Ebert Elected President of German Republic
Frederich Ebert former saddler and socialist leader chosen president of Germany. He appeared before the theater to accept the role as crowds hailed the first non monarch head of state. The new ministry will include fourteen members with Scheidemann as chancellor and a cabinet split among socialists democrats and centrists.
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Associated Press
Weimar
Frederich Ebert
Germany
Ebert
German National Assembly
Philip Scheidemann
August Mueller
Herr Bauer
Herr Landsberg
Eduard David
National Assembly
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Mathias Erzberger
Count von Brockdorff Rantzau
Navy bill passes House for 721 million with ten battleships
Washington February 12 the naval appropriation bill carrying 721 million for the next fiscal year and approving a three year building program of ten battleships and ten scout raisers was sent to the senate. The measure passed the house 281 to 50 with prompt senate action anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sul Ross statue unveiling postponed to San Jacinto Day
The unveiling of a statue of Former Governor Sul Ross in front of the academia building is postponed from March 2 due to the inaugural ball on March 3. A committee is arranging the ceremony with a probable date of April 21 San Jacinto Day, officials plan for attendance.
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W. P. Hobby
S. Ross
Academia
Bizgell
Mark Francis
J. B. Bagley
Col
C.H. Muller
King Alfonso to Visit South America
King Alfonso of Spain has decided to visit South America. The exact date remains unspecified. Paris reports the trip is definite per Capulis with no set schedule yet.
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King Alfonso
South America
Associated Press
Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Strikes Hit Southern Mills Excluding Columbus Report
Reports from Atlanta say southern cotton mills mostly escape the nationwide eight hour strike wave. Columbus Georgia and Chattanooga Tennessee see large walkouts with about 9000 workers across 10 mills. Pickets to be posted at plants rejecting eight hours while leaders plan a visit from United Textile Workers officials.
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Atlanta
Columbus
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Golden
United Textile Workers of America
John Thomas
Employers and Workers Form Cleveland Industrial Association
The Cleveland industrial association brings together employers and employees to address problems. Dues range from 10 to 100 dollars based on firm size, with a 25 member governing board from each side and a 1500-strong membership. Educational lectures each Tuesday cover business, production, supervision, and labor issues followed by open discussion.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Industrial Association of Cleveland
Organizatio
Edward Hobday
Weather for New Orleans Forecast
The forecast notes tonight and Thursday will be cloudy with probable rain. Thursday will be colder across the area including New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Texarkana Attorney First to File Credentials for League Congress
Texarkana attorney Rollin W. Rodgers becomes the first Texan to file credentials as a delegate to the mid continent section of the national congress for a league of nations in St. Louis February 25 and 26. Oregon speakers and a long list of notable figures including Taft Morgenthau Lowell Glennon Wilson Folk Filene Walsh Moore Garvey Short are slated to speak as the nine section tours unfold.
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St. Louis
Rollin W. Rodgers
Texarkana
National Congress
League of Nations
League To
Committee On Organization
Texas
O. E. Dunlap
R. M. Johnson
J. A. Kemp
Pat M. Neff
Mid-Continent
Arkansas
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
William H. Taft
United States
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
John J. Glennon
George Grafton Wilson
Charles R. Brown
Yale University
Joseph W. Folk
Edward A. Filene
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Frank P. Walsh
Taft
National War Labor Board
Philip N. Moore
National Council of Women
H. O. Garvey
Kansas State Federation
Wallace M. Short
Sioux City
League
United States urged to set firm policy on Mexico
Speakers at the council of foreign relations meeting in New York argued for a firm policy toward Mexico to restore order. Norman Bridge, an oil man, warned of a drive to confiscate foreign property. Francis Sisson, a New York banker, said life and property destruction is widespread and unchecked.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Mexico
Council of Foreign Relations
Norman Bridge
Francis Sisson
Steel Trade Tensions Grow Over Freight Rates
Export inquiry in the steel industry rises as ocean freight rates shift between Britain and the United States. American mills sell tin plates to Japan while England faces high prices and looming strikes. In Lorraine 2,000,000 tons of blast furnace capacity will start within months.
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New York
Atlantic
United States
England
Japan
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Iron and Steel
Lorraine
Trees to Commemorate in Clinton Park
Washington February 12 The town of Clinton Massachusetts plans a park planted with trees in memory of its sons who sacrificed their lives in the war. The project is reported to the American Forestry Association for record and guidance.
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Washington
Clinton
Mass
American Porestry Association
Curzon Warns Allies About Invading Russia
Lord Curzon told the House of Lords that none of the allies would invade Russia to exterminate the Bolsheviks, asserting it would mean a new European war. He noted the Princess Islands conference as an alternative.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Curzon
Council
House of Lords
Russia
Princess Islands
Senate Passes Credit Amendment for Home Loans
Austin Feb 12 The Texas Senate moved the house joint resolution to engrossment and third reading authorizing state lending of credit to heads of families to buy homes. An amendment prohibiting leasing state land for this purpose was adopted. A May 24 vote by the people is planned. The House also passed a bill banning dancing exhibitions by carnival shows, awaiting gubernatorial approval.
