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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
1
City business leaders urge residents and firms to buy stamps to push San Antonio past the 500000 annual sales threshold and secure post office improvements. Officials note 33 1 3 percent growth over last year and warn a close margin could cost post office expansion and funding.
In San Angelo Texas a fuel shortage on the Kansas City Mexico & Orient railway led to the layoff of forty five shopmen and an equal number of trainmen. Only mixed passenger and freight trains run to Alpine with no regular freight schedule and stock shipments nearly halted. Officials warn relief is unlikely as Orient relies on Texas & Pacific coal from Thurber and coal deliveries at Sweetwater are blocked by car shortages. Coal confiscation by the Orient system continues.
Reports to the State Railroad Commission from four Texas railroads Frisco International and Great Northern Orient and Gulf Coast Lines show 1749 empty cars available to fill orders for about 800 cars. There is apparently no shortage of cars on these lines.
Thomas M. Kilbride, secretary of the state board of pardons, releases an analysis of Chicago crime showing a hold up every six hours a murder every two days two personal crisis reports daily and an arrest every seven and a half minutes. He attributes the four causes to liquor lust gambling and bad company.
Officials of the California Fruit Growers Exchange said the orange crop as a whole had not suffered from the low temperatures that swept southern California last night.
Paris dispatch reports Juan Sanchez Azcona the Mexican minister to France and Spain will sail for the United States on the Alfonso XIII after being recalled by his government.
Reports from Amsterdam say Baron von Burian resigns as Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister. Count Czernin von Chudenitz succeeds him. Emperor Charles awards Burian the Order of St Stefan and names him Finance Minister in place of Prince Conrad von Hohenlohe, who resigns. Burian had reportedly resigned several times since 1915 after succeeding Count Berchtold.
Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas vows to vigorously fight the Newlands joint committee on railroad problems. He blocked a motion to extend the committee until 1918, saying the panel causes postponement of railroad legislation and hinders progress.
A warning was issued to postmasters about tubular cigar bombs mailed December 22 from Goffs California to recipients in various states. Six bombs are accounted for with two found in Los Angeles, and authorities expect all remaining packages to arrive within 24 to 48 hours after the alert. The alert follows an injury from a cigar bomb exploded in Brawley California on December 24.
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight fair, colder with frost possible. Friday expects fair skies and light winds. Temperature trend dips tonight then recovers by Friday afternoon.
Forecasts for major cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington D C. Readings show clear conditions with cool to mild highs and winds from the northeast west southwest northwest. Some cities report rain and colder periods with temperatures ranging from 12 to 40 degrees.
Cabrera reaches Washington from New York as Carranza sends a cautious reply to the proposed protocol. Officials say the door remains open for modification while American troop withdrawal remains a stated demand. Eliseo Arredondo denies any recall and says no changes to his post are planned.
Several hundred shots were fired by Kentucky National Guard members across the Rio Grande into Mexico west of El Paso, in what officers said was retaliation for Mexican fire. No casualties were reported as Captain E W Clarke and his detachment exchanged rounds and saw flashes on the Mexican side.
General Obregon returns to Mexico City after talks with General Carranza and denies plans to command northern troops against Villa or to resign as minister of war. War Department offers no update on San Luis Potosi or Torreon. No clear reply from Carranza to the American commissioners’ message.
New York stock prices fell sharply amid heavy liquidation tied to international tensions with Mexico and a dubious forecast of Germany's note. Major equities, including United States Steel and Gulf States Steel, dropped several points while oils and munition stocks sank further.
In Phoenix on December 28 a severe Arizona coal shortage prompts W C Barnes of the El Paso Southwestern to order that commercial coal shipments receive right of way over other goods. Railroads must not divert coal for their own use despite high demand from the railroad commission.
In El Paso Texas a coal shortage leaves buyers without a pound available as prices jump from 7.50 to 15 dollars per ton in two months. Dealers blame car shortages and few miners while freezing weather worsens suffering in the Mexican quarters.
