First Cars Entered In Light Endurance Run
The Light announces the second annual automobile endurance run with three early entries: a Pierce-Arrow five-passenger, a Chalmers Six, and a Stoddard-Dayton Model 8 from Alamo Auto Sales and G A C Halft. Velie pilot car, Oakland press car, and non contestant officials will accompany the trio starting March 15.
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Pierce-Arrow
Chalmers
Alamo Auto Sales ‘Company
Stoddard-Dayton
Alamo
W. A. Hering
Outest
W. F. Carr
A. A. A.ules
Carr
Aderse
Comia
Ture
Weather roundup for major cities and East Texas forecast
Washington reports fair conditions in East and West Texas for Sunday and Monday. Observations show St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with varied winds and temperatures ranging from 2 to 46 degrees and a mix of rain snow and cold, with Sunday rain forecast in several locations.
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Washington
Texas
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Wilson bids farewell to Princeton fans in cottage tribute
President-elect Woodrow Wilson addressed about 3000 neighbors in Princeton amid a parade led by a brass band. A loving cup and city seal were presented by local officials as he reflected on leaving his cottage for Washington and vowed to represent those who trusted him.
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Princeton
N. J
White House
Wilson
Cleveland Lane
Washington
Charles H. Robinson
Leigh
Woodrow Wilson
United States
David M. Flynn
Old Princeton
America
Flynn
Nassau
Pujo to Retire. Glass to Lead Money Trust Bill Push
Washington March 1 Chairman Pujo of the House money trust committee will not push action on proposed bills to break up money and credit control. Rep Carter Glass of Virginia will succeed him as chairman and reintroduce the measures in the next session. The money trust inquiry is viewed as sufficient by leading Democrats, with hearings likely as banking and currency panel weighs a general financial reform bill.
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Washington
Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
House
Big Committee
House Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
Money Trust
Interurban Railway Touts Stock Financing Over Bonuses
The San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway plans no public bonuses for the San Antonio to Austin line. Instead residents along the route can buy non assessable preferred stock to raise up to 600000 dollars with a projected minimum 6 percent return. Engineers have completed four surveys covering about ten miles and will move to Cibolo Creek sixteen miles north, with two months needed to finish.
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San Antonio
Austin
San Antonio & Austin Interurban Railway Company
Interurban Railway Company
Verne P. Brown
Cibolo Creek
Mexicans Claim 10 Held In Peonage In San Antonio
Local federal officers were told that ten Mexican laborers in Bexar County are kept in peonage under armed guards. They allegedly receive 30 cents daily, with poor food and forced labor under rifles while working clearing brush and awaiting arrest if the charge is proven.
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Bexar County
United States
San Antonio
Potter contract talks delay water rate cut plan
A San Antonio water rate reduction of 20 percent for the next quarter stalled as council delays and Potter contract drafting. Officials contend court action possible if council acts amid talks, while concessions include plant purchase, eight miles of mains annually, and metering in schools with a free three to five month test period.
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Boynton
Potter
Leroy G. Denman
P. G. Lucas
Public Utilities Committee
Council
Jones
Denman
Potter-Metcalf
Reid Jones
Central Railway of Texas Chooses Officers and Directors
At an adjourned meeting in Austin Texas the Quanah Seymour Dublin and Rockport Railway Company names directors and officers for the year The board includes Edward Cowper Thwaite London as director and vice president with L K Walker as president The company reports over 100000 paid in by stockholders and 400 miles surveyed with funds ready to construct once conditions are met The line will be named Central Railway of Texas and charter amendments are filed.
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Austin
Tex
Quanah, Seymour, Dublin & Rockport
Edward Cowper-Thwaite
London
England
W. 8. Hunter
Belton
W. R. Davie
S. R. Fuller
H. Pfaefflin
Tyler, Hubbard & Tyler
R. Y. Walker
M. P. McEthason
Salado
Central Railway of Texas
Senate and House Busy at Midnight
Washington March 1 Both houses of Congress are in session at midnight with little chance of adjournment before morning. The Senate fights the general deficiency bill while the House wrangles the District of Columbia excise bill. The Capitol is packed with visitors and galleries are at capacity as Sunday sessions are expected. Earlier the workers compensation act passed the House 217 to 618 and moves to the Senate for final action amid opposition from Senator Smith and others.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Capitol
Smith
Taft Bids Farewell to White House Colleagues
President Taft spent the afternoon in the White House saying farewell to official associates. He greeted callers with a genial handshake and offered good wishes as he prepared to leave office.
