Independent phone company changes ownership in San Antonio
San Antonio gains intensified competition as the San Antonio Telephone Company changes hands. J. B. Earle becomes president with Ben C. Hyde as vice president and F. C. Blotheyer as secretary treasurer. D. A. Walker will transition to irrigable land development after the handover. The exchange joins a statewide system expanding toward Waco Fort Worth Waxahachie Ennis and Port Arthur. An Waco Dallas toll line linked to the San Antonio unit, with plans to extend service citywide.
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D. A. Walker
San Antonio Telephone Company
J. B. Earle
Waco
Ben C. Hyde
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Waxahachie
Ennis
Port Arthur
Dallas
The
F. C. Blotheyer
Mr. Walker
Brazos Valley buys San Antonio independent line
President J B Earle of the Brazos Valley Telegraph and Telephone Co. says about 4000 telephones are involved in the San Antonio purchase with 12 000 to 15 000 phones under the company’s control here. General Manager Bufford Adams notes improvements will follow once plans are lined up, with a thorough overhaul and material tightening of the plant to be implemented.
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Waco
Tex
J. B. Earle
Brazos
Exchange at Fort Sam Houston Construction Planned
Fort Sam Houston will begin building a brick one story telephone exchange to serve nearly 200 telephones. Major RT H Rolfe notes underground conduits will house wires by completion. No increase in operators. three to work eight hour shifts.
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Fort Sam Houston
RT. H. Rolfe
Fort
Cavalry Administration
Eggs for 20 Cents Cheapest Price of the Season
Fresh eggs from the country sold in retail markets today at 20 cents a dozen, the lowest quotation of the season and the cheapest February price in several years. Receipts from nearby farms push prices down to 18 cents to retailers. Chicago quotes 19 cents in the morning, last year seen around 35 to 40 cents. Butter at 30 cents, country grades at 20, poultry plentiful and pests noted as a recent issue.
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Chicago
Fire Rips Through Montville Plant Causing Heavy Loss
Fire at the Columbia Print Works in Montville near Boonton New Jersey today destroyed the facility and caused about 19 000 dollars in damage. More than two acres burned over before firefighters contained the blaze.
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Boonton
N. J
Columbia
Montville
J. P. Morgan Seriously Ill on Steamer
J P Morgan suffered an acute indigestion attack and planned to return to Cairo not Europe. An active partner said the illness occurred Tuesday or Wednesday last week. Morgan Jr. reported reassuring signs from his father, and the family expected a quick recovery. A cablegram from Cairo stated Morgan was in good spirits and likely to stay there about a fortnight.
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Europe
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan Jr
Morgan
Speculators Alarmed by Morgan Illness Spark Market Selloff
Reports of Mr. Morgans illness sparked a New York market scare as trading opened with heavy stock unloading. United States Steel moved 5000 shares from 62 to 60 7 8, Union Pacific fell to 155, Reading down similarly amid broad declines. Morgan group stocks steadied later as reassurance emerged and prices inched higher.
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New York
International Harvester
Erie
Canadian Pacific
Mr. Morgan
Fire Destroys Palm Heights Home in City Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed John Mazaza and family home at Palm Heights at 8 30 last night causing about 3000 in loss. Neighbors spotted flames and smoke as two city fire companies rushed to the scene, the two story frame house nearly ruined on arrival. The blaze lit the southern sky and was visible citywide. A separate afternoon blaze damaged Frank Jenull s porch at 431 Burleson Street, likely started by a cigar stub.
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John Mazaza
Palm Heights
Frank Jenull
Burleson Street
Drive to Over-ride Taft Veto on Immigration Bill
Washington February 17 supporters of the Burnett Dilling ham immigration bill renewed their canvass as Congress convened to try to override the president's disapproval. It would need two thirds in each house. House leaders think re passage possible there and the Senate decision hinges on Senator Lodge who argued a two thirds vote could be secured in the upper chamber.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
Lodge
Webb implicates Perry as auto bandit leader in confession
Teddy Webb told State's Attorney Hoyne that Perry, arrested weeks ago as the bandit ring leader, is James Seymour. Webb said Perry's home is in Hamilton Ontario and that he has been arrested in Oklahoma and is wanted in Iowa. Perry confessed several robberies done with Webb but gave no indication Perry was not his real name. A. Collman plumber phones 397.
