Mexican Oil and Riches Stir Intervention Talk at Meeting
At the Southwestern Field conference of the Young Women’s Association in Dallas, speakers urged friendship with Mexico. Mrs. J. C. Griswold of San Antonio condemned intervention talk, arguing misunderstandings stem from politicians, not peoples, and noting oil and mines would affect perceptions.
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Dallas
Mexico
Young Women’s Association
J. C. Griswold
San Antonio
Western Hemisphere
United States
Rio Grande
Vera Sturgess
el Paso
America
Caroline Smith
International Institutes
San Antonio, Laredo
Light in Church Draws Admiral Kolchak during Frontline Visit
In Omsk on September 15 Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian government, rode by in his train through a village behind the lines. A lighted church drew his attention and he halted with his staff to attend a thanksgiving service. He joined the peasant crowd at the altar and spent an hour in the ceremony.
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Omsk
Vladivostok
Admiral Kolchak
New Hunting Licenses Issued Under State Law
2,887 hunting licenses were issued by the game fish and oyster commissioner in the last two months. Observers say this does not show strict compliance, estimating over 7,000 shotgun users in the state, since the law requires a license for hunting outside one's residence county.
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Austin
Game, Fish and Oyster
French Government Starts Propaganda Favorable to Wines
Boston dispatch reports Paris plans a publicity campaign in the United States and other countries to counter anti wine and spirits sentiment. Miss Cora Frances Stoddard of the Scientific Temperance Federation notes the French move aims to protect Bordeaux Burgundy and Champagne exports amid import bans and prohibition rhetoric.
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Boston
Paris
France
Echos de Vexportation
United States
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Champagne
Hamburg
Scientific Temperance Federation
Cora Frances Stoddard
Miss Stoddard
French Academy of Medicine
Scandinavian
Finland
Mills Retire From Cottonseed Market Over Wet Seed
In Austin on November 13 a number of oil mills told the Department of Warehouses and Markets they have quit buying cottonseed due to poor seed quality from ginning wet cotton. The department is praised for directing gins to stop handling wet cotton.
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Austin
Department of Warehouses and Markets
Federal students to take highway inspectors course
A two year highway engineering program at A M College of Texas is offered to federal students by the federal board for vocational training. The course trains highway inspectors and draftsmen with ten to twenty enrollees, mixing classroom and field work to meet demand in the good roads movement.
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A. M. College of Texas
Federal Board
Cass
Highway Engineering Department
A. and M. College
Miners Strike Leaves Duquoin Mines Idle After Mass Meeting
Duquoin Illinois November 13—Hoisting engineers firemen pumpmen mule feeders and other union men who were keeping the twelfth district mines in operation quit their posts following a mass meeting. Unclear if the action violates the government injunction as operators and miners await word.
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Duquoin
Ill
Short Horn Cattle Auction Nets $5400 in First Bryan Sale
The first annual Brazos County Short Horn sale in Bryan netted $5400 from 30 head with buyers from Hearne Calvert Mercedes Hempstead Iola Bryan Edge and others. Prices ranged from $105 to $500 with an average of $180 per animal.
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Brazos County
Short Horn Breeders Association
Hearne
Calvert
Mercedes
Hempstead
Iola
Bryan
Edge
Roger Astin
Fred Woods
Short Horn Breeders’ Association
J. Riley Green
Hubbard City
R. F. Graham
Tex
Tex. Wooders, (719251), $260, J. B. Thornton
Clara
J. RB. Thornton
Arizona
M. Ww. Sims
Ivola
W. M. Sims
Diamond
Dot
M. W. Sims
Belle
Conqueror
Mary
Sam Cavitt
Beatrice Sweetheart
Louise
Royal Lady
D. M. Howard
Tola
E. W. Crenshaw
Lars
Geo. P. Edge
Elizabeth
J. B. Dunn
Ruby Sutherland
Wood and Atkins
J. J. Jones
Grace M
Tom Field
Eleanor
Fred Wood
Avondale
United States
Radicals Threaten Trouble in West Virginia Coal Fields
Actions by radicals, including Russian directed meetings, threaten violence in West Virginia bituminous coal regions. Reports to the department of justice note organized activity and potential unrest spurred by these gatherings.
