Wells Fargo Messenger Fends Off Train Robbers West of San Antonio
San Antonio March 13 Wells Fargo Messenger Davis A Trousdale killed two bandits during an attempted holdup of Southern Pacific train No 9 near Sanderson Texas 200 miles west of San Antonio. Trousdale struck one robber with a mallet and shot the other after seizing a revolver. No money was taken and passengers were unharmed. The attackers were not identified.
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Daily News
San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Sanderson
Texas
Wells Fargo
Davis A. Trousdale
Trousdale
Associated Press
David A. Trousdale
Wells Fargo Express
Blacklee Situation Not Alarming in New Mexico
Dr M imes Government Inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry says in Roswell that after several days in the valley he found the Blacklee situation not alarming. He notes vaccinating stockmen in time will prevent loss. He was stationed at Albuquerque and surveyed local disease conditions.
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Blacklee
Roswell
Mimes
Bureau of Animal Industry
Albuquerque
Weather forecast and temperatures in Far West Texas
The session reports rain in the south and central Far West Texas with snow to the north. Frigid air moves in, bringing colder conditions on Thursday and a return to fair weather by Friday. Maximum temperatures reach mid forties to the fifties with low readings in the high thirties to mid fifties across the region.
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Associated Press
Washington D. C
Far West
Texas
Bank Bookkeeper Surrenders in Pomona Embezzlement Case
Farl Stannard former book keeper of the American National Bank surrendered in Pomona California today. He is accused of embezzling 149000 dollars of bank funds and was released on a 10000 dollar bond. Preliminary trial set for Monday. Detectives had searched for Stannard for weeks.
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Pomona
Cal
Farl Stannard
American National Bank
Stannard
Miners Strike Seems Certain Headlines Warn Impasse
New York report details a looming coal strike as Coal Operators and United Mine Workers of America hold firm. President White says the situation looks blue and wage demands remain unyielding while operators insist on offsetting a 67 cent per ton rise with coal sale proceeds totaling about 28 million dollars annually.
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Associated Press
New York
United Mineworkers of America Today
White
No Settlement In English Coal Strike
London reports thirteen days of coal strike with no settlement as between miners, mine owners, and Cabinet members. A joint conference adjourned to tomorrow to review proposals from the prime minister.
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Associated Press
London
Democratic Convention Delegates In Playoff for Baltimore
Supporters of Speaker Clark and Governor Woodrow Wilson claim control of the Democratic state convention which convenes here at noon to elect four delegates at large to the national convention in Baltimore. A canvass shows the fight for instruction of delegates will be close.
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Associated Press
Hutchinson
Clark A
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Putney Confirmed as Associate Justice in Senate Vote
Mahlon Pitney was confirmed by the Senate 50 to 26 as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to replace the late Marion Pitney. Pitney will arrive in Washington Monday for the appointment.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Mahlon Pitney
Senate
Supreme Court
Marion
Pitney
Woman Eligible to Hold County Office Says A G Opinion
Assistant Attorney General Seth F Caldwell writes that law does not prevent a woman from being elected to a county office even if she is not a qualified voter. The inquiry came from a young woman seeking re election as County Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Austin
Tex
Seth F. Caldwell
Michigan Whist Association Opens Seventeenth Tournament in Detroit
Whist players from across Michigan gathered in Detroit to begin the seventeenth annual Michigan Whist Association tournament at the Hotel Cadillac. Play will continue through the end of the week in the assembly room venue.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Whist Association
Cadillac
Freight Train Collision West of McCarty’s NM Kills Three
A rear end crash in a snowstorm on the Santa Fe line near McCarty’s New Mexico leaves three dead including W J Ward and George Crowell with twenty injured. Five laborers are missing. five children of the Wards were injured. A special train brings the dead and injured to Albuquerque and an inquiry will probe why the work train was on the main line.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
McCarty’s
New Mexico
W. J. Ward
George Crowell
Childen
Taft campaign signals start with Michigan banquet
Detroit March 13 Taft campaign opens in Hinges next Friday night with Senator William Alden Smith as chief speaker. The event launches Michigan efforts to secure the President's renomination despite Governor Osborn and Roosevelt supporters challenging Taft. Strong intra party split noted as real campaign work begins.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Hinges
William Alden Smith
Wolverine
United States
Taft
Osborn
Roosevelt
Eddy Will Case to First Court
Mary Saker G Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church reached the New Hampshire Supreme Court as final arguments began on the will construction. A brief contends the provision granting most of the estate to Boston church directors violates state law limiting church bequests.
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Associated Press
Concord No
Mary Saker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Boston
Nagel Talks in New England to Promote Taft
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel arrived in Boston to deliver several speeches for President Taft. He will speak in Springfield tonight and Providence tomorrow night, with a Taft visit planned for early next week including Boston for Evacuation Day and two days in New Hampshire.
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Boston
Mass
Roosevelt
Poston
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
New England
Taft
Springfield
Providence
Boaton
New Hampshire
Miss Reilly Demands Ballot for Women in Senate Hearings
Washington March 13 Miss Leonora Reilly of New York led a suffrage delegation urging a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. She argued women deserve a say in laws as speakers pressed for investigation into states with suffrage if a formal ballot is not reported.
