Deficit Shown by Whaf Companies in Texas Report
The Texas Railroad Commission released its annual report for the year ending June 30 1912 detailing five wharf and dock companies under its jurisdiction. Galveston Wharf Company shows a net deficit of 20185.72 after revenues expenses and taxes and other income. Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company posts a deficit of 38573.70. Santa Fe Dock and Channel Company reports a net deficit of 68347.67. Southern Pacific Terminal Company records a surplus of 5480.80. Texas City Transportation Company ends with a net deficit of 72587.55.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
Galveston Wharf Company
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
Santa Fe Dock and Channel Company
Southern Pacific Terminal Company
Texas City Transportation Company
Port Arthur
Port Bolivar
Galveston
Texas City
Thousands Are Fed in New York Christmas Efforts
The Salvation Army fed 256000 New Yorkers and supplied 5000 baskets at the Ninth Regiment Armory for 25000 family members. Toys went to children while the hungry ate a Christmas meal. Congressman Big Tim Sullivan hosted dinner for 6000 homeless men and distributed tickets for shoes and socks on February 6.
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New York
Salvation Army
Ninth Regiment
Big Tim" Sullivan
Bowery
Brumby Escapes Montgomery County Jail By Sawing Bars
Benjamin M. Brumby, a white man held on forgery charges from Atlanta and Birmingham, escaped Montgomery County Jail by sawing through heavy steel bars on the second floor and leaping 20 feet to the ground. He was last in his cell at 10 pm. escape not detected until 6 am. Authorities are baffled about how he secured the saw. He was arrested December 18 and denied habeas corpus last Saturday. Brumby is about 35, tall, slender, clean shaven.
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Montgomery
Ala
Benjamin M. Brumby
Atlanta
Birmingham
Brumby
Portrait for Mayor Jones unveiled at St Anthony Hotel
A Christmas gift to Mayor Jones, a handsome oil portrait, was unveiled at a banquet in his honor at the St. Anthony Hotel Tuesday night. Jake Wolff spoke and acted as toastmaster. Attendees included Aldermen Fincham and Uhr, Assistant City Attorney 8, C. Eldridge, George Surkey, Thad Smith, Charles Hummel, Chiefs Lancaster and Wright, Judge Buckley, and Board of Health Secretary Riley. The portrait was by S. Solomon.
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Jones
St. Anthony
Jake Wolff
Fincham
Uhr
C. Eldridge
George Surkey
Thad Smith
Charles Hummel
Lancaster and
Wright
Buckley
Riley
Board of Health
S. Solomon
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
Advertisement for Texas Wonder tonic claiming to cure kidney and bladder problems in men women and children. Promises relief from gravel diabetes rheumatism and irregularities with a two month dose priced at one dollar mailed from St. Louis Missouri and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Simplicity to Mark Wilson Inauguration Funds Grow
Washington reports a Jeffersonian simple inauguration for President elect Wilson. Chairman William C. Eustis says no ostentation, backed by Thomas Nelson Page. A $150,000 inaugural fund subscription is growing fast and likely to be over subscribed despite Christmas.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
William C. Eustis
Thomas Nelson Page
Jefferson
Pennsylvania Avenue
President elect Wilson Kept Home After Grippe Attack
Princeton New Jersey December 26 President elect Wilson stays in his room for precaution after illness. He transferred appointments from the state house to his home and plans to travel to Staunton Virginia tomorrow. Carter Glass and other House members will meet him in Princeton to discuss currency reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Wilson
State House
James Carnachan
Grippe
Staunton
Carter Glass
Virginia
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Trenton
County Considers TB Camp for Travis County Texas
Travis County Commissioners discuss a proposed county tuberculosis camp in Austin to serve pauper consumptives outside the city, with an estimated cost of about 5000 dollars. They plan to decide after the Legislature, seeking data from county doctors on eligible indigent patients. three have been identified so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Travis County Commissioners’ Court
Texas
Fort Clark
Travis County
Navy to use airplanes to locate submarines at sea
The Navy Department agrees with the signal corps that aircraft can detect submarines. Experiments at Annapolis show air crews can spot submarines without glasses, even when submerged, potentially making airplanes standard equipment on U S Navy ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Signal Corps
Annapolis
United States Navy
Guard Will Be Inspected by Texas National Guard
Details arranged for the annual inspection of the Texas National Guard to begin January 13. Captain H. S. Wagner, new regular army inspector instructor, will lead the inspection with assistance from Col. E. E. Walker, assistant quartermaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guard
Austin
Tex
Texas National Guard
H. 5. Wagner
Regular Army
E. E. Walker
Delegates Attend National Phi Gamma Delta Convention
Delegates from over fifty colleges gather in Indianapolis for the national Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity meeting. Charters for Williams College and Stetson University will be considered as part of the convention. Passengers were rescued from the steamer Seilles off Madagascar during a cyclone in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Williams College
Stetson University
Stetson, Fla
Seilles
Madagascar
Col Orozco Arrested on Extradition Wait
Colonel Pascual Orozco Sr., father of a revolutionary leader, was released from Fort Sam Houston and immediately arrested on a capias based on a Mexican request to extradite him to Chihuahua for larceny and robbery. He remains in county jail for 40 days with no bond, while Mexico substantiates charges and shows cause for extradition.
