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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
1
Historical note discusses Vitalitas as a health tonic with listed minerals and claims of unique efficacy. It argues the whole preparation matters more than individual ingredients and mentions synthetic versions and universal uses for stomach liver kidneys bowels and blood. A promotional line lists Sommer's drug store offering samples.
Report from Rome and Paris on August 12 describes the Russian army as safe after repulsing Austrian attempts to cross the frontier through Alpine passes. Italian war office commends Alpine troops for thwarting enemy maneuvers near Forno glacier and Ospunna Cedex, with skirmishes noted on the Carso plateau. Bulgarian minister Airow in the Tribune discusses Balkan Entente negotiations, denying Bulgaria’s claimed indispensability and noting no change to its program after the treaty signing.
A garbled excerpt discusses reparation and the principle of nationality within the Entente, mentioning Tephy and Tiligarla and unclear figures. The passage reads as a non-coherent jumble about historical aims and postwar principles without clear events or names.
SKS Rotary Club discusses ad movement and public affairs with notes on a luncheon program. Louly Ducker and a quartet perform, Miss Baum Lipps accompanies, and Fouttine leaves for Dale. A push to increase Aransas Pass shipments is urged by SB Weller. Fred Hammert presides as toastmaster.
Alfred Schender applies for a storm dwelling permit on Avenue G for 1500 dollars. J H Browne seeks a room store on Agarita Avenue for 5600. Magnolia Petroleum Co files for barns and sheds at Catalina and Soldier. In Laredo a shooting leaves Mexican Tomankava wounded at night. Five soldiers were seen on a curb then fled. Nava, shot in the back, is hospitalized with possible recovery. A private from the Fourteenth Cavalry is arrested with more arrests expected.
The front page reports General Fanston asking for troops and stating none would be sent without his request. He has not shown Governor Ferguson the message from Secretary Girrison authorizing troops as many as he deems necessary. Dispatches quote General Nafarelle denying troop incursions and noting Mexican troublemakers as neither Carranza nor Ville craons.
Reports describe a Mexican gang raiding near Lyford and Mercedes with soldiers and peace officers pursuing across a 100 mile zone. Night Watchman Fritz Georgie was wounded near Javard. the Mexican suspect was shot while escaping. A broader pattern of bandit activity and rumors of 2000 troops on the border are noted, with conflicting accounts of fighting near Edinburgh and Edinburg.
Aug 18. Rumors that border bandits are crossing Banta Gertrudis ranch and head toward Kingsville have prompted night guards to patrol Kingsville residences by night. The street lights burn all night instead of turning off at 11. Sheriff Scarborough and deputies seek two Mexicans who visited the dairy of Robert Simmons, two miles from Kingsville, and demanded he roundup his livestock.
The Mission Chamber of Commerce wired the National Rifle Association in Washington requesting rifles and ammunition at once. Officials said the town would need to form a club before guns could be issued, a process taking three or four months, noting similar rifle clubs formed in New Mexico and Arizona.
In Austin and Rockport discussions center on issuing state troops to border duty as tension rises. Assistant Adjutant General McCalmont prepares plans to avoid delays while Governor Jarguson, Adjutant General Blutekings, and Garner meet to weigh sending forces. Meanwhile Missouri Kansas Texas railroad plaits honor Texas warrants under emergency orders.
Secret service agents and government officers began a probe into suspected Mexican sympathy with uprisings in Southern Texas. Arms shipments to Cochise and Pinal counties were reported, including 25 rifles bound for Mexicans near Dragoon. Mexican meetings at Johnson Camp, seven miles from Dragoon, are under scrutiny. A constable’s son was attacked by an unidentified Mexican. Extermination urged to remove border marauders, says Claude Hudspeth of El Paso, claiming bandits are likely Mexican soldiers from nearby bridges.
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