Orozco Expected to Resume Command of Rebels March 1
Rebel leaders in El Paso say Pascual Orozco Jr. will take supreme command of rebel forces on March 1 with Salazar remaining as second in command. They note large ammunition shipments along the border and expect the rebel army to gather at Palomas opposite Columbus NM by Tuesday.
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EL Paso
Tex
Wilson
Orozco
Salazar
Pascual Orozco Jr
New Mexico
Arizona
Palomas
Columbus
Ricardo Gomez Robello
San Antonio
United States
Emile Vasquez
Mexico
Europe
Canada
Chihuana
Six Year Term Approved in Senate Debate Continues
The article notes opposition leaders reluctance to express views on a six year term for the president and eligibility after term. Chairman Henry of rules committee says he has not considered the bill or formed an opinion. Representative A Mitchell Palmer from Pennsylvania declines criticism of the Works resolution.
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Wilson
Henry
Committee On Rules
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Wife Silent Five Years Defeats Missouri Divorce Suit
In Springfield, Judge Arch A. Johnson denied Thomas Wooldridge a separation decree from his wife Mary Wooldridge. Wooldridge testified his wife had not spoken to him for five years despite living together and sharing meals. He is 66, she 61, married 39 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Arch A. Johnson
Thomas Wooldridge
Mary Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Mailman Assault Prompts Federal Probe on Interfering with Mail
A mail carrier Frank J. Lankford was assaulted on Main Plaza yesterday afternoon. The incident led to a warrant sworn out for a San Antonio business man charged with interfering with the United States mail. No arrest was made by the U S marshal’s force as of last night.
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Frank J. Lankford
Main Plaza
San Antonio
United States
Keller
Rockefeller’s Health Improves on Jekyll Island
William Rockefeller, greatly improved in health, is back at Jekyll Island spending time on the golf course. He will stay until after February 4 when Pujo and Untermyer of the money trust committee are expected to visit.
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Rockefeller
Brunswick
William Rockefeller
Jekyl Island
Mr. Rockefeller
Pujo
Attorney Untermyer
The
Money Trust Committee
Birds Lose Homes as Trees Fall in East Houston Street
Two to three thousand sleek black birds sheltered in the tall trees before the Herff homestead on East Houston Street. The trees were cut down for a brick store, leaving the birds homeless and causing a noisy, mournful commotion as flocks searched for new perches. Local businessmen had grown used to the birds’ presence by the lively battles with sparrows once housed in those branches.
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Herff
Houston Street
Ranney to sail for Spain to work on Barcelona project
Willis Ranney of Bart lett & Ranney, a chief engineer for Medina Company, will sail February 12 to join Dr. F. B Pearson on a large public utilities project near Barcelona. He helped with initial surveys and later built a railway from Dunlay to the dam site to aid transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Ranney
Bartlett & Ranney
Medina Company
Spain
F. 8. Pearson
Barcelona
San Antonio
Ranney
Alex Walton
Pearson
Medina
Dunlay
Real estate deal seals Patton Place purchase by Dr. Jackson
Dr. T. T. Jackson bought Patton Place at Avenue C and Pecan Street for about 20 000. The property fronts 83 feet on Pecan Street and was purchased from the Patton estate. E. J. Altgelt negotiated the sale. An apartment building currently occupies the site, bought as an investment likely to be improved later.
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T. T. Jackson
Patton Place
Avenue C
Pecan Street
Dr. Jackson
Patton
E. J. Altgelt
Voyagers Face Death as Nairshire Survives Gale
Aboard the liner Nairshire between Capetown and Hobart a fierce gale hurled seawater and huge waves. Passengers huddled together and sang while women and children cried as the ship rolled. An officer carried a girl to the rigging to escape a towering wave, crew toiled hard, and the ship had only one biscuit per person from Tuesday night to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Capetown
Hobart
Drug Company Banquet Highlights Employees and Families
San Antonio Drug Company hosted a banquet and dance at Hermann Sons Hall for employees and their families. President Fred W. Cook, Vice President Albert Kronk, and General Manager H. Dott spoke at the event. The note adds Carnegie Institute of Technology’s claim of a leading metallurgical laboratory and early electric steel and pig iron experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsby Gietrich
Celebration At Laredo Four Day Washington Birthday Fest
Laredo plans a four day celebration with an island attack staged by Pocahontas and Red Men to seize city keys, a bridge parade, bull fights in Nuevo Laredo, band concerts, carnivals, Aztec dancers, Kermesse and Los Pastores, and a U S Army exhibition drill by Fort McIntosh troops.
