War Worries Drive Nations Toward Last Resources
Churchill in England says Britain must mobilize its last man and resource to win. Berlin reports Germany weighing universal service. The piece argues war costs push nations toward ruin and endless mobilization, with indemnities and entailed debts shaping postwar restitution. It notes British reluctance for universal service and Russia’s reserves, Japan’s looming potential, and the broader economic stakes as the conflict drags on.
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Winston Churchill
England
Great Britain
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
France
Austria
Japan
Farm loan board faces homestead law hurdle
The bill creating the farm loan board meets opposition as members question whether the Texas homestead law will block farmers from using the new federal legislation. The hearings opened with discussion of the homestead issue raised by a Texas speaker as anticipated by Lieut. at the meeting.
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Farm Loan Board
Texas
Texans face clash over homestead law and farm loan act
The Farm Loan Board questions Texas homestead provisions, arguing they may block farmers from full benefits of the federal Farm Loan Act. Legal uncertainty and a pending Supreme Court ruling loom while advocates urge revision to permit immediate needs and permanent improvements.
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Texas
Farm Loan Board
Houston
Ball
Hobby
Supreme Court
Frankie Bailey Returns Quietly To Broadway Chorus
Frankie Bailey, once a Weber & Fields star and New York toast of the town, has returned to Broadway after years away. She reappears in a modest back row chorus role, having retired with wealth and high reputation, prompting curiosity about her past and present.
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Florenz Ziegfield
Winter Garden
Ziegfield
Frankie Bailey
Clara Fisher
Sylvia Gerrish
Gerrish
New York
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Weber & Fields Company
Publisher saves paper costs by printing on shingles
In Castle Rock Washington the Cowlitz County Advocate publisher Mabel McClane Brown outlines the high price and scarcity of white paper. She notes tariffs shift lumber to Canada and reveals she used 100000 shingles to print a shingle edition, illustrating publishers’ possible futures amid rising costs and potential closures unless shingles supply improves or prices rise.
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Cowlitz County
Castle Rock
Washington
Mabel McClane Brown
United States
Canada
Colonel in Line for Favours From Standpatters
A satirical assessment of a colonel who lines up for concessions four years ahead, risking his former Progressive allies by lining with Republicans he previously criticized, calling it a costly but cunning move in a long career.
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New York
Orld
Found Him Quite Sensible Longshoreman Bets on Wilson
A philosophical longshoreman tells his wife he has bet fifty dollars on the presidential election rather than buy shoes. She weeps at his supposed wickedness, then dries her tears when he reveals the bet is on Wilson, prompting plans for dry goods and furs with the winnings.
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Belial
Wilson
Port Arthur
Paper Bulleta and the War Message Experiment
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note questions Babson’s idea of sending information to Germany by paper bullets to shorten World War I. It argues such tactics are unlikely to sway the German populace, who remain conditioned by government messaging. The piece suggests an awakening would be painful and doubts the proposed method’s effectiveness.
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Babson
Germany
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Georgia Enforces Compulsory School Attendance Law
The Christian Science Monitor notes Georgia’s compulsory school attendance law will challenge parental denial of education and require more schools teachers and equipment to accommodate rising pupil numbers. It cites per capita education expenditures in North Dakota Minnesota Oregon Nebraska Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia to argue funding must rise.
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Georgia
North Dakota
Minnesota
Oregon
Nebraska
Tennessee
Commonwealth
Christian Science Monitor
Lessons From the Mobilization of Our State Troops
Captain Henry J. Reilly presents the first in a series on adequate U S defense analyzing army mobilization. The article examines faults in the troop movement to the Mexican border and outlines lessons from the mobilization of state troops.
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Henry J. Reilly
United States
Reilly
Mexican
National Defense Reform Debated In Congress
By Capt. Henry J. Reilly the article analyzes the national defense debate last winter. It contrasts general staff control with bureau systems and universal versus voluntary service, noting political maneuvering and the 1916 act reduces general staff power while urging rapid mobilization along the border during the Mexico threat.
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Henry J. Reilly
Congress
Adjutants General
Quartermaster
Ordnance Departments
Great Britain
United States
China
National Guard
Guard
General Staff
Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Funston
U. S
Short on gear and horses hinders National Guard mobilization
The account details widespread shortages as units reported for war service with peace strength equipment and clothing lacking. States faced missing animals wagons and mules, lost supplies, and chaotic accounting as National Guard units moved to mobilization points, causing delays and high rejection rates for unsuitable recruits.
