Oklahoma A and M Football Roughs for 1919 Schedule
Stillwater, Okla August 27 With 26 letter men on hand and many seasoned players ongoing the Oklahoma A and M college football squad anticipates a strong season. Veterans Lookabaugh Maheet Kenny Gay Ray Bailey and others return with 1918 additions Battler Keen Fetzer Ward Stubblefield Chambers Barrett Bolyard Hand Anderson Locke Davison Keller Bolger. 1919 schedule includes Haskell Indians at Stillwater Texas Christian at Fort Worth Southern Methodist at Stillwater Texas A and M at College Station Phillips University Central Normal Kendall College Oklahoma University at Oklahoma City with one early game unsettled.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A
M. College
Lookabaugh
Kenny
Gay
Ray
Bailey
Laurance
Graham
Percy
Voyles
Chase
Ault
Denton
Stafford
Etheridge
Esslinger
Battler
Keen
Fetzer
Ward
Stubblefield
Chambers
Barrett
Bolyard
Hand
Anderson
Locke
Davison
Keller
Bolger
Haskell Indians
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Southern Methodist University
Texas A. and
College Station
Texas
Phillips University
Central Normal
Kendall College
Oklahoma University
Oklahoma City
Cincinnati Reds Fan Walks Sixteen Miles Daily For Scores
Jesse Allen a negro fan from Cynthiana Kentucky walks sixteen miles daily to follow the Cincinnati Reds. He leaves work at 2 pm walks four miles to Cynathiana to watch inning scores then returns home for supper and a late paper. Fans plan to take him to the world series if Cincinnati wins the pennant.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Jesse Allen
Cynthiana
Reds
Allen
Synthiana
Cynathiana
Ithiana
Bolsheviks Capture Pskov and Report Gains in Denikin’s Territory
Moscow announces the capture of Pskov southwest of Petrograd. It also claims Reds have advanced on the Volga in General Denikin’s area, saying Kamishin, about 120 miles southwest of Saratov, has fallen as Bolsheviks push southward.
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London
Pskov
Petrograd
Moscow
Volga
Denikine
Kamishin
Saratov
Trans-Canada Flight Planned From Halifax To Vancouver
Lieut G K Trim and Lieut W H Walsh of Vancouver plan a trans Canada flight starting in Halifax and ending in Vancouver. The British Columbia Trans-Canada Flight association has been formed to gain popular support for the tour which is expected to begin about September 12.
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Vancouver
B. C
G. K. Trim
W. H. Walsh
Halifax
British Columbia Trans-Canada Flight Association
Farmers Consider Moving Over Anti Good Roads Vote
Rumors say men in areas that voted against the August 19 bond may sell homes and relocate if their districts are excluded from the next good roads election. The highway committee plans conferences to decide which parts of Brazos County stay in the ballot. Judge W C Davis will review bond refund questions, with a formal public statement due later in the week.
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Brazos
Highway Committee
W. C. Davis
L. S. Franklin
Dallas
Front Foot Plan Key To Rapid Paving For Bryan
City Manager Greer urges front foot paving for Bryan to speed street work and fit valuations. Blocks can be phased with trap rock concrete surfaces as needed. Houston meeting with Texas Rangers discusses race agitation and New York based national groups recruiting in Texas.
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Houston
Greer
Bryan
Tex
Texas
W. M. Hanson
Sergt
Joe Brooks
Texas Rangers
Harley
Hanson
New York
Rangers
Copper Costs Rise in Warren District Mining
Bisbee Arizona reports a survey showing copper production costs climbing since 1914 with a 25 to 500 percent overall rise. Fuel oil coal coke dynamite timber steel tools and electrical machinery have all surged, rail freight up 25 percent, while cement remains the least affected.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Warren
Angeles brothers learn American baseball in El Paso
In El Paso Texas on August 27 three sons of General Felipe Angeles, a Mexican revolutionary, adapt to American life. They study English, slang of the sport, and play baseball with American neighbors on sand lots beyond their Wyoming Street home while attending local schools.
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el Paso
Tex
Felipe Angeles
Senora Angeles
Angeles
Wyoming Street
Atul
California Strikes Tie Up Traffic From San Francisco
California faces widespread rail disruption as trainmen and shopmen strike. San Francisco loses passenger service with embargoes in effect and no tickets sold. In Los Angeles four railroad brotherhood leaders relay President Stone’s order to return to work and plan a meeting on next steps.
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California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Traffic steady on San Francisco rails August 27
New traffic today with suburban electric trains moving from Oakland and other terminals of the Southern Pacific Western Pacific and Santa Fe railroads as usual.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Southern and Western Pacific
Santa Fe
Marriage of Miss Goodson and Alvin Higgins in Union Hill
Miss Mattie Mae Goodson of Union Hill and Alvin Higgins of Marysville La were married yesterday at 3 30 by Rev Jne Held at the Baptist parsonage. Miss Goodson is Frank Goodson’s daughter. The couple left last night for the groom’s Marysville home.
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Mattie Mae Goodson
Union Hill
Alvin Higgins
Marysville
Jne
Baptist Parsonage
Goodson
Frank Goodson
Higgins
Townsend injured as Texas Pacific hits automobile
R E Townsend a Palo Pinto merchant was hurt when a Texas Pacific train struck an automobile last night His wife and daughterare recovering though initial fears suggested fatal injuries.
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Fort Worth
R. E .Townsend
Palo Pinto
Texas Pacific
Polish Insurgents Surround Myslowitz in Silesia
London reports Polish insurgents close in on the German garrison at Myslowitz in upper Silesia and expect the town to surrender, per a Polish official dispatch.
