Impeachment Hearing Advances On Governor Ferguson Case
Testimony opened in Austin as a House committee reviews charges against Governor James E. Ferguson. Wallet funds for water, light, ice, fuel and incidentals at the mansion are scrutinized, including a contested $1796.65 warrant issued by a comptroller clerk.
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Austin
Tex
House
James E. Ferguson
H. P. Davis
van Zandt County
Terrell
Middleton
Colquitt
Supreme Court
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Davis
Evia
Ofce
W. A. Hanger
Fort Worth
Hanger
Capital City Automobile Company
Otting Baking Company
Tobin's Book Store
Kallgren & Lindahl
L. E. Baggett
Q. M. Crockett
W. A. Achilles
Same
Underwood Typewriter Company
Gulf Refining Company
Herman Schiffer
Comtrelle R Terrell
Ferguson
Achilles
Ambassador Guthrie Dies in Tokyo
George W. Guthrie of Pittsburgh serves as American ambassador to Japan and has died in Tokyo. The State Department received a dispatch from the embassy confirming his death today, with no immediate details on the cause. He was appointed ambassador May 20, 1913.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
Tokio
State Department
Guthrie
Japan
American Aviators Cross Border In Search Of Villa Forces
Two airplanes from Camp Stewart crossed into Mexican airspace today to hunt Villa forces near the San Martin ranch seventeen miles south of Fort Hancock. Brig Gen George Bell Jr ordered the mission as border guards brace for a possible raid. A machine gun company, infantry, and cavalry are at Fort Hancock ready to pursue intruders if needed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Marsh
Camp Stewart
San Martin Ranch
Fort Hancock
George Bell Jr
Villa
Juarez
Explosion on Train Causes Fire and Loss Near Pauls Valley
A southbound Santa Fe train five miles north of Pauls Valley Oklahoma burst into flames after a blast and fire killed one unidentified man and injured P. C. Jeffries of Gainesville and a porter. Two baggage cars and their contents including U S mail and stage scenery were destroyed. The train arrived Gainesville five hours late.
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Gainesville
Tex
Santa Fe
United States
aé_ theatrical
Pauls Valley
Okla
P. C. Jeffries
Gainsville
Jeffries
Hotel Employees for Defense Battalions Forming in Chicago
Bell boys elevator men porters and other hotel workers in downtown Chicago are banding together to form a company for U S service. The group will be the nucleus of a battalion recruited from hotel employees if needed for national defense.
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Chicago
Bell
United States Service
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Forecasts by The Light for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. City temps range from 30s to 46 with winds from the south west west and north. Friday conditions vary from fair to rain with highs in the 38 to 64 range.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Wilson Likely to Arm Merchant Ships as War Tension Grows
Washington officials indicate President Wilson may act soon to arm American merchantmen after Germany declared ruthless submarine warfare. Some urge an immediate move, others favor an extra Senate session. Senate debates over rule changes and armed neutrality continue with party leaders signaling support for the president’s authority to protect commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Germany
Senate
Congress
LaFollette
Gronna
Lewis
Martin
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Sherman
Senator Sherman
Tennessee pledges aid to President Wilson in armed neutrality fight
Resolutions passed at a mass meeting in Memphis pledge support for the president in protecting Americans on land and sea and condemn the minority of senators who blocked the armed neutrality bill. Petitions will be circulated in Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee urging passage of a universal military training law.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Wilson
Tennessee
Congress
Mississippi
Arkansas
Coal prices advance as miners seek steeper rates
Operators of coal mines demand higher prices reaching about 50 to 100 percent gains from a year ago for pit mouth coal. Major buyers such as railroads face these increases as reported from Chicago on March 8.
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Chicago
Rochambeau First Postwar Ship With Forward and Aft Guns
The French Line passenger steamship Rochambeau arrived from Bordeaux equipped with two guns, one forward and one aft, marking the first postwar vessel to feature such armament.
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New York
Rochambeau
Bordeaux
Manchuria 14,000-Ton Freighter May Sail If Crew Signs
February 8 note says the 14,000 ton Manchuria of Atlantic Transport Line may sail for London today if air crew signs on. The ship would be the first under the American flag to load mails for a prohibited port since February 27. Crew struck for 75 percent bonus. company offered 60 percent and refused more. Officials expect terms reached or a new crew found in time. Baltic and Rochambeau arrivals noted. Adriatic expected.
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New York
Manchuria
Atlantic Transport Line
London
American Line
Rochambeau
Bordeaux
Liverpool
Baltic
Mersey
German Submarine Campaign Sinks 21 Steamers and 26 Vessels
Berlin dispatch reports a naval admiralty statement listing sunk vessels by German submarines. Twenty-one steamships, ten sailing vessels, and 16 fishing craft totaling about 91,000 gross tons were sunk recently.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Russians Pursue Turks Across Persia to Kangover
Petrograd reports Russians pressing south from Asadabad summit, capturing Kangover as part of ongoing Persian front operations. Paris dispatch notes active artillery along the Oise to Aisne, trench actions in Lorraine near Emberménil with prisoner captures, and a repulsed German attack at Sepppers La Haut.
