Texas magnate J Sneed slain by former tenant in Georgetown
Wealthy Texas leader J T Sneed was shot by R O Hillard, a former farm tenant, who then killed himself. A note found in Hillard's pocket said revenge motivated the act. Sneed, 63, headed a large family with holdings across multiple counties and was among the state's pioneers.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Tex
J. T. Sneed
Texas
Sneed
Boyces
R. O. Hillard
Rosebud
A. G. Boyce
Boyce
Bort Worth
J. B. Sneed
Vageay
Frostoffice
Eiaer Sueen
Hillard
Lee J. Rountree
Ruby
Potter
Williamson
Falls
Milam
Robertson
McLennan
J. T. Sneed Jr
Marvin Sneed
Calvert Sneed
Terry Thompson
Miss Bond Sneed
Captain Sneed
Hillard Leaves Rosebud for Georgetown After Troubled Run
Rosebud Texas March 6 The man identified as R O Hillard who worked at the Sneed ranch ten miles from Rosebud left yesterday for Georgetown after being dismissed for boisterous conduct. He is about 30 years old and was married to a Miss Benson who lived nearby. His mother also resides in Rosebud.
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Georgetown
Associated Press
Rosebud
Tex
R. O. Hillard
Sneed
Hillard
Illard
Miss Benson
Pattinson Expected in New York Today
Robert Pattinson, director of William Pattinson & Son and of the railway syndicate, will arrive in New York aboard the Mauretania. He will meet R. Mounsey, survey the proposed San Antonio Rockport and Mexican railway route, and oversee initial planning at offices opened at 229 East Commerce Street with E. Cowper Thwaite in charge.
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Robert Pattison
William Pattinson & Son
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican
New York
Mauretania
R. Mounsey
Mounsey
England
Mr. Pattinson
Opposition to Knox's Trip Sparks Arrests in Nicaragua
Managua March 6 An extraordinary anti American outburst led to the arrest of fifty prominent ringleaders, held in detention until Secretary of State Knox departs. This marks the first public opposition to Knox's Central American trip.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Knox
Scott Antarctic Pole Rumor Reported in London
London March 6 rumor in an evening paper claims Captain Robert F. Scott has reached the South Pole. Mrs Scott says she has heard nothing from her husband and no confirmation is available from any source.
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London
Robert F. Scott
South Pole
Women Led Crowds In Lawrence Strike Hearings
At a House Rules Committee session Mrs. Taft listened as Capt. John J. Sullivan testified about Lawrence labor unrest. He said leaders formed in meetings, with women and children at the front and some women bearing flags, while the strike leader Etter vanished during demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
House Rules Committee
Lawrence
John J. Sullivan
Representative Wilson
Illinois
Etter
Sullivan
Vanderbilt hires UNC English scholar Dr Edwin Mims
Nashville March 6 Vanderbilt university announced that Dr Edwin Mims of the University of North Carolina has accepted an offer to teach at Vanderbilt in the department of English literature. His service will begin next September. He is an alumnus of Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Edwin Mims
University of North Carolina
Vandert
Weather Update for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight cloudy and warmer with a warmer Thursday as unsettled conditions persist.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures ranging from 4 to 32 in cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington. Winds vary from east to southeast with partly cloudy to snow forecasts for tonight and Thursday with low temperatures from 4 to 22 degrees.
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Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Unfounded claim on AP wire carried by other papers
The statement asserting that the AP wire day leased into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is unfounded and without basis in fact.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Chinese Kill Missionary at English Church
Foreign ministers have worked out a plan for patrolling Tien Tsin as British troops are ordered to assist in security. The report notes civilian casualties including a missionary killed at an English church amid tense border actions.
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Tien Tsin
American minister calls for more troops for China service
Washington bulletin reports American Minister Calhoun urging Major General Bell in Manila to deploy the remaining battalion of the Fifteenth Infantry about 700 men to Tien Tsin for China service, with war department notice expected.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Calhoun
Bell
Manila
China
War Department
Fifteenth Infantry
Tien Tsin
Missionary Killed as Mutinous Soldiers Drive Carts Away
In Peking reports say Day of the Church of England mission was killed near Pao Ting Fu during a mission tour. Hughes sought shelter in a town hall while a British detachment moved to Chin Chow to assist. A separate note claims imperial troops executed forty Christian converts by beheading after removing their eyes.
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Associated Press
Peking
Day
Church of England
Pao Ting Fu
Mr. Day
Charles P. Scott
Hughes
Tien Chwang Ying
Scott
Chin Chow
Mr. Hughes
Legation
Li Yuen Hing
Wu Chang
Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Tang Shao Yi
Hwang Hsien
Chi Fu
Tat
Foreign Detachments Meet Over Tien Tsin Reinforcement Risk
Commanders of foreign detachments stationed in Tien Tsin held a meeting yesterday to discuss preventing potential Chinese reinforcements from entering the city. The outcome aimed to bolster patrols and curb enemy movements amid the current security situation.
