Man Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life in El Paso
George Cavin shot and killed Mrs. Philip Gibson in her home on Montana Street and then killed himself. The couple, once Dallas sweethearts, had recently renewed their affair. Cavin died two hours later after traveling from a San Antonio sanitarium.
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EL Paso
Tex
George Cavin
Philip Gibson
Montana Street
Mrs. Gibson
G. W. Crutcher
Frank
Dallas
Cavin
Gibson
Over
Texas & Pacific Road
Buick Auto Agency
San Rio
San Antonio Seeks Confederate Reunion for 1914
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Convention and Tourists' Bureau launches a campaign to land the 1914 Confederate Veteran reunion. Letters were sent to 1728 camps in 13 southern states asking support, with George B. Taliaferro as bureau chairman.
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Chamber of Commerce Bureau
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
George B. Taliaferro
J. F. Carter
Macon
Chattanooga
San Jacinto
Texas
Tributes to Joe Bailey Trigger Election Era Banter
Vignettes from a political chat feature remarks about Joe Bailey Frank Hitchcock Tama Jim Wilson and Joseph G Cannon. The exchange notes Bailey’s fall from power and Cannon’s stature while joking about civil service and historic quotes.
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Frank Hitchcock
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Frank
Tama Jim Wilson
Joe Bailey
Senate
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Testing Workers Before Hiring Predicted By Reformist
Miss Kate Davis, superintendent at Bedford Hills reformatory for women, says employers may soon require lab tests to prove mental and physical fitness for work. The Bedford laboratory ties to J D Rockefeller Jr funded physical research to probe science’s cure for degeneracy. Rockefeller organized the bureau of social hygiene in 1911 and led the Bedford project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kate Davis
Reformatory For Women
Bedford Hills
N. Y
J. D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
Greece Ends Power Protection of Crete as Occupying Forces Leave
Greece formally takes possession of Crete after the evacuation of protecting forces from Great Britain Russia and Italy. A detachment from the British cruiser Yarmouth lowered the flags of the powers and Turkey, leaving only the Greek flag to fly. The powers had guarded Crete since the 1893 revolt. Nettle stems are noted as a substitute for cotton in one brief unrelated line.
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Athens
Greece
Crete
Great Britain
Rusapean
Italy
Sicnd
Yarmouth
Turkey
Texas Legislature Adopts 914 Bills in Month of Sessions
The Texas House adjourns to March 3 and the Senate to February 24 due to member deaths and illness. A total of 914 bills were introduced, including 613 House and 30 Senate measures, with 53 House and 29 Senate bills passed to date. The suspended sentence law is noted as a major enacted measure, while many bills were killed or left pending in committees. Special elections will be needed to fill two vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Terrell
Travis County
McLennan County
Mays
Brownwood
McGregor
Howerton
Executive Department
United States
Katy
Weinert
Murray
Representative McNeal
Caldwell County
Lee Killingsworth
Gregg County
Senators Force Madero Resignation Request Amid Mexican Crisis
Senators unanimously urge President Madero to resign as fighting rages in Mexico City. The group, led by Lascurain, meets at the palace with Madero’s uncle Ernesto Madero and ministers present. Reported British minister telegram and American intervention rumors spark fear and crowd unrest as the senate backs the move.
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Ernesto Madero
Huerta
Diaz
National
Chamber of Deputies
Madero
Senate
Lascurain
Camacho
Porfirista
Jose Diego Fernandez
Gummer Tindo Enriquez
National Palace
Salvador Gomez
Ignacio Magaloni
Maderistas
Lasecurain
Finance
Manuel Bonilla
Fomento
Jaime Garza
Enriquez
Ernesto
Fernandez
Maderista
General Camacho
Francis Strange
Taft
Vera Cruz
Ipoa Bm
Legation
Admiral Dewey sued for $20,000 dog bite damages
WASHINGTON February 15. Admiral Dewey is defendant in a District Supreme Court suit filed today by W H Johnson who alleges a poodle belonging to Dewey bit him last July. Johnson seeks 20000 damages. A DC ordinance requires all dogs to be muzzled. The will of John Jones filed for probate in Moberly Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Admiral Dewey
District Supreme Court
W. H. Johnson
Dewey
Johnson
District of Columbia
Revolt Splits Mexican Rebel Ranks Near Juarez
In northern Mexico Emilio Vasquez Gomez proclaims provisional president at Palomas Chihuahua promising to carry out plans of San Luis Tacubaya and Villa de Ayala. El Paso reports rebels fear lack of unity with Orozco Salazar and Rojas, while Juarez garrison tensions rise as open revolt looms before rebel forces reach the city.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Orozco
Chihuahua
Gomez
Palomas
Diaz
Salazar
Rojas
Vasquistas
San Luis
Tacubaya
Villa de Ayala
Juarez
Vasquez Gomez
Felix Diaz
Madero
Coronel Vasquez
San Antonio
Limantour
National Palace
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Vera Cruz
President de la Barra
Eemilio Vasquez Gomez
Bernardo Reyes
Reyes
Camargo
Linares
President Diaz
San Juan de Ulloa
City of Mexico
de la Barra
Rebels Move on Juarez as Diaz Supporters Rally
General Salazar leads about 1500 mounted rebels toward Juarez from Barreal 60 kilometers away. He is due to reach Bauche tonight and enter Juarez Sunday to join federals in a Diaz victory demonstration, with a clash possible against Maderista volunteers in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Salazar
Barreal
Bauche
Diaz
Maderista
Madero
Mexico City
Georgia at Vera Cruz sparks anti American unrest
The battleship Georgia arrived at Vera Cruz amid large crowds showing strong anti American sentiment. Additional U.S. warships were expected, with fears landings could trigger a riot and war. In Nuevo Laredo Mexico rebels seized the police and city buildings without firing a shot as volunteers took control.
