Scottish Rite Masons Seek Chapter Rose Croix in February
San Antonio Scottish Rite Masons petition to establish Chapter Rose Croix for fifteenth to eighteenth degrees. About 50 Rose Croix elects signed. officers named. Pursuit to confer in San Antonio November reunion, with February 20 22 proposed for the chapter and a Kingston birthday banquet on February 22. Over 200 candidates already applied for degrees with 100 more Master Masons eager to petition.
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Sanonio
C. C. Tin
F. R. Newton
L. A. Heil
K. C. Calmoner
W. A. McDuffee
L. Har
Mathis
Max Goodman
P. B. Tin
O. S. Dewees
the Temple
Phen Gould
San Antonio
Sam P.hran
Inter General
Ewest Texas
Antivil
Kington
Rose Croix
Burleson to Visit San Antonio in Social Stopover
Ingressman Albert Burleson is due in San Antonio today to visit his daughter and discuss federal jobs apportionment with President Woodrow. The visit, described as social with no politics, is expected to draw public curiosity from local supporters and officials ahead of his Washington duties.
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Albert Burleson
Woodrow
San Antonio
Richard Egley
Cypress Street
Burlett
Sutor
Daugh
Washington
Court House Planned for Stin Texas
Johnson County will get a three story courthouse built of reinforced concrete at an estimated cost of 184 008 dollars. Judge J S Haynes announced after securing tentative approval from the attorney general's department for the bond issue.
West Texas Military Academy site sold for redevelopment
The old West Texas Military Academy on Carson and Willow streets sold to M A Ryan of San Antonio for over 25000. He will demolish the buildings to erect five two story structures. The site was donated to the Episcopal church by Mrs Ed Cunningham and housed pupils for 12 years before a larger Alamo Heights site was purchased. Riebe Undertaking Co. provides ambulance service at 221 E Commerce.
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West Texas Military Academy
Carson, Quitman, Willow
Grayson
M. A. Ryan
San Antonio
Carson
Willow
E. M. Hays
Episcopal Church
Ed Cunningham
Sugarland
Alamo Heights
Vandenberg seeks abolition of Port Aransas differentials
Y Vandenberg of San Antonio and president of Aransas Harbor and Terminal asks the railroad commission to abolish the recent Port Aransas rate differentials. The petition arrived today and action is stalled awaiting a quorum as Commissioner Williams is the sole member present. He requests a meagre mileage basis for rates between Port Aransas and Texas points and notes no traffic rise despite adequate port facilities.
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Austin, Tex
Y. Vandenberg
San Antonio
Vandenberg
Commission
Port Aransas
Texas
Protests Over Switching Order Delayed by Commission Absence
In Austin Texas on November 16 protests by leading rail lines target the railroad commission order requiring absorption of area charges on freight shipments. They seek reconsideration but a current lack of quorum stalls action. The new switching order is set to take effect January 1.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Taliaferro 10 Take Office Wednesday
George B. Taliaferro, named associate justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, will take the oath at 10 a.m. Monday before Chief Justice Fly and sit on the bench for the first time Wednesday when cases are submitted. The oath will be a simple ceremony. The dissolution of partnership with J. W. Cunningham was finalized as Cobbs and Cunningham title partners join the appellate bench with Captain Cobbs resigning from the bench to return to practice.
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George B. Taliaferro
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
W. S. Fly
Taliaferro
J. W. Cunningham
Cunningham
T. D. Cobbs
Mr. Taliaferro
Cobbs, Taliaferro and Cunningham
Cobbs
States grant rate cuts to Seguin Wharton and several Texas cities
The Texas insurance board announced Seguin and Wharton qualified under the good record amendment, each receiving a maximum 15 percent reduction in final insurance rates. It also said Del Rio Hearne Oney Grove Lampasas Sabinas San Angelo Victoria and Wichita Falls have complied via their city councils and will receive a 2 percent final rate decrease.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Seguin and Wharton
del Rio
Hearne
Oney Grove
Lampasas
Sabinas
San Angelo
Victoria
Wichita Falls
San Antonians Granted Honorable Discharges
Acting on Captain D. K. Lansing’s recommendation the adjutant general’s department ordered honorable discharges from the state service. San Antonio soldiers Adolph M. Voight W L Cannan L R Cassanova A W Martinez K A Martinson and J A Snyder of Company B H Second Infantry receive discharges. Francis Weston Moriarity also discharged to enlist in the United States Navy.
