Railroad Men Seek 5 Percent Freight Rate Increase East of Mississippi
Daniel Willard of B and O Frederick A Delano of Wabash and George Peterson of Pennsylvania pressed the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on authority to raise freight rates about five percent for all classes east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. They argued that rates must yield adequate revenues and warned the decision would set an epoch for private capital and transportation, citing rising wages taxes and operating costs.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel Willard
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash
George
Peterson
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
United States
Willard
Mr. Willard
George M. Schriever
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Owen Opens Debate on Currency Bill
Senator Owen opened Senate debate on the administration currency bill, outlining how the plan would operate and opposing the Aldrich plan. Senator Hitchcock will present a competing bill drawn by himself and five Republicans. Secretary Adoo attended, and guests for the Wayne wedding were in the executive gallery.
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Washington, D. C
Owen
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Hitchcock
Banking Committee
Adoo
Wayre
Eleanor
Margaret Wilson
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Money Trust
Roses in Full Bloom Highlight Newport Winter Resort Hopes
In Newport on November 24, roses bloom on Mrs. Essie French Vanderbilt’s Harbor View estate and dahlias color city gardens, signaling Newport’s potential as a winter resort. Unseasonably warm weather has prompted several locals to take swims in the surf.
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Newport
R. L
Essie French Vanderbilt
Harbor View
Frederick Prim Garretson
Local forecast for San Antonio area unsettled with showers
Unsettled tonight and Tuesday in San Antonio and vicinity with probable showers. Winds light, temperatures mild as a weather pattern persists across the region.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At Eight A.M.
Weather across major cities reports clear skies and light to moderate winds. St Louis 42 degrees, Chicago 38, Milwaukee 32, St Paul 30, Kansas City 42, Boston 40, Washington 40. Tuesday shows fair conditions with low temperatures near listed values.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
Boston
Washington
Leased Wire Day report details from AP for The Light
The San Antonio Light relies on the Associated Press Leased Wire Day service for its daily news, a wide exclusive source of approximately 20,000 words. The paper also carries its own extensive local news service for additional reporting.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Panama Canal Opening Date Remains Uncertain
Colonel Goethals submits annual canal report to Secretary Garrison detailing unpredicted slide dangers at Culebra cut and the plan to dredge channels. The article outlines dredges, water management, and the choice of wet methods over steam shovels to ensure passage of ships once full depth is reached, with potential opening delayed beyond 1914.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Goethals
Canal Commission
Garrison
Culebra
Gatun
Gamboa Dike
Great Ocean
Colonel Goethals
Pacific Coast
Goebels
Gamboa _ dike
Gatun Lake
Two Army Aviators Killed in San Diego Accident
Lieuts Ellington of North Carolina and Kelly of Kentucky died in an 80 foot fall from an aircraft near the Army school on North Island across the bay from San Diego. Both were single and held prior service in U S Army units with extensive aviation assignments.
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San Diego
Cal
Ellington
Kelly
Army Aviation Corps
Army School
North Island
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Third Cavalry
Washington, D. C
Government
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
North Carolina
J. ©. Ellington
Raleigh
Aviation Service
Marblehead
Mass
College Park
Palm Beach
Fla
Texas City
Tex
Aeronautic Divison
Louisville native Lt. Hugh M. Kelly dies in air crash
Lieutenant Hugh M. Kelly, native of Louisville, was killed in an aeroplane accident today. He had served as commandant at a state university and was the son of Colonel R. M. Kelly, longtime editor of the Louisville Commercial.
Flood Aid Push From Mississippi Valley States
States of the Mississippi valley plan to press Congress for federal flood control aid. Southern and regional delegations will assemble early in Washington to urge national government support for levee construction. Committee chair Sparkman schedules a hearing as business and agricultural leaders from Illinois Missouri Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana pledge to attend.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Or Ae
Sparkman
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wilson's Message to Congress Is Near Ready
President Wilson's annual message will be finished tomorrow and read to Congress. Delivery depends on the convenience of both houses for a joint session. He is expected to urge early action on the currency bill and outline the administration's stance on trust legislation while directing committees to draft remedies. The Mexican situation also likely will be noted.
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Washington
D. C
Congressional
Bullfighters Forge School in Cordova to Train New Talent
In Cordova Spain on November 24 a new bullfighter school opened with a $100000 fund raising for its founding. It is the first of its kind aside from Seville and reflects a rivalry between local fighters and Seville entrants. A long list of applicants seeks admission.
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Cordova
Spain
Seville
Man claims Mary as cousin as he marks 103rd birthday
Lancaster Massachusetts November 24 Richard K Powers who says he is related to Mary Sawyer the girl behind Mary Marys Lamb recently celebrated his 103rd anniversary Powers notes Mary and her lamb were born twins on the Sawyer farm in March 1814 and he is a cousin of Powers from the same family line.
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Lancaster
Mass
Richard K. Powers
Mary
Mary Sawyer
Powers, Heavers
Sawyer
Stock Judges at Work in Fort Worth Show
Judging for the National Feeders and Breeders' show began in Fort Worth this morning with cattle in car lots as the first class. Agricultural and mechanical college students joined the competition. This is press day with a banquet for about 200 newspaper men tonight and the horse show opens tonight.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
Rainfall Floods San Antonio Area Cut Roads and Delays
Heavy rains swept Texas with San Antonio reporting 2.50 inches by today and floods threatening bridges. San Pedro creek and Alazan creeks rose, streets flooded, and a major cave-in disrupted Fredericksburg road traffic. Rainfall totals for the year reach 31.91 inches, threatening a yearly record.
