Balkan Allied Drafting Note to End Peace Talks
London Jan 27 The Balkan allies began drafting a note to rupture peace negotiations. Delegates from Bulgaria Greece Serbia Montenegro and their advisers expect to complete the note by nightfall and submit to a plenary session. The timeline spans days with possible Adrianople fall as a catalyst and Turkish leaders cautious about upheaval.
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London
Michael Madjaroff
Georgios Streit
Austria-Hungary
M. R. Revsnitch
France
Count Voynovitch
Nicholas
Montenegro
M. Politis
Sir Edward Grey
Edward Grey
Sofia
Belgrade
Cettinje
Adrianople
Constantinople
Osman Nazimi Pasha
Russia to Use Autos Prepares Army Officers School
Russia plans a state backed auto industry with guaranteed orders and possible government buyout. Russian agents visit European car centers with emergency credits to acquire suitable vehicles. A school for training officers in war automobile handling has opened in St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Balkans
Feminine Paul Reveres to Relay News to Washington
Four horsewomen will ride from Baltimore on March 3 to carry suffrage news to Washington. Led by Inez Milholland, the couriers include Mrs Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale Crystal Eastman and Janet Burns, all experienced riders. They depart the Baltimore cavalcade after passing the city.
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Washington, D. C
Paul
Washington
Inez Milholland
Beatrice Forbes- Robertson Hale
Crystal Eastman
Janet Burns
New York
Baltimore
Court Mandate Obeyed in Corpus Christi Poll Tax Issue
After a three week dispute the Corpus Christi city council followed a District Court mandate and began issuing poll tax receipts to all voters by Deputy Tax Collector A. Fred Cole. Receipts will be issued until 6 o clock January 31, despite earlier council claims the city charter required payment by December 31.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
District Court
A. Fred Cole
Local Weather Forecast For San Antonio And Beyond
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with frost tonight. Observations from St Louis to Boston show varied conditions including clearing skies, possible snow, rain, and temperates ranging from the mid teens to the forties across major cities.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
British cabinet drops franchise bill after speaker ruling
London January 27 The British cabinet decided to drop the measure after the speaker ruled that adding votes for women would alter its form and substance so much a new bill should be introduced. The Commons precincts resembled a guarded encampment with two thousand patrolmen and one hundred mounted police on duty. suffragists risked arrest if protests broke out.
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London
House of Commons
Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Tax on Imported Wines
The Supreme Court ruled that imported liquors are subject to state police powers upon arrival and upheld a New Orleans ordinance taxing the Frederick de Barry Company for selling imported wines in unbroken packs under five gallons.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Frederick de Barry Company
Explosion rocks Paris near St Sulpice church
A powerful dynamite blast in Paris early today shook homes within a mile of the Church of St Sulpice. A large fissure opened in Rue de Sevrey and electric surface lines were destroyed. Police say the explosive likely came from new subway construction work, where recently discharged workers were involved.
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Paris
Church of St. Sulpice
Prospects For Fair Weather Improve Across Texas
The weather forecast predicts fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with possible frost. Rain moved east from the storm area, leaving clear, cold weather along the Atlantic coast. Texas rainfall varied with 2.24 inches in Galveston and totals around under an inch in several cities, but January’s overall rain remains light despite many cloudy days.
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Rio Grande Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Texas
Galveston
Taylor
Houston
Palestine
San Antonio
Half Million Saved by the Parcel Post
Senator Bourne cites reports from 45 cities showing 5,094,027 outgoing parcels in twelve days at 395,286 dollars, saving shippers 547,508.12 compared to prior rates. Post office staff handled parcels without congestion, averaging 28 per clerk per day in those cities.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bourne
Gunboat Wheeling Reaches Vera Cruz To Mixed Reception
The U S gunboat Wheeling arrived at Vera Cruz from Tampa after orders from Washington. Officials will exchange visits today but locals are not pleased with the American warship's arrival as the city remains quiet for the moment.
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Wheeling
Vera Cruz
Mex
United States
Tampa
Advertisers Guide 1912 Buyer's Confidence in Daily Ads
A 1912 spiel compares modern mass advertising to stagecoach reliability. It urges readers to study daily newspaper ads in The Lieut, trusting advertisers to reveal top household goods and how to distinguish quality from inferior products.
