Taft Addresses Lotus Club on Single Term Presidency
New York November 16 Brett Taft delivered a sharp, witty address to the Lotus Club outlining a proposed six year single term for the U S presidency. He argued longer tenure would stabilize policy and allow real progress, while criticizing re election dynamics and urging closer executive-legislative unity. He also discussed the presidency as a demanding job not a mere prize and praised the nation’s progress under the current administration. Two men, George Schnurfeldt and John Gogter, were stabbed in a separate near downtown incident. both injured but expected to recover.
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York
United States
Brett Taft
Lotus Club
Wilson
Sam Jennings Bryan
Ton
Senate
Congress
Taft
JR Ameri
Keese
Bryan
Weather Outlook for East Texas and Western Texas
Local rain and unsettled conditions for East Texas forecast for Sunday. Interior area likely to be cloudy. Monday may bring clearing and warmer, fair weather. Western and southern Texas expect rain or snow in the north with warm, fair conditions Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Weather outlooks for travelers across major cities
Observed conditions list for multiple cities with temperatures around the 40s and high 60s in one case. Winds range from northwest to west, skies clear, and fair, colder spells expected with Saturday highs shown for each location.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Molina, Wanted Here, Is Held at Buffalo
Edward Molina, wanted in San Antonio on bad check charges, is in Buffalo police custody. He allegedly passed three checks totaling 53 dollars to St Anthony hotel, and fled to Chicago and Oyster Bay before being arrested. Local authorities weigh extradition.
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Edward Be, Molina
San Antonio
Police
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Anthony
Molina
Colonel Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Roosevelt
John Schrank
Milwaukee
Z. G. Popoff
Sneed Jurors Denied Family Visits in Fort Worth Murder Trial
In Fort Worth on November 16 jurors in the second trial of John Beal Sneed for the murder of Capt. Al G. Boyce Sr. will not receive visits from relatives. Judge Swayne enforced strict precautions as veniremen were examined, with the panel entirely composed of married farmers. The trial, likely lasting over a month, will feature new witnesses amid Sneed’s controversial case after his wife eloped with Al Boyce Jr.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Beal Sneed
al G. Boyce Sr
Swayne
Sneed
al G. Boyce Jr
Captain Boyce
Texas Treasurer cites need for higher tax rate
State Treasurer J M Edwards told the governor in his annual report that the current ten cent rate on the 100 valuation will not cover state expenditures for the year ending August 31, 1913. He notes past deficiencies from lower rates and urges amending the automatic tax law to let the board adjust rates for deficits and other spending.
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Austin
Tex
J. M. Edwards
Gunmen Defendants Laugh at Cartoon in Rosenthal Murder Trial
New York case against four gunmen in the Herman Rosenthal shooting nears verdict. Judge Goff plans charges Tuesday. defense and prosecution sums set for Monday. Key witness William Shapiro could determine fate, as both sides clash over who ordered the murder.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Justice Goff
Wahle
Moss
Rosenthal
Jack Rose
Bridgey Webber
Harry Vallon
Sam Scepps
Lefty Louie
Whitey” Lewis
Dago Frank
Rose
William Shapiro
Metropole
Shapiro
Becker
Jack Zelig
Charles Becker
Whitney
San Antonians Move To Remove Rate Differentials
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce seeks to back Aransas Harbor Terminal Company in getting Texas Railroad Commission to remove port rate differentials from Port Aransas. Meeting 4 30 Monday to discuss benefits to San Antonio and Texas. Van den Berg invited to speak. Removing Galveston differential would cut cotton freight to Port Aransas from 51 to 44 cents per hundred pounds, boosting its role as a cotton concentration point and aiding local jobbers on sundry commodities.
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San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Aransas F Hrarbor Terminal Company
Texas Railroad Commission
Port Aransas
Chamber of Commerce
Y. Vandenberg
New York
Galveston
Witnesses Tie Becker to Rose Murder Plot, Gunmen Implicated
Shapiro testifies Becker arranged the killing linking Becker and Rose through “Gyp” and his gang. The getaway car sped off after the murder with the claim that no cop was present and Becker had "fixed it" as promised. Shapiro's account remains unrefuted aside from gunmen narratives.
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Becker
Rose
Gyp
Shapiro
Prudential Texas Life Insurance Increases Capital
The attorney general department approved an amendment to Prudential Life Insurance Company of Texas in San Antonio raising capital stock from 106000 to 140000. The filing in the department of insurance and banking was led by President T W Robertson and general attorney A P Barrett a former State Senator.
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Prudential
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Prudential Life Insurance Company of Texas
San Antonio
Department of Insurance and Banking
T. W. Robertson
A. P. Barrett
Studies Agriculture Abroad
Ed R Kane Texas agriculture commissioner received a letter from N V Dittlinger of New Braunfels now in Germany. Dittlinger plans to attend top agricultural schools abroad to better assist solving Texas agricultural problems on his return.
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Austin
Tex
R. Kane
N. V. Dittlinger
New Braunfels
Germany
Dittlinger
Texas
Judge Keeling Seeks Austin Home for Move
Judge W A Keeling of Limestone county appointed as assistant attorney general by A G elect Looney is seeking a house in Austin for his family. He plans to move with the start of his new duties around January 15.
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Keeling
Austin
Tex
W. A. Keeling
Limestone County
Looney
Spring-Rice Urged to Watch Yankee Arbitration
London reports the retirement of Bryce from the British embassy in Washington and the appointment of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice as his successor. Observers warn he must avoid Bryce’s historian temperament and brace for American jingoism as arbitration talks resume, stressing firm Anglo American stance on the canal question and trade implications.
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London
Bryce
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
Rice
Asquith
Edward Grey
England
Stockholm
Argus
Briareus
Texas announces higher total assessed wealth
The Texas comptroller reports an upward revision in 1912 wealth. The total assessed valuation rises to 2 532 710 050 dollars, up 17 077 306 from last year, increasing the previous first estimate by 6 018 275 dollars as additional county rolls arrived.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Comptroller’s Department
Hawley Names Perky U S Senator From Idaho
In Boise Idaho Governor James H Hawley appointed Judge K I Perky a Democrat to the United States Senate completing the unexpired term after a late decision Hawley opted not to seek reelection or fill the term himself.
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Hawley
Boise
Idaho
James H. Hawley
K. I. Perky
United States
Invaders Near Constantinople Press War as Cholera Rages
Bulgarian second army pushes toward the Dardanelles as Turkish warships shell advancing lines. Sultan objects to a Balkan peace proposal while cholera ravages Constantinople and Bulgarian troops. Allied Greece and Serbia fight near Monastir as Scutari bombardment continues.
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London
Constantinople
Second
Rodosto
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmora
Bosphorus
Kilia
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Europe
Constantinole
Monastir
Scutari
Missouri farmers win small reward in Ketchel case
A Webster County jury awarded three farmers $500 in interest after a suit over a $5000 Ketchel reward. The case stems from a 1910 killing on Col. Dickerson's Conway ranch, with Dickerson originally offering $5000 for Ketchel's shooter dead or alive and later paying only the interest amount.
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Springfield
Stanley Ketchel
R. P. Dickerson
Conway
Dickerson
Webster County
Walter Dipley
Ketchel
Stanley
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