Lieutenant Chaille Killed On Mexican Side
Lieut. David J. Chaille of the 16th U. S. Cavalry was killed in darkness during an encounter with Mexican soldiers on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande near Brownsville. His detachment is held at Matamoros and to be returned to American authorities. Chaille, once a noted Laredo architect, had drawn Mercy Hospital and Cogley home, left Laredo for officer training, and earned a commission.
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Laredo
David J. Chaille
16Th Cavalry
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Chaille
16Th U. S. Cavalry
Matamoros
Charlie
San Benito
Lietenant Chaille
Slocum
Dave” Chaille
Mercy Hospital
Cogley
Louisiana
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised by F B Tressey
A Richmond Kentucky man F B Tressey declares Chamberlain's Tablets are a wonder. He recommends them for indigestion or constipation and urges others to try them.
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Lain
Chamberlain
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
War Comforts and Confusion at Camp Dodge
A negro draftee from Alabama at Camp Dodge questions why soldiers receive clothing meals beds and blankets from Uncle Sam and humorously asks why the head of the ward isn’t started sooner. He is reassured by a white soldier about the provisions. A short item blends humor with wartime life and race dynamics. Also notes a stockholders meeting for Texas Mexican Railway Company in Laredo on June 26, 1918 at 9 am to elect directors, with a post meeting session to follow.
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The
Texas Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
Red Cross and church groups schedule events Tuesday
Tuesday social calendar lists Red Cross Surgical Room duties under Miss Zara Mowry and Mrs Woodman, with forenoon and afternoon shifts. Hospital supply duties by Mrs Woodman, Mrs Young, and Mrs Nelson. Church groups meet for a Christian Aid, Alpha Club, knitting circles, and a farewell party at 4 o'clock and 8:30 p.m. at the Austins. Also Parish Guild and Camp Fire Girls gather in late afternoon.
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Zara Mowry
Red Cross
Hospital
Woodman
Young
Nelson
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Alpha Club
Dario Sanchez
William Simpson
Womans’ Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
H. M. Austin
Hey
Charles Ramsay
Red Cross Surgical
Maria Mowry
Kenedy
Heaner
Parish Guild
C. MakKinney
Nopales
Camp Fire Girls
Misses Netzer
Christian Endeavor
Social notes from Laredo reflect visitors and local events
Dr and Mrs T J Turpin of Santo Tomas visit Mr and Mrs J W Brewster in Laredo. Numerous locals travel to relatives in San Antonio Houston and Corpus Christi. Community groups host suffrage, Red Cross and women’s club activities while Ursuline convent entertains soldiers.
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T. J. Turpin
Santo, Tomas
City
J. W. Brewster
Arthur &. Derby
Monterey
Corpus Christi
Chamberlain's Cholera Morbus Remedy Endorsed by Mother
A Huntington Indiana mother says Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gave immediate relief to two sick children during the summer of 1911. The note praises the medicine as essential at home to combat the dangerous disease.
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Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Kansas Christian Endeavor Convention Opens in McPherson
McPherson Kansas June 11 delegates from across the state attend the opening of the Kansas Christian Endeavor Societies annual convention in McPherson where war time service of churches and religious groups will guide discussions over the next few days.
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McPherson, Kas
Kansas Christian Endeavor Societies
Wilson tells labor to help win war here in convention
President Wilson warned that war could be lost in America if essential labor interruptions persist. He stressed unity against enemy intrigues and said the new world peace will honor labor, addressing a convention of the American Federation of Labor and the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. A new operating region west of the Mississippi includes southwestern lines, with the regional director based in St. Louis.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
America
France
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
St. Louis
Washington
Mississippi
The
Railroad Administration
South Western Lines
Ninety Thousand Registrants Assigned to Vancouver Aeronautical Work
Ninety thousand white registrants qualified for special limited service will report to Vancouver Washington to work on aircraft materials for the military aeronautical corps.
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Washington
Military Aeronautical Corps
Vancouver
Graduation Day at Mount Holyoke College Marks Year End
Graduation exercises closed the eighty first academic year at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Mass today. The ceremony in Chapin Auditorium featured an address by Dr George B Vincent president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyyoke College
Chapin Auditorium
George B. Vincent
Rockfeller Foundation
Trapshooting Opens At Peoria In State Tournament
The annual Illinois State trapshooting tournament opened at the Peoria gun club grounds under the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. A large prize pool attracts prominent amateur and professional marksmen from several states. The event runs four days with daily programs of three events, mostly 100 targets each, and the Chicago Board of Trade diamond trophy worth $3,000 draws chief interest.
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Peoria
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Keynote Is Co operation War Convention Opens
One thousand prominent manufacturers from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Massachusetts Connecticut and Delaware meet in Atlantic City to plan a program for utmost cooperation with the government in war supply production. Governor Samuel W McCall Senator Joseph B Frelinghuysen War Industries Board member Charles A Otis and English novelist Louis Tracy are among scheduled speakers.
