Sunday Weather Notes and City Conditions Amid Cold Spell
The article reports San Antonio escaping the cold wave with warmer forecast for Sunday though near freezing. It notes a minimum of 18 degrees, reduced wind chill, and hydrants freezing. It mentions wood deliveries improving, vegetable shipments unreliable, and prices rising as country truck supply remains scarce after the freeze. The piece highlights care for the poor and growing concerns for fuel and food shortages.
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San Antonio
California
San Antonio Area Weather Update
For San Antonio and vicinity nocturnal clouds increase and warmer temperatures. Sunday forecasts call for generally cloudy skies and continued warmth.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 am report cold conditions across cities. St Louis shows 4 below with southeast wind and rising temperatures. Chicago at 0 with southwest wind remains cold. Milwaukee at 12 below with south wind is also frigid. St Paul 4 below with south wind and rising temperatures. Kansas City 6 below with south wind and warmer outlook. New York 0 with north wind and snow. Boston 4 below with northwest wind and continued cold. Washington 0 with light north wind and snow.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Ambiguity Over Leased AP Wire Carried by Other Papers
Reader query questions whether any newspaper besides the San Antonio Light carries the Associated Press leased wire into San Antonio, asking for evidence or basis in fact for such claims. The note appears to challenge media distribution without substantiation.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Ts Yneeane
Postmaster General Hitchcock Receives Marriage Proposal
A Houston woman, noting Hitchcock is a bachelor in 1912, sends a letter proposing correspondence and marriage. She emphasizes she would be pleased to hear back and promises to give him pleasure in responding.
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Houston
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Tex
Italian reverses reported in letters from Tripoli front
Descriptions from Italian officers and men serving with the invading army in Tripoli and Cyrenaica dismiss official claims of victories as reverses. Reports say Derna area sees harsher fighting with Turks and Arab allies, as Italian engineers guard aqueduct work and detachments endure daily harassment. One letter notes many casualties, another mentions a regiment nearly wiped out, and a private recalls ammunition shortages during a battle with mounting deaths of Italian boys.
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Associated Press
Rome
Tripoli
Cyrenaica
Italy
Derna
Grenadieres
Bersaglieri
Oral Testimony Beginnings in Galan Extradition Hearings
Introduction of testimony in the extradition cases of Andres Garza Galan and Nicanor Valdez continued before US Commissioner R L Edwards after correcting translations. Adolfo Fuentes testified that in May 1911 he commanded a small force for Major Valdez to capture men near C Diaz. three men captured were later executed and bore Maderista insignia.
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Andres Garza Galan
Nicanor Valdez
United States
R. L. Edwards
Adolfo Fuentes
Tarver Bee
Fuentes
Valdez
C. K. Diaz
Maderista
Madero
Catarino Benavides
Abdication Decision Reaches Final Form in Beijing
Government meeting in Pekin reports that the throne will abdicate and retire to Jehol almost immediately. Principal Manchu princes officials and troops favor abdication as the only course amid growing provincial disorders.
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Pekin
Jehol
Marines Already in China by the Associated Press
Washington reports nine hundred U.S. Marines are in China after from the Philippines since last October. With an infantry battalion en route, the United States gears up for its share of international duties in China.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Marine Corps
China
Philippines
United States
Chinese Cabinet Prepares Circular on Shanghai Peace Talks
The Chinese cabinet plans a circular to the powers involved in Shanghai peace negotiations. It argues that the revolutionists' irresponsible attitude makes peace impossible, according to the Peking correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
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London
Shanghai
Peking
Daily Telegraph
Sun Yat Sen Inspects Warships From Yacht Line
President Sun Yat Sen aboard the former viceroy's yacht formally reviewed a fleet of eight flag decorated cruisers and gunboats on the river. Crowds along the banks watched the ceremony, including many Americans Germans and British observers.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Sun Yat Sen
Convicts Increase at Texas State Prison in December
Austin January 13 A reported rise in penitentiary population shows 3404 inmates on December 1 rising to 3471 at month end. There were 173 new convicts, with burglaries and forgery among leading charges. state forces numbered 2393, contract 254, share 824.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Poincare Accepts Premier Appointment in Paris
Paris January 13 M Poincare accepted the invitation to form the new cabinet after a call on President Fallieres. He aims to recruit prominent former ministers Leon Bourgeois Theophile Delcasse Aristide Briand and Alexandre Millerand to join the cabinet with Bourgeois likely heading foreign affairs or the interior ministry.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Poincare
Fallieres
Minstry
Leon Bourgeois
Theophile Delcasse
Aristide Briand
Alexandre Millerand
M. Bourgeois
Jury to Decide Death Penalty in Laredo Murder Case
Lonnie Franks and J B Compton pleaded guilty to the Levytansky murder in Laredo. A jury will determine if the defendants face hanging as sentiment in Laredo leans toward the extreme penalty. Sheriff Tobin returns to continue selecting jurors and to follow through on confessions tied to Bexar county jail. The $2700 reward will be split between local and Laredo officers, with customs officials Rumsey and Gilmore receiving a share.
