Newlands Assails Democratic Record in Senate Speech
Senator F G Newlands of Nevada attacked his party s Senate record criticizing tariff and banking reforms and warned that continued European war and liberal policy could cost Democrats the next elections He urged a nonpartisan reserve system and gradual tariff reform to protect American industries.
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Washington, D. C
F. G. Newlands
Nevada
Senate
Wilson
Mexico
Democratic Party
Republican Party
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Interstate Commerce Ommission
Congress
Reserve Yard
Casury
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Lawmaker Seeks Non-Partisan Reserve Board and Unified Comptroller Powers
Senator Newlands backs reshaping finance and defense policy by making the reserve board non partisan, merging the comptroller with the board and eliminating capital requirements beyond reserve percentages. He cautions against hysteria yet supports a rational preparedness plan.
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Reserve Board
Comptroller’s Office
Newlands
Cold Northwest Weather To Reach San Antonio Soon
Unsettled conditions with a developing storm from New Mexico bring a potential sharp cold snap to San Antonio and surrounding areas within 24 to 36 hours. Reports show extreme cold across the north with Edmonton and Saskatchewan at 42 to 44 below, and a broad freezing line extending toward Nebraska and northern New Mexico.
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Allen Buell
New Mexico
Saskatchewan
United States
Florida
British Northwest
Edmonton
Helena
Mont
Huron
S. D
Moorhead
Minn
Prince Albert
Swift Current
Williston
N. C
Winnipeg
Nebraska
Kansas
Local forecast for San Antonio area
Rain and colder tonight with cloudy skies and a cooler Wednesday ahead. Substantial chill expected as the day progresses with light winds and potential scattered showers in the vicinity.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Northeast Snow Likely Across Cities
Forecasts by The Light report scattered precipitation and cool conditions in major cities. St Louis 32 with NE to E winds and rain or snow. Chicago 22 cloudy with N winds. Milwaukee 18 cloudy and much colder. Kansas City 24 snowing with NE winds. New York 38 cloudy with SW winds. Washington 44 cloudy with NW winds and possible rain.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Price charged in murder of wife Mary Fridley Price
Charles D. Etchison testified that Frederick T. Price pushed his wife from a cliff, dragged the body, then claimed she died while chasing a dog. Etchison said Price promised payment for silence and to cancel a loan. The case drew wide attention due to the Fridley family.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charles D. Etchison
Frederick T. Price
Price
Etchison
Clif
Mary Fridley
Bigam
Washington, D. C
Voting on Demands in Chicago Rail Labor Vote
Nearly 400000 railroad workers in Chicago began voting on eight hour day and overtime pay. Ballots were distributed to engineers firemen conductors switchmen and baggage handlers. If accepted the joint unions will present the demands in March and railroads warn of about 150 million dollars annual increase nationwide.
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Chicago
United States
Bankers to resign on annual bank elections
Resignations of many prominent bankers from directorates of leading national banks nationwide are expected today. Changes aim to comply with the Clayton act prohibiting interlocking directorates, with a two year transition previously allowed, potentially reducing hiring talent on large bank boards.
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New York
Villa Bandits Kill Americans Reported Near Chihuahua
American Smelting and Refining Company officials in El Paso received a telegram from Chihuahua City stating a trainload of employees bound for Cusihuimiachic in Western Chihuahua was held up by Villa bandits and all the Americans killed.
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Villa
Paul Koenig Sought on New Complaint
Police search for Paul Koenig the Hamburg American Line secret service chief who is free on 50000 bail on a federal indictment for conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal. A magistrate issued a warrant charging him with corruptly influencing Frederick Scheindl to deliver letters and telegrams. Scheindl was arrested and bailed earlier. The new charge is a misdemeanor with up to three years in prison. Federal grand jury continues probe of alien plots.
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New York
Paul Koenig
Hamburg- American Line Secret Service
Liberty
Welland Canal
Koenig
Frederick Scheindl
National City Bank
Scheindl
Federal Grand Jury
Roosevelt telegram urges preparedness in Progressive gathering
Chicago January meeting of the Progressive national committee opens with Theodore Roosevelt sending a plea for sound Americanism and preparedness beyond partisanship. Hiram Johnson and Albert Beveridge send messages as leaders discuss venue in Chicago for the June convention and hotel reservations.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
California
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Roosevelt
Auditorium
George W. Perkins
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
J. W McGrath
Gas Pipeline Talk as Corpus Christi to San Antonio Feasibility
A Chamber of Commerce board meeting will discuss forming a company to build and operate a gas pipeline from the Corpus Christi coast to San Antonio. L R Clarkson of White Point Oil & Gas notes Gulf Production’s recent gasser output could be used, with White Point set to promote piping if Gulf acts slowly. The well reportedly produces 50 to 100 million cubic feet daily and is unregulated, gas ready for commercial use.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
L. R. Clarkson
White Point
White Point Company
Gulf Company
White Paint Oil & Gas Company
Clarkson
Steel plant reopens as big steel strike continues
The grand jury probe into the Youngstown Sheet and Tube strike resumed in Youngstown Ohio today. At Republic Iron and Steel plant gates reopened and about 1000 workers returned to work while about 7000 remain on strike since December 27. No disorder reported.
