Local Marriage License Issued and City Notes
The county clerk issued a marriage license to Carl Oscar Swed berg and Mrs. John Ed Ward. Rialto cinema shows Behold My Wife as a Mothers Club benefit with full houses yesterday and tonight. School ends tomorrow for the summer vacation. Mexican journalist Leon Osorio released on bond after immigration detention. Funeral services for Virginia Belle Halbedh set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at 1920 Rosario Street with Rev. R. A. White officiating. Kiwanis Rotary Bend concert at Jarvis Plant features the 17th Infantry Band every Thursday evening during summer.
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Carl Oscar Swedberg
John Ed Ward
Rialto
Mothers Club of
San Agustin
Virginia Belle Halbedh
Rosario Street
R. A. White
The
Christian Church
Bend
Jarvis Plant
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Laredo
17Th Infantry
British Driven From Caspian Base Clash Kills Nine in Matewan
British forces withdraw from a Caspian Sea base amid Bolshevik pressure. In Matewan West Virginia a clash between deputies and coal strike agitators ends with nine dead, signaling violent labor unrest and regional tension.
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Caspian Sea
Matewan
W. Va
Cardinal O Connell marks twentieth bishopric anniversary
His Eminence Cardinal O Connell of Boston celebrates twenty years since elevation to the bishopric. A member of the Sacred College resident in the United States, he is joined by the archbishop of Philadelphia who received the red hat at Rome. Born in Lowell and educated at Boston College, he led the American College in Rome for five years, then became bishop of Portland in 1901. He later became Boston Archbishop in 1907 and cardinal in 1911.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Sacred College
United States
Philadelphia
Rome
New England
Lowell
Boston College
American College
Portalnd
Williams
Bird's Teeth Specimen Found in Kansas Chalk Beds
A Kansas fossil in the University of Kansas museum, tied to Hesperornis, is one of only two bird teeth specimens known. The Cretaceous 25 million year old skull has ten teeth and hints at semi plumaceous feathers, with the Yale museum hosting the other find. The discovery, noted by Prof. H. T. Martin, ranks as the second oldest bird life and the most complete preserved specimen.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
University of Kansas Museum
H. T. Martin
Yale University Museum
Martin
Professor Martin
Germany
University of Kansas
Megan Lloyd George and Sir Philip Sassoon Engagement
London May 19. Reported engagement of Megan Lloyd George to Sir Philip Sassoon signals a liaison of premier’s daughter with one of England’s wealthiest young men. The Sassoon family, long entrenched in Asian and African finance, are famed for immense wealth, political influence, and a history spanning two centuries.
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London
Megan Lloyd George
Philip Sassoon
England
Sassoons
Asia
Mohamedan Africa
Europe
House of Rothschild
Sir Philip Sassoon
Lloyd George
Baron Gustav Rothschild
Paris
Rothschild Bank
Sassoon
Bagdad
Bombay
Philip
Albert Sassoon
Abdallah
Sans Souci
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
House of Sassoon
China
Central Asia
Persia
India
Arabia
Africa
Turkey
Sir Philip
Sir Edward Sassoon
Reuben Sassoon
Edward
Hamburg
Orient
Dakota League to Open Season With 100-Game Schedule
In Sioux Falls on May 19 the reorganized Dakota baseball league announces its second championship season starting tomorrow with games in Aberdeen at Redfield Wahpeton Breckenridge at Huron Watertown at Mitchell and Madison in Sioux Falls. The 100-game schedule runs through September 11.
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Sioux Falls
Dakota Baseball League
Aberdeen
Redfield
Wahpeton-Breckenridge
Huron
Watertown
Mitchell
Madison
Southern A A U Title Meet Opens in Baton Rouge
Amateur athletes from colleges clubs and schools across the South converge on Louisiana State University field in Baton Rouge for the Southern A A U outdoor track and field championships tomorrow and Saturday. Eliminations occur tomorrow with finals to crown champions in all events.
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Southern A. A. U
Baton Rouge
South
Louisiana State University
Home Run Leaders Split Across Leagues This Season
Fifty four players, including 28 in the National and 26 in the American League, have hit one or more home runs this season, underscoring a wide spread power surge across major league baseball.
Society notices and events calendar summary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meets at Mrs. George Winch's home at 4 PM. Circle A, W. M. U., gathers at Mrs. Percy Ince at 4 PM. Circle B, W. M. U., meets with Mrs. T. C. Mann Friday. Commencement Exercises follow at the Royal Opera House in the evening.
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The
Presbyterian Church
George Winch
Circle A
Percy Ince
Circle B
T. C. Mann
Royal Opera House
Grandma Memories In Song And News From The City
A mix of verse remembered by a narrator and social notes from the city. Poems by Thomas Haynes Bailey sit beside updates on visitors and locals in San Benito, Austin, Corpus Christi, and nearby towns. The column lists guests, travel plans, recitals, and social events with names and places throughout.
