Marriage Licenses and Port Imports in Local Notes
The county clerk issued a marriage license on Saturday for Nareizo Martinez and Mrs. Maria Alonzo. Port of Laredo reports one carload of ixie, seven carloads of lead, and eleven carloads of calamine from Mexico. Also notes All Fool's Day passed with Kaiser Wilhelm singled out as the last likely target, and Mrs. Sarah R. Hutton, 56, died at Mercy Hospital from gastritis. her funeral will move to Niles, Michigan, with daughters Gertrude Butler and Miss Hutton.
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Nareizo Martinez
Maria Alonzo
Mexico
Laredo
Kaiser Wilhelm
Sarah R. Hutton
Mercy Hospital
Niles, Mich
Gertrude Butler
Miss Hutton
Houston Mayor Hutcheson Named U S District Judge
The city of Houston will gain Mayor J C Hutcheson as the new judge of the Southern District of Texas starting April 15. The appointment surprised many as Colonel Thomas H Ball was expected, with Culberson and Sheppard figures involved in earlier speculation. Hutcheson stated he did not seek the post but would accept when confirmed.
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United States Court For
Southern District of Texas
J. C. Hutcheson
Houston
Galveston
Laredo
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Hutcheson
Thomas H. Ball
Ball
Senator Sheppard
Senator Culberson
R. A. Culberson
Texas
Senate
The Womanless Wedding Burlesque in Laredo
The Royal Opera House hosts a benefit burlesque for the Red Cross on Friday featuring the womanless wedding with Sefer Caruso and a 2 quartet. The new Texas battle song The Texans Are Ready will debut with words by J W Valvella and music by J M de Villar, sung by about forty voices. Notables including Caruso Farrar Garden Bara Heink Arbuckle Pickford Barrymore and others appear as stage figures represented by local businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Opera House
T. A. Austin
Red Cross
Texas
Laredo
J. W Valvella
J. M. de Villar
Sefer Caruso
Sefior Caruso
Geraldine Farrar
Mary Garden
Theda Bara
Madame Melba
Schumann Heink
Dolly Sisters
Harry Lauder
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chapin
Fatty Arbuckle
Jack Pickford
John Barrymore
DeGorszcza
Paviova
Maudkin
Senor Arevalo
Sonora News.c
City Election Tomorrow Appears Quiet With No Opponents
Tomorrow municipal election will select city officers for two years in Laredo. All incumbents seek re election, with no opposition indicated. Polls open at the usual hour with light expected turnout. polling places include Ward 1 Sanchez Garza place 311 Iturbide street presiding judge M Hirsch Ward 9 Fire station presiding judge Dario Sanchez Ward 3 Garcia home Lincoln street Crevs presiding judge Ward 4 Agan house Lincoln street presiding judge P Leyendecker
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Laredo
Sanchez Garza Place
Iturbide Street
M. Hirsch
Dario Sanchez
Garcia
Lincoln Street
Crevs
Agan
P. P. Leyendecker
Social Calendar Shows Monday and Tuesday church and club events
Monday events include Red Cross Surgical Room at 2 30 pm Junior Red Cross at 3 30 pm Sunbeam Band at 4 pm Hebrew Ladies Aid Se eleyt at Y M H A 4 pm Easter Egg hunt at Loma Vista Park 4 30 pm Tuesday lists Red Cross activities 2 30 pm Mrs A R Vidaurri hosts 3 30 pm Junior Auxiliary meets 4 pm Ladies Aid at Christian Church Woman's Missionary Society helps dressings Alpha Club aids Red Cross Miriam Chapter 86 O E S meets 8 pm at Masonic Hall.
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Red Cross
Sunbeam Band
the Baptist Church
Hebrew Ladies Aid Seeleyt
Christ. Church
Loma Vista Park
A. R. Vidaurri
Christ Church
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Frank Hamilton
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Alpha Club
Dario Sanchez
Ait
Miriam
Ee. S
Masonic Hall
the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Red Cross Surgical Room
Faith and Peace Rally Amid Desolate Lands and Hope
A poem by Amelia Josephine Burr opens with prayers for lasting peace and shared sacrifice. Local notes report social, church, and Red Cross activities, including knitting innovations, school flowers, and a Catholic home ceremony. arts events highlight a Lisbon era play adaptation debut in Laredo with community performers.
