Mexican gunboat en route to Corinto as Creel-Government talks loom
A Mexican gunboat is reported heading to Corinto signaling cooperation with the United States against Zelaya forces in Nicaragua. Governor Creel of Chiuhua h travels to Washington for talks with Secretary Knox to clarify Mexico's stance on Nicaragua. The State Department has no confirmation of Zelaya's detour plan toward Rama and Bluefields.
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Washington, D. C
Corinto
Managua
State Department
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Creel
Chihuahua
Washington
Diaz
Mexico
Knox
Rama
Bluefields
Boston Mob Attacks Back Bay Negroes After Savannah Murders
Fifty white men raided Boston's Back Bay negro section injuring a score of people before police dispersed the mob. The attack followed anger over the murder of three Savannah women. Negroes were beaten and released with no arrests recorded.
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Boston
Mass
Back Bay
Savannah
$300,000 Jewelry Robbery Strikes New York Hotel
Mrs. John William Jenkins reports a $300,000 jewelry theft from her Hotel Lorraine apartment on Fifth Avenue and Forty fifth Street. Thieves gained entry by a false key while she was away from 3 to 5 30 pm, leaving the jewels and diamonds missing from a leather case. Police and private detectives investigate. no public announcement issued.
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New York
John William Jenkins
Chicago
Lorraine
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Jenkins
Storm in East Causes Deaths and Damage
A sleet and wind storm in eastern Pennsylvania brings several deaths in Ebensburg Latrobe and Greensburg as communications struggle to an eastward reach. The Ohio valley storm disrupts telegraph lines across the region hampering message transmission.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ebensburg
Latrobe
Greensburg
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Waters-Pierce sale closes as Eckhardt records deed
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company in Texas nears final closure after receiver Robert J. Eckhardt announced the deed to the properties has been signed and recorded, consummating the sale to S. W. Fordyce of St. Louis and H. Clay Pierce. S. Munsen was arraigned on charges of forgery and passing a forged instrument, waiving examination with bonds set at 500 in each case.
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Special Dispatch
Austin
Tex
Waters-Pierce
Robert J. Eckhardt
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Texas
O. S. W. Fordyce
St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Eckhardt
S. Munsen
Justice ‘of the Peace
Ben
Fisk
Weather forecast for San Antonio tonight and Tuesday
Tonight cloudier and warmer. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. Yesterday's 24 hour high 56 and low 34. Comparative temperatures for this year and last show data unreadable in parts of the sheet.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Portraits of Texas Lawyers for H C Pierce
Oil magnate H C Pierce will display portraits of Texas attorneys in his St Louis home. A photograph taken in Austin shows Pierce with G W Allen R L Batts Judge J H Robertson Howard Templeton E B Perkins Sam Canty and H S Priest. The photographer was paid 50 for multiple copies.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Pierce
St. Louis
G. W. Allen
R. L. Batts
J. H. Robertson
Howard Templeton
Sulphur Springs
E. B. Perkins
Walsh's Rehearing Plea Set for December 20
Chicago December 13 The fate of banker John R Walsh hinges on a Supreme Court rehearing petition. Prosecutors see no hope for release while Walsh’s lawyers predict eventual victory. Filing date for the petition is December 20 with district attorneys to file a response.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
United Sttes Supreme Court
Walsh
Supreme Court
Sims
Typhoid Epidemic Threatens Carthage
Carthage Missouri reports worsening water conditions amid fears of a typhoid outbreak. The city water plant runs from a cemetery spring. filtration is not yet active, and residents are advised to boil water. Several cases have appeared and physicians warn of an epidemic without proper precautions.
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Carthage
Lurton Nomination Sent to Senate for Supreme Court Seat
The nomination of Judge Horace Lurton of Nashville Tennessee to be associate justice of the U S Supreme Court was sent to the Senate today to fill the vacancy created by the late Justice Peckham. The Nixon State Bank sues T C Erney and T C Magee in Forty-fifth district court over a $200 note.
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Washington, D
Horace Lurton
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court of the United States
Peckham
Senate
Nixon State Bank
T. C. Erney
T. C. Magee
Forty-fifth District
Managua Jails Sealed as Starving Political Prisoners
Bluefields dispatch reports Managua under terror with over five hundred political detainees jailed and fed two cents daily. Catholics told to halt aid, corporal punishment used. Zelaya ally Emilio Estrada imprisoned after refusal to stage anti American demonstration as five hundred Zelaya troops stand near Corinto bridge.
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Associated Press
Bluefields
Managua
Zelaya
Emilio Estrada
Corinto
First Cold Wave Victim Named In Texas
McKinney Texas December 13 the first winter death in the area was Leonard Burk 17 found dead in a hay mow on a farm four miles west of town exposure is listed as the probable cause Justice Webb will conduct an inquest this afternoon
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McKinney
Tex
Leonard Burk
Justice Webb
Third Victim Dies in Savannah Beating Case
In Savannah Georgia Mrs Hun ter died from injuries after being beaten and left for dead at the same time as Mrs Gribble and her daughter were killed last Friday. J Hunter, husband of the dead woman whom she accused in an incoherent statement, was being held by police.
