Spain, Huerta Crisis Prompt Diplomatic Conference
The Spanish minister to Mexico calls a full diplomatic corps meeting in Mexico City to discuss Huerta's dictatorship decree and the broader crisis. Wilson notes call his note condemning Huerta, while Mexico weighs responses to Washington's disapproval. Plans unfold for a strong naval presence in Mexican waters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Huerta
O'Shaughnessy
State Department
Wilson
United States
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexican
As a Father What Do We Owe
A father must consider voluntary obligations to educate and shape future citizens. The text argues for balanced upbringing, warning Hookworm disease can devastate health and mind, leaving a once healthy youth a burden on parents and society. It emphasizes parental duty to support both mind and body.
McGregor Appointed Justice of the Peace in Millican Precinct
During yesterday's Commissioners Court session C B McGregor was appointed Justice of the Peace for Precinct No 1 Millican to fill the unexpired term of the late Hon John Thompson.
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Commissioners’ Court
C. B. McGregor
Precinct No. 1
Millican
John Thompson
Huerta Secures Large Paris Loan in 1920s Report
Paris reports provisional President Huerta has obtained a loan of two million six hundred thousand dollars in Paris. Circumstantial sources attribute the loan to influence wielded by leaders of the Catholic party.
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Associated Prevs
Paris
Huerta
Americans killed in battle with rebels near Torreon
F B Ellis of Cripple Creek Colorado arrived in Juarez from Torreon and said his brother Joseph was killed by Mexicans last Tuesday as Americans were leaving Torreon for the border. Ellis was shot in the arm and three others are missing.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Juarez
Torreon
Joseph
F. B. Ellis
el Oro
Joe Ellis
Warships Considered as Legation Guards in Mexico Crisis
British French Spanish Cuban Guatemalan and Norwegian diplomats propose sending warships to Mexico to guard legations if needed and urge a temperate reply from Mexico to Washington. The Mexican situation remains delicate with Huerta unlikely to answer Wilson’s notes and constitutionalist victories noted without comment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Huerta
Wilson
Twenty nine miners found alive at Universal Colliery
Cardiff October 15 rescuers reported contact with twenty nine living miners trapped in the Universal Colliery. The total missing remains about four hundred with no further survivors found yet.
Steel Laying Resumes on Interurban Bridge Work
Steel laying on the Interurban across the Brazos will resume tomorrow after weather delays. Crews will push to complete the work promptly and finish the project in a short time.
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Brazos
Houston Population Reaches 130000 in New City Directory
Houston’s new city directory lists a population near 130 000, signaling growth for the city. The update, issued today, shows residents and urban developments reflected in the latest official counts.
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Associated Press
Houston
Britain awaits Mexican solution without outside interference
London reports the British government sees the Mexican situation as solvable by Mexicans alone. Great Britain maintains a waiting stance and refrains from outside involvement.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Carranza Says Wilson Plans to Recognize Beligerancy
General Carranza's Washington agents report President Wilson will recognize the Carranzista belligerency. The claim comes in a dispatch received from Nogales on October 16.
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Associated Press
Nogales
General Carranza
Washington
Wilson
Constitutionalists deny advice on Wilson recognition stance
In Washington on October 16 Reuters reports that Constitutionalists leaders deny advising Carranza that President Wilson considered recognizing the belligerence of the Constitutionalists.
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Washington
Carranza
Wilson
Texas Inventors Get U S Patents for October 11 1913
Spellman Murray of Dallas announce U S patent grants to Texas residents for the week ending October 11 1913. Names include Murray Womble Claughton Bouldin Drake Moody Jones Cook Martin Melver Williams Moore Morton Nichols Pitts Schrade Walker Kilburn with various devices such as a running press combined plow railway brake insect trap show drier street indicator refrigerator machine steam cotton baling tamper well cleaning device and more.
