Bryan Works to Attract Federal Students to A and M
Secretary Eberstadt of the Bryan Commercial Club and Director Nash of the A and M vocational section discussed expanding federal student placements at A and M. Dallas would send hundreds monthly, with Bryan offering boarding and housing to reach about 500 students and potential payrolls of 20 to 50 thousand dollars monthly.
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Eberstadt
Bryan Commercial Club
Nash
A. and
M. College
Dallas
Bryan
A. and M
Doughty
Fire destroys two wharves and seven steamers at Canton
Baltimore dispatch reports a Canton suburb blaze that wiped out two Canton Lumber company wharves the state oyster steamer Governor McLane and six other vessels. Four steamers were slightly damaged in the fire early today.
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Canton
Baltimore
Canton Lumber Company
State
Governor McLane
Germany Refuses Sign Protocol for Peace Treaty
Paris December 3. Germany declines to sign the allied protocol for implementing the peace treaty. Baron Kurt von Leisner informs the peace conference of Germany’s decision. The supreme council protests Germany’s armament increase, and observers fear a German political shift tied to the US Senate’s failure to ratify the treaty.
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Paris
Germany
Baron Kurt von Leisner
Supreme Council
United States Senate
Died of Starvation After Denying Self Needs
Newark reports Frank Zabislski died Sunday from starvation despite having over $2,000. The hollow-cheeked Russian left his wife and three children in Russia, hoping to return rich someday, and physicians ruled the death due to starvation after the county physician investigated a puzzling malady.
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Newark
Frank Zabislski
Russia
Dr Held Appeals for Baptists Aid in 75 Million Drive
Telegrams relayed by Dr John A Held urge Central Texas Baptists to fund a $75 million drive to aid war victims in France Belgium and Argentina. Messages from L A Scarborough T B Roy and F S Groner cite dire conditions urge swift generous support and pledge Texas participation. Held calls Bryan Brazos county and Central Texas association to answer God’s call and not be defaulters.
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Jno. A. Held
Central Texas Baptist Association
Love Cables
Belgium
France
L. A. Scarborough
Argenina
South America
T. B. Roy
Texas
F. S. Groner
Bryan
Brazos County
Jno
A. Held
Liquor Dealers Seek Injunction Against Federal Interference
In Shreveport Louisiana on December 8 liquor dealers filed for an injunction to stop federal authorities in the western district of Louisiana from interfering with alcohol sales in Alexandria. Judge G W Jack ordered show cause for December 9 and preparations for appeal are under way.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Alexandria
G. W. Jack
Lone Bandit Carlisle Survives Gunshot Wound at Douglas
Bill Carlisle master bandit and train robber is reported not to die from a chest wound after being shot by Sheriff A S Roach near Douglas Wyoming. He faces two decades more in prison with possible electric chair if convicted. Carlisle’s flight and capture followed a 1919 prison break and a daring Union Pacific train holdup.
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Douglas
Bill Carlisle
Douglas, Wy
Douglas Hospital
Carlisle
Here
A. S. Roach
Wheatland
Union Pacific Limited
Rock River
Medicine Bow
Union Pacific
Casper
Chester
Wyoming
Denver
Central City
Colo
Frank William
Sheriff Roach
Widow Bray
Laramie Peak
Roach
Williams Home
Passenger Train Service Cut to Conserve Coal
Chicago dispatch reports Rail regional directors gained authority to cancel passenger trains where impact on the public is least, amid coal strike disruptions and looming plant shutdowns.
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Chicago
Liberty bond final prices listed for various series
Final prices of liberty bonds are reported for several series including First 2s at 99.66, First 4s at 98.70, Second 4s at 91.40, First 4 1-4s at 93.90, Second 4 1-4s at 91.96, Third 4 1-4s at 94, Fourth 4 1-4s at 91.76, Victory 3 3-4 at 98.96, and Victory 4 3-4s at 98.98.
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New York
Liberty
Victory
UT Co Eds Trying Out Walking T At Varsity
About 200 University of Texas women are testing for the walking T team. The group is currently undertaking ten mile hikes as part of the tryouts.
