Britain May Appeal to The Hague Over Panama Bill
Britain reiterates protest against the Panama canal bill and says arbitration may follow if no satisfactory agreement is reached. A. Mitchell Innes filed the note with the U S State Department stating Britain will consider Taft's message on coastwise shipping discrimination and seek arbitration if needed.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
A. Mitchell Innes
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Hill
Taft
Congress
Innes
Panama
Mr. Innes
Bryce
Maine
Texas Store Bests the Grim Harvester
Texas vital statistics report for July 1912 shows 4 364 births and 2 343 deaths, with 45 sets of twins and one set of triplets. Notable ages include a white woman 110 years 2 months, and a 110 year old ex slave in Harris County, plus 12 murders and 57 accidental deaths in the period. Leading causes were diarrhea and enteritis for under 2, and tuberculosis with 209 deaths, followed by pellagra with 37 deaths.
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Austin
Tex
R. P. Babcock
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Coleman County
el Paso
Harris County
Burleson County
Grayson County
Rebels Hold Dolores Officials for Ransom
American arrivals at Douglas report two officials from the Mulatos mine at Dolores Sonora are with rebels invading the state The ransom demanded is $40 000 and the prisoners are being starved to pressure payment
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el Paso
Tex
Dolores
Sonora
Douglas
Ariz
Fight at Marlin for Cotton Pickers
Competition for cotton pickers in Marlin Texas grew fierce as farmers arrived Tuesday. Workers started early and by midday the going price was generally one dollar per hundred pounds.
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Marlin
Tex
Pecans Fail Along San Marcos and Blanco Rivers
San Marcos Texas reports a disastrous pecan crop across the San Marcos and Blanco river areas. Farmers describe the season as a total loss with deteriorating yields and widespread damage to pecan orchards and harvest prospects.
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San Marcos
Tex
Bianco
Texas Dry Farming Congress Resolutions Adopted At Uvalde
The Texas Dry Farming Congress at Uvalde adopts resolutions praising local hospitality and railroads, commending speakers and officials, recognizing agricultural groups, endorsing a cooperative farm marketing plan, urging stricter immigrant limits, and seeking relief for government demonstration experts.
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Texas Dry Farming Congress
Recall of Judges Denounced by Bar Association Report
Milwaukee report by fifty four lawyers denounces recall of judges as dangerous to the country and urges preservation of judicial independence. It cites Ohio Massachusetts New York and other states with removal by complaint or impeachment and warns recall threatens capable judges and constitutional democracy. The session also considers whether negro lawyers should join the bar with a resolution linking race to membership and notes seating of Lewis Wilson and William R. Morris.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Wiliam B.hornblower
Lawrence Maxwell
Edmund F. Trabue
Kentucky
Jacob McG. Dickinson
Secretary of War
Bar Associations
Dickinson
George W. Wickersham
William H. Lewis
Executive Committee
Lewis Wilson
Boston
William R. Morris
Minneapolis
Southern Pacific floats 500000 in gold bonds in Houston
Five hundred thousand dollars worth of gold bonds have been floated by the Southern Pacific Building Company for the new Southern Pacific office building in Houston and the land it sits on.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific Building Company
Southern Pacific
Aviator Flies From Hendon to Boulogne With Passenger
H J Astier flew from Hendon England to Hardelot near Boulogne France in three hours five minutes on Wednesday. He carried as passenger Miss Mary Davis in his bi plane.
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France
London
H. J. Astier
Hendon
England
Hardelot
Boulogne
Mary Davis
Texas Sugar King Ed Cunningham Dies at 77
San Antonio resident and Sugarland developer Colonel Ed Cunningham died Tuesday after a two week illness. He was 77 and had lived in San Antonio for 56 years. He was known as the sugar king of Tex and helped shape the Sugarland area between San Antonio and Houston.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Ed Cunningham
Houston
Thomas J. Middleton
Ellis County Mirror
Waxahachie
Dallas
Seed Potatoes Scarce In Wharton Texas
Seed potatoes are scarce in Wharton Texas as the fall planting season begins. Growers report few spuds available for the crop, risking a late harvest and reduced yields for crops in the area.
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Wharton
Tex
Funeral of General William Booth in London
Funeral services for Salvation Army founder General William Booth were held at Olympia in London with about 34 000 attendees. The ceremony followed Army tradition with plain attire, a white catafalque, and music from forty bands while flags, flowers, and portraits highlighted the hall reflecting his global influence.
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London
Salvation Army
William Booth
Olympia
Mount Calvary
Evangelist
New Charters Issued In Texas
Austin notices list charter approvals Wednesday for San Jose Irrigated Land Company in San Benito Cameron county with 10000 capital, Marcus Oil Company in Wichita Falls with 20000 capital, Transcript Publishing Company in Terrell with 10000 capital, Kitchel Plumbing and Electric Company in Houston with 10000 capital, and West Bay Fishing and Hunting Club in Galveston with no capital stock.
