Prohibition Not A Factor In Texas Speakership Fight
In Austin, Representative Terrell of Bexar County says the prohibition issue will not affect the race for speaker. Judge Rowell aims to reform rules to mirror Congress and name committee chairmen. Wood proposes compulsory education for ages 7 to 16 and labor-law changes as the session approaches.
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Austin
Tex
T. D. Rowell
Terrell
Bexar County
Rowell
Congress
House
W. B. Goodner
R. B. Humphrey
8. S. Baker
Pat F. Dunn
Hunt
J. C. Hunt
W. C. McKamy
Dallas
McKamy
Col
R. M. Johnston
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Wood
Starling
Labor Committee
H. G. Wagner
Temple
Wagner
Joint Labor Legislative Board
San Antonio Area Sees Cold Wave With Freezing Temps
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fall to night and Sunday turning colder with a cold wave. Temperatures are expected to reach freezing or below in spots as the cold air moves in from the north.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot across major cities for Sunday
Observations show St Louis at 40 with a west wind 4 miles per hour and cold Sunday. Chicago 36 with a 6 mph southwest wind and possibility of rain Sunday. Milwaukee 22 with light southwest wind and cold Sunday. St Paul 0 with NW wind and very cold. Kansas City 20 with light north wind and fair Sunday. New York 40 with light southwest wind and probable rain Sunday. Boston 40 with rain likely Sunday. Washington 46 with light south wind and possible rain Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Parcel Post System Proves Big Success in First Week
Washington reports nearly two million parcel post packages were mailed in the first week of the new service across fifty leading cities. New York led with 448000, Chicago 433600, Boston 174000. Officials say the flow met expectations with no major delays as Postmaster General Hitchcock seeks a second appropriation. Representative Anderson proposes keeping parcel post rates within old fourth class figures for 1 to 32 ounce packages.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
New York City
Chicago
Boston
Congress
Anderson
Minnesota
Poth Bank to Open Loon
The comptroller of the currency approved the organization of the First National Bank of Poth Texas with a capital of 25000 dollars. Expected officers include Richard Voges as president J H Brown as vice president and R J Woellert as cashier. The bank building is complete and will open once fixtures are installed.
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Poth Bank
Floresville
Tex
Washington
Richard Voges
R. J. Woellert
J. W. Marr
William Eckel
E. L. Whitsett
J. H. Brown
First National Bank of
Poth
Texas
R. Voges
Four Robbers Arrested After Coffee Warehouse Heist
Police caught two of four men in the act of robbing a Brownsville wholesale grocery early today. The trio fled with 600 pounds of coffee and a wagon. the goods were recovered and two suspects were arrested. Authorities believe the same gang has robbed other wholesale houses in the area recently.
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Brownsville
Tex
Fleeing Thief Ambush Ends in Bank Messenger Assault
In New York on January 11 a trap for highwaymen failed as the 60 year old bank messenger Peter E. Plunkett was beaten and a detective shot during a fierce East Side exchange of gunfire. One thief escaped, another captured, and Plunkett, left with a satchel of payroll funds, was taken to a hospital while detective James Watson lay wounded. Frank Moran, 19, was jailed without bail for the assault.
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New York
Peter E. Plunkett
Union Exchange National Bank
Plunkett
James Watson
Frank Moran
Woman disguises as man travels 320 miles to seek work
Edith Pogue a 19 year old girl from Mayfield Kentucky rode the blinds for 320 miles dressed as a boy then spent four days among tramps. Arrested in Louisville on a vagrancy charge after refusing a bath she disclosed her sex to attendants at Wayfarers Rest.伴
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Louiwisville
Edith Pogue
Mayfield
Wayfarers
Frank O'Brien
Boston
Miss Pogue
You Should Know Things You Buy Adverts
You should know whether food is pure, fit to eat, nourishing or body-building and whether clothes are in style and well made. Read Tue Licat daily for dependable home goods, fabrics, labor-saving utilities and lasting satisfaction from merchants who provide useful information.
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J. P. Fallon
Cold Wave Warning Spreads From Rio Grande to Great Lakes
The weather bureau issued a cold wave warning as temperatures fall to 16 in Northern Texas and 22 or lower elsewhere. The storm system moves east from the Rio Grande Valley, bringing rain and snow, with widespread unsettled conditions and advisories for gardeners, plumbers, and the water works.
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Weather Bureau
Waterworks Company
Army Post
Rio Grande Valley
Great Lakes
Texas
San Antonio
World awaits fall of Adrianople fortress in Balkan crisis
London dispatch reports no easing of Balkan deadlock as Adrianople stands under siege. The world watches for the European note to Turkey and possible concessions on the Aegean Islands. Turkish envoys threaten Constantinople departure if allies do not relent.
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London
Balkan
Adrianople
Turkey
Constantinople
Aegean
Europe
Wilson arrives in Chicago seeks to break Illinois deadlock
President elect Wilson lands in Chicago and goes to the home of Princeton friend Davis B. Jones. He may be asked to urge Democrats in the Illinois legislature to choose a speaker, a move that leaders say could carry weight with the state assembly. He will address the Commercial Club tonight, a speech likely his last outside New Jersey before taking office.
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Chicago
Ills
Wilson
Davis B. Jones
Princeton
East
Trenton
Commercial Club
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
New Jersey
Ohio Faces General Flood Warning And Guard Readiness
A federal forecaster warned Ohio rivers would likely flood their banks by tomorrow with rising waters possibly checked later. The Ohio National Guard and hospitals are ready to aid flood sufferers as the state braces for severe flooding. Also reported United States government involvement in pecan interests with $18 from pecans sold at the House building grounds in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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National Guard
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Uncle Sam
Washington
United States
Elizabeth City
N. C
Federal Treasury
Big Tim Sullivan Committed to Yonkers Sanitarium
Congressmen elect Timothy D. Sullivan is formally committed by court order to a Yonkers private sanitarium after months as a voluntary patient. The move may spark a special election to replace him in New York's thirteenth district.
