Raids on West Front and Far East Stir World War I News
Reports say Japan pressed the entente to prevent Bolshevik or German seizure of Russian ammunition. France and Britain raid Verdun and Scarpe with prisoners taken. German forces advance toward Petrograd and Kiev as aerial attacks and naval losses deepen war weariness.
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Rusela
Far East
Japan
United States
Russia
Viscount Motono
Paris
Motono
Foch
Siberia
Pershing
War Department
Petrograd
Pskov
Kiev
Butte du Mesnil
Chemin Des Dames
St. Quentin
Glenart Castle
Vladivostok
Siberian
Cadet Killed in Ellington Field Air Crash
Second Lieutenant Hammitt K. Elliott was instantly killed at Ellington Field Houston Texas Wednesday during aircraft training. He was attempting a tail spin when control was lost in the crash, ending a promising military career.
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Ellington
Houston
Tex
Hammitt K. Elliott
Ellington Field
Hong Kong Jockey Club Race Collapse Tragedy
A disaster at a Hong Kong public event near the Jockey Club races left hundreds dead. Reports say 100 women and children were trampled in the crush, with a fire causing additional fatalities. The chaotic scene prompted emergency response and inquiries into crowd control and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
London
Tuscania Survivors in Irish Hospitals
Sixty three American survivors of the torpedoed troop ship Tuscania are in Irish hospitals recovering from injuries or exposure. Officials say none are seriously hurt and all are expected to be discharged soon. The list of names includes Holden, Leblanc, McCollum, Baker, Belton, Binkley, Burleson, Carlile, Eddins, Gibson, Gore, Hensley, McAdams, McDonnell, Taylor, Sandoval, Brewer, Stinson, Pelley, Villines and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Londonderry Pimp
Mark T. Gibson
Batson
Texas
James T. Gore
Fred
Silva Hensley
Boswell
Okla
Joseph G. McAdams
Atlanta
John F. McDonnell
Hinton
Herbert D. Taylor
Santo
Roman Sandoval
Floresville
Larne
Farrisville
Walter Villines
Stephenville
Loans totaling 110000 aid Texas farmers through Houston bank
The Federal Land Bank of Houston closed loans totaling 110 395 to Texas farmers with checks sent to local associations. Disbursements included amounts ranging from 285 to 5 250 across towns such as North Zulch Sulphur Springs Springfield Dimmitt Corpus Christi Bandera and Bowie plus others.
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Houston
Tex
Federal Land Bank of Houston
North Zulch
Sulphur Springs
Springfield
Dimmitt
Colorado
Shamrock
Snyder
Hansford
Corpus Christi
Canton
Palestine
Pasadena
Bandera
Athens
Warahachie
Plemons
Jago
Bryan
Anahuac
Gatesville
Hamlin
Bowie
Channing
Mason
Quecator
van Alstyne
Vernon
Anderson
Rock Island
St. Jo
Crowell
Beeville
Huntsville
Whitney
Robert Lee
Cuero
Fires Preventable Majority in Texas Since 1910
Texas fire insurance records show 79.65 percent of 81 000 fires since December 10 1910 were preventable. Dwellings and similar structures accounted for 38 305 fires with 65.9 percent preventable. mercantile and hazard classes had 51.4 percent preventable. Overall preventable rates reach 86.2 percent for dwellings and 72.9 percent for mercantile when known and unknown causes are then compared.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
Rule 66 for Dealers in Fish and Other Foodstuffs
Houston dispatch outlines federal food administration rulings in Texas. Special permits apply to canned beans and peas. brokers may rely on their principal's permission. Small retailers under 100000 in yearly licensed sales are exempt from licensing. Fish sales limited to weight, grain elevators may swap flour for wheat up to thirty day household needs. Poultry rules apply by purchase date and notice. Wheat flour substitutes exclude unbolted cornmeal and cattle feed products. Flour sales to ships mirror hotel sales. other ships require a fifty fifty split. Local War Trade Board agent sets flour or sugar allowances for ships.
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Agent of War Trade Board
Road Opening Order Voided by Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court voided a Bosque county road opening order on grounds the petition lacked the required number of freeholders and the notice failed to meet statute. The ruling grants an injunction preventing the road opening, reversing trial court and civil appeals court decisions.
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Trial Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Food shipments and rail move seen safe for east
Washington Director General Mc Adoo stated there is no danger of a severe eastern food shortage due to transportation. He urged Food Administrator Hoover to provide stock locations to expedite shipments to the seaboard, while railroads note higher grain movement to primary western markets.
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Washington
McAdoo
Hoover
Seaboard
Railroad Administration
Cotton Quarantine Expands in Texas Counties
Governor Hobby proclaimed a statewide non cotton zone extending through Chambers and Jefferson counties and Galveston county excluding the island, plus parts of Brazoria Liberty Hardin and Harris counties and a small area near Hearne. The measure takes effect immediately and runs for three years or while pink bollworm danger remains.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Secretary of State
Chambers
Jefferson Counties
Galveston
Brazoria
Liberty
Hardin
Harris
Hearne
Texas
No Living Found on Florizel Off Cape Race
Report from St Johns Halifax agents say signals were observed as the Red Cross liner Florizel broke up on rocks near Cape Race. Five men and a woman were recovered from the wrecked steamer Terra Nova men who boarded the Florizel reported no living persons aboard.
