Texas league pennant race opens with new managers
In Forth Worth Texas April 15 the Texas league pennant race opens tomorrow with games in four cities. Changes in circuit and new managers set the pace as Houston visits Galveston Beaumont meets San Antonio Dallas hosts Wichita Falls and Shreveport meets Fort Worth. Managers listed include Bill Smith Shreveport Jewel Ens Houston Ham Patterson Dallas Jake Atz Fort Worth Walter Salm Wichita Falls and Joe Mathers Beaumont.
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Forth Worth
Texas
Galveston
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston
Beaumont
Dallas
Shreveport
Bill Smith
Shreveport Gassers
Ham Patterson
Dallas Marines
Jewel Ens
Houston Buffs
John Nee
San Antonio Aces
Bob Tarleton
Galveston Pirates
Jake Atz
Fort Worth Panthers
Walter Salm
Wichita Falls Spudders
Joe Mathers
Beaumont Exporters
Spite Bank Law Faces Test Hearing In Iowa
Des Moines Iowa April 15 in business and banking circles great interest centers on the test case of the so called spite bank law set for a hearing today before the joint committee on retrenchment and reform of the State legislature. The case is brought by promoters of a new State bank in West Union. The State banking superintendent refused a charter saying too many banks exist to serve the West Union area. The law enacted in 1918 allows withholding a charter if conditions warrant and lets the applicant appeal to the joint committee which can affirm or reverse the superintendent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Joint Committee
West Union
Joint Legislative Committee On
Fire prevention urged after Texas blazes claim two children
Associated Press reports State Fire Marshal S W English cites thirteen preventable Texas fires in one week causing two child deaths and extensive property losses. Cases include two babies buried in Lufkin and Marlin from matches, Cuero children home alone, a four year old injured by matches, and fires from oil heaters in Georgetown and Waco totaling about ten thousand dollars. Adults’ carelessness and a defective flue blamed.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
S. W. English
Lufkin
Marlin
Marshal Kinglish
Cuero
Georgetown
Waco
Life ends attempted poisoning in Dallas woman
A Dallas emergency hospital attache reports a negro woman said life ain’t worth living after she drank stove polish and gasoline to end it all. She was rushed to the hospital where the attempt failed.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Grand Jury Reports After Three Days of Work
The grand jury reconvened in a special session last Monday morning and, after deliberating on matters presented by the district attorney for investigation, turned in its first batch of indictments this morning. Several bills were filed, but the targets were not revealed as most parties have not yet been arrested and no further announcements are planned.
Notice to Laredo stockholders to sign proxy
All Laredo stockholders of the Ranger and Burkburnett Oil Co. are urged to call Brennan & Leonard at 1003 Iturbide Street to sign proxy agreeing to send a Laredo representative to the Houston meeting on May 10. This is important. 4-14-4t.
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Laredo
Ranger and Burkburnett Oil Co
Brennan & Leonard
Iturbide Street
Houston
Texas
Social Calendar Highlights Thursday and Friday Meetings
Mrs A Huberich hosts the Married Ladies Social Club at 8:30 pm Thursday. Ladies Aid and Presbyterian Church circles meet at 3:30 pm with hosts H Hall BE Lee and others. W M A Baptist circles A to D meet at 3:30 pm with respective hosts. Friday features Mrs Hal Greer entertaining Nulles and the Friday Bridge Club at 3:30 pm, Blue Birds gathering at Alfred Poggeneppohl’s home, a Cabaret Extravaganza at Elks Hall at 8:20 pm, and Heights Civic Club at the School house at 4 pm.
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A. Huberich
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
H. ©. Hall
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
BE. V. Lee
San Francisco Avenue
Matamoros
W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
Jennings
Meredith
Showers
J. M. Sallee
Hal Greer
A. C. Hamilton
Blue Birds
Alfred Poggenpohl
Elks Hall
The
Heights Civic Club
School House
Social notes and announcements from the city
Mrs M T Cogley and granddaughter Rosita Barlow left for San Antonio where Rosita will reenter school. Several couples including Mr and Mrs Ulmer of San Luis Mexico and Mr and Mrs Alfred Matthews traveled through the city en route to Houston and the east. Clergy and military figures arranged travel to Mexico and recruiting details. A bridge party and a White Sale at the Rectory were announced, with a San Jacinto dance planned at Elks Club to raise funds for the Public Library. The Parish Guild met. a Friday Bridge Club surprise party honored Mrs Greer with pink and white decor.