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New York
Timothy D. Sullivan
Yonkers
Big Tim
East Side
Supreme Court
Amend
Congress
Sullivan
Tammany Society
New York City
House of Representatives
Death toll climbs after James T Staples steamer blast
Thirty believed lost after the James T Staples explosion wreck. Officials recover the bodies of Gross Scruggs and an engineer John Kopf as divers search the wreck off Mobile. A negro hand died at the Marine hospital and more bodies are expected.
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Mobile
Ala
Gross Scruggs
James T. Staples
United States Marine Hospital
John Kopf
Aleshire Confirmed Major General in Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed Brigadier General James B. Aleshire as a major general and Surgeon General George M. Torney as a brigadier general after an executive session. Party lines remain sharply drawn with many nominations still pending and no action expected on several other nominees.
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Senate
Washington
Taft
James B. Aleshire
George M. Torney
W. W. Wotherspoon
John McClernand
May subpoena Morgan for testimony on IMM organization
Washington January 11 chairman Alexander of the shipping trust investigating committee said a subpoena probably would be issued for J Pierpont Morgan to tell how the International Mercantile Marine was organized. The IMM is a 130 million dollar American company owning several foreign steamship lines. Morgan is in Europe but testimony not needed before his return date.
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Washington
Alexander
The
Shipping Trust Investigating Committee
J. Pierpont Morgan
International Mercantile Marine
Morgan
Europe
Husband Wounds by Wife in Texas Home
J S Nethery, a Galveston Hat and Shoe Co representative, is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the right jaw after his wife shot him as he forced entry into a North Fifteenth Street residence. Mrs Nethery says he attacked first. he declines to discuss. She filed for divorce at Abilene last Wednesday. Nethery’s condition is not serious.
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Waco
Tex
J. S. Nethery
Galveston Hat & Shoe Company
North Fifteenth Street
Just In Time Want Ads Offer For Sunday Publication
Want ads for Sunday Lieut will be accepted until 8 o clock tonight for regular classification. After 8 only the Too Late to Classify column. Office open until 10 p m tonight. Call or mail ads. old phone Crockett 1742, new phone 176. Ads starting tomorrow for ten days run take two Sundays at half a cent per word per insertion.
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Crockett
Wireless messages flash across the seal
A Jacksonville wireless station on Anastasia Island reports ten days of successful long distance tests with Paris Eiffel Tower Honolulu and Western Hemisphere links. Signals include Paris time at 6 o clock daily and Arlington Washington time for ships at sea using low power.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Anastasia Island
Eiffel
Paris
Arlington
Washington
Mrs Gray claims Indians murdered to clear Crow records
In Washington on January 11 Mrs Helen Pierce Gray an investigator of Crow Indian affairs created a disturbance before the Senate Indian affairs committee charging that Indians had been murdered to remove them from the way She accused Secretary Fisher and Senator Dixon of making untrue statements and threatened to produce evidence linking Fisher to a major steal The hearing on Townsend's resolution to refer Crow records to the Department of Justice was adjourned to next week
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Washington, D. C
Helen Pierce Gray
Crow Indian Affairs
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Fisher
Dixon
United States
Gray
Townsend
Department of Justice
Explosion Wrecks Home in Fort Smith
An explosion of natural gas under a Fort Smith Arkansas home owned by J P McKinney demolished the house lifting it from its foundations and injuring the entire family including an eight year old boy and a baby who are seriously hurt.
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Fort Smith
Ark
J. P. McKinney
Mexican Rebel Talks Reach Mexican Government Peace Bid
The State Department reports the Vera Cruz railway line is threatened by rebels as troops are sent to protect trains. Mexican Consul E. V. Anaya, from Tucson, says rebel leaders Salazar and Rojas sent him to broker peace, though Lascurain denies receiving any proposal. Griscom and Lascurain discuss northern conditions and foreign investments with U. S. officials and railway executives. Juarez governance shifts as Aureliano Gonzales arrives to serve as mayor pending February elections.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Upaso
Tex
E. V. Anaya
Arizona
Tucson
Pedro Lascurain
Salazar
Rojas
Anaya
Lascurain
Laredo
Texas
Pea
Pascual Orozco Jr
Orozco
Madero
Mexico
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Pan-American Society
Ees No. 16
Griscom
Northwestern Railway
Juarez
Aureliano Gonzales
Jose Rama
Gonzales
Disorder in Sonora Rebels Renew Activity Across Region
State Department reports renewed disorder in Sonora Mexico with rebels re entering the area around Acapulco after two days of fighting. 500 rebels seized Tuxpan from 150, San Geronimo sacked and captives held for ransom. An American ranch in Chihuahua reported over 100 cattle killed by rebels or bandits last week. A separate note says the steamer Miami grounded twelve hours on a Florida reef before sailing to Nassau with William Rockefeller aboard.
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Washington
D. C
State Department
Sonora
Mexico
Acapulco
Republic
Tuxpan
San Geronimo
Chihuahua
Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Florida
Nassau
William Rockefeller
Elbert Hubbard Fined for Immoral Material Plea
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora pleaded guilty in federal court to six counts of sending immoral matter to Buffalo. He was fined 100 dollars on one count and had the sentence suspended for the other five after a brief hearing.
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Elbert Hubbard
Buffalo
East Aurora
Federal Grand
Tence
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Big Tim” Sullivan
Aleshire
Shipping Trust Committee
Honolulu
West Indies
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