Texas Elks officers lead in singing new official convention song
Heads Texas Elks officers of the State Association reported present and led the singing of Fight for the U S A a new composition made the official song of the convention President Roy D Barnum El Paso First Vice president Dave D Cahn Dallas Second Vice president Alvin M Owsley Denton Third Vice president J F Kline San Antonio Secretary Ed S Wesson Dallas Treasurer David Boaz Fort Worth Sergeant at arms W F Harrington Tyler and Commanding General of the Elks Army and Navy Ed S Fomby San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex Association
Despiures
Alamo City
Elks
Dallas
Dallas Elks
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Houston
Houston Lodge
No. 151
Gunter Hotel
J G Thayer
Austin
Galveston
Fort Worth
Beaumont
del Rio
Sherman
el Paso
Waco
Denison
Eagle Pass
Roy D. Barnum
State Association
Dave D. Cahn
Clinton Brown
Nat M. Washer
Elkhom
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South Loop
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Ellis’ Hall
Edward Righter
New Orleans
Texas Elks
Order
America
Elks’ Hall
Edward Rightor
Samuel Marks
Adies
Fight For the
Alvin M. Owsley
Denton
J. F. Kline
Ed S. Wesson
David Boaz
W. FE. Harrington
Tyler
Elks Army and Navy
Ed S Fomby
Bonar Law Seeks Vote on Large Expenditure in Commons
In London May 9 the chancellor Andrew Bonar Law moved a vote of credit for 500 million pounds while noting the alarming daily total of 7.45 million pounds in expenditure.
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Bonar Law
Commons
London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Leninine Missing Amid War Peace Campaign
London dispatch reports Russian radical leader Nikolai Lenine has been missing for two days. The source cites Sremeska Dagbladet and notes Lenine, once allowed back by Germany, led an ultra radical peace campaign and provoked government concerns during WWI. His current fate remains unknown.
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London
Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Sremeska Dagbladet
Stockholm
Lenine
Germany
Switzerland
San Antonio Weather Tonight and Thursday Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies tonight and Thursday, with warmer conditions expected.
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San Antonio
Weather Outlooks For Tourists Across Major Cities
The Light reports St Louis 52 degrees clear with 20 mph west wind and increasing clouds. Chicago 44 clear with 6 mph southeast wind and likely rain. Milwaukee 38 clear with 10 mph north wind. Kansas City 50 cloudy with 10 mph southwest wind and possible rain. New York 46 cloudy with 10 mph northwest wind and colder. Washington 50 clear with 6 mph west wind and colder.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Man
Kansas City
New York
Washington
May Wheat Opens Higher After Bullish Crop Report
May wheat opened at Chicago trading from 3.07 to 3.11 a bushel, 10 to 14 cents above yesterday's close. Prices continued rising into the morning with the maximum gain around 18 cents as new crop months led the rally.
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Chicago
Aviator Victor Carlstrom Killed In Flight Accident
Newport News May 9 Victor Carlstrom an aviation instructor at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station and Carey B Eppes of Newport News an army student aviator were killed when their plane collapsed at about 3500 feet The right wing failed causing the machine to break apart near the town witnesses described the scene as a panic among school children Carlstrom had recently flown from Chicago to New York for the New York Times and previously set cross country records with a 16500 foot altitude with a passenger Eppes had resigned as a bank teller to pursue civilian aviation while awaiting army action
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Victor Carlstrom
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Carey B. Eppes
Carlstrom
Eppes
Chicago
New York
New York Times
Newpork News
Aviation Reserve Corps
United States Army
Stock Market Breaks as War Taxation Policy Sways Markets
New York May 9 Crumbling prices at the opening extended to a severe forenoon break. The market dropped two to six points across most lists as liquidation followed the government's taxation policy. United States Steel fell over two points to 1.125, Bethlehem Steel down 10 points, and other majors down two to six. Net losses included St Paul 4 1 4, Union Pacific 3 1 4, Reading 3 1 2, Baltimore and Ohio 2 1 2, Canadian Pacific 2 3 4, New York Central 2 3 8, New Haven 36 3 4, with utilities and rails hardest hit and war stocks not spared.
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United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Southern Pacific
New York Central
New Haven
Flour prices rise 50 cents a barrel
Flour prices climbed with bakers paying 15.50 per barrel for spring patent flour yesterday and today. Famous brands stayed at 15.60 a barrel.
