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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1913
Page
4
A city editorial urges modernizing San Antonio policing with a patrol wagon and police signal service. It argues arrests should quickly notify the station, cut prisoner handling, and reduce public exposure through beat boxes linking officers and the city. Chief Lancaster pursues these reforms.
The State Department warns Huerta it will view the execution of Francisco I. Madero with grave displeasure. The piece notes past U S actions toward Mexicans and Americans in Mexico, urging caution and arguing that Madero’s death would harm Mexico’s standing and stability. It questions why Madero should be executed and frames the affair as a Mexican political crisis.
The piece condemns Secretary Knox for favoring Mexican revolutionary Madero, arguing U S neutrality laws were bent to aid Madero and that Knox misrepresents the United States. It predicts Knox's nearing departure will bring forgiveness if he continues leaving office.
The piece traces Mexican unrest as a clash of local discontent and foreign exploitation. It argues that Diaz era exploitation by U.S. interests sparked revolt, with Madero’s movement serving as a pretext for deeper foreign influence. It cautions that modern commercial forces threaten Mexico’s fabric and America’s own values.
The piece contrasts patriotism and economic shifts in Mexico with the idea of removing the alien factor. It warns that once the Veiled Prophet is unmasked the world will see greed masquerading as humanitarian concern and the ugly side of public facades.
The article condemns the National Lines of Mexico for denying Americans in Mexico City a chance to escape danger. It notes banks were closed, checks refused, and passengers could not pay cash. It argues the railroad should have carried all departing Americans regardless of funds, as a humane and financially sensible act.
The article profiles Rudolph Mosse a top retired Berliner commanding vast holdings in publishing and agencies. At seventy he has largely passed enterprises to Hans Lachmann Mosse his son in law by adoption. He founded an advertising agency in 1867 now global with a dozen Berlin buildings. Tageblatt began in 1872.
The Boston Post notes James A. Patten pleads guilty to restraining trade for cornering a commodity. He is fined $4000, a punishment seen as trivial compared with his millions from the scheme. The editorial argues a jail sentence would deter future imitators more effectively.
The article notes derailments stem from defective equipment bad track or faulty switching. It cites that many so called rail defects result from worn driving wheel tires and mentions 100 rails broken by a flattened driving wheel on one Illinois line. The Interstate Commerce Commission report lists 3847 of 8215 derailments in the U S blamed on defective equipment, up 1023 from prior.
Des Moines News argues against easy constitutional amending by comparing impeachment of Archbald and ratification of the income tax amendment. It notes eighteen years of effort to undo a 1895 Supreme Court shift from pro to anti income tax stance and suggests recalls could have shortened the process.
The new musical farce Hokey-Pokey by Joe Weber and Lew Fields features lavish costumes, colorful sets, and a chorus that delivers high energy. Bessie Clayton's dance draws prolonged applause as the production, noted for its costly scale, plays tonight and Sunday.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports 1912 saw fifty Texas good roads bond elections with only seventeen defeats. Texas voters approved 3,496,200 for highway work, lifting available funds to about 8,000,000 and spending over 5,000,000 that year to improve more than 15,000 miles of highway. Largest county investments came from Robertson, El Paso, Fort Bend, Wharton, and Montgomery. Texans push bond funding while Kentucky does little.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley proposes removing smoking compartments from public cars and creating separate spaces for contagious disease sufferers to curb spread. He notes strong opposition from those intended for accommodation and highlights challenges in enforcing such segregation and diagnosing cases by conductors.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt records Mr Morsey claiming to have bested the doctors and expresses sharp, ungrateful comment in reaction to the strike context.
Southern Texas counties rally to create long loop roads from interior to coast. San Antonio drivers push to connect with coastal routes while Gulf beach access and a Galveston shell road link gather momentum. Edna to Freeport to Galveston coastal drive advances, promising a grid of improved highways comparable to Southern California.
Gustave Herve argues anti militarism in France stems not from past wars but from government abuse of military power during strikes. He cites troop deployments, harsh court martials, and colonial outrages that turned workers against the army once revered as guardian of the homeland.
A sharp writer reviews a book on baldness, arguing male vitality causes hair loss via strong digestion increasing scalp blood flow. He dismisses moral blame and tropical region claims, stating many remedies fail and there is no hope for the bald headed man.
Amundsen quips that Milwaukee has a worse climate than the south pole yet concedes it boasts better saloons. The Washington Post remarks on the contrast between weather and nightlife in the city.
Ada Patterson profiles Minnie Nye a leading New York figure who urges women to stop taking themselves so seriously. Nye argues women fail to trust or truly like each other, proposes self training to see every woman as a sister, and urges humor and mutual support to improve social and world work.
Dismissing the claim that the Bull Moose banquet truly honors Theodore Roosevelt, the Springfield Republican and Baltimore Sun contrast editors and lawmakers on naming and the influence of pork barrel politics in Congress and the Senate.
Chicago paper notes Debate on aiding wartime relief and the push to appoint veterans such as General Pankhurst to head relief efforts. The piece frames questions about leadership in addressing the horrors of war and the role of ally nations in humanitarian aid.
A brief note attacks suffrage activists as deceivers shaping belief that the Great American Eagle stands for a broader agenda. The mention suggests political tension and media manipulation around national symbols.
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