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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
2
In Minneapolis a jury is seated for the trial of Frederick T. Price on a charge of murdering his wife after she was found at the foot of a cliff with a crushed skull. The defense alleges Price killed her and a key witness, Etchinson, may testify about complicity for money.
Judge Hunt directs the jury to decide if a conspiracy to monopolize commerce existed dating from 1890, noting the crime lies in restraining trade. The Sound Lines agreement of 1886 is ruled potentially unlawful under the Sherman law and whether it remained in effect after 1890 is for the jury to weigh.
Washington January 7 The White House social season begins with a reception tonight honoring delegates to the Pan American Scientific Congress. More than 4000 invitations have been issued.
Associated Press dispatch from Paris reports four special trains carrying dogs to French front lines. One train with twenty five cars each holds twenty five dogs to chase rats from trenches while three trains totaling about fifteen hundred dogs from Canada will serve in mountains and sanitary services and as sentinels.
Berlin dispatch reports the army hospital service has a dedicated hospital in Jena for dog patients. Built by convalescent soldiers, the facility has treated several dogs, amid the broader war effort. The dogs have rescued at least 39,000 wounded soldiers who otherwise would have perished.
Details of intense combat describe brutal clashes on the ridge northeast of the front. Generals Cayley Baldwin Cooper and their troops fight with steadfast courage as Turkish assaults falter. Casualties for Birdwood’s force approach 12,000, with the 13th Division suffering heavy losses. Public reports praise soldiers while criticising authorities for reinforcements delays.
Former president William H. Taft served as godfather at the christening of his grandson William Howard Taft III in Cincinnati. The infant boy is six months old and the son of Robert Taft.
Hunger thirst and terror marked the voyage of the 177 passengers on the Greek steamer Thessaloniki as five weeks of gales battered the ship. They were transferred to the Patris with baggage lost and endured scarce meat and water before reaching New York. The captain repeatedly refused to send wireless calls for aid despite pleas from passengers and crew.
The first officer relayed dire conditions aboard the Florizes with scarce water, no meat for two weeks, and rationing as the crew sighted danger. On December 31 the Patris approached. the captain salvaged water and meat but the vessel leaked. By New Year the captain surrendered hope and passengers were moved to the Patris after two hours.
At a Friday noon meeting the San Antonio Rotary Club announced 87 500 posterettes sold by members and local businesses. The effort aims to canvass the city in two weeks and reach a million posterettes, with designs by local residents and printed here.
The British government set an ocean freight rate of $2 a hundred pounds for cotton shipped from the United States to England in British vessels, with confiscation of the offending ship as penalty for overcharge. Current rates from American ports run from $2.60 to $3 per hundred pounds due to tankage shortages.
A registered receipt shows Carranzista funds totaling 15000 dollars arrived at Del Rio Bank and Trust, shipped by registered mail from the mail car robbed earlier. The shipment valued about 3600 in American currency was initially reported as stolen with other registered packages.
Representative Gardner voices support for embargoing war munitions as a necessary measure. He argues neutrality would fail and a peacetime Europe now would be inconclusive and risk another war. He attacks pacifists hyphenated Americans and cotton interests in the debate.
Mrs. Martha Neal 68 died at her Irvin street home at midnight Thursday. A Liberty county Texas native she lived in San Antonio for 20 years. She is survived by nine sons Lon Neal Batson Tex Walter Neal Alexandria La Ed George Burgess P C Janie Ray and Dee Neal all of San Antonio two daughters Beulah Saylor and Jesse Lithcum also of San Antonio and twenty grandchildren. Funeral service was held at 3 pm Friday from the home and interment followed at Mission Burial Park.
Jesse Walker 39 died Thursday morning at a San Antonio sanitarium after traveling from Copperas Cove for medical care. Native of Texas, he worked as a farmer and is survived by relatives in Copperas Cove. Body sent there for interment by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
Advertisement notes Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment with contact by two phones 71.
A full grown bear was killed on New Year’s night near the Pleasan ton road just three miles from downtown San Antonio. Frank Rubio reported the incident to Police Captain Brown on Thursday. A renter on Rubio’s truck garden fired birdshot at two bears, hitting one and killing it. the second bear bore a chain about its neck.
Glossy evergreen ligustrums endure for centuries and suit landscapes as background screens borders and windbreaks. Ramsey's Austin Nursery in San Antonio invites consultation for planning and planting home grounds in a natural informal style. offers trees up to ten feet tall and ships to Texas cities California and Oregon.
Victor E. Innes and Ida May Innes fight extradition from Texas to Georgia for felonies. Judge Ward says the case may be submitted to the U S Supreme Court, arguing the Inneses came to Texas as prisoners, not by choice, challenging Texas extradition. Former Senator Bailey handles Washington side as associate counsel.
An old newspaper ad touts Bromo Quinine Laxative with bold claim Cures a Cold in One Day. It urges callers to seek the full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUIT NINE and notes a signature by E. W. Grove. Price 25c.
County commissioners in Pleasanton express hesitation to buy the Worley-Logan oiling machine after demonstrations in San Antonio and Bexar county. Charles X. Gutzeit notes wear on Pleasanton road strips will guide whether a $6000 investment is warranted, insisting the machine must prove its value before a vote.
An earth tonic named Vitilitas is said to relieve chronic ailments after other treatments fail. It supposedly benefits indigestion biliousness rheumatism nervous debility and disorders of liver kidneys bowels and blood while being safe for children. Sold by Sommers Drug Store and all druggists.
A clipped sentence discusses preferring the countryside investment of six thousand dollars and contrasts it with other unspecified options. The fragment implies evaluating a large venture against alternative strategies without providing concrete details or outcomes.
The Jim Wells County prohibition election, won by the pros on November 12, was upheld today in district court in Alice Texas. The anti forces argued the petition lacked 250 voter names as required by law. The case has been appealed.
In Egypt the Assuan dam will allocate part of its 156000 horsepower capacity to produce atmospheric nitrogen by electricity. This use highlights the integration of hydroelectric output with industrial nitrogen synthesis and reflects broader plans for energy utilization in the region.
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