General Joffre Expected in San Antonio for Military Day
The French commander General Joffre and his commission may visit San Antonio within ten days to two weeks as part of a Westward tour. The Chamber of Commerce urged invitations to Fort Sam Houston, with plans for a city holiday and a “military day” to honor the French hero.
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Joffre
Washington
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
San
Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
Ferguson
State of Texas
Joffra
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
New York
Lectures for Officers Ordered by Brig Gen Parker
Brig Gen James Parker commander of the First Provisional Infantry orders weekly lectures for officers. The first lecture Tuesday at 8 30 p m in the new post chapel by Capt Courtland Parker on the Modern Use of Artillery. All officers not attached to the division are invited to attend.
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James Parker
First Provisional Infantry Division
Courtland Parker
The Strong Man of China Publicized Photo Hinted War Entry
The notice suggests Li Yuan will soon join the war against Hung and the reassembled German alliance. It frames China as a rising power preparing to act in the global conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Li Yuan
Hung
Germany
Dr Harper May Quit Board of Education
Dr Mary C Harper elected to the San Antonio school board is expected to resign to avoid conflict with the anti nepotism law. Her aunt and niece work for the schools, and plans reportedly defer their reappoint ment until end of summer if possible. A board vacancy would be filled by appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Harper
San Antonio
Harper
Guy Borden
Nellie Borden
Renew Book Contracts Extension in Texas Senate
Senator Suitor introduced a bill in the Texas Senate to extend state text book contracts for one year from August 31, 1919, to August 31, 1920. The measure requires new bonds approved by the attorney general, with other terms staying as in the present contract. The Bee text book bill on creating a permanent text book commission faces a committee hearing tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Senate
Bee Text Book
Text Book Commission
Porto Rican Enlists in Navy After 2000 Mile Journey
Albert Lier born in Porto Rico insists he is American and travels from San Juan through Vera Cruz to Mexico City to San Antonio to enlist at the naval recruiting station. He carries letters from American consuls and is accepted, with Chief Evans noting patriotism as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lier
Porto Rico
San Juan
Mexico City
San Antonio
Naval
Navy
C. O. Evans
United States
Lier
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Chief Evans
Sam
Battery B Texas National Guard prepare for Federal muster
Adjutant general's office at Austin orders Battery B San Antonio and other Texas National Guard units not yet federalized to prepare for muster into Federal service within days. Capt Claude V. Birkhead reports readiness. six inch guns and side arms ready. remount horses to Fort Sam Houston. Recruits needed at armory 325 East Crockett Street.
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San Antonio
Texas Field Artillery
Texas National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Austin
Claude V. Birkhead
East Crockett Street
May Prevent Debate On Army Conscription Bill
Fort Worth, April 30. A planned debate on the army conscription bill between a Socialist and an advocate of the law may be prevented by the U.S. government. Facts were wired to Washington today by Special Investigator Austin of the Department of Justice. The debate is set for next Sunday.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Washington
Austin
Department of Justice
Deficiency Appropriation Bill Reported to House
Washington April 30 Appropriations totaling 2699455281 to meet urgent army and navy deficiencies are included in a bill favorably reported by the appropriations committee to the House. The amount is 760855687 less than the War and Navy Departments had recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Army
Special Train Enlists Texas Farmers for Food Drive
A special Food and Feed Extension train carrying bankers and businessmen left the International and Great Northern depot Monday at 8 AM to travel through Southwest Texas visiting towns along the line. The first leg ends at Corpus Christi with two days more to San Antonio via the San Antonio and Aransas Pass. A detachable extension tube reduces bath faucet noise and saves acetylene gas in welding.
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Texas
International & Great Northern
San Antonio
Uvalde & Gulf
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Spanell recounts killing of Colonel Butler in Alpine trial
In Coleman Texas on April 30 Harry J Spanell testified again in the murder case tied to the Alpine killings of Mrs Crystal Holland Spanell and Lt Col M C Butler. He described Butler’s actions toward his wife and related events from last summer and the Marfa dance amid defense questions.
