Administration currency bill passes House amid party splits
The administration currency bill cleared the House 286 to 84 with Republican support and Democratic defections. Notable votes came from Calloway Elder and Witherspoon against, while Temples and Walters opposed. An amendment clarifying it does not repeal the 1900 gold standard faced objections, and the bill now goes to the Senate for lengthy review.
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Texas
Elder
Louisiana
Witherspoon
Mississippi
Baltz
Browne
Cary
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Cramton
Dillon
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Fess
Frear
Haugen
Helgeson
Kent
Lenrort Lindquist
Mapes
McLaughlin
Nelson
Porter
Samuel Smith
J. M. C. Smith
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Smith
Minnesota
Stafford
House Democrats
Banking Committee
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Ohio
Glass
Senate
Thaw Hopes for Action on Extradition Case
Harry K Thaw sits amid newspapers at breakfast in Concord seeking swift extradition ruling. He and his lawyers study state and federal rulings on extraditing an insane defendant while Governor Felker weighs the habeas corpus writ. Federal Judge Aldrich and William Travers Jerome echo the rarity of Thaw extradition.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Washington Dispatches
United States Supreme Court
Felker
Thaw
Aldrich
Littleton
William Travers Jerome
Taft Contenders Yale Dean Post After Rogers Appointment
Yale University faces a dean vacancy as Henry Wade Rogers accepts appointment to the U S Circuit Court. Rumors point to former President William Howard Taft, now Kent Professor of Law at Yale, as a likely successor. Taft and his family returned from Murray Bay Ontario yesterday.
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Conn
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
United States Circuit Court
Yale University
Dean Rogers
William H. Taft
Kent
Yale College
Taft
Murray Bay
Ont
Bond Issue Upheld in Peyton Creek Irrigation Case
Judge C A Wilcox refused to rule on the constitutionality of a 32nd Legislature act creating irrigation districts. The Peyton Creek Irrigation district of Matagorda County wins as the court declares the $125000 bond issue legal.
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Austin
Tex
C. A. Wilcox
Twenty-sixth District Court
Thirty-second
Peyton Creek
Matagorda
San Antonio Area Forecast Tonight and Friday
Local weather for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with no precipitation. Temperatures are expected to stay mild with light winds.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations for multiple cities
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures from 48 to 66 degrees across cities. Highlights include St Louis 62 clear with NE wind, Chicago 60 cloudy, Milwaukee 52 clear, New York 66 cloudy with rain, Boston 66 rainy, Washington DC 66 cloudy with possible rain Friday.
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Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
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Boston
Washington, D. C
Automobile Bandits Escape With 2000 Near Bryan Ohio
In Toledo Ohio on September 18, a party led by Herman c g Laytes of St Louis was held up by three men near Bryan. They stole 2000 cash a gold purse several diamonds and jewelry before fleeing in two cars. Sheriff Weinland was wounded during the pursuit and arrested a suspect named R W Duffy 26 of Toledo. Two other suspects were later nabbed after a passenger train stop at Wauson Ohio.
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Toledo
Ohio
Herman c. G. Laytes
St. Louis
Bryan
Layties
Samuel Weinland
Williams County
Weinland
R. W. Duffy
Wauson
Hio
Straw hat taunt leads to warning from police judge
In Headgear Washington Police Judge Mullowny warned against derisive remarks about straw hats after George Smith jeered at a large off duty officer’s headwear. Smith was arrested, arraigned, and released with a solemn warning that such criticism will incur punishment.
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Washington
George Smith
Mullowny
Smith
Fire destroys Theobalds Park mansion in Waltham Cross
London dispatch reports a fire likely set by an incendiary at Theobalds Park, the mansion of Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton-Meux at Waltham Cross. The blaze caused extensive damage to the building and a large fortune, with losses estimated at about 500000 dollars.
