Artillery Disperses Teuton Forces Amid Verdun Skirmish
Paris reports German troops massed for an assault near Avecourt and Thiaumont Farm but French artillery repulsed the attack with heavy losses. Heavy German batteries are said withdrawn and Verdun battle reportedly near end. General Petain praised in official notes.
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Paris
Avecourt
Thiaumont Farm
Verdun
Petain
Argonne
Four de Paris
Meuses
Meuse
Douaumont and
Vaux
EL Paso
Texas
General Obregon
General Scott
Juarez
Custom House
Obregon
Garcia
Scott
United States Immigration Station
International Bridge
General Funston
Mexico
Carranza
Gabriel Gavira
Scott and
Funston
Serrano
Jacinto
Trevino
Carles
Customs House
Andres Garcia
General Trevino
Michie
Fitzhugh Lee
Consul Garcia
Consul Edwards
Connolly Reported Killed Pearce Surrendered In Dublin Burns
Official report from London notes James Connolly killed and Peter Pearce surrendered as Dublin burns amid fighting. Rebels in Galway Enniscorthy posts and Dublin cordon battles continue with post office destroyed and authorities closing in.
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James Connolly
Peter Pearce
London
Dublin
France
Galway
Enniscorthy
Ireland
Republic
Pearce
Connolly
War Office
Sackville Street
Boland’s
Four Courts
Belfast
Ulster
Londonderry
Queenstown
Barrow Bridge
Dublin Southeastern
Anti war petitions led by Slayden in Washington
Representative Slayden filed with the foreign affairs committee a petition opposing U.S. entry into war, signed by about 250 Fredericksburg and Gillespie county residents. It echoed a broader telegraph campaign urging peace as Washington faced massive, mixed reactions to antiwar sentiment.
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Washington, D. C
Slayden
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
North Clark Street
Chicago
Ill
Washington
Husting
Wisconsin
Wilson
Kaiser
White House
Germany
City challenges state guaranty law in San Antonio suit
City of San Antonio seeks to block payments to depositors at West Texas Bank and Trust, asking for a receiver and $517,437.23, citing constitutional limits on state guaranty. Judge Tayloe issued a restraining order and the case may run for months, naming State Banking Commissioner Patterson and others as defendants.
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West Texas Bank & Trust Company
San Antonio
S. G. Tayloe
Forty-fifth District Court
Patterson
George R. Gillette
Brown
Cty
Uhr
Mr. Gillette
West Texas Bank
John §. Patterson
B. F. Looney
J. M. Edwards
L. K. Roberts
Commercial
Guaranty State
West Texas
Gillette
American Bank & Trust Company
Alamo Trust Company
City Depository
Bexar County
Gilpertte Perre
Omg
British Surrender at Kut El Amara Ends 143 Day Siege
Major Charles Townshend and 2,970 British plus 6,000 Indian troops surrender to Turks at Kut El Amara Mesopotamia after 143 days of siege. Turkish report places total at 13,300. Townshend losses exceed 36,000, marking a major British defeat, with guns and munitions destroyed before surrender.
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London
Charles Townshend
Kut el Amara
Mesopotamia
Townshend
England
France
Weather Outlook for Texas and Weet Areas
The forecast calls for increasing clouds on Sunday across Texas. Monday brings unsettled, colder conditions in the northwest. Weet Texas shows unsettled Sunday with possible rain in the north and colder air except in the southeast. Monday should be fair.
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Texas
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Major Cities
The Light reports temperature and conditions for St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Forecasts include winds from the south northwest southeast and details of cloudy or clear skies with chances of rain and Saturday high temperatures.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Texas Delegation Backs Warehouse Feature for Cotton
Representatives Black and Young of Texas urged House passage of the warehouse feature of the agricultural bill. It would federalize warehouses for cotton and other staple farm products. The entire Texas delegation supports the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Black and Young
Texas
House of Representatives
Governor Ferguson Returns to Austin After Fiesta
Governor Ferguson and Adjutant General Hutchings returned to Austin from San Antonio where they attended the fiesta. The governor expressed high satisfaction with the San Antonio festivities.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Hutchings
San Antonio
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EAGT
Hell
Teuton
General Petain
Avecourt Wood
Haudremont
Meuse Hill
Heudicourt
St. Mihiel
Imperial Ballet
St. Vitus
Max Blum
J. W. Hucker
Herbert Barnard
Alamo Plaza
Phil Webster
Harold Kayton
Sons of St. Vitus
Grapejuice Willie
Duke of Safety
Harvey L. Miller
Bismarck
Carrie
Tamares Calientes
Louis Ducker
City
Przemy
Young
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