Home seeker trains may be discontinued January date in doubt
Railroads consider ending homeseeker excursions to Texas as tariff papers filed for January 6 may cancel further trips. Officials note the program helped colonization, but carriers say high costs and past profits have eroded support. Local chambers and groups press to keep at least one January run if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cave
Kansas City
Kansas
Brownsville
Chamber of Commercere
Girl Aviator Guided To Shun Loop The Loop At Fort Sam
Miss Katherine Stinson, the girl aviator in San Antonio, is forbidden by Brigadier General Bliss to perform loop the loop or other dangerous stunts while using Fort Sam Houston hangars. She says she will respect the orders but plans to fly again once she acquires a smaller plane. She recently reached 3500 feet over the business district and has upcoming flights planned for New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Stinson
Fort Sam Houston
Bliss
Southern Department
Charles G. Treat
United States
War Department
General Bliss
Colonel Treat
Mise Stinson
St. Anthony
Miss Stinson
Little Lord Roberts
The
Majestic
R. Bh. Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Lincoin Beachey
San Antonio
Plan Strenuous Tour for Reserve Board Hearings
Washington dispatch details a six day weekly tour next week by the reserve bank commission. Hearings will be held morning and afternoon as they travel 500 miles by rail nightly, boiling down testimony aboard trains. The panel has under two months to cover 16 cities and report findings. White House receives growing endorsements for federal reserve board posts, while President Wilson’s allies urge leaving him free to pick appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Reserve Bank Commission
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Wilson
Congress
Voters neglect taxes slow county poll payments
County Collector John Bitter reported 2600 poll taxes paid by Tuesday noon, with about 100 arriving daily. He urged those eligible for exemption certificates to come in now before crowds form, noting no cost to obtain voting rights and stressing timely payment.
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John Bitter
Ojinaga Amid Surrounded Tense Stand as Revolt Grows
The article describes Federal troops forced back into Ojinaga with outposts along the Concho river retreating. Constitutionalists surround the city from multiple directions, with Colonel Rodriguez near San Juan and General Ortega advancing from Mulato. A major assault was expected before nightfall.
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San Francisco
Ojinaga
Concho River
Rodriguez
San Juan
Ortega
Mulato
Major McNamee’s Border Patrol Action Approved
War department officials approve Major McNamee commanding the border patrol at Presidio Texas for forcing Federal soldiers back into Mexico after they sought safety on the American side following the rout at Ojinaga. American forces ordered to prevent entry of Mexican soldiers except to aid the wounded when humane needs arise.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
McNamee
Border Patrol
Presidio
Tex
Mexico
Ojinaga
De la Barra Leaves Tokio For Paris Mission
Francisco de la Barra left Tokio for Paris to thank Japan for its role in the Mexican centennial. Mexican minister Senor Pardo denied American reports that 50 Japanese officers sought to join the Mexican Federal army. In Ipina, a Constitutionalist attack on a passenger train killed 30 military escorts and 18 are missing. 150 rebels were involved. Another military train was said to be dynamited at Las Tablas with few details.
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Tokio
Francisco de la Parra
Paris
Japan
Senor Pardo
Toay
America
San Luis Potosi
Mex
Aguas Calientes
Ipina
Las Tablas
Mexican government loan to cover January interest
Paris reports a $5,000,000 loan from an international banking group to Mexico to meet January interest on railway bonds. Finance Minister Adolfo de la Lama left Paris for London intending to secure additional funds to pay the January interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
International Banking Group
Adolfo Dela Lama
London
Bank of London and Mexico seeks $4 million loan
London agents of the Bank of London and Mexico confirm negotiations to obtain a four million dollar loan to tide over difficulties. Paris banking houses are participating in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of London
Mexico
Paris
Veteran jurist B F Key visits Austin with wife
Chief Justice B F Key of the Third Court of Civil Appeals, Austin, arrives with Mrs Key while she seeks care at Lee Surgical Institute for grip illness. He is greeted by Chief Justice Fly, Justice Carl, and District Judge Tayloe in the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals. A veteran of Texas appellate bench since 1892, he has served 21 years as chief justice and remains hale at 65 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Key
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Austin
Texas
Hendrickson clan in Kentucky mine siege
Guards ring the abandoned Pineville mine where Hendrickson clan members hide. Mrs Jack Hendrickson plans to enter the mine to urge surrender. If no peaceful surrender, authorities will attempt to smoke them out. Seventy five guards on duty and ready to act after exhausting peaceful options.
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Pineville
Hendrickson
Jack Hendrickson
Mountaineers
Wilson Turns Day To Rest And Recreation At Mississippi Club
President Wilson on December 30, following Dr. Cary T. Grayson, devoted the day to rest and recreation. He rose early and played 18 holes of golf at the Mississippi Country Club, then walked after luncheon and rode with his family. Chief Justice Fly returns from holidays and says the Appellate Court will not convene until January 7. Associate Justices Mourland Carl remain away for holidays.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Mississippi Country Club
Grayson
Fly
Inventory of Estate Requested by Italian Duke
Rome reports Duke Francesco I Campobello claims to be disinherited by his uncleCardli Rampolla and has requested an inventory of the estate of the deceased prelate.
