First Chief Carranza Urged Secret US Mexico Pact
An American close to the Carranza administration reports that Carranza officials disclosed Carranza sent a messenger to President Wilson after receiving the Zimmermann note. The note allegedly spurred talks of a secret US Mexico alliance if war with Germany occurred, with hopes of immediate recognition and financial aid after the election.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Mexico
Wilson
Japan
Germany
United States
Mexico City
Washington Administration
Zimmerman
General Carranza
Bernstorff Nears Copenhagen Arrival of Frederick VIII in Christiania
BELIN March 10 reports Danish liner Frederick VIII with ex Ambassador von Bernstorff and party arrived at Christiania at midnight Thursday and is expected to dock in Copenhagen Sunday after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernstorff
Copenhagen
Belin
Sayville Wireless
Frederick VIII
von Bernstorff
Christiania
Oh the Charm of Beauty Pills and Blood Cleansing
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a cure for pimples and blemishes by cleansing the blood. It claims unsightly faces result from impurities and promises a clear complexion once poisons are driven out. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Pershing Receives Gift Charger in Gunter Hotel Lobby
In a crowded Gunter hotel ceremony Captain J E Labatt presented General Pershing with a black charger named Captain Jack. Pershing praised the gift and the Texas horsemen who arranged the tribute, then dined with officers before returning to guests.
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General Pershing
Jack
J. E. Labatt
Gunter Hotel
Horsemen of
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Pershing
Martin C. Shallenberger
Harry E. Wilkins
Henry D. Thomason
J. E. Fair
Frank L. Case
W. S. Scott
Sixteenth Cavalry
Ireland Hampton
Frank Corn
Zack Miller
101 Ranch
Joe Brin
Ea Pfefferling
Frank Kring
Captain Labatt
Governor Declares Assets Exceed Debts In Testimony
The governor asserts his assets surpass debts with a flawless recall of business details. He lists extensive holdings in Bell Bosque and Bastrop counties, coal lands, and stock farms, noting loans paid and dividends received. The committee resumes hearings Monday at 10 a.m. as his testimony continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple State Bank
Bell Bosque Stock Farm
Bell County
Bosque County
Bastrop County
Montgomery County
Poe
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Gompers Calls AFL Members to Unite Against Strike Legislation
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL urged 2,000,000 members and half a million railroad workers to oppose national laws restricting strikes amid government inquiry. He warned against encroaching on the right to quit work, framing any limit as a return to slavery. Federations plan actions this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
America
Gerard Recalled Ambassador to Germany Arrives in Havana
James W. Gerard and party reach Havana aboard the Infanta Isabel with plans to meet United States Minister Gonzales and stay at Hotel Plaza before sailing to Key West on the Governor Cobb. The Cuban government will waive baggage inspection formalities for the former ambassador.
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Havana
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Gonzales
Gerard
Hotel Plaza
Key West
Fla
Governor Cobb
Smuggling Ring Busted as Rubber Crosses Swiss Frontier
Swiss authorities crack down on rubber smuggling to Germany. Six smugglers were seized near Basle as twelve hundred pounds of crude rubber and many rubber articles were found under a carriage seat. The probe led to over thirty more arrests of Basle Zurich and other city figures. Several German agents active in Switzerland were expelled.
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Berne
Germany
Basie
Schaffhausen
Basle
Zurich
Switzerland
Unrest Grows Among German Frontier Population
Report from Amsterdam cites rising unrest on the Dutch German frontier as German civilians endure severe privations. A Berlin returnee says conditions worsen with bread from potato peelings and shortages of coffee tea sugar milk meat butter cheese pepper and potatoes in hotels and restaurants.
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Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Berlin
Siller sails to Europe on special Mexican mission
Alfonso M. Siller former sub secretary of foreign relations left Laredo Texas en route to New York for a special Mexican government assignment as inspector of foreign embassies. The Mexican consulate announced the trip and its official purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Alfonso M. Siller
San Antonio
New York
German Secret Agents Probe Eyed in Justice Department Investigation
Chicago reports reveal a Justice Department probe into a North American German spy network. Fritz Wolff, an escaped officer from the Prince Hitel Friedrich, links to Berlin officials and a group of nine men and three women under a New York chief. Wolff lived frugally in Chicago, paid others, and aided his employer with large sums.
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Chicago
Fritz Wolff
Prince Hitel Friedrich
United States Department of Justice
North America
Wolff
Theodore Wolff
Berliner Tageblatt
Berlin
Norfolk
Albert Pick and Company
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Department of Justice
New York
Clabaugh
Hugo Pick
Mr. Pick
Pick
Philadelphia
Senate Aims to Adjourn and Reload Before Special Session
Senate leaders plan to adjourn by midweek then take a brief rest before the extraordinary session on April 16 to address international crisis legislation. Ratification of the treaty is dashed. Colombia is to receive 15 million dollars for Panama Canal Zone share while the Senate confirms a few presidential appointees.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Colombia
Panama Canal Zone
Stone
Missouri
Knox
Pennsylvania
Thomas
Colorado
Benner Pomer@ne
Ohio
Kern
Gerry
Rhode Island
Jones
New Mexico
Representative Sulloway
New Hampshire
Sulloway
Conroy
New York
New House
Whitman
New Revolving Chair Offers Unusually Restful Back Tilts
A new office chair features back tilt action described as unusually restful for users. The design emphasizes comfort and ease of movement, aiming to improve posture during long work sessions.
