Ambassdor Reid to be honored with British ship return home
London reports Premier Asquith announced Britain will place a battleship at the disposal of the Reid family to convey the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid to the United States. Reid died in London at Dorchester House on December 15 after pulmonary edema aged seventy five. He served as US minister to France and later as ambassador to Great Britain since 1905.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Westminster Abouyy
United States
Asquith
House of Commons
British Foreign Office
Reid
Edward Grey
James Bryce
Washington
State Department
Dorchester House
Prince
Princess Alexander of
Teck
Princess Christian
Taft
Knox
David Burnett
Chauncey B. Depew
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert L. Borden
Canada
Earl of Aberdeen
Dix
United Kingdom
America
Great Britain
John Hubert Ward
Sleepy Hollow
Ogden Reid
Xenia
Ohio
New York Tribune
House of Representatives
Louisiana
France
Whitelaw Reid and a Career Linking Nations
Whitelaw Reid served as special ambassador to Great Britain for Victoria's diamond jubilee and Edward VII coronation, helped negotiate U.S. Spain peace, and later became U.S. ambassador to Britain. He married Elizabeth Mills in 1881. son Ogden Mills Reid led the Tribune. daughter Jean married John Hubert Ward, equerry to Queen Alexandra.
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Great Britain
Victoria
United States
Spain
Edward VII
Joseph H. Choate
Whitelaw Reid
Sizabeth Mills
Darius Ogden Mills
New York
Ogden Mills Reid
The
Tribune Association
Tribune
Jean
John Hubert Ward
Queen Alexandra
Taft Will Not Fill British Ambassador Post
President Taft announced through Secretary Hilles that the ambassador to Great Britain post, vacant after the death of White law Reid, will not be filled.
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Reid
Washington, D. C
Taft
Hilles
Great Britain
Whitelaw Reid
Reformatory fate sealed for Willie Lee Lewis horse thief
Willie Lee Lewis a seven year old black boy with a history of horse theft and multiple grand juries faces five to six years in the state reformatory this week. District Attorney I C Baker said it is all off now as the delinquent child act sets the path ahead.
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Willie Lee Lewis
State Reformatory
Criminal Court
Willie Lee
Edward Dwyer
Housewives Strike for Cheaper Eggs in New York
Fifty thousand New York women join a city wide egg price crusade fixing 26 cents a dozen as fair. They plan dealer education and, if needed, stations selling eggs at moderate prices. The movement aims to curb butter and vegetable prices as well.
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New York
Philadelphia
Housewives’ League
Governor Colquitt Grants Fifty-One Christmas Pardons
Governor Colquitt signed fifty-one conditional pardons marking his fifty first birthday. Each pardon becomes void if the beneficiary commits misconduct. life prisoners must remain law abiding to avoid returning to the penitentiary.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight and Tuesday unsettled with showers. Temperatures warmer tonight and colder Tuesday across San Antonio and nearby areas.
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San Antonio
Weather report for tourist cities across the nation
Observations across major cities note temperatures from 24 to 44 degrees with clear and cloudy skies. Winds range from 4 to 16 miles per hour as snow or rain is forecast tonight through Tuesday in several locations. The coldest readings are 24 to 38 degrees.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Mexicans El Paso Prisoners Expected Bond Release
Col. Wolters of Houston says Gen. David de la Fuente and Col. Pascual Orozco Sr. can arrange bonds to secure release from U S military custody. Federal Judge Maxey ordered bonds of 2500 each. Wolters conferred with prisoners at Fort Sam Houston and expects bond forms by Tuesday or Wednesday before they appear before United States Commissioner Edwards for freedom.
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Jake Wolters
Houston
David de la Fuente
Pascual Orozco Sr
United States
Wolters
Fort Sam Houston
F. A. Chapa
San Antonio
T. S. Maxey
St. Anthony
Neighbors Find Juan Zepeda Dead in Room at North Street
Juan Zepeda, 65, was found dead on a pallet in his room at 209 North Street at 8:30 this morning. Coroner Campbell said death from natural causes with no foul play suspected. Zepeda, long-time San Antonio resident, lived alone and is survived by two sons. Riebe Undertaking Co. to bury the body. Inquest by Justice of the Peace R Neill Campbell marked his first proceeding.
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Juan Zepeda
North Street
Campbell
Zepeda
San Antonio
Riebe Undertaking Company
R. Neill Campbell
Terrell Forecasts Victory in Texas Speakership Race
Representative Chester Terrell of San Antonio said he has 95 votes pledged in writing and will win on the first ballot in the race for speaker. He spoke while passing through Austin on his way home from North Texas.
