Heavy rains sweep across Texas easing drought relief
A statewide storm drenched Texas with heavy rainfall from Friday night through Saturday, easing drought across the state. San Antonio reported 1.18 inches, others like Dallas 2.64 inches and Fort Worth 2.16 inches, with lighter totals in Corpus Christi and Del Rio. Farmers and stockmen greeted the rain as a boon for spring planting despite lingering drought in the Panhandle.
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Hwest
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Dallas
Fort Worth
del Rio
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Southern Pacific
International & Great Northern System
Cotulla
Taylor
Uvalde & Gulf
Pleasanton
Charlotte
Woodward
Big Wells
Crystal City
Carize~ Springs
Ta Pryor
Fowlerton
Oden
S. A
Bexar County
Panhandle
Abilene
Rain Breaks Texas Drought Across The State
Rain began Friday breaking a two to four month drought in Texas and Rio Grande Valley reports show 120 days without rain in the valley ended last night. Total twelve month rainfall was 11.60 inches with four inches in early December. The rainfall is expected to aid spring vegetation and relieve livestock suffering due to prior water shortages.
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Watas. Tex
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Asquith to Visit Pope Benedict in Rome
Premier Asquith plans a visit to Pope Benedict after talks with Italian ministers and will also see King Victor Emmanuel at the front. The Tribuna suggests discussions include Irish Catholics in the war and Irish in America, amid talk the pope may press for peace.
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Via
Paris
Asquith
Pope Benedict
Victor Emmanuel
Tribuna
America
Mr. Asquith
New Braunfels Plans Grand Firemen Convention Festivities
New Braunfels prepares a three day celebration May 9 to 11 for the Texas State Firemen's Association convention with addresses by prominent figures, a grand Mayfest including a flower parade carnival attractions and reel races. Landa Park will be open to the public and special travel rates are arranged from across Texas.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Landa’s Park
Texas
Tragic Scranton Fire Claims Five Children
A Scranton home of Patrick Marion burned, killing five children aged 13 months to 10 years. Their mother leaped from a window with a burned infant, surviving with injuries.
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Scranton
Patrick Marion
Portugal Hospital Ship Sunk in Black Sea
The hospital ship Portugal has sunk in the Black Sea after a torpedo attack by a German vessel. It carried many wounded and bore Red Cross marks, owned by Messageries Maritimes of Marseilles and lent to Russia. The ship measured 444 feet, 5553 tons, and was built in 1887.
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Paris
Portugal
Black Sea
Messageries Maritimes of
Marseilles
Sinking of Russian hospital ship Portugal reported
A dispatch from M. Golubeff describes how the hospital ship Portugal was sunk by an enemy submarine in the Black Sea after being torpedoed. Among the missing are Count Taust cheff Baroness Meyerndorff and fourteen sisters of charity, with 273 aboard and 158 saved.
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Petrograd
London
Portugal
Black Sea
M. Golubeff
Red Cross
Count Taust
Cheff
The
Meyer
Norwegian Ship Sunk In Atlantic Sighting Notice
Lloyds reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamship Memento of 1027 tons gross with all crew saved except one man. Also reported on April 1 is the sinking of the steamship Norne of 1224 tons and the British schooner John Prichard of 118 tons, with crews rescued from both vessels.
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Lloyds
Lloyd'’s
Lloyd’s
Norne
John Prichard
Weather snapshot for travelers across major cities
The Light provides regional forecasts with temperatures in St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Expect rain in St Louis and New York, clear skies in Milwaukee and Kansas City, and varied winds from north west south and southwest. Temperatures range from the mid thirties to mid sixties with daily lows and highs noted.
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Ce Jrain
Pershing’s Troops Face Desolate Mexican Frontier
In Colonia Dulian April 1 General Pershing reports a destitute country beyond the marching route, more barren than Civil War era targets. Cavalry outruns others though wireless trails and aeroplanes push forward. landing spaces are scarce and faith is placed in endurance as troopers improvise footwear with stirrup leather.
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Colonia Dublan
General Pershing
Sherman
Mexico
United States
Dr Charles H Brough Tops Arkansas Democratic Primary
Dr Charles H Brough won the Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial nomination by a plurality exceeding 15,000. With 127 436 votes reported and about 12000 unreported, Brough led Judge L C Smith and Secretary of State Earle W Hodges. Attorney general race remained doubtful with Arbuckle leading Rhoton by about 2000.