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Washington, D.C
Taft
White House
Water Committee Members and Mayor to Review Contract
Ernest o Madero mayor. Alderman Jones. Engineer Potter. Jake Wolff. Charles Graebner. Albert Gmeh lin named to citizens water committee. Potter left for New York to draft a tentative contract for consideration upon his return in two weeks.
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Mayor Jones
Alderman Lucas
Engineer Potter
Jake Wolff
Charles Graebner
Albert Gmehlin
Citizens’ Water Committee
Potter
New York
Texas clubs plan mass delegation to Austin meeting
Col. J. L. Peeler reports clubs across Texas will send large delegations to a March 5 Austin gathering. The committee warns Kennedy and Lattimore bills could shutter clubs, and will push a measure to close illegitimate groups and regulate bona fide clubs.
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Austin
Tex
Col. J. L. Peeler
Texas
House
Lattimore
Senate
Hundreds of Fraternity Men to Attend San Antonio Banquet
Several hundred college fraternity men from across Southern Texas will gather in San Antonio on Saturday March 8 for the Pan-Hellenic Association banquet at the Menger Hotel. Austin Houston Galveston and El Paso will be well represented with a cabaret show college stunts and toasts led by Clinton G Brown toastmaster featuring speakers from Harvard Cumberland University the University of Texas and the University of the South.
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Texas
San Antonio
Pan-Hellenic Association
Menger Hotel
Austin
Houston
Galveston
el Paso
Rew
Menger
Frederick B. Terrell
Harvard
Beta Theta Pi
T. H. McGregor
Cumberland University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Barbarians
Ed H. Wicks
University of the South
Kappa Sigma
John W. Turner
University of Texas
Chi Pi
Frederick Hadra
Sigma Chi
A. P. Barrett
Phi Gamma Delta
Clinton G. Brown
Kappa Alpha
Madero Family Claims Assassinations at National Palace
Francisco I Madero and Jose Pino Suarez were allegedly killed and mutilated in the national palace then loaded into cars and dumped in the prison yard, according to Madero relatives who fled to Havana. They say a formal investigation followed to dispel suspicion while details of last interviews with Mrs Madero and Senorita Mercedes are recounted.
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Madero
Suarez
Havana
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Jose Pino Suarez
National Palace
Mexico City
Francisco Madero Sr
Ernesto Madero
Maderos
Saurez
Francisco Madero
Senora
Sarah Perezede Madero
Senorita
Mercedes Madero
Blanquet
Senora Suarez
Legation
Veracruz
Cuba
Peru
Japan
Chile
Maderos May Be Tried in Mexico City Extradition Bid
Special to the Light Mexico City March 1 Francisco Madero Sr father of the assassinated president and other Maderos now fugitives in Cuba may be brought back for trial. The Huerta government seeks to prosecute remaining Madero party members in Havana for an alleged attempt to bribe Zapatistas and avoid Huerta Diaz rule. If found guilty they face the extremest penalties. Rebel depredations continue in various states despite suppressive measures. The report notes a bold defiance from de la O in Morelos and a manifesto issued from Meteorec Central Springs near Douglas Arizona.
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Mexico City
Francisco Madero Sr
Ernesto Madero
Cuba
Francisco
Gustavo
Emilio Madero
Raoul
Huerta
Maderos
Havana
Mexico
Zapatistas
Diaz
Francisco I
Jose Pino Soares
Maderista Party
Cubal
Francisco, Sr
Sree
Rafael Hernandez
Gobernacion
Frederico Gonzales Garza
Federal District
Serspio Rendon
Luis Cabrera
Tanta
Th Huerta
de la O
Genevevo de la O
Morelos
Rewa
Eoe
Meteorec
Douglas
Arizim Huerta
Felix Diag
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Oakland
the Light
Cowper-Thwaite
New Central Railway of Texas
Associates
Neisco I. Madero
Zapata
Eailes Say
Mader
Palags
Ernesto
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