Trial of Governor Ferguson Delayed by Senate
The impeachment trial of Governor James E. Ferguson in the Texas Senate was postponed to Monday to allow service of processes and further case preparation. Governor’s demurrer and answer were filed claiming the House lacked authority to impeach in a special session and challenging multiple articles.
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Austin
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Senate
W. A. Hanger
Crane
M. M. Crane
House
Nelson Phillips
Supreme Court
Lon A. Smith
Mr. Smith
Ferguson
Board of Managers
Claims House
Canyon City Normal
Temple State Bank
Adjutant General
American National Bank of Austin
Temple Bank
Somers elected commander in chief of G A R
Charles A Somers of Kokomo Indiana was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Boston reunion, running unopposed after Civil War service in an Indiana regiment. The text also notes impeachment charges and Senate actions on worm control plans, with session adjournment times.
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Orlando A. Somers
Kokomo
Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Mr. Somers
Wheat price eyed at 1.80 a bushel for 1918–19
Frank Kell of Wichita Falls told a Texas millers conference that farmers should expect 1.80 dollars per bushel for wheat from July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919, to be government fixed. He outlined food administration plans for flour mills and said grain men would face war regulations but receive fair commissions on sales to mills.
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Fort. Worth
Tex
Frank Kell
Wichita Falls
State Council of National Defense
Texas
Kell
Food Administration
Desertion of Count von Reventlow Reported by Zurich
A Zurich dispatch details Count Rolf von Reventlow’s desertion from the German army. The Pan Germanist Deutsche Tages Zeitung relative, living at Locarno, served with a Baden regiment before his mother helped him flee with a two week leave. They crossed Lake Constance into Swiss territory pursued by German authorities. He declared no intention to return to Germany to confront civilization with militarism.
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Paris
Zurich
Rolf von Reventlow
Count von Reventlow
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Locarno
Switzerland
Baden
Berlin
Lake Constance
Germany
New York Guard Marches Off to War in Major Parade
About twenty five thousand New York state troopers, now the Twenty seventh division, marched in a six hour procession down Fifth Avenue to salute their departure for training in Spartanburg South Carolina. The display drew two million spectators and marked one of the largest mobilizations since U S entry into the war.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
France
New York States
National Guard
Twenty-seventh Division
United States Army
Spartanburg
S. C
110Th Street
Washington Square
United States
New York Women Desire the Ballot in Statewide Rally
Nearly a million New York women signed enrollment blanks signaling support for voting. President Wilson praised suffrage efforts and urged a broad campaign victory as James W. Gerard argued wartime women workers gain voting rights and warned against militant groups.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
New York State
The
Womans’ Suffrage Party
Wilson
New York
Saratoga
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Kansas Expects 110 Million Bushels of Corn This Year
Kansas forecasts a 110 million bushel corn crop for 1917 based on 4,900 reports. The state has 9,207,000 acres planted with an estimated yield of twelve bushels per acre. The production exceeds 1916 by 48.6 million bushels with substantial fall plowing completed and strong soil moisture for autumn sowing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
Secretary of Agriculture
Laura C. Anderson Sunk by Submarine Bombs
The American schooner Laura C. Anderson, a four master of 960 tons built in 1891 at Bath Maine and owned in Philadelphia, was sunk by bombs from a submarine on Thursday. All crew members were rescued and landed at an English port.
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London
Laura C. Anderson
Laura
San Antonio Area Weather Outlook This Evening
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight with warmer temperatures. Friday is expected to be fair and warmer with sunshine.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Roundup From Major Cities
Forecasts from The Light report St. Louis at 60 degrees clear with a northeast wind. Chicago at 64 degrees clear with variable wind and cooler rain likely. Milwaukee 46 degrees cloudy calm with a Friday fair day. Kansas City 62 degrees southwest wind fair and warmer with 60 to 76 degree range. New York 72 degrees cloudy south wind 14 with rain and cooler highs near 82. Washington 74 degrees cloudy southwest wind with rain and cooler highs near 86.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Coal control on agenda as Wilson price scale eyed
Washington Aug 30 Federal control of the coal industry remained a topic for the National Road Association directors with expectations of a possible announcement on President Wilsons price scale before day's end.
