Turbulent War Talk and Oil Boom Report
War rumors swirl as Russia masss troops and Japan faces inevitable clash. Japanese officers say conflict with Russia looms over Korea and China. In Texas, Judge Greer reports Lucas oil gusher output at 70 000 barrels daily with $28 000 revenue and eight nearby wells expected soon.
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Autin
Texas
R. A. Greer
Beaumont
Biedicee Prodmer
Russia
Lucas
Guffey & Galey
Extra session date undecided as attorney general weighs
Legislature debates redistricting and a six month appropriation while the attorney general's opinion will determine whether an extra session is needed. Bills on corporate penalties and constitutional amendments face reports and delays as storms and ship channel work proceed elsewhere.
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Grinnan
Davidson
de Witt
Senate
McLennan
Potter
McMeans
House Committee On
House
Galveston
Railroad Commission to Hear Lumber Rate Adjustment
The railroad commission announces a hearing on Wednesday April 3 at its offices to consider adjusting lumber and related rates from Texas Southern railway points east of Gilmer to all Texas points. The proposal is to align these rates with those from Gilmer on the St Louis Southwestern railway. Interested parties should submit views by the hearing date.
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Coad- Commission
Tor
Railroad Commission
Tae Ip
Texas Southern Railway
Gilmer
Texas
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Multimillion Ranch Syndicate Plans Major Absorption
Judge Henry W. Scott in Kansas City coordinates sale of bonds totaling 500000 for a Texas Panhandle ranch syndicate. The Goodnight ranch and adjoining lands anchor a 641000 acre consolidation with 2 million dollars in capital. Bonds fund ranch improvement to breed higher grade cattle and centralize control under one company.
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Kansas City
Henry W. Scott
Oklahoma
Wall Street
New York
Panhandle
Texas
Primcipal
Goodnight
Scott
Oyster packers plot to form counter trust in fight against tin can trust
Oyster canners along the gulf coast from Mobile to Sabine Pass met in secret to discuss forming a counter trust as a response to New Jersey chartered tin can trust capitalized at eight million dollars. Cans have risen 25 percent and packers warn they cannot bear the cost. A tin can factory in New Orleans may be established. Meanwhile the American Sugar Refining Company shut its New Orleans plant, laying off over 600 workers without explanation.
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Tin Can ‘Trust
New Orleans
Mobile
Sabine Pass
Tin Can Trust
New Jersey
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Oil Strike On Adams Tract Near Lucas Gusher
Beaumont Texas March 27 Oil was struck yesterday on the Adams tract about 1200 feet northeast of the Lucas gusher The well being bored by Sturm Bros on land belonging to the Southwestern Oil company shows a flow twenty five feet over the casing The flow is growing stronger as time passes
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Beaumont
Texas
Adams
Storm Claims Lives Across Wallisville TX Area
A Friday night storm caused fatalities and extensive damage from Double Bayou to Winnie. Mrs Fish and her grandchild perished at Double Bayou. Mr Fish and Mrs Measle both injured. Other houses collapsed and vessels overturned in Charlotte Cove Raywood and Winnie. the Dunlap hotel, Cooper home, and Baptist church were among structures damaged.
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Avenue H
Fifteen Street
Alleg Hy
Green Curry
Wallisville
Texas
Double Bayou
Sarah Fish
Measle
Mr. Fish
Charlotte
J. C. Jones
Cove
Bnt
Raywood
Dunlap
Mr. Dunlap
Counterfeit silver dollars flood El Paso area
El Paso reports a surge of counterfeit silver dollar money flooding the city and banks. Lawmen suspect a well trained gang operating near the border, with a U S Secret Service agent quietly investigating without public results.
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el Paso
Texas
United States Secret Service
Hig
Attempt to wreck west bound train near Elmsdorf
In San Antonio Texas on March 27 unknown parties arranged a jenny draw-head knuckle to lift seven inches, aiming to derail the west bound passenger train. The engine knocked the drawhead loose and stayed on the track. coal cars on a side track prevented a worse crash. Investigations are underway.
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San Antonio
Texas
Elmsdorf
Nolanville Precinct Adopts Local Option by Wide Margin
In Nolanville the local option carried in this precinct with 150 votes for and 7 against reflecting strong voter support for the measure.
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Nolanville
Troops Withdrawn After Tien Tsin Standoff Ends
Pekin reports say both sides pulled back from the disputed land at Tien Tsin ending the danger of further clash. General Barro swiftly assembling marines from Taku helped avert collision. British accounts note Madras pioneers shielded sentries before marines arrived, while crowds of foreign soldiers jeered them as coolies until dawn revealed the change.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Barro
Taku
Madras Pioneers
New York Arrives at Gibraltar to Deliver Morocco Demand
Armored cruiser New York reached Gibraltar to protect Tangier and transport Mr Gum mer the U S consul general to Mazar ean then overland to Morocco City to press the sultan for an apology over the grand vizier and foreign minister incident with the United States.
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Gibraltar
New York
Tangier
United States
Morocco
Gummer
Mazar Ean
Fom
Heavy Cattle Shipments Arrive by Texas Railways
Sherman Texas March 23 reports rail officials expect 400 carloads of cattle to be handed to the Houston and Texas Central line here in the coming days, requiring several trains and extra crews. Texas and Pacific will deliver 200 carloads to the Frisco at this point.
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Sherman
Texas
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Texas and Pacifica
Frisco
Massachusetts Afloat Update from Pensacola Yard Telegram
Navy department officials received a telegram from Captain Retaginger at Pensacola stating that Massachusetts cleared sand spit around 5 am and was towed by Leonidas to join the squadron, with lighters sent to her the previous night.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Navy Department
Retaginger
Pensacola Yards
Sandspit
Leonidas
Italian Shoemaker Shot by Jealous Suitor in Bryan
Bryan Texas March 25 Tony Todaro an Italian shoemaker was shot and killed at his business early Sunday by an Italian woman who was arrested. Todaro, engaged to marry another in two weeks, was slain by a pistol with two shots to the body.
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Bryan
Texas
Tony Todaro
Todaro
Kidnappers and Dynamiters Threat Target Nashville Family
A letter signed Kidnappers and Dynamiters warned Josh Schneider that if $300 was not placed in a Cumberland park cash spot by Saturday afternoon his child would be abducted or his home blown up. Police are investigating but have not yet trapped the culprits. no harm to the Schneider home has occurred.
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Nashville
Tenn
Josh Schneider
Lehne
Cumberland Park
Schneider
Strike May Be Declared In Monongahela Traction
Pittsburg March 25 Monongahela Traction company employees meet to demand reinstatement of discharged workers. They vote to extend the company's answer deadline to Wednesday, warning a strike will be declared if reinstatement is refused.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela Traction Company
Rning
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