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Rome
Francesco I Campobello
Cardli Rampolla
Colonel Thompson Fined Four Thousand in Anti Trust Case
New York December 30 Colonel Robert M Thompson who faced Sherman anti trust charges for cornering the cotton market in 1909 pleaded nolle contendre in federal court today and received a 4000 dollar fine The other defendants were fined likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
New York
Robert M. Thompson
James E. Patton
Nolle Contendre
Ignorance Costs: Read Advertising in Daily Papers
A persuasive note on the value of advertising in five daily newspapers like The Light. It claims ignorance is costly, urging readers to seek business news and opportunities by reading ads to stay informed and win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Light
Escape follows boast of Houston getaway by county robbers
Charles McFarland alias L H Austin, convicted of robbing Basse's store, and Willie Hubbert, convicted of burglary, escaped from the penitentiary transfer from Huntsville to the House plantation in Las. Telegram to Sheriff Tobin confirmed the double escape. Hubbert had received a five year sentence for taking valuables from Jacob Wagner on South Alamo Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tobin
Houston
Charles McFarland
L. H. Austin
Huntsville
House Plantation
Las
Willie Hubbert
Tobin
J. R. Jordan
Penitentiary System
McFarland
Austin
Basse
Hubbert
Jacob Wagner
South Alamo Street
Suffrage Society Meets in San Antonio Headquarters
An informal San Antonio Equal Franchise Society meeting at Wolff & Marx discussed expanding the suffrage effort via neighborhood gatherings. Several meetings have been held citywide with success, and the next session is planned for Alamo Heights. Mrs. Clara Graham spoke on her work as inspector of public amusements and police women, noting new duties in San Antonio. The women pledged continued support through their organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
FORGER ARRESTED IN WICHITA OVER $100 CHECK
A young man accused of forging Carlos Bee's name on a $100 check fled San Antonio and is reportedly under arrest in Wichita Kansas. Sheriff Tobin awaits Kansas authorities’ decision on extradition while Detective Henry Gammel traced the suspect from San Antonio through Oklahoma to Kansas City before capturing him.
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Carlos Bee
San Antonio
Wichita
Kaw
John W. Tobin
Kansas
Henry Gammel
Houston
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Tobin
New Rural Credit Legislation Headed for Congress
Washington December 30 Rural credit bills will be the first issue for Congress when it reconvenes January 12. A commission that studied rural credit abroad announced today a bill reflecting key recommendations. Bills in both houses will form the basis of administration efforts to perfect new laws supplementing general banking legislation to aid farmers. The commission will push its report once it has president approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Births and deaths reported by Texas registrar for November
State Registrar R. P. Babcock reports 4162 births and 1973 deaths in November. One leprosy case in Galveston county and two infantile paralysis cases in Red River and Erath counties. Six people age 100 plus died, led by tuberculosis as the main cause with 191 deaths. The under one year age group totaled 368 and 49 sets of twins were born.
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Austin
Tex
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
R. P. Babcock
Galveston County
Red River County
Erath County
Kaufman County
Tom Green County
Harris
Navarro
Smith County
Washington County
Charters Issued in Texas Firms from Brownsville to Houston
Charters granted for United Land and Irrigation Company of Brownsville with $165,000 capital, Lindale Hunting and Fishing Club with $2,200, Munday Trading Company of Munday with $7,500, Tyler-Martin Grocery Company of Burleson with $4,000, Gulf Ports Stevedore Company of Galveston with $5,000, and others. Dixie Heating and Ventilating Company of Shreveport granted Texas permit with $25,000 capital and Houston headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
United Land and Irrigation Company of
Brownsville
Capital
Grover G. Singer
Ralph P. Howard
E. 8. Hunt
Munday Trading Company
Munday
Knox County
R. E. Warren
J. H. McLain
R. M. McLain
Lindale Hunting and Fishing Club
Lindale
Smith
L. K. Freeman
Texas
Dixie Heating and Ventilating Company
Shreveport
Capital Stock
Houston
Texas secretary mails 11000 franchise tax reports
E Eleven thousand blanks have been mailed by the secretary of state to domestic corporations in Texas upon which they are required to make a report of their financial condition, and based on which these corporations are to pay a franchise tax. The reports are to be made between January and February 1, 1914, and the tax is to be paid on May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State
Texas
Auto Club plans weekly periodical at Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Auto mobile Club members discussed launching a weekly publication for the organization at a noon luncheon at the Gunter Hotel. J. R. Wood offered to publish at no cost for advertising, with editorial duties to be handled by a club committee and a 16 to 20 page folder proposed. Several membership candidates were considered, and B. G. Irish won a prize of five gallons of lubricating oil from Birdsong & Potchernick.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
Gunter Hotel
J. R. Wood
Wood Printing Company
Wood
Mr. Yurlong
L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick
B. G. Irish
Medical Academy Granted Charter
The San Antonio Academy of Medicine, formed by San Antonio physicians, was granted a charter by the Texas Department of State. The first meeting under the charter will be at the St. Anthony hotel on Tuesday evening, January 6, with Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell delivering a lecture on malaria eradication by bat cultivation. Charter members and officers are listed.
