Texas Senate Debates Governor Probe Amid Stalemate
The Texas Senate debates a Johnson of Hall resolution to investigate Governor Ferguson's official acts. The measure, laid on the table, faced split votes with 19 in favor of tabling and 12 against. Governor Ferguson signals openness to investigations, saying the bars are down for the Legislature on probes.
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Tex
Senate
Lattimore
Johnson of Hall
Secretary
House of Representatives
House
Bee
Smith
McNealus
Alderdice
Buchanan
Scurry
Sutter
Johnson
Hall
Bell
Westbrook
Hudspeth
Clark
Ferguson
Thompson
Red River
Raiden
Friends
Bailey
Caldwell
Dayton
Dean
Floyd
Gibson
Harley
Henderson
Hopkins
Johnston
Harris
King
McCollum
Page
Parr
Woodward
Allerdice
Decherd
Robbins
Strickland
New House
Texas
Whitlock Asked to Haul Down Flag in Brussels
State Department dispatches report Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium had been requested but not ordered by German authorities to lower the American flag at the Brussels legation. No mention of relief workers being prisoners. Officials say Germans acted within their rights. Whitlock is accredited to the Belgian government seated at Havre.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Legation
Brussels
Havre
Captain to testify on Lyman M. Law sinking at Rome
Captain Mac Donough, master of the American schooner Lyman M. Law sunk by an Austrian submarine, will travel to Rome to testify before American consular authorities. He was summoned through the British consul, who collected affidavits from the crew stating the submarine gave no warning and the ship was torpedoed and set ablaze.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Paris
MacDonough
Lyman M. Law
Rome
United States
Treadwell
McDonough
Law
Law's Fate Overt Act in U S Sinkings
Rome papers debate whether the sinking of the American schooner Lyman M. Law is an overt act as President Wilson stated. The British consul at Cagliari reports the vessel was ex-American but Giornale d Italia notes it was registered in the American merchant marine and flew the U S flag when sunk.
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Law
Rome
Paris
Lyman M. Law
Wilson
Senate
Cagliari
Uni States
Treadwell
Giornale d'Italia
Berlin paper questions American merchantmen sailings
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says reports of American merchantmen sailing despite the submarine blockade are unfounded. It calls such rumors a wickedly tempting God and suggests the plan amounts to nothing.
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Amsterdam
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Fletcher Enters Mexico Ahead of Mexico City Post
Henry F. Fletcher American ambassador to Mexico arrives at Laredo en route to Mexico City. He is met by Consul Garrett Mexican Consul Garcia and other officials. The party crosses into Mexico after a breakfast, with the ambassadorial train departing Nuevo Laredo around 1:30 pm.
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Laredo
Tex
Henry F. Fletcher
Mexico
Mexico City
Garrett
Garcia
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
San Antonio Area Tonight and Friday Fair Weather
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with frost tonight. temperatures expected to dip, affecting early morning activities and horticulture in the region.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather headlines for seven cities
Forecasts by The Light show St Louis and New York with cold conditions and mixed precipitation. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City and Washington report cloudy or snowy skies with cooling trends and variable winds.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Eastern Lines Place Embargo On All Freight
New York freight congestion prompts embargoes by Lackawanna Pennsylvania and New Haven to clear yards and move perishables. Car shortages and cold weather shift shipments to warehouses. plans to ease tension involve Union with Interstate Commerce Commission and American Railway Association. Ships facing export delays, Atlantic ports effectively blocked with only the Stockholm listing a sailing date tomorrow.
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New York
Germany
W. G. Besler
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
New Haven
New York Central
American Railway Association
Association
Car Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
Stockholm
Beaumont Not Affected By Lumber Export Embargo
Beaumont Texas reports that an export embargo will not hit shipments from the port. Lumber vessels bound for English ports are convoyed by British warships and lumber is sold to the British government aboard ships here. The Luna carried over 2,000,000 feet to an English port. Exports limited by Allied convoy capacity. Kirby Lumber notes plentiful western lumber cars and sufficient orders to raise production.
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Beaumont
Tex
Luna
Kirby Lumber Company
Mississippi River
Embargo on Freight Shipments Ordered by Santa Fe
An embargo on all freight shipments to points east of Chicago and north of the Ohio river, except perishable goods, was announced by the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad through J R Koontz. The embargo aims to relieve congestion at western cust ern points and take effect immediately.
