Local Marriages and Imports Highlight Quiet Week
The county clerk issued a marriage license Saturday for Narcizo Martinez and Mrs. Maria Alonzo. Laredo port saw a carload of ixile seven of lead and eleven of calamine pass through this morning. This All Fool’s Day passed without notable pranks as Kaiser Wilhelm is cited as the last big world figure of jest. Mrs. Sarah R. Hutton, 56, died at Mercy Hospital after gastritis. her remains go to Niles Michigan with daughters Gertrude Butler and Miss Hutton.
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Mexico
Laredo
Ixile
Kaiser Wilhelm
Sarah R. Hutton
Mercy Hospital
Niles, Mich
Gertrude Butler
Miss Hutton
Houston Mayor Named as Successor to Judge Burns
Houston Mayor J C Hutcheson Jr was named as the successor to Judge Burns for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas The appointment covers Galveston Houston Laredo Victoria Corpus Christi and Brownsville Hutcheson said he was surprised by the nomination and had not sought the post.
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United States Court For
Southern District of Texas
J. C. Hutcheson, Jr
Houston
Galveston
Laredo
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Hutcheson
Thomas H. Ball
Ball
Senator Sheppard
Senator Culberson
R. A. Culberson
Texas
Senate
Womanless Wedding Burlesque to Stage Texas Battle Song Debut
The Royal Opera House hosts a benefit burlesque for the Red Cross featuring the Texas battle song The Texans Are Ready with words by J W Falvella and music by J M de Villar. Sefer Caruso will introduce the number in Laredo with a quartet. chorus by about forty voices. Notables appearing include Caruso Farrar Garden Bara Melba Heink, Lauder Pickford Chaplin Arbuckle Barrymore Pavlova and others rendered by local businessmen. Reserved seating is on sale at Sonora News Co with limited vantage seats Friday night.
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Royal Opera House
T. A. Austin
Red Cross
Texas
J. W Falvella
J. M. de Villar
Laredo
Sefer Caruso
Sefior Caruso
Geraldine Farrar
Mary Garden
Theda Bara
Madame Melba
Schumann Heink
Dolly Sisters
Harry Lauder
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Fatty Arbuckle
Jack Pickford
John Barrymore
DeGorgoza
Pavlova
Maudkin
Sefior Arevalo
Sonora News O
City election tomorrow promises a quiet affair
Incumbents seek re election with no opposition as voters prepare for a routine municipal election in Laredo. Polls open at the usual hour with five wards listing their polling sites and presiding judges for the two year term.
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Laredo
Sanchez Garza
Iturbide Street
M. Hirsch
Dario Sanchez
Garcia
Lincoln Street
Social Calendar Indicates Community Meetings and Events
Monday activities include Red Cross Surgical Room at 2 30 pm and Junior Red Cross at 8 30 pm at the High School. Sunbeam Band meets at the Baptist Church at 4 pm and Hebrew Ladies Aid at Y M H A at 4 pm. Easter Egg hunt at Loma Vista Park at 4 30 pm. Tuesday features bridge at 3 20 pm and Junior Auxiliary at 4 pm. Mission Society and dressings work at Red Cross room in the afternoon. Alpha Club assists Red Cross Miriam Chapter 86 at Mrs Dario Sanchez home. O Q S meets at 8 pm at Masonic Hall.
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Red Cross
Sunbeam Band
The
Baptist Church
Hebrew Ladies Aid Society
Christ Church Sunday School
Loma Vista Park
Christ Church
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Frank Hamilton
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Alpha Club
Dario Sanchez
Ait
Miriam Chapter No
Masonic Hall
Red Cross Surgical Room
Poem and Notices on War and Local Travel
The piece presents Amelia Josephine Burr verse urging peace and sacrifice, then brief local notices about Mrs. Lila G. Benavides traveling to Garza Garcia near Monterey to visit her son Lazaro Garza Benavides and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur P. Allen.
