Pacific coast storm toll tops sixty with Otay dam break
The January Pacific storm claimed at least 60 lives across California and Montana with Otay Valley dam failure near San Diego causing heavy casualties. Three deaths from the Aberdeen wreck off San Francisco and widespread property loss including oil derricks. Montana shivers at 54 degrees below zero as rail lines bog down and flood waters recede. Weather shifts toward the east with improving coast conditions predicted.
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Ocean
Pacific
Aberdeen
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Montana
Pacific Coast
Otay Dam Break Triggers Massive Flood Disaster
San Diego reports no change in death toll at 50 as the Southern California Mountain Water Company dam burst releasing eleven billion gallons of water. The flood devastates a fifteen by two mile valley area with $1,000,000 in property damage and fears a second dam may fail. Dozens missing, some believed washed out to sea, while hundreds of homes are swept away and roads bridges are destroyed. Rescue and relief plans are under way as communications remain cut off and engineers study the destruction.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Otay Valley
San Diego
Tower
Southern California Mountain Water Company
Los Angeles
Otay
Antitrust Suits Against Texas Breweries Finally Settled
In Sulphur Springs Texas the last of seven anti trust suits against Texas breweries ended with an agreed judgment against Dallas Brewery Company. Six other defendants pay 276000 in penalties and forfeit charters while agreeing to court costs and investigation fees. Dallas faces 5000 penalty and charter forfeiture with further restraints.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Texas
B. F. Looney
Eighth District Court
Dallas Brewery Company
William Pierson
Peirson
Looney
J. J. Eckford
Dallas
Dallas Brewery
Mine Workers Unite On Wage Demands
Delegates at the United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis approve wage demands for 1919 negotiations. Soft coal miners seek a 10 percent increase, daily-paid men 20 percent, and anthracite workers hope for a short contract while opposing five-year deals. Final adjournment expected Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Fiber sweepings from gins aid explosives in San Marcos
In San Marcos Texas the local oil mill saves lint room sweepings for explosives manufacture. The mill has already saved more than 125 bales and will run through February due to a late season start.
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San Marcos
Tex
Rain and Colder Tonight for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for rain and colder conditions tonight with continued cloudiness and a drop in temperatures into Sunday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Roundup From Major Cities
In St Louis the thermometer sits around 40 with rain and a southeast wind of 12 mph and a Sunday snow forecast. Chicago reports 34 degrees cloudy with 12 mph east wind and a 34 degree high. Milwaukee at 36 with cloudy skies and a 14 mph east wind, snow Sunday and a high of 30. Kansas City 28 with rain and a 14 mph northwest wind, snow Sunday and a high of 28. New York 26 and partly cloudy with a 24 mph north wind, possible rain Sunday and a high of 64. Washington 36 and cloudy with an 8 mph northeast wind and rain Sunday, high 65.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Sunday Cold Front to Bring Colder Weather to San Antonio
The local forecast says Sunday will be colder with unsettled conditions continuing for 24 hours. Rain and clouds persist as a potential cold wave remains in view, though panhandle temperatures stay low while southern Texas remains above normal. Northwest areas report extreme cold as a lingering high pressure system dominates.
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San Antonio
Texas
Panhandle
Ice Closes Panhandle Roads As Texas Cold Snaps
Ice half an inch thick covers the Panhandle with a sharp cold snap. Stockmen warn cattle may suffer if temperatures do not moderate soon. Panhandle weather disrupts travel and daily work in Childress and surrounding counties.
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Childress
Tex
Panhandle
Powder Plant Fire Claims One Life in Delaware
Frederick Fritz of Reading Pennsylvania died in a Wilmington hospital from burns suffered in a powder flare at Du Pont Powder Company's Carney's Point New Jersey plant. Six others were burned and four fires struck the plant within hours, fed by thousands of pounds of smokeless powder. Origin of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Wilmington
Del
Frederick Fritz
Reading
Carney’s
Point
N. J
The
du Pont Powder Company
Seek Mad Gunman Albany Fronts Police Sweep
In Albany New York authorities mass police and detectives in residence areas seeking a mad gunman who wounded four people late yesterday and last night. Two victims remain seriously hurt with doubtful recoveries. Three were shot in the back and one in the side. shots possibly fired from a pocket or from a silenced revolver. Police suspect an expert marksman who shoots from his pocket.
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Albany
N. Y
Nevada mine suit alleges stock abuse by bankers
Hite H. Grove of Oakland files suit in Washoe County Superior Court against the Nevada United Mine Company charging a group of Nevada mining men and bankers with manipulating the Anna Belle mine. Accused include John Morrow Fred Stadmuller and James Brown. They allegedly sold $950,000 stock under one management and $250,000 under another, defaulted on a $700 claim, and saw the mine sold for $1500 before repurchasing and selling the second round of stock.
