Ownership Statement for Fredericksburg Standard 1917 Oct 1
The Fredericksburg Standard weekly publication lists editor and publisher Robert Penniger with Fredericksburg Texas as address. Owners include Penniger August Zincke A W Kothe A P Petsch H R Hohenberger Albert Koennecke Miss Alvina Gold R E Jordan Otto Kolmeier Wm Bruns W Z Bates J G Wehmeyer Willie Habe nicht Max Sehmidt Michael Gerhard and Alfred Basse of Texas. Bondholders include Van Rusenberger of Fredericksburg Texas. Sworn October 4 1917 before Herman Usener Co Clerk Gillespie County Texas.
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Fredericksburg Standard
Fredericksburg
Texas
Robert Penniger
Same
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
August Zineke
A. W. Kothe
A. P
Petsch
H. R. Hohenberger
Albert Koennecke
Alvina Gold
R. E. Jordan
Otto Kolmeier
Wm. Bruns
W. Z. Bates
J. G. Wehmeyer
Willie Habenicht
Max Sehmidt
Michael Gerhard
Alfred Basse
San Antonio
Bombing Raid Hits German Cities From London Raid
International News Service reports German cities including Frankfurt on the Main Treves Koblenz and Stuttgart were bombed by aircraft last night in a major reprisal raid. London endured a two hour assault with ten killed and thirty eight injured as total casualties since September 24 reach fifty two dead and 258 injured.
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International News Service
London
Frankfort-on-the-Mai
Hrenen
Frankfort
Treves
Coblenz
Stuttgart
Governor Hobby Signs Local Bills and Hunting Rules
Governor Hobby signed several local bills and minor resolutions in Austin on October 2. Laws affect Trinity, Coleman, Newton, Llano, Titus, Red River, Madison Counties, and Ben Wheeler and Oakland school districts. A closed season for fur bearing animals runs March 1 to November, with a January to July squirrel season in specified counties and a five per day limit. Wild turkeys may be hunted only in March and April with a two-turkey season limit.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Trinity
Coleman
Newton
Llano
Titus
Red River
Madison
Ben ° Wheeler
Oakland
General Land Office
Department of Agriculture
Angelina
Cherokerg
Hardin
Liberty
Nacogdochés
Datl Rockwall
Tyler
Jefferson
Othe
Jasper
Explosion Wreck At Cotton Gin North Of Here
A cotton gin eight miles north of Gin Moulton was totally destroyed by a boiler explosion Friday. One owner Dick Kloopiman was badly scalded. Damage estimated around 5000 dollars.
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Flatonia
Moulton
Here
Dick Kloopiman
War Restaurants and Labor Unrest Across U S
Washington reports a wartime plan to establish war restaurants to aid undernourished families as wages rise and strikes surge. Carl Vrooman urges affordable, nourishing meals. public guidance aims to help workers feed families amid high food costs.
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Nternational News Service
Washington, D. C
United States
Carl Vroo
Illinois Negro Infantrymen Ordered to Camp Logan
The Sth Illinois Negro Infantry is ordered to Camp Logan Houston. Brigadier General Todd, acting commander of the 38th Division, says Negro troops nationwide will be attached at concentration camps and cantonments for field service to divisions for their states. The 8th Division will be brought to full strength and become a separate unit under Maj. Gen. George Bell Jr., totaling about 30,007 officers and enlisted men with the division.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Sth
Illinois
Camp Logan
Todd
Washington
Jf George Bell Jr
Justice Brandeis Named U.S. Peace Representative
Washington dispatch reports Justice Brandeis of the U S Supreme Court to assist Colonel House at the world peace table. Brandeis will study the near eastern question while House handles western war problems. The arrangement aims to form the basis for America’s peace contentions.
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
America
Justice Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Colonel House
Wilson
West
Mexican miners march on Clifton in fifteen hundred clash
A 400 strong group of armed Mexican miners marching from Morenci toward Clifton, Arizona was dispersed by deputies early today. Seventy three were arrested after Governor Campbell requested troops to protect mine property. No settlement exists between strikers and mine owners. The sheriff warned of possible further trouble as many escapeces remain at large and the objective appeared to be a general white purge.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Morenci
Clifton
She‘itt
Campbell
S. P. Takes Liberty Bonds
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific Company executive committee, announced in New York on October 1 that Southern Pacific subscribed to 5 million dollars of the new 4 percent Liberty loan bonds as its share of the issue.