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Washington, PD. C
National Road _ Association
Wilson
Russians Again Fail as Regiments Leave Front Under Fire
Allied fronts report minor Franco Belgian activity with artillery duels and local raids. In Champagne and Verdun areas German assaults were checked. Italians gain ground and take prisoners. Russian authorities report disorganization on the Roumanian front and two regiments abandoning trenches in Fokshani. Mackensen’s advance threatens Moldavia and possible push toward Odessa.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Flanders
Paris
Champagne
Teton
Vaux Les Palameix
Couriere Wood
Aisne
Chevrux
Rome
Isonzo
Roumanian
Fokshani
Petrograd
Moldavia
Odessa
Russians Forced Back on Roumanian Front Near Trechti
On the southern Roumanian front yesterday the Russians were driven from Trechti and pushed back over the heights beyond the village toward the Suchitza Valley, according to the official report transmitted via London.
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Berlin
London
Trechti
Suchitza
Verdun Heroes Rewarded With War Crosses
Verdun victory heroes from regiments participating in the Wednesday advance were reviewed before President Poincare and General Petain. Rain and wind intensified the ceremony as regimental flags unfurled and the Marseillaise played. General de Fonslare received the Legion of Honor Grand Officer decoration, with Franciate and Martin honored as commandeurs and hundreds of officers and men awarded the War Cross and medals.
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Associated Press
France
Verdun
Poincare
Petain
Marseillaise
de Fonslare
Legion of Honor
Franciatte
Martin
Artillery Dominates Verdun Operations Linked to Gas
Paris Aug 30 The Temps correspondent reports more artillerymen than infantry in Verdun heavy fighting due to gunner tasks and vast cannon numbers. Gunners carry heavy shells for hours wearing masks hindering breathing and vision while gas shells aim to force German gunners to suspend service and seek shelter.
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Paris
Verdun
Temps
Air squadron attacks Frankfort on the Main reported
Amsterdam dispatch states an en tente air squadron from the West attempted to attack Frankfort on the Main last Sunday. The force reportedly withdrew due to active anti aircraft defenses.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Amsterdam
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Berliner Tageblatt
Officers Ordered to Camp Kaerney Cal for 40th Division
Officers from Camp Funston received commissions and orders to report to Camp Kaerney Linda Vista California to join the Fortieth National Guard division. The camp covers Nevada Arizona California Utah Colorado and New Mexico under Major General F. S. Strong. Most officers are assigned to brigades with units including the One Hundred seventy ninth and One Hundred eightieth infantry and depot brigades. A 100 man field ambulance section reports to Lieut. Col. George E. Thorne. base hospital work proceeds. sewage and water systems advance.
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Camp Funston
Camp Travis
Fortieth National Guard
Camp Kaerney
Linda Vista
Cal
Nevada
Arizona
California
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
IF. S. Strong
One Hundred and Eightieth Infantry
George E. Thorne
Houston
American Red Cross Society
Thorne
Board of inquiry to resume on Friday in Houston
The board investigating last week's Negro soldiers outbreak will reconvene Friday afternoon. Testimony from witnesses criticized Major Snow who led the troops, while General Chamberlain continues talks with General Bell and local officials for a separate army inquiry.
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Houston
Tex
Board of Inquiry
Snow
Chamberlain
Bell
House resolution urges end to sending negro troops south
The House backs a McLemore Texas measure calling the Secretary of War to return negro soldiers from Columbus New Mexico to Houston for civilian trial after last Thursday's shootings. The resolution notes incidents of crime and seeks policy change.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
House
South
Houston
Columbus
N. M
Military Affairs Committee
Germany Planned War with Russia Prior to 1913
Testimony in the trial of General Soukhomlinoff reveals that Germany planned declarations of war in 1909 and 1913. General Michelsson, ex military attaché to the Russian embassy in Berlin, testified he reported German military activities to the Russian war office. The court paused to hear who Germany intended to ally with in 1913 against Russia.
