Mayor to appoint 500 Special Policemen for emergencies
Acting Mayor Ray Lambert testified in district court he will appoint 500 special policemen to be ready for emergencies, reporting directly to him and not under the regular police command. Judge Ezell ruled Lambert has no authority to name regular officers, while five named specials testified they perform regular duties.
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Ray Lambert
Seventy-third District Court
Robert F. Uhr
Fred Lancaster
W. F. Ezel
Uhr
Lambert
Ezell
Brown
San Antonio
United States
Mexico
J. J. Calderon
C. R. Peaverlor
R. M. Sulaka
Dave Crow
George G. Derrington
Lancaster
Calderon
Houston
South Laredo
Addicks
Peaverlor
Barney Welch
Andres Coy
Jake Rubiola
Dave Coy
Coy
Yantis
Fred Fries
Steves
A. B. Leigh
Lillian Rogers
Carr's Hill
Joe Tyan
Derrington
Judge Ezell
Mr. Lambert
J. D. Dodson
Dodson
Gillette
Foley Co trial package advertisement
A vintage offer invites readers to cut out and mail a slip with name and address to Foley & Co of Chicago to receive a trial package. Included are Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing and relief from various ailments. A. M. Fischer signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Visitors and guests listed at major San Antonio hotels
A bevy of travelers and locals are noted staying at the Menger St. Anthony and Gunter hotels. Among those mentioned are A M McElwee of Fort Worth and Alfred Lone of Callas at the St. Anthony, J F Hutchings of Hallettsville at the St. Anthony, A B Todd of Troy N Y at the Menger, James T Maupin of Falfurrias at the Gunter, F M Humphrey of Kansas City at the St. Anthony, and R L Mahen of Dallas at the theater. Other arrivals include T N Doch of Fremont O and J J Ve Coffee of Bandera registered at the Menger and Gunter respectively, plus Evelyn Loder of Austin at the Menger and Charlies H Goldsmith of Philadelphia at the St. Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. McElwee
Fort Worthie
Menger
John F. Hutchings
Hallettsville
St. Anthony
F. M. Humphrey
Kansas City
Rk. Ll. Mahen
Dallas
Frank Alvey
Beaumont
Parsons
J. J. Ve. Coffee
Bandera
Gunter
Evelyn Loder
Austin
Charlies H. Goldsmith
Philadelphia
R. E. Ross
Fort Worth
Carrizal Clash Drives U S to Border War Watch
Washington weighs immediate response after Carrizal clash as Secretary Lansing limits comment. Officials expect occupation of Northern Mexico, demand repudiation by Carranza and swift mobilization of National Guard and border forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
War Department
Carrizal
Mexico
Carranza
Wilson
Funston
Pershing
Washington
Gomez
Baker
Congress
United States
House
Senate
General Pershing
Refugees Reach Vera Cruz as American Elude Turmoil
Vera Cruz streets fill with American refugees seeking hotel rooms after a 36 hour train journey. A special eight box car train arrived with Americans and baggage. U S Consul Can ada warned of trouble at Del Carmen and the Wheeling gunboat took thirty to forty Americans from the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Chain of Mountains
United States
W. W. Canada
State Department
del Carmen
Mexico
Puerto Mexico
Frontera
Wheeling
Carranza
Mexico City
Nuns Reach Laredo From Mexico City
Seven Josephine Sisters in secular garb arrived in Laredo en route to Baltimore after traveling from Mexico City. They reported mobs met their train and their robes helped save their lives. Mother Dolores blamed anti American propaganda for stirring opposition among the lower classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Josephine
Mother Dolores
Mexico City
Josephine Order
Baltimore
Mexico
United
Americans Arrive as Refugees Ferry to Monterey
Several Americans were taken from a train at Gonzales near San Luis Potosi by Carranza authorities. The fate and charges against them are unknown. Nineteen American refugees arrived on last night's train from Monterey led by Mrs. Mabel Davis, niece of Consul General Hanna of Monterey. Davis said only four Americans remain in Monterey, having refused to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Gonzales
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Monterey
Mabel Davis
Hanna
El Paso preps Fort Bliss for hospital expansion
El Paso preparations to enlarge Fort Bliss base hospital amid tensions with Mexico. A field hospital and field ambulance corps arrived from Fort Sill as calm prevailed on both sides of the border. Reports of Mexican troop movements circulated but were denied by Juarez authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Fort Sill
Oklo
Cacrisas
Villa Ahumada
Eleventh Cavalry
Juarez
Mexican Volunteers Drill Near Hermosillo In Refugee Report
Three thousand Mexican volunteers with rifles and khaki uniforms are drilling daily in Hermosillo, and 1500 school boys are also undergoing drills, according to American refugees who arrived in Nogales, Ariz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Hermosillo
Mexico
Troops Guard Douglas as Rumors Warn Mexican Invasion
Persistent rumors of a large de facto government force moving northward toward Douglas prompted precautionary US troop actions. The town fears for the safety of Edward Symes, an American mining man near Arizpe, Sonora, who, with two companions, may be in an isolated canyon awaiting official word to leave Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
United States
Edward Symes
Arizpe
Sonora
Symes
Mexico
Germans Storm and Retain Thiaumont Fort Position
German forces pressed toward Thiaumont Fort and held a foothold after four costly attacks on Wednesday night. Renewed efforts Thursday were mostly undone by French fire, with additional assaults yesterday defeated by a steady curtain of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaux Fort
