Impeachment Hearing Delayed In Texas Governor Case
A Texas impeachment hearing against Governor James Ferguson was postponed to tomorrow after his supporters protested the delay. The first session lasted about a half hour as M. M. Crane sought time to review documentary evidence, with hearings to focus on mansion expenditures and out of town witnesses later in the week.
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Austin
Tex
James ,E. Ferguson
Davis
van Zandt County
M. M. Crane
Dallas
H. B. Terrell
Crane
W. A. Hangar
Fort Worth
Ferguson
Barry Miller
E. R. Bryan
District Court
Texas Railroad Commission
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
R. L. Carlock
W. H. Bledsoe
Lubbock
W. M. Fly
Gonzales
R. E. Thomason
el Paso
Dan McMillan
Whitewright
Bruce W. Bryant
Haskell
W. E. Pope
Corpus Christi
Temple State Bank
Arming of Ships Rumored As Wilson Meets Senators
At the White House President Wilson holds talks with Senators Owen Reed Walsh Swanson James and Hoke Smith and Secretary Lansing with Secretary McAdoo. The party waits to present a plan for a modified cloture in the Senate and push for armed merchant ships.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Owen
Reed
Walsh
Swanson
James
Hoke Smith
Senate Democratic Caucus
Senate
Lansing
War Department to designate thousands of enlisted for commissions
The War Department orders five to six thousand enlisted men to be designated by regimental commanders for company officer commissions. Each regiment selects sixty men eligible up to captain based on aptitude, not exams. The move aims to build a pool of fit officers under whom they served, with volunteers and the officers' reserve corps supplements.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Army
Department
National Guards
Regular Army
Army to designate 60 enlisted men per regiment for provisional force
A War Department telegram to regular army officers in this district orders each regiment to designate at least 60 enlisted men for commissions in a temporary military force. Officials say this could imply an officer corps for a force of at least half a million men.
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Douglas
Ariz
War Department
London Gazette lists 320 American securities for requisition
The London Gazette prints an extra list of about three hundred twenty American securities to be requisitioned under the mobilization scheme. The compensation rates for each case are also specified.
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London
London Gazette
San Antonio Weather Forecast Tonight And Thursday
Tonight in San Antonio and vicinity expect fair skies and colder temperatures with frost likely in outlying areas. Thursday looks fair with a continued cool but dry pattern across the region.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Forecasts for Major Cities
The page lists temperatures winds and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Readings show lows and highs with notes on clouds rain or snow and wind directions from the southeast east or west.
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Theight
Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Extra session of Congress eyed to pass supply and naval bills
Washington reports strong momentum for an early extra session to act by June on key measures neglected in the last session. Officials say funding for army defense, shipping law amendments, Adamson act reforms, conservation, and ICC expansion are imperative to avert government shortfalls.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Federal Reserve
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
White House
Owen
Belgian Industry to Halt as Coal Shortage Shuts Down Work
The Telegraaf reports an almost complete stoppage of industry in Belgium due to coal shortages and transport limits. Nearly the entire population faces unemployment with only指定 few exceptions allowed to keep certain businesses running by civil authorities.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Belgium
Virulent Pneumonia Bites New York City
The health department reports a severe pneumonia outbreak in New York City with 2377 deaths in nine weeks, 634 more than last year. Officials warn the infection shows little abatement and reiterate a warning against alcohol as a strong enabler of the pneumonia germ.
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New York
Department of Health
Roma Liner Arrives in Lisbon After February Voyage
The French sabre liner Roma, which departed New York on February 13 with 77 passengers, arrived in Lisbon on March 1, according to the line.
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Roma
Lisbon
New York
San Antonio Directory Reports Population Rise and Growth
The new city directory compiled by J. A. Appler shows San Antonio at 132,816 residents with a near 10 000 rise since last year. It notes 4000 more homeowners, 2000 additional government civilian employees, expanding schools and offices, and a shift toward more expensive homes with fewer vacant stores and houses.
