Mass Meeting Backs Northward Rail Line for Amarillo
Citizens gather in Amarillo to back the Texas Kansas & Omaha railroad to Texas homa. Chief Engineer Nichols leads survey work near Dumas Moore County as C B Pash promotes the project. Judge Crudgington Dr W W Cunningham support rapid action with contracts to be drafted for a Monday mass meeting. About seventy five leaders attend.
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Citizens’ Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Texas Kansas & Omaha Company
Texhoma
Nichols
Dumas
Moore County
C. B. Pash
Pash
Plainview
W. H. Fuqua
Postal Receipts in Dallas Increase
Dallas Texas August 2 Receipts of the local post office for July show a rise of more than 15 percent from July 1911. July 1912 receipts were 68,737 compared with 59,812 for July 1911.
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Dallas
Tex
Weather Forecast for West Texas Saturday
By Associated Press. Washington forecast notes fair weather for West Texas with a Saturday and Sunday outlook. Temperature figures show 7 a.m. readings and evening high and low estimates, reflecting uncertain conditions for the period.
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Washington
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
West Texas
Regional Weather Summary for North and East Texas
The forecast notes cloudiness across North Texas with varying rain. Paris and Sulphur Springs see big rain while Gainesville has light showers and Denton storms with no rain elsewhere. South and East Texas are hot and cloudy with scattered rain in Mount Pleasant Marshall Tyler Nacogdoches Beaumont and Hereford sees threatening conditions. West Texas remains generally clear and warm with some threat noted at Hereford.
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Texas
Paris
Gainesville
Denton
South
Waxahachie
East Texas
Mount Pleasant
Marshall
Tyler
Nacodoches
Beaumont
West Texas
Hereford
Cotton crop condition report shows 76.5 percent nationwide
The July 25 condition of United States growing cotton reached 76.5 percent of normal, the Agriculture Department announced. Texas showed 84 percent of normal.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Mrs Grace Not Guilty in Attempted Murder Case
Atlanta Aug 2 The jury acquits Mrs Daisy Grace in the case accusing her of attempting to kill her husband Eugene Grace on March 5. The husband, paralyzed from the waist down, testified he was shot by his wife during a struggle after he threatened to kill her. She testified he shot himself.
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Atlanta
Daisy Grace
Eugene Grace
Grace
Inheritance for Trained Nurse Promised in St Louis
Miss IOA Jeanette Strong, visiting in Walnut Park, is set to inherit over $100,000 from the estate of Mrs Stella Boulock of New Orleans. The will, dated August 15, leaves the bulk of the fortune to the nurse who cared for Mrs Boulock during a yellow fever attack in 1905 and later died of heart disease.
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St. Louis
Ioa
Jeanette Strong
George Lovejoy
Walnut Park
Cotton tariff revision advances in House vote
The House passed the cotton tariff revision by 576 to 2. It would cut duties on cotton and cotton manufactures by about 21 percent. The measure mirrors Taft vetoed last year for lack of official data. Senate action expected, Wool tariff talks concluded, raw wool duty set at 29 percent.
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Associated Pres
Washington, D. C
House
Taft
Senate
Texas tops in cotton ginneries nationwide
Washington Aug 2 The Department of Commerce and Labor released a report showing state counts of operating cotton ginneries. Texas leads with 4 260 gins in operation during the ginning season and averaged 713 bales per establishment last year, compared with 523 in 1910. The US averages were 592 bales in 1910 and 442 bales in 1910.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Texas
Bailey Offers Measure to Move American Refugees
Senate approves a resolution authorizing the War Department to spend 100000 to transport Mexican refugees from El Paso to preferred points in the United States. The plan awaits House approval and President Taft's signature. Bailey of Texas urged aid as refugees are in dire need and largely unable to leave El Paso.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
el Paso
Senate
War Department
United States
Bailey
Texas
House
Taft
Smith
Cuba
Commission Extends Order On Pipelines
Interstate Commerce Commission extended from September 1 to November 1 its order requiring oil pipeline companies to file schedules of their transportation rates. Several companies petitioned to restrain enforcement in the Commerce Court.
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Ieprintad
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ofl
Commission
Commerce Court
Provisional Progressive Party Meets in Chicago
The Provisional committee of the national Progressive party will hold its first formal session in Chicago tomorrow at noon to decide contests and finalize plans for the national convention opening Monday in the same city.
