State fights Security Oil firms over anti trust breach
Texas attorney general files another ouster petition against Security Oil Company of Beaumont and Corsicana refinery for alleged anti trust violations. Corsicana refinery active before 1899 act. penalties could total about 5.96 million dollars. Security Oil formed in 1902. penalties under 1899 act limited. Waters-Pierce receivership case motion for rehearing filed. fourteen error assignments listed. Agriculture Milner reports cotton gins in September totaling 536,519 square bales and 26,816 round bales. State Treasurer Sparks notes depositories holding about 1.45 million and remittance rules. about 200 thousand in treasury vaults for school land interest receipts. Banking Commissioner Love expects West Texas Bank and Trust to resume business soon.
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Austin
Security Oil Company of
Beaumont
Corsicana
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Security Oil Company
Water Bailey
Waters-Pierce
Court of Civil Appeals
Appellant Corporation
First Law Firms
Commissioner of Agriculture
Milner
Sparks
Mr. Sparks
Austin Exchange
Post Office
Love
Campbell
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
Honessness
Fire Drives Out 500 Guests From Plaza Hotel
In Chicago on a Saturday morning fire from the laundry in the Plaza Hotel basement filled eight stories with smoke. About 500 guests fled in confusion to the street or stores nearby while 150 rescues were made by police and firefighters. No fatalities reported though several suffered minor injuries.
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Chicago
Plaza Hotel
North Avenue
Clark Street
Arthur Hart
N. Estenger
William Wise
Wedded and Jailed Otto Flores Marries After Arrest
Cameron Texas November 2 Otto Flores traveled from Rockdale to wed his intended bride. He was arrested by Sheriff Holtclaw to answer an assault with intent to murder indictment but allowed to obtain a license. The couple married before the county judge then Flores was jailed while the bride returned to Rockdale.
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Cameron
Tex
Otto Flores
Rockdale
Holtclaw
Two Terrible Deeds In Marlin Area Tragedy
In Marlin Texas near Otto Mrs Dc W Hickerson and her daughter faced an intruder. Will Criswell a neighboring farmer aided them that night. He attacked Mrs Hickerson with a razor then shot a pistol and later died at his home after the confrontations. Mrs Hickerson survives as Criswell’s death shocks the community.
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Marlin
Tex
Otto
Dc. W. Hickerson
Will Criswell
Monument at Rusk Texas Unveiled by Cherokee County
Over 5 000 people gathered on the public square of Rusk Texas for the unveiling of a Confederate monument. The statue rises eighteen feet atop a Texas granite base, carved in pure white Italian marble. Hon M J Whitman Confederate veteran presented the monument to Cherokee County with County Judge Robinson accepting. Miss Frankie Latham unveiled the figure while X O Watkins gave the principal oration.
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Rusk
Tex
Texas
M. J. Whitman
Cherokee County
Robinson
Frankie Latham
X. O. Watkins
Bank Commissioner Takes Charge of West Texas Bank in San Antonio
San Antonio on November 4 T B Love state banking commissioner arrived and assumed control of the West Texas Bank and Trust company after a Thursday suspension of payments. He will study the bank's books under state law and expects to find solvency. The halt was blamed on a depleted reserve from failed outside funds shipments.
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San Antonio
T. B. Love
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
Indignant Indians Halt Check Issuance at Fort Sill
Lieutenant Purington quartermaster of the Eighth cavalry at Fort Sill suspended check distribution to Apache prisoners of war on the reservation due to tight finances. The plan would have provided $25,000 to the Indians, who express indignation over the delay.
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Lawton, Okio
Purington
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Sill
Two Fatalities in Headon Collision Near Beaumont
November 2 report: H. G. Kelm, an engineer, and Lawrence Toffler, a fireman, died in a head-on collision of two work trains on the Beaumont Sour Lake and Western, eleven miles west of Peaumont.
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Peaumont
H. G. Kelm
Lawrence Toffler
Beaumont Sour Lake and Western
Reading Railroad Cuts Jobs in Roadway Dept
Workmen in Reading Pennsylvania are laid off as the Reading Railroad curtails expenses in its roadway department. About 250 men, principally Italians, lose their positions.
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Reading
Reading Railroad Company
Railroad Bride Collapse Over Passig River
In Manila the new railroad bride over the Passig river near McKinley collapsed after a superstructure break. Sixty workmen fell into the river. twenty Filipinos and Americans were injured. Damage estimated at $100,000.
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Manila
Passig
McKinley
Mob Kills Two Black Men in Vinegar Bend Incident
In Mobile on November 2 two Black men Abe Sumrell and Hank Lucas were fatally harmed by a mob at Vinegar Bend near here. The killings are linked to the case of Julio Boaz a young Cuban. both deaths occurred amid tensions surrounding the telegraph pole dispute.
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Mobile
Abe Sumrell
Hank Lucas
Vinegar Bend
Here
Julio Boaz
Operator Found Dead in Beaumont Telegraph Office
D H. Wh. Reaser, a telegraph operator in Beaumont, was found dead from heart failure. The death occurred in his workplace on the date given, with local authorities initiating routine notices. No foul play indicated and the incident is treated as natural causes.
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Beaumont
D. WH. Reaser
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Haswell’s Book Store
Texas Cash
States Commissioner of Banking
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Mr. H. James
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