Burn Fatal to Aged Woman McGoldrick in San Antonio
Mrs. Drucilla McGoldrick aged 69 died at 9 AM after a gown ignited by a lighted match thrown to the floor at 4 AM. Her son E J McGoldrick rushed to help and was burned on face and hands. Mrs Mary B J McGoldrick smothered the flames with a rug. Survived by three sons and two daughters. funeral set for Thursday. burial at Sloan & Hagg parlors.
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Drucilla McGoldrick
Jackson Street
E. J. McGoldrick
South Carolina
San Antonio
B. B
J. H
J. R. Evans
Palestine
C. Raymond
J. R. Hayes
Louisiana
Federal aid eyed to end Calumet copper strike
The Western Federation of Miners urged President Wilson to intervene under the Erdman act. O N Hilton, chief counsel, and labor department solicitor John B Densmore discussed the strike last night. The telegram cited dire local conditions with miners earning meager wages.
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Calumet
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Wilson
O. N. Hilton
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor
Births, Deaths Reported for November in Texas
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 deaths aged 100 plus include a 118 year old Kaufman county man and a 160 year old Washington county woman. Tuberculosis is leading cause with 191 deaths. 368 under one year. Forty nine 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
Deer season closes in Texas despite earlier report
Chief Game Warden Cox refutes a deputy warden's claim that deer season was extended by one month in the southwestern state due to bad weather. Cox states the deer season ends at midnight and warns prosecutions for any kill after that time. Boiler explodes on Kansas City Southern train in Louisiana, scalding conductor R L Williams and head brakeman Glen Prothe. cause under investigation.
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Austin
Tex
Cox
San Antonio
Lakh Charles
Extra
Kansas City Southern
Wasey
R. L. Williams
Glen Prothe
New Year's Weather Forecast Promises Fair Day
New Year's Day is expected to be fair and pleasant though a distant Pacific storm may later affect western areas. High pressure dominates most of the nation from New Mexico to eastern Canada with rain expected only in the west as the system drifts east. 1918 rainfall totals stand at 87.68 inches, the highest since 1889, with year end excess at 10.89 inches.
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Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Pacific
Alaska Seen as Poor Man's Land By Governor Strong
Governor Strong in his annual report predicts Alaska will be a poor man's land if given reasonable opportunities. He contrasts it with a millionaire's home on the hill and many hovels in the valley. Strong emphasizes untapped coal lands and improving labor conditions, foreseeing a fair labor market.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Governor Strong
Lane
Strong
Mechanics get raise in New York city wages
More than 20 000 building trades workers in New York will gain higher pay at the start of the new year. Bricklayers and stone setters move to 6 dollars daily, composition roofers to 3.50, electrical workers to 4.80, the highest journeyman rates in the city and likely the nation.
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New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
United States
Insurance Firm Wins Texas Permit
The Paternelle Fire Insurance Company of Paris received a Texas permit from the department of insurance and banking to do business in the state. The firm is an old line company new to Texas, with U S headquarters to be in New York.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Department of Insurance and Banking
Paternelle Fire Insurance Company
Paris
France
New York
San Antonio Weather Outlook Wednesday Night and Thursday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast shows a Wednesday night fair and a Thursday with unsettled conditions. Expect variable cloudiness with possible light showers and cooler temperatures later in the day. Highs near the mid 60s and lows around 50s.
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San Antonio
Home Weather for Tourists Observations from Major Cities
Observations show temperatures ranging from 20 to 30 degrees across cities including St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with winds from northwest southwest northeast southeast and west. Cloudiness persists with Thursday outlook improving in some cities and potential snow in places.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Multiple Blazes Strain San Antonio Fire Dept
A string of six fires from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning left three dwellings destroyed, a warehouse damaged, and an elderly man homeless. Fire Chief Wright noted the department was exhausted after fires at Fox studio, Seidel home, Dr. W. A. Hering residence, and other buildings with total damage around ten thousand dollars.