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St. Johns
N. B
Red Cross
All Must Get Together Washington General Order for railroads
Director General McAdoo urges railroad officials and workers to serve the government and public to defeat Germany. He emphasizes safety laws must be enforced, overtime may be required, retention based on fitness and service, and no discrimination based on labor union membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Germany
Sentence Captain to 25 Years for Desertion
Captain David A. Henkes of the Sixteenth Infantry was court martialed at Governor's Island and sentenced to dismissal and 25 years hard labor. He sought to resign claiming reluctance to fight relatives and friends. Henkes, of German descent, was stationed at San Antonio Texas.
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New York
David A. Henkes
Sixteenth Infantry
United States Army
Governor’s Island
Henkes
San Antonio
Texas
German Raider Wolf Sunk 36 Ships in Pacific Raids
Berlin announces the German raider Wolf returned to port after raiding entente shipping in the Pacific. The cruiser destroyed at least 35 vessels, some carrying English troops, with substantial loss of life reported.
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Berlin
Pacific
Tribute Paid to Madero on Fifth Anniversary
Mexico City marked the fifth anniversary of Francisco I. Madero's assassination with a mound of flowers at his tomb. Officials and citizens offered addresses to a large crowd while Washington's birthday was observed by the American embassy with flag displays.
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Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Washington
Eulony
Rehearing Dropped in Adkins vs State Highway Commission Case
The third court of civil appeals in Austin overruled a motion for rehearing in the Travis county case of P B S Adkins versus the state highway commission. The suit challenged the constitutionality of the law creating the highway commission. The special court previously upheld the law.
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Austin
Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Adkins
State Highway Commission
Travis County
Murphy and Davis Elected to Harris County Legislature
Houston reports Franklin P. Davis and Charles B. Murphy appear set to fill two Harris county legislative vacancies after resignations of members who joined the colors. The election was held Saturday and results point to their successful selection.
Cadet Flyer Killed at Love Field in Dallas
R. E. Stall, a flying cadet at Love Field Dallas, was instantly killed Monday when his aircraft fell about 100 feet and crashed on the field.
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Dallas
Tex
R. E. Stall
Love Field
Americans slain and wounded in Tampico attack
One American was killed and two wounded when Mexican bandits attacked an oil boat at Tampico on Saturday. Edgar House, paymaster for Texas Oil Company, died. Wounded were J. P. S. Mennett, Dr. Brisbane of Island Oil and Transport, and a third man named Prather.
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Washington
Tampico
Edgar House
Texas Oil Company
J. P. S. Mennett
Brisbane
Island Oil and Transport Company
Prather
Stomach and bowel illness hits Peoria and Washington
In Peoria Illinois an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 residents suffer a strange stomach and bowel malady. The same epidemic is reported in nearby Washington in Taxewell county, twelve miles away, where residents also rely on different water sources. Some link the illness to Peoria water though this is unconfirmed.
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Peoria
Ill
Yale Grid Star Horace Higginbotham Killed in Plane Crash
Horace Higginbotham former Yale all American football star and cadet naval aviator at Hicks Field Fort Worth Texas died when the airplane he was flying plunged about 1000 feet Saturday.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Horace Higginbotham
Yale
Hicks Field
Destructive Lancaster Fire Destroys Business Block
A major blaze hit Lancaster Texas on Monday sweeping through the business district. The fire destroyed all buildings on four blocks in the city center and caused an estimated $250000 in damage, reportedly insured.
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Lancaster
Dallas
Tex
Businss
Forty-Four Saved From Wreck Off Cape Race
Newfoundland steamer Prospero towed through heavy breakers to rescue forty four survivors from the battered Red Cross liner Florizel wrecked on Cape Race ledges. The death toll reached ninety two among the ship's 136 crew.
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St. Johns
N. F
Red Cross
Florizel
Cape Race
Mob hangs Black man after roadside slaying near Fairfax
Walter Best, a Black man, was seized by a mob from Sheriff T. B. Morris and two deputies on Sunday and hanged at a roadside tree near Fairfax. Earlier, Best fatally wounded William Wilson, a white man, in a recent confrontation.
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Fairfax
D. C
Walter Best
T. B. Morris
Best
William Wilson
Price of Wheat Fixed by Wilson for Next Season
Washington President Wilson fixed a wheat price at 2.20 dollars a bushel for the coming season matching last year's level. The action sets the government support price amid ongoing agricultural policy measures and market expectations.
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Washington
Wilson
Governor Hobby seeks law to curb liquor near camps
Austin Texas Governor Hobby asks the Texas legislature to enact a ten mile liquor zone around military camps and to make sale and purchase of intoxicants to soldiers a felony. He urges strict enforcement to protect soldiers morals and health during the war. He also proposes banking reforms and districting for land reclamation and better state fund deposits for war needs.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Texas
United States
The
Legislature of
Van
Frank Kell
Wichita Falls
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department of the United States
W. F. Ramsey
Federal Reserve
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West Front
Verdun
Scarpe River
Broureht
Bristol Channel
Ireland
Legal Department of the
Federal Food Administration For
Madero
Solons
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