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Oakland
Cal
Nevada
Anna Belle
Washoe County
Hite H. Grove
Nevada United Mine Company
John Morrow
Reno National Bank
Fred Stadmuller
Italy Sails Verona and America with Defensive Guns
Italy pledges that guns mounted on the liner Verona are for defense only and New York customs will clear the ship. The Italy liner America with similar armament may sail if assurances are given.
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Washington, D. C
Italy
Verona
New York
America
Railroad man loses foot in hunting accident at Childress
Bert Affleck, a railroad worker, dropped on ice while hunting in Childress Texas and a shotgun discharge severed his right foot above the ankle. He has previously lost his left foot in a railroad wreck.
Bomb explodes at army school in Halifax WN
A bomb exploded during a lecture at the military school in Halifax WN today injuring eight people, two of them seriously.
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Halifax
Rioting Breaks Out Near German Consulate in Lausanne
Rioting flared again near the German consulate in Lausanne despite troops on duty. More than 100 arrests were reported as clashes continued late into the night.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Paris
Sunset Limited 102 Derails Near Luling Kills Engineer
Sunset Limited No. 102 derailed one half mile east of Luling at 9 30 Saturday morning. Engineer J W Gregory of San Antonio died. Baggage man Floyd Sumrow and porter Alex Scott injured. Fireman H M Avey uninjured. Relief train with doctors and a wrecker dispatched from San Antonio. Passengers reported safe.
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J. W. Gregory
San Antonio
Houston
Southern Pacific Railroad
Luling
Floyd Sumrow
Wells-Fargo
Alex Scott
Sumrow
H. M. Avey
Southern Pacific
KR. C. Watkins
Worthington
Engineer Gregory
Gregory
N. E. Stevenson
Hackberry Street
Fidils
Willie
Walter Gregory
Avey
North Palmetto Avenue
D. E. Clifton
Crosby Street
Sunset Limited
Eagle Pass Troops Secure Local Target Range
L. L. Schofield returns from San Antonio with news that C. O. Gilbert has allowed U. S. troops at Camp Eagle Pass to reuse a nearby mountain range as a target range. Colonel Hodges plans to prepare the site for annual practice from March 20 to about July 1, with the Commercial Club drafting a gratitude letter to Mr. Gilbert.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
L. L. Schofield
San Antonio
C. O. Gilbert
United States
Camp Eagle Pass
Gilbert
Colonel Hodges
Commercial Club
Italian Laborers Strike for Higher Wages at Lime Plant
Four hundred fifty Italian laborers at a lime and transport company in Marlehead Ohio strike for a three cent per hour raise. They threaten violence at the plant if demands are not satisfied.
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Marlehead
Ohio
Wilson Nominates Hitchcock Texas Postmaster
Washington January 29. President Wilson named August Aleinecke for the postmastership at Hitchcock in Galveston County Texas.
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Texas
Washington, D. C
Wilson
August Aleinecke
Hitchcock
Galveston County
Poll tax deadline looms as county issues near 16 000
County Collector John A Bitter reports about 16 000 poll taxes and exemptions issued by Saturday noon. The office will stay open until 7 pm Saturday and until midnight Monday for final payments. Hundreds more paid on deposit require personal retrieval by Monday midnight.
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John A. Bitter
Bitter
Waco Poll Taxes Total 8250
Waco Texas reported 8250 poll taxes paid by noon today with more than 300 paid in the morning. The figure reflects payments received in the city as part of the statewide levy.
Fort Worth Reports 11 175 Poll Tax Receipts
Fort Worth Texas reports poll tax receipts issued up to today total 11 175 excluding exemptions. The tax office will be open tonight Sunday and Monday nights to accommodate payments.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Austin Counts 7500 Poll Taxes Paid by Noon
Austin Texas January 29 7 500 poll taxes had been paid up to noon today The latest figures last night showed 5 683 polls and 1318 exemptions totaling 7 001
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Austin
Tex
Tax receipts in Galveston reach 6430 by noon
Galveston Texas January 29 poll tax receipts and exemption certificates issued total 6430 by noon today. Last year total was 9286.
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Galveston
Tex
Houston Poll Tax Payments Reach Thirteen Thousand
Houston reports on January 29 that total poll tax payments stand at 14 503 with 2 111 exemptions. The figure includes payments up to noon and excludes exemptions.
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Houston
Tex
Fire Rages through Drumright Hotel and Tailor Shop
A blaze in Drumright Oklahoma at 3 AM destroyed a restaurant and tailor shop in a rooming house complex. Three people died and Oscar Loving suffered a broken back after leaping from a window. The dead include chambermaid Mrs G B Wallace and laborer Fred Oldwild er. The fire caused about 100000 dollars in damage with little insurance. A coroner’s inquest is planned and Fire Marshal C C Hammond will arrive in the afternoon.
