Roosevelts Testimony Questioned in Ship Purchase Probe
A Senate inquiry into charges that officials backed a government ship purchase bill found the accusations baseless. The majority blamed no shipping interests and urged Roosevelt to appear, while the minority deemed the bill bad and warned it could provoke U.S. trouble.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
United States
Sutherland
Senator Penrose
Burton
Williams
Shipping Trust
Roosevelt
Thessaloniki afloat as search for help expands
A Greek steamer Thessaloniki remains afloat and asks for aid as urgent wireless reports describe flooded engine rooms and limited provisions. A prior claim of abandonment is denied. searches cover five positions about eighty miles apart with no recovery yet.
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New York
Thessaloniki
United States
Patris
Republicans In Control As Massachusetts Legislature Opens
Boston January 5 Republicans hold a large majority in both houses ensuring re election of GOP officers when the Legislature convenes. Governor elect Samuel W Mcall will be inaugurated tomorrow. The session is expected to last several months.
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Boston
Mass
Samuel W. Mc
Callahan Nominated for Guthrie Registrar Post
James Y. Callahan of Woodward Kansas was nominated today by the president for registrar of the land office at Guthrie Oklahoma. The move highlights administration efforts to appoint a registrar in state territories. The nomination follows prior regional appointments and is awaiting Senate confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
James Y. Callahan
Woodward, Kla
Guthrie
Okla
Houston Man Shot Twice by Policeman in Street Duel
W. H. Riley a Houston metal worker, was shot in both legs during a pistol duel with officers at 1 30 AM. A stranger fired on pursuing officers as a chase spanned Matamoras Frio and Monterey streets ending in Washington square. Riley faces assault to murder charges.
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W. H. Riley
Houston
Texas
Matamoras
Frio
Monterey
Washington Square
Riley
Central Police
Pattrolmen Gross
Flores
D. V. Diaz
Central Station
Gross
Greek King Relents on War Stance Eyes Saloniki Stay
Athens reports the Greek king maintains neutrality but shows flexibility about the Entente in Greece. Venizelos is courted for premiership yet may delay, awaiting spring. Censorship prompts Entente representations to Greece on political telegrams.
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Athens
Rome
Associated Press
Greece
Saloniki
M. Venizelos
Entente
Local rains tonight in San Antonio area
For San Antonio and vicinity local rains tonight with Thursday partly cloudy skies expected.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot for multiple cities
St Louis 88 under cloudy skies with 30 mph southwest wind and a 52 to 60 degree range. Chicago 54 cloudy with 10 mph southwest wind and a 46 to 64 degree range. Milwaukee 34 cloudy 12 mph southwest wind with a 4 to 36 degree range. Kansas City 32 cloudy 24 mph north wind with an 82 to 60 degree range. New York 40 cloudy 24 mph southwest wind with a 32 to 40 degree range. Washington 44 cloudy light southwest wind with probable rain and a 36 degree high.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Russians Repulse Austrians as Czernowitz Falls
Petrograd reports Czernowitz evacuated by Austrians with Russians seizing trenches northwest of the town and capturing many prisoners including Germans. Russian losses cited as heavy in one sector, while front-wide changes remain limited. Greeks protest arrests at Saloniki as Bulgarian detachments pillage frontier villages.
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London
Petrograd
Havas
Czernowitz
Russian War Office
Reuter
Vienna
Tolmino
Bogievac
Athens
Airana
Elbassan
Albania
Durazzo
Adriatic
Greece
Saloniiki
Berlin
Sofia
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Recall vote sought for Atlanta mayor and five police commissioners
In Atlanta Georgia a special election is held to recall Mayor Joseph G Woodward and five police commissioners W P Fain J W English R T Pace R Clark and A R King amid controversy over James L Beavers demotion from chief to captain and alleged insubordination with polls open 7 am to 7 pm.
