Lathrop Outlines Large San Antonio Plant Expansion Plans
A. P. Lathrop of New York president of the American Light and Traction Company announced new plans for San Antonio including a 2,000,000 cubic foot gas tank at the San Antonio Gas and Electric plant near the I and G N depot. The $165,000 tank would be four times the size of the larger current tank, with delivery delayed to next year due to steel plant orders. He cited city growth, corporate losses, and a go–ahead program to justify further improvements.
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San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
San Antonio
A. P. Lathrop
New York
American Light and Traction Company
Houston Street
Texas
Traction Company
Lathrop
Gas & Electric Company
San Antonio Traction Company
Scheer Named Commander of German Battle Fleet
Berlin report states Vice Admiral Steinhardt Scheer will replace Admiral von Wohl as head of the German battle fleet. Wohl retires after a year due to ill health. Scheer, praised as a tactical thinker, has long directed marine affairs and led active service and high seas fleet command.
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Berlin
London
Steinhardt Scheer
von Wohl
Admiral Scheer
General Marine Department
The
Admiralty
San Antonio School Bond Likely Approved by AGDept
Austin announces the San Antonio school bond issue of 800000 will likely be approved by the Attorney General's Department this afternoon after a review of records and bonds. Protests from the Taxpayers' League were heard, with opposing and supporting voices named among attendees.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General
San Antonio
Taxpayers’ League of
San Antonians
J. N. Brown
J. E. Jarratt
F. L. Hillyer
R. L. Ball
Ed Rand
A. B. Weakley
C. C. Cresson
Walton D. Hood
Ss. G. Bechtel
F. A. Chapa
R. S. Cosby
Fred W. Cook
Brandeis Charged With Aiding Harriman in Illinois Central Fight
Senate sub committee hears new charges alleging Louis D Brandeis was employed by E H Harriman to obtain proxies in the Illinois Central battle and to benefit Harriman with his law firm Sullivan and Cromwell also linked to proxy efforts in New England proxies sought against Stuyvesant Fish.
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Washington, D. C
Louis D. Brandeis
E. H. Harriman
Illinois Central Railroad
Brandeis
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Senate
Supreme Court
Austen C. Fox
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Sullivan and Cromwell
Harriman
Wadill
Boston
Brandeis, Dunbar, and Nutter
New England
Fox
Zinc Acid Plant Work Begins Near Pittsburgh
In Donora near Pittsburgh, the United States Steel zinc plant nears completion at 3 million dollars and today starts a 1 million dollar addition for muriatic acid production. Negotiations aim to buy nearby land for a 200 by 500 foot zinc oxide refining plant to serve galvanized iron production, with a fifty ton daily acid output.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Donora
Fire damages Dallas printing plant for $35000
A fire in Dallas today caused about $35,000 damage to the Egan Printing Company plant.
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Dallas
Tex
Egan Printing Company
Local Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Fair and colder tonight. Fair and warmer Thursday.
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San Antonio
Weather Forecasts From The Tight Across Cities
Forecasts show St Louis and Chicago at 36 with clouds and chilly winds. Milwaukee and Kansas City expect colder conditions with low readings. St Paul rises from 14 with clear skies. New York and Washington report clouds and possible rain or snow.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas Cross
New York
Fearful threat letters follow Inneses to Georgia return
Judge R H Ward reported that Victor Innes and Mrs Ida Innes fear returning to Georgia to face felony larceny indictments. Two unsigned letters from Cobb County, Georgia threatened revenge and referenced Leo Frank. The Inneses, jailed in Bexar County, await Supreme Court rehearing before possible return in about six weeks.
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Cobb County
Georgia
Neimiy Girls
Leo Frank
Victor E. “Innes
Ward
Atlanta
Victor E. Innes
Victor T. Innes
Nelms
Leo Franks
Supreme Court of the United States
San Antonio
Rivers and Harbors Bill Favored by Committee
The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling 39 million dollars in direct appropriations and authorizations was favorably reported to the House. The measure shows a net cut of about 4 million from the estimates and signals a likely clash over New York harbor funds and other new projects.