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Drumright
Okla
Lewis
Oscar Loving
G. B. Wallace
Fred Oldwilder
Erie
Broadway
Pennsylvania Street
Wood Street
C. C. Hammond
Senate and House Plan Unified Defense Study
Senator Newlands introduced a resolution to form a joint congressional committee to study national defense. The plan seeks hearings on army and navy needs, militia status, military schools, state cooperation, auxiliary ships in war, and a national defense council with a comprehensive report as soon as possible.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Newlands
Congress
National Defense Council
Special grand jury to probe Chicago crime import plot
A Chicago grand jury opens to investigate alleged importation of gunmen from New York and elsewhere to discredit city and county officials and police. Eddie Mack names cops as fixers amid bank and agency robberies and the 1912 Rosenthal case links.
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Chicago
New York
Eddie Mack
Washington Park National Bank
Captain Hunt
Maclay Toyne
Cook County
Mack
Thomas Cook & Son
Johnson
Gyp
Charles
Harry Kramer
Rosenthal
Herman Rosenthal
Gyp the Blood
Alex Brodie
Harry Feine
Brandeis Nomination Surprises Senate Amid Debate
President Wilson nominated Louis D. Brandeis of Boston for the Supreme Court seat to fill the late Lamar's vacancy. The move surprised congressional and official circles and will be formally taken up by the Senate judiciary committee on Monday with a sub committee to review. Senator Culberson remains ill, while Senator Sheppard backs confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court
Lamar
Brandeis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Culberson
Judiciary Committee
Sheppard
Fear of Newport Levee Failure Triggers Mass Exodus
In Little Rock on January 29, fears that Newport levees on White River would fail in a 32 foot stage expected Tuesday prompted nearly 100 black families and many white residents to flee. White River at Batesville rose to 27 feet 3 inches as authorities feared a repeat of last August's 44 foot crest and heavy grain-crop damage loomed in the lowlands.
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Little Rock
Ark
Newport
White River
Batesville
U S Denies Time Limit Set for Lusitania Reply
Secretary Lansing denied reports that Washington gave Germany until February 5 to respond on disavowing the Lusitania sinking. State Department officials said negotiations remain as before with a new German draft showing Germany should disavow the destruction and acknowledge neutrals' rights.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
United States
Germany
State Department
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Sid State Department
President and Lansing Seek Expeditious Lusitania Settlement
An advisory from President Wilson denied any set deadline for Germany's reply but stated the president and Secretary Lansing intend to settle the Lusitania case as quickly as possible. No further steps would be taken until Wilson returns to Washington on February 4.
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Pittsburg
Wilson
Germany
Lansing
Washington
United States Seeks Submarine Warfare Accord Regards Merchant Ships
Government officials report awaiting responses from capitals of belligerents to identical notes issued by Secretary Lansing. The proposal would protect non combatants on merchant ships, require warnings before attacks, forbid arming merchantmen, and limit sinks to cases of impossible prize crew or when safety is ensured.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Lansing
Mexican cattle thief and ex-associate of Duran brothers shot by U S customs inspector
Francisco Perez, once linked to the Duran brothers and alleged cattle thief, was killed by J D White, a mounted U S customs inspector, in Ysleta after drawing a pistol during a search following a Mexican authorities report of an attempted Rio Grande crossing. Perez had fired one shot at White.
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Ysleta
Tex
Francisco Perez
Duran Brothers
Bert Akers
J. D. White
United States
Rio Grande
White
Perez
Turks to Greece plan offensive at Saloniki
A dispatch from Bucharest reports the Fifth Turkish army, moved from the Dardanelles, is ordered to the Greek frontier. The Temps notes Emperor William visited Nish to discuss with Bulgarian and Austrian leaders a general attack on Saloniki and a plan to start soon.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Temps
Bucharest
L’universal
William
Nish
Saloniki
United States Maintains Peace Stance Prefers Diplomacy
The United States insists on peace but warns that global respect requires readiness to fight if necessary. Officials emphasize deterrence and strong defense while pursuing diplomatic solutions to maintain balance in world affairs.
President Wilson speaks on national preparedness in Pittsburgh
President Wilson urged young men to volunteer and employers to back free response as the test of national preparedness. He spoke at Memorial Hall to about 4000 people, stressing peace tied to justice and right conduct, and urged harmony between civilian effort and defense. The talk covered America's role in the western hemisphere and the need for a trained civilian force alongside any military.
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Pittsburg
Wilson
Middle West
Memorial Hall
Congress
America
Union Station
Cleveland
Cary T. Grayson
White House
Hall
Washington
OUP
Ors
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