Two Million Rounds Seized Ammunition Moved to Fort Sam
U S customs officials seized two million rounds of ammunition at Laredo and sent them to San Antonio for storage by the army. The consignment was detained after being routed from Car ranza authorities in Mexico and will join the large stock at the arsenal and Fort Sam Houston to meet current needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Customs
Laredo
San Antonio
Carranza
Mexico
Arsenal
Fort Sam Houston
Hot Wells Park Admired as One of Nations Pleasing Resorts
Advertisement touts Hot Wells Park highlighting its dancing pavilion and bathing conveniences as among the most pleasing resort destinations in the United States urged for visitor interest.
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Hot Wells
United States
Colors to be presented to civilians at Camp Cecil A. Lyon
Civilians training camp colors for the Southern Department arrived Monday and will be presented Wednesday afternoon at Camp Cecil A. Lyon. The ceremony will include speeches by women’s committee members and a flag salute by the camp. Which company carries the colors will be decided on parade day by army regulations based on officer seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Department
San Antonio
Cecil A. Lyon
Army
Juvenile burglars arrested after break-in at local office
Two white boys aged 10 and 11 broke into San Antonio Granite & Marble Works on East Commerce Street Sunday night, prying a rear window and rifling a desk. Check books and papers were taken but recovered. detectives Long and Bradford arrested them later that night.
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San Antonio
Matamoras Street
F. Reyes
DeWitt Street
O. H. Roberts
East
Mitchell Street
M. McCullum
Fifth Street
Long
Captain Welch
Long and
Bradford
Wickersham Named Hughes Adviser in Presidential Fight
Charles Evans Hughes selects George W. Wickersham as political guide and friend. Wickersham, a former attorney general under Taft, known as a trust buster, led New York constitutional efforts and backed Root then Hughes. He supported severing ties with Germany after Lusitania and favored U.S. intervention in Mexican affairs.
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Charles Evans Hughes
George W. Wickersham
Wickersham
William Howard Taft
New York State
Root
Hughes
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Mr. Root
Germany
United States
Roosevelt
Obituary of Edwin R Holeman and Rowland Meade
Edwin R Holeman thirteen dies at home of W W Holeman 149 Belden avenue at 11 20 Sunday night born in Hillsboro Texas moved to San Antonio six years ago funeral at residence 5 PM Monday interment Mission Burial Park Rowland Montgomery Meade twenty seven dies at home on Corpus Christi road superintendent of United States experiment farm native of Clyde New York survived by infant son James parents and siblings body sent to Clyde for burial by Riebe Undertaking Company
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Edwin R. Holeman
Edwin H. Holeman
W. W. Holeman
Belden Avenue
Hillsboro
Tex
San Antonio
Mission Burial Park
Rowland Montgomery Meade
Corpus Christi Road
Mr. Meade
United States Experiment Farm
Clyde
N. Y
James
J. H. Meade
Riebe Undertaking Company
Death of Mrs Louisa Holle at 422 South Olive Street
Mrs Louisa Holle aged sixty eight died at her home on Sunday morning. A German native who had lived in San Antonio thirty three years she is survived by her husband Ernest Holle a son Oscar Holle a sister Mrs J P Marquard and three brothers Oscar Schmidt Adolph Schmidt and Bernhardt Schmidt The pallbearers are named and funeral services will be held at Riebe Chapel Monday at 5 pm with Rev A Wolff officiating and interment at Hermann Sons cemetery
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Louisa Holle
South Olive Street
Germany
San Antonio
Ernest Holle
Oscar Holle
J. P. Marquard
Los Angeles
Cal
Oscar Schmidt
Milwaukee
Adolph Schmidt
Chicago
Bernhardt Schmidt
Ernest Deitzmann
Robert Elyter
N. Klahn
Herman Arnold
A. Richter
Fritz Wach
Riebe Chapel
Her. A. Wolff
Hermann Sons
Hot Wells Hotel serves dinners with music in the grove
Advert describes new management at the Hot Wells Hotel offering excellent a la carte dinners in the grove with good music. Mentions a Sunday round trip by car from Sutherlands Springs to Hot Wells and return at 8 15 a m on the Southern Pacific line for 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Hot Wells Hotel
Grove
Hot Wells
Sutherland Springs
Ady
No Bandits Found After Deer Remains Found
Deputies from Bexar County including Arthur J. Voght Gus Eckenroth and John Gray found part of a deer's body believed slain for food in the western part of Bexar County near Rock waterhole a .32 caliber pistol was recovered but no bandits were seen Vogt said the band is broken up after a thorough search he doubts any further location is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Arthur J. Voght
Gus Eckenroth
John Gray
Vogt
Delightful Entertainment at Hot Wells Park Tonight
Take your guests to Hot Wells Park for tonight’s entertainment featuring music dancing bath ing and a cafe. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Wells Park
Enlists 110 Recruits for Texas National Guard
Texas National Guard opens new recruiting stations on a maneuver field north of the civilian training camp and enlists 110 men. Twenty five will depart Monday night to join border regiments. over 100 more from Houston Dallas Beaumont and Fort Worth head to the headquarters station by Tuesday. Colonel John S. Hoover says full war strength within a month with men from railroad, engineering, fire, conductors, blacksmiths and more. An officer will recruit nearby towns to meet demand and cover transport to duty.
