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TEXAS CITY DAILY TIMES
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TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914.
VOL. 2.
WHERE TEXAS CITY
AMERICAN CONSULATE THAT NEEDED PROTECTION
ATTEMPT TO INVADE
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RESERVE BANK
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read or whether the paper has such a
Yesterday afternoon a big, black automo-
bile stopped outside The Times office and
there was a hurry up call for the city edi-
tor to produce some back numbers of the
paper containing an account of the steel
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they were intended had escaped.
Major Robert E. L. Michie of the
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25 States and 2 Foreign Countries are inter-
ested In Investments Here. This Means
Wide Publictiy.
Private John Reno Topples Over Dead Fol-
lowing Exercise. Unidentified Man Found
In Woods Near Alta Loma.
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A. H. Reeves Has $38,000 Tied Up In Ac-
tual Construction And Contracts. Pros-
pects Brighter Than Ever.
Both New Orleans And St. Louis Want To
Control Banking Situation In Texas.
Arguments Being Heard.
Mrs. W- R- Wiley, wife of the promineut
real estate man has opened an up-to-date
dressmaking establishment at No. 114 N.
Fourth street adjoining her husband’.? place
of business and will be glad to meet her
friends and customers there.
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27TH INFANTRY PLANNING ELABOR-
ATE RECEPTION AND DANCE
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Max H Nathan, of Houston, is in Tex-
as City today looking after business.
tachment of rebel cavalry under Major
(Continued on page 2.)
The Times representative, scenting news,
immediately got in touch with Mr. Sam C-
Judd and had a little talk with him.
Concerning Bank Collections.
Secretary McAdoo asked the banker a-
bout the practice of New Orleans banks
in making collections for inland banks.
“All banks carrying a substantial balance
(Continued on page 2.)
Five Houston
Men Make Visit
The Washington and Longfellow programs
will be given out later-
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as they waded from the river.
Other detachments went to
Mrs. Vine W. Martin, of New Orleans, La.,
is- visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meinert for a
few days.
were distributed by New Orleans houses
important developments were over for the
night, retired-
IS MAXIMO CASTILLO DEAD?
Body Found In Woods.
The body of an unidentified soldier was
found in the bushes yesterday afternoon
about two and a half miles distant from
Alta Loma. The gruesome discovery was
ada within a day or two. In the mean-
while it is being held by the H. B. Emken
Undertaking Establishment.
“The messages were sent from
(Grandes, he said, by rebel officers.
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Story of St. Valentine-
Recitation, “Cupid’s Spokesman.”
Song, “Valentine.”
Recitation, “Miss February.”
Chorus, A Valentine Song.
Valentine Box-
“New Orleans Not Natural Point.”
“Why couldn’t New Orleans be includ-
ed in a district with Houston or even St.
Louis as the center?” asked Mr. Houston.
In replying at some length, Mr. Wexler
powerful influence as to have subsconscious-
ly affected the animal. Anyway we got
quick results. Watch us grow.
The American consulate at Acapulco, Mexico, has been converted into a safe depositary for the Americans in
the vicinity, who turned over to Consul C. S. Edwards about $250,000. As the region is infested by band# of ma-
raiders, the consul cabled to the state department for protection and Rear Admiral Cowles sent a warship there.
Some time since there was an apparent
slump in building activities nut this must
have been only a breathing space for devel-
a local ranchman. So far the
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12.—General Pancho
Villa denies that he has received any offi-
cial notification of either the capture or ■
the capture and execution of Maximo Cas-
tillo, the bandit, said to be responsible for
the Cumbre tunnel catastrophe.
A report published here today said:
“Maximo Castillo and six of his followers
were captured and executed Monday near
Chocolate Pass, about 45 miles northeast of
Pearson, Chihuahua, according to telegrams
received today by General Francisco Villa
in Juarez.
During February there will be given at
the Wolvin School building programs cele-
brating the following days: St. Valentine’s
Day, by the Fourth Grade; Washington’s
Birthday, by the Sixth Grade; Longfellow’s
Birthday, by the Third Grade.
