Plans to improve river banks along downtown section
River and ditch commissioner George Surkey oversees work to build retaining walls from the curve below Crockett street toward the Commerce street bridge. Crews remove mud from the river bed and plan stone walls at Crockett street, with future sods, vines, flowers, and shrubs to beautify banks and prevent soil wash erosion.
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George Surkey
Houson Street
Crockett Street
Commerce Street
Surkey
Navarro
St Mary's
Publicity League Eyes Novel Campaign for 1915 Celebration
At the annual Publicity League meeting plans are discussed for a new advertising campaign for the coming year. President W. Conness hints at a surprise scheme to promote San Antonio, possibly an elaborate 1915 historical celebration to attract travelers en route to the Panama Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publicity League
San Antonio
Purity League
North East
Alamo City
Conness
Pacific Coast
Justice Fisk Is Honored By Sociedad Ignacio Zaragoza
Judge Ben S. Fisk received a gold medal from Sociedad Ignacio Zaragoza for lifelong service. Adolfo Flores, the society president, spoke at the North Santa Rosa hall as Fisk thanked members and called the honor a treasured heirloom. The medal bears the society name and the inscription honoring labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben S. Fisk
the Sociedad Ignacio Zaragoza
Society
Santa Rosa Street
Adolfo Flores
Sociedad
Ignacio Zangoza
Yourdabor
Gaco de Mayo
San Iidro Park
Fisk
Society postpones event to Sunday evening
The society postponed the event until Sunday evening, then refreshments were served and speeches were given.
Two Black Women Slashed in Leigh Street Fight
Irene Marshall, 19, and Josephine Freeman, 18, fight with razors in a Leigh Street house. Marshall is not expected to survive while Freeman is jailed on assault to murder. Freeman’s razor was recovered by police after she claimed the Marshall woman had accused her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Marshall
Josephine Freeman
Leigh Street
Freeman
Freeman Negress
Marshall
Berri Berri Outbreak Reported at Texas Asylum
About fifty cases of berri berri are reported at the State Insane Asylum in Austin. Officials say the outbreak stems from overcrowding and inadequate facilities. No cases in tubercular wards or cottages for negro inmates. death rate around two percent so far.
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Austin
Tex
State Insane Asylum
Armed Mexican in Milam Street Shooting
Police seek a missing Black man after three shots were fired by Manuel DeLeon on Milam street around 11:30 last night. De Leon, charged with unlawfully discharging firearms, was fined 50 dollars today. a pistol Carry charge was also filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel DeLeon
Milam Street
DeLeon
Buckley
de Leon
Johnson
Mesquite Street
Mayor-elect Brown Seeks San Antonio Reform Plans
Clinton G. Brown of San Antonio met Dallas officials to discuss reorganizing street and sanitation departments. He argued private ownership of water raises costs and supported municipal ownership but saw no urgent need to seize control. Brown and Judge Claude Birkhead planned to travel to Kansas City and St. Louis after Dallas talks.
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Brown
Dallas
Tex
Clinton G. Brown
San Antonio
Claude Birkhead
Kansas City
St. Louis
Legal arguments heard in Medina Valley suit in federal court
Points of law were argued this morning in the federal suit Medina Valley Irrigation Co versus F P Seekatz. Attorneys for both sides agreed to amend pleadings and the case was carried to July 7. The Alf Bennett Lumbert Co versus L Fouts is scheduled for tomorrow on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
F. P. Seekatz
Alf Bennett Lumbert Company
L. Fouts
San Antonio Favored as Army Aviation Training Hub
Brigadier General George P. Scriven announced plans to establish an aviation school for army officers in San Antonio with 15 to 20 instructors and 70 to 80 cadets, linking telegraphy photography and mapmaking to aviation. Hangars at Fort Sam Houston already exist and more planes are ordered as funds permit. Scriven noted San Antonio’s suitability despite wind currents and recalled his 1886–88 stationing here.