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National Guard
Regular Army
Convention debates on government at National WCTU meeting
In Indianapolis on November 20 the National Women's Christian Temperance Union discussed better government under the general theme W C T U and The Government. Sessions covered legislation and its needs prison reform suffrage campaigns and related topics with speakers detailing how union branches pursue public betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
National Union
Resolutions Committee
Anthony Caminetti
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Rural Texas postal carriers to get back pay
About half of Texas 4900 rural mail carriers will receive pay increases that date back to July 11 1914. E A Juneck rural pay master says the back pay will be issued as soon as the Postoffice Department’s announcement is received. Many affected carriers have already left government service.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Imade
E. A. Juneck
Postoffice Department
Washington
State auditors gather in St Augustine for annual convention
Florida Comptroller W Knott welcomes attendees as state auditors from across the nation convene in St Augustine for the National Association of State Auditors and Comptrollers meeting. General A W Dowell of Pennsylvania serves as association president. The gathering runs through Thursday despite scattered reminiscences and playful exchanges.
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Stat
Florida
ST. Augustine
Fla
United Fated
National Association of State Auditors and Comptrollers
W. \. Knott
A. W. Dowell
Pennsylvania
Overnight at the Grand Opera House review
The Grand Opera House presents Overnight a farce about two newlywed couples misled by a hotel mix up and a staged overnight pairing. Emma Bunting leads as a honeymooning bride paired with a blustering husband, with G Emmett Whitaker and Joel Friedkin delivering strong supporting turns in a lively San Antonio debut.
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Emma Bunting
San Antonio
G. Emmett Whitaker
Mr. Whitaker
Miss Bunting
Joel Friedkin
Ben
Ed Menlove
Richard Kettle
Fate
Good Bill at the Princess Offerings Shine this Week
Three standout acts headline the Princess bill including Spissell Brothers and Mack with juggling and acrobatics, the Four Flying Lamys delivering top class stunts, and Hillar the Funny Huckster with a witty shadowgraph. Acts also feature Tim and Marian Dee with songs and dances and a Fox film The Battle of Hearts starring William Farnum. The theater promotes special ladies matinees Tuesday and Wednesday with free admission for a paying regular patron.
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Spissell Brothers
Mack
Hillar
Tim
Marian Dee
Fox
William Farnum
AID FOR RIFLE RANGE REGULATIONS UNDERWAR DEPT ACTION
The War Department will study federal aid for rifle range targets at the municipal range. W M Ingraham informs Senator Sheppard that the army's August act sets aside 300000 pounds for indoor and outdoor ranges for able bodied men under rifle practice regulations. The board will draft rules implementing the June 2, 1916 act permitting president to detail capable officers and NCOs to range duty as instructors.
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War D Department
National Board For
E. P. Lipscomb
Morris Sheppard
War Department
W. M. Ingraham
National Board
Regular Army
National Guard
Dinant Rebuild Order Demands Belgian Towns
Dinant faces German orders to rebuild destroyed houses from 1914 or clear sites for a garden. The belfry of the ward church must be rebuilt with a six hundred pound subsidy offered from the Belgium budget. Dinant protests the order.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Dinant
Belgium
Library Law Revisions Discussed by Texas Officials
In Austin on November 20 the state library and historical commission will meet to consider amendments to the county library law, seeking easier library establishment by moving from a two thirds vote to a simple majority and raising the maintenance tax from six mills to five cents per hundred dollars. The panel will also review Carnegie Foundation complaints about Texas libraries and set next year’s budget for the coming two fiscal years.
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Austin
Tex
State Library and Historical Commission
Carnegie Foundation
Texas
Carnegie Libraries
Foundation
Goethals Defends Canal Amid Fairness Claims
Washington dispatch reports Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals defending the Panama Canal against charges by Lehigh University’s Benjamin LeRoy Miller and ex Senator Thomas Kearns. He says earth movements will be overcome, cites traffic data for 1916, and urges tolls tied to ship earning capacity, noting $2,399,830 collected and potential $400,000 more under different rules.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
War Department
Goethals
Culebra
Benjamin LeRoy Miller
Lehigh University
Thomas Kearns
Utah
General Goethals
Atlantic
Pacific
Kahn to Visit Fort Sam Houston San Antonio
Julius Kahn California congressman known as the friend of the army arrives in San Antonio from San Francisco. He declines a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, plans meetings with Gen. Frederick Funston and other army officers on military business. Kahn, a longtime California representative, advocates preparedness and has backed military expansion efforts. Army officers at Fort Sam Houston look forward to his visit.
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Julius Kahn
California
Washington
Military Affairs Committee of
Congress
San Antonio
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick Funston
Kahn
Fort Sam Houston
General Funston
Roby prison escape blooms into wider manhunt
Roby Texas report says two prisoners jailed for auto theft broke out last night. Alfred Rasberry, sentenced to 25 years for murder at the last term, also escaped but immediately notified officers. A statewide chase is under way today as authorities search for the escapees.
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Roby
Bregk Jamil
Tex
Alfred Rasberry
J. F. Bostick
Ht. Chase
Priso
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