Army plan would create a mobile force of over a million
Secretary Garrison urged Congress to adopt a continental army policy including a mobile force of more than 1,000,000 in six years, a large national guard boost, and expanded coast defenses with a projected $600 million rise in costs and a long-term annual War Department budget over $200 million. He warned the nation’s survival may depend on swift action and mobilization of reserves and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Garrison
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Insular
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
United States
National Guard
Continental Army
War College Division
General Staff
Continental
War College
Bank Call Seeks Detailed 1915 Bank Loan Practices
The comptroller of the currency issued a nationwide call for end of year statements from all national banks. It seeks loan details over 6 percent annual rate, deposit requirements for borrowers, non-depositor lending, collateral coverage, usury penalties, and officer director connections and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Comptroller of Currency
State banks call for December 31 1915 financial statements
Austin Texas January 6 The Department of Insurance and Banking issues a call for a statement of financial condition of the state banks at the close of business December 31 1915. Necessary papers are being mailed to the banks.
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State
Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
Townwide pledge cleanses Byers of liquor and tobacco
In Byers Kansas a new town of Pratt county residents and every business man signed a one year pledge to abstain from liquor from smoking cigarettes and from chewing tobacco. Renewals are promised at year end after a local killing spurred a moral reform.
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Byers
Kans
Pratt County
Robbery at St. Luke's Hospital Cracked by Arrests
The $3500 hold up at St. Luke's hospital Monday afternoon is solved as taxi driver R. W. Rollman names the suspects. He says former patient Charles Searles planned the crime with accomplices Sidney McGuire and Paul Fox, who were identified by Rollman in his confession.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
R. W. Rollman
Hollman
Charles Searles
Sidney McGuire
Paul Fox
Rollman
Searle
Local rains in San Antonio area tonight and Friday
San Antonio and surrounding areas expect local showers tonight followed by warmer conditions on Friday. Officials urge motorists to anticipate slick spots on wet roads and plan travel accordingly.
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San Antonio
Weather summaries for six cities with temperatures and wind
St Louis 14 degrees and cloudy with a northeast wind of 4 miles per hour, rising temperatures. Chicago 6 degrees clear with a west wind of 1 mile per hour, fair and continued cold. Milwaukee 4 below zero clear with a 10 mile west wind, fair and continued cold. Kansas City 10 partly cloudy with a east wind of 1 mile per hour, warmer and highest 10. New York 42 cloudy with a northwest wind of 4 miles per hour, much colder, highest 52. Washington 44 cloudy with a north wind of 14 miles per hour, much colder, highest 64.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Fair
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Howest
New York
Washington
Texans seek Pan-American fair in San Antonio 1918
A Texas delegation led by Senator Sheppard outlined plans for a Pan-American Exposition in San Antonio to celebrate the city's 200th birthday. President Wilson, unable to attend, pledged government support and advised coordination with Cabinet members and Texas lawmakers.
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Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Texas
Wilson
Sheppard
Ferguson
Brown
Selig Deutschmann
Deutschmann
Washington
State Lansing
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Sweet
Department of Commerce
Lansing
Antonio
Congress
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Ang
Mass Meeting Planned On 1918 International Fair
San Antonio citizens will gather at Beethoven hall on January 17 to discuss the 1918 International Fair and to plan the January 27 business men's conference. Delegates from Washington will report on the trip to gauge East and Middle West support. Frank James was elected secretary of the meetings committee. attendees included Adolph Grasso and W. J. Edgecombe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Beethoven Hall
Committee of One Hundred
Washington
Committee On Meetings
East
Middle West
Boosters
Frank James
Adolph Grasso
A. T. Mills
W.S. Conness
D. E. Colp
W. J. Edgecombe
T. W. Lillie
H. W. Hamilton
Auto Plunges From a Bridge Killing Two in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE Wis Jan 6 C L Jones wealthy vice president of the Falk Company and his son Gary 15 were killed when their car went through the railing of a bridge and dropped 40 feet. Jones reportedly tried to avoid a collision with another vehicle.
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Milwaukee
Wis
C. L. Jones
Falk Company
Gary
Jones
Fall Resolution in Mexico Adopted by Senate
Senator Fall's resolution calling on President Wilson for information used to recognize the Carranza government was agreed to unanimously by the Senate. Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee saw no objection and moved for passage.
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Washington, D. C
Fall
Wilson
Carranza
Mexico
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf Sold in Katy Interest Deal
The San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railway sale to Katy related interests is reported. Receiver A R Ponder in St Louis, with Duval West unsure of sale, says Katy receivership could block direct purchase but negotiations continue. Ponder led talks aiming to transfer control and rehabilitate the line.
