Precaution advised as meningitis fears spread in Texas
Texas cities report cerebrospinal meningitis in several towns with one death in Canyon. Amarillo health officer Dr R M Walker urges precautions, denies near-term menace, and shares a public health letter from State Health Officer Ralph Steiner calling for isolation, quarantine, school closures, sanitation, anti spitting enforcement, antiseptic nose and throat sprays, and disinfection of public conveyances.
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Canyon
R. M. Walker
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Daily News
Tex
Ralph Steiner
Fire destroys business district in Weatherford
Special to Daily News. Weatherford Texas January 10 a blaze in the business district caused heavy damage totaling about 30000 to a Joel Hicks Dry Goods Company building. An adjoining structure housing a music store a grocery and offices also suffered serious damage.
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Weatherford
Tex
Joel Hicks Dry Goods Company
Cases in Court of Criminal Appeals Rehearing Submissions
In Austin on January 10 in the Court of Criminal Appeals the cases of ex parte W H Gray and FP Wolters were submitted on motion for rehearing by brief. No attorney for either side appeared to review the submissions.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
W. H. Gray
FP. Wolters
Development scheme to Southwest Texas launches with 200000
Wort Worth Texas January 10 The Cornell Miller Texas Farms company is the new development firm with 200000 capital backed by Texas and St Louis financiers. It will operate in Southwest Texas focusing on migration inflows. E C Lasater of Falfurrias a director and prominent Texas cattle group figure joins the board.
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Wort Worth
Tex
Cornell-Miller
Texas Farms Company
Texas
St. Louis
E C. Lasater
Falfurrias
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Local Weather Forecast Amid Snow and Cold Wave
Local forecast calls for snow and a cold wave on Thursday with temperatures dipping. Yesterday’s high near 40 and low around 35, while today’s maximums and the day’s minimums vary with a cold breeze and frigid air.
Hash Poison Hits One Hundred Veterans At Soldiers Home
Associated Press Leavenworth Kansas January 10 One hundred veterans at the Soldiers Home were poisoned by hash. Some are seriously ill but Chief Surgeon Fryer said none will die. An investigation is to ascertain the cause of the wholesale poisoning.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth, Kas
Fryer
Death of West Texas State Normal president’s son in Canyon
Gregg Cousins eleven year old son of West Texas State Normal president R B Cousins died at 4 AM from a malady likely meningitis though diagnosis unsettled. funeral services will be held at the Cousins home this afternoon with Rev S M Neal Methodist pastor officiating. Canyon residents remain cautious but not alarmed about possible disease spread.
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Canyon
Tex
Gregg Cousins
R. B. Cousins
West Texas State Normal
S. M. Neal
Methodist Church
AG Lightfoot Clarifies Poll Tax Receipt Rules
The Attorney General says deputy tax collectors in cities of 10000+ outside the county seat may use clerical help to fill forms but must sign and acknowledge all receipts personally. Previously he held counties with a large town away from the seat may have only one deputy for writing receipts.
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Austin
Lightfoot
Lorimer Testimony Marred by Laughs in Senate Probe
The second day of Senator Lorimer's Senate election inquiry featured humor and political debate. Lorimer denied soliciting campaign funds from Edward Hines and questioned Hines's political knowledge and trustworthiness as a Lorimer ally.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lorimer
Senate
Edward Hines
Hines
Taft Stricken by Severe Cold in Washington
Washington January 10 President Taft is suffering from a severe cold and White House officials have canceled his engagements for tomorrow though no alarm is felt over his condition.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Steel trust papers to be scrutinized
The government will examine the intimate books and papers of United States Steel Corporation. Chairman Stanley of the House steel trust investigating committee issued subpoenas for all documents not yet produced as the panel seeks full access.
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Chapa Convicted on Counts Two and Three in Neutrality Case
In Brownsville Col F A Chapa of San Antonio was found guilty on the second and third counts of the indictment for conspiracy to aid a military expedition into Mexico and to enlist men for the revolutionary movement against Mexico. The verdict came at 1 17 pm as Judge Burns announced it and the clerk was away at lunch.