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San Antonio
R. A. Roberts
G. Graham Watts
C. E. R. King
Dabney Berrey
D. A. A. Brown
Henry Bigger
W. L. Barker
D. Berrey
P. Baldesarelli
H. H. Ogilvie
Storms Sweep Germany Cut Water Lights and Heat
Violent storms with snow hit Germany, flooding Baltic and North Sea coasts. Several cities lack drinking water, electricity, or heat as communications fail. In Paris, extreme cold brings deadly conditions across France Spain and Portugal with temperatures 4 to 6 degrees below zero and snow in Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
Baltic
North Sea
Paris
France
Spain
Portugal
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Channel
Negotiations with Telegraphers Break Off at Rail Line
Strikes may be called as negotiations between the receivers of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad and the Order of Railway Telegraphers grievance committee ended this afternoon. In a second item, Thomas Eagen Wyche, 19, cotton clerk from Austin, died at his San Antonio home on Humphries Street after spending Christmas with his mother Mrs William C Wyche. He was a Dallas native and survived by two brothers. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Eagen Wyche
Austin
San Antonio
William C. Wyche
Humphries Street
Dallas
Mr. Wyche
Walter K
Robert de Wyche
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Home of Fred Shaw Burns Destroyed by Tulsa Fire
The two story frame home of Fred Shaw in Los Angeles Heights was totally destroyed by a fire at about 2 30 o'clock Tulsa afternoon. Firemen made a long run but arrived too late to save the building. A few articles of furniture were saved by ay.
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Fred Shaw Burns
Fred Shaw
Los Angeles Heights
Tulsa
City considers bids on city depository and bonds
City council opens multiple bank bids for depository duties and bond handling with offers from Alamo National Bank and partners. Three banks join in a joint bid to depository and cash warrants, while action on bids is deferred to finance committee for review alongside street payroll, bond delivery, and a concrete bridge plan.
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Alamo National Bank
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
State Bank and Trust Company
Brown
Groos National Bank
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Lockwood National Bank
Alamo Trust Company
Central Trust Company
D. & A. Oppenheimer
National Bank of Commerce
American Bank and Trust Company
Emmett Bank
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
San Antonio National Bank
Commercial Loan and Trust Company
Finance Committee
Fincham
Fire and Police Committee
Beethoven Maennercher
South Alamo Street
Pendelton Grain Company
Walnut Street
McMillan
Lambert
Helland
Chapa
Steves
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
Dielmann
Commerce Street
M. Haas
M. Oppenheimer
Architect Ayres Offers Plans for New City Hospital
Among petitions presented was one from Atlee B Ayres offering to draw the plans for the new city hospital for which bonds have been voted. It was referred to the hospital committee.
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Atlee B. Ayres
City Hospital
Appeal Filed Too Late In Kluth V Lane Case
Transcripts show the appeal in Herman Kluth versus W P Lane was filed three months and nine days late. Clerk Joseph Murray noted the transcript arrived after the 90 day limit, jeopardizing the appeal while Lane secured a liquor license forfeiture by court action at Seguin and a May hearing with a June judgment.
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Joseph Murray
Fourth Appellate Court
Herman Kluth
W. P. Lane
Murray
Lane
Seguin
Kluth
Court of Appeals
Carl Hahn Critically Ill Musiker in San Antonio
Carl Hahn critically ill with pneumonia in San Antonio after a year and a half of concert engagements. telegram from his daughter Mrs Carl Hahn of New York City reports danger to his life. Both Mr and Mrs Hahn are well known in the city among musicians and recently left San Antonio to tour.
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Carl Hahn
William H. Maverick
West
Magnolia Avenue
New York City
Mr. Hahn
Hahn
San Antonio
Safe Is Dynamited At Roscoe Post Office
The Roscoe Texas post office safe was dynamited last night. Robbers secured 20 dollars and some rings. No arrests have been made.
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Snyder
Tex
Roscoe
Cecil Lyon Sees No Party Union
Col Cecil A. Lyon, head of Texas Progressive State Committee, ridicules the idea of a GOP absorbtion of the Progressive party. He attacks the Democratic party call Socialism a path to Progressive victory, cites government ownership proposals, and warns against a GOP swallowing the Progressive movement with a fish metaphor.
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Cecil Lyon
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Cecil A. Lyon
Lyon
Democratic Party
Colonel Lyon
Progressive State Committee of Texas
Menger
Richmond
Burleson
Progressives
Progressive Movement
Furniture Arrives for Thirty-seventh District Courtroom
New furniture for the Thirty-seventh District court room has arrived and is being installed. Work began immediately to unpack and place the fixtures. The court room is planned to be ready for the January term of the criminal court on January 5.
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Criminal Court
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