Congress Near End as Battleship Debate Looms
The sixty-second Congress nears its final session with impeachment talk against Judge Robert Archbald and a renewed push for a three-battleship program to bolster the Navy. Taft plans a message to Congress while Oscar Underwood's leadership tightens party accord. the public buildings bill faces fights over pork-barrel spending as Republicans seek to “come back” in the next term.
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Court of Comerce
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August Belmont
Thomas Ryan
Informacn
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Cunsel
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United States
Naval Committee of the House
Near East
Clark
Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
Underwood
Taft
Army and Navy
Congress
White House
Marshall
Gallinger
Bacon
Delayed Railroad Plans Tied to Balkan War Fallout
London dispatch reports San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway construction delayed as European financiers balk until war risks ease. O R Mounsey cites Texas laws and bond issues affecting capital, while noting local support and upcoming leadership appointment to Texas efforts.
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London
England
O. R. Mounsey
San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio, Rockport
Welfare Commission
Texas Commercial Secretaries Business Men's Association
New York
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railroad
Mounsey
Weather forecast for Texas and Washington region
Washington notes warm with near eighty degrees. East Texas sees rain Sunday or Sunday night. Monday turns generally fair and colder. West Texas expects rain Sunday and colder night, with Monday likely fair. Local changes favor northern areas.
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Washington
Texas
Bain
North
Weather notes from multiple cities after 8 p m
Observations at 8 p m report temperatures and conditions for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington Wind directions vary with SE and NW patterns Rain or snow possible Sunday with high temperatures ranging from 46 to 68 degrees City forecasts indicate fair or cloudy conditions into the weekend
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Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Dixon predicts 27 Bull Moose in next congress
Senator Dixon says twenty seven bull moosers will enter the next congress, traveling in harmony and ready to challenge anyone who denies their rights, as he asserts the absorbing would betray the people who backed the campaign.
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Dixon
Public tariff hearings announced for January sessions
House Majority Leader Underwood said the Ways and Means Committee will hold public hearings on tariff revision starting in January. The panel will meet next week to set a date and invite business interests nationwide to present views on all schedules. He noted President-elect Wilson must decide if the reform will be schedule by schedule or as a single bill.
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Washington
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Christian Citizenship Conference Plans Unfold in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports the World’s Christian Citizenship conference organizers assembling for a kickoff in preparation for the June 29 to July 6 1913 Portland event. Delegates attend a preliminary meeting to launch a nationwide Christian citizenship movement under the National Reform association.
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Portland
Ore
Christian Citizenship Movement
National Reform Association
Judge Birkhead to resign for partnership with Cunningham
Judge Claude V. Birkhead of the Seventy third district court will resign this week to return to private practice. He will join John H. Cunningham in the firm Cunningham & Birkhead, with anticipated appointment of James D. Walthall as his successor by Governor Colquitt.
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Claude V. Birkhead
Seventy-third District Court
O. B. Colquitt
John H. Cunningham
George B. Taliaferro
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
James D. Walthall
Birkhead
Court of Civil Rapporvis
Cunningham
San Antonio
Walthall
Clause V. Birkhead
Atiesa Berg
Port Aransas Harbor Deepening Sought to Thirty Feet
A Texas port deepening proposal seeks a harbor depth to 30 feet at Port Aransas with a public hearing in San Antonio. The board of engineers will prepare a report for Congress, weighing tonnage gains for San Antonio, Aransas Pass, Rockport, and Southwest Texas and possible funding.
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Aransas Pass
Rockport
Port Aransas
Texas
Board of Army Engineers
Board of Engineers
Carter
Chamber of Commerce
South Texas
Gunter Hotel
Edward Burr
Lansing H. Beach
Charles
Riche
Galveston
Congress
Burr
San Antonians
J. J. Todd
George Beyett
J. P. Tarrant
H. Brooke
Commercial Club
J. E. Cotter
David M. Picton
Colonel Burr
Cotter
Mustang Island
M. E. Leming
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
Franklin Lines
Austin
Fort Worth
Judge Archbald Impeached After Senate Trial Set
Wrisley Brown a 28 year old assistant from the Attorney General's Office led the government case to impeach Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court. Archbald faces impeachment by the Senate for derelictions of office. W. P. Boland of Scranton, Pa prompted the Justice Department inquiry that led to the proceedings.
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Wickersham
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
United States Senate
House
W. P. Boland
Scranton
Taft
Department of Justice
Archbald
Government appeals Mexican case to Supreme Court on neutrality
The United States government appeals Judge T. S. Maxey s quashing of indictments against Arnulfo Chavez and Jose Mesa for alleged neutrality law violations. The case, the first test since Taft s neutrality proclamation, involves contraband articles in El Paso with intent to cross the border. The district attorney appeals the ruling.