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Terrell
Austin
Tex
Chester Terrell
San Antonio
North Texas
Italian youth dies in Sing Sing electric chair
Matteo Dell Omo, convicted of killing his sister mother and niece in Brooklyn in 1911, was executed in the Sing Sing electric chair this morning in Ossining New York.
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Ossining
Matteo Dell ’Omo
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Senate adopts rotating presidents pro tempore amid hearings plan
Senate convened at 11 a m designated senators Gallinger and Bacon to act alternately as presidents pro tempore with Chairman Clapp leading the campaign contributions investigating committee. W R Hearst likely first witness when hearings resume Tuesday. Also began consideration of the hard Kenyon liquor traffic bill as the impeachment trial of Judge Archbald resumed at 12 30 p m.
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Senate
Gallinger
Bacon
Clapp
W. R. Hearst
Shephard-Kenyon
Archbald
Constitutional amendment for four year terms proposed in Congress
The house met at noon and considered miscellaneous bills on the unanimous consent calendar. Representative Deforrest introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to set congressmen’ s terms at four years. Representative Berger introduced a resolution to authorize the government to condemn and purchase the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad properties.
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House
Deforrest
Berger
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Weather declines after sunny day in December
After a rare sunny December day with temperatures around seventy, gloomy weather returns. Rain and unsettled conditions spread from British Columbia to the gulf, with colder conditions due Tuesday. Crowds enjoyed parks and streetcars faced peak loads, while Associated Charities report rising need as workers lose jobs due to adverse weather.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
West
British Columbia
Gulf
Brackenridge Park
Alamo Heights
River Avenue
Hot Wells
Nolan Street
Neg
Senators adopt two week pro tempore rotation for Senate
Washington DC reports the Senate will alternate presidents pro tempore between Senators Gallinger and Bacon for two week terms through March 4. A multi vehicle collision last night at Houston and Losoya streets left no injuries. Automobile driver R A Babeak was arrested for reckless operation but the charge was dismissed by Judge Buckley.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Gallinger
Bacon
Asl
Houston
Losoya
R. A. Babeak
Buckley
Mexican jailed for drunkenness after insisting on SP track
A Mexican man identified as 45 M. Juarez was taken into custody by police after insisting on sleeping on the main line of the Southern Pacific Railway near Walnut and Victoria streets. He was jailed on drunkenness charges and fined one dollar by Judge Buckley in the corporation court.
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Southern Pacific Railway Company
Walnut
Victoria Streets
Juarez
Buckley
Improved Zarzamora Street Receives Further Attention
Zarzamora Street, improved under the Callaghan administration, has been resurfaced with crushed flint rock and oiled. County Judge James R. Davis said he knew nothing of county oiling work. No minutes show authorizing use of road-rolling or oiling machinery. City officials deny knowledge of the street work.
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Zarzamora Street
Callaghan
Bexar County
James R. Davis
Commissioners’ Court
Zarramora
Frank R. Newton
Culebra Road
Kentucky Avenue
Zarramora Street
Debate on Recall Provision in San Antonio Charter
The San Antonio general committee for a city charter meets Tuesday at 4 in the mayor’s office to decide whether the recall should be included. The subcommittee of five drafted the proposal with Governor Colquitt reportedly opposed. Public access is allowed as the discussion proceeds on this pivotal recall issue.
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Jones
San Antonio
A Ee
Colquitt
Alsberg Named Chief Of Bureau Of Chemistry
President Taft directs Secretary Wilson to appoint Dr Carl Alsberg of the agricultural department as chief of the bureau of chemistry to succeed Dr Harvey W Wiley. Alsberg is an internationally recognized authority on the biological aspects of chemistry.
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International Authority On
Taft
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Carl Alsberg
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Alsberg
Good Roads Endorsed at Kerrville Meeting
Kerrville Texas December 16 The Kerr County Farmers Institute gathered in the courthouse with Commissioner Kane and speakers L A Mosty I K Baxter J J Starkey Julius Real Arthur Real Alvin Dillie and Judge J R Burnett. The group backed the good roads movement and agreed to circulate a petition for issuing 40000 in bonds for road improvements in precinct No 1.
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Kerrville
Tex
Kerr County Farmers’ Institute
Court House
Kane
L. A. Mosty
I. K. Baxter
J. J. Starkey
Julius Real
Arthur Real
Alvin Dillie
J. R. Burnett
Precinct No. 1
Dollar Diplomacy Attacked in Nicaragua Memorandum
Juan Leets former military chief of the Granada department Nicaragua criticizes Secretary Knox policies in a memorial to Congress. He argues dollar diplomacy worsened poverty and unrest in Nicaragua and Honduras and stirred anti American sentiment across Latin America.
