San Antonio Aviation Post Lease Moves Toward Closure
Major Foulois to close lease on 677 acre site south of San Antonio for new aviation post with option to purchase. Funds approved include 1.5 million for site purchase and 14 million for development as Washington contemplates future expansion. Temporary buildings and HQ move expected once leases finalize.
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San Antonio
B. D. Foulois
Southern Department
War Department
Washington
Major Foulois
Congress
Aviation Post
United States Army
Foulois
Fort Sam Houston
Will Voige Opposition To Military Training
The Public School Anti Military Training League led by Dr A D Zucht calls a Monday night meeting at Woodmen's hall to oppose military drills in San Antonio public schools. Burnet School Mothers' and Teachers' Club condemns the move as overcrowding worsened by drills. A new Main Avenue high school rifle club forms, limited to Main Avenue pupils, with officers elected and a request to complete the municipal rifle range.
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San Antonio
A. D. Zucht
Woodmen's Hall
East
Houston Street
Burnet School
Main Avenue High School
Chandler
Main Avenue Club
E. P. Lipscomb
R. A. Goeth
Archie Helland
Emory Cushing
Sunday Warmer After Cold Wave Unsettled Weather
The forecast notes a milder Sunday after a sharp cold spell with possible freezing Saturday night. Weather changes sweep the nation with unsettled conditions, varying highs and lows, rain and snow east of the Mississippi, and a Gulf storm affecting the southwest. Major Buell cites uncertainty in San Antonio as corn rather than rain becomes a focal point.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Gulf
Texas
Manitoba
San Antonio
Allen Buell
Raold Amundsen Prepares North Pole Expedition
Raold Amundsen left Chicago for Washington to organize a six year polar voyage. He bought 600 pounds of candy and delicacies, a ton of meat for each of fifteen men, plus tea coffee cigarettes baking powder dried eggs dried milk cheese and canned vegetables for the journey.
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Chicago
Raold Amundsen
Washington
North Pole
Amundsen
Public apology ordered for jail riot participant
Lima Ohio January 13 A full public apology was imposed on Charles Kline for aiding the jail riot last August He pleaded guilty to attacking Sheriff Sherman Eley with intent to lynch a prisoner The order requires the apology be printed in every paper in the country His ten year sentence was suspended in favor of the apology condition
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Lima
Charles Kline
Sherman Eley
Samuel Belden Returns from Mexico Conference
Samuel Belden, personal attorney for First Chief Carranza, returned to San Antonio from Queretaro where he met with General Carranza. He was accompanied to Laredo by Adolfo de la Huerta, governor of Sonora, on a special train. Belden says conditions in Mexico have improved and Carranza has a firmer grip on affairs.
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Samuel Belden
Carranza
San Antonio
Queretaro
Mr. Belden
Laredo
Adolfo de la Huerta
Sonora
Mexico
Canada Seeks Soldiers Reported for Guard Enlistment Efforts
Detroit officials report DOJ investigators are looking into alleged attempts to lure members of the Thirty first Regiment Michigan National Guard into enlisting with a Canadian contingent. Penalty for aiding foreign enlistment includes a $1000 fine or up to three years in a federal penitentiary.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan National Guard
Department of Justice
United States
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight fair and colder. Sunday outlook fair with freezing conditions possible in exposed areas near San Antonio and surroundings.
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San Antonio
Weather summaries for six cities in a single report
ST LOUIS shows 12 degrees, clear with a 16 mph NW wind and Sunday fair. Chicago at 4 degrees with cloud cover and 16 mph W wind. Milwaukee 2 below zero with 14 mph SW wind. Kansas City 8 degrees with 16 mph NW wind. New York 26 degrees with 20 mph S wind and snow possible. Washington 28 degrees with 6 mph S wind and probable snow.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lust
Kansas
New York
Washington
Thaws Family Plans to Fight Extradition Efforts
Philadelphia report says relatives of Harry K. Thaw consider resisting extradition to New York on kidnapping and assault charges connected to Frederick Gump Jr. Thaw’s hospital status and potential counsel actions influence the decision process as his condition improves.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Frederick Gump Jr
Kansas
Thaw
Henry J. Scott
Oliver A. Brower
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Friends of
Gump
Grade Crossings for Terminal Company
Austin Texas January 13 Decisions were announced by the railroad commission on December and January hearings. The commission ordered grade crossings to be built by the San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway and the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway at the San Antonio river crossing and near the oil tank property east of San Antonio. Both crossings to be protected by interlockers. Petitions granted for transit privileges on peanut cake and oil and for overflow baggage rates. Dismissed: amendment on sugar cane planting, Athens Tile and Silo Company petition, bedding as baggage. Granted: passenger depots at Nolte and Byron. Continued: packing requirements for green hides.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
San Antonio, Belt and Terminal Railway
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
San Antonio River
Athens Tile and Silo Company
Cotton Belt
Wilburn
Athens
Nolte
Galveston, Ntarrisburg and
Byron
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway
Texas
Lone Star Poultry Show Concludes Judging
Judging of all classes and breeds entered at the Lone Star poultry show at 117 Main avenue was completed Saturday morning. Superintendent J T Brown and assistants placed distinguishing cards over winning pens as attendance cooled but expected to rise Sunday. A side line reports sale of eggs from show entries after greasing to prevent hatching with yard eggs sold at market price.