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C. Chaddick
Margaret Heye
Gustav Heye
Corpus Christi
City
C. C. Biggio
Parish Guild Auxiliary Meeting Plans Emery Fund
The Parish Guild held its regular Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. R. L. Poster's home with Rev. C. W. Cook leading prayers. Readings on Human Missionaries and Circuit Riding in Texas were shared, and fifty cent donations were requested for the Emery Fund marking the women's fifty years of Auxiliary service.
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R. L. Poster
C. W. Cook
United
United Thanks
Johnston
Cook
Texas
Panhandle
Emery
Ben Wright
Mesdames Anderson
Adams
Arkles
Flores
Kehl
Lusk
Lines
Mason
Mims
Offer
Shahady
Vidales
Fred Wright
Amar Penn
Baseball Gossip Highlights 191? Batting Marks and Pitching Feats
Baseball gossip notes Wade Lefler of Baltimore posts a 515 average over ten games. Rommel of the Athletics has the Yankees' number, beating them thrice this spring. Uhle Sutherland Fillingim show promise as top hitting pitchers. Ty Cobb steers Detroit in AL pennant chase while hitting around .400. Hub Purdue’s Nashville trails in Southern league after 15 games. Phillies lead NL in club batting but lag in standings. Maranville Day in Boston honors Pirates star. Hooper Day to follow with White Sox visit. Giants and Robins clash in New York. Giants fare well on Polo Grounds but struggle at Ebbets Field. Zach Wheat of Brooklyn skews under .300 as a famed slugger fails to hit stride this season. St Louis fans doubt Browns or Cardinals can mount strong pitching on the big circuits. Charlie Hall remains in game with St Paul after Red Sox days. Bob Meusel rips a single, double, triple, and home run in a Washington game.
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Wade Lefler
Baltimore
Rommel
Athletics
Yankee
Huggins
Uhle
Indians
Sutherland
Tigers
Fillingim
Braves
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Perdue
Nashville
Phillies
Boston
Pirates
White Sox
Giants
Robins
New York
Polo Grounds
Ebbetsfield
Zach Wheat
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Browns
Cardinals
Charlie
Sea Lion) Hall
Red Sox
St. Paul
American Association
Bob Meusel
Washington
Yank
Regimental band concert thrills audience and upcoming Jarvis Plaza show
Last evening a weekly regimental band concert pleased a large audience with a standout solo by Sergeant Hadjek who encore. The band plans a concert at Jarvis Plaza tonight at eight. Also noted is Captain Lehman and Mrs Lehman returning from San Antonio after Mrs Lehman’s operation. In sports, Company A upset pennant contender Company I 11 to 8 after seven straight losses. Tonight Company B versus K promises another great game. A formal enlisted men's dance will be held at the War Department Theatre each Saturday from 8:30 to 11 by card admission.
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Margie
Hadjek
Company A
Company I
Company B
War Department
Bandits Threaten Safety in Constantinople Amid War Turmoil
Allied officials in Constantinople report banditry growing in Thrace as Bolshevik arrivals rise. The American embassy is guarded by sailors and the allied commander travels to London to brief authorities. Turks accuse Greeks of instigating unrest, Greeks blame Bulgarian chiefs, and famine fears grow as fields lie fallow and villagers stay indoors. About 1000 former Wrangel troops are said to have become outlaws.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Thrace
London
Wrangel
France to enforce Versailles frontier in Upper Silesia
Paris reports Premier Briand reaffirmed France will enforce the Versailles treaty in drawing the Germany Poland frontier in Upper Silesia. He warned that German troop incursions would not be tolerated, echoing his prior stance in response to Lloyd George. The Echo de Paris criticized the British minister and urged seriousness over entente concerns.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Germany
Poland
Upper Silesia
Briand
Lloyd George
Silesia
Echo de Paris
Pertlaax
House of Commons
Poles Demobilizing After Appeal to Silesia People
London May 19 official circles report Polish Consul General Reuben told the inter allied plebiscite commission that Adalbert Korfanty issued a proclamation urging Upper Silesia residents to surrender arms resume work and avoid German military contact. He said 10000 men have demobilized.
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London
Reuben
Adalbert Korfanty
Upper Silesia
Polish Troop Movement Reported Toward Danzig
Amsterdam reports via the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung that a large Polish troop movement heads toward Danzig. The paper says several Vistula bridges are blown and a Polish raid on Danzig is believed planned by German authorities.
