Texas News roundup reports crops and labor amid drought
The dispatch notes Mission Irrigated District shipments valued at 1.25 million dollars and two new cold storage plants at Laredo to aid farmers. It mentions cotton prices, labor shortages, and a resignation of Captain Walter Woodul. Pecan crops in Bastrop are light, rains relieve drought in the Panhandle region, and Llano Creek flows again. Prosecutions for social reform are urged, and a large wolf hunt occurs near Eagle Lake. A court restrains Temple Northwestern railroad activity, while cotton yield is projected at about 4.544 million bales for Texas with varied regional crops.
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Laredo
State funds report shows year end balances and disbursements
The quarterly report by Treasurer Edwards details balances and disbursements across numerous state funds for the fiscal year close. It lists cash and bond totals for General Revenue, Available School Fund, Permanent School Fund, Available University Fund, Prison Commission, Confederate Pension, State Highway, and many special or endowment funds. Disbursements from General Revenue totaled 2,638,527 with other major outlays across the Available School Fund, Permanent School Fund, Available University Fund, and Prison Commission, among others. The report notes the state’s expectation to avoid a deficiency basis.
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President Affirms Death Sentence Commutations
Washington reports President Wilson commuted the death sentences of ten black soldiers involved in the 1917 Houston riot to life imprisonment. Fourteen additional cases were reviewed as six other death sentences were affirmed for killings of civilians. The action concludes twenty nine death penalty cases. thirteen were executed. The president cited clemency as a lesson from the riot and praised the race’s contributions to the country.
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Washington
Houston
Texas
Wilson
War Department
Aris
Government releases Mohair clip after price talks fail
Washington officials said Mohair Growers and Producers Association failed to reach an agreement with the government on fall mohair prices. Lewis Penwell, head of the wool section of the War Industries Board, announced that prices will not be fixed and the government releases the fall clip.
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Washington
Mohair Growers and Producers’ Association
Lewis Penwell
War Industries Board
Imprisonment Proposed for Grafters in Back Pay Fees
Washington lawmakers move to jail those who seek fees from relatives of dead soldiers for collecting back pay and allowances. Rep. Treadway of Massachusetts introduces the bill, which the house military committee ordered favorably reported on Friday.
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Washington
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
House Military Committee
American Steamer Lake Owens Sunk by Submarine
The navy department said Friday that the American steamer Lake Owens was sunk by a submarine. Five members of the civilian crew were reported lost.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Owens
Bomb explosion at Chicago federal building kills four
A bomb exploded at 3 10 in the afternoon in the crowded entrance of Chicago’s federal building. Four people were killed and more than seventy five injured. The blast shattered windows on first three floors of two adjacent buildings. Philip J Barry, head of the local Justice Department offices, attributed the act to the I W W.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Philip J. Barry
Department of Justice
American troops embarked reach 1.6 million by Aug thirty first
Washington reports General March announces that more than 1,600,000 American troops have been embarked for all fronts up to August 31, providing a new measure of the forces Marshal Foch can deploy to press the victories on the western front.
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Washington
General March
Marshal Foch
Beermaking Banned in U S After December First
Washington announces a war measure prohibiting beer manufacture in the United States after December 1. The Food Administration said the decision followed conferences between President Wilson and officials of the fuel food railroad administrations and the War Industries Board.
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United States
The
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Red Sox Win Opening World Series Game
Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 1 to 0 in a World Series opener played before one of the smallest crowds ever at the event in Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Cubs
El Campo Rice Mill Starts
El Campo, Tex the Campo rice mill has started and rice is coming in fairly well Harvest is under way and some blue rose will be cut this week
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Tex
Industrial Workers of the World members sent to Leavenworth
Ninety three I W W members including Secretary William D. Haywood were placed on a guarded special train Friday and taken to Leavenworth prison to serve terms after being found guilty of violating the espionage act by opposing the draft and the war, under Federal Judge K M Landis.
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Industrial Workers of the World
William D. Haywood
Leavenworth Prison
K. M. Landis
Pensioners to Get Increases in Texas
About 17,000 Confederate pensioners in Texas will receive a raise from 20 to 22 dollars per quarter for the next two quarters. The announcement was made by Pension Commissioner J. C. Jones on Friday.
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Austin
Tex
J. C. Jones
The Alamo Burglarized in San Antonio Heist
Burglars raided the Alamo on Saturday in San Antonio Texas and stole $30 in silver along with several souvenir teaspoons kept for sale in the historic building.
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San Antonio
Tex
Alamo
State Open Dove Season Law Upheld By Attorney General
Austin the attorney general ruled that state law governs open and closed dove season despite a July 1918 act. He said treaties cannot amend the constitution and federal authority over wild animal life remains with the states until Congress gains power, keeping state jurisdiction intact. The decision follows federal rulings declaring certain dove regulations as within state control.
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United States
Great Britain
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Former Czarina Reported Murdered in Madrid Dispatch
London dispatch reported Thursday the assassination of the former Russian empress and her daughters in Madrid. The report was treated with reserve due to King Alfonso's steps to obtain transfer of the deposed monarch's family to Spain.
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London
Alfonso
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Embargo on Newspaper Exports to Mexico
Laredo Texas reports an embargo on all news print paper exports to Mexico on Thursday in response to a decree by President Carranza demanding that 50 percent of imported news print be turned over to the government.
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Laredo
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Carranza
Ke lly Field Altitude Record Set in San Antonio
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, assistant officer in charge of flying at Kelly Field, broke the field altitude record Friday by rising to 19 065 feet. The previous record of 17 000 feet was held by Lieutenant Colonel H B S Burwell.
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Pex
Lowell H. Smith
Kelly Eld
H. B. S. Burwell
Democratic Convention at Waco Nominates Hobby Governor
Governor Hobby was formally nominated by the Texas Democratic State convention in Waco amid enthusiasm. The body ratified primary nominations for all state officials, adjourned, and adopted platform resolutions including prohibition, blue sky reforms, and measures against German influence in schools. Glasscock forces won a key senatorial district fight, unseating Duval county and declaring Parr’s vote invalid, naming Glasscock as the nominee.
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Duval County
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Holland Enters Protest Over Dutch Vessels Sinking
The Hague reports the Dutch minister in Berlin has been ordered to protest Germanys submarine warfare within the barred zone and the sinking of seven Dutch fishing boats on August 24. The action frames formal protest and seeks safety assurances for Dutch ships.
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Allied forces report prisoners and weapon captures on Western Front
Paris reports allied forces have taken 128,302 prisoners since July 15. In the same period they captured 2,069 guns 1,734 mine throwers and 13,783 machine guns.
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Holland Reduces Fat Ration to Just Under One Ounce
Washington reports Holland cuts fat ration to slightly less than one ounce daily per person.
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Washington
German law urged to curb widows remarrying
A Munich doctor Hans von Hertig calls for legislation to prevent widows from remarrying to keep single men for them. He argues remarriage would lower birth rates as most widows are mothers. He cites 1910 figures of about 300,000 widows aged 18 to 45, estimating 800,000 now.
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Wilson Proclaims 2.20 Minimum Wheat Price for 1919
President Wilson issues a proclamation fixing 2.20 dollars as the minimum price at primary markets for the 1919 winter wheat crop. He states a commission will report on rising farm labor and supply costs before next spring’s harvest to guide any possible price advance.
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