Unclear wireless message puzzles officials on Des Moines dispatch
A partially deciphered wireless message from the cruiser Des Moines, intercepted at San Francisco, raised unease as officials questioned its contents about protection. State department inquiries to Mexico followed the expulsion of two Americans under article 338 of the Mexican constitution.
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Ngton,. D
State Department
Des Moines
Cruz
San , Cal
Wash
Mexico
Dunn
Carrecristi
American Property Seized by Mexican Rebels
Two barges two power launches and a small steamer owned by Waters-Pierce Company were seized by Mexican rebels near Pico on Oct 21 according to Lt George Woodhouse of the tug Hornet which arrived in Galveston today The Hornet is the first to reach Galveston from a Mexican port since the Diaz revolt began Woodhouse says one report claimed 500 Diaz followers were within a few miles of Tampico guarded by a small force Gen Geronimo Trevino head of the Third zone at Monterey was reported in another dispatch.
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Galveston
Tex
Waters-Pierce, CU Company
Pico
George Woodhouse
Hornet
Soan
Tampico
May Withdraw Troops
In Mexico a plan to withdraw federal troops from a Chihuahua region is reported. The Northwestern railroad area will see protection of the Mexican Central line, with no immediate rebuilding implied.
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Exico City
Northwestern Railroad
Chihuahua
Vicin
American newspaper man tied to Mexican revolution probe arrest
Fa 10, Tex., Oct. 26. C. Zz. F., an American newspaper man, with Harry H. ved in charge of service agents after being expelled from Mexico, is said to have represented a New Mexico senator on revolutions’ investigation committees when arrested. A sixty page report on revolution conditions was reported stolen from his hotel in Mexico, and he was robbed of money and personal effects. He has reported the case to Fall, presumed to be at home in Three Rivers, New Mexico.
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Tex
C. Zz. F
Harry H.ved
Elled
Mexico
New Mexico
Cari Cristi
Fall
Three Rivers, New Mex
Madero Predicts Pea
A telegraph from Mexico City dated October 26 reports President Madero predicting a plan or event involving peas, with details sketched from the Mexico City dispatch.
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Madero
New York
Mexico City
Pacific Coast in Danger Warns Military Leader
Major General Wood warned the Pacific coast is in a dangerous military state and public sentiment blocks army expansion. He urged creating three large forts at Vancouver Barracks Washington, San Francisco, and a third site in northern California for coastal protection.
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Pacific Coast
Wood
Commercial Club
Portland
Ore
Congress
Cific
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
San Francisco
California
Madero Predicts Quick Peace After Diaz Collapse
President Madero says the Diaz revolution’s collapse ends reactionary efforts and will bring rapid peace across Mexico. He claims small bandit groups remain only in scattered pockets and will be subdued soon.
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Madero
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Improvement Club Names Committee
The Prospect Hill Improvement club appointed a permanent committee to pursue rerouting the I G N line of the San Antonio Traction Co. R G Callahan was named chairman with six assistants. The club also learned the petition to reroute was refused pending Commerce street widening.
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Stret
San Antonio Traction Company
Prospect Hill Improvement Club
The
Traction Company
Commerce Street
R. G. Callahan
Forrest Campbell
Joe Murray
R. B. Greathouse
Kerr
Riverside Restaurant offers 25c meals and big Sunday dinner
Riverside Restaurant promotes 25c meals for breakfast, dinner, and supper at the same low price. A big special dinner is promised for tomorrow’s Sunday service with a repeat appeal to dine at the Riverside. Also notes vaudeville season opening at the Star next Sunday with three Chicago acts weekly and low prices.
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Riverside
the Star
Chicago
Love Cure Opens Vaudeville Season At Star Theater
Judge remarks on a vaudeville season opener at Star Theater as a line about a girl sent to Europe to cure her infatuation with a young Flubdub appears among the narrative. The note hints at a marriage plot as an easier cure.
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Europe
Drummers at Jubilee Delight Crowd in Musical Stint
William Steinhardt and Miss Burns led a merry drum segment at the Jubilee. In the second automobile, Al Pea Lipscomb and Menger rode along, adding to the cheerful procession.
