Royal High School Class of 1917 Graduation Friday Evening
The Class of 1917 at Laredo High School will graduate eleven students at the Royal Opera House Friday night at 8 30. The program includes acts from the senior play How the Vote Was Won and selections by the Royal Orchestra and chorus. Address to graduates, presentation of diplomas, and a benediction close the ceremony.
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The
Laredo High School
Royal Opera House
Josefa Martinez
Lourena Siros
Anna Sutton
Sara Vidaurri
Refugio Diaz
Alice Adams
Julia Hopkins
Josephine Roberts
Maxime Taylor
Refugio Benavides
Edward Mann
Rossini Royal Orchestra
Santa Lucia
Cr. Hamilton
C. St. John
Horace Cole
Ethel
Wigtfred
Oe Eit
Agatha
Horace
Bakatacs Town
Lou Vena Siros
Molly
Madame Christine
Cea Wee
Mandy Sparks
Lizzie Wilkins
Ea Sakes
Oe. Vine
Pbs & Ryan
L. J. Christen
Nancy Lee
Weatherly
L. H. Wharton
Tierney
Royal Orchestra
Notable Birthdays Today May 29 Leon Bourgeois 66
Leon Bourgeois veteran French statesman and former Premier is 66 today. Lawyer by profession Doctor of Law he held multiple ministerial posts including Education Justice Foreign Affairs Interior and Prime Minister during a long career. He led France at The Hague peace conferences in 1899 and 1907 and previously served as Prefect of the Paris police.
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Leon Bourgeois
Paris
Marne
France
The
Hague
Social calendar notes and society events
Tuesday program includes a miscellaneous sale at Stower s furniture store at 10 in the morning under the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church. The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the Rectory at 4. Mrs Isaac Gill, Mrs Norman Polkinhorn and Miss Gullette host a bridge affair at 4 30 honoring Miss Etta Thaison. Ladies Night at the Ninth Infantry Club. The Women s Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets at 4. Miss Marguerite Nelson hosts the Girls Social Club at 4.
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Annie Pierce
Maria Mowry
Maud McKnight
Belle Westbrook
Mesdames A. Martin
Gilbreath
Vidales
Gill
Gray
Ruckman
Etta Thaison
Mesdames Asher Smith
Woodruff
Stone
Little
G. W. Derby
Weber
Stowers
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Christ Church
Isaac Gill
Norman Polkinhorn
Miss Gullette
Bridge
Girls’ Social Club
Ninth Infantry Club
Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Border Foundry Showcases Large Oxy-Acetylene Welders
The Border Foundry and Machine Co announces installation of a large Oxy-Acetylene welding and cutting machine in Southwest Texas and notes an experienced mechanic to operate it. Patrons are promised prompt attention and a contact phone, 812.
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Border Foundry and Machine Co
Texas
Local Socials Bring Visitors to the City
John D. Davis of Joyce and John Burris of Melon arrived in the city yesterday afternoon. M. G. Delling and Eduardo Herrera of Dolores were in town today. H. C. Hill of San Antonio, a well known figure in the grip, came in yesterday. A. Swedberg departed yesterday for Sioux Falls to visit two sisters. Wm. Epstein, president of the Royal Amusement Co. of San Antonio, and operators of the Strand Theater, arrived for a short visit.
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John D. Davis
Joyce
John Burris
Melon
M. G. Delling
Eduardo Herrera
Dolores
H. C. Hill
Grip
San Antonio
A. Swedberg
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Wm. Epstein
The
Royal Amusement Co
Strand Theater
Chamber of Commerce Proves Vital to Onion Trade in Laredo
Claude A. Brown of Peppers & Brown lauds the Laredo Chamber of Commerce for a year that moved onions to a cash, merchandise basis. The effort shipped onions by ventilator and refrigerator cars, fought box car panic, and kept markets healthy through coordinated grower meetings and nationwide cash-buyer outreach.
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Claude A. Brown
Peppers & Brown
Texas
Laredo
Chamber of Commerce
United States Office of Markets
Chamber of Commercce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard
Grand Jury to Probe Advocacy of Non-Compliance
A special federal grand jury is convening June 6 to investigate alleged advocacy of defying the conscription law. Minutes earlier, a state circuit court injunction was filed by the Federal League for Democratic Control to halt enforcement of the registration law in Kansas City, naming Gov. Gardner and Mayor Edwards among officials.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
State Circuit Court
Federal League For Democratic Control
Gardner
Missouri
Edwards
Mayor asks governor for guards to curb rioting
East St. Louis reports a mob of about 3500 drove hundreds of black workers across the Mississippi to St. Louis after a city council visit by Central Trades and Labor Union members demanding a halt to imported black labor. The mayor urged state guards to assist police as quiet returned.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Ill
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union
Memorial Day Observance Expanded Across Nation
Washington May 29 Memorial Day will be observed on a grand scale with nationwide ceremonies from Maine to California. In Arlington National Cemetery more than 20 000 soldiers lie buried as President Wilson may deliver the oration. A devout Catholic “devotion to God and country” demonstration grows with Cardinal Gibbons and many clergy attending.