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Lila G. Benavides
Garza Garcia
Monterey
Lazaro Garza Benavides
Easter Services and Community News Highlights
The community reports Easter church attendance, visitors from San Antonio and Atlanta staying with local families, and awards at Christ Church. Red Cross knitters learn spiraled socks with no heels and seed company gifts brighten Urbahn School. A Catholic home ceremony honors the Sacred Heart, and plans for The Passport play in Laredo announce April 3 at Royal Opera House with live acts between acts.
Personal Briefs Mention Kantrowitz Kopp On Business Visit
Kantrowitz of San Antonio visits the city on a short business trip. C. M. Kopp of C. M. Kopp Co car lot distributors arrives to oversee company interests tied to upcoming onion shipments from the city. Born Sunday night March 31 in Austin Texas a son to Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. Atlee.
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Mr. BH. J. Wiggins
San Antonio
Kantrowitz
C. M. Kopp
Comvia
Mrr
Tom G. Atlee
Austin
Texas
Labor Temple Dedication in Chicago Attended by Labor Leaders
Dedication exercises were held today for the new Labor Temple in Chicago serving as general headquarters of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. District and local officials attended, joined by fraternal representatives from other labor organizations.
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Chicago
Tfk
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employee of America
Learn From Others Ways And Traditions Across Cultures
A reflective quote urges learning from others while noting practical use of Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness and constipation. The passage then shifts to observations on Orient rug designs, highlighting their colors as symbolic of national and personal traditions and social meanings.
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Orient
Laborers Strike Slows Government Plant Work in Norfolk
A large portion of union carpenters at army and naval bases in Norfolk did not return to work amid wage demands from 58 to 62 1/2 cents an hour. Officials say no strike was called though the stoppage spreads to other skilled laborers and affects the Portsmouth navy yard and Hampton aviation field.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Army
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Hampton
Wilson weighs personal aid for Liberty Loan drive
President Wilson considers backing the Liberty Loan campaign himself and may travel to Baltimore on Saturday for the campaign opening.
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Washington
Wilson
Liberty Loan
Baltimore
Wisconsin Senate Race Draws National Attention
Milwaukee on the eve of Wisconsin spring elections centers on the U S Senate contest to replace the late Paul Husting. Irvine L Lenroot, Joseph E Davies and Victor L Berger vie on loyalist and peace platforms amid fears pro German sentiment may tilt Milwaukee toward the Socialist candidate.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
United States
Paul Husting
Irvine L. Lenroot
Congress
Joseph E. Davies
Wilson
Lenroot
Davies
Victor WL. Berger
Berger
Garcia Gets Three Years On The Seduction Charge
In district court on Saturday three cases were disposed of. Crescencio Garcia was found guilty of selection of Carmen Vasquez 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 found guilty of theft under $50 and given thirty days in county jail.
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State of Texas
Crescencio Garcia
Carmen Vasquez
Garcia
Hhe
Piladi Petrolati
Santiago Garcia
Germany bets on spring drive as Allies brace for fresh strikes
AP reports war department says Germany has staked fortunes on a spring campaign and expects new attacks if victory falters. Paris notes continued violent fighting at Montdidier Griveness and Serre as French British defense holds. London says two German assaults on Albert repulsed and British forces maintain line, with heavy German losses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
War Department
Paris
Montdidier Section
War Office
Griveness
British French Drive Back German Assault Near Ham Gard en Santerre
Paris report says the hardest German push toward Amiens was near Hamgard-en-Santerre where Franco British forces repelled waves of attack. The French then counterattacked and the village was captured.
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Paris
Amiens
Mondidier Salient
Hamgard-en-Santerre
Germans Repulsed by British Near Albert Front
British headquarters report two German attempts west of Albert were repulsed while the British line held firm in France on April 1. The clash marked another setback for German forces during ongoing fighting in the region.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Adjutant General's Office
France
Albert
Long Range German Guns Resume Bombardment of Paris
Paris reports that the bombardment by long-range German artillery resumed this afternoon, continuing the shelling of the city and keeping residents in shelters as authorities monitor the threat and potential damage.
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Paris
Prince Ernest of Leiningen Killed Leading Grenadiers
Amsterdam report states Prince Ernest, elder son of Prince Emich of Leiningen, was killed while leading a storming company of a grenadier regiment. The death underscores his active role in the military campaign and follows prior appearances in European conflicts.