Germans drive back Russians in Volhynia front
German counterattack under General Von Linsingen advances along an eighty mile front from Kolki toward the Galician border and toward Jutsk, driving Russian forces before them despite superior numbers. Russian losses are described as enormous while efforts to relieve Lutsk area fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Volhynia
Brusiloff
Kolki
Styr
Galacian
von Linsingen
Jutsk
Kovel
Vladimir Volynski
Lutsk
Count von Bothmer
Galician
Stripa
Bukowina
Dniester
Pflanzer
Russians Hold Bukowina Press Dispatch Update
A Russian official statement confirms Austrian admissions that Russian forces push into Bukowina and advance toward the Carpathian passes. Bucharest reports Russians control two routes from Roumania into Bukovina, while reinforcements move from French and Italian fronts to the Russian line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bukowina
Carpathian Mountains
Bucharest
Roumania
Bukovina
Petrograd
Paris
Verdun
Champagne
Watchman Bonded After Alleged Ozona Killing
Tom Cooper a night watchman at Ozona was brought to San Angelo by Sheriff Allen of Tom Green county and placed under $2500 bond at the request of Sheriff Moore of Crockett county. He is alleged to have killed a Mexican at Ozona Friday and tensions among the Mexican population there were reported high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Tom Cooper
Ozona
Allen
Tom Green County
Moore
Crockett County
Cooper
Prisoners Held After Carrizal Battle in Chihuahua Pen
Seventeen American negro troopers captured at Carrizal are imprisoned in Chihuahua City penitentiary along with Mormon scout Lem S Spillsbury. Prisoners were assaulted during transfer but kept behind walls and reportedly treated well. General Pershing seeks names of dead and captives. officials say no executions will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Carrizal
Juarez
Lem S.spillsbury
Page
Peterson
N. Lloyd
W. Ward
Jones
Lockes
Marshall
Oliver M. Donald
Williams
Givens
Stone
Harris
Lee
Graham
Howe
Alexander
Spillsbury
Trevino
Pershing
Boyd
General Pershing
One Soldier Identified From Carrizal Captives
Washington June 24 1916 one name on the captured list from Carrizal was Ira L Floyd a private from Oklahoma City Oklahoma identified at the War Department amid the release of the list from Chihuahua City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
War Department
Ira L. Floyd
Oklahoma City
Okla
Bug Eating Cactus Ravages Southwest Texas Ranches
Ranchers in Southwest Texas rely on cactus for forage and water as a new unidentified bug damages cacti across the Asherton district near Catarina. John B. Carrington of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce was asked to dispatch an entomologist, with state entomologist EF Scholl set for a personal investigation amid a unusually dry season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
John B. Carrington
San Antonio
Carrington
EF. Scholl
Scholl
Corpus Christi plans big July 4 celebration with free melons
The Corpus Christi celebration features a watermelon feast free to 1000 people a beach swimming party and a patriotic flag parade. Additional plans include free water social measures against extortion, athletic contests and fifty special policemen. railroads grant special rates for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Strand Theater Reopens in San Antonio with First-Run Pictures
The Strand Theater reopens Sunday under Grand Opera House management. It will show first-run films from Sunday to Thursday with Triangle pictures, and Friday and Saturday feature showcases. The venue features air cooling and a $10,000 Wurlitzer organ, opening with A Child of the Paris Streets starring Mae Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand
San Antonio
Grand Opera House
Triangle Pictures
Paris
Mae Marsh
Interurban Ward Island Railway to Start June 27
Announcement yesterday said construction of the Ward Island interurban railway from this city to seven miles south would begin June 27, pending material arrivals. The line will open new trade to Corpus Christi and serve Ward Island’s summer resort. Fare to New York and back is 75.35 with a diverse route and rail both ways. Oil running locomotives used by Southern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ward Island
New York
Southern Pacific
Return
Pope Appeals to Wilson and Carranza to Avert War
A wireless dispatch from Rome reports Pope Benedict XVI appealed to President Wilson and General Carranza to use their earnest endeavors to avert war in Mexico and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Wilson
Carranza
London
Rome
Pope Benedict
Mexican Freight Held at Border
Customs officials on the Mexican border ordered to hold freight shipments into Mexico and to instruct railroads to keep rolling stock on the American side of the line. The directive was issued in Washington D C with the date noted as June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Rain Likely With Weekend Thunder Showers
Forecast warns of possible rain in San Antonio Saturday night or Sunday due to unsettled Southwest weather. Thunder showers and disturbances may develop, with recent heavy rains recorded in Oklahoma and Northern Texas. Conditions are expected to move south toward San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Southwest
Oklahoma
Texas
Expect No Trouble After Mexican Band Rumor In Bexar County
