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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
4
A concise AP day report provides on the hour updates across markets and events. Brief notes cover key currency moves stock tickers and notable political developments as they unfold.
The record lists Paul Block Inc offices located at 250 Fifth Ave New York Chicago’s Mallers Building Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Building and Detroit Kresge Building with no further details.
The San Antonio Light reports six month totals ending September 30 1916. Daily average circulation 22062. Sunday average 26756. Net paid daily 20477. Sunday 24424. Audit Bureau certification est authority to advertisers. The paper claims 50 percent higher paid circulation in San Antonio than any rival.
The German war office indicates a desperate Roumanian stand before Bucharest. Romania’s oil fields, corn supplies, and gasoline shortages weigh into both sides’ calculations as German Austrian forces must hold a 500 mile line from the Carpathians to the Black Sea while awaiting possible Russian breakthroughs.
The text notes Roumanians may struggle if they choose a defensive stand before Bucharest, challenging their great ability and valor. It credits German generals Von Mackensen and Von Falkenhayn with guiding the campaign and suggests the defense could be exceptionally difficult.
The piece argues allied governments will not issue a passport to Austria Hungary ambassador Count Tarnowski von Tarnow and warns of potential trouble if he travels. It recalls the Trent and San Jacinto incidents, notes U S limits, and suggests the count could do little or cause trouble if he boards a U S ship. It hopes he stays in Europe until allies show more courtesy.
A Washington dispatch notes a custom that all American ambassadors and ministers abroad resign after a new president takes office. It cites past precedents set by Roosevelt and questions Wilsons approach, suggesting a potential reorganization to improve foreign relations amid doubts about appointee qualifications.
An editorial argues President Wilson erred by choosing authors critics and other non specialists for key diplomatic posts. It urges that ambassadors represent the United States as diplomacy specialists and cautions against political influence shaping foreign service careers.
In Iowa a Sunday closing law for barbers faces challenge as Davenport barber appeals to the state supreme court. The barber argues that if a mule may be shorn on Sunday, a man's hair could be treated similarly, amid a dispute with the barbers union backing observance.
Editorials compare the Napoleonic embargo with modern shortages of food and restricted commerce. The Galveston Tribune notes the embargo harmed Americans more than belligerents. A Temple Telegram quip urges peanut raisers to advertise due to slow rice sales in Texas, citing necessity.
The French and British have not advanced rapidly on the western front yet their Somme gains compare favorably with German gains at Verdun. While the Anglo French armies push on the Somme the French have retaken most German conquests around Verdun.
Potatoes and onions price rise foreseen across the country with Texas urged to plunge into spring markets March through May. Southwest Texas may supply Bermudas if other state sections provide potatoes as cooks anticipate high spring prices.
The Utica Observer argues that reducing the non producing class by one third to one half would lower food costs. Officials propose shifting workers from administration to production, cutting wasteful salaries and easing burden on actual workers.
Reports from Prince Rupert to San Diego show plans for new shipyards and busy coastal yards. Major plants in Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay, Columbia River, Grays Harbor, Puget Sound and British Columbia race to finish vessels and lay keels. An estimated 75 million dollars of steel and wooden ships are contracted or under construction across Pacific coast yards.
The Lilac Domino presented by Andreas Dippel comes to the Grand Opera House on Tuesday through Thursday December 5 6 and 7 with a matinee on Wednesday. Seats went on sale this morning amid strong advance praise and crowded houses from New York City Boston and Washington. The cast features Bradford Kirkbride Yvonne Carle Marie Hamilton Joseph Carey Edward Crawford Allan Ramsey Mlle Andree Corday Archibald Gilchrist and a 50 girl chorus amid lavish costumes and stylish scenic and electrical effects promise a peak show with music and dance galore.
The Majestic Theater wraps up this week with Pauline Thurston as a Hawaiian princess in The Garden of Aloha and two major acts, The Midnight Follies and Moore Gardner and Rose. Also featured are Fritz and Lucie Bruch, Kramer and Kent, Those Two Black Dots, Emerson and Baldwin, Simons and Bradley, and the European novelty skaters. Monday and Tuesday shine with Very Good Eddie, featuring Burford Hampden and Yallie Martin, plus costumes by Melville Ellis and striking second act gowns.
Mary Pickford in Less Than the Dust closes today at the Empire with exclusive Artcraft handling. Four or five major Pickford productions per year will be released, next- up The Pride of the Clan from Scotland in January. MAE MURRAY The Plow Girl and Pathe Weekly No 94 plus a new two reel comedy follow tomorrow.
London reports expect no change in exchange rates but predict gold and security shipments will rise and another issue of Japanese exchequer bonds. Economist warns financing in New York will tighten and urges production increase and reduced consumption to lessen imports. Revenue figures from Ottawa show Canada’s eight months ending November 30 at 144,812,570 dollars, a record, with further public works cuts planned.
