Reunion Persists for Confederate Veterans in Birmingham
At the twenty sixth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion in Birmingham Alabama General C W Hooper vowed continued reunions to honor the fallen and pledge allegiance to the United States He noted 4000 soldiers fed at the fairgrounds and a packed Bijou Theater as veterans recalled Confederate battles including Sharpsburg and Gettysburg.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
C. W. Hooper
Selma
Alabama Division of Veterans
South
United States
Wilson
United Confederate Veterans In Reunion
Hooper
John G. Smith
Fair Grounds
John T. Godrick
Irvin S. Cobb
United Daughters of the Confederacy
R. W. Massey
Forrest Cavalry
Bennett H. Young
J. W. Bachman
Chattanooga
Young
Alabama
Sharpsburg
Gettysburg
Texas Special down twenty foot bank near Clinton Mo
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Texas Special passenger train with five cars toppled and rolled down a twenty foot embankment near Clinton Missouri. Sixteen passengers were not seriously hurt. W R Tate of San Marcos Texas suffered leg injuries and was hospitalized. Mrs F Thomas of San Antonio Texas was uninjured. A broken rail and defective ties caused the wreck.
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Clinton
W. R. Tate
San Marcos
Tex
Wrs
F. Thomas
San Antonio
German Fleet Routed by Submarines near Gothenburg
Aftonbladet dispatch from Gothenburg says a large German fleet outside Gothenburg on Saturday fleeing Sunday after British submarines appeared. The British steamer departed for England while German warships captured four Swedish steamers and towed them to German harbors.
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Copenhagen
London
Aftonbladet
Gothenburg
Sweden
England
German Fleet Leaves Kiel for Riga With Hindenburg
Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail reports a large German fleet sailing from Kiel toward Riga including the new battleship Hindenburg and several other battleships of the larger class.
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London
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Kield
Riga
Hindenburg
Explosion wrecks Crystal Restaurant. three killed in Akron
State and city officials planned a searching inquiry into the Crystal Restaurant collapse in Akron as nine people died and 28 were injured. Searchers finished a wreckage sweep with no additional bodies found and all missing accounted for.
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Akron
Ohio
Robber Rings Bell in Chicago Home
Police hunt a doorbell ringing robber who waits in the parlor then fires shots to show urgency. He robbed Mrs. Catherine Martin of $100 cash and $1700 in jewelry after locking her and a maid in a closet.
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Chicago
Ills
Catherine Martin
Police in Panama restricted to side arms after clash
Panama police will no longer carry rifles following a formal agreement with the United States. The restriction comes after clashes with American soldiers and allows officers to carry only side arms.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Weather outlook for San Antonio and vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity fair to night and Wednesday continued cool to night.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather forecast roundup from The Light
The Light reports temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Details include wind directions speeds rain and cloud cover with temperature ranges and notes on upcoming rain Wednesday and continuing cool conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Moltke Predicts Slow Central Gains At Verdun Turning Point
Berlin reports General von Moltke in an interview says Entente will not surpass past efforts, France near break at Verdun, Russian lines remain unbreachable, and American ammo shipments continue. He notes Germany and allies balancing ammo supply and asserts Verdun gains have strategic and moral impact.
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Berlin
London
Helmuth von Moltke
Villas France
von Moltke
England
Russia
United States
America
von Moltké
Verdun
Bombardment and Limited Actions Reported on Verdun Front
Paris reports ongoing heavy bombardments of French positions in the Avocourt woods and near Hill 304 on the Meuse left bank. A German grenade attack northwest of Thiaumont farm was repulsed. Artillery saw fighting in Eix and Moulainville with a relatively calm night elsewhere.
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Paris
Avocourt Wood
Meuse
Avecourt
Thiaumont Farm
Eix
Moulainville
Two Die as Storm Rages Near Del Rio Texas
Two Mexicans killed and two badly hurt in a violent storm near Del Rio. A barn two miles south was demolished injuring two. another man died from hail on Devil's River road eight miles east of town.
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del Rio
Tex
de Rio
Devil's River Road
Here
Hailstorm Ravages Terrell Area Causing Heavy Damage
Severe hail and lightning last night caused extensive losses in Terrell area. Thousands of dollars in damage to cotton and corn require replanting. A negro boy was killed by lightning at Lawrence, near Terrell, and seven hogs died from hail at Newsiam.
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Terrell
Tex
Lawrence
Newsiam
Governor General Deposes Annam King Daytan
The governor-general at Hapoi in French Indo China orders King Daytan of Annam deposed on charges of complicity in riots in Quan-Ngai and Quang-Nan. Riots were quickly suppressed.