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Chicago
Sweden Releases Ships After War Time Standstill
Stockholm May 9. About 90 000 tons of allied shipping tied up in the Gulf of Bothnia since the war began will be released under an agreement between Great Britain and Sweden perfected today.
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Stockholm
London
Gulf of Bothnia
Great Britain
Sweden
Strike Ties Up Gun Works In Cleveland
Cleveland Welding Company gun carriage plant halted by a strike. Officials say 500 workers out, while strikers claim 4000 are idle as they demand higher wages, freezing production across the factory.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Welding Company
Joffre and Viviani Honored in Philadelphia Visit
Philadelphia paid homage to Marshal Joffre and M Viviani as they shortened their stay to five hours. They visited Independence Hall Carpenters Hall and Benjamin Franklin’s grave then attended a reception at Fairmount Park and Franklin Field with tens of thousands of schoolchildren and a university honorary degree ceremony.
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Marshal Joffre
Viviani
French War Commission
Independence Hall
Oficinl
Old Congress Hall
Carpenters’ Hall
Betsy Rose
Benjamin Franklin
Fairmont Park
William Penn House
Franklin Field
M. Viviani
Logos
University of Pennsylvania
Joffre
Busy schedule for Joffre and French delegation in New York
New York May 9 a packed program of receptions entertainments and public meetings awaited the arrival of Marshal Joffre M Rene Viviani French minister of justice and other members of the French commission leaving little time for sightseeing or sleep amid their visit.
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New York
Marshal Joffre
M. Rene Viviani
French War Commission Welcomed Across Indiana And Ohio
On a speedy journey from Southern Illinois the French war commission received hearty ovations at Terre Haute Richmond Urbana and Columbus as they recovered from a prior wreck near Arcola Illinois. Ohio Governor Cox greeted them at the State House with officials and army officers before a planned New York visit.
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French War Commission
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Terre Haute
Ind
Richmond
Urbana
Columbus
Arcola
George J. Karb
Chamber of Commerce
United States Army
Columbus Barracks
State House
James M. Cox
New York
Warm Weather Expected With Possibility of Rain
Cloudy and warmer conditions predicted by Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau for the area. A light drizzle on Wednesday morning nearly became a measurable shower but stayed trace. A high pressure system over the central U S and a developing plateau storm foretell cloudy, threatening weather in Texas.
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Allen Buell
Plateau
Texas
Intern Germans to be housed at Lake Kanuga camp
Information from Washington reports a contract to locate a camp for interned German sailors at Lake Kanuga near Hendersonville North Carolina. Civilian prisoners will start arriving at once in squads of 250 with expedited transportation.
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North Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Washington
Lake Kanuga
Hendersonville
Coalition for Russia Favored Coalition for Russia Favored
Petrograd report that on May 9 the Russian government issued a declaration backing a coalition ministry. The move signals government support for a broad cabinet to unite factions and stabilize policy.
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Petrograd
London
No Extradition Declined for Harry K. Thaw
Harrisburg, Pa May 9 Governor Brumbaugh refused to extradite Harry K. Thaw to New York City where he faces an indictment for assaulting a Kansas City school boy Thaw remains in a Philadelphia hospital after an attempted suicide bid.
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Harrisburg
Brumbaugh
Harry KK. Thaw
New York City
Kansas City
Thaw
Philadelphia
Senate Cloture Push for Espionage Bill in May Debate
Washington May 9. An effort to invoke the Senate cloture rule to force through the administration espionage bill is under way led by Senator Williams of Mississippi. The measure includes drastic censorship and embargo provisions as part of the administration program.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Williams
Mississippi
President pushes billion dollar ships plan in wartime bill
President Wilson opened talks with thirty leaders as he seeks a 1 billion dollar appropriation for merchant ships and considers placing it in the 2.8 billion army and navy deficiency bill. The shipping board named David L. Ewing director of traffic as Maj. Gen. Goethals oversees the emergency ship program.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Appropriations Committee
White House
House
Senate
Shipping Board Today
David L. Ewing
St. Louis
Emergency Ship Corporation
George W. Goethals
Ewing
Congress
Twin Bohne brothers die in Navy service
Joe Bohne died in Portsmouth Virginia Naval Hospital after illness. His twin Jesse Bohne had died earlier at Great Lakes Illinois. The brothers from Cuero Texas enlisted in Houston and served on the battleship Arizona. Joe’s body to be buried Sunday in Quero area.