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Coleman
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
Alpine
Crystal Holland Spanell
M. C. Butler
San Angelo
Spanell
Coleman County
Butler
Lud Williams
State
Woodward
Williams
Crystal
Waco
Holland
M. M. Miller
Mission
Texas
Sherman Bee
Bee
Des Moines
Texas City
Columbus
Kansas City
West Virginia
German in Mexico City Arrested on Neutrality Charge
Fritz Pablitz, a German, was arrested in Mexico City and confined in the penitentiary. The charge was not public but is understood to concern neutrality violations. In France a flourless bread machine converts whole wheat to dough. The annual United States rainfall equals the water of ten Mississippi rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Pablitz
Mexico City
France
United States
Mississippi
Fed proposes gradual $7 billion war finance fund raise
The Federal Reserve Board advised Secretary McAdoo to issue blocks of treasury certificates to banks to be retired later with bonds every two weeks. Many state banks and trust companies expect to join the Fed system if amendments broadening the law pass, with Arkansas nearly all its 180 state banks ready. The system would grow from about $16 billion to over $32 billion in resources.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
McAdoo
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Arkansas
Portrillas Looted by Torres Outlaws
Bandits under General Torres attacked Portrillas a 5000 resident town 25 miles south of Lenares on the Monterey and Gulf railway. The mayor was publicly hanged in the plaza and the town looted. Villistas loot villages west of Tampico driving Americans from their farms and burning homes. An American named Davis was hanged.
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Laredo
Tex
Torres
Portrillas
Lenares
Mexico City
Villistas
Tampico
Davis
War Department calls 20000 specialists for wartime service
The War Department invites 20 000 artisans to fill the quartermaster enlisted reserve corps. Trades include bakers blacksmiths carpenters chauffeurs clerks cooks electricians and helpers steam engineers farriers horse trainers laborers brick and stone masons motorcyclists with pay varying 15 to 90 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
War Department
Coast Artillery
Adjutant General of the Army
Department of Labor
Department
Suburban Troubles Hint in Browning Magazine Report
A Browning's Magazine excerpt notes a conversation about a long‑serving suburban cook. The dialogue implies city police may be pursuing her, suggesting broader local social tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning's Magazine
Clubs Will Co operate On Home Garden Movement
A committee from the City Federation of Women's Clubs led by Mrs. Rena Maverick Green met George J. Roark of the Chamber of Commerce to pledge full support for the Home Garden movement. They plan reports to clubs and active aid, seek gardeners and experts, and aim for ongoing yearly expansion.
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City Federation of Women's Clubs
Rena Maverick Green
Joseph Getzweiler
Connie Irvin
George J. Roark
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Auto Trade Group to Consider Sunday Closing Report
The San Antonio Automobile Trade Association will meet at the Travis Club at noon Tuesday to discuss a committee report on the legal status of the Sunday closing movement. The group plans to hire attorneys to prosecute violators while keeping a single employee on duty and ensuring garage phone service for distress calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Automobile Trade Association
Travis Club
San Antonio
William Steinhardt
Ex-Soldier Becomes Citizen Under 1914 Act
Edward Paul White of the Third Aero Squadron Fort Sam Houston gained full U S citizenship under the June 30 1914 act. Born in Canada he came to America in 1893. He served in the Marine Corps 1910 14 and later joined the Army’s Third Cavalry and then the Third Aero Squadron.
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Edward Paul White
Fort Sam Houston
Duval West
Marine Corps
White
Canada
United States
Third United States Cavalry
Third Aero Squadron
Beeville to Comstock Cattle Market Heads Higher Prices
Southern Pacific report notes unusually favorable livestock conditions west to Beeville and Comstock. Grass cattle move to market earlier than last year as feeders from Northern markets bid higher, with Nat M. Parks confirming gains of up to 1.50 per hundredweight. Thousands of Texas steers head to Colorado to fulfill orders.
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Southern Pacific
Beeville
Comstock
Nat M. Parks
Texas
Colorado
Ranchers Move Fat Steers Across State Boosting Texas Meat Crop
Mr. Parks notes Ak L Tankersley of Marfa shifts 50 carloads of steers from Marathon to Colorado this week while D A Flanders near El Paso ships 250 carloads to Fort Perry. Last year many thin cattle left Brownsville area for Oklahoma and North Texas, but this season Texas cattle are in good condition and will greatly raise the meat crop.