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Shanghai
Hapoi
Indo-China
King Daytan
Annam
Quan-Ngai
Quang-Nan
French Protectorate Brings Uprisings in Indo China
The king of Annam remains a figurehead since 1907 when France set a protectorate similar to Britain's rule in Egypt. In the last three years uprisings have arisen in Indo China and martial law was proclaimed across much of the territory last month.
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Annam
Egypt
Indo-China
Mississippi Flood Stationary In Quincy Report
Mississippi River at Quincy Illinois has remained stationary since Monday noon and officials believe the crest of the flood has passed. The city monitors rising waters and prepared seawalls and dikes as a precaution against possible leaks or further damage. Local residents remain vigilant as river levels show signs of stabilization.
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Mississippi
Quincy
Ills
Germany warns neutrals on ships stopped by submarines
Germany, in a note presented to Secretary Lansing by Count von Bernstorff, warns neutral governments that merchant ships with neutral flags must obey international law when stopped by a German submarine and face danger if they steer toward a submarine.
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Germany
Lansing
Count von
Commonwealth 10 Be Name of New Bank
The West Texas Bank & Trust Company stockholders and depositors organize Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company as a state bank with capital stock between 300 000 and 500 000. W R Wiseman coordinates stock subscriptions from quarters in the Bell Building. The bank may open next week and act as disbursing agent for West Texas Bank claims. Subscriptions from old stockholders total about 200 000 and may include deposited funds in stock form for many depositors.
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West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
W. R. Wiseman
Bedell Building
Germans Defeated in Portuguese East Africa
Lisbon dispatch reports from Lourenco Marques dated May 16 say German forces with 100 native auxiliaries and three machine guns attacked the Nhica post on May 8 and again on May 12 but were repulsed. Portuguese East Africa lies south of German East Africa with the Rovuma River as the boundary. A British force is advancing into German East Africa from the north.
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Paris
Lourenco Marquez
East Africa
Havas
Lisbon
Nhica
Rovuma
Portuguese East Africa
German East Africa
Unity Endorsed to Unite Methodist Churches South and North
In Saratoga Springs on May 16 the Methodist General Conference endorsed the unification plan for the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The accord calls for negotiations toward amalgamation with the Southern church in 1918 and Northern church in 1920, preserving separate Negro conferences while placing general conferences as the supreme governing body. The vote sparked strong enthusiasm as delegates stood en masse for affirmative support.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist General Conference
Committee On Unification
General Conference
General Conferences
Sapp Testifies in Hardin County Murder Case
Louis Sapp and his brother E. E. Sapp face murder charges in the Watts case. Louis Sapp testified in his own defense in Lufkin on May 16 as the defense prepared to call H. E. Sapp next.
Carranza Approves Pact With Obregon On Border Patrol
General Carranza agrees to Scott Obregon understanding to show control of northern Mexico while American troops stay. Plan includes 10,000 troops under Trevino to patrol Big Bend and Parral region. Funston proposes 48 motorcycles to speed border surveillance.
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Washington, D.C
Carranza
Scott
Obregon
Mexico
el Paso
Hugh L. Scott
Baker
United States
Glenn Springs
Eliseo Arredondo
Big Bend
Boquillas
Trevino
War
Pershing
Sonora
Funston
Villa
General Obregon
General Pershing
Julio Acosta
Ojos Azules
Marietta
Tampico
Tuxpan
Morin to face preliminary hearing in San Antonio
Kingsville Texas May 16 Colonel Morin alleged leader of a proposed Mexican uprising in Texas New Mexico and Arizona now in jail here probably will be taken to San Antonio Wednesday for a preliminary hearing before the United States commissioner there officers said Arrests continue in the alleged plot with 27 men in Kleberg county jail and additional arrests expected before Tuesday night to detain nearly all leaders.
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Kingsville
Tex
Morin
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
San Antonio
United States
Kleberg
Mayor Brown Enrolls for Civilians Training Camp
San Antonio mayor Clinton G Brown enrolled for the civilians training camp at Fort Sam Houston June 12 to July 8. A canvass by Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and Lions secured pledges from Frost National Bank National Bank of Commerce Wolff Marx San Antonio Printing Co Maverick Clarke Co. and other firms with a recruiting station at the Chamber of Commerce for joiners.