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M. T. Cogley
Rosita Barlow
San Antonio
Rosita
F. 8S. Ulmer
San Luis
Mexico
Houston
Texas
Elks Club
Womans’ Club
A. E. Younkin
Mesdames
Elmer Anderson
Arthur, Arkles
J. W. Brewster
Cook
Greenstreet
Johnston
Lines
Mason
Mussett
MacGregor
McKinney
B. F. Wright
Amar Penn
Rev
C. W. Cook
Martha Anderson
Greer
Friday Bridge Club
H. D. Shelby
Hal
W. Greer
Bridge Social Highlights with Aurora Avila Wedding News
Mrs J McNeil Turner led in high bridge score receiving two decks in a leather case. Guests included Mrs Hal W Greer and Aurora Avila honored guest with gifts and songs. Miss Avila, bride to Miguel Margain, to wed April 26 in Monterey Mexico. Wednesday Auction Bridge Club hosted by Mrs R K Mims with prizes for Mrs C C Shiner and Mrs L Daiches. Weekends wrap with a card club party at the Officers Club.
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J. McNeil Turner
Hal W. Greer
Mesdames Higgins
A. C. Hamilton
Turner
McComb
Huberich
J. R. Moore
Shelby
Morton
Witting
Mally
Black
Seymour Copeland
Eccels
BE. H. Buenz
O'Meara
McGuire
Little
Kate Hamilton
Miss Smith
Aurora Avila
Miss Serra
Kulalia Rodriguez
Virginia Penn
Miss Avila
Miguel Margain
Monterey
Mexico
Hamilton
Frank Higgins
Louisiana
Mesdames L. A. Lafon
Marcos Trevisio
Mesdames
Kk. S. Hamilton
Hal Greer
Luis Avila
James Allen
Denver
W. A. Craig
Leopoldo Bruni
Marina
Luisa
Rebeca Avila
Melitana Villareal
Amelia Garcia
Lamar Sanchez
Elvira Garza
Carolina Cavazos
Delfina Serra
Fidela de la Garza
Refugio Zuniga
Angelina Castillo
Evelyn Rodriguez
Eudelia Rodriguez
Consuelo Saenz
Virginia
Esther Penn
R. K. Mims
C. C. Shiner
L. Daiches
Joe Martin
Daiches
A. Wormser
R. L. Mader
T. A. Leyendecker
Lafon
J. 8
Penn
Christen
Barlow
Barlow; Guests —Mesdames C. C. Jefferies
Shiner
Hamlin
Haynes
George Kenedy
A. R. Vidaurri
Colbern
John Martin
A. F E. Derby
Maria Mowry
Inez Hill
Easter bridge event at Fort Messtosh hosts prize awards
Fort Messtosh held an Easter themed bridge gathering with hostesses Fort Messtosh with Moesdamer Don nelly Easing Tonneson and Condren. Twelve tables accommodated players. Mrs Jepson won the ladies prize a pot plant while Lieutenant Archer received the men's prize cigarettes.
Health Week designates cleanup drive across Texas
The state board of health proclaims April 19 to 25 as Health Week. A statewide campaign will clean up vacant lots back yards and alleys while distributing health appeal literature to club women chambers of commerce and other civic bodies.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
State Board of Health
Club Women
Chambers of Commerce
Blind girl wins South Texas army essay prize
A twelve year old blind pupil, Bernadine Rose of Houston, won the South Texas army essay prize. Lieutenant Edward R. Smith said girls won prizes throughout the district, while Corpus Christi boys took the hands on prizes. Bernadine’s essay will enter the national competition.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Aril
Bernadine Rose
South Texas Army
Edward R. Smith
Corpus Christi
Bernadine
Mexican labor urged for McLennan county farms
Forest Goodman speaking to the Young Men's Business League urged importing Mexican labor to work on McLennan county farms. He recently returned from El Paso and said many Mexicans are willing to take interior Texas jobs.
