Blockade Problems Explained by Lord Cecil
London May 6 Lord Robert Cecil the so called Blockade Minister told a Paris newspaper that Allies aim to destroy German commerce and cut food supplies while respecting neutral rights. He said distinguishing imports for neutral consumption from smuggled goods is the key difficulty in enforcing any blockade and noted limited ability to halt all German imports due to coastwise trade.
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London
Paris
Robert Cecil
Germany
Aleady
Robert
Lord Cecil
Underwood Plans Twelve-Story Service Building in NYC
The Underwood Typewriter Company announces plans to erect a twelve story service building next to its eighteen story main plant at Vesey and Greenwich streets in New York. The site covers about 10 200 square feet with a cash outlay exceeding 1 million dollars for the property and construction to suit the firm's needs.
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Underwood Typewriter Company of
New York
Vesey and
Greenwich Streets
Larry Stauffer
San Antonio
Underwood Company
Soldier Wounded in Shooting at South Flores Arsenal
Private Bob Berger of Compass C Nineteenth Infantry was shot by Private John Walker of the same company Saturday afternoon on guard duty at the United States arsenal on South Flores street. Berger sustained an abdominal wound and was taken to the post hospital in serious condition. Walker is under military arrest.
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Bob Berger
Compass C
Nineteenth Infantry
John Walker
United States Arsenal
South Flores Street
Berger
Post Hospital
Walker
Democrats Endorse Wilson at Precinct Primaries in Texas
In San Antonio precincts the Democratic meetings endorsed President Wilson and urged Ferguson as Texas chairman for the St Louis convention. Republicans largely stayed out, with two rival sets of delegates proposed. The Republican Club planned a mass county convention at Turner Hall to select state delegates.
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Wilson
James E. Ferguson
St- Louis
C. 8. Fowler
Terrell
J. E. Elgin
Republican Club
F. E. Scobey
Turner Hall
Owls Hall
Soledad Street
Fort Worth
Scobey
Mass
Bexar County
George Armistead
Claude V. Birxhead
Charles A. Austin
Claude V. Birkhead
Robert F. Coon
A. W. Hartman
George B. Taliaferro
H. L. Beach
J. H. Burleson
R.S. Menefee
Carlos
Charles M. Barnes
R. H. Ward
Dan Lewis
E. Y. White
Lee W. Earnest
E. L. Francois
E. B. McFaddin
E. E. McFaddin
George D. Armistead
Thomas McDonough
William Ransom
Ferguson
Texas
St. Louis
B. F. Kingsley
Dr. Kingsley
R. M. Field
Nat Sultzbacher
I. Kahn
John Kemp
Tom Barrett
Roark Takes Post as Assistant Secretary in San Antonio
George J. Roark, after six years as secretary of the Denton Chamber of Commerce, assumed duties as assistant secretary of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Monday. He will handle convention and publicity department work and is viewed as a progressive figure in Texas commerce.
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George J. Roark
Chamber of Commerce
Denton
Tex
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Roark
Germans Use Timber From Russian Forest
War correspondent Dr Fritz Wertherimer reports on the Stchara front about Russian state forests supplying beams posts and excelsior for German trenches wire systems and shelter villages. He notes neat fortifications comfortable shelters with furniture by soldiers and regular drills to prevent softness among troops.
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Berlin
Fritz Wertheimer
Stchara
Tyrol
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit
Advocates drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims it cleanses sour fermentations and toxins, improves appetite and complexion, and costs little. Encourages readers to try it for internal sanitation and health.
Weight of Numbers Case in Chicago Larceny Hearing
Malachi O Rourke faced a police magistrate on larceny charges. After two witnesses testified they saw him take the goods, the judge declared him guilty. Malachi asked for extra defense noting many would swear they didn’t take the goods.
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Malachi O'Rourke
Chicago
Malachi
Celt
Endorsement Push for San Antonio 1918 Bi Centenn ial Exposition
A Texas delegation will travel to Washington May 14 to press Congress for national endorsement of San Antonio 1918 Bi Centennial and Pan American Exposition. Governor Ferguson cannot attend. John T. Wroe will carry his letters and Selig Deutschman will arrange exposition support.
