Premier Lloyd George predicts near Allied victory in war conduct
In a House of Commons speech Lloyd George asserts allied forces will prevail as Americans pour into France. He cites few German reserves, rising allied strength, and strategic setbacks for Austria and Germany, while noting Russia's chaotic stance and Italy's pivotal Montello and Piave actions.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
France
West Front
Russia
Great Britain
Bonar Law
Hogge
Compeigne
Mussia
Ukraine
Don
Cau
Trussia
Japan
Montello
Piave
Austria
Siberia
Nancy to Observe the Fourth in Nancy France
Nancy plans a July Fourth celebration with city hall and public buildings decked in American colors and coordinated exercises. In Washington, the War and Navy Departments will issue rules allowing service members abroad and at home to vote in congressional elections next fall under state absentee laws.
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Nancy
Paris
Washington, D. C
War and Navy Departments
Baker and
Daniels
Texas Sets Maximum Coal Prices for State Mines
Washington D C June 26 Maximum prices for bituminous coal and lignite mined and used within Texas fixed by the state fuel administrator have been confirmed. The schedule lists unit prices for Krath Palo Pinto and Young-run of mine coal and for Texas coal with summer reductions and a wage increase allowance under the president's October 27 1817 order.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Garfield
Krath
Palo Pinto
Young
Rath
Judge warns on draft fees and Espionage Act focus
In Austin Judge R L Batts tells the federal grand jury to consider the Espionage Act and the ethics of lawyers charging fees to help registrants obtain classifications. He notes no law forbids attorney help before exemption boards but stresses examining intent and whether fees are surreptitious or routine business.
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Austin
Tex
Federal District Court
R. L. Batts
Bolsheviki Collapse Seen In Irkutsk Region
Siberian dispatch reports a general Bolshevik collapse in West Siberia with Czecho Slovakia control near Irkutsk. Fighting continues between Red and White Guards as allied powers consider intervention amid prisoner forces and German Austrian units.
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Lontinn Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Eeather
The
Public Ledger Co
Pekin
Siberia
Urale
Irkutsk
Trans-Bakarlo
Semenoff
Taude
Manchuria
Harbin
Manchurian
China
Japan
Far East
Vladivostok
Mexicans Enter Texas to Help Harvest Crops
Texas officials report a surge of Mexican laborers arriving to work in cotton and other crops as federal restrictions ease. Deputy Labor Commissioner Tom Bell says about ninety workers can pass daily, with Mexicans sent inland to fill fields until after harvest.
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Austin
Tex
State Labor Department
Texas
Tom Bell
el Paso
Bell
Colorado
California
Mexico
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
German Doctor Reports Patience Amid Hard War Strain
Dr G W M Nicolai, ex Berlin physiology professor, in Copenhagen says Germans endure war hardships with patient middle class calm. He notes food shortages, rising thefts, and guards on lodgings, while predicting a long war and hopes for peace though western front may decide outcome.
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Copenhagen
G. Iw. M. Nicolai
University of Berlin
Germany
Nicolai
Denmark
Empire
San Antonio Light Announces Candidacy for Associate Justice
The San Antonio Light is authorized to announce the candidacy of the th Ward for Associate Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals. Subject to the action of the Democratic Primaries, July 27, 1918. Political Advertisement.
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San Antonio
Court of Criminal Appeals
Captain Lytle Dies at 87 Pioneer Texan and Civil War Veteran
Captain Samuel Lytle died at his residence 332 South Presa Street at 10 pm Monday. A pioneer settler and veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, he lived in San Antonio after 18 50. Funeral at 822 South Presa Street with Mass at St Marys Church. He was 87 and survived by five children including Judge Nelson Lytle. his son.
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Texas
Samuel Lytle
South Presa Street
Jie
Nelson Lytle
County Criminal Court
Captain Lytle
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Trev
Quinn
Columbia, Tenn
Wiliam and
Mary Gullett Lytle
Republic of Texas
Washington
Republic
Milam County
Lytles
Caldwell
Burleson County
Medina River
Mexico
Lytle
John Gonnor
Monterey
Confederacy
San Antonio
Thirty-second
Texas Cavalry
Ife
trans-Mississippi Department
Louisiana
Arkansas
Medina
18&T
Presa Street
Captain Lyte
Castroville
Medina County
Magaret Lucy Noonan
Judge Noonan
W. J
Mary Ellen
Margaret Lucy
Elizabeth R
George Nelson Lyotte
Texas Cavalry Brigades Name Officers Soon
Austin Tex June 25 An announcement is due soon naming field officers for two new Texas cavalry brigades Brig Gen J F Wolters leads the First Brigade and Brig Gen RK H W Merill commands the Second Brigade The units will be ready for federal inspection and admission to the National Army once officers are announced No date yet for organizing the infantry brigade but little delay is expected says Adjutant General James A Marly
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Austin
Tex
Texas Cavalry
J. F. Wolters
RK. H W. Merill
National Army
James A. Marly
Germany Inventing Official News of Fights in Flanders
London Times Service report notes German official communiques exaggerate or invent attacks in Flanders while real actions include minor raids south of Albert with eight prisoners taken and twelve enemy killed. It suggests German propaganda aims to mislead both home audiences and the Western Front.
