Woman Dies in Blaze at 1507 Jones Avenue San Antonio
Mrs. Lizzie Godwin aged 89 was found burned to death in her kitchen at 1507 Jones Avenue San Antonio early Monday Neighbors found the charred body around 9 am Police held an inquest Judge Ben S Fisk and officials believe a shawl ignited while she lifted a stove lid She had lived in San Antonio two years coming from Laredo where she taught in public schools The tragedy ends a long residence in Texas.
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Lizzie Godwin
Wis
Jones Avenue
San Antonio
Ben S. Fisk
Laredo
The
Antonio Public
Hawkins fate unded. undecided. jurors fail to agree
The San Antonio jury deliberated about sixty hours in the J. M. Hawkins case charged with criminal assault on a girl under age. They reported to Judge W. Anderson an inability to reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial and dismissal. Hawkins claimed alibi driving two soldiers from Camp Travis on October 12. Emerick, charged in a companion case, is set for Friday at 9 30. A fifty man special venire will be summoned.
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San Antonio
J. M. Hawkins
W. >. Anderson
Anderson
Hawkins
Camp Travis
Howard Emerick
Mrs Susan E Pfeuffer Dead In San Antonio
Mrs Susan E Pfeuffer died suddenly at home night at 020 Grayson Street San Antonio age unknown. She had lived in San Antonio for seventeen years. Survived by children A Pfeuffer Frank Pfeuffer Lettie Pfeuffer and J L Ripley all in Texas plus George Harvey of Pennsylvania and Capt K Gravis of San Antonio. sister Mrs Laura D Camera of Laredo. brother Capt K Gravis. Body sent to New Braunfels for burial in Comal County family lot.
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Pfeutier
Jim Yuesdas
Lido O'Clock
Grayson Street
San Antonio
A. + Pfeutier
New Braunfels
Frank Pfeutier
Cuba
J. L. Ripley
Lettie Pfeutier
George Harvey
Pennsylvanias
Daughter Finds Mother With Bullet In Brain
Mrs Catherine Coulter aged 40 was found dead with a bullet wound to the forehead at 305 South Nueva Street. Discovered by her daughter Mary Catherine when she returned from school. She had recently suffered her husband’s death and was said to be in ill health. No message left. a pistol lay nearby. Survived by daughter, son, step children, a brother and sisters living outside the city. Also note an unrelated ad about pickles and sauerkraut arriving at Knopp and Schneider.
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Catherine Coulter
Nueva Street
Mary Catherine
Coulter
San Antonio
Charles
Lacey
Rochester
Minn
Robert G. Coulter
Camp Travis
City
Oscar Graham Company Presents My Country ’Tis of Thee
Miss Irene Edwards, a young reading lady with Oscar Graham's Company, and Ruth Chandler return with the new play My Country ’Tis of Thee. The patriotic comedy, clean and wholesome, features fine staging and costumes. Performance at Klaerner's Opera House on Sunday night, Dec 16.
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Irene Edwards
Reading
Oscar Graham
Ruth Chandler
Graham
Kklaerner’s
Opera House
Austria Loses Battleship Wien Sunk in Night Attack
London reports via Associated Press that the battleship Wien, of 5,512 tons with 441 men, was torpedoed and sunk Sunday night. Most of the crew were saved. The ship carried 5.9 inch guns and torpedo tubes, details confirmed by a Vienna official statement received through Amsterdam.
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Associated Press
London
Ansee Eee Wien
Vienna
Amsterdam
Central News
Wien
Zone Shipment Plan Eases War Stock Congestion
The zone system for live stock, run by the Food Administration, goes into effect nationwide after a successful Kansas City trial starting November 12. It divides the area around centers into zones with fixed shipping days to smooth movement, stabilize prices, and cut car and pen congestion. Early results show heavier receipts at Kansas City but with easier handling and reduced spoilage and delays.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Chicago
Imore T
Commission Nen
Packers
Webb export bill passes Senate amid anti trust suspensions
Washington D C Dec 12 The Webb export Bill to legalize combinations of American exporters in promoting foreign commerce passes the Senate 51 to 11 President Wilson urged enactment in a recent address to Congress The measure which the House approved last June now goes to conference and its supporters call it the first step in the President s domestic program It suspends provisions of the Sherman and Clayton acts against combinations for foreign selling provided trade in the United States is not affected.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Webb
Senate
Wilson
Congress
House
Fragmentary 19th Century Trade Quotation
A preserved fragment cites restraints on fall actions and artificial acts affecting prices within the United States or commodities exported. The text hints at agreements altering natural consequences and market behavior in a historical trade context.
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United States
Masi Shot to Death in San Antonio Incident
Henry Coy a 26 year old musician was shot in his Omaha Street area home. Miss Rebelda Ceceilia accuses a former lover of the crime claiming she was attacked and cut across the face with a razor before the assailant fled. Police traced the shooter but he remains at large as Ceceilia is held.
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Henry Coy
Rebelda Ceceilia
Omaha
Ceceilia
William Grove
Joe Wassenich
Central
Jim Ste
Cook
Nor- Lonnie Crow
Ace
Jon
Coy
J. W. Carruthers
Detective Bureau
Statement Leads DA Office Tragedy Inquiry In Houston Ties
A woman testified yesterday in the District Attorney office claiming innocence in a tragedy. Later investigation revealed that the man named in her statement had recently resided in Houston.
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Ceceilia
Houston
Germans Renew West Front Drive Near Cambrai
London dispatch reports a German offensive west of Cambrai as heavy artillery precedes a push between Bullecourt and Queant. Despite numerically superior forces Bavarians failed to break British lines, with only a minor gain and British defense holding firm aside from a single breach in the front.
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Associated Press
London
Ger
Cambrai
Bullecourt
Queant
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Byng
War proclamation eases Austro Hungarian and German restrictions
Washington December 12 President Wilson issued a proclamation declaring war with Austria Hungary and stated that naturalized Austro Hungarians and Germans in the United States may live and travel freely. The draft notes emphasize loyalty of many Austro Hungarian laborers to the allied cause and foresee few new restraints despite the state of war.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Home Christmas For Men Is Unlikely
Washington dispatch reports the War Department will not grant Christmas furloughs to National Army men unless they live within trolley distance of their cantonments. Policy narrows travel, leaving soldiers stationed far from home without holiday leave.
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Associated Press
Washington, P
N National Army
War Department
Guns in Moscow 87 report grave patrol unrest
A Petrograd dispatch says Bolsheviki have machine guns in Moscow and fear an uprising as garrison injuries and detachments move from the west front toward the sea against the Cossacks. A private soldier named Noff is noted amid the disturbance.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Petrograce- Bolsheviki
Namec Noff
Prinup Promotion at Fredericksburg Publisher Co Neat
An advertisement urges readers to bring their commercial prinup to the Fredericksburg Publisher Co for quick service. The call emphasizes neat, fast, and inexpensive handling, signaling a promotional offer aimed at local businesses and printers seeking rapid turnaround.
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The
Fredericksburg Publisher Co
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Ays Ous
Susan E. Pfeuffer
Tf Knopp & Schneider
Barrier-Maier Co
Austria
Santa Claus
Hohmann & Stehling
Cian
Masi
Post Office
District of Columbia
Gus
Malcho
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