Underwood Named for U5 as Alabama Primary Counts
In Birmingham L B Musgrove announced Underwood secured the U5 Senate nomination while Hobson heads home to Washington. Early returns show a tight race for the short term seat with Ray Rushton and Frank White in close contention. Comer leads a tight gubernatorial contest with Kolb and Henderson battling for second. several congressional contests shift with Huddleston Bankhead and Almon among likely nominees.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. B. Musgrove
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Underwood
United States Senate
Hobson
Washington
America
Alabama
Senator Bankhead
Ray Rushton
Montgomery
Frank S. White
B. B. Comer
R. F. Kolb
Charles Henderson Troy
United States
Congress
G. W. Taylor
O. L. Gray
Choctaw County
George Huddleston
Jefferson County
William B. Bankhead
E. L. Almon
Colbert County
William Richardson
National House of Representatives
S. Herbert Dent
Henry D. Clayton
Fred I. Blackmon
John L. Burnett
John W. Abercrombie
J. T. Heflin
Kitchen Leaders Democratic House Faithful in 1915
Washington April 7 The election of Oscar W Underwood to the Alabama Senate would not alter the Democratic House leadership before March 4 1915. Rep Kitchen of North Carolina claims enough pledges to secure the leadership and Ways and Means chair if Democrats retain the House. Bankhead, son of Senator Bankhead, would succeed Underwood? Hobson likely to be replaced by Bankhead. Clayton seeks reelection in the Third district amid a close contest.
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Washington, D. C
Oscar W. Underwood
Senate
Alabama
Democratic House
Representative Kitchen
North Carolina
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
Representative Hobson
William Bankhead
Bankhead
Baltimore
Hobson
Underwood-Hobson
Amendment Reappears in Senate Calendar Fight
The woman suffrage amendment, recently defeated in the Senate, was reported again today by the suffrage committee and placed on the calendar.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Suffrage Committee
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Local forecast: San Antonio and surrounding area expect fair skies Tuesday night and Wednesday with cooler temperatures. Overnight Tuesday will be notably chilly. No precipitation is anticipated.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather roundup from multiple cities across the Midwest and East
Morning weather notes report temperatures ranging from 26 in St Paul to 54 in Washington with rain in New York and Boston and clearing, cold conditions in Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis, light winds from the north to southeast and lower lows in the last 24 hours.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fair
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Daniels considers exceptions to liquor ban on warships
Secretary Daniels' order banning alcoholic drinks aboard ships and at naval stations prompted lively talk at the Army and Navy Club and among navy officers. He has not fixed how exemptions might be allowed where international courtesy requires. He noted Surgeon General Braisted suggested possible exceptions and will decide ahead of the Hampton Roads canal transit next year.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Army and Navy Club
Navy
Braisted
Hampton Roads
Panama Canal
Mr. Daniels
War Department
Garrison
New Liquor Order Approved and Gorgas Takes Post
Brigadier General W C Gorgas assumed office as surgeon general of the army yesterday succeeding Brigadier General George H Torney who died last December. He met President Wilson, voiced sympathy with naval liquor prohibition, and said such an order could aid the army though it was his personal view not yet discussed with others.
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Washington, D. C
W. C. Gorgas
Army
George H. Torney
Wilson
White House
Navy
Norther to Hit San Antonio Area In April Forecast
Maj. Allen Buell and weather authorities warn of an April norther bringing a cooler spell to San Antonio and nearby areas. The New Orleans forecast mentions frost in the interior though hoped not to reach the city. A storm center moves east from the Rio Grande valley Tuesday morning, with a strong high pressure system west of the Mississippi.
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Allen Buell
New Orleans
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
British North America
Colorado
Kansas
Fire destroys Lynn & Scruggs store and Powers Theater
Fire swept through a block in Decatur Illinois burning the Lynn & Scruggs department store and the Powers Theater building. Total damage estimated at 750000 dollars with several retail shops and hundreds of offices burned out.
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Decatur, II
Lynn &Scruggs
Powers Theater
Rages White Bay Tenses Ment Reliable Genera
The fragmentary text reports a daily output of about 20 000 cords and mentions a large special news segment. Details are incomplete and names or places are not clearly identifiable.
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White Bay
Great Britain Sends Message of Thanks
Governor Colquitt received a Washington State Department note containing the British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice’s thanks for the courtesies shown to Rear Admiral Cradock during his visit aboard the ship Essex at Galveston. The message followed King George’s instructions via Sir Edward Grey.
