Beattie murder trial nears penitentary wait
Rural peace returns to the scene of a homicide trial as Beattie, found guilty of murdering his wife, faces possible electrocution on November 24 or a new trial. Journalists lounge on the courthouse lawn while a jailer serves breakfast to the restrained prisoner. The public mood remains stern, with strong words from prosecutor L. C. Wendenburg and sympathy for the murdered man’s elderly father.
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Beattie
Old Dominion
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Court of Appeals
McCue
L. C. Wendenburg
Marvelous Night Skin Cure Promises Free Prescription
Grace Benson testifies that freckles, dark neck wrinkles, and tanned hands vanished after one home treatment. She describes a two ounce Kulux product mixed with witch hazel and water, to be used nightly and morning for smooth skin. She claims thousands of women share her enthusiasm.
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Grace Benson
Eigen
Trial witness bond deepens as father and son face fate
The Beatties' strained link stems from a boy's alleged crime after the mother's death. The prosecution links fear of paternal discovery of Henry Beattie's discre tions with the Binford girl to the crime and a fabrication of the bearded highwayman tale. The elder Beattie visited the prisoner, clinging to hope for saving the boy's life.
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Henry
Binford
Beattie
Beattie Guilty of First Degree Murder in Virginia
In Chesterfield Court House Virginia on September 9 Henry Clay Beattie Jr was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife after 58 minutes of deliberation. He was sentenced to electrocution on November 24 with the jury praying for guidance before and after the verdict. The case may go to the court of appeals at the November session with a writ of error to be filed. Beattie showed no emotion at the verdict or sentence, crying only later in his cell.
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Chesterfield Court House
Henry Clay Beattie Jr
Court of Appeals
Wendenberg
Virginia
Mexican Independence Day Celebration Planned in Gonzales
Special to The Light reports Mexican citizens in Gonzales County preparing a large celebration in the Peck bottom near the city for September 15 and 16 to mark the 101st anniversary of Mexican independence.
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Gonzales
Tex
Peck Bottom
Illinois Central Strike Talk Divides Union Leaders
Burnside shop workers deny any immediate strike and 6074 Illinois Central employees across crafts are named in the dispute. Executive board members from the International Association of Machinists travel from San Francisco to Chicago for the conference opposition to urgent action. Arbitration is favored by conservatives as a path to settle with railroad officials before any walkout.
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Ists
Burnside
International Association of Machinists
Chicago
San Francisco
Illinois Central
Efforts to avert strike by Harriman system shopmen
San Francisco Sept 9. Leaders in the Harriman system shopmen council strive to prevent a strike by about 25 000 members as unions vow to strike without federation recognition. J W Kline says youths may strike. older men urge calm as advisory board seeks a peaceful settlement amid railroad rejection of federation recognition.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harriman
Railrroad
Federation of
Shopmen
J. W. Kline
Blacksmiths’ Union
Illinois Central Federations Unite Behind Officers
Several hundred members of the local Illinois Central Federation of Employes met in New Orleans to back their officers and the national federation in the railroad dispute. Ten unions were represented, with a mass meeting planned for 1000 or more workers that night to hear communications from Chicago officers.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Illinois Central Federation of Employes
National Federation
Chicago
Lattimore to Run for Congress in Twelfth District
State Senator C. S. Lattimore announced from Fort Worth Texas that he will seek the congressional seat in the Twelfth district. He declared his candidacy today as a Republican contender for the seat.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
C.S. Lattimore
Congress
Food Rioters Clash With Troops in Brest
A large mob of price protesters clashed with troops in Brest France on September 9 injuring at least forty people. Police and soldiers faced stones bottles and missiles while rioters sustained many sabre injuries as troops charged the crowd without firing their guns.
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Brest
France
Associated Press
Troops Sent to Quel Riot From Paris Garrison
Government dispatches two battalions to Valenciennes in Nord to quell food demonstrations stirred by revolutionary societies. Reports from Brest Valenciennes and Robenoux describe women marching against high food costs and rough elements looting shops.