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Vera Cruz
Georgia
Puebla
Pradilla
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Juarey Plaza
Chronology of the Mexican Revolution 1910 1913
Chronology lists key dates from 1910 to 1913 detailing Madero Diaz and allied figures. It covers political moves, resignations, revolts, battles, and changes in leadership from May 30 1910 through February 15 1913, including arrests, sieges, and shifts of power in Mexico and at San Antonio.
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Francisco I. Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Madero
Mexico
Peon
San Antonio
Puebla
Aquiles Serdan
Serdan
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Diaz
Chihuahua
Wilson Plans to Leave Princeton for Washington
President-elect Wilson will depart Princeton on March 3 late in the forenoon for Washington. A special train will carry the president elect Mrs Wilson and family with over a thousand student escorts. They will stay at the Shoreham Hotel and attend a Princeton Alumni smoker at the New Willard. He will not speak at the smoker.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Washington
Shoreham
Suffragists Celebrate One Year in San Antonio
The San Antonio Equal Franchise Society marks its first anniversary with a public jubilee at the St. Anthony Hotel ballroom. Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge led the group to 550 active members. Mrs. Albert Burleson of Austin will speak, followed by tea in the tapestry room.
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San Antonio
Equal Franchise Society
Great Suffrage Army of the World
St. Anthony Hotel
M. Eleanor Brackenridge
the St. Anthony
Will Advocate Need of Greater U. S. Navy
Commodore A. V. Wadhams retired U S Navy will lecture at the Rotary Club of San Antonio on the need for a larger navy. The talk at the St. Anthony Hotel lunch on Friday February 21 will cover his Navy experiences and service during the Spanish American War.
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A. V. Wadhams
United States Navy
Rotary Club of
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Commodore Wadhams
Navy League of
Washington, D. C
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Eighth Coast Defense District
German Aviator Killed During Gliding Attempt
Leipsig Germany Feb 15 A German aviator named Lank died today while attempting a gliding flight from 2400 feet his aeroplane toppled in midair The report notes a curious scene of horse drawn carriages and automobiles in local streets and mentions Mme Bernhardt traveling with a dog and buying a dog when she goes to England
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsig
Germany
Lank
Memorial services honor Sherman as Senate adjourns
The day in Congress featured memorial services for the late Vice President James S. Sherman with the President, cabinet, House members, Supreme Court justices, diplomats, and officials in attendance. The Senate recessed till noon Monday after the ceremonies, while the House handled a public buildings bill totaling 25.64 million dollars. The bill includes 2.5 million for a US Geological Survey building in Washington and 1 million for a Birmingham Alabama public building, home town of Majority Leader Underwood.
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Senate
James S. Sherman
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
Diplomatic Corps
Sherman
Root
House
House Committee On
Burnett
Congress
States Geological Survey
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Underwood
Bankers in Corpus Christi Convene for Large Texas Conference
More than 200 delegates attend the fifteenth annual Second District Bankers’ Convention in Corpus Christi with 80 visiting bankers. Aimed at monetary reform, resolutions urge immediate revision of laws and prompt action by President Wilson and Congress. The event includes tours, a hydroplane flight, and a Nueces Hotel banquet.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
United States
Flying Squadron
New
New City Hall
Walter Nolte
Seguin
P. A. Presnall
Alice
Ernest L. Brown
San Antonio
C. 8. E. Holland
Victoria
H. R. Eldridge
Houston
Edwin Chamberlain
Joseph G. Green
Taft Ranch
A.S. McFaddin
B. L. Gill
State Bank
Congress
Texas Bankers’ Association
Wilson
Oscar Underwood
Carter Glass
Taft
Roy K. Mills
Laredo
Corpus Bay
de Reimer
Nueces Hotel
Corpus
Galveston
Garbage Cart Stuck in Street Mud Highlights City’s Need
A San Antonio garbage wagon bogged down on Maryland avenue between Westfall and Essex as wheels sank to the hubs. The driver and helpers summoned aid. a mule team freed the wagon. City Engineer Pancoast cites this incident as proof of urgent street improvements.
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San Antonio
Maryland Avenue
Westfall
Essex Streets
Forty-first Precinct
Garbage Department
Pancoast
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Joe” Cannon
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Moberly
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Rotary Club
Durland
Riding Academy
Central Park Riding Academy
Mme. Bernhardt
England
Madame
Sas
Bankers
District Association
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