San Antonio Bar Moves to Create New District Court
The crowded dockets in Bexar County district courts prompt a San Antonio move to seek another district court. A Bar Association meeting, led by President Henry P. Burney, will discuss docket equalization, a first class law library for the courthouse, and a committee report. Members include Judge A. L. Matlock, C. J. Carter, A. G. McNeill, Luther Knight and Ira C. Ogden.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
San Antonio Bar Association
Henry P. Burney
Seventy-third District Court
Burney
Bar Association
Bar
A. L. Matlock
C. J. Carter
A. G. McNeill
Luther Knight
Ira C
Ogden
How to Lay Out Garden for Higher Yields
B G Lane outlined a back yard garden plan at a San Antonio conference. Using a 20 by 30 foot plot he recommended staple vegetables including parsnips spinach tomatoes peppers English peas squash beans carrots and beets. He noted fencing can allow butter beans to produce until frost.
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B. G. Lane
Chamber of Commerce
Mothers’ Council
San Antonio
Lane
Old Soldier Credits Black Draught With Cure for Constipation
Scottville North Carolina veteran James Dickson aged 67 says decades of constipation and costly remedies ended after using Thedford s Black Draught. He reports relief after two to three packages and urges others to try it. The ad claims the product is purely vegetable and effective with a price of 25 cents per package.
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Scottville
N. C
James Dickson
Officers Examined For Four 3-Inch Guns At San Antonio Arsenal
Officers of Battery B First Texas field artillery are ordered to report to the San Antonio Arsenal for examination on how to operate four three inch guns twelve caissons and other ordinance equipment. Delivery to the battery is expected Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning and side arm equipment will be issued with the guns, enabling quick mobilization for field service.
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San Antonio
First
Texas Field Artillery
San Antonio Arsenal
Uns
Roosevelt Delights At White House Meetings In Washington
Colonel Roosevelt, after a day of talks with President Wilson and congressional leaders on his plan to raise a foreign service division, prepared to depart for New York. He arranged to submit his views in writing to the chairmen of the Senate and House military committees and expressed satisfaction with the visit.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
New York
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Sweden to restrict cotton output to save mill jobs
Sweden's cotton mill representatives, amid America's entry into the war, decide to sharply limit production to preserve employment. They warn mills may not stay open beyond four months without U S. raw material imports, with imports from America essential to sustain operations.
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Stockholm
London
America
Sweden
Mexico to watch for German plots, aid US neutrality
Passengers arriving say Mexican secret service will monitor German conspiracies against the United States and arrest violators of Mexican neutrality. The outlook in Mexico is turning pro American and more anti Germany according to the travelers.
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Laredo
Tex
Secret Service
United States
Republic
Germany
Labor conference urged for peace meeting in Leeds
The Independent Labor Party with pacifist leanings calls for a full gathering of labor and socialist groups to coincide with the peace conference in Leeds England on April 11.
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Leeds
England
Independent Labor Party
Labor Party
Mrs. T. J. Latham Dies in Memphis at 80
Mrs. T. J. Latham aged 80 passed away in Memphis. She was widely known across the South as a leader in the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The death occurred yesterday.
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T. J. Latham
Memphis
Tenn
South
The Easiest Way To End Dandruff Remedy
An advertisement claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night will remove dandruff by morning. It asserts itching stops instantly, hair becomes fluffy and glossy, and the remedy is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
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Miss Elizabeth Asquith daughter of a former premier learned typing to aid the Three Arts Women's Employment Fund. She is shown typing fast to support the toy industry under the fund and says she enjoys doing her bit.
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Elizabeth Asquith
England
Three Arts Women’s Employment Fund
Bird Club 10 Meet at Carnegie Library
The San Antonio Bird Club holds its first regular meeting at 8 pm in Carnegie Library auditorium to perfect the organization elect permanent officers adopt a constitution and invite residents of San Antonio and Bexar County to join. Temporary officers include Hans Helland president Ellen D Schiuftz treasurer and Dr C Pessels secretary with many teachers among members.
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San Antonio
Lambert
Temorary
Club
Hans Helland
Ellen D. Schiuftz
C. Pessels
Beans For Country Near Warren War Effort
Fifty farmers near Warren Pennsylvania each plant a quarter acre for the government. Crops will be grown with their other land and donated to the War Department. Beans were chosen for the 1917 crop. Bankers railroad men and others attend a Nashville conference on food preparedness to boost production and conservation amid war. In St Louis editors plan a publicity campaign to boost grain and cotton acreage to meet wartime needs.