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London
Theobalds Park
Waltham Cross
Hedworth Lambton-Meux
Admiral Lambton
Lady Meux
Meux
Methodist commission meets in Fort Worth to discuss Texas schools
The educational commission of Texas Methodism gathered in Fort Worth with Bishop Atkins of Waynesville North Carolina presiding. Discussion focused on church schools in Texas and their development.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Educational Commission of Texas Methodism
Atkins
Waynesville
N. C
Texas
The Message of Advertising
An editorial extols advertising as daily guidance for wants and needs. It argues reading ads equals learning and finding economical purchases, comparing this to a liberal education from five feet of books. The piece urges readers to engage with advertisements each day.
Three Automobiles Seized by Soldiers at Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass Texas September 18 acting on a tip that Federals planned an attack on Piedras Negras Colonel Sibley of the Fourteenth Cavalry seized three autos at the rail station. Secret service and detectives report Huerta sympathizers mobilized with arms hidden in a store. Authorities say the cars would be used for war purposes and confiscation followed.
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Tex
Piedras Negras
Sibley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Huerta
Carranza
Department of Justice
San Antonio
Trueba
Pardo
Secret Service
Huertistas
McGregor Plans Statewide Tour Focused On Education and Roads
Texas state Senator T H McGregor of Travis plans a series of speeches statewide to argue the liquor issue should not headline the next gubernatorial contest. He aims to shift focus to education penitentiary reform self sufficiency and better roads while remaining a potential gubernatorial candidate.
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Austin
Tex
T. H. McGregor
Travis County
McGregor
Illness Central Railroad urges workers to live calmly
The Illinois Central Railroad issues guidance to employees to avoid worry and cultivate contentment with daily work. The statement urges mastering moods and accepting the world as it is, noting worry as a chief mental cause of distress and likening unsettled minds to a rudderless bark.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Red Cross Publishes Miles Letter On Bulgarian Suffering
Washington reports the Red Cross publicizes a letter from Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles describing Balkan war horrors. He cites starvation inadequate hospital service and lack of medical stores affecting Bulgarians with 4000 wounded exposed to sun and rain and urges relief funds with support for the Red Cross of Servia.
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Bulgaria
Red Cross
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Servia
California Heat Record Reaches 127 at Silver Lake
Excessive heat in California peaked yesterday at Silver Lake with a 127 degree reading, believed to be the year's maximum in the state, according to information reaching this desk today.
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California
San Bernardino
Cal
Silver Lake
Leased Wire Day Report Coverage Details
The San Antonio Light notes it carries the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, a daily service of about 20,000 words. It also mentions its own large special news content in addition to the wire service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Smugglers on Trial Before State Court in Carrizo Springs
About fourteen Mexican smugglers charged with Deputy Sheriff Candelario Ortiz’s murder began trial before Judge Mullaly in Carrizo Springs Texas. Spectators crowded the courtroom as U S and Mexican authorities moved to secure proceedings and Sanchez the alleged guide was reported captured at Piedras Negras while attempting to swim the Rio Grande.
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Carrizo Springs
Tex
Candelario Ortiz
Mullaly
Vandervoort
Charles Cline
Cline
Co. C. Cresson
United States
J. M. Rangel
Cresson
Sanders
Gardner
Rangel
Sanchez
Felipe Sanchez
Piedras Negras
Carranza
Huerta
Texas
Rio Grande River
Pankhurst Announces Planned American Tour and Carted Passage
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst leader of the British militant suffragettes says she will sail for America on October 11 and has booked passage She expects fair play from American immigration authorities and plans to return to England after lectures proceeding without subterfuge to gain admission.
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Paris
Emmeline Pankhurst
America
England
Jews Organize League To Combat Defamation
Prominent Jews formed the Anti Defamation League of America to oppose defamation of Jews by reasoned appeals and, if needed, by legal action. The league operates under the Order of B nai B’rith, with 30,000 members and branches in major cities. Adolf Kraus of Chicago outlines the league’s goals. a 100-member committee will finalize organization.
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Chicago
Order of B 'Nai B ’Rith
Constitutionalists claim control of thirteen Mexican states
Washington reports a statement from Constitutionalists asserting control of at least thirteen Mexican states including Sonora and Chihuahua with 10,000,000 opposing Huerta in a 16,052,000 population. They deem fair elections impossible, note limited Hoerta travel safety, and claim Carranza gains popularity while Wilson’s info is seen as unreliable. Also mentions New York Court of Appeals justices set to hear Sulzer impeachment case with Edgar M. Cullen as Chief Justice.