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Paris
Deents
Associat Press
France
Valenciennes
Nord
Brest
Robenoux
Fort Worth Woman Misses After New Orleans Arrival
Mrs H Stacey Jones of Fort Worth Texas has been missing since arriving in New Orleans last Wednesday Her husband and police searched the city after she told him to register alone at a hotel and stay with a friend on St Charles Avenue He describes her as formerly Miss Laura Hagler of Fort Worth from a prominent Texas family
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Associated Press
New Orleans
H. Stacey Jones
Fort Worth
Texas
Los Angeles
Jones
Laura Hagler
I N G N Railroad Valuation Talks End Pending Receivership
In Austin on September 9 the railroad commission signals it will not act on I G N valuation or bond plans until the International and Great Northern exits federal receivership. Commissioners request details on liens, unpaid debts, and equipment obligations before any first mortgage bonds are approved. Receiver T J Freeman was to discuss with the commission, but negotiations may now pause.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Mayfield
Williams
Railroad Commission
T. J. Freeman
International & Great Northern
Freeman
Commission
Martinez Case 10 The Supreme Court
Austin Texas September 9 It developed today that R P Coon attorney for Leon Cardenas Martinez Jr who yesterday secured a stay of the death penalty by habeas corpus in the Court of Criminal Appeals will fight to save the prisoner and secure a new trial through the federal courts if the case is lost before the Texas Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
R. P. Coon
Leon Cardenas Martinez Jr
Teachers Meet Today as 18 New Rooms Open in SA Schools
San Antonio prepares for a record public school turnout with 14,326 attendees last year and 75 percent of children in schooling. Eighteen new rooms and upgraded equipment, including steel desks and new blackboards, aim to accommodate about 1000 more pupils for the session beginning September 14.
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Charles J. Lukin
San Antonio
Prospect Hill
Lukin
Brackenridge High School
South Alamo Street
Sut
Main Avenue
Bryan Talks With Roosevelt at Editorial Office Visit
William J. Bryan called on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at the ex-president's editorial office. Roosevelt said they had a nice visit with a general talk on interesting subjects, and that was all.
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Associated Press
New York
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Childs nude body found in Lake Madison
The nude body of 7 year old Annie Lemberger, kidnapped from her parents home last Tuesday, was found in Lake Monona near Madison. Superficial exam shows no violence except a ear laceration and neck discoloration suggesting strangulation. No weights, no bindings. The motive appears to be revenge against the parents by an unknown enemy.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Annie Lemberger
Lake Monona
Here
Boys Start Fire Under Mitchell Street Bridge
Mischievous youths are blamed for lighting a rubbish and brush pile beneath the Mitchell street bridge. Chief Bishop and fire company No. 12 arrived late yesterday afternoon and extinguished the blaze just as one side of the bridge began to burn. Earlier brush from the creek bed had been dumped into a dry washout near the bridge. Local residents tried to fight the flames. damage was slight.
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Bridge
Mitchell Street
Bishop
Fire Company No. 12
Auction Sale Listings From September Auctions
Tomorrow and upcoming days list auction sales at 512 Garden St on Tuesday September 12 101 Upson St on Wednesday September 13 and 226 Devine St on Thursday September 14 Sommer is the auctioneer.
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Garden St
Upson St
Devine
Mrs J B Palmer Elected Matron At San Marcos Academy
YOAKUM Tex Sept 9 Mrs J B Palmer has been elected matron of the San Marcos Baptist academy and has gone there to assume her duties.
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Yoakum, Tex
J. B. Palmer
San Marcos Baptist Academy
County Tax Rate Raised to 62 Cents in Brownsville
Brownsville Texas September 9 1918 the county commissioners fixed the 1918 tax rate at 62 cents per 100 dollars of valuation up from 46 cents last year. The action affects all taxable property within the county and sets the levy for the coming year.
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Brownsville
Tex
Commissioners Court
Foley Kidney Pills Advertising Card
Promote Foley Kidney Pills as a quick acting cure for backache nervousness rheumatism and kidney bladder urinary troubles. Endorsed by King Pattison Drug Co presenting hopeful results and improved wellbeing before reaching physical endurance limits.
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J. A. Maple
South Seventh
Steubenville
Foley
Expressman
Foley Kidney
King Pattison Drug Co
Verdict Returns Manslaughter Guilty in Chestnut Case
The Orangeburg jury found Robert Chestnut guilty of manslaughter in the April 25 killing of William R. Sabin, a lumber dealer. The verdict carries a possible sentence of one to twenty years at hard labor, to be set by the presiding judge. The defendant, a contractor, allegedly killed Sabin after reading correspondence suggesting improper relations with Mrs. Chestnut.
