Holidays Not Observed in Mexico City …
Feeble efforts to stage holiday events in Mexico City this year reflect drab sentiment and strained finances amid war. Bank of London and Mexico faces heavy withdrawals as Huerta decrees year end holidays to calm public alarm and preserve financial stability. Huerta marks birthday with a palace ceremony and diplomatic receptions.
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Mexico City
Corona
Federal District
United States
Bank of London and
Mexico
Huerta
Bank of London
Rainy Christmas Day Seems Possible Says Weather Official
Unsettled cloudy conditions with possible rain are forecast ahead of Christmas. Major Allen Buell cites irregular air pressure and low mood over the Rocky Mountains and Ohio Valley, with snow in the Rockies and rain east of the Mississippi. Texas reports frost and 35 degrees before a warming trend Tuesday night.
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Allen Buell
Rocky Mountain
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain States
Texas
San Antonio
West Texas
Lopez thought sealed in Utah mine after deadly rampage
Bingham Utah December 23 Ralph Lopez, accused slayer of six men, is believed sealed in the Utah Apex mine since December 14 after bulk heads blocked tunnel mouths. Sheriff Smith remains confident he is either dead or alive inside, with no sign since December 1 fires drove him deeper. Lopez began his killing spree November 21, after killing a Mexican, then the chief of police and two deputies, sparking a manhunt.
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Bingham
Utah
Ralph Lopez
Utah-Apex
Smith
Lopez
Andy
Queen Milina III Ill in Cetinje Missioned Doctor Called
Queen Milina of Montenegro, mother of Queen Helena of Italy, is dangerously ill in Cetinje. Dr. A Genhart of Zurich was summoned to attend the queen as her illness worsened after several weeks of indisposition.
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Helena
Italy
Zurich
Switzerland
Milina
Montenegro
Balkan
A. Genhart
Cettinje
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook Brief
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast for Tuesday night calls for warmer conditions and a fair sky. By Wednesday expect increasing cloudiness as the day progresses.
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San Antonio
Regional Weather Observations Across Major Cities
At 8 am, readings show mixed conditions from coast to Midwest with temperatures ranging from 20 to 40 degrees. Winds vary from northeast to west, with forecasted rain or snow and notable cloud cover in many cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee New York Boston and Washington.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Magnolia Petroleum to establish San Antonio Western Division HQ
Magnolia Petroleum Company will move its division offices to the Bedell Building on the sixth floor in San Antonio as Western Division headquarters starting January 1. W. M. Rew will manage with Herbert Wallace as assistant. The move expands operations toward El Paso and shifts northern Texas business from Dallas and Houston, with Fort Worth possibly becoming a division point.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
San Antonio
el Paso
Bedell
J. H. Savage
Bedell-Moore
W. M. Rew
Herbert Wallace
Rew
Pierce- Fordyce
Te Concern
Carolina
Walnut Streets
Avenue C
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Gloom Eases on Wall Street Ahead of Christmas
Pessimism fades on the New York Stock Exchange as the currency bill passes the Senate and the AT&T settlement avoids turmoil. Banks begin Christmas bonuses, a major bank with many branches starts the distribution with 38000 dollars to employees.
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New York
Wall Street
Senate
New York Stock Exchange
Comet Brightens as It Moves Northward
Observations from Cordoba and Washington indicate the Delavan comet is growing brighter and visible with a small telescope. It shows a northerly drift of six minutes and fifteen seconds per day and may become an interesting spectacle in the southwestern skies.
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Cambridge
Mass
Delavan
Harvard Observatory
Cordoba
Argentina
Naval Observatory
Washington
Chicago Post Office Faces Holiday Rush Mail Volume Surges
Chicago on December 23 reports a Christmas mail peak at the main post office with over a half million parcel post packages mailed and the entire staff working overnight. More than 200 000 post cards were sent out during the day, reflecting a record season in the city.
