer and send a copy to the board as soon as they obtain a policy. The notice duties apply to all employers under sections 19 and 20, part III, and earlier rule No. 1. Failure to notify could allow an injured employee to elect between compensation under the act or a damages suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Industrial Accident Board
Mayor Bans Tango in Chicago Restaurants
Chicago mayor Harris on November 29 declared the tango tea and related amusements forbidden. No dancing in restaurants or saloons, no new dance hall licenses, and no license renewals. He cited potential degeneration into objectionable activity despite no serious incidents.
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Chicago
Harrison
Cotton seed trust in Texas under scrutiny
Farm er Gus Shaw of Texarkana filed a formal complaint with Attorney General Looney alleging a cotton seed trust fixes prices in Texas. Shaw presented data for the investigation, which is already underway and could aid the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Gus Shaw
Texarkana
Looney
Texas
Shaw
Texas banks show rapid growth to 832 institutions
The Texas banking system expanded markedly since 1905. By Aug 31 1913 there were 832 banks and bank and trust companies with capital totaling 32.57 million, up from 29 banks in 1906. 111 banks gained charters in the year, while overdrafts declined to 1.13 million from 1.80 million the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tez
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Bank and Trust Companies
Government moves to dissolve American Can Company
The Department of Justice sues in Baltimore to break up the American Can Company, alleging it is a trust and a monopoly linked to the steel trust. The action aims to lower living costs and follows congressional inquiries into the cost of living and tariff effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Can Company
Steel Trust
Baltimore
Department of Justice
G. Carroll Todd
Department
Beef Trust
American Ice Company
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Lane
Department of the Interior
Peas
An Can Company
United States Steel Corporation
Canning Trust
Refrigerator Trust
Cold Storage Trust
Wiley Urges Sufferage Leader In DC Suffrage Org
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley pure food expert elected president of the District of Columbia Men's League for suffrage. He has long backed woman suffrage and helped organize the Washington parade on March 3. His wife holds a leadership position in the suffrage group. Harvey W. Wiley Jr. is the organization’s youngest member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harvey W. Wiley
District of Columbia Men's League
Genera Elills
Harvey W. Wiley Jr
Washington
Boundary case moves to Supreme Court dispute over Rio Grande valley
Assistant Attorney General C. W. Taylor leaves Austin for El Paso to represent Texas in the New Mexico Texas boundary case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Testimony resumes in El Paso next week as Attorney General Looney remains away. The suit concerns a fertile valley along the Rio Grande claimed by New Mexico after a river course change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
C. W. Taylor
el Paso
New Mexico-Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Looney
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Rio Grande River
Fifteen Thousand Stolen From Mails Between Cities
Fifteen thousand dollars was stolen Friday night from the United States mails between South Bend Indiana and Dowagiac Michigan. A suitcase with broken letters was found in an alley signaling a robbery. Detectives found letters to various Michigan banks containing drafts for large sums, with postmarks showing Friday night mail from Dowagiac.
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South Bend
Ind
United States
Here
Dowagiac
Mich
Michigan
Mrs Reuter Gets Second Trial Delayed Yet Prompted
Mrs Laura M Reuter of Tulsa is granted a second trial for conspiracy in her husbands death. District Judge Henry Hudson set the January 2 start date with Judge A H Calhoun to preside after Hudson disqualified himself. Reuter remains free on a 5000 dollar bond at home in Tulsa with her two children.
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Reuter
Bartlesville
Okla
Henry Hudson
Laura M. Reuter
Tulsa
Supreme Court
A H. Calhoun
Hudson
Moving Picture Case Likely Trial Next Month in Texas
Sol E. Gordon of Beaumont an attorney in the suit of the state against the General Film Company and others conferred with Attorney General Oney and Clyde Sweeten on the pending litigation. Officials announced the trial probably will start early next month in Jefferson County district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture
Austin
Tex
Sol E. Gordon
Beaumont
Moving Picture Trust
General Film Company Et al
Oney
Clyde Sweeten
District Court
Jefferson County
Daniels Quits Magnolia Company
Pat Daniels resigns as manager of the Austin Magnolia Petroleum Co. branch effective December 1 to devote time to Judge Will H. Robertson’s governorship bid. After January 1 Magnolia will base headquarters in San Antonio Houston Dallas and Fort Worth.