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Ted Press
Austin
Senate
House
Dayton
Hertzberg
Be@ar
Commissioners’ Court
Prohibition Law Upheld by Texas Court of Civil Appeals
The third court of civil appeals sustained the constitutionality of the statewide prohibition law and granted an injunction in the case of the state against John Ford, appealed from Travis County, with the decision announced in Austin on February 12.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
John Ford
Travis County
Plans for global debt pooling eyed at peace talks
Paris February 12 The peace conference moves toward a universal pooling system for national debts including neutral nations. American delegates resist arguing the U S fulfilled its war efforts with troops money and materiel even as Wilson and allied leaders discuss a society of nations and armistice terms.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Society of Nations
Germany
America
American protest over press campaigns at peace conference
Paris reports sharp dissent from the American mission at the peace talks over French publicity methods. Officials fear continued propaganda could prompt delegates to relocate sessions. President Wilson may object to framing motives or attacking delegates and British and American representatives. The atmosphere remains tense.
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Paris
France
Wilson
Withers Sails for Cuban Waters after U-Boat Service
R T Withers of Bryan, visiting Temple, earned nine submarine sinkings as a coxswain on a destroyer in WWI. Trained at Great Lakes, he served from Nov 1917 in European waters, convoyed President Wilson to France, and kept front line proximity with German souvenirs. He plans to sail from Brooklyn for Cuban waters for the winter.
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Temple
R. T. Withers
Bryan
Oscar Withers
Withers
Winslow
Queenstown
Ireland
Brest
France
Whitehall
Duitit-Thours
Raymond Withers
Bess
Fannie Fred
Temple Paper
A. E. Withers
A. E. Withers, Jr
Brazos County
Great Lakes Naval Station
European
Young Withers
Uncle Sam
Wilson
Coxswain Withers
Brooklyn
Cuban
Texan Cotton Leaders Urge One Third Acreage Cut
A conference of Texas cotton men meeting in Dallas urged farmers to cooperate with other cotton states for at least a 23 1 3 percent reduction in southern cotton acreage in 1919. Attendees included T O Walton H O Boatwright Walton Peteet and H L McKnight. County councils of defense were urged to mobilize farmers to sign pledge cards for individual one third reductions to avert likely price losses on the new crop.
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South
Conference of Texas
Dallas
T. O. Walton
Extension Service
H. O. Boatwright
Bryan First National Bank
Walton Peteet
H. L. McKnight
County Councils of Defense
Work to Start on College Grandstand and New Diamond
The 1919 baseball season will feature a new college diamond and an expanded grandstand. Construction of the grandstand will begin after the basketball season, with seating for 600 plus twenty boxes and improved windward orientation for comfort.
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College
Driver
Mass meeting called to choose Bryan city commissioners
Bryan community leaders urge a mass meeting on February 20 at 8 PM in the courthouse to select qualified progressive men to lead the city. They stress solving water and light issues, better sewers and streets, and fair tax use for public improvements. Signatories include Maloney Doane Haswell Fountain Hall McInnis Cole Adams Caldwell Waldrop O Flaherty Martin Lawrence Webb Howell Wallace Smith Johnson.
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City of
Bryan
Court House
J. T. Maloney
J. S. Doane
Tyler Haswell
E. J. Fountain
Ed. Hall
L. L. McInnis
W. H. Cole
T. A. Adams
J. M. Caldwell
A. M. Waldrop
A. B. O'Flaherty
J. D. Martin
J. M. Lawrence
J. Webb Howell
M. E. Wallace
J. Tom Smith
O. S. Johnson
Stretching Truth to Enter English Army Provokes Demobilization Probe
At Folkestone investigators review postarmistice demonstrations showing men exaggerating ages or misrepresenting occupations to join the British army. A volunteer claimed 41 but his army book shows 35. a birth certificate proved he is older. Miners and a fishmonger lie were also cited as cases to be untangled before release.
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Associated Press
England
Folkestone
France
Colors
Four Ausolan Factions May Attend Prince Islands Conference
Paris reports a conference at Princess Island may include at least four Russian factions. Ukraine indicates the government forming parts of Russia will take part, Denikin’s government seeks participation, Crimea has accepted, and the Bolshevik government is also reported as joining.
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Paris
Princess Island
Ukraine
Russia
General Denikine
Crimea
Farmers Victory Over SMU On Road
The A and M basketball team defeated Southern Methodist University 25 to 18 in Dallas Tuesday night. McQuillen and Forbes starred for A and M as they extended their road undefeated record and planned a return bout with Baylor and upcoming games with Texas.
Count Andrassy Heads to England for Talks
Paris dispatches report Count Andrassy former Austro-Hungarian foreign minister has left Berne for England to confer with main British statesmen. The Vienna and Budapest papers carried the notice today.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vienna
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Berne
England
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Prince Islands
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