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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
6
Report fragment notes GBRK radio installed near a rescue shaft while Locisyie Post and Herald covered the scene. Representatives of news outlets debated using radio to relay Collins rescue updates to papers amid unsettled military seniorities.
Fort Worth report says Mrs. Bessie Mae Presser, 32, died from burns suffered Jan 19 when her dress ignited at home. She shielded her three year old daughter, shouting for help as she ran to safety, a neighbor aiding after the blaze. Pneumonia later complicated her condition.
In London, a chancery case between relatives was settled but left the question of costs. The court allowed a coin toss between 500 pounds and 400 pounds in costs, with the plaintiff winning the larger amount. The judge did not participate but did not object.
Grayson M Graber a Washington county Board of Education clerk and expert accountant has disappeared from his Hagerstown Maryland post since February 2. Officials report his books and accounts are in good order. A World War Marine veteran Graber is son in law to City Councilman Elmer Kiracofe and his wife a local teacher is deeply distressed by the missing man.
A giant white whale was seen swimming against the MacKengie river current near Fort Good Tope in Alberta Keb, more than 300 miles from its Arctic Ocean habitat. The mammal hesitated at the upper ramparts and paused to cross the shallows despite the water sufficiency for crossing.
An anti masking bill and two companion measures filing with county clerks concerning secret organization memberships reached the Senate today. Introduced by Senator Holbrook of Galveston, the measures mirror House Manan bills and are said to target the Ku Klux Klan.
A testimonial ad from Meg Mark Miele of Linden Michigan claims a twenty year leg pain was cured by Petersen's remedy. She says five jars cleared piles and skin troubles after frequent applications and asks readers to mail order from Buffalo New York and other locations.
Directors of the association appoint committees at a luncheon at the St Anthony Hotel. Leigh Simmers of the General Organization of New York and Chicago will lead the campaign to raise 300000 dollars for exposition grounds and buildings.
At the St Anthony Hotel a Rotary Club of San Antonio luncheon marked National Boy Scout Week. The 35 piece Seane band performed under director G Tiss with a program of popular music. Arthur A scout commissioner was introduced along with Fr B Cham secretary of the Army MI A and a newly elected Rotary member.
A group of 12 members of the Boy Scout Band at San Antonio entertained the Kiwanis Club at the Gunter Hotel Friday with a special program arranged for the observance of national Der Scant Werk.
Sing Sing inmates and staff presented Warden Lewis E. Lawes with a heavy gold emblem as he began his sixth year as warden. The warden, famed for humane treatment and reforms, is a strong opponent of capital punishment.
In Yonkers New York Feb 2 four men admitted taking $12 from a cafe cash register after demanding money and possessing a fake New York policeman. The proprietor fled to the street and alerted authorities. all four were arrested nearby.
Philadelphia February 24 We seek to establish chapters in foreign countries by Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Emmerson Packard Worthy Grand Chief announced at the final session of the national congress held at the Beller Stratford Hotel. He said this would be the first effort by American college youth to bring English speaking fraternities into relations.
New York February 74 The Southern Pacific company did not change its $6 annual dividend on capital stock after months of anticipation for an increase.
San Antonio selects four society girls Lorraine Terry Dorothy Anna Stauffer La Motte Wright Page Fenable to appear in the Bambaline number with Wallace Brennon in the Empire Follies to rival New York standards. Local impresarios praise the selections and compare them with celebrated beauty tastemakers.
Harlan Wy February 14 Ward Lankford a mountaineer sues ten years in state penitentiary for stealing 50 cents from jail visitors. John Wyatt convicted of murdering Lena Gurlee reportedly facing a similar sentence. clemency hopes rise. Wratt says he expects release in about three years if his record stays good.
TE Pennsylvania readers report a giant box huckleberry bush claimed as the oldest plant in the world. The 25 inch trunk and mile long growth drew visitors after Dr Edward T Wherry of the Agriculture Department announced the bush’s extraordinary age and size.
The article notes a surge in home industry cosmetics, with domestic output valued between 5 million and 109 million dollars alongside reduced European sources. It cites a National Geographic assessment that metropolitan centers in Europe are no longer the primary suppliers as imports remain concentrated in perfumes and materials.
In Omaha on February 11 Lorens Konig inherited 117000 in negotiable securities from his son Dr Albert B Koenig. He will continue to stack shingles in an Omaha timber yard earning a week. He said he will save the estate for his three remaining children.
In Coleman Michigan Victor Pagerley was jailed after allegedly stabbing 10 year old Marguerite Todd near her home after school. Sheriff Thermas Veuilee said Pagerley confessed to killing the girl with a pocket knife.
In a continuing Lewis murder probe, Ed Priory, at local army posts, is cleared with an alibi for the night of the death. Officers pursue connections to a money trail and bloody hand marks on the car seats while tracing payments to auto firms and merchants.
Polish deputies and 111 senators enjoy free rail travel, spending much of their time on trips across the country with little connection to legislative duties. Objections arise over whether parliament should be free to travel only when itineraries involve the capital.
The mayor offers to take over garbage collection at $11,200 a year after street commissioner John Schafer sought a higher appropriation. He vetoes a larger budget and says he will perform the work himself.
The London market faces a shortage of ashes as demand for tennis courts rises. Private buyers struggle to obtain supplies amid road building and purification plant expansion increasing ash usage.
Henry Wagner a 47 year old laborer shot himself near Lakeside Park Oakland after a prior suicide attempt New Year’s Day when fumes from a gas jet were inhaled. He left an estate of more than 20000 dollars to a friend and two notes were found in his room including one to Mrs. Clara Young of Oakland.
In New Haven Connecticut a jealous wife murdered her seven year old son Edward with a razor. She believed her husband loved the boy after earlier abuse and struck when he left for work. The motive centered on her fear of losing her husband's affection.
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