controversy over Carabao banquet satire policy
President Wilson ordered an inquiry by War and Navy Departments into satires at the Carabao banquet by officers in the Philippines. Secretaries Daniels and Garrison seek explanations from Rear Admiral Howard and Quartermaster General Aleshire as the incident sparks calls for possible reprimands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Order of Carabao
Army
Daniels
Howard
Bryan
U. S. S. Fellowship
U. S. S. Friendship
Carabao Society
Garrison
Naval
Redfield
Burleson
Vandevanter
McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Wood
Aleshire
Local forecast for San Antonio area cloudy and warm
Cloudy conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with chances of showers overnight Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures rise with warmer air on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Observations From Cities
Observations taken at a.m. report temperatures in several cities with wind directions and conditions. St Louis 48 with southwest wind, Chicago 38 southwest, Milwaukee 28 south, St Paul 30 south, Kansas City 32 east, New York 32 northwest, Boston 30 northwest, Washington 32 northwest. Lowest temperatures in 24 hours range from 20 to 42 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Northwest
Bonus Drive Aims To Put Trains On Line By Feb First
San Antonio to Corpus Christi line work races to meet a $50 000 bonus from San Antonio with trains planned to run from Corpus Christi to Odem within a week or ten days. President R A Ponder leads crews as grading nears completion and steel reaches Hondo Creek and Nueces area. Temporary Nueces bridge to cause no delay.
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San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf
Mathis
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
R. A. Ponder
Odem
Hondo Creek
Orlepp
Nueces River
Ponder
Nueces
Special Agent Resigns at Justice Office in San Antonio
F B Thompson resigns after three years as special agent in the federal building. Robert L Barnes, formerly with the Interstate Commission in Washington, takes over the local office this Monday. Thompson will stay with the Department until the federal court session ends. Barnes is a Kentucky native who relocated from Washington in February 1912 to join the Bureau of Investigation here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Thompson
United States Department of Justice
Federal Building
Robert L. Barnes
Interstate Commission
Washington
Thompson
Department of Justice
Barnes
Mr. Thompson
Kentucky
San Antonio
Bureau of Investigation
Lotions in Barber Shops Linked to Eye Injuries in New York
The New York committee on the prevention of blindness reports that over half of eye weakness cases in men stem from barber shop practices using wood alcohol in bag rum and other lotions. Fumes and eye contact are blamed. A law bans such lotions but enforcement is weak. Health department help is sought as several barbers face arraignment while two earlier convictions are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Health Department
Court of Special Sessions
City May Assess Paying Costs On Landowners
The supreme court upheld a city right to assess paying costs on landowners according to the frontage on streets improved. Similar questions were pending in other cities, in the Elkins West Virginia case reported from Washington DC dated December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Elkins
W. Va
Grand Jury Opens December Session in Western Texas
The Federal grand jury for the Western district of Texas sworn in by Judge T. 8. Maxey began its December term. Jurors from San Antonio to Floresville were named. Naturalization hearings followed, with trials expected after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of
Texas
T. 8. Maxey
C. T. Dix
D. Lieber
W. A. Johnson
Floresville
E. A. Krueger
Seguin
George W. Miller
Utopia
August Brinkoeter
Maxey
Army Officer to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury
Capt. G. W. Biegler of the Fourteenth Cavalry, in charge at Eagle Pass, travels to San Antonio to appear before the federal grand jury on charges related to neutrality law violations. He conferred with Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, Southern Department commander, on border conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Biegler
Fourteenth Cavalry
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Federal Grand Jury
Biegler
Tasker H. Bliss
Southern Department
Beggars Train in Chicago Under "Gay Cats" Name
Police officials say Chicago hosts a national beggars association with a West Side school where recruits learn tricks of the trade. The group called "The Gay Cats" operates headquarters in Chicago and runs camps in other large cities to learn to pose as cripples and invalids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Beggars
Police Department
West Side
Police
Japanese Haruna Cruiser Launched In Kobe
The battle cruiser Haruna, sister to Kongo, launched at Kobe. Japan plans three 1914 super-dreadnoughts in home yards. Haruna rivals Texas in size and power, at 704 feet long, 92 wide, 27, five feet draft, 27,500 tons displacement, 70 000 shaft horsepower, eight 14 inch guns, six inch batteries, and a speed of at least 28 knots.
