Wilson hailed in England as greatest man in world today
London dinner for American officers ends in ovation for President Wilson. Asquith lauds Wilson's war leadership and push for a league of nations. Sims says submarine menace ended as builds outpace sinkings. Biddle notes Americans in training at 70 to 80 points in England and Scotland.
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Wilson
England
London
Asquith
League of Nations
Sims
General Biddle
Scotland
Women Prepare to Vote in County Primaries Amid Registration Rush
In the county the tally shows 651 women registered at the courthouse with more than a thousand expected statewide. Special deputies report slow reporting from rural precincts as last minute registrations surge ahead for the primaries two weeks away. Names listed by precinct reflect a broad female turnout across Precincts 2 through 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 with many entries of Mrs and Miss owners and household names.
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Daily Eagle
McCulloch
Court House
R. R. Shaw
J. J. Jones
J. A. Gandy
Addie Todd Jones
Jessie Sebesta
Guy F. Boyett
Blanche Silvey
V. J. Boriskie
J. L. Stasney
Mary Jessie Stone
A. H. Leidigh
S. A. Goodwin
Sophia Vavia
Addean Henry
Ruth H. Clark
Emily N. P. Nagle
J. T. Fuller
Anna Holland
Amanda J. Hall
Adele Hall
Linnie Holligan
Carrie Jones
Lessie Hugghins
G. P. Edge
C. Koontz
Charles E. Locke
Eva L. Thompson
May Stevener
Rose Bolmonskie
C. H. Moehlman
L. T. Evans
J. H. Burden
R. B. Welch
J. M. Mike
T. H. Franklin
Lula Mike
T. H. Darwin
Jessamine J. Burton
Nettie Cole
W. W. Foster
E. J. Fountain
E. H. P. Bain
G. M. Brandon
Geo. A. Adams
W. L. Houston Sr
Lurline Houston
Marta Hall
C. M. Evans
Dosia Locke
Inezanning Reese
Laurisa Rosier
Annie Belle Batte Miller
Curtis Gray
E. Dawson
Elizabeth Wilcox Brock
Della Bullock
Martha Martin
Dell Griffith
M. E. Broach
Horace Dansby
P. M. Raysor
Lucie Williamson Chance
Georgia Williamson Chatham
Norma D. Elliott
Alline Cazell
Emmie Vick
Cliff Martin
Ula Fletcher
Albert Bullock
T. C. Nunn
Esther Newland
Robert Armstrong
Otto Boehme
Davie Crenshaw
B. F. Lemon
M. P. Manville
Lillie Stallings
Women Voter Registration Surges Before Primary Day
Up to noon today 400 women in the county had registered to vote in the upcoming primary three weeks away. The list includes dozens of new registrants across precincts 1 through 11, with special deputies aiding rural precincts. Final registration day is next Friday.
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Daily Eagle
McCulloch
Lyonna Burros
Erin Simpson
Mollie Dunlap
Nannie May Williams
Etta Godly
Ida Fuqua
Emma Williams
E. L. Dunlap
Ida Atkins
Anton Zak
A. W. Royder
J. W. Turek
Mary Watthaber
Mary Zak
Louis Wermelskirchen
Edna Wade
Tobe Curee
J. H. Reed
Bertie Risinger
J. EB. Bullock
M. J. Rains
Lee Graham
Lawrence Komer
Mary Elzner
J. M. Cross
Elizabeth Bukowski
C. C. Dulaney
Teresie Zemanek
Anna Havel
Della Hudspeth
Katie Wehrman
Mary Wolf
L. E. Morehead
Ellen Rigby
James L. Edge
Commye Little Buchanan
Alma Higgs
Madie B. Lawrence
Lottie Nunn
FE. J. Jenkins
Marie Lura
Ida Martin
T. B. Martin
Mary Mateus
Bertha Turner
Anna Lavender
Adeline Plagens
Erma Cloud
W. C. Cloud
R. Griffith
W. F. Terry
C. E. Turner
Lola Wilson
A. Y. Patterson
John Daly, Jr
Donie Munday
E. E. Graham
Frank McGee
C.H. Andrews
Bonnie Jones
Mame Mawhinney
J. R. Sanders
W. G. Hajek
H. Mochran
Addie Denman
Dora Richardson
J. C. Hall
Weihse Sehmer Wedding at Kurten
Reynold Weihse and Miss Ida Sehmer wed at the Lutheran church in Kurten last Sunday at 10 am with a large crowd in attendance. Rev Freiley officiated and the couple will reside near North Zulch where the groom farms.
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Reynold Weihse
Ida Sehmer
Kurten
Freiley
North Zulch
First Load of Wheat Shown in Bryan Streets
A Bryan resident reports a tenant on the Carl Cole farm delivered what may be the town’s first threshed wheat. The 25 bushels came from five acres and was taken to Lawler mill to be cleaned and ground into flour.
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Carl Cole
Bryan
Lawler
Precinct Based List Of Local Ladies By Precinct 4 5 6 9 10 11
A roster of names appears grouped by precincts 4 through 11 including Mrs. Zula Robinson Maddie Hengarling C F Bullock Bessie Hengarling W Emmett Moody Augusta Forsthoff R W Howell Albina Kadanka W Wisniewski Albina Reymond Helen K Sample Marvin Baker Ollie Scott Jodie Fender R E Baker I H Haltom W S Johnson Dora Poole J W Hamilton W P Traut Lessie Beal A A Stovall and many others listed for each precinct in a civic or social directory.
