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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
3
President Wilson praised Senator Culberson for his remarkable primary success in Texas. He expressed deep pleasure at the sustained support from his people and congratulated him and the party on his continued service and leadership.
The House discussed Senator Culberson's election and Colquitt's defeat as a Wilson administration victory. Representative Hardy of Texas charged Colquitt misrepresented Treasury aid to cotton farmers in 1914. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania said Colquitt won in country districts, notably Jim Wells County, implying German-American influence.
Mr Carroll encounters two large moving vans parked before his acquaintance Gregory's house. Furniture and pictures litter the lawn as Gregory, dirty and irritable, directs the scene in shirt sleeves and jokes he is not moving but taking his furniture out for a ride.
A long list records visitors and registrants at the Gunter Menger and St Anthony in San Antonio. Names include M H McMahon Cotulla H A Grub Dallas Mrs John P Lee San Angelo Rita Lee San Angelo Roy Jennings Laredo N B Burwell Akron OH M W Gary Dallas Howard N Peak Fort Worth Karl Hoblitzelle T M Mahoney Dallas R F Ross Fort Worth P B Metcalfe San Angeles Mrs Ted Robinson Oakhurst Edward B Goodwin Waco S M Harrison Fort Worth Cc H Tyler Dallas Estoy Sikes Pandora W M Averill Houston Mr and Mrs Townsend El Paso Reed Brown Charlies Roos Staunton VA. Also noted is an automatic sugar container opening when tilted.
General Funston defended long practice marches for Illinois and Wisconsin guardsmen, saying hikes build field service readiness. He warned permanent camps hinder training and highlighted open order drills, field maneuvers, and rapid camp setup as essential. Plans call for a September 14 march to Austin with 12 000 troops and wheeled equipment.
An amateur wireless operator interrupted an official Washington to Fort Sam Houston radio message Saturday night sparking a citywide search. Secret Service and Bureau of Investigation chiefs then sought to confiscate the offender’s high powered equipment and warned all unlisted operators.
The Texas Hotel Men's Association legislative committee will meet in San Antonio to map out laws to push in the next session. Members include Homer D. Matthews, T. L. Cobb s, H. C. Knowles, Robert Harrison, and K. L. Sanders. They seek reforms to fraud, bad check, and lost baggage liability laws to protect hotels and curb abuses.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as one of the best agents to rectify the bad effects of drinking water on the kidneys and bowels. The copy frames the product as a remedy for internal ailments caused by poor water quality.
RE E Hann acting superintendent of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad warns of a serious freight car shortage in Texas. He notes cotton movement has begun and high cotton prices push farmers to market bales quickly. Demand for cotton flat cars, coal cars, and others is rising as storage use increases and cars are not being returned promptly.
Brunswick Ga a whimsical weather forecast station opens in the fountain of the Oglethorpe hotel. Long winded and sweet voiced frogs sing nightly when rain is near attracting hotel guests and passersby even as a separate note mentions a Philippines shrub rich in atropine and another valuable drug.
Sister Mary Misseurry Zita aged 53 years died Monday at the Convent of the Good Shepherd. A Swiss native she joined the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, spent years in Toronto, came to San Antonio nearly twenty years ago and served with devotion. Pontifical requiem Mass was held Tuesday morning by Bishop J. W. Shaw with several city priests, and interment followed in the Good Shepherd cemetery.
Mary Chestnut aged 12 died Monday at a San Antonio sanitarium and is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chestnut and sister Mrs. W. Kck Jones of San Antonio. Toribio Lopez aged 69 died Tuesday morning at his daughter’s home 825 West Cypress. He was born in Mexico and lived in Texas 40 years. Survived by wife four daughters and a son. Funeral arrangements pending.
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and lists two phone numbers for contact.
The Grace Lutheran tubercular sanitarium at Zarzarmora and San Fernando streets was offered to the Joint Synod of Ohio and other states in session at Sandusky to establish and maintain a large Lutheran care institution in the United States and Canada. Rev. Paul F. Hein urged the transfer to the synod which pressed the plan for active control and expansion. The facility, worth about 45000, now houses 20 to 30 patients and would be enlarged to accommodate hundreds. A new spring motor shaving device with a steel roller and rotating blades is described.
J. E. Pettus of Goliad Texas foresees a prosperous fall and high cotton prices due to a short crop in the South. He notes Goliad is in strong condition and expects one of the town’s biggest seasons though current marketing conditions lag. Pettus has long been active in Southwest Texas farming and ranching.
Four year old Philip Hall of San Francisco can read write spell name capitals list all California counties and their county seats play piano discuss Shakespeare and The Merchant of Venice and ride a pony. Life notes the precocious abilities and hints at a broader education than many undergraduates.
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