Fire Insurance Hearing In Texas Delays Rate Rise Decision
After ten days in session the state fire insurance commission hearing on an advance in mercantile rates does not yet prove the insurers deserve higher charges. The session adjourned to June 19 as parties debate causes of high expenses, fire losses, and the disparity between home office costs and Texas agency charges, with broader questions on fire prevention and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Fire Insurance Commission
Mercantile
Texas
Cureton
Mrs Harrison and daughter train at New Jersey camp
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and her daughter Elizabeth attend a women’s military preparedness camp at Erskine, New Jersey, where over thirty New York society girls receive training. Captain Candice Hewitt leads the camp on her father’s estate, and the corps don regulation infantry trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison
President Harrison
Elizabeth
Erskine, N. J
New York Society
Can
Dice Hewitt
New York
Chevy Chase Camp
Captain Hewitt
Texas inquiry into terminal elevator rates and expenses
Afternoon session examined fire losses in 1914 caused by congestion at terminals and large expenses in Texas agencies. Judge Cavin opposed rate rises, noting most business would leave the state if increases were ordered. Officials compared company reports with Texas figures, finding discrepancies up to 13 000 dollars in net premium receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cureton
Thomas A. Lauve
Trelevant-Cochran
E. D. Cavin
W. H. Calvert
Galveston
Galveston Wharf and Elevator Company
Judge Cavin
Texas
R. L. Batts
W. J. Edgecombe
Retail Merchants’ Association
Lauve
Trelevant - Cochran
Allen's Foot-Ease Offers Instant Comfort in Shoes
Ladies can wear shoes again after using Allen's Foot-Ease the antiseptic powder. It works in the shoe and foot bath to loosen tight new shoes relieve corns bunions and callouses prevent blisters and fore spots. A great comfort discovery of the age. 25 cents. Trial package free at Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Army Orders Move Officers to Forts and Roles
Army orders list leaves promotions station changes and duty reassignments for captains majors and lieutenants across Fort Sam Houston Fort Leavenworth Wilmington St Louis and Washington examining boards in June 1916 with details on extended leaves and resignations and new assignments in the Signal Corps Cavalry and Medical Reserve Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. van Schack
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
John L. Dewitt
John R. McDill
Medical Reserve Corps
Gordon R, Catts
Infantry
William A. Mitchell
Corps of Engineers
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Wilmington
N. C
Max C. Tyler
St. Louis
Harry H. Tebbetts
Tenth Infantry
Rolloc
Ditto Twentieth Infantry
Thomas W. Brown
Seventeenth Infantry
Signal Corps
Washington
Samuel Reber
George O. Squier
Carl F. Hartmann
Ashington
D. C
William Mitchell
Charles 8. Wallace
George . Gibbs
Alfred T. Clift
Charles DE F. Chandler
Washington, D. C
Arthur
Cowan
OS Age O. Squier
Thomas A. Rogers
Platteburg Barracks
N. Y
Frederick E. Phelps
Detroit
Mich
Emery
West
Walter B. McCaskey
Thirtieth Infantry
George RB
Theodore B. Hacker
Hacker
Jeffersonville
George F. Downey
James Canby
New Marshal Named for San Angelo
San Angelo Texas city commissioners appointed R. L. Snow as city marshal and Dr. W. W. Cobb as city health officer at the noon session. Snow succeeds Carroll Bates who has held the marshal post for nearly nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
R. L. Snow
W. W. Cobb
Snow
Carroll Bates
Eagle Pass flyer aids French in aerial battle over Bar le Duc
Bert Hall of Eagle Pass Texas a sergeant in the French aviation corps helped foil a German air raid on Bar le Duc June 1. Hall and a French captain plus three other American aviators opened fire on the invaders, all but Hall and one other forced down. Hall and his ally pressed the Germans back until French reinforcements arrived. None of the Americans were hurt. The American unit forms part of the elite French aviation corps. H Clyde Balsley of San Antonio serves as geophysist in the squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Hall
Eagle Pass
Texas
Aviation Corps of
France
Bar-le-Duc
Hall
Plan 10 Amend Warehouse Law to Oversee Weights
Austin June 10. State warehouse managers F C Weinert and Peter Radford will urge the Thirty-fifth Legislature to amend the permanent warehouse law to extend authority and supervision over weights and measures. They cite federal standards but say no power to penalize or test scales. they warn of unfair weighing practices harming farmers and urge action to prevent loss of wheat and butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
F. C. Weinert
Peter Radford
Weinert
