Masonic links tied to deadly hotel room attack
Dr Charles W Kennerly and Dr A F Johnson, former partners and lodge brothers, fought with knives and a pistol in a locked hotel room. An affidavit in Kennerly’s pocket accuses Johnson of debt wrongdoing and seeks expulsion from the Masonic order as Johnson lies near death in a city hospital. Walter Diefenbach and Charles Lody, others involved, give conflicting accounts.
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ST. Louis
Charles W. Kennerly
San Antonio
Tex
A. F. Johnson
Masonic Order
Kennerly
Charles Lody
Lody
Diefenbach
Diefenbaugh
Dr. Johnson
Arnold
Dr. Kennerly
D. E. Arnold
Mobile
Ala
Granite City
Johnson
Washington University Dental College
Plow Candy Company
Los Angeles
Cal
William T. Koken
Pride of the West Lodge
Dr.s. Cameron
Mr. Arnold
Doctors Kennerly and Johnson Separate In San Antonio Case
Dr. Charles W. Kennerly left San Antonio Monday for St. Louis to appear before the grand jury against Dr. A F. Johnson with whom he had been in business here about six months ago according to Mrs C H Baker sister of Dr Kennerly. He had not
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Charles W. Kennerly
San Antonio
St. Louis
A. F. Johnson
C. H. Baker
Dentists Johnson and Kennerly in San Antonio Split
Mrs. Baker recalls that Dr. Kennerly and Dr. Johnson were partners who came to San Antonio six months ago. When Kennerly’s health declined he left for a rest and Johnson sold the business and departed for St. Louis. Kennerly opened a Swearingen-McGraw office three months ago and planned a local home, while his family remains in St. Louis with many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Johnson
Souis
St. Louis
Edison Fur E-2 Explosion Draws Criticism in Naval Inquiry
New York Feb 12 Lieutenant J C Fisher, judge advocate, scrutinized Miller Reese Hutchison of Edison Storage Battery Co over the January 15 fatal E 2 submarine explosion. He exonerated Commander Charles M Cook and crew as Edison agents in a battery test and condemned Edison for inadequate instructions. Findings to be sent to Secretary Daniels and released in Washington.
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New York
Miller Reese Hutchison
Edison Storage Battery Company
J. C. Fisher
Naval Court of Inquiry
United States
Fisher
Charles M. Cook
Arkansas
Edison Company
Hutchison
Judge Advocate
Daniels
Washington
U S Socialists Propose Peace Plan
Berlin Feb 12. The American Socialist party cabled Henri H Van Kol proposing a simultaneous parliamentary peace agitation based on evacuation of invaded territories liberation of oppressed nations removal of Jewish disabilities plebiscite on Alsace Lorraine and Poland freedom of the seas gradual disarmament and international arbitration. President Wilson urged in Congress Feb 24 to convene neutral nations to negotiate. Van Kol cabled Meyer London an assurance of Dutch Socialist adhesion and cooperation if American action succeeds.
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Berlin
London
American Socialist Party
Henri H. van Kol
Alsace-Lorraine
Poland
Wilson
Herr van Kol
Meyer Loncon
House of Representatives
Washington
Dutch Socialist Party
Minor quake rattles Martinique evening tremor reported
A light earthquake struck Fort de France Martinique at 11 13 last night no damage was reported.
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Martinique
Fort DE France
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity unsettled and colder tonight with cloudy skies and a colder Sunday. Expect cool damp conditions with overnight dips and daytime chill as a weak system lingers over the region.
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San Antonio
Home Weather for Tourists Forecasts by The Light
Weather brief for multiple cities including St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Washington. Reports list temperature conditions winds and notes on snow or cold with daily low and high readings.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Prayers for Entente Berlin Report on Cardinal Mercier
A dispatch from February 12 reports the Overseas News Agency summary of Cardinal Mercier's activities in Rome. It says Belgian bishops addressed German clergy about Belgian atrocity allegations, and that Mercier aided political agitation while in Belgium and occupied Belgium.
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Berlin
Sayville
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Rome
von Hartmann
Cologne
Germany
Cardinal
Leopold
Congo
S. Michael's
St. Michael
Brussels
Lucifer
Mercier
Piffl
Vienna
Liege
Bruges
Ghent
Colder Weather Expected This Weekend Says Weather Bureau
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau says colder air is on the way though the extent of real cold is unclear. The Saturday map shows a large high over the north bringing cold and snow but center is east, making extreme cold unlikely here. North remains very cold with below zero in Saskatchewan and the zero line reaching central South Dakota and the freezing line into southern Kansas and central Missouri.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Saskatchewan
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
First Frost on Mars Detected by Lowell Astronomers
Astronomers at Lowell Observatory report what seems to be the season's first spring frost on Mars in latitude 54 degrees and longitude 285 degrees. The north polar cap shows melting with a circular rift widening, linked to the border by radial tributaries, and a blue halo surrounds the cap.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Mars
Lowell Observatory
Bulgar King Visits Austrians
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria arrived yesterday at Austro-Hungarian general headquarters and was received by Field Marshal Archduke Frederick, according to a Vienna dispatch to Reuters.