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Germany
Flanders
Penry Robinson
London Times Servier
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Covsright
The
Public Ledger
Haig
Arras
Albert
Morixncourt
Strazeele
Russia
Warsaw
Farmers Pledge Campaign Aims Cotton Acreage Cut
In Austin on June 25 the Texas State Department of Agriculture and the Warehouse and Marketing Department launched an aggressive campaign. Field workers will seek pledges from tenants and landowners to reduce cotton planting next year in favor of non-perishable food and feed production.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Ato
Department of Agriculture
Fred W. Davis
EH A Peden
Texas
O. K. Dunlap
State Council of Defense
Tokyo Letters Praise Anglo Japanese Ties After Prince Visit
The Japanese press lauds stronger Anglo Japanese relations amid Prince Arthur of Connaught’s Tokio tour. Terauchi calls Anglo-Japanese alliances a backbone of peace as hopes rise for easing tensions with Russia. An English wording misstep by a university official is noted in a brief anecdote.
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London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Tokio
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Terauchi
Kato
Yerauchi
Japan
Duilies
Nrussia
Masonic Officers Installed Across Multiple Lodges in City
Newly elected Masonic officers were formally installed Monday at the Sah Ahtenis temples and the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Anchor Lodge No 424 San Antonio Lodge No 1079 Army Lodge No 1108 and Altima Lodge No 44 filled key posts with W. Fly and Nat M. Washce presiding. Clergy and officials addressed the assemblage as officers for Burleson Chapter No 21 and San Antonio Council No 14 were also installed.
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Sah ‘Ahtenis
W. 8
Fly
Nat M. Washce
Anchor Lodge
San Amonio
Army Lodge
A. I
A. M
Leon A. Baer
Hubert Michael
G. H. Kuson
Iba
L. S. Bates
George A. Cook
San Antonio
Bred A. Burns
J. A. Stone
Mathis
Ned A. Zoeller
E. T. Green
A. Carr
Carl Koemer
C. Gardner
J. L. Ellsworth
W. M. Capchart
A R. Thomas
Daniel Connell
C. A Tolley
Joseph I. Iitzsimons
K. D B. Cooper
Joseph DD. Ryan
Normin Macteod
Fred A. Mitchell
Fred i. Allen
George R. Stumberg
BE. C. Arnold
Alfred A. Winfield
Fred L. Schaper
Jobin Kemp
U. A. Schneider
L. F. Chaffin
Yarees
James E. Winter
Masonic Temple
Burleson Chapter No
S. M
D. N. Cushing
J. S. Steele
King
Frey Fletcher
M. A. Forbes
J. M. Strayhorn
S. C. Winters
ON Smith
F. Cotton
Carl Hh. Roemer
George L. Briggs
G. H. Ferguson
V. J. R. Reynolds
Local roster fragment lists 1900s club officers
A partial historical roster names W. Robinson TLE 4 D N Cush ing Ib M Fred Fletener P C Wis T N Smith treasurer CL FY Cotton recorder C P Reed C of Gilred KK Alien lef C A J Madlem steward S J Winters guard.
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W. Robinson
TLE
D. N. Cushing
Ib. M
Fred Fletener
P. C. Wis
T. N. Smith
CL FY. Cotton
C. P. Reed
C. of
Gilred
Alien
Lef C
A. J. Madlem
S. J. Winters
Archbishop forbids prohibition speeches in Catholic churches
Archbishop E G Messmer of Milwaukee bans pastors in the archdiocese from hosting prohibition talks on church school or hall premises. He urges preaching temperance and even total abstinence while condemning the prohibition movement as sectarian and hostile to the church.
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Milwaukeee
Wis
E.G. Messmer
Light Renounces Paul Steffler as County Assessor Candidate
The Light announces the withdrawal of Paul Steffler as a candidate for county assessor subject to the Democratic Primaries on July 27, 1918, within political advertising.
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Paul Steffler
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