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Chicago
Ill
National Progressive Party
War Department and House clash over water power sites
Washington, Aug. 2. The House Interstate Commerce Committee led by Chairman Adamson pressed Secretary of War Stimson on enabling private investment in water power sites. Stimson opposed the omnibus water site measure, while Adamson argued the government cannot develop all projects and that private capital should play a role with limits. He rejected a water power trust and noted many sites could aid the public good but remain undeveloped.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
War Department
Adamson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
War Stimson
Stimson
Senate Warns Against Foreign Control of American Lands
The U S Senate passed a Lodge resolution warning against foreign control of pasts on the American continents after a reported Japanese syndicate sought land near Magdelena Bay. The debate ran three hours in secret and the measure passed by only four votes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Senate
North
South America
United States
Senate
Lodge
Magdelena Bay
California
State Department
Lyles Named to Succeed Wynne at State Home
Major Richard Lyles of Cameron has been named by Governor Colquitt to replace the late Col. R. M. Wynne as superintendent of the State Confederate Home at Austin. He will move to Austin to assume charge within days and handles bills awaiting the Home. Lyles, about sixty five, served as a major in the war and later practiced law in Cameron for thirty years, has been active in local politics and campaigns for Colquitt.
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Daily News
Cameron
Texaug
Richard Lyles
Thi City
Colquitt
R. M. Wynne
Austin
Lyles
McCulloch
Lee
Milam County
Millam
Louisiana Republicans choose Roosevelt delegates in state convention
Followers of Roosevelt among the Louisiana Republicans held a state convention in New Orleans on August 2 to select delegates to the National Progressive party convention in Chicago next week.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Louisana
Progressive Party
Chicago
Commerce Court Judges Kept as Circuit Judges Abolished
Five United States Commerce Court judges will remain as circuit judges while vacancies will not be filled, reducing the circuit count to twenty nine. The Nelson amendment directs the Agriculture Secretary to classify lands in national forests open to homestead settlement. In Texas, tight races in state elections prompt close counts and possible official recounts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Db. C
United States
Commerce Court
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
New York Delegates Head to Chicago for Progressive Convention
New York delegates to the National Progressive convention depart by special train for Chicago. A substantial showing of Roosevelt supporters accompanies them as they travel from New York on August 2.
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New York
Roosevelt Rooters
Chicago
Kans. farmers plan state conference to boost soil production
Hutchinson Kan Aug 2 At a preliminary meeting today plans were formed to hold a state wide conference of farmers. The effort aims to create interest in the movement undertaken by the Kansas agricultural college and farmers organizations to increase the productivity of the soil.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas Agricultural College
Wilson to Aldin Shaping Committee
Seagit New Jersey August 2 Governor Woodrow Wilson will direct effort to form the Democratic national campaign committee. He will depart for New York to meet National Chairman McCombes and set plan of action for the drive.
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Wilson
ALDIN
Associated Press
Seagit
N. J
Aue
Woodrow Wilson
New York
McCombes
Leonardtown Liquor License Vote Sees Clergy Backing
In St. Marys County Maryland a campaign closes ahead of a special election to raise the high license rate to 290 dollars. Supporters including Cardinal Gibbons and clergy members bolster the effort as organizers claim confidence in victory.
Major Musical Prestival Opens in Duluth Minnesota
A mammoth festival under the Michigan Minnesota Unit ed Singers Association opened in Duluth on August 2 with a large attendance. The program spans concerts and competitions through Saturday and Sunday, drawing many visitors to the city.
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Duluth
Minn
Michigan-Minnesota United Singers’ Association
U.S. Resolution Denounces Foreign Control of Strategic Locations
In a secret session the resolution condemned any foreign corporation with ties to non American governments that could grant that government naval or military control. Supporters said the measure defines U S stance to avoid embarrassing situations, noting the Panama Canal opening heightens need to oppose foreign power influence through commerce.
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Judge
Panama Canal
United States
Municipal ownership issue looms in San Antonio election
The August 2 San Antonio campaign centers on municipal ownership of the waterworks. The People’s party nominee William L Richter backs the idea, claiming current contracts are unsafe. The Citizens party has not stated a firm position but may favor public ownership. Gus Jones says any waterworks contract must be approved by voters.
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San Antonio
Tex
Citizen's Party
Gus Jones
Citizen
Government attorneys head to Utah for beet sugar inquiry
By a Sovieted Presa San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 2ov ernment attorneys conducting a Sherman law hearing against the American Sugar Refining company left tonight for Salt Lake City to probe the beet sugar branch. Assistant United States Attorney Knapp said they will stay three days in Salt Lake, then move to Denver for the next stage of the inquiry.
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San Francisco
Cal
American Sugar Refining Company
Salt Lake
United States
Knapp
Utah
Denver
Government to Launch Big Colliebe at Pisco
Preparations at Mare Island navy yard for the launch of the United States naval collier Jupiter, the largest Pacific coast vessel. Jupiter measures 4214 feet in length, 65 feet in width, with 14,990 tons coal and oil displacement and 20,000 tons total displacement. Mrs. Rahm will christen the ship for Commander Thomas F. Rahm.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States Naval
Jupiter
Pacific Coast
Thomas Ff. Rahm
Thomas F. Rahm
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