Italy regrets incident straining French Italian ties
In Rome on January 24 the Italian foreign minister Marquis di San Giuliano and French ambassador Camille Barrere discussed the seizure of Turkish doctors and nurses from the French steamer Manouba. Premier Giolitti and the minister reviewed France's demand for release and promised a government reply to Barrere.
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Associated Press
Rome
Marquis di San Giuliano
Camille Barrere
Italy
France
Giolotti
Marquis di San Giulano
Turks Released by Italian Order from Maunoba
A Rome dispatch reports the Italian government has ordered the Turks taken from the French steamer Manouba released. No official confirmation yet.
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Associated. Press
Paris
Rome
War Insurance Tensions Rise Over Italian Naval Moves
London dispatch reports growing unease in shipping insurers as Italian war vessels patrol the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Lloyds accepts 5 to 6 percent premiums amid fears of hostilities involving France Britain and Germany and possible Turkish disruption linked to Tripoli. The seizure of Turkish officers from the Africa and the Red Sea may provoke British government action. The Austro Italian Bregenz stoppage in the Red Sea could prompt diplomatic exchanges.
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Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
Red
Lloyds
France
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Tripoli
Riza Bey
Africa
Red Sea
Lloyd
Bregenz
Austria
Katy Flyers Meet Head-On Near Holland
A head-on collision between Katy Flyers trains 5 and 6 occurred between 3 and 4 am in a deep cut one and a half miles north of Holland Texas. Three people suffered serious injuries including Engineer Daniels and R E Hinkle both of Hillsboro and Mrs J W Grady of Lamarque. Several others were listed as slightly injured with multiple named passengers and crew from across Texas and nearby states.
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Waco
Tex
Katy
Holland
Engineer Daniels
Hillsboro
R. E. Hinkle
J. W. Grady
Lamarque
J. M. Striffler
Springfield
W. R. Hoover
Lovington
All
A. Dorin
C. M. Chambers
Dallas
J. S. Moore
Lufkin
J. A. Guessinger
Little Rock
G. C. Davis
Fort Gibson
Okla
George Keys
Negro Porter
Mollie Summerville
Negress
Richmond
Lamar
Quebec
A. D. Wen
Chamber backs Franklin railroad link to Gulf Coast
The Light reports the Chamber of Commerce endorses J B Franklin's plan to build a railroad from San Antonio to the gulf via Campbellton and Fowlerton connecting with his Uvalde line. It notes San Antonio needs a tidewater route and urges public support while also praising the parallel San Antonio Rockport & Mexico proposal extending to San Angelo and Tampico.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Franklin
San Antonio
Uvalde
Crystal City
Fowlerton
Mr. Franklin
Rockport
Southern Pacific
Gardendale
International & Great Northern
Tidewater
Aransas Pass
Houston
Galveston
Rio Grande
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexico
San Angelo
Tampico
City of
Mexico
San Antonio, Rockport
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area Tonight
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with overcast conditions expected.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather outlook for travelers across major cities
Observations at 8 am show St. Louis 30 degrees clear with NE wind. Chicago 10 clear with S wind. Milwaukee 6 cloudy with S wind. St Paul 2 below zero clear and cold. Kansas City 28 clear with NE wind. New York 36 cloudy with NW wind. Boston 28 cloudy with variable wind. Washington 42 cloudy with NW wind. Thursday mostly fair or snow possible and continued cold in several cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lowes
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Sole Carrier for AP Wire Confirmed
A San Antonio newspaper confirms it carries the Associated Press wire exclusively, denying any other local paper reprinting rights. The statement asserts no outside entity reproduces the AP feed in the city, reinforcing the Light’s position.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Americans in China called to the gapetal
The American minister in Peking has urged all Americans living in outlying areas to evacuate as tensions rise between Manchu imperial troops and Yuan Shi Kai’s Chinese forces. A possible clash looms over the capital amid escalating friction reported from Tien Tsin.
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Associated Press
London
Peking
Tien Tsin
Yuan Shi Kai
War minister demands 10 million taels from China Merchants
Huan Sing, republican minister of war, demanded 10 000 000 taels from the China Merchants' Steam Navigation company. If unpaid, the fleet could be commandeered and sold. Directors asked for time to consult stockholders amid reports the government controls the company stock and planned mortgaging its fleet.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Huan Sing
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
Yuan Shi Kai to Leave Peking for British Concession
Information from an authoritative source confirms Premier Yuan Shi Kai plans to leave Peking at the first favorable opportunity. He intends to reside in the British concession in Tientsin and move there when possible.
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London
Yuan Shi Kai
Peking
Tien Tsin
To See China’s President
Portland January 24 The Associated Press reports Professor Wong Tai Toy head of the Chinese public schools in Portland will depart February 3 for China as the accredited representative of the Young China association of the Pacific coast. He travels to offer the Chinese in the United States support for the revolutionary movement and to explain their backing to Sun Yat Sen.
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Associated Press
Portland
Sun Yat Sen
Revolutionary
Wong Tai Toy
China
Young China Association of the
Pacific Coast
United States Transport Buffalo Arrives From Shanghai
The United States transport Buffalo arrived at Amoy today after sailing from Shanghai on Sunday.
