Training Plans Cut to Sixteen Cantonments for Army Mobilization
Washington June 2 The War Department announced reforms in mobilization plans for the draft army, concentrating the 500000 men in sixteen cantonments rather than 32 and housing many troops in tents to ease funds, materials, labor and transport constraints. Four sites have been chosen American Lake Washington Atlanta Ga Ayre Mass and Wrightstown N J, with construction to proceed rapidly and excess troops to be housed in tents in Southern camps.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Baker
Pretary Baker
Posible
Aterican Lake
Washington
Atlan
Ayre
Mass
Wrightstown
N. J
Indian Land Sale Under United States Government Supervision
Nearly one half million acres of Choctaw lands in Southeastern Oklahoma will be sold by the Interior Department. A schooling car from the McAlester Real Estate Exchange visits towns to teach how to secure tracts without moving West, highlighting timber, farming, and oil potential in the oil belt. Land values reflect timber value from 1911 appraisals, with profits from timber, farming, and oil leasing implied. The exhibit runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a few days in town, including Sundays.
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Oklahoma
Interior Department
McAlester Real Estate Exchange
McAlester
Oxhla
Wood reports remaining camp sites in Southeastern Dept
Charleston D C June 2 Major General Wood says only three sites out of twelve training camps remain to be chosen Memphis Charlotte and Meridian Miss are among the possibilities He had received no War Department instructions to alter the original cantonment plan and will proceed accordingly.
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Charleston
D. C
Wood
Memphis
Charlotte
Meridian
Miss
War Department
Cities Press Claims for Southern Department Training Camps
War Department reopenings spur local committees from Fort Sill Waco and other cities to push for camp sites near them. General James Parker hears their offers and data. Uncertainty remains over future camp plans and whether tents or cantonments will be used, with Camp Wilson pegged as a likely site if tents prevail.
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War Department
Southern Department
James Parker
Fort Sill
Okla
Waco
France
National Guard
Camn Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Parker
Washington
Police seize junk from peddler in city forenoon raid
Detectives Ssemmelmann and Forester confiscated over two hundred pounds of grass, copper and other metal fixtures from a peddler. The metal, valued around $200, was taken to the city detective bureau for ownership checks. Police believe most items were stolen, including six faucets linked to Brackenridge Park. The peddler claimed purchases across the city and some from New Braunfels.
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Ssemmelmann
Forester
City Detective Bureau
Brackenridge Park
New Braunfels
Army Orders Detail MacKenzie to Aid Navigation
Washington June 2 Major General Alexander Mackenzie retired assigned to supervise construction or repair of aids to navigation in the Thirteenth Lighthouse District. He relieves Lieutenant Colonel George Hoffmann, engineers. Also transferred: Suertecmades Corcoe to captain Harry Hegeman Southern Department.
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Washington, D. C
Alexander MacKenzie
Thirteenth
George M. Hoffman
Ransfere
Suertecmades Corcoe
Aptain Harry Hegeman
Southern Department
Next Monday shifts in three-part police overhaul
After a Friday mass dismissal of 70 officers, Judge Lowther announced no changes until Monday. The department will run on 12 hour shifts with two reliefs as 189 appointments and e appointments are submitted for commission confirmation. A three shift plan aims to restore full strength with 120 officers plus detectives and specialists.
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Lowther
Police Department
Lancaster
San Antonio
Suspect Held in Katy Railroad robberies
Friday and Saturday developments point to a white man held on suspicion as the Katy Railroad station agent robber and highwayman. City Detective Duke Carver, with Detectives Proudfoot and Crosby Marsden, plus Sheriff Allen and deputy Tom Jackman of San Marcos, plan to identify the prisoner with Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway officials in San Antonio. Authorities also link the suspect to Pullman sleeper robberies in Texas and note possible Taylor burglary ties to post offices and passenger depots.
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Duke Carver
Katy Railroad Company
San Marcos
Proudfoot
Crosby Marsden
Sheriff Allen
Tom Jackman
San Antonio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Katy
Texas
Taylor
Brazil to Add to Army
A strong political movement seeks army reorganization. In the Chamber of Deputies there was a move to have war ministry representatives appear in secret session to discuss the matter and vote credits for military purposes. Another measure would authorize increased army strength by voluntary enlistments.
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Rio Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
War Ministry
Coalition Proposed by Premier Borden
Premier Gorden urged Sir Wilfrid Laurier to join in forming a coalition ministry offering Laurier half the cabinet and equal administration power. If voluntary enlistment failed to sustain five divisions overseas, compulsory service would be enacted.
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Ottawa
Ont
Gorden
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Wilfred
Liberals
Resignations Ripple Through British Ministry Rumors
London reports circulate about planned reshuffles in the British government. Only Baron Devonport's resignation is officially admitted while Addison Cavendish Cowdray and others are named by correspondents as possible movers to higher posts or new offices. Churchill's return is debated with no authoritative confirmation.
