Mexican admits killing Miss Van Houten on farm
A Mexican draft evader, arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of Miss Anna Van Houten on a secluded farm south of the city, has confessed after police pressure. He detailed entering her home, striking her with an iron bar, robbing the house, and burying the body in a shallow grave. investigators say the confession is supported by evidence found at the scene.
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Anna van Houten
Lobin
Wanga
Tobin
Anne van Houten
Maltszalus
Maltsberger
Gembler
Goliad Road
St Trader
Guerra
Ruhnke
Drewm
Sheriff's Department
de Mestean
Miss van Houten
Boe
Rubnke
Ghorra
Popnty
Marvey
Geiohler
Alfredo Gonzales
Pover
Exemption Board of Division No. 6
Tabin
Perez
van Hanten
Miss van Vonter
Miss van Vonten
Italian and Allied Advances Alarm Balkans Front
Rome dispatch reports Italian troops advancing in Albania toward Semeni and Devoli valley, threatening Bulgarian lines. Austrian forces hold a new defensive line near Skumbi River while French and Albanian troops press the Devoli to the Adriatic. Allied successes boost South Slav revolts and complicate Austro German positions, with nerves rising near Salonika.
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Washington, D. C
Rome
Albania
Gerat
Vogusa
Semeni
London
Skumbi
Berat
Vienna
War Office
Devoli
Balkans
Adriatic
Aed
Saloniki
Monastir
Four Texans Named on Washington Casualty Lists
The army casualty list shows six Texans including Died of wounds Private Troy Silsbee and Wounded severely Corporal Homer W. Bennett from Ladonia. The Marine list includes Privates Brady T. Leveridge of Scranton and James A. McCloskey of Texas City among the wounded in action.
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Washington, D.C
Marine Corps
Troy
Rhymes
Silsbee
Homer W. Bennett
Ladonia
Brady T. Leveridge
Scranton
Snr
James A. McCloskey
Texas City
Texas Attorney General Opinion Ruling On Women Voter Registration
In a handwritten opinion the Texas attorney general states women must register in their own handwriting and those who have not done so must re register to be legally entitled to vote. The ruling cites a literacy based suffrage provision and notes county officials require fresh forms.
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Austin
Texas County
Phist
Cotton warehouses proposed to back government purchases
Boston July 1 The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers advocates a plan for a chain of government financed cotton warehouses instead of the Texas Yankers Association proposal to form a corporation for government purchases.
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Urce
Boston
Mass
Jaly
Texas Yankers’ Association
National Association of Cotton Maufacturers
Weather forecast for multiple cities includes varied details
Forecast covers San Antonio and vicinity with tonight to Friday conditions and temperatures. East Texas and Chicago report clear skies and temperatures from the mid 60s to 70s. St Louis Kansas City and New York show clear days with light to moderate winds and varying highs, with entry errors and inconsistent phrasing present.
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San Antonio
East
Texas
St. Louie
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Jowest Tempersture
Hinhewt
Washington
Jowest
Bandits Rob Train Near Paola Kansas Train Robbery Details Emerged
A Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train was robbed near Koch Siding, Kansas. Five crewmen and a passenger were wounded as bandits forced the engineer, locked doors, and rifled mail and express cars before fleeing in motor cars. Posse formed from local riders pursued through timber patches, with reports of concealed bandits and possible railroad-experienced robbers.
