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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
2
City budget readings indicate expenditures in departments have surpassed the planned amounts. San Antonio property valuations will top $109 million this year. Brown aimed to lower the tax rate near $1.70, but it will rise from $1.89 to over $1.90. The final rate awaits official fixing.
The board of equalization nears finish with remaining inspections on disputed property values. Commissioner James F. Garland says total taxable value may rise by no more than 1 million dollars from last year’s figure of about 108 million. Changes under Somers system are not yet affecting valuations this year though some units may be inequitable and require adjustment.
Billie Mayberry of Eckert Georgia recalls two children choking and coughing from croup three weeks ago. A dose of Foley's Honey and Tar before bed stopped the attack and the next morning the cough and croup signs were gone. The remedy is described as a standard low priced cold and bronchitis treatment.
San Antonio officials report an anticipated rise of 100 000 to 150 000 over the 1 633 581 budget due to rising costs. Mayor Brown defends the increase saying delaying taxes would have blocked sewer and paving projects and hindered city improvements for the year.
Carl Braun aged 70 and a 63 year Texas resident died Saturday at his daughter Mrs. Joe Merklen's home in San Antonio. He served eighteen years as justice of the peace at Helotes and was a charter member of Harmonia lodge No 1 Hermann Sons. He leaves three sons Herman Emil Edward and six daughters plus two sisters and twelve grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 PM from his Helotes home with interment in Helotes cemetery.
New York obituary reports the death of Dr Claude L Wheeler editor of the New York Medical Journal since 1909 from pneumonia.
Senate Interst ate Commerce Committee Chairman Newlands says failure of railroad brotherhoods and managers to agree on an eight hour schedule will not derail President Wilson's railroad legislation. He expects early Senate and House action with invited representatives from all sides and the public. He sees no immediate danger of a strike, noting educated workers prefer not to punish the public.
Warren S. Stone and W. G. Lee, heads of the railway engineers and railway trainmen brotherhoods, arrived in Cleveland as managers rejected placing the Adamson law in effect January 1. They said a general strike Monday was unlikely and denied rumors of a renewed authority circular.
Today’s Army orders show Second Lieutenant Clyde W L James of Arizona resigning accepted. Major Conrade Kroeper Medical Corps is relieved as inspector instructor militia and will report to the southern department. First Lieutenant William Nal le detached will proceed to Fort Bliss and report to the Eighth Cavalry.
Berlin reports an aviation expert predicts Roumania’s conquest will trigger a massive boost for German and Austro Hungarian air forces. He says thousands of planes can be built in months and crews supplied, aided by Roumania oil to fuel a permanent air superiority.
Berlin reports that the German food dictator will grant vegetarians the option to exchange meat cards for other foods when feasible. Vegetarians, many in Berlin, have long protested for more oat meal beans and flour, but repeated refusals cited administrative difficulty.
Germany prints a four page daily in modern Greek called Neuton Goerlitz for Greek army corps officers and soldiers who surrendered to Field Marshal Von Mackensen in Macedonia. Edited by Dr. H. Emil Glauber the sheet carries official reports from belligerent staffs and dispatches from Greece.
Pittsburg area iron and steel plants report a coke shortage caused by a persisting car shortage. Officials warn the lack may affect production and supply in the region.
A Pittsburg inventor develops low warming platforms for officers using electricity from calhoxca. The device aims to keep policemen comfortable during winter duties by circulating heated wires through the footrests.
Owing to higher costs for white paper and printing, several magazines of national circulation announce subscription price increases. Some smaller New York magazines suspend publication or plan mergers, while others face 50 percent higher paper costs. Increases range from 20 to 33 1 3 percent.
Chicago annual statistics from the court of domestic relations show 95 percent of 2914 separations this year were due to drink. Jealousy of other women accounts for 3 percent, interference by mothers in law 1 percent, and other causes 1 percent. Husbands are driven to drink mainly by scolding wives, low wages, and unsatisfactory employment.
At noon Sheriff A H Phillips remained with Henry Waller John Long and three black prisoners accused in the Christmas Eve killings of five members of the Nelson Reeves family nine miles north of Minden. There is no word on where the prisoners will be sent and speculation suggests the state penitentiary.
This remedy has relieved rheumatism since 1864 and contains no morphine codeine heroin or opiates. It has no effect on the heart and can be taken by all ages without ill effects. A trial will prove its value. Price per bottle postpaid. Eimer & Amend NYC and San Antonio Drug Co.
Telegraphic advices from Baton Rouge say prisoners have not arrived. A diligent search of the aller's home failed to uncover the $4000 Waller is said to have taken from a chest in the Reeves home on the tragedy night. The Webster parish grand jury meets January 9 to investigate. no special session will be called per the state prosecutor.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a back and forth about a fugue with one girl asking for its meaning and another calling it a type of long running family quarrel in the south. The exchange highlights regional attitudes and linguistic humor.
Berlin reports twenty eight months into the war and the Reichsbank gold reserve continues to rise with weekly additions around $90,000. Citizens from old guilds and shooting organizations donate gold regalia, chains of office, cups and other items, valued for artistry and history as much as gold.
Strayed from Camp Wilson Fort Sam Houston Texas 56 horses ar tillery Nos 16 22 75 78 and SAS. A reward of $10.00 for each animal will be paid for delivery to Depot Quartermaster Fort Sam Houston Texas Ady.
The tiny Epson Island holds the Eddystone lighthouse and is the smallest year round inhabited land in the world. This lone outpost stands as a remote beacon amid seas and weather, representing a unique territorial outpost in maritime navigation.
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