Temple Bank Scandal Ties Governor Ferguson to overdrafts and letters
The Davis House committee in Austin heard H. C. Poe detail the Temple State Bank's dealings with Governor Ferguson. Poe cited a December 1916 telegrams exchange and letters alleging substantial overdrafts and pressure to reduce debts, while bank inspectors warned of legal violations and misstatements.
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Tex
H. C. Poe
Temple State Bank
James E. Ferguson
Davis House
Poe
Sidney Spitzer and Company
Toledo
Ohio
Temple
Spitzer
Mr. Ferguson
Temple Bank
New York
Ferguson
M. M. Crane
Bell- Bosque
C. VO. Austin
Commissioner’s Department
Patterson
Crane
Railroad Commissioner
Davis House Investigating Committee
Houston National Exchange Bank
Orney W. A. Hangar
Hangar
Ernor
H. E. Poe
J. P. Davies Jr
Heidenheimer State Bank
First State Bank of
Pendleton
Bell-Bosque Ranch
Gound Banking
No clemency promised for Gomez in Cuba
President Menocal said he would not interfere with any sentence imposed on former President Gomez or on army officers involved in the uprising if convicted. He expressed regard for the United States and President Wilson and called Cuba's rebellion likely the last.
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Havana
Menocal
Gomez
Cuba
United States
Wilson
Weather Forecast From The Light for Five Cities
The Light reports temperatures and conditions for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City and New York. North to northwest winds range from 12 to 24 miles per hour with rain and variable cloudiness. Lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours range from 30 to 46 degrees and highs from 36 to 70 degrees.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Blizzard Gales Halt Western Front Operations Amid Retreat
Blizzard conditions prevail on the western front for two days causing minimal movement. British guns hammer German positions near Arras and Somme as Nazi retreat reveals high type soldiers were sacrificed as a screens.
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Associated Press
France
London
Arras
Somme
British Troops Move Into Bagdad Likely
The Daily Chronicle reports it is virtually certain British troops are now in Bagdad with official confirmation possible at any moment.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Bagdad
Reports lively fighting across western front Berlin
Wireless dispatch reports varying weather and lively fighting at many western front locations with numerous aerial combats. Eastern front actions noted as not of particular importance while Austro-Hungarian headquarters for March 7 cites generally minor activity on the Italian front.
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Berlin
Sayville
War Office
French hold ground in Champagne fighting
Paris reports violent night fighting as German forces attempted to recapture ground won by the French between Butte du Mesnil and Maisons de Champagne. Despite charges and counter actions, French troops kept the gains and advanced further. In Verdun the German raid on trenches north of Courieres Wood failed after French counter attacks. French raids widened the gap east of Armencourt and took prisoners near Croux northeast of Soissons.
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Paris
Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Maisons de Champagne
Verdun
Courieres Wood
Armencourt
Croux
Soissons
Fresh arrests in Gerlach case across Rome and beyond
Milan dispatch reports новые arrests in Rome and elsewhere tied to the Gerlach case. Accused names withheld and trials to be secret. Monsignor von Gerlach, Austrian former papal private chamberlain, left Rome in January under Vatican pressure amid Italian sabotage allegations.
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Milan
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Berlin
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Ambrogetti
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Benedetto Brin
Leonardo da Vinci
Russian Troops Occupy Four Persian Towns in War Moves
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports the Russian legation in Teheran informing that Russian troops have occupied Bijar Sinnah Hamadan and Dawlatabad. The Persian government has been invited to retake these towns abandoned by the Turks.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Teheran
Bijar
Sinnah
Hamadan
Dawlatabad
German Socialist Threatens a Revolt
Berlin Vorwaerts prints further extracts from Herr Hofer’s speech in the Prussian diet. He accuses the government of vacillation between agrarian and popular fears and demands deeds to avert revolt. The paper notes complaints about poor food quality in city kitchens and questions summer conditions if the winter meals are unfit.
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The
Hague
London
Herr Hofer
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Petrograd to Put Food Supplies Under City Authorities
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports municipal authorities will assume control of all food supplies in the Petrograd district. The combat against hunger is described as urgent in the capital.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
German officers sentenced in Liebenfels sinking case
Eight officers of the German steamer Liebenfels were sentenced in Florence Ohio to one year in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and a $500 fine each for sinking a ship in a navigable stream. Nine officers were indicted. Captain Klatenhoff’s case was postponed due to illness.
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Florence
8. C
Charleston Harbor
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Klatenhoff
Galveston
J. E. Jansen
United States
French Freighter Ohio Reported Sunk
A shipping report says the 8700 ton steamship Ohio released February 19 from New York with French flag may have been torpedoed while en route to Havre. The French Line seeks confirmation. the vessel was one of the largest freighters in the allied service and was well armed.
