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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
4
About 500 civic leaders gathered at the Gunter Hotel for a prosperity banquet endorsing a bigger Chamber of Commerce and a stronger city in 1917. President Franz C. Groos urged universal civic service as the creed guiding business and citizens toward public good.
Leaders in San Antonio unveil 1917 goals as officers and directors pledge to boost city growth. Speakers emphasize highways, Fort Sam Houston expansions, civic welfare, and cooperative effort among business men to advance progress and attract industry.
The South San Antonio Industrial Company expands beyond real estate to develop a large industrial district for San Antonio and South Texas. Its diversified departments include bringing new industries to the region, with factory town investments yielding handsome profits for early buyers.
The advertisement promotes Zemo as a reliable antiseptic liquid that clears pimples blotches and other eruptions. It claims minor blemishes vanish overnight and itching stops instantly with a safe non greasy formula sold by the E. W. Rose Co Cleveland for 25 cents or a dollar.
J H Kirkpatrick urged members to duplicate themselves by pairing with another for city progress as the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce banquet closed. He pressed the idea for every man to ask what town would be if all were just like him. Speakers included E B Hillie John Cunningham and B R Webb.
Secretary Daniels will address the House naval committee to seek funds and yard equipment for two new slips at key yards to proceed with the four battle cruiser ships authorized last year. He asks 12 million dollars to equip the yards and plans two slips at Philadelphia and Norfolk to lay down the vessels.
The conference of four railroad brotherhoods in Chicago reopening amid guarded access as they await the Supreme Court decision on the Adamson act. J C Cobb attended though no official statement. W G Lee spoke for the group. No action planned until the court interprets the act.
Austin Texas January 12 Speaker Fuller may not announce committees before Saturday. Bills pile on the chief clerk desk. One hundred fifty es passed in the early morning. Poage resolution favors a joint committee to investigate peniten tiary commission claims. Senate committees work on referred bills. only two bills pass both houses, the mileage and per-bill and the contingent expense.
Paris on January 12 reported a Zeppelin alarm that turned out to be airplanes. The warning caused darkness and streetcar stoppages though most residents stayed indoors with little excitement or curiosity.
Denver crowds expect nearly all Federal troops at Fort Logan to participate in the funeral for Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill. Adjutant General Gamble will have a Colorado National Guard detachment in the cortege.
Mrs L E Decker, sister, recalls Colonel Cody’s lifelong Christian faith. She notes he was very devout though not affiliated with a specific denomination.
The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage plans a March 4 parade was scrapped and a White House picket demonstration expanded. Over a thousand women to form a cordon around the White House gates while 11 degree cold tests resolve. Letters went to state groups calling for volunteers as silent sentinels brace against the wind and seek presence with banners. The White House invited the demonstrators inside to warm, but the offer remains open.
E. G. Buckland vice president of the New Haven railroad testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce committee on amending the Panama canal act to allow railroad ownership of steamship lines. The Interstate Commerce Commission, investigating New Haven ownership of Long Island Sound steamers, urged legislative consideration noting competition benefits but current law blocks joint ownership. No bill is before the committee yet.
The Department of Commerce locates two additional Kroonland heroes who rescued 89 passengers from the Volturno fire in October 1913. One hero served with the German army on the western front, and the other wrote from Galveston Texas. Both will receive medals as eleven remain to be awarded.
The municipal rifle range will open to the public Saturday morning January 13. Commissioner Ray Lambert and E P Lipscomb announced the opening with plans to route two new roads to the range. Army post Sergeant Mitchell will supervise, and a high school delegation is expected. The range will be used by army enthusiasts on weekdays, police all day Friday, and the public on weekends.
Alabama troops stationed in Nogales Arizona report twelve fatalities since arrival two months ago. An official statement released today counters a letter claiming an average of five deaths daily from pneumonia among the Alabama soldiers.
Anuric promoted as a simple remedy to prevent kidney trouble with early symptoms like backaches. Advert claims from Dr. Pierce's Buffalo institution, praising Anuric as superior to lithia and urging readers to ask druggists or mail for a trial.
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