Injunction Bars Striking Unions in Houston Mills
The U S district judge issued a sweeping temporary injunction against officers and members of five federated unions on strike. It bars entry to company property and interference with workers. U S Marshal Brewster posted the order at shops and yards. final hearing set in five days.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Harriman
Walter T. Burns
United States Court For
Southern District of Texas
United States
Marshall Brewster
Southern Pacific Gains Temporary Injunction in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 6 the Southern Pacific Railroad obtained a temporary injunction from a U S court. The order bars strikers and others from interfering with railroad operations and is returnable next Thursday. Officials plan similar restraining orders across federal routes.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Ilinois Central
Southern Pacific
Feverish Houston After Fatal Harriman Guard Shooting
After the fatal shooting of Frank Tullis at the Gano street entrance to the G H and S A shops Houston faces a tense morning. Strikes intensify as strikebreakers arrive and Mayor Rice orders police to keep workers from street corners near railway property. President Fay of the Southern Pacific assumes charge with Van Vieck prepared to act in his absence.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Frank Tullis
Harriman
Gano Street
Tullis
Oakwoods
Fay
Southern Pacific Lines
Texas
Louisiana
New York
van Vieck
Harriman Lines
Deres
Striker Shot by Deputy Marshal in Jackson Yards
In Jackson Mississippi at 3 45 am in the south yards of the Illinois Central John Tardy a striker was shot by Deputy Marshal Alfred during an attempt to arrest him for pulling pins from car couplings Officers found a pistol discarded near the scene and Tardy was taken to a Sanatial though not believed to be fatal.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Illinois Central
John Tardy
Alfred
Tardy
Faravelli
Tripoli
Poe
Troops Arrive as Strike Sharpens in McComb City
McComb City Mississippi quiets as five more soldiers join a military patrol amid a strike. The town, still tense, awaits further developments as authorities reinforce to maintain order during the labor dispute.
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Associated Press
Mccomb City
Miss
Former Chief Justice Gaines Reported Dead
Rumor circulated this afternoon that former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Gaines had died in Rye New York. The Associated Press could not confirm the report.
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Gaines
Texas Supreme Court
Rye
N. Y
Associated Press
Abilene Woman Fatally Shoots Husband on Porch
In Abilene Texas on October 5 Mrs Lucy Matthison fired six shots through a window screen fatally wounding her husband Charley Matthison who died two hours later. The white woman surrendered and was released on a $1000 bond. The Ramsey negress followed and fired five shots none of which hit.
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Associated Press
Abilene, Tex
Lucy Matthison
Stella Ramsey
Charley Matthison
Matthison
Army reorganization boosts troops for overseas service
Washington D C Oct 5 The War Department issues an order to restore full war strength after Texas maneuvers adding seventy cavalry and seventy two infantry soldiers to regiments serving outside the United States or in Hawaii. The plan reduces non combat detachments and sets overall army strength at 77523 with 66698 as the actual fighting force abroad.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
War Department
Cavalry
United States
Hawaii
Field
Coast Artillery
Reducna
Army
Signal Corps
Cotton Crop Gathered in Yoakum Area
Cotton crop in Yoakum Texas has been gathered and daily receipts are light. The fall crop is expected to be very light due to current harvest conditions.
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Yoakum, Tex
Home Weather for Tourists Observations at 8 A M
Weather observations for U S cities report temperatures ranging from 38 in Milwaukee to 64 in New York with winds from various directions. Showers are expected tonight and Friday in several cities including Chicago Kansas City New York and Boston. Washington looks for Friday fair conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. .Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Debunks AP Wire Carrying Claims
A statement declares that no dirtier version of the Associated Press wire is carried by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light. The note asserts such claims have no basis in fact and are without authority.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Mansion dispute over San Pedro avenue home ends in seizure
J C Hovel Sr once adjudged insane seized a Kaufman home on San Pedro avenue while completing construction. Deputies Diaz and Stevens invoked a writ of sequestration to evict him after he allegedly threatened the Kaufman family and pointed a 41 caliber revolver at a deputy. The case proceeds in the Forty fifth District Court.