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Atlanta
Joseph G. Woodward
James L. Beavers
Beavers
Oiders
W. P. Fain
J. W. English
R. T. Pace
R. (. Clark
A. R.king
Mining Resumes In Mexico Boosts U S Recovery
Washington dispatches indicate broad scale mining restart in Mexico. American Smelting and Refining Co. of Mexico bought ten engines and 165 railroad cars to supply its own trains and run plants toward full capacity, aiding broader recovery and normalizing conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
State Department
American Smelting & Refining Company of Mexico
Basilica of St Peter’s Closed After Self Inflicted Wound
In Rome the Basilica of St Peter’s was shut after Antonio Giovannolo attempted suicide inside the sacred edifice. He shot himself. the wound is slight. The church will not reopen until reconsecration, likely tomorrow.
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Rome
Paris
St. Peter’s
Antonio Giovannolo
Giovannolo
Atkinson's Sarcasm Secures Him a Job
A. R. Atkinson, division freight agent for the G H S A railroad, wrote lengthy notices extolling San Antonio to promote winter tourism. He then sent copies to Southern Pacific passenger agents nationwide, prompting New York official L. H. Nutting to order regular bulletins on San Antonio. He included a clipping about heavy California snow and teased Miss Mollie Bjurstedt about tennis.
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A. R. Atkinson
FF. S. McGinnis
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
San Antonio
McGinnis
Daily Telegraph
California
United States
Atkinson
L. H. Nutting
New York
Chicago Nationals Sold To Weeghman Cubs Change in Ownership
The Chicago National League franchise was sold to Charles Weeghman by Charles P Taft with Harry F Sinclair aiding in the closing negotiations. Taft declined immediate comment signaling a possible later announcement.
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Charles P. Taft
Cubs
Sinclair
Cincinnati, O
Charles Weeghman
Harry F. Sinclair
Oklahoma
Weeghman
Taft
Nine Holes Ready Soon At San Antonio Golf Course
San Antonio will formally open the municipal golf course in two to three weeks with only the first nine holes completed. English rye has been planted to establish fairways and could be ready in about two weeks if sunshine follows the recent rains. Mayor Brown and commissioners, led by Commissioner Lambert, inspected the site and praised the progress.
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San Antonio
Brown
Lambert
Minister says Christian burial for non believers is hypocritical
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on January 5 Rev 60 O Kreuzder of St Paul Minnesota told the Northwestern English Lutheran Church conference that Christian burial rites should be reserved for Christians. He declared that a preacher who performs such rites over an unbeliever is guilty of hypocrisy and that military funerals are for soldiers lodge funerals for members and ministers should not act as undertakers.
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Sheboygan
Wis
O. Kreuzder
St. Paul
Minn
Kreuzder
Northwestern Finglish
Pan American Aviation Trophy Offered by Aero Club
The Aero Club of America announced a $10,000 Pan American Aviation Trophy to be contested annually by North and South American representatives. The first competition will be held in Rio de Janeiro at the earliest opportunity, with a $5,000 cash prize awarded to the winner of the inaugural meet.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
North
South America
Rio de Janeiro
King Ferdinand to Proclaim Czar of Macedonia in Ochrida
Political circles in Sofia report that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria intends after Orthodox Christmas to proclaim himself czar of Macedonia and be crowned in the old royal city of Ochrida.
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Vienna
London
Sofia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Czar of
Macedonia
Ochrida
Passengers at luncheon as Persia sinks with loss of life
The American embassy reports Reverend Homer R. Salisbury, of Takoma Park, Washington, aboard the Persia and not among survivors. Survivors describe luncheon moments before the torpedo strike, boats launched on one side, many trapped as the liner sank, with few escapees and two missing lifeboats.
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London
Homer R. Salisbury
Persia
Mr. Salisbury
Takoma Park
Washington
Marseille
India
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Salisbury
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
Reuter
Charles Grant
Boston
Des Moines
Washington Faces Submarine Crisis Dispatches Incomplete
President Wilson conferred with Secretary Lansing on the submarine crisis. Only two Americans aboard the Persia were reported by the State Department overnight with no action anticipated until fuller advices arrive. Navy experts to decide if Persia could be armed due to a mounted gun.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Lansing
State Department
United States Navy
Buchanan Placed Under Five Thousand Dollar Bond
Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois was arraigned and pleaded not guilty after surrendering in New York on January 5 to charges of conspiracy to foment strikes in munitions plants. He was released on five thousand dollar bail.
