Texas House Approves Submission Resolution on Prohibition Election
The Texas House Committee on Constitutional Amendments reported favorably 13 to 2 on a submission measure for a special election to consider a prohibition amendment. The plan sets July 1917 for the election and March 1, 1918, as the cut‑off to ban manufacture and sale of liquor except for sacramental or medicinal uses.
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Austin
Tex
House Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Texas
Tillotson
Tillotson and Beard
Harris
Senate
Waitson Smith
House
Lon A. Smith
Lattimore
Senate Committee On
Smith
Bailey
Dunham
Weather warmer ahead after unsettled pattern
Weather bureau says the pattern will moderate after clouds and drizzle. Temperatures rise though continued rain remains. a brief cold spell peaked Sunday and persisted into the week, with less day to night variation than usual.
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Weather Bureau
San Antonio
British and American Lines Raise Passenger Fares at New York
An advance in passenger rates from New York was announced by all British steamship lines and by the American Line part of the International Mercantile Marine Company. First class tickets rise $15, second class $5, steerage $2.50 on certain liners.
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New York
British Steamship Lines
American Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Reconstructive tonic promises relief from bodily ills
An old tonics pitch touts a tonic as improving health by cleansing poisons from the blood. It warns that neglect leads to misery, loss of magnetism, and a life of struggle, urging readers not to endure illness any longer.
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S.S.S
German Raider Sinks Ten Allied Ships
A historical list notes several vessels with tonnage and voyage details. The Minieh and Mount Temple are cited among others, with routes from Wilminton to Manchester and Montreal to London, respectively. The Nantes and Yarrowdale are listed with origins in Iquique and Glasgow, noting Havre and New York movements.
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Wilmington
Manchester
Minieh
Mount Temple
Montreal
London
Asnieres
Bahia
Blanca
Pauillac
Nantes
Iquique
Chile
St. Theodore
Norfolk
Italy
Yarrowdale
Glasgow
Havre
New York
Sinking confirmed of overdue British and French ships
London announces ships long overdue have probably been sunk by a German raider. British vessels named include the Dramatist Radnorshire Mimeh Netherby Hall Mount Temple King George Georgic Voltaire and French ships Nantes Asnieres. Pernambuco confirms the loss, with the Hudson Maru bearing the masters and 237 crewmen from the lost vessels.
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London
Dramatist
Radnorshire
Mimeh
Netherby Hall
Mount Temple
King George
Georgic
Voltaire
Nantes
Asnieres
Pernambuco
Missing steamers from Galveston prompt safety fears
Two steamers left Galveston in November and the Consul Olsson sailed November 16 while the Consul Corfitzon sailed November 13 bound for Havre. No reports of their fate have been received though authorities have not confirmed sinking.
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Galveston
Tex
Olsson
Corfitzon
Havre
Insurance Rates Rise After South American Shipping Losses
News of Allied shipping destruction in the South American trade by a German raider triggered higher marine insurance rates in New York today. Rates advanced from 2 1 2 to 10 percent for West Indian and South American ports.
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New York
German steamer St Theodore may reach American port
German embassy officials in Washington report that the steamer St Theodore, captured by a German raider and sent to the South Atlantic with a prize crew, might soon appear in an American port. Officials say no official information exists on raider operations due to U S neutrality wireless restrictions.
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Washington, D. C
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
United States
Cotton Drops 2.50 In New Orleans Trading
In New Orleans on January 17 reports of German raider activity sinking about twenty ships in the South Atlantic plus broad selling pressure pushed cotton futures down about 2.50 a bale on the weakest months. Active months traded 33 to 47 points below yesterday's close at noon.
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New Orleans
South Atlantic
Chinaman Develops Shorthand System Opens Chinese Language Schools
After much despair a Chinese innovator perfects a shorthand method for Chinese and opens schools in China. The system described in commerce advices promises speeds of up to 140 words a minute.
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Washington, D. C
China
Commerce Department
Allied Demands Accepted by Greeks in Athens Cable
London reports the Greek government has fully accepted the Allies’ demands. British minister Sir F. E. H. Elliott confirms this from Athens. Von Falkenhayn's presence in Greece is noted with Royalist and Venizelist tensions rising as Greek troops move northward, not to Peloponnesus, amid entente mobilization. Venizelist prisoners are expected to be released hourly.
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London
F. E. H. Elliott
Athens
von Falkenhayn
Baron von Falkenhausen
Greece
Saloniki
Elassona
Realty Men Form Citizens Advisory Committee In San Antonio Coliseum Plan
Real estate leaders in San Antonio move to form a citizens advisory committee to work with the Real Estate Board on coliseum plans. The panel will include reps from civic and commercial groups that endorse the project, with a meeting planned for late next week to lay out a campaign and financing report.
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Real Estate Board
San Antonio
R. C. Hill
Coliseum
B. F. Nicholson
Food crisis in Germany worsens with scarce potatoes
Stockholm reports from Berlin show Germany facing a deepening food shortage. Potatoes are rationed to under four and a half pounds per person this week while farmers withhold shipments until February 15 for higher prices. Eggs are unobtainable except at 16 to 20 cents each.
