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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
9
In the large pastures south of town, grass fires are costly amid a long drought. Farmers and residents discuss prevention methods as dry grass and careless smokers along roadsides spark blazes. Officials warn of growing danger from lighted matches and cigarettes.
Fragmentary text notes a legal action connected to a highway project. Names and specifics are garbled, but mentions injuries and a person possibly named Probst. The outcome or exact parties remain unclear due to damaged source text.
Termugrin, a negro, was found guilty of three criminal assaults on Rosa Pandra, a fourteen year old white girl, in Groveton. The verdict was read in Harris County jail with a slight show of applause from the courtroom. State troops guarding the defendant returned home on Monday.
Seguin Texas August 12 A five year old girl daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Kuehler Heine west of Seguin was bitten on the hand yesterday by a rattlesnake She was in a very serious condition for several hours but is now thought to be out of danger
The gas well brought in Tuesday was shut off after workers placed a temporary seal. Mud sand and water had been spouted into the air due to the escape, but a cut-off valve stopped the leak and the supply is believed unlimited once the valve is reopened.
An appeal issued by the Association of Jews In Germany, drafted by Levi, calls America to halt munitions shipments fueling shelling of Polish towns. The message portrays European devastation, urging action to spare civilian lives and protect childhood homes from violence and destruction.
Corpus Christi council defers high tax rate for 1915 to $1.36 per $190 valuation, citing a year’s expenditure of $176,000 and taxable values at $ SG. The council also orders ward redistricting to ease overcrowding, with a sixth ward adjustment proposed. Estate of Fink valued at $7,509 after accidental death in Dallas, administration arranged by Mrs. Fink. State official Collins returns from Marlin awaiting attorney general opinion on quarantine measures. Charters issued for Peoples Gin Company Vernon and Ames Company Dallas, plus Ames Good Roads Construction Company Galveston for road work.
A campaign to advertise San Antonio's advantages launches with a $10,000 fund and an additional pledge, aiming to draw visitors. The meeting at the El Anthon Motel marks the start of a publicity movement backed by local business and civic leaders to promote tourism and developments in the city.
AUSTIN Aug 12 The state’s antitrust case against the Houston brewing interests continued with I Prince of Houston head of the American Brewing Association on the stand. The testimony focused on distribution agreements among breweries and whether signatures and agency plans in Sealy and Lone Star Brew were abandoned. Witness Luther Nickels questioned letters dated 1901 and the role of proposed agencies while the defense pressed on shipment and credit arrangements. The hearing addressed whether license terms and payments to dealers complied with established practices and whether any cross‑markups or deposits were required.
A freight train collision at Orient Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line killed four men and injured more than twenty, many seriously. The victims were part of a Knights of Pythias group from Mount Sterling, Ohio, returning from a gathering near Sandusky with families aboard.
In a Chandler district court in October 1865 the Maxfield case against him and accomplices moved toward jury deliberation after defense witnesses claimed he did not ride with the bandits and had sold a wagon before the robbery. Henry Starr and Cowie Mates admit involvement and received pistols, while two state witnesses failed to identify Maxfield. Jury expected to hear closing arguments tonight.
Labor troubles spread from Bridgeport to nearby towns as a mass meeting at Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport drew 70 workers yesterday and a threatened strike loomed at Farrell Foundry and Machine in Ansonia. Locomobile Company faced wage hour adjustment demands of about 60 workers, with a reply anticipated today.
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