Liberal chancellor Lloyd George outlines rural reform agenda
London February 1 The chancellor of the exchequer David Lloyd George declared that liberalism must regenerate rural life and free the land from an unprofitable system. He signaled government action on a broad social reform program addressing landlords tenants and agricultural labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Lloyd-George
National Liberals
Lloyd- George
Henry George
Great Britain
Lloyd-George
Conservative Party
Country Squires
Negro Girl Dies After Clothes Fire At Santa Rosa Hospital
Mary Bridget aged 20 a Negro girl died at 4 45 pm yesterday at Santa Rosa Hospital from severe burns suffered Friday when her clothing ignited while ironing. Mrs H D Barnitz and her daughter, who employed the girl, attempted to smother the flames and were burned in the rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bridget
Santa Rosa Hospital
H. D. Barnitz
Exchange Opposes Incorporation and Call Loan Interest Limit
The New York Stock Exchange declared its opposition to incorporation and to a maximum interest rate on call loans. Governor Sulzer was informed by a committee from the exchange that enacting such laws would cause disastrous results.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Stock Exchange
Sulzer
E4 Submarine Commissioned as England Expands Fleet
London reports England’s monster submarine E4 is commissioned, four times larger than the A class, armed with two 12-pounder guns, 1750 horsepower oil engines, speed 16 knots surfaced and 10 knots submerged, surface tonnage 700. Two more of the class are near complete and F class work has begun, aiming for 20 knots, signaling a naval budget rise to about $250 million, up nearly 50 million from last year.
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London
England
Two Killed In Wreck Near Benchley Texas
Engineer John W. Latchford of Houston and Fireman Durham were instantly killed when the Houston and Texas Central Owl train left the track near Benchley just after midnight. E 8 Crocker of Hearne and W H Rengstock of Kansas were among the injured. three or four other passengers, mostly negroes, were hurt but expected to recover. The wreck damaged engine baggage and express cars. all coaches remained on track. Prominent San Antonio women patronize the Marlandaie Hot Sulphur Baths on South Flores Street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearne
Tex
John W. Latchford
Houston
Durham
Crocker
W. H. Rengstock
Kansas
Texas Central
Benchley
Latchford
San Antonio
Marlandaie
South Flores Street
J C O Connor Dies In Paris After A Vast Texas Career
J C O Connor, noted builder of the Galveston mam moth jetties and the Texas Cent Railroad, is reported dead in Paris. A telegrapher, miner, railroad contractor and bank owner he held City Bank of Dallas and later City National Bank. Born in Fort Wayne sixty seven years ago.
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New York
J. C. O'Connor
Galveston
Tex
Texas Cent
Paris
City Bank of
Dallas
City National Bank
Texas
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Equity Rules In Force Across U S Courts
Washington February 1 Supreme Court rules for federal courts go into effect to cut litigation costs and curb delays. The reforms include strict limits on granting temporary injunctions in labor dispute cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
No Action on Amendment 10 Section 71 Moves On
San Antonio charter committee left two nominating and confirming approaches for city employes unresolved and deferred further study. Webb and Briam proposals would require mayoral approval or commission confirmation. neither vote occurred. Salaries for mayor and commissioners fixed. poll tax debate ended in a 5 to 5 tie. Bank examiner Goodenough named to state post, bringing total examiners to 16.
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Commission
J. E. Webb
August Briam
W. F. McCaleb
McCaleb
Dr. McCaleb
City of
San Antonio
W. B. Russ
Board of Health
W. A. King
Bexar County Medical Society
Webb
Sam Belden
General Fund
R. J. Boyle
Houston
Austin
Tex
Charles F. Goodenough
First National Bank of Mission
Goodenough
E. Barkley
Ladonia
Presbyterian Leader Passes Away in New York
The Rev. William Henry Hubbard D D of Auburn New York longtime secretary of the executive committee of the Presbyterian Church in the United States died last night in New York City from pneumonia and heart trouble. He was born in Clark County Kentucky sixty two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Henry Hubbard
Auburn
N. Y
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Clark County
Kentucky
Poll tax payments few as local option election ends
Waco Texas reports about 9000 poll tax payments this year. Officials say the small total stems from a local option election held last year and little possibility of another this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Too many laws and not enough law say Tolman
Dr William H Tolman director of the American Museum of Safety criticizes the drift of safety enforcement describing many accidents among American industry workers. He argues appointments to enforcement posts are secured by political influence and that examinations for such jobs are too easy. He calls for factory mine and tunnel inspection to be divorced from politics.