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Washington
West Virginia
Department of Justice
Pear mob violence rocks Henderson shooting affair
G I Rasberry and son Ike Rasberry were brought to Dallas county jail to insure safety against mob violence after a shooting in Henderson on Sunday.
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Dallas
G. I. Rasberry
Ike
Henderson
Federal judge again rules wartime prohibition unconstitutional
Louisville November 13 Judge Walter Evans in federal district court for the second time held that wartime prohibition is unconstitutional and sustained the attack on the Volstead enforcement act. He issued an injunction restraining Elwood Hamilton Kentucky revenue collector and the district attorney from interfering with the sale of floor stock tax paid whiskey by two Louisville distilleries.
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Louisville
Walter Evans
Federal District Court
Elwood Hamilton
Internal Revenue
Kentucky
Aggies Set for Texas Tech Rivalry With Horned Frogs
The Texas A and M Aggies travel to Fort Worth to face TCU at the YMCA Park Saturday. The Aggies boast an unscored-on defense and potent offense totaling 213 points, while TCU seeks form after early season injuries. Jack Mahan misses trip. Bob Carruthers stars at tackle for the Farmers.
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Texas Aggie
Baylor University
Cotton Palace
Fort Worth
T. C. U. Horned Frogs
Y. M. C. A. Park
Aggie
Texas
Aggies
Baylor
Farmer
North Texas
Gainesville
Denton
Sherman
Dallas
Bob Carruthers
Texas University
College Station
Southwestern
Colonel Bermondt Invited to Attend Commission Session
London on November 13 reports the inter allied commission for the Baltic states held its first sitting at Koenigsberg inviting Colonel Avaloff Bermondt chief of staff and commander of the independent detachment to attend discussions at Tilsitt. The commission promised safe conducts.
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London
Baltic States
Koenigsberg
Avaloff Bermondt
Tilsitt
Hands off Russia policy at peace conference
Paris reports the American delegation backs a hands off stance and will not have Americans participate in the Dorpat conference. In Dallas a church janitor faces charges for running a bootlegging operation from a basement with empty bottles cited as the sole clue.
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Paris
Russia
Dallas
House of Worship
False Alarm Sparks Fire Department Run Through Streets
A false alarm prompted the fire department to respond with a rapid street run today just before the stated hour, triggering a brief emergency demonstration without any reported incident.
Lynched IWW Organizer Ernest Everetts Identified
Centralia Washington November 13 The man lynched Tuesday night has been identified as Ernest Everetts by his landlady. Everetts worked as an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. Criminal information against twenty six alleged IWW members has been prepared, accusing involvement or knowledge of the killing of four American Legion members in the armistice parade.
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Centralia
Wash
Ernest Everetts
Everetts
Industrial Workers of the World
American Legion
Communists Control Policy of Thirteen Publications in U S
Chicago announces that within eight weeks the Communist Party of America has created four official national papers and controls policy of nine federations papers. Key organs include The Communist in Chicago and Die Kommunistische Internationale and Glas Komunista.
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U.S
Chicago
Communist Party of America
C. E. Ruthenberg
Communist
National Party
Die Kommunistische Internationale
Communist International
Glas Komunista
Communist Party
New York City
Elore
der Kampf
Novy Mir
Robitnik
Glos Robotniczy
Detroit
Mich
United States
Ruthenberg
Russia
Around the World Flight to Start July 4 1920
The Aero Club of America and the Aerial League announce the international aerial derby will begin July 4 1920 and finish by January 4 1921. Prizes total 1 000 000 dollars. Entrants include men and women over 21 who are pilots or passengers on airliners. Routes modified by controls in each city with three referees.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Aerial League of America
Allan R. Hawley
Aero Club
United States
Seattle Wants Kelley Over St Paul In Next Season
Ad mirers of Mike Kelley, who piloted St Paul to the American Association championship, believe he will head the club next season rather than join Seattle. Kelley has an offer to manage Seattle but seeks an interest in a team if he leaves St Paul.
