Press Muzzling Clause Fails In Senate Vote
Congress battles over a gagging clause in the espionage bill and a proposed rise in second class postage. The Senate rejected the censorship provision 39 to 38, heightening war tax foes on small papers and labor publications. Gompers urged resistance to the revenue measure’s post age hike, urging taxation on profits and land values instead.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Gregory Press
Attorney General
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Gampers
Senate Debates Censorship Amid Espionage Bill Clash
After the Senate convened a brief debate led to a roll call. Senator Kirby Arkansas opposed the administration’s censorship and pushed a stricter measure but his amendment failed 65 to 5. The espionage bill’s final form faces a vote early next week and a likely tough House conference over censorship.
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Senate
Kirby
Arkansas
Wilson
House
Belgians Stir Workers Unrest Across Occupied Belgium
London May 12 Germany has begun returning Belgians who were deported to work in German factories. The move follows pressure from neutral powers but signals continued use of occupied civilians for labor. Belgians sent home were those in workshops. others are reassigned to rural work to avoid industrial unrest.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Hundreds of Leon Springs Officers Leave Camp for San Antonio
Hundreds of Rocky officers from the Leon Springs training camp visited San Antonio Saturday afternoon and will return to camp by 9 30 Sunday night. A special Sap train left camp at 2 p m and service autos ferried officers to town. Cars carried a premium, with fares rising to $1 and more. Further leave will be restricted after Tuesday as more work begins.
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Rocky
Leon Springs
San Antonio
Military Reservation
Score
Taking Men's Places
In Berlin on January 1 the metropolitan area counted 274 600 women and girls in industrial work versus 118 901 men and boys. The male total fell from 161 490 in 1915 as army demand is cited to shift the balance increasingly toward women.
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Berlin
A Peculiar Neck Bruise Linked to Trombone Position
A doctor notes a bruise on a patient’s neck and learns the man is a clarinetist in an orchestra. The patient explains bruises result from sitting before the slide trombone player, not from the instrument itself.
India sets record rice crop at 34.079 million tons
India estimates this year’s rice harvest at 34,079,000 long tons of cleaned grain, the largest on record, as official figures confirm bumper production across major growing states.
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India
New five passenger Ford for sale and misc notices
Classified items include a 1917 model Ford for sale from 117 N Mesquite St and a four door Touring car for sale or trade for livestock. Other entries list a wanted to rent unfurnished house in Alamo Heights or Madeleine Terrace, a lost white fox terrier puppy, an umbrella found on Main Street, and a request to buy 16 horses and mules. Contact names and phone numbers provided.
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Alamo Heights
Madeline Terrace
Travis
Sap-Main Avenue
Furnish Ave
N. Mesquite St
Studebaker
Ford
Mesquite St
War Finance Referendum: Business Leaders Urge Prompt Vote
National Chamber of Commerce urges San Antonio Chamber to quickly gauge business opinion on war financing. Proposals include income tax increases, excess profits tax, higher postage, stamp and customs duties, luxury taxes, and capital stock exemptions, with a push against bond-based funding.
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National Chamber
Chamber of Commerce of
San Antonio
Congress
National Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber Committee
Agreement on officers for Texas cavalry regiment
A Austin conference between the governor and Adjutant General Hutchings settled most officer appointments for the Texas National Guard cavalry unit authorized by the War Department. Only the colonel, Major A. R. Scholars of Orange, was announced. The governor said a full announcement would come next week.
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Austin
Tex
Hutchings
Cavalry
Texas National Guard
War Department
A. R. Scholars
Orange
West End street car mangles man near Garza and Culebra
A man believed to be S. H. Guinn of Wee Satchie Camp No. 38 Woodmen of the World was struck by West End street car No. 256 at 11 50 PM Saturday on the track between Garza Street and Culebra Avenue. The derailed car dragged the body about half a car length. about twenty passengers were aboard but none injured. The man sat on the track and did not move as the car approached. Coroner's inquest will investigate. body turned over to Riebe Undertaking Company. Identification was by a lodge receipt book. Estimated age about 30 but mutilation hindered certainty.
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S. H. Guinn
West End
Nick Ortiz
Garza Street
Culebra Avenue
Lodge Dues
Weesatchie Camp No
Woodmen of the World
Riebe Undertaking Company
Merchants Backed Edgecombe in Texas Food Campaign
W J Edgecombe secretary of the Retail Merchants Association of Texas returned from the Fort Worth state convention where resolutions instructed him to mobilize merchants to support the feed and food campaign. San Antonio sent fourteen delegates and the group pledged to cooperate to stabilize home markets and curb price manipulation during wartime.