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London
Vienna
Reuter’s
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Archduke Frederick
Montenegrins Deny Peage Negotiations
Montenegrin Premier Miouchekovitch says Montenegro sought an armistice to aid distant contingents and began preliminary talks with Austro Germans. He says Austrian peace terms were rejected and the royal family went into exile to avoid capture. The king on January 20 urged General Voukovitch to resist and retreat with the Serbian army, not negotiating with any party. The king, like Belgium and Serbia’s rulers, defers to the allies for a hopeful outcome.
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Paris
Miouchekovitch
France
Voukovitch
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Wilson weighs Garri son successor during Potomac cruise
President Wilson left Washington for a weekend naval yacht trip to consider who should become secretary of war after Lindley M. Garisson. He plans a quick decision and possible Senate nomination early next week, with many names including Lane Houston Breckinridge Harmon Baker and others under review.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
Henry Breckinridge
Lane
Interior
Houston
Agriculture
Frank L. Polk
State Department
Judson Harmon
Ohio
E. M. House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Newton P. Baker
Cleveland
Stone
Missouri
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Representative Hay
House Military Committee
Congress
Civil War veteran Seth P. Mills dies in Waco rail accident
Seth P. Mills aged 74 and his son in law Ben F. Gooch aged 26 were fatally injured in a back up by a Katy switch engine in Bell Mead yards while Mills campaigned for city commissioner. Mills, a Civil War veteran and four term Texas legislator, chaired the advisory panel drafting a new city charter.
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Waco
Tex
Seth P. Mills
Ben F. Gooch
Katy
Gooch
Mills
Bell Mead
Senate
Lincoln Statue Unveiled in Chicago Celebration
A heroic statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in Chicago on Lincoln's birthday. The statue stands on a sunken lawn at the stockyards exchange and was funded by dime contributions from nearly all employees at the Chicago Union Stock Yards. The board of trade and stock exchange closed for the ceremony.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Stock Yards Exchange
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Board of Trade and Stock Exchange
Appam To Remain In American Waters As Prize
Disposition of the British liner Ap pam brought to Hampton Roads by a German prize crew has been decided by the United States. Indications point to the ship remaining in American waters as a prize of the Germans under the Prussian American treaty indefinitely.
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Washington, D. C
Appam
Hampton Roads
United States
Hayes Men Win Campaign Tie By Narrow Margin
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce canvass ends with left wing Hayes 568 memberships and right wing Hucker 548 amid $27,912.50 raised from 11 164 memberships. Leaders vow three more days of effort to push totals toward $35,000 with team-based rounds and prizes at the Majestic Theater.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hayes
Hucker
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Ed Raymond
Weakley
A. B. Weakley
John B. Carrington
Mr. Carrington
Chaffee
Frank P. Chaffee
Claude V. Birkhead
J. H. Kirkpatrick
G. C. Holmgreen
I. B. Clegg
P. L. King
S. Fowler
J. H. Savage
C. M. Cain
Gui Zalmanzig
E. BE. Dilley
Herbert Barnard
Morning
Clinton G. Brown
R C. Jones
Franz ¢C. Groos
A. P. Ford
Albert Kronkosky
Peter Hoefgen
R. P. Schermerhorn
Percy Tyrrell
Fritz Reuter
George C. Eichlitz
Andres Coy
J. Ed Wilkens
Lodovic Printing Company
Quick Tire Service Company
W. Dpd. Hussing
J. E. Jarratt & Co
H. L. Wagner Drug Company
Herff & Wilding
G. W. Edwards
Fisk Company of Texas
Albin Seidel
Albert Friedrich
Alfred Sanner
Glaze Ice and Fuel Company
Ray Lambert
Sonne
Charge British Recruit in U S
Chicago officials launch inquiry into alleged British recruitment activity within the United States. Two letters purporting to be from Major G. A. Stethen to British vice consul David Quail prompt the investigation, with possible recruitment in Duluth and Minneapolis and reports of British agents active in northern Wisconsin seeking native American musicians for regimental bands.
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Chicago
United States
Department of Justice
Hunton G. Clabaugh
Department’s Bureau of Investigation
Clabaugh
G. A. Stethen
141St Overseas Battalion
David Quail
Duluth
Minn
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Teuton Merchandise Barred From Italy
Rome reports a royal decree banning from today all importations into Italy and transit through Italy of German and Austrian merchandise and halting exports through Italian ports. The move follows Italy's May 23 1915 declaration of war against Austria and signals Italy’s first formal step to sever all commercial relations with Germany and Austria Hungary.