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Laredo
Rio Grande River
Pocahontas
Red Men
International Bridge
Nuevo Laredo
Jamaica
la Pastorela
Los Pastores
The
Independent Order of Red Men
United States
Fort McIntosh
Thomas B. Esty
Fourteenth Calvary
Kermesse
Thos Pastores
New Puebla Revolution Reported In Mexico City
The Madero government faces a fresh Puebla revolt led by Augustin Del Poso, a defeated gubernatorial candidate with a large following. He issues a manifesto urging arms uprising and tax resistance against the present regime.
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Mexico
Madero
Puebla
Augustin del Poso
del Poso
F.fe
Strauss to sail for Europe to aid Palestine poor
H Oscar 8S. Strauss, wealthy philanthropist, photographed just before sailing for Europe to establish soup kitchens in Palestine. He has supported the poor in New York and says there is a large field for work among the Holy Land’s needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Oscar
Strauss
Europe
Palestine
Mr. Strauss
New York
Holy Land
Mass dismissal of 466 students at A&M College
Bryan Texas February 1 1913 the faculty ordered the dismissal of 466 students from the A and M College rolls for insubordination amid hazing charges. Twenty two were dismissed for hazing earlier in the week and five more later. students demanded reinstatement. President Milner issued a statement noting the series of dismissals and the refusal to reinstate those who signed a petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milner
A. and M. College of Texas
R. T. Milner
One Arm Laborer Attacked Near Alazan Creek
Adrian Mena, a one armed laborer, was attacked near his home on Durango Street by two men shortly after 8 pm. They fractured his remaining arm in two places, leaving him helpless as the assailants fled. Mena cannot explain the motive.
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Adrian Mena
Mena
Dtrango Street
Alazan Creek
Bralley to Deliver Address at Denton College Homecoming
State Superintendent Bralley accepted an invitation to speak at the April 19 homecoming and celebration marking the completion of the new science and household arts building at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton. The $75,000 structure is now complete in every respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bralley
Austin
Tex
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Nurse Girl Not Guilty
The jury acquits Barbara Arnold a 16 year old nurse girl who confessed to firing the Berlin Hotel in which three died and who had faced trial for firing the Windermere Hotel earlier in the week in St Louis on February 1.
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ST. Louis
Barbara Arnold
Berlin
Windermere
Mayoral recall and Creel resignation clash at city hall
In Denver, plans to recall Mayor Henry J. Arnold, the resignation of Fire Commissioner Thomas F. McGrew, and Police Commissioner George Creel's refusal to resign emerged from a month long quarrel. Creel attacked McGrew at today’s police board meeting, saying he attended meetings “looking like a drunken bum.”
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Denver
Colo
Henry J. Arnold
Fire and Police Board of Fire
Thomas F. McGrew
George Creel
Police Board
Creel
McGrew
Senate approves six year single term amendment
The Works constitutional amendment for a single six year presidential term passed the Senate 47 to 23. The House must pass by two thirds and it then goes to state legislatures for ratification. Other actions include DC appropriation debate and counting electoral votes formalities in the House. Committees report on workers compensation and tariff hearings proceed.
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Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
Ways and
House Democrats
Clapp Campaign Fund
Chicago in Grip of Bitter Cold Snap
Chicago endures the coldest spell of the year with zero to 1.3 below readings. A 30 mile per hour gale drives people to seek shelter as county aid and charity offices struggle to meet需求 demand. Firefighters handle sixty calls as windblown snow causes minor injuries.
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Chicago
Winter
Loretaster Cox
Joseph Meyer
Eugene T. Lies
Associated Charities
Hunters redeem big cat hide for county bounty
A county bounty paid $1 for a big cat hide found with buckshot on a card stating the theft of a chicken. A night watch captured the marauder in the act. four hides, including three cats and a wolf, were redeemed with $1 each, and the pelts’ ears were slit.