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Washington
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T. S. Maxey
United States District Court
Western District of Texas
Arnulfo Chavez
Jose Mesa
Supreme Court
Taft
Chavez
el Paso
Rebels Move Toward Juarez With 700-Strong Force
Reports from El Paso indicate rebel leaders Antonio Rojas Kid Porras and Reza gathered about 700 troops at Sierra De Nido and march toward Juarez to aid an assault by General Salazar. Salazar Blanco and about 500 men each engaged near Ascencion while Juarez fortifies with 800 federal troops including fresh recruits.
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Tex
Chihuahua
Antonio Rojas
Kid" Porras
Reza
Sierra de Nido
Juarez
Salazar
Ascencion
Jose Blanco
Blanco
Guzman
Consul Opens Inquiry Into El Paso Shooting
Acting on information United States Consul Fred opens an inquiry into the shooting of El Paso boy Santiago Stevens by a Mexican secret service agent after he crossed the border at Agua Prieta. Local authorities are reviewing the case for facts and potential diplomatic implications.
Mexican official accuses spy plot in Agua Prieta shooting
In Agua Prieta Erick Simpich opened an inquiry after Mexican officials alleged a Pan Mexican secret service plan behind a shooting that wounded Stevens and led to his imprisonment there. In El Paso Pascual Orozco Jr was sighted at a Myrtle Avenue rooming house last week, though U S secret service deny his presence.
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Erick Simpich
Agua Prieta
Stevens
Pan
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Ororco
el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco Jr
Myrtle Avenue
Orozco
United States Secret Service
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Hodges In Kansas Election
The Kansas Supreme Court overruled a rehearing motion by Arthur Capper’s attorneys and dissolved a restraining order blocking the canvassing board. The board then counted supplemental returns, giving George Hodges a 29 vote lead and certifying him governor elect. Hodges likely to be inaugurated January 13, the second Democrat to hold the office in Kansas history. Capper’s contest status remains uncertain.
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Topeka
Kas
Charles H. Sessions
George Hodges
Supreme Court
Arthur Capper
State
Hodges
Secretary of State
Sessions
Kansas
Capper
William Carnegie Married to Poor Working Girl in Secret Ceremony
William C Carnegie eldest son of Mrs Thomas Morrison Carnegie and nephew of Andrew Carnegie wed Miss Bell in a Pittsburg office ceremony. The couple, seen with a witness, then moved to the bride’s five room flat on Palo Alto street. The bride, 26, is a working girl and widow’s daughter, previously employed in various tasks.
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Pittsburg
William C. Carnegie
Thomas Morrison Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Adam, Betl
Esquire
John J. Sweeney
Carnegie
Bill
Jane Dewart Bell
Thomas Bell
Palo Alto Street
North Side
Patrick Faces Setback in Bid to Seize Rice Fortune
Albert T. Patrick, seeking to overturn William Marsh Rice's will, received a blunt telegram from John T. Milliken warning him to stop talking to newspapers and to go into hiding. Patrick plans further court action while his lawyers study feasibility. Houston records show $100,000 already paid to prosecutors.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Rice
Patrick
John T. Milliken
St. Louis
William M. K. Clecott
Houston
Texas
Valet Jones
Armistice Expected as War Talks Continue in Europe
Turkish and Balkan allies poised for an armistice at a peace conference while Austro Russian tensions persist. Reports of Thrace and Dibra victories cheer Sofia and Belgrade. Greek destroyer actions and Adrianople moves signal continued readiness. Delegates head to Sofia as US ships eye Syrian protection.
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Turkey
Balkan
Europe
Tchataldja
Dedenghatch
Adrianople
Nicholas
Sofia
Fort Said
United States
Montana
Tennessee
Smyrna
Missouri Convict John Ogden Again Entrenched in Prison
Clinton Missouri. John Ogden once a prominent Deepwater businessman and church figure, remains jailed after a new arrest. His preliminary hearing is set for December 10 as investigators reveal forged deeds and bogus cattle paper leading to liabilities well over $30,000. Governor Hadley earlier restored his citizenship in 1910 after a Clinton attorney intervened.
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Clinton
John Ogden
Missouri
Jean Valjean
Davies County
Deepwater
Henry County
Hawkins
Farmers’ Bank of Deepwater
Ogden
Kansas City
Hadley
Odell Foreman Reads Sneed Case Amid Tense Arraignment
In Fort Worth the trial of John Beal Sneed proceeds after a scornful arraignment by Senator Do W. Odell. Witnesses with polish and diamonds testify as the prosecutor focuses on education and character. The jury will hear the case after today’s work.
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Tex
John Beal
Do W. Odell
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