King Ferdinand of Roumania Likely to Abdicate
The Ulmer Tageblatt reports from Sigmaringen that King Ferdinand of Roumania plans to abdicate regardless of the war’s end. He has moved from Jersey to Russia, seeks to return to his ancestral castle after peace, and may retire to England with Queen Marie while his brother balks at reconciliation.
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Stuttgart
Ulmer Tageblatt
Sigmaringen
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Ulm
Jasey
Russia
Wilhelm
Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen
Bucharest
Carol
Germany
Austria-Hungary
England
Marie
Tractors to drag plows hear moonlit spring fields
The Board of Agriculture issues a circular to War Agricultural Committees announcing that motor tractors will soon be available for field work. Ploughing will be aided on moonlight nights to speed preparations, with tractors remaining property of the Board and county committees handling use prioritizing lands likely to yield a 1917 crop.
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London
Board of Agriculture
War Agricultural Committees
Representative Sulloway Sinks Into Critical Condition
Washington dispatch reports Representative Cyrus W. Sulloway of New Hampshire, a Republican, was sinking at a late hour with doctors abandoning hope he could live beyond a few hours.
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Sulloway Sinkins
Washington, D. C
Cyrus W. Sulloway
New Hampshire
Conroy & Rice Ad Offers Personal Firm Contact
An advertisement invites direct attention from Hugh B. Rice head of Conroy & Rice real estate and insurance firm. It provides Cr. 542 and the 206 Frost Building address for inquiries and business.
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Hugh B. Rice
Conroy & Rice
Frost Building
Attempted Robbery at Paul Steam Laundry Explosion Fails
A dynamite blast at 12 15 Sunday morning targeted the Paul Steam Laundry at 424 South Flores Street. The explosion wrecked the office and damaged neighboring buildings while a suspect fled, leaving money behind. Placido Olivarri of Active Automobile Livery reported the blast and police recovered the damaged safe door. Officers pursued a man seen rifling desks but he escaped. Estimated damage runs to several hundred dollars.
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Paul Steam Laundry
South Flores Street
Active Automobile
Placido Olivarri
Long
Bartholome
Subira
Central Station
New Zealand Soldiers to Play Rugby Tour Match in London
New Zealand trench team to play the Army Service Corps fifteen at the Athletic Ground Richmond opening their brief tour. Army Service Corps has a season tally of 821 points for and 24 against in seventeen matches.
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London
New Zealand
Army Service Corps
Athletic Ground
Richmond
Man Declares He Slept Through Night Sober
In a rural report, Sandy says he went to bed sober after twenty years and woke up in the morning without trouble. He notes completing the night without being intoxicated and expresses gratitude for the morning.
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Sandy
Typewriter Cleaning Sparks Absurd Delays in Courier
In a Louisville Courier Journal clipping, a worker apologizes for asking a girl to clean the typewriter. It notes she spent fifteen minutes cleaning the type and then two hours on a manicure, illustrating workplace inefficiency.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Orchestra member sidelined by icy fall
A Boston Transcript quip notes Tootles is out of the orchestra after slipping on an icy sidewalk and breaking his clavicle, leaving a gap in the ensemble and prompting lighthearted talk about substitutes from a music dealer.
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Tootles
Boston Transcript
Ford
Women to Build Huts for British Army in France
Nineteen strong young women carpenters will leave London for France to build huts for the British army. They will live in a camp near a base and work by piecework under their own supervisor. The contractor reports ample applications and plans to keep them for the war duration.
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London
France
W. G. Tarrant
Byfleet
Surrey
Famous Candy Coffee Demonstration at Wolff and Marx
Demonstration of the famous Candy coffee set to begin Monday morning March 12 at Wolff and Marx Co. The event aims to showcase the drink and attract customers.
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Wolff & Marx Co
Doctor Announces Bacilli Cause Hair Loss
A doctor explains to a mother that her child’s hair loss is caused by bacilli. The mother agrees she has found many bacilli as well in the discussion.
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Bacilli
Not the Reason Biot DeGree
Biot reports his stomach is out of order and asks for help. Doctor Shipp suggests home cooling as a remedy but DeGree says that is not the reason.
Freckle Removal Cream Ad Claims Swift Results
An old advertisement promotes Ethine double strength freckle remover sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. It asserts March winds bring freckles that persist through summer and that few applications will noticeably reduce or erase small freckles.
New York Rounds Up Spy Plots and Wireless Case
Blank et authority given to local secret service and Justice to search arrest foreign spies in wartime. Surveillance expands to military sites and public buildings. Indictments expected in East Indian plot. Captain Alfred A. Fritzen to be brought from Los Angeles. Gustave Keathe leaves Sayville for Mexico amid wireless plot rumors. Other engineers rumored to have fled to Mexico.
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New York
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Federal Grains Jury
Vonigel
Lfred A. Fritzen
Los Angeles
Germany
Mexico
Gustave Keathe
Elefunken Company
Sayville
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Wilgon
Washington
Harvey Patteson
Gerard Nearing
Siller
Europe
Reuthe
United States Navy Department
Expert Service
Columbia Treaty
DIORS
Phone Crockett
SAN Antonio Printing Company
Soledad St. i B. Cle Pres
Treas
Franz . Groos
The
Pres
W. F. Sibert
Wallace Bros. Co
Texas
Wallace Brothers
Texas Distributors
W. Commerce St. Crockett
Wallace Brothers Company Dept. L
Postoffice County
State
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