St Mary's College Alumni Banquet At Gunter Hotel
The St Marys College Alumni Association held its annual banquet at 815 oclock Saturday night at the Gunter hotel with over 200 attendees the largest turnout in association history A J Castanola served as toastmaster and many members delivered keynote responses including Very Reverend W W Hume Henry J Menger and James R Davis among others.
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St. Mary's College Alumni Association
Gunter Hotel
A. J. Castanola
W. W. Hume
Our Association
Henry J. Menger
Edward Dwyer
St. Mary's
John A. Ryan
S. M
James R. Davis
Leon Kaufman
Nelson Lytle
St. Mary’s College
J. C. Tips
Peter O'Brien
Paul O'Brien
George Witte
Louis Schneidermeyer
A. G. Castanola
Harry C. Powell
Herman Bergmann
Rudolph Menger
Edwin Neggli
Eugene Fetci
Herman Richter
Henry Richter
Rudolph Richter
Robert Terry
O. W. Krause
Sam Rothwell
Charles Meyer
Andres Coy
John Tobin
G. B. Mauermann
Tom J. Newton
A. H. Hynes
Jesse Dulling
Gilbert Dietzel
John J. Stevens
Henry Spengler
Richard Friedrich
P. P. Hoefgen
Thornton Stevens
Fred C. Groos
Henry Maracheau
E. G. Seng
Louis Saur
Louis Tengy
Louis Kun
Carlos Griesenbeck
Merlin Miller
A. Frischie
Robert W. Mays
Julius Kroeschel
Gabriel Bertram
Anthony Wolf
George Mitchel
Vast Army Food Supply Plans Revealed by Quartermaster
Major H. E. Wilkins announces a plan to feed 150,000 men with 4.5 million rations per month at 25 cents each, detailing monthly needs of meat flour beans rice potatoes onions tomatoes dried fruit coffee sugar milk vinegar salt lard butter and syrup. The Army also plans 73,000 more horses and mules with monthly hay oats costs and daily forage figures for each animal.
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H. E. Wilkens
Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster Department
Minor thefts reported at several city locations
Thieves broke into the Zizik Undertaking Company office at 22 East Houston Street Friday night stealing an adding machine and an electric fan after forcing entry with a jimmy. Detectives were assigned to the case.
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Zizik Undertaking Company
Houston Street
T. H. Pruitt
Pruitt
Dr. R. 8. Jackson
West
Commerce Street
Pems
Garden Reet
Tamaulipas Official Declares War on the United States
General E P Naffarette, Tamaulipas commander, proclaims a state of war with the United States. He cites American cavalry crossing the Rio Grande at San Pedro and trespassing on Mexican soil as the provocation. The proclamation dated June 19 orders all Tamaulipas citizens to report to nearest cuartel for service.
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Brownsville
Tex
E. P. Naffarette
Tamaulipas
Mexico
United States
Naffarette
State of
Rio Grande
San Pedro
Carranza
General Naffarette
Tampico
James Parker
Fort Brown
Militia to Entrain for Border Duty This Week
New York New Jersey and Massachusetts militiamen will entrain for the border by Wednesday under General Funston. About 20 000 New York troops form the largest state unit and will be stationed to seal the 1760 mile frontier under a detailed plan.
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New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts Guard
Roosevelt silent on conferences before letter release
Colonel Roosevelt will not hold key conferences until after his letter to the national Progressive committee appears. He fears embarrassment if the Bull Moose committee rejects his third ticket declination. After Monday Sagamore Hill meetings with Republican and Progressive leaders are planned. Governor Whitman sought a talk but Roosevelt declined.
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Chas. R. Rowell
California
Irwin R. Kirkwood
Kansas City
Congressman Longsworth
Pesquiera Urges Nations to Avoid War Amid Crisis
Washington reports on the risk of U S Mexico hostilities after the Carrizal clash. Ambassador-designate Arredondo coordinates pan American diplomacy with South and Central American diplomats. Pesquiera asserts both nations seek peace and urges careful investigation before any war, condemning intervention by financial interests.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Arredondo
Carrizal
Pershing
Carranza
Lansing
Roberto V. Pesquiera
Washington
Victora Rendon
Yucatan
Carlos Seviera
Yucatan Federation of Labor
Pesquiera
Front Line Wedding Sealed Amid Cannon Fire
In Flanders two miles behind German trenches Captain Albert Hafner of a Bavarian reserve regiment married Miss Hedwig Strassner. Engaged three years, Hafner obtained front furlough as his regiment lacked officers and his bride arrived with friends. The civil ceremony and Catholic blessing occurred before hundreds of soldiers, ending with a wedding breakfast.