Bandit train robbery nets small take near Parola Kan
Muskogee Okla July 11 according to W Colton Kansas City one mail clerk on the Katy passenger train looted by bandits near Parola Kan late last night says the robbers severed a small amount of money from rifled mail and express packages Four registered packages were taken none believed valuable The small safe in the express car was removed Colton did not know its contents Lorreal express officials say money is never shipped on that train Pullman conductor I F Cowan escaped death during the hold up as he tried to extinguish fights in the sleepers to protect occupants from the bandits continuing on five
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Kansas City
Carsons
Kane Sas
St. Louis
San Antonio
Roch Siding
Re. Carter
Witeher
Tain
T. 2. Wiliams of
Achille
Tobbers
Express
Mud Ma
Parsons
Kaus
Jake Darkes
Darkes
Koch
Muskogee
Oklo
W Colton
Katy
Parola
Kan
Colton
Lo Real Express
Cowan
Pullinan
Texas License Refunds Loom After Two Day Weeks
Austin reports that the next Legislature will need a large additional appropriation to cover unearned portions of wholesale and retail liquor licenses. Total refunds may require up to 375000 more, with 450000 previously authorized and only 30000 remaining. The state-wide prohibition bill set June 26 as effective date, not July 11, costing over 100000 in potential savings.
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Austin
Tex
House
Thomason
Flease
San Antonio launches Save the Babies campaign for milk
A war relief drive in San Antonio and Bexar County aims to fund milk for undernourished infants as part of a nationwide Children’s Year effort. Emblem Day is set for Saturday with headquarters at the Gunter Hotel and badge distribution Friday afternoon in its lobby.
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San Antonio
United States
Federal
Children's Bureau
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
Besar
San Anntonia
Mathers
Chi Welfare Committee
Wortiga
County of National Defense
Avide
Wilson
Children’s Bureau
Ninkling
United
Gunter Hotel
MITCHEL IS BURIED IN NEW YORK FUNERAL TRIBUTE
Maj John Purray Mitchel former mayor of New York lay in state as night visitors from all classes paid silent tribute. Thousands passed City Hall while others queued for the service at St Patrick Cathedral. The gun carriage, military escorts, state guards and a squadron of planes dropped flowers in a solemn military funeral. City business paused for the rites.
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New York
Maj
John Purray Mitchel
New York City
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
City Hall
Pine Town
Air Service
Bata
Tabriz Consul Safe Arrives in Teheran Amid Turmoil
Washington reports the safe arrival in Teheran of Gordon Paddock United States consul at Tabriz after he left Tabriz over a month ago with a group of Americans and Europeans as Turkish threats loomed. The State Department announced his safe return following the seizure of the American consulate and hospital in Tabriz.
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Teheran
Washington, D. C
Daly
Gordon Paddock
United States
Abriz
State Department
Paddock
Tabrig
Tabrin
Fall of von Kuehlmann Sparks Juaker Gloat
Geneva dispatch reports German ambassador von Hintze as Britain’s successor and notes calls to dismiss Prince Lichnowsky. The article mentions Charles Lichnowsky criticising German policy and now drafting memoirs from Switzerland as readers in Geneva discuss the wartime diplomacy fallout.
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Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky
London
Gernan
Vingland
Switzerland
Krapps
Geneva
Admiral von Hintze
Dy von Kuehlmann
Weapp
Gazette of Laisande
British Fli er Maj McCudden Meets New Foreign Secretary Said
Reports detail that German politics stir as Von Hintze is seen as pan German favorite for Foreign Secretary amid war credit debate. Socialists postpone vote until policy clarified as Reichstag corridors buzz with appointment rumors and factional tension.
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M’cudden
West Front
London
von Karehlmann
Germany
Jlal- Iand
von Tirpitz
Adjiiral von Win
Norhmat
von Hintze
Msm
Inso
Von
Major McCudden Killed In France Airfield Crash
The Times notes Major Daniel Byford McCudden, famed British airman, died in a crash near a French airdrome on his first day back in France. He held the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Order among other honors, and had credited downing numerous enemy aircraft.
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Sertire
Speci Cowie
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Mobile Ledger
Public Ledger Co
London
Daniel Byford McCudden
Bishop
McCuidden
Ninesteen
MlcCaudilon
France
Times
Hess
Jearth
Ture
City Budget Proposed Up for Council Action Tonight
The city’s budget for the current year calls for expenditures of 3,110,000 with a modest rise over last year. Officials expect a net increase in public works and salaries to support new civilian and police needs. The plan includes street widening and personnel adjustments to raise wages for the lowest paid workers. Continued discussion and final approval are anticipated at the council meeting.