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John Reed
O. J. Cowan
Carrie Gandy
Josie Stasney
L. J. Krenek
Zula Robinson
Maddie Hengarling
C. F. Bullock
Bessie Hengarling
W. Emmett Moody
Augusta Forsthoff
R. W. Howell
Albina Kadanka
W. F. Wisniewski
Albina Reymond
Helen K. Sample
Marvin Baker
Ollie Scott
Marion Miller
Jodie Fender
R. E. Baker
I. H. Haltom
W. S. Johnson
Dora Poole
J. W. Hamilton
W. P. Traut
Lessie Beal
T. H. Bond
I. Welch Wipprecht
C. E. Dansby
J. J. Tatum
Alice Barak
A. W. Buchanan
J. Frank Hairston
N. A. Withers
H. L. Russell
A. E. Harder
Walter J. Higgs
Corene Franklin
Gladys Franklin
Cotton Mill Men Call for Government Warehouse Chain
In Shreveport two soldiers of the 141st Texas National Guard were injured in a night train wreck near Haughton and Deylene Louisiana. The wounded include T P Houston Caldwell Texas Joseph Allen Tatum Texas and Sergeant Tom Guernsey Laredo. The wreck overturned four troop cars into a ditch. In Boston the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers advocates a government funded chain of cotton warehouses to support a proposed government purchase corporation.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Boston
Texas Bankers’ Association
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Bryan District Office Tendered to U S Labor Bureau
The Bryan and Brazos County Commercial Association tentatively accepted a proposal to host a United States Employment Service district office. Be A. Davidson, under Texas federal director H. W. Lewis, would run the office with local facilities and a club stenographer funded by public money for wartime and postwar labor needs.
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Employment Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Citizens of
Bryan
Bryan and Brazos County
E. J. Fountain
Davidson
United States Employment Service
Greer
Houston
Galveston
Texas
Bureau
Mexico
Astin
Lewis
W. C. Davis
Commissioners’ Court
Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Names Fort Worth Officials
Henry Lucas is appointed auditor and L. D. Perkinson local treasurer of the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf railway. Their headquarters will be at Fort Worth.
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Chicago
Henry Lucas
L. D. Perkinson
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Fort Worth
Exemption Board Tightens Scrutiny of Affidavits and Exemptions
The Brazos county exemption board warns against careless affidavits and notes most claims for deferred classification arise from agricultural and industrial grounds handled by the district board in Houston. Officials plan a county meeting to explain draft rules, seeking public cooperation as Uncle Sam demands more men.
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District Board
Houston
County Council of Defense
Brazos County
Sam
White soldier at Camp MacArthur hanged for assault
Waco July 11 Nat Hoffman a white soldier was hanged early today at Camp MacArthur for criminal assault on a school girl last April. Hoffman's mother resides in Pittsburgh, Pa. She has been notified of the execution. Hoffman said little except that he deserved his fate. Few witnessed the execution.
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Associated Press
Waco
Nat Hoffman
Camp MacArthur
Foffman
Pittsburg
Hoffman
Bandits Rob Katy Train Near Paola Take Cards and Safe
Evening robbery near Paola Kansas with bandits holding up the Katy train last night. Four registered packages were taken none believed to contain valuables a small safe was also seized the contents of which are unknown according to mail clerk W P Colton.
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Associated Press
Paola
Marais-de-Cygne
Katy
Musbene
Kan
W. P. Colton
Jewelry worth fifty dollars tops the robbed car
Kansas City officials of American Express Co report the most valuable item left in the car by robbers was jewelry valued at fifty dollars.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
American Express Co
Timid Rumanians Lost Chance to Battle Huns
Washington reports President Wilson vetoed extending railroad control relinquishment. General Mackensen says Romania could have pocketed German Bulgarian forces in Dobruja in 1917. Bucharest politicians recall Averescu’s 1916 Danube crossing and missed chance to cut enemy lines.
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Washington
Wilson
Railroad Administration
London
Rumania
Dobrudja
Mackensen
Bucharest
Averescu
Danube
Romania
U-Boat Sunk By Steamer After Attacking Lake Forest
New York reports a German submarine attacking the American steamship Lake Forest about 1500 miles off Cape Henry during a return voyage to Europe. After a two hour running fight the steamer's guns are believed to have sunk the U-boat. Captain Herbert R O Johnson Navy reserve officers praise him for sinking the U-boat.
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Associated Press
New York
Lake Forest
Cape Henry
Europe
Herbert R. O. Johnson
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Cavitt Shows Promising Corn Crop Near Town
W. R. Cavitt displays samples of white and yellow dent corn from his edge of town fields. The ears impress observers with a fine appearance and Cavitt expects 35 to 40 bushels per acre, suggesting reduced need for bought feed in the season ahead.
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W. R. Cavitt
Eagle
Chinese envoy Tail Tcheng Lin named diplomat to Holy See
Rome reports Tail Tcheng Lin former minister to Spain and Portugal is sent by the Chinese Republic to Rome as minister to the Holy See. The appointment places a Chinese representative at the Vatican to manage church relations and diplomacy.
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Holy See
Associated Press
Rome
Chinese Republic
Tail Tcheng-Lin
Spain
Portugal
German Foreign Secretary Resignation Accepted
Paris reports that the German emperor has accepted Dr Richard von Kuehlmann resignation as foreign secretary Basel dispatch to Havas agency notes Admiral von Hintze is expected to succeed him as minister at Christiania and former minister to Mexico
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Paris
Richard von Kuehlmann
Basel
Havas
Admiral von Hintze
Christiania
Mexico
Pan German Victory in Kuehlmann Fall
London dispatches say the fall of von Kuehlmann was arranged by German army headquarters and marks the introduction of an open pan German regime. It is described as the biggest victory in a series and anticipates Admiral von Hinze’s appointment, seen as signaling policy change, while socialists threaten to oppose war credit.
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Associated Press
London
von Kuehlmann
Germany
Holland
Admiral von Hinze
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