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San Antonio
J. A. Appler
Appler
Laurel Heights
Russian cruiser Ryurik hits mine in Gulf of Finland
Berlin reports a Russian armored cruiser Ryurik struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland and was badly damaged. Stockholm advices say the ship was docked at Cronstadt after the disaster and censorship delayed official word. The Ryurik is listed at 15,190 tons, 529 feet long.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Ryurik
Gulf of Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Cronstadt
Canned fruit prices rise amid New York demand
March 7 New York reports higher prices for canned fruits with retail gains of 4 to 9 cents per can as weights and measures chief Joseph Hartigan cites sustained buying and scarce vegetables. He blames speculators and jobbers for part of the rise and notes canned vegetables also climb. A Texas resident asks what he could ship live jackrabbits in pearload lots to aid those starving in the city.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Hartigan
Porterville
Loving County
Texas
Evanston Allocates 300000 for Vacant Lot Cultivation
Chicago dispatch reports Evanston city council approves 300000 to cultivate vacant lots. Plan includes engaging school children to care for the plots after planting.
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Chicago
Evanston, Ill
Blizzard Hits Nebraska Railways and Farms
A March blizzard blankets Nebraska with three feet of snow in parts. Trains are abandoned west of Haigler to Akron as the storm moves south and east. Livestock losses grow near Long Pine while Central Nebraska expects snow to benefit wheat.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Haigler
Akron
Colorado
Long Pine
Record hog prices hit 15 dollars a hundred pounds
At the national stock yards in East St Louis on March 7 the top price for hogs since the Civil War was quoted as $15 per hundred pounds for good heavy hogs.
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East ST. Louis
National
Hog prices hit new Chicago record at $15
Chicago market reports hog prices rising to $15 for choice animals marking the highest price ever paid in the Chicago market on March 7.
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Chicago
British Advance Near Tigris Front and Shellal
British cavalry pushed within nine miles of Ctesiphon on the Tigris front. Turkish forces abandoned a strong position near Sheikh Nuran west of Shellal after fortifying for two months. Bombing targeted enemy troops and railway targets. The British closed to 30 miles from Bagdad, reaching Lajj 28 miles away. Since Kut-el-Amara fell February 26, advance totals about 80 miles.
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London
Ctespihon
Tigris
Egypt
Sheikh Nuran
Shellal
Upper Egypt
Nile
Cairo
Bagdad
Lajj
Kut-el-Amara
French Offensive Against German Positions Near Verdun
Paris reports say French attack on Courieres wood near Verdun was repulsed. Air war yielded fifteen enemy planes shot down while one French plane was lost. Russian front climate worsened with heavier artillery and small infantry actions. Macedonian front outposts repulsed British advances between Vardar, Doiran, and Struma lowlands.
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Berlin
Sayville
Caurieres Wood
Verdun
War Office
Scarpe
Arras
Ancre
Somme
Champagne
Meuse
Baltic
Black Sea
Vardar
Lake Doiran
Struma
Surprise Attack Near Quennevieres and Mine at Four de Paris
Paris dispatch reports a surprise attack between the Oise and the Aisne capturing fifteen German prisoners at Quennevieres. In the Argonne near Four de Paris a mine exploded and the crater was occupied. Several German attempts northeast of Flirey and near Ammertzwiller were repelled with enemy losses. Adjutant Casals shot down his sixth German aircraft near Dieppe. One of our pilots was attacked near Rumpler and returned to our lines north of Laval in the Marne.
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Paris
Oise
Aisne
Quennevieres
Argonne
Four de Paris
Fligrey
Bouchetwood
St. Mihiel
Ammertzwiller
Casals
Dieppe
Rumpler
Laval
Marne
Denies Italian Drive Cancelled
The Overseas News Agency denies reports that Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff backed away from an Austro Italian front offensive in the Trentino due to railway line shortages.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Marshal von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Trentino
Navy shipbuilding firms press speedup under Daniels plan
Secretary Daniels resumes talks with ship builders as contracts gain new provisions to speed up navy construction. Government funds over 100 million dollars under an emergency fund will cover the added costs. Nationalization will not be pursued until necessity is proven to avoid delays.
