Engineers to Novemble in San Antonio
The river and harbor board to survey Port Aransas Texas improvements meets in San Antonio November 30. Lt Col Charles S Riche heads the group with Col Edward Burr and Lt Col Lansing H Beach. consider channel depth from 20 to 25 feet and a Morris and Cummings channel bridge with a possible exclusion from navigation laws.
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Washington, D. C
Board of Engineers
Port Aransas
Texas
San Antonio
Charless. Riche
Galveston
Riche
Edward Burr
Lansing H. Beach
Baltimore
Saint Joseph Island
Mustang Island
Harbor Island
Morris and Cummings Channel
Aransas Pass
Congress
Burr
Army
New England
Boston
Washington Barracks
District of Columbia
Belmont Crashes Suffrage Meeting Riot at Convention
At the National American Woman Suffrage Convention in Philadelphia Mrs. O. H. Belmont of New York halted today's session in a riotous clash driven by Miss Jane Addams and western delegates. The key dispute over a partisan stance in non granted states failed 10 to 1, and Belmont left in anger.
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Philadelphia
Jane Addams
O. H. P. Belmont
New York
Belmont
Ida Husted Harper
Roosevelt
Miss Addams
Cary Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Thomas
Warren and Sheppard Arrested in Obstructing Justice Case
Fred D. Warren publisher of the Appeal to Reason and attorney J. R. Sheppard were arrested in Girard Kansas on warrants accusing them of obstructing the progress of justice by moving a key witness. Indictments were returned two weeks earlier and Eugene V. Debs was indicted then as well. Debs faces arrest next. The case ties to prior disputes with Leavenworth prison officials. Warren and Sheppard posted bond.
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Leavenworth Prison
Warren
Sheppard
Weather notes from Washington and major cities
Washington and East and West Texas forecast fair conditions for Sunday and Monday. Observations include St Louis 42 degrees with a southwest wind, Chicago 38 with a west wind and fair Sunday, Milwaukee 42 with snowing and north wind, St Paul 26 partly cloudy, Kansas City 44 clear, New York 50 cloudy with possible rain, Boston 46 cloudy with likely rain, and Washington 48 cloudy with a south wind and probable fair Sunday. Highest Saturday temperatures range from 32 to 58 in various cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Accidental gun discharge injures boy during rabbit hunt
Bert Tracy a 14 year old boy was shot accidentally by a comrade during a rabbit hunt at Pine street and the S P tracks. The 22 caliber bullet pierced the mid back and intestines, doctors at Baylor hospital report the condition critical.
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Bert Tracy
C. E. Scoul
A. C. McDaniel
Baylor Hospital
Young Tracy
Tracy
Pine Street
S. P
Youngey
Panion
President McKinley
Burnet Street
Plan War on Chinch Bye
Columbus Texas November 23 The anti horse thief association met to devise ways to destroy the chunch bugs infesting bunch grass. Farmers report the grass is alive with little bugs and they will burn all dead grass to fight the infestation.
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Columbus
Tex
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Saloonkeeners and tobacco dealers held on liquor law charges
Eleven saloonkeepers and tobacco dealers were arrested in Carthage on indictments for violating liquor laws and selling cigarettes to minors. Bond was posted and cases set for the February term. additional warrants and arrests are expected.
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Soplin
Carthage
Organization Forms Citizens Committee for Bond Plan
Charles Graebner chairs a 21 member panel from the Chamber of Commerce to develop a general civic improvements plan tied to a proposed San Antonio bond issue. The group, including ward representatives, will meet November 26 to finalize procedures and report back.
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Citizens’ Committee
Charles Graebner
Chamber of Commerce
Graebner
J. F. Carter
Chamber of Commercce
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce Board
H. L. Halff
H. G. Staacke
J. H. Savage
Jack W. Neal
C. M. Cain
T. Pruitt
Alvert Kronkosky
John T Wilson
Paul Mauereaux
L.B. Clegg
Sam B. Weller
George C. Saur
Frank Winerich
A. B. Weakly
Lee Petrich
Frank Weber
Fred Hummert
Franz Groos
Ed Dreiss
Texas Teachers to Convene in Fort Worth Next Week
State school leaders plan an exodus of up to three thousand educators from state university and Austin for the Texas State Teachers convention in Fort Worth. State Superintendent Bralley and university education head Dr. W S Sutton will depart Wednesday night with other department representatives.
