Resolution seeks inquiry into American complicity in Mexican unrest
Washington May 5 A House foreign affairs committee resolution directs an inquiry to determine if persons associations or corporations domiciled or owing allegiance to the United States have fomented incited encouraged or financed any rebellion or belligerent disorder in Mexico Representative Ainey of Pennsylvania introduced the measure saying that but for American brains and money there would have been few wars in Central and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Mexico
Ainey
Penney Milvwmae
Central
South America
New York Lawyer John Forrest Dillon Dies at 83
John Forrest Dillon longtime Iowa Supreme Court judge and later general counsel for the Missouri Pacific railway and the Western Union Telegraph Company died at his New York home after a prolonged illness. He was 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane
New York
John Forrest Dillon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Missouri Pacific Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wisness
Engineer killed as snatch block breaks on derrick barge
Galveston May 6. Herbert W Ostranter, 40, an engineer on a derrick barge, was instantly killed when a snatch block broke from a cable under strain and struck him on the head. He leaves a wife and several children at Laporte Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Herbert W. Ostranter
Laporte
Ball to Visit San Antonio Ahead of Nomination Fight
Thomas H. Ball the Prohibitionist candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination arrives in San Antonio from Austin by 4 10 PM Tuesday. He will be met at M E and T depot by a reception committee of San Antonio supporters and escorted to the Gunter hotel. He plans no public address here but will use his few hours to discuss political matters with friends prior to departing Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Ball
San Antonio
Austin
M. E. & T. Depot
Gunter Otel
Ball
YWCA Annual Meeting Set With Building Tour
The Young Woman's Christian Association holds its annual meeting at 8 PM Tuesday in the new auditorium. The program includes reports by Miss Etta Pickering and Mrs. Ted Milburn, a building fund talk by Nat Washer, and remarks by Miss Mabel K. Stafford. The building remains partly unfurnished awaiting completed furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Etta Pickering
Ted Milburn
Marian Bliem
Fred Jones
Nat Washer
Building Fund Campaign
Mabel K. Stafford
State Association
Fiesta Association Plans Budget Fund to Ease Finances
Fiesta leaders propose direct 25 percent subscription allocation from Chamber of Commerce members to the Fiesta Association. Directors aim to expand the 1915 fiesta with a prepared budget, early preparations, and paid staff to avoid delays and meet expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiesta Association
Chamber of Commerce
Cyclone Strikes Redwater and Maud Texas. Many Injured
Early reports indicate several deaths but more injuries after a cyclone hit Redwater and Maud. In Redwater 17 hurt and two seriously injured, 15 more injured, 17 structures demolished. in Maud one killed outright with five other serious injuries and 27 total injured. Property damage around 100000 dollars, with widespread destruction and crops harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Tex
Redwater
Maud
Texas
Hestes
W. R. Fagan
Pearl “White
A. J. Shelton
Foster
Baby
William Morgan
House advances two constitutional amendments for suffrage and prohibition
Washington May 5 The judiciary committee ordered two joint resolutions to the House floor without recommendation. One would guarantee U S women the vote and the other would ban the sale of intoxicating liquor except for specified uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Dupre
Louisiana
United States
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Hobson
Alabama
Congress
Guadalupe Water Power project discussed in San Antonio
Dr. E. Brown of Orange and W. B. Dunlap of Beaumont, officers of the Guadalupe Water Power Company, are in San Antonio with engineers to review dam plans on the Guadalupe river. The project aims to supply San Antonio with hydroelectric power and seeks $250,000 in stock toward a $1,000,000 capitalization after a successful initial subscription of $50,000 by local businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe Water Power Company
E. Brown
Orange
W. B. Dunlap
Beaumont
San Antonio
Guadalupe River
Corpus Christi Seeks Water Diversion Permit
The city of Corpus Christi filed with the state board of water engineers for a permit to divert ten cubic feet per second from the Nueces river and its reservoirs in Nueces county to supply the city with water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex
Corpus Christi
State Board of Water Engineers
Nueces River
Nueces County
Oppermann Calls Texas Aerie of Eagles to Order in Fort Worth
A C Oppermann of Palestine state president opened the Texas Aerie of Eagles tenth annual convention in Fort Worth Texas this morning. Addresses of welcome and responses and annual reports preceded the morning business. Festivities will begin this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eegree M
Fort Worth
Tex
C. Oppermann
Palestine
Texas Aerie of Eagles
Royal cinema bills eight reels of first run features
