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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
5
A patchwork of timetable entries shows arrivals and departures by station and line. It includes Houston connections, Kerrville, El Paso, Cuero and Victoria services with morning and evening times and Sunday exceptions.
Six white men from Zwolle Sabine parish Robert Henderson Eldon Henderson Eugene Allman William Allman Lee Norwood and Rolly Self were jailed in Shreveport charged under the federal anti labor intimidation statute. They allegedly conspired to drive away black saw mill workers at Sabine Lumber in Zwolle amid union organizing, and they are accused of shooting a Black worker who was not fatally injured. A U S Marshal will hear the case before Judge Slattery today.
Texas education department announces statewide teachers certificates exam at each county seat on August 31 and September 1. County boards may grade only second grade county certificates. all other papers go to the state board for grading.
Fire in Dalhart Texas presumed incendiary burned a carload of furniture in the Fort Worth and Denver yards last night. Loss estimated at about 5000 dollars.
Houston August 15 five complaints alleging violation of the pure food laws are described as the forerunner of many more at the district attorney's office.
Capt Charles Schreiner of Kerrville announces a mass meeting in Fort Worth on September 12 and 18 to examine why producers earn about 2 dollars less per hundredweight while meat prices rise. He cites packers and retailers as main culprits and suggests direct producer to consumer sales could trim 300 percent middleman profits and fuel a national drive.
Delegates from across Kentucky converge in Louisville to decide support for Henry Watterson who opposes extending the county unit law or back the county unit and oppose Watterson. Watterson a delegate from the district attacks Beckham and alleges backers push for prohibition through county unit changes.
Liverpool remains tense as 8000 troops guard order amid a general strike impact on transport. A Cunard liner Carlionda cannot depart for New York while docks operate under guard. Riot effects calm but not resolved.
Halifax Aug 15 Forest fires sweeping northward have destroyed more than half Clyde River village. Thirty three houses and two lumber mills burned as the blaze advances. One man is missing and probably perished. Port Clyde and Cape Negro face grave danger while Liverpool is almost surrounded. Millions of feet of timber are destroyed.
London reports only slight shift in the strike with a few dock laborers and railway carriers resuming duties. The settlement with the dock workers is not permanent and a renewed walkout could occur, though the grievances cited are viewed as less severe than past concessions.
President Taft refuses additional executive clemency for Raymond P. May former business manager of a Kansas City newspaper who was convicted of using the mails to defraud in mining stock sales. He had his original one year sentence commuted to six months earlier.
After an all night battle Cincinnati fire crews gained control of a blaze at Chester Park and the Farrin born lumber plant adjoining it. The fire destroyed five acres and caused an estimated 400000 in losses with 300000 borne by the lumber company. Dozens of firemen and park workers were treated for burns and heat exhaustion but no fatalities occurred.
Word from Los Angeles reports Major David Castleman seriously ill. A noted raiser and exhibitor of show horses, he had been in poor health and went to California three months ago for a climate hoped to help him. He is son of Cob John Castleman and brother of Lieutenant Kenneth Castleman US Navy.
A Cromwell and Sherman hoisting engine used for excavating the Commercial Building on Euclid avenue near East Ninth street was blown up by a heavy powder charge late last night. The blast alarmed central Cleveland but there were no labor troubles reported.
Mike McDonald resigns after fourteen years as justice of the peace for precinct No. 1 Houston due to ill health. John H. Crocker is named as his successor.
The nationwide surge in railway strikers prompted reorganizing passenger services in many areas. Premier Asquitl held a conference with ministers and labor leaders to discuss the dispute and seek a resolution.
In Lowell Massachusetts Anna Quinn aged 11 is killed by a revolver fired by her 12 year old playmate Thelma Borg. The girls found a revolver, one girl pressed it to the other’s heart and threatened to kill, then the weapon discharged fatally.
In Havana on August 15 Miguel Gomez son of President Gomez and Andre editor of El Dia exchanged shots in front of a cafe near Hotel Inglaterra. All bullets missed or hurt no one as spectators watched. Neither man was arrested.
Gold teeth of a forest skeleton found twenty miles east of Shingletown identify the victim as KE M Carpenter, a 54 year old trapper who disappeared January 25, 1909 from his cabin near Shingletown. His brother A 2 Carpenter lives in Texarkana Texas.
In Memphis Tennessee on August 15 W W Taylor was named receiver for the All Night and Day bank after president E L Hendrey was arrested in Oklahoma City on banking law violations. Taylor faces the bank with expert accountants and a $40000 bond. he expects depositor payment.
A man named Harris, a leprosy patient, is on the loose in Austin after being brought from a farm near Hutto. Police search is underway as the county lacks facilities to care for lepers and health authorities must decide his disposition once found.
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