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Amsterdam
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung
Danzig
Vistula
Ambitious New England YWCA Championship Meet Slated
The Harvard Stadium hosts a groundbreaking women’s athletic tourney on June 11 featuring runners leapers jumpers and weight throwers for the New England YWCA championships. The event marks a bold expansion of women’s competitive sport in the region.
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Harvard Stadium
New England Y. W. C. A
Pittsburgh
Ben Martini
Allamakee County
Ilona
Mary B. Lindley
Sacramento
Death of Chief Justice Edward White Shocks Capital
Washington May 19 The death of Edward Douglas White veteran chief justice of the United States casts sorrow over the capital. At 76 he had rugged health until a recent operation for bladder trouble. He served 27 years on the bench and influenced rulings on income tax direct primary prohibition and woman suffrage. His rule of reason in antitrust cases drew public attention to careful law interpretation. Funeral plans tentatively set with Catholic rites at St Matthew's Church and interment at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward Douglas White
United States
Supreme Bench
White
Frank K. Greene
Supreme Court
Oak Hill Cemetery
St Matthew's Church
Funeral held for State Senator J. C. McNealus in Dallas
Dallas funeral services were conducted today for State Senator J. C. McNealus who died yesterday in Fort Worth. The 71 year old Dallas Democrat owner publisher and longtime Texas newspaper figure was born in New York and served in the state senate for over a decade. He died of heart disease.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
J. C. McNealus
Fort Worth
Senator McNealus
New York
State Senate
Dallas Democrat
Abilene Trial Recessed For Afternoon Arguments
Albert Rowan case in Abilene Texas rested both sides by 10 am and recessed until 1 pm for three hours of argument. The defense continued testimony in the open trial. Alibi witnesses including his sister Mrs Bless and mother Mrs T C Rowan testified in the night session. Two Dallas restaurant waiters testified to seeing Rowan at the eatery around 5 pm on the robbery date.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Texas
Albert Rowan
Bless
T. C Rowan
Dallas
Rowan
Pryor Defies Call to Resign From Prison Commission
W G Pryor of the Texas prison commission informed Governor Neff in Houston on May 19 that he will not resign. He cites no grounds for resignation beyond a lack of political accord with the governor.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
W. G. Pryor
State Prison Commission
Neff
National Guard Camp dates set for Camp Mabry in June
The National Guard encampment will be held at Camp Mabry in Austin from June 12 to 26. Colonel Price Adams will serve as the senior instructor, according to headquarters announcement.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
National Guard
Camp Mabry
Austin
Price Adams
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offered as Cure Claim
A Victorian era advertorial asserts catarrh is curable only by constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio is promoted as a blood acting internal remedy. A hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it fails to cure. testimonials and circulars are referenced.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Shen & Gy
Fire Destroys Beaumont Home. Parents Save Children
May 19 Beaumont. Mr and Mrs Jerry B Johnson badly burned but saved their children from death when a fire swept their two story home. The family slept upstairs. Johnson leaped to the ground and his wife dropped the children one by one into his arms before leaping to safety. Loss estimated at $20000.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Jerry B Johnson
Identified Giuseppe di Filippo in Wall Street blast probe
Bayonne police announced that three persons identified Giuseppe di Filippo, a Bayonne truckman arrested yesterday, as the man seen in Wall Street within hours of the September explosion.
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Bayonne
N. J
Giuseppe di Filippo
Wall Street
Mrs Isabella Neff Dies in Governor’s Mansion
Isabella Jo Neff mother of Governor Neff died at 4 pm yesterday at the governor’s mansion. The body was moved by train to Waco then by auto to Post Oak cemetery near Coryell county. Governor Neff, relatives, officials attended. Rev. Frank Cain conducted the graveside service. Statehouse business halted in her memory.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Isabella Jo Neff
Neff
Governor's Mansion
Waco
Post Oak Cemetery
Coryell County
Frank Cain
Baylor University
State House
Boy shoots mother by accidental pistol discharge in Dallas
Dallas readers learn that Mrs J F Cox 27 was killed instantly at home by the accidental discharge of a 45 caliber pistol in the hands of her five year old son John Franklin Cox. Detectives report the child made a statement about the incident.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
J. F. Cox
John Franklin Cox
Disarmament talk in Chicago urges naval arms limit
The Congress on Reduction of Armaments met in Chicago on May 19 and adopted a resolution urging President Harding to invite Great Britain and Japan to an immediate conference to limit naval armaments.
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Chicago
Congress On
Harding
Great Britain
Japan
Tug River tensions near West Virginia discussed by officials
Washington May 19 Secretary of Labor Davis met John Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America to discuss Tug River conditions. An official announcement was withheld but it was indicated Davis may seek a settlement to the dispute that led to last week’s fighting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tug River
West Virginia
Davis
John Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
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