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Topeka
Eas
Chicago
Ohio River
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
J. R. Koontz
Custern
Embargo Placed on Carload Freight Shipments
A far reaching embargo has been placed on freight shipments in carload lots, effective soon, with details outlined by officials in St. Louis. The measure targets large consignments and aims to restrict nonessential traffic while allowing certain critical goods to move.
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ST. Louis, Mo
British steamer Cilicia sunk with crew landed
Lloyds announces the British steamer Cilicia of 3750 tons gross has been sunk. The crew was landed. The Ferga also has been sunk. Cilicia was 346 feet long, built in 1907 at Sunderland and owned by International Line Steamship Company of Whitby. Ferga not listed in current shipping records.
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London
Cilicia
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Ferga
Cicilia
Sunderland
International Line Steamship Company of
Whitby
Sinking of the Ainsdale Off Irish Coast
The British sailing vessel Ainsdale was stopped 180 miles off Cape Clear on February 5 and sunk after the crew abandoned ship. Ambassador Page said one American was aboard and rescued, though the cause of sinking was not disclosed. The 25 crew faced ten hours in boats before rescue. the ship sailed from Buenos Aires November 1.
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Washington, D. C
Ainsdale
Buenos Aires
England
Cape Clear
Ambassador Page
State Department
Gerard and Party Arrive in Paris
James W. Gerard former American ambassador at Berlin Mrs Gerard and forty two others arrived in Paris from Berne Switzerland welcomed at the station by Ambassador William H Shard and embassy staff. In Berne a similar farewell procession drew cheers as Gerard and staff departed for Paris via Pontarlier with women of the party honored by Berne friends.
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Paris
James W.gerard
Berlin
Gerard
Berne
Switzerland
William H. Shard
Ambassador Gerard
Pontarlier
Germany
United States
Stovall
Scretary Campbell
Entente Legations
Ex-Ambassador Gerard Praises German Hospitality
Ex-Ambassador Gerard thanked the German government for its arrangements for the American embassy and colony as he left German soil. He said German hospitality and chivalrousness stood the test during difficult days and surpassed his expectations.
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Berlin
Ayville
Gerard
Bolling Leaves Connolly Brokerage After Note Leak Claim
R. W. Bolling, brother in law of President Wilson, quits F A Connolly & Co amid note leak investigation. Bolling denies knowledge of the affair and journalist J F Essary testifies he wrote the forecast given to clients before publication.
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Washington, D. C
R. W. Bolling
Wilson
F. A. Connolly & Company
Bolling
J. F. Essary
Swiss legation shifts to German interests department
Dr Paul Hubscher secretary of the Swiss legation is installed in the German embassy building to head the department of German interests. Communications should be addressed to Swiss legation department of German interests.
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Washington, D. C
Paul Hubscher
Legation of
Switzerland
Leak Inquiry Ends Public Hearings in New York
The congressional committee investigating the leak on the president's peace note will not hold further public hearings due to the seriousness of the international crisis, announced by Chairman Henry at the end of this morning's session in New York on February 15.
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New York
Congressional Committee
Henry
Mexican raid near Lang's Ranch reported
Unconfirmed reports say Mexicans attacked Lang's Ranch fifty miles southwest of Columbus New Mexico and killed three American employees. Efforts to confirm the claim continued into the early hours today with no verification.
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Columbus
N. M
Here
Lang
Two Americans Reported Killed in Border Raid West of Lang Ranch
An American who returned from the border said two U S citizens were killed in a raid by Mexicans believed tied to Jose Ynez Salazar. One victim was named Fulton the other unnamed. American cowboys near Hachita were forming a 50 man armed posse led by John Parks to recover hostages.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jose Ynez Salazar
Lang's Ranch
Corner Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Lang
Fulton
John Parks
Three Mormon Cowboys Thought Executed by Mexican Raiders
Belief grows that Andrew P. Peterson Hugh Acord and Burton Jensen were killed by Mexican raiders after being captured at Corner Ranch on the U S side. Petersons herding dog returned to camp exhausted, reinforcing fears they did not survive.
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Rescus
Earn
Ead
Possible U S Troop Chase Into Mexico After Border Raid
Southern Department HQ reports uncertain whether American troops entered Mexico pursuing bandits who raided the Corner ranch 60 miles southwest of Columbus. Col. Sickel filed a report confirming raid details including fences cut and three MorMon cowboys abducted, with $5000 ransom demanded for Spencer and others.