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Amsterdam
Prince Immich Ernest
Emmich of
Leiningen
Thoroughbred Spring Meeting Opens at Bowie
The Southern Maryland Agricultural Association begins its fifteen day Spring meeting at Bowie Prince George's Park with arrivals of top thoroughbreds for the eastern tracks this season. Baltimore observers expect strong running and fast times as horses settle into competition.
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Baltimore
West
Southern Maryland Agricultural Association
Bowie
Prince George’s Park
Last Day For Income Tax Returns
Washington April 1 A reminder that any person partnership or corporation required to file 1917 federal income tax statements must have returns received by the collector of internal revenue by close of business today or be considered delinquent.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Three Children Die in Alpine Fire Tragedy
A mysterious blaze four miles east of Alpine Texas killed three children and wounded Mrs F W Measday. Three older youngsters escaped by leaping from a second story window and a son alerted the town. The mother lay unconscious in a milk house. The father was killed by a shotgun shot about a year earlier.
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Associated
Presa Alpine
Texas
F. W. Measday
Here
Mexican Congress Holds Extraordinary Session
Mexico City April 1 Congress meets by Carranza call to draft election laws for deputies senators and the President. No regulations for these elections have been set since last year’s constitutional convention.
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Mexico City
Mex
Carranza
Federal Congress
Jersey Local Option Headed For First Test In State
Trenton N J April 1 Local option in New Jersey under the recent legislative law will have its first test tomorrow when Hampton village in Hidon County votes The anti saloon forces expect the saloons to be abolished in many communities by year end with other towns planning elections soon
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Hampton
Hi Don
Demands of Extreme Socialists Stir London Convention
London April 1 The British Independent Labour Party convenes at Leicester with radical resolutions urging repudiation of the national debt abolition of the monarchy and all titles nationalization of public utilities and a five dollar six hour workday. The group attracts attention despite limited strength.
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London
Opening of the 1918 Pacific Coast league season
The 1918 baseball season in the Pacific Coast league opens tomorrow in three cities. The circuit shrinks to six clubs with Portland dropped and Sacramento added. Salt Lake City meets Los Angeles while Vernon faces Sacramento and Oakland visits San Francisco. The schedule 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 dies at Mercy Hospital
Garland L. Mayes, about 65, brother of Wilson county County Judge J. D. Mayes, died at Mercy Hospital yesterday morning after a pneumonia illness. Formerly with Milmo National Bank in Laredo, he lived in Mexico for years before returning here recently and contracting pneumonia. Funeral set for 6 p.m. today in the city.
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Garland L., Mayes
J. D. Mayes
Wilson County
Mercy Hospital
Mayes
Laredo
Milmo National Bank
Mexico
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Narcizo Martinez
Maria Alonzo
U. S. Senate
Caruso
Big Chorus
Violet
Oberfeldt
Red Cross Surgical
A. R. Vidaurri
Belgium
Amelia Josephine Burr
Mrs
Wilbur P. Allen
Hebbrowville
Episcopal Church
Grace Lang
Dolores
Helen MacGregor
Anita Yeager
Santo Tomas
Cty
O. C. McCarty
Atlanta, Ga
Charles Deutz
Margaret Lutz
Cook
Relkch Poster
Miss Lutz
British American War Relief Fund
Helen Ernst
Charlotte Campbell
PD. C
F. W Mally
Aggeler and Musser Seed Company
California
Citizren
Urbahn School
Western Seed Company
G. Salinas
Jose Coma
J. Morales
R. O. Civit
M. del Villar
Fidel Dominguez
Elviras. Saenz
Zenaida Salinas
B. C. Stephenson
Strand Theatre
Edward Terry
Terry's Theatre
Mr. Terry
Christopher Coleman
Norman Polkinhorn
Corinne Dallmer
Sergeant Moore
A. G. Macdonald
Verna Kelly
Labor Temple
Switzerland
Austro-Hungary
Hindenburg
Dreispuchenspitze
Fortunes
GOV
S. Garcia
Somme
Luce
Avre
Serre
Alpine
Mexican Congress
Jersey
Garland L. Mayes
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