Open Gambling Halted at Rice Hotel During Cattlemen Convention
Houston March 18. Hotel managers sheriff's office and district attorney halted professional gambling during the Texas Cattlemen's Convention. A game on the Rice Hotel 17th floor was ordered stopped by Sheriff Binford and Rice manager Morton. Gambling in rooms is a penitentiary offense while players face misdemeanor charges.
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Houston
Texas
Rice Hotel
Binford
Morton
Eagle
Sheriff's Department
District Attorney’s Office
Old Town
Rice
TI. A. Binford
Barney Morton
The
N. E. Meador
Rice Hotel Company
R. M. Wilson Passes to Eternal Reward
R M Wilson died Saturday at 6 00 PM after a stroke on March 7 and a long decline He was 61 born in Kentucky a son of Rev B F Wilson He lived in Bryan for 36 years worked in merchandising and as a traveling salesman He was a Christian elder and teacher survived by wife three children Sebastian Sara Bella Elizabeth one brother Johnie Wilson and a sister Mrs Beck Todd Funeral held Sunday at 4 PM from the Christian church with Rev J W Holsapple and Rev Everett G Haley officiating Interment in the city cemetery
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R. M. Wilson
Celestial City
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Kentucky
B. F. Wilson
Homer T. Wilson
Texas
Oxford College
Lexington
Bryan
Collin County Mill and Elevator Co
Christian Church
Sebastian Wilson
Houston
Sara Bella
Elizabeth Wilson
City
Johnie Wilson
Hull
Beck Todd
Memphis
J. W. Holsapple
Fort Worth
Everett G. Haley
W. A
Egg shipments from Cuero reach record value
El Campo reports Hefner Fricke company shipped eggs valued near 2500 dollars on Tuesday. Through the first half of March the firm has moved about 6000 dollars in eggs and expects shipments for the month to exceed 15000 dollars.
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el Campo
Texas
Hefner-Fricke Company
Soviet Russia Labor Codes Seen as Serfdom by Redfield
William C. Redfield, former secretary of commerce, argues the Lenine Trotzky labor code in Soviet Russia imposes compulsory labor for ages 16 to 50, classifies workers, requires a labor booklet, and forbids switching jobs without permits, labeling it industrial serfdom. He calls the system tyrannical and unfit for workers.
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New York
Russia
Lenine-Trotzky
William C. Redfield
Redfield
Soviet Russia
Valuation Commission
Mr. Redfield
Bureau of Medical Experts
Millionaire incomes reported in Chicago for 1919
Chicago announces incomes of a million dollars or more for 1919, naming 781 individuals and corporations. Thirty-one Chicagoans joined the million dollar ranks. A corporation paid six million for the first installment of a twenty four million dollar income tax and another’s quarterly payment reached two and a half million.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harvey resident W. R. Goen visits city today
W. R. Goen of Harvey was seen in the city today, prompting local residents to note his presence and his connections to the area.
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W. R. Goen
Harvey
City
Bailey Campaign To Hear 100 Speakers In Texas Tour
Dallas, March 18. More than one hundred speakers will campaign for Senator Joseph W. Bailey across Texas by month end. Bailey will lead the effort with a Houston address after March 20 while returning to Washington for a lawsuit, then resume campaigning in San Angelo El Paso Wichita Falls Pittsburg and east Texas. Clyde A. Sweeton arrived as campaign manager for the pro Wilson delegates alliance urging Texas democrats to back the party and the national administration in the May primaries.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Bailey
Houston
Washington
San Angelo
FE Paso
Wichita Falls
Pittsburg
Clyde A. Sweeton
Greeneville
Democratic Committee
San Francisco
Southland Hotel
National Democratic
Union
Democrats of
Son of Legislator Shot at Austin
Austin report says G L Reeves son of Rep Ike Reeves of Sherman was shot through the shoulder at Dr Elton Perry Reeves home. He will recover. Perry Reeves stands under a $500 bond on an attempt to murder charge. Reeves cited family trouble as the motive.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
G. L. Reeves
Ike Reeves
Sherman
Elton Perry Reeves
Perry Reeves
Reeves
Notable visitors and travelers in Bryan area
W R Parker visited the city from Thompson church area. Mrs M J Parker and Mrs A B Carr traveled to Houston for a weekend with the Baine and Tilson families. Joe Hunnicutt and his wife left for San Angelo to pursue cattle business. she will return soon. Miss Mary B Johnson of San Angelo visited in Bryan then went to Waco. F L Kincannon of Chattanooga, Tenn., secured a large advertising contract with the Eagle for Thatacha Medicine Co. Lieutenant Hardenburg arrived from malaria campaign duties and will start work in Bryan by midweek. W J Turner of Madisonville plans to move back to Bryan. awaiting a house, with both Turner and wife reared in Bryan.