Personal notes and visits mark local news
Leon I. Tf Kantrowitz of San Antonio is in the city on a short business visit. M. Kopp of the M. Kopp Company car lot distributors is here to oversee interests tied to upcoming onion shipments. A son was born Sunday night March 31 to Mr and Mrs Tom Atlee in Austin Texas.
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I. Tf. Kantrowitz
San Antonio
M. Kopp
Tom
Atlee
Austin
Texas
Labor Temple Dedication in Chicago Marks Union HQ
Dedication exercises were held today for the new Labor Temple in Chicago serving as headquarters for the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. District and local officials joined fraternal representatives from other labor groups at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Learn from others while using Chamberlain's Tablets
A column extols learning from others methods and cites Chamberlain's Tablets for digestive relief. It notes rug designs in the Orient symbolize traditions and social values, linking aesthetics to national virtues and vices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Laborers Strike Halts Government Plant Work Nationwide
A large share of union carpenters at army and naval bases in Norfolk refuse to return to work. Union officials report no formal strike, but demand wage increases from 68 to 62 cents an hour. The action spreads to most skilled laborers at bases including the Portsmouth navy yard and Hampton aviation field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Army
Naval
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Hampton
Germany bets on spring campaign, allies warned of fresh attack
The war department weekly review says Germany has staked all on the spring campaign and the allies must be ready for a new thrust at new points if victory is not achieved. It notes trained Allied troops will share the burden now valiantly borne by French and British forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Washington
British American War Relief Fund
Helen Ernst
Charlotte Campbell
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Germany
War Department
Battle Fronts Rage as Allied Forces Halt German Attacks
Paris reports ongoing violence with German attempts to push at Montdidier and Gravennes while French and British troops repel waves. In Albert and the Somme area the British repulse two assaults, seize the initiative, and inflict heavy losses on German forces. 109 machine guns were captured near Serre as World War I fighting continues along the front.
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Paris
Montdidier Section
War Office
London
Albert
Somme
Luce
Avre
Serre
France
Germans Using German Money to Influence Draft Evasion
In Jackson Mississippi on April 1 the adjutant general’s office released a report alleging that German money is being used to persuade African Americans to evade the selective draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Adjutant General's Office
Wilson to Aid Personally in Liberty Loan Drive
President Wilson plans personal involvement in the Liberty Loan campaign. He may travel to Baltimore on Saturday for the opening event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Liberty Loan
Baltimore
Milwaukee race centers on US Senate contest amid loyalty issue
Milwaukee on the eve of Wisconsin spring elections focuses on choosing a US senator to replace Paul Hurr ing. Republican Irvine L Lenroot and Democrat Joseph E Davies run on a loyalist platform while Socialist Victor L Berger, a former congressman and publisher, campaigns for immediate peace and profiteer accountability.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
United States
Paul Hunting
Irvine L. Lenroot
Congress
Joseph E. Davies
Wilson
Lenroot
Davies
Victor L. Berger
Berger
British French Counterattack Halts German Drive
In France near Hamgard-en-Santerre the German assault toward Amiens was repulsed by a French British counterattack. The Franco British wave broke the enemy effort and the village was captured after heavy fighting.
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Paris
Amiens
Mondidier Salient
Hamgard-en-Santerre
Germans Repulsed by British Near Albert Front
British forces in France report repelling two German attempts west of Albert on April 1. The clash showcases renewed Allied pressure along the line as British troops hold firm against German assaults in the region.
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France
Albert
Long Range German Guns Resume Bombardment Of Paris
Paris reports renewed bombardment as German long range artillery opens fire again this afternoon. The attack targets the city with heavy shells amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Garcia receives three year term for seduction charge
In a district court session on Saturday three criminal cases were decided. Crescencio Garcia was found guilty of seduction and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. Piladi Petrolati was convicted of selling liquor without a license and fined $500 with one day in county jail. Santiago Garcia was convicted of theft under $50 and received thirty days in the county jail.
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State of Texas
Crescencio Garcia
Carmen Vasquez
Garcia
Piladi Petrolati
Santiago Garcia
Prince Emich Ernest Killed Leading Grenadier Company
Amsterdam reports Prince Emich Ernest elder son of Prince Emich of Leiningen was killed while commanding a storming grenadier company during combat. The incident underscores the dangers faced by royal families in wartime as nations reel from losses.