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Austin
Tex
San Jose Irrigated Land Company
San Benito
Cameron County
Capital
Marcus Oil Company
Wichita Falls
the Transcript Publishing Company
Terrell
the Kitchel Plumbing and Electric Company
Houston
West Bay Fishing and Hunting Club
Galveston
Ministers Die As Train Hits Auto Near League City
Rev Z C Barker of Jennings Louisiana is dead after a collision between a passenger train and an automobile carrying him and Rev Alvin George of the Quaker denomination. George suffers cuts bruises and possible internal injuries and is at his League City home. Barker died en route to Galveston hospital.
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League City
Tex
Z. C. Barker
United Brethren
Jennings
Alvin George
Barker
Galveston
New Orleans Adopts Commission Form by Wide Margin
New Orleans voters approved a commission form of government with initiative and referendum rights at a special election held Wednesday. The official returns totaled 23 900 in favor and 2 119 against, a margin exceeding ten to one.
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New Orleans
Bell properties bring $2 million in Oklahoma deal
Tulsa Oklahoma reports the Asiatic Oil Company bought the Bell properties and other products in a likely record oil deal for the state. The purchase price reportedly exceeds $2,000,000, with the properties described as among the best in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Bell
Asiatic Oil Company
Tobacco Investigators Appointed Washington
Representatives Flood of Virginia Steadman of North Carolina and McKinley of Illinois named as house members of a new commission to study how foreign governments buy American grown tobacco.
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Washington
Flood
Virginia
Steadman
North Carolina
McKinley
Illinois
House
Rice Institute enrollment swells for fall term
Students enroll daily as Rice Institute in Houston opens for the fall term on September 17. Directors report a much larger applicant flow than expected.
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Rice Institute
Houston
Tex
First 1912 Ganado rice sold for 3.75 a barrel
The initial batch of Ganado rice from the 1912 crop was marketed Tuesday. It was grown by George Gayle West of Ganado, graded No. 1, and sold for 3.75 per barrel.
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Ganado
Tex
Ganado Fields
George Gayle West
End of Sixty-Second Congress Marks Fiscal Year 1913
The Sixty-second Congress adjourned after passing general deficiency measures and a $1,019,636,143.66 appropriations total for the 1913 fiscal year. Republicans argue the current congress spent more for general purposes than the previous one, once Panama Canal expenditures are excluded. Texas gains $9,639 in funds tied to Rio Grande neutrality and border security, while a Texas claim of $217,693 for border protection was rejected but may be revisited next winter.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Warren
Fitzgerald
Cannon
Democratic Congress
Representative Cannon
Panama Canal
Senator Warren
Taft
Capitol
Finis
la Follet
Penrose Campaign Fund
Chamberlain
Martin
Swanson
Culberson
Texas
Colquitt
Rio Grande
Mexico
Austin
Texas Cities Plan Bond Issues and Public Works
Texas towns update on bond votes and projects including Kaufman waterworks, San Angelo hotel, Sherman school overs, Vernon fire engine, Marshall square paving, and Paso Del Norte hotel cost add. Bay City lightning deaths, oil tanks destroyed near Elvista, Brownwood railway bonds, and irrigation district proposals outline state infrastructure activity.
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San Angelo
Sherman
Big Pea Shipment From Athens Sees Surging Carloads
Athens Texas reports over twenty five carloads of peas shipped in three weeks with warehouses awaiting drying before further dispatch. Industry estimates project more than 100 cars to be shipped from Athens before the season ends.
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Athens
Tex
Alvin Public School Set to Open September Ninth
Alvin Texas announces the Alvin public school will open September 9 with a full corps of teachers elected and ready to begin duties.
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Alvin
Tex
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Hague
Measure
Root
Lodge
United States
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Wilfrid
Uvalde
Dorothy Harris
Southern Pacific Railway Company
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Texas Agriculture
Texas Commercial Congress
Henry Exail
Texas Farmers’ Congress
General Distributing Association
BAR Association
Bell Properties
Texas News
Kaufman
Vernon
Marshall
Paso del Norte Hotel
Cameron
Hal B. Sperry
Katy Railroad
Texarkana
Arkansas
Bay City
Henry
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Elvista
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Brownwood North and South Railway
Brownwood
Texas and Pacific
Texas Central
Fort Sam Houston
San
Peter Radford
Farmers’ Union
Commissioner's Court of
Johnson County
San Saba
Edward A. Herting
Hunting Valley
John Kilroy
Greybrook
White House
N. J
W. S. Johnson
Dialville
Jacksonville
Amarillo
B. T. Ware
Buffalo Springs
Texas Midland Railroad
Paris
Beiut
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