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Rome
Paris
Italy
Austria
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Aerial Mail Service Planned for Alaska and Massachusetts
The post office plans new aerial routes to isolated Alaska points and a Massachusetts link from New Bedford to Nantucket. Bids were invited for eight routes, starting October 1, with most Alaska legs twice weekly year round. The service aims to boost preparedness and mail efficiency.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Massachusetts
Post Office
New Bedford
Nantucket
Seward
Nome
Fairbanks
Valdez
Burleson
Swiss Outcry Over War Fund Transfers To German Securities
Geneva dispatch reports public opinion in Switzerland stirred by officials in the federal insurance directorate moving nearly all federal insurance funds into German bonds and stocks since the war began, leaving only 8,000 francs unspecified. The 1911 federal insurance law created illness and accident insurance with an annual fund of 8,000,000 francs.
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Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Federal Insurance Directorate
Governor appoints Dewitt Bowmer as district attorney
Governor Ferguson announced in Temple that Dewitt Bowmer is appointed district attorney to succeed the resigning John L. Ward. Bowmer has accepted the post and will proceed to the capital.
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Dewitt Bowmer
Temple
Tex
Ferguson
John L. Ward
Bowmer
Prince Joachim to Be Married
Amsterdam dispatch reports Emperor William announcing Prince Joachim will wed in Potsdam on March 11.
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Prince Joachim
London
Amsterdam
William
Joachim
Potsdam
Engagement of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie Augustine
Berlin announced the engagement on October 14 1915 between Prince Joachim youngest son of Emperor William and Princess Marie Augustine daughter of Prince Edward of Anhalt. Joachim 25 born December 17 is a captain in the Fourteenth Hussars and the sole unmarried son. Marie Augustine born June 10 1898 is a niece of Duke Frederick II of Anhalt. Her father is reported to fight on the Argonne front with Crown Prince Frederick William.
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Prince Joachim
William
Marie Augustine
Prince Edward of
Anhalt
Berlin
Regiment of Hussars
Frederick II of
Frederick William
Argonne Front
Dr E V Zollars Dies In Warren Ohio After Leadership Roles
Dr E V Zollars longtime president of Hiram College Siam Ohio died yesterday at his daughter’s home in Warren Ohio. He founded Christian University in Waco Texas and led Phillips University in Enid Oklahoma. A Bethany College graduate he was a noted Christian denomination leader.
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Youngstown
Ohio
E. V. Zollars
Hiram College
Siam
Warren
Hiram
Zollars
Waco
Tex
The
Christian University
Enid
Okla
Phillips University
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Fire on German Ship Asuncion Off Para Harbor
The German steamer Asuncion, interned at Para, requested water at a wharf but fled under fog toward the sea. Brazilian cruiser República and auxiliary Teff fired blank shots and then projectiles when she did not halt, driving her back to harbor. The captain said escape was not intended, and authorities opened an investigation.
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Rio Janeiro
Asuncion
Para
Republica
Teff
Asuncion Fire Suspected After Para Port Incident
The German steamship Asuncion of 4663 gross tons built at Hamburg in 1895, owned by Hamburg South American Steamship Company, was reported to be at Para voluntarily. It is believed she was fired upon for allegedly preparing to sail without proper clearance documents.
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Asuncion
Hamburg
Hamburg-South American Steamship Company of
Para
Alaska railroad strike halts 50 mile Anchorage to Matanuska section
A general strike of laborers on the Alaska government railroad from Anchorage to the Matanuska coal fields has been called. Workers demand wages of 6 1/2 cents an hour for common laborers, stopping the 50 mile branch under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Anchorage
Matanuska
Alaska
Seward
Orpet Denies Poisoning Marion Lambert in Lake Forest
Chicago February report states Wil H Orpet denies poisoning Marion Lambert and claims she died in the woods near her Lake Forest home. He is charged with murder amid ongoing questioning and a deaf mute witness alleges witnessing the death scene in the woods.
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Chicago
Wil H. Orpet
Dent
University of W
Marion Lambert
Lake Forest
Orpet
Miss Lam
Ai Dady
Lambert
Pet
Lake County
Lake Forestesda
Marion
T Woods
Woods
Madison
Miss Lambert
Tod
David James
James
Mine Disaster Toll Rises to Twenty-Five in Indiana Pa
In Indiana Pennsylvania a mine disaster at the Jefferson and Chestnut Coal and Iron Company Earnest mine wrecked the shaft late yesterday. By noon today thirteen bodies were recovered bringing the total dead to twenty five with no more expected. Men were buried under earth and coal after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Jefferson and Chfield Coal and Iron Company
Earnest
Rejected suitor shoots girl in Corpus Christi case
In Corpus Christi a 25 year old man named Antonio Perez shot and killed Miss Gonia Fuentes, 18, after she refused his marriage proposal. Perez fled toward Sodville after the incident but was pursued by authorities.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Antonio Perez
Gonia Fuentes
Perez
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