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Washington
Daniels
Congress
US Home Rule Debate Opens in Commons as Lloyd George Nears Speech
London March 7. Lloyd George expected to speak on the Irish question in the House of Commons. The nationalists back a resolution urging free institutions for Ireland to advance equal rights and national self government against German dominance. John Redmond hopes to attend after illness. John Lonsdale prepared to present Irish Unionist views.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ireland
T. P. O'Connor
John Redmond
John Lonsdale
Golf Tournament Postponed One Week in San Antonio
Threatening weather forced the Tourists' Golf tournament at Brackenridge Park to be delayed from March 7 8 9 10 to March 14 15 16 17. Early qualifying began at 9 with a strong north wind, and manager Eddlemann announced the postponement to improve conditions and entries.
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Brackenridge Park
Eddlemann
Mr. Eddlemann
San Antonio
Kolb and Schwartz Held for Grand Jury in War Munitions Plot
Kolb and Hans Schwartz were held for the grand jury without bail in Hoboken N J on an alleged plot to destroy war munitions for the entente allies. Clarence Ficke testified Schwartz confessed fatigue after a night out, with police citing possible trips to Black Tom N J in a motor boat as part of the scheme.
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Hoboken
N. J
Kolb
Hans Schwartz
Clarence Ficke
Schwartz
Ficke
Black Tom
German plots in India and abroad under control says State Department
The State Department stated that German schemes to foment revolutions in India dating before World War I are now entirely under control within the United States. Activities in San Francisco, once a major wartime base, have been curbed and a Manila junta, protested by Britain, has also been broken up.
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Washington, D. C
India
State Department
San Francisco
Manila
Tongs Scorn Peace Parley as Chinatown Tensions Rise
Chinese Peace Society officers planned a peace parley in San Francisco but faced scorn from the Tongs. The Tong war began Monday, leaving six Chinese dead in four coastal cities and gunfire in several others. A peace advocate warned proposals may stall until Suey Sings and Hop Sings retaliate against Bing Kongs.
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San Francisco
Cal
Chinese Peace Society
Tongs
Peace Society Today
Hop Sings
Bing Kongs
Submarine Defense Plan New Italian System
In Rome a decree reorganizes ship defense against submarine attacks appointing an admiral to oversee arming merchant ships and awarding prizes for sinking or disabling hostile submarines.
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Rome
Paris
Texas Troops Urgently Ordered Home From Border Duty
War Department orders speed up muster outs for National Guard units from Texas New Mexico and Arizona with aim to have all troops home by April 1. Over 30 000 guardsmen to depart in three weeks requiring new schedules and securing muster out stations amid funding delays and transportation planning.
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Southern Department
National Guard
Border Service
War Department
Texas
Camp Wilson
San Antonio
New Mexico
Arizona
Quartermaster Corps
Department
Harry L. Rogers
Munroe McFarland
Hugh A. Drum
James P. Castleman
Museter
Battery C
New Jersey Field Artillery
Douglas
Third Tennessee Infantry
San Benito
Second
Ohio Infantry
Ohio Brigade
el Paso
First Virginia Cavalry
Brownsville
New York Field Hospital
McAllen
New Hampshire Cavalry
North Carolina Engineers
Florida Field Hospital No. 1
Alabama Infantry
Nogales
Colorado Cavalry
Colorado Field Hospital No
Colorado Signal Corps
Indiana Field Hospital No. 2
Llano Grande
Minnesota Soldier Sentenced Five Years for Spying
Paul L. Scharfenburg of the First Minnesota Infantry was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth for furnishing military information to Germany. He sent a letter to relatives in Germany claiming 10,000,000 Germans in the U.S. would rise if war came, a claim intercepted by British authorities. Colonel Luce and Captain McClay confirmed the account and noted Scharfenburg’s prediction that President Wilson would soon be removed.
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Minneapolis
Minn
First Minnesota Infantry
Paul L. Scharfenburg
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
San Antonio
Texas
Germany
Washington
Scharfenburg
Erle D. Luce
P. L. McClay
Wilson
Belgian relief coffee loss in Hasselt fire
Twenty thousand kilos of coffee owned by the Belgian relief commission burned in a Hasselt store house fire reported by the Tele staaf. The Tele graaf notes other foods were destroyed and two persons have been deported to Germany in connection with the fire.
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Amsterdam
London
Belgian Relief Commission
Hasselt
German Submarines Sink 204000 Tonnage Reported
German submarines returning March 1 to 3 report sinking vessels totaling 204000 tons, per Overseas News Agency. The reports come via wireless from Berlin dated March 7.
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Berlin
Sayville
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