Legislature Aims to End Session in 60 Days
Austin January report on the Thirty third Legislature notes committees named and a flurry of bills, including a nine foot sheet freak measure by Representative Ratliff, social club liquor rules, and an election law revision. Inauguration for Colquitt and Mayes set for Tuesday with a grand ball. Morris Sheppard favored for short and long senatorial terms. A trespass on railroad property bill is planned by D Sean Harp.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Ratliff
Hardeman County
Colquitt
A. M. Kennedy
Kerr County
Will H. Mayes
Goveree
United States
Bailey
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Colonel Johnston
D. Sean Harp
Tom Green County
Liberator Owner Seeks U S Stay for Edward Mylius
Edward Holton James owner of the Liberator in Paris and now in New York seeks to convince the United States government not to bar Edward J Mylius from entering the U S He notes Mylius was imprisoned in England for libeling King George and argues the case was not properly adjudicated He cites Mylius article on a supposed Morganatic marriage involving the British monarch and claims the deportation should be reconsidered
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Edward Holton James
The
Liberator
Paris
New York
United States
Edward J. Mylius
Ellis Island
Mylius
King George
London
James
Michigan
Harvard
George
West Texas and East Texas Weather Outlook
West Texas: fair Sunday and Monday with possible rain or snow and colder Monday in the Panhandle. East Texas: fair Sunday and Monday.
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Texas
Panhandle
Weather observations across major cities
Observations show St Louis with 8 degrees and clear skies, Chicago 30 degrees cloudy with likely Sunday snow, Milwaukee 20 partly cloudy with potential snow, St Paul 10 partly cloudy with probable snow, Kansas City 38 clear with fair Sunday, New York 52 clear with winds and a colder Sunday, Boston 56 partly cloudy with colder Sunday, Washington 58 clear with fair Sunday and a high of 64 Saturday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Opera Company to Aid Suffragists in Washington Pageant
The Metropolitan Opera Company plans to participate in the March 3 suffrage procession in Washington. Mme. Nordica agreed to portray Columbus in Treasury Department tableaux, with Miss Flora Wilson coordinating singers from major cities and other organizations joining the pageant. A constitutional amendment to guarantee voting rights for women nationwide is sought by the organizers.
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Metropolitan Singers
Washington, D. C
Metropolitan Opera Company
Washington
Flora Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Mme. Nordica
Columbus
Treasury Department
Miss Wilson
New York
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Detroit
Omaha
Spokane
Philadelphia
United States
Democratic Congress
Wilson
County Tax Assessor Resigns in Hays County
Regan Stone resigned today as tax assessor of Hays County effective February 20 to run his Carrizo Springs farm. It is his fourth straight term. A special commissioners court session will be held Monday to appoint a successor.
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San Marcos
Tex
Regan Stone
Hays County
Carrizo Springs
Stone
Commissioners’ Court
Woman Invested Savings in Suspect Wireless Stock
San Antonio witness Lena Vollmer testified she invested $316 in the Collins Wireless Company in relatives names after trusting manager J. B. Dickinson. She received no profits or stock, and others described similar losses as eight witnesses testified in the government case. District Attorney Engelking said several more witnesses would be examined as the trial moves forward.
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Lena Vollmer
San Antonio
J. B. Dickinson
Texas Fiscal Agency
Collins Wireless Company
Engelking
Texas Collins Wireless Company
Texas Wireless Telegraph-Telephone Company
Arizona
Mary C. Schwartz
B. F. Bowen
G. A. Cobb
East
Quincy
Dickinson
Eureka Springs
Ark
Collins Wireless Telephone Company
Texas Collins Wireless
Mr. Engelking
Bee
Beauchamp
Faney
Charles Klaus
Government Hill
Texas
Klaus
Attorney Engelking
Alamo Audit Company
Jone
Charges Not Filed in Stamford Case
Formal charges against two men held in the county jail in connection with the mysterious death of Charles G Stamford, a bridge builder, had not been filed when the courthouse closed. Officers expect a confession and poison analysis of Stamford’s stomach contents. One prisoner gave a signed statement of meeting Stamford, with police claims of drunkenness and transport to Brackenridge Park before returning to town. Both deny involvement as the body remains at Riebe morgue awaiting interment next week.
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Charles G. Stamford
Brackenridge Park
Sheriff's Department
Stamford
Tobin
Government Hill
Muth
Riebe Morgue
Regulation of marriage endorsed by San Antonio Mothers Congress
The San Antonio Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers Association endorsed state regulation of marriage and a family desertion measure, backing a commissioner of child welfare and urging legislative action. Delegates to welfare conferences were appointed, and reports on widows pensions and Red Cross stamp sales were presented.