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New York
Ohio
Havre
Allied Service
German swindler held over currency reproducing machine
Max Wex a Hamburg native is under arrest in New York charged with swindling Germans nationwide using a machine claimed to reproduce paper currency. Police report complaints from Germans in New York St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and others. He allegedly claimed to be sent by the German government to entangle currency while gold remained scarce. Frank Sternberg said he paid a thousand dollar bill to Wex and received a sealed metal box said to hold ten bills but found only tissue paper.
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New York
Max Wex
Hamburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Frank Sternberg
Wex
Sternberg
Bank Call Issued on National Bank Conditions
The comptroller of the treasury issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of close of business Monday March 6, to be reported by March 10. The notice seeks financial health details and reserve positions across federal institutions in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Treasury Today
Congress prep for April special session on arms, budgets
As Congress nears a possible April 16 special session, Republicans and Democrats edge toward coalition, with independents holding pivotal votes. Debate centers on arming ships and large appropriation bills totaling over 500 million dollars. Speaker Clark predicts quick organization and a likely August adjournment.
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D. C
Capitol
Congress
Wilson
Sixty-fourth Congress
New House
Senate
Clark
Webb Foreign
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
New York
Representative Mann
Oil executive Michael Murphy dies at 76 in Philadelphia
Michael Murphy, a widely known oil man and president of Pure Oil Company United States Pipe Line and the Producers Refiners Oil Company of Pittsburgh, died in Philadelphia at age 76.
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Philadelphia
Michael Murphy
Murphy
Pure Oil Company
United States Pipe Line
Producers’ & Refiners’ Oil Company of
Pittsburg
Rice price up one cent in New York
New York March 10 An increase of one cent a pound from 6 to 7 cents in rice prompted a statement by George W. Perkins chairman of the mayor's food committee that any rise must come from collusion and that the Federal government should act.
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New York
George W. Perkins
Mayor's Food Committee
U Boats Sink Nine Steamers and Vessels in Mediterranean
Berlin reports submarine actions in the Mediterranean with nine steamships and three sailing vessels sunk totaling about 32 000 tons. Listed ships include Marino Rosalie Wathfield Trojan Prince Burnley Victoria Craigendoran and others plus 1000 Italian soldiers aboard Minas perished in rough seas.
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Sayville
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Mediterranean
Rosalie
New York
Saloniki
Wathfield
England
Burnley
Cardiff
Algiers
Victoria
Craigendoran
Minas
Wireless station near Mexico City sparks war era fears
American passengers aboard the Wolvin Line steamer Harald claim a powerful radio station is being built on a hill near Mexico City under German direction to reach Berlin. They report completed steel towers and possible aerials in place, led by engineers from the Vaderland interned in New York, with several other high power stations planned across Mexico.
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Tex
Harald
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
F. L. Kroutil
Yukon
Okla
Harry 8S. Whitney
Sherborn
Mass
Berlin
Kroutil
Whitney
Vaderland
New York
Mexico
No Socialist Meeting in Paris Postponed
The allied socialist conference planned for March 15 to 18 in Paris has been abandoned after the British Labour Party and large portions of Italian and Russian Socialists declined to participate. The organizers warned the gathering could prompt a pacifist minority to split the socialist movement.
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Paris
Labor Party
WV law invalidated by federal liquor bill
Charleston March 10 William G Barnhart United States district attorney says the federal dry bill renders West Virginia s recent liquor law invalid and he will arrest all violators of the federal law authorities plan to enforce nationwide prohibition til further notice
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
William G. Barnhart
United States
Women Clear Streets as Berlin Snow Drifts
Berlin reports 72 hours of heavy snowfall with buses running and the subway system carrying a record 400000 passengers. Volunteers, many school youths, include well dressed women clearing snow from streets and curbs. The street cleaning service operates on a fully voluntary basis with broad class participation.
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Berlin
London
Europe
Bernstorff Arrives in Christiania Across London
Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to Washington landed in Christiania this morning after sailing across the capitals, per an exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
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London
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Christiania
Copenhagen
U S A Arms Merchant Ships Amid German Sub Threat
The State Department says sighting a German submarine or its periscope near an American armed merchant vessel justifies protective action and possibly firing on sight. President Wilson orders arming ships. Congress called into special session for April 16. Navy yards stock guns and crews prepare for rapid deployment, with officials urging papers not to publish sailing or arming details to protect lives.
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State Department
Germany
United States
Senate
Lansing
Wilson
Congress
Navy Department
Atlantic
Daniels
America
White House
Presidents Recovery Looks Set For Public Duties
President Wilson shows improvement after four days in bed with a cold and may resume public duties soon. He remained in his room this morning with no engagements listed.
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Washington, D.C
Wilson
Precautions Relaxed for Government Buildings in Washington
Precautions guarding federal buildings and reservations eased as the international situation eased, allowing practically all city accounts to be open to visitors and tourists after a period of heightened security a few weeks ago.
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Washington, D. C
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