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Warren
War Department
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Farm Papers
ST. Louis
United States
Germany
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Knoxville businessmen begin patriotic preparedness tour
About 100 Knoxville business men left on a special train for a patriotic preparedness commercial tour visiting cities in Georgia, North and South Carolina. The trip is officially endorsed by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Colquitt Plans a Regiment for Service
In Dallas on April 11 a telegram from former Texas Governor O B Colquitt to Senator Sheppard announced he was considering organizing a regiment for the fighting line.
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Dallas
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
Railroads Plan Meeting With Defense Leaders
Presidents of the nation’s chief railroads met with Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio to discuss coordinating troop, munitions and supply movements for the government. The session focused on rail capacity and plans to meet wartime transport demands.
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Washington, D. C
Chief Roads
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Council of National Defense
Emperor's peace hopes face Russian war resolve
Theodor Wolff writes in the Berlin Tageblatt that Russia shows no rush to peace as Petrograd intellectuals react to America's war declaration. He notes Russian farmers focus on fields and urges suffrage reform along with internal changes.
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Amsterdam
London
Theodor Wolff
Berlin
Herr Wolff
Navy to enlist boys aged sixteen to seventeen
J B Evans, Navy recruiting officer, spent the day at Taylor assessing applicants. He may now enlist boys between 16 and 17 without bureau referral. The prior limit was 17, except by special arrangement. All under 18 require parental consent to enlist in the Navy.
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Navy
Austin
Tex
J. B. Evans
Taylor
Government orders over a million pairs of army shoes
In Chicago on April 11 the government disclosed contracts for more than one million pairs of army shoes at prices from 4.85 to 5.10 each. The National Association of Tanners offered full cooperation with the government to supply leather goods for the army and navy.
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Chicago
National Association of Tanners
Trustees Refuse to Accept Resignation of Dean Nearing
In Toledo Ohio on April 11 trustees at Toledo University refused to accept the resignation of Prof. Scott Nearing dean of arts and sciences. Nearing had offered his resignation after criticism of his anti war stance as the nation faced entry into World War I.
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Toledo
Ohio
Toledo University
Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania
Nearing
Germany
Submarines Sunk 686 Vessels In War Zone Toll
State Department tabulation shows German submarines sunk 686 neutral vessels by April 3 since war zone began February 1. Nations listed include Norwegian 410 and Swedish 111 with 19 Americans among those neutral. Attacked and escaped total 79 across several nations, including eight Americans.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Department
Brazil
German Flag Story Declared Untrue in Arkansas
In Little Rock on April 11, J R Gibbons former commander of the Arkansas division of the United Confederate Veterans said a report that George Hubman of Collegeville raised a German flag and would not take it down was erroneous. He noted German American celebrations near Collegeville included a flag which was hauled down and vouched for Hubman’s loyalty to the United States.
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Little Rock
Ark
George Hubman
Collegeville
Here
J. R. Gibbons
Arkansas Division
United Confederate Veterans
General Gibbons
Mr. Hubman
Kronstadt preps to fend off German attack
Kronstadt is feverishly preparing to repel a feared German naval assault as the Gulf of Finland clears of ice. AAP correspondent reached the fortress and found a troops governed fortress council ready to defend Russian freedom and territory to the last.
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Kronstadt
London
Gulf of Finland
Associated Press
Fastness
Breeden Range Co Moves to New Wholesale Grocers Quarters
Breeden Range Co wholesalers have moved to new quarters at the corner of Lakeview Ave and I N tracks, according to an advertisement.
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Breeden Range Co
War Insurance Rates Announced by Major Life Companies
Eleven leading life insurance firms have unveiled new war clause rates. Most policies cover service within the Continental United States at no extra premium. Abroad service suspends payments unless policyholders accept around 10 percent extra of the policy face value.
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New York
Continental
United States
Beet hoven Maennerchor Plans Red Cross Benefit
Plans for an early next month Red Cross benefit concert by the Beet hoven Maennerchor were unveiled at Beethoven Hall. The 150 voice chorus and city musical talent will perform with Jacob Wagner chairing the program committee and other members named.
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Red Cross
Beethoven Maennerchor
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