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Savannah
Dee
Hunter
Governors of Texas and Coahuila to Meet in Del Rio Festival
Governor Campbell of Texas and Governor Jesus De Valle of Coahuila Mex will meet in Del Rio on January 5 for the annual civic festival. They are to be guests of the city and stay three days as elaborate entertainment plans are announced by the committee.
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del Rio
Tex
Campbell
Texas
Jesus de Valle
Coahuila
Mex
Brackenridge Donates 400 Acres to State University
Austin Texas December 13 It is learned that George W Brackenridge has donated 400 acres of land around the old Austin dam on the Colorado River to the state university The lands are valued at about 40000 dollars and are increasing in value
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Special Dispatch
Austin
Tex
George W. Brackenridge
Austin Dam
Colorado River
The
State University
Senator Rayner Seeks U S Action Over Nicaragua Claim
Senator Rayner of Maryland urged passage of a resolution calling on the president to arrest and try Nicaragua president Zelaya. He accuses Zelaya of murdering American officers Cannon and Grace in the revolutionary army.
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Rayner
Washington
Zelaya
Cannon and
Grace
Revolutionary Army
Maryland
United States
Nicaragua
Love 10 Resign On February 1 In Insurance Post
Austin reports Thomas B. Love commissioner of insurance and banking has returned and will resign on February 1. Rumor links W. E. Hawkins, first assistant attorney general, as successor though Love has not stated his future plans.
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Special Dispatch
Austin
Thomas B. Love
Insurance
Love
W. EF. Hawkins
Carpenter chosen as district judge to replace Bethea
Washington December 13 The president has selected George Carpenter of Chicago to succeed the late Judge Bethea as district judge nomination sent to the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
George Carpenter
Chicago
Bethea
Good Road Experts to Supervise Texas Project
Arlington, December 13. J. J. Carter reports that Charles Harris and James Wilmot, government road building experts for the National Good Roads commission, will arrive in Fort Worth tonight to oversee model road construction in Tarrant County. Sunflower Lodge No. 4545, Royal Neighbors of America, holds its regular meeting this evening with important business and officer elections. visiting members invited.
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Arlington
Tex
J. J. Carter
Tarrant Good Roads’ Association
Washington
Charles Harris
James Wilmot
Fort Worth
National Good Roads’ Commission
Sunflower Lodge
Royal Neighbors of America
New Texas Commercial Congress Form Planned
Ike T. Pryor to chair a committee to convene delegates for a Texas Commercial and Industrial Congress. He aims to unite all industries, keep politics out, and draft a constitution to empower state economic growth with broad regional participation. Letters will be mailed to invite representatives for a January meeting.
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Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Texas Commercial and Industrial Congress
Secretaries’ Association
Commercial Congress
Ike T. Pryor
Mr. Pryor
Texas
Pryor
Congress
Ir. W. Cook
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Gem Jewel Theft Probed as Arabian Nights Mystery
New York police describe the alleged jewel theft from Mrs. John Jenkins at the Hotel Lorraine as a fanciful “Arabian Nights” mystery. Inspector McCaffery says the case is being investigated but not along robbery lines and that the jewels’ value is less than initially claimed.
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New York
John Jenkins
Hotel Lorraine
Heavy Investments Likely Follow His Report to Financiers
A city investigation notes heavy investments may follow the report presented to financiers in St Louis. The document outlines possible funding ramps and stakeholder interest as authorities map future economic steps.
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St. Louis
Investor Prospectus: Lackey Eyes San Antonio Deals
William G. Lackey vice president of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co of St Louis visits San Antonio sizing up propositions for hundreds of thousands in loans and bonds tied to the St Anthony hotel. He ranks the local field among the most promising in the United States while noting Texas legislation and insurance rules as factors for foreign capital.
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San Antonio
William G. Lackey
Mississippi Valley Trust Company of
St. Louis
St. Anthony
St. Anthony Annex
Lackey
United States
Texas
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
Seven Autos In Endurance Run
Seven automobiles are entered in the North Texas endurance run starting in Dallas and returning at 3 this afternoon. The circuit visits Terrell Greenville Mt. Pleasant Paris Denison Sherman Gainesville Weatherford and Worth, covering five days.
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Dallas
Tex
North Texas
Weatherford
Terrell
Greenville
Mt. Pleasant
Paris
Denison
Sherman
Gainesville
Worth
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Merigan
U.S
Vice Press
Lackey of
Mississippi Valley Trust Co
Mh. Ngsse Ae
Mirvssee
H.C. Pierce
Law Sharps
Lurton
T. Pryor
Polige
John B. Carrington
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Legislative Committee
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