Hockin Case Testimony Ties Dynamiting Plot to Burns
Judge asserts serious risk from one attorney after defense leaders deny support for an archist article. Jewell outlines Hockin’s 1910-1911 cooperation with detective Burns, detailing dynamite plots, beaking bridges, and inner workings of the McNamara conspiracy including letters signed Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kern
Anderson
Jewell
Hockin
Attora Miller
McNamara Dynamiting Gang
Pittsburg
Panama
W. J. Burns
Chicago
Stone
Burns
J. B
J. J. McNamara
Schmidt
Caplan
Los Angeles Times
McNamas, McManigal
Capan
Detroit
Iron Workers’ General Fund
Times
Lynch
The
Typographical Union
J. J. MecNamara
Indianapolis
J. R. McNamara
Los Ageles Times
Raymond
Miller
Double Tracking Planned on South Heights Line
Traction company officials seek city council approval to double track the congested South Heights line along the right of way. General manager E BE Eysenbach says traffic is growing and they will connect switches, aiming to double track about 3000 yards. The proposal will be presented at the next council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Heights
Traction Company
E. BE. Eysenbach
Dust Day Parade as Shriners Initiate Novices in San Antonio
More than 200 Shriners gathered at Harmony Hall for a ceremonial session in which numerous novices were admitted to Ben Hur Temple. The day featured a daytime parade along Travis Street with a martial display by the Ben Hur patrol and a night banquet at the Masonic temple. Novices were escorted through the business district in symbolic scenes, including chains and uprights, with notable attendees listed among the initiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Hall
Mystic Shrine
Ben Hur Temple
Masonic Temple
San Antonio
The
Wbastern Star
G. Franklin
George Feiger Jr
Rabban
C. A. Soule
H. E. Ford
Oriental Guard
C. M. Bartholomew
B. L
Ben Hur
A. W. Houston Jr
W. T. C. Napier
Roy W. Hearne
New York
Lefty ‘Louie
Gyp the Blood
Whitey Lewis
Dago Frank
E. J. H. Meier
Albert Steves Jr
J. H. Maulding
William Moon
Mystie Shrine
Alter Lander
T. M. Plumber
John T. Felcher
Fred Booth
R. P. Jahnke
W. J. Schorre
G. C. Pickrell
S. P. Cunningham
James Slaughter Steele
Joseph A. Melcher
Ernest John Henry Meier
George W. Hagg
Louis Fortune
John William Vann
John Harmon Maulding
Epp Jackson Cleveland
Buda
George Amazon Rogers
San Marcos
Peyton Beverly Martin
H.J. Hackett
Leeanes
Wiggins
Walter
Homer Colquitt
Charles W. Boyce
Runge
James C. Calhoun
Charco
Treatise on soils offered to San Antonians by Chamber
San Antonians can learn about soil conditions in southwest Texas by visiting or writing to the Chamber of Commerce. Congressman James L. Slayden arranged distribution of 1000 copies of the Reconnaissance Soil Survey of Southwest Texas. The government report covers soils in Bexar Medina Uvalde Kinney Maverick Zavala Frio Atascosa Wilson Live Oak McMullen LaSalle and Dimmit counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
James L. Slayden
Bexar
Medina
Uvalde
Kinney
Maverick
Zavala
Frio
Atascosa
Wilson, Live Oak, MccMullen, LaSalle and Dimmitt Counties
Charters Issued for Several Texas Companies
Charters granted in Austin include American Building Company of El Paso with 300000 capital stock to erect and repair buildings and loan money. Purposes for Comanche Oil Company of Sweetwater at 50000 stock. Home Builders of Dallas with 20000 stock. Incorporators named for each venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
American Building Company of
el Paso
Capital Stock
W. L. Tooley
H. B. Stevens
J. J. Mundy
J. M. Goggin
Wm. H. Burges
Comanche Oil Company of
Sweetwater
W. W. Kirk
J. W. Mingus
N. A. Brown
Home Builders of
Dallas
Capsital
J. H. Power
George Hartmann
F. Pienot
Capitarcor
M: Dey
Homnble
Company of
Humble
City Council Eyes Purchasing Agent and Streetcar Smoking Ban
The city council will consider creating a purchasing agent to handle city supplies under mayor and finance committee oversight. Other ordinances include a smoking ban on street cars and a rule requiring telephone bills to be paid at service locations. Final action may be taken on a concrete bridge bid for South Alamo Street with a choice between an arch bridge or piers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofos of of R
Intonio
Ryan
Boynton
Lipscomb
Alamo Street
Modern Savonarola to Lecture on Joan of Arc Tonight
Rev Father Vaughan of London arrives in San Antonio to lecture at Beethoven hall for St John orphanage fund. He plans mass at the Academy of the Incarnate Word at 8 this morning and a reception at Knights of Columbus hall this afternoon. A Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Gunter hotel will run 6 to 8 30 p m at $1 50 per plate. reservations urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Vaughan
