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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1916

Page

3

West Texas Bank President Plans Investigation After Failure

Leon N. Walthall, president of the West Texas Bank and Trust Company, said he would investigate the incidents leading to the bank’s April 8 closure. He returned to San Antonio from Chicago, where he sought funds to tide the bank over and indicated a possible statement after further inquiry.

Leon N. Walthall West Texas Bank and Trust Company San Antonio Mr. Walthall Chicago Patterson Roberts

Englishwoman golfer seeks national title again in U S

Mrs. W. A. Gavin the clever English champion who placed well in last September's national women's championship visits the United States for another attempt at the national title. She is accompanied by her husband, who also shares golf as a passion.

W. A. Gavin United States

Bank Liquidation Delays Unsecured Deposit Payouts

Commissioner Patterson says unsecured checking accounts will be paid but requires careful review. The bank was large and payments may take up to a month as checks deposited before the takeover are recovered and deducted from balances. No definite reorganization plan has been arranged despite talks with stockholders.

Patterson

Mother Goose program enlivens Mexican Institute

Five hundred children and grown people attended the Wednesday evening show at the Mexican Institute. Mexican children and youth performed the parts. Costumes decorations and music impressed the audience. The Japanese drill and folk dances were particularly pleasing.

Mexican Institute

Alcazar Combination Cook Stove Ad and Satire Note

Demonstration for Alcazar stove models burning gas coal and wood plus gas ranges and oil cooking runs April 10 to 15. Ad by Sam Speir Co. 219 Losoya. Redd humor about Greene and a blow out daily noted from Yonkers Statesman.

Sam Speir

Supreme Court Grants Leave to File Mandamus

The Texas Supreme Court today granted motion for leave to file a mandamus in Beach v McKay to compel the secretary of state to file the Moody Calculator Company charter of Dallas with $150000 capital. The secretary refused citing an AG opinion that inventions cannot count toward capital. In Dallas, Frank Kelley’s 99 year robbery sentence was reversed and remanded. another case against Kelley for assault to murder was affirmed. Additional affirmations included Claire Wright, Babe Case, Josh Jones, Sanford Turner, and J. W. Robinson in various counties with listed crimes and sentences.

Austin Tex Supreme Court Frank W. Beach John G. McKay Secretary of State Moody Calculator Company Dallas Attorney General Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Frank Kelley Harper Prendergast Kelley J. M. Caywood Oriental Oil Company Claire Wright Grayson County Babe Case Raines County Josh Jones Gregg County Sanford Turner Colorado J. W. Robinson Fisher County the Supreme Court Porfirio P. Garcia Jesus Maria Yzaguierre Bexar County L. A. Wright C Robertson Lubbock A. FE. Staacke James Routledge Bexar CC. W. Hahl John J. McPherson Harris W. T. Meadors & Co Mitchell W. H. Grove G. W. Keeling Tarrant A. C Braun W. Hickman Jones R. E. Rickens R. A. Cruise Tyler C C. McCarthy C. T. McElvaney Grayson

Fourth Court of Appeals Decisions and Supreme Court Actions

The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals issued multiple decisions including affirmations and reversals with remands from Bexar Zavala Nueces and Bee counties. The Texas Supreme Court granted and refused several applications with cases spanning Bexar Harris Travis Hill and other counties.

Fourth Court of Appeals Fourth Court of Civil Appeals Raymond Leary International Coal & Wood Company Bexar 8. A U. & G. Railway Mittie Galbraith Zavala Walton & Stockton Corpus Christ National Bank Nueces Wolf City Milling Company B. F. Ward Bee

Plant Juice touted as cure for long illness in testimonial

An advertisement claims Plant Juice heals stomach bowel and liver ailments restoring health. A Cleveland man, Harry Alpern, narrates a 12 year struggle with weight loss, sleepless nights, and multiple doctors before improvement after two bottles. Sold at Fischer Drug Store in San Antonio.

Harry Alpern Pierpont Street Cleveland Ohio Ohio State Merchants’ Protective Association United States San Antonio Fischer Drug Store

Dismissal Granted In Several Texas Rail Rowel Cases

Agreed motion to dismiss granted in Barnhart versus Kansas City Mexico and Texas Railway Company of Texas Nolan. Cause dismissed G H and 8S A Ry Co versus C W Dickens Bexar. Cause submitted Ss W Slayden Co versus Mi Palmo McLennan.

Barnhart K. C

Court of Criminal Appeals proceedings announced

The court affirmed multiple defendants including Robert Capshaw Angelina A Gomez Austin Sanford Turner Colorado Frank Kelley Dallas J W Robison Fisher Claire Wright Grayson Joseph Jones Gregg ex parte Lee Vansickie Potter Babe Case Rains Otto Seitz Tom Green Reversed and remanded Frank Kelley Dallas Notion for re hearing overruled Cleve Barnes Young Submitted on brief and oral argument for both Harry Humphreys Galveston On brief for appellant P N Dawson Pecos On brief for state Hilliard Epps Bowie On motion for rehearing Ira W Mc Dougal Smith Eddie Bennett Newton Idella Hare Liberty T Lowery Tarrant

Court of Criminal Appeal Court of Criminal Appeals Robert Capshaw Angelina A. Gomez Austin Sanford Turner Colorado Frank Kelley Dallas J. W. Robison Fisher Claire Wright Grayson Joseph Jones Gregg Lee Vansickie Potter Babe Case Rains Otto Seitz Tom Green

Morrow Seeks Associate Justice Post on Court of Criminal Appeals

State Senator W. C. Morrow of Hillsboro announces his candidacy to succeed Justice A. J. Harper on the Court of Criminal Appeals. He details a Texas career since youth, Hill county residency since 1879, law training under B. D. Tarlton and John B. Minor, 28 years of practice, service as Hill county judge, and senatorial terms representing Hill Ellis and Johnson counties.

W. C. Morrow Hillsboro Hill County Court of Criminal Appeals A. J. Harper San Antonio Morrow Texas Kentucky B. D. Tarlton John B. Minor University of Virginia Hill, Ellis Johnson Journal of the State Senate Senate

Miss Casis to Lecture on Southern Spain and the Alhambra

Miss Lilia M. Casis head of the UT romance languages faculty likely to give a Carnegie library lecture on April 22 about Southern Spain and the Alhambra. She was born in Jamaica, of Spanish and German descent, and is a noted authority on Spanish literature history and customs.

Lilia M. Casis School of University of Texas Carnegie Library Board Miss Casis Spain Alhambra Jamaica

Touchy Opponent Provokes Quarrels In Brief Encounter

The exchange hints at a difficult personality, noting his readiness to quarrel. The dialogue underscores a tense moment as the parties discuss harmony or conflict in their dealings.

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