City Commissioner Lowther dies of blood poisoning
George A. Lowther, San Antonio police and fire commissioner, died at 3 45 PM Saturday at his home 413 Crosby Street. Cause was blood poisoning from a scratch on copper wire during a telephone hearing exhibit. Funeral Monday at 4 30 PM at the family residence. Special election to fill his vacancy follows under city charter rules.
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George A. Lowther
San Antonio
Crosby Street
Lowther
Myor
Hon
Bell
Sam C. Bell
Andres Coy
Louis J Aermann
Ray Lambert
Fred H. Lancaster
August Goetz
Anton Gloeckner
George Huntress
Judge Lowther Led City Fire and Police Service
Judge Lowther born Durham England March 18 1870 emigrated to Texas as a youth and rose from clerk to commissioner of fire and police. He expanded the police force and oversaw new fire equipment tests on a eastern trip before recommending $30000 in apparatus. Survived by widow infant daughter father three brothers five sisters and several fraternal members including Eagles life member.
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Jack Laybould
A. E H. Richey
William Keller
Nic Tengg Jr
England
Lowther
Durham
Luling
Texas
San Antonio
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pullman Company
Uhr
Fire and Police
Robert I. Uhr
George Lowther
John Thomas Lowther
Robert Midgey Lowther
Fred Lowther
SQUADS STRIP FALLEN PARIS AND OTHER TALES
May 11 report on German prisoners describing squads that strip dead soldiers for uniforms and boots amid scarcity. Observations reference 1870 war and Emperor William I. Also includes a quip about pluck and a country schoolhouse joke from periodical humor sections.
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Paris
Specil
Germany
Louis Schneider
William I
St. Privat
M. Ginisty
Border Patrol Reorganization Sends Cavalry Under New Command
The Fifteenth Cavalry division is disbanded as an organization and its troops report directly to Maj. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook to aid border patrol operations. The First, Second and Third Cavalry Brigades remain intact under new reporting lines, with Holbrook departing for a border tour to Marfa, Yuma, Aziz, and surrounding points to assess forces and operations.
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Fifteenth Cavalry Division
Willard A. Holbrook
Si Paso
James A. Ryan
H. L. Howze
D. R. C. Cabell
Hertofore
General Holbrook
Southern Pacific
Col
L. L. Durfee
Arthur M. Hill
Marfa
Big Bend
Yuma
Aziz
G. W. Read
Eae
Speed-Up Training Plan for 90th Division
The 90th Division unveils an intensive speed-up training program beginning Monday. Infantry brigades and all rifle companies, including recruits, will train daily on the Saludo grounds with march discipline, close order drill, tactical instruction, and target practice at Camp Bullis.
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Saludo
Camp Bullis
Divis
Weather Bulletin Notes May 11 1918 For Several Cities
The U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin reports observations from San Antonio and other cities on May 11 1918. Data include temperature high low and wind. several entries indicate precipitation below .01 inch not published.
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Sp.m. San Amtonio
Tex
Abliqne
Birmingham
Ala
Brownsville
Chicago
Corpus Chris
Fort Worth
Galveston
Kanga City
Louisville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Palestine
San Antonio
Tampa
Win
Washington, D
Allen Buell
Kta
Three Boys Held on Burglary and Theft Charges
Three boys aged 14 to 16 were arrested by Detectives James and Street on burglary and theft charges. They are linked to chicken thefts and numerous bicycle thefts. The apprehension occurred Saturday afternoon at 6 30.
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James and
Street
U boats threaten Britain as Berlin critic warns
Depend on U boats Amsterdam May 11 reports Captain Persius of the naval press in Berlin argues that Germany cannot transport troops to Great Britain if sea resistance remains. He cites a 37 000 000 ton world fleet and U boats sinking millions yearly while warning England and the United States face a critical period.
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Amsterdam
Persius
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
England
United States
von Jagow
Lichnowsky
Forest Loss Surges in U S Timber Use
The United States shows a net growing demand of 20 billion board feet a year while consuming 40 billion. Of over 900 million acres of original forest land about 300 million have become farmland and 65 million acres were logged without replanting per the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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United States
Pittsbury Dispatch
Mothers Day Observed Across Camp Travis Y M C A Buildings
Mothers Day was observed at Camp Travis Y M C A buildings with church groups supplying flowers and speakers. Nurses from Camp Travis Base Hospital will perform a musical program at Building 33, and special services were slated across multiple chapels including Fort Sam Houston quarantine camp.
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Army Young Men's Christian Association
Camp Travis
Madison Squate
San Antonio
The
Red Cross
Camp Travis Base Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
165Th Depot Brigade
Hamlin
Fort Sam Houston
Hannin
Wennermark
Call of the Transport. Deft Designer for a mighty craft
A wartime design appeal from New York Herald urges builders to forge a fast steel vessel with a strong engine and boiler. The call asks for a tough, seaworthy craft to outrun the so called Murder Boat and endure battles at sea, invoking seamen and sturdy construction.
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Hell
Stec Ba
Harry Webb Farrington
New York Herald
Make Your Dollars Do Double Duty
During the war period readers are urged to economize by careful buying. The notice emphasizes quality over price and promotes Jungkind's Drug Store on 111 Avenues C as a source of pure high grade drugs and sundries for careful buyers.
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George A Lowther
Harper's. Aor
Secial
Kentucky
Moontaneer
People's Home Journal
Jas. E. Ferguson
Beethoven Hall
Ferguson
del Rio
Gunter Hotel
Holbrook
U. 8
Department OF Agriculture
Wehather
Dashtig
Palm Beach
Bualness
S. Euits
Spring
Biege
Copenhagen
Joske
Yates E
Tae
5S Co
Sa Zzee
Asieal Cievane
Oecil
Harmony Hall
Corning
Boys In Uniform
Heli’ Orchestra
Travis
O'Neil
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Jeffrey Cars
Two Johns
W. Houston St
Geraghty & Cornelius
John Stennett
Louthian and
Proudfoot
Colorado Springs
Cal
New Braunfels
Idtewilde
Willett
Idlewilde
A-Bar Plumbing Co
Household’ Furniture Company
Flores Street
Itaty Furniture Store
Iwewilde
Telewilde Management
Young Ladies
Our Soldier Boys
Idhewilde
Niver Avenue
West End Lake
Take West
Myrtle Grove
W. O. W. Hall
Post Gym
Dixie Social Club
Turner Hall
Klaus
W. Commerce St
Adv
Venita Drill
Herman Sons Hall
Garden St
Dulling Printing Co
Losoya St. Cr
Ritchey
Phone Crockett
Lewison Studio
West
Commerce St
Hot Wells
A. Rutherford
Imanager
Cadv
Hummel's
Hermann Sons
Newell Graduate Optometrist
Gibbs
Jungkind’s Drug Store
Avenues C
Leahes
Fourth ST
FORD
Ford Service
Mortgage Loans Safety
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
West Commerce Street
Faritat
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