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New York
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Commons Amends Munitions Act to Boost Output
London January 5 The House of Commons adopted an amendment to the munitions act to speed production. David Lloyd-George urged workers to devote themselves to munitions, saying victory and war duration depend on output, with 396 new establishments enrolled since January 1, totaling 2422 controlled plants.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Commons
France
Plan for Western District brings new federal court for Texas
Representative W R Smith introduces a bill to create the Western District of Texas with five divisions at Amarillo Lubbock Pecos San Angelo and El Paso plus a Wichita Falls division in the Northern District. Waco Austin San Antonio and Del Rio would form the Central District. Southern and Eastern districts stay unchanged. The move aims to ease Judge Maxeys burden and cut western state litigation costs.
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Washington, D. C
W. R. Smith
Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Pecos
San Angelo
el Paso
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
del Rio
Maxey
Insurance rates rise as submarines threaten shipping routes
New York Jan 5. War risk insurance on Suez canal shipments climbs after Mediterranean submarine activity. Local companies quote 10 percent rates on cargoes in ships from belligerent nations, up from three eighths of 1 percent before the sinking of the Ancona and the Yasaka Maru.
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New York
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Ancona
Funeral for Justice Joseph R Lamar Held in Augusta
Joseph Rucker Lamar associate justice of the Supreme Court was mourned in Augusta at the First Christian Church today. Hundreds filled the church and many more stood outside as a simple service at the grave included a prayer and the recitation of Crossing the Bar by Tennyson.
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Augusta
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Supreme Court
First Christian Church
Tennyson
Legislator Allen Nixon Fatally Shot in Arkansas Ambush
Allen Nixon a 43 year old member of the Arkansas Legislature was shot and killed while at his Ozark Franklin county home. Three deputies with bloodhounds pursue the slayer as details come in from Ozark.
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Little Rock
Ark
Allen Nixon
Arkansas
Ozark
Franklin County
Baron von Burian Guides European Diplomacy Amid War Moves
Baron von Burian Austrian foreign secretary directs policy and the Ancona correspondence with Secretary of State Lansing. He is regarded as one of Europe's ablest diplomats, guiding Italian relations through prewar ties and the shift after Italy entered the war.
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Baron von Burian
Ancona
Lansing
Italy
British Casualties at Loos Report Total 89,606
In a Commons announcement Harold Tenant cites Loos battle losses and related western front casualties from September 25 to October 8. Totals include 2,378 officers and 57,288 enlisted men with wounded figures shown for officers and men.
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Loos
Commons
London
France
House of Commons
Harold J. Tenant
Tenant
Loos Fron Mose
Illinois firm to inspect San Antonio Austin interurban line
The president of an Illinois engineering and construction company plans a San Antonio visit to study the proposed interurban railway to Austin. If findings are favorable, a construction contract may be signed and work could begin this year with inauguration possible in coming months. Mr Brown of the San Antonio & Austin Interurban Railway Co notes ongoing activity since charter and stresses tangible population and business justification.
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Illinois Engineering and Construction
San Antonio
Austin
Varies P. Brown
Brown
Illinois
Heis
California Legislature to convene special session today
Sacramento Cal Jan 5 The California Legislature will meet at noon to amend the direct primary laws tangled after a referendum defeat last fall. It is expected the session will last four or five days at most.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Venable Leads in Fifth Mississippi Race
Meridian resident W. W. Venable led Five opponents in yesterday's special election for Mississippi Fifth District to fill the late Samuel A. Witherspoon's seat. Venable appeared to command a comfortable early lead as results arrived.
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Venable
Meridian
Miss
W. W. Venable
Mississippi
Samuel A. Witherspoon
Explosion in Lyons Kills Nine Including Civilian
An accidental shell explosion in the Lyons artillery park killed eight soldiers and one civilian and wounded nineteen soldiers and one civilian yesterday.
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Lyons
France
Compulsory Service Bill Introduced in Commons
Premier Asquith introduces a bill for compulsory military service for unmarried men aged eighteen to forty one with Ireland excluded. Exemptions include conscientious objection illness and essential war work. The Derby report notes 2.5 million enrolled, 1.1 million available after exclusions, 650,000 unmarried men still uncalled.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Ireland
John Simon
Derby
England
Scotland
Wales
Earl Kitchener
Earl of Derby
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