Unanimity urged at banquet on bonds to push San Antonio growth
Speakers at the Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Gunter Hotel call for an adequate bond issue to fund municipal improvements. The event praised the group’s work, celebrated civic aims, and stressed rapid city growth toward a quarter of a million population with better streets and public services.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Texas
Gunter Hotel
Atlee B. Ayres
Charles Graebner
Sarah Bramson
Robert Hall
Plaza Theater
America
J. F. Carter
Colquitt
Chester Terrell
Julius Real
Austin
John W. Warren
State Highway Association
Graebner U Harmony
Thomas L. Conroy
A. H. Jones
Mr. Jones
Tex
C. J. Spittal
Soledad
Pecan Streets
United States
Uniea
Rio 3Ge
Weather Temperatures Across Cities Forecasts and Frost
San Antonio and vicinity fair tonight and Saturday with frost tonight. Other cities show varied conditions from clear and cold in St Louis and Chicago to snow and much colder in Milwaukee and Kansas City. New York and Boston expect rain turning to snow with cool lows. Washington sees rain tonight and Saturday.
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San Antonio
ST. Louis
Chicago
Fair
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
Lust
New York
Boston
Washington
Bachelors Trail Vermont Senator Dillingham
Bachelors in both houses hunt for Senator Dillingham of Vermont after his church remarks urging that only married men with families enter the country. The senator, immigration committee head, is not listed as married in official records, while the single men vow to press the issue if no alibi is shown.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Senator Dillingham
Vermont
Dillingham
Immigration Committee
Congress
Cappo Mag
Tas
Thieves Steal Roof in Odd Chicago Break‑in
K A Williams, a night worker living alone, reported that thieves stole the roof of his one room affair in Chicago. He had just renewed the roof and fears rain or snow will ruin his furniture, noting the new timber seems valuable to the thieves.
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Chicago
Iill
K. A. Williams
Williams
Indictments for conspiracy to ship arms to Mexican insurgents
A. Baldwin & Co of New Orleans and other individuals are indicted by a U S grand jury on charges of conspiring to violate neutrality laws by moving war supplies valued at about 200000 to Mexican revolutionaries. Arrests followed agent intervention delaying shipments from New Orleans to Vera Cruz and New York to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
United States Grand Jury
A. Baldwin & Co
South
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
New York
Felix Diaz
Southern Pacific
Vera Cruz
Old Basin Canal
Congress
Taft
Mexico
Four Hundred Women Test Suffrage Before House Committee
Four hundred women from all parts of the Union gathered before the House committee on presidential and congressional elections to press passage of the French bill granting women the right to vote for Congress. Representative Tribble of Georgia challenged federal franchise authority, sparking a sharp reply from Mrs Belva Lockwood who said the federal amendment precedent is established and that she will remove her hat only when the bill is reported out.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On
Congress
Tribble
Georgia
Belva Lockwood
Boundary dispute case over Rio Grande boundary between New Mexico and Texas
The state of New Mexico sues Texas in the Supreme Court to fix the boundary. It seeks to decree the mid channel of the Rio Grande as the true boundary as it existed in 1850 between the 32nd and 31st degrees 47 minutes north latitude.
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Washington, D. C
This Is Your Newspaper Make the Most of It
A 1912 promotional piece extols daily papers as family friends guiding readers to reliable stores, best goods and services, pure foods, and trustworthy products through advertising. It urges constant reading of ads to maximize value, portraying newspapers as a national habit.
Senate Debates Six Year Presidential Term Amendments
Senate resumes work on the Works resolution to limit presidents to a six year term with many amendments. Roosevelts exemption and notes on counting fractions as full terms dominate debate as votes loom.
Wilson Not Limited In Picking Cabinet
President elect Wilson says he is not bound to select from names suggested by leaders or friends. He notes he may nominate his own choices and will not be restricted to suggested names for all posts. He also clarifies Col. E. M. House did not go to Miami at his request.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Princeton
Becaues
Bryan
Mr. Wilson
Col. E. M. House
Miami
Fla
Bishop Ends Spielers Tales Aboard San Antonio Missions
Bishop J. W. Shaw of the San Antonio diocese orders truthful histories for mission tours to curb rubberneckers and spielers. Police and deputies will enforce the rule restricting entering cars and require accurate narration of the missions and monk life. Caretakers will distribute accurate accounts to replace sensational tales.