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Washington, D. C
House
New York Harbor
Boy of 19 linked to counterfeit ring in Chicago
Max Wagner, nineteen, accused by police of counterfeiting after secret service men found a full forging outfit at his home. Officials say a quarrel with a boyfriend prompted the arrest and that Wagner admitted to money making with new dimes from candy and cigar stores.
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Chicago
Max Wagner
Secret Service
Wagner
Sunday digging upheld by West Virginia high court
The West Virginia Supreme Court on February 22 discharged Hart Brothers of Tucker County from further prosecution for digging potatoes on Sunday. The defense argued the weather threatened crop spoilage, establishing that under certain circumstances Sunday digging is permissible.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Hart Brothers
Tucker County
Fletcher Favorable Report Sent to Senate on Mexico Ambassadorship
The foreign relations committee moved Henry Prather Fletcher's nomination to be ambassador to Mexico with a favorable recommendation and an urgency to confirm. Senators Borah and Smith opposed, arguing against recognizing Carranza. others shifted to support a diplomatic link now. James Linn Rodgers will serve as special agent in Havana before Fletcher assumes the post, with John R. Silliman reassigned to Guadalajara. Fletcher remains ambassador to Chile until confirmation, with possible months before transfer after brief leave.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Senator Smith
Michigan
Stone
Smith
United States Senate
Carranza
Fletcher
Chile
United States
James Linn Rodgers
Havana
State Department
Rodgers
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
John R. Silliman
Huerta
Guadalajara
Texas and Pacific Case Is Dismissed
In Las, Texas, United States District Judge BE R Meek dismissed the receivership suit brought by Bankers Trust Company of New York against the Texas and Pacific Railway and New Orleans Pacific Railroad for lack of jurisdiction. An appeal was said to be planned.
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Da&las
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
BE. R. Meek
United States District Court
New Orleans-Pacific Railroad
Meek
Bankers’ ‘Trust Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Sir George Clement Martin Dies at 72
London reports the death of Sir George Clement Martin aged 72. He served as organist of St. Pauls Cathedral since 1888 and was noted as a composer of sacred music.
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George Clement Martin
London
Sir George Clement Martin
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Swiss Defense Preparations Start in The Light
A series of instructive articles on Switzerland's defense method begins today in The Light. It explains army organization, citizen duties, and how the Swiss Plan operates. Readers are urged to turn to Page 4 for the first instalment.
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Switzerland
The
Light
Zeppelins Destroyed Near Revigny by French Guns
Eye witness recounts the destruction of Zepelin LZ-77 near Revigny nine miles northwest of Bar le Duc. French guns and searchlights tracked the airship as it burned after a shell struck, igniting the aluminum covered frame and exploding its bombs on impact.
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Paris
Zepelin
Revigny
Bar-le-Duc
Argonne
Army Corps
Marquis Ornano
Minister of War
Blakelock Moonlight Fetches $20,909 at New York Auction
An American artist Ralph Albert Blakelock painting titled Moonlight sold at auction for $20,909. The work was part of Catherine Lambert's art collection and was purchased by an agent of the Toledo Art Museum in New York on February 23.
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New York
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Cathelina Lambert
Toledo Art Museum
Dress Up Week Planned by Kansas Retail Clothiers
Dress Up week for Keonsans was set for the week beginning March 27 by the Kansas Retail Clothiers Association which has closed its annual meeting and plans to make the event an annual affair.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Keonsans
Kansas Retail Clothiers’ Association
Wilson to name Francis as ambassador to Russia
President Wilson will nominate David R. Francis former Missouri governor to be ambassador to Russia once acceptable to the Russian government. Francis accepted after a conference with the president yesterday and will succeed George T. Marye who resigned. The posting carries high significance amid wartime diplomatic questions.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
David R. Francis
Missouri
Russia
Francis
George T. Marye
Germans Capture West Front Trenches
Berlin reports a major advance on the western front with Upper Alsace yielding a position 700 yards by 400 yards. German forces pushed 3 kilometers into the northern Woevre. over 3000 Allied prisoners and large material losses claimed.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Upper
Alsace
Woevre
Fierce Fighting Across Meuse Front Near Verdun
Paris reports violent fighting from the right bank of the Meuse to southeast of Herbe forest. North of Verdun infantry actions stretch fifteen kilometers. East of Seppois French counterattacks retake much of Causes forest north of Beaumont. Hau mont evacuated but its approach remains held.