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London
Baron Devonport
Christopher Addison
Viscount Cavw’dray
Air Board
Baron Rhoades
Albert Kllingworth
Viscount Cowdray
Storms in Four States Kill 23 and Injure 200
A string of tornadoes across four states left 23 dead and about 200 injured. The path near Drake destroyed over 200 homes, spanning three miles with property damage pegged at 500000 to 750000 dollars. Five family members died in Murray county. Several deaths and extensive crop damage were reported in Marietta Bryan Love Marshall Carter counties and Bartlesville Oklahoma. Nine injured in Seminole county. livestock killed and crops damaged. Five tornadoes cut across Southern Loran county with no injuries reported.
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Drake
Murray County
Marietta
Bryan
Love
Marshall
Carter
Bartlesville
Seminole County
Loran County
Storm Outlook Forecasts Cooler Weekend Amid Tornado Watch
Major Allen Buell reports storm system shifting, rain prospects fading, and potential cool air moving from the northwestern high toward Texas. Tornado danger remains in Iowa and nearby areas as the storm dissipates, with warm humid air meeting cold fronts producing whirlwinds. Death toll from yesterday's weather remains two in Love County with Velma Higgins and Mrs. John Godfrey among the victims.
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Allen Buell
Iowa
Rio Grande
Hish
Texas
Amarillo
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Ardmore
Okla
Love County
Velma Higgins
John Godfrey
Williams
Drake
Murray County
Want American Workers Wrench May Replace Territorials
Paris June 2 Premier Ribot said Captain Andre Tardieu is studying replacing territorials behind the front, who head large families, with American workmen to aid economic revival in the United States.
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United States
Paris
Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Gaston Tregnier
Creuse
Andre Tardieu
Four boards of registration take charge in San Antonio
San Antonio registers for military census move toward actual control with four boards named by former Mayor Brown. Mayor Bell pledges cooperation as meetings outline duties, sworn service, and supplies. Governors and county officials await word on board personnel and procedures for exemption questions.
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Brown
San Antonio
Council
Bell
TI. T. Jackson
Registration Board
Moore Building
Commerce Streets
Commerce Street
George W. Saunders
Jules Braunnagel
Adolph Hernandez
T. T. Jackson
D. J. Woodward
T. Bb. Martindale
T. W. Labatt
Dr. W. Ik. Luter
Victor Keller
S. J. Brooks
Albert Steves Sr
J. H. Biggar
Austin
Ferguson
Bexar
Sheriff Tobin
Frank R. Newton
Enoch H. Crowder
Judge Advocate General
Newton
New Interurban Financed for Dallas to Cleburne
Plans for a Dallas to Irving and Cleburne interurban line are complete. Construction will start once material is secured. Bonds have been sold and funds secured for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Irving
Cleburne
Confederate Reunion Opens with Confederate Leaders Arrival
The arrival today of Gen George P Harrison of Opelika Alabama commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans and Gen Bennett Young of Louisville past commander in chief marked the opening of conferences preliminary to the Confederate Veterans Reunion here next week.
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Washington, D. C
George P. Harrison
Opelika
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
Bennett Young
Louisville
Confederate Veterans
Labor Called Upon to Buy War Bonds
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, appealed to unions to buy liberty bonds on the designated labor day next Wednesday. The federation urged workers and organizations to support the loan as far as their finances allow, saying bond purchases aid the war effort. The AFL executive council has committed $10,000 in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Banks Hold Liberty Bonds Amid Bank-Driven Sales Urgency
New York June 2 banks hold liberty bonds as public uptake remains uneven across the country. A canvass of 12,000 country district banks by war loan committees of the American Bankers Association found the situation very urgent and indicating the bonds will likely stay in banks' hands rather than broad public circulation.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Women Enlist to Sell Bonds on Liberty Loan Day
Members of a special Woman's Liberty Loan committee led by Mrs. W G McAdoo wife of secretary McAdoo reported at a meeting here that millions of American women have been enlisted for a nationwide demonstration to encourage sale of bonds Friday June 8 designated as Woman's Liberty Loan Day.
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Washington, D. C
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
W. G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Food Conservation Class Series Concludes in San Antonio
The final class in the San Antonio Council of Mothers series on food conservation will meet Wednesday at 4 PM in the Main Avenue High School manual arts building. Emma Firie, supervisor of domestic science, will discuss Food Conservation and Practical Methods. The session is free.
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San Antonio
Bowie School
Main Avenue School
Main Avenue
Main Avenue High School
Diplomat A waits for train to Mexico City
Alberto Martin-Franklin Italian minister to Mexico and Etienne D Hedry Austrian secretary stay at the St. Anthony Hotel awaiting train arrangements. Each prepared to depart for Mexico City as reception details with General Carranza arrive. Both diplomats, not known to each other, are in Laredo by coincidence.