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Plans in Advance of Panama Canal Opening
Washington plans surface as the Panama Canal nears opening. The supreme court advanced the San Francisco pilotage case to February 19. House committee on interstate commerce to hear naval, revenue cutter, ocean line experts to settle canal methods and tolls for world trade.
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Census clerks discharged amid funding shortfall
Washington January 10 1100 census clerks were discharged as funds cripple the thirteenth decennial census work Director Durand said completion of many subjects by June 30 is unlikely Congress approved 500000 but a further 500000 is requested to continue work and meet legal publication deadlines.
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Department
Humphrey Bill Seeks Pacific Coast Entry for Chinese
Representative Humphrey of Washington introduces a bill to require Chinese entry to the United States only through Pacific coast ports. He accuses the government of favoring the Canadian Pacific railway by keeping an immigration station at Vancouver. The measure would abolish border migration stations at both Canadian and Mexican borders, seen as aiding Chinese immigration.
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Humphrey
United States
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Iowa Master House Painters Convention Opens in Waterloo
The Iowa Master House Painters and Decorators Association held its first annual convention in Waterloo starting today with President J. W. Newbrough presiding. The three day meeting follows its Davenport organization last fall.
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Iowa Master House Painters and Decorators’ Association
Davenport
J. W. Newbrough
Dobodue
Carnegie Testifies on Lake Superior Ore Deal Before Congress
Andrew Carnegie told the House Committee he felt superior to John D Rockefeller after obtaining control of Rockefeller iron ore holdings in Lake Superior for fifteen cents per ton. He called the deal a business triumph and laughed at the memory, saying he never kept the Carnegie company books before its absorption into U S Steel.
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Washington, D. C
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Lake Superior
Andrew Carnegie
United States
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Carnegie Company
Meningitis Reported as Dallas Quarantines
Associated Press reports that spinal meningitis cases are rising in Dallas with about fifty total cases and thirty under hospital care. Several nearby towns have imposed quarantines to limit spread.
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Dallas
Zbysko Beats Westergarde In Straight Falls
Salt Lake City, Jan 10 Zbysko won two straight falls over Jess Westergarde. The first fall lasted one hour and the second seven minutes as Zbysko threw Westergarde over his head.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
Zbysko Tonight
Jess Westergarde
Westergarde
Fifty Million Saved From Ruin In Equitable Fire
New York January 10 recovery of more than fifty millions in stocks and bonds from a vault of the burned Equitable building is reported. Heat prevents search for bodies of six victims. William Campion’s body partly visible but not recoverable. Raleigh North Carolina January 1 a marble bust of Governor Samuel Johnson an early NC governor was placed in the rotunda of the State House during ceremonies led by the North Carolina grand lodge of Masons.
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Associated Press
New York
Equitable
William Campion
Dormer
Raleigh
N. C
Samuel Johnson
North Carolina
State House
Monarchs Sail for Home from Bombay
King George and Queen Mary left Bombay aboard the Peninsula and Oriental liner Medina bound for England. The voyage again proceeds under naval escort with two British battleships leading the convoy.
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India
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Medina
England
Troops Sail for China Expected From Manila
Five hundred soldiers of the First Battalion Fifteenth Infantry are set to sail from Manila aboard the Transport Logan on Thursday destined for China.
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Associated Press
Manila
Fifteenth Infantry
Logan
China
Longview Seals Rigid Quarantine on Meningitis Areas
Longview health board advised the mayor to order a strict quarantine against Dallas Waco Fort Worth and other meningitis hot spots. Health officers will ride trains to enforce the quarantine and prevent spread of the disease.
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Longview
Tex
City Board of Health Today
Bodenheim
Dallas
Waco
Fort Worth
Mystery in dynamiting probes widen in federal case
Indianapolis Jan 10 The most important evidence in the government's dynamite conspiracy probe was presented to the federal grand jury by Ortie McManigal his father and others The case now centers on those who paid McManigal for jobs across the country and guided him to explode property The McNamaras were not in the towns on explosion dates and did not meet McManigal Government officials pursue this lead.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Ortie McManigal
McManigal
McNamaras
Paulis TRITIFTAS- AGAINST CONNERS
Los Angeles January 10 state’s star witness testified in the Bert Conners trial on conspiracy to dynamize the hall records. J Mansell Parks said he heard Conners threaten to blow up the building during a structural committee walkout at Llewellyn Iron Works tied to the hall project.