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San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
A. R. Ponder
St. Louis
Duval West
US. A
Ponder
West
Katy
S. A
8. A
Children Burn to Death in West Virginia Home Fire
Four Morgan children aged 4 to 15 died in a Martinsville West Virginia house fire with only one daughter saved by their father John Morgan who was badly burned while trying to reach the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Martinsville
W. Va
John Morgan
Morgan
Wilson to Springfield for Lincoln's birthday address
President Wilson plans to travel to Springfield Illinois on February 12 to deliver an address at a Lincoln birthday celebration and is arranging further engagements to accept.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Springfield
I1c
Lincoln
Grippe Sweeps Wisconsin Woods Paralyzing Lumber Camps
An epidemic of la grippe disrupts lumber camps across Wisconsin. In Ashland authorities report many cases brought to the city for treatment. Camps are scattered and current totals of cases or deaths are not yet known.
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Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin
Bulgaria Approves War Credit by Wide Parliament Vote
A $100,000,000 war credit was enthusiastically approved by the Bulgarian Parliament in Saloniki. All opposition factions supported the government in the decisive vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Saloniki
Roosevelt to Undertake West Indies Trip in February
Announcement states Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will depart February 15 for the West Indies and not return until April 1. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
West Indies
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chinese envoy to confer highest Chinese order on Japanese emperor
Chow Tzu Chi minister of agriculture and commerce will depart January 15 for Tokyo as special envoy to bestow the highest Chinese order on the Japanese emperor. The foreign office said the mission does not relate to any recognition of the Chinese monarchy.
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Peking
Peking Daily Suppressed by Government Request
The Peking daily newspaper Tsin-Ghoupao was suppressed at the request of Japanese minister Eki Hioki after it published charges that Japan supports the revolution in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Tsin-Ghoupao
Eki Hioki
China
Japan
Hamilton Swain tract to supply gas and oil to San Antonio
Charles A. Sarber of Chicago to acquire the Hamilton Swain 2400 acre tract southwest of San Antonio. The deal aims to develop a large oil and gas field with a high grade crude recently tested and two substantial gas wells. A pipeline plan to bring natural gas to the city is under consideration, nine miles away, promising cheaper fuel for industry and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Charles A. Sarber
Chicago
Hamilton- Swain
Sarber
Hamilton-Swain
Texas
Mr. Larber
Southern Pacific
Von Papen Protests British Seizure of Papers
Captain Franz von Papen recalled German attache telegraphed from Falmouth after arriving on the Noordam to the American embassy asking it to protest to the State Department. He claimed British authorities opened his private papers at Falmouth and retained some letters and bank books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Franz von Papen
Washington
Falmouth
Noordam
State Department
von Papen
Ward Created for Alcoholics at Tacoma County Hospital
A special ward was fitted at the Tacoma county hospital to care for patients harmed by the loss of liquor due to prohibition. About thirty people are awaiting admission as alcoholics are segregated because of the disturbance they caused.
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Tacoma
Wash
Municipal lodging house ledger shows bed usage surge
The Woodpile a Cure column reports Chicago’s lodgings gave free beds to 103,441 men in December 1914 and 8,719 in December 1915. The 1914 lodgers didn’t use the bucksaw. the 1915 lodgers did.
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Chicago
Lamar's Successor Not Chosen Yet
President Wilson said he would thoroughly canvass the situation and hear arguments of delegations with candidates before appointing a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Lamar. The remarks were made in Washington on January 6.
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Lamar
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Supreme Court
New Low Records for Teuton Money in Berlin and Vienna
New York reports set today new low records for German and Austrian exchange as demand for marks sinks to 73 percent and kronen to 12 percent. German mark value drops to 18 3 8 cents while London exchange climbs with sterling at 476, highest since mid last year.
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New York
Berlin
London
Pan Americans Visit Mount Vernon On Pan American Day
Pan American Day events at Mount Vernon Washington include a home and tomb visit by nearly all Pan American Scientific Congress delegates. President Wilson is scheduled to address the gathering in the Daughters of the American Revolution hall. Dr Jose Matos urges broader international law teaching and partial codification.