Bexar County Remits Taxes On Its Own Land
Judge James R. Davis presented a petition to the Commissioners Court to cancel taxes due on land actually owned by the county. Mrs. Caroline Kampmann had deeded a small 12 by 21 foot lot behind the courthouse but an assessor error left the property in her name. The county’s tax bill of 32.67 dollars was remitted and an order authorized a correct transfer to reflect county ownership.
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Bexar County
James R. Davis
Commissioners’ Court
Caroline Kamp- Mann
Injured In Affray On West Commerce Street
Jestus Flores a 19 year old man suffered three knife wounds to the body and scalp in an affray at 11 45 last night at the intersection of West Commerce street and Santa Rosa avenue. Felipe Galvan, 23, was arrested for assault and battery. Flores received temporary care at police headquarters and was later taken to his home at 212 Portosi street.
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Jestus Flores
West Commerce Street
Santa Rosa Avenue
Felipe Galvan
Portosi Street
Former Express Rider Dies at 82 in Philadelphia
Henry Biernbaum a former pony express rider who served the nine day Kansas City to San Francisco trail in the late 1840s died at age 82 in Philadelphia Born in Germany in 1821 he immigrated to America during the California gold rush and became part of the historic mail service legends of the era
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Express
Philadelphia
Henry Biernbaum
Pony Express
Kansas City
San Francisco
Biernbaum
Germany
America
California
Plans to reopen hostilities unsettle Balkans
Dispatches report plans to renew fighting at 7 o clock Monday night in the Balkans, yet Americans and other foreigners are said to be safe. Reports from Belgrade say Bulgarians mined the Sea of Marmora shore and occupy the coast, while Athens says no vessels will be nightfall. Ambassador Khill says Americans are safe in Constantinople.
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Washington, D. C
Knox
Balkans
Jackson
Belgrade
Sea of Marmora
Athens
Khill
Constantinople
Civil service exams offer San Antonio openings
The schedule of civil service examinations at the San Antonio post office presents good chances for young men and women in many fields. A shortage of male stenographers and typewriters at Washington, D C has opened a promising field with rapid advancement. Initial salaries range from 840 to 900 dollars yearly. Philippine service is the most popular department, with San Antonio applicants leading others in number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Philippine Service
Pension Agencies Abolished Under Consolidation Reform
Washington today marks the abolition of about twenty agencies as Dr A H Thompson takes the oath as disbursing officer. Pensions for veterans will be sent from Washington by checks. The reform, outlined in the latest pension bill, consolidates agencies and their clerical staff at the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
A. H. Thompson
Pension Bureau
Washington
Bishop Moore Ordered to Pay $1 Damages in Libel Case
Bishop David H. Moore of Cincinnati must pay Mrs. Carrie E. Cope of Topeka one dollar after the federal jury in Kansas City found in her favor over a libel claim. The letter to Mrs. George Robinson of Detroit urged shifting control of missionary funds away from Cope.
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Bimoe
Kans City
David H. Moore
Cincinnati
Carrie E. Cope
Topeka
George Robinson
Detroit
Cope
Kansas City
Kas
Longhorns trounce Y M C A five in 36 to 14 win
In Austin Texas on February 1 the Texas Longhorns defeated the Young Men's Christian Association five of San Antonio 36 to 14 at Ben Hur Temple. Patterson scored 16 for Texas while Edmund and Graham stood out on defense and offense. The game featured fast start, stronger Longhorns in the first half and steadier play late.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas Longhorns
Young Men's Christian Association
San Antonio
Ben-Hur Temple
Longhorns
Patterson
Edmund
Graham
TEMC
Texas
Jordan
Ces Ee
Patterson-Gillespie
Nolan
Schramm
Buddy
Veeee McVeigh
Veterans to Meet in May in Chattanooga Reunion
United Confederate Veterans orders issued from New Orleans for the twenty third reunion to be held in Chattanooga May twenty seventh to twenty ninth. If possible the Navy will recover relics of the frigate Philadelphia. Colorado projects two million population in five years and Denver targets six hundred thousand.
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New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Chattanooga
United States Navy Department
Philadelphia
Tripoli
Decatur
Colorado
Denver
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Young
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Robert E. Lee
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