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Austin, Tex
Colquitt
State Department
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Cradock
Galveston
King George
Edward Grey
Socialist contest shapes New Jersey special election
In Paterson New Jersey voters looked to the Seventh District race to decide who succeeds the late Robert G Bremner with President Wilson backing James J OByrne for the Democrats while Gordon Demarest backed by Socialist groups faced a strong challenge from Dow H Drukker of the Republicans The district includes Paterson a Socialist stronghold and features a large independent element with outcomes uncertain as ballots were cast today.
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Paterson
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Robert G. Bremner
James J. O'Byrne
Democratic Congressional Committee
O'Byrne
Gordon Demarest
Demarest
Congress
Victor Berger
Dow H. Drukker
Bremner
Steamer Seal Trapped in Gulf Ice With 6000 Skins
Halifax April 7 The steamer Seal is jammed in Gulf of St Lawrence ice about Entry Island 500 miles away. The ship carries 6000 seal skins and has been held for a week with no release in sight. Owners hope ice conditions may shed light on the Southern Cross fate. 173 men aboard.
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Halifax
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Entry Island
Newfoundland
Southern Cross
Railroad valuation figures approved in Aransas Harbor case
The Railroad Commission approved Engineer Parker's valuation of the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railroad at 336,446 dollars, higher than the railroad's 519,000 dollar figure after contest. The commission raised its prior valuation by nearly 100,000 dollars.
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Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Parker
Aransas Harbor Terminal
Severe north wind brings rapid temperature drop across Texas
A sharp north wind swept Oklahoma and most of North and Central Texas. Temperatures fell about 40 degrees from yesterday's heat with areas seeing 50 to 60 degree drops. Rain accompanied the cold, along with occasional sharp thunderstorms.
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Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Five Stephenville men demand transfer of jailed suspect
Five men from Stephenville arrive at the county jail in Goldthwaite to claim Alexander Channer a negro held for assaulting a white woman. They ask the sheriff to deliver the suspect with assurances of no violence. The sheriff refuses and the men depart.
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Goldthwaite
Tex
Stephenville
Alexander Channer
Police Horseman Fatally Struck by Fort Worth Interurban
Mounted Policeman RE Redd Williams was fatally injured in Oak Cliff when he stepped in front of an interurban car from Fort Worth. He was walking along the double track and appeared confused before the collision occurred.
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Dallas
Tex
Redd Williams
Fort Worth
Oak Cliff
Williams
Women Vote Domination In Illinois Saloons, Chicago
Women across 324 townships in 67 counties participated in a major vote in Illinois. Anti-Saloon League predicts many counties go dry while saloon interests push back asserting voter sentiment. Chicago reports record female participation and eight women candidates for city council amid eight propositions including a $130 million subway plan.
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Chicago
Illinois
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League of
Marion Drake
John (Bathhouse) Coughlin
Kansas City Votes Go To Commission Government Issue
Kansas City voters turnout brisk as municipal election opens amid light rain. Election also set in Joplin St Joseph and numerous small Kansas cities with commission government on the ballot.
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Commission
Kansas City
Joplin
St. Joseph
Kansas
Dallas Votes on School Board, Bonds, and Garbage Tax
Dallas voters balloted on electing school board members approving bond issues for school improvements and a proposal to repeal the city garbage tax. The repeal would end municipal garbage collection if approved as an initiatory measure.
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Dallas
Tex
Iity
Cy Warman Dies Poet and Story Writer in Chicago
Chicago April 7 Cy Warman poet and short story writer died today after a long illness. He was stricken with paralysis in a hotel last winter and later sank after being moved to a hospital. Known as the poet of the Rockies he wrote railroad man stories from Salada Colorado where he worked in railroading. He later became a Denver reporter and published a railway journal before finding lasting success with verse. He married Marie Myrtle Jones who inspired Sweet Marie. Born 1855 near Greenup Illinois on a government given homestead for Mexican War service.
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Chicago
Cy Warman
Warman
Rockies
Salada
Colo
Denver
New York
Marie Myrtle Jones
Marie
Greenup
Senate Canal Tolls Bill to Hear Fifteen Days of Testimony
The Senate canals committee agreed to fifteen days of public hearings beginning April 9 on the Sims bill to repeal the Panama tolls exemption. Administration supporters want limited delays and ample time for amendments, including a bid to reaffirm US sovereignty over the canal zone. Senator Works argued for treaty obligations while Senator Brandegee opposed a committee report, urging floor fight. The panel adjourned until Thursday to hear authors and witnesses from New Orleans and the Pacific coast.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Canals Committee
Administration
United States
Canal
Senate Chamber
Senator Works
California
Great Britain
Brandegee
Senate
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Abrogation of Contract to Buy Hospital by County Court
County commissioners court formally abrogates contract to purchase Physicians and Surgeons hospital and convert site to county institution. An order abandons the hospital project. County Judge James R. Davis and attorney W. P. Lobban drafted the decree, with expected entry by agreement in the Seventy third district court following injunction proceedings by C. H. Florian and others.