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Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
New York
Southern Pacife
Pew
Pfeuffer Co Fire Destroys Timber Yard and Depot
A Saturday morning blaze at Pfeuffer Cedar Co depots and yards destroyed about 30000 worth of timber and cut stock plus office fixtures and pay envelopes. The fire began in the old depot filled with hay, and Santa Fe cars were damaged. Insurance covers 20000 of the timber. Rebuilding on a larger scale will start, with temporary HQ in a garage.
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Pfeuffer Cedar Co
Aubrey McLean
Santa Fe
Paul Watson
Lence
Lometa
Registrants Ignore Call to Service in Webb County
Special Telegram from Laredo Texas reports that of seventy four registrants summoned to appear before the Webb County exemption board today, thirty seven were chosen to entrain for Camp Travis Monday. Forty four answered the call, nine were excused due to appeals or illness, and twenty one Mexican American registrants failed to appear, possibly shipped to Mexico. The failure to appear will require recalling more registrants as the prior list is exhausted. All Americans summoned appeared.
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Laredo
Tex
Webb County
Camp Travis
District
Mexico
No- Big Railroad Accident in Oklahoma
A Frisco passenger train No. 7 collided head on with a troop supply train two miles west of Kellyville Oklahoma at 2 30 PM causing heavy casualties Twenty persons were killed and at least eighty were injured The chair car was telescoped into the smoker and many passengers suffered severe injuries Experts say misinterpretation of orders caused the crash as troops from Missouri and Kansas were being mobilized from Fort Sill
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Tula
Okla
Frisco
Kellyville
Fort Sill
Missouri
Kansas
I W W Leaders Arrested in Chicago Case
William D. Haywood and eight I W W leaders were jailed by federal authorities in default of bonds from ten to twenty five thousand dollars. They were the first arrested after indictments charging 166 officers and members of conspiring against the government.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
Society
New Adjutant General Named for Texas
Austin September 28 Senator James A Harley of Seguin in the Twenty first district was appointed ad jutant general of Texas by Governor Hobby. The appointment becomes effective October. Harley succeeds Henry Hutchings who resigned last month to join the National Army as brigadier general.
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Austin
Texas
James A. Harley
Seguin
Twenty-first Yee
Hobby
Harley
Henry Hutchings
Hutchings
National Army
Japan explains Monroe Doctrine in Asia and beefless day
New York reports Viscount Ishii’s dinner remarks clarifying Japan’s stance on not violating China’s independence and territorial integrity, likening to a Monroe Doctrine in Asia. Separately, Oct 2 notes New York beefless day with corned beef hash banned at Penn Station and wartime meat restrictions spreading to restaurants.
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Japan
Monroe
New York
Associated Press
China
Viscount Ishii
Imperial Japanese Mission
Oswald G. Villard
Viscount Ishi
United States
Central
South America
America
Germany
Hurt by dynamite near Princeton farm
Homer David, 22, of McKinney two miles north of Princeton, was struck by a wood fragment when dynamite used to blast stumps exploded. He suffered a fractured skull, was unconscious, and doctors operated to remove skull bone. His prognosis remains doubtful.
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McKinney
Tex
Homer David
Princeton
Young Davidson
War News From London and Fronts In Europe
International News Service reports Russia’s forces making a local advance north of Riga signaling renewed power. In Flanders, German counter thrusts push to regain ground, with heavy British tolls. Berlin claims a 500 meter gain in counterattacks. In Mesopotamia near Ramadi, British forces take Ramiadie and capture nearly 800 prisoners, including 200 officers, with significant Turkish losses and 13 field pieces seized.
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International News Service
London
Riga
Petrograd War Office
Flanders
Menin Road
Polygon Wood
Berlin
Ram
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Carl IL. W. W
Willian Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World Organization
Lee McLeland
Industrial Workers of the World
McLelland
Department For Labor
Aria
Iwar Department
Secretary of War
Council of National Defense
Baker
Samuel Gomipers
Defense Poemess and
Felix Frankfurther
New Labor Investigating Committee
U. S
S. P
Pfeuffer CO
Oklahoma
Callon
R. Marschall
J. Pfiester
Faison Rebuilt
Dallas
McCall Patterns
MeCall
Daylight Store
Barrier-Maier Co
Repaired
Wade
Alex’ W. Maier
Barron’s Street
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