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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
4
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Eleventh district reports quieter postholiday business with banks aiming to maintain strong year end position and advance cautiously through early 1917. The district notes 490 bank failures in 1916, down from 1915.
The 1916 year saw 792 reported failures totaling 6 296 767 dollars, with 1915 liabilities at 12 685 101 dollars. Postoffice receipts rose 16 percent in large cities, signaling strong business activity, while Texas crops benefited from a 60 day snow break. Cattle and sheep markets stayed robust with high prices, and Fort Worth’s livestock receipts rose notably, especially for sheep which nearly quadrupled. Building permits in six cities climbed 16 percent for 1916, Austin leading with 170 percent increase. Copper, coal, oil sectors show gains with a hopeful labor outlook for 1917.
Galveston on February 2 reports freight insurance rates to Liverpool and Havre increased to 10 and 10 1 4 percent respectively. Before Germany’s unrestricted warfare announcement the rates stood at 8 percent for both ports.
Soothe and relieve old weather aches with Sloan's Liniment. It penetrates quickly without rubbing and cleans without staining the skin. For rheumatic pains neuralgia gout lumbago sprains strains bruises and stiff muscles. At all druggists 25c 50c and 1.00.
The House passed the immigration bill over Wilson's veto by 286 to 106, securing a literacy test provision amid party splits. A revenue bill failed to clear 211 votes, with 196 against, in a largely party-line vote. The House intends to re-pass the immigration measure at 4 PM next Monday in the Senate.
Harris county legislator Harry V. Fisher wired President Wilson offering services in any capacity during the current German crisis. The telegram states a willingness to serve the country through the president in any capacity deemed acceptable.
A Cincinnati man promotes a cheap home remedy for corns. Apply a quarter ounce of Free Zone at the corn to relieve pain and lift the corn with no irritation, suggesting it saves fathers from painful attempts at removing corns.
President Wilson signed a commission appointing John J. Carty of New York to senior major in the Signal Officer's Reserve Corps. Carty, chief engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph, led the development of the wireless system enabling telephone communication between the United States and Hawaii.
Charles Evans Hughes told the New York Brown University alumni dinner that all loyal Americans would stand behind the administration in this solemn hour. He urged no partisan remarks and praised the president for shouldering great responsibility.
Austin December mortality report shows tuberculosis as the leading cause of death with pneumonia close behind. Births reached 4162 and total deaths 2462 with 2081 white and 381 negro deaths. 20 percent were infants under two and 39 percent aged 20 to 50.
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Times reports a temporary suspension of underwriting by the Danish war insurance office. The United Shipping Company directs ships in British parts to depart by Sunday if possible. The Scandinavian-American liner Helrig Clay, currently in New York, has been ordered to stay there.
The secretary of state lists new charters for Mid-Coast Oil Corporation Houston capital $100000 Wise-Jones Drug Company Montgomery capital $6000. Texas Electric Railway Company Dallas files charter amendment increasing authorized stock and restricting preemptive rights. Dissolutions filed for Bogota Mercantile Company Red River County and H T Constant Breedin Company Grand Saline No 2 Grand Saline.
The Emmet Bank Unincorporated with Thomas L. Conroy as president was placed in receivership by District Judge W S Anderson with Augustus McCloskey named receiver. Assets exceed liabilities by about 21 000 and deposits will be insured dollar for dollar as reorganization into a state guaranty bank is pursued.
Two white men claiming railroad work from Oklahoma were arrested by City Detectives Ruhnke and Flores and jailed on highway robbery with firearms charges. Alva Fleming identified them as his attackers after a late Wednesday night hold up near Santa Rosa avenue and Nueva street. Fleming said one man pistol whipped him and the pair stole about five to six dollars. Photographs and measurements were taken and will be sent to Texas cities and Oklahoma.
Chicago Feb. 2. Switchmen plan a strike vote in a few days unless grievances against four lines are settled. The routes named include the Ichison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and the New York Central. Complaints focus on working conditions.
Miss Rose Tapley of the Vitagraph Company will speak to the City Federation of Women's Clubs at the Princess Theater at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The tour addresses club women on film censorship and argues for practical suppression of suggestive pictures.
A home recipe using Parmint to treat catarrh and head noises claims rapid relief. Mix 1 ounce Parmint with 1–4 pint hot water and 4 ounces sugar, take one tablespoon four times daily to ease Eustachian tube inflammation, open nostrils, improve breathing and hearing.
Miss Tapley arrives from New Orleans to San Antonio Monday and will give a half hour talk at the Princess followed by appearances at the Empire Theater. A two reel film From Script to Screen will be shown and introduce all notable Vitagraph figures.
Texas state superintendent Prof. W F Doughty announced February apportionment of 3 per capita totaling 3 669 657 based on 1 223 219 scholars. It is the largest monthly apportionment to date, bringing the fiscal year total to 6 per capita under the 7 per capita plan for the year ending August 31 1917.
MEMPHIS Tenn Feb. The mercury stood nine degrees above zero the coldest day since 1912 according to weather bureau officials.
Ausable arrived in Buenos Aires with gold consigned to pay for Argentina wool bought by American and British interests. The Maumee and Winnebago also carried gold for the same purpose, not for German raiders as previously misreported.
New York February 2. Members of the American Union Against Militarism sent a telegram to President Wilson urging a final and personal mediation offer to the sovereign and executive heads of governments. They demand the president address the appeal directly to world leaders.
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