Right of Way Hassles Delay Fredericksburg Railroad
Obstacles in securing land for the Fredericksburg Railroad right of way threaten construction progress. Some owners demand high prices and may face condemnation. The holdouts include backers of the original railroad bonus, whose land includes the old railroad dump. Foster Crane’s crews continue grading and a camp is set on the big hill ahead of a deep cut.
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Fredericksburg Railroad Committee
Fredericksburg
Foster Crane
Waring
San Antonio
Big Hill
New Warrants Issued in Illinois Sherman Case
Judge E R Meek criticized the federal attorney general's office for intervening between a court and indicted men J D Archbold H C Fogler Jr and W C Teagle in a Sherman antitrust case tied to Magnolia Petroleum Company of Texas. The judge ordered new warrants as the evidence did not justify arrest but allowed warrants to proceed.
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Dallas
Tex
Wickersham
United States
E. R. Meek
Northern District of Texas
Meek
Executive Department
Mr. Wickersham
J. D. Archbold
H. C. Fogler Jr
W. C. Teagle
Sheriff Bars Sickles Arrest By Arranging Bail
Sheriff Harburger arranged bail for General Daniel Sickles through a security firm to avoid arrest and imprisonment at Ludlow Street jail after he failed to account for more than $20 000 from the New York monument commission. Sickles stayed isolated at his Fifth Avenue home as developments awaited.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Harburger
General Sickles
Ludlow Street
Supreme Court
New York Monument Commission
Fifth Avenue
Poll Tax Office Opens at Noon Upon Trades Council Request
San Antonio poll tax office at city hall will stay open during the noon hour after William Hoefgen presented a petition from the Trades Council to Mayor Jones. The move aims to let working men pay poll taxes at noon.
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San Antonio
Archduke Rainer Dies at 86 in Vienna
Archduke Rainer, second cousin of Emperor Francis Joseph, died today in Vienna in his eighty seventh year. The death marks a royal succession event within the Habsburg family. The Archduke had long been a member of the imperial nobility and a figure in Austrian society.
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Archduke Rainer
Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph
Oklahoma Officials Face Impeachment Move
Oklahoma City reports impeachment proceedings may begin if the House supports the investigating committee. The panel urges impeachment of State Auditor Leo Meyer for corruption and incompetency and State Printer Giles W. Farris for forgery and neglect of duty regarding warrants for the Oklahoma Red Book. Separate committee reports were read and could be voted on in the afternoon.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Leo Meyer
Giles W. Farris
House
Farris
West
Meyer
Road 10 Campbellton to Open Thursday
The Atascosa River bridge at Campbellton is completed and regular San Antonio Uvalde Gulf service will start Thursday morning. Trains from Campbellton connect with existing San Antonio to Crystal City routes, with an adjusted Campbellton to Pleasanton run of about 26 miles.
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Atascosa River
Campbellton
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf
Mathis
San Antonio
Crystal City
Ains
Pleasanton
A. R. Ponder
Atascosa
American Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Ponder
Uvalde & Gulf
Quail Breasts Stewed in Wine Delight Traveling Official
L B Shepherd of the Chicago and Alton spoke while passing through San Antonio on a hunting trip to Dallas. He praised a new dish of quail stewed in wine that delighted him and claimed it would tempt any palate despite the abundance of game.
Student Admits Burning Pens
The preliminary hearing for 15 year old Lile Bustard who confessed to burning Austin College administration building was delayed awaiting his father Paul Bustard a jeweler from Frederick Oklahoma. The youth said he burned the building due to homesickness and desire to go home.
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Sherman
Tex
Lile Bustard
Austin College
Paul Bustard
Frederick
Okla
Darrow Jury Bribery Trial Resumes in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 27 the second trial of Clarence S. Darrow for jury bribery restarted with two juror slots still open and strong prospects for completion before night.
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Darrow
Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence S. Darrow
Supreme Court Rules Interstate Rates On Lumber Exports
Large Texas lumber shipments to Sabine and other Texas ports were removed from state rate tariffs and placed under interstate rates as interstate commerce by the Supreme Court decision issued today.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Sabine
Supreme Court
Penalty urged to ten years in wireless case appeal
U S District Attorney S Engelking calls for a ten year maximum for conspiracy after the Dickinson Beauchamp and Bomar convictions in the wireless case. He says the present two year cap is inadequate and will ask Congress to amend the law.
