Dogs as Trackers of Evildoers
A collection of cases shows dogs aiding police work across Europe and Asia. In Vienna a collie tracked killers and found a buried body. a dog located a corpse on a state reservation in France. Paris detectives used a dog to reach a counterfeiter. Monkeys and an ape also aid investigations, with displays of intelligent behavior leading to confessions or discovery of victims.
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Holland
Vienna
Paris
Lyons
India
Rotary Delegation Heads to International Convention
The San Antonio Rotary club will depart at 9 15 a m Thursday on the International & Great Northern Sunshine Special for the Rotary International convention in Cincinnati. Led by President George Holmreen with wife and daughter Barbara, the group includes former President R Clarence Jones and others. The convention runs July 16 to 20 with more than 8000 Rotarians attending. San Antonians will present a New Comer Stunt at the first luncheon and Clarence Jones will chair a round table on Local Club Publications.
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San Antonio Rotary Club
Cincinnati
George Holmrreen
Miss Barbara
R. Clarence Jones
J. Ira Kercheville
J. W. Hucker
Paul H. Scholz
Fred Doyle
Max Blum
Harry Hertzberg
Harold Kayton
W. §. Hamilton
Frank Kane
Arthur Storms
Henry
Smith
W. H. Chambers
Walton Hood
Messrs. Hood
Kline
Kayton
Kercheville
Rotary
San Antonians
San Antonio
Clarence Jones
Paul Scholz
Chesley Perry
John Williams
Chicago
Oil Ship Goldshell Strikes Mine Near Gironde
The American steamship Goldshell carrying oil was badly damaged after hitting a mine 20 miles west of the Island of Cordouan near the Gironde. The forward hull is partly wrecked but she stayed afloat and is being lightered after entering the Gironde estuary. She departed New Orleans June 20 bound for Bordeaux.
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Paris
Goldshell
Gironde
Cordonan
New Orleans
Bordeaux
Y M C A Officials Hold Conference and Prep Camp Wilson
Prominent Y M C A figures meet with President Victor Keller and George Wheeler to coordinate activities. Plans call for San Antonio as headquarters with J R Messner in charge, Camp Wilson staff, new buildings, and war service deployments to Brownsville Eagle Pass El Paso and Columbus New Mexico.
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Points
Victor Keller
George Wheeler
W. W. Gethman
W. W. Kirkland
Brownsville
J. H. Dalrymple
CC. B. Hendricks
Donna
J. A. Reeder
B. G. Alexander
D. L. Rogers
Eagle Pass
Army and Navy Department
San Antonio
J. R. Messner
H. T. Beaver
Valentine Frees
Fred Thomas
H. W. Gibson
Perry G. Parker
H. Germain
H. W. Chaffee
Camp Wilson
el Paso
Columbus, N. M
Tornado Hits Vienna Suburb Wrecks Josephstadt
A telegram from Vienna Neustadt reports a Monday tornado wrecking Josephstadt, a Vienna suburb. Thirty one people were killed and more than a hundred injured in the disaster.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Josephstadt
Vienna Neustadt
Interurban Line Near Corpus Christi Progressing Fast
Grading on the Ward Island Interurban Line from Corpus Christi seven miles south is rapidly advancing. Rails and ties are expected to be laid starting next Monday, with completion in a few weeks. The line will open a truck farming region to market and provide vegetable transport to the city regardless of weather.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Ward Island
Britain Approves Conference Plans Paragraph
The British government approved the Paris economic conference resolution after a Commons statement by Premier Asquith. The approval follows a meeting of entente ally representatives and confirms government support for the conference agenda.
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London
Paris Economic Conference of Representatives
House of Commons
Asquith
Moseley Found Killed in Laredo Texas
Captain Tom Ross, a former Texas ranger and Department of Justice employee, was taken into custody after the body of Jesse M. Moseley a Negro doctor and major in the Constitutionalists army was found. Moseley had been jailed for alleged neutrality law violations and was reportedly removed from custody on July 3, his body found with the head crushed by a rock. Constable Marcial Zapata filed the complaint.
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Marcial Zapata
Lassen erupts with tall smoky column over peak
Lassen Peak again erupts sending a column of smoke and ash about 10,000 feet into the air. The eruption appeared to puff outward at the top, taking on a shape reminiscent of giant cauliflowers as the plume hovered over the mountain.
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Redding
Cal
Lassen Peak
Footprints in Snow Central to Orpet Murder Trial
In Waukegan Illinois the case against William H Orpet for Marian Lambert's murder centers on footprints found in Helms woods. State witness Ralph H Dady used a blueprint to map February 10 tracks showing Orpet leading Marian to poison and returning alone after 144 feet to a cluster of trees.
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Waukegan
Ill
Helmswoods
William H. Orpet
Orpet
Marian Lambert
Ralph H. Dady
Dady
Marian
Three Oaks
Fred Wenban
Pierce Loses Suit Over Nashville Terminal Stock
Judgment for 700000 dollars went to National Bank of Commerce against H Clry Pierce, chairman of Pierce Oil, in St. Louis Circuit Court. The case questioned possession of the Nashville Terminal Company stock valued at 1000000, pledged as security for a 700000 loan to Tennessee Construction Company. Pierce claimed no pledge and retained possession of the stock.
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ST. Louis
National Bank of Commerce
H Clry Pierce
Pierce Oil Corporation
Kinsey
Nashville Terminal Company
Nashville
Tenn
Pierce
Tennessee Construction Company
Sam Thompson Granted Bail In Habeas Corpus Case
A bail of 250 was granted Sam Thompson of Dallas County in a habeas corpus action heard by Chief Justice Nelson Phillips. The writ returns on the first Monday in October. The court ruled he was illegally restrained due to contempt for not obeying alimony order to a divorced wife.
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Sam Thompson
Austin
Tex
Dallas County
Nelson Phillips
Supreme Court
Thompson
Muse
Forty-fourth District Court
Bill to provide $2 million for Mexican relief food clothing
Washington July 12. A bill to appropriate 2 million dollars for relief of destitute Mexicans by supplying food and clothing. The War Department would expend the funds under the direction of the secretary of state. Introduced today by Representative Randall of California.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Secretary of State
Randalll
California
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