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Austin
Tex
State
University
Fort Worth
Bralley
W. 8. Sutton
Department of Education
Death Sentence Imposed In Oklahoma Killing
In Fort Smith Arkansas on November 23 a Choctaw county jury sentenced John Buxton to death for the murder of Sloan Pool. The panel, which deliberated 15 minutes, also convicted Buxton’s father A F Buxton on a related charge.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Choctaw County
Oklahoma
John Buckston
Sloan Pool
A. F. Buckson
Huntsville residents vow to block penitentiary move
Huntsville residents will oppose any Thirty third legislature effort to move the state penitentiary system. Judge J A Elkins says the people have already raised 100000 dollars to aid a railroad line forming a northern connection from Huntsville.
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Austin
Tex
Huntsville
Thirty-third
J A. Elkins
Boy Confesses To Fires In Springfield Blazes
Herschel McClintock a 10 year old, delighted by fire department runs, confessed to six fires in ten days causing $7000 in losses. Police took him into custody this morning in Springfield.
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Springfield
Herschel McClintock
Bond official denounces Hockin as traitor and jails bid
In Indianapolis on November 2 federal Judge Anderson rejected Herbert Hockin’s $10,000 bail as insufficient and ordered him jailed. Lindsay L. Jewell testified Hockin led a dynamite conspiracy and fed information to Burns and the Brec tors’ association. Judge Anderson also criticized Mary Field and warned a writer from entering his courtroom again.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herbert
Hoekin
International Association of Bridge and Tran
Anderson
Hockin
Lindsay L. Jewell
McClintic ‘Marshall Construction Company
Pittsburg
William J. Burns
Brectors’ Association
Asquith Government in Critical Shape Faces Crisis
London reports the Asquith government in a very precarious position after reasserting the home rule bill. Opponents vow renewed disruption and Speaker Lowther’s alleged bias fuels Liberal concerns, with a risk of resignations and a snap division over alleged cabinet corruption.
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London
Asquith
House of Lords
Lowther
England
Anderson 10 Clear Docket of Deadwood Ahead of New Term
District Judge W. S. Anderson says incoming District Attorney elect Clint G Brown will face a docket cleared of deadwood when he takes office around January 2 1913. He plans to dispose of old cases including capital offenses dating back to the 1880s to give Brown a clean start. He urges any wholesale dismissals occur before Brown assumes office so the new administration begins with a clear record.
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Clint G. Brown
Anderson
Tudge Anderson
Mr. Brown
Brown
Grand Duke Alexis and a Crayfish Prank at Tsarskoe-Selo
Reports from Tsarskoe-Selo describe Czar Nicholas and the imperial family arriving from Shala Russia. Grand Duke Alexis, age nine, reputedly sick with suspected tuberculosis, played a prank by placing five live crayfish in his sister’s bed, causing an uproar after bedtime. In Coldwater Kansas suffragists celebrate voting rights with a bonfire, then fight with men who doused the flames.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
Nicholas
Shala
Russian
Poland
Grand Duke
Alexis
Spain
Monsieur Cuba
St. Petersburg
Cuba
Thanksgiving Turkey to Weatherford Orphans Shipped
Jewel lodge No. 103 of the Knights of Pythias sent one dozen large gobblers to the Widows and Orphans' home at Weatherford for the Thanksgiving dinner in Cuero Texas on November 23.
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Cuero
Tex
Knights of Pythias
Weatherford
Gompers Leads A Gialist By Large Margin At Convention
Rochester November 2 Samuel Gompers captured the AF of L presidency by a large margin over Max Hayes. Hayes conceded, and Gompers led with 11 974 votes to 5074. Haywood assaulted Debs campaign manager J Mahlon Barnes prompting police intervention and a convention pause.
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Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Max of
Cleveland
Iate Typographical Union
Gom Pe
Hayes
James du 1
Mitchell
James O'Connell
A. Hayes
Joseph F. Valentine
J. R. Alpine
H. B. Perham
Frank Morrison
John B. Lennon
Haywood
Convention Hall
Barnes
Debs
Gompers
Big Bill
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Federation
Seattle
Washington
Rail arbitration grants nominal pay rise for rail workers
Private bank and railroad officials report the railway arbitration commission will reveal a nominal wage increase from May 1 this year to May 1 next year. The decision, while set to be public Monday, leaves the broader labor dispute to federal authorities and does not satisfy labor leaders.
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Chicago
Railway Arbitration Commission
Ing
Missing presidential returns lag in Texas counties
Acting Secretary of State reports 173 of 244 Texas counties have sent in results from the presidential election while 71 counties have not yet reported. The secretary notes 244 counties exist but only 173 have submitted, with the rest outstanding.
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Austin
Tex
Elmer Ors
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