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New Orleans
Congress
Senate Committee
United States
Juan Leets
Granada Department
Nicaragua
Bittery
State Department
Knox
Honduras
Balkan Nations Press for End to War at St James Conference
Delegates from Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro and Greece met Turkish envoys at St James London to seek peace terms including surrender of Adrianople and Scutari, evacuation of Eastern Europe, cession of Aegean islands to Greece, and a war indemnity. Adjournment to tomorrow.
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London
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Greece
St. James
Balkans
Edward Grey
Europe
Sir Edward
Balkan States
Turkey
Adrianople
Scutari
Janina
Tchataldja
Aegean Islands
Crete
Balkan
Aviator and companion believed drowned in hydro flight
Horace Kearny, a young aviator from Kansas City, attempted a hydro aeroplane flight from Los Angeles toward San Francisco when he is believed to have drowned. He was accompanied by Chester A. Lawrence, a Los Angeles newspaper man.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Horace Kearny
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chester A. Lawrence
New York Suffragists Plan Albany Walk Opposed by Leader
Mrs Arthur M Dodge president of the New York State Association Appeased to Woman Suffrage condemns a group led by Hosalie Jones and Elizabeth Freeman for walking from New York to Albany with a petition for votes to Governor-elect Sulver. She calls it a poor way to advertise and sacrifices girls to the process.
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Arthur, M. Dodge
New York State Association
Hosalie Jones
Elizabeth Freeman
New York
Albany
Sulver
Suffragettes Start 140 Mile Walk to Albany From New York
Twenty five suffragettes begin a 140 mile trek from Van Cortlandt Park toward Albany to deliver a suffrage message to Governor Sulzer on inauguration day. Miss Rosalia Jones leads with a drum and knapsacks bearing votes for women while supporters greet the marchers at Yonkers.
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Albany
Sulzer
van Cortlandt Park
Rosalia Jones
Yonkers
Getty Square
Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Chicago
Smallpox Patient in Bexar County Discharged Cured
Dr. D Berrey, Bexar County health officer, says San Antonio and surrounding areas show improving health despite two weeks of rain. The sole smallpox patient at the detention hospital has been discharged cured, and no other cases exist in the county. He cautions people to seek prompt care for colds to prevent pneumonia or flu.
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San Antonio
D. Berrey
Bexar County
Berrey
Thieves Enter Homes In Series Of Weekend Break-ins
Thieves entered H. Martin’s home at 358 East Commerce Street early Sunday and stole a watch a suit of clothing and some money. Two attempted burglaries were reported at J. G. Caywood’s home 805 Labor Street and 135 Adams Street with police responding but no suspects found. Mrs. Martin was robbed of a purse containing several dollars on Avenue C and Sixth Street Saturday night with the thief described but not caught.
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H. Martin
East Commerce Street
J. G. Caywood
Labor Street
Adams Street
Martin
Avenue C
Sixth Street
Robbers Blow Open Kyle Bank Safe In Bold Hit
A trio or quartet armed men robbed the Kyle State Bank at Kyle around midnight. They seized Night Watchman R. Guinn, locked him in a box car, and blasted the safe with nitro glycerine. They escaped unseen, with Constable J.T. Hall pursuing with a posse and bloodhounds. The explosion wrecked the bank interior and no tracks were found.
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Kyle
R. Guinn
J.t.hall
Guinn
Bac
Hall
Bank in Kyle County Dynamited. $17000 Stolen
Austin report says the State bank of Kyle in Hays county was dynamited and $17,000 stolen. The bank organized last year with cap and surplus of $35,000 and was insured. Commissioner Gill said the incident left the institution adequately protected by insurance.
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Austin
Tex
State Bank
Kyle
Hays County
Commissioner of Insurance
Ant Banking Gill
Partial Victory in Coal Case From Supreme Court Ruling
Washington DC December 16 The government failed to prove a general combination among anthracite coal railroads and affiliated coal companies under Sherman acts But a court struck down 65 percent contracts where railroads bought output from pendent mines Justice Lurton announced four contracts clearly violated the law Attorney General Wickersham hailed the ruling as a boost for competition in the coal trade
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Washington, D.C
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Wickersham
Fifteen Women Given Texas County Office Commissions
Records from the Department of State in Austin show commissions issued to fifteen women who will hold county officers by election for the next two years. The list reflects appointments by the commissioners court and notes that fifty eight counties have not yet submitted officer lists.
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Department of State
Austin
Tex
Dee
Texas
Commissioners’ Court
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