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San Antonio
United States
San Pedro
West Commerce Street
Cameron Street
Salinas Street
Leal Corrals
South Laredo
South Flores Streets
Alazan Creek
High One
Fredericksburg
Blanco Road
West Houston
Zarzamora
del Rio
Abilene
Taylor
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
Middle West
Mexico
Northwest
City Faces Urgent Need for Sewer Drainage After Winter Rain
Heavy rainfall exposes the urgent requirement for proper storm drainage as soaked ground cannot absorb water and low areas become flooded due to dumps and street grades.
Millet Fire Destroys Five General Stores and Drug Store
A major blaze in Millet near Cotulla destroyed the entire business district including five general stores and a drug store. Fire started in the depot early Sunday and spread with no local fire apparatus. Loss estimated between 50 000 and 0 000 with limited insurance coverage.
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Millet
Cotulla
D. J. Connell
W. C. Baker
Charles Harr
J. M. Fairchild
J. A. Ferguson
Miller Mercantile Company
Baker & Ferguson
Giant 50 Foot Christmas Tree Planned for Grant Park
In Chicago on November 24 the Grant Park committee announced a mammoth Christmas tree for poor children. The 50 foot tree will stand on a central pedestal in frost and lights with artists and architects shaping the decorative scheme. The festival opens at sundown with chimes at the Art Institute, a chorus on the terrace, and a rocket to light the tree.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Art Institute
Exiles Suffering In Berlin Hunger and Disease Told
An appeal published in European papers details hunger disease and ill treatment of Russian political prisoners and exiles. Hundreds of prominent Germans English and French signers say deaths by suicide are rising among the banished offenders. The signers plan a committee to collect and publish acts.
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Berlin
Germany
England
France
Tetanus Death Claims Dr. T. B. Hott in Brownsville
Tetanus from a rusty needle caused the death of Dr. T. B. Hott, 48, formerly a physician in Spartanburg, now resident in Brownsville Texas for health. He graduated from Tulane University. Relatives live in Spartanburg. The Navy, 24.
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Brownsville
Tex
Navy
T. B. Hott
Spartanburg
US. C
Tulane University
General Wood Recovers From Paring Fall At Fort Myer
Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff of the army was bruised but uninjured after a fall from his horse at Fort Myer Virginia. He and his daughter were riding when the horse jumped a ditch and threw him to the ground. He regained consciousness and remounted to ride to his quarters.
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Leonard Wood
Army
Fort Myer
Washington, D. C
War Department
Stockholders to Meet After Death of Texas Company Chief
New York and Chicago financiers arrived in Houston for a stockholders meeting of the Texas Company. A power struggle follows the death of Charles G. Gates. E. C. Lufkin is backed to succeed J. S. Cullinan and lead the executive committee, while Cullinan supporters seek directorate control. Guggenheim interests are said to back Lufkin, with reports of a possible move of headquarters to Chicago or New York as the $40,000,000 firm contemplates its future.
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Houston
Tex
New York
Chicago
Texas Company
Charles G. Gates
E. C. Lufkin
J. S. Cullinan
Cullinan
Guggenheim
Lufkin
Executive Committee
Murder trial begins in Poteau over Kansas City Express shooting
John Sick of Kansas City Missouri express messenger went on trial here for the June murder of Pat Dawson a Poteau resident aboard a Kansas City Southern train. Sick says Dawson and a companion planned a train hold up and he fired after Dawson moved toward him. The state contends Dawson was shot with hands raised. The case was to be submitted to a jury tonight.
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Poteau
Okla
John Sick
Kansas City
Pat Dawson
Kansas City Southern
Sick
Dawson
Tango forbidden by Berlin officers disrupts diplomat dance
Emperor Williams bans tango and other formal wear dances for German army and navy officers. In Berlin the rule spreads to the diplomatic circle, prompting a Thanksgiving dinner dance program revision. The tango and two step are removed from the main program but may be danced later after official guests depart.
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Berlin
Emperor Williams
Refugee flux from Monterey shocks Laredo border
Nov 24 report from Laredo says the first Monterey train carried about 50 men and 200 Mexicans, many seeking work, crossing the bridge after shortages. Rumors of renewed constitutionalist attacks flare as Americans beg consular aid while wages drop to 75 cents a day and fear spreads of Nuevo Laredo being attacked.
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Laredo
Mex
Monterey
Torreon
Durango
Nuevo Larédo
Huerta Regime Faces Prolonged Campaign and Financial Strain
Nov 24 Bystander reports Huerta remains stubborn amid rumors of resignation as Congress debates presidential ratification and possible new elections. Provisional Huerta plans to stay, while Mexico's finances deteriorate with new taxes, silver scarcity, and bank doubts. Military news is scattered with conflicting reports on campaigns and frontier actions.
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Mexico City
Huerta
United States
Gress
Congr
Fluerta
Rei
Isc
Republic
Clytoria
Kpas
Rubio
Reon
Durango
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