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Austin
University of Texas
Wreck injures fifty six on Fort Worth Denver train
A southbound Fort Worth and Denver passenger train derailed at 8 o clock in Fruitland Texas injuring fifty six people with twelve seriously hurt and two possibly fatally. The accident was caused by a split rail and involved two Pullmans two day coaches and a baggage car. A relief train from Fort Worth transported the injured back to the city.
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Fruitland
Tex
Fort Worth
Denver Passenger Train Wreck Near Fort Worth
Early report states a Denver passenger train derailed about 64 miles north of Fort Worth. Twenty five people were injured, many seriously, and doctors with medical supplies and nurses were dispatched on a special train to treat the wounded.
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Fort Worth
Denver
State Department Awaits Mexico Note Delivery
Washington officials marked time awaiting word from Mexico City on the official delivery of the United States latest note and any action to follow.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
United States
Mexican Senate Lets Carranza Handle US Ties
Mexico City December 8. At a secret session the Mexican senate left to President Carranza the solution of difficulties stemming from the international controversy with the United States. Relations with the United States were described as very delicate during the session.
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United States
Mexico City
Carranza
Senate
Bryan Country Club Names Officers for New Year
At the annual meeting of the Bryan Country Club officers were elected R W Howell president J S Doane vice president O E Saunders secretary and Travis B Bryan treasurer. The building committee reported plans for a modern $20 000 club house with construction to begin about January 1 and two car loads of interlocking tile already on the ground. The golf links are to be completed by January 1 with play to start soon after. The club sits on a 100 acre tract with 22 acres water and stocked with fish, ideal for a country club.
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Bryan Country Club
Bryan
Texas
R. W. Howell
J. S. Doane
O. E. Saunders
Travis B. Bryan
Carnegie Library
Country Club Association
Dallas Navy Recruiting District Leader Appointed
Lieutenant Commander Alexander Macomb, known across Texas and neighboring states for the Dallas navy demobilization center, is named commander of the Dallas navy recruiting district covering north Texas. He succeeds Commander Walter Ball, who will aid the transition before reassignment. Macomb, Annapolis 1911 graduate, had recently served at the demobilization office.
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Dallas
Alexander Macomb
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
North Texas
Walter Ball
Ball
Macomb
Annapolis
Dynamite Theft at Franklin Mine Sparks Arrests Likely
Pittsburg Dec 3 Government agents say arrests are expected today after seven cases of dynamite and 240 caps were stolen from the Franklin mine magazine. State troops were sent into the territory following a night discovery. only the mine watchman was on duty.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Franklin
President Bizzell Returns From Houston Teachers Meet
President W. B. Bizzell reports the Texas State Teachers Association session in Houston last week was one of its largest and most successful. He notes high attendance, strong programs with national educators, and emphasis on the teacher shortage and pay. Houston residents and officials provided notable hospitality. Attendees included A. and M. college leaders such as Dean Charles Puryear and Dr. J. O. Morgan.
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Texas State Teachers’ Association
Houston
Association
W. B. Bizzell
Bizzell
A. and
M. College
Charles Puryear
Charles E. Finley
J. O. Morgan
M. L. Hayes
Kraft
Fields
Mexican Chamber Restores Bull Fighting After Vote
Mexico City December 8 deputies pass bill by overwhelming margin restoring bull fights in the country.
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Mexico City
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Senate orders probe of Federal Trade Commission
The Senate Interstate Committee, chaired by Cummins, orders a general investigation of the Federal Trade Commission. The inquiry will examine charges of socialism and bolshevism within the agency and assess the commission's stance toward business interests and its overall federal role.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Watson
The
Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Committee
Cummins
Ice on Wings Forces Airplane to Land Near Milford
An airplane flying from Dallas to Temple diverted to Milford sixteen miles north of Hillsboro when its surface iced over and became too heavy to fly. The ship sustained damage from the ice load. Pilot Russell stayed in Milford to chop ice, repair briefly, and resume the flight to Temple.