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Quero
Tex
Fritz Bohne
Joe Bohne
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Jesse
Cuero
Houston
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Joe
Arizona
Record Wheat Price Set On Topeka Board
Topeka Kansas May 9 ten carloads of No 2 hard wheat sold on the local board of trade for 3.20 a bushel marking a new cash wheat price record in Kansas yesterday.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Board of Trade
Wreck near Querétaro Kills Soldiers and Injures Dozens
News from Laredo reports a train wreck near Querétaro on Sunday that killed fourteen people and injured many more. The crowded troop train carried 300 soldiers and their families, with no passenger fatalities but extensive war-zone injuries and two days of entrapment before relief. The incident follows a May 6 bandit attack near Carneros aimed at stealing an express car ransom. The wreck occurred between Carneros and Vunegas as the northbound train resumed after clearance.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Queretaro
Carneros
Murguia
Villa
Chihuahua
Vunegas
Berlin to push new war loan, Reichstag to debate soon
The Berlin Tageblatt reports an upcoming Reichstag bill to authorize a new war loan within weeks. It notes Germany’s six prior loans totaling $11,260,000,000 per Federal Reserve Board statistics.
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Copenhagen
London
Berlin Tageblatt
Reichstag
United States Federal Reserve Board
Germany
Official Bulletin to Report War Preparations Daily
The government will start a daily newspaper titled The Official Bulletin. It will publish all war prep news from departments under the committee on public information and be mailed to newspapers and organizations on request. Postmasters will post it in offices, with a weekly edition for weekly papers. Edward S. Rochester is editor.
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Washington
D. C
Committee On Public Information
Edward
Rochester
Italy Seeks $100 Million in U S Railway Purchases
The Italian war commission plans to buy locomotives cars rails and related equipment in the United States, aiming for more than 100 million dollars in imports to replenish worn railways now short of equipment. Government railways face supply gaps as plants shift to munitions, and much of the already loaned U S funds may be used for these purchases.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Italian War Commission
Premier Tuan Chi Jui Pushes War on Germany in Parliament
Peking May 9 Premier Tuan Chi Jui and the cabinet urged a war resolution against Germany during a secret parliamentary session. The measure was sent to the standing committee for Thursday. The Senate debated it informally amid strong opposition seeking cabinet reorganization before war.
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Peking
Tuan Chi Jui
Germany
Standing Committee
Senate
Mexico May Shut Off Food Exports
The National Chamber of Commerce sent a memorial to Alberto J. Pani, minister of commerce and industry, urging a prohibition on all exports of cereals and foodstuffs from Mexico due to global shortages. It also asks for a commission to study domestic supplies and regulate per capita consumption if the country cannot support the population until the next harvest.
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Mexico City
National Chamber of Commerce
Alberto J. Pani
Commerce and Industry
Mexico
Irish church leaders unite against partition manifesto
In Ireland a manifesto signed by eighteen Roman Catholic bishops, three Protestant bishops and five chairmen of county councils denounces partition plans and urges public protest. It marks the first joint political action by clergy from both churches.
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London
Ireland
Governor seeks bill on unlawful disposition of military property
The governor submitted a measure for Legislature review to prevent the unlawful disposition of military property and illegal wearing of uniforms. It targets discrimination against anyone legally bearing the army navy marine corps revenue service or Texas national guard insignia. The proposal amends article 5890 chapter 91 of the 1911 Texas Revised Statutes.
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Austin
Tex
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Revenue Service
United States
National Guard
Naval Service
Texas
Britons Regain Ground Near Fresnoy In Heavy Fighting
British forces recover most lost ground near Fresnoy as German counter attacks intensify. German efforts center on Gavrelle and Sullecourt with heavy bombardments and limited infantry advances. Prisoners are being taken asPosts shift and fronts remain volatile in the area.
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France
London
Fresnoy
Gavrelle
Sullecourt
German Efforts Wasted on Arras Front
Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s drive to stem British advances near Arras failed to gain ground as British forces regained territory near Fresnoy. French troops hold to the Chemis-des-Dames ridge while General Nivelle’s troops push forward toward Laon. Crown Prince Ruprecht fights to stop British assaults on the Drocourt-Queant line protecting Lens coal fields.
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Associated Press
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Arras
Fresnoy
Lens
Chemis-des-Dames
Nivelle
Chevyreux
Laon
Paris
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Drocourt-Queant
Berlin
Drocourt-Quent
London
Riencourt
Fontaine
Queant
Cagnicourt
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