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Texas
Congress
San Antonio
Washington
William Cassin
Bi-Centennial Association
James E. Ferguson
Executive Department of
John T. Wroe
Austin
Ferguson
Selig Deutschman
Committee of One Hundred
National
Winchester Kelso
George F. Lupton
J. H. Kirkpatrick
James Garland
John M. Moore
Richmond
Dave Harrell
Frank Holland
Dallas
Charles Schreiner
Kerrville
Smoot
Alamo City
Ways and Means
T. A. Coleman
Mrs. L. E. Chase dies in Austin at 63
Mrs. L. E. Chase 63 died at her son B F Chases home in Austin after a visit from San Antonio where she had lived 23 years. She was a Missouri native. Funeral from daughter Mrs R J Schliessings home 1109 Essex street at 10 tomorrow. Survived by two sons John Chase Sandy Point Texas and B F Chase Austin and a daughter in San Antonio. Burial in family plot at Sayers in Bexar County.
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L. E. Cha
L. E. Chase
B. F. Chase
Austin
Missouri
San Antonio
R. J. Schliessing
Essex Street
Funeral for Robert Wrase at 118 Elm Street
Funeral services for Robert Wrase will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. from the home 118 Elm Street, conducted by Rev. A. Wolff of St. John's Lutheran Church. Interment follows at Hermann Sons cemetery. Pallbearers include L. 8. Toft, Harvey T. Cooper, Henry Russi, Ferdinand Gastring, Phil C. Blan, and Fritz Steiner.
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Robert Wrase
Elm Street
A. Wolff
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hermann Sons
L. 8
Toft
Harvey T. Cooper
Henry Russi
Ferdinand Gastring
Phil C. Blan
Fritz Steiner
Breeding Dies at 37 in Houston Humble Area
Charles N. Breeding age 37 well known in Houston and Humble died Saturday morning at his residence 211 Dawson street. The body was found there and a report on the cause of death follows in the next columns.
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Charles N. Breeding
Houston
Humble
Dawson Street
Funeral services set in Houston for Mr Breeding
Burial plans outline that Mr Breeding will be sent to Houston by the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company Saturday night for funeral services. He is survived by his widow four brothers and a sister, all residents of Houston.
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Houston
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Local business Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and lists both phones as 971. Adv.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Makers' Club weighs San Antonio exhibit for Kerrville fair
The Manufacturers' Club will decide Monday whether to send a Made in San Antonio exhibit to the West Texas Fair in Kerrville August 16 to 18. Committee members include Paul Dreiss, Gus Giesecke, J. C. Rice, John Randolph Martin and H. W. Finck. A meeting at the Gunter hotel Tuesday will discuss selling costs. A separate planning group, chaired by Arthur Storms, will meet Wednesday to prepare the Made in San Antonio Show for June 12 to 15. The exhibit will be open during the Texas Retail Merchants Association state convention here on those dates.
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Kerville
Manufacturers’ Club
Paul Dreiss
Gus Giesecke
J. C. Rice
John Randolph Martin
H. W. Finck
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Texas Retail Merchants’ Association
Arthur Storms
R. Elliott Jones
E. H. Lange
G. G. Geyer
H. W Finck
Adolph Richter
Green’s breakfast riddle at a country inn
A guest in new lodgings pretends to discuss breakfast quality with a landlady. He slyly links eggs from a local farm to Macaulay and The Lays of Ancient Rome to convey his wish to leave soon. The widowed landlady responds with a quip about reading tastes.
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Green
Macaulay
Oil men protest new cotton seed tariff in Texas
Houston oil mill men filed a strong protest with the railroad commission against the May 10 tariff on cotton seed products. They oppose the cancelation of special Houston to Galveston rates and call the new charges unreasonable. The protest requests a rehearing. Attending were James D. Dawson R. S. Crow Theodore Heyck and J A Morgan traffic commissioner of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.
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Austin
Tex
Houston
Galveston
James D. Dawson
R.S. Crow
Theodore Heyck
J. A. Morgan
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Secretaries McAdoo remarks on preparedness and misread signals
The Raw Recruit recounts a Treasury official's reception remarks about ignorance and preparedness. A young recruit on guard meets the night officer and questions his identity, mistaking the response Officer of the day for a challenge.
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the Treasury
McAdoo
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