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Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
County Commissioners’ Court
James R. Davis
W. P. Lobban
C. H. Florian
Seventy-third District Court
Monaco Prince Plans Alaska Hunt Expedition
Seattle dispatch reports the Prince of Monaco, ruler of Monte Carlo and noted oceanographer, arranging a hunting expedition in Alaska during the coming winter. Agents are sending guides to Juneau to organize the trip.
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Seattle
Prince of
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Alaska
Yester
Juneau
Soft rock from river quarry may cut paving costs
City officials examined a riverhead quarry finding a so called soft rock yields strong foundation concrete and could cut rock costs from 2.00 to 0.75–0.90 per cubic yard. If adopted for streets Houston Street tests showed durable foundations and potential major savings on paving per square yard.
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Houston Street
Traction Company
Brown
Warren
Citizens’ League
Mayor Brown
Pollock
Helland
Alderman Warren
Dittlinger, Paul
Comal
Uhr
Gordonville Declares Rat Killing Days In Texas Town
Denison Texas April 7 Rats will be killed on Thursday and Friday in Gordonville to curb a rodent menace. Schools close and residents halt work while organized bands led by expert rat killers scour fields barns and hiding places.
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Denison
Tex
Gordonville
Here
Tampico Attack by Constitutionalists Reported
A Tampico attack by Constitutionalists is under way with a Federal gunboat retreating after being hit by accurate cannon fire. Gen. Caballero in Victoria relays the fighting as about 1000 Federal troops hold Tampico, while 2000 Constitutionalist forces move from San Luis Potosi. Gonzales postpones trip toward Ramones station and Carranza arrives in Matamoros to lead during Gonzales’s absence.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tampico
Matamoros
Luis Caballero
Victoria
Kateo Rodriguez
Pablo Gonzales
Ramones Station
Monterey
Jesus Carranza
Gonzales
Physicians Meet in Corpus Christi Sixth District Session
Doctors from across South Texas gather for the second annual Sixth District Medical Society meeting in Corpus Christi. Attendance exceeds 75 with sessions through Wednesday and a banquet planned for tomorrow night. Officials discuss merging the fifth and sixth districts and moving winter sessions to Corpus Christi.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
South Texas
Sixth District Medical Society
Wellesley College to Rebuild After Fire
Students return to classes in temporary wooden offices after the March 7 fire that destroyed College Hall. Trustees estimate 1.8 million dollars needed to build and equip a replacement structure and appeal to alumnae for support.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
College Hall
Police Women to Aid Chicago Passengers at Stations
Beginning today police women will aid travelers at Chicago railroad stations. Ten of the city's twelve policewomen, given a special training last week, are assigned to stations under an order issued yesterday. Two remain assigned to the detective bureau.
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Chicago
Detective Bureau
Tarpon first of season nets Port Aransas catch
H. L. Campbell of Nowata Oklahoma landed the season's first tarpon at Port Aransas and reported seeing many tarpon running. He also noted many mackerel and jackfish have already been caught.
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Oklahoma
Port Aransas
Port Aransas, Tex
H. L. Campbell
Nowata
Okla
City Officials Elected Quiet Brownsville Election
Browerville voters head to the polls in Brownsville Texas for a municipal election noted as the quietest in 40 years. A. Albert Browne, already mayoral candidate, was unanimously selected for mayor while opposition remains only for police chief city tax collector and city secretary. Browne is currently in San Antonio.
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Brownsville
Tex
A. Albert Browne
San Antonio
Heavy fighting reported near Tampico and Vera Cruz
Consus Canada says heavy fighting clashed on Tampico outskirts since Sunday with many dead and wounded reaching the city. German cruiser Dresden and Mexican gunboat Zaragosa head toward Tampico with reinforcements while Norman Lind sails to Tampico on the Utah. Vera Cruz military commander denies Torreon fell.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Consus Canada
Tampico
Dresden
Zaragosa
Norman Lind
John Lind
Utah
Torreon
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Decatur
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la Salle
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Pana
Christian County
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Quincy
Freeport
Senate Committee
Tampico 13
Huerta
THE
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Carranza
Gutierrez
Jose Morales
Saltillo
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