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Jubilee
William Steinhardt
Miss Burns
al- Pea Lipscomb and
Menger
Good Roads Session Draws State Enthusiasts to Jubilee Hall
Prominent figures from across Texas gathered for a four hour Good Roads session at the harvest jubilee grounds auditorium. Speakers included J Warren on welcome and county roads, Senator H B Terrell advocating a two thirds bond vote and a state highway commission, and George J D Marshall urging professional road planning before any bond issue.
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Good Roads Enthusiasts of
Texas
Harvest Jubilee Grounds
J. Warren
State Association
Warren
Bexar County
H. B. Terrell
West
George JD. Marshall
Washington
D. C
United States
Thomas W. Larkin
Commercial Club
Beaumont
Col
J. W. Hawley
Galveston
O. EE. Dunlap
Waxahachie
Homer B. Wade
Stamford
R. J. Pott
Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Station
W. G. Blake
San Antonio and
Corpus Christi
A. D. Powers
Port O’connor
Mason Maney
Laredo
Br W. T. Reeves
Denver
Charles E. Crist
Blanco and Granite
T. C. Richardson
Wilson County Good Roads Association
W. H. Howard
Karnes County
Dr. Nooe
Boerne
Kendall County Association
Dallas
G. W. Baker
Pearsall
D. E. Colp
San Antonio
Port O'Connor
B. Cooper Jr
O. E. Dunlap
G. A. Broome
San Angelo
Waco
Cotton Palace
Gun Exhibit Attracts Attention At Harvest Jubilee
Albert Steves and Albert Friedrich display a 47 gun collection valued in hundreds of dollars at the Harvest Jubilee. Highlights include a 1690 Swiss crossbow, a Turkish blunderbuss, a Harper’s Ferry carbine from 1844, a near 100 year old flint lock, and a German London Tower Proof pistol. Many pieces formerly belonged to bandits and crooks.
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Albert Steves
Albert Friedrich
Switzerland
United States
London Tower
Steves
Friedrich
Coltenes
Socialist mayor jailed after attempted speech at mill strike
Socialist mayor Geo. BR Lunn and public works commissioner Charles A. Muller, along with Rev. R. A. Bakeman, were arrested in Little Falls while addressing striking Phoenix Knitting Mills workers. They stayed in cells for hours and were paroled to face city court trial.
Daughters of the King Meet at St Mark's in Texas
The sixth state assembly of the Daughters of the King of Texas met at St Mark's Episcopal church for a three day convention. A quiet hour opened sessions yesterday with reports from officers and chapters and addresses by both resident and visiting members. Tonight includes election of officers and selection of next meeting place followed by an address by Bishop Johnston.
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State Assembly of the Daughters of the King of Texas
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Philip Cook
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Valliant
St. Andrew's Church
Texarikana
Barker
St. John’s Church
Hattie Brown
Johnston
Trouble over dice ends with arrest and fine
E Sanchez fought with Patmsman Murphy on West Commerce street after a dispute over four dice. He was fined 25 dollars by Judge Buckley in police court for disturbing the peace and jailed where he was identified as wanted in Hondo Texas for an earlier escape. Sanchez allegedly grabbed Officer Murphy's badge and tried to seize the officer's club before Patrolman Calderon stopped him.
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E. Sanchez
Patmsman Murphy
Buckley
Hondo
Tex
West Commerce Street
Sanchez
Murphy
Calderon
Jubilee Grounds Attract Vast Attention To Gun Exhibit Booth
Women crowded the booth where guns are exhibited drawing significant visitor interest at the jubilee grounds. The scene shows strong public curiosity about the display and its displays.
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Jubilee Grounds
Chariot Crash Injures Performers at Jubilee Rodeo
In a wild west tournament incident, Gus Klein and Spencer Smith were injured when a three horse chariot collided with them during a drag scene. Klein required medical care and was taken to Santa Resa hospital as darkness hid the stray team. Two horses were killed to end the suffering.
