Continuance 15 Sought in E B Sapp Case
Defense moves for a long continuance in the E B Sapp murder case as Lou Sapp appears in court and judges deny initial motions. The document lists absent witnesses and cites pending bail appeals and defense illness as factors delaying trial proceedings.
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E. B. Sapp
District Court
C. W. Howth
Lou Sapp
Waxahachie
Brazos
Liberty County
Liewellen
Duff
Howth
Morehead
Mr. Howth
E. E. Sapp
B. E Sapp
Frank Hovard
Kerb
Sapp
Dick Watts
Ellen J Sapp
Frank Havard
Watts
Havard
KE. Sapp
James H. Wolf
Guy Speed
Bob Parham
Barney Garrett
G. B. McShane
Tom van Aucken
J. M. Saxon
Grady
Red) O'Neill
Ed Bolen
van Winckle
John Redmond Dies After Operation for Irish Leader
London dispatch reports John Redmond Irish nationalist leader died this morning from heart failure after an operation. He led the Irish parliamentary party for two decades, helped form the Irish convention in 1917 18, rejected partition and urged unity to draft a just constitution for Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pross
London
John Redmond
John
Redmond
Ireland
Irish Parliamary
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Dublin
Belfast
Cork
W. A. Redmond
Wexford
House of Commons
Clongowes Wood College
Kildare
Trinity College
United States
Australia
Johanna Dalton
New South Wales
England
Cardinal Gibbons
Sinn Fein
Ldloyd George
Colorado to Gulf highway route set from Fort Worth to Galveston
The executive committee designated the Fort Worth to Waco segment and the southern path through Burleson Alvarado Grandview Itasca Hillsboro West Waco Marlin Hearne Calvert Bryan Navasota Hempstead Houston Galveston with a military division to Corpus Christi Kingsville. Leaders Talley Gross and others plan community meetings to build and maintain permanent roads.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf
Texas
Waco
Grandview
Corsicana
Burleson
Alvarado
Itasca
Hillsboro
West
Marlin
Hearne
Calvert
Bryan
Navasota
Hempstead
Houston
Galveston
Denver
Brownsville
D. P. Talley
Wichita Falls
W. D. Gross
Childress
Evacuation Underway as Bolsheviks Move Capital
Associated Press report from London on March 6 says Petrograd state ministers and residents are fleeing the city as Bolsheviks plan to relocate the government to Moscow.
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London
Petrograd
Moscow
Four Bryan County Men Depart for Camp Travis Training
Four Bryan and Brazos county youths Davis Cole John Reid Walter W Hicks and Robert Kuberchek left for Camp Travis in San Antonio on Friday The others McCarty and Decarro did not arrive and may come later The 48 colored recruits will be sent when quarters are available Red Cross ladies Mrs Tyler Haswell and Mrs M B Parker presented each man a comfort kit They departed on the I and G N at 12 30.
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Daily Eagle
Bryan
Brazos County
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Davis Cole
John Reid
Walter W Hicks
Robert Kuberchek
McCarty
Joe Decarro
Somerville
Decarro
Tyler Haswell
M. B. Parker
Red Cross
G. N
Manure Free For Texas Farmers At Camp Logan
Federal Food Administrator A Peden announces Major W C Gardenhire at Camp Logan Houston can supply about 400 tons of stable manure daily free of charge. Farmers must arrange railcar delivery and cover freight. Johnson has urged similar deals with camps at Waco Fort Worth and San Antonio.
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Ke. A. Peden
Texas
W. C. Gardenhire
Camp Logan
Houston
I. C
Gardenhire
Johnson
Waco
Ft Worth
San Antonio
Robertson jail doors stand open countywide report
Robertson county reports its jails are empty with no prisoners in county or Hearne and Calvert facilities. The record marks the first time in memory that sheriffs have not housed inmates, and residents celebrate a rare calm in the early March report from Franklin Texas.
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Robertson
Franklin
Tex
Robertson County
Hearne
Calvert
Everett Colby to visit Bryan for food relief talks
Everett Colby of Orange New Jersey, member of the U S food administration’s commission to France, arrives in England with the delegation. He tours London Paris and France, inspecting farms and agricultural centers to assess Europe’s food needs. Colby is a former New Jersey attorney, state representative, senator, and National Guard member. He will be in Bryan March 20.
