Training at Leon Springs Expands to 3000 Men
War Department orders expand Leon Springs camp to 464 more recruits, raising potential strength to about 3000 if all return and National Guard non commissioned officers are reassigned. A second medical screening may trim numbers. preparations include new buildings and rapid material delivery for start of instruction on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Springs
War Department
National Guard
Guard
W. 8. Scott
Harry L. Rogers
Scott
Will Take Hospitals to Europe
Dr. Richard W. Harte head of U S Hospital Unit No 10 organized at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Harvey Cushing head of Base
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Richard W. Harte
U. S. Hospital
University of Pennsylvania
Harvey Cushing
Harvard University
Washington
France
Camp Schedule Reveille Through May 15 With New Daily Times
The memo lays out daily camp routines until May 15 including reveille at 6:25 a.m. and assembly at 6:30 a.m. followed by drills, meals, sick calls, inspections, and parades. After May 15 start times shift earlier with adjusted calisthenics, drills, and meals. Sundays keep 6:15 reveille and 6:30 assembly. Company commanders are organizing and preparing for regular training next Tuesday.
Invite Elks To Dansant For Battery B At Gunter Hotel
A large crowd is expected for a jueves dansant in San Antonio to benefit Battery B led by Captain Claude W. Birkhead. Dancing starts at 8 PM in the Gunter Hotel ballroom with refreshments in the east dining room. Tickets available Thursday evening at the hotel. Proceeds aim to buy an automobile truck as a gift from the women of the city to the local battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Dansant
Battery B
San Antonio Battery
Claude VY. Birkhead
Battery
Last Call for Essays in Home Ownership Contest
More than 2000 essays arrive at the Real Estate Board Brady building as the Own your own home contest nears closing. Entries run from 5 pm Saturday with judging set to reveal 100 best on May 19 and eventual winner days after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Board
Brady Building
San Antonio
Texas Medical Association elects Dr. Rice president elect
Dr. B. P. Rice of Marlin was unanimously elected president elect of the Texas State Medical Association at its fifty first annual session in Dallas. The committee on medical education praised Texas medical schools and urged that applicants to practice medicine complete one year of hospital work after graduation with one year’s notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
8. P. Rice
Marlin
Texas State Medical Association
Committee On
Medical Education
Texas
Senate Sets Short Debate On Espionage Bill
By unanimous consent the Senate limited debate to one hour per senator until 11 tomorrow and then ten minutes on the bill or five minutes on amendments for any senator. No vote time fixed. calls and duties will be effective in the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Monnett Freed as Indictment Dismissed in Rintelen Case
The indictment against Frank S. Monnett former Ohio attorney general and co defendant with Captain Franz Rintelen was dismissed by Judge Cushman in federal court on the motion of counsel. The court held the prosecution failed to show sufficient evidence to require Monnett to defend. The indictments against six other co defendants remained.
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New York
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
Franz Rintelen
Cushman
Rintelen
Monnett
Liberia severed ties with Germany amid Allied displays
A telegram from Monrovia to the State Department reports Liberia severed diplomatic relations with Germany on May 8. Authorities searched and disarmed all Germans, examined their residences and businesses, and displayed flags of the United States England and France at the executive mansion while crowds applauded and a band played ally marches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Monrovia
Liberia
Germany
United States
England
France
Bissell Stands Trial for Murder of 10 Year Old Edna Dinsmore
Fred A. Bissell was placed on trial in Wyandotte County District Court Kansas City Kansas on the charge of murdering Edna Dinsmore a ten year old girl at Topeka in April 1916. During testimony the girl's mother sobbed aloud and was removed from the courtroom to regain composure.
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Kansas City
Fred A. Bissell
Wyandotte County
Kan
Edna Dinsmore
Topeka
Bissell
Colored May Day Picnic Set for May Sixteenth at Seguin
The Seguin May Day picnic is postponed to May sixteenth due to rain. The event features a one dollar round trip on a special Southern Pacific train leaving nine thirty A. M. from Seguin.
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Seguin
Southern Pacific
Americans Fly in French Uniforms on West Front
A staff correspondent reports on American aviators returning from a long reconnaissance mission from St. Quentin to Craonne. They fly in French uniforms, admire Captain Thenault, and note the squadron’s 32 confirmed German planes destroyed. Several Americans volunteer to hunt enemy airmen and many are fully qualified to lead squadrons.
