Army Division Forms Camp In New Sanitary Barracks
The article describes a newly established division camp with staff tents and light gear, General Carter inspecting sanitary arrangements, concerns about fly pollution and limited bathing facilities, and the arrival of Fourth field artillery from Fort D. A. Russell. Recruits undergo rapid drills as regimental troops prepare for future hikes toward Leon Springs.
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Leon Springs
Tenth Cavalry
Onege
Ralph W. Hoyt
Fort Snelling
Minn
Twenty-eighth
Minnesota
Eleventh Cavalry
Carter
General Carter
Fourth Field Artillery
Fort
D. A. Russell
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Comfort for Troubled Feet
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for painful and tender feet. It claims instant relief for stings from coins and bunions and helps new shoes feel easy. It targets sweaty, swollen, tired feet and urges readers to try a trial package by mail.
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Allen
Olmsted
Subscriptions Pile Up for San Antonio Brownsville Road Plan
San Antonio leaders report about 312 shares sold toward a $850,000 road project to Brownsville at a luncheon by the committee of one hundred held at the Gunter hotel. Not all subcommittees have reported yet. bankers, civic leaders, and businesses contribute, with calls to raise funds beyond talks.
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Brownsville
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Theckwood National Bank
Col. T. H. Sanderson
J. H. Kirkpatrick
R. T. Pruitt
Fred Reutzel
T. B. Palfrey
H L. Miller
W. C. Robards
E. B. Chandler
J. R. Burton
Edwin Chamberlain
George W. West
Robert Maverick
Express Publishing Company
J. L. Lytle
R. Eugene Chrone
Brownsville Road
T. L. Conroy
Jake Wolff
T. P. Brown
W. ©. Robards
F. W. Cook
Leroy Denman
L. J. Hart
John B. Carrington
J. F. Ryan
C. V. Holland
F. G. Huntress
T. H. Zanderson
H. C. Feldmann
T. J. Wilson
C. A. Stieren
Atlee B. Ayres
Fred Hummert
G. V. Maverick
H. E. Hildebrand
A. P. Ford
Fred J. Johnston
Massive WWI Payroll Looms for Fifteenth Division
The Fifteenth infantry and part of the Thirteenth have been paid as mobilization proceeds. Most regiments were paid just before mobilization and will not be recompensed soon. A full regiment costs about 40000 dollars to pay. When the division reaches full strength Uncle Sam will disburse about 800000 dollars monthly to officers and men.
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Sam
Frank Work Dies at 92 Heir to Rail Empire
Frank Work, the multi millionaire railroad magnate, died at his New York home at 92 from pneumonia. He leaves an estate valued at about 20 million dollars.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Work
Ellsworth Leaves San Antonio for Diaz Neutrality Post
Hon. Luther T. Ellsworth, American counsel to C. P. Diaz, who has directed neutrality matters in San Antonio for weeks, departed yesterday morning for his post in C. P. Diaz and will stay several days.
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Luther T. Ellsworth
Consur
C. P. Diaz
San Antonio
Board of Health Meeting Nearing Stagnant Pool Crusade
The board of health will hold a regular session at 6 o clock this afternoon. Topics may include the spring drive against stagnant pools and unsanitary stables. Secretary Mueller notes little routine business to report.
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Board of Hearth
Mueller
Congress Accepts Resignation of Rafael Lopez Gutierrez
Tegucigalpa Honduras March 16 Congress has accepted the resignation of Rafael Lopez Gutierrez who was recently elected second designate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Rafael Lopez Gutierrez
Man Arrested After Fatal Shooting at Walthall Ranch
Tom Crow shot a man identified as Albert Street in a threatened confrontation at the Walthall Ranch, near San Antonio. Crow surrendered to Sheriff Tobin, was released on a $3000 bond, with District Attorney Baker noting bailability. motive cited self defense after the intruder attempted to seize a pistol.
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Crow
Prinz
Tobin
Albert Street
Kenwood
Street
San Antonio
Sutherland Springs
Riebe's
Crew
A. J. Crow
W. C.linden
Emperes
I. C. Baker
Japanese views on Taft arbitration offer withheld
London March 16. In the house of commons an effort to learn the Japanese government stance on President Taft's proposal for an American British general arbitration arrangement was rejected by Sir Edward Grey who refused to disclose them.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Taft
Edward Grey
San Antonio Railway Mail Group Elects Officers
The San Antonio branch of the Railway Mail association met in the federal building to count ballots for officers for the coming year and to nominate a delegate to the national convention in Syracuse. Elected were President W. L. Smith Vice President A. S. Grigsby Recording Secretary M W Weyman Corresponding Secretary Emmett Jones Treasurer J P Smith P Rhodes named as delegate candidate.