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London
Upper Silesia
Myslowitz
Bryan Troop of 7th Cavalry Recruiting Ranks Rapidly
Seventeen men have signified intention to join the Bryan troop of the 7th Cavalry. Circulars are being distributed within ten to twelve miles to recruit members. An armory and club rooms are promised once formed, with pay set at one fourth army rates.
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Bryan
7Th Cavalry
Mexico
Cotton Oil Mill Becomes Key Bryan Business Factor
The Bryan Cotton Oil plant started yesterday and will run full season with a full crew. Last year its operating expenses neared $100,000 with about 70 percent spent in Bryan. Manager J Webb Howell notes seed prices rose 650 percent since 1907, making crushing four times costlier than before.
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Bryan Cotton Oil Company
Bryan
J. Webb Howell
Howell
Saloons Reportedly Violating Wartime Prohibition in Chicago
Arthur Farwell of the Chicago Law and Order league said that of about five thousand eight hundred saloons in Chicago over one thousand violate the wartime prohibition act by selling whiskey or beer. Twenty eight downtown saloon keepers were arrested yesterday.
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Chicago
Arthur Farwell
Chicago Law, and Order League
Extradition Sought for Bela Kun and Aides
Vienna dispatches report Hungary demands the extradition from Austria of Bela Kun and his associates of the former Hungarian communist government. The request comes through the Austrian foreign office.
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Bela Kun
Basle
Hungary
Vienna
Lawler outlines Bryan Power sale to city at 70000
Jordan T. Lawler writes to the Daily Eagle detailing why the Bryan Power company offers to sell to the city. He cites city delinquency, lack of control by the power company over policies, need for new equipment, and the decision of city commissioners to buy at seventy thousand dollars.
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Jordan T. Lawler
The
Daily Eagle
Bryan Power Company
Power Company
Bryan
Navy fleet uses sea evaporators for fresh water
Monterey California August 27. The Pacific fleet supplies its needs for laundry bathing and drinking by sea water evaporators. The flagship New Mexico alone requires about 25000 gallons daily as officers report, with six evaporators turning salt water into distilled fresh water described as as fine as any.
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Monterey
Cal
New Mexico
Sidney B. Blaisdell
City Extends Electric Lights to Mechanics Avenue
The light and water department has purchased supplies for extending electric lights to Mechanics Avenue. Water main extensions in the area are under construction and work on lighting facilities will begin soon.
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Mechanics Ave
City Light and Water Department
Mechanics Avenue
Northwest Texas Holiness Convention Under Way in Plainview
The annual Northwest Texas Holiness convention and camp meeting progresses in Plainview Texas and will run ten days. A large tent houses the gatherings with Rev. J B Kendall of Wilmore Kentucky serving as principal preacher.
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Plainview
Tex
J. B. Kendall
Wilmore Ky
Gigantic Rail Monopoly Under Private Ownership and Public Supervision
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin introduces a bill unifying the nation's railroads into a single privately owned system with a guaranteed minimum income. The plan proposes shared management by security holders, the public, and employees and profits sharing, with the Interstate Commerce Commission supervising and an eleven director board appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
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Lenroot
Washington
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Mexicans barred from confiscating foreign oil property
Washington August 27 The American association of producers of petroleum in Mexico replies to Carranza cabinet statements claiming the right to confiscate foreign owned property. The letter argues the Mexicans misquote French law and cites protests by the United States in 1918 and similar stances by France England and Holland. Officials say Mexico will not be allowed to confiscate oil properties.
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Washington
The
American Association of Producers of Petroleum
Mexico
State Department
Carranza
France
England
Holland
German Envoy Targeted as U S Ambassador
Berlin reports Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen former counselor to the German embassy in Washington has been selected for appointment as German ambassador to the United States though the move has drawn objections in Washington.
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Berlin
Haniel von Haimhausen
Washington
United States
US unlikely to receive Haimhausen as ambassador
Washington reports no inquiry into Haimhausen's acceptability but indicates the United States will not receive him or any prewar embassy figures. Those tied to the embassy under Bernstein are seen as involved in intrigues that unsettled the country at the time.
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Washington
United States
Haimhausen
Bernstorff
President to Begin Pacific Coast Speech Tour Soon
Washington reports Secretary Tumulty announced the president will start a Pacific coast tour within ten days to two weeks. The trip, about twenty five days, may include a September 15 fleet review in San Francisco. The president intends to go despite not needing senate treaty reports.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Tumulty
Pacific
San Francisco
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Thiel Selected as Ambassador to Tokyo
Berlin August 27 Fritz August Thiel a former consular representative in Japan has been chosen for ambassador to Tokyo Appointments of ambassadors depend on the stance of the powers involved If they send envoys to Berlin Germany will respond in kind Dr W S Wolf secretary for the colonies is chosen as ambassador to Great Britain
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Berlin
Fritz August Thiel
Japan
Tokio
Germany
W. S. Wolf
Great Britain
Cardinal Mercier to Visit United States in September
Cardinal Mercier will leave Brussels for the United States on September 15 and will likely meet King Albert during his American tour.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
United States
King Albert
America
Election Called Today To Determine City Ownership Of Light Plant
Voters go to the polls to decide if the city commission should buy the Lawler interests light and power plant. Bonds of 70,000 dollars may be issued, with interest paid from user income, and no rate increase to customers. The deal aims to retain service value while buyers seek a profitable sale before a chartered option expires.
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City Commission
Lawler
Greer
Bryan
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