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Pacific
Maine
California
National Cemetery
District of Columbia
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac
Wilson
Grand Army of the Republic
Arlington
Army and Navy Union
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Washington
W. Frank James
Michigan
United States
East
Cardinal Gibbons
Knights of Columbus
South
Middle West
St. Aloysius Church
Weather forecast from New Orleans office for tonight and Wednesday
United States Weather Bureau forecast via The Times notes partly cloudy conditions for tonight and Wednesday. This brief update comes from the New Orleans bureau and is transmitted daily by the Telephone Co.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary
Observation for the Fort McIntosh area reports a maximum temperature of 97 degrees and a minimum of 60 degrees. Winds were generally from the south with clear conditions reported throughout the period ending at 7 a m today.
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Fort McIntosh
Labor association links investigation to manufacturers group
In Dallas on May 29 counsel for the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of America issued a statement asserting that the National Manufacturers Association or a related body is behind the current investigation activity aimed at labor organizations.
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Dallas
Texas
Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of America Today
National Manufacturers Association
Senate panel backs sugar tax substitute to war bill
In Washington on May 2 the senate finance committee moved to repeal the $200 million general tariff rise and instead propose a direct excise tax on sugar, tea, coffee, and cocoa as a substitute.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Arctic explorer safe after 1913 Arctic voyage
New York May 29 Donald Mc Millan explorer and his party who ventured into the Arctic in 1913 are reported safe on the northeastern coast of Gré land by cable advices.
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Associated Press
New York
Donald McMillan
Arctic
Gréland
Cable
Andrassy Chosen To Head Cabinet In Hungary
The Budapest telegram reports Emperor Charles appointed Count Julius Andrassy premier of Hungary after a May 23 resignation by Count Stephen Tisza. Andrassy, a prominent liberal opponent of the Tisza ministry, is described as an advanced type leader in opposition.
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Associated Press
Zurich
Switzerland
Budapest
Charles
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Stephen Tisza
Austrian-Hungary
Count Andrassy
Tisza
Germans Expect Attack From Russian and Roumanian Troops
Berlin reports that an attack by Russian and Roumanian forces is expected today, according to an official communique.
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Berlin
Greek Attache Resigns Amid Venizelos Allegiance
Washington May 29 S. X. Constantinadi first secretary of the Greek legation resigns to the state department and declares allegiance to the Venizelos forces. He cites King Constantine’s barbarity as the reason for his action.
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Washington
S. X. Constantinadi
Legation
State Department
Venizelos
Memorial Day Flag Etiquette States Half Staff Morning Rule
On Memorial Day the national flag should fly at half staff from sunrise to noon and full staff from noon to sunset, following the custom of hoisting the flag full staff at the conclusion of a funeral.
Military Mass Set With Cardinal Gibbons to Preside
Highest government officials will attend a military mass at Union Station plaza with Cardinal Gibbons presiding and Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Shahan of the Catholic University celebrating. Bishop Charles Warren Currier will preach the sermon as Gonzaga College cadets and other student units march in full uniform. An outdoor afternoon program follows with a 1000-voice chorus from Catholic groups in Washington. President Wilson to attend and ex Governor Glynn to deliver the ovation.
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Thomas J. Shahan
Catholic University of America
Charles Warren Currier
Gonzaga College
St. John’s College
Catholic University
Georgetown
Union Station Plaza
Wilson
Martin H. Glynn
New York
Washington
Conference to Talk Peace and End to War Laws
New York May 29. Socialist leaders and peace advocates plan the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace at Holland House. It aims for a speedy just peace but may unfold as an antiwar demonstration opposing compulsory military training and promoting conscientious objectors, free speech, free press, and referendum on war.
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New York
Tomor
Holland House
United States
Italians Drive Austrians in Plava Sector
Rome reports that Italian forces in the Plava sector drove Austro-Hungarian troops to the valley rim east of Globna. Official figures show 24,682 Austro-Hungarian prisoners taken on the Italian front since May 14.
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Rome
Plava
Globna
French Still Advancing in Verdun Battle
Paris May 29 officials report French forces captured a German post north of Vacherouvelle in Verdun region. Two German assaults near Hurtebise on the Champagne front were repelled after a heavy bombardment. Seven German aircraft were shot down by French pilots yesterday and twelve more were forced to land inside enemy lines.
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Paris
Vacherouvelle
Verdun
Hurtebise
Champagne
Norway Sunk by Gunfire Off Christiania
The Norwegian steamer Norway was sunk by gunfire on Saturday while en route to its home port. The crew was rescued.
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Christiania
Norway
Greek fleet tally sunk by German submarines
The Patris lists 102 Greek ships totaling 300000 tons sunk by German submarines, with the report datelined Athens on May 29.
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Athens
the Patris
Hampton Institute Commencement Delivers Largest Class
Hampton Institute in Hampton Virginia awarded diplomas to ninety four graduates in the largest class in its history at the annual commencement. Isaac Fisher, noted black orator and writer, who heads the publication department at Fisk University, delivered the address to the graduating class.
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Hampton
Hampton Institute
Isaac Fisher
Fiske University
Dunes History Pageant Planned Along Lake Michigan Shore
An open air fete will stage tomorrow a 20 mile by 1 mile stretch of dunes near Lake Michigan to highlight the dune country history. The event will feature a large pageant with about 100 actors from Indiana Illinois and Michigan plus a masque with dancing music and color.
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Ill
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
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