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San Antonio
Railway Mail Association
Federal Building
Syracuse
N. Y
W. L. Smith
Grigsby
M W. Weyman
Emmett Jones
J. P. Smith
P. Rhodes
Strikebreaker Beaten by Crowd in Kentucky Tennessee Zone
In Somerset Kentucky on March 16 a Chicago strike breaker named William Powers was beaten by a crowd at Kings Mountain, tied with a rope around his neck and dragged through a railroad yard. He was hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Somerset
Danville
Oakdale
Tenn
Kings Mountain
Chicago
William Powers
False alarm triggers city fire response at Cibolo and West Com
Fire Chief Wright and three fire companies responded to a 2:55 AM alarm after an unidentified person forced a break and pull at the box on the corner of Cibolo and West Com streets in Merce. The alert proved false with no fire found.
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Wright
Cibolo and
West Com Streets
Merce
Veteran ex captain of Rangers dies feared
Capt Lee Hall ex captain of the Texas Rangers is reported critically ill at Santa Rosa infirmary. His condition worsened after a bad night with his brother Col Richard Hall at the bedside amid visits from friends. It was feared he would not survive the day.
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Lee Hall
Texas Rangers
Santa Rosa
Captain Hall
Col
Richard Hall
Hall
Investigating Border Shooting Across Line
Mexicali reports United States officers in Calexico are probing claims that Mexican customs officials fired on insurrectos from American soil. Customs deny firing. Algodones sources say Mexicans fired first, later being disarmed. Captain Babcock seeks details on neutrality violation and possible U S troop actions across the boundary.
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Associated Press
Mexicali
Mex
United States Army
Calexico
Algodones
Algondones
Enrique Calderon
Babcock
Wright
Yuma
United States
New Directors Elected at Texas Pacific Railroad
At the annual meeting of the Texas and Pacific Railroad company Edgar L Merston of Ble Dunlevy Milbank were elected directors to fill vacancies caused by the death of Thos T Eckert and the resignation of Winslow S Pierce Edwin Gould said the new directors were chosen in recognition of a large interest in the railroad
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Associated Press
New York
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
Edgar L. Merston
Ble
Dunlevy Milbank
Thos T. Eckert
Winslow S. Pierce
Edwin Gould
Mortuary notices for Brown Jungmann Don and Schroud
Obituaries report Mary Brown 60 died at 623 Lewis street and burial to Knoxville. John Jungmann 78 native of Germany died at 529 East Washington place with many survivors and Castroville burial planned. Don 48, a Chinaman, died at 417 Soledad street and interred in cemetery No. 3. Dollie Henderson Schroud 41 died in Oklahoma City and remains arrive for funeral arrangements. sister-in-law of Larkin C. Smith.
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Don
Jon Don
Soledad Street
Mrs Dorothy Hender Schraud Dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs Doroty Hender Schraud died in Oklahoma City on March 14 from pneumonia. A Texas native, she had moved there four years ago and is survived by son Myron 14 and daughter Enid 11, her mother Mrs N J Porter of Florida, five sisters including Mrs L J Smith and Miss Abby Henderson of San Antonio, and brother John Henderson of Marathon Texas. The body was brought to San Antonio for burial arriving this morning. funeral set for 10 oclock Friday at 223 Howard Street with relatives from Del Rio and Uvalde attending.
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Mathews
del Rio
Brown
Uvalde
Mobilization of Coast Artillery Into Infantry Sparks Debate
The article argues that converting thirty six coast artillery companies to infantry and sending them to Galveston undermines coastal defense and may aim to show the army is too small or sway Anglo American treaty opinion. It lists the units from Fort Totten Fort Hamilton Fort Hancock Fort Wadsworth Fort Du Pont Fort Howard Fort McHenry Fort Washington Fort Monroe Fort Moultrie Fort Fremont Fort Scriven Fort Barrancas Fort Morgan and Jackson Barracks. It warns such moves erode national defense and May influence public sentiment ahead of policy decisions.
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Coast Artillery
Galveston
Fort Totten
N. Y
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hancock
Fort Wadsworth
Fort du Pont
Del
Fort Howard
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Washington
United States Army
Per
Washington’s Permanent Clique Faces Foreign Power Risk
A fragment argues that a fixed political class may lag foreign powers, bound by promises and assurances that could endure or fail under stress, risking national sovereignty and decisive action.
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Washington
Weather forecast shows fair and warmer across nation
The forecast predicts fair and warmer conditions nationwide except New England and the Atlantic coast where a storm area brings rain snow and high winds. A gale offshore and below normal temperatures persist nationwide with subzero readings in parts of Canada. Western temperatures rise as the rain moves east.
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United States
New England
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Kansas
Canadian
Mississippi
Brakeman Wounded as Caboose Is Fired On
Hillsboro Tex March 16 A man with two pistols fired into the caboose of International And Great Northern freight train No 44 wounding Brakeman H W Smith in the neck. Bloodhounds have been put on his trail.
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Associated Press
Hillsboro
Tex
International & Great Northern
H. W. Smith
Unknown steamer aground near Chinconteague shoals
A dispatch from Cape Charles Virginia reports an unknown steamer grounded on Chinconteague shoals with the vessel’s position described as dangerous.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
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International & Great Northern Railway
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