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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
5
Chicago delegates at western Republican and Democratic national committee offices monitor the pending railway strike for its possible effect on campaign plans. tentative meetings are being considered but no firm arrangements until rail action is clear.
In Lima and Allen County a mob attempted a lynching of Charles Daniels accused in a Mrs Barber case. Sheriff Sherman Eley seized Daniels, led the mob to Ottawa, and was attacked and injured before escaping. Governor Willis prepared to mobilize National Guard if unrest returns.
Soldiers on the Somme riverfront wear gas masks as protection against potential gas attacks from enemy lines. The portable equipment shields troops as they advance and hold positions in the contested sector.
Today's Army orders grant Captain Arthur M. Shipp two months leave of absence from infantry and First Lieutenant Francis H. Farnum one month from infantry.
Shanghai officials reveal British censorship of 147 bags of American mail from Vancouver aboard the Empress of Russia. The move even extended to the official mail of the American consulate.
Lytle Nail and Claude Benyon fished two weeks near Flat Rock Cave in Shelbyville Indiana without luck until returning to shore a log struck by Nails oar caused a splash. Two bass weighing about two pounds each slid into the boat and were retrieved.
Official notice by the County Commissioners' Court orders the San Antonio Country Club to move back a fence encroaching about fifteen feet on the Country Club road. Other items note a gunshot injury in Comfort and local collisions. legal notices involve Presidio county and county judge designation questions.
Detectives Green and Harris and Deputy Sheriff Newton arrested a second suspect Wednesday after a Monday burglary at Henry Garrett's store 601 River Avenue. Five automobile tires valued at 70 dollars were stolen and later recovered. The tires were sold for 25 dollars.
The item notes the succession at the sum of 5000 with Mr Loving succeeding Leo Meerscheidt who resigned. A Dixie Shirt Waist Dance at W O W Hall on Saturday September 2 with Willett's Orchestra is advertised. Roy Barneburg reports from Uvalde on the Texas Dry Farming Congress to the Bexar county commissioners. Kehoe Loan Co advertises loans on valuables. Paul Scholz returns from New York after studying school office methods in New York and Cincinnati.
Washington reports Germany sent a note to the State Department asserting the submarine attack on the American steamer Owego was not unfriendly. The note says the Owego captain ignored signals after ten warning shots and declined to surrender papers. The German government maintains the submarine acted properly though the Owego violated international law, shifting blame to the steamer.
Aubrey Schofield of San Antonio withdraws from the national 10 mile swimming race on Labor Day in the Mississippi River due to an impending railroad strike. He will report to Pittsburg University by September 10 after leaving St. Louis to reach the Pennsylvania city before the strike.
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