St. Valentine's Day Program
The program for this day is as follows:
New Jeweler Here.
A new jeweler has located in Texas City
and is ready and open for business. This
is W. F. Moser who now has a store one-
half block east of the First National Bank.
Just another business man to help the town
along.
No Doubt About Steel Plant.
Mr. Judd, also stated that personally he
had not the slightest doubt but that the
steel plant was coming here and the others
in the car shared his views. Those to come
down on the inspection trip, besides Mr.
Judd, were Me . Booth, Moody, Phenia
and Mundine. All are wealthy business
men of Houston but the four were making
their first trip to Texas City. As usual they
are looking for safe investment yet of the
kind that yields large returns-
Large Sum Raised.
The Home Mission ladies of the M. E.
Church, South, wish to thank those who
were kind enough to patronize the Box
Supper Tuesday evening. The total sum
realized from this supper is $37.30. This
money is to go towards paying for the
painting and papering of the Church.
Body Will Be Shipped.
The deceased was 25 years old and has
a brother Phillip Reno who is a member
of Company B of the 23rd infantry. It is
thought the body, accompanied by the
An unusual attractive program is being
offered by the Empire Theater company for
Friday when they will show “The Female
Raffle.” This is in four parts and . is an
intensely thrilling story depicting the ad-
ventures of an American detective in Paris.
Motion picture lovers should not miss this
feature -
Rebels Knew of Attempt.
। Meanwhile word came from Juarez that
the rebels, who had information through '
their secret agents that the attempt would
be made, had captured some of the would-
be Federals, and were bringing the prisoners
to headquarters. One of Villa’s aides said
the general knew this afternoon that the at-
tempt would be made and was averse to
the knowledge reaching General Scott as
the rebels preferred to ambush the Federals
At Midnight Number of Horses for Invaders
were Captured by U. S. Troops. Villa
Planned to Ambush Enemies. Rebel Lead-
er Denies Knowledge of Outlaws Capture,
Will Have Special Train to Take Visitors
Home Friday Night. L. 0. O. M. Orga-
nizing a Civilian Lodge. Box Supper
Nets $37.30. New Jeweler Here.
BUSY NIGHT FOR CAVALRYMEN A-
LONG THE BORDER.
Regarding The Prospects.
This makes a total of four jobs on which
Mr. Reeves is working at present and he
states it is keeping him busy. There are
less idle men in town that there have been
for some time past and he states that within
sixty days he does not expect to see one
in the city without plenty of work. Al-
together building prospects could not be
better and four and five thousand dollar
homes are becoming common-
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A most attractive and enjoyable five hun-
dred party was given in Galveston last night
at 3117 Avenue “P” in honor of Mrs. P.
M. Garrigan. The entertainment was given
by Miss Theresa Quilter and a large number
of young people were invited. The ladies’
first prize was a beautiful Harrison Fisher
picture and was won by the honoree
while the first prize for the gentlemen was
won by Frank McLaughlin and was a sil-
ver mounted cigar cutter. The guests were
Mrs. Tom Gary and the Misses Kate Joyce,
Jane Quilter, Edna LaCoste, Lillie La Coste,
Beatrice Kirk, Louella Smith and the
guest of honor Mrs. Garrigan. The gen-
tlemen present were Messrs. Tom Gary, Tom
Moore, J- A- Brown Frank McLaughlin,
Tim Snodgrass, Edwin Quilter and Tom
Quilter -
The Impression Created.
Mr. Judd who is a member of the Texas
State Realty Association stated that he had
brought the other four gentlemen down
from Houston to take a look at our city-
They had heard so much of what we were
doing and how fast we were growing that
they just naturally could not keep away.
The car waited outside the office while Mr.
J. A. Gilbert, of the firm of Amburn Broth-
ers and Gilbert, got in to take the visitors
to other places of interest. In the mean-
time Mr. Judd continued to express his
wonderment and admiration for the manner
in which Texas City was keeping up her
growing pace. He has had his eye on the
city for a long time and in order to keep in
closer touch has been a constant subscriber
to the paper-
Yesterday afternoon shortly after twelve
o’clock Private John Reno, Company G of
the 23rd infantry, fell over dead following
=em-e ethletie—-exercises in which he had
been engaged with a companion. There are
apparently some conflicting reports regard-
ing the occurrance but no doubt is enter-
tained but that the death was due to pure-
ly accidental causes. He lived only fifteen
minutes after first being stricken.