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Amsterdam
Emmich Ernest
Emmich of
Leiningen
Ready to Race at Bowie Opens Spring Meeting in Maryland
Baltimore April 1 The thoroughbred season starts with the Spring meeting of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association at Bowie Prince Georges Park stables filled with top horses for the eastern tracks this summer the meeting lasts fifteen days
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Baltimore
Southern Maryland Agricultural Association
Bowie
Prince George’s Park
Last Day for Income Tax Returns Declares Deadlines
Washington April 1 This notice warns that any person partnership or corporation required to file 1917 federal income tax statements must reach the collector of internal revenue by closing business today or be deemed delinquent.
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Washington, D.C
Internal Revenue
Fire kills three children near Alpine Texas
A mysterious blaze destroyed the Meusday home four miles east of Alpine before daylight. Three younger children perished in the fire while three older ones escaped by leaping from an upper story window. One child ran to town to raise the alarm and the mother was found unconscious in a milk house. The father had been fatally shot in the home about a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alpine
Texas
Mia
W. Meusday
Here
Mexican Congress Meets in Extraordinary Session
Mexico City April session convenes under President Carranza to frame election laws for deputies senators and the President. No electoral laws have been set since last year’s constitutional convention.
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Mexico City
Mex
Carranza
Federal Congress
New Jersey Saloons face first test in Hampton election
Trenton April 1 local option in New Jersey under a recent law will have its first test tomorrow in the village of Hampton in Hazard County. Many towns statewide have scheduled elections and anti-saloon workers anticipate saloons being abolished in several communities before year end.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Hampton
Hazerdon County
Demands of Extreme Socialists Come Before Leicester Convention
London April 1 radical British Independent Labour Party seeks to repudiate the national debt abolish the monarchy nationalize public utilities and set a minimum wage of five dollars for a six hour day before its Leicester convention. The group is an extreme wing of the socialists drawing attention since the war began.
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London
Opening of Baseball Season Across Pacific Coast League
San Francisco April 1 1918 opening games mark the start of a shortened Pacific Coast league season. Portland is replaced by Sacramento. Walter McCredie manages Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City visits Los Angeles Sacramento hosts Vernon and Oakland plays San Francisco. The season spans thirty weeks ending October 27.
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San Francisco
Cal
Portland
Sacramento
Walter McCredie
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Verson
Oakland
Former Laredo resident Garland Mayes dies at Mercy Hospital
Garland L. Mayes, about 65, brother of Wilson County Judge RE D Mayes, died at Mercy Hospital yesterday around 4 AM after a pneumonia illness. He once lived in Laredo and worked at Milmo National Bank, later moving to Mexico, and he returned recently before his fatal illness. Funeral is set for 6 PM today.
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Garland L. Mayes
RE. D. Mayes
Wilson County
Mercy Hospital
Mayes
Laredo
Milmo National Bank
Mexico
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Big Chorus
Oberfeldt
Red Cross Surgical
Belgium
Amelia Josephine Burr
Lila G. Benavides
Garza Garcia
Monterey
Lazaro Garza Benavides
Mrs
Wilbur P. Allen
Hebbrowville
Episcopal Church
EB. J. Wiggins
Grace Lang
Dolores
Lockwood
J. Nortan
Helen MacGregor
Anita Yeager
Santo Tomas
Cta
O. C. McCarty
Atlanta, Ga
Charles Deutz
Margaret Lutz
Cook
Refit Poster
Miss Lutz
F. Mally
Aggeler and Musser Seed Company
California
Urbahn School
Western Seed Company
D. G. Salinas
Jose Coma
Rey
J. Morales
RO. Civit
M. de Villar
Fidel Dominguez
Elvira C. Saenz
Zenaida Salinas
B. ©. Stephenson
Strand Theatre
Edward Terry
Terry's Theatre
Mr. Terry
Christopher Coleman
Ben Webster
Ferdinand Sinclair
Misa Gertrude Kingston
Darey
New York
Knickerbocker
Norman Polkinhorn
Corinne Dallmer
Sergeant Moore
A. G. Macdonald
Verna Kelly
Leon
Labor Temple
Switzerland
Austro-Hungary
Hindenburg
Dreispachenspitze
Nca
GOV
S. S. Garcia
Jersey
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