City and county officers Saturday expressed belief no further trouble is expected from a group of Mexicans who began to organize a marauding expedition in western Bexar county earlier in the week. No activity was reported in San Antonio by Saturday morning. Ranch owners cowboys and constables around Castroville Lytle Van Ormy and Macdona will notify the city of any disturbances in those areas.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Castroville
Lytle
van Ormy
Macdona
Alumni Banquet At St Marys College Named Reception Committee
The St Marys College Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet Saturday at 8 15 p m at the Gunter Hotel. President Henry J Menger appointed a reception committee to “do the honors” including A J Castanola Joseph Courand A G Castanola A A Zizik Peter O Brien J J Stevens Fred C Groos Nelson Lytle James R Davis W A Menger Henry Maracheau Henry Richter Edward H Lange Hugh B Rice J Hill Grover John W Tobin John J Jehl Leo M J Dielmann Eugene Prescott and Isaac Newton Mitchell of Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's College Alumni Association
Gunter Hotel
Henry J. Menger
A. J. Castanola
Joseph Courand
A. G. Castanola
A A. Zizik
Peter O'Brien
J. J. Stevens
Fred C. Groos
Nelson Lytle
James R. Davis
W. A. Meng
Ex-Texas Guard Officers Sentenced to Leavenworth
E D Walker and G J Head former Texas National Guard officers began a three year and one day prison term at Leavenworth Kansas for conspiracy to defraud the government and embezzlement of government property. They were escorted by Deputy U S Marshals Thompson and Ratcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
E. E. Walker
George J. Head
Texas National Guard
Federal
Leavenworth
Kans
United States
Thompson
Ratcher
Bids invited for South Side High School project
Contractors may submit separate bids for plumbing heating and electrical work for the South Side High School at Garden and Bismark streets. Bids open at 11 am July 3 1916 at the School Board office State Bank and Trust Co. A 5000 dollar certified check is required. Plans at Associated Architects offices San Antonio Texas. Right to reject all bids. Two through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Garden
Bismark
State Bank & Trust Company
Associated Architects
Alfred Giles Company
Carl von Seutter
San Antonio
Texas
Travel Fare to New York Round Trip by Steamer
Advertised fare lists eighty four dollars and fifteen cents for a New York round trip via New Orleans by steamer. Southern routing referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Obituary Notices for J. D. Wyatt and Katherine Renz
J. D. Wyatt 61 died in a San Antonio hospital after seven days in the city. He lived in Luling and is survived by his widow. burial arrangements by Sloan & Hagg. Katherine Renz 77 died at her daughter’s home in San Antonio after 64 years in Texas. Her survivors include five sons and four daughters with a Wetmore burial to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Wyatt
San Antonio
Texas
Luling
Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company
Katherine Renz
Annie Ackerman
Harrison Street
Germany
Rinehart
Jacob
William
Carl
John
Wetmore
Babette Han
Betty Stahl
Death of Dale Steinhagen in Beaumont
Dale Steinhagen two year old son of Mr and Mrs B A Steinhagen of Beaumont died at 830 am Saturday at his grandmother Mrs F C Weeks 118 Wicks Street Funeral services will be held at his grandmother's residence at 10 am Sunday and burial will be in City Cemetery No 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Steinhagen
B. A. Steinhagen
Beaumont
F. C. Weeks
Wicks Street
City Cemetery No. 6
Plan Sunday Closing in San Antonio Butchers Meet
Butchers in San Antonio plan a mass meeting to arrange a Sunday closing agreement. The date is not set. Emil Scherrer leads the organization and aims to push a Sunday closing ordinance to enforce closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Gun fund aborted as gun imports curb plan
Chicago businessmen who raised twenty five thousand dollars to buy twenty machine guns for the Illinois National Guard have returned the money to donors. Europe controls most U S machine gun output, officials say. Missouri Guard units mustered into Federal service at Nevada Missouri, about 150 men and officers from Kansas City, awaiting orders to move to the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Missouri Guard
Nevada
Missouri National Guard
Signal Corps
Third Infantry Regiment
Kansas City
Insurance Risks In War Up To Companies In Texas
The Texas state fire insurance commission ruled that insurance firms may assume risks from disturbed war conditions tied to the Mexican situation. Charges for this liability are set at 38 percent per year in cities with key rates at 40 or less and 4 percent where the key rate is 41 or over. The policy notes it is not liable for losses caused by invasion insurrection riot civil war or related civil authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Fire Insurance Commission
Texas
Texas Standard
American Aviator Killed in France
Paris June 24 Corporal Victor Chapman of New York a member of the Franco American flying corps was killed yesterday at Verdun after bringing down three German aeroplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Victor Chapman
New York
Flying Corps
Verdun
Harvard teams sweep Yale in regatta on record pace
In New London Connecticut Harvard varsity crew won the four mile race in 20 minutes 2 seconds, eight seconds faster than Yale's record. Harvard also took the freshman race by three quarters of a length and the second varsity eight by two lengths to complete a clean sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
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