Can't Escape in Bed As War Tax on Woolen Coverlets Saddles All
A satirical piece denounces new war taxes, predicting a 10 percent ad valorem levy on woolen coverlets and cascading charges on daily goods. It lists imagineable 5 and 10 percent taxes on toothpaste, soap, shaving sticks, coffee, sugar, clothing, footwear, tobacco, gasoline, postage, telephones, electricity, insurance, tickets, and more, ending with broad consumer burden.
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Washington, D. C
Bae Man
Sam
Average
Man
Bam
Standard Oil Company
Averge Man
William
S.gents
Three Injured In Saturday Night Auto Accidents
Three people were injured in separate weekend auto crashes. Rudolph Fuentes, 18, was critically hurt when struck on West Commerce and Pecos by a car that fled. Sergeant H. Clapp was injured on New Braunfels Avenue after being struck by a speeding vehicle that did not stop. Mrs. Charles Dietrich received facial injuries when her car was hit in the 3800 block of South Presa Street. driver H D Ansell was arrested for reckless driving and no chauffeur license. Each car sustained about 100 dollars damage.
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Rudolph Fuentes
Western Furniture Company
Arbor Place
H. Clapp
Seventh Field Artillery
New Braunfels Avenue
Charles Dietrich
South Presa Street
H. D. Ansell
Dietrich
Kohr
Federal prosecutors threaten action over Midwest food trades
Chicago officials say indictments and fines may follow as Oliver K. Pagan and Robert W. Childs join federal investigators. They target the Chicago and Elgin butter and egg boards, the Chicago board of trade, and warehousemen after meetings with District Attorney Clyne. Officials expect strong measures soon despite recent grain market efforts.
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Chicago
Oliver K. Pagan
United States Attorney
Attorney General's Department
Robert W. Childs
United States
Federal
Grand Jury
Elgin Butter and Egg Boards
Chicago Board of Trade
Pagan
Standard Oil
Childs
Middle West
Washington
Departments of Agriculture and Justice
United States District Attorney
Clyne
Child
Board of Trade
Plumbers Union Restricted From Controlling Trade
The National Association of Master Plumbers of the United States may exist hereafter only as a social organization. It must not attempt to control the trade or regulate prices of service and materials. This decree was handed down in United States District Court by Judges Thomson and Orr.
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Pittsburg
National Association of Master Plumbers of
United States
United States District Court
Thomson
Orr
Weather Outlook for Fort Texas Coast and West Texas
The forecast calls for Sunday and Monday cloudy with local showers and moderate to fresh southerly winds along the coast. West Texas should see Sunday and Monday generally fair conditions.
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Fort Texas
West Texas
Weather forecasts from The Light in major cities
The Light forecasts show ST LOUIS 86 degrees clear with southwest wind and Saturday warmth. CHICAGO 4 degrees with rain and northeast wind. MILWAUKEE 70 partly cloudy with chance of rain. KANSAS CITY 89 clear with south wind and rain. NEW YORK 70 clear with southerly wind and rising high. WASHINGTON 89 clear with southeast wind and Sunday fair, Saturday high 86.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Washington Hurries Plans for First American Contingent
Congress approves Pershing to lead the expeditionary force to France. Pershing consults with general staff to select officers, with many from the Southern Department. Navy to send a marine regiment under Colonel Doyen. Training camps and new mobilization centers planned. $500000 authorized for amusements and facilities for troops at home and abroad. Wealthy men seek aero service as aviation training expands. Army recruiting lags with just over 1100 volunteers.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
France
Southern Department
War Department
Sheppard
Senate
America
Navy Department
Doyen
Tropics
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Cuba
General Pershing
Pershing Division
Aero
Army
Navy
Pershing's Twenty-Five Thousand Set for France
A foreign observer hails Pershing's veterans as the finest troops, the flower of the American army. 12,990 men who followed Pershing into Mexico are praised for their training and readiness for real fighting as the War Department scales up to meet the world war demands.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
France
America
Mexico
Villa
United States
Chihuahua
War Department
City appoints nine officers to form First Texas Cavalry
Governor Ferguson announced the appointment of officers completing the Eight remaining troops to form the First Texas Cavalry regiment of the Texas National Guard. San Antonians R. O. Whiteaker and Lewis Maverick receive captaincies, with multiple San Antonio and Houston officers named among lieutenants and captains across the ranks.