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Spellman & Murray
Dallas
Texas
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
John W. Williams
Dixon
Isham S. Moore
Range
James T. Morton
Joseph W. Nichols
Freestone
Baling Press
Jackson Lamar Walker
John Franklin Kilburn
el Paso
Senator Mor ris Sheppard protests Maas Texas crossing
Senator Morris Sheppard protested to the State Department against Gen Maas crossing Texas, contending Constitutionalists were denied the same privilege. The department planned to reply the following day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morris Sheppard
State Department
Gen. Maas
Texas
Sheppard
Mexican Officers Pass Over Texas Soil
Eagle Pass reports that General Joaquin Maas and ten officers left by special train for Laredo with war department permission to pass over American soil. To avoid demonstrations, the party boarded at the International bridge and sped forty miles an hour past Eagle Pass station with Pullman curtains drawn.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Joaquin Maas
Laredo
War Department
International Bridge
Eagle Pass Station
Huerta Caid May Resign as Cabinet Debates Successor
Washington reports indicate General Huerta may resign the provisional presidency with discussions over his successor. John Lind, Wilson’s representative in Mexico, says Washington considerations hinge on acceptability of the next leader, with Blanquet’s name problematic. Rumors also surface that Huerta’s resignation was before his cabinet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Huerta
Blanquet
Madero
O’shaughannesy
Senate banking committee plans currency bill report date
Washington on October 18 the tentative date of November 10 is set for the Senate banking committee to report the currency bill. Democratic leaders expect the President will approve a congressional recess if the Senate votes on a fixed date. The President met with Senator Nelson today for the first currency conference with any Republican Senator.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Senate
Nelson
Clapp Bill Passed to Bar Interstate Campaign Fund Moves
The Senate approved without debate a bill to prohibit interstate movement of campaign funds. Senator Clapp described the measure as preventing secret donations from outside influences entering campaigns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Clapp
French Legation Cables Warship Status in Mexican Waters
Paris dispatch reports the French Legation in Mexico City has telegraphed the foreign office about a French warship operating in Mexican waters. The note indicates diplomatic channels are active as tensions accompany naval movements.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mexico City
Foreign
Mexican
Mrs Pankhurst Held for Special Inquiry
English militant leader Mrs Deemetine Pankhurst arrived aboard the La Provence and was temporarily denied admission until a special board can decide if her British imprisonment involved crime or moral turpitude. She chatted with reporters in her cabin and said American women have progressed and need no foreign leadership.
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Associated Pre
New York
America
Cotton Market Totals and Prices at Local Warehouses
Cotton receipts reported at Lawrence, Brick, Union and Tolsc warehouses with different tonnage and prices. Bryan spots show middling basis at 13c with cotton seed priced at 18.00. Grand total figures include interurban round bases and overall totals.
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Lawrence
Union
Tolsc
Bryan
Federal General Maas Arrested in San Antonio
In San Antonio on October 15, Federal General Maas was arrested today by federal authorities amid ongoing actions.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Maas
Ten Die as Train Collision Hits Near Liverpool
Ten passengers were killed and several injured in a railway collision near Liverpool today. The crash occurred this afternoon, with authorities reporting multiple casualties and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Here
California women vote antiticket in local option
In Redondo Beach on October 15, women contributed to the vote as they helped keep this place wet. The local option election resulted in 829 to 634 in favor of the vets.
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Ry Associated Press
Suffragette Miriam Pratt Sentenced in England
Cambridge England October 15 Miss Miriam Pratt a school teacher and militant suffragette was sentenced to eighteen months penal servitude for burning a house in a protest act.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
England
Miriam Pratt
Mother Reunites With Her Children After Volturno Rescue
In New York on October 18 Mrs. Pera Polack, last woman to leave the Volturno, arrived to be greeted by her three young children she believed were among the ship's final survivors. They had reached port on an earlier vessel.
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Associated Press
New York
Pera Polack
Federal forces seize Guaymas by trick retreat
Douglas dispatch reports that Federal troops captured Guaymas last night using a feint retreat followed by a rapid night attack. The maneuver enabled a surprise seizure with minimal resistance and immediate control of the port.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Aziz
Guaymas
Land and Williams Granted Marriage License
John O. Land and Maggie Williams have been issued a marriage license.