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Mr. Parks
Ak. L. Tankersley
Marfa
Marathon
Colorado
D. A. Flanders
el Paso
Fort Perrie
Brownsville
Oklahoma
Texas
Kerrville Postmaster Refuses Navy Recruit Bonus
Kerrville postmaster W G Carpenter declines the government five dollar pay for naval recruits. He says he recruits out of patriotism and gave the money to the father of the recruit. Two other Kerrville citizens aid recruiting by supplying cars and theater ads for naval life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W .G. Carpenter
Kerrville
Co. O. Evans
Navy
IF. D. Richardson
Evans
Lee Mason
J. C. Pampell
Tier acquitted in murder case at Galveston
An instructed verdict of not guilty was returned in the case State v George Tier in Fifty-sixth District Court Galveston. Tier was accused in the death of William Black an anti Catholic lecturer at Marshall in February 1915. The state failed to make a case and the judge directed a not guilty verdict.
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Galveston
Tex
George Tier
William Black
Marshall
Judge Street
George Ryan
John Copeland
Tenth District Court
Parades Planned at Fort Sam Houston Camp Wilson May
Beginning Tuesday May 1 an evening parade will be held daily except Saturdays by troops on duty at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson A May parade schedule issued by Brig Gen James Parker calls for Thursday parades on the east end of the staff post parade ground with lines formed on the south side All parades start at 610 pm with the Texas cavalry squadron first followed by the Second Texas Infantry at Camp Wilson and the Nineteenth Infantry to march at the staff post on Thursday.
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Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
James Parker
First
Provisional Infantry Division
Staff Post
Ninth Infantry Camp
Texas Cavalry
Second Texas Infantry
Nineteenth Infantry
Cat Gave Him Away in a Catty Schoolhouse Tale
A comic fragment from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item features a talkative mistress and maid in dialect about Maeter Jack's return from school. The cat hides the truth under the ice box as everyone denies seeing him arrive.
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Frieda
Caid
Maeter Jack
Vessum
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vitalitas touted as Nature’s tonic for chronic ailments
Claims from San Antonio users describe relief from indigestion constipation and loss of appetite after using Vitalitas two to four bottles. Testimonials from M S Pogue Christian Pope and Mrs G Ross urge acceptance of the remedy for many conditions and advise purchasing at Sommer's Drug Store and other druggists.
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San Antonio
Pogue
Craig Place
Christian Pope
Vitalitas
G. Ross
Nature
Sommer
Sheriffs Readied to Enforce Draft in Texas
Austin April 30. Replies poured into the executive department as sheriffs across Texas pledged immediate cooperation with the selective draft law. Governors were told to confer with county judges and clerks on conscription plans while the adjutant general’s office saw a rush of voluntary National Guard enlistment applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Executive Department
Adjutant General's Department
Texas National Guard
State Aid Discussed in FTC Food Price Probe Conference
State aid in the Federal Trade Commission investigation of high food prices was discussed at a conference of state food boards with the commission. Governors of states with no boards sent delegates. Secretary Houston met editors of 50 women’s publications to enlist support for the Agriculture Department's household food conservation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Houston
Agricultural Department
Chauffeur Shoots Fiancée Then Dies in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on April 30 Henry McCoy a chauffeur shot and killed Mollie Cullen his fiancée at her home and then killed himself. The mother witnessed the tragedy which stemmed from jealousy after McCoy learned another man had attended Mollie. The final act was crossing Mollie Cullen s hands after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Menry McCoy
Mollie Cullen
McCoy
Constantine May Quit King of Greece Abdication Rumor
A Rome dispatch to the Star repeats a rumor that King Constantine of Greece may abdicate soon, claiming confirmation from neutral diplomatic headquarters.
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Greece
London
Constantine
Rome
The
Star
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Classified Advertising Department
Colonel Butler
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Automobile Trade Association
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