Civil service bill urged for Texas state employes
Austin dispatch reports three major measures prepared for the Thirty fifth Legislature by State labor commissioner C W Woodman. A civil service bill would put all state employees in departments under civil service and use examinations like the federal system. A second bill would create five free employment agencies to save fees paid by job seekers, and a third would reform minor estate management by eliminating court costs. Also discussed are paying back old penitentiary debts and a compulsory tick eradication law to aid cattlemen with a two year lead time.
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Austin
Tex
C. W. Woodman
Oodman
Texas
Woodman
Guardian
Harry V. Fisher
Houston
Harris County
A. 8. Fisher
Criminal District Court
Ferguson
Fisher
James T. Denton
House
Jefferson County
Denton
Baker ends debate on Lewis machine gun controversy
Secretary Baker declares official condemnation of the Lewis gun used by Britain and Canada. An inspector general inquiry finds no US offer from Colonel Lewis, notes only 1913 offer of 100 guns by American Arms Co, and confirms tests and board reviews led to exclusion from field trials. The War Department asserts no hostility from General Crozier.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
War Department
Army
Inspector General
Lewis
United States
American Arms Company
General Crozier
Ordnance Department
Double murder shocks Peoria farmer and wife
Aged couple John P. Becker and his wife were found shot to death in Peoria Illinois. Neighbors reported bullets fired during the night and a ransacked house suggesting robbery. Farmers and sheriffs aided by bloodhounds from Springfield hunted for the killers.
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Peoria
Ill
John P. Becker
Becker
Springfield
Heating Stoves All kinds from Sam Speir Hardware
Adv listing for Sam Speir Hardware at 219 Losoya Street advertising a full range of heating stoves.
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SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Sam Speir
Adv
Italian Nobility Tied to Hollywood Mood Shattered by Countess
The American born Countess Dentice del Frasso once of St. Louis appears in a charity film satirizing Italian politics and society. She earned 2000 dollars for the lead and donated it to the Italian Red Cross. The production features other professionals and promises further offers to the countess.
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Rome
Dentice del Frasso
St. Louis
Georgiana Wilde
Henry Siegel
America
Red Cross
Storm destroys sisal in Yucatan harbor area
One of the worst storms in Yucatan, Mexico, damaged sisal production with Progreso receipts in November 45.7 percent below normal. The event wrecked or damaged 31 sisal carrying ships and caused extensive property damage. Some 30,000 laborers are needed to repair crop injuries.
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New York
Yucatan
Mex
Progreso
Sisal Regulating Committee
Nethtis Crew Rescued After Storm Off New Jersey
The twelve men aboard the bark Nethtis, separated from the tug Garibaldi in a gale while heading north from Brazil, were rescued by the Italian ship Sardegna and brought to New York. Sardegna spotted distress signals and evacuated the Nethtis crew yesterday.
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New York
New Jersey
Brazil
Westminster Sunk Ships Named Westminster Sinking Reported
Lloyds reports the sinking of the British steamer Westminster likely the 4824 ton liner built in 1905 and owned in London. A second small Westminster of 212 tons owned in Grimsby is also noted.
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London
Lloyds
Westminster
Grimsby
Wilsons Celebrate First Wedding Anniversary at White House
President and Mrs. Wilson mark their first wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the White House. Col S T Harris dies suddenly in San Francisco at age 53, chief surgeon of the U S Army Western Division, believed to have died of apoplexy. Harris entered the army in 1886 and was unmarried. Christmas bicycles offered on easy payments by Portage Tire Co. 221 South Alamo Street.
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Menger
Jubilee Singers
Hannah
Southland
Texas
San Antonio
Army
Telephone Crockett
Edwin H. Lee
Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
T. Harris
San Francisco
Xmas
Tire Co
Alamo
Xmas Bicycles
Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Adamson vows to oppose repeal as rail talks shift
Congress faces a peace push between railroads and unions over the Adamson law with support for a workable interpretation. Adamson, defender of the act, says repeal is unlikely and urges public interest be protected while seeking a non legislative settlement. Congress plans holiday adjournment with limited action on appropriation bills and district prohibition measures pending further talks.
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Washington, D. C. Des
Adamson
Congress
Wilson
Brotherhood
Supreme Court
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Legislative Branch
Clark
Smoot
Kitchin
Judiciary Committee
Webb
Carlin
Virginia
Ways and Means
Christmas delay sought by two Sing Sing inmates
Two youths sentenced to death at Sing Sing requested their executions be moved up by three days to spare relatives distress during Christmas. Stanley J. Millstein of Utica, 19, and Charles Kumrow, 20, killed a police officer and a tugboat captain respectively. The warden denied changing the week, and Governor Whitman indicated no grounds for clemency in Millstein’s case.
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Father Cashin
Moyer
Whitman
Albany
Stanley J. Millstein
Utica
Wilson
Millstein
Ben
Three die in wreck Hobart Oklahoma
Three persons died and one was injured when an automobile collided with a northbound St Louis & San Francisco freight train near Mountain Park Oklahoma late Sunday. The deceased were E. E. Kirk 65 Mrs Hugh Thrasher 55 and Mrs H F Brashears 65. Brashears had a broken arm and Arthur Brey 12 was uninjured. The car was demolished.
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Hobart
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Mountain Park
Here
E. E. Kirk
Hugh Thrasher
H. F. Brashears
Arthur Brey
Solis Freed After Arrest in Matamoros
Ricardo Solis, an American citizen arrested in Matamoros and moved to Victoria Tamaulipas, was released by Mexican authorities and returned to Brownsville. He said he was not tried and had no imprisonment, unsure of the reason for his arrest, while the removal prompted American diplomatic contact through the consul and the secretary of state.
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Brownsville
Tex
Ricardo
Solis
Matamoros
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Lansing
Carranza
Hardware and Sweaters Ad Offerings at Local Stores
Universal Percolators in all sizes from SAM SPHIR Hardware Co located at 219 Losoya Street. Sweaters of all kinds advertised at low prices from Portage Tire Co at 321 La Alamo. Ad copy highlights local shops and promotions.
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SAM Sphir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Ady
Portage Tire Co
la Alamo
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