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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1916
Page
5
Athens report says Prime Minister Skouloudis offers to subscribe 1 million dollars to an international loan if floated. The note corrects a prior story claiming he gave 1,000,000 to the state outright to cover mobilized troops families and treasury shortfalls.
An old advertisement contrasts calomel with Dodson's Liver Tone, warning salivating mercury products injure bones and cause illness. It touts Dodson's as a safe, vegetable liver remedy backed by a money back guarantee, claiming morning vitality and regular bowels.
A stream of travelers checks into San Antonio hotels including the Gunter and St. Anthony. Notables and regular guests include William J. Lyman of Dallas, W. R. Jones of Brownsville, George Kingsland of St. Louis, E. A. Tokrea of Bisbee, El Paso visitors, and others from Rochester to New York, Houston, and Kansas City.
In Houston the nineteenth annual Texas Federation of Labor convention opened with H. L. Spencer of the Houston Labor Council praising progress in overcoming prejudice against the labor movement. About 200 delegates from most state industrial branches attended as Governor Ferguson sat on the platform. George H. Slater stood in for President Cunningham who had not yet arrived.
Joliet, April 24. Herbert Dickout an honor convict escaped early today and is hunted by fifty honor men and guards. His prison mates demand hard labor in the prison quarry if recaptured.
A recruiting station for the Alamo Civilian Training Camp opened Monday in Alamo with Lt. E Kearsley Sterling in charge. The Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club launched efforts to gain leave with pay for employees at large city firms. Barrett Specification Company has granted leaves to twelve men, and local posters are being distributed. Sterling predicts 400 enrollments soon as 72 San Antonians registered Saturday morning.
A 35 year old Mexican man was jailed in Bexar County after deputies arrested him at a local slaughterhouse for attempting to sell a four horn ram that had been stolen from Henry Hoffman of West Commerce Street. The ram was stolen last week and the suspect is held on theft charges.
A 1915 testimonial from Arthur E. Goodrich of Co. F 17th Infantry Eagle Pass Texas praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin healing after two months of use. The ad offers free samples by mail with a 32-page Skin Book and directs requests to Cuticura Dept. T Boston.
The city deploys more traffic officers in downtown during Fiesta week with officers on sidewalks and white gloves. Detectives work a busy morning as plain clothes officers and regular force handle duties amid burglaries and shop entries in the San Antonio area.
Police from Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Houston teams will assist in preventing crooks from becoming too active as an intercity crackdown expands to curb criminal activity.
In La Crosse on April 24, three hundred feet of Burlington railroad tracks at East Winona were swept away by the rising Mississippi. Thousands of acres on the Wisconsin side are inundated as the river runs 12 feet above the land beyond the embankment. An army of men is at work.
Notes report the Great Drainage District near Tremaleau flooded with miles of railway embankments between La Crosse and Winona at risk of washouts from weeks of high water. Also mentions a Sunday rail run from Sutherland Springs and an overseas corn shipment update from Berlin with Romania sending 60 000 carloads to Germany and Austria.
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