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Little Rock
Ark
Charles H. Brough
Arkansas Democrats
Brough
L. C. Smith
Earle W. Hodges
Buried Money Tied to Dr Waite Case Disclosed
A detective found a roll of bills buried under a tree at Long Island tip linked to Dr Arthur Warren Waite in a case involving John E Peck's murder. Embalmer Eugene Kane says Waite pressured him to claim arsenic in the body’s embalming fluid. The roll totaled $9000 per Waite, Kane says he did not count it.
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New York
Long Island
Eugene Oliver Kane
Arthur Warren Waite
Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Edward Swann
Kane
Jokers Parade City With April Fool Pranks
Practical jokers spread across the city on Saturday joking jitney drivers and passengers. A boy stationed on Avenue D repeatedly boarded passing jitneys then abruptly withdrew with a cheerful April fool remark, delighting many riders but not the drivers.
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Avenue D
Swiss accuse Germans over Porentruy air raid
The Swiss political department states it seems proven the two bombers were Germans. The Swiss council authorizes the minister in Berlin to demand immediate satisfaction punishment of the aviators and indemnity.
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Paris
Porentruy
Berlin
Army Takes Forage London March 31
Army council notice says all hay oat and wheat straw is requisitioned by the war department. Private consumption is limited to the monthly average of the preceding three months.
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London
Army Council
War Department
Pursuit of Villa Continues After Guerrero Clash
General Funston awaits Pershing dispatches as Dodd defeats 500 Villa militia at Guerrero. News hints at Villa capture or further fighting while troops scour the region toward Chihuahua and the railroad. Detachments push from Casas Grandes, covering 110 miles in 48 hours before engaging in a five hour battle and ten mile run.
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Guerrero
Funston
Dodd
Fort Sam Houston
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United States
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Mexico
Rodd
Casas Grandes
Mexico Northwestern
Carranza
Colonel Dodd Veteran Cavalry Officer Praised in Washington
Washington reports Colonel Dodd a veteran cavalry leader who rode for seventeen hours covering fifty five miles and fought five hours. At sixty four he plans to retire next July after a career from the border orders through Apache campaigns in Arizona and Oklahoma the Chicago riots Spanish American war San Juan Philippines. The Seventh Cavalry noted for Custer massacre and Wounded Knee is linked to the raid nucleus claims.
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Military Academy
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Third Cavalry
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Oklahoma
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Tenth Cavalry
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Wounded Knee
German data scarce on Sussex and Haelishmen incident
Ambassador Gerard reported to the State Department that Germany knew nothing official about the Sussex and Haelishmen accidents. Berlin only had newspaper items so far. The dispatches were sent to President Wilson during his weekend trip aboard the Mayflower.
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PD. C
Gerard
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Berlin
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Potomac
Large batch of brass cartridge primers seized at pawnshop
City Detectives Bradford and Hobbs confiscated 10 000 to 12 000 brass primers at a pawnshop on East Commerce Street. The items, usable in pistol, rifle, or shotgun rounds, will join the bureau's junk collection. A Dawson Street resident said they were left by a Mexican army officer about a year ago.
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Hobbs
City Detective Bureau
East Commerce Street
Dawson Street
Ship load of smokes for troops aboard Rochambeau
The liner Rochambeau sails for Bordeaux with 42,000 pounds of smoking tobacco 250000 cigarettes and 422 gross of corn cob pipes for British and French soldiers in France and Belgium. Mrs George Washington Lopp has led the tobacco and pipe collection since early in the war.
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New York
Rochambeau
Bordeaux
Great Britain
France
Belgium
George Washington Lopp
Mrs Mary J Houston Dies in Austin at 82
Mrs Mary J Houston, longtime Austin resident for sixteen years, died at her son J N Houston’s home aged 82. Survived by sons John F Spear of Dickens Texas J N Houston of Austin S D Houston of San Antonio A M Houston of Lockhart H H Houston of Stillwater OK F L Houston of Gonzales and daughter Mrs Alice Stovall of Austin. Burial sent to Kyle. service by Rev R W Jooking of Highland Presbyterian Church Austin.
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Gonzales
Kyle
R. W. Jooking
Highland Presbyterian Church of
Austin
Captain Baker Discusses Guard Matters in Austin
Capt Leonard T. Baker of the Ninth Infantry now en route to Laredo after a leave of absence met with Adjutant General Hutchings in Austin to discuss guard matters. He is stationed in Laredo and was here for the conference.
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Austin, Tex
L Leonard T. Baker
Ninth Infantry
Laredo
Hutchings
Baker
Paper Plant Damaged by Explosion in Tonowanda
A steam dryer cylinder exploded at Tonowanda Boarding Paper Company in North Tonowanda on April 1 causing $12,000 in damage and minor injuries to a worker. Local authorities investigated the blast at the Tonowanda plant.