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Texas National Guard
Houston Dallas
Beaumont
Fort Worth
John S. Hoover
San Antonio
Victoria
Cuero
Beeville
Yoakum
Luling
Uvalde
Battery B Musters as State Unit at Market House
Battery B of the First Texas Artillery, led by Capt. Claude V. Birkhead, will be mustered in as a state organization at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Market House with Adjutant General Henry Hutchings conducting. An order calls all battery members to report to the Market House armory, drills are planned Monday and other evenings, and recruiting HQ is at the Chamber of Commerce from 2 to 7 p.m. daily with travel to New York and return advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Texas Artillery
Claude V. Birkhead
Market House
Henry Hutchings
San Antonio
Birkhead
Battery
The
Chamber of Commerce
Saloon Arrest and Legal Notes Dominate San Antonio Page
A broad San Antonio notices page reports a saloon owner arrested for Sunday beer sales near Hot Wells, a trial for C J Kiernan over a 1915 fatality, cargo sales and loans, and numerous ads. It notes a medical board meeting in Texas with 150+ graduates testing, and a prisoner transfer through town amid forged-check charges.
Judge to preside at July August Western District Texas session
New Orleans senior judge will oversee a special term of the federal court in the Western District of Texas during July and August. The San Antonio session opens July 17 with criminal cases to be considered. A petition jury will be drawn.
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New Orleans
Federal Court
Texas
San Antonio
May vital statistics show 421 births and 2619 deaths in Texas
Texas May records from Dr. W. A. Davis show 421 births 1945 white 175 black and 2619 deaths. Forty seven sets of twins born mostly white. Tuberculosis leads deaths with 289. diarrhoea enteritis 196. Bright’s disease 132. Sanitary report lists smallpox 142 cases 19 deaths scarlet fever 47 cases 1 death diphtheria 32 cases 12 deaths typhoid 71 cases 52 deaths and eight new typhus cases across El Paso Laredo Frio county.
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Austin
Tex
W. A. Davis
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
State Health Department
Bright
State Board of Health
el Paso
Laredo
Frio County
Veterans meet pledges support and elect officers
The Department of Texas United Spanish War Veterans met at Moose Hall pledging support to President Wilson and Governor Ferguson in a crisis. Delegates from multiple Texas cities attended as A F Baushell was chosen department commander and officers for senior vice commander W E Koenig junior vice commander W F E Howard among others were elected. A Brackenridge Park picnic followed the session and adjournment came after a brief afternoon gathering.
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Department of Texas
United Spanish War Veterans
Moose Hall
Wilson
Ferguson
Paris
Wallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
J. C. Nankervis
James M. Kirwin
A. F. Baushell
W. E. Koenig
W. F E. Howard
Dallas
William J. Condon
R. R. Coon
L. B. Stephens
John Trieller
E. G. LeStourgeon
Guy Graham
T. J. Nankervis
C. J. Colesworthy
William J. Murphy
Brackenridge Park
Mexican exiles seek neutrality in San Antonio with US bureau
Nearly a dozen former Cientificos who backed Porfirio Diaz report to Robert L. Barnes in San Antonio claiming they will stay and avoid Mexican politics. Barnes cautions they need not fear U S officials if they keep their word and refrain from political meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cientificos
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Robert L. Barnes
United States Bureau of Investigation
San Antonio
Barnes
Laredo
Attack at Losoya Leaves Frank Casillas Wounded
Frank Casillas suffered twelve knife wounds in a late Saturday night assault at his Losoya home. Three Mexicans attacked him and fled after Casillas fought back until he collapsed. Sheriff Tobin and deputies arrested three suspects and hold them in county jail as Casillas’ condition remains critical.
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Frank Casillas
Losoya
John W. Tobin
John Subira
Pete Lujan
Casillas
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Bill Whitney
Brooks and Lorello
Sam Navia
Motion Pictures
de Luxe
Dale
Weber
Photoplay
Empire—Paramount
Frank Lose
New Pathe Weekly
Francis X. Bushman
Brady
Edna Wallace Hooper
Frank Sheridan
Vitagraph
ROYAL
Charlie Chaplin
Matt
Jeff
Kartoon Komedy
Star of India
Reel Life
Jose Collins
Fox
Robert Edeson
Fay Wallace
Heart Thief
Bryant Washburn
Edna Mayo
Selig Weekly
Charlie
Grand Opera House
Jane Gray
William Desmonnd
Marriee
Fatty Arbuckle
Billie Burke
Gloria
Strand Theater
Triangle Pictures
Little Griffith
Mae Marsh
Willie
William Collier
Queen Theater
Flora DE Haven
Williamson
Hicks
Errical
Merchants Both Transfer Co
Chas. Zoller
Dolorosa &T
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Sunset Wood CO
Sheiley-Loring Undertaking Co
Hutchings
Palm Beach
Victoria Tailors
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Gunter Hotel
Samuel L. Scothorn
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Marshall Eskridge
Brady Building
James Galbreath
Young & Ramsey
Cro
W. G. Schuwirth & Co
W. Commerce St
Crockett
Johnson
Blanco County
Brownsville
Kehoe Loan Co
F. Carl and
Wara— Lawyers
Bedell Building
Phone Crockett
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
R. L. Edwards
Houston St. Ys
Union Arch
Kuntz- Albaugh Lumber Co
Adv
San Fernando Street
Joe Pozzi
Lakeview Avenue
Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co
Dulling Printing Co
Health Department
Dr. Foster
Gibbs Bldg
O'Connell Loan Co
Houston St
Will Williams
John Bibb
City Hospital
Just
Wilk
Commerce Stu
Kampmann Bldg
Hummel
Commerce Street
Armour
Simon Pure” Leaf Lord
Star Bacon
Amours
Armour Exo Company
J. E. Hoban
Birmingham Age-Herald
R. L. Barnes
Cientifico
U. S
Western Union
Telegr
Western Union Telegraph CO
S. S
Essy
Ee. Wirt Sprehk CO
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Lspecrk
Tas Swirt Spectrw
Atlanta
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