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Associated Press
France
St. Quentin
Craonne
Thenault
Nippers Close Up Upon German Lines in Action
The report covers stubborn enemy attempts to shake our hold with costly efforts that failed. Our line advanced at night north of Gricourt and south of the Souchez River, capturing parts of the front and prisoners. Raiding parties northeast of Lievin and south of Hulluch were driven off, and a raid north of Givenchy-Les-Labasse succeeded.
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Gricourt
Souchez River
Lievin
Hulluch
Givenchy-Les-Labasse
French Capture Fort on Vauclere Plateau Amid Artillery Fire
Paris reports a fortified position on the Vauclere plateau was seized by French forces after night fighting. German counter-attacks along the Chemin-des-Dames were repelled as heavy artillery continued in the region. France says it expanded gains on the northern slopes and took prisoners from a recently arrived division.
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Paris
Vauclere Plateau
Chemin-des- Dames
Chemin-des-Dames
Ourve
Vauclere
TRY TO KILL MENOCAL Cuban Plotters Arrested Before Bomb is Exploded
Nine men were arrested in Havana after a plan to explode a bomb near President Menocal's private palace apartments failed. The investigation follows a prior abortive rebellion and a continuing plot to kill the Cuban leader. Authorities say the conspirators acted on orders from a secret Athens committee of military officers and politicians in a separate Venizelos assassination case.
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Havana
Menocal
Cuba
Venizelos
London
Saloniki
Athens
Seitz denounces proposed taxes on mail rates
Don C. Seitz of the New York World and chair of the ANPA postal rates committee denounces proposed second class mail increases. He backs a zone system but condemns rates up to 40 and 120 dollars per ton as unjust, warning many papers would drop out and rely on other methods. He accuses post office policy of bias against second class matter and criticizes the postmaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Don C. Seitz
The
New York World
American Newspaper Publishers Association
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Post Office Department
Defense Nears End in Webster Murder Trial at I and N Station
The defense in L Col Webster murder case at the Thirty seventh District Court nears conclusion after Mrs Webster testifies of visits to Dr Emory and alleged mistreatment by him. Witness Dc E Calloway says Webster shot Emory without words at the railway station. Prosecution rebuttal expected. jury likely by Friday.
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L. Col. Webster
G. W. Emory
Thirtyseventh
Webster
Dr. Emory
Destruction in Dry Docks Kills One in Philadelphia Yard
At Philadelphia navy yard on May 9 a destroyer named Allen in dry dock fell against the coast guard cutter Guthrie also in dry dock. One man was killed and several others injured in the incident.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Allen
Coast Guard
Guthrie
Wooden shipyards planned in Galveston as private contracts loom
May 10 Galveston announces four new wooden shipbuilding ways to start immediately. If government ships are unavailable, private contracts will proceed. Several Texas firms form or amend capital stock, including Henrietta Star Mercantile Buna Graham Electric Melva Oil and others.
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Galveston
Tex
Italpay Oil Company
Wichita Falls
Capital Stock
Incorporators
W. F. Weeks
A. C. Owsley
E. E. Sanders
Melva Oil Company
Houston
W. E. Hanberry
T. J. Ewing
J. W. Doremus Jr
S. F. Dixon
Charters Issued For Texas Firms In May
Charters issued in Texas on May 10 include The Peavey Rubber Company of Dallas with capital stock 100000 and incorporators Ralph A. Peavey N P Deavours and E W Ware Yaeta Country Club of El Paso with no capital stock and incorporators L A W T Duncan and George Powell The Secret City Oil Company located in Texas is also noted with details to follow.
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Ae Tex
Peavey Rubber Company
Dallas
Capital Stock
Ralph A. Peavey
N. P. Deavours
E. W. Ware
Yaeta Country Club
el Paso
Capital
L. A
W. T. Duncan
George Powell
Secret City Oil Company
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DR. Harte
DR Cushing
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Hostetter
LAST
DR. Rice
Medical Association
Stac Fria
Boys’ Barber Shop
Seitz
L. D. Webster
Alamo Auto Supply Co
Christi S.A. U. & G Railroad
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