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Seattle
Kelley
St. Paul
Minn
Mike Kelley
America protests shipment of arms for Mexican government
Washington reports efforts to stop a large European arms shipment to Mexico. The Fabrique Nationale Carmes of Liege is cited for a major munitions order, and the U S state department notes the Brussels charge has protested as a violation of the international arms convention.
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Brussels
Belgium
Washington
Europe
Mexico
Fabrique National Carmes
Leige
State Department
Turkey Day Prize Awards Boosts Bryan Turkey Market
The first annual turkey day drew about 2000 turkeys to Bryan with prices near 24 1 4 cents per pound. Allen Smith sold at that rate, boosting local sales about 50 percent for the day. Prizes honored top producers from Brazos and nearby counties, including W. C. Carrington Caldwell and J. A. Straub Wellock, with distances and weights noted for standout entries.
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Bryan
Dallas
Pitts
Allen Smith
Brazos E County
W. C. Carrington
Caldwell
J. A. Straub
Welllock
S. S. Hancock
Robertson County
Brazos County
R. F E. Jones
Ross Robertson
Miles
C. A. Schram
Gobbler
Joe Dekowski
R. E. Jones
J. M. McCullough
Wellborn
Henry Prinzel
Kurten
Gms Hedtke
Philip Endler
Lewis Ayers
Millican
Ten Simpson
Rosprim
J. D. Williams
Ed Carl
Fritz Flagon
J. T. Cloud
John Utsey
J. H. Murphy
Edge
J. B. Walker
Tabor
Joe Yeager
Fritz Schultz
Charles Schultz
J. S. Henry
Wheelock
John
Madison County
Ed Morris
Burleson County
Simon Stewart
Douglass Holley
J. A. Wolfe
Brooks
Booker
J. M. Coming
A. H. Keller
Alfred Lewis
Lizzie Jones
Tobe Connally
Will Conrad
W. R. Lawless
J. P. Conner
Jim Tobias
C. A. Robertson
H. E. Jones
Jerry Houston
J. B. Kelley
R. E. Ellis
Lucinda Hines
Paul Bullock
Australian Flyers Die As Plane Crashes After Takeoff
London report says Lieutenant R. M. Douglas and Lieutenant J. S. Tross of the Australia flying corps were killed when their aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Hounslow while en route to Australia.
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Australia
London
R. M. Douglas
Australia Flying Corps
J. S. Tross
Hounslow
Action of Miners on Return to Work Yet Problematic
Chicago November 13 miners were expected to return to work in increasing numbers in many lesser fields but the course in Pennsylvania Illinois and Kansas districts remained uncertain.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Kansas
Reliance District Reaches Red Cross Goal in Brazos County
Miss Essie Shealy chairs Reliance district in Brazos County. A 2 30 PM message confirms Reliance achieved a quota of 100 Red Cross members, making it the first district in the county to top the drive.
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Reliance
Brazos County
Red Cross
Essie Shealy
American Red Cross
New Orleans Plans New Tax on Soft Drink Dealers
New Orleans announces an extra tax based on business volume on all soft drink and ice cream dealers starting January 1 to replace 600000 lost from saloon closures. City Commissioner A G Ricks says the legislature will be asked to authorize a general 10 percent license increase for all businesses.
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New Orleans
A. G. Ricks
State Lands Revenue Paid Into Treasury in October
The General Land Office paid into the state treasury during October a total of 345336 dollars in principal and interest from land sales across various funds.
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Austin
General Land Office
State
Peace negotiations to start between Esthenians and Bolsheviks
In Helsingfors on November 13 the Esthenians and Bolsheviks will begin negotiations on Saturday. The Lithuanians will not participate.
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Helsingfors
Bolsheviks
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Federal Grand Jury
Brazos River
Potter's Field
Cotton Belt Railroad
Cotton Belt
Louisiana
Short Horn
Horned Frogs
Bermondt
W. W
Ernest Everett
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