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M. Y
Tonowanda Boarding Paper Company
Tonowanda
Zeppelin Raid Kills 28 as One Airship Sinks Off Thames
Official reports say twenty eight people died and forty four were injured in last night's Zeppelin raid over eastern England. A Zeppelin from the L-15 class surrendered after breaking up while being towed off the Thames estuary. the crew were saved. The raid was the twenty second of the war with about ninety bombs dropped and twenty two over the northeast coast.
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London
England
Thames Estuary
Kent
Mystery of Professor Lavell's Disappearance Solved
Lavell, 44, formerly with Columbia, Trinity, Bates and dean of King's College Kingston, admits identity to Colorado Springs police. He says amnesia caused his 1913 disappearance, used the alias O'Brien to hide, and has since regained most memory except his wife. Wife proceeding from Toronto to Colorado Springs.
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Cecil F. Lavell
Ohio State University
Lavell
Colorado Springs
Toronto
Canada
Lovell
O’brien
Columbia University
Trinity College
Bates College
King's College
Kingston
Woermann Line Sold to Hamburg Syndicate
Ownership of the Woermann Line passes to a syndicate including Hugo Stinnes and the Hamburg America and North German Lloyd lines. The fleet totals forty two vessels, with Stinnes already owning a Hamburg based steamship line. Drought broken in Sabinal after 1.42 inches of rain last night.
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London
Woerman Line
Hugo Stinnes
North German
Lloyd
Woermann Line
Sabinal
Sabinal, Tex
Inneses to Begin Atlanta Trip From San Antonio Jail
Victor Innes and Mrs. Ida May Innes, jailed in Bexar County nearly two years, will depart San Antonio for Atlanta Sunday with Detectives Starnes and Hurd. Governor Ferguson refused to revoke the requisition amid fears of personal violence. They face larceny after trust charges in Atlanta after being acquitted here of the NelmsDennis killings.
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Victor FE. Innes
Ida May Innes
Bexar County
Atlanta
Starnes
Hurd
Ferguson
Eloise Nelms-Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Innes
R. H. Ward
Leo Frank
Marshall Nelms
Tobin
Victor Innes
May Drill for Oil on San Jacinto Field
Houston April 1 Drill ing for oil is to be soon started on the San Jacinto battle ground site Jules Hirsch of Houston having given notice to the state of his filing of a mineral lease on the site. The entire battleground property of 383 acres including the point where General Sam Houston accepted Santa Anna's surrender is in his filing. Houston attorneys say that even if opposition develops it will be futile as under the law a citizens can file a mineral lease on any state owned land. The Hirsch lease is under the same law that has enabled oil men to obtain rights in the river bottoms near Humble.
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Houston
Tex
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Jules Hirsch
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
Hirsch
Humble
Brandeis Supreme Court nomination advances in committee
In Washington on April 1 the Senate judiciary sub committee voted three to two to recommend confirmation of Louis D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court. Democrats Chilton Walsh and Fletcher voted for, while Republicans Cummins and Kerks voted against. The full committee is believed to be evenly split.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary
Louis CD Brandeis
Supreme Court
Chilton
Walsh and Fletcher
Cummins and Kerks
McGrath and Powers Granted Bail in Assault Case
John W. McGrath private secretary to Colonel Roosevelt and his cousin William Powers were freed on bail after certificates of reasonable doubt. They had been jailed since Tuesday after being convicted of assault in a Brooklyn restaurant against Charles Light Jr.
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New York
John W. McGrath
Roosevelt
William Powers
Charles Light Jr
Brooklyn
News and Observer sued for libel by Marion Butler
The News and Observer Publishing Company led by Secretary Daniels faces criminal and civil libel actions from former United States Senator Marion Butler over a published letter by Former Judge Ewart of Hendersonville.
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Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer Publishing Company
Daniels
United States
Marion Butler
Ewart
Hendersonville, Ay
Battles in special election for fire and police chief
Voters tally near 5,000 by Saturday noon in a heated special election for fire and police commissioner with Fire Chief Wright and rival Robert F. Uhr leading. Tobin’s independent bid weakens, while reports of intimidation and machine influence surface. counting delayed to 5 PM amid tense precincts and heavy city–county machine presence.
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Robert F. Uhr
W. G. Tobin
Tobin
Citizens’ League
Joe Villare
W Wo
Uhr
Flar
W. S. Anderson
Thirty-seventh District Court
Iain James Carruthers
Poli
Joe Wright
Cand
Traffire
Sheriff Watche Keen
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