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Alamo
Gus Klein
Spencer Smith
Klein
Santa Resa Hospital
Knoke Funeral Today
George Knoke, vice president of the First National Bank of New Braunfels, died after months of illness. The funeral is set for 4 p.m. today. He was a prominent Southwest figure with extensive real estate interests and was born in Goettingen, Germany in 1854, arriving in New Braunfels in 1870.
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Knoke
New Braunfels
Tex
George Knoke
First National Bank of
Southwest
Goettingen
Germany
Miniature Exhibit At Woman's Building Draws Crowds
Visitors closely study the miniature display in the Woman's Building under Miss Eleanor Onderdonk. Highlights include a 1720 silhouette of Mary Elkins borrowed by Mrs. Elizabeth Pauline Docker, plus Peel miniatures of her grandmother and great uncle. Also featured are three Eugenia Price paintings of Mrs. Roy Bettel, Mrs. Ben Hammond, and Mary Angel Gibson of Chicago.
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Eleanor Onderdonk
Mary Elkins
Elizabeth Pauline Docker
Docker
Eugenia Price
Roy Bettel
Ben Hammond
Mary Angel Gibson
Chicago
Brice
Harvest Jubilee Entertainment for the Old Folks
The Harvest Jubilee featured an hour of activities for the elderly in the woman’s building. Performances included vocal and instrumental selections by Mrs. Mary J. Williams Mrs. T. M. Davis and Miss Kathleen Allen Smith who recently moved to San Antonio from North Carolina. The seniors spent the hour visiting.
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Mary J. Williams
T. M. Davis
Kathleen Allen Smith
San Antonio
North Carolina
Prediction of shoe price rise at tanners conference
Chicago on October 26 reports that the fourth annual conference of the American Association of Tanners predicted another price increase for shoes due to leather scarcity unless more cattle are raised by farmers. A Collman, plumber, 416 Main Ave.
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Chicago
American Association of Tanners
Obituary notices for King Winkler and Morman children
Obituary items report 2 year old King dying at home on Burleson Street with funeral at 2 pm and burial at Mission burial park. Winkler age 65 died at home on Dallas Street after moving from St Hedwig. burial to be in St Hedwig. Julius J Morman, 10, funeral held at 2:35 pm at home on Lopez Street with interment in Lutheran cemetery. siblings surviving.
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King
Sidney Fred King
J. L. King
Burleson Street
Mission Burial Park
Winkler
John Winkler
Dallas Street
Texas
St. Hedwig
Zizik Undertaking Company
Will Discuss Trust Suit In Austin
Austin Tex Oct 26 Mr Henessey representing the General Film company will probably reach Austin Monday to confer with Attorney General Walthall regarding the anti trust proceedings against the moving picture trust. He was delayed until Monday and will also confer with H A Wroe who has been named a receiver.
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Austin
Tex
Henessey
General Film Company
Walthall
Moving Picture Trust
Hennessey
H. A. Wroe
Beall Sneed Bail Appeal Briefed with Delay
The court of criminal appeals in Austin received an extra brief from prosecutors in the ex parte John Beall Sneed case urging denial of bail due to the death of Al Boyce Jr. The court awaits the brief and is expected to issue an opinion Wednesday.
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Sneed
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
John Beall Sneed
al Boyce Jr
Alsberg May Succeed Wiley as Chief of Chemistry
Washington news reports Dr Carl L Alsberg a chemical biologist in the bureau of plant industry as the latest candidate to replace Dr Harvey W Wiley as chief of the bureau of chemistry. Friends say Taft will announce the appointment after the election.