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San Antonio Congress of Mothers
Congress
F. W. McAllister
Malone Duggan
Society of Social Hygiene
San Antonio
Texas State Society of Social Hygiene
Red Cross
Anna Gould to Attend Helen Gould Finley Sheppard Wedding
Duchess de Tallyrand Anna Gould and her husband arrive on the Mauretania to attend the Lyndhurst wedding at Tarrytown. The voyage was delayed over 30 hours by Atlantic gales as gifts from Europe arrive for the bride.
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New York
Anna Gould
Duchess de Tallyrand
Mauretania
Helen Gould
Finley J. Sheppard
Lyndhurst
Miss Gould
Tarrytown
Paris
England
Continent
Atlantic
Segregation Planned by Steel Officials in Pittsburgh
United States Steel, per authentic reports, will voluntarily segregate its subsidiaries to avoid government prosecution under the Sherman act. The plan was discussed this week at a New York City steel officials meeting with President Dinkey and Vice President Pope of Carnegie Steel speakers for the Pittsburg firm. The wage advance was the only widely publicized item, while the segregation issue dominated the conference as officials seek federal approval for a reorganization.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
New York City
Dinkey
Pope
Carnegie Steel Company
New York
Steel Corporation
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
United States District
Kansas
Pico
Mexico
Santa Fe Railroad
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oils
Santa Fe
John Pollock
United States District Court
Th District of
John F. Phillips
District Court
United States
Western District of
Missouri
Smith McPherson
Southern District of
Iowa
The
Kansas City Southern Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
District of Kansas
Uncle Sam Oth Company
Operator Murdered at Cajon Pass Station
Los Angeles Cal January 18 Trains along the mountain division of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe derailed and ran wild after the operator George M Cox was found murdered in his office. He was shot through a window at night the body discovered by a train conductor a posse of 100 men was sent to Cajon Pass to hunt for the murderer while signals were not displayed at the summit station.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mountain Division
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Cajon Pass
George M. Cox
Coast Range
Barstow
San Bernardino
Santa Fe
Dever
Billy
Americans Flee Chi hua hua as Orozco Revolt Spreads
Renewed Orozco revolt pockets Chihuahua interior closing it to outsiders. Americans and wealthy Mexicans rush for safety by rail on hand cars or on foot through wrecked rail lines. Refugees report wholesale property destruction as rebels threaten towns like Madera and Pearson. trains rumored captured with Americans aboard.
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el’ Paso
Tex
Orozco
Chihuahua
Casas Grandes
el Paso
Gallego
Juarez
Pearson Company
Madera
Pearson
Mexican Northwestern
May Start New Revolution in Tlaxcala
Governor Hidalgo of Tlaxcala, deposed by the state legislature and backed by the national government, is said to prepare for open revolt with thousands of armed supporters. General Lascurain reported no serious Mexico U S dispute exist. Six independent journalists arrested for publishing false, alarming news while the legal press club plans a demonstration despite bans.
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Mexico City
Hidalgo
Tlaxcala
Proto Sanchez
Pedro Lascurain
Senate
Mexico
United States
Legal Press Club
Strikers Remain Off Job as Electricians Stand Fast
Electricians who walked out Wednesday still refuse to return to work. Contractors have imported some workers but not enough to handle the backlog. The Light reports ongoing stoppage and persistent strike stance by the union.
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meneg @ve ‘oden O’Neil
Largest South poultry show to open in San Antonio
The Lone Star Poultry Association and the American Poultry Association plan the largest South show in San Antonio from January 22 to 26 at 107 Main Avenue. About 1500 birds from nearly every state south of Illinois and 1000 visitors are expected with substantial cash prizes for poultry, pigeons, and rabbits. A banquet and Texas American Poultry Association convention will follow, chaired by H. B. Savage of Belton.
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South
San Antonio
Lone Star Poultry Association of
American Poultry Association
Illinois
Poultry’ Association
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Savage
Belton
Main Avenue
Osage Lease Fight Tangles Fisher and Standard Oil
Oklahoma Osage Indians charge Secretary Fisher favored Standard Oil in oil leases worth millions. Hearings begin to prevent ouster of Osage Council leaders. Uncle Sam Oil Company claims oppression and federal interference. Witness Albert L. Wilson alleges collusion among Standard Oil, Post Office and Interior Department officials.
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Washington, D. C
Osage Indians
Oklahoma
Fisher
Standard Oil Company
District Supreme Court
Osage Council
Albert L. Wilson
Kansas City
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Post Office Department
Interior Department
The
Interior Adams
John C. Pollock
United States District Court of Kansas
David Mulvane
Republican National
Kansas
Wilson
Uncle Sam Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Papers
Oan
Campbell
Ofice Department
Mulvane
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Mivlius
Opera Company
10 AID Suffragettes
Wireless Company
Congress of Mothers
California
State of
Robert Eustace
Eustace
Halifax
Telefunken
Sayville
N. Y
Nauen
Berlin
Germany
Standard Oil
Pollock
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