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Alberto Martin-Franklin
Mexico
St. Anthony Hotel
Mexico City
Carranza
Laredo
Legation
Etienne D. Hedry
Martin-Franklin
New York
Italy
Hedry
Washington
Will Probe Riots Chicago
June 2 report says labor disturbances at East St. Louis led to clashes between whites and negroes. A committee appointed by the Illinois State Council for Defense will investigate the incidents today.
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Chicago
East St. Louis
Illinois State Council For Defense
Italians Push Austrians Back Toward Trieste
Paris dispatch reports a French official statement on June 3 noting lively cannonading near the Chemin des Dames. It says a few feeble German attacks were repulsed during the night, amid the broader push by Italian forces toward Trieste.
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Trieste
Paris
Chemin des-Dames
German Rations Reduced In German Front Line Units
From London June 2 A staff correspondent reports German food supplies indicate the best fed units subsist on three fifths of British ration weight and value The leanest German troops are those near the fighting lines Bread allowance cut since spring 1916 Meatless two days weekly Sausage limited to two and a quarter ounces daily Rice eliminated replaced by dry turnips The report notes most reductions occur in last eight months and reserves behind lines receive maximum rations
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Associated Press
France
London
Germany
Clean up or lose camp in Texas protest urged
Mrs Cunningham leads a campaign against army concentration camps moral conditions. She warns of organized vice networks across Texas and the nation and calls on Texas mothers to demand better camp conditions and protection for their sons. She pledges to seek federal support and urges women’s groups to attend San Antonio meeting.
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Mothers of
Texas
Ex-Con Exemption Claim Shocks Draft Prep
Chicago on June 2. A jail inmate registered for the draft claiming exemption after explaining that a civil service exam he passed was overturned due to his ex convict status. He argued if he is deemed unfit for government work he should not be required to serve in the trenches.
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Chicago
German Catholics Seek Peace Through Interfaith Effort
Paris June 2. La Croix reports German Catholics seek peace via contact with French Catholics. On May 18 at Oltena Swiss Catholics met led by Mathias Erzberger to build support from entente bishops for early peace. A Lausanne professor was tasked with organizing French Catholics, with bishops hoped to join. Erzberger privately admitted Germany’s resources are exhausted and peace is needed soon.
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Paris
la Croix
Monsignor Baudrillart
Catholic Institute
Oltena
Mathias Erzberger
Reichstag
Laussane
Erzberger
Germany
M. Baudrillart
Line on speakers for Texas Municipalities convention
A San Antonio visit by committee members Edward T. Paxton and W. C. O'Donnell aimed to recruit local speakers for the League of Texas Municipalities fifth annual convention in Dallas June 20 to 22. Ray M. Mackey and G. A. Mauermann were invited to address topics on buying to save money and city markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Texas
Dallas
Edward T. Paxton
W. C. O'Donnell
San Antonio
Ray M. Mackey
G. A. Mauermann
Paxton
Parliament raises war profits tax to thirty percent
Christiania June 2 reported Parliament approved a 30 percent tax on war profits. Socialist deputies warned that without stronger price controls a revolution could occur. The government is authorized to issue an 80 million kronen loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
London
Revolutionaries Form in Mexico After Defeated Governor Candidate
Report says followers of the defeated San Luis Potosi governor candidate refuse to accept Carranza’s election and are forming a revolutionary party. Ardent adherents are said to be assembling in the mountains to raid towns after crossing from Central Mexico.
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Laredo
Tex
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Mexico
Southern Pacific Takes Control Of Galveston Causeway
Ss. P. Controls Causeway. In Houston on June 2 the Southern Pacific gained control of the Galveston causeway, taking over management from Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. G. B. Ward will replace F. G. Pettibone as manager.
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Ss. P
Causeway
Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Galveston Causeway
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad
G. 8. Ward
F. G. Pettibone
Soil Silica Content and Need for Organic Additives
The passage notes that soil composed of white sand or disintegrated quartz is nearly pure silica and sterile. It explains sandy soils commonly contain 99 percent silica and require heavy, continuous applications of vegetable matter to improve fertility.
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General Wood
Cities Press
J.D. Kirk
William Polian
W. B. Arnold
B. 4. Lacey
William Smith
Fred Bader
J. M. Bacon
John Long
L. 4. Bradford
John Welch
P. C. Sharp
W.S. Dunning
M. F. Brown
Brazil
Borden
Laurier
Hinois State Council of Defense
Peeble
Gunter
Baudrillart
League of Texas Municipalities Convention
Sultana and
Phez Ice
Tomo
Mother Nature
New Orleans
Venice
Gustave Beraud
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