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Associated Press
Waco, Tex
Forest Goodman
Young Men's Business League
McClennan County
Goodman
el Paso
Texas
Texas conservation plans discussed by fire chiefs in Dallas
In Dallas on April 15 prominent fire insurance men and state Fire Marshal English met to discuss reorganizing the Texas conservation committee that aimed during the war to cut fire losses. Upshur Vincent and T Alfred Fleming from the National Board of Fire Underwriters attended and urged full implementation of the plan.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas Conservation Committee
English
Upshur Vincent
Fire Insurance Commission
T. Alfred Fleming
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board of Fire Underwriters of
New York
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports the United States Weather Bureau forecast for tonight and Friday. Conditions are expected to be fair.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Weather report Fort McIntosh 24 hours ending 7 am
Observations show the 24 hour period ending 7 am at Fort McIntosh with a maximum temperature of 86 degrees and a minimum of 62 degrees. Winds were generally from the south and conditions were clear.
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Fort McIntosh
Sonora Troops Invade Sinaloa Reported March on Culiacan
Agua Prieta Sonora April 15 Troops of the Sonora republic have invaded the neighboring state of Sinaloa and are advancing toward its capital Culiacan according to an official announcement.
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Associated Press
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Sonora Republic
Sinaloa
Culiacan
Martial law proclaimed in Agua Prieta over possible Carranza attack
Agua Prieta Sonora reports martial law declared to deter a possible invasion by Carranza forces who are said to be near Casas Grandes Chihuahua ready to invade Sonora as of April 15.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Carranza
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
Plans for impeachment move on labor official halted
Washington April 15 plans to impeach Assistant Secretary of Labor Post over deportation policy were dropped as Republican leaders requested more study. The move halted pending further consideration by party leaders.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Post
Death of Fort Worth official ruled suicide by ill health
Walter Acker longtime superintendent of the Masonic widows and orphans home in Fort Worth was found dead with a gunshot wound. Police say he killed himself due to ill health.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Walter Acker
Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home
McGregor Announces Candidacy for Governor in Texas
Austin Texas April 15 Former Senator T Hi McGregor announced his candidacy for governor on the American party platform today subject to the choice of the people at the November elections The statement signals a formal bid aligning with the party and awaits voter decision in November.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
T. Hi. McGregor Tormfully
American Party
Dallas Man Treated After Spouse Throws Teacup
A Dallas resident who disliked his wife cooking protested her meal. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for shallow wounds after his wife threw a teacup, injuring him.
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Dallas
Tex
Pay for Postal Clerks in Texas Meeting Planned
Waco Texas April 15 postal service workers from Texas will send representatives to a meeting to draft salary legislation recommendations and coordinate with the national association. A congressional commission on re classification of postal salaries appointed a committee that met in Washington on March 29 to consider salary legislation and is expected to report soon.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Post Office
Texas
National Association
Congressional Commission On Re
Washington
Would-be Jesse James Detained in Dallas
A fifteen year old boy, armed with a pistol and a knife, was detained by officers at Dallas Union Station after stepping from a train. He carried a small sum of money and told police he planned a reckless life but was ready to go home, with his father in Houston notified.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Jesse James
Union Station
Houston
Express earnings in Texas for 1919 reported
Austin report shows American Railway Express company earned 7 521 000 dollars in Texas during 1919. A gross receipts tax of 180 028 dollars was paid into the treasury according to the annual filing with the state comptroller.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
American Railway Express Company
Texas
State Comptroller
Treasury
Strikes Stir Chicago as Officials Bet on Palmar's Hint
Chicago officials seek a break in the rail strike by awaiting Attorney General Palmar's expected disclosure tying William Foster to the strike and aiming at disrupting the AFL to form a single union. Rail conditions in Central and Far West show gradual return to normal, while other regions show little change. In Chicago on April 11 six outlaw railway union officials were arrested on Lever Act violations, with warrants issued for 24 more leaders including John Grunau, head of the Chicago yardmen's association.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Palmer
William Foster
American Federation of Labor
Central
Far West
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen's Association
Federal agents raid strikers meeting in Chicago yardmen HQ
Federal agents raid the yardmen's association headquarters in Chicago to arrest President Grunau and several other members as a strikers' meeting was in progress. Grunau was speaking at the time of the arrests.
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Chicago
Yardmen’s Association
Grunau
Gradual Subsidence Reported By Rail Officials
New York on April 15 reports a gradual subsidence of rail strikers in the vicinity. Railroad officials admit the situation remains serious as volunteer workers operate many passenger trains.
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New York
Fort Worth switchmen vote to return to work today
Fort Worth Texas striking switchmen agreed to return to work this afternoon if a suitable agreement is reached with the general managers. The committee that was to meet the managers planned to report back at 3 o clock this afternoon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Partial traffic restored as strike collapses in St Louis
In St Louis on April 15 railroad officials said the unauthorized strike appears to have collapsed and partial restoration of traffic is expected today.