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First Texas Cavalry Regiment
Texas National Guard
Ferguson
San Antonians
R. O. Whiteaker
Lewis Maverick
Walter Acker Jr
Joseph E. Denoon
J. S
Roy E. Blount
Houston
Harvey M. Crudington
Amarillo
Joe M. Daniel
Taylor
O. Whiteaker
San Antonio
H. J. Weiler
Corsicana
Geo. W. Winter
Bonham
Walter Aker Jr
R. 8. Dilworth Jr
Gonzales
Joseph BE. Dencon
J. K. Edmundson
J. Willis Johnson Jr
San Angelo
William G. Kinsolving
Grover CC
Corpus Christi
Randolph Weinert
Seguin
Drain Wolters
Harry A. Whiteaker
Newspaper Rates Face Elimination in War Revenue Bill
A nationwide push by publishers aims to strike the Garner provision from the emergency war revenue bill. Congress hears proposals to charge parcel post rates on second class publications with more than 20 percent paid advertising. Rates would vary by zone, shifting burden toward newspapers and magazines.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Randall
California
Submarine Sighting Triggers Pacific Coast Search
Destroyers ordered to catch a strange submarine sighted off San Diego. The twelfth naval district announced the vessel was likely non American and not currently known to operate off California. Aviator Lyman Dotey reported seeing a submerged craft near the Golden Gate.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Diego
Twelfth Naval District
George T. Patterson
Fort Rosecrant
Wood
California
Lyman Dotey
Golden Gate
Dallas man dying from shotgun wound in Kaufman shooting
Dave Sullins aged 45 is dying in a Dallas sanitarium from a close range shotgun wound received this afternoon at Kaufman. George Herrington was arrested at Kaufman and held awaiting the outcome. Family troubles are given as the motive for the shooting.
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Dallas
Tex
Dave Sullins
Kaufman
Sullin
George Herrington
England Faces Sugar Shortage and Limited Beer Supplies
London reports Food Controller Kennedy Jones says England will likely avoid compulsory sugar rationing with a rich harvest. He notes a possible post November government takeover of the beer industry for select workers and warns current sugar supplies may vanish in about two weeks, though sugar is not deemed absolutely essential.
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London
England
Kennedy Jones
Senate Passes Enormous War Budget By Wide Margin
The Senate approved a $3.39 billion war budget without dissent. The bill grants the president powers over ships and establishes an emergency ship line fund of $405 million, part of $750 million for merchant marine. It adds about $109 million to army and navy appropriations, with conference to reconcile and a $563 million total increase.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Army
House
Hoke Smith
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weeks
Europe
Conference Committee
Walker Found Guilty in May 1916 Arsenal Killing
Randolph Walker was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of William Burger at the Arsenal on May 6 1916. The jury returned the verdict last night at 9 o clock after evidence and argument concluded. Judge Duval West deferred sentencing to later this week with the government led by Hugh R Robertson and defense by Senator Carlos Bee.
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Randolph Walker
William Burger
Arsenal
Duval West
Hugh R. Robertson
United States District Attorney
Carlos Bee
Government detains Villa followers near Fabens
Government agents brought M. Holmes and fifteen Mexicans arrested by Sixteenth Cavalry near Fabens to Fort Bliss. They face charges of violation of neutrality and are under heavy guard. Juan Andres Alamazan, Villa's private secretary, was captured on American soil. A new automobile and large ammunition stock were seized from the smuggling group. Holmes already faces a pending federal charge of neutrality.
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EL Paso
Tex
M. Holmes
Villa
Fabens
Texas
Fort Bliss
Juan Andres Alamazan
Holmes
Carrie Chapman Catt Denounces Suffragette Pickets
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt in Denver denounces suffragette pickets as disrespectful and unpatriotic amid wartime protests. She argues they do not represent the suffrage movement and opposes temporary wartime relaxations of child labor and eight hour laws.
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Denver
Colo
White House
Capitol
Washington
Harrison
America
Carrie Chapman Catt
Council of National Defense
Colorado Om
Women
Gunter
War Council
Seven Million Killed in War, Henderson Reports
Arthur Henderson, labor leader and war council member, told a Richmond audience that seven million people have been killed since the war began. He said total war casualties exceed the United Kingdom's 1911 population of 45,370,530.
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London
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Richmond
Henderson
United Kingdom
Eight Die When Highland Corrie Torpedoed
London, May 19. Five crew members and three passengers perished when the British steamship Highland Corrie, 7583 tons, owned in London and built in 1910, was torpedoed and sunk without warning while operating between British and South American ports.
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London
Highland Corrie
Court Allows Oral Argument In Rehearing Motions Statewide
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin Texas ruled on May 19 that oral argument on motions for rehearing will be permitted in all cases, limited to 15 minutes per side. Previously oral argument was only allowed in death penalty cases.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hoover Named Food Administrator for War Effort
President Wilson appoints Herbert C. Hoover as food administrator with no pay and a volunteer staff. The move aims to mobilize producers and distributors for voluntary control of consumption and to prevent hoarding, while keeping a future government bureaucracy from forming. The proclamation outlines prices, licensing, and distribution powers to ensure farmer profits and curb waste during the war.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson Tonigh
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Food Administration
House
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Food Administration
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Belofan
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Scandinavian
Holland
Mr. Hoover
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