Flood Threat Grips Brazos River Basin
Richmod Texas December 9 The Brazos River rising fast flood crest near yet town not in danger but lowlands flood. Fifteen men nearly drown when Galveston life boat overturns during rescue. Clyde Johnson among those waterlogged and unconscious for half an hour as rescuers work amid marooned on houses and trees. The situation remains grave.
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Richmond
Tex
Brazos
Rosenberg
Galveston
Clyde Johnson
Johnston
163 PERISH IN FLOOD AS TEXAS RIVERS RISE
Houston dispatch reports 163 known drownings by noon with 12 foot Brazos rises at Rosenberg and Richmond. Crests expected to gulf. boats aid rescues as lower Brazos farms flood. General Manager H. Martin of the I N Railway drowned. refugees moved to safety amid frost and cold.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Bryan
Brazos River
Colorado
Brazos
Gulf
San Felipe
Rosenberg
Richmond
Brabos
H. Martin
I. & G. N. Railway
Valley Junction
Simonton
Flood Victims Get Supplies From U S A Steamer
Bryan Texas December 9 Lieutenant Colonel C R Krauhoff from Galveston arrived with twenty five thousand rations a carload of blankets and a carload of tents to aid flood victims. Water in the river has fallen about a foot leaving parts of the bottoms dry and hindering gin house access. Six Houston police and Galveston life savers began work in Jones and Pittsbridge. Reports say five and six other negroes drowned across the river, bringing known Bryan drownings to about sixty with more bodies feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Police Department
Galveston Life Savers
Jones and Pittsbridge
George Bradley
Bryan
Indians and Scott Cite Gossip Behind Navajo Tensions
General Hugh L. Scott describes the Navajo negotiations near Arizona as closed with prisoners apologizing to Major McLaughlin. He portrays the Indians as poor and ignorant yet capable of transformation via sympathetic, firm handling, and notes ongoing civilizational misunderstandings between races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hugh L. Scott
Arizona
Garrison
Scott
McLaughlin
Santa Fe
Weather Summary Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 a m report clear conditions in St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with low temperatures ranging from 24 to 30 degrees and light to moderate NW or SW winds. Wednesday is fair and warmer in most locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Bailed Woman Plan Escapes From Siberian Exile
Reports from Irkutsk describe a second failed escape attempt by Catherine Breshkovskaya, the so called grandmother of the Russian revolution, from Kirensk exile. She fled in disguise with an accomplice amid cut telegraph lines and police pursuit, returning under guard with several associates arrested.
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Petersburg
Irkutsk
Siberia
Mme
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Europe
United States
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Nicholas Tchaikovsky
Mme. Breshkovskay
Kirensk
Novoe Vreyma
Vladimiroff
Anfreeff
Mme. Breshkvskaya
Yakutsk
Lena
Russia
Jury Dismisses Craig Murder Case in Indiana
Judge Alonzo Blair ordered the dismissal of the murder case against Dr. William B. Craig in the Helene Knabe death. The case, tied to an Indianapolis 1912 killing, followed indictments of Craig and A. M. Ragsdale, with Ragsdale as an accessory after the fact.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Alonzo Blair
William B. Craig
Helene Knabe
Indianapolis
Henry Spaan
Craig
Knabe
Blair
Durham
A. M. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Doumergue Cabinet Receives Poincare Audience
In Paris on December 9 President Poincare received Premier Gaston Doumergue and his new cabinet. The ministers assumed office today as the government shifted into its new arrangement.
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Poincare
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Leased Wire Day Report Highlights National News
The San Antonio Light carries the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report, a comprehensive world news service. It supplements the paper with its own large special news sections and exclusive content for broad coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Chancellor Defies Parliament Over Constitutional Amendments
Berlin Dec 9 The imperial chancellor defied parliament to pass Socialist proposed constitutional amendments making him answerable to the House for the emperor’s acts and justifying dismissal upon the House demand. Scheidemann urged withholding supplies until the chancellor resigned or was dismissed. The chancellor called the move an invasion of imperial prerogative and refused to resign, saying the emperor maintains sole right to appoint the chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Philip P. Scheidemann
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Philip Scheidemann
Zabern
Restitution suits may be instituted
William Niles, owner of 600 Frisco shares, sought court permission to file restitution suits against former Frisco officials charging they profited 3.975 million by selling short lines to the railroad. The petition names B F Yoakum James Campbell Thomas West Edwin Hawley and W K Bixby as liable to stockholders for losses. Niles must wait for court consent while Frisco remains in receivership.
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ST. Louis
William Niles
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Federal
Frisco
B. F. Yoakum
James Campbell
Road
hea@i
North American Company
Thomas H. West
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Edwin Hawley
W. K. Bixby
Wabash
Niles
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Fire at Hagelstein Residence Damages Two Buildings
Fire broke out in the garage and servants quarters at George Hagelstein 415 West French place Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was put out with chemicals from Laurel Heights fire house. Damage estimated at about $10.
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George Hagelstein
West
French Place
Laurel Heights
When a Man's Married The Light as Home Guide
A household guide promoting The Light newspaper as a daily family aid. It claims the paper and its ads provide pure food and drink, fashion, shoes, and hats, as well as guidance on building, saving, and daily tasks, making it a key friend next to a wife.
Unfavorable Lobbying Report Hits Rep McDermott Case
Washington today released two lobby investigation reports led by Rep Garrett of Tennessee and Rep McDonald of Michigan. The majority found Rep McDermott of Illinois guilty of grave impropriety but not corruption in votes, and condemned paid lobbying by manufacturers and industrial defense groups.