A tornado swept parts of Forest and Lamar counties early today destroying several buildings and timber, snapping telegraph poles. In Bon Homme and Richburg structures fell and the railroad station at Richburg was driven 500 feet from its track. No casualties reported and wire service disruption delayed trains.
Police and fire department medical officers report to Mayor Mitchel that firemen face lower death and illness rates than policemen and both groups fare better than the general public. The data emphasize safer status for first responders despite service risks.
President Wilson turned sixty today in Washington with messages of congratulations from across the nation and abroad. No special celebration was planned for the occasion.
Berlin reports a major Russo-Roumanian defeat by Austro German forces with 10,220 prisoners captured. In the Rimnik Sarat area near the Ninth Army, General von Falkenhayn's troops drove Russians from new positions and advanced, while other fronts saw continued heavy fighting and losses.
Field Marshal von Mackensen presses the Russian lines in northeastern Wallachia, advancing toward the River Sereth and Rimnik Sarat. He claims 2000 prisoners as Teutonic forces push toward Braila and the Danube. In Dobrudja German Bulgarian Turkish troops take fortifications near Matchin bridgehead, with Braila under heavy fire from guns at Dobrudja. On the Somme and Verdun fronts French mining advances and a German counterattack repulse are reported, while Berlin notes eight Entente airplanes lost on the western front.
The steamer Maryland is regarded as probably lost after coast guard cutters abandoned the search begun when wireless distress calls ceased Christmas night. Hope rests on the chance crewmen were picked up by another vessel. The Ozama arrived safely at Block Island after four days overdue from Portland, Maine.
Governor Ferguson announces Churchill Bartlett of Marlin to fill the vacancy caused by John G. McKay resignation. Bartlett will qualify tomorrow and begin duties soon. McKay is promoted to manager of the Jim Ferguson state farm in Madison County. Judge Lon Brooks also retires January 1.
A Texas Farmers' Union report from Fort Worth says the 1916 cotton crop is the most valuable in state history. Ninety five percent ginned, lint and seed valued around 575 million dollars with over 5.5 million bales. Prices cited remain the highest since the Civil War.
Fog envelops London causing major disruption to surface transport. Omnibuses and taxicabs cease, crowds rely on torches and electric lights, underground railways overwhelmed with closures to prevent accidents. Steam routes from Birmingham also halted by the dense pall.
Argentina faces one of its worst wheat harvests due to drought and locusts. Consular reports say exports will not exceed 1,000,000 tons, far below the usual 2.5 million. Rainfall is the smallest in a generation and cattle losses are high as cereal prices soar.
Pittsburg Kan Dec 28 Mrs Minnie True was appointed divorce proctor of Crawford County. She is wife of Pittsburg lawyer W J True and has been active in Kansas women’s political work in the last two campaigns.
Berlin reports deny the Budapest administration papers claim Count Stephan Tisza plans retirement similar to Bar on Burian and Dr von Koerber. The rumors have circulated since before Emperor Francis Joseph’s death and cite supposed clashes with Count Czernin and the coalition cabinet.
The ongoing Washington tax dispute returns as lawmakers debate the half and half funding of city upkeep. Representative Crisp of Georgia postponed abolition actions to March 4 and plans to renew the fight in the Sixty-fifth Congress with more time to mobilize.
In Chicago on December 28 the juvenile court heard Camilla Jackson, an elderly black washerwoman, seek custody of Marjorie Delbridge a white 14 year old girl. The mother Ze mula Delbridge a Florida actress died seven years ago and left the girl in Jacksons care. Authorities urged locating relatives and placing the girl in a white home, but Marjorie favored remaining with Mammy Camilla.
Twenty farm loan associations are organized in North Dakota with five more under formation, announced by Dr. J F Boyle of the State Agricultural College who has led the effort.
President to be intermediary in event as allies insist on declaration. Wilson designated bearer in negotiations, with terms to be declared by Germany.
The German government signals willingness to exchange broad tentative terms confidentially, via President Wilson, to bridge gaps toward a peace conference. Count von Bernstorff expresses optimism that a conference could be achieved with US participation and neutral input, while Germany prefers discreet terms before any public disclosure.
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