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J. B. Dickinson
C. H. Beauchamp
William A. Bomar
United States
S. Engelking
United States Congress
Mr. Engelking
Maxey
Wickersham
Congress
Dickinson
Beauchamp
Bomar
San Antonio
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Bert J. McDowell
Marshal McDowell
Leavenworth
T. S. Maxey
Embassy Luncheon Hosts Russian Grand Duke and High Dignitaries
Curtis Guild, U S ambassador, hosted a luncheon at the American Embassy for Grand Duke Alexis Michailovitch and Grand Duke Alexander. The event marked a rare Russian imperial family visit to Washington. Alexander showed interest in science and wished to meet American scientist Mr. Goodrich Acheson who lectured to the imperial technology society. The gesture follows the Russia United States treaty denouncement.
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ST. Petersburg
Curtis Guild
United States
Alexis
Michaelovitch
Alexander
Goodrich Acheson
Imperial Technology Society
Russia
Pearson Mills workers flee Mexico amid mill shutdown
Fifty American foremen from Pearson Mills at Pearson Mexico and many employees head to El Paso by hand-car. Lumber shortages halt mill work as railway lines to lumber camps are wrecked by rebels. Federals and rebels clash over peace conference site with Guzalupe and Villa Ahumada proposed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pearson Mills
Pearson
Mexico
Chihuahua
Guadalupe
Madero
Villa Ahumada
Resolution Proposes Garment Industry Inquiry in New York
Representative Berger of Wisconsin asks for a seven member special committee to investigate conditions in the New York garment trade and its recent strike. He cites low wages, filthy workplaces and contagious diseases as factors harming workers and public health.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Berger
Wisconsin
Hundreds Hasten to Qualify as Voters in County
About five hundred people crowded the County Collector's office seeking poll tax receipts. By noon 378 were issued, raising the day total to 9013 and city tally to 7233. With four hours left, over 700 more may qualify, approaching 10,500 voters in Bexar County.
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Bitter
Court House
Villemain
Bexar County
Federal Court Actions Move Toward Austin Session
United States Judge T S Maxey and Clerk D H Hart depart for Austin to open the U S Court Thursday this week. District Attorney Enkelking Assistant Cresson and Deputy Keller travel Wednesday. case of C Wilbur for impersonating a federal officer may transfer. Habeas corpus hearing for ten rebel Mexicans held by General Steever at El Paso also planned.
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T.S. Maxey
D. H. Hart
Austin
United States Court
Enkelking
C. C. Cresson
Frederick H. Keller
Cresson
C. Wilbur
Steever
el Paso
JAP BABY BORN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO
Leung Won Hou is named the first Japanese baby born in San Antonio per local vital records. The daughter of Leung Ah Sang and Lee Shee was born January 12 at 414 Cameron Street. The parents, Japanese natives, reside on Soledad Street where the father runs a restaurant.
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Leung Won Hou
San Antonio
Leung Ah Sang
Japan
Soledad Street
Lee Shee
Cameron Street
Mississippi River Rising Fails to Worsen Memphis Floods
The Mississippi River gauge sits at 38.7 feet in Memphis with a half foot rise in 12 hours. Government engineers say the levee will withstand all water within sight, and flood conditions remain steady from recent days.
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Memphis
Tenn
Land Suit Involves Thousands Of Acres In Harris County
A Texas Senate probe into the Attorney General's department focused on a lawsuit to recover between 3000 and 3500 acres in Harris County. Former officials Walthall and Davidson were discussed while witnesses described dismissed pleas and an agreed judgment.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Attorney General's Department
Harris County
Walthall
Townsend
Lattimore
McGregor
Hudspeth
Morrow, Nugent and Gibson
Ieee
W. F. Ramsey
Jewell P. Lightfoot
R. V. Davidson
James D. Walthall
Lightfoot
District Court
General Looney
Houston Land Si
State of Texas
Ross
Judge Ashe
Houston
Jr. Looney
Ashe
John L. Terrell
Ligh and
General Walthall
Mr. Terrell
Mr. Walthall
Attorney General
Busy Week Anticipated As Texas Legislature Hears Bills
Austin January 27 A busy week is expected as lawmakers aim to pass constructive legislation amid fewer investigations. The Katy consolidation bill moves toward floor passage as executive approval looms, while a 9 30 saloon closing measure and a penitentiary investigation resolution face decisions in the Senate and House.
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Austin
Tex
Pro
Senate
House
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