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Waco
Temple Telegram
Dallas
Temple
Milford
Hillsboro
Russell
Three Negroes Wounded in Groesbeck Shooting
In Groesbeck Texas on December 8 a shooting in the negro quarter left Howard McCaleb wounded in the shoulder and John Tatum shot in the right side. Officers arrested Charles Vinson who had also accidentally shot himself. All involved are Negroes.
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Groesbeck
Tex
Howard McCaleb
John Tatum
Charles Vinson
Severance of Relations Asked by Senator Fall
A resolution to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico was introduced by Senator Fall of New Mexico, chairing the senate committee on Mexican problems. Also a plan to authorize use of military forces to protect Americans on the border was proposed by Senator Ashurst. In Nashville, W. O. Jenkins, former Vanderbilt tackle, writes from Puebla peniteniary claiming he is jailed for refusing bail and detailing alleged political cover ups and Mexican justice.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Fall of New
ARMY
Secretary of War
Ashurst
Nashville
W. O. Jenkins
John P. Edgerton
Lebandon
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico City
State Department
December cotton hits new record price on market
New York December cotton contracts rose to forty cents a pound at the opening as covering continued at the New York cotton exchange.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Prisoners of War Remain in Close Confinement in Dijon
Louis Boucher, a French volunteer captured at Villers Bretonneux on June 6, 1918 and returned home to Dijon, reports that Germany still confines French prisoners of war in tight conditions.
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Dijon
France
Germany
Louis Boucher
Villers Bretonneux
Mexican courts observe legal precepts in Jenkins dispute
Lima Peru December 3 newspapers publish a half column letter from the Mexican legation presenting the Mexican view of the Jenkins controversy. It states the American government must await a definite Puebla court sentence and that Mexico proceeds with justice, observing legal precepts.
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Lima
Peru
Legation
United States
Jenkins
Puebla
Mine Operators Map Fourteen Percent Wage Increase
Washington delegates from across the country meet to map specifics for the fourteen per cent wage rise urged by the government for bituminous coal miners.
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Washington
Belknap Coal Company Accepts 14 Percent Wage Increase
Wichita Falls reports the Belknap Coal company at New Castle Texas has posted that it accepted the fourteen per cent wage increase recommended. The notice was posted at the mines today reinforcing the workers gains.
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Texas Coal Company
Wichita Falls
Belknap Coal Company
New Castle
Tex
Senate approves investigation of Ford-Newberry contest
Washington December 3 the senate adopted a resolution by Senator Pomerne authorizing a formal inquiry into the Michigan Ford-Newberry senatorial election contest.
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Washington
Michigan
Senate
Pomrene
Debarred Former Hungarian Premier From Casino
Budapest reports Count Mychel Karolyia, former Hungarian premier, barred from the National Casino on a charge of having committed treasonable offenses.
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Budapest
Mychel Karolyia
National
Six Day Oasis Becomes Sahara After Court Ruling
New Orleans authorities shifted from a wet to dry regime as the wartime prohibition act was ordered back in effect in the eastern Louisiana district. Judges Walker and Grubb suspended the injunction, leaving the act in force while the circuit court did not rule on its constitutionality.
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Sahara
New Orleans
Rufus Foster
R. W. Walker
W. S. Grubb
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
Frisco Fleet Faced With Severe Fuel Shortage
Fort Worth dispatch says the Frisco railway in North Texas is nearly out of fuel and may sharply curtail operations in the coming days. The line has very few oil burning locomotives and faces a critical supply issue.
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Fort Worth
The
Frisco
North
Texas
Eggs reach $1 a dozen as storage hits 84 million
Fresh eggs rose to $1 a dozen in Chicago on Tuesday while 84,000,000 eggs were in storage. Storage eggs sold at 79 cents. The Illinois fair price committee dropped owes from its price list. The federal district attorney threatened indictments for profiteering.
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Chicago
Federal District Attorney
Illinois Fair Price Committee
Mine Operators Claim They Broke Strike in District
In district No 19 covering southeastern Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia mine operators said they had broken the miners strike. They reported about forty two locals of the roughly two hundred in the district accepted the deal about a 3 percent increase and around two thousand miners returned to work.
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Middlesboro
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
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