Funston Signals Second San Antonio Civilian Camp Move
A San Antonio delegation urged a second civilians training camp for October or November. General Funston signaled approval, noting readiness to allocate a camp if 500 citizens enroll and arrangements avoid Mexican border disruption. Captain Steever’s public school training proposal awaits his review.
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General Funston
San Antonio
Edgar Z. Steever
General
Department
Imip
Fort Sam Houston
General Unston
Clint G. Brown
W. W. McAllister
Walter Napier
W.S. Henrick
Claude V. Birkhead
W. Buttle
Oscar G. Guessar
Richard Egley
T. J. Nye
Howard Pardueid C
H. Kearny
Ilitia
General Bliss
Jesson
Caprn Steever
Eneral Funston
Texas
Cresson
Inston
Funston
San Annio
Four Mexican Conditionally Army members sentenced to death
In Laredo Texas on July 15 the four alleged bandits Jose Fonio Arce Jesus Maria Cerda Ulvio Sanchez and Vincente Lira now settled members of the Mexican Conditionalist army were found guilty by trial and sentenced to death for the killing of Corporal William Oberlies of Company M Fourteenth United States Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Josefonio Arce
Jesus Maria Cerda
Ulvio Sanchez
Vincente Lira
Mexican Conditionalist Army
William Oberlies
Op M
United States
National Guardsmen Deployed to Mexican Border Reach 52000
Major General Leon Wood announced that fifty two thousand guardsmen from the Department of the East are en route to the Mexican border or near it. New York state leads with sixteen thousand. Pennsylvania is second with the next largest contribution.
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York
Department of the East
Leon Wood
York State
Pennsylvania
Government enters the hunt for sharks
Washington coast guard takes active direction to rid the North Atlantic coast of sharks that have cleared beaches. The plan is to determine if sharks are few or in large schools and decide between fishing from a cutter or broader operations. The bureau of fisheries ensures there is no panic among bathers. In Philadelphia reports masters of vessels sighted large sharks near the Delaware breakwater with one captain claiming a school of thirty to forty sharks seen far offshore.
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Washington, D. C
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Bureau of Fisheries
Philadelphia
Delaware
Carpenter
Plateauria
Copenhagen
Nantucket
Russo-Japanese Treaty Explained in Petrograd Statement
In a statement to the Associated Press, Foreign Minister Sergius Sabonoff says the new Russo-Japanese convention preserves American rights. He calls it a development of 1907 and 1910 agreements and notes the 1916 pact protects Russian and Japanese interests in China without harming the United States.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Sergius Sabonoff
Russia
Japan
China
United States
Greek Forest Fire Endangers Athens as Royal Residence Burns
A Greek forest blaze near Athens continues to rage after destroying King Constantine’s summer home at Tatoi. Reports fear the fire may reach the city and list casualties including Colonel de la Parta, engineer, M. Chryssospathis, royal secret service head, and 20 soldiers.
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Paris
Constantine of
Greece
Tatoi
Athens
de la Parta
M. Chryssospathis
Royal
Secret Service
Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph Ill illness spurs royal summons
News from Innsbruck reports Austrian imperial family summoned to Schoenbrunn due to the emperor Francis Joseph illness. Specialists attend the aged king-emperor and authorities withhold war news from him.
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Zurich
Paris
Schoenbrunn
Francis Joseph
Innsbruck
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight and Sunday unsettled with chances of showers. Winds stay light to moderate and temperatures stay mild through the weekend.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Forecasts for Major Cities From The Light
Torrists forecast clear Sunday with 76 to 92 degrees and northeast wind. Chicago sees 74 degrees and southeast winds with Sunday likely clear. Milwaukee at 72 degrees with south winds and partly cloudy outlook. Kansas City 76 to 90 with southeast winds and clear Sunday. New York 64 to 78 with a brisk east wind and probable clouds Sunday. Washington 78 with southeast wind and partly cloudy Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Naval collier Hector rescued in hurricane off Charleston
Off Charleston South Carolina July 15 survivors recount the Hector a naval collier caught in a hurricane with 110 to 120 mph winds and huge seas. The tug Wellington rescued 102 crew and marines in a six hour operation while the Hector drifted toward Cape Romaine. Four sailors were injured. Captain Newell and others were later rescued by the Cypress after the ship grounded fourteen miles north northeast of the cape.
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Charleston
S. C
Hector
Wellington
Port Royal
Guantanamo
Joseph Nelson
Cypress
Cape Romaine
Nelson
Newell
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Willington
Hector wreck off Cape Romaine. all hands saved
Admiral Benson reports the Hector abandoned at 12:45 am seven miles northeast of Cape Romaine and broken in two. All officers and crew, including 12 officers and 70 sailors plus 1 officer and 56 marine recruits, were saved aboard the lighthouse tender Cypress and the naval tug Wilmington and landed at Charleston harbor. Chief engineer Edward A. Mercer of Rockland Maine is seriously injured.