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El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12.—An attempt to
rush Mexicans recruited in this city by Hu-
erta’s recruiting agents across the river to-
night brought out four troops of the Fif-
teenth Cavalry to prevent the violation of
neutrality.
General Hugh L. Scott, in command at
Fort Bliss, has been on the alert owing to
rumors of a plot to place a flanking force
on the rebel left at Juarez by making a rush .
from this side, and his men were in the sad-
dle almost the instant the news came that
the Mexicans were rushing down the river
bank on the American side in automobiles-
The attempt was made about 11 o’clock,
and the news reached General Scott in tele-
phone messages from the Ysleta Road, ask-
ing the meaning of the rush of automobiles
that way.
At the Smith dairy farm, five miles east,
an observer estimated the number of ma-
chines at 30.
The machines were loaded with men,
those who telephoned said, all armed with
rifles, and there were boxes which were as-
sumed to carry ammunition in addition to
that in the belts of the men.
At Ysleta the American troops concen-
trated and trace of the motor cars, tem-
porarily at least, was lost-
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Two of The Jebs.
The largest contract, on which he was
supposed to start this morning, is the
home of H- B- Emken located on Fourth
street and Sixth avenue. This will be a
combination .of undertaking parlor and
residence and will be one of the finest in
the city. It will cost $4,000 and contain
12 rooms with ceilings 10 to 12 feet high,
making it the tallest two story building
in the city- Not only that, but it will be
modern in every respect even to having a
two inch water pipe for fire protection.
The framework will be timber covered with
avenue between Seventh and Eighth street ... , 1:
, . , said that great quantities of merchandise
which is being erected for J- B- Harbour, ;
conversation this morning with one of our
local contractors, Mr- A- H- Reeves, it
was learned that his work actually under
construction or contracted for (signatures
attached) represents a sum equivalent to
$38,000. Some months back Mr. Reeves
made the statement that he was busier than
ever in his life. He goes this one better now
and adds to it the statement that he is erect-
ing a better class of houses than he was
then-
plant published recently. These
produced and scanned with eager
terest by the five gentlemen in the
of Cedar Bayou, who will move his family
here just as soon as the house is ready for
occupancy-
New Lodge Being Organized.
A new civilian lodge of the Loyal Order
of Moose is being organized in Texas City
with a membership among the more prom-
inent men that promises to do credit to
the organization as a whole. Both Organ-
izer MacDonald and his assistant D. K.
Pavey are taking an interst in this work
and epplication for membership should be
left with them. Fifty are needed to put
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plication-
Park. Clint and Fabens, all on the Ysleta
Road. Horses are said to have been wait-
ing for the recruits since Sunday, hidden
on the Mexican side in the Ysleta district.
Saddles packed in barrels are believed to
have been shipped across yesterday from a
spot on the American side between Ysleta
and Socorro-
At midnight a number of horses collect
ed on the American side at Ysleta were
captured, but apparently the men for whom
New Orleans, La., Feb. 12.—Sol Wexler,
president of the Whitney Central National
Bank, was the feature witness for New 0
The officers of the 27th infantry are plan-
ning, for Friday night, February 13th, one
of the most elaborate receptions and dances
ever held in Texas City. For days they
have been working on details of arrange-
ment and decoration so that the open space
in the camp, where the affair will be held,
looks like fairyland. Wagon load after
wagon load of decorations, living greens of
every description, have been hauled into
the camp. Special arrangements have been
made with the Terminal Company here to
run a train leaving Texas City at 11:50 so
that visitors from Galveston will be able to
catch the last interurban to that city.
into Texas, probably as much as St. Louis
sent into Texas; that many Texas banks
did business with New Orleans; that New
Orleans was the recognized commercial and
financial center of the South-
“Could Houston be better served by a
bank in New Orleans than by a bank in
St. Louis?” asked Mr. Houston-
“It is preposterous to say that it could
not,” answered Mr. Wexler. “Texas has
railroad and sea communication with New
Orleans. The regional trend of business is
toward New Orleans for at least the greater
portion of Texas.”
