Five Bills Drafted To Enact President Trust Plan
Five anti trust bills were being prepared in Washington on January 21 to implement the President's trust program. Proposals include a trade commission interlocking directorate ban trade restraint definition railroad securities regulation and personal guilt for anti trust violations. The measures are under Senate Interstate and House Judiciary committees with introductions expected Friday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Trade Commission
Senate Interstate
House Judiciary Committees
Judge G. B. Gerald Dies in Waco After Cremation Request
Judge G. B. Gerald a longtime Waco resident and Confederate veteran died. At his request his body will be cremated in St Louis and ashes scattered on the Gulf of Mexico. He served as a state legislator postmaster county judge and editor of Brann's Iconoclast after Brann's death. He killed J W Harris and his brother in a pistol duel sixteen years ago.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
G. B. Gerald
St. Louis
Gulf of Mexico
Gerald
Brann
J. W. Harris
The
Waco Times
W. A. Harris
Bible Study Participation Worldwide in Different Groups
The note lists numbers for Bible study participation: 80 000 college men in 18 countries in voluntary Bible classes 350 000 young men in Baraca Bible classes 97 232 enrolled in Y M C A Bible study classes 28 562 students in short Bible courses across 490 institutions and 28 011 199 people studying the Bible in Sunday schools across over fifty nations.
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Baraca
Sunday Schools of
Deep Spring Soil Preparation For Southern Farms
The Department of Agriculture urges deep soil breaking in the South to offset heavy rains and hard subsoil. Disc plows best for deep breaking, followed by moldboard and subsoil plows. cover crops and harrows aid air and sun exposure for seed beds. Delayed planting is preferable to poor seed beds.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Scribner's Magazine February on The Motor Age and Highways
Literary notes announce Scribner's February number focuses on modern living advances. Articles feature Sir Henry Norman on Route des Alpes and Transcontinental Trails by Henry B. Joy, plus Rollin W. Hutchinson Jr on Motorized Highway Commerce. Armistead C. Gordon contributes Maje, contrasting a Confederate veteran with a modern Southern city. The American Forestry Association reports broad international membership.
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Scribner's Magazine
Panama
Sir Henry Norman
United States
Rollin W. Hutchinson, Jr
Maje
Old South
Armistead C. Gordon
Scribner’s
Rapid progress on West Side sanitarium and local homes
Building notes report the West Side sanitarium under Mr Hubbard nearing frame completion. W O Sanders residence on East Lamar street gains rapid carpenter work and should become one of Bryan's finest homes. All available carpenters are deployed to rebuild flood damaged houses.
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W. O. Sanders
Lamar Street
Bryan
Final Stand at Torreon Nears in Mexican Conflict
Chihuahua Mexico January 23 Rebels and Federals concentrate forces around Torreon for a decisive battle seen as likely to determine Villa's southward advance and the outcome of the campaign.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Mexico
Torreon
Villa
Miss Margaret Wilson Climbs Majestic In Quarantine Greeting
Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson climbs the liner Majestic at quarantine to greet her sister Mrs Jessie Sayre returning from a honeymoon abroad. Sayre is injured when pressed against a state room door and sustains a wrist injury carried in a sling for two days.
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Associated Press
New York
Margaret Wilson
President Wilson
Majestic
Jessie Sayre
Norris acquitted in church arson case after jury illness
Fort Worth Texas January 24 1912 Rev J Frank Norris was acquitted on the first ballot of burning his church with a jury that faced a smallpox case among its members. Judge Swayne ordered a ballot before removing the sick juror, ending arguments and the judge's charge prematurely.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Frank Norris
Swayne
Suits Filed to Oust Cotton Oil Firms From Arkansas
Little Rock attorney general filed suits to oust six cotton oil companies from Arkansas and to impose penalties of 4 215 000 dollars on each alleged trust member.
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Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Attorney General
Japanese study Texas methods in oil drilling visit
Toki chi Watanabe and T Komatsu of Tokyo arrive in Wichita Falls Texas and plan to study local oil drilling and handling methods in Petrolia. They aim to return to Japan and teach the insights to their oil industry.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Tokichi Watanabe
T. Komatsu
Tokio
Japan
Petrolia
Texas
No governorship for Col Goethals
New York January 24 Col Goethals would not accept the governorship of the Canal Zone if offered. Mayor Mitchell said Goethals would take the post of police commissioner of New York only if two conditions were met, and he expected those would be fulfilled.
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Associated Press
New York
Col. Goethals
Canal Zone
Mitchell
Chicago Opens Municipal Store With Groceries at Cost
Chicago in Illinois on January 24 opened the citys first municipal store funded by a $25,000 appropriation. Groceries will be sold at cost to working people and if successful, meat and clothing stores may follow.
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Chicago
Johnson story on escape denied by white slave case officials
The tale that Jack Johnson spent twenty five thousand dollars to flee Chicago was strongly denied by those tied to the white slave case and the federal grand jury investigation. Multiple versions of the boxer's escape are noted.
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Associated Presa
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Federal Grand Jury
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