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San Antonio
Wright
Central Fire Station
Caperton
Fox
Frank Brothers
Vance
Seidel
Charles Se
Illg Brothers
Dolorosa Street
Matamoras Street
Charles Lewis
Fred Shaw
McIlvaine Avenue
Los Angeles Heights
Katherine Stinson to Film Flying Scenes at Fort Sam Houston
Miss Katherine Stinson will fly her biplane at Fort Sam Houston maneuver field Thursday afternoon for Pathe Freres motion pictures. Arrangements were made by BE B Steene, Pathe Company agent, with Brigadier General Tasker Bliss restricting stunts. She will perform spirals and a figure eight, with three flights already made Tuesday by Stinson and her mechanic R E Wagner.
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Katherine Stinson
Fort Sam Houston Maneuver Field
Pathe Freres
Motion Picture
Miss Stinson
BE. B. Steene
Pathe Company
Moving Picture Man
Tasker H. Bliss
Harrisburg College Trustees Ban Hazing and Expand Year
Harrisburg College trustees banned hazing in a decision reported from Harrisburg. They also increased the academic year length from 36 to 84 weeks and authorized raising 130000 dollars for new college buildings.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg College
Indiana Independents Form Wilson and Bryan League
Independent Democrats in Indianapolis organized the Wilson and Bryan League of Indiana to overthrow the regular Democratic organization led by Thomas Taggart. The group aims to challenge Taggart’s control and influence within the party locally and nationally.
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Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson and Bryan League of
Indiana
Thomas Taggart
New Big Diamond Reported From London Find
New York authorities report a new first water diamond weighing 178 1/2 carats found by English digger Bowker at Droogveld, South Africa. dealers note the stone’s appearance in London augurs for market impact.
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New York
London
Bowker
Droogveld
South Ca
State Bank Boosts Capital Stock to 60000 from 200000
The State Bank and Trust Company increases capital stock from 200000 to 600000 with a 100000 surplus. Directors approved to support growth and meet state law limits, as deposits rose from 256000 to 1119000 since 1910. Former stockholders largely subscribed, backing plans to serve as a regional depository. Former stockholders largely subscribed, backing plans to serve as a regional depository.
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State Bank and Trust Company
R. R. Russell
J. H. Haile
Russell
East Houston Street
Germany Refuses 10 Grant Lower Rates
Germany grounds its stance on reciprocity treaties, denying reduced rates to American steels and rubber goods unless reciprocal advantages are offered. It cites Sweden and Japan treaties and notes the US past concessions on Canadian pulp. A new tariff law may remove the objection, and the State Department urged Germany to restore preferences for American steel and rubber products in Swiss and Japan accords.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Sweden
Japan
United States
State Department
Hobbs Found Not Guilty In Mississippi Bribery Trial
The State Senator G A Hobbs was acquitted on charges of receiving and soliciting bribes. The verdict was returned after overnight deliberation at 9 40 this morning amid speculation on Lieutenant Governor Bilbo’s potential trial.
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Vicksburg
Miss
G. A. Hobbs
Bilbo
Hobbs
Stephen Castleman
Castleman
Mississippi
Traction Company Extends New Year Car Run
In line with a rule adopted for New Year’s Eve extra streetcars will operate on each line after midnight to help watch party participants get home. The final car departs the business district at 1 a.m. with regular service resuming afterward.
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Traction Company
Confederate Monument Unveiling in Halletsville Tomorrow
In Hallettsville Texas on December 31 a Confederate monument marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Galveston capture will be unveiled the event featuring speakers including General Bagby and other dignitaries.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Galveston
Igneral Bag
Army Immunity From Typhoid Fever Gases Record Is Wonderful
The article notes the United States Army ended 1918 with two typhoid cases among over 80,000 personnel, both questionable or non-immunized or abroad. The Navy recorded seven authentic cases in 50,000 sailors, with four at a remote station where serum had degraded.
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Washington, D. C
Army
China
Navy
Atlantic
Women march to Albany for voting rights action
General Rosalie Jones leads a suffragette group toward Albany to demand votes for women. Carrie Chapman Catt’s Empire State committee sent final instructions and a message to the Legislature urging legalization of women watchers at polls during enfranchisement debates.
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New York
Rosalie Jones
Albany
Carrie Chapman Catt
Empire State Campaign Committee
Jones
Thirteen Formosan Plotters Executed in Taihoku
Public execution of 13 Formosan conspirators carried out in Taihoku Formosa for planning to raise an army of 100,000 and massacre the Japanese garrison before surrendering the island to China. An additional 123 were condemned to long terms of imprisonment.