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San Antonians
Austin
Tex
D. K. Lansing
Adjutant General's Department
State Service
Adolph M. Voight
W. L. Cannan
L. R. Cassanova
A. W. Martinez
K. A. Martinson
J. A. Snyder
Second Infantry
San Antonio
Francis Weston Moriarity
United States Navy
Billboard Law May Come Before Council
The city council is expected to finalize several long pending items tomorrow. The billboard ordinance, amended and awaiting city attorney approval, is set for third reading and final passage. City Attorney Ryan has submitted a legal form and a Lipscomb resolution prompts a public service franchise review.
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Ryan
Lipscomb
Public Service Corporation
San Antonio
J. Frank Gallagher
Gallagher
San Antonio Navy Reserve Recruiting Push
The San Antonio naval recruiting office reports many inquiries about the naval reserve. Recruiting officer Bechman has supplied numerous application blanks sent to Washington for approval. Former service men are eligible. enlistment lasts two years and duty is only during war or threats thereof.
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San Antonio
Many Hunt For Guns As Demand Surges
The city saw an extraordinary rush for firearms as stores could not rent out any guns by 7 PM. Hunters planned varied trips to the coast for ducks Webb and De Zavala counties for deer and others aimed for Bexar county.
Cuban suffragette Signora Farrada visits New York carrying gold
Signora Josefina Farrada, famed as Cuba's wealthiest woman and once called Madrid's beauty, travels via New York on a voyage to Havana. A noted suffragette and modern figure, she distrusts paper money and carries a chest full of gold coins, reportedly $30,000, which will shrink during her extended stay.
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Signora
Josefina Farrada
Cuba
Madrid
New York
Havana
County Officials Prepare for Incoming Terms This Week
John H. Clark and Dan Lewis likely to be sworn in as county civil court judge and county attorney this week. Commissioners to finish canvass of November 56 election by Tuesday or Wednesday and issue certificates of election. New officers may qualify immediately. district officers to January 24. Franklin County set to coordinate December term criminal cases with incumbents under agreement. Civil judge elect Clark to schedule December term cases once officially notified.
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John H. Clark
Dan Lewis
James R. Davis
Phil Shook
Tom J. Newton
San Antonio to vote on $50,000 railroad bonus
Officials plan a 4:30 pm Tuesday Chamber of Commerce meeting to authorize San Antonio's $50,000 share toward Fredericksburg railroad construction. A $2,650 bond was posted to insure completion in ten months, with San Antonio pledged to provide $60,000 total. The city has twenty days to raise its bonus after Fredericksburg secures $150,000.
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San Anonio
Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
R. A. Love Foster Crane
Fredericksburg Railroad Committee
San Antonio
Te Sear of Commerce
Judge Shook to Move as Davis Set to Swear In
County Judge Phil Shook plans a move after sixteen years in office as James R. Davis, elected by the Citizens' league, is sworn in November 30. Packing begins in the courthouse with Shook’s library and papers readied for transfer to the new offices in the Oppensheimer building. The six years under Shook leave a backlog of documents to be moved before Davis takes over the court.
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Phil Shook
Court House
James R. Davis
Citizens’ League
Monay
Shook
Jo Shook
Oppensheimer
Judge Shook
Davis
City and County Officials Confer on Better Roads and Peace
Mayor A H Jones visited District Clerk Andres Coy Jr with Coun ty Judge-elect James R Davis and Sheriff John W Tobin. They discussed means and measures to improve city and county conditions, and pledged cooperation for better roads and maintaining public peace under the new administration.
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A. H. Jones
Andres Coy Jr
James R. Davis
John W. Tobin
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