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Washington, D
House
Garrett
Tennessee
McDonald
Michigan
McDermott
Illinois
I. H. McMichael
M. M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
McMichael
American Federation of Labor
House of Representatives
Congress
Jo Apy
Manger
National Council, For Industrial Defense
National Tariff Commission Association
Washington City Association of Liquor Dealers
Martin M. Mulhall
National Council of Industrial Defense
Mulhall
Manufacturers’ Organization
The
Council For Industrial Defense
Associations of Manufacturers and of Industrial Defense
James A. Emery
Capitol
Niquor
Washington
Manufacturers’ Association
Bartholdi, Burke, Calder, Sherley and Webb
Toans
Women in Mayor's Chair
Atlantic City history made as Jessie M. Townsend city comptroller ran the government for a day with the five commissioners absent. Townsend held the mayoral duties in the city during December 9, guiding council actions and public affairs.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jessie M. Townsend
More Rain Possible Amid Broad Weather Outlook
Forecasters warn that local cloud movement indicates a chance of rain despite an overall fair pattern. Major Alten Buell cites an upper air current moving north above a vast Atlantic to Pacific high and feeding a storm in the north, with warm southern air meeting colder air. The general forecast remains fair for Tuesday night and Wednesday, with a slight rise in temperatures.
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Reau
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Clemency Pleas Fly In For Wakefield of Connecticut
Petitions pour to Governor Baldwin seeking clemency for Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield who is sentenced to hang for killing her husband. Clerks discard most requests but mail piles grow. Photos of children arrive with messages praying for the life of the Wakefield babies. The case not yet before the governor or pardons board. Counsel plans a Supreme Court new trial request.
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Hartford
Conn
Baldwin
Bessie J. Wakefield
Wakefield
Governor
Board of Pardons
Supreme Court
Mrs Wilson to Decide on President’s Christmas Vacation
President Wilson may choose the Christmas vacation location with Mrs Wilson and the Misses Wilson having final say. A holiday break is not yet decided. Congress may recess, as the Senate works toward the currency measure for conference before holidays.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Conference Committee
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst Leaves for Paris on Leave
Militant suffragette leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst departs from London for Paris for seven days as authorities grant her leave. A police detachment at the railway station makes no move to halt her departure and officials say she travels to visit her daughter. She arrives at the station in an ambulance and is conveyed to the train on a stretcher.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Hens Work Again as Egg Prices Expected to Fall
Relief from high egg prices may come as poultry nationwide reports a 50 percent reduction in eggs. Department of Agriculture experts attribute the decline to natural conditions after a spring and summer weather pattern that delayed pullet laying. unless extreme cold persists, egg supply should improve and prices ease.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Eggs Arrive From Shanghai in San Francisco Trade
A shipment of 3000 dozen eggs arrived in San Francisco from Shanghai China yesterday. If the consignment proves profitable it is expected that further shipments will follow.
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China
San Francisco
Cal
Shanghai
Vaughan Elected President of San Antonio Club
George C. Vaughan was elected president at the annual meeting held Tuesday noon in the Grand Opera House club rooms. He succeeds H. P. Drought as president and O. B. Newell became vice president. The board of governors includes Vaughan Newell Hadra Silsbee Spencer Briggs Drought Kokernot Weiss Henry Adrian Florian Rigsby N. Kight was re elected manager and James Simpson kept as bookkeeper.
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George C. Vaughan
San Antonio
Grand Opera House
H. P. Drought
S&. Newell
W. C. Rigsby
Fred Hadra
R. H. Silsbee
Board of Governors
Newell
R. M. Si
May Irwin Engagement Canceled Over Flood Delays
May Irwin’s planned appearance at the Grand on Thursday and Friday nights is canceled due to railroad disruptions from the flood. The Grand aims to have the Madame Sherry company fill the two open dates, possibly extending performances to include Thursday and Friday matinees and nights if arranged.
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May Irwin
Grand
San Antonio
the Grand
Madame Sherry” Company
Madame Sherry
Refugees Flood Ojinaga as Federalists Fortify Border
Thousands of Federal troops and refugees crowd toward the border at Presidio and Ojinaga as Huerta loyalists retreat. United States guards prepare to act to enforce neutrality while transport and relief efforts arrange arrival of civilians and wealthier evacuees by wagon and auto toward Marfa and El Paso.
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Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Mexico
Fede
Chihuahua
Geral
Ojin
Geral Ynez Salazar
Tce
FIJ
Huerta
Chihuahua City
Marfa
el Paso
Falomir
Salvador Mercado
Pascual Orozco
Jonio Rojas
Marcelo Veo
Ynez Salazar
United States
Alno
Rio Grande
Autho
Plas
Generalco
Razas
Carranza Explains Action Defends Villa Executions
Governor Venustiano Carranza explains the decision to execute officers captured at Juarez by General Francisco Villa. The defense addresses bloody reprisals and the political rationale for the actions, with continuation noted on a later page.
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Villa
Real Erals
Juarez
Phoenix
Arizona
Dee
Ven Carranza
Francisco Villa
Juares
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John W. Kern
Kern
Kern-Cliff
Virginia
Gen. Scott
Vicinity
A. m
Wenn
M. Stews
A.m
Cies Fae
Madam
Emperor
State
Doctor
Helen Knabe
Tom Dermott
Orozco
Gov. Baldwin
Mrs. Wilson
Militant
Vaughan
San Antonio Club
Border City
Carranza
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