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Chicago
Teddy” Webb
M. Hart
Hoyne
James Perry
James Seymour
Perry
Hamilton
Ont
Oklahoma
Iowa
Webb
Taft Warns of Prompt Relief as Mexico Crisis Deepens
The Taft administration grapples with a renewed Mexican crisis as fighting resumes in Mexico City and censorship isolates the capital. Ambassadors and troops move into position with ships in Mexican waters and consuls reporting quiet in several border cities while Nogales shows excitement.
Cabinet in session on Mexico policy and Knox statement
The cabinet met for over two hours to discuss the reply to Madero with no change in U S policy toward Mexico. Secretary Knox signaled no intervention and no shifts in naval or military plans.Wood, returning from Boston, worked at the War Department as the meeting adjourned.
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Legations
Pekin
Mexico City
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Madero
Knox
White House
Mexico
Washington
United States
Ambassador Wilson
Wood
Army
Boston
Madero Appeals to Taft Across Mexican Crisis
President Madero urged Taft to refrain from American troop disembarkation in Mexico. He warned such action would worsen dangers, pledging to protect foreigners and seek peaceful, lawful resolution as refugees evacuate to Vera Cruz and U.S. shores.
Americans Seek Safety as Refugees Flee Mexico City
American embassy staff and a committee appointed by Ambassador Wilson organized the evacuation of panic-stricken women and children from Mexico City after the armistice. Refugees rushed to safety within the United States as warnings were finally heeded.
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Mexico
United States
Wilson
State Department
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Unclear text fragment on unrest and travel constraints
Partially readable passage notes concerns about outbreaks among Americans traveling, mentions South Dakota and Acapulco, Colorado and Mazatlan, officials expecting abatement, reports of calm in Juarez, and restrained public sentiment in Chihuahua as events unfold.
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South Dakota
Acapulco
Colorado
Mazatlan
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Gomez seeks an army to back Palomas government
Provisional President Emilio V asquez Gomez in Palomas Chihuahua seeks military support to hold power. He has failed to move Salazar’s army to Palomas and faces a cash of under one hundred armed men. Salazar linked forces reported at Ascencion, while Gomez couriers urge Salazar to join. Gomez also claims assurances of aid from Emilio Zapata the southern rebel leader.
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EL Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Palomas
Chihuahua
Salazar
Ascencion
Gomez
Vasquez
Taft Silence Probed After Taft Border Message Prompted
Governor Colquitt disclosed no word from President Taft on his border protection message. He cited only AP dispatches for information about Matamoros rebels' capture and awaited further developments. Brownsville reports formed the basis of the official update to Austin.
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Taft
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Brownsville
Matamoros
Associated Press
Rebel chief and followers executed near Chihuahua City
Juan Porras, a rebel chief, and twenty of his followers were executed Saturday on the line of the Orient railroad near Chihuahua City. Federal troops captured 47 others of the Porras group and took them to the state capital today.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan Porras
Chihuahua City
Porras
Consul Asks for Cruiser to Counter Anti American Demonstrations
Rear Admiral Sutherland commander of the Pacific fleet has taken the cruiser Colorado from Mazatlan to Manzanillo in response to a United States consul report of anti American demonstrations. The ship sailed last night and was expected to arrive early today.
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Army
Georgia
Vera Cruz
Virginia
Tampico
South Dakota
Acapulco
Colorado
Mazatlan
Vermont
Fletcher
Nebraska
United States
Mexico City
Washington, D. C
Sutherland
Manzanillo
Marching in Snow to Washington for Votes for All Women
Fresh from sleep, the suffragists began their fourteen mile snow march toward Chester Pa. The University of Pennsylvania students joined along the route leading a snake dance to the campus. A mass meeting of law students followed, with about 1000 attendees.
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Philadelphia
Chester
University of Pennsylvania
Law Schools
Judge Read Takes Oath In Sixty-First District Duties
Houston, Feb 17 John Archer Read was sworn in as judge of the Sixty-first Judicial District. He had been absent due to ill health and succeeds Judge Norman G. Kittrell who has been holding over.
