Ammunition Shipments to Mexico Reported in U S Testimony
New Orleans witnesses testify before Senator Smith that about 5 million rounds of ammunition were shipped from New Orleans to Mexico since Taft’s neutrality proclamation. The bulk went to the Madero government with knowledge of State and Treasury agents, while shipments to rebels were rare. Witnesses produced orders and invoices as inquiry probed funding by American capitalists.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Taft
William Alden Smith
Senate
Madero
State
Treasury Departments
Washington
Smith
Lascurain Denies Mission To Washington On Mexico
Pedro Lascurain minister of foreign affairs of Mexico says his trip to Washington was not to seek armed intervention but private business in New York. He travels with Lloyd C. Griscom who bills his role as private. Griscom plans return to Washington in about ten days. Lascurain cites improving Mexico conditions and met U.S. Senator Smith in New Orleans.
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New York
Washington
Pédro Lascurain
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Lloyd C. Griscom
United States
Lascurain
Mr. Griscom
Griscom
Mr. Lascurain
New Orleans
William Alden Smith
Mexican Ambassador Resigns and Refuses Comment
Manuel Calero, Mexico's retiring ambassador to the United States, arrived in Mexico City and declined to issue statements. His resignation has been accepted. President Madero will answer the interpellation on U S relations after further Washington reports. A rebel-linked prisoner, Dr Francisco Vasquez Gomez, was moved to the penitentiary, claiming innocence. Strikes affect National Railways with limited service and delays. Monterey’s American Smelting plant shut due to coke shortage.
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United States
Mexico City
Manuel Calero
Calero
Washington
Senor Calero
Senate
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
National Railways
Department of Labor
American Smelting & Refining Company
Monterey
Twenty Federal Troops Killed in Toluca Clash
In Toluca Mexico on Tuesday a deadly mix up between two government troop units left twenty federal soldiers dead after a clash near the city. The fighting stemmed from a misdirected deployment as both sides occupied a shared area.
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Toluca,mex
Toluca
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight is fair and cold with possible freezing temperatures. Thursday will be fair and warmer with improving conditions across the area.
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San Antonio
Weather roundup of U.S. cities reports chilly, mixed precipitation
Observations show St Louis at 16 with cloudy skies and west wind, Chicago 20 with snow and NW wind, Milwaukee 18 likely snow, St Paul 2 below with clear skies, Kansas City 2 and rising, New York 42 with rain, Boston 28 with rain, Washington 64 with rain. Warmer by Thursday in most cases.
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Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
PLAN INAUGURAL BALL PROPOSED IN WASHINGTON
Congress urged to pass a bill authorizing a congressional grant of the pension bureau building for the inaugural ball. The plan faces opposition from many House members who fear burdening the overtaxed bureau as it handles current duties.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wilson
Pension Bureau
House
Bureau
Women Hear President's Letter in National League Session
In Washington on January 8 the Women’s National Democratic League met to elect officers and read a letter from President-elect Wilson on democratic principles. Mrs Stephen B Ayres read the letter, and the main contest centered on who would lead the league with Mrs John Sherwin Crosby of New York seeking re election against Mrs Ayres.
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Washington, D.C
National Democratic League
Wilson
Stephen B. Ayres
Representative Ayres
League
John Sherwin Crosby
New York
Ayres
Fourth Court Rejects Injunction In Reitzer Case
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals denies Albert Reitzer's bid for an injunction to stop Medina Valley Irrigation Co from dam work and floodgate operation. It affirms the lower court, says Reitzer may seek damages in state court, and disputes federal condemnation of state land. Justice Fly notes state sovereignty and criticizes a United States Supreme Court ruling. Justice Holmes concurs.
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Albert Reitzer
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
Medina
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
W. S. Fly
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Fly
Supreme Court of
Reitzer
Medina Company
Medina Dam
District Court
Medina County
Board of Arbitration
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Madisonville Traction Company
St. Bernard Mining Company
Fly
Texas
Justice Holmes
Justice Fry
Women as Chief Buyers in the Home Economy
The piece argues that women control most household purchases including food clothing and utilities and thus read advertisements more than men to find best values. It urges daily ad reading to maximize economy and stretch budgets.
Day Holds Hope Of Warmer Weather
The 7 am temperature was 22 degrees as a persistent cold wave grips the country. Forecasters expect a slight warming trend but freezing nights continue, with Roswell New Mexico recording eight degrees below zero and coastal freezing forecast tonight.
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Pacific Northwest
Alberta
British Columbia
Roswell
N. M
Epting Case Opens as Motions Overruled in Boyce Jr. Slaying
Memphis Texas January 8 District Judge Nabors overruled motions to continue and to quash the indictment and the special venire in B B Epting’s trial for complicity in the killing of Al Boyce Jr. State attorneys secured a promise that Mrs L A Rogers ill will testify Monday. Will Boyce of Amarillo arrived with other Boyce family members expected today.