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Youngstown, CO
Grand Jury
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Republic Iron & Steel Company
One-Cent Postage Bill For Drop Letters Considered
Britt of North Carolina, ex third assistant postmaster general, proposes a flat one-cent postage for drop letters mailed and delivered within the same post office lacking carrier service. Col J H Dorst retired U S Army dies at 63 in Warren ton Virginia after apoplexy.
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Washington, D. C
Britt
North Carolina
Huerta Grows Weaker After Restless Night
Huerta loses strength in El Paso as General Victoriano Huerta shows a troubling decline in health after a restless night and growing weakness.
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Huerta
EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
Hay proposes building up National Guard instead of continental army
Washington January 11. Chairman Hay of the House military committee proposed a plan to strengthen the national guard with regular pay and to lift it into the regular army in war time. He indicated 130000 men initially and up to 400000 within two years, contrasting with the War Department mood for a continental army. President Wilson endorsed the War Department plan, signaling early disagreement with Hay.
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War Department
Wilson
Hay
House Military Committee
White House
National Guard
Military
House Committee
House
Persia Convoyed by Cruisers When Sunk
The British liner Persia was sunk in the Mediterranean after leaving London for Alexandria escorted by cruisers and destroyers. U S consul Robert Ney McNeely who died wrote that the convoy would be maintained all the way and that passage on the Persia was considered safe.
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N. C
Mediterranean
London
Robert Ney McNeely
United States
W. R. McNeely
Waxhaw
Essex
England
Alexandria
Egypt
Pesia
Mr. McNeely
Recall Talk Surfaces About Higgins Case in Stuttgart
Berlin reports via Overseas News Agency that Germany opened an official probe into Edward Higgins American consul at Stuttgart for allegedly unneutral and anti German statements. The Staats Zeitung of New York and the Cologne Gazette are cited in the circulating dispatches.
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Sayville
Overseas News
Edward Higgins
Stuttgart
Germany
Wolff Bureau
Higgins
Staats Zeitung
New York
Teuton Army Advancing in Balkans War Update
Austrians push in Montenegro with Berane evacution and Mount Lovcen assaults while Cattaro Bay ships shell positions. British relief force halted near Kut el Amara by weather. French claim German Champagne offensive failed with 380 prisoners. Russians hold Czernowitz front amid heavy losses, Saloniki quiet with ongoing skirmishes.
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India
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Robert Cecil
German press calls for recall of Higgins over anti German views
An English correspondent in Amsterdam said German newspapers demanded the immediate recall of Mr. Higgins alleging he had expressed anti German sentiments.
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Amsterdam
Higgins
Wife Willing to Forgive After Joliet Shooting
Relatives in Philadelphia express forgiveness for John Ulrich known as John Robart after he was shot by Lillian Pfeiffer in Joliet amid an elopement six years prior. His wife and four children in West Philadelphia await updates from St. Joseph's hospital as communications continue. Ulrich had been sending money to Mrs. Ulrich for three months before the incident.
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Philadelphia
John Ulrich
Joliet
Ill
John Robart
Lillian Pfeiffer
West Philadelphia
Ulrich
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ex Mayor Arrested in Alaska Land Fraud Case
Chicago January 11 former Blue Island mayor CO W Bourke is held in jail after federal officials arrest him on a charge of accepting a 5000 bribe. Bourke was a juror in the 1913 Alaska land fraud trials in which Frost Seward Beach Ball and Watson were acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the United States over coal lands valued in the millions.
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Chicago
W. Bourke
Blue Island
Ill
Bourke
Alaska
A. C. Frost
G. M. Seward
P. G. Beach
G. A. Ball
Frank Watson
United States
Snow Storm Eases. Rail Traffic To Resume
Snow storm in the Sierra Nevadas begins subsiding in Sacramento as rail officials expect passenger trains to run and freight to resume by tomorrow. Overland traffic on the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific railroads was hampered yesterday by heavy snows in the Sierras.
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Cal
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Western Pacific
Sierras
Costly Fire Destroys Five Ottumwa Stores
Ottumwa Iowa January 11 five retail district stores were burned causing an estimated loss of 500000. Firemen fought the blaze through the day with damage heaviest on Main Street. No deaths are reported. Local officials investigate the cause.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
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