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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
5
The city council unanimously adopted a tentative 1915 budget of $1,532,352.75 and approved a Somers system for property valuations funded from the contingent, while denying some salary raises and debating street widening projects including North Alamo Street.
Washington reports a new rule erasing personal titles for post office executives and ordering title only references. The change covers all divisions from the postmaster general to routine staff, replacing names with formal roles in all official communications.
Elizabeth Heath, 18, an orphan, told a crowd in Stuyvesant Park that she could find no way out of disgrace in New York then swallowed poison. The incident occurred before bystanders as authorities attended to the scene.
In Washington on Aug 19 Pat Crowe the kidnapper from the Cudahy case was positively identified in the government hospital for the insane where he is confined after a 30 day vagrancy sentence for bathing in a park fountain. Police doubted his sanity as he claimed to be Crowe.
Acting Secretary Allen orders a sweeping sanitary inspection of railroad stations and trains. Inspectors of public buildings will conduct the inquiry and submit reports to the public health service for action.
San Antonio Automobile Club held its weekly noon luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel. Topics included traffic ordinance provisions, extending the fund-raising deadline to September 1, a possible radiator insignia bond with police acceptance, and a note of sympathy for Dr. Augustus Maverick's family.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments in men and women and regulate children's bladder issues. A bottle provides two months of treatment for $1.00 and may be mailed if not available locally.
The article discusses legal steps after a sentence and urges public sentiment against a Black prisoner. It notes a mandatory thirty day execution date, possible lynching opinions, and that if Johnson is tried this week he could be hanged in late September. The timing and method of execution are tied to a new county jail trap.
Dr. Augustus Maverick dies after grappling with the assailant Lee Johnson who also shoots Fenn Outolne and injures Bertha John as the intruder escapes. The elder Maverick fires at Johnson, who is later captured and jailed. The doctor and family details, including birth and funeral arrangements, are outlined along with a note on a new death penalty scaffold.
The medical field in San Antonio mourns the loss of Dr. Augustus Maverick a rising professional. He trained at the University of Texas Galveston and the University of Pennsylvania and completed a Vienna post graduate course before returning to practice in the city. He had been back about four years and had begun to establish his career.
Negro citizens and officials in San Antonio urge rapid justice after the killing of Dr Gus Maverick by Lee Johnson. Attorney L W Greenley asks Judge Anderson to expedite the case. Dr G I Starnes condemns the act, praises the Mavericks as upstanding citizens, and calls for the severest penalty.
The report discusses a proposed new gallows scaffold for use in a jail setting and notes it has never been tested in practice. It questions whether Johnson should be called upon to face the device.
The Maverick home cook Fena Outolne was shot by Johnson last night. Doctor S P Cunningham reports the wound is flesh deep and she is expected to recover. The assailant also struck her with fists, causing facial injuries mistaken for bullet wounds.
Kerrville Texas prepares for the fifteenth annual Kerrville fair opening tomorrow. A $500 horse race for 2 year olds leads tomorrow’s program with 17 entries and half the purse donated by local businessmen. R R Rose of the Agricultural and Mechanical College will install an educational exhibit on farming practices. Women’s exhibit preparations continue as a key attraction.
Beaumont traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce wired the Interstate Commerce Commission asking cancellation of southwestern lines tariff No. 21 N effective September 7 governing Texas Louisiana and Arkansas freight rates. Houston and other cities likely to join the effort.
Twelve deaths were reported as due to heat in Philadelphia yesterday with high humidity and a peak temperature of 92 degrees. The city acknowledged the heat wave as a contributing factor to the fatalities.
The water committee and the citizens water committee, appointed by the late Mayor Jones, will meet tomorrow to review ideas for a new contract with the water company. Mayor Brown and Alderman Baldwin described plans for further talks, with a Thursday conference possible once drafts are circulated.
Cincinnati August 19 The Chicago National League club was fined 500 by the National Baseball Commission for forming players to the Louisville club of the American Association. William Grayson Jr former Louisville club president was debarred from National Agreement clubs until reinstated by the commission.
Houston, Aug 19. Valenta Janek, a boy from Hallettsville, died after sprinting through intense heat to warn his parents that his sister was choking. He collapsed from the sun while saving his sister and died yesterday.
Governor appoints Jesse Jones of Houston to lead the Texas commission to raise funds for a suitable building and exhibit at the Panama Exposition. Other appointments remain unannounced.
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