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Memphis
Tex
Nabors
B. B. Epting
al Boyce Jr
L. A. Rogers
Venice
Will Boyce
Amarillo
Conference on Sap railroad contract over pay for time lost
A conference between J. B. Peters vice president and general manager of the Sap railroad and union representatives discusses inserting a clause to pay crews for time lost at terminals and fixes on duty times. Delegates include E. P. Curtis M. E. Montgomery J. A. Farquharson and E. Dillon. The talks may extend several days.
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J. 8. Peters
Sap Railroad
E. P. Curtis
M. E. Montgomery
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. A. Farquharson
Brotherhood of
E. Dillon
Collie Dog a Hero in Colorado Coyotes Attack
A Scotch collie in Trinidad saved Louis and Samuel Salvarno aged ten and twelve from three hunger crazed coyotes ten miles from town. The boys were bitten and clothes torn while the dog, badly injured, charged the pack and killed two of the attackers as they traveled to an uncle’s ranch for provisions.
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Trinidad
Col
Louis
Samuel Salvarno
Missionary's Son Killed in Robbery Near Peking
Chinese robbers shot and killed the infant son of the Rev. R. O. Joliffe of the Canadian Methodist mission. A party of missionaries traveling by boat to Tzelutsing was attacked between Cheng Tu and Chung Kin in Sze Chuen province. One robber was captured. others fled.
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Peking
R. O. Joliffe
Canadian Methodist Mission
Tzelutsing
Cheng ‘Tu
Chung Kin
Sze Chuen
Johnson Takes Senate Seat for Texas Succeeding Bailey
Col. R. M. Johnson of Houston took the oath of office as Texas senator to succeed Joseph W. Bailey. His credentials were presented by Senator Culberson and he was assigned to the last row on the Democratic side.
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Washington, D. C
Col
R. M. Johnson
Houston
Texas
Joseph W. Bailey
Johnston
Senator Culberson
Johnson
Shipping trust claims control of ocean routes to South America
Testimony before the House merchant marine committee described a Pan-American trade network steering rebates to European lines. William Lowry urged a law banning European ships from U S ports to counter the alleged trust. William H Douglas testified that German and British lines coordinate to fix ports and rates, disadvantaging American shippers.
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Washington, D. C
United States
South America
House Merchant Marine Committee
William Lowry
Pan-American Mail
Trust
Panama Canal
Humphrey
Royal Mail Line
Atlantic
Pacific
America
William H. Douglas
Arkell & Douglas
Europe
Houston
London
Mr. Douglas
New Orleans
Douglas
Australian Steamship Company
Australia
India
China
Japan
Harvester Combine
Steel Trust
Standard Oil Company
Paris Painter Ader Ends Life At Banquet
Marcelin Ader a Bordeaux born painter invited friends to a banquet and warned of a personal crisis. Assuming a joke his friends supplied ammunition and he then loaded the revolver and killed himself with the weapon to his forehead.
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Paris
Marcelin Ader
Bordeaux
Ader
Final arguments begin in Archbald impeachment trial
Managers for the House opened final arguments against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court as the Senate reconvened to hear impeachment. Three days of continuous arguments, divided equally between prosecution and defense, will close the trial that has occupied the Senate since December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Wall Collapse Kills Eleven in Rome
A historic wall collapsed in Rome killing eleven men and seriously injuring four others. Rescue teams worked to uncover victims buried beneath the rubble as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Wall
Rome
Organs Kept Working Thirteen Hours After Death
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute announced a remarkable experiment in life preservation. He removed thoracic and abdominal organs from a cat and kept them functioning for thirteen hours in a heated artificial serum solution. The heart beat and circulation remained normal and digestion of food and water occurred.
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Paris
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Pozzi
Academy of Medicine
Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Servians to Leave the Adriatic Sea
London reports the Servian government will withdraw from the Adriatic Sea a move seen as a step toward peace. A Sofia dispatch notes rations in Adrianople invested towns cut to one quarter and eighty thousand people ill without aid. Turkish and Bulgarian delegates met to discuss capitulation terms with Turks seeking arms and Bulgarians opposing, while thirty civil servants are to occupy major posts at Adrianople.
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London
Adriatic Sea
Sofia
Adrianople
Robinson III Race Redraws Arkansas Senate Field
Governor elect J T Robinson announced he will seek the U S Senate seat. Judge W M Kavanaugh and John H Hineman exit the race while Hal Norwood and Steven Brundidge remain opponents. Associate Justice W F Kirby is expected to declare. for governor successor ties to Earl E Hodges C H Brough Morrell Rogers and others named as possibilities.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. T. Robinson
United States
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
W. M. Kavanaugh
John H. Hineman
Robinson
Hal Norwood
Steven Brundidge
W. F. Kirby
Supreme Court
Earl E. Hodges
C. H. Brough
Fayetteville
Morrell
Robert L. Rogers
Pulaski County
Lake Frost Reappears With Ice Skating Memories
West End's lake again freezes after a near half inch layer forms overnight marking the fourth freeze in nineteen years. Swans cluster in the lone unfrozen patch, their paddling keeping ice at bay while residents recall skating on the lake in 1899.