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Tokio
Taihoku
Formosa
China
Personal crisis reports rise in United States 1918 figures
Chicago reports show 13 106 personal crisis reports in 1918 up from 12 981 in 1912. Men outnumber women 8602 to 4504 with physicians leading professionals at 34 in the tally. Austin notices resignation of bank examiner L J Davis effective immediately. C N Holderness to replace him.
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Chicago
United States
Eight Lives Lost in East Side Tenement Fire
A New York City tenement blaze on the East Side killed eight people, including Mrs Becky Kaplan and her sons Barney and Louis, Samuel Cohen, Israel Golden, the Spearl Weisberg, Gusid Mazzin, and Israel Golden. Fifteen injured as residents jumped from fire escapes. more than 80 families left homeless. Police and firemen rescued many during the high rise blaze believed incendiary in origin.
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New York
East Side
Becky Kaplan
Barney Kaplan
Louis Kaplan
Samuel Cohen
Isaac Weisberg
Spearl Weisberg
Gussid Mazzin
Israel Golden
Mazzin
Kaplan
Weisbergs
Urges Action to Recover Rail Road Funds
Representative Neely of Kansas asks for a House judiciary committee hearing to compel the attorney general to collect 3,632,348 dollars owed by Missouri Pacific Railroad linked to federal aid for the Central branch of the Union Pacific. He cites a 1899 rights transfer and government letters, and says no sufficient authority has pursued the debt.
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Washington, D. C
House Judiciary Committee
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad
Neely
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Neeley
General Land Office
Union Pacific
United States
Waco Officials Consider Regional Bank for City
Waco bankers may back Houston in seeking a regional bank if Waco decides against pursuing one locally. Treasury Secretary McAdoo and Agriculture Secretary Houston plan to visit Houston and San Antonio around January 15, with Houston the only Texas stop.
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Waco
Tex
Waco Clearing House Association
Houston
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Secretary of Agriculture
San Antonio
Telegraph Strike Averted as Telegraphers' Settlement Reaches
Springfield report notes restoration of telegraph instruments removed during telephone installation. Settlement reached in St Louis between telegraphers union and railway receivers ends strike threat. Future train movements will be partly regulated by telephone and telegraph.
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Springfield
Greenbugs Spread in Denton County Wheat and Oat Fields
Government entomologists report genuine greenbugs have appeared by the thousands in western Denton County wheat and oat fields. Warm weather is seen as the main aid to a parasite that harms green bugs, giving wheat growers hope. The last serious pest visit was in 1901, when thousands of acres were damaged.
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Denton County
Denton
Tex
Constitutionalists press Nuevo Laredo siege as Ojinaga battles rage
In Laredo Texas on December 31 General Pablo Gonzales demanded surrender of Nuevo Laredo with 4500 troops nearby as 1200 Federal regulars and 1000 volunteers hold the town. At Presidio Mexican and American forces report brutal fighting near Ojinaga with no surrender expected and border patrols on alert.
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Nuevo Laredo
Matamoros
Castro
Gonzales
Alonzo Garrett
Monterey
Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Ortega
Villa
Chihhua
United Cavalry
McNamee
Pointe
Rio Grande
Major McNamee
States
Orozco
Ameri Remai
Sofl
Snowbound in Berlin and across Germany as storm rages
Berlin reports fourteen inches of snow at noon with continued storm. A rare 30 year record heavy snowfall hits Halle blocked trains and prisoners. Snow extends through Germany France Spain Portugal, with floods receding and many deaths from cold.
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Berlin
Halle
Empire
Germany
France
Spain
Portugal
Body Identified in East Side Trunk Slaying Case
The body found in a trunk on the East Side is identified as John Kremen, a Polish laborer formerly employed on road work in Garrison, New York. Police believe the motive was a feud among laborers.
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New York
John Kremen
Garrison
N. Y
Kremen
Colonel Beavan Guarded Lincoln in Assassination Era
The text notes Colonel Henry C Beavan, veteran and detective, who guarded President Lincoln and later testified or spoke about Lincoln’s assassination era in St Paul Minnesota.
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Lin ST. Paul, Minn
Dearonel
Henry C. Beavan
Lincol
Cole
Lincoln
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