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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
2
As floods pound Texas towns from Richmond to Rosenberg, rescue workers race to save marooned residents. The death toll nears 365 with hundreds more unaccounted amid widespread destruction and rising Brazos river waters. Rescue efforts and relief shipments flood in while towns like Richmond face backwater and levee breaches.
Wallis near Brenham remains cut off with no outside communication except via Houston and Texas Central. water stood at noon Tuesday with no rise since. Sap Bridge and east end washed over the car wheel road. coat approaches washed out while the west end remains under water.
In Trazos bottom near Bryan Monde a skiff capsized while rescuing flood victims. Howard A. Cavitt 33, A. J. Robbing 22, and Clifton Ellsey 23 were found frozen to death lashed to a tree after attempting to save others. A survivor recounts their brave effort.
Governor Calhoun accepted Red Cross aid of 1000 dollars for flood victims and planned to travel to Austin once rail service resumed. Smallpox cases rise in a Bryan camp as hunger and cold threaten further deaths. Railroads may seek bonds from the Texas Railroad Commission to finance flood repairs across Brazos areas.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Postmaster General Burlesons proposals to raise parcel post weight limits from twenty to fifty pounds in first and second zones and adjust rates across zones three to six. The ruling, to take effect January 1, 1914, also allows books to be sent at increased weights and reduced rates, with revenue expected to cover costs.
The long silver bullion train from Parral arrives at Ojinaga with sixteen wagons pulled by sixteen mules, 200 extra mules, and 1,150 soldiers guarding 617 bars weighing 125 pounds each totaling 1,234,000 pesos. The shipment, valued at about 740000 dollars in gold, travels as part of a border escort. The caravan of Chihuahua refugees nearby remains unaware of the convoy.
Houston progress on the ship channel exceeded any prior month since work began. About 2.5 million yards of dirt and silt were removed in November, according to United States Engineer Charles Crotty who is in general charge of the project.
Washington reports bills by Southern lawmakers proposing large road funding. Measures amount to up to 100 million dollars, with 20 million annually available, and call for state and federal cooperation. Other proposals use agriculture and state highway departments, plus 500 thousand for demonstration work on public roads.
Tokio negotiates with Thomas Sammons United States consul general at Yokohama for an informal understanding to allow Pacific coast products to enter Japan in large quantities due to a proposed tariff reduction.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the militant suffragette leader was released from Exeter jail on Monday after being arrested at Plymouth on December 4 on arrival from the United States aboard the Majestic. She began a hunger and thirst strike immediately after her arrest.
Tennessee congressman McKellar unveils a bill to curb price gouging by cold storage speculators and cornering of perishable goods. The proposal would criminalize misbranded foods in interstate commerce and set storage limits while aiming to bar profiteers labeled as “food sharks” from the market. Assistant Treasury head Hamlin orders stricter inspection of foreign meat under the tariff act, with weight verification and Agriculture Bureau oversight.
Federal forces under General Mercado and General Salazar retreat from Chihuahua City toward the U S border with empty treasury. Rebel threats and mutinous troops hinge on immediate pay. U S troops at Presidio brace for possible cross border action as refugees flood Ojinaga and frontier chiefs direct defense.
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