Last Day to Enter San Antonio Durability Run Cars
The Light sponsors its second annual automobile endurance run with entry closes Monday at midnight. Winnings include $300 in cash across touring and roadster classes, multiple cups from local jewelers, and Fisk Tire prizes. Prizes boost dealer interest and publicity, with A A A rules guiding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hering
San Antonio Automobile Club
Hering
Austin
San Antonio
Bell Jewelry Company
J. R. Sprague Jewelry Company
Critzer Bros
Fisk Tire Company of Texas
Stewart
Fisk Company
Weather Report for March 8 Washington East and West Texas
East Texas mostly cloudy with probable local rains Sunday and fair Monday. West Texas cloudy Sunday and fair Monday. National figures note St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington readings with highs from 28 to 68 and varied winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Automobile Contest Rules and Dallas Stop Details
Under AAA supervision with R W Carr as official representative, dealers entering the contest gain backing for claims from their showing. The run’s rules excuse points loss except for road work and time penalties, with exams omitted under a special classification. Publicity has grown along the route, with local auto clubs preparing entertainment stops. Dallas hosts a Sunday night reception by the Dallas Auto Club to welcome contestants at the northern terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
R. W. Carr
Dallas
Dallas Auto Club
Vote Bond Issue 10 Put Up New School
In Harlandale district No 40 voters approved issuing 23 bonds of 1000 dollars each to fund a large new school building. Bonds run 40 years with 20 year redemption option at 5 percent interest. No tax increase expected. Construction begins after bonds are sold. plans drawn. Election officials listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlandale
San Antonio
C. A. Scheh
J. J. McCullum
Louis Urzbacher
M. T. Johnston
Charles Zweig
New San Antonio Fleet to Seek Chamber Members
Weather permitting the New San Antonio fleet will sail from the Chamber of Commerce dock at 9 30 Monday to recruit new members. The luncheon sparked strong support as Admiral Conroy urged volunteers and chairmen of soliciting committees were named with more to be appointed. Lists of nonmembers among business owners and property owners are ready for use by workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Admiral Conroy
Land deal nets 7451 acres near Crowther on Frio river
J A Bell of Rockport announces Edward Cowper Thwaite and associates of the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican Railway own 7451 acres three miles from Crowther on the Frio river. The $100,000 sale backs plans to extend the English syndicate railroad toward Crowther with possible cotton farming nearby. Hopkins and associates control related oil gas and railroad ventures in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport, Tex
J. al. Bell
Edward Cowper-Thwaite
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railway
Crowther
Frio
Mr. Bell
J. Frank Davis
King-Lacy
H. C. King
Muskogee
Okla
San Antonio
Thomas W. Lacy
Kansas City
Messrs. King and Lacy
Davis
S. A. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Associates
Hopkins
Artesian Belt
Boston and Texas Corporation
H. E. Hildebrand
Artesian Belt Railroad
Hildebrand
Christine
Gulf
The
Rio Grande
San Antonio, Rockport & Mexican Railroad
King Lacy
J. H. Bell
Rockport
Mr. Davis
Pope In Disposition Delays Audiences in Rome
The pope shows slight improvement as Dr. Marchio Fava is summoned to Rome for a consultation. The Vatican organ notes the holy father is indisposed by grippe and catarrh and usual audiences are suspended, with Easter plans at risk though he expects to resume in four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Marchio Fava
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
the Holy Father
la Grippe
City Plan Committee to Hear West Report in San Antonio
Chairman Atlee B. Ayres calls a 4 PM meeting of the city plan committee in the Chamber of Commerce to hear Myron T. West city planner present a preliminary survey. West will outline observations from weeks of study and potential funding to hire him for a definite city plan. San Antonio is noted as well suited for a city plan due to parks plazas and radiating streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlee B. Ayres
Chamber of Commerce
Myron T. West
San Antonio
West
Mr. West
Adjusters Battle Texas Hail and Rain Damage in San Antonio
Adjusters for nearly every Texas casualty insurer are in San Antonio assessing hail and rain damage from a recent storm. Estimates place hail damage near 50000 dollars and rain damage about half that. The hail hit February 26 and prompted a rush of adjusters from Houston and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
W. L. Stiles
Piper & Stiles
Shaw Place
Charter Final Draft To Be Presented After Enabling Act
Chairman T N Smith will convene city charter committees to present the final draft once the enabling act passes. The sub committee reviews the draft to remove conflicts from amendments and the charter will be approved and submitted to the people. Dowdell, secretary of the charter committee, travels to Austin to push essential provisions for San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Smith
Smith
San Antonio
Graham Dowdell
Charter Committee
Austin
Charity Dance of Nations Dazzles San Antonio Society