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John O. Land and
Maggie Williams
Pankhurst Denied Admission by Immigration Board
Within three hours of arrival the board declined to admit Mrs. Pankhurst even on bond and ordered her sent back to France. The case is now referred to Commissioner General Caminetti of Immigration.
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Associated New York
Pankhurst
France
Commissioner General of Immigration
Caminetti
Lane Still Loyal to Butcher Huerta
Associated Press report from Spokane Washington on October 18 notes former Mexican Ambassador Wilson praises Provisional President Huerta as legal, compares his government to Roosevelt upon McKinley’s assassination, and cites a claim that eighty four Americans were killed in Mexico with no punishments issued for any killer.
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Wilson
Huerta
Roosevelt
McKinley
Austria and Servia threaten war over Albania
Vienna reports Austria sent Servia an ultimatum demanding immediate evacuation by Servian troops from Albanian points captured in recent fighting, raising the specter of war between Austria and Servia.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Servia
Albania
Interurban Cars Arrive for Dallas Corsicana Line
Nine large interurban cars have reached McKinney Texas and are being prepared for service on the Dallas to Corsicana line of the Southern Traction Company. A large crew works on the project, and service is expected to begin soon.
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McKinney
Texas
Southern Traction Company
Dallas
Corsicana
Mexican Deputies Arraigned in Mexico City
Seventy-four of one hundred ten deputies imprisoned October 10 were arraigned on political offenses including rebellion and sedition. Ten deputies released for insufficient evidence, twenty six previously freed. Rodolfo Reyes and Jorge Estanol not release as expected amid ongoing political case. General Felix Diaz sails toward Mexico to pursue election amid police protection.
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Rodolfo Reyes
Joorge Estanol
Extradition Case Amid Thaw Escape Investigation
Governor Felker is to hear final arguments in the Harry K. Thaw extradition case as New York authorities probe Thaw’s alleged escape from Mattewan. Attorney William T. Jerome sought delay, citing the ongoing investigation.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Felkner
New York County
R. B. Elliott Dies in Tabor Texas at 67
R B Elliott a prominent Tabor resident died at home Saturday October 18 at 6 PM aged 67 He moved from Corinth Mississippi to Brazos County in 1878 and married Minnie Covey in 1880 Funeral was held at Bickham Cemetery Cottonwood with Rev C E Bullock of Bryan presiding He leaves a wife and children Rosella and Aline Elliott plus several sons and daughters and a host of friends and relatives
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Bickham Cemetery
Mr. Elliott
Texas
Corinth
Miss
Brazos County
Minnie Covey
M. A. Cole
Elliott
Baptist Church
Grim Reaper
Christ
B. Elliott
Corpus Christi
R. Nash
Donie
Chas. Locke
Tabor
Stanley Elliott
Marvin Elliott
Dick Elliott Jr
Rosella Elliott
Aline Elliott
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Erally
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Natures Mint
Torren
el Paso, Tex
J. M. Parsons
Wichita, Kan
L. M. White
Butte
OLA Nations
City of
Spain
Cuba
Guatemala
Norway
Cardiff
Universal Colliery
Stephen Dpd. Murray
Dallas, Daling
E. Womble
Cedar Hill
W. Claughton Bouldin
Oakland
Charles W. Drake
Wellington
Rail
Joseph E. Moody
Stamford
Laurence E. Jones
Bridgeport
Katherine B. Cook
Hubbard
Enoch Martin
Snyder
James W. Melver
Arthur W. Pitts
Bonham, Separator Guard
John J. Schrade
Waco
Refrigerator
Machine
Eagle
Huerta Caid
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Erta
Ional Presidency
Mr. Lind
Mrs. Pankhurst
New Orleans
California
Lane
Wm. McKinley
Spokane, Wash
Austria and
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Diaz
Havana
Felix Diaz
Sisted
Senor de la
Garza
Suade Diaz
Jerome Still
Tewan
Harry K. Thaw
William T
Jerome
New York State
Felker
Mattewan
R. B. Elliott
Citi
Zen
Cottonwood
C. E. Bullock
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