Giant Egg From Boerne Births Big Support for Poultry
A Boerne resident, Mrs William Cole, sent multiple large Minorca eggs to the Chamber of Commerce. The largest egg weighed four ounces and measured 8 1 8 inches in circumference along the long axis, with 61 4 inches around the middle. Mrs Cole, a Minorca breeder, said such eggs are fertile and can be set. She promotes chicken raising as a worthwhile home activity requiring some work and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
William Cole
Boerne
Minorca
New York and return rail fare advertised
An advertisement lists a $75.85 New York round trip with verse route and rail both ways via Oil Pacific. Also notes a 60 cent advance and a Sutherlang Springs and back service every Sunday at 8:15 am and 9:15 am by Southern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Return
Southern Pacific
Sutherlang Springs
Proaldi Prohibits Piedras Negras Preparedness Meeting
General Fernando Peraldi commander of the Carranza garrison at Piedras Negras prevents mass meetings or parades to protest intervention or unfriendly sentiment toward the United States. Civil authorities seek demonstrations, but Peraldi repeatedly intervenes. Office notice includes sealed bids at Fort Sam Houston for construction of screening porches for twenty six officers quarters due June 23, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
Fernando Peraldi
Carranza
Piedras Negras
United States
Peraldi
General Peraldi
Ft. Sam Houston
Charters Issued In Texas Regions
Charters granted to multiple firms include The Cotton Seed Oil Company of Texas in Dallas with 135000 dollars capital, the Union Gin Company of Rockwall with 15000 dollars, and the W F White Land Company of Fort Worth with 5000 dollars. Incorporators named for each, and a new United Iron Works Company of Springfield Missouri received Texas approval with 650000 dollars capital. Dissolutions filed for Cash Mercantile Company of Yoakum, Waco Quarry Company, and Wolf Bros Shoe Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Cotton Seed Oil Company of Texas
Dallas
Capital Stock
George Dashner
W. C. Barnes
W. W. Banks
Union Gin Company
Rockwall
Capital
S. Dudneyl
J. Henry Williams
L. J. Mason
W. F. White Land Company of
Fort Worth
W. F. White
G. H. Colvin
P. L. Jones
United Iron Works Company
Springfield
Texas
Cash Mercantile Company of
Yoakum
Waco Quarry Company
Waco
Wolf Bros., Shoe Company
Houston
Nurses to Graduate at Santa Rosa Infirmary
The Santa Rosa Infirmary Training School will hold its nurse graduation program Wednesday evening at the infirmary. The event includes musical selections, a valedictory, a faculty medal conferring, and the presentation of class pins and diplomas by Dean Dr. T. T. Jackson. Graduates listed include Sister M. Benjamin and Elise Marie Decuir among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Santa Rosa Infirmary Training School
Gypsy John
Xaos
Frederick Clay Earl Gafford
von Weber
Eleanor Schmitt
Blanche Agnes Murphy
E. M. Decuir
Antoinette Flasseur
J. H. Burleson
J. Ross Whisenant
Mother Love
J. C. Clifton Reading
Children's Hospital
Marie Lange
T. T. Jackson
G. P. Mulvaney
Nell McCormick
M. Benjamin
Elise Marie Decuir
Marguerite Delphine Schwabe
Clifford Harrick Chandler
Frances Chandler
Jessie Deaton
Emilia Vera Eberhardt
Kathleen Mary Hynes
Mexican saloons close after heavy tax decree in Piedras Negras
Jefe Politico Car denas orders a 4000 gold tax on Piedras Negras saloonmen forcing closures. Saloons in Eagle Pass see booming trade as Piedras Negras clubs restrict entry and most residents travel for drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Tex
Jefe Politico Cardenas
Rio Grande
Foley's Honey and Tar Package Trial Offer
A printed slip invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial kit including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for various kidney and back issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and related ailments. The notice is signed by A. M. Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Foot wound death of Martin Reil in rifle accident
A bullet wound in the foot, accidentally inflicted while a 16 year old boy, Martin Reil, cleaned a rifle at 223 Nogalitos Street, led to blood poisoning and death at Santa Rosa Infirmary Friday night. Funeral planned Sunday from Shelley-Loring parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Reil
Deonicio Reil
Nogalitos Street
Young Reil
Santa Rosa
Shelley-Loring
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Martin Wricht
Houston Street
Gas Co
NOA Spears CO
Lesoya
Sunset Wood CO
Mrs. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison & Daughter
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust CO
The
Wolff & Marx Co
San Antonio
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
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