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Main Avenue
J. T. Brown
Fire destroys railroad offices in Freeport
Fire at Freeport Illinois today destroyed the division offices of the Illinois Central railway and the combined freight houses of the Illinois Central and Chicago Northwestern lines. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Freeport
Illinois Central Railway
Illnois Central
Chicago Northwestern Railways
Girls Swim in Perfumed Water at Chicago University
Coeds at the University of Chicago swam in perfumed water today after a sterilizing machine was installed in the girls natatorium. The device also perfumes the water, enhancing the facility.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Lawson Faces Compelled Testimony In Leak Inquiry
The House adopted a rules-committee power resolution to force witnesses in the leak inquiry to answer all questions. Lawson is expected to be the first witness. Reilly of the Wall Street Journal and brokers Lockwood, Thompson and McKinnon, Donald McDonald, and others may testify. The measure requires full disclosures, including hearsay, to ensure no named individuals avoid testifying. Lawson has been subpoenaed to reappear.
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Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
House
Wood
Lawson
James R. Reilly
The
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street
Lockwood and Company
New York
I. W. McKinnon
Chicago
Thompson and McKinnon
Representative Wood
Donald McDonald
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
D Antin Death Clarified by Mexican Minister
Candido Aguilar Mexican minister of foreign affairs telegraphed Consul General Denegri denying reports that Luis D Antin American attache died from non natural causes. The minister said D Antin died of cerebral congestion tied to a preexisting cardiac condition, occurring in Monterey on the way to Queretaro and death at San Luis Potosi.
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Washington, D. C
Candido Aguilar
Denegri
Luis D’antin
Luis D’antifi
Monterey
Queretaro
San Luis Potosi
Milwaukee cruiser ashore near Eureka during salvage attempt
The U S cruiser Milwaukee ran aground near Eureka California while assisting in salvaging the submarine H 3 stranded weeks earlier. Separately William Taft resigns as honorary president of the Worlds Court League citing conflict with League to Enforce Peace duties.
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Milwaukee
Eureka
Cal
Mint Director Halts Silver Purchases Amid Coin Demand
due to the high price of silver the Director of the Mint Von Engelken orders no further buys of silver for now to mint the new half dollars and quarters in high demand. the coins will be minted from silver melted from old coins as needed.
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Washington, D. C
von Engelken
Wife shoots husband in Denver after five hour struggle
Mrs. John Lawrence Smith, 43, shot her estranged husband, 33, in their Denver home after a prolonged fight to stop him from forcing her to drink. The case ties to Smith's former role as a Moore family chauffeur and to Mildred Moore, Smith's and Mrs. Smith's child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
John Lawrence Smith
Smith
Moore
Mildred
Mrs. Smith
Thieves Break Safe at Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Office
Thieves tampered with the safe at 309 North Medina street breaking off the knob and gaining entry through a window. Police say the method suggests amateurs and link the crime to a stolen car found nearby on Travis and St Marys streets.
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Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Company
Medina Street
Captain Caruthers
City Detective Bureau
R. W. Wardenbaum
Travis and
St. Mary's
Funston Visits Deming Reveille of Arkansas Delaware Wyoming Units
Major General Frederick Funston commander of the Southern Department is in Deming New Mexico and will review the brigade comprising the First and Second Arkansas First Delaware and Wyoming Infantry regiments and the New Hampshire Field. The event signals the inspection of troops and affiliated formations in the area.
Seine Floods Paris Wharves Submerge Coal Stocks
The Seine rose thirteen inches in one day submerging all Paris wharves and大量 coal stores, worsening the city's fuel famine and disrupting supply.
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Paris
Seine
Federal Farm Loan Act explained in a six part series
The Light plans a six article series by Frank R. Wilson to demystify the Federal Farm Loan Act. The first column discusses cooperative banking machinery and runs January 15 with topics covering eligibility, amortization, investor view, tenancy impact, and social stabilization.
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Congress
United States
Frank R. Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Washington
D. C
British Gain Ground at Serre on Somme Front
In renewed fighting on the Somme front British forces report a footing gained at Serre after a German defense, while Germans still hold the main position. Russian and Teutonic actions continue in Roumania and Moldova with advances and retreats noted along several fronts.
British Attack on Serre Front Gains Small Footing
British troops attacked German lines north of the Ancre on the Somme and gained a footing in one advanced position but were largely repulsed elsewhere. German and Bulgarian forces seized a monastery at the Buze Sereth junction, while Turkish troops stormed Mihalea, taking four fifths of the garrison as the rest drowned in the Sereth.
