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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
4
Citizens urge a vote against Wright in the fire and police commissioner race. They allege the Citizens League dominates city politics and that Wright is a tool of the machine, urging voters to cast a ballot to curb machine influence and support Uhr or Tobin.
The Becker murder conviction highlighted how District Attorney Whitman exposed graft in Gotham and spurred a police reform era. The NYPD faced upheaval as it reorganized from a graft-focused force to a merit based department under Commissioner Arthur Woods, transforming the patrol and “strong arm” traditions.
After more than a month of fighting at Verdun the German advance nears Pepper Hill and the Ridge of Charny, positions whose capture would threaten Verdun. French lines form a horseshoe around the fortress with supply routes along the Meuse, while German pressure concentrates from southeast to northwest.
The New York police, urged by efficiency, answer a series of hypothetical questions about tough on the job situations. Scenarios include warped alarms, fire, burglars, and ordnance issues, highlighting a shift toward analytic thinking and potential policy changes amid wartime Verdun concerns.
A man in East St. Louis who sought to reconcile with his wife had her arrest him after delivering a crayon enlargement of her portrait. She called police, suspecting harm, after recognizing the package. The piece recalls craned family portraits and their chilling gaze from brick walls.
The Kansas City Journal reports mixed interpretations of Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz’s resignation. Some view it as a Kaiser safeguard against US conflict, others see it as a Chancellor victory or a neutral national supremacy statement amid German political tensions.
The Verdun siege is described as a key symbolic clash where the French defenders held a large salient. German forces initially attacked head on and then shifted to pressure from northwest and southeast as the assault faced growing resistance.
A Boston Post editorial argues for taxing war munitions profits through the corporate income tax. It says higher government revenues from war orders would function as an effective munitions tax and rebalance public benefits by taxing arms makers’ windfalls.
A Beaumont Enterprise editorial argues that increasing cotton acreage will raise profits for shipowners who have profited since the war. It says owners charge 15 to 25 dollars per base to haul cotton overseas and keep prices unfair for growers, calling the situation graft.
Pittsburg extends friendship to youthful sister cities in the United States including Chicago Cleveland St. Louis San Francisco Detroit Buffalo Kansas City Denver Cincinnati Indianapolis Minneapolis Atlanta Milwaukee noting their charter years and ages as the centennial observance unfolds.
Edmond Lureau resolves to marry Henrietta Busson despite a cryptic warning from a senior attendant who whispers that he is making a mistake. The groom confronts the man after the ceremony, learns only that the servant dislikes marriages, and pays him to reveal the source of his doubt.
A series of Indianapolis incidents shows drivers pushing luck at night. One car rolls in a ditch after a sleepy driver claims steering gear failure. A separate crossing collision leaves ribs broken and a funeral held for a passenger. A third auto veers into an oncoming interurban, killing a rear-seat passenger as the driver admits haste.
A guide leading tourists in Egypt proclaims a high Priest lived long and died of illness. A passenger asks if the final illness was fatal, and the guide replies with a pitying smile. The wagerfish passenger quips that the mummy seems permanently cured by its appearance.
A tale of the Rose Fairy and the Golden Bumblebee returning north after winter. The Rose Fairy falls ill from cold, the Bumblebee seeks help from Beetle and Pussy Willows, who provide a warm coat and bed to ease her fever as spring approaches.
Dr Wiley with a sleepy intern treats a stout Irish patient who cannot breathe. The patient recites numbers aloud, and the doctor, listening with eyes closed, checks lung action by asking him to count. The scene unfolds in a hospital ward with a humorous touch.
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