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Kobe
Japan
England
United States
Texas
Haruna
Suffragette Arson Attacks Lumber Yard in Devonport
The suffragette arson squad set fire to a Devonport lumber yard causing over 400000 dollars in damage and scattering literature and revenge placards. Other militant actions included arson of an empty mansion near Bristol and window-breaking at Richmond police station. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst to be released from Holloway jail amid continuing no sleep hunger and thirst protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Devonport
Pankhurst
Flora Drummond
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
United States
Sylvia Pankhurst
Holloway
Miss Pankhurst
Bristol
Richmond
Miss Emerson
Zeke Emerson
Bow
East End
Murder Trial Opens Over Self-Defense Claim in Koch Case
William Koch goes on trial in Rutland for murder after claiming self defense in the death of Charles Gordon. Gordon was shot on Koch’s private game preserve on November 9 while examining traps. Koch says Gordon threatened him with a club as he remonstrated, and that the revolver fired as he raised his arm. Koch helped Gordon to a boat toward Whitehall, where he died before arrival. Koch is described as the son of a wealthy New Yorker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
William Koch
Charles Gordon
Koch
Gordon
Whitehall
N. Y
Clem ents Likely Named to I C C by President
President Wilson plans to reappoint Judson C. Clements of Georgia to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He will soon name successors for the late John H. Marble and Charles A. Prouty, with Prouty becoming director of physical valuation of railroad property. White House aides say no interference with the commission is intended despite Clements’ age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Judson C. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
John H. Marble
Charles A. Prouty
White House
Eastern Railways
Clements
Masons Visit Mount Vernon for Washington Tomb Wreaths
Three Masonic lodges linked to George Washington joined in a Mount Vernon visit to place wreaths on his tomb marking the 114th anniversary of his death. Lodges were Alexandria Washington, Fredericksburg Lodge No 4, and Washington Lodge of New York City, where Washington made his Masonic home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Alexandria-Washington Lodge
Alexandria
Washington
Fredericksburg
Washington Lodge
New York City
Robbed on Pullman in Dallas City
R Q Johnston of Houston, en route to Des Moines, woke to find his wardrobe stripped by thieves in a Dallas sleeper. Only a single shirt remained, its buttons stolen. He borrowed clothes from a porter and had a clothing store open to buy a new wardrobe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
R. Q. Johnston
Houston
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnston
Crowds Swarm to View Mona Lisa in Florence
In Florence crowds press to glimpse Da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Uffizi forcing officials to remove many busts and statues to prevent damage. The uproar grows over Italy's decision to return the painting to France amid protests across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
da Vinci
Uffizi
France
Shade Trees Planted on Campus in Taylor
Taylor Texas December 15 Through the Mothers' Club of Taylor the new school building campus will be shaded by trees. Several have already been planted and an order for 36 more has been sent to an Austin nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor, Tex
Mothers’ Club of
Taylor
Austin
the Law Committee
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
National Committee
Borah
Chicago
Government to Refund Money After Tax Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review a Philadelphia circuit court decision holding that corporate tax was not collectible from dividends of mutual insurance companies. The government must refund about 1,500,000 dollars and will forego further such collections under the income tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Warships Reach Port After Long Mediterranean Cruise
Nearly 5000 officers and men return to New York from the Mediterranean voyage aboard the Wyoming Arkansas Utah and Florida. Admiral Badger may retire next year raising questions who will lead the Atlantic fleet. Pay of about 200000 dollars is to be distributed this week. Utah and Florida anchored off Tompkinsville while Wyoming and Arkansas arrived up the East River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Wyoming
Charles J. Badger
Arkansas
Utah
Florida
North Dakota
Badger
Navy
Navy Department
Fletcher
Mexican
Admiral Fletcher
East
Navy Yard
Tompkinsville
Dispute Over South Africa News Sparks Indian Riots
London reports both British and Italian officials are deeply concerned by events in South Africa. A general East Indian strike in Natal, deadly riots, and censorship of unfavorable press coverage prompt caution before Indian papers publish commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Natal
Four Die as Tunnel Collapse Crashes Train in Germany
Four killed and 84 seriously injured when a passenger train derailed and tunnel near Chemnitz collapsed during an earthquake. Locomotive and six cars buried under rocks as rescuers faced snow and hurricane conditions eight miles from Harras Cliffs.
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Chemnitz
Germany
Rosswein
Harras
Blue Lodge Completes Work in Texas Session
The Blue Lodge committee chaired by G. B. Morgan of El Paso has completed its eight day session in Waco after the grand lodge adjournment. First year certificates to teach the Blue Lodge were issued to 99 applicants and three year certificates to 127. renewals totaled 70.
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Blue Lodge
Waco
Tex
Blue Lodge of Masons
Morgan
el Paso
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
High Court Upholds Tax on Life Insurance Net Receipts
The Montana Deer Lodge county tax on net receipts of life insurance firms was upheld by the supreme court. New York Life Insurance Company challenged the levy as interstate commerce interference, but the decision stood with Justices Hughes and Van Devanter dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
New York Life Insurance Company
Deer Lodge
Montana
Hughes and
van Devanter
The Highest Degree of Excellence
A promotional note extols decade long advances in food and household product marketing. It praises large scale production, honest advertising, and ongoing innovations improving health and comfort, urging readers to follow The Light's advertising columns for daily updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housekeeping
The
Light
Panty Leaders Fail to Agree on Convention
Republican national committee members at a gathering show near even divisions over calling a national convention and reducing Southern representation. Some back an early convention with a progressive platform while others fear reopening party wounds and question primaries use. Southern members from Virginia Tennessee Maryland push for convention support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Cummins
Hadley
Missouri
National Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Congressional Committee
Borah
Southern Committee
Alvah H. Martin
Virginia
Newell Sanders
Tennessee
Senator Jackson
Maryland
Leased Wire Day Report From AP Cited By The Light
The San Antonio Light notes it receives the Associated Press Leased Wire Day report as a primary news service. The paper also highlights its own large special news service supplementing AP wires for comprehensive coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Guns shipped to fortify Panama Canal defenses
The steamer Christobal left New York with fourteen large mortars for the Panama Canal fortifications. Coast artillerymen joined the shipment, with a 16 inch rifle planned for the Pacific entrance. Inland defenses will be built along the canal and posts will be maintained at Atlantic entrances and key locations such as the Gatun dam area.