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Chicago
Leased Wire Day Report From Associated Press
The San Antonio Light obtains the Leased Wire Day AP report, a large daily general news service of about 20,000 words, supplemented by its own substantial in house news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
City Council weighs street widening and funds plan
The council reviewed about fourteen to fifteen street opening projects with costs up to 75 000 dollars each, totaling roughly 390 000 dollars, while the bonding fund offers about 300 000 dollars. Some members urged endorsing all projects and raising 5 cents in the tax rate for two years to complete the broad plan for San Antonio.
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San Antonio
St. Mary's Street
Oakland
Romana
Garden
North Alamo
Commerce Street
West Commerce
Main Plaza
Santa Rosa Avenue
Soledad Street
Houston
Geen
East Houston
Starr Street
Obraje
West Travis
Main
North Flores
Report cites steamship safety stats and proposed name change
Washington D C December 23 Approximately 700000 passengers were carried for every life lost on steam vessels in the United States during the last year according to George Uhler supervising inspector general of the Federal Steamboat Inspection Service The report notes 436 deaths among over 300 million passengers and blames most losses on personal crises rather than vessel accidents Uhler also criticizes motor boat licensing as lax and urges renaming the agency to Marine Inspection Service.
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Washington, D. C
United States
George Uhler
Federal Steamboat Inspection Service
General Uhler
Steamboat Inspection Service
Marine Inspection Service
Liberati Plans San Antonio Home and Municipal Band
Signor Alexander Liberati, famed cornet virtuoso and bandmaster, arrived in San Antonio for a week’s rest and expressed fondness for the city. He may relocate and organize a municipal band, with discussions likely through the Chamber of Commerce while staying at the Menger hotel.
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Signor
Alexander Liberati
America
San Antonio
Signor Liberati
Chamber of Commerce
Menger
Dr Shaw fights tax in Moylan declaration of principles
Dr Anna Ward Shaw president of the NAWSA refuses to pay income tax and will challenge the law. At her Moylan Pennsylvania home she was asked to state income and sources but wrote her principles, declaring taxation without representation is tyranny.
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New York
Annaward Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Moylan
Rev. John Thomas McFarland D D dies at 62 in Maplewood
The Rev John Thomas McFarland D D former president of Iowa Wesleyan University and editor of Sunday school publications for the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1904 died yesterday at his Maplewood New Jersey home. He was 62 and had pastored in Iowa Illinois Kansas and Rhode Island and was noted for his role in religious education progress.
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New York
John Thomas McFarland
Iowa Wesleyan University
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Maplewood
N. J
McFarland
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Rhode Island
Lawyer Kept Woman in Office for Three Years
Miss Adelaide Brance lived in a secret room adjoining lawyer Melvin H. Couch’s Sullivan county office for three years. Couch died of a heart rupture. Brance said she lived there voluntarily, rarely leaving at night and surviving on provisions. She sought forgiveness from Couch’s widow, crying that she loved him.
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Monticello
N. Y
Sullivan County
Adelaide Brance
Melvin H. Couch
Couch
Miss Brance
Coach
Goshen
Senator Simmons to Receive Autographed Tariff Law Copy
Senator Simmons of North Carolina will be presented this week with an autographed and bound copy of the new tariff law for his role in guiding the bill through the Senate. The volume includes signed notes of appreciation from President Wilson Vice President Marshall and several senators along with signatures of all Senate members.
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Washington, D. C
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Wilson
Marshall
Judge Landis Threats / Black Hand Letters Sentenced Felon
Chicago December 28 Judge K M Landis says he has received more than twenty black hand letters threatening to blow up his home in the last five years. Sean Folie pleaded guilty to writing three such notes and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
United States Court
Sean Folie
Folie
Cold Christmas Weather Spreads Across Southwest
A winter storm moved through the southwest, dumping snow in Texas and Oklahoma and bringing a freeze toward the gulf. The day was fair and cold as the system overspread the region following forecasts from Washington.