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THE
Associated Press
Tien Tsin
Tientsin Turmoil Prompts Allied Troop Positioning
Japanese troops arrived from Manchuria and occupied the city. Chinese authorities seek immediate dispatch of Chinese troops to Tien Tsin, but foreign detachments will block reinforcements within seven miles and uphold the protocol on foreign concessions. Rail workers seek protection as trains run between Tien Tsin and the coast. A steamer report notes Chinese troops crossing the river. The U S consul urges concentration of American guards in Tien Tsin city.
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Manchuria
Tien Tsin
Hsin Ho
United States
Tang Shan
Langchau
Panhandle Cattlemen Adopt New Name in El Paso
The Panhandle Cattlemen's association adopted the Panhandle and Southwestern Cattlemen's name after morning addresses led by W. McDonald, New Mexico governor and association vice president. They rejected consolidation with the Texas group for now, with a convention to decide tomorrow. W. B. Slaughter of Dalhart is slated as the next president, Amarillo hosting the next meeting.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Panhandle Cattlemen's Association
W. ©. McDonald
New Mexico
Texas Association
Panhandle and Southwestern Cattlemen's Association
W. B. Slaughter
Dalhart
Amarillo
Slaughter
Texas Cattlemen's Association
Eight Divorces Granted in One Day in Waco Court
WACO Tex March 6 Within three hours yesterday Judge Richard I Munro of the Fifty fourth District court granted eight divorces none contested. He said it broke all records of the court for dispatch in this direction.
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Waco
Associated Press
Waco, Tex
Richard I. Munro
Fifty-fourth District Court
Roosevelt Replies to Stimson Speech in Chicago
Secretary Stimson's Chicago speech backing Taft sparked a sharp reply from Colonel Roosevelt in Mineola New York. He said the remark about being pressured by others echoed his 1910 gubernatorial campaign and stressed duty to the people. Roosevelt later served as a juror at the county court house earning 3 a day and occupied his time in a grand jury room with a book.
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Mineola
L. L
Stimson
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
New York
Putnam
Grand Jury Room
Death of Capt. Cade, noted Texas landowner
Galveston March 6 Word comes of the death this morning at Mineral Wells of Captain G C T Cade a prominent lands and cattle owner in south Texas and Louisiana a pioneer of the gulf coast country and long associated with New Iberia La and later High Island Tex He was 67 years old and widely known in the region.
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C. T. Cade
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
GC. T. Cade
South Texas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
New Iberia
High Island
Mexican Ambassador to Confer as Border Troop Plan Moves
Washington reports indicate the Taft administration plans to send more troops to the Mexican border. War Secretary Stimson will discuss numbers with the president after his Chicago trip, while the Mexican ambassador is seen meeting Taft to address border tensions. Officials doubt Calero quotes and note improving conditions despite rebel control in Chihuahua.
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War Stimson
Chicago
Taft
Calero
Manuel Calero
State Department
No troop movement confirmation to border through Texas
Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan reported no intimation by this afternoon of any proposed additional troop shift to the border, with possible routing via San Antonio, noting the lack of official guidance from the department of Texas.
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San Antonio
Joseph W. Duncan
Department of Texas
Emilo Vasquez Gomez urges calm and protection for foreigners in Mexico
A letter from Emilio Vasquez Gomez calls for restraint and respect for lives amid unrest in Mexico. He urges followers to maintain order, protect foreign lives and interests, and avoid border disruptions. Reports from El Paso detail Pancho Villa's moves toward Chihuahua, mutinies among rebels, Enriquez's release, and refugee conditions for Americans fleeing Madera and Pearson.
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Press
Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Gomez
Emilio Vasquez
Douglas Crowded With Refugees
Douglas Arizona reports trains cars and other vehicles bringing most of Cananea El igre and Nacozari residents into town. Refugees say they will stay until the Mexican situation clears.
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Douglas
Associated Press
Douglas,ariz
Cananea
el ‘Igre
Nacozari
Figueroa Joins Rebels in Mexican Revolt
In a southern rebellion, Am brosio Figueroa Madero’s trusted rurales chief in Guerrero and Morelos is reported to have revolted. Dispatches from Cuernavaca indicate Figueroa had knowledge of Orozco’s break with Madero and may have backed desertion after a personal grievance and calls from the new movement.
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Madero
Rurales
Associated Press
Mexico City
Ambrosio Figueroa
Guerrero
Morelos
Orozco
Maderistas
Figueroa
Cuernavaca
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Slayer
Self
Pattinson
Mournsey
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Chihuahua
Saltillo
Pancho Villa
Jose la Sota
Villa
Demetrio Ponce
Juarez
Campa
Enriquez
Premitivo Enriquez
Sam Blumenthall
Revel
Rom
Madera
Pearson
Pearson Company
George J. Riegar
Circle Bar
Sonora
Riegar
Hayden
Ariz
E. Z. Stever
Palomas Ranch
Columbus
N. M
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