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Amoy
Associathiy Press
United States
Buffalo
Shanghai
San Francisco Manufacturer Testifies in Steel Trust Probe
Richard H. Gray told the house steel trust committee that he had to surrender a galley contract after United States Steel refused to sell high material. He said the refusal arose because one of the steel group had been an unsuccessful bidder. Gray had a 1906 contract for seamless tubes for the gun boat Bennington. He claimed a subsidiary of the steel corporation blocked further purchases for the Bennington due to Shelby Steel’s prior bid. The hearing was postponed awaiting subsidiary presidents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richard H. Gray
San Francisco
House “Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Gray
Bennington
Forgery charges bound for grand jury in two cases
Evaristo Esquival and Rodriguez were charged with forgery and attempting to pass forged waivers. Justice Ben S. Fisk ordered the cases bound over to the grand jury with $300 bail in each case.
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Evaristo Esquival
Rodriguez
Ben S. Fisk
Argentina Moves to Break Ties with Paraguay
Buenos Aires reports that diplomatic relations will be severed tomorrow if Paraguay does not meet Argentina’s demand for compensation for attacks on shipping and property. Foreign Minister Ernesto Bosch ordered a formal claim and 24 hour deadline after Paraguay refused to discuss. Earlier reports note revolutionary forces at Asuncion fired on Argentine ships and the Espora retaliated.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Paraguay
Ernesto Bosch
Asuncion
Senor Bosch
Austin Pays Five Cents Each For Eggs
Eggs rise to 6 cents each in Austin with scarce supplies as grocers report few eggs on the market. A movement to form 30 cent egg clubs forms after a meningitis scare drives country deliveries away. Prices may hold for a week or ten days.
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Austin
Tex
Bail for Sneed Set at Thirty Five Thousand in Boyce Slaying
Fort Worth Texas January 24 Judge Tom Simmons granted bail for John Beal Sneed at 35000 in the slaying of Captain A G Boyce Sr. The judge ruled Sneed could not be deemed capable of cool deliberate action at the time of the shooting or after his wife left the Arlington Heights sanitarium with Boyce. Bond signed by family and 100 leading Texas businessmen.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Beal Sneed
A. G. Boyce Sr
Tom Simmons
Sixty-seventh District Court
Simmons
Sneed
Arlington Heights Sanitarium
Joseph T. Sneed Sr
Georgetown
T. Snyder
Clayton
N. M
Joseph
Marvin Sneed
Dalhart
Joseph Sneed Jr
Arlington Heights case stalls as family reacts
Snyder the father of the defendant's wife Lena Sneed, whose departure from the Arlington Heights sanatorium with A G Boyce Jr led to the killing of Captain Boyce, seemed most deeply affected. He and Sneed's father clasped hands as tears flowed, while Lynn and Will Boyce, sons of the slain man, left with state attorneys after the court's verdict.
Republicans Oppose Steel Duty Reduction Plan
In Washington on January 24 after a meeting with President Taft, Rep. Payne and Rep. Dalzell said the minority on the Ways and Means Committee would oppose the Democratic caucus endorsed bill to cut iron and steel duties. Taft reportedly shared the GOP stance and would require tariff board information before any reductions.
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RY Tils
Votatep Press
Washington
Taft
Payne
Dalzell
Home Ways and Means Committee
Democratic House
Tariff Board
Plan to take over fair proposed by Young Men's Business League
The Young Men's Business League submitted its financing and operating plan for the International fair to directors today. Directors will consider the plan at a meeting in the association offices, with the league likely to manage the fair for ten years. The plan envisions a new exhibition building and renovation of existing structures, with strong city business support.
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Young Men's Business League
Young Mens Business League
Franklin offers San Antonio $100000 rail bonus for gulf line
The Crystal City & Uvalde Railroad seeks San Antonio support to build a gulf coast link via Fowlerton to Campbellton. J E Franklin asks a $100000 bonus and right of way through Bexar county, with $50000 upon starting to Campbellton and $50000 upon reaching the coast. The Chamber backs aiding rail expansion into San Antonio and to solicit subscriptions by February 1.
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San Antonio
Gulf Coast
Eagle Pass
J. E. Franklin
Chamber of Commerce
Bexar County
F. J. Hillyer
H. L. Halff
Fred W. Cook
J. H. Savage
Franklin
Tex
Charles Graebner
San Aantonio
Vex
Crystal
Nueces Valley
Gulf
Seaboard
Fowlerton
Nueces
Campbellton
Alexander Brown & Co
Baltimore
Port Aransas
Bankers Trust Company of
St. Louis
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
C. S. Marsh
Bankers’ Trust Company of
St Louis
Hillyer
English Syndicate Optimistic on Franklin Road for San Antonio
E. Cowper-Thwaite, spokesman for the English syndicate financing the San Antonio Rockport and Mexico line, regards the new Franklin road as a beneficial development opening new territory and boosting transportation without impacting the San Antonio Rockport and Mexico project unless San Antonio’s share in that venture changes.
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Franklin
San Antonio
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexico
E. Cowper-Thwaite
Mr. Cowper
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