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J. B. Compton
G. J. Levytansky
Laredo
John W. Tobin
Tobin
Bexar
Compton
Franks
Levytansky
Robert Rumsey
W. H. Gilmore
Little Chance for Jury in Levytansky Murder Trial
In Laredo Texas Judge Mullally orders deputies to hunt distant county areas for jurors in the case of Lonnie Franks and J Compton who confessed to killing jeweler G J Levytansky on December 22. Four jurors found after two venues of 100 men each. only 200 qualified jurors remain and a full panel seems unlikely. Trial set to resume Monday at 3 PM.
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Laredo
Tex
Mullally
Lonnie Franks
J. Compton
G. J. Levytansky
Textile Mills Open Without Disorder in Lawrence
Lawrence Mass January 13. All textile mills reopened without disorder from striking operatives. Washington Wood and Ayer and Lawrence Duck mills faced guards as workers entered peacefully. Pay envelopes were distributed, strike caused by pay cuts tied to hours reduced to 54 per week. A general all clear meeting was planned for today to decide future actions and mills expect to reopen next Monday with leniency for returning strikers.
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Lawrence
Mass
Washington, Wood & Ayer
Lawrence Duck Company
German Social Democrats Gain in Election
Berlin reports unofficial first ballots in 397 constituencies show socialists rising to about 64 to 66 seats with 122 second ballots likely. Conservatives and centrists shrink. liberals and radicals lose ground as socialist gain totals reach 64 and possibly 90 to 91 seats.
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Social Democrats
Krause Named Assistant Superintendent of Mails at San Antonio Post Office
Theodore Krause was appointed assistant superintendent of mails at the San Antonio post office. Charles N. Tack resigned from the post and departed for the north.
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Krause
Tack
Theodore Krause
San Antonio
Charles N. Tack
North
Ice crushes Nettie Johnson steamer on Lake L Anguille
The Nettie Johnson steaming from Marianna Arkansas to Helena struck heavy ice in Lake L Anguille and sank in under five minutes. Two passengers are dead and fourteen rescued by Marianna relief parties in critical condition. The loss is estimated at fifteen thousand dollars without insurance.
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Little Rock
Marianna
Ark
Helena
Nettie Johnson
Lake L’anguille
FDPIR
L’anguille
Fire devastates Quaker City center caused by explosion
Fire at the General Film company on Market Street 926 and 928 destroyed the building and damaged Berg & Berg department store and Stern & Co furniture store. The blaze spread to nearby structures including St Stephen's parish house. Property loss estimated at 200000 with several firefighters injured. Temperature stood at zero.
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Associated
Trenton Auto Joy Ride Drowns Five In Ice Water
A five person joy ride near Brookville New Jersey ends in tragedy when a car leaves the road and sinks into a canal. Three women and two men drown while Frederick Foster survives though badly shaken. Searchers work to recover the remaining bodies as reports detail the cold night and the rescue effort.
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Trenton
N. J
Brookville
Donald Reed
Supreme Court
Alfred Reed
Reed's Manor
Chester A. Vanclees
City
Frederick M. Foster
Denly
Fooster
Foster
Pimonia
Young Foster
Tindall Mulvey
Justice Reed
Senate Not in Session Despite Monday Meeting Schedule
In today in Congress notes the Senate was not in session and will meet at 2 PM Monday. Sorimer hearing recessed until Monday. The House met at noon, hearing W R Willett of New York on technical sugar industry details as part of the sugar trust inquiry, which adjourned until Monday.
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Senate
Sorimer
House
Sugar Trust” Investing Committee
W. R. Willett
New York
Steel Trust
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