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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
4
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The San Antonio Light reports January 1916 average daily circulation of 20 566 copies and Sunday circulation of 24 023. Net paid daily average 18 855 and Sunday 22 645. Audit Bureau of Circulation validates figures and asserts higher paid home circulation than any local paper.
The Brussels occupation imposes 550000 marks on the city and suburb after Belgian traitor Niels de Rode betrays Edith Cavell and other Belgians. The killing of de Rode is linked to German efforts to deter espionage and traitors.
The 1916 fashion scene moves toward white as dyes become scarce due to wartime embargoes. Bandanna handkerchiefs, once cheap colorables, rise to luxury status while retailers forecast white shoe strings, neckties, outfits, hats, and hosiery dominating trends. The shift follows a chaotic 1915 color boom as designers curb dye use.
The British embargo on logwood dye from Jamaica and British Honduras sent dye prices surging from 18 cents to 70 cents a pound, with new imports offered around 1.50 dollars for immediate delivery. A San Antonio case loss illustrates market volatility as a railroad recovered dye that later sold for 2,000 dollars. American chemists race to find replacements, but results so far are not fast or durable enough for premium fabrics. Shirt firms with spring orders face dye shortages, even resorting to stripping dye from fabric tails to reuse.
The column critiques a Kent bill proposing a graduated tax on wines excluding champagne, arguing luxuries become necessities through use and criticizing the logic of taxing wines to fund government. It also notes Admiral Strauss and Secretary Daniels clashing over naval appropriations as the president pushes navy modernization.
A column contrasts the malady of horses and mules that sit back in the traces with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels addressing the ordnance bureau. The article cites figures reluctantly provided to the House committee on naval affairs by Rear Adm.
The State Fire Insurance Board rewards towns with the fewest fires in a three year period and penalizes poor records. More than 500 cities have earned the reward, offering up to a 15 percent rate reduction to policy-holders. The Corsicana Sun urges every town to strive for the prize.
The Houston Post argues for careful exploration of a tariff commission as a safeguard for fiscal operations amid worldwide commercial pressure. It urges prudence, not blind acceptance, to ensure usefulness and avoid risk while preparing to occupy new ground when necessity becomes clear.
Jacob H. Schiff warned during a New York Republican Club event that renewed tariff agitation would harm the nation. He argued that workers and farmers have learned not to be misled by protectionist rhetoric and urged fidelity to the party's principles.
The Payne Allrich law created a tariff commission in 1911 12 that conducted investigations and produced a voluminous report to Congress. Congress disregarded the finding and treated it as if it never existed. The piece notes lawmakers lack tariff expertise and remain unlikely to surrender privileged schedules.
The Senate committee on naval affairs condemns the Armor-Plate Trust as a monopoly with the government as main customer. It warns that power corrupts and urges government to build a plant to compete, criticizing the “all dog” policy as a repeated failure.
The San Marcos Times laments the damage suit industry in Texas and praises efforts to curb fraudulent claims while noting San Antonio Traction Company offers a $100 reward for information leading to arrests of anyone filing fraudulent claims against the firm.
The Boston Herald lauds Mr Brandeis as a lawyer of unquestioned ability and luminous statements. It notes his public activity is conspicuous and effective, yet argues he is more a controversialist than a dispassionate fact weigh er, fitting for the supreme bench in a controversial light.
In Louis De Robert's Light's Daily, an artist suspects a thief among friends. After confronting a culprit, a campaigned reformer joins the army, earns the Legion of Honor, and dies a hero resisting a machine gun in a trench, inspiring comrades to charge.
A jobless stenographer discusses rehabilitating his dwindling funds with a friend also unemployed. The friend suggests writing a letter for money. The stenographer says he has prepared such a letter for 3000 dollars but cannot think of anyone to mail it to.
A National Geographic primer describes Lagos in Greek Macedonia as an exposed Bulgarian port on the Gulf of Enos with a harbor and flat inland terrain aiding defense. It contrasts Lagos with Dedeagatch chosen by Bulgaria as a future Aegean port due to better rail access and mountain barriers.
The incendiary bomb used by the Germans in London raids is typically conical with a ten inch base diameter, wrapped in tarred rope and a metal handle at the apex. A flat base cup holds a pierced funnel with ignition and handle, the funnel filled with thermit, which melts to a molten metal at heat. Outside the funnel is resinous padding bound by rope, producing pungent smoke, with melted phosphorus in the cap bottom and occasional celluloid chips and small gasoline amounts.
A writer visits a state farm in their state to observe bantam hens incubating and caring for quail eggs. The quail remain wild while adopted by the bantams, causing amusing confusion as the birds adjust to each other.
The New York Globe criticizes calls for sweeping military actions abroad. It argues a 25,000 soldier limit and a naval fleet of potentially outdated ships would hinder such aggressive deployments. It urges restraint and cautions against overreaching commitments.
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