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Alsberg
Wiley
Washington, D. C
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Carl. L. Alsberg
Bureau of Plant Industry
Taft
Wyoming Officer to Return After Case Abandoned
Assistant District Attorney and Special Deputy Sheriff McNally of Sheridan Wyoming, who came to Houston after Mrs Lieutenant Jusips L Wier under surveillance for dress thefts from Captain Cecil of Fort McKenzie, announced he had dropped the charges and would return to Wyoming tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Wyoming
Houston
Tex
McNally
Sheridan
Wyo
Jusips L. Wier
Cecil
Fort. McKenzie
Texas Company Reports Receipts and Taxes Filed
The Texas Company of Houston filed its quarterly report showing gross receipts of 171 767 86 and tax paid 2070. Galveston Electric Company reported gross receipts 150 570 06 and tax paid 1 076 62.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Company of Houston
Comptroller's Department
Galveston Electric Company of
Galveston
Ex-Parte W T King seeks reduced bail in assault to murder case
In Austin on October 26 Ex-Parte W T King of Mitchell county filed a writ of habeas corpus with the court of criminal appeals asking bail relief. Judge James L Shepard set bonds at 6000 dollars, contending the amount is excessive for the assault to murder charge.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ex-Parte
W. T. King
Mitchell County
King
James L. Shepard
Thirty-second Judicial District
Cadets Parade At Dallas State Fair Guests Of A and M
Nine hundred Texas A and M cadets in gray uniforms with army rifles paraded through Dallas as guests of the State fair today. They will attend this afternoon's football game between A and M and Arkansas University.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas A. and
M. College
Collegians
Arkansas University
Parsonage Guest Sparks Button to Pin Plate Jest
A minister quips that some gentlemen in the congregation drop buttons into the collection plate and suggests using safety pins temporarily due to a new arrival at the parsonage. The remark comes as deacons prepare to receive the offering.
Tailor Burned in Explosive Cleaning Accident
John Banks a Black tailor at 100 Mt Zion street was ignited by gasoline fumes from a cleaning job and a nearby charcoal furnace explosion. He ran from the shop as neighbors and Fire Chief Wright arrived to find the shop nearly destroyed and Banks severely burned.
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John Banks
Mt. Zion Street
Wright
Irish noblewoman seeks aid for Ballyconna hospital project
A frail haunty figure, Honorable Albina Broderick sister of Viscount Middleton, arrives in New York from Ireland aboard the Baltic to mobilize Americans for her charity work. She has sacrificed jewels and status, living on 1.25 dollars weekly with peasants in Barrincoona, hoping funds from London to expand a hospital she financed.
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New York
Ireland
Albina Broderick
Viscount Middleton
Barrincoona
London
Miss Brodbelles
Chief Wright Gives First Aid To 24YearOld Man On Zavala Street
Chief Wright treated the injured man at the scene and then took him to his Zavala Street home. The 24 year old man resides with his parents as a physician was called.
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Wright
Zavala Street
Post Office Clerk Held on Letter Rifling Charge
W L Brown a clerk at Alvin Texas post office was given a hearing before U S Commissioner L C Masterson on a charge of rifling letters. He was bound over to the federal grand jury. He previously worked in the postal service at Cleveland Ohio and Washington before transfer to Alvin.
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Houston
Tex
W. L. Brown
Alvin
United States
L. C. Masterson
Federal Grand Jury
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
Fire destroys plant of Independent Packing in Chicago
A five story plant of the Independent Packing company at West Forty first street and South Halsted streets near the stock yards was practically destroyed by fire in the early hours. Loss is estimated at $100,000.
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Chicago
Independent Packing Company
West Forty-first Street
South Halsted Streets
A Political Wager and Panama Barge Details
A verse by E A Fanning mocks a self styled political statistician who cites Jefferson era standings and straw votes while his wife sews to keep things going. Separately a report describes Panama canal barges of reinforced concrete 64 by 24 feet with bulkheads frames and a cement mortar shell showing crack repairs and timber fenders.
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Panama, Canal
Boy breaks arms hunting pecans at Sl Salado
David Williams son of Evangelist Sid Williams fell from a pecan tree while with three other boys at Sl Salado. He broke both arms and was taken to his home at 800 Porter while receiving medical care. He is improving at Fort Worth and expected to return tonight.
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Sl Salado
David Williams
Evangelist Sid Williams
Evangelistee
Norris
Aidi
Fort Worth
Williams
Fort Wort
Thieves Loot Nashville Jewelry Store for Six Thousand
Dispatch from Union City Tennessee reports thieves broke into a local jewelry store in Nashville area last night and made off with about six thousand dollars worth of diamonds other jewels and some money. The source notes no injuries and cites uncertain background chatter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Union City
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George R, Lunn
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Main Av
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J. E. Cannaday
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