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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
4
The San Antonio Light and the San Antonio Gazette are part of Exclusive Leasen Wire Day Report by the Associated Press. Publication office located at 509 511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D in San Antonio.
The notice lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery, with 1 year in advance options. Readers are asked to report address changes with old and new addresses and to notify the office if delivery is irregular. Phone numbers Crockett 1742 and 176 are provided for changes. The paper notes sale at hotels and newsstands and lists Paul Block offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit.
The daily edition averaged 22 421 copies and the Sunday edition 26 671. Net paid daily 20 654 and Sunday 4 857. Audit Bureau certification deemed authoritative by advertisers. The paper can guarantee 50 percent higher paid circulation to San Antonio advertisers.
The piece likens Samuel Gompers to a target in a comic duel with Senator Sherman of Illinois, predicting a spectacle to amuse a nation. It admires neither side’s looks yet envisions a public fight and notes the absurdity of political theatre. It ends with praise for the International Stewards and a jab at noisy diners.
The International Stewards vow to simplfy dining by removing foreign terms from menus at their convention. They aim to restore plain spoken food names and avoid unfamiliar phrases, promising a relief that reaches beyond slogans to practical understanding for all diners.
A harsh attack on El Paso journalists accuses local correspondents of peddling false war news. The piece claims city censorship failed, noting Riots and revolutions in Mexican towns and other dramatic but untrue dispatches. It argues government press bureaus abroad would be unnecessary if El Paso kept truthful reporting.
The article notes Texas newspapers and their correspondents struggle to obtain primary election results as returns are locked up for a week, delaying reporting unless present at every polling place. It highlights the broader impact on press access to timely counts.
A writer urges equal rules for general and primary elections to keep the public informed. The piece notes current law provides two copies for general elections but only one for primaries, delaying disclosure. It suggests election officers use a carbon copy to send an extra, unsealed copy to the county clerk for prompt public access.
The Utica Observer comments on the delay in achieving peace under President Wilson, arguing that criticizing him for not delivering a quick victory is overly technical. It praises the country’s peace and notes America can still fight when necessary.
San Antonio has paved over sixty five miles of streets in the fiscal years, totaling 2 757 047 68 dollars. The city contributed 1 280 097 73 and the property owners 1 476 649 95, a favorable split for residents according to the Houston Post.
The endorsement follows his acceptance speech and may shape the campaign by highlighting federal suffrage. Both party platforms support state grants, and President Wilson has backed suffrage by state action, including voting for New Jersey's state amendment.
The piece supports a child labor bill moving to the U S Senate for action. It argues states failed to act, calling for federal protection to keep children from factory work and sweatshops, while ensuring education and childhood pleasures. President Wilson is cited as favoring its passage and expects quick enactment.
The Dallas Journal notes candidate Hughes leans on a composite platform, with one foot on the Susan B Anthony suffrage plank and another on a reunited party theme. It sees him mixing platforms to weld Progressivism into the Republican base while critiquing the resulting inconsistency.
The state fire insurance commission ruled it will not authorize inspections of fire risks unless the insuring company is licensed to do business in Texas. The ruling targets old-line companies, mutuals, reciprocals, and other associations writing in the state without proper authorization. If part of a risk is written by a licensed firm and part by an unlicensed one, the commission may authorize inspection upon request from the licensed company.
Pe chaulie loses three hundred francs at the club and borrows time by pawning a cane with a golden handle. In a Paris pawn office he meets Lucie Camine, a hopeful fiancée with a priceless family brooch, as they await the fate of her heirloom. He helps her by handling the pawnbroker's process while fearing exposure of the plan.
A summer luncheon idea using mayonnaise of chicken as a base. Assemble ingredients on a center sauce, add chopped cold chicken lettuce hard boiled egg shrimp olives, then top with liver puree and capers for garnish. Serve in individual portions.
National Geographic Society notes Stanislau as a key railway junction feeding five directions toward Lemberg Czernowitz Stryj and Budapest. The town, with 33000 people, was a railroad shops center plus dyeing milling and tile making. Potocki tomb marks the parish church. Stanislau burned in 1868.
Josephus dispatch from the Philadelphia Public Ledger questions the Navy Department a request to rewrite Captain W Sims’s Jutland analysis arguing neutrality should not bias truth. It argues Sims tested evidence by reason and experience and drew lessons for American naval officers. It criticizes Jellicoe’s report as inconclusive and Berlin’s statements as evasive.
Tip the squirrel leaves Baby John and nurse to visit family. He plays with cousins and tries to fly like them, falls and hurts a leg, but is helped by his mother. He decides his city home with Baby John suits him best and plans to stay.
The Baltimore Sun notes that presidential campaigns do not harm business, citing Scribner’s Magazine argues past contests, including 1880 and 1912, saw continued prosperity. It dismisses the lingering panic theory tied to party control and tariff changes as unfounded.
Martin Green reports New York Guardsmen in Texas complain of heat, homesickness, and poor conditions. He argues soldiers serve best by obeying orders and supporting war prevention, not seeking spectacle. The piece urges guardsmen to act gallantly rather than gripe.
A Beaumont Journal survey traces Oscar B. Colquitt’s evolving stance on President Wilson from 1914 to 1916. It cites past harsh critiques of Wilson Bryan policy in Mexico, then shows current campaign lines claiming loyalty to Wilson while opposing Democratic foes, amid claims the 1916 election could topple the Democratic regime.
The article discusses John Bull’s blacklist of American firms and the British government’s claimed right to bar British subjects from dealings with unfriendly foreign firms. It warns that retaliation, likely to be informal and uncharted, could cause vast damage and influence calls for embargoes on wartime munitions shipments.
The Springfield Republican warns that Davis’s loss in the Texas primary may not improve the state’s delegation if Colquitt wins the senatorial nomination. Colquitt’s demagogic temper, past Mexican positions, and calls for German support are cited as risks to independence in foreign affairs.
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