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Dallas
Tex
Washington
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Miss Emerson Freed in London Assault Case
Miss Zeke Emerson American suffragette had charges of assaulting a police officer dismissed after testifying she did not deliberately strike the officer though she may have accidentally struck his helmet. The magistrate commended the militancy’s general truthfulness and noted her admission.
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London
Zeke Emerson
Miss Emerson
New Railroads Planned in China by German Engineers
An agreement signed in Peking by China's foreign minister and Germany's diplomat outlines two rail lines funded and built entirely with German capital and materials. The first runs from Kao mi near Kiaochow to Hanch wang crossing the Grand Canal, and the second extends the Shantung line from Tsinan to Shunteh on the Hankow route. Estimated total cost is 17.5 to 20 million dollars.
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Berlin
China
Peking
Kaomi
Kiaochow
Hanchwang
Tien Tsin-Pukow
Shantung Railway
Tsinan
Shunteh
First killing frost hits Houston as frost forms
The first killing frost of the season appeared in Houston with thin ice in exposed places. Weather is clear and ideal for Christmas, following several days of clouds and rain.
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Houston
Tex
Dee
Rotary Club warns of a Christmas tree fraud faker
A sham solicitor pretends to represent the Rotary Club and collects funds for Yuletide events in San Antonio. The club has not asked for outside help and condemns the faker. The Alamo Plaza tree will be decorated after noon Tuesday with lights, tinsel, ornaments, oranges and apples. Festivities start 6 p.m. Christmas Eve with a band concert and carols by local societies to follow.
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Kerrville
Rotary Club
Alamo Plaza
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Hucker
San Antonio
Frank James
Canned Food Condemned Across States After Flood
Two thousand cases of assorted canned vegetables condemned as filthy and decomposed by Hamilton Ohio inspectors were seized by federal authorities in Chicago. The Agriculture Department says the goods, likely flooded in Hamilton, were to be offered for sale as food but were planned for sale as fertilizer.
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Washington, D. C
Hamilton
Ohio
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Department
Think Again Before Christmas Morning Gift Oversights
A public notice urges readers to recheck gift lists for family and friends before Christmas morning. It advises consulting The Light and reading advertisements for suggestions and present ideas to avoid forgetting someone and spoiling the day.
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John
Mary
Wilson plans to sign currency bill in Washington
President Wilson is to sign the currency bill at 6 o clock and depart for Pass Christian Mississippi for a three week vacation. Senators Owen and Representative Glass are co authors of the measure and will attend the signing with gold pens to be presented to them.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Owen
Representa Glass
Bers
Congressional Bar Committees
Representative Glass
Senate
House
Poindexter
Jones
Norris
Jaw
Republicans of Banking Committee
Treasury
Agriculture
Henec
Bristow
Nelson
Owens
Oklahoma
Kansas
Miss Wilson Leads Liberal Donations to Local Charities
In Washington Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president and a leading figure in the local charity effort donates to the Associated Charities. She remains in close touch with headquarters and actively supports aid for the city's poor during Christmas. Mrs Wilson also shows lively interest in the work.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Charities
Margaret
Ciety
Fishermen Rescue After Schooner Seneca Sinks Near Pier
New York December 23 sailors moved from the schooner Seneca to the tug Daniel Willard after the schooner sank in 25 feet of water following a ram by another vessel. No injuries reported.
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New York
North River
Daniel Willard
Buffalo Ship May Pass Through Panama Canal Gift
Advices today indicate consideration of allowing United States ship Buffalo or another government vessel to traverse the Panama Canal on Wednesday as a Christmas gift to the American people, per Goethals.
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New York
United States
Buffalo
Panama Canal
Colonel Roosevelt’s Brazil trip reports prison camp reach
Reports from Rio de Janeiro say Colonel Theodore Roosevelt completes a visit to Fazenda Palmeiras in Mato Grosso and notes a growing collection of prisoners. The dispatch hints at factory expansion across multiple partitions.
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Rio Janeiro
Theodore Roosevelt
Fazenda
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