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Mexico
Huerta
Washington
Sonora
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
Sinaloa
Durango
Zacatecas
Michoacan
Morales
Guerrero
Tabasco
Campeche
Carranza
United States
Court of Appeals of
New York
State Senate
William Sulzer
Edgar M. Cullen
William E. Werner
John Clinton Gray
Bartlett
William H. Cuddeback
Frederick Colin
Ward resigns as district judge in Texas
Judge R H Ward of the Seventy third District Court from Bexar county arrives in Austin and resigns in person to Governor Colquitt. The governor expects to name Ward's successor immediately. Ward was appointed December 1912 after Claude V Birkhead’s resignation and previously worked with Newton and Ward for the Waterworks Company.
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Austin
Tex
R. H. Ward
Seventy-third District Court
Bexar County
San Antonio
Colquitt
Ward
Claude V. Birkhead
Fair Weather Promised With 24 Hour Outlook
Major Buell of the United States observatory says weather over Texas and the southwest will clear for the next 24 hours though a storm area is forming west of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures ranged from 63 to 72 degrees with sun expected to rise. monthly rainfall is 5.31 inches, 3.63 inches above normal, while year to date totals 17.90 inches reveal a 2.84 inch deficit.
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Allen Buell
United States Observatory
Texas
Southwest
Rocky Mountains
Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar Dies by Own Hand
Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar committed suicide by shooting herself in her palace room in Heidelberg. She was found dead this morning, after a night in the residence of her father Prince William.
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Conte
Heidelberg
Germany
Sophia
Saxe-Weimar
Prince William
Child dies after playgun incident in Fort Worth
Noel Pace, four, died after a ten year old girl playmate shot him in the head during a playful incident. The girl believed the pistol unloaded and said she planned to "shoot him" before the fatal misfire.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Noel Pace
Midland Life Insurance Company Receives Texas License
The Texas department of insurance and banking granted a license to Midland Life Insurance Company of Kansas City Missouri to operate in Texas. The firm shows capital stock of 100000 dollars and a surplus of 47736 dollars. Daniel Boone serves as president.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Midland Life Insurance Company
Kansas City
Daniel Boone
Chairs For Public Council Chamber Delivery
City council ordered 150 chairs for use in the council chamber with some kept for the mayor’s ante room and city clerk. The remainder will be placed behind the rails this afternoon.
Waelder State Bank Granted Texas Certificate of Authority
A certificate of authority to do business in Texas was granted to the Waelder State Bank of Waelder Gonzales county with capital stock of 40000. It is a guaranty fund bank. J F Robinson is president and F R Briscoe cashier.
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Austin
Tex
State Banking Board
Texas
Waelder State Bank of
Waelder
Gonzales County
J. F. Robinson
F. R. Briscoe
Truthful circulation for advertisers must rise
The author argues newspapers should openly disclose circulation figures rather than conceal them. He stresses advertisers deserve honest data about reach and cautions against self censorship that hides information about the paper itself.
Light paper reports leading Southwest Texas circulation
The Light publishes daily certified circulation figures. It states the paper has the largest paid circulation in Southwest Texas with over eighteen thousand daily net paid and more than twelve thousand in San Antonio, claiming 100 percent higher local paid home circulation than any other San Antonio newspaper.
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the Light
Texas
San Antonio
Impeachment Trial Opens for New York Governor Sulzer
The New York high court for Sulzer impeachment convened in Albany with 9 judges and 49 senators sworn in. Governor Sulzer requested to be represented by counsel, not by himself, as the court begins drafting rules for the trial and reviews evidence from the assembly.
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N. Y
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William Sulzer
New York State
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Wagner
Cullen
Miller
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Hiscock
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Sulzer
D. Cady Herrick
John C. Fitzgerald
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Patrick E. McCabe
Gray
Joto
Hiscock, Chase
Frawley
Assembly
State of
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Secretary of State
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