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Mexico
Corner Ranch
Columbus
Border Patrol
United States
Funston
HL. G. Sickel
Sickel
Jose Ynez Salazar
Ojitos
Bunk Spencer
Spencer
Nogales Ranch
Palomas
Ascencion
German Vessel Crews Arrive in New York Under Guard
Seven crew members from German ships tied to the canal zone arrived in New York aboard the Panama Line steamship Advance. They were sent to Ellis Island for investigation and decision by the Department of Immigration board.
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New York
Canal Zone
Panama Line
Ellis Island
Board of Inquiry
Department of Immigration
Finance panel blocks deficiency for governor mansion in Texas
Austin Feb 15 The sub committee of the House finance committee refuses $2850 deficiency for the governor mansion as requested by Governor Ferguson. It cites a total mansion outlay of 4316.46 for 1915 16 covering groceries meats vegetables and more, noting none of the items are payable from public funds. A favorable minority report will be issued.
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Austin
Tex
Finance Committee
House
Ferguson
Watson acquitted in Teague bank forgery case at Fairfield
J. E. Watson was acquitted this morning in the district court at Fairfield after ten minutes of deliberation. Related forgery charges against his father T. S. Watson and brother W. R. Watson were postponed to the April term. The cases stem from the closing of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Teague, now under a receiver.
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Waco
Tex
J. E. Watson
Fairfield
Watson
T. S. Watson
W. R. Watson
T. R
J. B. Watson
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank of Teague
Watsons
Government to seize coal mines for war duration
The Board of Trade will take possession of all coal mines in the kingdom for the war period. A new administration department will run the lines, headed by Guy Callthrop, general manager of the London & Movin Western Railroad, as controller.
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London
Board of Trade
Guy Callthrop
London & Movinwestern
Wolf Shot In Chicago At Lincoln Park Zoo Site
A large wolf was shot today on Thirilth street near the Illinois Northern railroad tracks in Chicago. Cy Devry, Lincoln Park Zoo superintendent, said country residents send wolves as trophies to city friends and they sometimes escape.
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Chicago
Thirilth Street
Ilingis Northern Railroad
Cy Devry
Lincoln Park Zoo
Wall Collapse Kills Woman at Fair Cotton Factory
Spartanburg D C Feb 15 A wall collapse at the Fair Cotton Factory eight miles from here killed one woman cotton mill worker and injured eight or ten others.
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Spartanburg
D. C
Fair
Zimmermann Explains 1799 Treaty Amendments Between Germany and US
Berlin officials outline amended terms of the 1799 treaty with the United States governing private property, transport, and neutral rights. The proposal would protect German and American merchants in each other’s states, allow lawful emigration with property, and preserve Hague convention protections for enemy ships and crews.
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Berlin
London
Zimmermann
Associated Press
Germany
United States
Herr Zimmermann
Prussia
Chicago in Port New York Arrives With 181 Passengers
The French liner Chicago reached New York from Toulon after crossing the German submarine warfare zone. Officers reported no U boats seen and no friendly ships encountered though wireless warned of French patrol boats off the French coast.
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New York
Chicago
Germany
Shipping to Go Before Congress Estimates Action Soon
Officials say the United States may cut delays in ocean freight as German submarine activity slows shipping. President Wilson is pressed to consult Congress before any move, including arming merchant ships, with timing dependent on circumstances. Hoover reports relief workers in Belgium poised to depart for Holland within a week, while Belgian debts and supplies strain neutrals.
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Wilson
Congress
Lyman M. Law
Mediterranean
W Yarrowdale
State Department
Germany
Elkus
Constantinople
Turkey
Berne
Belgium
Herbert C. Hoover
American Relief Commission
Hoover
Holland
Washington
Plan International Committee
Netherlands
Lapland Steams Toward War Zone From New York
Harbor and river craft saluted the Red Star Line steamer Lapland as she passed through New York Harbor en route to the war zone. The liner is believed bound for Liverpool with passengers and war materials. origin and passenger numbers were not disclosed.
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New York
Lapland
Red Star Line
Liverpool
Rochambeau Reaches Bordeaux After Transatlantic Run
The French Line steamer Rochambeau arrived at Bordeaux after leaving New York in February with about one hundred passengers including twenty one Americans. She passed safely through the submarine lane and reached the French port by 11 p m Tuesday, according to advices received.
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Bordeaux
Germans Issue Aluminum 2 Pfennig Coins
The Overseas News Agency reports the issue of new aluminum two pfennig coins.
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Berlin
Sayville
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