The Pennsylvania state board of censors issues a bulletin banning films that show safe cracking tramps theft and drug use. It condemns a long list of plays many thrillers with heroines tied to tracks and prizes a large number of white slavery and Mexican scene films along with prize fighting titles.
Plans for a December 16 mass meeting in New York to protest Belgian deportations to Germany were announced. Elihu Root, James M. Beck, and Rev. Dr. William T. Manning are to speak. A nationwide clergy alliance to urge educators and university heads in Germany is also under way. Attendees at a preliminary meeting included Elihu Root, Thomas F. Ryan, Robert Bacon, Henry L. Stimson, Joseph H. Choate, and John M. Parker.
Ambassador Gerard will personally press new representations on Belgian civilian deportations when he returns to Berlin next Tuesday. The protest, moved up from a formal submission, rests on broad humanitarian grounds and signals intensified U S pressure on German officials.
The 5 o'clock vesper service Sunday at the Young Women’s Christian Association will be led by former members of the Children's Bible study groups, about 100 children citywide. Miss Helen Eads and others lead. Boy Scouts guest of honor. program includes hymns readings and solos. Annie Smith leads, Mrs E D Love gives the talk Why Should We Study the Bible. Refreshments after the program.
Smithsonian announces Dr. Charles C. Abbott receives Rumford medals for solar radiation studies. His work shows earth receives heat yearly equivalent to 160 trillion tons of coal and that solar output varies with time, potentially influencing climate. He is developing an instrument to register changes of a billionth of a degree.
The buffalo population on government reservations is rising, according to the annual report of the biological survey.
Mrs Minnie G Scanlan, divorced wife of miner Thomas Scanlan, sues to force $45 monthly alimony in legal tender. He has paid in pennies for three months including 9000 pennies a month ago and 4500 pennies soaked in molasses today, washed off after nearly four hours. The incident prompts a Puck quip about the wife’s reception.
A listing of visitors and registrants staying at the Gunter St. Anthony and Menger hotels includes Mrs. Vic Boyd and Miss Bonnie Boyd from Austin, Mr. and Mrs. S. Guillot from Marshall, A. J. and J. A. Epple of Waco, J. W. Rutledge from Los Angeles, and others from Galveston El Paso Giddings Corpus Christi Chicago Mexico City Seattle New York and Mexico City.
The will of author Jack London leaves most of his estate to his widow Charmion K. London. His divorced wife receives five dollars and the Oakland house until she remarries, then it reverts. Children Joan and Bess London get twenty five dollars monthly each and the life insurance policy. Charmion is to personally house and care for Joan and Bess. Small bequests are left to his mother and sister.
The Elementary Sunday School Workers' Council will meet at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon December 7 in the Philathea rooms of Travis Park Methodist Church. The program includes songs by St. John's Episcopal children, a talk on kindergarten methods by Mrs. H. S. Price Jr., a Christmas song by Madeline Griffith, a Christmas lesson by Grace Neatty, Luther's Cradle Hymn sung by St. John's children, a Christmas story The Legend of the Christmas Child by Lena Hyde, piano by Lena Brooks, and Amanda Connoway added to the program committee.
Police Commissioner Woods launches an advertising crusade with help from big business to educate the public on protecting life and property. Uniformed officers distribute 300,000 booklets with crime-prevention tips and drivers receive 50,000 placards showing street accident risks due to negligence.
Delegates at the Oklahoma Educational Association convention in Oklahoma City wore hairpins in their coat lapels to symbolize the election of Mrs. Susan Fordyce of Shawnee as president for the coming year. Registration officials estimated the number of educators present.
In Havana and across Cuba the presidential election remains undecided after a month. Partial re-elections occur in Matanzas Pinar del Rio Oriente Havana Camagüey and Santa Clara as disputes and alleged coercion unfold. The Liberals support Alfredo Zayas while Menocal supporters claim intimidation and calls for US intervention loom.
More than 100000 churches and religious bodies plan Tuberculosis Sunday on December 8 or 10 as part of a seven year campaign to educate the public. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis coordinates two designated dates and Tuberculosis Week.
Under the invitation of the Ministerial Union of San Antonio the San Antonio Anti-Saloon League of Texas will stage a field day this Sunday. Prominent speakers will fill church pulpits during morning and evening services, with a 3 pm rally at Travis Park Methodist Church featuring Hon. G. Camp of Atlanta.
News from St. Louis reports the death of Captain Fred C Slightnerl in Ohio. He served as river pilot and captain on Mississippi steamers for five decades and piloted for the Union during the Civil War. He is said to have been among the pilots on the Robert E. Lee during its race with the Natchez. A sink strainer with a revolving center plate is introduced to retain water when closed.
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