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San Antonio
George P. Scriven
United States Army
Galveston
Tasker H. Bliss
Southern Department
Scriven
Corps of Army
General Scriven
Menger
Aeronautical
Texas City
Fort Sam Houston
Germany
United States
Signal Corps
Congress
Maneuver Division
Army
San Antonio Schools Plan Operetta Fund Benefit
A meeting of San Antonio school principals is set for 4 this afternoon at Brackenridge High School to prep for Friday's operetta at Beethoven Hall to aid the teachers' pension fund. The event features a Japanese operetta with strong ticket demand and broad city support led by Lula Griesenbeck and Lucy Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Brackenridge High School
Beethoven Hall
Teachers’ Pension Fund
Lula Griesenbeck
Lucy Newton
Sisson To Speak On California Japanese Situation
Representative Sisson of Mississippi announced plans to discuss the legal points of the California Japanese situation when the House reconvenes Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sisson
Mississippi
Dinamite planted conspiracy trial hears testimony in Boston
Dennis J. Collins testified for the prosecution in the trial of Manu facturers in Boston. He described meeting John J. Breen in 1912 and being paid to help plant dynamite for a Lawrence strike plot. Collins recounted Breen’s plan and references to William Wood of the American Woolen Company.
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Boston
Mass
Dennis J. Collins
Cambridge
Wiliam Wood
American Woolen Company
Frederick E. Atteaux
Lawrence
Collins
John J. Breen
Breen
Mr. Rice
Details on the Boston dynamite plot and package drops
Witnesses recount Breen and Collins distributing dynamite from Boston. They left small bundles at a Syrian tailor, a cobbler, and in St Mary's cemetery, with Breen paying Collins and claiming returns. Collins learned of the dynamite after newspaper reports of Lawrence.
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Collins
Boston
St. Mary's Cemetery
Breen
Salem
Charles Breen
Cambridge
John
Lawrence
Traffic Rules Take Center Stage at San Antonio Club Luncheon
About twenty motorists attended the San Antonio Automobile Club luncheon at the Menger Hotel to discuss city traffic ordinances, pedestrian crossing rules, and a feature on the motor car and personal efficiency by H G Hayes of the San Antonio Auto School. G A C Halff urged regular garage visits and proper tire pressure while H E Hilderbrand pressed for stricter enforcement of traffic laws. A presentation on Quick-Seal tire fluid was given to A P Ford.
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H. G. Hayes
San Antonio Auto School
San Antonio Automobile Club
Menger
G. A. C. Halff
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Woodward Carriage Company
A. P. Ford
San Antonio Reports Big Animal Inspection Totals
Secretary C C Chaffe announces a six year U S Department of Agriculture study on animal inspection, slaughter and condemnation. San Antonio stands as the only Texas city regularly reporting, with 321 million animals inspected and 900 thousand condemned. The system covers 847 facilities, 2400 inspectors, and a 3 million dollar annual appropriation to safeguard public food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Chaffe
San Antonio Health Board
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Texas
Melvin
Lipton's Challenge Accepted for America's Cup
The New York Yacht Club today cabled to the Ulster Yacht Club that Lipton will challenge for the America's Cup. Races are set for September 1914 under New York Yacht Club measurement rules time allowances and conditions.
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Lipton
London
New ’S Yacht Club
Ulster Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Chi
Heavy Rain Falls in Scurry County Southwest
Snyder Texas May 20 heavy rain fell here last night and in the southwestern part of Scurry county with showers reported across the region.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Tex
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Central Trust Co
San Antonio, Texas
J. O. Terrell
Otto Koehler
Chas Schreiner
J. J. Stevens
B. G. Barnes
W. P. Rote
Alexanderoske
Adolph Herst
Charles Schreiner
Otto Kothler K, R. Russell Albert Steves
Comminer Surkey
Justice Fisk
Winneco
Eee Wood
American ‘Woolen Company
Palm Beach
Fomby-Jones CO
E. Houston St
E. & W. Redman
Victor Victrola IV
Joske’s
Joske
U.S Pat
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J
Thos. Goggan & Bros
Houston and Navarro Sts
Victor Victrola
Louis’ Book Store
Houston Street
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