Laredo men survive Tuscania sinking among other survivors
Monday's daily notes two Laredo youths among Tuscania survivors along with other near by picks from Encinal Benavides and La Salle county. Librado Navarro from Laredo and Margarito Macias Federico Molina from Benavides Jose Sanchez from Encinal are named among survivors. Valentin V Hernandez of Laredo reports telegram confirming Miguel Hernandez saved.
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War Department
Tuscania
Michigan
Wisconsin National Guard
Texas
Oklahoma
National Army
Laredo
Librado Navarro
Benavides
Margarito Macias
Federico Molina
Incinal
la Salle
Jose Sanchez
Valentin V. Hernandez
Ecoblomy
McCain
Washington
Miguel Hernandez
Protocol members arrive to meet French minister
Mexican protocol officers led by Jimenez O Farrell arrived in Nuevo Laredo by private National Lines car to escort French Minister DeJean to the capital. DeJean’s progress from Washington was delayed by weather and he was not yet in Laredo, with the protocol awaiting his arrival and planning to accompany him southward tonight.
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Jimenez O'Farrell
Commission
Nuevo Laredo
National Lines Railway
Mexico City
DeJean
Laredo
Washington
Protocol
M. DeJean
Mexican Commission
Dean's Kidney Pills Attain Quick Kidney Relief
Valente Gutierrez of 401 Iturbide St in Laredo praises Dean's Kidney Pills for lasting kidney health after years of ailment. He credits four or five boxes from City Drug with curing back pain and restoring kidney function. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures.
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Dean
Laredo
Valente Gutierrez
Iturbide St
Deserters Return From Mexico Face Military Action
A Laredo youth named Jose S. Treviso who fled to Mexico after summons for military service has returned and was arrested by Immigration Inspectors and handed to military authorities. He is jailed in the guardhouse as investigators track others who skipped to the southward country. Police and officers focus on registrant classifications as the search extends.
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Mexico
Republic
Jose S. Treviso
Laredo
Petty and Monahan
Social Calendar Highlights High Tea and Bridge Events
The Red Cross Surgical Room will be in charge of Mrs. H. G Earnest at after two o'clock in the afternoon with Mrs. C. B. Kennedy entertaining at 3 30 p m in honor of Miss Una Young and Mrs. T. A. Leyendecker hosting bridge at 3 20 p m Also Tuesday events include Mrs. H. M. Austin at 2 30 p m in charge of the Red Cross Surgical Room and the Tuesday Music and Literary Club meeting in the Red Cross Surgical Room The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church gathers with Mrs. C. W. Cook at 4 p m and the Womens Missionary Society of the Methodist Church meets in the League room at four o'clock in the afternoon
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Red Cross Surgical Room
H. G Earnest
C. B. Kennedy
Una Young
T. A. Leyendecker
Bridge
H. M. Austin
Christ Church
C. W. Cook
Ternoon
Womens’ Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Along the Way and Community News Highlights
Poem about helping others along life’s path opens the column. Local notes report Mrs. Alfonso Juarez returning to Chicago, Miss Pauline Miller visiting, and Mrs. Wilson traveling after a death in the family. Red Cross Benefit dance set for Fort McIntosh Gymnasium, and Latin American Club dances with Villar’s orchestra feature chicken sandwiches and coffee. Busy Bees gathering described with Marjorie Lou Fish hosting.
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Villar
Alma
Annie Pierce
Maxine Taylor
Marguerite Nelson
Ruth Simpson
Esther Hirsch
Teodora Sanders
Anita Mullally
Julia Leyendecker
Maria Henry
Ernestine
Judelia
Cuca Rodriguez
E. H. Buenz
J. B. Morton
W. P. May
O'Meara
T. A. Leyendecker
S. M. Barlow
Kk. J. Foster
Messrs. J. Vidales
Alberto Gutierrez
Alvaro Pefia
Victor Sauvignet
Furney Muller
Prinz Buttron
Ignacio Saldafia
Leopold
Social evening of games and prizes at the Valentine club
Mrs M Pinder led knitting sessions then table games including lotto bunco Old Maid and Authors with postal valentines as prizes. Minerva O'Sell won the high score club prize Rosalie Wormser the high score guest prize. A Mexican supper followed. Attending were Rosalie Biggio Lois Derby Dorothy Derby Emilie Hassell Evelyn Ryan Dorothy Morton Anna May Mussett Hattie May Bryan Josephine Brewster and guests Marian Jackson Alice Penn Mary Besse MacDonald Madonna Sorrell and Mrs Pinder. Scouts from Troop No 2 hosted a social at Fireman's Hall with talks by Dr Hall and Mr Satterlee, planning fundraisers and a new troop. John Maher earned a Spanish American dictionary for top HS term grade. John Hassell played two clarinet solos. Ten-pins and boxing intertwined with the Scouts.