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Petrograd
London
Persia
War Office
Asadabad
Kangover
Paris
Oise
Aisne
Moulin-Sous-Toutvent
Lorraine
Embermenil
Alsace
Seppers-La-Haut
Hilsen
White House furnishings await Congress action
Washington March 8 new rugs draperies furniture and table ware for the White House are said to be badly needed but must await action at another session of Congress as the 60 000 ask for the purpose failed when Congress did not pass the sundry civil appropriation bill
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Washington, D. C
White House
Congress
Foulois Relieved as Southern Department Aviation Chief
War Department announces Major B D Foulois is relieved as chief aviation officer for the Southern Department. Capt Townsend F Dodd will take over the First Aero Squadron at Columbus. Foulois to Washington to join the office of the chief signal officer.
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War Department
B. D. Foulois
Southern Department
Townsend F. Dodd
Aero Squadron
Columbus
Foulois
Washington
Major Foulois
Captain Dodd
Mexico
Aero
San Antonio
Army
Dodd
Congress
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Baker to Make Tour of War Department Posts Abroad
Secretary Baker plans a broad tour visiting the Mexican border the Philippines the canal zone Alaska the Danish West Indies Hawaii and other War Department posts as soon as conditions permit travel from Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Mexican Border
Phillippines
Canal Zone
Alaska
Danish West Indies
Hawaii
War Department
Washington
Guarding Arsenal in Pittsburg Under Pass System
The United States Bureau of Mines and government arsenal in Pittsburg were under guard today with admission allowed only by pass.
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Pittsburg
United States Bureau of Mines
Government Arsenal
Wife Boots Pocket-Search Right Under Sleeper Says Court
New York March 8 A wife may go through her sleeping husband's trousers pockets to seize funds if he withholds a sufficient house allowance, testified Mrs Samuel Kell to Magistrate Cornell of the Court of Domestic Relations. Kell admitted a weekly wage of 15 but has given only 4 or 5 dollars weekly for nine years for two children. Last Friday night she removed 17 from his pocket, Kell sewed the pockets, and slept in the garments, leading to a court summons.
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New York
Cornell
New York Court of Domestic Relations
Samuel Kell
Kell
President Wilson Stays in Bed with Cold Inauguration Sickness
President Wilson, ill with a cold since last week and worsened by Monday's inauguration, remained in bed today by order of Dr. Carey T. Grayson. No engagements were scheduled, and he was to rest for several days as doctors noted a high temperature but not a serious condition.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Carey T. Grayson
Courteous Act Becomes Twenty Five Birthday Bequest
Miss Rose Schampanier a Paterson department store clerk will receive 38000 on her 25th birthday with yearly interest until then. The bequest arises from Mrs. Catherine Ward of Grand Rapids who died after helping the elderly woman fall at Revere Beach last summer. The condition bans marriage until age 25.
Americans Are No Longer Detained in Belgium
State Department reports from Brussels state Americans in Belgium are no longer detained by German authorities. The message by Al Brund Whitlock confirms release and end of detention in the region.
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Washington, D. C
Belgium
State Department
al Brund Whitlock
Brusse
Brown Cracker and Candy to Build $150000 Factory in San Antonio
J L Brown president of Brown Cracker and Candy Company confirms plans to construct a four story brick and concrete factory on El Paso and Medina Streets in San Antonio. The $150000 facility will cover 200 by 250 feet and replace a smaller $40000 building used as a warehouse. Brown cites expanded Southwest business and Mexico trade as drivers for the project. He arrived in San Antonio to finalize arrangements and will stay several days at the Gunter Hotel.
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el Paso
Medina
Brown Cracker and Candy Company
J. L. Brown
Dallas
San Antonio
Mr. Brown
el Paso Street
Mexico
Brown
Gunter Hotel
Guards to Return Home by March 25 in Chair Cars
The last National Guard units from the border will depart for home by March 25 under a newly completed movement plan. Some returning troops will ride in chair cars and day coaches due to a shortage of tourist sleepers. Few organizations will be transported this way and no trip will exceed sixty hours.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
General Pershing
Dardanelles Report Exposes Churchill Role In 1914 Plan
The commission’s majority faults Churchill initiated plans for a naval attack on the Dardanelles in 1914. It says Kitchener favored the project but failed to inform Churchill, and naval advisers wished for a joint attack. The war council did not hear full naval input before deciding on a naval push.
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London
Dardanelles
Lord Kitchener
War Council
Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Egypt
Russia
Narrows
Lord Fisher
James Wolfe Murray
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Arthur Wilson
Lord Kitchenser
Lord Pisher
Sir Arthur Wilson
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M. Eeenee
M. Seen
M. Wee
M. Sewer
Capitol
the * International” Film Service
Mrs. Wilson
White’ House
Atlantic Company
Kangaver
Capital
Baker TO Make
Bureau of Mines
President III
Brown Company
Dandanelles
Kitchener
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