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Berlin
Flanders
Albert Hafner
Hedwig Strassner
Augsburg
Hafner
Bride returns to Augsburg as husband faces war danger
A bride travels to Augsburg to stand with her father as her husband remains under heavy fire. She may never see him again before the war ends, as the captain endures ongoing peril and is likely to be killed at any moment.
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Augsburg
Fort Worth Not Munition Depot Denial
War Department officials deny Fort Worth will be designated as a munitions supply station. They cite that sixteen carloads of ammunition seized in Shamokin were not destined for Fort Worth and that Fort Worth has no arsenal and is far from the border. General Funston will name any future stations. Secretary Baker notes Funston will decide troop movements. National guard units are to report readiness to move from San Antonio.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
New York
Southern Pacific
Quartermaster Department
N. L. Petrich
American Warehouse Company
Hays
Burnett Streets
Cherry Street
Frederick W. van Duyne
Quartermaster Corps
National Guard
Leon Springs
Texas
Washington, D. C
War Department
Port Worth
Preva
Shamokin
Fort Worth
Funston
Baker
General Funston
Stein Reaches London After 11,000 Miles In Turkestan Trek
Sir Aurel Stein returns to London after a two and a half year journey through eastern Turkestan western China the Pamirs Russian Turkestan and the Persian Afghan border. He crossed Darel and Tangir in a route never before seen by Europeans and moved with the help of Pakhtar Wali exiled Chitra chief who sought friendly ties with Britain. In Chinese Turkestan he found a large ancient orchard in the Taklamakan desert.
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London
Sir Aurel Stein
Turkestan
China
Pamirs
Russian Turkestan
Darel
Tangir
Pakhtar Wali
Chitra
Chinese Turkestan
Taklamakan
Traces of Ancient Silk Route Discovered in Lop Desert
The explorer mapped an ancient caravan route through the Lop desert tracing ruins and a dried delta. He found Chinese silks and brocades in nearby cemeteries, coins scattered across salt flats, and bronze arrowheads marking a long vanished supply path.
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Lop Desert
Central Asia
Mediterranean
Texas post office building funds approved in sun dry bill
The house passed appropriations for Texas post office building projects including Austin 35000 for improvements and other cities Bay City 10000 Beeville 15000 Belton 23000 Brenham 15000 Cameron 5000 Cuero 10000 Denton 5000 El Paso 100000 Marlin 5000 Nacogdoches 30000 Orange 5000 Stamford 19000 Yoakum 25000. The package also provides 67200 for the San Antonio arsenal and 60000 for a San Marcos fish hatchery storehouse and equipment.
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Washington
D. C
Texas
House
Austin
Bay City
Beeville
Belton
Brenham
Cameron
Cuero
Denton
el Paso
Marlin
Nacogdoches
Orange
Stamford
Yoakum
Austin Item
Arsenal
San Antonio
San Marcos Fish Hatchery
Rice growers thank Austin for flood water aid
A Matagorda county delegation led by L. D. Roberts visited Austin to thank the city for opening flood gates at the dam allowing water to flow down the lower Colorado valley and save the rice crop. The group also discussed water distribution with the state board of water engineers as Gulf Coast farmers continue to suffer.
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Austin
Tex
Matagorda County
L. D. Roberts
Bay City
Southern Rice Growers’ Association
City Commission
Colorado Valley
Roberts
State Board of Water Engineers
Gulf Coast
Husting Joins Senate As Billiken Turned Giant
Paul O Husting of Mayville Wisconsin rises to U S Senate last fall earning the nickname The Senate Billiken He becomes a noted anti hyphenate and Americanism advocate While in office he advocates conservation and public ownership of resources His career spans clerkships in a general store post office railway service and state secretary of state office before serving as district attorney and state senator He secured a Senate seat in 1914 amid factional Republican battles with La Follette and Roosevelt factions.
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Washington, D. C
Paul O. Husting
Mayville
Dodge County
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Senate Billiken
Senator Husting
Paul Husting
Senate
Robert LaFollette
Husting
Wilson
Hasting
Billiken
Ike” Stephenson
Senator Hunting
Fondu Lac
Secretary of State of
University of Wisconsin
la Follette
Missing Wallet in New York City Sparks Reward Proposal
Mr. Baker reports losing a wallet containing 600 dollars in New York City. A friend suggests offering at least 700 dollars as a reward to ensure its return. The exchange frames a moral dilemma about incentives for recovering lost property.
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Mr. Baker
New York City
Bazaar profits fall short as engagements rise
Mabel notes the bazaar made no profit with expenses exceeding receipts. Gladys says ten engagements came from the event, ensuring the minister will benefit from future wedding fees.
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Mabel
Gladys
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