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Boy Scouts
Troop No. 2
Hall
Satterlee
John Maher
John Hassell
These Tablets for Digestive Distress Include Stomach Liver Bowels
These tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach liver and bowels. If you are troubled with heartburn indigestion or constipation they will do you good.
Coldest Winter Echoes in New England Lore
A Detroit Free Press quotation recalls a Croydon Four Corners elder describing the brutal New England winter of 1867. He notes frozen water pots cracking like guns, live coals solid in minutes, and pranks of freezing shrieks unleashed in stoves to spook strangers.
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Edith Wharton
France
Paris
New England
New
Detroit Free Press
When You Have a Cold Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsed
Mrs Frank Crocker of Pana Minnesota recalls her five year old son Paul suffering a severe cold that settled on his lungs and caused terrible coughing. A neighbor advised Chamberlains Cough Remedy and after the first dose he improved rapidly and was cured.
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Chamberlain
Frank Crocker
Pana, MN
Paul
Peden Returns From War Effort Talks On Gulf Coast Supply
E A Peden Texas federal food administrator returns from Washington and New York after meetings with national and regional food officials. He notes war effort demands every citizen work, praises coal order, and outlines plans to expand fish oyster and shrimp supplies along the gulf coast with cooperative rules and price controls.
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Hoover
Gulf Coast
E. A. Peden
Texas
Washington
New York
United States
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Mr. Peden
United States Food Administration
Peden
Food Administration
Administration
New Willard Hotel
Mr. Hoover
Taylor
House Commission To
Europe
Parker
Louisiana
Fowler
Fish and Game Commissioners
Gulf States
Girls Graduation Urged for War Food Work in 1918
Publicity release from the Texas Federal Food Administration dated January 16 1918 calls on women graduates of 1918 to join US war service in food administration. Hoover urges college presidents and home economics departments to train women in food production distribution use and conservation with emphasis on chemistry physiology economics and public presentation. More guidance to follow.
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Houston
Texas
United States
United States Food Administration
United States Food
Hoover
Wilson Answers Teutonic Peace Proposals in Congress
Special to The Times Guthrie Oklahoma February 11 reports cattle dying from an undiagnosed disease with over 2000 cattle dead and a quarantine likely. Washington February 1 President Wilson responded to German and Austro Hungarian speeches, stating peace only on permanent justice basis, warning the Central powers US commitment to liberty has begun, demobilization continues, and that Hertling’s speech was vague while Czernin’s showed constraint by alliance. He urged a universal peace on justice, not piecemeal treaties, and outlined test principles for final settlement.
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Guthrie
Okla
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
von Hertling
Czernin
United States
America
Austria
Germany
Hertling
Unconfirmed Report Claims Assassination of Nicholas
Circulating in Germany an unconfirmed report says former Grand Duke Nicholas, Russia’s wartime commander in chief, has been assassinated. The rumor reaches Amsterdam via frontier information.
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Times
Amsterdam
Germany
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Tribute to Americans by Earl Reading at Tuscania loss
A tribute to American soldiers lost in the Tuscania sinking was offered by Earl Reading former Lord Chief Justice of England and newly arrived British ambassador to Washington. He arrived today and addressed the audience honoring the supreme sacrifice for their country.
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Times
New York
Tuscania
Earl Reading
England
Washington
Republicans Promise Support for Prosecution of War
At the Republican party conference in Washington on February 11 the party decided not to oppose administration legislation on partisan grounds. They agreed to guarantee support for all necessary measures to vigorously prosecute the war, with harmony prevailing during the meeting.
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the Times
Washington
Republican Party
Russians Hold Convention in New York City
With 500 delegates from major Russian societies in America, the first all Russian Civic Convention of America opened in New York for a three day session. The gathering aims to discuss Russian problems in a broad sense without addressing utopian political issues.
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Times
New York
America
ONE AMERICAN ESCAPED IN FRANCE FIRE FIGHT
A lone American escaped a German trap in France on February 11. He crawled to American lines after a patrol encountered a concealed enemy party split into two. American artillery pounded the ambushers. many are believed killed. The French commander praises American troops under fire.
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France
German Spy Confesses Aboard Nieuw Amsterdam
A German spy aboard the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam confessed to a new code for German spies in the United States after papers and money were found on him. Forty passengers were examined at Elis Island, revealing irregularities in papers and false identities, including two passports with the same photo and a man linked to a major Austrian rubber concern. He had prior conviction for attempting to smuggle rubber to Germany.