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Ancre
Somme
Berlin
Serre
Roumania
Danube
Kraila
Mihalea
Buzeu
Sereth
Slanic
Petrograd
Kasino
Riga
Sayville
Moldavia
Buze
Teutons Thrown Back as Roumanians Hold Trenches
Roumanian forces in Moldavia near the River Kasino after a violent battle with Austro German troops threw the Teutons back and occupied their trenches. North of the Slavic river the invaders forced back the Russians from a height.
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Petrograd
London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Kasino
Moldavia
Teutons
Army Aviators Found in Mexico
Lieutenant Colonel H. G. Bishop and Lieutenant William A. Robertson, both army officers missing since Wednesday after departing San Diego, have been found 1100 miles south of the border in Mexico. They made a forced landing, according to a Washington message to the army's western headquarters in San Francisco.
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Mexico
Bishop and Robertson
Border
San Francisco, Cal
H. G. Bishop
William A. Robertson
San Diego
Washington
Mrs Carrie McLaren Freed In McLaren Death Case
Mrs Carrie McLaren, held during county jail investigations into Frank R. McLaren's death near Taylor, Texas, is released after grand jury finds no bill. Also freed are Joe Pollard the jailed suspect and new indictments against Jesse Calvin McLaren and Harry McBride. Young McLaren named heir to estate.
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Georgetown
Tex
Carrie McLaren
Frank R. McLaren
Taylor
Joe Pollard
Jesse Calvin McLaren
Harry McBride
Ardmore
Okla
McLaren
Calvin McLaren
McBride
Negro
Young McLaren
Powder explosions at Haskell plant cause injuries and damage
New York dispatch reports several powder explosions at Dupont Powder Company in Haskell New Jersey with about a dozen workers slightly injured. Glass damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars as residents fled and authorities assess possible deaths and hospital injuries.
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New York
Dupont Powder Company
Haskell
N. J
Haskel
Conach
Wilmington
Del
Kingsland
Europe
Poughkeepsie
Peter Gould
Gerard Correctly Quoted In Speech On Berlin Return
Ambassador Gerard’s speech on his Berlin return drew wide comment all around. The State Department said the reported quote about U.S.-Germany cordial relations is substantially accurate and a full text will be reviewed. Allied and anti-German papers varied in reaction with supporters and foes split over his view on German officials and wartime policy.
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Washington, D. C
Girard
Berlin
United States
Germany
State Department
Gerard
Secretary Baker Hints Militia Return Home Soon
Secretary Baker told congressmen he hoped the militia would be returned home in a short time reviving reports that a military move of that character would be ordered soon, probably next week.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
New York Cotton Market Breaks In Week’s End Selloff
The New York cotton market closed with a sharp drop as March slipped to 17.73 and May to 17.91, down 25 to 52 points from the prior session. Heavy selling and stop orders fueled a rapid, demoralized finish to the trading day.
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New York
Alleged Slayer Is Columbus Girl Murder Case Arrest
Columbus police moved to extradition after Weldon I Wells was arrested in Huntington Indiana on an embezzlement charge. He faced a first degree murder count in the Mona Byron Libon slaying at a leading Columbus hotel. The victim, 27, from a respected family, was found in a bloodied room. A revolver shell and burned pillow indicated muffled shots.
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Columbus
Ohio
Huntington
Ind
Weldon I. Wells
Kansas City
Mona Byron Libon
Wells
G. W. van Brunt
Peter Albanese
Itis
Simon
Joe Tinker
Columbus Baseball Club
Wells Denies Killing in Columbus Slaying Case
Weldon H. Wells, 25, of Kansas City and formerly of Huntington, was arrested in Huntington in connection with Mona Simon’s death in Columbus. Police report bloodstained items and Wells’ admission of staying at the Columbus hotel under an alias, though he denies involvement and offers to return to Ohio without extradition.
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Huntington
Ind
Weldon H. Wells
Kansas City
Mona Simon
Columbus
Ohio
Wells
van Brunt
Simon
Suspect Weldon Wells Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Weldon H. Wells, arrested in Huntington Indiana on embezzlement charges, is believed linked to Mona Simons death in Columbus Ohio. He last worked as stenographer and collector for a commission house and is accused of defalcation around 115 dollars, with 396 found on departure from Kansas City January 4. The case spans brokerage circles. Mona Simon, former Philippi resident and daughter of Barbour County sheriff candidate W T Simeon, was found murdered in Columbus. she had worked as a telephone operator and was noted for beauty.
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Kansas City
Weldon H. Wells
Huntington
Ind
Mona Simon
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Ward
Wells
Ward
Grafton
W. Va
Philippi
Here
W. T. Simeon
Barbour County
Charles Simon
Livin
Arden
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D’antin
Aguilar
U. S
Hoffman Hayman Coffee Company
Funston
Deming
Win
Braila
Husband
Dupont
Lleged Slayer
Huntington, Ind
Mona Byron Simon
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