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J. W. Shaw
Diocese of
San Antonio
Favors Bill Calling for Sanitary Experts
The Bexar County Medical Society endorses a legislature bill to place insanity judgments in a three member expert panel, not a lay jury. The panel would also appoint heads of state institutions and commit lunatics to state asylums. A delegation will travel to Austin to oppose an optometry bill and defend its stance on licensing opticians.
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Bexar County Medical Society
St. Anthony Hotel
F. Paschal
Austin
W. A. King
J. H. Burleson
E. Skull
W. M. Wolff
B. Fr. Stout
G. J. Moody
E. V. DePew
Katy consolidation bill advances in Texas legislature
In Austin on January 31 the Katy consolidation measure moves toward final passage after House approval. Senator Terrell expects swift Senate passage and other consolidation bills remain under active consideration as lobby influence rises around public service commission talks.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
State House
Public Service Commission
Cotton Belt Consolidation Bills Face Committees
Senator Townsend of Angelina county backs the measures but300 demands railroad conditions before passage. The House committee on common carriers reported both bills favorably, one to absorb Stephensville North and South Texas Railway and the other to take over Eastern Texas Railway. Townsend seeks extension from Kennard to Crockett, 17 miles, prompting recommittal and a new substitute to be heard next Monday. Fifteen constitutional amendments have been proposed in both chambers to submit the issue to voters.
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Executive Department
House
Katy
Ritchie
Wichita & Southern Railway
Newcastle
Cisco
McNeal
Lockhart
Austin
Terrell
McLennan County
Senate
Townsend
Angelina County
House Committee On
Stephensville
North and South Texas Railway
Eastern Texas Railway
Kennard
Crockett
Lipscomb resigns from city council. Rische named to fill term
Alderman Joel A. Lipscomb of the Fifth Ward resigns to focus on private business. Mayor A. H. Jones accepts and plans to appoint A. H. Rische, a Citizens' League former county commissioner candidate, to serve the unexpired term. Lipscomb had earlier signaled withdrawal from politics.
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Joel A. Lipscomb
A. H. Jones
Jones
A. H. Rische
Mr. Rische
Citizens’ League
Monay
Lipscomb
Eleventh Hour Rush for Poll Taxes Near Closing Time
Crowded San Antonio tax offices as residents race to qualify for voting. City receipts at noon show 11,090 in the city and about 12,700 in the county with 1800 to 2000 exemptions. Total county and city polling potential nears 15 000 to 16 000 with offices to stay open late tonight.
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Villemain
Bexar County
Willemain
Bitter
Castro Walks Streets Free Man Under Habeas Corpus
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela walked the streets of New York this afternoon briefly a free man under a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Holt in the Federal Court. Argument on making the writ permanent will be heard Friday next.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Holt
Federal
Abilene Store Destroyed in Large Grocery Fire
Abilene Texas January 31 The two story brick building occupied by the Walker Smith Wholesale Grocery Company and a large stock of groceries in the county were destroyed by fire today. The blaze began shortly after noon and threatened many industrial plants in the city for a time.
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Abilene
Tex
Walker Smith Wholesale Grocery Company
Home Rule Party Wins Ulster Seat in Londonderry
In Londonderry on January 31 the Irish Home Rule party defeated Unionists for MP. David C. Hogg National 2699 over Col. H. A. Pakenham Unionist 2642 by 57. Voters total 5341 of 5562 electors. protests and demonstrations followed with cheers, firing, and police cordons.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Irish Home Rule Party
David C. Hogg
National
H. A. Pakenham
Marquis of Hamilton
House of Lords
Duke of
Ulster
Royal Irish Constabulary
Danderry
Mr. Hogg
Pakenham
Land fraud suspects detained after land swindle probe
Five men were taken into custody by Sheriff Tobin and Deputy Galbraith amid a land fraud investigation. Authorities found numerous abstracts and title deeds and a telegraph to Kansas City seeking a sixth arrest. The suspects allegedly offered non existent tracts up to 20 000 acres in exchange for mules scrapers and graders.
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John Tobin
Kansas City
Tobin
Galbraith
Grand Jury
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U. S
New Mexico
Supreme Court
J. P. Fallon
Roosevelt
Clark
D. C
Gallinger
Hitchcock
McCumber
Paynter
Dixon
Root
Arkansas
Rooth
Borah
Works
Clapp
Sutherland
Poindexter
Cummins
Lodge
Spielers
Lobbyig
Castro
Home Rulers
Cluett, Peabody & Company
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