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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
4
The San Antonio Light lists its post office entry as second class matter with the publication office at 509 to 511 Travis Street between Avenues C and D.
The listing notes Paul Block, Inc. offices in New York at 260 Fifth Ave Chicago at Mallers Building Boston at the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Building and Detroit at the Kresge Building.
The San Antonio Light reports a daily average circulation of 22 062 and a Sunday average of 26 756 for the six months ending September 30 1916. Net paid daily circulation stands at 20 477 and 24 424 for the daily and Sunday editions respectively. The Audit Bureau of Circulation certifies the figures as authoritative. The paper asserts it can guarantee 50 percent more paid direct home circulation in San Antonio to advertisers.
The letter from Tue Lieur declares the nation may face a crisis requiring armed defense of American rights. It condemns letters urging opposition to the president and promises to publish only patriotic communications that support the flag and the union.
San Antonio grows closer to its army as Fort Sam Houston becomes the nation’s key post. The arrival of Major General John J. Pershing signals anticipated advancement for officers and a rapid rise in military ranks during the past six years.
The piece praises General Pershing rising to major general for his handling of the punitive expedition in Mexico and his border duties in Texas. It highlights his use of diplomacy with the Moros, sparing lives while subduing foes, and his reputation as a capable, practical commander trusted by San Antonio and the army.
The Texas Senate adopted resolutions inviting William Jennings Bryan and Joseph Weldon Bailey to address the Legislature as the regular session nears its end. The move sparks controversy with Bryan and Bailey supporters split on the idea, while critics deem it a distraction from urgent state issues.
The author critiques two discredited politicians Mr. Bryan and Ex-senate Bailey. They argue speeches would waste public time and money and suggest legislators play pinochle instead. Bailey is praised for declining an invitation, contrasting senators who voted for the resolution.
The Butte post office cannot recruit enough workers to stay open and operate normally. Officials suggest placing Butte on a rural route as the likely remedy to keep mail service available.
English children of the poor are compelled to wear wooden shoes because of the war prices on leather goods. In America, unfortunately, the children of the poor do not always even have wooden shoes.
The American Peace Society declines to vote entire confidence in the president during the present war crisis. Pacifists, however, express full confidence in a foreign enemy listening to treatises on brotherly love and non resistance.
The literacy test in the new immigration act is expected to cut migrants by about a quarter. The writer notes that if such a law had existed a generation ago, some voters for the act might have faced conscription or bread lines in Europe, highlighting wartime scarcity and patronage themes.
El Paso Times notes that Representative Oscar Callaney of Comanche dissents from the president during national peril, aligning with a small pacifist group said to stand alone in its stance.
The German government announced a date to resume frightful submarine warfare without room for neutral discussion, provoking a break in relations with the United States. Since then Germany has offered to talk, but the move came too late, per the Temple Telegram.
The Galveston Tribune notes Great Britain will ey the preferential tariff to boost free trade while the United States lags in applying the policy. The text suggests England uses the tool to advance foreign trade interests and criticizes U S for not acting with similar resolve.
The Salvation Army has provided about 34,000,000 beds for the indigent and 44,000,000 meals in ten years, plus over 380,000 tons of coal for emergency relief. The newspaper notes it is the only national organization active in this essential field due to government shortcomings.
A Georgia court in junction closed a liquor depot used by an express company in Atlanta to handle interstate shipments for private use. The volume of such shipments was so large it could not be processed in the regular office, highlighting Interstate significance in Georgia as in Texas legislature reports.
The Beaumont Journal reports China replying to Germany’s notice of unrestricted submarine operations. China says it will break off diplomatic relations and protect its citizens on the high seas if Germany persists, noting China’s growing diplomacy.
The New York Sun questions suffragist plans to march near the White House during President Wilsons inauguration. It argues women should understand that the nation faces war with Germany and that the President and the State, War and Navy Departments are working to defend the country.
Advertisement readers now engage with ads as they do with sports and society news. The Beaumont Enterprise notes ads inform mothers of bargains, prices, and desired goods, reflecting readers’ evolving interest in advertising as news.