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Nest
Pastaren
Polies
Cleantey
savitaGen
Hain Avenue
Sheen
Bat
Tas
Beth
Fisure
Anauny Evnloyes
Courtier von Wentz Reflects on Von Kachimannly Fall
Paris reports the Temps on the German foreign minister Richard von Kachimannly’s downfall. it mocks his policyless ambitions and notes his fate linked to Chancellor von Hohling. A courtier accused of secret diplomacy is named as his successor and portrayed as opposing human rights.
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Paris
Richard von Kachimannly
Temps
Germany
Count von HorQling
von Kuchhnann
Plan to Oust Lichnowsky Secret Session Barricade
Paris reports a planned secret session of the Prussian House of Tard to address Lichnowsky’s ouster. The event would bar ushers and other nonessential attendees from the session, reflecting tense political maneuvering abroad.
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Lichnowsky
Paris
Tard
Soldier Executed at Camp MacArthur
Nat Hoffman formerly with the supply company of the Nineteenth Field Artillery was hanged at Camp MacArthur this morning after a court martial for attacking an 81-year-old schoolgirl near the camp last April. The sentence, affirmed by Washington, was carried out with only officers and guards present. Hoffman, aged about 25, reportedly bore a composed demeanor and spoke only that he deserved his fate. His Pennsylvania origin home is unclear as his parents remain uninvolved.
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Waco
Nat Hoffman
Nineteenth Field Artillery
Camp MacArthur
Hoffman
Courtemiartial
Washington
TO WAR ON GERMANS
London reports a Siberian government declaration rejecting the Urest-Litovsk treaty and proposing an autonomous Siberia with a reformed public. It calls for rehabilitating the army and sending troops against Germany, and acknowledges Russia’s debt in a Siberia assembly.
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London
Siberian
Urest-Litovsk
Siberia
Ivostok
Nichi! Nichi Shimbun
E Tokio
Expre
Gey Sans
Russia
Peiping Takes Town and Far Near Soissons
French forces on the Marne frontier captured Carey town and its railway station and the farm and chateau of Saint Paul south of Soissons. British troops advanced east of Villers-Bretonneux on the Amiens line as raids and local attacks continued along the front. German artillery and air activity increased on the Finders front with British air superiority affirmed.
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Associated Press
Marne Salient
Soissons
Carey
St. Paul
Villiers- Cotterets
Retz
Compiegne
Somme
Marshal Haig
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Corcy
Aisne
Marne
Peain
Sumlay
Longpont
Corey
Paris
Luether
Hine Fort
Lavaline Wanvine
Gans
Chateau'Thivrey
Trent
Kinnehing
Lys
Lazebrouck
Landers
Lattte
French Troops Capture Corey and Surrounding Fortified Positions
Paris reports French forces seized Corey southwest of Suippes and occupied Corey railway station, the Chateau and St Paul arm, as part of widening east of Retz forest. London notes British gains south of the Somme near Villers-Bretonneux and east of Amiens as combat continues along the Somme river.
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Paris
Corey
Suissons
War Office
St. Paul
Retz Forest
London
Somme
Villers-Brettoneaux
Saya
Fist Night
Amiens
Somme River
French Attack Advances as Allies Pressure German Front
A French assault northwest of Olse amid renewed British and Allied pressure on the crown prince's line. The action aimed to improve positions and weaken German strength along a broad front, with reports noting the attack on the German right flank west of Olse.
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Gerald Campbell
London
San Antonio
Philadelphia Pubblic Ledger
Caprvigns
Pubic Ledger
Dig Y
Anthouil
Themesault
Olse Athe
NS 3
Pare
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