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New York
Christobal
Government Steamship Company
Panama
Theanal
Atlantic
Pacific
Canal
Coast Artillery
Pacific Entrance
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Atlantic Entrance
Culebra Cut
Gatun Dam
Seeks Big Texas Tract by California Investors
Wycliffe A. Hill of Los Angeles arrived from the Pacific coast Sunday night to locate a large Texas land tract for a group of California capitalists planning to purchase and develop. Hill is noted in Texas real estate circles, formerly Houston based, organizer of the Texas State Realty Association, and editor of the Texas Realty Journal. He played a leading role in the blue sky law campaign that curbed fraudulent land promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wycliffe A. Hill
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Texas
California
Hill
Houston
Texas State Realty Association
West
Texas Realty Journal
Tresca Trials Inciting Violence In Paterson Labor Case
Paterson New Jersey December 15 Carlo Tresca IWW leader who aided silk mill strikers faced trial for inciting violence. Police officials largely testified as witnesses. Like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, he demanded a jury from outside the county claiming local bias. Flynn’s trial ended with a hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Carlo Tresca
Industrial Workers of the World
New York
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Tresca
Miss Flynn
Chinese colony pledges revolution to oust Yuan Shi Kai
Five hundred members of San Francisco's Chinese colony met to finance a movement to remove Yuan Shi Kai from office. Ying Pah Hsieh of Canton, leader of the Chinese National Party and Sun Yat Sen’s representative, said the republic's fate depended on Yuan's removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Yuan Shi Kai
Ying Pah Hsieh
Canton
Chinese National Party
Sun Yat Sen
Mse
Republic
Yuan
Policeman Suspended Five Days For Sleeping On Beat
A San Antonio officer was suspended five days without pay by Chief Lancaster after being found asleep in a hotel lobby at 3 a.m. by Captain Massey. The first offense carries a five day penalty and a repeat offense could lead to discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Lancaster
Massey
New Postoffice Site Chosen for Georgetown
Georgetown Texas December 15 Congressman J P Buchanan announces in a telegram that the Treasury Department has selected a site for the new Georgetown post office. The building will cost about sixty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Tex
Lee J. Rountree
J. P. Buchanan
United States Treasury Department
President Wilson Returns to Work After Illness
President Wilson was declared doing very nicely and began his first work in days. He remained in his room but dictated letters and read official papers as he resumed duties.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Taylor Schools Dismissed for Christmas Break
Taylor Texas December 15 The Taylor public schools under Superintendent John F O Shea were dismissed Friday for the Christmas holidays and will reconvene on December 29 The period of closure affects all school activities and buildings in Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tex
Taylor Public Schools
John F. O'Shea
Real Estate President Fined for Disreputable Rent
New York December 15 Ernest Tribelhorn president of a real estate concern was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 25 days in jail for renting an apartment known to be to be used as a disreputable resort. This stands as one of the first such convictions on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Tribelhorn
Refugees Rescued as Tampico Action Ceases
Wireless reports from Vera Cruz say firing near Tampico eased as Constitutionalist forces withdraw to await artillery from Victoria. The US gunboat Wheeling evacuated 299 refugees from Admiral Fletcher’s flagship Tacoma and transferred them to battleships off La Barra where naval surgeons tend to sick women and children.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Tampico
Fletcher
Victoria
Wheeling
Bravo
Fitcher
Tacoma
Chester
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Virginia
la Barra
Fletcher Friday
Kronprinzgessin Cecelie
Christopher Craddock
City
Candido Aguilar
Kittelle
Cers
Constitutionalist
Barra
Tampico water cut off by Constitutionalists report
Navy summary of Admiral Fletcher dispatches from Washington December 13 14 recounts water supply shutoff in Tampico the Hermione bearing the flag of Bear Craddock in the river Morro Castle's arrival and ongoing refugee transfer difficulties as moderates hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Admiral Fletcher
Tampico
Navy
Morro Castle
Ira Fletcher
General Villa Dictator Claim From Chile Refugees
Refugees arriving from Chile report that Francisco Villa the constitutionalist leader has effectively proclaimed himself dictator in Chihuahua and refuses to heed opposition. The report appeared in El Paso Texas dated December 15.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jeans
Chile
Francisco V
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