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Paris
Meuse
Herbe Forest
War Office
Verdun
Seppois
Forest of Causes
Beaumont
Haumont
Graft charges trigger payroll halt in Chicago welfare dept
The Chicago city civil service commission orders a payroll hold in the department of public welfare amid graft allegations by Mrs. Page Waller Eaton against department superintendent Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe. Eaton claims a third of her 3000 dollar salary was used to aid Mayor Thompson’s sister-in-law, with Rowe proposing a dummy on the payroll to skim eighty dollars monthly.
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Chicago
City Civil Service Commission
Department of Public Welfare
Page Waller Eaton
Louise Osborne Rowe
Thompson
Edward J. Brundage
Sherman
Cook County
Brundage
Rowe
Eaton
Mrs. Rowe
Mrs. Eaton
Steddie
Mr. Stedman
Germany Files Appam Protest
Formal representations were made to the State Department by no German embassy against the proceedings brought in the Federal Court at Norfolk to return the captured British liner Appam to her owners.
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Germany
Appam
Washington, D. C
State Department
Norfolk
Dinner Tonight Honors Colonel Appleton on Retirement
In New York a large dinner at the Waldorf Astoria marks the Colonel Daniel Appleton decades of service. The Seventh Regiment commander retires after forty five years in the National Guard with speeches by Joseph H Choate Governor Whitman Mayor Mitchel and other officials.
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New York
Daniel Appleton
Seventh Regiment
Waldorf-Astoria
National Guard
Appleton
Guard
Army
Navy
Joseph H. Choate
Whitman
Mitchel
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Ardmore man found guilty of manslaughter in Philadelphia saloon slaying
John F. Anderson of Ardmore Oklahoma was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting James P Campbell in a Philadelphia saloon on September 25. The verdict came with the sentence deferred pending a new trial motion. The maximum penalty is twelve years. Witnesses traveled from Oklahoma to testify. The defense argued self defense and insanity, while the state contended robbery motive.
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Philadelphia
John F. Anderson
Ardmore
Okla
James P. Campbell
Anderson
Oklahoma
La Follette Enters 1916 Republican Presidential Race
Senator Robert M. La Follette announced his candidacy at a Madison gathering. He called for patriotic Progressive Republicans to contest every state for representation in Chicago and favored arms embargo, domestic munition manufacture, a peacetime army for social service, and a conference of neutral nations to promote an early peace.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette
LaFollette
Union
Chicago
Burton files for Republican presidential nomination
Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland former United States senator filed with the Secretary of State a formal announcement to seek the Republican nomination for president. He made the move in Columbus on February 23.
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Theodore E. Burton
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
United States
Hildebrant
Cummins Files for Republican Presidential Candidacy
Albert B. Cummins United States senator from Iowa filed a affidavit with the secretary of state as a candidate for president on the Republican ticket.
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Albert B. Cummins
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Kallman Granted Bail in Feathers Smuggling Case
Abraham Kallman of New York waives examination on charges of smuggling feathers valued at 9000 into the United States from Mexico. He posts 5000 bond for trial at the April term in Laredo federal court.
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Laredo
Tex
Abraham Kallman
New York
United States
Mexico
United States District Court
New Era Seen As Emperor Opens Russian Duma
Petrograd reports Emperor Nicholas's appearance at the Duma opening signals a possible new union of government and popular representation. Premier Sturmer pledges internal reforms and continued war effort while Foreign Minister Sazonoff extols allied unity and denounces attempts at separate peace amid Poland and Sweden questions.
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Petrograd
Big London
Nicholas
Russia
Duma
Wil
Boris V. Sturmer
Rusesia
M. Sturmer
Sazonoff
Europe
Germany
M. Sazonoff
Poland
Sweden
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Kallman
U AR
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