An Abilene observer urges a Texas bond issue of 250 million dollars at six percent for fifty years to finance 10 000 miles of new railroad in ten years. Railroads would pay bonds as they mature, expanding wealth and normal tax income.
Miss Mabel Stafford reports a seven day drive in San Antonio to raise seventy thousand dollars for the Young Woman's Christian Association. Fifty thousand is to clear debt on the building and twenty thousand for extension work including a permanent summer camp and two years of running expenses.
The San Antonio Freight Bureau and the Texas Industrial Traffic League will back a bid to reopen the Shreveport rate case. Intercity hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Dallas is set for March 12. Pawkett leads SA Freight Bureau with attorneys Cowan and Stedman preparing data and arguments.
In Washington on February 27 the Senate passed a bill granting a $100 monthly pension to the widow of the late Major General Frederick Funston.
AUStin Texas February 27 The auditing committee of the penitentiary investigation committee of the House recommends paying 501126.98 in claims and disallowing about 100000 in claims as part of the ongoing inquiry.
The Grand Opera House hosted Julian Eltinge in Cousin Lucy a two night engagement. The show features elaborate gowns and strong supporting work from Dallas Wexford and Jane Oaker as Queeny. The production delivers melodious music and witty songs, closing after Tuesday night.
Thomas H Ince's million dollar spectacle Civilization tours New York and abroad sending letters of praise from distant lands. The cast includes Herschel Mayall Lola May Enid Markey Howard Hickman and more. Gardner Sullivan wrote the script with Victor L Schertzinger composing the score. The Grand Opera House presents six days with daily matinees starting Wednesday.
Clarence Oliver and Georgie Olp headline the Majestic with Ralph Dunbar's Maryland Singers opening at the matinee. The bill includes their allegorical playlet Dis¢ Intent, a big comedy hit On Broadway, and acts by Bert Clifton Jimmy Duffy and Mercedes Lorence, the Kitaro Brothers, and more.
Sessue Hayakawa appears at the Empire Theater in the last showing of Each to His Kind paired with A Bachelor’s Finish. The program features cast members Rhandah Princess Nada Tsuru Aoki Amy Dawe Vola Vale and others plus Pathe Weekly No 14. The plot follows Rhandah son of the Maharajah of Dharjuli educated in Oxford who returns to confront English influence after a photograph of Amy and himself surfaces amid royal intrigue and an attempted conspiracy.
The film One Day, sequel to Three Weeks, features Jeanne Ivers in the lead. A young woman agrees to wed a rich elderly suitor to help her father’s political career but falls in love with a younger man, altering her life.
A mother criticizes reelection candidate Mr. Uhr over alleged vice near the Main Avenue high school in San Antonio. She urges stronger police action and a pledge to clean up the avenue before endorsing Uhr’s ticket, citing underage girls and unlicensed beer in furnished rooms.
The city hosts a parade of guests including John H. D. Rowan of Baltimore at the Gunter J P Moore of Eagle Pass at the St Anthony John Freeman of Cleveland at the Menger A H Floyd of Houston at the Gunter T J McGee of San Francisco at the St Anthony A A Peeler of New York wintering in San Antonio at the Menger D H Marhead formerly of Jourdanton at the Gunter Mrs B J Nicholson of Houston at the Gunter Jesse Haskel of New York City at the St Anthony Mr and Mrs A O Pain of Battle Creek Michigan at the Menger H P Brown of Chicago at the Gunter J B Paxton of Fort Worth at the St Anthony E R McDonald of Atchison Kansas at the Menger E R Jones of Eagle Pass at the St Anthony and a Houston hardware dealer on business in the city.
The Frankfurter Zeitung cites a private French source via Switzerland reporting February 2 explosions at ammunition depots in France. More than 200 killed and 700 injured, with over 80,000 tons of ammunition destroyed.
At a Tuesday meeting the commissioners budget $500 to support the Public Health Nurses Association for the remainder of the fiscal year. Morris Stern and others urged aid, citing infant mortality improvements and county reluctance to fund the effort. The council also moved to borrow $116,333 and discussed civil service changes to the city charter.
A special Fiesta Association directors meeting will be held in the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at 8 o clock to review the April festival budget and hear committee reports on parade progress and Fiesta program spectacles.
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