Secret S O S V Parade Plans for Fiesta in San Antonio
A mystic order known as the S O S V plans a large burlesque parade for Fiesta week in San Antonio. Directors hope to keep visitors past Saturday by staging a big show with hundreds of volunteers from diverse local groups. The scheme boosts carnival revenue and features a mock coronation and widespread community participation led by Max Blum and other fiesta directors.
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Mystic Order
Sam Astonio
San Antonio
Harry L. Miller
Max Blum
Frank James
John B. Carrington
J. W. Hucker
Directorate
James R. Davis
F. Edwin Scobey
R. C. Jones
Traction Company
Rotary Club
Royal Order of Lions
Alamo
Imperial Russian Ballet
New York
Shriners
Order of Eagles
Red Men
Fort Sam Houston
The
Elks
F. E. Tucker
J. R. Sprague
Alamo Plaza
Rotary parade to crown mock king and queen at plaza event
A burlesque coronation set for the plaza will reserve space for paraders and 8. O. 8 S. W. badge holders and spouses. Rotarians direct the show with J Frank Davis as librettist and William H. Smith as composer. An Ode to the King closes the ceremony as thousands watch.
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Rotary Club
J. W. Hucker
J. Frank Davis
William H. Smith
Herbert Barnard
Imperial Ballet
Expatriated Alsatians Lose Right to Return to Germany
Berlin says thousands who fled to France Switzerland and other countries before the war will not be allowed to return. A federal council order expels these fugitives including three ex Reichstag members and various officials. Violators of military obligation may be treated as deserters and shot if captured.
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Berlin
France
Switzerland
Germany
Federal Council
Reichstag
Kingsway Theater to fetch patrons for evening shows
The Kingsway Theater manager proposes a car service to retrieve box and four stall buyers from their homes and return them after performances. A liveried attendant will accompany the vehicle to collect patrons and drive them home.
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London
Kingsway Theater
Treasure Island pirates stage revival delights New York audiences
Long John Silver and the Treasure Island crew return to life on stage at the Punch and Judy Theater in New York City. Jules Eckert Goodman’s dramatization brings Stevenson's pirates and Jim Hawkins to life with familiar characters, thrilling escapes, and the promise that virtue triumphs.
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John Silver
Billy Bones
Ben Gunn
Little
Punch and Judy
New York City
Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry James
Stevenson
James
Jules Eckert Goodman
Jim Hawkins
Jim
Young Jim
Spy Glass Mountain
Verest
Black Dog
Old Pew
George Merry
Anderson
Morgan
Arrow
Dirk
Hunter
Joyce Redmuth
Gray
Alan
O’brien
Trelawney
Dr. Livesey
Captain Sunolac
Mrs. Hawkins
Ben Unn
Mr. Stevenson
Captain Flint
Long John Silver
Bill Bones
Mr. Hopkins
Punch and Judy Theater
Treasure Island
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Tucker
Frank Damis
Meres Lockwood and
May Allison
Italy
Grand Opera House
D. W. Griffith
Battle of Petersburg
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Lincoln
Ku Klux
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