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Washington
Admiral Benson
Navy Department
Charleston
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston Harbor
Hector
Cape Romaine
Cypress
Wilmington
Norfolk and
Port Royal, &. Co
G. F. Newell
Navy Yard
Bryan
Carpenter
Edward A. Mercer
Rockland
Senator Sheppard Proposes Bills to Curb Usury
In Washington on July 15 Senator Sheppard introduced two measures to curb high lending rates. One bill imposes an excise tax on usury and the other strengthens penalties beyond the current law. The proposals follow House bills by Representatives Smith of Texas and Glass of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Treasury Department
House
Representative Smith
Texas
Representative Glass
Virginia
Epidemic Claims Twenty Seven More Lives In New York
New York reports 27 deaths and 144 new infantile paralysis cases in the 24 hours ending at 10 this morning. Temperature drop did not curb the outbreak. Officials continue warning on precautions.
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New York
Deutschland Held to Be Merchantman In State Dept Ruling
The State Department ruled that the German submarine Deutschland is a merchant vessel and entitled to non combatant treatment. Acting Secretary Polk said the ruling should not set a precedent for future cases and each case would be decided on its own merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Polk
Laurence Ginnell Arrested in London Bond Released
Irish member of Parliament Laurence Ginnell was arrested in London for allegedly attempting by false pretenses to gain entry to Knutsford barracks housing Irish prisoners. He protested the charge and was remanded until July 28 before being released on bond.
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London
Laurence Ginnell
House of Commons
Knutsford
Ginnell
Woman Killed in Home in St Joseph
Mrs Oscar McDaniel wife of Buchanan County prosecutor died at midnight after an attack at her home. Police say assailant shot at McDaniel from behind a tree and fled leaving Mrs McDaniel with fatal head injuries. An anonymous threatening letter received a week earlier is linked to the case.
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ST. Joseph
Oscar McDaniel
Buchanan County
McDaniel
Militia Naval Cruise Underway on Atlantic and Pacific
The U S Naval militia begins its annual two week practice cruise with nine reserve battleships on the Atlantic coast and a battleship plus two cruisers on the Pacific. About 270 officers and 4200 militiamen join regular naval personnel. Rear Admiral Helm leads the eastern force, departing Boston Philadelphia New York and Norfolk for Block Island Sound R I maneuvers. Western ships head to Sitka Alaska.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Helm
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Norfolk
Block Island Sound
R. J
Sitka
Alaska
Henry to open Senate campaign in Bexar County
Congressman R. L. Henry launches his U S Senate bid with a campaign kickoff at Don Ton Park in Bexar County on Saturday night. W. A. Wurzbach will preside. a reception and platform committee list includes Matlock Hanschke Mueller Herring Rand Wahrmund Bruhn Stiefel Hoefgen Horner Goeth Penn Casey Marks Dietzman Gloeckner Dwyer Lambert Robards Reutzel Browne Howell Stone Wurzbach Lott Gottlieb Steffler Rubiola and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Henry
United States Senate
Bexar County
Don Ton Park
W. A. Wurzbach
The
Henry Club
A.L. Matlock
Robert Hanschke
Hugo Mueller
W. E. Herring
Ed Rand
Otto Wahrmund
Henning Bruhn
Max Stiefel
William L. Hoefgen
Jack Horner
C. A. Goeth
W. Y. Penn
W. F. Casey
L.L. Marks
Ernst Dietzman
F. M. Gloeckner
Edward Dwyer
Ray Lambert
Col. W. C. Robards
Fred Reutzel
J. L. Browne
W. S. Howell Jr
I. R. Stone
C. C. Wurzbach
W. C. Lott
David Gottlieb
Paul Steffler
Jake Rubiola
Body of New York banker Hurty found near Cheboygan
The body of James G. Hurty, a New York banker missing since early June, washed ashore at Albany Island near Cheboygan. Hurty and partner Charles Marcelle, also a New York banker, had begun a ten thousand mile canoe trip. no trace of Marcelle has ever been found.
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Cheboygan
Mich
James G. Hurty
New York
Albany Island
Here
Hurty
Charles Marcelle
Marcella
Italy Breaks With Germany Over Rights Pact
Italy denounces the 1915 mutual rights accord with Germany citing German violations. The move heightens Italy Germany tensions as Berlin suspends pensions and Italians in Germany face restrictions while authorities deny a current war state exists.