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Washington, D. C
Mount Vernon
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Wash
Wilson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jose Matos
Guatemala
Eagle Pass Becomes Distributing Point for Six Texas Counties
Postmaster A. T. Terrell received word from the Washington Postoffice Department that Eagle Pass is designated as a distributing point for this Texas section. He will supply post offices in Dimmit Kinney Maverick Real Uvalde and Zavala counties with necessary materials. The new station is part of a depot plan initiated by Postmaster General Burleson. Terrell, among the youngest on the Texas border, inaugurates the plan locally amid public praise.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
A. T. Terrell
Postoffice Department
Washington
Texas
Terrell
Dimmit
Kinney
Maverick
Real
Uvalde
Zavala
Burleson
Mississippi River Flood Reaches 35 Feet at Memphis
The Mississippi River climbed to 35.1 feet in Memphis with forecasts for a crest near 38 feet, the highest since 1912. Floodwaters cover low lands outside the levees as residents and livestock move to safety. no levee trouble reported in the city.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Evansville
Ind
Mining Camp Snowed In at Gateway Arizona Grand Junction
Gateway mining camp in Mesa County remains cut off as a fresh four inch snowfall and forty mile gale wall in the town. Food supplies feared low as cattlemen plan to resume trail breaking with 50 horses. forest rangers report drifted snow burying pines on the Uncompahgre plateau.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Gateway
Mesa County
Gatepee
Forest Rangers
Whitman Demands Riley Resign as Prison Chief
Governor Whitman demanded in Albany that John B. Riley resign as state superintendent of prisons on January 6. Riley faced removal amid ongoing scrutiny of the department and calls for reform.
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Whitman Ypoula
New York State
Albany, N. Y
Whitman
John B. Riley
Robber Ties Mail Clerk on Train Occupied by Express Messenger
Mail clerk Morton E. Banks was bound and gagged by a robber who entered his car Wednesday night. The incident occurred on the train where Express Messenger David Trousdale previously killed two men who tried to hold him up December 12, 1912.
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Morton E. Banks
Banks
David Trousdale
Cleveland Business Men Come February 10 on Trade Trip
A party of about fifty members from the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers and Wholesale Merchants Board will visit San Antonio on Thursday February 10 for a Southwest trade trip. They depart Cleveland February 5 and return February 14. Secretary Samuel Akon says the goal is to meet local merchants, foster business relations, and show Cleveland’s commercial possibilities to the Texas region.
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Chamber of Commerce
Manufcturers and Wholesale Merchants’ Board
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Southwest
Cleveland
John B. Carrington
Samuel Akon
McCall Sworn Governor of Massachusetts as Conv. urged
Samuel W. McCall, a Republican, inaugurated as Massachusetts governor marking five years of Democratic rule. His address called for a constitutional convention and urged pruning state commissions to cut administration costs.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Samuel W. McCall
McCall
Thessaloniki Adrift with 300 Passengers and 120 Crew
A radio from the Perugia reports the Greek steamer Thessaloniki remains afloat after being abandoned at sea by 300 passengers and 120 officers and crew. The Perugia rescued 90 crew members and all mail and aims to reach port tomorrow night. Remaining passengers and crew are aboard the Patris and expected later tonight or tomorrow.
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New York
Thessaloniki
Perugia
Patris
Matthew Pinkerton Dies in Chicago at 64
Matthew Pinkerton head of a detective agency died at his Chicago home after a two month illness. He was 64 years old.
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Chicago
Matthew Pinkerton
Cold Wave Stretches Across the Midwest and East Coast
A moderate cold wave spread today from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic shore and toward the Gulf states, with continuation expected tonight and Friday. The weather pattern affects the Middle West and eastern regions with lingering freezing temperatures.
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Middle West
Washington, D. C
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Gulf States
Mail Car Robbery on Sunset Express Stuns City
A lone highwayman boarded Southern Pacific train No 9 the Sunset Express Wednesday night near the I G N crossing and robbed the mail car of registered mail and packages valued between six thousand and fifteen thousand dollars. He bound Mail Clerk Morton Banks and escaped as the train slowed for a crossing. Police federal inspectors city detectives and sheriffs hunted the suspect described as a smooth shaved white man 30 to 35 years old about 5 10 and 150 to 155 pounds wearing a black overcoat.
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United States Mail
Southern Pacific
Morton E. Banks
San Anton
W. E. Mitchell
Houston
Tex
del Rio & Trust Company
Citizens’ Bank & Trust Company
San Antonio
del Rio Bank Trust Company
Orleans
Laredo
West
City Detective Bureau
T. White
Tobin
Banks
del Rio
Penngordered
Hick
South Ff
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Shas Rene
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Anne
Mikesveres
San Antonians
Mr. Wilson
White House
Grippe
Bulgaria
Credit
Parliament United
Charles A. Larber and
Teuton Money
MT. Vernon
Ington
Mississippi
Riley
Ani
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