Society women will stage a charity entertainment titled Dance of Nations at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday March 25. Miss Stodien Martin and Miss Belle Robards oversee planning with a cast of local young dancers performing elaborate regional dances, including a seven-nation ballet sequence and the Dance of the Hours. The show aims to raise funds for Associated Charities and features Fort Sam Houston participants and a mix of amateur performances praised as potentially professional in quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
San Antonio
Associated Charities
Stodien Martin
Belle Robards
Mollie Moore
Zaleme Vance
Mary Maverick
Ruth Lipscomb
Fairfax Janin
Juanita Hopkins
Bodien Martin
Ruth Burleson
Tobin Roach
Carl Welder
Grieg
Miss Moore
Birdie Coleman
Boston
Amanda Guenther
Eleanor Pearce
Fort Sam Houston
Wilson Declines 10 Favor His Relatives
Washington March 8 a cabinet officer said no relative of President Wilson will be considered for office under the present administration. Captain A M Wilson of Portland had sought a Philippines commissioner post and Washington state delegates urged Secretary Garrison to consider him but were told it is useless to urge further as he has information preventing any relative of the president from appointment. The move follows the president's brother Joseph R Wilson losing a Senate secretary bid, signaling a nepo tism avoidance stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hese
White House
A. M. Wilson
Portland
Ore
Philippines
Washington State
H. C. Todd
Garrison
Todd
Washington
Secretary Garrison
Joseph R. Wilson
Tennessee
Senate
Secret Clinic Held Secrecy Over Tuberculosis Trials
In New York Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann led a two hour secret clinic with Dr. George Mannheimer and Dr. Samuel Stern in West Fifty-first Street. Seventeen men women and children received injections of marine turtle bacilli as eleven pulmonary TB cases and others in gland knee kidney bladder areas were treated. A government supervised test is planned for tomorrow or Monday as officials prepare conference with Surgeon General Blue. All patients were bound to secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
George Mannheimer
Samuel Stern
West Fifty-first Street
Surgeon General
Blue
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
John F. Anderson
Arthur M. Stinson
Blind Man Hero Calms Crowd at Fire in Theater
Worcester Mass March 8 A blind singer Howard Bradley steadied a frightened audience as Pleasant Theater caught fire from a film explosion. About 500 people were inside including women and children. he urged calm and orderly exit, saying he could not see but that others were men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Howard Bradley
Pleasant Theater
Bradley
Pearce Hearing Waived In Assault Case
Elbert Pearce faced an examining trial waived by Justice of the Peace Campbell. Bail set at 3600, Pearce remanded to county jail if bond defaulted. Police say Pearce and wife Etta Pearce were found with wrists slashed last Wednesday morning. The case may go to the grand jury tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Pearce
Justice of the Peace
Campbell
Pearce
Sheriff's Department
Etta Pearce
Story
Count Boni de Castellane Remains Bound by Church Matrimony Rules
Rome reports a Vatican decree is not final as Count Boni de Castellane cannot wed yet under Catholic law. Two favorable decisions are required. a retrial will be held. This marks the third trial in the famous case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Rota Tribunal
Bryan Denies Olney Ambassadorship Report
Washington dispatch says a White House note claimed Richard Olney was offered the British ambassadorship. Secretary Bryan denied the report, saying he had not been informed of any offer and would know if one existed. Secretary Tumulty said Olney was only a possibility and no details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Court of St. James
Bryan
Olney
Tumulty
War Rages In Two Mexican States The War Continues Near Douglas
Fighting rages across Nacozari and Sonora as 800 nationalists clash with about 100 federal troops. American contractor Pedro Bracamonto is wounded in the clash and about 100 Americans are in Nacozari. Carranza’s forces clash with Huerta loyalists in Coahuila, with reports of heavy losses and no quarter given to Carranza. General Ojeda withdraws garrisons south toward Hermosillo as federal and rebel forces mobilize in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Arizona
Nacozari
Here
Pedro Bracamonto
Bracamonto
Agua Prieta
John H. Williams Jr
Moctezuma Copper Company
Phelps-Dodge Company of
New York
Ojeda
Huerta
Sonora
el Tigre
Naco
Fronteras
Nogales
Hermosillo
Sinaloa
Cananea
Carranza
Tracy Aubert
Mier
Argumendo
Anhelo
Aubert
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
United States
Diaz
Zapata
de la Barra
de la Barrra
Anno
Oseguera
Meager but alarming reports from Mexican fighting spread
Meager but alarming news comes from Nacozari Sonora where Maderistas attacked the garrison and ammunition ran low. In Chihuahua City 100 young society girls plan a peace mass dressed in white. General Orozco and the peace commission receive an ovation as their train proceeds south, delays reported at Jimenez. In Parral Maderistas attacked but were repulsed by 200 federals under Miranda. Miguel Aldape travels from San Antonio to Monterey claiming no significance to the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Nacozari
Sonora
Maderistas
Unale
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Pascual Orozco Jr
Peace Commission
Orozco
South
Jimenez
Concho River
Chihuahua
Qrozco
Parral
Ofar
Miranda
Miguel Aldape
Monterey
Brownsville
Miguel Garza Aldape
San Antonio
United States
Senor Aldape
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A. Hopkins
Dr. Friedmann
Lial
Mexico City
Northwest
Red” Lopez
Guilfoyle
Ninth United States Cavalry
Angelo
Coahuila
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