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Rome
Via
Paris
Italy
Gerany
Germany
Giornale D'Italia
von Buelow
Lome
Prince von Buelow
Austria
Prince von Ruelow
Belgium
House
Theat Themas
Bel—s
Robert Bacon Commissioned as Lieutenant in Twelfth New York
Robert Bacon former ambassador to France has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Twelfth New York infantry now at McAllen Texas. He will join the machine gun company en route to McAllen. His son bears the same name and is a lieutenant in the First field artillery.
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New York
Robert Bacon
France
Twelfth New York Infantry
McAllen
Tex
Bacon
Plattsburgh
Fort Oglethorpe
First Field Artillery
Stormless severe storm fades over the Carolinas
The Atlantic coast storm centers over western North Carolina with diminished intensity. Winds subsided on the coast while interior gales occurred in South and Southwest North Carolina. Rain from the system stays in the Carolinas and adjacent states. A tropical disturbance in the Caribbean shows only faint signs. Tulsa Business Men Killed. William H. Traylor shot Frank J. Vollmer then wounded himself. both are in critical condition.
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Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
South Carolina
Carolinas
East Georgia
Virginia
Caribbean Sea
Tulsa
Okla
William H. Traylor
Frank J. Vollmer
London Declaration Not Satisfactory
The British foreign office notes explain why the Declaration of London was abandoned. Allies had hoped it codified belligerent rights and duties but later warfare advances and new conditions made it unworkable. They now apply historic rules of the laws of nations.
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London
British Foreign Office
Paris
Acquittal Probable in Orpet Case
Waukegan July 15 The Orpet murder case against University of Wisconsin student William H Orpet was submitted to the jury after defense counsel argued that Judge Donnelly's instructions amounted to a command to acquit.
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Waukegan
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Donnelly
Falls From Tenth Floor of Biltmore
New York July 15 Paul Smith vice president of the Chalmers Motor Company was instantly killed today when he fell or jumped from the window of his tenth floor room at the Hotel Biltmore He was 38 and had come to New York on July 10 after complaining of ill health Mrs Smith, summoned from Detroit, reached New York early today George Stowe a Chalmers official disputed police theory that Smith acted in a moment of mental aberration.
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New York
Paul Smith
Chalmers Motor Company
Biltmore
Smith
Detroit
Recruits in New Mexico Lose Pay and Fare in Discharge
In Columbus New Mexico on July 15 recruits who failed medical tests will forfeit both time served and railroad fare after a National Guard order by Quartermaster General Aleshire. The ruling sparks protests reaching Washington as the affected men challenge the decision.
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Columbus
N. M
New Mexico
National Guard
Aleshire
U.S. A
Washington
Firefight Near Presidio Injures Soldier
A United States border patrol detachment fired on a second unit near Presidio Texas on Friday mistaking them for bandits. Private Milhoun of the Sixth Cavalry was wounded in the exchange.
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Presidio
Tex
United States Border Patrol
Here
Milhoun
Sixth Cavalry
Censorship in Spain as martial law declared
Madrid reports government enforces military censorship of all press dispatches. Martial law spreads across Spain following a railway strike disrupting northern system operations. A Madrid dispatch notes a general strike planned for July 16.
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Madrid
Paris
Spain
Old Settlers Hold a Reunion in Hopkins County Fair
A reunion of Hopkins county old settlers was held in Sulphur Springs Tex during the annual Hopkins county fair. Local residents gathered to reconnect and share memories on July 15.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Hopkins County
British Forces Gain On German Second Line In Somme Drive
British forces report a major Somme advance after assaults through Bazentin Le Petit Bazentin Le Grand and Longueval. Over 2000 prisoners taken in 24 hours and total British prisoners since the battle began surpass 10,000 as gains push to Rozieres and Hardecourt.
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Fricourt
Mametz
Third Guards
Bazentin-Le-Petit
Bazentin-Le-Grand
Longueval
Thiepval
Douglas Haig
Bazentin le Petit
Basentin
Trones Wood
Guevas
Rozieres
Kert
Bapaume
Hardecourt
French Forces Repel Attacks in Fleury Sector Actions
Paris reports a violent artillery duel in the Fleury sector with German efforts near the Avecourt redoubt and in the Apremont forest repulsed. French curtain fire and infantry actions dispersed reconnoitering enemy parties on the Meuse left bank and along the river’s right bank.
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Paris
Fleury
Avecourt
Age Serts
Apremont Forest
Meuse
Chapitre Wood
Apremont
Germans Admit Losses as British Penetrate Front Lines
Berlin reports British attack on German lines between Pozieres and Longueval breached defenses and gained territory. The war office says parts of positions in the bow area north of the Ve river were retaken. German forces hold and Russia previously took control of a region, with over 1500 prisoners captured.
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Telegraph
Daily News
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Pozicres
Longueval
War Office
Bowa
Veian
Prince
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Wyer
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