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Pascual Orozco Sr
Fort Sam Houston
Mexico
Chihuahua
Orozco
Political Arrest of Orozco at County Jail
General de la Fuente accompanied by Orozco to the county jail under an extradi tion warrant issued by United States Commissioner R. L. Edwards. In jail, he was placed in a private room with liberty appropriate for a political offender. Orozco called the arrest philosophically and wished for equal treatment to what he received at Fort Sam Houston.
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General de la Fuente
United States
R. L. Edwards
Orozco
Fort Sam Houston
Former Anadarko Mayor Returns to Face Music After Disappearance
William M. Plum, ex mayor of Anadarko Oklahoma, resurfaces at Christmas announcing he will face his tangled affairs. He had vanished eight months ago amid reports of heavy debt and a $500000 credit burden and had been living in Buenos Ayres. His property faced forced sale before his return.
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Anadarko
Okla
William M. Plum
Plum
Buenos Ayres
United States
Corpus Christi High football team banquet honors 1912 squad
Jack Rumer hosted a dinner at his south Corpus Christi home for the 1912 Corpus Christi High School football squad after eight games this season. Captain Byron Segrest and 12 other players saw action, with Prof. H. L. Rockwood of Indiana coaching. In Haletzville a foggy morning caused two freights to collide at the station, injuring engineer W. T. Hines and wrecking box cars.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Jack Rumer
Corpus High School
Byron Segrest
Russell Everhardat
Lester O'Neal
Rex Leary
Lowden Doney
Will Harris
Rufus Carruth
Ralph Coleman
Bruce Linch
Boyd Browning
Garnet Menger
Edwin Manzer
Douglas Boone
Wilbur Lane
Justus Carroll
H. L. Rockwood
University of Indiana
Hallettsville
W. T. Hines
Evening Entertainment Prompts New Year Reservations
A brief ad note urges readers to book table reservations for New Year’s Eve events. It references old and new phone numbers 1088 and 673 and mentions a watch and a unique offer labeled PAY YOUR POLL or Pax.
Supreme Court to Hear Tax Case on Corporate Levy
The Mine Hall and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company contests a $5000 internal revenue tax bill. The case questions whether a Pennsylvania leased-property corporation still "does" business for the purpose of the federal corporation tax. The matter reaches the Supreme Court January 6 per Solicitor General Bullitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Argu
United States Supreme C
Bullitt
Minehall and
Legislature
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Captain Hoten Dies of Hydrophobia at Gulfport
A Gulfport dispatch reports Captain S Hoten of the Norwegian bark Sofie died in hospital from hydrophobia after a dog bite at sea fifteen days earlier. The Sofie owners appoint Captain R Seeberg of Mobile to command until a new captain is named.
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Bitten By
Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
8. Hoten
Sofie
R. Seeberg
Hoten
Bradley Remains in Jail on Murder Charge
Houston attorney reports no bail for H. M. Bradley held in jail for the murder of partner J. P. Wright. A preliminary examination will not occur until January, and Bradley maintains the death was accidental.
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Bradley
Houston
Tex
H. M. Bradley
J. P. Wright
Gregory to face prelim in mail pouch theft case
Chester Gregory charged with stealing a registered mail pouch from the Austin post office will undergo a preliminary examining trial Monday before U S Commissioner T J Caldwell. Defense attorney R P Coon of San Antonio arrives for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Chester Gregory
United States
T. J. Caldwell
R. P. Coon
San Antonio
Gregory
Vessels Reach Port Aransas With Cargo
The bark Fooling Suey reached Port Aransas with 1036 tons of cargo for the Taft ranch after drifting offshore in bad weather. The 392 foot mast schooner, first to cross Port Aransas bar, is under Captain W F Josselyn of a Texas company. The Saint Ronald, a British tramp, also arrived to load cotton for Bremen and will take more cargo at Galveston. Captain Charles Shrine commands the Saint Ronald line vessel with 37 crew aboard for Christmas.
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Saint Ronald
Portsas
Bremen
Germany
Galveston
Saint Ronald Line
Port Aransas
Charles Shrine Ia
Tex
Harlandale Baths Seen As Social Rest Haven
San Antonio society women frequent Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths as a popular rest and recreation spot between social duties, reflecting a steady patronage from the city’s leading circles.
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Harlandale
San Antonio
Womis
South Ear
Williams Kidney Pills Offer Relief for Urinary Ailments
Ad text claims Williams kidney pills cure nervous system trouble and bladder pain with a note of sale through druggists and a price mention. The wording imitates period health ad language and emphasizes urinary and eye tiredness symptoms.
Medicine Economy Pill Promotes Health Tonic
An ad touts a pill described as a pleasurable physic and blood purifier for constipation biliousness stomach liver and bowel. It claims quick relief and offers 10 cents per package available from any druggist.
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Philip Dreesbach
Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology
Geo. Heberer
Water Street
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Carter
Sullivan
Mark Wisdon
Travis
She Wolff
Col. Orozco
Army Post
Hostetter
Oklahoma
Sv. Antony Rcted
ST. Pierre
Martinique
Vainquers Island
Hood
Williams
Grosloe Minstbad
Komdon Mfg. CO
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