Summer Normal at A and M College Announces Appointments
W D Notley of Brenham named conductor of the summer normal at A and M College June 15 to July 29 with M L Hayes directing rural life features. Notley, 13 years teaching, studied at North Texas Normal and Columbia Teachers College. The program to offer state certificate work plus agriculture, manual training, domestic science, road construction. dormitories and meals provided. charges minimal.
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W. D. Notley
Brenham
Rural Life
A. and M. College
Bizzel
Notley
North Texas State Normal
University of Chicago
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Columbia
New York City
M. L. Hayes
Hayes
Texas
Sbisa
Testing seed corn by germination in sawdust method
Instructional guide by J O Morgan of Texas A and M College detailing a germination test for corn ears. It describes numbering ears, preparing a moisture filled sawdust box, marking 100 squares, placing kernels in squares germ side up, covering with muslin, and maintaining warm moist conditions for 6 to 8 days to evaluate germination and select vigorous ears.
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J. O. Morgan
A. and
M. College of Texas
Corn
Aggies Triumph Over Tulane Five In Fast Basketball Duel
The Texas A and M Aggies beat Tulane 30 to 14 in yesterday’s second game. A and M led 23 to 8 at halftime and added 17 points in the second half while Tulane scored 6. Rice visits Saturday for the final home game.
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Tulane
Aggies
Altman
G. A
Rice
Appointed Delegates to Stockholm Meeting
Swiss parliament approves participation in the neutral peace conference and appoints a delegation for Stockholm. Henry Ford willing to fund the conference, as Lochner reports. Separate dispatches note socialist efforts in Holland and renewed WWI trench battles near Vimy and Ypres. Russians report a hill capture at Lutsk. Belgium denies German peace proposals.
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Berne
Switzerland
Louis Lochner
Harry Evens
Stockholm
Lochner
Henry J. Ford
Lutsk
Germany
Belgium
A Hotel With a Big Record in St Louis
Father Timothy Demsey ran a hotel for workingmen in 1915 providing 6 248 free beds and 100 613 free meals over nine years. The hotel earned 16 585 85 from nominal charges and 21 865 total receipts, supported by private subscriptions. He also opened a working women’s hotel and day nursery. He brokered peace during a major local strike, leading to settlement.
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St. Louis
Timothy Demsey
Father Demsey
Father Dempsey
Calvary Cemetery
Hearing on Bran D. Brandeis Appointment
Witnesses test the nomination of Louis D Brandies to the Supreme Court. Iowa rail commissioner Clif ford Thorne accuses Brandeis of infidelity breach of faith and unprofessional conduct in the Eastern rate case.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Louis D. Brandies
Supreme Court
Clifford Thorne
The
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Brandies
Thorne
Man Found Guilty For Abusive Language In Local Court
E P Burnett tried in Justice McGee's court on a charge of using abusive language. He was convicted, fined five dollars and costs, and filed notice of appeal. Sheriff Nunn arrested a Denver, Colorado native named Ramsey Bryant for stealing two suits at A and M College in Bryan. one suit was recovered from his possession.
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E. P. Burnett
Senate approves first preparedness bill for navy yards
Washington Feb 9 the senate passed a measure making 600000 available to equip Mare Island and New York navy yards. The bill also increases by 300 the entrance class next year at Annapolis and had been passed by the house. It now awaits President Wilson's approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Mare Island
New York
Annapolis
House
Wilson
Noted Mexican Bandit Captured
Ancieto Pizana, alleged bandit leader with a $1000 reward, is captured in Mexico and brought to Matamoros. He may face trial there and could be turned over to American officers, per Fort Brown officials.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Ancieto Pizana
Mexico
Matamoros
Fort Brown
Building 27 ships in United States for Norwegian interests
The Associated Press reports that six 3,000 ton steamships were awarded for construction at Manitowoc Wisconsin, bringing the total to 27 ships to be built in the United States for Norwegian interests this year. Norwegian consul C Ravn explains orders reflect a shift from English yards as Norway purchases available tonnage and prices rise by about half since the war.