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Louis Kaufman
San Pedro Avenue
J. C. Hovel Sr
Hovel
Stevens
Diaz
Forty-fifth District Court
Cettre
Kaufman
Havel
Judge Camp
Charles Stevens
Antonio Diaz
Mr. Kaufman
H. C. Applewhite
Park Avenue
L. Kaufman
Mrs. Kaufman
Kaufmans
Eutman
End of the World predicted by Seventh Day Adventists
Rev Kit C Russell of Takoma Park says the Turkey Italy war signals the second coming of Christ. Adventists cite Daniel and prophecy that the Turkish empire will fall with no help, with Jerusalem as a future capital, the current conflict a step toward that event.
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Associated Press
Washington
Turkey
Italy
Kit C. Russell
Takoma Park
D. C
Russell
Europe
Christ
Holy Mount
Jerusalem
Big committee is named for city and county purification drive
The reorganized Citizens' party in San Antonio and Bexar county plans an executive session Saturday night at the Knights of Columbus hall to form a permanent organization aimed at purifying politics and removing inefficient officers. Judge Webb will preside with J Ira Kercheville as temporary chairman, as a 276 member working committee from all 92 precincts is set to be announced. The group will hold public gatherings to educate voters and influence county and city politics.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Citizens’ Party
J. E. Webb
Knights of Columbus
Font Building
Houston
Navarro Streets
League
Webb
Rube the Percheron of Polly of the Circus Dies in San Antonio
The white Percheron horse Rube, famed to thousands from New York to San Francisco and once with Barnum & Bailey, died after a 24 hour bout with colic. George St. Leon stayed with him. the body will be taken to a veterinarian for post mortem. Rube joined Polly of the Circus in 1908 for Miss Ida St. Leon.
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Rube
Polly
Circus
St. Leon
San Antonio
George St. Leon
New York
San Francisco
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Barnum & Bailey
Ida St. Leon
Lunar Park
Coney Island
East
Taft Receives Hearty Welcome in Utah Visit
President Taft lands in Salt Lake City and is escorted by the Fifteenth Infantry and National Guard. He rests at his hotel before addressing Utah’s old folks at the tabernacle, touring Fort Douglas, and delivering a principal address at the state fair grounds. He attends a Commercial club banquet and a tabernacle concert before midnight departure for Idaho.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Taft
Fifteenth United States Infantry
National Guard
Tabernacle
Alta Club
United States
Fort Douglas
State Fair Grounds
Utah
Commercial Club
The
Idaho
County election eyed for reform and possible city commission shift
The speaker predicted a marked improvement in county officer personnel in the upcoming election and said the league would not oppose all officers, though some have fallen under scrutiny. He also anticipated a future move toward a city operating under a commission form, regardless of the outcome of the charter election appeal.
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League
Wood and Stimson to Visit Fort Sam Houston
Secretary of War Stimson and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will arrive in San Antonio October 10 for a visit to inspect Fort Sam Houston and the maneuver camp. They will be greeted by citizens at the station and shown points of interest if time permits. a banquet may be arranged. General Wood, famed Rough Riders colonel, is well known in San Antonio.
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Stimson
Leonard Wood
United States Army
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Army
General Wood
Regiment of
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Italians land near Tripoli as bombardment continues
Reports say no Turkish surrender offered. Italians land near Tripoli under warship protection. Cables cut, wireless plant at Derna inoperative. Damage heavy near French fort and docks. Bishop Bonomelli warns war’s hard necessity for defense and economic interests.
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Associated Press
Rome
Syracuse
Tripoli
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Land Office
Derna
di Felice
Italy
Sicily
Craveri
Monsignor
Bonomelli
Cretona
Turkey
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