London
England
Savonarola
Beethoven Hall
St John’s
Joan of Arc
San Francisco
San Antonio
Academy of the Incarnate Word
Knights of Columbus
Gunter Hotel
Prenatal Fear Linked to Southern Express Tragedy
Miss Gladys Myers killed her mother in a Pullman berth on the Southern Express to Philadelphia. Doctors cite prenatal influence and inherited race fear as possible causes, noting Gladys and her mother suffered from a racial antipathy described as terror. The father, J Rappe Myers of Greensburg Pa, confirms the family’s long history of this fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Myers
J. Kappe Myers
Southern Express
Philadelphia
Gladys, Myers
J. Rappe Myers
Greensburg
Nervousness Address Warns Mothers on American Pace
Dr F S White from Southwestern Insane asylum spoke before the San Antonio Congress of Mothers on nervousness and the need to shield children from harmful influences. He warned the rapid tempo of modern life causes mental strain and urged mothers to prioritize nourishment, home care, and early protective schooling for children. The report covers delegates from San Antonio to Houston and club actions supporting charter amendments and early Christmas shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. White
Southwestern Insane Asylum
San Antonio
Congress of Mothers
State Congress of Mothers
Houston
Malone Duggan
George Worley
W. E. Voight
Young
James M. Young
George Cummings
Woman’s Club
San Antonio Independent School District
Bateman to keep her simple life after fortune
Miss Dorothy Bateman daughter of a Providence inn keeper who inherited 500000 from the late Baltimore magnate Ross Winans says she will not change her lifestyle. She will continue running her butter and egg business delivering to Newport customers herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bateman
Providence, R. 1
Baltimore
Ross Winans
Harioughie Newport
Numerous travelers and locals lodged at San Antonio hotels
A long list of visitors and arrivals including C W Hill of Austin, H Russell and John Floyd of FarmerVille, A Tom of Floresville, B B Gidden-Houston, J F Ray-Beeville, O C Connor-Dallas, W N Van Meter-Corpus Christi, and others check in at the Gunter Savoy Bexar Bowie St Anthony Menger Crockett and Bayou hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ke, H. Russell and
John Floyd
Farmeraville, Tex
City
The
Savoy
Beeville
St. Anthony Hotel
O. C. Connor
Dallas
Menger
W. N. van Meter
Corpus Christi
the Crockett
W. M. Imboden
Rusk, Tex
Gunter
E. C. Smith
Houston
Savoy Hotel
T. C. Laurer
M. Freeman
Bexar Hotel
Alfred
Land of Dallas
Bowie
H. Hopkins
Frances
Gonzales
St.Anthony
Hardy Greenwood
Eugene Fried
Austin
New California
Tex
J.J. Davis
D. M. Hatton
C. Renard
Yoakum
San Antonio
James Lewis
Galveston
Bowie Hotel
Lillian C. Lee
Karnes City
H. R. Haswell
Jack Swain
Tampico
Mex
L. E. Oosta
Crockett
J.C. Cochran
W. F. Watts
Harwood
G. J. Gillespie
Denton
Bexar
Leo DeHymel
Seguin
BE. B. Raschbaum
Louisville
R. N. Prisda
el Paso
Menger Hotel
P. R. Jester
Slster
Chester Thrasher
B. L. Vann
H. 8. Lawcen
Semeterday
Gunter Hotel
G. M. Woodall
Bayou
W. W. Wilson
James B. Wells
Brownsville
W. E. Burnette
C. Hybarger
Knippa
Denver
Colo
St. Anthony
Advice for a Sick Canary from a Bird Expert
A columnist suggests a lady ask a druggist for Bird Marie and notes a Philadelphia Bird Food Company booklet, available free by writing for it, detailing common canary ailments and treatments. The writer warns bird fanciers are not always reliable.
New Hats Offered At $4.98 By Millinery Store
New Millinery bargains at 5. A. Millinery Store corner Losoya and College streets near Houston street. Miss Wilma Mather, Proprietress, announces $4.98 pricing on $10 and $12 hats with all items described as new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. A. Millinery
Losoya and
College Streets
Houston Street
Wilma Mather
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Meier
Alamo Plaza
Hogkin
Beaver Bridge
Rochestar
Peoria
Tis
McNamara
Aioive
City Council
Shriners
Dr. Bull
Ann E. Byers
Mt. Elliott Ave
Mich
Vaughan
C. W. Hill of
C. A. Tom
Floresville
B. B. Gidden
J. F. Ray
Fannie Ray
Chalmers
Chalmers Pd
Motor
G. A. Co
E. A. Kalkhurst
H. Weis
Mer
Sec.-Treas
Alamo Auto Sales Co
Avenue Clearage
Travis Street
Bedell Bldg
Cameron St
Charles Rees
Rees
Commerce Street
Clarke
Alamo ST
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