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Newspaper
Taylor Weekly Press
Location
Taylor, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
5
The bill finally passed the legislature today after months of debate. Supporters hailed the measure as a major reform while opponents raised concerns about implementation and costs.
The United Press reports the Texas Senate and House advance the Johnson Bill permitting junior colleges to issue teachers certificates. The Holland bill bans mooching and choosing in politics and a special committee studies ware house department bills. The Senate session ends in a deadlock over re appointing C W Woodman as State Labor Commissioner.
A fragment from The Tinsted Press in Washington recounts a cartoonish lament on soap’s loss of liberty. It cites Benjamin Blewett and George Martin as figures, describing soap confined by machines, cords, and buttons, with humorous contrast to its former carefree life.
London dispatch reports a small German warship shelled the Suffolk coast last night with no injuries and only slight damage. The admiralty issued the brief notice confirming the incident.
The four line poem embodies the sentiment of the statue of Inez Milholland Boissevain, the martyr suffragette who died for the cause. Sculptor Paul Swan, known for dancing, also crafts statues and paintings in his studio drawing interest from prominent suffragists.
In San Angelo Texas on Friday the Spannell murder trial enters rebuttal after Harry Spannell rested his defense. He charged that Lieutenant Colonel Butler of the U S Army fired the fatal shot that killed his wife Mrs Crystal Spanell on July 20 1916, shaping a defense that a second murder charge awaits against Spannell. The court heard Spannell recount the fateful events with his famed singing voice drawing both sympathy and curiosity from the crowd.
A New York World excerpt contrasts AFL actions with labor strife as bookkeepers and stenographers employed by the federation press for wage raises, a seven hour day, and a Saturday half holiday. The AFL rejects most demands and its compromise offers are dismissed, while workers threaten a boycott if an employer strike occurs.
District Court actions include Leon Wilson charged with murder in Roy McKinley case, continued to next term. Wilbur Flewellen found guilty of murder and sentenced to 99 years. Other rulings include fines for witnesses, bonds fixed, and several long prison terms for theft, rape, incest, and receiving stolen property.
A Crusader reports ongoing concerns about vice in the city as residents and officials seek solutions. The piece highlights local efforts, debates on enforcement, and calls for stronger action to curb illicit activity.
Three hundred women of the underworld gathered at Rev. Paul Smith's church in San Francisco to plead for help. A spokeswoman tied economic hardship to their plight, asking how faith can coexist with poverty and luxury shoes. Smith pledges aid for women leaving the Tenderloin. Advance on Verdun front reports German gains and a failed French counterattack near Dead Man's Hill. Germans attacked multiple points and suffered heavy losses in Paris dispatches.
In Austin on Friday Representative Doe proposes a Eugenics test for all marriage applicants. Tilotsen seeks emergency funds for West Texas Normal. Deborgy backs charter amendments for 5000 plus. Benson moves land conveyance along Galveston beach. Williams of Brazoria wants ten year ad valorem tax exemptions for Matagorda and Brazoria counties. Governor Ferguson prepared a message urging transfer of the state land office building to Daughters groups for a historical museum and $20000 for equipment. The prohibition submission resolution failed to win final passage in the House, with a vote of 61 for and 48 against. floor leader W D Cope voted against enmressment to enable reconsideration.
In a January 24 1917 letter from Taylor Texas the Mexican Presbyterian Church expresses deep gratitude to J A Thompson for his generosity. The note celebrates the churchs progress and credits his aid as a key factor in their recent success and plans for the new year.
Governor Ferguson plans to appoint Wilbur Allen of Austin as a member of the University Regents board. Allen is a local attorney and former president of the Texas Baseball League.
Calvin McLaren has been granted bail of ten thousand dollars but remains jailed as the bond is not yet posted. The report notes the Grand Trunk Pacific Steamer Prince John is ashore in Wrangell Narrows and leaking badly.
The Vatican ruled that the 1910 marriage of Count Victor Moschini to Miss Olga Lula Davis of Fort Worth Texas is valid and rejected the husband’s petition for annulment. The couple resided in Rome after their wedding. The report also notes Miss Witna Dean and Marjorie Stansell leaving for Georgetown for the weekend.
Mrs Polk Allison of Granger was a visitor in Taylor yesterday. Matt Holub joined other visitors to Austin last evening.
British Labor Party backs President Wilson’s league for enforcing peace with one dissenting vote among 700 delegates. Reports from London and Zurich say the Kaiser plans his 58th birthday as a stage for new peace moves with terms acceptable to the entente, while Berlin contemplates replying to Wilson’s senate speech.
The battleship Mississippi was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company with Secretary of the Navy Daniels present. Miss Camille McBeath of Meridian, Mississippi, daughter of a Democratic committeeman, broke the champagne bottle on the prow as 15,000 spectators looked on. John H. Griffith, T. W. Morse, and Harry Green left for Georgetown on business matters.
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