Mr. Wexler explained that there al-
ways has been some jealousy on the part of
Texas against New Orleans-
“It appears,” he said, “that Texans are
afraid of doing too much to build up New
Orleans, because they see in us a danger-
ous rival commercially and financially.”
death had occurred at least a month pre-
vious and decomposition has set in to such
an extent as to make this doubtful. It
is thought tha man was a member of the
27th infantry but no positive statements
are being given out until this has been de-
finitely ascertained- There is also a ques-
tion of whether or not death was due to
natural causes or foul play and this is be-
ing rigidly investigated at the present mom-
ent- This body too is being held at the
H- B- Emken Undertaking Establishment.
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The other evening The Times represen-
tative was down to the city hall and in a
conversation with Mr. Gray, the city sec-
retary, it was suggested that an interest-
ing article might be written on the subject
of whom, besides local people were interest-
ed in the city. Mr. Gray has just been
going over the tax list and sending out
letters relative thereto so the books were
handy and an examination made.
Where It Is Held.
Residents of two foreign countries hold
property here. The countries are Canada
and Panama. By this it is not meant
only one in each, own property but that
one or more are property owners. In
some of the states following, there are as
many as ten and twenty, still that only
counts for the one State. The States are,
California, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Iowa, Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Ilinois, North Dakota, Oregon,
Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Minnesota,
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Connecticut,
Arkansas, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mex-
ico. Now counting our own state of Texas,
this makes twenty-five or that Texas City is
represented by land investors in over half
the States in the Union.
Pretty Good Proof
One could hardly ask for better proof
that the eyes of the entire country are
upon us. What other ctiy of the size or
apxsthor"such a worldwide publicity. Just
a little more pull and a little more push
and all these people from the less favored
galvanized shingle. There will be two
halls and two baths- The other work to
begin today is a five room cottage on Sixth
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United States Cavalry, part of which is sta-
tioned here, was left in charge- He deploy-
ed his men into the bushes and weeds for
miles down the road. Search in the dark-
ness was all but impossible -
The booty captured by the Americans ac-
- cording to private telephone messages from
Ysleta, included 400 horses, an equal num-
ber of saddles and blankets, and a supply
of ammunition. The prisoners captured
by General Villa’s men proved to be inof-
More Actmty In
are springing up faster than ever. In a
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of Secretaries McAdoo and David F. Hous-
ton sitting today. A large delegation from
Memphis was also here and Kentucky was
represented -
Mr. Wexler advanced three propositions
for the creation of a great Southern district
with New Orleans as the financial and
banking center-
Proposition No. 1, all of Texas, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida
and the western half of Tennessee-
Proposition No. 2, all of the territory em-
braced in No. 1, excepting that part of Tex-
as west of San Antonio and Austin.
Proposition No. 3, same as No. 2, with
state of Georgia excluded-
The relations between Louisiana and
Texas, commercial, banking and otherwise,
was inquired into by Secretary Houston and,
apparently, his questioning was inspired by
the recent hearing in Texas, when the Lone
Star bankers made known their opposition
to being placed in a district with New
Orleans as the head.
hbaring before States wil! . hore xv th us ool th 0- all
vvee, composeu . .
our property will be in the hands of local
Yesterday Captain Siegle, of the 27th, ad-
vertised the loss of a female Spitz
dog answering to the name of Teddie. The
dog has been found and is now safely at
home- Many papers would have taken this
occasion to point with pride to the quick
work done by their advertising columns
claiming that someone saw the ad and im-
mediately returned the dog. How The Times
does better than that. Even before yester-
day’s paper had circulated throughout the
city, Teddie came home alone and the Cap
tan did not have to pay the reward. We
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Texas City Daily Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1914, newspaper, February 12, 1914; Texas City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1576476/m1/1/?q=texas: accessed June 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moore Memorial Public Library.