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West End Lake
Bank Receiver Appointed for Chickasaw Bank
Lamar Heiskell of the Shelby County Chancery Court was named receiver after officers admitted they could not meet clearing house obligations. Heiskell attributed the trouble to long loans and overdrafts and slow realization on them. He reassured depositors will be paid in full. the bank was a small institution.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lamar Heiskell
Shelby County Chancery Court
Chickasaw Bank & Trust Company
Train fire on northbound freight sparks arrest
In Waxahachie Texas a boxcar aboard a Trinity and Brazos Valley freight train was found burning inside. Investigators say a sleeping man started the blaze after boarding at Corsicana. He was jailed on malicious mischief charges.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Trinity
Dock Laborers on Strike Shuts Callao Port
CALLAO January 8 The shipping trade in this port was brought to a standstill by a general strike of dock laborers and longshoremen. Efforts are being made to settle the dispute by arbitration.
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Callao
Cattle Die in Deep Freeze Reports From Oklahoma
Paris Texas dispatch says cattle in Southern Oklahoma have suffered heavily from the cold spell with many reported dead, marking the worst loss in a decade.
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Paris
Tex
Oklahoma
English Road 10 bt Built says message
Verification of a cablegram on the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican Railroad is contained in private messages to The Light from London. Local reps of the European Contract Syndicate are cautious about discussing details. The article notes delays amid European tensions and mentions S A Hopkins traveling east to meet company president Mr Cowper-Thwaite in New York before returning to San Antonio.
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London
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railroad
England
F. W. Turner
O. R. Mounsey & Co
New York
San Antonio
Hopkins
Suffrage Bill Endorsed Passes Expected in Albany
The Wagner Goldberg woman suffrage constitutional amendment wins favorable reports from Senate and Assembly judiciary committees with no opposing votes and is slated as special business for January 15, signaling likely passage with minimal opposition.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Goat Ban Expels Mascots From Navy Ships
Norfolk VA January 8 A bellicose billy goat blamed for a mascot ban by Rear Admiral R M Doyle bans all sailors pets and mascots from battleships cruisers and receiving ships at the station after the goat toppled him during a incident aboard the New Hampshire. The order sends away cats dogs parrots bears and other animals along with the goat.
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Norfolk
R M. Doyle
Admiral Doyle
New Hampshire
Sleet Storm Wrecks Telegraph Wires Across Northeast
A severe sleet and wind storm freezes telegraph lines between New York and Chicago, causing heavy losses in northern states. Wires and hundreds of poles break, with Toledo reporting eighty poles down. Chicago brokers scramble to assist as markets open amid the blackout.
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Chicago
New York
Cage
Aly One
Toledo
Neis
Indiana
Ohio
Cold Weather Hits California Railways and Citrus Losses
Cold weather spared some citrus but caused heavy losses in California as groves incur significant damage. Railroads face about 9 million dollars in reduced freight receipts if the crop stays at 50 percent, while experts note fluctuating forecasts and expected rain from San Francisco northward.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Bernardino County
Weather Bureau
California
Tehachapi Pass
Sanrancisco
Caia
Record Cold in El Paso Ties Long-Term Low
Weather history for El Paso Texas records two degrees above zero, colder than yesterday and a 26 year low. Bliss Army Airfield thermometer shows four degrees at 8 a m marking a sharp cold spell in the region.
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el Paso
Tex
Bliss
Cold Rain Freezes Over Houston Roads
A temperature of 24 degrees was reported this morning with ice everywhere. A light sprinkle of rain is falling and freezing rapidly in Houston Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Clear and Cold at Waco
Waco Texas January 8 The thermometer this morning registered above but it is clear The brief weather note records a clear sky with temperatures higher than the prior day in Waco.
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Waco
Waco. Tex
Three Survive Shipwreck Off Peacock Spit Near Astoria
Of 36 aboard the Rosecrans oil tanker sailing from San Francisco, only three survived after the wreck on rocks near Peacock Spit. A quartermaster named Fred Pea was found ashore six miles from the wreck and could only repeat his name before fading. Two other survivors remain aboard the distant lightship as Adams life savers battled surf to reach safety and relay word by wireless.
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Astoria
Ore
San Francisco
Rosecrans
Peacock Spit
Fred Pea
Columbia River
Adams
Greenwood backs Terrell and Johnson for key Texas posts
Seguin reports Rep. James Greenwood will support Chester Terrell for speaker of the house and R. M. Johnson for U S senator for the unexpired term. Greenwood says he does not carry any to Austin in his pocket and favors a “legislative rest” doctrine.
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Greenwood
Terrell
Seguin
Tex
James Greenwood
Chester Terrell
House
Senate
R. M. Johnson
United States
Austin
Electors Ballot for Wilson Set in Washington
A Texas elector group convenes in Washington to finalize Woodrow Wilson’s presidential election. Prominent candidates include Muriel Buckner and Judge J. M. Richards. A Waco residence fire destroys part of Dr. O T Twelfth and Jefferson property, causing $29,000 in damage and partial insurance coverage.
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Messenger
Austin
Tex
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson Poent
United States
Texas
Muriel Buckner
J. M. Richards
Word
Waco
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