Congress Readies Long Session Amid Bill Deluge
Congress plans a lengthy session after a special session produced nearly ten thousand bills in the House. The president continues to work on the job as lawmakers prepare to tackle a vast legislative agenda.
Trust Question Looms in Regular Congress Session
The regular session begins at noon Monday with focus on tariff and currency, but the trust question looms as key policy. Lawmakers will tackle thousands of bills, with anti trust measures, interlocking directorships, rural credits, and over capitalizations as major items. Hearings start in December as preparations for 1914 elections begin.
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Congress
Bureau of Corporations
Senate
House
Wilson
House Committee On Judiciary
Company in Good Shape Patrols Fort Worth
Colonel Ed R. York returned from Fort Worth where Captain Ben Smith was confirmed as commander of Company B Fourth Texas Infantry and Captain J. Watt Page was appointed as his successor. The unit was found in excellent condition in all respects.
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Austin
Tex
Ed R. York
Fort Worth
Ben Smith
Fourth
Texas Infantry
J. Watt Page
Land Business Totals $479,438 for November in Texas
Land sales leases and interest for November totaled 479 438 dollars per the Texas state treasury department report. Of this 431 219 dollars credited to available funds and 48 219 dollars to permanent funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Treasury Department
Schepps May Offer New Story in Rosenthal Murder Case
Sam Schepps, key witness in the Rosenthal murder trial, offers an entirely new story that could shift focus away from Becker. Becker and the four gunmen await execution at Sing Sing as Court of Appeals considers their appeal.
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New York
Sam Schepps
Rosenthal
Becker
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Scepps
Schepps
France
Rose
Arthur Palmer
Joseph Shay
Mexican held in underground mine attack near Bingham
In Bingham Utah deputy sheriffs battle Raphael Lopez a Mexican gunman who killed four earlier. J Douglas Hulsey and Tom Manderich were fatally or seriously wounded Bert Jones is missing as a rescue party plans to smoke Lopez from the passage. Sheriff orders Austrians indoors amid possible race violence.
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Bingham
Utah
Minnie
Utah Apex
Raphael Lopez
J. Douglas Hulsey
Tom Manderich
Bert Jones
Hassey
Manderich
Lopez
Smith
Salt Lake
Fugitive Arrested in City After Purse Snatchings
Officer Joe White took Gussie Thomas a 21 year old Black man into custody in connection with purse thefts from pedestrians near the Southern Pacific depot. Thomas is believed to have stolen over 1000 dollars in diamonds from a Galveston residence. Detective J J Burke of Galveston escorted him there. Burke also located another prisoner in the city jail believed wanted by Galveston for theft of 700 to 800 dollars in goods.
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Joe White
Southern Pacific
Gussie Thomas
Galveston
J. J. Burke
Burke
Pecans Yield Unusually Good In Texas Grove
Secretary of State Weinert reports a bumper pecan crop from his Comal county plantation and across his state portion. The nuts are large with excellent flavor and command a solid price.
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Austin
Tex
Weinert
Comal County
Huerta Faces Pressure as Constitutionalists Close In
Reports from Tampico and Mexico City describe Huerta’s shrinking position as Constitutionalists gain in the north and west. Rumors spread of possible U S intervention and a cabinet rift as Navarrete reportedly falls behind enemy lines and Madero kin seek safety in Vera Cruz.
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Mexico City
Huerta
United States
O’shaugnessy
Mexico
O’shaughnessy
Moheno
Vera Cruz
Envoy Land
Tampico
Zar. Peg
Vetera
Constitutionalista
Carranza
Aguilar
U. S
Fletcher
Derals
Caballero
Castillo
Concepcion
Coahuila
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Paul
N. Y
Accident Board
Mayor
Says Trust
Collier
WILEY
Taylor
State
Huerta Ray
Navarette
Rubio Navarette
Ciudad Victoria
President Madero
Manuel Madero
San Juan de Uloa
Zapatistas
Guadalajara
Villa
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Sonora
Jalisco
Venegas
Noria
Tolocala
Morelos
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