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William H. Tolman
American Museum of Safety
Policeman Guarded Gambling House To Fend Off Raid
Boston reports quote a Cambridge bank looter Keliher saying a New York police lieutenant was paid 200 a night to guard a gambling place where George Coleman stole 350000 from National City Bank. Kelcher claims Walsh evaded capture, the officer protected the scene, and 3000 was spent to help the pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
J. Kelch
Martin Walsh
George Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
New York
Keliher
Big Bill
Coleman
Walsh
Kelcher
New Bank for Jacksonville State Banking Board approves charter changes
At a meeting in Austin on February 1 the state banking board granted a certificate of authority to Farmers' Guaranty State Bank of Jacksonville with capital stock of 50 000 and it assumed the guaranty fund protecting depositors. The board also approved increasing Citizens' State Bank of Memphis capital stock from 50 000 to 75 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bank For Jacksonville
Austin
Tex
State Banking Board
Farmers’ Guaranty State Bank of Jacksonville
Citizens’ State Bank of Memphis
Actress Fritzie Scheff Granted Interim Divorce Decree
White Plains reports papers granting an interlocutory decree of divorce to actress Fritzie Scheff from her husband author John Fox Jr. were filed with the county clerk yesterday. The documents were not public, and no names were mentioned in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Fritzie Scheff
John Fox Jr
Battle for Adrianople Drives Balkan War Watch
London dispatches report last effort by Constantinople and Sofia to avert renewed Balkan war. Bulgarian and Serbian troops clash over Adrianople as Montenegrin and Greek forces eye Scutari and Janina with Russia and France backing retention. Allies may demand surrender of Adrianople and Aegean islands if diplomacy fails.
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London
Constantinople
Sofia
Balkan
Voff
Adrianople
Russia
France
Scutari
Jinina
Nicholas
Montenegro
Constantine
Greece
Aegean Islands
Janina
Emperors await peace letter on Austro Russian crisis
A letter from Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary to Emperor Nicholas of Russia, aimed at clarifying the Austro Russian situation and prompting demobilization, is en route from Vienna via Prince Hohenlohe Waldenburg Schillingsfurst, the former Austro Hungarian military attache in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Nicholas
Russia
Vienna
Hohenlohe- Waldenburg Schillingsfurst
Austria Concentrates Troops Near Frontiers
ST PETERSBURG February 1 Austria Hungary continues active enrollment of supplementary reservists in frontier districts bordering Russia and Servia. A force of 250000 Austro Hungarian troops is now concentrated in Bosnia and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
ST. Petersburg
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Servia
Prague
Bosnia
Tafts Host Last White House Dinner for Speaker Clark
President and Mrs Taft hosted a final White House dinner in Washington honoring Speaker Clark. More than forty Senators and House members attended, with leaders from both major parties present, followed by a musicale after the dinner.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Clark
House
Plan to track vessel positions to reduce sea tragedies
Washington February 1 The naval wireless station superintendent W H G Bullard proposes a system to receive and chart the daily positions of all ships. The goal is quicker rescue if a vessel is in distress and faster alerting of nearby ships to aid amid maritime accidents. In Louisiana Mind en February 1 Judge John N Sandlin sentences John Fretwell and Fel ton Green to life for manslaughter in the killing of Mrs Gresham's husband. Mrs Gresham and her son Jesse receive fifteen and seven years respectively. motion for a new trial denied, appeal noted.