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Associated Press
Washington PD. C
Capitol
Woman's
Judiciary
Senate
House
Ieonora Reilly
New York
O’reilly
Cutter
Sehate
Republicans Fault Free Sugar Bill as Vote Plot
In Washington March 13 Republicans in a House caucus condemned the Democratic free sugar bill as a political plot for votes. They argued the proposed extension of the corporation tax to individuals and partnerships would replace revenue lost by removing the sugar tariff and would be its companion measure.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Jersey City Club Sails to Bermuda for Giants Exhibition
New York report says Larry Schafly managing the Jersey City team of the International Baseball League sails for Bermuda with thirty regulars and recruits. He will return to play the first exhibition game with the Giants at the Polo Grounds on April 6.
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New York
Larry Schafly
Jersey City
International Baseball League
Bermuda
Giants
Polo Grounds
Horace M Seales Dead in Texas Hotel Room
Horace M Seales 55, manager of C H Bencinis cotton oil mill at Pileo Texas, died from a self inflicted bullet wound in his hotel room just before 11 am. A revolver with one empty chamber was found beside him. Two letters lay on the table one to his wife Mrs Scales and one to his father G C Scales of Blur Texas.
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Specilty Daily News
Fort Worth
Tex
Horace M. Seales
C. H Bencinis
Pileo
Texas
Elks Convention Opens in New Bern for Three Day Session
New Bern is decorated as Elks from across North Carolina gather for the annual convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The three day session begins today with ceremonies and meetings planned around the city.
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New Bern
N. C
Elks
North Carolina Association of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Horgan Builds Lead In Three-Cushion World Championship
Denver report says banker Horgan of St. Louis extended his advantage over Champion Carney in the second fifty point block. Horgan tallied 50 to Carney's 23, making the score 100 to 7 with the final block to be played tomorrow night.
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Denver
Colo
Banker" Horgan
St. Louis
Carney
Horgan
Lifeless body found along Marine Creek in Fort Worth
Juan Lopez a 25 year old pool hall manager was found shot in the breast beside Marine Creek near Twenty third and Calhoun streets. Officers traced wagon tracks from the body to a nearby house and believe the death followed a Tuesday night scuffle.
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Daily News
Fort Worth
Tex
Marine Creek
Twenty-third
Calhoun Streets
Juan Lopez
Thirteenth
Marshall Claypool
Niles Lopez
Fridge
North Side
M. Creek
Twenty Third Calhoun Streets
Montgomery
Grisso
Claypool
Lopez
Twenty-Third Street
Calhoun
Lope
Tart nails talk of Cuban intervention
Washington March 12 The President assured Cuban minister Anetro Martin Rivers that the United States has no intention of intervening in Cuban affairs He stated intervention is not being thought of and emphasized the U S stance tonight
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Washington
Part
Anetro Martin Rivers
United States
Negro Clergy Back Roosevelt In Washington Rally
Oscar Kine Davis of the Washington bureau of the New York Times will be general publicity man and assistant to Senator Dixon at the Roosevelt headquarters. A conference of Negro ministers in Washington announced a statement on behalf of about four hundred thousand Negro voters declaring Roosevelt a friend of Negroes. The signers include several Negro bishops and ministers.
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Oscar Kine Davis
Washington
The
New York Times
Senator Pixon
Roosevelt
Dixon
Wapy
Kansas Democrats Prepare for State Convention in Hutchinson
Nearly all 617 delegates to the Democratic State convention have arrived in Hutchinson Kansas for the meeting to be held tomorrow. Democrats expect a harmonious gathering with bright prospects for the party in Kansas this year. Delegates at large to Baltimore and a national committeeman will be chosen.
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Kansas
Clark Hutchinson
Kas
Baltimore
Senate-Concurrent Resolution Prohibits War Supplies to Revolutions
Washington March 13 A Senate adopted concurrent resolution declares that revolutions in Pan America may not receive any U S war supplies. It faces passage in the House under Representative Burleson of Texas. Major General Wood says a large Mexican border patrol would be required to enforce the law amid loopholes and evasion by promoters of revolution.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pan-America
United States
Senate
House
Burleson
Texas
Latin America
Wood
Santa Rosalia Taken by Rebel Forces
Santa Rosalia was occupied today without a shot fired as rebels under General Salavar seized the town. Federals retreated toward Jiminez while Hernandez with General Rojas pursued toward Juarez and then toward El Paso as agent for the revolutionary party.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Mexico
Santa Rosalia
Salavar
Jiminez
Hernandez
Rojas
Juarez
el Paso
Revolutionary Party
Iowa Miners Seek Wage Raise at State Meeting
Miners from all Iowa coal regions gather in Des Moines for a state meeting. They are expected to demand 10 cents per ton and a 20 percent rise for day work. If operators refuse, a statewide mine shutdown is planned starting April 1.
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Iowa
Wales
Des Moines
Railroad commission stance on foreign railroad permits
The Texas Railroad Commission rejects Assistant AG James D. Walthall's view that a foreign railroad construction company could obtain a permit. It argues the amended statute grants license only to domestic corporations, and that foreign firms cannot own or operate a railroad in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
James D. Walthall
Secretary of the State
Mount Vernon Anti-Fee Group Protest Hear Fare Case
A large Mount Vernon Anti-Fee Association delegation appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission to challenge electric railway fare between Washington and Mount Vernon. They seek a reduction, aiming to remove the 40 cent charge for the 0.75 mile segment from Millers Station to Mount Vernon, part of a 75 cent round trip over 16 miles.
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Millers’ Station
Mount Vernon
Dallas Plans New Military Company
Dallas Texas March 13 preliminary steps are being taken to organize a new military company in Dallas under the command of Capt Porter M Travis.
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Dallas
Tex
Porter M. Travis
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