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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
16
Fort Sam Houston officers join national debate on taxation arguing that deductions for essential expenses like uniforms weapons and commutation should reduce reported income before tax. They compare officers’ expenses to actors and merchants noting fairness requires net income taxation rather than gross earnings.
A reader asks why The Light does not pursue local quack doctors like the Chicago Tribune. He notes San Antonio has many skilled physicians but also some who should be driven from business, and questions why the city cannot act, citing Honest and the Lieutenant’s stance.
The piece argues Texas libel law protects guilty milk poisoners bakers and quacks by preventing newspapers from naming them. It claims this law blocks public shaming and warns readers that reform could empower journalism to warn the public, urging action to amend the statute.
The piece argues against Burleson's plan to shift telegraphs and telephones to government control. It notes the $2 billion cost, questions service quality under public ownership, and cites Sabbath mail rules as precedent. It warns of Sunday operation limits and political risk if exchanges were government run.
The draft highlights many points before the nation adopts a new telegraph policy. The author notes the need to weigh risks and benefits, suggesting skepticism about a sweeping change to post office style telegraph operations.
A closer reading of cabinet reports shows Wilson's influence expanding beyond direct orders. Secretaries Lane and Burleson mirror his style, framing situations without direct recommendations, while Bryan critiques diplomacy as backing down with dignity, highlighting a quiet executive sway.
A youthful inventor John Hays Hommany Jr. directs a fast craft off Gloucester harbor from a hilltop using unseen vibrations. The vessel operates remotely via tel automatics, a new science enabling distant control of mechanical actions, heralding future coast defense innovations.
The Amicable building in Waco posts a placard Gentlemen Will Please Keep Their Hats On citing crowded elevators as the cause. Reasons include smashed derby hats, difficulty for men to tip or remove hats around ladies, and concern over boorish behavior among hatless men.
Congressman Bob Henry from Waco says there is no clash with President Wilson. He cites a fundamental disagreement with Virginia Democrat Glass, chair of the House currency committee, whom he accuses of using the president’s backing to shield his own position on currency legislation.
The report portrays Villa as a dictator within his own realm similar to Huerta, backed by an immediate army. He bans looting among his followers and orders swift punishment by shooting looters at the Chihuahua Para, declaring a monopolistic trust over robbery of people, stores, and houses.
In Lorraine near Saint Privat, Odile Hermann greets Franz who deserts a German regiment to join the French Foreign Legion. After a perilous crossing, Franz earns a military medal, but a pursuit at the frontier ends with his death as Odile cradles his last breath and Hermann plants a new cross in the fields.
Consumption claimed more victims in Japan than any civilized country, prompting decisive government action. The Department of Home Affairs will build sanatoria in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Yokohama, and Nagoya, with capacities of five hundred for Tokyo and Osaka, four hundred for Kyoto, and three hundred for the remaining cities.
President Wilson presides over a young administration with the oldest member 57 and the rest ranging from 55 to mid-60s. The House and Senate are notably younger, with only a few venerables like 78 year old General Sherwood. Justice Holmes remains the oldest on the Supreme Court at 71. The president recently asked Olney and Eliot to England as ambassadors, an age-tinged move not repeated.
The New York World argues the national Republican Committee needs a new heart and new leadership rather than new representation rules. It contends Woodrow Wilson as a single strong leader would be more valuable to the party than many reform schemes, criticizing conventions, platforms, and boss influence.
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