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St. Louis
New York Strike Paralyzes West Side Market District
Police reserves rushed to the West Side market area as hundreds of teamsters chauffeurs and porters strike amid a railroad walkout that left the city virtually cut off from food. Several trucks were attacked by strike sympathizers.
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New York
West Side Market District
Rioters dispersed by militiamen in Kewanee unrest
Five hundred Illinois militiamen took control of Kewanee streets to break up groups of striking workers near the Walworth Manufacturing Co plant. Rioting at the plant yesterday prompted the show of force as authorities moved to restore order.
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Kewanee, Til
Alinois
Kewanee
Walworth Mfg. Co
Depew Proposes Defensive Union for Square Deal
Chauncey M. Depew proposed today a defensive union of millions of middle class men and women across the country to insure a square deal for the general public. The plan aims to mobilize broad public support and unity among ordinary citizens in pursuit of fair treatment.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
No Ill Effects From Cabinet Session Says Wilson
President Wilson suffered no ill effects from yesterday s cabinet session and will soon be able to greatly enlarge his list of callers, the White House announced today in Washington on April 15.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
Dallas Forestry Department plants 1400 trees since February
Dallas city forester Alfred MacDonald announced that the forestry department has planted 1400 trees in Dallas since February 1. The effort continues as part of a citywide greening program in April.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Forestry Department
Alfred MacDonald
City
Cottage Destroyed by Fire on Salinas Avenue
A tent cottage owned by C. W. Tate at 1916 Salinas Avenue was destroyed by fire around 12 30 this morning along with its contents. The fire department responded quickly but flames enveloped the structure before discovery. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
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C. W. Tate
Salinas Avenue
Hunger strikers not released from Mountjoy prison
London reports quote Andrew Bonar Law stating in the House that the Irish hunger strikers in Mountjoy have not been unconditionally released, contradicting Dublin's late-night claims. Paris dispatch notes France received 1200 horses 4000 cattle 10000 sheep and 4000 goats from Germany as wartime reparations.
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Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Mountjoy
Dublin
Paris
France
Germany
Granite boom drives new firms in Liano County
Liano Texas April 15 exploitation of granite deposits grows with demand outpacing facilities. M J Ball cites several new companies organized locally and widespread use of motor trucks to move the gray stone.
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Associated Press
Liano, Tex
Liano County
M. J. Ball
Arguingest Black Person Found After Barber Chair Rift
In Dallas on April 15 police report the so called most arguin est Black person in the city was found after a Black individual sought treatment at Emergency hospital for knife injuries from a dispute over a barber chair in a local shop. The injured person described the other as the most arguin est Black person he had seen. The two men had clashed over access to a barber chair.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Salt Water Threat Faces Wichita Oil Wells
Austin oil field report says petroleum engineer L G Graves of the railroad commission traveled to the Kemp Munger Allen field in Wichita county to aid operators coping with emergent salt water. Major George C Butte warns the intrusion may reach the sand and endanger nearby wells.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
L. G. Graves
Railroad Commission
Kemp-Munger-Allen Field
Wichita County
George C. Butte
Oil and Gas Department
Peculiar Dog Names on Austin License List
Registration of dogs in Austin reveals many odd names. a dog named beer stands out, while Jack is the most common, with Pup, Buster, Nero, Tige, Trouble, Foch, Jazz, Mutt and Casey Jones also common in the yearly license list.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Beer
Jack
Pup
Buster
Nero
Tige
Trouble
Foch
Jazz
Mutt
Casey Jones
West Texas group outlines plan for agricaltural and mechanical college
NEW A. M. Hastland Tex April 15 Preliminary plans were formed to create and endow an agricultural and mechanical college for West Texas. The West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College committee of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce also pledged strong support for measures to improve and expand state educational institutions.
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Associated Press
Hastland
Tex
West Texas
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Committee
West Texas Chamber of
Cmmerce
Wildcat Propositions in Texas Banking Ads
Nathan Adams of the American Exchange National Bank denounces wildcat promotion schemes in Texas as deceptive campaigns that promise big dividends. He asserts these ads fool the public and claim they would save millions annually. The remarks were made in Dallas on April 15.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Nathan Adams
American Exchange National Bank
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