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Cal
Bert Conners
Union Structural Iron Worker
Hall
J. Mansell Parks
Conners
Parks
Llewellyn Iron Works
Mc Maniga
Jealousy Ends in Tragedy as Youth Kills Girl
Associated Press report from Rock Springs Wyoming dated January 10 states Edward Clark aged nineteen killed Hazel Cooper aged sixteen with a heart shot after accusing her of favoring other boys. Clark then shot himself through the lungs and survived.
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Associated Press
Rock Springs
Wyo
Edward Clark
Hazel Cooper
Clark
North Dakota Builders Discuss Accident Compensation Plan
Minot hosts the annual convention of the State Association of Builders' Exchanges of North Dakota where legislators debate accident compensation laws and local control of construction work.
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Minot
N. D
North Dakota
State Association of Philders’ Exchanges
Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers Meet Opens in Indianapolis
The annual convention of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Indiana began in Indianapolis with headquarters at the Claypool Hotel. The program includes discussions on numerous questions affecting the retail lumber trade.
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Daily News
Indianapolis
Ind
Retail Lumber Dalers’ Association of Indiana
Claypool Hotel
Downfall of French Cabinet With Entire Resignation
The Associated Press reports from Paris that on January 10 the French cabinet collapsed as the entire ministry resigned, plunging the government into crisis and leaving leadership in question.
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Associated Press
Paris
Progressive Republicans Call Conference in Springfield
A January 27 meeting at the Leland Hotel in Springfield is urged to advance progressive Republicanism. The call warns of a national political crisis and opposes renominating President Taft and Governor Deneen. Invites include La Follette and Roosevelt supporters.
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Chicago
Ill
Leland Hotel
Springfield
Taft
Deneen
la Follette
Roosevelt
Pharmacy Board Meeting Site Change Sparks San Antonio Move
Ballinger Texas Jan 10 John A Weeks president of the state board of pharmacy issues notices altering the meeting place from Waco to San Antonio due to meningitis in Waco The board will meet in San Antonio on Jan 16 with the new location announced to registrants and officials.
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Ballinger
Tex
John A. Weeks
State Board of Pharmacy
Waco
San Antonio
Walifuandier Meeting Opens in Galveston
The Southwestern Passenger Agents Association opens a two to three week meeting in Galveston Texas at the Hotel Galvez. Yesterday the Texas lines passenger and baggage men met there as part of the gathering.
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Galveston
Tex
Southwestern Passenger Agents Association
Hotel
Galvez
Texas Lines
Kentucky State Equity convention opens in Owensboro
Nearly every Kentucky county is represented at the opening of the State convention of the American Society of Equity in Owensboro. The co operative movement and other farm matters promise unusually tense discussions and a meeting of high interest.
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American Society of Equity
Owensboro
Kentucky
Virginia General Assembly Opens Biennial Session
Richmond Va Jan 10 The Virginia General Assembly opened its regular biennial session with the election of two United States senators expected. A Democratic primary assures re election of Swanson and Martin to short and long terms. Lawmakers will also pick judges and other officials, with taxation liquor and prison labor contracts dominating the agenda.
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General Assembly of Virginia
United State
Swanson
Martin
Railroads Form Agricultural Dept for Hale County
Special to Naily News Plainview Texas January 10 A joint agricultural department to be formed February 1 by Texas and Pacific and International and Great Northern railroads will be led by R R Claridge immigration agent for the Gould lines. An expert corps will direct an educational program for farmers in Texas and Louisiana with aims to diversify crops and promote commercial fertilizers. The department will coordinate with state and national agencies and offer information through agriculture stock raising and dairying experts as it expands from East Texas and Louisiana to broader districts.
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R. R. Claridge
Gould Lines
Louisiana
East
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