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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
1
An ad laden report touts Vitalitas as a miracle cure aiding sleep digestion and vitality. It lists testimonials from men and women across several states praising weight gain strength and recovery, urging readers to visit Botmeer's Drug Store for display and samples.
Report notes U S recognition prospects for Carranza as diplomats prepare for conference. Carranza delegates argue control of most of Mexico, including key ports, with restored civil government and industry, aiming to press military advantages over Villa factions. Villa side plans to withdraw from peace talks.
A garbled report notes Mexican leaders and border clashes near Nogales. It mentions a failed attempt to establish control, warnings of incursion, and an apology for flight resulting in diplomatic tension. Names and details are unclear in the damaged text.
Aug 4 report from Tex states a special train left Fort Worth bound for Waco carrying 14 men on the second trade trip of the year arranged by the Young Men's Business League. In Fort Worth Aug 3 lumber firms pleaded not guilty in antitrust suits filed by the attorney general, contesting charges they bought and sold West Texas yards and fixed prices at multiple points.
Disaster in Eas Pa. sees rising deaths as crews search wreckage from the night flood. Coroner projects a duty list of about 75 with eight feet of debris. Naval units, state guard mobilized. Health officials order vaccination for floodwater contacts and disinfectants to curb spread. Estimated damage now near nine million dollars, down from earlier 2 million projection.
Aug. 5 TW A man named Butfer was remanded on a ten thousand one hundred dollar bond after a preliminary examination following the killing of Emmett Chambers as he plowed, with reports noting a dispute over stock as the cause.
The text recounts German advances toward Warsaw from the west and north, describing closings to the city, Russian counterattacks, and subsequent trench fighting around the Bzura and Manka fronts. It notes Hindenburg's February attempt, the capture of Prasnyez and the ensuing back-and-forth, with Warsaw described as a major industrial center of about 500,000 inhabitants and strategic significance on the Vistula.
London bulletin from Berlin states Warsaw has fallen to German forces. British observers fear evacuation delay may doom Grand Duke Nicholas’s hopes as German troops push toward Riga and Dvinsk. Russian resistance contends along the Narew, while Bavarians stand before Warsaw and Petrograd rail links face peril amid advancing German columns.
Warsaw dispatch cites official orders directing evacuation of Warsaw and Moscow universities and related administration changes. It notes removal of transport to the right bank of the Vistula and suspension of courses if return is impossible. A guard for law buildings, suppression of Jewish newspapers, and pay provisions for education staff and mechanical forces are described. Civilian mobilization details outline 1000 workers under head men and centurions with wages and board.
The issued statement reports grave enemy losses in attacks on Mount Medatts Garnin and notes slow progress on the left while maintaining positions on the right near Monte Schusi. It mentions attempts to recapture ground held by Allied forces were repelled with heavy losses and describes pursuing retreating troops toward Hamar and Do Beras.
A protest notes that alleged raiders near Brownsville do not belong to Mexican authorities or factions. Representative Beltran of Carranza's government in San Antonio investigates and reports the bandits may be American citizens or naturalized here, and they did not cross the border from Mexico, being a local matter. Military precautions are taken at Matamoros to stop raids into Texas from Mexico.
In Fort Worth Texas on August 5, Williema a youthful Black man convicted of murdering Oscer Seregsins and a messenger boy, was hanged after insisting on shine for his shoes before execution. He reportedly killed to get a motorcycle, then disposed of the body in a well.
In San Francisco Aug 5 the national conference on race betterment featured speeches by Stanford chancellor David Starr Turdan and others. Samuel G Dixon urged practical focus not sentiment in marriage and reproduction policy while Edgar Thowett of the US ethnology bureau warned against enforcing assimilation of Mexicans through force.
The state organization held an investigation to review tentative assessments for about nineteen oil companies in Oklahoma City. The proposed assessments total over 40 thousand dollars. The session included mention of a Sunday service at 9216 and related route details.
Aug 3 report notes widespread public subscriptions to a war loan in British India. Subscriptions totaling about 5 million dollars were raised through Bombay and Calcutta while sessions across major cities and temples and in rural areas supported the effort. Travelers' Hotel and other spots were named in coverage as centers of fundraising activity.
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