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W. R. Parker
Thompson Church
M. J. Parker
A. B. Carr
Houston
S. J. Baine
P. S. Tilson
Joe Hunnicutt
San Angelo
Hunnicutt
Mary B. Johnson
J. M. Gordon
Waco
F. L. Kincannon
Chattanooga
E. J. Jenkins
Bryan
Hardenburg
Learne
W. J. Turner
Madisonville
Mr. Turner
Mexican Labor Surges as Texas Food Aid Is Tried
Report from San Antonio describes hundreds of hungry Mexican migrants arriving in Texas seeking work. Charity depots feed them at Market House while employment agencies charge for job placement and many plead for relief as officials warn of a larger influx.
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H. D. Wilson
San Antonio
Perry Lewis
Lewis
Wilson
Alamo City
Black Lands
Brazos
Texas
Brazos County
San Antonio Express
Rio Grande
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Mexico
Brownsville
Laredo
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Hobby May Call Extra Session
Gov. W. I. Hobby weighs a special session to tighten Texas regulations against the pink boll worm. A U S Agriculture warning notes potential textile and seed movement quarantine unless further control steps are taken. The department urges non cotton zones and compensation financed by a cotton product tax to offset losses.
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Austin
Texas
W. I. Hobby
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Horticultural Board
Department of Agriculture
Milton Dawson Dead After Illness In Brooklyn
Milton Dawson died at his Brooklyn home on the 8th after leaving a Virginia tour due to illness. He was a longtime actor born in this county and leaves the brother John Dawson, a Houston half sister Mrs. Maggie Bateman of Mart, and step brother Green Stallings, among others. Relatives in Bryan were advised of his death.
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Bryan
Milton Dawson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Richmond
Virginia
D. D. Dawson
John Dawson
West Texas
Houston
Maggie Bateman
Mart
Green Stallings
City
Pearl Smith Grandview Heroine at Telephone Desk
In Grandview Texas on March 16 Pearl Smith a young independent telephone operator kept her switchboard working as flames raged through town. She refused to leave her post directing outside help and saving many lives while women and children fled and fires engulfed buildings.
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Grandview
Texas
Pearl Smith
News-Tribune
News- Tribune
Fort Worth
Admiral Sims Criticizes Navy Delays in War Start
Washington report shows Admiral Sims charging thirteen counts against Navy administration for delays and preparedness failures after the U S entry into World War I. He asserted blame lay with the Navy Department as an organization despite its acknowledged work and warned of critical early months for the Allied cause due to submarine threats.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sims
Senate Investigating Committee
Navy Department
United States
Admiral Sims
America
London
Hoover
City fire escapes inspected by state marshal official
Mr. McClung of the State Fire Marshal's office in Austin spent yesterday in Bryan and with Fire Marshal Daly to inspect the city's fire escapes. He said nearly all three story and over buildings are properly equipped except the county courthouse. The commissioners moved jury rooms to the basement to save costs, but the plan may not exempt them from erecting a fire escape as the law requires three stories and ever.
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McClung
Austin
Bryan
Daly
Eagle
County Court House
Commissioners Court
Rumors Reach Berlin of Kapp Suicide After Government Fall
Reports from Berlin claim former chancellor Dr Wilfrang Kapp died by his own hand after the new government collapsed. Amsterdam dispatch via telegraph notes a pall over Germany as information filters through slowly and mobs gathered in several cities.
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Berlin
Kapp
Associated Press
London
Wilfong Kapp
Germany
Amsterdam Exchange
Amsterdam
Interallied Occupation Passes Quietly in Constantinople
Constantinople reports a calm second day of Allied occupation with Turkish cooperation. Prisoners include Essad Pasha and Mohammed Pasha as authorities clamp down on propaganda for a U.S. mandate. Grand Duchess Olga, sister of Tsar Nicholas, found living in a box car near Novorossisk helping refugees amid Bolshevik advances.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Essad Pasha
Mohammed Pasha
Washington
Olga
Nicholas
Russia
Red Cross
Novorossisk
House of Romanoff
Minnesota Republicans Send Uninstructed Delegates
Returns from eighty four Minnesota republican conventions show fifty conventions send uninstructed delegates to the district convention Friday and the state convention Saturday. Twenty seven delegates were instructed for Wood five counties for Lowden and Johnson two delegations.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Uni
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Walsh Not a Candidate for Democratic Nomination
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts states he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He made the remark in Washington on March 18.
