Congress backs huge waterways fund and public works department
The National Rivers and Harbors congress recommends at least 50 million dollars for waterways improvements and a new federal department of public works including the army engineers. Taft hosts delegates in the White House as Ransdell prepares a closing briefing.
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Washington
National Rivers and Karhbors Congress
Congress
Department of Public Works
Corps of Army Engineers
Panama
Waterway Congress
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
S. A. Thompson
Indiana
John S. Martin
Missouri
J. A. Ellison
Para
Brazil
White House
Taft
Joseph E. Ransdeil
Ransdell
Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mother Tries in Vain to Save Her Children
In Universal borough Pittsburg Pa a mother hears her three children Elizabeth Sophan five John Chasley four and Mary Randa eight burned to death after a barn fire. The children had visited to play and were thought to have had matches. The mother and other women tried to break down the door and pull boards loose as rescuers cut a hole into the barn. The three small victims were later recovered from the charred ruin.
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Pittsburg
Universal
Elizabeth Sephan
John Chasley
Mary Randa
Sophan
Chasley
Randa
Young hold up youth Otto Frueh faces trial in NYC
Otto Frueh a 12 year old East Side tailor's son is charged with attempted street robberies on Morning Side drive with two masked companions. They fled after a daytime grab last night but he was caught when they snagged Mrs John Olney's bag containing $2000 in cash and jewels. the two others escaped.
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New York
New York City
Otto Frueh
East Side
Frueh
John
Olney
The
Stock Exchange
Rebel Activity Surges in Mexico Reports Say
Washington December 6 almost daily reports to the state department detail engagements between rebels and federal troops in Mexico signaling a revival of insurgent activity. Reports claim rebel forces are augmented by lawless bands drawn by prospects of looting. San Juan del Rio fifty miles north of Durango was captured December 3 with larger bands pillaging near Durango.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Mexico
San Juan del Rio
Durango
Commercial club formed in San Marcos after meeting
Steps toward forming a San Marcos Commercial club were taken after a meeting featuring Homer L. Wade of the state organization and Will L. Vining of Austin. Subscriptions reached 1325 with a finance committee set to raise to 4000. Ed R. Kane, commissioner of agriculture, attended.
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Commercial Club
San Marcos
Tex
Homer LD. Wade
Will L. Vining
Austin
Ed R. Kane
Agriculture
Horses and Mules Decrease in Value in Texas 1912
In Texas the value of horses and mules fell by 5.72 million dollars in the year ending August 31 1912 according to the comptroller. The 1912 value of these animals stood at 86.02 million while vehicles including motor cars rose to 19.52 million a gain of 489 181. Real estate value increased to 1.65 billion dollars up 27.94 million from the prior year.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Frisco Buys Railroads in Missouri Purchase
Frisco completes acquisition of Louis Hock railroad interests in Southeast Missouri for 2 million dollars. Included lines Chester Perryville St Genevieve Cape Girardeau Chester Cape Girardeau Thebes Bridge Terminal Saline Valley, creating nearly a double track from Thebes to St Louis. A voluntary bankruptcy petition is filed in Austin by J M Slaughter & Co with liabilities about 10 795 and assets 7 837 including 1 525 exempt.
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Louis Hock
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
B. F. Winchell
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Louis Hock Railroad
Chester
Austin
Tex
John M. Slaughter
D. Slaughter
J. M. Slaughter & Co
Fredonia
Texas official urges paint oil and weights laws
Pure Food Commissioner Abbott urges the Thirty third legislature to pass a paint and paint oil law and a weights and measures law in his annual report for the year ending August 31. He says enforcement of these laws and the pure food laws should fall under the supervision of the pure food department.
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Austin
Tex
Pure Food
Abbott
Pure Food Department
Midnight Searching Tours 10 Find Money in Atchison
John W. Derr confessed in San Francisco to murdering William Barkis in Atchison three years ago. Barkis, a 78 year old bachelor, left a $12 000 estate and claimed he hid $6000 on his Holland farm. Searches tore up the yard but yielded no fortune. Barkis’s heirs have not claimed the property. Derr’s mother, blind, lives in Atchison and has not been told of the confession.
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Atchison, Kan
Dee. G
William Barkis
John W. Derr
Derr
San Francisco
Atchison
Deaf defendants in Tennessee peace bond case
In Nashville a magistrate bound J. P. Marshall to keep the peace for six months in the sum of 250 dollars at the urging of Jesse T. Warren. Both parties are deaf mutes and several deaf witnesses testified through an interpreter, Marshall’s daughter, who translated questions and answers.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. P. Marshall
Jesse T. Warren
Marshall
Major Mallory Death Shocks Manhattan Hotel
Major John C. Mallory U S A retired, 69, jumped from the tenth floor of the Hotel Manhattan and died instantly. He had suffered melancholia and was under nurse care. His wife Miss Turnure of Aiken South Carolina was ill. They lived in Newport Alabama and had been in New York two weeks. A West Point graduate class of 1863 born in Pennsylvania, Mallory retired in 1891 and spent much time in Paris.
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New York
John Co. Mallory
Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Military Academy
Alabama
Paris
Corpus Christi Midwinter Fair to Give Cabbage Prize
Corpus Christi Texas December 6 The Corpus Christi Midwinter fair opens January 18 and runs to January 25 under the Commercial club with Secretary Blake arranging the program A featured attraction is a 10 pound head of cabbage given to every visitor Also daily flights over land and sea will be offered by Mills Corpus Christi Aviation School staff.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Commercial Club
Blake
Mills Corpus Christi Aviation School
Baking Powder Biscuits Light as a Feather
A KC Baking Powder biscuit recipe claims light results with soft dough and no kneading. It advises lifting dry ingredients, using shortening, and a hot oven for small, well separated biscuits. The ad promises a free Cook's Book with KC Baking Powder certificate.
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Jaques Mro. Co
Chicago
Captain Saves Lives By Swimming From Stranded Tug
Captain Robert Williams leapt from the grounded army tug in dense fog on the Potomac and swam ashore with clothes on to summon aid. He rescued four army officers, two women, and fourteen enlisted men who reached Forts Washington and Hunt safely despite exposure. The Fourth Artillery unit was aboard the vessel bound for posts guarding the capital.
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Washington
Robert Williams
Potomac River
Hunt
Williams
Gresboro Point
Maryland
White House Fire Threat Sparks DC Water Main Debate
Dec 6 report says the White House faces destruction by fire due to missing precautions. District commissioners, pressed by Colonel Spencer F. Crosby to add water mains on grounds, claim no jurisdiction and say only Congress can authorize. Fire department officials have provided a report.
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Washington
White House
District of Columbia
Spencer F. Crosby
Congress
Fire Department
Inadequate mains pressure for historic building fire risk
The article notes that the mains in the grounds are not sufficient nor is the pressure high enough to combat a fire in the historic building should one break out.
Seventeen craps shooters jailed after dice game in Crandall
In Crandall Texas seventeen craps players were arrested by two local policemen while rolling dice in a single jail cell. The dice and their money were left behind as the men awaited trial.
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Crandall
Tex
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