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Read
Houston
Tex
John Archer Read
Sixty-first Judicial District
Norman G. Kittrell
LaFollette-Adamson Railway Valuation Bill Amended
The LaFollette Adamson valuation bill was amended tentatively today before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to extend valuation to telegraph and express properties as well as any other common carriers of interstate commerce.
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Washington, D. C
LaFollette-Adamson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Trials Postponed In Paint Creek Riots Near Charleston West Virginia
Trials of men arrested by the military in the Paint Creek coal country rioting were prepared for today but adjourned at the last moment. Officials announced the hearings would start anew tomorrow with a fresh court session and scheduled proceedings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paint Creek
Prince Henry Drives Auto Injures Child in Hedderheim
Prince Henry of the Netherlands struck a five year old in Hedderheim Germany while driving through the town’s main street. He transported the injured child to the local hospital by car and the incident was reported from Hedderheim on February 17.
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Heddernheim
Germany
Prince Henry of
Netherlands
Drink Cure Brings Release of Jail Inmates
Judge Buckley in Police Court dismissed charges against several prisoners who underwent the McKanna system of treatment for drink habit. Mayor Jones and Chief Lancaster witnessed the medicine administered near the city hall last Friday and Saturday. Early reports indicate the cure is effective, with one man claiming twenty years of drinking broken by the treatment.
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McKanna
Buckley
Jones
Lancaster
J. J. McKanna
Senate panel favors Rockefeller Foundation bill
Washington Feb 17. The Senate judiciary committee ordered a favorable report on the bill to incorporate the Rockefeller Foundation. The action signals approval of the foundational legal framework for the foundation's incorporation and operations.
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Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dallas Racing Dates Fixed for October Twenty to November
At the annual Western circuit meeting in Chicago dates for Dallas racing were fixed from October 20 to November 2. J. M. Kellar of Decatur Illinois was reelected president of the circuit. A Balkans war correspondent rode in a fourth class car en route to Belgrade. A board warned passengers not to scratch window panes with palmonds. Chicago packing houses will spend about 1,000,000 dollars on safety devices.
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Dallas
Chicago
J. M. Kellar
Decatur
Ills
Balkans
Belgrade
Turkish Leader Enver Bey Attacked in Constantinople
Turkish soldiers stabbed Enver Bey several times in Constantinople early today, badly wounding the Young Turk leader. Beaten by Bulgarians last week, he led a doomed assault on the Bulgarian lines near the Sea of Marmara and was prominent in the Tripoli war. Threats to his life rose after Nazim Pasha's death.
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London
Enver Bey
Tur
Constantinople
Enver
Sea of
Marmara
Balkan States
Nazim Pasha
Tripoli
Murray Warns of Serious A and M Situation
Senator Murray says conditions at A and M College are very serious after a Senate investigation. He met with the governor in Austin, notes of the testimony were being transcribed, and a full committee report may prompt new Senate action. Walton Poteet plans a Fort Worth board meeting per the governor’s request.
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Nugent
Murray
Senate
Walton Poteet
Fort Worth
Friends topic leads San Antonio pastors at Y M C A
The Rev. Arthur Jones of the First Presbyterian Church spoke to a large YMCA audience on friendship as the sixth of eight vital problems under discussion. He defined friendship as a master passion blending purity and power and argued that lacking friends is unnatural and harmful, that a person’s character is judged by their friends, and that a person tends to become like their companions.
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Arthur Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Young Men's Christian Association
San Antonio
Jones
Congress Debates Panama Canal Toll and Railway Reforms
Senate convened at noon with Senator Root's repeal amendment rejected by the Inter-ocean Canal Committee. Interstate Commerce Committee tentatively amends the railway valuation bill to cover telegraph and express carriers. Senator Ashhurst asks Taft to relay Mexico City conditions. Rockefeller foundation bill gets a favorable judiciary committee report. House resumes business on suspension calendar. Secretary Stimson testifies at Foreign Affairs. Sir Edmund Walker from Canada discusses currency reform. Niagara Falls protections noted.
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Root
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ashhurst
Taft
Congress
Mexico City
Rockefeller Foundation
Judiciary Committee
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