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Stockholm
London
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Hillie Sets Thursday Meeting for Chamber Campaigns
E E Hillie director of publicity calls a Thursday 4 30 PM meeting at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to discuss continuing the winter advertising campaign. Nearly 100 letters daily arrive from prospective visitors and residents due to ads in Middle West and East papers. New publicity committee members will learn current work. committee includes L J Hart Fred Reutzel T B Baker Edwin H Lee Percy Tyrrell and others. Transportation and industrial committees will also meet to organize their work for the new year.
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E. E. Hillie
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
East
L. J. Hart
Fred Reutzel
T. B. Baker
Edwin H. Lee
Percy Tyrrell
W. C. Rigsby
R. J. Harding
R. C. Jones
C. S. Fowler
E. L. Morse
J. W. Hucker
W. B. Hamilton
E. W. Knox
Gunter Hardy
John L. Clem
Transportation Committee
Industrial Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce
Brackenridge Name urged for San Antonio avenue
San Antonio real estate leaders plan to formalize a drive to rename River Avenue to Brackenridge Boulevard joining Avenue C and Broadway. They argue a single name will reduce confusion and better link the city to Brackenridge Park and its new golf course. The board also proposes renaming Brackenridge Avenue’s segment to Lambert Avenue in honor of parks commissioner Ray Lambert.
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Brackenridge Park
George W. Brackenridge
River Avenue
Brackenridge Boulevard
Avenue C
Broadway
Brackenridge
John L. Strohm
Real Estate Board
Brackenridge Avenue
San Antonio
Strohm
Ray Lambert
Commissioner of Parks
Leak inquiry extended thirty days amid heated congressional debate
The investigation into the so called leak is extended by thirty days as representatives spar over its scope. Representative Moore defends Untermyer claiming he aided Secretary McAdoo on a fishing trip and has administration confidence, while Representative Focht calls the probe the largest ever imposed on a legislative body.
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Moore
Untermyer
McAdoo
South America
Focht
Pennsylvania
Leipsic Paper Pins New York Washington Scandal Tone
The Leipsic Neueste Nachrichten comments on the Washington scandal as typical American adroitness in profiting from a tragedy. It notes the NYSE speculation around Wilson’s note and frames the affair under the headline The Washington Scandal.
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Amsterdam
London
Leipsice Neueste Nachrichten
New York Stock Exchange
Wilson
Washington
Hamburg Breast Tea Promoted For Cold Relief
A small package of Hamburger Brust Thee is promoted for breaking a cold. A spoonful steeped in boiling water and strained is to be drunk as a teacupful any time. Said to open pores ease congestion loosen bowels and cure grip. Described as inexpensive and entirely vegetable.
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Hamburg
Peace Palms and Mammon Rule in Weakened Democ racy
The piece argues that war reveals that Jupiter Mammon governs these states, praising German monarchy over western liberalism. It condemns liberal institutions tied to enemies and rejects offers of liberty, asserting inner purity and stability of monarchical rule despite reform talk.
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Jupiter
Mammon
Germany
Osborne and colleagues begin naval prison stay for inquiry
Thomas Mott Osborne former Sing Sing warden John McCormick Bowdoin professor and Osborne's secretary Harry Lipsky enter the Portsmouth naval prison in gray uniforms for a week of voluntary service. They are listed as deserters and will be moved to the naval jail to work on the rock pile and cleaning yards and buildings aboard the detention ship Southern.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
John McCormick
Bowdoin College
Osborne
Harry Lipsky
United States Naval Prison
Navy Department
Daniels
Southern
Tom Brown
McCormick
John Austin
Naval Jail
Brosky
Fiesta San Jacinto Association to elect officers
San Antonio residents discuss the annual Fiesta San Jacinto Association meeting at the St. Anthony hotel on Wednesday night. Voters will select officers and directors to lead the 1917 festival, with emphasis on broad participation and community effort to ensure a larger, more beautiful event.
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St. Anthony Hotel
Fiesta San Jacinto Association
Atle2 B. Ayres
San Antonio
Texas
United
Golf Lover Chooses Golf Over Food And Bridge
A golf enthusiast tells a friend he would rather play golf than eat. The friend asks what his wife thinks. He replies she’s relieved because she’d rather play bridge than cook. Tit-Bits.
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Harley
Henderson
Hall
Texas Conference On Irrigation
Citizens Courts
State Conservation and Reclamation Association
Association
Waco
W. W. Seley
James Hayes Quarjes
George B. Terrell
Westbrook
Fly
Civil Court of Appeals
State House
Justice Fly
D. J. Neill
Farmers’ Union of
F. M. Fitzpatrick
W. A. Poage
Agricultural Department of
State
Farmers’ Union
E. F. Shropshire
Houston
Farmers’ Union Cotton Company
Shropshire
Bee
Senate Committee On Civil Jurisprudence
Senator Bee
Supreme Court
Courts of Civil Appeals
Dean
National Blood-Purifier
THE
Swift Specific CO
Swift Bidg
Atlanta, Ga
Great National
Cola Rold Washer Bros. CO
U. 8 S
Raider
Crown Council
Entente
Citizens Committee
Hillie
River Ave
Brackenridge Blvd
Leipsic
Scandal
Naval Penitentiary
Washington Star
FESTA
Anuric
Doctor Pierce
Lithia
Pierre
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Jacop Goon
Commercial State Bank
Guaranty Fund Bank
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