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Washington
W. H. G. Bullard
Naval
Potomac River
Minden
John N. Sandlin
John Fretwell
Felton Green
Mary Gresham
Federals Open Offensive in Mexican Rebel Areas
Reports from Mexico indicate the Madero government is renewing efforts to suppress rebels. Ambassador Wilson says federal troops in the north protect American mining properties in Chihuahua. The Juarez commander has gone on the offensive, opened the railway southward, and sent a force to strike the rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Madero
Ambassador Wilson
Chihuahua
Juarez
Steamer Yingchow Reported Helpless Near Manila
The American cruiser Cincinnati was ordered to search for the British steamer Yingchow lying helpless off Yuzon with about 200 passengers aboard after being disabled in a recent storm. The action was directed from Manila on February 1.
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Manila
Cincinnati
Yuzon
Gambling barred in Sacramento after emergency ordinance
Sacramento officials closed all public gambling last night for the first time since the city’s gold rush days of 1849. The emergency ordinance, approved by city commissioners, went into effect immediately, ending all gaming activities. Harlandale Medicated Mud Baths claim cures for rheumatism and other ailments and urge riders on the South Flores streetcar to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Harlandale
Bright
South Flores
Oil men in Germany seek tankers for German needs
A deputation of American oil men appeared before the Imperial Parliament committee handling Germany's petroleum monopoly bill. They assured the panel that independent producers could meet all German needs if the government provided tank steamers, and they faced thorough questioning with supporting statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Imperial Parliament
Germany
Five new papers a day in 1912 report
Census figures in the 1913 American Newspaper Annual show that about five publications started each day in 1912, with 1686 new titles and 1650 discontinued, yielding a net gain of 36. The industry’s growth is strongest in daily papers, and total newspaper income is about 360 million dollars annually.
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Philadelphia
Annual and Directory
United States
Canada
Doctor Moore Promotes Eye Health at Gunsster Building
An advertisement urges readers to consult Dr. J. Harvey Moore at 204 Gunster Building for relief of weak or inflamed eyes headaches dizziness and nausea. The notice frames activity as printed exponent of the era.
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J. Harvey Moore
Gunster Building
Texas Chartered Firms Form In Flere Details
Nash and Westbrook Company of Mart McLennan county with 30000 capital seeks merchandising. Fred J Feldman Company of El Paso with 10000 capital. Denton Oil and Development Company of Denton with 23000 capital. Petroleum Products Freight Handlers Association of Port Arthur has no capital stock. Staten Young Men's Improvement Club of Houston no capital stock. Riebe Undertaking Co auto ambulance service 221 E Commerce phone 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Nash and Westbrook Company of Mart
McLennan County
Capital Stock
H. B. Nash
Edwin Westbrook
J. T. Davis
Fred J. Feldman Company
el Paso
Fred J. Feldman
G. G. McKie
R. H. Dechaner
Denton Oil and Development Company
Denton
Capital
Isaac Canfield
J. D. Bell
Darnall
Petroleum Products Freight Handlers’ Association of
Port Arthur
Richard Marsland
Jerry Hook
Harry Anderson
Staten Young Men’s Improvement Club of
Houston
Frank Staten
Ernest Griffith
Charley Peterson
Riebe Undertaking Co
Auto Ambulance Service
Commerce
Immigrants File Final Naturalization Applications
Will Become Citizens. The following have declared their intention of becoming citizens of the United States, having filed application for naturalization papers, in the office of deputy United States clerk A. I. Campbell. Names include Morris Louis Jacobs, Carlos Hernandez, Lorenzo Najera, Dario Alborado, Arthur Bruno Richter, and Max Meepes, from Russia, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Germany, and England respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. I. Campbell
Morris Louis Jacobs
Drogetchine
Russia
Carlos Hernandez
Matamoros
Mex
Lorenzo Najera
Aguas Calientes
Dario Alborado
Villa de Garcia
Arthur Bruno Richter
Hamburg
Germany
Max Meepes
London
England
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Warner’s
DSA
Aes
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co
Rochester
Ives
Lloyd George
Collman
Exchange
Pape
William H. Todman
Gambler
Carter
Turkey
TAFTS
Pat Othee
Baker’s Cocoa
Walter Baker & CO. Limited
Dorchester, Mass
Cardus
J. W. Linkous
Creston
Tenn
Cardui
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