An eight reel program at the Royal includes On the Heights with May Fuller as the headliner, the sixth Dolly of the Darlies chapter, Cards from Ramo Films with notable acting and scenery, Breaking Even a two reel Pathe sports drama, and Dollar Bills for a Cent a Gaumont comedy. Tomorrow Broncho Billy the Gun Man and Saturday The Perils of Pauline. Emma Carus sings The Irish Suffragette with Carl Randall. Una Clayton stars in A Child Shall Lead Them. Sherman Van and Hyman perform Three Melodious Cut-Ups, Behind the Grand Stand skit, Mozarts perform a snow shoe routine, and Edgar Berger offers a flexibly balanced finale. Every act deemed entertaining with no dull numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal Today
May Fuller
On the Heights
Dolly of
Pathe
Gaumont
G. M. Anderson
Pauline
Emma Carus
Miss Carus
Carl Randall
Una Clayton
Sherman
Van
Hyman
Reuben
Mozarts
Edgar Berger
Inside of the White Slave Traffic at Wig Wam Theater
A five reel feature titled The Inside of the White Slave Traffic screens at Wig Wam Theater No 2 on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Endorsed by eastern newspapers and clergy for its warning to parents and young girls the film depicts a girl’s encounter with a street youth ending in death and burial in a potter's field and the young man in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigwam Theater No
Samuel H. London
Potter's Field
Syrian exile from Haiti claims political persecution
Abdulah Sada, a Syrian born American merchant naturalized in 1903, says Haitian authorities confined him in a foul dungeon and marched him with a bayonet through Port-au-Prince before deporting him. He alleges confiscation of $15,000 in Haiti and says he faced exile for political reasons after being accused of complicity in the 1912 palace bombing. He boards the Allam endias to Washington to seek State Department relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Port-au-Prince
Abdulah Sada
Allamendias
Washington
State Department
Sada
Haiti
President Leconte
United States
Mass meeting on Crockett street extension plan at Plaza Theater
Citizens gather at 4 PM Tuesday at the Plaza Theater to discuss extending Crockett street through Alamo Plaza park. The proposal aims to save time and improve traffic flow on Crockett street and Alamo Plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaza Theater
Crockett Street
Alamo Plaza Park
Alamo Plaza
Eckmans Alterative Reported To Heal Lung Trouble
A Philadelphia testimony touts Eckmans Alterative as effective for bronchial catarrh and lung ailments. The letter describes a 1903 to 1904 illness including grippe pneumonia coughing night sweats and hemorrhages, with rapid recovery after using the remedy and no further bleeding. The notice urges readers to seek the booklet of recoveries from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Girard Ave
Phila
Annie F. Loughran
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Folk to personally handle Aransas Pass rail case in Texas
Chief Counsel Joseph W. Folk of the Interstate Commerce Commission plans to come to Texas this month to take charge of the case in which Texas railroads challenge the commission order granting Port Aransas the same rates as other ports. The trial in Corpus Christi Federal court could decide port development fate. Folk aims to attend and uphold the commission’s order against discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Joseph W. Folk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Port Aransas
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Folk
Aransas
Hotel Visitors Arrive at Local Inns in Mixed Lists
A string of guest and arrival notes shows numerous individuals checked into San Antonio hotels including the Bexar the Menger the St. Anthony and the Gunter. Names include L Morgan Williams J B Standard C H Gillman George M Dickinson and W D Ellis among others from across Texas and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Morgan Williams
Jourdanton
Bexar
Hal W. Greer
Laredo
St. Anthony
M. Rutherford
Athens, Ga
Gunter
R. W. Tipton
Fort Worth
Menger
John L. Bivens
Pearsall
J. B. Standard
Waco
Dallas
G. R. McCullough
Tulsa
Okla
W. F. Cowsley
Yoakum
Max Weisner
Knoxville
Passenger Names Pass Through Gunter Hotel
The note records George A. Truell of New York now H. Cartwright of Terre stopping at the St. Anthony. Samuel Weiss of Cleveland is on arrival at the Gunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter
George A. Truell
New York
Menger
H. Cartwright
Terre
St. Anthony
Samuel Weiss
Cleveland
Texas Master Bakers hold fourteenth annual meeting in Galveston
The Master Bakers Association of Texas opens its fourteenth annual convention in Galveston May 5. The three day gathering begins with executive committee work, opening exercises and the annual reports of officers as bakers from across the state arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Master Bakers
Galveston
Tex
Master Bakers’ Association of Texas
Texas State Florists to Hold State Flower Show in Houston
Members of the Texas State Florists Association adjourned with plans for a state flower show in Houston. Fort Worth hosts the next meeting. W. J. Baker was elected vice president and T. J. Wolfe of Waco became honorary vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Texas State Florists’ Association
Houston
Fort Worth
W. J. Baker
T. J. Wolfe
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Thomas H. Ball Coming
Emil Frank
Charles Graebner
John Williams
J. S. Ramer
W. C. Silliman
F. G. Chamberlain
P. L. King
Herbert Barnard
Ernst Raba
J. B. Carrington
J. F. Fentiman
J. H. Savage
Fred Hummert
Wellville
North Texas
Atl
Majestic
Avenue D
Avenue C
Bedell
Ladies
Oxfords
Commerce Commission
American Sugar Refining Co
New York City
The
San Antonio Loan & Thrust CO
Commerce Street
Read Estate
Lds
Alamo Biond
Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Losov
U.S. A
Ilmss
Kodiak
ATES
Potchernick
Birdsong
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