Texans Who Have Died for Their Country
List of Texas service members who died in Europe during the war, including casualties by rank and city, with wounded and missing in action noted. Names span San Antonio, Brownsville, Clarendon, Itasca, Cleburne, Waco, Galveston, Jacksonville, and other Texas locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Europe
John A. Price
Bogela
Yom
Henry B. Morgut
Shive
John R. Davis
Chilton
Louis Pustha
Mast
Leroy Parker
Houston
Ira F. Hoffman
Shelbyville
Joseph R. Smith
Gaines
Bay City
Fred Welch
Waco
Grant Bodwell
Bogota
Lyford C. Mitchell
San Antonio
Harold Jones
Martin Gindron
Galveston
Harry D. Huggins
Granbury
Debs Sentenced to Ten Years on Espionage Counts
Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to ten years in the Moundsville penitentiary on each of three counts for espionage. The sentences run concurrently. A motion for a new trial was overruled and bail was set at 10000 dollars with permission to leave the Ohio district to reside at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Debs
Cleveland
Ohio
Moundsville
W. Va
D. C. Westhaven
Debs
Federal District of
British Casualties and Aerial Raids Reported
London reports weekly British casualties totaling 21 445 for the week ending Sunday, up from 20 040 the prior week. Over the past three months the independent air force conducted 249 aerial raids over German territory, with extensive damage confirmed by photographs. The war zone belt now covers roughly 250 miles along the Rhine Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Independent Air Force
Rhine Valley
First Will Ever Made Dates Back to Ancient Egypt
The document, drawn about 1,000 years ago, grants four eastern slaves and the right to dwell in the house to his wife Shefu, also called Teta, daughter of Sat Sepdu. Authorities regard it as the earliest known will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Shefu
Gesab
Teta
Sat Sepdu
Truly a Skeptical Judge in Melbourne Burglary Case
A Melbourne man was arraigned after police found a complete burglar’s kit in his lodgings. He claimed he found pliers in a drawer and admitted carrying percussion caps and an electric torch. magistrate sentenced him to six months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
American Advance Continues Amid Ongoing Combat
Reported progress shows American forces advancing with prisoners, artillery, machine guns, trench mortars, and supplies seized as fighting persists.
Americans Push Toward Metz as St Mihiel Drive Advances
American and French troops push to within a few miles of Metz as the St Mihiel salient is wiped out. Pershing reports 200+ guns captured and 72 captured at Jaulay, with lines extended one to two miles on the Moselle. Galley: British Galway Castle sunk with 800 saved. Galloway Castle rescues many, 189 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mihiel
Pershing
War Department
Moselle
St. Mihiel
Washington
Vileey
Norroy
St.Holaire
Jaulay
Germany
Austria
Wilson
Baltimore
Galway Castle
London
South Africa
Henry Burton
Union of South Africa
Metz
New Bonds for Levees Delayed by War Ruling
Austin Texas state reclamation engineer Arthur A. Stiles reports the capital issues commission in Washington has barred new levee district bonds and would not approve bonds for newly formed districts that cannot finish levees in time to guard crops. He urges preparedness to begin surveys after the war or when policy changes, notes Dallas approval is not final, and explains levee bonds are prioritized to protect food production. He toured Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Franklin, Titus, and Dallas counties, noting active levee work in Sulphur bottom and reclamation of Sulphur Valley, where land yields near a bale per acre and much will be reclaimed before 1919 crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Arthur A. Stiles
Capital Issues Commission
Washington
Stiles
Dallan Regional Reserve Bank
Dallas
Delta
Hopkins
Lamar
Franklin
Titus
Wilson Takes Charge of Strike Matters in War Effort
President Wilson personally directed war labor policy Friday addressing strikers and employers. He warned that recalcitrant workers must return to work or face a year ban from government controlled employment and loss of draft exemptions. He also announced Smith & Wesson in Springfield was commandeered for wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Bridgeport
Conn
War Labor Board
Smith & Wesson Company
Springfield
Mass
War Department
Congress
Federal Employment Service
Two Aviators Killed North of Fort Worth
Lieutenants A. B. Stephenson and W. D. Keeling both pilots from Caruthers Field died when their airplane crashed north of Fort Worth on Tuesday. Keeling was from Dallas and Stephenson hailed from Bristol, Connecticut. both were regarded as two of the army’s most daring flyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
A. B. Stephenson
W. D. Keeling
Dallas
Carruthers Field
Stephenson
Bristol
Conn
American Steamer Sinks U Boat Off Atlantic Coast
The American steamer Frank H. Buck reports destroying an enemy submarine on September 3 off the Atlantic coast by gunfire. The master of the Buck said two shots struck the submarine, which sank after a terrific explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Frank H. Buck
Navy Department
Aviator Killed Near Brooks Field in San Antonio
Second Lieutenant John Wilder Tomlinson age 23, son of John Tomlinson of Washington DC, was instantly killed when his airplane crashed during a flight near Brooks Flying Field in San Antonio on Wednesday. Weather and further details were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
John Wilder Tomlinson
John
Tomlinson
Washington, D. C
Brooks Flying Field
Aviators Killed in Rich Field Collision
Two cadets died at Rich Field when airplanes piloted by F J Oliver of Iowa and F P Sister of Trenton North Carolina collided at 300 feet and crashed to earth on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
F. J. Oliver
Iowa
F. P. Sister
Trenton, N. C
Rich Field
First Victory Siren Installed Above Evans Building
Ceremonies marked the installation of the first Victory siren on the Evans building roof in Washington. The Angelus style siren rings daily as the noonday prayer signal for victory and peace for the nation and its allies. Miss Irene Elliott Moore unveiled the device in the photographed scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Building
Washington
Irene Elliott Moore
Greyhounds the Oldest Domestic Dogs Traced to Antiquity
The article notes greyhounds as the oldest domestic dogs, traced by sculptures and frescos to 18 centuries before Christ. A 2000‑year‑old British Museum group shows greyhounds fondling each other, with Egyptian depictions in hunting scenes. English practice limited keeps to gentlemen or freeholders, and 1853 licenses cost six dollars, triple the tax on other dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alteur
British Museum
England
Longed to be a Hun Spy Inspires English Lad
A fragmentary tale describes Leslie Gordon Norris, a small English lad who aspired to be a German spy. He stole six treasury notes from his employers, rigged his room with a dummy, telephone and wireless gear, and displayed a notice reading Morris, Peat Agent. Alderman Sir A Newton commented that Norris would need a better ambition for his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Gordon Norris
Treasury
Morris
Peat
Sir A Newton
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Cy. Pit J. Keiser
Hve
Laeiai Billanuesa
Brownsville
Augustine Douglas
Youn
Burton G. Odell
Amarillo
Thomas H. Strong
Pontotoc
Jos. S. Lamard
Thrall
Harmon A. Gregseen
Spring
Edwin M. Muckleroy
Homer Cleveland Deaton
Jacksonville
Innes W. K. Duke
Troy
Overton L. Turner
Dexter
Ozey A
Jesse J. McAfee
Paige
Peter Manasian
Brookshire
Clarence L. Perry
New Waverly
Chicago
Federal
Adams Street
Federal Building
LW. W
Persops
NEW York’s Women Police
Gona
Sheepshead Jay, Motor Speedway
New York
Bowie
Hil
Hoover
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