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W. J. Edgecombe
Retail Merchants’ Association of Texas
Fort Worth
Edgecombe
Texas
San Antonio
Bankers to El Paso for Texas Association Convention
About ten bankers from San Antonio will join delegates traveling by special train to El Paso for the Texas Bankers Association's thirty third annual convention May 15 to 17. Attendees include Henry M. Hart Thomas E. Mathis T N Smith J H Frost Franz C Groos S A Barclay Z D Bonner F B Butler J N Brown and George D Campbell. The event features business sessions a bull fight reception ball a 40,000 strong military parade an auto trip along the Rio Grande and various social events.
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Sam. Antonians
Texas Bankers’ Association
el Paso
Henry M. Hart
The
City National Bank
Thomas E. Mathis
State National Bank
T. N. Smith
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
J. H. Frost
Frost National Bank
Franz C. Groos
Groos National Bank
S. A. Barclay
National Bank of Commerce
Z. D. Bonner
Commercial State Bank
Juarez
United States
Rio Grande
Villistas Take Parral After Battle With Carrancistas
Vil listas seize Parral in Chihuahua after defeating a Carrancista garrison under General Ernesto Garcia May 16. Carrancistas retreat to Jiminez. Juan Beltran leads the Villistas. Fifteen hundred federal troops added to Juarez garrison. Wounded Carrancista troopers cross into the United States seeking aid near Ruidosa with the 34th U S Infantry.
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EL Paso
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua
Ernesto Garcia
Jiminez
Juan Beltran
Juarez
Carrancista
Salazar
Villistas
Ojinaga
Thirtyfourth
United States Infantry
Ruidosa
Prospects for Large Rice Crop in Bay City
Heavy rains yesterday and last night promised abundant water and grass for cattle and virtually assured a good year for crops. Stockmen welcomed the wet spell as it boosts feed and forage while elevating hopes for a bumper rice harvest in this region.
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Bay City
Tex
Rain Delivers First Good Refreshing Shower of Year
Raymondiville reports a fine inch and a half rain this afternoon marking the first substantial rainfall of the year. Farmers and local business expect renewed activity as crops and trades gain new life.
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Raymondville
Tex
May Day Picnic Moved to May 16 at Seguin
The Colored May Day picnic is postponed from May 10 to May 16 at Seguin due to rain. A round trip costs $1.00 and a special Southern Pacific train departs at 9 30 a.m. Adv.
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Seguin
Southern Pacific
Federation in Final Report installs new officers
The City Federation of Women's Clubs held its final meeting at the Gunter Hotel as Mrs. J. T. Smith retired. Officers for the coming year were installed including Mrs. Joseph Getz Weller as president and Miss Hannah Hirshberg as second vice president. The group highlighted county libraries, good roads, Park land purchases, and civic beautification efforts.
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City Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. T. Smith
Federation
Gunter Hotel
Joseph Getz- Weller
Hugh B. Rice
Hannah Hirshberg
J. B. Lewright
Leo Cotton
Ed W. Oeffenger
KE. J. Larkin
Nat P. Jackson
J. JL. Landrum
State Department of Agriculture
Bexar County
Public Health Nurse Association
Civic Committee
River Avenue
Brackenridge Park
Civic
Lambert
Minna
Beatrice Burg
Bathing Girls Sought For State Pharmacists Delegates
Two San Antonio girls are wanted to wear silk bathing costumes and pin badges on delegates to the State Pharmacists convention in San Antonio starting Tuesday. Secretary H H Haines of the Galveston Chamber telegraphed John B Carrington of the local chamber asking for two suitable young women. Carrington advised to pick their own. Haines promised five dollars per day. Galveston aims to spotlight its surf bathing as a feature during the meeting.
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San Antonio
State Pharmacists
H. H. Haines
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
John B.’ Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
Haines
Carrington
Special Preparedness Rates at YWCA Shorthand School
Short course on stenography offered by the YWCA School of Stenography with day classes priced at one dollar per week. Registration closes June 1. Phone Crockett 1442 for details.
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Y. W. C. A. School of Stenography
Webster Case Near End at Thirty-seventh District Court
Attorneys argued in the I D Webster murder case over the February 12 shooting of Dr. G W Emory at the I and G N station. Judge Anderson instructed on premeditated murder and manslaughter as seven lawyers prepared pleas. A jury verdict wasn’t expected until Monday.
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I. D. Webster
G. W. Emory
Thirty-seventh District Court
Anderson
Oil From Fruit Pits Reported By Berlin Commission
The Central Food Commission says fruit pits collected last fall yielded over 250 tons of sweet cooking oil. The oil stored by the commission will be released for consumption. Formuda plans daylight saving under colonial law and will return to regular time October 1.
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Berlin
Central Food Commission
Commission
Formuda
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