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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
9
Delegates from 60 lodges of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Texas met in Dallas to plan state and national legislation affecting railway workers. The gathering aims to address labor issues and federal regulations impacting train crews and rail safety nationwide.
An elderly visitor viewing Nelsons ship Victory was shown the deck plaque marking Nelsons death. The guide pointed to the brass plate and said there is where Nelson fell, prompting the lady to quip that she nearly tripped over it herself.
Texas cattle producers led by Secretary E B Spiller and President James Callan head to Corpus Christi for a meeting on freight rates and a potential embargo on food exports. The group cites war-driven exports and price gaps as key concerns while urging a united protest if Congress moves against meat and breadstuffs. Sam Cowan travels to Washington for a hearing on Shreveport rate discrimination.
The Texas shippers press their claims before the Interstate Commerce Commission. An exception was made for live stock rates after Shreve port tariffs. Texas cattlemen plan to join efforts with other Texas exporters, seeking more than rate changes and asserting Texas state control. The Corpus Christi executive committee will set a program for the association’s February Fort Worth convention. Delegates will be chosen to attend the National Live Stock Conference in Cheyenne Wyoming January 18 to 20.
Soldiers at Camp Wilson boost mail traffic for San Antonio railway clerks as nearly 15 000 troops exchange gifts and letters. Clerks expect a bigger rush in two weeks with parcels from Brownsville and Laredo districts, including armadillo baskets and Christmas goods, outpacing civilian mail this year.
N P Peters of Benavides Texas opens a list of guests in the city staying at the Gunter and other hotels. Miss Charlotte Snow and A J Snow of Sedalia Missouri are early arrivals at the St Anthony. Several locals from Lockhart Austin and El Paso are registered at the Menger St Anthony and Gunter hotels. Dr T W Smith of Lincoln Nebraska and his wife visit their daughter Mrs Stoner and may settle in San Antonio for the winter.
E Schaff receiver for the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad travels to San Antonio with five officials to survey rehabilitation plans and end the receivership. W T Kendrick and Walter Walthall of the Katy accompany the party, with surveys spanning Texas and parent lines.
Mayor Brown plans a hunting trip starting Monday night or Tuesday morning and will be away the rest of the week. The group from Austin and San Antonio aims to hunt on a ranch south of Uvalde where game is reported plentiful. Commissioner Lambert will act as mayor during the absence. They returned from a five day hunt near Harper with six wild turkeys.
A recommendation to switch to kerosene burners for the city hall and central fire and police station has been submitted to City Purchasing Agent Mackey. Oil is seen as cheaper when heat is needed only briefly, saving on coal now stored in the city hall basement. More coal is due under contract, but delivery is unsure due to car shortages.
James Reed is in federal custody in Pittsburgh, tied to the Fort Pitt Aetna Chemical Co plant blast that killed three. Authorities hunt three others linked to prior Aetna explosions, including the Oakdale plant blast on September 15 that killed five. Reed worked at Oakdale.
Old police car No. 7414 is rebuilt in the city shop under City Purchasing Agent Mackey. Innovations include a 21 candlepower rear lamp above the door, a wire body, side benches that fold to become stretchers, eight seats, standard headlights and a spotlight for locating house numbers and lighting alleys.
Four masked men robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Vinita Oklahoma of fifteen thousand dollars this afternoon. They forced cashier Jasper Martin into a vault and escaped in an awaiting automobile with two accomplices.
Members of the Self culture Club led by Miss Geraldine Breen conducted a Red Cross seals sale at the postoffice Monday. The committee included Louise Polk Edna Miller Ruth Birdsong Loleete Sloan Blanch Woods Ethel Miller and several others. the German Literary Club will run the sale Tuesday with Miss Elizabeth Sons as chairwoman and a committee of Mrs A Schiebel Mrs Walter Oclkers Mrs T O Tucker and others.
Port Arthur Texas committees from all unions will meet Wednesday night to act on a general sympathy strike for the telephone strike now in effect for several weeks. It is said a general strike would put 3000 men out of work.
Mayor R M Chapman of Greenville Texas praised San Antonio as having the finest park system in the South and equal to any in the nation. He toured the city with Commissioner Lambert, lauding drives golf links and climate while noting paving mileage and population figures and planning to stay longer for possible ideas.
Petition seeks embargo on flour sugar canned milk and tomatoes nationwide to cut living costs. San Francisco vice president Connolly says grocers lose money on 60 percent of products as federal probes examine wholesale retail price relations and trading stamps.
Miss Mary Mills Patrick, president of Constantinople College for Women, says Turkish women are not frivolous and claim high intelligence and independence. They challenge archaic marriage laws and advocate liberal reform, noting long property control since age fifteen.
A New York bride debuted a flower muff at her wedding replacing the traditional shower bouquet. Bronze and yellow button chrysanthemums formed a fabric like mass hung on a moire ribbon, with a matching outer bunch and red ribbon. A spectator suggested wearing it at dances, the muff hung at the back and swung between dances.
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