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Clinton G. Brown
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Ray M. Mackey
Texas
Henry M. Lindsley
Dallas
E. T. Tyra
Fort Worth
Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Order of Lions
Mr. Mackey
A. Y. Walton
Stanley Banks
Rufus Boylan
Frost National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Wolff & Marx
San Antonio Printing Company
Maverick-Clarke Company
J. W. Hucker
C. B. Allen
A. K. Garrettson
Walter Walthall
Frank Patton
George Holmgreen
J. E. Foster
J. B. Carrington
House Passes Glass Act Advances Rural Credit Plan
The House approved the Glass bill 295 to 10 advancing rural credits legislation toward enactment. Differences with the Senate measure will be settled in conference. The bill creates a Federal farm loan board and 12 land banks to loan to farmers at a six percent cap, using mortgages of five to twenty six years as the basis for farm loan bonds.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Federal Farm Loan Board
Jury selection continues in Orpet murder trial
In Waukegan Illinois on May 16 examination of veniremen continued for Will H. Orpet University of Wisconsin student charged with murdering Marian Lambert Lake Forest high school girl. Three men were tentatively accepted as jurors yesterday the first day of the trial. Judge Charles H. Donnelly will decide today whether defense lawyers can view sixty letters between the accused and the victim.
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Chicago
Ills
Waukegan
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Lake Forest
Charles H. Donnelly
Orpet
Miss Lambert
Secretary Lansing Barred At White House by Guard
May 16 Lansing Secretary of State Sikhs attempted entry to the White House for a Wilson administration conference when a guard questioned his business and mistook him for the secretary of war before recognizing him as Lansing.
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Washington
Lansing
White House
North Portico
Wilson
Miie
Extreme weather records reported in West Texas districts
Reports from West Texas towns show record breaking temperatures and near freezing in Gainesville and Brownwood with blizzard like conditions. A hail storm caused damage in the Dallas area as weather extremes persisted through the past 24 hours.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas
Gainesville
Brownwood
Dallas
Rail wreck near Fort Hancock injures six
Bandits believed Mexican crossed border removed rail spikes on the Southern Pacific causing the Sunset Express wreck near Fort Hancock fifty four miles east of El Paso. Six people hurt three seriously Texas rangers dispatched by wrecking train to scene.
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EL Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Fort Hancock
Texas Rangers
Wreck of Eastbound Train No 10 Ruled Accidental
Southern Pacific officials report investigation finds the wreck of eastbound train No 10 at Hankock today was accidental. Three passengers, all negroes, were slightly injured and one dining car employee bruised.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Hancock
Governors to March in San Francisco Preparedness Parade
Four western governors will lead a June parade in San Francisco under the Pacific Coast Defense League. Militiamen from ten states along with local labor and fraternal groups will join. California's Hiram W. Johnson Nevada's Emmet D. Boyle Oregon's James Withycombe and Washington's Ernest Lister head the state executives.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast Defense League
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Emmet D. Boyle
Nevada
James Withycombe
Oregon
Ernest Lister
Washington
Missouri Pacific Sued Over $24.7 Million Foreclosure
Union Trust Company of New York filed a foreclosure suit in federal district court in St Louis to recover the stocks bonds and notes securing the railroad’s $24 700 000 note issue. If payment is not made by a court set deadline foreclosure will proceed. The court had granted an extension of gold notes maturity from June 1 1918 to June 1 1917 if note holders agreed.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Federal District Court
Union Trust Company of New York
Trust Company
Nota
Border Patrol Strengthened As Forces Deployed To Border
General Funston orders seven coast artillery companies from Fort Sam Houston to guard Del Rio and key bridges on the Southern Pacific line, with detachments at Langtry Sanderson Alpine and Marathon. Regulars and militia to operate in brigades, with territories defined for each unit and mustering to begin.
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Coast Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
del Rio
Funston
Border Patrol
National Guard
Marfa
Sanderson
Alpine
Marathon
Henry Utch
Ings
Texas National Guard
General Funston
Hutchings
Third Field Artillery
Tobyhanna
Leon Springs
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Third Infantry
Madison Barracks
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Seventeenth Infantry
Mexico
Mexico Several Weeks Ago To Strengthen General Pershinge
San Amis Nan
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Robber
Teuton
Borbard Verdun
Hill 304
U. S
Bernstorff
Commonwealth
NEW Bank
Portuguese Africa
UNITY
Methodist Conference
Southern
Louis Sapp
Aaya Carranza
Glass
Policeman
James M. Love Jr
Regular Army
United States Service
John D. Long
Wreck Sunset Express
Missouri Pacific
S. P. Line
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