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The
Times
New York
Nieuw Amsterdam
Elis Island
America
Austria
Germany
Notice of business transfer at Custom House brokerage
I announce the takeover of the Custom House brokerage by the late Mr. James J. Haynes owner and ask friends to continue patronage. The office remains at the Hamilton Hotel building and the phone number is 761.
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Custom House
James J. Haynes
Hamilton Hotel
Russia ends state of war demobilizes forces
Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam reports Russia has declared the war over and ordered demobilization on all fronts. A separate Constantinople despatch announces the death of Abdul Hamid former sultan of Turkey from lung inflammation and notes a state funeral will be held.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Drest-Litovsk
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Constantinople
British Casualty List Shows Week's Losses in Britain
London reports weekly casualties totaling 7,977 with 738 officers and 1,366 men killed or died of wounds and 155 officers and 5,489 men wounded or missing.
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London
Webb County Commissioners Court Opens February Session
Webb County commissioners court met at the county courthouse at 9 this morning to begin the February term. Only routine business is on the agenda today with larger matters expected to be addressed later in the week as the session continues.
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Webb County
Commissioners Court
White's Cream Vermi Fuge Aids Child Worm Infestation
An advertisement claims that a few doses of White's Cream Vermi Fuge destroys and expels intestinal worms in children, leading to immediate improvement and thriving. Priced at 25 cents per bottle and sold by all druggists.
Watch THE TIMES everyday for jopportunities
The Times advertises daily watch opportunities with a subscription rate of 60 cents per month. The brief notice emphasizes ongoing opportunities and a low monthly price for access.
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TIMES
Maryland Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
Annapolis witnesses Maryland legislature approve the federal prohibition constitutional amendment by a 58 to 42 vote in the House after Senate passage. The action marks ratification of the measure during this session.
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Times
Annapolis
Maryland
House
Senate
Roosevelt Out Of Danger After Illness
New York February 11 Colonel Roosevelt is pronounced out of danger and his recovery is seen as imminent. Messages of congratulations arrive from across the country as the former president shows steady improvement.
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Times
New York
Roosevelt
Indian Cavalry Offer From Arapaho and Cheyenne Chiefs
Oklahoma City reports Arapaho and Cheyenne chiefs lead a committee offering ten regiments of cavalry to the federal government. Governor Williams pledged to raise the issue with his department. Chiefs Yellow Hawk Little Wolf and Magpie head the delegation.
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Times
Oklahoma City
Williams
Yellow Hawk
Little Wolf
Magpie
Old Man Discovers Florists Back Shop Idle
In Philadelphia two young florists were startled by the appearance of the old boss as they played checkers in the rear. The proprietor demanded why they are seldom at work when he checks the front. One youth blamed the rubber heels they insist on wearing.
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Toladelphia
Thes
Ats
Blushing Bride Elect Hints at Family Tussle Before Wedding
In a Tit-Bits item a bride elect jokes about her father giving her away as rehearsals proceed. The exchange reveals a tense family moment with the father admitting he already spoke of the duty and noted a disposition similar to the bride’s mother.
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Maude
George
War bonus for Spain officials set at one month’s salary
Spain’s government officials are to receive a war bonus of a month’s salary. Canada has only two inhabitants per square mile of its vast territory. Great Britain is using 200,000 ash trees annually to manufacture aeroplanes. The total cost of the war to all bel ligerents is now said to be at least 35,000,000,000 a month.
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Spain
Canada
Great Britain
President outlines principles for postwar settlements
The president advocates that peoples and provinces must not be bartered for balance of power and that four well defined national aspirations be satisfied. He notes general peace can be discussed only after such foundations are secure, with acceptance by all except Germany, and says the speech will be cabled to major capitals.
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Germany
Hertlin
Austria
Russia
McAdoo Takes Over Car Service Unit Of Rail Admin
Washington February 11 Director General McAdoo assumed control of the car service commission of the American Railway Association and established the car service section within the railroad administration division of transportation.
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Washington
McAdoo
Car Service Commission
The
American Railway Association
Car Service Section
Railroad Administration
Division of Transportation
NO TROPHIES FOR GERMANS AT PARIS ISLAND
A recruit company of U S Marines at Paris Island swore in formal conclave to destroy their corps devices and to lose their lives if necessary rather than let the emblem fall into enemy hands for use by the enemy’s women as a token of victory.
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Paris Island
den Linden
Marine Corps
U. 8S
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