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Petrograd
Germany
Michelsson
Soukhomlinoff
Berlin
Russia
Blount cited for war cross after Verdun prison tally
Allen Blount son of Richard Blount of St Louis joined the foreign legion in April and has been proposed for the war cross for taking 30 prisoners single handed in Verdun. He was slightly wounded in the hand. The father recalled his wish that his son would account for five Germans.
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Paris
Allen
Richard Blount
St. Louis
Foreign Legion
Verdun
British Lose Large Vessel
NEW YORK August 30. The British steamship Asyria of 6370 tons gross has been sunk by a German submarine. Agents have no details on the crew fate or the location and date of sinking.
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New York
Buckman Becomes Southern Department Commander in San Antonio
Major General John W. Buckman arrived in San Antonio to assume command of the Southern Department at Fort Sam Houston. He discusses future reorganizations, mentions Houston and Waco riots, and notes his background in coast artillery and the National Army. He is married with two children and expects his wife and daughter to join him if the post becomes permanent.
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John W. Buckman
Southern Department
San Antonio
Menger
Fort Sam Houston
Buckman
National Army
War Department
Houston
Waco
Illinois
West Point
Military Academy
Fifth Artillery
Cuba
Philippines
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Charleston
S. C
South Atlantic Coast Artillery District
John H., Ruckman
Petersburg
Marjorie Ruckman
Ruckman
K Ruckman
Mobilization of Texas National Guard to Fort Worth Camp
The move of former Texas National Guard troops to Fort Worth begins September 1 or the next day. Elements will depart gradually to avoid overloading subsistence and supply at the camp, with infantry likely sent first and artillery and cavalry later. Strict saluting rules will be enforced and officers tasked to record noncompliant enlisted men to set examples for new soldiers. Sergt. William Groat was mentioned.
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Texas National Guard
Fort Worth
Southern Department
E. Lt. J. Greble
San Antonio
National Army
William Groat
New British Party Formed Seek Independent War Focus
A London manifesto signed by 27 MPs and secessionists from the Unionist party announces the birth of a new political party. It pledges to speed up the war, improve administration, and promote social conditions, with national issues as the sole concern.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Unionist
Destroyer flotilla to lead the world
President Wilson approved Navy estimates for 350 million dollars for new destroyers to combat German submarines. Secretary Daniels will lay the plan before Congress with 225 million for expanding engine and shipbuilding facilities. The present capacity is fully engaged, and after current contracts the U.S. will boast the strongest flotilla in the world.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Navy Department
Congress
Daniels
Department
United States
New Standard Steamer Commissioned to Replace Losses
The first of Britain’s government standard steamers to replace tonnage lost to submarines has been commissioned after successful trials. Keel laid February hull launched June. Six vessel types from 8000 tons downward are under construction with hundreds more planned.
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Londo
Government pays pupils for tent peg contract work
In Philadelphia on August 30 the first U.S. government payment to schoolboys for army contract work was recorded. A $125.18 check was received for 30 459 hardwood tent pegs produced by high school students in a school woodworking shop.
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Philadelphia
United States
Wilson reply to pope peace note draws British praise
London reports heavy British press endorsement of President Wilson's note to the pope endorsing no peace with the German rulers. The press calls his language bracing and plain, while urging durable terms anchored by the German people's word. The Stockholm conference debate sees Socialist leaders divided over representation and passports. Belgians seek unanimity as delegates push for broader inclusion.
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London
Wilson
United States
Manchester Guardian
Stockholm
Arthur Henderson
George James W
Labor
House
James Ramsey Macdonald
Allies Surprised by Wilsons Swift Peace Reply
Washington reports show allied governments were unprepared for the rapid rejection of the Pope peace proposals. Entente officials expected longer diplomacy and further discussion before sending their replies, while recognizing President Wilson could act decisively and speak first.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
United States
Witon
Wilson My
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War Cross
James Parker
Texas Guard
NEW British Party
Mr. Wilson
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