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Associated Press
Orangeburg
8. C
Robert Chestnut
Chestnut
William R. Sabin
Sabin
Continental Oil and Cotton seeks capital hike to 1...
The Continental Oil and Cotton Company of At lene filed an amendment to increase capital stock from two hundred thousand dollars to a larger amount, as reported by the Associated Press from Austin Texas on September 9.
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Austin, Tex
Continental Oil and Cotton Company of
Atlene
Nueces County Teachers Institute Concludes in Corpus Christi
The Nueces county public school teachers institute, held at Corpus Christi High School since last Monday morning, closed today marking the end of a week long gathering for professional instruction and collaboration.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Tom Garcia
Oscar Booker
Booker
Belden Street
Garcia
Teacher’s Institute
Corpus. Christi
Nueces
Railroad Agents Meet on Houston Division
A Houston division Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio railroad meeting convened at 10 15 this morning in the local depot to discuss department service improvements. Attendees included R A Taylor C H Holland P Jungman A P Shatto J E Shruptrine G E Marshall F Voelcker W Reed W A Moore W H Rather W F Griffin J Watts T B West T G George J H Means T C Worthington H B May and others. The session adjourned at 4 PM.
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Houston
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
R. A. Taylor
C. H. Holland
Schulenberg
P. Jungman
Hondo
A. P. Shatto
Weimer
J. E. Shruptrine
LaGrange
G. E. Marshall
San Antonio
F. Voelcker
W. Reed
W. A. Moore
Luling
W. H. Rather
Eagle Lake
W. F. Griffin
Seguin
Co. J. Watts
Macdona
T. B. West
Industrial congress session heard by Roy Miller in Port Gee
Roy Miller, secretary of the Commercial club, attended a session of the Midcoast Industrial congress held in Port Gee and delivered an address.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Roy Miller
Commercial Club
Port
Miller
Lexington Towed from Botany Bay to Philadelphia
The steamship Lexington of the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation company, lately aground near Botany Bay Island, departed Savannah for Philadelphia today in tow.
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Lexington
Associated Press
Savannah
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Botany Bay Island
Philadelphia
Cotton seed fire devastates Waelder gin
Waelder's Flowers gin and about 100 tons of cotton seed were burned yesterday evening. The blaze reportedly started from a match struck in the seed cotton. Local fire crews battled the flames with reports of substantial material loss.
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Waelder
Gonzales
Tex
Doctors Warn Beef Diet May Spur Ill Temper and Rage
A number of physicians contend that a steady beef-heavy diet can increase irritability and provoke aggressive behavior. They cite potential effects on mood and mental balance, urging moderation and balanced meals.
Five thousand Spanish troops ordered to reinforce Melilla
Madrid reports that five thousand Spanish troops have been ordered by the ministry of war to reinforce the Melilla garrison amid persistent native attacks on Spanish outposts on the Moroccan coast. In Paris a ministerial conference decided to retain two year service men in the army whose terms expire in late September, citing war tensions with Germany but denying imminent war.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Ministry of War
Melilla
Morocco
Paris
Germany
France
Foreign residents flee Torreon amid rioting fears
A San Antonio physician, Red Cross member, reports about 200 Spaniards left Torreon last Tuesday after sealing homes and handing keys to municipal presidents. Disturbances recur during independence fiestas with federal troops promised for protection. Germans and Americans also closed shops and evacuated amid threats of violence on September 15.
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Torreon
Red Cross Legion
San Antonio
Terreon
Mexico
Auto crashes through fence at Mrs Wright residence
Five occupants in a fast car crashed over a six inch curb and through an iron fence at 1006 Austin street. The vehicle stopped at a chinaberry tree. no one injured though lamps damaged. Bystanders saw the crash and the soldiers left after the chauffeur said the boss would pay.
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Blanche Wright
Austin Street
Casa Blanca
Haggerty Snell Listed For inquiries at local music store
13 year old Ida Haggerty Snell of Taylor Street is listed with old and new phone numbers for inquiries. Mike Goggan's One Price Music Store at 225 East Houston Street is cited as the contact point.
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Ida Haggerty Snell
Taylor Street
Mike Goggan
East Houston Street
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