San Antonio Suit Seeks City Injunction Over Street Paving Costs
In San Antonio a 45th District Court filing seeks a permanent injunction against transferring three paying certificates to Roach Manigan. The case tests whether the city must pay one third of street paving costs after the Traction Company pays its share, potentially affecting abutting property owners and involving amounts over a million dollars. District Judge S G Tayloe hears the petition. no temporary restraining order was issued.
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San Antonio
Traction Company
Forty-fifth District
Roach-Manigan Company
Supreme Court of Texas
Ting
M. Heideman
R. Krueger
Gustav Frasch
Avenue C
R. H. Ward
J. F. Carl
John H. Bickett Jr
Heideman
Krueger
Frasch
City of
Roach-Manigan
S. G. Tayloe
A. B. C. Didzun Killed in Arizona Train Tragedy
San Antonio attorney A B C Didzun died when struck by a train at Flagstaff Arizona. Identification came via a bank pass book found on his person. J T Murray and Rev Augustus Didzun confirmed the news and a brother prepared to bring the body to Waco for burial.
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A. B. C. Didzun
San Antonio
Flagstaff
Ariz
Commercial State Bank
J. T. Murray
Didzun
Augustus Didzun
Waco
Murray
Arizona
Mr. Didzun
Davis Challenges Buchanan to Joint Debate on Prohibition
In a public letter Cyclone Davis of Austin challenged Rep Buchanan of Austin district to a joint debate. The quarrel stems from Buchanan’s reply to Davis’s speech defending Confederate memory. Davis cites the prohibition issue and names Buchanan a leading booze defender of Texas.
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Washington, D. C
J- P. Booger
Austin
Cyclone Davis
Buchanan
Representative Davis
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Texas
Another Tax Arrest in Austin Indictments
Four Travis county grand jury indictments were returned with only one tied to the state tax money investigation. The other three cover burglary and local offenses. The indicted individual's name and charge details remain undisclosed until arrest.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County Grand Jury
Criminal District Court
Roosevelt's Chicago visit stirs crowds at bar association event
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Chicago for the Illinois Bar Association banquet and met with supporters at the LaSalle hotel. He condemned the Wilson administration’s policy in Mexico and Europe, urged military preparedness as a means to peace, and appealed to middle western voters amid preparations for the upcoming Chicago convention.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Illinois Bar Association
LaSalle Street
Teddy
Wilson
Illinois
Dunne
Mexico
Europe
Democratic Republic
China
United States
Middle West
Uncle Sam
Goddess of Liberty
Colonel Roosevelt
LaSalle Hotel
Sunday Train to Sutherlane Springs
A Sunday rail service advertises a 60 cent fare for round trip travel to Sutherlane Springs, with departures every Sunday at 7:55 am on the Southern Pacific line.
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California
Pacific Coast
New York
Ocean
Chicago
Memphis
Texas
San Antonio
St. Louis
New Braunfels
Landa’s Park
Sutherlane Springs
Southern Pacific
CarRanZa Declares New Paper Money Value for Mexico
Telegram from Mexico City reports First Chief Carranza sets the new paper currency at 20 cents in Mexican specie per dollar and 10 cents in American gold. The decree states the issue funds government expenses at about 60 million dollars monthly, with metallic reserves to maintain par value.
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Carranza
Acuna
Mexico City
San Antonio
Senators seek 200000 for Brazos Colorado surveys to guide levee plans
Washington advances an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill proposing 200000 for precise surveys of the Brazos and Colorado rivers. This aims to produce topographic maps and hydraulic data to design adequate levees protecting flood plains.
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Washington, D. C
Culberson
Senate
Brazos
Colorado
Arthur A. Stiles
Texas
Surprising Shift in Rail Car Stocks Stuns Nation
The Manufacturers' Record notes a surge from a March 1 1915 surplus of 321 747 idle freight cars to a March 1 1916 net shortage of 20 551. The change explains rail congestion and prompts an Interstate Commerce Commission led committee to seek measures to restore movement while shippers hoard cars for storage.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Tayloe
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