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Associated Press
New York
Manitowoc
Wis
C. Ravn
Norway
England
Humbert Succeeds Jobson as Cotton Plant Breeder
Dr. E. P. Humbert is named plant breeder in cotton investigations at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. He will base at the main Station at A and M College and conduct research there. Humbert brings strong training and wide experience from Ames Iowa State College.
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College Station
Tex
E. P. Humbert
H. H. Jobson
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
B. Youngblood
Humbert
A. and M. College
Ames
Iowa
State Agricul
Early 20th Century Agronomy Career Path Noted
The record traces a scholar from a rural college in 1906 into agronomy. He studied farm crops and then earned MS and PhD at Cornell. He served as plant physiologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1910, then moved to Maine as associate biologist, joined New Mexico Agricultural College as agronomist, and later moved to the Texas station.
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Tural College
Cornell University
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
New Mexico Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Texas Station
Father arrested for brutal crime in Dallas murder case
Dallas, Feb. 9. G. W. St. Clair was arrested last night charged with murdering his wife and a visitor in his home and striking his daughter with an iron spike. Katy Elizabeth St. Clair, his daughter, is gravely ill after the attack and was brought here for medical aid.
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Dallas
Tex
Katy Elizabeth St. Clair
G. W. St. Clair
Bond Raised in Fatal Sherman Baptist Pastor Case
Sherman Texas February 9 The bond of Mrs Annie Faust held in connection with the killing of Rev H M Cagle Baptist was increased to five thousand dollars today after Rev Cagle died last night from wounds sustained in the attack.
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Sherman, Tex
Annie Faust
H. M. Cagle
Cagle
Villa and band driven from Canyon del Nido move toward LaguNa
Francisco Villa and his band were driven out of Canyon del Nido in Western Chihuahua. An official Juarez report said they were moving toward LaguNa where Carranza forces under Colonel Gonzales awaited their arrival.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Canyon del Nido
Chihuahua
Laguna
Carranza
Gonzales
Wharton Bankers Arrested on Indictment
A federal grand jury in Galveston indicted Wharton National Bank president H. J. Bolton and cashier B. R. Taylor on conspiracy misapplication and false entries. Bonds set at 15000 each. indictments total 26 counts per defendant. The arrests caused a sensation in Wharton and Bolton is known to Bryan residents.
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Galveston
H. J. Bolton
B. R. Taylor
Wharton National Bank
South Texas
Wharton
Bolton
Bryan
Secretary of War Garrison resigns from cabinet
Washington on February 11 Associated Press reports Lindley M. Garrison secretary of war resigned, accepted by President Wilson. Breckenridge also resigns. Wilson supports continental army plan but seeks a large reserve and common council to work details. Major General Hugh L. Scott becomes ad interim secretary. potential successors named include Lane Roosevelt Houston.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lindley M. Garrison
Wilson
Continental Army
Congress
Garrison
Henry C. Breckenridge
United States Army
War Garrison
Breckenridge
Hugh L. Scott
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Navy
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston
Texas
Former Secre tary of War Garrison Plans Retirement From Public Life
New York on February 11, former Secretary of War Garrison announced his intention to retire from public life and politics. He refused to discuss resignation in political terms but hinted at possible support for the continental army movement. He denied opposing President Wilson as Bryan did.
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Associated Press
New York
Garrison
Continental Army
President Wilson
Bryan
Strayed mare sought near College Station
Mouse colored mare about 15 or 16 hands high and 12 to 15 years old with no mark or brand. Taken up around January 21. Notify or write H. A. Flach, College Station.
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H. A. Flach
College Station
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Socialists For Peace
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Mich
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Severn’s
W. F. Severa CO
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Federal Grand Jury
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Secretary Garrison
White House
Scott
R. L. Brogdon
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