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Atantic City
N. J
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
Samuel W. McCall
Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen
Charles A. Otis
War Industries Board
Louis Tracy
United States
Emperor writes Roumania urge for unity against democracy
London reports that in February the Austrian Emperor urged King Ferdinand of Roumania to join monarchies in a fight against democracy. The letter helped Roumania accept peace with the Central powers, amid warnings of socialist spread. Paris notes a German drive between Montdidier and Noyon with French resistance and reversals near Aronde, Belloy, St Maur, Marquilgis, and Vendelin court, with shifts west and south of Ribecourt.
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Associated Press
London
Austria-Hungary
Roumania
Ferdinand
Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
Saya
Mary
Aronde
Belloy
St. Maur
Marquilgise
Vendelicourt
Ribecourt
British advance near Amiens and Morancourt
Amsterdam dispatch cites Wolff Bureau report on American actions between the Marne and the Ourcq claiming American naval brigade nearly wiped out at Belleau Wood. It alleges successive waves of Americans were mowed down. 230 Germans reported captured by British on the Amiens front.
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London
Amiens
Morancourt
Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Marne
Oureq
Belleau Wood
Victories Reported as American Forces Advance
Washington June 11 General Perrah ing's communique notes improved American gains with prisoners captured Germans killed and matériel taken Varrola crossed the Marne successfully and hurried reconnaissance.
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Washington
Perahing
Varrola
Marne
Army Casualty List Reports 130 Names Across Actions
Washington June 11 army casualty list shows 130 names with 26 killed in action 3 died of wounds 3 died of accident and other causes 7 died of disease 48 wounded severely and 43 wounded with degree undetermined. Among the wounded are Wiley J. Heft Huntsville and Emery A. Smith Denton Texas.
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Washington
Wiley J. Heft
Huntsville
Emery A. Smith
Denton
Texas
French tribute to American courage at Chateau Thierry
Paris reports a formal French summary praising American marines and officers for exemplary courage at Chateau Thierry. The dispatch says American actions bordered on temerity and shows high regard for their conduct in battle.
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Paris
Chateau Thierry
German Submarine Sunk Off British Coast
A German submarine was attacked and apparently sunk by a British steamer off the British coast about a week ago Sunday, near an Atlantic port reported on June 1. The incident is described as a likely loss for the German vessel with no further details available.
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Atlantic
Unfashionable Banker Scolds Girls Over Skirts
At a Philadelphia dinner a cranky banker lectured on health risks of short skirts and filmy stockings. The crowd listened coldly and he stormed off in disgust. Joseph Widener nodded, and he quipped that a girl in red flannel underwear would never need furs.
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Philadelphia
Joseph &. Widener
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered For Cures
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of FP J Cheney & Co of Toledo swears the firm will pay $100 for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notary public notes this on December 6. The notice promotes a remedy taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces and directs readers to ask druggists for Family Pills.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
FP. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
Beal
A. W. Gleabon
Chanty & A
All Druggista
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans provides The Times daily forecast. Tonight and Wednesday are partly cloudy to cloudy. Observations at Fort McIntosh show a maximum temperature of 101 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees with a south wind and cloudy conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Times
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Wilson addresses Mexican editors on Pan Americanism
President Wilson spoke to Mexican editors about Pan Americanism and disinterestedness. The address, not yet published in the United States, was transmitted from Mexico to Europe and is expected to rank with the great war documents. He argued foreign diplomats misunderstood American neutrality before the war and asserted that the world now recognizes the purposes of the American people.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
America
Mexico
Europe
American Aviator Killed in 200 Foot Fall
Lieutenant Harry Dodds died from injuries after a 200 foot fall at Stimenon field on Saturday. He resided in Vancouver, British Columbia, and his death was reported from San Antonio, Texas.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Harry Dodds
Stimenon Field
Vancouver
B, C
University of Arkansas commencement speech by Dr. A. Ross Hill
Dr. A. Ross Hill, president of the University of Missouri, addressed the Arkansas graduates at Fayetteville. Degrees were conferred on several hundred seniors, with many graduates now entering national service.
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Wayuetteville
Ark
A. Ross Hil
University of Missouri
University of Arkansas
George Adam Smith Speaks at Chicago University Convocation
Dr George Adam Smith rector of Aberdeen University gave the principal address at the University of Chicago 107th convocation this afternoon. A total of 662 degrees tithes and certificates were conferred.
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Chicago
George Adam Smith
Aberdeen University
University of Chicago
Beveridge Delivers Commencement Address at Purdue
The class of 1918 at Purdue University received their degrees at the annual commencement in Lafayette Indiana. Albert J Beveridge former United States senator was the commencement orator.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
New brides and farm eggs clash in morning market
A Cleeland Plain Dealer humorous item recalls a newly wed shopper scolding a grocer over tiny exits and fresh eggs from the farm. The grocer defends the supply as country freshness, while the bride quips farmers rush eggs off the nest.
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Cleeland Plain Dealer
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