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Walsh
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Mrs Martha Wetter Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Martha Elizabeth Wetter died at the family home in Bryan this morning at 3 45 after a long illness. Born in Germany December 21 1843 she was 76 years 2 months and 27 days. She came to America in 1861 and married Frederick Wetter in Galveston March 19 1868 then moved to Bryan where she lived 52 years. Survived by five children and one grandson, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Funeral from the family home tomorrow Friday at 10 o clock with interment.
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Martha Elizabeth Wetter
Mrs. Wetter
Germany
America
Galveston
Frederick Wetter
Bryan
Ed M. Sims
H. C. Robinson
Kerrville
Chas. G. Wetter
Lena
Clara Wetter
Hudson Manley Robinson
United States Builds Record Warship Tonnage
Washington reports experts say the United States is constructing more warship tonnage than any other nation. Twelve super-dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers, totaling 665 400 tons, are under way carrying 152 sixteen inch rifles and 24 fourteen inch rifles with electric drive engines.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Burglary at Jim Godwin Store Stolen Groceries
The Godwin store on North Main Street was burglarized last night with an entrance through the front door. A large quantity of groceries was stolen and no suspects are yet identified in the Bry an area.
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Jim Godwin
North Main Street
Bryan
Crowds Fill Streets Amid Military Appearance in Berlin
Paris dispatch reports Berlin streets crowded in ugly humor on Wednesday night as troops paraded. Baltic troops allegedly joined the Independent Socialist movement, which claimed about 12 000 supporters ready for service.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Independent Socialist
Kapp Regime Casualties Rise Across German Cities
London reports predict hundreds killed in Kapp regime clashes. Dortmund suffers major losses with over 100 dead. Dresden about 50 fatalities. Disorders in Dusseldorf and Halls. Dortmund dispatch notes workers and regulars clash as reinforcements arrive. workers overwhelm and disarm the regulars.
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Associated Press
London
Kapp
Dortmund
Dresden
Dusseldorf
Halls
German Forces Leave Berlin Amid Kapp Crisis
A Berlin telegram reports General Von Luettwitz departed with troops supporting the Kapp regime. Germany has supposedly rejected Kapp but faces radical threats as Ebert’s government moves to assume control and Noske remains influential.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Amsterdam
von Luettwitz
Dr. Kapp
Germany
Kapp
Gustav Noske
Will Punish Revolutionists
London reports President Ebert arrived in Berlin and ordered the imperial court to pursue leaders of the revolution. Named officials include Dr General Von Luettwitz Gottleib Von Jagow Admiral Trotha and Captain Erhardt according to Amsterdam telegram.
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Associated Press
London
Ebert
Berlin
Amsterdam
Imperial Court
General von Luettwitz
Gottleib
von Jagow
Trotha
Erhardt
Ebert in Power Kapp Regime Fails Amid Crisis
In Stuttgart on March 18 two hundred fifty members of the national assembly met as the military safeguarded the building. The American charge informed Washington that the Kapp regime has failed and warned of a possible communist uprising. Communists reportedly march toward Berlin and other cities, but a few quiet hours may avert the crisis.
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Ebert
Kapp
Associated Press
Stuttgart
National Assembly
Washington
Berlin
Red Cross Aids Berlin amid German unrest reports
Paris dispatch reports more than 200 Americans in Berlin including 30 women many wives of correspondents and businessmen. Red Cross funds and food aid are prepared. Separate Berlin news covers clashes in Essen Dortmund Leipsic Mannheim Frankfort and Brunswick with a Spartacan movement in Chemitz and casualties in Dresden Breslau Hamburg and Kiel.
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Red
Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Red Cross
Essen
Dortmund
Leipsic
Mannheim
Frankfort
Brunswick
Chemitz
Dresden
Breslau
Hamburg
Kiel
Chamber Membership Push In Bryan Seeks New Members
The Bryan Chamber invites area businesses to join now, highlighting benefits and updated programs. Members cite networking, advocacy, and visibility as top reasons to enroll this year.
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CUERO
Martha E. Wetter
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
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