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Everett Colby
Orange
New Jersey
U. S. Food Administration
France
England
Europe
London
Paris
Colby
New Jersey House of Representaives
New Jersey State Senate
New Jersey National Guard
Bryan
Sears Roebuck Charged Over Sugar Loss Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Sears Roebuck & Co. charging unfair methods of competition. Sears was summoned to answer charges that it advertised sugar at actual loss on the condition that other groceries be bought, with profits from the bundle offsetting the sugar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Control of Railroads Postwar Agreement Reached
Washington March 6 an agreement on government control of railroads for twenty one months after the war was reached by the confer ees on the railroad bill. The rate making authority will be finally set ved upon at a conference tonight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition
Whch
Senate
House
Hobby
Terrell
Wisconsin Assembly Condemns En La Follette
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a condemnation resolution against Senator La Follette by 53 to 32 after a 24 hour deadlock. With 100 members, passage required a majority of the whole, and a prior attempt to raise the call failed, halting business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Assembly
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
State Assembly
la Follette
Assembly
Cotton Crop Sale Tops Local Trade Height
Calvert Texas March 6 Pike Burnett farmer from Brages bottoms sold his 1917 cotton crop of 250 bales to G Bedach for 32 cents a pound. The total near forty five thousand dollars was paid, the largest deal ever made in cotton locally.
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Calvert, Tex
Pike Burnett
Brages Bottoms
G Bedach
United States Views on Siberia Question via Britain
Washington reports the United States has given no direct note to Japan on Siberia. Japan may act to protect Far East peace if German influence harms Vladivostok, with Britain and Japan allied. The U.S. will convey views through Britain and seeks to avoid straining ties by formal approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Japan
Siberian
Great Britain
Siberia
Vladivostok
Far East
Asia
State Department
America
Examinations for Class A-1 Men Complete
Local exemption board reports the Class A-1 physicals finished with only sporadic stragglers. About 43 Black men in the first quota likely to be called around April 15 and sent to camp, with some already in France. A non citizen Italian eager to serve is advised to enlist in Italy. A drafted man’s wife has misused his pay. efforts to transfer funds to his children succeed only if the man can be located in France. No prior case like this is known locally.
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Camp Travis
France
United States
Italy
Hobby seeks suspension of Texas coast fishing laws
Governor Hobby today asked the legislature to suspend fishing laws on the Texas coast to increase food production and conserve meat by allowing taking of fish oysters and shrimp from salt waters. Seven other minor subjects were submitted at the request of members.
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Associated Press
Austin
Hobby
Texas
Daniels Orders d-Mile Dry Zone Naval Camps
Secretary Daniels ordered five mile dry zones around eight permanent naval training stations and camps including Mare Island Vallejo and Great Lakes near Chicago while allowing liquor in private homes. He cites saloon influence near Mare Island and protest from church members urging closure to protect sailors.
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Washington
Daniels
Great Lakes
Chicago
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Mare Island
Cal
Quantico
Port Royal
S. C
Vallejo
Navy Yard
British Raids On German Trenches Reported Successful
London says three British raids on German trenches met with success. Early this morning east of Bullecourt British forces captured prisoners and two machine guns. A second raid and another repelled attack occurred southeast of Gouzecourt.
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Associated Press
London
Bullecourt
Gouzecourt
President plans to seize German docks at Hoboken
President Wilson intends to take over the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd docks and wharves at Hoboken New Jersey. He has asked that the urgency deficiency bill be amended to give authority to do this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
French war veteran Frank Goldsell charged in multimillion theft
Washington March 6 Frank Goldsell a former French army private was arrested on a warrant from the French embassy accusing him of larceny of three and a half to six million dollars from the French through truck and auto contracts.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Frank Goldsell
Government Control Considered for Packing Industry
Senator Kenyon of Iowa proposed government control and operation of the packing industry during the war. He spoke before the Senate Agriculture Committee in Washington on March 6.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Kenyon
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Jon Redmond
Colorado
Food Administration
Liberia
Britain
D-Mile
Lake Front
Loop
House of Representatives
Hoboken
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